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1. The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean (1972)

PG | 120 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

In Vinegaroon, Texas, former outlaw Roy Bean appoints himself the judge for the region and dispenses his brand of justice as he sees fit.

Director: John Huston | Stars: Paul Newman, Ava Gardner, Roy Jenson, Gary Combs

Votes: 9,374 | Gross: $16.53M

2. Inland Empire (2006)

R | 180 min | Drama, Fantasy, Mystery

As an actress begins to adopt the persona of her character in a film, her world becomes nightmarish and surreal.

Director: David Lynch | Stars: Karolina Gruszka, Krzysztof Majchrzak, Grace Zabriskie, Laura Dern

Votes: 62,535 | Gross: $0.75M

3. Da Vinci's Demons (2013–2015)

TV-MA | 60 min | Adventure, Biography, Drama

Follows Leonardo Da Vinci during his early days in Florence, as a young artist, inventor and dreamer, trying to change the future.

Stars: Tom Riley, Gregg Chilingirian, Eros Vlahos, Laura Haddock

Votes: 79,253

4. The Pod Generation (2023)

PG-13 | 110 min | Comedy, Romance, Sci-Fi

In a not-so-distant future, tech giant Pegazus offers couples the opportunity to share their pregnancies via detachable artificial wombs or pods. And so begins Rachel and Alvy's wild ride to parenthood in this brave new world.

Director: Sophie Barthes | Stars: Emilia Clarke, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Rosalie Craig, Vinette Robinson

Votes: 3,956

5. Infinity Train (I) (2019–2021)

TV-PG | 11 min | Animation, Short, Action

Various people get trapped on a mysterious train with an endless number of cars, each one being its own universe, and they must resolve their psychological trauma and emotional issues in order to get home in this animated anthology series.

Stars: Ashley Johnson, Owen Dennis, Jeremy Crutchley, Kirby

Votes: 9,691

6. Tucker: The Man and His Dream (1988)

PG | 110 min | Biography, Comedy, Drama

The story of Preston Tucker, the maverick car designer and his ill-fated challenge to the auto industry with his revolutionary car concept.

Director: Francis Ford Coppola | Stars: Jeff Bridges, Joan Allen, Martin Landau, Frederic Forrest

Votes: 21,900 | Gross: $19.65M

7. Monte Walsh (2003 TV Movie)

TV-14 | 117 min | Drama, Romance, Western

Wyoming, 1892: Monte's been cowboy for ranchers all his life but he's no longer young and big business is taking over the ranches.

Director: Simon Wincer | Stars: Tom Selleck, Isabella Rossellini, Keith Carradine, George Eads

Votes: 3,043

8. Things to Come (1936)

Not Rated | 100 min | Drama, Sci-Fi, War

The story of a century: a decades-long second World War leaves plague and anarchy, then a rational state rebuilds civilization and attempts space travel.

Director: William Cameron Menzies | Stars: Raymond Massey, Edward Chapman, Ralph Richardson, Margaretta Scott

Votes: 9,099

9. Woodstock (1970)

R | 184 min | Documentary, History, Music

Oscar-winning musical chronicle that brilliantly captures the three-day rock concert and celebration of peace and love that became a capstone for the Sixties.

Director: Michael Wadleigh | Stars: Joan Baez, Richie Havens, Roger Daltrey, Joe Cocker

Votes: 18,493 | Gross: $50.00M

10. Last and First Men (2020)

70 min | Fantasy, Mystery, Sci-Fi

Two billion years ahead of us, a future race of humans finds itself on the verge of extinction. Almost all that is left in the world are lone and surreal monuments, beaming their message into the wilderness.

Director: Jóhann Jóhannsson | Star: Tilda Swinton

Votes: 4,472

11. Inserts (1975)

NC-17 | 117 min | Comedy, Drama

A young, once-great Hollywood film director refuses to accept changing times during the early 1930s, and confines himself to his decaying mansion to make silent porn flicks.

Director: John Byrum | Stars: Richard Dreyfuss, Jessica Harper, Bob Hoskins, Veronica Cartwright

Votes: 2,442

12. The Man in the White Suit (1951)

Approved | 85 min | Comedy, Drama, Sci-Fi

An altruistic chemist invents a fabric which resists wear and stain as a boon to humanity, but big business and labor realize it must be suppressed for economic reasons.

Director: Alexander Mackendrick | Stars: Alec Guinness, Joan Greenwood, Cecil Parker, Michael Gough

Votes: 10,827 | Gross: $0.01M

13. Doomwatch (1970–1972)

50 min | Sci-Fi, Drama

Doomwatch is the nickname for the Department of Measurement of Scientific Work. Under the leadership of Nobel Prize-winning physicist Dr. Spencer Quist, the Doomwatch team struggled, for ... See full summary »

Stars: John Paul, Joby Blanshard, Simon Oates, Vivien Sherrard

Votes: 198

14. Powaqqatsi (1988)

G | 99 min | Documentary, Music

An exploration of technologically developing nations and the effect the transition to Western-style modernization has had on them.

Director: Godfrey Reggio | Stars: Christie Brinkley, David Brinkley, Patrick Disanto, Pope John Paul II

Votes: 8,888 | Gross: $0.59M

15. Invention for Destruction (1958)

Unrated | 83 min | Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi

An evil millionaire named Artigas plans to use a super-explosive device to conquer the world from his headquarters inside an enormous volcano.

Director: Karel Zeman | Stars: Lubor Tokos, Arnost Navrátil, Miroslav Holub, Frantisek Slégr

Votes: 2,803

16. Agneepath (1990)

Not Rated | 174 min | Action, Crime, Drama

A young boy's quest for revenge leads him to become a gangster as an adult, and with each day he becomes more and more like his enemies. Can he find vengeance and redemption?

Director: Mukul Anand | Stars: Amitabh Bachchan, Mithun Chakraborty, Madhavi, Neelam Kothari

Votes: 9,469

17. Picnic on the Grass (1959)

91 min | Comedy, Romance

Etienne Alexis, a candidate for president of the new Europe, is a scientist promoting artificial insemination for social betterment and therapy to eliminate passion. His wealthy household (... See full summary »

Director: Jean Renoir | Stars: Paul Meurisse, Charles Blavette, André Brunot, Régine Blaess

Votes: 1,381

18. Thunder Bay (1953)

Approved | 103 min | Adventure, Drama

Shrimpers and oilmen clash after an ambitious wildcatter begins constructing an off-shore oil rig.

Director: Anthony Mann | Stars: James Stewart, Joanne Dru, Gilbert Roland, Dan Duryea

Votes: 2,172

19. A Very Complex Decade: Celebrating 10 Years of a Nudist Short Film (2024)

40 min | Documentary, Short

A retrospective documentary about the nudist-themed short film "Complex" and its impact on the careers of those who helped to make it and the nudist community for which it stands. A full performance of the stage adaption is also included.

Director: Davo Hardy | Stars: Davo Hardy, Dan Monty, Georgina Neville, Kat Campbell

20. Tomorrow (2015)

G | 118 min | Documentary

The world's climate is changing. Instead of showing the worst that can happen, this documentary focuses on the people suggesting solutions and their actions.

Directors: Cyril Dion, Mélanie Laurent | Stars: Anthony Barnosky, Olivier De Schutter, Cyril Dion, Emmanuel Druon

Votes: 3,602 | Gross: $0.04M

21. I'll Never Forget You (1951)

90 min | Drama, Fantasy, Romance

A scientist obsessed with the past transports himself back in time to 18th-century London, where he falls in love with a beautiful young woman.

Director: Roy Ward Baker | Stars: Tyrone Power, Ann Blyth, Michael Rennie, Dennis Price

Votes: 1,075

22. A Dispatch from Reuters (1940)

Approved | 90 min | Biography, Drama

Starting with a small flock of carrier pigeons, nineteenth-century entrepreneur Julius Reuter turns his small company into Europe's most respected news wire service.

Director: William Dieterle | Stars: Edward G. Robinson, Edna Best, Eddie Albert, Albert Bassermann

Votes: 673

23. Chûgoku no chôjin (1998)

TV-PG | 118 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama

A salaryman and yakuza are each sent by their bosses to a remote Chinese village but discover more than they expected.

Director: Takashi Miike | Stars: Masahiro Motoki, Renji Ishibashi, Mako, Michiko Kichise

Votes: 4,928

24. The Irishman (1978)

Not Rated | 108 min | Drama, Romance

The Doolan family are trying to make a go in the freight-hauling business in Queensland, Australia. The problem is that it's the 1920s; the Doolans use horses, and motorized vehicles can do... See full summary »

Director: Donald Crombie | Stars: Michael Craig, Robyn Nevin, Simon Burke, Gerard Kennedy

Votes: 134

25. Farewell (1983)

121 min | Drama

Matyora is a small village on a beautiful island with the same name. The existence of the village is threatened with flooding by the construction of a dam. This is the story of the ... See full summary »

Director: Elem Klimov | Stars: Stefaniya Stanyuta, Lev Durov, Aleksey Petrenko, Leonid Kryuk

Votes: 768

26. Sir! No Sir! (2005)

Not Rated | 85 min | Documentary, History, War

NO! SIR! tells an almost entirely forgotten story of the military men and women who forced the U.S. government to end the Vietnam War

Director: David Zeiger | Stars: Michael Alaimo, Edward Asner, Joe Bangert, Tom Bernard

Votes: 839 | Gross: $0.11M

27. Why Man Creates (1968)

29 min | Documentary, Animation, Short

Mixing animation with live-action, Saul Bass' "Why Man Creates" is an eight-part meditation on the nature and struggle of creativity.

Director: Saul Bass | Stars: Peter Hansen, Paul Saltman

Votes: 839

28. The Most Unknown (2018)

92 min | Documentary

The Most Unknown is an epic documentary film that sends nine scientists to extraordinary parts of the world to uncover unexpected answers to some of humanity's biggest questions. How did ... See full summary »

Director: Ian Cheney | Stars: Jennifer L. Macalady, Davide D'Angelo, Axel Cleeremans, Luke McKay

Votes: 2,218 | Gross: $0.01M

29. Ladies' Paradise (1930)

85 min | Drama, Romance

Denise, an orphaned girl, moves to Paris where she hopes to find work at her uncle's store. But the glamorous department store 'Aux Bonheur des Dames' across the street crunches all the little businesses around. She finds a position there.

Director: Julien Duvivier | Stars: Dita Parlo, Ginette Maddie, Andrée Brabant, Mireille Barsac

Votes: 576

30. The Adventures of Chris Fable (2010)

Not Rated | 108 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

A child lives with a group of misfits in a junkyard, stealing to survive. When a travelling preacher tells him that his father is alive, he must leave his family of thieves and venture into the wilderness in search of a better life.

Director: Andrew Wiest | Stars: Solomon Ray, Staci Crowe, Robert Bear, Larry Laverty

Votes: 473

31. Manufactured Landscapes (2006)

Unrated | 86 min | Documentary

Photographer Edward Burtynsky travels the world observing changes in landscapes due to industrial work and manufacturing.

Director: Jennifer Baichwal | Star: Edward Burtynsky

Votes: 3,067 | Gross: $0.24M

32. Barbie Video Game Hero (2017 Video)

Not Rated | 72 min | Animation, Family, Sci-Fi

Join Barbie as she enters three different video games! Will she be able to save the lands?

Directors: Conrad Helten, Ezekiel Norton, Michael Goguen | Stars: Erica Lindbeck, Sienna Bohn, Shannon Chan-Kent, Michael Dobson

Votes: 699

33. The War at Home (1979)

Not Rated | 100 min | Documentary, History, Music

Interviews with people involved with and leading the Madison, Wisconsin area resistance to the Vietnam war.

Directors: Barry Alexander Brown, Glenn Silber | Stars: Karleton Armstrong, Betty Boardman, Allen Ginsberg, Henry Haslach

Votes: 285

34. Berkeley in the Sixties (1990)

Not Rated | 117 min | Documentary, History

A documentary about militant student political activity in the University of California-Berkely in the 1960's.

Director: Mark Kitchell | Stars: Jentri Anders, Joan Baez, Frank Bardacke, Stokely Carmichael

Votes: 778

35. Some Call It Greed (1977)

51 min | Documentary

The growth and evolution of American economy's from the 1900's up to the 1970's is presented with extensive archive footage and historical contexts about how many influential entrepreneurs ... See full summary »

Director: Tim Forbes | Stars: Winston Churchill, Adolf Hitler, Ray Kroc, Robert MacNeil

Votes: 32

36. The Inspiration for 'Cars' (2006 Video)

16 min | Documentary, Short

Creator John Lasseter gets his kicks on Route 66.

Director: Rick Butler | Stars: Angel Delgadillo, Donald Flock, Douglas Keever, Artie Kempner

Votes: 53

37. The Seventh Companion (1968)

89 min | Drama, War

The film is set in St. Petersburg, Russia after the Russian revolution of 1917. Based on the eponymous book by Boris Lavrenev. Maj. General Yevgeni Pavlovich Adamov (Popov) was a lawyer in ... See full summary »

Directors: Grigoriy Aronov, Aleksey German | Stars: Andrei Popov, Aleksandr Anisimov, Georgiy Shtil, Pyotr Chernov

Votes: 564

38. Horatio's Drive: America's First Road Trip (2003 TV Movie)

TV-G | 107 min | Documentary, Adventure, History

The saga of Horatio Nelson Jackson, the first man to cross the United States by automobile--in 1903!

Director: Ken Burns | Stars: Keith David, Tom Hanks, Adam Arkin, Tom Bodett

Votes: 597

39. Coded (2021)

TV-14 | 29 min | Documentary, Animation, Short

Follows the illustrator J.C. Leyendecker, whose legacy laid the foundation for today's out-and-proud LGBTQ advertisements.

Director: Ryan White | Stars: Judy Goffman Cutler, Jennifer A. Greenhill, Neil Patrick Harris, Jari Jones

Votes: 303

40. Turksib (1929)

Not Rated | 57 min | Documentary

Resisting the character-driven narrative adhered to by the rest of the world's filmmakers, Victor Turin formulated a grand, elemental drama centered around the struggle for survival in Asia... See full summary »

Director: Victor A. Turin

Votes: 462

41. Vikas Ki Bahu (2018)

109 min | Comedy, Drama, Family

Vikas married with a educated girl. His wife Kiran likes to work, keep clean, talk well, help everyone, live life in a full-fledged and administering manner. She fight with the administrator of village for rights and planning of village.

Director: Dinesh Chaudhary | Stars: Kavita Joshi, Uttar Kumar

42. Stella Days (2011)

TV-14 | 100 min | Drama

A small town cinema in rural Ireland becomes the setting for a dramatic struggle between faith and passion, Rome and Hollywood and a man and his conscience.

Director: Thaddeus O'Sullivan | Stars: Martin Sheen, Stephen Rea, Trystan Gravelle, Marcella Plunkett

Votes: 474

43. Bone Detectives: Britain's Buried Secrets (2020– )

60 min | Documentary, History

Victoria Herridge and a team of scientists piece together the lives behind unearthed bones to find out their stories.

Stars: Victoria Herridge, Raksha Dave, Carla Valentine, Helen Meadows

Votes: 59

44. Crac (1980)

15 min | Animation, Short, Drama

The industrialization of Montreal (Canada), as seen from the point of view of a rocking-chair.

Director: Frédéric Back

Votes: 1,640

45. The Sixth Part of the World (1926)

68 min | Documentary

"Sixth Part of the World" was the size of Soviet Union of the time. Many peoples of many customs composed it. Ice and desert, forest and ocean. Bread, furs, machines. All and every is a part of great unity.

Director: Dziga Vertov

Votes: 594

46. Army Girl (1938)

Approved | 80 min | Action, Comedy, Drama

A fight to keep cavalry horses from being replaced by tanks culminates in a great race between machine and beast.

Director: George Nicholls Jr. | Stars: Madge Evans, Preston Foster, Neil Hamilton, Ruth Donnelly

Votes: 114

47. Technological Threat (1988)

TV-PG | 5 min | Animation, Short, Comedy

An office clerk, fearing replacement by a robot, fights back.

Director: Bill Kroyer | Star: Mel Blanc

Votes: 582

48. Semmelweis (1940)

85 min | Biography, Drama

Supposedly the 1st Hungarian biopic: Semmelweiss disagrees with university colleagues that nothing can be done about women dying of childbirth fever, finds a remedy if doctors disinfect after dissecting corpses, lands up put in an asylum.

Director: André De Toth | Stars: Tivadar Uray, Juliska Ligeti, Gyula Gózon, Margit Árpád

Votes: 53

49. Donald and the Wheel (1961)

Approved | 17 min | Animation, Short, Comedy

A father tells his son the invention of the wheel was most important; to prove it, the two hipsters visit the inventor caveman Donald Duck. There follows a survey of the progress of ... See full summary »

Director: Hamilton Luske | Stars: Bill Cole, Bill Lee, Thurl Ravenscroft, Max Smith

Votes: 301

50. Tractor Drivers (1939)

84 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

An example of a popular genre in 1930s Soviet film, the musical comedy exalting the economic and social success of Communism, inspired by but in competition with the Hollywood musicals of the same era.

Director: Ivan Pyrev | Stars: Marina Ladynina, Nikolay Kryuchkov, Boris Andreyev, Stepan Kayukov

Votes: 285