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1. Wonka (2023)

PG | 116 min | Adventure, Comedy, Family

With dreams of opening a shop in a city renowned for its chocolate, a young and poor Willy Wonka discovers that the industry is run by a cartel of greedy chocolatiers.

Director: Paul King | Stars: Timothée Chalamet, Gustave Die, Murray McArthur, Paul G. Raymond

Votes: 143,023 | Gross: $218.40M

2. Downfall (2004)

R | 156 min | Biography, Drama, History

Traudl Junge, the final secretary for Adolf Hitler, tells of the Nazi dictator's final days in his Berlin bunker at the end of WWII.

Director: Oliver Hirschbiegel | Stars: Bruno Ganz, Alexandra Maria Lara, Ulrich Matthes, Juliane Köhler

Votes: 375,708 | Gross: $5.51M

3. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005)

PG | 115 min | Adventure, Comedy, Family

Charlie, a young boy from an impoverished family, and four other kids win a tour of an amazing chocolate factory run by an imaginative chocolatier, Willy Wonka, and his staff of Oompa-Loompas.

Director: Tim Burton | Stars: Johnny Depp, Freddie Highmore, David Kelly, Helena Bonham Carter

Votes: 530,081 | Gross: $206.46M

4. Delusions of Grandeur (1971)

PG | 85 min | Adventure, Comedy, History

In 17th-century Spain, the Minister of Finance tries to dishonor the queen with an overly complex plan.

Director: Gérard Oury | Stars: Louis de Funès, Yves Montand, Alice Sapritch, Karin Schubert

Votes: 7,989

5. Hitler: A Career (1977)

Not Rated | 150 min | Documentary, History

This meticulously assembled film dissects the Third Reich with an analytical blade, charting Hitler's improbable rise, his mastery of crowd psychology and his consummate skill in exploiting others' weaknesses.

Directors: Joachim Fest, Christian Herrendoerfer | Stars: Gert Westphal, Stephen Murray, Artur Axmann, General Bergeret

Votes: 3,040

6. The Masque of the Red Death (1989)

R | 93 min | Horror

Lovely photographer Rebecca winds up in a Bavarian castle at a "Masque of the Red Death" party hosted by the wealthy Ludwig. Mayhem ensues as assorted Poe story devices start doing away with the guests.

Director: Alan Birkinshaw | Stars: Frank Stallone, Brenda Vaccaro, Herbert Lom, Michelle McBride

Votes: 411

7. My Father Is Coming (1991)

Not Rated | 82 min | Comedy, Romance

A immigrant's father is coming to visit from Germany. She has lied to him about her acting career, having looked unsuccessfully for parts for a year, and has also told him she's married. So... See full summary »

Director: Monika Treut | Stars: Alfred Edel, Shelley Kästner, Annie Sprinkle, Michael Massee

Votes: 131

8. Bye-bye Bavaria! (1978)

84 min | Comedy

A renowned and sensitive poet and writer is fed up with the crudeness of his native Bavaria and, in a well-publicized move, says he refuses even to die there.

Director: Herbert Achternbusch | Stars: Annamirl Bierbichler, Herbert Achternbusch, Josef Bierbichler, Heinz Braun

Votes: 62

9. Marie Antoinette (2022– )
Episode: Deus Ex Machina (2022)

TV-MA | Biography, Drama, History

Antoinette's brother Joseph comes to Versailles to save the marriage, but realizes he will have his work cut out in uniting this estranged couple, still childless after seven years. Time is running out to save the Franco-Austrian alliance.

Director: Geoffrey Enthoven | Stars: Emilia Schüle, Louis Cunningham, Jack Archer, Jasmine Blackborow

Votes: 185

10. Gino's Italian Escape (2013– )
Episode: Hidden Italy: Trentino Alto-Adige (2016)

23 min | Documentary, Adventure, Comedy

In Valfloriana, where farmers still follow ancient methods of producing food, Gino meets Graziano, who shows him how to make the local soft cheese.

Star: Gino D'Acampo