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1. Equilibrium (2002)
R | 107 min | Action, Drama, Sci-Fi
In an oppressive future where all forms of feeling are illegal, a man in charge of enforcing the law rises to overthrow the system and state.
Director: Kurt Wimmer | Stars: Christian Bale, Sean Bean, Emily Watson, Taye Diggs
Votes: 347,549 | Gross: $1.20M
2. Peggy Sue Got Married (1986)
PG-13 | 103 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Peggy Sue faints at a high school reunion. When she wakes up, she finds herself in her own past, just before she finished school.
Director: Francis Ford Coppola | Stars: Kathleen Turner, Nicolas Cage, Barry Miller, Catherine Hicks
Votes: 40,928 | Gross: $41.38M
3. The Lost Daughter (2021)
R | 121 min | Drama
A woman's beach vacation takes a dark turn when she begins to confront the troubles of her past.
Director: Maggie Gyllenhaal | Stars: Olivia Colman, Jessie Buckley, Dakota Johnson, Ed Harris
Votes: 75,341
4. The Bridges of Madison County (1995)
PG-13 | 135 min | Drama, Romance
Photographer Robert Kincaid wanders into the life of housewife Francesca Johnson for four days in the 1960s.
Director: Clint Eastwood | Stars: Clint Eastwood, Meryl Streep, Annie Corley, Victor Slezak
Votes: 89,147 | Gross: $71.52M
5. The Man from Toronto (2022)
PG-13 | 110 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
The world's deadliest assassin and New York's biggest screw-up are mistaken for each other at an Airbnb rental.
Director: Patrick Hughes | Stars: Kevin Hart, Woody Harrelson, Jasmine Mathews, Kaley Cuoco
Votes: 59,961
6. The Only Living Boy in New York (2017)
R | 89 min | Drama
Adrift in New York City, a recent college graduate's life is upended by his father's mistress.
Director: Marc Webb | Stars: Callum Turner, Kate Beckinsale, Pierce Brosnan, Cynthia Nixon
Votes: 17,627 | Gross: $0.62M
7. Back to School (1986)
PG-13 | 96 min | Comedy, Romance, Sport
To help his discouraged son get through college, a funloving and obnoxious rich businessman decides to enter the school as a student himself.
Director: Alan Metter | Stars: Rodney Dangerfield, Sally Kellerman, Burt Young, Keith Gordon
Votes: 36,308 | Gross: $91.26M
8. Some Kind of Beautiful (II) (2014)
R | 99 min | Comedy, Romance
A drama about a Cambridge poetry professor who begins to re-evaluate his life of Byronic excess.
Director: Tom Vaughan | Stars: Pierce Brosnan, Salma Hayek, Jessica Alba, Malcolm McDowell
Votes: 16,032
9. Rich and Famous (1981)
R | 117 min | Drama
Liz and Merry become BFFs in college. A decade later, Liz is a serious writer with writer's block, and Merry is a homemaker and a mom who has written a novel. Other bestsellers, riches, and fame follow.
Director: George Cukor | Stars: Jacqueline Bisset, Candice Bergen, David Selby, Hart Bochner
Votes: 2,059 | Gross: $14.49M
10. The Children Act (2017)
R | 105 min | Drama
As her marriage crumbles, a judge must decide a case involving a teenage boy who is refusing a blood transfusion on religious principle.
Director: Richard Eyre | Stars: Emma Thompson, Stanley Tucci, Reena Lalbihari, Dominic Carter
Votes: 14,779 | Gross: $0.51M
11. The Weight of Water (2000)
R | 114 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A newspaper photographer researches an 1873 double homicide and finds her own life paralleling that of a witness who survived the tragic ordeal.
Director: Kathryn Bigelow | Stars: Catherine McCormack, Sean Penn, Sarah Polley, Elizabeth Hurley
Votes: 10,045 | Gross: $0.10M
12. Being Flynn (2012)
R | 102 min | Drama
Working in a Boston homeless shelter, Nick Flynn re-encounters his father, a con man and self-proclaimed poet. Sensing trouble in his own life, Nick wrestles with the notion of reaching out yet again to his dad.
Director: Paul Weitz | Stars: Paul Dano, Robert De Niro, Julianne Moore, Olivia Thirlby
Votes: 17,851 | Gross: $0.53M
13. Rituals (1977)
R | 100 min | Adventure, Horror, Thriller
Five doctors on a wilderness outing are stalked by disfigured, crazed killers.
Director: Peter Carter | Stars: Hal Holbrook, Lawrence Dane, Robin Gammell, Ken James
Votes: 3,087
14. Jimmy's Hall (2014)
PG-13 | 109 min | Biography, Drama, History
During the Depression, Jimmy Gralton returns home to Ireland after ten years of exile in America. Seeing the levels of poverty and oppression, the activist in him reawakens and he looks to re-open the dance hall that led to his deportation.
Director: Ken Loach | Stars: Barry Ward, Francis Magee, Aileen Henry, Simone Kirby
Votes: 6,965 | Gross: $0.56M
15. My Golden Days (2015)
R | 123 min | Drama, Romance
Paul is preparing to leave Tajikistan, while thinking back on his adolescent years. His childhood, his mother's madness, the parties, the trip to the USSR where he lost his virginity, the friend who betrayed him and the love of his life.
Director: Arnaud Desplechin | Stars: Quentin Dolmaire, Lou Roy-Lecollinet, Mathieu Amalric, Dinara Drukarova
Votes: 3,800 | Gross: $0.27M
16. American Fable (2016)
Not Rated | 96 min | Thriller
After 11-year-old Gitty discovers a man who can grant wishes hiding in her family's silo, she is forced to choose between saving the man's life and protecting her family.
Director: Anne Hamilton | Stars: Peyton Kennedy, Richard Schiff, Kip Pardue, Marci Miller
Votes: 4,679
17. Leda (2021)
76 min | Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
Haunted by memories and divine visions, a young woman struggles with trauma, rape and pregnancy in this poetic reimagining of the Greek myth.
Director: Samuel Tressler IV | Stars: Adeline Thery, CC King, Douglas Cathro, Nicolle Marquez
Votes: 90
18. The Cat and the Moon (2019)
114 min | Drama, Music
Whilst his mother seeks treatment in rehab, teenager Nick (Wolff) comes to New York to stay with Cal (Epps), a Jazz musician friend of his late father's. During his stay he makes friends who show him what the city has to offer.
Director: Alex Wolff | Stars: Skyler Gisondo, Alex Wolff, Mike Epps, Stefania LaVie Owen
Votes: 589
19. Kings & Queen (2004)
Unrated | 150 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Parallel storylines tell the current state of affairs for two ex-lovers: Nora's a single mother who comes to care for her terminally ill father; holed in up in mental ward, Ismael, a brilliant musician, plots his escape.
Director: Arnaud Desplechin | Stars: Emmanuelle Devos, Geoffrey Carey, Thierry Bosc, Olivier Rabourdin
Votes: 4,020 | Gross: $0.29M
20. Friends (1993)
105 min | Drama, Romance
At the end of the 1980s, three female friends share a house in Johannesburg, South Africa. Each has her own way to live with apartheid. Thoko is a Black teacher and practices non-violent ... See full summary »
Director: Elaine Proctor | Stars: Kerry Fox, Dambisa Kente, Michele Burgers, Marius Weyers
Votes: 140
21. I Was a Teenage Mummy (1992)
Horror
A demented exchange student kidnaps a beautiful goody two shoes. Together, they wreak havoc on the gang of merciless delinquents who made their lives hell.
Director: Chris Frieri | Stars: Greg Kalek, Robert Reiss, Billy Miller, Bruce Bennett
Votes: 50
22. Pension pro svobodné pány (1965 TV Movie)
73 min | Comedy
A young man living in a strictly run boarding house secretly brings a girl of loose morals into his room at night, who is nevertheless well-groomed and takes great advantage of her ... See full summary »
Director: Jirí Krejcík | Stars: Jirina Jirásková, Josef Abrhám, Vera Ferbasová, Jirí Menzel
Votes: 23
23.
The Inspector Lynley Mysteries (2001–2007)
Episode:
Word of God
(2005)
Not Rated | 88 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
An illegal Jordanian immigrant is found strangled in a meat locker with a page from the priceless "Golden Koran" is found on his person.
Director: Julian Simpson | Stars: Maggy Sherif, Khalid Laith, Sharon Small, Nathaniel Parker
Votes: 294
24.
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2000–2015)
Episode:
Lady Heather's Box
(2003)
TV-14 | 85 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
When a body is found in a foam party, he is identified by Grissom and Capt. Brass as the male prostitute Trey Buckman. Meanwhile, Catherine and Nick investigate a decomposed body of the ... See full summary »
Director: Richard J. Lewis | Stars: William Petersen, Marg Helgenberger, Gary Dourdan, George Eads
Votes: 1,017
25.
CSI: NY (2004–2013)
Episode:
Three Generations Are Enough
(2004)
TV-14 | 42 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A suspicious brief case is found at a mercantile marker and a bomb squad is immediately summoned to the scene where Dectective Taylor is using a robot to lift a fingerprint off of it. Meanwhile, an apparent suicide takes place at a church.
Director: Alex Zakrzewski | Stars: Gary Sinise, Melina Kanakaredes, Carmine Giovinazzo, Vanessa Ferlito
Votes: 348
26.
Star Trek: Enterprise (2001–2005)
Episode:
Rogue Planet
(2002)
TV-PG | 45 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Lieutenant Reed discovers a rogue planet, which has broken out of orbit and therefore is devoid of any light. Life is still possible in some places because heat is bubbling up from under ... See full summary »
Director: Allan Kroeker | Stars: Scott Bakula, John Billingsley, Jolene Blalock, Dominic Keating
Votes: 1,775
27.
House M.D. (2004–2012)
Episode:
The Socratic Method
(2004)
TV-14 | 44 min | Drama, Mystery
A 38-year-old mother, apparently suffering from thrombosis, alcoholism and schizophrenia, has only her young son as caregiver.
Director: Peter Medak | Stars: Hugh Laurie, Lisa Edelstein, Omar Epps, Robert Sean Leonard
Votes: 3,996
28.
Mystery Science Theater 3000 (1988–1999)
Episode:
The Deadly Bees
(1998)
TV-14 | Comedy, Sci-Fi
Killer bees terrify a remote English island while a bowler hatted guy appears where he's least expected.
Director: Michael J. Nelson | Stars: Kevin Murphy, Michael J. Nelson, Mary Jo Pehl, Bill Corbett
Votes: 465
29.
The Twilight Zone (1985–1989)
Episode:
Her Pilgrim Soul/I of Newton
(1985)
TV-PG | 48 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
In "Her Pilgrim Soul," two scientists must discover why the spirit of a woman is reliving a previous life within their holographic computer. "I of Newton" showcases a mathematician in a battle of wits with the Devil for his soul.
Directors: Wes Craven, Kenneth Gilbert | Stars: Kristoffer Tabori, Anne Twomey, Gary Cole, Wendy Girard
Votes: 466
30.
The Black Donnellys (2007)
Episode:
A Stone of the Heart
(2007)
TV-14 | 60 min | Crime, Drama
Tommy and Kevin continue cleaning up after Jimmy and deal with the aftermath of their actions.
Director: Paul Haggis | Stars: Jonathan Tucker, Tom Guiry, Olivia Wilde, Billy Lush
Votes: 200
31.
The Civil War (1990)
Episode:
War Is All Hell (1865)
(1990)
TV-PG | 69 min | Documentary, History, War
By the beginning of 1865, the Confederacy was coming to an end. Atlanta had been overrun and Sherman was marching to the sea. Lincoln approved Sherman's plan against the advice of those ... See full summary »
Director: Ken Burns | Stars: David McCullough, Shelby Foote, Ed Bearss, James Symington
Votes: 343
32.
The Stand (1994)
Episode:
The Plague
(1994)
TV-14 | 89 min | Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
When a deadly virus escapes from a government research facility, few prove to be immune to its effects. With symptoms similar to the flu, those who come into contact with it quickly die. ... See full summary »
Director: Mick Garris | Stars: Gary Sinise, Molly Ringwald, Jamey Sheridan, Laura San Giacomo
Votes: 929
33.
The Outsiders (1983)
Episode:
Sean MacBride
(1983)
Documentary
Director: Alan Lowery | Stars: John Pilger, Sean MacBride
34.
New Tricks (2003–2015)
Episode:
Dead Poets
(2012)
TV-14 | 59 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
Ten years earlier the charred corpse of young poet Sean Doherty was found in the scrapyard of Turkish drug-dealer Mehtin Topal, though Topal was not convicted of the killing. Now the case ... See full summary »
Director: Philip John | Stars: Alun Armstrong, Amanda Redman, Dennis Waterman, Denis Lawson
Votes: 179
35.
The Andrew Klavan Show (2015– )
The Devil and the Woke Claim They Don't Exist
(2023 Podcast Episode)
Talk-Show
Stars: Andrew Klavan, Spencer Klavan
36.
New Discourses (2020– )
WTF Is Christian Nationalism?
(2023 Podcast Episode)
Star: James Lindsay
37.
Hotel-Legenden (2020–2023)
Episode:
Das Shelbourne in Dublin
(2023)
52 min | Documentary
Kein Hotel ist enger mit der Geschichte Irlands verbunden als das Shelbourne Hotel. Es wurde 1824 eröffnet und liegt mitten im Herzen Dublins. Im Jahr 1922 wurde hier der Entwurf für die ... See full summary »
Director: Nicola Graef | Stars: Heike Makatsch, Adrian Murphy, Gary Cahill, J.P. Kavanagh
38.
The Leftovers (2014–2017)
Episode:
Cairo
(2014)
TV-MA | 56 min | Drama, Fantasy, Mystery
Kevin awakens in Cairo to learn that he may be losing his mind; Jill remains skeptical of Nora and goes through a personal conflict; The GR prepares for an important event; Meg has an altercation with Matt.
Director: Michelle MacLaren | Stars: Justin Theroux, Amy Brenneman, Christopher Eccleston, Liv Tyler
Votes: 5,363
39.
Grace and Frankie (2015–2022)
Episode:
The Vows
(2015)
TV-MA | 30 min | Comedy
As the wedding day approaches, Grace and Robert have problems expressing themselves, while Sol and Frankie finally clear out their old house.
Director: Dean Parisot | Stars: Jane Fonda, Lily Tomlin, Sam Waterston, Martin Sheen
Votes: 833
40.
Hand of God (2014–2017)
Episode:
He So Loved
(2015)
TV-MA | 55 min | Crime, Drama
Pernell is torn when a vision convinces him to betray someone close to him to get answers about who hurt Jocelyn. Crystal is frustrated when Pernell refuses to take a prescription, and ... See full summary »
Director: Sarah Pia Anderson | Stars: Ron Perlman, Dana Delany, Andre Royo, Garret Dillahunt
Votes: 307
41.
Hand of God (2014–2017)
Episode:
A Bird in Hand
(2015)
TV-MA | 58 min | Crime, Drama
Pernell feels close to fulfilling his mission and dispatches KD to serve justice. Reverend Paul and Alicia, still contending with their secret, train with the televangelists to become ... See full summary »
Director: Peter Medak | Stars: Ron Perlman, Dana Delany, Andre Royo, Garret Dillahunt
Votes: 301
42.
Sleepy Hollow (2013–2017)
Episode:
Incommunicado
(2016)
TV-14 | 43 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
Crane and Abbie need to cooperate with their most detested foes when a supernatural event shocks the witnesses. Joe and Jenny try to restore their relationship.
Director: Russell Lee Fine | Stars: Tom Mison, Nicole Beharie, Lyndie Greenwood, Nikki Reed
Votes: 375
43.
11.22.63 (2016)
Episode:
The Truth
(2016)
TV-MA | 43 min | Drama, Mystery, Romance
As questions mount about Jake, his double life begins to unravel, while the past interferes with the plans he and Bill have for Oswald.
Director: James Franco | Stars: James Franco, Sarah Gadon, Cherry Jones, Lucy Fry
Votes: 3,276
44.
The Andrew Klavan Show (2015– )
Don't Mention the War with Islamism!!!
(2017 Podcast Episode)
47 min | Talk-Show
Jake Tapper gets angry at Drew. Mailbag topics include: the usefulness of the Left; a man feeling guilty over a friend's suicide; famous people women can look to as role models; and more.
Stars: Andrew Klavan, Shimon Prokupecz