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1. Red Rocket (2021)
R | 130 min | Comedy, Drama
Mikey Saber is a washed-up porn star who returns to his small Texas hometown, not that anyone really wants him back.
Director: Sean Baker | Stars: Simon Rex, Bree Elrod, Suzanna Son, Brenda Deiss
Votes: 33,277
2. Portnoy's Complaint (1972)
R | 101 min | Comedy
The movie chronicles a young man's (Richard Benjamin) love and passion in his own kinky way.
Director: Ernest Lehman | Stars: Richard Benjamin, Karen Black, Lee Grant, Jack Somack
Votes: 613 | Gross: $0.61M
3. The Borgias (2011–2013)
TV-MA | 50 min | Crime, Drama, History
In the fifteenth century, Pope Alexander VI tries to control all power in Italy with the help of his several sons, through murder, intrigue, war, and marriage alliances.
Stars: Jeremy Irons, François Arnaud, Holliday Grainger, Peter Sullivan
Votes: 53,998
4. Bachelor Party (1984)
R | 105 min | Comedy
A soon-to-be-married man's friends throw him the ultimate bachelor party.
Director: Neal Israel | Stars: Tom Hanks, Tawny Kitaen, Adrian Zmed, George Grizzard
Votes: 42,614 | Gross: $38.44M
5. The Crying Game (1992)
R | 112 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
A British soldier kidnapped by the IRA soon befriends one of his captors, who then becomes drawn into the soldier's world.
Director: Neil Jordan | Stars: Stephen Rea, Jaye Davidson, Forest Whitaker, Miranda Richardson
Votes: 60,112 | Gross: $62.55M
6. You Can Live Forever (2022)
13+ | 96 min | Drama, Romance
When lesbian teen Jaime is sent to live in a Jehovah's Witness community, she falls hard for a devout Witness girl and the two embark on an intense affair with consequences that will reshape the rest of their lives.
Directors: Mark Slutsky, Sarah Watts | Stars: Anwen O'Driscoll, June Laporte, Liane Balaban, Antoine Yared
Votes: 2,773
7. The Crucible (1996)
PG-13 | 124 min | Drama, History
A Salem resident attempts to frame her ex-lover's wife for being a witch in the middle of the 1692 witchcraft trials.
Director: Nicholas Hytner | Stars: Daniel Day-Lewis, Winona Ryder, Paul Scofield, Joan Allen
Votes: 40,230 | Gross: $7.34M
8. Age of Indiscretion (1935)
Passed | 78 min | Drama, Romance
A book publisher finds his business floundering, which prompts his socially ambitious wife to desert him for a society millionaire, leaving him with their young son. The publisher's ... See full summary »
Director: Edward Ludwig | Stars: Paul Lukas, Madge Evans, Helen Vinson, May Robson
Votes: 186
9. Human Desire (1954)
Not Rated | 91 min | Drama, Film-Noir, Romance
A Korean War vet returns to his job as a railroad engineer and becomes involved in an affair with a co-worker's wife following a murder on a train where they meet.
Director: Fritz Lang | Stars: Glenn Ford, Gloria Grahame, Broderick Crawford, Edgar Buchanan
Votes: 6,370
10. Swimfan (2002)
PG-13 | 85 min | Drama, Thriller
A high school senior with a promising swimming career has a one-night stand with consequences.
Director: John Polson | Stars: Jesse Bradford, Erika Christensen, Shiri Appleby, Kate Burton
Votes: 21,228 | Gross: $28.56M
11. When Night Is Falling (1995)
R | 94 min | Drama, Romance
An uptight and conservative woman, working on tenure as a literacy professor at a large urban university, finds herself strangely attracted to a free-spirited, liberal woman who works at a local carnival that comes to town.
Director: Patricia Rozema | Stars: Pascale Bussières, Rachael Crawford, Henry Czerny, David Fox
Votes: 7,441 | Gross: $1.19M
12. A Perfect Enemy (2020)
89 min | Drama, Thriller
A successful architect is approached on his trip to the Paris Airport by a chatty girl. Although the meeting seems fortuitous, soon there be a turn that will transform the encounter into something much more sinister and criminal.
Director: Kike Maíllo | Stars: Tomasz Kot, Athena Strates, Marta Nieto, Dominique Pinon
Votes: 3,707
13. Peyton Place (1964–1969)
30 min | Drama, Romance
People married and divorced, loved and lost. Murder, illicit passion, insanity, and secrets were the staples of Peyton Place.
Stars: Ed Nelson, Barbara Parkins, Warner Anderson, Dick Tufeld
Votes: 717
14. Camp Belvidere (2014)
Not Rated | 38 min | Short, Drama, Romance
Camp Belvidere is the story of camp leader Rose and how her friendship with Gin, the camp nurse, evolves into a passionate love affair.
Directors: Astrid Ovalles, Oriana Oppice | Stars: Astrid Ovalles, Molly Way, Stacee Mandeville, Spencer Rhys Hughes
Votes: 1,155
15. Lip Service (2010–2012)
TV-MA | 60 min | Drama
Sex, lies and true love in modern Scotland. Following the lives and loves of a group of twenty-something lesbians living in Glasgow.
Stars: Fiona Button, Heather Peace, James Anthony Pearson, Natasha O'Keeffe
Votes: 4,559
16. White Mischief (1987)
R | 107 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
In 1940s Kenya, a married couple join other affluent British expatriates in a lifestyle of recklessness and excess, but soon find themselves in a troubling situation.
Director: Michael Radford | Stars: Sarah Miles, Joss Ackland, John Hurt, Greta Scacchi
Votes: 3,225 | Gross: $3.11M
17. No Other Woman (1933)
Passed | 58 min | Drama
A steelworker and his aspiring wife make millions when they become partners in a dyeworks. Unfortunately, success does not bring happiness.
Director: J. Walter Ruben | Stars: Irene Dunne, Charles Bickford, Gwili Andre, Eric Linden
Votes: 487
18. Happiness (1965)
Not Rated | 80 min | Drama, Romance
François, a young carpenter, lives a happy, uncomplicated life with his wife Thérèse and their two small children. One day he meets Emilie, a clerk in the local post office.
Director: Agnès Varda | Stars: Jean-Claude Drouot, Marie-France Boyer, Marcelle Faure-Bertin, Manon Lanclos
Votes: 9,574
19. Alfie (1966)
Unrated | 114 min | Comedy, Drama
An unrepentant ladies' man gradually begins to understand the consequences of his lifestyle.
Director: Lewis Gilbert | Stars: Michael Caine, Shelley Winters, Millicent Martin, Julia Foster
Votes: 15,844 | Gross: $18.87M
20. The Confessions of Frannie Langton (2022)
49 min | Drama, Mystery
It explores the beautiful and haunting tale about one woman's fight to tell her story.
Stars: Mina Andala, Sophie Cookson, Steven Mackintosh, Patrick Martins
Votes: 984
21. Gossip (I) (2000)
R | 90 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Three college students base their class project around gossip and how fast it spreads, which soon spirals out of control.
Director: Davis Guggenheim | Stars: James Marsden, Lena Headey, Norman Reedus, Kate Hudson
Votes: 17,573 | Gross: $5.11M
22. Written on the Wind (1956)
Not Rated | 99 min | Drama
Alcoholic playboy Kyle Hadley marries the woman secretly loved by his poor but hard-working best friend, who in turn is pursued by Kyle's nymphomaniac sister.
Director: Douglas Sirk | Stars: Rock Hudson, Lauren Bacall, Robert Stack, Dorothy Malone
Votes: 13,440
23. Sleep with Me (2022)
60 min | Comedy, Romance
Harry DJs at the radio station, offering relationship advice "because all broken hearts deserve to be heard." Living in a wheelchair, she has learned to let microaggressions take over and uses her positivity to help others find love.
Stars: Lovi Poe, Janine Gutierrez, Kerwin King, Nour Hooshmand
Votes: 375
24. Only the Animals (2019)
117 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A woman disappeared. After a snowstorm, her car is discovered on a road to a small remote village. While the police don't know where to start, five people are linked to the disappearance. Each one with his or her own secret.
Director: Dominik Moll | Stars: Denis Ménochet, Laure Calamy, Damien Bonnard, Nadia Tereszkiewicz
Votes: 7,800
25. Walk With Me (2021)
112 min | Drama
Walk With Me follows the emotional journey of a young mother who leaves her husband to find her footing in the world. As she finds her way, she stumbles into unexpected love with another woman.
Director: Isabel del Rosal | Stars: Devin Dunne Cannon, Bridget Barkan, Daniel Fox, Catrina Ganey
Votes: 563
26. What Other Couples Do (2013)
Not Rated | 87 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
While at a dinner party, four married Los Angeles couples play 'a kissing game,' Seven Minutes in Heaven.
Director: Courtney Daniels | Stars: Michael Marc Friedman, Cate Beehan, Rob Chester Smith, Emily Maya Mills
Votes: 473
27. Belle Epoque (1992)
R | 109 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A 1931 Spanish military deserter finds himself on a lonely farm until the farmer's four daughters pay a visit and he falls for all of them.
Director: Fernando Trueba | Stars: Fernando Fernán Gómez, Jorge Sanz, Penélope Cruz, Miriam Díaz-Aroca
Votes: 11,409 | Gross: $5.97M
28. Going All the Way (1997)
R | 103 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
After returning home from the Korean War, two young men search for love and fulfillment in middle America.
Director: Mark Pellington | Stars: Jeremy Davies, Ben Affleck, Amy Locane, Rose McGowan
Votes: 2,160 | Gross: $0.09M
29. Looking for Her (2022)
Not Rated | 104 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Taylor is headed home for the holidays and her family is finally ready to meet her girlfriend Jess--but Jess isn't her girlfriend anymore. Taylor holds open auditions for someone to play the part for the holidays.
Director: Alexandra Swarens | Stars: Olivia Buckle, Alexandra Swarens, Michelle Hakala Wolf, Sophie Arrick
Votes: 826
30. Sonny (2002)
R | 110 min | Crime, Drama
An honorably discharged soldier returns home to New Orleans, hoping to break away from his upbringing as a trained prostitute, but his brothel-madam mother has other expectations.
Director: Nicolas Cage | Stars: James Franco, Brenda Blethyn, Mena Suvari, Harry Dean Stanton
Votes: 4,580 | Gross: $0.02M
31. The Unknown (1927)
Unrated | 68 min | Drama, Horror, Romance
A criminal on the run hides in a circus and seeks to possess the daughter of the ringmaster at any cost.
Director: Tod Browning | Stars: Lon Chaney, Norman Kerry, Joan Crawford, Nick De Ruiz
Votes: 9,186 | Gross: $0.41M
32. Queen Bee (1955)
Not Rated | 95 min | Drama, Romance
When a young woman arrives at the home of her socialite cousin, she soon gets sucked into the woman's complex web of deceit.
Director: Ranald MacDougall | Stars: Joan Crawford, Barry Sullivan, Betsy Palmer, John Ireland
Votes: 2,627
33. Loft (I) (2010)
108 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Five best friends, all married, decide to share a loft apartment to carry on affairs.
Director: Antoinette Beumer | Stars: Fedja van Huêt, Barry Atsma, Jeroen van Koningsbrugge, Gijs Naber
Votes: 6,451
34. Street Smart (1987)
R | 97 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A New York journalist lies when his fake story about a pimp describes a real pimp up for murder.
Director: Jerry Schatzberg | Stars: Christopher Reeve, Kathy Baker, Mimi Rogers, Jay Patterson
Votes: 3,817 | Gross: $1.12M
35. A Rage to Live (1965)
Not Rated | 101 min | Drama
A woman's sexual compulsions threaten to destroy her marriage.
Director: Walter Grauman | Stars: Suzanne Pleshette, Bradford Dillman, Ben Gazzara, Peter Graves
Votes: 763
36. The Long Hot Summer (1985)
200 min | Drama, Romance
A loner arrives in a small town only to be condemned for the sins of his father.
Stars: Don Johnson, Jason Robards, Judith Ivey, Cybill Shepherd
Votes: 971
37. Bitter Rice (1949)
Not Rated | 108 min | Crime, Drama
Two criminals on the run end up working in a rice field and decide to recruit other workers for their next robbery.
Director: Giuseppe De Santis | Stars: Vittorio Gassman, Doris Dowling, Silvana Mangano, Raf Vallone
Votes: 4,888
38. Angel Baby (1961)
Approved | 97 min | Drama
In his film debut, Burt Reynolds vies with George Hamilton for the love of one heavenly woman. In the American South, evangelist Paul Strand (Hamilton) meets a beautiful, young mute named ... See full summary »
Directors: Paul Wendkos, Hubert Cornfield | Stars: George Hamilton, Mercedes McCambridge, Joan Blondell, Henry Jones
Votes: 468
39. Bedroom Story (2020)
90 min | Comedy, Romance
A long-married couple hits a rough patch.
Director: Courtney Daniels | Stars: Annie Cavalero, Elisa Cawley, Christal Marie Deloney, Natalie Fabrizio
Votes: 118
40. Lez Bomb (2018)
TV-14 | 90 min | Comedy, Drama
A still closeted young woman brings her girlfriend home for Thanksgiving, only to have her coming out efforts thwarted by the unexpected arrival of her male roommate.
Director: Jenna Laurenzo | Stars: Jenna Laurenzo, Caitlin Mehner, Deirdre O'Connell, Dorothi Fox
Votes: 1,642
41. Repeat Performance (1947)
Approved | 91 min | Crime, Drama, Fantasy
On New Year's Eve 1946, Sheila Page kills her husband Barney. She wishes that she could relive 1946 and avoid the mistakes that she made throughout the year. Her wish comes true but cheating fate proves more difficult than she anticipated.
Director: Alfred L. Werker | Stars: Louis Hayward, Joan Leslie, Virginia Field, Tom Conway
Votes: 1,980
42. Phaedra (1962)
Not Rated | 115 min | Drama
To build bridges with his estranged son, a Greek shipping magnate enlists the help of his second wife, Phaedra. But, in rain-soaked Paris, their passionate affair threatens to destroy his empire. Will the modern temptress accept her fate?
Director: Jules Dassin | Stars: Melina Mercouri, Anthony Perkins, Raf Vallone, Elizabeth Ercy
Votes: 1,894
43. X, Y & Zee (1972)
PG | 110 min | Drama
The venomous and amoral wife of a wealthy architect tries, any way she can, to break up the blossoming romance between her husband and his new mistress; a good-natured young widow who holds a dark past.
Director: Brian G. Hutton | Stars: Elizabeth Taylor, Michael Caine, Susannah York, Margaret Leighton
Votes: 1,418 | Gross: $1.36M
44. City of Trees (2019)
Unrated | 87 min | Drama, Romance
When a 20-something woman returns to her hometown for the holidays for the first time in several years, not only is she met by people from her past, but she's also forced to deal with unresolved feelings.
Director: Alexandra Swarens | Stars: Alexandra Swarens, Olivia Buckle, Kate McIntyre, Joseph Miller
Votes: 764
45. Season of Love (2019)
105 min | Comedy, Romance
A queer lady holiday romantic comedy that follows the lives of three very different couples in dealing with their love lives in various loosely interrelated tales all set right before Christmas through New Years.
Director: Christin Baker | Stars: Dominique Provost-Chalkley, Sandra Mae Frank, Jessica Clark, Emily Goss
Votes: 943
46. Rain (1932)
Passed | 94 min | Drama
A prostitute newly arrived in the South Pacific finds herself at odds with a stern missionary determined to save her soul.
Director: Lewis Milestone | Stars: Joan Crawford, Walter Huston, Fred Howard, Ben Hendricks Jr.
Votes: 3,038 | Gross: $1.17M
47. Return from the Ashes (1965)
Not Rated | 105 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
In Paris, a Polish gigolo marries a rich Jewish doctor and stands to inherit her estate when she is deported to Dachau by the Nazis.
Director: J. Lee Thompson | Stars: Maximilian Schell, Samantha Eggar, Ingrid Thulin, Herbert Lom
Votes: 1,190
48. Flesh and the Devil (1926)
Passed | 112 min | Drama
Childhood friends are torn apart when one of them marries the woman the other fiercely loves.
Director: Clarence Brown | Stars: John Gilbert, Greta Garbo, Lars Hanson, Barbara Kent
Votes: 4,636 | Gross: $1.61M
49. East of Shanghai (1931)
Not Rated | 83 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Believing that an unexpected inheritance will bring them happiness, a married couple instead finds their relationship strained to the breaking point.
Director: Alfred Hitchcock | Stars: Henry Kendall, Joan Barry, Percy Marmont, Betty Amann
Votes: 4,911
50. Dangerous Liaisons (2012)
Not Rated | 110 min | Drama, Mystery, Romance
In Shanghai, an aging socialite's infatuation with her ex-boyfriend manifests itself as a risky game, where her former lover agrees to seduce, then abandon a naive young woman.
Director: Hur Jin-ho | Stars: Cecilia Cheung, Jang Dong-gun, Ziyi Zhang, Shawn Dou
Votes: 2,076 | Gross: $0.05M