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1. Big Eyes (I) (2014)
PG-13 | 106 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
A drama about the awakening of painter Margaret Keane, her phenomenal success in the 1950s, and the subsequent legal difficulties she had with her husband, who claimed credit for her works in the 1960s.
Director: Tim Burton | Stars: Amy Adams, Christoph Waltz, Danny Huston, Krysten Ritter
Votes: 99,199 | Gross: $14.48M
2. The City of Lost Children (1995)
R | 112 min | Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
A scientist in a surrealist society kidnaps children to steal their dreams, hoping that they slow his aging process.
Directors: Marc Caro, Jean-Pierre Jeunet | Stars: Ron Perlman, Daniel Emilfork, Judith Vittet, Dominique Pinon
Votes: 71,728 | Gross: $1.51M
3. Spacehunter: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone (1983)
PG | 90 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
On a distant planet inhabited by mutants, two bounty-hunters race to rescue three Earth female captives from the clutches of an evil mutant warlord.
Director: Lamont Johnson | Stars: Peter Strauss, Molly Ringwald, Ernie Hudson, Andrea Marcovicci
Votes: 6,636 | Gross: $16.48M
4. Pixote (1980)
TV-MA | 128 min | Crime, Drama
The life of a boy on the streets of Sao Paulo, involved with crimes, prostitution, and drugs.
Director: Hector Babenco | Stars: Fernando Ramos da Silva, Jorge Julião, Gilberto Moura, Edilson Lino
Votes: 9,251
5. Prime Suspect 3 (1993)
104 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Assigned to a Vice squad, Detective Chief Inspector Jane Tennison (Dame Helen Mirren) investigates a child murder and discovers a sinister link to the police.
Stars: Helen Mirren, Tom Bell, Karen Tomlin, David Thewlis
Votes: 4,013
6. The Book of Love (2016)
PG-13 | 106 min | Drama
Jason Sudeikis stars as a widowed New Orleans architect who strikes up an unlikely relationship with teenage runaway Maisie Williams.
Director: Bill Purple | Stars: Jason Sudeikis, Maisie Williams, Jessica Biel, Mary Steenburgen
Votes: 4,751
7. Broken Blossoms or the Yellow Man and the Girl (1919)
Not Rated | 90 min | Drama, Romance
A frail waif, abused by her brutal boxer father in London's seedy Limehouse District, is befriended by a sensitive Chinese immigrant with tragic consequences.
Director: D.W. Griffith | Stars: Lillian Gish, Richard Barthelmess, Donald Crisp, Arthur Howard
Votes: 11,072
8. La Bohème (1926)
Passed | 95 min | Drama, Romance
A group of starving artists try to survive in 1830s Paris, including a seamstress and the would-be playwright she loves.
Director: King Vidor | Stars: Lillian Gish, John Gilbert, Renée Adorée, George Hassell
Votes: 1,683 | Gross: $1.01M
9. Bad Little Angel (1939)
Approved | 72 min | Drama
A Bible-guided Victorian orphan befriends a bootblack in a strange town.
Director: Wilhelm Thiele | Stars: Virginia Weidler, Gene Reynolds, Guy Kibbee, Ian Hunter
Votes: 314
10. Sundays and Cybèle (1962)
Not Rated | 111 min | Drama
Story of a lonely young girl who is befriended by an innocent but emotionally disabled veteran of the French Indochina War.
Director: Serge Bourguignon | Stars: Hardy Krüger, Nicole Courcel, Patricia Gozzi, Daniel Ivernel
Votes: 4,808
11. Year of the Carnivore (2009)
88 min | Comedy, Drama
A romantic comedy about a girl with an unrequited crush on a boy who thinks she's bad in bed, so she goes out to get more "experience".
Director: Sook-Yin Lee | Stars: Cristin Milioti, Mark Rendall, Ali Liebert, Kevin McDonald
Votes: 667
12. Ali Zaoua: Prince of the Streets (2000)
Not Rated | 90 min | Drama, Crime
A group of children living on the street leave their gang, prompting retribution from the gang's leader. After one of the children dies, the rest try to come up with the resources to give their friend a proper burial.
Director: Nabil Ayouch | Stars: Mounïm Kbab, Mustapha Hansali, Hicham Moussoune, Abdelhak Zhayra
Votes: 2,940
13. The Man of the Year (2003)
105 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Maiquel has lost a bet and dyed his hair blond. This little event triggers a head-on collision with destiny in which Maiquel goes from nobody to hero to outlaw--all in 24 hours.
Director: José Henrique Fonseca | Stars: Murilo Benício, Cláudia Abreu, Natália Lage, Jorge Dória
Votes: 3,111
14. Tom Sawyer (1930)
Passed | 86 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama
The classic Mark Twain tale of a young boy and his friends on the Mississippi River. Tom and his pals Huckleberry Finn and Joe Harper have numerous adventures, including running away to be ... See full summary »
Director: John Cromwell | Stars: Jackie Coogan, Junior Durkin, Mitzi Green, Lucien Littlefield
Votes: 235 | Gross: $11.00M
15. Alien Abduction (2005)
R | 96 min | Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
After being abducted by extra terrestrials, Jean and her friends are committed to a top secret government run mental institution to undergo tests and be brainwashed.
Director: Eric Forsberg | Stars: Megan Lee Ethridge, Griff Furst, Marissa Morse, Patrick Thomassie
Votes: 1,470
16. Lisa and the Other Woman (1961)
98 min | Comedy, Romance
Poor Lisa and rich Mitsi are like two peas in a pod; however, a rash act of defiance will lead to a tight collaboration between Lisa and Mitsi's father, who pays a hefty reward to bring peace into his home. Can Lisa become the other woman?
Director: Dinos Dimopoulos | Stars: Aliki Vougiouklaki, Labros Konstadaras, Thanasis Vengos, Giorgos Pantzas
Votes: 483
17. The Children of Times Square (1986 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 94 min | Crime, Drama
An alienated teenage boy runs away from home and ventures to New York City where he falls in with a gang of juvenile delinquents working as drug dealers and pickpockets for a shady crime boss.
Director: Curtis Hanson | Stars: Howard E. Rollins Jr., Joanna Cassidy, David Ackroyd, Larry B. Scott
Votes: 427
18. The Milky Waif (1946)
Approved | 7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Jerry finds himself in charge of a foundling mouse called Nibbles, who is eager to steal milk from Tom's bowl and oblivious to the danger.
Directors: Joseph Barbera, William Hanna | Stars: Mel Blanc, William Hanna, Lillian Randolph
Votes: 1,325
19. Lantern Hill (1989 TV Movie)
111 min | Drama, Family
Jane, a young Toronto girl, tries to reunite her estranged parents during the 1930's, sick of her strict private school and abusive, nasty grandmother.
Director: Kevin Sullivan | Stars: Mairon Bennett, Sam Waterston, Patricia Phillips, Zoe Caldwell
Votes: 325
20. Windfall in Athens (1954)
95 min | Comedy, Romance
On a lazy Athenian Sunday, a young and fresh saleswoman loses her soon-to-be winning lottery ticket, only to meet its handsome new owner. Of course, she wants it back; however, what if fortune and ardent Cupid are already on her doorstep?
Director: Michael Cacoyannis | Stars: Ellie Lambeti, Giorgos Pappas, Dimitris Horn, Tasso Kavadia
Votes: 665
21. Baby Butch (1954)
Approved | 7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
An alley cat disguises himself as an abandoned baby in order to con his way inside the house of Tom and Jerry.
Directors: Joseph Barbera, William Hanna | Star: Stan Freberg
Votes: 938
22. Poor Cinderella (1934)
Passed | 11 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
In her only color cartoon, Betty Boop goes to the ball thanks to her fairy godmother; later, only her foot fits the glass slipper.
Directors: Dave Fleischer, Seymour Kneitel | Stars: Jack Mercer, William Pennell, Bonnie Poe
Votes: 772
23. The Brat (1931)
60 min | Comedy
A society novelist brings a brash young chorus girl home in order to study her for inspiration for his new novel. His family is distraught, but soon her behavior has forever altered their snobbish ways.
Director: John Ford | Stars: Sally O'Neil, Alan Dinehart, Frank Albertson, William Collier Sr.
Votes: 216
24. The Salvation Hunters (1925)
70 min | Drama
A cowardly young man, a bitter young woman, and a helpless child live on the docks, spend their days full of ennui watching a dredge dig the same hole day in and day out, chased around by ... See full summary »
Director: Josef von Sternberg | Stars: George K. Arthur, Georgia Hale, Bruce Guerin, Otto Matieson
Votes: 432
25. From Hand to Mouth (1919)
TV-G | 22 min | Comedy, Short, Action
A penniless young man tries to save an heiress from kidnappers and help her secure her inheritance.
Directors: Alfred J. Goulding, Hal Roach | Stars: Harold Lloyd, Mildred Davis, 'Snub' Pollard, Peggy Cartwright
Votes: 1,167
26. Our Time Is Up (2004)
TV-MA | 14 min | Comedy, Short
When therapist Dr. Leonard Stern discovers he has six weeks to live, he adopts a fresh method of treatment: brutal honesty.
Director: Rob Pearlstein | Stars: Kevin Pollak, Frankie J. Allison, Vivian Bang, Michael Cornacchia
Votes: 951
27. Dropouts (1999)
105 min | Drama
Dennis, Stefan and Gina are homeless and on the run from the ghosts of their pasts. Individually they each try to survive the hardships of Amsterdam. As a counterpoint to the story the ... See full summary »
Director: Will Wissink | Stars: Peter Gorissen, Zebi Damen, Ashwin Mohanpersad, Miguel Stigter
Votes: 90
28. Paddy O'Day (1936)
Approved | 76 min | Comedy, Drama, Music
Paddy O'Day is an Irish immigrant who learns on arrival in the U.S. that her mother is dead. Friends help her survive as an entertainer, and success is a good argument against the immigration officials.
Director: Lewis Seiler | Stars: Jane Withers, Pinky Tomlin, Rita Hayworth, Jane Darwell
Votes: 282
29. Valerie (2010)
87 min | Drama, Music, Thriller
Valerie is a strong, confident and modern woman - she commutes between L.A., where she works, and Berlin, where she loves.
Director: Josef Rusnak | Stars: Franka Potente, David Brezman, Pasquale Cassalia, Nicole Fantl
Votes: 74
30. The Shoemaker and the Elves (1935)
Approved | 8 min | Animation, Short, Family
Elves, moved by a cobbler's generosity, work extra hard to help him with his work.
Director: Arthur Davis
Votes: 67
31. Little Orphant Annie (1918)
57 min | Drama
Surrounded by a group of children, poet James Whitcomb Riley narrates the story of Little Orphant Annie, who loses her mother at an early age and is sent to an orphanage. Annie charms the ... See full summary »
Director: Colin Campbell | Stars: Colleen Moore, Tom Santschi, Harry Lonsdale, Eugenie Besserer
Votes: 80
32. Something Always Happens (1934)
TV-G | 69 min | Comedy, Romance
Unemployed car salesman Peter is encouraged by his girlfriend Cynthia to approach the head of a petrol company with his plan for making petrol stations more attractive to customers. When ... See full summary »
Director: Michael Powell | Stars: Ian Hunter, Nancy O'Neil, Peter Gawthorne, John Singer
Votes: 354
33. The Ghost of Rosy Taylor (1918)
59 min | Drama
Rhoda Eldridge lives in the Paris Latin Quarter, learns at the death of her father Charles that her real name is Sayles and that she has an uncle somewhere in America. She travels to the ... See full summary »
Directors: Edward Sloman, Henry King | Stars: Mary Miles Minter, Allan Forrest, George Periolat, Helen Howard
Votes: 77
34. Almost Human (I) (1927)
Passed | 60 min | Drama, Romance
John Livingston is a rich mama's-boy, who owns a blooded dog named Paul. Paul meets Maggie Mutt, and Paul, being a pedigree canine and somewhat of a cad, lures trusting Maggie to the barn ... See full summary »
Director: Frank Urson | Stars: Vera Reynolds, Kenneth Thomson, Majel Coleman, Claire McDowell
Votes: 373
35. The Fairy and the Waif (1915)
50 min | Drama
Major Drayton, an Englishman living in America with his daughter Viola, goes to England on business leaving his attorney Nevinson to look after Viola. When war is declared, Drayton joins ... See full summary »
Directors: Marie Hubert Frohman, George Irving | Stars: Mary Miles Minter, Percy Helton, Will Archie, William T. Carleton
Votes: 16
36. The Kleptomaniac (1905)
Not Rated | 8 min | Crime, Drama, Short
A well-dressed woman steals several items from a department store. Meanwhile, a poor woman with two small children steals a loaf of bread out of desperation, and she is quickly caught and arrested. In court, what penalty will each face?
Director: Edwin S. Porter | Stars: Aline Boyd, Phineas Nairs, Jane Stewart, George Voijere
Votes: 418
37. Crainquebille (1922)
TV-G | 50 min | Drama
A poor vegetable peddler in Paris runs afoul of the law and finds himself ground up in the cogs of the corrupt French judicial system.
Director: Jacques Feyder | Stars: Maurice de Féraudy, Félix Oudart, Jean Forest, Marguerite Carré
Votes: 455
38. Orphans of the Street (1938)
Approved | 64 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Orphaned Tommy Ryan is informed that the money from his father's estate has run out, and he will have to leave the Holbrook Military Academy. Bunting, the dour superintendent,forces Tommy ... See full summary »
Director: John H. Auer | Stars: Tommy Ryan, Robert Livingston, June Storey, Ralph Morgan
Votes: 18
39. Freckles (1917)
50 min | Drama
Little one-armed waif Freckles (Jack Pickford), who lives at the orphanage, has no remembrance of his parents. The object of other children's jokes, he finally runs away and after many ... See full summary »
Director: Marshall Neilan | Stars: Jack Pickford, Louise Huff, Hobart Bosworth, Lillian Leighton
Votes: 14
40. From the Valley of the Missing (1915)
50 min | Adventure, Crime, Drama
A baby is left on the Brinbecombes' yacht while they are sailing up the Hudson River, and they adopt him and name him Everett. They are neighbors of Governor Floyd Vandecarm whose twin ... See full summary »
Director: Frank Powell | Stars: Jane Miller, Vivian Tobin, Harry Spingler, William Bailey
Votes: 23
41. Young Fugitives (1938)
Approved | 68 min | Crime, Drama, History
A young man befriends the last surviving Civil War veteran, intending to rob him of $50,000.
Director: John Rawlins | Stars: Robert Wilcox, Dorothea Kent, Harry Davenport, Larry J. Blake
Votes: 79
42. Call of the Coyote: A Legend of the Golden West (1934)
Approved | 50 min | Drama, Western
A cowboy protects a little girl whose father was murdered by bandits after his gold mine, and now they are after her.
Director: Pat Carlyle | Stars: Pat Carlyle, Merrill McCormick, Marie Bracco, Sally Darling
Votes: 12
43. The Little Shoes (1917)
Drama
Rosiland, whose papa is rich, first meets David Noel when she is about 10 years old. He is a shivering little beggar boy who is seeking the scant warmth emitted from a sidewalk grating at ... See full summary »
Director: Arthur Berthelet | Stars: Henry B. Walthall, Mary Charleson, Mary McAllister, Ullrich Haupt
44. The Twin Triangle (1916)
50 min | Drama
Director: Harry Harvey | Stars: Jackie Saunders, Mollie McConnell, Ruth Lackaye, Ed Brady
45. Pawn Ticket 210 (1922)
50 min | Drama
Harris Levi (Fred Warren) brings up Meg (Shirley Mason), who was left in his father's pawnshop by her mother. Anxious that she have a good environment, Harris takes her to live with his ... See full summary »
Director: Scott R. Dunlap | Stars: Shirley Mason, Robert Agnew, Irene Hunt, Jacob Abrams
46. The Sleeping Lion (1919)
60 min | Western
Italian potter Tony Varralo adopts a waif named Little Tony, and they leave New York City for a ranch out West, with the promises that Tony will send for his fiancée, Carlotta, after he has... See full summary »
Director: Rupert Julian | Stars: Monroe Salisbury, Pat Moore, Rhea Mitchell, Herschel Mayall
47. Face Value (1917)
50 min | Drama
Joan runs away from home and becomes a cashier at a restaurant, but quits when the manager attempts to make love to her. She meets Louie, with whom she was once friendly, and he forces her ... See full summary »
Director: Robert Z. Leonard | Stars: Mae Murray, Clarissa Selwynne, Florence Carpenter, Wheeler Oakman
48. Cy Whittaker's Ward (1917)
Drama
Returning to the village of Bayport after twenty-two years, retired sea captain Cyrus Whittaker finds the community under the power of political boss Herman Atkins. Cy opposes Atkin's ... See full summary »
Director: Ben Turbett | Stars: William Wadsworth, Shirley Mason, W.H. Burton, Carter B. Harkness
49. Little Miss Optimist (1917)
50 min | Drama
Mazie-Rosie Carden, a waif who pays her board by selling papers on the street, saves the life of starving musician Deal Hendrie by giving him her cherished "lucky dime." Meanwhile, her ... See full summary »
Director: Robert Thornby | Stars: Vivian Martin, Tom Moore, Charles West, Ernest Joy
50. Jinx (1919)
Passed | 50 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
When the circus comes to town, the town's orphans are treated to an outing to see the show. The circus troupe's 'Jinx' girl causes so many problems for the performers and performances that,... See full summary »
Director: Victor Schertzinger | Stars: Mabel Normand, Florence Carpenter, Ogden Crane, Cullen Landis
Votes: 35