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51. Der Mann mit dem Fagott (2011 TV Movie)
212 min | Biography, Drama, History
The story of Udo Jürgens, one of the most popular musicians (singer and pianist) of German speaking Europe, beginning with the story of his grandfather being inspired to emigrate to Russia ... See full summary »
Director: Miguel Alexandre | Stars: Udo Jürgens, Christian Berkel, David Rott, Ulrich Noethen
Votes: 211
52. Ant & Dec's DNA Journey (2019– )
Documentary
Celebrities embark on a life-changing journey to explore their family history. Alongside their best mate or family member, the celebs will set off on the ultimate road trip as they discover family members they never even knew existed.
Stars: Rory McCann, Michael McElhatton, Michala Hulme, Paul Edward McNeil
Votes: 71
53. A Quiet Girl (2024)
86 min | Documentary
When filmmaker Adrian Wills sets out to discover the story behind his adoption, his voyage reveals startling truths he could never have imagined, and shocking details he had tried to forget.
Director: Adrian Wills | Stars: Adrian Wills, Ellen Cousins Pellerin, Mara Pellerin, Johannah Cousins Malti
54. The Keeper: The Legend of Omar Khayyam (2005)
PG | 95 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
Kamran is a 12-year-old boy in the present day who discovers that his ancestor is 11th-century mathematician, astronomer, and poet of Persia Omar Khayyam. The story has been passed down in ... See full summary »
Director: Kayvan Mashayekh | Stars: Adam Echahly, Bruno Lastra, Moritz Bleibtreu, Rade Serbedzija
Votes: 808 | Gross: $0.22M
55. Bright Leaves (2003)
Not Rated | 107 min | Documentary, Biography, Comedy
McElwee family legend has it that the Hollywood melodrama "Bright Leaf" starring Gary Cooper as a 19th century tobacco grower, is based on filmmaker Ross McElwee's great-grandfather, who created the Bull Durham brand.
Director: Ross McElwee | Stars: Allan Gurganus, Paula Larke, Marilyn Levine, Emily Madison
Votes: 667 | Gross: $0.08M
56. A Tale of Two Sisters (2015– )
Documentary, Biography, History
The relationships between female historical figures and their sisters.
Stars: Rachael Stirling, Sarah Bradford, A.N. Wilson, Kate Williams
Votes: 80
57. The Christmas Ring (2020 TV Movie)
TV-G | 84 min | Drama, Romance
A website writer tries to locate the owner of an antique engagement ring for her latest human interest story.
Director: Troy Scott | Stars: Nazneen Contractor, David Alpay, Kazumi Evans, Chelsey Reist
Votes: 1,265
58. The Christmas Cabin (2019)
85 min | Comedy, Romance
Sammi's holiday at the cabin is interrupted when Seth unexpectedly arrives. Despite the interruption, they find themselves falling for each other with help from the Christmas season.
Director: Dustin J. Robison | Stars: Peyton McDavitt, Chad Michael Collins, Gina St. John, Zak Fin
Votes: 512
59. Zenith (2010)
93 min | Sci-Fi, Thriller
A retro-futuristic thriller, about two men in two time periods, whose search for the same grand conspiracy leads them to question their own humanity.
Director: Vladan Nikolic | Stars: Peter Scanavino, Jason Robards III, Ana Asensio, Didier Flamand
Votes: 1,323
60. The Flat (2011)
Not Rated | 97 min | Documentary
As a documentarian cleans out the flat that belonged to his grandparents--both immigrants from Nazi Germany--he uncovers clues pointing to a complicated, shocking story.
Director: Arnon Goldfinger | Stars: Michael Adler, Yaron Amit, Avrham Barkai, Meital Beili
Votes: 1,509 | Gross: $0.47M
61. Täällä Pohjantähden alla (1968)
186 min | Drama, History, War
Täällä Pohjantähden alla is based on the book with the same title. It is a story of the little village. The movie starts in the 1890's and it ends to the Finnish civil war in 1918. Story ... See full summary »
Director: Edvin Laine | Stars: Aarno Sulkanen, Titta Karakorpi, Risto Taulo, Anja Pohjola
Votes: 1,048
62. They All Kissed the Bride (1942)
Approved | 85 min | Comedy, Romance
Divine Crawford who gives all - in this really funny comedy , she donated all her salary from this movie to the Red Cross after Carole Lombard's plane crashed .
Director: Alexander Hall | Stars: Joan Crawford, Melvyn Douglas, Roland Young, Billie Burke
Votes: 787
63. Syberia (2002 Video Game)
T | Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
N.Y. Lawyer Kate Walker embarks on a journey of self-discovery after she is sent to France to negotiate a deal that winds up sending her on the trail of a brain-damaged genius.
Director: Benoît Sokal | Stars: Sharon Mann, James Shuman, Caroline Daparo, Céline Montsarrat
Votes: 1,120
64. Rocks in My Pockets (2014)
Not Rated | 88 min | Animation, Comedy, Drama
Signe Baumane and five women in her family battle with depression and madness.
Director: Signe Baumane | Star: Signe Baumane
Votes: 905 | Gross: $0.02M
65. The Directive (2019)
113 min | Action, Comedy, Sci-Fi
One year after a catastrophic pandemic wipes out most of humanity, a lone survivor embarks on a journey to find Safe Zone 57 with the help of a broken robot.
Director: Alexander Raye Pimentel | Stars: Kyle Abraham, Paul Askedall, Scott Thompson, Hashim Gari
Votes: 1,317
66. Made in Milan (1990)
20 min | Documentary, Short, Biography
As he prepares for a show, fashion designer Giorgio Armani discusses his principles of fashion, his family history and the city of Milan.
Director: Martin Scorsese | Stars: Giorgio Armani, Martin Scorsese
Votes: 398
67. Major Arcana (2018)
82 min | Drama
A long-troubled itinerant carpenter returns home to small town Vermont and attempts to build a log cabin by hand, hoping to free himself from a cycle of poverty and addiction.
Director: Josh Melrod | Stars: Ujon Tokarski, Tara Summers, Lane Bradbury, Rachel Donahue
Votes: 154
68. Moya babusya Fani Kaplan (2016)
110 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
Fanny was at the wrong place at the right time, got involved with the wrong people and got punished for believing in them. This is her story.
Director: Alena Demyanenko | Stars: Katya Molchanova, Myroslav Slaboshpytskyi, Ivan Brovin, Aleksey Devotchenko
Votes: 155
69. Nancy Drew: Curse of Blackmoor Manor (2004 Video Game)
E | Adventure, Mystery
Teen detective Nancy Drew is invited to an old manor in England to figure out why the woman living there has been acting strangely.
Director: Max Holechek | Stars: Lani Minella, Amy Broomhall, Conni Ellern, Jenn Ruzumna
Votes: 125
70. Nancy Drew: Sea of Darkness (2015 Video Game)
E10+ | Adventure, Mystery
Teen detective Nancy Drew investigates the disappearance of the captain of the Icelandic ship "Heerlijkheid".
Director: Tim Burke | Stars: Lani Minella, Katherine Grant-Suttie, Billie Wildrick, Gene Thorkildsen
Votes: 45
71. Teli and Toli (2016)
77 min | Comedy, Romance
This down-to-earth story that takes place in the mountains of North Caucasus, between two adjacent villages - Ossetian Toli and Georgian Teli - tells us about simple and naive people that ... See full summary »
Director: Aleksandr Amirov | Stars: Kakhi Kavsadze, Dagun Omaev, Anatoliy Dzivaev, Nanuli Sarajishvili
Votes: 78
72. Faces of America with Henry Louis Gates Jr. (2010)
TV-PG | Documentary, Biography, History
Our American Stories exploring the dynamic and shifting relationship America had with her new immigrants in the 20th century. Becoming American - exploring the many journeys to becoming ... See full summary »
Stars: Meryl Streep, Stephen Colbert, Mike Nichols, Henry Louis Gates Jr.
Votes: 101
73. Still Life (2011)
78 min | Drama
An unexpected letter forces siblings Bernhard and Lydia to confront each other and to deal with their family history.
Director: Sebastian Meise | Stars: Daniela Golpashin, Christoph Luser, Fritz Hörtenhuber, Roswitha Soukup
Votes: 161
74. The Queen's Hidden Cousins (2011 TV Movie)
52 min | Documentary, History
Director: Kelly Close | Stars: Katherine Bowes-Lyon, Nerissa Bowes-Lyon
75. Clarissa's Secret (2012 TV Movie)
90 min | Drama, Family
A teenage girl who has never met her father, lives with her mother in Africa where they work as safari guides. After her mother's tragic car accident, she discovers she has family in Austria and decides to find out more about them.
Director: Xaver Schwarzenberger | Stars: Paula Kalenberg, Katja Riemann, Herbert Knaup, Fritz Karl
Votes: 64
76. The Secret History of My Family (2016– )
60 min | Documentary, History
Documentary series exploring social history via the family trees of ordinary families, tracing the family forward through history to their modern descendants.
Stars: David Morrissey, Natalie Martins, Tom England, Bryan Parry
Votes: 18
77. Gettin' to Know Me (1980– )
A look at an African-American family, their lives, and their heritage.
Stars: Kimberly Brooks, Rosanna Carter, Caron Tate, Malik Tate
Votes: 31
78. Halving the Bones (1996)
70 min | Documentary
Halving the Bones presents an imaginative look at 100 years of Ruth's maternal family history-- from Japan, to Hawaii, to a suburb in Connecticut.
Director: Ruth Ozeki Lounsbury
Votes: 18
79. Sukuni salat (2021– )
60 min | Documentary
Stars: Marja Hintikka, Juha Vuorela, Matti Enbuske, Krista Kosonen
Votes: 11
80. The Caribbean with Andi and Miquita (2022)
59 min | Documentary
Andi Oliver and her daughter Miquita visit Antigua and the Leeward Islands, where their family originated from, aiming to discover their heritage and explore their relationship.
Stars: Andi Oliver, Miquita Oliver
Votes: 21
81. Lida (2017)
88 min | Documentary
Anna Eborn's portrait of an octogenarian Swedish woman in Ukraine LIDA is a modern, poetic, cinematic experience. It is not a conceptual movie nor meant to be consumable in a straight way. ... See full summary »
Director: Anna Eborn | Stars: Lida Utas Andreasdotter, Lucia, Monk Nile, Vikali Volodja Mikitovich
Votes: 32
82. Dva berega (2023)
52 min | Drama
USSR, early to mid-20th century. After the October Revolution of 1917, two families, the Skolchins and the Ermakovs, once friends, end up on opposite sides of history. But two of their children will find love and life together.
Stars: Vitaliya Kornienko, Anna Kotova, Roman Kurtsyn, Evgeniy Pronin
Votes: 17
83. You Don't Know You're Born (2007– )
60 min | Documentary, History
Three British actors each take a closer look at their family tree by heading back in time and walking in the shoes of a couple of their antecedents.
Stars: Barbara Flynn, Ken Stott, Alan Davies, Anne Kirkbride
84. Under the North Star II (2010)
138 min | Drama, War
Continues to follow the life of a Finnish family from aftermath of the Finnish Civil War to the Second World War which unites the country. But at what cost?
Director: Timo Koivusalo | Stars: Ilkka Koivula, Vera Kiiskinen, Risto Tuorila, Ritva Jalonen
Votes: 462
85. Family Name (1997)
89 min | Documentary
A gay man seeks to discover what kinship, if any, exists between his white family and the nearby blacks who share the name of Alston.
Director: Macky Alston | Stars: Macky Alston, William Badgett
Votes: 49
86. Vlak detství a nadeje (1989– )
360 min | Comedy, Drama, War
Why do people like returning to their childhood in their memories? Most probably because seen through children's eyes, the world is better and merrier than as adults perceive it. Close ... See full summary »
Stars: Stanislav Zindulka, Jarmila Svehlová, Helena Ruzicková, Vladimír Javorský
Votes: 133
87. Little Senegal (2000)
97 min | Drama
After many years of having worked as a tour guide at the Senegalese slave museum, Alloune decides to go to America in search of his ancestors. They were taken away from his village 200 years ago and sold as slaves in the New World.
Director: Rachid Bouchareb | Stars: Sotigui Kouyaté, Sharon Hope, Roschdy Zem, Karim Traoré
Votes: 439
88. Reconstruction (2002)
93 min | Documentary
Filmmaker Irene Lusztig unearths a dark family secret in search of answers and reconciliation in her breakthrough feature documentary, "Reconstruction." In communist Romania 1959, Lusztig's... See full summary »
Director: Irene Lusztig
Votes: 30
89. Her Name Is Nanny Nellie (2023)
78 min | Documentary, History
A trio of nameless statues buried in the archives of the Australian Museum trigger a granddaughter's journey to rewrite how Aboriginal people are represented in Australia's public history.
Director: Daniel King | Stars: Daniel King, Irene Ridgeway
90. Akseli and Elina (1970)
137 min | Drama, History, War
A former Red Rebellion leader returns home after being imprisoned for his participation in the Finnish Civil War, but soon finds out that wartime mindsets still linger in the heads of people.
Director: Edvin Laine | Stars: Aarno Sulkanen, Ulla Eklund, Risto Taulo, Anja Pohjola
Votes: 519
91. Without Gorky (2011)
58 min | Documentary
A personal journey into a family myth. The life of my grandmother, my mother and my aunt continues to be influenced by my grandfather: the Abstract Expressionist painter Arshile Gorky whose suicide in 1948 dictates fraught family dynamics.
Director: Cosima Spender | Stars: Arshile Gorky, Maro Gorky, Natasha Gorky, Agnes Magruder
Votes: 101
92. Manhunting with My Mum (2018 TV Movie)
47 min | Documentary
British television presenter A.J. Odudu embarks on a mission to find a husband in her parents native Nigeria with her feisty, match-making mother Florence.
Director: Osca Humphreys | Stars: A.J. Odudu, Timini Egbuson
93. Möbelhandlarens dotter (2006)
403 min | Drama
Rank Tidman unexpectedly takes his teenage daughter Sanna on a trip. They need to talk to each other before it's too late, says Frank. After some persuasion, Sanna goes along. It will be the beginning of a journey through Norrland.
Stars: Jakob Eklund, Sofia Pekkari, Rolf Lassgård, Irina Björklund
Votes: 113
94. The Kennedys: The Curse of Power (2000 TV Movie)
93 min | Documentary, Biography, History
The triumphs and tragedies of America's preeminent political family.
Stars: Joseph P. Kennedy, Hugh Sidey, Kerry McCarthy, Laurence Leamer
Votes: 33
95. Windrush (1998)
240 min | Family
Stars: Patrick Robinson, Stuart Hall, Mike Phillips, Darcus Howe
Votes: 9
96. Our Burmese Days (1996)
94 min | Documentary, Biography
An examination of biculturalism wrapped in an extraordinary personal odyssey.
Director: Lindsey Merrison | Star: Lindsey Merrison
97. Who Do You Think You Are? (II) (2008– )
Documentary
Genealogy series. Irish celebrities trace their family history.
Stars: Arthur Riordan, Ardal O'Hanlon, Dana, Linda Martin
Votes: 16
98. Grandpa (III)
Short, Horror | Post-production
A non-verbal and quadriplegic little girl must, on her own, defeat the ghost of her ancestor intent on purifying his bloodline by murdering her.
Director: Jennifer Dunn | Stars: Ryan Knudson, Kiersten Lyons, Jeffery Clarke, Coco de Bruycker
99. Shadow of a Hero (2015)
90 min | Biography, Drama, History
A grandchild sets out to discover how the death of his grandfather in the Spanish Civil War could split up the entire family for three generations.
Director: Laurits Munch-Petersen | Stars: Ulrich Thomsen, Laurits Munch-Petersen, Daniel Dencik, Iris Munch-Petersen
Votes: 121
100. Winifred Wagner und die Geschichte des Hauses Wahnfried von 1914-1975 (1976)
302 min | Documentary
Hans-Jürgen Syberberg's epic interview with Winifred Wagner in 1975.
Director: Hans-Jürgen Syberberg | Stars: Winifred Wagner, Gottfried Wagner, Hans-Jürgen Syberberg
Votes: 89