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51. Luther (2003)
PG-13 | 123 min | Biography, Drama, History
During the early sixteenth century, idealistic German monk Martin Luther, disgusted by the materialism in the Catholic Church, begins the dialogue that will lead to the Protestant Reformation.
Director: Eric Till | Stars: Joseph Fiennes, Bruno Ganz, Peter Ustinov, Alfred Molina
Votes: 16,019 | Gross: $5.79M
52. Cromwell (1970)
G | 139 min | Biography, Drama, History
Puritan statesman Oliver Cromwell leads England in a civil war against the absolutist and Catholic-sympathetic King Charles I.
Director: Ken Hughes | Stars: Richard Harris, Alec Guinness, Robert Morley, Dorothy Tutin
Votes: 6,981 | Gross: $1.37M
53. Royal Deceit (1994)
R | 107 min | Adventure, Drama
An old Norse legend of revenge, power and human spirit, that subsequently inspired William Shakespeare on his tragedy - Hamlet.
Director: Gabriel Axel | Stars: Gabriel Byrne, Helen Mirren, Christian Bale, Brian Cox
Votes: 2,472
54. I Am Cuba (1964)
Not Rated | 141 min | Drama
Four vignettes about the lives of the Cuban people set during the pre-revolutionary era.
Director: Mikhail Kalatozov | Stars: Sergio Corrieri, Salvador Wood, José Gallardo, Raúl García
Votes: 10,721
55. Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ (1925)
Not Rated | 143 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
A Jewish prince seeks to find his family and revenge himself upon his childhood friend who had him wrongly imprisoned.
Directors: Fred Niblo, Charles Brabin, Christy Cabanne, J.J. Cohn, Rex Ingram | Stars: Ramon Novarro, Francis X. Bushman, May McAvoy, Betty Bronson
Votes: 7,988 | Gross: $12.45M
56. Fist of the North Star (1995)
R | 103 min | Action, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Based on a graphic novel, this apocalyptic adventure centers on a man who must reverse the cataclysmic conditions of his world.
Director: Tony Randel | Stars: Gary Daniels, Malcolm McDowell, Costas Mandylor, Downtown Julie Brown
Votes: 3,600
57. Udaan (2010)
Not Rated | 134 min | Drama
Expelled from his school, a 16-year old boy returns home to his abusive and oppressive father.
Director: Vikramaditya Motwane | Stars: Rajat Barmecha, Ronit Roy, Manjot Singh, Ram Kapoor
Votes: 47,469 | Gross: $0.01M
58. To End All Wars (2001)
R | 117 min | Action, Drama, War
During World War II, four Allied POWs endure harsh treatment from their Japanese captors while being forced to build a railroad through the Burmese jungle.
Director: David L. Cunningham | Stars: Robert Carlyle, Kiefer Sutherland, Ciarán McMenamin, Mark Strong
Votes: 11,671
59. The Breadwinner (2017)
PG-13 | 94 min | Animation, Drama, Family
In 2001, Afghanistan is under the control of the Taliban. When her father is captured, a determined young girl disguises herself as a boy in order to provide for her family.
Director: Nora Twomey | Stars: Saara Chaudry, Soma Chhaya, Noorin Gulamgaus, Laara Sadiq
Votes: 28,318 | Gross: $0.31M
60. GomBurZa (2023)
112 min | Action, Biography, Drama
Mariano Gomes, José Burgos, and Jacinto Zamora are three brave Filipino Catholic priests whose narrative is told in this stirring and inspirational historical drama.
Director: Pepe Diokno | Stars: Cedrick Juan, Dante Rivero, Enchong Dee, Piolo Pascual
Votes: 364
61. How to Become a Tyrant (2021)
TV-14 | 23 min | Documentary, Biography, History
Ruling with an iron fist requires an aspiring dictator to know the playbook for absolute power, as history's despots prove in this sardonic docuseries.
Stars: Peter Dinklage, Bruce Bueno de Mesquita, Waller Newell, Ruth Ben-Ghiat
Votes: 11,427
62. Braddock: Missing in Action III (1988)
R | 103 min | Action, War
Braddock mounts a one-man assault to free his wife and son who are still being held in a Vietnam prison camp.
Director: Aaron Norris | Stars: Chuck Norris, Aki Aleong, Roland Harrah III, Miki Kim
Votes: 7,204 | Gross: $6.19M
63. 1990 (1977–1978)
55 min | Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
In a dystopian future, Britain is under the grip of the Home Office's Public Control Department (PCD), a tyrannically oppressive bureaucracy riding roughshod over the population's civil liberties.
Stars: Edward Woodward, Robert Lang, Tony Doyle, Paul Hardwick
Votes: 167
64. Ivan the Terrible, Part I (1944)
Not Rated | 95 min | Biography, Drama, History
During the early part of his reign, Ivan the Terrible faces betrayal from the aristocracy and even his closest friends as he seeks to unite the Russian people.
Director: Sergei Eisenstein | Stars: Nikolay Cherkasov, Lyudmila Tselikovskaya, Serafima Birman, Mikhail Nazvanov
Votes: 10,886
65. Germinal (1993)
R | 160 min | Drama, Romance
In mid-nineteenth-century northern France, a coal mining town's workers are exploited by the mine's owner. One day, they decide to go on strike, and the authorities repress them.
Director: Claude Berri | Stars: Renaud, Gérard Depardieu, Miou-Miou, Jean Carmet
Votes: 5,762 | Gross: $0.38M
66. Treasure of the Four Crowns (1983)
PG | 97 min | Adventure, Fantasy
A group of adventurers are gathered together to retrieve some mystical gems which are in the possession of a deadly cult.
Director: Ferdinando Baldi | Stars: Tony Anthony, Ana Obregón, Gene Quintano, Jerry Lazarus
Votes: 755
67. In the Time of the Butterflies (2001 TV Movie)
PG-13 | 95 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
In the Time of the Butterflies is inspired by the true story of the three Mirabal sisters who, in 1960, were murdered for their part in an underground plot to overthrow the government.
Director: Mariano Barroso | Stars: Salma Hayek, Lumi Cavazos, Edward James Olmos, Mía Maestro
Votes: 2,493
68. Pulgasari (1985)
95 min | Action, Drama, Fantasy
In feudal Korea, the evil King becomes aware that there is a peasant rebellion being planned in the country. He steals all the iron farming tools and cooking pots from the people so that he... See full summary »
Director: Shin Sang-ok | Stars: Son Hui Chang, Ham Gi Sop, Jong-uk Ri, Gwon Ri
Votes: 1,342
69. Dudes & Dragons (2015)
Unrated | 122 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
An evil wizard, Lord Tensley, seeks the hand and heart of the beautiful princess, Lady Ennogard. When she refuses, he locks her away and releases a deadly dragon, which he controls, to ... See full summary »
Directors: Maclain Nelson, Stephen Shimek | Stars: James Marsters, Kaitlin Doubleday, Luke Perry, Adam Johnson
Votes: 1,308
70. Playing for Time (1980 TV Movie)
150 min | Drama, Music
Female prisoners in a Nazi concentration camp (Auschwitz) are spared from death in return for performing music for their captors.
Directors: Daniel Mann, Joseph Sargent | Stars: Vanessa Redgrave, Jane Alexander, Maud Adams, Christine Baranski
Votes: 2,885
71. Reign of Terror (1949)
Approved | 89 min | History, Romance, Thriller
Robespierrre, a powerful figure in the French revolution, is desperately looking for his black book, a death list of those marked for the guillotine.
Director: Anthony Mann | Stars: Robert Cummings, Richard Basehart, Richard Hart, Arlene Dahl
Votes: 2,135
72. 2025 - The World enslaved by a Virus (2021)
92 min | Adventure, Sci-Fi
We are in 2025: since the appearance of covid-19 in 2020, the world is no longer the same: a new system with a single world government has been put in place.
Directors: Joshua Wesely, Simon Wesely | Stars: Joshua Wesely, Antonia Joy Speer, Matthew Dougan, Laura Wieder
Votes: 2,517
73. Ridicule (1996)
R | 102 min | Comedy, Drama, History
To get royal backing on a needed drainage project, a poor French lord must learn to play the delicate games of wit at court at Versailles.
Director: Patrice Leconte | Stars: Charles Berling, Jean Rochefort, Fanny Ardant, Judith Godrèche
Votes: 8,196 | Gross: $2.50M
74. Black Moon (1975)
R | 100 min | Fantasy, Horror, Mystery
To escape a gender war, a girl flees to a remote farmhouse and becomes part of an extensive family's unusual, perhaps even supernatural, lifestyle.
Director: Louis Malle | Stars: Cathryn Harrison, Therese Giehse, Alexandra Stewart, Joe Dallesandro
Votes: 6,236
75. Cyborg 2087 (1966)
86 min | Action, Drama, Sci-Fi
Earth's civilization of the future sends a cyborg back to the 1960s to change the future.
Director: Franklin Adreon | Stars: Michael Rennie, Karen Steele, Wendell Corey, Warren Stevens
Votes: 663
76. Mussolini: The Untold Story (1985)
Unrated | 410 min | Biography, Drama, History
The rise and fall of the Italian fascist dictator, Benito Mussolini.
Stars: George C. Scott, Raul Julia, Virginia Madsen, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio
Votes: 652
77. Rome: Rise and Fall of an Empire (2008)
TV-PG | 60 min | Documentary, History, War
The historical drama details the Roman military campaigns against the barbarians. It shows how continuous wars depleted resources, a key factor in the fall of the Empire.
Stars: Leif Anders, Sam Mercurio, Karl Otter, Andre de Nesnera
Votes: 861
78. Puli (2015)
Not Rated | 155 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
A virtuous soldier tries to save people from an evil queen and a throne-seeking commander.
Director: Chimbudeven | Stars: Joseph Vijay, Sridevi, Sudeep, Prabhu
Votes: 10,298
79. The Iron Heart (2022–2023)
TV-14 | 30 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
An undercover agent goes on a dangerous mission to bring down a crime ring. Fueled by a bitter and painful past, Apollo and his allies face the grueling task that will challenge his resolve and strength.
Stars: Richard Gutierrez, Sue Ramirez, Albert Martinez, Anthony Jennings
Votes: 65
80. Romero (1989)
PG-13 | 102 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
The life and work of Archbishop Oscar Romero who opposed, at great personal risk, the tyrannical repression in El Salvador.
Director: John Duigan | Stars: Raul Julia, Richard Jordan, Ana Alicia, Eddie Velez
Votes: 2,459 | Gross: $1.32M
81. Osama (2003)
PG-13 | 83 min | Drama
After the rise of the Taliban in Afghanistan and the restriction of women in public life, a pre-teen girl is forced to masquerade as a boy in order to find work to support her mother and grandmother.
Director: Siddiq Barmak | Stars: Marina Golbahari, Zubaida Sahar, Khwaja Nader, Mohammad Arif Herati
Votes: 9,541 | Gross: $1.13M
82. The Viking Queen (1967)
Approved | 91 min | Adventure
Saline inherits the kingdom of England on the eve of the signing of the treaty sharing power with the Roman Empire. However, revolt was brewing, threatening the fragile peace.
Director: Don Chaffey | Stars: Don Murray, Carita, Donald Houston, Andrew Keir
Votes: 977
83. Cipollino, the Onion Boy (1961)
38 min | Animation, Short, Action
An oppressed vegetables and fruits rebel against tyranny leading by Chipollino, an onion boy.
Director: Boris Dyozhkin | Stars: Nina Gulyaeva, Erast Garin, Sergey Martinson, Grigoriy Shpigel
Votes: 1,260
84. Caesar Must Die (2012)
Unrated | 77 min | Drama
Inmates at a high-security prison in Rome prepare for a public performance of Shakespeare's "Julius Caesar."
Directors: Paolo Taviani, Vittorio Taviani | Stars: Cosimo Rega, Salvatore Striano, Giovanni Arcuri, Antonio Frasca
Votes: 6,829
85. Land of the Blind (2006)
R | 110 min | Drama, Thriller
A soldier recounts his relationship with a famous political prisoner attempting to overthrow their country's authoritarian government.
Director: Robert Edwards | Stars: Ralph Fiennes, Donald Sutherland, Tom Hollander, Lara Flynn Boyle
Votes: 3,899 | Gross: $0.01M
86. The Nun (1966)
GP | 140 min | Drama
Suzanne is forced against her will to take vows as a nun and three mothers superior treat her in radically different ways. Suzanne's virtue brings disaster to everyone in this faithful adaptation of a bitter attack on religious abuses.
Director: Jacques Rivette | Stars: Anna Karina, Liselotte Pulver, Micheline Presle, Francine Bergé
Votes: 3,250 | Gross: $0.03M
87. The Siege of Robin Hood (2022)
R | 120 min | Action
After the merciless Sheriff of Nottingham orders a brutal attack on his family, a young man named Robin swears bloody revenge on the men responsible, vowing to restore freedom to those trapped under the realm's oppressive rule.
Director: Paul Allica | Stars: Paul Allica, Kahli Williams, Dave Beamish, Keanu Gonzalez
Votes: 492
88. Ajooba (1990)
178 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
The evil Vizier of Baharistan kills the royal family and takes power himself but the real crown prince, who has survived his machinations, returns to his homeland to avenge his parents as a masked vigilante 'Ajooba'.
Directors: Shashi Kapoor, Gennadiy Vasilev | Stars: Amitabh Bachchan, Dimple Kapadia, Rishi Kapoor, Sonam
Votes: 1,461
89. Imortal (2010–2011)
TV-PG | Action, Drama, Fantasy
300 years ago, a powerful clan came to this island. They were known as vampires, or blood drinkers. They quickly grew in numbers and their violence increased. Unknown to them another ... See full summary »
Stars: John Lloyd Cruz, Angel Locsin, Maricar Reyes, Jake Roxas
Votes: 103
90. Chained Heat 2001: Slave Lovers (2001 Video)
R | 93 min | Action, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
There is no possibility of escape from slavery in the New Territories: the choice is simple, the mine slave mines or love slave.
Director: Lloyd A. Simandl | Stars: Klara Hlouska, Kira Reed Lorsch, David O'Kelly, Olga Casl
Votes: 91
91. The Strawberry Statement (1970)
R | 109 min | Drama, Romance
An apolitical college student joins a group of campus protesters to meet girls but gets swept up in their cause and involved in a violent confrontation with police.
Director: Stuart Hagmann | Stars: Bruce Davison, Kim Darby, Bud Cort, Murray MacLeod
Votes: 1,809 | Gross: $0.80M
92. The King and the Mockingbird (1980)
Not Rated | 83 min | Animation, Family, Fantasy
A chimney sweep and a shepherdess seek to escape from the clutches of a tyrannical king.
Director: Paul Grimault | Stars: Jean Martin, Pascal Mazzotti, Raymond Bussières, Agnès Viala
Votes: 5,573 | Gross: $0.03M
93. Nightmares (1979)
100 min | Drama
The life and times of a sensitive, poetic Polish boy who watches his country strive towards the liberation movement.
Director: Wojciech Marczewski | Stars: Piotr Lysak, Tomasz Hudziec, Hanna Skarzanka, Maria Chwalibóg
Votes: 296
94. Storm: Letters van Vuur (2017)
100 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
Storm Voeten, son of printer Klaas Voeten, becomes the target of a hunt by the Inquisition. Aided by Marieke, a mysterious girl living in the underground sewers of Antwerp, Storm is caught ... See full summary »
Director: Dennis Bots | Stars: Davy Gomez, Juna de Leeuw, Yorick van Wageningen, Angela Schijf
Votes: 671
95. America Has Fallen: Election Day (2020)
85 min | Drama
Francisco Suarez has the unique opportunity to interview one of the Presidential candidates. Torn by his desire to be objective, he is left with a choice that could mean the end of his career--but the deliverance of his country.
Director: Felix Igori Ramos | Stars: Randy Vasquez, Rick Ravanello, Fernanda Moya, Marilyn Sanabria
Votes: 23
96. Goya in Bordeaux (1999)
R | 100 min | Biography, Drama, War
Francisco Goya (1746-1828), deaf and ill, lives the last years of his life in voluntary exile in Bordeaux, a Liberal protesting the oppressive rule of Ferdinand VII. He's living with his ... See full summary »
Director: Carlos Saura | Stars: Francisco Rabal, Jose Coronado, Dafne Fernández, Eulàlia Ramon
Votes: 2,309 | Gross: $0.72M
97. The Beast of Babylon Against the Son of Hercules (1963)
98 min | Adventure
The rightful heir to the throne of Babylon leads a slave revolt against an evil ruler.
Director: Siro Marcellini | Stars: Gordon Scott, Geneviève Grad, Moira Orfei, Piero Lulli
Votes: 140 | Gross: $1.80M
98. Dragonard (1988)
R | 93 min | Drama
On an 18th century Caribbean island run by debauched colonial plantation owners, an enslaved Scotsman joins a slave revolt.
Director: Gérard Kikoïne | Stars: Oliver Reed, Eartha Kitt, Annabel Schofield, Claudia Udy
Votes: 352
99. The Black Room (1935)
Passed | 68 min | Horror
Ignoring an ancient prophecy, evil brother Gregor seeks to maintain his feudal power on his his Tyrolean estate by murdering and impersonating his benevolent younger twin.
Director: Roy William Neill | Stars: Boris Karloff, Marian Marsh, Robert Allen, Thurston Hall
Votes: 2,261
100. Mard (1985)
177 min | Action, Comedy, Drama
King Azad gets locked in a dungeon by the British general Dyer who wants to take over his kingdom. Years later, Azad's son decides to put an end to Dyer's tyranny and comes to his father's rescue.
Directors: Manmohan Desai, Anil Nagarath, Pammy Varma | Stars: Amitabh Bachchan, Amrita Singh, Nirupa Roy, Dara Singh Randhawa
Votes: 2,068