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1. Star Trek: Discovery (2017–2024)
TV-14 | 60 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Ten years before Kirk, Spock, and the Enterprise, the USS Discovery discovers new worlds and lifeforms as one Starfleet officer learns to understand all things alien.
Stars: Sonequa Martin-Green, Anthony Rapp, Doug Jones, Mary Wiseman
Votes: 135,847
2. Pearl (2022)
R | 103 min | Drama, Horror, Thriller
In 1918, a young woman on the brink of madness pursues stardom in a desperate attempt to escape the drudgery, isolation, and lovelessness of life on her parents' farm.
Director: Ti West | Stars: Mia Goth, David Corenswet, Tandi Wright, Matthew Sunderland
Votes: 97,859 | Gross: $9.42M
3. Logan (2017)
R | 137 min | Action, Drama, Sci-Fi
In a future where mutants are nearly extinct, an elderly and weary Logan leads a quiet life. But when Laura, a mutant child pursued by scientists, comes to him for help, he must get her to safety.
Director: James Mangold | Stars: Hugh Jackman, Patrick Stewart, Dafne Keen, Boyd Holbrook
Votes: 833,196 | Gross: $226.28M
4. A Star Is Born (2018)
R | 136 min | Drama, Music, Romance
A musician helps a young singer find fame as age and alcoholism send his own career into a downward spiral.
Director: Bradley Cooper | Stars: Lady Gaga, Bradley Cooper, Sam Elliott, Greg Grunberg
Votes: 420,448 | Gross: $215.29M
5. Brooklyn (2015)
PG-13 | 117 min | Drama, Romance
An Irish immigrant lands in 1950s Brooklyn, where she quickly falls into a romance with a local. When her past catches up with her, however, she must choose between two countries and the lives that exist within.
Director: John Crowley | Stars: Saoirse Ronan, Emory Cohen, Domhnall Gleeson, Jim Broadbent
Votes: 150,670 | Gross: $38.32M
6. Redemption (I) (2013)
R | 100 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A damaged ex-special forces soldier navigating London's criminal underworld seizes an opportunity to assume another man's identity.
Director: Steven Knight | Stars: Jason Statham, Agata Buzek, Vicky McClure, Benedict Wong
Votes: 77,172 | Gross: $0.03M
7. Pride and Prejudice and Zombies (2016)
PG-13 | 108 min | Action, Comedy, Fantasy
Five sisters in 19th century England must cope with the pressures to marry while protecting themselves from a growing population of zombies.
Director: Burr Steers | Stars: Lily James, Sam Riley, Jack Huston, Bella Heathcote
Votes: 60,520 | Gross: $10.91M
8. Pompeii (I) (2014)
PG-13 | 105 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
A slave-turned-gladiator finds himself in a race against time to save his true love, who has been betrothed to a corrupt Roman Senator. As Mount Vesuvius erupts, he must fight to save his beloved as Pompeii crumbles around him.
Director: Paul W.S. Anderson | Stars: Kit Harington, Emily Browning, Kiefer Sutherland, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje
Votes: 116,755 | Gross: $23.22M
9. The Concubine (2012)
Unrated | 122 min | Drama, History, Romance
A tragic love triangle story between Hwa-Yeon, a daughter of a nobleman, her true love Kwon-Yoo, a servant and the man who will be King, Prince Sungwon.
Director: Kim Dae-seung | Stars: Cho Yeo-jeong, Kim Dong-wook, Kim Min-joon, Park Ji-young
Votes: 2,636
10. Beautiful Creatures (2013)
PG-13 | 124 min | Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Ethan Wate longs to escape his small southern town. He meets a mysterious new girl, Lena Duchannes. Together, they uncover dark secrets about their respective families, their history, and their town.
Director: Richard LaGravenese | Stars: Alice Englert, Viola Davis, Emma Thompson, Alden Ehrenreich
Votes: 91,058 | Gross: $19.45M
11. Obsessed (2014)
18+ | 132 min | Drama
A secret, passionate affair happens in the summer of 1969 between Colonel Jin Pyeong, trapped in a loveless marriage with Soo Jin, and Jong Ga Heun, the Chinese-Korean wife of Captain Kyung Woo Jin.
Director: Dae-woo Kim | Stars: Song Seung-heon, Lim Ji-yeon, Cho Yeo-jeong, On Joo-Wan
Votes: 2,431
12. Charlie St. Cloud (2010)
PG-13 | 99 min | Drama, Fantasy, Romance
After Charlie survives a car crash that kills his younger brother, he is given the gift of seeing the spirits of his brother and others who he has lost, and must use his powers to save the woman he loves from impending disaster.
Director: Burr Steers | Stars: Zac Efron, Kim Basinger, Charlie Tahan, Amanda Crew
Votes: 64,747 | Gross: $31.16M
13. Well-Intended Love (2019–2020)
TV-14 | 45 min | Drama, Romance
To secure a bone marrow donation, an actress diagnosed with leukemia makes a marriage pact with a young CEO -- but love and secrets get in the way.
Stars: Kaicheng Xu, Shuang Wang, Ian Yi, Qianshuo Huang
Votes: 1,866
14. 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
15. Assassination Games (2011)
R | 101 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Two assassins agree to work together as one tries to avenge his wife and the other collects a reward for a job.
Director: Ernie Barbarash | Stars: Jean-Claude Van Damme, Scott Adkins, Ivan Kaye, Valentin Teodosiu
Votes: 18,447
16. Kirli Sepeti (2023– )
Comedy, Drama
The lives of Istanbul's richest and most powerful families. Their maids, who are exposed to the secrets, mysteries and crimes hidden behind the closed doors of these houses, often become a part of them.
Stars: Ayça Bingöl, Ceren Moray, Cansu Tosun, Halil Ibrahim Ceyhan
Votes: 372
17. Space Station 76 (2014)
R | 93 min | Comedy, Drama, Sci-Fi
A 1970s version of the future, where personalities and asteroids collide.
Director: Jack Plotnick | Stars: Patrick Wilson, Liv Tyler, Marisa Coughlan, Matt Bomer
Votes: 8,613
18. Another Me (2013)
PG-13 | 86 min | Mystery, Thriller
A teenager finds her perfect life upended when she's stalked by a mysterious doppelganger who has her eyes set on assuming her identity.
Director: Isabel Coixet | Stars: Sophie Turner, Claire Forlani, Rhys Ifans, Eugenio Pérez
Votes: 6,070
19. You've Got a Friend (2022)
Not Rated | 115 min | Drama, Romance
Yoshio is a man who works for the city's water department and live with his mother. He regularly visits to the SM Queen Miho, but he still cannot forget the legendary SM Queen Yukiko.
Director: Ryûichi Hiroki | Stars: Jun Murakami, Nahana, Wyolica, Momoka Ayukawa
Votes: 76
20. Too Much, Too Soon (1958)
Passed | 121 min | Biography, Drama, Romance
The daughter of iconic actor John Barrymore becomes reunited with her father after a ten year estrangement and engages in his self-destructive lifestyle.
Director: Art Napoleon | Stars: Dorothy Malone, Errol Flynn, Efrem Zimbalist Jr., Ray Danton
Votes: 769
21. Schoolboy Crush (2007)
Not Rated | 88 min | Drama
An erotic cat and mouse game set in an all-boys' prep school.
Director: Kôtarô Terauchi | Stars: Yoshikazu Kotani, Atsumi Kanno, Yuuki Kawakubo, Kazunori Tani
Votes: 338
22. Trade of Innocents (2012)
PG-13 | 88 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
A couple grieving the loss of their own daughter set out to rescue young girls sold into the sex slave trade.
Director: Christopher M. Bessette | Stars: Dermot Mulroney, Mira Sorvino, John Billingsley, Trieu Tran
Votes: 1,028 | Gross: $0.02M
23. Table for Six (2022)
117 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A family reunion dinner turns awkward when Bernard arrives with his new girlfriend, who happens to be big brother Steve's old flame. With Steve's casual partner comes to his rescue, anything that can go wrong goes laughably berserk.
Director: Sunny Chan | Stars: Dayo Wong, Stephy Tang, Louis Cheung, Ivana Wong
Votes: 1,180
24. Noktah Merah Perkawinan (2022)
119 min | Drama, Romance
A couple's relationship hits rock bottom after 11 years - until an intriguing young woman reawakens emotions and threatens to end their marriage.
Director: Sabrina Rochelle Kalangie | Stars: Marsha Timothy, Oka Antara, Sheila Dara Aisha, Jaden Ocean
Votes: 730
25. My Lovely Angel (2021)
100 min | Drama
A life-changing story of a man who has lived as a loner his entire life. Jae Shik begins to live together with a child with a hearing-visual disability, as they change each other's lives and try to find a way to communicate.
Directors: Sung-Mo Kwon, Chang-Won Lee | Stars: Jin Goo, Jung Seo-yeon, Alireza Abbas Beygi, Bang Eun-Jung
Votes: 701
26. The Next Door (2023)
113 min | Drama, Romance
Everything seems to be going well in the stable relationship between Mari and Rafa, until Isis and Fred move into the apartment next door. The new neighbors make no secret of the fact that they are in an open relationship.
Director: Julia Rezende | Stars: Letícia Colin, Dan Ferreira, Bárbara Paz, Tulio Starling
Votes: 79
27. Vixen Highway 2006: It Came from Uranus! (2010)
250 min | Action, Horror, Thriller
Rock-star Bobby Barzell awaits a liver transplant from a psychotic fugitive of the law: as a vengeful blood demon-alien tries to collect on for a past debt.
Directors: Tony Watt, Vivita | Stars: Tony Watt, Vivita, Amabelle Singson, James Taggart
Votes: 143
28. Sella Turcica (2010)
106 min | Horror, Thriller
A paralyzed soldier returns from war to his family in worse shape than anyone at home could imagine.
Director: Fred Vogel | Stars: Camille Keaton, Damien A. Maruscak, Harvey Daniels, Allie Nickel
Votes: 325
29. Acid Head: The Buzzard Nuts County Slaughter (2011)
145 min | Action, Crime, Horror
Acid scarred teenager Pheromone Labonza (aka Acid Head) is a vengeful, bloodsucking cannibal goth-girl killer that slashes her way though rural Buzzard Nuts County, N.Y.'s roadside and Vom College sorority House.
Director: Tony Watt | Stars: Vivita, Tony Watt, Lewis Mercer, Lana Tailor
Votes: 157
30. It Was the Son (2012)
93 min | Comedy, Drama
In 1970s, the Ciraulos are modest scrap-dealers whose uneventful lives are turned upside-down the day their youngest daughter is accidentally killed by clumsy killers. Their immense grief ... See full summary »
Director: Daniele Ciprì | Stars: Toni Servillo, Giselda Volodi, Alfredo Castro, Aurora Quattrocchi
Votes: 1,333
31. Homeland (2010)
106 min | Drama, Thriller
In a country shaken by major political events, three generations of a Greek family clash over an inside-the-family adoption.
Director: Syllas Tzoumerkas | Stars: Amalia Moutousi, Thanos Samaras, Ioanna Tsirigouli, Errikos Litsis
Votes: 458
32. Änglavakt (2010)
94 min | Drama
An accident overthrows Ernst and Cecilia's well-ordered life. Chance rules in Ernst's rational world while Cecilia is searching for a deeper meaning in what has happened. As they drift ... See full summary »
Director: Johan Brisinger | Stars: Michael Nyqvist, Izabella Scorupco, Tchéky Karyo, Jacob Ericksson
Votes: 528
33. Kawa (2010)
Not Rated | 76 min | Drama, Romance
An apparently happy family man must reveal a lifelong secret - that he is gay.
Director: Katie Wolfe | Stars: Calvin Tuteao, Nathalie Boltt, George Henare, Vicky Haughton
Votes: 412
34. Pierrot Lunaire (2014)
51 min | Drama, Music
A young girl that regularly dresses as a boy falls in love and seduces a young girl that has no clue that her lover has the same sex. When the girl introduces 'her boyfriend' to her father ... See full summary »
Director: Bruce La Bruce | Stars: Susanne Sachße, Paulina Bachmann, Luizo Vega, Maria Ivanenko
Votes: 110
35. Glamour Dolls (2016)
Not Rated | 110 min | Comedy, Drama
This is the story of two male prostitutes who want to become professional actors and how they struggle to get into show business.
Director: John De Luca | Stars: John De Luca, Dominik Danielewicz, Ashlie Walker, Laurence Christopher
Votes: 60
36. U zemlji cudesa (2009)
93 min | Drama
Still today, years after the war, some regions are contaminated with broken families, poverty, crime and low-grade uranium. In the middle of nowhere in Western Herzegovina, at a NATO ... See full summary »
Director: Dejan Sorak | Stars: Marija Stjepanovic, Franjo Kuhar, Dora Lipovcan, Borko Peric
Votes: 180
37. Weaverfish (2013)
Not Rated | 95 min | Drama, Horror, Romance
After spending the night partying at a condemned river creek, the atmosphere is soon lost for quiet teenager Reece and his friends. Headaches and heartaches give way to a terrifying race back to civilisation as a grossly disfiguring virus takes hold on the most vulnerable.
Director: Harrison Wall | Stars: Shane O'Meara, Lucy-Jane Quinlan, Josh Ockenden, Jessie Morell
Votes: 281
38. Bebus (1979)
Drama
Debut film by the director, produced by the famous G.P.Sippy, is a Rajesh Khanna classic renovating the Kannada language rural melodrama Bangaarada Manushya 1972 in Hindi.
Director: Narendra Bedi | Stars: Rajesh Khanna, Zaheera, Asha Sachdev, Om Prakash
Votes: 9
39. Alia: Bosniac Rhapsody (2008)
85 min | Action, Drama, History
Alia Izzet Rahmanovic is one of the prosperous and career-savvy Bosniaks of the Tito period Yugoslavia. Captain of Yugoslavia, close guard of Tito, army national team captain and ... See full summary »
Director: Karl Kases | Stars: Birol Tarkan Yildiz, Thure Riefenstein, Emin Boztepe, Nusrettin Öncü
Votes: 137
40. Lune de Miel
80 min | Drama | Completed
When his wife Nicole loses her memories due to an accident, Frank (Sebastian Faust) follows the advice from the attending physician Dr. Vogt (Matthias Kaufmann) and sets out for France. ... See full summary »
Directors: Simon Hoff, Jan-Philipp Matthewes | Stars: Joel Thum, Caroline Tudyka, Sebastian Faust, Anja Eicker
41. Guilt & Sentence (2010)
PG-13 | 93 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
A drama of two lost and troubled individuals, Janis suffering from depression & Peter a social worker, who are forever entwined after a traumatic event occurs. Exploring paranoia, the effects of guilt, and the power of true redemption.
Director: Spencer Folmar | Stars: Mase Daniels, Stormi Rebo, Britt Reinke, Stephen Fenush
Votes: 633
42. 1MC: Something of Vengeance (2010)
85 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
Sarah Volkova, (aka 1MC), returns to where it all began, with one thing in mind...revenge.
Director: Martyn Park | Stars: Liliya May, Laurence Coy, Terry Serio, James Saivanidis
Votes: 110
43. The Taste of Relation (2009)
Unrated | 87 min | Drama, Family, Mystery
Eastern values clash with Western culture when an Indian father uproots his Hindu family and moves to Canada, beginning an emotional journey that winds up tearing the clan's tight-knit relationships apart with greed and ambition.
Director: Mukesh Asopa | Stars: Mukesh Asopa, Kamal Nandi, Aruna Bhatnagar, Tree Ryde
Votes: 747
44. Aficionados (2010)
95 min | Comedy, Romance
'Aficionados' is an experimental film that emerges of a collective creation, from the construction of characters. With a screenplay with no dialogues and without treatment, the actors ... See full summary »
Director: Arturo Dueñas Herrero | Stars: Rebeca Izquierdo, Jesús Burgoa, Nuria De Torres, Laura Torme
Votes: 22
45. Aisha and Rahul (2009)
51 min | Comedy, Drama, Musical
Aisha, a typical desi girl, brought up in the western World, and Rahul, a boy from India, new to the West, meet by chance in a coffee shop. A close friendship develops and eventually ... See full summary »
Directors: Milind Swamy, Mukesh Asopa | Stars: Mukesh Asopa, Preeti Dhanda, Robbie Beniuk, Kenia Del Toro
Votes: 631
46. Hamlet the Vampire Slayer (2008)
85 min | Comedy
Hamlet is haunted by the possibility that his Latin Lover Uncle Claudio is a vampire who murdered Hamlet's father in order to become king and seduce Hamlet's mother, Gertrude. As the ... See full summary »
Director: Jason Witter | Stars: Kevin R. Elder, Leslie Nesbit, Doug Montoya, Summer Olsson
Votes: 31
47. Prime Time Soap (2011)
105 min | Drama
Brazil, 1978, a group of people live their lives under the dictatorship, the euphoria of disco fever and the fantasy of "Dancin' Days", a prime time soap, which fictional drama is set on ... See full summary »
Director: Odilon Rocha | Stars: Claudia Ohana, Vanessa Giácomo, Mateus Solano, Alexandre Nero
Votes: 151
48. The Real Court of Shards (2021)
Drama
The experimental feature centers on Nora, a woman with a disability struggling to find love and freedom from her patriarchal family.
Director: Jan Eilhardt | Stars: Caroline Fricke, Silvia Giehle, Kathrin Angerer, Steffi Kühnert
49. The Critic (I) (2018)
15 min | Short, Drama, Thriller
A starry-eyed actress with a troubled past faces her harshest critic during an interview gone wrong.
Director: Stella Velon | Stars: Stella Velon, Alan Smyth, Todd Karner
Votes: 90
50. The Sorrows of Dolores (1986)
90 min | Drama
Film recounts the madcap tale of sweet Dolores who, after being tortured by her sadistic mother, is thrown into the harsh city environs, innocent and alone. Chased by villains, abducted ... See full summary »
Director: Charles Ludlam | Stars: Black-Eyed Susan, John Brockmeyer, Alan Eichler, Richard France