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1. Parasite (2019)

R | 132 min | Drama, Thriller

Greed and class discrimination threaten the newly-formed symbiotic relationship between the wealthy Park family and the destitute Kim clan.

Director: Bong Joon Ho | Stars: Song Kang-ho, Lee Sun-kyun, Cho Yeo-jeong, Choi Woo-sik

Votes: 967,578 | Gross: $53.37M

2. The Great Gatsby (2013)

PG-13 | 143 min | Drama, Romance

A writer and wall street trader, Nick Carraway, finds himself drawn to the past and lifestyle of his mysterious millionaire neighbor, Jay Gatsby, amid the riotous parties of the Jazz Age.

Director: Baz Luhrmann | Stars: Leonardo DiCaprio, Carey Mulligan, Joel Edgerton, Tobey Maguire

Votes: 599,510 | Gross: $144.84M

3. Breathless (1960)

Not Rated | 90 min | Crime, Drama

A small-time crook, hunted by the authorities for a car theft and the murder a police officer, attempts to persuade a hip American journalism student to run away with him to Italy.

Director: Jean-Luc Godard | Stars: Jean-Paul Belmondo, Jean Seberg, Van Doude, Jean-Luc Godard

Votes: 88,216 | Gross: $0.34M

4. 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: 99,345 | Gross: $14.48M

5. Three Colors: White (1994)

R | 92 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

After his wife divorces him, a Polish immigrant plots to get even with her.

Director: Krzysztof Kieslowski | Stars: Zbigniew Zamachowski, Julie Delpy, Janusz Gajos, Jerzy Stuhr

Votes: 79,922 | Gross: $1.46M

6. Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day (2008)

PG-13 | 92 min | Comedy, Romance

Guinevere Pettigrew, a middle-aged London governess, finds herself unfairly dismissed from her job. An attempt to gain new employment catapults her into the glamorous world and dizzying social whirl of an American actress and singer, Delysia Lafosse.

Director: Bharat Nalluri | Stars: Frances McDormand, Amy Adams, Ciarán Hinds, David Alexander

Votes: 29,778 | Gross: $12.29M

7. Mrs Palfrey at the Claremont (2005)

Not Rated | 108 min | Comedy, Drama

All but abandoned by her family in a London retirement hotel, an elderly woman strikes up a curious friendship with a young writer.

Director: Dan Ireland | Stars: Joan Plowright, Rupert Friend, Zoë Tapper, Robert Lang

Votes: 4,278 | Gross: $0.07M

8. The Humans (2021)

R | 108 min | Drama

During one evening, the Blake family gathers to celebrate thanksgiving in a broken-down flat newly rented by the daughter and her new man. As the darkness falls, we find that all have less to be thankful about.

Director: Stephen Karam | Stars: Richard Jenkins, Jayne Houdyshell, Amy Schumer, Beanie Feldstein

Votes: 10,877

9. Carbon Copy (1981)

PG | 92 min | Comedy, Drama

When a rich white corporate executive finds out that he has an illegitimate black son, things start falling apart for him at home, work, and in his social circles.

Director: Michael Schultz | Stars: George Segal, Susan Saint James, Jack Warden, Dick Martin

Votes: 3,269 | Gross: $9.57M

10. Lost in America (1985)

R | 91 min | Comedy

A husband and wife in their 30s decide to quit their jobs, live as free spirits and cruise America in a Winnebago.

Director: Albert Brooks | Stars: Albert Brooks, Julie Hagerty, Sylvia Farrel, Tina Kincaid

Votes: 10,247 | Gross: $10.18M

11. L'Atalante (1934)

Not Rated | 89 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

Newly married couple Juliette and a ship captain Jean struggle through marriage as they travel on the L'atalante along with the captain's first mate Le père Jules and a cabin boy.

Director: Jean Vigo | Stars: Dita Parlo, Jean Dasté, Gilles Margaritis, Louis Lefebvre

Votes: 17,538

12. Wicked Woman (1953)

Approved | 77 min | Drama, Film-Noir

Drifting floozy Billie Nash gets a bar job where she seduces the owner's husband by convincing him to defraud his drunkard wife in order to elope together to Mexico, but a sleazy neighbor with designs on Billie jeopardizes her plans.

Director: Russell Rouse | Stars: Beverly Michaels, Richard Egan, Percy Helton, Evelyn Scott

Votes: 1,012

13. A Coffee in Berlin (2012)

Not Rated | 86 min | Comedy, Drama

An aimless university dropout attempts to make sense of life as he spends one fateful day wandering the streets of Berlin.

Director: Jan-Ole Gerster | Stars: Tom Schilling, Katharina Schüttler, Justus von Dohnányi, Andreas Schröders

Votes: 17,576 | Gross: $0.15M

14. I'll Never Forget You (1951)

90 min | Drama, Fantasy, Romance

A scientist obsessed with the past transports himself back in time to 18th-century London, where he falls in love with a beautiful young woman.

Director: Roy Ward Baker | Stars: Tyrone Power, Ann Blyth, Michael Rennie, Dennis Price

Votes: 1,077

15. Bay of Angels (1963)

Not Rated | 90 min | Drama, Romance

Jean is a clerk in a bank. His colleague Caron is a gambler and gives him the virus. In the casinos, Jean meets Jackie. Their love affair will follow their luck at the roulette.

Director: Jacques Demy | Stars: Jeanne Moreau, Claude Mann, Paul Guers, Henri Nassiet

Votes: 4,242 | Gross: $0.09M

16. The Manxman (1929)

Not Rated | 110 min | Drama, Romance

A fisherman and a rising young lawyer, who grew up as brothers, fall in love with the same girl.

Director: Alfred Hitchcock | Stars: Anny Ondra, Carl Brisson, Malcolm Keen, Randle Ayrton

Votes: 3,292

17. The Immigrant (1917)

Unrated | 30 min | Short, Comedy, Drama

Charlie is an immigrant who endures a challenging voyage and gets into trouble as soon as he arrives in America.

Director: Charles Chaplin | Stars: Charles Chaplin, Edna Purviance, Eric Campbell, Albert Austin

Votes: 9,232

18. Go West (1925)

Not Rated | 69 min | Comedy, Western

With little luck at keeping a job in the city a New Yorker tries work in the country and eventually finds his way leading a herd of cattle to the West Coast.

Director: Buster Keaton | Stars: Buster Keaton, Howard Truesdale, Kathleen Myers, Ray Thompson

Votes: 5,026

19. George Washington Slept Here (1942)

Approved | 93 min | Comedy

When Bill and Connie Fuller are forced to move out of their Manhattan apartment because of their pet dog, Connie purchases a dilapidated old Pennsylvania house where George Washington allegedly slept, and persuades Bill to renovate it.

Director: William Keighley | Stars: Jack Benny, Ann Sheridan, Charles Coburn, Percy Kilbride

Votes: 1,962 | Gross: $0.66M

20. Maîtresse (1976)

Not Rated | 112 min | Drama, Romance

A common thief (Depardieu) breaks into the house of a professional dominatrix (Ogier), and begins to help her "train" her clients. Though this world is alien to his experience, he finds ... See full summary »

Director: Barbet Schroeder | Stars: Gérard Depardieu, Bulle Ogier, André Rouyer, Nathalie Keryan

Votes: 2,438

21. Eccentricities of a Blonde-Haired Girl (2009)

Not Rated | 64 min | Drama, Romance

A young man falls helplessly in love with a mysterious blonde woman who turns his life upside down.

Director: Manoel de Oliveira | Stars: Ricardo Trêpa, Catarina Wallenstein, Diogo Dória, Júlia Buisel

Votes: 1,821

22. Back to Mom's (2016)

97 min | Comedy, Drama

Stéphanie, a French architect in her early forties, has to return to her mother after losing her job. Conflicts with her mother and her siblings ensue.

Director: Eric Lavaine | Stars: Josiane Balasko, Alexandra Lamy, Mathilde Seigner, Philippe Lefebvre

Votes: 2,357

23. Bunny O'Hare (1971)

GP | 91 min | Comedy

Bunny is a penniless widow who blackmails a robber into teaching her the trade. Soon the pair starts a successful crime spree, and the cops aren't turning a blind eye.

Director: Gerd Oswald | Stars: Bette Davis, Ernest Borgnine, Jack Cassidy, Joan Delaney

Votes: 1,200

24. The Witch (1906)

Not Rated | 12 min | Short, Fantasy

A penniless troubadour consults the Fairy Carabosse about his future but offends her by paying with a bag of sand.

Director: Georges Méliès | Star: Georges Méliès

Votes: 772

25. Blaues Blut (1988– )

92 min | Crime, Drama

Heinrich von Alternberg returns home to find that the estate his father has left him is penniless. The non-conformist German count decides to adopt a more everyday appellation of Henry ... See full summary »

Stars: Albert Fortell, Capucine, Ursula Karven, Jean Bouchaud

Votes: 45

26. Skint (2013– )

Documentary

A true account of life on an English housing estate. With those on Government handouts, drugs, booze & long-term unemployment.

Stars: Ralph Ineson, Steven Hartley, Steve Speirs

Votes: 60

27. Enas trellos glentzes (1970)

88 min | Comedy

To keep up appearances, an otherwise reputable businessman who leads a double life has devised a clever scheme; however, when his partner's rich aunt pays a visit, things will take a turn for the unexpected. Will he keep his secret safe?

Director: Kostas Karagiannis | Stars: Labros Konstadaras, Jenny Roussea, Vicky Vanita, Theodoros Katsadramis

Votes: 207

28. 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: 494

29. The Barefoot Prince (1966)

91 min | Comedy, Musical

Run out of options and in desperate need of cash, a down-and-out young man accepts his rich hotelier friend's preposterous proposal to impersonate an exotic Arab Prince. But what does the bride-to-be has to say about this scandalous farce?

Director: Giannis Dalianidis | Stars: Kostas Voutsas, Martha Karagianni, Dionysis Papagiannopoulos, Vagelis Seilinos

Votes: 469

30. We Were Dancing (1942)

Passed | 95 min | Comedy, Romance

Two titled aristocrats support themselves by being professional house guests in the homes of star-struck American nouveau riche.

Director: Robert Z. Leonard | Stars: Norma Shearer, Melvyn Douglas, Gail Patrick, Lee Bowman

Votes: 530

31. Retour de manivelle (1957)

Not Rated | 103 min | Crime, Drama

An unemployed Frenchman who saves the life of a rich man is hired as a chauffeur by the grateful man but gets caught in a murder-for-life-insurance-money scheme.

Director: Denys de La Patellière | Stars: Michèle Morgan, Daniel Gélin, Michèle Mercier, François Chaumette

Votes: 263

32. Peraste... filiste... teleiosate! (1986)

88 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance

An incorrigible but penniless philanderer decides to go on a Mediterranean cruise on borrowed money; however, pretty soon, love will come knocking on his door.

Director: Giannis Dalianidis | Stars: Panos Mihalopoulos, Stamatis Gardelis, Vasia Panagopoulou, Rika Vagiani

Votes: 170

33. It's All Yours (1937)

Approved | 80 min | Comedy, Music, Romance

Jimmy Barnes arrives from Europe to be educated by his multi-millionaire uncle, Edward J. Barnes and in five years the extravagant escapes of Jimmy, now a lawyer, are the talk of San ... See full summary »

Director: Elliott Nugent | Stars: Madeleine Carroll, Francis Lederer, Mischa Auer, Grace Bradley

Votes: 106

34. Un drôle de paroissien (1963)

Not Rated | 92 min | Comedy

Bad financial conditions compel an aristocratic family named Lachesnaye to do strange work.

Director: Jean-Pierre Mocky | Stars: Bourvil, Francis Blanche, Jean Poiret, Jean Yonnel

Votes: 732

35. 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: 667

36. The Bride Comes Home (1935)

Approved | 83 min | Comedy, Romance

A penniless socialite is hired by two young men as a front in their plan to start a magazine. Soon, however, they find themselves more interested in her than in their publishing venture.

Director: Wesley Ruggles | Stars: Claudette Colbert, Fred MacMurray, Robert Young, William Collier Sr.

Votes: 261

37. Lady by Choice (1934)

Passed | 76 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

An elderly, brash drunk is hired to help improve the image of a controversial dancer, and the two women form an unlikely friendship.

Director: David Burton | Stars: Carole Lombard, May Robson, Roger Pryor, Walter Connolly

Votes: 640

38. Manto Mavrogenous (1971)

95 min | Biography, Drama, History

As the war for the independence of Greece in the early-1820s rages on, the fervent patriot and fearless commander, Mando Mavrogenous, engages herself in an intense relationship with Prince Demetrios Ypsilantis.

Director: Kostas Karagiannis | Stars: Jenny Karezi, Petros Fyssoun, Alkis Giannakas, Eleni Erimou

Votes: 313

39. Love Me Forever (1935)

Approved | 91 min | Drama, Musical, Romance

A man who loves an aspiring opera singer is prepared to sacrifice everything to help her with her career, even though he knows she doesn't love him.

Director: Victor Schertzinger | Stars: Grace Moore, Leo Carrillo, Robert Allen, Spring Byington

Votes: 151

40. Lalakis the Import (1984)

86 min | Comedy

Lalakis is a broke but proud fashion victim who gets caught in Italian Mafia's "web" when he illegally tries to import cosmetics from abroad in order to get rich without having to get a job.

Director: Yiannis Hartomatzidis | Stars: Nikos Papanastasiou, Katerina Gioulaki, Aliki Kamineli, Markos Lezes

Votes: 142

41. I'll Give a Million (1935)

79 min | Comedy, Romance

Gold is a millionaire tired of the hypocrisy that surrounds him. After saving a homeless man's life, he gets hold of his clothes by wandering around town in search of someone who appreciates him for who he really is, not for his money.

Director: Mario Camerini | Stars: Vittorio De Sica, Assia Noris, Luigi Almirante, Mario Gallina

Votes: 257

42. Trohonomos... Varvara (1981)

94 min | Comedy

Achilleas desperate from being unemployed, tries to impersonate his sister, Varvara, and work as a traffic policeman.

Director: Omiros Efstratiadis | Stars: Giannis Gionakis, Stathis Psaltis, Jenny Zaharopoulou, Mari Karavia

Votes: 345

43. Fun on a Weekend (1947)

Passed | 93 min | Comedy, Mystery, Romance

Peterson Price Porterhouse III and Nancy Crane, both flat broke, meet on a Florida beach and decide to "go for the big money," under the premise that perception will turn into reality.

Director: Andrew L. Stone | Stars: Eddie Bracken, Priscilla Lane, Tom Conway, Allen Jenkins

Votes: 240

44. Povratak Katarine Kozul (1989)

107 min | Drama

After her husband who left for Germany to find better work suddenly dies, an attractive young widow, Katarina Kozul, leaves his native village in Herzegovina to work abroad herself. There, ... See full summary »

Director: Slobodan Praljak | Stars: Alma Prica, Mustafa Nadarevic, Annemarie Wendl, Fabijan Sovagovic

Votes: 50

45. Gigolette (1935)

Passed | 65 min | Drama, Romance

Kay Parrish, a society girl, finds she is penniless when her father dies. However she persuades Terry Gallagher to give her a hostess job at his New York City clip-joint, which he operates ... See full summary »

Director: Charles Lamont | Stars: Adrienne Ames, Ralph Bellamy, Donald Cook, Robert Armstrong

Votes: 45

46. Avoveteen (1939)

100 min | Drama

Yrjö Niemelä moves to Helsinki. There he, unemployed, homeless, and penniless, tries to commit suicide but is rescued by a soldier of the Salvation Army.

Director: Orvo Saarikivi | Stars: Kullervo Kalske, Irma Seikkula, Aino Lohikoski, Hugo Hytönen

Votes: 60

47. No Money No Honey (1955)

Comedy

He had money to burn but there are things it cannot buy.

Director: Lamberto V. Avellana | Stars: Jaime de la Rosa, Carmencita Abad, Florentino Ballecer, Oscar Obligacion

48. Xypna, koroido... (1969)

81 min | Comedy

Deceived, a poor countrywoman arrives in Athens to track down the swindler who took her money and lands a job as a chambermaid for a self-made merchant who is targeted by slick con artists. Can she help her employer, and find love?

Director: Errikos Thalassinos | Stars: Eleni Anousaki, Dionysis Papagiannopoulos, Alekos Tzanetakos, Sotiris Moustakas

Votes: 68

49. Kramarz (1990)

90 min | Biography, Drama

The hardships of an ordinary street vendor from his troubled childhood, when he had to work to support his family, to disappointing adulthood, when he lost all the money he had several Times for various reasons.

Director: Andrzej Baranski | Stars: Roman Klosowski, Bozena Adamek, Artur Barcis, Bogusz Bilewski

Votes: 69

50. A Week in Paradise (1964)

88 min | Comedy, Romance

As free as a bird, a penniless vagabond with a heart of gold sees his quiet life turn upside down when a desperate runaway bride seeks refuge in his humble home, intent on escaping a loveless marriage. Can they outwit the betrayed groom?

Director: Ion Daifas | Stars: Vasilis Diamantopoulos, Mirka Kalatzopoulou, Smaro Stefanidou, Giannis Fermis

Votes: 19