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1. Dead Poets Society (1989)
PG | 128 min | Comedy, Drama
Maverick teacher John Keating returns in 1959 to the prestigious New England boys' boarding school where he was once a star student, using poetry to embolden his pupils to new heights of self-expression.
Director: Peter Weir | Stars: Robin Williams, Robert Sean Leonard, Ethan Hawke, Josh Charles
Votes: 548,845 | Gross: $95.86M
2. The French Dispatch (2021)
R | 107 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A love letter to journalists set in an outpost of an American newspaper in a fictional twentieth century French city that brings to life a collection of stories published in "The French Dispatch Magazine".
Director: Wes Anderson | Stars: Benicio Del Toro, Adrien Brody, Tilda Swinton, Léa Seydoux
Votes: 151,272
3. The History Boys (2006)
R | 109 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
An unruly class of gifted and charming teenage boys are taught by two eccentric and innovative teachers, as their headmaster pushes for them all to get accepted into Oxford or Cambridge.
Director: Nicholas Hytner | Stars: Richard Griffiths, Frances de la Tour, Clive Merrison, Samuel Anderson
Votes: 21,513 | Gross: $2.71M
4. The Falling (2014)
Not Rated | 102 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
It's 1969 at a strict English girls' school where charismatic Abbie and intense and troubled Lydia are best friends. After a tragedy occurs at the school, a mysterious fainting epidemic breaks out threatening the stability of all involved.
Director: Carol Morley | Stars: Maxine Peake, Maisie Williams, Florence Pugh, Anna Burnett
Votes: 7,984
5. Alice in Wonderland (1999 TV Movie)
PG | 150 min | Adventure, Comedy, Family
Alice falls down a rabbit hole, and finds herself in Wonderland, a fantasy land of strange characters and ideas.
Director: Nick Willing | Stars: Tina Majorino, Whoopi Goldberg, Robbie Coltrane, Ben Kingsley
Votes: 8,890
6. The Damned (1969)
R | 157 min | Drama, War
The dramatic collapse of a wealthy, industrialist/Junker family during the reign of the Third Reich.
Director: Luchino Visconti | Stars: Dirk Bogarde, Ingrid Thulin, Helmut Griem, Helmut Berger
Votes: 9,943 | Gross: $0.63M
7. Raise the Red Lantern (1991)
PG | 125 min | Drama, Romance
China in the 1920s. After her father's death, Songlian is forced to marry the wealthy Master Chen. With three wives already, each living in a separate house, there is fierce competition for his attention and the privileges that are gained.
Director: Yimou Zhang | Stars: Gong Li, Jingwu Ma, Saifei He, Cuifen Cao
Votes: 35,449 | Gross: $2.60M
8. Benediction (2021)
PG-13 | 137 min | Biography, Drama, History
Legendary 20th century English war poet Siegfried Sassoon embarks on a life-long quest for personal salvation through his experiences with family, war, his writing, and destructive relationships. True salvation can only come from within.
Director: Terence Davies | Stars: Jack Lowden, Thom Ashley, Orlando Jopling, Christopher Naylor
Votes: 3,754
9. Iron Monkey (1993)
PG-13 | 85 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A martial artist/doctor steals from the corrupt authorities as a masked thief to give to the poor while another martial artist/doctor is forced to hunt him down. But a major threat unites them as a powerful and traitorous shaolin monk takes over the authorities.
Director: Woo-Ping Yuen | Stars: Rongguang Yu, Donnie Yen, Jean Wang, Sze-Man Tsang
Votes: 17,257 | Gross: $14.68M
10. The Claim (2000)
R | 120 min | Drama, Romance, Western
A prospector who sold his wife and infant daughter in exchange for a mining claim, tries desperately to win them back as he helps to build the Pacific Railroad with a group of pioneer friends.
Director: Michael Winterbottom | Stars: Wes Bentley, Peter Mullan, Ron Anderson, Marty Antonini
Votes: 6,630 | Gross: $0.67M
11. The Secrets (2007)
R | 127 min | Drama, Romance
Two brilliant young women discover their own voices in a repressive orthodox culture where females are forbidden to sing, let alone speak out.
Director: Avi Nesher | Stars: Fanny Ardant, Ania Bukstein, Michal Shtamler, Adir Miller
Votes: 2,256 | Gross: $0.12M
12. Wadjda (2012)
PG | 98 min | Comedy, Drama
An enterprising Saudi girl signs on for her school's Koran recitation competition as a way to raise the remaining funds she needs in order to buy the green bicycle that has captured her interest.
Director: Haifaa Al-Mansour | Stars: Waad Mohammed, Reem Abdullah, Abdullrahman Al Gohani, Ahd
Votes: 21,512 | Gross: $1.35M
13. The Dead (1987)
PG | 83 min | Drama
Gabriel Conroy and wife Gretta attend an early January dinner with friends at the home of his spinster aunts, an evening which results in an epiphany for both of them.
Director: John Huston | Stars: Anjelica Huston, Donal McCann, Helena Carroll, Cathleen Delany
Votes: 8,923 | Gross: $4.37M
14. The Browning Version (1951)
Not Rated | 90 min | Drama
Andrew Crocker-Harris (Michael Redgrave), a classics teacher at an English school, is afflicted with a heart ailment and an unfaithful wife (Jean Kent). His interest in his pupils wanes as he looks towards his final days in employment.
Director: Anthony Asquith | Stars: Michael Redgrave, Jean Kent, Nigel Patrick, Wilfrid Hyde-White
Votes: 5,460
15. The Keys of the Kingdom (1944)
Passed | 137 min | Drama, War
A young priest is sent to China to establish a Catholic parish.
Director: John M. Stahl | Stars: Gregory Peck, Thomas Mitchell, Vincent Price, Rose Stradner
Votes: 3,103
16. The D.I. (1957)
106 min | Drama
A no-nonsense Drill Instructor is convinced that he can make a recruit, that is haunted by his family combat history and who falters under pressure, into a Marine.
Director: Jack Webb | Stars: Jack Webb, Don Dubbins, Jackie Loughery, Lin McCarthy
Votes: 1,039
17. Waiting for Godot (2001 TV Movie)
120 min | Drama
Two tramps wait for a man named Godot, but instead meet a pompous man and his stooped-over slave.
Director: Michael Lindsay-Hogg | Stars: Barry McGovern, Johnny Murphy, Alan Stanford, Stephen Brennan
Votes: 1,631
18. Marcel Proust's Time Regained (1999)
169 min | Drama, Romance, War
A lush, elegant epic taking us on a time-swirling trip down the infinitely complex labyrinth that is Marcel Proust's memory lane.
Director: Raúl Ruiz | Stars: Catherine Deneuve, Emmanuelle Béart, Vincent Perez, John Malkovich
Votes: 2,839 | Gross: $0.46M
19. The Solid Gold Cadillac (1956)
Approved | 99 min | Comedy, Romance
A minority stockholder takes on the crooked board of directors at a billion dollar corporation.
Director: Richard Quine | Stars: Judy Holliday, John Williams, Paul Douglas, Fred Clark
Votes: 2,296
20. The Alphabet (1969)
TV-MA | 4 min | Animation, Short, Horror
A woman's dark and absurdist nightmare vision comprising a continuous recitation of the alphabet and bizarre living representations of each letter.
Director: David Lynch | Star: Peggy Reavey
Votes: 8,573
21. Show of Shows (1929)
Passed | 128 min | Comedy
In 1929, the studio gave the cinema its voice and offered audiences a chance to hear their favorite actors and actresses from the silent-screen era. For the first time, they can be heard in... See full summary »
Director: John G. Adolfi | Stars: Frank Fay, William Courtenay, H.B. Warner, Hobart Bosworth
Votes: 473
22. Honey (2010)
Not Rated | 103 min | Drama
The quiet life of a boy and his family is endangered when his father does not return home from his work collecting honey in the forest.
Director: Semih Kaplanoglu | Stars: Bora Altas, Erdal Besikçioglu, Tülin Özen, Ayse Altay
Votes: 7,494
23. Uomo d'acqua dolce (1997)
90 min | Comedy
Antonio takes a hit on his head when he's out to buy a jar of mushrooms for his wife, and loses his memory. He reappears five years later unaware that time has passed.
Director: Antonio Albanese | Stars: Antonio Albanese, Valeria Milillo, Antonio Petrocelli, Sara Anticoli
Votes: 611
24. Baal (1970 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 87 min | Drama
Baal explores the cult of the genius, an anti-heroic figure who chooses to be a social outcast and live on the fringe of bourgeois morality.
Director: Volker Schlöndorff | Stars: Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Sigi Graue, Margarethe von Trotta, Günther Neutze
Votes: 877
25. Dona Herlinda and Her Son (1985)
Unrated | 90 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Rodolfo ( Marco Treviño ) is a young bachelor doctor who has a love affair with a younger music student, Ramon ( Arturo Meza ). When Rodolfo's mother begins to urge his son to get married, ... See full summary »
Director: Jaime Humberto Hermosillo | Stars: Arturo Meza, Marco Treviño, Guadalupe Del Toro, Letícia Lupercio
Votes: 585
26. I Haven't Got a Hat (1935)
Approved | 7 min | Animation, Short, Adventure
The occasion is a school musical with many acts in which each of them end with a problem. The biggest one being when Beans pulls a gag on Oliver and embarrasses him in front of the rest of the students.
Director: Friz Freleng | Stars: Elvia Allman, Billy Bletcher, Bernard B. Brown, Joe Dougherty
Votes: 659
27. Five Little Peppers in Trouble (1940)
Approved | 64 min | Comedy, Drama
The Peppers--widowed Mrs. Pepper and her five children Ben, Polly, Joey, Davie, and Phronsie--have returned to live in their small house in Gusty Corners with J.H. "Grandpa" King, his ... See full summary »
Director: Charles Barton | Stars: Edith Fellows, Dorothy Anne Seese, Dorothy Peterson, Pierre Watkin
Votes: 166
28. Gorbachev. Heaven (2020)
100 min | Documentary
An interview with former USSR president Mikhail Gorbachev, one of the most influential figures of the last century, whose rule heralded the end of the Soviet Union. In an intimate setting, he gives his view of Russia then and now.
Director: Vitaliy Manskiy | Stars: Mikhail Gorbachev, Chulpan Khamatova, Evgeniy Mironov, Vladimir Putin
Votes: 399
29. Greek School Prayer (2014)
Not Rated | 20 min | Short, Drama
Two high school students. While seeking their identity, through violence, they will inevitably test each other's boundaries.
Director: Thanasis Neofotistos | Stars: Christos Karavevas, Stelios Karambinas, Korina Alexandridou, Vicky Ntoulia
Votes: 235
30. Sons of Liberty (1939)
Approved | 20 min | Short, Biography, Drama
Set during the American Revolution, this colorful 2 reel short tells the story of Haym Salomon, American patriot and financier of the American Revolution.
Director: Michael Curtiz | Stars: Claude Rains, Gale Sondergaard, Donald Crisp, Montagu Love
Votes: 414
31. Koran by Heart (2011)
TV-G | 90 min | Documentary, News
A global contest reading of the Quran by young Muslim children that takes place in Cairo, Egypt annually during Ramadan. A coming of age story about Muslim kids in modern times.
Director: Greg Barker
Votes: 382
32. Herr Ober! (1992)
93 min | Comedy
Ernst Held is managing a hotel together with his posh, suppressive wife, but is more interested in writing poetry. When Ernst is apparently "caught in the act" with a woman who he was just ... See full summary »
Directors: Gerhard Polt, Fred Unger | Stars: Gerhard Polt, Christiane Hörbiger, Ulrike Kriener, Robert Meyer
Votes: 328
33. Dog Daze (1937)
7 min | Family, Animation, Short
A series of gags at a dog show, including a stage revue. A dog gets into a trunk of roller skates and crashes through the stage show.
Director: Friz Freleng | Stars: Mel Blanc, Billy Bletcher, Count Cutelli, Bernice Hansen
Votes: 186
34. Estudyante blues (1989)
102 min | Comedy
THIS LIGHT COMEDY FILM DEPICTS CAMPUS LIFE FOR A NEW GENERATION OF YOUNG ACTORS.
Director: Mike Relon Makiling | Stars: Dingdong Avanzado, Gelli De Belen, Lilet, Vina Morales
Votes: 23
35. Poetry in Motion (1982)
Not Rated | 91 min | Documentary
More than 20 contemporary North American poets recite, sing, and perform their work. Several also comment. Early in the film, Charles Bukowski talks about the energy of poets and of a poem.... See full summary »
Director: Ron Mann | Stars: Helen Adam, Miguel Algarín, Amiri Baraka, Ted Berrigan
Votes: 174
36. María y los niños pobres (2010)
80 min | Adventure, Crime, Drama
Due to different circumstances several kids work in the streets of La Paz (Bolivia). While a group of Catholic priests help them they are endangered by organ thieves and drug dealers. When ... See full summary »
Director: Leonidas Zegarra | Stars: Mariana Liquitaya, Sebastián Obermaier, Jorge Luis Villacorta Santamato, Mauricio Aparicio
Votes: 24
37. Eeny Meeny (2000)
104 min | Comedy, Drama
Alice Nellis's small-scale debut tragicomedy spotlights small-town elections. The protagonist, a university student name Jana (Theodora Remundová) who is trying to solve a troubled ... See full summary »
Director: Alice Nellis | Stars: Iva Janzurová, Leos Sucharípa, Theodora Remundová, Eva Holubová
Votes: 191
38. Little Boy Blue (III) (1936)
Passed | 11 min | Short, Drama
A kindly old judge makes a pal of a young neighborhood boy and recites the Eugene Field poem to him as they enter a long-closed nursery in the judge's mansion...the room of the judge's son ... See full summary »
Director: Edwin Lawrence | Stars: Charles 'Chic' Sale, Scotty Beckett
39. A Moment in History: The Inauguration of Barack Obama (2009 Video)
Not Rated | 150 min | Documentary, Biography, History
Stars: Barack Obama, Beyoncé, George W. Bush, Laura Bush
Votes: 12
40. I Dare Say (2019)
18 min | Short, Comedy, History
A family of siblings reunite for their father's funeral. From there, recitations come to life as the trio relive some family history.
Director: John McKinnon | Stars: Randy Burt, Leahdawn Hiscock, Austin Card, Kaiden Small
41. Jack Thompson live at the Gearin Hotel (2011 Video)
56 min | Documentary, Comedy, Drama
Star: Jack Thompson
42.
The Dick Van Dyke Show (1961–1966)
Episode:
The Return of Edwin Carp
(1964)
TV-G | 30 min | Comedy, Family
Rob proposes doing what's never been done before on television - radio.
Director: Howard Morris | Stars: Dick Van Dyke, Rose Marie, Morey Amsterdam, Larry Mathews
Votes: 264
43.
Inspector Lewis (2006–2015)
Episode:
Allegory of Love
(2009)
TV-PG | 93 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
The fabulously successful Oxford-based fantasy novelist seems to Lewis to be the key to solving the bizarre murder of a beautiful woman with a mirror.
Director: Bill Anderson | Stars: Katia Winter, Tom Mison, Louise Dylan, Olly Alexander
Votes: 757
44.
Milton the Monster (1965–1967)
Episode:
The Goofy Doctor Goo Fee/From Riches to Rags/The Pot Thickens
TV-G | 22 min | Animation, Comedy, Family
Gung Ho captures Horsey, mistaking him for Fearless Fly. Muggy-Do, working as a bellboy, makes a dishonest buck off a movie-star guest. Professor Weirdo tries to prevent his Aunt Hagatha from seeing Milton.
Director: Hal Seeger | Stars: Bob McFadden, Herb Duncan, Beverly Arnold
45.
Biano the Blind (2011)
Episode:
Biano Loses a Part of His Eyesight While Proving His Allegiance and Strength in the Brotherhood
(2011)
Action, Drama, Fantasy
Director: Dondon S. Santos | Stars: Jason Abalos, Jessy Mendiola, Joem Bascon, Charee Pineda
46.
Little Big Shots (2016–2020)
Episode:
Tugging on the Harp Strings
(2017)
TV-G | Family, Reality-TV
Calleigh, the Kung Fu artist; Daria, the harpist/singer; Jackson, the Shakespeare expert; Jaiden, the baton dancer; Sasha, the comic artist; and Xiongfei, the Chinese Latin dancer, all join host Steve Harvey.
Director: Russell Norman | Stars: Steve Harvey, Calleigh, Daria, Jackson Drew