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1. The War of the Roses (1989)
R | 116 min | Comedy, Romance
A married couple tries everything to drive each other out of the house in a vicious divorce battle.
Director: Danny DeVito | Stars: Michael Douglas, Kathleen Turner, Danny DeVito, Marianne Sägebrecht
Votes: 57,392 | Gross: $86.89M
2. Ragtime (1981)
PG | 155 min | Drama
A young black pianist becomes embroiled in the lives of an upper-class white family set among the racial tensions, infidelity, violence and other nostalgic events in early 1900s New York City.
Director: Milos Forman | Stars: James Cagney, Elizabeth McGovern, Howard E. Rollins Jr., Brad Dourif
Votes: 10,561 | Gross: $21.02M
3. The Forsyte Saga (2002–2003)
TV-PG | 276 min | Drama, History, Romance
Chronicles the lives of three generations of the upper-middle-class British family, the Forsytes, from the 1870s to 1920.
Stars: Damian Lewis, Rupert Graves, Gina McKee, Amanda Root
Votes: 6,550
4. The Bride Walks Out (1936)
Approved | 75 min | Comedy, Romance
The ups and downs of newlyweds on a tight budget.
Director: Leigh Jason | Stars: Barbara Stanwyck, Gene Raymond, Robert Young, Ned Sparks
Votes: 701
5. The Pumpkin Eater (1964)
Not Rated | 118 min | Drama
Beautiful Mother of five Jo leaves the banality of her marriage to second husband Giles to wed her passionate screenwriter lover, Jake Armitage. As suspicions of Husband Jake's philandering grows, Jo's sanity spirals.
Director: Jack Clayton | Stars: Anne Bancroft, Peter Finch, James Mason, Janine Gray
Votes: 2,845
6. Apostasy (2017)
TV-14 | 95 min | Drama
A faithful Jehovah's Witness is forced to shun her own sister because of a religious transgression. As the separation draws out, she starts to question the meaning of God's love.
Director: Daniel Kokotajlo | Stars: Molly Wright, Poppy Jhakra, Siobhan Finneran, Sacha Parkinson
Votes: 2,552
7. Bigger Than Life (1956)
Not Rated | 95 min | Drama
A seriously-ill schoolteacher becomes dependent on a "miracle" drug that begins to affect his sanity.
Director: Nicholas Ray | Stars: James Mason, Barbara Rush, Walter Matthau, Robert F. Simon
Votes: 8,146
8. Europe '51 (1952)
Not Rated | 118 min | Drama
A wealthy woman becomes obsessed with humanitarianism when her young son dies after committing suicide.
Director: Roberto Rossellini | Stars: Ingrid Bergman, Alexander Knox, Ettore Giannini, Giulietta Masina
Votes: 4,789
9. Flashback (II) (2021)
94 min | Comedy, Sci-Fi
A woman lawyer travels back in time and crosses paths with other women in history who fought for women's rights.
Director: Caroline Vigneaux | Stars: Emy Ltr, Sylvie Testud, Gad Elmaleh, Lannick Gautry
Votes: 908
10. Safe in Hell (1931)
Passed | 73 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
After accidentally killing the man who raped her and forced her into prostitution, a New Orleans woman flees to a Caribbean island. While she awaits her fiancé, the vicious local police chief sets his sights on her.
Director: William A. Wellman | Stars: Dorothy Mackaill, Donald Cook, Ralf Harolde, John Wray
Votes: 2,039
11. 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: 1,027 | Gross: $0.02M
12. Guardian Angel (I) (2014)
R | 105 min | Action, Drama
After the tragic death of his wife, Ray becomes personally responsible for the safety of Vicki, an aspiring model, when due to her father's embezzlement, she is targeted by a human trafficker and vicious criminal.
Director: Vahik Pirhamzei | Stars: Vahik Pirhamzei, Bokeem Woodbine, Justine Wachsberger, Colin Cunningham
Votes: 92
13. Rhapsody (1954)
Approved | 115 min | Drama, Musical, Romance
Spoiled heiress Louise Durant (Dame Elizabeth Taylor) decides to leave the comfort of her father's estate in southern France to study piano at the Music Conservatory in Zurich, despite ... See full summary »
Director: Charles Vidor | Stars: Elizabeth Taylor, Vittorio Gassman, John Ericson, Louis Calhern
Votes: 1,231 | Gross: $1.30M
14. Manpower (1941)
Passed | 104 min | Comedy, Drama
Two friends, who are members of a road crew employed by a Los Angeles power company, battle the elements to restore electrical power, and trade punches over the same woman.
Director: Raoul Walsh | Stars: Edward G. Robinson, Marlene Dietrich, George Raft, Alan Hale
Votes: 1,699
15. Lapwing (2021)
89 min | Drama, History
England 1555. An isolated group of salt farmers arrange illegal passage to Europe for an Indian Gypsy family in hiding. But a love affair between Patience, a mute English girl, and Rumi, ... See full summary »
Director: Philip Stevens | Stars: Emmett J Scanlan, Sebastian De Souza, Javed Khan, Hannah Douglas
Votes: 235
16. The Girl Who Had Everything (1953)
Passed | 69 min | Romance, Drama
Attorney's daughter falls for one of his gangster clients.
Director: Richard Thorpe | Stars: William Powell, Elizabeth Taylor, Fernando Lamas, Gig Young
Votes: 857
17. Follow the Prophet (2009)
Not Rated | 91 min | Drama, Thriller
A young girl escaping from a Polygamist cult is aided by an Army Colonel and a renegade female sheriff who join forces to expose the truth that lies hidden in a town in Utah.
Director: Drew Ann Rosenberg | Stars: Robert Chimento, Diane Venora, Annie B. Compton, John Diehl
Votes: 795
18. Rain Without Thunder (1992)
PG-13 | 85 min | Drama, Sci-Fi
It's the year 2042 and the threat is real...women are going to prison for terminating their pregnancies. An investigating reporter is determined to reveal the truth behind the convictions.
Director: Gary O. Bennett | Stars: Betty Buckley, Carolyn McCormick, Iona Morris, Steve Zahn
Votes: 323 | Gross: $0.01M
19. Three Girls from Rome (1952)
Approved | 85 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Three beautiful seamstresses from one of the fashionable dress salons near the Piazza de Spagna in Rome gather on the steps of the square to eat lunch and talk of their love lives. Marisa, ... See full summary »
Director: Luciano Emmer | Stars: Lucia Bosè, Cosetta Greco, Marcello Mastroianni, Ave Ninchi
Votes: 283
20. Cocktail Hour (1933)
Passed | 73 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
Cynthia Warren, independently wealthy through her ability as an illustrator and poster artist, rebels against the premise that every woman is destined for matrimony and motherhood, and ... See full summary »
Director: Victor Schertzinger | Stars: Bebe Daniels, Randolph Scott, Sidney Blackmer, Muriel Kirkland
Votes: 186
21. L'Italia in pigiama (1977)
112 min | Comedy
The film illustrates, passing alternately from the North to the South of Italy, the state of subjugation of women to men, common to both geographical areas.
Director: Guido Guerrasio | Stars: Grazia Adami, Gianni Airò, Tommaso Amoroso, Caterina Barbero
Votes: 15
22.
The Barbara Stanwyck Show (1960–1961)
Episode:
Big Career
(1961)
30 min | Drama
Harriet Melvane is a successful business woman, choosing work over time with her husband. After his tragic death she has regrets until a discussion with her mother-in-law.
Director: Richard Whorf | Stars: Barbara Stanwyck, Gene Raymond, Frank Overton, Elizabeth Patterson
Votes: 31
23.
Ulysse 31 (1981–1982)
Episode:
Rebellion on Lemnos
(1982)
TV-Y7 | Animation, Action, Adventure
The women of the planet Lemnos are being forced by the Shark Men to build the Trident ships for the gods. Princess Hypsipyle of Lemnos asks for Ulysses' help. But the children discover that another group also lives on Lemnos.
Stars: Matt Birman, Jacques Ebner, Claude Giraud, Fabrice Josso
Votes: 41