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1. Wonka (2023)
PG | 116 min | Adventure, Comedy, Family
With dreams of opening a shop in a city renowned for its chocolate, a young and poor Willy Wonka discovers that the industry is run by a cartel of greedy chocolatiers.
Director: Paul King | Stars: Timothée Chalamet, Gustave Die, Murray McArthur, Paul G. Raymond
Votes: 141,815
2. The Handmaiden (2016)
Not Rated | 145 min | Drama, Romance, Thriller
A woman is hired as a handmaiden to a Japanese heiress, but secretly she is involved in a plot to defraud her.
Director: Park Chan-wook | Stars: Kim Min-hee, Ha Jung-woo, Cho Jin-woong, Moon So-ri
Votes: 173,052 | Gross: $2.01M
3. Atlantis: The Lost Empire (2001)
PG | 95 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
A young linguist named Milo Thatch joins an intrepid group of explorers to find the mysterious lost continent of Atlantis.
Directors: Gary Trousdale, Kirk Wise | Stars: Michael J. Fox, Jim Varney, Corey Burton, Claudia Christian
Votes: 134,229 | Gross: $84.05M
4. The Birth of a Nation (2016)
R | 120 min | Biography, Drama, History
Nat Turner, a literate slave and preacher in the antebellum South, orchestrates an uprising.
Director: Nate Parker | Stars: Nate Parker, Armie Hammer, Penelope Ann Miller, Jackie Earle Haley
Votes: 21,832 | Gross: $15.86M
5. Chaos Walking (2021)
PG-13 | 109 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Two unlikely companions embark on a perilous adventure through the badlands of an unexplored planet as they try to escape a dangerous and disorienting reality where all thoughts are seen and heard by everyone.
Director: Doug Liman | Stars: Tom Holland, Daisy Ridley, Demián Bichir, David Oyelowo
Votes: 56,166 | Gross: $13.29M
6. Gretel & Hansel (2020)
PG-13 | 87 min | Fantasy, Horror, Mystery
A long time ago in a distant fairy tale countryside, a young girl leads her little brother into a dark wood in desperate search of food and work, only to stumble upon a nexus of terrifying evil.
Director: Oz Perkins | Stars: Sophia Lillis, Samuel Leakey, Alice Krige, Jessica De Gouw
Votes: 34,075 | Gross: $15.35M
7. No Mercy (1986)
R | 106 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
A Chicago detective, seeking to avenge his partner's death, travels to New Orleans, where he unexpectedly becomes involved in a cat and mouse game of survival.
Director: Richard Pearce | Stars: Richard Gere, Kim Basinger, Jeroen Krabbé, George Dzundza
Votes: 8,487 | Gross: $12.30M
8. Level 16 (2018)
Not Rated | 102 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
In a highly regimented boarding school, a pair of students discover that things are not as they seem.
Director: Danishka Esterhazy | Stars: Katie Douglas, Celina Martin, Sara Canning, Peter Outerbridge
Votes: 16,252
9. Child 44 (2015)
R | 137 min | Crime, Drama, History
A disgraced member of the Russian military police investigates a series of child murders during the Stalin-era Soviet Union.
Director: Daniel Espinosa | Stars: Tom Hardy, Gary Oldman, Noomi Rapace, Joel Kinnaman
Votes: 75,837 | Gross: $1.21M
10. Scum (1979)
R | 98 min | Crime, Drama
An uncompromising story of life in a British juvenile offender institution in the '70s.
Director: Alan Clarke | Stars: Ray Winstone, Mick Ford, Julian Firth, John Blundell
Votes: 13,098
11. 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: 28,255 | Gross: $0.31M
12. Central Station (1998)
R | 110 min | Drama
The emotive journey of a former schoolteacher who writes letters for illiterate people, and a young boy whose mother has just died, as they search for the father he never knew.
Director: Walter Salles | Stars: Fernanda Montenegro, Vinícius de Oliveira, Marília Pêra, Soia Lira
Votes: 42,359 | Gross: $5.60M
13. Teachers (1984)
R | 107 min | Comedy, Drama
A well meaning but burned-out high school teacher tries to maintain order against the backdrop of a pending lawsuit against his school district when it comes to light they gave a diploma to an illiterate student.
Director: Arthur Hiller | Stars: Nick Nolte, JoBeth Williams, Judd Hirsch, Ralph Macchio
Votes: 4,681 | Gross: $27.77M
14. Band of the Hand (1986)
R | 109 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Five juvenile lost causes are sent to the Everglades where a war veteran tries to reform them using survival tactics. Their new skills and resolve are tested when a Miami drug lord targets them for trying to clean up their neighborhood.
Director: Paul Michael Glaser | Stars: Stephen Lang, Michael Carmine, Lauren Holly, John Cameron Mitchell
Votes: 3,244 | Gross: $4.87M
15. The World of Suzie Wong (1960)
Approved | 126 min | Drama, Romance
A businessman moves to Hong Kong to pursue a career as an artist and falls in love with a prostitute he hires as a model.
Director: Richard Quine | Stars: William Holden, Nancy Kwan, Sylvia Syms, Michael Wilding
Votes: 2,760 | Gross: $7.30M
16. Goodnight Mr Tom (1998 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 101 min | Drama, Family, War
A shy and quiet World War II evacuee is housed by a disgruntled old man, and they soon develop a close bond.
Director: Jack Gold | Stars: John Thaw, Nick Robinson, Annabelle Apsion, Thomas Orange
Votes: 4,920
17. Jodhaa Akbar (2008)
Not Rated | 213 min | Action, Drama, History
A sixteenth century love story about a marriage of alliance that gave birth to true love between a great Mughal emperor, Akbar, and a Rajput princess, Jodha.
Director: Ashutosh Gowariker | Stars: Hrithik Roshan, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Sonu Sood, Poonam Sinha
Votes: 34,630 | Gross: $3.44M
18. Scum (1991 TV Movie)
R | 78 min | Crime, Drama
This is the hard and shocking story of life in a British borstal for young offenders. The brutal regime made no attempt to reform or improve the inmates and actively encouraged a power ... See full summary »
Director: Alan Clarke | Stars: Ray Winstone, David Threlfall, Martin Phillips, Davidson Knight
Votes: 2,787
19. Jesse James (1939)
GP | 106 min | Western
After railroad agents forcibly evict the James family from their family farm, Jesse and Frank turn to banditry for revenge.
Directors: Henry King, Irving Cummings | Stars: Tyrone Power, Henry Fonda, Nancy Kelly, Randolph Scott
Votes: 4,949
20. Deadtime Stories (1986)
R | 93 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
"Deadtime Stories" is a 1986 horror anthology, where a babysitting uncle tells his nephew three horror stories about killer witches, Little Red Riding Hood and a werewolf, and "Goldi Lox" and the three bears.
Director: Jeffrey Delman | Stars: Scott Valentine, Nicole Picard, Matt Mitler, Cathryn de Prume
Votes: 2,573 | Gross: $2.75M
21. The Boss, Anatomy of a Crime (2014)
90 min | Crime, Drama
With dreams of a better life, a humble but illiterate labourer and his wife leave their poor village in Santiago to move to Buenos Aires. However, a sinister boss' promise of a bright future will come at a high price.
Director: Sebastián Schindel | Stars: Guillermo Pfening, Andrea Garrote, Joaquín Furriel, Gabriel Martín Fernández
Votes: 2,583
22. King of Cool (2021)
107 min | Documentary, Biography, History
The story of Dean Martin.
Director: Tom Donahue | Stars: Dean Martin, Frankie Avalon, Jerry Blavat, Bill Boggs
Votes: 888
23. The Ghost Ship (1943)
Passed | 69 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Third Officer Tom Merriam accuses Captain Will Stone of being a homicidal maniac, but no one believes him.
Director: Mark Robson | Stars: Richard Dix, Russell Wade, Edith Barrett, Ben Bard
Votes: 3,791
24. The Craftsman (2021– )
Reality-TV
Master craftsman and woodworker Eric Hollenbeck is in the restoration business, taking historic homes and forgotten treasures around his hometown of Eureka, California, and giving them new life.
Stars: Eric Hollenbeck, Cesar Murillo, Viviana Hollenbeck
Votes: 148
25. Abot-kamay na pangarap (2022– )
TV-PG | Action, Comedy, Drama
The life story of an illiterate mother named Lyneth and her intelligent daughter Analyn, the youngest neurosurgeon in the Philippines.
Stars: Carmina Villaroel, Richard Yap, Jillian Ward, Dominic Ochoa
Votes: 144
26. The Judge and the Assassin (1976)
128 min | Crime, Drama, History
An unstable former French Sergeant commits many atrocities. A judge considers how this case could benefit or damage his career.
Director: Bertrand Tavernier | Stars: Philippe Noiret, Michel Galabru, Isabelle Huppert, Jean-Claude Brialy
Votes: 2,329
27. Mercury Plains (2016)
R | 102 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
A troubled man runs away to Mexico and is recruited to join a paramilitary group of teens fighting the drug cartels. He proves himself to the group, but questions their motive.
Director: Charles Burmeister | Stars: Scott Eastwood, Nick Chinlund, Andy Garcia, Jorge A. Jimenez
Votes: 1,450
28. Capri-Revolution (2018)
122 min | Drama, History
With Italy about to go to war in 1914, this is the story of the encounter between a goatherd called Lucia, the commune of young Northern Europeans led by Seybu and the town's young doctor on the unique island of Capri.
Director: Mario Martone | Stars: Marianna Fontana, Reinout Scholten van Aschat, Antonio Folletto, Jenna Thiam
Votes: 1,030
29. Heidi (1952)
G | 97 min | Drama, Family
When Heidi, a little girl who leads an idyllic life with her grandfather in the Alps, is cruelly taken from the mountain retreat by a stern aunt, she adapts to life in the village below by bringing humor and goodwill to every situation.
Director: Luigi Comencini | Stars: Heinrich Gretler, Elsbeth Sigmund, Thomas Klameth, Willy Birgel
Votes: 445
30. Comme un fils (2023)
102 min | Drama
Jacques Romand is a history teacher who has lost faith in his vocation. One evening, witnessing a shopkeeper attacked by three young robbers, he catches one of the aggressors, Victor, a 14-year-old Roma boy.
Director: Nicolas Boukhrief | Stars: Vincent Lindon, Stefan Virgil Stoica, Karole Rocher, Sorin Mihai
Votes: 54
31. La vida no vale nada (1955)
TV-PG | 100 min | Drama
Con una perspectiva un poco fatalista sobre la naturaleza humana y la búsqueda de la felicidad a través del amor, Pablo experimenta de manera cínica algunas relaciones sin éxito.
Director: Rogelio A. González | Stars: Pedro Infante, Rosario Granados, Domingo Soler, Magda Guzmán
Votes: 134
32. Hükümet Kadin (2013)
99 min | Comedy
One day Midyat's Mayor loses his life in a car accident. His wife Xate must do his job.
Director: Sermiyan Midyat | Stars: Demet Akbag, Sermiyan Midyat, Mahir Ipek, Ercan Kesal
Votes: 9,372
33. Deathwatch (1965)
88 min | Drama
A small-time thief battles with his gay cellmate over a third illiterate, muscular convict.
Director: Vic Morrow | Stars: Leonard Nimoy, Michael Forest, Paul Mazursky, Robert Ellenstein
Votes: 118
34. Pura sangre (1994–1995)
TV-14 | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
The love story of the peasant girl Corazon and Aaron, the first born son of the wealthy landlord Abraham Paredes.
Stars: Lilibeth Morillo, Simón Pestana, Carlos Villamizar, Vicente Tepedino
Votes: 38
35. Sest cerných dívek aneb Proc zmizel Zajíc? (1969)
82 min | Comedy, Crime, Fantasy
Detective Lieutenant Boruvka (Lubomír Lipský) is called to the State Scientific Library to investigate the loss of a precious manuscript, the Infernal Psalter of the Occult Sciences by ... See full summary »
Director: Ladislav Rychman | Stars: Lubomír Lipský, Zuzana Savrdová, Iva Janzurová, Zdenek Rehor
Votes: 39
36. Falling Hare (1943)
Approved | 8 min | Animation, Short, Adventure
Bugs encounters wartime sabotage and takes to the air to do battle.
Director: Robert Clampett | Stars: Mel Blanc, Robert Clampett
Votes: 1,478
37. Hop (2002)
106 min | Comedy, Drama
All Justin and his father want to do is sit down and enjoy a soccer game together. This simple act sparks a chain of events leading to Justin running from the law. He must embark on a ... See full summary »
Director: Dominique Standaert | Stars: Kalomba Mboyi, Jan Decleir, Antje de Boeck, Ansou Diedhiou
Votes: 457
38. Rain on the Roof (1980 TV Movie)
75 min | Drama
Another of Dennis Potter's "visitation dramas": Adultery by John disturbs Janet, so she flirts with the simple, mistreated Billy during the middle of giving him a reading lesson. ... See full summary »
Director: Alan Bridges | Stars: Cheryl Campbell, Malcolm Stoddard, Michael Culver, Madeleine Hinde
Votes: 99
39. M (I) (2017)
100 min | Drama
Lila and Mo meet at a bus stop. Lila has a paralyzing speech impediment. Mo is chatty, exuberant. Lila is preparing for her exams. Mo illegally races cars for a living. Opposites attract, they fall in love. But Mo carries a secret burden.
Director: Sara Forestier | Stars: Sara Forestier, Redouanne Harjane, Jean-Pierre Léaud, Liv Andren
Votes: 473
40. Brutal Glory (1989 Video)
111 min | Action, Adventure, Biography
The highly fictionalized making and breaking of Norman Selby, more recognizable as Kid McCoy, the real life American middleweight world boxing champion from the turn of the 20th century.
Director: Koos Roets | Stars: Robert Vaughn, Leah Pinsent, Timothy Brantley, James Ryan
Votes: 90
41. Menina (2017)
100 min | Drama, Family
An 8-year old Portugees child fled with her parents to France in the early seventies. But the Portuguese terror travels along with her, with an alcoholic father and unloving mother.
Director: Cristina Pinheiro | Stars: Nuno Lopes, Naomi Biton, Beatriz Batarda, Thomas Brazete
Votes: 128
42. Le sorprese dell'amore (1959)
108 min | Comedy, Romance
Women dissatisfied with their boyfriends decide to see if a swap will be better.
Director: Luigi Comencini | Stars: Dorian Gray, Walter Chiari, Anna Maria Ferrero, Valeria Fabrizi
Votes: 114
43. The Kid from Chaaba (1997)
96 min | Comedy, Drama
In the sixties, around twenty families fled their Algerian village of el-Ouricia, driven by poverty or war. Refugees in Chaâba, a French shantytown, they face the hard learning of integration.
Director: Christophe Ruggia | Stars: Bouzid Negnoug, Nabil Ghalem, Galamelah Lagra, Kenza Bouanika
Votes: 176
44. Las Analfabetas (2013)
73 min | Drama
A bitter woman in her fifties accepts reluctantly the biggest challenge of her life, which is learning to read.
Director: Moisés Sepúlveda | Stars: Paulina García, Valentina Muhr
Votes: 174
45. Two Birds, One Stone (I) (2016)
85 min | Drama
Director: Fejria Deliba | Stars: Milouda Chaqiq, Brigitte Roüan, Claire Wauthion, Zinedine Soualem
Votes: 83
46. Zázracný nos (2016 TV Movie)
103 min | Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Director: Stanislav Párnicky | Stars: Kristína Kanátová, Anna Javorková, Ivan Romancík, Ján Dobrík
Votes: 91
47. Los muertos no se tocan, nene (2011)
Comedy
Fabianito, a teenager and apprentice poet, is perplexed by the grotesque organisation of his great-grandfather's wake. Fabianito will discover love in these circumstances.
Director: José Luis García Sánchez | Stars: Silvia Marsó, Carlos Iglesias, Mariola Fuentes, Blanca Romero
Votes: 122
48. Ta touvla (1985)
96 min | Comedy
Two streetwise childhood friends and powerful financial tycoons who never quite managed to graduate from high school will go back to class, only to fall for the same girl. But, are they willing to let the woman do the choosing?
Director: Omiros Efstratiadis | Stars: Kostas Voutsas, Sotiris Moustakas, Dinos Iliopoulos, Stamatis Tzelepis
Votes: 241
49. Oshikkhito (1978)
127 min | Drama
Manik is a school going boy whose father died in boat drowning and lives from hand to mouth with his mother. One day the village head's evil eyes fell on his mother and not to be gratified ... See full summary »
Director: Azizur Rahman | Stars: Razzak, Anjana Sultana, Sumon, Rosy Samad
Votes: 22
50. Money Changer (1994)
85 min | Drama
Set in the eighties, the film tells of a young man who gets mixed up with black market moneychangers.
Director: Jan Prokop | Stars: Martin Zounar, Lucie Benesová, Marián Labuda, Stanislav Tríska
Votes: 49