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1. We Were Soldiers (2002)
R | 138 min | Action, Drama, History
The story of the first major battle of the American phase of the Vietnam War, and the soldiers on both sides that fought it, while their wives wait nervously and anxiously at home for the good news or the bad news.
Director: Randall Wallace | Stars: Mel Gibson, Madeleine Stowe, Greg Kinnear, Sam Elliott
Votes: 151,300 | Gross: $78.12M
2. Patriots Day (2016)
R | 133 min | Action, Crime, Drama
The story of the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing and the aftermath, which includes the city-wide manhunt to find the terrorists responsible.
Director: Peter Berg | Stars: Mark Wahlberg, Michelle Monaghan, J.K. Simmons, John Goodman
Votes: 112,496 | Gross: $31.89M
3. The Celebration (1998)
R | 105 min | Drama
At Helge's 60th birthday party, some unpleasant family truths are revealed.
Director: Thomas Vinterberg | Stars: Ulrich Thomsen, Henning Moritzen, Thomas Bo Larsen, Paprika Steen
Votes: 93,903 | Gross: $1.65M
4. Brüno (2009)
R | 81 min | Comedy
Flamboyant, gay Austrian Brüno looks for new fame in America.
Director: Larry Charles | Stars: Sacha Baron Cohen, Gustaf Hammarsten, Clifford Bañagale, Chibundu Orukwowu
Votes: 153,894 | Gross: $60.05M
5. Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970)
G | 144 min | Action, Drama, History
The story of the 1941 Japanese air raid on Pearl Harbor, and the series of preceding American blunders that aggravated its effectiveness.
Directors: Richard Fleischer, Kinji Fukasaku, Toshio Masuda, Akira Kurosawa | Stars: Martin Balsam, Sô Yamamura, Jason Robards, Joseph Cotten
Votes: 37,221 | Gross: $29.55M
6. Bowling for Columbine (2002)
R | 120 min | Documentary, Crime, Drama
Filmmaker Michael Moore explores the roots of America's predilection for gun violence.
Director: Michael Moore | Stars: Michael Moore, Charlton Heston, Marilyn Manson, Salvador Allende
Votes: 148,760 | Gross: $21.58M
7. Far from Heaven (2002)
PG-13 | 107 min | Drama, Romance
In 1950s Connecticut, a flustered housewife faces a marital crisis and mounting racial tensions in the outside world.
Director: Todd Haynes | Stars: Julianne Moore, Dennis Quaid, Dennis Haysbert, Patricia Clarkson
Votes: 49,321 | Gross: $15.85M
8. To Be or Not to Be (1942)
Passed | 99 min | Comedy, Romance, War
During the German occupation of Poland, an acting troupe becomes embroiled in a Polish soldier's efforts to track down a German spy.
Director: Ernst Lubitsch | Stars: Carole Lombard, Jack Benny, Robert Stack, Felix Bressart
Votes: 43,042
9. The Command (2018)
PG-13 | 117 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
The 2000 K-141 Kursk submarine disaster is followed by governmental negligence. As the sailors fight for survival, their families desperately battle political obstacles and impossible odds to save them.
Director: Thomas Vinterberg | Stars: Matthias Schoenaerts, Léa Seydoux, Peter Simonischek, August Diehl
Votes: 21,451
10. The Second Civil War (1997 TV Movie)
R | 97 min | Comedy, Drama
A simple immigration issue spins wildly out of control for those involved, ranging from the President of the United States, to a news producer.
Director: Joe Dante | Stars: Beau Bridges, Joanna Cassidy, Phil Hartman, James Earl Jones
Votes: 2,273
11. Fahrenheit 9/11 (2004)
R | 122 min | Documentary, Drama, War
Michael Moore's view on what happened to the United States after September 11 and how the Bush Administration allegedly used the tragic event to push forward its agenda for unjust wars in Afghanistan and Iraq.
Director: Michael Moore | Stars: Michael Moore, George W. Bush, Ben Affleck, Stevie Wonder
Votes: 132,398 | Gross: $119.19M
12. Challenger: The Final Flight (2020)
TV-14 | 45 min | Documentary, History
Four-part docuseries on the 1986 Challenger space shuttle disaster, unpacking an indelible moment for a generation of Americans.
Stars: June Scobee Rodgers, William Harwood, John Zarrella, Frederick D. Gregory
Votes: 7,937
13. Hindenburg: The Last Flight (2011)
180 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
About the supposed conspiracy that led to the catastrophic deadly crash of the Hindeburg zeppelin in 1937.
Stars: Hannes Jaenicke, Maximilian Simonischek, Lauren Lee Smith, Stacy Keach
Votes: 1,167
14. Sarajevo (2014 TV Movie)
98 min | Drama, History, War
On June 28, 1914, Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria is in Sarajevo with his wife, Sophie. While through the city by car, they are victims of an attack and die. This is the trigger of the First World War.
Directors: Andreas Prochaska, Kurt Mündl | Stars: Florian Teichtmeister, Heino Ferch, Melika Foroutan, Juergen Maurer
Votes: 2,936
15. Outrage (1950)
Passed | 75 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
A young woman who has just become engaged has her life completely shattered when she is raped while on her way home from work.
Director: Ida Lupino | Stars: Mala Powers, Tod Andrews, Robert Clarke, Raymond Bond
Votes: 1,821
16. Bittersweet Love (1976)
PG | 92 min | Drama, Mystery, Romance
Young married couple expecting a baby suddenly discover they are half-brother and sister.
Director: David Miller | Stars: Lana Turner, Robert Lansing, Celeste Holm, Robert Alda
Votes: 209
17. Four Hours at the Capitol (2021)
TV-MA | 92 min | Documentary, Crime
A chronicle of the incursion at the U.S. Capitol, when thousands of citizens from across the country gathered in Washington D.C., many with the intent of disrupting the certification of Joe Biden's presidency.
Director: Jamie Roberts | Stars: Eddie Block, Buddy Carter, Jim McGovern, Leah Han
Votes: 3,852
18. Louisa (1950)
Passed | 90 min | Comedy, Romance
To her family's discomfiture, grandmother Louisa starts dating two men...a grocer and her son's boss.
Director: Alexander Hall | Stars: Ronald Reagan, Charles Coburn, Ruth Hussey, Edmund Gwenn
Votes: 547
19. Narcotic (1933)
Not Rated | 57 min | Biography, Drama, Horror
Exploitation film which follows the downward spiral of an idealistic medical student whose fall from grace leads him to opium dens, a carnival freakshow, swanky drug parties, dingy brothels, and finally the barrel of his own revolver.
Directors: Dwain Esper, Vival Sodar't | Stars: Harry Cording, Joan Dix, Patricia Farley, Jean Lacy
Votes: 422
20. Why Does Herr R. Run Amok? (1970)
Not Rated | 88 min | Drama
With slicked-down hair and three-piece suits, dependable Herr Raab is a technical draftsman. He gets along with his colleagues although his boss wants him to go beyond technical cleanliness... See full summary »
Directors: Michael Fengler, Rainer Werner Fassbinder | Stars: Lilith Ungerer, Kurt Raab, Amadeus Fengler, Lilo Pempeit
Votes: 2,924
21. Theodora Goes Wild (1936)
Passed | 94 min | Comedy, Mystery, Romance
The author of a controversially racy best-selling book tries to hide her celebrity status from her provincial small-town neighbors, who would be scandalized if they knew.
Director: Richard Boleslawski | Stars: Irene Dunne, Melvyn Douglas, Thomas Mitchell, Thurston Hall
Votes: 2,953
22. None Shall Escape (1944)
Approved | 85 min | Drama, War
The career of a German officer shown as flashbacks from his trial as a war criminal.
Director: André De Toth | Stars: Marsha Hunt, Alexander Knox, Henry Travers, Erik Rolf
Votes: 977
23. Kentucky (1938)
Passed | 96 min | Drama, Romance, Sport
Romeo and Juliet story set amidst horse racing in Kentucky. The family feud of lovers Jack and Sally goes back to the Civil War and is kept alive by her Uncle Peter.
Director: David Butler | Stars: Loretta Young, Richard Greene, Walter Brennan, Douglass Dumbrille
Votes: 681
24. Lady in the Dark (1944)
Approved | 100 min | Drama, Musical, Romance
Liza Elliott, "Allure" magazines editor-in-chief, suffers from headaches and continuous daydreams and undergoes psychoanalysis to determine why.
Director: Mitchell Leisen | Stars: Ginger Rogers, Ray Milland, Warner Baxter, Jon Hall
Votes: 564
25. Girls' School (1938)
Passed | 72 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A student monitor at a girls' school faces the scorn of her fellow pupils when she reports one of the popular girls for staying out late.
Director: John Brahm | Stars: Anne Shirley, Nan Grey, Ralph Bellamy, Dorothy Moore
Votes: 231
26. Roda, tsanta & kopana no 3 (1984)
94 min | Comedy
Bilias and his band of misfits who have finally graduated, decide to retake the final year to finish school without fear or favour, much to the dismay of their poor instructors.
Director: Omiros Efstratiadis | Stars: Mimis Fotopoulos, Giannis Gionakis, Nikos Rizos, Giannis Vogiatzis
Votes: 348
27. Challenger: The Untold Story (2006 TV Movie)
101 min | Documentary, Drama
Directors: Stuart Everett, Richard Burke-Ward | Stars: John Shrapnel, Eliza Jane Scott, Carl Marotte, John Bayliss
Votes: 45
28. Gambit (2005)
107 min | Documentary
In 1976 a massive explosion at chemicals factory Icmesa in the Italian Seveso had devastating consequences for neighbouring communities and their environment. Icmesa's parent company was ... See full summary »
Director: Sabine Gisiger | Stars: Jörg Sambeth, Caroline Sambeth, Birgit Sambeth Glasner, Ulrich Sambeth
Votes: 50
29. Girls on Probation (1938)
Passed | 63 min | Crime, Drama
A dizzy young girl falls into crime but wins her lawyer's heart.
Director: William C. McGann | Stars: Jane Bryan, Ronald Reagan, Anthony Averill, Sheila Bromley
Votes: 447
30. Hindenburg Disaster Newsreel Footage (1937)
5 min | Short, News
Film of the famous airship explosion.
Stars: Graham McNamee, Herbert Morrison
Votes: 542
31. Daughter of Dismay (2019)
9 min | Short, Drama, Fantasy
A witch fulfills a blood ritual in the woods to revive her daughter. Presented in 70mm and IMAX, Daughter of Dismay is a meditative mood piece depicting the simple moment of an occult ... See full summary »
Director: James Florian Quinn | Stars: Ieva Agnostic, Dajana Rajic, Krist Mort
Votes: 36
32. Pokhorony Stalina (1990)
109 min | Drama, Romance
This is the day of Stalin's funeral. Huge crowds gather in Moscow to attend it. One of the attendees is Zhenya. His life is about to change.
Director: Yevgeniy Yevtushenko | Stars: Denis Konstantinov, Yevgeny Platokhin, Vanessa Redgrave, Albert Todd
Votes: 209
33. The Awakening of Jim Burke (1935)
Approved | 57 min | Drama
After his divorced wife dies, Jim Burke takes their son who she had been raising and he hasn't seen in many years. Jim Burke is a tough, hard-nosed construction boss on engineering projects... See full summary »
Director: Lambert Hillyer | Stars: Jack Holt, Florence Rice, Jimmy Butler, Kathleen Burke
Votes: 12
34. Der Sturm aufs Kapitol - Ein amerikanisches Trauma (2022 TV Movie)
53 min | Documentary, Crime, Drama
On January 6, 2021, the assault on the Capitol by supporters of Donald Trump caused the death of five people, including a policeman, and provoked astonishment. Described as an insurrection,... See full summary »
Directors: Dagmar Gallenmüller, Gaston Sasa Koren | Stars: Henrik Wöhler, Dave Choquette, Michael Fanone, Patrick Gatons
Votes: 34
35. That's My Gal (1947)
Approved | 66 min | Action, Comedy, Music
Two sharpie promoters (Don Barry and Frank Jenks) put on a show they believe is so bad it will not play more than one day and they therefore will not have to pay the long list of investors,... See full summary »
Director: George Blair | Stars: Lynne Roberts, Don 'Red' Barry, Pinky Lee, Frank Jenks
Votes: 12
36. Venus Makes Trouble (1937)
Approved | 58 min | Adventure, Comedy, Crime
A fast-talking, street-wise con-man forsakes the tank-towns of Pennsylvania for the greener pastures in Manhattan, and gains fame-and-fortune as New York City's number one merchandise ... See full summary »
Director: Gordon Wiles | Stars: James Dunn, Patricia Ellis, Gene Morgan, Astrid Allwyn
Votes: 35
37. On Again-Off Again (1937)
Passed | 68 min | Action, Comedy, Music
This wacky vaudeville-style romp casts the irreverent comedy team as feuding co-owners of a drug company.
Director: Edward F. Cline | Stars: Bert Wheeler, Robert Woolsey, Marjorie Lord, Patricia Wilder
Votes: 137
38. Held by the Law (1927)
Passed | 76 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
The engagement party for Mary Travis and Tom Sinclair is thrown into turmoil when Tom's father is shot and killed. Tom unwittingly casts suspicion on Mary's father, who happens to be ... See full summary »
Director: Ernst Laemmle | Stars: Ralph Lewis, Johnnie Walker, Marguerite De La Motte, Robert Ober
39. 2020: The Lost Year (2021)
Documentary, Short, History
Without a doubt, the year 2020 has been a terrible one. Now it's time to face. Most important scenes, unforgettable memories, experiences, mistakes, learning and hopes.
Director: Serkan Metan | Stars: Ilham Aliyev, Nicos Anastasiades, Joe Biden, Jair Bolsonaro
Votes: 41
40. Assassinations That Changed the World (1996– )
100 min | Documentary, Crime, History
Stars: Lee Davis, Ethel Kennedy, Marina Oswald, James W. Clarke
Votes: 17
41. Music Made Simple (1938)
8 min | Comedy, Short
Benchley fills in for a music critic on a radio show. His performance is less than stellar.
Director: Roy Rowland | Star: Robert Benchley
Votes: 81
42. Verbrechen, die Geschichte machten (1995– )
Crime
Stars: Manfred Schreiber, Walter Schuster, Wolf Roth, Catherine Flemming
43. Sleepless Hollow (1936)
Passed | 16 min | Comedy, Short
A newlywed couple visits the husband's country bumpkin family so his wife can meet the in-laws. She is jealous of the girl he left behind. A bottle of Champagne, a bottle of arsenic, a leaky roof and celery threaten to ruin the honeymoon.
Director: Robert Hall | Stars: Harry Gribbon, George Shelton, Anita Garvin, Dorothy Morrison
Votes: 10
44. Bilder, die die Welt bewegten - Peter von Zahn berichtet (1980–1984)
Documentary
Stars: Peter von Zahn, 'Red' Adair, Lowell Thomas Jr., Tay Thomas
Votes: 19
45. Bachelor Brides (1926)
Passed | 72 min | Comedy, Mystery
Percy Ashfield is to marry Mary Bowman but her father objects. He objects because while the Bowmans and Percy and others with vested interest are all assembled in Ashfield's castle admiring... See full summary »
Director: William K. Howard | Stars: Rod La Rocque, Eulalie Jensen, Elinor Fair, George Nichols
46. Spin Cycle (I) (2008)
15 min | Short, Comedy, Drama
A quirky vignette about two strangers in a Laundromat and the silent battle that ensues over the last remaining washing machine.
Directors: Michael Anderson, Andrew Napier | Stars: Josh Krevsky, Debra Lopez, Andrew Napier, Kelly Moses
47. Der Tag als Jürgen W. Möllemann in den Tod sprang (2007 TV Movie)
45 min | Biography
Director: Georg M. Hafner | Stars: Jürgen Möllemann, Wolfgang Kubicki, Fritz Goergen, Hans-Dietrich Genscher
48. Genevieve Rises (2023)
Not Rated | 13 min | Short, Comedy, Horror
A working man's life is turned inside out when he stumbles across an ancient evil book that releases a terrifying psychotic doll named Genevieve.
Director: Nicholas Michael Jacobs | Stars: Alan Maxson, Nicholas Michael Jacobs, Alexis Beacher
49. Jethro (2022)
Not Rated | 1 min | Short, Horror, Thriller
From the sick and twisted mind of Nicholas Michael Jacobs comes one minute of pure unfiltered terror.
Director: Nicholas Michael Jacobs | Star: Nicholas Michael Jacobs
50. The Field of Dismaïs (2008)
7 min | Short, Adventure, Comedy
Two poor, down-on-their-luck men search for food.
Director: Daniel Vallancourt | Stars: Eric Anderson, Daniel Vallancourt