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1. Call the Midwife (2012– )
TV-PG | 60 min | Drama, History
Chronicles the lives of a group of midwives living in East London in the late 1950s to late 1960s.
Stars: Vanessa Redgrave, Laura Main, Jenny Agutter, Stephen McGann
Votes: 31,622
2. The Piano Teacher (2001)
R | 131 min | Drama, Music
A young man romantically pursues his masochistic piano teacher.
Director: Michael Haneke | Stars: Isabelle Huppert, Annie Girardot, Benoît Magimel, Susanne Lothar
Votes: 72,071 | Gross: $1.90M
3. Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958)
Not Rated | 108 min | Drama
Brick is an alcoholic ex-football player who drinks his days away and resists the affections of his wife. A reunion with his terminal father jogs a host of memories and revelations for both father and son.
Director: Richard Brooks | Stars: Elizabeth Taylor, Paul Newman, Burl Ives, Jack Carson
Votes: 53,493 | Gross: $17.57M
4. Freaks of Nature (2015)
R | 92 min | Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi
In the town of Dillford, humans, vampires and zombies were all living in peace - until the alien apocalypse arrived. Now three teenagers - one human, one vampire, and one zombie - have to team up to figure out how to get rid of the visitors.
Director: Robbie Pickering | Stars: Nicholas Braun, Mackenzie Davis, Josh Fadem, Denis Leary
Votes: 13,395
5. For Keeps? (1988)
PG-13 | 90 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
After she gets pregnant, a teenage girl must decide whether she should keep the baby or not.
Director: John G. Avildsen | Stars: Molly Ringwald, Randall Batinkoff, Kenneth Mars, Miriam Flynn
Votes: 5,160 | Gross: $17.51M
6. L'Avventura (1960)
Not Rated | 144 min | Drama, Mystery, Romance
A woman disappears during a Mediterranean boating trip. During the search, her lover and her best friend become attracted to each other.
Director: Michelangelo Antonioni | Stars: Gabriele Ferzetti, Monica Vitti, Lea Massari, Dominique Blanchar
Votes: 32,690
7. Carne (1968)
X | 90 min | Drama
A worker in a meat-packing factory becomes the girl of strangers. After she makes love to her boyfriend, she is raped by a fellow worker.
Director: Armando Bo | Stars: Isabel Sarli, Victor Bo, Romualdo Quiroga, Vicente Rubino
Votes: 309
8. The Silence (1963)
R | 96 min | Drama
Two estranged sisters, Ester and Anna, and Anna's 10-year-old son travel to the Central European country on the verge of war. Ester becomes seriously ill and the three of them move into a hotel in a small town called Timoka.
Director: Ingmar Bergman | Stars: Ingrid Thulin, Gunnel Lindblom, Birger Malmsten, Håkan Jahnberg
Votes: 21,371
9. Roe v. Wade (2019)
PG-13 | 112 min | Drama, History
Dr. Bernard Nathanson and Dr. Mildred Jefferson square off in a national battle in this untold conspiracy that led to the most famous and controversial court case in history.
Directors: Cathy Allyn, Nick Loeb | Stars: Jon Voight, Nick Loeb, Stacey Dash, Jamie Kennedy
Votes: 1,593
10. Adam's Rib (1949)
Not Rated | 101 min | Comedy, Romance
Domestic and professional tensions mount when a husband and wife work as opposing lawyers in a case involving a woman who shot her husband.
Director: George Cukor | Stars: Spencer Tracy, Katharine Hepburn, Judy Holliday, Tom Ewell
Votes: 22,945
11. The Forgotten (2019)
105 min | Drama, Romance, War
A Ukrainian language schoolteacher and a rebellious teenage student, both from the eastern city of Luhansk, fall for each other during the tumultuous time of the city's occupation by pro-Russian separatists.
Director: Daria Onyshchenko | Stars: Maryna Koshkina, Vasiliy Kukharskiy, Danylo Kamenskyi, Serhiy Smiyan
Votes: 240
12. 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: 1,830
13. The School of Flesh (1998)
R | 110 min | Drama, Mystery, Romance
Fashion executive Dominique's obsession for Quentin, a young bisexual hustler, fills her desire for physical love but leaves her taxed emotionally. Twists and turns in the relationship, ... See full summary »
Director: Benoît Jacquot | Stars: Isabelle Huppert, Vincent Martinez, Vincent Lindon, Marthe Keller
Votes: 1,579 | Gross: $0.40M
14. Not Wanted (1949)
Not Rated | 91 min | Drama
After a beautiful but unsophisticated girl is seduced by a worldly piano player and gives up her out-of-wedlock baby, her guilt compels her to kidnap another child.
Directors: Elmer Clifton, Ida Lupino | Stars: Sally Forrest, Keefe Brasselle, Leo Penn, Dorothy Adams
Votes: 946
15. Three Smart Girls (1936)
Approved | 84 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance
Three sisters scheme to reunite their divorced parents before their wealthy father marries a conniving gold digger.
Director: Henry Koster | Stars: Binnie Barnes, Charles Winninger, Alice Brady, Ray Milland
Votes: 1,532 | Gross: $3.00M
16. 1,001 Ways to Enjoy the Missionary Position (2010)
83 min | Comedy, Drama, Sci-Fi
In the near future, where government regulations are so restrictive our most intimate acts are considered acts of rebellion, Nora tries to break out of a lifetime of strict thought and sexual repression before it's too late.
Director: Alan Chu | Stars: William Russ, Anthem Moss, Natasha Melnick, Richard Riehle
Votes: 118
17. Parent to Child About Sex (1966)
31 min | Short, Reality-TV
This instructional film teaches parents how to talk to their children about sex.
Stars: Mary Calderone, Tommy N. Evans, Stuart M. Finch
Votes: 28
18. A Simple Story (1978)
110 min | Drama, Romance
A simple story about simple people. A 38 year old divorced woman (Marie), who now has a lover (Serge) but decides to leave him, abort his baby, and then returns with her ex-husband (Georges... See full summary »
Director: Claude Sautet | Stars: Romy Schneider, Claude Brasseur, Bruno Cremer, Roger Pigaut
Votes: 1,400
19. Roe vs. Wade (1989 TV Movie)
95 min | Biography, Drama
Ellen Russell is a lonely, single, poorly-educated Texan who finds herself pregnant with no means to support a child. To avoid giving up the child, she seeks an abortion. Denied an abortion... See full summary »
Director: Gregory Hoblit | Stars: Holly Hunter, Amy Madigan, James Gammon, Terry O'Quinn
Votes: 367
20. Sensation (2010)
107 min | Comedy
A naive young Irishman starts a relationship with a sexy call girl; and together they hatch a plan to open a brothel using the proceeds from the farm he recently inherited.
Director: Tom Hall | Stars: Domhnall Gleeson, Patrick Ryan, Luanne Gordon, Marie O'Neill
Votes: 395
21. Desperate Souls, Dark City and the Legend of Midnight Cowboy (2022)
101 min | Documentary, History
Follows the behind-the-scenes odyssey to get Midnight Cowboy (1969) produced, as well as the tumultuous era in which the movie was released and embraced.
Director: Nancy Buirski | Stars: Jon Voight, Waldo Salt, Jennifer Salt, John Schlesinger
Votes: 272
22. Rosemary (1958)
105 min | Drama
West Germany in '50s is becoming an economic superpower. In such climate, Rosemarie is just one of many enterpreneurs who wants her piece of new fortune. She uses her charms to bring ... See full summary »
Director: Rolf Thiele | Stars: Nadja Tiller, Peter van Eyck, Carl Raddatz, Gert Fröbe
Votes: 510
23. Asphalt Tango (1996)
100 min | Comedy
A desperate husband chases a bus full of beautiful women headed for Paris, France.
Director: Nae Caranfil | Stars: Charlotte Rampling, Mircea Diaconu, Florin Calinescu, Constantin Cotimanis
Votes: 1,888
24. The Lie (1985)
87 min | Drama, Romance
This is a story of love and lust shaded with overtones of incest and lesbianism. Livia is a woman trying to regain the affections of her husband Alberto, whose journalism career takes him ... See full summary »
Director: Giovanni Soldati | Stars: Stefania Sandrelli, Ben Cross, Amanda Sandrelli, Arnoldo Foà
Votes: 192
25. The Sins of Rose Bernd (1957)
85 min | Drama
Rose Bernd, a pretty farm girl, attracts the men around her against her will. Not only her boss, Christoph Flamm, a rich landowner married to an invalid woman but also Arthur Streckmann, a ... See full summary »
Director: Wolfgang Staudte | Stars: Maria Schell, Raf Vallone, Käthe Gold, Leopold Biberti
Votes: 114
26. Beate Uhse - Das Recht auf Liebe (2011 TV Movie)
110 min | Biography
Die deutsche Pilotin Beate Uhse kommt 1946 aus britischer Kriegsgefangenschaft.
Director: Hansjörg Thurn | Stars: Franka Potente, Ray Fearon, Hans Werner Meyer, Henry Hübchen
Votes: 253
27. USS VD: Ship of Shame (1942)
46 min | Action, Drama, War
This film was made by the U.S. government during World War II to show its young servicemen the results of "fooling around" with "loose women" overseas. Actual victims of such sexually ... See full summary »
Stars: Keefe Brasselle, Cliff Clark, Dorothy Granger, Eddie Hall
Votes: 108
28. Das Mädchen vom Moorhof (1958)
87 min | Drama
Helga is a young single lady who has a baby with a much older married man.
Director: Gustav Ucicky | Stars: Maria Emo, Claus Holm, Eva Ingeborg Scholz, Horst Frank
Votes: 53
29. Die schöne Müllerin (1954)
99 min | Drama, Romance
Director: Wolfgang Liebeneiner | Stars: Waltraut Haas, Gerhard Riedmann, Katharina Mayberg, Paul Hörbiger
Votes: 33
30. The Innocent Party (1959)
17 min | Documentary, Short, Drama
Don and Nicky journey to the big city one night, and pick up two trashy girls who smoke cigarettes and--even worse--wear eye makeup, so naturally they have sex. The next night Don, newly ... See full summary »
Director: Herk Harvey | Stars: Harper Barnes, Shelby Storck
Votes: 55
31. Bye-bye Bavaria! (1978)
84 min | Comedy
A renowned and sensitive poet and writer is fed up with the crudeness of his native Bavaria and, in a well-publicized move, says he refuses even to die there.
Director: Herbert Achternbusch | Stars: Annamirl Bierbichler, Herbert Achternbusch, Josef Bierbichler, Heinz Braun
Votes: 62
32. Women in Hiding (1940)
Approved | 22 min | Crime, Drama, Short
The MGM crime reporter introduces Dr. Mallory, health commissioner of a large Midwestern city, he who talks about the dangers pregnant women face by going to clinics that advertise discreet... See full summary »
Director: Joseph M. Newman | Stars: Marsha Hunt, Jane Drummond, Mary Bovard, C. Henry Gordon
Votes: 234
33. Am Brunnen vor dem Tore (1952)
92 min | Drama, Romance
When Inge slowly falls for shy gas station owner Kurt, her fiancée Robert, from whom Inge has not heard in months, suddenly appears. Whom will she choose? What connection is there between ... See full summary »
Director: Hans Wolff | Stars: Sonja Ziemann, Hans Stüwe, Paul Klinger, Willy Fritsch
Votes: 64
34. An der Donau, wenn der Wein blüht (1965)
80 min | Comedy
Since architect Frank Richter's wife's death, their son Florian (7) is determined to see his dad marries to get hum an second mother. Durng a trip from Bavaria to uncle Maurice's monastery ... See full summary »
Director: Géza von Cziffra | Stars: Hansjörg Felmy, Ingeborg Schöner, Gaston Brocksieper, Peter Weck
Votes: 47
35. Alle haben geschwiegen (1996 TV Movie)
115 min | Drama
Director: Norbert Kückelmann | Stars: Dorothee Hartinger, Wolfram Berger, Heinz-Josef Braun, Robert Giggenbach
Votes: 27
36. The Secret Lives of Sex Workers (2018– )
Documentary
15 years after prostitution was legalised in NZ, this three part documentary series looks at the realities of life as a sex worker from a first person perspective in NZ in 2018.
37. Verdammt zur Sünde (1964)
104 min | Drama
Director: Alfred Weidenmann | Stars: Martin Held, Hildegard Knef, Heidelinde Weis, Tilla Durieux
Votes: 62
38. Know for Sure (1941)
23 min | Short, Drama
Documentary detailing the dangers and treatment of venereal disease. Tony Medroni is excited about the imminent birth of a son, but when the child is born dead, Tony must face the fact that... See full summary »
Director: Lewis Milestone | Stars: Ward Bond, Joseph Crehan, Samuel S. Hinds, Tim Holt
Votes: 174
39. Vtoraya vesna (1980)
86 min | Drama
Director: Vladimir Vengerov | Stars: Anatoliy Kuznetsov, Natalya Egorova, Nikolay Rybnikov, Tatyana Lavrova
Votes: 18
40. Ein Frauenarzt klagt an (1964)
96 min | Drama
Hans Thomas is the popular chief doctor at a district hospital. After the death of his wife, he devoted himself exclusively to his profession. After careful consideration, he has sterilized women many times for medical or social reasons.
Director: Falk Harnack | Stars: Dieter Borsche, Anita Höfer, Dietmar Schönherr, Hans Nielsen
Votes: 40
41. Der erste Frühlingstag (1956)
92 min | Comedy
Director: Helmut Weiss | Stars: Luise Ullrich, Paul Dahlke, Ingeborg Schöner, Matthias Fuchs
Votes: 21
42. False Shame (1958)
87 min | Drama, Romance
Director: Wolfgang Glück | Stars: Hans Söhnker, Antje Geerk, Albert Rueprecht, Karin Dor
Votes: 28
43. Suotorpan tyttö (1940)
65 min | Drama, Romance
A country girl, shunned by her conservative community for having a baby out of wedlock, goes to court to try to save her reputation.
Director: T.J. Särkkä | Stars: Regina Linnanheimo, Tauno Palo, Ester Toivonen, Aku Korhonen
Votes: 57