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1. The Lobster (2015)
R | 119 min | Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi
In a dystopian near future, according to the laws of The City, single people are taken to The Hotel, where they are obliged to find a romantic partner in 45 days or they're transformed into beasts and sent off into The Woods.
Director: Yorgos Lanthimos | Stars: Colin Farrell, Rachel Weisz, Jessica Barden, Olivia Colman
Votes: 296,435 | Gross: $8.70M
2. The Secret Life of the American Teenager (2008–2013)
TV-14 | 43 min | Comedy, Drama, Family
15 year old Amy ends up pregnant after one night at band camp, throwing her whole life upside down. It doesn't help that she's now going to school with that guy.
Stars: Shailene Woodley, Molly Ringwald, India Eisley, Mark Derwin
Votes: 20,917
3. Easy A (2010)
PG-13 | 92 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
When Olive lies to her best friend about losing her virginity to one of the college boys, a girl overhears their conversation. Soon, her story spreads across the entire school like wildfire.
Director: Will Gluck | Stars: Emma Stone, Amanda Bynes, Penn Badgley, Dan Byrd
Votes: 417,978 | Gross: $58.40M
4. 17 Again (2009)
PG-13 | 102 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Mike O'Donnell is ungrateful for how his life turned out. He gets a chance to rewrite his life when he tried to save a janitor near a bridge and jumped after him into a time vortex.
Director: Burr Steers | Stars: Zac Efron, Matthew Perry, Leslie Mann, Thomas Lennon
Votes: 216,376 | Gross: $64.17M
5. Chocolat (2000)
PG-13 | 121 min | Drama, Romance
A French woman and her young daughter open up a chocolate shop in a small remote village that shakes up the rigid morality of the community.
Director: Lasse Hallström | Stars: Juliette Binoche, Johnny Depp, Judi Dench, Alfred Molina
Votes: 201,967 | Gross: $71.51M
6. High Life (2018)
R | 113 min | Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
A father and his daughter struggle to survive in deep space where they live in isolation.
Director: Claire Denis | Stars: Robert Pattinson, Juliette Binoche, André 3000, Mia Goth
Votes: 41,022 | Gross: $1.23M
7. Teeth (I) (2007)
R | 94 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
Still a stranger to her own body, a high school student discovers she has a physical advantage when she becomes the object of male violence.
Director: Mitchell Lichtenstein | Stars: Jess Weixler, John Hensley, Josh Pais, Hale Appleman
Votes: 46,460 | Gross: $0.35M
8. Now & Later (2011)
Unrated | 99 min | Drama
Angela an illegal immigrant living in Los Angeles stumbles across Bill, a disgraced banker on the run.Through sex, conversation ranging from politics to philosophy, and other worldly pleasures, Angela introduces Bill to another worldview.
Director: Philippe Diaz | Stars: Keller Wortham, Shari Solanis, Luis Fernandez-Gil, Adrian Quiñonez
Votes: 2,202 | Gross: $0.00M
9. The Rules of Attraction (2002)
R | 110 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
The incredibly spoiled and overprivileged students of Camden College are a backdrop for an unusual love triangle between a drug dealer, a virgin and a bisexual classmate.
Director: Roger Avary | Stars: James Van Der Beek, Ian Somerhalder, Shannyn Sossamon, Jessica Biel
Votes: 53,325 | Gross: $6.53M
10. Why Did I Get Married? (2007)
PG-13 | 113 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
The big-screen adaptation of Perry's stage play about the trials of marriage and what happens to one family when a sexy young temptress arrives on the scene.
Director: Tyler Perry | Stars: Tyler Perry, Janet Jackson, Sharon Leal, Malik Yoba
Votes: 13,905 | Gross: $55.18M
11. Manodrome (2023)
R | 95 min | Drama, Thriller
Conflicted about his girlfriend's pregnancy, Ralphie's life spirals out of control when he meets a mysterious family of men.
Director: John Trengove | Stars: Jesse Eisenberg, Adrien Brody, Odessa Young, Philip Ettinger
Votes: 2,504
12. The Man Who Would Be King (1975)
PG | 129 min | Adventure, Drama, War
In 1880s India, two former British soldiers decide to set themselves up as Kings in Kafiristan, a land where no white man has set foot since Alexander the Great.
Director: John Huston | Stars: Sean Connery, Michael Caine, Christopher Plummer, Saeed Jaffrey
Votes: 52,031
13. Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949)
Not Rated | 106 min | Comedy, Crime
A distant poor relative of the Duke D'Ascoyne plots to inherit the title by murdering the eight other heirs who stand ahead of him in the line of succession.
Director: Robert Hamer | Stars: Dennis Price, Alec Guinness, Valerie Hobson, Joan Greenwood
Votes: 39,712
14. Sex and Zen (1991)
R | 99 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
A man marries a beautiful wife, but decides to go out and experience as many sexual conquests as possible, with unusual and often hilarious results. Meanwhile, his wife is forced to enter a brothel and work as a prostitute.
Director: Michael Mak | Stars: Lawrence Ng, Amy Yip, Kent Cheng, Elvis Tsui
Votes: 2,773 | Gross: $0.40M
15. Black Robe (1991)
R | 101 min | Adventure, Drama, War
In the 17th century, a Jesuit missionary nicknamed Black Robe by the natives and his small party of companions try reaching the Huron tribe in Canada all while facing mistrust, Iroquois warring parties and harsh winter conditions.
Director: Bruce Beresford | Stars: Lothaire Bluteau, Aden Young, Sandrine Holt, August Schellenberg
Votes: 7,665 | Gross: $8.21M
16. All Cheerleaders Die (2013)
Not Rated | 89 min | Comedy, Horror
A rebel girl signs up a group of cheerleaders to help her take down the captain of their high school football team, but a supernatural turn of events thrusts the girls into a different battle.
Directors: Lucky McKee, Chris Sivertson | Stars: Sidney Allison, Charon R. Arnold, Shay Astar, Sam Bean
Votes: 9,551
17. Smashed (2012)
R | 81 min | Drama
A married couple whose bond is built on a mutual love of alcohol gets their relationship put to the test when the wife decides to get sober.
Director: James Ponsoldt | Stars: Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Aaron Paul, Nick Offerman, Megan Mullally
Votes: 17,713 | Gross: $0.38M
18. According to Greta (2009)
PG-13 | 92 min | Drama, Romance
A suicidal and rebellious teenager is sent to live with her grandparents for the summer, where life takes an unexpected turn.
Director: Nancy Bardawil | Stars: Hilary Duff, Evan Ross, Michael Murphy, Ellen Burstyn
Votes: 10,359
19. Religulous (2008)
R | 101 min | Documentary, Comedy, War
Bill Maher's take on the current state of world religion.
Director: Larry Charles | Stars: Bill Maher, Tal Bachman, Jonathan Boulden, Steven Burg
Votes: 60,241 | Gross: $13.00M
20. An American Affair (2008)
R | 93 min | Drama
In 1963, during the swirl of glamour and intrigue that turned President John F. Kennedy's Washington into Camelot, a lonely 13-year-old Catholic school boy comes of age.
Director: William Olsson | Stars: Gretchen Mol, James Rebhorn, Cameron Bright, Mark Pellegrino
Votes: 2,400
21. The People I've Slept With (2012)
Not Rated | 89 min | Comedy
A promiscuous woman tries to find out who got her pregnant so she can get married and live a normal life.
Director: Quentin Lee | Stars: Karin Anna Cheung, Wilson Cruz, Archie Kao, Lynn Chen
Votes: 816
22. Rocket Science (2007)
R | 101 min | Comedy, Drama
Looking for answers to life's big questions, a stuttering boy joins his high school debate team.
Director: Jeffrey Blitz | Stars: Reece Thompson, Anna Kendrick, Nicholas D'Agosto, Utkarsh Ambudkar
Votes: 13,691 | Gross: $0.71M
23. Dev.D (2009)
Not Rated | 144 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
After breaking up with his childhood sweetheart, a young man finds solace in drugs. Meanwhile, a teenage girl is caught in the world of prostitution. Will they be destroyed, or will they find redemption?
Director: Anurag Kashyap | Stars: Abhay Deol, Mahie Gill, Kalki Koechlin, Dibyendu Bhattacharya
Votes: 32,248 | Gross: $0.01M
24. Ten Thousand Saints (2015)
R | 113 min | Comedy, Drama, Music
Set in the 1980s, a teenager from Vermont moves to New York City to live with his father in East Village.
Directors: Shari Springer Berman, Robert Pulcini | Stars: Ethan Hawke, Asa Butterfield, Hailee Steinfeld, Emily Mortimer
Votes: 6,012 | Gross: $0.06M
25. Chastity Bites (2013)
TV-MA | 93 min | Comedy, Horror
In the early 1600s, Countess Elizabeth Bathory slaughtered more than 600 young women, believing that if she bathed in the blood of virgins, she would stay young and beautiful forever. Still... See full summary »
Director: John V. Knowles | Stars: Allison Scagliotti, Francia Raisa, Louise Griffiths, Eddy Rioseco
Votes: 1,055
26. Fire (1996)
Unrated | 104 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
Two mentally unstable women who are abandoned by their husbands find love and solace in each other.
Director: Deepa Mehta | Stars: Shabana Azmi, Nandita Das, Karishma Jhalani, Ramanjeet Kaur
Votes: 6,365 | Gross: $0.40M
27. Appointment with a Shadow (1957)
Approved | 72 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
George Nader plays a reporter whose career is ruined by liquor. A comeback opportunity presents itself when he is a bystander at the arrest of a well-known criminal.
Director: Richard Carlson | Stars: George Nader, Joanna Moore, Brian Keith, Virginia Field
Votes: 390
28. Lemonade Joe (1964)
84 min | Adventure, Comedy, Musical
Straight shooting Lemonade Joe cleans up Stetson City, in this musical parody of early Westerns, after shooting the pants off villain Old Pistol. Joe's endorsement of Kolaloka lemonade as ... See full summary »
Director: Oldrich Lipský | Stars: Karel Fiala, Rudolf Deyl, Milos Kopecký, Kveta Fialová
Votes: 3,057
29. The Savage Is Loose (1974)
R | 114 min | Adventure, Drama
A husband, wife and their son are stranded on a remote island with no way off; as the son grows older, sexual tensions emerge.
Director: George C. Scott | Stars: George C. Scott, Trish Van Devere, John David Carson, Lee Montgomery
Votes: 441 | Gross: $0.84M
30. Shoot-Out at Medicine Bend (1957)
Passed | 87 min | Western
In Medicine Bend, a crooked businessman has the town mayor and sheriff in his pocket while his henchmen raid the wagon trains passing through the region.
Director: Richard L. Bare | Stars: Randolph Scott, James Craig, Angie Dickinson, Dani Crayne
Votes: 813
31. Zen (2009)
127 min | Biography, Drama
'Zen' Buddhist teacher Dogen Zenji is a very important religious person during the Kamakura period, 750 years ago. After his mother died, he decides to move to China and settle as a ... See full summary »
Director: Banmei Takahashi | Stars: Kankurô Nakamura, Yuki Uchida, Ryushin Tei, Kengo Kôra
Votes: 1,175
32. The Devil's Playground (1976)
107 min | Drama
Fred Schepisi's first feature is this lushly photographed period drama detailing a young boy's coming-of-age in a strict Catholic seminary in 1950s Australia.
Director: Fred Schepisi | Stars: Charles McCallum, John Frawley, Arthur Dignam, Nick Tate
Votes: 1,312
33. A Monkey in Winter (1962)
105 min | Comedy, Drama
Albert is an inn owner who vowed never to drink again if he and his wife survived the war. They did, and the reformed alcoholic keeps his vow. But times have changed and soon after the war,... See full summary »
Director: Henri Verneuil | Stars: Jean Gabin, Jean-Paul Belmondo, Suzanne Flon, Gabrielle Dorziat
Votes: 3,313
34. Parzania (2005)
116 min | Drama, History
A parsi family struggles to find thier son in a genocide carried out by vested interests outfits during 2002, commonly known as Gujarat riots which broke out after the Godhra Train Burning incident. During riots more than 790 Muslim and 289 Hindus died and around 300 people missing in the Indian state of Gujarat.
Director: Rahul Dholakia | Stars: Naseeruddin Shah, Corin Nemec, Sarika Thakur, Parzaan Dastur
Votes: 2,466
35. Slow Learners (2015)
Not Rated | 96 min | Comedy, Romance
Jeff and Anne, two close friends and co-workers, are embarrassingly unlucky at love. They hatch a plan to transform themselves over the course of a sex-and-alcohol-fueled summer.
Directors: Don Argott, Sheena M. Joyce | Stars: Adam Pally, Megan Neuringer, Bobby Spears Jr., Peter Grosz
Votes: 2,867 | Gross: $0.02M
36. Science of Fasting (2012 TV Movie)
55 min | Documentary
While life expectancy is increasing in Western countries, cases of diabetes, hypertension, obesity and cancer are increasing, and the use of medication has exploded. Does this mean that in ... See full summary »
Directors: Sylvie Gilman, Thierry de Lestrade | Stars: Natalia Bataeva, Olya Bazarova, Antonina Nikitiuk, Natacha Kiseliova
Votes: 198
37. Paragraph 175 (2000)
Not Rated | 81 min | Documentary, History, Romance
Historian Klaus Müller interviews survivors of the Nazi persecution of homosexuals because of the German Penal Code of 1871, Paragraph 175.
Directors: Rob Epstein, Jeffrey Friedman | Stars: Rupert Everett, Klaus Müller, Karl Gorath, Pierre Seel
Votes: 2,192 | Gross: $0.07M
38. God Is Great and I'm Not (2001)
Not Rated | 95 min | Comedy, Romance
Michèle, 20 years old, feels terrible after having broken up with her boyfriend. She meets Francois, who's a veterinarian and Jewish. Michèle decides to convert to Judaism because she has to believe in something, if not in someone.
Director: Pascale Bailly | Stars: Audrey Tautou, Edouard Baer, Julie Depardieu, Catherine Jacob
Votes: 2,513 | Gross: $0.07M
39. Love in a Puff (2010)
104 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Hong Kong health authorities have implemented a law that bans indoor smoking. As office smokers now take their cigarette breaks outside, a mild-mannered advertising executive meets a cosmetics salesgirl as an awkward flirtation ensues.
Director: Ho-Cheung Pang | Stars: Miriam Chin-Wah Yeung, Shawn Yue, Singh Hartihan Bitto, Jean-Luc Bonefacino
Votes: 2,895
40. Womanlight (1979)
98 min | Drama
Two strangers help each other survive a night of great loss.
Director: Costa-Gavras | Stars: Yves Montand, Romy Schneider, Romolo Valli, Lila Kedrova
Votes: 924
41. God Loves Uganda (2013)
TV-14 | 83 min | Documentary
An account of the American Evangelicals' attempts to indoctrinate their Christian Right beliefs in Uganda.
Director: Roger Ross Williams
Votes: 1,255 | Gross: $0.05M
42. Absurdistan (2008)
Not Rated | 88 min | Comedy
An allegorical comedy centered on two childhood sweethearts who seem destined for one another until the women of their isolated village, angered by male indifference toward the water ... See full summary »
Director: Veit Helmer | Stars: Max Mauff, Kristyna Ryska, Nino Chkheidze, Ivane Ivantbelidze
Votes: 1,743 | Gross: $0.04M
43. A Miami Tail (2003)
R | 84 min | Comedy
In this urban re-telling of the classic Greek comedy "Lysistrata," a daring young woman convinces her girlfriends to help rid their neighborhood of crime by refusing to have sex with their gangster boyfriends until the violence stops.
Director: Melvin James | Stars: Trina, Neferteri Shepherd, Tony Reddick, Benji Brown
Votes: 206
44. How to Lose Your Virginity (2013)
67 min | Documentary, Comedy, News
It has launched both purity balls and porn franchises, defines a young woman's morality-but has no medical definition. Enter the magical world of virginity, where a white wedding dress can ... See full summary »
Director: Therese Shechter | Stars: Abiola Abrams, Hanne Blank, Lena Chen, Heather Corrina
Votes: 71
45. Heaven's a Drag (1994)
Not Rated | 101 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A twenty-something drag queen dies of A.I.D.S., but when his adoring ghost returns to the side of his surviving lover, he finds his lover doesn't exactly miss him.
Director: Peter Mackenzie Litten | Stars: Ian Williams, Thomas Arklie, Gordon Alexander, Dillie Keane
Votes: 478
46. Droga sterco di Dio (1987)
79 min | Documentary
This film deals with an atrocious and inhuman truth of various worldwide drug problems, according to the text which scrolls in the opening sequence. Some of the problems include: Drug ... See full summary »
Director: Stelvio Massi
Votes: 36
47. Love Waits (I) (2015)
115 min | Comedy, Family, Romance
A small-town girl who has just moved to the big city is pressured by peers at school to lose her virginity.
Directors: Chip Rossetti, Donald James Parker | Stars: Brittany Mann, Collin Alexander Brown, Hunter Johnson, Haleigh Johnson
Votes: 62
48. Wait Your Turn (2009 Video)
103 min | Romance
Thad MacArthur comes unexpectedly back into Eve Cassidy's life, after breaking her heart in college. But this time Eve is different. After much soul-searching and the influence of a friend,... See full summary »
Director: Ron Newcomb | Stars: Amanda Agard, Brian Barnett, Juan Eloy Carrera, Jeani Coleman
Votes: 35
49. Daddy I Do (2010)
90 min | Documentary
The Purity Ball symbolizes a father's protection over his daughter's virginity, but how does this reflect in the choices she makes, understanding her sexuality, and knowing her worth as a ... See full summary »
Director: Cassie Jaye | Stars: Fari X, Amy Catherine Flynn, Cassie Jaye, Douglas Kirby
Votes: 80
50. The Education of Shelby Knox (2005)
Not Rated | 76 min | Documentary
A 15-year-old girl's transformation from conservative Southern Baptist to liberal Christian and ardent feminist parallels her fight for sex education and gay rights in Lubbock, Texas.
Directors: Marion Lipschutz, Rose Rosenblatt | Stars: Yvonne Caudillo, Shelby Knox, Rene Maquilleur, Amanda Noble
Votes: 443