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1. Grease (1978)
PG | 110 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance
Good girl Sandy Olsson and greaser Danny Zuko fell in love over the summer. When they unexpectedly discover they're now in the same high school, will they be able to rekindle their romance?
Director: Randal Kleiser | Stars: John Travolta, Olivia Newton-John, Stockard Channing, Jeff Conaway
Votes: 300,642 | Gross: $188.76M
2. Pain Hustlers (2023)
R | 123 min | Crime, Drama
Liza dreams of a better life for herself and her daughter. Hired to work for a bankrupt pharmaceutical company, Liza skyrockets with sales and into the high life, putting her in the middle of a federal criminal conspiracy.
Director: David Yates | Stars: Emily Blunt, Chris Evans, Catherine O'Hara, Chloe Coleman
Votes: 43,539
3. Parenthood (1989)
PG-13 | 124 min | Comedy, Drama
Four Buckman siblings attempt to raise their children - each in their own different style - and deal with the joys and sorrows that the process brings.
Director: Ron Howard | Stars: Steve Martin, Mary Steenburgen, Dianne Wiest, Jason Robards
Votes: 54,895 | Gross: $100.05M
4. Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008)
PG-13 | 122 min | Action, Adventure
Indiana Jones becomes entangled in a Soviet plot to uncover the secret behind mysterious artifacts known as the Crystal Skulls.
Director: Steven Spielberg | Stars: Harrison Ford, Cate Blanchett, Shia LaBeouf, Karen Allen
Votes: 491,503 | Gross: $317.10M
5. A Fish Called Wanda (1988)
R | 108 min | Comedy, Crime
In London, four very different people team up on a jewel heist, then try to double-cross one another for the loot, complicated by their efforts to fool a very proper barrister.
Directors: Charles Crichton, John Cleese | Stars: John Cleese, Jamie Lee Curtis, Kevin Kline, Michael Palin
Votes: 153,943 | Gross: $63.49M
6. Across the Universe (2007)
PG-13 | 133 min | Drama, Fantasy, History
The music of The Beatles and the Vietnam War form the backdrop for the romance between an upper-class American girl and a poor Liverpudlian artist.
Director: Julie Taymor | Stars: Evan Rachel Wood, Jim Sturgess, Joe Anderson, Dana Fuchs
Votes: 114,275 | Gross: $51.66M
7. Phenomena (1985)
R | 116 min | Crime, Horror, Mystery
A young girl who has an amazing ability to communicate with insects is transferred to an exclusive Swiss boarding school, where her unusual capability might help solve a string of murders.
Director: Dario Argento | Stars: Jennifer Connelly, Donald Pleasence, Daria Nicolodi, Dalila Di Lazzaro
Votes: 30,061
8. Stand and Deliver (1988)
PG | 103 min | Biography, Drama
The story of Jaime Escalante, a high school teacher who successfully inspired his dropout-prone students to learn calculus.
Director: Ramón Menéndez | Stars: Edward James Olmos, Estelle Harris, Mark Phelan, Virginia Paris
Votes: 22,341 | Gross: $13.99M
9. Slacker (1990)
R | 97 min | Comedy, Drama
A day in the life of Austin, Texas as the camera roams from place to place and provides a brief look at the overeducated, the social misfits, the outcasts and the oddballs.
Director: Richard Linklater | Stars: Richard Linklater, Rudy Basquez, Jean Caffeine, Jan Hockey
Votes: 23,478 | Gross: $1.23M
10. Grease Live! (2016 TV Movie)
TV-14 | 140 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance
After enjoying a summer romance, high school students Danny and Sandy are unexpectedly reunited when she transfers to Rydell High. There Sandy must contend with cynical Rizzo and the Pink Ladies in attempt to win Danny's heart again.
Directors: Thomas Kail, Alex Rudzinski | Stars: Julianne Hough, Aaron Tveit, Vanessa Hudgens, Keke Palmer
Votes: 9,944
11. Bully (2006 Video Game)
T | Action, Crime, Drama
A troubled teen is dropped off at the worst school in the country and must survive by rising through the rankings of the school system.
Stars: Gerry Rosenthal, Peter Vack, Matt Bush, John Lavelle
Votes: 6,237
12. Vagabond (1985)
Not Rated | 105 min | Drama
A young woman's body is found frozen in a ditch. Through flashbacks and interviews, we see the events that led to her inevitable death.
Director: Agnès Varda | Stars: Sandrine Bonnaire, Macha Méril, Stéphane Freiss, Setti Ramdane
Votes: 13,664
13. Street Girls (1975)
R | 74 min | Drama, Thriller
When a middle-aged father searches for his dropout daughter Angel, his quest takes him into the underworld of prostitutes, pimps, drug addicts, and thieves.
Director: Michael Miller | Stars: Carol Case, Paul Pumpian, Art Burke, Christine Souder
Votes: 189
14. The Last Chase (1981)
PG | 101 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
A former race car driver's car is confiscated. He rebuilds it and drives to Free California with a teen's help. Agents dispatch a jet pilot to stop him, fearing his autonomy threatens their control.
Director: Martyn Burke | Stars: Lee Majors, Burgess Meredith, Chris Makepeace, Alexandra Stewart
Votes: 1,211
15. Ideal Home (2018)
Not Rated | 91 min | Comedy, Drama
A bickering gay couple must suddenly deal with the unexpected task of raising a 10-year-old boy.
Director: Andrew Fleming | Stars: Steve Coogan, Paul Rudd, Jesse Luken, Evan Bittencourt
Votes: 11,615
16. Trust (1990)
R | 107 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
After being thrown out of her house, Maria encounters a married woman who complains of not having children. Maria ends up in an abandoned house, where she meets Matthew. When a baby is kidnapped Maria sets out to find the woman.
Director: Hal Hartley | Stars: Adrienne Shelly, Martin Donovan, Rebecca Nelson, John MacKay
Votes: 12,319 | Gross: $0.36M
17. The Great Ecstasy of Robert Carmichael (2005)
TV-MA | 96 min | Crime, Drama
Robert Carmichael, is a talented cello player in the town of Newhaven. He becomes associated with several other unsavory teenagers and he is soon tempted into the use of hard drugs like cocaine and ecstasy.
Director: Thomas Clay | Stars: Nikki Albon, Zoey Campbell, Stephanie de Whalley, Phil Deguara
Votes: 1,392
18. Brother Sun, Sister Moon (1972)
PG | 121 min | Biography, Drama, History
Dramatization of events in the life of St. Francis of Assisi from before his conversion experience through his audience with the pope, including his friendship with St. Clare.
Director: Franco Zeffirelli | Stars: Graham Faulkner, Judi Bowker, Leigh Lawson, Kenneth Cranham
Votes: 4,947
19. HyperNormalisation (2016)
166 min | Documentary
Adam Curtis explains how, at a time of confusing and inexplicable world events, politicians and the people they represent have retreated in to a damaging over-simplified version of what is happening.
Director: Adam Curtis | Stars: Adam Curtis, Donald Trump, Vladimir Putin, Victor Gotbaum
Votes: 7,374
20. Baby Sister (1983 TV Movie)
100 min | Drama
Immature dropout Annie concocts a scheme to get her older sister's live-in boyfriend to date her instead.
Director: Steven Hilliard Stern | Stars: Ted Wass, Phoebe Cates, Pamela Bellwood, Efrem Zimbalist Jr.
Votes: 390
21. The Red Pill (2016)
TV-14 | 108 min | Documentary
The Red Pill chronicles filmmaker Cassie Jaye's journey following the mysterious and polarizing Men's Rights Movement. The Red Pill explores today's gender war and asks the question "what is the future of gender equality?"
Director: Cassie Jaye | Stars: Cassie Jaye, Paul Elam, Attila Vinczer, Dean Esmay
Votes: 12,046
22. The Trial of Billy Jack (1974)
PG | 170 min | Action, Drama, Music
After Billy Jack in sentenced to four years in prison for the "involuntary manslaughter" of the first film, the Freedom School expands and flourishes under the guidance of Jean Roberts. The... See full summary »
Director: Tom Laughlin | Stars: Tom Laughlin, Delores Taylor, Victor Izay, Teresa Kelly
Votes: 1,517 | Gross: $89.00M
23. Drishyam (2013)
Not Rated | 160 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A man goes to extreme lengths to save his family from punishment after the family commits an accidental crime.
Director: Jeethu Joseph | Stars: Mohanlal, Meena, Asha Sharath, Ansiba
Votes: 44,066
24. Speedway Junky (1999)
R | 105 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
Johnny wants to be a stock car racer one day. He meets a young, gay hustler in Vegas, who takes him to meet his friends/gang and his "mom", an ex hooker etc.
Director: Nickolas Perry | Stars: Richard Balin, Jaime Bergman, Jesse Bradford, Jordan Brower
Votes: 1,939 | Gross: $0.02M
25. Around the Fire (1998)
R | 106 min | Drama
Around the Fire is the deeply resonant story of a boy named Simon, who despite being raised in an upper-class Manhattan household with all its privileges--and restrictions--is haunted by ... See full summary »
Director: John Jacobsen | Stars: Devon Sawa, Bill Smitrovich, Tara Reid, Eric Mabius
Votes: 799
26. The Man Who Sued God (2001)
97 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
An ex lawyer now fisherman sees his fishing boat sunk by a lightning. His insurance company claims "Act of God". Sue the insurance company or God/churches?
Director: Mark Joffe | Stars: Billy Connolly, Judy Davis, Colin Friels, Wendy Hughes
Votes: 5,250
27. Free Samples (2012)
R | 80 min | Comedy, Drama
Stanford Law dropout Jillian wakes up with a hangover and is pressured by her friend to take a shift at an ice-cream truck in LA, giving out free samples.
Director: Jay Gammill | Stars: Jess Weixler, Jesse Eisenberg, Halley Feiffer, Jason Ritter
Votes: 2,317
28. What's Up? (2011–2012)
50 min | Comedy, Drama, Music
Six young adults with the desire to pursue their dreams attend Haneul Arts University.
Stars: Lim Ju-hwan, Lim Ju-eun, Daesung Kang, Jang Hie-jin
Votes: 54
29. The Weather Underground (2002)
Unrated | 92 min | Documentary, History, War
The remarkable story of The Weather Underground, radical activists of the 1970s, and of radical politics at its best and most disastrous.
Directors: Sam Green, Bill Siegel | Stars: Lili Taylor, Pamela Z, Jim Lange, Evan White
Votes: 3,769 | Gross: $0.56M
30. Le gitan (1975)
102 min | Crime, Drama
Hugo Sennart, a French gypsy, is wanted by the police for theft. Gypsy has a couple of scores to settle and one more little thing to do before he fades into the shadows.
Director: José Giovanni | Stars: Alain Delon, Paul Meurisse, Annie Girardot, Marcel Bozzuffi
Votes: 1,217
31. The Five Senses (1999)
R | 106 min | Comedy, Drama, Music
Interconnected stories examine situations involving the five senses. Touch is represented by a massage therapist who is treating a woman, while her daughter accidentally loses the woman's ... See full summary »
Director: Jeremy Podeswa | Stars: Molly Parker, Gabrielle Rose, Elize Frances Stolk, Nadia Litz
Votes: 3,146 | Gross: $0.50M
32. In Search of America (1971 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 90 min | Drama
A college dropout convinces his family to re-examine its goals and gets them to leave it all for a cross-country odyssey in a 1928 Greyhound bus.
Director: Paul Bogart | Stars: Carl Betz, Vera Miles, Ruth McDevitt, Jeff Bridges
Votes: 179
33. Purple Haze (1982)
R | 97 min | Drama
The film opens in Princeton University, 1968, where Matt Caulfield and his friends are watching television. There, they witness President Lyndon B. Johnson inform us of his plans not to ... See full summary »
Director: David Burton Morris | Stars: Peter Nelson, Chuck McQuary, Bernard Baldan, Susanna Lack
Votes: 172
34. The Ravine of Goodbye (2013)
Not Rated | 116 min | Drama
A child's horrific murder brings to light the haunted truth of an affair between her mother and a neighbor. As a magazine reporter investigates the case, he finds that nothing is as it seems.
Director: Tatsushi Ômori | Stars: Hirofumi Arai, Joe Hyûga, Mansaku Ikeuchi, Arata Iura
Votes: 503
35. Free Rainer (2007)
130 min | Comedy, Drama
Frustrated, because he is forced to produce bad TV-shows, a manager of a TV-station, enters the station and manipulates the ratings, to initiate a TV-revolution.
Director: Hans Weingartner | Stars: Moritz Bleibtreu, Elsa Sophie Gambard, Milan Peschel, Gregor Bloéb
Votes: 4,682
36. Manson: Music from an Unsound Mind (2019)
Not Rated | 108 min | Documentary, Biography, Music
The untold story of Charles Manson's obsession to become a rock star, his rise in the LA music scene, the celebrities who championed his music including the Beach Boys' Dennis Wilson and his descen...
Director: Tom O'Dell | Stars: Simon Wells, Jeff Guinn, Anthony DeCurtis, Peter Richardson
Votes: 307
37. Kruso (2018 TV Movie)
100 min | Drama
The young student Ed (Jonathan Berlin) wants to get out, leave everything behind. He finds refuge on the Baltic Island of Hiddensee, at a time when the GDR is in its last legs. Many have ... See full summary »
Director: Thomas Stuber | Stars: Albrecht Schuch, Jonathan Berlin, Andreas Leupold, Peter Schneider
Votes: 138
38. Il minestrone (1981)
104 min | Comedy, Drama
Rome,1960.Four different people meet each other on Olympic games.They follow games and become friends talking about their sad lifes.
Director: Sergio Citti | Stars: Roberto Benigni, Franco Citti, Ninetto Davoli, Daria Nicolodi
Votes: 286
39. Der Bulle & das Mädchen (1985)
89 min | Action, Romance, Thriller
The 'Bulle' is a real tough cop. When he helps a girl being harassed by rockers she steals his car and gun in return. Wanting his stuff back, 'Bulle' follows the girl to the frontier of ... See full summary »
Director: Peter Keglevic | Stars: Jürgen Prochnow, Annette von Klier, Franz Buchrieser, Stefan Meinke
Votes: 130
40. Der Sonne entgegen (1984–1985)
50 min | Comedy, Drama
Stars: Erwin Steinhauer, Heinz Petters, Lidija Jenko, Harald Gauster
Votes: 48
41. Delivered (1998)
R | 93 min | Comedy, Drama, Thriller
College droupout Will Sherman works as a pizza delivery boy. One night he delivers a pizza at the house where the guy who ordered pizza was just killed. The murderer, Reed, soon realizes that Will is a witness and begins to follow him.
Director: Guy Ferland | Stars: Ron Eldard, David Strickland, Leslie Stefanson, Scott Bairstow
Votes: 239
42. Cunnamulla (2000)
82 min | Documentary
Cunnamulla, 800 kilometres west of Brisbane, is the end of the railway line. In the months leading up to a scorching Christmas in the bush, there's a lot more going on than the annual ... See full summary »
Director: Dennis O'Rourke
Votes: 178
43. Anton Corbijn Inside Out (2012)
Not Rated | 85 min | Documentary, Biography
An intimate portrait of Anton Corbijn as he travels the world as a photographer, film maker and video artist. A unique and revelatory look at the drama and conflict inherent in the man ... See full summary »
Director: Klaartje Quirijns | Stars: Anton Corbijn, Bono, Martin Gore, Herbert Grönemeyer
Votes: 559
44. I Flunked, But... (1930)
65 min | Comedy, Drama
A story of a college student (Tatsuo Saitô) and his schoolmates trying to pass the exams by cheating.
Director: Yasujirô Ozu | Stars: Tatsuo Saitô, Kaoru Futaba, Kinuyo Tanaka, Tomio Aoki
Votes: 565
45. Young & Reckless (2016– )
Comedy
When slacker Devon Young moves back in with his mom, the last thing he expected was to fall for Claire, his beautiful next-door neighbor. Now, Devon will do anything to win the woman of his... See full summary »
Stars: Devon Ferguson, Sierra Pitkin, Christina Sicoli, Doron Bell
Votes: 13
46. Prologue (I) (1970)
87 min | Drama
Presents the rival philosophies of young people, militant protest or communal retreat, set against the political upheaval of the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago.
Director: Robin Spry | Stars: John Robb, Elaine Malus, Gary Rader, Peter Cullen
Votes: 21
47. Violence Without a Cause (1969)
71 min | Action, Crime
Three young men from the countryside spend their lives in Tokyo alternately complaining about their boring existence and brutalizing people. When they come to violent ends themselves, they claim to be victims of society.
Director: Kôji Wakamatsu | Stars: Muraoka Hiroshi, Toshimasa Sakaguchi, Kazuya Jô, Rei Ikegami
Votes: 152
48. Zadah tela (1983)
99 min | Drama
Man due to misunderstanding and hardslife, divorce with his wife and left the city. It comes in a new environment, meeting new people and new wife. Crucified between two worlds, does ... See full summary »
Director: Zivojin Pavlovic | Stars: Dusan Janicijevic, Rade Serbedzija, Metka Franko, Ljiljana Medjesi
Votes: 152
49. Passages (2004)
112 min | Drama
Two students travel across rural China looking for some meaning to their lives.
Director: Chao Yang | Stars: Le Geng, Jieping Chang
Votes: 81
50. María y los niños pobres (2010)
80 min | Adventure, Crime, Drama
Due to different circumstances several kids work in the streets of La Paz (Bolivia). While a group of Catholic priests help them they are endangered by organ thieves and drug dealers. When ... See full summary »
Director: Leonidas Zegarra | Stars: Mariana Liquitaya, Sebastián Obermaier, Jorge Luis Villacorta Santamato, Mauricio Aparicio
Votes: 23