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51. The Insect Woman (1963)
Not Rated | 123 min | Drama
Life story of a woman born in poverty trying to succeed. Through her many schemes, she faces her ups and downs in a cyclical nature, fueled mostly by self-interest.
Director: Shôhei Imamura | Stars: Seizaburô Kawazu, Kazuo Kitamura, Tanie Kitabayashi, Teruko Kishi
Votes: 2,506
52. Devil's Diary (2007 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 90 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
When two friends, Dominique and Ursula, uncover an ancient book in a graveyard one night, they discover that the book has the supernatural power to grant any evil desire written within it.
Director: Farhad Mann | Stars: Alexz Johnson, Miriam McDonald, Deanna Casaluce, Magda Apanowicz
Votes: 1,519
53. Just, Melvin: Just Evil (2000)
96 min | Documentary
An in-depth look at the director James Ronald Whitney's family history of incest spanning at least three generations and the devastating consequences that include drug abuse and alcoholism.
Director: James Ronald Whitney | Stars: James Ronald Whitney, Melvin Just, Denise Benson, Jean Benson
Votes: 1,782
54. All the Little Animals (1998)
R | 112 min | Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Bobby Platt is a mentally slow young man who escapes an abusive, hateful stepfather who has killed his pets one by one. To save himself, Bobby runs away and meets a strange old man who ... See full summary »
Director: Jeremy Thomas | Stars: John Hurt, Christian Bale, Daniel Benzali, James Faulkner
Votes: 3,208 | Gross: $0.03M
55. In the Best Interest of the Child (1990 TV Movie)
100 min | Drama
Jennifer's daughter is having nightmares and acting violently. It dawns on Jennifer that Mandy might be sexually abused by her father. What will she do when the court isn't favourable in Mandy's hour of need?
Director: David Greene | Stars: Meg Tilly, Ed Begley Jr., Michael O'Keefe, Michele Greene
Votes: 127
56. The Space Children (1958)
Approved | 69 min | Sci-Fi
An alien intelligence aborts the launching of a rocket with the help of a bunch of children.
Director: Jack Arnold | Stars: Michel Ray, Adam Williams, Peggy Webber, Johnny Washbrook
Votes: 1,417
57. Touchless (2013)
72 min | Drama, Thriller
Jolana (18) is an object of her stepfather's desire. She is unable to cope, especially when her own mother turns a blind eye. Those events are heavily paid for when she finds herself ... See full summary »
Director: Matej Chlupacek | Stars: Tereza Vítu, Marian Roden, Petra Lustigová, Krystof Hádek
Votes: 277
58. Winter Bay (1996)
98 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
John-John is young and black, growing up with his mother and stepfather in a boring suburb south of Stockholm. On one of the last days of the summer vacation, they rescue 10-year old ... See full summary »
Director: Harald Hamrell | Stars: David Tainton, Lina Englund, Martin Iliou, Peter Haber
Votes: 1,951
59. The Flower of Evil (2003)
R | 104 min | Drama, Thriller
Three generations of a wealthy Bordeaux family are caught in the crossfire when Anne decides to run for mayor, thanks to a political pamphlet that revives an old murder scandal.
Director: Claude Chabrol | Stars: Nathalie Baye, Benoît Magimel, Suzanne Flon, Mélanie Doutey
Votes: 3,586 | Gross: $0.18M
60. Vanessa (2007 Video)
Unrated | 88 min | Drama
A young abuse victim runs away from home, eventually resorting to prostitution as a means of supporting herself while praying for the miracle that will steer her away from suicide and help her get started down the road to recovery.
Director: Bozidar D. Benedikt | Stars: Nick Mancuso, Candice Prentice, Caroline Perron, Paola Pasqualini
Votes: 57
61. Young Love (I) (2001)
80 min | Drama, Romance
Coming of age story of the 13-year old boy who falls in love with an older girl who wants to become a model.
Director: Arto Lehkamo | Stars: Joonas Nordman, Saija Lentonen, Sari Havas, Pekka Lukka
Votes: 688
62. Joy in the Morning (1965)
GP | 103 min | Drama, Romance
In 1927, Carl Brown marries Annie McGairy and goes to college, but taking his young wife with him creates difficult challenges for both of them, for their parents back home, and for the campus faculty.
Director: Alex Segal | Stars: Richard Chamberlain, Yvette Mimieux, Arthur Kennedy, Oscar Homolka
Votes: 374
63. Rabbit in the Pit (1969)
90 min | Drama, Romance
Leslie, a talented ballerina, has been having an almost incestuous relationship with her mother's lover for quite some time. Torn between sexual desire and disgust, Leslie's relationship ... See full summary »
Director: Roger Fritz | Stars: Helga Anders, Anthony Steel, Françoise Prévost, Ray Lovelock
Votes: 119
64. Chicago Massacre: Richard Speck (2007 Video)
R | 92 min | Crime, Drama, Horror
A film based on the notorious mass killer Richard Speck, who systematically tortured, raped and murdered a group of student nurses from South Chicago Community Hospital in 1966.
Director: Michael Feifer | Stars: Corin Nemec, Amy Lyndon, Coley Feifer, Jake Riding
Votes: 933
65. Rich Hill (2014)
Not Rated | 91 min | Documentary, Biography, Drama
Rich Hill intimately chronicles the turbulent lives of three boys living in an impoverished Midwestern town and the fragile family bonds that sustain them.
Directors: Andrew Droz Palermo, Tracy Droz Tragos | Stars: Alyssa Jewell, Andrew Jewell, Elizabeth Jewell, Willie Jewell
Votes: 2,511
66. Sinful (2006 Video)
R | 73 min | Drama, Horror, Thriller
An unhappily married young woman plots to steal the unborn baby of her single and pregnant next door neighbor by befriending her and waiting for the right time to act.
Director: Tony Marsiglia | Stars: Erin Brown, Erika Smith, Nikos Psarras, Ron Smith
Votes: 211
67. Dillinger (1992)
132 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Director: Pepe Marcos | Stars: Raymart Santiago, Romy Diaz, Nanette Medved, Alicia Alonzo
Votes: 17
68. Dreams Don't Die (1982 TV Movie)
TV-PG | 95 min | Drama, Thriller
Danny is a New York City subway graffiti artist whose prodigious talent is noticed by a concerned cop who becomes a mentor and urges him to help track down a drug kingpin.
Director: Roger Young | Stars: Ike Eisenmann, Trini Alvarado, Israel Juarbe, Mark Gordon
Votes: 186
69. Siblings (2004)
R | 85 min | Comedy
SIBLINGS is a dark comedy about love, lust, murder and other issues of normal family life.
Director: David Weaver | Stars: Alex Campbell, Paul Soles, Andrew Chalmers, Samantha Weinstein
Votes: 685
70. Break in the Sun (1981)
30 min | Drama, Family
Patsy runs away from home and joins a theatre troupe who are traveling by boat to Margate.
Stars: Nicola Cowper, Kevin Taffurelli, Brian Hall, Brian Peck
Votes: 55
71. Huff (2013)
Not Rated | 92 min | Horror, Thriller
A maniacal killer tracks down three teenage runaways.
Director: Paul Morrell | Stars: Charlie O'Connell, Natasha Alam, Amber Marie Bollinger, Mayra Leal
Votes: 394
72. Dust Be My Destiny (1939)
Passed | 88 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
Embittered after serving time for a burglary he did not commit, Joe Bell is soon back in jail, on a prison farm. His love for the foreman's daughter leads to a fight between them, resulting... See full summary »
Director: Lewis Seiler | Stars: John Garfield, Priscilla Lane, Alan Hale, Frank McHugh
Votes: 964
73. Story of Jen (2008)
107 min | Drama, Mystery
A man commits suicide leaving a disturbing note. His wife and his daughter try to cope with it when the step-brother of the deceased visits them.
Director: François Rotger | Stars: Laurence Leboeuf, Marina Hands, Daniel Pilon, Tony Ward
Votes: 153
74. Black Tears (2017)
70 min | Drama
Tomomi applies make-up in the shadow of the company. There was a sexy mole around her eyes. Tomomi stood on the street corner to repay the debt from the dark money and was attracting customers.
Director: Hideo Sakaki | Stars: Makoto Toda, Ayumi Tomiyama, Mitsuko Takahashi, Misa Wada
75. Runaways (2003)
Not Rated | 103 min | Drama, Romance
A reality-based drama about a teen who runs away from an abusive home, ends up in a shelter in Hollywood and struggles to build a new life.
Director: Brent Bambic | Stars: Austin O'Brien, Demetrius Navarro, Arielle Paul, Esteban Powell
Votes: 127
76. Stain (III) (2017)
6 min | Short, Drama
Stain is a gripping dramatic short about power, violence, trauma, and abuse. The short film traces the haunting few moments after Izzy (van Rees) loses her virginity to Thomas (Adamo).
Director: Robert Misovic | Stars: Carlo Adamo, Tara Redmond van Rees
Votes: 11
77. Dream Deceivers (1992)
Not Rated | 60 min | Documentary, Music
Two young men shoot themselves in a churchyard. Ray Belknap dies; James Vance - severely disfigured - survives. Their parents take heavy-metal icons Judas Priest to court, claiming the band... See full summary »
Director: David Van Taylor | Stars: K.K. Downing, Suellen Fulstone, Erich Granzen, Rob Halford
Votes: 350
78. The Eighteen Carat Virgin (1971)
X | 68 min | Drama
Director: Emilio Portici | Stars: Nicole Vadim, Cherry Sundey, Betty Andrews, Don Terry
Votes: 26
79. 45 R.P.M. (2008)
91 min | Drama
Canada 1960: An atmospheric condition allows teenage Parry to receive a radio from New York. He believes the radio-contest is his ticket out. When Debbie from California arrives Parry discovers love, loss, and the magic of rock and roll.
Director: Dave Schultz | Stars: Jordan Gavaris, Michael Madsen, Kim Coates, August Schellenberg
Votes: 230
80. Runaway Dreams (1989)
92 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A young girl runs away and is forced to become a prostitute.
Director: Michele Noble | Stars: Kaitlin Hopkins, Laird Stuart, Brian Tarantina, Jefferson Black
Votes: 48
81. The Rawhide Terror (1934)
Approved | 52 min | Western
Twelve renegades dressed as Indians kill the parents of two brothers. The brothers who have similar birth marks then separate. Ten years later a man known as the Rawhide Terror is murdering the renegades who are now town citizens.
Directors: Bruce Mitchell, Jack Nelson | Stars: Art Mix, Edmund Cobb, William Desmond, William Barrymore
Votes: 183
82. Pepito y la lámpara maravillosa (1972)
TV-PG | 85 min | Comedy, Drama, Family
Director: Alejandro Galindo | Stars: Martín Ramos Arévalo, Javier López, Guillermo Orea, María Duval
Votes: 79
83. Dogpa (2015)
79 min | Drama
Director: Yoon Dong-hwan | Stars: Yoon Dong-hwan, Han Jane, Kim Tae-yoon
84. Rafaela (2021)
Action, Drama
A young girl from a Caribbean slum, gang leader, seeks her identity in the middle of a violent world.
Director: Tito Rodríguez | Stars: Edward Diaz, Hony Estrella, Lucas Marte, Marissabel Marte
Votes: 40
85. Moon, Star & Sun (1988)
97 min | Drama
A story combined by the lives of three night clubs girls in. Porsche is a once-famous aging night club girl; May is forced to work in a night club in order to pay her step-father's debt; ... See full summary »
Director: Michael Mak | Stars: Cherie Chung, Carol 'Do Do' Cheng, Maggie Cheung, Chin Hu
Votes: 121
86. This Is the Life (1935)
Approved | 63 min | Comedy, Drama, Musical
After obtaining her from an orphanage a couple exploit entertainer Withers till she runs away and later becomes a professional.
Director: Marshall Neilan | Stars: Jane Withers, John McGuire, Sally Blane, Sidney Toler
Votes: 60
87. Anak ng bulkan (1959)
117 min | Action, Drama, Fantasy
A monstrous giant bird soars high across Manila and suburbs. Anak ng Bulkan was set in a remote volcanic island, tells of the friendship between a little boy named Bentoy (Ace York) and a giant bird named Goliat.
Director: Emmanuel I. Rojas | Stars: Fernando Poe Jr., Edna Luna, Ronald Remy, Miriam Jurado
Votes: 30
88. Callejera (1949)
100 min | Crime, Drama, Music
Clara is mistreated by her stepfather, Luis, her neighbor, decides to help her by taking her to live with him. Luis' girlfriend introduces herself as his wife and she expels Clara.
Director: Ernesto Cortázar | Stars: Marga López, Fernando Fernández, Manuel Dondé, Hilda Sour
Votes: 19
89. Hundeliv (2016)
92 min | Drama
Realizing that her unknown biological father is probably alive, Sofia leaves behind a degrading and humiliating life and embarks on a journey with her naive half-sister Olivia, both girls ... See full summary »
Director: Frelle Petersen | Stars: Julie Brochorst Andersen, Simone Lykke, Alexandre Willaume, Allan Hyde
Votes: 107
90. Deadly Betrayal: The Bruce Curtis Story (1991 TV Movie)
93 min | Drama
A "true crime" docu-drama: in July 1982, Al and Rosemary Podgis were shot dead in their home in New Jersey. Rosemary's son Scott and his Canadian high-school friend Bruce Curtis were ... See full summary »
Director: Graeme Campbell | Stars: Simon Reynolds, Jaimz Woolvett, John Kapelos, Bruce Boa
Votes: 113
91. Hatred of a Minute (2002)
Unrated | 83 min | Crime, Horror, Romance
A tragic love story/psychlogical thriller, Hatred of a Minute, is the story of a medical transcriptionist that becomes a serial killer because of his physically and mentally abusive past. ... See full summary »
Director: Michael Kallio | Stars: Gunnar Hansen, Michael Kallio, Tracee Newberry, Tim Lovelace
Votes: 282
92. Las pobres ilegales (1982)
95 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Director: Alberto Mariscal | Stars: Yolanda del Río, Mario Almada, Carmen Salinas, Tito Junco
Votes: 7
93. Næsbygårds arving (1965)
99 min | Comedy, Drama, Family
Martin is a grandson and sole heir of Næsbygaard, where he lives with his grandfather.
Director: Alice O'Fredericks | Stars: Asbjørn Andersen, Ole Neumann, Poul Reichhardt, Jane Thomsen
Votes: 252
94. Children of Dust (1923)
Passed | 70 min | Drama, Romance, War
Young Terwilliger, an orphan boy in New York City, "adopts" Old Archer, the caretaker of Gramercy Park, after the man is arrested for beating Terwiliger for picking a flower for his dead ... See full summary »
Director: Frank Borzage | Stars: Johnnie Walker, Pauline Garon, Lloyd Hughes, Bert Woodruff
95. Triumf (2000)
80 min | Crime, Drama
Directors: Vladimir Alenikov, Oleg Pogodin | Stars: Pyotr Ulyanov, Ekaterina Cherepukhina, Aram Gevorkyan, Lyanka Gryu
Votes: 92
96. Las puertas del presidio (1949)
TV-14 | 91 min | Crime, Drama
MartÍn quiere renunciar a su trabajo y comenzar su propia empresa después de casarse con MarÍa Elena. En un ataque de ira el jefe de MartÍn roba su dinero y asegura que él mismo lo ha ... See full summary »
Director: Emilio Gómez Muriel | Stars: David Silva, Blanca Estela Pavón, Andrés Soler, José Ángel Espinosa 'Ferrusquilla'
Votes: 13
97. Pasionaria (1952)
100 min | Crime, Drama
A rich young man wants to be a singer and is not interested in studying, his girlfriend is a humble young woman who dreams of being a dancer.
Director: Joaquín Pardavé | Stars: Meche Barba, Fernando Fernández, Freddy Fernández, Roberto G. Rivera
Votes: 13
98. Se tavallinen tarina (1972 TV Movie)
94 min | Drama
Eeli has come from the countryside to Tampere to work in a cotton factory. Her life goes downhill, she becomes pregnant, is abandoned by her boyfriend, has an abortion, and eventually ends up in a mental hospital.
Director: Veikko Kerttula | Stars: Riitta Räty, Ahti Kuoppala, Helinä Viitanen, Matti Viironen
Votes: 6
99. Old Shoes (1925)
70 min | Drama
Director: Frederick Stowers | Stars: Noah Beery, John Harron, Viora Daniel, Ethel Grey Terry
100. Girls Beware (3rd Edition) (1979)
12 min | Short
This educational film warns adolescent girls of the dangers posed by sexual predators, and offers tips on how to avoid dangerous situations.
Director: Michael Heldman
Votes: 9