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1. Fargo (1996)
R | 98 min | Crime, Thriller
Minnesota car salesman Jerry Lundegaard's inept crime falls apart due to his and his henchmen's bungling and the persistent police work of the quite pregnant Marge Gunderson.
Directors: Joel Coen, Ethan Coen | Stars: William H. Macy, Frances McDormand, Steve Buscemi, Peter Stormare
Votes: 728,728 | Gross: $24.61M
2. Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) (2014)
R | 119 min | Comedy, Drama
A washed-up superhero actor attempts to revive his fading career by writing, directing, and starring in a Broadway production.
Director: Alejandro G. Iñárritu | Stars: Michael Keaton, Zach Galifianakis, Edward Norton, Andrea Riseborough
Votes: 667,891 | Gross: $42.34M
3. The Kindergarten Teacher (2018)
R | 96 min | Drama, Thriller
A kindergarten teacher in New York becomes obsessed with one of her students who she believes is a child prodigy.
Director: Sara Colangelo | Stars: Maggie Gyllenhaal, Gael García Bernal, Ato Blankson-Wood, Libya Pugh
Votes: 17,847
4. Heartbeats (2010)
Not Rated | 101 min | Drama, Romance
The story of three close friends who are involved in a love-triangle.
Director: Xavier Dolan | Stars: Xavier Dolan, Monia Chokri, Niels Schneider, Anne Dorval
Votes: 30,361 | Gross: $0.06M
5. The Mother and the Whore (1973)
210 min | Drama, Romance
The chauvinist Alexandre balances relationships with several women in the post-1968 intellectual scene of Paris.
Director: Jean Eustache | Stars: Bernadette Lafont, Jean-Pierre Léaud, Françoise Lebrun, Isabelle Weingarten
Votes: 6,748
6. It's Impossible to Learn to Plow by Reading Books (1988)
85 min | Drama
A nameless young character goes into travels to the country, meeting some acquaintances and strangers as well, having banal conversations, dedicating his existence into daily mundane ... See full summary »
Director: Richard Linklater | Stars: Richard Linklater, James Goodwin, Dan Kratochvil, Linda Finney
Votes: 945
7. Dahoam is Dahoam (2007– )
30 min | Drama
Stories from the everyday life of the inhabitants of the fictional village Lansing in Bavaria.
Stars: Heidrun Gärtner, Ursula Erber, Brigitte Walbrun, Bernhard Ulrich
Votes: 108
8. Diese Drombuschs (1983–1994)
105 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
This critically-acclaimed drama focuses on the Drombuschs, an average German family living in Darmstadt near Frankfurt. Siegfried, the father, runs an antique shop, while his wife Vera ... See full summary »
Stars: Witta Pohl, Grete Wurm, Eike Hagen Schweikhardt, Günter Strack
Votes: 229
9. Videocracy (2009)
Not Rated | 85 min | Documentary
A look at segments of the Italian population who are consumed with celebrity worship.
Director: Erik Gandini | Stars: Silvio Berlusconi, Flavio Briatore, Fabio Calvi, Riccardo Canevali
Votes: 1,908 | Gross: $0.02M
10. In the Fall (2011)
2 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
While watering plants, a man slips on a banana peel and falls from the rooftop of a tall building. As he's falling to his death, blackbirds appear and play him a movie reel that recapitulates his life, which makes him realize something.
Director: Steve Cutts
Votes: 597
11. Lansdown (2001)
Not Rated | 80 min | Thriller, Comedy
In the first scene of this dark comedy, defense lawyer Jake Jorgenson learns of his wife's infidelity when he hears her orgasmic escapades on an audio tape made by a former client. As Jake ... See full summary »
Director: Tom Zuber | Stars: Paul Shields, Jennifer Carlson, Chris Baran, D.W. Warren
Votes: 135 | Gross: $0.01M
12. Superstar (2012)
112 min | Drama
An average guy who works in a recycling plant wakes up one morning to discover that he's become inexplicably famous.
Director: Xavier Giannoli | Stars: Kad Merad, Cécile de France, Louis-Do de Lencquesaing, Cédric Ben Abdallah
Votes: 1,058
13. Monsters in the Dark (2015)
16 min | Short, Horror
One day there was a boy and a girl who went into the woods. Little did they know that they were being watched by Mummy Bear and Daddy Bear, a villainous couple who want nothing but trouble.
Director: Luke Mordue | Stars: Francesca Louise White, Jamie Satterthwaite, Hannah-Lee Osborn, Nathaniel Francis
Votes: 60
14. Room (2004)
Not Rated | 8 min | Short, Drama
Out of loneliness, an old man established communication with a trapped spirit of the room. The room and the old man developed a relationship that will help him to continue his life. After ... See full summary »
Director: Aleksandar Kostic | Stars: Elizabeth Benfatti, Silvio Galia, Aleksandar Kolundzija, Bob McDonald
Votes: 27
15. Kolme suudelmaa (2006 TV Movie)
56 min | Comedy, Drama
Director: Matti Ijäs | Stars: Sulevi Peltola, Laura Birn, Anneli Ranta, Kristiina Elstelä
Votes: 54
16. Broiler oder Burger - Deutscher Alltag vor der Wende (2014)
Documentary
Directors: Claudia Riemer, Lars Ziegenhain | Stars: Hans-Jürgen Bäumler, Lothar de Maizière, Peter-Michael Diestel, Chris Doerk
17. Dis-moi oui, dis-moi non (1989)
17 min | Short
Cécile thinks one thing and its opposite. She wants one thing and its opposite. She doesn't know what she thinks or what she wants. So she talks about one thing and its opposite.
Director: Noémie Lvovsky | Stars: Valeria Bruni Tedeschi, Emmanuelle Devos, Emmanuel Salinger, Nicolas Briançon
Votes: 27
18. Jeff, Embrace Your Past (2014)
40 min | Short
In 1992, the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art opened the first major museum retrospective of the work of Jeff Koons, who, at a boyish 37, was already an art-world sensation. His series "... See full summary »
Director: Roger Teich | Stars: John Caldwell, Henry Koons, Jeff Koons, Jeff Martin
19. Die DDR-Show: Nina Hagen (2003 TV Special)
49 min | Music
A TV-show with guests, music and fashion and a peek behind everyday living culture in the DDR,
Director: Michael Maier | Stars: Oliver Geißen, Gregor Gysi, Nina Hagen