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1. The Fundamentals of Caring (2016)
TV-MA | 97 min | Comedy, Drama
A man suffering a family loss enrolls in a class about care-giving that changes his perspective on life.
Director: Rob Burnett | Stars: Craig Roberts, Paul Rudd, Selena Gomez, Alex Huff
Votes: 80,087
2. Feast (2005)
R | 95 min | Action, Comedy, Horror
Patrons locked inside a bar are forced to fight monsters.
Director: John Gulager | Stars: Navi Rawat, Krista Allen, Balthazar Getty, Judah Friedlander
Votes: 33,927 | Gross: $0.05M
3. Labor Day (2013)
PG-13 | 111 min | Drama, Romance, Thriller
Depressed single mom Adele and her son Henry offer a wounded, fearsome man a ride. As police search town for the escaped convict, the mother and son gradually learn his true story as their options become increasingly limited.
Director: Jason Reitman | Stars: Kate Winslet, Josh Brolin, Gattlin Griffith, Clark Gregg
Votes: 51,398 | Gross: $13.36M
4. The X Files: I Want to Believe (2008)
PG-13 | 104 min | Crime, Drama, Horror
Mulder and Scully are called back to duty by the FBI when a former priest claims to be receiving psychic visions pertaining to a kidnapped agent.
Director: Chris Carter | Stars: David Duchovny, Gillian Anderson, Billy Connolly, Amanda Peet
Votes: 94,101 | Gross: $20.98M
5. Shut In (I) (2016)
PG-13 | 91 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
A widowed child psychologist lives an isolated existence in rural New England. Caught in a deadly winter storm, she must find a way to rescue a young boy before he disappears forever.
Director: Farren Blackburn | Stars: Naomi Watts, Charlie Heaton, Jacob Tremblay, Oliver Platt
Votes: 14,964 | Gross: $6.88M
6. Leave Her to Heaven (1945)
Passed | 110 min | Drama, Film-Noir, Romance
A writer falls in love with a young socialite and they're soon married, but her obsessive love for him threatens to be the undoing of them both as well as everyone around them.
Director: John M. Stahl | Stars: Gene Tierney, Cornel Wilde, Jeanne Crain, Vincent Price
Votes: 14,831
7. The Medallion (2003)
PG-13 | 88 min | Action, Comedy, Fantasy
A Hong Kong detective suffers a fatal accident involving a mysterious medallion and is transformed into an immortal warrior with superhuman powers.
Director: Gordon Chan | Stars: Jackie Chan, Lee Evans, Claire Forlani, Julian Sands
Votes: 44,022 | Gross: $22.11M
8. Kelly & Cal (2014)
R | 111 min | Comedy, Drama
An ex punk rocker who recently became a suburban homemaker/mom befriends a recently paralyzed high-school boy in a wheelchair.
Director: Jen McGowan | Stars: Juliette Lewis, Jonny Weston, Josh Hopkins, Cybill Shepherd
Votes: 2,232 | Gross: $0.01M
9. Nowhere Boys (2013–2018)
26 min | Adventure, Drama, Horror
Four teenage boys, after getting lost in the forest, return to a parallel reality where they were never born, compelling them to navigate this alternate world.
Stars: Darci McDonald, Nicholas Coghlan, Matt Testro, Dougie Baldwin
Votes: 2,558
10. The Distinguished Citizen (2016)
118 min | Comedy, Drama
A winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature, who has been living in Europe for decades, accepts an invitation to receive another award. In Argentina he finds both similarities and irreconcilable differences with the people of his hometown.
Directors: Mariano Cohn, Gastón Duprat | Stars: Oscar Martínez, Dady Brieva, Andrea Frigerio, Nora Navas
Votes: 13,397
11. More Beautiful for Having Been Broken (2019)
Not Rated | 111 min | Drama
A female FBI agent befriends a woman and her adorable, young, special needs son who live in the countryside. The women's friendship soon turns into romance but family secrets complicate things.
Director: Nicole Conn | Stars: Zoe Ventoura, Kayla Radomski, Cale Ferrin, Bruce Davison
Votes: 1,375
12. The Colors of Fire (2022)
135 min | Drama, History
Paris, 1927. After the death of her father, Madeleine Péricourt should have inherited his financial empire but she fell prey to a conspiracy leading her to ruin. Now she will have her vengeance.
Director: Clovis Cornillac | Stars: Léa Drucker, Benoît Poelvoorde, Alice Isaaz, Clovis Cornillac
Votes: 1,075
13. Touched by Love (1980)
PG | 95 min | Drama
A young nurse becomes determined to reach an unresponsive teenage cerebral palsy patient by encouraging her to write to her favorite rock singer, Elvis Presley.
Director: Gus Trikonis | Stars: Deborah Raffin, Diane Lane, Michael Learned, John Amos
Votes: 524
14. The Nest (2019)
107 min | Horror, Mystery
Samuel is a paraplegic boy who lives with his mother Elena in an isolated mansion. When he meets Denise, he finds the strength to open up to the world. Elena won't let him go so easily, and she is ready to do whatever it takes to stop him.
Director: Roberto De Feo | Stars: Francesca Cavallin, Justin Korovkin, Ginevra Francesconi, Maurizio Lombardi
Votes: 1,935
15. The Secret Garden (1975)
G | 210 min | Drama, Family
In 19th-century India, Mary Lennox is suddenly orphaned by cholera. Her only living relative is her uncle, Archibald Craven, so Mary is sent to live at his estate on the Yorkshire moors. Where she discovers a secret garden and a cousin.
Stars: Sarah Hollis Andrews, Hope Johnstone, William Marsh, Jacqueline Hoyle
Votes: 358
16. Julie's Greenroom (2017)
27 min | Comedy, Family, Musical
Ms. Julie (Dame Julie Andrews) teaches performing arts workshops to a group of puppet children and a duck with the help of her assistant Gus (Giullian Yao Gioiello) and celebrity guests at her Wellspring Center for the Performing Arts.
Stars: Julie Andrews, Giullian Yao Gioiello, Stephanie D'Abruzzo, John Tartaglia
Votes: 357
17. Nowhere Boys: The Book of Shadows (2016)
80 min | Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
The Nowhere Boys are drawn together for one final spell when Felix finds a magically sealed Book of Shadows. Unknowingly the spell releases a powerful teenage force of chaos and revenge that threatens their world.
Director: David Caesar | Stars: Dougie Baldwin, Joel Lok, Rahart Adams, Matt Testro
Votes: 669
18. Chasing 3000 (2010)
PG | 115 min | Family, Sport
Two brothers drive across country to see their hero, Roberto Clemente, get his 3000th hit.
Director: Gregory J. Lanesey | Stars: Ray Liotta, Trevor Morgan, Rory Culkin, Lauren Holly
Votes: 979
19. Bad Kids Go to Hell (2012)
R | 91 min | Comedy, Horror, Mystery
On a stormy Saturday afternoon, six students from Crestview Academy begin to meet horrible fates as they serve out their detentions. Is a fellow student to blame, or perhaps Crestview's alleged ghosts are behind the terrible acts?
Director: Matthew Spradlin | Stars: Cameron Deane Stewart, Ben Browder, Jeffrey Schmidt, Ali Faulkner
Votes: 3,838
20. Kills On Wheels (2016)
103 min | Action, Comedy, Drama
Two disabled teenagers looking for meaning in their lives, team up with a wheelchair hit-man.
Director: Attila Till | Stars: Zoltán Fenyvesi, Szabolcs Thuróczy, Ádám Fekete, Mónika Balsai
Votes: 3,856 | Gross: $0.02M
21. War Eagle, Arkansas (2007)
PG-13 | 93 min | Drama
A high school baseball star must choose between pursuing a college sports career and staying near family and friends in his struggling rural Ozark mountains community.
Director: Robert Milazzo | Stars: Brian Dennehy, Mary Kay Place, Mare Winningham, James McDaniel
Votes: 300 | Gross: $0.12M
22. The Crocodiles: All for One (2011)
81 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
The Crocodiles regroup and plan a prison break. It's an emergency and Frank needs his brother's help, but Denis sits in jail.
Director: Wolfgang Groos | Stars: Nick Romeo Reimann, Fabian Halbig, Leonie Tepe, Manuel Steitz
Votes: 836
23. Patients (2016)
110 min | Comedy, Drama
Patients is the story of a rebirth, a chaotic journey of victories and defeats, tears and bursts of laughter, but above all encounters: we do not heal alone.
Directors: Mehdi Idir, Grand Corps Malade | Stars: Pablo Pauly, Soufiane Guerrab, Moussa Mansaly, Nailia Harzoune
Votes: 2,371
24. Fake Tattoos (2017)
Not Rated | 87 min | Drama, Romance
Theo spends his 18th birthday alone, getting drunk at a punk rock show. There, he meets Mag, a teenage girl who invites him to spend the night at her place...
Director: Pascal Plante | Stars: Anthony Therrien, Rose-Marie Perreault, Lysandre Nadeau, Brigitte Poupart
Votes: 542
25. Cancel Christmas (2010 TV Movie)
TV-G | 87 min | Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Santa Claus discovers that children have become too greedy and must prove otherwise before his favorite holiday is canceled. His mission is to teach two incorrigible children the importance of charity.
Director: John Bradshaw | Stars: Judd Nelson, Justin Landry, Natalie Brown, John Fleming
Votes: 634
26. Never Fear (1950)
Passed | 82 min | Drama
A dancer who has just gotten engaged to her partner and choreographer and is about to embark on a major career is devastated to learn that she has contracted polio.
Director: Ida Lupino | Stars: Sally Forrest, Keefe Brasselle, Hugh O'Brian, Eve Miller
Votes: 809
27. A Borrowed Identity (2014)
Not Rated | 104 min | Drama
A Palestinian-Israeli boy named Eyad is sent to a prestigious boarding school in Jerusalem, where he struggles with issues of language, culture, and identity.
Director: Eran Riklis | Stars: Tawfeek Barhom, Razi Gabareen, Yaël Abecassis, Michael Moshonov
Votes: 1,884 | Gross: $0.28M
28. Alan Smithee (2012)
30 min | Short, Comedy, Drama
'Alan Smithee' is a film about a boy growing up. It delves into the darker side of what 'growing up' sometimes means: growing into your flaws, inevitably being met with the errors of your ... See full summary »
Director: Crobin | Stars: Ted Sutherland, Kyrian Friedenberg, Robert Rossi, Daniel Henri Luttway
Votes: 69
29. Pelswick (2000–2002)
TV-Y | 30 min | Animation, Comedy, Family
A cartoon show that follows a 12 year old boy in a wheelchair who emphasize on living a normal life.
Stars: David Arquette, Rob Tinkler, Phil Guerrero, Peter Oldring
Votes: 254
30. The Winter's Tale (1999 TV Movie)
170 min | Comedy, Drama
William Shakespeare's play as performed by the Barbican Theater in 1999.
Directors: Gregory Doran, Robin Lough | Stars: Steven Atholl, Ken Bones, Christopher Brand, Emily Bruni
Votes: 61
31. The Wings of the Kirin (2011)
129 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A man is stabbed to death in Tokyo's Nihonbashi area. The victim staggers with the knife still in the wound for eight minutes before collapsing under the winged statues of two Kirin on the ... See full summary »
Director: Nobuhiro Doi | Stars: Hiroshi Abe, Yui Aragaki, Junpei Mizobata, Tôri Matsuzaka
Votes: 889
32. Ciske de Rat (1955)
88 min | Drama
Popular Dutch story of a troubled boy who doesn't get along with his mother while his sailor father is gone, and whose only help saving him from a career of crime is a schoolteacher.
Director: Wolfgang Staudte | Stars: Kees Brusse, Jenny Van Maerlant, Riek Schagen, Stine Lerou
Votes: 199
33. The Best Years of Your Life (1986 TV Movie)
50 min | Drama
A promising 17 year old apprentice footballer is diagnosed with cancer. Initially he lies to his friends, team-mates and himself about his illness and pretends that his condition is not ... See full summary »
Director: Adrian Shergold | Stars: Lee Whitlock, Steve Fletcher, Alan Ford, David Horovitch
Votes: 12
34. Le cri du coeur (1974)
97 min | Drama
Director: Claude Lallemand | Stars: Stéphane Audran, Maurice Ronet, Delphine Seyrig, Eric Damain
Votes: 46
35. Sickos (2014)
93 min | Comedy, Drama
Four teenage friends who suffer from cancer, cause an uproar the hospital attempting to feel like healthy children again.
Director: Lodewijk Crijns | Stars: Massimo Pesik, Gijs Blom, Jasha Rudge, Vera van der Horst
Votes: 435
36. Le Franc (1994)
Not Rated | 46 min | Comedy
A broke and dopey musician, constantly harassed by his exasperated landlady, glues his lottery ticket to his door and when it turns out to be a winner must carry his door to the lottery office.
Director: Djibril Diop Mambéty | Stars: Dieye Ma, Aminata Fall, Demba Bâ
Votes: 325
37. Nadador (2013)
14 min | Short, Drama
A boy realizes how will his life be in the present and future with or without his crush
Director: Dani de la Orden | Stars: Joel Linde, Mireia Vilapuig, Christian Valencia, Laia Barot
Votes: 83
38. Les pépites (2016)
88 min | Documentary
Two worlds colliding for the best. The children of Phnom Penh scavenging the dump-site to survive and a recently retired couple discovering Cambodia. This is the extraordinary human story ... See full summary »
Director: Xavier de Lauzanne | Stars: Christian des Pallières, Marie-France des Pallières, Bertrand des Pallières, Isabelle Leibl
Votes: 134
39. Fish Out of Water (II) (2019)
16 min | Short, Drama, Family
Anxious about a new school and his relationship to his brother, a boy with Cerebral Palsy meets an alien who helps him cope with his fears.
Director: Alyssa Asaro | Stars: Christian Humphries, Nathan Bellinger, Kristina Agosti, Vincent Marciano
40.
The Flying Doctors (1986–1992)
Episode:
The Fear: Part 1
(1988)
Drama
Australian-American relations are strained when Kimberley White returns to the crossing with her son Todd, who rapidly alienates everyone with his caustic remarks.
Director: Brendan Maher | Stars: Robert Grubb, Liz Burch, Lenore Smith, Peter O'Brien
Votes: 10
41.
Grosse Pointe (2000–2001)
Episode:
Pilot
(2000)
TV-14 | Comedy
Hunter bristles at the arrival of Courtney Scott, an accomplished actress added to the cast as her character's orphaned cousin. She is especially disgusted to learn that Courtney's ... See full summary »
Director: Andrew Fleming | Stars: Irene Molloy, Al Santos, Lindsay Sloane, Bonnie Somerville
Votes: 21
42.
The Guardian (2001–2004)
Episode:
Paternity
(2001)
TV-PG | 43 min | Crime, Drama
Nick Fallin takes the case of Lawrence Neal, a young boy who is normal except for a spinal condition that landed him in a wheelchair. When his mother is sentenced to jail for prostitution, ... See full summary »
Director: Joan Tewkesbury | Stars: Simon Baker, Alan Rosenberg, Erica Leerhsen, Charles Malik Whitfield
Votes: 155
43.
The Littlest Hobo (1979–1985)
Episode:
Boy on Wheels
(1979)
Adventure, Drama, Family
Hobo comes to the aid of a wheelchair-bound boy in rehab.
Director: Stan Olsen | Stars: London, Clarence Williams III, Lloyd Bochner, David Collard
Votes: 23
44.
Picket Fences (1992–1996)
Episode:
Remote Control
(1994)
Crime, Drama, Family
Littleton and Wambaugh go head to head again in the courtroom as Wambaugh argues that his latest client, Timmy Hendricks, was predisposed to violence because of his exposure to television ... See full summary »
Director: Michael Pressman | Stars: Tom Skerritt, Kathy Baker, Costas Mandylor, Lauren Holly
Votes: 58
45.
SeaQuest 2032 (1993–1996)
Episode:
Brothers and Sisters
(1993)
TV-PG | 44 min | Action, Adventure, Family
The Sea Quest crew is on its way to demolish an abandoned munitions plant. As they get closer they realize it isn't abandoned at all, there are six children trapped inside. One of the ... See full summary »
Director: Bill Norton | Stars: Roy Scheider, Stacy Haiduk, Don Franklin, Jonathan Brandis
Votes: 169
46.
Water Rats (1996–2001)
Episode:
Jackpot
(2001)
TV-14 | 43 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A slot machine is found on the bottom of the ocean with a pair of handcuffs attached to it. The question is what kind of crime has lead to this?
Director: Nick Cole | Stars: Steve Bisley, Dee Smart, Aaron Pedersen, Brett Partridge
47.
Water Rats (1996–2001)
Episode:
Shroud Lines
(1997)
TV-14 | 44 min | Action, Crime, Drama
During a wedding aboard the Bounty the mainsail unfurls and a corpse drops on the deck; Sykes searches for his stolen car.
Director: Geoffrey Nottage | Stars: Colin Friels, Catherine McClements, Brett Partridge, Peter Bensley
Votes: 15
48.
The Simpsons (1989– )
Episode:
Bart Gets Hit by a Car
(1991)
TV-PG | 23 min | Animation, Comedy
After Bart gets hit by a car driven by Mr. Burns, Homer is manipulated by ambulance-chaser Lionel Hutz into bringing an outrageous lawsuit against his boss.
Directors: David Silverman, Mark Kirkland | Stars: Dan Castellaneta, Julie Kavner, Nancy Cartwright, Yeardley Smith
Votes: 3,988
49.
The Transformers (1984–1987)
Episode:
Divide and Conquer
(1984)
TV-Y7 | 23 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
Optimus sacrifices himself to protect the humans. To repair him, the Autobots need an extra cos-matron from Wheeljack's lab on Cybertron. Can they get it in time before the Decepitcons act on their advantage?
Director: John Walker | Stars: Corey Burton, Victor Caroli, Christopher Collins, Peter Cullen
Votes: 212
50.
The Transformers (1984–1987)
Episode:
Heavy Metal War
(1984)
TV-Y7 | 23 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
Megatron challenges Optimus to a battle in which the loser and his team are exiled from Earth forever.
Director: John Walker | Stars: Michael Bell, Gregg Berger, Arthur Burghardt, Corey Burton
Votes: 198