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1. Arrival (II) (2016)
PG-13 | 116 min | Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
A linguist works with the military to communicate with alien lifeforms after twelve mysterious spacecraft appear around the world.
Director: Denis Villeneuve | Stars: Amy Adams, Jeremy Renner, Forest Whitaker, Michael Stuhlbarg
Votes: 772,960 | Gross: $100.55M
2. The Reader (2008)
R | 124 min | Drama, Mystery, Romance
Post-WWII Germany: Nearly a decade after his affair with an older woman came to a mysterious end, law student Michael Berg re-encounters his former lover as she defends herself in a war-crime trial.
Director: Stephen Daldry | Stars: Kate Winslet, Ralph Fiennes, Bruno Ganz, Jeanette Hain
Votes: 260,170 | Gross: $34.19M
3. Limitless (I) (2011)
PG-13 | 105 min | Sci-Fi, Thriller
A mysterious pill that enables the user to access 100% of his brain's abilities transforms a struggling writer into a financial wizard, but it also puts him in a new world with many dangers.
Director: Neil Burger | Stars: Bradley Cooper, Anna Friel, Abbie Cornish, Robert De Niro
Votes: 612,975 | Gross: $79.25M
4. Predator 2 (1990)
R | 108 min | Action, Horror, Sci-Fi
The Predator returns to Earth, this time to stake a claim on the war-torn streets of a dystopian Los Angeles.
Director: Stephen Hopkins | Stars: Danny Glover, Gary Busey, Kevin Peter Hall, Rubén Blades
Votes: 182,887 | Gross: $30.67M
5. Battlefield Earth (2000)
PG-13 | 117 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
It's the year 3000 A.D., and the Earth is lost to the alien race of Psychlos. Humanity is enslaved by these gold-thirsty tyrants, who are unaware that their 'man-animals' are about to ignite the rebellion of a lifetime.
Director: Roger Christian | Stars: John Travolta, Forest Whitaker, Barry Pepper, Kim Coates
Votes: 83,154 | Gross: $21.47M
6. Yes Man (2008)
PG-13 | 104 min | Comedy, Romance
A man challenges himself to say "yes" to everything.
Director: Peyton Reed | Stars: Jim Carrey, Zooey Deschanel, Bradley Cooper, John Michael Higgins
Votes: 383,546 | Gross: $97.69M
7. American Gigolo (1980)
R | 117 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A Los Angeles escort is accused of a murder which he did not commit.
Director: Paul Schrader | Stars: Richard Gere, Lauren Hutton, Hector Elizondo, Nina van Pallandt
Votes: 29,500 | Gross: $23.00M
8. News of the World (2020)
PG-13 | 118 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
A Civil War veteran agrees to deliver a girl taken by the Kiowa people years ago to her aunt and uncle against her will. They travel hundreds of miles and face grave dangers as they search for a place that either can call home.
Director: Paul Greengrass | Stars: Tom Hanks, Helena Zengel, Tom Astor, Travis Johnson
Votes: 95,736
9. Temple Grandin (2010 TV Movie)
TV-PG | 107 min | Biography, Drama
A biopic of Temple Grandin, an autistic woman who has become one of the top scientists in the humane livestock handling industry.
Director: Mick Jackson | Stars: Claire Danes, Julia Ormond, David Strathairn, Catherine O'Hara
Votes: 32,616
10. Bad Company (2002)
PG-13 | 116 min | Action, Comedy, Thriller
When an Ivy League-educated C.I.A. Agent is killed during an operation, the secret agency recruits his twin brother (Chris Rock).
Director: Joel Schumacher | Stars: Anthony Hopkins, Chris Rock, Matthew Marsh, Gabriel Macht
Votes: 50,114 | Gross: $30.16M
11. A United Kingdom (2016)
PG-13 | 111 min | Biography, Drama, History
The story of King Seretse Khama of Botswana and how his loving but controversial marriage to a British white woman, Ruth Williams, put his kingdom into political and diplomatic turmoil.
Director: Amma Asante | Stars: David Oyelowo, Rosamund Pike, Tom Felton, Jack Davenport
Votes: 16,991 | Gross: $3.90M
12. Meet the Applegates (1990)
R | 90 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
Modelling themselves after an idyllic cookie-cutter suburban 1950s family, a colony of insects move from South America into the United States with the intent of getting access to the nation's nuclear resources.
Director: Michael Lehmann | Stars: Ed Begley Jr., Stockard Channing, Dabney Coleman, Bobby Jacoby
Votes: 2,617 | Gross: $0.49M
13. I Dream in Another Language (2017)
Unrated | 103 min | Drama, Romance
When a language dies, a unique vision of the world is lost forever.
Director: Ernesto Contreras | Stars: Fernando Álvarez Rebeil, José Manuel Poncelis, Eligio Meléndez, Fátima Molina
Votes: 4,062 | Gross: $0.00M
14. Simple Men (1992)
R | 105 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
Dennis is a handsome & bookish college student. His brother, Bill, is a roughhewn ladies' man & thief. Together they search for their dad, confront their expectations of each other, themselves, & their attitudes towards women.
Director: Hal Hartley | Stars: Robert John Burke, Bill Sage, Martin Donovan, Karen Sillas
Votes: 4,801 | Gross: $0.14M
15. The Pizza Triangle (1970)
R | 99 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A three-way love affair in the Rome of the early seventies.
Director: Ettore Scola | Stars: Marcello Mastroianni, Monica Vitti, Giancarlo Giannini, Manuel Zarzo
Votes: 2,252
16. Hope You Die Next Time:-) (2018)
96 min | Drama, Thriller
Eszter has a crush on her english teacher, but he announces that he will leave the county for a foreign job. So she starts a sexting relationship with him.
Director: Mihály Schwechtje | Stars: Kristóf Vajda, Szilvia Herr, Csaba Polgár, Dávid Rácz
Votes: 2,525
17. The Girl with a Pistol (1968)
M | 103 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A Sicilian woman "dishonored" by her lover goes to England with a pistol intending to murder him.
Director: Mario Monicelli | Stars: Monica Vitti, Stanley Baker, Corin Redgrave, Anthony Booth
Votes: 1,728
18. Sole (2019)
102 min | Drama
Lena is seven months pregnant and she's ready to sell the baby in her belly. Ermanno agrees to pretend to be the father. Fabio, the uncle of Ermanno, will pay them to buy the child that he ... See full summary »
Director: Carlo Sironi | Stars: Claudio Segaluscio, Sandra Drzymalska, Bruno Buzzi, Marco Felli
Votes: 863
19. Elle boit pas, elle fume pas, elle drague pas, mais... elle cause! (1970)
80 min | Comedy, Crime
Housemaid Georgette (Girardot) loves to gossip and this causes major trouble to people around her.
Director: Michel Audiard | Stars: Annie Girardot, Bernard Blier, Mireille Darc, Jean Le Poulain
Votes: 581
20. Room for Rent (II) (2017)
Not Rated | 89 min | Comedy, Mystery, Thriller
When a broke thirty-two year old ex-lottery winner convinces his parents to rent their spare room to save from downsizing, a creepy stranger with a hidden agenda moves in.
Director: Matthew Atkinson | Stars: Brett Gelman, Mark Little, Carla Gallo, Stephnie Weir
Votes: 559
21. Waiting for Happiness (2002)
90 min | Drama, Music
The story of two people who cross paths in Nouhadhibou.
Director: Abderrahmane Sissako | Stars: Khatra Ould Abder Kader, Maata Ould Mohamed Abeid, Mohamed Mahmoud Ould Mohamed, Fatimetou Mint Ahmeda
Votes: 1,096 | Gross: $0.00M
22. Our School's E.T. (2008)
120 min | Comedy
For years Seong-gun has been an under-performing gym teacher. Reorganization at the school puts his job in jeopardy. He vows to get a learning permit in English, despite not knowing the language at all.
Director: K.C. Park | Stars: Park Bo-young, Maeng Bong-hak, Kim Byeong-Ok, Moon Chae-won
Votes: 240
23. A Silent Love (2004)
100 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Through an Internet service, a Montreal professor arranges for himself a Mexican bride. But both husband and wife, even with their good intentions, are in for a bumpy ride toward marital harmony.
Director: Federico Hidalgo | Stars: Noel Burton, Vanessa Bauche, Susana Salazar, Maka Kotto
Votes: 171
24. I Just Wanna Hug You (2014)
122 min | Romance
Tsukasa got into a severe car accident when she was a high school student. She still suffers from the effects of that accident, with memory impairment and needing to use a wheelchair. ... See full summary »
Director: Akihiko Shiota | Stars: Keiko Kitagawa, Ryô Nishikido, Jun Fubuki, Aya Hirayama
Votes: 377
25. Aagey Se Right (2009)
Not Rated | 117 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
Spurred on by his pushy mother, Kanta, slacker Dinkar Waghmare, infatuated with TV Reporter, Soniya Bhatt, is compelled to join the Mumbai Police Force as a Sub-Inspector and follow in his ... See full summary »
Directors: Indrajit Nattoji, Inderjeet Singh | Stars: Shreyas Talpade, Mahie Gill, Karanveer Mehra, Kay Kay Menon
Votes: 429
26. Été (2017)
19 min | Short, Drama, Music
Set in the idyllic green hills of Herefordshire, against a soundtrack of vintage French rock, Été tells the story of a frustrated young sheep shearer and his growing attraction to a colleague.
Director: Gregory Oke | Stars: Dan Partridge, David Burnett, Wilf Williams, Rhiannon Handy
Votes: 113
27. Rire et châtiment (2003)
94 min | Comedy, Romance
Babysitter protecting young boy during home invasion.
Director: Isabelle Doval | Stars: José Garcia, Isabelle Doval, Laurent Lucas, Benoît Poelvoorde
Votes: 1,068
28. Let's Learn Japanese Basic I (1984– )
30 min
Stars: Kazuki Yao, Mitsuru Yamazaki, Miki Sugihara, Nick Muhrin
Votes: 8
30. Arabana Songlines (2021)
10 min | Documentary, Animation, Short
An Arabana virtual reality film project aiming to produce an accessible, engaging, ground-breaking and culturally appropriate platform for learning wangka (language), ularaka (songlines), place names and culture from Arabana Elders
Director: Colleen Strangways | Star: Syd Strangways
32. The Language Lesson (2008)
PG-13 | 17 min | Short, Comedy, Romance
This a sweet, charming tale of a man who has not only trouble committing to a relationship, but he also has trouble communicating with his girlfriend in a whole other language. Sam's ... See full summary »
Director: Eileen Finn | Stars: Dale Duko, Robert Acinapura, Tiffany Blake, Mike Gidzinski
33.
Stargate SG-1 (1997–2007)
Episode:
Window of Opportunity
(2000)
TV-PG | 44 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Col. O'Neill and Teal'c realize they and their friends are trapped in a time loop.
Director: Peter DeLuise | Stars: Richard Dean Anderson, Michael Shanks, Amanda Tapping, Christopher Judge
Votes: 2,821
34.
Doctor Who (1963–1989)
Episode:
The Creature from the Pit: Part Two
(1979)
TV-PG | 25 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
Descending into the pit, the Doctor meets the banished astrologer Organon who tells him of Lady Adrasta's monopoly over the planet's supply of metal. Back on the surface, Romana tries to prevent Adrasta from destroying K9.
Director: Christopher Barry | Stars: Tom Baker, Lalla Ward, Myra Frances, Eileen Way
Votes: 417
35.
Alan Alda in Scientific American Frontiers (1990– )
Episode:
Episode #2.3
(1991)
TV-PG | Documentary
The Baidarka (kayak) Re-Born; Spiderwebs - Fatal Attraction; Art of Science - Fractals; Babbling Babies; 3-D Therapy
Directors: David Huntley, Leslie Reinherz | Star: Woodie Flowers
36.
Olly Richards (2013– )
Episode:
How Mormon Missionaries Learn Languages Fast
(2021)
24 min | Documentary
Mormon missionaries have to learn the language of the country they are assigned to in a matter of weeks. And they do. One key to their success is total immersion in the language. But the ... See full summary »
Stars: Derek Driggs, Olly Richards
37.
Aikuiset (2019–2022)
Episode:
Keynote speaker
(2022)
30 min | Comedy
Director: Anna Dahlman | Stars: Anna Airola, Elias Salonen, Ville Myllyrinne, Carlos Orjuela
Votes: 8
38.
Game of Thrones (2011–2019)
Episode:
Lord Snow
(2011)
TV-MA | 58 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Jon begins his training with the Night's Watch; Ned confronts his past and future at King's Landing; Daenerys finds herself at odds with Viserys.
Director: Brian Kirk | Stars: Sean Bean, Mark Addy, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Michelle Fairley
Votes: 39,075
39.
Modern Family (2009–2020)
Episode:
Lifetime Supply
(2012)
TV-PG | 22 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
After having a doctor's visit but then missing the call with the test results, Phil automatically jumps to conclusions and starts saying his goodbyes. Meanwhile Javier pops up unannounced ... See full summary »
Director: Chris Koch | Stars: Ed O'Neill, Sofía Vergara, Julie Bowen, Ty Burrell
Votes: 2,406
40.
Task & Purpose (2014– )
Episode:
Top 3 Differences SEALs vs. Special Forces
(2021)
20 min | Documentary, News
The difference between the Navy Seals and Army Special Forces is apparent in their mottoes. One is unit is adept at working with and training indigenous forces essentially as a force ... See full summary »
Star: Chris Cappy
41.
Star Trek: Discovery (2017–2024)
Episode:
Si Vis Pacem, Para Bellum
(2017)
TV-MA | 42 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
The U.S.S. Discovery is tasked with a high priority mission to the planet Pahvo and learn the science behind the Klingons' cloaking technology.
Director: John Scott | Stars: Sonequa Martin-Green, Doug Jones, Shazad Latif, Anthony Rapp
Votes: 4,744
42.
The Twinstitute (2019– )
Episode:
Learn a Language
(2019)
29 min | Documentary
What is the best way to learn a foreign language, taught or self-taught? Chris and Xand explore two ways of looking younger, facial yoga and a vampire facial. Can the brightness of a room affect appetite?
Director: Ed Watkins | Stars: Chris van Tulleken, Xand van Tulleken