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1. Curiosa (2019)

18+ | 107 min | Biography, Drama, History

A passionate love story set against a backdrop of sexual freedom, loosely based on the relationship between 19th-century authors Pierre Louÿs and Marie de Régnier.

Director: Lou Jeunet | Stars: Noémie Merlant, Niels Schneider, Benjamin Lavernhe, Camélia Jordana

Votes: 3,628

2. Coraline (2009)

PG | 100 min | Animation, Drama, Family

Wandering her rambling old house in her boring new town, an 11-year-old Coraline discovers a hidden door to a strangely idealized version of her life. In order to stay in the fantasy, she must make a frighteningly real sacrifice.

Director: Henry Selick | Stars: Dakota Fanning, Teri Hatcher, John Hodgman, Jennifer Saunders

Votes: 264,904 | Gross: $75.29M

3. My Cousin Rachel (2017)

PG-13 | 106 min | Drama, Mystery, Romance

A young Englishman plots revenge against his late cousin's mysterious, beautiful wife, believing her responsible for his death. But his feelings become complicated as he finds himself falling under the beguiling spell of her charms.

Director: Roger Michell | Stars: Rachel Weisz, Sam Claflin, Holliday Grainger, Iain Glen

Votes: 20,997 | Gross: $2.68M

4. Mrs. Miniver (1942)

Approved | 134 min | Drama, Romance, War

A British family struggles to survive the first months of World War II.

Director: William Wyler | Stars: Greer Garson, Walter Pidgeon, Teresa Wright, May Whitty

Votes: 19,523 | Gross: $13.50M

5. Ship of Fools (1965)

Not Rated | 149 min | Drama, Romance, War

A varied group of passengers boarding a ship bound for pre-WWII Germany represents a microcosm of early 1930s society.

Director: Stanley Kramer | Stars: Vivien Leigh, Simone Signoret, José Ferrer, Lee Marvin

Votes: 6,980

6. Frantz (2016)

PG-13 | 113 min | Drama, History, Romance

In the aftermath of WWI, a young German who grieves the death of her fiancé in France meets a mysterious Frenchman who visits the fiancé's grave to lay flowers.

Director: François Ozon | Stars: Pierre Niney, Paula Beer, Ernst Stötzner, Marie Gruber

Votes: 17,511 | Gross: $0.88M

7. Those People (2015)

Not Rated | 89 min | Drama, Romance

On Manhattan's gilded Upper East Side, a young gay painter is torn between an obsession with his infamous socialite best friend and a promising new romance with an older foreign concert pianist.

Director: Joey Kuhn | Stars: Jonathan Gordon, Jason Ralph, Haaz Sleiman, Britt Lower

Votes: 6,642

8. Anna Karenina (1948)

Approved | 139 min | Drama, Romance

A married woman's affair with a dashing young officer has tragic results.

Director: Julien Duvivier | Stars: Vivien Leigh, Ralph Richardson, Kieron Moore, Hugh Dempster

Votes: 2,957

9. Camille (1936)

Passed | 109 min | Drama, Romance

A Parisian courtesan must choose between the young man who loves her and the callous baron who wants her, even as her own health begins to fail.

Director: George Cukor | Stars: Greta Garbo, Robert Taylor, Lionel Barrymore, Elizabeth Allan

Votes: 8,774 | Gross: $1.15M

10. Princess Caraboo (1994)

PG | 97 min | Comedy, Drama, History

A mysterious young woman speaking a strange language shows up in an English village, where she is taken in by aristocrats who assume she is a foreign princess

Director: Michael Austin | Stars: Phoebe Cates, Jim Broadbent, Wendy Hughes, Kevin Kline

Votes: 2,995 | Gross: $3.02M

11. A Quiet Passion (2016)

PG-13 | 125 min | Biography, Drama

The story of American poet Emily Dickinson from her early days as a young schoolgirl to her later years as a reclusive, unrecognized artist.

Director: Terence Davies | Stars: Emma Bell, Sara Vertongen, Rose Williams, Benjamin Wainwright

Votes: 6,326 | Gross: $1.86M

12. A Chump at Oxford (1940)

Approved | 62 min | Comedy, Family

As a reward for capturing a bank robber, Stan and Ollie get scholarships to Oxford, but are met with resentment by other students.

Director: Alfred J. Goulding | Stars: Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Forrester Harvey, Wilfred Lucas

Votes: 4,312

13. Orphans of the Storm (1921)

Not Rated | 150 min | Drama, History, Romance

Two orphaned sisters are caught up in the turmoil of the French Revolution, encountering misery and love along the way.

Director: D.W. Griffith | Stars: Lillian Gish, Dorothy Gish, Joseph Schildkraut, Frank Losee

Votes: 5,488 | Gross: $0.79M

14. Gritta of the Rats' Castle (1985)

79 min | Comedy, Family, Fantasy

The tale of young Gritta who lives with her father, an unsuccessful inventor. When her new stepmother tries to put her away in a convent she discovers some dark secrets there.

Director: Jürgen Brauer | Stars: Nadja Klier, Hermann Beyer, Suher Saleh, Fred Delmare

Votes: 171

15. Mädchen in Uniform (1958)

91 min | Drama

In a strict Prussian boarding school for girls, sensitive student Manuela von Meinhardis develops a forbidden love to one of her teachers, the compassionate Elisabeth von Bernburg.

Director: Géza von Radványi | Stars: Lilli Palmer, Romy Schneider, Therese Giehse, Blandine Ebinger

Votes: 1,768

16. A Few Days from the Life of I.I. Oblomov (1980)

Unrated | 140 min | Comedy, Drama, History

St. Petersburg, mid 19th century: the indolent, middle-aged Oblomov. He sleeps much of the day. His boyhood companion, Stoltz, now an energetic and successful businessman, adds Oblomov to his circle and introduces him to Olga.

Director: Nikita Mikhalkov | Stars: Oleg Tabakov, Yuriy Bogatyryov, Elena Solovey, Andrei Popov

Votes: 2,565

17. Monsieur Beaucaire (1946)

Not Rated | 93 min | Adventure, Comedy, History

A bumbling barber in the court of King Louis XV becomes engaged in political intrigue when he masquerades as a dashing nobleman engaged to the princess of Spain.

Director: George Marshall | Stars: Bob Hope, Joan Caulfield, Patric Knowles, Marjorie Reynolds

Votes: 756

18. A Fool There Was (1915)

Not Rated | 67 min | Drama

A married diplomat falls hopelessly under the spell of a predatory woman.

Director: Frank Powell | Stars: Theda Bara, Edward José, Mabel Frenyear, May Allison

Votes: 1,047

19. The Circle (1925)

Passed | 71 min | Comedy, Drama

An unhappy woman considers leaving her dull husband for another man.

Director: Frank Borzage | Stars: Eleanor Boardman, Malcolm McGregor, Alec B. Francis, Eugenie Besserer

Votes: 713

20. The Second 100 Years (1927)

Passed | 20 min | Comedy, Short

Thrown in prison for a hundred years, Little Goofy and Big Goofy finally break free, posing as an anarchic duo of undercover painters. Soon, the boys wind up in a private party as visiting French dignitaries; however, who are they kidding?

Director: Fred Guiol | Stars: Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, James Finlayson, Tiny Sandford

Votes: 876

21. Rhythm on the Range (1936)

Approved | 87 min | Comedy, Drama, Music

Cowboy Jeff Larabee returns from the east and meets Doris Halloway, a young girl, that he regards as a vagabond, till he learns that she's the owner of the ranch where he works. He tries to... See full summary »

Director: Norman Taurog | Stars: Bing Crosby, Frances Farmer, Bob Burns, Martha Raye

Votes: 363

22. The Floorwalker (1916)

TV-G | 29 min | Short, Comedy

The Tramp is tricked into impersonating an embezzling floorwalker in a department store.

Director: Charles Chaplin | Stars: Charles Chaplin, Eric Campbell, Edna Purviance, Lloyd Bacon

Votes: 2,705

23. Gorky 1: The Childhood of Maxim Gorky (1938)

98 min | Biography, Drama

A drama reveals the great writer's inauspicious early years as an orphan raised by conniving relatives.

Director: Mark Donskoy | Stars: Aleksei Lyarsky, Varvara Massalitinova, Mikhail Troyanovskiy, Elizaveta Alekseeva

Votes: 779

24. The Hollywood Kid (1924)

20 min | Comedy, Short

The story of a producer's troubles in selecting and "making" a new juvenile star. The opening is in Mack Sennett's private office, with Sennett himself interviewing directors, actors, ... See full summary »

Director: Roy Del Ruth | Stars: Charles Murray, Louise Carver, Jackie Lucas, Vernon Dent

Votes: 48

25. The Goose Woman (1925)

80 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

A famous opera singer lost her voice when her son was born, and has drowned her sorrows in drink. When a murder is committed near her house, she invents a story to get herself back in front... See full summary »

Director: Clarence Brown | Stars: Jack Pickford, Louise Dresser, Constance Bennett, Marc McDermott

Votes: 201

26. From Soup to Nuts (1928)

20 min | Comedy, Short

Inexperienced waiters (Laurel & Hardy) are hired for a swank dinner party.

Directors: Edgar Kennedy, Leo McCarey | Stars: Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Tiny Sandford, Dorothy Coburn

Votes: 1,154

27. The Flirt (1917)

10 min | Short, Comedy

A man takes a job in a café, hoping to get to know the pretty waitress working there.

Director: Billy Gilbert | Stars: Harold Lloyd, Bebe Daniels, 'Snub' Pollard, W.L. Adams

Votes: 130

28. Molly O' (1921)

80 min | Comedy

An Irish washerwoman's daughter falls in love with one of America's most eligible bachelors, much to the chagrin the young doctor's fiancée. The two girls attend a masked ball in similar costumes, where Molly is mistaken for her rival.

Director: F. Richard Jones | Stars: Mabel Normand, George Nichols, Anna Dodge, Albert Hackett

Votes: 79

29. False Impressions (1932)

Comedy, Short

Lloyd, Marjorie, and Dorothy work in a department store, he in the toy section and the girls selling music sheets. He has eyes of Marjorie, but she feels that she can do better and takes up... See full summary »

Director: Leslie Pearce | Stars: Lloyd Hamilton, Marjorie Beebe, Edmund Burns, Dorothy Granger

Votes: 19

30. Astray from the Steerage (1921)

20 min | Comedy, Short

While an immigrant couple are detained by authorities to see if they're fit, a smuggler tries to sneak a bottle into their luggage, but he accidentally gets trapped inside, and gets sent to the house where the new Americans will work.

Director: Frank Powell | Stars: Billy Bevan, Louise Fazenda, Don Marion, Eddie Gribbon

Votes: 20

31. Matchmaking Mamma (1929)

23 min | Comedy, Short

Mrs. McNitt tries to fix her daughter up with an eligible bachelor, who only has eyes for her stepdaughter. He mistakes his girl's affection for her father as something else. Hijinx ensue.

Director: Harry Edwards | Stars: Johnny Burke, Sally Eilers, Daphne Pollard, Matty Kemp

Votes: 126

32. One Day in Hollywood (1924)

18 min | Short, Comedy

A philandering husband at the beach with his wife finds himself driven to distraction by several bathing beauties, who have their eyes on a dimwitted lifeguard.

Director: John Frederick Caldwell | Stars: Hank Mann, Gale Henry, John Frederick Caldwell, Buddy the Dog

Votes: 14

33. One of the Family (1924)

10 min | Short, Comedy

Jimmy Jump is hired as chauffeur by a lady who wishes to make her husband jealous. The lady gets him various costumes and takes him around wherever her husband will see them. The husband ... See full summary »

Director: Scott Pembroke | Stars: Charley Chase, Blanche Mehaffey, Billy Engle, Patrick Kelly

Votes: 33

34. Oft in the Silly Night (1929)

18 min | Short, Comedy

A chauffeur falls in love with the daughter of his employer.

Director: Arvid E. Gillstrom | Stars: Edward Thompson, Roberta Hyson, Arthur Ray, Spencer Williams

Votes: 21

35. Bindle's Garden Party (2017)

Not Rated | 25 min | Short, Comedy

Bindle is catering a Temperance Committee garden party. A man with a score to settle over a foiled romance conspires to spike the lemonade, which proves to be quite poplar among teetotalers.

Star: George Jackley

36. Honeymoon Zeppelin (1930)

22 min | Comedy, Romance, Short

A jealous fiancee returns her engagement ring and flies off with another man on a blimp bound for Havana. On the voyage, his rival proposes, so the jilted fiance rushes to intercept the zeppelin in a seaplane to intervene.

Director: Mack Sennett | Stars: Nick Stuart, Marjorie Beebe, Daphne Pollard, Edward Earle

Votes: 13

37. More Tales of the City (1998)
Episode: Episode #1.2 (1998)

TV-MA | 49 min | Drama, Romance

Mona is amazed to discover a recipe book at the brothel with the name Mona Ransay written inside it. She telephones Mrs. Madrigal and discovers that she is Mrs. Madrigal's daughter and that... See full summary »

Director: Pierre Gang | Stars: Olympia Dukakis, Laura Linney, Colin Ferguson, Billy Campbell

Votes: 65