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1. Moana (I) (2016)
PG | 107 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
In ancient Polynesia, when a terrible curse incurred by the demigod Maui reaches Moana's island, she answers the Ocean's call to seek out Maui to set things right.
Directors: Ron Clements, John Musker, Don Hall, Chris Williams | Stars: Auli'i Cravalho, Dwayne Johnson, Rachel House, Temuera Morrison
Votes: 380,221 | Gross: $248.76M
2. Red Eye (2005)
PG-13 | 85 min | Thriller
A woman is kidnapped by a stranger on a routine flight. Threatened by the potential murder of her father, she is pulled into a plot to assist her captor in a political assassination.
Director: Wes Craven | Stars: Rachel McAdams, Cillian Murphy, Brian Cox, Laura Johnson
Votes: 142,412 | Gross: $57.89M
3. Train to Busan (2016)
Not Rated | 118 min | Action, Horror, Thriller
While a zombie virus breaks out in South Korea, passengers struggle to survive on the train from Seoul to Busan.
Director: Yeon Sang-ho | Stars: Gong Yoo, Jung Yu-mi, Ma Dong-seok, Kim Su-an
Votes: 260,614 | Gross: $2.13M
4. Dirty Grandpa (2016)
R | 102 min | Comedy
Right before his wedding, an uptight corporate lawyer is tricked into driving his grandfather, a lecherous former Army Lieutenant Colonel, to Florida for Spring Break.
Director: Dan Mazer | Stars: Robert De Niro, Zac Efron, Zoey Deutch, Aubrey Plaza
Votes: 133,670 | Gross: $35.59M
5. Hope Floats (1998)
PG-13 | 114 min | Drama, Romance
Birdee Calvert must choose between her morals and her heart after her husband divorces her and a charming young man, who her daughter disapproves of, comes back into her life.
Director: Forest Whitaker | Stars: Sandra Bullock, Harry Connick Jr., Gena Rowlands, Mae Whitman
Votes: 30,337 | Gross: $60.05M
6. Red Riding Hood (2011)
PG-13 | 100 min | Fantasy, Horror, Mystery
Set in a medieval village that is haunted by a werewolf, a young girl falls for an orphaned woodcutter, much to her family's displeasure.
Director: Catherine Hardwicke | Stars: Amanda Seyfried, Lukas Haas, Gary Oldman, Billy Burke
Votes: 115,915 | Gross: $37.66M
7. The Evening Star (1996)
PG-13 | 129 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
After the death of her daughter, Aurora struggled to keep her family together, but she has a grandson in jail, a rebellious granddaughter and another grandson living almost on the poverty line.
Director: Robert Harling | Stars: Shirley MacLaine, Bill Paxton, Juliette Lewis, Miranda Richardson
Votes: 5,027 | Gross: $12.77M
8. Petite Maman (2021)
PG | 73 min | Drama, Fantasy
Nelly has just lost her grandmother and is helping her parents clean out her mother's childhood home. She explores the house and the surrounding woods. One day she meets a girl her age building a tree-house.
Director: Céline Sciamma | Stars: Joséphine Sanz, Gabrielle Sanz, Nina Meurisse, Stéphane Varupenne
Votes: 17,858
9. Revenant (2023– )
60 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Ku San Young works and studies at night to become a public officer. After receiving a relic from her dead father mysterious deaths take place around her, and she finds herself slowly changing.
Stars: Hong Kyung, Kim Tae-ri, Oh Jung-se, Kim Hae-sook
Votes: 2,826
10. Songbird (II) (2020)
PG-13 | 84 min | Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
In 2024 a pandemic ravages the world and its cities. Centering on a handful of people as they navigate the obstacles currently hindering society: disease, martial law, quarantine, and vigilantes.
Director: Adam Mason | Stars: K.J. Apa, Sofia Carson, Craig Robinson, Bradley Whitford
Votes: 11,660
11. Old Dogs (I) (2009)
PG | 88 min | Comedy, Family
Two friends and business partners find their lives turned upside-down when strange circumstances lead them to be the temporary guardians of 7-year-old twins.
Director: Walt Becker | Stars: Robin Williams, John Travolta, Seth Green, Kelly Preston
Votes: 39,617 | Gross: $49.49M
12. Venom (2005)
R | 87 min | Horror
A group of teenagers fear for their lives in the swamps of Louisiana, chased by Mr. Jangles, a man possessed by 13 evil souls, and now relentless in his pursuit of new victims.
Director: Jim Gillespie | Stars: Agnes Bruckner, Jonathan Jackson, Meagan Good, Bijou Phillips
Votes: 10,836 | Gross: $0.88M
13. Soul Food (1997)
R | 115 min | Comedy, Drama
One person can keep a family together and, when that one person is gone, a family can be torn apart.
Director: George Tillman Jr. | Stars: Vanessa Williams, Vivica A. Fox, Nia Long, Michael Beach
Votes: 9,043 | Gross: $43.49M
14. 100 Things (2018)
111 min | Comedy, Drama
Best friends Toni and Paul decide to relinquish all of their belongings for 100 days, taking back one item per day. During this challenge, the two realize that the only thing they cannot be... See full summary »
Director: Florian David Fitz | Stars: Florian David Fitz, Matthias Schweighöfer, Miriam Stein, Hannelore Elsner
Votes: 6,973
15. Summer Wars (2009)
PG | 114 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
A student tries to fix a problem he accidentally caused in OZ, a digital world, while pretending to be the fiancé of his friend at her grandmother's 90th birthday.
Director: Mamoru Hosoda | Stars: Ryunosuke Kamiki, Nanami Sakuraba, Mitsuki Tanimura, Takahiro Yokokawa
Votes: 31,872 | Gross: $0.08M
16. Bushwick (2017)
TV-MA | 94 min | Action, Thriller
When a U.S. based military force invades their Brooklyn neighborhood, 20-year-old Lucy and war veteran Stupe must depend on each other to survive.
Directors: Jonathan Milott, Cary Murnion | Stars: Dave Bautista, Brittany Snow, Angelic Zambrana, Jeremie Harris
Votes: 13,915
17. Anna and the Apocalypse (2017)
R | 93 min | Comedy, Horror, Musical
A zombie apocalypse threatens the sleepy town of Little Haven - at Christmas - forcing Anna and her friends to fight, slash and sing their way to survival, facing the undead in a desperate race to reach their loved ones. But they soon discover that no one is safe in this new world, and with civilization falling apart around them, the only people they can truly rely on are each other.
Director: John McPhail | Stars: Ella Hunt, Malcolm Cumming, Sarah Swire, Christopher Leveaux
Votes: 15,669 | Gross: $0.55M
18. Doghouse (2009)
Not Rated | 89 min | Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi
A group of men, heading to a remote village to help one of their friends get over his divorce, soon discover that all the women have been infected with a virus that makes them man-hating cannibals.
Director: Jake West | Stars: Danny Dyer, Noel Clarke, Emil Marwa, Lee Ingleby
Votes: 22,884
19. Wild River (1960)
Approved | 110 min | Drama, History, Romance
A TVA bureaucrat comes to the river to do what none of his predecessors have been able to do - evict a stubborn octogenarian from her island before the rising waters engulf her.
Director: Elia Kazan | Stars: Montgomery Clift, Lee Remick, Jo Van Fleet, Albert Salmi
Votes: 6,199
20. Panic in Year Zero! (1962)
Passed | 93 min | Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
A family leaves Los Angeles for a camping trip just before hydrogen bombs destroy the city. In the midst of the chaos, the father must fight to keep his family alive along the highway.
Director: Ray Milland | Stars: Ray Milland, Jean Hagen, Frankie Avalon, Mary Mitchel
Votes: 4,859
21. Virumandi (2004)
Not Rated | 175 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A temperamental farmer gets embroiled in a bloody clan feud in a southern Tamil Nadu village.
Director: Kamal Haasan | Stars: Kamal Haasan, Abhirami, Pasupathy, Napolean
Votes: 7,808
22. Kolya (1996)
PG-13 | 111 min | Comedy, Drama, Music
A confirmed bachelor is in for the surprise of his life when a get-rich-quick scheme backfires and leaves him with a pint-sized new roommate.
Director: Jan Sverák | Stars: Zdenek Sverák, Andrey Khalimon, Libuse Safránková, Ondrej Vetchý
Votes: 16,247 | Gross: $5.73M
23. A Reflection of Fear (1972)
PG | 89 min | Crime, Drama, Horror
A disturbed young girl starts believing that there is something very sinister at work after her estranged father visits her at her mother and grandmother's house with the woman he plans to marry.
Director: William A. Fraker | Stars: Robert Shaw, Sally Kellerman, Mary Ure, Sondra Locke
Votes: 1,034
24. A Time to Live and a Time to Die (1985)
Not Rated | 138 min | Biography, Drama
The semi-autobiographical film on director Hou Hsiao-Hsien's childhood and adolescence, when he was growing up in Taiwan, living through the deaths of his father, mother and grandmother.
Director: Hsiao-Hsien Hou | Stars: Chia-bao Chang, Neng Chang, Chih-Chen Chen, Han-wen Chen
Votes: 3,542
25. Blackout (IV) (2008)
R | 85 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Three people from different walks of life find themselves trapped inside a stalled elevator. What at first seems like an inconvenience rapidly escalates into a nightmare.
Director: Rigoberto Castañeda | Stars: Amber Tamblyn, Aidan Gillen, Armie Hammer, Katie Stuart
Votes: 3,975
26. Il saprofita (1974)
100 min | Drama, Romance
By all accounts, this slick production aims at exposing the corruption of southern Italian Catholicism. A young seminarian who can't be ordained because of a speech impediment leaves the ... See full summary »
Director: Sergio Nasca | Stars: Valeria Moriconi, Al Cliver, Janet Agren, Giancarlo Marinangeli
Votes: 124
27. The Last Sin Eater (2007)
PG-13 | 117 min | Drama
In seeking her own redemption from the man of whom she is most afraid, ten-year-old Cadi Forbes discovers a secret sin haunting her community of Welsh immigrants in 1850s Appalachia.
Director: Michael Landon Jr. | Stars: Louise Fletcher, Henry Thomas, Liana Liberato, Soren Fulton
Votes: 2,003 | Gross: $0.38M
28. Mann - Soul's Heart (1999)
Not Rated | 160 min | Drama, Romance
A young woman falls in love with a handsome playboy, while aboard a Singapore to India cruise. They make plans to meet again, but fate may have other plans...
Director: Indra Kumar | Stars: Aamir Khan, Manisha Koirala, Sharmila Tagore, Deepti Bhatnagar
Votes: 5,877
29. Sweet Surrender (2014 TV Movie)
TV-14 | 90 min | Comedy, Drama, Family
Tom Campbell joined the US army after breaking up with Chelsea, who meanwhile became mayor of his coastal California home town. Tom returns to the town to run his grandmother's B&B "Cupid's... See full summary »
Director: Kevin Connor | Stars: Adam Mayfield, Arielle Kebbel, Haylie Duff, Sean O'Bryan
Votes: 729
30. Angel of the Night (1998)
R | 98 min | Comedy, Horror
Rebecca inherits her grandmother's gothic mansion and celebrates by bringing her best friend and her boyfriend for a weekend. While exploring the crypts, they find an old dusty book, which gives a detailed description of a vampire's life.
Director: Shaky González | Stars: Maria Stokholm, Mette Louise Holland, Tomas Villum Jensen, Svend Johansen
Votes: 895
31. Babicka (1971 TV Movie)
163 min | Drama
Director: Antonín Moskalyk | Stars: Jarmila Kurandová, Zdenek Matous, Míla Myslíková, Libuse Safránková
Votes: 124
32. Finding Home (2003)
PG-13 | 124 min | Drama, Romance
Inheriting her grandmother's remote island Inn causes Amanda to re-evaluate her life and decisions.
Director: Lawrence David Foldes | Stars: Lisa Brenner, Misha Collins, Geneviève Bujold, Louise Fletcher
Votes: 605
33. Skin Walker (2019)
Not Rated | 87 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
A fragile young woman, who has tried to escape the dark past of her family, is forced to return to her family's estate. She must relive her previous traumas and confront the true source of her family's guilt.
Director: Christian Neuman | Stars: Amber Anderson, Udo Kier, Jefferson Hall, Sophie Mousel
Votes: 3,633
34. Stuk! (2014)
113 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Elizabeth, a voluptuous, shy and unpopular girl, is the object of ridicule at school by the cool in-crowd. Her life spirals downward after the death of her only friend, her grandmother. But... See full summary »
Director: Steven de Jong | Stars: Amin Ait Bihi, Mees Bink, Sanneke Bos, Yolanthe Cabau
Votes: 259
35. Catching Faith 2 (2019)
Not Rated | 95 min | Drama, Family, Sport
The Taylor family struggles with drama and heartbreak as they face a football injury, an illness, and a career change, all while planning a wedding.
Director: John K.D. Graham | Stars: Bill Engvall, Lorena Segura York, Erin Ross, Lauren Chavez-Myers
Votes: 115
36. Cztery noce z Anna (2008)
87 min | Crime, Drama
A crematorium worker repeatedly breaks into a woman's house at night to help with housework.
Director: Jerzy Skolimowski | Stars: Artur Steranko, Kinga Preis, Jerzy Fedorowicz, Redbad Klynstra
Votes: 1,914
37. Lullaby of the Earth (1976)
111 min | Drama
The story of an orphan girl, brought up in naive, rustic innocence by an elderly relative, who is suddenly exposed to the brutality, greed and deceptiveness of the outside world, when her grandmother dies.
Director: Yasuzô Masumura | Stars: Mieko Harada, Natsuko Kahara, Meiko Kaji, Shigeo Katô
Votes: 254
38. Operation Grandma (1999 TV Movie)
54 min | Comedy
Mivtza Savta ("Operation Grandma") is a satirical Israeli comedy about three very different brothers trying to get around many obstacles to bury their grandmother on her kibbutz. The story ... See full summary »
Director: Dror Shaul | Stars: Rami Heuberger, Ami Smolartchik, Tsach Shpitsen, Einat Weitzman
Votes: 1,138
39. The Current (2014)
Not Rated | 85 min | Drama, Family
Jake loves living in Chicago but when big city violence hits a little too close to home his parents buy a campground in rural Minnesota and move the family there. Jake hates living at the ... See full summary »
Director: Nikita Zubarev | Stars: B. Bradenton Harper, Quintin Walker, Chaos Bebault, Susan Brava
Votes: 263
40. Intrepid (2000)
R | 90 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
When a tsunami created by a nuclear explosion capsizes a cruise ship, a special agent must help the surviving passengers reach the surface when it becomes apparent that there's a group of terrorists on board.
Director: John Putch | Stars: James Coburn, Costas Mandylor, Finola Hughes, Alex Hyde-White
Votes: 410
41. Jacky Caillou (2022)
92 min | Thriller, Fantasy, Drama
Follows a young man, Jacky Caillou, who lives in a small village in the French Alps with his loving grandmother Gisele, a magnetic healer.
Director: Lucas Delangle | Stars: Thomas Parigi, Edwige Blondiau, Lou Lampros, Jean-Louis Coulloc'h
Votes: 150
42. Burning Ghost (2019)
104 min | Drama, Fantasy, Romance
In the streets of Paris, Juste collects the last memory of people only he can see, before helping them into the afterlife. Juste is a ghost. But one day Agathe recognizes him. She knew him when he was alive.
Director: Stéphane Batut | Stars: Thimotée Robart, Judith Chemla, Saadia Bentaïeb, Djolof Mbengue
Votes: 511
43. Boy in the Attic (2016 TV Movie)
TV-14 | 90 min | Drama, Thriller
Angst-ridden over her new mundane small town life, a teenage girl discovers a mysterious boy living in her attic and befriends him. Unknown to her, he is harboring a dark secret.
Director: Paul Shapiro | Stars: Abbie Cobb, Max Lloyd-Jones, Gina Holden, Michael St. John Smith
Votes: 416
44. Lassie: A New Beginning (1978 TV Movie)
100 min | Family, Drama
The Stratton kids, Samantha and Chip, and their grandmother Ada. drive to "visit" their uncle Stuart. Grandma collapses and dies in a strange town, leaving the kids and Lassie on their own.
Director: Don Chaffey | Stars: Sally Boyden, Shane Sinutko, John Reilly, David Wayne
Votes: 91
45. Me, Grandma, Iliko and Ilarion (1962)
90 min | Comedy, Romance
Grandma Olgha up-brings orphan Zurikela in poverty. Their struggle for life is being relieved by support of their kind neighbors, Iliko and Ilarion, whose merit is the exceptional sense of humor.
Director: Tengiz Abuladze | Stars: Sergo Orjonikidze, Sesilia Takaishvili, Aleksandre Jorjoliani, Grigol Tkabladze
Votes: 1,116
46. A Bun in the Oven (2016)
100 min | Comedy
The test is positive! Nicole, 49 year old mom, is pregnant again. Calamity or good news? The whole family is upside down.
Director: Nadège Loiseau | Stars: Karin Viard, Philippe Rebbot, Hélène Vincent, Manon Kneusé
Votes: 584
47. A Very Serious Person (2006)
Not Rated | 95 min | Drama
A coming-of-age tale about a showtunes- and old Hollywood-obsessed boy and his effete Danish mentor. The two bond and teach each other lessons about self-acceptance over the course of one magical summer on the Jersey Shore.
Director: Charles Busch | Stars: P.J. Verhoest, Dana Ivey, Polly Bergen, Carmen Pelaez
Votes: 440
48. The Cleaner (2015)
94 min | Drama
He is lacking social relationships. Observing other lives from behind the closet doors makes him feel safe and quiets down his solitude. Everything changes, when he decides to come out.
Director: Peter Bebjak | Stars: Éva Bandor, Noel Czuczor, Henrieta Kecerová, Kamil Kollarik
Votes: 100
49. Memories (2014)
92 min | Comedy, Drama
Romain, 23, is the watchman of a small Paris hotel. He does not know it yet but he is about to become a novelist... Madeleine is six decades older than him. She is his grandmother. ... See full summary »
Director: Jean-Paul Rouve | Stars: Michel Blanc, Annie Cordy, Mathieu Spinosi, Chantal Lauby
Votes: 1,017
50. Ein Tick anders (2011)
86 min | Comedy, Drama, Family
"Ein Tick anders" tells the story of the 17 year old Eva who suffers of Tourette Syndrom. She tries to find a way to avoid to have move from the countryside to Berlin with her parents as ... See full summary »
Director: Andi Rogenhagen | Stars: Jasna Fritzi Bauer, Victoria Trauttmansdorff, Waldemar Kobus, Stefan Kurt
Votes: 1,053