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1. All of Us Strangers (2023)
R | 105 min | Drama, Fantasy, Romance
A screenwriter drawn back to his childhood home enters into a fledgling relationship with his downstairs neighbor while discovering a mysterious new way to heal from losing his parents 30 years ago.
Director: Andrew Haigh | Stars: Andrew Scott, Paul Mescal, Carter John Grout, Jamie Bell
Votes: 49,380
2. O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000)
PG-13 | 107 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
In the deep south during the 1930s, three escaped convicts search for hidden treasure while a relentless lawman pursues them.
Directors: Joel Coen, Ethan Coen | Stars: George Clooney, John Turturro, Tim Blake Nelson, John Goodman
Votes: 331,729 | Gross: $45.51M
3. One Hundred Years of Solitude
Drama, Fantasy, History | Filming
In the timeless town of Macondo, seven generations of the Buendía family navigate love, oblivion and the inescapability of their past and their fate.
Stars: Claudio Cataño, Jerónimo Barón, Marco González, Leonardo Soto
4. Volver (I) (2006)
R | 121 min | Comedy, Drama
After her death, a mother returns to her home town in order to fix the situations she couldn't resolve during her life.
Director: Pedro Almodóvar | Stars: Penélope Cruz, Carmen Maura, Lola Dueñas, Blanca Portillo
Votes: 107,682 | Gross: $12.90M
5. Valerie and Her Week of Wonders (1970)
Not Rated | 77 min | Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
Surreal tale in which love, fear, sex, and religion merge into one fantastic world. Based on a classical Czech novel of the same title.
Director: Jaromil Jires | Stars: Jaroslava Schallerová, Helena Anýzová, Petr Kopriva, Jirí Prýmek
Votes: 11,293
6. Black Cat, White Cat (1998)
R | 127 min | Comedy, Crime, Romance
Matko and his son Zare live on the banks of the Danube river and get by through hustling and basically doing anything to make a living. In order to pay off a business debt Matko agrees to marry off Zare to the sister of a local gangster.
Director: Emir Kusturica | Stars: Bajram Severdzan, Srdjan 'Zika' Todorovic, Branka Katic, Florijan Ajdini
Votes: 56,499 | Gross: $0.35M
7. 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: 17,846
8. Here and Now (2018)
TV-MA | 60 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
A dark dramedy about a progressive Portlandian family made up of husband, wife, three adopted children from Liberia, Vietnam and Colombia, and one biological daughter, who find their sanity tested and values challenged in 2018 America.
Stars: Tim Robbins, Holly Hunter, Daniel Zovatto, Jerrika Hinton
Votes: 5,151
9. Time of the Gypsies (1988)
R | 142 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
In this luminous tale set in the area around Sarajevo and in Italy, Perhan, an engaging young Romany (gypsy) with telekinetic powers, is seduced by the quick-cash world of petty crime, which threatens to destroy him and those he loves.
Director: Emir Kusturica | Stars: Davor Dujmovic, Bora Todorovic, Ljubica Adzovic, Husnija Hasimovic
Votes: 32,775 | Gross: $0.28M
10. Testament of Orpheus (1960)
Not Rated | 79 min | Biography, Fantasy
The Poet looks back over his life and work, recalling his inspirations and obsessions.
Director: Jean Cocteau | Stars: Jean Cocteau, Françoise Arnoul, Claudine Auger, Charles Aznavour
Votes: 3,759
11. Otvorena vrata (1994–1995)
30 min | Comedy
Katarina Andjelic, nicknamed "Cakana", lives with her two children, her brother Bata, and his daughter. She is an sculpture and painting artist, but there are not many people who can see ... See full summary »
Stars: Vesna Trivalic, Bojana Maljevic, Milan 'Lane' Gutovic, Nikola Djuricko
Votes: 4,185
12. Cousins (III) (2021)
98 min | Drama
Entwines the very different lives of three Maori girls, cousins, through tumultuous decades, after one of them is taken from her family and raised in an orphanage.
Directors: Ainsley Gardiner, Briar Grace Smith | Stars: Rachel House, Chelsie Preston Crayford, Cohen Holloway, Miriama Smith
Votes: 674
13. The Good Life (1996)
107 min | Comedy, Drama
This humorous movie charts the life of a 14-year-old (Tristan) as he deals with some major issues in his life. At the beginning of the movie, he has already decided to dedicate his life to ... See full summary »
Director: David Trueba | Stars: Fernando Ramallo, Lucía Jiménez, Luis Cuenca, Isabel Otero
Votes: 796
14. What Do We See When We Look at the Sky? (2021)
150 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A chance encounter on a street corner has Lisa and Giorgi fall in love at first sight, but an evil spell is cast on them. Will they ever meet again?
Director: Aleksandre Koberidze | Stars: Ani Karseladze, Giorgi Bochorishvili, Oliko Barbakadze, Giorgi Ambroladze
Votes: 2,047
15. The Apple War (1971)
R | 103 min | Comedy, Fantasy
A German business man, Volkswagner, comes to Österlen in the south of Sweden to build Deutschneyland, a gigantic amusement park for German tourists. The local councilors and the member of ... See full summary »
Director: Tage Danielsson | Stars: Per Grundén, Gösta Ekman, Sture Ericson, Ingvar Ottoson
Votes: 2,199
16. The Man Without Gravity (2019)
TV-14 | 107 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Oscar comes to light on a stormy night, in the hospital of a small town and immediately we understand that there is something extraordinary in him : Does not obey the law of gravity. It ... See full summary »
Director: Marco Bonfanti | Stars: Elio Germano, Michela Cescon, Elena Cotta, Silvia D'Amico
Votes: 2,734
17. Shoot Loud, Louder... I Don't Understand (1966)
100 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
Stuck in a dream world of his own, Italian sculptor Albert Saporito (Marcello Mastroianni) sometimes has difficulty separating truth from fiction. When he dreams that his gangster neighbor ... See full summary »
Director: Eduardo De Filippo | Stars: Marcello Mastroianni, Raquel Welch, Guido Alberti, Leopoldo Trieste
Votes: 168
18. The Berlin Bride (2019)
72 min | Fantasy, Mystery
Two oddball Berliners discover the abandoned appendages of a mannequin. Separately, and with grotesque consequence, they come to terms with their disjointed mate.
Director: Michael Bartlett | Stars: Miklos Königer, Henry Akina, Sushila Day, Emil Kio
Votes: 489
19. Disappearances (2006)
PG-13 | 118 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Forced to smuggle whiskey in an attempt to save a family, Quebec Bill (Kris Kristofferson) and his son embark on an unforgettable trip through the vast reaches of the wilderness.
Director: Jay Craven | Stars: Kris Kristofferson, Charlie McDermott, Gary Farmer, William Sanderson
Votes: 662 | Gross: $0.31M
20. Barefoot (2017)
111 min | Comedy, Drama
A boy and his family leave Prague during World War II and move to a small village called Slavonice. There, he meets distant relatives and adjusts to a new way of life.
Director: Jan Sverák | Stars: Jan Tríska, Oldrich Kaiser, Tereza Ramba, Ondrej Vetchý
Votes: 898
21. To Want to Fly (1991)
R | 94 min | Comedy, Fantasy
Martina is a professional lady whose clients are harmless if eccentric; she sees herself as a social worker. Shy Maurizio dubs sound for cartoons while his outgoing brother dubs more saucy ... See full summary »
Directors: Guido Manuli, Maurizio Nichetti | Stars: Maurizio Nichetti, Angela Finocchiaro, Mariella Valentini, Patrizio Roversi
Votes: 905
22. Jasminum (2006)
115 min | Comedy, Romance
The peaceful world of a monastery in the small town of Jasmine is destroyed by the arrival of monument restorers, Natasha and her daughter Eugenia. The legend associated with the monastery ... See full summary »
Director: Jan Jakub Kolski | Stars: Justyna Bartoszewicz, Grazyna Blecka-Kolska, Marta Dabrowska, Grzegorz Damiecki
Votes: 1,382
23. Vikingasystrar (2022)
95 min | Drama, History
A shaman is sent on a manhunt for her outlaw sister.
Director: Viking Almquist | Stars: Karin Engman, Eliza Sica, Sofia Ekholm, Oliver Burenfjäll
24. Vrazda ing. Certa (1970)
77 min | Comedy, Fantasy
She (Jirina Bohdalová) is approximately forty-years old, intelligent and attractive, but, unfortunately, lonesome as one could be. She handles her life quite well, but whenever nostalgia ... See full summary »
Director: Ester Krumbachová | Stars: Jirina Bohdalová, Vladimír Mensík, Ljuba Hermanová, Helena Ruzicková
Votes: 225
25. The Devil and Ms. D (1999)
101 min | Comedy, Crime
Psychiatrist Cora is facing a professional crisis as two of her patients have fallen for each other. Stanislaus Nagy visits her practice, a peculiar young man who claims to be possessed by Maria Callas.
Director: Bernd Eichinger | Stars: Til Schweiger, Corinna Harfouch, Thomas Heinze, Christine Neubauer
Votes: 698
26. Kentucky Route Zero (2013 Video Game)
T | Adventure, Mystery
A magical realist adventure game about a secret highway in the caves beneath Kentucky, and the mysterious folks who travel it.
Votes: 193
27. When it rains... (2021) (2017)
80 min | Drama
An intimate look into the lives of those cheated upon during a two-week rain storm in 1972 Hollywood.
Director: Migdia Skarsgård Chinea | Stars: Josie Martineaux, Carlo Mendez, Guillermo Jorge, Jane Santos
28. La noia d'aigua (2021)
10 min | Short, Fantasy
Mariona realizes the distance formed between her and her friends when they go on an excursion together to the river pool they used to visit when they were kids.
Directors: Joana Giribet, Maria Rafart | Stars: Irena Artigas, Alaia del Olmo, Carlota Fernández
29. Evenings (1989)
122 min | Biography, Drama
Frits van Egters' life in the last ten days of the year 1946.
Director: Rudolf van den Berg | Stars: Thom Hoffman, Rijk de Gooyer, Viviane de Muynck, Pierre Bokma
Votes: 573
30. The Tied-Up Balloon (1967)
98 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
A large balloon suddenly appears above villages and fields and grabs the attention of the peasants. They start liking the sudden guest from nowhere for the beauty of the free existence. A policeman comes and the dreams of freedom vanish.
Director: Binka Zhelyazkova | Stars: Georgi Kaloyanchev, Grigor Vachkov, Ivan Bratanov, Georgi Georgiev-Getz
Votes: 213
31. The Little Refugee (2020)
89 min | Drama
In 2015, the Syrian boy Aylan appeared dead on Bodrum beach, Turkey. The image shocked and alerted the world to the refugee crisis. The film imagines what could have happened to this kid ... See full summary »
Director: Batin Ghobadi | Stars: Payam Alavi, Nader Fallah, Farshid Gavili, Suat Usta
Votes: 22
32. The Butterfly Tree: Interviews (2017 Video)
13 min | Short, Talk-Show
Stars: Priscilla Cameron, Melissa George, Ewen Leslie, Sophie Lowe
33. Nicky
7 min | Short, Drama | Completed
A young woman tries to stop her ex-boyfriend's little brother from becoming just like him.
Director: Simone Elise Chanel Suárez | Stars: Angela Daniella Morgan, Adam Leiva, Mo Ewis
34. Tri prání (1958)
96 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Directors: Ján Kadár, Elmar Klos | Stars: Zdenek Díte, Rade Markovic, Tatjana Beljakova, Alena Kreuzmannová
Votes: 93
35. El silencio del río (2020)
14 min | Short, Drama
Juan, a 9 year-old kid, lives with his dad in a floating house across the amazon river. Through an dreamlike journey into the rain forest jungle, he will discover the truth about his dad.
Director: Francesca Canepa | Stars: Wilson Cruz Isminio, Roover Mesia, Luis Mesia
Votes: 33
36. Mating Call (2023)
12 min | Short, Comedy, Fantasy
A single woman's animalistic side is unlocked when she faces a nightmare: attending a garden party filled with couples.
Director: Stephanie Jaclyn | Stars: Lauren Koopowitz, Maggie Banton, Stanley Browning, Andre Chaney
37. Zmruz oczy (2002)
Not Rated | 88 min | Drama, Comedy
The story of a spirited ten-year-old girl who has run away from her proudly affluent parents in town and finds grudging refuge with the slightly slovenly caretaker of an abandoned farm, an ex-teacher.
Director: Andrzej Jakimowski | Stars: Zbigniew Zamachowski, Olga Prószynska, Rafal Guzniczak, Malgorzata Foremniak
Votes: 968
38. Olivia & The Clouds
81 min | Animation, Drama | Filming
Olivia and The Clouds explores love's complexities through a Rashomon effect. Olivia, haunted by a past love, hides it under her bed. She trades flowers with this ghost in exchange for comforting rain clouds.
Director: Tomás Pichardo-Espaillat | Stars: Olga Valdez, Héctor Aníbal, Elsa Núñez, Fery Cordero Bello
39. La fábula del dibujante (2013)
Short, Comedy
Director: Paloma Zapata | Stars: Juanra Bonet, Helena Miquel, Víctor Benjumea
Votes: 8
40. The Butterfly Tree: Behind the Scenes (2017 Video)
17 min | Short, Talk-Show
Stars: Bridget Callow-Wright, Priscilla Cameron, Melissa George, Jason Hargreaves
41. Passing (II) (2019)
Not Rated | 12 min | Short, Fantasy
A family realizes they are being watched by the government after their youngest daughter demonstrates magic abilities in public one afternoon.
Director: Michael Babbitt | Stars: Eowyn Blum, Havana Blum, Rebecca Blum, Scarlett Blum
42. Tulipán (2022 Video)
Short, Drama
In two screens and very little dialogue, Sofia and Laura are connected by a mutual interest for each other and their love for someone's else: that person is Tulipan.
Director: Anna Iunes | Stars: Eva Axelle, Karina Garcia Casanova, Carla Mezquita Honhon
43. Rick Springfield: Love Somebody (1984 Music Video)
3 min | Fantasy, Music, Romance
Music video for Rick Springfield's song Love Somebody from his 1984 movie Hard to Hold. The music video features clips from the movie. Springfield performs and daydreams in a projection booth about a girl from an adventure movie.
Director: Doug Dowdle | Star: Rick Springfield
44. The Crossing Hero (2015– )
45 min | History, Sci-Fi
an Ming Dynasty imperial guards who are accidentally transported to the future adjust to life in the modern era? Hong Xi Dong (Jiro Wang) is the leader of Emperor Zhu Yun Wen's personal bodyguard detail during the Ming Dynasty.
Stars: Lorene Jen, Ocean Hu, Mengwei Xie, Jiro Wang
Votes: 15
45. Praying the Hours (2021)
188 min | Drama, Mystery
The narrative feature "Praying the Hours" tells the journey of the Traveling Man from this life into the next as he is summoned by friends with whom he has surprising, unresolved business.
Director: Lauralee Farrer | Stars: Christopher Min, Marcia Whitehead, Tim Halligan, Karla Droege
Votes: 7
46. Being Perfectly Frank (2020)
10 min | Short, Comedy
A man brings a pair of soldier's dog tags to an eccentric medium to contact someone presumably lost during the Korean War.
Director: Keram Malicki-Sánchez | Stars: Keram Malicki-Sánchez, Michael Okarma
47. At the Pond (2020)
Short, Drama, Mystery
A woman returns to the city after the loss of her mother, where her halcyon days become tainted by a darker reality that could change her life forever.
Director: Gert Verbeeck | Stars: Patrick Cronenberg, Abbas Fasaei, Jasna Kohoutova, Johan Leysen
Votes: 6
48. The Funambulist Dream (2019)
10 min | Short, Biography
Andrea is a high-wire walker. As we walk forward along the wire with him, we encounter risks but we also face the infinite. In Andrea's dream, reality and the subconscious merge through his stream of consciousness.
Directors: Yuri Pirondi, Inês von Bonhorst | Star: Andrea Loreni
49. The Magic Bridge (2008)
12 min | Short, Comedy, Romance
Honza loves Hanka, Hanka loves David. She rushes to him for a date, he is waiting for her in front of the National Theatre, and Honza accompanies her. In the middle of the bridge, chance ... See full summary »
Director: Jan Chramosta | Stars: Milan Hajn, Hana Baronová, Radomil Uhlir, Zdenek Beran
50. The Flipside Chronicles
Fantasy | Announced
After accidentally opening up the gate to the underworld, an insecure teen with cerebral palsy must stop a vengeful witch from crossing over to the land of the living and turning everyone into her mindless minions.