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1. Laapataa Ladies (2023)
122 min | Comedy, Drama
The misadventures of two young brides who get lost from the same train. From mistaken identities to laugh-out-aloud escapades, the ensuing chaos guarantees laughter galore and heartwarming moments.
Director: Kiran Rao | Stars: Nitanshi Goel, Pratibha Ranta, Sparsh Shrivastava, Chhaya Kadam
Votes: 28,108
2. Poldark (2015–2019)
TV-14 | 60 min | Drama, Romance
Ross Poldark returns home after the American Revolutionary War and rebuilds his life with a new business venture, making new enemies and finding a new love where he least expects it.
Stars: Aidan Turner, Eleanor Tomlinson, Jack Farthing, Beatie Edney
Votes: 36,296
3. Sanditon (2019–2023)
TV-14 | 60 min | Drama, Romance
About Charlotte Heywood, a spirited and impulsive woman, who moves from her rural home to Sanditon, a fishing village attempting to reinvent itself as a seaside resort.
Stars: Rose Williams, Crystal Clarke, Kris Marshall, Kate Ashfield
Votes: 18,340
4. Lowlifes (2024)
90 min | Horror
The survival instincts of a road-tripping family are put to the test when they have no other choice but to stay the night at a remote homestead.
Directors: Tesh Guttikonda, Mitch Oliver | Stars: Amanda Fix, Matthew MacCaull, Brenna Llewellyn, Elyse Levesque
Votes: 1,036
5. Ragnarok (2020–2023)
TV-MA | 45 min | Action, Drama, Fantasy
A small Norwegian town experiencing warm winters and violent downpours seems to be headed for Ragnarok -- unless someone intervenes in time.
Stars: David Stakston, Jonas Strand Gravli, Herman Tømmeraas, Theresa Frostad Eggesbø
Votes: 49,918
6. Lark Rise to Candleford (2008–2011)
TV-PG | 53 min | Drama, Romance
An adaptation of Flora Thompson's autobiographical novel "Lark Rise To Candleford", set in 19 century Oxfordshire, in which a young girl moves to the local market town to begin an apprenticeship as a postmistress.
Stars: Olivia Hallinan, Sarah Lancashire, Julia Sawalha, Fergus Drysdale
Votes: 8,454
7. The Peasants (2023)
R | 114 min | Animation, Drama, History
Jagna is a young woman determined to forge her own path in a late 19th century Polish village - a hotbed of gossip and on-going feuds, held together, rich and poor, by adherence to colorful traditions and deep-rooted patriarchy.
Directors: DK Welchman, Hugh Welchman | Stars: Kamila Urzedowska, Robert Gulaczyk, Miroslaw Baka, Sonia Mietielica
Votes: 5,451
8. Critters (1986)
PG-13 | 86 min | Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi
A group of small but vicious alien creatures called Crites escape from an alien prison transport vessel and land near a small farm town on earth, pursued by two shape-shifting bounty hunters.
Director: Stephen Herek | Stars: Dee Wallace, M. Emmet Walsh, Billy Green Bush, Scott Grimes
Votes: 39,464 | Gross: $13.17M
9. Cranford (2007–2009)
TV-PG | 469 min | Drama
In the 1840s, Cranford is ruled by the ladies. They adore good gossip, and romance and change is in the air, as the unwelcome grasp of the Industrial Revolution rapidly approaches their beloved rural market-town.
Stars: Judi Dench, Imelda Staunton, Julia McKenzie, Deborah Findlay
Votes: 10,680
10. Dororo (2019)
TV-14 | 30 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
Sightless Hyakkimaru wields fearsome prosthetics in place of the limbs his father traded to 12 demons. When he encounters the young thief Dororo, the pair sets out to reclaim Hyakkimaru's body parts and survive the demon-infested world.
Stars: Jason Douglas, Rio Suzuki, Mugihito, Chaney Moore
Votes: 20,389
11. Sinister 2 (2015)
R | 97 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
A young mother and her twin sons move into a rural house that's marked for death.
Director: Ciarán Foy | Stars: James Ransone, Shannyn Sossamon, Robert Daniel Sloan, Dartanian Sloan
Votes: 60,797 | Gross: $27.74M
12. Pumpkinhead (1988)
R | 86 min | Fantasy, Horror
After a tragic accident, a man conjures up a towering, vengeful demon called Pumpkinhead to destroy a group of unsuspecting teenagers.
Director: Stan Winston | Stars: Lance Henriksen, Jeff East, John D'Aquino, Kimberly Ross
Votes: 27,977 | Gross: $4.39M
13. Tiger Stripes (2023)
TV-14 | 95 min | Horror
An 11-year-old girl who is carefree until she starts to experience horrifying physical changes to her body.
Director: Amanda Nell Eu | Stars: Zafreen Zairizal, Deena Ezral, Piqa, Shaheizy Sam
Votes: 776
14. Night of the Living Dead (1990)
R | 92 min | Horror
When the unburied dead return to life and seek human victims, seven refugees shelter in a house in the Pennsylvanian countryside.
Director: Tom Savini | Stars: Tony Todd, Patricia Tallman, Tom Towles, McKee Anderson
Votes: 45,638 | Gross: $5.84M
15. Song of the South (1946)
G | 94 min | Animation, Comedy, Family
The kindly story-teller Uncle Remus tells a young boy stories about trickster Br'er Rabbit, who outwits Br'er Fox and slow-witted Br'er Bear.
Directors: Harve Foster, Wilfred Jackson | Stars: Ruth Warrick, Bobby Driscoll, James Baskett, Luana Patten
Votes: 15,291 | Gross: $63.72M
16. Mystery!: Cadfael (1994–1998)
TV-14 | 983 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
The medieval era cases of a Crusader-turned-Monk who investigates mysteries in the Norman English town of Shrewsbury.
Stars: Derek Jacobi, Michael Culver, Julian Firth, Terrence Hardiman
Votes: 3,133
17. Beasts of the Southern Wild (2012)
PG-13 | 93 min | Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
Faced with both her hot-tempered father's fading health and melting ice-caps that flood her ramshackle bayou community and unleash ancient aurochs, six-year-old Hushpuppy must learn the ways of courage and love.
Director: Benh Zeitlin | Stars: Quvenzhané Wallis, Dwight Henry, Levy Easterly, Lowell Landes
Votes: 85,159 | Gross: $12.80M
18. Spice and Wolf: Merchant Meets the Wise Wolf (2024– )
TV-14 | 23 min | Animation, Adventure, Drama
Merchant Kraft Lawrence discovers a wolf deity named Holo sleeping in his cart. She offers to lend her wisdom to boost his profits if he takes her on his travels. Their unlikely partnership begins.
Stars: Haruna Terada, J. Michael Tatum, Brina Palencia, Austin Tindle
Votes: 282
19. World Without End (2012)
TV-MA | 47 min | Drama, Romance, Thriller
The English town of Kingsbridge works to survive as the King leads the nation into the Hundred Years' War with France while Europe deals with the outbreak of the Black Death.
Stars: Ben Chaplin, Charlotte Riley, Nora Waldstätten, Oliver Jackson-Cohen
Votes: 9,156
20. Hokkaido Gals Are Super Adorable! (2024– )
24 min | Animation, Comedy, Romance
Tsubasa, a Tokyo schoolboy, gets transferred to the town of Hokkaido in northern Japan, and meets beautiful girls there.
Stars: Matt Shipman, Ayane Sakura, Mikaela Krantz, Yôko Imaizumi
Votes: 649
21. Little Forest (2018)
PG-13 | 103 min | Drama
A young woman grows tired of life in the city and returns to her hometown in the countryside.
Director: Soon-rye Yim | Stars: Kim Tae-ri, Ryu Jun-yeol, Jin Ki-joo, Moon So-ri
Votes: 3,953
22. Rurouni Kenshin (2023– )
TV-MA | 24 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
In the era known as Bakumatsu, there was an ishin assassin known as Hitokiri Battousai; eleven years later he returned as a wandering swordsman, Himura Kenshin.
Stars: Sôma Saitô, Rie Takahashi, Shin'ya Takahashi, Shô Okumura
Votes: 1,431
23. My Life as a Dog (1985)
Unrated | 101 min | Drama, Comedy
In the late '50s, young Ingemar learns a lot about life and himself when he is sent away from his sick mother to live with his aunt and uncle in a town full of eccentrics.
Director: Lasse Hallström | Stars: Anton Glanzelius, Tomas von Brömssen, Anki Lidén, Melinda Kinnaman
Votes: 22,591 | Gross: $8.35M
24. Hagazussa (2017)
102 min | Drama, Horror
After the loss of her tormented mother, the erratic behavior of a 15th century woman living in an isolated mountain village becomes a threat to the safety of her infant child.
Director: Lukas Feigelfeld | Stars: Aleksandra Cwen, Celina Peter, Claudia Martini, Tanja Petrovsky
Votes: 7,009 | Gross: $0.01M
25. The Wind (II) (2018)
R | 88 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
A plains-woman faces the harshness and isolation of the untamed land in the Western frontier of the late 1800s.
Director: Emma Tammi | Stars: Caitlin Gerard, Julia Goldani Telles, Ashley Zukerman, Dylan McTee
Votes: 9,547 | Gross: $0.03M
26. Behind Your Touch (2023)
TV-MA | 60 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
A veterinarian with psychic powers, and a hot-blooded detective who fall in love with each other while solving minor crime cases in a small town in Mujin, Chungcheong-do.
Stars: Han Ji-min, Lee Min-ki, Suho, Joo Min-Kyung
Votes: 2,704
27. The Tunnel to Summer, the Exit of Goodbyes (2022)
TV-14 | 85 min | Animation, Drama, Fantasy
In a sleepy country town, a traumatized boy and a transfer student from Tokyo stumble upon a time-bending tunnel that may grant them their every wish.
Director: Tomohisa Taguchi | Stars: Oji Suzuka, Marie Iitoyo, Tasuku Hatanaka, Arisa Komiya
Votes: 2,270
28. The Dark (I) (2018)
95 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
An undead teenage girl befriends a blind boy that she meets in a forest she haunts and hunts in. Both have been victims of unimaginable abuse, and each finds solace in the other. There may be a chance of light at the end of their tunnel, but it will come with a body count.
Directors: Justin P. Lange, Klemens Hufnagl | Stars: Nadia Alexander, Toby Nichols, Karl Markovics, Sarah Murphy-Dyson
Votes: 6,132
29. Heaven Official's Blessing (2020– )
TV-14 | Animation, Action, Adventure
Banished to the mortal realm to exorcise ghosts, a deity must reckon with a demon and soon uncovers a dark secret behind the heavenly gods.
Stars: Zhengyang Ma, James Cheek, Ying Huang, Wen Sen
Votes: 2,772
30. The Living and the Dead (2016)
TV-14 | 60 min | Drama, Horror, Thriller
When a young couple inherit a farm, they are determined to turn it into a success, but strange supernatural forces soon intervene, threatening their marriage and their lives.
Stars: Colin Morgan, Charlotte Spencer, Malcolm Storry, Kerrie Hayes
Votes: 3,839
31. Tess of the D'Urbervilles (2008)
TV-PG | 60 min | Drama, Romance
The story of Tess Durbeyfield, a low-born country girl whose family find they have noble connections.
Stars: Gemma Arterton, Eddie Redmayne, Ruth Jones, Hans Matheson
Votes: 6,634
32. War of the Buttons (1994)
PG | 94 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
Children from Irish villages engage in mischievous battles using humiliating tactics like cutting off buttons and underwear. They sometimes engage in nude conflicts leading to embarrassing encounters.
Director: John Roberts | Stars: Gregg Fitzgerald, Gerard Kearney, Darragh Naughton, Brendan McNamara
Votes: 4,614 | Gross: $0.01M
33. Train to the End of the World (2024– )
TV-14 | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
A group of girls hop onto an abandoned train to explore the outside world with strange anomalies.
Stars: Chika Anzai, Azumi Waki, Erisa Kuon, Hina Kino
Votes: 56
34. Merantau (2009)
R | 134 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
A young man from the countryside uses his skills in silat martial arts to survive the slave trade.
Director: Gareth Evans | Stars: Iko Uwais, Sisca Jessica, Christine Hakim, Mads Koudal
Votes: 11,478
35. KamiKatsu: Working for God in a Godless World (2023)
TV-MA | Animation, Fantasy
Yukito's parents are the leaders of a cult. After he gets sacrificed, he gets reincarnated into another world where religion doesn't exist and porn books are akin to a child's doodles.
Stars: Aoi Yûki, Patrick Mealey, Matthew Elkins, UkuLeili
Votes: 732
36. The Illusionist (2010)
PG | 80 min | Animation, Drama, Fantasy
A French illusionist finds himself out of work and travels to Scotland, where he meets a young woman. Their ensuing adventure changes both their lives forever.
Director: Sylvain Chomet | Stars: Jean-Claude Donda, Eilidh Rankin, Duncan MacNeil, Raymond Mearns
Votes: 36,563 | Gross: $2.23M
37. Fair Haven (2016)
Not Rated | 90 min | Drama
A young man returns to his family farm, after a long stay in ex-gay conversion therapy, and is torn between the expectations of his emotionally distant father, and the memories of a past, loving relationship he has tried to bury.
Director: Kerstin Karlhuber | Stars: Michael Grant, Tom Wopat, Gregory Harrison, Susan Aser
Votes: 3,590
38. KonoSuba: An Explosion on This Wonderful World! (2023)
TV-14 | 24 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
In this prequel spin-off series, Megumin from the Crimson Demon Clan devotes all of her energy into perfecting Explosion Magic - and nothing else.
Stars: Rie Takahashi, Aki Toyosaki, Hitomi Nabatame, Maria Naganawa
Votes: 1,054
39. Skip and Loafer (2023)
TV-14 | 23 min | Animation, Comedy, Drama
Mitsumi moves to Tokyo to attend a prestigious school and achieve her dreams of making positive change in the world. But while she's got book smarts, she soon finds herself inexperienced in big city norms, and struggles to make friends.
Stars: Megumi Han, Maaya Uchida, Tomoyo Kurosawa, Yuka Terasaki
Votes: 1,596
40. Ravenous (2017)
TV-MA | 104 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
In the aftermath of an infectious outbreak, inhabitants of a village in rural Quebec find themselves confronting an invasion of ravenous zombie-like beings.
Director: Robin Aubert | Stars: Marc-André Grondin, Monia Chokri, Charlotte St-Martin, Micheline Lanctôt
Votes: 10,210
41. In Your Absence (2008)
Not Rated | 104 min | Drama
A fatherless boy whose fixation on a mysterious stranger leads him blindly into a tragedy that is to mark him for life.
Director: Iván Noel | Stars: Francisco Alfonsin, Pedro Salido Saborido, Gonzalo Sánchez Salas, Anabel Azuar
Votes: 963
42. Flavors of Youth (2018)
TV-PG | 74 min | Animation, Drama, Romance
Three different stories of youth set in different cities of China.
Directors: Haoling Li, Yoshitaka Takeuchi, Xiaoxing Yi | Stars: White-K, Taito Ban, Dorothy Elias-Fahn, Matt Fowler
Votes: 8,698
43. The Boy (I) (2015)
Not Rated | 111 min | Drama, Horror, Thriller
An intimate portrait of a 9-year-old sociopath's growing fascination with death.
Director: Craig William Macneill | Stars: David Morse, Jared Breeze, Rainn Wilson, Bill Sage
Votes: 5,753
44. Creature (2011)
R | 93 min | Horror
In the back country of Louisiana, a group of friends unearth a terrible secret that unleashes a monster from the depths of the swamp.
Director: Fred Andrews | Stars: Mehcad Brooks, Serinda Swan, Daniel Bernhardt, Dillon Casey
Votes: 3,095 | Gross: $0.33M
45. The Road (1982)
PG | 107 min | Drama
When five Kurdish prisoners are granted one week's home leave, they find to their dismay that they face continued oppression outside of prison from their families, the culture, and the government.
Directors: Serif Gören, Yilmaz Güney | Stars: Tarik Akan, Serif Sezer, Halil Ergün, Meral Orhonsay
Votes: 14,545
46. The Earthling (1980)
PG | 97 min | Adventure, Drama
Diagnosed with a terminal form of cancer, Patrick Foley has returned to his native Australia to die in the peace and quiet of the wilderness. His simple plan is complicated, however, when he meets a young boy who has just lost his parents.
Director: Peter Collinson | Stars: William Holden, Ricky Schroder, Jack Thompson, Olivia Hamnett
Votes: 1,827
47. The Year My Voice Broke (1987)
PG-13 | 103 min | Drama, Romance
In rural 1960s Australia, a boy watches helplessly as his best friend falls in love with a small-time criminal, setting off a violent chain of events.
Director: John Duigan | Stars: Noah Taylor, Loene Carmen, Ben Mendelsohn, Graeme Blundell
Votes: 2,284 | Gross: $0.21M
48. Anne of Green Gables (1979)
24 min | Animation, Drama, Family
Based on the books by Lucy Maud Montgomery, this 50 episode series tells the story of Anne Shirley, a young orphan living in 19th century Canada.
Stars: Eiko Yamada, Fumie Kitahara, Michio Hazama, Ryûji Saikachi
Votes: 2,101
49. Fear in the Night (1972)
PG | 94 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
A young woman recovering from a nervous breakdown moves with her husband to a boys' school, and finds herself being terrorized by a mysterious one-armed man, but nobody believes her.
Director: Jimmy Sangster | Stars: Judy Geeson, Joan Collins, Ralph Bates, Peter Cushing
Votes: 2,406
50. Blue Exorcist: Shimane Illuminati Saga (2024– )
23 min | Animation, Action, Fantasy
Assiah, the realm of humans, and Gehenna, the realm of demons. Normally, these two dimensions would never intersect, but the demons are now intruding on the material world.
Stars: Nobuhiko Okamoto, Jun Fukuyama, Kazuya Nakai, Kana Hanazawa
Votes: 176