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1. There's Still Tomorrow (2023)
118 min | Comedy, Drama
Set in postwar 1940s Italy, it follows Delia breaking traditional family patterns and aspiring to a different future, after receiving a mysterious letter.
Director: Paola Cortellesi | Stars: Paola Cortellesi, Valerio Mastandrea, Romana Maggiora Vergano, Emanuela Fanelli
Votes: 8,478
2. Lady Vengeance (2005)
R | 115 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
After being wrongfully imprisoned for thirteen years and having her child taken away from her, a woman seeks revenge through increasingly brutal means.
Director: Park Chan-wook | Stars: Nam-mi Kang, Jeong-nam Choi, Hye-Sook Go, Bok-hwa Baek
Votes: 86,217 | Gross: $0.21M
3. What's Love Got to Do with It (1993)
R | 118 min | Biography, Drama, Music
The story of singer Tina Turner's rise to stardom and how she gained the courage to break free from her abusive husband, Ike Turner.
Director: Brian Gibson | Stars: Angela Bassett, Laurence Fishburne, RaéVen Kelly, Virginia Capers
Votes: 24,628 | Gross: $39.10M
4. Just the Two of Us (2023)
105 min | Drama, Thriller
Follows Blanche Renard, who meets Greg Lamoureux and believes he is the one. However, she soon finds herself caught up in a toxic relationship with a possessive and dangerous man.
Director: Valérie Donzelli | Stars: Virginie Efira, Melvil Poupaud, Dominique Reymond, Romane Bohringer
Votes: 1,948
5. Body Bags (1993 TV Movie)
R | 94 min | Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Three short stories in the horror genre: the first about a serial killer, the second about a hair transplant gone wrong, and the third about a baseball player.
Directors: John Carpenter, Tobe Hooper, Larry Sulkis | Stars: John Carpenter, Tom Arnold, Tobe Hooper, Robert Carradine
Votes: 12,627
6. Daughters of Darkness (1971)
R | 87 min | Horror
While passing through a vacation resort, a newlywed couple encounters a mysterious, strikingly beautiful countess and her aide.
Director: Harry Kümel | Stars: Delphine Seyrig, John Karlen, Danielle Ouimet, Andrea Rau
Votes: 7,057
7. Heaven & Earth (1993)
R | 140 min | Action, Biography, Drama
During the Vietnam War, a Vietnamese woman struggles hustling on the streets, where she comes face to face with those involved in the conflict around her.
Director: Oliver Stone | Stars: Hiep Thi Le, Tommy Lee Jones, Haing S. Ngor, Bussaro Sanruck
Votes: 15,129 | Gross: $5.86M
8. Under Your Bed (2019)
98 min | Drama, Thriller
Naoto was ignored by other people. During his school days, Chihiro was the first person who called his name. Naoto dreams of seeing her again and tries to find her. Finally, after 11 years,... See full summary »
Director: Mari Asato | Stars: Ken'ichi Abe, Kengo Kôra, Yûgo Mikawa, Ryôsuke Miyake
Votes: 559
9. L'immensità (2022)
99 min | Drama
The story of love between Clara and her children, set in Rome in the '70s.
Director: Emanuele Crialese | Stars: Penélope Cruz, Vincenzo Amato, Luana Giuliani, Patrizio Francioni
Votes: 2,932
10. Aimee & Jaguar (1999)
Not Rated | 125 min | Biography, Drama, Romance
In 1943 Berlin, a Nazi officer's wife meets and starts a passionate affair with a Jewish woman.
Director: Max Färberböck | Stars: Maria Schrader, Juliane Köhler, Johanna Wokalek, Heike Makatsch
Votes: 7,002 | Gross: $0.93M
11. The Signal (2007)
R | 103 min | Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
A horror film told in three parts, from three perspectives, in which a mysterious transmission that turns people into killers invades every cell phone, radio, and television.
Directors: David Bruckner, Dan Bush, Jacob Gentry | Stars: Anessa Ramsey, Justin Welborn, Scott Poythress, Sahr Ngaujah
Votes: 21,900 | Gross: $0.60M
12. A Quiet Place to Kill (I) (1970)
Not Rated | 94 min | Crime, Drama, Horror
A troubled race-car driver plots to kill her ex-husband at the behest of his new wife, but their scheme quickly goes awry.
Director: Umberto Lenzi | Stars: Carroll Baker, Jean Sorel, Luis Dávila, Alberto Dalbés
Votes: 1,399
13. Marinette (2023)
95 min | Biography, Drama, Sport
Biopic of Marinette Pichon, first french female soccer player to sign on to the American professional league, record-woman in number of goals per game and selections for the French national team .
Director: Virginie Verrier | Stars: Garance Marillier, Émilie Dequenne, Alban Lenoir, Fred Testot
Votes: 401
14. Night Fire (1994)
R | 97 min | Drama, Thriller
An unhappy married couple finds themselves at the mercy of a vagabond couple who appear at their door claiming their car broke down. They are really hired by the husband to warm up his wife; but things quickly turn ugly.
Director: Mike Sedan | Stars: Shannon Tweed, John Laughlin, Rochelle Swanson, Martin Hewitt
Votes: 543
15. Night Shift (2020)
98 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Three officers are tasked with escorting an illegal immigrant to Charles de Gaulle airport, where he will be forced onto a plane and sent back to his homeland. But when they find out about the truth, they have to make a difficult choice.
Director: Anne Fontaine | Stars: Virginie Efira, Omar Sy, Grégory Gadebois, Payman Maadi
Votes: 2,039
16. A Fine Madness (1966)
Not Rated | 104 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Samson Shillitoe, mad genius of a poet irresistible to women, but plagued by writer's block, agrees to see a psychiatrist, and his beautiful wife.
Director: Irvin Kershner | Stars: Sean Connery, Joanne Woodward, Jean Seberg, Patrick O'Neal
Votes: 1,525
17. Provoked (2006)
Not Rated | 113 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
Based on the true story of Kiranjit Ahluwalia, a Punjabi woman, who was abused by her husband for 10 years. After killing her husband in self-defense, Ahluwalia is imprisoned as those close to her fight to set her free.
Director: Jag Mundhra | Stars: Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Michael Watson, Miranda Richardson, Naveen Andrews
Votes: 2,234
18. Marguerite & Julien (2015)
Not Rated | 105 min | Drama, History, Romance
An aristocratic brother and sister embrace passion and hope as they flee from society. A story of desire, love and death beyond all morality.
Director: Valérie Donzelli | Stars: Anaïs Demoustier, Jérémie Elkaïm, Frédéric Pierrot, Aurélia Petit
Votes: 1,106
19. Le combat dans l'île (1962)
PG-13 | 104 min | Drama, Thriller
After an unsuccessful assassination, a terrorist and his wife hide on a remote island in the house of a friend who doesn't suspect anything.
Director: Alain Cavalier | Stars: Romy Schneider, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Henri Serre, Diane Lepvrier
Votes: 904 | Gross: $0.05M
20. The Gang of Oss (2011)
112 min | Crime, Drama, History
Netherlands, 1938. In a small town in the province of North Brabant called Oss, Johanna wants to change her life and quit the criminal gangs of the town. The harder she tries, the more she is involved.
Director: André van Duren | Stars: Matthias Schoenaerts, Sylvia Hoeks, Frank Lammers, Pierre Bokma
Votes: 3,038
21. In Her Defense (1999)
Not Rated | 97 min | Drama, Thriller, Romance
A lawyer has to defend his lover who's accused of a murder he has committed himself. Now he has to defend her in court without implicating himself.
Director: Sidney J. Furie | Stars: Marlee Matlin, Daniel Pilon, Michael Dudikoff, Sophie Lorain
Votes: 665
22. Help Me, My Love (1969)
122 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Romantic comedy-drama about a husband (Sordi) who is jealous of his wife's (Vitti) infatuation with a Professor.
Director: Alberto Sordi | Stars: Alberto Sordi, Monica Vitti, Silvano Tranquilli, Laura Adani
Votes: 483
23. Erotic Symphony (1980)
91 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
A nobleman and his two lovers - a teenage boy and a runaway nun - plan to kill his mentally fragile wife.
Director: Jesús Franco | Stars: Lina Romay, Susan Hemingway, Armando Borges, Mel Rodrigo
Votes: 406
24. 3 A.M. 3D (2012)
96 min | Horror
Thailand's latest horror omnibus is made up of three chilling stories. Two sisters who own a wig shop.
Directors: Isara Nadee, Kirati Nakintanon, Patchanon Thammajira | Stars: Apinya Sakuljaroensuk, Focus Jirakul, Shahkrit Yamnarm, Ray MacDonald
Votes: 962
25. Danger in the House (2022 TV Movie)
TV-14 | 85 min | Thriller
As his mother's illness progresses, a wealthy young man hires a perfect caregiver. But their lives start to spiral into a deadly affair as the caregiver seemingly tries to make herself a permanent facet of the wealthy family.
Director: Michelle Ouellet | Stars: Kathryn Kohut, Rebecca Liddiard, Jamie Spilchuk, Barbara Gordon
Votes: 187
26. Dummy (1977 TV Movie)
79 min | Drama
Sandra is a deaf girl whose life descends into prostitution and degradation on the streets of Bradford.
Director: Franc Roddam | Stars: Geraldine James, Lara Crooks, Manda Naylor, Janet Sugden
Votes: 473
27. Past Obsessions (2011 TV Movie)
TV-14 | 91 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
A woman fakes her own death to escape from her abusive husband, but her peaceful new life is shattered when he discovers she's alive.
Director: Raul Inglis | Stars: Josie Davis, David Millbern, Lochlyn Munro, Sonja Bennett
Votes: 297
28. Das Lustschloß im Spessart (1978)
84 min | Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
The Geiersberg Castle Hotel is a popular destination for lovers and newlyweds.
Director: Walter Krüttner | Stars: Inge Fock, Renate Kastelik, Gerti Schneider, Eva Janku
Votes: 58
29. 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
30. Refugiado (2014)
Not Rated | 90 min | Drama, Thriller
Matias and his mother Laura, find themselves forced to hurriedly abandon the house they live in to escape another outburst of violence from Fabian. Matias is 8 and Laura is newly pregnant. ... See full summary »
Director: Diego Lerman | Stars: Julieta Díaz, Sebastián Molinaro, Marta Lubos, Valentina García Guerrero
Votes: 436
31. Beast (I) (2009)
15 min | Short, Drama, Thriller
A young boy watches as his mother suffers under the domestic abuse of his father. One day he decides to force a confrontation.
Director: Lars Pedersen | Stars: Anne Louise Hassing, Lars Bom, Frederik Tingsø, Kenzô
Votes: 83
32. Dying to Divorce (2021)
82 min | Documentary
Over one in three women in Turkey experience domestic violence. Lawyer Ipek Bozkurt's clients risk their lives while fighting the culture of violence in court
Director: Chloe Fairweather
Votes: 205
33. My Scary Girl (2006)
R | 110 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
A young man in love for the first time discovers his girlfriend has a nasty secret in her refrigerator.
Director: Jae-gon Son | Stars: Park Yong-woo, Choi Kang-hee, Jo Eun-ji, Kyung Ho Jung
Votes: 726
34. Infierno grande (2019)
74 min | Drama
Maria, a teacher from a small town in La Pampa who is pregnant, runs away from her violent husband through the desert.
Director: Alberto Romero | Stars: Guadalupe Docampo, Alberto Ajaka, Héctor Bordoni, Mario Alarcón
Votes: 39
35. A Married Woman (1982)
92 min | Drama, Thriller
Irene is a young housewife and mother who tries to raise her young family, love her husband and keep her home all the while studying her masters' degree. Mario, her husband, is a good man, ... See full summary »
Director: Alberto Bojórquez | Stars: Alma Muriel, Gonzalo Vega, Ernesto Gómez Cruz, Patricia Reyes Spíndola
Votes: 78
36. Tengri (2008)
96 min | Drama, Romance
This is a love story set in the steppes of Central Asia of today. Temür a thirty year old Kazakh decides to start life again in his ancestral village in the Kyrghyz Mountains. He discovers ... See full summary »
Director: Marie-Jaoul de Poncheville | Stars: Albina Imasheva, Elim Kalmouratov, Hélène Patarot, Taalai Abazova
Votes: 162
37. The Appearance of Things (2008)
135 min | Drama
An ensemble drama set in Los Angeles revolving around rehearsals for an avant-garde production of Oscar Wilde's Salome, where the real lives of those involved in the production begin to mirror the ancient themes of the play.
Director: Jim Tassopulos | Stars: Laura Cayouette, Maria Hontalas, Michael Irish, Sirry Jons
Votes: 8
38. Tæl til 100 (2004)
Not Rated | 80 min | Drama
Teenage Thomas and his mom have repeatedly fled from a violent dad/husband. This time, they rent an apartment on a farm. Thomas makes two friends at school. The single farmer likes the mom and helps them.
Director: Linda Krogsøe Holmberg | Stars: Frederik Paarup, Julie Carlsen, Anders W. Berthelsen, Sara Møller Olsen
Votes: 166
39. The Brides Are Coming (1979 TV Movie)
70 min | Drama
Director: Emir Kusturica | Stars: Milka Podrug-Kokotovic, Miodrag 'Miki' Krstovic, Bogdan Diklic, Tanja Poberznik
Votes: 264
40. Zlocin na poste (1980 TV Movie)
43 min | Crime, Drama
Helenka, a popular clerk at the village post office, is accused of embezzlement. A check reveals that she is 200 crowns short and the girl commits suicide. Her protector and friend, ... See full summary »
Director: Jaroslav Dudek | Stars: Vladimír Mensík, Milena Steinmasslová, Pavel Zednícek, Josef Abrhám
Votes: 17
41. Guiltrip (1995)
90 min | Thriller
Army corporal Liam and his wife live on a housing estate at the edge of a small Irish town. Late one night Liam arrives home drunk, and the bitter arguments that develop between them result... See full summary »
Director: Gerard Stembridge | Stars: Andrew Connolly, Jasmine Russell, Peter Hanly, Pauline McLynn
Votes: 81
42. Fièvre (1921)
43 min | Short, Drama
Topinelli, who runs a bar in a harbor in Marseille with his wife Sarah, begin to quarrel in conflict when a sailor, who turns out to be a past lover of Sarah, dances with her on arrival to the bar.
Director: Louis Delluc | Stars: Ève Francis, Edmond Van Daële, Gaston Modot, Elena Sagrary
Votes: 365
43. Pigs Will Fly (2002)
98 min | Drama
A man struggles with memories of his violent childhood.
Director: Eoin Moore | Stars: Andreas Schmidt, Laura Tonke, Thomas Morris, Kirsten Block
Votes: 134
44. Svet nic neví (1987)
108 min | Drama
The story takes place in the Czech-German border region in 1938. The hero Tomás Jakl marries but the marriage is not very lucky and falls apart. His German friend forced him to enter the Nazi party.
Director: Jirí Svoboda | Stars: Emil Horváth, Milan Knazko, Jirí Ornest, Marcela Batková
Votes: 24
45. Chaud lapin (2014)
5 min | Animation, Short, Crime
An unhappy snake married to a violent wild boar prepares a special dinner with the boar's best friend, a hare, who is also her secret lover.
Directors: Flora Andrivon, Maël Berreur, Soline Béjuy, Géraldine Gaston, Alexis Magaud
Votes: 42
46. Harlémská tragédie (1963 TV Short)
13 min | Short, Comedy
A comedy about two women and two marriages. A young woman lives in a Harlem apartment with a fire escape and is beaten by her husband. But she is happy because she always gets a present ... See full summary »
Directors: Ján Rohác, Vladimír Svitácek | Stars: Karolína Slunécková, Jana Werichová, Josef Bek, Miroslav Abrahám
47. Tarpeettomia ihmisiä (2005 TV Movie)
61 min | Drama
Director: Matti Ijäs | Stars: Hannu-Pekka Björkman, Sari Mällinen, Eero Aho, Helena Vierikko
Votes: 88
48. Tethers (2021)
5 min | Short, Sci-Fi
A woman travels in time to save another woman's life but the risk could be far reaching for her own reality.
Director: Matthew Steele Finley | Stars: Larry Herring, Alicia Kelley, Abigail Williams
Votes: 17
49. Tma (1991 TV Movie)
77 min | Drama, Thriller
Director: Anna Procházková | Stars: Simona Postlerová, Ivan Rezác, Dana Syslová, Jirí Zahajský
50.
Tales from the Crypt (1989–1996)
Episode:
Split Second
(1991)
Not Rated | 28 min | Comedy, Crime, Fantasy
A beautiful waitress marries the owner of a lumber camp and then quickly starts to realize that he is not what she really wants.
Director: Russell Mulcahy | Stars: Brion James, Michelle Johnson, Billy Wirth, John Kassir
Votes: 1,061