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1. Hud (1963)
Passed | 112 min | Drama, Western
Honest, hard-working Texas rancher Homer Bannon has a conflict with his unscrupulous, selfish, arrogant, egotistical son Hud, who sank into alcoholism after accidentally killing his brother in a car crash.
Director: Martin Ritt | Stars: Paul Newman, Melvyn Douglas, Patricia Neal, Brandon De Wilde
Votes: 24,010 | Gross: $10.00M
2. The Meg (2018)
PG-13 | 113 min | Action, Horror, Sci-Fi
A group of scientists exploring the Marianas Trench encounter the largest marine predator that has ever existed - the Megalodon.
Director: Jon Turteltaub | Stars: Jason Statham, Bingbing Li, Rainn Wilson, Cliff Curtis
Votes: 207,989 | Gross: $143.01M
3. 1900 (1976)
Unrated | 317 min | Drama, History
The epic tale of a class struggle in twentieth-century Italy as seen through the eyes of two childhood friends on opposing sides.
Director: Bernardo Bertolucci | Stars: Robert De Niro, Gérard Depardieu, Dominique Sanda, Francesca Bertini
Votes: 27,323
4. Armageddon Time (2022)
R | 114 min | Drama
A deeply personal coming-of-age story about the strength of family and the generational pursuit of the American Dream.
Director: James Gray | Stars: Anne Hathaway, Jeremy Strong, Banks Repeta, Jaylin Webb
Votes: 15,432
5. Peninsula (2020)
Not Rated | 116 min | Action, Horror, Thriller
A zombie virus has in the last four years spread to all South Korea. Four Koreans in Hong Kong sail through the blockade to Incheon for USD20,000,000 on a truck.
Director: Yeon Sang-ho | Stars: Nazeeh Tarsha, Koo Kyo-hwan, Lee Jung-hyun, Gang Dong-won
Votes: 37,960 | Gross: $1.23M
6. Little Big League (1994)
PG | 119 min | Comedy, Family, Sport
A young boy is bequeathed the ownership of a professional baseball team.
Director: Andrew Scheinman | Stars: Luke Edwards, Timothy Busfield, John Ashton, Ashley Crow
Votes: 11,571 | Gross: $12.21M
7. The Ultimate Gift (2006)
PG | 114 min | Drama, Family, Romance
A deceased billionaire leaves his spoiled adult grandson a series of odd tasks to perform in order to receive "the ultimate gift," with the resentful grandson having no idea what that might be.
Director: Michael O. Sajbel | Stars: Drew Fuller, James Garner, Abigail Breslin, Bill Cobbs
Votes: 20,465 | Gross: $3.44M
8. Troll 2 (1990)
PG-13 | 95 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
A vacationing family discovers that the entire town they're visiting is inhabited by goblins, disguised as humans, who plan to eat them.
Director: Claudio Fragasso | Stars: Michael Paul Stephenson, George Hardy, Margo Prey, Connie Young
Votes: 34,720
9. Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes (1984)
PG | 143 min | Adventure, Drama
A missing heir of respected Scottish family, raised in African jungles by animals, finally returns to his estate only to realize that difference between the two worlds is really significant.
Director: Hugh Hudson | Stars: Christopher Lambert, Andie MacDowell, Ralph Richardson, Ian Holm
Votes: 21,291 | Gross: $45.90M
10. The Wandering Earth (2019)
TV-MA | 125 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
With the sun dying out, a group of brave astronauts set out to find new planet for the whole human race.
Director: Frant Gwo | Stars: Jing Wu, Man-Tat Ng, Zhi Wang, Cixin Liu
Votes: 36,405 | Gross: $5.88M
11. Playing It Cool (2014)
R | 94 min | Comedy, Romance
Unrequited love motivates a guy to write about his experiences.
Director: Justin Reardon | Stars: Chris Evans, Michelle Monaghan, Topher Grace, Aubrey Plaza
Votes: 30,161
12. The Hotel New Hampshire (1984)
R | 109 min | Comedy, Drama
A New Englander and his odd family run a hotel in Vienna, as unexpected events change their lives forever.
Director: Tony Richardson | Stars: Rob Lowe, Jodie Foster, Paul McCrane, Beau Bridges
Votes: 9,140 | Gross: $5.10M
13. Skyfire (2019)
Not Rated | 97 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Tianhuo Island is as beautiful as a paradise. It almost makes people forget that it is located in the "Ring of Fire" the world-famous Pacific Rim volcanic belt. The volcano erupted, and the fate of the people in the island was entangled.
Director: Simon West | Stars: Bee Rogers, Alice Rietveld, Xueqi Wang, Hannah Quinlivan
Votes: 4,199
14. What We Did on Our Holiday (2014)
PG-13 | 95 min | Comedy, Drama
A family of five heads to Granddad's big 75th-birthday party at an uncle's estate in rural Scotland. The parents are separated and hope their three kids won't mention it. The kids love, can talk with, and would do anything for Granddad.
Directors: Andy Hamilton, Guy Jenkin | Stars: Rosamund Pike, David Tennant, Billy Connolly, Ben Miller
Votes: 24,630
15. Wide Awake (1998)
PG | 88 min | Comedy, Drama, Family
A 10-year-old boy goes on a search for God after his grandfather dies.
Director: M. Night Shyamalan | Stars: Joseph Cross, Timothy Reifsnyder, Dana Delany, Denis Leary
Votes: 4,540 | Gross: $0.26M
16. Starchaser: The Legend of Orin (1985)
PG | 100 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
Set on the subterranean Mine-World, a band of human worker are treated like slaves under the power of the evil overlord Zygon until one, Orin, unearths the hilt of a mythical sword that ... See full summary »
Director: Steven Hahn | Stars: Joe Colligan, Carmen Argenziano, Noelle North, Anthony De Longis
Votes: 2,529 | Gross: $3.36M
17. The Taste of Tea (2004)
143 min | Comedy, Fantasy
A spell of time of a rural family's slightly surreal life.
Director: Katsuhito Ishii | Stars: Maya Banno, Takahiro Satô, Tadanobu Asano, Satomi Tezuka
Votes: 7,208
18. Justin and the Knights of Valour (2013)
PG | 90 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
A young boy grows up as he embarks on a quest to become a knight.
Director: Manuel Sicilia | Stars: Freddie Highmore, Antonio Banderas, James Cosmo, Charles Dance
Votes: 6,424
19. Napoleon and Samantha (1972)
G | 92 min | Adventure, Drama
Two young children, who, rather than part with an old pet lion who was once a circus performer, go on a perilous mountain trek to stay with a recluse friend.
Director: Bernard McEveety | Stars: Michael Douglas, Jodie Foster, Johnny Whitaker, Will Geer
Votes: 1,097
20. A Ring of Endless Light (2002)
TV-G | 88 min | Drama, Family, Romance
Based on a novel by Madeline L'Engle. During the summer her grandfather is dying of leukemia and death seems all around, 15-year-old Vicky finds comfort with the pod of dolphins with which she has been doing research.
Director: Greg Beeman | Stars: Mischa Barton, Ryan Merriman, Jared Padalecki, Scarlett Pomers
Votes: 1,449
21. Innocence and Desire (1974)
105 min | Comedy, Romance
A young man is temporarily home from a Seminary, but eventually falls in love with his father's young new wife.
Director: Massimo Dallamano | Stars: Edwige Fenech, Vittorio Caprioli, Lionel Stander, Anna Maria Pescatori
Votes: 286
22. The Leather Boys (1964)
Not Rated | 108 min | Drama, Romance
An immature teenager marries a young biker but becomes disenchanted with the realities of working-class marriage--and her husband's relationship with his best friend.
Director: Sidney J. Furie | Stars: Rita Tushingham, Colin Campbell, Dudley Sutton, Gladys Henson
Votes: 1,031
23. Eulogy (2004)
R | 91 min | Comedy, Drama
A black comedy that follows three generations of a family, who come together for the funeral of the patriarch - unveiling a litany of family secrets and covert relationships.
Director: Michael Clancy | Stars: Ray Romano, Jesse Bradford, Hank Azaria, Rip Torn
Votes: 9,280 | Gross: $0.07M
24. Camp Hell (2010)
R | 99 min | Drama, Horror, Thriller
Evil invades a children's spiritual retreat.
Director: George VanBuskirk | Stars: Dana Delany, Andrew McCarthy, Caroline London, Will Denton
Votes: 2,322
25. DNA (2020)
TV-MA | 90 min | Drama
After the loss of her grandfather, Maïwenn explores her heritage and her Algerian roots.
Director: Maïwenn | Stars: Fanny Ardant, Louis Garrel, Dylan Robert, Marine Vacth
Votes: 1,369
26. The Wildest Dream (2010)
PG | 94 min | Documentary, Biography
Uses astonishing visuals to tell the intersecting stories of George Mallory, the first man to attempt a summit of Mount Everest, and Conrad Anker, the mountaineer who finds Mallory's frozen remains 75 years later.
Director: Anthony Geffen | Stars: Conrad Anker, Susan Robertson, Robert Macfarlane, Peter Gillman
Votes: 2,729 | Gross: $0.87M
27. Shadow Man (2006 Video)
R | 91 min | Action, Thriller
An intelligence operative discovers that no one is what they seem in the shadowy world of espionage.
Director: Michael Keusch | Stars: Steven Seagal, Eva Pope, Imelda Staunton, Vincent Riotta
Votes: 4,279
28. Heaven's Door (2012)
PG | 98 min | Drama, Family, Sci-Fi
After her grandfather dies, a girl discovers a portal into another dimension.
Director: Craig Clyde | Stars: Kaden Billin, Mark Brocksmith, Annalaya Brown, Dean Cain
Votes: 551
29. The Search for Santa Paws (2010 Video)
G | 96 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
Magic dogs and an elf team up with two children to rescue Santa who has lost his memory.
Director: Robert Vince | Stars: Kaitlyn Maher, Madison Pettis, Richard Riehle, Danny Woodburn
Votes: 3,264
30. Extremedays (2001)
PG | 93 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
As four lifelong friends, Will, Bryan, Matt, and Corey, are on the road trip they've been planning their whole lives, Corey's beloved grandfather unexpectedly dies. When going to claim ... See full summary »
Director: Eric Hannah | Stars: Dante Basco, Ryan Browning, A.J. Buckley, Derek Hamilton
Votes: 1,357 | Gross: $0.74M
31. Thunder (1983)
R | 86 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A native American named Thunder returns home only to find that his ancestral burial ground is being destroyed by construction workers. He tries to put a stop to it, but the law is not only ... See full summary »
Director: Fabrizio De Angelis | Stars: Bo Svenson, Mark Gregory, Raimund Harmstorf, Valeria Cavalli
Votes: 601
32. Red Water (2003 TV Movie)
R | 92 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
A group of oil workers being held hostage by a group of gangsters on a small oil rig are attacked by a freshwater bull shark.
Director: Charles Robert Carner | Stars: Lou Diamond Phillips, Kristy Swanson, Coolio, Jaimz Woolvett
Votes: 3,054
33. Catching Faith (2015)
Not Rated | 88 min | Drama, Family, Sport
From the outside, Alexa has the perfect life. Her son is the high-school football star, her daughter a straight-A student, and her husband the CFO of a booming start-up company. But her ... See full summary »
Director: John K.D. Graham | Stars: Lorena Segura York, Garrett Westton, Bill Engvall, Alexandra Boylan
Votes: 531
34. The Return of the Vampire (1943)
Not Rated | 69 min | Drama, Horror
When an errant bomb unearths the coffin of a vampire during the London Blitz, a gravedigger unknowingly reanimates the monster by removing the stake from his heart
Director: Lew Landers | Stars: Bela Lugosi, Frieda Inescort, Nina Foch, Roland Varno
Votes: 2,749 | Gross: $1.09M
35. We're Going on a Bear Hunt (2016 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 30 min | Animation, Adventure, Family
Stan, Katie, Rosie, Max, the baby, and Rufus the dog decide to go on an adventure in search of bears.
Directors: Joanna Harrison, Robin Shaw | Stars: Elsie Cavalier, Olivia Colman, Pam Ferris, Ozzie Latta
Votes: 700
36. By Dawn's Early Light (2001 TV Movie)
100 min | Comedy, Drama
A spoiled L.A. teenager learns important life lessons when he is sent to visit his cowboy grandfather in Colorado during the summer.
Director: Arthur Allan Seidelman | Stars: Richard Crenna, David Carradine, Chris Olivero, Patrick David
Votes: 489
37. A Dog of Flanders (1960)
TV-G | 96 min | Drama, Family
The emotional story of a boy, his grandfather, and his dog. The boy's dream of becoming a great classical painter appears shattered when his loving grandfather dies.
Director: James B. Clark | Stars: David Ladd, Donald Crisp, Theodore Bikel, Max Croiset
Votes: 465
38. Siblings (2004)
R | 85 min | Comedy
SIBLINGS is a dark comedy about love, lust, murder and other issues of normal family life.
Director: David Weaver | Stars: Alex Campbell, Paul Soles, Andrew Chalmers, Samantha Weinstein
Votes: 685
39. Love Like Poison (2010)
92 min | Drama
Anna a young teenager comes home from her Catholic boarding school for the holidays and discovers her father has left. Her mother is devastated and confined in the company of the local ... See full summary »
Director: Katell Quillévéré | Stars: Clara Augarde, Lio, Michel Galabru, Péline Liberty
Votes: 822
40. The Oddsockeaters (2016)
83 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
The Oddsockeaters are small creatures, who live alongside us humans and are responsible for socks that go missing when we only have one left from a pair - the odd sock. They eat socks, but only one from each pair.
Director: Galina Miklínová | Stars: Krystof Hádek, Jan Maxián, David Novotný, Ondrej Trojan
Votes: 301
41. One Last Deal (2018)
95 min | Drama
An elderly art dealer investigates the history behind an unsigned painting that promises to bring his suffering career to a successful end.
Director: Klaus Härö | Stars: Heikki Nousiainen, Pirjo Lonka, Amos Brotherus, Stefan Sauk
Votes: 1,810
42. Jailbirds (1996)
96 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
Ein weiteres Highlight am deutschen Kinohimmel. Ein Förderprogramm bringt die beiden Knackis Gerd und Steinbock in die Obhut von Frauen. Dort sollen sie beweisen, dass sie in der Lage sind ... See full summary »
Director: Detlev Buck | Stars: Til Schweiger, Detlev Buck, Leander Haußmann, Marie Bäumer
Votes: 1,687
43. Krantiveer (1994)
Not Rated | 147 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Disowned by his parents at a young age, a man ends up in a small village controlled by underworld dons and powerful politicians. Lazy, alcoholic, and unemployed, he gets influenced by a journalist with a positive mission.
Director: Mehul Kumar | Stars: Nana Patekar, Dimple Kapadia, Atul Agnihotri, Mamta Kulkarni
Votes: 2,374
44. My Nanny's Secret (2009 TV Movie)
TV-PG | 91 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller
After the house is robbed and the nanny's brother is a suspect, she lies to protect him, but she then realizes he isn't the only one with a secret.
Director: Douglas Jackson | Stars: Haylie Duff, Jessica Steen, Eric Johnson, Dillon Casey
Votes: 472
45. L'école est finie (1979)
97 min | Comedy, Drama
Julien, fifteen-year-old, meets Nathalie, a girl his age whom he falls in love. Soon she is expecting a child. Their parents take the news with reservations. The baby will come and with it, the difficult learning of life.
Director: Olivier Nolin | Stars: Corinne Dacla, Bertrand Waintrop, Catherine Rouvel, Jean-Luc Moreau
Votes: 24
46. Mr. Wu (1927)
Passed | 90 min | Drama, Romance
When Mandarin Wu's unmarried daughter becomes pregnant by a young Englishman, he seeks vengeance.
Director: William Nigh | Stars: Lon Chaney, Louise Dresser, Renée Adorée, Holmes Herbert
Votes: 713 | Gross: $0.47M
47. Bravo Virtuoso (2016)
107 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
Alik, a young virtuoso clarinetist of a classical orchestra is forced to accept contracts intended for a hired killer, called the Virtuoso to save his orchestra. But Alik is a musician, not a murderer.
Director: Levon Minasian | Stars: Samvel Tadevossian, Mariya Akhmetzyanova, Arman Navasardyan, Rudolph Ghevondyan
Votes: 197
48. Luna (I) (2013)
12 min | Short, Fantasy, Horror
A young girl witnesses the murder of her family by a mysterious killer. Now she must try to survive before the killer finds her.
Director: Antonio Perez | Stars: Arlene Santana, John Freeman, Daniela Leon, Eliz Eskeranli
Votes: 182
49. Beste Gegend (2008)
98 min | Drama, Romance
Two best friends want to finally leave their home town for a trip around the world after having finished school.
Director: Marcus H. Rosenmüller | Stars: Anna Maria Sturm, Rosalie Thomass, Ferdinand Schmidt-Modrow, Florian Brückner
Votes: 288
50. The Christmas Stallion (1992 TV Movie)
TV-PG | 95 min | Drama
Sixteen year old Gwen Davies adores the horses she and her grandfather have raised on the beautiful Welsh Mountains. However, when her grandfather dies her uncle must either sell the farm ... See full summary »
Director: Peter Edwards | Stars: Daniel J. Travanti, Lynette Davies, Siân MacLean, Patrick Loomer
Votes: 120