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1. The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
R | 142 min | Drama
Over the course of several years, two convicts form a friendship, seeking consolation and, eventually, redemption through basic compassion.
Director: Frank Darabont | Stars: Tim Robbins, Morgan Freeman, Bob Gunton, William Sadler
Votes: 2,899,569 | Gross: $28.34M
2. Cast Away (2000)
PG-13 | 143 min | Adventure, Drama, Romance
A FedEx executive undergoes a physical and emotional transformation after crash landing on a deserted island.
Director: Robert Zemeckis | Stars: Tom Hanks, Helen Hunt, Paul Sanchez, Lari White
Votes: 640,875 | Gross: $233.63M
3. The Stand (1994)
Not Rated | 90 min | Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
After a deadly plague kills most of the world's population, the remaining survivors split into two groups - one led by a benevolent elder and the other by a malevolent being - to face each other in a final battle between good and evil.
Stars: Gary Sinise, Molly Ringwald, Jamey Sheridan, Laura San Giacomo
Votes: 38,522
4. Easy Rider (1969)
R | 95 min | Adventure, Drama
Two bikers head from L.A. to New Orleans through the open country and desert lands, and along the way they meet a man who bridges a counter-culture gap of which they had been unaware.
Director: Dennis Hopper | Stars: Peter Fonda, Dennis Hopper, Jack Nicholson, Antonio Mendoza
Votes: 117,221 | Gross: $41.73M
5. Terminator Genisys (2015)
PG-13 | 126 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
When John Connor, leader of the human resistance, sends Sgt. Kyle Reese back to 1984 to protect Sarah Connor and safeguard the future, an unexpected turn of events creates a fractured timeline.
Director: Alan Taylor | Stars: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Jason Clarke, Emilia Clarke, Jai Courtney
Votes: 293,125 | Gross: $89.76M
6. Lorenzo's Oil (1992)
PG-13 | 129 min | Biography, Drama
Lorenzo Odone, a Virginia 5-year-old, develops a degenerative nerve disease so rare that nobody is working on a cure, so his parents decide to immerse themselves in research and tackle the problem themselves.
Director: George Miller | Stars: Nick Nolte, Susan Sarandon, Peter Ustinov, Kathleen Wilhoite
Votes: 24,149 | Gross: $7.29M
7. The Garden of Words (2013)
TV-14 | 46 min | Animation, Drama, Romance
On a rainy morning in Tokyo, 15-year-old Takao, an aspiring shoemaker, decides to skip class to sketch designs in a beautiful garden. This is where he meets Yukari, a beautiful yet mysterious woman. They strike an unlikely friendship.
Director: Makoto Shinkai | Stars: Miyu Irino, Kana Hanazawa, Fumi Hirano, Gou Maeda
Votes: 52,910
8. Eddie the Eagle (2015)
PG-13 | 106 min | Adventure, Biography, Comedy
The story of Eddie Edwards, the notoriously tenacious British underdog ski jumper who charmed the world at the 1988 Winter Olympics.
Director: Dexter Fletcher | Stars: Taron Egerton, Hugh Jackman, Tom Costello, Jo Hartley
Votes: 100,569 | Gross: $15.79M
9. The Boy Who Could Fly (1986)
PG | 114 min | Drama, Fantasy, Romance
An autistic boy who dreams of flying touches everyone he meets, including a new family who has moved in after their father dies.
Director: Nick Castle | Stars: Lucy Deakins, Jay Underwood, Bonnie Bedelia, Fred Savage
Votes: 6,544 | Gross: $7.18M
10. Center Stage (2000)
PG-13 | 115 min | Drama, Music, Romance
A group of teenagers from various backgrounds enroll at the American Ballet Academy in New York to make it as ballet dancers and each one deals with the problems and stress of training and getting ahead in the world of dance.
Director: Nicholas Hytner | Stars: Amanda Schull, Ethan Stiefel, Sascha Radetsky, Christine Dunham
Votes: 22,835 | Gross: $17.17M
11. Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex (2002–2005)
TV-MA | 24 min | Animation, Action, Crime
The futuristic adventures of a female cyborg counter intelligence agent and her support team.
Stars: Shirô Saitô, Atsuko Tanaka, Osamu Saka, Mary Elizabeth McGlynn
Votes: 20,999
12. I Am Woman (2019)
TV-MA | 116 min | Biography, Drama, Music
The story of 1970s musician and activist Helen Reddy.
Director: Unjoo Moon | Stars: Danielle Macdonald, Evan Peters, Chris Parnell, Matty Cardarople
Votes: 2,924
13. The Investigation (2002 TV Movie)
TV-14 | 91 min | Thriller
This gripping, true-life drama tells the story of the bungled and obstructed manhunt for Canada's most notorious serial killer.
Director: Anne Wheeler | Stars: Nicholas Lea, Reece Dinsdale, Lochlyn Munro, Paul Coeur
Votes: 274
14. True Women (1997)
PG-13 | 85 min | Action, Adventure, Biography
Covering nearly fifty years of mid-19th-century turmoil, from the tumultuous Texas Revolution to the early women's suffrage movement, "True Women" is a gripping tale of endurance, love, and above all, gritty female determination.
Stars: Dana Delany, Annabeth Gish, Angelina Jolie, Michael York
Votes: 2,517
15. Things We Lost in the Fire (2007)
R | 118 min | Drama
A recent widow invites her husband's troubled best friend to live with her and her two children. As he gradually turns his life around, he helps the family cope and confront their loss.
Director: Susanne Bier | Stars: Halle Berry, Benicio Del Toro, Alison Lohman, David Duchovny
Votes: 29,806 | Gross: $3.29M
16. Oranges and Sunshine (2010)
R | 105 min | Biography, Drama, History
Set in 1980s Nottingham, social worker Margaret Humphreys holds the British government accountable for child migration schemes and reunites the children involved -- now adults living mostly in Australia -- with their parents in Britain.
Director: Jim Loach | Stars: Emily Watson, Aisling Loftus, Stuart Wolfenden, Lorraine Ashbourne
Votes: 5,917
17. 23 Blast (2014)
PG-13 | 98 min | Drama, Sport
When a high-school football star is suddenly stricken with irreversible, total blindness, he must decide whether to accept his new reality or attempt a return to the game he still loves.
Director: Dylan Baker | Stars: Mark Hapka, Bram Hoover, Stephen Lang, Max Adler
Votes: 2,196 | Gross: $0.49M
18. Never-Ending Man: Hayao Miyazaki (2016 TV Movie)
70 min | Documentary, Biography
A look at famous Japanese animator Hayao Miyazaki following his retirement in 2013.
Director: Kaku Arakawa | Stars: Hayao Miyazaki, Toshio Suzuki, Yuhei Sakuragi, Yukinori Nakamura
Votes: 881 | Gross: $0.19M
19. Talking About Trees (2019)
93 min | Documentary
Four older Sudanese filmmakers with passion for film battle to bring cinema-going back to Sudan, not without resistance. Their 'Sudanese Film Club' have decided to revive an old cinema, and again draw attention to Sudanese film history.
Director: Suhaib Gasmelbari | Stars: Manar Al Hilo, Suliman Elnour, Altayeb Mahdi, Ibrahim Shaddad
Votes: 858
20. Letters to Stephanie (2024)
Drama
A Woman whose granddaughter's been placed for adoption leaves clues to her birth family's identity via seal documents the child has access to when she reaches legal age - meanwhile, she goes about her life fulfilling hr own dreams.
Director: Jo-Ann Wilhelm | Stars: Jonathan T. Adams, Spencer Allman, Callie Amberson, Cary Anderson
21. 75 (2017)
97 min | Crime, Drama
A crash victim, a housewife and two repressed teens are connected by hard-working therapist Viola, who helps them battle their addictions while two disillusioned detectives struggle with the mounting war against heroin in Cincinnati.
Director: Joe Zappa | Stars: Tifani Winkfield, Kip Bennett, Marcus B. Jackson, Shannon Faith
Votes: 60
22. Kids Run (2020)
104 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
Andi's life is a constant battle for his home, his three children and the woman he still loves. He only has two weeks to pay her back the borrowed 5,000 EUR. When he loses his job, an amateur boxing tournament looks like the only solution.
Director: Barbara Ott | Stars: Jannis Niewöhner, Lena Tronina, Eline Doenst, Giuseppe Bonvissuto
Votes: 165
23. The Human Face (2001– )
200 min | Documentary, Comedy, History
This four part BBC mini-series examines the science behind facial beauty, expression, and fame in an entertaining fashion.
Stars: John Cleese, Elizabeth Hurley, David Attenborough, Pierce Brosnan
Votes: 594
24. Survivor Type (2012)
30 min | Short, Drama, Horror
A disgraced surgeon stranded on a deserted island with no food and only a handful of supplies must go to great lengths to stay alive for rescue that may never come.
Director: Billy Hanson | Stars: Gideon Emery, P.J. Brown, Carolina Castro, Cutty Cuthbert
Votes: 87
25. Descent (I) (2020)
60 min | Documentary, Adventure, Biography
Dutch ice freediver Kiki Bosch swims in the world's coldest waters without a wetsuit as therapy for a trauma she experienced, and to inspire others.
Director: Nays Baghai | Stars: Kiki Bosch, Stefan Andrews, Mikael Koski, Wim Hof
Votes: 40
26. The Script of Life (2019)
Comedy, Drama, Romance
Sam Davies has always wanted to be an actor. Lana Ong has always wanted to be recognized at work. Both have a history of meeting the wrong people. As their professional and personal worlds ... See full summary »
Director: Joy Hopwood | Stars: Callum Alexander, Richard James Allen, Anna Bilalis, Lily Brown Griffiths
Votes: 48
27. Love in Vienna (2018 TV Movie)
90 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Mélodie, a production assistant hounded by a tyrannical boss, is tasked with hunting down pianist Michaël Grimaud, who fell off the radar ten years ago. If the young widowed mother can find... See full summary »
Director: Alexandre Laurent | Stars: Barbara Cabrita, Lannick Gautry, Didier Flamand, Ilys Barillot
Votes: 110
28. Petits secrets et gros mensonges (2006 TV Movie)
90 min | Comedy
Isabelle Delambre is chief editor at the magazine "Planète Luxe" and she has met at the airport of Paris a charming man, Max Ronsac.It's love at first sight.But Max is the owner of the ... See full summary »
Director: Laurence Katrian | Stars: Michèle Laroque, Thierry Neuvic, Carole Richert, Dominic Gould
Votes: 55
29. The Diplomat (2000)
52 min | Documentary, Biography, History
Director: Tom Zubrycki | Stars: José Ramos Horta, Ali Alatas, Bill Clinton, Xanana Gusmão
Votes: 28
30. The Ultimate Gift (2022 TV Special)
Drama
In the United States, pregnancy out of wedlock used to carry a social stigma. Between 1945 and 1985 over four and one-half million unwed pregnant young girls/women, as an alternative to ... See full summary »
Director: Jo-Ann Wilhelm | Stars: Cary Anderson, Makenna Bryant, Spencer Cadieux, Lisa Deveaux
31. Ultimate Gift (2022)
Drama
In the United States, pregnancy out of wedlock used to carry a social stigma. Between 1945 and 1985 over four and one-half million unwed pregnant young girls/women, as an alternative to ... See full summary »
Director: Jo-Ann Wilhelm | Stars: Cary Anderson, Makenna Bryant, Spencer Cadieux, Lisa Deveaux
32. Waiting for August (2014)
88 min | Documentary, Drama, Family
Fifteen year old Georgiana is left to raise her 6 siblings in Bacau (Romania), since mother has to work abroad to get by. Torn between adolescence and heavy responsibilities, the teenage girl struggles to keep everyone afloat.
Director: Teodora Mihai
Votes: 236
33. Sebastian and the Sparrow (1988)
Not Rated | 88 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
The story of the unlikely friendship between two teenage boys from vastly different cultural backgrounds. Sparrow is a working-class street kid and Sebastien a middle-class boy of privilege... See full summary »
Director: Scott Hicks | Stars: Alexander Bainbridge, Jeremy Angerson, Robert Coleby, Elizabeth Alexander
Votes: 46
34. The Boy Who Saw the Wind (2000)
97 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
A boy has a powerful gift, a war hungery government comes to use him to create a weapon. He learns the origins of his power and units a people to over throw the evil government.
Director: Kazuki Ômori | Stars: Yumi Adachi, Aki Maeda, Mari Natsuki, Takashi Naitô
Votes: 218
35. Ladder of Philosophy
Documentary, History | Announced
Four philosophers - an atheist, an agnostic, a Christian, and a Hindu - settle down to discuss life, reason, faith, and whatever else comes to mind.
Director: Martin Horlacher | Star: Martin Horlacher
36. The Real Untouchables (2001 TV Movie)
Documentary, History
The three-part documentary examines Eliot Ness, Melvin Purvis and Thomas Dewey: three real-life heroes who battled organized crime between the two world wars.
Director: John Fothergill | Stars: James Woods, Bob Kaliebe, Dominic Capone III, Tom Clarke Hill
Votes: 23
37. La victoire au bout du bâton (2012 TV Movie)
86 min | Comedy
Gérard Ducasse, the husband of Louise Ducasse, has died in car crash.Louise went to the cemetery to say him goodbye because she wants to begin a new life.To celebrate her new life she goes ... See full summary »
Director: Jean-Michel Verner | Stars: Andréa Ferréol, Marie-Christine Adam, Paul Belmondo, Déborah Amsellem
Votes: 12
38. Winnetou's Son (2015)
91 min | Family
A boy wants to become Winnetou's son in a play and trains for this with the help of friends and family.
Director: André Erkau | Stars: Lorenzo Germeno, Tristan Göbel, Uwe Ochsenknecht, Armin Rohde
Votes: 85
39. My Enemy, My Brother (2015)
PG-13 | 18 min | Documentary, Animation, Short
MY ENEMY, MY BROTHER is the real life story about two former enemies who become blood brothers for life: Zahed Haftlang was an Iranian boy who ran away from home to join the army. Najah ... See full summary »
Director: Ann Shin
Votes: 86
40. Little Bird (2022)
Short, Drama
Fionna, a plucky kid in the foster system fights for a home and an interrupted adoption threatens to break hopeful parents Olivia and Lynn. Foster mom Agnes, and biological mom Madeline ... See full summary »
Director: Tee Schneider | Stars: Arlene Duncan, Greyson McGeown, Noah McGeown, Krista Morin
41. Build a Fire (2011)
20 min | Short, Adventure, Drama
This adaptation of To Build a Fire (1969) by Jack London, is a modern look at the tragic tale of Tom Vincent who decides to travel alone through the unrelenting and unforgiving environment of sub-freezing temperatures.
Director: Alexander Raye Pimentel | Stars: David Fichtenmayer, Brian Rozek
Votes: 42
42. The Journey of Junior Garcia (2018)
Documentary
In July of 2012, during one of the warmest years on record in the continental U.S., Junior Garcia walked nearly 1300 miles from his hometown of Ft. Worth, Texas to the gates of the White ... See full summary »
Director: R.E. LeBlanc | Stars: Dan Carlock, David Faustin, Jeremiah Garcia, Jorge Garcia
43. A Very Tight Place (2012)
20 min | Short, Comedy, Horror
Director: Derek Simon | Stars: Fred Melamed, Patrick Riviere, Andrew Dawson, Martin Pfefferkorn
Votes: 21
44. Survivor Type (2013)
15 min | Short, Adventure, Horror
When a doctor is stranded on a deserted island, he has to make grisly choices to survive.
Director: Kevin Fisk | Stars: Julia Angelo, Glenn McCumber
45. The Prince and the Coral Sea (2000 Video)
26 min | Animation, Short, Adventure
On Okinawa Island, a boy named Ray is determined to use a magical gift he received from a kind and beautiful mermaid to protect the island's nature and its people, no matter what he has to give.
Director: Tomoharu Katsumata
Votes: 11
46. State of the Arts
Documentary, History, News | Announced
An overview and celebration of the arts industry in Australia, particularly with regard to cinema and television, and the challenges they face - both internationally, and from within.
Director: Martin Horlacher | Stars: Martin Horlacher, Julian Burnside, Tony Burke
47. How to Quit (2020)
12 min | Short, Comedy, Drama
A darkly comic examination of one man's particularly serious existential midlife crisis.
Director: Liviu Monsted | Stars: Liviu Monsted, Damien McGuiness, Dean Nash, Wendi Lanham
48. Benching (2019)
6 min | Short, Comedy, Drama
Two friends, both actors struggling to make it big, wax philosophical about life, failures and successes on different park benches.
Directors: Gil Balfas, Martin Grelis | Stars: Gil Balfas, Martin Grelis
49. The Sailor
Documentary, Short, Biography | Pre-production
Director: Martin Horlacher | Stars: Martin Horlacher, Andrea Pryor, Martin Pryor, Tim Pryor
50. In The Deathroom (2013)
30 min | Short, Thriller
A man named Fletcher is held captive in a South American stronghold. His captors will use any tortuous means necessary to extract the information they want from him. His only hope lies with his last request--one last cigarette.
Director: Stephen Thacker | Stars: Pj Barnard, Mandy Bhari, Dave Cullen-Wills, Blair Dunn
Votes: 11