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1. Three Thousand Years of Longing (2022)
R | 108 min | Drama, Fantasy, Romance
A lonely scholar, on a trip to Istanbul, discovers a Djinn who offers her three wishes in exchange for his freedom.
Director: George Miller | Stars: Tilda Swinton, Idris Elba, Erdil Yasaroglu, Sarah Houbolt
Votes: 62,461
2. Your Name. (2016)
PG | 106 min | Animation, Drama, Fantasy
Two teenagers share a profound, magical connection upon discovering they are swapping bodies. Things manage to become even more complicated when the boy and girl decide to meet in person.
Director: Makoto Shinkai | Stars: Ryunosuke Kamiki, Mone Kamishiraishi, Ryo Narita, Aoi Yûki
Votes: 323,425 | Gross: $5.02M
3. The Autopsy of Jane Doe (2016)
R | 86 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
A father and son, both coroners, are pulled into a complex mystery while attempting to identify the cause of death of a young woman who was apparently harboring dark secrets.
Director: André Øvredal | Stars: Brian Cox, Emile Hirsch, Ophelia Lovibond, Michael McElhatton
Votes: 140,517 | Gross: $0.01M
4. Coraline (2009)
PG | 100 min | Animation, Drama, Family
Wandering her rambling old house in her boring new town, an 11-year-old Coraline discovers a hidden door to a strangely idealized version of her life. In order to stay in the fantasy, she must make a frighteningly real sacrifice.
Director: Henry Selick | Stars: Dakota Fanning, Teri Hatcher, John Hodgman, Jennifer Saunders
Votes: 265,064 | Gross: $75.29M
5. Phantom Thread (2017)
R | 130 min | Drama, Romance
Set in 1950s London, Reynolds Woodcock is a renowned dressmaker whose fastidious life is disrupted by a young, strong-willed woman, Alma, who becomes his muse and lover.
Director: Paul Thomas Anderson | Stars: Vicky Krieps, Daniel Day-Lewis, Lesley Manville, Julie Vollono
Votes: 146,123 | Gross: $21.02M
6. Wanted (2008)
R | 110 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
A frustrated office worker discovers that he is the son of a professional assassin, and that he shares his father's superhuman killing abilities.
Director: Timur Bekmambetov | Stars: Angelina Jolie, James McAvoy, Morgan Freeman, Terence Stamp
Votes: 409,676 | Gross: $134.51M
7. The Nutcracker and the Four Realms (2018)
PG | 99 min | Adventure, Family, Fantasy
A young girl is transported into a magical world of gingerbread soldiers and an army of mice.
Directors: Lasse Hallström, Joe Johnston | Stars: Mackenzie Foy, Keira Knightley, Morgan Freeman, Helen Mirren
Votes: 37,517 | Gross: $54.86M
8. Throne of Blood (1957)
Not Rated | 110 min | Drama
A war-hardened general, egged on by his ambitious wife, works to fulfill a prophecy that he would become lord of Spider's Web Castle.
Director: Akira Kurosawa | Stars: Toshirô Mifune, Minoru Chiaki, Isuzu Yamada, Takashi Shimura
Votes: 56,172
9. The Tale of Despereaux (2008)
G | 93 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
An unusually brave mouse helps to restore happiness to a forlorn kingdom after making friends with a gentleman rat.
Directors: Sam Fell, Robert Stevenhagen | Stars: Matthew Broderick, Emma Watson, Dustin Hoffman, Tracey Ullman
Votes: 39,995 | Gross: $50.88M
10. Going Postal (2010)
TV-14 | 93 min | Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
A con artist is conned into taking the job as Postmaster General in the Ankh-Morpork Post Office.
Stars: Richard Coyle, Charles Dance, David Suchet, Claire Foy
Votes: 9,815
11. Acts of Vengeance (2017)
R | 87 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
A fast-talking lawyer transforms his body and takes a vow of silence, not to be broken until he finds out who killed his wife and daughter and has his revenge.
Director: Isaac Florentine | Stars: Antonio Banderas, Karl Urban, Paz Vega, Clint Dyer
Votes: 13,666
12. Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion (1970)
R | 115 min | Crime, Drama
A chief of detectives, homicide section, kills his mistress and deliberately leaves clues to prove his own responsibility for the crime.
Director: Elio Petri | Stars: Gian Maria Volontè, Florinda Bolkan, Gianni Santuccio, Orazio Orlando
Votes: 13,432 | Gross: $0.27M
13. Noriko's Dinner Table (2005)
Not Rated | 159 min | Drama, Horror
A teenager called Noriko Shimabara runs away from her family in Tokoyama, to meet Kumiko, the leader of an Internet BBS, Haikyo.com. She becomes involved with Kumiko's "family circle", ... See full summary »
Director: Sion Sono | Stars: Kazue Fukiishi, Tsugumi, Yuriko Yoshitaka, Shirô Namiki
Votes: 5,003
14. Non Non Biyori (2013–2021)
TV-PG | 24 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
When Hotaru Ichijo transfers schools from the hustle and bustle of Tokyo to a quaint and quiet village in the countryside, she's in for a big adjustment. With her new quirky classmates, Hotaru adapts to her new life with daily adventures.
Stars: Kotori Koiwai, Rie Murakawa, Ayane Sakura, Kana Asumi
Votes: 1,232
15. Should a Schoolgirl Tell? (1969)
R | 67 min | Comedy
Schoolgirl Josefine learns from an early age to use sex to gain advantages. The school's gym teacher is arrested and accused of indecent behavior but the court dismisses the case when Josefine uses her female charm on the jurors.
Director: Géza von Cziffra | Stars: Barbara Capell, Karl Lieffen, Rolf Eden, Ivano Davoli
Votes: 90
16. Tom and Jerry in Shiver Me Whiskers (2006 Video)
TV-G | 74 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
A cat and a mouse must outsmart a band of pirates to find buried treasure.
Director: Scott Jeralds | Stars: Kevin Michael Richardson, Kathy Najimy, Charles Nelson Reilly, Wallace Shawn
Votes: 2,203
17. Vienna Waits for You (2012)
27 min | Short, Comedy, Horror
Anna should have had a closer look at the fine-print of her rental contract. The old Viennese apartment is a creature with never-ending appetite, living off the youth of its residents.
Director: Dominik Hartl | Stars: Petra Staduan, Alexander E. Fennon, Traute Furthner, Adele Neuhauser
Votes: 289
18. Easter (2023–2024)
Approved | Mystery
The mental illness of our sleuth, Pascha, pits him against his most formidable foe - himself.
Stars: Lnq, Reginald VelJohnson, Olkens Graham, Gina Martino
19. Noah's Ark (1959)
Approved | 19 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Noah gets the word: build an ark in seven days. His sons cut the necessary trees in three days, and much furious sawing and hammering follows. But there's no rest, as they need to round up ... See full summary »
Director: Bill Justice | Stars: Jerome Courtland, Jeanne Bruns, James MacDonald, Paul Frees
Votes: 357
20. Urumeen (2015)
Not Rated | 140 min | Action, Fantasy, Thriller
Several unexpected events link two men to each other, with one of them finding out about their two births old relation through a magical book.
Director: Sakthivel Perumalsamy | Stars: Bobby Simha, Kalaiyarasan, Reshmi Menon, Sandra Amy
Votes: 216
21. Aluna (2012)
Not Rated | 89 min | Documentary, Adventure
The leaders of of an ancient hidden civilization in South America want to show mankind how to avoid destroying the planet. They travel with an aging British film-maker and four hundred kilometres of gold thread to trace invisible connections in nature.
Director: Alan Ereira | Stars: Mama Manuel Coronado, Alan Ereira, Francisca Zarabata, Mama Shibulata Zarabata
Votes: 171
22. Barney Bear's Victory Garden (1942)
7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Barney Bear grows a victory garden that a gopher is only too happy to gobble up.
Director: Rudolf Ising | Star: Frank Bingman
Votes: 145
23. Terrier-Stricken (1952)
7 min | Animation, Comedy, Short
Frisky Puppy's sudden barking and playful antics send Claude Cat on wild rides through their house, down the chimney, in and out of faucets, out the door, and eventually diving into an empty swimming pool.
Director: Chuck Jones | Stars: Mel Blanc, Bea Benaderet
Votes: 176
24. The Magic of David Copperfield XII: The Niagara Falls Challenge (1990 TV Special)
48 min | Comedy, Family, Fantasy
This is the 12th CBS Copperfield TV special, introduced by a voice offstage who describes the location of the escape that David Copperfield will perform in this special as his last ... See full summary »
Directors: David Copperfield, Michael Dimich | Stars: David Copperfield, Kim Alexis, Penn Jillette, Teller
Votes: 71
25. Maids a la Mode (1933)
18 min | Comedy, Short
Instead of delivering some fancy dresses to a customer, the girls wear them to a party.
Director: Gus Meins | Stars: Zasu Pitts, Thelma Todd, Billy Gilbert, Cissy Fitzgerald
Votes: 89
26. Olga, agapi mou (1968)
87 min | Drama, Romance
Determined to find happiness with an unconventional and proud civil engineer, an affluent heiress renounces her riches for the sake of their noble dreams. Instead, unbearable insecurity and chronic unemployment await. Is love enough?
Director: Giannis Dalianidis | Stars: Zoi Laskari, Faidon Georgitsis, Andreas Barkoulis, Melpo Zarokosta
Votes: 124
27. Threads of Fate (1999 Video Game)
E | Action, Adventure, Comedy
The young warrior Rue embarks on a journey to revive his lost beloved guardian, Claire. Mint, who lost her right to the throne of East Heaven Kingdom, is seeking world domination and ... See full summary »
Director: Koji Sugimoto
Votes: 58
28. The Magic of David Copperfield IV: The Vanishing Airplane (1981 TV Special)
50 min | Comedy, Family, Fantasy
This is the 4th CBS Copperfield TV special, introduced by the host Jason Robards and then presented by David Copperfield himself, inside a flying Lear Jet. For the first time he is also the... See full summary »
Director: Sid Smith | Stars: David Copperfield, Jason Robards, Susan Anton, Audrey Landers
Votes: 50
29. Daughters of the Sun (2000)
92 min | Drama
Amangol's father cuts her hair and sends her to a village to work as a boy in a carpet weaving shop.
Director: Maryam Shahriar | Stars: Altinay Ghelich Taghani, Soghra Karimi, Zahra Mohammadi, Habib Haddad
Votes: 156
30. How to Rid Your Lover of a Negative Emotion Caused by You! (2010)
Not Rated | 15 min | Short, Comedy, Romance
Love can make us do weird things. Sadie does a weird thing. She does it to her boyfriend Dennis. Keep in mind she only wants what's best for both of them-a perfect relationship. It could be... See full summary »
Director: Nadia Litz | Stars: Sarah Allen, Joe Cobden
Votes: 58
31. The Magic of David Copperfield: China (1986 TV Special)
49 min | Comedy, Family, Fantasy
This is the 8th CBS Copperfield TV special, introduced by the host Ben Vereen and is the first and only one filmed outside USA, and set entirely in China, to allow David Copperfield to ... See full summary »
Directors: David Copperfield, Stan Harris | Stars: David Copperfield, Ben Vereen
Votes: 56
32. They're Always Caught (1938)
Approved | 22 min | Short, Crime
Shows the role the crime laboratory plays in the solving of cases, and how even the smallest detail can become a major clue.
Director: Harold S. Bucquet | Stars: Stanley Ridges, John Eldredge, Louis Jean Heydt, Charles Waldron
Votes: 236
34. Kumo no ito (1946)
10 min | Animation, Short, Fantasy
Based on a short story by Akutagawa Ryunosuke, Ofuji's 10-minute silhouette animation depicts scenes in Hell, and a tortured soul seeking redemption. When Buddha offers him the chance to ... See full summary »
Director: Noburô Ôfuji
Votes: 23
35. The World of Interiors (2003)
6 min | Short, Animation
A man who lives alone in a flat gets a phone call and tells the caller that he's "just about to go out." He grabs an umbrella, gets outside, sees bight sun and heads back inside to change ... See full summary »
Director: Bunny Schendler | Star: Neil Conrich
Votes: 38
36. Confusion (1982 TV Short)
9 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Cartoon for children based on the tale of the same name by K. I. Chukovskiy.
Director: Irina Gurvich | Star: Korney Ivanovich Chukovskiy
Votes: 20
37. Tri pradleny (1967 TV Movie)
28 min | Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Director: Libuse Koutná | Stars: Milan Friedl, Natasa Gollová, Vera Ferbasová, Stella Zázvorková
Votes: 12
38. Mythopolis (2014)
11 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
A small minotaur, his Mum Medusa, a Cyclops delivery guy, the neighbors the Grey Sisters... Legendary characters from the Greek mythology live their lives and solve their problems in today's world.
Director: Alexandra Hetmerová
Votes: 113
39. A Way of Being (2016)
5 min | Animation, Short
A creature comes to life out of a wool hank and it has to learn to walk and move away from the wooden bench to which he was born attached.
Director: Kobi Vogman
40. Trifles That Win Wars (1943)
Passed | 11 min | Short
Part of MGM's John Nesbitt's Passing Parade series, this 1943 entry looks at how three inventions are making a major contribution to the U.S. war effort. The first is the invention of ... See full summary »
Director: Harold Daniels | Stars: John Nesbitt, Ernie Alexander, Margaret Bert, Edward McWade
Votes: 82
41. Common Threads - One World (2022)
22 min | Short, Family
COMMON THREADS takes you on a journey around the world exploring traditional dress and customs. Although we come from different cultures and countries, together we create an amazing ... See full summary »
Director: Diane Paloma Eskenazi | Stars: Jenn Alex, Kavya Bhosle, Gustavo de la Silva, Sheera Paloma Eskenazi
42. Les tisserands (1961 TV Short)
8 min | Short, Family
Director: Jean-Claude Bergeret | Stars: Geneviève Dupreux, Vincent Dupreux, Nicolas Dupreux, Isabelle Dupreux
44. Koko Needles the Boss (1927)
6 min | Animation, Comedy, Short
Ko-Ko the Clown is brought to life with a needle and thread. Max accidentally tears Ko-Ko's paper and stitches him back together. After a fencing duel with his creator, Ko-Ko leaps off the paper and strings thread all over Max's studio.
Director: Dave Fleischer | Star: Max Fleischer
Votes: 73
45. Universal Variety Views, No. 93 (1941)
Approved | 10 min | Documentary, Short, Comedy
This entry of "Universal Variety Views" has narrator Graham McNamee narrating while movie chimpanzee Jimmy the Chimp shows he can operate a service station as good as the next man. Jimmy ... See full summary »
Director: Thomas Mead | Star: Graham McNamee
46. The Myth of Arachne (2018)
4 min | Animation, Short
Director: Mette Ilene Holmriis | Star: Addison Anderson
48. A Stitch in Time (1924)
Animation, Comedy, Short
Ko-Ko the Clown is brought to life with a needle and thread. Max accidentally tears Ko-Ko's paper and stitches him back together. After a fencing duel with his creator, Ko-Ko leaps off the paper and strings thread all over Max's studio.
Director: Dave Fleischer | Star: Max Fleischer
49.
227 (1985–1990)
Episode:
Pillow Talk
(1986)
TV-PG | 24 min | Comedy
Mary and Sandra go into the pillow business, but their partnership is jeopardized by their differing positions.
Director: Gerren Keith | Stars: Marla Gibbs, Hal Williams, Alaina Reed-Hall, Jackée Harry
Votes: 28
50.
Adventures from the Book of Virtues (1996–2009)
Episode:
Courage
(1996)
TV-Y7 | Animation, Adventure, Drama
Annie is defeated badly by a formidable opponent in a hurdles race, and her confidence leaves her after that. Plato tries to help her get her it back by telling the story of "The Minatour",... See full summary »
Director: Joanna Romersa | Stars: Ed Begley Jr., Jim Cummings, Tim Curry, Mark Hamill
Votes: 39