Film Diary 2019
by kulrajp | created - 01 Jan 2019 | updated - 29 Aug 2020 | Public- Instant Watch Options
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1. Dil Hai Ki Manta Nahin (1991)
Not Rated | 154 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Runaway heiress in search of her beloved falls in love with another man on the way.
Director: Mahesh Bhatt | Stars: Aamir Khan, Pooja Bhatt, Anupam Kher, Sameer Chitre
Votes: 4,637
2. Alibi (1929)
Passed | 91 min | Action, Crime, Romance
Chick Williams, a prohibition gangster, rejoins his mob soon after being released from prison. When a policeman is murdered during a robbery, he falls under suspicion. The gangster took ... See full summary »
Director: Roland West | Stars: Chester Morris, Harry Stubbs, Mae Busch, Eleanor Griffith
Votes: 952
3. After the Screaming Stops (2018)
98 min | Documentary, Music
In the 1980s, "BROS" were on of the biggest bands in the world - for 15 minutes. A raw and emotional look into the aftermath of fame and the re-connection between two twins torn apart by their past.
Directors: Joe Pearlman, David Soutar | Stars: Luke Goss, Matt Goss, Ron Perlman, Robin Antin
Votes: 1,886
4. The Favourite (2018)
R | 119 min | Biography, Comedy, Drama
In early 18th-century England, the status quo at the court is upset when a new servant arrives and endears herself to a frail Queen Anne.
Director: Yorgos Lanthimos | Stars: Olivia Colman, Emma Stone, Rachel Weisz, Nicholas Hoult
Votes: 233,641 | Gross: $34.37M
5. My Jihad (2014– )
17 min | Short, Comedy, Romance
When Nazir and Fahmida clash at a speed dating night they couldn't be more different. Can a chance meeting on the bus home lead to a potentially beautiful friendship?
Stars: George Bukhari, Jaden Sidhu, Amer Patel, Anjli Mohindra
Votes: 120
6. Man Like Mobeen (2017– )
TV-MA | 21 min | Comedy
Mobeen is a 28-year old Brummie Muslim singlehandedly raising his 15-year-old sister. This show documents the struggles of his criminal past, the friendships he has, and the controversies he faces as a Pakistani Muslim.
Stars: Guz Khan, Tolu Ogunmefun, Dúaa Karim, Tez Ilyas
Votes: 3,629
7. Mwansa the Great (2011)
23 min | Short, Adventure, Drama
Mwansa goes on a journey to finally prove that he is Mwansa the Great.
Director: Rungano Nyoni | Stars: Mwansa Bwalya, Anna Mithi, Samuel Mwale, Owas Ray Mwape
Votes: 95
8. Listen (2014)
13 min | Short, Drama
Copenhagen. A police station. A foreign woman, wearing a burqa, is there with her young son to file a complaint. Yet, it seems the translator is not willing to report what she is telling.
Directors: Rungano Nyoni, Hamy Ramezan | Stars: Yusuf Kamal El-Ali, Zeinab Rahal, Amira Helene Larsen, Nanna Bøttcher
Votes: 321
9. I Am Not a Witch (2017)
93 min | Comedy, Drama
In a remote Zambian community a girl is denounced as a witch and sent on a trajectory of exploitation, as a tethered member of a witches' camp, a witch for hire and a tourist exhibit.
Director: Rungano Nyoni | Stars: Maggie Mulubwa, Henry B.J. Phiri, Nancy Murilo, Margaret Spinella
Votes: 4,203 | Gross: $0.05M
10. Twenty Questions (2009)
9 min | Short, Drama
Bea and Adam are on a last weekend away before their baby is born. But while Adam sleeps, Bea finds a love letter from another woman. Bea devises a seemingly innocent game that will reveal Adam's true colours.
Director: Rungano Nyoni | Stars: Remy Beasley, Tom Cullen, Lauren Phillips, Melissa Thomas
Votes: 21
11. Life Sentence (2013)
22 min | Short, Drama
A hard hitting fictional story of two schoolboys and how their paths crossing one night in urban London, will affect both their families lives forever. Loosely Inspired by events affecting his own life.
Director: Ray Panthaki | Stars: Kieron Mulhall, Idris Debrand, Selom Awadzi, Fraser Ayres
Votes: 15
12. They Met in Bombay (1941)
Passed | 92 min | Adventure, Comedy, Crime
A jewel thief and a con artist are rivals in the theft of a valuable gem as the Japanese army invades China.
Director: Clarence Brown | Stars: Clark Gable, Rosalind Russell, Peter Lorre, Jessie Ralph
Votes: 1,328
13. La Pointe Courte (1955)
Not Rated | 80 min | Drama, Romance
Follow the story of a couple who goes to a small French fishing village to try to solve the problems of their deteriorating marriage.
Director: Agnès Varda | Stars: Philippe Noiret, Silvia Monfort, Marcel Jouet, Albert Lubrano
Votes: 4,298
14. Along the Coast (1958)
25 min | Documentary, Short, History
A humorous travelogue of the French Riviera.
Director: Agnès Varda | Stars: Roger Coggio, Anne Olivier, Jacopo Nizi
Votes: 1,751
15. The Laughing Club of India (2001 TV Movie)
28 min | Documentary
Portrait of the first laughing club in India, its founding by a doctor who believes that laughter is the best medicine, his outreach to schools, interviews with club members, scenes of ... See full summary »
Director: Mira Nair
Votes: 199
16. Mary Ryan, Detective (1949)
Passed | 68 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Police detective Mary Ryan is given an assignment to break up a gang of jewel thieves and fences. She, using an alias as a convict, is placed in the cell with a suspected member of the gang... See full summary »
Director: Abby Berlin | Stars: Marsha Hunt, John Litel, June Vincent, Harry Shannon
Votes: 130
17. Hot Biskits (1931)
10 min | Short, Comedy
The rivalry between two men is played out in a high-stakes game of mini-golf.
Director: Spencer Williams | Stars: Thurston Briggs, Spencer Williams
Votes: 133
18. The Blood of Jesus (1941)
Approved | 57 min | Drama, Fantasy
An atheist accidentally shoots his Baptist wife. She dies and goes to a crossroads, where the devil tries to lead her astray.
Director: Spencer Williams | Stars: Cathryn Caviness, Spencer Williams, Juanita Riley, Reather Hardeman
Votes: 775
19. The Dance of Shiva (1998)
26 min | Short, Action, War
In the trenches of the Western Front in 1915, a British army chaplain is forced to question his faith as he witnesses hundreds of Hindu soldiers risking their lives daily for the Empire.
Director: Jamie Payne | Stars: Sanjeev Bhaskar, Kenneth Branagh, Julian Glover, Paul McGann
Votes: 58
20. Framed Youth: The Revenge of the Teenage Perverts (1983)
50 min | Documentary
Gay and lesbian teenagers interview straight people on the streets of London about their views on homosexuality.
Directors: Trill Burton, Jeff Cole, Rose Collis, Nicola Field, Toby Kettle, Pom Martin, Jimmy Somerville | Stars: Mark Ashton, Chris Boot, Trill Burton, Jeff Cole
Votes: 21
21. Brimful of Asia (1998 TV Movie)
24 min | Documentary, Music
Director: Pratibha Parmar | Stars: Asian Dub Foundation, Cornershop, Talvin Singh
22. Escape! (1930)
68 min | Crime, Drama
A convict escapes from a prison.
Director: Basil Dean | Stars: Gerald du Maurier, Mabel Poulton, Ian Hunter, Gordon Harker
Votes: 110
23. Why Change Your Wife? (1920)
Approved | 90 min | Comedy, Drama
Robert and Beth Gordon are married but share little. He runs into Sally at a cabaret and the Gordons are soon divorced. Just as he gets bored with Sally's superficiality, Beth strives to ... See full summary »
Director: Cecil B. DeMille | Stars: Thomas Meighan, Gloria Swanson, Bebe Daniels, Theodore Kosloff
Votes: 1,496
24. Sunset Blvd. (1950)
Passed | 110 min | Drama, Film-Noir
A screenwriter develops a dangerous relationship with a faded film star determined to make a triumphant return.
Director: Billy Wilder | Stars: William Holden, Gloria Swanson, Erich von Stroheim, Nancy Olson
Votes: 236,512
25. After the Storm (2016)
Not Rated | 118 min | Comedy, Drama
After the death of his father, a private detective struggles to find child support money and reconnect with his son and ex-wife.
Director: Kore-eda Hirokazu | Stars: Hiroshi Abe, Yôko Maki, Satomi Kobayashi, Lily Franky
Votes: 12,759 | Gross: $0.27M
26. Jump Boy (1998)
11 min | Short, Drama
A London schoolboy of Pakisthani heritage attempts to impress his mates with his knowledge of all things American. But he soon painfully learns that there are those that won't stand for his know it all persona.
Director: Menhaj Huda | Stars: Ray Panthaki, Ashish Raja, Mustafa Tahib, Pritesh Barber
Votes: 34
27. Tonight or Never (1931)
80 min | Comedy, Romance
A young opera singer finds her career stalled because of her cold and passionless performances, until she finds romance with a handsome admirer.
Director: Mervyn LeRoy | Stars: Gloria Swanson, Melvyn Douglas, Alison Skipworth, Ferdinand Gottschalk
Votes: 1,612
28. Shadowscan (2001)
11 min | Short
The pressures of her job in a hospital forces a young doctor to abandon a colleague suffering from depression to treat another patient.
Director: Tinge Krishnan | Stars: Shobna Gulati, Paul Bazely, Carrie Davies, Sam Hoyle
Votes: 42
29. First (2007)
5 min | Short, Drama
Director: Tinge Krishnan | Stars: Kali Perkins, Chris Lodge, Celyn Jones, Tony Clarkin
Votes: 9
30. Been So Long (2018)
100 min | Drama, Musical, Romance
A dedicated single mother who, on an unusual night on the town, is charmed by a handsome yet troubled stranger.
Director: Tinge Krishnan | Stars: Michaela Coel, Mya Lewis, Arinzé Kene, George MacKay
Votes: 1,190
31. Persepolis (2007)
PG-13 | 96 min | Animation, Biography, Drama
A precocious and outspoken Iranian girl grows up during the Islamic Revolution.
Directors: Vincent Paronnaud, Marjane Satrapi | Stars: Chiara Mastroianni, Catherine Deneuve, Gena Rowlands, Danielle Darrieux
Votes: 100,203 | Gross: $4.45M
32. The Colour of Britain (1994 TV Movie)
50 min | Documentary
An hour long documentary featuring the work of British Asian artists Anish Kapoor, Jatinder Verma, Shobhana Jeyasingh, Sutapa Biswas, Chila Kumari Burman and Zarina Bhimji.
Director: Pratibha Parmar | Stars: Zarina Bhimji, Sutuba Biswas, Shobana Jeyasingh, Anish Kapoor
33. Singapore (1960)
135 min | Crime, Thriller
When his employee disappears in Singapore, Shyam travels from India to investigate the absence and becomes entangled in a deadly plot.
Director: Shakti Samanta | Stars: Shammi Kapoor, Padmini, Maria Menado, Shashikala Jawalkar
Votes: 94
34. Majdhar (1984)
74 min | Drama
Director: Ahmed Alauddin Jamal | Stars: Rita Wolf, Tony Wredden, Meera Syal, Andrew Johnson
Votes: 7
35.
He-Play, She-Play (1993)
Episode:
Roots
(1993)
Short, Drama
Director: Taghi Amirani | Stars: Ajay Chhabra, Ravi Kapoor, Deepak Verma
36.
Open Door (1973–1983)
Episode:
It Ain't Half Racist Mum
(1979)
30 min | Documentary
Stars: Maggie Steed, Stuart Hall, John Brown, Philip Tibenham
Votes: 11
37. And Now Tomorrow (1944)
Approved | 86 min | Drama, Romance
A wealthy woman who lost her hearing to meningitis meets a doctor who is concocting a serum that will cure deafness.
Director: Irving Pichel | Stars: Alan Ladd, Loretta Young, Susan Hayward, Barry Sullivan
Votes: 469
38. A Place of Rage (1991)
54 min | Documentary, History
This celebration of African American women and their achievements features interviews with Angela Davis, June Jordan and Alice Walker. Within the context of the civil rights, Black power ... See full summary »
Director: Pratibha Parmar | Stars: Angela Davis, Fannie Lou Hamer, June Jordan, Rosa Parks
Votes: 29
39. Hello, Rain (2018)
30 min | Short, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
A Scientist-Witch through an alchemical combination of juju and technology creates wigs which grants she and her friends supernatural powers. But when their powers grow uncontrollable, she must stop them by any means.
Director: C.J. 'Fiery' Obasi | Stars: Keira, Tunde Aladese, Ogee Nelson, Nnedimma Gemma Ofili-Egungwu
Votes: 26
40. Pumzi (2009)
21 min | Short, Sci-Fi
A sci-fi film about Africa in the future, 35 years after World War III, the water war.
Director: Wanuri Kahiu | Stars: Kudzani Moswela, Chantelle Burger, Tammy Richards, Nicole Bailey
Votes: 361
41. To Catch a Dream (2015)
14 min | Short, Fantasy
Ajuma - a grieving widow - is desperate to stop her recurring nightmares. In an effort to end them once and for all, she explores a forgotten fairy-tale remedy which leads her to unexpected discoveries.
Director: Jim Chuchu | Stars: Ajuma Nasenyana, Tom Nandi, Rahel Equbay, Paynette Nyawara
Votes: 11
42. Mahogany Too (2018)
3 min | Short
Inspired by Nollywood's distinct re-imagining in the form of sequels, Mahogany Too, interprets the 1975 cult classic, Mahogany, a fashion-infused romantic drama. Starring Nigerian actress ... See full summary »
Director: Akosua Adoma Owusu | Star: Esosa E.
Votes: 32
44. The Scar of Shame (1929)
Passed | 68 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
An educated, upscale young black musician marries a woman from a lower socioeconomic class to get her out of the clutches of her stepfather, who beats and abuses her. However, once he "... See full summary »
Director: Frank Peregini | Stars: Harry Henderson, Norman Johnstone, Ann Kennedy, Lucia Lynn Moses
Votes: 449
45. The Blues Brothers (1980)
R | 133 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
Jake Blues rejoins with his brother Elwood after being released from prison, but the duo has just days to reunite their old R&B band and save the Catholic home where the two were raised, outrunning the police as they tear through Chicago.
Director: John Landis | Stars: John Belushi, Dan Aykroyd, Cab Calloway, John Candy
Votes: 214,537 | Gross: $57.23M
46. Ocean's Eleven (2001)
PG-13 | 116 min | Crime, Thriller
Danny Ocean and his ten accomplices plan to rob three Las Vegas casinos simultaneously.
Director: Steven Soderbergh | Stars: George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Julia Roberts, Matt Damon
Votes: 619,428 | Gross: $183.42M
47. Bridges-Go-Round (1958)
8 min | Short, Drama
Essential, integral experimental work from the late 1950s is an incredible dance of montage and super-imposition starring none other than New York City's various bridges, transforming them ... See full summary »
Director: Shirley Clarke
Votes: 433
48. Go! Go! Go! (1964)
12 min | Short
A short experimental film made by New York visual and avant-garde artist Marie Menken.
Director: Marie Menken
Votes: 397
49. The Truth About Murder (1946)
Approved | 63 min | Comedy, Film-Noir, Mystery
Christine, a lawyer closely working with District Attorney Lester Ashton, quits her job and joins his friend Bill's one-man buffet. Bill is drinking heavily because of his flirtatious wife.... See full summary »
Director: Lew Landers | Stars: Bonita Granville, Morgan Conway, Paula Corday, Donald Douglas
Votes: 153
50. Border Incident (1949)
Passed | 94 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
Mexican and American federal agents tackle a vicious gang exploiting illegal farm workers in southern California.
Director: Anthony Mann | Stars: Ricardo Montalban, George Murphy, Howard Da Silva, James Mitchell
Votes: 2,738
51. Little Stabs at Happiness (1960)
15 min | Short
A film in four parts. In "In the Room", a man and a woman in outlandish garb are sitting in a claw-foot bathtub smoking, while the man abuses a doll in various ways. In "They Stopped to ... See full summary »
Director: Ken Jacobs
Votes: 452
52. Chumlum (1964)
26 min | Short
An experimental film consisting of images of satin, beads, painted faces, and people dancing.
Director: Ron Rice | Stars: Jack Smith, Beverly Grant, Mario Montez, Joel Markman
Votes: 196
53. The Off-Handed Jape... & How to Pull It Off (1967)
PG | 8 min | Short
A short film in which two men act silly on camera.
Directors: Robert Nelson, William T. Wiley | Stars: Robert Nelson, William T. Wiley
Votes: 54
54. The Deceivers (1988)
PG-13 | 102 min | Adventure, Crime, Drama
Fact-based account of a secret society of murderers, and of the man who exposed them in British India 1825.
Director: Nicholas Meyer | Stars: Pierce Brosnan, Saeed Jaffrey, Shashi Kapoor, Helena Michell
Votes: 1,272 | Gross: $0.35M
55. My Twentieth Century (1989)
104 min | Comedy, Drama, Sci-Fi
Two twin sisters, who grew up separately, Dóra, a pseudo-aristocrat, and Lili, an anarchist bomber, are reunited through Z, a mysterious traveller of the luxurious Orient-Express.
Director: Ildikó Enyedi | Stars: Dorota Segda, Oleg Yankovskiy, Paulus Manker, Péter Andorai
Votes: 2,002 | Gross: $0.68M
56. Devil in a Blue Dress (1995)
R | 102 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A Black war hero is hired to find a mysterious woman, and gets mixed up in a murderous political scandal in 1948 Los Angeles.
Director: Carl Franklin | Stars: Denzel Washington, Tom Sizemore, Jennifer Beals, Don Cheadle
Votes: 24,248 | Gross: $16.03M
57.
Fallen Angels (1993–1996)
Episode:
The Professional Man
(1995)
31 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Johnny is a lift boy by day and a cold-hearted hitman for an unhinged gay gangster called Charn by night. He's also in a gay relationship with Paul, a bartender from Charn's gay club. Jealous of Johnny, Charn orders him to kill Paul.
Director: Steven Soderbergh | Stars: Brendan Fraser, Bruce Ramsay, Peter Coyote, Bernard Hocke
Votes: 105
58.
Fallen Angels (1993–1996)
Episode:
Fearless
(1995)
Crime, Drama, Mystery
In 1945, African American G.I. is saved from two racist cops by another black soldier. Some years later, the man asks him to return the favor by helping his vamp girlfriend free herself from the manager of the bar where she sings.
Director: Jim McBride | Stars: Eyde Byrde, James DuMont, Giancarlo Esposito, Ray Lykins
Votes: 34
59.
Fallen Angels (1993–1996)
Episode:
Fly Paper
(1995)
29 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
In 1929, a famed shamus known as the Continental Op is on the trail of a well-known socialite, who ran away with a notorious gangster and is now missing. The case takes the Continental Op to blackmail and murder.
Director: Tim Hunter | Stars: Christopher Lloyd, Laura San Giacomo, Peter Berg, Michael Rooker
Votes: 73
60. Notting Hill (1999)
PG-13 | 124 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A set of circumstances makes Anna Scott, a famous actress, fall in love with William Thacker, owner of a bookstore in Notting Hill. But the paparazzi's fascination with her complicates their bond.
Director: Roger Michell | Stars: Hugh Grant, Julia Roberts, Richard McCabe, Rhys Ifans
Votes: 342,374 | Gross: $116.09M
61. Manikarnika: The Queen of Jhansi (2019)
Not Rated | 148 min | Action, Biography, Drama
Story of Rani Lakshmibai, one of the leading figures of the Indian Rebellion of 1857, and her resistance to the British Rule.
Directors: Radha Krishna Jagarlamudi, Kangana Ranaut | Stars: Kangana Ranaut, Danny Denzongpa, Suresh Oberoi, Atul Kulkarni
Votes: 16,231
62. Occidental (2017)
Not Rated | 73 min | Comedy, Drama, Thriller
The mood is heated. Demonstrations are taking place across France, also in front of the Paris hotel where an Italian named Giorgio is booking the bridal suite for him and his boyfriend ... See full summary »
Director: Neïl Beloufa | Stars: Anna Ivacheff, Idir Chender, Paul Hamy, Louise Orry-Diquéro
Votes: 256
63. The Sheep Thief (2002)
24 min | Short
A misguided orphan struggles to find a place for himself.
Director: Asif Kapadia | Stars: Jigar Bikhabha, Soaib Karimbhai, Kokila Mahendra, Abdul Rehman
Votes: 276
65. The Body Beautiful (1991)
23 min | Short
The story of a white mother who undergoes a radical mastectomy and her relationship with her black daughter who begins a modeling career.
Director: Ngozi Onwurah | Stars: Brian Bovell, Saffron Burrows, Maureen Douglass, Sian Martin
Votes: 221
66. Tunde's Film (1973)
43 min | Short, Drama
Disenfranchised black, white and mixed race youths in East London decide to rob a bank.
Directors: Tunde Ikoli, Maggie Pinhorn | Stars: John Baptiste, Laura Baptiste, Lawrencia Baptiste, Rosaline Baptiste
Votes: 6
67. Ballad of Reading Gaol (1989)
12 min | Short
Director: Richard Kwietniowski | Star: Quentin Crisp
Votes: 15
68. Afterlife (I) (2015)
10 min | Short, Comedy, Drama
After Martin Stevens is killed in a car accident, he finds himself in a waiting room pending judgement.
Director: Florence Winter Hill | Stars: Ella Ainsworth, Tim Beckmann, Haydn Davis, Alex Frost
Votes: 7
69. John and Michael (2004)
11 min | Animation, Short, Drama
Pays homage to two men with Down syndrome who shared an intimate and profoundly loving relationship that deeply affected the filmmaker. Animated with clay back-lit on glass, the film shimmers like stained glass in motion.
Director: Shira Avni
Votes: 26
70. Con qué la lavaré? (2004)
10 min | Animation, Short
Day break in the red-light district of a Spanish town. Someone who earns their living in these parts makes their way home, sits down in front of the mirror and begins to remove their ... See full summary »
Director: María Trénor
Votes: 73
71. Make a Mate (2009)
4 min | Animation, Short
A lonely woman finds a magical shop where she can craft an ideal mate.
Director: Jennifer Jordan Day
72. You Were Never Really Here (2017)
R | 89 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A traumatized veteran unafraid of violence tracks down missing girls for a living. When a job spins out of control, Joe's nightmares overtake him as a conspiracy is uncovered leading to what could be his death trip or his awakening.
Director: Lynne Ramsay | Stars: Joaquin Phoenix, Judith Roberts, Ekaterina Samsonov, John Doman
Votes: 127,692 | Gross: $2.53M
73. The Winter of Love (2001 Video)
77 min | Drama
Director: Shakila Maan | Stars: Shekhar Bassi, Gurpreet Bhatti, Shiv Grewal, Zac Rashid
74. 1942: A Love Story (1994)
Not Rated | 157 min | Action, Drama, History
A young Indian couple, both from wealthy backgrounds, find themselves caught up in the 1940's Indian revolutionary movement against their families whom are under the thumb a sadistic British general.
Director: Vidhu Vinod Chopra | Stars: Anil Kapoor, Jackie Shroff, Manisha Koirala, Anupam Kher
Votes: 3,675
75. Young Soul Rebels (1991)
R | 105 min | Drama, Music
Two disc jockeys have a friend's murder to solve in the fringe-group melting pot of 1977 London.
Director: Isaac Julien | Stars: Valentine Nonyela, Mo Sesay, Dorian Healy, Frances Barber
Votes: 625
76. The Last Angel of History (1996 TV Movie)
45 min | Documentary, Sci-Fi
Framed by the fictional story of the "data thief," this hybrid documentary takes a look at the origins, impact and significance of Afrofuturism and techno music for the black diaspora.
Director: John Akomfrah | Stars: Octavia Butler, George Clinton, Kodwo Eshun, Edward George
Votes: 160
77. New Improved Institutional Quality: In the Environment of Liquids and Nasals a Parasitic Vowel Sometimes Develops (1976)
10 min | Short
Director: Owen Land | Stars: Art Gower, Gunner Piotter, Tanny Young
Votes: 85
78. The Goat (2014)
12 min | Short, Drama
A teenage Xhosa initiate recuperates in a mountain hut after a ritual circumcision. News arrives that his elders won't be coming to care for him, but no reason is given. With nothing but ... See full summary »
Director: John Trengove | Stars: Thando Mhlontlo, Nkosipendule Cengani, Hlangi Vundla, Mbasa Tsetsana
Votes: 23
80. The Wound (2017)
Unrated | 88 min | Drama, Romance
Xolani, a lonely factory worker, travels to the rural mountains with the men of his community to initiate a group of teenage boys into manhood.
Director: John Trengove | Stars: Nakhane, Bongile Mantsai, Niza Jay, Thobani Mseleni
Votes: 2,089 | Gross: $0.03M
81. Hamfat Asar (1965)
13 min | Animation, Short
An experimental short film by Larry Jordan in which life after death is explored.
Director: Larry Jordan
Votes: 138
82. Necrology (1971)
12 min | Short
People ascending into darkness.
Director: Standish Lawder | Stars: Louise P. Adams, Jack Alpern, Prescott Anderson, Daniel Babbage
Votes: 487
83. Ek Ladki Ko Dekha Toh Aisa Laga (2019)
120 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
The film tells the story of closeted lesbian Sweety Chaudhary and her attempts to come out to her conservative, traditional family.
Director: Shelly Chopra Dhar | Stars: Sonam Kapoor, Anil Kapoor, Rajkummar Rao, Juhi Chawla
Votes: 4,783 | Gross: $1.18M
84. Gumshoe (1971)
GP | 86 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
Inspired by his love for Dashiell Hammett novels, nightclub comedian Eddie Ginley puts an ad in the paper as a private eye. The case he gets turns out to be a strange setup and as he digs to the bottom of it his life starts falling apart.
Director: Stephen Frears | Stars: Albert Finney, Billie Whitelaw, Frank Finlay, Janice Rule
Votes: 1,795 | Gross: $0.14M
85. A Bell for Adano (1945)
Approved | 103 min | Drama, War
During WWII, U.S. Army Major Joppolo and his troops are tasked with administering the war damaged Italian town of Adano where the locals decry the loss of the town bell.
Director: Henry King | Stars: Gene Tierney, John Hodiak, William Bendix, Glenn Langan
Votes: 863
86. The Ogre of Athens (1956)
103 min | Crime, Drama
A peaceful, frightened little man is mistakenly identified as "the dragon", a notorious criminal at large. He briefly and reluctantly rules the underworld until they realize their mistake.
Director: Nikos Koundouros | Stars: Dinos Iliopoulos, Margarita Papageorgiou, Giannis Argyris, Thanasis Vengos
Votes: 2,200
87. The Last Fakir (2005)
13 min | Short, Drama
An escape artist trying to escape.
Director: Babis Makridis | Stars: Kostas Berikopoulos, Kostas Filippoglou, Nur Mohammed, Magician Christopher
Votes: 35
88. Pity (2018)
Not Rated | 97 min | Drama
The story of a man who feels happy only when he is unhappy, a man addicted to sadness, who has such need for pity, he's willing to do everything to evoke it from others. This is the life of a man in a world not cruel enough for him.
Director: Babis Makridis | Stars: Yannis Drakopoulos, Evi Saoulidou, Makis Papadimitriou, Nota Tserniafski
Votes: 3,629
89. Blind Alley (1939)
Passed | 69 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
Gangster Hal Wilson takes psychiatrist Dr. Shelby hostage. While captive, the doctor analyzes Wilson as though he were a patient.
Director: Charles Vidor | Stars: Chester Morris, Ralph Bellamy, Ann Dvorak, Joan Perry
Votes: 817
90. Island of the Hungry Ghosts (2018)
98 min | Documentary
While the yearly crab migration takes place and locals perform rituals for ghosts, a therapist works in Christmas Island's asylum seeker detention center.
Director: Gabrielle Brady | Stars: Arthur Floret, Poh Lin Lee
Votes: 473
91. Nobody's Daughter Haewon (2013)
90 min | Drama, Romance
The secret relationship between a student and a teacher, will their love last?
Director: Hong Sang-soo | Stars: Jung Eun-chae, Lee Sun-kyun, Yoo Joon-sang, Ye Ji-won
Votes: 1,826
92. Sullivan's Travels (1941)
Passed | 90 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Hollywood director John L. Sullivan sets out to experience life as a homeless person in order to gain relevant life experience for his next movie.
Director: Preston Sturges | Stars: Joel McCrea, Veronica Lake, Robert Warwick, William Demarest
Votes: 28,528
93. Yellow Fever (1998)
Unrated | 26 min | Short, Comedy, Drama
Monty, a gay Chinese guy living in London, makes it a habit to date only white boys. When his handsome East Asian neighbor invites him over for dinner, Monty has to decide if he's an Anglophile or simply prejudiced.
Director: Ray Yeung | Stars: Adrian Pang, Gerald Chew, Ivan Heng, Gordon Yeung
Votes: 62
94. Ifé (1993)
5 min | Short
Ifé has come to San Francisco from Paris. She cruises in a Buick Riviera, sometimes dressing as a woman, sometimes as a man. She describes herself as a woman who adores women, and San ... See full summary »
Director: H. Len Keller
Votes: 22
95. Milind Soman Made Me Gay (2007)
Unrated | 27 min | Documentary, Short
A conceptual documentary about desire and notions of home & belonging among gay South Asian in diaspora.
Director: Harjant Gill | Stars: Daniel Phoenix Singh, Khusboo Dilruba, Harjant Gill, Ayush Gupta
Votes: 19
96. It Happened One Night (1934)
Passed | 105 min | Comedy, Romance
A rogue reporter trailing a runaway heiress for a big story joins her on a bus heading from Florida to New York and they end up stuck with each other when the bus leaves them behind at one of the stops along the way.
Director: Frank Capra | Stars: Clark Gable, Claudette Colbert, Walter Connolly, Roscoe Karns
Votes: 112,295 | Gross: $4.36M
97. Gang Smashers (1938)
Approved | 70 min | Crime, Music
Undercover anti-gang agent works in a nightclub where a protection racket is headquartered.
Director: Leo C. Popkin | Stars: Nina Mae McKinney, Laurence Criner, Monte Hawley, Mantan Moreland
Votes: 58
98. The Crimson Kimono (1959)
Approved | 82 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Two detectives seek a stripper's killer in the Japanese quarter of Los Angeles, but a love triangle threatens their friendship.
Director: Samuel Fuller | Stars: Victoria Shaw, Glenn Corbett, James Shigeta, Anna Lee
Votes: 3,114
99. Stage Struck (1948)
Passed | 71 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
The police find the body of hostess Helen Howard (Wanda McKay), disposed of by petty racketeer Nick Mantee (Kane Richmond) after she was shot in his Bluejay night club by Benny Nordick (... See full summary »
Director: William Nigh | Stars: Kane Richmond, Audrey Long, Conrad Nagel, Ralph Byrd
Votes: 204
100. La La Land (2016)
PG-13 | 128 min | Comedy, Drama, Music
While navigating their careers in Los Angeles, a pianist and an actress fall in love while attempting to reconcile their aspirations for the future.
Director: Damien Chazelle | Stars: Ryan Gosling, Emma Stone, Rosemarie DeWitt, J.K. Simmons
Votes: 671,852 | Gross: $151.10M
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