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1. A Star Is Born (2018)
R | 136 min | Drama, Music, Romance
A musician helps a young singer find fame as age and alcoholism send his own career into a downward spiral.
Director: Bradley Cooper | Stars: Lady Gaga, Bradley Cooper, Sam Elliott, Greg Grunberg
Votes: 420,869 | Gross: $215.29M
2. Maestro (2023)
R | 129 min | Biography, Drama, History
This love story chronicles the lifelong relationship of conductor-composer Leonard Bernstein and actress Felicia Montealegre Cohn Bernstein.
Director: Bradley Cooper | Stars: Carey Mulligan, Bradley Cooper, Matt Bomer, Vincenzo Amato
Votes: 61,504
3. Música (2024)
PG-13 | 91 min | Comedy, Music, Romance
A coming-of-age love story that follows an aspiring creator with synesthesia, who must come to terms with an uncertain future, while navigating the pressures of love, family, and his Brazilian culture in Newark, New Jersey.
Director: Rudy Mancuso | Stars: Rudy Mancuso, Camila Mendes, Francesca Reale, Maria Mancuso
Votes: 3,482
4. Orgazmo (1997)
NC-17 | 94 min | Comedy
Naive young Mormon Joe Young is recruited to act in porn movies.
Director: Trey Parker | Stars: Trey Parker, Dian Bachar, Robyn Lynne Raab, Michael Dean Jacobs
Votes: 38,078 | Gross: $0.58M
5. Bholaa (2023)
Not Rated | 144 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
After getting out of prison with the desire to meet his daughter, Bholaa's plans are interrupted by a well-orchestrated drug bust.
Director: Ajay Devgn | Stars: Tabu, Ajay Devgn, Abhishek Bachchan, Makrand Deshpande
Votes: 22,515
6. Tomorrow Ever After (2016)
95 min | Comedy, Sci-Fi
When a historian living in the year 2592 time-travels to 2015, she navigates the societal woes that she's read about in history books.
Director: Ela Thier | Stars: Caitlin Mehner, Carolina Ravassa, Valéry Lessard, Ela Thier
Votes: 186
7. Guermantes (2021)
139 min | Comedy, Drama
Paris, summer 2020. A troupe rehearsing a play after Marcel Proust. When we suddenly tell them that the show is canceled, they choose to continue playing anyway, for the beauty, the sweetness and the pleasure of staying together
Director: Christophe Honoré | Stars: Claude Mathieu, Anne Kessler, Éric Génovèse, Florence Viala
Votes: 183
8. Kamilla (1981)
110 min | Drama
A young girl growing up in Bergen, Norway just after the 2nd world war, is trying to deal with the father's adultery and mother's deep depression, as she befriends a boy. This endangers her.
Director: Vibeke Løkkeberg | Stars: Nina Knapskog, Kenneth Johansen, Helge Jordal, Vibeke Løkkeberg
Votes: 167
9. Sinbad: The Battle of the Dark Knights (1998)
90 min | Adventure, Fantasy
Young Anthony and his grandfather read a magical book about their ancestor Sinbad and become participants in it. Sinbad and wizard Sage must stop evil wizard Bophisto and his minion Nimbus from obtaining the key to all knowledge.
Director: Alan Mehrez | Stars: Richard Grieco, Ryan Slater, Dean Stockwell, Mickey Rooney
Votes: 193
10. Orgazmo: Deleted Scenes (2005 Video)
Not Rated | 30 min | Short, Comedy
Deleted scenes from 'Orgazmo'.
Director: Trey Parker | Stars: Dian Bachar, Max Hardcore, Ivu, Michael Dean Jacobs
11. Les photos d'Alix (1982)
18 min | Short
A woman shares important moments of her life with a man.
Director: Jean Eustache | Stars: Alix Clio-Roubaud, Boris Eustache
Votes: 192
12. The Benefit List (2020)
108 min | Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Alexis, represents some of the biggest artists in the country. Her life is thrown into a tailspin when her clients begin being mysteriously killed. She enlists the help of new guy, Max, to investigate the murders.
Director: Miles Triplett | Stars: Deborah Michal, Lamonde Scott, Lj Scott, Brianna Butler
Votes: 35
13. Emergency Kisses (1989)
90 min | Drama
The familiar conflicts of a film director planning to make a movie about his life, and the confrontation he has with his wife, an actress who was turned down for such a project in which she wanted to play herself.
Director: Philippe Garrel | Stars: Brigitte Sy, Philippe Garrel, Louis Garrel, Anémone
Votes: 354
14. Is It Clear, My Friend? (2000)
97 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A cruel world of the Yugoslavian prison during 1980s, based on real events about a man who gets life sentence for committed crime.
Director: Dejan Acimovic | Stars: Milan Plestina, Milivoj Beader, Ivan Brkic, Ljubo Zecevic
Votes: 251
15. Wrzeciono czasu (1995)
101 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A middle-aged married couple lead a simple happy life in their house in the woods, far away from any urban noise. The husband has got, however, two passions: his film camera and a beautiful blonde he likes filming.
Director: Andrzej Kondratiuk | Stars: Iga Cembrzynska, Katarzyna Figura, Andrzej Kondratiuk, Krystyna Kondratiuk
Votes: 108
16. Max (III) (2016)
12 min | Short, Drama
The story of a young man who has been completely paralyzed for 26 days due to an accident.
Director: Jonas Bloquet | Star: Jonas Bloquet
17. Anatomie d'un rapport (1976)
82 min | Documentary, Drama
A woman's feminist awakening drives a couple to a relationship crisis.
Directors: Luc Moullet, Antonietta Pizzorno | Stars: Luc Moullet, Marie-Christine Questerbert, Antonietta Pizzorno, Viviane Berthommier
Votes: 178
18. Range of Sniper (2020)
Not Rated | 45 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
A young man starts to prank his masked archenemy with a fake sniper gun and runs into trouble when a man believing him to be an actual sniper assigns him a job.
Director: Achyut Prashast Singh | Star: Achyut Prashast Singh
19. Cztery pory roku (1985)
71 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A poetic tale of a life lived close to nature. The director, who is also the protagonist, takes us inside his real family life - his country house in the woods, his marriage, his brother and his dying father.
Director: Andrzej Kondratiuk | Stars: Iga Cembrzynska, Krystyna Kondratiuk, Andrzej Kondratiuk, Arkadiusz Kondratiuk
Votes: 48
20. Malditos Pandilleros (2023)
Not Rated | 3 min | Short, Comedy
An actress accuses her co-star of ruining a nude scene by sexually harassing her. The co-star denies it. Somebody is lying--and there is proof.
Director: Álex Montoya | Stars: Irene Anula, Iñaki Ardanaz, Zoe Berriatúa, Jon D. Domínguez
21. Apaga... y vámonos (1981)
105 min | Comedy
A somewhat confused and strange young inventor, named Gustavo, is arrested by the police accused of being a terrorist. Through his statements we will know the truth of the facts. During his... See full summary »
Director: Antonio Hernández | Stars: Virginia Mataix, Antonio Hernández, Chema Muñoz, Amparo Baró
Votes: 20
22. Chennai Circuit (2019)
Not Rated | 15 min | Short, Action, Sci-Fi
In AD 2072, a young techie fights to protect his problematic invention from an enemy who wants it despite the flaws.
Director: Achyut Prashast Singh | Star: Achyut Prashast Singh
23. Neeras (2021)
Not Rated | 10 min | Short, Action, Crime
Depending on the true nature of his weapons, two versions of an assassin's mission, unfolding in a series of still images, keep contrasting with and resembling each other as he races against the clock.
Director: Achyut Prashast Singh | Star: Achyut Prashast Singh
Votes: 5
24. Justice: A Big Deal (2021)
10 min | Short, Action, Drama
A young man abused by his philanthropic father stands up to him after a female friend helps him open up about his abuse.
Director: Achyut Prashast Singh | Star: Achyut Prashast Singh
25. The Process (2022)
5 min | Short, Comedy, Drama
Two people attempt to create a film for a local film festival, but the clock is running because they have 52 hours to write, direct and release a film.
Director: Joel Shelton | Stars: Tia Hammitt, Joel Hammitt, Joel Shelton
Votes: 9
26. Agent Electron (2021)
3 min | Short, Action, Adventure
The origin and end of superhero Agent Electron, in reverse chronological order.
Director: Achyut Prashast Singh | Star: Achyut Prashast Singh
27. Sloneczny zegar (1997)
108 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
An actress and a director form a happy married couple living in a country house by the river. It's a semi-documentary collection of loose episodes - both funny and serious - relating to their real lives, thoughts and fantasies.
Director: Andrzej Kondratiuk | Stars: Iga Cembrzynska, Katarzyna Figura, Andrzej Kondratiuk, Roman Mielczarek
Votes: 53