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by jooiyya | created - 18 Oct 2020 | updated - 12 May 2022 | Public- Instant Watch Options
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1. Lizzie (2018)
R | 105 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
A psychological thriller based on the infamous 1892 murders of Lizzie Andrew Borden's family.
Director: Craig William Macneill | Stars: Chloë Sevigny, Kristen Stewart, Jeff Perry, Fiona Shaw
Votes: 9,381 | Gross: $0.64M
2. The Glorias (2020)
R | 147 min | Biography, Drama, History
The story of feminist icon Gloria Steinem's itinerant childhood and its influence on her life as a writer, activist and organizer for women's rights worldwide.
Director: Julie Taymor | Stars: Julianne Moore, Alicia Vikander, Janelle Monáe, Ryan Kiera Armstrong
Votes: 3,790
3. Ammonite (2020)
R | 117 min | Drama, History, Romance
1840s England, acclaimed but overlooked fossil hunter Mary Anning and a young woman sent to convalesce by the sea develop an intense relationship, altering both of their lives forever.
Director: Francis Lee | Stars: Kate Winslet, Saoirse Ronan, Gemma Jones, James McArdle
Votes: 23,371
4. Sweetness in the Belly (2019)
110 min | Drama
Based on the novel by Camilla Gibb, Lilly is an English child abandoned in Africa, forced to flee Ethiopia for England amid civil war. There she befriends Amina, an Ethiopian refugee, and they begin a mission to reunite scattered families.
Director: Zeresenay Mehari | Stars: Wunmi Mosaku, Rafael Goncalves, Dakota Fanning, Chris McHallem
Votes: 800
5. My Days of Mercy (2017)
R | 108 min | Drama, Romance
The daughter of a man on death row falls in love with a woman on the opposing side of her family's political cause.
Director: Tali Shalom-Ezer | Stars: Elliot Page, Kate Mara, Amy Seimetz, Charlie Shotwell
Votes: 5,869
6. Hillbilly Elegy (2020)
R | 116 min | Drama
An urgent phone call pulls a Yale Law student back to his Ohio hometown, where he reflects on three generations of family history and his own future.
Director: Ron Howard | Stars: Amy Adams, Glenn Close, Gabriel Basso, Haley Bennett
Votes: 46,474
7. My Zoe (2019)
R | 100 min | Drama
A divorced mother looks to protect her daughter after an unexpected tragedy.
Director: Julie Delpy | Stars: Julie Delpy, Richard Armitage, Daniel Brühl, Gemma Arterton
Votes: 1,384
8. Black Bear (I) (2020)
R | 104 min | Comedy, Drama
A filmmaker at a creative impasse seeks solace from her tumultuous past at a rural retreat, only to find that the woods summon her inner demons in intense and surprising ways.
Director: Lawrence Michael Levine | Stars: Aubrey Plaza, Christopher Abbott, Sarah Gadon, Paola Lázaro
Votes: 16,017
9. On the Rocks (2020)
R | 96 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A young mother reconnects with her larger-than-life playboy father on an adventure through New York.
Director: Sofia Coppola | Stars: Bill Murray, Rashida Jones, Marlon Wayans, Jessica Henwick
Votes: 36,461
10. Dreamland (I) (2019)
R | 98 min | Drama, Thriller, Western
A teenager's adventures as a bounty hunter take an unexpected twist.
Director: Miles Joris-Peyrafitte | Stars: Finn Cole, Margot Robbie, Travis Fimmel, Kerry Condon
Votes: 8,377
11. The Flight Attendant (2020–2022)
TV-MA | 719 min | Comedy, Drama, Mystery
A reckless flight attendant with an alcoholism problem wakes up in the wrong hotel, in the wrong bed, with a dead man - and no idea what happened. Unable to piece the night together, she begins to wonder if she could be the killer.
Stars: Kaley Cuoco, Zosia Mamet, Griffin Matthews, Rosie Perez
Votes: 62,736
12. Destroyer (2018)
R | 121 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A police detective reconnects with people from an undercover assignment in her distant past in order to make peace.
Director: Karyn Kusama | Stars: Nicole Kidman, Toby Kebbell, Tatiana Maslany, Sebastian Stan
Votes: 31,803 | Gross: $1.53M
13. Blackbird (I) (2019)
R | 97 min | Drama
A terminally ill mother arranges to bring her family together one last time before she dies. A remake of the 2014 Danish film 'Silent Heart'.
Director: Roger Michell | Stars: Sam Neill, Susan Sarandon, Anson Boon, Kate Winslet
Votes: 5,889
14. Labor Day (2013)
PG-13 | 111 min | Drama, Romance, Thriller
Depressed single mom Adele and her son Henry offer a wounded, fearsome man a ride. As police search town for the escaped convict, the mother and son gradually learn his true story as their options become increasingly limited.
Director: Jason Reitman | Stars: Kate Winslet, Josh Brolin, Gattlin Griffith, Clark Gregg
Votes: 51,322 | Gross: $13.36M
15. Bull Durham (1988)
R | 108 min | Comedy, Romance, Sport
A fan who has an affair with one minor-league baseball player each season meets an up-and-coming pitcher and the experienced catcher assigned to him.
Director: Ron Shelton | Stars: Kevin Costner, Susan Sarandon, Tim Robbins, Trey Wilson
Votes: 59,405 | Gross: $50.89M
16. Mary Queen of Scots (2018)
R | 124 min | Biography, Drama, History
Mary Stuart's (Saoirse Ronan's) attempt to overthrow her cousin Elizabeth I (Margot Robbie), Queen of England, finds her condemned to years of imprisonment before facing execution.
Director: Josie Rourke | Stars: Saoirse Ronan, Margot Robbie, Jack Lowden, Joe Alwyn
Votes: 55,350 | Gross: $16.47M
17. Camp X-Ray (2014)
R | 117 min | Drama, War
A soldier assigned to Guantanamo Bay befriends a man who has been imprisoned there.
Director: Peter Sattler | Stars: Kristen Stewart, Payman Maadi, Lane Garrison, Tara Holt
Votes: 42,941 | Gross: $0.01M
18. Suite Française (2014)
107 min | Drama, Romance, Thriller
During the early years of German occupation of France in World War II, romance blooms between Lucile Angellier (Michelle Williams), a French villager, and Lieutenant Bruno von Falk (Matthias Schoenaerts), a German soldier.
Director: Saul Dibb | Stars: Michelle Williams, Kristin Scott Thomas, Margot Robbie, Eric Godon
Votes: 28,537
19. The Tale (2018)
TV-MA | 114 min | Biography, Drama, Mystery
A woman filming a documentary on childhood rape victims starts to question the nature of her childhood relationship with her riding instructor and running coach.
Director: Jennifer Fox | Stars: Laura Dern, Jason Ritter, Common, Elizabeth Debicki
Votes: 19,712
20. An Education (2009)
PG-13 | 100 min | Drama
A coming-of-age story about a teenage girl in 1960s suburban London, and how her life changes with the arrival of a playboy nearly twice her age.
Director: Lone Scherfig | Stars: Carey Mulligan, Peter Sarsgaard, Alfred Molina, Olivia Williams
Votes: 138,165 | Gross: $12.57M
21. The Dig (2021)
PG-13 | 112 min | Biography, Drama, History
An archaeologist embarks on the historically important excavation of Sutton Hoo in 1938.
Director: Simon Stone | Stars: Carey Mulligan, Ralph Fiennes, Lily James, Johnny Flynn
Votes: 82,606
22. Promising Young Woman (2020)
R | 113 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Nothing in Cassie's life is what it appears to be - she's wickedly smart, tantalizingly cunning, and she's living a secret double life. Now, an unexpected encounter is about to give Cassie a chance to right the wrongs from the past.
Director: Emerald Fennell | Stars: Carey Mulligan, Bo Burnham, Alison Brie, Clancy Brown
Votes: 211,777
23. Wildlife (2018)
PG-13 | 105 min | Drama
A teenage boy must deal with his mother's complicated response after his father temporarily abandons them to take a menial and dangerous job.
Director: Paul Dano | Stars: Ed Oxenbould, Jake Gyllenhaal, Carey Mulligan, Travis W Bruyer
Votes: 31,387 | Gross: $1.03M
24. Suffragette (2015)
PG-13 | 106 min | Drama, History
In 1912 London, a young working mother is galvanized into radical political activism supporting the right for women to vote, and is willing to meet violence with violence to achieve this end.
Director: Sarah Gavron | Stars: Carey Mulligan, Anne-Marie Duff, Helena Bonham Carter, Meryl Streep
Votes: 44,759 | Gross: $4.69M
25. Skylight (2014)
135 min | Drama
On a bitterly cold London evening, schoolteacher Kyra Hollis receives an unexpected visit from her former lover, Tom Sergeant, a successful and charismatic restaurateur whose wife has recently died.
Directors: Stephen Daldry, Robin Lough | Stars: Carey Mulligan, Bill Nighy, Matthew Beard, Michael Bott
Votes: 604
26. Shame (2011)
NC-17 | 101 min | Drama
A sex addict's carefully cultivated private life falls apart after his sister arrives for an indefinite stay.
Director: Steve McQueen | Stars: Michael Fassbender, Carey Mulligan, James Badge Dale, Lucy Walters
Votes: 206,276 | Gross: $4.00M
27. Drive (I) (2011)
R | 100 min | Action, Drama
A mysterious Hollywood action film stuntman gets in trouble with gangsters when he tries to help his neighbor's husband rob a pawn shop while serving as his getaway driver.
Director: Nicolas Winding Refn | Stars: Ryan Gosling, Carey Mulligan, Bryan Cranston, Albert Brooks
Votes: 704,674 | Gross: $35.06M
28. Never Let Me Go (2010)
R | 103 min | Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi
The lives of three friends, from their early school days into young adulthood, when the reality of the world they live in comes knocking.
Director: Mark Romanek | Stars: Keira Knightley, Carey Mulligan, Andrew Garfield, Izzy Meikle-Small
Votes: 153,304 | Gross: $2.43M
29. Brothers (I) (2009)
R | 105 min | Drama, Thriller, War
While on tour in Afghanistan, Sam's helicopter is shot down and he is presumed dead. Back home, it is his screw-up brother who looks after the family. Sam does return, but with a lot of excess baggage.
Director: Jim Sheridan | Stars: Jake Gyllenhaal, Natalie Portman, Tobey Maguire, Sam Shepard
Votes: 146,852 | Gross: $28.50M
30. The Invisible Woman (2013)
R | 111 min | Biography, Drama, History
At the height of his career, Charles Dickens meets a younger woman who becomes his secret lover until his death.
Director: Ralph Fiennes | Stars: Ralph Fiennes, Felicity Jones, Kristin Scott Thomas, Tom Hollander
Votes: 10,472 | Gross: $1.23M
31. Hidden Figures (2016)
PG | 127 min | Biography, Drama, History
The story of a team of female African-American mathematicians who served a vital role in NASA during the early years of the U.S. space program.
Director: Theodore Melfi | Stars: Taraji P. Henson, Octavia Spencer, Janelle Monáe, Kevin Costner
Votes: 255,354 | Gross: $169.61M
32. Lola Versus (2012)
R | 87 min | Comedy
Dumped by her boyfriend just three weeks before their wedding, Lola enlists her close friends for a series of adventures she hopes will help her come to terms with approaching 30 as a single woman.
Director: Daryl Wein | Stars: Greta Gerwig, Zoe Lister-Jones, Hamish Linklater, Joel Kinnaman
Votes: 8,988 | Gross: $0.25M
33. Damsels in Distress (2011)
PG-13 | 99 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A trio of girls set out to change the male-dominated environment of the Seven Oaks college campus, and to rescue their fellow students from depression, grunge and low standards of every kind.
Director: Whit Stillman | Stars: Greta Gerwig, Adam Brody, Lio Tipton, Megalyn Echikunwoke
Votes: 9,990 | Gross: $1.01M
34. The Dish & the Spoon (2011)
R | 92 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Reeling from her husband's affair, Rose collides with a marooned teenager in a boarded-up Delaware beach town.
Director: Alison Bagnall | Stars: Greta Gerwig, Olly Alexander, Eleonore Hendricks, Amy Seimetz
Votes: 1,322
35. My Salinger Year (2020)
R | 101 min | Drama
A college grad takes a clerical job working for the literary agent of the renowned, reclusive writer J.D. Salinger.
Director: Philippe Falardeau | Stars: Margaret Qualley, Sigourney Weaver, Douglas Booth, Seána Kerslake
Votes: 6,818
36. Margot at the Wedding (2007)
R | 91 min | Comedy, Drama
Margot and her son Claude decide to visit her sister Pauline after she announces that she is marrying less-than-impressive Malcolm.
Director: Noah Baumbach | Stars: Nicole Kidman, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Flora Cross, Zane Pais
Votes: 22,723 | Gross: $1.96M
37. Proxima (2019)
107 min | Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
An astronaut prepares for a one-year mission aboard the International Space Station.
Director: Alice Winocour | Stars: Eva Green, Zélie Boulant, Matt Dillon, Aleksey Fateev
Votes: 8,995
38. Always Shine (2016)
Unrated | 85 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
Two women with differing degrees of success travel north from Los Angeles to Big Sur for a weekend vacation. Both see the trip as an opportunity to reconnect after years of competition and jealousy have driven a wedge between them.
Director: Sophia Takal | Stars: Mackenzie Davis, Caitlin FitzGerald, Lawrence Michael Levine, Khan Baykal
Votes: 5,661 | Gross: $0.01M
39. Territory (2005)
82 min | Drama
Territory is an unconventional love story based on Lawrence Levine's critically acclaimed play. When an old roommate drops by unannounced, his desperate attempts to recreate the past ... See full summary »
Director: Lawrence Michael Levine | Stars: Grant Varjas, John Becker Good, Amanda Gruss
Votes: 19
40. Gabi on the Roof in July (2010)
Unrated | 101 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
An ambitious painter on the verge of a big break confronts his moral decay when his idealist, hell-raising, younger sister comes to stay with him in New York City for the summer.
Director: Lawrence Michael Levine | Stars: Sophia Takal, Lawrence Michael Levine, Brooke Bloom, Louis Cancelmi
Votes: 474
41. Happening (2021)
R | 100 min | Drama
An adaptation of Annie Ernaux's novel of the same name, looking back on her experience with abortion when it was still illegal in France in the 1960s.
Director: Audrey Diwan | Stars: Anamaria Vartolomei, Kacey Mottet Klein, Luàna Bajrami, Louise Orry-Diquéro
Votes: 11,572
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