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Tiny World (TV Series)
2020 · Documentary · min. · United States
Cast Paul Rudd
Plot A look at the world through the eyes of the tiniest creatures and witness the extraordinary things they do to survive.
8.4
73 votes
8.4
73 votes
Fanny and Alexander (TV Miniseries)
1983 · Series · 312 min. · Sweden
Direction Ingmar Bergman
Cast Bertil Guve · Pernilla Allwin · Gunn Wållgren · Ewa Fröling
Plot TV Miniseries. 4 Episodes. The story is set in 1907 Uppsala, Sweden, and deals with a young boy named Alexander, his sister Fanny, and their well-to-do family, the Ekdahls. The...
8.4
662 votes
8.4
662 votes
Seven Samurai
1954 · Movie · 205 min. · Japan
Direction Akira Kurosawa
Cast Toshirô Mifune · Takashi Shimura · Yoshio Inaba · Seiji Miyaguchi
Plot Set in 16th Century Japan, Akira Kurosawa's 'Seven Samurai' follows the plight of a defenseless farming village that lives in constant fear of marauding bandits. The farmers know that when...
8.4
41K votes
8.4
41K votes
Casablanca
1942 · Movie · 102 min. · United States
Direction Michael Curtiz
Cast Humphrey Bogart · Ingrid Bergman · Paul Henreid · Claude Rains
Plot Humphrey Bogart plays Richard "Rick" Blaine, a cynical but good-hearted American whose café is the gathering place for everyone from the French Police to the black market to the Nazis....
8.4
96K votes
8.4
96K votes
Galaxie
1966 · Documentary · 82 min. · United States
Direction Gregory J. Markopoulos
Cast Parker Tyler · Storm De Hirsch · Amy Taubin · Donald Droll
Plot In 1966, Gregory Markopoulos filmed portraits of notable figures in the New York art world, including painters, poets, critics, filmmakers, and choreographers. Markopoulos populated his Galaxie with a remarkable constellation...
8.3
29 votes
8.3
29 votes
Eika Katappa
1969 · Movie · 144 min. · Germany - West Germany (FRG)
Direction Werner Schroeter
Cast Gisela Trowe · Carla Egerer · Rosemarie Heinikel · Magdalena Montezuma
Plot Collage of dramatic scenes, some exaggerated to comic effect, with asynchronous sound from well known classic, operatic, and rock and roll music - with different approaches to love, suffering, and...
8.3
25 votes
8.3
25 votes
The Grapes of Wrath
1940 · Movie · 129 min. · United States
Direction John Ford
Cast Henry Fonda · Jane Darwell · John Carradine · Charley Grapewin
Plot When Tom Joad (Henry Fonda) returns home after being released from prison, he discovers his family has been kicked out of their farm. Seeking a better future, he leaves with...
8.3
23K votes
8.3
23K votes
The Hunt (TV Miniseries)
2015 · Documentary · 336 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Rob Sullivan
Cast David Attenborough
Plot This major landmark series looks in detail at the fascinating relationship between predators and their prey. Rather than concentrating on 'the blood and guts' of predation, the series looks in...
8.3
419 votes
8.3
419 votes
The Wind Is Driving Him Toward the Open Sea
1968 · Documentary · 52 min. · United States
Direction David Brooks
Plot A non-narrative patchwork of images, light, music, conversation, news headlines, the passing of generations, and, ultimately, a journey from New York City to Martha's Vineyard in an attempt to discover...
8.3
27 votes
8.3
27 votes
Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood (TV Series)
2009 · Series · 24 min. · Japan
Direction Yasuhiro Irie · Hiroshi Iketomi · Kazuo Miyake · Kiyomitsu Sato
Plot TV Series (2009-2012). 1 season. 64 episodes. Two brothers lose their mother to an incurable disease. With the power of "alchemy", they use taboo knowledge to resurrect her. The process...
8.3
10K votes
8.3
10K votes
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
1962 · Movie · 119 min. · United States
Direction John Ford
Cast John Wayne · James Stewart · Vera Miles · Lee Marvin
Plot Congressman Ransom Stoddard (James Stewart) returns with his wife Hallie (Vera Miles) to the tiny town of Shinbone to bury an old friend, Tom Doniphon (John Wayne), and tells reporters...
8.3
32K votes
8.3
32K votes
M
1931 · Movie · 111 min. · Germany
Direction Fritz Lang
Cast Peter Lorre · Otto Wernicke · Gustaf Gründgens · Theo Lingen
Plot In Fritz Langs startling and exquisite film M, fear stalks the streets of Berlin in the form of a serial child murderer whose grisly accomplishments are so heinous even the...
8.3
20K votes
8.3
20K votes
I, Claudius (TV Miniseries)
1976 · Series · 650 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Herbert Wise
Cast Derek Jacobi · Sian Phillips · John Hurt · George Baker
Plot This 13-episode miniseries was adapted from the book by Robert Graves, which chronicles the tumultuous life and times of Claudius (Derek Jacobi), who despite a deformed leg and a speech...
8.3
9K votes
8.3
9K votes
The Passion of Joan of Arc
1928 · Movie · 110 min. · France
Direction Carl Theodor Dreyer
Cast Maria Falconetti · Eugene Silvain · Maurice Schutz · Michel Simon
Plot Year 1431. Young french Joan of Arc is put on trial for alleged treason. Once glorified as her nation’s saviour, she has become a mere pawn in a game of...
8.3
9K votes
8.3
9K votes
Mati Manas
1985 · Documentary · 92 min. · India
Direction Mani Kaul
Cast Robin Das · Aneeta Kanwar · Ashok Sharma
Plot Director Mani Kaul poetically observes the ancient art of pottery and its deep cultural significance.
8.3
36 votes
8.3
36 votes
Human
2015 · Documentary · 188 min. · France
Direction Yann Arthus-Bertrand
Plot Yann Arthus-Bertrand spent three years collecting real-life emotional stories from more than 2,000 women and men in 60 countries. Those emotions, those tears and smiles, those struggles and those laughs...
8.3
2K votes
8.3
2K votes
The Age of Uncertainty (TV Series)
1977 · Documentary · 58 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Mick Jackson
Plot A look at the problems in industrial society in the light of economic factors.
8.3
40 votes
8.3
40 votes
Winged Dialogue (S)
1967 · Documentary · 3 min. · United States
Direction Robert Beavers
Plot Markopoulos is shown by Beavers at the beach with a fast editing.
8.3
23 votes
8.3
23 votes
Bicycle Thieves
1948 · Movie · 93 min. · Italy
Direction Vittorio De Sica
Cast Lamberto Maggiorani · Enzo Staiola · Lianella Carell · Gino Saltamerenda
Plot After nearly two years of unemployment, Antonio (Lamberto Maggiorani) finally finds work posting bills. But he needs a bicycle to do the job. Unfortunately, he was forced to pawn his...
8.3
35K votes
8.3
35K votes
Seven
1995 · Movie · 127 min. · United States
Direction David Fincher
Cast Brad Pitt · Morgan Freeman · Gwyneth Paltrow · Kevin Spacey
Plot Set in a perpetually gloomy unnamed city, the film follows Somerset (Morgan Freeman), a retiring police detective, as he experiences his final week on the job, reluctantly working with assertive...
8.3
171K votes
8.3
171K votes