Release Date: 1939-10-13

Overview: In late 19th century Tokyo, Kikunosuke Onoue, the adopted son of a legendary actor, himself an actor specializing in female roles, discovers that he is only praised for his acting due to his status as his father's heir. Devastated by this, he turns to Otoku, a servant of his family, for comfort, and they fall in love. Kikunosuke becomes determined to leave home and develop as an actor on his own merits, and Otoku faithfully follows him.

Rating: 7.8 (124 votes)

Release Date: 2011-02-25

Overview: An animated road-movie set across the vast and barren landscape of Australia's Nullarbor Plain.

Rating: 7.3 (38 votes)

Release Date: 1961-01-24

Overview: A day in the life of an unfaithful married couple and their steadily deteriorating relationship in Milan.

Rating: 7.934 (716 votes)

Release Date: 1977-03-17

Overview: A middle-aged government accountant is determined to secure a stable job for his son before retiring, willing to go to great lengths to achieve his goal.

Rating: 7.961 (243 votes)

Release Date: 1941-11-30

Overview: Successful movie director John L. Sullivan, convinced he won't be able to film his ambitious masterpiece until he has suffered, dons a hobo disguise and sets off on a journey, aiming to "know trouble" first-hand. When all he finds is a train ride back to Hollywood and a beautiful blonde companion, he redoubles his efforts, managing to land himself in more trouble than he bargained for when he loses his memory and ends up a prisoner on a chain gang.

Rating: 7.418 (491 votes)

Release Date: 1974-08-07

Overview: Carefree single guy Charlie Waters rooms with two lovely prostitutes, Barbara Miller and Susan Peters, and lives to gamble. Along with his glum betting buddy, Bill Denny, Charlie sets out on a gambling streak in search of the ever-elusive big payday. While Charlie and Bill have some lucky moments, they also have to contend with serious setbacks that threaten to derail their hedonistic betting binge.

Rating: 6.6 (133 votes)

Release Date: 1969-12-19

Overview: Story of an ambitious young doctor through unethical means intend to make a quick career. Now is primary in a luxury clinic where administers the sick with the same cynicism of his young years.

Rating: 6.5 (78 votes)

Release Date: 1998-11-20

Overview: When a lottery winner dies of shock, his fellow townsfolk attempt to claim the money.

Rating: 7.046 (326 votes)

Release Date: 1935-04-20

Overview: Dr. Frankenstein and his monster both turn out to be alive after being attacked by an angry mob. The now-chastened scientist attempts to escape his past, but a former mentor forces him to assist with the creation of a new creature.

Rating: 7.512 (1065 votes)

Release Date: 1979-12-19

Overview: Following the assassination of President Marc Jarry, a member of the investigation committee refuses to sign off on the committee's final findings.

Rating: 7.7 (162 votes)

Release Date: 1965-06-11

Overview: North Africa, World War II. British soldiers on the brink of collapse push beyond endurance to struggle up a brutal incline. It's not a military objective. It's The Hill, a manmade instrument of torture, a tower of sand seared by a white-hot sun. And the troops' tormentors are not the enemy, but their own comrades-at-arms.

Rating: 7.5 (239 votes)

Release Date: 1953-06-04

Overview: The growing ambition of Julius Caesar is a source of major concern to his close friend Brutus. Cassius persuades him to participate in his plot to assassinate Caesar but both have sorely underestimated Mark Antony.

Rating: 7.1 (229 votes)

Release Date: 1931-09-19

Overview: Four stowaways get mixed up with gangsters while running riot on an ocean liner.

Rating: 6.944 (207 votes)

Release Date: 1921-10-26

Overview: Upon waking from the dream of a theater peopled entirely by numerous Buster Keatons, a lowly stage hand causes havoc everywhere he works.

Rating: 6.8 (136 votes)

Release Date: 1982-06-25

Overview: Monty Python perform many of their greatest sketches at the Hollywood Bowl, including several from pre-Python days.

Rating: 7.373 (173 votes)

Release Date: 1991-06-01

Overview: Short film made with the help of the Sundance Film Institute and serving as a proof-of-concept for the subsequent feature film.

Rating: 7.5 (199 votes)

Release Date: 1945-11-29

Overview: Don Birnam, a long-time alcoholic, has been sober for ten days and appears to be over the worst... but his craving has just become more insidious. Evading a country weekend planned by his brother and girlfriend, he begins a four-day bender that just might be his last - one way or another.

Rating: 7.6 (637 votes)

Release Date: 1984-11-21

Overview: In Paris at night, a young aspiring filmmaker grapples with heartbreak after his girlfriend leaves him for his best friend. After a failed attempt to confront his friend, he wanders the streets and encounters a girl who has just been abandoned. Their paths cross at a party, bringing together two tormented souls.

Rating: 6.7 (118 votes)

Release Date: 1977-12-17

Overview: Phoenix cop Ben Shockley is well on his way to becoming a derelict when he is assigned to transport a witness from Las Vegas. The witness turns out to be a belligerent prostitute with mob ties—and incriminating information regarding a high-ranking official.

Rating: 6.55 (580 votes)

Release Date: 1946-01-26

Overview: On a stormy night, the mute servant to an ailing matriarch is stalked by a serial killer.

Rating: 7.048 (261 votes)