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  • El secreto de Romelia (1988)

    1. El secreto de Romelia

    19881h 40m
    6.5 (59)
    An elder woman (Romelia), her daughter and her grandchildren take a few days on holidays to visit a small town outside the city. The town makes Romelia melancholy and her daughter wants to find out about the mystery of her unknown father.
    DirectorBusi CortésStarsPedro Armendáriz Jr.Dolores BeristáinDiana Bracho
  • Antonio Banderas, Winona Ryder, Glenn Close, Jeremy Irons, and Meryl Streep in The House of the Spirits (1993)

    2. The House of the Spirits

    19932h 25mR
    6.9 (26K)
    A rancher, his clairvoyant wife, and their family face turbulent years in South America in this adaptation of Isabel Allende's best-seller.
    DirectorBille AugustStarsJeremy IronsMeryl StreepMaria Conchita Alonso
  • Va' dove ti porta il cuore (1996)

    3. Va' dove ti porta il cuore

    19961h 50m
    5.4 (239)
    A grandmother writes a diary for her nephew, her grandson finds the diary after her death and finds out the true family story.
    DirectorCristina ComenciniStarsVirna LisiMargherita BuyGalatea Ranzi
  • Ziyi Zhang in Memoirs of a Geisha (2005)

    4. Memoirs of a Geisha

    20052h 25mPG-1354Metascore
    7.3 (167K)
    The heartwarming tale of Nitta Sayuri, a young Japanese woman who transcended from her fishing-village roots and became one of Japan's most celebrated geisha.
    DirectorRob MarshallStarsZiyi ZhangKen WatanabeMichelle Yeoh
  • Michiel Huisman and Blake Lively in The Age of Adaline (2015)

    5. The Age of Adaline

    20151h 52mPG-1351Metascore
    7.2 (221K)
    A young woman, born at the turn of the 20th century, is rendered ageless after an accident. After many solitary years, she meets a man who complicates the eternal life she has settled into.
    DirectorLee Toland KriegerStarsBlake LivelyMichiel HuismanHarrison Ford
  • Viola Davis, Bryce Dallas Howard, Octavia Spencer, and Emma Stone in The Help (2011)

    6. The Help

    20112h 26mPG-1362Metascore
    8.1 (514K)
    An aspiring author during the civil rights movement of the 1960s decides to write a book detailing the African American maids' point of view on the white families for which they work, and the hardships they go through on a daily basis.
    DirectorTate TaylorStarsViola DavisEmma StoneOctavia Spencer
  • Michelle Yeoh in The Lady (2011)

    7. The Lady

    20112h 12mR43Metascore
    7.0 (11K)
    The story of Aung San Suu Kyi as she becomes the core of Burma's democracy movement, and her relationship with her husband, writer Michael Aris.
    DirectorLuc BessonStarsMichelle YeohDavid ThewlisJonathan Raggett
  • Helen Mirren in The Queen (2006)

    8. The Queen

    20061h 43mPG-1390Metascore
    7.3 (118K)
    After the death of Princess Diana, Queen Elizabeth II struggles with her reaction to a sequence of events nobody could have predicted.
    DirectorStephen FrearsStarsHelen MirrenMichael SheenJames Cromwell
  • Natalie Portman in Jackie (2016)

    9. Jackie

    20161h 40mR81Metascore
    6.6 (86K)
    Following the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis fights through grief and trauma to regain her faith, console her children, and define her husband's historic legacy.
    DirectorPablo LarraínStarsNatalie PortmanPeter SarsgaardGreta Gerwig
  • Vera Drake (2004)

    10. Vera Drake

    20042h 5mR83Metascore
    7.6 (28K)
    Abortionist Vera Drake finds her beliefs and practices clash with the mores of 1950s Britain--a conflict that leads to tragedy for her family.
    DirectorMike LeighStarsImelda StauntonJim BroadbentHeather Craney
  • Julia Roberts in Erin Brockovich (2000)

    11. Erin Brockovich

    20002h 11mR73Metascore
    7.5 (235K)
    A flamboyant law firm secretary works tirelessly to gain justice for a small town wrecked by a utility company's pollution.
    DirectorSteven SoderberghStarsJulia RobertsAlbert FinneyDavid Brisbin
  • Salma Hayek in Frida (2002)

    12. Frida

    20022h 3mR61Metascore
    7.3 (99K)
    A biography of artist Frida Kahlo, who channeled the pain of a crippling injury and her tempestuous marriage into her work.
    DirectorJulie TaymorStarsSalma HayekAlfred MolinaGeoffrey Rush
  • Christina Ricci and Charlize Theron in Monster (2003)

    13. Monster

    20031h 49mR74Metascore
    7.3 (168K)
    Based on the life of Aileen Wuornos, a Daytona Beach prostitute who became a serial killer.
    DirectorPatty JenkinsStarsCharlize TheronChristina RicciBruce Dern
  • Claire Danes, Winona Ryder, Susan Sarandon, Kirsten Dunst, and Trini Alvarado in Little Women (1994)

    14. Little Women

    19941h 55mPG87Metascore
    7.3 (66K)
    Jo struggles for independence and sometimes clashes with her beloved mother and sisters Meg, Amy and Beth. She also contends with their cranky Aunt March, their impulsive neighbor Laurie and kindly linguistics professor Friedrich Bhaer.
    DirectorGillian ArmstrongStarsSusan SarandonWinona RyderKirsten Dunst
  • Mia Wasikowska in Jane Eyre (2011)

    15. Jane Eyre

    20112hPG-1376Metascore
    7.3 (96K)
    A mousy governess who softens the heart of her employer soon discovers that he's hiding a terrible secret.
    DirectorCary Joji FukunagaStarsMia WasikowskaMichael FassbenderJamie Bell
  • Rosamund Pike in Radioactive (2019)

    16. Radioactive

    20191h 49mPG-1356Metascore
    6.3 (23K)
    The incredible true story of Marie Sklodowska-Curie and her Nobel Prize-winning work that changed the world.
    DirectorMarjane SatrapiStarsRosamund PikeYvette FeuerMirjam Novak
  • Tess (1979)

    17. Tess

    19793h 6mPG82Metascore
    7.3 (19K)
    A strong-willed young peasant girl attracts the affection of two men.
    DirectorRoman PolanskiStarsNastassja KinskiPeter FirthLeigh Lawson
  • Glenn Close and Jonathan Pryce in The Wife (2017)

    18. The Wife

    20171h 39mR77Metascore
    7.2 (44K)
    A wife questions her life choices as she travels to Stockholm to see her husband receive the Nobel Prize for Literature.
    DirectorBjörn RungeStarsGlenn CloseJonathan PryceMax Irons
  • Dustin Hoffman and Vanessa Redgrave in Agatha (1979)

    19. Agatha

    19791h 45mPG
    6.2 (3.9K)
    In December 1926, mystery writer Dame Agatha Christie's husband Colonel Archie Christie asks for a divorce. She leaves her car and goes missing for eleven days. US reporter Wally Stanton searches for her in this speculative story.
    DirectorMichael AptedStarsDustin HoffmanVanessa RedgraveTimothy Dalton
  • Cate Blanchett in Elizabeth (1998)

    20. Elizabeth

    19982h 4mR75Metascore
    7.4 (108K)
    The early years of the reign of Elizabeth I of England and her difficult task of learning what is necessary to be a monarch.
    DirectorShekhar KapurStarsCate BlanchettLiz GilesRod Culbertson
  • I, the Worst of All (1990)

    21. I, the Worst of All

    19901h 45mR
    7.1 (752)
    A 17th-century Mexican nun defies expectations, becoming a renowned intellectual and writer during the Spanish Inquisition. Her progressive ideas attract unwanted attention, forcing her to seek protection from an influential ally.
    DirectorMaría Luisa BembergStarsAssumpta SernaDominique SandaHéctor Alterio
  • Paz Vega in Teresa, el cuerpo de Cristo (2007)

    22. Teresa, el cuerpo de Cristo

    20071h 37m
    4.8 (492)
    A drama based on the life of Spain's feminist mystic Saint Teresa (Vega).
    DirectorRay LorigaStarsPaz VegaLeonor WatlingGeraldine Chaplin
  • Monica Bellucci and Giuseppe Sulfaro in Malena (2000)

    23. Malena

    20001h 48mR54Metascore
    7.4 (120K)
    As Italy enters WWII, a teenage boy in a small, narrow-minded Sicilian town becomes obsessed with a young woman.
    DirectorGiuseppe TornatoreStarsMonica BellucciGiuseppe SulfaroLuciano Federico
  • Nicole Kidman in Dogville (2003)

    24. Dogville

    20032h 51mR61Metascore
    8.0 (164K)
    A woman on the run from the mob is reluctantly accepted in a small Colorado community in exchange for labor, but when a search visits the town she finds out that their support has a price.
    DirectorLars von TrierStarsNicole KidmanPaul BettanyLauren Bacall
  • Björk in Dancer in the Dark (2000)

    25. Dancer in the Dark

    20002h 15mR63Metascore
    7.9 (121K)
    An Eastern European US immigrant with a love for musicals has to cope with the gradual loss of her vision.
    DirectorLars von TrierStarsBjörkCatherine DeneuveDavid Morse

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