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Rating
Rank
No
Title
Year
Director
Starring
Genre
Country
Language
2.5 Stars
2689
392
Casanova
1927
Alexandre Volkoff
Ivan Mozzhukhin, Suzanne Bianchetti, Diana Karenne, Jenny Jugo, Rina De Liguoro
Biography / Drama / Period Film
France
French (Silent)
4.5 Stars
813
53
The Scarlet Empress
1934
Josef von Sternberg
Marlene Dietrich, John Lodge
Drama / History / Biography / Period Film
USA
English
2.5 Stars
2605
355
Rosa Luxemburg
1986
Margarethe von Trotta
Barbara Sukowa, Daniel Olbrychski, Otto Sander, Adelheid Arndt, Jürgen Holtz
Biography / Drama
Czechoslovakia / West Germany
German
2.5 Stars
2807
434
Love, Cecil
2017
Lisa Immordino Vreeland
Cecil Beaton, Rupert Everett, Julie Andrews, Truman Capote, David Hockney
Documentary / Biography
USA
English
4 Stars
1155
84
Danton
1983
Andrzej Wajda
Gérard Depardieu, Wojciech Pszoniak, Anne Alvaro
Drama / History / Period Film / Biography
France / Poland / West Germany
French
2.5 Stars
2528
336
Katyn
2007
Andrzej Wajda
Joachim Paul Assböck, Waldemar Barwinski, Stanislawa Celinska, Andrzej Chyra
Drama / History / War / Biography
Poland
Polish
2.5 Stars
2539
339
Waste Land
2010
Lucy Walker, Karen Harley, João Jardim
Vik Muniz, Fabio Ghivelder, Sebastiao Carlos Dos Santos
Documentary / Biography
Brazil / UK
Portuguese
2.5 Stars
2814
438
Young@Heart
2007
Stephen Walker
Bob Cilman, Stan Goldman, Jeanne Hatch, Patricia Linderme, Steve Martin
Documentary / Drama / Music / Biography
UK
English
4 Stars
1499
125
Gentleman Jim
1942
Raoul Walsh
Errol Flynn, Alexis Smith, Jack Carson, Alan Hale
Drama / Biography / Sports
USA
English
2.5 Stars
2689
392
They Died with Their Boots On
1941
Raoul Walsh
Errol Flynn, Olivia de Havilland, Arthur Kennedy, Charley Grapewin, Gene Lockhart
Biography / Drama / Romance / War / Western / History / Epic
USA
English
Rating
Rank
No
Title
Year
Director
Starring
Genre
Country
Language
2.5 Stars
2660
375
Tie Xi Qu: West of the Tracks
2002
Bing Wang
Documentary / Biography
China / Netherlands
Mandarin
2.5 Stars
2810
437
Three Identical Strangers
2018
Tim Wardle
Edward Galland, David Kellman, Robert Shafran
Documentary / Biography / Drama / Mystery
UK
English
2.5 Stars
2210
246
The Great Debaters
2007
Denzel Washington
Denzel Washington, Forest Whitaker, Nate Parker, Jurnee Smollett, Denzel Whitaker
Drama / Biography / Period Film
USA
English
2.5 Stars
2480
311
Antwone Fisher
2002
Denzel Washington
Derek Luke, Malcolm David Kelley, Cory Hodges, Denzel Washington, Joy Bryant
Biography / Drama
USA
English
2.5 Stars
2607
356
Edvard Munch
1974
Peter Watkins
Geir Westby, Gro Fraas, Eric Allum, Amund Berge, Kerstii Allum
Biography / Drama
Sweden / Norway
Norwegian
2.5 Stars
2382
291
Girl with a Pearl Earring
2003
Peter Webber
Colin Firth, Scarlett Johansson, Tom Wilkinson, Judy Parfitt, Cillian Murphy
Biography / Drama
USA / UK / Luxembourg
English
2.5 Stars
2792
425
Mysterious Object at Noon
2000
Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Experimental / Documentary / Biography
Thailand
Thai
2.5 Stars
2807
434
Woody Allen: A Documentary
2011
Robert B. Weide
Woody Allen, Louise Lasser, Diane Keaton, Letty Aronson, Scarlett Johansson
Documentary / Biography / History / Music / Romance
USA
English
2.5 Stars
2807
434
Roseanne for President!
2015
Eric Weinrib
Roseanne Barr, Michael Moore, Rosie O'Donnell, Sandra Bernhard, Tom Smothers
Documentary / Biography / Comedy
USA
English
2.5 Stars
2801
432
Listen Up: The Lives of Quincy Jones
1990
Ellen Weissbrod
Quincy Jones, Frank Sinatra, Miles Davis, Ray Charles, Herbie Hancock
Documentary / Music / Biography
USA
English
3.5 Stars
1620
140
F for Fake
1974
Orson Welles
Orson Welles, Oja Kodar, Joseph Cotten
Documentary / Experimental / Biography
France / Iran / West Germany
English
3.5 Stars
1805
165
Buena Vista Social Club
1999
Wim Wenders
Lázaro Villa, Manuel 'Puntillita' Licea, Alberto 'Virgilio' Valdés
Documentary / Music / Biography
Germany / USA / UK / France / Cuba
English
2.5 Stars
2377
288
Pina
2011
Wim Wenders
Pina Bausch, Regina Advento, Malou Airaudo, Ruth Amarante, Jorge Puerta Armenta
Documentary / Music / Biography
Germany / France / UK
German
2.5 Stars
2492
317
Hammett
1982
Wim Wenders
Frederic Forrest, Peter Boyle, Marilu Henner, Roy Kinnear
Mystery / Crime / Post-Noir / Biography / Period Film
USA
English
3.5 Stars
1819
167
The House of Rothschild
1934
Alfred L. Werker
George Arliss, Boris Karloff, Loretta Young, Robert Young
Drama / Romance / Biography
USA
English
2.5 Stars
2794
427
Colette
2018
Wash Westmoreland
Keira Knightley, Fiona Shaw, Dominic West, Robert Pugh, Sloan Thompson
Biography / Drama / History
UK / USA
English
2.5 Stars
2687
390
Tell Them Who You Are
2004
Mark Wexler
Peter Bart, Verna Bloom, Billy Crystal, Michael Douglas, Jane Fonda, Milos Forman
Documentary / Biography
USA
English
2.5 Stars
2807
434
Till the Clouds Roll By
1946
Richard Whorf, Vincente Minnelli, George Sidney
June Allyson, Lucille Bremer, Judy Garland, Kathryn Grayson, Van Heflin
Biography / Musical
USA
English
NR
-
Tom Horn
1980
William Wiard
Steve McQueen, Linda Evans, Richard Farnsworth, Billy Green Bush, Slim Pickens
Western / Biography
USA
English
2.5 Stars
2800
431
Joe Hill
1971
Bo Widerberg
Thommy Berggren, Anja Schmidt, Kelvin Malave, Evert Anderson
Drama / Biography
Sweden / USA
Swedish
2.5 Stars
2852
448
Krzysztof Kieslowski: I'm So-So
1995
Krzysztof Wierzbicki
Krzysztof Kieslowski
Documentary / Biography
Denmark / Poland
Polish
2.5 Stars
2483
313
Victoria the Great
1937
Herbert Wilcox
Anna Neagle, Anton Walbrook, Walter Rilla, H.B. Warner, Mary Morris
Drama / History / Romance / Biography
UK
English
2.5 Stars
2199
243
The Spirit of St. Louis
1957
Billy Wilder
James Stewart, Murray Hamilton, Patricia Smith, Bartlett Robinson
Drama / Adventure / History / Biography
USA
English
2.5 Stars
2696
395
Life, Animated
2016
Roger Ross Williams
Jonathan Freeman, Gilbert Gottfried, Owen Suskind, Ron Suskind
Documentary / Animation / Family / Biography
France / USA
English
2.5 Stars
2807
434
Chevalier
2022
Stephen Williams
Kelvin Harrison Jr., Samara Weaving, Lucy Boynton, Ronke Adekoluejo, Marton Csokas
Biography / Drama / History / Music / Epic
USA
English
2.5 Stars
2807
434
My American Cousin
1985
Sandy Wilson
Margaret Langrick, John Wildman, Richard Donat, Jane Mortifee, T.J. Scott
Biography / Drama / Comedy / Period Film
Canada
English
2.5 Stars
2807
434
Heading Home
1920
Lawrence C. Windom
Babe Ruth, Ruth Taylor, William Sheer, Margaret Seddon, Frances Victory
Biography / Comedy / Drama / Sports
USA
English (Silent)
2.5 Stars
2807
434
Kaye Ballard: The Show Goes On
2019
Dan Wingate
Kaye Ballard, Carol Burnett, Joy Behar, Carol Channing, Doris Day
Biography / Documentary
USA
English
2.5 Stars
2801
432
De-Lovely
2004
Irwin Winkler
Kevin Kline, Ashley Judd, Jonathan Pryce, Kevin McNally, Sandra Nelson
Biography / Drama / Musical
USA / UK
English
3.5 Stars
1958
189
24 Hour Party People
2002
Michael Winterbottom
Steve Coogan, John Thomson, Nigel Pivaro, Lennie James, Shirley Henderson
Biography / Comedy / Drama / Music / Period Film
UK / France / Netherlands
English
4 Stars
1159
85
I Want to Live!
1958
Robert Wise
Susan Hayward, Simon Oakland, Virginia Vincent, Theodore Bikel
Crime / Drama / Biography
USA
English
3.5 Stars
1796
163
Somebody Up There Likes Me
1956
Robert Wise
Paul Newman, Pier Angeli, Everett Sloane, Eileen Heckart
Drama / Sports / Biography
USA
English
2.5 Stars
2689
392
Star!
1968
Robert Wise
Julie Andrews, Richard Crenna, Michael Craig, Daniel Massey, Robert Reed
Biography / Musical / Drama
USA
English
2.5 Stars
2788
423
Un couple
2022
Frederick Wiseman
Nathalie Boutefeu
Biography / Drama
France / USA
English
4 Stars
1202
92
Best Boy
1979
Ira Wohl
Zero Mostel, Christine O'Connor, Frances Reiss, Philip Wohl
Documentary / Biography
USA
English
2.5 Stars
2816
439
Rustin
2023
George C. Wolfe
Colman Domingo, Aml Ameen, Glynn Turman, Chris Rock, Gus Halper
Biography / Drama / History
USA
English
2.5 Stars
2807
434
David Hockney: A Bigger Picture
2009
Bruno Wollheim
David Hockney
Documentary / Biography
UK
English
2.5 Stars
2740
407
The Grandmaster
2013
Kar Wai Wong
Tony Leung Chiu Wai, Ziyi Zhang, Chen Chang, Benshan Zhao
Action / Biography / Drama
Hong Kong / China
Mandarin
2.5 Stars
2840
446
Violeta Went to Heaven
2011
Andrés Wood
Francisca Gavilán, Thomas Durand, Luis Machín, Gabriela Aguilera
Biography / Music / Drama
Chile / Argentina / Brazil
Spanish
4 Stars
1179
87
The Pride of the Yankees
1942
Sam Wood
Gary Cooper, Teresa Wright
Drama / Family / Biography / Sports
USA
English
2.5 Stars
2410
297
The Stratton Story
1949
Sam Wood
James Stewart, June Allyson, Frank Morgan, Agnes Moorehead, Bill Williams
Biography / Drama / Sports
USA
English
2.5 Stars
2807
434
Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles
2014
Chuck Workman
Orson Welles, Peter Bogdanovich
Documentary / Biography
USA
English
3.5 Stars
1906
182
Darkest Hour
2017
Joe Wright
Lily James, Gary Oldman, Ben Mendelsohn, Kristin Scott Thomas, Stephen Dillane
Biography / Drama / History / War
UK
English
4 Stars
1005
72
Funny Girl
1968
William Wyler
Barbra Streisand, Omar Sharif
Drama / Romance / Musical / Comedy / Biography
USA
English
2.5 Stars
2840
446
Children of Fate: Life and Death in a Sicilian Family
1993
Andrew Young, Susan Todd, Michael Roemer, Robert M. Young
Documentary / Biography / Crime
USA
English
2.5 Stars
2789
424
Mayerling
1968
Terence Young
Omar Sharif, Catherine Deneuve, James Mason, Ava Gardner
Drama / Romance / Period Film / Biography / History
France / UK
English
2.5 Stars
2807
434
Bleed for This
2016
Ben Younger
Miles Teller, Aaron Eckhart, Katey Sagal, Ciarán Hinds, Ted Levine
Biography / Drama / Sports
USA
English
2.5 Stars
2689
392
Brother Sun, Sister Moon
1972
Franco Zeffirelli
Graham Faulkner, Judi Bowker, Leigh Lawson, Kenneth Cranham, Lee Montague
Drama / Biography / Religion / Period Film
Italy / UK
English
2.5 Stars
2807
434
Bound by Flesh
2012
Leslie Zemeckis
Violet Hilton, Daisy Hilton, Nancy Allen, Blake Boyd, Tim Stack, Lea Thompson
Documentary / Biography
USA
English
2.5 Stars
2807
434
The Walk
2015
Robert Zemeckis
Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Guillaume Baillargeon, Émilie Leclerc, Mark Trafford
Adventure / Biography / Drama / Thriller
USA
English
2.5 Stars
2801
432
Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired
2008
Marina Zenovich
Roman Polanski, Samantha Geimer, Douglas Dalton, Roger Gunson, Mia Farrow
Documentary / Biography / Crime
USA / UK
English
2.5 Stars
2807
434
Watermarks
2004
Yaron Zilberman
Judith Haspel, Trude Hirschler, Anni Lampl, Hanni Lux, Ann Marie Pisker
Documentary / History / Sports / Biography
France / Israel / USA
English
4.5 Stars
846
57
Julia
1977
Fred Zinnemann
Jane Fonda, Vanessa Redgrave, Jason Robards
Drama / Biography
USA
English
2.5 Stars
2807
434
Hurt
2015
Alan Zweig
Steve Fonyo
Documentary / Biography / Sports / Crime
Canada
English
2.5 Stars
2591
354
Thelonious Monk:
Straight, No Chaser
1988
Charlotte Zwerin
Jimmy Cleveland, Harry Colomby, John Coltrane, Ray Copeland
Documentary / Biography / Music
USA
English
4.5 Stars
518
27
Crumb
1994
Terry Zwigoff
Robert Crumb, Aline Kominsky, Charles Crumb, Maxon Crumb, Robert Hughes
Documentary / Biography
USA
English
2.5 Stars
2801
432
Louie Bluie
1986
Terry Zwigoff
Howard Armstrong, Ted Bogan, Cab Calloway, Les Blank, Alan Governar
Documentary / Music / Biography
USA
English
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Rank
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Title
Year
Director
Starring
Genre
Country
Language
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