Danielle, a vibrant young woman is forced into servitude after the death of her father when she was a young girl. Danielle's stepmother Rodmilla is a heartless woman who forces Danielle to do the cooking and cleaning, while she tries to marry off the eldest of her two daughters to the prince. But Danielle's life takes a wonderful turn when, under the guise of a visiting royal, she meets the charming Prince Henry.

Heidi

1937

English

♡ 14

100%

organ grinder's monkey

Allan Dwan Director

Jean Hersholt as Adolph Kramer / Grandfather

Arthur Treacher as Andrews

Mady Christians as Dete

Sidney Blackmer as Herr Sesemann

Heidi is orphaned and her uncaring maternal Aunt Dete takes her to the mountains to live with her reclusive, grumpy paternal grandfather, Adolph Kramer. Heidi brings her grandfather back into mountain society through her sweet ways and sheer love. When Dete later returns and steals Heidi away to become the companion of a rich man's wheelchair-bound daughter, the grandfather is heartsick to discover his little girl missing and immediately sets out to get her back.

The Spanish Dancer

1923

English

6.5

♡ 2

Herbert Brenon Director

Adolphe Menjou as Don Salluste

Kathlyn Williams as Queen Isabel of Bourbon

Frank Coghlan Jr. as (uncredited)

Buck Black as (uncredited)

The Spanish Dancer is the story of Maritana, a Romani girl who dances in courtyards and even tells people's fortunes. Despite her lowly position, Maritana wishes to be a Countess. Her ambitions are realized when she meets the handsome Count Don Cesar de Bazán, if only the King of Spain would stay out of their way!

The Mystic

1925

Xx

6.6

♡ 3

Tod Browning Director

Robert Ober as Anton

Stanton Heck as Carlo

Conway Tearle as Michael Nash

Aileen Pringle as Zara

Zara, a phony psychic in a Hungarian carnival who, under the guidance of a Svengali-like con man crashes — and proceeds to swindle — American high society.

Aferim!

2015

Romanian

7.6

♡ 12

98%

Radu Jude Director

Alexandru Dabija as Boyar Iordache Cîndescu

Toma Cuzin as Carfin Pandolean

Luminita Gheorghiu as Smaranda Cîndescu

Victor Rebengiuc as Stan Paraschiv

Set in early 19th century Wallachia, Romania, a policeman, Costandin, is hired by a nobleman to find a Gypsy slave who has run away from his estate after having an affair with his wife.

Queen of the Gypsies

1976

Russian

7.3

♡ 5

85%

Emil Loteanu Director

Evgeniy Lazarev as

Dmitriy Buzylyov-Kretso as

Boryslav Brondukov as Bucha

Ion Sandri Scurea as Siladi

This colourful, music-filled and sensual melodrama based on early stories by Maxim Gorky tells the fatal love story between the beautiful and rebellious girl Rada and the handsome horse thief Zobar. The story is set in early 20th century Bessarabia, now part of Moldova, then belonging to the Austro-Hungarian Empire.

Láska je láska

6.2

grandparent grandchild relationship

Milan Cieslar Director

Jakub Slégr as

Petr Vancura as Honza Fuks

Ondrej Vetchý as Karel Fuks

Jaromír Nosek as Radek Frolík

Maruska is a blind girl and student at the Conservatory of Music who dreams of love and having a family despite her blindness. Her dream guy has curly blonde hair and blue eyes but she ends up falling in love with the dark eyed, swarthy Marek. Maruska lives with her overly protective grandfather whom is preocupied with his long-lost love. Maruska’s neighbor and best friend is constantly struggling with his headstrong mother as she refuses to accept that her son is gay. She blames everyone else - even her husband - for her son's "deviation." The fate of all main characters is unexpectedly intertwined and told through humorous and touching situations laced with subtle irony and hyperbole. Just as in life, with its funny situations and difficult tests, unexpected revelations and surprising twists, all characters will experience times when they behave blindly and forget to listen to their hearts.

Snatch

2000

English

8.2

♡ 352

74%

Guy Ritchie Director

Dave Legeno as John

Brad Pitt as Mickey O'Neil

Stephen Graham as Tommy

Jason Statham as Turkish

Unscrupulous boxing promoters, violent bookies, a Russian gangster, incompetent amateur robbers, and supposedly Jewish jewellers fight to track down a priceless stolen diamond.

The Oracle

1985

English

4.3

♡ 5

Roberta Findlay Director

Rafael Guadalupe as Drug Peddler

Pam La Testa as Farkas

Dog Thomas as Mental Patient

Irma St. Paule as Mrs. Malatesta

A murder victim reaches out from beyond the grave in an attempt to possess the body of a young woman who has moved into his old apartment.

The Wolf Man

1941

English

7.2

♡ 32

91%

George Waggner Director

Bela Lugosi as Bela

J.M. Kerrigan as Charles Conliffe

Evelyn Ankers as Gwen Conliffe

Forrester Harvey as Twiddle

After his brother's death, Larry Talbot returns home to his father and the family estate. Events soon take a turn for the worse when Larry is bitten by a werewolf.

Cry of the Werewolf

1944

English

5.3

♡ 4

24%

Henry Levin Director

John Abbott as Peter Althius

Barton MacLane as Police Lt. Barry Lane

Ray Teal as Policeman Ed

Nina Foch as Princess Celeste LaTour

A young gypsy girl turns into a wolf to destroy her enemies.

Black Cat, White Cat

1998

Serbian

8.0

♡ 22

grandparent grandchild relationship

gypsy

parent child relationship

Romance

sibling relationship

yugoslavia

Emir Kusturica Director

Zdena Hurtocakova as Black Obelisk

Srdjan Todorovic as Dadan Karambolo

Branka Katic as Ida

Predrag Manojlovic as Priest

Matko is a small time hustler, living by the Danube with his 17-year-old son Zare. After a failed business deal he owes money to the much more successful gangster Dadan. Dadan has a sister, Afrodita, that he desperately wants to see get married so they strike a deal: Zare is to marry her.

Time of the Gypsies

1988

Serbo-croatian

8.1

♡ 20

Emir Kusturica Director

Bora Todorovic as Ahmed

Vladislava Milosavljevic as Beba

Branko Djuric as Sadam

Predrag Manojlovic as Tomislav

In this luminous tale set in the former Yugoslavia, Perhan, an engaging young Romany with telekinetic powers, is seduced by the quick-cash world of petty crime that threatens to destroy him and those he loves.

The Valley of Gwangi

1969

English

6.2

♡ 11

73%

stop motion (some scenes)

Thriller

Western

Jim O'Connolly Director

Richard Carlson as Champ Connors

Laurence Naismith as Professor Bromley

Gila Golan as T.J. Breckenridge

James Franciscus as Tuck Kirby

A turn of the century wild west show struggling to make a living in Mexico comes into the possession of a tiny prehistoric horse. This leads to an expedition to the Forbidden Valley where they discover living dinosaurs. They capture one and take it back to be put on display, leading to inevitable mayhem.

House of Frankenstein

1944

English

6.2

♡ 6

Erle C. Kenton Director

John Carradine as Dracula aka Baron Latos

Elena Verdugo as Ilonka

George Lynn as Inspector Gerlach

Lon Chaney Jr. as Larry Talbot

Deranged scientist, Gustav Niemann, escapes from prison and overtakes the director of a traveling chamber of horrors, soon reviving the infamous Count Dracula, the frozen Frankenstein Monster, and the Wolf Man.

Burn Out

2017

French

6.2

♡ 33

Action

Adventure

based on novel or book

Yann Gozlan Director

François Civil as

Soufiane Guerrab as Homme aire autoroute

Manon Azem as Leyla

Paul Spera as (voice)

Tony, a promising young motorcycle racer, is forced to do perilous drug runs to save the mother of his child from a dangerous mobster.

Carmen & Lola

2018

Spanish

7.1

♡ 13

90%

Arantxa Echevarría Director

Rosy Rodríguez as Carmen

Zaira Romero as Lola

Moreno Borja as Paco

Carolina Yuste as Paqui

Carmen is a gypsy teenager, destined to live a life that is repeated every generation: getting married and raising as many children as possible. But one day she meets Lola, an uncommon gypsy who dreams about going to university, does graffiti and is very different. Carmen quickly develops a complicity with Lola and discovers a world that, inevitably, leads them to be rejected by their families.

Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man

1943

English

6.4

♡ 20

25%

Roy William Neill Director

Ilona Massey as Baroness Elsa Frankenstein

Bela Lugosi as Monster

Cosmo Sardo as Townsman

George Ford as Townsman

Grave robbers open the grave of the wolf man and awaken him. He doesn't like the idea of being immortal and killing people when the moon is full so tries to find Dr. Frankenstein, in the hopes that the doctor can cure him. Dr. Frankenstein has died; however, his monster is found.

Drag Me to Hell

2009

English

6.6

♡ 179

92%

Sam Raimi Director

Justin Long as Clay Dalton

Ted Raimi as Doctor

Bridget Hoffman as Ghost at Seance

Lorna Raver as Mrs. Ganush

After denying a woman the extension she needs to keep her home, loan officer Christine Brown sees her once-promising life take a startling turn for the worse. Christine is convinced she's been cursed by a Gypsy, but her boyfriend is skeptical. Her only hope seems to lie in a psychic who claims he can help her lift the curse and keep her soul from being dragged straight to hell.

Inland Empire

2006

English

6.8

♡ 39

72%

David Lynch Director

William H. Macy as Announcer

Jeremy Irons as Kingsley Stewart

Peter J. Lucas as Piotrek Król

Naomi Watts as Suzie Rabbit

When actress Nikki Grace gets the lead role in a cursed film, her world becomes more and more surreal, blending realities and ideas of infidelity, reincarnation, and supernatural forces.

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Ever After: A Cinderella Story

Heidi

The Spanish Dancer

The Mystic

Aferim!

Queen of the Gypsies

Láska je láska

Snatch

The Oracle

The Wolf Man

Cry of the Werewolf

Black Cat, White Cat

Time of the Gypsies

The Valley of Gwangi

House of Frankenstein

Burn Out

Carmen & Lola

Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man

Drag Me to Hell

Inland Empire