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# Name Year Country Genres IMDb Votes IMDb Rating Type Status CBFC
1 2017 United States of America 130794 7.6 Movie Released
2
Moonlight
Moonlight
111 min
2016 United States of America 334820 7.4 Movie Released R
3 2013 United States of America 84821 7.1 Movie Released R
4 2017 Brazil 322880 7.8 Movie Released
5
Boyhood
Boyhood
166 min
2014 United States of America 369349 7.9 Movie Released
6
Lady Bird
Lady Bird
94 min
2017 United States of America 336638 7.4 Movie Released
7 2016 United States of America 142397 7.3 Movie Released R
8
A Ghost Story
A Ghost Story
93 min
2017 United States of America 80905 6.8 Movie Released
9
American Honey
American Honey
163 min
2016 United Kingdom 47041 7 Movie Released
10
Short Term 12
Short Term 12
96 min
2013 United States of America 92333 7.9 Movie Released
11 2013 United States of America 162366 7 Movie Released
12
Eighth Grade
Eighth Grade
94 min
2018 United States of America 83216 7.4 Movie Released
13
Stand by Me
Stand by Me
89 min
1986 United States of America 447379 8.1 Movie Released R
14
Mud
Mud
130 min
2013 United States of America 190429 7.4 Movie Released PG-13
15 1984 United States of America 381788 8.3 Movie Released
16
Hereditary
Hereditary
128 min
2018 United States of America 389541 7.3 Movie Released R
17
Winter's Bone
Winter's Bone
101 min
2010 Netherlands 151488 7.1 Movie Released
18
Frances Ha
Frances Ha
86 min
2013 Brazil 95467 7.4 Movie Released
19
Room
Room
118 min
2015 Canada 455229 8.1 Movie Released R
20 2012 United States of America 553835 7.9 Movie Released
21
Boyz n the Hood
Boyz n the Hood
112 min
1991 United States of America 156880 7.8 Movie Released R
22 2013 United States of America 158093 7.4 Movie Released
23 1997 United States of America 1086590 8.3 Movie Released R
24 1991 United States of America 62565 7 Movie Released R
25 2000 United States of America 171441 7.2 Movie Released
26 2019 United States of America 22135 7.3 Movie Released
27
I Am Sam
I Am Sam
132 min
2001 United States of America 156162 7.6 Movie Released
28 2016 United States of America 237557 7.8 Movie Released R
29 2013 United States of America 86396 7.5 Movie Released
30 2022 United States of America 546473 7.8 Movie Released
31
A Monster Calls
A Monster Calls
108 min
2016 Spain 94537 7.4 Movie Released PG-13
32
The Hate U Give
The Hate U Give
133 min
2018 United States of America 40892 7.5 Movie Released
33
The Outsiders
The Outsiders
91 min
1983 France 99630 7 Movie Released
34
The 400 Blows
The 400 Blows
99 min
1959 France 129004 8.1 Movie Released NR
35
Into the Wild
Into the Wild
148 min
2007 United States of America 663145 8.1 Movie Released R
36
Wild
Wild
115 min
2014 United States of America 140337 7.1 Movie Released
37
Midsommar
Midsommar
147 min
2019 Sweden 416616 7.1 Movie Released R
38
The Babadook
The Babadook
94 min
2014 Australia 250858 6.8 Movie Released R
39 2006 United States of America 568904 8 Movie Released PG-13
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