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1. Gravity Falls (2012–2016)
TV-Y7 | 23 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
Twin siblings Dipper and Mabel Pines spend the summer at their great-uncle's tourist trap in the enigmatic Gravity Falls, Oregon.
Stars: Jason Ritter, Alex Hirsch, Kristen Schaal, Linda Cardellini
Votes: 136,911
2. Harlots (2017–2019)
TV-MA | 45 min | Drama
Brothel owner Margaret Wells struggles to raise her daughters in London during the 18th century.
Stars: Lesley Manville, Kate Fleetwood, Holli Dempsey, Eloise Smyth
Votes: 10,615
3. The Conversation (1974)
PG | 113 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
A paranoid, secretive surveillance expert has a crisis of conscience when he suspects that the couple he is spying on will be murdered.
Director: Francis Ford Coppola | Stars: Gene Hackman, John Cazale, Allen Garfield, Frederic Forrest
Votes: 122,422 | Gross: $4.42M
4. The Player (1992)
R | 124 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
A Hollywood studio executive is being sent death threats by a writer whose script he rejected, but which one?
Director: Robert Altman | Stars: Tim Robbins, Greta Scacchi, Fred Ward, Whoopi Goldberg
Votes: 66,010 | Gross: $21.71M
5. Miracle on 34th Street (1994)
PG | 114 min | Drama, Family, Fantasy
A lawyer and a little girl must prove that a man claiming to be Santa Claus is the real thing.
Director: Les Mayfield | Stars: Richard Attenborough, Elizabeth Perkins, Dylan McDermott, J.T. Walsh
Votes: 43,956 | Gross: $17.19M
6. Creature (1985)
R | 95 min | Horror, Sci-Fi
After a member of a geological research team who was sent to Saturn's largest moon: Titan crashes their spacecraft into a space station, another team is sent to Titan to investigate, not knowing the terror that awaits them.
Director: William Malone | Stars: Stan Ivar, Wendy Schaal, Lyman Ward, Robert Jaffe
Votes: 4,702 | Gross: $4.78M
7. Boom Town (1940)
Passed | 119 min | Drama, Romance, Western
Two buddies who rise from fly-by-night wildcatters to oil tycoons over a ten-year period, are in love with the same woman.
Director: Jack Conway | Stars: Clark Gable, Spencer Tracy, Claudette Colbert, Hedy Lamarr
Votes: 3,838 | Gross: $9.17M
8. Steamboat Bill, Jr. (1928)
Not Rated | 70 min | Action, Comedy, Drama
The effete son of a cantankerous riverboat captain comes to join his father's crew.
Directors: Charles Reisner, Buster Keaton | Stars: Buster Keaton, Tom McGuire, Ernest Torrence, Tom Lewis
Votes: 16,228
9. Rollover (1981)
R | 116 min | Drama, Mystery, Romance
The wife of a murdered petrochemical company chairman and a banker investigating the liquidity of his new bank stumble upon an international financial scheme that could lead to global economic collapse.
Director: Alan J. Pakula | Stars: Jane Fonda, Kris Kristofferson, Hume Cronyn, Josef Sommer
Votes: 1,447 | Gross: $10.85M
10. Flip That Romance (2019 TV Movie)
TV-G | 84 min | Romance
Rival house flippers, Jules Briggs (Julie Gonzalo) and Lance Waddell (Tyler Hynes), renovate dual sides of a duplex and rekindle an old romance.
Director: Mark Jean | Stars: Julie Gonzalo, Tyler Hynes, Cardi Wong, Jacqueline Samuda
Votes: 1,616
11. Passion and Power (2015–2016)
Drama
Two business rivals and bitter enemies discover they have both fallen in love with the same woman.
Stars: Jorge Salinas, Fernando Colunga, Susana González, Marlene Favela
Votes: 247
12. Bullwhip (1958)
Approved | 80 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
In order to avoid the hangman's noose, a cowboy agrees to marry a beautiful but fiery redhead.
Director: Harmon Jones | Stars: Guy Madison, Rhonda Fleming, James Griffith, Don Beddoe
Votes: 501
13. I Loved a Woman (1933)
Passed | 90 min | Drama, Romance
Art student John Hayden interrupts his studies in Greece to head his father's meat packing business on his father's death. He marries social climber Martha who taunts him for his ideals ... See full summary »
Director: Alfred E. Green | Stars: Kay Francis, Edward G. Robinson, Genevieve Tobin, Robert Barrat
Votes: 461
14. Billy Rose's Jumbo (1962)
Approved | 123 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance
A debt-ridden circus is saved by a well-meaning but inept publicity man.
Director: Charles Walters | Stars: Doris Day, Jimmy Durante, Stephen Boyd, Martha Raye
Votes: 1,735
15. Midnight Temptations (1995)
R | 85 min | Thriller
April is a fashion designer who is in a design contest and is determined to win. Her main competitor is childhood acquaintance Danny. Both of them will do whatever it takes to win the ... See full summary »
Director: Ralph E. Portillo | Stars: Wendy Hamilton, Justin Lauer, Casey Mitchell, Anthony Flacco
Votes: 132
16. Once Upon a Main Street (2020 TV Movie)
TV-PG | 87 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Amelia, who wants to open a year-round Christmas store, bids for a shop lot against Vic, who wants to open a chocolate shop. Rivalry becomes romance when they must work together.
Director: Polly Draper | Stars: Vanessa Lachey, Ryan McPartlin, Polly Draper, Scott Takeda
Votes: 869
17. The American Venus (1926)
Passed | 80 min | Comedy
Mary Gray, whose father manufactures cold cream, is engaged to sappy Horace Niles, the son of Hugo Niles, the elder Gray's most competitive rival in the cosmetics business. Chip Armstrong, ... See full summary »
Director: Frank Tuttle | Stars: Esther Ralston, Lawrence Gray, Ford Sterling, Fay Lanphier
Votes: 54
18. Sugarfoot (1951)
Passed | 80 min | Western
Arriving in Arizona on a wagon train in 1866 former Confederate officer Jackson Redan partners with local businessman Don Miguel while their competitor Asa Goodhue is joined by opportunistic drifter Jacob Stint.
Director: Edwin L. Marin | Stars: Randolph Scott, Adele Jergens, Raymond Massey, S.Z. Sakall
Votes: 296
19. Christmas Cupcakes (2018 TV Movie)
88 min | Comedy, Drama
With their family bakery facing foreclosure, two sisters must team-up to try and save it by entering a TV baking competition.
Director: Dylan Pearce | Stars: Cindy Busby, Erin Karpluk, Corey Loranger, Fulvio Cecere
Votes: 735
20. Right Cross (1950)
Passed | 90 min | Drama, Sport
Two boxing promoters compete to sign up Mexican-American prizefighter Johnny Monterez who, despite his talent, is ashamed of his heritage and boxes on borrowed time due to a permanent hand injury.
Director: John Sturges | Stars: June Allyson, Dick Powell, Ricardo Montalban, Lionel Barrymore
Votes: 533
21. Denver & Rio Grande (1952)
Passed | 89 min | Drama, Western
A romanticized history of the building of the Denver & Rio Grande Railroad in the Colorado mountains.
Director: Byron Haskin | Stars: Edmond O'Brien, Sterling Hayden, Dean Jagger, Kasey Rogers
Votes: 622
22. Mannan (1992)
Not Rated | 154 min | Action, Comedy, Drama
Mannan is a 1992 Indian Tamil-language film directed by P. Vasu. The film stars Rajinikanth, Vijayashanti, Kushboo, Manorama, Pandari Bai, Goundamani, and Visu. It is a remake of the 1986 Kannada film Anuraga Aralithu.
Director: P. Vasu | Stars: Rajinikanth, Vijayshanti, Khushbu Sundar, Visu
Votes: 963
23. Santiago (1956)
Not Rated | 93 min | Adventure, Romance
A gun runner, dishonorably discharged from the military, is swept deeper into a revolution in Cuba after he crosses paths with an enemy from the past and a beautiful revolutionary and her son.
Director: Gordon Douglas | Stars: Alan Ladd, Rossana Podestà, Lloyd Nolan, Chill Wills
Votes: 323
24. Madalena (1960)
91 min | Drama, Romance
A tenacious daughter and an expert boatman are more than eager to prolong their parents' irreconcilable feud. However, an untimely demise will only make things worse. Can a humble priest help them bury the hatchet and, maybe, find love?
Director: Dinos Dimopoulos | Stars: Aliki Vougiouklaki, Dimitris Papamichael, Pantelis Zervos, Thodoros Moridis
Votes: 1,230
25. The Silver Horde (1930)
Passed | 75 min | Drama, Romance
A salmon fisherman has to choose between a bad girl and a society doll.
Director: George Archainbaud | Stars: Evelyn Brent, Louis Wolheim, Jean Arthur, Raymond Hatton
Votes: 632
26. The Hollywood Kid (1924)
20 min | Comedy, Short
The story of a producer's troubles in selecting and "making" a new juvenile star. The opening is in Mack Sennett's private office, with Sennett himself interviewing directors, actors, ... See full summary »
Director: Roy Del Ruth | Stars: Charles Murray, Louise Carver, Jackie Lucas, Vernon Dent
Votes: 48
27. The Corpse Came C.O.D. (1947)
Passed | 87 min | Adventure, Comedy, Crime
After a dead body turns up in the home of a famous actress, two reporters (who also happen to be in love with one another) compete to get the real scoop.
Director: Henry Levin | Stars: George Brent, Joan Blondell, Adele Jergens, Jim Bannon
Votes: 350
28. Taxi-Turvy (1954)
Approved | 6 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Popeye and Bluto are taxi drivers; they are, of course, competing for fares - and Olive, in particular.
Directors: Seymour Kneitel, Thomas Johnson | Stars: Jackson Beck, Jack Mercer, Mae Questel
Votes: 310
29. Mr. Cohen Takes a Walk (1935)
80 min | Drama
This is a story about Mr. Cohen, a father who owns a large department store in London and cares about being a good shopkeeper and good person. Mr. Cohen's elder son and a friend's son work ... See full summary »
Director: William Beaudine | Stars: Paul Graetz, Violet Farebrother, Chili Bouchier, Mickey Brantford
Votes: 176
30. Spree Lunch (1957)
Approved | 6 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Popeye opens a diner; Bluto pulls one up right across the street. Wimpy comes along, and they compete for his business. The competition escalates, until finally they are throwing things at ... See full summary »
Directors: Seymour Kneitel, Thomas Johnson | Stars: Jackson Beck, Gilbert Mack, Jack Mercer
Votes: 291
31. A Hull of a Mess (1942)
6 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
In a shipyard, Popeye and Bluto compete in each building a ship for a potential exclusive military contract.
Directors: Izzy Sparber, Al Eugster | Stars: Dave Barry, Jack Mercer
Votes: 162
32. The Buddenbrooks (1959)
107 min | Drama
Second part of two of the saga of the troubled Buddenbrook family and their business in 19th-century Germany.
Director: Alfred Weidenmann | Stars: Liselotte Pulver, Nadja Tiller, Hansjörg Felmy, Hanns Lothar
Votes: 188
33. Daffy's Inn Trouble (1961)
TV-PG | 6 min | Animation, Short, Adventure
Daffy Duck vies with Porky Pig in the Western frontier hotel business. Porky has more success, attracting hordes of customers with a live-action saloon party. So, Daffy decides to "... See full summary »
Director: Robert McKimson | Star: Mel Blanc
Votes: 367
34. The Love Flower (1920)
Not Rated | 95 min | Drama
A man murders his wife's lovers, escapes with his daughter to the South Pacific. A detective pursues him, joined by a young man who eventually falls in love with the daughter.
Director: D.W. Griffith | Stars: Carol Dempster, Richard Barthelmess, George MacQuarrie, Anders Randolf
Votes: 188
35. Onion Pacific (1940)
6 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
The race is on for the state railroad franchise. It's the Sudden Pacific (Bluto) against the Onion Pacific (Popeye). Oh, and there's also a kiss from Olive for the winner. Bluto slows down ... See full summary »
Directors: Dave Fleischer, Willard Bowsky | Stars: Pinto Colvig, Margie Hines, Jack Mercer
Votes: 198
36. The Paneless Window Washer (1937)
Approved | 6 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
On the outside of an office building, Popeye and Bluto duke it out as rival window washers.
Directors: Dave Fleischer, Willard Bowsky | Stars: Jack Mercer, Mae Questel, Gus Wicke
Votes: 416
37. Sharp as a Needle (1961)
74 min | Comedy, Romance
Behind the backs of their uncles and owners of two antagonistic swimwear companies, two inseparable lovebirds fall for each other and elope. The day of the annual beachwear contest approaches. Will they bury the hatchet for their sake?
Director: Grigoris Grigoriou | Stars: Anna Fonsou, Nikos Stavridis, Giannis Gionakis, Pantelis Zervos
Votes: 50
38. The Cross-Patches (1958)
82 min | Comedy, Romance
Somewhere in a vibrant neighbourhood of Athens, two antagonistic greengrocers, whose shops are next to each other, vie for the attention of the customers.
Director: Dimitris Athanasiadis | Stars: Fragiskos Manellis, Andreas Barkoulis, Lavrentis Dianellos, Thanasis Vengos
Votes: 12
39. Easy Riches (1938)
67 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
A comedy thriller about rival cement manufacturers, Sam Miller (Gorge Carney) and Joe Hicks Gus McNaughton), who bury their long-standing differences and dislike of each other, in order to ... See full summary »
Director: Maclean Rogers | Stars: George Carney, Gus McNaughton, Molly Hamley-Clifford, Tom Helmore
Votes: 17
40. Fancy Baggage (1929)
Passed | 80 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
In order to get back some very important papers from her father's business rival, a young woman pretends to be the rival's new secretary. Complications ensue.
Director: John G. Adolfi | Stars: Audrey Ferris, Myrna Loy, George Fawcett, Hallam Cooley
Votes: 17
41.
The A-Team (1983–1987)
Episode:
The Taxicab Wars
(1983)
TV-PG | 49 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
The A-Team is hired to help a small taxicab company beat a villainous rival business determined to drive it to ruin.
Director: Gilbert M. Shilton | Stars: George Peppard, Dirk Benedict, Melinda Culea, Dwight Schultz
Votes: 388
42.
Bonanza (1959–1973)
Episode:
The Prime of Life
(1963)
TV-PG | 60 min | Western
Ben Cartwright doubts his fitness to run the Ponderosa when his impatience results in a logging camp accident that causes serious injury to himself and an old friend's death.
Director: Christian Nyby | Stars: Lorne Greene, Pernell Roberts, Dan Blocker, Michael Landon
Votes: 115
43.
King of the Hill (1997–2010)
Episode:
The Company Man
(1997)
TV-PG | 23 min | Animation, Comedy, Drama
Hank struggles to portray himself and his life as that of a stereotypical Texan cowboy's for a Hollywood cowboy movie fan in order to secure a business deal for Strickland Propane.
Directors: Klay Hall, Wesley Archer | Stars: Mike Judge, Kathy Najimy, Pamela Adlon, Brittany Murphy
Votes: 524
44.
Matlock (1986–1995)
Episode:
The Lemon
(1988)
TV-PG | 50 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Don Knotts is introduced as Ben's new neighbor Les Calhoun. Les gets mixed up in a murder with two competing used car salesmen and Ben defends him.
Director: Leo Penn | Stars: Andy Griffith, Nancy Stafford, Julie Sommars, Kene Holiday
Votes: 155
45.
Matt Houston (1982–1985)
Episode:
Recipe for Murder
(1982)
60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Restaurant critic Roger Marsden's severed head is served in aspic to his snooty partner J Hamilton Goodfellow. The cops suspect a restaurant owner whose eatery the critics panned. And then attempts are made on Goodfellow's life.
Director: Hy Averback | Stars: Lee Horsley, Pamela Hensley, John Aprea, Paul Brinegar
Votes: 35
46.
Miami Vice (1984–1989)
Episode:
Amen... Send Money
(1987)
TV-14 | 46 min | Action, Crime, Drama
The wife of a televangelist is arrested on drug charges by Tubbs who finds himself the target of preacher's vengeance. However, a rival televangelist makes his play.
Director: James Quinn | Stars: Don Johnson, Philip Michael Thomas, Saundra Santiago, Michael Talbott
Votes: 363
47.
Miami Vice (1984–1989)
Episode:
To Have and to Hold
(1989)
TV-14 | 47 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Crockett goes on leave to spend some time with his young troubled son Billy, who can't adjust to the unexpected new situation in the household. Tubbs falls for the widow of an assassinated drug lord, whose family is now being targeted.
Director: Eugene Corr | Stars: Don Johnson, Philip Michael Thomas, Saundra Santiago, Michael Talbott
Votes: 272
48.
Murder, She Wrote (1984–1996)
Episode:
A Virtual Murder
(1993)
TV-PG | 47 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Jessica happens on a computerized clue to a murder while writing a mystery story for a friend's interactive video game company.
Director: Lee Smith | Stars: Angela Lansbury, Julia Campbell, Kate McNeil, Allan Miller
Votes: 316
49.
Wiseguy (1987–1990)
Episode:
Player to Be Named Now
(1988)
TV-14 | 48 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Mel Profitt uses a former girlfriend as a sexual pawn in a power game with a rival to gain ownership of a basketball team.
Director: Ron Rapiel | Stars: Ken Wahl, Jonathan Banks, Jim Byrnes, William Russ
Votes: 65
50.
Cobra Kai (2018–2025)
Episode:
Now You're Gonna Pay
(2021)
TV-14 | 32 min | Action, Comedy, Drama
Daniel's tarnished public image takes a toll on his sales, leading to a takeover offer. Johnny tries to raise money for Miguel's surgery.
Director: Lin Oeding | Stars: Ralph Macchio, William Zabka, Courtney Henggeler, Xolo Maridueña
Votes: 3,763