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1. Videodrome (1983)
R | 87 min | Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
A programmer at a Toronto TV station that specializes in adult entertainment searches for the producers of a dangerous and bizarre broadcast.
Director: David Cronenberg | Stars: James Woods, Debbie Harry, Sonja Smits, Peter Dvorsky
Votes: 103,228 | Gross: $2.12M
2. The Young and Prodigious T.S. Spivet (2013)
PG | 105 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama
A ten-year-old scientist secretly leaves his family's ranch in Montana where he lives with his cowboy father and scientist mother, escapes home, and travels across the country aboard a freight train to receive an award at the Smithsonian Institute.
Director: Jean-Pierre Jeunet | Stars: Helena Bonham Carter, Judy Davis, Callum Keith Rennie, Kyle Catlett
Votes: 19,993 | Gross: $0.10M
3. The Cable Guy (1996)
PG-13 | 96 min | Comedy, Drama, Thriller
A designer makes a grievious mistake when he rejects the friendship of a borderline cable guy.
Director: Ben Stiller | Stars: Jim Carrey, Matthew Broderick, Leslie Mann, Jack Black
Votes: 178,307 | Gross: $60.24M
4. Death Race 2 (2010 Video)
R | 96 min | Action, Crime, Sci-Fi
Explores the origins of the first "Frankenstein" car driver, Carl "Luke" Lucas, who died in a race at the beginning of the first film.
Director: Roel Reiné | Stars: Luke Goss, Lauren Cohan, Sean Bean, Ving Rhames
Votes: 34,712
5. Support the Girls (2018)
R | 93 min | Comedy, Drama
The general manager at a highway-side ''sports bar with curves" has her incurable optimism and faith in her girls, her customers and herself tested over the course of a long, strange day.
Director: Andrew Bujalski | Stars: Regina Hall, Haley Lu Richardson, Dylan Gelula, Zoe Graham
Votes: 8,325 | Gross: $0.13M
6.
Columbo (1971–2003)
Episode:
Murder in Malibu
(1990)
TV-PG | 98 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A successful writer of romance novels who is involved with a young, ambitious womanizer, is found shot to death in her Malibu home.
Director: Walter Grauman | Stars: Peter Falk, Andrew Stevens, Brenda Vaccaro, Floyd Levine
Votes: 1,834
7. Elite Squad 2: The Enemy Within (2010)
Not Rated | 115 min | Action, Crime, Drama
After a prison riot, former-Captain Nascimento, now a high ranking security officer in Rio de Janeiro, is swept into a bloody political dispute that involves government officials and paramilitary groups.
Director: José Padilha | Stars: Wagner Moura, Irandhir Santos, André Ramiro, Milhem Cortaz
Votes: 86,900 | Gross: $0.10M
8. For Your Consideration (2006)
PG-13 | 86 min | Comedy
Three actors learn that their respective performances in the film "Home for Purim," a drama set in the mid-1940s American South, are generating award-season buzz.
Director: Christopher Guest | Stars: Catherine O'Hara, Harry Shearer, Parker Posey, Christopher Guest
Votes: 15,901 | Gross: $5.54M
9. Showtime (2002)
PG-13 | 95 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
A spoof of buddy cop movies where two very different cops are forced to team up on a new reality based television cop show, while tracking down the manufacturer and distributor of an illegally made semi-automatic firearm.
Director: Tom Dey | Stars: Robert De Niro, Eddie Murphy, Rene Russo, Rachael Harris
Votes: 65,237 | Gross: $38.08M
10. Delirious (1991)
PG | 96 min | Comedy, Fantasy
A soap opera writer gets hit on the head and wakes up as a character in his own show.
Director: Tom Mankiewicz | Stars: John Candy, Mariel Hemingway, Emma Samms, Raymond Burr
Votes: 9,549 | Gross: $5.55M
11. According to Greta (2009)
PG-13 | 92 min | Drama, Romance
A suicidal and rebellious teenager is sent to live with her grandparents for the summer, where life takes an unexpected turn.
Director: Nancy Bardawil | Stars: Hilary Duff, Evan Ross, Michael Murphy, Ellen Burstyn
Votes: 10,365
12. GREYLOCK (2023– )
Not Rated | History, Horror, Mystery
In the USA, strange creatures and strange discoveries, give birth to cryptic mysteries and mass murders around the town. Including a strange company that wants to change the world in strange ways.
Stars: Sophia Bartolai, Liam Hollander, Samantha Genrich, Alan Rosenbaum
Votes: 57
13. Desert Blue (1998)
R | 90 min | Drama
An academic obsessed with "roadside attractions" and his tv-star daughter finally discover the world's largest ice cream cone, the centerpiece for an old gold-rush town struggling to stay ... See full summary »
Director: Morgan J. Freeman | Stars: Casey Affleck, Brendan Sexton III, Kate Hudson, Christina Ricci
Votes: 2,509 | Gross: $0.10M
14. Andre the Giant (2018 TV Movie)
TV-14 | 85 min | Documentary, Biography, Sport
A look at the life and career of professional wrestler André Roussimoff, who gained notoriety in the 1980s as Andre the Giant.
Director: Jason Hehir | Stars: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Cary Elwes, Robin Wright, Rob Reiner
Votes: 6,873
15. Alex: The Life of a Child (1986 TV Movie)
Unrated | 100 min | Biography, Drama
Alexandra Deford, a precious and precocious girl, was just eight years old when she died in 1980 following a battle against the debilitating effects of cystic fibrosis, the number-one ... See full summary »
Director: Robert Markowitz | Stars: Craig T. Nelson, Bonnie Bedelia, Gennie James, Danny Corkill
Votes: 249
16. Every Day (2010)
R | 93 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A comedy about a New York City couple (Schreiber and Hunt) in romantic and family crisis.
Director: Richard Levine | Stars: Liev Schreiber, Helen Hunt, Carla Gugino, Ezra Miller
Votes: 3,599
17. Fatal Error (1999 TV Movie)
91 min | Action, Mystery, Sci-Fi
The seven American lawyers hired by Australian media magnate Jack Doulan, whose company rivals Albert Teal's Digicron for preponderance on the world market of telecommunications, are ... See full summary »
Director: Armand Mastroianni | Stars: Antonio Sabato Jr., Janine Turner, Robert Wagner, Jason Schombing
Votes: 671
18. Z Channel: A Magnificent Obsession (2004 TV Movie)
R | 122 min | Documentary, Biography, History
The story of Z Channel, one of the first U.S. pay cable stations and its programming chief, Jerry Harvey. Debuting in 1974 in LA, their eclectic slate of movies became a prime example of the untapped power of cable television.
Director: Xan Cassavetes | Stars: Jerry Harvey, Chuck Ross, Timothy Ryerson, Bob Strock
Votes: 1,699
19. F@ck This Job (2021)
104 min | Documentary, News
In 2008, Natasha, a newly rich woman, decides to open an independent TV station in Russia and builds an open-minded team of outcasts. By 2020, Natasha has lost everything to Russia's war between Propaganda and Truth.
Director: Vera Krichevskaya | Stars: Natalia Sindeeva, Aleksandr Vinokurov, Vera Krichevskaya, Anna Forshtreter
Votes: 568
20. A Holiday to Remember (1995 TV Movie)
Unrated | 90 min | Drama, Romance
Carolyn leaves the big city with her daughter Jordi for her childhood village. She meets her former fiance and finds a lost boy who she wants to adopt, but Jordi is not too keen on the idea.
Director: Jud Taylor | Stars: Connie Sellecca, Asia Vieira, Brenda Bazinet, Kyle Fairlie
Votes: 698
21. 25 Watts (2001)
Not Rated | 92 min | Comedy, Drama
24 hours in the life of three street youths in Montevideo.
Directors: Juan Pablo Rebella, Pablo Stoll | Stars: Daniel Hendler, Jorge Temponi, Alfonso Tort, Valentín Rivero
Votes: 1,690
22. The Directive (2019)
113 min | Action, Comedy, Sci-Fi
One year after a catastrophic pandemic wipes out most of humanity, a lone survivor embarks on a journey to find Safe Zone 57 with the help of a broken robot.
Director: Alexander Raye Pimentel | Stars: Kyle Abraham, Scott Thompson, Hannah Pimentel, Hashim Gari
Votes: 1,317
23. Hollywood, No Sex Please! (2018)
56 min | Documentary, History
The history of sexual mores in America and as shown in Hollywood films is examined, from early cinema through the Hays Code. The 1960s and the sexual revolution were a turning point in society, as reflected on screen.
Directors: Clara Kuperberg, Julia Kuperberg | Stars: Barbara Scaff, Linda Williams, Craig Detweiler, Adrian Lyne
Votes: 135
24. Suicide Notes (2013)
Not Rated | 100 min | Comedy
Down on his luck playwright, Julian Parker, has written a play in which the lead character commits suicide in the final scene. The only way he can get it produced is when a money hungry ... See full summary »
Director: Travis Ammons | Stars: Lou Martini Jr., Sue Rock, Jared Doreck, Travis Ammons
Votes: 32
25. No eres tú, soy yo (2011–2020)
Talk-Show
Stars: Carola Brethauer, Gabriel Martina, Javiera Suárez, Jessica Abudinen
Votes: 7
26. Natasha Mail Order Bride Escape to America (2012 TV Movie)
22 min | Comedy
Natasha the Mail Order Bride Escape to America is a Half-hour Comedy that follows the adventures of Natasha, a citizen of Crapistan, who has come to America, desperate to be a "True American".
Directors: Brooke Forbes, Basil Nestor | Stars: Brooke Forbes, Renée Taylor, Ken Davitian, Todd Lowe
27. Midnight Blue Collection, Vol. 1: The Deep Throat Special Edition (2005 Video)
122 min | Documentary, Biography, Talk-Show
From 1975 to 2002, MIDNIGHT BLUE was late-night cable's most depraved cavalcade of politics, pornography and perversion hosted by controversial Screw Magazine publisher Al Goldstein. This ... See full summary »
Stars: Alex Bennett, Carol Connors, Gerard Damiano, Al Goldstein
Votes: 52
28. Norman Checks In (1984)
11 min | Short
Norman Krasner checks into a hotel and finds himself bumped from his reserved room by a raucous taxidermy convention to room 13X.
Director: Shevard Goldstein | Star: Douglas P. MacIntosh
Votes: 60
29. The (718) (2010 TV Movie)
22 min | Comedy, Drama
With humility and heartbreaking hilarity, 'the(718)' presents the misadventures of beer-drinking, football-watching, awkward homosexual Stephen and his two straight best friends (as well as... See full summary »
Director: Darren Coyle | Stars: Parrish Hurley, Stas May, Patrick Edgar, Brian Dykstra
Votes: 37
30. Social face (2016–2018)
21 min | Comedy, Reality-TV
8 YouTube celebrities will participate in Social Face. The celebrities will have to face against the craziest of challenges, funny, bad and painful punishments and much much more. Who will ... See full summary »
Stars: Lorenzo Ostuni, Surrealpower, Francesco Posa, Awed
31. The Culture Is (2022– )
News
MSNBC's The Culture Is series aims to generate authentic and thought-provoking conversations across communities of women, including Black, Latina, Asian American Pacific Islander, ... See full summary »
Stars: Rosie Perez, Justina Machado, Robin Thede, Kamala Harris
Votes: 37
32. Social Dream (2018 TV Special)
Reality-TV
Director: Tak Kuroha | Stars: Sascha Burci, Lorenzo Ostuni, Sabrina Cereseto, Stefano Lepri
Votes: 11
33. DirecTV: Navidad de Terror (2007 Video)
1 min | Short, Comedy, Horror
A plethora of villains and horror characters help family to make Christmas unforgettable.
Votes: 6
34. Comedienne (1984)
82 min | Documentary, Biography, Comedy
If you think Mrs. Maisel captures the reality of being a woman in comedy, you need to see this documentary from the last comedy boom. COMEDIENNE (already an outdated term) follows two women... See full summary »
Director: Katherine Matheson | Stars: Cheryl Klein, Zora Rasmussen, Sterling Swan, Nancy Sigworth
35. The Who Rocks America: Press Conference (1982 TV Special)
60 min | Music, News, Talk-Show
Stars: Mike Carruthers, The Who, Roger Daltrey, John Entwistle
36. The Adventures of Barry McKenzie: Introduction by Dame Edna Everage (2007 Video)
5 min | Short, Biography, Comedy
Stars: Barry Humphries, Joan Bakewell, Dick Bentley, Peter Cook
37. Tenebrae: Interview with Dario Argento and Daria Nicolodi (1982 Video)
37 min | Documentary, Short, Biography
Stars: Dario Argento, Daria Nicolodi
38. Moon TV - hyvästi televisio (2009 TV Movie)
57 min | Documentary
MOON TV - GOODBYE TELEVISION Television is dead! Long live television! The documentary film MOON TV - GOODBYE TELEVISION tells the amazing story of the Finnish underground and very ... See full summary »
Director: Timo Wright | Stars: Anna Pollari, Hannu Kossila, Markku Mastomäki, Terja Salaspuro
Votes: 58
39.
The Styxhexenhammer666 Channel (2010– )
Episode:
Stop the Hammering!: MSNBC Host Lawrence O'Donnell Goes Ballistic
(2017)
11 min | News
Footage is leaked of MSNBC host Lawrence O'Donnell losing his temper between takes; Styx is amused.
Star: Styxhexenhammer666
40. The Rise and Fall of Ed the Sock: From Midnight Spank to Scam Artist (2022 TV Special)
10 min | Short, News, Talk-Show
Director: Dan Frampton | Stars: Dan Frampton, Liana Kerzner, Steven Joel Kerzner, Nardwuar
41. Don't Do It the Wrong Way, Do It the Bond Way! (1998 Video)
1 min | Short, Adventure, Comedy
Director: Iggy Oggard
42. Sin Dios Ni Late (2008–2024)
Talk-Show
Stars: Vasco Moulian, Carola Brethauer, Julio César Rodríguez, Tati Penna
Votes: 7
43. The Bongo Boy Rock N Roll TV Show (2011– )
28 min | Music
Indie Music Video TV show that features independent musicians, artists and bands on television.
44. Solyanka po-Piterski (2011)
20 min | Short, Comedy
Anthology sketch comedy, parodying Russian cable television.
Director: Kirill Kalandzhi | Stars: Kirill Kalandzhi, Anton Mosin, Alya Belokopytova, Dmitriy Ilyin
45. The People at CNN Defamed Donald Trump Jr Re Wikileaks and Were Forced to Apologize (2017 Video)
12 min | Short, News
Styx relates CNN's latest embarrassment.
Star: Styxhexenhammer666
47. Pakistan Aims to Defend its Heritage by Banning Criticism of Islam: My Take (2017 Video)
11 min | Short, News
Styx predicts no criticism from the Left of Pakistan's new blasphemy laws.
Star: Styxhexenhammer666
48. Trump Suggests Fake News Trophy: Let's Make it Plural (2017 Video)
11 min | Short, News
Why stop at one Fake News Trophy? asks Styx.
Star: Styxhexenhammer666
49. Localization (1973 Video)
Experimental audio/video installation, produced at Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York, featuring live video and audio interchange between two indoor locations through two-way, black-and-white, cable television system.
Director: Bill Viola
50. The Cable Company (2021– )
Comedy
Stars: Danny Ross, Julia Rachilewski, Elitia Daniels, Alex Pike