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1. Bachelor Father (1957–1962)

30 min | Comedy, Family

The misadventures of a single adoptive father raising a teenage niece with the help of his manservant.

Stars: John Forsythe, Noreen Corcoran, Sammee Tong, Bernadette Withers

Votes: 585

2. I Was Born, But... (1932)

Not Rated | 90 min | Comedy, Drama

Two young brothers throw a tantrum when they discover that their father isn't the most important man in his workplace.

Director: Yasujirô Ozu | Stars: Tatsuo Saitô, Tomio Aoki, Mitsuko Yoshikawa, Hideo Sugawara

Votes: 6,238

3. Dear Diary (1989)

103 min | Comedy, Horror, Mystery

Two teen stories in one film starring the talented Herbert Bautista. In one story (Dear Party Line), he is a houseboy who strikes up a friendship with a girl over the phone. In another ... See full summary »

Directors: Lupita Aquino-Kashiwahara, Leroy Salvador | Stars: Herbert Bautista, Gelli De Belen, Jigo Garcia, Gloria Sevilla

Votes: 33

4. Portrait of Jason (1967)

Not Rated | 105 min | Documentary, Biography

Black gay prostitute Jason Holliday is rigorously interviewed on his story and character, revealing nuanced truths about life and art.

Director: Shirley Clarke | Stars: Jason Holliday, Shirley Clarke, Carl Lee

Votes: 1,414

5. The Falcon Strikes Back (1943)

Approved | 66 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir

Tom Lawrence, who has inherited his brother's sobriquet of "The Falcon," is framed for the theft of war bonds and murder.

Director: Edward Dmytryk | Stars: Tom Conway, Harriet Nelson, Jane Randolph, Edgar Kennedy

Votes: 809

6. Day-Time Wife (1939)

Passed | 72 min | Comedy, Romance

After a young wife discovers her husband of two years is involved with his beautiful secretary, she applies for a job as secretary to a business rival.

Director: Gregory Ratoff | Stars: Tyrone Power, Linda Darnell, Warren William, Binnie Barnes

Votes: 795

7. Front Page Woman (1935)

Passed | 82 min | Comedy, Romance

A woman reporter tries to prove she's just as good as any man, but runs into trouble along the way.

Director: Michael Curtiz | Stars: Bette Davis, George Brent, Roscoe Karns, Wini Shaw

Votes: 1,731

8. West Side Avenue (2001)

315 min | Crime, Drama

A Filipino teenager is shot to death on a New Jersey, USA sidewalk: an investigation starts and his family and friends are interviewed. Along the way, more about him is revealed and so is ... See full summary »

Director: Lav Diaz | Stars: Yul Servo, Joel Torre, Gloria Diaz, Angel Aquino

Votes: 217

9. The Saint Strikes Back (1939)

Passed | 64 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Simon Templar, the Saint, travels to San Francisco to solve crime mysteries within the police department.

Director: John Farrow | Stars: George Sanders, Wendy Barrie, Jonathan Hale, Jerome Cowan

Votes: 1,086

10. The Houseboy (2007)

TV-MA | 81 min | Drama, Romance

Overhearing his boyfriends talk of "a new toy for Christmas," young, cute, but aimless Ricky copes with online hookups and drugs. Depressed, Ricky considers suicide, until he meets another boy who makes him wonder should he stick around?

Director: Spencer Schilly | Stars: Nick May, Tom Merlino, Brian Patacca, Damián Fuentes

Votes: 738

11. The Wall (1998 TV Movie)

95 min | Drama, War

The story of three items left at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall: a pencil holder, a sheriff's badge, and an electric guitar. Each item connects the living with the dead and are left as either memorials or to heal the wounds of war.

Director: Joseph Sargent | Stars: Edward James Olmos, Richard Chevolleau, Dean McDermott, Trevor Blumas

Votes: 153

12. Lie Down with Dogs (1995)

R | 84 min | Comedy, Romance

Tommie is a young guy in Manhattan with a dead-end job handing out fliers in Times Square. At the beginning of a fateful summer, he has a chance encounter with a friend who tells Tommie ... See full summary »

Director: Wally White | Stars: Wally White, Bash Halow, James Sexton, Darren Dryden

Votes: 661 | Gross: $0.24M

13. Tom Sawyer (1917)

Unrated | 59 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama

Tom, the rambunctious member of the Sawyer clan, takes it upon himself to teach the goody-goody boy of Hannibal, Missouri a lesson and, as Huckleberry Finn, his free-spirited best friend ... See full summary »

Director: William Desmond Taylor | Stars: Jack Pickford, George Hackathorne, Alice Marvin, Edythe Chapman

Votes: 194

14. The Crimson Key (1947)

Passed | 76 min | Action, Crime, Mystery

A red key to a public locker is also the key to solving a string of mysterious murders investigated by private eye Larry Morgan.

Director: Eugene Forde | Stars: Kent Taylor, Doris Dowling, Dennis Hoey, Louise Currie

Votes: 145

15. Daring Daughters (1933)

Passed | 63 min | Drama, Romance

A savvy city girl tries to protect her naive sister, who has just moved from the country, from the temptations--and men--of big-city life.

Director: Christy Cabanne | Stars: Marian Marsh, Kenneth Thomson, Joan Marsh, Bert Roach

Votes: 45

16. The Girl from Mandalay (1936)

Approved | 68 min | Action, Drama, Romance

John Foster (Conrad Nagel) and Kenneth Grainger (Donald Cook) are a couple of Englishmen stationed at a teak wood post. When Foster's fiancée, Mary Trevor (Esther Ralston), writes him that ... See full summary »

Director: Howard Bretherton | Stars: Conrad Nagel, Kay Linaker, Donald Cook, Esther Ralston

Votes: 25

17. Ang biyenang hindi tumatawa (1954)

Comedy, Drama, Romance

When a mother-in-law SCOLDS--that's ordinary, GOSSIPS--that's understandable, DESPAIRS--that's bearable. But when a mother-in-law just won't laugh--WHAT A MISFORTUNE.

Director: Armando Garces | Stars: Gloria Romero, Ric Rodrigo, Chichay, Tolindoy

18. Call of the South Seas (1944)

Approved | 59 min | Action, Comedy, Crime

Princess Tahia, a beautiful French Polynesian idealist, falls in love with an American spy whose mission is to extradite an American embezzler living large on her South Pacific island.

Director: John English | Stars: Janet Martin, Allan Lane, William Henry, Roy Barcroft

Votes: 59

19. The Golden Girls (1985–1992)
Episode: Stand by Your Man (1990)

TV-PG | 24 min | Comedy, Drama

Blanche makes a date with a man she meets at a library, not realizing that he is confined to a wheelchair.

Director: Matthew Diamond | Stars: Bea Arthur, Betty White, Rue McClanahan, Estelle Getty

Votes: 377

20. Lilyhammer (2012–2014)
Episode: Ghosts (2013)

TV-MA | 44 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

Frank goes back to NY to settle things with Aldo, with two unsuspected local friends.

Director: Geir Henning Hopland | Stars: Steven Van Zandt, Trond Fausa, Steinar Sagen, Robert Skjærstad

Votes: 489

21. Indian Summers (2015–2016)
Episode: Indian Man, British Suit (2016)

TV-14 | 48 min | Drama

It is now 1935 and on the day the British government is passing an act to increase its powers over India the Viceroy is attacked, leading Cynthia to suggest Ralph goes for the post. Aafrin ... See full summary »

Director: John Alexander | Stars: Julie Walters, Blake Ritson, Henry Lloyd-Hughes, Rick Warden

Votes: 89