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1. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)
R | 108 min | Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi
When their relationship turns sour, a couple undergoes a medical procedure to have each other erased from their memories forever.
Director: Michel Gondry | Stars: Jim Carrey, Kate Winslet, Tom Wilkinson, Gerry Robert Byrne
Votes: 1,081,430 | Gross: $34.40M
2. Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986)
PG-13 | 103 min | Comedy
A popular high school student, admired by his peers, decides to take a day off from school and goes to extreme lengths to pull it off, to the chagrin of his Dean, who'll do anything to stop him.
Director: John Hughes | Stars: Matthew Broderick, Alan Ruck, Mia Sara, Jeffrey Jones
Votes: 387,880 | Gross: $70.14M
3. Ant-Man and the Wasp (2018)
PG-13 | 118 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
As Scott Lang balances being both a superhero and a father, Hope van Dyne and Dr. Hank Pym present an urgent new mission that finds the Ant-Man fighting alongside The Wasp to uncover secrets from their past.
Director: Peyton Reed | Stars: Paul Rudd, Evangeline Lilly, Michael Peña, Walton Goggins
Votes: 451,583 | Gross: $216.65M
4. Barb and Star Go to Vista Del Mar (2021)
PG-13 | 107 min | Comedy, Fantasy
Lifelong friends Barb and Star embark on the adventure of a lifetime when they decide to leave their small Midwestern town for the first time - ever.
Director: Josh Greenbaum | Stars: Kristen Wiig, Annie Mumolo, Jamie Dornan, Damon Wayans Jr.
Votes: 20,109
5. The Starling Girl (2023)
R | 117 min | Drama
17-year-old Jem Starling struggles with her place within her Christian fundamentalist community. But everything changes when her magnetic youth pastor Owen returns to their church.
Director: Laurel Parmet | Stars: Eliza Scanlen, Lewis Pullman, Jimmi Simpson, Wrenn Schmidt
Votes: 2,385
6. Dorm Daze (2003)
R | 96 min | Comedy, Crime, Mystery
Set during a crazy afternoon in the lives of a dozen college students at a co-ed dorm that starts with the arrival of two very different women with the same name of Dominique.
Directors: David Hillenbrand, Scott Hillenbrand | Stars: Tatyana Ali, Boti Bliss, Gable Carr, Patrick Cavanaugh
Votes: 8,220 | Gross: $0.06M
7. True Things (2021)
102 min | Drama
It follows a young woman living on the fringes of society who becomes intoxicated by a stranger who overwhelms her quiet life.
Director: Harry Wootliff | Stars: Ruth Wilson, Tom Burke, Hayley Squires, Elizabeth Rider
Votes: 1,705
8. The Bunker (1981 TV Movie)
150 min | Drama, History, War
Dramatization depicting the events surrounding Adolf Hitler's (Sir Anthony Hopkins) last weeks in and around his underground bunker in Berlin before and during the battle for the city.
Director: George Schaefer | Stars: Anthony Hopkins, Richard Jordan, Cliff Gorman, James Naughton
Votes: 2,556
9. Shock (1977)
R | 93 min | Horror
A couple is terrorized in their new house haunted by the vengeful ghost of the woman's former husband, who possesses their young son.
Directors: Mario Bava, Lamberto Bava | Stars: Daria Nicolodi, John Steiner, David Colin Jr., Ivan Rassimov
Votes: 4,693
10. Bread Barbershop (2020– )
TV-Y | Animation, Comedy, Family
In a town filled with food, Bread is a master cake decorator who gives life-changing makeovers that will put any customer in an amazing mood.
Stars: Marc Thompson, Laurie Hymes, Elinor Vanderburg, Ian James Corlett
Votes: 236
11. Nothing Sacred (1937)
Passed | 77 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
An eccentric woman learns she is not dying of radium poisoning as earlier assumed, but when she meets a reporter looking for a story, she feigns sickness again for her own profit.
Director: William A. Wellman | Stars: Carole Lombard, Fredric March, Charles Winninger, Walter Connolly
Votes: 7,298
12. Les vampires (1915)
Not Rated | 421 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
An intrepid reporter and his loyal friend battle a bizarre secret society of criminals known as The Vampires.
Director: Louis Feuillade | Stars: Musidora, Édouard Mathé, Marcel Lévesque, Jean Aymé
Votes: 5,445
13. All I Want for Christmas (1991)
G | 92 min | Comedy, Family, Romance
A brother and sister attempt to bring their divorced parents back together for Christmas.
Director: Robert Lieberman | Stars: Harley Jane Kozak, Jamey Sheridan, Ethan Embry, Kevin Nealon
Votes: 5,605 | Gross: $14.81M
14. Arabian Nights (1942)
Approved | 86 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
The caliph of Baghdad must go into hiding with a group of traveling performers when his brother usurps the throne. Both brothers desire a beautiful dancing girl, who is torn between power and true love.
Director: John Rawlins | Stars: Jon Hall, Maria Montez, Sabu, Leif Erickson
Votes: 1,670 | Gross: $3.71M
15. The Clonus Horror (1979)
R | 90 min | Horror, Romance, Sci-Fi
In a seemingly perfect society, one member discovers the truth about the outside world, as well as their ultimate purpose.
Director: Robert S. Fiveson | Stars: Peter Graves, Rick DiAngelo, Eugene Robert Glazer, Eileen Dietz
Votes: 2,685
16. Murder by Contract (1958)
Approved | 81 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
Claude is a ruthless and efficient contract killer - until he finds his next target is a woman.
Director: Irving Lerner | Stars: Vince Edwards, Phillip Pine, Herschel Bernardi, Caprice Toriel
Votes: 4,405
17. The Schoolteacher Goes to Boys' High (1978)
92 min | Comedy
Edwige Fenech stars in this Italian sex-comedy as the new teacher in all-boys Catholic school. All of the boys desire for the chance to "learn" more about their new teacher, but only 1 student gets the opportunity.
Director: Mariano Laurenti | Stars: Edwige Fenech, Renzo Montagnani, Alvaro Vitali, Leo Colonna
Votes: 453
18. Bad Sister (1931)
Passed | 68 min | Drama
Marianne falls in love with a con artist who has a hidden agenda.
Director: Hobart Henley | Stars: Conrad Nagel, Sidney Fox, Bette Davis, Zasu Pitts
Votes: 1,511
19. The Silver Cord (1933)
Passed | 74 min | Drama, Romance
A domineering matriarch is less than happy when her son brings home his new bride. She immediately sets to work at sabotaging their marriage as well as the engagement of her younger and weaker son.
Director: John Cromwell | Stars: Irene Dunne, Joel McCrea, Laura Hope Crews, Eric Linden
Votes: 631
20. The Saxon Charm (1948)
Approved | 88 min | Comedy, Drama
In order to get his way, New York producer Matt Saxon manipulates and controls everyone around him but his latest protégé, novelist Eric Busch, finally stands-up to him.
Director: Claude Binyon | Stars: Robert Montgomery, Susan Hayward, John Payne, Audrey Totter
Votes: 316
21. Down, Out & Dangerous (1995 TV Movie)
R | 95 min | Thriller
Brad, a happily-married businessman, meets Tim, a disturbed drifter and tries to help him. After a neighbor dies suspiciously, Brad mistakenly thinks covering it up will be best, but ... See full summary »
Director: Noel Nosseck | Stars: Richard Thomas, Bruce Davison, Cynthia Ettinger, Steve Hytner
Votes: 244
22. Till Eulenspiegel (1975)
100 min | Comedy
In medieval Germany, poor and witty Till Eulenspiegel fools and cheats citizens, churchmen, and landlords. Although in most cases he uses his wit for personal well-being, he often helps the... See full summary »
Director: Rainer Simon | Stars: Winfried Glatzeder, Cox Habbema, Franciszek Pieczka, Eberhard Esche
Votes: 78
23. Les disparus de St. Agil (1938)
98 min | Drama, Mystery
Strange things happen at night at the Saint-Argil secondary school. Baume, Sorgues and Macroy, three of the school's pupils, discover a suspicious man on the premises. Shortly after this unsettling event, pupils begin to go missing.
Director: Christian-Jaque | Stars: Erich von Stroheim, Michel Simon, Armand Bernard, Aimé Clariond
Votes: 956
24. Kansas City Princess (1934)
Passed | 64 min | Comedy, Romance
Two wisecracking manicurists flee an irate gangster.
Director: William Keighley | Stars: Joan Blondell, Glenda Farrell, Robert Armstrong, Hugh Herbert
Votes: 430
25. The Love Patient (2011)
Not Rated | 95 min | Comedy, Romance
Paul is a success who has gone stale with his work and his life. He has lost the love of his life but they are still co-workers. So he decides to "get" cancer so he can be popular again ... See full summary »
Director: Michael Simon | Stars: Benjamin Lutz, John Werskey, Jackson Palmer, Annette Remter
Votes: 487
26. Laissons Lucie faire! (2000)
91 min | Comedy, Romance
Lucie sells swimsuits that she created on the beaches. His companion becomes an apprentice secret agent, which poses a problem in their love life, especially when a young woman asks him to introduce him to sensual pleasures.
Director: Emmanuel Mouret | Stars: Marie Gillain, Emmanuel Mouret, Dolores Chaplin, Georges Neri
Votes: 261
27. Caution, Kids! (2009)
77 min | Comedy, Family
A troublemaker pretends to be sick to avoid of trouble in school. When the class nerd volunteers to accompany him to the hospital, they instead hop on a train to Moscow for an adventure in the big city.
Director: Stanislav Lebedev | Stars: Vsevolod Nikolaev, Aleksandr Siguev, Vera Aleksandrova, Mariya Buknis
Votes: 52
28. Biokids (1990)
92 min | Action, Fantasy
A gang of Filipino kids stumble upon a mad scientist's lair. He outfits them with power suits and motorbikes, and sends them to fight a crime-lord party clown.
Director: Bebong Osorio | Stars: Katrin Gonzales, R.R. Herrera, Patrick Sonora, Susan Lozada
Votes: 39
29. What's the Matador? (1942)
17 min | Comedy, Short
The stooges are actors traveling to perform at a fiesta in Mexico. After they accidentally switch suitcases with that of Dolores, a lovely senorita they met on trip down, they must sneak ... See full summary »
Director: Jules White | Stars: Moe Howard, Larry Fine, Curly Howard, Suzanne Kaaren
Votes: 451
30. Memoirs of a Gigolo (1970)
90 min | Comedy
Man raised in a brothel tries to earn his living as a pimp, but gets in trouble when his girlfriend cheats him with an older man.
Director: Alberto Pieralisi | Stars: Cláudio Cavalcanti, Rossana Ghessa, Jece Valadão, Fábio Sabag
Votes: 49
31. Breaking and Entering (2018)
17 min | Short, Comedy, Drama
IMAD is a young Arab man who comes from a very poor neighborhood. Today he has a secret date with ANGEL, the son of a rich family who had met by a dating app. But when their parents ... See full summary »
Director: Damià Serra Cauchetiez | Stars: Moha Amazian, Pablo Capuz, Maria Molins, Lluís Altés
Votes: 56
32. Danger Woman (1946)
Approved | 59 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
An atomic scientist who was one of the brains behind the A-bomb is now working in private life, trying to adapt atomic power for business purposes. One day his long-estranged wife--who had ... See full summary »
Director: Lewis D. Collins | Stars: Don Porter, Brenda Joyce, Patricia Morison, Milburn Stone
Votes: 48
33. Derren Brown: Miracles for Sale (2011 TV Special)
73 min | Documentary
Derren proves it is possible to take someone from the streets of the UK, and turn them into a faith healer in the USA. Along the way we learn how to scam people through faith healing.
Director: Simon Dinsell | Stars: Derren Brown, Kenneth Copeland, Benny Hinn, Sean Pinder
Votes: 356
34. Perekhodny vozrast (1981)
71 min | Romance
Problems of 14 year old girl Anutsa, living with her widowed father. When he meets a woman from Riga and introduces her to his daughter, the girl's initial jealousy warms as she gets to know her potential stepmother.
Director: Ion Scutelnic | Stars: Yana Poplavskaya, Avangard Leontev, Natalya Varley, Constantsa Tirtseu
Votes: 17
35. C'est mieux la vie quand on est grand (2008 TV Movie)
90 min | Drama
A young boy accidentally kills his alcoholic mother and is sent to live in a foster home.
Director: Luc Béraud | Stars: Daniel Russo, Christine Citti, Antoine Fonck, Stéphane Bissot
Votes: 19
36. Hospitaliky (1937)
5 min | Animation, Family, Comedy
To get at nurse Olive, Popeye and Bluto fake various illnesses. Olive sees through this and tells them they need to be either very sick or hurt real bad, so they try to get hurt, but both ... See full summary »
Directors: Dave Fleischer, Seymour Kneitel | Stars: Jack Mercer, Mae Questel, Gus Wicke
Votes: 284
37. Fireman Save My Child (1918)
8 min | Comedy, Short
Harold decides to crash a fireman's ball just to see the girl he loves. However, their parents decided she would marry the fire department chief and Harold is out of consideration. But when... See full summary »
Director: Alfred J. Goulding | Stars: Harold Lloyd, Bebe Daniels, 'Snub' Pollard, William Blaisdell
Votes: 106
38. South American George (1941)
92 min | Comedy
George Butters is a double for a South American opera singer.
Director: Marcel Varnel | Stars: George Formby, Linden Travers, Enid Stamp-Taylor, Jacques Brown
Votes: 116
39. Who's Looney Now (1936)
Approved | 19 min | Comedy, Short
Brown gives his new neighbor a ride home. In appreciation, the neighbor shares his tricks he calls "the masculine emancipator." When Brown follows his advice, things do not go exactly to plan.
Director: Leslie Goodwins | Stars: Jack Norton, Vivien Oakland, Billy Gilbert, Tempe Pigott
Votes: 28
40. Publicity Pays (1924)
10 min | Short, Comedy
Jimmy Jump's young wife goes in strongly for amateur theatricals. After one of her performances a theater manager signs her up. He opens a publicity campaign by having her appear in public ... See full summary »
Director: Leo McCarey | Stars: Charley Chase, Beth Darlington, Eddie Baker, Noah Young
Votes: 46
41. The Persecution of Bob Pretty (1916)
Short, Comedy, Drama
A village squire's keeper feigns illness to trap a poacher.
Director: Frank Miller | Stars: Frank Stanmore, Vivian Gibson, James Reardon, Philip Hewland
43. Nebe a Vincek (2008 TV Movie)
59 min | Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Director: Petr Zahrádka | Stars: Jaroslav Plesl, Jan Budar, Bohumil Klepl, Zuzana Bydzovská
Votes: 12
45.
According to Jim (2001–2009)
Episode:
The Best Man
(2004)
TV-PG | 22 min | Comedy, Romance
Danny and Laraine announce their intent to marry, and Danny asks Jim to be his best man. Cheryl tells Jim he better not get Danny drunk at a bachelor party. So instead, Jim takes him for a cold swim in Lake Michigan and gets him sick.
Director: Philip Charles MacKenzie | Stars: Jim Belushi, Courtney Thorne-Smith, Kimberly Williams-Paisley, Larry Joe Campbell
Votes: 160
46.
The Brady Bunch (1969–1974)
Episode:
Will the Real Jan Brady Please Stand Up?
(1971)
Not Rated | 25 min | Comedy, Family
Jan is tired of living in the shadows of her two sisters. So she buys a curly black wig to stand out and plans to debut "the New Jan Brady" at Lucy Winters' party.
Director: Peter Baldwin | Stars: Robert Reed, Florence Henderson, Ann B. Davis, Maureen McCormick
Votes: 250
47.
Diff'rent Strokes (1978–1986)
Episode:
Growing Up
(1981)
TV-PG | 25 min | Comedy, Drama, Family
With the help of Arnold, Willis gets everyone to leave the house so that he and Charlene can make love for the first time. However when the moment occurs, things do not go as smoothly as he expected.
Director: Gerren Keith | Stars: Conrad Bain, Gary Coleman, Todd Bridges, Dana Plato
Votes: 69
48.
The Flintstones (1960–1966)
Episode:
Disorder in the Court
(1965)
Not Rated | 30 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
Fred and Barney are selected for jury duty. Fred is elected as jury foreman.
Directors: Joseph Barbera, William Hanna | Stars: Alan Reed, Jean Vander Pyl, Mel Blanc, Daws Butler
Votes: 173
49.
Forensic Files (1996–2011)
Episode:
Reel Danger
(2002)
TV-14 | 22 min | Documentary, Crime
The investigation into a brutal attack on two boys near a pond relies on evidence fished out of the murky water. It was the first case where Diatom evidence was used to place a suspect at ... See full summary »
Stars: Peter Thomas, Debra Chamberlain, Joseph DePasquale, Donald McCarthy
Votes: 91
50.
Full House (1987–1995)
Episode:
D.J. Tanner's Day Off
(1988)
TV-G | 25 min | Comedy, Drama, Family
D.J. skips school and sneaks down to the mall to get a celebrity's autograph.
Director: Joel Zwick | Stars: John Stamos, Bob Saget, Dave Coulier, Candace Cameron Bure
Votes: 355