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1. A Simple Favor (2018)
R | 117 min | Comedy, Crime, Mystery
Stephanie is a single mother with a parenting vlog who befriends Emily, a secretive upper-class woman who has a child at the same elementary school. When Emily goes missing, Stephanie takes it upon herself to investigate.
Director: Paul Feig | Stars: Anna Kendrick, Blake Lively, Henry Golding, Andrew Rannells
Votes: 164,334 | Gross: $53.55M
2. May December (2023)
R | 117 min | Drama
Twenty years after their notorious tabloid romance gripped the nation, a married couple buckles under pressure when an actress arrives to do research for a film about their past.
Director: Todd Haynes | Stars: Natalie Portman, Chris Tenzis, Charles Melton, Julianne Moore
Votes: 54,605
3. Beautiful Boy (I) (2018)
R | 120 min | Biography, Drama
Based on the best-selling pair of memoirs from father and son David and Nic Sheff, Beautiful Boy chronicles the heartbreaking and inspiring experience of survival, relapse and recovery in a family coping with addiction over many years.
Director: Felix van Groeningen | Stars: Steve Carell, Maura Tierney, Jack Dylan Grazer, Oakley Bull
Votes: 100,746 | Gross: $7.65M
4. Spider-Man 3 (2007)
PG-13 | 139 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
A strange black entity from another world bonds with Peter Parker and causes inner turmoil as he contends with new villains, temptations, and revenge.
Director: Sam Raimi | Stars: Tobey Maguire, Kirsten Dunst, Topher Grace, Thomas Haden Church
Votes: 640,098 | Gross: $336.53M
5. Amsterdam (2022)
R | 134 min | Comedy, Drama, History
In the 1930s, three friends witness a murder, are framed for it, and uncover one of the most outrageous plots in American history.
Director: David O. Russell | Stars: Christian Bale, Margot Robbie, John David Washington, Alessandro Nivola
Votes: 93,996
6. Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)
PG | 95 min | Comedy, War
An unhinged American general orders a bombing attack on the Soviet Union, triggering a path to nuclear holocaust that a war room full of politicians and generals frantically tries to stop.
Director: Stanley Kubrick | Stars: Peter Sellers, George C. Scott, Sterling Hayden, Keenan Wynn
Votes: 519,487 | Gross: $0.28M
7. You've Got Mail (1998)
PG | 119 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Book superstore magnate Joe Fox and independent book shop owner Kathleen Kelly fall in love in the anonymity of the Internet, both blissfully unaware that he's trying to put her out of business.
Director: Nora Ephron | Stars: Tom Hanks, Meg Ryan, Greg Kinnear, Parker Posey
Votes: 230,372 | Gross: $115.82M
8. Casper (1995)
PG | 100 min | Comedy, Family, Fantasy
An afterlife therapist and his daughter meet a friendly young ghost when they move into a crumbling mansion in order to rid the premises of wicked spirits.
Director: Brad Silberling | Stars: Bill Pullman, Christina Ricci, Cathy Moriarty, Eric Idle
Votes: 147,231 | Gross: $100.33M
9. The Kill Room (2023)
R | 98 min | Comedy, Thriller
A hitman, his boss, an art dealer and a money-laundering scheme that accidentally turns the assassin into an overnight avant-garde sensation, one that forces her to play the art world against the underworld.
Director: Nicol Paone | Stars: Alexis Linkletter, Joe Manganiello, Danny Plaza, Amy Keum
Votes: 6,283
10. Manhunter (1986)
R | 120 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Former FBI profiler Will Graham returns to service to pursue a deranged serial killer dubbed "the Tooth Fairy" by the media.
Director: Michael Mann | Stars: William Petersen, Kim Greist, Joan Allen, Brian Cox
Votes: 81,268 | Gross: $8.62M
11. The Fighter (I) (2010)
R | 116 min | Action, Biography, Drama
Based on the story of Micky Ward, a fledgling boxer who tries to escape the shadow of his more famous but troubled older boxing brother and get his own shot at greatness.
Director: David O. Russell | Stars: Mark Wahlberg, Christian Bale, Amy Adams, Melissa Leo
Votes: 389,722 | Gross: $93.62M
12. The Ides of March (2011)
R | 101 min | Drama, Thriller
An idealistic staffer for a new presidential candidate gets a crash course on dirty politics during his stint on the campaign trail.
Director: George Clooney | Stars: Paul Giamatti, George Clooney, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Ryan Gosling
Votes: 231,224 | Gross: $40.96M
13. All the President's Men (1976)
PG | 138 min | Drama, History, Thriller
"The Washington Post" reporters Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein uncover the details of the Watergate scandal that leads to President Richard Nixon's resignation.
Director: Alan J. Pakula | Stars: Dustin Hoffman, Robert Redford, Jack Warden, Martin Balsam
Votes: 126,410 | Gross: $70.60M
14. Greta (2018)
R | 98 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
A young woman befriends a lonely widow who's harboring a dark and deadly agenda toward her.
Director: Neil Jordan | Stars: Isabelle Huppert, Chloë Grace Moretz, Maika Monroe, Jane Perry
Votes: 38,242 | Gross: $10.52M
15. Our Friend (2019)
R | 124 min | Drama, Romance
After receiving life-altering news, a couple finds unexpected support from their best friend, who puts his own life on hold and moves into their family home, bringing an impact much greater and more profound than anyone could have imagined.
Director: Gabriela Cowperthwaite | Stars: Jason Segel, Isabella Kai, Violet McGraw, Casey Affleck
Votes: 15,435
16. Motherless Brooklyn (2019)
R | 144 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
In 1950s New York, Lionel, a private detective with Tourette syndrome, sets out to uncover the mystery behind his mentor and only friend Frank's murder. Scouring the jazz clubs and slums of Brooklyn, he soon uncovers a web of secrets.
Director: Edward Norton | Stars: Edward Norton, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Alec Baldwin, Willem Dafoe
Votes: 62,954
17. Bad Education (2019)
TV-MA | 108 min | Biography, Comedy, Crime
The beloved superintendent of New York's Roslyn school district and his staff, friends and relatives become the prime suspects in the unfolding of the single largest public school embezzlement scandal in American history.
Director: Cory Finley | Stars: Hugh Jackman, Ray Romano, Welker White, Allison Janney
Votes: 43,618
18. The Meyerowitz Stories (2017)
TV-MA | 112 min | Comedy, Drama
An estranged family gathers together in New York City for an event celebrating the artistic work of their father.
Director: Noah Baumbach | Stars: Adam Sandler, Grace Van Patten, Dustin Hoffman, Elizabeth Marvel
Votes: 54,234
19. The Company You Keep (2012)
R | 125 min | Drama, Thriller
After a journalist discovers his identity, a former Weather Underground activist goes on the run.
Director: Robert Redford | Stars: Robert Redford, Brit Marling, Stanley Tucci, Nick Nolte
Votes: 35,018 | Gross: $5.13M
20. Money Shot: The Pornhub Story (2023)
TV-MA | 94 min | Documentary
Follow the rise of the most famous adult entertainment platform and the recent backlash it has received.
Director: Suzanne Hillinger | Stars: Noelle Perdue, Michael Stabile, Wolf Hudson, Siri Dahl
Votes: 5,021
21. The Falcon and the Snowman (1985)
R | 131 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
The true story of a disillusioned military contractor employee and his drug pusher childhood friend who became walk-in spies for the Soviet Union.
Director: John Schlesinger | Stars: Timothy Hutton, Sean Penn, Pat Hingle, Joyce Van Patten
Votes: 12,770 | Gross: $17.10M
22. Hanging Up (2000)
PG-13 | 94 min | Comedy, Drama
A trio of sisters bond over their ambivalence toward the approaching death of their curmudgeonly father, to whom none of them was particularly close.
Director: Diane Keaton | Stars: Diane Keaton, Meg Ryan, Lisa Kudrow, Walter Matthau
Votes: 13,191 | Gross: $36.05M
23. Born Yesterday (1950)
Not Rated | 103 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A tycoon hires a tutor to teach his lover proper etiquette, with unexpected results.
Director: George Cukor | Stars: Judy Holliday, William Holden, Broderick Crawford, Howard St. John
Votes: 12,475
24. Next Goal Wins (2014)
Not Rated | 97 min | Documentary, Sport
The American Samoa soccer team, deemed "worst in the world", try to qualify for the 2014 World Cup.
Directors: Mike Brett, Steve Jamison | Stars: Li'atama Amisone Jr., Faiivae Iuli Alex Godinet, D'Angelo Herrera, Ace Lalogafuafua
Votes: 3,134 | Gross: $0.04M
25. Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story (2017)
88 min | Documentary, Biography, History
The life and career of the hailed Hollywood movie star and underappreciated genius inventor, Hedy Lamarr.
Director: Alexandra Dean | Stars: Hedy Lamarr, Mel Brooks, Jennifer Hom, Anthony Loder
Votes: 4,320 | Gross: $0.82M
26. Body Parts (1991)
R | 88 min | Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
After losing his arm in a car accident, a criminal psychologist has it replaced with a limb that belonged to a serial killer.
Director: Eric Red | Stars: Jeff Fahey, Lindsay Duncan, Kim Delaney, Zakes Mokae
Votes: 5,034 | Gross: $9.19M
27. Scare Me (I) (2020)
Not Rated | 104 min | Comedy, Horror
During a power outage, two strangers tell scary stories. The more Fred and Fanny commit to their tales, the more the stories come to life in their Catskills cabin. The horrors of reality manifest when Fred confronts his ultimate fear.
Director: Josh Ruben | Stars: Josh Ruben, Aya Cash, Chris Redd, Rebecca Drysdale
Votes: 5,050
28. Sublet (2020)
Not Rated | 89 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A New York Times travel writer comes to Tel Aviv after suffering a tragedy. The energy of the city and his relationship with a younger man brings him back to life.
Director: Eytan Fox | Stars: John Benjamin Hickey, Niv Nissim, Lihi Kornowski, Miki Kam
Votes: 2,984
29. Finding Vivian Maier (2013)
Not Rated | 83 min | Documentary, Biography, Mystery
A documentary on the late Vivian Maier, a nanny whose previously unknown cache of 100,000 photographs earned her a posthumous reputation as one of the most accomplished street photographers.
Directors: John Maloof, Charlie Siskel | Stars: Vivian Maier, John Maloof, Daniel Arnaud, Simon Amédé
Votes: 15,110 | Gross: $1.51M
30. Color Me Kubrick (2005)
Not Rated | 86 min | Comedy, Drama
The true story of a man who posed as director Stanley Kubrick during the production of Kubrick's last film, Eyes Wide Shut (1999), despite knowing very little about his work and looking nothing like him.
Director: Brian W. Cook | Stars: John Malkovich, Jim Davidson, Richard E. Grant, Tom Allen
Votes: 6,915 | Gross: $0.07M
31. Listen Up Philip (2014)
Not Rated | 108 min | Comedy, Drama
When a self-obsessed novelist (Jason Schwartzman) has problems with his novel and his girlfriend (Elisabeth Moss), he seeks refuge in his mentor's cottage where the peace and quiet allow him to focus on his favorite subject - himself.
Director: Alex Ross Perry | Stars: Jason Schwartzman, Elisabeth Moss, Jonathan Pryce, Krysten Ritter
Votes: 6,984 | Gross: $0.14M
32. The 1619 Project (2023)
Approved | 61 min | Documentary, History
Connects the centrality of slavery in history with an unflinching account of brutal racism that endures in so many aspects of American life today.
Star: Nikole Hannah-Jones
Votes: 1,724
33. The First Grader (2010)
PG-13 | 103 min | Biography, Drama, Romance
The story of an 84 year-old Kenyan villager and ex Mau Mau veteran who fights for his right to go to school for the first time to get the education he could never afford.
Director: Justin Chadwick | Stars: Naomie Harris, Oliver Litondo, Tony Kgoroge, Alfred Munyua
Votes: 4,900 | Gross: $0.33M
34. Gentlemen Marry Brunettes (1955)
Approved | 99 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance
Two Broadway showgirls, who are also sisters, are sick and tired of New York, as well as getting nowhere. Quitting Broadway, the sisters decided to travel to Paris to become famous.
Director: Richard Sale | Stars: Jane Russell, Jeanne Crain, Alan Young, Scott Brady
Votes: 654
35. Romantic Comedy (1983)
PG | 103 min | Comedy, Romance
A successful playwright employs a new female writing partner, and it's love on first sight, but it happens to be the day he gets married. They both suppress their feelings for each other in order to form a successful writing partnership.
Director: Arthur Hiller | Stars: Dudley Moore, Mary Steenburgen, Frances Sternhagen, Janet Eilber
Votes: 1,011 | Gross: $6.86M
36. Best Worst Movie (2009)
Not Rated | 93 min | Documentary, Comedy
A look at the making of the film Troll 2 (1990) and its journey from being crowned the "worst film of all time" to a cherished cult classic.
Director: Michael Paul Stephenson | Stars: George Hardy, Pita Ray, Micki Knox, Tommy Bice
Votes: 8,533 | Gross: $0.10M
37. George Carlin: You Are All Diseased (1999 TV Special)
TV-MA | 65 min | Documentary, Comedy
Legendary comic Carlin comes back to the Beacon theater to angrily rant about airport security, germs, cigars, angels, children and parents, men, names, religion, god, advertising, Bill Jeff and minorities.
Director: Rocco Urbisci | Star: George Carlin
Votes: 4,715
38. Sprængfarlig bombe (2006)
Not Rated | 90 min | Comedy, Drama
Tony (Ulrich Thomsen) is angry and wants his money back after watching world-famous director, Claus Volter's (Nikolaj Lie Kaas) new film. Tony just got out of prison for violent behavior.
Director: Tomas Villum Jensen | Stars: Ulrich Thomsen, Nikolaj Lie Kaas, Mille Dinesen, Line Kruse
Votes: 2,697
39. When We Speak (2022)
80 min | Documentary
WHEN WE SPEAK follows three incredible stories of women who risked everything to tell the truth. Their stories became worldwide scandals and took a personal toll on each of their lives
Director: Tas Brooker | Stars: Rose McGowan, Helen Evans, Katharine Gun
Votes: 83
40. Hollywood Mouth 2 (2014)
84 min | Drama
A film buff discovers strange goings-on at a movie museum and elsewhere in Hollywood.
Director: Jordan Mohr | Stars: Sam Bologna, Alexander Des Combes, Ronald Duthweiler, Matthew Glaser
Votes: 698
41. Loudmouth (2022)
123 min | Documentary
It tells the story of Rev. Al Sharpton, painting an intimate portrait of a tireless warrior who has never ducked a fight in his mission to transform the status quo.
Director: Josh Alexander | Stars: Al Sharpton, Andrew Cuomo, Chuck Schumer, Phil Griffin
Votes: 242
42. Moby Doc (2021)
Not Rated | 92 min | Documentary, Biography, Music
A surrealist biographical documentary about trailblazing electronic musician and animal rights activist Moby.
Director: Rob Gordon Bralver | Stars: Moby, Laura Dawn, Daniel Ahearn, Daron Murphy
Votes: 3,130
43. The Yes Men Fix the World (2009)
87 min | Documentary, Comedy
Troublemaking duo Andy Bichlbaum and Mike Bonanno, posing as their industrious alter-egos, expose the people profiting from Hurricane Katrina, the faces behind the environmental disaster in Bhopal, and other shocking events.
Directors: Andy Bichlbaum, Mike Bonanno, Kurt Engfehr | Stars: Reggie Watts, Mike Bonanno, Andy Bichlbaum, Richard Ebeling
Votes: 5,208 | Gross: $0.19M
44. 9/11: Blueprint for Truth - The Architecture of Destruction (2008)
112 min | Documentary
On Prime Video it's Title is, "9/11 - The Myth and The Reality". Director: Ken Jenkins
Director: Ken Jenkins | Stars: Richard Gage, Jonathan Barnett, David Chandler, Craig Bartmer
Votes: 94
45. Bellingcat: Truth in a Post-Truth World (2018)
TV-PG | 88 min | Documentary, News
Bellingcat: Truth in a Post-Truth World explores the promise of open source investigation, taking viewers inside the exclusive world of the "citizen investigative journalist" collective known as Bellingcat.
Director: Hans Pool | Stars: Eliot Higgins, Jay Rosen, Claire Wardle, Veli-Pekka Kivimäki
Votes: 768
46. Obit. (2016)
93 min | Documentary
Writers and editors from the New York Times discuss their unique approach to writing the obituaries of public figures.
Director: Vanessa Gould | Stars: Bruce Weber, William McDonald, Margalit Fox, William Grimes
Votes: 788 | Gross: $0.30M
47. Dean's Place (1976 TV Special)
51 min | Comedy, Music
TV special airing January 13, 1976: Dean returns as host and owner of his Beverly Hills nightclub, Dean's Place, spotlighting new, young talent.
Director: Greg Garrison | Stars: Dean Martin, Jack Cassidy, Foster Brooks, Vincent Gardenia
Votes: 6
48. Spark: A Burning Man Story (2013)
Not Rated | 90 min | Documentary, Action, Biography
Each year, 60,000 people from around the globe gather in a dusty windswept Nevada desert to build a temporary city, collaborating on large-scale art and partying for a week before burning a... See full summary »
Directors: Steve Brown, Jessie Deeter | Stars: Harley K. Dubois, Marian Goodell, Larry Harvey, John Law
Votes: 593 | Gross: $0.12M
49. 911 Mysteries Part 1: Demolitions (2006 Video)
Not Rated | 91 min | Documentary, History, Mystery
911 Mysteries is a documentary that attempts to tell the people what really happened. It systematically deconstructs all of the propaganda you have heard about the twin towers, and replaces it with facts.
Director: Sofia Shafquat | Stars: Sofia Shafquat, Jonathan Barnett, Marvin Bush, Joe Casaliggi
Votes: 601
50. The Young Turks Election Meltdown 2016: From Smug to Utterly Devastated (2016 Video)
Short, Comedy
Stars: Jimmy Dore, Ana Kasparian, Ben Mankiewicz, Cenk Uygur
Votes: 22