Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows With James Purdum

1. Family Guy (1999– )

TV-MA | 22 min | Animation, Comedy

In a wacky Rhode Island town, a dysfunctional family strives to cope with everyday life as they are thrown from one crazy scenario to another.

Stars: Alex Borstein, Seth MacFarlane, Seth Green, Mila Kunis

Votes: 364,686

2. The Simpsons (1989– )

TV-14 | 22 min | Animation, Comedy

The satiric adventures of a working-class family in the misfit city of Springfield.

Stars: Dan Castellaneta, Nancy Cartwright, Harry Shearer, Julie Kavner

Votes: 436,411

3. Futurama (1999– )

TV-14 | 22 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy

Philip J. Fry, a pizza delivery boy, is accidentally frozen in 1999 and thawed out on New Year's Eve 2999.

Stars: Billy West, John DiMaggio, Katey Sagal, Tress MacNeille

Votes: 261,247

4. Drawn Together (2004–2007)

TV-MA | 22 min | Animation, Comedy

A parody of reality shows cast with spoofs of several famous types of animated characters.

Stars: Adam Carolla, Jess Harnell, Abbey McBride, Jack Plotnick

Votes: 21,562

5. Family Guy 100th Episode Special (2007 TV Movie)

TV-14 | 22 min | Animation, Comedy

The creator of "Family Guy" hosts a look at some of the funniest moments from the first 100 episodes of the show.

Directors: James Purdum, Peter Shin | Stars: Seth MacFarlane, Alex Borstein, Seth Green, Mila Kunis

Votes: 2,010

6. Ghost of Stephen Foster (2000)

4 min | Animation, Short, Comedy

A short, B/W music video, featuring the song "Ghost of Stephen Foster" by the Squirrel Nut Zippers.

After a short intro, in which we see a "period", highly stylized old time band playing the... See full synopsis »

Directors: Matthew Nastuk, Raymond S. Persi | Star: Squirrel Nut Zippers

Votes: 90

7. Cadillacs and Dinosaurs: The Second Cataclysm (1994 Video Game)

Not Rated | Action, Adventure, Fantasy

Sequel to the side-scrolling beat-em-up featuring more action and animated cut-scenes.

Director: David Fox | Stars: Cynthia Dee, Bill Krauss, Sean P. Owens, Guy Slater

Votes: 44

8. A Director's Life: Debunking the Myth (2006 Video)

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Director: Stephen Simyak | Stars: Dan Povenmire, Pete Michels, James Purdum

9. Drawn Together (2004–2007)
Episode: Dirty Pranking Number 2 (2004)

TV-MA | 22 min | Animation, Comedy

Spanky introduces Clara to the joys of pranking, much to her father's displeasure.

Director: James Purdum | Stars: Adam Carolla, Jess Harnell, Jonathan Kimmel, Abbey McBride

Votes: 216

10. Drawn Together (2004–2007)
Episode: Gay Bash (2004)

TV-MA | 22 min | Animation, Comedy

Xandir comes to terms with who he really is, while Spanky sees a way to make a profit off Ling-Ling's sewing skills.

Directors: James Purdum, Peter Avanzino | Stars: Adam Carolla, Chris Edgerly, Jess Harnell, Abbey McBride

Votes: 245

11. Family Guy (1999– )
Episode: Blind Ambition (2005)

TV-14 | 30 min | Animation, Comedy

Peter's desire to become famous for something causes him to go blind.

Directors: Chuck Klein, Peter Shin | Stars: Seth MacFarlane, Alex Borstein, Seth Green, Mila Kunis

Votes: 1,937

12. Family Guy (1999– )
Episode: The Cleveland-Loretta Quagmire (2005)

TV-14 | 22 min | Animation, Comedy

Cleveland's wife Loretta has an affair with Quagmire.

Directors: James Purdum, Peter Shin | Stars: Seth MacFarlane, Alex Borstein, Seth Green, Mila Kunis

Votes: 1,989

13. Family Guy (1999– )
Episode: The Father, the Son and the Holy Fonz (2005)

TV-14 | 22 min | Animation, Comedy

Peter's father Francis visits and learns Stewie has not been baptized. He and Peter take Stewie without Lois' permission and have him baptized. Learning this, Lois impresses upon Peter that Stewie should have a choice so he starts one.

Directors: James Purdum, Pete Michels, Peter Shin | Stars: Seth MacFarlane, Alex Borstein, Seth Green, Mila Kunis

Votes: 1,828

14. Family Guy (1999– )
Episode: The Perfect Castaway (2005)

TV-14 | 30 min | Animation, Comedy

Peter and the guys get stranded on an island, and after being rescued months later, Peter realizes things aren't what they used to be.

Directors: James Purdum, Peter Shin | Stars: Seth MacFarlane, Alex Borstein, Seth Green, Mila Kunis

Votes: 1,864

15. Futurama (1999– )
Episode: A Head in the Polls (1999)

TV-14 | 23 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy

When a mine disaster causes the market value of titanium to soar, Bender becomes highly profitable and sells his body.

Directors: Bret Haaland, Rich Moore | Stars: Billy West, Katey Sagal, John DiMaggio, Tress MacNeille

Votes: 2,969

16. Futurama (1999– )
Episode: A Taste of Freedom (2002)

TV-14 | 23 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy

Dr. Zoidberg's exuberant celebration of Freedom Day makes him Public Enemy #1.

Director: James Purdum | Stars: Billy West, Katey Sagal, John DiMaggio, Tress MacNeille

Votes: 2,432

17. Futurama (1999– )
Episode: Bend Her (2003)

TV-14 | 23 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy

Bender enters the Olympics as a Fembot and has modifications to maintain the illusion, leading to a romantic encumbrance with a soap opera star.

Director: James Purdum | Stars: Billy West, Katey Sagal, John DiMaggio, Tress MacNeille

Votes: 2,439

18. Futurama (1999– )
Episode: How Hermes Requisitioned His Groove Back (2000)

TV-14 | 23 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy

Hermes decide to relax at a spa after receiving a depressing demotion, but he instead unwittingly enrolled himself at a forced labor camp.

Directors: Mark Ervin, Bret Haaland | Stars: Billy West, Katey Sagal, John DiMaggio, Tress MacNeille

Votes: 2,899

19. Futurama (1999– )
Episode: I Dated a Robot (2001)

TV-14 | 23 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy

Fry ignores the warnings of the Planet Express staff and starts dating a robot with the downloaded personality and holographic image of Lucy Liu. Leela and Bender make a disturbing ... See full summary »

Director: James Purdum | Stars: Billy West, Katey Sagal, John DiMaggio, Tress MacNeille

Votes: 2,629

20. Futurama (1999– )
Episode: The Birdbot of Ice-Catraz (2001)

TV-14 | 22 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy

The professor decides to ship hazardous cargo to the outer reaches of space, but the ship travels through some environmentally sensitive areas, including the penguin refuge on Pluto.

Director: James Purdum | Stars: Billy West, Katey Sagal, John DiMaggio, Tress MacNeille

Votes: 2,579

21. Futurama (1999– )
Episode: The Cryonic Woman (2000)

TV-14 | 22 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy

Fry discovers his 20th-century girlfriend at the cryogenics lab, but problems arise when she wants them both to be refrozen for another 1,000 years.

Directors: Mark Ervin, Bret Haaland | Stars: Billy West, Katey Sagal, John DiMaggio, Tress MacNeille

Votes: 2,702

22. Futurama (1999– )
Episode: Xmas Story (1999)

TV-14 | 23 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy

Fry learns how Christmas has changed and remained the same over the last 1000 years when a Robot Santa terrorizes New New York.

Directors: Peter Avanzino, Bret Haaland, Rich Moore | Stars: Billy West, Katey Sagal, John DiMaggio, Tress MacNeille

Votes: 3,186

23. The Simpsons (1989– )
Episode: All Singing, All Dancing (1998)

TV-G | 30 min | Animation, Comedy

Homer is disappointed when the western he rented turns out to be a musical, so the family reminds him of the musical moments in the show's history.

Directors: Jim Reardon, Mark Ervin | Stars: Dan Castellaneta, Julie Kavner, Nancy Cartwright, Yeardley Smith

Votes: 2,783

24. The Simpsons (1989– )
Episode: All's Fair in Oven War (2004)

TV-14 | 30 min | Animation, Comedy

Homer buys Marge a new kitchen, and Marge likes cooking in the new kitchen so much she attends the Ovenfresh Bakeoff.

Directors: Jim Reardon, Mark Kirkland | Stars: Dan Castellaneta, Julie Kavner, Nancy Cartwright, Yeardley Smith

Votes: 1,602

25. The Simpsons (1989– )
Episode: Bart Carny (1998)

TV-PG | 30 min | Animation, Comedy

Bart and Homer befriend two carnies and invite them to stay with them, but the carnies soon swindle the Simpsons out of their house.

Directors: Jim Reardon, Mark Kirkland | Stars: Dan Castellaneta, Julie Kavner, Nancy Cartwright, Yeardley Smith

Votes: 2,505

26. The Simpsons (1989– )
Episode: Beyond Blunderdome (1999)

TV-14 | 30 min | Animation, Comedy

Convinced he's the only man with guts to tell him the truth, Mel Gibson insists Homer accompanies him in Hollywood to help fix his newest film project.

Directors: Jim Reardon, Steven Dean Moore | Stars: Dan Castellaneta, Julie Kavner, Nancy Cartwright, Yeardley Smith

Votes: 2,345

27. The Simpsons (1989– )
Episode: D'oh-in' in the Wind (1998)

TV-14 | 30 min | Animation, Comedy

Homer becomes a hippie after a revelation about his middle name.

Directors: Jim Reardon, Mark Kirkland, Matthew Nastuk | Stars: Dan Castellaneta, Julie Kavner, Nancy Cartwright, Yeardley Smith

Votes: 2,349

28. The Simpsons (1989– )
Episode: Diatribe of a Mad Housewife (2004)

TV-14 | 30 min | Animation, Comedy

Marge is inspired to write a novel, but the storyline of the book (a fat, mean husband, and a handsome, sweet neighbor) makes Homer jealous.

Directors: Jim Reardon, Mark Kirkland | Stars: Dan Castellaneta, Julie Kavner, Nancy Cartwright, Yeardley Smith

Votes: 1,644

29. The Simpsons (1989– )
Episode: The Mysterious Voyage of Our Homer (1997)

TV-14 | 30 min | Animation, Comedy

After eating insanity peppers at a chili cook-off, Homer has a hallucination of a talking coyote urging him to find his soulmate.

Director: Jim Reardon | Stars: Dan Castellaneta, Julie Kavner, Nancy Cartwright, Yeardley Smith

Votes: 3,877

30. The Simpsons (1989– )
Episode: Homer the Great (1995)

TV-14 | 30 min | Animation, Comedy

Homer becomes a member of a mysterious organization called the Stonecutters and is heralded as "the chosen one".

Director: Jim Reardon | Stars: Dan Castellaneta, Julie Kavner, Nancy Cartwright, Yeardley Smith

Votes: 4,480

31. The Simpsons (1989– )
Episode: Homie the Clown (1995)

TV-14 | 30 min | Animation, Comedy

Homer becomes a Krusty the Clown stand-in, but is mistaken for the real Krusty by the Springfield mafia.

Director: David Silverman | Stars: Dan Castellaneta, Julie Kavner, Nancy Cartwright, Yeardley Smith

Votes: 3,558

32. The Simpsons (1989– )
Episode: Lisa the Iconoclast (1996)

TV-14 | 30 min | Animation, Comedy

While researching for an essay, Lisa discovers that Springfield's founding father was actually a murderous thief.

Director: Mike B. Anderson | Stars: Dan Castellaneta, Julie Kavner, Nancy Cartwright, Yeardley Smith

Votes: 2,935

33. The Simpsons (1989– )
Episode: Marge Be Not Proud (1995)

TV-14 | 30 min | Animation, Comedy

Marge's relationship with Bart is strained when he is caught shoplifting before Christmas.

Director: Steven Dean Moore | Stars: Dan Castellaneta, Julie Kavner, Nancy Cartwright, Yeardley Smith

Votes: 3,776

34. The Simpsons (1989– )
Episode: Mother Simpson (1995)

TV-14 | 30 min | Animation, Comedy

After faking his own death, Homer is reunited with his mother, who harbors a deep secret.

Director: David Silverman | Stars: Dan Castellaneta, Julie Kavner, Nancy Cartwright, Yeardley Smith

Votes: 3,531

35. The Simpsons (1989– )
Episode: My Big Fat Geek Wedding (2004)

TV-14 | 30 min | Animation, Comedy

Mrs. Krabapel falls for Comic Book Guy and they plan a Star Trek like wedding. Principal Skinner plans to prevent it.

Directors: Jim Reardon, Mark Kirkland | Stars: Dan Castellaneta, Julie Kavner, Nancy Cartwright, Yeardley Smith

Votes: 1,613

36. The Simpsons (1989– )
Episode: My Mother the Carjacker (2003)

TV-14 | 30 min | Animation, Comedy

Homer's mother returns to Springfield, and the city pardons her from the charges against her. Mr. Burns is furious about this and makes a plan to get Mona Simpson in prison.

Directors: Jim Reardon, Nancy Kruse | Stars: Dan Castellaneta, Julie Kavner, Nancy Cartwright, Yeardley Smith

Votes: 1,690

37. The Simpsons (1989– )
Episode: Old Yeller-Belly (2003)

TV-14 | 30 min | Animation, Comedy

Homer throws out Santa's Little Helper for not saving him from a fire, but soon the dog becomes Duff's new mascot.

Directors: Jim Reardon, Bob Anderson | Stars: Dan Castellaneta, Julie Kavner, Nancy Cartwright, Yeardley Smith

Votes: 1,601

38. The Simpsons (1989– )
Episode: She Used to Be My Girl (2004)

TV-14 | 30 min | Animation, Comedy

Marge becomes jealous when Lisa begins idolizing her old high school friend, Chloe Talbot, a famous reporter.

Directors: Jim Reardon, Matthew Nastuk | Stars: Dan Castellaneta, Julie Kavner, Nancy Cartwright, Yeardley Smith

Votes: 1,569

39. The Simpsons (1989– )
Episode: Simple Simpson (2004)

TV-14 | 30 min | Animation, Comedy

Homer becomes a costumed vigilante who uses pies for weapons after witnessing Lisa get humiliated at a competition at the state fair.

Director: Jim Reardon | Stars: Dan Castellaneta, Julie Kavner, Nancy Cartwright, Yeardley Smith

Votes: 1,693

40. The Simpsons (1989– )
Episode: Simpson Tide (1998)

TV-PG | 30 min | Animation, Comedy

Homer causes an international incident after he joins the Naval reserves.

Director: Milton Gray | Stars: Dan Castellaneta, Julie Kavner, Nancy Cartwright, Yeardley Smith

Votes: 2,988

41. The Simpsons (1989– )
Episode: Special Edna (2003)

TV-14 | 30 min | Animation, Comedy

After Skinner once again has let Mrs. Krabappel down, Bart nominates her for Teacher of the Year. When the nomination is accepted, Skinner tries to get back Krabappel by asking her to marry him.

Directors: Jim Reardon, Bob Anderson | Stars: Dan Castellaneta, Julie Kavner, Nancy Cartwright, Yeardley Smith

Votes: 1,727

42. The Simpsons (1989– )
Episode: The Old Man and the Lisa (1997)

TV-14 | 30 min | Animation, Comedy

Burns loses his fortune and recruits Lisa to help him get it back.

Director: Mark Kirkland | Stars: Dan Castellaneta, Julie Kavner, Nancy Cartwright, Yeardley Smith

Votes: 2,716

43. The Simpsons (1989– )
Episode: The Regina Monologues (2003)

TV-14 | 30 min | Animation, Comedy

Prime minister Tony Blair welcomes the Simpsons to England where they run into author J.K. Rowling and actor Ian McKellen.

Directors: Jim Reardon, Mark Kirkland | Stars: Dan Castellaneta, Julie Kavner, Nancy Cartwright, Yeardley Smith

Votes: 1,817

44. The Simpsons (1989– )
Episode: The Trouble with Trillions (1998)

TV-PG | 30 min | Animation, Comedy

Homer is forced to spy for the IRS after an audit. But when he is asked to retrieve a trillion dollar bill from Mr. Burns, he switches sides and the two flee to Cuba for refuge.

Directors: Jim Reardon, Swinton O. Scott III | Stars: Dan Castellaneta, Julie Kavner, Nancy Cartwright, Yeardley Smith

Votes: 2,798

45. The Simpsons (1989– )
Episode: The Wizard of Evergreen Terrace (1998)

TV-PG | 30 min | Animation, Comedy

Homer's midlife crisis leads to a disastrous attempt at being an inventor.

Directors: Jim Reardon, Mark Kirkland | Stars: Dan Castellaneta, Julie Kavner, Nancy Cartwright, Yeardley Smith

Votes: 2,953

46. The Simpsons (1989– )
Episode: Viva Ned Flanders (1999)

TV-14 | 30 min | Animation, Comedy

When Homer takes Ned to Las Vegas in an attempt to get him to loosen up, the two end up drunkenly marrying a pair of cocktail waitresses.

Directors: Jim Reardon, Neil Affleck | Stars: Dan Castellaneta, Julie Kavner, Nancy Cartwright, Yeardley Smith

Votes: 2,453

47. The Simpsons (1989– )
Episode: Who Shot Mr. Burns? Part Two (1995)

TV-14 | 30 min | Animation, Comedy

While Mr. Burns is hospitalized, an investigation into his shooter begins; although Smithers initially suspects himself, a trace of Simpson DNA narrows down the list of possible culprits.

Director: Wesley Archer | Stars: Dan Castellaneta, Julie Kavner, Nancy Cartwright, Yeardley Smith

Votes: 4,317

48. Futurama (1999– )
Episode: I Second That Emotion (1999)

TV-14 | 23 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy

Bender flushes Nibbler down the toilet in a fit of jealousy, which prompts Professor Farnsworth to implant in him a chip that will allow him to feel empathy.

Directors: Mark Ervin, Bret Haaland, Rich Moore | Stars: Billy West, Katey Sagal, John DiMaggio, Tress MacNeille

Votes: 3,044

49. The Simpsons (1989– )
Episode: Bart After Dark (1996)

TV-14 | 30 min | Animation, Comedy

Marge leads a crusade against a local burlesque house after she discovers Bart working there.

Director: Dominic Polcino | Stars: Dan Castellaneta, Julie Kavner, Nancy Cartwright, Yeardley Smith

Votes: 3,107

50. The Simpsons (1989– )
Episode: Bart Sells His Soul (1995)

TV-14 | 30 min | Animation, Comedy

Bart casually sells his soul to Milhouse for $5 but soon regrets it; Moe converts his dank bar into a family restaurant.

Director: Wesley Archer | Stars: Dan Castellaneta, Julie Kavner, Nancy Cartwright, Yeardley Smith

Votes: 4,237