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1. Mufasa: The Lion King (2024)

Animation, Adventure, Drama | Filming

Simba, having become king of the Pride Lands, is determined for his cub to follow in his paw prints while the origins of his late father Mufasa are explored.

Director: Barry Jenkins | Stars: Aaron Pierre, Kelvin Harrison Jr., Seth Rogen, Billy Eichner

2. Tusk (I) (2014)

R | 102 min | Comedy, Horror

A brash and arrogant podcaster gets more than he bargained for when he travels to Canada to interview a mysterious recluse... who has a rather disturbing fondness for walruses.

Director: Kevin Smith | Stars: Justin Long, Michael Parks, Haley Joel Osment, Genesis Rodriguez

Votes: 63,350 | Gross: $1.82M

3. Moonlight (I) (2016)

R | 111 min | Drama

A young African-American man grapples with his identity and sexuality while experiencing the everyday struggles of childhood, adolescence, and burgeoning adulthood.

Director: Barry Jenkins | Stars: Mahershala Ali, Naomie Harris, Trevante Rhodes, Alex R. Hibbert

Votes: 332,186 | Gross: $27.85M

4. Under the Silver Lake (2018)

R | 139 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Sam, a disenchanted young man, finds a mysterious woman swimming in his apartment's pool one night. The next morning, she disappears. Sam sets off across LA to find her, and along the way he uncovers a conspiracy far more bizarre.

Director: David Robert Mitchell | Stars: Andrew Garfield, Riley Keough, Topher Grace, Callie Hernandez

Votes: 51,503 | Gross: $0.05M

5. Nightcrawler (2014)

R | 117 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

When Louis Bloom, a con man desperate for work, muscles into the world of L.A. crime journalism, he blurs the line between observer and participant to become the star of his own story.

Director: Dan Gilroy | Stars: Jake Gyllenhaal, Rene Russo, Bill Paxton, Riz Ahmed

Votes: 605,294 | Gross: $32.38M

6. The Underground Railroad (2021)

TV-MA | 59 min | Drama, Fantasy, History

A young woman named Cora makes an amazing discovery during her attempt to break free from slavery in the deep south.

Stars: Thuso Mbedu, Chase Dillon, Joel Edgerton, Reshonnah Harvey

Votes: 8,455

7. If Beale Street Could Talk (2018)

R | 119 min | Drama, Romance

A young woman embraces her pregnancy while she and her family set out to prove her childhood friend and lover innocent of a crime he didn't commit.

Director: Barry Jenkins | Stars: KiKi Layne, Stephan James, Regina King, Teyonah Parris

Votes: 52,549 | Gross: $14.92M

8. Yoga Hosers (2016)

PG-13 | 88 min | Action, Comedy, Horror

Two teenage yoga enthusiasts must do battle with an evil presence that is threatening to rise from its underground lair and endanger their major party plans.

Director: Kevin Smith | Stars: Lily-Rose Depp, Harley Quinn Smith, Johnny Depp, Adam Brody

Votes: 15,504

9. Adult World (2013)

R | 97 min | Comedy, Drama

A naive college graduate, Amy, who believes she's destined to be a great poet, begrudgingly accepts a job in a shop while she pursues a mentorship with reclusive writer Rat Billings.

Director: Scott Coffey | Stars: Emma Roberts, Evan Peters, John Cusack, Cloris Leachman

Votes: 18,694 | Gross: $0.02M

10. Black Monday (2019–2021)

TV-MA | 30 min | Comedy

A group of outsiders takes on the 1980s old-boys club of Wall Street.

Stars: Don Cheadle, Andrew Rannells, Paul Scheer, Regina Hall

Votes: 6,328

11. Here and Now (2018)

TV-MA | 60 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy

A dark dramedy about a progressive Portlandian family made up of husband, wife, three adopted children from Liberia, Vietnam and Colombia, and one biological daughter, who find their sanity tested and values challenged in 2018 America.

Stars: Tim Robbins, Holly Hunter, Daniel Zovatto, Jerrika Hinton

Votes: 5,146

12. Camp X-Ray (2014)

R | 117 min | Drama, War

A soldier assigned to Guantanamo Bay befriends a man who has been imprisoned there.

Director: Peter Sattler | Stars: Kristen Stewart, Payman Maadi, Lane Garrison, Tara Holt

Votes: 42,958 | Gross: $0.01M

13. Tour de Pharmacy (2017 TV Movie)

TV-MA | 41 min | Adventure, Comedy, Sport

A mockumentary that chronicles the prevalence of doping in the world of professional cycling.

Director: Jake Szymanski | Stars: Andy Samberg, Orlando Bloom, Freddie Highmore, Joe Buck

Votes: 12,378

14. Holidays (2016)

Not Rated | 105 min | Fantasy, Horror, Mystery

'Holidays' is an anthology feature film that puts a uniquely dark and original spin on some of the most iconic and beloved holidays of all time by challenging our folklore, traditions and assumptions.

Directors: Anthony Scott Burns, Kevin Kölsch, Nicholas McCarthy, Adam Egypt Mortimer, Gary Shore, Kevin Smith, Sarah Adina Smith, Scott Stewart, Dennis Widmyer | Stars: Madeleine Coghlan, Savannah Kennick, Rick Peters, Kate Rachesky

Votes: 11,884

15. Their Eyes Were Watching God (2005 TV Movie)

TV-14 | 113 min | Drama, Romance

A drama set in the 1920s, where free-spirited Janie Crawford's search for happiness leads her through several different marriages, challenging the morals of her small town. Based on the novel by Zora Neale Hurston.

Director: Darnell Martin | Stars: Halle Berry, Ruben Santiago-Hudson, Mel Winkler, Michael Ealy

Votes: 3,035

16. Bad Milo (2013)

R | 85 min | Comedy, Horror

A man learns that his unusual stomach pains are being caused by a demon living in his intestines.

Director: Jacob Vaughan | Stars: Ken Marino, Gillian Jacobs, Patrick Warburton, Mary Kay Place

Votes: 7,980 | Gross: $0.02M

17. Pimpin' Pee Wee (2009)

TV-MA | 78 min | Comedy

Three college buddies search for sex in the summer holidays and end up starting a successful whorehouse.

Director: Brian Trenchard-Smith | Stars: Adam Wylie, John Patrick Jordan, Russ Hunt, Whitney Anderson

Votes: 377

18. Medicine for Melancholy (2008)

Not Rated | 88 min | Drama, Romance

Twenty-four hours in the tentative relationship of two young San Franciscans also dealing with the conundrum of being a minority in a rapidly gentrifying city.

Director: Barry Jenkins | Stars: Wyatt Cenac, Tracey Heggins, John Thurgood, Brent Weinbach

Votes: 2,622 | Gross: $0.11M

19. Phoenix Forgotten (2017)

PG-13 | 87 min | Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi

Two decades after three teenagers disappeared in the wake of mysterious lights appearing above Phoenix, Arizona, unseen footage from that night has been discovered, chronicling the final hours of their fateful expedition.

Director: Justin Barber | Stars: Florence Hartigan, Luke Spencer Roberts, Chelsea Lopez, Justin Matthews

Votes: 7,012 | Gross: $3.60M

20. For a Good Time, Call... (2012)

R | 85 min | Comedy

Former college frenemies Lauren and Katie move into a fabulous Gramercy Park apartment, and in order to make ends meet, the unlikely pair start a phone sex line together.

Director: Jamie Travis | Stars: Ari Graynor, Lauren Miller Rogen, Justin Long, James Wolk

Votes: 16,902 | Gross: $1.24M

21. The Myth of the American Sleepover (2010)

TV-14 | 96 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

Four young people navigate the suburban wonderland of metro-Detroit looking for love and adventure on the last weekend of summer.

Director: David Robert Mitchell | Stars: Claire Sloma, Marlon Morton, Amanda Bauer, Brett Jacobsen

Votes: 4,673 | Gross: $0.04M

22. Independent Lens (1999– )

TV-14 | Documentary

Independent Lens is an award-winning PBS documentary series that streams on the PBS App and airs on public television. Independent Lens documentaries focus on stories of underrepresented ... See full summary »

Stars: America Ferrera, Terrence Howard, Stanley Tucci, Mary-Louise Parker

Votes: 635

23. High Road (2011)

R | 87 min | Comedy

A drug-dealer goes cross country with a group of roadies to deliver or else a group of gangsters will kill him.

Director: Matt Walsh | Stars: James Pumphrey, Abby Elliott, Dylan O'Brien, Lizzy Caplan

Votes: 1,815

24. Anything (2017)

R | 94 min | Drama, Romance

This is a story about the infinite possibility of love.

Director: Timothy McNeil | Stars: John Carroll Lynch, Matt Bomer, Maura Tierney, Margot Bingham

Votes: 817 | Gross: $0.02M

25. Futurestates (2010–2014)

Sci-Fi

Imagining tomorrow's America today, "Futurestates" is a series of independent mini-features--short narrative films created by established filmmakers and emerging talents transforming ... See full summary »

Stars: Sheetal Sheth, Luis Antonio Aldana, Lyle Kanouse, Johnny Wilson

Votes: 107

26. Pig Hunt (2008)

R | 99 min | Action, Horror, Thriller

When John takes his friends to his deceased uncle's remote ranch to hunt wild pigs, it seems like a typical guys weekend. But as John and his crew trek deeper into the forest, they begin tracking the awful truth about his uncle's demise.

Director: James Isaac | Stars: Travis Aaron Wade, Tina Huang, Howard Johnson Jr., Trevor Bullock

Votes: 2,665

27. The Moment (I) (2013)

Not Rated | 90 min | Adventure, Drama, Mystery

After a tumultuous affair between international photojournalist Lee (Jennifer Jason Leigh) and troubled writer John (Martin Henderson) ends in John's disappearance, Lee lands in a mental ... See full summary »

Director: Jane Weinstock | Stars: Jennifer Jason Leigh, Martin Henderson, Alia Shawkat, Marianne Jean-Baptiste

Votes: 556

28. Dealin' with Idiots (2013)

Not Rated | 88 min | Comedy

After experiencing the insanity of the adults connected to his son's baseball team, a comedian researches for a comedy movie about them.

Director: Jeff Garlin | Stars: Jeff Garlin, Steve Agee, Gina Gershon, Jami Gertz

Votes: 1,489 | Gross: $0.02M

29. Youth (II) (2016)

18 min | Short, Drama, Sci-Fi

Wasted on the young? A sci-fi film about growing old in a world of perpetual youth.

Director: Brett Marty | Stars: Jessica Stroup, George Maguire, Taylor Lambert, Alicia Blasingame

Votes: 43

30. Super Capers: The Origins of Ed and the Missing Bullion (2008)

PG | 98 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy

A good guy with no powers joins a superhero team with no clue against a bad guy with no shame.

Director: Ray Griggs | Stars: Justin Whalin, Ray Griggs, Danielle Harris, Michael Rooker

Votes: 1,181 | Gross: $0.03M

31. The Violent Kind (2010)

R | 85 min | Horror

One night at a secluded farmhouse deep in the Northern California woods, a small group of hardened young bikers and their girlfriends are tormented when one of the girls becomes savagely ... See full summary »

Directors: Mitchell Altieri, Phil Flores | Stars: Cory Knauf, Taylor Cole, Bret Roberts, Christina McDowell

Votes: 1,920

32. California Solo (2012)

Not Rated | 94 min | Drama

A former Britpop rocker who now works on a farm gets caught driving drunk and faces deportation after living in Los Angeles for many years. His efforts to stay in the U.S. force him to confront the past and current demons in his life.

Director: Marshall Lewy | Stars: Robert Carlyle, Alexia Rasmussen, Kathleen Wilhoite, A Martinez

Votes: 1,131 | Gross: $0.02M

33. My Josephine (2003)

Not Rated | 9 min | Short, Comedy, Drama

Aadid tells us his life in seven minutes. He's an Arabic-speaking young man working the night shift at a laundromat and dry cleaners somewhere in the United States. In the aftermath of 9/11... See full summary »

Director: Barry Jenkins | Stars: Basel Hamdan, Saba Shariat, Marc Levi, Karl Cooke

Votes: 433

34. Karma (V) (2010)

R | Drama, Mystery, Thriller

The words "Kali-Yuga" are heard in the language of traditional Indians. The Sanskrit definitions describe it to mean that this is Age of Iron, of machines, of evil. It is said that mankind ... See full summary »

Director: Adivi Sesh | Stars: Adivi Sesh, Jade Tailor, Sher Ali, Veronica Valencia

Votes: 127

35. Rubberhead (2014 TV Movie)

47 min | Comedy

Sarah Silverman hosts the first episode of Rubberhead - a night of comedy shorts featuring some of her favorite performers. With comedy from Nathan Barnatt, Jade Catta-Preta, Michael ... See full summary »

Directors: Mike Relm, Richard Schreiber, Ryan Polito, Andrew DeYoung, David Dineen-Porter, Dean Fleischer Camp, Rob Schrab, Stoney Sharp, Eric Wareheim, Charlyne Yi | Stars: 2 Chainz, Casey Ford Alexander, Nathan Barnatt, Jack Bornoff

Votes: 96

36. Los Valientes

90 min | Drama | Announced

The life of a gay, undocumented immigrant is drastically altered when circumstances take him to a conservative town in Pennsylvania.

37. The Prankster (2010)

Not Rated | 118 min | Comedy

The Pranksters are a secret society that rights the wrongs of high school. Its leader, Chris, longs for more with graduation looming. Under the guidance of his eccentric Uncle Nick, Chris ... See full summary »

Director: Tony Vidal | Stars: Matt Angel, Danny Max, Kunal Sharma, Preston Davis

Votes: 418

38. Leave Me Like You Found Me (2012)

80 min | Drama

After a year of heartbreak and loneliness, Erin and Cal have forgotten enough of each other's flaws to get back together. They take what they hope will be a romantic camping trip in Sequoia... See full summary »

Director: Adele Romanski | Stars: Megan Boone, Patrick Brice, Lee Lynch, David Nordstrom

Votes: 72

39. Little Brown Boy (2003)

R | 8 min | Drama, Short

For his follow-up to MY JOSEPHINE, Barry Jenkins turned to an issue closer to his Florida home in the early 2000s: the spate of young black boys being tried as adults for the gunshot deaths... See full summary »

Director: Barry Jenkins | Stars: DeQynn Gibson, Luis Jimenez, Jonathan Bent, Ernest Jones

Votes: 65

40. Lemonade War (2014)

8 min | Short, Comedy

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Director: Ramin Bahrani | Stars: Patton Oswalt, Tayler Buck, Mo Collins, Werner Herzog

Votes: 69

41. You and Your Fucking Coffee (2013–2016)

Comedy

A hapless, coffee-obsessed man (played by comedian Henry Phillips) finds new and interesting ways to unwittingly create chaos for everyone around him. No marriage, first date or service ... See full summary »

Stars: Henry Phillips, Mike Judge, Jenica Bergere, Maitlyn Pezzo

Votes: 57

42. These Amazing Shadows (2011)

Not Rated | 88 min | Documentary

Tells the history and importance of The National Film Registry, a roll call of American cinema treasures that reflects the diversity of film, and indeed the American experience itself.

Directors: Paul Mariano, Kurt Norton | Stars: Jeff Adachi, James H. Billington, Robin Blaetz, Brooks Boliek

Votes: 1,758

43. Garfunkel and Oates: Trying to Be Special (2016 TV Special)

TV-MA | 62 min | Comedy, Music

Musical comedy duo, Garfunkel and Oats attempt to put on a comedy special.

Directors: Jeremy Konner, Riki Lindhome | Stars: Riki Lindhome, Kate Micucci, Anthony Jeselnik, Steve Agee

Votes: 1,035

44. A Young Couple (2009)

Not Rated | 13 min | Short

John and Jenn are young, in love and living together. But this is no dreamy tale of magical romance from director Barry Jenkins.

Director: Barry Jenkins | Stars: Jenn, John

Votes: 66

45. ASC Clubhouse Conversations (2020– )

Talk-Show

In this interview series, leading cinematographers share their inspirations and experiences while analyzing their work and creative process.

Stars: Patrick Cady, Dave Perkal, Mandy Walker, Nancy Schreiber

46. Eggshells for Soil (2010)

13 min | Short, Drama

A surrealistic exploration of a boy's day. Wavering between reality and his imagination, he experiences the mysteries and challenges of childhood.

Director: Megan Boone | Stars: Megan Boone, DeMorge Brown, Luke Burris, Matt Burris

Votes: 26

47. Rebook's Reconnect (2021)

Short

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Director: Jonas Lindstroem | Stars: Adelynn Curry, Yonell Da Mota, Briyana Gaston, Mason Howell

48. The Book of Caleb (2008)

Not Rated | 106 min | Comedy

A comfortable underachiever and serial prankster, in the midst of their quarter life crisis, reunite against childhood enemies in a contemporary suburban epic.

Director: Matthew von Manahan | Stars: Jeremy Luno, Mackenzie Firgens, Michael Hampton, Nikitas Manikatos

Votes: 208

49. Pearblossom Hwy (2012)

78 min | Drama

"What else am I? What else can I say? I'm a troublemaker," says Cory, one of the three protagonists, directly into the camera. The other protagonists are Anna, an illegal immigrant from ... See full summary »

Director: Mike Ott | Stars: Atsuko Okatsuka, Cory Zacharia, John Brotherton, Stephen Tobolowsky

Votes: 136

50. Squarespace: Dream It (2019)

1 min | Short, Family

While lip-syncing to a child's rendition of "Que Sera, Sera" Idris Elba explores a series of possible careers from boxing to space travel.

Director: Spike Jonze | Stars: Idris Elba, Taofique Folarin, Rory Gauld, Sean Francis George

Votes: 45