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1. The Night Of (2016)
Episode: The Beach (2016)

TV-MA | 79 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

9.1
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Shy college student Nasir Khan spends the night with a quirky, mysterious girl, and is horrified when he awakens to find she has been murdered.

Director: Steven Zaillian | Stars: John Turturro, Riz Ahmed, Bill Camp, Payman Maadi

Votes: 6,850

2. Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980)

PG | 124 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy

8.7
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82 Metascore

After the Rebel Alliance are overpowered by the Empire, Luke Skywalker begins his Jedi training with Yoda, while his friends are pursued across the galaxy by Darth Vader and bounty hunter Boba Fett.

Director: Irvin Kershner | Stars: Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, Billy Dee Williams

Votes: 1,379,280 | Gross: $290.48M

3. Ripley (2024)
Episode: VIII - Narcissus (2024)

TV-MA | 76 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

8.6
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Tom reinvents himself again, creating an enviable life in Venice - as long as his lies hold.

Director: Steven Zaillian | Stars: Andrew Scott, Dakota Fanning, Johnny Flynn, Margherita Buy

Votes: 636

4. The Night Of (2016)

TV-MA | 66 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

8.4
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After a night of partying with a woman he picked up, a man wakes up to find her stabbed to death and is charged with her murder.

Stars: Riz Ahmed, John Turturro, Bill Camp, Amara Karan

Votes: 171,658

5. Ripley (2024)
Episode: III Sommerso (2024)

TV-MA | 49 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

8.4
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When both Dickie and his father start seeing through his ruse, Tom resorts to drastic methods.

Director: Steven Zaillian | Stars: Andrew Scott, Dakota Fanning, Johnny Flynn, Vittorio Viviani

Votes: 844

6. Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983)

PG | 131 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy

8.3
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58 Metascore

After rescuing Han Solo from Jabba the Hutt, the Rebel Alliance attempt to destroy the second Death Star, while Luke struggles to help Darth Vader back from the dark side.

Director: Richard Marquand | Stars: Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, Billy Dee Williams

Votes: 1,121,090 | Gross: $309.13M

7. Ripley (2024)

TV-MA | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

8.2
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A grifter named Ripley living in New York during the 1960s is hired by a wealthy man to bring his vagabond son home from Italy.

Stars: Andrew Scott, Dakota Fanning, Johnny Flynn, Margherita Buy

Votes: 21,796

8. There Will Be Blood (2007)

R | 158 min | Drama

8.2
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93 Metascore

A story of family, religion, hatred, oil and madness, focusing on a turn-of-the-century prospector in the early days of the business.

Director: Paul Thomas Anderson | Stars: Daniel Day-Lewis, Paul Dano, Ciarán Hinds, Martin Stringer

Votes: 640,894 | Gross: $40.22M

9. Ripley (2024)
Episode: V LUCIO (2024)

TV-MA | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

8.2
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Tom's new comfortable life in Rome comes under threat.

Director: Steven Zaillian | Stars: Andrew Scott, Dakota Fanning, Johnny Flynn, Eliot Sumner

Votes: 697

10. Ripley (2024)
Episode: VI - Some Heavy Instrument (2024)

TV-MA | 59 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

8.2
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A ghastly discovery leads Rome police to Tom's doorstep, beginning a game of cat and mouse with its lead investigator.

Director: Steven Zaillian | Stars: Andrew Scott, Dakota Fanning, Johnny Flynn, Eliot Sumner

Votes: 609

11. Magnolia (1999)

R | 188 min | Drama

8.0
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78 Metascore

An epic mosaic of interrelated characters in search of love, forgiveness and meaning in the San Fernando Valley.

Director: Paul Thomas Anderson | Stars: Tom Cruise, Jason Robards, Julianne Moore, Philip Seymour Hoffman

Votes: 328,385 | Gross: $22.46M

12. Ripley (2024)
Episode: VII - Macabre Entertainment (2024)

TV-MA | 58 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

8.0
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As Inspector Ravini expands his murder investigation, an elusive Tom plots his next moves from Sicily.

Director: Steven Zaillian | Stars: Andrew Scott, Dakota Fanning, Johnny Flynn, Margherita Buy

Votes: 555

13. Boogie Nights (1997)

R | 155 min | Drama

7.9
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86 Metascore

Back when sex was safe, pleasure was a business and business was booming, an idealistic porn producer aspires to elevate his craft to an art when he discovers a hot young talent.

Director: Paul Thomas Anderson | Stars: Mark Wahlberg, Julianne Moore, Burt Reynolds, Luis Guzmán

Votes: 281,964 | Gross: $26.40M

14. E.T. (1982)

PG | 115 min | Adventure, Family, Sci-Fi

7.9
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92 Metascore

A troubled child summons the courage to help a friendly alien escape from Earth and return to his home planet.

Director: Steven Spielberg | Stars: Henry Thomas, Drew Barrymore, Peter Coyote, Dee Wallace

Votes: 437,367 | Gross: $435.11M

15. Light the Fuse - The Official Mission: Impossible Podcast (2018 Podcast Series)

Talk-Show

7.9
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All about Mission: Impossible. Interviews with people who worked on the franchise, including Oscar-winning directors, writers, cinematographers, and editors.

Stars: Charles Hood, Drew Taylor, Christopher McQuarrie, Paul Hirsch

Votes: 10

16. CBS Library (1979–1983)
Episode: The Incredible Book Escape (1980)

60 min | Animation, Adventure, Family

7.9
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Young girl is locked at the library after it closes. Soon after, four storybook characters come to life in front of her.

Directors: Seth Pinsker, Sam Weiss | Stars: Quinn Cummings, Ruth Buzzi, Penelope Sudrow, George Gobel

Votes: 26

17. Ripley (2024)
Episode: IV La dolce vita (2024)

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

7.9
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Tom leaves for Rome using Dickie's identity and creating a web of lies.

Director: Steven Zaillian | Stars: Andrew Scott, Dakota Fanning, Johnny Flynn, Gennaro Arena

Votes: 696

18. Nightcrawler (2014)

R | 117 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

7.8
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76 Metascore

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: 604,379 | Gross: $32.38M

19. Long Gone (1987 TV Movie)

110 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

7.7
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Story of the Tampico Stogies, a low minor-league baseball team, and its star player and manager, Stud' Cantrell, as they battle for the league championship amidst the corruption and racism of the American south.

Director: Martin Davidson | Stars: William Petersen, Virginia Madsen, Dermot Mulroney, Larry Riley

Votes: 1,198

20. All Summer in a Day (1982 TV Movie)

25 min | Drama, Family, Sci-Fi

7.6
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A young girl on another planet waits for the sun to come out.

Director: Ed Kaplan | Stars: Reesa Mallen, Keith Coogan, Jerry Marshak, Tammy Simpson

Votes: 500

21. That Moment: Magnolia Diary (2000 Video)

73 min | Documentary, Drama

7.6
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A behind-the-scenes documentary, following the 80+ days of filming Paul Thomas Anderson's epic film Magnolia.

Director: Mark Rance | Stars: Paul Thomas Anderson, Fiona Apple, William Arnold, Bobby Brewer

Votes: 504

22. Ripley (2024)
Episode: I A Hard Man To Find (2024)

TV-MA | 49 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

7.6
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Tom Ripley's life of petty crime in New York City detours with an offer to bring a wealthy man's wayward son home from Europe.

Director: Steven Zaillian | Stars: Andrew Scott, Dakota Fanning, Johnny Flynn, Vittorio Viviani

Votes: 1,095

23. Ripley (2024)
Episode: II Seven Mercies (2024)

TV-MA | 49 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

7.6
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Tom settles in Dickie's seaside villa, to the displeasure of Dickie's girlfriend Marge.

Director: Steven Zaillian | Stars: Andrew Scott, Dakota Fanning, Johnny Flynn, Eliot Sumner

Votes: 881

24. The Town (2010)

R | 125 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

7.5
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74 Metascore

A proficient group of thieves rob a bank and hold an assistant manager hostage. Things begin to get complicated when one of the crew members falls in love with her.

Director: Ben Affleck | Stars: Ben Affleck, Rebecca Hall, Jon Hamm, Jeremy Renner

Votes: 415,609 | Gross: $92.19M

25. King Richard (2021)

PG-13 | 144 min | Biography, Drama, Sport

7.5
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76 Metascore

A look at how tennis superstars Venus and Serena Williams became who they are after the coaching from their father Richard.

Director: Reinaldo Marcus Green | Stars: Will Smith, Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor, Jon Bernthal, Saniyya Sidney

Votes: 136,192

26. Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation (2015)

PG-13 | 131 min | Action, Adventure, Thriller

7.4
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75 Metascore

Ethan and his team take on their most impossible mission yet when they have to eradicate an international rogue organization as highly skilled as they are and committed to destroying the IMF.

Director: Christopher McQuarrie | Stars: Tom Cruise, Rebecca Ferguson, Jeremy Renner, Simon Pegg

Votes: 410,825 | Gross: $195.04M

27. Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol (2011)

PG-13 | 132 min | Action, Adventure, Thriller

7.4
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73 Metascore

The IMF is shut down when it's implicated in the bombing of the Kremlin, causing Ethan Hunt and his new team to go rogue to clear their organization's name.

Director: Brad Bird | Stars: Tom Cruise, Jeremy Renner, Simon Pegg, Paula Patton

Votes: 528,315 | Gross: $209.40M

28. Good Night, and Good Luck. (2005)

PG | 93 min | Biography, Drama, History

7.4
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80 Metascore

Broadcast journalist Edward R. Murrow looks to bring down Senator Joseph McCarthy.

Director: George Clooney | Stars: David Strathairn, George Clooney, Patricia Clarkson, Jeff Daniels

Votes: 101,286 | Gross: $31.56M

29. Dream Street (1989– )

60 min | Drama

7.4
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Blue Collar twenty-somethings live and love in Hoboken, New Jersey.

Stars: Dale Midkiff, Peter Frechette, David Barry Gray, Tom Signorelli

Votes: 24

30. Punch-Drunk Love (2002)

R | 95 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

7.3
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78 Metascore

Socially frustrated Barry Egan calls a phone-sex line to curb his loneliness. Little does he know it will land him in deep trouble and will jeopardize his burgeoning romance with the mysterious Lena.

Director: Paul Thomas Anderson | Stars: Adam Sandler, Emily Watson, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Jason Andrews

Votes: 177,374 | Gross: $17.84M

31. Mattress Man Commercial (2003 Video)

1 min | Short, Comedy

7.3
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Paul Thomas Anderson spoofs the famous 1980s Mattress Man commercial outtake using Dean Trumbell, the character played by Philip Seymour Hoffman in Anderson's 'Punch-Drunk Love', and he ... See full summary »

Director: Paul Thomas Anderson | Stars: Philip Seymour Hoffman, David H. Stevens, Jimmy Stevens, Nathan Stevens

Votes: 1,734

32. Michael Clayton (2007)

R | 119 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

7.2
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82 Metascore

A law firm brings in its "fixer" to remedy the situation after a lawyer has a breakdown while representing a chemical company that he knows is guilty in a multibillion-dollar class action suit.

Director: Tony Gilroy | Stars: George Clooney, Tilda Swinton, Tom Wilkinson, Michael O'Keefe

Votes: 174,030 | Gross: $49.03M

33. Close Up with the Hollywood Reporter (2015– )

TV-14 | 60 min | Talk-Show

7.2
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'The Hollywood Reporter', in partnership with Sundance TV, holds round-table discussions with Oscar and Emmy nominees.

Stars: Lacey Rose, Stephen Galloway, Matt Belloni, Ann Lauren

Votes: 157

34. The King of Staten Island (2020)

R | 136 min | Comedy, Drama

7.1
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67 Metascore

Scott has been a case of arrested development since his firefighter dad died. He spends his days smoking weed and dreaming of being a tattoo artist until events force him to grapple with his grief and take his first steps forward in life.

Director: Judd Apatow | Stars: Pete Davidson, Bel Powley, Ricky Velez, Lou Wilson

Votes: 76,775

35. Runaway Jury (2003)

PG-13 | 127 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

7.1
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61 Metascore

A juror on the inside and a woman on the outside manipulate a court trial involving a major gun manufacturer.

Director: Gary Fleder | Stars: John Cusack, Rachel Weisz, Gene Hackman, Dustin Hoffman

Votes: 104,566 | Gross: $49.44M

36. Hard Eight (1996)

R | 101 min | Crime, Drama

7.1
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78 Metascore

Professional gambler Sydney teaches John the tricks of the trade. John does well until he falls for cocktail waitress Clementine.

Director: Paul Thomas Anderson | Stars: Philip Baker Hall, John C. Reilly, Gwyneth Paltrow, Samuel L. Jackson

Votes: 54,874 | Gross: $0.22M

37. Desert Hearts (1985)

R | 91 min | Drama, Romance

7.1
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67 Metascore

While waiting for her divorce papers, a repressed professor of literature is unexpectedly seduced by a carefree, spirited young lesbian.

Director: Donna Deitch | Stars: Helen Shaver, Patricia Charbonneau, Audra Lindley, Andra Akers

Votes: 7,288 | Gross: $2.49M

38. Shine a Light (2008)

PG-13 | 122 min | Documentary, Biography, Music

7.1
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76 Metascore

A career-spanning documentary on The Rolling Stones, with concert footage from their "A Bigger Bang" tour.

Director: Martin Scorsese | Stars: Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Charlie Watts, Ronnie Wood

Votes: 12,296 | Gross: $5.36M

39. Margaret Bourke-White (1989 TV Movie)

TV-14 | 105 min | Biography, Drama

7.1
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Biographical account of pioneering photographer's career.

Director: Lawrence Schiller | Stars: Farrah Fawcett, Frederic Forrest, David Huddleston, Jay Patterson

Votes: 120

40. The Sure Thing (1985)

PG-13 | 95 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

7.0
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76 Metascore

Walter Gibson is a university freshman going through a dry spell. His old buddy arranges a "sure thing" for him in California. Gibson and his classmate Allison then take a long road trip out to Cali, and both foil each other's plans.

Director: Rob Reiner | Stars: John Cusack, Daphne Zuniga, Anthony Edwards, Boyd Gaines

Votes: 22,173 | Gross: $18.14M

41. Syriana (2005)

R | 128 min | Drama, Thriller

6.9
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76 Metascore

A politically charged epic about the state of the oil industry in the hands of those personally involved in and affected by it.

Director: Stephen Gaghan | Stars: George Clooney, Matt Damon, Amanda Peet, Kayvan Novak

Votes: 134,252 | Gross: $50.82M

42. Punch-Drunk Love: Deleted Scenes (2003 Video)

10 min | Short, Comedy

6.9
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Alternate versions of 2 scenes from the film Punch-Drunk Love, titled: "The Sisters Call" and "Are You From California?"

Director: Paul Thomas Anderson | Star: Adam Sandler

Votes: 146

43. Cadillac Dreams (1988)

30 min | Short

6.9
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A young drug runner's dreams of being a great inventor give way to the equally unlikely dream of living to be 20.

Director: Matia Karrell | Stars: Claude Brooks, Donald Fullilove, Mario Gardner, Wayne Collins

Votes: 44

44. The Diary of a Teenage Girl (2015)

R | 102 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

6.8
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87 Metascore

A teen artist living in 1970s San Francisco enters into an affair with her mother's boyfriend.

Director: Marielle Heller | Stars: Bel Powley, Alexander Skarsgård, Kristen Wiig, Christopher Meloni

Votes: 33,548 | Gross: $1.48M

45. CBS Schoolbreak Special (1984–1996)

Adventure, Comedy, Drama

6.8
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CBS late afternoon specials designed for middle school and high school students, dramatizing issues affecting teenagers.

Stars: Monica Calhoun, Tammy Lauren, Nick Angotti, Beau Dremann

Votes: 353

46. The End of August (1981)

PG | 105 min | Drama

6.8
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In the turn of the century South, a woman feels unfulfilled by marriage and motherhood and has an affair with a younger man. Later, the woman leaves her family and tries to start a new life alone.

Director: Bob Graham | Stars: Sally Sharp, Lilia Skala, David Marshall Grant, Paul Roebling

Votes: 76

47. The 80th Annual Academy Awards (2008 TV Special)

TV-14 | 197 min | Comedy, Music

6.8
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In the annual awards presentation, the nominated films include Atonement (2007), Juno (2007), Michael Clayton (2007), No Country for Old Men (2007), and There Will Be Blood (2007).

Directors: Louis J. Horvitz, Joseph Takats | Stars: Jon Stewart, Jan Aaris, Amy Adams, Casey Affleck

Votes: 1,665

48. Michael Penn: Try (1997 Music Video)

3 min | Music

6.8
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Music video for Michael Penn's 'Try', shot by Paul Thomas Anderson and other cast and crew from 'Boogie Nights' in a single take in the longest hall-way in North America.

Director: Paul Thomas Anderson | Stars: Michael Penn, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Thomas Jane, Melora Walters

Votes: 199

49. Gold (I) (2016)

R | 120 min | Biography, Crime, Drama

6.7
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49 Metascore

Kenny Wells, a prospector desperate for a lucky break, teams up with a similarly eager geologist and sets off on a journey to find gold in the uncharted jungle of Indonesia.

Director: Stephen Gaghan | Stars: Matthew McConaughey, Edgar Ramírez, Bryce Dallas Howard, Corey Stoll

Votes: 69,240 | Gross: $7.23M

50. The Hand That Rocks the Cradle (1992)

R | 110 min | Drama, Thriller

6.7
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64 Metascore

After her sex offender husband gets caught in the act and kills himself, an embittered pregnant widow loses her child, and embarks on a mission of vengeance against one of her husband's victims and the woman's family.

Director: Curtis Hanson | Stars: Annabella Sciorra, Rebecca De Mornay, Matt McCoy, Ernie Hudson

Votes: 48,887 | Gross: $88.04M



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