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1. 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: 436,428
2. Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson (2004)
TV-PG | 214 min | Documentary, Biography, Sport
The story of Jack Johnson, the first African-American Heavyweight boxing champion.
Director: Ken Burns | Stars: Jack Johnson, Keith David, Samuel L. Jackson, Adam Arkin
Votes: 1,692
3. Zombie (I) (2010)
20 min | Short, Drama
A mild-mannered Jeffrey Dahmer-esque serial killer commits his final crime.
Director: Thomas Caruso | Stars: Bill Connington, Kelley Van Dilla, Tanvir Gopal, Hayley Holbrook
Votes: 19
4. History's Mysteries (1998–2011)
TV-PG | Documentary, History, Mystery
Explore the stories, events, legends and myths that have incited debate throughout the ages.
Stars: David Ackroyd, Arthur Kent, Christopher Chacon, William L. MacDonald
Votes: 237
5.
Blonde (2001)
Episode:
Episode #1.2
(2001)
TV-14 | Biography, Drama
Director: Joyce Chopra | Stars: Poppy Montgomery, Patricia Richardson, Patrick Dempsey, Wallace Shawn
Votes: 22
6.
ESPN SportsCentury (1999–2007)
Episode:
Rocky Marciano
(2000)
Documentary, Biography, History
Stars: Muhammad Ali, Teddy Atlas, Stanley Bauman, Al Certo
Votes: 8
7.
Blonde (2001)
Episode:
Episode #1.1
(2001)
TV-14 | Biography, Drama
Director: Joyce Chopra | Stars: Poppy Montgomery, Patricia Richardson, Patrick Dempsey, Wallace Shawn
Votes: 20
8. Kings of the Ring: Four Legends of Heavyweight Boxing (2000 TV Movie)
Documentary, Biography, Sport
Documentary on heavyweight boxers Jack Johnson, Jack Dempsey, Joe Louis and Muhammad Ali.
Director: Bud Greenspan | Stars: Will Lyman, Jack Johnson, Jack Dempsey, Joe Louis
Votes: 48
9.
ESPN SportsCentury (1999–2007)
Episode:
Muhammad Ali
(1999)
30 min | Documentary, Biography, History
Stars: Lonnie Ali, Roone Arledge, Arned Arter, Bob Arum
Votes: 13
10. Talk Easy with Sam Fragoso (II) (2016 Podcast Series)
Stars: Sam Fragoso, Ashish Jha, W. Kamau Bell, Jenny Slate
Votes: 12
11. Where Are You Going? Where Have You Been? (2006)
18 min | Short
A free-spirited 15-year-old girl flirts with a dangerous stranger in the Northern California suburbs and must prepare herself for the frightening and traumatic consequences.
Director: Robyn Dettman | Stars: Geno Carvalho, Mia Walker
Votes: 10
12. ESPN SportsCentury (1999–2007)
Documentary, Biography, History
A biography series counting down the 50 greatest North American athletes of the 20th century. It was expanded to include other athletes, personalities, and notable moments in sports history.
Stars: Chris Fowler, Dick Schaap, Edwin Pope, Robert Lipsyte
Votes: 324
13. Babel (2005–2022)
60 min | Talk-Show
Babel is the talk show in the Nordic countries about literature. It is where the world's most important writers meet in discussions about life, reading and writing.
Stars: Jessika Gedin, Daniel Sjölin, Alex Schulman, Jonas Hassen Khemiri
Votes: 22
14. Small Avalanches (2006)
22 min | Short, Thriller
Adapted from a short story by award-winning author Joyce Carol Oates, Small Avalanches is the gripping tale of a teenage girl's dangerous encounter with a middle-age man. Set in rural ... See full summary »
Director: Lara Fitzgerald | Stars: David Keeley, Ron Lea, Max Vendrig, Sheila McCarthy
Votes: 13
15.
History's Mysteries (1998–2011)
Episode:
The Death of Marilyn Monroe
(2000)
TV-PG | 60 min | Documentary, History, Mystery
The 1962 death of actress Marilyn Monroe remains a source of controversy.
Stars: David Ackroyd, James Bacon, Holly Beavon, Jeanne Carmen
Votes: 20
16. Fallen Champ: The Untold Story of Mike Tyson (1993 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 93 min | Documentary, Biography, Sport
Filmmaker Barbara Kopple profiles the life and career of former heavyweight boxing champion Mike Tyson and the surrounding events that led to his 1992 6 year prison conviction.
Director: Barbara Kopple | Stars: Mike Tyson, Kevin Rooney, Desiree Washington, Curtis Ratliff
Votes: 237
17. The South Bank Show (1978– )
53 min | Documentary
ITV's long-running arts series presented by Melvyn Bragg.
Stars: Melvyn Bragg, Ian McKellen, David Hockney, Victoria Wood
Votes: 216
18. Getting to Know You (1999)
Unrated | 96 min | Comedy, Drama
A chance encounter alters a teenage girl's perception of herself and her outlook on life.
Director: Lisanne Skyler | Stars: Heather Matarazzo, Zach Braff, David Aaron Baker, Catherine Anne Hayes
Votes: 456
19. In the Region of Ice (1976)
37 min | Short
In this American Film Institute-subsidized short subject, Fionnula Flanagan plays a sharp-tongued but compassionate nun, while Peter Lempert is cast as a sullen, emotionally disturbed boy. ... See full summary »
Directors: Andre R. Guttfreund, Peter Werner | Stars: Fionnula Flanagan, Peter Lampert, Keith Anthoni, Vance Colvig Jr.
Votes: 57
20. Norman and the Killer (1991)
30 min | Horror, Short
About a long and fateful night that unfolds when Norman, a man haunted by the memory of his slain brother, recognizes a gas station attendant as the man who murdered his brother sixteen years earlier.
Director: Bob Graham | Stars: Richard L. Hawkins, John Durren, Jane Marla Robbins, Brett Nelson
Votes: 35
21.
The Simpsons (1989– )
Episode:
Pork and Burns
(2017)
TV-14 | 23 min | Animation, Comedy
A Japanese book on minimalism inspires Marge to adapt to a new way of living, so the Simpsons have to part with items that no longer bring them joy.
Directors: Mike B. Anderson, Matthew Nastuk | Stars: Dan Castellaneta, Julie Kavner, Nancy Cartwright, Yeardley Smith
Votes: 955
22. Shadow Boxing (1993)
15 min | Short, Sport
Inside and outside the sixteen ropes of the ring: intense and lonely moments in a young amateur boxer's life.
Director: Stephan Streker | Stars: Momo Boukhris, Agnès Darnaud, Pascal Montulet, Jean Keuteriks
Votes: 40
23. Corona Film Club (2021)
82 min | Documentary
Stig Björkman, an 82 years-old director was isolated in Stockholm during the pandemic. And to make his life worth living. So did he watch old movies. Which he discusses whit friends. Who happen to be Alicia Vikander and Olivier Assayas.
Director: Stina Gardell | Stars: Stig Björkman, Isabella Rossellini, Jørgen Leth, Alicia Vikander
Votes: 47
24. Overheard (2010– )
Talk-Show
In-depth interviews with today's most fascinating public figures. Join us for smart conversations with the country's most interesting people, always with an eye toward the news and always with a sense of humor.
Stars: Evan A. Smith, Richard Linklater, Carolyn Krawczyk, Lawrence Wright
Votes: 20
25. Smooth Talk (1985)
PG-13 | 92 min | Drama, Romance, Thriller
A free-spirited 15-year-old girl flirts with a dangerous stranger in the Northern California suburbs and must prepare herself for the frightening and traumatic consequences.
Director: Joyce Chopra | Stars: Treat Williams, Laura Dern, Mary Kay Place, Margaret Welsh
Votes: 3,401 | Gross: $0.02M
26. Joyce Carol Oates: A Body in the Service of Mind (2021)
94 min | Documentary, Biography, History
Joyce Carol Oates has written over one hundred novels in a variety of genres over an award-winning career. Years of friendship and tireless research gave director Stig Björkman unprecedented access to the writer's solitude.
Director: Stig Björkman | Stars: Joyce Carol Oates, Laura Dern
Votes: 92
27. We Were the Mulvaneys (2002 TV Movie)
TV-14 | 86 min | Drama
Based on the novel by the same name, We Were the Mulvaneys is a sensitive portrayal of one family's journey as they face conflict, fear, tragedy and ultimately, themselves.
Director: Peter Werner | Stars: Beau Bridges, Blythe Danner, Tammy Blanchard, Tom Guiry
Votes: 605
28. Página 2 (2007– )
30 min | Talk-Show
Stars: Òscar López, Desirée de Fez, Rosa Montero, Julia Navarro
Votes: 28
29. ESPN 25: Who's #1? (2004–2007)
60 min | Documentary, Sport
Stars: Trey Wingo, Charley Steiner, Bert Sugar, Peter Gammons
Votes: 210
30. Double Lover (2017)
Not Rated | 107 min | Drama, Romance, Thriller
Chloé, a fragile young woman, falls in love with her psychoanalyst, Paul. A few months later she moves in with him, but soon discovers that her lover is concealing a part of his identity.
Director: François Ozon | Stars: Marine Vacth, Jérémie Renier, Jacqueline Bisset, Myriam Boyer
Votes: 13,681 | Gross: $0.17M
31. Foxfire (1996)
R | 102 min | Drama, Romance
Legs Sadovsky gets four other high school girls to think for themselves and react to a teacher's sexual harassment, which gets them suspended. They bond, and rebel, at an abandoned house.
Director: Annette Haywood-Carter | Stars: Hedy Burress, Angelina Jolie, Jenny Lewis, Jenny Shimizu
Votes: 9,755 | Gross: $0.26M
32. Blonde (2001)
TV-14 | 165 min | Biography, Drama
A fictional biography of Marilyn Monroe mixed with series of real events in her life.
Stars: Poppy Montgomery, Patricia Richardson, Patrick Dempsey, Wallace Shawn
Votes: 1,241
33. Foxfire: Confessions of a Girl Gang (2012)
Not Rated | 143 min | Crime, Drama
Set in the 1950s, a group of young girls in upstate New York form their own gang.
Director: Laurent Cantet | Stars: Raven Adamson, Katie Coseni, Madeleine Bisson, Claire Mazerolle
Votes: 2,379
34. Skavlan (2009–2021)
58 min | Talk-Show
Fredrik Skavlan interviews some of the world's biggest thinkers, politicians, scientists and stars.
Stars: Fredrik Skavlan, Niklas Källner, Noomi Rapace, Anne Holt
Votes: 537
35. Små skred (2003)
15 min | Short
Linda is 12 and she is bored until she meets an older man.
Director: Birgitte Stærmose | Stars: Julie Carlsen, Søren Malling, Sofie Rolandsen
Votes: 25
36. The Gathering Squall (2011)
13 min | Short, Drama
On the precipice of adulthood, fourteen-year-old Lisellen Uhlmann is without a man in her life; her father is distant and boys in school ignore her. When Duncan Baits invites her to hang ... See full summary »
Director: Hannah Fidell | Stars: Sydney Hogan, Tyler Serle, Brett Shaw, Amy Edgerly
Votes: 27
37. Tavis Smiley (2004–2017)
30 min | Talk-Show
A diverse panel of experts on various social, political, economic, and legal issues that are key to Detroit's turnaround.
Stars: Tavis Smiley, Cornel West, Bernie Sanders, Harry Belafonte
Votes: 412
38. Blonde (2022)
NC-17 | 167 min | Drama, History
The story of American actress Marilyn Monroe, covering her love and professional lives.
Director: Andrew Dominik | Stars: Ana de Armas, Lily Fisher, Julianne Nicholson, Tygh Runyan
Votes: 72,264
39. West Wing Week (2010–2017)
Stars: Barack Obama, Joe Biden, Josh Earnest, Michelle Obama
Votes: 18
40. Waxwing (1998)
15 min | Short
Director: Beryl Schennen | Stars: Nanette Bauer, Olaf Danner, Franz Hanfstingl, Claudia Neidig
Votes: 19
41. Vengeance: A Love Story (2017)
TV-MA | 99 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
One vigilante policeman comes to the aid of a single mother seeking to bring her rapists to justice.
Director: Johnny Martin | Stars: Nicolas Cage, Anna Hutchison, Talitha Eliana Bateman, Deborah Kara Unger
Votes: 8,895
42. Lies of the Twins (1991 TV Movie)
R | 93 min | Thriller
A model becomes romantically involved with her therapist. One day she sees him with another woman, it turns out to be his evil twin, who is also a therapist. Complications ensue.
Director: Tim Hunter | Stars: Aidan Quinn, Isabella Rossellini, Iman, Claudia Christian
Votes: 243
43. HARDtalk Extra (2004– )
Talk-Show
Independently produced arts and culture strand of the HARDtalk brand.
Stars: Gavin Esler, Paddy O'Connell, Mishal Husain, Razia Iqbal
Votes: 31
44. The Follower (I) (2019)
12 min | Short, Thriller
A misunderstood teen with dreams of escaping her dreary suburban life is tempted by a would-be internet stalker in this Southern Gothic stranger-danger tale.
Director: Stevie Szerlip | Stars: Logan Polish, Jack Kilmer, Michael Novak, Shayna Novak
Votes: 100
45. Touré Show (2017 Podcast Series)
Talk-Show
One on one conversation with successful, inspiring Black people. Musicians, artists, intellectuals, writers, politicians, comedians, athletes-all sorts of awesome people who are making the world a more interesting place.
Stars: Touré, Malcolm Nance, Justin Simien, RZA
Votes: 29
46. Radio Play Revival (2021 Podcast Series)
Drama
Radio Play Revival features great American actors performing great American works of literature. Performed by both established and new-and-emerging performers, musicians, and writers, Radio... See full summary »
Stars: Sam Tsoutsouvas, Josh Johnston, John Skelley, Rob Nagle
47. Skräckministeriet (2009)
30 min | Documentary, Comedy, Drama
"Ministry of Fear" - It may seem strange to voluntarily be intimidated, to glance through the door to the uncontrollable, to the phobias, the death anxiety and to the encapsulated, dark secrets.
Stars: Björn Granath, Max Brooks, John Ajvide Lindqvist, H.R. Giger
48. Les Carnets de route de François Busnel (2011– )
60 min | Documentary
Stars: François Busnel, Laurent Lederer, Colum McCann, Philip Roth
49. The Instrument (2005)
100 min | Drama, Music
Seven students inherit the instrument-building workshop of their enigmatic mentor and must undergo a collective rite of passage based on the spiritual components of music. In order to fully... See full summary »
Director: Adam Nemett | Stars: Felice Aarons, Kristin Burke, Hilton Carter, David A. Cooper
50. American Martyrs
Announced
Two families on either sides of the abortion debate, whose lives collide when a politically charged act of violence rips both apart.