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1. The Dirty Three (2007 Video)
105 min | Documentary, Biography, Music
The Dirty Three are the rough and ready jewels in the crown of Australian rock and roll history. Born from the need to put food on the table and spawned from the intensely collaborative ... See full summary »
Director: Darcy Maine | Stars: Steve Albini, Nick Cave, Warren Ellis, Bobby Gillespie
Votes: 27
2.
Xavier: Renegade Angel (2007–2009)
Episode:
Signs from Godrilla
(2008)
TV-MA | 12 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
Xavier wanders into a desolate town, and, in trying to understand its past, gets caught in a web of possibilities involving a pastor's affair with a preaching gorilla.
Directors: Marco Bertoldo, Vernon Chatman, John Lee | Stars: Vernon Chatman, John Lee, Alyson Levy, Jim Tozzi
Votes: 138
3. Wonder Showzen (2005–2007)
TV-MA | 30 min | Animation, Comedy
An all-cynical, all-evil absurdist variety show that parodies the classic educational PBS shows of the 1970s, made up of old cartoons and educational films, children, and puppets from one's worst nightmares.
Stars: Vernon Chatman, John Lee, Alyson Levy, Evan Seligman
Votes: 4,878
4. Poolside Chats with Neil Hamburger (2006– )
60 min | Talk-Show
Coming to you live on Internet television from Tom Green's backyard, join America's Funnyman Neil Hamburger as he talks with some of the hottest celebrities in Hollywood.
Stars: Gregg Turkington, Tom Green, Steve Moramarco, Kyle Gass
Votes: 65
5. Fresh Art Daily (2004)
80 min | Documentary
A picture of America. A picture puzzle. A cowboy on an ocher prairie, a small American town. A text: ranger with underground city. The words banish the deathly pale town to below the earth,... See full summary »
Directors: Andreas Geiger, Thomas Schlottmann | Stars: David Berman, Brad Denboer, Bob Nastanovich, Will Oldham
Votes: 15
6. The Midnight Gospel (2020)
TV-MA | 23 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
Clancy, a spacecaster with a malfunctioning multiverse simulator, leaves the comfort of his home to interview beings living in dying worlds.
Stars: Phil Hendrie, Duncan Trussell, Joey Diaz, Doug Lussenhop
Votes: 25,423
7. Late Night with Conan O'Brien (1993–2009)
TV-14 | 60 min | Comedy, Music, Talk-Show
Conan O'Brien, a Harvard Lampoon alumnus, hosts this late-night comedy/talk-show, which is often silly and whimsical.
Stars: Conan O'Brien, The Max Weinberg 7, Andy Richter, Joel Godard
Votes: 18,954
8.
True Stories (1988– )
Episode:
Battlecentre
(2001)
88 min | Documentary
The Jesus Army, aka the Jesus Fellowship Church and the Bugbrooke Community, was a neocharismatic evangelical Christian movement based in the United Kingdom, part of the British New Church ... See full summary »
Director: Leo Regan | Stars: Alan Carter, Noel Stanton
Votes: 6
9. The Shivering Truth (2018–2020)
TV-MA | 11 min | Animation, Comedy, Fantasy
A miniature propellant cluster bomb of painfully mutinous nightmares, all dripping with the orange sludge of dream logic.
Stars: Vernon Chatman, Janeane Garofalo, Zadie, Rachel Butera
Votes: 2,745
10. Matewan (1987)
PG-13 | 135 min | Drama, History
A labor union organizer comes to an embattled mining community brutally and violently dominated and harassed by the mining company.
Director: John Sayles | Stars: Chris Cooper, James Earl Jones, Mary McDonnell, Will Oldham
Votes: 8,908 | Gross: $1.68M
11. Xavier: Renegade Angel (2007–2009)
TV-MA | 12 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
Xavier is a faun-like wanderer/seeker who is traveling across the land to find out the truth about his mysterious origin. Facing rednecks, inflicting righteousness and preaching about the 'strong, silent types' and morality, this hero has his work cut out for him.
Stars: Vernon Chatman, John Lee, Alyson Levy, Jim Tozzi
Votes: 4,989
12.
The Midnight Gospel (2020)
Episode:
Vulture With Honor
(2020)
TV-MA | 26 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
When his simulator malfunctions, Clancy is forced to face a few real-world problems. Later, he meets a meditation master.
Directors: Pendleton Ward, Mike L. Mayfield | Stars: Phil Hendrie, Savannah Judy, Steve Little, David Nichtern
Votes: 931
13. An Injury to One (2002)
Not Rated | 53 min | Documentary
An experimental documentary exploring the turn-of-century lynching of union organizer Frank Little in Butte, Montana.
Director: Travis Wilkerson
Votes: 218
14. Music Makes a City: A Louisville Orchestra Story (2010)
TV-G | 103 min | Documentary
Directors: Owsley Brown, Jerome Hiler | Star: Will Oldham
Votes: 8
15.
The Shivering Truth (2018–2020)
Episode:
The Nurple Rainbow
(2018)
TV-MA | 11 min | Animation, Comedy, Fantasy
Unfortunately everything in the whole universe just oozed out from Doug Dwyer's head. But luckily, all that stuff is now coming over here to get you and also bite you.
Directors: Vernon Chatman, Cat Solen | Stars: Kevin Breznahan, Vernon Chatman, Ivy, Robert Kelly
Votes: 190
16.
Wonder Showzen (2005–2007)
Episode:
Horse Apples
(2006)
TV-MA | Animation, Comedy
A live action Hee Haw parody featuring David Cross, Zach Galifianakis and Jon Glaser.
Directors: Vernon Chatman, John Lee | Stars: Vernon Chatman, John Lee, Jen Araki, Todd Barry
Votes: 75
17. The Bikeriders (2023)
R | 116 min | Crime, Drama
After a chance encounter, headstrong Kathy is drawn to Benny, member of Midwestern motorcycle club the Vandals. As the club transforms into a dangerous underworld of violence, Benny must choose between Kathy and his loyalty to the club.
Director: Jeff Nichols | Stars: Jodie Comer, Austin Butler, Tom Hardy, Michael Shannon
Votes: 1,199
18. The Everly Brothers: Harmonies from Heaven (2016 TV Movie)
60 min | Documentary
A documentary on The Everly Brothers, a band at the forefront of the rock 'n roll revolution. They would go to influence such groups as The Beatles and The Rolling Stones, as well as just about every pop or rock artist thereafter.
Director: George Scott | Stars: Don Everly, Phil Everly, Graham Nash, Art Garfunkel
Votes: 85
19.
Animals. (2016–2018)
Episode:
At a Loss for Words When We Needed Them Most or... The Rise and Fall of GrabBagVille
(2018)
TV-MA | 28 min | Animation, Comedy
The "grabbags" - members of an inter-species group shunned by the rest of animal society - find themselves at the dawn of a new age when they are given the ability to communicate with one ... See full summary »
Directors: Mike Luciano, Phil Matarese | Stars: Phil Matarese, Mike Luciano, Lucy Liu, Carol Kane
Votes: 55
20. Hands That Bind (2021)
116 min | Drama
A hired hand plans to eventually take over his boss farm are shattered when the landowners son returns to claim his birthright.
Director: Kyle Armstrong | Stars: Bruce Dern, Susan Kent, Paul Sparks, Nicholas Campbell
Votes: 59
21. The Lure (2016)
77 min | Documentary
An eccentric millionaire hides $3 million of gold somewhere in the Rocky Mountains, luring thousands out on a wild treasure hunt in search of riches and redemption.
Director: Tomas Leach | Stars: Amanda Fry, Paulina Longenbaugh, David Rice
Votes: 50
22. Revenge of the Mekons (2013)
Not Rated | 95 min | Documentary
REVENGE OF THE MEKONS charts the unlikely career of the genre-defying collective notorious for being--as rock critic Greil Marcus notes--"the band that took punk ideology most seriously." ... See full summary »
Director: Joe Angio | Stars: Vito Acconci, Fred Armisen, Rico Bell, Hugo Burnham
Votes: 106 | Gross: $0.01M
23. Animals. (2016–2018)
TV-MA | 30 min | Animation, Comedy
Whether it's lovelorn rats, gender-questioning pigeons or aging bedbugs in the midst of a midlife crisis, the awkward small talk, moral ambiguity and existential woes of non-human urbanites prove startlingly similar to our own.
Stars: Phil Matarese, Mike Luciano, Neil Casey, Katie Aselton
Votes: 4,276
24. Another Coin for the Merry-Go-Round (2021)
92 min | Drama
A film about friendship, the love for music and saying goodbye.
Director: Hannes Starz | Stars: Valerie Pachner, Voodoo Jürgens, Tinka Fürst, Max Bogner
Votes: 37
25. Sailing a Sinking Sea (2015)
65 min | Documentary, Adventure, Music
An experimental documentary exploring the culture of the Moken people of Burma and Thailand. The Moken are a seafaring community and one of the smallest ethnic minority groups in Asia, ... See full summary »
Director: Olivia Wyatt
Votes: 45
26. Magnetic Reconnection (2012)
13 min | Documentary, Short
A short documentary film contrasting the Northern Lights with decaying man-made debris littered throughout the landscape surrounding the town of Churchill, Manitoba in Canada's Arctic. The ... See full summary »
Director: Kyle Armstrong | Star: Will Oldham
Votes: 14
27. Bonnie Prince Billy: No More Workhorse Blues (2004 Music Video)
3 min | Music
Director: Harmony Korine | Star: Will Oldham
Votes: 21
28. Wendy and Lucy (2008)
R | 80 min | Drama
Over the summer, a series of unfortunate happenings triggers a financial crisis for a young woman and she soon finds her life falling apart.
Director: Kelly Reichardt | Stars: Michelle Williams, Lucy, David Koppell, Max Clement
Votes: 19,749 | Gross: $0.86M
29. Jackass 3D (2010)
R | 94 min | Documentary, Action, Comedy
Johnny Knoxville and company return for the third installment of their TV show spin-off, where dangerous stunts and explicit public displays rule.
Director: Jeff Tremaine | Stars: Johnny Knoxville, Steve-O, Bam Margera, Ryan Dunn
Votes: 68,752 | Gross: $117.22M
30. John Legend: Surefire (2017 Music Video)
4 min | Music
Official music video for "Surefire" by John Legend.
Director: Colen C. Wiley | Stars: John Legend, Yasmine Al-Bustami, Johnny Ortiz, Fahim Fazli
Votes: 20
31. Elysian Fields (1994)
28 min | Drama, Short
Love, Betrayal and class conflict disrupt a small East Texas town as a young man from a prominent family returns to face the consequences of a past affair with a local girl from the wrong side of the tracks.
Director: Karl Shefelman | Stars: Whitney Christopher, Jullianna Donovan, Robert Leeshock, Alan Loper
Votes: 13
32. Junebug (2005)
R | 106 min | Comedy, Drama
A dealer in "outsider" art travels from Chicago to North Carolina to meet her new in-laws, challenging the equilibrium of this middle class Southern home.
Director: Phil Morrison | Stars: Embeth Davidtz, Alessandro Nivola, David Kuhn, Alicia Van Couvering
Votes: 23,427 | Gross: $2.68M
33. Love Liza (2002)
R | 90 min | Comedy, Drama
Following the unexplained suicide of his wife Liza, a web designer turns to gasoline fumes and remote-control airplanes while avoiding an inevitable conflict with his mother-in-law.
Director: Todd Louiso | Stars: Philip Seymour Hoffman, Annie Morgan, Kathy Bates, J.D. Walsh
Votes: 8,602 | Gross: $0.21M
34. Thousand Pieces of Gold (1990)
PG-13 | 105 min | Romance, Western
In 1880s China, a girl is sold into marriage by her father. Rather than becoming a bride, Lalu ends up in a gold-mining town where she forges a path for her own freedom and, ultimately, true love.
Director: Nancy Kelly | Stars: Rosalind Chao, Chris Cooper, Michael Paul Chan, Dennis Dun
Votes: 731 | Gross: $0.72M
35. Pioneer (2011)
Not Rated | 16 min | Short, Drama, Family
A father tells his little boy the most epic bedtime story ever.
Director: David Lowery | Stars: Will Oldham, Myles Brooks, Jesse Cilio
Votes: 468
36. A Ghost Story (2017)
R | 92 min | Drama, Fantasy, Mystery
In this singular exploration of legacy, love, loss, and the enormity of existence, a recently deceased, white-sheeted ghost returns to his suburban home to try to reconnect with his bereft wife.
Director: David Lowery | Stars: Casey Affleck, Rooney Mara, McColm Cephas Jr., Kenneisha Thompson
Votes: 79,600 | Gross: $1.60M
37. Old Joy (2006)
Unrated | 76 min | Drama
Two old pals reunite for a camping trip in Oregon's Cascade Mountains.
Director: Kelly Reichardt | Stars: Daniel London, Will Oldham, Tanya Smith, Robin Rosenberg
Votes: 8,826 | Gross: $0.26M
38. Topology of Sirens (2021)
106 min | Mystery
After discovering a set of cryptic microcassettes in her new home, Cas is drawn into a meditative mystery of environmental sound and experimental music.
Director: Jonathan Davies | Stars: Courtney Stephens, Whitney Johnson, Jeff Kober, Samantha Robinson
Votes: 63
39. Edén (2014)
95 min | Drama
Alma returns to Mexico seeking the man who caused the loss of her childhood home. He is not easily found, but the road to him brings her closer to her late father, and the secrets he took with him to his grave.
Director: Elise DuRant | Stars: Will Oldham, Diana Sedano, Irineo Alvarez, Tarek Becerril
Votes: 45
40. This Must Be the Place (2011)
R | 118 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Cheyenne, a retired rock star living off his royalties in Dublin, returns to New York City to find the man responsible for a humiliation suffered by his recently deceased father during W.W.II.
Director: Paolo Sorrentino | Stars: Sean Penn, Frances McDormand, Judd Hirsch, Eve Hewson
Votes: 36,969 | Gross: $0.14M
41. Julien Donkey-Boy (1999)
R | 94 min | Comedy, Drama
A portrait of the effects of schizophrenia on family life is the central focus.
Director: Harmony Korine | Stars: Ewen Bremner, Brian Fisk, Chloë Sevigny, Werner Herzog
Votes: 7,745 | Gross: $0.08M
42. Ode (1999)
48 min | Drama, Romance
"Tallahatchie Bridge": With those two simple words, the powerful images of a lost innocence, a murky river and a mysterious suicide spring to mind. Scorning the demands of her overbearing ... See full summary »
Director: Kelly Reichardt | Stars: Heather Gottlieb, Kevin Poole, Jon Wurster, Jim Wiley
Votes: 238
43. Everybody's Baby: The Rescue of Jessica McClure (1989 TV Movie)
TV-PG | 100 min | Drama
A caring community and variety of people nationwide come together to rescue a baby who is trapped in an abandoned water well, but they have a short time before something bad might happen.
Director: Mel Damski | Stars: Beau Bridges, Pat Hingle, Roxana Zal, Will Oldham
Votes: 882
44. Trapped in the Closet: Chapters 13-22 (2007 Video)
R | 48 min | Comedy, Drama, Music
The second ten chapters of R. Kelly's rap opera in which a one-night stand triggers a series of revelations about the sexual deceits of its characters.
Directors: R. Kelly, Victor Mignatti, Jim Swaffield | Stars: R. Kelly, Eric Lane, LeShay N. Tomlinson, LaDonna Tittle
Votes: 1,171
45. New Jerusalem (2011)
Not Rated | 94 min | Drama
Returning from Afghanistan, Sean is befriended by lke, a strong-willed evangelical who endeavors to ensure the fragile Sean's salvation.
Director: Rick Alverson | Stars: Will Oldham, Colm O'Leary, Walter Scott, Roxanne Ferris
Votes: 240
46. Tripping with Caveh (2004 Video)
Unrated | 30 min | Documentary, Short
With longtime collaborators Greg Watkins (A Little Stiff) and Thomas Logoreci, the charismatic, experimental filmmaker Caveh Zahedi approaches legendary songwriter Will Oldham (Palace ... See full summary »
Director: Caveh Zahedi | Stars: Amanda Field, Thomas Logoreci, Will Oldham, Greg Watkins
Votes: 69
47. Them That Work (2019)
28 min | Documentary, Short
John Sayles came to West Virginia to make his film MATEWAN, about the gun fight over labor in the coal fields. The film has had a lasting impact on locals regarding the subject and the filming's influence on people's lives.
Director: Jason Brown | Stars: Daniel Boyd, Dave Brock, Ellen Bullock, John Bullock
Votes: 10
48. The Guatemalan Handshake (2006)
Not Rated | 98 min | Comedy, Drama
A mysterious power failure in a small mountain town coincides with the disappearance of one of its most eccentric young residents. Mystery piles upon mystery as his family and friends ... See full summary »
Director: Todd Rohal | Stars: Katy Haywood, Ken Byrnes, Will Oldham, Sheila Scullin
Votes: 381
49. Once Upon a River (2019)
92 min | Drama
Margo Crane's odyssey on the Stark River introduces her to a world filled with wonders and dangers.
Director: Haroula Rose | Stars: Kenadi DelaCerna, John Ashton, Tatanka Means, Ajuawak Kapashesit
Votes: 285
50. The Broken Giant (1997)
83 min | Drama
A young minister in a small town gives sanctuary at his church to a girl who mysteriously arrives out of breath and apparently running from something, or somebody.
Director: Estep Nagy | Stars: John Glover, Brooke Smith, Will Arnett, Missy Yager
Votes: 39