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1. The Graduate (1967)
PG | 106 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A disillusioned college graduate finds himself torn between his older lover and her daughter.
Director: Mike Nichols | Stars: Dustin Hoffman, Anne Bancroft, Katharine Ross, William Daniels
Votes: 288,473 | Gross: $104.95M
2. Forgetting Sarah Marshall (2008)
R | 111 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Devastated Peter takes a Hawaiian vacation in order to deal with the recent break-up with his TV star girlfriend, Sarah. Little does he know, Sarah's traveling to the same resort as her ex - and she's bringing along her new boyfriend.
Director: Nicholas Stoller | Stars: Kristen Bell, Jason Segel, Paul Rudd, Mila Kunis
Votes: 302,491 | Gross: $63.17M
3. Borat (2006)
R | 84 min | Comedy
Kazakh TV talking head Borat is dispatched to the United States to report on the greatest country in the world.
Director: Larry Charles | Stars: Sacha Baron Cohen, Ken Davitian, Luenell, Chester
Votes: 442,182 | Gross: $128.51M
4. Buffalo '66 (1998)
R | 110 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
After being released from prison, Billy is set to visit his parents with his wife, whom he does not actually have. This provokes Billy to act out, as he kidnaps a girl and forces her to act as his wife for the visit.
Director: Vincent Gallo | Stars: Vincent Gallo, Christina Ricci, Ben Gazzara, Mickey Rourke
Votes: 60,287 | Gross: $2.38M
5. The Passenger (1975)
PG-13 | 126 min | Drama, Thriller
Unable to find the war he's been asked to cover, a frustrated war correspondent takes the risky path of co-opting the identity of a dead arms-deal acquaintance.
Director: Michelangelo Antonioni | Stars: Jack Nicholson, Maria Schneider, Jenny Runacre, Ian Hendry
Votes: 26,182 | Gross: $0.62M
6. Flawless (1999)
R | 112 min | Crime, Drama
An ultraconservative security guard suffers a debilitating stroke and is assigned to a rehabilitative program that includes singing lessons with the drag queen next door.
Director: Joel Schumacher | Stars: Robert De Niro, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Barry Miller, Chris Bauer
Votes: 20,015 | Gross: $4.49M
7. Deception (2008)
R | 107 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
An accountant is introduced to a mysterious sex club known as The List by his lawyer friend. But in this new world, he soon becomes the prime suspect in a woman's disappearance and a multi-million dollar heist.
Director: Marcel Langenegger | Stars: Hugh Jackman, Ewan McGregor, Michelle Williams, Bruce Altman
Votes: 40,841 | Gross: $4.60M
8. Edmond (2005)
R | 82 min | Drama, Thriller
A fortune-teller's teasing rumination sends Edmond Burke lurching into New York City's hellish underworld.
Director: Stuart Gordon | Stars: William H. Macy, Julia Stiles, Joe Mantegna, Frances Bay
Votes: 12,440 | Gross: $0.13M
9. Tarantula (1955)
Approved | 80 min | Horror, Sci-Fi
A spider escapes from an isolated Arizona desert laboratory experimenting in gigantism and grows to tremendous size as it wreaks havoc on the local inhabitants.
Director: Jack Arnold | Stars: John Agar, Mara Corday, Leo G. Carroll, Nestor Paiva
Votes: 10,779 | Gross: $1.10M
10. The Halcyon (2017)
60 min | Drama, War
The story of a bustling and glamorous five star hotel at the center of London society and a world at war.
Stars: Annabelle Apsion, Mark Benton, Jamie Blackley, Edward Bluemel
Votes: 3,105
11. Trail of the Pink Panther (1982)
PG | 96 min | Comedy, Crime, Mystery
Journalist Marie Jouvet attempts to uncover the mysterious disappearance of Chief Inspector Jacques Clouseau.
Director: Blake Edwards | Stars: Peter Sellers, David Niven, Herbert Lom, Richard Mulligan
Votes: 11,218 | Gross: $9.06M
12. Ashes and Diamonds (1958)
Not Rated | 103 min | Drama, Romance, War
As World War II and the German occupation ends, the Polish resistance and the Soviet forces turn on each other in an attempt to take over leadership in Communist Poland.
Director: Andrzej Wajda | Stars: Zbigniew Cybulski, Ewa Krzyzewska, Waclaw Zastrzezynski, Adam Pawlikowski
Votes: 13,468
13. Rise: Blood Hunter (2007)
R | 97 min | Action, Crime, Horror
A reporter wakes up in a morgue and finds herself a member of the undead, before vowing revenge against the sect which put her there.
Director: Sebastian Gutierrez | Stars: Lucy Liu, Michael Chiklis, Carla Gugino, Robert Forster
Votes: 12,573 | Gross: $0.11M
14. Factotum (2005)
R | 94 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
This drama centers on Hank Chinaski, the fictional alter-ego of "Factotum" author Charles Bukowski, who wanders around Los Angeles, CA trying to live off jobs which don't interfere with his primary interest, which is writing. Along the way, he fends off the distractions offered by women, drinking and gambling.
Director: Bent Hamer | Stars: Matt Dillon, Lili Taylor, Marisa Tomei, Didier Flamand
Votes: 15,037 | Gross: $0.81M
15. Road House (1948)
Passed | 95 min | Action, Drama, Film-Noir
A night club owner becomes infatuated with a torch singer and frames his best friend/manager for embezzlement when the chanteuse falls in love with him.
Director: Jean Negulesco | Stars: Ida Lupino, Cornel Wilde, Celeste Holm, Richard Widmark
Votes: 3,162
16. Keane (2004)
R | 100 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
A disheveled man desperately searches New York City for his young daughter.
Director: Lodge Kerrigan | Stars: Damian Lewis, Liza Colón-Zayas, John Tormey, Brenda Denmark
Votes: 5,819 | Gross: $0.03M
17. Hexed (1993)
R | 90 min | Comedy, Crime, Mystery
A clerk at the same hotel since 18, 30 y.o. Matthew breaks the monotony when his favorite model, Hexina, secretly stays at the hotel. He impersonates a caller and goes on a date with her. Things get deadly.
Director: Alan Spencer | Stars: Arye Gross, Claudia Christian, Adrienne Shelly, Ray Baker
Votes: 1,821 | Gross: $2.79M
18. Song of the Thin Man (1947)
Not Rated | 86 min | Comedy, Crime, Musical
Nick and Nora Charles are on a gambling boat when someone is murdered. The two main suspects are at large and come to Nick for help. Nick turns them in to the police but then sets out to figure out the mystery.
Director: Edward Buzzell | Stars: William Powell, Myrna Loy, Keenan Wynn, Dean Stockwell
Votes: 5,735 | Gross: $3.06M
19. Code Name: The Cleaner (2007)
PG-13 | 84 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
An amnesiac wakes up in a hotel room next to a dead FBI agent and $250,000. Is the sexy lady in the lobby his wife? Is he a spy or a cleaner?
Director: Les Mayfield | Stars: Cedric The Entertainer, Lucy Liu, Nicollette Sheridan, Mark Dacascos
Votes: 12,170 | Gross: $8.10M
20. I Wake Up Screaming (1941)
Passed | 82 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
Why is Inspector Ed Cornell trying to railroad Frankie Christopher for the murder of model Vicky Lynn?
Director: H. Bruce Humberstone | Stars: Betty Grable, Victor Mature, Carole Landis, Laird Cregar
Votes: 5,377
21. Anamorph (2007)
R | 103 min | Crime, Horror, Thriller
A psychological thriller based on the concept of anamorphosis, a painting technique that manipulates the laws of perspective to create two competing images on a single canvas.
Director: Henry Miller | Stars: Willem Dafoe, Scott Speedman, Don Harvey, James Rebhorn
Votes: 9,785 | Gross: $0.01M
22. Acquasanta Joe (1971)
94 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
A gang of robbers armed with a union army cannon rob the bank holding bounty Killer Acquasanta Joe's earnings to date. He pursues, crossing and double crossing along the way.
Directors: Mario Gariazzo, Richard Harrison | Stars: Lincoln Tate, Ty Hardin, Richard Harrison, Silvia Monelli
Votes: 269
23. Sexual Life (2004)
R | 96 min | Comedy, Drama
Disparate individuals rationalize their infidelities.
Director: Ken Kwapis | Stars: Azura Skye, Annie Heller, Carla Gallo, Tom Everett Scott
Votes: 1,014
24. Ben & Arthur (2002)
Not Rated | 85 min | Drama, Romance, Thriller
A pair of recently married gay men are threatened by the brother of one of the partners, a religious fanatic who plots to murder them after being ostracized by his church.
Director: Sam Mraovich | Stars: Sam Mraovich, Jamie Brett Gabel, Michael Haboush, Bill Hindley
Votes: 8,262
25. The Lady Gambles (1949)
Approved | 99 min | Drama, Film-Noir
A desperate husband tries to find help for his wife suffering from addictive gambling.
Director: Michael Gordon | Stars: Barbara Stanwyck, Robert Preston, Stephen McNally, Edith Barrett
Votes: 1,057
26. Copacabana (1947)
Passed | 92 min | Comedy, Musical, Mystery
An agent has his only client pose as both a French chanteuse and Brazilian bombshell to fool a nightclub owner.
Director: Alfred E. Green | Stars: Groucho Marx, Carmen Miranda, Steve Cochran, Andy Russell
Votes: 1,385
27. Placido (1961)
85 min | Comedy, Drama
In a small Spanish town, a group of old ladies decides to celebrate Christmas Eve with a "seat a poor man at your table" dinner: each wealthy household of the town will have a homeless ... See full summary »
Director: Luis García Berlanga | Stars: Cassen, José Luis López Vázquez, Elvira Quintillá, Manuel Alexandre
Votes: 3,769
28. Backfire (1950)
Passed | 91 min | Crime, Film-Noir, Mystery
While recuperating from wartime back injuries at a hospital, veteran Bob Corey is visited on Christmas Eve by a beautiful stranger with an even stranger message.
Director: Vincent Sherman | Stars: Viveca Lindfors, Dane Clark, Virginia Mayo, Edmond O'Brien
Votes: 1,790
29. Casa de los babys (2003)
R | 95 min | Drama
A brief look into South American family life while showing the hardships surrounding adoption in South America as six woman are forced to stay in the country while awaiting approval of adopting a baby.
Director: John Sayles | Stars: Daryl Hannah, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Mary Steenburgen, Lili Taylor
Votes: 2,217 | Gross: $0.48M
30. Page Miss Glory (1936)
G | 8 min | Animation, Short, Adventure
A bellhop in the No 1. hotel of a smalltown awaiting the arrival of Miss Glory dreams he has to page Miss Glory at a first class hotel in New York, and this turns out to be a nightmare. ... See full summary »
Director: Tex Avery | Stars: Tex Avery, Bernice Hansen, Jackie Morrow, The Varsity Three
Votes: 546
31. Bedtime Story (1941)
Passed | 85 min | Comedy, Romance
A playwright attempts to stop his wife from retiring so she can star in his next play.
Director: Alexander Hall | Stars: Fredric March, Loretta Young, Robert Benchley, Allyn Joslyn
Votes: 710
32. High and Dizzy (1920)
Passed | 26 min | Comedy, Short
A tipsy doctor encounters his patient sleepwalking on a building ledge, high above the street.
Director: Hal Roach | Stars: Harold Lloyd, Mildred Davis, Roy Brooks, Wally Howe
Votes: 1,447
33. Go Into Your Dance (1935)
Approved | 89 min | Crime, Drama, Musical
Al Howard may be a star on Broadway, but he is no longer welcomed by any producer. It seems that he just trots off to Mexico any time he wants causing shows to close and producers to lose ... See full summary »
Directors: Archie Mayo, Michael Curtiz, Robert Florey | Stars: Al Jolson, Ruby Keeler, Glenda Farrell, Barton MacLane
Votes: 468
34. Orchids and Ermine (1927)
Passed | 70 min | Comedy, Romance
A telephone operator at an opulent hotel falls in love with a young man who turns out to be a rich oil millionaire.
Director: Alfred Santell | Stars: Colleen Moore, Jack Mulhall, Sam Hardy, Gwen Lee
Votes: 182
35. The Saint in Palm Springs (1940)
Approved | 66 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Inspector Fernack asks Simon to watch over an old friend who's carrying $200,000 worth of postage stamps, but the friend is killed, and the stamps stolen.
Director: Jack Hively | Stars: George Sanders, Wendy Barrie, Paul Guilfoyle, Jonathan Hale
Votes: 805
36. A Shot in the Dark (1935)
Passed | 69 min | Mystery, Thriller
The apparent hanging of a suicidal student is revealed to be murder, as he was already dead when the noose was placed around his neck, killed by a sharp needle that penetrated the back of his skull with great force.
Director: Charles Lamont | Stars: Charles Starrett, Robert Warwick, Edward Van Sloan, Marion Shilling
Votes: 240
37. The Lady Has Plans (1942)
Approved | 77 min | Drama
Dastardly criminals have stolen some top secret plans and tattooed them on the back of a woman so she can sell them to the highest bidder in Lisbon. This woman plans to take the place of a ... See full summary »
Director: Sidney Lanfield | Stars: Ray Milland, Paulette Goddard, Roland Young, Albert Dekker
Votes: 221
38. The Mandarin Mystery (1936)
Approved | 66 min | Comedy, Crime, Film-Noir
Two murders are committed and a $50,000 Chinese Mandarin stamp is stolen, tossed around and eventually recovered as an aggregation of costly-stamp counterfeiters are uncovered through the mastermind investigation by Ellery Queen.
Director: Ralph Staub | Stars: Eddie Quillan, Charlotte Henry, Rita La Roy, Wade Boteler
Votes: 458
39. The Groom Wore Spurs (1951)
Approved | 81 min | Comedy
An attorney is hired to keep a dumb cowboy out of trouble.
Director: Richard Whorf | Stars: Ginger Rogers, Jack Carson, Joan Davis, Stanley Ridges
Votes: 386
40. Homicide for Three (1948)
Passed | 60 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
On their honeymoon,a young navy officer and his wife are having difficulties in finding a hotel room in Los Angeles until a lady lends them her suite. There, they receive a mysterious ... See full summary »
Director: George Blair | Stars: Warren Douglas, Audrey Long, Grant Withers, Lloyd Corrigan
Votes: 141
41. Canary Row (1950)
Approved | 7 min | Animation, Short, Adventure
Sylvester spots Tweety Bird in an apartment and tries to gain access but cannot make it past Granny or the cat-hating desk clerk. He tries climbing up the drainpipe, posing as an organ ... See full summary »
Director: Friz Freleng | Stars: Mel Blanc, Bea Benaderet
Votes: 1,277
42. Lust (1994)
100 min | Drama, Romance
The restaurateur and womanizer Jerrie meets the guest Sara. A passionate but stormy relationship begins. Sara is not like the other women Jerrie has met. Soon Sara is the boss.
Director: Janne Wallin | Stars: Gerhard Hoberstorfer, Cia Berg, Kjell Bergqvist, Jacqueline Ramel
Votes: 130
43. The Gristle (2001)
93 min | Comedy, Drama
The Senator needs a Kidney. He's unwilling to wait for one to become available, and has let it be known he is willing to pay top dollar. Two hospital workers want to sell him one. But when ... See full summary »
Director: David Portlock | Stars: Lyssa Aruda, Kris Andersson, Orson Bean, Al Berman
Votes: 137
44. Pacific Blackout (1941)
Passed | 76 min | Mystery
While bombers roar overhead during a practice blackout in a large American West coast city, Robert Draper, is among the prisoners in a police van. The inventor of a new range finder for ... See full summary »
Director: Ralph Murphy | Stars: Robert Preston, Martha O'Driscoll, Philip Merivale, Eva Gabor
Votes: 78
45. The Golf Specialist (1930)
Passed | 20 min | Short, Comedy, Sport
J. Effingham Bellweather plays golf despite many slapstick setbacks.
Director: Monte Brice | Stars: W.C. Fields, Allan Bennett, William Black, Naomi Casey
Votes: 1,250
46. Chinatown Squad (1935)
Passed | 75 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Police search for the killer of a man who misused $700,000 intended for the Chinese Communists.
Director: Murray Roth | Stars: Lyle Talbot, Valerie Hobson, Hugh O'Connell, Andy Devine
Votes: 76
47. A Gentleman After Dark (1942)
Passed | 74 min | Adventure, Crime, Drama
A greedy woman turns in her husband, a jewel thief, for the reward. Her husband's friend, a detective, adopts the couple's child and raises her as his own. Eighteen years later the husband,... See full summary »
Director: Edwin L. Marin | Stars: Brian Donlevy, Miriam Hopkins, Preston Foster, Harold Huber
Votes: 131
48. Moonlight in Havana (1942)
Approved | 63 min | Comedy, Music, Sport
Singing Johnny Norton is the star catcher of the Blue Sox baseball team but he is suspended because of insubordination. Producer Barney Crane hears Johnny singing and signs him to appear ... See full summary »
Director: Anthony Mann | Stars: Allan Jones, Jane Frazee, Marjorie Lord, William Frawley
Votes: 55
49. Blondie Takes a Vacation (1939)
Passed | 69 min | Adventure, Comedy, Family
Blondie and Dagwood are in charge of operations at a mountain motel. The elderly owners of the establishment are in danger of losing their life savings. Among other things, arson threatens.
Director: Frank R. Strayer | Stars: Penny Singleton, Arthur Lake, Larry Simms, Daisy
Votes: 424
50. Dead Dogs (1999)
90 min | Crime, Thriller
A young security guard works the late shift at the Driftwood Inn along with a desk clerk and a married night maid with whom he is having an affair in whatever room is available. ... See full summary »
Director: Clay Eide | Stars: Joe Leroy Reynolds, Jay Underwood, Margot Demeter, John Durbin
Votes: 112