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1. Hairspray (2007)
PG | 117 min | Comedy, Drama, Musical
Pleasantly plump teenager Tracy Turnblad teaches 1962 Baltimore a thing or two about integration after landing a spot on a local TV dance show.
Director: Adam Shankman | Stars: John Travolta, Queen Latifah, Nikki Blonsky, Michelle Pfeiffer
Votes: 138,968 | Gross: $118.87M
2. South Park (Not Suitable for Children) (2023 TV Special)
TV-MA | 46 min | Animation, Comedy
After it's discovered that a teacher at South Park Elementary has an OnlyFans page, Randy is compelled to take a closer look at the seedy underbelly of the world of on-line influencers.
Director: Trey Parker | Stars: Trey Parker, Matt Stone, April Stewart, Kimberly Brooks
Votes: 3,844
3. Wag the Dog (1997)
R | 97 min | Comedy, Drama
Shortly before an election, a spin-doctor and a Hollywood producer join efforts to fabricate a war in order to cover up a Presidential sex scandal.
Director: Barry Levinson | Stars: Dustin Hoffman, Robert De Niro, Anne Heche, Woody Harrelson
Votes: 88,637 | Gross: $43.02M
4. A Face in the Crowd (1957)
Approved | 126 min | Drama, Music
A female radio reporter turns a folk-singing drifter into a powerful media star.
Director: Elia Kazan | Stars: Andy Griffith, Patricia Neal, Anthony Franciosa, Walter Matthau
Votes: 17,237
5. The Beanie Bubble (2023)
R | 110 min | Comedy, Drama
Ty Warner was a frustrated toy salesman until his collaboration with three women grew his idea into the biggest toy craze in history.
Directors: Kristin Gore, Damian Kulash | Stars: Zach Galifianakis, Elizabeth Banks, Sarah Snook, Geraldine Viswanathan
Votes: 9,074
6. Suicide Club (2001)
R | 99 min | Crime, Drama, Horror
A detective is trying to find the cause of a string of suicides.
Director: Sion Sono | Stars: Ryo Ishibashi, Masatoshi Nagase, Mai Hosho, Tamao Satô
Votes: 22,289
7. Zelig (1983)
PG | 79 min | Comedy
"Documentary" about a man who can look and act like whoever he's around, and meets various famous people.
Director: Woody Allen | Stars: Woody Allen, Mia Farrow, Patrick Horgan, John Buckwalter
Votes: 44,271 | Gross: $11.80M
8. Serial (1980)
R | 86 min | Comedy
It's the end of the 1970s. Hippies are assimilating, women are raising their consciousness, and men are becoming confused and ineffectual. Don't expect to be able to keep track of all the ... See full summary »
Director: Bill Persky | Stars: Martin Mull, Tuesday Weld, Sally Kellerman, Christopher Lee
Votes: 1,142 | Gross: $9.87M
9. The Spirit of '76 (1990)
PG-13 | 82 min | Comedy, Sci-Fi
In 2176, a magnetic storm erases all recorded history, including the U.S. Constitution, so, three time travelers are sent back to July 4, 1776, to retrieve the heritage, but end up in 1976's Bicentennial, while being perceived as aliens.
Director: Lucas Reiner | Stars: Mark Mothersbaugh, Gerald Casale, Carl Reiner, Nancye Ferguson
Votes: 845
10. Jobriath A.D. (2012)
Not Rated | 102 min | Documentary
Called "The American Bowie," "The True Fairy of Rock & Roll" and "Hype of the Year," Jobriath's reign as the first openly gay rock star was brief and over by 1975. Now, 35 years later, "... See full summary »
Director: Kieran Turner | Stars: Jerry Brandt, Jayne County, Dennis Christopher, Joe Elliott
Votes: 243
11. More Than a Secretary (1936)
Passed | 77 min | Comedy, Romance
When the co-owner of a secretarial school visits a magazine editor to find out why he runs through secretaries, she's mistaken for an applicant. Drawn to him, she accepts the position.
Director: Alfred E. Green | Stars: Jean Arthur, George Brent, Lionel Stander, Ruth Donnelly
Votes: 654
12. Cleanflix (2009)
Not Rated | 92 min | Documentary, Crime, History
When a small Utah-based edited movie company is caught sanitizing Hollywood's copyrighted material, the film industry strikes back with a devastating blow.
Directors: Andrew James, Aukai Ligairi | Stars: Ray Lines, Allan Erb, Scott Nybo, Danny Thompson
Votes: 625
13. Twist Craze (1962)
10 min | Short, Documentary, Music
A fashionable theater nightclub hosts a special twist show one evening during the height of the dance craze that was sweeping the United States.
Director: Allan David | Stars: Jim Lounsbury, Tom Mathews and The All-Stars, Joe Cavalier, Parisian Twisters
Votes: 39
14. Fox Trot Finesse (1915)
16 min | Comedy, Short
Ferdie's wife is fox-trot crazy, wanting to go dancing all the time. To get out of it, Ferdie fakes an ankle injury. When his wife spies him walking without his crutch, she writes a letter ... See full summary »
Director: Sidney Drew | Stars: Sidney Drew, Mrs. Sidney Drew, Ethel Lee
Votes: 178
15. Dancing Feet (1936)
Approved | 70 min | Comedy, Music, Mystery
Peyton Wells (Ben Lyon) rescues Judy Jones (Joan Marsh) from a very dull young man, at a sedate party given for her by her multi-millionaire grandfather Silas P. Jones (Purnell Pratt.) Judy... See full summary »
Director: Joseph Santley | Stars: Ben Lyon, Joan Marsh, Edward J. Nugent, Isabel Jewell
Votes: 95
16. Everybody's Doing It (1938)
Approved | 67 min | Comedy, Crime, Romance
Gangsters are attempting to control the solutions (and winning) of the puzzles in a national newspapers picture puzzles contest craze.
Director: Christy Cabanne | Stars: Preston Foster, Sally Eilers, Cecil Kellaway, Lorraine Krueger
Votes: 113
17. The Prozac Generation (1996 Video)
45 min | Comedy
In the age of antidepressants, The Prozac Generation is ahead of its time with its quirky characters and slapstick comedy in the vein of shows like "The Kids in the Hall".
Directors: Joshua Finn, David Morwick | Stars: Heather Little, Susan Lombardi-Verticelli, Susan Lombardi-Verticelli, Eddie Mejia
18. Georges Méliès: Cinema Magician (1978)
Not Rated | 21 min | Documentary, Short, Biography
Documentary on Georges Méliès life and works.
Directors: Luciano Martinengo, Patrick Montgomery | Star: Georges Méliès
Votes: 110
19. Harris in the Spring (1937)
Approved | 20 min | Short, Comedy, Musical
Band leader Phil Harris, through a misunderstanding, finds himself with a job as a professional escort, and a date to take a rich young society girl to a night club. She picks the club ... See full summary »
Director: Leslie Goodwins | Stars: Phil Harris, Ruth Robbins, Jack Carson, Eddie Kane
Votes: 33
20. Dance Craze (1964)
15 min | Short, Comedy, Music
A square dances up a storm with hipsters at a nightclub but injures his back doing the twist. He goes to see a doctor who prescribes rest. Back at the club he sits out the dances, but wait - there's the doctor.
Director: Bill Rebane | Stars: Sig Sagowicz, Sandra Keto, Frankie DeSanti, Ral Donner
Votes: 23
21. Help Yourself (1920)
70 min | Comedy
Emily Ray, who works in a department store, is taken in by her wealthy Aunt Carmen. Emily falls in love with Oliver Browning, but her aunt dismisses him as a nobody and a fortune hunter. ... See full summary »
Director: Hugo Ballin | Stars: Madge Kennedy, Joseph Striker, Roy Applegate, Helen Greene
22. Good Badminton (1934)
Passed | 10 min | Short, Comedy, Sport
Interspersed with sufficient comedy to make it interesting to those who have no particular interest in the game, this subject very neatly demonstrates, and reveals the historical background about, the new sports fad known as badminton.
Directors: Howard Bretherton, Roy Mack | Stars: Hugh Herbert, Walter Pidgeon, Bill Hurley, George F. Willard
23. Air Hoppers (1936)
Approved | 10 min | Documentary, Short, Sport
A look at the new craze of air gliding.
Director: Joseph Boyle | Star: Pete Smith
24. Screen Snapshots Series 17, No. 5 (1938)
Approved | 10 min | Documentary, Short, Sport
This entry in Columbia's long-running Screen Snapshots' series opens in Hollywood with numerous movie stars playing a goofy new game that is the (then) current rage of the film capitol. It ... See full summary »
Director: Ralph Staub | Stars: Ralph Staub, George Murphy, Nan Grey, Chester Morris
Votes: 125
25. The Mini-Skirt Rebellion (1967 TV Movie)
26 min | Documentary
1960s London: As rock and roll revolutionized music, hems rose, creating a fashion trend that rocked the world. The story of the mini-skirt.
Director: William Kyriakis | Stars: Phil Tonken, Karen Booth, Tim Galvas, Morris Geoffrey
26. I'm Just a Jitterbug (1939)
Approved | 7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
At a cartoon studio, a drawing of a jitterbug comes to life and encourages the other drawings to dance and sing. Meanwhile, the cuckoo bird in the cuckoo clock is desperate for sleep.
Director: Alex Lovy | Stars: Chuck Lowry, The Pied Pipers, Danny Webb
Votes: 26
27. Square Dance Katy (1950)
Passed | 76 min | Musical
Bob Carson, a talent-scout for a soap-company that sponsors a television program, and his entertainer-friend, Vicky Doran, go hunting for television talent in a rural community, and are met... See full summary »
Director: Jean Yarbrough | Stars: Barbara Jo Allen, Jimmie Davis, Jimmie Davis' Sunshine Band, Phil Brito
Votes: 27
28. Love and Learn (1924)
Short, Comedy, Romance
Director: Scott Pembroke | Stars: Alberta Vaughn, Gertrude Short, Al Cooke, Kit Guard
29. This Is America (1933)
70 min | Documentary
A compilation of newsreel clips covering historic world events in the U.S. from the end of World War I until 1933.
Star: Alois Havrilla
30. Reducing (1952)
Passed | 10 min | Short, Comedy
Shows the difficulties an overweight woman goes through trying to lose weight.
Director: Dave O'Brien | Stars: Pete Smith, Maxine Gates, Dave O'Brien
Votes: 67
31. Killswitch Engage - The End of Heartache (2004 Music Video)
4 min | Music
The music video for "The End of Heartache" by Killswitch Engage.
Stars: Mike D'Antonio, Adam Dutkiewicz, Justin Foley, Howard Jones
Votes: 10
32.
Derrick (1974–1998)
Episode:
Der Tote auf der Parkbank
(1987)
58 min | Crime, Drama
A man is found shot to death and set up sitting on a park seat.
Director: Theodor Grädler | Stars: Horst Tappert, Fritz Wepper, Willy Schäfer, Gisela Peltzer
Votes: 54
33.
Eerie, Indiana: The Other Dimension (1998)
Episode:
Little Buddy Beep-Beep
(1998)
TV-Y7 | 21 min | Adventure, Comedy, Family
Every kid in town becomes hooked to a new handheld game similar to Tamagotchi but with an FMV human as "pet". Mitchell realizes that whoever wins top score in the game disappears. He locates the game's weird developer.
Director: Gary Harvey | Stars: Bill Switzer, Daniel Clark, Deborah Odell, Lindy Booth
Votes: 22
34.
Eerie, Indiana: The Other Dimension (1998)
Episode:
Switching Channels
(1998)
TV-Y7 | 21 min | Adventure, Comedy, Family
Marshall Teller and Simon Holmes contact Mitchell Taylor and Stanley Hope to warn them that a satellite dish salesman wants to bring chaos from their Eerie to this alternate universe Eerie.
Stars: Bill Switzer, Daniel Clark, Deborah Odell, Lindy Booth
Votes: 26
35.
Kim Possible (2002–2007)
Episode:
Animal Attraction
(2003)
TV-G | 21 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
Kim gets caught up in a fad called Animalogy which purports to be able to help her find her soul-mate, while Señor Senior, Sr. plots revenge on the billionaires' club which expelled him.
Director: Chris Bailey | Stars: Christy Carlson Romano, Will Friedle, Nancy Cartwright, Tahj Mowry
Votes: 157
36.
South Park (1997– )
Episode:
Stupid Spoiled Whore Video Playset
(2004)
TV-MA | 22 min | Animation, Comedy
Mr. Slave fights against Paris Hilton when she becomes a bad influence on the girls in South Park. Meanwhile, Paris offers Butters' parents a huge amount of money if she can keep Butters as a pet.
Director: Trey Parker | Stars: Trey Parker, Matt Stone, John 'Nancy' Hansen, Paula Holmberg
Votes: 3,334
37.
The Weird Al Show (1997–1998)
Episode:
Bad Influence
(1997)
TV-G | 23 min | Animation, Comedy, Family
Today's lesson: "Don't follow people who can get you into trouble. Think for yourself."
Director: Peyton Reed | Stars: 'Weird Al' Yankovic, Brian Haley, Gary LeRoi Gray, Stan Freberg
Votes: 56
39.
The Bullwinkle Show (1959–1963)
Episode:
The Bars and Stripes Forever/Hello Out There! or There's No Place Like Space
(1959)
TV-G | 30 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
Rocky & Bullwinkle, "Jet Fuel" Part 9 Fractured Fairy Tales "Fe-Fi-Fo-Fum" Peabody's Improbably History "King Arthur" Rocky & Bullwinkle, "Jet Fuel" Part 10
Directors: Gerard Baldwin, Jim Hiltz, William T. Hurtz, Ted Parmelee, Gerald Ray, Dun Roman, Rudy Zamora | Stars: Edward Everett Horton, June Foray, Paul Frees, William Conrad
Votes: 51
40.
The Royal Institution Christmas Lectures (1966–1999)
Episode:
Growing Up in the Universe: The Genesis of Purpose
(1992)
Documentary, Family
Stars: Richard Dawkins, Adolf Hitler
Votes: 26
41.
The Timcast Channel (2017– )
Episode:
Woman Faces 20 Years in Prison in Disgusting Trend of Licking Food and Putting It Back
(2019)
News
Star: Tim Pool
42.
Lillie (1978)
Episode:
Home on the Range
(1978)
52 min | Adventure, Biography, Drama
Freddie gives Lillie an ultimatum, but she returns to London to work to recover from financial losses and makes a new conquest.
Director: Tony Wharmby | Stars: Francesca Annis, Denis Lill, Peter Egan, Jennie Linden
Votes: 22
43.
Toon in with Me (2021– )
Episode:
Embrace the Sock
(2021)
TV-PG | Animation, Comedy
Sock characters become all the rage on the show after Toony unveils his Pet Rock-inspired novelty toy, the Pet Sock. Cartoons include A Witch's Tangled Hare (1959), The Dog House (1952), Pink in the Clink (1968), Tugboat Granny (1956), and Barney's Hungry Cousin (1953).
Director: Mike Schmiedeler | Stars: Bill Leff, Kevin Fleming, Leila Gorstein
44.
Abbott Elementary (2021– )
Episode:
Desking
(2022)
TV-PG | 22 min | Comedy
When the students start participating in a new online trend that causes disruption to the school, the teachers band together to put an end to it; Mr. Johnson provides comforting life advice to Gregory; the teachers meet Jacob's boyfriend.
Director: Melissa Kosar | Stars: Quinta Brunson, Tyler James Williams, Janelle James, Lisa Ann Walter
Votes: 1,042
45.
Tiger & Dragon (2005– )
Episode:
"Cha no yu" no kai
(2005)
Comedy, Drama
Toraji becomes a popular rakugo storyteller for playing funny stories based on events that have happened around him, but he has trouble memorizing classic rakugo stories. Ryuji is excited ... See full summary »
Directors: Fuminori Kaneko, Osamu Katayama | Stars: Sadao Abe, Yû Aoi, Yoshiyoshi Arakawa, Yôsuke Asari
Votes: 10
46.
Wansapanataym (2010–2019)
Episode:
Three-In-One
(2011)
Action, Adventure, Comedy
Director: Erick C. Salud | Stars: Malou Crisologo, Robi Domingo, Eda Nolan, Van Roxas
47.
Phineas and Ferb (2007–2024)
Episode:
Ferb Latin/Lotsa Latkes
(2011)
TV-G | 23 min | Animation, Short, Action
Phineas and Ferb decide to create their own language - Ferb Latin - and later end up creating a hybrid race while addressing a potato famine caused by Doofenshmirtz.
Directors: Robert Hughes, Jay Lender | Stars: Vincent Martella, Ashley Tisdale, Thomas Brodie-Sangster, Caroline Rhea
Votes: 221
48.
Best in Dough (2022)
Episode:
Nonnas
(2022)
TV-PG | Game-Show, Reality-TV
Three Nonnas--Italian-American grandmothers--compete to find out which Nonna bakes the best pizza.
Votes: 27
49.
Abbott Elementary (2021– )
Episode:
Mural Arts
(2023)
TV-PG | 22 min | Comedy
Jacob secures a visit from a mural arts program for his students; Barbara and Melissa learn parents are petitioning to turn Abbott into a charter school.
Director: Geeta Malik | Stars: Quinta Brunson, Tyler James Williams, Janelle James, Lisa Ann Walter
Votes: 685
50.
The Matt Walsh Show (2018– )
Why All of the Left's Heroes Are Cosplaying Phonies
(2023 Podcast Episode)
News, Talk-Show
Topics include: the Tennessee Three (three Tennessee Dems expelled from congress); Bill Lee pushing red flag laws; Bud Light taking a hit for promoting Dylan Mulvaney; hook-up culture; and the happy aftermath of overturning Roe v. Wade.
Star: Matt Walsh