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1. The Invitation (I) (2015)
Not Rated | 100 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
When a man accepts an invitation to a dinner party hosted by his ex-wife, the unsettling past reopens old wounds and creates new tensions.
Director: Karyn Kusama | Stars: Logan Marshall-Green, Emayatzy Corinealdi, Michiel Huisman, Tammy Blanchard
Votes: 119,140 | Gross: $0.23M
2. Dinner for Schmucks (2010)
PG-13 | 114 min | Comedy
After he finds out that his work superiors host a dinner celebrating the idiocy of their special guests, a rising executive questions the merits of his invitation just as he befriends a man who would be the perfect guest.
Director: Jay Roach | Stars: Steve Carell, Paul Rudd, Stephanie Szostak, Zach Galifianakis
Votes: 111,127 | Gross: $73.03M
3. Gone in the Night (2022)
R | 90 min | Mystery, Thriller
When Kath and her boyfriend arrive at a remote cabin in the redwoods, they find a mysterious younger couple already there. Her boyfriend disappears with the young woman, and Kath becomes obsessed with finding an explanation.
Director: Eli Horowitz | Stars: Winona Ryder, Dermot Mulroney, John Gallagher Jr., Owen Teague
Votes: 5,691
4. The Fighting Temptations (2003)
PG-13 | 123 min | Comedy, Drama, Music
A New York advertising executive travels to a small Southern town to collect an inheritance but finds he must create a gospel choir and lead it to success before he can collect.
Director: Jonathan Lynn | Stars: Cuba Gooding Jr., Beyoncé, Mike Epps, Nigel Washington
Votes: 7,621 | Gross: $30.24M
5. The Rift (1990)
R | 83 min | Action, Adventure, Horror
Siren II, a submarine under the command of Capt. Phillips, ventures into the deep on a mission to recover the missing Siren I. Their quest is hindered when the submarine becomes entangled in a patch of toxic seaweed.
Director: Juan Piquer Simón | Stars: Jack Scalia, R. Lee Ermey, Ray Wise, Deborah Adair
Votes: 2,769
6. Nothing Sacred (1937)
Passed | 77 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
An eccentric woman learns she is not dying of radium poisoning as earlier assumed, but when she meets a reporter looking for a story, she feigns sickness again for her own profit.
Director: William A. Wellman | Stars: Carole Lombard, Fredric March, Charles Winninger, Walter Connolly
Votes: 7,264
7. Affair in Trinidad (1952)
Not Rated | 98 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
Nightclub singer and her brother-in-law try to find her husband's killer.
Director: Vincent Sherman | Stars: Rita Hayworth, Glenn Ford, Alexander Scourby, Valerie Bettis
Votes: 3,089
8. Three of Hearts (1993)
R | 102 min | Comedy, Romance
A lesbian hires a male escort to her sister's wedding. She thinks of a scheme to get her ex-girlfriend back: he dates and dumps the ex.
Directors: Yurek Bogayevicz, Mitch Glazer | Stars: William Baldwin, Kelly Lynch, Sherilyn Fenn, Joe Pantoliano
Votes: 2,192 | Gross: $5.50M
9. Blind Woman's Curse (1970)
Not Rated | 85 min | Action, Crime, Horror
The head of a yakuza gang is being trailed by a mysterious, vengeful blind woman.
Director: Teruo Ishii | Stars: Meiko Kaji, Hoki Tokuda, Makoto Satô, Hideo Sunazuka
Votes: 1,636
10. Talk Back and You're Dead (2014)
TV-PG | 120 min | Action, Comedy, Romance
This is the story of Samantha, a girl who unbelievably fell in love with a delinquent, hot-headed guy named Top--the leader of the so-called gang "Lucky 13". And she always asks herself if they'll last forever.
Director: Andoy Ranay | Stars: James Reid, Nadine Lustre, Joseph Marco, Yassi Pressman
Votes: 517
11. S&man (2006)
R | 84 min | Horror
An exploration of voyeurism in cinema, from Psycho and Peeping Tom in 1960 to the low-budget underground genre films of recent years.
Director: J.T. Petty | Stars: Elizabeth Cartier, Carol J. Clover, Debbie D, Freddie Dingo
Votes: 1,099
12. A Christmas in Vermont (2016 TV Movie)
TV-PG | 86 min | Comedy, Romance
A company executive is tasked with liquidizing a small town outerwear manufacturer over the Christmas season.
Director: Fred Olen Ray | Stars: Abigail Hawk, Chevy Chase, David O'Donnell, Howard Hesseman
Votes: 1,278
13. Billy Rose's Jumbo (1962)
Approved | 123 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance
A debt-ridden circus is saved by a well-meaning but inept publicity man.
Director: Charles Walters | Stars: Doris Day, Jimmy Durante, Stephen Boyd, Martha Raye
Votes: 1,728
14. Bituing walang ningning (1985)
TV-PG | 126 min | Drama, Musical, Romance
A devoted fan is groomed to bring down her idol's career. A classic story of love, success, and what people are willing to sacrifice to achieve them.
Director: Emmanuel H. Borlaza | Stars: Sharon Cuneta, Christopher De Leon, Cherie Gil, Jay Ilagan
Votes: 83
15. Cops and Robbers (1951)
105 min | Comedy, Drama
Esposito is a thief who cons tourists in Rome. Officer Bottoni manages to catch him and starts persecuting him. When Esposito manages to flee, Bottoni's superiors inform him that he'll lose his job if he can't catch Esposito.
Directors: Mario Monicelli, Steno | Stars: Aldo Fabrizi, Totò, Ave Ninchi, William Tubbs
Votes: 1,757
16. The Notorious Daughter of Fanny Hill (1966)
X | 74 min | Comedy, Drama
Kissy Hill, the daughter of a notorious madam in 19th Century London, follows in her late mother's footsteps with prositution in catering to various upper class gentlemen.
Director: Peter Perry Jr. | Stars: Stacey Walker, William Rotsler, Linda Cochran, Ora Kittle
Votes: 164
17. They Were So Young (1954)
Approved | 80 min | Adventure, Crime, Drama
A model agency in Rio de Janeiro is actually a front for a white-slavery ring that kidnaps European women and sells them on the South American sex market.
Director: Kurt Neumann | Stars: Scott Brady, Johanna Matz, Raymond Burr, Ingrid Stenn
Votes: 233
18. Darling (I) (2010)
151 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
To save himself from an unwanted marriage to a gangster's daughter, a man tells the story of reuniting with his childhood sweetheart in Switzerland.
Director: A. Karunakaran | Stars: Prabhas, Kajal Aggarwal, Prabhu, Tulasi
Votes: 3,940
19. Fraud (II) (2016)
Not Rated | 52 min | Documentary
A struggling family commits fraud.
Director: Dean Fleischer Camp
Votes: 113
20. Tender Scoundrel (1966)
94 min | Comedy
Tony Maréchal is a professional seducer. Having conquered countless women, proclaims that there is none that can resist his charm. To prove this makes a difficult challenge: to seduce baroness Minna von Strasshofer.
Director: Jean Becker | Stars: Jean-Paul Belmondo, Nadja Tiller, Jean-Pierre Marielle, Robert Morley
Votes: 419
21. Law and Disorder (1958)
76 min | Comedy, Crime
A British petty criminal lies to his son about his frequent prison terms by inventing honorable plausible explanations for his absences from home, but things get complicated when his son becomes a judge's assistant.
Director: Charles Crichton | Stars: Michael Redgrave, Robert Morley, Ronald Squire, Elizabeth Sellars
Votes: 327
22. Throbs at the Desk (1963)
114 min | Comedy, Romance
A married gymnasium student who is longing for her classmates decides to go back to school, to finally get her diploma behind her husband's back. Will she manage to finish school, and keep her beloved spouse?
Director: Alekos Sakellarios | Stars: Aliki Vougiouklaki, Dimitris Papamichael, Dionysis Papagiannopoulos, Labros Konstadaras
Votes: 1,481
24. Losing to Georgia (2019)
1 min | Short, Documentary
Prior to 2024, Missouri was losing big money and tourism to states like Georgia. With no film tax credit to offer, big budget films were shooting Missouri titled films in other states. Why?
Director: Adam Boster | Stars: Adam Boster, Angela Boster, Sage Buchanan, Luge Hardman
25. The Waiting Room (II) (2010)
4 min | Short
A group of people are trapped in a mysterious room and the only way out might just kill them.
Director: Jeremy Feig | Stars: G. Larry Butler, Kristen Carter, David Daskal
Votes: 9
26.
Star Trek: Enterprise (2001–2005)
Episode:
The Expanse
(2003)
TV-PG | 43 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
An alien probe launches a devastating attack on Earth. Archer, still being hunted by the Klingons, brings the Enterprise back home to investigate.
Director: Allan Kroeker | Stars: Scott Bakula, John Billingsley, Jolene Blalock, Dominic Keating
Votes: 1,712
27.
Power Rangers S.P.D. (2005)
Episode:
Katastrophe
(2005)
TV-Y7-FV | 23 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Commander Birdy offers Kat the position of Chief of Technology at S.P.D. Headquarters. It's a plumb offer that Boom and the Rangers decide to help her take by making it seem they can manage... See full summary »
Director: Britta Hawkins | Stars: Brandon Jay McLaren, Chris Violette, Matt Sadowski, Monica May
Votes: 69
28.
Family Guy (1999– )
Episode:
Fresh Heir
(2014)
TV-14 | 21 min | Animation, Comedy
When Carter makes Chris the sole future heir to his fortune after caring for him, Peter takes drastic measures to keep the wealth within his reach.
Directors: Mike Kim, Dominic Bianchi, James Purdum | Stars: Seth MacFarlane, Alex Borstein, Seth Green, Mila Kunis
Votes: 1,560
29.
Lab Rats (2012–2016)
Episode:
Bionic Action Heroes: Part 1
(2015)
TV-Y7 | 30 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
Douglas reveals that a former colleague is a movie director who wants to make a movie based on Adam, Bree, and Chase; when the director shows up to the academy with her actor, Troy West, for research, her evil agenda begins to unfold.
Director: Victor Gonzalez | Stars: William Brent, Spencer Boldman, Kelli Berglund, Tyrel Jackson Williams
Votes: 57
30.
Tim and Eric's Bedtime Stories (2013–2017)
Episode:
Baby
(2014)
TV-14 | 11 min | Comedy, Horror
Drawn in by the comic stylings of Jonathan Terp, Jordan enrolls in the Be a Baby program only to find out that babies don't use DVDs. (Guest starring John C Reilly and Laurie Metcalf)
Directors: Tim Heidecker, Eric Wareheim | Stars: Tim Heidecker, Eric Wareheim, John C. Reilly, Laurie Metcalf
Votes: 106
31.
Dead to Me (2019–2022)
Episode:
Try to Stop Me
(2019)
TV-MA | 26 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
Jen makes a reckless decision after Nick narrows down the list of potential suspects, and Judy feels renewed hope over her relationship with Steve.
Director: Kat Coiro | Stars: Christina Applegate, Linda Cardellini, James Marsden, Max Jenkins
Votes: 1,727