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1. Requiem for a Dream (2000)
R | 102 min | Drama
The drug-induced utopias of four Coney Island people are shattered when their addictions run deep..
Director: Darren Aronofsky | Stars: Ellen Burstyn, Jared Leto, Jennifer Connelly, Marlon Wayans
Votes: 899,181 | Gross: $3.64M
2. Magnolia (1999)
R | 188 min | Drama
An epic mosaic of interrelated characters in search of love, forgiveness and meaning in the San Fernando Valley.
Director: Paul Thomas Anderson | Stars: Tom Cruise, Jason Robards, Julianne Moore, Philip Seymour Hoffman
Votes: 328,623 | Gross: $22.46M
3. The Running Man (1987)
R | 101 min | Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
In a dystopian America, a falsely convicted policeman gets his shot at freedom when he must forcibly participate in a TV game show where convicts, runners, must battle killers for their freedom.
Director: Paul Michael Glaser | Stars: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Maria Conchita Alonso, Yaphet Kotto, Jim Brown
Votes: 167,811 | Gross: $38.12M
4. Videodrome (1983)
R | 87 min | Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
A programmer at a Toronto TV station that specializes in adult entertainment searches for the producers of a dangerous and bizarre broadcast.
Director: David Cronenberg | Stars: James Woods, Debbie Harry, Sonja Smits, Peter Dvorsky
Votes: 103,056 | Gross: $2.12M
5. Gamer (2009)
R | 95 min | Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
In a future mind-controlling game, death row convicts are forced to battle in a 'Doom'-type environment. Convict Kable, controlled by Simon, a skilled teenage gamer, must survive thirty sessions in order to be set free.
Directors: Mark Neveldine, Brian Taylor | Stars: Gerard Butler, Michael C. Hall, Ludacris, Amber Valletta
Votes: 139,623 | Gross: $20.49M
6. Hot Tub Time Machine 2 (2015)
R | 93 min | Comedy, Mystery, Sci-Fi
When Lou's shot in the groin, Nick and Jacob drag him in the Hot Tub Time Machine to go back in time and save Lou. The three end up 10 years in the future, where they need to go to find the shooter.
Director: Steve Pink | Stars: Rob Corddry, Craig Robinson, Clark Duke, Adam Scott
Votes: 41,674 | Gross: $12.28M
7. The Condemned (2007)
R | 113 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
Jack Conrad is awaiting the death penalty in a corrupt Central American prison. He is "purchased" by a wealthy television producer and taken to a desolate island where he must fight to the death against nine other condemned killers from all corners of the world, with freedom going to the sole survivor.
Director: Scott Wiper | Stars: Steve Austin, Vinnie Jones, Nathan Jones, Robert Mammone
Votes: 54,308 | Gross: $0.00M
8. National Lampoon's European Vacation (1985)
PG-13 | 95 min | Adventure, Comedy
The Griswolds win a vacation tour across Europe where the usual havoc ensues.
Director: Amy Heckerling | Stars: Chevy Chase, Beverly D'Angelo, Dana Hill, Jason Lively
Votes: 71,606 | Gross: $49.40M
9. Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex * But Were Afraid to Ask (1972)
R | 88 min | Comedy
Seven stories are trying to answer the question: what is sex? Or maybe they are not trying.
Director: Woody Allen | Stars: Woody Allen, Gene Wilder, Louise Lasser, John Carradine
Votes: 41,804
10. The Wonders (2014)
Not Rated | 110 min | Drama
A family of beekeepers living in the Tuscan countryside finds their household disrupted by the simultaneous arrival of a silently troubled teenage boy and a reality TV show intent on showcasing the family.
Director: Alice Rohrwacher | Stars: Alba Rohrwacher, Maria Alexandra Lungu, Sam Louwyck, Sabine Timoteo
Votes: 5,983 | Gross: $0.07M
11. Shock Treatment (1981)
PG | 94 min | Comedy, Musical
Janet and Brad become contestants on a game show and wind up as captives.
Director: Jim Sharman | Stars: Jessica Harper, Cliff De Young, Richard O'Brien, Patricia Quinn
Votes: 5,405
12. Jeffrey (1995)
R | 92 min | Comedy, Drama
A poignant romantic comedy about the quest for love and intimacy in the age of AIDS. A story of a thirtyish gay actor/waiter who decides to become celibate...the risk of AIDS has taken all the joy from sex.
Director: Christopher Ashley | Stars: Steven Weber, Michael T. Weiss, Peter Jacobson, Tom Cayler
Votes: 6,773 | Gross: $3.49M
13. Man of Tai Chi (2013)
R | 105 min | Action, Drama
A young martial artist's unparalleled Tai Chi skills land him in a highly lucrative underworld fight club.
Director: Keanu Reeves | Stars: Tiger Hu Chen, Keanu Reeves, Karen Mok, Hai Yu
Votes: 40,976 | Gross: $0.10M
14. The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes (1969)
G | 91 min | Comedy, Family, Sci-Fi
At Medfield College, an accident with a donated computer gives Dexter Riley the ability to remember any knowledge learned instantly and perfectly.
Director: Robert Butler | Stars: Kurt Russell, Cesar Romero, Joe Flynn, William Schallert
Votes: 5,948 | Gross: $0.73M
15. Wicked Stepmother (1989)
PG-13 | 90 min | Comedy, Fantasy
A mother-and-daughter pair of witches wreaks havoc on a suburban family.
Director: Larry Cohen | Stars: Bette Davis, Barbara Carrera, Colleen Camp, Lionel Stander
Votes: 2,391 | Gross: $0.04M
16. A Nightmare on Elm Street: Real Nightmares (2005– )
Horror, Thriller
Despite what some people may think, this is not another sequel, nor another bash at a television series. It's more of a game show. Freddy hosts and challenges contestants to face their ... See full summary »
Stars: Robert Englund, Jerry Buys, Ronald Walter Barker, David Langill
Votes: 270
17. Tunnel Vision (1976)
R | 70 min | Comedy
A committee investigating TV's first uncensored network examines a typical day's programming, which includes shows, commercials, news programs, you name it. What they discover will surely ... See full summary »
Directors: Neal Israel, Bradley R. Swirnoff | Stars: Phil Proctor, Howard Hesseman, Beans Morocco, Stephen Feinberg
Votes: 780
18. Das Millionenspiel (1970 TV Movie)
96 min | Action, Drama, Sci-Fi
A candidate in a game show is hunted by three men. He will get a Million DMark, if he survives for a week; the hunters will get the money, if they can kill the candidate. The audience of ... See full summary »
Director: Tom Toelle | Stars: Jörg Pleva, Suzanne Roquette, Dieter Thomas Heck, Theo Fink
Votes: 1,296
19. Endgame - Bronx lotta finale (1983)
TV-14 | 98 min | Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
A telepathic mutant recruits a post-World War III TV game-show warrior to lead her band of mutants to safety.
Director: Joe D'Amato | Stars: Al Cliver, Laura Gemser, George Eastman, Dino Conti
Votes: 1,398
20. Les vedettes (2022)
101 min | Comedy
Daniel and Stéphane, two salesmen working in the same store but who cannot stand each other, decide despite everything to team up to participate in television games so they can pay their debts.
Director: Jonathan Barré | Stars: Grégoire Ludig, David Marsais, Julien Pestel, Damien Gillard
Votes: 1,489
21. Series 7: The Contenders (2001)
R | 86 min | Comedy, Thriller
A TV program selects people at random to kill one another for fame and their freedom.
Director: Daniel Minahan | Stars: Brooke Smith, Marylouise Burke, Mark Woodbury, Michael Kaycheck
Votes: 6,689 | Gross: $0.17M
22. Monty Python Live at the Hollywood Bowl (1982)
R | 77 min | Documentary, Comedy, Musical
The Monty Python troupe perform a combination of classic sketches and new material at the Hollywood Bowl.
Directors: Terry Hughes, Ian MacNaughton | Stars: John Cleese, Michael Palin, Eric Idle, Graham Chapman
Votes: 15,773 | Gross: $0.33M
23. Chain of Desire (1992)
Unrated | 107 min | Drama, Romance
A series of unrelated amorous lovers are connected by a chain of desire.
Director: Temístocles López | Stars: Linda Fiorentino, Elias Koteas, Angel Aviles, Patrick Bauchau
Votes: 493 | Gross: $0.22M
24. Whoops Apocalypse (1982)
138 min | Comedy, Sci-Fi
During an election week, the U.S. president deals with the Russians, a deposed Shah and a stolen quark bomb while a terrorist plots an attack.
Stars: Barry Morse, John Barron, Ed Bishop, Bruce Montague
Votes: 332
25. Galactic Gigolo (1987)
R | 80 min | Comedy, Sci-Fi
Eoj is an alien who won a game show and the grand prize is a trip to earth to have sex with as many earth women as he can. Hildy is a reporter who is writing a biography on Eoj's adventures.
Director: Gorman Bechard | Stars: Carmine Capobianco, Debi Thibeault, Frank Stewart, Ruth Collins
Votes: 337
26. Live! (2007)
R | 96 min | Drama
A mockumentary following an ambitious TV network executive trying to produce a controversial reality show where contestants play Russian Roulette.
Director: Bill Guttentag | Stars: Eva Mendes, David Krumholtz, Rob Brown, Katie Cassidy
Votes: 5,157
27. The Flintstones Meet Rockula and Frankenstone (1979 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 48 min | Animation, Comedy, Family
The Flintstones and Rubbles win a trip on "Make a Deal or Don't" to Count Rockula's castle in Rocksylvania where they have an unpleasant meeting with the Count and his servant Frankenstone.
Director: Ray Patterson | Stars: Gay Autterson, Mel Blanc, Ted Cassidy, Henry Corden
Votes: 569
28. The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes (1995 TV Movie)
87 min | Comedy, Family, Sci-Fi
By accident, the content of a computer encyclopedia is transferred into the brain of Dexter Riley, a less than average college boy. Because of his newly acquired knowledge he competes in a ... See full summary »
Director: Peyton Reed | Stars: Kirk Cameron, Larry Miller, Jason Bernard, Andrew Woodworth
Votes: 1,008
29. Deathrow Gameshow (1987)
R | 83 min | Comedy
Chuck Toedan's the host of a game show featuring death row convicts competing in life-or-death contests in hopes of cheating the executioner or, at the very least, winning some nice prizes ... See full summary »
Director: Mark Pirro | Stars: John McCafferty, Robyn Blythe, Beano, Darwyn Carson
Votes: 907
30. Recep Ivedik 4 (2014)
117 min | Comedy
Recep Ivedik coaches the children football team in his neighborhood. For the training he uses the only free piece of land as football field on which he used to play football as a child. ... See full summary »
Director: Togan Gökbakar | Stars: Sahan Gökbakar, Firuze Gamze Aksu, Gamze Aksu, Adem Atbas
Votes: 18,458
31. 13: Game of Death (2006)
R | 114 min | Crime, Drama, Horror
After losing his job, his car and his money, Phuchit, Krissada Sukosol, races against time to complete 13 tasks ordered by an anonymous caller who promised 100,000,000 Thai Baht upon completion.
Director: Chookiat Sakveerakul | Stars: Krissada Sukosol, Achita Sikamana, Sarunyu Wongkrachang, Nattapong Arunnate
Votes: 6,408
32. Too Hot to Handle: Germany (2023– )
TV-MA | 45 min | Game-Show, Reality-TV, Romance
Ten gorgeous singles meet in a tropical paradise. Little do they know that to win the EUR200,000 prize, they'll have to completely give up sex.
Stars: Alana Barrett-Adkins, Ninoshka De Leon Gill, Kim Taff, Stella Tiana Stegmann
Votes: 420
33. 12 corazones (2004– )
60 min | Game-Show, Romance
A TV-show responsible for matching couples using the signs of the zodiac
Stars: Penelope Menchaca, C.J. Stussi, Edward'O, Patricia Miller
Votes: 92
34. Reckless (1995)
PG-13 | 91 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
On Christmas Eve, a regretful husband admits to his high-spirited wife that he has hired a contract killer to take her out. She immediately flees. A nice couple offers her shelter, but everyone have dark secrets in this wacky movie.
Director: Norman René | Stars: Mia Farrow, Tony Goldwyn, Juana Barrios, Mike Heibeck
Votes: 520 | Gross: $0.10M
35. Champagne for Caesar (1950)
Not Rated | 99 min | Comedy, Romance
In order to get even with the pompous president of a soap company, an eccentric genius goes on his quiz show in order to bankrupt his company.
Director: Richard Whorf | Stars: Ronald Colman, Celeste Holm, Vincent Price, Barbara Britton
Votes: 1,235
36. Cheeky (2003)
95 min | Comedy, Drama
Consumed with sadness after the death of his wife and subsequent rejection from his son, a widower, at the urging of his friends, opts to appear on a vulgar, wildly popular game show (for ... See full summary »
Director: David Thewlis | Stars: David Thewlis, Lisa Gorman, Sean Ward, Rosalind Knight
Votes: 227
37. Cherry Hill High (1977)
R | 87 min | Comedy
Five sexy high school graduates try to lose their virginity in a creative manner.
Director: Alex E. Goitein | Stars: Nina Carson, Lynn Hastings, Gloria Upson, Stephanie Lawlor
Votes: 167
38. Three Can Play That Game (2007)
R | 90 min | Comedy, Romance
Shante Smith is a relationship expert who uses her knowledge of the male psyche to help women get what they want.
Director: Samad Davis | Stars: Vivica A. Fox, Jason George, Jazsmin Lewis, Tony Rock
Votes: 896
39. Brahman Naman (2016)
95 min | Comedy
This homage to 1980s teen sex comedies follows a college quiz bowl champion who knows almost everything, except how to talk to women.
Director: Qaushiq Mukherjee | Stars: Shashank Arora, Tanmay Dhanania, Chaitanya Varad, Vaishwath Shankar
Votes: 2,021
40. Viewer Discretion Advised (1998)
Not Rated | 105 min | Comedy, Horror
Ted Smith becomes trapped in the TV shows he watches, which include a horror movie, commercials, game shows, and spoofs of singular purpose cable channels (e.g. The Time Channel).
Directors: Eddie Beverly Jr., Tommy Blaze, Philip Morton, Richard Peters | Stars: Ken Donovan, Philip Morton, Caroline Jett, William Knopke
Votes: 147
41. The Final Curtain (2002)
R | 85 min | Drama
A rivalry develops between a showbiz veteran and an upstart newcomer.
Director: Patrick Harkins | Stars: Aidan Gillen, Adrian Lester, Peter O'Toole, Iain Rogerson
Votes: 599
42. Final Round (1994 Video)
R | 75 min | Adventure, Sci-Fi
After a recruiter sees him winning a bar fight, Tyler Verdiccio is kidnapped and thrown into an abandoned industrial complex which has been converted into the arena. Along with his lover, ... See full summary »
Director: George Erschbamer | Stars: Lorenzo Lamas, Kathleen Kinmont, Anthony De Longis, Clark Johnson
Votes: 302
43. Ratchet: Deadlocked (2005 Video Game)
T | Action, Adventure, Comedy
After getting captured by Gleeman Vox, Ratchet is forced to compete in his underground game called DreadZone.
Director: Brian Hastings | Stars: James Arnold Taylor, David Kaye, Jim Ward, Armin Shimerman
Votes: 829
44. Concursante (2007)
84 min | Comedy, Drama
A black comedy chronicling the fate of the biggest gameshow prize in history.
Director: Rodrigo Cortés | Stars: Leonardo Sbaraglia, Chete Lera, Miryam Gallego, Fernando Cayo
Votes: 1,816
45. Anja & Viktor - In Sickness and in Health (2008)
Not Rated | 100 min | Comedy, Romance
Anja and Viktor need a million to get their old apartment back. There's a reality TV program where couples compete for a million and wedding on TV. Anja's not interested so Viktor signs up without telling her.
Director: Søren Frellesen | Stars: Robert Hansen, Sofie Lassen-Kahlke, Nanna Hansen, Karl Bille
Votes: 562
46. Within the Woods (2005 Video)
85 min | Horror
Is the legendary Clown back, or is one of the group willing to kill for the prize?
Director: Brad Sykes | Stars: Stephanie Mathis, Phil Lander, Erin Holt, Adam Van Conant
Votes: 307
47. Safety in Numbers (2006)
90 min | Horror
Several survival contestants return to the island for a weekend TV reunion show get more than they bargain for when they disappear one by one.
Director: David J. Douglas | Stars: Jessica Napier, Ben Tari, Henry Nixon, Tasma Walton
Votes: 215
48. Supermax (2016)
45 min | Action, Horror, Mystery
Twelve people are confined together in an abandoned maximum security prison in the middle of the Amazon forest, and end up having to fight for their lives against unknown creatures, supernatural odds and their worst enemy: themselves.
Stars: Mariana Ximenes, Cleo, Ademir Emboava, Bruno Bellarmino
Votes: 330
49. Laa-thaa-phii (2006)
100 min | Horror
Ghost Game tells the story of 11 contestants who sign up for a scary reality show which forces them to confront the supernatural and their innermost fears. They're brought to an ancient war... See full summary »
Director: Sarawut Wichiensarn | Stars: Pachornpol Jantieng, Thanyanan Mahapirun, Phongsak Rattanapong, Zeenam Soonthorn
Votes: 474
50. Strange Hearts (2002)
R | 90 min | Comedy, Drama
An aging former child star tries to capture the wealth that has always eluded him by latching on to a lucky man while both have their eye on the same girl of their dreams.
Director: Michelle Gallagher | Stars: Robert Forster, Rose McGowan, Kip Pardue, Harry Hamlin
Votes: 513