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1. Oppenheimer (I) (2023)
R | 180 min | Biography, Drama, History
The story of American scientist J. Robert Oppenheimer and his role in the development of the atomic bomb.
Director: Christopher Nolan | Stars: Cillian Murphy, Emily Blunt, Matt Damon, Robert Downey Jr.
Votes: 729,720 | Gross: $326.11M
2. The Death of Stalin (2017)
R | 107 min | Comedy, Drama, History
Moscow, 1953. After being in power for nearly 30 years, Soviet dictator, Joseph Vissarionovich Stalin, takes ill and quickly dies. Now the members of the Council of Ministers scramble for power.
Director: Armando Iannucci | Stars: Steve Buscemi, Simon Russell Beale, Jeffrey Tambor, Andrea Riseborough
Votes: 113,484 | Gross: $8.05M
3. Tales from the Crypt (1989–1996)
TV-MA | 25 min | Comedy, Crime, Fantasy
"Tales from the Crypt" was a 1989 horror story anthology series based on the gruesome E.C. comic books of the 1950s presented by the legendary "Crypt Keeper", a sinister ghoul obsessed with gallows humor and horrific puns.
Stars: John Kassir, Roy Brocksmith, Miguel Ferrer, Cam Clarke
Votes: 27,086
4. Battle Royale (2000)
Not Rated | 114 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
In the future, the Japanese government captures a class of ninth-grade students and forces them to kill one another under the revolutionary "Battle Royale" act.
Director: Kinji Fukasaku | Stars: Tatsuya Fujiwara, Aki Maeda, Tarô Yamamoto, Chiaki Kuriyama
Votes: 194,486
5. Life of Brian (1979)
R | 94 min | Comedy
Born on the original Christmas in the stable next door to Jesus Christ, Brian of Nazareth spends his life being mistaken for a messiah.
Director: Terry Jones | Stars: Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Michael Palin, Terry Gilliam
Votes: 421,911 | Gross: $20.05M
6. Alive (1993)
R | 128 min | Biography, Drama, Thriller
After crash-landing in the snowswept Andes, a Uruguayan rugby team has no choice but to turn to desperate measures in order to survive.
Director: Frank Marshall | Stars: Ethan Hawke, Vincent Spano, Josh Hamilton, Bruce Ramsay
Votes: 64,455 | Gross: $36.73M
7. Murder by Death (1976)
PG | 95 min | Comedy, Crime, Mystery
Five famous literary detective characters and their sidekicks are invited to a bizarre mansion to solve an even stranger mystery.
Director: Robert Moore | Stars: Peter Falk, Alec Guinness, Peter Sellers, Eileen Brennan
Votes: 41,690
8. Creepshow (1982)
R | 120 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
"Creepshow" is a 1982 movie that tells five grisly tales from a children's comic book: a murdered father rising from his grave, a bizarre meteor, a vengeful husband, a mysterious crate's occupant, and a plague of cockroaches.
Director: George A. Romero | Stars: Hal Holbrook, Leslie Nielsen, Adrienne Barbeau, E.G. Marshall
Votes: 53,254 | Gross: $21.03M
9. Lady Vengeance (2005)
R | 115 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
After being wrongfully imprisoned for thirteen years and having her child taken away from her, a woman seeks revenge through increasingly brutal means.
Director: Park Chan-wook | Stars: Nam-mi Kang, Jeong-nam Choi, Hye-Sook Go, Bok-hwa Baek
Votes: 86,135 | Gross: $0.21M
10. 100 Bloody Acres (2012)
Not Rated | 91 min | Comedy, Horror
Reg and Lindsay run an organic fertiliser business. They need a fresh supply of their "secret ingredient" to process through the meat grinder. Reg comes across two guys and a girl with a broken-down vehicle on their way to a music festival.
Directors: Cameron Cairnes, Colin Cairnes | Stars: Oliver Ackland, Paul Blackwell, Ward Everaardt, Iain Herridge
Votes: 4,587 | Gross: $0.01M
11. Land of Mine (2015)
R | 100 min | Drama, History, War
In post-World War II Denmark, a group of young German POWs are forced to clear a beach of thousands of land mines under the watch of a Danish Sergeant who slowly learns to appreciate their plight.
Director: Martin Zandvliet | Stars: Roland Møller, Louis Hofmann, Joel Basman, Mikkel Boe Følsgaard
Votes: 45,787 | Gross: $0.44M
12. Tragedy Girls (2017)
R | 98 min | Comedy, Crime, Horror
A twist on the slasher genre, following two death-obsessed teenage girls who use their online show about real-life tragedies to send their small mid-western town into a frenzy, and cement their legacy as modern horror legends.
Director: Tyler MacIntyre | Stars: Brianna Hildebrand, Alexandra Shipp, Jack Quaid, Kevin Durand
Votes: 11,611 | Gross: $0.06M
13. The Hospital (1971)
PG-13 | 103 min | Comedy, Drama, Mystery
A hospital's chief-of-staff struggles to find meaning in his life during a spate of staff deaths.
Director: Arthur Hiller | Stars: George C. Scott, Diana Rigg, Barnard Hughes, Richard Dysart
Votes: 7,335 | Gross: $19.71M
14. My Suicide (2009)
Not Rated | 107 min | Comedy, Drama
A teen coming-of-age romantic dramedy about a media-obsessed geek and the most beautiful and twisted girl in school.
Director: David Lee Miller | Stars: Gabriel Sunday, David Carradine, Mariel Hemingway, Joe Mantegna
Votes: 2,433
15. Tales from the Cryptkeeper (1993–1999)
TV-Y7 | 30 min | Animation, Comedy, Fantasy
The popular cult horror comic books from the 1950s are adapted in this cartoon anthology series.
Stars: John Kassir, Elizabeth Hanna, David Hemblen, Stuart Stone
Votes: 1,560
16. Carnage (2017)
68 min | Comedy
It's 2067, the U.K. is vegan, but older generations are suffering the guilt of their carnivorous past. Writer and Director Simon Amstell asks us to forgive them for the horrors of what they swallowed.
Director: Simon Amstell | Stars: Racheal Ofori, Myles Sembi, Robert Wilde, Alex Lawther
Votes: 1,563
17. I Sell the Dead (2008)
Not Rated | 85 min | Comedy, Horror
A grave robber reflects on his life of crime.
Director: Glenn McQuaid | Stars: Dominic Monaghan, Ron Perlman, Larry Fessenden, Angus Scrimm
Votes: 11,200 | Gross: $0.01M
18. The Dawn Patrol (1938)
Not Rated | 103 min | Drama, War
British flying aces in World War I contend with the harsh realities of war.
Director: Edmund Goulding | Stars: Errol Flynn, Basil Rathbone, David Niven, Donald Crisp
Votes: 3,420
19. Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time (2021)
Not Rated | 127 min | Documentary
Recounting the extraordinary life of author Kurt Vonnegut, and the 25-year friendship with the filmmaker who set out to document it.
Directors: Robert B. Weide, Don Argott | Stars: Linda Bates, John Irving, Jerome Klinkowitz, Sidney Offit
Votes: 1,371
20. The Anne Frank Gift Shop (2023)
15 min | Short, Comedy, Drama
A dark comedy about anti-Semitism that packs a vital and timely message. When a high-end design firm presents its plans to reimagine the gift shop at The Anne Frank House, the company's ... See full summary »
Director: Mickey Rapkin | Stars: Ari Graynor, Chris Perfetti, Kate Burton, Jason Butler Harner
Votes: 328
21. George Carlin... It's Bad for Ya! (2008 TV Special)
TV-MA | 70 min | Documentary, Comedy
It's Bad For Ya, Carlin's Emmy-nominated 14th and final HBO special from March of 2008 features Carlin's noted irreverent and unapologetic observations on topics ranging from death, ... See full summary »
Director: Rocco Urbisci | Star: George Carlin
Votes: 6,482
22. George Carlin: You Are All Diseased (1999 TV Special)
TV-MA | 65 min | Documentary, Comedy
Legendary comic Carlin comes back to the Beacon theater to angrily rant about airport security, germs, cigars, angels, children and parents, men, names, religion, god, advertising, Bill Jeff and minorities.
Director: Rocco Urbisci | Star: George Carlin
Votes: 4,700
23. The Jim Jefferies Show (2017–2019)
TV-14 | 21 min | Comedy, News, Talk-Show
No-holds-barred Aussie comedian Jim Jefferies hosts his satirical weekly U.S. talk show, covering the news, U.S. politics, pop culture, global issues and whatever else happens to be bothering him at the moment.
Stars: Jim Jefferies, Brad Pitt, Seth Rogen, Russell Rope
Votes: 2,368
24. The Territory (1981)
100 min | Drama, Horror
A small group of well-to-do vacationers go on a hiking trip into the woods. Foolishly unprepared to deal with Mother Nature and their situation, they wander around lost for days and weeks, ... See full summary »
Director: Raúl Ruiz | Stars: Geoffrey Carey, John Paul Getty III, Jeffrey Kime, Camila Mora-Scheihing
Votes: 293
25. George Carlin: Back in Town (1996 TV Special)
TV-MA | 60 min | Documentary, Comedy
George Carlin brings his comedy stylings to the Beacon theater in New York City. He rants about Abortion, The death penalty, prison farms, fart jokes, free floating hostility and words.
Director: Rocco Urbisci | Star: George Carlin
Votes: 3,543
26. Im toten Winkel - Hitlers Sekretärin (2002)
PG | 90 min | Documentary, Biography, War
Documentary featuring interview footage with Traudl Junge, one of Hitler's personal secretaries during WWII.
Directors: André Heller, Othmar Schmiderer | Star: Traudl Junge
Votes: 1,813 | Gross: $0.38M
27. George Carlin: Life Is Worth Losing (2005 TV Special)
TV-MA | 75 min | Documentary, Comedy
George Carlin continues making people laugh with his 13th HBO stand-up special.
Director: Rocco Urbisci | Star: George Carlin
Votes: 4,985
28. Bill Hicks: Revelations (1993 TV Special)
Not Rated | 57 min | Documentary, Comedy
Bill Hicks in the height of his genius. Recorded at the Dominion Theatre in London, Hicks opens our eyes and minds to the hypocrisy and ludicrousness of the world around us.
Director: Chris Bould | Star: Bill Hicks
Votes: 3,230
29. My Talk with Florence (2015)
129 min | Documentary, Biography, Drama
A minimalist interview-film, dealing with one of the most disturbing life-stories from the twentieth Century. An oral history about abuse, resistance and survival.
Director: Paul Poet | Stars: Florence Burnier-Bauer, Paul Poet
Votes: 69
30. Tales from the Far Side II (1997 TV Movie)
TV-PG | 45 min | Animation, Comedy, Fantasy
An anthology of original animated shorts in the style and theme of Gary Larson's Far Side comics.
Directors: Gary Larson, Marv Newland | Stars: Kathleen Barr, Paul Dobson, Julie Faye, John Miller
Votes: 348
31. Muggers (2000)
97 min | Comedy, Crime, Romance
Brad and Gregor, two broke medical students in their final year and debut to a loan shark, must resort to contentious lengths to finance themselves. A fresh comedy with scruple less students.
Director: Dean Murphy | Stars: Jason Barry, Matt Day, Petra Yared, Simon Bossell
Votes: 296
32. The Electric Chair (1985)
Not Rated | 105 min | Drama, Comedy
Stand-up comic gets the shock of his life when somebody brings an electric chair on stage.
Director: Mark Eisenstein | Stars: Victor Argo, Jessica Dublin, James Faivre, Tom Gannon
Votes: 16
33. Reutov TV (2010–2013)
25 min | Reality-TV
Reutov TV is a comedy program, imitating regional television channels.
Stars: Sergei Mezentsev, Vladimir Volkovyskiy, Olga Shelest, Katya Sambuka
Votes: 69
34.
Sanford and Son (1972–1978)
Episode:
Coffins for Sale
(1972)
TV-PG | 30 min | Comedy
Lamont's keeping a pair of coffins in the living room spooks superstitious Fred.
Director: Charles S. Dubin | Stars: Redd Foxx, Demond Wilson, Slappy White, James Wheaton
Votes: 207
35.
Three's Company (1976–1984)
Episode:
Chrissy's Hospitality
(1979)
TV-PG | Comedy
Jack and Janet fear the worst when Chrissy has to spend the night in the hospital after hitting her head.
Director: Dave Powers | Stars: John Ritter, Joyce DeWitt, Suzanne Somers, Ann Wedgeworth
Votes: 215
36.
A Touch of Frost (1992–2010)
Episode:
Not with Kindness
(1992)
TV-14 | 103 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Frost investigates churchyard vandalism, a missing paper girl, and a harassed woman as copes with his sister-in-law's visit after his wife's death.
Director: David Reynolds | Stars: David Jason, Bruce Alexander, Tony Haygarth, Diane Bull
Votes: 434
37.
The Inspector Lynley Mysteries (2001–2007)
Episode:
Natural Causes
(2006)
Not Rated | 90 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Even though Lynley is suspended from duty and Havers is assigned to DI Fiona Knight, whose methods differ from his, he involves himself in their latest case.
Director: Simon Massey | Stars: Mary Stockley, Ben Lannoy, George Costigan, Sharon Small
Votes: 298
38.
The Ren & Stimpy Show (1991–1996)
Episode:
Ren's Toothache/Big House Blues
(1992)
TV-Y7 | 24 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
Ren learns the benefits of dental hygiene the hard way, as he refuses to listen to Stimpy's advice on brushing your teeth. Then Ren and Stimpy are tossed in the pound, where they discover the true meaning of "going to sleep".
Directors: Kelly Armstrong, Bob Camp, Gregg Vanzo, John Kricfalusi, Bong Hee Han | Stars: Bob Camp, Cheryl Chase, Brian Chin, John Kricfalusi
Votes: 275
39.
Running Wild with Bear Grylls (2014– )
Episode:
Joel Mchale in Arizona Slot Canyons
(2019)
TV-14 | 47 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
Film and TV funnyman Joel McHale joins Bear as they navigate a dangerous slot canyon in Arizona.
Director: Ben Simms | Stars: Bear Grylls, Joel McHale
Votes: 68
40.
Coffee with Scott Adams (2018– )
#WuFlu and Coffee
(2020 Podcast Episode)
News
Star: Scott Adams
41.
Generation Kill (2008)
Episode:
Get Some
(2008)
TV-MA | 69 min | Drama, War
Meet the battle hungry USMC 1st Recon Battalion as they deal with the mundane issues of grooming standards, sand storms, a by the book CO and ... waiting. But a variety of creative racial, gay and gender slurs, pizza relieve the tension.
Director: Susanna White | Stars: Alexander Skarsgård, James Ransone, Lee Tergesen, Jon Huertas
Votes: 1,211
42.
B Positive (2020–2022)
Episode:
Transplanticipation
(2021)
TV-14 | Comedy, Drama
Gina and Drew plan their futures now that their surgery is finally scheduled.
Director: Richie Keen | Stars: Annaleigh Ashford, Thomas Middleditch, Kether Donohue, Terrence Terrell
Votes: 123
43.
Law & Order (1990– )
Episode:
Love Eternal
(2010)
TV-14 | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Detectives suspect that a tacky and volatile wife murdered her husband, but they soon discover that the victim may have backed out of a conspiracy with fellow husbands to hide assets from their wives until their divorces.
Director: William Klayer | Stars: Jeremy Sisto, Anthony Anderson, S. Epatha Merkerson, Linus Roache
Votes: 271
44.
Angel Beats! (2010)
Episode:
Dancer in the Dark
(2010)
TV-14 | 24 min | Animation, Action, Comedy
A heretofore unseen Angel ability presents itself as the Afterlife Battlefront confronts an aggressive Angel replica, cunning and far crueler than the original.
Directors: Hiroyuki Hashimoto, Seiji Kishi | Stars: Hiroshi Kamiya, Harumi Sakurai, Kana Hanazawa, Eri Kitamura
Votes: 286
45.
Castle (2009–2016)
Episode:
Dreamworld
(2013)
TV-PG | 44 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
The FBI continues to track leads to the person who stole the deadly chemical. It is a race against time, since they need the antidote for Castle who has been infected with the chemical.
Director: Thomas J. Wright | Stars: Nathan Fillion, Stana Katic, Susan Sullivan, Jon Huertas
Votes: 1,299
46.
Doctor Who (2005–2022)
Episode:
The Woman Who Lived
(2015)
TV-PG | 45 min | Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
England, 1651. A deadly highwayman known only as 'The Knightmare' plagues the dark streets of London, his fire-breathing accomplice by his side. There's something clearly more than human ... See full summary »
Director: Edward Bazalgette | Stars: Peter Capaldi, Jenna Coleman, Maisie Williams, Rufus Hound
Votes: 5,494
47.
Grace and Frankie (2015–2022)
Episode:
The Party
(2016)
TV-MA | 31 min | Comedy
Frankie gets shocking news from Babe, and helps her friend throw the best party of her life.
Director: Wendey Stanzler | Stars: Jane Fonda, Lily Tomlin, Sam Waterston, Martin Sheen
Votes: 733
48.
Norm Macdonald Has a Show (2018)
Episode:
Michael Keaton
(2018)
Comedy, Talk-Show
Norm and Michael talk about their love of comedy, country and western music, film noir, western films, and Michael's movies.
Director: Gene Bernard | Stars: Norm MacDonald, Adam Eget, Michael Keaton
Votes: 200