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1. Toy Story 3 (2010)
G | 103 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
The toys are mistakenly delivered to a day-care center instead of the attic right before Andy leaves for college, and it's up to Woody to convince the other toys that they weren't abandoned and to return home.
Director: Lee Unkrich | Stars: Tom Hanks, Tim Allen, Joan Cusack, Ned Beatty
Votes: 892,604 | Gross: $415.00M
2. Geostorm (2017)
PG-13 | 109 min | Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
When the network of satellites designed to control the global climate starts to attack Earth, it's a race against the clock for its creator to uncover the real threat before a worldwide Geostorm wipes out everything and everyone.
Director: Dean Devlin | Stars: Gerard Butler, Jim Sturgess, Abbie Cornish, Alexandra Maria Lara
Votes: 118,482 | Gross: $33.70M
3. The House Bunny (2008)
PG-13 | 97 min | Comedy
After Playboy bunny Shelley is kicked out of the Playboy Mansion, she finds a job as the house mother for a sorority full of socially awkward girls.
Director: Fred Wolf | Stars: Anna Faris, Colin Hanks, Emma Stone, Kat Dennings
Votes: 90,332 | Gross: $48.24M
4. Blades of Glory (2007)
PG-13 | 93 min | Comedy, Sport
In 2002, two rival Olympic ice skaters were stripped of their gold medals and permanently banned from men's single competition. Presently, however, they've found a loophole that will allow them to qualify as a pairs team.
Directors: Josh Gordon, Will Speck | Stars: Will Ferrell, Jon Heder, Amy Poehler, Will Arnett
Votes: 177,746 | Gross: $118.59M
5. Mona Lisa Smile (2003)
PG-13 | 117 min | Drama
A free-thinking art professor teaches conservative 1950s Wellesley girls to question their traditional social roles.
Director: Mike Newell | Stars: Julia Roberts, Kirsten Dunst, Julia Stiles, Maggie Gyllenhaal
Votes: 90,951 | Gross: $63.86M
6. Alice in Wonderland (1951)
G | 75 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
Alice stumbles into the world of Wonderland. Will she get home? Not if the Queen of Hearts has her way.
Directors: Clyde Geronimi, Wilfred Jackson, Hamilton Luske, Jack Kinney | Stars: Kathryn Beaumont, Ed Wynn, Richard Haydn, Sterling Holloway
Votes: 154,078 | Gross: $1.07M
7. Bye Bye Birdie (1963)
Approved | 112 min | Comedy, Musical
A rock singer travels to a small Ohio town to make his "farewell" television performance and kiss his biggest fan before he is drafted.
Director: George Sidney | Stars: Dick Van Dyke, Ann-Margret, Janet Leigh, Maureen Stapleton
Votes: 9,331 | Gross: $13.13M
8. The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962)
Approved | 123 min | Drama, Western
A senator returns to a Western town for the funeral of an old friend and tells the story of his origins.
Director: John Ford | Stars: James Stewart, John Wayne, Vera Miles, Lee Marvin
Votes: 82,300
9. And Justice for All (1979)
R | 119 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A lawyer is forced to defend a judge, while defending other clients, and trying to find punishment for the guilty and provide justice for the innocent.
Director: Norman Jewison | Stars: Al Pacino, Jack Warden, John Forsythe, Lee Strasberg
Votes: 39,674
10. Air Bud (1997)
PG | 98 min | Comedy, Drama, Family
An unexpected player joins the school basketball team - a circus dog who escaped from a cruel master.
Director: Charles Martin Smith | Stars: Michael Jeter, Kevin Zegers, Wendy Makkena, Bill Cobbs
Votes: 19,511 | Gross: $24.63M
11. Righteous Kill (2008)
R | 101 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Two veteran New York City detectives work on a case of serial executions of criminals who escaped justice.
Director: Jon Avnet | Stars: Robert De Niro, Al Pacino, Carla Gugino, 50 Cent
Votes: 92,210 | Gross: $40.08M
12. Marshall (2017)
PG-13 | 118 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
The story of Thurgood Marshall, the crusading lawyer who would become the first African-American Supreme Court Justice, as he battles through one of his career-defining cases.
Director: Reginald Hudlin | Stars: Chadwick Boseman, Josh Gad, Kate Hudson, Sterling K. Brown
Votes: 26,815 | Gross: $10.05M
13. Judge Judy (1996–2021)
TV-G | 30 min | Comedy, Crime, Reality-TV
Judge Judy Sheindlin , a former judge from New York, tackles actual, small claims cases with her no-nonsense attitude in which damages of no more than $5,000 can be awarded.
Stars: Petri Hawkins Byrd, Judy Sheindlin, Jerry Bishop, Bea Arthur
Votes: 5,607
14. Foreign Correspondent (1940)
Passed | 120 min | Action, Romance, Thriller
On the eve of World War II, a young American reporter tries to expose enemy agents in London.
Director: Alfred Hitchcock | Stars: Joel McCrea, Laraine Day, Herbert Marshall, George Sanders
Votes: 23,719 | Gross: $3.48M
15. Revenge of the Nerds II: Nerds in Paradise (1987)
PG-13 | 88 min | Comedy
The rising college nerds set out to a convention in Florida, but are not welcomed by the Alpha Beta representatives.
Director: Joe Roth | Stars: Robert Carradine, Curtis Armstrong, Larry B. Scott, Timothy Busfield
Votes: 15,389 | Gross: $30.06M
16. The Librarian III: The Curse of the Judas Chalice (2008 TV Movie)
TV-PG | 90 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
Losing his girlfriend because he was at an auction getting the magical Philosopher's Stone, Flynn Carsen is ordered to take a vacation. In New Orleans he finds himself busy protecting the Judas Chalice and saving the world from vampires.
Director: Jonathan Frakes | Stars: Noah Wyle, Bruce Davison, Stana Katic, Bob Newhart
Votes: 14,156
17. Nuremberg (2000)
TV-14 | 90 min | Drama, History, War
The dramatized account of the war crime trials following the defeat of Nazi Germany in World War II.
Stars: Alec Baldwin, Brian Cox, Christopher Plummer, Jill Hennessy
Votes: 6,960
18. Intersection (1994)
R | 98 min | Drama, Romance
While driving on a remote highway, a man is torn between choosing to reunite with his estranged wife or taking up with his lover.
Director: Mark Rydell | Stars: Richard Gere, Sharon Stone, Lolita Davidovich, Martin Landau
Votes: 9,121 | Gross: $20.93M
19. ABCs of Death 2 (2014)
Not Rated | 125 min | Comedy, Horror
Another 26-chapter anthology that showcases death in all its vicious wonder and brutal beauty.
Directors: Rodney Ascher, Julian Barratt, Robert Boocheck, Alejandro Brugués, Kristina Buozyte, Alexandre Bustillo, Larry Fessenden, Julian Gilbey, Jim Hosking, Lancelot Oduwa Imasuen, E.L. Katz, Aharon Keshales, Steven Kostanski, Marvin Kren, Juan Martínez Moreno, Erik Matti, Wolfgang Matzl, Julien Maury, Robert Morgan, Chris Nash, Vincenzo Natali, Hajime Ohata, Navot Papushado, Bill Plympton, Dennison Ramalho, Todd Rohal, Jerome Sable, Bruno Samper, Jen Soska, Sylvia Soska, Sôichi Umezawa | Stars: Eric Jacobus, Andy Nyman, Simon Barrett, Teela LaRoux
Votes: 9,149 | Gross: $0.01M
20. The People's Court (1997–2023)
TV-PG | 60 min | Crime, Reality-TV
Former Florida prosecutor and judge Marilyn Milian decides actual small-claims court cases. Participants and onlookers are interviewed, and viewers are polled on the cases via a Web site.
Stars: Marilyn Milian, Harvey Levin, Curt Chaplin, Douglas McIntosh
Votes: 1,156
21. The Mystery of a Hansom Cab (2012 TV Movie)
TV-14 | 100 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A man is murdered in 19th century Melbourne. The investigation uncovers a trail of secrets and scandal.
Director: Shawn Seet | Stars: John Waters, Marco Chiappi, Shane Jacobson, Jessica De Gouw
Votes: 894
22. Impact (1949)
Passed | 111 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
A unfaithful wife plots with her lover to kill her husband, but the lover is accidentally killed instead. The husband stays in hiding and lets his wife be charged with conspiracy.
Director: Arthur Lubin | Stars: Brian Donlevy, Ella Raines, Charles Coburn, Helen Walker
Votes: 4,721
23. Punishment Park (1971)
R | 91 min | Drama, Thriller
"Punishment Park" is a pseudo-documentary purporting to be a film crews's news coverage of the team of soldiers escorting a group of hippies, draft dodgers, and anti-establishment types ... See full summary »
Director: Peter Watkins | Stars: Patrick Boland, Kent Foreman, Carmen Argenziano, Luke Johnson
Votes: 7,633
24. Marked Woman (1937)
Approved | 96 min | Crime, Film-Noir, Thriller
A crusading district attorney persuades a clip joint hostess to testify against her mobster boss after her innocent sister is accidentally murdered during one of his unsavory parties.
Directors: Lloyd Bacon, Michael Curtiz | Stars: Bette Davis, Humphrey Bogart, Lola Lane, Isabel Jewell
Votes: 4,834
25. Knock on Any Door (1949)
Passed | 100 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
An attorney defends a hoodlum of murder, using the oppressiveness of the slums to appeal to the court.
Director: Nicholas Ray | Stars: Humphrey Bogart, John Derek, George Macready, Allene Roberts
Votes: 4,206
26. Manhattan Melodrama (1934)
Passed | 93 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
The friendship between two orphans endures even though they grow up on opposite sides of the law and fall in love with the same woman.
Directors: W.S. Van Dyke, Jack Conway, George Cukor | Stars: Clark Gable, William Powell, Myrna Loy, Leo Carrillo
Votes: 4,807
27. Tarzan's New York Adventure (1942)
Passed | 71 min | Action, Adventure
Tarzan and Jane go to New York to rescue Boy after he is kidnapped into a circus.
Director: Richard Thorpe | Stars: Johnny Weissmuller, Maureen O'Sullivan, Johnny Sheffield, Virginia Grey
Votes: 3,588
28. Rolling Vengeance (1987)
R | 90 min | Action, Drama
A truck driver builds a special, eight-ton truck to help get revenge against the rednecks who killed his family and raped his girlfriend.
Director: Steven Hilliard Stern | Stars: Don Michael Paul, Lawrence Dane, Ned Beatty, Lisa Howard
Votes: 765
29. Closer to the Moon (2014)
Not Rated | 112 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
A Romanian police officer teams up with a small crew of old friends from the World War II Jewish Resistance to pull off a heist by convincing everyone at the scene of the crime that they are only filming a movie.
Director: Nae Caranfil | Stars: Vera Farmiga, Mark Strong, Harry Lloyd, Anton Lesser
Votes: 4,338
30. Nympho: The Lust Story (2020)
104 min | Drama, Romance, Thriller
Nympho is a lust story of a girl called Rachael. She is a nymphomaniac. She is a sex addict. She is not a single man woman.
Director: Kumaar Aadarsh | Stars: Natasha Majhi, Mohnish Nawani, Vikhyat Swades, Pooja Jangid
Votes: 56
31. Judge Mathis (1999–2023)
TV-PG | 60 min | Reality-TV
Judge Greg Mathis infuses his court sessions with a generous dose of humor as he listens to diverse litigants plead their small-claims cases in his TV courtroom.
Stars: Greg Mathis, Doyle Devereux, Debbi Burns, Maureen Mendoza
Votes: 715
32. A Mother on the Brink (2019 TV Movie)
TV-14 | 86 min | Drama, Thriller
A mother is forced to question her sanity when her daughter disappears and she's told that she's been dead for over a year, igniting a chase for the truth in order to save her little girl's life before it's too late.
Director: Jason Bourque | Stars: Kelly Thiebaud, Matt Hamilton, Lina Renna, Phillip Mitchell
Votes: 235
33. Assault of the Party Nerds 2: The Heavy Petting Detective (1995)
Unrated | 86 min | Comedy
Five years after throwing a killer party and stealing Muffin away from alpha-male Zeta frat member Bud, head party nerd Ritchie is married (to Muffin!) and runs a detective agency.
Director: Richard Gabai | Stars: Richard Gabai, Christopher Dempsey, Michelle Bauer, Robert Dorfmann
Votes: 218
34. All in a Night's Work (1961)
Approved | 94 min | Comedy, Romance
Tony Ryder takes over his dead uncle's media empire while trying to keep quiet the mysterious circumstances of his death in a Palm Beach hotel room.
Director: Joseph Anthony | Stars: Dean Martin, Shirley MacLaine, Cliff Robertson, Charles Ruggles
Votes: 970
35. Judge Joe Brown (1998–2013)
TV-PG | Crime, Reality-TV
The no-nonsense jurist who began his career in Tennessee presides over arbitration between civil litigants in lieu of a small claims court proceeding.
Stars: Joe Brown, Sonia Montejano, Mercedes Dela Cruz, Bridgetta Tomarchio
Votes: 449
36. 75 (2017)
97 min | Crime, Drama
A crash victim, a housewife and two repressed teens are connected by hard-working therapist Viola, who helps them battle their addictions while two disillusioned detectives struggle with the mounting war against heroin in Cincinnati.
Director: Joe Zappa | Stars: Tifani Winkfield, Kip Bennett, Marcus B. Jackson, Shannon Faith
Votes: 60
37. The Pest (1922)
Passed | 22 min | Comedy, Short
Stan Laurel plays a book salesman who has a series of encounters, mostly revolving around a young woman who might be evicted by her lecherous landlord. Along the way, Stan dresses up as a ... See full summary »
Director: Gilbert M. 'Broncho Billy' Anderson | Stars: Stan Laurel, Glen Cavender, Vera Reynolds, Joy Winthrop
Votes: 112
38. Pluto's Judgement Day (1935)
Approved | 7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Pluto chases a kitten through a window and right into Mickey's lap. Mickey scolds him, and goes off to wash the kitten. Pluto falls asleep in front of the fire, and dreams of a hell ruled ... See full summary »
Director: David Hand | Stars: Billy Bletcher, Don Brodie, Pinto Colvig, Walt Disney
Votes: 1,160
39. My Bunny Lies Over the Sea (1948)
Approved | 7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Bugs Bunny destroys a Scotsman's bagpipes and ends up challenging him at golf.
Director: Chuck Jones | Star: Mel Blanc
Votes: 1,292
40. Ladies of the Jury (1932)
Approved | 63 min | Comedy, Mystery
Society matron Mrs. Crane (Edna May Oliver) is selected as a juror in the trial of ex-chorus girl Yvette Gordon (Jill Esmond), who's accused of murdering her rich elderly husband. In court,... See full summary »
Director: Lowell Sherman | Stars: Edna May Oliver, Jill Esmond, Roscoe Ates, Ken Murray
Votes: 424
41. Idiots Deluxe (1945)
Approved | 18 min | Comedy, Short
Moe is on trial for assaulting Curly and Larry with an ax. Moe relates how Curly and Larry took him on a hunting trip for his nerves. Out in the woods they confronted a bear which Curly and... See full summary »
Director: Jules White | Stars: Moe Howard, Larry Fine, Curly Howard, Vernon Dent
Votes: 560
42. Old Glory (1939)
G | 9 min | Animation, Short, Drama
Porky balks at learning the Pledge of Allegiance until Uncle Sam appears to him in a dream and gives him a lesson in American history.
Director: Chuck Jones | Stars: Mel Blanc, Tedd Pierce, John Deering, John Litel
Votes: 739
43. Bell Hoppy (1954)
Approved | 7 min | Animation, Family, Short
To pass his initiation into "The Loyal Order of Alley Cats", Sylvester must put a bell around the neck of Hippety Hopper, the baby kangaroo constantly mistaken for a giant mouse.
Director: Robert McKimson | Stars: Mel Blanc, Tedd Pierce
Votes: 256
44. Life-Line (2022)
Unrated | 29 min | Short, Sci-Fi
An obscure scientist creates a machine that can tell the exact date of someone's death, but clashes with life insurance companies trying to discredit him.
Director: Zack Dodson | Stars: Scott Maddox, Russell Zavalla, Alex Crouse, Kevin Cawood
Votes: 5
45. Listen, Judge (1952)
Not Rated | 17 min | Comedy, Short
The stooges are fix-it men who are brought before a judge on a charge of chicken stealing. They escape from the courtroom and wind up getting hired in the judges' house after their antics ... See full summary »
Director: Edward Bernds | Stars: Moe Howard, Larry Fine, Shemp Howard, Kitty McHugh
Votes: 379
46. The Sculptor's Nightmare (1908)
11 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
At a political club, the members debate whose bust will replace that of Theodore Roosevelt. Unable to agree, each goes to a sculptor's studio and bribes him to sculpt a bust of the ... See full summary »
Director: Wallace McCutcheon | Stars: Florence Auer, Edward Dillon, D.W. Griffith, Anthony O'Sullivan
Votes: 148
47. Musica-Lulu (1947)
Approved | 7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Lulu is put on trial by talking musical instruments for neglecting her violin.
Directors: Izzy Sparber, Myron Waldman | Stars: Jack Mercer, Carl Meyer, Mae Questel, Arnold Stang
Votes: 97
48. Judge for a Day (1935)
8 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Betty Boop, annoyed by 'public pests' like backslappers, gum parkers, and mud splashers, imagines what she'd do to them if she were a judge.
Directors: Dave Fleischer, Myron Waldman | Stars: Jack Mercer, Mae Questel
Votes: 236
49. Man Hunt (1938)
Animation, Short
Some cute forest animals get their revenge by fighting a war on some racist hunters.
Directors: Les Kline, Walter Lantz | Stars: Beatrice Hagen, Mel Blanc, Margaret Hill-Talbot, The King's Men
Votes: 11
50.
The Addams Family (1964–1966)
Episode:
The Addams Family in Court
(1965)
TV-G | 25 min | Comedy, Family, Horror
While Gomez and Morticia were away bat hunting, Mama resumed her old bad habit of fortune telling, which soon snags her an arrest on a municipal code violation. In her hour of need, the ... See full summary »
Director: Nat Perrin | Stars: Carolyn Jones, John Astin, Jackie Coogan, Ted Cassidy
Votes: 277