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1. Kids (1995)

Unrated | 91 min | Drama

A day in the life of a group of teens as they travel around New York City skating, drinking, smoking and deflowering virgins.

Director: Larry Clark | Stars: Leo Fitzpatrick, Justin Pierce, Chloë Sevigny, Sarah Henderson

Votes: 84,663 | Gross: $7.42M

2. Brokeback Mountain (2005)

R | 134 min | Drama, Romance

Ennis and Jack are two shepherds who develop a sexual and emotional relationship. Their relationship becomes complicated when both of them get married to their respective girlfriends.

Director: Ang Lee | Stars: Jake Gyllenhaal, Heath Ledger, Michelle Williams, Randy Quaid

Votes: 382,267 | Gross: $83.04M

3. Parenthood (1989)

PG-13 | 124 min | Comedy, Drama

Four Buckman siblings attempt to raise their children - each in their own different style - and deal with the joys and sorrows that the process brings.

Director: Ron Howard | Stars: Steve Martin, Mary Steenburgen, Dianne Wiest, Jason Robards

Votes: 54,894 | Gross: $100.05M

4. Inland Empire (2006)

R | 180 min | Drama, Fantasy, Mystery

As an actress begins to adopt the persona of her character in a film, her world becomes nightmarish and surreal.

Director: David Lynch | Stars: Karolina Gruszka, Krzysztof Majchrzak, Grace Zabriskie, Laura Dern

Votes: 62,060 | Gross: $0.75M

5. The Great Gatsby (1974)

PG | 144 min | Drama, Romance

A Midwesterner becomes fascinated with his nouveau riche neighbor, who obsesses over his lost love.

Director: Jack Clayton | Stars: Robert Redford, Mia Farrow, Bruce Dern, Karen Black

Votes: 26,864 | Gross: $6.74M

6. Matchstick Men (2003)

PG-13 | 116 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

A phobic con artist and his protégé are on the verge of pulling off a lucrative swindle when the former's teenage daughter arrives unexpectedly.

Director: Ridley Scott | Stars: Nicolas Cage, Alison Lohman, Sam Rockwell, Bruce Altman

Votes: 138,321 | Gross: $36.91M

7. The Assistant (III) (2019)

R | 87 min | Drama

A searing look at a day in the life of an assistant to a powerful executive. As Jane follows her daily routine, she grows increasingly aware of the insidious abuse that threatens every aspect of her position.

Director: Kitty Green | Stars: Julia Garner, Owen Holland, Jon Orsini, Rory Kulz

Votes: 26,182

8. Chicken Little (2005)

G | 81 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy

After ruining his reputation with the town, a courageous chicken must come to the rescue of his fellow citizens when aliens start an invasion.

Director: Mark Dindal | Stars: Zach Braff, Joan Cusack, Garry Marshall, Don Knotts

Votes: 100,854 | Gross: $135.39M

9. Nerve (I) (2016)

PG-13 | 96 min | Action, Adventure, Crime

A high school senior finds herself immersed in an online game of truth or dare, where her every move starts to become manipulated by an anonymous community of "watchers."

Directors: Henry Joost, Ariel Schulman | Stars: Emma Roberts, Dave Franco, Emily Meade, Miles Heizer

Votes: 140,292 | Gross: $38.58M

10. Bean (1997)

PG-13 | 89 min | Adventure, Comedy, Family

The bumbling Mr. Bean travels to America when he is given the responsibility of bringing a highly valuable painting to a Los Angeles museum.

Director: Mel Smith | Stars: Rowan Atkinson, Peter MacNicol, John Mills, Pamela Reed

Votes: 110,868 | Gross: $45.32M

11. Trick 'r Treat (2007)

R | 82 min | Comedy, Horror

Five interwoven stories that occur on Halloween: an everyday high school principal has a secret life as a serial killer; a college virgin might have just met the guy for her; a group of teenagers pull a mean prank; a woman who loathes the night has to contend with her holiday-obsessed husband; and a mean old man meets his match with a demonic, supernatural trick-or-treater.

Director: Michael Dougherty | Stars: Anna Paquin, Brian Cox, Dylan Baker, Rochelle Aytes

Votes: 104,633

12. Titus (1999)

R | 162 min | Drama, History, Thriller

Titus returns victorious from war, only to plant the seeds of future turmoil for himself and his family.

Director: Julie Taymor | Stars: Anthony Hopkins, Jessica Lange, Osheen Jones, Dario D'Ambrosi

Votes: 21,465 | Gross: $1.92M

13. Happy-Go-Lucky (2008)

R | 118 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

A look at a few chapters in the life of Poppy, a cheery, colorful, North London schoolteacher whose optimism tends to exasperate those around her.

Director: Mike Leigh | Stars: Sally Hawkins, Alexis Zegerman, Samuel Roukin, Elliot Cowan

Votes: 41,062 | Gross: $3.49M

14. Analyze That (2002)

R | 96 min | Comedy, Crime

Mobster Paul Vitti is released into Dr. Ben Sobol's care, where only more chaos ensues.

Director: Harold Ramis | Stars: Robert De Niro, Billy Crystal, Lisa Kudrow, Joe Viterelli

Votes: 89,501 | Gross: $32.12M

15. Final Analysis (1992)

R | 124 min | Drama, Thriller

A psychiatrist becomes romantically involved with the sister of one of his patients, but the influence of her controlling gangster husband threatens to destroy them both.

Director: Phil Joanou | Stars: Richard Gere, Kim Basinger, Uma Thurman, Eric Roberts

Votes: 15,299 | Gross: $28.59M

16. My Girl 2 (1994)

PG | 99 min | Comedy, Drama, Family

Vada Sultenfuss must go to LA to stay with her Uncle Phil to do some research on her mother's life, but finds much more.

Director: Howard Zieff | Stars: Dan Aykroyd, Jamie Lee Curtis, Anna Chlumsky, Austin O'Brien

Votes: 20,922 | Gross: $17.36M

17. Alice, Sweet Alice (1976)

R | 107 min | Crime, Drama, Horror

In 1961, a divorced Catholic couple's life is turned upside-down when one of their two adolescent daughters is suspected of her younger sister's brutal murder during her First Holy Communion and a series of subsequent stabbings.

Director: Alfred Sole | Stars: Linda Miller, Mildred Clinton, Paula E. Sheppard, Niles McMaster

Votes: 12,957

18. The Dentist (1996)

R | 92 min | Horror, Thriller

An extremely successful dentist goes off the deep end after he catches his wife cheating on him.

Director: Brian Yuzna | Stars: Corbin Bernsen, Linda Hoffman, Michael Stadvec, Ken Foree

Votes: 10,510

19. Jungleland (2019)

R | 90 min | Drama

Two brothers try to escape their circumstances by travelling across the country for a no holds barred boxing match that becomes a fight for their lives.

Director: Max Winkler | Stars: Charlie Hunnam, Jack O'Connell, Naheem Garcia, Fran Kranz

Votes: 7,368

20. After Dark, My Sweet (1990)

R | 114 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

After he escapes from a mental hospital, a former boxer works for a widow. When she asks him to get involved in a kidnapping, he has second thoughts.

Director: James Foley | Stars: Jason Patric, Rachel Ward, Bruce Dern, Rocky Giordani

Votes: 4,192 | Gross: $2.68M

21. Dirty Mary Crazy Larry (1974)

PG | 93 min | Action, Crime, Thriller

Down-on-their-luck racers Larry and Deke steal from a supermarket manager to buy a car that will help them advance their racing chances. Their escape does not go as planned when Larry's one-night stand, Mary, tags along for the ride.

Director: John Hough | Stars: Peter Fonda, Susan George, Adam Roarke, Kenneth Tobey

Votes: 7,831 | Gross: $0.62M

22. Baghead (2008)

R | 84 min | Comedy, Drama, Horror

Four "actors" go to a cabin in the woods for the weekend to write a movie script. They talk about a relationship movie or a paper bag over the head movie. It starts with an anonymous baghead and slowly escalates.

Directors: Jay Duplass, Mark Duplass | Stars: Ross Partridge, Steve Zissis, Greta Gerwig, Elise Muller

Votes: 5,571 | Gross: $0.14M

23. The Man (2005)

PG-13 | 83 min | Action, Comedy, Crime

Special Agent Derrick Vann is a man out to get the man who killed his partner, but a case of mistaken identity leads him to Andy Fiddler, a salesman with too many questions and a knack of getting in Vann's way.

Director: Les Mayfield | Stars: Samuel L. Jackson, Eugene Levy, Miguel Ferrer, Luke Goss

Votes: 26,672 | Gross: $8.33M

24. Lucky Numbers (2000)

R | 105 min | Comedy, Crime

A television weatherman scams a local lottery.

Director: Nora Ephron | Stars: John Travolta, Lisa Kudrow, Tim Roth, Ed O'Neill

Votes: 10,951 | Gross: $10.01M

25. Love's Labour's Lost (2000)

PG | 93 min | Romance, Comedy, Musical

An update of the classic Shakespeare story, director Kenneth Branagh shot the film like a classic 1930s musical. It tells the story of four best friends who swear off love.

Director: Kenneth Branagh | Stars: Alessandro Nivola, Alicia Silverstone, Natascha McElhone, Kenneth Branagh

Votes: 4,903 | Gross: $0.28M

26. The Incredible Shrinking Woman (1981)

PG | 88 min | Comedy, Sci-Fi

A housewife grows smaller and smaller in reaction to chemicals found in cosmetics and household products.

Director: Joel Schumacher | Stars: Lily Tomlin, Charles Grodin, Ned Beatty, Henry Gibson

Votes: 5,141 | Gross: $20.26M

27. Night Patrol (1984)

R | 85 min | Comedy, Crime

A hapless police officer is transferred to the night shift even as he clandestinely pursues a career as a stand up comedian.

Director: Jackie Kong | Stars: Linda Blair, Pat Paulsen, Jaye P. Morgan, Jack Riley

Votes: 1,691

28. Tsotsi (2005)

R | 94 min | Crime, Drama

Six days in the violent life of a young Johannesburg gang leader.

Director: Gavin Hood | Stars: Presley Chweneyagae, Mothusi Magano, Israel Matseke-Zulu, Terry Pheto

Votes: 31,612 | Gross: $2.91M

29. Little Secrets (2001)

PG | 96 min | Comedy, Drama, Family

A fourteen-year-old aspiring violinist finds herself under an increasing amount of pressure to keep secrets for herself, her family and her newfound best friend.

Director: Blair Treu | Stars: Evan Rachel Wood, Michael Angarano, David Gallagher, Vivica A. Fox

Votes: 3,426 | Gross: $0.41M

30. Seance on a Wet Afternoon (1964)

115 min | Crime, Drama

A medium and her husband stage a kidnapping in order for her to pretend to solve the crime and achieve fame.

Director: Bryan Forbes | Stars: Kim Stanley, Richard Attenborough, Margaret Lacey, Marie Burke

Votes: 7,461

31. The Boys Club (1996)

R | 91 min | Adventure, Crime, Drama

In Ontario, Canada, three fourteen-year-old boys, Kyle, Brad and Eric are forced to perform an ordeal when they find a wounded mysterious fugitive named Luke, who has a gun and claiming to be a cop, has taken a hiding in their clubhouse.

Director: John Fawcett | Stars: Chris Penn, Dominic Zamprogna, Stuart Stone, Devon Sawa

Votes: 1,345

32. Everybody Wins (1990)

R | 97 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller

Angela (Debra Winger) hires/lures a P.I. (Nick Nolte) to prove a convicted teenager is innocent of his uncle's murder.

Director: Karel Reisz | Stars: Debra Winger, Nick Nolte, Will Patton, Judith Ivey

Votes: 1,373 | Gross: $1.37M

33. Around the Bend (2004)

R | 85 min | Drama

A bitter, recently divorced man is goaded by his grandfather and son into going on a family road trip to reconcile with his estranged father.

Director: Jordan Roberts | Stars: Michael Caine, Christopher Walken, Josh Lucas, Jonah Bobo

Votes: 4,477 | Gross: $0.19M

34. The Mad Bomber (1973)

R | 91 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Los Angeles detectives Minelli and Blake must track down a serial rapist who may know the identity of a mentally disturbed bomber.

Director: Bert I. Gordon | Stars: Vince Edwards, Chuck Connors, Neville Brand, Hank Brandt

Votes: 760

35. Stealing Sinatra (2003)

R | 96 min | Biography, Comedy, Drama

In need of a grubstake, a young man convinces a couple of friends to help him kidnap Frank Sinatra Jr. It's a true story.

Director: Ron Underwood | Stars: David Arquette, William H. Macy, James Russo, Ryan Browning

Votes: 804

36. Dig Two Graves (2014)

Not Rated | 85 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery

After her brother's tragic death, a young girl is approached by three men who claim they can bring her brother back to life.

Director: Hunter Adams | Stars: Ted Levine, Samantha Isler, Danny Goldring, Troy Ruptash

Votes: 3,364

37. Touching Home (2008)

PG-13 | 108 min | Drama, Sport

The true story about a father struggling to make amends with his twin sons as they pursue their dreams of professional baseball.

Directors: Logan Miller, Noah Miller | Stars: Ed Harris, Brad Dourif, Robert Forster, Evan Jones

Votes: 794

38. Too Much Sleep (1997)

PG-13 | 88 min | Comedy, Mystery

While riding the bus one day, night watchman Jack Crawford gets distracted by a beautiful girl and has his gun stolen. To get it back, he enlists the help of local wise guy, Eddie, and their search reveals the bizarre characters lurking in the strange underworld of a sleepy New Jersey suburb.

Director: David Maquiling | Stars: Marc Palmieri, Pasquale Gaeta, Nicol Zanzarella, Philip Galinsky

Votes: 133 | Gross: $0.04M

39. MacArthur Park (2001)

R | 86 min | Action, Drama

The story follows one of many homeless crack addicts living and trying to survive in MacArthur Park. Unbeknownst to perhaps even himself, a man rediscovers why and how he ended up so broken... See full summary »

Director: Billy Wirth | Stars: Thomas Jefferson Byrd, Brandon Quintin Adams, Bad Azz, Tami Roman

Votes: 372

40. Really Rosie (1975 TV Movie)

27 min | Animation, Family, Musical

Rosie entertains the neighborhood kids, by telling an exaggerated movie version of her life.

Director: Maurice Sendak | Stars: Carole King, Dale Soules, Alice Playten, Baillie Gerstein

Votes: 172

41. The Killer Clown Meets the Candy Man (2019)

99 min | Horror

Have you ever wondered what might have happened if serial killers John Gacy and Dean Corll met Charles Manson? That is the basic premise of this semi-historically accurate dark comedic tale of horror.

Director: Pete Jacelone | Stars: Edward X. Young, Jeremy Woodworth, Eric Fleising, Seth Leighton Hale

Votes: 32

42. Star Wars Uncut (2012 Video)

124 min | Action, Sci-Fi

In 2009, Casey Pugh asked thousands of Internet users to remake "Star Wars: A New Hope" into a fan film, 15 seconds at a time. Contributors were allowed to recreate scenes from Star Wars ... See full summary »

Director: Casey Pugh | Star: Constance Watkins

Votes: 191

43. The Cat That Hated People (1948)

Passed | 7 min | Family, Animation, Comedy

A black cat explains reason after reason why he cannot stand people, and opts to relocate to the moon. When he does, he finds characters there that make him realize people aren't so bad anyway.

Director: Tex Avery | Stars: Paul Frees, Colleen Collins, Pinto Colvig, Pat McGeehan

Votes: 874

44. His New Mamma (1924)

20 min | Short, Comedy

A jealous father thinks his son is after Dad's fiancee and kicks the son out. Working in California, he falls for a girl and runs into his new Mamma with another man. Will our farm boy and his sweetie stop injustice from happening again?

Director: Roy Del Ruth | Stars: Harry Langdon, Madeline Hurlock, Andy Clyde, Tiny Ward

Votes: 114

45. Freddy Pharkas, Frontier Pharmacist (1994 Video Game)

Adventure, Comedy, Western

The adventures of Freddy Pharkas, a pharmacist living in Coarsegold in the 1800s, where he moved to cover up his past as a former gunslinger who quit when he got his ear shot off by a rival... See full summary »

Director: Josh Mandel | Stars: Cam Clarke, Lewis Arquette, William Bryant, Michael Gough

Votes: 63

46. I Just Want to Eat My Sandwich (2007)

Not Rated | 7 min | Short, Comedy

Susan is a busy QA tester trying to eat her lunch at her desk, but she keeps getting interrupted by her co-workers. What's a gal to do when she can't get a bite in edgewise?

Director: Julia Radochia | Stars: Rachael Lillis, Jonathan J. Donahue, Michael Patrick Sullivan, Penny Benson

Votes: 48

47. Chikara Aniversario? (2007 Video)

Action, Sport

Mike Quackenbush finally gets his hands on Chris Hero, with a particular trick up his sleeve, and more.

Director: Mike Spillane | Stars: Agu, Max Boyer, Claudio Castagnoli, James Cipperly

48. NatMadsen (1997)

23 min | Talk-Show

Late-night talk show featuring chats with guests and spontaneous vox-pop. Also featuring a weekly competition (which was the same in each episode - to guess the content of a brown paper bag... See full summary »

Stars: Anders Lund Madsen, Peter Kramer, Harald Jensen, Sarah Young

Votes: 7

49. Short Cut Road (2003 Video)

87 min | Horror

Four couples take a short cut to an annual rock festival to celebrate the last day of college when they start to encounter strange things. Something happened during the previous year's ... See full summary »

Director: Marc Selz | Stars: Robyn Unell-Brems, Erin Broling, Branden Scala, Charles T. Perry

Votes: 54

50. Dracula Meets the Wolf Man (1965)

5 min | Short, Horror

The Dracula has a run in with the Wolf Man.

Director: Kerry Gammill | Stars: Kerry Gammill, William Gammill, T.Z. Garrison, Lawrence Mullens