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1. Treasure Planet (2002)

PG | 95 min | Animation, Adventure, Family

Jim Hawkins is a teenager who finds the map of a great treasure hidden by a space pirate. Together with some friends, he sets off in a large spaceship, shaped like a caravel, on his quest.

Directors: Ron Clements, John Musker | Stars: Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Emma Thompson, Martin Short, Roscoe Lee Browne

Votes: 133,249 | Gross: $38.18M

2. King Kong (1933)

Passed | 100 min | Adventure, Horror

A film crew goes to a tropical island for a location shoot, where they capture a colossal ape who takes a shine to their blonde starlet, and bring him back to New York City.

Directors: Merian C. Cooper, Ernest B. Schoedsack | Stars: Fay Wray, Robert Armstrong, Bruce Cabot, Frank Reicher

Votes: 91,054 | Gross: $10.00M

3. Wet Hot American Summer (2001)

R | 97 min | Comedy, Romance

Set on the last day of camp, in the hot summer of 1981, a group of counselors try to complete their unfinished business before the day ends.

Director: David Wain | Stars: Janeane Garofalo, David Hyde Pierce, Michael Showalter, Marguerite Moreau

Votes: 60,561 | Gross: $0.29M

4. Jeanne Dielman, 23, quai du commerce, 1080 Bruxelles (1975)

Not Rated | 202 min | Drama

A lonely widowed housewife does her daily chores, takes care of her apartment where she lives with her teenage son, and turns the occasional trick to make ends meet. However, something happens that changes her safe routine.

Director: Chantal Akerman | Stars: Delphine Seyrig, Jan Decorte, Henri Storck, Jacques Doniol-Valcroze

Votes: 13,966 | Gross: $0.02M

5. Repulsion (1965)

Not Rated | 105 min | Drama, Horror, Thriller

A sex-repulsed woman who disapproves of her sister's boyfriend sinks into depression and has horrific visions of rape and violence.

Director: Roman Polanski | Stars: Catherine Deneuve, Ian Hendry, John Fraser, Yvonne Furneaux

Votes: 57,318

6. Tigerland (2000)

R | 101 min | Drama, War

A group of recruits go through Advanced Infantry Training at Fort Polk, Louisiana's infamous Tigerland, last stop before Vietnam for tens of thousands of young men in 1971.

Director: Joel Schumacher | Stars: Colin Farrell, Matthew Davis, Clifton Collins Jr., Tom Guiry

Votes: 43,377 | Gross: $0.14M

7. Beau Travail (1999)

Unrated | 92 min | Drama, War

An ex-Foreign Legion officer recalls his once-glorious life of leading troops in Djibouti.

Director: Claire Denis | Stars: Denis Lavant, Michel Subor, Grégoire Colin, Richard Courcet

Votes: 14,631 | Gross: $0.25M

8. Vagabond (1985)

Not Rated | 105 min | Drama

A young woman's body is found frozen in a ditch. Through flashbacks and interviews, we see the events that led to her inevitable death.

Director: Agnès Varda | Stars: Sandrine Bonnaire, Macha Méril, Stéphane Freiss, Setti Ramdane

Votes: 13,704

9. Pieces of April (2003)

PG-13 | 80 min | Comedy, Drama

A wayward daughter invites her dying mother and the rest of her estranged family to her apartment for Thanksgiving dinner.

Director: Peter Hedges | Stars: Katie Holmes, Oliver Platt, Patricia Clarkson, Derek Luke

Votes: 22,132 | Gross: $2.53M

10. Steamboat Willie (1928)

Approved | 8 min | Animation, Short, Comedy

Mickey Mouse is a mischievous deckhand on a riverboat that is under the command of the tyrannical Captain Pete.

Directors: Ub Iwerks, Walt Disney | Star: Walt Disney

Votes: 11,271

11. Diary of a Country Priest (1951)

Not Rated | 95 min | Drama

A young priest taking over the parish at Ambricourt tries to fulfill his duties even as he fights a mysterious stomach ailment.

Director: Robert Bresson | Stars: Claude Laydu, Nicole Ladmiral, Jean Riveyre, Adrien Borel

Votes: 12,731

12. The Dirty Dozen: The Fatal Mission (1988 TV Movie)

Not Rated | 100 min | Action, Adventure, War

A team of renegade soldiers in World War II tries to stop the creation of the Fourth Reich in the Middle East.

Director: Lee H. Katzin | Stars: Telly Savalas, Ernest Borgnine, Hunt Block, Matthew Burton

Votes: 1,325

13. Borstal Boy (2000)

Not Rated | 91 min | Drama, Romance

Irish teenager political activist and future writer Brendan Behan is befriended in a British borstal (reformatory) by a liberal warden.

Director: Peter Sheridan | Stars: Shawn Hatosy, Danny Dyer, Eamon Glancy, Ian McElhinney

Votes: 2,571 | Gross: $0.09M

14. My Nights with Susan, Olga, Albert, Julie, Piet & Sandra (1975)

85 min | Action, Drama, Horror

Anton arrives at Susan's farmhouse in rural Holland to take her away with him. The house and surrounding area is populated by strange characters who duplicitously lust for each other. An opening murder weighs over everything.

Director: Pim de la Parra | Stars: Willeke van Ammelrooy, Hans van der Gragt, Nelly Frijda, Jerry Brouer

Votes: 340

15. The Haunted Strangler (1958)

Approved | 78 min | Crime, Mystery, Horror

A researcher investigating a notorious serial killer who was hanged 20 years earlier seemingly becomes possessed by the long-dead strangler.

Director: Robert Day | Stars: Boris Karloff, Anthony Dawson, Derek Birch, Dorothy Gordon

Votes: 2,046

16. The Beniker Gang (1984)

G | 87 min | Drama

When five kids growing up in an orphanage refuse to be separated by adoption, the only way to stay together is to go on the lam across the country as The Beniker Gang.

Director: Ken Kwapis | Stars: Andrew McCarthy, Jennifer Dundas, Charles Fields, Jeff Alan-Lee

Votes: 420

17. Night of Death (1980)

Not Rated | 95 min | Fantasy, Horror

Young Martine begins working as a nurse at Deadlock House, a secluded grande retirement home, but from the beginning not everything is as it seems, strange residents each with their own ... See full summary »

Director: Raphaël Delpard | Stars: Isabelle Goguey, Charlotte de Turckheim, Michel Flavius, Betty Beckers

Votes: 600

18. The Criminal Code (1930)

Passed | 97 min | Crime, Drama, Romance

After a failed attempt at running for governor, D.A. Mark Brady is appointed warden of the state prison where many of the criminals he prosecuted are incarcerated.

Director: Howard Hawks | Stars: Walter Huston, Phillips Holmes, Constance Cummings, Boris Karloff

Votes: 1,381

19. We Go Way Back (2006)

Not Rated | 80 min | Drama

A tragic-comic tale with surrealistic tendencies about a lost 23-year-old who is haunted by her disappointed 13-year-old self.

Director: Lynn Shelton | Stars: Amber Hubert, Maggie Brown, Aaron Blakely, Robert Hamilton Wright

Votes: 316

20. Goodbye, Father (1996)

85 min | Drama

For a 13-year-old boy like Filipe, the prospect of a summer vacation in the Azores with his father is like a dream come true. But dreams are sometimes just a way to avoid facing reality...

Director: Luís Filipe Rocha | Stars: Afonso Pimentel, João Lagarto, Laura Soveral, Natália Luiza

Votes: 586

21. Caught in the Draft (1941)

Approved | 82 min | Comedy

A movie star who can't stand loud noises accidentally joins the Army.

Director: David Butler | Stars: Bob Hope, Dorothy Lamour, Lynne Overman, Eddie Bracken

Votes: 892

22. When Willie Comes Marching Home (1950)

Approved | 82 min | Comedy, War

Willie Kluggs enters the service with hopes of going overseas, but his uncanny marksmanship keeps him at home as a shooting instructor... much to his embarrassment.

Director: John Ford | Stars: Dan Dailey, Corinne Calvet, Colleen Townsend, William Demarest

Votes: 847

23. A Private's Affair (1959)

Approved | 93 min | Comedy, Music

Three U.S. Army recruits have various romantic adventures while preparing to appear on a televised talent show.

Director: Raoul Walsh | Stars: Sal Mineo, Christine Carère, Barry Coe, Barbara Eden

Votes: 182

24. Femmes femmes (1974)

115 min | Comedy, Drama

The fantasies and dreams of two over-the-hill actresses are intertwined with their realities, as the two roommates struggle to survive their day-to-day lives in the expensive and difficult ... See full summary »

Director: Paul Vecchiali | Stars: Hélène Surgère, Sonia Saviange, Huguette Forge, Michel Delahaye

Votes: 259

25. Santa Fe Saddlemates (1945)

Approved | 58 min | Drama, Western

Governor Price sends Sunset Carson to investigate a smuggling ring which is baffling the Border Patrol. Newspaper woman Ann Morton is working incognito in the saloon waiting for a break on ... See full summary »

Directors: Thomas Carr, Yakima Canutt | Stars: Sunset Carson, Linda Stirling, Olin Howland, Roy Barcroft

Votes: 65

26. The Banger (2020)

110 min | Comedy

A comedy about what one summer storm, one city ordinance, a set of golf clubs, rock and roll and one very angry daughter can do.

Director: Ondrej Trojan | Stars: Ivan Trojan, Kristýna Boková, Veronika Marková, Jirí Machácek

Votes: 100

27. Triple Trouble (1918)

Not Rated | 23 min | Comedy, Short

Foreign agents try to steal a wireless explosive from an inventor. Only the clueless Little Tramp and the Keystone Cops can stop them.

Directors: Charles Chaplin, Leo White | Stars: Charles Chaplin, Edna Purviance, Billy Armstrong, Albert Austin

Votes: 1,202

28. Saturday's Children (1940)

Approved | 102 min | Drama, Romance

After meeting each other as fellow employees at J.B. Martin Co., forthright twenty-two year old Bobby Halevy and twenty-five year old Rims Rosson, who has his head in the clouds in coming ... See full summary »

Director: Vincent Sherman | Stars: John Garfield, Anne Shirley, Claude Rains, Roscoe Karns

Votes: 581

29. Glückskinder (1936)

93 min | Comedy

Journalist Gil Taylor has to write a report about the night court, when Ann Gardens case is heard. The young lady seems to be homeless. Gil tries to help her. Thats when trouble starts.

Director: Paul Martin | Stars: Lilian Harvey, Willy Fritsch, Paul Kemp, Oskar Sima

Votes: 241

30. The Cook in Trouble (1904)

Not Rated | 4 min | Short, Comedy, Fantasy

A cook has his hands full with three mischievous devils, who pop in and out of his kitchen.

Director: Georges Méliès | Star: Georges Méliès

Votes: 879

31. Gripes (1943)

5 min | Animation, Short

Private Snafu learns the hard way about the need for military discipline and procedures to maintain an effective army.

Director: Friz Freleng | Stars: Mel Blanc, Tedd Pierce

Votes: 267

32. Los muertos no se tocan, nene (2011)

Comedy

Fabianito, a teenager and apprentice poet, is perplexed by the grotesque organisation of his great-grandfather's wake. Fabianito will discover love in these circumstances.

Director: José Luis García Sánchez | Stars: Silvia Marsó, Carlos Iglesias, Mariola Fuentes, Blanca Romero

Votes: 122

33. The Charming Deceiver (1933)

Passed | 86 min | Comedy, Music, Mystery

A model inherits a great deal of money and pretends to be a movie star.

Director: Monty Banks | Stars: Constance Cummings, Frank Lawton, Binnie Barnes, Gus McNaughton

Votes: 41

34. Sankarialokas (1955)

82 min | Comedy

Young record store clerk and aspiring writer Esko has just finished his first novel and wants to marry a colonel's daughter. To get the father's permission, Esko has to join the military. ... See full summary »

Director: Aarne Tarkas | Stars: Lasse Pöysti, Leo Jokela, Jussi Jurkka, Tuulikki Suomela

Votes: 68

35. Serenaadi sotatorvella (1939)

84 min | Comedy

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Director: T.J. Särkkä | Stars: Kaarlo Angerkoski, Ansa Ikonen, Tauno Palo, Siiri Angerkoski

Votes: 52

36. Birds of a Feather (1989–2020)
Episode: Muesli (1990)

TV-14 | 29 min | Comedy

In a bid to understand what Darryl is going through, Tracey decides to live like a prisoner for a week. Meanwhile, depressed Darryl is given the week of his incarcerated life by his chirpy cellmate, Gary.

Director: Charlie Hanson | Stars: Pauline Quirke, Linda Robson, Lesley Joseph, Alun Lewis

Votes: 32

37. The Brady Bunch (1969–1974)
Episode: The Impractical Joker (1971)

Not Rated | 25 min | Comedy, Family

Jan plays a practical joke on the boys by hiding Greg's science project mouse in her laundry hamper. But after the mouse eats a hole through the hamper and escapes, Jan learns her lesson.

Director: Oscar Rudolph | Stars: Robert Reed, Florence Henderson, Ann B. Davis, Maureen McCormick

Votes: 180

38. Northern Exposure (1990–1995)
Episode: Buss Stop (1995)

TV-PG | 46 min | Comedy, Drama

Michelle decides to put on the play, Bus Stop, but is running into problems: Ron bribes her to cast Erick in a role; Holling gets drunk during rehearsals; Chris cannot kiss Maggie and Shelly is jealous of not getting the lead female role.

Director: Daniel Attias | Stars: Barry Corbin, Janine Turner, John Cullum, Darren E. Burrows

Votes: 140

39. Upstairs, Downstairs (1971–1975)
Episode: Noblesse Oblige (1975)

TV-14 | 51 min | Drama

Better the devil you know than the one you don't is the lesson Mrs. Bridges and Ruby learn after a terrible row. Upstairs, Lord Stockbridge proposes to Georgina, but there's a catch.

Director: Cyril Coke | Stars: Angela Baddeley, Lesley-Anne Down, David Langton, Ursula Howells

Votes: 86

40. The Jeffersons (1975–1985)
Episode: George's Diploma (1976)

TV-PG | 25 min | Comedy

George studies for his high school diploma after discovering that Lionel told his friends that his father graduated college with honors, hopefully to hide his shame.

Director: Jack Shea | Stars: Isabel Sanford, Sherman Hemsley, Roxie Roker, Franklin Cover

Votes: 94

41. You Can't Do That on Television (1979–2004)
Episode: Fame (1984)

TV-PG | Comedy, Family

Kevin seeks fame, starting off by giving himself the new stage name of Kevin Illyanovich Rasputin Kubusheskie, which could get him fired for putting the show over its ink budget in trying to write it out.

Director: Geoffrey Darby | Stars: Abby Hagyard, Mike Hora, Kevin Kubusheskie, Les Lye

42. The Bullwinkle Show (1959–1963)
Episode: Give 'Em the Works or Rocky Around the Clock/Crime on My Hands or Hickory Dickory Drop (1960)

TV-G | 30 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

Rocky & Bullwinkle, "Box Top Robery" Part 5 Fractured Fairy Tales "Snow White Inc." Peabody's Improbably History "Robinson Crusoe" Rocky & Bullwinkle, "Box Top Robery" Part 6

Directors: Gerard Baldwin, Jim Hiltz, William T. Hurtz, Ted Parmelee, Gerald Ray, Dun Roman, Rudy Zamora | Stars: Edward Everett Horton, June Foray, Paul Frees, William Conrad

Votes: 47

43. Dexter (2006–2013)
Episode: Morning Comes (2007)

TV-MA | 49 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Dexter decides that Lila is becoming too attached, decides "recovery" isn't working for him, and pays another visit to his mother's killer; Debra and Lundy find a clue that points to the "Bay Harbor Butcher" being right under their noses.

Director: Keith Gordon | Stars: Michael C. Hall, Julie Benz, Jennifer Carpenter, Erik King

Votes: 5,941

44. Beetle Bailey (1963– )
Episode: Lucky Beetle (1963)

Animation, Action, Adventure

Our hero's good-luck magnet almost destroys the Camp.

Director: Geoff Pike | Stars: Allan Melvin, Howard Morris

Votes: 20

45. The Boarding School (2007–2010)
Episode: El soldadito de plomo (2008)

70 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller

Tired of being too passive, Marcos and Iván make bold moves, which Paula and Evelyn unknowingly undermined when seeing nothing but constant lies and deceit in everyone older than themselves.

Director: Alexandra Graf | Stars: Luis Merlo, Natalia Millán, Marta Torné, Martiño Rivas

Votes: 45

46. Full Circle with Michael Palin (1997– )
Episode: Chile/Bolivia (1997)

48 min | Adventure, Documentary

Michael picks up in South America at Cape Horn and then as he travels up the coast of Chile, visits some islands off the coast and on into the Atacama Desert and by a very interesting train to Bolivia.

Director: Roger Mills | Star: Michael Palin

Votes: 76

47. Yellowstone (2018– )
Episode: Cigarettes, Whiskey, a Meadow and You (2022)

TV-MA | 58 min | Drama, Western

The Duttons and the Yellowstone enjoy an almost perfect day branding cattle; Montana gets an unexpected visitor from outside; Sarah continues to sink her teeth into Jamie; Rainwater deals with a challenger from within.

Director: Stephen Kay | Stars: Kevin Costner, Luke Grimes, Kelly Reilly, Wes Bentley

Votes: 2,063

48. Laura in the Kitchen (2010– )
Episode: Roasted Garlic Mashed Potatoes (2011)

7 min

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Star: Laura Vitale

49. Mad Men (2007–2015)
Episode: The Monolith (2014)

TV-14 | 48 min | Drama

Don returns to work, but quickly falls off the wagon after learning that he's been assigned to Peggy. Meanwhile, Roger and his ex-wife go to a commune to rescue their daughter, who has abandoned her child.

Director: Scott Hornbacher | Stars: Jon Hamm, Elisabeth Moss, Vincent Kartheiser, January Jones

Votes: 2,211

50. Big Brother (2000– )
Episode: Day 16 (2014)

Documentary, Game-Show, Reality-TV

Big Brother is a game show in which a group of contestants, referred to as housemates, live in isolation from the outside world in a custom built "house", constantly under video ... See full summary »

Director: Graham Proud | Stars: Marcus Bentley, Pauline Bennett, Mark Byron, Ashleigh Coyle

Votes: 7