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1. When Harry Met Sally... (1989)

R | 95 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

Harry and Sally have known each other for years, and are very good friends, but they fear sex would ruin the friendship.

Director: Rob Reiner | Stars: Billy Crystal, Meg Ryan, Carrie Fisher, Bruno Kirby

Votes: 242,754 | Gross: $92.82M

2. One Foot in the Grave (1990–2001)

TV-PG | 90 min | Comedy, Drama

Victor Meldrew is a retiree who attracts bad luck. If he's not driving his long suffering wife Margaret crazy with his constant moaning, he's fighting with neighbours.

Stars: Richard Wilson, Annette Crosbie, Doreen Mantle, Owen Brenman

Votes: 7,320

3. Two Rode Together (1961)

Passed | 109 min | Drama, Western

A corrupt marshal is pressured by his army friend into negotiating the release of white captives of the Comanches, but finds that their reintegration into society has its consequences.

Director: John Ford | Stars: James Stewart, Richard Widmark, Shirley Jones, Linda Cristal

Votes: 6,951

4. Magic in the Moonlight (2014)

PG-13 | 97 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

A romantic comedy about an Englishman brought in to help unmask a possible swindle. Personal and professional complications ensue.

Director: Woody Allen | Stars: Colin Firth, Emma Stone, Marcia Gay Harden, Hamish Linklater

Votes: 70,887 | Gross: $10.51M

5. The Pinchcliffe Grand Prix (1975)

G | 88 min | Animation, Comedy, Family

Reodor Felgen decides that he will enter a car race to defeat his former friend who has stolen his plans for a car.

Director: Ivo Caprino | Stars: Wenche Foss, Per Theodor Haugen, Harald Heide-Steen Jr., Leif Juster

Votes: 14,342

6. Toy Story of Terror (2013 TV Movie)

TV-G | 22 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy

Woody and the gang are held up at a roadside motel and members of the group start to disappear. Woody sets about getting to the bottom of the mystery.

Director: Angus MacLane | Stars: Tom Hanks, Tim Allen, Joan Cusack, Carl Weathers

Votes: 17,727

7. My Little Pony: The Movie (1986)

G | 86 min | Animation, Adventure, Family

Ponyland comes under attack from the Smooze, a massive purple ooze created by an evil witch who plans to destroy the ponies' annual spring festival.

Directors: Mike Joens, Gerry Chiniquy, Ray Lee, Akinori Matsubara, Margaret Nichols, Heungsun Oh, Karen Peterson, Tom Ray, Robert Shellhorn, Gregg Vanzo, Gwen Wetzler | Stars: Danny DeVito, Madeline Kahn, Cloris Leachman, Rhea Perlman

Votes: 2,872 | Gross: $5.96M

8. The Century of the Self (2002)

59 min | Documentary

A documentary about the rise of psychoanalysis as a powerful means of persuasion for both governments and corporations.

Stars: Adam Curtis, Robert Reich, Ann Bernays, Alfred Pritz

Votes: 6,360

9. I Love You, I Love You (1968)

91 min | Drama, Sci-Fi

After attempting suicide, Claude is recruited for a time travel experiment, but, when the machine goes haywire, he may be trapped hurtling through his memories.

Director: Alain Resnais | Stars: Claude Rich, Olga Georges-Picot, Anouk Ferjac, Alain MacMoy

Votes: 3,274 | Gross: $0.06M

10. La fille sur le pont (1999)

R | 90 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

One night, a fading entertainer intervenes when a woman contemplates suicide, beginning a strange, unpredictable relationship.

Director: Patrice Leconte | Stars: Vanessa Paradis, Daniel Auteuil, Frédéric Pfluger, Dimitris Georgalas

Votes: 14,358 | Gross: $1.71M

11. The Winter War (1989)

199 min | Drama, History, War

In 1939, two Finnish brothers are conscripted in the army to fight in the war between Finland and the Soviet Union.

Director: Pekka Parikka | Stars: Taneli Mäkelä, Vesa Vierikko, Timo Torikka, Heikki Paavilainen

Votes: 8,730

12. Cyborg 3: The Recycler (1994 Video)

R | 90 min | Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller

Prepare yourself for the all too deadly future. Cash, the heroine of Cyborg 2, is living safe in the free zone. But not for long. Biomechanical problems are taking down her systems and a ... See full summary »

Director: Michael Schroeder | Stars: Zach Galligan, Khrystyne Haje, Richard Lynch, Andrew Bryniarski

Votes: 932

13. Wonderful World (2009)

R | 89 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

Ben Singer has his cynical worldview darkened by his roommate Ibu's sudden medical situation, though the arrival of Ibu's sister, Khadi, might remedy both men's ills.

Director: Joshua Goldin | Stars: Matthew Broderick, Sanaa Lathan, Michael Kenneth Williams, Philip Baker Hall

Votes: 2,495 | Gross: $0.01M

14. Spivak (2018)

TV-MA | 91 min | Comedy

Struggling writer Wally Spivak is stuck in a rut - - until he meets an engaged couple and starts to see life in a whole new way.

Directors: Anthony Abrams, Adam Larson Broder | Stars: Michael Bacall, Maggie Lawson, Elden Henson, Mark Webber

Votes: 847

15. Thieves (1977)

PG | 92 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

Dramedy of a native New York married couple who splits up in an attempt to rediscover their sanity.

Directors: John Berry, Alfred Viola | Stars: Marlo Thomas, Charles Grodin, Irwin Corey, Hector Elizondo

Votes: 179

16. Todo es mentira (1994)

99 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

Pablo hates everything. When Lucia comes into his life, he thinks she's the woman he dreams of, and sees the solution to all his problems. But Lucia, who is rather manipulating, is just ... See full summary »

Director: Álvaro Fernández Armero | Stars: Penélope Cruz, Coque Malla, Jordi Mollà, Gustavo Salmerón

Votes: 596

17. A Stroke of Luck (2016)

TV-14 | 90 min | Comedy

A town almost ruined. A winning lottery ticket. A lot of troubles in progress.

Director: Nacho G. Velilla | Stars: Carmen Machi, Leo Harlem, Carlos Santos, Salva Reina

Votes: 2,089

18. In the Courtyard (2014)

R | 97 min | Comedy, Drama

Antoine is too depressed to go on playing in his rock band. After wandering in the streets, he decides to seek an occupation. Unskilled as he is, he is lucky to be hired as the caretaker of an old Paris apartment building.

Director: Pierre Salvadori | Stars: Catherine Deneuve, Gustave Kervern, Féodor Atkine, Pio Marmaï

Votes: 1,449

19. A Captive in the Land (1990)

PG | 96 min | Drama

An American meteorologist spots an aircraft wreckage while flying over the Arctic. When he spots a badly injured Soviet airman, he parachutes down with first aid supplies, but an encroaching storm severely limits their chance of rescue.

Director: John Berry | Stars: Sam Waterston, Aleksandr Potapov, Keir Giles, Victor Ignatyev

Votes: 75

20. Thodasa Roomani Ho Jaayen (1990)

160 min | Comedy, Drama, Musical

A poetic blend of Dreams and Reality, a story of ordinary people and that what is extra-ordinary in them.

Director: Amol Palekar | Stars: Anita Kanwar, Nana Patekar, Riju Bajaj, Hemant Desai

Votes: 221

21. Urgences (1988)

105 min | Documentary

Documentary filmed in the psychiatric ward of the Hôtel-Dieu, a large hospital in Paris. The patients arrive on their own, or with considerable help from the police, but all of them are in need of medical attention.

Director: Raymond Depardon

Votes: 206

22. Placebo (III) (2013)

12 min | Short, Drama

Two fatally ill teenagers share the same room in the hospital. Aron has the bed by the window and spends days describing the colorful life outside to Theo. What starts out as an innocent game, eventually becomes a deadly serious situation.

Director: Johanna Stentorp | Stars: Mathæus Andersen, Malthe Vrå Heldbo, Inger Larsen, Sandra Møller

Votes: 18

23. Aurinkotuuli (1980)

122 min | Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi

While experimenting with gravity scientist Erik Rankamaa accidentally gets frozen for nearly 30 years. When he awakens in 1999 he discovers that the world has become severely polluted.

Director: Timo Linnasalo | Stars: Paavo Piskonen, Lilga Kovanko, Antti Litja, Erkki Pajala

Votes: 102

24. Sagopa Kajmer Feat. Kolera: Merhametine Dön (2010 Music Video)

4 min | Music

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Director: Arkin Çelik | Stars: Sagopa Kajmer, Kolera

Votes: 37

25. The Optimist (1973)

90 min | Comedy

A minor fender-bender triggers a string of unexpected events when a young optimist and car sales representative chances upon the incognito daughter of his antagonist. Will this lead to a fresh romance, and the fulfilment of his dreams?

Director: Kostas Karagiannis | Stars: Kostas Voutsas, Elena Nathanail, Andreas Filippides, Marika Krevata

Votes: 122

26. His Marriage Wow (1925)

Passed | 21 min | Short, Comedy, Romance

In Highland Park, it's Agnes Fisher and Harold Hope's wedding day. Mishaps almost keep them from getting hitched: he goes to the wrong church, then, one of the guests, Professor McGlumm, ... See full summary »

Director: Harry Edwards | Stars: Harry Langdon, Natalie Kingston, William McCall, Vernon Dent

Votes: 219

27. Missed Connections (I) (2010)

21 min | Short, Comedy, Drama

Jamie becomes so amused by the futility of a local newspaper's Missed Connections column that he hatches a cynical plan; he starts replying to all of them.

Director: Christopher Presswell | Stars: Joseph Capp, Neil Chinneck, Alexandra Harris, Slaine Kelly

Votes: 14

28. Elementarz (1976)

8 min | Documentary, Short

From the alphabet to the patriotic children's poem, an allegorical vision of social consciousness of 1970s Poland unravels and haunts us with a crowd of sad people in depressing surroundings.

Director: Wojciech Wiszniewski

Votes: 159

29. The Styxhexenhammer666 Channel (2010– )
Episode: Trump Uses Executive Order to Shut Down Pyongyang's Trade and Banking Connections (2017)

10 min | News

Styx doubts that Donald Trump's sanctions against North Korea will be effective.

Star: Styxhexenhammer666

30. Filip Puzyr: Dziewietnascie i pol (2019 TV Special)

20 min | Comedy

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Director: Tobiasz Puzyr | Stars: Filip Puzyr, Abelard Giza

31. Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1985–1989)
Episode: The Impatient Patient (1987)

TV-PG | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Aggressively cheerful female hospital volunteer irritates a dying old man. After she kills his pet mouse, he decides to kill her but she unknowingly keeps ruining his murder plots.

Director: Allan King | Stars: Alfred Hitchcock, E.G. Marshall, Patricia Hamilton, Patricia Collins

Votes: 97

32. Millennium (1996–1999)
Episode: Jose Chung's 'Doomsday Defense' (1997)

TV-14 | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Horror

In this funny satire with a grim twist, quirky novelist Jose Chung, first seen in The X-Files: Jose Chung's 'From Outer Space' (1996), authors a short story critical of a millennial self-help movement similar to Scientology and becomes the target of one of its followers.

Director: Darin Morgan | Stars: Lance Henriksen, Megan Gallagher, Terry O'Quinn, Stephen J. Lang

Votes: 496

33. The Rockford Files (1974–1980)
Episode: Nice Guys Finish Dead (1979)

TV-PG | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

The special guest of a P.I. convention dinner is found murdered in the restroom, and Jim unhappily finds himself once more having to team up with flawless Lance White (Tom Selleck), while accident prone Freddie Beamer tags along.

Director: John Patterson | Stars: James Garner, Noah Beery Jr., Joe Santos, James Whitmore Jr.

Votes: 347

34. Stargate SG-1 (1997–2007)
Episode: The Serpent's Lair (1998)

TV-PG | 44 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

As the Goa'uld attack fleet approaches Earth, all four members of the SG-1 team are taken prisoner. They get help from an unexpected source when Bra'tac, Teal'c's mentor, reveals that he is... See full summary »

Director: Jonathan Glassner | Stars: Richard Dean Anderson, Michael Shanks, Amanda Tapping, Christopher Judge

Votes: 1,511

35. The X-Files (1993–2018)
Episode: Jose Chung's 'From Outer Space' (1996)

TV-14 | 45 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Scully recounts the investigation of an alleged UFO encounter for the famous quirky author Jose Chung's latest novel. The case gives a whole new meaning to the term Rashomon effect. Chung later returns in Millennium: Jose Chung's 'Doomsday Defense' (1997).

Director: Rob Bowman | Stars: David Duchovny, Gillian Anderson, Charles Nelson Reilly, William Lucking

Votes: 6,551

36. 'Til Death (2006–2010)
Episode: Daddy's Girl (2006)

TV-PG | 22 min | Comedy, Romance

Eddie and Joy are excited that their daughter Allison is home for the holidays but Eddie is perplexed when she turns to Joy for comfort after a break-up. Eddie hopes to impress Allison at the Woodcock's party with his new cheerful outlook.

Director: James Widdoes | Stars: Brad Garrett, Joely Fisher, Kat Foster, Eddie Kaye Thomas

Votes: 81

37. Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008–2020)
Episode: Bombad Jedi (2008)

TV-PG | 22 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

Padmé travels to Rodia to meet with old family friend Onaconda Farr about the lack of food rations. Unfortunately Farr has just made a deal with the Separatists. Padmé is imprisoned, leaving it up to Jar Jar Binks and C-3PO to rescue her.

Director: Jesse Yeh | Stars: Anthony Daniels, Ahmed Best, Catherine Taber, Matthew Wood

Votes: 4,422

38. The Last of Us (2023– )
Episode: Endure and Survive (2023)

TV-MA | 59 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

While attempting to evade the rebels, Joel and Ellie cross paths with the most wanted man in Kansas City. Kathleen continues her hunt.

Director: Jeremy Webb | Stars: Pedro Pascal, Bella Ramsey, Lamar Johnson, Melanie Lynskey

Votes: 78,268

39. The Last of Us (2023– )
Episode: Kin (2023)

TV-MA | 59 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

After ignoring the advice of locals, Joel and Ellie descend deeper into dangerous territory in search of the Fireflies - and Tommy.

Director: Jasmila Zbanic | Stars: Pedro Pascal, Bella Ramsey, Lamar Johnson, Rutina Wesley

Votes: 56,946

40. Toon in with Me (2021– )
Episode: A Fork in the Road (2021)

TV-PG | Animation, Comedy

Bill finds a magical fork in the road, which allows him to choose between two alternate adventures for each show segment: Sugar and Spies (1966), Ancient Fistory (1953), Wags to Riches (1949), Porky's Pooch (1941), Lucky Pink (1968).

Director: Mike Schmiedeler | Stars: Bill Leff, Kevin Fleming, Leila Gorstein

Votes: 5

41. Toon in with Me (2021– )
Episode: Mornin' (2021)

TV-PG | Animation, Comedy

"Toon In with Me" adopts a more traditional morning show format and is re-branded as "Mornin!" Featured cartoons are The Million Dollar Cat (1944), Doggone Tired (1949), Pinkadilly Circus (1968), Wackiki Wabbit (1943), and Kitty Kornered (1946).

Director: Mike Schmiedeler | Stars: Bill Leff, Kevin Fleming, Leila Gorstein

42. Toon in with Me (2021– )
Episode: Stormy Weather (2021)

TV-PG | Animation, Comedy

A storm engulfs the studio and the cast of Toon In With Me is relegated to the basement for shelter, until they discover the Big Kahuna's top-secret panic room is not being used.

Director: Mike Schmiedeler | Stars: Bill Leff, Kevin Fleming, Leila Gorstein

43. Toon in with Me (2021– )
Episode: Bill Opens the Sunroof (2022)

TV-PG | Animation, Comedy

The studio sunroof gets stuck open while everybody but Bill, Toony, and Misty Drizzle is away on Spring Break: Hare Lift (1952), Ah, Sweet Mouse-Story of Life (1965), Pink of the Litter (1967), Hop and Go (1943), Lighter Than Hare (1960).

Director: Mike Schmiedeler | Stars: Bill Leff, Kevin Fleming, Leila Gorstein, Rich Koz

44. Grand Designs (1999– )
Episode: The Computer-cut House, Hertfordshire (2012)

TV-G | Documentary, Reality-TV

Two retired women act as patrons to a business that is using their home as a prototype for new building techniques. A machine on site cuts the buildings walls to specs, saving on ... See full summary »

Star: Kevin McCloud

Votes: 37

45. Ah! Vous écrivez? (1976–1980)
Episode: Jacques Sternberg, un amusant pessimiste (1978)

23 min | Short, Talk-Show

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Director: Nicolas Ribowski | Stars: Bernard Pivot, Jacques Sternberg