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1. Singin' in the Rain (1952)

G | 103 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance

A silent film star falls for a chorus girl just as he and his delusionally jealous screen partner are trying to make the difficult transition to talking pictures in 1920s Hollywood.

Directors: Stanley Donen, Gene Kelly | Stars: Gene Kelly, Donald O'Connor, Debbie Reynolds, Jean Hagen

Votes: 260,572 | Gross: $8.82M

2. Auntie Mame (1958)

Approved | 143 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

An orphan goes to live with his free-spirited aunt. Conflict ensues when the executor of his father's estate objects to the aunt's lifestyle.

Director: Morton DaCosta | Stars: Rosalind Russell, Forrest Tucker, Coral Browne, Fred Clark

Votes: 12,692 | Gross: $23.30M

3. Captain Fantastic (2016)

R | 118 min | Comedy, Drama

In the forests of the Pacific Northwest, a father devoted to raising his six kids with a rigorous physical and intellectual education is forced to leave his paradise and enter the world, challenging his idea of what it means to be a parent.

Director: Matt Ross | Stars: Viggo Mortensen, George MacKay, Samantha Isler, Annalise Basso

Votes: 235,015 | Gross: $5.88M

4. Back to School (1986)

PG-13 | 96 min | Comedy, Romance, Sport

To help his discouraged son get through college, a funloving and obnoxious rich businessman decides to enter the school as a student himself.

Director: Alan Metter | Stars: Rodney Dangerfield, Sally Kellerman, Burt Young, Keith Gordon

Votes: 36,172 | Gross: $91.26M

5. A River Runs Through It (1992)

PG | 123 min | Drama

Two sons of a stern minister - one reserved, one rebellious - grow up in rural 1920s Montana while devoted to fly fishing.

Director: Robert Redford | Stars: Craig Sheffer, Brad Pitt, Tom Skerritt, Brenda Blethyn

Votes: 65,456 | Gross: $43.44M

6. Beginners (2010)

R | 105 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

A young man is rocked by two announcements from his elderly father: that he has terminal cancer and that he has a young male lover.

Director: Mike Mills | Stars: Ewan McGregor, Christopher Plummer, Mélanie Laurent, Goran Visnjic

Votes: 94,809 | Gross: $5.79M

7. Miracle on 34th Street (1947)

Not Rated | 96 min | Comedy, Drama, Family

After a divorced New York mother hires a nice old man to play Santa Claus at Macy's, she is startled by his claim to be the genuine article. When his sanity is questioned, a lawyer defends him in court by arguing that he's not mistaken.

Director: George Seaton | Stars: Edmund Gwenn, Maureen O'Hara, John Payne, Gene Lockhart

Votes: 54,904 | Gross: $2.65M

8. Suddenly (1954)

Unrated | 77 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir

In the city of Suddenly, three gangsters trap the Benson family in their own house, on the top of a hill nearby the railroad station, with the intention of killing the president of the USA.

Director: Lewis Allen | Stars: Frank Sinatra, Sterling Hayden, James Gleason, Nancy Gates

Votes: 7,370 | Gross: $1.40M

9. Elmer Gantry (1960)

Approved | 146 min | Drama

A fast-talking traveling salesman with a charming, loquacious manner convinces a sincere evangelist that he can be an effective preacher for her cause.

Director: Richard Brooks | Stars: Burt Lancaster, Jean Simmons, Arthur Kennedy, Dean Jagger

Votes: 12,815 | Gross: $11.34M

10. 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: 6,359

11. Annie Live! (2021 TV Movie)

TV-PG | 127 min | Comedy, Drama, Family

A young orphan opens the heart of billionaire Sir Oliver "Daddy" Warbucks.

Directors: Lear Debessonet, Alex Rudzinski | Stars: Harry Connick Jr., Nicole Scherzinger, Tituss Burgess, Megan Hilty

Votes: 2,272

12. Up the Down Staircase (1967)

Approved | 124 min | Drama

The experiences of a young female English teacher in an inner-city New York high school.

Director: Robert Mulligan | Stars: Patrick Bedford, Sandy Dennis, Eileen Heckart, Ruth White

Votes: 2,477

13. 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: 4,805

14. The Wings of Eagles (1957)

Approved | 110 min | Biography, Drama, War

A biography of Navy flier-turned-screenwriter Frank W. "Spig" Wead.

Director: John Ford | Stars: John Wayne, Maureen O'Hara, Dan Dailey, Ward Bond

Votes: 4,607

15. Words and Music (1948)

Approved | 121 min | Biography, Comedy, Musical

Musical biography chronicling the songwriting partnership of Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart.

Director: Norman Taurog | Stars: Mickey Rooney, Tom Drake, June Allyson, Perry Como

Votes: 1,452

16. Good News (1947)

Approved | 93 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance

Golden Globe winner June Allyson and Peter Lawford star in this enjoyable musical about a football hero who falls in love with his French tutor.

Director: Charles Walters | Stars: June Allyson, Peter Lawford, Patricia Marshall, Joan McCracken

Votes: 2,819

17. Christmas in Evergreen: Tidings of Joy (2019 TV Movie)

TV-G | 85 min | Romance

A skeptical writer shows up in Evergreen to get the scoop on the town's famed passion for Christmas during a search for a long-lost time capsule.

Director: Sean McNamara | Stars: Maggie Lawson, Paul Greene, Rukiya Bernard, Holly Robinson Peete

Votes: 1,863

18. Daffy Duck's Quackbusters (1988)

G | 72 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

Daffy Duck opens a detective agency for the supernatural along side his Looney Toon buddies.

Directors: Greg Ford, Friz Freleng, Chuck Jones, Terry Lennon, Robert McKimson, Maurice Noble | Stars: Mel Blanc, Mel Tormé, Roy Firestone, B.J. Ward

Votes: 2,673

19. Campfire Christmas (2022 TV Movie)

TV-G | 84 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama

Romance rekindles for Peyton and her closest friends during a holiday themed reunion which Peyton's parents decide to host in their family owned summer camp before selling it.

Director: David I. Strasser | Stars: Tori Anderson, Corbin Bleu, Jeffrey Bowyer-Chapman, Caitlin Stryker

Votes: 685

20. Love Is a Ball (1963)

Not Rated | 111 min | Comedy, Romance

On the French Riviera, a professional matchmaker assisted by an American adventurer arranges for convenience marriages between titled impoverished aristocratic men and rich low-bred women.

Director: David Swift | Stars: Glenn Ford, Hope Lange, Charles Boyer, Ricardo Montalban

Votes: 667

21. Roxie Hart (1942)

Passed | 75 min | Comedy

Roxie Hart signs a murder confession in order to attract publicity for her dancing career as dames don't swing in Cook County. Will everything go as planned?

Director: William A. Wellman | Stars: Ginger Rogers, Adolphe Menjou, George Montgomery, Lynne Overman

Votes: 1,913 | Gross: $2.40M

22. The Unholy Three (1930)

Passed | 72 min | Crime, Drama, Romance

"Talkie" remake of Tod Browning's 1925 silent film. A trio of former sideshow performers double as the "Unholy Three" in a scam to nab some shiny rocks.

Director: Jack Conway | Stars: Lon Chaney, Lila Lee, Elliott Nugent, Harry Earles

Votes: 1,393

23. B.F.'s Daughter (1948)

Passed | 108 min | Drama, Romance

Wealthy Polly Fulton marries a progressive scholar whose attitudes toward capitalism and acquired wealth puts their marriage in jeopardy.

Director: Robert Z. Leonard | Stars: Barbara Stanwyck, Van Heflin, Charles Coburn, Richard Hart

Votes: 801

24. Love Leads the Way: A True Story (1984 TV Movie)

99 min | Drama, Family, History

A recently blinded man becomes one of the first American users of a seeing eye dog and must fight to remove the legal barriers impeding its use.

Director: Delbert Mann | Stars: Timothy Bottoms, Eva Marie Saint, Arthur Hill, Glynnis O'Connor

Votes: 243

25. The Stork Club (1945)

Passed | 98 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance

A hat-check girl at the Stork Club (Hutton) saves the life of a drowning man (Fitzgerald). A rich man, he decides to repay her by anonymously giving her a bank account, a luxury apartment ... See full summary »

Director: Hal Walker | Stars: Betty Hutton, Barry Fitzgerald, Don DeFore, Robert Benchley

Votes: 744

26. I Go Pogo (1980)

PG | 86 min | Animation, Comedy

Pogo the Possum attempts to run for President with help of his fellow animal friends.

Director: Marc Paul Chinoy | Stars: Jonathan Winters, Vincent Price, Ruth Buzzi, Stan Freberg

Votes: 158

27. The Night of the Living Duck (1988)

G | 7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy

After indulging in horror comic book reading, Daffy has a dream where he is singing in a nightclub for monsters.

Directors: Greg Ford, Terry Lennon | Stars: Mel Blanc, Mel Tormé

Votes: 434

28. The Nickel-Hopper (1926)

37 min | Short, Comedy, Romance

Dance hall Romeos and an irresponsible father create comic complications in the life of a nickel-per-whirl taxi dancer.

Directors: F. Richard Jones, Hal Yates | Stars: Mabel Normand, Michael Visaroff, Theodore von Eltz, Jimmy Anderson

Votes: 136

29. The Smart Set (1928)

Passed | 80 min | Comedy, Romance, Sport

An American polo player, arrogant and full of himself, must vindicate his actions to win the heart of a girl, Polly, after getting himself booted off the U.S. polo team.

Director: Jack Conway | Stars: William Haines, Jack Holt, Alice Day, Hobart Bosworth

Votes: 1,072

30. American Experience (1987– )
Episode: Mount Rushmore (2002)

TV-PG | Documentary, Biography, History

The grand vision of sculptor Gutzon Borgum and the logistics behind the massive monument located in the Black Hills of South Dakota.

Director: Mark Zwonitzer | Stars: Gutzon Borglum, Michael Murphy, Franklin D. Roosevelt

Votes: 69

31. Banacek (1972–1974)
Episode: Horse of a Slightly Different Color (1974)

TV-PG | 75 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Oxford Don - currently THE most valuable race horse in the country - returns from his pre-race morning run a completely different horse. His new owner demands Banacek.

Director: Herschel Daugherty | Stars: George Peppard, Anne Francis, Tim O'Connor, Lane Bradbury

Votes: 161

32. Bewitched (1964–1972)
Episode: The Witches Are Out (1964)

TV-G | 25 min | Comedy, Family, Fantasy

Samantha doesn't want Darrin's client to use an ugly old witch in his ad campaign.

Director: William Asher | Stars: Elizabeth Montgomery, Dick York, Agnes Moorehead, Reta Shaw

Votes: 477

33. Dennis the Menace (1959–1963)
Episode: Dennis, the Confused Cupid (1963)

TV-G | 30 min | Comedy, Family

Dennis is curious about what "falling in love" means. And the fights and reconciliations of three couples - his parents, the Wilsons, and a teenage couple - only makes him more confused.

Director: Charles Barton | Stars: Jay North, Gale Gordon, Herbert Anderson, Gloria Henry

Votes: 34

34. The Outer Limits (1963–1965)
Episode: The Hundred Days of the Dragon (1963)

TV-PG | 51 min | Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi

A new skin molding technique enables a foreign power to replace a presidential figure inside the U.S. government with an agent.

Director: Byron Haskin | Stars: Sidney Blackmer, Phillip Pine, Mark Roberts, Aki Aleong

Votes: 969

35. The Untouchables (1959–1963)
Episode: The Unhired Assassin: Part 1 (1960)

52 min | Action, Crime, Drama

While a crazed derelict in Florida is obsessed with assassinating President Roosevelt, Capone's mob is planning to take over the Chicago World's Fair by killing the mayor.

Director: Howard W. Koch | Stars: Robert Stack, Bruce Gordon, Joe Mantell, Claude Akins

Votes: 85

36. Voyagers! (1982–1983)
Episode: Cleo and the Babe (1982)

TV-G | 49 min | Adventure, Family, Sci-Fi

Cleopatra inadvertently travels to New York City in 1927 and helps out Lucky Luciano kidnap Babe Ruth. In 1919, Jeff and Phineas convince Babe Ruth to give up pitching and become the home run hitting champion he is more famous for.

Director: Bernard McEveety | Stars: Jon-Erik Hexum, Meeno Peluce, Michael Gregory, William Lucking

Votes: 68

37. What's My Line? (1950–1967)
Episode: Burl Ives (1955)

Family, Game-Show

Dorothy Kilgallen, Fred Allen, Arlene Francis and Bennett Cerf are on deck this evening and try to ascertain some tricky occupations. The first contestant to sign in was Miss Jane Iden, a ... See full summary »

Director: Franklin Heller | Stars: Dorothy Kilgallen, Fred Allen, Arlene Francis, Bennett Cerf

Votes: 35

38. Newhart (1982–1990)
Episode: My Three Dads (1988)

TV-G | 30 min | Comedy

Larry, Darryl, and Darryl decide to adopt a child, but when the only one the adoption agency will give them is a 17-year old, they try to cram a lifetime of parenting into one month.

Director: Jim Buck | Stars: Bob Newhart, Mary Frann, Peter Scolari, Julia Duffy

Votes: 82

39. Modern Marvels (1993– )
Episode: Mount Rushmore (1996)

TV-14 | 44 min | Documentary, History

The story of Mount Rushmore is set against the backdrop of events and the changing mood of America which influenced the final sculpture. This program is as much a tribute to the dream of ... See full summary »

Director: Jeff Scheftel | Stars: William O. Farber, James Popovich, Harlan Saperstein, Howard Shaff

Votes: 55

40. Madam Secretary (2014–2019)
Episode: The Strike Zone (2019)

TV-PG | 43 min | Drama, Thriller

Elizabeth faces mounting protests over rising fuel costs as she prepares to throw out the first pitch at a New York Mets game; Mike B. is questioned about whether the McCord campaign conspired with Iran to steal the election.

Director: Félix Enríquez Alcalá | Stars: Téa Leoni, Tim Daly, Patina Miller, Erich Bergen

Votes: 240

41. Green Acres (1965–1971)
Episode: The Great Mayoralty Campaign (1970)

TV-G | 30 min | Comedy, Family

Oliver and Lisa run against each other in the Hooterville Mayor's race.

Director: Richard L. Bare | Stars: Eddie Albert, Eva Gabor, Pat Buttram, Tom Lester

Votes: 72

42. The Propaganda Report (2016– )
We're Being Steered Toward Chaos (2020 Podcast Episode)

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Stars: Monica Perez, Brad Binkley

43. Reilly: Ace of Spies (1983)
Episode: Shutdown (1983)

TV-MA | 51 min | Crime, Drama

Stali presses a reluctant Dzerzhinsky to execute Reilly as the Cheka chief resists Stalin's efforts to dismantle 'The Trust.'

Director: Martin Campbell | Stars: Sam Neill, Norman Rodway, Tom Bell, Laura Davenport

Votes: 62

44. Reilly: Ace of Spies (1983)
Episode: The Trust (1983)

TV-MA | 51 min | Crime, Drama

Sidney auctions off his collection of Napoleana to finance a Russian counterrevolutionary group and convinces Henry Ford to finance an invading German army.

Director: Martin Campbell | Stars: Sam Neill, Norman Rodway, Tom Bell, Clive Merrison

Votes: 64

45. DC's Legends of Tomorrow (2016–2022)
Episode: The Bullet Blondes (2021)

TV-PG | 42 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

The Legends are trapped in 1925 when someone uses a future Waverider to blow up their Waverider.

Director: Kevin Mock | Stars: Caity Lotz, Tala Ashe, Jes Macallan, Olivia Swann

Votes: 883

46. Biographics (2017– )
Episode: Warren G. Harding: The Most Corrupt President in US History (2021)

24 min | Documentary, Biography, History

When you're a genial man who can't say no people tend to like you. And since you don't make many enemies with that sort of personality you might find yourself a compromise presidential ... See full summary »

Star: Simon Whistler

47. Futurama (1999– )
Episode: All the Presidents' Heads (2011)

TV-14 | 22 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy

The crew changes the outcome of the American revolution when they travel back in time.

Directors: Stephen Sandoval, Peter Avanzino | Stars: Billy West, Katey Sagal, John DiMaggio, Tress MacNeille

Votes: 1,959

48. Today I Found Out (2013– )
Episode: Harry Houdini, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, and the Crusade Against Spiritualism (2021)

23 min | Documentary

In 1848 the Fox sisters began a traveling show hosted by P. T. Barmun where they communicated with the dead. So began a spiritual movement that exploded following the Spanish flu pandemic ... See full summary »

Star: Simon Whistler

49. Prohibition (2011)
Episode: A Nation of Scofflaws (2011)

TV-PG | 111 min | Documentary, History

With the passing of the 19th Amendment to the US Constitution, the federal government now passes legislation to enforce it. Known as the Volstead Act, the legislation forbids not only hard ... See full summary »

Directors: Ken Burns, Lynn Novick | Stars: Peter Coyote, Donald Ward, Noah Feldman, Catherine Gilbert Murdock

Votes: 189

50. Prohibition (2011)
Episode: A Nation of Hypocrites (2011)

TV-PG | 105 min | Documentary, History

With gangsters terrorizing the public and profiting from the sale of alcohol, many citizens believed Prohibition was unsuccessful, which led to its repeal.

Directors: Ken Burns, Lynn Novick | Stars: Peter Coyote, Pete Hamill, Jonathan Eig, Michael Lerner

Votes: 173