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1. Babylon (I) (2022)

R | 189 min | Comedy, Drama, History

A tale of outsized ambition and outrageous excess, it traces the rise and fall of multiple characters during an era of unbridled decadence and depravity in early Hollywood.

Director: Damien Chazelle | Stars: Brad Pitt, Margot Robbie, Jean Smart, Olivia Wilde

Votes: 169,278

2. The Dressmaker (I) (2015)

R | 119 min | Comedy, Drama, Western

A glamorous woman returns to her small town in rural Australia. With her sewing machine and haute couture style, she transforms the women and exacts sweet revenge on those who did her wrong.

Director: Jocelyn Moorhouse | Stars: Kate Winslet, Judy Davis, Liam Hemsworth, Hugo Weaving

Votes: 65,829 | Gross: $2.02M

3. The Producers (2005)

PG-13 | 134 min | Comedy, Crime, Musical

After putting together another Broadway flop, down-on-his-luck producer Max Bialystock teams up with timid accountant Leo Bloom in a get-rich-quick scheme to put on the world's worst show.

Director: Susan Stroman | Stars: Nathan Lane, Matthew Broderick, Uma Thurman, Will Ferrell

Votes: 44,842 | Gross: $19.38M

4. The Cotton Club (1984)

R | 129 min | Crime, Drama, Music

Meet the jazz musicians, dancers, owner, and guests (like gangster Dutch Schultz) of The Cotton Club in 1928-1930s Harlem.

Director: Francis Ford Coppola | Stars: Richard Gere, Gregory Hines, Diane Lane, Lonette McKee

Votes: 19,631 | Gross: $25.93M

5. Myra Breckinridge (1970)

R | 94 min | Comedy

After undergoing gender reassignment surgery, an aspiring actress travels to Hollywood, where she also wants to make a claim on her wealthy uncle's estate.

Director: Michael Sarne | Stars: Mae West, John Huston, Raquel Welch, Rex Reed

Votes: 3,463 | Gross: $8.72M

6. Café Society (2016)

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

In the 1930s, a Bronx native moves to Hollywood and falls in love with a young woman who is seeing a married man.

Director: Woody Allen | Stars: Jesse Eisenberg, Kristen Stewart, Steve Carell, Blake Lively

Votes: 81,448 | Gross: $11.10M

7. Can You Ever Forgive Me? (2018)

R | 106 min | Biography, Comedy, Crime

When Lee Israel falls out of step with current tastes, she turns her art form to deception.

Director: Marielle Heller | Stars: Melissa McCarthy, Richard E. Grant, Dolly Wells, Ben Falcone

Votes: 56,289 | Gross: $8.80M

8. Gloria (1980)

PG | 123 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

When a young boy's family is killed by the mob, their tough neighbor Gloria becomes his reluctant guardian. In possession of a book that the gangsters want, the pair go on the run in New York.

Director: John Cassavetes | Stars: Gena Rowlands, Buck Henry, Julie Carmen, Tony Knesich

Votes: 11,494

9. Hick (2011)

R | 99 min | Comedy, Drama

A Nebraska teen gets more than she bargained for when she sets out for the bright lights of Las Vegas.

Director: Derick Martini | Stars: Chloë Grace Moretz, Blake Lively, Rory Culkin, Eddie Redmayne

Votes: 20,866

10. Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood (2017)

Unrated | 98 min | Documentary, Biography, History

A portrait of unsung Hollywood legend Scotty Bowers, whose bestselling memoir chronicled his decades spent as sexual procurer to the stars.

Director: Matt Tyrnauer | Stars: Scotty Bowers, William Mann, David Kuhn, Stephen Fry

Votes: 1,815 | Gross: $0.46M

11. Jimmy Hollywood (1994)

R | 112 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

A failing actor living in crime infested Los Angeles, frustrated with his career, decides to take the law into his own hands, and becomes the leader of a mock-vigilante group that videotapes criminals and turns them over to the police.

Director: Barry Levinson | Stars: Joe Pesci, Christian Slater, Victoria Abril, Jason Beghe

Votes: 3,658 | Gross: $3.69M

12. One Hundred and One Nights (1995)

104 min | Comedy, History, Romance

Monsieur Cinema, a hundred years old, lives alone in a large villa. His memories fade away, so he engages a young woman to tell him stories about all the movies ever made.

Director: Agnès Varda | Stars: Michel Piccoli, Marcello Mastroianni, Henri Garcin, Julie Gayet

Votes: 1,900

13. Girl 27 (2007)

Not Rated | 86 min | Documentary, Biography

The reclusive Patricia Douglas comes out of hiding to discuss the 1937 MGM scandal, in which the powerful film studio tricked her and over 100 other underage girls into attending a stag party, where she was raped.

Director: David Stenn | Stars: Patricia Douglas, Baby Peggy, Richard W. Bann, Kelly Brown

Votes: 1,188

14. Hollywood Mouth (2008)

Not Rated | 75 min | Drama

In Hollywood, a film buff gets involved with selling a Faberge egg.

Director: Jordan Mohr | Stars: Michael Abruscato, Katy Baker, Sam Bologna, Veli Erturk

Votes: 714

15. Show People (1928)

Passed | 83 min | Comedy, Romance

A young lady from Georgia goes to Hollywood in the hopes of becoming an actress.

Director: King Vidor | Stars: Marion Davies, William Haines, Dell Henderson, Paul Ralli

Votes: 4,013 | Gross: $1.10M

16. Hollywood Mouth 3 (2018)

109 min | Drama

A film buff learns something new about her family and encounters noir-like situations in Hollywood.

Director: Jordan Mohr | Stars: Heidi Appe, Anastasia Art, Barbara Bologna, Angelica Coralvine

17. Carol Burnett: 90 Years of Laughter + Love (2023 TV Special)

84 min | Comedy, Reality-TV

It showcases Carol's close friends, colleagues, and admirers for a night of musical performances and tributes.

Director: Paul Miller | Stars: Charlize Theron, Marisa Tomei, Julie Andrews, Tina Fey

Votes: 266

18. Hollywood Mouth 2 (2014)

84 min | Drama

A film buff discovers strange goings-on at a movie museum and elsewhere in Hollywood.

Director: Jordan Mohr | Stars: Sam Bologna, Alexander Des Combes, Ronald Duthweiler, Matthew Glaser

Votes: 698

19. Hollywood Cavalcade (1939)

Passed | 97 min | Comedy, Drama, History

Starting in 1913 movie director Connors discovers singer Molly Adair. As she becomes a star she marries an actor, so Connors fires them. She asks for him as director of her next film. Many silent stars shown making the transition to sound.

Directors: Irving Cummings, Buster Keaton, Malcolm St. Clair | Stars: Alice Faye, Don Ameche, J. Edward Bromberg, Alan Curtis

Votes: 456

20. And the Oscar Goes to... (2014 TV Movie)

87 min | Documentary, History

The history of the Academy Awards.

Directors: Rob Epstein, Jeffrey Friedman | Stars: Anjelica Huston, Billy Crystal, Tom Hanks, Cher

Votes: 1,530

21. Brother Can You Spare a Dime (1975)

PG | 103 min | Documentary

A nostalgic look back at the Great Depression with contemporary archival footage and film clips picturing James Cagney as an American Everyman.

Director: Philippe Mora | Stars: Laverne Andrews, Maxene Andrews, Patty Andrews, Fred Astaire

Votes: 417

22. Guy Maddin: Waiting for Twilight (1997)

60 min | Documentary, Biography

Interviews with Guy Maddin and his pals are included in this documentary about the Canadian film-maker's life and movies.

Director: Noam Gonick | Stars: Tom Waits, Pascale Bussières, Shelley Duvall, Frank Gorshin

Votes: 147

23. Sex, Death & The Hollywood Mystique (1999)

155 min | Documentary

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Director: Larry Wessel | Stars: Jonathan Gilmore, Curtis Harrington, Forrest J. Ackerman, Kelly Monroe

24. Star Power: The Creation of United Artists (1998 Video)

Not Rated | 55 min | Documentary, Biography

The careers of D.W. Griffith, Mary Pickford, Douglas Fairbanks, and Charlie Chaplin are chronicled culminating in the formation of United Artists and 1919.

Director: Hugh Munro Neely | Stars: Roddy McDowall, Marc Wanamaker, Christopher Sanders, Joy Noe

Votes: 28

25. Show Business (1932)

20 min | Comedy, Short

The girls and their pet monkey create havoc on board a train carrying a traveling Broadway troupe.

Director: Jules White | Stars: Zasu Pitts, Thelma Todd, Anita Garvin, Monte Collins

Votes: 154

26. Swan Song: The Story of Billy Wilder's Fedora (2014)

87 min | Documentary

A documentary about the making of Billy Wilder's penultimate film, Fedora (1978), a book-end to his classic film about Hollywood, Sunset Boulevard.

Director: Robert Fischer | Stars: Marthe Keller, Michael York, Mario Adorf, Gerry Fisher

Votes: 24

27. Movie Critters' Big Picture (2003 TV Movie)

Not Rated | 80 min | Animation, Comedy, Family

Benny Gopher learns a big lesson in telling the truth when he arrives on the lot of Sunshine Pictures - Hollywood's Brightest Studio. Bennny's adventure begins when he becomes lost on the studio lot.

Director: Steven F. Zambo | Stars: Neil Hankwitz, John Barber, Steven F. Zambo, Bobby Barret

Votes: 29

28. 3rd Rock from the Sun (1996–2001)
Episode: Fifteen Minutes of Dick (1997)

TV-PG | 22 min | Comedy, Family, Sci-Fi

Sally stands up to Mark Hamill who unknowingly has taken the Solomons place in a restaurant and becomes a local hero.

Director: Terry Hughes | Stars: John Lithgow, Kristen Johnston, French Stewart, Joseph Gordon-Levitt

Votes: 357

29. Amazing Stories (1985–1987)
Episode: Secret Cinema (1986)

Not Rated | 25 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama

Young everyday woman Jane becomes convinced that someone is recording and influencing her everyday life and that she's become the unwilling star of a secret cinema.

Director: Paul Bartel | Stars: Eve Arden, Paul Bartel, Griffin Dunne, Penny Peyser

Votes: 321

30. The Beverly Hillbillies (1962–1971)
Episode: The Gloria Swanson Story (1966)

TV-G | 30 min | Comedy, Family

Gloria Swanson and Drysdale are doing some business which involves her selling her house and some of her possessions and donating the proceeds to charity and then she is moving East. When ... See full summary »

Director: Joseph Depew | Stars: Buddy Ebsen, Irene Ryan, Donna Douglas, Max Baer Jr.

Votes: 135

31. The Carol Burnett Show (1967–1978)
Episode: Gloria Swanson (1973)

TV-G | 22 min | Comedy, Family

Highlights of this show include: the Charwoman meets Charlie Chaplin (guest Gloria Swanson); an elevator operator in Carol and Roger's new apartment building has a crush on her in another "... See full summary »

Director: Dave Powers | Stars: Carol Burnett, Harvey Korman, Vicki Lawrence, Lyle Waggoner

Votes: 56

32. The Carol Burnett Show (1967–1978)
Episode: William Conrad and The Jackson 5 (1975)

TV-G | 22 min | Comedy, Family

Highlights include: guest William Conrad plays Mama's new beau in "The Family", and sings a number, "Laurel & Hardy Pantomime", about silent movie comedians (with series co-writer Bill ... See full summary »

Director: Dave Powers | Stars: Carol Burnett, Harvey Korman, Vicki Lawrence, William Conrad

Votes: 56

33. Soap (1977–1981)
Episode: Episode #2.10 (1978)

TV-14 | 30 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

Dutch tells Jessica how he killed an extortionist in self defense; an amnesiac Chester has vanished; and Elaine's loving new relationship with her husband is interrupted when she gets kidnapped by two masked men.

Director: Jay Sandrich | Stars: Jimmy Baio, Diana Canova, Billy Crystal, Cathryn Damon

Votes: 125

34. Soap (1977–1981)
Episode: Episode #2.6 (1978)

TV-14 | 30 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

Jodie tells Dennis about his impending marriage to Carol; Mary convinces Danny to try being nice to Elaine; no one is more surprised than the doctor to find that Chester survived the operation.

Director: Jay Sandrich | Stars: Jimmy Baio, Diana Canova, Billy Crystal, Cathryn Damon

Votes: 128

35. The Streets of San Francisco (1972–1977)
Episode: Mask of Death (1974)

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

A schizophrenic nightclub entertainer dresses up as a famous torch singer.

Director: Harry Falk | Stars: Karl Malden, Michael Douglas, John Davidson, Herb Edelman

Votes: 139

36. Upstairs, Downstairs (1971–1975)
Episode: Alberto (1975)

TV-14 | 51 min | Drama

Frederick considers his future when he feels his talents are largely wasted in the Bellamy household.

Director: Christopher Hodson | Stars: Simon Williams, Joan Benham, Angela Baddeley, Jean Marsh

Votes: 83

37. The Dick Van Dyke Show (1961–1966)
Episode: The Bad Old Days (1962)

TV-G | 30 min | Comedy, Family

Buddy laments the decline of the American male and yearns for the "good old days". Rob starts to feel he does too much housework. He has a nightmare about the bad circumstances of the "old days".

Director: John Rich | Stars: Dick Van Dyke, Rose Marie, Morey Amsterdam, Mary Tyler Moore

Votes: 270

38. DuckTales (1987–1990)
Episode: The Uncrashable Hindentanic (1987)

TV-G | 23 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

Flintheart Glomgold gives Scrooge the challenge of turning a profit on the retired airship, the Hindentanic. However, when it looks like Scrooge may best him again, Glomgold prepares to sabotage the star-studded maiden voyage.

Director: David Block | Stars: Joan Gerber, Chuck McCann, Terence McGovern, Hal Smith

Votes: 194

39. Hollywood (1980)
Episode: Autocrats (1980)

Documentary, Biography, History

Autocratic directors like the martinet Cecil B. DeMille and the idiosyncratic Eric Von Stroheim are highlighted in this episode.

Directors: Kevin Brownlow, David Gill | Stars: James Mason, Karl Brown, Agnes de Mille, Valerie Germonprez

Votes: 71

40. Legends of World Cinema (2004– )
Episode: Gloria Swanson

26 min | Documentary

American actress Gloria Swanson first achieved fame acting in dozens of silent movies in the 1920s and was nominated three times for an Academy Award as Best Actress, most famously for her 1950 return in Billy Wilder's Sunset Boulevard.

Director: Andrey Istratov | Stars: Konstantin Karasik, Gloria Swanson

41. The Carol Burnett Show (1967–1978)
Episode: Steve Lawrence and Dick Martin (1971)

TV-G | 22 min | Comedy, Family

Steve Lawrence and Dick Martin are Carol's guests this evening. Highlights include a salute to Disney (with Carol as Peter Pan); Steve as a Presidential advisor; and parodies of "Tea and ... See full summary »

Director: Dave Powers | Stars: Carol Burnett, Harvey Korman, Vicki Lawrence, Lyle Waggoner

Votes: 36

42. Being Human (2008–2013)
Episode: Though the Heavens Fall (2011)

TV-14 | 58 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy

After McNair and Tom return to the house for aid, DC Reid's determination, unknowingly aided by Annie, to nail the Boxcar Tunnel 20 Murderer proves the catalyst for several revelations and dire consequences.

Director: Daniel O'Hara | Stars: Lenora Crichlow, Russell Tovey, Aidan Turner, Sinéad Keenan

Votes: 245

43. Riverdale (2017–2023)
Episode: Chapter One Hundred Eighteen: Don't Worry Darling (2023)

TV-14 | 43 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

After coming together to stop Bailey's comet, the gang find themselves transported back to a simpler time - Riverdale 1955.

Director: Ronald Paul Richard | Stars: K.J. Apa, Lili Reinhart, Camila Mendes, Cole Sprouse

Votes: 491

44. Quantum Leap (2022–2024)
Episode: O Ye of Little Faith (2022)

TV-14 | Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi

Ben leaps into a priest who has been called to assist a family in crisis on Halloween night. As he delves into mysterious and inexplicable events, he's forced to muster all his resources as a scientist before time runs out.

Director: Chris Grismer | Stars: Raymond Lee, Caitlin Bassett, Mason Alexander Park, Nanrisa Lee

Votes: 701

45. Boardwalk Empire (2010–2014)
Episode: Bone for Tuna (2012)

TV-MA | 56 min | Crime, Drama

Gyp and his crew choke off the northbound road to New York and forces Nucky to come to an accommodation as he also tries to muscle into AC's prostitution.

Director: Jeremy Podeswa | Stars: Steve Buscemi, Kelly Macdonald, Michael Shannon, Shea Whigham

Votes: 1,928

46. Dancing with the Stars (2005– )
Episode: Week 2: My Jam Monday (2014)

TV-PG | Family, Music, Reality-TV

Couples dance to the stars favorite songs. Oh, and Cari Ann falls off her chair.

Director: Alex Rudzinski | Stars: Tom Bergeron, Erin Andrews, Len Goodman, Bruno Tonioli

Votes: 21

47. Countdown (1982– )
Episode: Episode #72.15 (2015)

TV-14 | Game-Show

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Director: Derek Hallworth | Stars: Nick Hewer, Rachel Riley, Susie Dent, Tim Wonnacott

48. Riverdale (2017–2023)
Episode: Chapter Fifty: American Dreams (2019)

TV-14 | 42 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Jughead questions his mom's motives for returning; Archie recruits the gang for a G&G mission.

Director: Gabriel Correa | Stars: K.J. Apa, Lili Reinhart, Camila Mendes, Cole Sprouse

Votes: 1,170

49. Frankie Drake Mysteries (2017–2021)
Episode: Dressed to Kill (2018)

TV-PG | 43 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Famed French designer Coco Chanel is the target of a brazen assassination attempt, and Drake Private Detectives are hired to protect her.

Director: Sudz Sutherland | Stars: Lauren Lee Smith, Chantel Riley, Rebecca Liddiard, Sharron Matthews

Votes: 129