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1. Sweet Charity (1969)

G | 149 min | Comedy, Drama, Music

Taxi dancer Charity continues to have faith despite endless disappointments at its hands, and hope that she will finally meet the man to romance her away from her sleazy life. Maybe, just maybe, handsome Oscar will be the one to do it.

Director: Bob Fosse | Stars: Shirley MacLaine, John McMartin, Ricardo Montalban, Sammy Davis Jr.

Votes: 6,765 | Gross: $3.43M

2. Murder on the Orient Express (2017)

PG-13 | 114 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

When a murder occurs on the train on which he's travelling, celebrated detective Hercule Poirot is recruited to solve the case.

Director: Kenneth Branagh | Stars: Kenneth Branagh, Penélope Cruz, Willem Dafoe, Judi Dench

Votes: 297,031 | Gross: $102.83M

3. Lincoln (2012)

PG-13 | 150 min | Biography, Drama, History

As the Civil War rages on, U.S President Abraham Lincoln struggles with continuing carnage on the battlefield as he fights with many inside his own cabinet on his decision to emancipate the slaves.

Director: Steven Spielberg | Stars: Daniel Day-Lewis, Sally Field, David Strathairn, Joseph Gordon-Levitt

Votes: 272,821 | Gross: $182.21M

4. The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension (1984)

PG | 103 min | Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi

Adventurer, brain surgeon, rock musician Buckaroo Banzai and his crime-fighting team, the Hong Kong Cavaliers, must stop evil alien invaders from the eighth dimension who are planning to conquer Earth.

Director: W.D. Richter | Stars: Peter Weller, John Lithgow, Ellen Barkin, Jeff Goldblum

Votes: 29,415 | Gross: $6.25M

5. Airplane II: The Sequel (1982)

PG | 85 min | Comedy, Sci-Fi

A faulty computer causes a passenger space shuttle to head straight for the Sun. Can Ted Striker save the day and get the shuttle back on track - again?

Director: Ken Finkleman | Stars: Robert Hays, Julie Hagerty, Lloyd Bridges, Raymond Burr

Votes: 56,869 | Gross: $27.15M

6. Lake Placid 3 (2010 TV Movie)

R | 93 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy

Killer crocodiles and their offspring terrorize residents of a small community.

Director: Griff Furst | Stars: Colin Ferguson, Yancy Butler, Kirsty Mitchell, Kacey Clarke

Votes: 5,418

7. Ithaca (2015)

PG | 96 min | Drama, War

With his older brother off to war, fourteen-year-old telegram messenger Homer Macauley comes of age in the summer of 1942.

Director: Meg Ryan | Stars: Alex Neustaedter, Meg Ryan, Sam Shepard, Hamish Linklater

Votes: 3,117

8. Come See the Paradise (1990)

R | 138 min | Drama, Romance, War

The passionate romance between an Irish-American man and a Japanese-American woman is threatened when the Pearl Harbor attacks happen and the woman is forced into a prison camp because of her ethnicity.

Director: Alan Parker | Stars: Dennis Quaid, Tamlyn Tomita, Sab Shimono, Shizuko Hoshi

Votes: 3,061 | Gross: $0.85M

9. Captain Newman, M.D. (1963)

Passed | 126 min | Comedy, Drama, War

In 1944, an Army doctor is in charge of a neuropsychiatric ward at an Army Air Corps hospital in Arizona, and he must deal with a variety of tough cases.

Director: David Miller | Stars: Gregory Peck, Tony Curtis, Angie Dickinson, Eddie Albert

Votes: 2,923

10. The Subject Was Roses (1968)

G | 107 min | Drama

A young man returning home from World War II finds himself caught up in his parents' turbulent relationship.

Director: Ulu Grosbard | Stars: Patricia Neal, Jack Albertson, Martin Sheen, Don Saxon

Votes: 1,836

11. The Ratings Game (1984 TV Movie)

Not Rated | 102 min | Comedy, Romance

A newly rich New Jersey trucker moves to Hollywood and creates a slew of hit TV shows by manipulating the ratings system with help from his girlfriend in the ratings business.

Director: Danny DeVito | Stars: Danny DeVito, Rhea Perlman, Gerrit Graham, Bernadette Birkett

Votes: 825

12. Puppy Love (2012 TV Movie)

TV-G | 90 min | Comedy, Drama, Family

A ballplayer (Victor Webster) claims to be the owner of a woman's (Candace Cameron Bure) new dog.

Director: Harvey Frost | Stars: Candace Cameron Bure, Victor Webster, Katie L. Hawkins, Jamison Jones

Votes: 1,024

13. Mission Blue (2014)

95 min | Documentary, Drama

Feature documentary about legendary oceanographer, marine biologist, environmentalist, and National Geographic Explorer-in-Residence Sylvia Earle and her campaign to create a global network of protected marine sanctuaries.

Directors: Robert Nixon, Fisher Stevens | Stars: Barbara Block, James Cameron, Michael deGruy, Sylvia Earle

Votes: 2,149

14. The Better Angels (2014)

PG | 95 min | Biography, Drama, History

The story of Abraham Lincoln's childhood in the harsh wilderness of Indiana and the hardships that shaped him, the tragedy that marked him for ever and the two women who guided him to immortality.

Director: A.J. Edwards | Stars: Jason Clarke, Diane Kruger, Brit Marling, Wes Bentley

Votes: 1,465

15. 1313: Wicked Stepbrother (2011 Video)

Unrated | 75 min | Drama, Thriller

Jarrod Mycroft is horrified to learn that a faceless killer is celebrating his 18th birthday by filling his mansion with the corpses of his closest friends. Is his wicked stepbrother Sebastian responsible?

Director: David DeCoteau | Stars: Jordan Nichols, Michelle Bauer, Jake Madden, Luke Allen

Votes: 148

16. Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles (2014)

PG-13 | 91 min | Documentary, Biography

A look at the life and work of the great theatre, radio and film artist.

Director: Chuck Workman | Stars: Orson Welles, Simon Callow, Christopher Welles, Joanne Hill Styles

Votes: 974 | Gross: $0.02M

17. Law of the Tropics (1941)

Passed | 76 min | Drama, Romance

The telegram that Jim Comway receives states that the woman he was to marry, Laura, could not move to a country she didn't know, and marry a man she felt she no longer knew

Director: Ray Enright | Stars: Constance Bennett, Jeffrey Lynn, Regis Toomey, Mona Maris

Votes: 172

18. Rifftrax: Solo: A Star Wars Story (2018)

TV-14 | Action, Comedy, Sci-Fi

Strap on a vest and your smirkiest smirk, it's time for Solo. The first Star Wars title that tells you exactly how high to set your expectations.

Stars: Bill Corbett, Kevin Murphy, Michael J. Nelson

19. 'Weird Al' Yankovic: I'll Sue Ya (2006 Music Video)

4 min | Animation, Comedy, Music

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Director: Thomas Lee | Star: 'Weird Al' Yankovic

Votes: 35

20. Barney Miller (1975–1982)
Episode: Fish (1975)

TV-PG | 25 min | Comedy, Drama

A look at Fish's home life results when he decides to go on restricted duty. Steve Landesberg steps in as Arthur Dietrich. Doris Belack substitutes for Florence Stanley as Bernice Fish.

Director: Noam Pitlik | Stars: Hal Linden, Barbara Barrie, Abe Vigoda, Max Gail

Votes: 162

21. CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2000–2015)
Episode: Crash and Burn (2003)

TV-PG | 44 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

An elderly lady drives her car recklessly into a café for no apparent reason. Meanwhile, a wife dies of carbon monoxide poisoning while her husband does not even though he was sleeping right next to her.

Director: Richard J. Lewis | Stars: William Petersen, Marg Helgenberger, Gary Dourdan, George Eads

Votes: 822

22. CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2000–2015)
Episode: Early Rollout (2004)

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

Although living in a well-protected gated community, the couple Mike and Laurel Trent are executed in front of their house by two masked killers. They were owners of the famous Acid Drop ... See full summary »

Director: Duane Clark | Stars: William Petersen, Marg Helgenberger, Gary Dourdan, George Eads

Votes: 783

23. CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2000–2015)
Episode: Feeling the Heat (2003)

TV-14 | 44 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

During a week-log heat wave, corpses are found, mostly accidentally. A.D.A. Jeffrey Sinclair decides to 'make an example' of a workaholic father who forgot his baby-boy in his scorching-hot... See full summary »

Director: Kenneth Fink | Stars: William Petersen, Marg Helgenberger, Gary Dourdan, George Eads

Votes: 797

24. CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2000–2015)
Episode: Hollywood Brass (2005)

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

When the prostitute Dakota leaves the street of Los Angeles in a car for a program with a client, she never contacts her friend Jersey again. On the next morning, Jersey reports to the ... See full summary »

Director: Bill Eagles | Stars: William Petersen, Marg Helgenberger, Gary Dourdan, George Eads

Votes: 777

25. CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2000–2015)
Episode: Iced (2005)

TV-14 | 44 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

When the university students Paula Levine and Trip Wilmont are found dead on the floor after having sex in Trip's dormitory room, Grissom, Sara, Greg and Capt. Brass investigate the case. ... See full summary »

Director: Richard J. Lewis | Stars: William Petersen, Marg Helgenberger, Gary Dourdan, George Eads

Votes: 782

26. CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2000–2015)
Episode: Invisible Evidence (2003)

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

Because Warrick naively assumed simple uniformed cop Hal Watson would have arranged a search warrant, the crucial weapon in the rape and murder trial on a neighbor against Michael Fife is ... See full summary »

Director: Danny Cannon | Stars: William Petersen, Marg Helgenberger, Gary Dourdan, George Eads

Votes: 820

27. CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2000–2015)
Episode: Still Life (2005)

TV-14 | 44 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

The CSI team is called to help when Karen Mathews reports her son, Jesse, missing from a playground where he was playing on the swings. Witnesses report seeing a man with a blue baseball ... See full summary »

Director: Richard J. Lewis | Stars: William Petersen, Marg Helgenberger, Gary Dourdan, George Eads

Votes: 781

28. CSI: Miami (2002–2012)
Episode: Hard Time (2003)

TV-14 | 44 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Maggots dropping down to the neighbor below from an apartment being renovated allow discovery of the body of Peg Donovan. Her skull was smashed with lumber, but she survived. Horatio's only... See full summary »

Director: Deran Sarafian | Stars: David Caruso, Emily Procter, Adam Rodriguez, Khandi Alexander

Votes: 543

29. CSI: NY (2004–2013)
Episode: Crime and Misdemeanor (2005)

TV-14 | 40 min | Action, Crime, Drama

A body is found, wrapped in a hotel sheet, at a laundry facility prompting Taylor and Bonesara to go through a list of NY hotels to find the owner of the sheet. Against Taylor's order, ... See full summary »

Director: Rob Bailey | Stars: Gary Sinise, Melina Kanakaredes, Carmine Giovinazzo, Vanessa Ferlito

Votes: 318

30. CSI: NY (2004–2013)
Episode: Rain (2004)

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

A bank robbery turns ugly when two of the three robbers died before they could escape. To complicate the matter, rain washes part of the evidence away.

Director: David Grossman | Stars: Gary Sinise, Melina Kanakaredes, Carmine Giovinazzo, Vanessa Ferlito

Votes: 345

31. CSI: NY (2004–2013)
Episode: Risk (2006)

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

The team investigates a college student found dead on the subway tracks and a stock broker hanging out his Wall Street window.

Director: Rob Bailey | Stars: Gary Sinise, Melina Kanakaredes, Carmine Giovinazzo, Anna Belknap

Votes: 317

32. CSI: NY (2004–2013)
Episode: Supply & Demand (2005)

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

A teenage boy is found dead in his apartment which is totally trashed.

Director: Joe Chappelle | Stars: Gary Sinise, Melina Kanakaredes, Carmine Giovinazzo, Vanessa Ferlito

Votes: 326

33. The Chronicle (2001–2002)
Episode: Bring Me the Head of Tucker Burns (2001)

Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi

Wes and Grace investigate the serial killings committed by a headless biker wearing a jack-o'-lantern helmet, who decapitates seemingly random people with his sword. Tucker and Kristen go on a date.

Director: Sanford Bookstaver | Stars: Chad Willett, Casey Biggs, Len Cordova, Elaine Hendrix

Votes: 9

34. Law & Order: Criminal Intent (2001–2011)
Episode: The Pilgrim (2002)

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

When a Pittsburgh cop's daughter goes missing, Goren and Eames find themselves on the trail of radical Muslims who will do anything to accomplish the next lesson for America.

Director: Darnell Martin | Stars: Vincent D'Onofrio, Kathryn Erbe, Jamey Sheridan, Courtney B. Vance

Votes: 371

35. Law & Order: Criminal Intent (2001–2011)
Episode: The Unblinking Eye (2005)

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

The fiancée of an aspiring actor is shot down in front of him, and Goren and Eames search for her killer all whilst he grieves in front of the cameras.

Director: Frank Prinzi | Stars: Vincent D'Onofrio, Kathryn Erbe, Jamey Sheridan, Courtney B. Vance

Votes: 339

36. Miami Vice (1984–1989)
Episode: Buddies (1985)

TV-14 | 48 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Crockett and Tubbs race to find a young mother and her baby when they are targeted for death by mobsters.

Director: Harry Mastrogeorge | Stars: Don Johnson, Philip Michael Thomas, Saundra Santiago, Michael Talbott

Votes: 494

37. Miami Vice (1984–1989)
Episode: Contempt of Court (1987)

TV-14 | 46 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Crocket goes to jail to protect his source when he and Tubbs tackle organized crime.

Director: Jan Eliasberg | Stars: Don Johnson, Philip Michael Thomas, Saundra Santiago, Michael Talbott

Votes: 389

38. Miami Vice (1984–1989)
Episode: Heart of Darkness (1984)

TV-14 | 49 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Investigating a porn baron, Crockett and Tubbs become involved with an undercover FBI agent who may have gone native and become a criminal, and may have murdered an underage porn starlet. ... See full summary »

Director: John Llewellyn Moxey | Stars: Don Johnson, Philip Michael Thomas, Saundra Santiago, Michael Talbott

Votes: 960

39. CSI: NY (2004–2013)
Episode: Cool Hunter (2006)

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

A doorwoman is found dead in the water tank of her apartment. All of the evidence which is readily available points to a doctor who lives in the building. However, the man swears that he ... See full summary »

Director: Norberto Barba | Stars: Gary Sinise, Melina Kanakaredes, Carmine Giovinazzo, Anna Belknap

Votes: 318

40. CSI: NY (2004–2013)
Episode: Raising Shane (2006)

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

Hawkes is identified as the killer in a robbery and shooting, and CSI has to prove that he was framed. It turns out that Shane, the t-shirt killer, choreographed the entire incident.

Director: Christine Moore | Stars: Gary Sinise, Melina Kanakaredes, Carmine Giovinazzo, Anna Belknap

Votes: 365

41. CSI: NY (2004–2013)
Episode: Silent Night (2006)

TV-14 | 41 min | Action, Crime, Drama

A teenage girl is killed, and the only potential witness is her deaf mother. The case also brings back some haunting memories for Lindsey. Meanwhile, CSI also investigates the murder of a star figure skater.

Director: Rob Bailey | Stars: Gary Sinise, Melina Kanakaredes, Carmine Giovinazzo, Anna Belknap

Votes: 375

42. CSI: NY (2004–2013)
Episode: The Deep (2007)

TV-14 | 40 min | Action, Crime, Drama

The discovery of the bodies of two scuba instructors leads investigators to uncover a plot to detonate a bomb in Lower Manhattan.

Director: Oz Scott | Stars: Gary Sinise, Melina Kanakaredes, Carmine Giovinazzo, Anna Belknap

Votes: 317

43. CSI: NY (2004–2013)
Episode: Down the Rabbit Hole (2007)

TV-14 | 44 min | Action, Crime, Drama

A murder victim bears a striking resemblance to a well-known avatar in the online role-playing game "Second Life." Mac is forced to enter the game himself to solve the mystery surrounding her death.

Director: Christine Moore | Stars: Gary Sinise, Melina Kanakaredes, Carmine Giovinazzo, Anna Belknap

Votes: 381

44. CSI: NY (2004–2013)
Episode: All in the Family (2008)

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

CSI investigates the murder of a family court judge who has lots of enemies. Meanwhile, Danny's neighbor Ricki steals his gun to go after Ollie, the bodega robber who caused her son's death.

Directors: Marshall Adams, Rob Bailey | Stars: Gary Sinise, Melina Kanakaredes, Carmine Giovinazzo, Anna Belknap

Votes: 297

45. CSI: NY (2004–2013)
Episode: DOA for a Day (2008)

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

Investigators believe that a corpse they found is that of a serial killer from their past. However, they soon discover that the body was made to look like the killer, and that the killer is after a new target.

Director: Christine Moore | Stars: Gary Sinise, Melina Kanakaredes, Carmine Giovinazzo, Anna Belknap

Votes: 317

46. CSI: NY (2004–2013)
Episode: Personal Foul (2008)

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

CSI investigates the poisoning death of a fan at a basketball game, moments after making a million-dollar half-court shot. Meanwhile, the taxicab killer strikes again, and the team finds more clues about the killer's identity.

Director: David Von Ancken | Stars: Gary Sinise, Melina Kanakaredes, Carmine Giovinazzo, Anna Belknap

Votes: 298

47. New Looney Tunes (2015–2020)
Episode: Armageddon Outta Here (2020)

TV-Y7 | Animation, Short, Adventure

Bugs and his rock band, Steel Underpants, team up with Wile E. Coyote and Guns N' Roses frontman Axl Rose to stop a villainous asteroid from destroying Earth through the power of hard rock.

Director: Erik Knutson | Stars: Dee Bradley Baker, Bob Bergen, Jeff Bergman, Carla Delaney

Votes: 12

48. CSI: NY (2004–2013)
Episode: Taxi (2008)

TV-14 | 41 min | Action, Crime, Drama

The search continues for the taxicab killer, who has now captured Reed and is forcing him to use his blog to publicize the next attack.

Director: Christine Moore | Stars: Gary Sinise, Melina Kanakaredes, Carmine Giovinazzo, Anna Belknap

Votes: 326

49. CSI: NY (2004–2013)
Episode: Like Water for Murder (2008)

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

The bodies of two female real estate agents are found on a beach. When the m.o. ties the murders to a third murder from months earlier, CSI goes on a hunt to find the killer before he strikes again.

Director: Anthony Hemingway | Stars: Gary Sinise, Melina Kanakaredes, Carmine Giovinazzo, Anna Belknap

Votes: 318

50. The Big Bang Theory (2007–2019)
Episode: The Maternal Capacitance (2009)

TV-PG | 21 min | Comedy, Romance

Sheldon hits it off with Leonard's psychoanalyst mother, but she drives Leonard and Penny to the bottle.

Director: Mark Cendrowski | Stars: Johnny Galecki, Jim Parsons, Kaley Cuoco, Simon Helberg

Votes: 5,005