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1. Hercules (1997)
G | 93 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
The son of Zeus and Hera is stripped of his immortality as an infant and must become a true hero in order to reclaim it.
Directors: Ron Clements, John Musker | Stars: Tate Donovan, Susan Egan, James Woods, Barbara Barrie
Votes: 255,197 | Gross: $99.05M
2. Alexander (2004)
R | 175 min | Action, Biography, Drama
Alexander, the King of Macedonia and one of the greatest army leaders in the history of warfare, conquers much of the known world.
Director: Oliver Stone | Stars: Colin Farrell, Anthony Hopkins, Rosario Dawson, Angelina Jolie
Votes: 176,683 | Gross: $34.30M
3. The Birds (1963)
PG-13 | 119 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
A wealthy San Francisco socialite pursues a potential boyfriend to a small Northern California town that slowly takes a turn for the bizarre when birds of all kinds suddenly begin to attack people.
Director: Alfred Hitchcock | Stars: Rod Taylor, Tippi Hedren, Jessica Tandy, Suzanne Pleshette
Votes: 204,544 | Gross: $11.40M
4. Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure (1989)
PG | 90 min | Adventure, Comedy, Music
Two rock-'n-rolling teens, on the verge of failing their class, set out on a quest to make the ultimate school history report after being presented with a time machine.
Director: Stephen Herek | Stars: Keanu Reeves, Alex Winter, George Carlin, Terry Camilleri
Votes: 141,691 | Gross: $40.49M
5. The Unbearable Lightness of Being (1988)
R | 171 min | Drama, Romance
Central Europe, 1968: A Czech doctor with an active sex life meets a woman who wants monogamy, and then the Soviet invasion further disrupts their lives.
Director: Philip Kaufman | Stars: Daniel Day-Lewis, Juliette Binoche, Lena Olin, Derek de Lint
Votes: 38,647 | Gross: $10.01M
6. Mr. Peabody & Sherman (2014)
PG | 92 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
Sherman, a young boy, misuses a time machine made by his scientist father Mr. Peabody and causes the world history to go haywire. It is now up to Mr. Peabody to rescue his son and the world.
Director: Rob Minkoff | Stars: Ty Burrell, Max Charles, Stephen Colbert, Leslie Mann
Votes: 77,832 | Gross: $111.51M
7. 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: 44,778 | Gross: $19.38M
8. Terrestrial Verses (2023)
77 min | Drama
Ordinary people navigate societal constraints in a series of vignettes.
Directors: Ali Asgari, Alireza Khatami | Stars: Bahram Ark, Ali Asgari, Sadaf Asgari, Ardeshir Kazemi
Votes: 616
9. Crimes and Misdemeanors (1989)
PG-13 | 104 min | Comedy, Drama
An ophthalmologist's mistress threatens to reveal their affair to his wife while a married documentary filmmaker is infatuated with another woman.
Director: Woody Allen | Stars: Martin Landau, Woody Allen, Bill Bernstein, Claire Bloom
Votes: 60,799 | Gross: $18.25M
10. The Exterminating Angels (2006)
Not Rated | 100 min | Drama, Fantasy
A filmmaker holds a series of boundary-pushing auditions for his project about female pleasure.
Director: Jean-Claude Brisseau | Stars: Frédéric van den Driessche, Maroussia Dubreuil, Lise Bellynck, Marie Allan
Votes: 3,414 | Gross: $0.02M
11. Greed (I) (2019)
R | 104 min | Comedy, Drama
Satire about the world of the super-rich.
Director: Michael Winterbottom | Stars: Caroline Flack, Steve Coogan, David Mitchell, Isla Fisher
Votes: 8,482
12. The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer (1947)
Approved | 95 min | Comedy, Romance
A high school girl falls for a playboy artist, with screwball results.
Director: Irving Reis | Stars: Cary Grant, Myrna Loy, Shirley Temple, Rudy Vallee
Votes: 9,609
13. Madhouse (1974)
PG | 89 min | Crime, Horror, Mystery
A horror movie star returns to his famous role after years in a mental institution. But the character seems to be committing murders independent of his will.
Director: Jim Clark | Stars: Vincent Price, Peter Cushing, Robert Quarry, Adrienne Corri
Votes: 4,518
14. My One and Only (2009)
PG-13 | 108 min | Adventure, Biography, Comedy
After leaving her philandering husband, an elegant socialite takes her two sons on a road trip across America in search of a better life.
Director: Richard Loncraine | Stars: Renée Zellweger, Logan Lerman, Mark Rendall, Kevin Bacon
Votes: 9,422 | Gross: $2.48M
15. Jimmy P: Psychotherapy of a Plains Indian (2013)
Unrated | 117 min | Biography, Drama, Thriller
A troubled Native American veteran forms an extraordinary friendship with his maverick French psychoanalyst as they try to find a cure to his suffering.
Director: Arnaud Desplechin | Stars: Benicio Del Toro, Mathieu Amalric, Gina McKee, Larry Pine
Votes: 3,120 | Gross: $0.02M
16. Too Close to Our Son (I) (2015)
103 min | Drama
A tale of a couple of magistrates, a female judge and her husband advocate who are foster parents of a young teen whose the biological mother is in feud with the female judge, and in the same time begins an affair with the advocate.
Director: Yves Angelo | Stars: Sylvie Testud, Grégory Gadebois, Mathilde Bisson, Zacharie Chasseriaud
Votes: 268
17. The Men Next Door (2012)
Unrated | 84 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A gay man finds himself torn between two single lovers who happen to be father and son.
Director: Rob Williams | Stars: Eric Dean, Heidi Rhodes, Mark Cirillo, Trevor Knight
Votes: 845
18. Manon des sources (1952)
228 min | Drama
To avenge her father's death, Manon blocks the source of water for local villagers.
Director: Marcel Pagnol | Stars: Edmond Ardisson, Henri Arius, André Bervil, Charles Blavette
Votes: 464
19. Love Comes to the Executioner (2006)
R | 89 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A young man is hired as the executioner at a prison where his brother sits on death row. Things get more surreal when he falls in love with his brother's ex-girlfriend -- who's imprisoned herself.
Director: Kyle Bergersen | Stars: Jonathan Tucker, Jeremy Renner, Ginnifer Goodwin, Christine Ebersole
Votes: 942
20. Promise Her Anything (1966)
Not Rated | 98 min | Comedy, Romance
A young lady has been widowed and left with a baby son to bring up alone. She decides that the baby needs a father figure and decides to marry a psychologist. She hides her son with an ... See full summary »
Director: Arthur Hiller | Stars: Warren Beatty, Leslie Caron, Robert Cummings, Keenan Wynn
Votes: 621
21. Three at Once (1986)
9 min | Short, Comedy, Fantasy
This black-and-white student short is a whimsical absurdist comedy about a happy-go-lucky girl (Anderson), a sardonic feminist, and a vain philosopher who meet at a party and enter a surreal world to see if they click together.
Director: Mike Kuhn | Stars: Gillian Anderson, Dan Barron, Nona Walters, Zoe Anderson
Votes: 110
22. Peter Brook: The Tightrope (2012)
Not Rated | 86 min | Documentary, Music
Filmed with five hidden cameras, The Tightrope is a total immersion into the creative process behind legendary theater director Peter Brook's work -- powerful, intimate, and emotionally ... See full summary »
Director: Simon Brook | Stars: Peter Brook, Hayley Carmichael, Jos Houben, Micha Lescot
Votes: 62 | Gross: $0.02M
23. I Hate Actors (1986)
PG | 90 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
Hollywood in the 1940s. A tyrannical producer, a paranoid director, a starlet engaged twenty-four times, an actor who refuses to age - all against a backdrop of a series of murders.
Director: Gérard Krawczyk | Stars: Jean Poiret, Michel Blanc, Bernard Blier, Patrick Floersheim
Votes: 259
24. Freud and Darwin Sitting in a Tree (2000)
Not Rated | 27 min | Comedy, Short
Charlie and Gwen have a secret... They're in love... They're also first cousins. A comedy that examines the origin of America's incorrect notion of biology and it's stigmatizing of kissing cousins.
Directors: D.C. Douglas, Reagan Bailey Wilks | Stars: Jamie Donahue, D.C. Douglas, Chayse Dacoda, Reagan Bailey Wilks
Votes: 61
25. No Genes Attached (2013 Video)
2 min | Short, Comedy
John always looked for love in wrong places. He did not know it was near him.
Director: Ricky Sans | Stars: Sax Carr, David Cousins, Sebastian Gregory, Kate Hess
Votes: 8
26. Einfach Blumen aufs Dach (1979)
91 min | Comedy
An East German family's life changes substantially after they acquire a used Soviet luxury car.
Director: Roland Oehme | Stars: Martin Trettau, Barbara Dittus, Lars Jung, Carl Heinz Choynski
Votes: 60
27. Boys Will Murder Their Fathers and Sleep with Their Mothers: Rebutted! (2017 Video)
48 min | News
Stefan Molyneux responds to a New York Times article by Stephen Marche called "If You Let Boys Be Boys, They Will Murder Their Fathers and Sleep with Their Mothers".
Star: Stefan Molyneux
28. Western Civilization's Butterfly Effect: Stefan Molyneux at 'A Night for Freedom, DC' (2018 Video)
37 min | Short, Reality-TV
Stefan Molyneux gives a speech at "A Night for Freedom, D.C.", in which he explains why he does what he does. And his story begins with Sigmund Freud.
Star: Stefan Molyneux
29. Theories of Human Development (2002 Video)
720 min | Documentary
Professor Malcolm W. Watson introduces six theories of human development, a field that is in large part about child development, and the people who devised each theory.
Director: Tom Dunton | Star: Malcolm W. Watson
30. Dreaming with Scissors: Hitchcock, Surrealism & Salvador Dali (2008 Video)
20 min | Documentary, Short
A documentary analyzing the surrealist elements of the film Spellbound, and the work made by Salvador Dalí in that film.
Director: Lisa Van Eyssen | Stars: Ingrid Bergman, Peter Bogdanovich, Lesley Brill, Royal S. Brown
Votes: 19
31. Pier Paolo Pasolini: A Film Maker's Life (1971)
Not Rated | 29 min | Documentary, Short, Biography
Documentary about Italian movie director Pier Paolo Pasolini, with interviews with some of his actors and friends.
Director: Carlo Hayman-Chaffey | Stars: Pier Paolo Pasolini, Ninetto Davoli, Franco Citti, Giancarlo Arnao
Votes: 77
32. Zalár nejtemnejsí (1969 TV Movie)
62 min | Drama
Director: Miloslav Zachata | Stars: Otto Budín, Felix Cerný, Jan Faltýnek, Zdenek Formánek
34. Edipo (2004 Video)
80 min | Drama
Director: Raúl Ruiz | Stars: Roberto Bacci, Enrico Bagnoli, Andrea Calducci, Silvio Castiglioni
Votes: 7
35.
Biography (1987– )
Episode:
Sigmund Freud: Analysis of a Mind
(1996)
TV-14 | Documentary, Biography, History
The life and work of the great and influential psychiatrist, Sigmund Freud (1856-1939), is examined. Archive footage of Freud and a unique sound recording of his voice are included.
Stars: Sigmund Freud, Jack Perkins, Joe Aguayo, Harold P. Blum
Votes: 132
36.
Frasier (1993–2004)
Episode:
Momma Mia
(1999)
TV-PG | 22 min | Comedy
Frasier starts dating Mia Preston, a children's book author. Everyone except him realizes she is the spitting image of his and Niles's mother, Hester.
Director: Kelsey Grammer | Stars: Kelsey Grammer, Jane Leeves, David Hyde Pierce, Peri Gilpin
Votes: 931
37.
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999– )
Episode:
Folly
(2001)
TV-14 | 43 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
After several male escorts are assaulted and one murdered the team finds a link to a couple whose sexual fantasy may have turned violent.
Director: Jud Taylor | Stars: Christopher Meloni, Mariska Hargitay, Richard Belzer, Stephanie March
Votes: 1,045
38.
Midsomer Murders (1997– )
Episode:
Death of a Hollow Man
(1998)
TV-14 | 102 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Barnaby donates time to the local amateur dramatic society when Joyce is cast in a revival of "Amadeus," but complications arise when the leading man is murdered onstage.
Director: Jeremy Silberston | Stars: John Nettles, Daniel Casey, Jane Wymark, Laura Howard
Votes: 1,402
39.
Saturday Night Live (1975– )
Episode:
Ron Nessen/Patti Smith Group
(1976)
TV-14 | 90 min | Comedy, Music
The host for the episode is press secretary to President Ford Ron Nessen, and the musical guest is Patti Smith. The skits for this episode are as follows: The opening act features a return ... See full summary »
Directors: Dave Wilson, David Massar, Gary Weis | Stars: Ron Nessen, Patti Smith Group, Billy Crystal, Dan Aykroyd
Votes: 170
40.
My Family (2000–2011)
Episode:
An Embarrassment of Susans
(2006)
TV-14 | 28 min | Comedy
Ben decides to buy the property next door and turn it over for a profit, but circumstance... and Ben... get in the way. Elsewhere, Susan believes she's found the perfect mate for Michael, but there's an eerie familiarity to the girl.
Director: Dewi Humphreys | Stars: Robert Lindsay, Zoë Wanamaker, Daniela Denby-Ashe, Gabriel Thomson
Votes: 73
41.
My World and Welcome to It (1969–1970)
Episode:
Dear Is a Four Letter Word
(1970)
30 min | Comedy
John is taken to task by his wife Ellen as she believes he has a communication problem with daughter Lydia. This is reinforced when John is called to school to talk to the principal.
Director: John Rich | Stars: William Windom, Joan Hotchkis, Lisa Gerritsen, Alan Oppenheimer
Votes: 9
42.
Riverdale (2017–2023)
Episode:
Chapter Sixty-Five: In Treatment
(2019)
TV-14 | 42 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Residents begin receiving more mysterious videotapes on their doorsteps; The seniors of Riverdale High eagerly await their college decision letters.
Director: Michael Goi | Stars: K.J. Apa, Lili Reinhart, Camila Mendes, Cole Sprouse
Votes: 1,002
43.
Inspector Lewis (2006–2015)
Episode:
Allegory of Love
(2009)
TV-PG | 93 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
The fabulously successful Oxford-based fantasy novelist seems to Lewis to be the key to solving the bizarre murder of a beautiful woman with a mirror.
Director: Bill Anderson | Stars: Katia Winter, Tom Mison, Louise Dylan, Olly Alexander
Votes: 754
44.
White Collar (2009–2014)
Episode:
The Portrait
(2009)
TV-PG | 43 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
When a painting is stolen, Peter and Neal are tasked with finding it. They get a lead on the thief, they set a meeting but something goes wrong and the man disappears. They try to find him ... See full summary »
Director: Allan Arkush | Stars: Matt Bomer, Tim DeKay, Willie Garson, Tiffani Thiessen
Votes: 1,073
45.
Kristian (2009–2011)
Episode:
Daddy
(2009)
20 min | Comedy
Rune gets arrested for stealing a bicycle, so Kristian needs to step in and watch over his kid for some time. Reluctant in the beginning - he soon realizes that it is easier getting women, when you have a kid.
Director: Martin Schmidt | Stars: Christian Fuhlendorff, Maria Erwolter, Jesper Juhl, Hülya Coruh
Votes: 8
46.
Castle (2009–2016)
Episode:
The Dead Pool
(2011)
TV-PG | 43 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
When a champion swimmer and Olympic hopeful is found dead in a training pool, Castle and Beckett dive in to investigate his murder, and uncover myriad secrets that might have led to his death.
Director: Paul Holahan | Stars: Nathan Fillion, Stana Katic, Susan Sullivan, Ruben Santiago-Hudson
Votes: 1,258
47.
New Discourses (2020– )
A Biological Foundation for Socialism?
(2021 Podcast Episode)
106 min
James Lindsay offers a critical analysis of Herbert Marcuse's essay "An Essay on Liberation," examining his views on capitalism and socialism.
Star: James Lindsay
48.
What on Earth Is Happening (2010– )
Episode #1.24
(2010 Podcast Episode)
Documentary
Star: Mark Passio
49.
New Discourses (2020– )
Queer Theory and 'Cripping Incest Discourses(s)'
(2022 Podcast Episode)
143 min
50.
Da Vinci's Demons (2013–2015)
Episode:
The Tower
(2013)
TV-MA | 56 min | Adventure, Biography, Drama
Piero, Leonardo's estranged father, is ordered to defend his son in court. Later, Leonardo turns a corrupt judge during a performance for visiting royals. The Turk makes an appearance.
Director: Paul Wilmshurst | Stars: Tom Riley, Laura Haddock, Elliot Cowan, Lara Pulver
Votes: 1,131