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1. The Usual Suspects (1995)
R | 106 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
The sole survivor of a pier shoot-out tells the story of how a notorious criminal influenced the events that began with five criminals meeting in a seemingly random police lineup.
Director: Bryan Singer | Stars: Kevin Spacey, Gabriel Byrne, Chazz Palminteri, Stephen Baldwin
Votes: 1,144,138 | Gross: $23.34M
2. Yesterday (III) (2019)
PG-13 | 116 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Music
A struggling musician realizes he's the only person on Earth who can remember The Beatles after waking up in an alternate reality where they never existed.
Director: Danny Boyle | Stars: Himesh Patel, Lily James, Sophia Di Martino, Ellise Chappell
Votes: 167,445 | Gross: $73.29M
3. Whatever Works (2009)
PG-13 | 93 min | Comedy, Romance
A middle-aged, misanthropic divorcé from New York City surprisingly enters a fulfilling, Pygmalion-type relationship with a much younger, unsophisticated Southern girl.
Director: Woody Allen | Stars: Evan Rachel Wood, Larry David, Henry Cavill, Adam Brooks
Votes: 76,853 | Gross: $5.31M
4. The Reckoning (2023)
59 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
The story of Jimmy Savile's life from his working-class roots, to his rise to TV stardom as a BBC presenter, and his later years when he managed to keep his reign of sexual abuse concealed until after his death in 2011.
Stars: Steve Coogan, Mark Stanley, Mark Lewis Jones, Darien
Votes: 3,679
5. The Quiet Earth (1985)
R | 91 min | Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
A scientist awakens to find himself alone in the world. In a desperate attempt to search for others, he finds only two who have their own agenda.
Director: Geoff Murphy | Stars: Bruno Lawrence, Alison Routledge, Pete Smith, Anzac Wallace
Votes: 27,579 | Gross: $2.12M
6. Repossessed (1990)
PG-13 | 80 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
Parody of The Exorcist (1973), with Linda Blair once again possessed by Satan, and Leslie Nielsen as the exorcist.
Director: Bob Logan | Stars: Leslie Nielsen, Linda Blair, Ned Beatty, Anthony Starke
Votes: 9,886 | Gross: $1.38M
7. Peter's Friends (1992)
R | 101 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Six former college friends, with two new friends, gather for a New Year's Eve weekend reunion at a large English countryside manor after ten years to reminisce about the good times now long gone.
Director: Kenneth Branagh | Stars: Hugh Laurie, Stephen Fry, Emma Thompson, Kenneth Branagh
Votes: 12,140 | Gross: $4.06M
8. The Barbarian Invasions (2003)
R | 99 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
During his final days, a dying man is reunited with old friends, former lovers, his ex-wife, and his estranged son.
Director: Denys Arcand | Stars: Rémy Girard, Dorothée Berryman, Stéphane Rousseau, Marie-Josée Croze
Votes: 30,020 | Gross: $3.43M
9. Religulous (2008)
R | 101 min | Documentary, Comedy, War
Bill Maher's take on the current state of world religion.
Director: Larry Charles | Stars: Bill Maher, Tal Bachman, Jonathan Boulden, Steven Burg
Votes: 60,229 | Gross: $13.00M
10. Titicut Follies (1967)
Unrated | 84 min | Documentary
Documentary filmmaker Frederick Wiseman takes us inside the Massachusetts Correctional Institution Bridgewater where people stay trapped in their madness.
Director: Frederick Wiseman
Votes: 5,100
11. Death in Buenos Aires (2014)
TV-MA | 90 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A businessman is murdered at his home. Experienced police Inspector Chávez uses a rookie officer as a bait to catch the killer, while struggling with his own deepest desires.
Director: Natalia Meta | Stars: Demián Bichir, Chino Darín, Carlos Casella, Mónica Antonópulos
Votes: 2,310
12. Padre Pio (2000 TV Movie)
PG-13 | 202 min | Biography, Drama
The poor Italian peasant boy Francesco already has visions of Jesus and Mary as a child, but the Devil visits him too. Francesco is quite certain that he will become a priest. After ... See full summary »
Director: Carlo Carlei | Stars: Sergio Castellitto, Jürgen Prochnow, Lorenza Indovina, Pierfrancesco Favino
Votes: 992
13. Faith: Pope John Paul II (2005)
201 min | Biography, Drama
Following the premature death of his mother, Karol Wojtyla is brought up by his father in the Polish city of Krakow during the first half of the 20th century. An outstanding student with a ... See full summary »
Stars: Christopher Lee, Ben Gazzara, Daniele Pecci, Vittoria Belvedere
Votes: 1,249
14. Herzblatt oder Wie sag' ich's meiner Tochter? (1969)
79 min | Comedy
Widower Paul always delayed talking to his daughter about sex. But when workers on a nearby construction site are falling down their scaffold because 16 years old "Herzblatt" is tanning ... See full summary »
Director: Alfred Vohrer | Stars: Georg Thomalla, Mascha Gonska, Siegfried Schürenberg, Günther Lüders
Votes: 75
15. Walesa: Man of Hope (2013)
127 min | Biography, Comedy, Drama
The depiction of the life of Nobel Peace Prize winner and founder of Poland's Solidarity movement, Lech Walesa, as events in the 1970s lead to a peaceful revolution.
Director: Andrzej Wajda | Stars: Robert Wieckiewicz, Agnieszka Grochowska, Iwona Bielska, Zbigniew Zamachowski
Votes: 3,330
16. Habeas Corpus (1986)
67 min | Drama
Experimental film that shows four days in the life of a man clandestinely kept in captivity. The images of his naked body alternate with those of a happy moment on a beach and with those of... See full summary »
Director: Jorge Acha | Stars: Jorge Díez, Luis Nieto, Óscar Bernales
Votes: 52
17. Showboy (2002)
Unrated | 93 min | Comedy, Drama
Fired from a TV show, a writer looks into becoming a chorus boy while a documentary crew follows his efforts.
Directors: Lindy Heymann, Christian Taylor | Stars: Christian Taylor, Lindy Heymann, Joe Daley, Erich Miller
Votes: 351 | Gross: $0.01M
18. Le miraculé (1987)
88 min | Comedy
The roman catholic pilgrimage to Lourdes depicted in an anticlerical way: hypocrisy, superstition and business.
Director: Jean-Pierre Mocky | Stars: Michel Serrault, Jean Poiret, Jeanne Moreau, Sylvie Joly
Votes: 409
19. Defender of the Faith (2019)
92 min | Documentary
We tell the story of a man who dedicated his life to preserving the Church, but instead led it into its greatest crisis: Joseph Ratzinger, Pope Benedict XVI. During his 30 years working ... See full summary »
Director: Christoph Röhl | Stars: Ulrich Tukur, Pope Benedict XVI
Votes: 39
20. Ti vraki tha paradoseis mori? (2001 TV Movie)
125 min | Comedy, Musical
Directors: Fotis Metaxopoulos, Giorgos Filis | Stars: Sotiris Moustakas, Markos Seferlis, Jessy Papoutsi, Panos Mihalopoulos
Votes: 58
21. Billy Graham: Forerunner for the Antichrist (2010 Video)
62 min | Documentary
Examines and questions the doctrines & teachings of Billy Graham & compares them to Scripture.
Stars: Gregory A. Miller, Jimmy Carter, Katie Couric, Billy Graham
22. Once Upon a Time in Poland (2020)
95 min | Documentary
Czech director travels to Poland to find God in the most Christian country in Europe.
Directors: Vít Klusák, Filip Remunda
Votes: 105
23. Unmasking the Da Vinci Code (2006 Video)
151 min | Documentary
Stars: Stan Johnson, Michael Hoggard
Votes: 15
24. Jan Pawel II: Szukalem Was... (2011)
90 min | Documentary
Director: Jaroslaw Szmidt | Stars: Pope John Paul II, Valentina Alazraki, Laura Biagiotti, Adam Boniecki
Votes: 46
25. Filip Puzyr: Szachy dla debili (2023 TV Special)
48 min | Comedy
Director: Tobiasz Puzyr | Stars: Filip Puzyr, Piotr Splin
26. M et le 3ème secret (2014)
109 min | Documentary
Director: Pierre Barnerias | Stars: François D'Aubigny, André Dussollier, Tiago Mesquita, Hélène Ségara
Votes: 18
28. Mieszko Minkiewicz: Zólc (2023 TV Special)
73 min | Comedy
Mieszko's 5th stand up comedy special in which he targets polish political scene, political correctness, taboo jokes, internet hate and everything that makes him angry and enraged.
Stars: Mieszko Minkiewicz, Krzysztof Kasparek
29. Cezary Jurkiewicz: Dran (2022 TV Special)
42 min | Comedy
Director: Cezary Jurkiewicz | Star: Cezary Jurkiewicz
30. John Paul II, the Pope Who Broke the Iron Curtain (2014 TV Special)
Biography
Director: Valerio Scheggia | Star: Pope John Paul II
31.
ITV Saturday Night Theatre (1969–1974)
Episode:
Conflict
(1973)
Not Rated | 76 min | Drama
Set in Ireland where the Catholic Church has been superseded by a repressive order with new ideas. When a group of Irish monks rebel, a Vatican official is sent to bring order once more.
Director: Jack Gold | Stars: Trevor Howard, Raf Vallone, Martin Sheen, Cyril Cusack
Votes: 424
32.
Cybill (1995–1998)
Episode:
A Who's Who for What's His Name
(1996)
TV-PG | 28 min | Comedy
After Cybill fires her agent, he drops dead, so she reluctantly agrees to make his funeral arrangements. Meanwhile, Maryann attempts to seduce Ira.
Director: Andrew D. Weyman | Stars: Cybill Shepherd, Christine Baranski, Alicia Witt, Jay Paulson
Votes: 83
33.
Father Ted (1995–1998)
Episode:
Night of the Nearly Dead
(1998)
TV-14 | 24 min | Comedy
After winning a poetry contest, Mrs. Doyle gets a visit by the show's host and a few of his crazed fans.
Stars: Dermot Morgan, Ardal O'Hanlon, Frank Kelly, Pauline McLynn
Votes: 558
34.
Homicide: Life on the Street (1993–1999)
Episode:
Stakeout
(1996)
TV-14 | 47 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A male prostitute offers to reveal the identity of a multiple murderer as part of a plea bargain. He admits to luring in the victims and stealing their rings, but not to being the killer. ... See full summary »
Director: John McNaughton | Stars: Richard Belzer, Andre Braugher, Reed Diamond, Isabella Hofmann
Votes: 147
35.
Lovejoy (1986–1994)
Episode:
The Axeman Cometh
(1986)
TV-14 | 55 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
Lovejoy connives to win a Welsh oak dresser at an auction well below his value, but when Eric discovers a stuck door, they find more than they bargained for.
Director: Roger Tucker | Stars: Ian McShane, Phyllis Logan, Dudley Sutton, Malcolm Tierney
Votes: 118
36.
PSI Factor: Chronicles of the Paranormal (1996–2000)
Episode:
Force Majeure
(2000)
TV-14 | 45 min | Drama, Fantasy, Mystery
Lindsay and Peter give contradictory accounts of why a man they were investigating went up in flames. Peter believes he was a drunk swinger who spontaneously combusted, while Lindsay believes he was a demon trying to take Peter's soul.
Director: John Bell | Stars: Nancy Anne Sakovich, Barclay Hope, Joanne Vannicola, Colin Fox
Votes: 12
37.
Saved by the Bell (1989–1992)
Episode:
Rockumentary
(1991)
Unrated | 22 min | Comedy, Family, Romance
Zack falls asleep before band rehearsal and dreams of the gang's band, Zack Attack, achieving worldwide fame before succumbing to jealousy and infighting.
Director: Don Barnhart | Stars: Mark-Paul Gosselaar, Mario Lopez, Dustin Diamond, Tiffani Thiessen
Votes: 392
38.
National Geographic Explorer (1985– )
Episode:
Last Days of the Maya
(2005)
51 min | Documentary, History
The remains of a royal massacre uncovered at an abandoned Maya city are providing clues to the ancient mystery of why that civilization collapsed 1,200 years ago.
Star: Salvatore Vecchio
Votes: 8
39.
Full frys (1999– )
Episode:
Evys nya vän
(1999)
Comedy
When Sture doesn't want to go to a ballet show with Evy she brings Larry instead, which worries Sture. Meanwhile, Edvin has bought super-cheap minced meat for the shop.
Director: Örjan Herlitz | Stars: Stefan Gerhardsson, Krister Classon, Annika Andersson, Hanna Norman
Votes: 6
40.
Secret Files of the Inquisition (2006– )
Episode:
Root Out Heretics
(2006)
Documentary
In 1308 Pope Gregory IX enlists the Dominicans to root out and destroy a sect know as the Cathars which renounce all the rituals of the Catholicism in favor of simple spiritualism. This ... See full summary »
Director: David Rabinovitch | Stars: Colm Feore, Alex de Matos, Tracy Dethlefs, Michèle Duquet
Votes: 16
41.
Un Noël, une vie (1981–1982)
Episode:
Louise Weiss
(1981)
14 min | Short, Talk-Show
Director: Philippe Jamain | Stars: Marc Menant, Louise Weiss
42.
Zlaté casy (2016– )
Episode:
Dagmar Havlová
(2020)
Talk-Show
Stars: Dagmar Havlová, David Kraus, Milan Lasica, Elena Vacvalová
43.
Comeback (2008–2011)
Episode:
Tanecní
(2008)
Comedy
Tensions rise between Iva and Tomas when she isn't satisfied with the dress he bought her for a ball. Things get more complicated when he learns he'll have to dance with his daughter at the ball.
Director: Petr Fiser | Stars: Tomás Matonoha, Kristýna Leichtová, Martin Dejdar, Dana Batulková
Votes: 19
44.
Abbott Elementary (2021– )
Episode:
Step Class
(2022)
TV-PG | 21 min | Comedy
Ava asks Janine to help her teach the after-school step class, but they don't agree on how to run the program; Gregory must reveal a secret when Barbara, Melissa and Jacob plan a pizza "eat-off."
Director: Shahrzad Davani | Stars: Quinta Brunson, Tyler James Williams, Janelle James, Lisa Ann Walter
Votes: 1,032
45.
The Secret K.G.B. Files (2021)
Episode:
The Secret K.G.B. Paranormal Files
(2021)
Documentary, History, Sci-Fi
Take a close look at the top-secret probes and projects sponsored by the K.G.B. to investigate paranormal matters, including footage that has previously remained unreleased. Viewers will ... See full summary »
Director: Jeremy Cole | Stars: Eugene Alper, Phil Bowers, Tim Duquette, Stanton Friedman
46.
The Big Bang Theory (2007–2019)
Episode:
The Speckerman Recurrence
(2011)
TV-PG | 20 min | Comedy, Romance
Leonard confronts the man who bullied him in high school, while Penny realizes she did her fair share of tormenting in the past.
Director: Anthony Rich | Stars: Johnny Galecki, Jim Parsons, Kaley Cuoco, Simon Helberg
Votes: 3,656
47.
Your Welcome (2017– )
Seamus Coughlin
(2022 Podcast Episode)
News, Talk-Show
Stars: Michael Malice, Seamus Coughlin
48.
The Tom Woods Show (2013– )
The Communists Take Power, with Michael Malice
(2023 Podcast Episode)
News
Stars: Tom Woods, Michael Malice
49.
The Babylon Bee (2019– )
This Is What Gives Michael Malice Hope
(2023 Podcast Episode)
66 min | Documentary, Animation, Comedy
Michael Malice is back at The Babylon Bee to talk about his new book The White Pill and why you should never let yourself give in to despair. Evil wants to stamp out the family, religion, ... See full summary »
Stars: Michael Malice, J. Travis Woodside
50.
EWTN Bookmark (1998– )
Episode:
The Pope and the CEO
(2013)
28 min | Family, Talk-Show
Doug's guest is former Swiss Guard Andreas Widmer, author of The Pope and The CEO: John Paul II's Leadership Lessons to a Young Swiss Guard, described as "a guidebook for people seeking to integrate faith into all aspects of their lives."
Directors: Mike Holmes, Fred Williams | Stars: Doug Keck, Andreas Widmer