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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: 167,752

2. Scream 3 (2000)

R | 116 min | Horror, Mystery

While Sidney and her friends visit the Hollywood set of Stab 3, the third film based on the Woodsboro murders, another Ghostface killer rises to terrorize them.

Director: Wes Craven | Stars: David Arquette, Neve Campbell, Courteney Cox, Liev Schreiber

Votes: 164,103 | Gross: $89.14M

3. Sweet Smell of Success (1957)

Approved | 96 min | Drama, Film-Noir

Powerful but unethical Broadway columnist J.J. Hunsecker coerces unscrupulous press agent Sidney Falco into breaking up his sister's romance with a jazz musician.

Director: Alexander Mackendrick | Stars: Burt Lancaster, Tony Curtis, Susan Harrison, Martin Milner

Votes: 35,716

4. Ishtar (1987)

PG-13 | 107 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy

Two terrible lounge singers get booked to play a gig in a Moroccan hotel but somehow become pawns in an international power play between the C.I.A., the Emir of Ishtar, and the rebels trying to overthrow his regime.

Director: Elaine May | Stars: Warren Beatty, Dustin Hoffman, Isabelle Adjani, Charles Grodin

Votes: 12,025 | Gross: $14.38M

5. Sweet Bird of Youth (1962)

Approved | 120 min | Drama, Romance

A drifter and a faded film star, both traumatized by Hollywood, arrive to the guy's hometown, where the old bitter memories revive again.

Director: Richard Brooks | Stars: Paul Newman, Geraldine Page, Shirley Knight, Ed Begley

Votes: 8,475

6. My Blue Heaven (1950)

Approved | 96 min | Drama, Musical

Betty Grable and Dan Dailey are a married song and dance team who cannot have children. The movie follows the travails as they try and adopt and keep the kids they adopt while performing on their TV show.

Director: Henry Koster | Stars: Betty Grable, Dan Dailey, David Wayne, Jane Wyatt

Votes: 566

7. Dreamboat (1952)

Approved | 83 min | Comedy

Thornton Sayre, a respected college professor, is plagued when his old movies are shown on TV and sets out with his daughter to stop it. However, his former co-star is the hostess of the TV show playing his films and she has other plans.

Director: Claude Binyon | Stars: Clifton Webb, Ginger Rogers, Anne Francis, Jeffrey Hunter

Votes: 958

8. The Accompanist (2019)

TV-MA | 93 min | Drama, Fantasy, Music

Dr. Jason Holden, early 50s, is in danger of losing his family, because of a tragic automobile accident. He becomes a piano accompanist at a local ballet studio and falls in love with Brandon Wykowski, 27, a troubled dancer.

Director: Frederick Keeve | Stars: Frederick Keeve, Ricky Palomino, Aaron Cavette, Jeanette Driver

Votes: 187

9. The Ice Follies of 1939 (1939)

Passed | 82 min | Drama, Music, Romance

An ice skater jeopardizes her marriage after she becomes a movie star.

Director: Reinhold Schünzel | Stars: Joan Crawford, James Stewart, Lew Ayres, Lewis Stone

Votes: 1,055

10. 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: 455

11. My Past (1931)

Approved | 72 min | Drama, Romance

Young man and an older man fall for a stage actress.

Director: Roy Del Ruth | Stars: Bebe Daniels, Lewis Stone, Ben Lyon, Joan Blondell

Votes: 296

12. Nelly's Folly (1961)

Approved | 7 min | Animation, Short, Drama

Nelly the singing giraffe begins a singing career, but finds that chasing fame brings her nothing but unhappiness.

Directors: Chuck Jones, Abe Levitow, Maurice Noble | Stars: Mel Blanc, Gloria Wood, John A. Ford, Ed Prentiss

Votes: 388

13. A Hare Grows in Manhattan (1947)

Approved | 8 min | Animation, Short, Adventure

Bugs Bunny relates his early life in the Manhattan tenements and spotlights his encounter with a gang of canine toughs.

Director: Friz Freleng | Stars: Mel Blanc, Frances Baruch, Michael Maltese, Tedd Pierce

Votes: 900

14. (Blooper) Bunny! (1991)

8 min | Animation, Comedy, Short

A behind-the-scenes look at the making of "The Bugs Bunny 51st-and-a-Half Anniversary Spectacular," complete with shaky camera and a variety of outtakes from stars Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Elmer Fudd, and Yosemite Sam.

Directors: Greg Ford, Terry Lennon | Stars: Jeff Bergman, Gordon Hunt

Votes: 422

15. Symphony in Spinach (1948)

6 min | Animation, Family, Comedy

Singer Olive Oyl needs an accompanist, and both Popeye and Bluto apply for the job.

Directors: Seymour Kneitel, Thomas Johnson | Stars: Jackson Beck, Jack Mercer, Mae Questel

Votes: 147

16. The Duke Is Tops (1938)

Approved | 73 min | Comedy, Drama, Musical

A theatrical producer puts aside his own success to boost the career of a talented singer.

Directors: William L. Nolte, Ralph Cooper | Stars: Ralph Cooper, Lena Horne, Laurence Criner, Monte Hawley

Votes: 429

17. Of Moose and Men: The Rocky & Bullwinkle Story (1990 TV Movie)

Documentary, Animation, History

A retrospective look at the "Rocky and Bullwinkle" cartoon show, from the creative talent behind the scenes to the cast of animated characters and the cultural and historical influences behind the show's gags.

Director: Marino Amoruso | Stars: Howard Brandy, Allan Burns, William Conrad, June Foray

Votes: 53

18. Mary Pickford: The Muse of the Movies (2008)

Not Rated | 102 min | Documentary, Biography

A chronicle of the life and career of silent film star Mary Pickford.

Director: Nicholas Eliopoulos | Stars: Charles Chaplin, Walt Disney, Amelia Earhart, Douglas Fairbanks Jr.

Votes: 223

19. The Partridge Family (1970–1974)
Episode: When Mother Gets Married (1970)

TV-G | 30 min | Comedy, Family, Music

Shirley meets an old friend and goes on a date with him. The children are worried that she is too interested in him, and even more worried when they see him with another woman.

Director: Ralph Senensky | Stars: Shirley Jones, David Cassidy, Susan Dey, Danny Bonaduce

Votes: 110

20. The Bullwinkle Show (1959–1963)
Episode: Down to Earth or the Bullwinkle Bounce/Fall Story or Adrift in the Lift (1960)

TV-G | 30 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

Rocky & Bullwinkle, "Box Top Robery" Part 7 Fractured Fairy Tales "Jack and the Beanstalk" Peabody's Improbably History "Ponce De Leon" Rocky & Bullwinkle, "Box Top Robery" Part 8

Directors: Gerard Baldwin, Jim Hiltz, William T. Hurtz, Ted Parmelee, Gerald Ray, Dun Roman, Rudy Zamora | Stars: Edward Everett Horton, June Foray, Paul Frees, William Conrad

Votes: 45

21. The Bullwinkle Show (1959–1963)
Episode: The Inspector-Detector or A Kick in the Plants/Canoes Who? or Look Before You Leak (1960)

TV-G | 22 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

Rocky & Bullwinkle, "Jet Fuel" Part 15 Fractured Fairy Tales "Rumpelstiltskin" Peabody's Improbably History "Sir Walter Raleigh" Rocky & Bullwinkle, "Jet Fuel" Part 16

Directors: Gerard Baldwin, Jim Hiltz, William T. Hurtz, Ted Parmelee, Gerald Ray, Dun Roman, Rudy Zamora | Stars: Edward Everett Horton, June Foray, Paul Frees, William Conrad

Votes: 48

22. The Bullwinkle Show (1959–1963)
Episode: Two for the Ripsaw... or Goodbye, Mr. Chips/Farewell, My Ugly or Knots to You (1960)

TV-G | 30 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

Rocky & Bullwinkle, "Jet Fuel" Part 17 Aesop and Son "The Lion and the Mouse" Peabody's Improbably History "Robert Fulton" Rocky & Bullwinkle, "Jet Fuel" Part 18

Directors: Gerard Baldwin, Jim Hiltz, William T. Hurtz, Ted Parmelee, Gerald Ray, Dun Roman, Rudy Zamora | Stars: Edward Everett Horton, June Foray, Paul Frees, William Conrad

Votes: 49

23. The Carol Burnett Show (1967–1978)
Episode: Jack Cassidy and Tim Conway (1973)

TV-G | 45 min | Comedy, Family

Highlights include a parody of "A Star Is Born".

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

Votes: 40

24. The Matt Walsh Show (2018– )
Disney Serves Up a Heaping Pile of White Guilt (2023 Podcast Episode)

News, Talk-Show

Add a Plot

Star: Matt Walsh

25. The Bullwinkle Show (1959–1963)
Episode: Pottsylvania Creeper: Parts 1-2 (1962)

TV-G | Animation, Action, Adventure

Rocky and Bullwinkle "Pottsylvania Creeper" Part 1 of 6, Fractured Fairy Tales "Sleeping Beauty", Peabody's Improbable History "Calamity Jane", Rocky and Bullwinkle "Pottsylvania Creeper" Part 2 of 6.

Directors: Gerard Baldwin, Pete Burness, Sal Faillace, William T. Hurtz, Lew Keller, Ted Parmelee, George Singer | Stars: June Foray, Paul Frees, Edward Everett Horton, Hans Conried

Votes: 19

26. The Bullwinkle Show (1959–1963)
Episode: The Ruby Yacht: Parts 1-2 (1963)

TV-G | Animation, Action, Adventure

Rocky and Bullwinkle "The Ruby Yacht" Part 1 of 6, Fractured Fairy Tales "Rumpelstiltskin", Dudley Do-Right of the Mounties "The Centaur", Rocky and Bullwinkle "The Ruby Yacht" Part 2 of 6.

Directors: Gerard Baldwin, Pete Burness, Sal Faillace, William T. Hurtz, Lew Keller, Ted Parmelee, George Singer | Stars: June Foray, Paul Frees, Edward Everett Horton, Hans Conried

Votes: 19

27. Five Came Back (2017)
Episode: The Mission Begins (2017)

TV-14 | 59 min | Documentary, Biography, History

When World War II breaks out, five of Hollywood's top directors leave their homes and careers to join the army and film the war effort.

Director: Laurent Bouzereau | Stars: Frank Capra, Francis Ford Coppola, Guillermo del Toro, John Ford

Votes: 361

28. The Bullwinkle Show (1959–1963)
Episode: Missouri Mish Mash: Parts 17-18 (1962)

TV-G | Animation, Action, Adventure

Rocky and Bullwinkle "Missouri Mish Mash" Part 17, Fractured Fairy Tales "The Ugly Almond Duckling", Peabody's Improbable History "Lawrence of Arabia", Rocky and Bullwinkle "Missouri Mish Mash" Part 18.

Directors: Gerard Baldwin, Pete Burness, Sal Faillace, William T. Hurtz, Lew Keller, Ted Parmelee, George Singer | Stars: June Foray, Paul Frees, Edward Everett Horton, Hans Conried

Votes: 17