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1. Gilmore Girls (2000–2007)

TV-PG | 44 min | Comedy, Drama

A dramedy centering around the relationship between a thirtysomething single mother and her teen daughter living in Stars Hollow, Connecticut.

Stars: Lauren Graham, Alexis Bledel, Keiko Agena, Scott Patterson

Votes: 148,059

2. American Psycho (2000)

R | 102 min | Crime, Drama, Horror

A wealthy New York City investment banking executive, Patrick Bateman, hides his alternate psychopathic ego from his co-workers and friends as he delves deeper into his violent, hedonistic fantasies.

Director: Mary Harron | Stars: Christian Bale, Justin Theroux, Josh Lucas, Bill Sage

Votes: 715,281 | Gross: $15.07M

3. Legally Blonde (2001)

PG-13 | 96 min | Comedy, Romance

Elle Woods, a fashionable sorority queen, is dumped by her boyfriend. She decides to follow him to law school. While she is there, she figures out that there is more to her than just looks.

Director: Robert Luketic | Stars: Reese Witherspoon, Luke Wilson, Selma Blair, Matthew Davis

Votes: 248,072 | Gross: $96.52M

4. Dirty Dancing (I) (1987)

PG-13 | 100 min | Drama, Music, Romance

Spending the summer at a Catskills resort with her family, Frances "Baby" Houseman falls in love with the camp's dance instructor, Johnny Castle.

Director: Emile Ardolino | Stars: Patrick Swayze, Jennifer Grey, Jerry Orbach, Cynthia Rhodes

Votes: 256,368 | Gross: $0.62M

5. Citizen Kane (1941)

PG | 119 min | Drama, Mystery

Following the death of publishing tycoon Charles Foster Kane, reporters scramble to uncover the meaning of his final utterance: 'Rosebud.'

Director: Orson Welles | Stars: Orson Welles, Joseph Cotten, Dorothy Comingore, Agnes Moorehead

Votes: 465,909 | Gross: $1.59M

6. Mystic Pizza (1988)

R | 104 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

Three teenage girls come of age while working at a pizza parlor in the Connecticut town of Mystic.

Director: Donald Petrie | Stars: Annabeth Gish, Julia Roberts, Lili Taylor, Vincent D'Onofrio

Votes: 32,468 | Gross: $12.79M

7. Vice (I) (2018)

R | 132 min | Biography, Comedy, Drama

The story of Dick Cheney, an unassuming bureaucratic Washington insider, who quietly wielded immense power as Vice President to George W. Bush, reshaping the country and the globe in ways that are still felt today.

Director: Adam McKay | Stars: Christian Bale, Amy Adams, Steve Carell, Sam Rockwell

Votes: 162,389 | Gross: $47.84M

8. All About Eve (1950)

Passed | 138 min | Drama

A seemingly timid but secretly ruthless ingénue insinuates herself into the lives of an aging Broadway star and her circle of theater friends.

Director: Joseph L. Mankiewicz | Stars: Bette Davis, Anne Baxter, George Sanders, Celeste Holm

Votes: 138,733 | Gross: $0.01M

9. The Great Gatsby (1974)

PG | 144 min | Drama, Romance

A Midwesterner becomes fascinated with his nouveau riche neighbor, who obsesses over his lost love.

Director: Jack Clayton | Stars: Robert Redford, Mia Farrow, Bruce Dern, Karen Black

Votes: 26,860 | Gross: $6.74M

10. The Exorcism of Emily Rose (2005)

PG-13 | 119 min | Drama, Horror, Thriller

A lawyer takes on a negligent homicide case involving a priest who performed an exorcism on a young girl.

Director: Scott Derrickson | Stars: Laura Linney, Tom Wilkinson, Shohreh Aghdashloo, Campbell Scott

Votes: 140,049 | Gross: $75.07M

11. Meet Me in St. Louis (1944)

Passed | 113 min | Comedy, Drama, Family

Young love and childish fears highlight a year in the life of a turn-of-the-century family.

Director: Vincente Minnelli | Stars: Judy Garland, Margaret O'Brien, Mary Astor, Lucille Bremer

Votes: 27,678 | Gross: $7.57M

12. Two Weeks Notice (2002)

PG-13 | 101 min | Comedy, Romance

A lawyer decides that she's used too much like a nanny by her boss, so she walks out on him.

Director: Marc Lawrence | Stars: Sandra Bullock, Hugh Grant, Alicia Witt, Dana Ivey

Votes: 125,923 | Gross: $93.35M

13. Happiest Season (2020)

PG-13 | 102 min | Comedy, Romance

A holiday romantic comedy that captures the range of emotions tied to wanting your family's acceptance, being true to yourself, and trying not to ruin Christmas.

Director: Clea DuVall | Stars: Kristen Stewart, Mackenzie Davis, Mary Steenburgen, Victor Garber

Votes: 47,390

14. Baby Boom (1987)

PG | 110 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

The life of super-yuppie J.C. is thrown into turmoil when she inherits a baby from a distant relative.

Director: Charles Shyer | Stars: Diane Keaton, Sam Shepard, Harold Ramis, Kristina Kennedy

Votes: 19,157 | Gross: $26.71M

15. Biosphere (2022)

106 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy

In the not-too-distant future, the last two men on earth must adapt and evolve to save humanity.

Director: Mel Eslyn | Stars: Sterling K. Brown, Mark Duplass

Votes: 2,075

16. November Criminals (2017)

PG-13 | 86 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

After his friend is murdered, a Washington, D.C. teenager undertakes his own investigation of the crime.

Director: Sacha Gervasi | Stars: Ansel Elgort, Chloë Grace Moretz, David Strathairn, Catherine Keener

Votes: 10,796

17. The In-Laws (1979)

PG | 103 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy

On the eve of their children's marriage, NYC in-laws Sheldon Kornpett and Vince Ricardo embark on a series of misadventures involving the CIA, the Treasury Department and Central American dictators.

Director: Arthur Hiller | Stars: Peter Falk, Alan Arkin, Richard Libertini, Nancy Dussault

Votes: 10,101 | Gross: $38.20M

18. Repeat Performance (1947)

Approved | 91 min | Crime, Drama, Fantasy

On New Year's Eve 1946, Sheila Page kills her husband Barney. She wishes that she could relive 1946 and avoid the mistakes that she made throughout the year. Her wish comes true but cheating fate proves more difficult than she anticipated.

Director: Alfred L. Werker | Stars: Louis Hayward, Joan Leslie, Virginia Field, Tom Conway

Votes: 1,955

19. You Are Alone (2005)

R | 84 min | Drama

A dark drama which takes a looks at how far its characters will go to relieve loneliness, even if only for an hour.

Director: Gorman Bechard | Stars: Jessica Bohl, Richard Brundage, Keith Herron, Eric Deskin

Votes: 565

20. The Valley of Decision (1945)

Passed | 119 min | Drama, Romance

An Irish maid falls for the son of her wealthy boss, though their disapproving fathers and a bitter strike at the steel mill complicate matters.

Director: Tay Garnett | Stars: Greer Garson, Gregory Peck, Donald Crisp, Lionel Barrymore

Votes: 2,374

21. Paper Lion (1968)

Approved | 107 min | Comedy, Sport

Sportswriter George Plimpton poses as a rookie quarterback for the Detroit Lions for a "Sports Illustrated" article.

Director: Alex March | Stars: Alan Alda, Lauren Hutton, Joe Schmidt, Alex Karras

Votes: 1,240

22. Tarzan's Desert Mystery (1943)

Passed | 70 min | Adventure, Mystery, War

With Jane still away for the war effort, Tarzan and Boy set off to retrieve rare medicinal herbs, only to run into an American messenger, German spies, and the mysterious desert's treacherous fauna and flora.

Director: Wilhelm Thiele | Stars: Johnny Weissmuller, Nancy Kelly, Johnny Sheffield, Otto Kruger

Votes: 2,253

23. The Invisible Boy (1957)

Approved | 90 min | Adventure, Comedy, Family

A ten-year-old boy and Robby the Robot team up to prevent a Super Computer from controlling the Earth from a satellite.

Director: Herman Hoffman | Stars: Richard Eyer, Philip Abbott, Diane Brewster, Harold J. Stone

Votes: 1,628

24. The Alpines (2021)

93 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery

Long-held secrets follow seven old college friends to a weekend reunion at a secluded lake house where they soon find a potential killer among them.

Director: Dante Aubain | Stars: Aaron Latta-Morissette, Stephen Kazakoff, Mally Corrigan, Katrina Diehm

Votes: 4,951

25. Too Many Girls (1940)

Passed | 85 min | Comedy, Music, Sport

A young lady goes to college, and without her knowledge, her father sends four football players as her bodyguards. They eventually join the college team and turn it into one the best--and one of them falls in love with her.

Director: George Abbott | Stars: Lucille Ball, Richard Carlson, Ann Miller, Eddie Bracken

Votes: 1,026

26. Beware the Gonzo (2010)

TV-14 | 94 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

A young muckraker decides to start his own underground newspaper at his high school.

Director: Bryan Goluboff | Stars: Ezra Miller, Zoë Kravitz, Griffin Newman, Stefanie Y. Hong

Votes: 1,828

27. The Skinny (I) (2012)

TV-MA | 103 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

Director Patrik-Ian Polk provides exciting character developments, brilliant cinematography and life lessons for all, particularly for members of the black LGBT community. Cameos by key actors from the Noah Arc series are visual delights.

Director: Patrik-Ian Polk | Stars: Jussie Smollett, Blake Young-Fountain, Anthony Burrell, Shanika Warren-Markland

Votes: 753

28. The Adventures of Mark Twain (1944)

Approved | 130 min | Adventure, Biography, Drama

The dramatized life of immortal humorist Samuel Langhorne Clemens, better known as Mark Twain, from his days as a riverboat pilot on the Mississippi River until his death in 1910 shortly after Halley's Comet returned.

Director: Irving Rapper | Stars: Fredric March, Alexis Smith, Donald Crisp, Alan Hale

Votes: 1,361

29. Vice: Deleted Scenes (2019 Video)

17 min | Short, Biography, Comedy

Three deleted scenes from Adam McKay's Vice (2018): "High School" (aka "Best of All, He Loves Me Back"), "Musical", and "Bunker".

Director: Adam McKay | Stars: Cailee Spaeny, Alex MacNicoll, Stefania LaVie Owen, Dawson Fletcher

Votes: 50

30. Kept Husbands (1931)

Passed | 76 min | Drama, Romance

Daughter of a wealthy family decides to marry a poor working man.

Director: Lloyd Bacon | Stars: Clara Kimball Young, Joel McCrea, Dorothy Mackaill, Ned Sparks

Votes: 618

31. So This Is College (1929)

Passed | 98 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

Biff and Eddie are the best of friends. They are college seniors, roommates at the fraternity, and star teammates on the USC football team. Then a flapper named Babs enters the picture. ... See full summary »

Director: Sam Wood | Stars: Elliott Nugent, Robert Montgomery, Cliff Edwards, Sally Starr

Votes: 284

32. The Great American Pastime (1956)

Approved | 90 min | Comedy, Sport

Bruce Hallerton becomes coach of the Panthers, a little league baseball team. The fact that an attractive widow has her son in the team causes problems with his wife.

Director: Herman Hoffman | Stars: Tom Ewell, Anne Francis, Ann Miller, Dean Jones

Votes: 329

33. 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

34. Terror Faces Magoo (1959)

Approved | 7 min | Animation, Family, Short

Mr. Magoo is watching a TV program named "Home Roam" which examines the homes of various families and subsequently learns that he and Waldo have been scheduled to air on tonight's broadcast... See full summary »

Directors: Jack Goodford, Chris K. Ishii | Stars: Jim Backus, Daws Butler

Votes: 61

35. Roast of James Franco: Red Carpet Pre-Show (2013 TV Special)

15 min | Short

The Franco Roast Red Carpet Pre-Show is hosted by Franco's real-life grandmother, Mitzie Verne and comedian Jonah Ray. Mitzie brings the Franco family perspective to the carpet and spends ... See full summary »

Director: Paul Bonanno | Stars: Blake Anderson, Aziz Ansari, Jillian Bell, Adam Devine

Votes: 38

36. Magoo's Masquerade (1957)

Approved | 6 min | Family, Animation, Short

The near-sighted Mr. Magoo is on his way to take a French ballet star to a ball, but he makes a wrong turn and ends up escorting an ostrich, a zoo fugitive, in her place. A detective ... See full summary »

Director: Rudy Larriva | Stars: Jim Backus, Daws Butler, Jerry Hausner

Votes: 38

37. News Sketches (1944)

7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy

Cartoon drawings put a humorous spin on real stories from the AP news wire.

Votes: 8

38. Paramount-Bray Pictographs, No. 68 (1917)

Documentary, Short

Subjects include: "The Training of an Eight-Oared Crew", "Tapping the Maples", Picto Puzzles (1917), and the cartoon Awakening of America (1917).

Director: P.D. Hugon

39. The Andy Griffith Show (1960–1968)
Episode: Andy's Rich Girlfriend (1962)

TV-G | 25 min | Comedy, Family

When Andy finds out his new girlfriend's father is wealthy, Barney talks him into believing the relationship is doomed.

Director: Bob Sweeney | Stars: Andy Griffith, Ron Howard, Don Knotts, Frances Bavier

Votes: 357

40. Bewitched (1964–1972)
Episode: Your Witch Is Showing (1965)

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

Darrin suspects that his new assistant is a warlock out to get him.

Director: Joseph Pevney | Stars: Elizabeth Montgomery, Dick York, Agnes Moorehead, Alex Gerry

Votes: 407

41. 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: 317

42. Friends (1994–2004)
Episode: The One with the Tiny T-Shirt (1997)

TV-PG | 30 min | Comedy, Romance

Rachel goes on her first date, after splitting from Ross, with Mark. Joey clashes with his co-star in his new play. Monica continues to date Pete, even though she is still not attracted to him.

Director: Terry Hughes | Stars: Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox, Lisa Kudrow, Matt LeBlanc

Votes: 5,025

43. Happy Days (1974–1984)
Episode: Richie Moves Out (1974)

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

Richie Cunningham's dream of independence turns into a nightmare when he moves out of his parents' house and into older brother Chuck's apartment.

Director: Jerry Paris | Stars: Ron Howard, Marion Ross, Anson Williams, Henry Winkler

Votes: 210

44. Law & Order (1990– )
Episode: Blood Libel (1996)

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

An anti-Semitic teen is accused of killing a Jewish teacher. His defense attorney argues that the accused is really the victim of a Jewish conspiracy.

Director: Constantine Makris | Stars: Jerry Orbach, Benjamin Bratt, S. Epatha Merkerson, Sam Waterston

Votes: 304

45. Law & Order (1990– )
Episode: Double Blind (1996)

TV-14 | 47 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

A schizophrenic chemistry student is on trial for killing a former school janitor, but a professor claims that he is part of one of his drug studies and that his sickness is under control.

Director: Christopher Misiano | Stars: Jerry Orbach, Benjamin Bratt, S. Epatha Merkerson, Sam Waterston

Votes: 300

46. Maude (1972–1978)
Episode: The Commuter Station (1974)

TV-PG | 30 min | Comedy

Arthur and Vivian are getting married, and Maude convinces them to have their wedding in Vermont. They all make the train trip, but a blizzard interrupts the trip and causes tempers to flair.

Director: Hal Cooper | Stars: Bea Arthur, Bill Macy, Adrienne Barbeau, Conrad Bain

Votes: 79

47. Moonlighting (1985–1989)
Episode: Sam & Dave (1987)

TV-PG | 60 min | Comedy, Drama, Mystery

David attempts to be civil towards Maddie and Sam, but ends up becoming a drunken embarrassment.

Director: Sam Weisman | Stars: Cybill Shepherd, Bruce Willis, Allyce Beasley, Mark Harmon

Votes: 201

48. The Nanny (1993–1999)
Episode: The Nuchslep (1993)

TV-PG | 24 min | Comedy, Family, Romance

When Fran acts as a chaperon on Maggie's date, Maggie's boyfriend shows an interest in Fran.

Director: Lee Shallat Chemel | Stars: Fran Drescher, Charles Shaughnessy, Daniel Davis, Lauren Lane

Votes: 512

49. Poirot (1989–2013)
Episode: The Adventure of the Egyptian Tomb (1993)

TV-14 | 50 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Shortly after opening an ancient Egyptian tomb, members of an English-American museum expedition start dropping off like flies. Can it truly be the Pharaoh's curse? Poirot travels to Egypt to unravel the mystery.

Director: Peter Barber-Fleming | Stars: David Suchet, Hugh Fraser, Pauline Moran, Rolf Saxon

Votes: 1,506

50. St. Elsewhere (1982–1988)
Episode: Craig in Love (1983)

TV-PG | 60 min | Comedy, Drama

Craig continues to be mesmerized by an attractive visiting doctor. Chandler gets stressed out over an impending wrongful death lawsuit. Morrison unsuccessfully tries to get through to White. A sick Samuels is comforted by Cavanero.

Director: Victor Lobl | Stars: Ed Flanders, David Birney, G.W. Bailey, Ed Begley Jr.

Votes: 62