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1. The Founder (2016)
PG-13 | 115 min | Biography, Drama
The story of Ray Kroc, a salesman who turned two brothers' innovative fast food eatery, McDonald's, into the biggest restaurant business in the world, with a combination of ambition, persistence, and ruthlessness.
Director: John Lee Hancock | Stars: Michael Keaton, Nick Offerman, John Carroll Lynch, Linda Cardellini
Votes: 177,557 | Gross: $12.79M
2. 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: 26,870 | Gross: $6.74M
3. Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil (1997)
R | 155 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A visiting city reporter's assignment suddenly revolves around the murder trial of a local millionaire, whom he befriends.
Director: Clint Eastwood | Stars: John Cusack, Kevin Spacey, Jack Thompson, Irma P. Hall
Votes: 41,487 | Gross: $25.08M
4. The Philadelphia Story (1940)
Not Rated | 112 min | Comedy, Romance
When a rich woman's ex-husband and a tabloid-type reporter turn up just before her planned remarriage, she begins to learn the truth about herself.
Director: George Cukor | Stars: Cary Grant, Katharine Hepburn, James Stewart, Ruth Hussey
Votes: 73,894
5. The Missouri Breaks (1976)
PG | 126 min | Drama, Western
Tom Logan is a horse thief. Rancher David Braxton has horses, and a daughter, worth stealing. But Braxton has just hired Lee Clayton, an infamous "regulator", to hunt down the horse thieves; one at a time.
Director: Arthur Penn | Stars: Marlon Brando, Jack Nicholson, Randy Quaid, Kathleen Lloyd
Votes: 12,215 | Gross: $14.00M
6. Seabiscuit (2003)
PG-13 | 140 min | Drama, History, Sport
True story of the undersized Depression-era racehorse whose victories lifted not only the spirits of the team behind it but also those of their nation.
Director: Gary Ross | Stars: Tobey Maguire, Jeff Bridges, Elizabeth Banks, Chris Cooper
Votes: 76,811 | Gross: $120.28M
7. MotherFatherSon (2019)
TV-MA | 57 min | Drama, Thriller
A fractured family at the heart of politics and power is pulled together under catastrophic circumstances.
Stars: Richard Gere, Billy Howle, Helen McCrory, Paul Ready
Votes: 4,051
8. Wild Orchid (1989)
R | 105 min | Drama, Romance
A female lawyer becomes mesmerized by a self-made millionaire during an encounter in Rio setting off a series of erotic encounters.
Director: Zalman King | Stars: Mickey Rourke, Jacqueline Bisset, Carré Otis, Assumpta Serna
Votes: 12,936 | Gross: $11.06M
9. The Persuaders! (1971–1972)
60 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
Two worlds collide when Lord Brett Sinclair, a titled British man, and Danny Wilde, a Bronx-raised, self-made American, reluctantly join forces to right wrongs and protect the innocent.
Stars: Tony Curtis, Roger Moore, Laurence Naismith, Juliet Harmer
Votes: 5,902
10. Atlas Shrugged: Part I (2011)
PG-13 | 97 min | Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Railroad executive Dagny Taggart and steel mogul Henry Rearden form an alliance to fight the increasingly authoritarian government of the United States.
Director: Paul Johansson | Stars: Taylor Schilling, Grant Bowler, Matthew Marsden, Edi Gathegi
Votes: 14,323 | Gross: $4.75M
11. The Last Tycoon (1976)
PG | 123 min | Drama, Romance
F. Scott Fitzgerald's novel is brought to life in this story of a movie producer slowly working himself to death.
Director: Elia Kazan | Stars: Robert De Niro, Tony Curtis, Robert Mitchum, Jeanne Moreau
Votes: 9,592 | Gross: $1.82M
12. Bob Roberts (1992)
R | 102 min | Comedy, Drama
A conservative folk singer turns his hand to politics, running for the US Senate. He is not above dirty tricks and smear campaigns to gain an advantage over his opponent.
Director: Tim Robbins | Stars: Tim Robbins, Giancarlo Esposito, Alan Rickman, Ray Wise
Votes: 15,639 | Gross: $4.48M
13. Atlas Shrugged II: The Strike (2012)
PG-13 | 111 min | Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Railroad owner Dagny Taggart and steel mogul Henry Rearden search desperately for the inventor of a revolutionary motor as the U.S. government continues to spread its control over the national economy.
Director: John Putch | Stars: Samantha Mathis, Jason Beghe, Esai Morales, Patrick Fabian
Votes: 7,645 | Gross: $3.34M
14. How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying (1967)
Approved | 121 min | Comedy, Musical
Armed with the titular manual, an ambitious window washer seeks to climb the corporate ladder.
Director: David Swift | Stars: Robert Morse, Michele Lee, Rudy Vallee, Anthony 'Scooter' Teague
Votes: 5,146 | Gross: $6.32M
15. Impact (1949)
Passed | 111 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
A unfaithful wife plots with her lover to kill her husband, but the lover is accidentally killed instead. The husband stays in hiding and lets his wife be charged with conspiracy.
Director: Arthur Lubin | Stars: Brian Donlevy, Ella Raines, Charles Coburn, Helen Walker
Votes: 4,722
16. All My Sons (1948)
Approved | 94 min | Drama, Film-Noir
During WW2, industrialist Joe Keller commits a crime and frames his business partner Herbert Deever but years later his sin comes back to haunt him when Joe's son plans to marry Deever's daughter.
Director: Irving Reis | Stars: Edward G. Robinson, Burt Lancaster, Mady Christians, Louisa Horton
Votes: 2,410
17. The Liberation of L.B. Jones (1970)
R | 102 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
A successful African American businessman has a quarrel with a white policeman, suspecting that he is having an affair with his wife. The policeman's colleagues are seeking to avoid publicity.
Director: William Wyler | Stars: Lee J. Cobb, Anthony Zerbe, Roscoe Lee Browne, Lola Falana
Votes: 1,174
18. Abe Lincoln in Illinois (1940)
Approved | 110 min | Biography, Drama, History
Humble Abraham Lincoln gains the respect of his Illinois neighbors, growing in stature and respect until he is elected President in 1860 and departs for Washington.
Director: John Cromwell | Stars: Raymond Massey, Gene Lockhart, Ruth Gordon, Mary Howard
Votes: 2,061
19. My 5 Wives (2000)
R | 100 min | Comedy
After his third divorce, a rich LA builder buys land in Utah for a ski resort. The dead landowner's cute wives come with the deal. A Vegas mob boss wanted the land and problems follow.
Director: Sidney J. Furie | Stars: Rodney Dangerfield, Andrew Dice Clay, John Byner, Molly Shannon
Votes: 1,893
20. The Great Gatsby (1949)
91 min | Drama, Mystery, Romance
A Jazz Age bootlegger learns the hard way about the wages of sin.
Director: Elliott Nugent | Stars: Alan Ladd, Betty Field, Macdonald Carey, Ruth Hussey
Votes: 892
21. I Never Sang for My Father (1970)
GP | 92 min | Drama, Music
A man living in the towering shadow of his aging father finds it difficult to start a new chapter in his life by marrying his girlfriend and moving to California.
Director: Gilbert Cates | Stars: Melvyn Douglas, Gene Hackman, Dorothy Stickney, Estelle Parsons
Votes: 3,002 | Gross: $0.85M
22. Papadopoulos & Sons (2012)
Not Rated | 105 min | Comedy, Drama
Following his ruin in the latest banking crisis, a self-made millionaire reluctantly re-unites with his estranged freewheeling brother to re-open the abandoned fish and chip shop they shared in their youth.
Director: Marcus Markou | Stars: Carl Rice, Stephen Dillane, Selina Cadell, Frank Dillane
Votes: 4,191
23. The Skin Game (1931)
TV-G | 85 min | Drama
An old traditional family and a modern family battle over land in a small English village and almost destroy each other.
Director: Alfred Hitchcock | Stars: Edmund Gwenn, Jill Esmond, C.V. France, Helen Haye
Votes: 3,560
24. Sur un arbre perché (1971)
90 min | Comedy
A politician picks up a couple of hitch hikers on the road. After a scary driving accident the car ends up on a tree above the sea.
Director: Serge Korber | Stars: Louis de Funès, Geraldine Chaplin, Olivier De Funès, Alice Sapritch
Votes: 3,506
25. The Reckoning (1970)
R | 111 min | Drama
Michael Marler, a successful business man in London, is about to make his way to the top. The death of his father brings him - after five years - back to his hometown Liverpool, where he is... See full summary »
Director: Jack Gold | Stars: Nicol Williamson, Rachel Roberts, Ann Bell, Zena Walker
Votes: 631
26. Valliettan (2000)
171 min | Action, Drama
After losing their ancestral home to Arackal Madhavanunni, Shivaraman Nair seeks the help of his trusted lieutenant, Nedungadi, in order to kill Arackal and get their house back.
Director: Shaji Kailas | Stars: Mammootty, Siddique, Manoj K. Jayan, Sudheesh
Votes: 846
27. La corruzione (1963)
82 min | Drama
The son of a rich Italian industrialist finds out how tough it is to leave the path society has set for him.
Director: Mauro Bolognini | Stars: Alain Cuny, Rosanna Schiaffino, Jacques Perrin, Isa Miranda
Votes: 441
28. Tennessee Johnson (1942)
Passed | 103 min | Biography, Drama
Biography of Andrew Johnson, who followed Abraham Lincoln into office and became the first President of the United States ever to be impeached.
Director: William Dieterle | Stars: Van Heflin, Lionel Barrymore, Ruth Hussey, Marjorie Main
Votes: 673
29. La baie d'Alger (2012 TV Movie)
Drama
The writer Louis Gardel remembers his youth in Algerie.In 1955 Louis is 15 years old and he lives with his grandmother Zoe.Zoe is friend with the president Steiger, leader of the French ... See full summary »
Director: Merzak Allouache | Stars: Catherine Jacob, Solal Forte, Anthony Sonigo, Margaux Chatelier
Votes: 51
30. Oiltown, U.S.A. (1953)
72 min | Drama
When Christine Manning returns to her father's home in Texas for the summer, she soon realizes that he--oil millionaire Les Manning--is disliked and feared as a ruthless businessman by the ... See full summary »
Director: Dick Ross | Stars: Billy Graham, Colleen Townsend, Paul Power, Cindy Walker
Votes: 36
31. Tørres Snørtevold (1940)
102 min | Comedy, Drama
Young fisherman Tønnes want to get rich, to get his revenge over Consul Krøger, who has taken over his childhood home. After acquiring a shop he gets in position of getting what he wants.
Director: Tancred Ibsen | Stars: Alfred Maurstad, Folkman Schaanning, Wenche Foss, Erna Schøyen
Votes: 96
32. Big Hearted Herbert (1934)
Passed | 59 min | Comedy
Herbert Kalness (Guy Kibbee) is an opinionated man and a huge grouch, but his loving family puts up with him. Herbert is upset when daughter Alice (Patricia Ellis) becomes engaged to Andrew... See full summary »
Director: William Keighley | Stars: Aline MacMahon, Guy Kibbee, Patricia Ellis, Helen Lowell
Votes: 226
33. The Nerd's Confession (2016)
94 min | Drama
Eugene is a teenage nerd who lives in a small Russian town. He sits in front of his computer all day long, playing games and surfing the Internet. He decides to run a small porn website and... See full summary »
Director: Klim Shipenko | Stars: Anastasiya Akatova, Viktor Grudev, Dmitri Kaljazin, Sonya Karpunina
Votes: 97
34. Mommilan veriteot 1917 (1973)
76 min | Biography, Drama, History
The last day of Alfred Kordelin.
Director: Jotaarkka Pennanen | Stars: Reino Kalliolahti, Hannu Kahakorpi, Eero Kosteikko, Mikko Majanlahti
Votes: 118
35. I, Mattoni (2016– )
Biography, Drama, History
Biographical series about Heinrich Mattoni, capitalist of the early period of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, founder of the world-famous mineral water bottling company, a man of a dynamic and controversial fate.
Stars: Alois Svehlík, David Svehlík, Tatiana Dyková, Tatjana Medvecká
Votes: 55
36. Who Is Bernard Tapie? (2001)
PG | 56 min | Documentary
This documentary tells two stories simultaneously: it's a profile of Bernard Tapie, a wealthy man who rises and falls spectacularly in French society and may be on the rise again; and, it's... See full summary »
Director: Marina Zenovich | Stars: Claude Lelouch, Marina Zenovich, Bernard Tapie, Anne-Laure Plante
Votes: 69
37. Xypna, koroido... (1969)
81 min | Comedy
Deceived, a poor countrywoman arrives in Athens to track down the swindler who took her money and lands a job as a chambermaid for a self-made merchant who is targeted by slick con artists. Can she help her employer, and find love?
Director: Errikos Thalassinos | Stars: Eleni Anousaki, Dionysis Papagiannopoulos, Alekos Tzanetakos, Sotiris Moustakas
Votes: 68
38. The Last Tribe (2011)
Documentary
This humorous and intimate account of the Jewish immigrants who arrived in England - thinking that they'd arrived in America - charts their rags to riches story from the ghettos of Eastern ... See full summary »
Director: Simon Glass | Star: Benjamin Casper
Votes: 19
39. Joschka und Herr Fischer (2011)
138 min | Documentary, Biography, History
He was a student activist, an urban guerrilla, a taxi driver; Joseph "Joschka" Fischer emerged from the Extra-parliamentary Opposition (APO) to become Hessen's trainer-clad environment ... See full summary »
Director: Pepe Danquart | Stars: Joschka Fischer, Hans Koschnick, Katharina Thalbach, Peter Grohmann
Votes: 200
40. Lord Babs (1932)
77 min | Musical
A steward inherits the estate of an earl.To repel the advances of an unwanted fiancee, he pretends that he has regressed to childhood behaviors.
Director: Walter Forde | Stars: Bobby Howes, Jean Colin, Pat Paterson, Alfred Drayton
Votes: 14
41. S.B.: I Knew Him Well (2012)
74 min | Documentary, Biography
SB I knew him well is a portrait of Silvio Berlusconi by the words of whom has really known him. It shows Unpublished library's pictures and events told by Giuliano Ferrara, Vittorio Dotti ... See full summary »
Directors: Giacomo Durzi, Giovanni Fasanella | Stars: Vittorio Dotti, Paolo Pillitteri, Armano Cicero, Davide Rampello
Votes: 6
42. The Prime Minister and the Press (2003 TV Movie)
56 min | Documentary
Berlusconi owns half of Italian television channels, owns, controls the other half of the television, controls all the advertisements, which in the business is no small thing, as you may know. He controls most of the press.
Directors: Andrea Cairola, Susan Gray | Stars: Alessandro Amadori, Giovanni Sartori, Enzo Biagi, Carlo Freccero
Votes: 146
43.
The Inspector Lynley Mysteries (2001–2007)
Episode:
Deception on His Mind
(2003)
TV-14 | 90 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Sahlah is engaged to a young Pakistani man in an arranged marriage, but he ends up murdered as she is bearing the child of a local white man.
Director: Tim Leandro | Stars: Matthew Wait, Sharon Small, Anjalee Patel, Tanveer Ghani
Votes: 361
44.
Bewitched (1964–1972)
Episode:
I Get Your Nannie, You Get My Goat
(1967)
TV-G | 30 min | Comedy, Family, Fantasy
After hiring a magical nanny, her previous employer comes looking for her with a vengeance and zaps Darrin into a mirror.
Director: William Asher | Stars: Elizabeth Montgomery, Dick York, Agnes Moorehead, Erin Murphy
Votes: 298
45.
Follow the Sun (1961–1962)
Episode:
The Dumbest Blonde
(1962)
60 min | Adventure
Ben Gregory is working on a story of a oil tycoon who is trying to cook up a big deal with a crooked financier. The story and the deal may fall apart because of the ditsy mistress' innocent interference.
Director: Robert Butler | Stars: Barry Coe, Jayne Mansfield, Brian Keith, George Brenlin
Votes: 8
46.
The Simpsons (1989– )
Episode:
Brother, Can You Spare Two Dimes?
(1992)
TV-14 | 30 min | Animation, Comedy
After Homer "wins" a $2000 settlement from the plant due to radiation-induced sterilization, his half-brother Herb sees an opportunity to regain his fortune.
Director: Rich Moore | Stars: Dan Castellaneta, Julie Kavner, Nancy Cartwright, Yeardley Smith
Votes: 3,517
47.
Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles (2008–2009)
Episode:
Self Made Man
(2008)
TV-14 | 43 min | Action, Drama, Fantasy
Cameron learns that a terminator was accidentally sent back to 1920s Los Angeles, and she tries to find out what happened to him. Meanwhile, John has a run-in with a group of punks while taking Riley home from a party.
Director: Holly Dale | Stars: Lena Headey, Thomas Dekker, Summer Glau, Leven Rambin
Votes: 979
48.
F2: Forensic Factor (2003– )
Episode:
Million Dollar Murder
(2010)
TV-14 | 44 min | Crime, Drama
A brutal murder shakes millionaire row in a Texas resort town.
Directors: James Rait, Michael Allcock | Stars: John Robinson, Terry C. Barna, John Jordan, Jay Kee
Votes: 8
49.
The Men Who Built America (2012)
Episode:
A New War Begins
(2012)
TV-PG | 43 min | Documentary, Biography, History
Out of the turmoil of the Civil War, America enters an age of enlightenment that will change the landscape of the country forever. The growth is driven by five insightful men who will change the world forever.
Directors: Ruán Magan, Patrick Reams | Stars: Campbell Scott, Mark Cuban, T.J. Stiles, Jim Cramer
Votes: 199
50.
Fatal Vows (2012– )
Episode:
Death of a Salesman
(2014)
TV-14 | 44 min | Documentary
John Parker marries Judy, a nice girl from the wrong side of the tracks. John uses his wealth and status to keep his new wife happy. But Judy's rumored romantic entanglements with a string ... See full summary »
Directors: Laurel Baker, Leo Singer | Stars: Kathleen Fee, Lauryn Allman, Charlotte Birdgenaw, Julian D'Addario
Votes: 8