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1. Matilda (1996)
PG | 102 min | Comedy, Family, Fantasy
A girl gifted with a keen intellect and psychic powers uses both to get even with her callous family and free her kindly schoolteacher from the tyrannical grip of a sadistic headmistress.
Director: Danny DeVito | Stars: Danny DeVito, Rhea Perlman, Mara Wilson, Embeth Davidtz
Votes: 174,939 | Gross: $33.08M
2. Easy A (2010)
PG-13 | 92 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
When Olive lies to her best friend about losing her virginity to one of the college boys, a girl overhears their conversation. Soon, her story spreads across the entire school like wildfire.
Director: Will Gluck | Stars: Emma Stone, Amanda Bynes, Penn Badgley, Dan Byrd
Votes: 418,529 | Gross: $58.40M
3. A Series of Unfortunate Events (2004)
PG | 108 min | Adventure, Comedy, Family
When a massive fire kills their parents, three children are delivered to the custody of cousin and stage actor Count Olaf, who is secretly plotting to steal their parents' vast fortune.
Director: Brad Silberling | Stars: Jim Carrey, Jude Law, Meryl Streep, Liam Aiken
Votes: 221,283 | Gross: $118.63M
4. Romance (1999)
R | 84 min | Drama, Romance
Frustrated by the lack of intimacy in her relationship, a young schoolteacher goes through a series of intimidating and often violent sexual partners.
Director: Catherine Breillat | Stars: Caroline Ducey, Sagamore Stévenin, François Berléand, Rocco Siffredi
Votes: 12,037 | Gross: $1.28M
5. The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962)
Approved | 123 min | Drama, Western
A senator returns to a Western town for the funeral of an old friend and tells the story of his origins.
Director: John Ford | Stars: James Stewart, John Wayne, Vera Miles, Lee Marvin
Votes: 82,415
6. Bad Words (2013)
R | 89 min | Comedy, Drama
A spelling bee loser sets out to exact revenge by finding a loophole and attempting to win as an adult.
Director: Jason Bateman | Stars: Jason Bateman, Kathryn Hahn, Allison Janney, Rohan Chand
Votes: 55,440 | Gross: $7.76M
7. Akeelah and the Bee (2006)
PG | 112 min | Drama, Family
Akeelah, a young gifted girl, comes from a dysfunctional family and is on the verge of quitting school. She discovers that she has a high aptitude for spellings and enters a spelling bee contest.
Director: Doug Atchison | Stars: Angela Bassett, Laurence Fishburne, Keke Palmer, Curtis Armstrong
Votes: 21,663 | Gross: $18.81M
8. The Soloist (2009)
PG-13 | 117 min | Biography, Drama, Music
A newspaper journalist discovers a homeless musical genius and tries to improve his situation.
Director: Joe Wright | Stars: Jamie Foxx, Robert Downey Jr., Catherine Keener, Tom Hollander
Votes: 55,433 | Gross: $31.67M
9. The Client List (2010 TV Movie)
TV-14 | 88 min | Drama
A young woman takes a job at a massage parlor to support her family when her husband is unable to work, and soon finds her life spiraling out of control.
Director: Eric Laneuville | Stars: Jennifer Love Hewitt, Teddy Sears, Sonja Bennett, Lynda Boyd
Votes: 8,265
10. Poltergeist III (1988)
PG-13 | 98 min | Horror, Thriller
Carol Anne is staying with her aunt in a high-rise building, where the supernatural forces haunting her make their return.
Director: Gary Sherman | Stars: Heather O'Rourke, Tom Skerritt, Nancy Allen, Zelda Rubinstein
Votes: 20,505 | Gross: $14.11M
11. Bee Season (2005)
PG-13 | 104 min | Drama, Family
Wife and mother Miriam begins a downward emotional spiral as her husband avoids their collapsing marriage by immersing himself in his 11-year-old daughter's quest to become a spelling-bee champion.
Directors: Scott McGehee, David Siegel | Stars: Richard Gere, Juliette Binoche, Flora Cross, Max Minghella
Votes: 7,234 | Gross: $1.18M
12. The Phantom Tollbooth (1970)
G | 90 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
Milo is a boy who is bored with life. One day he comes home to find a toll booth in his room. Having nothing better to do, he gets in his toy car and drives through - only to emerge in a world full of adventure.
Directors: Chuck Jones, Abe Levitow, Dave Monahan | Stars: Butch Patrick, Hans Conried, Mel Blanc, Daws Butler
Votes: 3,546
13. Fire with Fire (1986)
PG-13 | 103 min | Drama, Romance
A young woman from a Catholic school and a young man from a nearby prison camp fall in love and must run away together to escape the law, the church and their parents.
Director: Duncan Gibbins | Stars: Craig Sheffer, Virginia Madsen, Jon Polito, J.J. Cohen
Votes: 1,899 | Gross: $4.64M
14. The Wild Child (1970)
G | 83 min | Biography, Drama, History
In a French forest in 1798, a child is found who cannot walk, speak, read or write. A doctor becomes interested in the child and patiently attempts to civilize him.
Director: François Truffaut | Stars: François Truffaut, Jean-Pierre Cargol, Françoise Seigner, Paul Villé
Votes: 8,903 | Gross: $1.81M
15. Wendigo (2001)
R | 91 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
The legend of the Wendigo, a beast from Indian folklore who is half-man, half-deer, and can change itself at will.
Director: Larry Fessenden | Stars: Patricia Clarkson, Jake Weber, Erik Per Sullivan, John Speredakos
Votes: 4,730 | Gross: $0.10M
16. The Naked Kiss (1964)
Approved | 90 min | Crime, Drama
A former prostitute relocates to a buttoned-down suburb, determined to fit in with mainstream society. But perverse secrets simmer beneath the wholesome surface.
Director: Samuel Fuller | Stars: Constance Towers, Anthony Eisley, Michael Dante, Virginia Grey
Votes: 8,767
17. Henry Fool (1997)
R | 137 min | Comedy, Drama
An introverted garbageman writes his thoughts in a notebook after Henry Fool, writer and ex-con, rents the basement and gives him a notebook and the idea. He writes poetry and Henry helps him along.
Director: Hal Hartley | Stars: Thomas Jay Ryan, James Urbaniak, Parker Posey, Maria Porter
Votes: 7,893 | Gross: $1.34M
18. Countdown (1982– )
TV-14 | 45 min | Game-Show
The long-running words and numbers game.
Stars: Susie Dent, Carol Vorderman, Richard Whiteley, Rachel Riley
Votes: 1,473
19. Split Image (1982)
R | 110 min | Drama, Romance
An uprooted young man is lured into an unnamed religious sect by a beautiful girl. Every moment with the group brings him more and more under the control of the cult's leader.
Director: Ted Kotcheff | Stars: Michael O'Keefe, Karen Allen, Peter Fonda, James Woods
Votes: 1,134 | Gross: $0.26M
20. The River (1951)
Approved | 99 min | Drama, Romance
The growing pains of three young women contrast with the immutability of the holy Bengal River, around which their daily lives unfold.
Director: Jean Renoir | Stars: Patricia Walters, Nora Swinburne, Esmond Knight, Arthur Shields
Votes: 6,889
21. Catch Hell (2014)
Not Rated | 98 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A fading Hollywood pretty-boy gets taken and brutalized in Louisiana by two local men with his total ruination at heart.
Director: Ryan Phillippe | Stars: Ryan Phillippe, Ian Barford, Stephen Louis Grush, James DuMont
Votes: 3,132
22. The Kentuckian (1955)
Passed | 104 min | Drama, Western
A Kentucky widower bound for 1820's Texas with his young son is thwarted in his efforts by a corrupt constable, a long-standing family feud, and a beautiful indentured servant.
Director: Burt Lancaster | Stars: Burt Lancaster, Diana Lynn, Dianne Foster, John McIntire
Votes: 3,120
23. Heavenly Bodies (1984)
R | 90 min | Drama, Romance
A small "Dance-ercize" studio fights for its existence against the unscrupulous owner of a rival club. The conflict boils down to a "Dance Marathon" to settle the score.
Director: Lawrence Dane | Stars: Cynthia Dale, Richard Rebiere, Walter George Alton, Laura Henry
Votes: 897 | Gross: $1.84M
24. Fitzwilly (1967)
Not Rated | 102 min | Comedy, Romance
A butler and the staff of an eccentric aged philanthropist whose family wealth is exhausted engage in larceny and crimes to maintain her lifestyle and provide funds for her charitable activities.
Director: Delbert Mann | Stars: Dick Van Dyke, Barbara Feldon, John McGiver, Edith Evans
Votes: 2,048
25. Running on Empty (1982)
R | 83 min | Action, Drama, Sport
Mike is a young man who is a budding street racer, and owner of a Ford Falcon GT-HO Phase III. His best mate and mechanic, Tony, are both steel workers by day, but when they aren't working, they are racing.
Director: John Clark | Stars: Terry Serio, Deborah Conway, Max Cullen, Richard Moir
Votes: 509
26. Murder by Phone (1982)
R | 95 min | Horror, Thriller, Mystery
A disgruntled phone company employee develops a device whereby those answering a phone can be murdered, and it's up to Nat Bridger to stop the killer.
Director: Michael Anderson | Stars: Richard Chamberlain, John Houseman, Sara Botsford, Robin Gammell
Votes: 926
27. Spellbound (2002)
G | 97 min | Documentary, Comedy, Thriller
Spellbound follows eight teenagers on their quest to win the 1999 National Spelling Bee.
Director: Jeffrey Blitz | Stars: Angela Arenivar, Ubaldo Arenivar, Jorge Arenivar, Scott McGarraugh
Votes: 12,463 | Gross: $5.73M
28. Leo (2002)
R | 104 min | Drama
A recently-released prisoner and a troubled young boy share a pen-pal relationship, both connected by their past.
Director: Mehdi Norowzian | Stars: Joseph Fiennes, Elisabeth Shue, Sam Shepard, Justin Chambers
Votes: 1,061
29. Good-bye, My Lady (1956)
G | 94 min | Drama
An old man and a young boy who live in the southeastern Mississippi swamps are brought together by the love of a dog.
Director: William A. Wellman | Stars: Walter Brennan, Phil Harris, Brandon De Wilde, Sidney Poitier
Votes: 1,067
30. Kiss or Kill (1997)
R | 96 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
After a robbery scam that goes bad, lovers Nikki and Al take off into the Australian outback, pursued by the police and a malevolent footballer named Zipper Doyle, and meet a number of offbeat characters.
Director: Bill Bennett | Stars: Matt Day, Frances O'Connor, Tiffany Peters, Julie Wood
Votes: 1,464 | Gross: $0.73M
31. Children of the Revolution (1996)
R | 101 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Few knew that Stalin spent his last night in the arms of a young Australian woman. Few still knew that their "love-child" brought Australia to the brink of civil war. Until now.
Director: Peter Duncan | Stars: Judy Davis, Sam Neill, F. Murray Abraham, Richard Roxburgh
Votes: 2,427 | Gross: $0.83M
32. The Optimists (1973)
PG | 110 min | Drama
A retired entertainer makes his living as a street musician on the streets of London. Two young children befriend the old musician, brightening his otherwise colorless life.
Director: Anthony Simmons | Stars: Peter Sellers, Donna Mullane, John Chaffey, David Daker
Votes: 563
33. Never Weaken (1921)
Passed | 19 min | Short, Comedy, Thriller
A man hits the streets with a scheme to keep his fiancé from losing her job, however, things quickly go from bad to worse.
Director: Fred C. Newmeyer | Stars: Harold Lloyd, Mildred Davis, Roy Brooks, Mark Jones
Votes: 2,097
34. Parnell (1937)
Passed | 118 min | Biography, Drama, Romance
The life of Irish politician Charles Stewart Parnell, following from 1880 onward his struggle to secure Home Rule, pursued in prison, Parliament, and elsewhere. Emphasis is on the ... See full summary »
Director: John M. Stahl | Stars: Clark Gable, Myrna Loy, Edna May Oliver, Edmund Gwenn
Votes: 568 | Gross: $1.58M
35. Mical (2020)
20 min | Short, Biography, Drama
A seven year old boy struggles to make sense of words on the page. But when Mike is diagnosed with dyslexia and the teachers continue to fail him, his mother takes matters into her own hands to help her son fulfil his true potential.
Director: Yewweng Ho | Stars: Jayne Lunn, William Biletsky, Dale Grant, M.K. Rose
Votes: 40
36. Stella (2008)
103 min | Drama
Paris, 1977. Eleven year old Stella knows poker better than grammar when she starts the year at a prestigious new school. There, she discovers the possibilities of a whole new world outside her parents' bar.
Director: Sylvie Verheyde | Stars: Léora Barbara, Mélissa Rodriguès, Laëtitia Guerard, Karole Rocher
Votes: 1,621
37. Virgil Bliss (2001)
Not Rated | 93 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
Virgil Bliss is a man obsessed with living a normal life, finding a good job, marrying a decent woman, and building a family of his own. But as a recently paroled career thief with a ... See full summary »
Director: Joe Maggio | Stars: Clint Jordan, Kirsten Russell, Anthony Gorman, Greg Amici
Votes: 258 | Gross: $0.00M
38. Why Shoot the Teacher? (1977)
PG | 100 min | Comedy, Drama
In the 1930's, Max Brown is an urban young man from an Eastern province, fresh from college, whose only job offer is in a one-room school house in the Canadian prairie. At first he's ... See full summary »
Director: Silvio Narizzano | Stars: Bud Cort, Samantha Eggar, Chris Wiggins, Gary Reineke
Votes: 484
39. Il est plus facile pour un chameau... (2003)
110 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama
As a little girl, Federica fantasized about having beautiful long hair that would grow back as soon as she cut it, about never-ending cones of cotton candy and about countless adventures ... See full summary »
Director: Valeria Bruni Tedeschi | Stars: Valeria Bruni Tedeschi, Chiara Mastroianni, Jean-Hugues Anglade, Denis Podalydès
Votes: 901 | Gross: $0.02M
40. Jack and Old Mac (1956)
Approved | 7 min | Animation, Short, Family
Two stylized nursery rhymes are shown. First is "The House That Jack Built" as told with a variety of characters composed of letters that spell out their names (Example: the cow is made up ... See full summary »
Directors: Bill Justice, Jack Kinney | Star: Jud Conlon
Votes: 204
41. Wonders in Letterland (1985)
20 min | Family, Fantasy
Young Debbie enters a toy shop and finds an intriguing game called 'Wonders in Letterland'. Before she knows it, she's pulled inside the game where no one can read or write. Although ... See full summary »
Stars: Elizabeth Estensen, Jim Norton, Jennie Stallwood, John Hasler
Votes: 45
42. Fast Talking (1984)
Not Rated | 95 min | Drama
A bright young teenager from a broken home uses his quick wits and glib tongue to get out of trouble - but they also get him into it.
Director: Ken Cameron | Stars: Steve Bisley, Tracy Mann, Peter Hehir, Denis Moore
Votes: 153 | Gross: $0.00M
43. Spelling the Dream (2018)
TV-G | 82 min | Documentary
Chronicle of the ups and downs of four Indian-American students as they compete to realize their dream of winning the iconic tournament.
Director: Sam Rega | Stars: Srinivas Ayyagari, Jacques Bailly, Valerie Browning, Ratnam Chitturi
Votes: 796
44. Lingo (2011)
Game-Show
Two teams of two contestants are given the first letter of a five-letter mystery word and five chances to identify it correctly, earning points along the way and a chance to win on their Bingo-style "Lingo" card.
Stars: Bill Engvall, Cynthia Daddona
Votes: 21
45. Grendel Grendel Grendel (1981)
88 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
This is an animated story covering the ancient legend of Beowulf, as narrated in a Monty Pythonesque way by Grendel (Sir Peter Ustinov), the "monster" in the legend.
Director: Alex Stitt | Stars: Peter Ustinov, Keith Michell, Arthur Dignam, Ed Rosser
Votes: 211
46. Booky's Crush (2009 TV Movie)
G | 89 min | Drama
The Thomsons - parents Thomas and Francie, and children Willa, Arthur, Beatrice (nicknamed Booky) and Jakey - are a loving working class family living in the Depression era in Toronto. It's... See full summary »
Director: Peter Moss | Stars: Rachel Marcus, Megan Follows, Stuart Hughes, Dylan Everett
Votes: 146
47. These Things Take Time (2018)
19 min | Short, Drama
An eight-year-old boy experiences his first heartbreak when he falls in love with his male third-grade teacher.
Director: Jerell Rosales | Stars: Zackary Arthur, Timothy Ryan Cole, Jason Heymann, Samantha Krull
Votes: 66
48. Rock & Read (1989 Video)
29 min | Short, Comedy, Family
A kid band plays singalong pop rock covers of famous lullabies like Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star and Row, Row, Row Your Boat. Pauly, as the host of the special, occasionally pops in to teach the viewers some words from the songs.
Director: Tamar Simon Hoffs | Stars: Pauly Shore, Donovan Leitch Jr., Frankie Atwood-Ferguson, Miguel Atwood-Ferguson
Votes: 37
49. Gently Down the Stream (1981)
14 min | Short
GENTLY DOWN THE STREAM is constructed from fourteen dreams taken from eight years' worth of my journals. The text is scratched directly on to the film so that you hear your own voice as you... See full summary »
Director: Su Friedrich
Votes: 118
50. Sonic's Schoolhouse (1996 Video Game)
EC | Adventure, Family
An educational computer game that teaches early mathematics, reading, and spelling,
Directors: Britton Jackson, Jed Weintrob | Stars: Meg Inglima, Keith MacKechnie
Votes: 55