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1. Modern Times (1936)
G | 87 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
The Tramp struggles to live in modern industrial society with the help of a young homeless woman.
Director: Charles Chaplin | Stars: Charles Chaplin, Paulette Goddard, Henry Bergman, Tiny Sandford
Votes: 259,390 | Gross: $0.16M
2. Daisies (1966)
Not Rated | 75 min | Comedy
After realizing that all world is spoiled, Marie and Marie are committed to be spoiled themselves. They rip off older men, feast in lavish meals and do all kinds of mischief. But what is all this leading to?
Director: Vera Chytilová | Stars: Ivana Karbanová, Jitka Cerhová, Marie Cesková, Jirina Myskova
Votes: 15,388
3. Britannia Hospital (1982)
R | 111 min | Comedy, Sci-Fi
The chaotic workings of a hospital with staff on strike.
Director: Lindsay Anderson | Stars: Leonard Rossiter, Malcolm McDowell, Brian Pettifer, John Moffatt
Votes: 2,926
4. The Executioner and Her Way of Life (2022)
TV-14 | 30 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
The lost ones, who came from an alternative world known as "Japan", brought disaster to the world in the past. Menou is an executioner who is responsible to eliminate the lost ones.
Stars: Iori Saeki, Kahara Moe, Melissa Molano, Annie Wild
Votes: 917
5. Rio Sex Comedy (2010)
Unrated | 124 min | Comedy, Drama
A group of strangers from different countries end up on Rio's beaches. Seeking self-fulfillment, they look for answers to existential questions. Yet it isn't until their different paths cross that they begin to understand why they came.
Director: Jonathan Nossiter | Stars: Charlotte Rampling, Bill Pullman, Irène Jacob, Jérôme Kircher
Votes: 803
6. Death Drop Gorgeous (2020)
104 min | Comedy, Horror
A dejected bartender and an aging drag queen try to survive the eccentric and hostile nightlife of a corrupt city, as a masked maniac slaughters young gay men and drains them of blood.
Directors: Michael J. Ahern, Christopher Dalpe, Brandon Perras-Sanchez | Stars: Michael McAdam, Wayne Gonsalves, Christopher Dalpe, Brandon Perras-Sanchez
Votes: 329
7. Gushing Prayer: A 15-Year-Old Prostitute (1971)
72 min | Drama
A young girl, already a jaded sexual veteran, embarks on an odyssey of self-discovery to find out the true reasons for her dissatisfaction and total desensitization.
Directors: Masao Adachi, Haruhiko Arai | Stars: Aki Sasaki, Hiroshi Saitô, Makiko Kim, Yûji Aoki
Votes: 440
8. Las Hurdes (1933)
30 min | Documentary, Short
A surrealist film, a pseudo-documentary portrait of Las Hurdes, a remote region of Spain where civilisation has barely developed, showing how the local peasants try to survive without even the most basic utilities and skills.
Director: Luis Buñuel | Stars: Abel Jacquin, Alexandre O'Neill
Votes: 6,259
9. Garage Olimpo (1999)
R | 98 min | Drama
In the 70's, eighteen year-old Maria Fabiani lives with her French mother Diane in an old house in Buenos Aires, subletting rooms and giving classes to illiterate adults in the slums. One ... See full summary »
Director: Marco Bechis | Stars: Antonella Costa, Carlos Echevarría, Enrique Piñeyro, Pablo Razuk
Votes: 2,867
10. DumbLand (2002)
TV-MA | 35 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
A series of 5-minute line animations (drawn in the rough style and with the minimalist plots of David Lynch's The Angriest Dog in the World comic strip) featuring an angry and violent Neanderthal, and his family and neighbors.
Star: David Lynch
Votes: 3,150
11. Puella Magi Madoka Magica the Movie Part III: The Rebellion Story (2013)
Not Rated | 116 min | Animation, Drama, Fantasy
Madoka Kaname used to be a normal girl living happy days of her life. This all ended when she sacrificed herself in order to save other magical girls from the utterly cruel fate that ... See full summary »
Directors: Takashi Kawabata, Yukihiro Miyamoto, Akiyuki Shinbô | Stars: Aoi Yûki, Chiwa Saitô, Eri Kitamura, Kaori Mizuhashi
Votes: 4,139 | Gross: $0.38M
12. Steal This Movie (2000)
R | 107 min | Biography, Drama, Romance
After years of hiding, the notorious American leftist radical, Abbie Hoffman, discusses his life, his cause and the opposition he endured.
Director: Robert Greenwald | Stars: Vincent D'Onofrio, Janeane Garofalo, Jeanne Tripplehorn, Kevin Pollak
Votes: 2,408 | Gross: $0.08M
13. The U.S. vs. John Lennon (2006)
PG-13 | 99 min | Documentary, Biography, Music
A documentary on the life of John Lennon, with a focus on the time in his life when he transformed from a musician into an antiwar activist.
Directors: David Leaf, John Scheinfeld | Stars: John Lennon, Yoko Ono, Stew Albert, Tariq Ali
Votes: 5,688 | Gross: $1.10M
14. The Tale of the Dean's Wife (1970)
X | 73 min | Drama
A group of rebellious students, who practice free love and anarchism, tries to get their conservative dean to give in to their demands. He refuses, but his nymphomaniac wife is willing. Things end in tragedy for some.
Director: Benjamin Onivas | Stars: Luanne Roberts, Roger Gentry, Edward Blessington, Guy Anthony
Votes: 83
15. The Marshmallow Mystery Tour (2021)
85 min | Adventure, Comedy
After landing a gig at Mallowland, a marshmallow theme park, a cameraman uncovers the shocking truth about America's candy industry and his own sugarcoated childhood.
Directors: Jeff Beals, Matthew Beals | Stars: Jeremy Rishe, Ray Reynolds, Doug Farrell, Dale E. Turner
Votes: 30
16. I Dutifully Report (1958)
91 min | Comedy, War
Sequel of the adaptation of the famous satiric tale of well-intending soldier Schweik by Jaroslav Hasek.
Director: Karel Steklý | Stars: Rudolf Hrusínský, Svatopluk Benes, Jaroslav Marvan, Milos Nedbal
Votes: 824
17. Nicht fummeln, Liebling! (1970)
87 min | Comedy
Charly flew home and now lives with his buddy Harry, who lives in a sort of commune of potential department store founders.
Director: May Spils | Stars: Werner Enke, Gila von Weitershausen, Henry van Lyck, Benno Hoffmann
Votes: 80
18. The Pie Shop (2021)
10 min | Short, Drama
When Mickie asks to join Kim one quiet Saturday morning, they find reflecting on the past can be both a comfort and a torment. Will the truth behind what has brought them to this quiet cafe... See full summary »
Director: Tyler Pierreson | Stars: Royce Pierreson, Georgina Campbell, Beatie Edney, Elizabeth Marcano-Mortlock
Votes: 41
19. The Fall (1969)
116 min | Documentary, Music
An extraordinary piece of filmmaking, an extremely personal statement on violence, revolution and the turbulence within late sixties America.
Director: Peter Whitehead | Stars: Peter Whitehead, Alberta Tiburzi, Angelo Mannsraven, Coral Atkins
Votes: 70
20. Rows (2015)
Not Rated | 84 min | Fantasy, Horror, Mystery
After delivering an eviction notice to a mysterious squatter, a young woman is abducted and put under a spell. She awakes to find herself trapped in a cycle of murder, paranoia, and strange... See full summary »
Director: David W. Warfield | Stars: Hannah Bernall, Lauren Lakis, Kenneth Hughes, Joe Basile
Votes: 279
21. Ted (1998)
85 min | Comedy
Satrical life story of the Unabomber, Ted Kaczynsky (played by Daniel Passer), is done as a pseudo-documentary and narrated by his "brother" (Paul Provenza). It follows his life from ... See full summary »
Director: Gary Ellenberg | Stars: Daniel Passer, Edie McClurg, Richard Fancy, Jeff Corey
Votes: 40
22. A Certain Magical Pimpdex: Extended Edition (2019)
263 min | Animation
When a Mad Scientist brainwashes the Index Gang into Master Pimps and freezes all of the hard drives at Funimation, Doctor Who and the Marller Gang go on a Quest Through 1990s Cinema called The Gauntlet to find the lost cast members of Do the Right Thing.
Director: Kevin Neece | Stars: Danny Aiello, Thelma Carpenter, Ossie Davis, Ruby Dee
Votes: 12
23. Riz MC: I ain't being racist but... (2015 Music Video)
8 min | Short, Comedy, Music
Star: Riz Ahmed
24. You're Under Arrest... Again (2018– )
Animation
The You're Under Arrest Gang are back - and this time, they're going for the Jugular. Watch as they try to keep up with Current Events that hit the Local Austin TX News in outspoken conversations that will have you tearing your hair out.
Star: Kevin Neece
25. American Zombies (2016)
9 min | Short, Comedy, Horror
A dysfunctional family of zombies try to sit down for dinner.
Director: Joseph David Bowes | Stars: Jack Coakley, Eve Cusack, Lisa Brooks Kendall, Peter Murphy
26. Little Pioneers (1968)
12 min | Documentary, Short
In SFRJ, the state officially takes care of all it's citizens. Every child is a good little pioneer. However, in reality no one (especially not the state) takes care of Roma and many other poor kids leaving them to poverty and the streets.
Director: Zelimir Zilnik | Star: Pirika Capko
Votes: 114
27. Blackhead (2009)
14 min | Short, Comedy
A young man having intimacy problems with his girlfriend develops a abnormally large blackhead in the center of his back.
Director: Chris Nash | Stars: Jessica Bolduc, Peter Fleming, Brendan Hennessey, Brian Letang
Votes: 16
28. Ardent (2019)
9 min | Short, Drama
Toby dreams of a world of heroes, with his policeman father being the closest resemblance to such a fantasy. But when reality and expectations loom over him and his family, he risks losing more than unflinching ideals.
Director: Jayden Flynn | Stars: Brock Honnery, Jessica Cloete, William Teudt, Rob Schyff
29. So war das S.O.36 (1984)
90 min | Documentary, Music
A documentary about the now abandoned and very influential punk club S.O.36. A punk music club on Oranienstrasse near Heinrichplatz in the area of Kreuzberg in Berlin, Germany.
Directors: Manfred O. Jelinski, Jörg Buttgereit | Stars: Die 4 Unsichtbaren 5, Nina C. Alice, Armin Andersch, Carambolage
Votes: 23
30. Jake Wardle Presents... (2019)
Short, Comedy, Music
A meta-fiction, promotional film parody.
Director: Paul Danquah | Stars: Jake Wardle, Phoebe Marie Jones, Simone McIntyre, Kiara Thomas Hudson
31. Nipped (2021)
Animation, Short
Nipped is a journey of becoming and liberation of a single disembodied nipple, trying to find its identity and living its best life outside the boundaries of human taboo.
Director: Galit Ariel
32. Born from Pain (2007)
32 min | Short, Horror
After surviving a horrendous family massacre, Monica suffers her pain onto her new child.
Directors: Nicolas Blot, Alexandre Macquart-Moulin | Stars: Marie Garel-Weiss, Magalie Marc, Emmanuelle Escourrou
Votes: 20
33. Lucky Day (2019)
6 min | Short, Comedy
The ordinary day of Antoine Miller, a dynamic young man, who does not allow himself to be defeated by the vagaries of his existence.
Director: Eddy Juillerat | Stars: Luca Colucci, Olivier Guibert
34. Thieves (III) (2019)
13 min | Short, Crime, Drama
Devastated by the loss of his grandfather after a car crash, Alfie succumbs to pressure from his friends to seek revenge against the other driver, opposing his grandfather's wise words ... See full summary »
Director: George Colton-Hawkins | Stars: Nathan Mabey, Jake Metcalf, Liam Spencer
Votes: 7
35. Thieves (IV) (2019)
13 min | Short, Crime, Drama
Devastated by the loss of his grandfather after a car crash, Alfie succumbs to pressure from his friends to seek revenge against the other driver, opposing his grandfather's wise words ... See full summary »
Director: George Colton-Hawkins | Stars: Nathan Mabey, Jake Metcalf, Liam Spencer
36. La Mata (2012)
3 min | Short
Cristina, a subversive artist, shows her favorite places in the neighborhood.
Directors: Irene De Juan, Amparo Fortuny | Stars: Cristina Perez Ballesteros, Lucia Campo
Votes: 23
37. Spider House (2008)
25 min | Short, Mystery
Ray Coombs and his mother, marginalized victims of a hazardous waste plant disaster, are renting out the basement of their distant relative's suburban neocolonial home. Ray sneaks about and... See full summary »
Director: Andrew Allen Wilson | Stars: Andrew Allen Wilson, Richard Wilson, Susan Wilson, Woodrow Wilson
38. The Ballad of Snake Oil Sam (2014)
13 min | Short, Drama, Fantasy
An alchemist and snake oil salesman driven by ambition embarks on a mystical journey in pursuit of redemption.
Director: Arlene Bogna | Stars: Zane Byrdy, Gladys Nyoth, Gabriel Voss, Cristina Balmores
Votes: 9
39.
Foreign Intrigue (1951–1955)
Episode:
The Prophet
(1954)
Crime, Mystery, Thriller
A blind storekeeper's predictions become the catalyst to overthrow a nation's duly elected government. Powers is suspicious because the prophet never makes predictions on anything but political subjects.
Director: Marcel Cravenne | Stars: James Daly, Henrik Schildt, Åke Ohberg, Ivar Wahlgren
40.
Night Gallery (1969–1973)
Episode:
Death in the Family/The Merciful/Class of '99/Witches' Feast
(1971)
TV-PG | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Fleeing thief Doran hides in the funeral home of odd Mr Soames. / A wife uses bricks and mortar to help her ill husband. / A college professor administers a chilling oral exam with a dystopian twist. / Witches prepare a vile dish.
Directors: Jerrold Freedman, Jeannot Szwarc | Stars: E.G. Marshall, Desi Arnaz Jr., Imogene Coca, King Donovan
Votes: 416
41.
Neues aus der Anstalt (2007–2015)
Episode:
Große Erfolge
(2007)
51 min | Comedy
Great achievements.
Director: Utz Weber | Stars: Urban Priol, Georg Schramm, Frank-Markus Barwasser, Sebastian Krämer
Votes: 8
42.
Reilly: Ace of Spies (1983)
Episode:
The Last Journey
(1983)
TV-MA | 50 min | Crime, Drama
Dzerzhinsky's organization "The Trust" needs Western funding, so he guarantees Sidney's safety in Russia in return for his help in raising funds.
Director: Jim Goddard | Stars: Sam Neill, Norman Rodway, Tom Bell, Laura Davenport
Votes: 61
43.
America's Book of Secrets (2012–2021)
Episode:
FBI vs. MLK
(2021)
TV-14 | 42 min | Documentary
In 1962, J. Edgar Hoover ordered "his bureau" to investigate Martin Luther King Jr. and soon discovered that King was associated with something he considered far more dangerous than peaceful protests: Communism.
Stars: Lance Reddick, Leon Isaac Kennedy, Keith Rice, Ben Kamin
Votes: 15
44.
Toon in with Me (2021– )
Episode:
Mirror Universe
(2021)
TV-PG | Animation, Comedy
Bill's magical clicker transports Toony to an alternate reality ruled over by an evil totalitarian regime. Featured cartoons are Mucho Locos (1966), Duck Dodgers in Attack of the Drones (2004), Pre-Hysterical Hare (1958), The Hand Is Pinker Than the Eye (1967), and Mouse and Garden (1960).
Director: Mike Schmiedeler | Stars: Bill Leff, Kevin Fleming, Leila Gorstein, Rich Koz
Votes: 6
45.
Brief History of Disbelief (2004– )
Episode:
Shadows of Doubt
(2004)
59 min | Documentary
Director: Richard Denton | Stars: Pascal Boyer, Richard Dawkins, Daniel C. Dennett, Bernard Hill
Votes: 17
46.
Brief History of Disbelief (2004– )
Episode:
The Final Hour
(2004)
59 min | Documentary
Director: Richard Denton | Stars: Richard Dawkins, Bernard Hill, Colin McGinn, Jonathan Miller
Votes: 13
47.
The City and the City (2018)
Episode:
Orciny
(2018)
TV-14 | 59 min | Crime, Drama, Fantasy
Borlú has breached, now he is under Breach control and they want to know all that he knows about the third city - Orciny and to find the true link between Mahalia, Bowden and Katrynia.
Director: Tom Shankland | Stars: David Morrissey, Lara Pulver, Paul Dallison, Arndt Schwering-Sohnrey
Votes: 97
48.
CollegeHumor Originals (2006–2023)
Episode:
Happy Birthday! You're Not Special
(2017)
TV-MA | 4 min | Comedy
Emily's birthday party at the restaurant gets a dark turn.
Stars: Emily Axford, Brian Murphy, Grant O'Brien