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1. Coco (I) (2017)
PG | 105 min | Animation, Adventure, Drama
Aspiring musician Miguel, confronted with his family's ancestral ban on music, enters the Land of the Dead to find his great-great-grandfather, a legendary singer.
Directors: Lee Unkrich, Adrian Molina | Stars: Anthony Gonzalez, Gael García Bernal, Benjamin Bratt, Alanna Ubach
Votes: 590,283 | Gross: $209.73M
2. Sing (2016)
PG | 108 min | Animation, Comedy, Family
In a city of humanoid animals, a hustling theater impresario's attempt to save his theater with a singing competition becomes grander than he anticipates even as its finalists find that their lives will never be the same.
Directors: Garth Jennings, Christophe Lourdelet | Stars: Matthew McConaughey, Reese Witherspoon, Seth MacFarlane, Scarlett Johansson
Votes: 191,172 | Gross: $270.40M
3. Dreamgirls (2006)
PG-13 | 130 min | Drama, Music, Musical
A trio of black female soul singers cross over to the pop charts in the early 1960s, facing their own personal struggles along the way.
Director: Bill Condon | Stars: Beyoncé, Jamie Foxx, Eddie Murphy, Danny Glover
Votes: 77,286 | Gross: $103.37M
4. So You Think You Can Dance (2005– )
TV-PG | 60 min | Music, Reality-TV
Qualified dancers from ballroom and ballet to salsa, jive and hip-hop all compete to be named the best.
Stars: Cat Deeley, Nigel Lythgoe, Mark Thompson, Mary Murphy
Votes: 10,775
5. The Runaways (2010)
R | 106 min | Biography, Drama, Music
A coming-of-age biographical film about the 1970s teenage all-girl rock band The Runaways. The relationship between band members Cherie Currie and Joan Jett is also explored.
Director: Floria Sigismondi | Stars: Kristen Stewart, Dakota Fanning, Michael Shannon, Stella Maeve
Votes: 50,940 | Gross: $3.57M
6. Tooth Fairy (I) (2010)
PG | 101 min | Comedy, Family, Fantasy
A bad deed on the part of a tough minor-league hockey player results in an unusual sentence: He must serve one week as a real-life tooth fairy.
Director: Michael Lembeck | Stars: Dwayne Johnson, Ashley Judd, Julie Andrews, Stephen Merchant
Votes: 49,678 | Gross: $60.02M
7. Handsome Devil (2016)
TV-MA | 95 min | Comedy, Drama, Sport
Ned and Conor are forced to share a bedroom at their boarding school. The loner and the star athlete at this rugby-mad school form an unlikely friendship until it's tested by the authorities.
Director: John Butler | Stars: Fionn O'Shea, Ardal O'Hanlon, Amy Huberman, Ruairi O'Connor
Votes: 17,057
8. The Hollywood Knights (1980)
R | 91 min | Comedy
Led by their comedic leader, Turk, the Hollywood Knights car club raise hell throughout Beverly Hills on Halloween Night, 1965.
Director: Floyd Mutrux | Stars: Tony Danza, Michelle Pfeiffer, Julius Averitt, Steve Ballard
Votes: 5,156 | Gross: $10.00M
9. Inside Daisy Clover (1965)
Approved | 128 min | Drama, Music, Romance
A tomboy turned movie star deals with the cruelty of Hollywood.
Director: Robert Mulligan | Stars: Natalie Wood, Christopher Plummer, Robert Redford, Ruth Gordon
Votes: 4,248
10. America's Got Talent (2006– )
TV-PG | 60 min | Documentary, Family, Game-Show
A weekly talent competition where an array of performers -- from singers and dancers, to comedians and novelty acts -- vie for a $1 million cash prize.
Stars: Howie Mandel, Nick Cannon, Heidi Klum, Simon Cowell
Votes: 10,623
11. Soldier's Girl (2003 TV Movie)
R | 112 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
The true story of the price a young soldier paid for falling in love with a transsexual night-club performer.
Director: Frank Pierson | Stars: Troy Garity, Lee Pace, Andre Braugher, Shawn Hatosy
Votes: 7,240
12. Beyond the Lights (2014)
PG-13 | 116 min | Drama, Music, Romance
The pressures of fame have superstar singer Noni on the edge, until she meets Kaz, a young cop who works to help her find the courage to develop her own voice and break free to become the artist she was meant to be.
Director: Gina Prince-Bythewood | Stars: Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Nate Parker, Minnie Driver, Danny Glover
Votes: 17,374 | Gross: $14.62M
13. Britain's Got Talent (2007– )
TV-PG | 60 min | Documentary, Family, Game-Show
A variety of acts perform in front of a live audience and a panel of judges for a chance to win £250,000 and perform for the British Royal Family at the Royal Variety Performance.
Stars: Declan Donnelly, Amanda Holden, Anthony McPartlin, Simon Cowell
Votes: 4,423
14. Rags (2012 TV Movie)
G | 88 min | Comedy, Drama, Family
Two worlds collide when a hard working teen living with his step father named Charlie Prince bumps into superstar Kadee Worth on the street.
Director: Bille Woodruff | Stars: Keke Palmer, Max Schneider, Isaiah Mustafa, Avan Jogia
Votes: 3,054
15. Smile (1975)
PG | 113 min | Comedy
A social comedy about a beauty pageant for young Californian women, held annually in Santa Rosa, and how it affects the locals and participants.
Director: Michael Ritchie | Stars: Bruce Dern, Barbara Feldon, Michael Kidd, Geoffrey Lewis
Votes: 2,562
16. The Gong Show (1976–1980)
TV-PG | 30 min | Comedy, Game-Show
Amateur talent contest judged by three celebrities.
Stars: Chuck Barris, Trixie Dejonge, Gary Owens, Rocky Bonifield
Votes: 862
17. The Sapphires (2012)
PG-13 | 103 min | Biography, Comedy, Drama
In 1968, four talented young Australian Aboriginal girls learn about love, friendship, and war when their all-girl group The Sapphires entertains the US troops in Vietnam.
Director: Wayne Blair | Stars: Chris O'Dowd, Deborah Mailman, Jessica Mauboy, Shari Sebbens
Votes: 15,171 | Gross: $2.45M
18. Palindromes (2004)
Not Rated | 100 min | Comedy, Drama
Aviva is thirteen, awkward and sensitive. Her mother Joyce is warm and loving, as is her father, Steve, a regular guy who does have a fierce temper from time to time. The film revolves around her family, friends and neighbors.
Director: Todd Solondz | Stars: Jennifer Jason Leigh, Ellen Barkin, Stephen Adly Guirgis, Matthew Faber
Votes: 12,868 | Gross: $0.55M
19. Krush Groove (1985)
R | 97 min | Comedy, Drama, Music
The story of a man who has started a new hip-hop/rap label called Krush Groove.
Director: Michael Schultz | Stars: Sheila E., Joseph Simmons, Darryl McDaniels, Jam Master Jay
Votes: 3,549 | Gross: $11.05M
20. The Saddest Music in the World (2003)
R | 100 min | Comedy, Musical
A musical of sorts set in Winnipeg during the Great Depression, where a beer baroness organizes a contest to find the saddest music in the world. Musicians from around the world descend on the city to try and win the $25,000 prize.
Director: Guy Maddin | Stars: Isabella Rossellini, Mark McKinney, Maria de Medeiros, David Fox
Votes: 6,322 | Gross: $0.67M
21. The Identical (2014)
PG | 107 min | Drama, Music
Twin brothers are unknowingly separated at birth; one of them becomes an iconic rock 'n' roll star, while the other struggles to balance his love for music and pleasing his father.
Director: Dustin Marcellino | Stars: Blake Rayne, Ray Liotta, Ashley Judd, Seth Green
Votes: 3,011 | Gross: $2.82M
22. Standby (I) (2014)
Not Rated | 90 min | Comedy, Romance
Twentysomething Alan (Gleeson) is down on his luck. Stood up at the altar and recently fired from his banking job, he finds himself working with his mother as a part-time tourist advisor at... See full summary »
Directors: Rob Burke, Ronan Burke | Stars: Jessica Paré, Brian Gleeson, Stanley Townsend, Francesca Cherruault
Votes: 1,685
23. Star Search (1983–2004)
TV-PG | 60 min | Comedy, Family, Game-Show
Contestants compete in a talent show featuring music and comedy categories.
Stars: Arsenio Hall, Naomi Judd, Ben Stein, Ed McMahon
Votes: 398
24. Starstruck (1982)
PG | 105 min | Comedy, Drama, Musical
A teenage girl, with dreams of becoming a famous singer, tries to secure a spot on a local televised talent show.
Director: Gillian Armstrong | Stars: Joey Kennedy, Ross O'Donovan, Margo Lee, Max Cullen
Votes: 1,264
25. The Voice (2012– )
Music, Reality-TV
Contestants compete in a singing competition that focuses on the quality of their voice.
Stars: Delta Goodrem, Sonia Kruger, Joel Madden, Darren McMullen
Votes: 906
26. Sueño (2005)
PG-13 | 108 min | Comedy, Drama, Music
A Mexican-American chases his dreams as he puts together a classic Mexican band to compete in a radio station sponsored contest, all while attempting to court a beautiful girl.
Director: Renée Chabria | Stars: John Leguizamo, Ana Claudia Talancón, Elizabeth Peña, Nestor Serrano
Votes: 619
27. Road to Utopia (1945)
Passed | 90 min | Adventure, Comedy, Family
Two vaudeville flops pose as bad guys and join the Klondike gold rush with a saloon singer.
Director: Hal Walker | Stars: Bing Crosby, Bob Hope, Dorothy Lamour, Hillary Brooke
Votes: 3,753
28. Miss Evers' Boys (1997 TV Movie)
PG | 118 min | Drama, War
The true story of the U.S. Government's 1932 Tuskegee Syphilis Experiment, in which a group of black test subjects were allowed to die, despite a cure having been developed.
Director: Joseph Sargent | Stars: Alfre Woodard, Laurence Fishburne, Craig Sheffer, Joe Morton
Votes: 1,410
29. Australia's Got Talent (2007–2022)
60 min | Game-Show, Reality-TV
People with weird and wonderful talents compete for a prize of 250 thousand dollars.
Stars: Grant Denyer, Dannii Minogue, Kyle Sandilands, Brian McFadden
Votes: 222
30. Ted Mack & the Original Amateur Hour (1948–1970)
TV-G | Comedy, Family, Music
A direct descendant of radio's "Major Bowes Original Amateur Hour" (1934-1946), hosted by Major Edward Bowes until his death. After a one-year hiatus, Ted Mack, who had directed Bowes' ... See full summary »
Stars: Ted Mack, Pat Boone, Barney Ross, Jerry Vale
Votes: 56
31. Pearls and Pigs (2003)
113 min | Comedy
When their bootlegging father ends up in jail, four twenty-something brothers need money to pay his debts to local crooks. Next, their 9-year-old half-sister is dumped on their doorstep by ... See full summary »
Director: Perttu Leppä | Stars: Mikko Leppilampi, Laura Birn, Amanda Pilke, Unto Helo
Votes: 3,286
32. I Love to Singa (1936)
Approved | 8 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
A spoof of Al Jolson's "The Jazz Singer", a strict piano teaching owl is cursed with a son who "loves to singa", but only jazz.
Director: Tex Avery | Stars: Tex Avery, Billy Bletcher, Tommy Bond, Lou Fulton
Votes: 2,097
33. Record City (1977)
PG | 90 min | Comedy
Bizarre and funny employees and customers pass through the popular Record City music store in Los Angeles during a live radio concert in the parking lot, hosted by a wild disc jockey wearing half a monkey costume.
Director: Dennis Steinmetz | Stars: Joe Abdullah, Jeff Altman, Sylvia Anderson, Leonard Barr
Votes: 287
34. Seaside Swingers (1964)
94 min | Comedy, Musical
1964 musical starring John Leyton, Mike Sarne, Freddie and the Dreamers, Ron Moody, Liz Fraser, Nicholas Parsons and Danny La Rue. A group of high-spirited teens find friendship, love and music.
Director: James Hill | Stars: John Leyton, Michael Sarne, Peter Birrell, Roy Crewdson
Votes: 194
35. Alice in Movieland (1940)
Approved | 22 min | Short, Drama, Fantasy
In a U.S. town that could be anywhere, 18-year-old Alice Purdee wins a free trip to Hollywood. With the assistance of a cheerful porter, she takes the night train and dreams about her ... See full summary »
Director: Jean Negulesco | Stars: Joan Leslie, Nana Bryant, Clara Blandick, Clarence Muse
Votes: 417
36. M/S Romantic (2019)
254 min | Comedy, Drama
Follows a series of stories from the viewpoint of six different people who all embark on the same fateful cruise ship during the period of one day.
Stars: Hannu-Pekka Björkman, Anna Paavilainen, Antti Luusuaniemi, Antti Tuomas Heikkinen
Votes: 1,555
37. Héroïnes (1997)
TV-14 | 115 min | Drama, Music
Johanna mouths songs voiced by Jeanne & become a smashing success which gradually gnaws away at their friendship.
Director: Gérard Krawczyk | Stars: Virginie Ledoyen, Maïdi Roth, Marc Duret, Saïd Taghmaoui
Votes: 511
38. Living Dolls: The Making of a Child Beauty Queen (2001 TV Movie)
90 min | Documentary
Documentary about the subculture of child beauty pageants (usually restricted to girls no older than 5), showing the lengths to which some parents will go to ensure that their children win these pageants...
Director: Shari Cookson | Stars: Swan Brooner, Robin Browne, Leslie Butler, Michael Butler
Votes: 275
39. Little Rascals Varieties (1959)
Approved | 63 min | Comedy, Family, Musical
A compilation feature-film made up of four 'Our Gang" shorts from the 1930s. The shorts used in this 1959 feature release were Our Gang Follies of 1936 (1935), The Pinch Singer (1936), ... See full summary »
Director: Hal Roach | Stars: George 'Spanky' McFarland, Darla Hood, Carl 'Alfalfa' Switzer, Billie 'Buckwheat' Thomas
Votes: 47
40. King of the Airways (1994)
95 min | Comedy, Romance
Louis has always had a dream, to be on television. But when he enters a contest and wins, the first prize involves a cameraman following him everywhere for three months. The only problem is... See full summary »
Director: Michel Poulette | Stars: Martin Drainville, Zhenhu Han, Chantal Fontaine, Gilbert Lachance
Votes: 584 | Gross: $1.57M
41. Finding Fatimah (2017)
PG-13 | 99 min | Comedy, Romance
Shahid struggles to find love in the Asian community due to the stigma of his divorce, several years prior.
Director: Oz Arshad | Stars: Danny Ashok, Asmara Gabrielle, Nina Wadia, Wahab Sheikh
Votes: 1,224
42. Das Supertalent (2007– )
75 min | Game-Show, Reality-TV
he Super Talent is the German version of the British talent show Britain's Got Talent. In the show, the television station RTL a special talent is wanted since 2007 per season.
Stars: Dieter Bohlen, Daniel Hartwich, Bruce Darnell, Marco Schreyl
Votes: 297
43. One Night of Love (1934)
Passed | 84 min | Comedy, Music, Romance
Mary Barrett is an aspiring Opera singer who is taken under the wings of a famous operatic maestro, Guilio Monterverdi. After spending endless working hours together and arguing, their ... See full summary »
Director: Victor Schertzinger | Stars: Grace Moore, Tullio Carminati, Lyle Talbot, Mona Barrie
Votes: 747
44. Fag Hag (1998)
Unrated | 73 min | Comedy
A pathological liar and an HIV-positive rapper join forces to take a small gay community by storm. Featuring a cameo by Wil Wheaton (Stand By Me)!
Director: Damion Dietz | Stars: Stephanie Kirchen, Damion Dietz, Saadia Billman, Darryl Theirse
Votes: 205
45. The Extra Girl (1923)
Not Rated | 68 min | Comedy, Romance
A small town girl dreams of movie stardom. A switched photo wins her a movie contract. Arrivng in Hollywood, she is assigned to the props department. Her parents visit and invest some money with a very shifty individual.
Director: F. Richard Jones | Stars: Mabel Normand, Ralph Graves, George Nichols, Anna Dodge
Votes: 1,209
46. Britain's Got More Talent (2007– )
43 min | Documentary, Comedy, Family
BGT's tongue-in-cheek sister show in which Stephen Mulhern loses the will to live as he chats with some of the more eccentric acts, plus some backstage shenanigans with Ant and Dec.
Stars: Stephen Mulhern, Amanda Holden, Simon Cowell, Declan Donnelly
Votes: 511
47. 10 Promises to My Dog (2008)
117 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A teenage girl adopts a homeless puppy and names it "Socks". They take care of each others since then, until one day when she is thinking Socks to be smaller than she thought it used be...
Director: Katsuhide Motoki | Stars: Rena Tanaka, Ryô Kase, Mayuko Fukuda, Chizuru Ikewaki
Votes: 708
48. So You Think You Can Dance Canada (2008– )
60 min | Music, Reality-TV
Stars: Jean-Marc Généreux, Tre Armstrong, Leah Miller, Luther Brown
Votes: 310
49. Over the Rainbow (2010– )
Reality-TV
Andrew Lloyd Webber searches across the UK for new talent to appear in his new West End production of The Wizard of Oz.
Stars: Graham Norton, Andrew Lloyd Webber, Sheila Hancock, Charlotte Church
Votes: 73
50. Afghan Star (2009)
Unrated | 110 min | Documentary, Music
A documentary about the simultaneously unifying and divisive effects of Afghanistan's version of the TV talent show format on its society. It focuses on "Afghan Star" which airs on the Tolo TV channel in Afghanistan.
Director: Havana Marking | Stars: Rafi Naabzada, Lima Sahar, Hameed Sakhizada, Setara Hussainzada
Votes: 1,018 | Gross: $0.10M