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1. The Sound of Music (1965)

G | 172 min | Biography, Drama, Family

A young novice is sent by her convent in 1930s Austria to become a governess to the seven children of a widowed naval officer.

Director: Robert Wise | Stars: Julie Andrews, Christopher Plummer, Eleanor Parker, Richard Haydn

Votes: 261,966 | Gross: $163.21M

2. Hairspray (2007)

PG | 117 min | Comedy, Drama, Musical

Pleasantly plump teenager Tracy Turnblad teaches 1962 Baltimore a thing or two about integration after landing a spot on a local TV dance show.

Director: Adam Shankman | Stars: John Travolta, Queen Latifah, Nikki Blonsky, Michelle Pfeiffer

Votes: 138,967 | Gross: $118.87M

3. August: Osage County (2013)

R | 121 min | Comedy, Drama

A look at the lives of the strong-willed women of the Weston family, whose paths have diverged until a family crisis brings them back to the Oklahoma house they grew up in, and to the dysfunctional woman who raised them.

Director: John Wells | Stars: Meryl Streep, Dermot Mulroney, Julia Roberts, Juliette Lewis

Votes: 95,513 | Gross: $37.74M

4. Cabaret (1972)

PG | 124 min | Drama, Music, Musical

A female girlie club entertainer in Weimar Republic era Berlin romances two men while the Nazi Party rises to power around them.

Director: Bob Fosse | Stars: Liza Minnelli, Michael York, Helmut Griem, Joel Grey

Votes: 59,568 | Gross: $42.77M

5. The Producers (2005)

PG-13 | 134 min | Comedy, Crime, Musical

After putting together another Broadway flop, down-on-his-luck producer Max Bialystock teams up with timid accountant Leo Bloom in a get-rich-quick scheme to put on the world's worst show.

Director: Susan Stroman | Stars: Nathan Lane, Matthew Broderick, Uma Thurman, Will Ferrell

Votes: 44,839 | Gross: $19.38M

6. The Wiz (1978)

G | 134 min | Adventure, Family, Fantasy

An adaptation of "The Wizard of Oz" that tries to capture the essence of the African-American experience.

Director: Sidney Lumet | Stars: Diana Ross, Michael Jackson, Nipsey Russell, Ted Ross

Votes: 17,132 | Gross: $21.05M

7. The History Boys (2006)

R | 109 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

An unruly class of gifted and charming teenage boys are taught by two eccentric and innovative teachers, as their headmaster pushes for them all to get accepted into Oxford or Cambridge.

Director: Nicholas Hytner | Stars: Richard Griffiths, Frances de la Tour, Clive Merrison, Samuel Anderson

Votes: 21,517 | Gross: $2.71M

8. South Pacific (1958)

Approved | 157 min | Musical, Romance, War

On a South Pacific island during World War II, love blooms between a young nurse and a secretive Frenchman who's being courted for a dangerous military mission.

Director: Joshua Logan | Stars: Rossano Brazzi, Mitzi Gaynor, John Kerr, Ray Walston

Votes: 9,863

9. Guys and Dolls (1955)

Not Rated | 150 min | Comedy, Crime, Musical

In New York, a gambler is challenged to take a cold female missionary to Havana, but they fall for each other, and the bet has a hidden motive to finance a crap game.

Director: Joseph L. Mankiewicz | Stars: Marlon Brando, Jean Simmons, Frank Sinatra, Vivian Blaine

Votes: 19,432 | Gross: $13.00M

10. Mister Roberts (1955)

Passed | 123 min | Comedy, Drama, War

In the waning days of World War II, the cargo officer of a Navy supply ship chafes at its role far from the action in the Pacific's backwater areas, his frustration rising when its captain denies the crew liberty over petty irritations.

Directors: John Ford, Mervyn LeRoy, Joshua Logan | Stars: Henry Fonda, James Cagney, William Powell, Jack Lemmon

Votes: 18,325 | Gross: $21.20M

11. A Man for All Seasons (1966)

G | 120 min | Biography, Drama, History

The story of Sir Thomas More, who stood up to King Henry VIII when the King rejected the Roman Catholic Church to obtain a divorce and remarry.

Director: Fred Zinnemann | Stars: Paul Scofield, Wendy Hiller, Robert Shaw, Leo McKern

Votes: 37,253 | Gross: $28.35M

12. The King and I (1956)

G | 133 min | Biography, Drama, Musical

A widow accepts a job as a live-in governess to the King of Siam's children.

Director: Walter Lang | Stars: Yul Brynner, Deborah Kerr, Rita Moreno, Martin Benson

Votes: 27,972 | Gross: $21.30M

13. 1776 (1972)

G | 141 min | Drama, Family, History

A musical retelling of the American Revolution's political struggle in the Continental Congress to declare independence.

Director: Peter H. Hunt | Stars: William Daniels, Howard Da Silva, Ken Howard, Donald Madden

Votes: 10,318 | Gross: $6.10M

14. Proof (2005)

PG-13 | 100 min | Drama, Mystery

The daughter of a brilliant but mentally disturbed mathematician, recently deceased, tries to come to grips with her possible inheritance: his insanity. Complicating matters are one of her father's ex-students, who wants to search through his papers, and her estranged sister, who shows up to help settle his affairs.

Director: John Madden | Stars: Gwyneth Paltrow, Anthony Hopkins, Hope Davis, Jake Gyllenhaal

Votes: 46,361 | Gross: $7.52M

15. Death of a Salesman (1985 TV Movie)

PG | 136 min | Drama

An aging traveling salesman recognizes the emptiness of his life and tries to fix it.

Director: Volker Schlöndorff | Stars: Dustin Hoffman, Kate Reid, John Malkovich, Stephen Lang

Votes: 11,735

16. Becket (1964)

PG-13 | 148 min | Biography, Drama, History

King Henry II of England comes to terms with his affection for his close friend and confidant Thomas Becket, who finds his true honor by observing God's divine will rather than the King's.

Director: Peter Glenville | Stars: Richard Burton, Peter O'Toole, John Gielgud, Gino Cervi

Votes: 15,903

17. 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: 5,158 | Gross: $6.32M

18. Sleuth (2007)

R | 88 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

On his sprawling country estate, an aging writer matches wits with the struggling actor who has stolen his wife's heart.

Director: Kenneth Branagh | Stars: Michael Caine, Jude Law, Harold Pinter, Kenneth Branagh

Votes: 33,061 | Gross: $0.34M

19. Cabaret (1993 TV Movie)

106 min | Musical, Drama

A filmed stage production of the classic musical.

Director: Sam Mendes | Stars: Jane Horrocks, Alan Cumming, Sara Kestelman, George Raistrick

Votes: 399

20. Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (1982 TV Movie)

Not Rated | 140 min | Drama, Horror, Musical

Barber Sweeney Todd returns to London to uncover the past, along the way meeting pie shop owner Mrs. Nellie Lovett, and begins to start his life of crime.

Director: Terry Hughes | Stars: Angela Lansbury, George Hearn, Cris Groenendaal, Sara Woods

Votes: 3,898

21. 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: 2,425

22. Lost in Yonkers (1993)

PG | 114 min | Comedy, Drama

In the summer of 1942, two young boys are sent to stay with their stern grandmother and their childlike aunt in Yonkers, New York.

Director: Martha Coolidge | Stars: Richard Dreyfuss, Mercedes Ruehl, Irene Worth, Brad Stoll

Votes: 3,694 | Gross: $9.29M

23. Love! Valour! Compassion! (1997)

R | 108 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

Gregory invites seven friends to spend the summer at his large, secluded 19th-century home in upstate New York. The seven are: Bobby, Gregory's "significant other," who is blind but who ... See full summary »

Director: Joe Mantello | Stars: Jason Alexander, Stephen Spinella, Stephen Bogardus, Randy Becker

Votes: 3,702 | Gross: $2.87M

24. The Crucible (1957)

145 min | Drama, History

Salem 1692. The young Abigail, seduced and abandoned by John Proctor, accuses John's wife of being a witch in revenge. It will be the beginning of a series of witchcraft trials and a dark moment in American history.

Director: Raymond Rouleau | Stars: Simone Signoret, Yves Montand, Jean Debucourt, Alfred Adam

Votes: 792

25. Every Little Step (2008)

PG-13 | 96 min | Documentary, Music

Follows the plight of real-life dancers as they struggle through auditions for the Broadway revival of "A Chorus Line". Also investigates the history of the show and the creative minds behind the original and current incarnations.

Directors: Adam Del Deo, James D. Stern | Stars: Bob Avian, Justin Bellero, Michael Bennett, Jay Binder

Votes: 1,668 | Gross: $1.72M

26. Follies

Drama, Musical | Pre-production

The story chronicles ex-performers reuniting in their old theater before demolition, revisiting former fame while navigating tangled relationships and confronting the present amidst nostalgia for the past.

Director: Dominic Cooke

27. Mister Roberts (1984 TV Movie)

Not Rated | 100 min | Comedy, Drama

Set aboard a navy cargo ship during World War II, this comedic drama follows Lt. Doug Roberts (Robert Hays, Airplane!), who battles boredom and a tyrannical captain to the admiration of Ensign Pulver, Doc, and the crew.

Director: Melvin Bernhardt | Stars: Robert Hays, Kevin Bacon, Raye Birk, Charles Durning

Votes: 154

28. Long Day's Journey Into Night (1982 TV Movie)

146 min | Drama

Over the course of one day in August 1912, the family of retired actor James Tyrone grapples with the morphine addiction of his wife Mary, the illness of their youngest son Edmund and the ... See full summary »

Director: William Woodman | Stars: Thommie Blackwell, Ruby Dee, Rhetta Hughes, Earle Hyman

Votes: 49

29. How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying (1975 TV Movie)

30 min | Comedy

An ambitious young man attempts to climb the corporate ladder while working at a company where no one quite understands how their job relates to anyone else's, but is afraid to admit it.

Director: Burt Brinckerhoff | Stars: Alan Bursky, Susan Blanchard, Marcella Lowery, Larry Haines

Votes: 10

30. Breaking the Fifth (2004)

105 min | Comedy

Legendary playwright Godfrey Winters (Frank Langella) makes a desperate attempt at a comeback after ten years in exile.

Director: Austin Smithard | Stars: Frank Langella, Dom DeLuise, Robert Harvey, Meredyth Hunt

Votes: 27

31. I Do! I Do! (1983 TV Movie)

115 min | Musical

I Do! I Do! takes place entirely in a bedroom dominated by a couple's four poster bed. The story takes them through fifty years of marriage, through happiness and sorrow, through good times... See full summary »

Director: Terry Hughes | Stars: Lee Remick, Hal Linden

Votes: 50

32. Cocktailparty (1967 TV Movie)

117 min | Drama

Lavinia has left her husband before a cocktail party. They have both had relationships. A foreign guest, Sir Henry, analyzes their marriage and relationship. Will they find their way back to each other again?

Director: Michael Elliott | Stars: Sverre Hansen, Liv Ullmann, Wenche Foss, Claes Gill

33. The Diary of Anne Frank (1962 TV Movie)

90 min | Drama, War

During World War II, a teenage Jewish girl named Anne Frank and her family are forced into hiding in the Nazi-occupied Netherlands.

Stars: Kitty Courbois, Martine Crefcour, Rob de Vries, Hans Tiemeijer

Votes: 13

34. La muerte de un viajante (1957 TV Movie)

120 min | Drama

Salesman Willy Loman is in economic and labor difficulties. He has a crisis in the relationship with his son and begins to investigate the causes of this situation.

Director: Narciso Ibáñez Menta | Star: Narciso Ibáñez Menta

35. The Diary of Anne Frank (1959 TV Movie)

Drama

During World War II, a teenage Jewish girl named Anne Frank and her family are forced into hiding in the Nazi-occupied Netherlands.

Director: Mirjana Samardzic | Stars: Milena Dapcevic, Rada Djuricin, Dejan Djurovic, Bozidar Drnic

Votes: 12

36. Coctail party (1960)

119 min

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Director: Jean Vernier | Stars: Madeleine Barbulée, Jacques Brécourt, Robert Brémant, Anna Gaylor

37. Die Cocktailparty (1964 TV Movie)

120 min | Comedy

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Director: Ulrich Lauterbach | Stars: Erik Schumann, Margot Trooger, Luitgard Im, Robert Meyn

Votes: 27

38. Luther (1964 TV Movie)

90 min | Biography, Drama

The story of Martin Luther. This play was also filmed in Britain in 1965 for the BBC.

Director: Christopher Muir | Stars: Terry Norris, Douglas Kelly, Brian James, Syd Conabere

39. Alle meine Söhne (1955 TV Movie)

90 min | Drama

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Director: Franz Peter Wirth | Stars: Willi Umminger, Annemarie Holtz, Peter Schütte, Arnold K. Richter

40. Alla mina söner (1965 TV Movie)

75 min

All My Sons tells the story of Joe Keller, a successful, middle-aged, self-made man who has done a terrible and tragic thing. He framed his business partner for a crime and engineered his ... See full summary »

Director: Bengt Lagerkvist | Stars: Erik Hell, Marianne Stjernqvist, Ove Tjernberg, Mariann Nordwall

41. Wie is er bang voor Virginia Woolf? (1973 TV Movie)

Drama

An evening of fun and games with George and Martha.

Directors: Paul Cammermans, Lo van Hensbergen | Stars: Frederik de Groot, Kitty Janssen, Marja Lieuwen, André van den Heuvel

42. ITV Play of the Week (1955–1974)
Episode: All My Sons (1958)

Comedy, Drama

All My Sons tells the story of Joe Keller, a successful, middle-aged, self-made man who has done a terrible and tragic thing. He framed his business partner for a crime and engineered his ... See full summary »

Director: Cliff Owen | Stars: Albert Dekker, Megs Jenkins, Simone Lovell, Patrick McGoohan

43. American Playhouse (1980–1994)
Episode: All My Sons (1987)

Comedy, Drama, Romance

Two families, related by friendship and love, face up to the consequences of greed and avarice in the post-war years. Love and death play equal roles in determining the outcome of events.

Director: Jack O'Brien | Stars: Joan Allen, Michael Learned, Aidan Quinn, James Whitmore

Votes: 190

44. American Playhouse (1980–1994)
Episode: Into the Woods (1991)

Unrated | 151 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

In this Tony Award-winning musical by Stephen Sondheim, several fairy tale characters learn the hard way that the 'Happily Ever After' they sought isn't necessarily so happy after all.

Director: James Lapine | Stars: Bernadette Peters, Joanna Gleason, Chip Zien, Joy Franz

Votes: 3,208

45. ITV Play of the Week (1955–1974)
Episode: The Crucible (1959)

Comedy, Drama

A Salem woman accuses her ex-lover's wife of witchcraft.

Director: Henry Kaplan | Stars: Sean Connery, Barbara Chilcott, Noel Willman, Susannah York

Votes: 25

46. Playhouse 90 (1956–1961)
Episode: The Miracle Worker (1957)

90 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

The story of Anne Sullivan's struggle to teach the blind and deaf Helen Keller how to communicate.

Director: Arthur Penn | Stars: Richard Joy, Teresa Wright, Burl Ives, John Drew Barrymore

Votes: 16

47. Angels in America (2003)
Episode: Millennium Approaches: Bad News (2003)

TV-MA | 66 min | Drama, Fantasy, Romance

Louis abandons a hospitalized Prior; Joe and Roy confide in each other over drinks. Later, Prior hears voices from his hospital bed while Louis solicits sex from strangers, and Joe makes a drunken confession to his mother.

Director: Mike Nichols | Stars: Al Pacino, Meryl Streep, Mary-Louise Parker, Jeffrey Wright

Votes: 769

48. Angels in America (2003)
Episode: Perestroika: Heaven, I'm in Heaven (2003)

TV-MA | 64 min | Drama, Fantasy, Romance

A fight with Joe leaves Louis badly scarred; Roy plays a final practical joke on Ethel; Prior wrestles the Angel and then addresses a review board in Heaven; Harper heads out West; Prior, ... See full summary »

Director: Mike Nichols | Stars: Al Pacino, Meryl Streep, Mary-Louise Parker, Jeffrey Wright

Votes: 616