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1. Fargo (1996)
R | 98 min | Crime, Thriller
Minnesota car salesman Jerry Lundegaard's inept crime falls apart due to his and his henchmen's bungling and the persistent police work of the quite pregnant Marge Gunderson.
Directors: Joel Coen, Ethan Coen | Stars: William H. Macy, Frances McDormand, Steve Buscemi, Peter Stormare
Votes: 728,524 | Gross: $24.61M
2. 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: 594,006 | Gross: $209.73M
3. Midnight Cowboy (1969)
R | 113 min | Drama
A naive hustler travels from Texas to New York City to seek personal fortune, finding a new friend in the process.
Director: John Schlesinger | Stars: Dustin Hoffman, Jon Voight, Sylvia Miles, John McGiver
Votes: 121,272 | Gross: $44.79M
4. The Silver Chalice (1954)
Approved | 142 min | Drama, Romance
A Greek artisan is commissioned to cast the cup of Christ in silver, and sculpt around its rim, the faces of the disciples and Jesus. He travels to Jerusalem and eventually to Rome to ... See full summary »
Director: Victor Saville | Stars: Virginia Mayo, Pier Angeli, Jack Palance, Paul Newman
Votes: 1,815
5. The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993)
PG | 76 min | Animation, Family, Fantasy
Jack Skellington, king of Halloween Town, discovers Christmas Town, but his attempts to bring Christmas to his home causes confusion.
Director: Henry Selick | Stars: Danny Elfman, Chris Sarandon, Catherine O'Hara, William Hickey
Votes: 376,020 | Gross: $75.08M
6. The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt (2015 Video Game)
M | Action, Adventure, Drama
The monster slayer Geralt of Rivia must find his adoptive daughter who is being pursued by the Wild Hunt, and prevent the White Frost from bringing about the end of the world.
Director: Konrad Tomaszkiewicz | Stars: Doug Cockle, Denise Gough, Jo Wyatt, Jaimi Barbakoff
Votes: 33,456
7. Song of the South (1946)
G | 94 min | Animation, Comedy, Family
The kindly story-teller Uncle Remus tells a young boy stories about trickster Br'er Rabbit, who outwits Br'er Fox and slow-witted Br'er Bear.
Directors: Harve Foster, Wilfred Jackson | Stars: Ruth Warrick, Bobby Driscoll, James Baskett, Luana Patten
Votes: 15,288 | Gross: $63.72M
8. Batman: The Brave and the Bold (2008–2011)
TV-Y7-FV | 30 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
An updated animated series centering on the Caped Crusader himself as he partners and deals with his fellow superheroes in the DC Comics universe.
Stars: Diedrich Bader, John DiMaggio, James Arnold Taylor, Dee Bradley Baker
Votes: 10,247
9. Nomads (1986)
R | 91 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
A French anthropologist specializing in nomadic groups moves to Los Angeles with his wife, and starts following a group of sinister street punks who seem to live and move around in a black van. But they aren't what they seem.
Director: John McTiernan | Stars: Lesley-Anne Down, Pierce Brosnan, Anna Maria Monticelli, Adam Ant
Votes: 5,366 | Gross: $2.28M
10. Wander Over Yonder (2013–2016)
TV-Y7 | 30 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
Wander is is eager to help anyone in the galaxy, together with his friend Sylvia. Wander's friendliness often angers Lord Hater, who is bent on galactic domination, and his army of Watchdogs.
Stars: Jack McBrayer, April Winchell, Keith Ferguson, Tom Kenny
Votes: 4,800
11. Burke and Hare (2010)
R | 91 min | Comedy, Crime, History
A black comedy about two 19th-century grave robbers who find a lucrative business providing cadavers for an Edinburgh medical school.
Director: John Landis | Stars: Bill Bailey, Tom Wilkinson, Michael Smiley, Tim Curry
Votes: 21,375 | Gross: $0.00M
12. The Milagro Beanfield War (1988)
R | 117 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
The accidental breakdown of an irrigation valve launches a hot confrontation between the mainly Latino farmers in a tiny New Mexico town and the real estate developers and politicians determined to acquire their land for a golf resort.
Director: Robert Redford | Stars: Rubén Blades, Richard Bradford, Sonia Braga, Julie Carmen
Votes: 6,860 | Gross: $13.83M
13. Topper Returns (1941)
Passed | 88 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Mystery
A fun-loving young woman is murdered after trading bedrooms with her wealthy friend. Her ghost seeks aid from Topper to find the murderer.
Director: Roy Del Ruth | Stars: Joan Blondell, Roland Young, Carole Landis, Billie Burke
Votes: 3,434
14. Trickster (I) (2020)
60 min | Drama, Fantasy, Mystery
Jared is an Indigenous teen struggling to keep his dysfunctional family above water. When he starts seeing strange things - talking ravens, doppelgängers, skin monsters - his already chaotic life is turned upside down.
Stars: Joel Oulette, Crystle Lightning, Kalani Queypo, Anna Lambe
Votes: 1,776
15. Powwow Highway (1988)
R | 91 min | Adventure, Drama
Two Northern Cheyenne men take a road trip from Montana to New Mexico to bail out the sister of one of them who has been framed and arrested in Santa Fe. On the way, they begin to reconnect to their spiritual heritage.
Director: Jonathan Wacks | Stars: Gary Farmer, A Martinez, Joanelle Romero, Amanda Wyss
Votes: 1,910 | Gross: $0.28M
16. The Terror of Hallow's Eve (2017)
Not Rated | 80 min | Drama, Horror, Thriller
After a fifteen-year-old is brutally beaten up by High School bullies, his wish for revenge unknowingly unleashes the Terror of Halloween.
Director: Todd Tucker | Stars: Caleb Thomas, Sarah Lancaster, Annie Read, JT Neal
Votes: 1,114
17. Clearcut (1991)
R | 100 min | Drama, Thriller, Western
A white lawyer finds his values shaken when he is paired with an angry Indigenous activist who insists on kidnapping the head of a logging company to teach him the price of his destruction.
Director: Ryszard Bugajski | Stars: Ron Lea, Graham Greene, Michael Hogan, Floyd 'Red Crow' Westerman
Votes: 1,382
18. The Boys Club (1996)
R | 91 min | Adventure, Crime, Drama
In Ontario, Canada, three fourteen-year-old boys, Kyle, Brad and Eric are forced to perform an ordeal when they find a wounded mysterious fugitive named Luke, who has a gun and claiming to be a cop, has taken a hiding in their clubhouse.
Director: John Fawcett | Stars: Chris Penn, Dominic Zamprogna, Stuart Stone, Devon Sawa
Votes: 1,348
19. Our Gang (1922)
20 min | Short, Comedy, Family
An unethical merchant moves into town and steals customers from the widowed owner of an established store; the gang steps in to help.
Directors: Robert F. McGowan, Fred C. Newmeyer | Stars: Anna Mae Bilson, Jackie Condon, Mickey Daniels, John Hatton
Votes: 552
20. The Dancing Pig (1907)
Not Rated | 4 min | Short, Comedy, Horror
A humongous and obese anthropomorphic swine dressed like a fine gentleman in a fancy dinner attire tries to make a pass at a solitary lady having a picnic.
Director: Millard Mercury | Stars: Ewing Tordella, Edith Trublanchet
Votes: 1,420
21. Daffy Duck's Quackbusters (1988)
G | 72 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
Daffy Duck opens a detective agency for the supernatural along side his Looney Toon buddies.
Directors: Greg Ford, Friz Freleng, Chuck Jones, Terry Lennon, Robert McKimson, Maurice Noble | Stars: Mel Blanc, Mel Tormé, Roy Firestone, B.J. Ward
Votes: 2,679
22. Windrunner (1994)
PG | 98 min | Family, Fantasy
A young man in high school moves with his mother to a town in the U.S. Southwest where his father is serving time in a penitentiary. There, he is discriminated against by his peers because ... See full summary »
Directors: William Clark, William Tannen | Stars: Jason Wiles, Russell Means, Margot Kidder, Amanda Peterson
Votes: 263
23. A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving (1973 TV Short)
TV-G | 25 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Peppermint Patty invites herself and her friends over to Charlie Brown's for Thanksgiving, and with Linus, Snoopy, and Woodstock, he attempts to throw together a Thanksgiving dinner.
Directors: Bill Melendez, Phil Roman | Stars: Todd Barbee, Robin Kohn, Stephen Shea, Hilary Momberger-Powers
Votes: 12,362
24. Journey to the West (1986–2000)
45 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Participate in the legendary long pilgrimage of Tang Dynasty Buddhist monk Tang Shen, who traveled to the western regions of Central Asia and India to obtain sacred Buddhist texts.
Stars: Liu Xiao Ling Tong, Dehua Ma, Huaili Yan, Shaohua Xu
Votes: 1,745
25. Lord of the Mysteries (2025– )
Animation, Action, Adventure
In the fogs of history and darkness, who was whispering? When the gray fog falls, who is whispering in the ear. The light still shines, the mystery has never been far away.
26. ZZZap! (1993–2001)
Animation, Comedy, Family
A children's TV sketch show using the premise of comic book with iconic characters such as Daisy Dares you, the hands and more!
Stars: Richard Waites, Sarah Pickthall, Deborah McCallum, Neil Buchanan
Votes: 315
27. Animated Tales of the World (2000–2004)
TV-Y7 | 26 min | Animation, Family, Fantasy
Each episode of the series retells international story tales that has originated in many countries around the world, such as Poland, Scotland, Russia, etc.
Stars: Julie Higginson, Sheridan Smith, Wayne Foskett, John Normington
Votes: 91
28. The Come On (1956)
83 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
Unscrupulous con woman gets involved in murder.
Director: Russell Birdwell | Stars: Anne Baxter, Sterling Hayden, John Hoyt, Jesse White
Votes: 280
29. Get Charlie Tully (1972)
PG | 97 min | Comedy, Crime
Charlie Tully and womanizing Reggie Peek con two rich Italians out of £500,000, but during their flight out Charlie is arrested for conning an American and a dog. Reggie puts the money in a... See full summary »
Director: Cliff Owen | Stars: Dick Emery, Derren Nesbitt, Ronald Fraser, Pat Coombs
Votes: 491
30. Finley (2019)
25 min | Short, Comedy, Horror
"Finley" is a cheerfully energetic horror short following the shenanigans of a wooden puppet as he tries to kill a group of college kids who have moved into his house.
Director: J. Zachary Thurman | Stars: Alexa Leigh Fletcher, Brooke Wallace, Keith Dowsett, Chase Anderson
Votes: 304
31. Preacherman (1971)
R | 87 min | Comedy, Drama
Phony backwoods preacher Amos T. Huxley stays in a small North Carolina town long enough to fleece his congregation, swindle the profits from a moonshine still, and seduce dumb blonde Mary ... See full summary »
Director: Albert T. Viola | Stars: Albert T. Viola, Ilene Kristen, Adam Hesse, Marian Brown
Votes: 251
32. Those Who Are Fine (2017)
71 min | Drama
Alice works in a call center in the outskirts of Zurich, selling internet subscriptions and insurance deals to strangers on the other end of the line. Inspired by her job, she calls lonely ... See full summary »
Director: Cyril Schäublin | Stars: Sarah Stauffer, Margot Gödrös, Liliane Amuat, Daniel Bachmann
Votes: 437
33. The Sandman (1991)
10 min | Animation, Short, Fantasy
Upstairs, in the moonlit and empty room, a little boy scared of the dancing shadows, encounters a figment of his vivid imagination: the horrible Sandman.
Director: Paul Berry
Votes: 1,539
34. Bomfunk MC's: Freestyler (2000 Music Video)
5 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Music
A kid with an attitude is listening to music on a subway car when a trickster (played by the band's lead singer) gives him the power to freeze, rewind and fast-forward time with his minidisc player. The kid wastes it on trivial pranks.
Director: Miikka Lommi | Stars: Mikko Björk, Raymond Ebanks, Petri Kanerva, Ismo Lappalainen
Votes: 123
35. The Banksters, Madoff with America (2013)
Not Rated | 110 min | Drama
Bernie Madoff is at the hub of the biggest conspiracy the world has ever known, according to Mr. X. Dave Edmund, a small Independent film maker puts it all on the line to bring the world the truth.
Director: Edmund Druilhet | Stars: Tom Sizemore, Michael Madsen, Paul Cohen, Edmund Druilhet
Votes: 48
36. Flight of Fancy (2000)
PG | 96 min | Family
A young single mother, Mercedes, is about to marry solid, dependable Frank, when a dashing aviator, Clay, comes into her life. But when pilot Clay crash-lands on a small, remote island he sends the inhabitants into a tailspin.
Director: Noel Quiñones | Stars: Talisa Soto, Miguel Sandoval, Kristian de la Osa, Juan Piedrahita
Votes: 237
37. Black Fox: The True Story of Adolf Hitler (1962)
89 min | Documentary, Biography, History
The rise and fall of Nazi Germany in part through the use of classical allegory.
Director: Louis Clyde Stoumen | Stars: Marlene Dietrich, Adolf Hitler
Votes: 211
38. Baduk (1992)
G | 89 min | Drama, Family
Baduk is the name of the child who works in smuggling, due to poverty he and his sister separated, the sister will work as a maid, he keeps trying to reach his sister in vain, finally he ... See full summary »
Director: Majid Majidi | Stars: Mohammad Kasebi, Mehrollah Mazarehi, Allahnour Barahouei, Eydouk Moghaddam
Votes: 398
39. Art of the Prank (2015)
85 min | Documentary, Biography, Comedy
Art of the Prank is an emotional and humorous journey following the evolution of Joey Skaggs, Godfather of the media hoax, as he tries to pull off the most challenging prank of his career. ... See full summary »
Director: Andrea Marini | Stars: Mark Borkowski, Michael Carter, Manulele Clark, Ed Coll
Votes: 170
40. The Rattled Rooster (1948)
7 min | Animation, Family, Short
A rooster is unable to get worms; the other chickens either get there first or trick him out of the worms. But there's one worm nobody else competes for, because it's a trickster. It uses ... See full summary »
Director: Arthur Davis | Star: Mel Blanc
Votes: 162
41. Psilos, lignos kai pseftaros (1985)
89 min | Comedy
The life and times of now elderly Pipis Parlapipas, the biggest liar ever existed, whose Munchausen-like adventures have become a TV series, left as a heritage for his relatives.
Director: Yiannis Hartomatzidis | Stars: Stathis Psaltis, Kaiti Finou, Giannis Rotas, Teta Douzou
Votes: 205
42. Gods and Kings (2012)
Documentary
As satellite TV signals blast the Guatemalan highlands, Maya magic confronts the new mythologies of American pop culture.
Director: Robin Blotnick | Star: Anaïs Alexandra Tekerian
43. The Little Shoemaker (2015)
5 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
A shoemaker faces a peddler who tries steal his shop.
Directors: Galaad Alais, Terry Bonvard, Charley Carlier, Romain Cislo, Pierre-Yves Lefebvre, Philippe Lim, Benjamin Mariotte, Karen Nawfal
Votes: 74
44. The Great Who-Dood-It (1952)
Approved | 7 min | Family, Animation, Short
Woody Woodpecker is having a good time wandering around the County Fair and blowing his bubble gum, and is a big distraction to Buzzy Buzzard's attempts to sell his home-made tonics. Buzzy ... See full summary »
Director: Don Patterson | Stars: Mel Blanc, Dal McKennon, Dick Nelson, Grace Stafford
Votes: 87
45. Der Fürsorger (2009)
96 min | Comedy, Drama
Luckily, the carer Hans-Peter Stalder knows the secret code: a money-making strategy that promises hand-picked investors unbelievable profits and a carefree life in the lap of luxury.
Director: Lutz Konermann | Stars: Roeland Wiesnekker, Katharina Wackernagel, Johanna Bantzer, Claude De Demo
Votes: 76
46. Georges Méliès: Cinema Magician (1978)
Not Rated | 21 min | Documentary, Short, Biography
Documentary on Georges Méliès life and works.
Directors: Luciano Martinengo, Patrick Montgomery | Star: Georges Méliès
Votes: 110
47. Pandora's Box (1999 Video Game)
E | Adventure
Pandora's Box, a mythical prison containing the world's greatest tricksters, is broken and the tricksters escape. Travel around the world and solve puzzles to capture the tricksters and restore their prison.
Votes: 16
48. A Brief History of the Devil (2021)
5 min | Documentary, Animation, Short
Directors: Reza Riahi, Mehdi Shiri | Star: Jack Cutmore-Scott
49. Grab the Ghost (1920)
9 min | Short, Comedy
The difficulties of a bride and bridegroom when they try to take their honeymoon in a "haunted" house.
Director: Alfred J. Goulding | Stars: 'Snub' Pollard, Marie Mosquini, Eddie Boland, Ernest Morrison
Votes: 21
50. Rêverie 11:12 (2019)
11 min | Short, Drama, Mystery | Completed
A young woman who is lost and unwilling to let go of the past embarks on a midnight quest and meets a mysterious woman from the past who is unbound to the rules of this reality.
Directors: Beryl Liu, Angelina Guo | Stars: Beryl Liu, Angelina Guo, Zhi Qiang Guo