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1. Toy Story (1995)
G | 81 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
A cowboy doll is profoundly threatened and jealous when a new spaceman action figure supplants him as top toy in a boy's bedroom.
Director: John Lasseter | Stars: Tom Hanks, Tim Allen, Don Rickles, Jim Varney
Votes: 1,069,245 | Gross: $191.80M
2. Red Sparrow (2018)
R | 140 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
Ballerina Dominika Egorova is recruited to 'Sparrow School,' a Russian intelligence service where she is forced to use her body as a weapon. Her first mission, targeting a C.I.A. agent, threatens to unravel the security of both nations.
Director: Francis Lawrence | Stars: Jennifer Lawrence, Joel Edgerton, Matthias Schoenaerts, Charlotte Rampling
Votes: 201,662 | Gross: $46.87M
3. Inland Empire (2006)
R | 180 min | Drama, Fantasy, Mystery
As an actress begins to adopt the persona of her character in a film, her world becomes nightmarish and surreal.
Director: David Lynch | Stars: Karolina Gruszka, Krzysztof Majchrzak, Grace Zabriskie, Laura Dern
Votes: 62,249 | Gross: $0.75M
4. About a Boy (2002)
PG-13 | 101 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Will, who attends single parent meetings to woo women, meets Marcus, a troubled 12-year-old boy. As they become friends, Will learns to be responsible while he helps Marcus with his studies.
Directors: Chris Weitz, Paul Weitz | Stars: Hugh Grant, Nicholas Hoult, Toni Collette, Sharon Small
Votes: 191,726 | Gross: $41.39M
5. When a Stranger Calls (2006)
PG-13 | 87 min | Horror, Thriller
During a babysitting gig, a high-school student is harassed by an increasingly threatening prank caller.
Director: Simon West | Stars: Camilla Belle, Tommy Flanagan, Katie Cassidy, Tessa Thompson
Votes: 48,670 | Gross: $47.86M
6. Pin (1988)
R | 103 min | Horror, Thriller
Isolated by his strange parents, Leon finds solace in an imaginary friend, which happens to be an anatomy doll from his father's doctor office. Unfortunately, the doll begins to take over Leon's life, and his sister's life as well.
Director: Sandor Stern | Stars: David Hewlett, Cynthia Preston, Terry O'Quinn, Bronwen Mantel
Votes: 5,298
7. The Pirate Movie (1982)
PG | 98 min | Adventure, Comedy, Musical
A 1980s take-off of The Pirates of Penzance which centers on a noble pirate who leaves his profession and falls in love with a fiery young maiden.
Directors: Ken Annakin, Richard Franklin | Stars: Kristy McNichol, Christopher Atkins, Ted Hamilton, Bill Kerr
Votes: 4,803
8. Rita, Sue and Bob Too (1987)
R | 89 min | Comedy, Drama
Realistic story of working-class Yorkshire life, alternately serious and light-hearted, as two schoolgirls have a sexual fling with a married man.
Director: Alan Clarke | Stars: Siobhan Finneran, Michelle Holmes, George Costigan, Lesley Sharp
Votes: 4,805 | Gross: $0.12M
9. Smoking Causes Coughing (2022)
Not Rated | 77 min | Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi
A group of vigilantes called the "tobacco-forces" is falling apart. To rebuild team spirit, their leader suggests that they meet for a week-long retreat, before returning to save the world.
Director: Quentin Dupieux | Stars: Gilles Lellouche, Vincent Lacoste, Anaïs Demoustier, Jean-Pascal Zadi
Votes: 4,782
10. Death Watch (1980)
R | 117 min | Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
In a future where dying of illness is exceedingly rare, a terminally ill woman becomes a celebrity and a man with camera implants goes to secretly record her for a morbid TV show.
Director: Bertrand Tavernier | Stars: Romy Schneider, Harvey Keitel, Harry Dean Stanton, Thérèse Liotard
Votes: 3,464
11. Modern Girls (1986)
PG-13 | 84 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A pair of women decide to prank their roommate's nerdy blind date after she stands him up, but end up developing a friendship with him after their practical joke sends them on an all-night odyssey through the 1980s club scene.
Director: Jerry Kramer | Stars: Daphne Zuniga, Virginia Madsen, Cynthia Gibb, Clayton Rohner
Votes: 1,718 | Gross: $0.60M
12. Christmas Evil (1980)
R | 100 min | Horror, Thriller
A toy factory worker, mentally scarred as a child upon learning Santa Claus is not real, suffers a nervous breakdown after being belittled at work, and embarks on a Yuletide killing spree.
Director: Lewis Jackson | Stars: Brandon Maggart, Jeffrey DeMunn, Dianne Hull, Andy Fenwick
Votes: 8,575
13. Breaking Point (2023)
85 min | Drama, Thriller
Follows Mathieu, a loyal husband who leads a tranquil life with his wife, as he covers his friend Vincent affairs. One day, as Mathieu tries to smooth things over with Vincent's latest mistress, he unexpectedly falls in love with her.
Director: Yvan Attal | Stars: Yvan Attal, Maïwenn, Guillaume Canet, Marie-Josée Croze
Votes: 147
14. Bleeding Heart (2015)
TV-MA | 80 min | Action, Drama, Mystery
A yoga instructor looks to protect her sex-worker sister from her deadbeat boyfriend.
Director: Diane Bell | Stars: Jessica Biel, Zosia Mamet, Joe Anderson, Edi Gathegi
Votes: 2,283
15. The Ratings Game (1984 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 102 min | Comedy, Romance
A newly rich New Jersey trucker moves to Hollywood and creates a slew of hit TV shows by manipulating the ratings system with help from his girlfriend in the ratings business.
Director: Danny DeVito | Stars: Danny DeVito, Rhea Perlman, Gerrit Graham, Bernadette Birkett
Votes: 825
16. Secret Agent Dingledorf and His Trusty Dog Splat (2021)
PG | 89 min | Comedy, Family
Using quirky inventions from a spy backpack, young Bernie Dingledorf, his dog, and two best friends, are the only ones who can save the world by facing bullies, thwarting circus clowns and destroying Dr. Chuckles evil laugh generator.
Director: Billy Dickson | Stars: Zackary Arthur, Paul Johansson, Jason Dolley, Shiloh Nelson
Votes: 98
17. Catching Faith (2015)
Not Rated | 88 min | Drama, Family, Sport
From the outside, Alexa has the perfect life. Her son is the high-school football star, her daughter a straight-A student, and her husband the CFO of a booming start-up company. But her ... See full summary »
Director: John K.D. Graham | Stars: Lorena Segura York, Garrett Westton, Bill Engvall, Alexandra Boylan
Votes: 530
18. Big Business (1929)
19 min | Short, Comedy, Family
Ollie and Stanley are two Christmas Tree sales reps who get into one of their usual mutual-destruction fights with a disgruntled homeowner.
Directors: James W. Horne, Leo McCarey | Stars: Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, James Finlayson, Charlie Hall
Votes: 3,397
19. Native Son (1986)
PG | 111 min | Drama, Romance
In 1940s Chicago, a young black man takes a job as a chauffeur to a white family, which takes a turn for the worse when he accidentally kills the teenage daughter of the couple and then tries to cover it up.
Director: Jerrold Freedman | Stars: Victor Love, Matt Dillon, Elizabeth McGovern, Geraldine Page
Votes: 630 | Gross: $1.30M
20. Final Mission (1984)
R | 101 min | Action, Crime, War
Vince Deacon, a higly decorated Vietnam War veteran, serves as a SWAT team captain for LAPD. When his family gets attacked by thugs and he kills one of them in self defense he's being ... See full summary »
Director: Cirio H. Santiago | Stars: Richard Young, Christine L. Tudor, Jason Ross, John Dresden
Votes: 221
21. Crazy Moon (1987)
PG | 90 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A rich young kleptomaniac and a deaf store worker form a relationship after an ordeal with a stolen mannequin.
Director: Allan Eastman | Stars: Kiefer Sutherland, Vanessa Vaughan, Peter Spence, Ken Pogue
Votes: 686
22. The Dancing Masters (1943)
Approved | 63 min | Comedy, Romance
Two bumbling dance teachers help an awkward inventor sell his new invention and facilitate his romance with a beautiful socialite.
Director: Malcolm St. Clair | Stars: Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Trudy Marshall, Robert Bailey
Votes: 1,115
23. The Custodian (1993)
R | 109 min | Drama, Romance
A police detective decides to expose the pervasive corruption that permeates his department.
Director: John Dingwall | Stars: Anthony LaPaglia, Hugo Weaving, Barry Otto, Kelly Dingwall
Votes: 371
24. Valet Girls (1986)
R | 82 min | Comedy, Music
A young girl who aspires to a singing career gets herself and her best friend a job as valet parking girls at a Malibu party in order to meet people who can help them achieve their dreams.
Director: Rafal Zielinski | Stars: Meri D. Marshall, April Stewart, Mary Kohnert, Jack DeLeon
Votes: 449
25. Nobody Waved Good-bye (1964)
80 min | Drama
A teenage boy rebels against parental authority and must face a harsh reality when he tries to live on his own.
Director: Don Owen | Stars: Peter Kastner, Julie Biggs, Claude Rae, Toby Tarnow
Votes: 340
26. Your Three Minutes Are Up (1973)
R | 93 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Charlie is a sad sack of a man, working at a depressingly dull office job and stuck in a passionless engagement to a neurotic woman. One of the few bright spots in his life is his friend ... See full summary »
Director: Douglas Schwartz | Stars: Beau Bridges, Ron Leibman, Janet Margolin, Kathleen Freeman
Votes: 164 | Gross: $0.08M
27. The Snatch Thief (2018)
93 min | Crime, Drama
A robber regrets having brutally hit an elderly woman in order to snatch off her handbag and attempts to make up for the damage he inflicted. But his past deeds as snatch thief hunt him, keeping him from restarting his life anew.
Director: Agustín Toscano | Stars: Sergio Prina, Daniel Elías, Liliana Juárez, Leon Zelarayan
Votes: 208
28. The Handyman (1980)
99 min | Drama, Romance
Le film, qui sera primé à San Sebastian, raconte l'histoire d'un homme dont la naïveté et la galanterie d'un autre âge sont à l'origine de nombreux déboires sentimentaux, tout ... See full summary »
Director: Micheline Lanctôt | Stars: Jocelyn Bérubé, Andrée Pelletier, Janette Bertrand, Madeleine Guérin
Votes: 108
29. Breaking Loose: Summer City II (1988)
R | 87 min | Action
A disillusioned and directionless Australian teen who finds his life spiraling more quickly than he can handle makes an impulsive escape to the Australian coast to stay with a friend of his... See full summary »
Director: Rod Hay | Stars: Peter Phelps, Vince Martin, Abigail, David Ngoombujarra
Votes: 57
30. Angelochek (1992)
29 min | Short, Drama
A girl with an active imagination fantasizes a more glamorous life than the one she has living with her father.
Director: Yana Drouz | Stars: Valeriy Afanasev, Irina Byakova, Aleksandra Danilova, Natalya Khorokhorina
31. The Hot Air Salesman (1937)
6 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
A door to door salesman visits Betty Boop's home with a long line of useless household gadgets.
Directors: Dave Fleischer, Thomas Johnson | Stars: Jack Mercer, Mae Questel
Votes: 159
32. Picnic (1949)
Not Rated | 22 min | Short, Drama
Beginning in the reality of American middle-class life, PICNIC portrays the idealistic dream-quest of the protagonist, from which he is finally cast off.
Director: Curtis Harrington | Stars: Isabel Harrington, Raymond S. Harrington
Votes: 188
33.
Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955–1962)
Episode:
Our Cook's a Treasure
(1955)
TV-14 | 30 min | Drama, Mystery
A serial-murderess maid is on the loose in the city. Ralph becomes suspicious of his wife Ethel's housemaid Mrs. Sutton.
Director: Robert Stevens | Stars: Alfred Hitchcock, Everett Sloane, Beulah Bondi, Janet Ward
Votes: 1,251
34.
Birds of a Feather (1989–2020)
Episode:
Keep Off the Grass
(1990)
TV-14 | 29 min | Comedy
Sharon, Tracey and Dorien witness wife-beater Vinny Hutchins rob a building society. Sharon and Tracey then face a moral dilemma - do they grass up the scumbag?
Director: Charlie Hanson | Stars: Pauline Quirke, Linda Robson, Lesley Joseph, Alun Lewis
Votes: 32
35.
A Country Practice (1981–1993)
Episode:
A Human Reaction: Part 1
(1982)
Drama, Romance
Craig Thompson comes to the hospital to have a minor cut looked after but his allergic reaction to a penicillin injection almost takes his life.
Director: Leigh Spence | Stars: Shane Porteous, Joyce Jacobs, Brian Wenzel, Lorrae Desmond
36.
A Country Practice (1981–1993)
Episode:
Kith and Kin: Part 1
(1983)
Drama, Romance
Before leaving to visit Brendan's parents, Molly decides to rip up the rest of the kitchen linoleum, revealing more old newspapers underneath.
Director: Bob Meillon | Stars: Shane Porteous, Joyce Jacobs, Brian Wenzel, Lorrae Desmond
37.
Dennis the Menace (1959–1963)
Episode:
Dennis and the Rare Coin
(1960)
TV-G | 25 min | Comedy, Family
Mr. Wilson pays $250.00 for a rare gold coin from a con artist that turns out to be a fake coin. The good news is that the coin gives Mr. Wilson a free wish when Dennis throws the coin in ... See full summary »
Director: Don Taylor | Stars: Jay North, Herbert Anderson, Gloria Henry, Joseph Kearns
Votes: 57
38.
Dennis the Menace (1959–1963)
Episode:
Innocents in Space
(1959)
TV-G | 22 min | Comedy, Family
Mr. Wilson gets a telescope and is convinced he spotted a missing satellite in space. What he actually spotted was a ping-pong ball that glows in the dark from Dennis' pop gun that Dennis ... See full summary »
Director: William D. Russell | Stars: Jay North, Herbert Anderson, Gloria Henry, Joseph Kearns
Votes: 70
39.
The Genie from Down Under 2 (1998)
Episode:
Stock and Bonding
(1998)
Family, Comedy, Fantasy
Pen would really love a boyfriend and the gorgeous Montgomery St. Ives is her type. So, without Bruce's help Pen gets the guy and shows off to Sophie and Marcia. Unfortunately he turns out to be not her type at all.
Director: Ray Boseley | Stars: Alexandra Milman, Glenn Meldrum, Sandy Winton, Anna Galvin
40.
The Littlest Hobo (1979–1985)
Episode:
Big Al and Sam Strawberry
(1980)
Adventure, Drama, Family
The Hobo helps an artist out of temptation to embezzle a Van Gogh, as a desperate measure to pay off a mobster.
Director: Jan Darnley-Smith | Stars: London, Sheldon Leonard, James B. Douglas, Brian Smegal
Votes: 13
41.
The Littlest Hobo (1979–1985)
Episode:
Guardian Angel
(1980)
Adventure, Drama, Family
A baby girl is abandoned on the steps of a church and the Hobo takes it upon himself to keep her from harm.
Director: Stan Olsen | Stars: London, Nehemiah Persoff, Jacquie Presly, Henry Beckman
Votes: 16
42.
The Littlest Hobo (1979–1985)
Episode:
Music Box
(1981)
Adventure, Drama, Family
A little girl fantasizes about being a ballerina, like her mother, who is reluctant to have her daughter repeat her experiences.
Directors: Mario Azzopardi, Allan Eastman | Stars: London, Gloria Figura, Jack Jessop, Karen Kain
Votes: 11
43.
The Littlest Hobo (1979–1985)
Episode:
Silent Witness
(1979)
Adventure, Drama, Family
The Hobo witnesses a drunken hit-and-run and haunts the perpetrator, playing his conscience against him.
Director: Allan Eastman | Stars: London, Len Doncheff, Frank Gibbs, Shelby Gregory
Votes: 19
44.
The Littlest Hobo (1979–1985)
Episode:
Snapshot
(1980)
Adventure, Drama, Family
The Hobo and a boy disturb bank robbers working on a vault, late at night.
Director: Jan Darnley-Smith | Stars: London, Mark Polley, Tedde Moore, Tom Butler
Votes: 16
45.
The Littlest Hobo (1979–1985)
Episode:
The Balloonist
(1980)
Adventure, Drama, Family
Hobo watches out for an enthusiastic balloonist with a heart condition, who doesn't listen to his doctor's advice (or his granddaughter's insistence) that he should take it easy.
Director: Allan Eastman | Stars: London, Keenan Wynn, Marianne McIsaac, John Corbett
Votes: 14
46.
The Littlest Hobo (1979–1985)
Episode:
Million Dollar Fur Heist
(1980)
Adventure, Drama, Family
A drunken ex-trucker goes on a joy ride with the Hobo and is surprised to find that the truck he borrowed is full of stolen furs. His problems run deeper when the thieves learn where he (and his grandson) live.
Director: Allan Eastman | Stars: London, Abe Vigoda, Derrick Jones, Michael Hogan
Votes: 15
47.
The Littlest Hobo (1979–1985)
Episode:
Willy and Kate
(1980)
Adventure, Drama, Family
The Hobo tries to give support and guidance to a couple of quarrelsome human transients--one old man and one young girl.
Director: Jan Darnley-Smith | Stars: London, Gary Merrill, Pauline Fulton, Michael Ayoub
Votes: 14
48.
Picket Fences (1992–1996)
Episode:
Freezer Burn
(1995)
Crime, Drama, Family
Again, a person is found dead in the home freezer, this time a male masseur, and people fear that a serial killing is in progress. As it turns out, the victim was giving more than just ... See full summary »
Director: Joe Napolitano | Stars: Tom Skerritt, Kathy Baker, Costas Mandylor, Lauren Holly
Votes: 66
49.
Picket Fences (1992–1996)
Episode:
Nuclear Meltdowns
(1993)
47 min | Crime, Drama, Family
Kimberly tells her parents that she believes that her girlfriend, Jody, has been made pregnant by her father. Meanwhile, Maxine pursues a killer of ducks at a pond. Elsewhere, Kenny becomes... See full summary »
Director: Jeremy Kagan | Stars: Tom Skerritt, Kathy Baker, Costas Mandylor, Lauren Holly
Votes: 96
50.
Picket Fences (1992–1996)
Episode:
Reap the Whirlwind
(1995)
Crime, Drama, Family
As a tornado threat hangs over Rome, Wambaugh and his wife quarrel over his remarks at their 50th anniversary party. Meanwhile, the Brocks worry over Kimberly who's away at college. Kenny ... See full summary »
Director: James Frawley | Stars: Tom Skerritt, Kathy Baker, Costas Mandylor, Lauren Holly
Votes: 46