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101. Disco: Soundtrack of a Revolution (2023)

Documentary, History, Music

From the sweaty basement bars of 70s New York to the glittering peak of the global charts, how disco conquered the world - its origins, its triumphs, its fall and its legacy.

Stars: David Depino, Nicky Siano, Ana Matronic, Allen Roskoff

Votes: 71

102. The Great Gatsby (1926)

Passed | 80 min | Drama

Nick Carraway, a young Midwesterner now living on Long Island, finds himself fascinated by the mysterious past and lavish lifestyle of his neighbour, the nouveau riche Jay Gatsby. He is ... See full summary »

Director: Herbert Brenon | Stars: Warner Baxter, Lois Wilson, Neil Hamilton, Georgia Hale

103. Telling You (1998)

R | 94 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

Two college graduates who find themselves stuck behind the counter of a pizza parlor while their friends move on struggle to find a new direction for their lives.

Director: Rob DeFranco | Stars: Peter Facinelli, Jennifer Love Hewitt, Dash Mihok, Andy Berman

Votes: 828

104. The Kennel Murder Case (1933)

Passed | 73 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Philo Vance, accompanied by his prize-losing Scottish terrier, investigates the locked-room murder of a prominent and much-hated collector whose broken Chinese vase provides an important clue.

Director: Michael Curtiz | Stars: William Powell, Mary Astor, Eugene Pallette, Ralph Morgan

Votes: 4,101

105. America America (1963)

Approved | 174 min | Adventure, Drama

A young Greek stops at nothing to secure a passage to America.

Director: Elia Kazan | Stars: Stathis Giallelis, Frank Wolff, Elena Karam, Harry Davis

Votes: 6,007

106. State of the Union (1948)

Approved | 124 min | Comedy, Drama

An industrialist is urged to run for President, but this requires uncomfortable compromises on both political and marital levels.

Director: Frank Capra | Stars: Spencer Tracy, Katharine Hepburn, Van Johnson, Angela Lansbury

Votes: 4,175

107. The Cheat (1915)

Not Rated | 59 min | Drama, Romance

A venal, spoiled stockbroker's wife impulsively embezzles $10,000 from the charity she chairs and desperately turns to a Burmese ivory trader to replace the stolen money.

Director: Cecil B. DeMille | Stars: Fannie Ward, Sessue Hayakawa, Jack Dean, James Neill

Votes: 2,821 | Gross: $0.21M

108. Simple Men (1992)

R | 105 min | Crime, Drama, Romance

Dennis is a handsome & bookish college student. His brother, Bill, is a roughhewn ladies' man & thief. Together they search for their dad, confront their expectations of each other, themselves, & their attitudes towards women.

Director: Hal Hartley | Stars: Robert John Burke, Bill Sage, Martin Donovan, Karen Sillas

Votes: 4,816 | Gross: $0.14M

109. Howl (2010)

R | 84 min | Biography, Drama, Romance

As Allen Ginsberg talks about his life and art, his most famous poem is illustrated in animation while the obscenity trial of the work is dramatized.

Directors: Rob Epstein, Jeffrey Friedman | Stars: James Franco, Todd Rotondi, Jon Prescott, Aaron Tveit

Votes: 13,419 | Gross: $0.62M

110. Caught (1949)

Approved | 88 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir

An ambitious young LA department store model gets her wish of marrying a millionaire but she eventually discovers that rich life isn't always a happy one.

Director: Max Ophüls | Stars: James Mason, Barbara Bel Geddes, Robert Ryan, Frank Ferguson

Votes: 4,376

111. Harry & Snowman (2015)

Not Rated | 84 min | Documentary, Biography, Drama

The story of immigrant Harry DeLeyer and the plow horse he rescued from slaughter.

Director: Ron Davis | Stars: Harry DeLeyer, Harriet DeLeyer, Andre DeLeyer, Marty DeLeyer

Votes: 780 | Gross: $0.56M

112. The Wedding Party (1969)

Not Rated | 92 min | Comedy

See Robert DeNiro in his first starring role in Brian DePalma's wildly comic first feature The Wedding Party!

Directors: Brian De Palma, Wilford Leach, Cynthia Munroe | Stars: Valda Setterfield, Raymond McNally, John Braswell, Charles Pfluger

Votes: 1,563

113. Curly Top (1935)

Approved | 75 min | Family, Musical, Romance

Wealthy Edward Morgan becomes charmed with a curly-haired orphan and her pretty older sister Mary and arranges to adopt both under the alias of "Mr. Jones." As he spends more time with them, he soon finds himself falling in love with Mary.

Director: Irving Cummings | Stars: Shirley Temple, John Boles, Rochelle Hudson, Jane Darwell

Votes: 2,119

114. Lymelife (2008)

R | 95 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

A family unit begins to bow under the pressure of a failing marriage.

Director: Derick Martini | Stars: Rory Culkin, Alec Baldwin, Jill Hennessy, Emma Roberts

Votes: 14,631 | Gross: $0.43M

115. Sister of the Groom (2020)

R | 92 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

On Audrey's 40th birthday, her brother is marrying a girl he met in France. Secrets are revealed prior to the wedding. Audrey and the young, French fiancee do NOT get along.

Director: Amy Miller Gross | Stars: Alicia Silverstone, Mathilde Ollivier, Jake Hoffman, Tom Everett Scott

Votes: 854

116. The Death of Richie (1977 TV Movie)

Not Rated | 97 min | Drama

A sensitive but confused teenager feels pressure on him from all directions and turns to drugs, which causes problems for him in school and at home.

Director: Paul Wendkos | Stars: Ben Gazzara, Eileen Brennan, Robby Benson, Lance Kerwin

Votes: 478

117. Doctor X (1932)

Unrated | 76 min | Comedy, Crime, Horror

A wisecracking New York reporter intrudes on a research scientist's quest to unmask The Moon Killer.

Director: Michael Curtiz | Stars: Lionel Atwill, Fay Wray, Lee Tracy, Preston Foster

Votes: 4,281 | Gross: $0.88M

118. Adam & Steve (2005)

R | 99 min | Comedy, Drama, Music

Follows two New York City couples, one heterosexual and one gay, who explore the peaks and the valleys of their respective relationships.

Director: Craig Chester | Stars: Craig Chester, Malcolm Gets, Parker Posey, Chris Kattan

Votes: 3,281 | Gross: $0.31M

119. The September Issue (2009)

PG-13 | 90 min | Documentary

A documentary chronicling Vogue editor-in-chief Anna Wintour's preparations for the 2007 fall-fashion issue.

Director: R.J. Cutler | Stars: Anna Wintour, Thakoon Panichgul, André Leon Talley, Grace Coddington

Votes: 8,006 | Gross: $3.82M

120. The Extra Man (2010)

R | 108 min | Comedy

A man who escorts wealthy widows in New York's Upper East Side takes a young aspiring playwright under his wing.

Directors: Shari Springer Berman, Robert Pulcini | Stars: Kevin Kline, Paul Dano, Katie Holmes, Marian Seldes

Votes: 5,413 | Gross: $0.45M

121. For Love of Ivy (1968)

G | 101 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

Upon learning their maid will be leaving to earn an education, the son of the family decides to set her up with a man.

Director: Daniel Mann | Stars: Sidney Poitier, Abbey Lincoln, Beau Bridges, Nan Martin

Votes: 899

122. The Fitzgerald Family Christmas (2012)

PG-13 | 99 min | Drama

The adult siblings of the Fitzgerald family prepare for their estranged father to return home for Christmas for the first time since he walked out on his family 20 years ago.

Director: Edward Burns | Stars: Kerry Bishé, Edward Burns, Heather Burns, Marsha Dietlein

Votes: 1,658 | Gross: $0.01M

123. Love and Death on Long Island (1997)

PG-13 | 93 min | Comedy, Drama

Giles De'Ath (Sir John Hurt) is a widower who doesn't like anything modern. He goes to movies and falls in love with movie star Ronnie Bostock (Jason Priestly). He then investigates ... See full summary »

Director: Richard Kwietniowski | Stars: John Hurt, Jason Priestley, Fiona Loewi, Sheila Hancock

Votes: 4,168 | Gross: $2.54M

124. That Summer (2017)

Unrated | 80 min | Documentary

Montauk, East Hampton, New York, 2016. Peter Beard discusses his work as a photographer, artist and diarist before reminiscing about his attempt to make a documentary in the summer of 1972 ... See full summary »

Director: Göran Hugo Olsson | Stars: Peter Beard, Lee Radziwill, Jacqueline Kennedy, Caroline Kennedy

Votes: 506 | Gross: $0.01M

125. Tarzan's New York Adventure (1942)

Passed | 71 min | Action, Adventure

Tarzan and Jane go to New York to rescue Boy after he is kidnapped into a circus.

Director: Richard Thorpe | Stars: Johnny Weissmuller, Maureen O'Sullivan, Johnny Sheffield, Virginia Grey

Votes: 3,598

126. Quid Pro Quo (I) (2008)

R | 82 min | Drama, Mystery, Romance

A semi-paralyzed radio reporter is sent out to investigate a story that leads him into an odd subculture and on a journey of disturbing self-realization.

Director: Carlos Brooks | Stars: Nick Stahl, Vera Farmiga, Leonardo Nam, Rachel Black

Votes: 2,572 | Gross: $0.01M

127. Compromising Positions (1985)

R | 99 min | Comedy, Drama, Mystery

An ex-newspaper woman who is now a suburban housewife can't resist getting involved in an investigation of the murder of a philandering dentist who had been having affairs with several of her neighbors.

Director: Frank Perry | Stars: Susan Sarandon, Raul Julia, Edward Herrmann, Judith Ivey

Votes: 1,131 | Gross: $12.53M

128. G (2002)

R | 97 min | Drama, Romance

"G" is a Gatsbyesque love story set against Hip-Hop's invasion of the Hamptons.

Director: Christopher Scott Cherot | Stars: Richard T. Jones, Blair Underwood, Chenoa Maxwell, Andre Royo

Votes: 791 | Gross: $3.02M

129. Beyond the Mat (1999)

R | 102 min | Documentary, Biography, Sport

A heartfelt documentary focusing on the day-to-day lives of professional wrestlers, some on the rise, some on the wane, and others fighting for their lives.

Director: Barry W. Blaustein | Stars: Terry Funk, Mick Foley, Jake Roberts, Barry W. Blaustein

Votes: 9,490 | Gross: $2.05M

130. Sound and Fury (2000)

Not Rated | 80 min | Documentary

If you could make your deaf child hear, would you? Academy Award-nominated Sound and Fury follows the intimate, heart-rending tale of the Artinians, an extended family with deaf and hearing... See full summary »

Director: Josh Aronson | Stars: Jaime Leigh Allen, Jemma Braham, Freeda Cat, Scott Davidson

Votes: 1,065 | Gross: $0.11M

131. When Tomorrow Comes (1939)

Passed | 90 min | Drama, Romance

A concert pianist unhappily married to a mentally ill woman falls in love with a waitress.

Director: John M. Stahl | Stars: Irene Dunne, Charles Boyer, Barbara O'Neil, Onslow Stevens

Votes: 761

132. The First Wave (2021)

R | 93 min | Documentary, History

A documentary following nurses, doctors, and administrators in a New York City hospital as they respond to the victims from the COVID-19 pandemic.

Director: Matthew Heineman | Star: Nathalie Douge

Votes: 1,100

133. Tony & Tina's Wedding (2004)

R | 110 min | Comedy

A comedy about two Italian families from different sides of the tracks. What can go wrong does go wrong in this comedy about an Italian-American wedding.

Director: Roger Paradiso | Stars: Joey McIntyre, Mila Kunis, Krista Allen, Dean Edwards

Votes: 393

134. All About Christmas Eve (2012 TV Movie)

PG-13 | 88 min | Comedy, Romance

'Tis the Season for Evelyn Wright, literally, she is a party planner in NYC. At the last minute Eve finds out that one of her agency's top clients is throwing a HUGE Christmas event, in LA,... See full summary »

Director: Peter Sullivan | Stars: Haylie Duff, Chris Carmack, Connie Sellecca, Patrick Muldoon

Votes: 1,312

135. Breakfast for Two (1937)

Passed | 67 min | Comedy, Romance

Texan debutante Valentine Ransome tries to reform a bankrupt playboy.

Director: Alfred Santell | Stars: Barbara Stanwyck, Herbert Marshall, Glenda Farrell, Eric Blore

Votes: 1,201

136. Broadway Damage (1997)

Not Rated | 111 min | Comedy, Drama, Musical

A quirky, romantic comedy about the complexity and frustration of finding a true love in the gay community. Marc is a struggling actor who finds an apartment in NYC by searching the ... See full summary »

Director: Victor Mignatti | Stars: Mara Hobel, Michael Lucas, Hugh Panaro, Aaron Williams

Votes: 702

137. Ricky 6 (2000)

111 min | Biography, Crime, Drama

Based on the true story of drugs, satanism, and murder in the upper class town of Northport, Long Island in 1984.

Director: Peter Filardi | Stars: Vincent Kartheiser, Chad Christ, Sabine Singh, Richard M. Stuart

Votes: 720

138. Ash Wednesday (2002)

R | 99 min | Crime, Drama

Ash Wednesday is set in the Manhattan of the early 1980's and is about a pair of Irish-American brothers (Burns and Wood) who become embroiled in a conflict with the Irish Mob.

Director: Edward Burns | Stars: Brian Burns, Vincent Rubino, James Michael Cummings, Elijah Wood

Votes: 3,162 | Gross: $0.00M

139. Savages (1972)

R | 106 min | Fantasy, Comedy

An allegory about humankind progresses from a savage state to a civilized form, that is only a cover for its innate barbarism.

Director: James Ivory | Stars: Susan Blakely, Margaret Brewster, Thayer David, Neil Fitzgerald

Votes: 400

140. Sentimental Journey (1946)

Approved | 94 min | Drama

An actress, Julie Beck, finds out that she is ill and has only a short time to live. She becomes taken with Hitty, a young orphan prone to dreaming. Julie soon decides to adopt the child so... See full summary »

Director: Walter Lang | Stars: John Payne, Maureen O'Hara, William Bendix, Cedric Hardwicke

Votes: 488

141. Sunny Side Up (1929)

Passed | 121 min | Comedy, Musical

Molly and Bee, sweet young 'working girls,' live in a cheap room over a New York grocery store. Molly's idol, wealthy Jack Cromwell, lives in a Long Island mansion but is markedly less ... See full summary »

Director: David Butler | Stars: Janet Gaynor, Charles Farrell, Marjorie White, El Brendel

Votes: 461

142. Swing High, Swing Low (1937)

Passed | 92 min | Comedy, Drama, Musical

A hair-dresser stranded in Panama moves in with an ex-soldier and his hypochondriac roommate; she and the former fall in love, but their romance is threatened by success and the arrival of his old flame.

Director: Mitchell Leisen | Stars: Carole Lombard, Fred MacMurray, Charles Butterworth, Jean Dixon

Votes: 908

143. The Deep Six (1958)

Approved | 105 min | Drama, War

Called to active duty during World War II, U.S. Navy Reserve lieutenant Alec Austin struggles to do his military duties while observing his Quaker beliefs, to the dismay of his comrades.

Director: Rudolph Maté | Stars: Alan Ladd, Dianne Foster, William Bendix, Keenan Wynn

Votes: 533

144. The Girl from Jones Beach (1949)

Passed | 78 min | Comedy, Romance

A pinup artist (Ronald Reagan) in search of the perfect woman poses as a Czech immigrant to win over a shapely schoolteacher (Virginia Mayo) who’s more into facts than figures.

Director: Peter Godfrey | Stars: Ronald Reagan, Virginia Mayo, Eddie Bracken, Dona Drake

Votes: 623

145. Mo (2007)

Not Rated | 105 min | Comedy, Drama, Family

After discovering that the reason behind all of his physical differences is a genetic mutation called "Marfan Syndrome", Mo is forced to come to terms with a more serious reality.

Director: Brian Scott Lederman | Stars: Erik Per Sullivan, Margo Martindale, Adam LeFevre, Brian Scott Lederman

Votes: 225

146. Old 37 (2015)

Not Rated | 84 min | Horror

Two brothers intercept 911 calls in a beat up old ambulance to torture and kill helpless victims.

Director: Christian Winters | Stars: Kane Hodder, Bill Moseley, Caitlin Harris, Olivia Alexander

Votes: 1,496

147. The Maid's Room (2013)

Not Rated | 98 min | Thriller

Psychological thriller that explores the complex relationships between truth and justice, hubris and power, wealth and fear.

Director: Michael Walker | Stars: Paula Garcés, Annabella Sciorra, Bill Camp, Philip Ettinger

Votes: 1,421

148. Sinners in the Sun (1932)

70 min | Drama, Romance

A New York fashion model finds herself being pursued by a poor but honest garage mechanic and a rich philanderer.

Directors: Alexander Hall, David Burton, William C. de Mille | Stars: Carole Lombard, Chester Morris, Adrienne Ames, Alison Skipworth

Votes: 391

149. Dare to Be Different (2017)

TV-14 | 95 min | Documentary, Music

In 1982, a small radio station battles to bring the New Wave to America.

Director: Ellen Goldfarb | Stars: Nancy Abramson, M. King Adkins, Ron Alexenburg, Sam Ash

Votes: 378

150. Shattered Hopes: The True Story of the Amityville Murders - Part I: From Horror to Homicide (2011)

Not Rated | 114 min | Documentary

A docudrama exploring the infamous 1974 mass murder of the DeFeo family by their eldest son and sibling. The case went on to spawn the "Amityville Horror" franchise of films.

Director: Ryan Katzenbach | Stars: Edward Asner, Remy Bogna, Don Bonander, Wendy Bonander

Votes: 99