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1. Falling Down (1993)
R | 113 min | Action, Crime, Drama
An ordinary man frustrated with the various flaws he sees in society begins to psychotically and violently lash out against them.
Director: Joel Schumacher | Stars: Michael Douglas, Robert Duvall, Barbara Hershey, Rachel Ticotin
Votes: 207,586 | Gross: $40.90M
2. How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000)
PG | 104 min | Comedy, Family, Fantasy
On the outskirts of Whoville lives a green, revenge-seeking Grinch who plans to ruin Christmas for all of the citizens of the town.
Director: Ron Howard | Stars: Jim Carrey, Taylor Momsen, Kelley, Jeffrey Tambor
Votes: 291,982 | Gross: $260.04M
3. King Kong (1976)
PG | 134 min | Adventure, Horror
A petroleum exploration expedition comes to an isolated island and encounters a colossal giant gorilla.
Director: John Guillermin | Stars: Jeff Bridges, Charles Grodin, Jessica Lange, John Randolph
Votes: 35,681 | Gross: $52.61M
4. Bride of Chucky (1998)
R | 89 min | Comedy, Horror, Thriller
Chucky, the doll possessed by a serial killer, discovers the perfect mate to kill and revive into the body of another doll.
Director: Ronny Yu | Stars: Jennifer Tilly, Brad Dourif, Katherine Heigl, Nick Stabile
Votes: 64,474 | Gross: $32.40M
5. A Bucket of Blood (1959)
Approved | 66 min | Comedy, Crime, Horror
A dimwitted busboy at a beatnik cafe passes off a cat he accidentally killed and covered in plaster as a sculpture, prompting a demand for more art that compels him to commit murders.
Director: Roger Corman | Stars: Dick Miller, Barboura Morris, Antony Carbone, Julian Burton
Votes: 7,982
6. Pierrot the Fool (1965)
Not Rated | 110 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
Pierrot escapes his boring society and travels from Paris to the Mediterranean Sea with Marianne, a girl chased by hit-men from Algeria. They lead an unorthodox life, always on the run.
Director: Jean-Luc Godard | Stars: Jean-Paul Belmondo, Anna Karina, Graziella Galvani, Aicha Abadir
Votes: 37,044
7. Miracle on 34th Street (1947)
Not Rated | 96 min | Comedy, Drama, Family
After a divorced New York mother hires a nice old man to play Santa Claus at Macy's, she is startled by his claim to be the genuine article. When his sanity is questioned, a lawyer defends him in court by arguing that he's not mistaken.
Director: George Seaton | Stars: Edmund Gwenn, Maureen O'Hara, John Payne, Gene Lockhart
Votes: 55,004 | Gross: $2.65M
8. Edtv (1999)
PG-13 | 122 min | Comedy, Drama
A video store clerk agrees to have his life filmed by a camera crew for a television show.
Director: Ron Howard | Stars: Matthew McConaughey, Jenna Elfman, Geoffrey Blake, Gail Boggs
Votes: 45,091 | Gross: $22.36M
9. Exit Through the Gift Shop (2010)
R | 87 min | Documentary, Comedy, Crime
Following the style of some of the world's most prolific street artists, an amateur filmmaker makes a foray into the art world.
Director: Banksy | Stars: Banksy, Mr. Brainwash, Space Invader, Debora Guetta
Votes: 68,905 | Gross: $3.29M
10. Luther (2003)
PG-13 | 123 min | Biography, Drama, History
During the early sixteenth century, idealistic German monk Martin Luther, disgusted by the materialism in the Catholic Church, begins the dialogue that will lead to the Protestant Reformation.
Director: Eric Till | Stars: Joseph Fiennes, Bruno Ganz, Peter Ustinov, Alfred Molina
Votes: 16,019 | Gross: $5.79M
11. King Kong vs. Godzilla (1962)
97 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
The advertising director of a pharmaceutical company seeks to boost the ratings of their sponsored TV program by capturing King Kong, who breaks loose and battles a re-emerged Godzilla.
Directors: Ishirô Honda, Norman Tokar | Stars: Tadao Takashima, Yû Fujiki, Kenji Sahara, Ichirô Arishima
Votes: 2,033
12. A Charlie Brown Christmas (1965 TV Movie)
TV-G | 25 min | Animation, Comedy, Drama
Depressed at the commercialism he sees around him, Charlie Brown tries to find a deeper meaning to Christmas.
Director: Bill Melendez | Stars: Ann Altieri, Chris Doran, Sally Dryer, Bill Melendez
Votes: 44,173
13. A King in New York (1957)
G | 105 min | Comedy, Drama
A recently-deposed European monarch seeks shelter in New York City, where he becomes an accidental television celebrity and is later wrongly accused of being a Communist.
Director: Charles Chaplin | Stars: Charles Chaplin, Maxine Audley, Jerry Desmonde, Oliver Johnston
Votes: 8,903
14. Naqoyqatsi (2002)
PG | 89 min | Documentary, Music
A visual montage portrait of our contemporary world dominated by globalized technology and violence.
Director: Godfrey Reggio | Stars: Belladonna, Marlon Brando, Elton John, Julia Louis-Dreyfus
Votes: 6,256 | Gross: $0.13M
15. Luster (2002)
Unrated | 92 min | Comedy, Drama
Luster is a twisted LA comedy about unrequited love, featuring Jackson, a poet, who struggles with his crush on Billy, Derek, Sam, Jed, and his lesbian friend.
Director: Everett Lewis | Stars: Justin Herwick, Barry Wyatt, Shane Powers, Pamela Gidley
Votes: 1,222
16. Aarakshan (2011)
164 min | Drama, Thriller
The decision by India's supreme court to establish caste-based reservations for jobs in education causes conflict between a teacher and his mentor.
Director: Prakash Jha | Stars: Amitabh Bachchan, Saif Ali Khan, Manoj Bajpayee, Deepika Padukone
Votes: 5,926 | Gross: $0.34M
17. Hardwired (2009)
R | 94 min | Action, Sci-Fi
After a tragic accident nearly claims Luke Gibson's life, the Hexx Corporation hardwire an implant into his brain to save him, but Luke soon finds out that this new technology comes at price.
Director: Ernie Barbarash | Stars: Cuba Gooding Jr., Val Kilmer, Michael Ironside, Tatiana Maslany
Votes: 4,492
18. Angel Baby (1961)
Approved | 97 min | Drama
A young woman's transformation from healed to healer incurs many dramatic changes, some of which are much more apparent than others.
Directors: Paul Wendkos, Hubert Cornfield | Stars: George Hamilton, Mercedes McCambridge, Joan Blondell, Henry Jones
Votes: 470
19. Hype! (1996)
Not Rated | 84 min | Documentary, History, Music
Documentary covering the growth and subsequent overexposure of the Seattle "grunge" music scene in the early 90s
Director: Doug Pray | Stars: 7 Year Bitch, Valerie M. Agnew, Carrie Akre, Jeff Ament
Votes: 2,942 | Gross: $0.27M
20. Foo Fighters: Back and Forth (2011)
Not Rated | 101 min | Documentary, Music
Rising from the ashes of Nirvana, the Foo Fighters became a Grammy-winning sensation on their own. Sixteen years of the band's history comes to life in this documentary, from their demo ... See full summary »
Director: James Moll | Stars: Shawn Cloninger, William Goldsmith, Jessy Greene, Dave Grohl
Votes: 6,529
21. What Would Jesus Buy? (2007)
PG | 91 min | Documentary, Comedy
An examination of the commercialization of Christmas in America while following Reverend Billy and the Church of Stop Shopping Gospel Choir on a cross-country mission to save Christmas from... See full summary »
Director: Rob VanAlkemade | Stars: Adetola Abiade, Paul Allen, Paul Norman Allen, Shannon Baxter
Votes: 1,186 | Gross: $0.20M
22. Down from the Mountain (2000)
G | 98 min | Documentary, Music
This is a documentary about the musical artists who performed the songs in the Coen Brothers' film O Brother, Where Art Thou?
Directors: Nick Doob, Chris Hegedus, D.A. Pennebaker | Stars: Ralph Stanley, Emmylou Harris, Evelyn Cox, Sidney Cox
Votes: 714 | Gross: $0.30M
23. Dear Mr. Watterson (2013)
TV-PG | 89 min | Documentary
A documentary about the impact of the newspaper comic strip "Calvin and Hobbes," created by Bill Watterson.
Director: Joel Allen Schroeder | Stars: Berkeley Breathed, Jef Mallett, Stephan Pastis, Seth Green
Votes: 2,041 | Gross: $0.01M
24. Last Train Home (2009)
Not Rated | 85 min | Documentary, Drama
A couple embarks on a journey home for Chinese new year along with 130 million other migrant workers, to reunite with their children and struggle for a future. Their unseen story plays out as China soars towards being a world superpower.
Director: Lixin Fan | Stars: Changhua Zhang, Yang Zhang, Suqin Chen, Qin Zhang
Votes: 3,718 | Gross: $0.29M
25. Mondovino (2004)
PG-13 | 135 min | Documentary
A documentary on the impact of globalization on the world's different wine regions.
Director: Jonathan Nossiter | Stars: Albiera Antinori, Allegra Antinori, Lodovico Antinori, Piero Antinori
Votes: 1,508 | Gross: $0.21M
26. Big Shot's Funeral (2001)
PG | 107 min | Comedy, Drama
Yankie director Don Tyler faces mounting insecurity and declining health while on location in Beijing, so his assistant hires down-and-out camerman YoYo to take the reins. Scrambling, ... See full summary »
Director: Xiaogang Feng | Stars: Donald Sutherland, Rosamund Kwan, Paul Mazursky, You Ge
Votes: 2,411 | Gross: $0.00M
27. Rejected (2000)
Unrated | 9 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
A hilarious collection of animated television commercials that were rejected because of their creator's failing grip on sanity.
Director: Don Hertzfeldt | Stars: Robert May, Jennifer Nyholm, Don Hertzfeldt
Votes: 8,891
28. Man (2012 Video)
4 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
500,000 years ago, the modern man appears. He treats the animals and nature as a consumer, with frivolity and cruelty, and pridefully turns the world into a dumpster. However, someone is watching.
Director: Steve Cutts
Votes: 1,160
29. Consuming Kids: The Commercialization of Childhood (2008)
66 min | Documentary, Family, Fantasy
Consuming Kids throws desperately needed light on the practices of a relentless multi-billion dollar marketing machine that now sells kids and their parents everything from junk food and ... See full summary »
Directors: Adriana Barbaro, Jeremy Earp | Stars: Daniel Acuff, Enola Aird, Michael Brody, George W. Bush
Votes: 594
30. Nada (1974)
110 min | Thriller
A group of anarchist leftist called "Nada" and led by the terrorist Buenaventura Diaz abducts American ambassador Richard Poindexter in a brothel in Paris and takes him to a farm in the ... See full summary »
Director: Claude Chabrol | Stars: Fabio Testi, Maurice Garrel, Lou Castel, Mariangela Melato
Votes: 1,128
31. Not Just a Game (2010 Video)
62 min | Documentary, History, Sport
This critique of U.S. sports culture shows how 20th-century sports has consistently reflected the hegemonic political discourse of the day, specifically, elite narratives about nationalism, war, gender, race, homosexuality and capitalism.
Director: Jeremy Earp | Star: Dave Zirin
Votes: 89
32. Linkin Park: Lost (2023 Music Video)
3 min | Animation, Music
Music video for Linkin Park's song "Lost" from the re-release of their album Meteora.
Directors: Maciej Kuciara, Pplpleasr | Star: Linkin Park
Votes: 45
33. Dinner and a Movie (2001)
85 min | Comedy, Romance
A determined documentary filmmaker will do almost anything to raise money for her film, even if it means taking a side gig directing a ridiculous TV show on dating.
Director: Lisa Kors | Stars: Marianne Hagan, Mike Dooly, Paul Bartel, Anita Gillette
Votes: 51
34. The Turning Point (2020)
3 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Animals and humans switched places. Now, animals are ruling the earth and humans are at the verge of extinction.
Director: Steve Cutts
Votes: 536
36. Korn: Make Me Bad (2000 Music Video)
4 min | Music
Music video for "Make Me Bad" by Korn from their fourth studio album Issues. The Alien-inspired clip is one of the most expensive videos Korn have ever filmed.
Director: Martin Weisz | Stars: Jonathan Davis, James 'Munky' Shaffer, Reginald 'Fieldy' Arvizu, Brian 'Head' Welch
Votes: 126
37. InRealLife (2013)
Not Rated | 90 min | Documentary, News
InRealLife takes us on a journey from the bedrooms of British teenagers to the world of Silicon Valley, to find out what exactly the internet is doing to our children.
Director: Beeban Kidron | Stars: Ryan, Ben, Sherry Turkle, Nicholas Negroponte
Votes: 258
38. Metallica & San Francisco Symphony - S&M2 (2019)
150 min | Documentary, Music
Metallica and the San Francisco Symphony perform a live concert together at Chase Center in San Francisco.
Director: Wayne Isham | Stars: Edgar Barradas, Kirk Hammett, James Hetfield, Metallica
Votes: 1,566 | Gross: $1.25M
39. Five Finger Death Punch: House of the Rising Sun (2014 Music Video)
6 min | Music
Directors: Brian Neal, Zoltan Bathory | Stars: Ivan L. Moody, Five Finger Death Punch, Jeremy Spencer
Votes: 32
40. Ozzfest: 10th Anniversary (2005 Video)
Not Rated | 150 min | Music
The longest running rock tour in history comes home at last on film. Celebrating 10 years on the road! Go inside the Ozzfest Tours 10th year, with 60,000 fans at the UK show to the 103 ... See full summary »
Directors: Wyatt Smith, Tim Van Someren | Stars: Anthrax, Black Sabbath, Bowling for Soup, Alter Bridge
Votes: 73
41. My Generation (2000)
103 min | Documentary, Music
Directors: Thomas Haneke, Barbara Kopple | Stars: Aerosmith, Dickey Betts, Blues Traveler, Joe Cocker
Votes: 165
42. Rattle-Can (2021)
90 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A reclusive college student finds social media fame as a disguised street artist who reveals his story through vandalism.
Director: Alexander Raye Pimentel | Stars: Kyle Abraham, Shawn Abraham, Hannah Bailey, Rebecca Bottorff
Votes: 70
43. Five Finger Death Punch: Living the Dream (2020)
4 min | Short, Music
Director: Nicholas Peterson | Stars: Richard Baxter, Richard Baxter, Gracie Be, Aaron Bray
44. Metallica: Quebec Magnetic (2012 Video)
177 min | Music
Live concert video documenting two shows the band played at the Colisée Pepsi in Quebec City, Canada, on October 31 and November 1, 2009, on their World Magnetic Tour.
Director: Wayne Isham | Stars: Kirk Hammett, James Hetfield, Robert Trujillo, Lars Ulrich
Votes: 696
45. Korn: A.D.I.D.A.S. (1997 Music Video)
3 min | Music
Video promo for Korn's A.D.I.D.A.S. from their second studio album Life Is Peachy. The plot revolves around a car accident which causes the death of all Korn members.
Director: Joseph Kahn | Stars: Jonathan Davis, James 'Munky' Shaffer, Reginald 'Fieldy' Arvizu, Brian 'Head' Welch
Votes: 72
46. Vanilla Ice: Ninja Rap (1991)
4 min | Short, Music
Director: Michael Pressman | Star: Vanilla Ice
Votes: 14
47. Asking Alexandria: Live from Brixton and Beyond (2014)
Not Rated | 76 min | Music
Live Concert + Behind The Scenes from Asking Alexandria's SOLD OUT O2 Brixton Academy Headlining Concert in Jan 2013.
Director: Frankie Nasso | Stars: Asking Alexandria, Sam Bettley, Ben Bruce, James Cassells
Votes: 26
48. Siamo fatti così: Aiuto! (1980)
90 min | Documentary, Comedy, News
The film opens with blaring music over a large number of magazine covers and page one titles from the reference press leading to the conclusion that the present society is beyond redemption... See full summary »
Director: Gianni Proia | Stars: Sandro Ghiani, Max Turilli
49. Protesting the Dixie Chicks (2006 Video)
Not Rated | 59 min | Documentary
On May 1st, 2003, with much of the normally sedate country music community outraged by Dixie Chicks singer Natalie Maines' critical dig at the President, filmmaker Christopher Fleeger began... See full summary »
Director: Christopher Fleeger
Votes: 20
50. Kafka's Supermarket (2019)
48 min | Horror, Sci-Fi
Kafka's Supermarket is an experimental surrealist science fiction dystopian horror film that concerns the issues of a current capitalist America, focusing on the alienation and dehumanization of commercialism.
Director: Aaron Dylan Kearns | Stars: Corey Gupton, Ben Holst, Aaron Dylan Kearns, Allison Maier
Votes: 8