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1. The Lobster (2015)
R | 119 min | Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi
In a dystopian near future, according to the laws of The City, single people are taken to The Hotel, where they are obliged to find a romantic partner in 45 days or they're transformed into beasts and sent off into The Woods.
Director: Yorgos Lanthimos | Stars: Colin Farrell, Rachel Weisz, Jessica Barden, Olivia Colman
Votes: 297,203 | Gross: $8.70M
2. The Devil's Advocate (1997)
R | 144 min | Drama, Fantasy, Mystery
An exceptionally-adept Florida lawyer is offered a job at a high-end New York City law firm with a high-end boss--the biggest opportunity of his career to date.
Director: Taylor Hackford | Stars: Keanu Reeves, Al Pacino, Charlize Theron, Jeffrey Jones
Votes: 402,377 | Gross: $60.98M
3. Heathers (1988)
R | 103 min | Comedy, Crime
At Westerburg High where cliques rule, jocks dominate and all the popular girls are named Heather, it's going to take a Veronica and mysterious new kid to give teen angst a body count.
Director: Michael Lehmann | Stars: Winona Ryder, Christian Slater, Shannen Doherty, Lisanne Falk
Votes: 116,028 | Gross: $1.11M
4. Dogville (2003)
R | 178 min | Crime, Drama
A woman on the run from the mob is reluctantly accepted in a small Colorado community in exchange for labor, but when a search visits the town she finds out that their support has a price.
Director: Lars von Trier | Stars: Nicole Kidman, Paul Bettany, Lauren Bacall, Harriet Andersson
Votes: 158,793 | Gross: $1.53M
5. Highway to Heaven (1984–1989)
TV-PG | 60 min | Drama, Fantasy
A probationary angel, sent back to Earth, teams with an ex-cop to help people.
Stars: Michael Landon, Victor French, James Troesh, Margie Impert
Votes: 6,537
6. The Hitchhiker (1983–1991)
TV-MA | 26 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
A young hitchhiker introduces characters who are about to experience a frightening and sometimes supernatural incident of some kind in this moody anthology series.
Stars: Page Fletcher, Nicholas Campbell, Vincent Grass, Kirstie Alley
Votes: 1,874
7. Cronos (1992)
R | 94 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
A mysterious device designed to provide its owner with eternal life resurfaces after four hundred years, leaving a trail of destruction in its path.
Director: Guillermo del Toro | Stars: Federico Luppi, Ron Perlman, Claudio Brook, Margarita Isabel
Votes: 33,158 | Gross: $0.62M
8. Bonjour Tristesse (1958)
Not Rated | 94 min | Drama, Romance
Spoiled Cecile, 17, spends her summer at the French Riviera with her rich, widower, playboy dad and Elsa. Anne, her late mom's friend, visits and brings changes to all.
Director: Otto Preminger | Stars: Jean Seberg, David Niven, Deborah Kerr, Mylène Demongeot
Votes: 5,601
9. 3-D Sex and Zen: Extreme Ecstasy (2011)
Not Rated | 129 min | Comedy, Drama
As a conceited scholar of the Ming Dynasty, Wei Yangsheng believes that since life is short, one should pursue the ultimate sexual pleasure as time allows.
Director: Christopher Sun | Stars: Hiro Hayama, Leni Lan Crazybarby, Miyavi Matsunoi, Vienna Lyn
Votes: 2,942
10. The Devil and Daniel Webster (1941)
Passed | 107 min | Drama, Fantasy, Romance
A nineteenth-century New Hampshire farmer makes a pact with Satan for economic success, then enlists famed orator Daniel Webster to extract him from his contract.
Director: William Dieterle | Stars: Edward Arnold, Walter Huston, Jane Darwell, Simone Simon
Votes: 5,626
11. The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1956)
PG | 104 min | Drama, Fantasy
The timeless tale of the seductive gypsy Esmeralda and the tortured hunchback Quasimodo.
Director: Jean Delannoy | Stars: Gina Lollobrigida, Anthony Quinn, Jean Danet, Alain Cuny
Votes: 3,169
12. The Reckoning (2003)
R | 112 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A priest on the lam takes up with a traveling band of actors, who then discover a murder has occurred and try to solve it by recreating the crime in a play.
Director: Paul McGuigan | Stars: Willem Dafoe, Paul Bettany, Marián Aguilera, Trevor Steedman
Votes: 6,398 | Gross: $0.26M
13. The Age of Consent (1932)
Passed | 63 min | Drama, Romance
College co-eds learn to handle the responsibilities of romance.
Director: Gregory La Cava | Stars: Dorothy Wilson, Arline Judge, Richard Cromwell, Eric Linden
Votes: 447
14. Into the Inferno (2016)
104 min | Documentary
An exploration of active volcanoes around the world.
Director: Werner Herzog | Stars: Werner Herzog, Katia Krafft, Maurice Krafft, Clive Oppenheimer
Votes: 9,979
15. Zachariah (1971)
GP | 93 min | Comedy, Drama, Musical
Two gunfighters separate and experience surreal visions on their journey through the west.
Director: George Englund | Stars: John Rubinstein, Patricia Quinn, Don Johnson, Country Joe and the Fish
Votes: 778 | Gross: $0.06M
16. Tillie's Punctured Romance (1914)
Not Rated | 82 min | Comedy
A con man from the city dupes a wealthy country girl into marriage.
Directors: Mack Sennett, Charles Bennett | Stars: Charles Chaplin, Marie Dressler, Mabel Normand, Mack Swain
Votes: 3,727
17. Vision - Aus dem Leben der Hildegard von Bingen (2009)
Unrated | 110 min | Biography, Drama, History
The life story of the multi-talented German nun Hildegard von Bingen. The film portrays an original woman - best known as a composer and religious visionary - whose grand claims often run ... See full summary »
Director: Margarethe von Trotta | Stars: Barbara Sukowa, Heino Ferch, Hannah Herzsprung, Lena Stolze
Votes: 1,305 | Gross: $0.43M
18. Sex (1920)
Not Rated | 87 min | Drama
A broadway actress uses her sex appeal to ruin a marriage only to dump her lover for a richer prospect.
Director: Fred Niblo | Stars: Louise Glaum, Irving Cummings, Peggy Pearce, Myrtle Stedman
Votes: 347
19. Party Girl (1930)
Passed | 67 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
A cautionary tale. Ellen's past as a "party girl" is carefully hidden but may be exposed when another party girl tricks her fiance into marriage.
Director: Victor Halperin | Stars: Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Jeanette Loff, Judith Barrie, Marie Prevost
Votes: 322
20. 65 Million Years Ago (2018)
3 min | Animation, Short, Fantasy
Dinosaurs have mastered nuclear energy, and for 7000 years have accumulated radioactive waste. A laser-techno band called "Atomic Noize" see their chance to end this tomfoolery when they spy a meteor about to narrowly miss Earth.
Director: Paul Johnson | Star: Clint Gamble
Votes: 29
21. The Vanishing Virginian (1942)
Passed | 97 min | Biography, Comedy, Drama
Biography of Robert Yancey, long-term district attorney in Lynchburg, Virginia.
Director: Frank Borzage | Stars: Frank Morgan, Kathryn Grayson, Spring Byington, Natalie Thompson
Votes: 324
22. Success at Any Price (1934)
Passed | 74 min | Drama
Joe comes from a rough neighborhood and when his brother Mike is gunned down in 1927, he decides to go into legitimate business. He wants to make a lot of money and fast so he is ambitious ... See full summary »
Director: J. Walter Ruben | Stars: Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Genevieve Tobin, Frank Morgan, Colleen Moore
Votes: 353
23. Shades of Fear (1994)
R | 93 min | Comedy, Drama, Mystery
Desire turns deadly as an intricate web of lies and betrayal unfolds on a voyage aboard a luxurious ocean liner. The journey begins when a naive young woman finds romance in the arms of a dashing stranger who could be a dangerous criminal.
Director: Beeban Kidron | Stars: Vanessa Redgrave, John Hurt, Jonathan Pryce, Dorothy Tutin
Votes: 371
24. Star in the Night (1945)
Not Rated | 22 min | Short, Drama, Family
Three cowboys riding across the desert with gifts for no particular recipient see a distant bright light, and find it comes from the Star Auto Court sign where the owners and guests work together to help a young expectant couple.
Director: Don Siegel | Stars: J. Carrol Naish, Donald Woods, Rosina Galli, Richard Erdman
Votes: 1,219
25. Two Roses and a Golden Rod (1969)
R | 83 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A beautiful young blonde resents her mother while seeking the lustful company of her Hollywood screenwriter father. He's tempted and writes a comedy about angels and the sin of lust. The mother hooks up with their cute lesbian neighbor.
Director: Albert Zugsmith | Stars: John Alderman, Elizabeth Knowles, Ami Paisley, Lois Ursone
Votes: 98
26. Boxed (2002)
Not Rated | 80 min | Drama
The IRA, when executing an informer, calls on certain 'tame priests' to secretly provide last rites.
Director: Marion Comer | Stars: Tom Murphy, Darragh Kelly, Catherine Cusack, Brendan Mackey
Votes: 52
27. The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg (1980 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 37 min | Comedy
A mysterious stranger descends on the small town of Hadleyburg to teach its deceitful residents a lesson. Inspired by writer Mark Twain's short story.
Director: Ralph Rosenblum | Stars: Robert Preston, Tom Aldredge, Fred Gwynne, Frances Sternhagen
Votes: 61
28. Le avventure di Pinocchio (1947)
100 min | Adventure, Comedy, Family
The most faithful adaptation of Carlo Collodi's renowned fairy tale. After the spirit of Pinocchio miraculously comes to life under Geppetto's hand plane, the puppet frees himself from the ... See full summary »
Director: Gianetto Guardone | Stars: Alessandro Tommei, Mariella Lotti, Vittorio Gassman, Erminio Spalla
Votes: 64
29. Stout Hearts and Willing Hands (1931)
Passed | 20 min | Short, Comedy
This Masquers short (the first of the series) is a parody of every old-time melodrama that trod the stages or graced the silver screen...Our Nell...the Old Folks at Home...the Old Homestead... See full summary »
Director: Bryan Foy | Stars: Frank Fay, Lew Cody, Laura La Plante, Alec B. Francis
Votes: 34
30. The Man Who Had Everything (1920)
50 min | Drama
Harry Bullway is a careless young man, always after a good time. He nearly runs over a blind beggar with his car, but he shows no remorse. In response to his heartlessness, the beggar ... See full summary »
Director: Alfred E. Green | Stars: Jack Pickford, Lionel Belmore, Priscilla Bonner, Shannon Day
Votes: 42
31. Movies of Color: Black Southern Cinema (2002 Video)
55 min | Documentary
Film scholars discuss movies made by and for Blacks in the segregated America of the first half of the 20th century.
Director: Tom Thurman | Stars: Stanley Booth, John Cawelti, Bishetta Merritt, Charles Pace
32. Reinicio: Tiempo de volver a Empezar en un nuevo camino de fe (2017)
Drama
A unscrupulous non-believer is shown the consequences of his life without morals.
Directors: Oscar Evelio Gutiérrez, Rafael Peña Lizardo | Stars: Nicolás Concepción, Jesus Villanueva, Samuel Osvaldo Mota, Carlos Hernandez
Votes: 9
33. Beau (2018)
Short, Drama
A parable tale about the hardworking fisherman Beau and what transpires after the rich businessman Brad makes him an offer he can't refuse. Based upon the short story "The Fisherman and the Businessman" written by author Paulo Coalho.
Directors: Keon Abbott, Hyatt Mamoun | Stars: Jeremy Sykes, Devin Ellery
34. Everyman (1964 TV Movie)
60 min | Drama
In this Melbourne-produced version of the famous morality play, Death comes to summon Everyman, and Everyman is afraid to go on the journey alone.
Director: Christopher Muir | Stars: Peter Aanensen, Bruce Barry, Laurence Beck, Anne Charleston
35. Souls in Pawn (1940)
Not Rated | 62 min | Crime, Drama
Although she is secretly married to a student, a young girl is forced to give up her baby rather than be thought of as an "unwed mother".
Director: Melville Shyer | Stars: Ginger Britton, Beatrice Curtis, Kenne Duncan, Lloyd Ingraham
Votes: 16
36. Retribution (1928)
11 min | Short, Drama
Director: Archie Mayo | Stars: Henry B. Walthall, Tom McGuire, Eddie Kane
Votes: 16
37. The Marvellous History of St. Bernard (1952 TV Movie)
60 min | Drama
Stars: Barry V. Jackson, Ronald Howard, D.A. Clarke-Smith, Olive Milbourne
38. Everyman (1937 TV Movie)
Drama
Stars: Alexander Knox, Bruce Adams, Rosalind Atkinson, Margaret Pepler
39. Everyman (1947 TV Movie)
45 min | Drama
Stars: André Morell, Ralph Richardson, Henry Oscar, Lewis Casson
40. The Coop (2013 TV Short)
15 min | Short, Action, Drama
A dystopian science fiction television series following a group of human "Strays" as they attempt to overthrow a totalitarian government controlled by bioengineered humanoids, beings known as "Authentics".
Director: Jamie Anderson | Stars: Gina Abolins, Jonas Daniel Alexander, Luke Goddard, Chris Sunley
Votes: 6
41. The Dragon and the Dove (1957 TV Movie)
65 min | Drama
Stars: Michael Bates, Barbara Lott, Zena Walker, Malcolm Keen
42.
Amazing Stories (1985–1987)
Episode:
One for the Road
(1986)
Not Rated | 25 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama
In 1934, a couple of South Bronx barflies try to kill drunk Mike Malloy for his insurance money and find they're tangling with much more than they bargained for.
Director: Thomas Carter | Stars: James Cromwell, Geoffrey Lewis, Joe Pantoliano, Al Ruscio
Votes: 322
43.
The Loner (1965–1966)
Episode:
The Homecoming of Lemuel Stove
(1965)
30 min | Western
While traveling, William Colton meets an ex-Union soldier who fought in the war for three years. Before that, he had been a slave. His father had traveled out west to find a better life for... See full summary »
Director: Joseph Pevney | Stars: Lloyd Bridges, Brock Peters, Russ Conway, Don Keefer
Votes: 29
44.
Monsters (1988–1990)
Episode:
My Zombie Lover
(1988)
TV-14 | 21 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
One night each year the dead come back to life. A young zombie falls for his living female classmate but his hunger for human flesh and her prejudiced zombie-hunting dad stand in the way of their happiness in this horror comedy.
Director: David Misch | Stars: Tempestt Bledsoe, Steve Harper, Ed Wheeler, Marcella Lowery
Votes: 307
45.
Science Fiction Theatre (1955–1957)
Episode:
The Long Day
(1955)
30 min | Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
A group of scientists experiment with a new missile that will produce vast amounts of light at night. The experiment fails and the scientists have to figure how to shut the light off.
Director: Paul Guilfoyle | Stars: Truman Bradley, George Brent, Steve Brodie, Jean Byron
Votes: 31
46.
The Country Diary of an Edwardian Lady (1984– )
Episode:
March
(1984)
Biography, Drama, Romance
Stars: Isabelle Amyes, Terence Budd, Elisabeth Choice, Anthony Daniels
47.
TrekCulture (2020– )
Episode:
10 Star Trek Episodes That PISSED People Off
(2021)
9 min | Documentary, Sci-Fi, Talk-Show
When you're writing a television series that involves morality plays that will open viewers eye you can't expect the lessons to go down easy. Here are ten shows viewers struggled with and a... See full summary »
Star: Seán Ferrick
48.
The Carol Burnett Show (1967–1978)
Episode:
Bing Crosby/Paul Lynde
(1971)
TV-G | 22 min | Comedy, Family
Highlights include: a melodrama spoof, "The Drunkard", with guest Bing Crosby in the title role and Carol as his wife; guest Paul Lynde plays the town masochist and Harvey is Mother Marcus ... See full summary »
Director: Dave Powers | Stars: Carol Burnett, Harvey Korman, Vicki Lawrence, Lyle Waggoner
Votes: 51
49.
The Tom Woods Show (2013– )
Scott Horton and Tom on the Crime of the Century
(2023 Podcast Episode)
News
Tom Woods and Scott Horton discuss Woods' new book, "Diary of a Psychosis: How Public Health Disgraced Itself During Covid Mania." The book is an account of the COVID-19 response, capturing the day-to-day developments and irrationalities.
Stars: Tom Woods, Scott Horton
50.
DC's Legends of Tomorrow (2016–2022)
Episode:
Hey, World!
(2019)
TV-14 | 42 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Sara and Ava concoct a bold plan to take back the Time Bureau; Zari and Charlie must work together to discover what Neron is planning; Constantine is given a tough choice on who to save from Hell.
Director: Kevin Mock | Stars: Brandon Routh, Caity Lotz, Maisie Richardson-Sellers, Tala Ashe
Votes: 1,446