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1. Airplane! (1980)

PG | 88 min | Comedy

After the crew becomes sick with food poisoning, a neurotic ex-fighter pilot must safely land a commercial airplane full of passengers.

Directors: Jim Abrahams, David Zucker, Jerry Zucker | Stars: Robert Hays, Julie Hagerty, Leslie Nielsen, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

Votes: 261,583 | Gross: $83.40M

2. The Babadook (2014)

Not Rated | 94 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery

A single mother and her child fall into a deep well of paranoia when an eerie children's book titled "Mister Babadook" manifests in their home.

Director: Jennifer Kent | Stars: Essie Davis, Noah Wiseman, Daniel Henshall, Hayley McElhinney

Votes: 247,693 | Gross: $0.92M

3. All About Eve (1950)

Passed | 138 min | Drama

A seemingly timid but secretly ruthless ingénue insinuates herself into the lives of an aging Broadway star and her circle of theater friends.

Director: Joseph L. Mankiewicz | Stars: Bette Davis, Anne Baxter, George Sanders, Celeste Holm

Votes: 138,918 | Gross: $0.01M

4. Bug (2006)

R | 102 min | Drama, Horror, Thriller

An unhinged war veteran holes up with a lonely woman in a spooky Oklahoma motel room. The line between reality and delusion is blurred as they discover a bug infestation.

Director: William Friedkin | Stars: Ashley Judd, Michael Shannon, Harry Connick Jr., Lynn Collins

Votes: 37,868 | Gross: $7.01M

5. Café Society (2016)

PG-13 | 96 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

In the 1930s, a Bronx native moves to Hollywood and falls in love with a young woman who is seeing a married man.

Director: Woody Allen | Stars: Jesse Eisenberg, Kristen Stewart, Steve Carell, Blake Lively

Votes: 81,363 | Gross: $11.10M

6. Uncle Frank (2020)

R | 95 min | Comedy, Drama

In 1973, when Frank Bledsoe and his 18-year-old niece Beth take a road trip from Manhattan to Creekville, South Carolina, for the family patriarch's funeral, they're unexpectedly joined by Frank's lover, Walid.

Director: Alan Ball | Stars: Paul Bettany, Sophia Lillis, Peter Macdissi, Steve Zahn

Votes: 23,043

7. Bobby (I) (2006)

R | 117 min | Biography, Drama, History

The destinies of 22 people of different races, sexes, beliefs and social classes are intertwined on the night that politician Robert F. Kennedy is assassinated.

Director: Emilio Estevez | Stars: Anthony Hopkins, Demi Moore, Sharon Stone, Harry Belafonte

Votes: 42,819 | Gross: $11.24M

8. The Cheap Detective (1978)

PG | 92 min | Comedy, Crime, Mystery

San Francisco, 1940, detectives, dames, documents, Nazis, and a treasure.

Director: Robert Moore | Stars: Peter Falk, Ann-Margret, Eileen Brennan, Sid Caesar

Votes: 5,762

9. Saint Laurent (2014)

R | 150 min | Biography, Drama, Romance

Yves Saint Laurent's life from 1967 to 1976, during which time the famed fashion designer was at the peak of his career.

Director: Bertrand Bonello | Stars: Gaspard Ulliel, Jérémie Renier, Louis Garrel, Léa Seydoux

Votes: 6,488 | Gross: $0.43M

10. Dear Frankie (2004)

PG-13 | 105 min | Drama, Romance

After having responded to her son's numerous letters in the guise of his father, a woman hires a stranger to pose as his dad when meeting him.

Director: Shona Auerbach | Stars: Emily Mortimer, Jack McElhone, Gerard Butler, Mary Riggans

Votes: 22,487 | Gross: $1.34M

11. Too Late (I) (2015)

Not Rated | 107 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Explores the tangled relationship between a troubled private investigator and the missing woman he's hired to help find.

Director: Dennis Hauck | Stars: Dichen Lachman, Natalie Zea, Jeff Fahey, John Hawkes

Votes: 3,912 | Gross: $0.06M

12. Straight-Jacket (2004)

TV-MA | 96 min | Comedy, Romance

In 1950's Hollywood, movie star Guy Stone must marry a studio secretary in order to conceal his homosexuality. Sally has no idea her marriage is a sham, though, and turns Guy's life upside-down. Then he falls in love.

Director: Richard Day | Stars: Matt Letscher, Carrie Preston, Adam Greer, Veronica Cartwright

Votes: 950 | Gross: $0.05M

13. Lord Love a Duck (1966)

Not Rated | 105 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

A bright satirical comedy about an innocent high school girl granted her wishes by a student prodigy. A broad satire of teenage culture in the sixties, its targets ranging from progressive education to beach movies.

Director: George Axelrod | Stars: Roddy McDowall, Tuesday Weld, Lola Albright, Martin West

Votes: 1,817

14. The Bigamist (1953)

Approved | 80 min | Drama, Film-Noir

A man secretly married to two women feels the pressure of his deceit.

Director: Ida Lupino | Stars: Joan Fontaine, Ida Lupino, Edmund Gwenn, Edmond O'Brien

Votes: 4,736

15. Hollywood Mouth (2008)

Not Rated | 75 min | Drama

In Hollywood, a film buff gets involved with selling a Faberge egg.

Director: Jordan Mohr | Stars: Michael Abruscato, Katy Baker, Sam Bologna, Veli Erturk

Votes: 714

16. The Stork Club (1945)

Passed | 98 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance

A hat-check girl at the Stork Club (Hutton) saves the life of a drowning man (Fitzgerald). A rich man, he decides to repay her by anonymously giving her a bank account, a luxury apartment ... See full summary »

Director: Hal Walker | Stars: Betty Hutton, Barry Fitzgerald, Don DeFore, Robert Benchley

Votes: 744

17. A Slight Case of Murder (1999 TV Movie)

94 min | Comedy, Crime, Mystery

A film critic accidentally kills his lover during a spat in which she falls and hits her head. In panic, he immediately covers up his involvement and leaves the apartment. A private ... See full summary »

Director: Steven Schachter | Stars: William H. Macy, Adam Arkin, Felicity Huffman, James Cromwell

Votes: 1,481

18. And the Oscar Goes to... (2014 TV Movie)

87 min | Documentary, History

The history of the Academy Awards.

Directors: Rob Epstein, Jeffrey Friedman | Stars: Anjelica Huston, Billy Crystal, Tom Hanks, Cher

Votes: 1,528

19. Slick Hare (1947)

Approved | 8 min | Animation, Short, Adventure

Humphrey Bogart visits the Mocrumbo Restaurant. He orders fried rabbit and Elmer Fudd has twenty minutes to serve it.

Director: Friz Freleng | Stars: Mel Blanc, Arthur Q. Bryan, Dave Barry, Robert Clampett

Votes: 1,258

20. Hollywood Mouth 2 (2014)

84 min | Drama

A film buff discovers strange goings-on at a movie museum and elsewhere in Hollywood.

Director: Jordan Mohr | Stars: Sam Bologna, Alexander Des Combes, Ronald Duthweiler, Matthew Glaser

Votes: 698

21. Superstar in a Housedress (2004)

Not Rated | 95 min | Documentary, Biography, Comedy

"Jackie Curtis is not a drag queen. Jackie is an artist. A pioneer without a frontier." -- Andy Warhol. Superstar in a Housedress examines the life and legend of Warhol transvestite ... See full summary »

Director: Craig Highberger | Stars: Peter Allen, Paul Ambrose, Michael André, Penny Arcade

Votes: 171 | Gross: $0.03M

22. The Rules of Film Noir (2009 TV Movie)

60 min | Documentary, History

Documentary that shows the characteristic traits of film noir and their historical context.

Director: Elaine Donnelly Pieper | Stars: Matthew Sweet, Sheri Chinen Biesen, Neil Brand, Sarah Churchwell

Votes: 150

23. Hollywood Mouth 3 (2018)

109 min | Drama

A film buff learns something new about her family and encounters noir-like situations in Hollywood.

Director: Jordan Mohr | Stars: Heidi Appe, Anastasia Art, Barbara Bologna, Angelica Coralvine

24. Double Indemnity: Introduction by Robert Osborne (2006 Video)

3 min | Short

Add a Plot

Star: Robert Osborne

25. Shot Edited (2016)

9 min | Documentary, Short

A short documentary directed by Joe Talbot about the annual Noir City Film Festival presented by the Film Noir Foundation at San Francisco's historic Castro Theatre.

Director: Joe Talbot | Stars: Eddie Muller, Jello Biafra, Mima Simic, Imogen Sara Smith

Votes: 6

26. Car 54, Where Are You? (1961–1963)
Episode: Joan Crawford Didn't Say No (1963)

TV-PG | 26 min | Comedy

When a septuagenarian delicatessen owner reports he will be marrying Joan Crawford, the boys of the 53rd are sent out to bust the phony matrimonial service that promises to pair its clients with Hollywood movie stars.

Director: Stanley Prager | Stars: Joe E. Ross, Fred Gwynne, Molly Picon, Al Lewis

Votes: 219

27. The Carol Burnett Show (1967–1978)
Episode: Nanette Fabray and Trini Lopez (1970)

TV-G | 60 min | Comedy, Family

A husband brings home a briefcase full of cash that his drama-obsessed wife is sure he has embezzled intending to run off with the neighbor. Soap opera of a woman who has a soused friend she fears is an alcoholic and calls the doctor.

Director: Dave Powers | Stars: Carol Burnett, Harvey Korman, Vicki Lawrence, Lyle Waggoner

Votes: 41

28. The Carol Burnett Show (1967–1978)
Episode: Rita Hayworth, Jim Bailey, Glen Campbell (1971)

TV-G | 60 min | Comedy, Family

Highlights include: guest Rita Hayworth, as herself, being pestered by two celebrity seekers (Carol, Vicki); guest Jim Bailey impersonates the likes of Phyllis Diller, Barbra Streisand and ... See full summary »

Director: Dave Powers | Stars: Carol Burnett, Harvey Korman, Vicki Lawrence, Lyle Waggoner

Votes: 96

29. The Carol Burnett Show (1967–1978)
Episode: Carol Channing/Steve Lawrence (1971)

TV-G | 60 min | Comedy, Family

Highlights of this edition with guests Steve Lawrence and Carol Channing include: parodies of "The African Queen" and "Sorry, Wrong Number"; a salute to silent movie comedians; and the two ... See full summary »

Director: Dave Powers | Stars: Carol Burnett, Harvey Korman, Vicki Lawrence, Lyle Waggoner

Votes: 54

30. The Nanny (1993–1999)
Episode: The Bobbi Flekman Story (1997)

TV-PG | 30 min | Comedy, Family, Romance

When Maxwell's old partner Bobbi Flekman starts moving in on him, Fran's friends suggest that Maxwell only likes her because she looks like Fran, and she even tells Fran not to talk so much because her voice is so annoying.

Director: Dorothy Lyman | Stars: Fran Drescher, Charles Shaughnessy, Daniel Davis, Lauren Lane

Votes: 319

31. Prisoner (1979–1986)
Episode: Episode #5.20 (1983)

TV-14 | Crime, Drama

Judy begs Lori to come back and sort things out. Judy and Geoff realise Lori has post-natal depression, and Judy offers to give up Driscoll to help if needed. Joan finds money on Faye as ... See full summary »

Director: Steve Mann | Stars: Elspeth Ballantyne, Betty Bobbitt, Sheila Florance, Patsy King

Votes: 11

32. Mad Men (2007–2015)
Episode: The Inheritance (2008)

TV-14 | 48 min | Drama

Don and Betty try to keep up appearances as they go to Betty's parents after her dad has a stroke. Peter has a long-dreaded meeting with his mother before he and Kinsey leave for a convention in Los Angeles.

Director: Andrew Bernstein | Stars: Jon Hamm, Elisabeth Moss, Vincent Kartheiser, January Jones

Votes: 2,542

33. Discovering Film (2014– )
Episode: Barbara Stanwyck (2015)

44 min | Documentary, Biography, History

Barbara Stanwyck was orphaned by her mother and abandoned by her father at a very young age. She started supporting herself at 14, doing various menial jobs before finding fame and fortune.... See full summary »

Director: Lyndy Saville | Stars: Derek Malcolm, Ian Nathan

Votes: 8

34. The Mike Wallace Interview (1957–1960)
Episode: Gloria Swanson (1957)

Talk-Show

Mike Wallace interviews Gloria Swanson, the former silent screen star who made a comeback in Billy Wilder's 1950 Sunset Boulevard. This broadcast was the premiere of the weekly scheduled interviews that ABC aired for 16 months.

Stars: Mike Wallace, Gloria Swanson

35. Mad Men (2007–2015)
Episode: Christmas Comes But Once a Year (2010)

TV-14 | 48 min | Drama

Freddy returns with a valuable new client, the firm reluctantly throws a Christmas party for its most important client, and Don prepares for his first Christmas away from his children.

Director: Michael Uppendahl | Stars: Jon Hamm, Elisabeth Moss, Vincent Kartheiser, January Jones

Votes: 2,412

36. The Mentalist (2008–2015)
Episode: Violets (2014)

TV-14 | 41 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

With the help of his FBI colleagues, Patrick sets up an elaborate con to catch an art thief who killed a man during one of his robberies.

Director: J. Miller Tobin | Stars: Simon Baker, Robin Tunney, Tim Kang, Rockmond Dunbar

Votes: 1,544

37. Bones (2005–2017)
Episode: The Turn in the Urn (2014)

TV-14 | 40 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

A hedge fund manager turns up at his own funeral and the Jeffersonian team must try to identify the man who was cremated. Also as the sales of Finn's and Hodgins' hot sauce soars, Finn must deal with some life changes.

Director: Tim Southam | Stars: Emily Deschanel, David Boreanaz, Michaela Conlin, Tamara Taylor

Votes: 703

38. Agent Carter (2015–2016)
Episode: Monsters (2016)

TV-PG | 43 min | Action, Adventure, Crime

As Peggy plots a rescue mission, Whitney hunts for even more dark power; and Jarvis learns he should not make promises he cannot keep.

Director: Metin Hüseyin | Stars: Hayley Atwell, James D'Arcy, Enver Gjokaj, Bridget Regan

Votes: 2,134

39. Legends of World Cinema (2004– )
Episode: Barbara Stanwyck

26 min | Documentary

American actress Barbara Stanwyck was known during her 60-year career as a consummate and versatile professional for her strong, realistic screen presence.

Director: Andrey Istratov | Stars: Konstantin Karasik, Barbara Stanwyck

40. Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee: Single Shot (2014– )
Episode: Quick Impression (2015)

Comedy, Talk-Show

Jerry's guests do impersonations of various people.

Stars: Jerry Seinfeld, Aziz Ansari, Alec Baldwin, Jim Carrey

Votes: 7

41. The Andrew Klavan Show (2015– )
Episode #1.436 (2017 Podcast Episode)

Talk-Show

Santa Claus returns as guest for the last show of the year. Dwight Lindsey, the Victorian novel professor at Hillsdale College guests to talk about Charles Dickens' "A Christmas Carol".

Stars: Andrew Klavan, Dwight Lindley, C.S. Lewis, Nancy Pelosi