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1. Full Metal Jacket (1987)
R | 116 min | Drama, War
A pragmatic U.S. Marine observes the dehumanizing effects the Vietnam War has on his fellow recruits from their brutal boot camp training to the bloody street fighting in Hue.
Director: Stanley Kubrick | Stars: Matthew Modine, R. Lee Ermey, Vincent D'Onofrio, Adam Baldwin
Votes: 792,908 | Gross: $46.36M
2. First Man (2018)
PG-13 | 141 min | Biography, Drama, History
A look at the life of the astronaut, Neil Armstrong, and the legendary space mission that led him to become the first man to walk on the Moon on July 20, 1969.
Director: Damien Chazelle | Stars: Ryan Gosling, Claire Foy, Jason Clarke, Kyle Chandler
Votes: 202,867 | Gross: $44.94M
3. My Girl (1991)
PG | 102 min | Comedy, Drama, Family
Vada is obsessed with death. Her mother is dead, and her father runs a funeral parlor. When Vada's father hires Shelly, a makeup expert, and begins to fall in love, Vada is outraged and does everything in her power to split them up.
Director: Howard Zieff | Stars: Anna Chlumsky, Macaulay Culkin, Dan Aykroyd, Jamie Lee Curtis
Votes: 89,257 | Gross: $59.85M
4. Network (1976)
R | 121 min | Drama
A television network cynically exploits a deranged former anchor's ravings and revelations about the news media for its own profit, but finds that his message may be difficult to control.
Director: Sidney Lumet | Stars: Faye Dunaway, William Holden, Peter Finch, Robert Duvall
Votes: 171,199
5. Planes, Trains & Automobiles (1987)
R | 93 min | Comedy, Drama
A Chicago advertising man must struggle to travel home from New York for Thanksgiving, with a lovable oaf of a shower-curtain-ring salesman as his only companion.
Director: John Hughes | Stars: Steve Martin, John Candy, Laila Robins, Michael McKean
Votes: 160,832 | Gross: $49.53M
6. All the President's Men (1976)
PG | 138 min | Drama, History, Thriller
"The Washington Post" reporters Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein uncover the details of the Watergate scandal that leads to President Richard Nixon's resignation.
Director: Alan J. Pakula | Stars: Dustin Hoffman, Robert Redford, Jack Warden, Martin Balsam
Votes: 126,451 | Gross: $70.60M
7. The Player (1992)
R | 124 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
A Hollywood studio executive is being sent death threats by a writer whose script he rejected, but which one?
Director: Robert Altman | Stars: Tim Robbins, Greta Scacchi, Fred Ward, Whoopi Goldberg
Votes: 65,996 | Gross: $21.71M
8. The Howling (1981)
R | 91 min | Horror
After a bizarre and near deadly encounter with a serial killer, a television newswoman is sent to a remote mountain resort whose residents may not be what they seem.
Director: Joe Dante | Stars: Dee Wallace, Patrick Macnee, Dennis Dugan, Christopher Stone
Votes: 40,340 | Gross: $17.99M
9. Aladdin and the King of Thieves (1996 Video)
Not Rated | 81 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
The King of Thieves disrupts Aladdin and Jasmine's long-anticipated wedding, looking for an oracle that will lead him to an even bigger treasure. His true identity causes trouble for Aladdin.
Director: Tad Stones | Stars: Scott Weinger, Robin Williams, John Rhys-Davies, Val Bettin
Votes: 38,284
10. Gator (1976)
PG | 115 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Agents force a former con man to help them nab a corrupt politician.
Director: Burt Reynolds | Stars: Burt Reynolds, Jack Weston, Lauren Hutton, Jerry Reed
Votes: 4,948 | Gross: $11.00M
11. The Fifth Estate (2013)
R | 128 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
A dramatic thriller based on real events that reveals the quest to expose the deceptions and corruptions of power that turned an Internet upstart into the 21st century's most fiercely debated organization.
Director: Bill Condon | Stars: Benedict Cumberbatch, Daniel Brühl, Carice van Houten, Alicia Vikander
Votes: 42,772 | Gross: $3.25M
12. The Ghost and Mr. Chicken (1966)
G | 90 min | Comedy, Family, Mystery
A timid typesetter hasn't a ghost of a chance of becoming a reporter - until he decides to solve a murder mystery and ends up spending a fright-filled night in a haunted house.
Director: Alan Rafkin | Stars: Don Knotts, Joan Staley, Liam Redmond, Dick Sargent
Votes: 7,588
13. Hanging Up (2000)
PG-13 | 94 min | Comedy, Drama
A trio of sisters bond over their ambivalence toward the approaching death of their curmudgeonly father, to whom none of them was particularly close.
Director: Diane Keaton | Stars: Diane Keaton, Meg Ryan, Lisa Kudrow, Walter Matthau
Votes: 13,193 | Gross: $36.05M
14. Fort Apache the Bronx (1981)
R | 125 min | Crime, Drama
In New York City, South Bronx's main police precinct is nicknamed Fort Apache by its employees who feel like troopers surrounded by hostiles in a wild west isolated outpost.
Director: Daniel Petrie | Stars: Paul Newman, Edward Asner, Ken Wahl, Danny Aiello
Votes: 7,024 | Gross: $29.20M
15. JFK: What the Doctors Saw (2023)
92 min | Documentary, History
Startling medical observations about JFK's wounds when seven doctors who were in the Parkland Hospital ER reunite to discuss a day none of them can forget.
Director: Barbara Shearer | Stars: Ronald C. Jones, Lawrence E. Klein, Joe D. Goldstrich, Kenneth Salyer
Votes: 582
16. Switching Channels (1988)
PG | 105 min | Comedy, Crime
A television news chief courts his anchorwoman ex-wife with an eleventh-hour story.
Director: Ted Kotcheff | Stars: Kathleen Turner, Burt Reynolds, Christopher Reeve, Ned Beatty
Votes: 4,121 | Gross: $9.13M
17. Six Weeks (1982)
PG | 107 min | Drama
In this heart-warming drama, a terminally ill young girl strives to bring together her wealthy mother and a California politician, fulfilling her dream of having a family during the last six weeks of her life.
Director: Tony Bill | Stars: Dudley Moore, Mary Tyler Moore, Katherine Healy, Shannon Wilcox
Votes: 1,040 | Gross: $6.67M
18. The Assassination of Richard Nixon (2004)
R | 95 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
Based on real life events, Assassination is set in 1974 and centers on a businessman who decides to take extreme measures to achieve his American dream.
Director: Niels Mueller | Stars: Sean Penn, Naomi Watts, Don Cheadle, Jack Thompson
Votes: 26,127 | Gross: $0.70M
19. The Secret Army (2024)
89 min | Documentary
Darragh MacIntyre reveals the strange story of the lost documentary that unmasked the IRA. Right at the bloodiest point of the conflict, IRA bombers were filmed unmasked, and most of its underground leadership appeared on camera.
Star: Darragh MacIntyre
Votes: 73
20. Boa vs. Python (2004 Video)
R | 92 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
After a genetically-altered python escapes, a scientist is enlisted to help kill it by releasing a giant boa constrictor that he owns.
Director: David Flores | Stars: David Hewlett, Jaime Bergman, Kirk B.R. Woller, Adamo Palladino
Votes: 4,178
21. Chicago 10 (2007)
R | 110 min | Documentary, Animation, History
Archival footage, animation, and music are used to look back at the eight anti-war protesters who were put on trial following the 1968 Democratic National Convention.
Director: Brett Morgen | Stars: Jeffrey Wright, Nick Nolte, Roy Scheider, Hank Azaria
Votes: 1,431 | Gross: $0.18M
22. Unlawful Killing (2011)
78 min | Documentary
A documentary about the allegedly conspiratorial killing of Diana, Princess of Wales and Dodi Fayed
Director: Keith Allen | Stars: Keith Allen, Piers Morgan, Mohamed Al-Fayed, Howard Stern
Votes: 393
23. JFK: The Final Evidence (2023)
Documentary, Action, Crime
In this two-part series, explore the mystery behind the assassination of President John F Kennedy with Dr David J Hall.
Stars: Emma Long, David J. Hall, Chris Moran
Votes: 26
24. Now (1965)
5 min | Documentary, Short, Music
A documentary short about racism in the United States.
Director: Santiago Álvarez | Star: Lena Horne
Votes: 763
25. Piker's Peak (1957)
Approved | 7 min | Family, Animation, Short
In the Alps Bugs and Yosemite Sam vie for 50,000 Cronkites, the prize for the who "climbs the Schmatterhorn."
Director: Friz Freleng | Star: Mel Blanc
Votes: 411
28. JFK: News of a Shooting (2013)
96 min | Documentary
A behind the scenes look at Walter Cronkite and his handling of the iconic 1963 News report announcing the assassination of President John F. Kennedy
Director: Richard Dale | Stars: George Clooney, Bill Clinton, Walter Cronkite, Timothy M. Gay
29.
All in the Family (1971–1979)
Episode:
Archie Eats and Runs
(1974)
TV-PG | 26 min | Comedy, Drama
Archie learns that the canned mushrooms he just ate may have been part of a product recall because of reports of food poisoning. Mike urges Archie to investigate, but Archie decides he's sick and needs hospital treatment.
Director: John Rich | Stars: Carroll O'Connor, Jean Stapleton, Rob Reiner, Sally Struthers
Votes: 224
30.
All in the Family (1971–1979)
Episode:
The Locket
(1972)
TV-PG | 25 min | Comedy, Drama
When Edith loses her heirloom necklace, Archie wants to report it missing so he can collect the insurance money and buy a color television. He then runs into problems when an agent comes over to verify the claim.
Director: Hal Cooper | Stars: Carroll O'Connor, Jean Stapleton, Rob Reiner, Sally Struthers
Votes: 223
31.
All in the Family (1971–1979)
Episode:
The Man in the Street
(1971)
TV-PG | 26 min | Comedy, Drama
Archie is eager to watch his "man-in-the-street" interview on "The CBS Evening News" with Walter Cronkite, but can't find a working television set.
Director: John Rich | Stars: Carroll O'Connor, Jean Stapleton, Rob Reiner, Sally Struthers
Votes: 284
32.
The Carol Burnett Show (1967–1978)
Episode:
Durward Kirby and Garry Moore
(1969)
TV-G | 60 min | Comedy, Family
The accent is on the holiday season when Carol Burnett's old friends Garry Moore and Durward Kirby drop In for their annual visit. Carol and Harvey play the old folks as they reminisce ... See full summary »
Director: Dave Powers | Stars: Carol Burnett, Harvey Korman, Vicki Lawrence, Lyle Waggoner
Votes: 39
33.
The Dick Van Dyke Show (1961–1966)
Episode:
Anthony Stone
(1965)
TV-G | 30 min | Comedy, Family
Sally falls head over heels over handsome, suave Anthony Stone, whom she met while on vacation in Jamaica. All is not what it seems as Rob and Buddy uncover a shocking secret about Sally's new boyfriend that will only cause heartache.
Director: Jerry Paris | Stars: Dick Van Dyke, Rose Marie, Morey Amsterdam, Larry Mathews
Votes: 232
34.
George & Leo (1997–1998)
Episode:
The Halloween Show
(1997)
Comedy
Halloween night finds Leo afraid that there's a ghost haunting the bookstore, and George terrified of running out of candy.
Director: Philip Charles MacKenzie | Stars: Bob Newhart, Judd Hirsch, Jason Bateman, Robyn Lively
Votes: 46
35.
The Golden Girls (1985–1992)
Episode:
All That Jazz
(1989)
TV-PG | 30 min | Comedy, Drama
Dorothy's son Michael moves in with her after his wife kicks him out.
Director: Terry Hughes | Stars: Bea Arthur, Betty White, Rue McClanahan, Estelle Getty
Votes: 386
36.
Good Times (1974–1979)
Episode:
The Windfall
(1974)
TV-PG | 25 min | Comedy
James comes across a bag containing a claimed $27,000 in stolen money and turns it into the police. The Evanses are quickly hassled by ghetto neighbors, strangers and people they thought ... See full summary »
Director: Herbert Kenwith | Stars: Esther Rolle, John Amos, Ja'net DuBois, Ralph Carter
Votes: 90
37.
Good Times (1974–1979)
Episode:
The Witness
(1978)
TV-14 | 30 min | Comedy
J.J. could pay dearly for witnessing an auto accident.
Director: Gerren Keith | Stars: Esther Rolle, Ja'net DuBois, Ralph Carter, BernNadette Stanis
Votes: 64
38.
Married... with Children (1987–1997)
Episode:
Ship Happens
(1995)
TV-PG | 22 min | Comedy
The Bundys ocean cruise takes a turn for the worse when their ship sinks and they are stranded on a life raft in the middle of the ocean with the D'Arcys, a fat woman, and comedian Gilbert ... See full summary »
Director: Gerry Cohen | Stars: Ed O'Neill, Katey Sagal, Amanda Bearse, Christina Applegate
Votes: 517
39.
The Mary Tyler Moore Show (1970–1977)
Episode:
Anchorman Overboard
(1970)
TV-PG | 30 min | Comedy
Mary reluctantly arranges for Ted to speak at Phyllis's women's club.
Director: Jay Sandrich | Stars: Mary Tyler Moore, Edward Asner, Gavin MacLeod, Ted Knight
Votes: 227
40.
The Mary Tyler Moore Show (1970–1977)
Episode:
The Snow Must Go On
(1970)
TV-PG | 30 min | Comedy
Put in charge of the station's election coverage, Mary is put to the test when a blizzard completely suspends election results and the crew threatens to mutiny.
Director: Jay Sandrich | Stars: Mary Tyler Moore, Edward Asner, Valerie Harper, Gavin MacLeod
Votes: 280
41.
Maude (1972–1978)
Episode:
Maude's Mother
(1975)
TV-PG | 26 min | Comedy
Maude is a bundle of nerves with her mother's upcoming visit to meet Walter for the first time. Her insecurities come out when her mother arrives, just as Walter's first tv commercials hit the air and aren't as respectable as Maude hoped.
Director: Hal Cooper | Stars: Bea Arthur, Bill Macy, Adrienne Barbeau, Conrad Bain
Votes: 68
42.
Mystery Science Theater 3000 (1988–1999)
Episode:
Night of the Blood Beast
(1996)
Unrated | 92 min | Comedy, Sci-Fi
A jingle writer's honeymoon is derailed when he is forced to write a tune overnight while his new bride fantasizes about redecorating their home with telephones in Once Upon a Honeymoon (... See full summary »
Director: Trace Beaulieu | Stars: Trace Beaulieu, Michael J. Nelson, Jim Mallon, Kevin Murphy
Votes: 538
43.
Remington Steele (1982–1987)
Episode:
Steele in the News
(1983)
TV-PG | 60 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
Steele and Laura investigate the murder of two news team personnel at a local television station.
Director: Burt Brinckerhoff | Stars: Stephanie Zimbalist, Pierce Brosnan, James Read, Janet DeMay
Votes: 152
44.
Sanford and Son (1972–1978)
Episode:
A House Is Not a Pool Room
(1973)
TV-PG | 30 min | Comedy
Lamont suffers buyer's remorse after the pool table he gave Fred for his birthday brings the boys over for billiards every day while Fred's work and girlfriend Donna go neglected.
Director: Jack Shea | Stars: Redd Foxx, Demond Wilson, Lynn Hamilton, Whitman Mayo
Votes: 142
45.
Soap (1977–1981)
Episode:
Episode #1.15
(1978)
TV-14 | 30 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Corrine's natural mother, formerly the Tates' Swedish maid, travels to Dunn's River to be with her daughter; tiring of running from the mob, Danny winds up in bed with the daughter of mob boss Mr. Lefkowitz.
Director: Jay Sandrich | Stars: Jimmy Baio, Diana Canova, Billy Crystal, Cathryn Damon
Votes: 167
46.
T.J. Hooker (1982–1986)
Episode:
The Streets
(1982)
TV-PG | 49 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Hooker and Romano track down the "Bible Mugger," a sociopath who attacks women at knifepoint and leaves a Bible as his calling card. Dogging the police investigation is a pesky television reporter.
Director: Cliff Bole | Stars: William Shatner, Adrian Zmed, April Clough, Richard Herd
Votes: 120
47.
That's My Mama (1974–1975)
Episode:
The Birthday Party
(1975)
30 min | Comedy
Leonard's birthday gift to his mother-in-law Mama of a burial plot brings her celebration to a halt. Clifton is particularly upset with his brother-in-law's gesture because he must think of a future without his parent.
Director: Arnold Margolin | Stars: Clifton Davis, Theresa Merritt, Teddy Wilson, Ted Lange
Votes: 14
48.
Maude (1972–1978)
Episode:
The Kiss
(1974)
TV-PG | 26 min | Comedy
Walter is upset and feeling unloved because of work pressure and things at home. Vivian is upset because Arthur does not like her dog. They turn to each other for comfort and a kiss. Maude and Arthur see it.
Director: Hal Cooper | Stars: Bea Arthur, Bill Macy, Adrienne Barbeau, Conrad Bain
Votes: 70
49.
TV Sins (2018– )
Episode:
Everything Wrong With This Is Us "Pilot"
(2018)
8 min | Comedy
The new season of This Is Us kicked off this week, so we go back to where the whole thing started. The pilot proved that America is always ready for a new soap opera, and that there would be sins a plenty.
Directors: Chris Atkinson, Jeremy Scott, Barrett Share | Stars: Jeremy Scott, Barrett Share
Votes: 13
50.
American Crime Story (2016– )
Episode:
Not to Be Believed
(2021)
TV-MA | 59 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
Tensions rise between Monica and the President. Paula is offered a settlement. Linda begins to feel that she has a target on her back.
Director: Michael Uppendahl | Stars: Sarah Paulson, Beanie Feldstein, Annaleigh Ashford, Margo Martindale
Votes: 1,034