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1. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004)
PG | 142 min | Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Harry Potter, Ron and Hermione return to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry for their third year of study, where they delve into the mystery surrounding an escaped prisoner who poses a dangerous threat to the young wizard.
Director: Alfonso Cuarón | Stars: Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, Rupert Grint, Richard Griffiths
Votes: 691,216 | Gross: $249.36M
2. Auntie Mame (1958)
Approved | 143 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
An orphan goes to live with his free-spirited aunt. Conflict ensues when the executor of his father's estate objects to the aunt's lifestyle.
Director: Morton DaCosta | Stars: Rosalind Russell, Forrest Tucker, Coral Browne, Fred Clark
Votes: 12,687 | Gross: $23.30M
3. It's Okay to Not Be Okay (2020)
TV-MA | 80 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
An extraordinary road to emotional healing opens up for an selfish antisocial children's-book writer and a selfless psych-ward caretaker when they cross paths.
Stars: Kim Soo-hyun, Seo Ye-Ji, Oh Jung-se, Park Gyuyoung
Votes: 34,208
4. The Dead Don't Die (2019)
R | 104 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
The peaceful town of Centerville finds itself battling a zombie horde as the dead start rising from their graves.
Director: Jim Jarmusch | Stars: Bill Murray, Adam Driver, Tilda Swinton, Tom Waits
Votes: 85,361 | Gross: $6.56M
5. Crazy Ex-Girlfriend (2015–2019)
TV-14 | 42 min | Comedy, Musical
A young woman abandons a choice job at a law firm and her life in New York in an attempt to find happiness in the unlikely locale of West Covina, California.
Stars: Rachel Bloom, Donna Lynne Champlin, Vincent Rodriguez III, Pete Gardner
Votes: 22,654
6. Sleepaway Camp (1983)
R | 84 min | Horror
Bunks and showers are a mad stabber's beat at a summer camp strictly for teens.
Director: Robert Hiltzik | Stars: Felissa Rose, Jonathan Tiersten, Karen Fields, Christopher Collet
Votes: 38,018 | Gross: $11.00M
7. Florence Foster Jenkins (2016)
PG-13 | 111 min | Biography, Comedy, Drama
The story of Florence Foster Jenkins, a New York heiress who dreamed of becoming an opera singer, despite having a terrible singing voice.
Director: Stephen Frears | Stars: Meryl Streep, Hugh Grant, Simon Helberg, Rebecca Ferguson
Votes: 59,569 | Gross: $27.38M
8. Barb and Star Go to Vista Del Mar (2021)
PG-13 | 107 min | Comedy, Fantasy
Lifelong friends Barb and Star embark on the adventure of a lifetime when they decide to leave their small Midwestern town for the first time - ever.
Director: Josh Greenbaum | Stars: Kristen Wiig, Annie Mumolo, Jamie Dornan, Damon Wayans Jr.
Votes: 20,015
9. Marmalade (2024)
99 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
Follows a man in jail who narrates the colorful tale of a romantic bank heist to his cunning cellmate to escape and reunite with the alluring love of his life.
Director: Keir O'Donnell | Stars: Joe Keery, Camila Morrone, Aldis Hodge, Ozioma Akagha
Votes: 1,216
10. Cooties (2014)
R | 88 min | Action, Comedy, Horror
A mysterious virus hits an isolated elementary school, transforming the kids into a feral swarm of mass savages. An unlikely hero must lead a motley band of teachers in the fight of their lives.
Directors: Jonathan Milott, Cary Murnion | Stars: Elijah Wood, Rainn Wilson, Alison Pill, Jack McBrayer
Votes: 28,532 | Gross: $0.06M
11. Gretel & Hansel (2020)
PG-13 | 87 min | Fantasy, Horror, Mystery
A long time ago in a distant fairy tale countryside, a young girl leads her little brother into a dark wood in desperate search of food and work, only to stumble upon a nexus of terrifying evil.
Director: Oz Perkins | Stars: Sophia Lillis, Samuel Leakey, Alice Krige, Jessica De Gouw
Votes: 34,015 | Gross: $15.35M
12. Seeking a Friend for the End of the World (2012)
R | 101 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama
As an asteroid nears Earth, a man finds himself alone after his wife leaves in a panic. He decides to take a road trip to reunite with his high school sweetheart. Accompanying him is a neighbor who inadvertently puts a wrench in his plan.
Director: Lorene Scafaria | Stars: Steve Carell, Keira Knightley, Melanie Lynskey, Patton Oswalt
Votes: 118,748 | Gross: $6.62M
13. Mame (1974)
PG | 132 min | Comedy, Musical
Following the death of his father, an orphan is sent to live with his free-spirited aunt.
Director: Gene Saks | Stars: Lucille Ball, Robert Preston, Bea Arthur, Bruce Davison
Votes: 3,453
14. Blithe Spirit (1945)
96 min | Comedy, Fantasy
A man and his second wife are haunted by the ghost of his first wife.
Director: David Lean | Stars: Rex Harrison, Constance Cummings, Kay Hammond, Margaret Rutherford
Votes: 8,002
15. A Salad Bowl of Eccentrics (2024– )
TV-14 | Animation, Comedy, Fantasy
Sosuke Kaburaya is a detective struggling to make ends meet. While on a case, he happens upon Sara da Odin, a princess from another world who wields magical powers. Sara quickly adjusts to ... See full summary »
Stars: Atsushi Kosaka, Hiroshi Shimozaki, Hayato Kimura, Yuka Maihara
Votes: 26
16. Bloodbath at the House of Death (1984)
92 min | Horror, Comedy
Six scientists investigate a strange phenomenon at the creepy Headstone Manor, the site of a mysterious massacre years earlier that took the lives of 18 guests in one night.
Director: Ray Cameron | Stars: Kenny Everett, Vincent Price, Pamela Stephenson, Gareth Hunt
Votes: 2,761
17. Buddy (1997)
PG | 84 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama
A depiction of the true life story of Gertrude Lintz, an eccentric 1920's socialite who tries to raise a gorilla, like many chimps before him, as part of her family.
Director: Caroline Thompson | Stars: Rene Russo, Robbie Coltrane, Alan Cumming, Irma P. Hall
Votes: 2,818 | Gross: $10.01M
18. Finding Your Feet (2017)
PG-13 | 111 min | Comedy, Drama, Family
On the eve of retirement a middle class, judgmental snob discovers her husband has been having an affair with her best friend and is forced into exile with her bohemian sister who lives on an impoverished inner-city council estate.
Director: Richard Loncraine | Stars: Imelda Staunton, Celia Imrie, Timothy Spall, Joanna Lumley
Votes: 7,214 | Gross: $1.42M
19. From Beyond the Grave (1974)
PG | 97 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
An anthology of four short horror stories revolving around a mysterious antique shop owner and his antique pieces, each of which hides a deadly secret.
Director: Kevin Connor | Stars: Peter Cushing, Ian Bannen, Ian Carmichael, Diana Dors
Votes: 5,291
20. Eurotrash (1993–2016)
30 min | Documentary, Comedy
A 30-minute magazine-format programme in English. Despite being a big-budget show, it was surreal and had a deliberate low-budget feel.
Stars: Antoine de Caunes, Maria McErlane, Jean-Paul Gaultier, Lolo Ferrari
Votes: 362
21. Spoor (2017)
Not Rated | 128 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Janina Duszejko, an elderly woman, lives alone in the Klodzko Valley where a series of mysterious crimes are committed. Duszejko is convinced that she knows who or what is the murderer, but nobody believes her.
Directors: Agnieszka Holland, Kasia Adamik | Stars: Agnieszka Mandat, Wiktor Zborowski, Jakub Gierszal, Patricia Volny
Votes: 6,037
22. Promise at Dawn (2017)
131 min | Biography, Drama, Romance
A man recounts his life, from his childhood through his experiences in World War II, and the story of his self-sacrificing mother, who raised him alone.
Director: Eric Barbier | Stars: Pierre Niney, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Didier Bourdon, Jean-Pierre Darroussin
Votes: 3,848
23. The Curse of the Cat People (1944)
Passed | 70 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
The young, friendless daughter of Oliver and Alice Reed befriends her father's dead first wife and an aging, reclusive actress.
Directors: Gunther von Fritsch, Robert Wise | Stars: Simone Simon, Kent Smith, Jane Randolph, Ann Carter
Votes: 7,172
24. Forest Bathing: Friends W/Benefits (2017– )
20 min | Fantasy
Eccentric woman leads guided meditations virtually through forest while sexting with her friend and dealing with her inner demons.
Stars: Jacqueline Lovell, Edward Nyahay, Richard Pugh, Neil D'Monte
Votes: 26
25. Housekeeping (1987)
PG | 116 min | Comedy, Drama
After their mother commits suicide, two sisters end up living with their kind but peculiar aunt in their grandmother's old house in a small 1950s town.
Director: Bill Forsyth | Stars: Christine Lahti, Sara Walker, Andrea Burchill, Anne Pitoniak
Votes: 2,921 | Gross: $1.08M
26. A Matter of Time (1976)
PG | 97 min | Drama, Fantasy, Romance
A simple young woman helps eccentric old countess deal with her old age and she introduces the young woman to a world of upper class society.
Director: Vincente Minnelli | Stars: Liza Minnelli, Ingrid Bergman, Charles Boyer, Spyros Fokas
Votes: 773
27. Serial Teachers (2013)
88 min | Comedy
The worst teachers are recruited to save the worst school in France from shutting down.
Director: Pierre-François Martin-Laval | Stars: Christian Clavier, Isabelle Nanty, Pierre-François Martin-Laval, Kev Adams
Votes: 4,043
28. Miss Sherlock (2018)
TV-14 | 47 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Inspired by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's classic literary characters, the series follows Dr. Wato-san Tachibana and Sara Shelly "Sherlock" Futaba, an eccentric police consultant who uses deduction to solve strange cases in modern-day Japan.
Stars: Yûko Takeuchi, Shihori Kanjiya, Ken'ichi Takitô, Tomoya Nakamura
Votes: 1,256
29. Bizarre (1970)
R | 92 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
A brainy sex flick with a sense of humor, the film begins with a narrator/mummy who guides us through a number of vignettes promising to show what some of us go through in the pursuit of ... See full summary »
Director: Antony Balch | Stars: Richard Schulman, Janet Spearman, Dorothy Grumbar, Anthony Rowlands
Votes: 417
30. The Bunker (2015)
Not Rated | 85 min | Comedy, Drama, Horror
A young student seeks quiet and solitude to focus on an important work but ends up as the teacher of a peculiar boy who is home-schooled by his parents in an isolated bunker mansion. THE ... See full summary »
Director: Nikias Chryssos | Stars: Pit Bukowski, Daniel Fripan, Oona von Maydell, David Scheller
Votes: 2,123
31. Halloween at Aunt Ethel's (2019)
80 min | Comedy, Horror, Thriller
Everyone in town knows the story of Old Aunt Ethel. It's said she makes Halloween candy and pumpkin pie out of the kids that trick-or-treat at her house. This Halloween, the neighborhood teens are going to find out the truth.
Director: Joseph Mazzaferro | Stars: Chris Cavalier, Melissa Daddio, Sean Michael Gloria, Jason Henne
Votes: 1,461
32. L'école est finie (2018)
87 min | Comedy
Agathe Langlois, Parisian, has everything to be happy and she has just been established as an English teacher. But when she learns that she is transferred hundreds of kilometers from her home, in the countryside, it is the cold shower
Director: Anne Depétrini | Stars: Bérengère Krief, Grégory Fitoussi, Marilou Berry, Anne Depétrini
Votes: 431
33. Dina (2017)
Not Rated | 103 min | Documentary
An eccentric suburban woman and a Walmart door greeter navigate their evolving relationship in this unconventional love story.
Directors: Antonio Santini, Dan Sickles | Stars: Dina Buno, Scott Levin, Frank Costanzo, Jeannie Levin
Votes: 1,220 | Gross: $0.09M
34. Garden of Death (1974)
R | 86 min | Horror
A sinister landscaper turns into a tree and learns to communicate with his fellow plants.
Director: James H. Kay | Stars: Katharine Houghton, Joe Dallesandro, Rita Gam, James Congdon
Votes: 346
35. Príbehy obycejného sílenství (2005)
100 min | Comedy, Drama
A black comedy based on director Petr Zelenka's successful stage play. It treats a simple theme: Jana has left Petr (Ivan Trojan), a boy 'who's not doing very well at the moment,' and he ... See full summary »
Director: Petr Zelenka | Stars: Ivan Trojan, Zuzana Sulajová, Zuzana Stivínová, Miroslav Krobot
Votes: 1,745
36. Miss Leslie's Dolls (1973)
R | 85 min | Crime, Drama, Horror
A young college professor and three of her students seek shelter during a storm in the rural farmhouse of a strange woman who collects lifelike mannequins.
Director: Joseph G. Prieto | Stars: Salvador Ugarte, Terri Juston, Marcelle Bichette, Kitty Lewis
Votes: 228
37. The Hidden Hand (1942)
Approved | 63 min | Comedy, Horror, Mystery
Peter Thorne (Craig Stevens)is a young attorney who works for an eccentric old woman, Lorinda Channing (Cecil Cunningham), who uses her insane brother, John Channing (Milton Parsons), to ... See full summary »
Director: Benjamin Stoloff | Stars: Craig Stevens, Elisabeth Fraser, Julie Bishop, Willie Best
Votes: 677
38. The Planet of Junior Brown (1997)
R | 91 min | Drama
This is the story of an extremely obese, rather immature, yet very bright and talented young man, and of his world and the people in it... mostly homeless young adults... who refer to their... See full summary »
Director: Clement Virgo | Stars: Martin Villafana, Lynn Whitfield, Rainbow Sun Francks, Clark Johnson
Votes: 309
40. Lola Pater (2017)
95 min | Drama
When his mother dies, Zino decides to find his father, Farid. But 25 years ago, Farid became Lola.
Director: Nadir Moknèche | Stars: Fanny Ardant, Tewfik Jallab, Nadia Kaci, Véronique Dumont
Votes: 468
41. Maggie and Her (1976–1979)
30 min | Comedy
Maggie (Julia McKenzie) and Mrs P (Irene Handl) are two neighbours who are always ready to help each other out.
Stars: Julia McKenzie, Irene Handl, Carol Gillies, Peter Hale
Votes: 22
42. Las Tr3s Partes del Espejo (2023)
85 min | Action, Adventure, Romance
A desperate mother, a sassy troublemaker, a misunderstood singer and... a million euros bag ready to be snatched.
Director: Levi Star | Stars: Toño Ballach, Raquel Escudero, Sofía Squittieri, Ana Gallego-Coin
Votes: 102
43. The Boy Who Had Everything (1985)
R | 94 min | Drama
In '60's-era Australia, a college freshman must navigate freshman hazing, a distant mother, and a shaky relationship with his girlfriend.
Director: Stephen Wallace | Stars: Jason Connery, Diane Cilento, Laura Williams, Lewis Fitz-Gerald
Votes: 86
44. Hay un niño en su futuro (1952)
TV-PG | 96 min | Comedy, Drama
Un matrimonio celebra su aniversario de boda y su próximo divorcio pues ella se cree la heroína de las novelas que lee.
Director: Fernando Cortés | Stars: Gloria Marín, Abel Salazar, Víctor Junco, Pedro Vargas
45. Taková normální rodinka (1971– )
Comedy, Family
Legendary Czech TV sitcom about four generations living under the same roof in a small house.
Stars: Marie Rosulková, Dana Medrická, Jana Stepánková, Zdenek Rehor
Votes: 183
46. The Universe of Dermot Finn (1988)
11 min | Short
Dermot tells his mom he met a ravishing girl at the pets' food store. It was love at first sight, and he is going to her home and meet her family. However, arriving there, he meets a very odd family and feels uncomfortable.
Director: Philip Ridley | Stars: Heather Canning, John Gabriel, Sheila Hancock, Elizabeth Heery
Votes: 63
47. Jamás me echarás de ti (2016)
8 min | Short, Comedy, Drama
Director: Eduardo Casanova | Stars: María Barranco, Lle Godoy, Eloi Costa
Votes: 61
48. Podivná paní Savageová (1975 TV Movie)
Comedy
Director: Anna Procházková | Stars: Svetla Amortová, Katerina Burianová, Jaroslav Kepka, Jorga Kotrbová
49.
The Adventures of Shirley Holmes (1997–2000)
Episode:
The Case of the Missing Marbles
(1998)
Family, Mystery
While cutting the grass for an eccentric woman, Bo overhears the woman's son, just recently returning to the city, ask where the 500,000 was hidden. Since the woman doesn't know, Bo enlists... See full summary »
Director: Kim Todd | Stars: Meredith Henderson, John White, Sheila Moore, Gene Pyrz
Votes: 36
50.
Barney Miller (1975–1982)
Episode:
Strike: Part 1
(1977)
TV-PG | 30 min | Comedy, Drama
The city is threatened with a police force strike. A woman is robbed by her computer date.
Director: Jeremiah Morris | Stars: Hal Linden, Abe Vigoda, Max Gail, Ron Glass
Votes: 103