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1. A League of Their Own (1992)
PG | 128 min | Comedy, Drama, Sport
Two sisters join the first female professional baseball league and struggle to help it succeed amid their own growing rivalry.
Director: Penny Marshall | Stars: Tom Hanks, Geena Davis, Lori Petty, Madonna
Votes: 120,977 | Gross: $107.53M
2. Brightburn (2019)
R | 90 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
What if a child from another world crash-landed on Earth, but instead of becoming a hero to mankind, he proved to be something far more sinister?
Director: David Yarovesky | Stars: Elizabeth Banks, David Denman, Jackson A. Dunn, Abraham Clinkscales
Votes: 107,751 | Gross: $17.30M
3. Instant Family (2018)
PG-13 | 118 min | Comedy, Drama
A couple find themselves in over their heads when they foster three children.
Director: Sean Anders | Stars: Mark Wahlberg, Rose Byrne, Isabela Merced, Gustavo Escobar
Votes: 119,520 | Gross: $67.36M
4. Birds of Prey (2020)
R | 109 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
After splitting with the Joker, Harley Quinn joins superheroines Black Canary, Huntress, and Renee Montoya to save a young girl from an evil crime lord.
Director: Cathy Yan | Stars: Margot Robbie, Rosie Perez, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Jurnee Smollett
Votes: 264,598 | Gross: $84.16M
5. 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: 247,142 | Gross: $0.92M
6. The Many Saints of Newark (2021)
R | 120 min | Crime, Drama
Witness the making of Tony Soprano. The story that reveals the humanity behind Tony's struggles and the influence his family - especially his uncle, Dickie Moltisanti - had over him becoming the most iconic mob boss of all time.
Director: Alan Taylor | Stars: Alessandro Nivola, Leslie Odom Jr., Jon Bernthal, Vera Farmiga
Votes: 63,214
7. House of Wax (2005)
R | 113 min | Horror, Thriller
A group of teens are unwittingly stranded near a strange wax museum and soon must fight to survive and keep from becoming the next exhibit.
Director: Jaume Collet-Serra | Stars: Chad Michael Murray, Paris Hilton, Elisha Cuthbert, Brian Van Holt
Votes: 133,935 | Gross: $32.06M
8. We Need to Talk About Kevin (2011)
R | 112 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Kevin's mother struggles to love her strange child despite the increasingly dangerous things he says and does as he grows up. But Kevin is just getting started, and his final act will be beyond anything anyone imagined.
Director: Lynne Ramsay | Stars: Tilda Swinton, John C. Reilly, Ezra Miller, Jasper Newell
Votes: 167,670 | Gross: $1.74M
9. Return to Oz (1985)
PG | 113 min | Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Dorothy, saved from a psychiatric experiment by a mysterious girl, is somehow called back to Oz when a vain witch and the Nome King destroy everything that makes the magical land beautiful.
Director: Walter Murch | Stars: Fairuza Balk, Nicol Williamson, Jean Marsh, Piper Laurie
Votes: 30,338
10. Dennis the Menace (1993)
PG | 94 min | Comedy, Family
When his parents must go out of town on business, Dennis stays with Mr. and Mrs. Wilson. He is driving Mr. Wilson crazy, but he is just trying to be helpful, even to the thief who has arrived in town.
Director: Nick Castle | Stars: Walter Matthau, Mason Gamble, Joan Plowright, Christopher Lloyd
Votes: 64,886 | Gross: $51.27M
11. Daddy Day Care (2003)
PG | 92 min | Comedy, Family
Two men named Charlie Hinton and Phil Ryerson get laid off and have to become stay-at-home fathers when they can't find jobs. This inspires them to open their own day care center.
Director: Steve Carr | Stars: Eddie Murphy, Jeff Garlin, Anjelica Huston, Steve Zahn
Votes: 73,741 | Gross: $104.30M
12. Problem Child (1990)
PG | 81 min | Comedy, Family
A young boy just short of a monster is adopted by a loving man and his wacky wife. The laughs keep coming as the boy pushes them to the limits.
Director: Dennis Dugan | Stars: Michael Oliver, John Ritter, Jack Warden, Gilbert Gottfried
Votes: 33,020 | Gross: $53.47M
13. Mommy (I) (2014)
R | 139 min | Drama
A widowed single mother, raising her violent son alone, finds new hope when a mysterious neighbor inserts herself into their household.
Director: Xavier Dolan | Stars: Anne Dorval, Antoine Olivier Pilon, Suzanne Clément, Patrick Huard
Votes: 61,807 | Gross: $3.49M
14. The Room (2019)
Not Rated | 100 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Matt and Kate buy an isolated house. While moving, they discover a strange room that grants them an unlimited number of material wishes. But since Kate has had two miscarriages, what they long for the most is a child.
Director: Christian Volckman | Stars: Olga Kurylenko, Kevin Janssens, Joshua Wilson, John Flanders
Votes: 23,631
15. Short Term 12 (2013)
R | 96 min | Drama
A 20-something supervising staff member of a residential treatment facility navigates the troubled waters of that world alongside her co-worker and longtime boyfriend.
Director: Destin Daniel Cretton | Stars: Brie Larson, Frantz Turner, John Gallagher Jr., Kaitlyn Dever
Votes: 91,787 | Gross: $1.01M
16. What the Peeper Saw (1972)
R | 89 min | Crime, Drama, Horror
A wealthy author's second wife begins to suspect that her 12-year-old stepson may have murdered his mother, who mysteriously died in a bathtub accident.
Directors: James Kelley, Andrea Bianchi | Stars: Mark Lester, Britt Ekland, Hardy Krüger, Lilli Palmer
Votes: 1,690
17. Problem Child 2 (1991)
PG-13 | 90 min | Comedy, Family
The worst child in the world makes an unthinkable discovery: there is another child even worse than he is--and it's a girl.
Director: Brian Levant | Stars: John Ritter, Michael Oliver, Jack Warden, Laraine Newman
Votes: 23,733 | Gross: $25.10M
18. The Turning (2020)
PG-13 | 94 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
A young governess is hired to look after an orphaned girl, but the return of the girl's problematic brother uncovers secrets from their past. A modern take on Henry James' novella "The Turn of the Screw."
Director: Floria Sigismondi | Stars: Mackenzie Davis, Finn Wolfhard, Brooklynn Prince, Barbara Marten
Votes: 16,141
19. Loving Annabelle (2006)
Not Rated | 77 min | Drama, Romance
The intelligent Annabelle starts in an elite Catholic girls' boarding high school after being expelled from the previous 2 schools. She's open about being lesbian. She's attracted to her teacher, Simone.
Director: Katherine Brooks | Stars: Erin Kelly, Diane Gaidry, Laura Breckenridge, Michelle Horn
Votes: 13,476 | Gross: $1.10M
20. Tin & Tina (2023)
119 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
After a tragic miscarriage, Lola and her husband Adolfo adopt Tin and Tina, a lovely brother and sister with an ultra-catholic education that makes them interpret Holy Bible verbatim.
Director: Rubin Stein | Stars: Milena Smit, Jaime Lorente, Carlos González Morollón, Anastasia Russo
Votes: 7,096
21. Female Trouble (1974)
NC-17 | 89 min | Comedy, Crime
A spoiled schoolgirl runs away from home, gets pregnant while hitch-hiking, and ends up as a fashion model for a pair of beauticians who like to photograph women committing crimes.
Director: John Waters | Stars: Divine, David Lochary, Mary Vivian Pearce, Mink Stole
Votes: 10,455
22. The Pit (1981)
R | 96 min | Horror, Mystery
A solitary and strange preteen boy wreaks revenge on his harassers when he makes a disturbing discovery in the depth of a forest.
Director: Lew Lehman | Stars: Sammy Snyders, Jeannie Elias, Sonja Smits, Laura Hollingsworth
Votes: 3,518
23. Little Evil (2017)
TV-MA | 94 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
Gary, who has just married Samantha, the woman of his dreams, discovers that her six-year-old son may be the Antichrist.
Director: Eli Craig | Stars: Evangeline Lilly, Owen Atlas, Adam Scott, Marcus Terrell Smith
Votes: 23,249
24. Bully (2006 Video Game)
T | Action, Crime, Drama
A troubled teen is dropped off at the worst school in the country and must survive by rising through the rankings of the school system.
Stars: Gerry Rosenthal, Peter Vack, Matt Bush, John Lavelle
Votes: 6,228
25. Thunder Road (2018)
92 min | Comedy, Drama
A police officer faces a personal meltdown following a divorce and the death of his mother.
Director: Jim Cummings | Stars: Jim Cummings, Kendal Farr, Nican Robinson, Jocelyn DeBoer
Votes: 19,488
26. Every Thing Will Be Fine (2015)
Not Rated | 118 min | Drama
One day, driving aimlessly around the outskirts of town after a trivial domestic quarrel, a writer named Tomas accidentally hits and kills a child. Will he be able to move on?
Director: Wim Wenders | Stars: James Franco, Peter Miller, Gilbert Wahiakeron, Claude Chamberlain
Votes: 6,452
27. System Crasher (2019)
125 min | Drama
9-year-old Benni is a toss-up between institutions that cannot tackle her outbursts. She wants to move in with her mother, but she can not handle her wild daughter. After Micha is hired Benni slowly opens up and attaches herself to him.
Director: Nora Fingscheidt | Stars: Helena Zengel, Albrecht Schuch, Gabriela Maria Schmeide, Lisa Hagmeister
Votes: 14,767
28. Problem Child 3: Junior in Love (1995 TV Movie)
TV-PG | 87 min | Comedy, Family
Junior Healy is back as a preteen, and he falls in love with a girl from school.
Director: Greg Beeman | Stars: William Katt, Justin Chapman, Sherman Howard, Carolyn Lowery
Votes: 3,991
29. Dennis the Menace Strikes Again! (1998 Video)
G | 75 min | Comedy, Family
After a failed attempt to find the perfect birthday present for Mr Wilson, the mischievous little terror, Dennis, tries to save him from a pair of swindlers and their bogus youth remedies. Will he manage to keep their friendship strong?
Director: Charles T. Kanganis | Stars: Don Rickles, George Kennedy, Justin Cooper, Betty White
Votes: 4,942
30. Poison Ivy (1985 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 97 min | Comedy, Romance
Two teenage summer camp counselors struggle with their younger campers, providing a variety of humorous situations and romantic encounters.
Director: Larry Elikann | Stars: Michael J. Fox, Nancy McKeon, Caren Kaye, Adam Baldwin
Votes: 1,523
31. Boot Camp (2008)
Not Rated | 99 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A group of at-risk teens are sent to a what they think is a rehabilitation program on Fiji, but it's really a prison-like camp where kids are abused and brainwashed.
Director: Christian Duguay | Stars: Mila Kunis, Gregory Smith, Peter Stormare, Regine Nehy
Votes: 9,292
32. Artists and Models (1955)
Approved | 109 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance
Rick Todd uses the dreams of his roommate Eugene as the basis for a successful comic book.
Director: Frank Tashlin | Stars: Dean Martin, Jerry Lewis, Shirley MacLaine, Dorothy Malone
Votes: 4,376 | Gross: $9.35M
33. Brothers (XI) (2015)
11 min | Short, Thriller
The story of two brothers, Tom and Jake, and their problematic relationship.
Director: Robert Eggers | Stars: Ethan Sailor, Griffin Fox Smith, Beth Brown
Votes: 931
34. The Chalk Garden (1964)
Approved | 106 min | Drama, Mystery
An elderly woman hires a governess with a mysterious past to look after her disturbed, spoiled teenage granddaughter, who eventually understands the meaning of self-sacrifice as an example of love and grows into a better person.
Director: Ronald Neame | Stars: Deborah Kerr, Hayley Mills, John Mills, Edith Evans
Votes: 2,490
35. Chain of Fools (2000)
R | 98 min | Comedy, Crime
Salma Hayek plays an avid detective assigned to the heist of a batch of precious coins that end up in the hands of a suicidal barber.
Directors: Pontus Löwenhielm, Patrick von Krusenstjerna | Stars: Steve Zahn, Salma Hayek, Jeff Goldblum, Elijah Wood
Votes: 4,339
36. Finders Keepers (2014 TV Movie)
R | 88 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
A divorced mother of one is thrown into turmoil when her young daughter becomes obsessed with an evil doll left behind by the previous occupants of their new home.
Director: Alexander Yellen | Stars: Jaime Pressly, Patrick Muldoon, Tobin Bell, Marina Sirtis
Votes: 3,541
37. Room for One More (1952)
Approved | 98 min | Comedy, Drama, Family
New Jersey couple Anna and Poppy Rose become foster parents to several kids born into less fortunate circumstances, including a desperately unhappy 13-year-old girl and a physically handicapped boy with a penchant for getting into serious trouble.
Director: Norman Taurog | Stars: Cary Grant, Betsy Drake, Lurene Tuttle, Randy Stuart
Votes: 2,941
38. Two for Joy (2018)
90 min | Drama
A troubled family's problems come to a head during a stay in a seaside town.
Director: Tom Beard | Stars: Samantha Morton, Billie Piper, Daniel Mays, Emilia Jones
Votes: 437
39. Dark Shadows (2005 TV Movie)
60 min | Drama, Horror
In this unaired pilot, Victoria Winters arrives at Collinwood on Halloween night. What better way to celebrate than to wake a family member who has been asleep for 200 years? Attempted reboot of this horror classic.
Director: P.J. Hogan | Stars: Alec Newman, Marley Shelton, Jessica Chastain, Alexander Gould
Votes: 183
40. Darlings! (1984)
101 min | Comedy, Drama, Thriller
A peaceful family-life is suddenly disturbed when the children enter puberty. The children take over the house and ban their parents from their lives.
Director: Ruud van Hemert | Stars: Peter Faber, Geert de Jong, Akkemay Elderenbos, Frank Schaafsma
Votes: 2,366
41. A Certain Sacrifice (1979)
Unrated | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Music
A street-wise teen gets herself in a series of circumstances and mishaps in her meaningless existence.
Director: Stephen Jon Lewicki | Stars: Jeremy Pattnosh, Madonna, Charles Kurtz, Kate Magill
Votes: 811
42. Camp (I) (2013)
PG-13 | 109 min | Drama
On his 10th birthday, Eli, a neglected and abused kid, is taken to the hospital by police who respond to a domestic disturbance call. Eli is removed from his home and is placed in Locustwood, a facility little better than a youth prison.
Director: Jacob Roebuck | Stars: Miles Elliot, Betsy Roth, Josh Berry, Michael Mattera
Votes: 790 | Gross: $0.32M
43. Lakki... The Boy Who Could Fly (1992)
102 min | Drama
A friendless, lonely boy who dreams of escape from a broken home with an neglectful, promiscuous. alcoholic mother and self-centered, clueless, absent father.
Director: Svend Wam | Stars: Anders Borchgrevink, Nina Gunke, Bjørn Skagestad, Jorunn Kjellsby
Votes: 286
44. Jack and the Beanstalk (1952)
Passed | 70 min | Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Abbott and Costello's version of the famous fairy tale, about a young boy who trades the family cow for magic beans.
Director: Jean Yarbrough | Stars: Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Buddy Baer, Dorothy Ford
Votes: 3,435
45. Guilty Until Proven Innocent (1991 TV Movie)
PG-13 | 93 min | Drama
Bobby McLoughlin is the adopted child of Harold and Mary Hohne. He's a problem child, so when he is accused of a murder he didn't commit, he is soon recognized guilty. After a moment of ... See full summary »
Director: Paul Wendkos | Stars: Martin Sheen, Caroline Kava, James Handy, Rebecca Schull
Votes: 419
46. Poison (2000 TV Movie)
R | 93 min | Mystery, Thriller
Traci is a devious teenage girl who befriends and kills anyone who comes between her and her mother, Dana, a failed movie actress who lies for and protects Traci.
Director: Dennis Berry | Stars: Rosanna Arquette, Jürgen Prochnow, Mandy Schaffer, Michael Des Barres
Votes: 393
47. Daddy's Girl (1996)
R | 95 min | Drama, Horror, Thriller
A girl's bright smile masks a psychopathic soul that will eliminate anyone who comes between her and her doting father.
Director: Martin Kitrosser | Stars: William Katt, Michele Greene, Roxana Zal, Mimi Craven
Votes: 780
48. White Elephant (2012)
Not Rated | 105 min | Crime, Drama
While working alongside his long-time friend and colleague in building a hospital for the residents of a Buenos Aires shantytown, a troubled priest finds solace in a young, atheist social worker.
Director: Pablo Trapero | Stars: Ricardo Darín, Jérémie Renier, Martina Gusmán, Federico Barga
Votes: 5,425 | Gross: $0.01M
49. After (II) (2014)
R | 99 min | Drama, Mystery
A story centered around the Valentinos, a struggling family whose delicate balance is threatened by a carefully concealed secret that, if revealed, will change their lives forever.
Director: Pieter Gaspersz | Stars: Kathleen Quinlan, John Doman, Pablo Schreiber, Sabrina Gennarino
Votes: 218
50. The Killer of Dolls (1975)
98 min | Drama, Horror, Thriller
A groundskeeper's son, who is mentally unstable due to childhood trauma, goes on a murdering spree where his perception of reality is distorted by imagining people as mannequins and vice versa.
Director: Miguel Madrid | Stars: David Rocha, Inma de Santis, Helga Liné, Elisenda Ribas
Votes: 391