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1. Feud (2017–2024)
TV-MA | 60 min | Biography, Drama
An anthology series centering on famous feuds, including Bette Davis and Joan Crawford, and Truman Capote and the New York elite.
Stars: Jessica Lange, Alison Wright, Naomi Watts, Susan Sarandon
Votes: 25,804
2. Rush (I) (2013)
R | 123 min | Action, Biography, Drama
The merciless 1970s rivalry between Formula One rivals James Hunt and Niki Lauda.
Director: Ron Howard | Stars: Daniel Brühl, Chris Hemsworth, Olivia Wilde, Alexandra Maria Lara
Votes: 512,807 | Gross: $26.95M
3. Now You See Me (I) (2013)
PG-13 | 115 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller
An FBI agent and an Interpol detective track a team of illusionists who pull off bank heists during their performances, and reward their audiences with the money.
Director: Louis Leterrier | Stars: Jesse Eisenberg, Common, Mark Ruffalo, Woody Harrelson
Votes: 707,448 | Gross: $117.72M
4. Primal Fear (1996)
R | 129 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
An altar boy is accused of murdering a priest, and the truth is buried several layers deep.
Director: Gregory Hoblit | Stars: Richard Gere, Laura Linney, Edward Norton, John Mahoney
Votes: 246,586 | Gross: $56.12M
5. Bad Teacher (2011)
R | 92 min | Comedy, Romance
A lazy, incompetent middle school teacher who hates her job, her students, and her co-workers is forced to return to teaching to make enough money for breast implants after her wealthy fiancé dumps her.
Director: Jake Kasdan | Stars: Cameron Diaz, Jason Segel, Justin Timberlake, Lucy Punch
Votes: 212,499 | Gross: $100.29M
6. Men in Black: International (2019)
PG-13 | 114 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
The MIB tackle a mole in their organization.
Director: F. Gary Gray | Stars: Chris Hemsworth, Tessa Thompson, Kumail Nanjiani, Rebecca Ferguson
Votes: 146,823 | Gross: $80.00M
7. Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy (2004)
PG-13 | 94 min | Comedy
In the 1970s, an anchorman's stint as San Diego's top-rated newsreader is challenged when an ambitious newswoman becomes his co-anchor.
Director: Adam McKay | Stars: Will Ferrell, Christina Applegate, Steve Carell, Paul Rudd
Votes: 378,209 | Gross: $85.29M
8. The Hating Game (2021)
R | 102 min | Comedy, Romance
Resolving to achieve professional success without compromising her ethics, Lucy embarks on a ruthless game of one-upmanship against cold and efficient nemesis Joshua, a rivalry that is complicated by her growing attraction to him.
Director: Peter Hutchings | Stars: Lucy Hale, Austin Stowell, Damon Daunno, Sakina Jaffrey
Votes: 26,546
9. Bruce Almighty (2003)
PG-13 | 101 min | Comedy, Fantasy
A whiny news reporter is given the chance to step into God's shoes.
Director: Tom Shadyac | Stars: Jim Carrey, Jennifer Aniston, Morgan Freeman, Philip Baker Hall
Votes: 433,037 | Gross: $242.83M
10. Meet the Richardsons (2020– )
40 min | Comedy
Mockumentary focusing on real-life comedy couple Jon Richardson and Lucy Beaumont, who play aptly fictionalised versions of themselves, their home and work lives, and relationships with their Hebden Bridge neighbours and celebrity friends.
Stars: Lucy Beaumont, Jon Richardson, Elsie Richardson, Damion Priestley
Votes: 897
11. Home Again (2017)
PG-13 | 97 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Life for a single mom in Los Angeles takes an unexpected turn when she allows three young guys to move in with her.
Director: Hallie Meyers-Shyer | Stars: Reese Witherspoon, Michael Sheen, Candice Bergen, Pico Alexander
Votes: 35,076 | Gross: $27.02M
12. Re-Animator (1985)
Unrated | 84 min | Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi
After an odd new medical student arrives on campus, a dedicated local and his girlfriend become involved in bizarre experiments centering around the re-animation of dead tissue.
Director: Stuart Gordon | Stars: Jeffrey Combs, Bruce Abbott, Barbara Crampton, David Gale
Votes: 71,406 | Gross: $2.02M
13. Employee of the Month (2006)
PG-13 | 103 min | Comedy, Romance
A slacker competes with a repeat winner for the "Employee of the Month" title at work, in order to gain the affections of a new female employee.
Director: Greg Coolidge | Stars: Jessica Simpson, Dane Cook, Dax Shepard, Andy Dick
Votes: 50,111 | Gross: $28.44M
14. I Spy (2002)
PG-13 | 97 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
A professional athlete has to help a U.S. government agent recover a missing jet.
Director: Betty Thomas | Stars: Eddie Murphy, Owen Wilson, Famke Janssen, Malcolm McDowell
Votes: 53,419 | Gross: $33.56M
15. A Dangerous Method (2011)
R | 99 min | Biography, Drama, Romance
A look at how the intense relationship between Carl Jung and Sigmund Freud gives birth to psychoanalysis.
Director: David Cronenberg | Stars: Michael Fassbender, Keira Knightley, Viggo Mortensen, Vincent Cassel
Votes: 108,273 | Gross: $5.70M
16. What Happens in Vegas (2008)
PG-13 | 99 min | Comedy, Romance
A man and a woman are compelled, for legal reasons, to live life as a couple for a limited period of time. At stake is a large amount of money.
Director: Tom Vaughan | Stars: Cameron Diaz, Ashton Kutcher, Rob Corddry, Lake Bell
Votes: 187,740 | Gross: $80.28M
17. Cam (2018)
TV-MA | 94 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
Alice, an ambitious camgirl, wakes up one day to discover she's been replaced on her show with an exact replica of herself.
Director: Daniel Goldhaber | Stars: Madeline Brewer, Patch Darragh, Melora Walters, Devin Druid
Votes: 36,021
18. Passion (2012)
R | 102 min | Adventure, Drama, Horror
The rivalry between the manipulative boss of an advertising agency and her talented protégée escalates from stealing credit to public humiliation to murder.
Director: Brian De Palma | Stars: Rachel McAdams, Noomi Rapace, Karoline Herfurth, Paul Anderson
Votes: 24,234 | Gross: $0.09M
19. This Life (1996–1997)
TV-MA | 45 min | Drama
A series following the lives of Miles, Milly, Warren, Egg and Anna, five young legal professionals.
Stars: Jack Davenport, Amita Dhiri, Andrew Lincoln, Daniela Nardini
Votes: 2,580
20. Hooper (1978)
PG | 99 min | Action, Comedy
Aging Hollywood stuntman Sonny Hooper wants to prove that he's still got what it takes to be a great professional in this risky, under-recognized line of work.
Director: Hal Needham | Stars: Burt Reynolds, Jan-Michael Vincent, Sally Field, Brian Keith
Votes: 7,875 | Gross: $78.00M
21. Premium Rush (2012)
PG-13 | 91 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
In Manhattan, a bike messenger picks up an envelope that attracts the interest of a dirty cop, who pursues the cyclist throughout the city.
Director: David Koepp | Stars: Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Michael Shannon, Dania Ramirez, Sean Kennedy
Votes: 118,427 | Gross: $20.28M
22. The Night Flier (1997)
R | 97 min | Fantasy, Horror, Mystery
A reporter is on the trail of a vampiric murderer who travels by plane.
Director: Mark Pavia | Stars: Miguel Ferrer, Julie Entwisle, Dan Monahan, Michael H. Moss
Votes: 11,996 | Gross: $0.13M
23. Dr. Terror's House of Horrors (1965)
Approved | 98 min | Horror
Aboard a British train, mysterious fortune teller Dr. Schreck uses tarot cards to read the futures of five fellow passengers.
Director: Freddie Francis | Stars: Christopher Lee, Peter Cushing, Neil McCallum, Ursula Howells
Votes: 7,480
24. StageFright (1987)
Unrated | 90 min | Horror, Thriller
A group of stage actors lock themselves in the theater for a rehearsal of their upcoming musical production, unaware that an escaped psychopath has sneaked into the theater with them.
Director: Michele Soavi | Stars: David Brandon, Richard Barkeley, Barbara Cupisti, Domenico Fiore
Votes: 9,263
25. Blow Dry (2001)
R | 90 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
In 2000, a small town hosts The British Hairdressing Championship, where a former 2-time winner, his son, his run-away wife and his runaway wife's lady lover reside (not all on speaking terms).
Director: Paddy Breathnach | Stars: Alan Rickman, Natasha Richardson, Rachel Griffiths, Rachael Leigh Cook
Votes: 9,027 | Gross: $0.64M
26. Snow Day (2000)
PG | 89 min | Adventure, Comedy, Family
When a school in upstate New York is snowed in, a group of students hi-jack a plow to keep the school closed.
Director: Chris Koch | Stars: Chevy Chase, Mark Webber, Schuyler Fisk, Chris Elliott
Votes: 13,700 | Gross: $60.02M
27. Monster in the Closet (1986)
PG | 90 min | Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Paul Dooley, Paul Walker, John Carradine and Henry Gibson head up an all-star cast in this horror-comedy about a murderous but misunderstood monster!
Director: Bob Dahlin | Stars: Donald Grant, Denise DuBarry, Claude Akins, Howard Duff
Votes: 2,974
28. Hollywood Homicide (2003)
PG-13 | 116 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
Two LAPD detectives who moonlight in other fields investigate the murder of an up-and-coming rap group.
Director: Ron Shelton | Stars: Harrison Ford, Josh Hartnett, Isaiah Washington, Lena Olin
Votes: 39,319 | Gross: $30.94M
29. Sly (2023)
R | 95 min | Documentary, Biography
The nearly fifty year prolific career of Sylvester Stallone, who has entertained millions, is seen in retrospective in an intimate look of the actor, writer, director-producer, paralleling with his inspirational life story.
Director: Thom Zimny | Stars: Sylvester Stallone, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Quentin Tarantino, Frank Stallone
Votes: 10,977
30. The Lost World (2001)
TV-14 | 150 min | Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
An expedition leaves for the Amazon to prove the existence of dinosaurs.
Stars: Bob Hoskins, James Fox, Tom Ward, Matthew Rhys
Votes: 3,375
31. Lover Come Back (1961)
Approved | 107 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A series of misunderstandings leaves an advertising executive with a campaign for a product which has not yet been invented, while he romances his rival in the guise of its inventor.
Director: Delbert Mann | Stars: Rock Hudson, Doris Day, Tony Randall, Edie Adams
Votes: 8,754 | Gross: $16.94M
32. Mindhorn (2016)
TV-MA | 89 min | Comedy, Thriller
A has-been actor best known for playing the title character in the 1980s detective series "Mindhorn" must work with the police when a serial killer says that he will only speak with Detective Mindhorn, whom he believes to be a real person.
Director: Sean Foley | Stars: Julian Barratt, Simon Farnaby, Essie Davis, Steve Coogan
Votes: 13,701
33. Hell Drivers (1957)
Approved | 91 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
A rookie trucker tries to expose his boss' rackets.
Director: Cy Endfield | Stars: Stanley Baker, Herbert Lom, Peggy Cummins, Patrick McGoohan
Votes: 4,046
34. Sssssss (1973)
PG | 99 min | Horror, Sci-Fi
A college student becomes lab assistant to a scientist who is working on a serum that can transform humans into snakes.
Director: Bernard L. Kowalski | Stars: Strother Martin, Dirk Benedict, Heather Menzies-Urich, Richard B. Shull
Votes: 3,957
35. Not Fade Away (2012)
R | 112 min | Drama
Set in suburban New Jersey in the 1960s, a group of friends form a rock band and try to make it big.
Director: David Chase | Stars: John Magaro, Jack Huston, Will Brill, Brahm Vaccarella
Votes: 4,949 | Gross: $0.61M
36. Holy Man (1998)
PG | 114 min | Comedy, Drama
An over-the-top television evangelist finds a way to turn television home shopping into a religious experience, and takes America by storm.
Director: Stephen Herek | Stars: Eddie Murphy, Jeff Goldblum, Kelly Preston, Robert Loggia
Votes: 20,936 | Gross: $12.07M
37. Dr. Jekyll and Ms. Hyde (1995)
PG-13 | 90 min | Comedy, Romance, Sci-Fi
A scientist creating perfumes inherits his great grandfather Dr. Jekyll's formula and decides to use modern technology to improve it. He ends up as an ambitious, ruthless woman. She tries to prevent returning into the spineless man.
Director: David Price | Stars: Sean Young, Tim Daly, Lysette Anthony, Stephen Tobolowsky
Votes: 3,019 | Gross: $2.76M
38. Creator (1985)
R | 107 min | Comedy, Romance, Sci-Fi
An eccentric scientist teaches a student in his own manner while he looks for a way to clone his deceased wife.
Director: Ivan Passer | Stars: Peter O'Toole, Mariel Hemingway, Vincent Spano, Virginia Madsen
Votes: 3,507 | Gross: $5.35M
39. The Murders in the Rue Morgue (1986 TV Movie)
PG | 100 min | Crime, Mystery, Horror
A detective comes out of retirement to help his daughter's fiance prove that he did not commit a series of murders.
Director: Jeannot Szwarc | Stars: George C. Scott, Rebecca De Mornay, Ian McShane, Neil Dickson
Votes: 1,355
40. Dead in a Week Or Your Money Back (2018)
TV-MA | 90 min | Comedy, Drama
After his ninth unsuccessful attempt on his own life, a young man outsources his suicide to an ageing assassin. "If you're serious about ending it, you need professional help"
Director: Tom Edmunds | Stars: Tom Wilkinson, Aneurin Barnard, Marion Bailey, Freya Mavor
Votes: 6,788
41. Camp (2013)
43 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Little Otter Family Camp is a wicked slice of lake-side heaven. Parents decompress with gin while teenagers make gleeful mischief and fall in and out of love.
Stars: Rachel Griffiths, Thom Green, Dena Kaplan, Tim Pocock
Votes: 2,564
42. The House of the Dead (1978)
PG | 79 min | Comedy, Crime, Horror
"The House of the Dead" is a 1978 horror anthology movie with "The Mortician" introducing each scary tale.
Director: Sharron Miller | Stars: John Ericson, Ivor Francis, Judith Novgrod, Burr DeBenning
Votes: 1,139
43. Counterpoint (1967)
Approved | 107 min | Drama, Music, War
A famous orchestra conductor is captured by the Germans in WW2, and is forced to perform at private concerts for the Nazi generals.
Director: Ralph Nelson | Stars: Charlton Heston, Maximilian Schell, Kathryn Hays, Leslie Nielsen
Votes: 1,043
44. Épouse-moi mon pote (2017)
92 min | Comedy, Romance
To avoid deportation, Yassine asks his best friend Fred to marry him.
Director: Tarek Boudali | Stars: Tarek Boudali, Philippe Lacheau, Charlotte Gabris, Nadège Dabrowski
Votes: 4,104
45. Wife vs. Secretary (1936)
Passed | 88 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
The wife of a publishing executive mistakenly believes that her husband's relationship with his attractive secretary is more than professional.
Director: Clarence Brown | Stars: Clark Gable, Jean Harlow, Myrna Loy, May Robson
Votes: 3,865
46. Something for Everyone (1970)
R | 112 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
In post-war Austria, young, handsome country lad Konrad Ludwig (Michael York) charms his way into a butler position at the castle of the widowed (and destitute) Countess von Ornstein (... See full summary »
Director: Harold Prince | Stars: Angela Lansbury, Michael York, Anthony Higgins, Heidelinde Weis
Votes: 1,074 | Gross: $0.30M
47. Frankenstein General Hospital (1988)
R | 90 min | Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi
A mad doctor puts together a new body by using body parts he steals from a mortuary at the hospital where he works.
Director: Deborah Romare | Stars: Mark Blankfield, Leslie Jordan, Jonathan Farwell, Kathy Shower
Votes: 401
48. The Legend of the Stardust Brothers (1985)
100 min | Music, Comedy
In 1985, Makoto Tezuka, the son of manga genius Osamu Tezuka, was still a film student with a few experimental shorts to his credit and who was entrusted with the mission to turn an album by Haruo Chikada into a musical film.
Director: Macoto Tezuka | Stars: Shingo Kubota, Kan Takagi, Kyôko Togawa, Issay
Votes: 626
49. Jaane Bhi Do Yaaro (1983)
Not Rated | 132 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
Two photographers, who are employed by a magazine editor to expose the scandalous activities of the rich, come across corruption by a builder and accidentally photograph a murder.
Director: Kundan Shah | Stars: Naseeruddin Shah, Ravi Baswani, Bhakti Barve, Satish Shah
Votes: 14,717
50. Too Hot to Handle (1938)
Passed | 107 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Two rival newsreel photographers join forces to find an aviatrix's missing brother, who has disappeared in the Amazon rainforest.
Director: Jack Conway | Stars: Clark Gable, Myrna Loy, Walter Pidgeon, Walter Connolly
Votes: 1,676