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1. Singin' in the Rain (1952)
G | 103 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance
A silent film star falls for a chorus girl just as he and his delusionally jealous screen partner are trying to make the difficult transition to talking pictures in 1920s Hollywood.
Directors: Stanley Donen, Gene Kelly | Stars: Gene Kelly, Donald O'Connor, Debbie Reynolds, Jean Hagen
Votes: 260,384 | Gross: $8.82M
2. Mank (2020)
R | 131 min | Biography, Comedy, Drama
1930s Hollywood is re-evaluated through the eyes of scathing social critic and alcoholic screenwriter Herman J. Mankiewicz as he races to finish the screenplay of Citizen Kane (1941).
Director: David Fincher | Stars: Gary Oldman, Amanda Seyfried, Lily Collins, Tom Pelphrey
Votes: 82,651
3. The World to Come (2020)
R | 105 min | Drama, History, Western
Somewhere along the mid-19th century American East Coast frontier, two neighboring couples battle hardship and isolation, witnessed by a splendid yet testing landscape, challenging them both physically and psychologically.
Director: Mona Fastvold | Stars: Katherine Waterston, Vanessa Kirby, Casey Affleck, Christopher Abbott
Votes: 10,978
4. The Producers (2005)
PG-13 | 134 min | Comedy, Crime, Musical
After putting together another Broadway flop, down-on-his-luck producer Max Bialystock teams up with timid accountant Leo Bloom in a get-rich-quick scheme to put on the world's worst show.
Director: Susan Stroman | Stars: Nathan Lane, Matthew Broderick, Uma Thurman, Will Ferrell
Votes: 44,757 | Gross: $19.38M
5. An Education (2009)
PG-13 | 100 min | Drama
A coming-of-age story about a teenage girl in 1960s suburban London, and how her life changes with the arrival of a playboy nearly twice her age.
Director: Lone Scherfig | Stars: Carey Mulligan, Peter Sarsgaard, Alfred Molina, Olivia Williams
Votes: 138,109 | Gross: $12.57M
6. On the Beach (1959)
Approved | 134 min | Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi
After a global nuclear war, the residents of Australia must come to terms with the fact that all life will be destroyed in a matter of months.
Director: Stanley Kramer | Stars: Gregory Peck, Ava Gardner, Fred Astaire, Anthony Perkins
Votes: 14,393 | Gross: $11.00M
7. The Prince and Me (2004)
PG | 111 min | Comedy, Family, Romance
At college Paige meets Eddie, a student from Denmark, whom she first dislikes but later accepts, likes, and loves; he proves to be Crown Prince Edvard. Paige follows him to Copenhagen, and he follows her back to school with a plan.
Director: Martha Coolidge | Stars: Julia Stiles, Luke Mably, Miranda Richardson, Ben Miller
Votes: 41,528 | Gross: $28.18M
8. Nicholas Nickleby (2002)
PG | 132 min | Adventure, Drama, Romance
A young, compassionate man struggles to save his family and friends from the abusive exploitation of his cold-heartedly grasping uncle.
Director: Douglas McGrath | Stars: Charlie Hunnam, Jamie Bell, Christopher Plummer, Jim Broadbent
Votes: 13,638 | Gross: $1.59M
9. Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium (2007)
G | 93 min | Comedy, Family, Fantasy
The young apprentice of a magical, eccentric toy store owner learns to believe in herself, and in her friends, upon learning some grave news about the future.
Director: Zach Helm | Stars: Natalie Portman, Dustin Hoffman, Jason Bateman, Ted Ludzik
Votes: 47,661 | Gross: $32.06M
10. Theater of Blood (1973)
R | 104 min | Comedy, Drama, Horror
A Shakespearean actor takes poetic revenge on the critics who denied him recognition.
Director: Douglas Hickox | Stars: Vincent Price, Diana Rigg, Ian Hendry, Harry Andrews
Votes: 12,259
11. Stage Beauty (2004)
R | 106 min | Drama
A female theatre dresser creates a stir and sparks a revolution in seventeenth century London theatre by playing Desdemona in Othello. But what will become of the male actor she once worked for and eventually replaced?
Director: Richard Eyre | Stars: Billy Crudup, Claire Danes, Rupert Everett, Derek Hutchinson
Votes: 10,732 | Gross: $0.78M
12. The Dresser (1983)
PG | 118 min | Drama
Personal assistant Norman struggles to get deteriorating veteran actor Sir through a difficult performance of King Lear.
Director: Peter Yates | Stars: Albert Finney, Tom Courtenay, Edward Fox, Zena Walker
Votes: 5,691 | Gross: $5.31M
13. Blackadder Back & Forth (1999)
33 min | Short, Comedy, History
At a New Millennium Eve party, Blackadder and Baldrick test their new time machine and ping pong through history encountering famous characters and changing events rather alarmingly.
Director: Paul Weiland | Stars: Rowan Atkinson, Tony Robinson, Stephen Fry, Hugh Laurie
Votes: 15,787
14. Burton and Taylor (2013 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 83 min | Biography, Drama
Legendary acting duo and married couple Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor prepare for a 1983 theatrical production of the play "Private Lives."
Director: Richard Laxton | Stars: Dominic West, Helena Bonham Carter, Greg Hicks, Jeff Mash
Votes: 2,538
15. The Trip to Spain (2017)
Unrated | 108 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Actors Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon embark on a six-part episodic road trip through Europe. This time they're in Spain, sampling the restaurants, eateries, and sights along the way.
Director: Michael Winterbottom | Stars: Steve Coogan, Rob Brydon, Rebecca Johnson, Claire Keelan
Votes: 6,425 | Gross: $1.16M
16. Godard Cinema (2022 TV Movie)
100 min | Documentary
Jean-Luc Godard is cinema, its quintessence. Having just turned 91, he has made more than 140 films. We hate him as much as we worship him. Where does his aura come from? From legendary films of course, but also from Godard himself.
Director: Cyril Leuthy | Stars: Guillaume Gouix, Jean-Luc Godard, Cyril Leuthy, Macha Méril
Votes: 233
17. A Bunch of Amateurs (2008)
96 min | Comedy
A sleazy Hollywood agent tricks one of his clients, a faded action star, into playing King Lear in an amateur charity production in England.
Director: Andy Cadiff | Stars: Burt Reynolds, Alexandra Weaver, Elesia Marie, Sarah Goldberg
Votes: 1,153
18. Look for the Silver Lining (1949)
Approved | 106 min | Biography, Drama, Musical
Marilyn Miller grows up in a showbiz family and hits Broadway before she is sixteen. She falls in love with her dancer-mentor Jack, but he is married. When she marries her stage partner Frank he soon is called to arms in World War I.
Director: David Butler | Stars: June Haver, Ray Bolger, Gordon MacRae, Charles Ruggles
Votes: 431
19. Insect (2018)
98 min | Comedy, Drama
Amateur actors rehearsing "Pictures from the Insects' Life". The actors find themselves living out their characters' roles and hallucinating insects. "Insects", is intercut with the ... See full summary »
Director: Jan Svankmajer | Stars: Jirí Lábus, Jan Budar, Pavel Nový, Norbert Lichý
Votes: 519
20. Esther Kahn (2000)
Not Rated | 157 min | Drama, Romance
A Jewish girl in nineteenth century London, dreams of becoming a stage actress.
Director: Arnaud Desplechin | Stars: Summer Phoenix, Ian Holm, Fabrice Desplechin, Akbar Kurtha
Votes: 1,170
21. Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles (2014)
PG-13 | 91 min | Documentary, Biography
A look at the life and work of the great theatre, radio and film artist.
Director: Chuck Workman | Stars: Orson Welles, Simon Callow, Christopher Welles, Joanne Hill Styles
Votes: 972 | Gross: $0.02M
22. Night of the Dribbler (1990)
87 min | Comedy, Horror
The Watergate Plumbers, a poorly-performing college basketball team, lose their best players one by one to death and dismemberment at the hands of a mysterious masked stalker.
Director: Jack Bravman | Stars: Fred Travalena, Gregory Calpakis, Flavia Carrozzi, Cynthia Mantel
Votes: 208
23. The Nurse (2018– )
45 min | Mystery, Romance, Thriller
A wealthy and influential family hires Katya as a nurse for a dying father. Most unexpectedly, the young woman becomes his closest confidant and the only person in his life whom he can ... See full summary »
Stars: Natalia Balyasova, Lyubava Greshnova, Yury Belyayev, Mikhail Kukuyuk
Votes: 30
24. The Wild Man of Borneo (1941)
Passed | 78 min | Comedy, Romance
In 1902, medicine show con man Dan Thompson settles down with the daughter he hardly knows in a New York theatrical boarding house full of eccentric characters. Forced to take a job in an ... See full summary »
Director: Robert B. Sinclair | Stars: Frank Morgan, Mary Howard, Billie Burke, Donald Meek
Votes: 200
25. Last Will & Testament (2012)
TV-PG | 85 min | Documentary, Mystery
This documentary explores the ongoing debate about the authorship of the works attributed to Shakespeare. Writers and critics, actors and scholars, including Mark Twain, Sigmund Freud, ... See full summary »
Directors: Laura Wilson, Lisa Wilson | Stars: Jonathan Bate, Charles Beauclerk, William Boyle, Michael Cecil
Votes: 293
26. A.K. (1985)
71 min | Documentary, Biography, History
A documentary that shows the production of Ran and discusses the film techniques of Kurosawa himself.
Director: Chris Marker | Stars: Shigehiko Hasumi, Chris Marker, Akira Kurosawa, Tatsuya Nakadai
Votes: 1,223
27. It's No Game (2017)
8 min | Short, Sci-Fi
With a possible screenwriters strike looming, they should beware as Benjamin a self-named artificial intelligence bot might just take their jobs.
Director: Oscar Sharp | Stars: Jake Broder, Tim Guinee, David Hasselhoff, Sarah Hay
Votes: 43
28. Kobieta w kapeluszu (1985)
105 min | Drama
A psychological portrait of a young Polish theatre actress, searching for her own way in life. She plays a mechanical dancer in a play "Dance of the Marionette", a complete opposite of her ... See full summary »
Director: Stanislaw Rózewicz | Stars: Hanna Mikuc, Maria Czubasiewicz, Barbara Dziekan, Krzysztof Gosztyla
Votes: 118
29. Much Ado About Something (2001)
70 min | Documentary, Mystery
Did Christopher Marlowe write the works of Shakespeare?
Director: Michael Rubbo | Stars: Michael Rubbo, Bill Browning, Jonathan Bate, John Michell
Votes: 84
30. Shakespeare 2020: the Pandemic Edition
Short, Comedy | Filming
Directors: Cynthia Dallas, Robert Scott, Tyson Sears | Stars: John W. Iwanonkiw, Patrick Conner, Robert Scott, Katy Grant
31. Màscares (2009)
Directors: Elisabet Cabeza, Esteve Riambau | Stars: Josep Maria Pou, Maria Araujo, Calixto Bieito, Richard France
Votes: 37
32. Away (VI)
Comedy, Drama, History | Announced
In 1960s Australia, three families with their own problems set out for their respective Christmas holidays, but are driven together by a storm.
Director: Martin Horlacher
33. Zmizení herce Bendy (1979 TV Movie)
67 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Director: Miroslava Valová | Stars: Petr Hanicinec, Martin Ruzek, Frantisek Filipovský, Cestmír Randa
Votes: 10
34. Big Freedia: Y'all Get Back Now (2011 Music Video)
3 min | Music
On the outskirts of New Orleans lies a massive NASA manufacturing plant, run by a modest-sized nuclear reactor, built on top of a former Voodoo Indian burial ground. Due to the storm and ... See full summary »
Directors: Josh Ente, Bob Weisz | Stars: Big Freedia, Corinne Loperfido, Max Goldblatt, Levy Easterly
Votes: 8
35. Mezicas (1981 TV Movie)
104 min | Drama
Director: Jirí Adamec | Stars: Ivan Lutanský, Vladimír Dlouhý, Petr Hanicinec, Eliska Balzerová
Votes: 11
36. Ondrej Brzobohatý: And the Oscar Goes To (2013 Music Video)
4 min | Music
Director: Vojtech Kotek | Stars: Ondrej Brzobohatý, Tereza Ramba
Votes: 15
37.
AFI Life Achievement Award (1973– )
Episode:
AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Jack Lemmon
(1988)
60 min | Documentary
Jack Lemmon is honored by the AFI with a Life Achievement Award hosted by Julie Andrews featuring clips from his films and reminiscences from co-workers.
Director: Louis J. Horvitz | Stars: Jack Lemmon, Julie Andrews, Fred Astaire, James Cagney
Votes: 209
38.
Babylon 5 (1993–1998)
Episode:
Infection
(1994)
TV-PG | 44 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
A living weapon wreaks havoc on the station.
Director: Richard Compton | Stars: Michael O'Hare, Claudia Christian, Jerry Doyle, Mira Furlan
Votes: 938
39.
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2000–2015)
Episode:
Caged
(2001)
TV-PG | 45 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A woman is found dead in a locked room while another died when her car is hit by a train.
Director: Richard J. Lewis | Stars: William Petersen, Marg Helgenberger, Gary Dourdan, George Eads
Votes: 915
40.
CSI: NY (2004–2013)
Episode:
Supply & Demand
(2005)
TV-14 | 42 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A teenage boy is found dead in his apartment which is totally trashed.
Director: Joe Chappelle | Stars: Gary Sinise, Melina Kanakaredes, Carmine Giovinazzo, Vanessa Ferlito
Votes: 325
41.
The Dean Martin Show (1965–1974)
Episode:
Celebrity Roast: Bette Davis
(1973)
TV-PG | 60 min | Comedy, Music
Today is the Celebrity Roast with Bette Davis.
Director: Greg Garrison | Stars: Dean Martin, Howard Cosell, Kay Medford, Vincent Price
Votes: 242
42.
Dick Turpin (1979–1982)
Episode:
The Hostages
(1979)
25 min | Action, Adventure, Biography
Swiftnick wants to get his name into songs as well and goes off on his own. He soon learns Glutton is terrorizing two children, Jem and Nan, at Rookham Hall. Meanwhile their mother, ... See full summary »
Director: Charles Crichton | Stars: Richard O'Sullivan, Christopher Benjamin, Michael Deeks, Mary Maude
Votes: 15
43.
Garth Marenghi's Darkplace (2004)
Episode:
The Creeping Moss from the Shores of Shuggoth
(2004)
TV-14 | 23 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
Sanchez falls in love with a beautiful female patient who is slowly turning into cosmic broccoli.
Director: Richard Ayoade | Stars: Richard Ayoade, Matt Berry, Matthew Holness, Alice Lowe
Votes: 415
44.
Just Shoot Me! (1997–2003)
Episode:
King Lear Jet
(1997)
TV-PG | 22 min | Comedy
Maya is upset when her father gives tickets to a Royal Shakespeare Company production and a flight to London on his private jet to Elliott and Nina.
Director: Lee Shallat Chemel | Stars: Laura San Giacomo, George Segal, Wendie Malick, Enrico Colantoni
Votes: 183
45.
Odyssey 5 (2002–2004)
Episode:
Fossil
(2003)
TV-14 | 52 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Chuck analyzes a strange Moon rock concealed by NASA and finally gets some answers. Angela is kidnapped. A cop falsely suspects Kurt. Sarah's wish comes true - as well as her worst nightmare. The show ends on an unresolved cliffhanger.
Director: Peter Weller | Stars: Peter Weller, Sebastian Roché, Christopher Gorham, Leslie Silva
Votes: 73
46.
Tiny Toon Adventures (1990–1995)
Episode:
Weirdest Story Ever Told
(1991)
TV-G | 22 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
Buster plays the virtuous highwayman in "Robin Hare," Babs tries to prove her talent to Shakespeare in "To Babs Or Not To Babs," and Buster suffers a nightmare in "Elmyra's Round The World."
Director: Art Leonardi | Stars: Charlie Adler, Tress MacNeille, Cree Summer, Joe Alaskey
Votes: 61
47.
Danger Bay (1983–1990)
Episode:
Salmon Run
(1985)
TV-PG | Adventure, Family
While Grant is fixing dinner for Nicole and Jonah, Joyce comes by with a salmon that she bought from a couple of "hucksters." Grant determines that the sellers were poachers and sets off to... See full summary »
Director: Allan Eastman | Stars: Donnelly Rhodes, Deborah Wakeham, Christopher Crabb, Ocean Hellman
48.
The Sandman (2022– )
Episode:
The Sound of Her Wings
(2022)
TV-MA | 53 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Feeling a bit rudderless, Morpheus shadows his hard-working big sister, who offers him advice and encourages him to reconnect with an old acquaintance.
Director: Mairzee Almas | Stars: Tom Sturridge, Kirby, Jenna Coleman, Mason Alexander Park
Votes: 11,945
49.
DC's Legends of Tomorrow (2016–2022)
Episode:
Romeo V. Juliet: Dawn of Justness
(2020)
TV-14 | 42 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
The Legends continue their hunt for pieces for the Loom of Fate and find themselves face to face with William Shakespeare; Ray and Nora make another big life decision that leaves the team surprised.
Director: Alexandra La Roche | Stars: Brandon Routh, Caity Lotz, Maisie Richardson-Sellers, Tala Ashe
Votes: 1,229
50.
The Pallisers (1974–1975)
Episode:
Part Twenty-one
(1974)
TV-PG | Drama, Romance
Lopez still hopes to marry Emily Wharton and to get Glencara's help to run unopposed for the Plantagenet's Silverbridge seat in Parliament.
Director: Ronald Wilson | Stars: Susan Hampshire, Philip Latham, Stuart Wilson, Sheila Ruskin
Votes: 13