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1. On the Waterfront (1954)
Approved | 108 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
An ex-prize fighter turned New Jersey longshoreman struggles to stand up to his corrupt union bosses, including his older brother, as he starts to connect with the grieving sister of one of the syndicate's victims.
Director: Elia Kazan | Stars: Marlon Brando, Karl Malden, Lee J. Cobb, Rod Steiger
Votes: 164,636 | Gross: $9.60M
2. Risen (2016)
PG-13 | 107 min | Action, Drama, History
In 33 AD, a Roman Tribune in Judea is tasked to find the missing body of Jesus Christ, who rose from the dead.
Director: Kevin Reynolds | Stars: Joseph Fiennes, Tom Felton, Peter Firth, Cliff Curtis
Votes: 30,762 | Gross: $36.87M
3. 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: 61,746 | Gross: $3.49M
4. Three Colors: White (1994)
R | 92 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
After his wife divorces him, a Polish immigrant plots to get even with her.
Director: Krzysztof Kieslowski | Stars: Zbigniew Zamachowski, Julie Delpy, Janusz Gajos, Jerzy Stuhr
Votes: 79,498 | Gross: $1.46M
5. Tooth Fairy (I) (2010)
PG | 101 min | Comedy, Family, Fantasy
A bad deed on the part of a tough minor-league hockey player results in an unusual sentence: He must serve one week as a real-life tooth fairy.
Director: Michael Lembeck | Stars: Dwayne Johnson, Ashley Judd, Julie Andrews, Stephen Merchant
Votes: 49,637 | Gross: $60.02M
6. Equals (2015)
PG-13 | 101 min | Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi
In an emotionless utopia, two people fall in love when they regain their feelings from a mysterious disease, causing tensions between them and their society.
Director: Drake Doremus | Stars: Nicholas Hoult, Kristen Stewart, Vernetta Lopez, Scott Lawrence
Votes: 32,794 | Gross: $0.03M
7. Sophie Scholl: The Final Days (2005)
Not Rated | 120 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
A dramatization of the final days of Sophie Scholl, one of the most famous members of the German World War II anti-Nazi resistance movement, The White Rose.
Director: Marc Rothemund | Stars: Julia Jentsch, Fabian Hinrichs, Alexander Held, Johanna Gastdorf
Votes: 28,642 | Gross: $0.68M
8. Marketa Lazarová (1967)
Not Rated | 162 min | Drama, History, Romance
A grim portrayal of the shift from Paganism to Christianity in medieval central Europe - as a young virgin promised to God is kidnapped and raped by a marauder who her religious father seeks to kill in return.
Director: Frantisek Vlácil | Stars: Josef Kemr, Magda Vásáryová, Nada Hejna, Jaroslav Moucka
Votes: 6,008
9. 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: 7,566
10. The Official Story (1985)
Not Rated | 112 min | Drama, History
During the final months of Argentinian Military Dictatorship in 1983, a high school teacher sets out to find out who the mother of her adopted daughter is.
Director: Luis Puenzo | Stars: Norma Aleandro, Héctor Alterio, Chunchuna Villafañe, Hugo Arana
Votes: 10,845 | Gross: $0.03M
11. The Phantom Tollbooth (1970)
G | 90 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
Milo is a boy who is bored with life. One day he comes home to find a toll booth in his room. Having nothing better to do, he gets in his toy car and drives through - only to emerge in a world full of adventure.
Directors: Chuck Jones, Abe Levitow, Dave Monahan | Stars: Butch Patrick, Hans Conried, Mel Blanc, Daws Butler
Votes: 3,536
12. The Life of Emile Zola (1937)
Passed | 116 min | Biography, Drama
The biopic of the famous French muckraking writer and his involvement in fighting the injustice of the Dreyfus Affair.
Director: William Dieterle | Stars: Paul Muni, Gale Sondergaard, Joseph Schildkraut, Gloria Holden
Votes: 9,001
13. Children of Blood and Bone
Action, Adventure, Fantasy | Announced
A woman blessed with magical powers by the gods and living in a place where you are forbidden to use them, teams up with a princess to summon the gods and bring down the oppressive regime.
Director: Gina Prince-Bythewood
14. Yo-kai Watch (2014–2018)
TV-Y7 | 22 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
Nate, a young boy, stumbles upon the mysterious Yo-Kai Watch. Which allows him to see normally invisible Yo-Kai, mischievous beings from another dimension.
Stars: Johnny Yong Bosch, Melissa Hutchison, Alicyn Packard, Brent Pendergrass
Votes: 676
15. Forbidden Relations (1983)
R | 92 min | Drama, Romance
Juli and Gyorgy, half-brother and half-sister, fall in love and become lovers. Juli becomes pregnant and Gyorgy is sentenced to jail for their illegal relationship. But their love only intensifies as they stand together against the world.
Director: Zsolt Kézdi-Kovács | Stars: Lili Monori, Miklós Székely B., Mari Törőcsik, György Bánffy
Votes: 174
16. Haunted Honeymoon (1940)
Passed | 83 min | Comedy, Drama, Mystery
A dead body is discovered in the newly-purchased home of a gentleman sleuth and his mystery-novelist bride.
Directors: Arthur B. Woods, Richard Thorpe | Stars: Robert Montgomery, Constance Cummings, Leslie Banks, Seymour Hicks
Votes: 877
17. Challenge to Lassie (1949)
G | 76 min | Drama, Family
When Lassie's master dies, an old friend tries to convince a judge that the dog's life should be spared.
Director: Richard Thorpe | Stars: Edmund Gwenn, Donald Crisp, Geraldine Brooks, Reginald Owen
Votes: 665
18. Getting Gertie's Garter (1945)
Approved | 72 min | Comedy, Romance
To avoid scandal, a rising scientist scrambles to retrieve an inscribed garter from an old flame on the eve of her wedding.
Director: Allan Dwan | Stars: Dennis O'Keefe, Marie McDonald, Barry Sullivan, Binnie Barnes
Votes: 213
19. Green Grow the Rushes (1951)
77 min | Comedy, Thriller
After their vessel runs aground during a storm and is impounded by the British authorities, local smugglers must find a way of disposing of their contraband brandy cargo before it's discovered by the Customs Officers.
Director: Derek N. Twist | Stars: Roger Livesey, Honor Blackman, Richard Burton, Frederick Leister
Votes: 252
20. Bacon Grabbers (1929)
Passed | 20 min | Comedy, Short
The novice repo men, Stan and Ollie, are sent to serve a summons to a tough customer who hasn't paid for a radio, as canines, a rifle, and a steamroller threaten to put an end to their ambitions. Just how hard is it to get the job done?
Director: Lewis R. Foster | Stars: Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Edgar Kennedy, Jean Harlow
Votes: 760
21. Street of Chance (1930)
Passed | 75 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
A big-time, but honest gambler has to prevent his younger brother from following in his footsteps, and taking up gambling.
Director: John Cromwell | Stars: William Powell, Jean Arthur, Kay Francis, Regis Toomey
Votes: 415
22. The Last Remnant (2008 Video Game)
M | Action, Adventure, Drama
The game is set in a fictional world featuring a number of distinct humanoid races: the Mitras, human in appearance, the Yamas, strong fish-like people, the Qsitis, small reptilians, and ... See full summary »
Directors: Hiroshi Takai, Kai Gushima, Masaya Ishizuka, Jonathan Klein, Hidekazu Nakamura, Midori Shimazawa | Stars: Johnny Yong Bosch, Erika Lenhart, Jason Liebrecht, Susan Duerden
Votes: 146
23. Storyteller (2014)
Crime, Drama, Romance
Storyteller is a love story of a man balancing on the edge of love , passion and lies.
Director: Vladimír Michálek | Stars: Jirí Machácek, Eva Herzigova, Anna Geislerová, Matej Hádek
Votes: 116
24. The First Degree (1923)
TV-PG | 50 min | Drama
Sam Purdy, a banker-turned-politician-turned-sheep farmer is repeatedly blackmailed by his half-brother because of their love for a woman named Mary.
Director: Edward Sedgwick | Stars: Frank Mayo, Sylvia Breamer, Philo McCullough, George A. Williams
Votes: 96
25. Found in Time (2012)
TV-14 | 91 min | Sci-Fi, Thriller
Chris is a psychic who lives his life out of order - experiencing past, present and future as a jigsaw puzzle. But when he commits a murder in the future, he has to change his past and present in order to prevent it from happening.
Director: Arthur Vincie | Stars: MacLeod Andrews, Mina Vesper Gokal, Kelly Sullivan, Derek Morgan
Votes: 212
26. Der Tote bin ich (1979 TV Movie)
103 min | Drama, Thriller
A teacher about to start his first position moves into a well-worn apartment with a mysterious, locked room. He realizes someone else is using the place: A young woman claiming the previous... See full summary »
Director: Alexander von Eschwege | Stars: Marius Müller-Westernhagen, Christiane Lemm, Anne Bennent, Joachim Dietmar Mues
Votes: 42
27. Onmyô taisenki (2004–2005)
30 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
All his life, Riku Tachibana has been raised by his grandfather. For some reason, the old man has always been fond of strange hand gestures, and they've rubbed off on Riku, who performs ... See full summary »
Stars: Jun Fukuyama, Yukimasa Kishino, Sayaka Aida
Votes: 26
28. The Mad Hatter (1948)
Passed | 7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Woody is offered a movie role providing he arrives at the studio at 9:00 a.m. and *must* wear a top hat. His sole hat is eaten by moths so he goes to Wally Walrus' hat store to purchase a ... See full summary »
Director: Dick Lundy | Stars: Mel Blanc, Ben Hardaway, Jack Mather
Votes: 111
29. Earl Carroll Sketchbook (1946)
Passed | 90 min | Comedy, Music, Romance
Songwriter Tyler Brice makes a handsome living composing jingles for radio commercials, much to the dismay of his loyal secretary, Pamela Thayer, who thinks that Ty is wasting his talent. ... See full summary »
Director: Albert S. Rogell | Stars: Constance Moore, William Marshall, Bill Goodwin, Johnny Coy
Votes: 21
30. Contented Calves (1934)
Approved | 21 min | Short, Comedy
Carol and June pose for stocking ads using Carol as the bad example with rumpled stockings and June as the good. When the advertisement is published, the caption refers to Carol as a "Dumb-Bell" and she decides to sue the stocking company.
Director: Sam White | Stars: June Brewster, Carol Tevis, Grady Sutton, Garry Owen
Votes: 20
31. Hands Across the Border (1926)
Passed | 60 min | Action, Adventure, Romance
Cattle rancher John Drake sends his son, Ted, to the Mexican border to stop the smuggling that is using Drake's land as the crossing point. Ted meets Ysabel Castro, the daughter of the ... See full summary »
Director: David Kirkland | Stars: Fred Thomson, Silver King the Horse, Bess Flowers, Tyrone Power Sr.
Votes: 22
32. Home Work (1942)
Approved | 19 min | Comedy, Short
Knowing that a process server is waiting for him at work, Leon stays home while his wife takes his place at the office. While Leon is making a shambles out of his homework chores, his wife ... See full summary »
Director: Harry D'Arcy | Stars: Leon Errol, Vivian Tobin, Tom Kennedy, Dorothy Granger
Votes: 11
33. Hit and Rum (1935)
Approved | 20 min | Comedy, Short
Lew Kelly is a walking cuckoo-clock who thinks he is a judge. Leon and Eddie are two drunks who think they are drivers. They crash together, and Lew gets trapped in the middle. Leon and ... See full summary »
Director: Ben Holmes | Stars: Leon Errol, Eddie Kane, Lew Kelly, Willie Best
Votes: 8
34. The Fast Express (1924)
Passed | Action, Drama, Thriller
Director: William Duncan | Stars: William Duncan, Edith Johnson, Edward Cecil, Eva Gordon
Votes: 15
36.
A Nero Wolfe Mystery (2001–2002)
Episode:
The Next Witness
(2002)
TV-PG | Action, Drama, Mystery
Wolfe defies a summons to testify against a man he believes innocent and incurs a contempt of court charge hunting for evidence to cast reasonable doubt on the case against him.
Director: James Tolkan | Stars: Timothy Hutton, Maury Chaykin, Bill Smitrovich, Conrad Dunn
Votes: 111
37.
227 (1985–1990)
Episode:
The Handwriting on the Wall
(1987)
TV-PG | 24 min | Comedy
When Mary and Rose catch a young man spray painting the building, they try to stop him but in the end they turn his spray can on him and he gets away. Later he files a suit against them for... See full summary »
Director: Gerren Keith | Stars: Marla Gibbs, Hal Williams, Alaina Reed-Hall, Jackée Harry
Votes: 29
38.
Frasier (1993–2004)
Episode:
And the Dish Ran Away with the Spoon: Part 1
(2000)
TV-PG | 22 min | Comedy
Niles and Daphne flee her wedding altar but soon discover the heavy price to pay for admitting their true love as jilted groom Donny and bitter wife Mel seek revenge.
Director: Pamela Fryman | Stars: Kelsey Grammer, Jane Leeves, David Hyde Pierce, Peri Gilpin
Votes: 877
39.
Police Rescue (1989–1996)
Episode:
Nobby's Place
(1996)
Crime, Drama
An old man keeps fishing in a dangerous place and Mickey soon looses his patience.
Director: Scott Hartford-Davis | Stars: Gary Sweet, Sonia Todd, Steve Bastoni, John Clayton
40.
The Wire (2002–2008)
Episode:
Undertow
(2003)
TV-MA | 57 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Weak product in the pit has Bodie getting heat. Homicide detectives hand out grand jury summonses to stevedores involved in the homicide case, and Port Police Officer Beadie Russell works ... See full summary »
Director: Steve Shill | Stars: Dominic West, Chris Bauer, Paul Ben-Victor, John Doman
Votes: 4,325
41.
Days of Our Lives (1965– )
Episode:
Episode #1.10488
(2007)
TV-14 | Drama, Romance
Belle says her goodbyes to John and Marlena overhears her. Marlena tries to talk Belle out of going on the run but when Belle tells her Philip will be taking her out of the country Marlena ... See full summary »
Director: Roy B. Steinberg | Stars: Kristian Alfonso, Brandon Beemer, Darin Brooks, Leandro Cano
42.
Numb3rs (2005–2010)
Episode:
End of Watch
(2007)
TV-PG | 44 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
The discovery of a presumed dead police officer's badge brings the LAPD and Don's team together to solve the mystery of what happened 17 years ago. Elsewhere, Alan is served in a lawsuit, ... See full summary »
Director: Michael W. Watkins | Stars: Rob Morrow, David Krumholtz, Judd Hirsch, Alimi Ballard
Votes: 260
43.
Krazy Kat (1962– )
Episode:
Malicious Mousechief
(1963)
Animation
Offissa Pupp uses the latest crime fighting techniques to track down Ignatz Mouse. But Ignatz's punishment is the same old jail.
Director: Gene Deitch | Stars: Paul Frees, Penny Philips
44.
The Bold and the Beautiful (1987– )
Episode:
Episode #1.5259
(2008)
TV-14 | Drama, Romance
Taylor is outraged when she learns that Nick wants to take custody of Jack away from her. Felicia tells Ridge her plans for the anniversary party.
Director: Michael Stich | Stars: Antonio De Lima, William deVry, Lesli Kay, Katherine Kelly Lang
45.
Harvoin tarjolla (2008)
Episode:
Lyytinmäen Luther
(2008)
53 min | Drama
Director: Veikko Aaltonen | Stars: Kari-Pekka Toivonen, Anna-Leena Uotila, Lauri Uotila, Ona Kamu
46.
The Scott Adams Show (2014– )
Election Fraud, China, Biden, Tariffs, Sanctions, Taiwan, WHO, Sullivan, Flynn, Deep State, Spygate
(2020 Podcast Episode)
News
47.
The Boarding School (2007–2010)
Episode:
La peor cárcel del mundo
(2008)
77 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
An injured owl leads Paula to consider the value of being free, thereby risking death, against the safety and boredom of living in a cage - a lesson lived out by others at the boarding school.
Director: Alexandra Graf | Stars: Luis Merlo, Natalia Millán, Marta Torné, Martiño Rivas
Votes: 43
48.
The Dan Bongino Show (2017– )
Stand Up for Truth
(2020 Podcast Episode)
News
Stars: Dan Bongino, Joe Armacost
49.
The Prisoner (2009)
Episode:
Episode 1: Arrival
(2009)
TV-PG | 45 min | Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
A New Yorker who recently resigned from his job, awakens in a desert mountain location. He doesn't know where he is. He sees an elderly man being shot at, the elderly man who eventually ... See full summary »
Director: Nick Hurran | Stars: Jim Caviezel, Ian McKellen, John Whiteley, Lennie James
Votes: 356
50.
The Good Fight (2017–2022)
Episode:
And the Clerk Had a Firm...
(2021)
TV-MA | 54 min | Crime, Drama
Carmen gets a tip from a client with regard to Diane and Kurt. Marissa finds that Judge Wackner has an investor. The firm is requested to run a sensitivity read on a stand-up comic's materials.
Director: James Whitmore Jr. | Stars: Christine Baranski, Sarah Steele, Nyambi Nyambi, Michael Boatman
Votes: 417