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1. Rocky (1976)
PG | 120 min | Drama, Sport
A small-time Philadelphia boxer gets a supremely rare chance to fight the world heavyweight champion in a bout in which he strives to go the distance for his self-respect.
Director: John G. Avildsen | Stars: Sylvester Stallone, Talia Shire, Burt Young, Carl Weathers
Votes: 629,635 | Gross: $117.24M
2. Batman Returns (1992)
PG-13 | 126 min | Action, Crime, Fantasy
While Batman deals with a deformed man calling himself the Penguin wreaking havoc across Gotham with the help of a cruel businessman, a female employee of the latter becomes the Catwoman with her own vendetta.
Director: Tim Burton | Stars: Michael Keaton, Danny DeVito, Michelle Pfeiffer, Christopher Walken
Votes: 328,053 | Gross: $162.83M
3. Annie (2014)
PG | 118 min | Comedy, Drama, Family
A foster kid who lives with her mean foster mom sees her life change when business tycoon and New York City mayoral candidate Will Stacks makes a thinly-veiled campaign move and takes her in.
Director: Will Gluck | Stars: Quvenzhané Wallis, Cameron Diaz, Jamie Foxx, Rose Byrne
Votes: 40,613 | Gross: $85.91M
4. Bye Bye Birdie (1963)
Approved | 112 min | Comedy, Musical
A rock singer travels to a small Ohio town to make his "farewell" television performance and kiss his biggest fan before he is drafted.
Director: George Sidney | Stars: Dick Van Dyke, Ann-Margret, Janet Leigh, Maureen Stapleton
Votes: 9,347 | Gross: $13.13M
5. You Don't Know Jack (2010 TV Movie)
TV-14 | 134 min | Biography, Drama
A look at the life and work of doctor-assisted suicide advocate Jack Kevorkian.
Director: Barry Levinson | Stars: Al Pacino, Brenda Vaccaro, John Goodman, Deirdre O'Connell
Votes: 30,400
6. Ashley Madison: Sex, Lies & Cyber Attacks (2016 TV Movie)
46 min | Documentary, Crime, History
The shocking story of the Ashley Madison hacking scandal.
Directors: Havana Marking, Marc Morgenstern | Stars: Rebecca Humphries, Noel Biderman, Louise Van Der Velde, Christopher Russell
Votes: 413
7. Win a Date with Tad Hamilton! (2004)
PG-13 | 95 min | Comedy, Romance
A small-town girl wins a date with a male celebrity through a contest. When the date goes better than expected, a love triangle forms between the girl, the male celebrity, and the girl's best friend.
Director: Robert Luketic | Stars: Kate Bosworth, Josh Duhamel, Topher Grace, Nathan Lane
Votes: 29,461 | Gross: $17.07M
8. Beach Blanket Bingo (1965)
Unrated | 98 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance
Frankie, DeeDee, and the gang meet singing sensation Sugar Kane in a publicity stunt; they all get introduced to skydiving and get caught up in love.
Director: William Asher | Stars: Frankie Avalon, Annette Funicello, Deborah Walley, Harvey Lembeck
Votes: 3,161
9. Mrs Dalloway (1997)
PG-13 | 97 min | Drama, Romance
In 1923 London, socialite Clarissa Dalloway's (Vanessa Redgrave's) well-planned party is overshadowed by the return of an old suitor she had known thirty-three years earlier.
Director: Marleen Gorris | Stars: Vanessa Redgrave, Natascha McElhone, Michael Kitchen, Alan Cox
Votes: 4,200 | Gross: $3.26M
10. The Wagons Roll at Night (1941)
Approved | 84 min | Drama, Romance
After local grocery clerk rescues a baby from an escaped lion, a circus owner builds him into an attraction but balks when he falls in love with his sister.
Director: Ray Enright | Stars: Humphrey Bogart, Sylvia Sidney, Eddie Albert, Joan Leslie
Votes: 1,228
11. The Nowhere Inn (2020)
Not Rated | 91 min | Comedy, Drama, Horror
St. Vincent sets out to make a documentary about her music, but when she hires a close friend to direct, notions of reality, identity, and authenticity grow increasingly distorted and bizarre.
Director: Bill Benz | Stars: St. Vincent, Ezra Buzzington, Toko Yasuda, Chris Aquilino
Votes: 1,503
12. Bad Channels (1992 Video)
R | 88 min | Comedy, Horror, Music
An alien determined to capture human females takes over a radio station to do it.
Director: Ted Nicolaou | Stars: Robert Factor, Martha Quinn, Aaron Lustig, Michael Huddleston
Votes: 1,481
13. The MatchMaker (1997)
R | 97 min | Comedy, Romance
Marcy is an assistant to Senator John McGlory, who is having problems with a re-election campaign. Desperate for Irish votes, McGlory's chief of staff Nick sends Marcy to Ireland to trace ... See full summary »
Director: Mark Joffe | Stars: Janeane Garofalo, David O'Hara, Milo O'Shea, Jay O. Sanders
Votes: 5,947 | Gross: $3.38M
14. Carry on Girls (1973)
Not Rated | 88 min | Comedy, Romance
Local councillor Sidney Fiddler persuades the Mayor to help improve the image of their rundown seaside town by holding a beauty contest. But formidable Councillor Prodworthy, head of the ... See full summary »
Director: Gerald Thomas | Stars: Sidney James, Barbara Windsor, Joan Sims, Kenneth Connor
Votes: 3,188
15. Safety Last! (1923)
Not Rated | 74 min | Action, Comedy, Thriller
A boy leaves his small country town and heads to the big city to get a job. As soon as he makes it big his sweetheart will join him and marry him. His enthusiasm to get ahead leads to some interesting adventures.
Directors: Fred C. Newmeyer, Sam Taylor | Stars: Harold Lloyd, Mildred Davis, Bill Strother, Noah Young
Votes: 22,973 | Gross: $1.36M
16. Candyman: Day of the Dead (1999 Video)
R | 93 min | Horror, Thriller
The Candyman is back, trying to convince his descendent, an artist, to join him.
Director: Turi Meyer | Stars: Donna D'Errico, Tony Todd, Alexia Robinson, Leonardo Guerra
Votes: 7,643
17. Mighty Joe Young (1949)
Approved | 94 min | Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
A young woman who has raised a giant gorilla from an infant brings him to Hollywood years later seeking her fortune.
Director: Ernest B. Schoedsack | Stars: Terry Moore, Ben Johnson, Robert Armstrong, Mr. Joseph Young
Votes: 5,798
18. Dot the I (2003)
R | 92 min | Drama, Romance, Thriller
Young lovers in London are wrapped up in a love triangle that may not be exactly what it seems.
Director: Matthew Parkhill | Stars: Gael García Bernal, Natalia Verbeke, James D'Arcy, Tom Hardy
Votes: 8,860 | Gross: $0.31M
19. Please Don't Eat the Daisies (1960)
Passed | 112 min | Comedy, Family, Romance
Drama professor turned theater critic balances his home life and career when he moves to the country with his wife and their four sons.
Director: Charles Walters | Stars: Doris Day, David Niven, Janis Paige, Spring Byington
Votes: 4,946 | Gross: $11.10M
20. The Look of Love (2013)
Not Rated | 101 min | Biography, Comedy, Drama
The life of Paul Raymond, the controversial entrepreneur who became Britain's richest man.
Director: Michael Winterbottom | Stars: Steve Coogan, Matt Lucas, Anna Friel, Imogen Poots
Votes: 7,330 | Gross: $0.02M
21. Ukraine Is Not a Brothel (2013)
Not Rated | 78 min | Documentary, News
Ukraine's topless feminist sensation Femen has created a media frenzy across Europe, but before they take the world by storm, these bold and beautiful women must confront the dark and perverse forces that power their organisation.
Director: Kitty Green | Stars: Inna Shevchenko, Sasha Shevchenko, Anna Hutsol, Oksana Shachko
Votes: 541
22. Christmas in Connecticut (1945)
Approved | 101 min | Comedy, Romance
A food writer who has lied about being the perfect housewife must try to cover her deception when her boss and a returning war hero invite themselves to her home for a traditional family Christmas.
Director: Peter Godfrey | Stars: Barbara Stanwyck, Dennis Morgan, Sydney Greenstreet, Reginald Gardiner
Votes: 12,043
23. Death Defying Acts (2007)
PG | 97 min | Drama, History, Romance
On a tour of Britain in 1926, Harry Houdini (Guy Pearce) enters into a passionate affair with a psychic out to con him.
Director: Gillian Armstrong | Stars: Catherine Zeta-Jones, Guy Pearce, Timothy Spall, Saoirse Ronan
Votes: 10,504 | Gross: $0.00M
24. Herostratus (1967)
142 min | Drama
When young poet Max (Michael Gothard) hires a marketing company to turn his suicide-by-jumping into a mass-media spectacle, he finds that his subversive intentions are quickly diluted into ... See full summary »
Director: Don Levy | Stars: Michael Gothard, Gabriella Licudi, Peter Stephens, Antony Paul
Votes: 468
25. Born to Dance (1936)
Passed | 106 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance
On leave, a sailor falls in love with a young lady aspiring to become a Broadway dancer, but their relationship is jeopardized by an established Broadway star, who is also enamored by him.
Director: Roy Del Ruth | Stars: Eleanor Powell, James Stewart, Virginia Bruce, Una Merkel
Votes: 1,938
26. It Should Happen to You (1954)
Approved | 86 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
When a young woman with dreams of fame rents a billboard to advertise herself, her life changes overnight.
Director: George Cukor | Stars: Judy Holliday, Jack Lemmon, Peter Lawford, Michael O'Shea
Votes: 4,537 | Gross: $1.40M
27. Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter? (1957)
Not Rated | 93 min | Comedy, Romance
To save his career, a writer for television advertising wants a famous actress to endorse a lipstick. In return, he has to pretend to be her new lover.
Director: Frank Tashlin | Stars: Tony Randall, Jayne Mansfield, Betsy Drake, Joan Blondell
Votes: 4,092
28. That Wonderful Urge (1948)
Approved | 82 min | Comedy, Romance
When an heiress finds out that the friendly young man she's met at Sun Valley is really an investigative reporter, she ruins his career by falsely claiming they're married.
Director: Robert B. Sinclair | Stars: Tyrone Power, Gene Tierney, Reginald Gardiner, Arleen Whelan
Votes: 1,041
29. Houdini (1953)
Approved | 106 min | Biography, Drama, Romance
From his beginnings as a "wildman" carnival act to the internationally famous feat of escaping from a locked trunk in an ice-jammed river, the great Harry Houdini emerged as the world's most captivating magician and escape artist.
Director: George Marshall | Stars: Tony Curtis, Janet Leigh, Torin Thatcher, Angela Clarke
Votes: 3,733
30. The Half-Naked Truth (1932)
Passed | 77 min | Comedy, Romance
A barker at a down-at-the-heels carnival becomes a powerhouse New York publicity man as he transforms a sideshow dancer into a Broadway sensation.
Director: Gregory La Cava | Stars: Lupe Velez, Lee Tracy, Eugene Pallette, Frank Morgan
Votes: 672
31. The Ghost Galleon (1974)
R | 89 min | Horror
The living corpses of the Satan-worshiping Knights Templar hunt for human victims in a 16th century galleon.
Director: Amando de Ossorio | Stars: Maria Perschy, Jack Taylor, Bárbara Rey, Carlos Lemos
Votes: 2,980
32. Celebrity Sex Tapes Unwound (2006 TV Movie)
48 min | Documentary
Director: Stuart Mitchell | Stars: Arabella Weir, Sal Abbate, Pamela Anderson, Geoff Beattie
Votes: 54
33. Salaam-E-Ishq (2007)
Not Rated | 216 min | Comedy, Drama, Musical
Six couples in love must face different problems caused by love itself. Do they resolve their issues and face life anew, or do they succumb under pressure ?
Director: Nikkhil Advani | Stars: Salman Khan, Priyanka Chopra Jonas, Anil Kapoor, Juhi Chawla
Votes: 5,794 | Gross: $1.82M
34. Hands on a Hardbody: The Documentary (1997)
PG | 98 min | Documentary, Comedy, Drama
Twenty-four contestants compete in an endurance/sleep deprivation contest in order to win a brand new Nissan Hardbody truck. The last person to remain standing with his or her hand on the ... See full summary »
Director: S.R. Bindler | Stars: Sid Allen, Brent Baskin, Greg Cox, J.C. Crum
Votes: 2,483 | Gross: $0.49M
35. The Leopard Man (1943)
Approved | 66 min | Film-Noir, Horror, Thriller
A seemingly-tame leopard used for a publicity stunt escapes and kills a young girl, spreading panic throughout a sleepy New Mexico town.
Director: Jacques Tourneur | Stars: Dennis O'Keefe, Margo, Jean Brooks, Isabel Jewell
Votes: 5,961
36. Living It Up (1954)
Approved | 95 min | Comedy, Musical
An unsophisticated stationmaster from provincial New Mexico fraudulently claims that he is dying in order to get an expense-paid dream tour of New York.
Director: Norman Taurog | Stars: Dean Martin, Jerry Lewis, Janet Leigh, Edward Arnold
Votes: 1,752 | Gross: $9.35M
37. Looking for Mr. Right (2014 TV Movie)
TV-G | 84 min | Comedy, Drama, Family
A struggling writer is forced to fake a relationship to save her career, while overlooking the love of a longtime friend.
Director: Kevin Connor | Stars: Sarah Lancaster, Kip Pardue, Brandon Quinn, Katy Stoll
Votes: 1,087
38. Love Is News (1937)
Approved | 77 min | Comedy, Romance
A financier's daughter spars with a newspaper reporter: he by writing about her, she by announcing their engagement.
Director: Tay Garnett | Stars: Tyrone Power, Loretta Young, Don Ameche, Slim Summerville
Votes: 938
39. The Star Maker (1939)
Approved | 94 min | Biography, Comedy, Music
This is a film based on the life of Gus Edwards, a well-known vaudeville composer, entertainer and producer.
Director: Roy Del Ruth | Stars: Bing Crosby, Louise Campbell, Linda Ware, Ned Sparks
Votes: 115
40. Kid Nightingale (1939)
Passed | 57 min | Comedy, Music, Sport
A singing waiter gets into an argument with some obnoxious customers and winds up knocking them out. The incident is witnessed by a shady boxing promoter who sees an opportunity to cash in ... See full summary »
Director: George Amy | Stars: John Payne, Jane Wyman, Walter Catlett, Edward Brophy
Votes: 246
41. A Woman of Distinction (1950)
85 min | Comedy
Ice-cold college dean Susan Middlecott feels there's no room in her life for romance. Enter Prof. Alec Stevenson, British lecturer on astronomy, touring North America and in possession of a... See full summary »
Director: Edward Buzzell | Stars: Rosalind Russell, Ray Milland, Edmund Gwenn, Janis Carter
Votes: 547
42. Salaakhen (1998)
165 min | Action, Drama
When an honest school teacher testifies in a rape case against a prominent businessman's son, he is psychologically tortured and forced to commit suicide. His young son then takes the law into his own hands in order to avenge his father.
Director: Guddu Dhanoa | Stars: Sunny Deol, Raveena Tandon, Manisha Koirala, Anupam Kher
Votes: 555
43. The Big Circus (1959)
Approved | 109 min | Drama, Romance
A circus owner tries to keep his financially troubled circus on the road, despite the efforts of a murderous saboteur who has decided that the show must not go on.
Director: Joseph M. Newman | Stars: Victor Mature, Red Buttons, Rhonda Fleming, Kathryn Grant
Votes: 854
44. Playmates (1941)
Passed | 96 min | Comedy, Music
For the sake of a lucrative radio contract, John Barrymore agrees to turn bandleader Kay Kyser into a Shakespearian actor.
Director: David Butler | Stars: Kay Kyser, John Barrymore, Lupe Velez, Ginny Simms
Votes: 357
45. Top Banana (1954)
Approved | 100 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance
A filmed version of Phil Silvers' hit Broadway show about a television comic who tried to regain his ratings on TV.
Directors: Alfred E. Green, Albert Zugsmith | Stars: Phil Silvers, Rose Marie, Danny Scholl, Judy Lynn
Votes: 302
46. Cain and Mabel (1936)
Passed | 90 min | Comedy, Musical, Mystery
A talented boxer and a gifted dancer hope to increase their waning popularity by inventing a fictitious love affair for the benefit of the tabloids.
Director: Lloyd Bacon | Stars: Marion Davies, Clark Gable, Allen Jenkins, Roscoe Karns
Votes: 2,068
47. Red, Hot and Blue (1949)
Approved | 84 min | Comedy, Crime, Musical
An aspiring actress finds herself in a jam when a gangster, who is backing the show she is in, is found dead in her apartment.
Director: John Farrow | Stars: Betty Hutton, Victor Mature, William Demarest, June Havoc
Votes: 302
48. The Miracle of the Bells (1948)
Approved | 120 min | Drama
A press agent brings a dead actress home for burial. To promote her one film, he asks churches to ring bells for 3 days, hoping to get the studio head to release it.
Director: Irving Pichel | Stars: Fred MacMurray, Alida Valli, Frank Sinatra, Lee J. Cobb
Votes: 1,128
49. Having a Wild Weekend (1965)
Not Rated | 91 min | Comedy, Music
Dinah is a model whose face appears in an ad campaign for meat. While shooting a TV commercial, she and Steve, one of the stunt men, run off together. The advertising executives use their disappearance to generate more publicity for meat.
Director: John Boorman | Stars: Dave Clark, The Dave Clark Five, Barbara Ferris, David Lodge
Votes: 850
50. Doll Face (1945)
Approved | 80 min | Comedy, Music, Musical
Burlesque star (Blaine) makes it in the big time.
Director: Lewis Seiler | Stars: Vivian Blaine, Dennis O'Keefe, Perry Como, Carmen Miranda
Votes: 572