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1. Schitt's Creek (2015–2020)
TV-14 | 22 min | Comedy
After being a victim of fraud, Johnny Rose and his family go from extremely wealthy to penniless overnight. The only asset left to them is a small, unsophisticated town: Schitt's Creek. They relocate there. Culture shock ensues.
Stars: Eugene Levy, Catherine O'Hara, Dan Levy, Annie Murphy
Votes: 146,241
2. What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962)
Passed | 134 min | Drama, Horror, Thriller
A former child star torments her paraplegic sister in their decaying Hollywood mansion.
Director: Robert Aldrich | Stars: Bette Davis, Joan Crawford, Victor Buono, Wesley Addy
Votes: 61,926 | Gross: $4.05M
3. Sunset Blvd. (1950)
Passed | 110 min | Drama, Film-Noir
A screenwriter develops a dangerous relationship with a faded film star determined to make a triumphant return.
Director: Billy Wilder | Stars: William Holden, Gloria Swanson, Erich von Stroheim, Nancy Olson
Votes: 236,554
4. Witness for the Prosecution (1957)
Approved | 116 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A veteran British barrister must defend his client in a murder trial that has surprise after surprise.
Director: Billy Wilder | Stars: Tyrone Power, Marlene Dietrich, Charles Laughton, Elsa Lanchester
Votes: 137,940 | Gross: $8.18M
5. 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: 35,133 | Gross: $27.02M
6. Night Moves (1975)
R | 100 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Los Angeles private investigator Harry Moseby is hired by a client to find her runaway teenage daughter. Moseby tracks the daughter down, only to stumble upon something much more intriguing and sinister.
Director: Arthur Penn | Stars: Gene Hackman, Jennifer Warren, Edward Binns, Harris Yulin
Votes: 17,730
7. 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: 13,718
8. The Innkeepers (2011)
R | 101 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
During the final days at the Yankee Pedlar Inn, two employees determined to reveal the hotel's haunted past begin to experience disturbing events as old guests check in for a stay.
Director: Ti West | Stars: Sara Paxton, Pat Healy, Kelly McGillis, Alison Bartlett
Votes: 37,260 | Gross: $0.08M
9. Three... Extremes (2004)
R | 125 min | Horror
An Asian cross-cultural trilogy of horror films from accomplished indie directors.
Directors: Fruit Chan, Park Chan-wook, Takashi Miike | Stars: Bai Ling, Lee Byung-hun, Kyoko Hasegawa, Pauline Lau
Votes: 20,875 | Gross: $0.08M
10. Dumplings (2004)
Not Rated | 91 min | Drama, Horror
Aunt Mei's famous homemade dumplings provide amazing age-defying qualities popular with middle-aged women. But her latest customer - a fading actress - is determined to find out what the secret ingredient is.
Director: Fruit Chan | Stars: Bai Ling, Miriam Chin-Wah Yeung, Sum-Yeung Wong, Wai-Ling Chan
Votes: 10,300
11. Madhouse (1974)
PG | 89 min | Crime, Horror, Mystery
A horror movie star returns to his famous role after years in a mental institution. But the character seems to be committing murders independent of his will.
Director: Jim Clark | Stars: Vincent Price, Peter Cushing, Robert Quarry, Adrienne Corri
Votes: 4,518
12. Human Capital (2013)
Not Rated | 111 min | Crime, Drama
The destinies of two families are irrevocably tied together after a cyclist is hit off the road by a jeep in the night before Christmas Eve.
Director: Paolo Virzì | Stars: Fabrizio Bentivoglio, Matilde Gioli, Valeria Bruni Tedeschi, Guglielmo Pinelli
Votes: 13,435 | Gross: $0.16M
13. 'Til There Was You (1997)
PG-13 | 113 min | Romance, Comedy
Two strangers, whose paths are always crossing, finally meet when fate steps in.
Director: Scott Winant | Stars: Jeanne Tripplehorn, Dylan McDermott, John Plumpis, Janel Moloney
Votes: 3,006 | Gross: $3.48M
14. Human Capital (2019)
98 min | Drama, Thriller
The lives of two different families collide when their children begin a relationship that leads to a tragic accident.
Director: Marc Meyers | Stars: Liev Schreiber, Marisa Tomei, Peter Sarsgaard, Maya Hawke
Votes: 9,481
15. Man in the Dark (1964)
Not Rated | 80 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
When the wife of a blind composer discovers that her husband will cut her out of his estate, if he discovers that she is having an affair with a young artist, she and her lover plan to commit the perfect murder.
Director: Lance Comfort | Stars: William Sylvester, Barbara Shelley, Elizabeth Shepherd, Alexander Davion
Votes: 243
16. Free Samples (2012)
R | 80 min | Comedy, Drama
Stanford Law dropout Jillian wakes up with a hangover and is pressured by her friend to take a shift at an ice-cream truck in LA, giving out free samples.
Director: Jay Gammill | Stars: Jess Weixler, Jesse Eisenberg, Halley Feiffer, Jason Ritter
Votes: 2,318
17. Chyby (2021)
99 min | Drama, Romance
Passionate Emma and impulsive but introverted Tomas fall in love. They are like two missing puzzle pieces coming together. But Emma's pornographic past inevitably catches up with them.
Director: Jan Prusinovský | Stars: Pavla Gajdosíková, Jan Jankovský, Ondrej Kokorský, Jan Kolarík
Votes: 246
18. The Man with a Cloak (1951)
Approved | 84 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
In 1848 NYC, a Frenchwoman visits exiled former French Marshal Thevenet to ask for his financial help in behalf of his French grandson but Thevenet's house staff schemes to kill him and take his fortune.
Director: Fletcher Markle | Stars: Joseph Cotten, Barbara Stanwyck, Louis Calhern, Leslie Caron
Votes: 1,312
19. Women in Temptation (2010)
118 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
When a marriage counselor is abandoned by her husband for a younger woman, she sets out for new companionship.
Director: Jirí Vejdelek | Stars: Lenka Vlasáková, Eliska Balzerová, Vojtech Dyk, Veronika Khek Kubarová
Votes: 812
20. Hell on Frisco Bay (1955)
Unrated | 99 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
After 5 years in prison, ex-cop Steve Rollins is paroled and searches for the San Francisco mobsters who framed him for manslaughter.
Director: Frank Tuttle | Stars: Alan Ladd, Edward G. Robinson, Joanne Dru, William Demarest
Votes: 734
21. The Steam Experiment (2009)
R | 90 min | Mystery, Thriller
A deranged scientist locks 6 people in a steam room and threatens to turn up the heat if the local paper doesn't publish his story about global warming.
Director: Philippe Martinez | Stars: Val Kilmer, Armand Assante, Eric Roberts, Megan Brown Martinez
Votes: 2,833
22. The Brat (1931)
60 min | Comedy
A society novelist brings a brash young chorus girl home in order to study her for inspiration for his new novel. His family is distraught, but soon her behavior has forever altered their snobbish ways.
Director: John Ford | Stars: Sally O'Neil, Alan Dinehart, Frank Albertson, William Collier Sr.
Votes: 215
23. Femmes femmes (1974)
115 min | Comedy, Drama
The fantasies and dreams of two over-the-hill actresses are intertwined with their realities, as the two roommates struggle to survive their day-to-day lives in the expensive and difficult ... See full summary »
Director: Paul Vecchiali | Stars: Hélène Surgère, Sonia Saviange, Huguette Forge, Michel Delahaye
Votes: 259
24. Anabelle Huggins Story: Ruben Ablaza Tragedy - Mea Culpa (1995)
Crime, Drama, Thriller
Director: Carlo J. Caparas | Stars: Dawn Zulueta, Cesar Montano, Maggie de la Riva, Robert Arevalo
Votes: 18
25. Babo 73 (1964)
57 min | Comedy
Tribulations of a newly elected President.
Director: Robert Downey Sr. | Stars: Jim Antonio, Tom Gaines, James Greene, Taylor Mead
Votes: 423
26. Eva Nová (2015)
106 min | Drama
Eva would do anything to regain the love of the one she hurt the most - her son. She is a recovered alcoholic but decades ago she was a famous actress.
Director: Marko Skop | Stars: Milan Ondrík, Emília Vásáryová, Anikó Varga, Dusan Jamrich
Votes: 350
27. Icing (2014)
81 min | Comedy
Explosive conversational comedy based on the successful theater plays, which takes place one evening in a remote local pub, during the match of Ice Hockey World Championship. What can ... See full summary »
Director: Jan Hrebejk | Stars: Zuzana Stavná, Jana Stryková, Hana Vagnerová, Ondrej Sokol
Votes: 159
28. Carmita (2013)
80 min | Documentary, Biography, Comedy
Carmita, an 80 year old Cuban actress exiled in Mexico lives in a mansion in ruins. She's strong enough to appear on TV, read her fan mail and complain about her ex husband who ruined her ... See full summary »
Directors: Israel Cárdenas, Laura Amelia Guzmán | Stars: Israel Cárdenas, José Luis Cárdenas, Laura Amelia Guzmán, Carmen Ignarra
Votes: 46
29. Setkání s hvezdou: Dagmar Havlová (2012 TV Movie)
73 min | Comedy, Drama
Director: Jirí Strach | Stars: Iveta Austová, Ondrej Brzobohatý, Radoslav Brzobohatý, Martin Donutil
Votes: 12
30. Medan porten var stängd (1946)
89 min | Drama
About a number of people in an apartment building during a night full of dramatic events and entanglements.
Director: Hasse Ekman | Stars: Tollie Zellman, Olof Winnerstrand, Inga Landgré, Marianne Löfgren
Votes: 247
31. All About Ewa (2018 Video)
Not Rated | 43 min | Documentary, Short
An interview with the titular Ewa Aulin, retired Swedish actress and former Miss Teen International, in which she discusses her film career, her marriage to the late British musician-turned-filmmaker John W. Shadow (d. 2014), and more.
Director: Federico Caddeo | Star: Ewa Aulin
32. Lousy Bastards (2014)
105 min | Comedy, Drama
Two brothers got separated after their first love for the same girl. Both of them have something which the other one doesn't. Inevitable decisions lead to their most important choice in their lives.
Director: Roman Kasparovský | Stars: Ondrej Vetchý, Jirí Langmajer, Iva Janzurová, Tereza Ramba
Votes: 98
33. Priyut komediantov (1995)
76 min | Comedy
The life of the former actress Nelly Evgenievna and her neighbor Klim Efremovich passed by the sea.
Director: Aleksandr Aleksandrov | Stars: Lidiya Smirnova, Konstantin Voinov, Ivan Okhlobystin, Elena Zakharova
Votes: 12
34. Paramount-Bray Pictographs, No. 79 (1917)
Documentary, Short
Subjects include: "Stars of Yesteryear", "Unmasking the Mediums, No. 4" (Message Reading), and the cartoon Bobby Bumps' Amusement Park (1917).
Director: P.D. Hugon | Star: Hereward Carrington
35. Krádez na Malém rynku (1974 TV Movie)
27 min | Comedy
The timber merchant Skruzný, who was once a peddler, has a young wife from a good family. He is now looking for servants - a servant and a maid for his wife. He hires Broukal, whom he used ... See full summary »
Director: Anna Procházková | Stars: Bohuslav Cáp, Jorga Kotrbová, Nadezda Vicenová, Frantisek Vicena
36.
3rd Rock from the Sun (1996–2001)
Episode:
Fifteen Minutes of Dick
(1997)
TV-PG | 22 min | Comedy, Family, Sci-Fi
Sally stands up to Mark Hamill who unknowingly has taken the Solomons place in a restaurant and becomes a local hero.
Director: Terry Hughes | Stars: John Lithgow, Kristen Johnston, French Stewart, Joseph Gordon-Levitt
Votes: 355
37.
The Carol Burnett Show (1967–1978)
Episode:
Tim Conway and the Pointer Sisters
(1975)
TV-G | 22 min | Comedy, Family
Highlights of this show include Stella Toddler as a game show contestant on "Up Your Income"; and Nora Desmond's butler Max finds a substitute for himself.
Director: Dave Powers | Stars: Carol Burnett, Harvey Korman, Vicki Lawrence, Tim Conway
Votes: 42
38.
Darkroom (1981–1982)
Episode:
Exit Line
(1982)
Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Actor Dan Burroughs tries desperately to convince an extremely influential critic to revise her negative opinion about his play and performance.
Director: Peter Crane | Stars: James Coburn, Samantha Eggar, Jack Carter, Anne Lockhart
Votes: 39
39.
Derrick (1974–1998)
Episode:
Wie kriegen wir Bodetzki?
(1989)
59 min | Crime, Drama
A strange murder is done in the parking hall at the airport. When the police come, the three men who found the victim are gone. They are automatically suspected, but nothing is as it first seems.
Director: Horst Tappert | Stars: Horst Tappert, Fritz Wepper, Willy Schäfer, Hans Putz
Votes: 53
40.
Lovejoy (1986–1994)
Episode:
Irish Stew
(1993)
TV-14 | 53 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
In Ireland where Lady Jane hopes to buy a Jack Butler Yeats painting, Lovejoy and his associates interrupt a burglary at the home of disreputable dealer Bertie Montserrat, though Montserrat... See full summary »
Director: John Crome | Stars: Ian McShane, Phyllis Logan, Dudley Sutton, Chris Jury
Votes: 53
41.
Lovejoy (1986–1994)
Episode:
National Wealth
(1991)
TV-14 | 50 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
Lovejoy agrees to help Madeline Gilbert, a once famous film star fallen on hard times, to sell her valuables, but she is burgled by an armed French gang who have crossed the Channel after ... See full summary »
Director: William Brayne | Stars: Ian McShane, Dudley Sutton, Chris Jury, Jean Kent
Votes: 71
42.
Murder, She Wrote (1984–1996)
Episode:
Widow, Weep for Me
(1985)
TV-PG | 47 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Jessica masquerades as a wealthy widow at a luxurious tropical hotel in order to trap a murderer.
Director: Michael A. Hoey | Stars: Angela Lansbury, Len Cariou, Cyd Charisse, Mel Ferrer
Votes: 575
43.
Remington Steele (1982–1987)
Episode:
Steeling the Show
(1983)
TV-PG | 60 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
Steele and Laura are hired to track down Veronica Kirk, a former B movie actress from the 1940s. When the actress is located, she informs them that someone is trying to kill her. Initially,... See full summary »
Director: Seymour Robbie | Stars: Stephanie Zimbalist, Pierce Brosnan, James Read, Janet DeMay
Votes: 159
44.
Suspense (1949–1954)
Episode:
Post Mortem
(1949)
Not Rated | 30 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
Following the sudden death of her husband, Josie marries Doc Archer, the man named beneficiary of her husband's life insurance policy. Investigator Westcott is suspicious after learning the... See full summary »
Director: Robert Stevens | Stars: Sidney Blackmer, Peggy Conklin, Richard Coogan, Julian Noa
Votes: 52
45.
Whispering Smith (1961)
Episode:
The Interpreter
(1961)
TV-PG | 30 min | Western
Enrico Spanato, a Sicilian interpreter is accused of killing a fellow Italian by several of the dead man's friends. Although Smith finds evidence that someone might have fired a shot at the... See full summary »
Director: Christian Nyby | Stars: Audie Murphy, Guy Mitchell, Sam Buffington, Kay Chaque
Votes: 19
46.
Toon in with Me (2021– )
Episode:
Hazardous Henry vs. Perilous Perry
(2021)
TV-PG | Animation, Comedy
Bill gets caught up in a copyright infringement lawsuit when a new sitcom rips off his cult 1960s sitcom "Hazardous Henry". Featured cartoons are Upswept Hare (1953), Timid Tabby (1957), Onion Pacific (1940), The Unexpected Pest (1956), and Porky's Pet (1936).
Director: Mike Schmiedeler | Stars: Bill Leff, Kevin Fleming, Leila Gorstein
47.
EWTN Bookmark (1998– )
Episode:
Ear of the Heart: An Actress' Journey from Hollywood to Holy Vows
(2013)
28 min | Family, Talk-Show
Ear of the Heart: An Actress' Journey from Hollywood to Holy Vows is the autobiography of Mother Dolores Hart, Prioress of the Benedictine Abbey of Regina Laudis, who joins Doug to dish celebrity gossip and discuss her spiritual journey.
Director: Mike Holmes | Stars: Doug Keck, Dolores Hart
48.
V.I.P. vrazdy (2016– )
Episode:
Mimo realitu
(2016)
Comedy, Crime
Director: Jaroslav Fuit | Stars: Sona Norisová, Patrik Dergel, Jan Révai, Jirí Dvorák
49.
Rosamunde Pilcher (1993– )
Episode:
Das Gespenst von Cassley
(2017)
89 min | Drama, Romance
After his wife's traumatic death, royal protection squad agent Riley Owen resigned, but is forced by deaths to work for a private security firm, which forces him to accept protecting Lady ... See full summary »
Director: Marco Serafini | Stars: Patricia Meeden, Martin Gruber, Michael Roll, Claudia Wenzel
Votes: 29