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51. A Merry War (1997)
PG-13 | 101 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Gordon Comstock quits his job at an advertising agency in order to write poetry, only to find that poets, like everyone else, need money.
Director: Robert Bierman | Stars: Richard E. Grant, Helena Bonham Carter, Julian Wadham, Jim Carter
Votes: 1,555 | Gross: $0.30M
52. Borstal Boy (2000)
Not Rated | 91 min | Drama, Romance
Irish teenager political activist and future writer Brendan Behan is befriended in a British borstal (reformatory) by a liberal warden.
Director: Peter Sheridan | Stars: Shawn Hatosy, Danny Dyer, Eamon Glancy, Ian McElhinney
Votes: 2,575 | Gross: $0.09M
53. Codebreaker (2011 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 62 min | Documentary, Biography, Drama
The highs and lows of Alan Turing's life, tracking his extraordinary accomplishments, his government persecution through to his tragic death in 1954. In the last 18 months of his short life... See full summary »
Directors: Clare Beavan, Nic Stacey | Stars: Ed Stoppard, Henry Goodman, Paul McGann, Asa Briggs
Votes: 1,137
54. River Made to Drown In (1997)
Not Rated | 98 min | Drama
When Thaddeus, a wealthy, bigger-than-life lawyer, suddenly learns he is dying, he sells all his worldly possessions and embarks on a final quest to find a young hustler that he once tried to rescue.
Director: James Merendino | Stars: Richard Chamberlain, Michael Imperioli, Ute Lemper, James Duval
Votes: 388
55. A Man of No Importance (1994)
R | 99 min | Comedy, Drama
A friendly, poetry quoting bus conductor in 1963 Dublin wants to stage Oscar Wilde's play, Salome, with passengers on his bus.
Director: Suri Krishnamma | Stars: Albert Finney, Brenda Fricker, Michael Gambon, Tara Fitzgerald
Votes: 1,184 | Gross: $0.93M
56. Railroaded! (1947)
Passed | 72 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
A beautician and her crooked boyfriend attempt to rob the bookie operation located in the back room, but when the plan goes wrong, they frame an innocent man.
Director: Anthony Mann | Stars: John Ireland, Sheila Ryan, Hugh Beaumont, Jane Randolph
Votes: 1,811
57. The Scent of Mandarin (2015)
110 min | Drama, Romance
During World War I, a home care nurse treats a man who lost one leg on the front lines. A strong bond arises between them and evolves into a passionate love affair.
Director: Gilles Legrand | Stars: Olivier Gourmet, Georgia Scalliet, Dimitri Storoge, Hélène Vincent
Votes: 361
58. The Girl from Jones Beach (1949)
Passed | 78 min | Comedy, Romance
A pinup artist (Ronald Reagan) in search of the perfect woman poses as a Czech immigrant to win over a shapely schoolteacher (Virginia Mayo) who’s more into facts than figures.
Director: Peter Godfrey | Stars: Ronald Reagan, Virginia Mayo, Eddie Bracken, Dona Drake
Votes: 622
59. Berkeley Square (1933)
Passed | 88 min | Fantasy, Romance
A young American man comes to believe that he can will himself back to London in the time of the American Revolution and meet his ancestors, who lived in the house he has just inherited.
Director: Frank Lloyd | Stars: Leslie Howard, Heather Angel, Valerie Taylor, Irene Browne
Votes: 988
60. Lost Christmas (2011)
PG | 89 min | Drama, Family
A year after his parent's death, the young Goose searches for his lost dog one Christmas Eve, meeting Anthony, a man with no memory who can see things people have lost upon touching them.
Director: John Hay | Stars: Eddie Izzard, Larry Mills, Jason Flemyng, Geoffrey Palmer
Votes: 1,529
61. Kirpi (2009)
100 min | Comedy
Kirpi, the vengeful practical joker finally finds a match for his habit: Tahir Yaman. Prank and revenge loop of the duo will drag them to very complicated situations.
Director: Erdal Murat Aktas | Stars: Mazhar Alanson, Güven Kiraç, Zihni Göktay, Ismail Incekara
Votes: 2,082
62. Twice Upon a Time (2006)
Not Rated | 92 min | Comedy
Thirty years ago they were lovers. Their affair fascinated a nation. Louis was a director and Alice was his muse. Then came the breakup It too, was public and painful. They have not met ... See full summary »
Director: Antoine de Caunes | Stars: Charlotte Rampling, Jean Rochefort, Isabelle Nanty, Ian Richardson
Votes: 717
63. SHOT! The Psycho-Spiritual Mantra of Rock (2016)
Not Rated | 98 min | Documentary, Biography, Music
A joyride that delves deep into the mind of rock and roll's greatest living photographer: Mick Rock.
Director: Barnaby Clay | Stars: Mick Rock, TV on the Radio, Karen O, Tunde Adebimpe
Votes: 791 | Gross: $0.01M
64. Coded (2021)
TV-14 | 29 min | Documentary, Animation, Short
Follows the illustrator J.C. Leyendecker, whose legacy laid the foundation for today's out-and-proud LGBTQ advertisements.
Director: Ryan White | Stars: Judy Goffman Cutler, Jennifer A. Greenhill, Neil Patrick Harris, Jari Jones
Votes: 307
65. Night of the Forgotten (2019 Video)
61 min | Thriller
A successful lawyer is trapped by his former lover into deadly night of lies, lust and madness.
Director: Beau Marie | Stars: Justin Dray, Sarah Jamillah Johnson, Stephanie Kelley, Richard Patterson
Votes: 11
66. The Silver Screen: Color Me Lavender (1997)
Not Rated | 100 min | Documentary, History
A film scrapbook, images, phrases from our past, hiding their meanings behind veils. Let's lift those veils, one by one, to find how images, at one time seeming innocent, have revealed, after decades, to have homosexual overtones.
Director: Mark Rappaport | Stars: Dan Butler, Don Ameche, Johnny Arthur, Lucille Ball
Votes: 324
67. Das ist ja das Leben selbst! (2012)
59 min | Drama, Romance
Director: Björn Last | Stars: Stefan Sandrock, Arijana Antunovic, Kaya Marie Möller, Karolina Lodyga
Votes: 64
68. Robinson in Space (1997)
82 min | Documentary
Robinson is commissioned to investigate the unspecified "problem of England." The narrator describes his seven excursions, with the unseen Robinson, around the country. They mainly ... See full summary »
Director: Patrick Keiller | Star: Paul Scofield
Votes: 391
69. Ma famille t'adore déjà (2016)
85 min | Comedy
A young man meets his soon-to-be in-laws but discovers behind their proud and wealthy appearances some deep issues and lies.
Directors: Jérôme Commandeur, Alan Corno | Stars: Arthur Dupont, Déborah François, Thierry Lhermitte, Marie-Anne Chazel
Votes: 652
70. By Sidney Lumet (2015)
103 min | Documentary
In a never-before-seen interview filmed in 2008, three years before his death, Sidney Lumet discusses his life and career.
Director: Nancy Buirski | Star: Sidney Lumet
Votes: 456
71. Birthday Time (2000)
19 min | Short, Drama, Romance
Tom, a married closet case and parent who trolls gay bars for sex on the sly is placed in charge of his friend's teenage son. And the boy wants a kiss. Or more. What to do?
Director: Lawrence Ferber | Stars: Cory Wexler Grant, Simon Woolley, Diane Spodarek, Mark Pacitti
Votes: 178
72. Next Year in Jerusalem (1997)
Unrated | 104 min | Drama, Romance
Manny, devout to his upbringing, is set to marry Rivka, the Rabbi's daughter. But Manny has a secret only Charlie, an openly gay man in an Orthodox Jewish family can understand.
Director: David Nahmod | Stars: Peter J. Byrnes, LinDel Sandlin, Colleen O'Neil, Daniel Nardicio
Votes: 131
73. Mencari Rahmat (2017)
101 min | Comedy, Drama
Two bachelor friends, Razak and Azman take on double lives to court the attentions of the desirable Roselina and Ratna . But the gallants must then face with the uproarious consequences of their ruse and the fearsome Datin Azizah.
Director: Al Jafree Md Yusop | Stars: Namron, Amerul Affendi, Nadia Aqilah, Sharifah Amani
Votes: 91
74. Two Minutes After Midnight (2003)
11 min | Comedy, Short
A young man strikes out while trying to pick up a hunk in a gay club. Later in the men's room he meets an angel who gives him the ability to change into the person of one's dreams. Unfortunately we don't all have the same dreams...
Director: Seamus Rea | Stars: Adrian Bouchet, Andrew Hinton-Brown, Alex King, Nigel Shipp
Votes: 51
75. El protegido (1956)
80 min | Drama
A film producer, his wife, the leading actress, and her lover, a screenwriter, in a love triangle that leads to a crime.
Director: Leopoldo Torre Nilsson | Stars: Rosa Rosen, Guillermo Battaglia, Guillermo Murray, Mirko Álvarez
Votes: 33
76. Jack the Ripper in America (2009 TV Special)
45 min | Biography
Jack the Ripper, the world's greatest ever serial killer. For over a hundred years he has eluded every investigator. Could it be that they have all been looking in the wrong place - and ... See full summary »
Director: John Fothergill | Stars: Edward T. Norris, Terry MacDonald, James Card, Newson Osbourne
Votes: 48
77. Carmel (2009)
Not Rated | 93 min | Biography, History
From Israel's most important filmaker, CARMEL is Amos Gitai's (KADOSH, KIPPUR) deeply personal and resonant meditation on Jewish and Israeli identity. Using both fiction and documentary ... See full summary »
Director: Amos Gitai | Stars: Amitai Ashkenazi, Ben Eidel, Eliran Eyal, Samuel Fuller
Votes: 108
78. Legends of the West (1992)
PG-13 | 88 min | Documentary, History
Host Jack Palance looks how Hollywood has depicted Western legends like George Armstrong Custer, Billy the Kid, Crazy Horse, and the O.K. Corral.
Director: John 'Bud' Cardos | Stars: Jack Palance, Brooke Shields, Cody Palance, Floyd 'Red Crow' Westerman
Votes: 23
79. Room 16 (2020)
7 min | Short, Drama
A young man obsessed with his appearance gets lured into a beauty treatment and trapped in a nightmare of illegal organ trade.
Director: Caspar Muller | Stars: Aitor Manuel Alonso, Canelle Hoppe, Alex York
80. Never Say Macbeth (2007)
Not Rated | 86 min | Comedy
Danny Teller, a high school science teacher, shows up at auditions for Macbeth trying to get his girlfriend back. But the director mistakes Danny's story of love for a passionate acting ... See full summary »
Director: Christopher J. Prouty | Stars: Tammy Caplan, John Combs, Scott Conte, Bayard Crawley
Votes: 75
81. Trans-Siberian Orchestra: The Birth of Rock Theater (2011 TV Special)
49 min | Documentary, Music
Director: David Rudd | Stars: Paul O'Neill, Tim Hockenberry
82. Kufr (1973 TV Movie)
46 min | Comedy
A sequence of gags and pranks that the actors Milos Kopecký and Frantisek Filipovský want to trick their fellow men with. In the finale, they are fooled too.
Director: Petr Schulhoff | Stars: Vlastimil Bedrna, Josef Bláha, Jirina Bílá, Frantisek Filipovský
83. Prisel na veceri (1981 TV Movie)
113 min | Comedy
Directors: Anna Procházková, Stanislav Remunda | Stars: Milos Kopecký, Iva Janzurová, Jirina Jirásková, Jana Stepánková
Votes: 19
84. Prochtenie (2019)
28 min | Short, Drama
There was no one inside him, nothing but a trace of chill, a dream dreamt by no one else behind the face that looks like no other face (even in the bad paintings of the period) and the ... See full summary »
Director: Yuri Sarycheff | Star: Alexey Artyomov
Votes: 13
85. Mooch (2014)
19 min | Short, Comedy, Drama
Young Ashay wakes up one morning to discover the beginnings of moustache! The upheaval that the tiny follicle of hair causes in his life is unprecedented. Ashay experiences his newfound '... See full summary »
Director: Soumil Shetty | Stars: Azaan Khan, Elena Kazan, Ramakrishnan Hariharan, Kushank Thakkar
86. Ondrej Brzobohatý: Identity (2015 Music Video)
5 min | Comedy, Music, Romance
A socially awkward man uses a shape-shifting machine to attract a woman of his dreams.
Director: Ondrej Brzobohatý | Stars: Ondrej Brzobohatý, Tatána Kucharová, Václav Bárta, Ben Cristovao
Votes: 17
88.
Columbo (1971–2003)
Episode:
Old Fashioned Murder
(1976)
TV-PG | 73 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
The head of a family-run museum murders her brother when he threatens to dissolve the financially strapped institution.
Director: Robert Douglas | Stars: Peter Falk, Joyce Van Patten, Jeannie Berlin, Tim O'Connor
Votes: 2,127
89.
Poirot (1989–2013)
Episode:
Jewel Robbery at the Grand Metropolitan
(1993)
TV-14 | 51 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
While Poirot vacations in Brighton to boost his health, the beautiful pearl necklace of a theatre actress staying at his hotel is mysteriously stolen.
Director: Ken Grieve | Stars: David Suchet, Hugh Fraser, Philip Jackson, Pauline Moran
Votes: 1,352
90.
Biography (1987– )
Episode:
Jack the Ripper: Phantom of Death
(1995)
TV-14 | 50 min | Documentary, Biography, History
In the annals of crime, perhaps no name evokes terror more than that Jack the Ripper. Although this anonymous killer committed his gruesome murders more than a century ago, his name lives ... See full summary »
Stars: Jack Perkins, Brian Saxton, Lillian Harlan, Sean Kavanagh-Dowsett
Votes: 131
91.
Midsomer Murders (1997– )
Episode:
Death of a Stranger
(1999)
TV-14 | 98 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Fox hunting, taxidermy and Oscar Wilde are part of the backdrop as Barnaby and Troy investigate a series of murders, beginning with that of a tramp in the woods.
Director: Peter Cregeen | Stars: John Nettles, Daniel Casey, Jane Wymark, Laura Howard
Votes: 1,055
92.
The Inspector Lynley Mysteries (2001–2007)
Episode:
A Suitable Vengeance
(2003)
Not Rated | 90 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Tommy and Helen go to his family estate for their engagement party, but long-hidden family secrets and a murder in the extended family disrupt the celebration.
Director: Edward Bennett | Stars: Peter Egan, Karl Picton, Gail Kemp, Nathaniel Parker
Votes: 378
93.
Birds of a Feather (1989–2020)
Episode:
Young Guns
(1990)
TV-14 | 28 min | Comedy
Garth brings a friend home to stay and Tracey starts to question her son's sexuality.
Director: Nic Phillips | Stars: Pauline Quirke, Linda Robson, Lesley Joseph, Alun Lewis
Votes: 33
94.
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2000–2015)
Episode:
Secrets & Flies
(2005)
TV-14 | 45 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Catherine investigates the murder of a young mother who claimed God got her pregnant, while Grissom witnesses a very shady trial.
Director: Terrence O'Hara | Stars: William Petersen, Marg Helgenberger, Gary Dourdan, George Eads
Votes: 760
95.
Derrick (1974–1998)
Episode:
Kostloffs Thema
(1995)
57 min | Crime, Drama
Henry Kostloff is stage manager and owner of a theater.He has come to the police station to announce that his young protege Arnold Kieler has disappeared.Henry Kostloff mentions also that ... See full summary »
Director: Dietrich Haugk | Stars: Horst Tappert, Fritz Wepper, Gerd Anthoff, Nikolaus Gröbe
Votes: 54
96.
The Evil Touch (1973–1974)
Episode:
Murder Is for the Birds
(1973)
Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Wealthy Lily Parkhurst has been living on borrowed time for years thanks to a bad heart. Her greedy cousin and companion Harold rushes her overdue demise with a well-planned poisoning, ... See full summary »
Director: Mende Brown | Stars: Anthony Quayle, Vic Morrow, Neva Carr-Glynn, Tony Wager
Votes: 22
97.
Fantasy Island (1977–1984)
Episode:
The Chateau/White Lightning
(1981)
TV-G | 60 min | Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Vicki Lee, granddaughter of silent-film Becky Lee, visits a chateau to learn more about her grandmother's life. The feuding Scoggins and McAllister families compete for a special moonshine recipe.
Director: Leslie H. Martinson | Stars: Ricardo Montalban, Hervé Villechaize, Pamela Franklin, David Hedison
Votes: 69
98.
Father Ted (1995–1998)
Episode:
And God Created Woman
(1995)
TV-14 | 25 min | Comedy
Father Ted struggles with a crush he has for a lady visitor, and the arrival of a group of nuns.
Director: Declan Lowney | Stars: Dermot Morgan, Ardal O'Hanlon, Frank Kelly, Pauline McLynn
Votes: 632
99.
Foyle's War (2002–2015)
Episode:
A War of Nerves
(2004)
TV-14 | 93 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
June 1941: A.C. Rose orders Foyle to delegate his investigation of black marketing ring and personally look into the possibly seditious acts of a Socialist activist.
Director: Gavin Millar | Stars: Samuel Oatley, David Alexander, Eamon Geoghegan, Honeysuckle Weeks
Votes: 617
100.
Frasier (1993–2004)
Episode:
She's the Boss
(1995)
TV-PG | 23 min | Comedy
Kate Costas takes over as KACL's station manager; when Frasier angrily rejects her suggestions to improve his show, she banishes him to the midnight-4AM time slot.
Director: Philip Charles MacKenzie | Stars: Kelsey Grammer, Jane Leeves, David Hyde Pierce, Peri Gilpin
Votes: 1,099