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1. The Prestige (2006)

PG-13 | 130 min | Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi

After a tragic accident, two stage magicians in 1890s London engage in a battle to create the ultimate illusion while sacrificing everything they have to outwit each other.

Director: Christopher Nolan | Stars: Christian Bale, Hugh Jackman, Scarlett Johansson, Michael Caine

Votes: 1,444,724 | Gross: $53.09M

2. Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith (2005)

PG-13 | 140 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy

Three years into the Clone Wars, Obi-Wan Kenobi pursues a new threat, while Anakin Skywalker is lured by Chancellor Palpatine into a sinister plot to rule the galaxy.

Director: George Lucas | Stars: Hayden Christensen, Natalie Portman, Ewan McGregor, Samuel L. Jackson

Votes: 847,658 | Gross: $380.26M

3. The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent (2022)

R | 107 min | Action, Comedy, Crime

Moviestar Nick Cage is channeling his iconic characters as he's caught between a superfan and a CIA agent.

Director: Tom Gormican | Stars: Nicolas Cage, Pedro Pascal, Tiffany Haddish, Sharon Horgan

Votes: 152,768

4. The Many Saints of Newark (2021)

R | 120 min | Crime, Drama

Witness the making of Tony Soprano. The story that reveals the humanity behind Tony's struggles and the influence his family - especially his uncle, Dickie Moltisanti - had over him becoming the most iconic mob boss of all time.

Director: Alan Taylor | Stars: Alessandro Nivola, Leslie Odom Jr., Jon Bernthal, Vera Farmiga

Votes: 63,473

5. The Prize (1963)

Approved | 134 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

As the Nobel Prize winners come to Stockholm to receive their awards, their lives are overturned and perturbed in various ways.

Director: Mark Robson | Stars: Paul Newman, Edward G. Robinson, Elke Sommer, Diane Baker

Votes: 5,318 | Gross: $7.70M

6. Spirited (2022)

PG-13 | 127 min | Comedy, Family, Musical

A musical version of Charles Dickens's story of a miserly misanthrope who is taken on a magical journey.

Director: Sean Anders | Stars: Will Ferrell, Ryan Reynolds, Octavia Spencer, Patrick Page

Votes: 50,401

7. The Great Race (1965)

Passed | 160 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy

In the early 20th century, two rivals, the heroic Leslie and the despicable Professor Fate, engage in an epic automobile race from New York to Paris.

Director: Blake Edwards | Stars: Tony Curtis, Natalie Wood, Jack Lemmon, Peter Falk

Votes: 19,889 | Gross: $25.33M

8. An American Pickle (2020)

PG-13 | 88 min | Comedy, Fantasy

An immigrant worker at a pickle factory is accidentally preserved for 100 years and wakes up in modern-day Brooklyn.

Director: Brandon Trost | Stars: Seth Rogen, Sarah Snook, Molly Evensen, Eliot Glazer

Votes: 26,678

9. Dead Again (1991)

R | 107 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

A woman who has lost her memory is taken in by a Los Angeles orphanage, and a private eye is enlisted to track down her identity, but he soon finds that he might have a past life connection to her that endangers their lives.

Director: Kenneth Branagh | Stars: Kenneth Branagh, Emma Thompson, Andy Garcia, Lois Hall

Votes: 30,418 | Gross: $38.02M

10. The Devil's Double (2011)

R | 109 min | Biography, Drama, Thriller

A chilling vision of the house of Saddam. The world of Hussein comes to life through the eyes of the man who was given a choice; either be the double for Saddam's sadistic son, or die.

Director: Lee Tamahori | Stars: Dominic Cooper, Ludivine Sagnier, Raad Rawi, Philip Quast

Votes: 63,906 | Gross: $1.36M

11. Nim's Island (2008)

PG | 96 min | Adventure, Family, Fantasy

Imagination and reality collide when young Nim's father goes missing at sea. Fate brings to her the author of the Alex Rover series, her favorite books, and together they try to find Nim's father.

Directors: Jennifer Flackett, Mark Levin | Stars: Jodie Foster, Gerard Butler, Abigail Breslin, Michael Carman

Votes: 36,936 | Gross: $48.01M

12. The Hotel New Hampshire (1984)

R | 109 min | Comedy, Drama

A New Englander and his odd family run a hotel in Vienna, as unexpected events change their lives forever.

Director: Tony Richardson | Stars: Rob Lowe, Jodie Foster, Paul McCrane, Beau Bridges

Votes: 9,142 | Gross: $5.10M

13. One on Top of the Other (1969)

R | 108 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller

An unscrupulous doctor is accused of killing his asthmatic wife as part of an insurance scam, despite discovering that she has a doppelgänger who works as a stripper and call girl.

Director: Lucio Fulci | Stars: Jean Sorel, Marisa Mell, Elsa Martinelli, Alberto de Mendoza

Votes: 2,681

14. Impulse (2008 Video)

R | 101 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller

Acting on impulse, CLAIRE DENNISON, enjoys a brief fling with a sexy stranger (a dead ringer for her husband), only to realize that the object of her desire is a crazed, manipulative, and tenacious psychopath.

Director: Charles T. Kanganis | Stars: Angus Macfadyen, Willa Ford, Robert Moloney, Ron Selmour

Votes: 1,828

15. Moulin Rouge (1952)

Not Rated | 119 min | Biography, Drama, Music

Fictional account of French artist Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec.

Director: John Huston | Stars: José Ferrer, Zsa Zsa Gabor, Suzanne Flon, Claude Nollier

Votes: 6,542 | Gross: $11.81M

16. The Love Letter (1998 TV Movie)

Unrated | 99 min | Fantasy, Romance

20th century computer games designer Scott exchanges love letters with 19th century poet Elizabeth Whitcomb through an antique desk that can make letters travel through time.

Director: Dan Curtis | Stars: Campbell Scott, Jennifer Jason Leigh, David Dukes, Estelle Parsons

Votes: 2,391

17. Mary Reilly (1996)

R | 108 min | Drama, Horror, Romance

A housemaid falls in love with Dr. Henry Jekyll and his darkly mysterious counterpart, Mr. Edward Hyde.

Director: Stephen Frears | Stars: Julia Roberts, John Malkovich, George Cole, Michael Gambon

Votes: 15,835 | Gross: $5.71M

18. The Assignment (1997)

R | 115 min | Action, Crime, Thriller

An American naval officer is recruited for an operation to eliminate his lookalike, the infamous terrorist Carlos The Jackal.

Director: Christian Duguay | Stars: Aidan Quinn, Donald Sutherland, Ben Kingsley, Claudia Ferri

Votes: 10,003 | Gross: $0.54M

19. The Bellboy (1960)

Approved | 72 min | Comedy

Mute bellboy Stanley works at the luxurious Fontainebleau Hotel in Miami Beach. In spite of being a serviceable and friendly employee, the clumsy Stanley gets successively into trouble with his mistakes.

Director: Jerry Lewis | Stars: Jerry Lewis, Alex Gerry, Bob Clayton, Sonnie Sands

Votes: 4,817

20. Wonder Man (1945)

Approved | 98 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Musical

After being murdered by gangsters, an exuberant nightclub entertainer returns as a ghost to persuade his meek twin brother to help bring his killers to justice.

Director: H. Bruce Humberstone | Stars: Danny Kaye, Virginia Mayo, Vera-Ellen, Donald Woods

Votes: 2,495

21. Alone with a Stranger (2000)

R | 90 min | Drama, Thriller

A jealous man tries to take his twin brothers wife, job and family.

Director: Peter Liapis | Stars: William R. Moses, Barbara Niven, Nia Peeples, Priscilla Barnes

Votes: 405

22. Night of the Cobra Woman (1972)

R | 85 min | Horror, Thriller

After being bitten by a cobra in the Philippines, Lena can turn herself into a snake and she stops aging. The curse comes with a price. The priestess Lena must consume cobra venom and vital young men to stay young.

Director: Andrew Meyer | Stars: Joy Bang, Marlene Clark, Roger Garrett, Vic Diaz

Votes: 497

23. Hollow Triumph (1948)

Passed | 83 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir

Pursued by the big-time gambler he robbed, John Muller assumes a new identity, with unfortunate results.

Directors: Steve Sekely, Paul Henreid | Stars: Paul Henreid, Joan Bennett, Eduard Franz, Leslie Brooks

Votes: 3,194

24. Fireball (2009)

R | 94 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

Tai, a young man arrested on a crime charge, is discharged thanks to his twin brother Tan's dogged help. After being set free, he finds Tan in a coma with severe injuries. Tan's girlfriend,... See full summary »

Director: Thanakorn Pongsuwan | Stars: Preeti Barameeanat, Khanutra Chuchuaysuwan, Kumpanat Oungsoongnern, Phutharit Prombandal

Votes: 1,046

25. My Favorite Spy (1951)

Approved | 93 min | Comedy, Crime, Music

A burlesque comic, who resembles an international spy, is recruited by the government and sent to Tangier to retrieve a sensitive microfilm before it's captured by hostile foreign agents.

Director: Norman Z. McLeod | Stars: Bob Hope, Hedy Lamarr, Francis L. Sullivan, Arnold Moss

Votes: 1,351

26. Mix Up in the Mediterranean (2021 TV Movie)

TV-G | 84 min | Comedy, Romance

A small-town cook impersonates his big city chef twin to compete in a culinary contest and falls for the woman in charge of the event, who thinks he is the brother who is married.

Director: Jonathan Wright | Stars: Jeremy Jordan, Jessica Lowndes, Callum Blue, Edward De Gaetano

Votes: 1,111

27. I Love You Rosa (1972)

77 min | Drama

The love of Nissim for his widowed sister-in-law, Rosa, in the Old City of Jerusalem at the turn of the century. Under a (very old) Jewish religious law, Nissim has the duty to marry his childless sister-in-law on the death of his brother.

Director: Moshé Mizrahi | Stars: Michal Bat-Adam, Gabi Otterman, Moshe Tal, Levana Finkelstein

Votes: 251

28. Body and Soul (1925)

Not Rated | 102 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

A malevolent phony preacher plots to take advantage of a woman from his congregation who happens to be in love with his long-estranged identical twin brother.

Director: Oscar Micheaux | Stars: Paul Robeson, Marshall Rogers, Lawrence Chenault, Chester A. Alexander

Votes: 1,195

29. The Idle Class (1921)

TV-G | 32 min | Short, Comedy

A tramp sneaks into a upper class golf resort. The tramp meets a rich woman who is having an argument with her drunken husband. Complications arise when she mistakes the tramp for her husband.

Director: Charles Chaplin | Stars: Charles Chaplin, Edna Purviance, Charles Aber, Joe Anderson

Votes: 4,170

30. Concealed Weapon (1994)

R | 80 min | Thriller

Something unthinkable is happening among Hollywood's elite power players... and Oliver Wright is in the midst of it all. A struggling actor, Oliver gets the lead in a movie for a well-known... See full summary »

Directors: Dave Payne, Milan Zivkovic | Stars: Daryl Haney, Suzanne Wouk, Julie Baltay, Brick Rage

Votes: 197

31. Nazi Agent (1942)

Approved | 83 min | Crime, Drama

A story of German-born identical twins (both played by Conrad Veidt), one a loyal American, and the other, a Nazi official.

Director: Jules Dassin | Stars: Conrad Veidt, Ann Ayars, Frank Reicher, Dorothy Tree

Votes: 805

32. Canaries (2017)

84 min | Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi

The first wave of an alien invasion coincides with a New Years Eve party in a Welsh valley.

Director: Peter Stray | Stars: Robert Pugh, Hannah Daniel, Sophie Melville, Kai Owen

Votes: 645

33. Murder by Television (1935)

Passed | 53 min | Mystery, Thriller

James Houghland, inventor of a new method by which television signals can be instantaneously sent anywhere in the world, refuses to sell the process to television companies, who then send ... See full summary »

Director: Clifford Sanforth | Stars: Bela Lugosi, June Collyer, Huntley Gordon, George Meeker

Votes: 767

34. Gorio Punasan. Rebel Driver (1988)

Comedy, Drama

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Director: Charlie Ordoñez | Stars: Chiquito, Pinky Marquez, Redford White, Renato Del Prado

35. Kasangga kahit kailan (1998)

111 min | Action, Romance

A man and a woman rule the streets with their skills one is a hustler and the other is a thief. They are yanked from their happy world of petty crime when they are discovered as lookalikes,... See full summary »

Director: Toto Natividad | Stars: Cesar Montano, Mikee Cojuangco, Julio Diaz, Willie Revillame

Votes: 10

36. Kapitan Eddie Set: Mad Killer of Cavite (1974)

Action

THIS IS THE TRUE STORY OF BARANGAY CAPTAIN EDUARDO SET OF SILANG, CAVITE.

Director: Jose Yandoc | Stars: Ramon Revilla, Mario Montenegro, Alona Alegre, Marissa Delgado

Votes: 9

37. 25 Taong takas (1980)

BASED IN A TRUE-TO-LIFE STORY, THE FILM SHOWS HOW A PRISONER, ARMED WITH AN AMULET, ESCAPES FROM IMPRISONMENT AND ELUDES ARREST FOR 25 YEARS.

Director: Jose Yandoc | Stars: Ramon Revilla, Rosanna Ortiz, Susan Valdez-LeGoff, Eddie Garcia

38. Pastor Jones (2005 Video)

R | 95 min | Drama

When a young couple find themselves on the brink of a divorce, pastor Jones is there to lend a helping hand. The wife turns to him for a place to stay, a job, and a sense of belonging as ... See full summary »

Director: Jean-Claude La Marre | Stars: Jean-Claude La Marre, Doreen Gakwandi, Johann John Jean, Malik Barnhardt

Votes: 54

39. Deadly Nightshade (1953)

61 min | Crime, Drama

Escapee switches identities but finds the new one quite a handful.

Director: John Gilling | Stars: Emrys Jones, Zena Marshall, John Horsley, Joan Hickson

Votes: 243

40. Why Babies Leave Home (1928)

Not Rated | 16 min | Short, Comedy

After many years as a vagabond, Ronald comes home to his family who are about to be evicted from their home. He saves their home and, while chasing a runaway pancake, saves a kidnapped girl as well.

Director: Leslie Goodwins | Stars: Ben Turpin, Jack Lloyd

Votes: 18

41. Sham Poo, the Magician (1932)

Passed | 17 min | Comedy, Short

Two goofball tourists in an exotic foreign location flirt with a cigarette girl, annoy a magician and awaken a monster.

Director: Harry Sweet | Stars: Roscoe Ates, Hugh Herbert, Dorothy Granger, Jerry Mandy

Votes: 11

42. Trapped in Tia Juana (1932)

Passed | 60 min | Action, Comedy, Romance

An American army officer, Kenneth Holbert, is after a Mexican bandit, El Zorro, who he doesn't know is his long-lost twin brother. Dorothy Holbert has a hard time figuring out which is ... See full summary »

Director: Wallace Fox | Stars: Edwina Booth, Duncan Renaldo, Dot Farley, Joseph W. Girard

Votes: 39

43. Emma Smetana & Jordan Haj: Lost and Found (2018 Music Video)

5 min | Music, Sci-Fi

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Directors: Jordan Haj, Givinar Kriz | Stars: Jordan Haj, Matous Holielcin, Sebastian Jacques, Givinar Kriz

Votes: 22

44. Pavel Callta: Terapeut (2015 Music Video)

4 min | Comedy, Music

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Director: Jakub Sedlácek | Stars: Pavel Calta, Pavla Bílková, Tereza Hlavatá, Tereza Hodanová

Votes: 16

45. Are You Being Served? (1972–1985)
Episode: Roots? (1981)

TV-14 | 28 min | Comedy

For yet another birthday of elderly Mr. Grace, the department staff decide to perform a musical number linked to Mr. Grace's Welsh heritage - until they realize his lineage goes way deeper than that.

Director: John Kilby | Stars: Mollie Sugden, John Inman, Frank Thornton, Wendy Richard

Votes: 173

46. The Nanny (1993–1999)
Episode: Not Without My Nanny (1998)

TV-PG | 30 min | Comedy, Family, Romance

Grace's pen pal, Billy, is the son of the Sultan of Koorestan, a country in the Middle East. Billy has invited Grace for a visit. Despite the fact that Fran would prefer Niles take Grace ... See full summary »

Director: Dorothy Lyman | Stars: Fran Drescher, Charles Shaughnessy, Daniel Davis, Lauren Lane

Votes: 313

47. Relic Hunter (1999–2002)
Episode: Incognito (2001)

TV-14 | 44 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy

New Guinea, 1522: A lancet bestows strength with its cut. 2001: Retrieving the lancet, Sydney and Nigel run into Nigel's look-alike just before his death. Nigel gets a cut from the lancet. ... See full summary »

Director: Terry Ingram | Stars: Tia Carrere, Christien Anholt, Tanja Reichert, Juan Chioran

Votes: 89

48. Studio One (1948–1958)
Episode: A Dead Ringer (1958)

60 min | Drama

A businessman fed up with his invalid wife's tyrannical behavior finds a solution during a business trip. A man that looks exactly like him might be able to provide the alibi he needs to eliminate his wife.

Director: Robert Stevens | Stars: Valerie Allen, Robert Carson, Marguerite Chapman, Richard Collier

Votes: 22

49. The Wild Wild West (1965–1969)
Episode: The Night That Terror Stalked the Town (1965)

TV-PG | 60 min | Action, Adventure, Western

Dr. Loveless imprisons Jim and surgically creates his double called a doppelganger, code-named Janus. Arte must find Jim and uncover the truth behind the warped scheme.

Director: Alvin Ganzer | Stars: Robert Conrad, Ross Martin, Michael Dunn, Richard Kiel

Votes: 260

50. Are You Being Served? (1972–1985)
Episode: Heir Apparent (1981)

TV-G | 28 min | Comedy

A shock revelation is had in Grace Brothers when it is believed that Mr. Humphries is the illegitimate son of Old Mr. Grace.

Director: John Kilby | Stars: John Inman, Mollie Sugden, Frank Thornton, Wendy Richard

Votes: 167