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1. Beetlejuice (1988)
PG | 92 min | Comedy, Fantasy
The spirits of a deceased couple are harassed by an unbearable family that has moved into their home, and hire a malicious spirit to drive them out.
Director: Tim Burton | Stars: Alec Baldwin, Geena Davis, Michael Keaton, Annie McEnroe
Votes: 341,899 | Gross: $73.71M
2. Superbad (2007)
R | 113 min | Comedy
Two co-dependent high school seniors are forced to deal with separation anxiety after their plan to stage a booze-soaked party goes awry.
Director: Greg Mottola | Stars: Michael Cera, Jonah Hill, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Bill Hader
Votes: 635,180 | Gross: $121.46M
3. Pitch Perfect (2012)
PG-13 | 112 min | Comedy, Music, Romance
Beca, a freshman at Barden University, is cajoled into joining The Bellas, her school's all-girls singing group. Injecting some much needed energy into their repertoire, The Bellas take on their male rivals in a campus competition.
Director: Jason Moore | Stars: Anna Kendrick, Brittany Snow, Rebel Wilson, Anna Camp
Votes: 331,626 | Gross: $65.00M
4. Kingsman: The Golden Circle (2017)
R | 141 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
After the Kingsman's headquarters is destroyed and the world is held hostage, an allied spy organization in the United States is discovered. These two elite secret agencies must band together to defeat a common enemy.
Director: Matthew Vaughn | Stars: Taron Egerton, Colin Firth, Mark Strong, Channing Tatum
Votes: 364,364 | Gross: $100.23M
5. The Nightingale (I) (2018)
R | 136 min | Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Set in 1825, Clare, a young Irish convict woman, chases a British officer through the rugged Tasmanian wilderness, bent on revenge for a terrible act of violence he committed against her family. On the way she enlists the services of an Aboriginal tracker named Billy, who is also marked by trauma from his own violence-filled past.
Director: Jennifer Kent | Stars: Aisling Franciosi, Maya Christie, Baykali Ganambarr, Addison Christie
Votes: 35,952 | Gross: $0.39M
6. The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover (1989)
NC-17 | 124 min | Crime, Drama
At Le Hollandais gourmet restaurant, every night is filled with opulence, decadence and gluttony. But when the cook, a thief, his wife and her lover all come together, they unleash a shocking torrent of sex, food, murder and revenge.
Director: Peter Greenaway | Stars: Richard Bohringer, Michael Gambon, Helen Mirren, Alan Howard
Votes: 41,893 | Gross: $7.72M
7. Respect (2021)
PG-13 | 145 min | Biography, Drama, Music
Following the rise of Aretha Franklin's career from a child singing in her father's church's choir to her international superstardom, RESPECT is the remarkable true story of the music icon's journey to find her voice.
Director: Liesl Tommy | Stars: Jennifer Hudson, Forest Whitaker, Marlon Wayans, Tituss Burgess
Votes: 17,917
8. Rock & Rule (1983)
PG | 77 min | Animation, Fantasy, Music
A malevolent rock star kidnaps a singer to force her to participate in the summoning of a demon, and her band must help her stop him.
Director: Clive A. Smith | Stars: Don Francks, Paul Le Mat, Greg Salata, Susan Roman
Votes: 4,048 | Gross: $0.03M
9. The Phantom of the Opera (1925)
Passed | 93 min | Horror
A mad, disfigured composer seeks love with a lovely young opera singer.
Directors: Rupert Julian, Lon Chaney, Ernst Laemmle, Edward Sedgwick | Stars: Lon Chaney, Mary Philbin, Norman Kerry, Arthur Edmund Carewe
Votes: 20,163 | Gross: $3.75M
10. Follow That Bird (1985)
G | 88 min | Adventure, Comedy, Family
Big Bird is sent to live far from Sesame Street by a pesky social worker named Miss Finch. Unhappy, he runs away from there, prompting the rest of the Sesame Street gang to go on a cross-country journey to find him.
Director: Ken Kwapis | Stars: Caroll Spinney, Jim Henson, Frank Oz, Richard Hunt
Votes: 5,663
11. Mothra (1961)
Passed | 101 min | Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
An expedition to Infant Island uncovers a native tribe and twin tiny fairy priestesses of a mythical deity, who sets out to rescue the pair after they are kidnapped by a greedy businessman.
Director: Ishirô Honda | Stars: Furankî Sakai, Hiroshi Koizumi, Kyôko Kagawa, Yumi Itô
Votes: 5,332
12. Black Caesar (1973)
R | 87 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Raised in Harlem, Tommy Gibbs becomes a successful mob boss but he clashes with the rival Mafia and his old enemy, dirty cop McKinney.
Director: Larry Cohen | Stars: Fred Williamson, Gloria Hendry, Art Lund, D'Urville Martin
Votes: 3,906
13. In a Glass Cage (1986)
Unrated | 110 min | Drama, Horror
A former Nazi child-killer is confined in an iron lung inside an old mansion after a suicide attempt. His wife hires him a full-time carer, a mysterious young man who is driven slowly mad by the old man's disturbing past.
Director: Agustí Villaronga | Stars: Günter Meisner, David Sust, Marisa Paredes, Gisèle Echevarría
Votes: 5,068
14. The Phantom of the Opera (1962)
Unrated | 84 min | Drama, Horror, Music
An acid-scarred composer has his dwarf helper bring an opera singer to his London sewer hide-out.
Director: Terence Fisher | Stars: Herbert Lom, Heather Sears, Edward de Souza, Thorley Walters
Votes: 3,744
15. Play (I) (2011)
118 min | Drama
An astute observation based on real cases of bullying. In central Gothenburg, Sweden, a group of boys, aged 12-14, robbed other children on about 40 occasions between 2006 and 2008. The ... See full summary »
Director: Ruben Östlund | Stars: Anas Abdirahman, Sebastian Blyckert, Yannick Diakité, Sebastian Hegmar
Votes: 6,581
16. The Lodgers (2017)
R | 92 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
A family curse confines orphaned twins Rachel and Edwards to their home, in punishment for their ancestors' sins. Bound to the rules of a haunting childhood lullaby, the twins must never let any outsiders inside the house.
Director: Brian O'Malley | Stars: Charlotte Vega, Bill Milner, Eugene Simon, David Bradley
Votes: 9,665
17. Mouchette (1967)
Not Rated | 81 min | Drama
A young girl living in the French countryside suffers constant indignities at the hand of alcoholism and her fellow man.
Director: Robert Bresson | Stars: Nadine Nortier, Jean-Claude Guilbert, Marie Cardinal, Paul Hébert
Votes: 13,026
18. Act of Vengeance (1974)
R | 90 min | Crime, Drama, Horror
A group of women take a martial arts class to punish a sadistic serial rapist who wears a hockey mask.
Director: Bob Kelljan | Stars: Jo Ann Harris, Peter Brown, Jennifer Lee Pryor, Lisa Moore
Votes: 1,081
19. Attack of the Puppet People (1958)
Approved | 79 min | Sci-Fi, Horror
Lonely, deranged puppet-master designs a machine that shrinks people.
Director: Bert I. Gordon | Stars: John Agar, John Hoyt, June Kenney, Michael Mark
Votes: 2,897
20. Orphans of the Storm (1921)
Not Rated | 150 min | Drama, History, Romance
Two orphaned sisters are caught up in the turmoil of the French Revolution, encountering misery and love along the way.
Director: D.W. Griffith | Stars: Lillian Gish, Dorothy Gish, Joseph Schildkraut, Frank Losee
Votes: 5,488 | Gross: $0.79M
21. Svengali (1931)
Approved | 81 min | Drama, Horror, Romance
Through hypnotism and telepathic mind control, a sinister music maestro controls the singing voice, but not the heart, of the woman he loves.
Director: Archie Mayo | Stars: John Barrymore, Marian Marsh, Donald Crisp, Bramwell Fletcher
Votes: 2,513
22. Hollywood Horror House (1970)
R | 91 min | Horror, Thriller
An aging actress living in her Hollywood mansion with a retinue of elderly servants employs a new, mentally disturbed, personal assistant who schemes to take over the large estate.
Director: Donald Wolfe | Stars: Miriam Hopkins, David Garfield, Gale Sondergaard, Virginia Wing
Votes: 544
23. The Ape Woman (1964)
92 min | Comedy, Drama
A modest Neapolitan man meets a young woman with excessive hairiness. He exhibits her at fairs and marries her. It is after marriage that he receives a tempting offer from a French manager.
Director: Marco Ferreri | Stars: Ugo Tognazzi, Annie Girardot, Achille Majeroni, Elvira Paolini
Votes: 975
24. I Love Dries (2008)
80 min | Comedy
This movie is about a couple that kidnaps a famous singer to use his seed for the baby they want. The woman is crazy about the singer and the man is sterile. That this leads to stupid situations is a given.
Director: Tom Six | Stars: Dries Roelvink, Rene de Wit, Rikkie de Wit, Sugar Lee Hooper
Votes: 293
25. Killpoint (1984)
R | 80 min | Action, Crime, Drama
An L.A. cop investigating the rape and murder of his wife traces the crime to a psycho biker gang that smuggles guns. He teams up with an FBI agent to stop them and catch his wife's killers.
Director: Frank Harris | Stars: Leo Fong, Richard Roundtree, Cameron Mitchell, Stack Pierce
Votes: 409
26. Mari-Cookie and the Killer Tarantula (1998 Video)
Not Rated | 85 min | Comedy, Horror
When two people have disappeared, the mysterious Tarantula is suspected.
Director: Jesús Franco | Stars: Lina Romay, Michelle Bauer, Linnea Quigley, Amber Newman
Votes: 293
27. Black Rat (2010)
TV-MA | 76 min | Drama, Horror
Six classmates receive an e-mail from Asuka; who supposedly committed suicide. Later that night they all get together in a classroom and are surprised by a person wearing a bloody rat mask.... See full summary »
Director: Kenta Fukasaku | Stars: Misaki Yonemura, Hiroya Matsumoto, Rina Saito, Haruka Shimizu
Votes: 366
28. 7:35 de la mañana (2003)
8 min | Musical, Short
A woman enters a restaurant one morning - only to be met with silence instead of people talking.
Director: Nacho Vigalondo | Stars: Marta Belenguer, Nacho Vigalondo, Antonio Tato, Borja Cobeaga
Votes: 2,603
29. Anjuman (1970)
180 min | Drama
Anjuman is a tragic character, based on the courtesan lives of women in South Asia. Its about a "Tawaiif" or a courtesan falling in love and her tragic ending.
Director: Hasan Tariq | Stars: Deeba Begum, Sabiha Khanum, Santosh Kumar, Lehri
Votes: 39
30. Street Angel (1937)
91 min | Comedy, Drama
In old Shanghai, two sisters, a prostitute and a singer, tried to escape from the local scoundrels with the help of a trumpet player and a newspaper seller.
Director: Muzhi Yuan | Stars: Dan Zhao, Heling Wei, Xuan Zhou, Jiting Wang
Votes: 949
31. Premika (I) (2017)
90 min | Comedy, Horror
People who can't sing get haunted by a ghost called Premika that lives in a karaoke booth.
Director: Siwakorn Charupongsa | Stars: Kidakarn Chatkaewmanee, Gena Desouza, Nutthasit Kotimanuswanich, Todsapol Maisuk
Votes: 228
32. Poslední propadne peklu (1982)
83 min | Adventure, Family, Fantasy
The story is set in the early 17th century and revolves around a magic bottle, from which one drop can fulfill one wish. The current owner is obliged to sell it on, but for half the price. ... See full summary »
Director: Ludvík Ráza | Stars: Michaela Kudlácková, Ivan Vyskocil, Bruno O'Ya, Ludek Munzar
Votes: 95
33. Love and Curses (1938)
8 min | Family, Animation, Short
An aging hero is looking through the photo album and remembering the Gay 90's, and in particular a picnic interrupted by villainous Roger St. Clair, who tries to tempt Emily to the big city... See full summary »
Directors: Cal Dalton, Ben Hardaway | Stars: Mel Blanc, Mildred Carroll, Bill Days, Ben Hardaway
Votes: 144
34. Betty Boop's Museum (1932)
7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Koko takes Betty to the museum, where she's locked in overnight and forced to sing at the skeletons' dance.
Directors: Dave Fleischer, William Henning | Stars: Billy Murray, Mae Questel
Votes: 240
35. The Great Pretender (2010)
7 min | Short, Comedy
A man, lost in his professional and personal life, walks alone in a forest. Along his path, he meets two 'agents,' who are doubles of himself. They grill him about his acting profession, ... See full summary »
Director: Jesse Wakeman | Star: Jesse Wakeman
36. Pearl of the Desert (2019)
82 min | Documentary
Moti Khan, a musically gifted child from the lower caste Muslim Manganiyars of the Thar Desert, is forced to sing and play music for their ancestral patrons in order to survive.
Director: Pushpendra Singh | Stars: Moti Khan Manganiyar, Nijre Khan Manganiyar, Anwar Khan Manganiyar
Votes: 22
37. La sierva (2017)
10 min | Short, Drama
An evangelist minister uses his daughter to attract believers, forcing her to sing in his church.
Director: Sebastian Leonel Loran | Stars: Ailín Salas, Daniel Valenzuela
Votes: 9
38.
Alias (2001–2006)
Episode:
Double Agent
(2003)
TV-14 | 60 min | Action, Drama, Mystery
When a young CIA agent dies, suspicion immediately falls on her parter and lover, agent Jim Lennox. But after Sydney rescues Lennox from captivity, She trikes up an instant connection as ... See full summary »
Director: Ken Olin | Stars: Jennifer Garner, Ron Rifkin, Michael Vartan, Bradley Cooper
Votes: 545
39.
Man from Atlantis (1977–1978)
Episode:
Siren
(1977)
48 min | Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Mark believes a series of sonic "attacks" to be the song of a siren. He finds a young siren held prisoner on a submarine and must free her from the underwater pirates.
Director: Edward M. Abroms | Stars: Patrick Duffy, Neville Brand, Alan Fudge, Laurette Spang
Votes: 49
40.
Adventures of the Gummi Bears (1985–1991)
Episode:
A Gummi in a Gilded Cage
(1985)
TV-Y | 24 min | Animation, Adventure, Family
Sunni is kidnapped by a flock of ugly bird-like creatures known as Carpies, whose king wants her for a song bird. The other Gummies must use their new flying machine to get to the top of the mountain and rescue her.
Director: Art Vitello | Stars: June Foray, Katie Leigh, Lorenzo Music, Noelle North
Votes: 114
41.
Twilight-Tober-Zone (2020– )
Episode:
Mr. Denton On Doomsday
(2020)
TV-PG | 25 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Al Denton, once a feared gunslinger, now the town drunk, is humiliated daily by Dan Hotaling - a local bully - who forces him to sing "How Dry I Am" for a drink as a source of amusement. ... See full summary »
Director: Walter Banasiak | Star: Walter Banasiak
42.
KiDs Beach Club (2021– )
Episode:
Humility: Pharaoh Refuses to Listen
(2022)
Family
When her teacher forces her to sing in front of the class, a messy game of "egg smashing" helps Veronica pursue humility before she misses out on an incredible opportunity. Hulu hoops are ... See full summary »
Director: John McGlothlin | Stars: Jason Earls, Jordan Thomas, Mark Winter, Elyjah Kodua