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1. Ever After: A Cinderella Story (1998)
PG-13 | 121 min | Drama, Romance
The Brothers Grimm arrive at the home of a wealthy Grande Dame who speaks of the many legends surrounding the fable of the cinder girl before telling the "true" story of her ancestor.
Director: Andy Tennant | Stars: Drew Barrymore, Anjelica Huston, Dougray Scott, Patrick Godfrey
Votes: 81,967 | Gross: $65.71M
2. The Hunger (1983)
R | 97 min | Drama, Horror
A love triangle develops between a beautiful yet dangerous vampire (Catherine Deneuve), her cellist companion (David Bowie), and a gerontologist (Susan Sarandon).
Director: Tony Scott | Stars: Catherine Deneuve, David Bowie, Susan Sarandon, Cliff De Young
Votes: 29,161 | Gross: $5.98M
3. Drowning by Numbers (1988)
R | 118 min | Comedy, Drama
Three generations of women share the same problem--marriage woes--and want to put an end to it.
Director: Peter Greenaway | Stars: Bernard Hill, Joan Plowright, Juliet Stevenson, Joely Richardson
Votes: 11,019 | Gross: $0.42M
4. Take Me Out to the Ball Game (1949)
Approved | 93 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance
Two turn-of-the-century baseball players, who work in vaudeville during the off-season, run into trouble with their team's new female owner and a gambler who doesn't want them to win the pennant.
Director: Busby Berkeley | Stars: Frank Sinatra, Esther Williams, Gene Kelly, Betty Garrett
Votes: 4,100
5. Jack and the Beanstalk (1952)
Passed | 70 min | Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Abbott and Costello's version of the famous fairy tale, about a young boy who trades the family cow for magic beans.
Director: Jean Yarbrough | Stars: Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Buddy Baer, Dorothy Ford
Votes: 3,463
6. The Paleface (1948)
Approved | 91 min | Comedy, Family, Western
Calamity Jane is dispatched to find out who's smuggling rifles to the Indians, and winds up married to a hapless correspondence-school dentist as part of her cover.
Director: Norman Z. McLeod | Stars: Bob Hope, Jane Russell, Robert Armstrong, Iris Adrian
Votes: 4,574
7. Serial Teachers (2013)
88 min | Comedy
The worst teachers are recruited to save the worst school in France from shutting down.
Director: Pierre-François Martin-Laval | Stars: Christian Clavier, Isabelle Nanty, Pierre-François Martin-Laval, Kev Adams
Votes: 4,064
8. La compagna di banco (1977)
84 min | Comedy
Lilli Carati plays a high school student being pursued by a very persistent young man in this Italian sex-comedy
Director: Mariano Laurenti | Stars: Lilli Carati, Gianfranco D'Angelo, Alvaro Vitali, Antonio Melidoni
Votes: 287
9. Never on Tuesday (1988)
R | 90 min | Comedy, Drama
After their cars collide on a desert highway in the middle of nowhere, two friends and a woman they both like must wait for someone to pass by and help them. Unfortunately, those who do stop turn out to be criminals, eccentrics or wackos.
Director: Adam Rifkin | Stars: Claudia Christian, Andy Lauer, Peter Berg, Dave Anderson
Votes: 2,318
10. Please, Not Now! (1961)
85 min | Comedy, Romance
Sophie's boyfriend plans to leave her for another woman. Sophie considers winning him back or eliminating her rival. A doctor interested in Sophie helps her pursue reconciliation to avoid violence.
Directors: Roger Vadim, Jean Aurel | Stars: Brigitte Bardot, Joséphine James, Mireille Darc, Edith Zetline
Votes: 543
11. Magnet of Doom (1963)
102 min | Adventure, Crime, Drama
Broke French ex-paratrooper turned amateur boxer Michel Maudet becomes bodyguard for the fugitive corrupt banker Ferchaux.
Director: Jean-Pierre Melville | Stars: Jean-Paul Belmondo, Charles Vanel, Michèle Mercier, Malvina Silberberg
Votes: 1,769
12. The Apple War (1971)
R | 103 min | Comedy, Fantasy
A German business man, Volkswagner, comes to Österlen in the south of Sweden to build Deutschneyland, a gigantic amusement park for German tourists. The local councilors and the member of ... See full summary »
Director: Tage Danielsson | Stars: Per Grundén, Gösta Ekman, Sture Ericson, Ingvar Ottoson
Votes: 2,200
13. Parterapi (2010)
Not Rated | 99 min | Comedy
A couple buy their "dream" house with rot. To pay for repairs, they rent out the basement to a couples therapist. He helps them with therapy as well.
Director: Kenneth Kainz | Stars: Nikolaj Lie Kaas, Sidse Babett Knudsen, Søren Pilmark, Rasmus Bjerg
Votes: 1,094
14. I'm a Monkey's Uncle (1948)
Approved | 16 min | Short, Comedy
Set in the stone age, the stooges are cavemen who must have various misadventures hunting, gathering, and otherwise coping with prehistoric life. When some other cavemen threaten to take ... See full summary »
Director: Jules White | Stars: Moe Howard, Larry Fine, Shemp Howard, Dee Green
Votes: 421
15. Pretty Boy (1993)
99 min | Comedy
With the top hitman in critical condition due to an ambush, his Ifugao-raised twin is called to proxy for him to confuse rivals. But this clueless substitute only gives the enemy a new target.
Director: Ben Feleo | Stars: Andrew E., Janno Gibbs, Anjo Yllana, Chuckie Dreyfus
Votes: 11
16. 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
17. Peculiar Patients' Pranks (1915)
10 min | Comedy, Short
In pursuit of a pretty miss,Luke gets admitted to a hospital.
Director: Hal Roach | Stars: Harold Lloyd, 'Snub' Pollard, Bebe Daniels, Gene Marsh
Votes: 26
18. Parasit (2015)
11 min | Short, Drama
A woman is chained to a factory rooftop. A man offers to rescue her. Things are not always what they seem.
Director: Diego Hauenstein | Stars: Silvan Frick, Sophie Hutter
Votes: 5
19.
Frasier (1993–2004)
Episode:
Miracle on Third or Fourth Street
(1993)
TV-PG | 30 min | Comedy
Frasier's plans for a merry Christmas with Frederick, Martin and Niles are derailed after Lilith cancels the plans to take Frederick to Austria.
Director: James Burrows | Stars: Kelsey Grammer, Jane Leeves, David Hyde Pierce, Peri Gilpin
Votes: 1,380
20.
The Hunger (1997–2000)
Episode:
Necros
(1997)
TV-MA | 28 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
William Cobb comes to New Orleans during Mardi Gras and falls in love with a beautiful woman with has a strange old man as a companion. Here true nature is revealed after a night of passion.
Director: Russell Mulcahy | Stars: Terence Stamp, Philip Casnoff, Céline Bonnier, Leonardo Cimino
Votes: 140
21.
Maid Marian and Her Merry Men (1989–1994)
Episode:
How the Band Got Together
(1989)
24 min | Adventure, Comedy, Family
Marian arrives in medieval Worksop and tries to sell her pet tadpole Edwina to vain tailor Robin of Kensington who has just finished making the Royal Underpants for King John. Rastafarian ... See full summary »
Director: David Bell | Stars: Kate Lonergan, Adam Morris, Danny John-Jules, Howard Lew Lewis
Votes: 39
22.
Three's Company (1976–1984)
Episode:
Alone Together
(1977)
TV-PG | Comedy
Chrissy is concerned when Jack does not make a move on her when they are left alone for the night.
Directors: Bill Hobin, Michael Ross | Stars: John Ritter, Joyce DeWitt, Suzanne Somers, Audra Lindley
Votes: 218
23.
Three's Company (1976–1984)
Episode:
The New Landlord
(1979)
TV-PG | 30 min | Comedy
The roommates are faced with eviction until Jack convinces Lana to have dinner with their new landlord, Mr. Furley.
Director: Dave Powers | Stars: John Ritter, Joyce DeWitt, Suzanne Somers, Ann Wedgeworth
Votes: 207
24.
Playing the Field (1998–2002)
Episode:
Episode #4.1
(2000)
Drama, Romance, Sport
Director: Alrick Riley | Stars: Chris Walker, James Ellis, Elizabeth Spriggs, Melanie Hill
25.
Rules of Engagement (2007–2013)
Episode:
Zygote
(2011)
TV-PG | 30 min | Comedy, Romance
Jeff makes more problems as he he and Audrey make final preparations for Brenda's surrogacy. Meanwhile, Russell and Timmy date women's professional basketball players, and Adam impersonates Jeff to get a shipment of Omaha steaks.
Director: Gail Mancuso | Stars: Patrick Warburton, Megyn Price, Oliver Hudson, Bianca Kajlich
Votes: 415
26.
Jessica Jones (2015–2019)
Episode:
A.K.A. The Sandwich Saved Me
(2015)
TV-MA | 50 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Despite Jessica's objections, Trish's new friend Simpson gets involved in the hunt for Kilgrave. Jessica recalls a pivotal moment in her life.
Director: Stephen Surjik | Stars: Krysten Ritter, Rachael Taylor, Wil Traval, Erin Moriarty
Votes: 5,676