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1. Reckless (1935)
Not Rated | 97 min | Comedy, Drama, Musical
Wealthy Bob Harrison buys all the seats in the theatre to watch Mona Leslie's musical by himself. He loves her, her agent Ned Riley loves her. Conflict ensues.
Director: Victor Fleming | Stars: Jean Harlow, William Powell, Franchot Tone, May Robson
Votes: 1,513
2. August Rush (2007)
PG | 114 min | Drama, Music
A musically gifted orphan, Evan, runs away from his orphanage and searches New York City for his birth parents. On his journey, he's taken under the wing of the Wizard, a homeless man who lives in an abandoned theater.
Director: Kirsten Sheridan | Stars: Freddie Highmore, Keri Russell, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Terrence Howard
Votes: 111,193 | Gross: $31.66M
3. The Killing of a Chinese Bookie (1976)
R | 135 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A proud strip club owner is forced to come to terms with himself as a man when his gambling addiction gets him in hot water with the mob, who offer him only one alternative.
Director: John Cassavetes | Stars: Ben Gazzara, Timothy Carey, Seymour Cassel, Robert Phillips
Votes: 14,785
4. Hello, My Name Is Doris (2015)
R | 90 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A self-help seminar inspires a sixty-something woman to romantically pursue her younger co-worker.
Director: Michael Showalter | Stars: Sally Field, Max Greenfield, Tyne Daly, Wendi McLendon-Covey
Votes: 22,491 | Gross: $14.44M
5. The Magic Flute (1975)
G | 135 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Music
The story of the prince Tamino and his zestful sidekick Papageno, who are sent on a mission to save a beautiful princess from the clutches of evil.
Director: Ingmar Bergman | Stars: Ulrik Cold, Josef Köstlinger, Irma Urrila, Håkan Hagegård
Votes: 5,273
6. $ (1971)
R | 121 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
A bank security expert plots with a call girl to rob three safety deposit boxes containing $1.5 million in cash belonging to three very different criminals from a high-tech security bank in Hamburg, Germany.
Director: Richard Brooks | Stars: Warren Beatty, Goldie Hawn, Gert Fröbe, Robert Webber
Votes: 2,890 | Gross: $4.40M
7. Night and Day (1946)
Approved | 128 min | Biography, Drama, Musical
A fictionalized biopic of composer Cole Porter from his days at Yale in the 1910s through the height of his success to the 1940s.
Director: Michael Curtiz | Stars: Cary Grant, Alexis Smith, Monty Woolley, Ginny Simms
Votes: 3,211
8. Paranoid (I) (2000)
Not Rated | 93 min | Crime, Horror, Thriller
A fashion model, living in London, attends a dinner party in the country side. Her "friend" just leaves and she's stuck there. She's drugged, abused and filmed. She tries to escape and is chained. Who'll help?
Director: John Duigan | Stars: Jessica Alba, Iain Glen, Jeanne Tripplehorn, Ewen Bremner
Votes: 2,400
9. Never Love a Stranger (1958)
Not Rated | 91 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
Following the life of an orphan and the events that change his life and lead him into a life of crime.
Director: Robert Stevens | Stars: John Drew Barrymore, Lita Milan, Robert Bray, Steve McQueen
Votes: 418
10. Julia Misbehaves (1948)
Approved | 99 min | Comedy, Romance
A London chorus girl tries to rekindle her relationships with her daughter, whom she gave up as an infant, and her estranged husband, when the former becomes engaged.
Director: Jack Conway | Stars: Greer Garson, Walter Pidgeon, Peter Lawford, Elizabeth Taylor
Votes: 1,196
11. The Touch (2002)
PG-13 | 103 min | Action, Adventure, Romance
A sister and brother, the last heirs of a family of acrobats, are called upon by a Buddhist monk sect to retrieve an artifact that their ancestors have protected throughout the ages.
Director: Peter Pau | Stars: Michelle Yeoh, Ben Chaplin, Richard Roxburgh, Sihung Lung
Votes: 1,764
12. I'll Take Sweden (1965)
Approved | 97 min | Comedy
An executive, unhappy with his daughter's choice for a future husband, accepts a transfer to his firm's Stockholm branch and takes her along, only to discover that Sweden is far more sexually liberal than the United States.
Director: Frederick De Cordova | Stars: Bob Hope, Dina Merrill, Tuesday Weld, Frankie Avalon
Votes: 974
13. Jamboree! (1957)
Not Rated | 86 min | Musical
Pete Porter and Honey Wynn become overnight sensations as a romantic singing duo. But what will become of their budding love affair when their feuding, back-stabbing managers persuade them ... See full summary »
Director: Roy Lockwood | Stars: Fats Domino, Jerry Lee Lewis, Jimmy Bowen, Buddy Knox
Votes: 323
14. Jiggery Pokery (1994 TV Movie)
60 min | Drama, Musical
The story begins at the stage door after a performance. A cabaret somewhere presenting songs from Dietrich to pop performed by various artists.
Director: Sophie Muller | Stars: Antony Harwood, Siobhan Fahey, Jaye Davidson, Ute Lemper
Votes: 48
15. I Found Stella Parish (1935)
Approved | 85 min | Drama, Romance
A theatrical star abruptly leaves England to escape her secret past, while a newspaper reporter follows her trail to America to get the scoop.
Director: Mervyn LeRoy | Stars: Kay Francis, Ian Hunter, Paul Lukas, Sybil Jason
Votes: 579
16. Curtains (1995)
12 min | Short
An actress, having just discovered she's been dumped, questions everything around her in the 15 minutes before the curtain comes up and she must take her place on stage.
Directors: Mark Morgenstern, Stephanie Morgenstern | Stars: Stephanie Morgenstern, Andrew Tarbet, Maxim Roy, Cary Lawrence
Votes: 12
17.
The Twilight Zone (1959–1964)
Episode:
The Dummy
(1962)
TV-PG | 25 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Ventriloquist Jerry Etherson is convinced that his dummy, Willie, is alive and evil. He locks Willie in a trunk and makes plans for a new act with a new dummy. Too bad he didn't clear those plans with Willie first.
Director: Abner Biberman | Stars: Cliff Robertson, Frank Sutton, George Murdock, John Harmon
Votes: 2,647
18.
El juego de las llaves (2019– )
Episode:
Make Me Crazy... Yay Yay Yay
(2019)
TV-MA | 30 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
True feelings come out. There are passions that cannot be repressed and everyone seems willing to experiment, although this could destroy homes, couples, friendships and, above all, commitments supposedly made for life.
Director: Javier Colinas | Stars: Maite Perroni, Humberto Busto, Fabiola Campomanes, Hugo Catalán
Votes: 76
19.
Project Runway (2004– )
Episode:
Finale: Part II
(2008)
TV-PG | Reality-TV
The final runway and so much to do; editing, model selection, fitting, and maybe even create a new dress or two. What does Tim think? What do the judges think?
Director: Paul Starkman | Stars: Heidi Klum, Tim Gunn, Polina Frantsena, Kenley Collins
Votes: 38
20.
Euphoria (2019– )
Episode:
The Theater and Its Double
(2022)
TV-MA | 58 min | Drama
Art imitates life as the East Highland crew watches their complicated dynamics reflected in Lexi's long-awaited play.
Director: Sam Levinson | Stars: Zendaya, Hunter Schafer, Nika King, Eric Dane
Votes: 8,722
21.
Euphoria (2019– )
Episode:
All My Life, My Heart Has Yearned for a Thing I Cannot Name
(2022)
TV-MA | 61 min | Drama
Snippets of memory collide with the present and future.
Director: Sam Levinson | Stars: Zendaya, Hunter Schafer, Nika King, Eric Dane
Votes: 7,029
22.
Project Runway (2004– )
Episode:
Finale Part 2
(2010)
TV-PG | 85 min | Reality-TV
Competition reality series, where each week budding fashion designers face challenges and elimination as they compete for cash and prizes.
Director: Craig Spirko | Stars: Heidi Klum, Tim Gunn, Michael Kors, Nina Garcia
Votes: 39
23.
The Super Models (2023– )
Episode:
The Power
(2023)
Documentary
Taking the world by storm, the women become the faces of '90s culture until shifting perceptions and a controversial remark shake things up.
Directors: Larissa Bills, Roger Ross Williams | Stars: Naomi Campbell, Cindy Crawford, Edward Enninful, Linda Evangelista
Votes: 58
24.
Starstruck (2021–2023)
Episode:
Episode #3.3
(2023)
TV-MA | 21 min | Comedy, Romance
Jessie and Tom's connection sparks up again. Jessie has to decide if pursuing an old flame is a good idea. She finds herself face to face with his new partner Clem, who is lovely to her, while Cath the agent gives her a harsh grilling.
Directors: Rose Matafeo, Alice Snedden | Stars: Rob Auton, Carrie Cohen, Minnie Driver, Constance Labbé
Votes: 63
25.
Murdoch Mysteries (2008– )
Episode:
The Filmed Adventures of Detective William Murdoch
(2013)
TV-PG | 44 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Detective Murdoch and many others attend a special showing of a film that will also include sound. The man behind the scheme is James Pendrick and his main competitor, Thomas Edison, is ... See full summary »
Director: Gail Harvey | Stars: Yannick Bisson, Thomas Craig, Helene Joy, Jonny Harris
Votes: 398