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1. Sleepless in Seattle (1993)

PG | 105 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

A recently widowed man's son calls a radio talk-show in an attempt to find his father a partner.

Director: Nora Ephron | Stars: Tom Hanks, Meg Ryan, Ross Malinger, Rita Wilson

Votes: 190,949 | Gross: $126.53M

2. Allied (2016)

R | 124 min | Action, Drama, Romance

In 1942, a Canadian intelligence officer in North Africa encounters a female French Resistance fighter on a deadly mission behind enemy lines. When they reunite in London, their relationship is tested by the pressures of war.

Director: Robert Zemeckis | Stars: Brad Pitt, Marion Cotillard, Jared Harris, Vincent Ebrahim

Votes: 169,819 | Gross: $40.10M

3. Emperor of the North (1973)

PG | 118 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

In 1933, during the Depression, Shack the brutal conductor of the number 19 train has a personal vendetta against the best train hopping hobo tramp in the Northwest, A No. 1.

Director: Robert Aldrich | Stars: Lee Marvin, Ernest Borgnine, Keith Carradine, Charles Tyner

Votes: 7,074 | Gross: $0.09M

4. The Andromeda Strain (2008)

44 min | Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi

A crack team of top scientists work feverishly in a secret, state-of-the-art laboratory to discover what has killed the citizens of a small town and learn how this deadly contagion can be stopped.

Stars: Benjamin Bratt, Christa Miller, Ricky Schroder, Louis Ferreira

Votes: 14,613

5. Night Must Fall (1937)

Passed | 116 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller

When a rich but cantankerous dowager on an isolated estate hires an engaging handyman, her niece/companion becomes suspicious of his motives.

Director: Richard Thorpe | Stars: Robert Montgomery, Rosalind Russell, May Whitty, Alan Marshal

Votes: 2,955

6. Whispering Smith (1948)

Passed | 88 min | Western

Legendary railroad detective Whispering Smith becomes convinced that old friend and colleague Murray Sinclair has joined a criminal band to loot the railroad.

Director: Leslie Fenton | Stars: Alan Ladd, Robert Preston, Brenda Marshall, Donald Crisp

Votes: 1,386

7. La fin du monde (1931)

105 min | Drama, Sci-Fi

The two Novalic brothers, Jean and Martial, are in love with the same woman, Genevieve. Jean is an impoverished actor and an idealistic dreamer, who does not want Genevieve to share in his ... See full summary »

Director: Abel Gance | Stars: Abel Gance, Colette Darfeuil, Sylvie Gance, Jeanne Brindeau

Votes: 353

8. The Garden of Sinners: Remaining Sense of Pain (2008)

58 min | Animation, Action, Crime

July 1998: Mikiya finds a confused Fujino Asagami crouched in an alley and noticing she is suffering from pain in her abdomen. Mikiya accompanies her to his apartment where she falls asleep... See full summary »

Director: Mitsuru Obunai | Stars: Maaya Sakamoto, Ken'ichi Suzumura, Takako Honda, Ayumi Fujimura

Votes: 1,962

9. The World of Fantasy (2021)

TV-PG | Action, Adventure, Drama

Qin Lie, a young man possessed the Soul Suppressing Orb which held great secrets and unlocked his limitless potential. After countless close calls and many tense encounters, Qin Lie finally discovered the long-hidden truth about his past.

Stars: Chengcheng Fan, Tonglan Qiu, Cheng Xiao, Tu-Te-Ha-Meng

Votes: 65

10. The Steel Trap (1952)

Passed | 85 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir

A Los Angeles bank assistant-manager devises a plan to steal money from the bank's vault and to flee to Brazil with his unsuspecting wife.

Director: Andrew L. Stone | Stars: Joseph Cotten, Teresa Wright, Jonathan Hale, Walter Sande

Votes: 1,201

11. Highway 301 (1950)

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

Led by a psychopathic killer, a vicious gang of armed robbers terrorizes Virginia, Maryland and North Carolina, robbing banks and payrolls and murdering anyone who might identify them.

Director: Andrew L. Stone | Stars: William P. Lane Jr., John S. Battle, W. Kerr Scott, Steve Cochran

Votes: 1,117

12. Steep (I) (2007)

PG | 92 min | Documentary, Sport

Steep traces the legacy of extreme skiing from its early pioneers to the daredevils of today.

Director: Mark Obenhaus | Stars: Ingrid Backstrom, Anselme Baud, Bill Briggs, Doug Coombs

Votes: 696 | Gross: $0.26M

13. Cache Cash (1994)

90 min | Adventure, Comedy, Crime

Antoine, 11, is on holiday with his grandfather. One night he catches thieves hiding their booty in a pond. Antoine seizes the 40 million. But Liza, his new friend, is the daughter of one of the criminals. Both children soon face threats.

Director: Claude Pinoteau | Stars: Michel Duchaussoy, Georges Wilson, Jean-Pierre Darroussin, Joséphine Serre

Votes: 125

14. Morris the Midget Moose (1950)

Approved | 8 min | Animation, Short, Comedy

A bootle beetle elder tells the story of Morris, the moose about the size of a rabbit. Thunderclap the moose is taking on all challengers, and Morris decides to try, much to the amusement ... See full summary »

Director: Charles Nichols | Stars: Pinto Colvig, James MacDonald, Dink Trout

Votes: 336

15. Rainbow Six Real Life (2015 Video)

5 min | Short, Action

An Italian advertisement created by Ubisoft featuring the Melagodo crew to advertise the videogame Rainbow Six Siege.

Director: Giacomo Talamini | Stars: Daniele Battaglia, Matteo Colombo, Lucien Dodge, Francesco Faretra

16. Speed Week (1957)

Approved | 8 min | Documentary, Short, Sport

This Sportscope entry chronicles the automobile races staged as part of Speed Week, held annually in Nassau, Bahamas.

Director: Howard Winner | Stars: André Baruch, Alfonso de Portago, Masten Gregory, James Kimberly

Votes: 64

17. Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955–1962)
Episode: Crack of Doom (1956)

TV-14 | 30 min | Drama, Mystery

A no-limit game of poker brings a real estate man to the brink of ruin.

Director: James Neilson | Stars: Alfred Hitchcock, Robert Horton, Robert Middleton, Gail Kobe

Votes: 753

18. Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955–1962)
Episode: One More Mile to Go (1957)

TV-14 | 26 min | Drama, Mystery

Sam Jacoby has his wife's corpse in the trunk of his car, and is menaced by a motorcycle cop, who nags him about a taillight.

Director: Alfred Hitchcock | Stars: Alfred Hitchcock, David Wayne, Steve Brodie, Louise Larabee

Votes: 915

19. Little Men (1998–1999)
Episode: Opposites Attract (1999)

TV-PG | 45 min | Drama, Family

Amy and Laurie struggle through a marital dry spell while Fritz develops an interest in a most unlikely young woman.

Director: Michael Kennedy | Stars: Michelle Burke, Spencer Rochfort, Corey Sevier, Trevor Blumas

Votes: 11

20. Mission: Impossible (1966–1973)
Episode: Time Bomb (1969)

TV-PG | 50 min | Action, Adventure, Crime

Anton Malek is a mole sent years ago to monitor the nuclear program of an Iron Curtain nation. Suffering from a terminal illness, Malek has become a rogue agent and rigged a nuclear reactor... See full summary »

Director: Murray Golden | Stars: Peter Graves, Leonard Nimoy, Greg Morris, Peter Lupus

Votes: 153

21. Suspense (1949–1954)
Episode: Post Mortem (1949)

Not Rated | 30 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery

Following the sudden death of her husband, Josie marries Doc Archer, the man named beneficiary of her husband's life insurance policy. Investigator Westcott is suspicious after learning the... See full summary »

Director: Robert Stevens | Stars: Sidney Blackmer, Peggy Conklin, Richard Coogan, Julian Noa

Votes: 52

22. Taxi (1978–1983)
Episode: Alex Tastes Death and Finds a Nice Restaurant (1979)

TV-PG | 30 min | Comedy

After being shot in his cab, Alex quits the garage and takes a job as a waiter at a high-class French restaurant.

Director: James Burrows | Stars: Judd Hirsch, Jeff Conaway, Danny DeVito, Marilu Henner

Votes: 198

23. Tru Calling (2003–2005)
Episode: Enough (2005)

TV-14 | Drama, Fantasy, Mystery

Jensen, Tru's new boyfriend, is killed but doesn't ask Tru for help. Tru searches the county looking for a body to ask for help so that she can rewind and save Jensen from dying.

Director: Guy Norman Bee | Stars: Eliza Dushku, Zach Galifianakis, Shawn Reaves, Jason Priestley

Votes: 245

24. Pocoyo (2005– )
Episode: Sleepy Bird's Surprise (2005)

TV-Y | Animation, Comedy, Family

Sleepy Bird's egg falls out of her nest. Pocoyo and Pato try to put it back, but Sleepy Bird is on a very high branch.

Directors: David Cantolla, Guillermo Garcia | Stars: Stephen Fry, Alex Marty

Votes: 13

25. The Carlos Watson Show (2020– )
Episode: Congresswoman Katie Porter on Her January 6th Close Call (2021)

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Stars: Katie Porter, Carlos Watson

26. Spartacus (2010–2013)
Episode: Great and Unfortunate Things (2010)

TV-MA | 51 min | Action, Adventure, Biography

Spartacus is forced to play a roman fighter in the games against a group of thracians, as he recalls his wife and how he met her. Meanwhile, there are some mysteries surrounding Barca's freedom as Pietros tries to deal with it.

Director: Jesse Warn | Stars: Andy Whitfield, John Hannah, Peter Mensah, Manu Bennett

Votes: 3,247

27. Paradox (2009–2010)
Episode: Episode #1.2 (2009)

TV-14 | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Sci-Fi

Christian King's Prometheus lab receives eight pictures, seven of which predict that a schoolboy called Jack Barclay will drown in an underground sewer. Jack has played truant with older ... See full summary »

Director: Simon Cellan Jones | Stars: Tamzin Outhwaite, Emun Elliott, Mark Bonnar, Chiké Okonkwo

Votes: 130

28. The History Guy: History Deserves to Be Remembered (2017– )
Episode: 3 Presidential Close Calls (2021)

14 min | Documentary, History

Several presidents have died in office, Others have come close to death. Here are three presidential near death experiences that are all but forgotten because the president survived. A ... See full summary »

Star: Lance Geiger

29. Dinosaur Planet (2003– )
Episode: Alpha's Egg (2003)

Not Rated | 48 min | Documentary, Animation, Family

Encounters in the parallel lives of an herbivorous sauropod named Alpha and a carnivorous theropod named Dragonfly are chronicled. Hatched in the same season, Dragonfly and other predators ... See full summary »

Director: Pierre de Lespinois | Stars: Christian Slater, Scott Sampson, Lutz Riedel, Ana Claudia Talancón

Votes: 41

30. Urban Legends (2007–2011)
Episode: Close Calls (2011)

PG-13 | 24 min | Crime, Drama, Fantasy

A female serial killer goes on a crime spree; a man avoids death; a married couple's infidelities.

Stars: Michael Allcock, Christian Bako, Trina Brooks, Rebecca Crawford

Votes: 10

31. Sam and Colby: The Paranormal (2015– )
Episode: The Haunted Secrets of Griffith Park (2019)

Not Rated | 42 min | Adventure, History, Horror

Ever heard of Hollywood? Pfft of course you have. The iconic town of famous celebrities, horrible franchises and it's beautiful town. However, there is one part of the town that no one ... See full summary »

Directors: Colby Brock, Sam Golbach | Stars: Colby Brock, Sam Golbach, Corey Scherer, Jake Webber

Votes: 7

32. Vatican Girl: The Disappearance of Emanuela Orlandi (2022)
Episode: Part 3 (2022)

TV-14 | 55 min | Documentary, Crime, History

A man steps forward claiming to have orchestrated the kidnapping of Emanuela. But the more he reveals, the more his credibility comes into question.

Director: Mark Lewis | Stars: Pietro Orlandi, Natalina Orlandi, Andrea Purgatori, Fabrizio Peronaci

Votes: 196

33. The Company You Keep (2023)
Episode: Company Man (2023)

TV-PG | 43 min | Crime, Drama

Charlie becomes Emma's new CIA asset and is tasked with spying on Daphne while they attend the event together, causing Emma to feel jealous. Leo reveals to Birdie the real reason Simon abandoned her and Ollie.

Director: James Takata | Stars: Milo Ventimiglia, Catherine Haena Kim, Sarah Wayne Callies, Polly Draper

Votes: 234

34. Swamp People (2010– )
Episode: Lethal Encounters (2014)

TV-PG | 44 min | Action, Reality-TV

The most-dangerous moments from the series are recalled.

Stars: Troy Landry, R.J. Molinere, Jay Paul Molinere, Liz Cavalier

Votes: 10

35. Modern Family (2009–2020)
Episode: Ringmaster Keifth (2017)

TV-PG | 21 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

Cam wants to throw a New Year's Day feast for the family. Phil's father arrives with his new girlfriend, who happens to be Phil's childhood babysitter. Gloria and Jay must decide who will ... See full summary »

Director: James Alan Hensz | Stars: Ed O'Neill, Sofía Vergara, Julie Bowen, Ty Burrell

Votes: 1,689