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1. Inland Empire (2006)

R | 180 min | Drama, Fantasy, Mystery

As an actress begins to adopt the persona of her character in a film, her world becomes nightmarish and surreal.

Director: David Lynch | Stars: Karolina Gruszka, Krzysztof Majchrzak, Grace Zabriskie, Laura Dern

Votes: 62,114 | Gross: $0.75M

2. Intolerance (1916)

Passed | 163 min | Drama, History

The story of a poor young woman separated by prejudice from her husband and baby is interwoven with tales of intolerance from throughout history.

Director: D.W. Griffith | Stars: Lillian Gish, Robert Harron, Mae Marsh, F.A. Turner

Votes: 16,727 | Gross: $2.18M

3. Roman Scandals (1933)

Passed | 92 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Musical

A kind-hearted young man is thrown out of his corrupt home town of West Rome, Oklahoma. He falls asleep and dreams that he is back in the days of olden Rome, where he gets mixed up with court intrigue and a murder plot against the Emperor.

Director: Frank Tuttle | Stars: Eddie Cantor, Ruth Etting, Gloria Stuart, Edward Arnold

Votes: 804 | Gross: $5.33M

4. Murders in the Rue Morgue (1932)

Passed | 61 min | Crime, Horror, Mystery

A mad scientist seeks to mingle human blood with that of an ape, and resorts to kidnapping women for his experiments.

Director: Robert Florey | Stars: Bela Lugosi, Sidney Fox, Leon Ames, Bert Roach

Votes: 5,264

5. Girl on the Run (1953)

64 min | Crime, Film-Noir, Mystery

Police investigate a murder that occurred in a burlesque theater.

Directors: Arthur J. Beckhard, Joseph Lerner | Stars: Richard Coogan, Rosemary Pettit, Frank Albertson, Harry Bannister

Votes: 260

6. Man of Evil (1944)

90 min | Drama, Romance

Returning to 1870's London after finishing at boarding school, Fanny witnesses the death of her father in a fight with Lord Manderstoke. She then finds that her family has for many years ... See full summary »

Director: Anthony Asquith | Stars: Phyllis Calvert, James Mason, Wilfrid Lawson, Stewart Granger

Votes: 634

7. Nevada (1997)

R | 108 min | Drama

In the small town of Silver City, Nevada, daily life is very routine. The men work at a dam away from home and the women run the town. That is, until Chrysty, a mysterious beauty arrive to stir things up.

Director: Gary Tieche | Stars: Amy Brenneman, Ben Browder, James Wilder, Keith Anthony Bennett

Votes: 469

8. The Lucky Dog (1921)

17 min | Comedy, Short

In their first screen appearance together, Stan plays a penniless dog lover and Oliver plays a crook who tries to rob him and his new paramour.

Director: Jess Robbins | Stars: Oliver Hardy, Stan Laurel, Florence Gilbert, Jack Lloyd

Votes: 850

9. Captain Kidd's Kids (1919)

Passed | 20 min | Comedy, Short

After a wild bachelor party, our hero finds himself aboard a sailing vessel where he encounters numerous adventures. In a dream sequence, he fantasizes that the ship is seized by a band of female pirates.

Director: Hal Roach | Stars: Harold Lloyd, Bebe Daniels, 'Snub' Pollard, Fred C. Newmeyer

Votes: 539

10. The Kingdom of the Fairies (1903)

Not Rated | 16 min | Short, Adventure, Fantasy

In this spectacular free adaptation of the popular theatre play "La Biche au Bois", the valiant Prince Bel-Azor pursues a baleful old witch to her impregnable castle, to save the beautiful young Princess Azurine.

Director: Georges Méliès | Stars: Georges Méliès, Marguerite Thévenard, Bleuette Bernon, André Deed

Votes: 1,824

11. Tango Tangle (1914)

Not Rated | 12 min | Short, Comedy

Out of costume, Charlie is a clean-shaven dandy who, somewhat drunk, visits a dance hall. There the wardrobe girl has three rival admirers: the band leader, one of the musicians, and now Charlie.

Director: Mack Sennett | Stars: Charles Chaplin, Ford Sterling, Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle, Chester Conklin

Votes: 1,408

12. Queen of the Night Clubs (1929)

Passed | 60 min | Drama

Irked by the success of a brassy nightclub owner. her rivals set out to drive her out of business, and frame her for a murder in the bargain.

Director: Bryan Foy | Stars: Texas Guinan, John Davidson, Lila Lee, Arthur Housman

Votes: 21

13. Young and Beautiful (1934)

Approved | 68 min | Comedy, Music, Romance

A press agent convinces his boss to sign his girlfriend, June Dale to a studio contract. His relentless publicity stunts to brighten her star drive her into the arms of a wealthy admirer.

Director: Joseph Santley | Stars: William Haines, Judith Allen, Joseph Cawthorn, Ted Fio Rito Orchestra

Votes: 328

14. East of Borneo (1931)

Passed | 77 min | Adventure, Horror, Romance

Woman treks through jungle to find her missing husband.

Director: George Melford | Stars: Rose Hobart, Charles Bickford, Georges Renavent, Lupita Tovar

Votes: 254

15. The Temptation of St. Anthony (1898)

1 min | Short, Drama, Fantasy

The pious St. Anthony is tormented by visions of seductive women.

Director: Georges Méliès | Stars: Jehanne d'Alcy, Georges Méliès

Votes: 997

16. Back Stage (1919)

Not Rated | 26 min | Short, Comedy

Working their fingers to the bone to prepare the set for an upcoming performance, the enthusiastic stagehands, Roscoe and Buster, find themselves on stage when the cast quits. However, is will alone enough to earn a big round of applause?

Director: Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle | Stars: Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle, Buster Keaton, Al St. John, Charles A. Post

Votes: 1,408

17. Symphony in Black: A Rhapsody of Negro Life (1935)

Unrated | 9 min | Short, Music

Duke Ellington plays his symphonic jazz piece ('A Rhapsody of Negro Life') with his orchestra against slice-of-life background scenes. The four movements: 1) The Laborers, 2) A Triangle: ... See full summary »

Director: Fred Waller | Stars: Duke Ellington, Duke Ellington Orchestra, Barney Bigard, Billie Holiday

Votes: 279

18. The Dancing Girl of Izu (1933)

94 min | Drama, Romance

In this adaptation from Kawabata, a young student becomes friends with a brother and sister in a troupe of travelling entertainers, who perform at a geisha house in mining country.

Director: Heinosuke Gosho | Stars: Kinuyo Tanaka, Den Ôhinata, Tokuji Kobayashi, Kinuko Wakamizu

Votes: 120

19. Flirtation (1934)

Approved | 58 min | Drama, Music, Romance

A precode romantic melodrama about a burlesque dancer and a country boy who must pretend to be married.

Director: Leo Birinsky | Stars: Jeanette Loff, Ben Alexander, Arthur Tracy, Emma Dunn

Votes: 73

20. Gags and Gals (1936)

17 min | Comedy, Short, Musical

The first of the series of shorts, featuring magazine-and advertising illustrator and syndicated cartoonist Jefferson Machamer, produced by Educational Pictures, for 20th Century Fox ... See full summary »

Director: Al Christie | Stars: Jefferson Machamer, Prudence Hayes, Charles Kemper, Henry Jines

Votes: 27

21. Courtney Sanderson: Get Away (2023 Music Video)

5 min | Music

After a day of tele-working, it's time to have some fun. That's what Courtney thinks and she does it, with friends, with her boyfriend, at the beach or by the pool.

Director: Torey Thompson | Stars: Courtney Sanderson, Athena, Eriq Carver, Eclipse Darkness

22. Matchmaking Mamma (1929)

23 min | Comedy, Short

Mrs. McNitt tries to fix her daughter up with an eligible bachelor, who only has eyes for her stepdaughter. He mistakes his girl's affection for her father as something else. Hijinx ensue.

Director: Harry Edwards | Stars: Johnny Burke, Sally Eilers, Daphne Pollard, Matty Kemp

Votes: 125

23. Cow-Cow Boogie (1942)

3 min | Short, Comedy, Music

Soundie of Dorothy Dandridge performing the cowboy classic.

Director: Josef Berne | Stars: Dorothy Dandridge, Dudley Dickerson, Eugene Jackson, Artie Young

Votes: 64

24. A Night in a Dormitory (1930)

Not Rated | 22 min | Comedy, Musical, Short

The adventures of a schoolgirl in a nightclub as related by her to her dormitory sisters.

Director: Harry Delmar | Stars: Ginger Rogers, Ruth Hamilton, Thelma White, Si Wills

Votes: 125

25. Through the Breakers (1928)

55 min | Drama

An American man on a South Pacific Island receives a dear John letter from his fiancee. A lovely native girl decides to console him. Then, fate washes a woman ashore from a sinking ship.

Director: Joseph Boyle | Stars: Margaret Livingston, Holmes Herbert, Clyde Cook, Natalie Joyce

Votes: 32

26. Le départ d'Arlequin et de Pierrette (1900)

Not Rated | 2 min | Short

Preserved by Filmoteca de Catalunya, Barcelona, PIERRETTE'S ESCAPADES retains the original hand-tinting from the film's release in 1900. Director Alice Guy adapts a brief sequence from the ... See full summary »

Director: Alice Guy

Votes: 302

27. The Show (II) (1922)

Passed | 20 min | Comedy, Short

A harried propman backstage at a theater must put up with malfunctioning wind machines, roosters that spit nitroglycerine, and a gang planning to rob the theater's payroll.

Directors: Larry Semon, Norman Taurog | Stars: Larry Semon, Oliver Hardy, Frank Alexander, Lucille Carlisle

Votes: 160

28. The Irresistible Piano (1907)

4 min | Short, Comedy

A man starts playing a piano. Neighbors hearing the music begin dancing, and are drawn to the music, dropping what they are doing to join the impromptu dance party.

Director: Alice Guy

Votes: 219

29. Bad Boy (1925)

TV-G | 19 min | Comedy, Short

Jimmy returns from college and works at his father's iron foundry and helps his mom with a charity event. He goes to a tough dance hall to impress his girl, where he mistaken for a notorious gangster.

Director: Leo McCarey | Stars: Charley Chase, Martha Sleeper, Evelyn Burns, Hardee Kirkland

Votes: 155

30. The Tulips (1907)

4 min | Short, Fantasy

In a bower of giant tulips a boy and girl practice flower magic. They cause flowers and birds to open and human forms to issue therefrom, and on the black background of the wonderful garden... See full summary »

Director: Segundo de Chomón

Votes: 192

31. A Naughty Nurse (1928)

19 min | Short, Comedy

The titular nurse at a health resort may not be naughty as the title suggests, but one patient in particular is. Some trick shooting, an homage to William Tell, some bathing beauties and Gypsies all add to the madcap fun.

Director: Robert McKenzie | Stars: Jack Cooper, Marvin Lovak, Ida May, Ella McKenzie

32. The Lion and the Souse (1924)

Comedy, Short

A high-society woman films a vanity film of her dancing with a group of women. The premiere takes an hilariously disastrous turn when a lion gets loose.

Director: Harry Edwards | Stars: Charlotte Mineau, Vernon Dent, Leo Sulky, Andy Clyde

Votes: 20

33. Nifty Nurses (1934)

Approved | 20 min | Comedy, Musical, Short

Scantilly clad, irreverent nurses keep things cheerful by singing.

Director: Leigh Jason | Stars: Johnny Downs, Sally Sweet, Billy Gilbert, Billy Wells

Votes: 27

34. Krev Sestra (2012)

Not Rated | 5 min | Short, Thriller

Two friends discover they are dating the same man, and seek revenge.

Director: Nina Tanneberger | Stars: Samantha Barruel, Jackson Blair-West, Tess Sebastian

35. Harem Scarem (1932)

20 min | Short, Comedy

When a fortune teller tells Henry about a previous life, his imagination runs wild. Robin Hood rescues the platinum-blonde princess in ancient Baghdad--with Henry playing the part of Robin, of course.

Director: Albert Ray | Stars: Al St. John, Robert Strange, Aileen Cook, Harriet Nelson

36. Mothers (I) (2019)

11 min | Short, Comedy

Two women explore the themes of Empty Nest Syndrome and transition, over the course of one night's misadventures in a hotel hot tub.

Director: Leslie Murphy | Stars: Nan McNamara, Treva Tegtmeier, Summer Marie Thomas

Votes: 6

37. Dew Drop Inn (1919)

Comedy, Short

A lawman out to get moonshiners runs into a female director filming a movie with a female cast. Chaos ensues.

Director: Larry Semon | Stars: Larry Semon, Lucille Carlisle, Frank Alexander, Frank Hayes

Votes: 20

38. Your Feet's Too Big (1941)

3 min | Short, Comedy, Music

Soundie performance by Fats Waller of this titular song accompanied by dancers and a very big hat.

Director: Warren Murray | Stars: Fats Waller, Hilda Brown, Vivian Brown, Winnie Johnson

Votes: 17

39. Take the A-Train (1941)

3 min | Short, Music

Soundie of the Delta Rhythm Boys' version of the eponymous classic song, accompanied by some dancing beauties.

Director: Robert R. Snody | Stars: Delta Rhythm Boys, Lee Gaines, Traverse Crawford, Clinton Holland

Votes: 29

40. New Zealand: The White Man's Paradise (1933)

Documentary, Short

An Eurocentric travelogue highlighting New Zealand's people, culture and natural beauty.

Star: James A. FitzPatrick

Votes: 6

41. Ain't Misbehavin' (1941)

3 min | Short, Music

Fats Waller performs his classic hit accompanied by his big band and a bevy of beauties.

Director: Warren Murray | Stars: Fats Waller, Hilda Brown, Myra Johnson, Betti Mays

Votes: 43

42. Christopher Columbus (1904)

12 min | Drama, Adventure, Short

Early period piece showing a brief and Euro-centric view of Christopher Columbis' landing in the New World, his triumphant return to Spain with Native Americans and wildlife, and his eventual disgrace.

Director: Vincent Lorant-Heilbronn | Star: Vincenzo Denizot

Votes: 83

43. The Magic Word (1935)

17 min | Short, Comedy

A couple of hecklers ruin a magician's act when the magician asks for an audience volunteer.

Director: Al Christie | Stars: Tom Howard, George Shelton, Walter Armin, Jean Stuart

44. Slow Poke (1933)

10 min | Short, Musical

When is wife makes her radio singing debut, her lazy-bones husband is too lazy to lift a finger. Includes the classic song "Lazy Bones."

Director: Sig Herzig | Stars: Stepin Fetchit, Lethia Hill, Una La Bek, Katherine Smith

Votes: 10

45. Kehoe's Marimba Band (1944)

Approved | 11 min | Short, Music

Ben K. Blake went out his way to ensure that vaudeville wouldn't die, and his series of film shorts virtually guaranteed it would. This one features Reg Keyoe and his All-Girl Marimba Band,... See full summary »

Director: Ben K. Blake | Stars: Reg Kehoe, Reg Kehoe and His Marimba Queens, Andy Mayo, Florence Mayo

46. The Dick Van Dyke Show (1961–1966)
Episode: The Alan Brady Show Presents (1963)

TV-G | 30 min | Comedy, Family

It's the first Christmas presentation of The Alan Brady Show where he turns the spotlight upon his talented staff to entertain the TV public.

Director: Jerry Paris | Stars: Dick Van Dyke, Rose Marie, Morey Amsterdam, Larry Mathews

Votes: 299

47. Xena: Warrior Princess (1995–2001)
Episode: The Quill Is Mightier... (1998)

Not Rated | 45 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

When a miffed Aphrodite casts a charm on Gabrielle's scroll so that anything she writes comes true, she is delighted at the chance to do good -- and astonished when her acts leads to unintended consequences.

Director: Andrew Merrifield | Stars: Lucy Lawless, Renée O'Connor, Ted Raimi, Alexandra Tydings

Votes: 547

48. Babylon Berlin (2017– )
Episode: Episode #3.5 (2020)

TV-MA | 45 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

Rath, Charlotte and Böhm attend Rot's mysterious event. Nyssen visits Helga, who questions her recent actions. Greta returns to court for sentencing.

Directors: Henk Handloegten, Tom Tykwer, Achim von Borries | Stars: Volker Bruch, Liv Lisa Fries, Leonie Benesch, Lars Eidinger

Votes: 619

49. Beautiful Excursions (2006– )
Episode: Au rythme du Brésil (2019)

88 min | Documentary

Beginning of the journey in Salvador de Bahia: Tiga meets Bira Santos , a musician and they walk to the "Pelourinho square: they see the house of Jorge Amado and Bira speaks about the ... See full summary »

Director: Damien Pourageaux | Star: Tiga

50. Servant (2019–2023)
Episode: Ring (2022)

TV-MA | 26 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery

Leanne continues to be upset by other people. Bad luck strikes the Turner brownstone.

Director: Dylan Holmes Williams | Stars: Lauren Ambrose, Toby Kebbell, Nell Tiger Free, Rupert Grint

Votes: 796