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1. The Favourite (2018)

R | 119 min | Biography, Comedy, Drama

In early 18th-century England, the status quo at the court is upset when a new servant arrives and endears herself to a frail Queen Anne.

Director: Yorgos Lanthimos | Stars: Olivia Colman, Emma Stone, Rachel Weisz, Nicholas Hoult

Votes: 233,438 | Gross: $34.37M

2. The Falling (2014)

Not Rated | 102 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller

It's 1969 at a strict English girls' school where charismatic Abbie and intense and troubled Lydia are best friends. After a tragedy occurs at the school, a mysterious fainting epidemic breaks out threatening the stability of all involved.

Director: Carol Morley | Stars: Maxine Peake, Maisie Williams, Florence Pugh, Anna Burnett

Votes: 7,939

3. Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936)

Not Rated | 115 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

A unassuming greeting card poet from a small town in Vermont heads to New York City upon inheriting a massive fortune and is immediately hounded by those who wish to take advantage of him.

Director: Frank Capra | Stars: Gary Cooper, Jean Arthur, George Bancroft, Lionel Stander

Votes: 23,211

4. Stage Fright (1950)

Approved | 110 min | Film-Noir, Mystery, Thriller

A struggling actress tries to help a friend prove his innocence after he's accused of murdering the husband of a high-society entertainer.

Director: Alfred Hitchcock | Stars: Marlene Dietrich, Jane Wyman, Richard Todd, Michael Wilding

Votes: 16,144

5. Corsage (2022)

114 min | Biography, Drama, History

A fictional account of one year in the life of Empress Elisabeth Of Austria. On Christmas Eve 1877, Elisabeth, once idolized for her beauty, turns 40 and is officially deemed an old woman; she starts trying to maintain her public image.

Director: Marie Kreutzer | Stars: Vicky Krieps, Florian Teichtmeister, Katharina Lorenz, Jeanne Werner

Votes: 9,682

6. Nicholas Nickleby (2002)

PG | 132 min | Adventure, Drama, Romance

A young, compassionate man struggles to save his family and friends from the abusive exploitation of his cold-heartedly grasping uncle.

Director: Douglas McGrath | Stars: Charlie Hunnam, Jamie Bell, Christopher Plummer, Jim Broadbent

Votes: 13,665 | Gross: $1.59M

7. How to Steal a Million (1966)

Approved | 123 min | Comedy, Crime, Romance

The daughter of an art forger teams up with a burglar to steal one of her father's forgeries and protect his secret.

Director: William Wyler | Stars: Audrey Hepburn, Peter O'Toole, Eli Wallach, Hugh Griffith

Votes: 29,859

8. The Thing Called Love (1993)

PG-13 | 116 min | Comedy, Drama, Music

Newcomers to the country-music business seek love and stardom.

Director: Peter Bogdanovich | Stars: River Phoenix, Samantha Mathis, Dermot Mulroney, Sandra Bullock

Votes: 8,762 | Gross: $1.03M

9. Murder by Contract (1958)

Approved | 81 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir

Claude is a ruthless and efficient contract killer - until he finds his next target is a woman.

Director: Irving Lerner | Stars: Vince Edwards, Phillip Pine, Herschel Bernardi, Caprice Toriel

Votes: 4,364

10. The Secret of the Sword (1985)

G | 100 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

Prince Adam is sent to the world of Etheria to find his long abducted sister, Adora, and awaken her to her own destiny.

Directors: Ed Friedman, Lou Kachivas, Marsh Lamore, Bill Reed, Gwen Wetzler | Stars: John Erwin, Melendy Britt, Alan Oppenheimer, Linda Gary

Votes: 3,293 | Gross: $7.66M

11. Get Real (1998)

R | 108 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

A tenderly romantic coming-of-age story as two boys in a British school fall in love.

Director: Simon Shore | Stars: Ben Silverstone, Brad Gorton, Charlotte Brittain, Stacy Hart

Votes: 14,678 | Gross: $1.20M

12. I Am Jonas (2018 TV Movie)

82 min | Drama, Mystery, Romance

Two moments of Jonas's life intertwine, each reflecting the other: in 1995, when he was a secretive teenager, and 18 years later, as an attractive and impulsive thirty-something looking for balance in his life.

Director: Christophe Charrier | Stars: Félix Maritaud, Nicolas Bauwens, Tommy-Lee Baïk, Aure Atika

Votes: 7,074

13. Carry on Cruising (1962)

Not Rated | 89 min | Comedy, Romance

Captain Crowther's lot is not a happy one! Five of his crew have to be replaced and at such short notice before the voyage begins there isn't much to choose from. Not only does he get the ... See full summary »

Directors: Gerald Thomas, Ralph Thomas | Stars: Sidney James, Kenneth Williams, Kenneth Connor, Liz Fraser

Votes: 3,213

14. Paradise for Three (1938)

Passed | 78 min | Romance, Comedy

A wealthy business man, out of touch with real folks, decides to mingle and see what it is really all about.

Director: Edward Buzzell | Stars: Frank Morgan, Robert Young, Mary Astor, Edna May Oliver

Votes: 628

15. Mysteries of Lisbon (2011–2020)

Not Rated | 317 min | Drama, Mystery, Romance

Follows a jealous countess, a wealthy businessman, and a young orphaned boy across Portugal, France, Italy and Brazil where they connect with a variety of mysterious individuals.

Stars: Adriano Luz, Maria João Bastos, Ricardo Pereira, João Arrais

Votes: 3,608 | Gross: $0.11M

16. I Love You Again (1940)

Passed | 99 min | Comedy, Romance

Boring businessman Larry Wilson recovers from amnesia and discovers he's really a con man...and loves his soon-to-be-ex wife.

Director: W.S. Van Dyke | Stars: William Powell, Myrna Loy, Frank McHugh, Edmund Lowe

Votes: 3,802

17. The Gal Who Took the West (1949)

Approved | 84 min | Western

In order to gain passage to the West, a woman poses as an opera singer, and causes a feud between two cousins.

Director: Frederick De Cordova | Stars: Yvonne De Carlo, Charles Coburn, Scott Brady, John Russell

Votes: 330

18. The Noose Hangs High (1948)

Not Rated | 77 min | Comedy

Two window washers mistakenly receive, and lose, $50,000 belonging to a shady bookie, and have only forty-eight hours to retrieve the money.

Director: Charles Barton | Stars: Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Joseph Calleia, Leon Errol

Votes: 1,179

19. The Nitwits (1935)

Passed | 81 min | Comedy, Crime, Music

A would-be songwriter and a would-be inventor run a cigar stand and get mixed up in the murder of a song publisher.

Director: George Stevens | Stars: Bert Wheeler, Robert Woolsey, Betty Grable, Hale Hamilton

Votes: 431

20. Ocean Swells (1934)

Approved | 21 min | Short, Comedy

Dorothy and Carol are aboard a yacht, having sights of Bunny and Hopping believing them to be members of the aristocracy, when in fact, they're just crew members.

Director: George Stevens | Stars: Dorothy Granger, Carol Tevis, Grady Sutton, Edgar Dearing

Votes: 24

21. Thriller (1973–1976)
Episode: Lady Killer (1973)

TV-14 | 67 min | Crime, Drama, Fantasy

A shy, lonely American girl marries a charming man she meets while on vacation in England, unaware that he has sinister plans for her.

Director: Bill Hays | Stars: Robert Powell, Barbara Feldon, Linda Thorson, T.P. McKenna

Votes: 379

22. Hogan's Heroes (1965–1971)
Episode: Man's Best Friend Is Not His Dog (1968)

TV-PG | 30 min | Comedy, War

Hogan's crew is chasing a dog around after it buries a bone that contains negatives of a new German tank.

Director: Bruce Bilson | Stars: Bob Crane, Werner Klemperer, John Banner, Robert Clary

Votes: 169

23. Mighty Morphin Power Rangers (1993–1996)
Episode: Trick or Treat (1994)

Not Rated | 21 min | Action, Adventure, Family

Kimberly competes against Skull on a game show for a chance to win a brand-new car, while the Pumpkin Rapper seeks to ambush the Rangers.

Director: Worth Keeter | Stars: Austin St. John, Thuy Trang, Walter Jones, Amy Jo Johnson

Votes: 479

24. Punky Brewster (1984–1988)
Episode: Going to Camp (1988)

Not Rated | 30 min | Comedy, Family

Punky, Cherie, and Margaux go to Camp Kookalookie.

Director: Gary Menteer | Stars: George Gaynes, Soleil Moon Frye, Susie Garrett, Cherie Johnson

Votes: 32

25. Star Trek (1966–1969)
Episode: Spock's Brain (1968)

TV-PG | 51 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

The crew of the Enterprise pursues a mysterious woman who has abducted Spock's brain.

Director: Marc Daniels | Stars: William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, DeForest Kelley, Marj Dusay

Votes: 3,618

26. Centurions (1986)
Episode: Cold Calculations (1986)

TV-Y7-FV | 30 min | Animation, Action, Family

The Centurions deliver the silver supply to Geneva after preventing Terror' attack. Amber takes images of Jake in his weapon system during the ambush. Later she succeeds in disguising herself as Jake and steals the silver.

Stars: Pat Fraley, Neil Ross, Vince Edwards, Ron Feinberg

Votes: 14

27. Psych (2006–2014)
Episode: Game, Set... Muuurder? (2007)

TV-PG | 43 min | Comedy, Crime, Mystery

Shawn manages to get assigned to missing tennis player's case, but his observations don't seem to be leading anywhere and he's forced to ask for help from an unlikely source.

Director: James L. Conway | Stars: James Roday Rodriguez, Dulé Hill, Timothy Omundson, Maggie Lawson

Votes: 1,063

28. The ComicWeb: Old Time Radio Programs (2014– )
The Shadow: Death and the Easter Bonnet (2019 Podcast Episode)

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Stars: André Baruch, Bret Morrison, Grace Matthews

29. Melissa & Joey (2010–2015)
Episode: Enemies with Benefits (2011)

TV-14 | 21 min | Comedy, Romance

Joe's ex, Tiffany, tries to rekindle their relationship.

Director: Steve Zuckerman | Stars: Melissa Joan Hart, Joey Lawrence, Taylor Spreitler, Nick Robinson

Votes: 148

30. EastEnders (1985– )
Episode: Episode #1.4166 (2011)

TV-PG | 28 min | Crime, Drama, Romance

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Director: Gwennan Sage | Stars: Charlie Brooks, Shona McGarty, Sid Owen, Nina Wadia

31. Infieles (2005–2014)
Episode: Buscando a papá (2012)

TV-14 | Comedy, Drama

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Stars: Elvira Cristi, Gabriel Martina

32. Watchmen (2019)
Episode: Martial Feats of Comanche Horsemanship (2019)

TV-MA | 55 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

As Angela relives haunting memories of an attack on her family, she detains a mysterious man who claims responsibility for Tulsa's most recent murder. An original play is performed for an audience of one.

Director: Nicole Kassell | Stars: Regina King, Tim Blake Nelson, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Andrew Howard

Votes: 8,172