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1. The Fault in Our Stars (2014)

PG-13 | 126 min | Drama, Romance

Hazel and Gus are teenagers who meet at a cancer support group and fall in love. They both share the same acerbic wit and a love of books, especially "An Imperial Affliction", so they embark on a journey to visit an author in Amsterdam.

Director: Josh Boone | Stars: Shailene Woodley, Ansel Elgort, Nat Wolff, Laura Dern

Votes: 401,103 | Gross: $124.87M

2. Freedom Writers (2007)

PG-13 | 123 min | Biography, Crime, Drama

A young teacher inspires her class of at-risk students to learn tolerance, apply themselves and pursue education beyond high school.

Director: Richard LaGravenese | Stars: Hilary Swank, Imelda Staunton, Patrick Dempsey, Scott Glenn

Votes: 85,369 | Gross: $36.61M

3. Bad Luck Banging or Loony Porn (2021)

Not Rated | 106 min | Comedy, Drama

Emi, a school teacher, finds her career and reputation under threat after a personal sex tape is leaked on the Internet. Forced to meet the parents demanding her dismissal, Emi refuses to surrender to their pressure.

Director: Radu Jude | Stars: Katia Pascariu, Claudia Ieremia, Nicodim Ungureanu, Olimpia Malai

Votes: 10,481

4. Clerks II (2006)

R | 97 min | Comedy

A calamity at Dante and Randal's shops sends them looking for new horizons - but they ultimately settle at the fast food empire Mooby's.

Director: Kevin Smith | Stars: Brian O'Halloran, Jeff Anderson, Rosario Dawson, Jason Mewes

Votes: 140,655 | Gross: $24.15M

5. Happy Death Day 2U (2019)

PG-13 | 100 min | Comedy, Horror, Mystery

Tree Gelbman discovers that dying over and over was surprisingly easier than the dangers that lie ahead.

Director: Christopher Landon | Stars: Jessica Rothe, Israel Broussard, Phi Vu, Suraj Sharma

Votes: 85,307 | Gross: $28.15M

6. Jay and Silent Bob Reboot (2019)

R | 105 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy

Jay and Silent Bob inadvertently sign away their names and rights to the new Bluntman and Chronic movie. Now they head to Hollywood to stop the film from being made. Along the way Jay discovers that he is a father.

Director: Kevin Smith | Stars: Joey Lauren Adams, Ben Affleck, Fred Armisen, Diedrich Bader

Votes: 28,255 | Gross: $4.59M

7. Hitchcock (2012)

PG-13 | 98 min | Biography, Drama, Romance

The relationship between Alfred Hitchcock and his wife Alma Reville during the filming of Psycho (1960) in 1959 is explored.

Director: Sacha Gervasi | Stars: Anthony Hopkins, Helen Mirren, Scarlett Johansson, Danny Huston

Votes: 79,219 | Gross: $6.01M

8. The Trip (2021)

TV-MA | 113 min | Action, Comedy, Horror

A dysfunctional couple head to a remote cabin to reconnect, but each has intentions to kill the other. Before they can carry out their plans, unexpected visitors arrive and they face a greater danger.

Director: Tommy Wirkola | Stars: Noomi Rapace, Aksel Hennie, Atle Antonsen, Christian Rubeck

Votes: 27,286

9. Deception (2021)

105 min | Drama

An American novelist living for a time in London converses with his wife, his mistress, and other female characters he may have dreamed up.

Director: Arnaud Desplechin | Stars: Léa Seydoux, Denis Podalydès, Anouk Grinberg, Madalina Constantin

Votes: 1,659

10. The Manhattan Project (1986)

PG-13 | 117 min | Sci-Fi, Thriller

A high school prodigy builds an atomic bomb with stolen plutonium to win the 45th National Science Fair and expose a nuclear weapons lab posing as a nuclear medical research facility in Ithaca, NY.

Director: Marshall Brickman | Stars: John Lithgow, Christopher Collet, Richard Council, Robert Schenkkan

Votes: 6,864 | Gross: $3.90M

11. Anne Frank: The Whole Story (2001)

Not Rated | 95 min | Biography, Drama, War

The life of Anne Frank and her family from 1939 to 1945: pre-war fears, invasion of Netherlands by German troops, hiding in Amsterdam, deportation to the camps, return of Anne's father.

Stars: Ben Kingsley, Hannah Taylor Gordon, Brenda Blethyn, Lili Taylor

Votes: 5,417

12. Alan Partridge (2013)

R | 90 min | Action, Comedy, Crime

When famous DJ Alan Partridge's radio station is taken over by a new media conglomerate, it sets in motion a chain of events which see Alan having to work with the police to defuse a potentially violent siege.

Director: Declan Lowney | Stars: Steve Coogan, Colm Meaney, Tim Key, Karl Theobald

Votes: 32,973 | Gross: $0.15M

13. Eating Out (I) (2004)

Unrated | 90 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

After getting dumped by his slutty girlfriend, Caleb falls in love with Gwen. However, thanks to Caleb's roommate, Gwen thinks he's gay and sets him up with her roommate, Marc.

Director: Q. Allan Brocka | Stars: Scott Lunsford, Jim Verraros, Emily Brooke Hands, Rebekah Kochan

Votes: 6,387 | Gross: $0.16M

14. All About Nina (2018)

R | 97 min | Drama

Nina is a stand-up comedian who sees her life turned upside down when she meets Rafe.

Director: Eva Vives | Stars: Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Brodie Reed, Charlotte Newhouse, Jay Mohr

Votes: 3,162 | Gross: $0.10M

15. My Best Friend Anne Frank (2021)

TV-14 | 103 min | Drama

Hannah is imprisoned at camp Bergen-Belsen days before it is liberated, and there she thinks back to her time in Amsterdam with her best friend Anne during the first few years of the war. ... See full summary »

Director: Ben Sombogaart | Stars: Aiko Beemsterboer, Roeland Fernhout, Josephine Arendsen, Stefan de Walle

Votes: 5,481

16. Pretty Persuasion (2005)

R | 104 min | Comedy, Drama

A 15-year-old girl incites chaos among her friends and a media frenzy when she accuses her drama teacher of sexual harassment.

Director: Marcos Siega | Stars: Evan Rachel Wood, Ron Livingston, James Woods, David Wagner

Votes: 10,820 | Gross: $0.31M

17. Religulous (2008)

R | 101 min | Documentary, Comedy, War

Bill Maher's take on the current state of world religion.

Director: Larry Charles | Stars: Bill Maher, Tal Bachman, Jonathan Boulden, Steven Burg

Votes: 60,239 | Gross: $13.00M

18. The Class (2008)

PG-13 | 128 min | Drama

Teacher and novelist François Bégaudeau plays a version of himself as he negotiates a year with his racially mixed students from a tough Parisian neighborhood.

Director: Laurent Cantet | Stars: François Bégaudeau, Agame Malembo-Emene, Angélica Sancio, Arthur Fogel

Votes: 36,427 | Gross: $3.77M

19. Anesthesia (2015)

R | 90 min | Crime, Drama

Multiple lives intersect in the aftermath of the violent mugging of a Columbia University philosophy professor.

Director: Tim Blake Nelson | Stars: Sam Waterston, Kristen Stewart, Corey Stoll, Gretchen Mol

Votes: 5,025 | Gross: $0.02M

20. Where Is Anne Frank (2021)

99 min | Animation, Drama, Family

Kitty, the imaginary girl who Anne Frank wrote to in her 1940s diary during WWII, seeks out the deceased diarist while also inspiring a wave of modern social justice for refugees.

Director: Ari Folman | Stars: Sebastian Croft, Ruby Stokes, Emily Carey, Michael Maloney

Votes: 1,705

21. The ABCs of Book Banning (2023)

27 min | Documentary, Short

Reveals the voices of the impacted parties of books banned from school districts, inspiring hope for the future through the profound insights of inquisitive youthful minds.

Directors: Sheila Nevins, Trish Adlesic, Nazenet Habtezghi | Stars: Adler, Ruth Anne, Arianna, Avalee

Votes: 1,185

22. Paper Clips (2004)

G | 82 min | Documentary, War

As a part of their study of the Holocaust, the children of the Whitwell, TN Middle School try to collect 6 million paper clips representing the 6 million Jews killed by the Nazis, and grows to include millions of others killed.

Directors: Elliot Berlin, Joe Fab | Stars: Sandra Roberts, Dagmar Schroeder-Hildebrand, Tom Bosley, Casey Condra

Votes: 1,786 | Gross: $1.10M

23. The Anne Frank Gift Shop (2023)

15 min | Short, Comedy, Drama

A dark comedy about anti-Semitism that packs a vital and timely message. When a high-end design firm presents its plans to reimagine the gift shop at The Anne Frank House, the company's ... See full summary »

Director: Mickey Rapkin | Stars: Ari Graynor, Chris Perfetti, Kate Burton, Jason Butler Harner

Votes: 328

24. Anne Frank Remembered (1995)

PG | 117 min | Documentary, Biography, War

Tells the story of the Frank family and paints a portrait of their brash and free-spirited daughter Anne, perhaps the world's most famous victim of the Holocaust.

Director: Jon Blair | Stars: Kenneth Branagh, Glenn Close, Isa Baschwitz, Mary Bos

Votes: 1,349 | Gross: $1.31M

25. Senior Trip (1981 TV Movie)

96 min | Comedy, Drama

The adventures of Midwestern high-school students visiting New York City to celebrate their impending graduation.

Director: Kenneth Johnson | Stars: Scott Baio, Faye Grant, Randy Brooks, Peter Coffield

Votes: 188

26. 40-Love (2021)

98 min | Comedy, Sport

22 year old Beek, a math whiz just fired from a McJob, drives 1679 miles to NYC to unsolicited advice a cute Russian top tennis player. A girl artist joins him on the way.

Director: Fred Wolf | Stars: Jasjit Williams, Katerina Tannenbaum, Alena Savostikova, Tommy Flanagan

Votes: 332

27. Once in a Lifetime (2014)

Not Rated | 105 min | Comedy, Drama

A teacher manages to get her toughest class involved in a collective project that could give a whole new meaning to the lives of her students.

Director: Marie-Castille Mention-Schaar | Stars: Ariane Ascaride, Ahmed Dramé, Noémie Merlant, Geneviève Mnich

Votes: 2,150

28. Im toten Winkel - Hitlers Sekretärin (2002)

PG | 90 min | Documentary, Biography, War

Documentary featuring interview footage with Traudl Junge, one of Hitler's personal secretaries during WWII.

Directors: André Heller, Othmar Schmiderer | Star: Traudl Junge

Votes: 1,812 | Gross: $0.38M

29. The Toxic Avenger: The Musical (2018)

121 min | Musical

A musical adaptation of the 1984 movie by the same name. "A movie that most people only watched while stoned." A dystopian future of global warming and ecological disaster. While trying to ... See full summary »

Director: Nick Morris | Stars: Oscar Conlon-Morrey, Che Francis, Natalie Hope, Ben Irish

Votes: 175

30. #AnneFrank - Parallel Stories (2019)

92 min | Documentary, Drama, History

It is based on five women who did survive the Holocaust but shared her same fate of "deportation, suffering and being denied their childhood and adolescence," according to promotional materials.

Directors: Sabina Fedeli, Anna Migotto | Stars: Helen Mirren, Martina Gatti, Andra Bucci, Tatiana Bucci

Votes: 1,764 | Gross: $0.34M

31. The Book of Ruth (2020)

14 min | Short, Drama

A family dinner is followed by a surprising twist.

Director: Becca Roth | Stars: Tovah Feldshuh, Monica Wyche, Chen Drachman, Aleksander Varadian

Votes: 20

32. The Dark Side of Roger Waters (2023 Video)

37 min | Documentary, Short, Biography

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Stars: Robert Ezrin, Gideon Falter, Norbert Stachel, John Ware

33. Jon Lajoie: I Kill People (2009 Music Video)

5 min | Comedy, Music

A music video for Jonathan Lajoie's song "I Kill People".

Director: Jonathan Lajoie | Star: Jonathan Lajoie

Votes: 93

34. My So-Called Life (1994–1995)
Episode: Pilot (1994)

TV-PG | 49 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

Angela Chase begins a friendship with Rayanne Graff and Rickie Vasquez. At home there is tension between her and her mother.

Director: Scott Winant | Stars: Bess Armstrong, Wilson Cruz, Claire Danes, Devon Gummersall

Votes: 503

35. Sex and the City (1998–2004)
Episode: Take Me Out to the Ball Game (1999)

TV-MA | 30 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

After Carrie's break-up with Mr. Big, despite Charlotte's rule it takes half the duration of a relationship to get over it, she lets true fan Miranda take her and Sam to the Yankees stadium... See full summary »

Director: Allen Coulter | Stars: Sarah Jessica Parker, Kim Cattrall, Kristin Davis, Cynthia Nixon

Votes: 899

36. Shameless (2004–2013)
Episode: Crooks and Robbers (2005)

TV-MA | 47 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

Sheila asks Lip to water plants for a neighbor who's on holiday, but the place ends up burgled and he's wrongly accused and arrested.

Director: Dearbhla Walsh | Stars: Anne-Marie Duff, David Threlfall, Jody Latham, Gerard Kearns

Votes: 167

37. Shameless (2004–2013)
Episode: In with the Maguire's (2006)

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

The Gallagher clan are pleased when Carl starts bringing money into the household, but his mini-enterprise is at the wrath of the Maguires, just as Lip tries to maintain his relationship with Mandy.

Director: David Threlfall | Stars: David Threlfall, Maggie O'Neill, Dean Lennox Kelly, Maxine Peake

Votes: 129

38. Shameless (2004–2013)
Episode: The Runaway (2007)

TV-MA | 48 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

Ian literally runs into a girl called Anna,who asks his help as she has stolen a case containing thousands of pounds worth of scratch cards from the Maguires and he hides her at his house. ... See full summary »

Director: Noreen Kershaw | Stars: Johnny Bennett, Rebecca Ryan, Gerard Kearns, Marjorie Yates

Votes: 121

39. Countdown (1982– )
Episode: Episode #22.21 (1991)

TV-14 | 30 min | Game-Show

David Webb vs. Andrew Mitchell.

Director: John Meade | Stars: Richard Whiteley, Carol Vorderman, Richard Samson, Sheridan Morley

40. Good Girls (2018–2021)
Episode: King (2019)

TV-14 | 42 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

Turner has Beth in checkmate; the women must contend with a rotten egg from the past. Rio makes a grand gesture for Beth. A new business opportunity presents itself.

Director: Michael Weaver | Stars: Christina Hendricks, Retta, Mae Whitman, Reno Wilson

Votes: 735

41. Never Have I Ever (2020–2023)
Episode: ...gotten drunk with the popular kids (2020)

TV-14 | 30 min | Comedy, Drama

Devi hopes to win cool points with Paxton at a party, until a surprising turn of events. Hidden emotions emerge for Fabiola. Kamala makes a choice.

Director: Linda Mendoza | Stars: Maitreyi Ramakrishnan, Richa Moorjani, Jaren Lewison, Darren Barnet

Votes: 1,179

42. The Rubin Report (2013– )
Exposing the Reality of How Media Always Manipulates Us: Michael Malice (2020 Podcast Episode)

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Stars: Dave Rubin, Michael Malice

43. Exterminate All the Brutes (2021)
Episode: The Bright Colors of Fascism (2021)

TV-MA | 59 min | Documentary, History

In the series finale, "The Bright Colors of Fascism," Peck explores the challenge of reconciling America's true history with its ideals of freedom and democracy, pointing to the struggle ... See full summary »

Director: Raoul Peck | Stars: Raoul Peck, Josh Hartnett, Richard Brake, Aïssa Maïga

Votes: 156

44. Two and a Half Men (2003–2015)
Episode: A Little Clammy and None Too Fresh (2008)

TV-14 | 22 min | Comedy, Romance

Charlie is suffering from a bad cold, and Rose suddenly and mysteriously resurfaces to "take care of him." So why isn't Charlie getting any better?

Director: James Widdoes | Stars: Charlie Sheen, Jon Cryer, Angus T. Jones, Conchata Ferrell

Votes: 1,235

45. Coffee with Scott Adams (2018– )
#Coronavirus, the Simulation and Next Level Human Awareness (2020 Podcast Episode)

News

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Stars: Scott Adams, Boo

46. Red Ice TV (2008– )
Episode: Trust the Censors & Global Effort with Guest Host Laura Towler (2020)

News

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Stars: Henrik Palmgren, Laura Towler

47. Benidorm (2007–2018)
Episode: Episode #3.1 (2009)

Not Rated | 46 min | Comedy

For their part in capturing Enrique "The Rat" Lopez, the Brits return for their reward, a free holiday. Martin has separated from Kate and brings along the younger, vulgar Brandy, though ... See full summary »

Director: Sandy Johnson | Stars: Paul Bazely, Nicholas Burns, Jake Canuso, Janine Duvitski

Votes: 124

48. Miranda (2009–2015)
Episode: Teacher (2009)

TV-MA | 30 min | Comedy

Miranda wants to create a romantic moment between herself and Gary. Flat-mate Stevie thinks a knowledge of French might help and takes her to her French class. The tutor - who cops off with... See full summary »

Director: Juliet May | Stars: Miranda Hart, Sarah Hadland, Tom Ellis, Patricia Hodge

Votes: 405

49. The Big Bang Theory (2007–2019)
Episode: The Psychic Vortex (2010)

Not Rated | 20 min | Comedy, Romance

Raj talks Sheldon into being his wingman at a university mixer. Leonard has trouble dealing with Penny consulting a psychic.

Director: Mark Cendrowski | Stars: Johnny Galecki, Jim Parsons, Kaley Cuoco, Simon Helberg

Votes: 4,016

50. Party Down (2009– )
Episode: Precious Lights Pre-School Auction (2010)

TV-MA | 27 min | Comedy, Drama

Ron needs a job, so Henry obliges and puts him on the crew. It's a silent auction for an elite preschool: Annie, the woman organizing the event, needs a success in order to get a letter ... See full summary »

Director: Fred Savage | Stars: Adam Scott, Ken Marino, Megan Mullally, Ryan Hansen

Votes: 476