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1. The Wind Rises (2013)

PG-13 | 126 min | Animation, Biography, Drama

Jiro Horikoshi studies assiduously to fulfill his aim of becoming an aeronautical engineer. As WWII begins, fighter aircraft designed by him end up getting used by the Japanese Empire against its foes.

Director: Hayao Miyazaki | Stars: Hideaki Anno, Hidetoshi Nishijima, Miori Takimoto, Masahiko Nishimura

Votes: 98,752 | Gross: $5.21M

2. Screwballs (1983)

R | 80 min | Comedy

Frolicking youth comedy about zany high school students set in the 1960s.

Director: Rafal Zielinski | Stars: Peter Keleghan, Kent Deuters, Linda Speciale, Alan Deveau

Votes: 3,664 | Gross: $2.08M

3. Boeing, Boeing (1965)

Approved | 102 min | Comedy

A friend visits his philandering friend just as that man's scheme of being secretly simultaneously engaged to three flight attendants goes awry.

Director: John Rich | Stars: Tony Curtis, Jerry Lewis, Dany Saval, Christiane Schmidtmer

Votes: 3,451

4. The Happy Hooker Goes to Washington (1977)

R | 89 min | Comedy

The world's most famous madame Xaviera Hollander, now a magazine magnate, is called to Washington to testify before Congress in an indecency trial because she's being held up as a prime example of American moral decay.

Director: William A. Levey | Stars: Joey Heatherton, George Hamilton, Ray Walston, Jack Carter

Votes: 655

5. War of the Satellites (1958)

Approved | 66 min | Horror, Sci-Fi

An "unknown force" declares war against planet Earth when the United Nations disobeys warnings to cease and desist in its attempts at assembling the first satellite in the atmosphere.

Director: Roger Corman | Stars: Dick Miller, Susan Cabot, Richard Devon, Eric Sinclair

Votes: 1,174

6. Black Legion (1937)

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

A hard-working machinist loses a promotion to a Polish-born worker, he's seduced into joining the secretive Black Legion, which intimidates foreigners through violence.

Directors: Archie Mayo, Michael Curtiz | Stars: Humphrey Bogart, Ann Sheridan, Dick Foran, Erin O'Brien-Moore

Votes: 3,919

7. Are You with It? (1948)

Approved | 93 min | Comedy

Milton Haskins, a math genius known for his infallibility with numbers, quits his job with an insurance company after he discovers he made a mistake, and hooks up with a traveling carnival.... See full summary »

Director: Jack Hively | Stars: Donald O'Connor, Olga San Juan, Martha Stewart, Lew Parker

Votes: 130

8. Little Boy Boo (1954)

Approved | 6 min | Family, Animation, Short

Foghorn Leghorn is cold as winter approaches and decides to court Miss Prissy so he can live in her in warm house. She agrees as long as Foggy will be a good father to her kid Junior, who outsmarts the rooster in every game they play.

Director: Robert McKimson | Stars: Mel Blanc, Elvia Allman, Gladys Holland

Votes: 464

9. Digital Computer Techniques (1962)

17 min | Short, Documentary

The history of calculating devices is first presented, culminating in the modern electronic digital computer, followed by an introduction to the general operating principles of digital computers.

Votes: 5

10. 77 Sunset Strip (1958–1964)
Episode: The Long Shot Caper (1962)

TV-PG | 60 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Roscoe is caught in the middle of a mafia hit.

Director: Charles R. Rondeau | Stars: Efrem Zimbalist Jr., Louis Quinn, Roger Smith, Edd Byrnes

Votes: 45

11. Dennis the Menace (1959–1963)
Episode: Dennis Is a Genius (1961)

TV-G | 30 min | Comedy, Family

Dennis' school teacher stops by to tell the Mitchells that Dennis scored high on an IQ test at school. They try to help Dennis with his intelligence, and later find out there was a mistake in the grading.

Director: Charles Barton | Stars: Herbert Anderson, Gloria Henry, Billy Booth, James Millhollin

Votes: 35

12. Dennis the Menace (1959–1963)
Episode: Dennis and the Bike (1960)

TV-G | 25 min | Comedy, Family

Dennis wants a bike so bad that he will do almost anything to get one such as taking one away from another child, Trying to win one in a bean contest, riding Mr. Wilson's exercise bike. ... See full summary »

Director: Charles Barton | Stars: Jay North, Herbert Anderson, Gloria Henry, Joseph Kearns

Votes: 54

13. Dennis the Menace (1959–1963)
Episode: Dennis and the Picnic (1961)

TV-G | 30 min | Comedy, Family

Henry finds a large envelope in the gutter outside his house and is surprised to find it is full of money. Henry asks George to go with him to the police to turn it in. The money is counterfeit. The families go on a picnic together.

Director: William D. Russell | Stars: Jay North, Herbert Anderson, Gloria Henry, Joseph Kearns

Votes: 30

14. The Wire (2002–2008)
Episode: Collateral Damage (2003)

TV-MA | 59 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

Major Valchek gets back at Sobotka for the church gift fiasco, and a feud begins. Avon Barksdale continues to run his empire from a prison cell. On the waterfront, Port Police Officer ... See full summary »

Director: Ed Bianchi | Stars: Dominic West, Chris Bauer, Paul Ben-Victor, John Doman

Votes: 4,651

15. Man, Moment, Machine (2005–2007)
Episode: JFK and the Crisis Crusader (2007)

Biography, History

The role and effectiveness of the RF-8 Crusader reconnaissance units in the Cuban Missile Crisis and the difficult decision to deploy them are explained.

Stars: Hunter Ellis, A.J. Hunt, John White, Todd D'Amario

16. Green Acres (1965–1971)
Episode: Everywhere a Chick Chick (1969)

TV-G | 30 min | Comedy, Family

Oliver plans to raise baby chickens, but has to improvise on how to care for them when his brooder breaks down.

Director: Richard L. Bare | Stars: Eddie Albert, Eva Gabor, Pat Buttram, Tom Lester

Votes: 78

17. Better Call Saul (2015–2022)
Episode: Black and Blue (2022)

TV-14 | 52 min | Crime, Drama

While business booms for Jimmy, the vise tightens on the cat-and-mouse game between Gus and Lalo.

Director: Melissa Bernstein | Stars: Bob Odenkirk, Jonathan Banks, Rhea Seehorn, Patrick Fabian

Votes: 17,334

18. Veritasium (2010– )
Episode: The Most Powerful Computers You've Never Heard Of (2021)

20 min | Talk-Show

Computers have been around for millennia. But not the digital computers so prevalent for the past few decades. With the exception of a few simple computers, such as the abacus, ancient ... See full summary »

Star: Derek Muller

19. Computer Chronicles (1983–2002)
Episode: Profile of Big Blue - I.B.M. (1985)

TV-G | 29 min | News, Talk-Show

An in-depth look at IBM, the IBM standard and the impact of its dominant role in the PC marketplace.

Directors: Peter Nichols, Patrick Moyroud | Stars: Stewart Cheifet, Gary Kildall, Stewart Alsop, Norm DeWitt

20. StarTalk (2015– )
Episode: True Story of Hidden Figures (2018)

TV-PG | 47 min | Talk-Show

Neil discusses NASA's hidden figures featuring his interview with Margot Lee Shetterly and Janelle Monáe.

Director: Jaron Berman | Stars: Neil deGrasse Tyson, Sasheer Zamata, Bill Barry, Margot Lee Shetterly

Votes: 12

21. For All Mankind (2019– )
Episode: He Built the Saturn V (2019)

TV-MA | 62 min | Drama, Sci-Fi

Director von Braun opposes President Nixon's directive, with dire consequences.

Director: Seth Gordon | Stars: Joel Kinnaman, Michael Dorman, Sarah Jones, Shantel VanSanten

Votes: 2,374