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1. Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)
PG | 138 min | Drama, Sci-Fi
Roy Neary, an Indiana electric lineman, finds his quiet and ordinary daily life turned upside down after a close encounter with a UFO, spurring him to an obsessed cross-country quest for answers as a momentous event approaches.
Director: Steven Spielberg | Stars: Richard Dreyfuss, François Truffaut, Teri Garr, Melinda Dillon
Votes: 217,014 | Gross: $132.09M
2. We Need to Talk About Kevin (2011)
R | 112 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Kevin's mother struggles to love her strange child despite the increasingly dangerous things he says and does as he grows up. But Kevin is just getting started, and his final act will be beyond anything anyone imagined.
Director: Lynne Ramsay | Stars: Tilda Swinton, John C. Reilly, Ezra Miller, Jasper Newell
Votes: 167,854 | Gross: $1.74M
3. Where'd You Go, Bernadette (2019)
PG-13 | 109 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
A loving mom becomes compelled to reconnect with her creative passions after years of sacrificing herself for her family. Her leap of faith takes her on an epic adventure that jump-starts her life and leads to her triumphant rediscovery.
Director: Richard Linklater | Stars: Cate Blanchett, Billy Crudup, Emma Nelson, Kristen Wiig
Votes: 24,953 | Gross: $9.20M
4. 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: 7,951
5. Space Sweepers (2021)
TV-MA | 136 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Set in the year 2092 and follows the crew of a space junk collector ship called The Victory. When they discover a humanoid robot named Dorothy that's known to be a weapon of mass destruction, they get involved in a risky business deal.
Director: Sung-hee Jo | Stars: Song Joong-ki, Kim Tae-ri, Jin Seon-kyu, Yoo Hae-jin
Votes: 28,720
6. An American in Paris (1951)
Passed | 114 min | Drama, Musical, Romance
Three friends struggle to find work in Paris. Things become more complicated when two of them fall in love with the same woman.
Director: Vincente Minnelli | Stars: Gene Kelly, Leslie Caron, Oscar Levant, Georges Guétary
Votes: 36,906 | Gross: $4.50M
7. The Picture of Dorian Gray (1945)
Not Rated | 110 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
A corrupt young man somehow keeps his youthful beauty, but a special painting gradually reveals his inner ugliness to all.
Director: Albert Lewin | Stars: George Sanders, Hurd Hatfield, Donna Reed, Angela Lansbury
Votes: 14,456
8. You Can't Take It with You (1938)
Passed | 126 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
The son of a snobbish Wall Street banker becomes engaged to a woman from a good-natured but decidedly eccentric family not realizing that his father is trying to force her family from their home for a real estate development.
Director: Frank Capra | Stars: Jean Arthur, James Stewart, Lionel Barrymore, Edward Arnold
Votes: 27,919 | Gross: $4.66M
9. Grease Live! (2016 TV Movie)
TV-14 | 140 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance
After enjoying a summer romance, high school students Danny and Sandy are unexpectedly reunited when she transfers to Rydell High. There Sandy must contend with cynical Rizzo and the Pink Ladies in attempt to win Danny's heart again.
Directors: Thomas Kail, Alex Rudzinski | Stars: Julianne Hough, Aaron Tveit, Vanessa Hudgens, Keke Palmer
Votes: 9,945
10. Thoroughly Modern Millie (1967)
G | 138 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance
In New York City during the Roaring Twenties, would-be flapper Millie Dillmount's self-appointed mission to marry her boss is complicated by white slavers and true love.
Director: George Roy Hill | Stars: Julie Andrews, James Fox, Mary Tyler Moore, Carol Channing
Votes: 7,040 | Gross: $34.34M
11. Easter Parade (1948)
G | 103 min | Musical, Romance
A nightclub performer hires a naive chorus girl to become his new dance partner to make his former partner jealous and to prove he can make any partner a star.
Director: Charles Walters | Stars: Judy Garland, Fred Astaire, Peter Lawford, Ann Miller
Votes: 11,097 | Gross: $9.03M
12. The Ruling Class (1972)
PG | 154 min | Comedy, Drama, Musical
A member of the House of Lords dies, leaving his estate to his son. Unfortunately, his son thinks he is Jesus Christ. Their other, somewhat more respectable family members plot to steal the estate from him; murder and mayhem ensue.
Director: Peter Medak | Stars: Peter O'Toole, Alastair Sim, Arthur Lowe, Hugh Owens
Votes: 6,810
13. ABCs of Death 2 (2014)
Not Rated | 125 min | Comedy, Horror
Another 26-chapter anthology that showcases death in all its vicious wonder and brutal beauty.
Directors: Rodney Ascher, Julian Barratt, Robert Boocheck, Alejandro Brugués, Kristina Buozyte, Alexandre Bustillo, Larry Fessenden, Julian Gilbey, Jim Hosking, Lancelot Oduwa Imasuen, E.L. Katz, Aharon Keshales, Steven Kostanski, Marvin Kren, Juan Martínez Moreno, Erik Matti, Wolfgang Matzl, Julien Maury, Robert Morgan, Chris Nash, Vincenzo Natali, Hajime Ohata, Navot Papushado, Bill Plympton, Dennison Ramalho, Todd Rohal, Jerome Sable, Bruno Samper, Jen Soska, Sylvia Soska, Sôichi Umezawa | Stars: Eric Jacobus, Andy Nyman, Simon Barrett, Teela LaRoux
Votes: 9,152 | Gross: $0.01M
14. Friday Foster (1975)
R | 90 min | Action
At Los Angeles airport, magazine photographer Friday Foster witnesses an assassination attempt against billionaire Blake Tarr and is drawn into a murky political conspiracy.
Director: Arthur Marks | Stars: Pam Grier, Yaphet Kotto, Godfrey Cambridge, Thalmus Rasulala
Votes: 2,548
15. Steamboat Willie (1928)
Approved | 8 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Mickey Mouse is a mischievous deckhand on a riverboat that is under the command of the tyrannical Captain Pete.
Directors: Ub Iwerks, Walt Disney | Star: Walt Disney
Votes: 11,263
16. The Ten (2007)
R | 96 min | Comedy, Romance
10 stories, each inspired by one of the 10 Commandments.
Director: David Wain | Stars: Paul Rudd, Jessica Alba, Winona Ryder, Adam Brody
Votes: 16,971 | Gross: $0.77M
17. The Aristocrats (2005)
Not Rated | 89 min | Documentary, Comedy
One hundred superstar comedians tell the same very, VERY dirty, filthy joke--one shared privately by comics since Vaudeville.
Directors: Penn Jillette, Paul Provenza | Stars: George Carlin, Don Rickles, Chris Rock, Chris Albrecht
Votes: 17,061 | Gross: $6.38M
18. Monster in the Closet (1986)
PG | 90 min | Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Paul Dooley, Paul Walker, John Carradine and Henry Gibson head up an all-star cast in this horror-comedy about a murderous but misunderstood monster!
Director: Bob Dahlin | Stars: Donald Grant, Denise DuBarry, Claude Akins, Howard Duff
Votes: 2,980
19. Pygmalion (1938)
89 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A phonetics and diction expert makes a bet that he can teach a cockney flower girl to speak proper English and pass as a lady in high society.
Directors: Anthony Asquith, Leslie Howard | Stars: Leslie Howard, Wendy Hiller, Wilfrid Lawson, Marie Lohr
Votes: 9,667 | Gross: $3.05M
20. The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T. (1953)
G | 89 min | Family, Fantasy, Music
A young boy dreams that he is in an imaginary world where, assisted by his family's plumber, he must save other piano-playing kids like himself from the dungeons of his dictatorial piano teacher who also mind-controls his mother.
Director: Roy Rowland | Stars: Peter Lind Hayes, Mary Healy, Hans Conried, Tommy Rettig
Votes: 4,463
21. Deadfall (1968)
R | 120 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Cat burglar Henry Clarke and his accomplices, the Moreaus, attempt to steal diamonds from the château of millionaire Salinas. However, Henry's partners in crime aren't the most emotionally stable people.
Director: Bryan Forbes | Stars: Michael Caine, Giovanna Ralli, Eric Portman, Nanette Newman
Votes: 1,273
22. Tonight and Every Night (1945)
Approved | 92 min | Drama, Musical, War
The theater in which this film is set was called The Windmill and performers there refused to be deterred by the blitz that was leveling much of London at the time.
Director: Victor Saville | Stars: Rita Hayworth, Lee Bowman, Janet Blair, Marc Platt
Votes: 1,119
23. Non Non Biyori (2013–2021)
TV-PG | 24 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
When Hotaru Ichijo transfers schools from the hustle and bustle of Tokyo to a quaint and quiet village in the countryside, she's in for a big adjustment. With her new quirky classmates, Hotaru adapts to her new life with daily adventures.
Stars: Kotori Koiwai, Rie Murakawa, Ayane Sakura, Kana Asumi
Votes: 1,220
24. Screaming Mimi (1958)
Approved | 79 min | Drama, Film-Noir, Thriller
Virginia Wilson saw a man get shot right after he tried to kill her, so she goes to psychiatrist Dr. Greenwood. He falls in love with her and takes over her life, but she insists on continuing her career as a stripper.
Director: Gerd Oswald | Stars: Anita Ekberg, Philip Carey, Gypsy Rose Lee, Harry Townes
Votes: 774
25. Soup to Nuts (1930)
Passed | 70 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance
Mr. Schmidt's costume store is bankrupt because he spends his time on Rube Goldberg-style inventions. The creditors send a young manager who falls for Schmidt's niece Louise, but she'll ... See full summary »
Director: Benjamin Stoloff | Stars: Ted Healy, Charles Winninger, Frances McCoy, George Bickel
Votes: 561
26. Call Me Madam (1953)
Approved | 114 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance
Washington hostess Sally Adams becomes a Truman-era US ambassador to a European grand duchy.
Director: Walter Lang | Stars: Ethel Merman, Donald O'Connor, Vera-Ellen, George Sanders
Votes: 1,463
27. The Skeleton Dance (1929)
Approved | 6 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
The clock strikes midnight, the bats fly from the belfry, a dog howls at the full moon, and two black cats fight in the cemetery: a perfect time for four skeletons to come out and dance a bit.
Director: Walt Disney | Stars: Walt Disney, Carl W. Stalling
Votes: 6,301
28. Through the Fire (2018)
116 min | Drama
The heartbreaking hero's journey and true story of a Paris fireman, husband and dad.
Director: Frédéric Tellier | Stars: Pierre Niney, Anaïs Demoustier, Vincent Rottiers, Chloé Stefani
Votes: 1,952
29. Wittgenstein (1993)
Not Rated | 72 min | Biography, Comedy, Drama
A dramatization, in modern theatrical style, of the life and thought of the Viennese-born, Cambridge-educated philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein (1889-1951), whose principal interest was the ... See full summary »
Director: Derek Jarman | Stars: Clancy Chassay, Jill Balcon, Sally Dexter, Gina Marsh
Votes: 2,934
30. Rock Around the Clock (1956)
Not Rated | 77 min | Comedy, Music, Romance
A frustrated big-band promoter bumps into rock-and-rollers Bill Haley and the Comets.
Director: Fred F. Sears | Stars: Bill Haley and the Comets, Bill Haley, The Platters, Ernie Freeman Combo
Votes: 1,302 | Gross: $4.00M
31. Hotel Splendide (2000)
98 min | Comedy
A chef (Toni Collette) seeks reconciliation with her brother (Daniel Craig) by helping him run a decaying resort and health spa.
Director: Terence Gross | Stars: Toni Collette, Daniel Craig, Katrin Cartlidge, Stephen Tompkinson
Votes: 1,495
32. Cafe Society (1995)
R | 107 min | Drama, Mystery
A society playboy with a taste for the lowlife is set up for exploitation by an unscrupulous undercover cop and his shadowy political masters.
Director: Raymond De Felitta | Stars: Frank Whaley, Peter Gallagher, Lara Flynn Boyle, John Spencer
Votes: 425 | Gross: $0.01M
33. The Test (2021)
85 min | Comedy
Annie lives in harmony with her husband Laurent and her children: the sensitive elders Maximilien and César; the younger Antoine whom Poupi, never-complaining teen, helps raising him. But a positive pregnancy test will disturb the harmony.
Director: Emmanuel Poulain-Arnaud | Stars: Alexandra Lamy, Philippe Katerine, Matteo Perez, Joaquim Fossi
Votes: 569
34. Donkey Kong Country Returns (2010 Video Game)
E | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Donkey and Diddy Kong are back for a new adventure on the Nintendo Wii. A group of evil sentient Tiki masks known as the Tiki Tak Tribe arrive on Donkey Kong Island, and hypnotize the island's animals and steal Donkey Kong's bananas.
Director: Bryan Walker | Stars: Takashi Nagasako, Katsumi Suzuki
Votes: 1,126
35. King's Quest VI: Heir Today, Gone Tomorrow (1992 Video Game)
T | Adventure, Fantasy, Romance
A prince has little time before the princess he loves is harmed. He must travel throughout her kingdom and try to mend the feuds there in order to save her.
Directors: Jane Jensen, William Skirvin, Roberta Williams | Stars: Robby Benson, Sheryl Bernstein, Townsend Coleman, Ron Feinberg
Votes: 328
36. Show Biz Bugs (1957)
7 min | Animation, Family, Short
Bugs and Daffy are vaudevillians competing for praise from the audience. They love Bugs no matter what; just the opposite for Daffy.
Director: Friz Freleng | Star: Mel Blanc
Votes: 1,118
37. War Dance (2007)
PG-13 | 105 min | Documentary, Music, War
Three children living in a displacement camp in northern Uganda compete in their country's national music and dance festival.
Directors: Sean Fine, Andrea Nix | Stars: Dominic, Nancy, Rose, Jane Adong
Votes: 1,199 | Gross: $0.11M
38. Toot Whistle Plunk and Boom (1953)
Approved | 10 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
A crash course on the history of Western musical instruments.
Directors: Ward Kimball, Charles Nichols | Stars: The Mellowmen Quartet, Loulie Jean Norman, Charlie Parlota, Bill Thompson
Votes: 1,556
39. Symphony Hour (1942)
7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Mickey guest-directs a radio orchestra. The sponsor loves the rehearsal, but come the actual performance, Goofy drops all the instruments under an elevator, so they sound like toys. The sponsor hates it, but the audience loves it anyway.
Director: Riley Thomson | Stars: Billy Bletcher, Pinto Colvig, Walt Disney, Florence Gill
Votes: 707
40. Skeleton Frolic (1937)
Approved | 7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Ub Iwerks dusts off the skeletons from his early-Disney days and puts them to work at Columbia...in a graveyard replete with eerie owls and surrealistic bats, skeletons begin to rise from their graves and form a loosely-jointed band.
Director: Ub Iwerks
Votes: 293
41. Throw Down Your Heart (2008)
Not Rated | 97 min | Documentary, Family, Music
A film crew follows the well-known banjo player Bela Fleck on his travels to Africa, where he learns about the instrument's origins.
Director: Sascha Paladino | Stars: Bela Fleck, The Jatta Family, Bassékou Kouyaté, Anania Ngoliga
Votes: 209 | Gross: $0.09M
42. Sinkin' in the Bathtub (1930)
Passed | 8 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
The music-happy Bosko and Honey take a car ride, but bad luck briefly interrupts their fun.
Directors: Hugh Harman, Rudolf Ising | Stars: Rochelle Hudson, Carman Maxwell
Votes: 641
43. It's Got Me Again! (1932)
7 min | Family, Musical, Animation
Late at night, the mice come out and sing and play to the title tune, among others. That is, until the cat arrives, but he's quickly sent packing.
Director: Rudolf Ising | Star: The Rhythmettes
Votes: 655
44. The Birthday Party (1931)
Approved | 7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Mickey's friends throw him a wild surprise birthday party.
Director: Burt Gillett | Stars: Marcellite Garner, Ann Hovey, Theodore Santoro, Walt Disney
Votes: 540
45. Animusic (2001 Video)
33 min | Music, Animation, Short
Animusic draws you into its reality like no place you have ever been. You encounter new dimensions of sight and sound as you experience seven unique visual concerts.
Director: Wayne Lytle | Star: Wayne Lytle
Votes: 492
46. O Thodoros Kai to Dikano (1962)
98 min | Comedy
An anachronistic and paleolithic father tries to find a good, honest husband for his daughter.
Director: Dinos Dimopoulos | Stars: Mimis Fotopoulos, Smaroula Giouli, Hristos Tsaganeas, Lavrentis Dianellos
Votes: 372
47. National Barn Dance (1944)
Approved | 76 min | Comedy, Music, Romance
Made at the time when the National Barn Dance program, on radio station WLS (for World's Largest Store and owned by Sears & Roebuck) in Chicago, was as big on a national scale listening ... See full summary »
Director: Hugh Bennett | Stars: Jean Heather, Charles Quigley, Robert Benchley, Mabel Paige
Votes: 19
48. Bosko the Doughboy (1931)
7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Bosko is a doughboy in the Great War.
Director: Hugh Harman | Stars: Johnny Murray, Rudolf Ising
Votes: 326
49. Mickey's Revue (1932)
Approved | 7 min | Comedy, Family, Animation
Mickey Mouse conducts an orchestra, while the rest of the Disney menagerie of the era provides a dance recital, with Horace Horsecollar as stage manager, and Pluto continually sneaking on stage.
Director: Wilfred Jackson | Stars: Pinto Colvig, Walt Disney, Marcellite Garner, Purv Pullen
Votes: 552
50. Bosko's Soda Fountain (1931)
7 min | Family, Animation, Short
Bosko is a soda jerk, who gives poor service to a mouse and to his former schoolteacher. Later, he must contend with Honey's bratty kitten pupil.
Directors: Hugh Harman, Rudolf Ising | Stars: Rochelle Hudson, Johnny Murray
Votes: 210