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51. Adam & Evelyn (2018)

100 min | Drama, Romance

Summer 1989, East Germany. Adam works as a tailor, Evelyn as a waitress. They are planning a vacation together when Evelyn finds out that Adam is cheating on her and decides to leave for the holiday on her own.

Director: Andreas Goldstein | Stars: Florian Teichtmeister, Anne Kanis, Lena Lauzemis, Milian Zerzawy

Votes: 164

52. Scandalous John (1971)

G | 113 min | Comedy, Drama, Family

A crotchety old ranch owner fights to be able to live his life the way he wants to, and not the way other people--and the law--tell him he has to.

Director: Robert Butler | Stars: Brian Keith, Alfonso Arau, Michele Carey, Rick Lenz

Votes: 178 | Gross: $0.03M

53. Leon the Pig Farmer (1992)

Not Rated | 98 min | Comedy, Crime

An irreverent comedy is set in motion when Leon Geller, a sensitive Jewish man from London, learns that he is the product of an artificial insemination accident, and that his real father is a farmer from Yorkshire.

Directors: Vadim Jean, Gary Sinyor | Stars: Mark Frankel, Janet Suzman, Brian Glover, Connie Booth

Votes: 580 | Gross: $0.07M

54. Griff the Invisible (2010)

PG-13 | 90 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

Griff, office worker by day, superhero by night, has his world turned upside down when he meets Melody, a beautiful young scientist who shares his passion for the impossible.

Director: Leon Ford | Stars: Ryan Kwanten, Maeve Dermody, Marshall Napier, Patrick Brammall

Votes: 5,031

55. Captain Jack (1999)

90 min | Drama

An eccentric seaman puts together an equally eccentric crew with the idea of sailing from northern England to the Artic along the path of Captain Scoresby, a 1791 sea captain.

Director: Robert Young | Stars: Bob Hoskins, Sadie Frost, Gemma Jones, Anna Massey

Votes: 356

56. Anne at 13,000 Ft. (2019)

75 min | Drama

A volatile young woman challenged by everyday social and professional encounters.

Director: Kazik Radwanski | Stars: Lisa Aitken, Pat Bianco, Tiffany Blom, Deragh Campbell

Votes: 692

57. Martin & Orloff (2002)

Not Rated | 87 min | Comedy

Martin tried to kill himself. He's back at the advertising agency with everybody knowing. He sees a shrink, Dr. Orloff, with hilarious results.

Director: Lawrence Blume | Stars: Ian Roberts, Matt Walsh, H. Jon Benjamin, Amy Poehler

Votes: 879 | Gross: $0.03M

58. Engel & Joe (2001)

93 min | Drama, Romance

A love story about a 17-year-old punk-rocker and a 15-year-old runaway girl.

Director: Vanessa Jopp | Stars: Robert Stadlober, Jana Pallaske, Sabine Berg, Mirko Lang

Votes: 977

59. Dear Ruth (1947)

Approved | 95 min | Comedy, Romance

A family is befuddled when a World War II serviceman shows up to meet and marry his pen pal sweetheart. Everyone's in the dark about the romance by mail. Then they discover Ruth's younger sister was the culprit.

Director: William D. Russell | Stars: Joan Caulfield, William Holden, Mona Freeman, Edward Arnold

Votes: 717

60. Sarah and Son (1930)

Passed | 86 min | Drama, Romance

After years of abusing his wife, a ne'er-do-well husband disappears with their son--and winds up selling him to a wealthy family. Years later, the wife, now a world-famous opera singer, ... See full summary »

Director: Dorothy Arzner | Stars: Ruth Chatterton, Fredric March, Fuller Mellish Jr., Gilbert Emery

Votes: 341

61. Marilyn: Something's Got to Give (1990 TV Movie)

60 min | Documentary

An account of Marilyn Monroe's last days as she worked on the uncompleted film, "Something's Got to Give", told through interviews with her co-workers.

Stars: Henry Schipper, Gene Allen, Walter Bernstein, David Bretherton

Votes: 177

62. Sunny (1984)

Not Rated | 114 min | Drama, Romance

Wealthy businessman Inderjeet marries a lovely woman named Gayetri, but is unhappy with this marriage, as she is unable to bear him any children. He starts frequenting brothels, where he ... See full summary »

Director: Raj Khosla | Stars: Sunny Deol, Amrita Singh, Dharmendra, Waheeda Rehman

Votes: 158

63. Frisco Jenny (1932)

Passed | 73 min | Crime, Drama, Music

The San Francisco earthquake shakes up the life of Jenny, a madam who gives birth to an illegitimate son and gives him up to protect him.

Director: William A. Wellman | Stars: Ruth Chatterton, Louis Calhern, Helen Jerome Eddy, Donald Cook

Votes: 1,191

64. Sam the Man (2001)

TV-MA | 87 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

A writer having difficulty completing his second novel goes on a journey of self-discovery.

Director: Gary Winick | Stars: Fisher Stevens, Annabella Sciorra, Alex Porter, John Slattery

Votes: 247

65. Robin and the Dreamweavers (2000)

75 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

Robin, the first girl born in Cyberspace, becomes a virtual DJ for Brenda Plump's new virtual reality nightclub. However, she soon gains the attention of the leather-clad dominatrix XXX (... See full summary »

Director: Kamoon Song | Stars: Kathleen Barr, Paul Dobson, Janyse Jaud, Scott McNeil

Votes: 32

66. Sweet Adeline (1934)

Approved | 87 min | Musical, Romance

In 1898, composer Sid Barnett manages to get his sweetheart, Adeline the beer-garden singer, to sing the lead in his new Broadway operetta; this infuriates Elysia, the erstwhile star. But ... See full summary »

Director: Mervyn LeRoy | Stars: Irene Dunne, Donald Woods, Hugh Herbert, Ned Sparks

Votes: 319

67. Color Me Barbra (1966 TV Special)

60 min | Comedy, Music

Barbra Streisand's second television special, consisting of her singing and doing comedy skits.

Director: Dwight Hemion | Star: Barbra Streisand

Votes: 324

68. Max & Jeremie (1992)

115 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

A socially awkward TV-addicted ambitious small time thug is ordered to take out a retiring professional hitman, a legend among his peers. However, the two grow to like each other and become... See full summary »

Director: Claire Devers | Stars: Philippe Noiret, Christopher Lambert, Jean-Pierre Marielle, Christophe Odent

Votes: 806

69. Roberta (1997)

96 min | Drama

A little girl, Roberta, was giving sampaguita necklaces to drivers for money. Until her mother died because of her self-abusive and rude father.

Director: Ike Jarlego Jr. | Stars: Melisse Santiago, Albert Martinez, Jaclyn Jose, Rita Avila

Votes: 15

70. Abe & Bruno (2005 TV Movie)

PG | 94 min | Family

Abe has secretly been living in his woodland home, which he shields by scaring off ids, happily together with Bruno, a mountain gorilla he saved from zoo captivity. When Abe gets cardiac ... See full summary »

Directors: Henri Charr, Sean McNamara | Stars: Brad Sergi, Kevin Scott Allen, Eric Clarke, Darla Coele

Votes: 73

71. Bam Bam and Celeste (2005)

85 min | Comedy

Celeste (Margaret Cho) and Bam Bam (Bruce Daniels) escape their Midwest hometown for New York, and take on their high-school nemeses - the dictators of the world-famous Salon Mirage - while discovering that true beauty lies within.

Director: Lorene Machado | Stars: Margaret Cho, Wayne Federman, Elaine Hendrix, Butch Klein

Votes: 322

72. Panama Flo (1932)

Passed | 73 min | Adventure, Drama, Romance

A New York chorus girl is coerced into keeping house for an oil man in South America to pay off a debt. Her boyfriend comes to get her but she finds out that he is only out for the oil man's money.

Directors: Ralph Murphy, Tay Garnett | Stars: Helen Twelvetrees, Robert Armstrong, Charles Bickford, Marjorie Peterson

Votes: 211

73. Bell-Bottom George (1944)

97 min | Comedy, War

Nazi spies are out to destroy a new submarine killer, the "Firefly", being developed by the British navy. A hapless waiter named George, after being rejected for military service three ... See full summary »

Director: Marcel Varnel | Stars: George Formby, Anne Firth, Reginald Purdell, Peter Murray-Hill

Votes: 231

74. Subway Sadie (1926)

Passed | 70 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

Sadie Hermann, employed in a big New York fur store, dreams of escaping from the early-morning alarm clock and the twice-a-day subway crush. One night in a subway jam she is catapulted into... See full summary »

Director: Alfred Santell | Stars: Dorothy Mackaill, Jack Mulhall, Charles Murray, Peggy Shaw

75. Annabel Takes a Tour (1938)

Passed | 67 min | Adventure, Comedy, Romance

Movie star Annabel Allison has further comic adventures with her wacky publicity agent.

Director: Lew Landers | Stars: Jack Oakie, Lucille Ball, Ruth Donnelly, Bradley Page

Votes: 340

76. Gentle Annie (1944)

Passed | 80 min | Western

In 1901, an undercover US Marshal is sent to Oklahoma Territory to investigate a string of train robberies and arrest the culprits.

Director: Andrew Marton | Stars: James Craig, Donna Reed, Marjorie Main, Harry Morgan

Votes: 376

77. Dear Claudia (1999)

92 min | Adventure, Comedy, Romance

A romantic comedy about a lonely postman, a desperate hitchhiker, a gifted sculptor, an infatuated pilot, a blind a sailor, a street kid, a mistress, a miner, a butcher, two thieves and a ... See full summary »

Director: Chris Cudlipp | Stars: Bryan Brown, Aleksandra Vujcic, Deborah Mailman, Kim Hillas

Votes: 366

78. Doktor Mladen (1975)

102 min | Biography, Drama, War

At the beginning of the Second World War, a well respected doctor must lead the partisan resistance to save his people from genocide.

Directors: Midhat Mutapdzic, Milenko Strbac | Stars: Ljuba Tadic, Pavle Vuisic, Ljubisa Samardzic, Husein Cokic

Votes: 232

79. Ambassador Bill (1931)

Passed | 70 min | Comedy

An American ambassador arrives in a small country that is being convulsed by political intrigue and civil unrest. He befriends the young boy who is to be the country's king, to ensure that ... See full summary »

Director: Sam Taylor | Stars: Will Rogers, Marguerite Churchill, Greta Nissen, Tad Alexander

Votes: 185

80. The Great Jasper (1933)

85 min | Drama, Romance

Early in the century, high-spirited Irishman, Jasper Horn, drives a horse-drawn New York streetcar. But the electric era is beginning, so what's wrong with celebrating by having a drink ... See full summary »

Director: J. Walter Ruben | Stars: Richard Dix, Edna May Oliver, Florence Eldridge, Wera Engels

Votes: 35

81. Polly of the Follies (1922)

Passed | 70 min | Comedy, Romance

Country girl goes to New York and becomes stage star.

Director: John Emerson | Stars: Constance Talmadge, Horace Knight, Thomas Carr, Harry Fisher

Votes: 18

82. Five and Ten Cent Annie (1928)

Passed | 60 min | Comedy, Romance

Street cleaner Elmer Peck (Clyde Cook) inherits a million dollars from his uncle Adam Peck (Tom Ticketts) on the conditions that he retain the uncle's valet, Briggs (William Demarest). ... See full summary »

Director: Roy Del Ruth | Stars: Louise Fazenda, Clyde Cook, William Demarest, Gertrude Astor

83. Maui Mallard in Cold Shadow (1995 Video Game)

Not Rated | Animation, Action, Adventure

Donald is Maui Mallard, a Magnum, P.I.-esque private eye on tropical vacation, who gets drafted to recover a local tiki named Shabum Shabum from a haunted mansion. Maui's ninja alter ego, Cold Shadow, helps him out in this platformer.

Star: Tony Anselmo

Votes: 118

84. Patricia, Return of the Dream (2017)

108 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

Juan Carlos returns to the Dominican Republic to reunite with his longtime fiancee, only to find her already married and pregnant. Sunk into despair and with nothing to do, he meets Patricia, who will change his life.

Director: René Fortunato | Stars: Amauris Pérez, Stephany Liriano, Reyna Acosta Medina, Fifi Almonte

Votes: 15

85. Herman the German (2015)

15 min | Short, Action, Comedy

After an accident Herman learns that he suffers from the rare Kahnawake syndrome, which causes him that the emotion "fear" falls out whereby he is forced to try out all phobias to become normal again.

Director: Michael Binz | Stars: Gustav-Peter Wöhler, Hans-Martin Stier, Kerstin Thielemann, Anke Engelke

Votes: 153

86. Guillaume Masturbates (2016)

3 min | Short, Comedy, Drama

Guillaume masturbates too often.

Director: Patrick Aubert | Stars: Miguel Doucet, Marc-André Fabi, Marie-Ève Tardy

87. Anita (1969)

64 min | Crime

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Director: Ron Wertheim | Stars: Philip Donally, Celeste Downing, Natalie Fields, Larry Hunter

88. The Shackles of Sherlock (2007 TV Movie)

47 min | Documentary

David Burke, a former Dr. Watson, takes a look at Sherlock Holmes creator Arthur Conan Doyle and how his most famous character took over his life.

Director: Paul Griffin | Stars: David Burke, Duncan Duff, Jon Lellenberg, Owen Dudley Edwards

Votes: 10

89. Barbra: With One More Look at You (1976 TV Movie)

55 min | Documentary

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Stars: Barbra Streisand, Kris Kristofferson, Jon Peters, Paul Williams

Votes: 92

90. Square Dance Katy (1950)

Passed | 76 min | Musical

Bob Carson, a talent-scout for a soap-company that sponsors a television program, and his entertainer-friend, Vicky Doran, go hunting for television talent in a rural community, and are met... See full summary »

Director: Jean Yarbrough | Stars: Barbara Jo Allen, Jimmie Davis, Jimmie Davis' Sunshine Band, Phil Brito

Votes: 27

91. Movie Magic & Mysteries: The Making of Sherlock Jr. (2010 Video)

23 min | Documentary, Short

Documentary about the making of Buster Keaton's silent comedy classic, Sherlock Jr. (1924).

Star: Brad Brooks

Votes: 13

92. Miss Mabel (1962 TV Movie)

Comedy

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Director: Abder Isker | Stars: Berthe Bovy, Madeleine Barbulée, Maurice Chevit, Jacques Cousin

93. Sherlock: L'Enquête (2014 TV Movie)

26 min | Documentary

Making of documentary dedicated to the TV series "Sherlock".

Directors: Alain Carrazé, Romain Nigita | Stars: Mark Gatiss, Toby Haynes, Steven Moffat, Lara Pulver

94. The Only People Who Have Ever Seen Rob's Penis (2018)

Short, Comedy, Fantasy

A young virgin's lies about his sexual history come to light.

Director: Christian Cerezo | Stars: Isáyah Phillips, Claire Woolner, Wilky Lau, Natasha Rose Capener

Votes: 43

95. Richard & Judy: Keep Reading and Carry On (2020)

30 min | Talk-Show

The book loving couple are joined by celebrity guests, viewers and authors from the comfort of their homes, who share their best reads and top tips to keep us entertained during the lockdown.

Stars: Judy Finnigan, Richard Madeley, Emilia Fox, David Walliams

96. The Simpsons (1989– )
Episode: Lisa the Iconoclast (1996)

TV-14 | 30 min | Animation, Comedy

While researching for an essay, Lisa discovers that Springfield's founding father was actually a murderous thief.

Director: Mike B. Anderson | Stars: Dan Castellaneta, Julie Kavner, Nancy Cartwright, Yeardley Smith

Votes: 2,948