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1. SpongeBob SquarePants (1999– )
TV-Y7 | 23 min | Animation, Comedy, Family
The misadventures of a talking sea sponge who works at a fast food restaurant, attends a boating school, and lives in an underwater pineapple.
Stars: Tom Kenny, Rodger Bumpass, Bill Fagerbakke, Clancy Brown
Votes: 111,696
2. Nightcrawler (2014)
R | 117 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
When Louis Bloom, a con man desperate for work, muscles into the world of L.A. crime journalism, he blurs the line between observer and participant to become the star of his own story.
Director: Dan Gilroy | Stars: Jake Gyllenhaal, Rene Russo, Bill Paxton, Riz Ahmed
Votes: 605,764 | Gross: $32.38M
3. A Most Violent Year (2014)
R | 125 min | Action, Crime, Drama
In New York City 1981, an ambitious immigrant fights to protect his business and family during the most dangerous year in the city's history.
Director: J.C. Chandor | Stars: Oscar Isaac, Jessica Chastain, David Oyelowo, Alessandro Nivola
Votes: 77,767 | Gross: $5.74M
4. Boom Town (1940)
Passed | 119 min | Drama, Romance, Western
Two buddies who rise from fly-by-night wildcatters to oil tycoons over a ten-year period, are in love with the same woman.
Director: Jack Conway | Stars: Clark Gable, Spencer Tracy, Claudette Colbert, Hedy Lamarr
Votes: 3,818 | Gross: $9.17M
5. Good Burger (1997)
PG | 95 min | Comedy, Family
A dim-witted teenager and his new coworker try to save the old burger joint they work for from failing after the opening of a brand new burger restaurant across the street, which's planning to put them out of business.
Director: Brian Robbins | Stars: Kel Mitchell, Kenan Thompson, Sinbad, Abe Vigoda
Votes: 33,738 | Gross: $23.69M
6. Pirates of Silicon Valley (1999 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 95 min | Biography, Drama, History
History of Apple and Microsoft.
Director: Martyn Burke | Stars: Anthony Michael Hall, Noah Wyle, Joey Slotnick, J.G. Hertzler
Votes: 25,257
7. Fear City (1984)
R | 95 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Strippers in Manhattan are being stalked and maimed by a psycho-killer. A conflicted ex-boxer-turned-talent-manager and his business partner and friend, who represent some of the girls, set out to find him before he strikes again.
Director: Abel Ferrara | Stars: Tom Berenger, Billy Dee Williams, Jack Scalia, Melanie Griffith
Votes: 4,341
8. Hobson's Choice (1954)
Not Rated | 108 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Widower Henry Hobson refuses to let his three daughters get married because he doesn't want to pay settlements, so they'll just have to outsmart him.
Director: David Lean | Stars: Charles Laughton, John Mills, Brenda de Banzie, Daphne Anderson
Votes: 8,831
9. They Drive by Night (1940)
Approved | 95 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
When one of two truck-driving brothers loses an arm, they both join a transport company where the other is falsely charged as an accessory in the murder of the owner.
Director: Raoul Walsh | Stars: George Raft, Humphrey Bogart, Ann Sheridan, Ida Lupino
Votes: 8,851
10. Barbershop 2: Back in Business (2004)
PG-13 | 106 min | Comedy, Drama
The owner of an historic South Side Chicago barbershop is pressured to sell out to a land developer, but must face the impact this would have on his close-knit community.
Director: Kevin Rodney Sullivan | Stars: Ice Cube, Cedric The Entertainer, Eve, Queen Latifah
Votes: 15,996 | Gross: $65.11M
11. Blood & Oil (2015)
TV-PG | 42 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
A young married couple of newcomers looks to cash in on the modern-day oil boom in North Dakota and becomes involved with sly local oil baron, Hap Briggs, and his troubled family.
Stars: Don Johnson, Chace Crawford, Rebecca Rittenhouse, Scott Michael Foster
Votes: 4,363
12. The Late Shift (1996 TV Movie)
R | 95 min | Comedy, Drama
A dramatization of the rivalry between David Letterman and Jay Leno over which of them would succeed Johnny Carson as the host of "The Tonight Show".
Director: Betty Thomas | Stars: John Michael Higgins, Daniel Roebuck, Kathy Bates, Bob Balaban
Votes: 3,789
13. Flywheel (2003)
Not Rated | 120 min | Drama
A dishonest used-car salesman decides to become the salesman that God wants him to be--with surprising results.
Director: Alex Kendrick | Stars: Rosetta Harris Armstrong, Lisa Arnold, Blake Bailey, Jansen Barnes
Votes: 4,668
14. My American Uncle (1980)
PG | 125 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
The intersecting stories of three people who face difficult choices in life-changing situations are used to illustrate the theories espoused by Henri Laborit about human behavior and the relationship between the self and society.
Director: Alain Resnais | Stars: Gérard Depardieu, Nicole Garcia, Roger Pierre, Nelly Borgeaud
Votes: 6,862
15. Intern (2000)
R | 90 min | Comedy
An overworked, underpaid magazine intern goes from the mail-room to the boardroom, while searching for a spy within the company.
Director: Michael Lange | Stars: Dominique Swain, Ben Pullen, Peggy Lipton, David Deblinger
Votes: 741
16. Rollover (1981)
R | 116 min | Drama, Mystery, Romance
The wife of a murdered petrochemical company chairman and a banker investigating the liquidity of his new bank stumble upon an international financial scheme that could lead to global economic collapse.
Director: Alan J. Pakula | Stars: Jane Fonda, Kris Kristofferson, Hume Cronyn, Josef Sommer
Votes: 1,443 | Gross: $10.85M
17. B&B Merry (2022 TV Movie)
85 min | Comedy, Romance
Tracey, a travel blogger, is invited by Graham to a Christmas getaway at his family's small bed and breakfast. It is facing tough competition from a hotel resort that has been stealing guests, threatening survival of the family business.
Director: Paula Elle | Stars: Jen Lilley, Jesse Hutch, Kate Twa, ShellyLyn Williams
Votes: 1,944
18. The Story of Alexander Graham Bell (1939)
Approved | 98 min | Biography, Drama, History
The story of how Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone.
Director: Irving Cummings | Stars: Don Ameche, Loretta Young, Henry Fonda, Charles Coburn
Votes: 1,197
19. Poor Little Rich Girl (1936)
Approved | 79 min | Adventure, Comedy, Family
The daughter of a wealthy businessman becomes lost in the city while traveling to a new school, and is taken in by a pair of down-on-their-luck performers.
Director: Irving Cummings | Stars: Shirley Temple, Alice Faye, Gloria Stuart, Jack Haley
Votes: 1,591
20. Love & Where to Find It (2021 TV Movie)
TV-G | 89 min | Comedy, Romance
Two business rivals, a coffee store owner and a big chain executive, accidentally become pen pals when they each act on behalf of their respective friends and unwittingly become attracted to each other.
Director: Ken Friss | Stars: Elise Gatien, Clayton James, Stephanie Izsak, Lucas Penner
Votes: 510
21. Corporate (2006)
142 min | Drama
Two corporate giants compete in order to recklessly maximize their respective profits.
Director: Madhur Bhandarkar | Stars: Bipasha Basu, Kay Kay Menon, Raj Babbar, Rajat Kapoor
Votes: 2,147
22. Cash McCall (1960)
Not Rated | 102 min | Drama, Romance
James Garner put in a winning performance as a similarly unreconstructed capitalist in the grip of merger mania.
Director: Joseph Pevney | Stars: James Garner, Natalie Wood, Nina Foch, Dean Jagger
Votes: 1,620
23. At War (2018)
113 min | Drama
After promising 1100 employees that they would protect their jobs, the managers of a factory decide to suddenly close up shop. Laurent takes the lead in a fight against this decision.
Director: Stéphane Brizé | Stars: Vincent Lindon, Mélanie Rover, Jacques Borderie, David Rey
Votes: 2,179 | Gross: $0.00M
24. Frontier Marshal (1939)
Approved | 71 min | Drama, Western
Wyatt Earp agrees to become marshal and establish order in Tombstone in this very romanticized version of the gunfight at the O.K. Corral.
Director: Allan Dwan | Stars: Randolph Scott, Nancy Kelly, Cesar Romero, Binnie Barnes
Votes: 1,036
25. Love by Design (2014 TV Movie)
120 min | Romance
After a fashion editor is fired from her highpowered job in New York, she has no choice but to go back to her hometown, where she reconnects with her roots and rediscovers her life's passion.
Director: Michael Damian | Stars: Giulia Nahmany, David Oakes, Jane Seymour, Olivia Hallinan
Votes: 815
26. Kalyug (1981)
152 min | Drama
This movie tells story of fierce and total competition of two related business families in the days of license raaj India. The overall plot is based on Mahabharat. This movie shows that how... See full summary »
Director: Shyam Benegal | Stars: Shashi Kapoor, Rekha, Raj Babbar, Kulbhushan Kharbanda
Votes: 584
27. Micro Men (2009 TV Movie)
84 min | Biography, Drama
In 1979 Clive Sinclair, British inventor of the pocket calculator, frustrated by the lack of home investment in his project,the electric car, also opposes former assistant Chris Curry's ... See full summary »
Director: Saul Metzstein | Stars: Alexander Armstrong, Martin Freeman, Edward Baker-Duly, Sam Phillips
Votes: 933
28. Skid Marks (2007)
R | 85 min | Action, Comedy
Budget cuts force two rival ambulance companies and their misfit medics to go head-to-head to save their patients, their jobs and their beer money, all in the name of emergency medicine.
Director: Karl Kozak | Stars: Tyler Poelle, Mikey Post, Scott Dittman, Kathy Uyen
Votes: 667
29. The Widow from Chicago (1930)
Passed | 64 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
Vice lord Dominic has brought Swifty Dorgan east to do a job for him. When Swifty appears to have died falling from a train, detective Henderson impersonates him hoping to get into the mob.... See full summary »
Director: Edward F. Cline | Stars: Alice White, Edward G. Robinson, Neil Hamilton, Frank McHugh
Votes: 435
30. A Dispatch from Reuters (1940)
Approved | 90 min | Biography, Drama
Starting with a small flock of carrier pigeons, nineteenth-century entrepreneur Julius Reuter turns his small company into Europe's most respected news wire service.
Director: William Dieterle | Stars: Edward G. Robinson, Edna Best, Eddie Albert, Albert Bassermann
Votes: 673
31. Do I Say I Do? (2017 TV Movie)
TV-PG | 86 min | Romance
Author Jessica Bender is forced to work with her former boyfriend and editor Mike Pryce. During this association, the exes begin to realize that the spark of their love is not yet completely extinguished.
Director: Kevin Connor | Stars: Becca Tobin, Ryan Kelley, Jason London, Jack Coleman
Votes: 395
32. Would I Lie to You? (1997)
100 min | Comedy, Romance
The sentimental and comedic adventures of Eddie, a non-Jew trying to pass as Jewish though totally ignorant of Jewish traditions, as he works in a Jewish community.
Director: Thomas Gilou | Stars: Richard Anconina, Richard Bohringer, Amira Casar, Vincent Elbaz
Votes: 4,907
33. Denver & Rio Grande (1952)
Passed | 89 min | Drama, Western
A romanticized history of the building of the Denver & Rio Grande Railroad in the Colorado mountains.
Director: Byron Haskin | Stars: Edmond O'Brien, Sterling Hayden, Dean Jagger, Kasey Rogers
Votes: 620
34. Doomed to Die (1940)
Approved | 68 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Mr. Wong and a girl reporter investigate a shipping magnate's murder.
Director: William Nigh | Stars: Boris Karloff, Marjorie Reynolds, Grant Withers, William Stelling
Votes: 1,373
35. A Very Merry Daughter of the Bride (2008 TV Movie)
TV-PG | 89 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A wedding planner looks to persuade her mother not to marry a man she's only known for a brief period of time, until an unexpected development forces her to re-examine her feelings.
Director: Leslie Hope | Stars: JoAnna Garcia Swisher, Helen Shaver, Kenneth Welsh, Lucas Bryant
Votes: 836
36. Il medico della mutua (1968)
98 min | Comedy
The eventful ascent of a doctor in the corrupted Italian healthcare system.
Director: Luigi Zampa | Stars: Alberto Sordi, Bice Valori, Sara Franchetti, Nanda Primavera
Votes: 1,704
37. Les Destinées (2000)
180 min | Drama, Romance
In late nineteenth century Charante, Protestant minister Jean Barnery causes local disquiet when he arranges a separation from his obsessive wife - and more talk when he decides to take her... See full summary »
Director: Olivier Assayas | Stars: Emmanuelle Béart, Charles Berling, Isabelle Huppert, Olivier Perrier
Votes: 1,311 | Gross: $0.23M
38. The Christmas Calendar (2017 TV Movie)
Unrated | 84 min | Comedy, Mystery, Romance
When Emily, a struggling baker in a small town, receives a handmade Christmas Calendar from a secret admirer, the local residents become obsessed with finding out the identity of the sender.
Director: Allan Harmon | Stars: Laura Bell Bundy, Brendon Zub, Paloma Kwiatkowski, Frazey Ford
Votes: 1,586
39. Professional Sweetheart (1933)
Passed | 73 min | Comedy, Mystery, Romance
A vice-free radio singer wants to experience the dark side of life, so a press agent convinces her sponsor to choose a "professional sweetheart" from her fans.
Director: William A. Seiter | Stars: Ginger Rogers, Norman Foster, Zasu Pitts, Frank McHugh
Votes: 694
40. The Chateau Meroux (2011)
PG-13 | 94 min | Comedy, Romance
Wendy (Marla Sokoloff) is left a struggling winery in her father's will. While learning to manage it, she must contend with a cunning competitor and her feelings for his son.
Director: Bob Fugger | Stars: Marla Sokoloff, Barry Watson, Amanda Righetti, Christopher Lloyd
Votes: 1,317
41. The Silver Horde (1930)
Passed | 75 min | Drama, Romance
A salmon fisherman has to choose between a bad girl and a society doll.
Director: George Archainbaud | Stars: Evelyn Brent, Louis Wolheim, Jean Arthur, Raymond Hatton
Votes: 630
42. Le grand bazar (1973)
86 min | Comedy
Four guys working for a small grocer in trouble, declare war on a new giant neighborhood supermarket by attempting several coups. A film about the big store taking over the business of smaller stores.
Director: Claude Zidi | Stars: Gérard Rinaldi, Jean Sarrus, Gérard Filippelli, Jean-Guy Fechner
Votes: 901
43. Vogues of 1938 (1937)
Passed | 109 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance
The blueblooded Van Kletterings are broke; debutante Wendy, slated to remedy this by marrying rich bore Henry Morgan, instead leaves him at the altar and goes to work as a model for ... See full summary »
Director: Irving Cummings | Stars: Warner Baxter, Joan Bennett, Helen Vinson, Mischa Auer
Votes: 321
44. The Wise Guys (1965)
G | 128 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
An ex-con with ulterior motives convinces the struggling inheritor of a sawmill to use convicts as affordable lumberjacks.
Director: Robert Enrico | Stars: Bourvil, Lino Ventura, Marie Dubois, Jess Hahn
Votes: 1,142
45. Made in Japan (1993)
115 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama
The story about the businessmen who are competing for international building contracts.
Director: Yôjirô Takita | Stars: Hiroyuki Sanada, Tsutomu Yamazaki, Ittoku Kishibe, Kyûsaku Shimada
Votes: 80
46. Hot Chocolate Holiday (2021 TV Movie)
95 min | Comedy, Romance
Colette runs a coffee shop that is known for her famous secret-recipe hot chocolate. When Marcus, a new dessert-shop owner, starts to draw in her customers, she is determined to expose him.
Director: Brian Brough | Stars: Aubrey Reynolds, Jonny Swenson, Kelsie Elena, Susan Phelan
Votes: 427
47. The Rise and Fall of Nokia (2018)
59 min | Documentary, History
How small, idealistic, Finnish company, Nokia, became the global leader in cell phone technology only to become drunk with success, lose its visionary style of leadership and completely fail to predict the rise of its death knell, iPhone.
Director: Arto Koskinen | Stars: Akseli Anttila, Taneli Armanto, Ian Broughall, Seppo Haataja
Votes: 118
48. Big City (1937)
Passed | 80 min | Drama, Romance
To avoid a taxi war, city officials blame a gang bombing on driver Joe Benton's wife Anna and put her on a ship to deport her. The mayor is speaker at a boxers' banquet where Joe pleads for... See full summary »
Directors: Frank Borzage, George B. Seitz | Stars: Spencer Tracy, Luise Rainer, Charley Grapewin, Janet Beecher
Votes: 646
49. Blondie Goes Latin (1941)
Approved | 68 min | Comedy, Family, Music
Dagwood disguises himself as a drummer in the ship's conga band to sneak aboard a South American cruise ship. Blondie performs several song-and-dance routines.
Directors: Frank R. Strayer, Robert Sparks | Stars: Penny Singleton, Arthur Lake, Larry Simms, Daisy
Votes: 328
50. Hips, Hips, Hooray! (1934)
Passed | 68 min | Comedy, Musical
Two salesmen try to market a flavored lipstick.
Director: Mark Sandrich | Stars: Bert Wheeler, Robert Woolsey, Ruth Etting, Thelma Todd
Votes: 545