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1. The Green Mile (1999)

R | 189 min | Crime, Drama, Fantasy

A tale set on death row, where gentle giant John Coffey possesses the mysterious power to heal people's ailments. When the lead guard, Paul Edgecombe, recognizes John's gift, he tries to help stave off the condemned man's execution.

Director: Frank Darabont | Stars: Tom Hanks, Michael Clarke Duncan, David Morse, Bonnie Hunt

Votes: 1,409,325 | Gross: $136.80M

2. All Saints (2017)

PG | 108 min | Drama

When a group of Burmese refugees join the congregation, the pastor of a failing Anglican church attempts to aid them by planting crops and enlisting the help of the community.

Director: Steve Gomer | Stars: John Corbett, Cara Buono, Myles Moore, Barry Corbin

Votes: 1,946 | Gross: $5.80M

3. Jack the Ripper (1959)

Not Rated | 84 min | Crime, Drama, History

A serial killer is murdering women in the Whitechapel district of London. An American policeman is brought in to help Scotland Yard solve the case.

Directors: Robert S. Baker, Monty Berman | Stars: Lee Patterson, Eddie Byrne, Betty McDowall, Ewen Solon

Votes: 964

4. Walkout (2006 TV Movie)

TV-14 | 110 min | Drama

A teacher becomes a mentor to Chicano high-school students protesting injustices in schools in 1968.

Director: Edward James Olmos | Stars: Alexa PenaVega, Michael Peña, Yancey Arias, Laura Harring

Votes: 1,576

5. Cops (1922)

Unrated | 18 min | Short, Comedy, Family

A series of mishaps manages to make a young man get chased by a big city's entire police force.

Directors: Edward F. Cline, Buster Keaton | Stars: Buster Keaton, Edward F. Cline, Virginia Fox, Steve Murphy

Votes: 6,952

6. The Floorwalker (1916)

TV-G | 29 min | Short, Comedy

The Tramp is tricked into impersonating an embezzling floorwalker in a department store.

Director: Charles Chaplin | Stars: Charles Chaplin, Eric Campbell, Edna Purviance, Lloyd Bacon

Votes: 2,699

7. The Battle of the Century (1927)

Passed | 19 min | Short, Comedy

A scheming fight manager attempts to collect insurance on his puny fighter by causing an accident. Things don't go according to plan, and the situation escalates into a pie-throwing battle of epic proportions.

Directors: Clyde Bruckman, Leo McCarey | Stars: Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Jack Adams, Chester A. Bachman

Votes: 1,479

8. A Fair Exchange (1914)

Not Rated | 16 min | Short, Comedy

A continuous exchange of meetings between husbands and wives of different couples in which a policeman intrudes in daring chase until both couples are found.

Director: Charles Chaplin | Stars: Charles Chaplin, Phyllis Allen, Mack Swain, Mabel Normand

Votes: 1,011

9. Book Revue (1946)

Approved | 7 min | Family, Animation, Short

As the literary characters come to life in a bookstore at night, Daffy Duck sings and dances before being chased by the Big Bad Wolf.

Director: Robert Clampett | Stars: Mel Blanc, Bea Benaderet, Sara Berner, Richard Bickenbach

Votes: 1,538

10. Scram! (1932)

Passed | 20 min | Comedy, Short

Commanded to "scram" out of town by a cantankerous judge, poor vagabonds, Stan and Ollie, slip into something more comfortable to spend the night at a sympathetic inebriate's home; however, is this the right house?

Directors: Ray McCarey, Lloyd French, Jack Lloyd | Stars: Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Richard Cramer, Arthur Housman

Votes: 1,520

11. From Hand to Mouth (1919)

TV-G | 22 min | Comedy, Short, Action

A penniless young man tries to save an heiress from kidnappers and help her secure her inheritance.

Directors: Alfred J. Goulding, Hal Roach | Stars: Harold Lloyd, Mildred Davis, 'Snub' Pollard, Peggy Cartwright

Votes: 1,165

12. Ten Dollars or Ten Days (1924)

20 min | Comedy, Short

A store clerk is wrongfully arrested for theft and killing the night watchman, who is very much alive. After dangling from a building, he stumbles onto the real burglar.

Director: Del Lord | Stars: Ben Turpin, Harry Gribbon, Irene, John J. Richardson

Votes: 111

13. Do You Love Your Wife? (1919)

Not Rated | 13 min | Short, Comedy

A janitor ends up in the middle of a lover's feud.

Director: Hal Roach | Stars: Stan Laurel, Bunny Bixby, Mary Burns, Mildred Forbes

Votes: 116

14. Mabel and Fatty's Wash Day (1915)

13 min | Comedy, Short

Neighbors Mabel and Fatty meet while doing laundry. Their friendship blossoms, their spouses grow jealous, and the Keystone Cops join the chaos.

Director: Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle | Stars: Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle, Mabel Normand, Harry McCoy, Alice Davenport

Votes: 258

15. Fifteen Minutes (1921)

9 min | Comedy, Short

While his wife is shopping, Snub attempts to take a fifteen minute break.

Director: Charley Chase | Stars: 'Snub' Pollard, Marie Mosquini, George Rowe, Vera White

Votes: 39

16. By the Sad Sea Waves (1917)

10 min | Comedy, Short

Our hero saves a man from drowning, only to find that it is the wrong man.

Director: Alfred J. Goulding | Stars: Harold Lloyd, 'Snub' Pollard, Bebe Daniels, Frank Alexander

Votes: 383

17. Fatty and Mabel at the San Diego Exposition (1915)

TV-G | 14 min | Comedy, Short

Fatty and Mabel, a married couple, visit the San Diego Exposition. After watching the parade, they rent a motorized cart. While Mabel makes a quick shopping foray, Fatty can't keep from ... See full summary »

Director: Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle | Stars: Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle, Mabel Normand, Joe Bordeaux, Billie Brockwell

Votes: 260

18. Leading Lizzie Astray (1914)

12 min | Comedy, Short

A city slicker is driving through a small town when his car has a flat. A local boy and his girlfriend walk by and the boy volunteers to fix the man's tire. While he's doing that, the city ... See full summary »

Director: Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle | Stars: Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle, Minta Durfee, Ed Brady, Mack Swain

Votes: 224

19. Almost a Scandal (1915)

12 min | Short, Comedy

Billie enjoys flirting with the ladies, and so does Henry, although he's married. Trouble erupts when both men bring dates to the same beer garden, and Billie's date turns out to be Henry's wife.

Director: Henry Lehrman | Stars: Billie Ritchie, Henry Bergman, Hank Mann, Louise Orth

Votes: 24

20. Her First Flame (1920)

20 min | Short, Comedy, Sci-Fi

It is the year 1950; women have taken over men's jobs and have become the aggressors in romantic situations. Lizzie Hap stuffs the ballot box, defeats her opponent, Minnie Fish, and is ... See full summary »

Director: Bruno C. Becker | Stars: Gale Henry, Milburn Morante, Hap Ward, Phyllis Allen

Votes: 34

21. Call a Taxi (1920)

Comedy, Short

Two men on their way home from the club, fall asleep on the curb, considerably the worse for liquor. They dream that they have gone to a land where there are no wives and finally they meet ... See full summary »

Director: Charley Chase | Stars: 'Snub' Pollard, Marie Mosquini, Ernest Morrison, Eddie Boland

Votes: 15

22. A Nose for News (1935)

Approved | 20 min | Short, Comedy, Crime

Joe gets a job as a newspaper reporter and is sent to the jail to interview a notorious gangster the police have just captured. The gangster steals Joe's newspaper pass, and walks out of ... See full summary »

Director: Charles Lamont | Stars: Joe Cook, Richard Cramer, George McKay, Ruth Hall

Votes: 17

23. Looking for Trouble (1919)

9 min | Comedy, Short

A burlesque boxing contest is featured, and the principal bout occurs between the "Champ" and the "Chump," Snub appearing as the latter.

Director: Hal Roach | Stars: 'Snub' Pollard, Marie Mosquini, Eddie Boland, Sammy Brooks

Votes: 52

24. The Non-Stop Kid (1918)

Not Rated | 12 min | Comedy, Short

Bebe is surrounded by suitors, but her father wants her to marry Professor M. T. Noodle. Harold makes his move by impersonating the professor.

Director: Gilbert Pratt | Stars: Harold Lloyd, 'Snub' Pollard, Bebe Daniels, William Blaisdell

Votes: 314

25. The Detectress (1919)

21 min | Comedy, Short

Aspiring detective Lizzie goes to Chinatown to track down some stolen papers, not realizing she's had them in her pocket all along.

Directors: Bruno C. Becker, Gale Henry | Stars: Gale Henry, Milburn Morante, Hap Ward, Eddie Baker

Votes: 99

26. Run 'Em Ragged (1920)

14 min | Comedy, Short

Two tramps wrest a pistol from a hold up man, then try to pull a stick up of their own, unfortunately for them, a cop appears and takes the money back and then chases them through a park ... See full summary »

Director: Alfred J. Goulding | Stars: 'Snub' Pollard, Marie Mosquini, Ernest Morrison, William Gillespie

Votes: 25

27. The Waiters' Ball (1916)

TV-G | 16 min | Comedy, Short

Fatty and Al are competing to take the same girl to the Waiters' Ball, but the formal dress requirement presents a problem: Fatty owns a tuxedo, but Al does not.

Director: Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle | Stars: Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle, Al St. John, Corinne Parquet, Joe Bordeaux

Votes: 213

28. Ambrose's Fury (1915)

Not Rated | 10 min | Comedy, Short

A couple of roving husbands are caught at the seashore by their wives.

Director: Dell Henderson | Stars: Mack Swain, Louise Fazenda, Alice Davenport, Dave Morris

Votes: 58

29. An Enemy of Soap (1918)

7 min | Comedy, Short

Toto plays a hobo. He finds a pretty girl in bathing who has lost her garments, and robs a scarecrow to clothe her.

Director: Hal Roach | Stars: Armando Novello, Clarine Seymour, Bud Jamison, Margaret Joslin

30. His Busy Day (II) (1918)

Short, Comedy

A two-reel comic number featuring Toto in his usual knockabout tricks. He is first seen flirting in a park, but later appears at a moving picture studio. He gets in trouble here and escapes... See full summary »

Director: Hal Roach | Stars: Armando Novello, Clarine Seymour, Bud Jamison, Margaret Joslin

Votes: 20

31. Worries and Wobbles (1917)

13 min | Short, Comedy

A drunken husband comes home late and causes his wife all sorts of trouble.

Director: Larry Semon | Stars: Jimmy Aubrey, Earl Montgomery, Pietro Aramondo, Eddie Dunn

Votes: 27

32. Jonah Jones (1924)

25 min | Short, Comedy

A farm hand has a fat girl friend, but he comes to the aid of a sleek heiress and tries to stop her wedding to a seedy aristocrat. The girlfriend gets jealous and complicates his efforts.

Director: Fred Hibbard | Stars: Lloyd Hamilton, Babe London, Dorothy Seastrom, Dick Sutherland

Votes: 58

33. Holding His Own (1922)

17 min | Short, Comedy

Jerry, a hobo, is chased by a pair of policemen after accidentally interrupting their dice game and later woos a farm girl to get breakfast.

Director: Milton J. Fahrney | Stars: George Ovey, Arby Arly, George Burton

Votes: 6

34. Count Your Change (1919)

12 min | Comedy, Short

Harold becomes the victim of a clever bulldog pup who chases him in and out of various places.

Director: Alfred J. Goulding | Stars: Harold Lloyd, 'Snub' Pollard, Bebe Daniels, Sammy Brooks

Votes: 78

35. The Simpsons (1989– )
Episode: Yokel Hero (2021)

TV-PG | 21 min | Animation, Comedy

Cletus becomes a singing sensation and ruins everything when he turns on his fans, while Homer becomes a new man.

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

Votes: 738

36. Railway Murders (2021– )
Episode: The Police Killer (2021)

45 min | Documentary, Crime, History

The first time a railway police officer was murdered in the line of duty. 37-year-old Detective Sergeant Robert Kidd was murdered in Sepember 1895, while investigating a spate of thefts from goods wagons in a yard at Wigan railway station.

Director: William Simpson | Stars: Nicholas Day, Alan Moss, Judith Rowbotham, Donald Rumbelow

Votes: 8

37. Who Killed Sara? (2021–2022)
Episode: Todo queda en tus manos (2021)

TV-MA | 40 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Six months later, Alex discovers the identity of the corpse in his backyard. Meanwhile, Cesar has disappeared and Elisa comes back from Europe.

Director: Alfonso Pineda Ulloa | Stars: Manolo Cardona, Ginés García Millán, Carolina Miranda, Ximena Lamadrid

Votes: 225

38. Hotel Portofino (2022– )
Episode: Lessons (2022)

TV-14 | 54 min | Drama

Danioni worms his way into the Ainsworths' affairs.

Director: Adam Wimpenny | Stars: Natascha McElhone, Mark Umbers, Assad Zaman, Lily Frazer

Votes: 152

39. The Tattooist of Auschwitz (2024)
Episode: Episode #1.1 (2024)

55 min | Drama, Romance, War

Heather meets Lali, a survivor of Auschwitz, who tells her his life story of love and survival in the camp.

Director: Tali Shalom-Ezer | Stars: Harvey Keitel, Jonah Hauer-King, Jonas Nay, Anna Próchniak

Votes: 106

40. Justified (2010–2015)
Episode: Collateral (2015)

TV-MA | 43 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Raylan and Boyd head for the mountains to find Ava, whose plan to escape with Uncle Zachariah has hit a dead end. But will Avery Markham get to her first?

Director: Michael Pressman | Stars: Timothy Olyphant, Nick Searcy, Jere Burns, Joelle Carter

Votes: 1,512

41. Treadstone (2019)
Episode: The Cicada Protocol (2019)

TV-MA | 52 min | Action

From the world of Jason Bourne, agents across the globe are "awakening" to resume deadly missions.

Director: Ramin Bahrani | Stars: Jeremy Irvine, Tracy Ifeachor, Omar Metwally, Han Hyo-joo

Votes: 908