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1. How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days (2003)

PG-13 | 116 min | Comedy, Romance

Benjamin Barry is an advertising executive and ladies' man who, to win a big campaign, bets that he can make a woman fall in love with him in 10 days.

Director: Donald Petrie | Stars: Kate Hudson, Matthew McConaughey, Adam Goldberg, Kathryn Hahn

Votes: 270,593 | Gross: $105.81M

2. Vanilla Sky (2001)

R | 136 min | Fantasy, Mystery, Romance

A self-indulgent and vain publishing magnate finds his privileged life upended after a vehicular accident with a resentful lover.

Director: Cameron Crowe | Stars: Tom Cruise, Penélope Cruz, Cameron Diaz, Kurt Russell

Votes: 285,980 | Gross: $100.61M

3. The Philadelphia Story (1940)

Not Rated | 112 min | Comedy, Romance

When a rich woman's ex-husband and a tabloid-type reporter turn up just before her planned remarriage, she begins to learn the truth about herself.

Director: George Cukor | Stars: Cary Grant, Katharine Hepburn, James Stewart, Ruth Hussey

Votes: 73,932

4. Bored to Death (2009–2011)

TV-MA | 28 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

A well-meaning but struggling writer decides to lead a sort of double life by pretending to be a private detective using the methods he read about in old detective novels.

Stars: Jason Schwartzman, Zach Galifianakis, Ted Danson, Heather Burns

Votes: 34,632

5. Bright Lights, Big City (1988)

R | 107 min | Drama

A disillusioned young writer living in New York City turns to drugs and drinking to block out the memories of his dead mother and estranged wife.

Director: James Bridges | Stars: Michael J. Fox, Kiefer Sutherland, Phoebe Cates, Swoosie Kurtz

Votes: 8,980 | Gross: $16.12M

6. Ship of Fools (1965)

Not Rated | 149 min | Drama, Romance, War

A varied group of passengers boarding a ship bound for pre-WWII Germany represents a microcosm of early 1930s society.

Director: Stanley Kramer | Stars: Vivien Leigh, Simone Signoret, José Ferrer, Lee Marvin

Votes: 6,966

7. The Courtship of Eddie's Father (1969–1972)

Not Rated | 30 min | Comedy, Family

Widower Tom Corbett raises his young son Eddie.

Stars: Bill Bixby, Brandon Cruz, Miyoshi Umeki, Kristina Holland

Votes: 1,602

8. Hanging Up (2000)

PG-13 | 94 min | Comedy, Drama

A trio of sisters bond over their ambivalence toward the approaching death of their curmudgeonly father, to whom none of them was particularly close.

Director: Diane Keaton | Stars: Diane Keaton, Meg Ryan, Lisa Kudrow, Walter Matthau

Votes: 13,181 | Gross: $36.05M

9. American Playboy: The Hugh Hefner Story (2017)

TV-MA | 42 min | Documentary, Biography, Drama

The Amazon Original Series draws from unprecedented access to more than 17,000 hours of footage and over 2,600 scrapbooks from Hefner's personal archives, chronicling the life of an American icon and the history of the brand he created.

Stars: Matt Whelan, Emmett Skilton, Adam Jonas Segaller, Chelsie Preston Crayford

Votes: 2,412

10. The Name of the Game (1968–1971)

TV-PG | 90 min | Adventure, Drama, Mystery

Sandy, a young woman in the research dept of Howard Publications has wild romantic daydreams about her boss Glenn Howard that confuse her sense of reality, hampering Howard in an investigation.

Stars: Gene Barry, Susan Saint James, Robert Stack, Anthony Franciosa

Votes: 698

11. Christmas in Connecticut (1945)

Approved | 101 min | Comedy, Romance

A food writer who has lied about being the perfect housewife must try to cover her deception when her boss and a returning war hero invite themselves to her home for a traditional family Christmas.

Director: Peter Godfrey | Stars: Barbara Stanwyck, Dennis Morgan, Sydney Greenstreet, Reginald Gardiner

Votes: 12,037

12. The Look of Love (2013)

Not Rated | 101 min | Biography, Comedy, Drama

The life of Paul Raymond, the controversial entrepreneur who became Britain's richest man.

Director: Michael Winterbottom | Stars: Steve Coogan, Matt Lucas, Anna Friel, Imogen Poots

Votes: 7,327 | Gross: $0.02M

13. The Love God? (1969)

PG-13 | 101 min | Comedy

Abner Audubon Peacock (Don Knotts) is the publisher of a bird-watcher's magazine which is converted into a girlie mag by an unscrupulous operator Osborn Tremaine (Edmond O'Brien).

Director: Nat Hiken | Stars: Don Knotts, Anne Francis, Edmond O'Brien, James Gregory

Votes: 1,096

14. Love Locks (2017 TV Movie)

TV-G | 95 min | Romance

Twenty years after she was last in Paris, a woman returns to the City of Light, where she reconnects with her college boyfriend and first love.

Director: Martin Wood | Stars: Rebecca Romijn, Jerry O'Connell, Bruce Davison, David Julian Hirsh

Votes: 1,630

15. The Perfect Pairing (2022 TV Movie)

TV-G | 82 min | Family, Romance

A food and wine critic who hits her head and loses her memory while accidentally visiting a winery she panned in the past, owned and operated by single dad Michael.

Director: Don McBrearty | Stars: Nazneen Contractor, Brennan Elliott, Zarina Rocha, Genelle Williams

Votes: 1,065

16. I'll Take Manhattan (1987)

375 min | Drama

Maxi Amberville tries to save the magazine empire her father built, but her treacherous uncle stands in her way.

Stars: Valerie Bertinelli, Barry Bostwick, Francesca Annis, Jane Kaczmarek

Votes: 518

17. Over the Moon in Love (2019 TV Movie)

TV-G | 83 min | Romance

With her match-making business on the verge of closing, Brooklyn finds herself in the unique position to be featured in a magazine, but has to set up the writer with her childhood friend Devin who she may have feelings for.

Director: Christie Will Wolf | Stars: Jessica Lowndes, Wes Brown, Miranda Frigon, Naika Toussaint

Votes: 1,429

18. Crime and Punishment (1935)

Not Rated | 88 min | Crime, Drama

Man is haunted by a murder he's committed.

Director: Josef von Sternberg | Stars: Edward Arnold, Peter Lorre, Marian Marsh, Tala Birell

Votes: 2,236

19. Scandal (1950)

Approved | 105 min | Drama

A celebrity photograph sparks a court case as a tabloid magazine spins a scandalous yarn over a painter and a famous singer.

Director: Akira Kurosawa | Stars: Toshirô Mifune, Shirley Yamaguchi, Yôko Katsuragi, Noriko Sengoku

Votes: 4,675

20. Mr. & Mrs. North (1952–1954)

TV-PG | 30 min | Comedy, Drama, Mystery

Jerry and Pamela North live in Greenwich Village in New York City. Jerry is a mystery magazine publisher who thinks he is a good amateur detective. He and his wife investigate various crimes and solve them before the police do.

Stars: Richard Denning, Barbara Britton, Francis De Sales, Lowell Gilmore

Votes: 252

21. My Sister Eileen (1942)

Passed | 96 min | Comedy

Two sisters move from Ohio to New York with hopes of stardom.

Director: Alexander Hall | Stars: Rosalind Russell, Brian Aherne, Janet Blair, George Tobias

Votes: 1,736

22. Cover Girl Killer (1959)

Not Rated | 61 min | Crime, Thriller

Set in the sleazy world of a backstreet 1950s nightclub, a serial killer is believed to be murdering the models of a glamour magazine.

Director: Terry Bishop | Stars: Harry H. Corbett, Felicity Young, Spencer Teakle, Victor Brooks

Votes: 460

23. Diana Vreeland: The Eye Has to Travel (2011)

PG-13 | 86 min | Documentary, Biography

A look at the life and work of the influential fashion editor of Harpers Bazaar, Diana Vreeland.

Directors: Lisa Immordino Vreeland, Bent-Jorgen Perlmutt, Frédéric Tcheng | Stars: Diana Vreeland, Richard Avedon, David Bailey, Lauren Bacall

Votes: 1,696 | Gross: $1.00M

24. Flying Saucer Daffy (1958)

Passed | 17 min | Short, Comedy, Sci-Fi

Joe accidentally takes a picture of a paper plate, which Moe and Larry submit to a magazine as an authentic picture of a flying saucer. Moe and Larry collect a big prize, but when the ... See full summary »

Director: Jules White | Stars: Moe Howard, Larry Fine, Joe Besser, Gail Bonney

Votes: 280

25. Really Weird Tales (1986 TV Movie)

Unrated | 85 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Sci-Fi

"Really Weird Tales" is a hosted television movie that consists of three odd and strange tales that each teach a different lesson; hosted by Joe Flaherty.

Directors: John Blanchard, Paul Lynch, Don McBrearty | Stars: Joe Flaherty, Martin Short, Donald Harron, Olivia d'Abo

Votes: 227

26. One More Tomorrow (1946)

Passed | 87 min | Drama, Romance

Shiftless playboy Tom Collier meets photographer Christie Sage, takes over ownership of a liberal magazine, proposes to Christie but she declines. Scheming Cecelia Henry marries Tom.

Director: Peter Godfrey | Stars: Ann Sheridan, Dennis Morgan, Jack Carson, Alexis Smith

Votes: 588

27. The Bride Comes Home (1935)

Approved | 83 min | Comedy, Romance

A penniless socialite is hired by two young men as a front in their plan to start a magazine. Soon, however, they find themselves more interested in her than in their publishing venture.

Director: Wesley Ruggles | Stars: Claudette Colbert, Fred MacMurray, Robert Young, William Collier Sr.

Votes: 260

28. The Adventures of Martin Eden (1942)

Passed | 87 min | Action, Adventure, Crime

Author writes about his experiences sailing at sea, struggles to get his work published.

Director: Sidney Salkow | Stars: Glenn Ford, Claire Trevor, Evelyn Keyes, Stuart Erwin

Votes: 168

29. Danger Street (1947)

Passed | 68 min | Drama

Pat Marvin, a photographer/reporter for a magazine gets some pictures of a gambling place and barely escapes with her life. The publisher decides to sell the publication, and the staff, ... See full summary »

Director: Lew Landers | Stars: Jane Withers, Robert Lowery, Bill Edwards, Elaine Riley

Votes: 114

30. Filthy Gorgeous: The Bob Guccione Story (2013)

TV-MA | 96 min | Documentary, Biography

A look at the extraordinary world of Penthouse founder, visionary and provocateur Bob Guccione.

Director: Barry Avrich | Stars: Patrice Adcroft, Audrey Arnold, Peter Bloch, Joe Brooks

Votes: 368

31. Hugh Hefner: Playboy, Activist and Rebel (2009)

R | 124 min | Documentary, Biography

A look at the battles Hugh Hefner fought over the years against the U.S. government, the religious right, and militant feminists.

Director: Brigitte Berman | Stars: Larry Adler, Bobbie Arnstein, Joan Baez, Count Basie

Votes: 752 | Gross: $0.02M

32. Hollywood Boulevard (1936)

Approved | 75 min | Drama, Romance

With a full Hollywood background and settings, but more an expose of scandal-and-gossip magazines of the era, has-been actor John Blakeford agrees to write his memoirs for ... See full summary »

Director: Robert Florey | Stars: John Halliday, Marsha Hunt, Robert Cummings, C. Henry Gordon

Votes: 132

33. The World's Greatest Fair (2004)

116 min | History

A fascinating view of the largest World's Fair in history held in 1904. Hundreds of images, early film footage, and engaging interviews bring to life stories of dog-eating tribes on exhibit... See full summary »

Directors: Scott Huegerich, Bob Miano | Stars: John David, Francis Slay, Ozzie Smith

Votes: 66

34. Tales from the Crypt: From Comic Books to Television (2004 TV Movie)

56 min | Documentary

Tells the story of EC Comics, the controversy that led to the end of mainstream horror comics, and the HBO anthology series "Tales from the Crypt".

Director: Chip Selby | Stars: Wendy Gaines Bucci, John Carpenter, Russ Cochran, Jack Davis

Votes: 155

35. Scandal Incorporated (1956)

Passed | 79 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir

When movie actor Brad Cameron is at Federated Studios in Hollywood for wardrobe fittings, he learns that Scandal magazine has published a false cover story about him being "caught in the ... See full synopsis »

Director: Edward Mann | Stars: Robert Hutton, Patricia Wright, Paul Richards, Robert Knapp

Votes: 21

36. AWA Superclash III (1988 TV Special)

Sport

Worlds collide at SuperClash III, as Jerry Lawler battles Kerry Von Erich in a bout to unify the AWA and WCWA World Heavyweight Titles.

Stars: Trudy Adams, Adnan Al-Kaissy, Sam Anoai, Bill Apter

Votes: 39

37. Death Magazine: or How to Be a Flowerpot (1979)

76 min | Documentary

A documentary about "Death" magazine, founded by "Screw" Magazine founder and publisher Al Goldstein, and its eventual failure.

Director: Rosa von Praunheim | Stars: Al Goldstein, Helen Adam, James Chance, Jean-Pierre LaHary

Votes: 12

38. Die Göttin vom Rio Beni (1950)

Passed | 86 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

When Edgar (Helmuth Schneider) sees an aerial photograph of head-hunter villages he talks to the publisher (Walter Hardt) of a magazine. As a boy, Edgar accompanied his father (America ... See full summary »

Director: Franz Eichhorn | Stars: Angelika Hauff, Helmuth Schneider, America Cabral, Carmen Brown

Votes: 14

39. The Most (1962)

28 min | Documentary, Short

A look at the life of Hugh Hefner, founder and editor-in-chief of Playboy magazine.

Directors: Richard Ballentine, Gordon Sheppard | Stars: Benny Dunn, Hugh Hefner, Victor Lownes, Cynthia Maddox

Votes: 17

40. His Model Wife (1962 TV Movie)

30 min | Comedy

Pilot for a situation comedy about the misadventures of a family consisting of a former model, a magazine publisher and two kids.

Director: Norman Tokar | Stars: Jeanne Crain, John Vivyan, Jimmie Lee Gaines, Alice Frost

41. A Little Girl in a Big City (1925)

60 min | Drama

Small-town girl Mary Barry wins a beauty contest and goes to New York to meet D. V. Cortelyou, the magazine's publisher. Greatly taken by young girl, Cortelyou arranges for her to live with... See full summary »

Director: Burton L. King | Stars: Gladys Walton, Niles Welch, Mary Thurman, J. Barney Sherry

Votes: 35

42. A Nero Wolfe Mystery (2001–2002)
Episode: Motherhunt: Part 1 (2002)

TV-PG | Action, Drama, Mystery

When a baby, allegedly fathered by her late husband, is abandoned on the doorstep of his rich, beautiful widow, she hires Nero Wolfe to locate the mother.

Director: Charles B. Wessler | Stars: Timothy Hutton, Maury Chaykin, Colin Fox, Bill Smitrovich

Votes: 123

43. The Dick Van Dyke Show (1961–1966)
Episode: The Man from 'Emperor' (1964)

TV-G | 30 min | Comedy, Family

An old friend of Rob's shows up to offer him a job with his hugely successful but racy gentlemen's magazine. Rob says he won't do it, but Laura is not so sure. Rob is sorely tempted by the wining, dining, and the beautiful girls.

Director: Jerry Paris | Stars: Dick Van Dyke, Rose Marie, Morey Amsterdam, Larry Mathews

Votes: 264

44. Ironside (1967–1975)
Episode: The Taker (1967)

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

A policeman that Ironside has known for some years is on an investigation and gets shot and killed. The evidence seems to look like the policeman is crooked, Ironside is determined to prove that this is not the case.

Director: Don Weis | Stars: Raymond Burr, Peter Mark Richman, Robert Alda, William Schallert

Votes: 89

45. Just Shoot Me! (1997–2003)
Episode: The Emperor (1998)

TV-PG | 22 min | Comedy

When she decides to attend another celebrity event, Nina throws out her invitation to designer Oskar Milos' fashion show. Retrieving it from the trash, Finch persuades Maya to join him ... See full summary »

Director: Jean Sagal | Stars: Laura San Giacomo, George Segal, Wendie Malick, Enrico Colantoni

Votes: 174

46. UFO Hunters (2008–2009)
Episode: Crash and Retrieval (2008)

TV-PG | 45 min | Documentary, History, Sci-Fi

The UFO magazine team investigates two sightings in Mexico that were separated by 33 years: a recent one in Xilitla and a 1974 one, dubbed the "Mexican Roswell," in Coyame.

Stars: Bill Birnes, Patrick Uskert, Jeff Tomlinson, Ted Acworth

Votes: 29

47. The Young and the Restless (1973– )
Episode: Episode #1.8955 (2008)

TV-14 | Drama, Romance

Jack asks for Nikki's help on an article about David Chow. Neil confronts Cane about Chloe's baby. Nicholas wants to call the FBI to find Victor.

Director: Sally McDonald | Stars: Peter Bergman, Vail Bloom, Eric Braeden, Bryton James

48. Grand Jury (1959– )
Episode: The Magazine Scandal (1960)

30 min | Drama

While investigating an actress' death, Driscoll and Kennedy discover links to a blackmailer and a sleazy tabloid publisher.

Director: Sobey Martin | Stars: Lyle Bettger, Harold J. Stone, Douglass Dumbrille, John Hoyt

49. The Bold and the Beautiful (1987– )
Episode: Episode #1.5607 (2009)

TV-14 | Drama, Romance

Eric enthusiastically accepts Marcus's idea for making Steffy the company's new youth model. Brooke brings RJ to visit Ridge. Bill Spencer does his second good deed for Katie.

Director: David Shaughnessy | Stars: Texas Battle, Andrew Collins, Don Diamont, Jennifer Gareis

50. The Bold and the Beautiful (1987– )
Episode: Episode #1.5626 (2009)

TV-14 | Drama, Romance

Forrester Creations and Jackie M are forced to agree to Dorothy's idea for a fashion contest, pitting the two fashion giants against each other.

Director: Jennifer Howard | Stars: Andrew Collins, Don Diamont, Morgan Fairchild, Susan Flannery