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1. The Devil All the Time (2020)
R | 138 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Sinister characters converge around a young man devoted to protecting those he loves in a postwar backwoods town teeming with corruption and brutality.
Director: Antonio Campos | Stars: Bill Skarsgård, Tom Holland, Banks Repeta, Emilio Subercaseaux Campos
Votes: 152,997
2. The Great Gatsby (1974)
PG | 144 min | Drama, Romance
A Midwesterner becomes fascinated with his nouveau riche neighbor, who obsesses over his lost love.
Director: Jack Clayton | Stars: Robert Redford, Mia Farrow, Bruce Dern, Karen Black
Votes: 26,903 | Gross: $6.74M
3. Victor/Victoria (1982)
PG | 134 min | Comedy, Music, Romance
A struggling female soprano in 1934 Paris finally finds work after posing as a female impersonator, but it complicates her personal life when a visiting Chicago gangster finds himself inexplicably attracted to the seemingly male performer.
Director: Blake Edwards | Stars: Julie Andrews, James Garner, Robert Preston, Lesley Ann Warren
Votes: 23,725 | Gross: $21.93M
4. Suddenly, Last Summer (1959)
Approved | 114 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
A surgeon is assigned the case of a young woman whose aunt wants her lobotomized to cover up a family secret.
Director: Joseph L. Mankiewicz | Stars: Elizabeth Taylor, Katharine Hepburn, Montgomery Clift, Albert Dekker
Votes: 17,251 | Gross: $13.90M
5. Over the Edge (1979)
PG | 95 min | Crime, Drama
A group of bored teenagers rebel against authority in the community of New Granada after the death of one of their own.
Director: Jonathan Kaplan | Stars: Matt Dillon, Michael Eric Kramer, Pamela Ludwig, Vincent Spano
Votes: 8,144
6. Auntie Mame (1958)
Approved | 143 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
An orphan goes to live with his free-spirited aunt. Conflict ensues when the executor of his father's estate objects to the aunt's lifestyle.
Director: Morton DaCosta | Stars: Rosalind Russell, Forrest Tucker, Coral Browne, Fred Clark
Votes: 12,721 | Gross: $23.30M
7. The Journey of Natty Gann (1985)
PG | 101 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
In the 1930s, a tomboy runs away from her guardian to join her single father who is 2,000 miles away, where he has found work.
Director: Jeremy Kagan | Stars: Meredith Salenger, John Cusack, Jed, Ray Wise
Votes: 6,905 | Gross: $2.14M
8. By the Sea (2015)
R | 122 min | Drama, Romance
A couple tries to repair their marriage while staying at a hotel in France.
Director: Angelina Jolie | Stars: Brad Pitt, Angelina Jolie, Mélanie Laurent, Melvil Poupaud
Votes: 22,570 | Gross: $0.53M
9. The Beach House (2018 TV Movie)
TV-G | 92 min | Drama
Caretta "Cara" Rutledge tries to move beyond a difficult past but is forced to grapple with history head-on when she returns to fix the family beach house.
Director: Roger Spottiswoode | Stars: Minka Kelly, Andie MacDowell, Chad Michael Murray, Makenzie Vega
Votes: 2,399
10. The Biggest Bundle of Them All (1968)
Not Rated | 105 min | Comedy, Crime
Harry Price, Juliana and some incompetent European gangsters kidnap an American gangster who they think has a lot of money.
Director: Ken Annakin | Stars: Vittorio De Sica, Raquel Welch, Robert Wagner, Godfrey Cambridge
Votes: 830
11. The Opposite Sex (1956)
Not Rated | 117 min | Comedy, Drama, Musical
Former nightclub singer Kay Hilliard, married 10 years and mother of a young daughter, is informed that her husband Steven is having an affair with chorus girl Crystal Allen, so she goes to Reno for a divorce.
Director: David Miller | Stars: June Allyson, Joan Collins, Dolores Gray, Ann Sheridan
Votes: 1,967 | Gross: $6.02M
12. All the King's Men (1949)
Approved | 110 min | Drama, Film-Noir
The rise and fall of a corrupt politician, who makes his friends richer and retains power by dint of a populist appeal.
Director: Robert Rossen | Stars: Broderick Crawford, John Ireland, Joanne Dru, John Derek
Votes: 16,611
13. Heaven Can Wait (1943)
Passed | 112 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
An old roué arrives in Hades to review his life with Satan, who will rule on his eligibility to enter the Underworld.
Director: Ernst Lubitsch | Stars: Gene Tierney, Don Ameche, Charles Coburn, Marjorie Main
Votes: 12,394
14. Queen Bee (1955)
Not Rated | 95 min | Drama, Romance
When a young woman arrives at the home of her socialite cousin, she soon gets sucked into the woman's complex web of deceit.
Director: Ranald MacDougall | Stars: Joan Crawford, Barry Sullivan, Betsy Palmer, John Ireland
Votes: 2,627
15. The Major and the Minor (1942)
Passed | 100 min | Comedy, Romance
A frustrated city girl disguises herself as a youngster in order to get a cheaper train ticket home. But little "Sue Sue" finds herself in a whole heap of grown-up trouble when she hides out in a compartment with a handsome Major.
Director: Billy Wilder | Stars: Ginger Rogers, Ray Milland, Rita Johnson, Robert Benchley
Votes: 7,654 | Gross: $6.38M
16. Larceny (1948)
Approved | 89 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
A con man sets out to swindle a widow out of the money she's received to build a memorial to her war-hero husband, but winds up falling in love with her instead.
Director: George Sherman | Stars: John Payne, Joan Caulfield, Dan Duryea, Shelley Winters
Votes: 929
17. Road House (1948)
Passed | 95 min | Action, Drama, Film-Noir
A night club owner becomes infatuated with a torch singer and frames his best friend/manager for embezzlement when the chanteuse falls in love with him.
Director: Jean Negulesco | Stars: Ida Lupino, Cornel Wilde, Celeste Holm, Richard Widmark
Votes: 3,164
18. Young Man with a Horn (1950)
Passed | 112 min | Biography, Drama, Music
A young trumpet player is torn between an honest singer and a manipulative heiress.
Director: Michael Curtiz | Stars: Kirk Douglas, Lauren Bacall, Doris Day, Hoagy Carmichael
Votes: 3,899
19. The Tarnished Angels (1957)
Passed | 91 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Story of the fraught friendship between an eccentric journalist and a team of daredevil flying acrobats.
Director: Douglas Sirk | Stars: Rock Hudson, Robert Stack, Dorothy Malone, Jack Carson
Votes: 4,108
20. A Veteran's Christmas (2018 TV Movie)
TV-G | 84 min | Drama, Romance
After receiving an honorable discharge, a former Marine suffers a minor car accident which strands her in a small town for the Christmas season.
Director: Mark Jean | Stars: Sean Faris, Eloise Mumford, Mary Long, Amanda Lisman
Votes: 2,384
21. The St. Louis Bank Robbery (1959)
Not Rated | 89 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A gang's plans for a St. Louis bank robbery are complicated when the sister of one of the thieves starts voicing her well-founded suspicions.
Directors: Charles Guggenheim, John Stix | Stars: Steve McQueen, Crahan Denton, David Clarke, James Dukas
Votes: 1,711
22. My Best Friend's Bouquet (2020 TV Movie)
TV-G | 84 min | Romance
Josie believes the wedding bouquet finds the one who's next to marry and is shocked to catch it at her friend's reception. When she starts dating a fellow guest, her belief keeps her from realizing the right man's been there all along.
Director: Jessica Harmon | Stars: Chaley Rose, Nathan Witte, Rebecca Olson, Luisa d'Oliveira
Votes: 764
23. Faith Under Fire (2020)
Not Rated | 88 min | Drama
Fireman Tom Hatcher is at the end of his rope. He saves lives but couldn't save his wife from cancer. Now his daughter faces the same battle. From an unlikely friend, Tom is challenged to face grief and embrace faith in his darkest hours.
Director: Joel Paul Reisig | Stars: Nick Vlassopoulos, Tenley Kellogg, Dean Cain, Kevin Sorbo
Votes: 429
24. Murder with Mirrors (1985 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 100 min | Crime, Mystery, Romance
When Carrie Louise Serrocold suspects that someone is trying to poison her, she sends for the one person who might be able to help, her old friend Miss Jane Marple.
Director: Dick Lowry | Stars: Helen Hayes, Bette Davis, John Mills, Leo McKern
Votes: 1,609
25. A New Year's Resolution (2021 TV Movie)
TV-G | 84 min | Drama, Romance
When a morning show producer makes a New Year's resolution to say yes more, she crosses paths with a confirmed Yes man who just might hold the key to her biggest story and to her heart.
Director: Lesley Demetriades | Stars: Aimee Teegarden, Michael Rady, Elise Bauman, Patricia Isaac
Votes: 1,402
26. Wild Prairie Rose (2016)
TV-PG | 90 min | Drama, Family
In 1952 Rose Miller returns to her rural hometown of Beresford, South Dakota to care for her ailing mother. Once there, she falls in love with a deaf man and must decide if she has the courage to follow her heart.
Director: Deborah LaVine | Stars: Tara Samuel, Troy Kotsur, Suanne Spoke, Betsy Berenson
Votes: 271
27. Christmas Pen Pals (2018 TV Movie)
TV-PG | 87 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
After being dumped by her boyfriend, a successful tech wiz dating-app creator returns to her hometown for the holiday season, and her dad gets her to sign up for the annual Christmas Cupid anonymous matchmaking event.
Director: Siobhan Devine | Stars: Sarah Drew, Niall Matter, Michael Gross, Chiara Zanni
Votes: 1,589
28. The Dust Storm (2016)
PG-13 | 96 min | Drama, Musical, Romance
On a business trip to Nashville, Brennan finds himself reunited with the "Girl" who had previously broken his heart. Now, for one weekend in the city's music scene, a past and present romance will be reborn and challenged.
Directors: Anthony Baldino, Ryan Lacen | Stars: Colin O'Donoghue, Kristen Gutoskie, Chris Carmack, Jim O'Heir
Votes: 557
29. It's a Big Country: An American Anthology (1951)
Approved | 89 min | Comedy, Drama
Comprised of eight unrelated episodes of inconsistent quality, this anthology piece of American propaganda features some of MGM Studios' best directors, screenwriters and actors; it is narrated by Louis Calhern.
Directors: Clarence Brown, Don Hartman, John Sturges, Richard Thorpe, Charles Vidor, Don Weis, William A. Wellman | Stars: Ethel Barrymore, Keefe Brasselle, Gary Cooper, Nancy Reagan
Votes: 728
30. Give 'em Hell, Harry! (1975)
PG | 104 min | Biography, Comedy, Drama
One-man show about the presidency of Harry S. Truman.
Directors: Steve Binder, Peter H. Hunt | Star: James Whitmore
Votes: 577 | Gross: $11.00M
31. City Boy (1992 TV Movie)
108 min | Adventure, Drama
Nick, a 17-year-old on a train journey to find his father, strays off course and finds himself in the Limberlost Forest where he gains employment with a logging company, and learns the values of honesty, integrity, and true friendship.
Director: John Kent Harrison | Stars: Christian Campbell, Christopher Bolton, Gene Heck, Don MacKay
Votes: 140
32. The Crooked Web (1955)
Approved | 77 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
Government agent tries to trick a suspect into returning to Germany, the scene of his crimes.
Director: Nathan Juran | Stars: Frank Lovejoy, Mari Blanchard, Richard Denning, John Mylong
Votes: 513
33. The Dolly Sisters (1945)
Approved | 114 min | Biography, Drama, Musical
Two sisters from Hungary become famous entertainers in the early 1900s. Fictionalized biography with lots of songs.
Director: Irving Cummings | Stars: Betty Grable, John Payne, June Haver, S.Z. Sakall
Votes: 849
34. Maisie (1939)
Approved | 75 min | Comedy, Drama
A showgirl stranded in a Wyoming town ends up being hired as a maid at a ranch.
Director: Edwin L. Marin | Stars: Robert Young, Ann Sothern, Ruth Hussey, Ian Hunter
Votes: 691
35. Cass Timberlane (1947)
Passed | 119 min | Drama, Romance
Judge Cass Timberlane marries a girl from the wrong side of the tracks, Virginia Marshland. After their baby is stillborn, Virginia turns more and more to Cass' attorney friend Bradd Criley... See full summary »
Director: George Sidney | Stars: Spencer Tracy, Lana Turner, Zachary Scott, Tom Drake
Votes: 1,108
36. Leap of Faith: William Friedkin on the Exorcist (2019)
Not Rated | 104 min | Documentary
A lyrical and spiritual cinematic essay on The Exorcist, exploring the depths of William Friedkin's mind's eye, the nuances of his filmmaking process, and the mysteries of faith and fate that have shaped his life and filmography.
Director: Alexandre O. Philippe | Stars: William Friedkin, Hikaru Baba, Yuka Niwa, Adolf Hitler
Votes: 1,017
37. Clay Farmers (1988)
Not Rated | 60 min | Drama, Mystery
Mike, a young hired hand in California is working a small farm with a close friend, Dan. Mike is content on the farm and obviously attracted to the handsome Dan. Dan seems to be attracted ... See full summary »
Director: A.P. Gonzalez | Stars: Nicholas Rempel, Todd Fraser, Asbury Ward, Liam McGrath
Votes: 185
38. A Crush on You (2011 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 85 min | Comedy, Romance
A man sends secret admirer e-mails to his crush but an e-mail address mix-up causes the notes to go to the woman's lovelorn coworker instead.
Director: Allison Anders | Stars: Brigid Brannagh, Sean Patrick Flanery, Christine Scott Bennett, Tug Coker
Votes: 1,145
39. And Now Tomorrow (1944)
Approved | 86 min | Drama, Romance
A wealthy woman who lost her hearing to meningitis meets a doctor who is concocting a serum that will cure deafness.
Director: Irving Pichel | Stars: Alan Ladd, Loretta Young, Susan Hayward, Barry Sullivan
Votes: 470
40. Alleged (2010)
Not Rated | 94 min | Drama, History, Romance
When a teacher is arrested in Tennessee for trying to teach evolution in 1925, a young ambitious reporter must choose whether to take advice from his sweetheart or the notorious columnist when it comes to his approach to the story.
Director: Tom Hines | Stars: Nathan West, Colm Meaney, Ashley Johnson, Brian Dennehy
Votes: 307
41. Honeymoon for Three (1941)
Approved | 75 min | Comedy, Romance
Noted writer Kenneth Bixby, in love with his witty secretary Anne Rogers, nevertheless agrees to a tete-a-tete with a former college fling, loopy Danish girl Julie who is married to ... See full summary »
Director: Lloyd Bacon | Stars: Ann Sheridan, George Brent, Charles Ruggles, Osa Massen
Votes: 593
42. The Whip Hand (1951)
Approved | 82 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
Matt Corbin, a vacationing magazine writer, takes a fishing trip to Minnesota, and stumbles across a lake in which all the fish have mysteriously died. The locals are tight-lipped about it,... See full summary »
Director: William Cameron Menzies | Stars: Carla Balenda, Elliott Reid, Edgar Barrier, Raymond Burr
Votes: 716
43. '68 (1988)
R | 99 min | Drama
'68 covers exactly one year (January 1st through December 31st) in the lives of Zoltan Szabo and his family, Hungarian immigrants, working hard to make a life in San Francisco in 1968. The ... See full summary »
Director: Steven Kovacs | Stars: Eric Larson, Robert Locke, Neil Young, Sándor Técsy
Votes: 95
44. Kid Monk Baroni (1952)
Passed | 79 min | Action, Drama, Sport
"Kid" Monk Baroni, the leader of a street gang, becomes a professional boxer to escape his life in Little Italy, New York.
Director: Harold D. Schuster | Stars: Richard Rober, Bruce Cabot, Allene Roberts, Mona Knox
Votes: 186
45. Maigret voit rouge (1963)
87 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Division Commissioner Jules Maigret and his team hunt a ring of American racketeers sent to Paris to silence an embarrassing witness
Director: Gilles Grangier | Stars: Jean Gabin, Françoise Fabian, Roland Armontel, Paul Frankeur
Votes: 696
46. Motor Patrol (1950)
Passed | 67 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
A police officer masquerades as a criminal to get information on a gang of car thieves.
Director: Sam Newfield | Stars: Don Castle, Jane Nigh, William Henry, Gwen O'Connor
Votes: 149
47. Tap World (2015)
Not Rated | 72 min | Documentary, History, Music
About ten years ago, a group of us produced a fourteen-minute short film, 'Tap Heat', which film contrasted the traditional tap with the contemporary, as it's being created and performed by... See full summary »
Director: Dean Hargrove | Stars: Jason Samuels Smith, Joshua Johnson, Ivery Wheeler, Ted Louis Levy
Votes: 57 | Gross: $0.02M
48. Prideland (2020 TV Movie)
TV-PG | 55 min | Documentary, Biography, History
A one-hour documentary that travels into the heart of America and explores first-hand how the United States is coping with so many LGBTQ+ people.
Director: Katherine Linton | Stars: Dyllon Burnside, Martin Luther King, Coretta Scott King, Carmarion D. Anderson
Votes: 22
49. The Incredible Stranger (1942)
Unrated | 11 min | Short
In 1893, an odd stranger arrives in a small town and keeps a promise he made to his wife.
Director: Jacques Tourneur | Stars: John Nesbitt, Sam Ash, Walter Bacon, Walter Baldwin
Votes: 203
50. District Attorney (1933)
49 min | Action, Drama, Romance
Jan Winkler asks the famous professor Brunicki for a loan of one thousand zlotys. The professor hands him a check, demanding in return he bring the young girls he needs for his scientific ... See full summary »
Directors: Marta Flantz, Michal Waszynski | Stars: Jadwiga Smosarska, Zofia Mirska, Franciszek Brodniewicz, Boguslaw Samborski
Votes: 24