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1. The Simpsons (1989– )
TV-14 | 22 min | Animation, Comedy
The satiric half-hour adventures of a working-class family in the misfit city of Springfield.
Stars: Dan Castellaneta, Nancy Cartwright, Harry Shearer, Julie Kavner
Votes: 437,073
2. What We Do in the Shadows (2019–2024)
TV-MA | 30 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
A look into the nightly lives of four vampires who have lived together on Staten Island for over a century.
Stars: Kayvan Novak, Matt Berry, Natasia Demetriou, Harvey Guillén
Votes: 103,549
3. The Dead Don't Die (2019)
R | 104 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
Two pioneers fight for their lives and their love on the American frontier during the Civil War.
Director: Jim Jarmusch | Stars: Bill Murray, Adam Driver, Tilda Swinton, Tom Waits
Votes: 86,275 | Gross: $6.56M
4. Fallen Leaves (2023)
Unrated | 81 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
In modern-day Helsinki, two lonely souls in search of love meet by chance in a karaoke bar. However, their path to happiness is beset by obstacles - from lost phone numbers to mistaken addresses, alcoholism, and a charming stray dog.
Director: Aki Kaurismäki | Stars: Alma Pöysti, Jussi Vatanen, Janne Hyytiäinen, Nuppu Koivu
Votes: 24,324
5. Sling Blade (1996)
R | 135 min | Drama
Karl Childers, a simple man hospitalized since his childhood murder of his mother and her lover, is released to start a new life in a small town.
Director: Billy Bob Thornton | Stars: Billy Bob Thornton, Dwight Yoakam, J.T. Walsh, John Ritter
Votes: 98,961 | Gross: $24.48M
6. Clerks (1994)
R | 92 min | Comedy
A day in the lives of two convenience clerks named Dante and Randal as they annoy customers, discuss movies, and play hockey on the store roof.
Director: Kevin Smith | Stars: Brian O'Halloran, Jeff Anderson, Marilyn Ghigliotti, Lisa Spoonauer
Votes: 232,631 | Gross: $3.15M
7. Only Lovers Left Alive (2013)
R | 123 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
A depressed musician reunites with his lover. However, their romance, which has already endured several centuries, is disrupted by the arrival of her uncontrollable younger sister.
Director: Jim Jarmusch | Stars: Tilda Swinton, Tom Hiddleston, Mia Wasikowska, John Hurt
Votes: 108,376 | Gross: $1.88M
8. Paterson (2016)
R | 118 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A quiet observation of the triumphs and defeats of daily life, along with the poetry evident in its smallest details.
Director: Jim Jarmusch | Stars: Adam Driver, Golshifteh Farahani, Nellie, Rizwan Manji
Votes: 89,200 | Gross: $2.14M
9. Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai (1999)
R | 116 min | Crime, Drama
An African-American Mafia hit man who models himself after the samurai of old finds himself targeted for death by the mob.
Director: Jim Jarmusch | Stars: Forest Whitaker, Henry Silva, John Tormey, Cliff Gorman
Votes: 97,160 | Gross: $3.31M
10. Dead Man (1995)
R | 121 min | Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
On the run after murdering a man, accountant William Blake encounters a strange Native American man named Nobody who prepares him for his journey into the spiritual world.
Director: Jim Jarmusch | Stars: Johnny Depp, Gary Farmer, Crispin Glover, Lance Henriksen
Votes: 103,288 | Gross: $1.04M
11. Father, Mother, Sister, Brother
Comedy, Drama | Post-production
Estranged siblings reunite after years apart, forced to confront unresolved tensions and reevaluate their strained relationships with their emotionally distant parents
Director: Jim Jarmusch | Stars: Cate Blanchett, Adam Driver, Mayim Bialik, Charlotte Rampling
12. Broken Flowers (2005)
R | 106 min | Comedy, Drama, Mystery
As the extremely withdrawn Don Johnston is dumped by his latest woman, he receives an anonymous letter from a former lover informing him that he has a son who may be looking for him. A freelance sleuth neighbor moves Don to embark on a cross-country search for his old flames in search of answers.
Director: Jim Jarmusch | Stars: Bill Murray, Jessica Lange, Sharon Stone, Julie Delpy
Votes: 106,945 | Gross: $13.74M
13. Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown (2013–2018)
TV-PG | 42 min | Documentary, Adventure
Anthony Bourdain visits countries, delving into their political issues as well as indigenous food and culture.
Stars: Anthony Bourdain, Tom Vitale, David Scott Holloway, Eric Ripert
Votes: 6,951
14. Night on Earth (1991)
R | 129 min | Comedy, Drama
An anthology of 5 different cab drivers in 5 American and European cities and their remarkable fares on the same eventful night.
Director: Jim Jarmusch | Stars: Winona Ryder, Gena Rowlands, Lisanne Falk, Alan Randolph Scott
Votes: 66,197 | Gross: $2.02M
15. Coffee and Cigarettes (2003)
R | 95 min | Comedy, Drama, Music
A series of vignettes that all have coffee and cigarettes in common.
Director: Jim Jarmusch | Stars: Bill Murray, Tom Waits, Roberto Benigni, RZA
Votes: 67,611 | Gross: $1.97M
16. Down by Law (1986)
R | 107 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
Two men are framed and sent to jail, where they meet a murderer who helps them escape and leave the state.
Director: Jim Jarmusch | Stars: Tom Waits, John Lurie, Roberto Benigni, Nicoletta Braschi
Votes: 55,441 | Gross: $1.44M
17. 60 Minutes (1968– )
TV-PG | 60 min | News
The classic long-running prime time TV investigative news magazine.
Stars: Andrew Rooney, Lesley Stahl, Steve Kroft, Morley Safer
Votes: 4,357
18. Stranger Than Paradise (1984)
R | 89 min | Comedy, Drama
A New Yorker's life is thrown into a tailspin when his younger cousin surprise-visits him, starting a strange, unpredictable adventure.
Director: Jim Jarmusch | Stars: John Lurie, Eszter Balint, Richard Edson, Cecillia Stark
Votes: 40,754 | Gross: $2.44M
19. 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: 34,655
20. V.I.P. (1998–2002)
60 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
Vallery, a hot-dog stand employee, accidentally saves a movie star from a fan. Mistaken for a highly skilled bodyguard, she is approached to serve as the now-famous face of an elite bodyguard agency, renamed Vallery Irons Protection.
Stars: Pamela Anderson, Molly Culver, Shaun Baker, Natalie Raitano
Votes: 4,937
21. Space Ghost Coast to Coast (1993–2012)
TV-14 | 15 min | Animation, Comedy, Sci-Fi
Space Ghost, a superhero from a 1960s Hanna-Barbera cartoon, hosts his own talk show.
Stars: George Lowe, C. Martin Croker, Andy Merrill, Dave Willis
Votes: 7,781
22. Blue in the Face (1995)
R | 83 min | Comedy
Brooklyn Cigar Store is a neighborhood hangout in Brooklyn with Auggie Wren/H.Keitel as center. Some people are interviewed about Brooklyn, spiced up with statistics on Brooklyn.
Directors: Paul Auster, Wayne Wang, Harvey Wang | Stars: Harvey Keitel, Lou Reed, Michael J. Fox, Roseanne Barr
Votes: 10,143 | Gross: $1.28M
23. Mystery Train (1989)
R | 110 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
Three stories are connected by a Memphis hotel and the spirit of Elvis Presley.
Director: Jim Jarmusch | Stars: Masatoshi Nagase, Yûki Kudô, Screamin' Jay Hawkins, Cinqué Lee
Votes: 30,904 | Gross: $0.37M
24. Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room (2005)
R | 110 min | Documentary, Biography, History
A documentary about the Enron corporation, its faulty and corrupt business practices, and how they led to its fall.
Director: Alex Gibney | Stars: John Beard, Tim Belden, Barbara Boxer, George W. Bush
Votes: 20,159
25. The Limits of Control (2009)
R | 116 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
The story of a mysterious loner, a stranger in the process of completing a criminal job.
Director: Jim Jarmusch | Stars: Isaach De Bankolé, Alex Descas, Jean-François Stévenin, Óscar Jaenada
Votes: 21,278 | Gross: $0.43M
26. Porto (2016)
R | 76 min | Drama, Romance
Jake and Mati are two outsiders in Porto who once experienced a brief connection. A mystery remains about the moments they shared, and in searching through memories, they relive the depths of a night uninhibited by the consequences of time.
Director: Gabe Klinger | Stars: Anton Yelchin, Lucie Lucas, Paulo Calatré, Françoise Lebrun
Votes: 2,283 | Gross: $0.02M
27. Permanent Vacation (1980)
Not Rated | 75 min | Comedy, Drama
A young man wanders New York City searching for some meaning in life and encounters many idiosyncratic characters.
Director: Jim Jarmusch | Stars: Chris Parker, Leila Gastil, John Lurie, Richard Boes
Votes: 10,796
28. In the Soup (1992)
R | 96 min | Comedy, Drama
New Yorker Adolpho Rollo is your classic head-movie auteur. In his mind, he's creating deathless classics of the screen. Back in the real world, he can't pay the rent on the downtown flophouse he calls home.
Director: Alexandre Rockwell | Stars: Steve Buscemi, Seymour Cassel, Jennifer Beals, Pat Moya
Votes: 4,391 | Gross: $0.26M
29. Straight to Hell (1987)
R | 86 min | Action, Comedy, Western
A gang of bank robbers with a suitcase full of money go to the desert to hide out. After burying the loot, they find their way to a surreal town full of cowboys who drink an awful lot of ... See full summary »
Director: Alex Cox | Stars: Sy Richardson, Joe Strummer, Dick Rude, Courtney Love
Votes: 2,786 | Gross: $0.21M
30. Leningrad Cowboys Go America (1989)
PG-13 | 79 min | Comedy, Music
Siberian rock band Leningrad Cowboys go to the USA in pursuit of fame.
Director: Aki Kaurismäki | Stars: Matti Pellonpää, Kari Väänänen, Sakke Järvenpää, Heikki Keskinen
Votes: 8,502
31. Gimme Danger (2016)
R | 108 min | Documentary, Music
An in-depth look at legendary punk band The Stooges.
Director: Jim Jarmusch | Stars: Iggy Pop, Jim Jarmusch, Bob Waller, The Stooges
Votes: 6,527 | Gross: $0.44M
32. Arena (1975– )
60 min | Documentary
Wide-ranging arts program.
Stars: Gavin Millar, Kenneth Tynan, John Walters, Jonathan Miller
Votes: 321
33. Diane (2018)
Not Rated | 95 min | Drama
Diane fills her days helping others and desperately attempting to bond with her drug-addicted son. As these pieces of her existence begin to fade, she finds herself confronting memories she'd sooner forget than face.
Director: Kent Jones | Stars: Mary Kay Place, Jake Lacy, Estelle Parsons, Andrea Martin
Votes: 1,664 | Gross: $0.34M
34. The State of Things (1982)
121 min | Drama
The crew is running out of money to finish their film.
Director: Wim Wenders | Stars: Allen Garfield, Samuel Fuller, Isabelle Weingarten, Rebecca Pauly
Votes: 3,628 | Gross: $6.00M
35. Independent Lens (1999– )
TV-14 | Documentary
Independent Lens is an award-winning PBS documentary series that streams on the PBS App and airs on public television. Independent Lens documentaries focus on stories of underrepresented ... See full summary »
Stars: America Ferrera, Terrence Howard, Stanley Tucci, Mary-Louise Parker
Votes: 635
36. The Tiger and the Snow (2005)
110 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A love-struck Italian poet is stuck in Iraq at the onset of an American invasion.
Director: Roberto Benigni | Stars: Roberto Benigni, Jean Reno, Nicoletta Braschi, Tom Waits
Votes: 14,447 | Gross: $0.01M
37. Park Bench with Steve Buscemi (2014–2015)
Short, Comedy, Reality-TV
Steve Buscemi interviews fellow celebrities on a park bench.
Stars: Steve Buscemi, Gino Orlando, Michael Buscemi, Anthony Laciura
Votes: 80
38. Ten Minutes Older: The Trumpet (2002)
92 min | Drama
This series of vignettes offers ruminations on time, fate and other human mysteries. Each of the film's seven directors conjures a scenario that speaks to some facet of universal experience.
Directors: Kaige Chen, Víctor Erice, Werner Herzog, Jim Jarmusch, Aki Kaurismäki, Spike Lee, Wim Wenders | Stars: Markku Peltola, Kati Outinen, Marko Haavisto, Ana Sofia Liaño
Votes: 3,656
39. French Water (2021)
9 min | Short
A waiter, played by the famously mustached Leo Reilly, stands with a platter of water while observing some guests - Chloë Sevigny, Julianne Moore, and Indya Moore - hanging out after a dinner party.
Director: Jim Jarmusch | Stars: Charlotte Gainsbourg, Indya Moore, Julianne Moore, Chloë Sevigny
Votes: 245
40. For Ellen (2012)
Not Rated | 94 min | Drama
A struggling musician takes an overnight long-distance drive in order to fight his estranged wife for custody of their young daughter.
Director: So Yong Kim | Stars: Paul Dano, Margarita Levieva, Jon Heder, Jena Malone
Votes: 2,310 | Gross: $0.01M
41. Coffee and Cigarettes (1986)
6 min | Comedy, Short
In a vignette called "Strange to meet you," Roberto sits at a small table in a coffee bar. Five cups of coffee and two ashtrays are in front of him; he drinks and smokes. Steven joins him. ... See full summary »
Director: Jim Jarmusch | Stars: Roberto Benigni, Steven Wright
Votes: 3,640
42. Just Remembering (2021)
115 min | Romance
A former couple remembers their most intimate days, only to part once again.
Director: Daigo Matsui | Stars: Sôsuke Ikematsu, Sairi Itô, Kalen Anzai, Toshiki Hirose
Votes: 596
43. Fishing with John (1991)
Not Rated | 152 min | Documentary, Comedy, Sport
Musician John Lurie knows nothing about fishing, but that doesn't stop him from embarking on fishing in exotic locations with friends.
Stars: John Lurie, Willem Dafoe, Robb Webb, Dennis Hopper
Votes: 1,784
44. Wu-Tang Clan: Of Mics and Men (2019)
TV-MA | 60 min | Documentary, Biography, Music
Limited docuseries looks back on the group's career. It was music and shared lyrical genius that allowed them to form the most recognized musical movement in the world, all while walking the tightrope that links business with brotherhood.
Stars: Cappadonna, Ghostface Killah, The GZA, Inspectah Deck
Votes: 1,843
45. Sleepwalk (1986)
R | 78 min | Drama, Fantasy
A woman is hired to transcribe an ancient Chinese manuscript. She finds that little by little, the manuscript has powers that begin to take over her life.
Director: Sara Driver | Stars: Suzanne Fletcher, Ann Magnuson, Dexter Lee, Stephen Chen
Votes: 503
46. Ghost Dog 2
Crime, Drama | Announced
Plot unknown. Follow-up to Jim Jarmusch's 1999 film 'Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai'. Ghost Dog (Forest Whitaker) meets RZA at the camp to save the day and be friends once again
Director: Jim Jarmusch | Stars: Forest Whitaker, RZA
47. Cannes Man (1996)
R | 88 min | Comedy, Drama
The Cannes Film Festival. It's where deals get made, producers get laid, and stars get paid. It's where all the movie industry meets to buy and sell all the movies on the planet. And it's ... See full summary »
Directors: Richard Martini, Susan Shapiro | Stars: François Petit, Robert Hockley, Luana Anders, Jack Ong
Votes: 756
48. Year of the Horse (1997)
R | 106 min | Documentary, Music
This film documents Neil Young and Crazy Horse's 1996 concert tour. Jim Jarmusch interviews the band about their long history, and we see backstage footage from the 1970s and 1980s.
Director: Jim Jarmusch | Stars: Neil Young, Jim Jarmusch, Ralph Molina, Frank 'Pancho' Sampedro
Votes: 1,976 | Gross: $0.19M
49. Explicit Ills (2008)
R | 87 min | Drama, Romance
A drama of four interconnecting stories revolving around love, drugs and poverty in Philadelphia.
Director: Mark Webber | Stars: Paul Dano, Rosario Dawson, Naomie Harris, Lou Taylor Pucci
Votes: 865 | Gross: $0.03M
50. Cannes Film Festival (1952– )
News
A festival for international movies, which give each year the Palme d'Or.
Stars: Bjorn Jiskoot Jr., Isabelle Huppert, Pedro Almodóvar, Kristin Scott Thomas
Votes: 120