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1. No Hard Feelings (2023)
R | 103 min | Comedy, Romance
On the brink of losing her home, Maddie finds an intriguing job listing: helicopter parents looking for someone to bring their introverted 19-year-old son out of his shell before college. She has one summer to make him a man or die trying.
Director: Gene Stupnitsky | Stars: Jennifer Lawrence, Andrew Barth Feldman, Laura Benanti, Matthew Broderick
Votes: 158,921
2. A Beautiful Mind (2001)
PG-13 | 135 min | Biography, Drama, Mystery
A mathematical genius, John Nash made an astonishing discovery early in his career and stood on the brink of international acclaim. But the handsome and arrogant Nash soon found himself on a harrowing journey of self-discovery.
Director: Ron Howard | Stars: Russell Crowe, Ed Harris, Jennifer Connelly, Christopher Plummer
Votes: 986,553 | Gross: $170.74M
3. Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle (2004)
R | 88 min | Adventure, Comedy
A Korean-American office worker and his Indian-American stoner friend embark on a quest to satisfy their desire for White Castle burgers.
Director: Danny Leiner | Stars: John Cho, Kal Penn, Ethan Embry, Rob Tinkler
Votes: 206,017 | Gross: $18.23M
4. What Lies Beneath (2000)
PG-13 | 130 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
The wife of a university research scientist believes that her lakeside Vermont home is haunted by a ghost - or that she is losing her mind.
Director: Robert Zemeckis | Stars: Harrison Ford, Michelle Pfeiffer, Katharine Towne, Miranda Otto
Votes: 135,677 | Gross: $155.46M
5. The Catcher Was a Spy (2018)
R | 94 min | Biography, Drama, War
Former Major League Baseball player Moe Berg goes undercover in World War II Europe for the Office of Strategic Services.
Director: Ben Lewin | Stars: Paul Rudd, Pierfrancesco Favino, Tom Wilkinson, Connie Nielsen
Votes: 11,850 | Gross: $0.71M
6. Across the Universe (2007)
PG-13 | 133 min | Drama, Fantasy, History
The music of The Beatles and the Vietnam War form the backdrop for the romance between an upper-class American girl and a poor Liverpudlian artist.
Director: Julie Taymor | Stars: Evan Rachel Wood, Jim Sturgess, Joe Anderson, Dana Fuchs
Votes: 114,257 | Gross: $51.66M
7. Accepted (2006)
PG-13 | 93 min | Comedy
A high school slacker who's rejected by every school he applies to opts to create his own institution of higher learning, the South Harmon Institute of Technology, on a rundown piece of property near his hometown.
Director: Steve Pink | Stars: Justin Long, Jonah Hill, Blake Lively, Adam Herschman
Votes: 139,983 | Gross: $36.32M
8. School Ties (1992)
PG-13 | 106 min | Drama
In 1959, a star quarterback from a working-class family is given an opportunity to attend an elite New England preparatory school, but he is conflicted about whether or not to tell his Evangelical classmates that he is Jewish.
Director: Robert Mandel | Stars: Brendan Fraser, Matt Damon, Chris O'Donnell, Randall Batinkoff
Votes: 27,391 | Gross: $14.72M
9. Spanglish (2004)
PG-13 | 131 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A woman and her daughter emigrate from Mexico for a better life in America, where they start working for a family whose patriarch is a newly celebrated chef with an insecure wife.
Director: James L. Brooks | Stars: Adam Sandler, Téa Leoni, Paz Vega, Cloris Leachman
Votes: 88,528 | Gross: $42.73M
10. I'll Follow You Down (2013)
Not Rated | 89 min | Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
After the disappearance of a young scientist on a business trip, his son and wife struggle to cope, only to make a bizarre discovery years later - one that may bring him home.
Director: Richie Mehta | Stars: John Paul Ruttan, Rufus Sewell, Gillian Anderson, Kiara Glasco
Votes: 8,083
11. Runner Runner (2013)
R | 88 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller
When a poor college student who cracks an online poker game goes bust, he arranges a face-to-face with the man he thinks cheated him, a sly offshore entrepreneur.
Director: Brad Furman | Stars: Ben Affleck, Justin Timberlake, Gemma Arterton, Anthony Mackie
Votes: 65,688 | Gross: $19.32M
12. Storytelling (2001)
R | 87 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
College and high school serve as the backdrop for two stories about dysfunction and personal turmoil.
Director: Todd Solondz | Stars: Selma Blair, Leo Fitzpatrick, Robert Wisdom, Maria Thayer
Votes: 18,324 | Gross: $0.91M
13. Admission (2013)
PG-13 | 107 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A Princeton admissions officer who is up for a major promotion takes a professional risk after she meets a college-bound alternative school kid who just might be the son she gave up years ago in a secret adoption.
Director: Paul Weitz | Stars: Tina Fey, Paul Rudd, Nat Wolff, Gloria Reuben
Votes: 36,138 | Gross: $18.00M
14. Infinity (1996)
PG | 119 min | Biography, Drama
Story of the early life of genius and Nobel Prize-winning physicist Richard Feynman.
Director: Matthew Broderick | Stars: Matthew Broderick, Patricia Arquette, Jeffrey Force, Peter Riegert
Votes: 1,994 | Gross: $0.20M
15. The Young Philadelphians (1959)
Approved | 136 min | Drama
A promising lawyer tries to handle his social and professional problems while climbing the ranks in Philadelphia.
Director: Vincent Sherman | Stars: Paul Newman, Barbara Rush, Alexis Smith, Brian Keith
Votes: 4,272
16. Last Embrace (1979)
R | 102 min | Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Harry breaks down and loses his job after his wife is assassinated - could it be his turn next ?
Director: Jonathan Demme | Stars: Roy Scheider, Janet Margolin, John Glover, Sam Levene
Votes: 3,327 | Gross: $1.54M
17. The College Admissions Scandal (2019 TV Movie)
TV-14 | 86 min | Drama
Two wealthy mothers--sought-after interior designer Caroline and Bethany, owner of a successful financial-services firm--share an obsession with getting their teenagers into the best possible college.
Director: Adam Salky | Stars: Penelope Ann Miller, Mia Kirshner, Robert Moloney, Catherine Lough Haggquist
Votes: 565
18. Adam & Steve (2005)
R | 99 min | Comedy, Drama, Music
Follows two New York city couples -- one heterosexual and one gay who explore the peaks and the valleys of their respective relationships.
Director: Craig Chester | Stars: Craig Chester, Malcolm Gets, Parker Posey, Chris Kattan
Votes: 3,275 | Gross: $0.31M
19. Boa (2001)
R | 96 min | Action, Horror, Sci-Fi
As a result of a drilling accident, a giant man-eating boa constrictor is released into a maximum security prison in Antarctica.
Director: Phillip J. Roth | Stars: Dean Cain, Elizabeth Lackey, Mark Sheppard, Dean Biasucci
Votes: 1,844
20. Wilson (1944)
Passed | 154 min | Biography, Drama, History
A chronicle of the political career of US President Woodrow Wilson.
Director: Henry King | Stars: Alexander Knox, Charles Coburn, Geraldine Fitzgerald, Thomas Mitchell
Votes: 1,695 | Gross: $2.00M
21. The First Olympics: Athens 1896 (1984)
237 min | Drama, History, Sport
This movie describes the founding of the modern Olympics and concentrates on the creation of the American team and their trials in getting to the Olympics in Athens.
Stars: David Ogden Stiers, Hunt Block, David Caruso, Alex Hyde-White
Votes: 433
22. The Extra Man (2010)
R | 108 min | Comedy
A man who escorts wealthy widows in New York's Upper East Side takes a young aspiring playwright under his wing.
Directors: Shari Springer Berman, Robert Pulcini | Stars: Kevin Kline, Paul Dano, Katie Holmes, Marian Seldes
Votes: 5,404 | Gross: $0.45M
23. Purple Haze (1982)
R | 97 min | Drama
The film opens in Princeton University, 1968, where Matt Caulfield and his friends are watching television. There, they witness President Lyndon B. Johnson inform us of his plans not to ... See full summary »
Director: David Burton Morris | Stars: Peter Nelson, Chuck McQuary, Bernard Baldan, Susanna Lack
Votes: 172
24. Four Minutes (2005 TV Movie)
90 min | Biography, Drama, History
The story of the four minute mile-breaker Roger Bannister.
Director: Charles Beeson | Stars: Jamie Maclachlan, Christopher Plummer, Shaun Smyth, Amy Rutherford
Votes: 381
25. Design for Death (1947)
Approved | 48 min | Documentary
An Academy Award winner for best documentary, the film opens with a notice that..."Exhibition of confiscated Japanese film material authorized by permission of the Alien Property Custodian ... See full summary »
Director: Richard Fleischer | Stars: Kent Smith, Hans Conried
Votes: 48
26. You Can't Buy Everything (1934)
Passed | 82 min | Drama, Romance
Hannah is so tight with her money that she takes her son, Donnie, to the charity ward a week after he hurts his leg. But she has always hoarded her money since her late husband wasted most ... See full summary »
Director: Charles Reisner | Stars: May Robson, Jean Parker, Lewis Stone, Mary Forbes
Votes: 225
27. In Your Wildest Dreams (1991)
Not Rated | 85 min | Drama, Family
Mark is a high school senior who thinks his wildest dreams have come true when he uses the wrong computer to make a simulated stock purchase and accidentally makes a million dollars. ... See full summary »
Director: Bruce Neibaur | Stars: Trevor Black, Lise Wilburn, Sarah Schaub, Brett Palmer
Votes: 125
28. She Loves Me Not (1934)
Passed | 85 min | Comedy, Crime, Romance
A cabaret dancer witnesses a murder and is forced to hide from gangsters by disguising herself as a male Princeton student.
Director: Elliott Nugent | Stars: Bing Crosby, Miriam Hopkins, Kitty Carlisle, Edward J. Nugent
Votes: 217
29. Accent on Youth (1935)
Approved | 77 min | Comedy, Romance
A young secretary falls in love with her boss, a middle-aged playwright. Complications ensue when her boss tries to fix her up with a man closer to her age and already in love with her.
Director: Wesley Ruggles | Stars: Sylvia Sidney, Herbert Marshall, Phillip Reed, Holmes Herbert
Votes: 131
30. Off and Running (2009)
Not Rated | 76 min | Documentary
With white Jewish lesbians for parents and two adopted brothers - one mixed-race and one Korean-Brooklyn teen Avery grew up in a unique and loving household. But when her curiosity about ... See full summary »
Director: Nicole Opper
Votes: 142 | Gross: $0.02M
31. La Source (2012)
Not Rated | 72 min | Documentary
A documentary that follows Haiti-born Josue Lajeunesse as he works to bring bacteria-free water to his native village.
Director: Patrick Shen | Star: Don Cheadle
Votes: 34
32. Wilson Day 1912 (2013 Video)
57 min | Documentary, History
On November 5, 1912 New Jersey Governor Woodrow Wilson won the highly contested Presidential election and traveled by train to Staunton, Virginia. At the request of a supportive group ... See full summary »
Stars: Ken Scott, Paul Roth, Tim Wronka, Al Stone
33. F. Scott Fitzgerald Slept Here (2007)
25 min | Short, Drama, Romance
F SCOTT FITZGERALD SLEPT HERE explores the intimacy between men and the dynamics of unlikely matchups. Paul is a scruffy, white girl-hungry FTM poet. Gordon, on the other hand, is an ... See full summary »
Director: Jules Rosskam | Stars: S. Leigh Thompson, Jabari Dozier, Cara Herbst, Cash Tilton
35.
Boardwalk Empire (2010–2014)
Episode:
Under God's Power She Flourishes
(2011)
TV-MA | 58 min | Crime, Drama
Jimmy's experiences at Princeton are seen in flashback, Margaret tries to deal with her guilt, and Doyle tries unsuccessfully to wheel and deal.
Director: Allen Coulter | Stars: Steve Buscemi, Michael Pitt, Kelly Macdonald, Michael Shannon
Votes: 2,390
36.
The Tom Woods Show (2013– )
The Evil Woodrow Wilson Revisited
(2023 Podcast Episode)
News
Stars: Tom Woods, CJ Killmer
37.
Quantum Leap (2022–2024)
Episode:
Secret History
(2023)
TV-PG | Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Ben must find a formula hidden by Albert Einstein that holds the key to nuclear energy before the Nazis get it.
Director: Pamela Romanowsky | Stars: Raymond Lee, Caitlin Bassett, Mason Alexander Park, Nanrisa Lee
Votes: 411
38.
The Matt Walsh Show (2018– )
Mothers of 'Trans Kids' Give Insane Reasons for Transitioning Their Children
(2023 Podcast Episode)
News, Talk-Show
Star: Matt Walsh
39.
William Spaniel (2009– )
Episode:
What Gazans Think of Hamas and How It Shaped the Crisis with Israel
(2023)
16 min | Documentary
Coincidentally, the week before the 2023 Hamas attack on Israel an organization called Arab Barometer surveyed Gazans on how they felt about Hamas. About seventy-five percent disapproved of... See full summary »
Star: William Spaniel
40.
Travels with Darley (2015– )
Episode:
New Jersey: Revolutionary Road Trip
(2024)
Documentary
Darley's revolutionary road trip continues in New Jersey. Visit the State Archives and view original documents related to America's founding, and become familiar with authentic period dress and untold stories of the American Revolution.
Director: Darley Newman | Stars: Elizabeth Allan, Leslie Bramlett, Carrie A. Fellows, William L. Kidder
41.
The Newsroom (2012–2014)
Episode:
Oh Shenandoah
(2014)
TV-MA | 56 min | Drama
Shocking information regarding the source comes to light in the fight for Will's freedom.
Director: Paul Lieberstein | Stars: Jeff Daniels, Emily Mortimer, John Gallagher Jr., Alison Pill
Votes: 2,236
42.
Genius (2017– )
Episode:
Einstein: Chapter Nine
(2017)
TV-14 | 51 min | Biography, Drama, History
Albert Einstein settles into life in America, but dangers abroad continue to be a threat to both him and his former colleagues.
Director: Kenneth Biller | Stars: Geoffrey Rush, Ralph Brown, Richard Topol, Michael McElhatton
Votes: 699
43.
The Affair (2014–2019)
Episode:
Episode #4.10
(2018)
TV-MA | 75 min | Drama
Noah and Anton visit Princeton where Noah encounters an old friend. An immensely difficult day forces Cole and Luisa to reexamine their relationship. Helen gets a new perspective on life.
Director: Rodrigo García | Stars: Dominic West, Ruth Wilson, Maura Tierney, Joshua Jackson
Votes: 697
44.
Law & Order True Crime (2017)
Episode:
The Menendez Murders: Episode 2
(2017)
TV-14 | 44 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Seemingly innocuous comments Lyle (Miles Gaston Villanueva) previously made about his parents come back to haunt him when detectives Zoeller (Sam Jaeger) and Linehan (Cliff Chamberlain) ... See full summary »
Director: Lesli Linka Glatter | Stars: Edie Falco, Gus Halper, Miles Gaston Villanueva, Chris Bauer
Votes: 208
45.
The Michael Knowles Show (2017– )
Free Speech Hour ft. Dave Rubin
(2017 Podcast Episode)
51 min | Talk-Show
Michael attempts to save the soul of his guest, Dave Rubin. Allie Stuckey and Jacob Airey join the Panel of Deplorables to discuss the NFL, Anthony Weiner, and more.
Stars: Michael J. Knowles, Dave Rubin, Allie Beth Stuckey, Jacob Airey
46.
The Andrew Klavan Show (2015– )
The Left Against God
(2017 Podcast Episode)
46 min | Talk-Show
The Left attacks "thoughts and prayers". Christina Hoff Sommers guests; she and Drew discuss: "fainting-couch" feminism, Harvey Weinstein, being a gentleman, and more.
Stars: Andrew Klavan, Christina Hoff Sommers, Don Lemon, Chris Coons
47.
The Rubin Report (2013– )
Who Was James Madison?
(2018 Podcast Episode)
Talk-Show
Stars: Dave Rubin, Kevin Gutzman
48.
Voxday Darkstream (2017– )
Episode:
The Myth of Meritocracy in America
(2018)
News
Star: Vox Day