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1. Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood (2019)
R | 161 min | Comedy, Drama
A faded television actor and his stunt double strive to achieve fame and success in the final years of Hollywood's Golden Age in 1969 Los Angeles.
Director: Quentin Tarantino | Stars: Leonardo DiCaprio, Brad Pitt, Margot Robbie, Emile Hirsch
Votes: 848,596 | Gross: $142.50M
2. Tootsie (1982)
PG | 116 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Michael Dorsey, an unsuccessful actor, disguises himself as a woman in order to get a role on a trashy hospital soap.
Director: Sydney Pollack | Stars: Dustin Hoffman, Jessica Lange, Teri Garr, Dabney Coleman
Votes: 114,715 | Gross: $177.20M
3. Crash (I) (2004)
R | 112 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Los Angeles citizens with vastly separate lives collide in interweaving stories of race, loss and redemption.
Director: Paul Haggis | Stars: Don Cheadle, Sandra Bullock, Thandiwe Newton, Karina Arroyave
Votes: 449,092 | Gross: $54.58M
4. Network (1976)
R | 121 min | Drama
A television network cynically exploits a deranged former anchor's ravings and revelations about the news media for its own profit, but finds that his message may be difficult to control.
Director: Sidney Lumet | Stars: Faye Dunaway, William Holden, Peter Finch, Robert Duvall
Votes: 170,716
5. Marriage Story (2019)
R | 137 min | Drama, Romance
Noah Baumbach's incisive and compassionate look at a marriage breaking up and a family staying together.
Director: Noah Baumbach | Stars: Adam Driver, Scarlett Johansson, Julia Greer, Azhy Robertson
Votes: 346,569 | Gross: $2.00M
6. Lovely & Amazing (2001)
R | 91 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Self-esteem and insecurity are at the heart of this comedy about the relationship between a mother and her three confused daughters.
Director: Nicole Holofcener | Stars: Catherine Keener, Brenda Blethyn, Troy Ruptash, Emily Mortimer
Votes: 7,698 | Gross: $4.19M
7. Get Him to the Greek (2010)
R | 109 min | Comedy, Music
A record company intern is hired to accompany out-of-control British rock star Aldous Snow to a concert at L.A.'s Greek Theater.
Director: Nicholas Stoller | Stars: Jonah Hill, Russell Brand, Elisabeth Moss, Rose Byrne
Votes: 185,675 | Gross: $60.97M
8. Being the Ricardos (2021)
R | 131 min | Biography, Drama
Follows Lucy and Desi as they face a crisis that could end their careers--and another that could end their marriage.
Director: Aaron Sorkin | Stars: Nicole Kidman, Javier Bardem, J.K. Simmons, Nina Arianda
Votes: 44,701
9. Vantage Point (2008)
PG-13 | 90 min | Action, Crime, Drama
The attempted assassination of the American President is told and re-told from several different perspectives.
Director: Pete Travis | Stars: Dennis Quaid, Forest Whitaker, Matthew Fox, Bruce McGill
Votes: 154,083 | Gross: $72.27M
10. A Hard Day's Night (1964)
G | 87 min | Comedy, Musical
Over two "typical" days in the life of The Beatles, the boys struggle to keep themselves and Sir Paul McCartney's mischievous grandfather in check while preparing for a live TV performance.
Director: Richard Lester | Stars: John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, Ringo Starr
Votes: 48,110 | Gross: $13.78M
11. Frost/Nixon (2008)
R | 122 min | Biography, Drama, History
A dramatic retelling of the post-Watergate television interviews between British talk-show host David Frost and former president Richard Nixon.
Director: Ron Howard | Stars: Frank Langella, Michael Sheen, Kevin Bacon, Sam Rockwell
Votes: 112,495 | Gross: $18.59M
12. I Could Never Be Your Woman (2007)
PG-13 | 97 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A mother falls for a younger man while her daughter falls in love for the first time. Mother Nature messes with their fates.
Director: Amy Heckerling | Stars: Michelle Pfeiffer, Paul Rudd, Saoirse Ronan, Tracey Ullman
Votes: 19,465
13. A King in New York (1957)
G | 105 min | Comedy, Drama
A recently-deposed European monarch seeks shelter in New York City, where he becomes an accidental television celebrity and is later wrongly accused of being a Communist.
Director: Charles Chaplin | Stars: Charles Chaplin, Maxine Audley, Jerry Desmonde, Oliver Johnston
Votes: 8,883
14. Heavenly Bodies (1984)
R | 90 min | Drama, Romance
A small "Dance-ercize" studio fights for its existence against the unscrupulous owner of a rival club. The conflict boils down to a "Dance Marathon" to settle the score.
Director: Lawrence Dane | Stars: Cynthia Dale, Richard Rebiere, Walter George Alton, Laura Henry
Votes: 895 | Gross: $1.84M
15. Crazy in Alabama (1999)
PG-13 | 111 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
An abused wife heads to California to become a movie star while her nephew back in Alabama has to deal with a racially-motivated murder involving a corrupt sheriff.
Director: Antonio Banderas | Stars: Melanie Griffith, David Morse, Lucas Black, Cathy Moriarty
Votes: 7,394 | Gross: $1.95M
16. Madhouse (1974)
PG | 89 min | Crime, Horror, Mystery
A horror movie star returns to his famous role after years in a mental institution. But the character seems to be committing murders independent of his will.
Director: Jim Clark | Stars: Vincent Price, Peter Cushing, Robert Quarry, Adrienne Corri
Votes: 4,519
17. Roadhouse Romance (2021 TV Movie)
TV-G | 84 min | Drama, Romance
When Callie returns home, she finds her hometown has changed - her first love has a new girl and her family's BBQ restaurant has hit hard times. She clashes with a marooned bigshot director who might hold the key to saving the restaurant.
Director: Paul Ziller | Stars: Lauren Alaina, Tyler Hynes, Michael Teigen, Lauren K. Robek
Votes: 1,385
18. Someone's Watching Me! (1978 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 97 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
A woman is being watched in her apartment by a stranger, who also calls and torments her. A cat-and-mouse game begins.
Director: John Carpenter | Stars: Lauren Hutton, David Birney, Adrienne Barbeau, Charles Cyphers
Votes: 5,183
19. On the Air (1992)
30 min | Comedy
In the 1950s, a group of television performers attempt to put together a live variety program and often find disastrous results.
Stars: Ian Buchanan, Nancye Ferguson, Miguel Ferrer, Gary Grossman
Votes: 1,038
20. The Gazebo (1959)
Passed | 100 min | Comedy, Thriller
TV writer Elliott Nash buries something under the new gazebo in his suburban backyard. But the nervous man can't let it rest there.
Director: George Marshall | Stars: Glenn Ford, Debbie Reynolds, Carl Reiner, John McGiver
Votes: 2,226
21. Blood Pageant (2021)
Not Rated | 115 min | Comedy, Horror, Thriller
Suspense and horror on a cheesy reality-show set. Some will do anything to win, opening doors to ungodly evil. Who will win? Who will - survive? David Chokachi, Stephen Baldwin, and Snoop Dogg balance scares with comedy, music, and fun.
Directors: Harvey Lowry, Chris Gilmore, Anthony J. Sands | Stars: Stephen Baldwin, David Chokachi, Ellia English, Ted Lange
Votes: 309
22. Christmas in Connecticut (1992 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 93 min | Comedy, Romance
Elizabeth, the star of a successful cooking show, is set to do a live show on Christmas, where she'll cook a Christmas dinner. But what no one knows is that she can't cook.
Director: Arnold Schwarzenegger | Stars: Dyan Cannon, Kris Kristofferson, Tony Curtis, Richard Roundtree
Votes: 1,600
23. The Ratings Game (1984 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 102 min | Comedy, Romance
A newly rich New Jersey trucker moves to Hollywood and creates a slew of hit TV shows by manipulating the ratings system with help from his girlfriend in the ratings business.
Director: Danny DeVito | Stars: Danny DeVito, Rhea Perlman, Gerrit Graham, Bernadette Birkett
Votes: 825
24. Crossplot (1969)
PG-13 | 96 min | Crime, Thriller
An advertising executive sets out to find a woman for a new advertising campaign. His only clue to the woman is a photograph, and the search leads him into bewildering political ploys and mayhem.
Director: Alvin Rakoff | Stars: Roger Moore, Martha Hyer, Alexis Kanner, Claudie Lange
Votes: 847
25. Murder in a Blue World (1973)
R | 88 min | Crime, Drama, Horror
A nurse tries to bring her own style of relief to miserable people, or ones condemned to die. Her identity is a mystery, and she may not be quite what she seems.
Director: Eloy de la Iglesia | Stars: Sue Lyon, Christopher Mitchum, Jean Sorel, Ramón Pons
Votes: 537
26. Beyond Stranger Things (2017)
TV-PG | 21 min | Documentary, Talk-Show
Secrets from the "Stranger Things 2" universe are revealed as cast and guests discuss the latest episodes with host Jim Rash.
Stars: Jim Rash, Matt Duffer, Ross Duffer, Shawn Levy
Votes: 2,215
27. The Yes Man (1991)
93 min | Comedy, Drama
Cesare Botero (Nanni Moretti) is a young minister well-known to be corrupted and corrupter. He is looking for an appropriate spokesman. He finds the right person in Prof. Luciano Sandulli (... See full summary »
Director: Daniele Luchetti | Stars: Silvio Orlando, Nanni Moretti, Giulio Brogi, Anne Roussel
Votes: 887
28. Raaz: The Mystery Continues (2009)
Not Rated | 151 min | Horror, Mystery, Romance
An artist comes to realize that the woman he has been been painting is real and is being haunted by a ghost.
Director: Mohit Suri | Stars: Kangana Ranaut, Adhyayan Suman, Emraan Hashmi, Habib Mithiborwala
Votes: 4,011
29. The Sunshine Boys (1996 TV Movie)
PG-13 | 90 min | Comedy, Drama
Two aging comedians who acrimoniously dissolved their act eight years earlier must overcome their differences when they have the chance for a lucrative movie comeback.
Director: John Erman | Stars: Woody Allen, Peter Falk, Michael McKean, Liev Schreiber
Votes: 1,380
30. Näköradiomiehen ihmeelliset siekailut (1969)
83 min | Comedy
Country boy Mikko Syvärivi lands a job as a floor manager at the TV studios in Helsinki. He finds no place to stay in the capital, so he works as night guard. Ambitious Mikko writes some ... See full summary »
Director: Ere Kokkonen | Stars: Spede Pasanen, Danny, Vesa-Matti Loiri, Leo Jokela
Votes: 369
31. Dial 'M' for Murder (1981 TV Movie)
98 min | Thriller
A London businessman concocts an intricate plan to murder his unfaithful wife for her money.
Director: Boris Sagal | Stars: Angie Dickinson, Christopher Plummer, Anthony Quayle, Michael Parks
Votes: 269
32. The Story Lady (1991 TV Movie)
G | 94 min | Drama, Family
When Grace comes to live with her daughter and son-in-law, she is eager to find a way to be useful in the community. She loves to read stories to children, and decides to read one on public... See full summary »
Director: Larry Elikann | Stars: Jessica Tandy, Stephanie Zimbalist, Lisa Jakub, Chris Gartin
Votes: 464
33. Cloudy with a Chance of Love (2015 TV Movie)
TV-G | 87 min | Comedy, Family, Romance
An academic in meteorology must decide between her new job as a popular weather girl and her pursuit of her PhD and fellowship. Is her handsome boss interested in her true self or just as a ticket to a network job in New York?
Director: Bradford May | Stars: Katie Leclerc, Michael Rady, Ben Begley, Floriana Lima
Votes: 1,298
34. Les rois du gag (1985)
98 min | Comedy
Paul Martin and François Leroux are brothers-in-law and comics without fame. One day, the famous television comics, Gaëtan, finds himself in the little theater where Paul and François produce themselves under the name of "Gagsters".
Director: Claude Zidi | Stars: Michel Serrault, Gérard Jugnot, Thierry Lhermitte, Macha Méril
Votes: 720
35. Madrid (1987)
108 min | Drama, Romance, War
A German documentary filmmaker travels to Madrid to do a TV program about the city and the Spanish civil war commemorating its 50th anniversary.
Director: Basilio Martín Patino | Stars: Rüdiger Vogler, Verónica Forqué, María Luisa Ponte, Félix Dafauce
Votes: 90
36. Eternal Evil (1985)
R | 85 min | Horror
A director of TV commercials learns about astral projection. He has out of body experiences during his sleep and his dad in law and doctor die mysteriously.
Director: George Mihalka | Stars: Winston Rekert, Karen Black, John Novak, Patty Talbot
Votes: 673
37. La grande lessive (!) (1968)
95 min | Comedy
An addiction is spreading in Paris: Television. Literature teacher Saint-Just is confronted by overtired pupils who can no longer keep their eyes open from all the TV. He and a colleague set out on a mission to save the pupils from the TV.
Director: Jean-Pierre Mocky | Stars: Bourvil, Francis Blanche, Roland Dubillard, Jean Tissier
Votes: 450
38. Erotissimo (1969)
100 min | Comedy
Annie is a middle-age wife, still sexy and pampered by her husband, Phillippe, who is the owner and general manager of a dynamic company. Under the deluge of sexy Swedish movies, sexy ... See full summary »
Director: Gérard Pirès | Stars: Annie Girardot, Jean Yanne, Francis Blanche, Dominique Maurin
Votes: 262
39. Di que sí (2004)
102 min | Comedy, Romance
2 unlike Spaniards end by accident in a matchmaking TV show, where they win a honeymoon and EUR253,000 if married.
Director: Juan Calvo | Stars: Paz Vega, Santi Millán, Constantino Romero, Santiago Segura
Votes: 923
40. Time Flies (1996 TV Special)
58 min | Documentary, Adventure, Biography
Director Peter Brook and group of actors and filmmakers fly to the island of Vieques in Puerto Rico in the Caribbean where they recall the film 'Lord of the Flies' (1963) which was filmed there thirty-five years earlier.
Director: Richard Dale | Stars: Peter Brook, James Aubrey, Tom Chapin, Hugh Edwards
Votes: 11
41. Two Brides and One Wedding (2018)
Comedy, Romance
Director: Tomás Svoboda | Stars: Anna Polívková, Ester Geislerová, Eva Holubová, Bohumil Klepl
Votes: 119
42. The Happy Days of Garry Marshall (2020 TV Special)
84 min | Documentary
Stars of some of Marshall's most iconic series and films, sharing their favorite memories of Marshall.
Director: John Scheinfeld | Stars: Anne Hathaway, Chris Pine, Cary Elwes, Abigail Breslin
Votes: 54
43. Farewell My Darling (1996)
116 min | Comedy, Drama
When old Mr. Park dies, his first son Chan-Wu, a film director, and his troublesome daughter Mi-Seon hurriedly come back to their rural hometown, and third son Chan-Se comes back to Korea ... See full summary »
Director: Cheol-su Park | Stars: Seong Choi, Pang Eun-jin, Joo Jin-mo, Ha-hyun Jung
Votes: 43
44. Idol (2006)
Not Rated | 85 min | Comedy
Farce about the casting of a gay actor in a gay role on a television series which had previously been played by a straight actor. When the original star of a fictional gay-themed action ... See full summary »
Directors: Mike Heim, Christopher Long | Stars: Amber Alexander, Adriano Aragon, John Arrington, Branton Box
Votes: 102
45. Of Moose and Men: The Rocky & Bullwinkle Story (1990 TV Movie)
Documentary, Animation, History
A retrospective look at the "Rocky and Bullwinkle" cartoon show, from the creative talent behind the scenes to the cast of animated characters and the cultural and historical influences behind the show's gags.
Director: Marino Amoruso | Stars: Howard Brandy, Allan Burns, William Conrad, June Foray
Votes: 53
46. The Making of 'Julius Caesar' (2004 Video)
PG-13 | 12 min | Documentary, Short, Biography
Stars: Francesco Bronzi, Uli Edel, Valeria Golino, Richard Harris
47. Celebrity Ltd. (2015)
97 min | Comedy
The comedy unfolds in the attractive environs of the never-ending filming of a TV series. The performance opens up with wonderful interplay of relationships, characters, situations, ... See full summary »
Director: Milos Smídmajer | Stars: Jirí Mádl, Monika Horváthová, Filip Kankovský, Vilma Cibulková
Votes: 83
48. El guión (1970 TV Movie)
46 min | Drama, Fantasy, Mystery
Director: Narciso Ibáñez Serrador | Stars: Narciso Ibáñez Menta, Marisa de Leza, Julián Pérez Ávila, Carlos del Pino
Votes: 8
49. Concerto Macabre: The Films of John Brahm (2007 Video)
15 min | Documentary, Short, Biography
A tribute to the life and films of the underrated expressionistic director John Brahm.
Director: Constantine Nasr | Stars: Mark Vieira, Steve Jones, Drew Casper, Christopher Wicking
Votes: 14
50. McLeod's Daughters: The Inside Story (2003 Video)
11 min | Documentary, Short
Stars: Posie Graeme-Evans, Andrew Blaxland, Karl Zwicky, Bridie Carter