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1. Wonka (2023)
PG | 116 min | Adventure, Comedy, Family
With dreams of opening a shop in a city renowned for its chocolate, a young and poor Willy Wonka discovers that the industry is run by a cartel of greedy chocolatiers.
Director: Paul King | Stars: Timothée Chalamet, Gustave Die, Murray McArthur, Paul G. Raymond
Votes: 139,911
2. One Piece (2023– )
TV-14 | 60 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
In a seafaring world, a young pirate captain sets out with his crew to attain the title of Pirate King, and to discover the mythical treasure known as 'One Piece.'
Stars: Iñaki Godoy, Emily Rudd, Mackenyu, Morgan Davies
Votes: 149,477
3. M*A*S*H (1972–1983)
TV-PG | 25 min | Comedy, Drama, War
The staff of an Army hospital in the Korean War find that laughter is the best way to deal with their situation.
Stars: Alan Alda, Wayne Rogers, Loretta Swit, Jamie Farr
Votes: 63,797
4. The Super Mario Bros. Movie (2023)
PG | 92 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
A plumber named Mario travels through an underground labyrinth with his brother Luigi, trying to save a captured princess.
Directors: Aaron Horvath, Michael Jelenic, Pierre Leduc, Fabien Polack | Stars: Chris Pratt, Anya Taylor-Joy, Charlie Day, Jack Black
Votes: 236,773 | Gross: $574.93M
5. The Little Mermaid (I) (2023)
PG | 135 min | Adventure, Family, Fantasy
A young mermaid makes a deal with a sea witch to trade her beautiful voice for human legs so she can discover the world above water and impress a prince.
Director: Rob Marshall | Stars: Halle Bailey, Jonah Hauer-King, Melissa McCarthy, Javier Bardem
Votes: 155,925 | Gross: $298.17M
6. Beauty and the Beast (I) (2017)
PG | 129 min | Adventure, Family, Fantasy
A selfish Prince is cursed to become a monster for the rest of his life, unless he learns to fall in love with a beautiful young woman he keeps prisoner.
Director: Bill Condon | Stars: Emma Watson, Dan Stevens, Luke Evans, Josh Gad
Votes: 334,578 | Gross: $504.01M
7. Cinderella (I) (2015)
PG | 105 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
When her father unexpectedly dies, young Ella finds herself at the mercy of her cruel stepmother and her scheming stepsisters. Never one to give up hope, Ella's fortunes begin to change after meeting a dashing stranger.
Director: Kenneth Branagh | Stars: Lily James, Cate Blanchett, Richard Madden, Helena Bonham Carter
Votes: 190,740 | Gross: $201.15M
8. Mission: Impossible (1996)
PG-13 | 110 min | Action, Adventure, Thriller
An American agent, under false suspicion of disloyalty, must discover and expose the real spy without the help of his organization.
Director: Brian De Palma | Stars: Tom Cruise, Jon Voight, Emmanuelle Béart, Henry Czerny
Votes: 470,329 | Gross: $180.98M
9. The Lion King (2019)
PG | 118 min | Animation, Adventure, Drama
After the murder of his father, a young lion prince flees his kingdom only to learn the true meaning of responsibility and bravery.
Director: Jon Favreau | Stars: Donald Glover, Beyoncé, Seth Rogen, Chiwetel Ejiofor
Votes: 266,940 | Gross: $543.64M
10. Cruella (2021)
PG-13 | 134 min | Adventure, Comedy, Crime
A live-action prequel feature film following a young Cruella de Vil.
Director: Craig Gillespie | Stars: Emma Stone, Emma Thompson, Joel Fry, Paul Walter Hauser
Votes: 265,799 | Gross: $86.10M
11. The Jungle Book (2016)
PG | 106 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
After a threat from the tiger Shere Khan forces him to flee the jungle, a man-cub named Mowgli embarks on a journey of self discovery with the help of panther Bagheera and free-spirited bear Baloo.
Director: Jon Favreau | Stars: Neel Sethi, Bill Murray, Ben Kingsley, Idris Elba
Votes: 292,071 | Gross: $364.00M
12. Camelot (1967)
G | 179 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama
The story of the marriage of England's King Arthur to Guinevere. The plot of illegitimate Mordred to gain the throne and Guinevere's growing attachment to Sir Lancelot, threaten to topple Arthur and destroy his "round table" of knights.
Director: Joshua Logan | Stars: Richard Harris, Vanessa Redgrave, Franco Nero, David Hemmings
Votes: 7,479 | Gross: $31.10M
14. 101 Dalmatians (1996)
G | 103 min | Adventure, Comedy, Crime
An evil high-fashion designer plots to steal dalmatian puppies in order to make an extravagant fur coat but creates an extravagant mess instead.
Director: Stephen Herek | Stars: Glenn Close, Jeff Daniels, Joely Richardson, Joan Plowright
Votes: 117,561 | Gross: $136.19M
15. Tom and Jerry (II) (2021)
PG | 101 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
A chaotic battle ensues between Jerry Mouse, who has taken refuge in the Royal Gate Hotel, and Tom Cat, who is hired to drive him away before the day of a big wedding arrives.
Director: Tim Story | Stars: Chloë Grace Moretz, Michael Peña, Colin Jost, Tom
Votes: 39,869 | Gross: $46.54M
16. Pinocchio (I) (2022)
PG | 105 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama
A puppet is brought to life by a fairy, who assigns him to lead a virtuous life in order to become a real boy.
Director: Robert Zemeckis | Stars: Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Tom Hanks, Benjamin Evan Ainsworth, Angus Wright
Votes: 42,057
17. Scoob! (2020)
PG | 93 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
Scooby and the gang face their most challenging mystery ever: a plot to unleash the ghost dog Cerberus upon the world. As they race to stop this dogpocalypse, the gang discovers that Scooby has an epic destiny greater than anyone imagined.
Director: Tony Cervone | Stars: Will Forte, Mark Wahlberg, Jason Isaacs, Gina Rodriguez
Votes: 30,040 | Gross: $2.19M
18. The Addams Family (2019)
PG | 86 min | Animation, Comedy, Family
The eccentrically macabre family moves to a bland suburb where Wednesday Addams' friendship with the daughter of a hostile and conformist local reality show host exacerbates conflict between the families.
Directors: Greg Tiernan, Conrad Vernon | Stars: Oscar Isaac, Charlize Theron, Chloë Grace Moretz, Finn Wolfhard
Votes: 44,886 | Gross: $100.04M
19. The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas (1982)
R | 114 min | Comedy, Musical
A town's Sheriff and regular patron of a historical whorehouse fights to keep it running when a television reporter targets it as the Devil's playhouse.
Director: Colin Higgins | Stars: Burt Reynolds, Dolly Parton, Dom DeLuise, Charles Durning
Votes: 13,397 | Gross: $69.70M
20. Flubber (1997)
PG | 93 min | Comedy, Family, Sci-Fi
An absent-minded professor discovers "flubber," a rubber-like super-bouncy substance.
Director: Les Mayfield | Stars: Robin Williams, Marcia Gay Harden, Christopher McDonald, Ted Levine
Votes: 94,644 | Gross: $92.98M
21. The Birth of a Nation (1915)
TV-PG | 195 min | Drama, History, War
The Stoneman family finds its friendship with the Camerons affected by the Civil War, both fighting in opposite armies. The development of the war in their lives plays through to Lincoln's assassination and the birth of the Ku Klux Klan.
Director: D.W. Griffith | Stars: Lillian Gish, Mae Marsh, Henry B. Walthall, Miriam Cooper
Votes: 26,340 | Gross: $10.00M
22. Willard (2003)
PG-13 | 100 min | Drama, Horror, Thriller
A young man with an unusual connection to rats uses them at his own sociopathic will.
Director: Glen Morgan | Stars: Crispin Glover, R. Lee Ermey, Laura Harring, Jackie Burroughs
Votes: 20,405 | Gross: $6.89M
23. The Addams Family 2 (2021)
PG | 93 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
The Addams get tangled up in more wacky adventures and find themselves involved in hilarious run-ins with all sorts of unsuspecting characters. Sequel to the 2019 animated film, 'The Addams Family'.
Directors: Conrad Vernon, Greg Tiernan, Laura Brousseau, Kevin Pavlovic | Stars: Oscar Isaac, Charlize Theron, Chloë Grace Moretz, Javon 'Wanna' Walton
Votes: 15,582 | Gross: $56.49M
24. Addams Family Reunion (1998 TV Movie)
PG | 91 min | Comedy, Family, Fantasy
The Addams Family goes on a search for their relatives.
Director: Dave Payne | Stars: Daryl Hannah, Tim Curry, Nicole Fugere, Jerry Messing
Votes: 5,153
25. The New Addams Family (1998–1999)
TV-Y7 | 30 min | Comedy, Family, Horror
The spooky family - Gomez, Morticia, Wednesday, Pugsley, Uncle Fester, Granmama, Lurch, Thing, and Cousin Itt - have a lot of neighbors and other outsiders who show up and get freaked out by the family's macabre shenanigans.
Stars: Glenn Taranto, Ellie Harvie, Brody Smith, Nicole Fugere
Votes: 2,669
26. The Preacher's Wife (1996)
PG | 123 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
An angel comes to Earth to help a preacher save his church and his family.
Director: Penny Marshall | Stars: Denzel Washington, Whitney Houston, Courtney B. Vance, Gregory Hines
Votes: 13,732 | Gross: $48.10M
27. The Legend of Tarzan (2001–2003)
TV-Y | 22 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
The further adventures of the jungle hero Tarzan (1999) and his friends.
Stars: Michael T. Weiss, Olivia d'Abo, Jim Cummings, April Winchell
Votes: 3,425
28. The Heroic Legend of Arslan (2015–2016)
TV-14 | 24 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
Arslan must embark on a journey to reclaim his fallen kingdom and fulfill his destiny as ruler of Pars.
Stars: Jerry Jewell, Rachel Robinson, Ryan Reynolds, Justin Briner
Votes: 2,306
29. Total Recall 2070 (1999)
R | 44 min | Action, Drama, Mystery
A detective for a police agency is teamed with a naive new officer, who is secretly an android, and often conflicts with the Assessor's Office and the security forces of "the Consortium", a small number of extremely powerful companies.
Stars: Michael Easton, Karl Pruner, Cynthia Preston, Michael Anthony Rawlins
Votes: 1,419
30. Witness for the Prosecution (1982 TV Movie)
97 min | Drama
Leonard Vole is accused of murdering an elderly rich woman, and the only alibi to him depends on his wife Christine.
Director: Alan Gibson | Stars: Ralph Richardson, Deborah Kerr, Beau Bridges, Donald Pleasence
Votes: 1,120
31. Gaby (1956)
Approved | 96 min | Drama
A French ballerina (Leslie Caron) in 1944 London falls for an American soldier (John Kerr) who is sent to France in the Normandy Invasion.
Director: Curtis Bernhardt | Stars: Leslie Caron, John Kerr, Cedric Hardwicke, Taina Elg
Votes: 389
32. Halloween with the New Addams Family (1977 TV Movie)
74 min | Comedy, Horror
A revival of the popular '60s TV comedy series "The Addams Family" has them preparing for Halloween in their own inimitable way.
Director: Dennis Steinmetz | Stars: John Astin, Ted Cassidy, Jackie Coogan, Carolyn Jones
Votes: 833
33. The Addams Family (1992–1993)
TV-Y | 30 min | Animation, Short, Adventure
The further misadventures of the eccentrically macabre family.
Stars: John Astin, Carol Channing, Debi Derryberry, Dick Beals
Votes: 2,686
34. The Shaggy Dog (1994 TV Movie)
96 min | Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Preteen Moochie Daniels just wants a dog, but his dad, Ron, is allergic to canines, like Bundles, the shabby sheep dog of neighbor Charlie Mulvihill who secretly trained his pet to help him... See full summary »
Director: Dennis Dugan | Stars: Ed Begley Jr., Sharon Lawrence, Jon Polito, James Cromwell
Votes: 399
35. The Addams Family (1973)
30 min | Animation, Comedy, Family
The spooky family finds adventures while on a cross-country road trip in a camper shaped like their mansion.
Stars: Josh Albee, Howard Caine, John Carver, Ted Cassidy
Votes: 1,144
36. Little Shop (1991)
30 min | Animation, Comedy, Family
A nerdy junior high student who works in a floral shop cares for a prehistoric talking Venus Fly Trap which has supernatural abilities.
Stars: David Huband, Jennie Kwan, Michael Rawl, Terry McGee
Votes: 144
37. You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown (1985 TV Movie)
G | 49 min | Animation, Comedy, Family
The Peanuts gang performs the classic Broadway musical.
Director: Sam Jaimes | Stars: Kevin Brando, Michael Dockery, Brad Kesten, Jeremy Scott Reinbolt
Votes: 1,025
38. Brewster's Millions (1935)
Approved | 80 min | Comedy, Musical
Jack Brewster is a pennyless English lad who learns that he has inherited 6 million pounds sterling from a recently deceased relative. But soon learns that he must spend 500,000 pounds in ... See full summary »
Director: Thornton Freeland | Stars: Jack Buchanan, Lili Damita, Nancy O'Neil, Sydney Fairbrother
Votes: 84
39. Brewster's Millions (1914)
Comedy
Robert Brewster, scion of a well-to-do family, elopes with Louise Sedgewick. Peter Brewster disinherits Robert and refuses to be reconciled to the marriage, and later drives the young ... See full summary »
Directors: Oscar Apfel, Cecil B. DeMille | Stars: Edward Abeles, Joseph Singleton, Sydney Deane, Miss Bartholomew
Votes: 54
40. Brewster's Millions (1921)
Passed | 61 min | Comedy
Monte Brewster learns that he has inherited $10 million from his late grandfather, but then learns that he must spend $2 million in less than a year and remain unmarried to inherit the rest of the money.
Director: Joseph Henabery | Stars: Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle, Betty Ross Clarke, Fred Huntley, Marian Skinner
Votes: 51
41. Little Darlings (1982 TV Movie)
Comedy
Director: Joel Zwick | Stars: Pamela Adlon, Tammy Lauren, Heather McAdam, LaShana Dendy
42. Dino Dinero (1990)
Comedy
Director: Mike Relon Makiling | Stars: Dolphy, Gretchen Barretto, Romnick Sarmenta, Joonee Gamboa
Votes: 9
43. Kekko yoteibi (2023)
Romance
Kawai Yoshiko (Sakurako Ohara) once had grand plans for her romantic future. She wanted to marry at age 26, have her first child at age 27, and give birth to her second child at age 29. But... See full summary »
Stars: Genta Matsuda, Sakurako Ohara, Yuno Ohara, Reiya Masaki
Votes: 15
44. Miss Brewster's Millions (1926)
72 min | Comedy, Drama
Polly Brewster, a penniless Hollywood model/movie extra inherits one million dollars. But her new lawyer, Tom Hancock, informs her that she has to spend it all within 30 days to inherit $5 ... See full summary »
Director: Clarence G. Badger | Stars: Bebe Daniels, Warner Baxter, Ford Sterling, George Beranger
Votes: 24
45. Lady at Number 16 (2022)
9 min | Short, Drama, Fantasy
After two sailors help a young lady reenter her home, they return later to find out that their evening was not all it had seemed.
Director: James Newhook | Stars: Gavin J. Snow, James Squires, Ashley Dingwell, Fred Cluett
46. Bed & Breakfast (2004)
Short, Thriller
A man finds himself in a motel with secrets. Stuffed animals, poisoned tea, silent guests and a mysterious landlady add up to the mystery.
Director: Alexander Van Waes | Stars: Suzanne Juchtmans, Isabelle Van Waes, Antoine Vander Auwera
Votes: 11
47.
The Wonderful World of Disney (1997–2023)
Episode:
The Love Bug
(1997)
TV-G | 88 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Herbie, the magical Volkswagen Beetle, is passed on to a new owner. Together, they must battle a dastardly racer and his devil-car "Horace", an evil Herbie.
Director: Peyton Reed | Stars: Bruce Campbell, John Hannah, Alexandra Wentworth, Kevin J. O'Connor
Votes: 1,498
48.
Total Recall 2070 (1999)
Episode:
Machine Dreams: Part 1
(1999)
R | 60 min | Action, Drama, Mystery
In 2070, police detective David Hume and his partner Ian Farve attempt to track down a group of murderous androids with ties to a corrupt corporation, named Recall, which are based on Mars.
Director: Mario Azzopardi | Stars: Michael Easton, Karl Pruner, Cynthia Preston, Michael Anthony Rawlins
Votes: 513
49.
Kraft Theatre (1947–1958)
Episode:
A Night to Remember
(1956)
60 min | Drama
On its maiden voyage in April 1912, the supposedly unsinkable RMS Titanic hits an iceberg in the Atlantic Ocean.
Director: George Roy Hill | Stars: Sandy Ackland, Millette Alexander, Tirrell Barbery, William Becker
Votes: 42