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1. Six Feet Under (2001–2005)
TV-MA | 60 min | Comedy, Drama
A chronicle of the lives of a dysfunctional family who run an independent funeral home in Los Angeles.
Stars: Peter Krause, Michael C. Hall, Frances Conroy, Lauren Ambrose
Votes: 149,421
2. After.Life (2009)
R | 104 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
After a car accident, a young woman caught between life and death meets a funeral director who claims to have the gift of transitioning the dead into the afterlife.
Director: Agnieszka Wojtowicz-Vosloo | Stars: Christina Ricci, Liam Neeson, Justin Long, Chandler Canterbury
Votes: 41,092 | Gross: $0.11M
3. Bernie (2011)
PG-13 | 104 min | Biography, Comedy, Crime
In small-town Texas, an affable mortician strikes up a friendship with a wealthy widow, though when she starts to become controlling, he goes to great lengths to separate himself from her grasp.
Director: Richard Linklater | Stars: Jack Black, Shirley MacLaine, Matthew McConaughey, Brady Coleman
Votes: 63,453 | Gross: $9.20M
4. The Sisters Brothers (2018)
R | 122 min | Drama, Western
Eli and Charlie Sisters, an infamous duo of gunslinging assassins, chase a gold prospector and his unexpected ally in 1850s Oregon.
Director: Jacques Audiard | Stars: John C. Reilly, Joaquin Phoenix, Jake Gyllenhaal, Riz Ahmed
Votes: 70,472 | Gross: $3.14M
5. Peacock (2010)
PG-13 | 90 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
A train accident in rural Nebraska gradually unveils a mystery involving the town's bank clerk.
Director: Michael Lander | Stars: Cillian Murphy, Elliot Page, Susan Sarandon, Josh Lucas
Votes: 12,271
6. The Verdict (1982)
R | 129 min | Drama
An outcast, alcoholic Boston lawyer sees the chance to salvage his career and self-respect by taking a medical malpractice case to trial rather than settling.
Director: Sidney Lumet | Stars: Paul Newman, Charlotte Rampling, Jack Warden, James Mason
Votes: 45,982 | Gross: $54.00M
7. Fur: An Imaginary Portrait of Diane Arbus (2006)
R | 122 min | Biography, Drama, Romance
Turning her back on her wealthy, established family, Diane Arbus falls in love with Lionel Sweeney, an enigmatic mentor who introduces Arbus to the marginalized people who help her become one of the most revered photographers of the twentieth century.
Director: Steven Shainberg | Stars: Nicole Kidman, Robert Downey Jr., Ty Burrell, Harris Yulin
Votes: 16,359 | Gross: $0.22M
8. Bubba Ho-Tep (2002)
R | 92 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
When residents of their nursing home start dying of dubious causes, an aged Elvis and an African-American senior who claims to be President John F. Kennedy discover that the perpetrator is an Egyptian mummy with murderous intentions.
Director: Don Coscarelli | Stars: Bruce Campbell, Ossie Davis, Bob Ivy, Ella Joyce
Votes: 51,495 | Gross: $2.00M
9. My Girl 2 (1994)
PG | 99 min | Comedy, Drama, Family
Vada Sultenfuss must go to LA to stay with her Uncle Phil to do some research on her mother's life, but finds much more.
Director: Howard Zieff | Stars: Dan Aykroyd, Jamie Lee Curtis, Anna Chlumsky, Austin O'Brien
Votes: 20,920 | Gross: $17.36M
10. Stella (2012–2017)
60 min | Comedy, Drama
A series set in the fictional village of Pontyberry in the South Wales Valleys centered on the lives of a single mother in her forties, who earns a living doing the locals' ironing, and her family and friends.
Stars: Ruth Jones, Karen Paullada, Craig Gallivan, Justin Davies
Votes: 2,061
11. Woman of the Dead (2022– )
TV-MA | 45 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
In a vengeful quest to find out who killed her husband, a woman ends up exposing her small community's deepest and ugliest secrets.
Stars: Anna Maria Mühe, Yousef 'Joe' Sweid, Felix Klare, Hans-Uwe Bauer
Votes: 6,371
12. Hesher (2010)
R | 106 min | Comedy, Drama
A young boy has lost his mother and is losing touch with his father and the world around him. Then he meets Hesher who manages to make his life even more chaotic.
Director: Spencer Susser | Stars: Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Devin Brochu, Natalie Portman, Rainn Wilson
Votes: 54,100 | Gross: $0.38M
13. Tore (2023– )
TV-MA | 30 min | Comedy, Drama
When 27-year-old Tore loses the most important person in his life in a garbage truck accident, he does everything he can to suppress his grief.
Stars: William Spetz, Sanna Sundqvist, Hannes Fohlin, Peter Haber
Votes: 2,211
14. Beautiful Minds (2021)
92 min | Comedy, Drama
Two men, with vastly different life stories and personalities, embark on a hearse heading to the south of France. During their journey they realize that, however unlikely, they're not so different after all.
Directors: Bernard Campan, Alexandre Jollien | Stars: Bernard Campan, Alexandre Jollien, Tiphaine Daviot, Julie-Anne Roth
Votes: 1,555
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: 7,391 | Gross: $1.95M
16. Get Low (2009)
PG-13 | 103 min | Drama, Mystery
A movie spun out of equal parts folk tale, fable and real-life legend about the mysterious, 1930s Tennessee hermit who famously threw his own rollicking funeral party... while he was still alive.
Director: Aaron Schneider | Stars: Robert Duvall, Bill Murray, Sissy Spacek, Lucas Black
Votes: 24,029 | Gross: $9.18M
17. The Comedy of Terrors (1963)
Not Rated | 84 min | Comedy, Horror
Dishonest undertaker Waldo Trumbull and his sidekick Felix Gillie are creating their own customers when they cannot find willing ones.
Director: Jacques Tourneur | Stars: Vincent Price, Peter Lorre, Boris Karloff, Joyce Jameson
Votes: 7,028
18. Idlewild (2006)
R | 121 min | Crime, Drama, Musical
At a sexy, sizzling nightclub, pianist Percival lives life by the rules, while Rooster, the club's flashy lead performer, struts his stuff on the stage. But all changes when greed, fame and murder threaten to destroy them and the joint.
Director: Bryan Barber | Stars: André 3000, Big Boi, Terrence Howard, Paula Patton
Votes: 5,763 | Gross: $12.55M
19. Post Mortem: No One Dies in Skarnes (2021)
TV-MA | 44 min | Comedy, Drama, Thriller
Hours after Live Hallangen is declared dead, she suddenly wakes up with an urge for blood. Meanwhile, her brother Odd tries to keep the family-run funeral home afloat.
Stars: Kathrine Thorborg Johansen, Elias Holmen Sørensen, André Sørum, Kim Fairchild
Votes: 4,175
20. Last Orders (2001)
R | 109 min | Drama
A group of old friends reminisce about their lives over the years after the death of one of their crew.
Director: Fred Schepisi | Stars: Michael Caine, Bob Hoskins, Tom Courtenay, David Hemmings
Votes: 6,733 | Gross: $2.33M
21. The Liberation of L.B. Jones (1970)
R | 102 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
A successful African American businessman has a quarrel with a white policeman, suspecting that he is having an affair with his wife. The policeman's colleagues are seeking to avoid publicity.
Director: William Wyler | Stars: Lee J. Cobb, Anthony Zerbe, Roscoe Lee Browne, Lola Falana
Votes: 1,173
22. Billy Liar (1963)
Not Rated | 98 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A lazy, irresponsible young clerk (Sir Tom Courtenay) in provincial Northern England lives in his own fantasy world and makes emotionally immature decisions as he alienates friends and family.
Director: John Schlesinger | Stars: Tom Courtenay, Julie Christie, Wilfred Pickles, Mona Washbourne
Votes: 7,099 | Gross: $0.04M
23. Jack Goes Boating (2010)
R | 89 min | Drama, Romance
A limo driver's blind date sparks a tale of love, betrayal, friendship, and grace centered around two working-class New York City couples.
Director: Philip Seymour Hoffman | Stars: Philip Seymour Hoffman, Amy Ryan, John Ortiz, Richard Petrocelli
Votes: 8,731 | Gross: $0.54M
24. A Summer Tale (2000)
91 min | Comedy, Drama, Family
Two kids move in with a lonely undertaker who is secretly in love with the town's school teacher.
Director: Ulf Malmros | Stars: Kjell Bergqvist, Anastasios Soulis, Rebecca Scheja, Cecilia Nilsson
Votes: 4,481
25. Once a Thief (1965)
Not Rated | 107 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
San Francisco ex-con Eddie Pedak wants to go straight, but local cop Mike Vido, motivated by a personal vendetta, keeps harassing him while Eddie's brother Walter wants Eddie for one last major heist.
Director: Ralph Nelson | Stars: Alain Delon, Ann-Margret, Van Heflin, Jack Palance
Votes: 2,075
26. Decoding Annie Parker (2013)
R | 91 min | Drama
Love, science, sex, infidelity, disease and comedy, the wild, mostly true story of the irrepressible Annie Parker and the almost discovery of a cure for cancer.
Director: Steven Bernstein | Stars: Helen Hunt, Samantha Morton, Aaron Paul, Rashida Jones
Votes: 3,314 | Gross: $0.04M
27. L.A. Without a Map (1998)
Unrated | 107 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A British writer pursues a young actress to Hollywood and needs all the help he can get to win her love.
Director: Mika Kaurismäki | Stars: Tony Peers, Steve Huison, David Tennant, Margo Stanley
Votes: 2,645
28. Undertaking Betty (2002)
R | 94 min | Comedy, Romance
A woman, whose husband is cheating on her, and an undertaker, who has been in love with her since their childhood, decide to fake her death so they can be together.
Director: Nick Hurran | Stars: Brenda Blethyn, Alfred Molina, Christopher Walken, Naomi Watts
Votes: 5,125
29. Edge of Doom (1950)
Not Rated | 99 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
A mentally unbalanced young man kills a priest. One of the priest's colleagues sets out to find the killer.
Director: Mark Robson | Stars: Dana Andrews, Farley Granger, Joan Evans, Robert Keith
Votes: 932
30. Get Charlie Tully (1972)
PG | 97 min | Comedy, Crime
Charlie Tully and womanizing Reggie Peek con two rich Italians out of £500,000, but during their flight out Charlie is arrested for conning an American and a dog. Reggie puts the money in a... See full summary »
Director: Cliff Owen | Stars: Dick Emery, Derren Nesbitt, Ronald Fraser, Pat Coombs
Votes: 493
31. Hostage (1992)
R | 98 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
UK black-ops agent is sent to Argentina to find a kidnapped special-ops analyst and take out the terrorists who took him. When a pretty girl who might somehow be involved catches his eye, things get very complicated very quickly.
Director: Robert Young | Stars: Sam Neill, Talisa Soto, James Fox, Michael Kitchen
Votes: 262
32. Love Is All (2007)
110 min | Comedy, Romance
The bumpy love lives of four Amsterdam couples intersect during the days leading up to Dutch national holiday Sinterklaas.
Director: Joram Lürsen | Stars: Michiel Romeyn, Thomas Acda, Anneke Blok, Carice van Houten
Votes: 8,080
33. The Undertaker's Wedding (1997)
R | 89 min | Comedy, Crime
A hapless undertaker becomes embroiled in a mafia war when he's forced to protect the brutal brother of a mob kingpin while be becomes romantically involved with the mob brother's wife.
Director: John Bradshaw | Stars: Adrien Brody, Jeff Wincott, Kari Wuhrer, Holly Gagnier
Votes: 387
34. The Most Fertile Man in Ireland (2000)
96 min | Comedy
The most fertile man in Ireland is in serious demand.
Director: Dudi Appleton | Stars: Kris Marshall, Kathy Kiera Clarke, Bronagh Gallagher, James Nesbitt
Votes: 614
35. Paranormal Captivity (2012)
Not Rated | 108 min | Horror, Thriller
After the death of her husband, a penniless woman moves into the home of her Uncle. Strange things begin to occur. Is the house haunted or is it something more?
Director: John Orrichio | Stars: Caitlyn Fletcher, Roberto Lombardi, Edward X. Young, Jerry Ross
Votes: 208
36. 2 Brothers & a Bride (2003)
PG-13 | 94 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Two brothers need household help after their Ma passes away. They decide to join a romance tour to Russia to find and bring home a traditionally minded wife.
Director: Helmut Schleppi | Stars: David Arquette, Tim Blake Nelson, Emily Mortimer, Lois Smith
Votes: 1,122 | Gross: $0.03M
37. Diggin' Up Business (1990)
PG | 85 min | Comedy
Tesia's vacation takes an unexpected turn as she uncovers discrepancies in the number of buried bodies registered by her Grandfather, while navigating a romantic entanglement with an older cowboy and her young best friend.
Directors: Mark Byers, Tom Pardew | Stars: Lynn-Holly Johnson, Linnea Quigley, David Michael O'Neill, Tom Pardew
Votes: 42
38. Holidays by the Sea (2011)
77 min | Comedy
Film with Jacques Tati style. Almost no dialogs to narrate this story of many peoples spending time nearby the sea.
Director: Pascal Rabaté | Stars: Jacques Gamblin, Maria de Medeiros, François Damiens, François Morel
Votes: 421
39. Chaos and Cadavers (2003)
86 min | Comedy, Crime, Mystery
Two young newlyweds, geeky Edward and innocent but alluring Samantha, turn up at a majestic and remote country house hotel for their honeymoon, which has been taken over by the ... See full summary »
Director: Niklaus Hilber | Stars: Nick Moran, Keeley Hawes, Steve Huison, Ian McNeice
Votes: 110
40. The Sheep Has Five Legs (1954)
104 min | Comedy
A small town seeking publicity tries to bring together the quintuplet grandsons of the town's oldest inhabitant.
Director: Henri Verneuil | Stars: Fernandel, Françoise Arnoul, Andrex, Michel Ardan
Votes: 690
41. From the Dust. (2024– )
30 min | Drama, Fantasy, Mystery
At the end of the year, a poison gas terror attack takes place at a terminal station in Tokyo. 666 people die or are injured in the attack.The terror attack's number of victims is related ... See full summary »
Stars: Hiromitsu Kitayama, Tina Tamashiro, Becky, Naho Toda
42. Berührt (2020)
140 min | Documentary
A little boy who's destiny was to die during his birth deeply moved everyone who came into contact with him.
Director: George Inci | Stars: Rainer Bartesch, Angela Fournes, Contance Frötschner, Harald Homberger
43. Sommerfest (2017)
92 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Stefan, a theatre-actor, receives a phone call which informs him that his father died. He immediately returns to his hometown Bochum, where he once was growing up. There he meets old friends, acquaintances and his former love Charlie.
Director: Sönke Wortmann | Stars: Lucas Gregorowicz, Anna Bederke, Nicholas Bodeux, Peter Jordan
Votes: 375
44. Mad Sad & Bad (2009)
90 min | Comedy
HARDEEP, RASHMI and ATUL are brothers and sisters. Which means they can say anything they like to each other, no matter how honest. Mad, Sad and Bad is a 90-minute comedy about mixed race ... See full summary »
Director: Avie Luthra | Stars: Meera Syal, Nitin Ganatra, Zubin Varla, Andrea Riseborough
Votes: 135
45. Wonderful Summer (2010)
92 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Kitka was just a little girl when she lost her mother. Now, in her late teens, she makes her first life choices. Her grandfather, her father and even her late mother are determined to help ... See full summary »
Director: Ryszard Brylski | Stars: Loretta Cichowicz, Katarzyna Figura, Aldona Jankowska, Marek Kasprzyk
Votes: 149
46. This Way Up (2008)
TV-G | 9 min | Animation, Short
On their way to deliver a coffin to a graveyard, a grim duo of undertakers go through hell and back, as formidable and tangled obstacles stand in the way.
Directors: Adam Foulkes, Alan Smith | Stars: Chris Grant, Marc Silk
Votes: 1,673
47. Back in Business (2017)
86 min | Comedy
They say a mortician never goes out of business, but Zweck's funeral home seems to be an exception. Luckily, one good client finally comes along and things take a turn for the better...
Director: Gérard Pautonnier | Stars: Jean-Pierre Bacri, Arthur Dupont, Olivier Gourmet, Féodor Atkine
Votes: 499
48. 4 Black Suits (2010)
90 min | Comedy
Four bankrupt gravediggers organize their final funeral that will give them the opportunity to change their lives by leaving the profession - which they originally started out as a temporary gainful solution, but stayed in this for life.
Director: Renos Haralambidis | Stars: Renos Haralambidis, Giannis Zouganelis, Takis Spyridakis, Alkis Panagiotidis
Votes: 872
49. Oasis: The Importance of Being Idle (I) (2005 Music Video)
4 min | Music
This music video for the single "The Importance of Being Idle" released on Oasis album "Don't Believe the Truth" pays an homage to the British films of the 1960's - such as Billy Liar. Here... See full summary »
Director: Dawn Shadforth | Stars: Gem Archer, Andy Bell, Liam Gallagher, Noel Gallagher
Votes: 60
50. Bodies (II) (2015)
24 min | Short, Comedy, Drama
Bodies is about the friendship between two funeral directors who are struggling to stay connected to life. Ronan is still stuck in the grief of losing his wife, Edith, while Conor is ... See full summary »
Director: B Welby | Stars: Rory Fleck Byrne, Declan Conlon, Bairbre Ní Chaoimh, Chris Fleck
Votes: 7