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1. Jaws (1975)
PG | 124 min | Adventure, Mystery, Thriller
When a killer shark unleashes chaos on a beach community off Cape Cod, it's up to a local sheriff, a marine biologist, and an old seafarer to hunt the beast down.
Director: Steven Spielberg | Stars: Roy Scheider, Robert Shaw, Richard Dreyfuss, Lorraine Gary
Votes: 661,792 | Gross: $260.00M
2. Edward Scissorhands (1990)
PG-13 | 105 min | Drama, Fantasy, Romance
The solitary life of an artificial man - who was incompletely constructed and has scissors for hands - is upended when he is taken in by a suburban family.
Director: Tim Burton | Stars: Johnny Depp, Winona Ryder, Dianne Wiest, Anthony Michael Hall
Votes: 525,288 | Gross: $56.36M
3. Bridget Jones's Diary (2001)
R | 97 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Bridget Jones is determined to improve herself while she looks for love in a year in which she keeps a personal diary.
Director: Sharon Maguire | Stars: Renée Zellweger, Colin Firth, Hugh Grant, Gemma Jones
Votes: 264,585 | Gross: $71.54M
4. The Expendables (2010)
R | 103 min | Action, Adventure, Thriller
A CIA operative hires a team of mercenaries to eliminate a Latin dictator and a renegade CIA agent.
Director: Sylvester Stallone | Stars: Sylvester Stallone, Jason Statham, Jet Li, Dolph Lundgren
Votes: 365,406 | Gross: $103.07M
5. Shoot 'Em Up (2007)
R | 86 min | Action, Comedy, Thriller
A man named Mr. Smith delivers a woman's baby during a shootout, and is then called upon to protect the newborn from the army of gunmen.
Director: Michael Davis | Stars: Clive Owen, Monica Bellucci, Paul Giamatti, Stephen McHattie
Votes: 155,197 | Gross: $12.81M
6. In the Tall Grass (2019)
TV-MA | 101 min | Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi
After hearing a young boy's cry for help, a sister and brother venture into a vast field of tall grass in Oklahoma but soon discover there may be no way out...and that something evil lurks within.
Director: Vincenzo Natali | Stars: Laysla De Oliveira, Avery Whitted, Patrick Wilson, Will Buie Jr.
Votes: 65,011
7. Ammonite (2020)
R | 117 min | Drama, History, Romance
1840s England, acclaimed but overlooked fossil hunter Mary Anning and a young woman sent to convalesce by the sea develop an intense relationship, altering both of their lives forever.
Director: Francis Lee | Stars: Kate Winslet, Saoirse Ronan, Gemma Jones, James McArdle
Votes: 23,508
8. The Sweetest Thing (2002)
R | 84 min | Comedy, Romance
Christina Walters spent years avoiding men, then suddenly met her perfect match while hanging with her best friends, Courtney and Jane. When she finds out that he has left town, she and Courtney set out on a trip.
Director: Roger Kumble | Stars: Cameron Diaz, Thomas Jane, Christina Applegate, Lillian Adams
Votes: 62,595 | Gross: $24.72M
9. The Life of David Gale (2003)
R | 130 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A man against capital punishment is accused of murdering a fellow activist and is sent to death row.
Director: Alan Parker | Stars: Kevin Spacey, Kate Winslet, Laura Linney, Cleo King
Votes: 126,289 | Gross: $19.59M
10. 13 Sins (2014)
R | 93 min | Horror, Thriller
A cryptic phone call sets off a dangerous game of risks for Elliot, a down-on-his-luck salesman. The game promises increasing rewards for completing 13 tasks, each more sinister than the last.
Director: Daniel Stamm | Stars: Mark Webber, Devon Graye, Tom Bower, Rutina Wesley
Votes: 39,110 | Gross: $0.01M
11. The Stunt Man (1980)
R | 131 min | Action, Comedy, Drama
A fugitive stumbles onto a movie set just when they need a new stunt man, takes the job as a way to hide out and falls for the leading lady while facing off with his manipulative director.
Director: Richard Rush | Stars: Peter O'Toole, Steve Railsback, Barbara Hershey, Allen Garfield
Votes: 10,524 | Gross: $7.06M
12. The Riot Club (2014)
R | 107 min | Drama, Thriller
Two first-year students at Oxford University join the infamous Riot Club, where reputations can be made or destroyed over the course of a single evening.
Director: Lone Scherfig | Stars: Sam Claflin, Max Irons, Douglas Booth, Jessica Brown Findlay
Votes: 24,160
13. The Magic Christian (1969)
M/PG | 92 min | Comedy
The world's richest man and his adopted hobo son set out to test the limits of human vanity and greed through a series of "money games".
Director: Joseph McGrath | Stars: Peter Sellers, Ringo Starr, Isabel Jeans, Caroline Blakiston
Votes: 3,836 | Gross: $0.69M
14. Stratton (2017)
R | 95 min | Action, Adventure, Thriller
A British Special Boat Service commando tracks down an international terrorist cell.
Director: Simon West | Stars: Dominic Cooper, Austin Stowell, Gemma Chan, Connie Nielsen
Votes: 5,673
15. Leprechaun 3 (1995 Video)
R | 90 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
An evil leprechaun finds himself in Las Vegas, where he proceeds to cause mischief by killing people, granting twisted wishes, and infecting a young man with his green blood.
Director: Brian Trenchard-Smith | Stars: Warwick Davis, John Gatins, Lee Armstrong, John DeMita
Votes: 9,444
16. Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936)
Not Rated | 115 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A unassuming greeting card poet from a small town in Vermont heads to New York City upon inheriting a massive fortune and is immediately hounded by those who wish to take advantage of him.
Director: Frank Capra | Stars: Gary Cooper, Jean Arthur, George Bancroft, Lionel Stander
Votes: 23,269
17. Faces (I) (1968)
R | 130 min | Drama
A middle-aged man leaves his wife for another woman. Shortly after, his ex-wife also begins a relationship with a younger partner. The film follows their struggles to find love amongst each other.
Director: John Cassavetes | Stars: John Marley, Gena Rowlands, Lynn Carlin, Seymour Cassel
Votes: 11,691
18. The Future (2011)
R | 91 min | Drama, Fantasy, Romance
When a couple decides to adopt a stray cat their perspective on life changes radically, literally altering the course of time and space and testing their faith in each other and themselves.
Director: Miranda July | Stars: Miranda July, Hamish Linklater, David Warshofsky, Isabella Acres
Votes: 9,139 | Gross: $0.57M
19. Problem Child 3: Junior in Love (1995 TV Movie)
TV-PG | 87 min | Comedy, Family
Junior Healy is back as a preteen, and he falls in love with a girl from school.
Director: Greg Beeman | Stars: William Katt, Justin Chapman, Sherman Howard, Carolyn Lowery
Votes: 4,001
20. Inside Daisy Clover (1965)
Approved | 128 min | Drama, Music, Romance
A tomboy turned movie star deals with the cruelty of Hollywood.
Director: Robert Mulligan | Stars: Natalie Wood, Christopher Plummer, Robert Redford, Ruth Gordon
Votes: 4,289
21. What's Up, Tiger Lily? (1966)
PG | 80 min | Adventure, Comedy, Crime
Woody Allen re-dubs the Japanese spy film Kokusai himitsu keisatsu: Kagi no kagi (1965), turning it into a comedy about an agent pursuing the world's greatest egg salad recipe.
Directors: Woody Allen, Senkichi Taniguchi | Stars: Woody Allen, The Lovin' Spoonful, Frank Buxton, Louise Lasser
Votes: 10,001
22. No Way to Treat a Lady (1968)
Not Rated | 108 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
A crafty serial killer plays a game of cat-and-mouse with a harried police detective trying to track him down.
Director: Jack Smight | Stars: Rod Steiger, Lee Remick, George Segal, Eileen Heckart
Votes: 2,572
23. Swashbuckler (1976)
PG | 101 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
A pirate and a hot-tempered noblewoman join forces to protect Jamaica from a tyrant.
Director: James Goldstone | Stars: Robert Shaw, James Earl Jones, Peter Boyle, Geneviève Bujold
Votes: 1,886
24. Lust in the Dust (1984)
R | 84 min | Comedy, Western
A group of unscrupulous characters seek buried treasure in the old west.
Director: Paul Bartel | Stars: Tab Hunter, Divine, Lainie Kazan, Geoffrey Lewis
Votes: 3,856 | Gross: $0.73M
25. The Wipers Times (2013 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 92 min | War
Based on the remarkable true story of a satirical newspaper published on the front lines of World War One, this poignant yet comedic drama revels in the extraordinary resilience of the human spirit in the face of overwhelming adversity.
Director: Andy De Emmony | Stars: Ben Chaplin, Patrick FitzSymons, Julian Rhind-Tutt, Steve Oram
Votes: 1,455
26. Battle Cry (1955)
Approved | 149 min | Drama, Romance, War
Young Marines have adventures in love and war.
Director: Raoul Walsh | Stars: Van Heflin, Aldo Ray, Mona Freeman, Nancy Olson
Votes: 2,632 | Gross: $17.44M
27. Summer in February (2013)
Not Rated | 100 min | Biography, Drama, Romance
A true tale of love, liberty and scandal amongst the Edwardian artists' colony in Cornwall in 1914.
Director: Christopher Menaul | Stars: Dominic Cooper, Emily Browning, Dan Stevens, Jane Cussons
Votes: 4,303
28. Final Portrait (2017)
R | 90 min | Biography, Comedy, Drama
The story of Swiss painter and sculptor Alberto Giacometti.
Director: Stanley Tucci | Stars: Geoffrey Rush, Armie Hammer, Tony Shalhoub, Sylvie Testud
Votes: 6,082 | Gross: $0.46M
29. Skin (I) (2008)
PG-13 | 107 min | Biography, Drama
Based on the true story of a black girl who was born to two white Afrikaner parents in South Africa during the apartheid era.
Director: Anthony Fabian | Stars: Sophie Okonedo, Sam Neill, Alice Krige, Tony Kgoroge
Votes: 3,728
30. Angela's Christmas (2017)
G | 30 min | Animation, Short, Adventure
Set in Ireland in the 1910s, 'Angela's Christmas' is a funny, heart-warming and poignant story about the power of family and the innocent desire of a child to ensure everyone is safe, warm and loved at Christmas time.
Director: Damien O'Connor | Stars: Malachy McCourt, Ruth Negga, Vivian Drew, Anya O'Connor
Votes: 3,498
31. Nancy Drew: Sea of Darkness (2015 Video Game)
E10+ | Adventure, Mystery
Teen detective Nancy Drew investigates the disappearance of the captain of the Icelandic ship "Heerlijkheid".
Director: Tim Burke | Stars: Lani Minella, Katherine Grant-Suttie, Billie Wildrick, Gene Thorkildsen
Votes: 45
32. Koktebel (2003)
Not Rated | 100 min | Adventure, Drama, Romance
A widowed aeronautics engineer, who has lost his job, travels with his son hopping freight trains from Moscow to Koktebel, a town by the Black Sea, to start a new life with the father's ... See full summary »
Directors: Boris Khlebnikov, Alexei Popogrebsky | Stars: Gleb Puskepalis, Igor Chernevich, Evgeniy Sytyy, Vera Sandrykina
Votes: 1,860
33. Playboy Video Magazine, Vol. 5 (1983 Video)
Unrated | 75 min | Documentary
Director: Michael Trikilis | Stars: Penny Baker, Morgan Fairchild, Richard Fegley, Allen Funt
Votes: 22
34. St. Patrick's Day (1997)
PG-13 | 106 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
An Irish family has a reunion near St Patrick's Day, and all of the expected drama ensues.
Director: Hope Perello | Stars: Piper Laurie, Joanne Baron, Jim Metzler, Redmond Gleeson
Votes: 103
35. Uncle Joe (1941)
Approved | 51 min | Comedy, Music
Young girl, sent to the country to avoid the amours of an artist, meets up with her backwards inventor uncle Joe and four country boys, who must all band together to keep the bank from foreclosing on a friend of the family.
Directors: Howard M. Railsback, William Strohbach | Stars: Slim Summerville, Zasu Pitts, Gale Storm, William B. Davidson
Votes: 102
36. Colour of Forgiveness (2016)
Short, Drama
Maria runs away from her fiance on the day she was supposed to become his wife. Weeks later she meets him again, to explain why she had to do such horrible thing.
Director: Dawid Gral | Stars: Stephen Hall, Christina McMahon, Tom Neville, Edyta Soltys
37. Beyond the Roundabout? (2010)
44 min | Documentary, Short, News
Explores the notorious Moyross & Southill estates in Limerick city.
Director: Nicky Larkin
38. The Estuary (2019)
12 min | Short
Short documentary about old fishing traditions on the estuary of the river Shannon which have been outlawed for the last decade. Three former fishermen "Mike, Matt and Henry" talk about the... See full summary »
Director: Carl Dixon
39. Walls of Limerick (2019)
8 min | Short, Music
Walls of Limerick is a poignant film that explores the psychological effects that harsh political borders have on an individual. The abstract narrative offers the viewer a window into the ... See full summary »
Director: Arturo Bandinelli | Stars: Kathryn Cooley, Máire Dee
40. Edward Lear's Nonsense Stories (2012)
Comedy
Edward Lear's Nonsense Stories is a series of original animated webisodes based on limericks from Lear's A Book of Nonsense (1846). The poems are each read aloud by a celebrity impressionist and then a short animated cartoon follows.
Star: Ron Hayden
Votes: 8
41. Laughlines (1990)
Comedy, Game-Show
Two lines of a limerick are provided, and a panel of comedians each supply one of the three missing lines.
Stars: Nicholas Parsons, Sandi Toksvig, Jenny Eclair, Tony Hawks
42.
Columbo (1971–2003)
Episode:
The Conspirators
(1978)
TV-PG | 100 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
An IRA terrorist executes an arms dealer he considers traitorous; Lt. Columbo is on the case.
Director: Leo Penn | Stars: Peter Falk, Clive Revill, Jeanette Nolan, Bernard Behrens
Votes: 2,248
43.
Probe (1988)
Episode:
Computer Logic
(1988)
Comedy, Crime, Mystery
A misanthropic scientist and his quirky new secretary attempt to shut down an artificially intelligent computer that has decided to start killing people.
Director: Sandor Stern | Stars: Parker Stevenson, Ashley Crow, Jon Cypher, William Phipps
Votes: 108
44.
The Andy Griffith Show (1960–1968)
Episode:
Andy the Matchmaker
(1960)
TV-G | 26 min | Comedy, Family
To boost his dejected deputy's confidence, Sheriff Taylor concocts a phony robbery, only to have Deputy Fife arrest a man for a crime that never happened.
Director: Don Weis | Stars: Andy Griffith, Ron Howard, Don Knotts, Amzie Strickland
Votes: 418
45.
The Jeffersons (1975–1985)
Episode:
I Buy the Songs
(1981)
TV-PG | 25 min | Comedy
George forgets Valentine's Day, angers Louise by handing her cash instead, and then tries to mollify her by persuading a local composer to write an original song for her.
Director: Bob Lally | Stars: Isabel Sanford, Sherman Hemsley, Roxie Roker, Franklin Cover
Votes: 73
46.
Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987–1994)
Episode:
The Naked Now
(1987)
TV-PG | 45 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
The crew of the Enterprise is infected with a virus that causes them to behave as though they were intoxicated.
Director: Paul Lynch | Stars: Patrick Stewart, Jonathan Frakes, LeVar Burton, Denise Crosby
Votes: 4,738
47.
Snuff Box (2006)
Episode:
Punchline
(2006)
TV-MA | 29 min | Comedy
Matt is furious that Rich keeps ruining the punchlines of his jokes, especially as he keeps his friend supplied with whisky and women.
Director: Michael Cumming | Stars: Matt Berry, Rich Fulcher, Gerard Kelly, Terry Wade
Votes: 66
48.
Two and a Half Men (2003–2015)
Episode:
It Never Rains in Hooterville
(2007)
TV-14 | 22 min | Comedy, Romance
Alan feels the pangs of fatherhood disappearing as Jake grows, and contemplates his future with Kandi, who is contemplating on a new career move.
Director: Gary Halvorson | Stars: Charlie Sheen, Jon Cryer, Angus T. Jones, April Bowlby
Votes: 1,255
49.
Good Morning Britain (2014– )
Episode:
Episode dated 15 April 2019
(2019)
TV-14 | 150 min | News, Talk-Show
Richard explains yesterday's fake tan debacle; legal aid for IS bride; Home Secretary to treat knife crime like a disease; Dubai mum's nightmare; plus, a look ahead to the final season of Game of Thrones.
Stars: Richard Madeley, Kate Garraway, Nick Dixon, Joshua Rozenberg
50.
New Looney Tunes (2015–2020)
Episode:
Riverboat Rabbit/Dorlock, P.I.
(2020)
TV-Y7 | Animation, Short, Adventure
Bugs boards Yosemite Sam's giant riverboat to get revenge after Sam runs over his small boat. / In a spoof of Magnum, P.I. (1980), Dorlock, P.I. and his sidekick Piggins investigate a theft at the local art museum.
Director: Sean Petrilak | Stars: Carlos Alazraqui, Dee Bradley Baker, Bob Bergen, Jeff Bergman
Votes: 8