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1. Glass Onion (2022)
PG-13 | 139 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
Tech billionaire Miles Bron invites his friends for a getaway on his private Greek island. When someone turns up dead, Detective Benoit Blanc is put on the case.
Director: Rian Johnson | Stars: Daniel Craig, Edward Norton, Kate Hudson, Dave Bautista
Votes: 441,666
2. All in the Family (1971–1979)
TV-PG | 30 min | Comedy, Drama
A working class man constantly squabbles with his family over the important issues of the day.
Stars: Carroll O'Connor, Jean Stapleton, Rob Reiner, Sally Struthers
Votes: 18,672
3. Ocean's Twelve (2004)
PG-13 | 125 min | Crime, Thriller
Daniel Ocean recruits one more team member so he can pull off three major European heists in this sequel to Ocean's Eleven (2001).
Director: Steven Soderbergh | Stars: George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Julia Roberts, Catherine Zeta-Jones
Votes: 414,234 | Gross: $125.54M
4. Dog Day Afternoon (1975)
R | 125 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
Three amateur bank robbers plan to hold up a bank. A nice simple robbery: Walk in, take the money, and run. Unfortunately, the supposedly uncomplicated heist suddenly becomes a bizarre nightmare as everything that could go wrong does.
Director: Sidney Lumet | Stars: Al Pacino, John Cazale, Penelope Allen, Sully Boyar
Votes: 273,150 | Gross: $50.00M
5. Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937)
Approved | 83 min | Animation, Adventure, Family
Exiled into the dangerous forest by her wicked stepmother, a princess is rescued by seven dwarf miners who make her part of their household.
Directors: William Cottrell, David Hand, Wilfred Jackson, Larry Morey, Perce Pearce, Ben Sharpsteen | Stars: Adriana Caselotti, Harry Stockwell, Lucille La Verne, Roy Atwell
Votes: 215,546 | Gross: $184.93M
6. Are You Being Served? (1972–1985)
TV-PG | 28 min | Comedy
The misadventures of the staff of a retail floor of a major department store.
Stars: Mollie Sugden, John Inman, Frank Thornton, Wendy Richard
Votes: 9,233
7. Diary of a Mad Black Woman (2005)
PG-13 | 116 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A couple's seemingly solid marriage begins to crumble when the wife discovers that her husband intends to divorce her.
Director: Darren Grant | Stars: Kimberly Elise, Steve Harris, Tyler Perry, Cicely Tyson
Votes: 15,851 | Gross: $50.63M
8. Grey Gardens (1975)
PG | 95 min | Documentary, Comedy, Drama
Meet a mother and daughter, high-society dropouts, reclusive cousins of Jackie O., managing to thrive together amid the decay and disorder of their East Hampton, NY, mansion, making for an eerily ramshackle echo of the American Camelot.
Directors: Ellen Hovde, Albert Maysles, David Maysles, Muffie Meyer | Stars: Edith Bouvier Beale, Edith 'Little Edie' Bouvier Beale, Brooks Hyers
Votes: 15,294 | Gross: $0.03M
9. Oscar (1991)
PG | 109 min | Comedy, Crime
A gangster attempts to keep the promise he made to his dying father: that he would give up his life of crime and "go straight".
Director: John Landis | Stars: Sylvester Stallone, Ornella Muti, Peter Riegert, Chazz Palminteri
Votes: 34,295 | Gross: $23.56M
10. Wrongfully Accused (1998)
PG-13 | 87 min | Action, Comedy, Thriller
Ryan Harrison is framed for murder and must prove himself innocent by finding a mysterious one-eyed, one-armed, one-legged man after escaping from a bus accident on the way to jail.
Director: Pat Proft | Stars: Leslie Nielsen, Richard Crenna, Kelly LeBrock, Melinda McGraw
Votes: 29,296 | Gross: $9.62M
11. Tank (1984)
PG | 113 min | Action, Comedy, Drama
Sergeant Major Zack arrives at a new army base with his wife, son and Sherman tank. One night at a bar he "stops" a pimp/deputy from beating a girl. The corrupt sheriff uses Zack's son for revenge and Zack uses his tank.
Director: Marvin J. Chomsky | Stars: James Garner, Shirley Jones, C. Thomas Howell, Mark Herrier
Votes: 4,682 | Gross: $14.13M
12. Da 5 Bloods (2020)
R | 154 min | Adventure, Drama, War
Four African-American vets battle the forces of man and nature when they return to Vietnam seeking the remains of their fallen squad leader and the gold fortune he helped them hide.
Director: Spike Lee | Stars: Delroy Lindo, Jonathan Majors, Clarke Peters, Norm Lewis
Votes: 55,160
13. Eating Out (I) (2004)
Unrated | 90 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
After getting dumped by his slutty girlfriend, Caleb falls in love with Gwen. However, thanks to Caleb's roommate, Gwen thinks he's gay and sets him up with her roommate, Marc.
Director: Q. Allan Brocka | Stars: Scott Lunsford, Jim Verraros, Emily Brooke Hands, Rebekah Kochan
Votes: 6,389 | Gross: $0.16M
14. Check It Out! with Dr. Steve Brule (2010–2017)
TV-14 | 11 min | Comedy, Talk-Show
See Dr. Steve learn about restaurants, spend time with his family, conquer his fears, and more. Featuring guest appearances by Jan Skylar, Wayne Skylar, and David Liebe Hart.
Stars: John C. Reilly, Carol Kraft, Doug Foster, Scott Stewart
Votes: 6,886
15. Kissing Jessica Stein (2001)
R | 97 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A woman searching for the perfect man instead discovers the perfect woman.
Director: Charles Herman-Wurmfeld | Stars: Jennifer Westfeldt, Heather Juergensen, Tovah Feldshuh, Esther Wurmfeld
Votes: 17,442 | Gross: $7.02M
16. Passed Away (1992)
PG-13 | 96 min | Comedy
A bunch of eccentric relatives gather for their patriarch's funeral.
Director: Charlie Peters | Stars: Bob Hoskins, Jack Warden, William Petersen, Diana Bellamy
Votes: 1,469 | Gross: $4.03M
17. Newlyweds: Nick & Jessica (2003–2005)
TV-PG | 30 min | Reality-TV, Romance
"Newlyweds" follows the lives of pop stars Nick Lachey and Jessica Simpson in the same way "The Osbournes" follows Ozzy's clan.
Stars: Jessica Simpson, Nick Lachey, Drew Lachey, Tina Simpson
Votes: 1,114
18. Company Business (1991)
PG-13 | 98 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
A retired CIA agent is recruited to participate in a prisoner exchange with the Russians.
Director: Nicholas Meyer | Stars: Gene Hackman, Mikhail Baryshnikov, Kurtwood Smith, Terry O'Quinn
Votes: 3,297 | Gross: $1.50M
19. The Falcon Takes Over (1942)
Approved | 65 min | Comedy, Crime, Mystery
The Falcon and reporter Ann Riordan try to solve a string of murders after an ex-wrestler, released from jail, goes looking for his girl friend.
Director: Irving Reis | Stars: George Sanders, Lynn Bari, James Gleason, Allen Jenkins
Votes: 1,172
20. Brother Orchid (1940)
Passed | 88 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
When retired racket boss John Sarto tries to reclaim his place and former friends try to kill him, he finds solace in a monastery and reinvents himself as a pious monk.
Director: Lloyd Bacon | Stars: Edward G. Robinson, Humphrey Bogart, Ann Sothern, Donald Crisp
Votes: 3,171
21. The Bowery Boys Meet the Monsters (1954)
Approved | 65 min | Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi
The Bowery Boys enter a creepy house where they engage in slapstick with the Gravesend Family, comprising a creepy butler, two mad scientists, a crazy old woman with a man-eating plant, a savage gorilla, an 8' robot, and a vampiress.
Director: Edward Bernds | Stars: Leo Gorcey, Huntz Hall, Bernard Gorcey, Lloyd Corrigan
Votes: 796
22. Trixie (2000)
R | 116 min | Comedy, Crime, Mystery
An eccentric, unconventional woman whose naive aspirations to rise from her job as a security guard to full-fledged private eye lead her into a tangled PL: mess.
Director: Alan Rudolph | Stars: Emily Watson, Dermot Mulroney, Nick Nolte, Nathan Lane
Votes: 1,631 | Gross: $0.29M
23. The Saint in London (1939)
Passed | 72 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
The Saint returns to London and with the help of an American pickpocket and a beautiful adventuress breaks a counterfeiting ring.
Director: John Paddy Carstairs | Stars: George Sanders, Sally Gray, David Burns, Gordon McLeod
Votes: 995
24. The Pride of St. Louis (1952)
Unrated | 93 min | Biography, Drama, Sport
The story of Jerome "Dizzy" Dean, a major-league baseball pitcher for the St. Louis Cardinals and Chicago Cubs in the 1930s and 1940s.
Director: Harmon Jones | Stars: Dan Dailey, Joanne Dru, Richard Hylton, Richard Crenna
Votes: 783
25. Sleepers West (1941)
Approved | 74 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
Mike Shayne tries to distinguish criminals from red herrings as he escorts a surprise witness via rail to a high profile trial in San Francisco.
Director: Eugene Forde | Stars: Lloyd Nolan, Lynn Bari, Mary Beth Hughes, Louis Jean Heydt
Votes: 637
26. The Saint in Palm Springs (1940)
Approved | 66 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Inspector Fernack asks Simon to watch over an old friend who's carrying $200,000 worth of postage stamps, but the friend is killed, and the stamps stolen.
Director: Jack Hively | Stars: George Sanders, Wendy Barrie, Paul Guilfoyle, Jonathan Hale
Votes: 805
27. Angels Wash Their Faces (1939)
Approved | 86 min | Drama, Romance
A young man just released from a reformatory moves to a new neighborhood with his sister, intending to start a new life, but he gets mixed up with the local mob boss and corrupt politicians... See full summary »
Director: Ray Enright | Stars: Ann Sheridan, Billy Halop, Bernard Punsly, Leo Gorcey
Votes: 572
28. Loose in London (1953)
Approved | 62 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
The Bowery Boys find themselves in London, in an old mansion complete with a dungeon, an ominous bell tower and the ghost of an old hangman.
Director: Edward Bernds | Stars: Leo Gorcey, Huntz Hall, Bernard Gorcey, Angela Greene
Votes: 349
29. Not So Dumb (1930)
Passed | 76 min | Comedy, Romance
Not-so-smart chatterbox Dulcy Parker does and says all the wrong things, but they right themselves to prove she's not so dumb after all.
Director: King Vidor | Stars: Marion Davies, Elliott Nugent, Raymond Hackett, Franklin Pangborn
Votes: 1,148
30. Million Dollar Kid (1944)
Approved | 65 min | Comedy
In ridding the area of muggers, the East Side Boys acquire a wealthy benefactor whose privileged son, unbeknownst to him, has fallen in with thugs.
Director: Wallace Fox | Stars: Leo Gorcey, Huntz Hall, Gabriel Dell, William 'Billy' Benedict
Votes: 600
31. Hard Boiled Mahoney (1947)
Passed | 63 min | Comedy, Crime, Mystery
Mistaken for a detective, Slip takes on the case of a missing woman, which turns out to be bogus.
Director: William Beaudine | Stars: Leo Gorcey, Huntz Hall, Bobby Jordan, Gabriel Dell
Votes: 361
32. Nearest and Dearest (1972)
Approved | 86 min | Comedy
On their father's death, Eli and Nellie Pledge inherit a pickle factory in Colne, in the north of England. The warring siblings struggle to keep the decrepit "Pledge's Purer Pickles" afloat... See full summary »
Director: John Robins | Stars: Hylda Baker, Jimmy Jewel, Edward Malin, Madge Hindle
Votes: 91
33. Bushy Hare (1950)
7 min | Family, Animation, Short
Bugs confronts marsupials and aborigines in Australia's outback.
Director: Robert McKimson | Star: Mel Blanc
Votes: 441
34. High Society (1955)
Approved | 61 min | Comedy, Family
Sach becomes a pawn in a crooked trio's scheme to swindle an inheritance from its rightful pre-adolescent heir.
Director: William Beaudine | Stars: Leo Gorcey, Huntz Hall, Bernard Gorcey, Amanda Blake
Votes: 394
35. Private Eyes (1953)
Approved | 64 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
After a punch in the nose, Sach gains the ability to read minds, so Slip and the gang take on a detective agency to try cashing in on Sach's new power.
Director: Edward Bernds | Stars: Leo Gorcey, Huntz Hall, Bernard Gorcey, Robert Osterloh
Votes: 359
36. No Holds Barred (1952)
65 min | Comedy, Family
Sach acquires super strength, which the boys attempt to cash in on by turning him into a professional wrestler.
Director: William Beaudine | Stars: Leo Gorcey, Huntz Hall, Marjorie Reynolds, Bernard Gorcey
Votes: 333
37. Maggie and Her (1976–1979)
30 min | Comedy
Maggie (Julia McKenzie) and Mrs P (Irene Handl) are two neighbours who are always ready to help each other out.
Stars: Julia McKenzie, Irene Handl, Carol Gillies, Peter Hale
Votes: 22
38. Tangled Destinies (1932)
56 min | Adventure, Comedy, Crime
After a plane makes an emergency landing, passengers take refuge in a deserted house, but one of them is a killer.
Director: Frank R. Strayer | Stars: Gene Morgan, Doris Hill, Glenn Tryon, Vera Reynolds
Votes: 248
39. Porky's Pooch (1941)
7 min | Animation, Family, Short
A dog named Rover explains to a black, down-on-his-luck shaggy dog named Andy how he got his master. He went into a hotel room and bothered someone taking a bath--Porky Pig. Porky doesn't ... See full summary »
Director: Robert Clampett | Stars: Mel Blanc, Sara Berner
Votes: 444
40. Bowery Bombshell (1946)
Passed | 65 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
Slip, Sach, Bobby, Whitey and Chuck unsuccessfully try to sell a dilapidated car to a street cleaner for a fabulous amount, so they can get enough money to save Louie's Malt Shop.
Director: Phil Karlson | Stars: Leo Gorcey, Huntz Hall, Bobby Jordan, William 'Billy' Benedict
Votes: 418
41. Smugglers' Cove (1948)
Passed | 66 min | Comedy, Crime, Family
The Bowery Boys run into a smuggling operation when Slip checks out a manor he mistakenly believes he's inherited
Director: William Beaudine | Stars: Leo Gorcey, Huntz Hall, Gabriel Dell, Martin Kosleck
Votes: 348
42. Ghost Chasers (1951)
Approved | 69 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
A ghost helps the Bowery Boys capture a gang of crooks led by a mad doctor.
Director: William Beaudine | Stars: Leo Gorcey, Huntz Hall, Lloyd Corrigan, Lela Bliss
Votes: 494
43. Bowery Bugs (1949)
Approved | 7 min | Animation, Short, Adventure
Bugs Bunny recounts a story of how he tricked a man so much so that he jumped off a bridge.
Director: Arthur Davis | Stars: Mel Blanc, Billy Bletcher
Votes: 795
44. Bowery Champs (1944)
Approved | 62 min | Comedy
Copy boys Muggs and Glimpy investigate a murder. They locate the ex-wife of the murdered man and become convinced she is innocent. They hide her from the police while they investigate.
Director: William Beaudine | Stars: Leo Gorcey, Huntz Hall, William 'Billy' Benedict, Bobby Jordan
Votes: 411
45. Mr. Wise Guy (1942)
Passed | 70 min | Comedy
Impoverished boys get sent to reform school while an adult older brother to one of them gets put on death row - all innocent of their charges.
Director: William Nigh | Stars: Leo Gorcey, Bobby Jordan, Huntz Hall, Billy Gilbert
Votes: 547
46. Here Comes Cookie (1935)
Approved | 65 min | Comedy, Music, Romance
Alarmed that his younger daughter is about to marry a gold-digger, a millionaire turns over the fortune to her ditsy older sister for safe-keeping to his ultimate regret, protection.
Director: Norman Z. McLeod | Stars: George Burns, Gracie Allen, George Barbier, Betty Furness
Votes: 178
47. Angels in Disguise (1949)
Passed | 63 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
The Bowery Boys investigate a murder, and all the evidence points to the involvement of the notorious Loop gang.
Director: Jean Yarbrough | Stars: Leo Gorcey, Huntz Hall, Gabriel Dell, Mickey Knox
Votes: 280
48. Fighting Fools (1949)
Approved | 69 min | Drama, Comedy
The gang teams up with a fighter to break up a fight-fixing racket.
Director: Reginald Le Borg | Stars: Leo Gorcey, Huntz Hall, Gabriel Dell, Frankie Darro
Votes: 286
49. Jasper and the Haunted House (1942)
Approved | 9 min | Animation, Short
George Pal eventually became famous as the mastermind behind big-budget, wildly imaginative live-action features like TOM THUMB, THE TIME MACHINE and THE SEVEN FACES OF DR. LAO. But he drew... See full summary »
Director: George Pal | Stars: Alvin Childress, Carlyle Scott Chorus, Glenn Leedy, Carlyle Leon Scott
Votes: 138
50. Flying Wild (1941)
Passed | 64 min | Comedy, Mystery
A group of young men who work at an aviation factory begin to suspect that a doctor who runs an air ambulance service is secretly a spy transporting secret information from the plant to enemy agents.
Director: William Beaudine | Stars: Leo Gorcey, Bobby Jordan, Joan Barclay, Dave O'Brien
Votes: 537