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1. The Wolf of Wall Street (2013)
R | 180 min | Biography, Comedy, Crime
Based on the true story of Jordan Belfort, from his rise to a wealthy stock-broker living the high life to his fall involving crime, corruption and the federal government.
Director: Martin Scorsese | Stars: Leonardo DiCaprio, Jonah Hill, Margot Robbie, Matthew McConaughey
Votes: 1,583,500 | Gross: $116.90M
2. Donnie Darko (2001)
R | 113 min | Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
After narrowly escaping a bizarre accident, a troubled teenager is plagued by visions of a man in a large rabbit suit who manipulates him to commit a series of crimes.
Director: Richard Kelly | Stars: Jake Gyllenhaal, Jena Malone, Mary McDonnell, Holmes Osborne
Votes: 850,181 | Gross: $1.48M
3. Magnolia (1999)
R | 188 min | Drama
An epic mosaic of interrelated characters in search of love, forgiveness and meaning in the San Fernando Valley.
Director: Paul Thomas Anderson | Stars: Tom Cruise, Jason Robards, Julianne Moore, Philip Seymour Hoffman
Votes: 328,523 | Gross: $22.46M
4. Little Miss Sunshine (2006)
R | 101 min | Comedy, Drama
A family determined to get their young daughter into the finals of a beauty pageant take a cross-country trip in their VW bus.
Directors: Jonathan Dayton, Valerie Faris | Stars: Steve Carell, Toni Collette, Greg Kinnear, Abigail Breslin
Votes: 518,146 | Gross: $59.89M
5. Triple Frontier (2019)
R | 125 min | Action, Thriller
Loyalties are tested when five friends and former special forces operatives reunite to take down a South American drug lord, unleashing a chain of unintended consequences.
Director: J.C. Chandor | Stars: Ben Affleck, Oscar Isaac, Charlie Hunnam, Garrett Hedlund
Votes: 146,044
6. Up in the Air (I) (2009)
R | 109 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Ryan's job is to travel around the country firing off people. When his boss hires Natalie, who proposes firing people via video conference, he tries to convince her that her method is a mistake.
Director: Jason Reitman | Stars: George Clooney, Vera Farmiga, Anna Kendrick, Jason Bateman
Votes: 349,394 | Gross: $83.82M
7. Heavyweights (1995)
PG | 97 min | Comedy, Drama, Family
Plump kids are lured into joining a posh fat camp with the promise of quick weight loss and good times, only to find that it is a woodland hellhole run by a psycho ex-fitness instructor.
Director: Steven Brill | Stars: Tom McGowan, Aaron Schwartz, Ben Stiller, David Goldman
Votes: 30,664 | Gross: $17.69M
8. Yes Man (2008)
PG-13 | 104 min | Comedy, Romance
A man challenges himself to say "yes" to everything.
Director: Peyton Reed | Stars: Jim Carrey, Zooey Deschanel, Bradley Cooper, John Michael Higgins
Votes: 383,217 | Gross: $97.69M
9. Pain & Gain (2013)
R | 129 min | Action, Biography, Comedy
A trio of bodybuilders in Florida get caught up in an extortion ring and a kidnapping scheme that goes terribly wrong.
Director: Michael Bay | Stars: Mark Wahlberg, Dwayne Johnson, Anthony Mackie, Tony Shalhoub
Votes: 229,357 | Gross: $49.88M
10. Free Solo (2018)
PG-13 | 100 min | Documentary, Adventure, Sport
Alex Honnold faces the biggest challenge of his career, climbing El Capitan in Yosemite National Park. He pursues it Free Solo, which means climbing without a rope and alone.
Directors: Jimmy Chin, Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi | Stars: Alex Honnold, Tommy Caldwell, Jimmy Chin, Cheyne Lempe
Votes: 77,415 | Gross: $17.54M
11. Boiler Room (2000)
R | 120 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A college dropout, attempting to live up to his father's high standards, gets a job as a broker for a suburban investment firm which puts him on the fast track to success. But the job might not be as legitimate as it first appeared to be.
Director: Ben Younger | Stars: Giovanni Ribisi, Vin Diesel, Nia Long, Nicky Katt
Votes: 56,453 | Gross: $16.94M
12. Anomalisa (2015)
R | 90 min | Animation, Comedy, Drama
A man crippled by the mundanity of his life experiences something out of the ordinary.
Directors: Duke Johnson, Charlie Kaufman | Stars: David Thewlis, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Tom Noonan
Votes: 75,310 | Gross: $3.76M
13. Shattered Glass (2003)
PG-13 | 94 min | Drama, History
The story of a young journalist who fell from grace when it was discovered he fabricated over half of his articles from the publication The New Republic magazine.
Director: Billy Ray | Stars: Hayden Christensen, Chloë Sevigny, Steve Zahn, Peter Sarsgaard
Votes: 37,652 | Gross: $2.22M
14. Coming Home (1978)
R | 127 min | Drama, Romance, War
In 1968 California, a woman whose husband is a Marine officer fighting in Vietnam falls in love with a former high school classmate who suffered a paralyzing combat injury in the war.
Director: Hal Ashby | Stars: Jane Fonda, Jon Voight, Bruce Dern, Penelope Milford
Votes: 14,805 | Gross: $32.65M
15. Ladybugs (1992)
PG-13 | 90 min | Comedy, Sport
To climb the corporate ladder to success, a guy agrees to coach the company's all-girls soccer team with the help of his secret weapon: his fiancee's son.
Director: Sidney J. Furie | Stars: Rodney Dangerfield, Jackée Harry, Jonathan Brandis, Ilene Graff
Votes: 10,560 | Gross: $14.80M
16. Postal (2007)
R | 100 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
In the ironically named city of Paradise, a loser teams up with his cult-leading uncle to steal a peculiar bounty of riches from their local amusement park. The recently arrived Taliban have a similar focus, but a far more sinister intent.
Director: Uwe Boll | Stars: Zack Ward, David Foley, Verne Troyer, Chris Coppola
Votes: 24,110 | Gross: $18.01M
17. Pirates of Silicon Valley (1999 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 95 min | Biography, Drama, History
History of Apple and Microsoft.
Director: Martyn Burke | Stars: Anthony Michael Hall, Noah Wyle, Joey Slotnick, J.G. Hertzler
Votes: 25,244
18. Safe (1995)
R | 119 min | Drama
An affluent and unexceptional homemaker in the suburbs develops multiple chemical sensitivity.
Director: Todd Haynes | Stars: Julianne Moore, Xander Berkeley, Dean Norris, Julie Burgess
Votes: 17,238 | Gross: $0.51M
19. Antitrust (2001)
PG-13 | 108 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A computer programmer's dream job at a hot Portland-based firm turns nightmarish when he discovers his boss has a secret and ruthless means of dispatching anti-trust problems.
Director: Peter Howitt | Stars: Ryan Phillippe, Tim Robbins, Rachael Leigh Cook, Claire Forlani
Votes: 30,318 | Gross: $10.97M
20. Chaos Theory (II) (2007)
PG-13 | 87 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
The story of an obsessively organized efficiency expert whose life unravels in unexpected ways when fate forces him to explore the serendipitous nature of love and forgiveness.
Director: Marcos Siega | Stars: Ryan Reynolds, Emily Mortimer, Stuart Townsend, Sarah Chalke
Votes: 33,536 | Gross: $0.24M
21. The Promotion (2008)
R | 86 min | Comedy
Two assistant managers of a corporate grocery store vie for a coveted promotion.
Director: Steve Conrad | Stars: Seann William Scott, John C. Reilly, Chris Conrad, Rick Gonzalez
Votes: 19,704 | Gross: $0.41M
22. Woodlawn (2015)
PG | 123 min | Biography, Drama, History
A gifted high-school football player must learn to embrace his talent and his faith as he battles racial tensions on and off the field.
Directors: Andrew Erwin, Jon Erwin | Stars: Caleb Castille, Sean Astin, Jon Voight, C. Thomas Howell
Votes: 7,847 | Gross: $14.39M
23. Mama's Boy (2007)
PG-13 | 93 min | Comedy, Drama
A twenty-nine year-old slacker who lives with his mom realizes his sweet set-up is threatened when she hears wedding bells with her self-help guru beau.
Director: Tim Hamilton | Stars: Diane Keaton, Jon Heder, Jeff Daniels, Anna Faris
Votes: 5,942
24. Doghouse (2009)
Not Rated | 89 min | Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi
A group of men, heading to a remote village to help one of their friends get over his divorce, soon discover that all the women have been infected with a virus that makes them man-hating cannibals.
Director: Jake West | Stars: Danny Dyer, Noel Clarke, Emil Marwa, Lee Ingleby
Votes: 22,859
25. Love Happens (2009)
PG-13 | 109 min | Drama, Romance
A widower whose book about coping with loss turns him into a best-selling self-help guru, falls for the hotel florist where his seminar is given, only to learn that he hasn't yet truly confronted his wife's passing.
Director: Brandon Camp | Stars: Jennifer Aniston, Aaron Eckhart, Dan Fogler, John Carroll Lynch
Votes: 34,001 | Gross: $22.93M
26. Larger Than Life (1996)
PG | 93 min | Comedy, Family
A motivational speaker discovers that the inheritance his father left for him is in the form of an elephant.
Director: Howard Franklin | Stars: Bill Murray, Matthew McConaughey, Jerry Adler, Richard Alan Baker
Votes: 7,834 | Gross: $8.29M
27. Britannic (2000 TV Movie)
TV-14 | 93 min | Action, Drama, History
A fictional account of the sinking of the H.M.H.S. Britannic off the Greek island of Kea in November 1916. This explores the theory of a German Agent sabotaging the liner, a hospital ship.
Director: Brian Trenchard-Smith | Stars: Edward Atterton, Amanda Ryan, Jacqueline Bisset, Ben Daniels
Votes: 1,562
28. Smart People (2008)
R | 95 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Into the life of a widowed professor comes a new love and an unexpected visit from his adopted brother.
Director: Noam Murro | Stars: Dennis Quaid, Thomas Haden Church, Sarah Jessica Parker, Elliot Page
Votes: 23,484 | Gross: $9.50M
29. The Omega Code (1999)
PG-13 | 100 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
SPOILER: A rabbi in Jerusalem develops software that can unlock prophecies in the Torah. He's murdered and the software stolen. A powerful man uses it to gain world domination.
Director: Robert Marcarelli | Stars: Casper Van Dien, Michael York, Catherine Oxenberg, Michael Ironside
Votes: 5,543 | Gross: $12.61M
30. Salesman (1969)
G | 91 min | Documentary, Drama
Four dogged door-to-door Bible salesmen travel from Boston to Florida on a seemingly futile quest to sell luxury editions of the Good Book to working-class Catholics.
Directors: Albert Maysles, David Maysles, Charlotte Zwerin | Stars: Paul Brennan, Charles McDevitt, James Baker, Raymond Martos
Votes: 5,708
31. Since You've Been Gone (1998 TV Movie)
R | 96 min | Comedy, Romance
The story of a 10th anniversary High School reunion, told through the eyes of a doctor who was humiliated on graduation day by being badly beaten up by a fellow graduate.
Director: David Schwimmer | Stars: Philip Rayburn Smith, Joey Slotnick, Joy Gregory, Laura Eason
Votes: 1,580
32. Ilo Ilo (2013)
Not Rated | 99 min | Drama
In 90s Singapore, the friendship between Filipino nursemaid Teresa and her young charge Jiale makes waves in a family, while the Asian recession hits the region.
Director: Anthony Chen | Stars: Yann Yann Yeo, Tian Wen Chen, Angeli Bayani, Jia Ler Koh
Votes: 4,997 | Gross: $0.05M
33. Sulphur and White (2020)
121 min | Drama
City trader and mountaineer David Tait is a man whose professional success masks a series of traumatic secrets.
Director: Julian Jarrold | Stars: Mark Stanley, Anna Friel, Hugo Stone, Dee Rasedile
Votes: 286
34. How to Be a Serial Killer (2008)
R | 91 min | Comedy, Crime, Horror
A serial killer decides to teach the secrets of his satisfying career to a video store clerk.
Director: Luke Ricci | Stars: Dameon Clarke, Matthew Gray Gubler, Laura Regan, George Wyner
Votes: 2,169 | Gross: $0.00M
35. The Spirit of '76 (1990)
PG-13 | 82 min | Comedy, Sci-Fi
In 2176, a magnetic storm erases all recorded history, including the U.S. Constitution, so, three time travelers are sent back to July 4, 1776, to retrieve the heritage, but end up in 1976's Bicentennial, while being perceived as aliens.
Director: Lucas Reiner | Stars: Mark Mothersbaugh, Gerald Casale, Carl Reiner, Nancye Ferguson
Votes: 838
36. Joni (1979)
G | 75 min | Biography, Drama
Based on Joni Eareckson's autobiography. She becomes paralyzed after breaking her neck in a swimming accident at age 17. Trying to cope with her new life, she learns to paint using her mouth and finds strength in her new Christian faith.
Director: James F. Collier | Stars: Joni Eareckson Tada, Bert Remsen, Katherine De Hetre, Cooper Huckabee
Votes: 375
37. Gun-Shy (2003)
Unrated | 105 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Dito Tsintsadze's drama focuses on a loner whose life changes dramatically, when he gets to know a beautiful, but strange girl. Lukas, a young man doing "meals on wheels" instead of ... See full summary »
Director: Dito Tsintsadze | Stars: Fabian Hinrichs, Lavinia Wilson, Johan Leysen, Ingeborg Westphal
Votes: 632
38. Jana (I) (2018)
90 min | Thriller
A misguided young woman with harsh life experiences is chased by a criminal cult.
Director: Federico Segarra | Stars: Melissa Pagan, Romeo Acosta, Jafreisi Adames, Carlos Canelo Jaquez
Votes: 32
39. Tutta la vita davanti (2008)
117 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A brilliant recent graduate struggles to find work. After falling into a babysitting job, she is introduced by the child's mother to the world of the international call center, its employees, and the fast pace that drives them.
Director: Paolo Virzì | Stars: Isabella Ragonese, Massimo Ghini, Valerio Mastandrea, Micaela Ramazzotti
Votes: 3,329
40. Zephyr Springs (2013)
TV-14 | 88 min | Thriller
When Dawn and Kayla reunite for a mother-daughter weekend at a popular spa resort, they find themselves fighting for their lives as they discover the visiting guru has turned the resort into a cult nightmare.
Director: Marita Grabiak | Stars: Amy Pietz, Johnny Whitworth, Tracey Fairaway, Kelly Curran
Votes: 482
41. Deadly Force (1983)
R | 95 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A disgraced former police officer returns to Los Angeles as a private detective and vigilante to catch a mass murderer. When he crosses paths with his estranged wife, he tries to rekindle their relationship.
Director: Paul Aaron | Stars: Wings Hauser, Joyce Ingalls, Paul Shenar, Al Ruscio
Votes: 498 | Gross: $1.71M
42. Darklight (2004 TV Movie)
R | 90 min | Action, Drama, Fantasy
Captured by a secret society known as the Faith and mentally controlled with a powerful spell, ancient demoness Lilith now lives as a young woman with no memory of her ageless past.
Director: Bill Platt | Stars: Shiri Appleby, Richard Burgi, John de Lancie, David Hewlett
Votes: 1,154
43. The Fourth Dimension (2012)
105 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama
"Fawns" is a Polish chapter of the feature-length anthology film titled "The Fourth Dimension." The other two chapters of the movie were directed by Harmony Korine and Aleksei Fedorchenko.
Directors: Harmony Korine, Jan Kwiecinski, Aleksey Fedorchenko | Stars: Val Kilmer, Rachel Korine, Igor Sergeev, Darya Ekamasova
Votes: 540
44. A Brave Heart: The Lizzie Velasquez Story (2015)
PG-13 | 78 min | Documentary, Biography, Family
A documentary following the life of Lizzie Velasquez, her triumphant journey to the other side of bullying, and her mission to inspire and empower a more positive online environment.
Director: Sara Hirsh Bordo | Stars: Lizzie Velasquez, Hillary Clinton
Votes: 527
45. BuzzKill (2012)
Not Rated | 94 min | Comedy
A struggling writer, Ray Wyatt, acquires fame in an unusual way when a notorious serial murderer, named the Karaoke Killer, steals his car and the newest draft of his script.
Director: Steven Kampmann | Stars: Daniel Raymont, Krysten Ritter, Darrell Hammond, Reiko Aylesworth
Votes: 246
46. A Serial Killer's Guide to Life (2019)
Not Rated | 81 min | Adventure, Comedy, Crime
A self-help addict unwittingly finds herself on a killing spree with her unhinged life coach.
Director: Staten Cousins Roe | Stars: Katie Brayben, Ben Lloyd-Hughes, Poppy Roe, Sarah Ball
Votes: 1,415
47. Reverse Angle (2009 TV Movie)
TV-MA | 89 min | Action, Drama, Mystery
Aspiring journalist Eve Pierson survives a devastating car crash but is left with complete amnesia. Remembering nothing, she must depend on a variety of characters to figure out who she is.
Director: Philippe Gagnon | Stars: Emmanuelle Vaugier, Anthony Lemke, Alain Goulem, David Patrick Green
Votes: 321
48. Motorvation (2022)
97 min | Comedy
A small-town janitor / motivational speaker, stumbles along through life, until he has a personal revelation and begins 'un-motivating' the town, turning everything upside down in the process.
Director: Angus Benfield | Stars: Angus Benfield, Cammy Brickell, Christopher Wiehl, Lance Bonza
Votes: 69
49. Crossing the Line (2002 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 91 min | Comedy, Drama, Family
When former college basketball star Laura Mosbach moves to a small town to assist legendary coach Tommy Holliday with his high school championship girls' basketball team, all is not what it seems.
Director: Graeme Clifford | Stars: Terry Farrell, Adrian Pasdar, Sumela Kay, Sherry Miller
Votes: 188
50. Saturday Night Live: The Best of Chris Farley (2000 TV Special)
TV-14 | 50 min | Documentary, Comedy
A compilation of the best Saturday Night Live sketches as a tribute to the late Chris Farley, one of SNL's greatest Stars.
Directors: Beth McCarthy-Miller, Dave Wilson, Tom Schiller, James Signorelli | Stars: Chris Farley, Mackenzie English, Christina Applegate, Dave Attell
Votes: 2,470