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1. Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (2022)

PG | 122 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy

When the manic Dr. Robotnik returns to Earth with a new ally, Knuckles the Echidna, Sonic and his new friend Tails is all that stands in their way.

Director: Jeff Fowler | Stars: James Marsden, Jim Carrey, Ben Schwartz, Tika Sumpter

Votes: 87,568 | Gross: $190.87M

2. Bridesmaids (I) (2011)

R | 125 min | Comedy

Competition between the maid of honor and a bridesmaid, over who is the bride's best friend, threatens to upend the life of an out-of-work pastry chef.

Director: Paul Feig | Stars: Kristen Wiig, Maya Rudolph, Rose Byrne, Terry Crews

Votes: 309,366 | Gross: $169.11M

3. The Perks of Being a Wallflower (2012)

PG-13 | 103 min | Drama

Charlie, a 15-year-old introvert, enters high school and is nervous about his new life. When he befriends his seniors, he learns to cope with his friend's suicide and his tumultuous past.

Director: Stephen Chbosky | Stars: Logan Lerman, Emma Watson, Ezra Miller, Paul Rudd

Votes: 548,375 | Gross: $17.74M

4. Bridge to Terabithia (2007)

PG | 96 min | Drama, Family, Fantasy

A preteen's life turns upside down when he befriends the new girl in school and they imagine a whole new fantasy world to escape reality.

Director: Gabor Csupo | Stars: Josh Hutcherson, AnnaSophia Robb, Zooey Deschanel, Robert Patrick

Votes: 173,441 | Gross: $82.27M

5. Wonder Woman 1984 (2020)

PG-13 | 151 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy

Diana must contend with a work colleague, and with a businessman whose desire for extreme wealth sends the world down a path of destruction, after an ancient artifact that grants wishes goes missing.

Director: Patty Jenkins | Stars: Gal Gadot, Chris Pine, Kristen Wiig, Pedro Pascal

Votes: 291,935 | Gross: $46.37M

6. Planes, Trains & Automobiles (1987)

R | 93 min | Comedy, Drama

A Chicago advertising man must struggle to travel home from New York for Thanksgiving, with a lovable oaf of a shower-curtain-ring salesman as his only companion.

Director: John Hughes | Stars: Steve Martin, John Candy, Laila Robins, Michael McKean

Votes: 160,371 | Gross: $49.53M

7. The Station Agent (2003)

R | 89 min | Comedy, Drama

When his only friend dies, a man born with dwarfism moves to rural New Jersey to live a life of solitude, only to meet a chatty hot dog vendor and a woman dealing with her own personal loss.

Director: Tom McCarthy | Stars: Peter Dinklage, Patricia Clarkson, Bobby Cannavale, Paul Benjamin

Votes: 73,463 | Gross: $5.74M

8. For Her Sins (2023)

60 min | Thriller

Follows a perfect woman whose mask begins to crack when a charismatic stranger arrives on the scene.

Stars: Rachel Shenton, Jo Joyner, Duncan Pow, Romi Hyland-Rylands

Votes: 641

9. 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: 30,069 | Gross: $2.19M

10. The Way of the Dragon (1972)

R | 90 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy

A man visits his relatives at their restaurant in Italy and has to help them defend against brutal gangsters harassing them.

Director: Bruce Lee | Stars: Bruce Lee, Chuck Norris, Nora Miao, Ping-Ou Wei

Votes: 41,077 | Gross: $4.06M

11. Bambi (1942)

G | 69 min | Animation, Adventure, Drama

The story of a young deer growing up in the forest.

Directors: James Algar, Samuel Armstrong, David Hand, Graham Heid, Bill Roberts, Paul Satterfield, Norman Wright, Arthur Davis, Clyde Geronimi | Stars: Hardie Albright, Stan Alexander, Bobette Audrey, Peter Behn

Votes: 154,188 | Gross: $102.80M

12. Am I Being Unreasonable? (2022– )

29 min | Comedy, Thriller

Follows two friends who love having fun and booze, until everything unravels.

Stars: Daisy May Cooper, Lenny Rush, Selin Hizli, Dustin Demri-Burns

Votes: 4,059

13. Summer of 85 (2020)

Not Rated | 101 min | Drama, Romance

When 16-year-old Alexis capsizes off the coast of Normandy, 18-year-old David heroically saves him. Alexis has just met the friend of his dreams, who opens his eyes to a new horizon of friendship, art and sexual bliss.

Director: François Ozon | Stars: Félix Lefebvre, Benjamin Voisin, Philippine Velge, Valeria Bruni Tedeschi

Votes: 13,369

14. The Fighting Temptations (2003)

PG-13 | 123 min | Comedy, Drama, Music

A New York advertising executive travels to a small Southern town to collect an inheritance but finds he must create a gospel choir and lead it to success before he can collect.

Director: Jonathan Lynn | Stars: Cuba Gooding Jr., Beyoncé, Mike Epps, Nigel Washington

Votes: 7,622 | Gross: $30.24M

15. Tomboy (2011)

Not Rated | 82 min | Drama

A family moves into a new neighborhood, and a 10-year-old named Laure deliberately presents as a boy named Mikhael to the neighborhood children.

Director: Céline Sciamma | Stars: Zoé Héran, Malonn Lévana, Jeanne Disson, Sophie Cattani

Votes: 22,286 | Gross: $0.13M

16. Wildhood (2021)

Not Rated | 108 min | Drama, Romance

Two brothers embark on a journey to find their birth mother after their abusive father had lied for years about her whereabouts; along the way, they reconnect with their indigenous heritage and make a new friend.

Director: Bretten Hannam | Stars: Phillip Forest Lewitski, Avery Winters-Anthony, Fabien Melanson, Zach Tovey

Votes: 1,483

17. The Easy Life (1962)

Not Rated | 108 min | Comedy, Drama

An impulsive braggart takes a shy law student with him for a two-day road trip from Rome to Tuscany.

Director: Dino Risi | Stars: Vittorio Gassman, Catherine Spaak, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Claudio Gora

Votes: 12,438

18. Departure (III) (2015)

Unrated | 109 min | Drama, Romance

A nuclear family unravels in the South of France.

Director: Andrew Steggall | Stars: Juliet Stevenson, Alex Lawther, Phénix Brossard, Finbar Lynch

Votes: 2,808

19. House Party 2 (1991)

R | 94 min | Comedy, Drama, Music

When Kid's college money is stolen by a crooked music promoter, Play's solution is to stage the 'mutha' of all pajama parties. Starring Kid 'n Play and Martin Lawrence.

Directors: George Jackson, Doug McHenry | Stars: Christopher Reid, Christopher Martin, Martin Lawrence, Bowlegged Lou

Votes: 7,108 | Gross: $19.28M

20. The Land Before Time IV: Journey Through the Mists (1996 Video)

G | 74 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy

When Littlefoot's grandfather falls ill, the only way to cure him is with a flower from the forbidding land of the mists, which holds unexpected perils and danger.

Director: Roy Allen Smith | Stars: John Ingle, Candace Hutson, Heather Hogan, Rob Paulsen

Votes: 5,470

21. Knight of Fortune (2022)

26 min | Short, Drama

The loss of a loved one, the grief, the risk of yellow skin, and a coffin, that is too much for Karl to face.

Director: Lasse Lyskjær Noer | Stars: Leif Andrée, Jens Jørn Spottag, Jesper Lohmann, Dick Kaysø

Votes: 1,731

22. Tokyo Revengers (2021)

TV-14 | 120 min | Action, Crime, Drama

A middle-aged loser travels in time to his school years, and, in order to save the love of his life from future doom, he must become the leader of a dreaded school gang.

Director: Tsutomu Hanabusa | Stars: Takumi Kitamura, Yuki Yamada, Yôsuke Sugino, Keita Arai

Votes: 1,906

23. The Truth About Jane (2000 TV Movie)

Not Rated | 87 min | Drama, Romance

A high-school girl's first sexual experience is with another girl, and, along with her first broken heart, she must deal with her mother's reaction to her revelation that she is a lesbian and with ostracism at school.

Director: Lee Rose | Stars: Stockard Channing, Ellen Muth, Kelly Rowan, Jenny O'Hara

Votes: 2,616

24. The 7.39 (2014)

59 min | Drama, Romance

Two commuters, Sally and Carl, find themselves involved in a lighthearted tussle for a seat that unexpectedly leads to a budding friendship.

Stars: David Morrissey, Olivia Colman, Sheridan Smith, Sean Maguire

Votes: 2,601

25. Little Sweetheart (1988)

R | 89 min | Thriller

A criminal couple, hiding out in a remote property become the unwitting victims of a plot to blackmail them by the most unlikely of conspirators.

Director: Anthony Simmons | Stars: John Hurt, Karen Young, Cassie Barasch, Ellie Raab

Votes: 376

26. The Land Before Time IX: Journey to Big Water (2002 Video)

G | 71 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy

Littlefoot befriends with a mysterious, fun-loving dolphin-like creature named Mo, who is trapped in "new water" caused by heavy rain. The gang then goes on an adventure to the "big water" to bring Mo home.

Director: Charles Grosvenor | Stars: John Ingle, Kenneth Mars, Miriam Flynn, Thomas Dekker

Votes: 2,885

27. Schoolgirls (2020)

97 min | Drama

Celia, an 11-year-old girl, studies at a convent school and lives with her mum, a 30-year-old widow. The arrival of a new classmate hurls Celia into adolescence.

Director: Pilar Palomero | Stars: Andrea Fandos, Natalia de Molina, Zoé Arnao, Julia Sierra

Votes: 2,722

28. The Most Beautiful Girl in the World (2018)

102 min | Comedy, Music, Romance

Big-nosed Cyril is ridiculed by his classmates. Wearing a mask, he wins rap battles. On a class tour to Berlin, he meets the cool, cute Roxy. Like Cyrano, he helps a dimwit woo Roxy.

Director: Aron Lehmann | Stars: Aaron Hilmer, Rafael Schmauch, Fabio Gianfrancesco, Marian Meder

Votes: 2,237

29. My Afternoons with Margueritte (2010)

Not Rated | 82 min | Comedy, Drama

A semi-literate and lonely odd-job man bonds with a much older and well-read woman.

Director: Jean Becker | Stars: Gérard Depardieu, Gisèle Casadesus, Maurane, Sophie Guillemin

Votes: 7,636

30. You've Got a Friend (2007 TV Movie)

90 min | Family

A young boy who recently lost his parents wants to make a soapbox racer and turns to the town recluse for help.

Director: James A. Contner | Stars: John Schneider, Dylan McLaughlin, Jason Brooks, Kate Connor

Votes: 626

31. The Christmas Note (2015 TV Movie)

Not Rated | 85 min | Drama, Mystery

After moving into a new house, a woman befriends her next-door neighbor and helps her track down a mystery sibling she never knew she had.

Director: Terry Ingram | Stars: Jamie-Lynn Sigler, Leah Gibson, Lynda Boyd, Dylan Kingwell

Votes: 1,526

32. Summer Days with Coo (2007)

138 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy

A boy befriends an orphaned water spirit, or Kappa, he found dried up and buried in a riverbank. He and his family help the creature adjust to life in the modern world.

Director: Keiichi Hara | Stars: Kazato Tomizawa, Takahiro Yokokawa, Naoki Tanaka, Naomi Nishida

Votes: 2,157

33. Gena the Crocodile (1969)

20 min | Animation, Short, Family

Cheburashka is a creature unknown to science. After the zoo rejects him, he becomes lonely and wants friends. Meanwhile, a crocodile named Gena is in the same boat and seeks friendship. The two meet and build a house for the lonely.

Director: Roman Kachanov | Stars: Vasiliy Livanov, Klara Rumyanova, Vladimir Rautbart, Vladimir Kenigson

Votes: 2,434

34. Stolen from the Womb (2014 TV Movie)

TV-14 | 84 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

A psychotic stalker gives a pregnant woman a labor-inducing drug, then kidnaps her newborn.

Director: Terry Ingram | Stars: Larisa Oleynik, Laura Mennell, Sebastian Spence, Tammy Gillis

Votes: 342

35. Overshadowed (2017)

Drama

Based on Eva O'Connor's award winning play, Overshadowed tells the story of a young girl called Imogene (Imo) whose life spirals out of control when she meets the monster of anorexia ... See full summary »

Stars: Eva O'Connor, Michelle Fox, Oliver Clayton, Emma Willis

Votes: 100

36. Ellen (2016 TV Movie)

TV-MA | 72 min | Drama

A tearaway teenage girl trying to take control of her life forms an amazing and unbreakable bond with a new friend. But can Ellen avoid becoming just another statistic?

Director: Mahalia Belo | Stars: Jessica Barden, Yasmin Monet Prince, Joe Dempsie, Jaime Winstone

Votes: 336

37. The Stranger in Us (2010)

Not Rated | 107 min | Drama

In this verité-style drama, Anthony, a newcomer to San Francisco, attempts to come to terms with his abusive ex-lover when he strikes up an unlikely friendship with a street hustler.

Director: Scott Boswell | Stars: Adam Perez, Raphael Barker, Travis Romo, Kelly Sanchez

Votes: 537

38. Rid of Me (2011)

Not Rated | 90 min | Comedy

A scathing black comedy of embarrassment, RID OF ME charts the emotional breakdown and rebirth of a woman ripe for self-discovery.

Director: James Westby | Stars: Katie O'Grady, John Keyser, Storm Large, Melik Malkasian

Votes: 1,024 | Gross: $0.01M

39. Secret of the Seal (1992)

83 min | Animation, Adventure, Drama

After his mother's death, Antonio (nicknamed "Tottòi" in Sardinian) and his father move to Sardinia, where Tottòi's father grew up as a boy. Tottòi's adventures begin when he sees monk seal, despite belief that they died out long ago.

Director: Nekomataya | Stars: Daisuke Namikawa, Kappei Yamaguchi, Jun'ichi Kanemaru, Seizô Katô

Votes: 64

40. Playdate (II) (2013 Video)

Not Rated | 84 min | Comedy

Motherhood is a lonely place for suburban housewife, Amy, until she meets Grace, her new best friend and next-door-neighbor.

Director: Melanie Mayron | Stars: Stephanie Lemelin, Alicia Witt, Greg Vaughan, Diedrich Bader

Votes: 101

41. Eria 88 (2004– )

TV-PG | 23 min | Animation, Action, Drama

In the early 1980s, a war is raging in Arslan, a fictional Middle Eastern kingdom. Mercenary fighter pilots from all over the world are hired or shanghaied to fight. They live in a secret desert airbase called Area 88.

Stars: Sarah Hauser, John Swasey, Chris Patton, John Gremillion

Votes: 146

42. Ghosts of Fear Street (1998 TV Movie)

TV-G | 22 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Horror

A pilot for a failed TV version of Ghosts of Fear Street based on the books by R.L. Stine. A horror writer takes his family to his old neighborhood to visit his quirky father-in-law who lives on Fear Street where strange things happen.

Director: Ken Kwapis | Stars: Christopher Rich, Talia Balsam, Vincent Berry, Alexandra Breckenridge

Votes: 42

43. Non Non Biyori: The Movie - Vacation (2018)

71 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy

Summer vacation is drawing to an end. When Suguru wins a free trip to Okinawa, all of the five students of Asahigaoka branch school are excited to end their vacation with a bang. Along with... See full summary »

Director: Shin'ya Kawatsura | Stars: Kotori Koiwai, Rie Murakawa, Ayane Sakura, Kana Asumi

Votes: 403

44. My Friend Ana (2007)

11 min | Short, Drama

A teenage girl's struggle with anorexia takes image as a concentration camp while her family is too busy to notice her plight.

Director: Laura Turek | Stars: Nasuna Stuart-Ulin, Jessica Malka, Giovanna Carrubba, Al Vandecruys

Votes: 10

45. Lizard Girl (2014 TV Short)

15 min | Short, Drama, Family

Sam, a 10-year-old girl who suffers with Asperger's Syndrome, overcomes her struggle to make friends through the kindness of another child.

Director: Lynsey Miller | Stars: Molly Harmon, Lucy Speed, Marcella Just, Quinton Nyrienda

Votes: 35

46. Thomas & Friends: New Friends for Thomas & Other Adventures (2004)

TV-G | 35 min | Animation, Short, Family

It's so busy on the island of Sodor that Sir Topham Hatt needs to bring in some new engines to keep the railway running smoothly. That means new friends and new adventures for Thomas. Climb aboard and meet them all.

Directors: Steve Asquith, David Mitton | Star: Michael Angelis

Votes: 11

47. Treacle Jr. (2010)

82 min | Drama

Tom is forty. He walks out one day, rather abruptly, on his wife and baby boy and his seemingly happy life. He finds himself living on the streets of London. One night alone in a park he is... See full summary »

Director: Jamie Thraves | Stars: Thomas Murray-Leslie, Elizabeth Murray-Leslie, Tom Fisher, Jonathan Thomas

Votes: 649

48. Rearview Mirror

Action, Mystery, Thriller | Pre-production

Early 1990's Seattle, Jake Heart is a grunge rocker with a shot at living his dream and carrying the torch for his father but first he needs closure from his horrifying past. Seeking ... See full summary »

49. The Brave Little Bat (1941)

Approved | 8 min | Family, Animation, Short

Sniffles' car breaks down in a storm. He finds shelter in a nearby windmill, where he meets Batty.

Director: Chuck Jones | Stars: Margaret Hill-Talbot, Marjorie Tarlton

Votes: 194

50. 7 Days of Lying (1963)

78 min | Comedy

To keep the generous wedding gift by her affluent aunt, an imaginary wife enlists the help of a poor bookseller to pose as her loving husband for as long as she stays in Athens. Can he survive seven days of lying?

Director: Kostas Andritsos | Stars: Nikos Stavridis, Giannis Gionakis, Nikos Rizos, Popi Lazou

Votes: 53