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1. Joker (I) (2019)
R | 122 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
During the 1980s, a failed stand-up comedian is driven insane and turns to a life of crime and chaos in Gotham City while becoming an infamous psychopathic crime figure.
Director: Todd Phillips | Stars: Joaquin Phoenix, Robert De Niro, Zazie Beetz, Frances Conroy
Votes: 1,491,221 | Gross: $335.45M
2. The Beach (I) (2000)
R | 119 min | Adventure, Drama, Romance
On vacation in Thailand, Richard sets out for an island rumored to be a solitary beach paradise.
Director: Danny Boyle | Stars: Leonardo DiCaprio, Tilda Swinton, Daniel York, Patcharawan Patarakijjanon
Votes: 253,916 | Gross: $39.79M
3. Keeping Up Appearances (1990–1995)
TV-PG | 60 min | Comedy
A snobbish housewife is determined to climb the social ladder, in spite of her family's working class connections and the constant chagrin of her long suffering husband.
Stars: Patricia Routledge, Clive Swift, Geoffrey Hughes, Judy Cornwell
Votes: 17,891
4. Date Night (2010)
PG-13 | 88 min | Comedy, Crime, Romance
In New York City, a case of mistaken identity turns a bored married couple's attempt at a glamorous and romantic evening into something more thrilling and dangerous.
Director: Shawn Levy | Stars: Steve Carell, Tina Fey, Mark Wahlberg, Taraji P. Henson
Votes: 172,226 | Gross: $98.71M
5. The Woman (I) (2011)
R | 101 min | Drama, Horror, Thriller
When a successful country lawyer captures and attempts to "civilize" the last remaining member of a violent clan that has roamed the Northeast coast for decades, he puts the lives of his family in jeopardy.
Director: Lucky McKee | Stars: Pollyanna McIntosh, Brandon Gerald Fuller, Lauren Ashley Carter, Chris Krzykowski
Votes: 25,864
6. Colette (I) (2018)
R | 111 min | Biography, Drama, History
Colette is pushed by her husband to write novels under his name. Upon their success, she fights to make her talents known, challenging gender norms.
Director: Wash Westmoreland | Stars: Keira Knightley, Fiona Shaw, Dominic West, Robert Pugh
Votes: 26,441 | Gross: $5.14M
7. The Mother and the Whore (1973)
210 min | Drama, Romance
The chauvinist Alexandre balances relationships with several women in the post-1968 intellectual scene of Paris.
Director: Jean Eustache | Stars: Bernadette Lafont, Jean-Pierre Léaud, Françoise Lebrun, Isabelle Weingarten
Votes: 6,709
8. Loser (2000)
PG-13 | 98 min | Comedy, Romance
A college student, branded a loser by his roommates and booted from the dorm, falls in love with a coed who has eyes for their condescending professor.
Director: Amy Heckerling | Stars: Jason Biggs, Mena Suvari, Zak Orth, Thomas Sadoski
Votes: 30,367 | Gross: $15.62M
9. The High Note (2020)
PG-13 | 113 min | Drama, Music, Romance
A superstar singer and her overworked personal assistant are presented with a choice that could alter the course of their respective careers.
Director: Nisha Ganatra | Stars: Dakota Johnson, Tracee Ellis Ross, Kelvin Harrison Jr., Bill Pullman
Votes: 13,446
10. Wild Reeds (1994)
Not Rated | 110 min | Drama
The fates of two partners are divided.
Director: André Téchiné | Stars: Élodie Bouchez, Gaël Morel, Stéphane Rideau, Frédéric Gorny
Votes: 6,648 | Gross: $0.92M
11. Religulous (2008)
R | 101 min | Documentary, Comedy, War
Bill Maher's take on the current state of world religion.
Director: Larry Charles | Stars: Bill Maher, Tal Bachman, Jonathan Boulden, Steven Burg
Votes: 60,252 | Gross: $13.00M
12. Naked in New York (1993)
R | 95 min | Comedy, Romance
Jake meets Joanne in college. He's into theater, writing plays. She's into photography. They move in together etc. She meets Elliot, owner of a big gallery, works for him and things change.
Director: Daniel Algrant | Stars: Eric Stoltz, Mary-Louise Parker, Ralph Macchio, Jill Clayburgh
Votes: 1,752 | Gross: $1.04M
13. My Mother's Castle (1990)
PG | 98 min | Adventure, Biography, Comedy
Every holiday Marcel and his family go to their cottage near Marseilles. During one of these holidays he meets Isabelle, a pretty but conceited girl... Adapted from the cult classic novel from Marcel Pagnol.
Director: Yves Robert | Stars: Julien Ciamaca, Philippe Caubère, Nathalie Roussel, Didier Pain
Votes: 5,652 | Gross: $1.48M
14. Alice Adams (1935)
Passed | 99 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A working-class girl is thwarted and embarrassed in her attempts to move up socially by her gauche family and unstable father.
Director: George Stevens | Stars: Katharine Hepburn, Fred MacMurray, Fred Stone, Evelyn Venable
Votes: 4,568
15. The Eye of the Storm (2011)
Not Rated | 114 min | Drama
Elizabeth Hunter controls all in her life - society, her staff, her children; but the once great beauty will now determine her most defiant act as she chooses her time to die.
Director: Fred Schepisi | Stars: Charlotte Rampling, Maria Theodorakis, Geoffrey Rush, Jamie Timony
Votes: 1,703 | Gross: $0.08M
16. Conspiracy Theory with Jesse Ventura (2009– )
TV-14 | Documentary
Jesse Ventura and his team of investigators dig deep into the behind-the-scenes government doings. What he reveals will shock you and awe you, but still, you're left to make up your own mind about what you do or do not believe.
Stars: Jesse Ventura, June Sarpong, Tyler Derek, Michael Braverman
Votes: 1,249
17. The Marc Pease Experience (2009)
PG-13 | 84 min | Comedy, Drama, Music
Former high school musical star, Marc Pease, finds himself still living in the past, eight years after graduating.
Director: Todd Louiso | Stars: Jason Schwartzman, Ben Stiller, Anna Kendrick, Jay Paulson
Votes: 2,338 | Gross: $0.00M
18. Doin' Time on Planet Earth (1988)
PG | 85 min | Comedy, Sci-Fi
Through a series of extraordinary circumstances, an eccentric teenager believes he may be the alien prince of a distant planet, ready to lead his brethren home.
Director: Charles Matthau | Stars: Nicholas Strouse, Hugh Gillin, Gloria Henry, Hugh O'Brian
Votes: 1,660
19. Ico, the Brave Horse (1983)
85 min | Animation, Adventure, Drama
Ico is a wild foal who lives in a large meadow with his mother and other forest animals.
Director: Manuel García Ferré | Stars: Susana Klein, María Marchi, Pelusa Suero, Enrique Conlazo
Votes: 337
20. The Cinema Snob Movie (2012 Video)
Not Rated | 124 min | Comedy, Crime, Horror
When an exploitation filmmaker goes undercover as a pretentious film snob to obtain proper filming permits, he is thrust into a strange mystery surrounding the very secretive film commission.
Director: Ryan Mitchelle | Stars: Brad Jones, Jake Norvell, Jillian Zurawski, Ryan Mitchelle
Votes: 482
21. The Enemies of Reason (2007 TV Movie)
90 min | Documentary
Scientist Richard Dawkins turns a hostile eye on the world of alternative medicine.
Director: Russell Barnes | Stars: Derren Brown, Deepak Chopra, Richard Dawkins, Chris French
Votes: 1,855
22. Yo amo a Hitler (1984)
75 min | Comedy, History
A young German pacifist finds documents in an old castle that proves Hitler didn't kill himself in April 1945, but fled to Spain disguised as a monk, and now works as a comedian in a remote... See full summary »
Director: Ismael González | Stars: Llàtzer Escarceller, Carole Kirkham, Emilio Linder, Francisco Porras
Votes: 24
23. Rüzgarda Salinan Nilüfer (2016)
108 min | Drama
Having reached their 40s Handan and Korhan live a humdrum life in an upper scale neighborhood in Istanbul. Handan tries to keep herself occupied, relentlessly trying on new pastimes, ... See full summary »
Director: Seren Yüce | Stars: Songül Öden, Tolga Tekin, Tülay Günal, Eraslan Saglam
Votes: 1,226
24. Blue, Painful and Brittle (2020)
118 min | Adventure, Drama
Kaede and Hisano form a club. When Hisano vanishes, Kaede throws himself into bringing change to the club.
Director: Shunsuke Kariyama | Stars: Ryô Yoshizawa, Hana Sugisaki, Amane Okayama, Honoka Matsumoto
Votes: 223
25. 96 Souls (2016)
TV-14 | 112 min | Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
A university research scientist, about to lose funding and status, has a lab accident and discovers he can see people's true intentions -- making his situation even worse.
Director: Stanley Jacobs | Stars: Grinnell Morris, Sridhar Maruvada, Paul Statman, Toyin Moses
Votes: 5,852
26. Who's the Top? (2005)
22 min | Short, Comedy, Fantasy
Musical comedy fantasia about a woman torn between her loving relationship with her homey girlfriend and her ambition to be an edgy artist. Her funny B.D.S.M. dreams and obsession with an edgy poet complicate matters.
Director: Jennie Livingston | Stars: Marin Hinkle, Brigitte Bako, Steve Buscemi, Reno
Votes: 42
27. A Spell to Ward Off the Darkness (2013)
Not Rated | 98 min | Documentary, Music
A man in search for the creation of utopia in the present. First, as a member of a commune on an Estonian island, then alone in the majestic wilderness of Northern Finland and later as the singer of a neo-pagan, black metal band in Norway.
Directors: Ben Rivers, Ben Russell | Stars: Robert Aiki Aubrey Lowe, Hunter Hunt-Hendrix, Nick McMaster, Weasel Walter
Votes: 608
28. The Quantum Activist (2009)
Not Rated | 78 min | Documentary
There is a revolution going on in science. A genuine paradigm shift. While mainstream science remains materialist, a substantial number of scientists are supporting and developing a ... See full summary »
Directors: Renee Slade, Ri Stewart | Star: Amit Goswami
Votes: 240
29. Blue Moses (1962)
11 min | Short
An early experimental black and white animated film from artist Stan Brakhage.
Director: Stan Brakhage | Star: Robert Benson
Votes: 203
30. A Hundred Ways (2019)
Short, Drama
Director: James Douglas Cooper | Stars: Chloé Boreham, Lâle Teoman
32. Unofficial Reality (2005)
3 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
A frank and unflinching look at the debauched and depraved aspects of modern life.
Director: Vince Collins | Star: Humphrey Bogart
Votes: 12
33. Blue Canoes (2008)
12 min | Short, Comedy
Sid Dixon is a well-known abstract artist. Yet upon receiving something much different from his usual fan letters, Dixon is thrown into a predicament in which he must defend his art, as well as the right to call his work his own.
Director: Jeff Goldstein | Stars: Randy Forte, Mike DiGirolamo, Michelle Winters, Stephen Cutter
Votes: 18
34.
Animaniacs (1993–1998)
Episode:
Hello Nice Warners/La Behemoth/Little Old Slappy from Pasadena
(1993)
Not Rated | 22 min | Animation, Short, Adventure
Hello Nice Warners" tells the story of what happens when the Warners siblings are cast in a new film by the comedy genius, Mr. Director. Later, when their maid quits, the Hip Hippos try to ... See full summary »
Directors: Michael Gerard, Alfred Gimeno, Gary Hartle, David Marshall | Stars: Rob Paulsen, Jess Harnell, Tress MacNeille, Frank Welker
Votes: 193
35.
Head of the Class (1986–1991)
Episode:
Reel Problems
(1990)
TV-G | Comedy
When Arvid tries to land a girl by being deceitful. Mr. Moore tells him of the time Arvid trying to impress a girl claimed to be the head of school's "film society". And when the girl ... See full summary »
Director: Art Dielhenn | Stars: Howard Hesseman, William G. Schilling, Jeannetta Arnette, Leslie Bega
Votes: 25
36.
Mekk Elek az ezermester (1980)
Episode:
Nyúlcipö
(1980)
Animation, Short, Comedy
Director: István Imre | Star: Péter Balázs
Votes: 5
37.
3 Things Must Die! (2021– )
Episode:
A Bad Job, Auto-Tune, Taylor Swift's Popularity
(2021)
Documentary, Horror, News
Stephen talks about mushroom coffee and 1949 weight loss ads. Later, Josh Spurling and Erin Peris join to discuss the faint hope of watching a movie they actually enjoy.
Stars: Stephen Spurling, Josh Spurling, Erin Peris
38.
The Shock of the New (1980)
Episode:
Trouble in Utopia
(1980)
Documentary
The architectural utopia of modernity and its aspirations for change and social improvement and its failure.
Stars: Robert Hughes, Walter Gropius, Charles-Édouard Jeanneret-Gris, Philip Johnson
Votes: 11
39.
Method (2017– )
Episode:
Hungry (Pilot)
(2017)
Comedy
Directors: Tawni Bryant, Jerome Velinsky | Stars: Sarah Roberts, Kate Lister, Jerome Velinsky, Jasper Bagg
40.
Method (2017– )
Episode:
Call Me Mummy
(2017)
Comedy
Directors: Tawni Bryant, Jerome Velinsky | Stars: Jerome Velinsky, Jasper Bagg, Don Bridges, Archie Thomson
41.
Method (2017– )
Episode:
Size Does Matter
(2017)
Comedy
Directors: Tawni Bryant, Jerome Velinsky | Stars: Jasper Bagg, Tawni Bryant, David Harrison, Anna Marais
42.
Method (2017– )
Episode:
True Detective
(2017)
Comedy
Directors: Tawni Bryant, Jerome Velinsky | Stars: Tawni Bryant, Jerome Velinsky, Kaarin Fairfax, Paul Herbet
43.
Method (2017– )
Episode:
A Whole New World
(2017)
Comedy
Directors: Tawni Bryant, Jerome Velinsky | Stars: Tawni Bryant, Jerome Velinsky, Alexander Artemov, Helen Middlemass
44.
Method (2017– )
Episode:
The Breakup
(2017)
Comedy
Directors: Tawni Bryant, Jerome Velinsky | Stars: Jasper Bagg, Tawni Bryant, Jessica Miller, Jackson Tozer
45.
Sargon of Akkad Live (2015– )
Episode:
A Crash Course from the Bourgeoisie
(2017)
104 min | Talk-Show
In a live-stream, Sargon and Vee respond to an episode of "Crash Course: Sociology" with Nicole Sweeney.
Stars: Carl Benjamin, Vee, Nicole Sweeney