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1. Casino (1995)
R | 178 min | Crime, Drama
In Las Vegas, two best friends - a casino executive and a mafia enforcer - compete for a gambling empire and a fast-living, fast-loving socialite.
Director: Martin Scorsese | Stars: Robert De Niro, Sharon Stone, Joe Pesci, James Woods
Votes: 565,840 | Gross: $42.44M
2. A Series of Unfortunate Events (2004)
PG | 108 min | Adventure, Comedy, Family
When a massive fire kills their parents, three children are delivered to the custody of cousin and stage actor Count Olaf, who is secretly plotting to steal their parents' vast fortune.
Director: Brad Silberling | Stars: Jim Carrey, Jude Law, Meryl Streep, Liam Aiken
Votes: 221,498 | Gross: $118.63M
3. The Apartment (1960)
Approved | 125 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A Manhattan insurance clerk tries to rise in his company by letting its executives use his apartment for trysts, but complications and a romance of his own ensue.
Director: Billy Wilder | Stars: Jack Lemmon, Shirley MacLaine, Fred MacMurray, Ray Walston
Votes: 197,502 | Gross: $18.60M
4. Big Jake (1971)
PG-13 | 110 min | Drama, Western
In 1909, when John Fain's gang kidnaps Jacob McCandles' grandson and holds him for ransom, Big Jake sets out to rescue the boy.
Directors: George Sherman, John Wayne | Stars: John Wayne, Richard Boone, Maureen O'Hara, Patrick Wayne
Votes: 14,474 | Gross: $16.35M
5. The Lost Weekend (1945)
Passed | 101 min | Drama, Film-Noir
The desperate life of a chronic alcoholic is followed through a four-day drinking bout.
Director: Billy Wilder | Stars: Ray Milland, Jane Wyman, Phillip Terry, Howard Da Silva
Votes: 40,299 | Gross: $9.46M
6. Sudden Fear (1952)
Approved | 110 min | Film-Noir, Thriller
After an ambitious actor insinuates himself into the life of a wealthy middle-aged playwright and marries her, he plots with his mistress to murder her.
Director: David Miller | Stars: Joan Crawford, Jack Palance, Gloria Grahame, Bruce Bennett
Votes: 7,379
7. 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
8. Fedora (1978)
PG | 114 min | Drama, Romance
Down-on-his-luck Hollywood producer Barry 'Dutch' Detweiler attempts to lure Fedora, a famous but reclusive film actress, out of retirement only to discover the horrible truth behind her success.
Director: Billy Wilder | Stars: William Holden, Marthe Keller, Hildegard Knef, José Ferrer
Votes: 5,207 | Gross: $2.20M
9. What's the Matter with Helen? (1971)
R | 101 min | Crime, Horror, Musical
Two middle-aged women move to Hollywood, California after their sons are convicted of a notorious murder and open a dance school for children eager to tap their way to stardom.
Director: Curtis Harrington | Stars: Debbie Reynolds, Shelley Winters, Dennis Weaver, Micheál MacLiammóir
Votes: 2,307
10. Me and Orson Welles (2008)
PG-13 | 114 min | Comedy, Drama
In 1937, a teenager is cast in the Mercury Theatre production of "Julius Caesar", directed by a young Orson Welles.
Director: Richard Linklater | Stars: Zac Efron, Claire Danes, Christian McKay, Zoe Kazan
Votes: 11,833 | Gross: $1.19M
11. Frightmare (1983)
R | 86 min | Comedy, Horror
When his loyal fans decide to steal his fresh corpse from the mortuary to party with it all night long, a true horror film star returns from the grave as a ghastly blood-sucker, bent on revenge. At least, will he spare his followers?
Director: Norman Thaddeus Vane | Stars: Ferdy Mayne, Luca Bercovici, Nita Talbot, Leon Askin
Votes: 1,758
12. The World of Henry Orient (1964)
Approved | 106 min | Comedy, Drama
A mischievous, adventuresome fourteen-year-old girl and her best friend begin following an eccentric concert pianist around New York City after she develops a crush on him.
Director: George Roy Hill | Stars: Peter Sellers, Tippy Walker, Merrie Spaeth, Paula Prentiss
Votes: 3,855
13. The Comedians (1967)
Approved | 150 min | Drama
A cynical Welsh hotel owner secretly romances a diplomat's wife in Haiti, under the violent reign of the despot "Papa Doc" Duvalier.
Director: Peter Glenville | Stars: Richard Burton, Elizabeth Taylor, Alec Guinness, Peter Ustinov
Votes: 2,309 | Gross: $5.20M
14. The Last of Robin Hood (2013)
R | 94 min | Biography, Drama, Romance
The last days in the life of legendary Hollywood actor Errol Flynn.
Directors: Richard Glatzer, Wash Westmoreland | Stars: John Hudson Messerall, Brian Bascle, Daniel J. Clancy, Kelly O'Neal
Votes: 2,418 | Gross: $0.27M
15. Beginner's Luck (1935)
Approved | 20 min | Short, Comedy, Family
Spanky's mother pushes him to join a local theater's amateur night.
Director: Gus Meins | Stars: George 'Spanky' McFarland, Matthew 'Stymie' Beard, Scotty Beckett, Billie 'Buckwheat' Thomas
Votes: 338
16. Blondie of the Follies (1932)
Passed | 91 min | Comedy, Musical
Two young women find their friendship strained when one wins a role in a Broadway show, and the other's boyfriend begins to fall for her.
Director: Edmund Goulding | Stars: Marion Davies, Robert Montgomery, Billie Dove, Jimmy Durante
Votes: 1,350 | Gross: $1.61M
17. Deadline at Dawn (1946)
Passed | 83 min | Crime, Film-Noir, Mystery
After a woman he meets is murdered, a soon-to-ship-out sailor has until dawn to find the killer, aided by a weary dance hall girl.
Directors: Harold Clurman, William Cameron Menzies | Stars: Susan Hayward, Paul Lukas, Bill Williams, Joseph Calleia
Votes: 2,139
18. Babes on Broadway (1941)
Approved | 118 min | Comedy, Family, Musical
Judy Garland and Mickey Rooney star in a musical directed by Busby Berkeley as two talented teenagers dreaming of success as Babes on Broadway.
Director: Busby Berkeley | Stars: Mickey Rooney, Judy Garland, Fay Bainter, Virginia Weidler
Votes: 1,656 | Gross: $3.85M
19. Enter Laughing (1967)
Passed | 112 min | Comedy, Romance
A young would-be actor seeks his first break.
Director: Carl Reiner | Stars: José Ferrer, Shelley Winters, Elaine May, Jack Gilford
Votes: 732
20. Those Lips, Those Eyes (1980)
R | 105 min | Comedy, Romance
Stagestruck adolescent learns about love the hard way while interning in Cleveland summer stock during the early '50's.
Director: Michael Pressman | Stars: Frank Langella, Glynnis O'Connor, Tom Hulce, Jerry Stiller
Votes: 330 | Gross: $0.06M
21. Lizzie (1957)
Approved | 81 min | Drama
During the 1950s, a Los Angeles psychiatrist uses hypnosis to treat a 25-year-old woman who's suffering from multiple personality disorder.
Director: Hugo Haas | Stars: Eleanor Parker, Richard Boone, Joan Blondell, Hugo Haas
Votes: 694
22. Hollywood Mouth (2008)
Not Rated | 75 min | Drama
In Hollywood, a film buff gets involved with selling a Faberge egg.
Director: Jordan Mohr | Stars: Michael Abruscato, Katy Baker, Sam Bologna, Veli Erturk
Votes: 714
23. Miracles for Sale (1939)
Not Rated | 71 min | Crime, Mystery
Retired performer Mike Morgan sells original illusions to fellow magicians, and although he believes in the supernatural, likes to expose sham psychics. This involves him in some mysterious murders.
Director: Tod Browning | Stars: Robert Young, Florence Rice, Frank Craven, Henry Hull
Votes: 845
24. Coded (2021)
TV-14 | 29 min | Documentary, Animation, Short
Follows the illustrator J.C. Leyendecker, whose legacy laid the foundation for today's out-and-proud LGBTQ advertisements.
Director: Ryan White | Stars: Judy Goffman Cutler, Jennifer A. Greenhill, Neil Patrick Harris, Jari Jones
Votes: 305
25. Young and Beautiful (1934)
Approved | 68 min | Comedy, Music, Romance
A press agent convinces his boss to sign his girlfriend, June Dale to a studio contract. His relentless publicity stunts to brighten her star drive her into the arms of a wealthy admirer.
Director: Joseph Santley | Stars: William Haines, Judith Allen, Joseph Cawthorn, Ted Fio Rito Orchestra
Votes: 329
26. The CooCoo Nut Grove (1936)
Not Rated | 7 min | Family, Animation, Short
A visit to a Hollywood nightclub, featuring caricatures of, among others, Walter Winchell, Hugh Herbert, W.C. Fields, Katharine Hepburn, Ned Sparks, Johnny Weissmuller, Lupe Velez, John ... See full summary »
Director: Friz Freleng | Stars: Jeane Cowan, Verna Deane, Melvin J. Gibby, Bernice Hansen
Votes: 612
27. Malibu Beach Party (1940)
Approved | 8 min | Family, Animation, Short
Jack Bunny (a spoof of Jack Benny) invites Hollywood celebrities to his Malibu house for a party.
Director: Friz Freleng | Stars: Sara Berner, Marie Greene, Danny Webb, Dave Barry
Votes: 197
28. A Star Is Hatched (1938)
8 min | Animation, Family, Short
Emily the chicken, lives in Hickville but dreams of Hollywood. Her chance comes when director J. Megga-Phone happens to drive past and gives her his card. She makes her way to Hollywood, ... See full summary »
Director: Friz Freleng | Stars: Elvia Allman, Mel Blanc, Tommy Bond, Bill Days
Votes: 229
29. Hollywood Mouth 2 (2014)
84 min | Drama
A film buff discovers strange goings-on at a movie museum and elsewhere in Hollywood.
Director: Jordan Mohr | Stars: Sam Bologna, Alexander Des Combes, Ronald Duthweiler, Matthew Glaser
Votes: 698
30. Postal Union (1937)
21 min | Short, Comedy, Musical
A telegraph worker has to learn magic in order to get a pretty co-worker to agree to marry him.
Director: Roy Mack | Stars: Georgie Price, Vera Dunn, Toni Lane, Marilyn Marlowe
Votes: 45
31. Hollywood: City of Celluloid (1932)
Documentary, Short
A brief tour of Hollywood, California, including looks at the various movie studios and the homes of celebrated movie stars.
Stars: Wallace Beery, Maurice Chevalier, Mickey Daniels, Roy O. Disney
Votes: 14
32.
PSI Factor: Chronicles of the Paranormal (1996–2000)
Episode:
The Night of the Setting Sun
(1998)
TV-14 | Drama, Fantasy, Mystery
While investigating the resurgence of an old flu strain that resembles the Spanish Flu, the team finds a reclusive family of drifters in hiding, who all look like they came straight out of the 1910s, and may or may not be vampires.
Director: E. Jane Thompson | Stars: Matt Frewer, Nancy Anne Sakovich, Barclay Hope, Colin Fox
Votes: 16
33.
Starsky and Hutch (1975–1979)
Episode:
Quadromania
(1978)
TV-14 | 60 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Starsky poses as a cabbie in order to catch a serial killer who has already murdered four other taxi drivers.
Director: Rick Edelstein | Stars: David Soul, Paul Michael Glaser, Antonio Fargas, Bernie Hamilton
Votes: 220
34.
That Girl (1966–1971)
Episode:
My Part Belongs to Daddy
(1969)
TV-PG | 30 min | Comedy, Drama
Back in Brewster Ann is directing the local play and her father wants to have the lead which he doesn't get.
Director: Richard Kinon | Stars: Marlo Thomas, Ted Bessell, Lew Parker, Rosemary DeCamp
Votes: 42
35.
Countdown (1982– )
Episode:
Episode #22.49
(1991)
TV-14 | 30 min | Game-Show
Chris Waddington vs. John Nixon.
Director: John Meade | Stars: Richard Whiteley, Carol Vorderman, Judy Pearsall, Sheridan Morley
36.
Countdown (1982– )
Episode:
Episode #22.50
(1991)
TV-14 | 30 min | Game-Show
Chris Waddington vs. Terry Stapleton.
Director: John Meade | Stars: Richard Whiteley, Carol Vorderman, Judy Pearsall, Sheridan Morley
37.
Svengoolie (1995– )
Episode:
The Devil Doll
(2020)
Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Two men escape from prison, one a mad scientist. He invents a device which is able to shrink humans to the size of dolls. The other man decides he can use the miniature people to exact vengeance on those who framed him.
Director: Christopher M. Faulkner | Stars: Rich Koz, Doug Scharf, Jim Barton
Votes: 11
38.
The Famous Adventures of Mr. Magoo (1964–1965)
Episode:
Mr. Magoo's Noah's Ark
(1965)
30 min | Animation, Comedy, Family
Mr. Magoo erupts in one final bluster before donning the humble sandals of Noah, whom God has selected to built an ark against a purging flood.
Director: Abe Levitow | Stars: Jim Backus, Marvin Miller, Henny Backus, Paul Frees
39.
Family Guy (1999– )
Episode:
Welcome Back Carter
(2010)
TV-14 | 22 min | Animation, Comedy
After Peter catches Carter having an affair, he is strong-armed into keeping a secret, until he accidentally spills the beans.
Directors: Cyndi Tang, James Purdum, Peter Shin | Stars: Seth MacFarlane, Alex Borstein, Seth Green, Mila Kunis
Votes: 1,548
40.
Pawn Stars (2009– )
Episode:
Guns Blazing
(2012)
TV-14 | 22 min | Comedy, Reality-TV
Prepare for battle with the Pawn Stars as one of the rarest guns in American history pops into the shop. Then, it's a race to the finish when a tire signed by legendary NASCAR driver Dale ... See full summary »
Director: Jairus Cobb | Stars: Corey Harrison, Richard Harrison, Rick Harrison, Drew Max
Votes: 42
41.
Boardwalk Empire (2010–2014)
Episode:
Eldorado
(2014)
TV-MA | 60 min | Crime, Drama
Nucky visits Gillian, Luciano and Lansky deal with Narcisse and young Nucky faces a turning point. In Chicago, Capone prepares to face trial and in New York Margaret becomes a stock operator a la Joe Kennedy. Scores are made and settled.
Director: Timothy Van Patten | Stars: Steve Buscemi, Kelly Macdonald, Michael Shannon, Shea Whigham
Votes: 3,343
42.
Downton Abbey (2010–2015)
Episode:
Episode #5.7
(2014)
TV-PG | 51 min | Drama, Romance
Atticus brings his parents, Edith and her daughter are brought home by Cora, Tom decides to take his daughter to America, Baxter volunteers to testify for Bates, and Isis is dying.
Director: Philip John | Stars: Hugh Bonneville, Laura Carmichael, Jim Carter, Raquel Cassidy
Votes: 1,516
43.
Svengoolie (1995– )
Episode:
The Invisible Woman
(2012)
Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Director: Christopher M. Faulkner | Stars: Rich Koz, Doug Scharf, Jim Barton, Victoria Price
Votes: 12
44.
Norm Macdonald Has a Show (2018)
Episode:
Drew Barrymore
(2018)
Comedy, Talk-Show
Norm has a candid chat with the ever-charming Drew Barrymore about vampires, the silent radio, her career as a child actress, her drug addiction, her family, her movie E.T. (1982) and her views on P.C. culture and life in general.
Director: Gene Bernard | Stars: Drew Barrymore, Adam Eget, Norm MacDonald
Votes: 290
45.
The Bullwinkle Show (1959–1963)
Episode:
Banana Formula: Parts 1-2
(1962)
TV-G | Animation, Action, Adventure
Rocky and Bullwinkle "Banana Formula" Part 1 of 12, Fractured Fairy Tales "Potter's Luck", Dudley Do-Right of the Mounties "Matinee Idol", Rocky and Bullwinkle "Banana Formula" Part 2 of 12.
Directors: Gerard Baldwin, Pete Burness, Sal Faillace, William T. Hurtz, Lew Keller, Ted Parmelee, George Singer | Stars: June Foray, Paul Frees, Edward Everett Horton, Hans Conried
Votes: 15