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1. Last Action Hero (1993)

PG-13 | 130 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy

6.5
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44 Metascore

With the help of a magic ticket, a young movie fan is transported into the fictional world of his favorite action movie character.

Director: John McTiernan | Stars: Arnold Schwarzenegger, F. Murray Abraham, Art Carney, Charles Dance

Votes: 164,312 | Gross: $50.02M

2. The Spiderwick Chronicles (2008)

PG | 96 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

6.5
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62 Metascore

Upon moving into the run-down Spiderwick Estate with their mother, twin brothers Jared and Simon Grace, along with their sister Mallory, find themselves pulled into an alternate world full of faeries and other creatures.

Director: Mark Waters | Stars: Freddie Highmore, Sarah Bolger, David Strathairn, Mary-Louise Parker

Votes: 103,110 | Gross: $71.20M

3. Dennis the Menace (1993)

PG | 94 min | Comedy, Family

5.7
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49 Metascore

When his parents must go out of town on business, Dennis stays with Mr. and Mrs. Wilson. He is driving Mr. Wilson crazy, but he is just trying to be helpful, even to the thief who has arrived in town.

Director: Nick Castle | Stars: Walter Matthau, Mason Gamble, Joan Plowright, Christopher Lloyd

Votes: 65,021 | Gross: $51.27M

4. 101 Dalmatians (1996)

G | 103 min | Adventure, Comedy, Crime

5.7
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50 Metascore

An evil high-fashion designer plots to steal dalmatian puppies in order to make an extravagant fur coat but creates an extravagant mess instead.

Director: Stephen Herek | Stars: Glenn Close, Jeff Daniels, Joely Richardson, Joan Plowright

Votes: 117,814 | Gross: $136.19M

5. Dinosaur (2000)

PG | 82 min | Animation, Adventure, Drama

6.4
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56 Metascore

An orphaned dinosaur raised by lemurs joins an arduous trek to a sanctuary after a meteorite shower destroys his family home.

Directors: Eric Leighton, Ralph Zondag | Stars: D.B. Sweeney, Julianna Margulies, Samuel E. Wright, Alfre Woodard

Votes: 67,415 | Gross: $137.75M

6. The Scarlet Letter (1995)

R | 135 min | Drama, Romance

5.3
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An affair between a young woman and a pastor has disastrous consequences.

Director: Roland Joffé | Stars: Demi Moore, Gary Oldman, Robert Duvall, Lisa Andoh

Votes: 16,321 | Gross: $10.40M

7. Curious George (2006)

G | 87 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy

6.5
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62 Metascore

The Man in the Yellow Hat is an oddball museum employee who looks after his pet monkey, an inquisitive and wonderful creature whose enthusiasm often gets the best of him.

Director: Matthew O'Callaghan | Stars: Will Ferrell, Drew Barrymore, Eugene Levy, Frank Welker

Votes: 18,192 | Gross: $58.64M

8. The Wonderful World of Disney (1997–2023)

TV-G | 120 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama

7.4
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Experience the magic and adventure from Walt Disney world of color.

Stars: David Sparrow, Will Friedle, Joe Dinicol, Laurie Murdoch

Votes: 1,080

9. Bringing Down the House (2003)

PG-13 | 105 min | Comedy

5.6
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39 Metascore

When a lonely guy meets a woman on the internet who happens to be in prison, she breaks out to get him to prove her innocence, and proceeds to wreak havoc on his middle-class life.

Director: Adam Shankman | Stars: Steve Martin, Queen Latifah, Eugene Levy, Joan Plowright

Votes: 39,276 | Gross: $132.72M

10. Great Performances (1971– )

TV-G | 180 min | Music, Musical

7.9
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Filmed and televised versions of theater productions, such as plays, musicals, operas, ballets, and concerts from around the world.

Stars: Scott Yoo, Julie Andrews, Plácido Domingo, Renée Fleming

Votes: 903

11. Enchanted April (1991)

PG | 95 min | Drama

7.3
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78 Metascore

Four English women, after World War I, who are unhappy with their lives, and their time away on vacation in a beautiful Italian villa.

Director: Mike Newell | Stars: Alfred Molina, Joan Plowright, Miranda Richardson, Polly Walker

Votes: 7,159 | Gross: $13.20M

12. Drowning by Numbers (1988)

R | 118 min | Comedy, Drama

7.1
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Three generations of women share the same problem--marriage woes--and want to put an end to it.

Director: Peter Greenaway | Stars: Bernard Hill, Joan Plowright, Juliet Stevenson, Joely Richardson

Votes: 11,014 | Gross: $0.42M

13. I Love You to Death (1990)

R | 97 min | Comedy, Crime

6.4
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45 Metascore

Joey Boca (Kevin Kline) owns a pizza parlor, and is married to Rosalie (Tracey Ullman). He's also a serial womanizer. Rosalie goes to extremes when she finds he has been cheating.

Director: Lawrence Kasdan | Stars: Kevin Kline, Tracey Ullman, William Hurt, Joan Plowright

Votes: 15,594 | Gross: $16.19M

14. Jane Eyre (1996)

PG | 112 min | Drama, Romance

6.8
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Jane Eyre is an orphan cast out as a young girl by her aunt, Mrs. Reed, and sent to be raised in a harsh charity school for girls. There she learns to become a teacher and eventually seeks ... See full summary »

Director: Franco Zeffirelli | Stars: William Hurt, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Anna Paquin, Nic Knight

Votes: 10,228 | Gross: $5.20M

15. Mrs Palfrey at the Claremont (2005)

Not Rated | 108 min | Comedy, Drama

7.6
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67 Metascore

All but abandoned by her family in a London retirement hotel, an elderly woman strikes up a curious friendship with a young writer.

Director: Dan Ireland | Stars: Joan Plowright, Rupert Friend, Zoë Tapper, Robert Lang

Votes: 4,271 | Gross: $0.07M

16. I Am David (2003)

PG | 90 min | Adventure, Drama

7.1
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47 Metascore

A twelve-year-old boy escapes from a Bulgarian Communist concentration camp and sets out on a journey to reach Denmark.

Director: Paul Feig | Stars: Ben Tibber, Jim Caviezel, Joan Plowright, Hristo Shopov

Votes: 8,145 | Gross: $0.28M

17. Avalon (1990)

PG | 128 min | Drama

7.2
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68 Metascore

A Polish-Jewish family comes to the U.S. at the beginning of the twentieth century. There, the family and their children try to make themselves a better future in the so-called promised land.

Director: Barry Levinson | Stars: Aidan Quinn, Elizabeth Perkins, Leo Fuchs, Eve Gordon

Votes: 6,791 | Gross: $15.74M

18. Equus (1977)

R | 137 min | Drama, Mystery

7.1
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A psychiatrist attempts to uncover a troubled stable boy's disturbing obsession with horses.

Director: Sidney Lumet | Stars: Richard Burton, Peter Firth, Colin Blakely, Joan Plowright

Votes: 8,766

19. Tea with Mussolini (1999)

PG | 117 min | Comedy, Drama, War

6.9
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53 Metascore

An orphaned Italian boy is raised amongst a circle of British and American women living in Mussolini's Italy before and during World War II.

Director: Franco Zeffirelli | Stars: Maggie Smith, Judi Dench, Joan Plowright, Cher

Votes: 14,221 | Gross: $14.35M

20. Revolution (1985)

PG | 126 min | Adventure, Drama, History

5.3
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22 Metascore

A trapper and his young son get pulled into the American revolution early as unwilling participants and remain involved through to the end.

Director: Hugh Hudson | Stars: Al Pacino, Donald Sutherland, Nastassja Kinski, Joan Plowright

Votes: 7,574 | Gross: $0.36M

21. Dance with Me (1998)

PG | 126 min | Drama, Music, Romance

5.9
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Rafael Infante (Chayanne) comes to Houston from Cuba to work at John Burnett's (Kris Kristofferson's) dance studio. He meets Ruby Sinclair (Vanessa Williams), a cute dance instructor there. Chemistry? Will John know he's Rafael's dad?

Director: Randa Haines | Stars: Vanessa Williams, Chayanne, Kris Kristofferson, Joan Plowright

Votes: 6,894 | Gross: $15.81M

22. This Is Your Life (1955–2003)

30 min | Documentary, Biography

6.6
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The UK version of the popular US show. Eamonn Andrews (later Michael Aspel) surprises celebrities by presenting them with the Big Red Book before taking them into the studio to tell viewers... See full summary »

Stars: Eamonn Andrews, Michael Aspel, Elizabeth Dawn, June Whitfield

Votes: 325

23. Screen Two (1985–1998)

TV-14 | 120 min | Drama

6.3
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In 1984 Kenith Trodd joined BBC team responding to Channel 4 releases, leading to transition from BBC studio plays to Screen One/Two anthology series. Trodd oversaw first group of titles in these series in 1985.

Stars: Jude North, Roger Brierley, Geoffrey Chater, Norman Jones

Votes: 248

24. Late Show with David Letterman (1993–2015)

TV-PG | 60 min | Comedy, Music, Talk-Show

7.0
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The Late Show with David Letterman is an hour-long weeknight comedy and talk-show broadcast by CBS from the Ed Sullivan Theater on Broadway in New York City.

Stars: David Letterman, Paul Shaffer, Alan Kalter, Biff Henderson

Votes: 14,323

25. The Rosie O'Donnell Show (1996–2002)

TV-G | 60 min | Comedy, Talk-Show

4.1
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Comedian Rosie O'Donnell produces and hosts her first daytime talk show that focuses on interviews with celebrities about acting, writing, charity work, and family life.

Stars: Rosie O'Donnell, John McDaniel, Caroline Rhea, Susan Lucci

Votes: 1,589

26. Tea With the Dames (2018)

Unrated | 84 min | Documentary

7.4
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85 Metascore

Dames Judi Dench, Eileen Atkins, Joan Plowright, and Maggie Smith get together for tea to reminisce and discuss their acting careers.

Director: Roger Michell | Stars: Maggie Smith, Eileen Atkins, Judi Dench, Joan Plowright

Votes: 2,845 | Gross: $0.87M

27. George and the Dragon (2004)

PG | 93 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy

5.6
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A knight returning from the Crusades takes on a dragon and becomes a legend.

Director: Tom Reeve | Stars: James Purefoy, Piper Perabo, Patrick Swayze, Michael Clarke Duncan

Votes: 4,353

28. Uncle Vanya (2020)

130 min | Drama

7.5
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The Professor retires and moves back into his estate with his young wife, turning the lives of those who have been maintaining it in his absence upside down.

Directors: Ross MacGibbon, Ian Rickson | Stars: Roger Allam, Richard Armitage, Anna Calder-Marshall, Rosalind Eleazar

Votes: 727

29. Wagner (1983)

300 min | Biography, Drama, History

7.4
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A huge panorama of Richard Wagner's life and work, from before the 1848 revolution, through his exile in Switzerland, his rescue by the besotted King Ludwig II of Bavaria, to the final ... See full summary »

Stars: Richard Burton, Vanessa Redgrave, Miguel Herz-Kestranek, László Gálffi

Votes: 617

30. Arena (1975– )

60 min | Documentary

7.7
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Wide-ranging arts program.

Stars: Gavin Millar, Kenneth Tynan, John Walters, Jonathan Miller

Votes: 323

31. The Entertainer (1960)

Not Rated | 96 min | Drama

7.1
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70 Metascore

Archie Rice, an old-time British music hall performer sinking into final defeat, schemes to stay in show business.

Director: Tony Richardson | Stars: Laurence Olivier, Brenda de Banzie, Roger Livesey, Joan Plowright

Votes: 3,745

32. Britannia Hospital (1982)

R | 111 min | Comedy, Sci-Fi

6.2
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The chaotic workings of a hospital with staff on strike.

Director: Lindsay Anderson | Stars: Leonard Rossiter, Malcolm McDowell, Brian Pettifer, John Moffatt

Votes: 2,940

33. Mr. Wrong (1996)

PG-13 | 96 min | Comedy

3.8
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A lonely single woman finds the seemingly-perfect man to date, but soon regrets it when his deranged, possessive other personality emerges and she cannot convince anyone else of his Jekyll-and-Hyde true nature.

Director: Nick Castle | Stars: Ellen DeGeneres, Bill Pullman, Joan Cusack, Dean Stockwell

Votes: 5,378 | Gross: $12.35M

34. Stalin (1992 TV Movie)

TV-MA | 172 min | Biography, Crime, Drama

7.0
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The life and career of the brutal Soviet dictator, Joseph Stalin.

Director: Ivan Passer | Stars: Robert Duvall, Julia Ormond, Maximilian Schell, Jeroen Krabbé

Votes: 2,797

35. Surviving Picasso (1996)

R | 125 min | Biography, Drama, Romance

6.3
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55 Metascore

The passionate Merchant Ivory drama tells the story of Françoise Gilot (Natascha McElhone), the only lover of Pablo Picasso (Sir Anthony Hopkins) who was strong enough to withstand his ferocious cruelty, and move on with her life.

Director: James Ivory | Stars: Anthony Hopkins, Natascha McElhone, Julianne Moore, Joss Ackland

Votes: 7,898 | Gross: $2.00M

36. The Return of the Native (1994 TV Movie)

PG | 101 min | Drama

6.0
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Reddleman Diggory Venn drives slowly across the heath, carrying a hidden passenger in the back of his van. When darkness falls, the country folk light bonfires on the hills, emphasizing the pagan spirit of the heath and its denizens.

Director: Jack Gold | Stars: Catherine Zeta-Jones, Clive Owen, Ray Stevenson, Steven Mackintosh

Votes: 762

37. Omnibus (1967–2003)

Not Rated | 43 min | Documentary, Biography, Music

7.2
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Arts documentary series with concerts and experimental dramatizations.

Stars: Humphrey Burton, Kirsty Wark, David Collings, Michael Hordern

Votes: 296

38. Late Night with David Letterman (1982–1993)

TV-PG | 60 min | Comedy, Music, Talk-Show

7.5
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Popular late-night comedy/talk-show with host David Letterman, interviewing famous guests.

Stars: David Letterman, Paul Shaffer, Bill Wendell, Calvert DeForest

Votes: 5,003

39. ITV Saturday Night Theatre (1969–1974)

78 min | Drama

6.3
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Anthology series of dramatic works.

Stars: Michael Balfour, Madoline Thomas, Diane Cilento, Jim Dale

Votes: 99

40. A Place for Annie (1994 TV Movie)

PG | 99 min | Drama

7.2
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A nurse fights for custody of her H.I.V. positive foster daughter with her inept, junkie mother. Finally they come to an agreement that they should all live together.

Director: John Gray | Stars: Sissy Spacek, Mary-Louise Parker, S. Epatha Merkerson, Jack Noseworthy

Votes: 636

41. BBC Sunday-Night Theatre (1950–1959)

Drama

7.8
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Series of television plays performed live.

Stars: Richard Caldicot, George Woodbridge, Robert Brown, Michael Brennan

Votes: 180

42. Wogan (1982–1992)

35 min | Talk-Show

6.1
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Terry Wogan hosts his own long-running chat show, where he interviews a variety of guests, from public life to celebrities. Also featured are regular musical guests performing their latest songs.

Stars: Terry Wogan, Sue Lawley, Joanna Lumley, Gloria Hunniford

Votes: 314

43. Tom's Midnight Garden (1999)

Unrated | 107 min | Adventure, Family, Fantasy

6.5
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A young boy journeys across the boundaries of reality to a secret, haunted place, half-a-century back in time, in this tale of enchantment, shadows and lost memories.

Director: Willard Carroll | Stars: Nigel Le Vaillant, Marlene Sidaway, Serena Gordon, Alfie Lawrence

Votes: 898

44. ITV Playhouse (1967–1982)

Comedy, Drama

6.9
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Anthology series of dramatic works.

Stars: Michael Bryant, William Simons, Katherine Barker, Geoffrey Palmer

Votes: 88

45. Brimstone & Treacle (1982)

R | 87 min | Drama, Thriller

6.4
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A strange young man has a sinister effect on the family of a middle-aged writer.

Director: Richard Loncraine | Stars: Sting, Denholm Elliott, Joan Plowright, Suzanna Hamilton

Votes: 1,601

46. Time Without Pity (1957)

85 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir

6.8
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The day before a young man is to be executed for killing his girlfriend, his alcoholic father shows up to try to prove his innocence.

Director: Joseph Losey | Stars: Michael Redgrave, Ann Todd, Leo McKern, Paul Daneman

Votes: 1,909

47. Widows' Peak (1994)

PG | 101 min | Comedy, Crime, Mystery

6.7
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In 1934, an English widow moves to Widows' Peak, Ireland. She befriends other widows and the son of one. Hostility escalates between her and an Irish spinster.

Director: John Irvin | Stars: Joan Plowright, Mia Farrow, Natasha Richardson, Adrian Dunbar

Votes: 1,883 | Gross: $6.24M

48. ITV Play of the Week (1955–1974)

90 min | Comedy, Drama

6.9
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An anthology series from the U.K., from 1955 to 1974, producing about five hundred ninety-minute episodes from Granada Television.

Stars: Derek Francis, Alfred Burke, Arthur Hewlett, Esther Lawrence

Votes: 95

49. The Diary of Anne Frank (1980 TV Movie)

109 min | Biography, Drama

6.7
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During World War II, a teenage Jewish girl named Anne Frank and her family are forced into hiding in the Nazi-occupied Netherlands.

Director: Boris Sagal | Stars: Maximilian Schell, Joan Plowright, James Coco, Doris Roberts

Votes: 637

50. Rock My World (2002)

R | 106 min | Comedy, Drama, Music

6.0
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A rock band bursts onto the scene and then their frontman disappears on the eve of a European tour.

Director: Sidney J. Furie | Stars: Peter O'Toole, Joan Plowright, Alicia Silverstone, Jaimz Woolvett

Votes: 1,712



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