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1. You've Got Mail (1998)
PG | 119 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Book superstore magnate Joe Fox and independent book shop owner Kathleen Kelly fall in love in the anonymity of the Internet, both blissfully unaware that he's trying to put her out of business.
Director: Nora Ephron | Stars: Tom Hanks, Meg Ryan, Greg Kinnear, Parker Posey
Votes: 229,861 | Gross: $115.82M
2. Splash (1983)
PG | 111 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
A young man is reunited with a mermaid he briefly encountered as a boy and falls in love with her without knowing her secret.
Director: Ron Howard | Stars: Tom Hanks, Daryl Hannah, Eugene Levy, John Candy
Votes: 83,460 | Gross: $62.10M
3. Fame (1980)
R | 134 min | Drama, Music, Musical
A chronicle of the lives of several teenagers who attend a New York high school for students gifted in the performing arts.
Director: Alan Parker | Stars: Eddie Barth, Irene Cara, Lee Curreri, Laura Dean
Votes: 24,718 | Gross: $0.12M
4. The Heartbreak Kid (2007)
R | 116 min | Comedy, Romance
A newly wed man who believes he's just gotten hitched to the perfect woman encounters another lady on his honeymoon.
Directors: Bobby Farrelly, Peter Farrelly | Stars: Ben Stiller, Michelle Monaghan, Malin Akerman, Jerry Stiller
Votes: 96,579 | Gross: $36.79M
5. 54 (1998)
R | 93 min | Drama, Music
The famous 1970s New York City nightclub seen and told through the eyes of a young employee.
Director: Mark Christopher | Stars: Ryan Phillippe, Salma Hayek, Neve Campbell, Mike Myers
Votes: 34,567 | Gross: $16.57M
6. The Magical World of Disney (1954–1997)
TV-G | 120 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
A Disney-produced anthology covering many different genres.
Stars: Walt Disney, Paul Frees, Clarence Nash, Slim Pickens
Votes: 2,292
7. Celebrity (1998)
R | 113 min | Comedy, Drama
The fortunes of a husband and wife differ drastically after they divorce.
Director: Woody Allen | Stars: Kenneth Branagh, Judy Davis, Leonardo DiCaprio, Greg Mottola
Votes: 28,437 | Gross: $5.03M
8. The Heartbreak Kid (1972)
PG | 106 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A newlywed man on his honeymoon has second thoughts about his marriage and falls for a different woman.
Director: Elaine May | Stars: Charles Grodin, Cybill Shepherd, Jeannie Berlin, Audra Lindley
Votes: 5,667 | Gross: $12.21M
9. Stir Crazy (1980)
R | 111 min | Comedy, Crime
Set up and wrongfully accused, two best friends are sent to prison for a crime they didn't commit. However, no prison cell can keep them locked in a cage.
Director: Sidney Poitier | Stars: Gene Wilder, Richard Pryor, Georg Stanford Brown, JoBeth Williams
Votes: 30,415 | Gross: $101.30M
10. Doctor Detroit (1983)
R | 89 min | Comedy
A pimp on the run trusts his sex workers to a meek professor of literature, who accepts the challenge.
Director: Michael Pressman | Stars: Dan Aykroyd, Howard Hesseman, Donna Dixon, Lydia Lei
Votes: 6,141 | Gross: $10.38M
11. Husbands and Wives (1992)
R | 108 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
When their best friends announce that they're separating, a professor and his wife discover the faults in their own marriage.
Director: Woody Allen | Stars: Woody Allen, Mia Farrow, Sydney Pollack, Judy Davis
Votes: 31,221 | Gross: $10.56M
12. The Lonely Guy (1984)
R | 90 min | Comedy, Romance
A writer for a greeting card company discovers the struggles and tribulations of living alone after breaking up with his unfaithful girlfriend.
Director: Arthur Hiller | Stars: Steve Martin, Charles Grodin, Judith Ivey, Steve Lawrence
Votes: 7,737 | Gross: $5.72M
13. Another Woman (1988)
PG | 81 min | Drama
Facing a mid-life crisis, a woman rents an apartment next to a psychiatrist's office to write a new book, only to become drawn to the plight of a pregnant woman seeking that doctor's help.
Director: Woody Allen | Stars: Gena Rowlands, Mia Farrow, Ian Holm, Blythe Danner
Votes: 15,055 | Gross: $1.56M
14. Splash, Too (1988 TV Movie)
87 min | Comedy, Fantasy
Allen and Madison return to New York - one to save his business, the other to save a dolphin in captivity.
Director: Greg Antonacci | Stars: Todd Waring, Amy Yasbeck, Donovan Scott, Rita Taggart
Votes: 697
15. Steambath (1973 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 90 min | Drama, Fantasy
Random people find themselves in a steam room, quickly realize that it's a gateway to the afterlife and that the eccentric Puerto Rican janitor is actually God.
Director: Burt Brinckerhoff | Stars: Stephen Elliott, Bill Bixby, Herb Edelman, Neil J. Schwartz
Votes: 462
16. The Queen (1968)
Not Rated | 68 min | Documentary
The behind the scenes of a national drag queen contest in New York City, including the rehearsals leading up to the contest, the conversations in the dressing room and the jealousies that emerge before and after the competition.
Director: Frank Simon | Stars: Bernard Giquel, Jack Doroshow, Jim Dine, Rachel Harlow
Votes: 1,332 | Gross: $0.05M
17. CBS Summer Playhouse (1987–1989)
60 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
Anthology television series that aired unsold television pilots during the summer.
Stars: Tim Reid, Daphne Reid, James Eckhouse, Tom Isbell
Votes: 164
18. Steambath (1984)
30 min | Comedy, Drama
TV play chronicling the advice and various miracles dispensed by God who has come to earth in guise of Morty, an irrasible attendent working in a steambath.
Stars: José Pérez, Robert Picardo, Al Ruscio, Neil J. Schwartz
Votes: 34
19. Dad Strangelove
Documentary | Filming
"The most important thing in writing is the capacity to astonish, not shock-shock is a worn-out phrase-but astonish - Where you find smugness you find something worth blasting-and I want to... See full summary »
Director: Nile Southern | Stars: Norman Jewison, Marianne Faithfull, Ted Kotcheff, Gore Vidal
20. Foreplay (1975)
R | 75 min | Comedy
Three vignettes about a man who buys a weird doll, a writer who is visited by his muse and a kidnapper with very odd demands who holds a VIP.
Directors: John G. Avildsen, Bruce Malmuth, Robert McCarty, Ralph Rosenblum | Stars: Irwin Corey, Pat Paulsen, Deborah Loomis, Sudie Bond
Votes: 177
21. Bicentennial Minutes (1974– )
1 min | Short, History
Minute-long "on this day in history" shorts, used a countdown to America's bicentennial.
Stars: Walter Cronkite, Cleveland Amory, Edward Asner, Roddy McDowall
Votes: 51
22. George Burns Comedy Week (1985)
30 min | Comedy
A comedy anthology television series hosted by George Burns.
Stars: George Burns, Bronson Pinchot, Candice Azzara, Michael Ensign
Votes: 82
23. Theater Talk (1996– )
30 min | Talk-Show
Stars: Susan Haskins, Michael Riedel, Jesse Green, Michael Musto
Votes: 38
24. Brazzaville Teen-Ager (2013)
TV-MA | 20 min | Short, Comedy, Drama
In a self-effacing attempt to save his father from a death by deterioration, a young man, named Gunther, enlists his curmudgeonly boss and Kelis to perform a song, called Brazzaville Teen-Ager.
Director: Michael Cera | Stars: Michael Cera, Jack O'Connell, Charles Grodin, Kelis
Votes: 198
25. Algren (2014)
86 min | Documentary, Biography, History
Charts the rise and fall of Nelson Algren, a writer whose transgressions, compassion and thirst for justice pushed him to become a champion of America's underclass and one of the 20th century's most consequential literary voices.
Director: Michael Caplan | Stars: Nelson Algren, Russell Banks, Billy Corgan, Andrew Davis
Votes: 22
26. New York in the 50's (2000)
Not Rated | 72 min | Documentary
Based on the book by Dan Wakefield, the film combines stunning archival footage of New York with interviews of the icons of the day - Kerouac, Ginsberg, Baldwin, Mailer, Basie, etc. Offering modern day perspectives.
Director: Betsy Blankenbaker | Stars: Ted Steeg, Jack Kerouac, David Amram, Sam Astrachan
Votes: 119 | Gross: $0.00M
27. Un alma pura (1965)
49 min | Drama
Claudia, a young aristocratic girl travels to Switzerland to recover the corpse of her brother, Juan Luis. As she flies back home to Mexico, in flashback it is revealed that she and her ... See full summary »
Director: Juan Ibáñez | Stars: Arabella Arbenz, Enrique Rocha, Veit Gentry, Leonora Carrington
Votes: 28
28. The Ted Bessell Show (1973 TV Movie)
30 min | Comedy
Ted Bessell plays a newly married magazine publisher who has problems keeping his marriage and his magazine from foundering.
Stars: Ted Bessell, Robert Walden, Barra Grant, Beth Howland
Votes: 13
29. Blacks and Jews: Josh Alan Friedman - A Life Obsessed with Negroes (2004)
Documentary
Examines the life of writer/musician Josh Alan Friedman. Chronicles his exploits as the Times Square beat-writer for Screw Magazine, an outlaw cartoonist with brother Drew Friedman, and tearing up the Texas blues scene.
Director: Kevin Page | Stars: Josh Alan Friedman, Bruce Jay Friedman, Ginger Howard
Votes: 11
30. When Playboy Ruled the World (2004 TV Movie)
Documentary
Stars: Pamela Anderson, Barbi Benton, Fred Dryer, Bruce Jay Friedman
Votes: 12
31.
George Burns Comedy Week (1985)
Episode:
The Assignment
(1985)
Comedy
A mysterious man goes on a hunt in Africa to find a nearly extinct animal for a surprise reason.
Director: Phil Alden Robinson | Stars: George Burns, Telly Savalas, Elliott Gould, James Avery
32.
CBS Summer Playhouse (1987–1989)
Episode:
Sniff
(1988)
30 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
An unsuccessful reporter finds his luck changing when he becomes the owner of a talented dog.
Director: James Quinn | Stars: Robert Wuhl, Louis Guss, Traci Lind, Rebecca Holden
Votes: 9
33.
Theater Talk (1996– )
Episode:
Bruce Jay Friedman
(2012)
Talk-Show
Director: Adam Walker | Stars: Bruce Jay Friedman, Susan Haskins, Michael Riedel
34.
Bicentennial Minutes (1974– )
Episode:
Episode #1.764
(1976)
Short, History
Star: Bruce Jay Friedman
35.
The Magical World of Disney (1954–1997)
Episode:
Splash, Too: Part 1
(1988)
Unrated | Adventure, Drama, Family
The 1988 'made-for-tv' encore to the popular 1984 mermaid comedy, in which Allen and Madison return to New York. He has to save his business and she has to save a dolphin in captivity. All ... See full summary »
Director: Greg Antonacci | Stars: Todd Waring, Amy Yasbeck, Donovan Scott, Rita Taggart
Votes: 9
36.
Steambath (1984)
Episode:
The Big Bang
(1984)
Comedy, Drama
Morty's in a foul mood, so he decides to destroy the earth. Also, Blanche cozies up to a plastic surgeon in hopes of getting a makeover.
Director: Burt Brinckerhoff | Stars: José Pérez, Robert Picardo, Al Ruscio, Neil J. Schwartz
37.
Steambath (1984)
Episode:
Madison Avenue Madness
(1984)
Comedy, Drama
Morty collects taxes. Feuding former comedy partners wind up passing through the steam room simultaneously. Tandy is smitten when a woman throws herself at him, but he has a meltdown upon learning how she died.
Director: Burt Brinckerhoff | Stars: José Pérez, Robert Picardo, Al Ruscio, Neil J. Schwartz
38.
Steambath (1984)
Episode:
A Visit from Yuri
(1984)
Comedy, Drama
A Soviet cosmonaut arrives in the steam room, falls in love, and gives Meredith her first orgasm. A radio shrink also arrives and tries to psychoanalyze Morty.
Director: Terry Hughes | Stars: José Pérez, Robert Picardo, Al Ruscio, Neil J. Schwartz
39.
Steambath (1984)
Episode:
In the Beginning
(1984)
Comedy, Drama
Tandy arrives at the steambath and grapples with the fact that he's dead.
Director: Burt Brinckerhoff | Stars: José Pérez, Robert Picardo, Al Ruscio, Neil J. Schwartz
40.
Steambath (1984)
Episode:
A Preacher and a Jock
(1984)
Comedy, Drama
Morty teaches everyone not to judge when a beloved baseball player dies of an overdose. Also, a reverend has trouble believing that Morty is actually God.
Director: Terry Hughes | Stars: José Pérez, Robert Picardo, Al Ruscio, Neil J. Schwartz
41.
Steambath (1984)
Episode:
Tandy's Legacy
(1984)
Comedy, Drama
Morty allows Tandy to attend a gala that he'd been anticipating, but the mood is ruined when a former coworker who had an affair with his wife arrives in the steam room. Meanwhile, Davinci rekindles an old romance with a hooker.
Director: Terry Hughes | Stars: José Pérez, Robert Picardo, Al Ruscio, Neil J. Schwartz