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1. Wet Hot American Summer (2001)
R | 97 min | Comedy, Romance
Set on the last day of camp, in the hot summer of 1981, a group of counselors try to complete their unfinished business before the day ends.
Director: David Wain | Stars: Janeane Garofalo, David Hyde Pierce, Michael Showalter, Marguerite Moreau
Votes: 60,475 | Gross: $0.29M
2. Finding Your Roots with Henry Louis Gates, Jr. (2012– )
TV-PG | 53 min | Documentary, Biography, History
Before the popularity of AncestryDNA, journalist and cultural critic Henry Louis Gates, Jr. divulges the family trees of various celebrities, many times with stunning revelations.
Stars: Henry Louis Gates Jr., CeCe Moore, Anita Hill, Ty Burrell
Votes: 1,630
3. Nova (1974– )
TV-PG | 60 min | Documentary
Science documentaries about various topics.
Stars: Jay O. Sanders, Craig Sechler, Stacy Keach, Eric Meyers
Votes: 3,087
4. American Experience (1987– )
TV-PG | 120 min | Documentary, Biography, History
A series showcasing documentaries on American history.
Stars: David McCullough, David Ogden Stiers, Michael Murphy, Oliver Platt
Votes: 2,196
5. Keep Sweet: Pray and Obey (2022)
TV-MA | 49 min | Documentary, Crime
Examines the rise of Warren Jeffs in the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints and his shocking criminal case.
Stars: Mike Watkiss, Elissa Wall, Rebecca Musser, Ruby Jessop
Votes: 16,048
6. Trick (1999)
R | 89 min | Comedy, Music, Romance
The misadventures of two young gay men, trying to find a place to be alone, one night in Manhattan.
Director: Jim Fall | Stars: Christian Campbell, John Paul Pitoc, Tori Spelling, Brad Beyer
Votes: 9,204 | Gross: $2.05M
7. Maze (2000)
R | 97 min | Drama, Romance
An artist with Tourette Syndrome falls in love with his best friend's pregnant girlfriend.
Director: Rob Morrow | Stars: Rob Morrow, Laura Linney, Craig Sheffer, Rose Gregorio
Votes: 922 | Gross: $0.02M
8. Great Photo, Lovely Life (2023)
TV-MA | 112 min | Documentary
Photojournalist Amanda Mustard turns her investigative lens on the sexual abuse committed by her grandfather, unearthing a high-stakes personal journey in pursuit of the truth and reconciliation for Amanda's family.
Directors: Rachel Beth Anderson, Amanda Mustard | Stars: Bill Flickinger, Angie Minnick, Amanda Mustard, Debi Mustard
Votes: 971
9. Edge of Seventeen (1998)
TV-MA | 99 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A teenager copes with his sexuality on the last day of school in 1984. It shows him coping with being gay and being with friends.
Director: David Moreton | Stars: Chris Stafford, Tina Holmes, Andersen Gabrych, Stephanie McVay
Votes: 7,104 | Gross: $0.87M
10. Judy Berlin (1999)
93 min | Comedy, Drama
A lonely, talented teacher enjoys a flirtation with the (married) principal of the school, who returns her affections but is hampered by his family members. An eclipse enables the teacher ... See full summary »
Director: Eric Mendelsohn | Stars: Barbara Barrie, Bob Dishy, Edie Falco, Carlin Glynn
Votes: 1,093 | Gross: $0.47M
11. Safe Men (1998)
R | 88 min | Comedy, Crime
Two bad singers are mistaken for top safe-crackers at a bar; a gangster boss orders them to break into three safes or else.
Director: John Hamburg | Stars: Sam Rockwell, Steve Zahn, Michael Lerner, Paul Giamatti
Votes: 3,559 | Gross: $0.02M
12. Woodstock: Three Days That Defined a Generation (2019)
Not Rated | 106 min | Documentary, History
In August 1969, 500,000 people gathered at a farm in upstate New York. What happened there was far more than just a concert. Woodstock tells the story of a legendary event that defined a ... See full summary »
Directors: Barak Goodman, Jamila Ephron | Stars: John Roberts, Joel Rosenman, Joel Makower, Bob Spitz
Votes: 1,960 | Gross: $0.08M
13. The Cruise (1998)
PG-13 | 76 min | Documentary
Timothy "Speed" Levitch, an eccentric New York City tour bus guide, takes tourists around the island of Manhattan and shares an archive of beautifully distorted information about the city.
Director: Bennett Miller | Star: Timothy 'Speed' Levitch
Votes: 1,932 | Gross: $0.24M
14. Far From the Tree (V) (2017)
Unrated | 93 min | Documentary
Based on the NY Times bestselling book by Andrew Solomon, Far from the Tree examines the experiences of families in which parents and children are profoundly different from one another in a variety of ways.
Directors: Rachel Dretzin, Jamila Ephron | Stars: Amy Allnutt, Jack Allnutt, Harry Burdick, Emily Perl Kingsley
Votes: 639 | Gross: $0.16M
15. Music Box (2021– )
Documentary, Music
Signature music acts, labels, albums, eras, or trends.
Stars: Forest Whitaker, Jewel, Paige Hurd, DMX
Votes: 42
16. The Myth of Fingerprints (1997)
R | 93 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A few days spent in close proximity to each other soon leads to family secrets and old resentments being revealed, which threaten to splinter an already dysfunctional family.
Director: Bart Freundlich | Stars: Julianne Moore, Roy Scheider, Noah Wyle, Randee Allen
Votes: 2,692 | Gross: $0.46M
17. Faces of America with Henry Louis Gates Jr. (2010)
TV-PG | Documentary, Biography, History
Our American Stories exploring the dynamic and shifting relationship America had with her new immigrants in the 20th century. Becoming American - exploring the many journeys to becoming ... See full summary »
Stars: Meryl Streep, Stephen Colbert, Mike Nichols, Henry Louis Gates Jr.
Votes: 101
18. The Perfect Weapon (2020)
TV-MA | 87 min | Documentary
The rise of cyber conflict as the primary way nations now compete and sabotage each other.
Director: John Maggio | Stars: Dmitri Alperovitch, Will Hurd, Christopher Miller, Seth Rogen
Votes: 1,137
19. Chicago Cab (1997)
R | 96 min | Comedy, Drama
There is more to this story than this review lets on. It reflects all different facets of society over one driver's shift. As he starts out, he seems cold and ignorant, but his character ... See full summary »
Directors: Mary Cybulski, John Tintori | Stars: Paul Dillon, Tim Gamble, Olivia Trevino, Moira Sinise
Votes: 2,082 | Gross: $0.00M
20. Who Killed Malcolm X? (2019–2020)
43 min | Documentary, Biography, Crime
Activist Abdur-Rahman Muhammad begins his own investigation into the perplexing details surrounding the assassination of civil rights leader Malcolm X.
Stars: Abdur-Rahman Muhammad, Muhammad A. Aziz, Zak A. Kondo, David Garrow
Votes: 2,379
21. Too Cute! (2011– )
TV-G | Documentary
Stories of baby animals. These cuddly baby animals are simply too lovable, too curious, and too cute to quit. It's baby animals the way they were meant to be seen - ridiculously up-close and in jaw-dropping super slow motion.
Star: Henry Strozier
Votes: 715
22. Boulevard! A Hollywood Story (2021)
85 min | Documentary
Dickson Hughes and Richard Stapley, two young songwriters and romantic partners, find themselves caught in movie star Gloria Swanson's web when she hires them to write a musical version of "Sunset Boulevard."
Director: Jeffrey Schwarz | Stars: Muhammad Ali, Steve Allen, Brooke Anderson, Julie Andrews
Votes: 234
23. Our Song (2000)
R | 95 min | Drama
Focusing on the bonding between three girls in Brooklyn's "Jackie Robinson Steppers Marching Band" and the choices the girls face once their high school closes down for asbestos removal.
Director: Jim McKay | Stars: Kerry Washington, Anna Simpson, Melissa Martinez, The Jackie Robinson Steppers Marching Band
Votes: 852 | Gross: $0.25M
24. Cancer: The Emperor of All Maladies (2015)
345 min | Documentary
Based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning book by Siddhartha Mukherjee, this three-part series tells the complete story of cancer, from its first description in an ancient Egyptian scroll to the ... See full summary »
Stars: Edward Herrmann, Terrence Howard
Votes: 394
25. Ken Burns Presents: The Gene (2020– )
120 min | Documentary
The Gene: An Intimate History weaves together science, history & personal stories for a historical biography of the human genome, while also exploring breakthroughs for diagnosis & ... See full summary »
Stars: David Costabile, Siddhartha Mukherjee, Wendy Chung, Sally Jackson
Votes: 132
26. Wrangler: Anatomy of an Icon (2008)
Not Rated | 85 min | Documentary, Biography
The outrageous story of 1970s porn icon Jack Wrangler, and how he rose to the top of the gay, and then straight, adult film industry.
Director: Jeffrey Schwarz | Stars: Jack Wrangler, Margaret Whiting, Robert Alvarez, Brooks Ashmanskas
Votes: 598
27. The Fabulous Allan Carr (2017)
90 min | Documentary, Biography
Allan Carr built his bombastic reputation producing the hit movie GREASE and Broadway sensation LA CAGE AUX FOLLES, but it all came crashing down after he conceived the notorious 1989 Academy Awards.
Director: Jeffrey Schwarz | Stars: Tom Hanks, Patrick Swayze, Jodie Foster, Michelle Pfeiffer
Votes: 373
28. Flashback (1997 TV Movie)
60 min | Drama
FLASHBACK is a dramatization based on a true story. The characters of Patty McIntyre and her mother are based on actual persons. Patty is a high school student, raised solely by her mother,... See full summary »
Director: Danny Leiner | Stars: Anna Carolina Arias, Deidre L. Fleischer, Amy Hargreaves, Deborah Hedwall
Votes: 34
29. The African Americans: Many Rivers to Cross with Henry Louis Gates, Jr. (2013)
TV-PG | Documentary
Professor Gates describes the history of the African American people by talking to historians, authors, and the people who made history.
Stars: Henry Louis Gates Jr., Vincent Brown, Bernard E. Powers Jr., Peniel E. Joseph
Votes: 291
30. Slay the Dragon (2019)
PG-13 | 101 min | Documentary
It influences elections and sways outcomes-gerrymandering has become a hot-button political topic and symbol for everything broken about the American electoral process. But there are those on the front lines fighting to change the system.
Directors: Chris Durrance, Barak Goodman | Stars: Stephen Wolf, Rick Pluta, Charles Williams II, Curt Guyette
Votes: 476
31. 72 Seconds in Rittenhouse Square (2023– )
Documentary
It explores both sides of the coin, focusing on these two men: an aspiring rapper and a successful real estate developer. What really happened that night?
Votes: 84
32. Vito (2011)
Not Rated | 93 min | Documentary, Biography, History
The story of Vito Russo, founding father of the gay liberation movement, author of "The Celluloid Closet," and vociferous AIDS activist in the 1980s.
Director: Jeffrey Schwarz | Stars: Phyllis Antonellis, George Bancroft, Richard Barrios, Edmund Bergler
Votes: 772
33. Makers: Women Who Make America (2013– )
60 min | Documentary
This series documents stories of women's contributions to some of the most important moments in the history of America.
Stars: Meryl Streep, Gloria Steinem, Letty Cottin Pogrebin, Pat Schroeder
Votes: 143
34. Better Living (1998)
95 min | Comedy
Three grown daughters try to find their own personal ways to deal with their dysfunctional parents. The mother is an unorthodox woman with out-of-the-ordinary ideas, including one where she... See full summary »
Director: Max Mayer | Stars: Scott Cohen, Olympia Dukakis, Jamie Gonzalez, Roy Scheider
Votes: 155 | Gross: $0.00M
35. Double Parked (2000)
Not Rated | 98 min | Comedy, Drama
A resourceful and high-spirited woman deals with financial distress and her asthmatic thirteen-year-old son when his life is gravely complicated by a new friendship with the son of her former drunken and abusive husband.
Director: Stephen Kinsella | Stars: Callie Thorne, Bill Sage, Noah Fleiss, Rufus Read
Votes: 195
36. Ed Gein: The Ghoul of Plainfield (2004 Video)
24 min | Documentary, Short
Director: Michelle Palmer | Stars: Ed Gein, John K. Russell, Harold Schechter, David J. Skal
Votes: 169
37. Getting Made: The Making of 'GoodFellas' (2004 Video)
30 min | Documentary, Short
A documentary that presents a brief yet detailed account on the making of Martin Scorsese "GoodFellas", the successful film that redefined the Mafia on the big screen, and a cultural ... See full summary »
Stars: Barbara De Fina, Martin Scorsese, Nicholas Pileggi, Ray Liotta
Votes: 227
38. The Italian Americans (2014– )
Documentary
The Italian Americans reveals the unique qualities of one immigrant group's experience, and how these qualities have shaped and challenged America.
Stars: Stanley Tucci, John Turturro, Adriana Trigiani, Sejal M. Patel
Votes: 103
39. Walking to the Waterline (1998)
PG | 100 min | Drama
Matt Mulhern stars as an out of work sit-com actor visiting his empty childhood home on the Jersey shore while struggling to make sense of the loss of his father, his past, and, for one funny and heartbreaking week, himself.
Director: Matt Mulhern | Stars: Hallie Foote, Matt Mulhern, Kara Silver, Neil Rattigan
Votes: 325
40. No Day But Today: The Story of 'Rent' (2006 Video)
112 min | Documentary, Music
A documentary about Jonathan Larson's musical Rent, from the original idea to its creator tragic passing to its adaptation to the silver screen.
Director: Jeffrey Schwarz | Stars: Billy Aronson, Martha Banta, Michael Barnathan, Tom Buderwitz
Votes: 219
41. Hudson River Blues (1997)
91 min | Drama
Hoping to help their marriage, a Manhattan lawyer (Rya Kihlstedt) brings her burned-out husband (Robert Stanton) to her mother's home upstate.
Director: Nell Cox | Stars: Mason Adams, Patti Allison, Marylouise Burke, Miles Chapin
Votes: 84
42. Snapped (1998)
83 min | Drama
Snapped examines the lives of a colorful group of young people as they try to connect with each other and stay amused in a sleepy Long Island town. Tara, a social outcast reunites with her ... See full summary »
Director: Jesse Feigelman | Stars: Gaby Hoffmann, Seymour Cassel, Johnny Zander, David Wheir
Votes: 61
43. Inside the Labyrinth: The Making of 'The Silence of the Lambs' (2001 Video)
63 min | Documentary
A behind-the-scenes look at the making of this Oscar winning thriller, prepared for its tenth anniversary. Includes interviews with star Anthony Hopkins, as well as other members of the ... See full summary »
Director: Jeffrey Schwarz | Stars: Amy Taubin, Ron Bozman, Ted Levine, Ted Tally
Votes: 323
44. The Blue Diner (2001)
PG-13 | 100 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Eager to become a businesswoman, an immigrant from Puerto Rico tries to adjust to life in the United States.
Director: Jan Egleson | Stars: Miriam Colon, Lisa Vidal, J.R. Yenque, William Marquez
Votes: 128
45. Wonderland (1997)
80 min | Documentary
The director interviews residents of the Levittown community, which was intended to be an affordable housing community for soldiers returning from war. Several communities were built in the 1940s and 1950s, on the east coast.
Director: John O'Hagan | Stars: Bill Griffith, John McGarr, Eddie Money
Votes: 141
46. Spine Tingler! The William Castle Story (2007)
Not Rated | 82 min | Documentary, Biography
Chronicles the last great American showman, filmmaker William Castle, a master of ballyhoo who became a brand name in movie horror with his outrageous audience participation gimmicks.
Director: Jeffrey Schwarz | Stars: Forrest J. Ackerman, John Badham, Diane Baker, Sidney D. Balkin
Votes: 684
47. Year One: A Political Odyssey (2022)
TV-14 | 85 min | Documentary
It centers on President Joe Biden's first year in office.
Director: John Maggio | Stars: Lloyd Austin, Antony Blinken, William Burns, Chris Coons
Votes: 346
48. A, B, C... Manhattan (1997)
90 min | Drama
Three women are to make vital decisions about their future. Colleen wants to be a photographer but can't support her daughter Stella. Kacey is looking both for her dog stolen by her ... See full summary »
Director: Amir Naderi | Stars: Lucy Knight, Erin Norris, Sara Paull, Maisy Hughes
Votes: 164
49. Minnesota Nice (2003 Video)
28 min | Short, Documentary
A special behind the scenes documentary about one of the greatest films of all time, with actors and the directors revealing stories and curiosities about the film and also about the ... See full summary »
Director: Jeffrey Schwarz | Stars: Petra Boden, Bain Boehlke, Steve Buscemi, Ethan Coen
Votes: 226
50. Margarita Happy Hour (2001)
98 min | Drama
Five "disreputable" women from Brooklyn meet in the late-afternoon hours to throw back half-price drink specials and bitch uninhibitedly about life, libidos and lactation.
Director: Ilya Chaiken | Stars: Eleanor Hutchins, Larry Fessenden, Holly Ramos, Barbara Sicuranza
Votes: 173 | Gross: $0.01M