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1. 10 Things I Hate About You (1999)

PG-13 | 97 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

A high-school boy, Cameron, cannot date Bianca until her anti-social older sister, Kat, has a boyfriend. So, Cameron pays a mysterious boy, Patrick, to charm Kat.

Director: Gil Junger | Stars: Heath Ledger, Julia Stiles, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Larisa Oleynik

Votes: 386,313 | Gross: $38.18M

2. Batman Forever (1995)

PG-13 | 121 min | Action, Adventure

Batman must battle former district attorney Harvey Dent, who is now Two-Face and Edward Nygma, The Riddler with help from an amorous psychologist and a young circus acrobat who becomes his sidekick, Robin.

Director: Joel Schumacher | Stars: Val Kilmer, Tommy Lee Jones, Jim Carrey, Nicole Kidman

Votes: 266,812 | Gross: $184.03M

3. Beauty and the Beast (1991)

G | 84 min | Animation, Family, Fantasy

A prince cursed to spend his days as a hideous monster sets out to regain his humanity by earning a young woman's love.

Directors: Gary Trousdale, Kirk Wise | Stars: Paige O'Hara, Robby Benson, Jesse Corti, Rex Everhart

Votes: 480,115 | Gross: $218.97M

4. Hocus Pocus (1993)

PG | 96 min | Comedy, Family, Fantasy

A teenage boy named Max and his little sister move to Salem, where he struggles to fit in before awakening a trio of diabolical witches that were executed in the 17th century.

Director: Kenny Ortega | Stars: Bette Midler, Sarah Jessica Parker, Kathy Najimy, Omri Katz

Votes: 156,072 | Gross: $44.34M

5. Absolutely Fabulous (1992–2012)

TV-14 | 45 min | Comedy

The wild misadventures of Edina "Eddy" Monsoon and her best friend Patsy Stone, who live in a nearly constant haze of drugged, drunken selfishness.

Stars: Jennifer Saunders, Joanna Lumley, Julia Sawalha, June Whitfield

Votes: 21,562

6. The Haunted Mansion (2003)

PG | 88 min | Comedy, Family, Fantasy

A realtor and his wife and children are summoned to a mansion, which they soon discover is haunted, and while they attempt to escape, he learns an important lesson about the family he has neglected.

Director: Rob Minkoff | Stars: Eddie Murphy, Marsha Thomason, Jennifer Tilly, Terence Stamp

Votes: 56,976 | Gross: $75.85M

7. My Favorite Martian (1999)

PG | 94 min | Comedy, Family, Sci-Fi

A Martian lands on Earth and makes friends with a reporter.

Director: Donald Petrie | Stars: Christopher Lloyd, Jeff Daniels, Elizabeth Hurley, Daryl Hannah

Votes: 14,445 | Gross: $36.83M

8. Sour Grapes (1998)

R | 91 min | Comedy

Evan and Ritchie see their friendship go sour after one wins a slots jackpot with two quarters bummed from the other.

Director: Larry David | Stars: Steven Weber, Craig Bierko, Jack Burns, Viola Harris

Votes: 3,077 | Gross: $0.22M

9. Great Performances (1971– )

TV-G | 180 min | Music, Musical

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

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

Votes: 903

10. Tall Tale (1995)

PG | 96 min | Adventure, Family, Fantasy

A young boy's imagination summons cowboy legend Pecos Bill, who helps him save the family farm from a greedy land-grabber. With the help of a lumberjack and a railroad worker, they all embark on a surprise-filled adventure.

Director: Jeremiah S. Chechik | Stars: Patrick Swayze, Oliver Platt, Roger Aaron Brown, Nick Stahl

Votes: 4,271 | Gross: $8.25M

11. Mr. Magoo (1997)

PG | 87 min | Adventure, Comedy, Family

The myopic millionaire defeats jewel smugglers in his usual bumbling manner.

Director: Stanley Tong | Stars: Leslie Nielsen, Kelly Lynch, Matt Keeslar, Nick Chinlund

Votes: 16,167 | Gross: $21.38M

12. Between the Lions (1999–2011)

TV-Y | 30 min | Comedy, Family, Fantasy

Live-action and animation blend together in this educational fantasy about a family of lions running a library filled with adventurous and musical books.

Stars: Anthony Asbury, Jennifer Barnhart, Peter Linz, Fred Newman

Votes: 1,529

13. America's Most Wanted: America Fights Back (1988–2013)

TV-PG | 60 min | Documentary, Crime

True crimes are dramatized in hopes that viewers can give information leading to the capture of the criminals.

Stars: John Walsh, Daniel David Sim, Don LaFontaine, Jon Leiberman

Votes: 2,268

14. A Far Off Place (1993)

PG | 108 min | Adventure, Drama, Family

When a gang of African poachers raid her family's farm, young Nonni, visiting American teenager Harry Winslow and a local bushman guide must escape into the Kalahari desert and reach the nearest town.

Director: Mikael Salomon | Stars: Reese Witherspoon, Ethan Embry, Jack Thompson, Sarel Bok

Votes: 3,820 | Gross: $12.89M

15. The Sunchaser (1996)

R | 122 min | Crime, Drama

A prestigious oncologist learns a valuable lesson in humility and is forced to reexamine his relationship with medicine and his life in general when Brandon, a young patient and convicted for murder, kidnaps him at gunpoint.

Director: Michael Cimino | Stars: Woody Harrelson, Jon Seda, Anne Bancroft, Alexandra Tydings

Votes: 5,219 | Gross: $0.02M

16. It's Like, You Know... (1999–2001)

TV-14 | 30 min | Comedy

New York writer Arthur Garment moves to L.A. to write a book about his hatred of the city and its vapid and superficial culture, but the longer he remains there, the fonder he becomes of it.

Stars: Steven Eckholdt, Chris Eigeman, Evan Handler, A.J. Langer

Votes: 592

17. KaBlam! (1996–2000)

TV-Y7 | 30 min | Animation, Comedy, Family

An animated anthology show hosted by two kids who live in a comic book.

Stars: Noah Segan, Julia McIlvaine, Bert Pence, Scott Paulsen

Votes: 2,951

18. American Dreamer (2018)

R | 92 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

A down on his luck HAIL driver who makes extra cash chauffeuring a low level drug dealer around town, finds himself in a serious financial bind and decides to kidnap the dealer's child.

Director: Derrick Borte | Stars: Jim Gaffigan, Tammy Blanchard, Isabel Arraiza, Alejandro Hernandez

Votes: 1,066

19. Emily & Tim (2015)

Unrated | 87 min | Drama

A look at the tumultuous marriage of Tim and Emily Hanratty over half a century.

Directors: Eric Weber, Sean Devaney | Stars: Kathleen Turner, Zosia Mamet, Thomas Mann, Jeremy Jordan

Votes: 349

20. Impossible Monsters (2019)

84 min | Thriller

An ambitious professor becomes caught up in the murder of a participant in his sleep study, as the lines between dreams and reality blur.

Director: Nathan Catucci | Stars: Dennis Boutsikaris, Laila Robins, Geoffrey Owens, Santino Fontana

Votes: 5,904

21. I Spy (2002–2003)

TV-G | Animation, Family

Spyler and CeCe join the fun to search for missing items.

Stars: Tara Sands, Lizzie Waterworth, Maria Darling, Allen Enlow

Votes: 68

22. Lady Day at Emerson's Bar & Grill (2016 TV Movie)

TV-14 | 90 min | Biography, Drama, Music

It's 1959 in a seedy bar in Philadelphia, and Billie Holiday is giving one of her last performances interlaced with salty, often humorous, reminiscences to project a riveting portrait of the lady and her music 4 months before her death.

Director: Lonny Price | Stars: Audra McDonald, Shelton Becton, George Farmer, Clayton Craddock

Votes: 592

23. Are You Happy Now (2021)

Comedy, Romance

Adam thinks marrying Gina will save his life, but to her, true love might mean divorce.

Director: David Beinstein | Stars: Josh Ruben, Catherine Curtin, Danny Johnson, Nozipho Mclean

Votes: 49

24. Spectropia (2006)

95 min | Sci-Fi

While searching the past for her missing father with a time machine of her own invention, the young protagonist Spectropia is accidentally transported to New York in 1931. There she finds ... See full summary »

Director: Toni Dove | Stars: Aleksa Palladino, Carolyn McCormick, Richard Bekins, Roy Thinnes

Votes: 23

25. Walking the Dog (1991)

30 min | Short

An elderly antique dealers quiet life is disrupted when a precocious teenager visits her shop and helps himself to her most prized possession. ...

Director: Bonnie Palef | Stars: Veronica Cartwright, Nora Dunn, Victor Garber, Paul Hecht

Votes: 58

26. One Night (2007)

97 min | Drama, Romance

Fifteen New Yorkers go into a Friday night unaware of the fact that their lives are about to change. Larry, an A&R executive, has been sublimating his deep fear of getting older by carrying... See full summary »

Director: Michael Knowles | Stars: Jordan Bayne, Laurence Blum, Kevin Cahoon, Christian Campbell

Votes: 158

27. States of Control (1997)

84 min | Drama

A provocative and honest journey deep into the world of a woman determined to buck the sterility of modern life.

Director: Zachary Winestine | Stars: Jennifer Van Dyck, Stephen Bogardus, John Cunningham, Ellen Greene

Votes: 34

28. The Prospects (2010)

79 min | Comedy

Two young people plan to steal a baseball card collection from an elderly man to fund their dream of setting up a recording studio. However, their plans go awry when one of them ends up falling in love with the man's nurse.

Director: David Brundige | Stars: Charlie Hewson, Eric Edelstein, Simone Vicari, Peter Abbruscato

Votes: 60

29. The Girl in the Watermelon (1994)

92 min | Comedy

A girl looking for her father finds families she needs

Director: Sergio M. Castilla | Stars: Meredith Scott Lynn, Michael Allinson, Jon Avner, Lisa Abukusumo

Votes: 46

30. The Ghost Club: Spirits Never Die (2013)

PG-13 | 85 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller

The Ghost Club: Spirits Never Die is a fun, sexy, tongue-in-cheek movie about a TV Reality Ghost show, descended from the famous Ghost Club of Harry Houdini and Sir Conan Doyle.

Director: Hank Blumenthal | Stars: Enisha Brewster, Jason Mac, Jason Nunes, Clark Sarullo

Votes: 84

31. Heaven, I Suppose (2022)

Short

A seasoned funeral director is faced with his own mortality when he must prepare a funeral for a man who looks exactly like him.

Director: Riley Donigan | Stars: Kate Burton, Maria Dizzia, Chris Orbach, Matt Walton

32. Oysters Rockefeller (2012)

12 min | Short, Comedy

Gibbon Pearl, raised by his overprotective mother and aunt, has never been allowed outside. On the anniversary of his grandfather's death, he meets Lucy, and falls instantly in love.

Director: Charles Rogers | Stars: Hale Appleman, Susan Jeffries, Kate Weiman, Sarah Burkhalter

Votes: 15

33. Escape from Canal Street

Short, Mystery, Thriller | Post-production

In exchange for clues about their girlfriends disappearance, androgynous bad-boy Dell is enlisted by an icy drag queen on the path of revenge to rob a notorious downtown sugar daddy in this glitter-noir short film.

Director: Tristen Stafford | Stars: Matt Walton, Sadie Scott, Malcolm Minor, Libby Lou Larkin

34. The Beltlands

Western | Announced

Three motorcycle riders set out to avenge a young woman's death.

Director: Nathan Catucci | Stars: Laila Robins, Geoffrey Owens

35. Brooklyn Sonnet (2000)

R | 95 min | Drama, Action

A young man must decide between a life on the streets and a career in the theater.

Director: Elyse Lewin | Stars: Jim Stanek, Kerry Butler, Philip Bosco, Joseph Lyle Taylor

Votes: 119

36. 37 (2013)

8 min | Short, Drama, History

March 27, 1964, The New York Times published an article headlined '37 Who Saw Murder Didn't Call the Police'. For more than half an hour, 37 law-abiding citizens in Queens watched their ... See full summary »

Director: Puk Grasten | Stars: Lynn Cohen, George S. Irving, Korey Jackson, Heather Lind

Votes: 13

37. Heirloom (2021)

22 min | Short, Drama

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Director: Miriam Grill | Stars: Mary Bacon, Josie Burke, Norm Lewis, Ty Robinson

38. No Deposit, No Return (2000)

90 min | Action

An entrepreneur lets one of his friends talk him into a mail-order business that turns out to be a front for the mob.

Director: Derek Velez Partridge | Stars: Reiko Aylesworth, Alexander Barnett, Peter Billingsley, Chris Coburn

Votes: 24

39. Driven Out (II)

Short, Sci-Fi | Post-production

A former high school bully is sent on a harrowing journey when an old classmate recommends a mysterious new ride share service.

Director: Andy Currie | Stars: Rick Irwin, Stephen Cofield Jr., Haven Burton Paschall, David Tyree

40. Red Light August (1999)

30 min | Drama, Short

The budding friendship between an idealistic painter and a teenage street hustler is haunted by addiction and sexual obsession in this short film, set against the New York City underground rave scene.

Director: Jeff Gomez | Stars: Richard H. Blake, Adrian Johansson, Darlene Tejeiro, David Titus

Votes: 66

41. Outliving Emily (2011)

16 min | Short, Comedy, Drama

A long-married couple reaching their twilight years find themselves divided over whether to plot their final moment or let it come for them.

Directors: Sean Devaney, Eric Weber | Stars: Olympia Dukakis, Bernie McInerney, Louis Zorich

42. Rabbit (VI)

Horror | Announced

A malevolent force is unleashed when a young boy buries his beloved rabbit.

Director: Nathan Catucci

43. I'm Not Done (2014)

10 min | Short, Drama

Sarah just lost her job. She is uninsured and diagnosed with a life threatening illness. She decides to take control of her life and her disease.

Director: Ronny Dörfler | Stars: Nicole Betancourt, Gianni Echeverria, Gianni Echeverria, Tamara Francis

44. Bee (2005)

13 min | Short, Comedy

Mark likes to act like a macho man in spite of his bee phobia. On the first date with Margaret everything goes well until a bee enters the room and causes Mark's panic attack. Ironically ... See full summary »

Director: Wes Tomasz Ciesla | Stars: Genia Michaela, Gregory Sims

Votes: 11

45. Tech Up (2012– )

Comedy

Anson, an aspiring entrepreneur, endeavors to launch a start-up for his latest invention. Running his bootstrap operation out of a Subway Restaurant with the help of Marlene, an employee, ... See full summary »

Stars: Rob Michael Hugel, Ariana Seigel, Kumar Pallana, Russ Armstrong

Votes: 7

46. Autumn Whispers (2013)

13 min | Short, Comedy

11 year-old Elliot Murkle is making his first feature film, funded by his powerful producer father and starring the once esteemed Rosalind Mathers. It's a battle of the ages as Elliot and ... See full summary »

Director: Charles Rogers | Stars: Jake Miller, Diane Ciesla, Danny Burstein, Susan Jeffries

Votes: 9

47. Advertising the Musical

Animation | Announced

A lonely slacker lies his way into a dream job at the most powerful ad agency in the world, but he'll have to save their biggest account if he wants to survive til the end of the day.

48. Great Performances (1971– )
Episode: My Favorite Broadway: The Love Songs (2001)

TV-G | Music, Musical

This production is a filmed record of a concert given on 16 October 2000 at the City Center for Music and Dance, New York City, to raise funds for Broadway Cares/Equity Fights Aids. The ... See full summary »

Directors: Eve Adair, David Horn | Stars: Julie Andrews, Michael Crawford, Linda Eder, Peter Gallagher

Votes: 67

49. Absolutely Fabulous (1992–2012)
Episode: Gay (2002)

TV-14 | 54 min | Comedy

Bo and Marshall, now running a Christian television station, inadvertently reveal that Eddy's long-lost son Serge is gay and living in New York. Patsy's heading there for Fashion Week, so ... See full summary »

Director: Tristram Shapeero | Stars: Jennifer Saunders, Joanna Lumley, Julia Sawalha, Jane Horrocks

Votes: 328

50. Between the Lions (1999–2011)
Episode: Pecos Bill Cleans Up the West (2000)

TV-Y | Comedy, Family, Fantasy

The library's family of lions demonstrate their wonderful facility for bringing books to life by taking folklore figure Pecos Bill out of the pages of a book to join them in the library.

Directors: Lisa Simon, Richard A. Fernandes, Kathryn Mullen, Linda K. Rath | Stars: Kathryn Mullen, Anthony Asbury, Heather Asch, Jennifer Barnhart