Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "made-up-word"

1. Watching the Detectives (2007)

Not Rated | 91 min | Comedy, Romance

A film noir buff to the extreme is given a taste of his own medicine and has his life turned upside down by a kooky femme fatale with a big adventure in mind. Sometimes love is stranger than fiction.

Director: Paul Soter | Stars: Cillian Murphy, Lucy Liu, Jason Sudeikis, Michael Panes

Votes: 6,620

2. The Critic (1994–2001)

TV-14 | 522 min | Animation, Comedy, Drama

Jay Sherman is a New York film critic who has to review films he doesn't like for a living.

Stars: Jon Lovitz, Nick Jameson, Maurice LaMarche, Nancy Cartwright

Votes: 9,085

3. Religulous (2008)

R | 101 min | Documentary, Comedy, War

Bill Maher's take on the current state of world religion.

Director: Larry Charles | Stars: Bill Maher, Tal Bachman, Jonathan Boulden, Steven Burg

Votes: 60,238 | Gross: $13.00M

4. Freakonomics (2010)

PG-13 | 85 min | Documentary

A collection of documentaries that explores the hidden side of human nature through the use of the science of economics.

Directors: Heidi Ewing, Alex Gibney, Seth Gordon, Rachel Grady, Eugene Jarecki, Morgan Spurlock | Stars: James Ransone, Tempestt Bledsoe, Morgan Spurlock, Melvin Van Peebles

Votes: 7,734 | Gross: $0.10M

5. Jewtholic (2013 Video)

Not Rated | 21 min | Short, Comedy

A woman raised Catholic learns that her biological mother is Jewish sending her on a journey to reconnect with her biological family and decide on her spirituality.

Director: Satie Gossett | Stars: Beate Antares, Grace Isabella Atkin, Evan Boymel, Mark L. Colbenson

Votes: 8

6. Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows (2014–2018)

Short

A compendium of invented words written that aims to fill holes in the language to give a name to emotions we all feel but don't have a word for.

Star: John Koenig

7. Murderererer (2009)

11 min | Short, Comedy

A normal man finds himself in the wrong place at the wrong time when his dentist is murdered. Could he have been framed, or could he be the framer?

Director: Spenser Fritz | Stars: Daniel Bissell, Phil Brady, Chris Carson, Marty Dillingham

8. Red Dwarf (1988– )
Episode: Bodyswap (1989)

TV-14 | 27 min | Comedy, Sci-Fi

Red Dwarf becomes a booby-trap when Lister activates the self-destruct, which turns out to be the vending machine and Lister is implanted with the mind of one of the dead crew members and ... See full summary »

Director: Ed Bye | Stars: Chris Barrie, Craig Charles, Danny John-Jules, Hattie Hayridge

Votes: 938

9. Seinfeld (1989–1998)
Episode: The Stakeout (1990)

TV-PG | 23 min | Comedy

Jerry and George stake out the lobby of an office building to find a woman Jerry met at a party but whose name and phone number he didn't get.

Director: Tom Cherones | Stars: Jerry Seinfeld, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Michael Richards, Jason Alexander

Votes: 5,692

10. The Simpsons (1989– )
Episode: Lisa the Iconoclast (1996)

TV-14 | 30 min | Animation, Comedy

While researching for an essay, Lisa discovers that Springfield's founding father was actually a murderous thief.

Director: Mike B. Anderson | Stars: Dan Castellaneta, Julie Kavner, Nancy Cartwright, Yeardley Smith

Votes: 2,927

11. Star Trek (1966–1969)
Episode: A Piece of the Action (1968)

TV-PG | 50 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

The crew of the Enterprise struggles to cope with a planet of imitative people who have modeled their society on 1920s gangsters.

Director: James Komack | Stars: William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, DeForest Kelley, Anthony Caruso

Votes: 3,819

12. The Simpsons (1989– )
Episode: Bart the Genius (1990)

TV-PG | 30 min | Animation, Comedy

Bart ends up at a school for gifted children after cheating on an IQ test.

Director: David Silverman | Stars: Dan Castellaneta, Julie Kavner, Nancy Cartwright, Yeardley Smith

Votes: 6,002

13. Pee-wee's Playhouse (1986–1991)
Episode: Playhouse in Outer Space (1987)

TV-PG | 30 min | Comedy, Family, Musical

The entire Playhouse is carried off into outer space to an alien planet, where they meet Zyzzybalubah, a lonely alien who brought the Playhouse to his planet so he can have friends to play with.

Directors: Wayne Orr, Paul Reubens | Stars: Kevin Carlson, Ric Heitzman, William Marshall, George McGrath

Votes: 43

14. The IT Crowd (2006–2013)
Episode: The Final Countdown (2010)

TV-14 | 24 min | Comedy

Roy tries to locate a window-cleaner who left his ladders in Roy's flat, Moss becomes a member of the strange, secret, elite club of Countdown (1982) champions, and Jen investigates what's going on in the Heads of Department meetings.

Directors: Graham Linehan, Derek Hallworth | Stars: Chris O'Dowd, Richard Ayoade, Katherine Parkinson, Matt Berry

Votes: 2,437

15. The Goldbergs (2013–2023)
Episode: Lame Gretzky (2014)

TV-PG | 21 min | Comedy

As Murray struggles to get Adam interested in hockey, Beverly's efforts to help Erica prepare for her college entrance exams threaten to backfire.

Director: David Katzenberg | Stars: Wendi McLendon-Covey, Sean Giambrone, Troy Gentile, Hayley Orrantia

Votes: 426

16. Chasing Cameron (2016)
Episode: Losing a Friend (2016)

TV-PG | Reality-TV

Cameron spends time with his family and goes house hunting with Aaron and Chris in LA. Taylor and Trey have doubts about their next steps.

Director: Tom Currie | Stars: Gina Bannemer, Mackenzie Becker, Brandon, Taylor Caniff

Votes: 13

17. The Haunting of Hill House (2018)
Episode: Two Storms (2018)

TV-MA | 57 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery

It's a reunion for all the wrong reasons when Hugh flies in for the funeral, coming face to face with his estranged children on a dark, stormy night.

Director: Mike Flanagan | Stars: Michiel Huisman, Carla Gugino, Henry Thomas, Elizabeth Reaser

Votes: 13,103