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1. The Invitation (II) (2022)
PG-13 | 105 min | Horror, Thriller
A young woman is courted and swept off her feet, only to realize a gothic conspiracy is afoot.
Director: Jessica M. Thompson | Stars: Nathalie Emmanuel, Thomas Doherty, Sean Pertwee, Hugh Skinner
Votes: 32,727
2. Rain Man (1988)
R | 133 min | Drama
After a selfish L.A. yuppie learns his estranged father left a fortune to an autistic-savant brother in Ohio that he didn't know existed, he absconds with his brother and sets out across the country, hoping to gain a larger inheritance.
Director: Barry Levinson | Stars: Dustin Hoffman, Tom Cruise, Valeria Golino, Gerald R. Molen
Votes: 548,234 | Gross: $178.80M
3. Rumble Fish (1983)
R | 94 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
Absent-minded street thug Rusty James struggles to live up to his legendary older brother's reputation, and longs for the days of gang warfare.
Director: Francis Ford Coppola | Stars: Matt Dillon, Mickey Rourke, Diane Lane, Dennis Hopper
Votes: 37,913 | Gross: $2.49M
4. Despicable Me 3 (2017)
PG | 89 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
Gru meets his long-lost, charming, cheerful, and more successful twin brother Dru, who wants to team up with him for one last criminal heist.
Directors: Kyle Balda, Pierre Coffin, Eric Guillon | Stars: Steve Carell, Kristen Wiig, Trey Parker, Miranda Cosgrove
Votes: 155,160 | Gross: $264.62M
5. Gosford Park (2001)
R | 137 min | Comedy, Drama, Mystery
Set in the 1930s, a group of pretentious rich and famous get together for a weekend of relaxation at a hunting resort. But when a murder occurs, each one of these interesting characters becomes a suspect.
Director: Robert Altman | Stars: Maggie Smith, Ryan Phillippe, Michael Gambon, Kristin Scott Thomas
Votes: 94,220 | Gross: $41.31M
6. Carnivàle (2003–2005)
TV-MA | 60 min | Drama, Fantasy, Mystery
During the Great Depression, an Oklahoma farm boy and a charismatic minister learn that they are key players in a proxy war being fought between Heaven and Hell.
Stars: Michael J. Anderson, Adrienne Barbeau, Clancy Brown, Debra Christofferson
Votes: 46,959
7. Guiding Light (1952–2009)
TV-14 | 60 min | Drama, Romance
This show took place in the fictional Midwestern town of Springfield and centered on the middle class Bauer family.
Stars: Kim Zimmer, Beth Chamberlin, Maureen Garrett, Robert Newman
Votes: 1,874
8. Central Station (1998)
R | 110 min | Drama
The emotive journey of a former schoolteacher who writes letters for illiterate people, and a young boy whose mother has just died, as they search for the father he never knew.
Director: Walter Salles | Stars: Fernanda Montenegro, Vinícius de Oliveira, Marília Pêra, Soia Lira
Votes: 42,455 | Gross: $5.60M
9. Addams Family Reunion (1998 TV Movie)
PG | 91 min | Comedy, Family, Fantasy
The Addams Family goes on a search for their relatives.
Director: Dave Payne | Stars: Daryl Hannah, Tim Curry, Nicole Fugere, Jerry Messing
Votes: 5,171
10. People Like Us (2012)
PG-13 | 114 min | Comedy, Drama
While settling his recently deceased father's estate, a salesman discovers he has a sister whom he never knew about, leading both siblings to re-examine their perceptions about family and life choices.
Director: Alex Kurtzman | Stars: Chris Pine, Elizabeth Banks, Michelle Pfeiffer, Olivia Wilde
Votes: 44,209 | Gross: $12.41M
11. Daughter of the Dragon (1931)
Passed | 70 min | Crime, Drama
Princess Ling Moy, a young and beautiful Chinese aristocrat lives next door, unbeknownst to her, to Dr. Fu Manchu, a brilliant but twisted genius who is out to rule the world. She is ... See full summary »
Director: Lloyd Corrigan | Stars: Anna May Wong, Warner Oland, Sessue Hayakawa, Bramwell Fletcher
Votes: 837
12. The Christmas Secret (2014 TV Movie)
TV-G | 86 min | Drama, Family, Romance
While her life is falling apart, single mom Christine finds a magical family heirloom that leads to love and good fortune during Christmas.
Director: Norma Bailey | Stars: Bethany Joy Lenz, John Reardon, Susan Hogan, Michael Hogan
Votes: 3,903
13. The Woman in White (1997 TV Movie)
Unrated | 125 min | Mystery, Thriller
The gothic tale of a pair of half-sisters whose lives end up caught in a grand conspiracy revolving around a mentally ill woman dressed in white.
Director: Tim Fywell | Stars: Tara Fitzgerald, Justine Waddell, Andrew Lincoln, Susan Vidler
Votes: 1,241
14. The Accidental Spy (2001)
PG-13 | 87 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
At a Hong Kong shopping center, Buck Yuen's (Jackie Chan's) intuition warns him. He saves a robbery's loot and gets on television, ends up in Istanbul via South Korea, and accidentally becomes a spy. Fortunately, he knows Kung Fu.
Director: Teddy Chan | Stars: Jackie Chan, Min Kim, Eric Tsang, Vivian Hsu
Votes: 18,731
15. The Black Cat (1934)
Not Rated | 65 min | Crime, Horror, Romance
American honeymooners in Hungary become trapped in the home of a Satan-worshipping priest when the bride is taken there for medical help following a road accident.
Director: Edgar G. Ulmer | Stars: Boris Karloff, Bela Lugosi, David Manners, Julie Bishop
Votes: 13,045 | Gross: $0.51M
16. From Now (2020 Podcast Series)
Action, Adventure, Family
The series begins when the U.S.S. HOPE, a famed lost spaceship, returns to Earth after vanishing 35 years prior. The lone survivor, voiced by Madden, disembarks mysteriously looking the ... See full summary »
Stars: Richard Madden, Brian Cox, David Dastmalchian, Erin Moriarty
Votes: 306
17. Street of Chance (1942)
Approved | 74 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
After an accident, a New York man with amnesia finds out the ugly truth about his real identity and past by interacting with people who seem to know him well.
Director: Jack Hively | Stars: Burgess Meredith, Claire Trevor, Louise Platt, Sheldon Leonard
Votes: 749
18. Leningrad Cowboys Go America (1989)
PG-13 | 79 min | Comedy, Music
Siberian rock band Leningrad Cowboys go to the USA in pursuit of fame.
Director: Aki Kaurismäki | Stars: Matti Pellonpää, Kari Väänänen, Sakke Järvenpää, Heikki Keskinen
Votes: 8,514
19. The Kid from Kokomo (1939)
Approved | 93 min | Comedy, Romance
A fight promoter finds his fighter, Homer Baston, in the sticks, a country hick left by his mother when he was young and he won't leave his home as he is still waiting for her to return to ... See full summary »
Director: Lewis Seiler | Stars: Pat O'Brien, Wayne Morris, Joan Blondell, May Robson
Votes: 226
20. Princesas (2020– )
TV-MA | Fantasy
Stars: Fiorella Pennano, Flavia Laos, Tatiana Calmell, Priscila Espinoza
Votes: 5
21. The Woman in White (1948)
Approved | 109 min | Drama, Mystery, Romance
A ghostly woman warns a beautiful Victorian heiress about a count, and a strange spell haunts a mansion and its inhabitants in an adaptation of Wilkie Collins' novel.
Director: Peter Godfrey | Stars: Alexis Smith, Eleanor Parker, Sydney Greenstreet, Gig Young
Votes: 1,765
22. Marrying Father Christmas (2018 TV Movie)
TV-G | 87 min | Drama, Mystery, Romance
When Miranda Chester set off to find information on her biological father two Christmases ago, she never imagined that her investigation would lead her to both the family she had always longed for and Ian McAndrick - the love of her life.
Director: David Winning | Stars: Erin Krakow, Niall Matter, Wendie Malick, P. Lynn Johnson
Votes: 1,592
23. Catterick (2004– )
30 min | Comedy
Ex soldier Carl Palmer returns home from Cyprus to join his brother Chris who has agreed to help find Carl's son.
Stars: Morwenna Banks, Mark Benton, Tim Healy, Matt Lucas
Votes: 882
24. Hidden Intentions (2018 TV Movie)
84 min | Drama, Thriller
After her mother's funeral, Sophie's Aunt Jordyn shows up, and Sophie thinks something is not right, and finds out that she is in danger.
Directors: Devon Downs, Kenny Gage | Stars: Ashlynn Yennie, Chris McKenna, Paige Searcy, Lofton Shaw
Votes: 276
25. Captain January (1936)
Passed | 77 min | Comedy, Family, Musical
A little girl named Star lives with the lighthouse keeper who rescued her when her parents drowned. A truant officer decides she should go to boarding school, but she's rescued by relatives.
Director: David Butler | Stars: Shirley Temple, Guy Kibbee, Slim Summerville, Buddy Ebsen
Votes: 1,503
26. Bad Blood (1988)
R | 104 min | Drama, Thriller
Artist who lives in an old mansion imagines that her dead husband has been reincarnated as her son.
Director: Chuck Vincent | Stars: Georgina Spelvin, Randy Spears, Linda Blair, Troy Donahue
Votes: 188
27. Make Haste to Live (1954)
Approved | 90 min | Drama, Film-Noir, Thriller
After serving 18 years in prison for a murder he didn't commit, a mobster is paroled and returns to a New Mexico town to exact his revenge on the woman responsible for his conviction.
Director: William A. Seiter | Stars: Dorothy McGuire, Stephen McNally, Mary Murphy, Edgar Buchanan
Votes: 348
28. 21 Days Together (1940)
Approved | 72 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
After Larry accidentally kills his lover Wanda's estranged blackmailing husband, someone else is arrested for the crime. Larry and Wanda nervously await the verdict: if the innocent suspect is found guilty then Larry will give himself up.
Director: Basil Dean | Stars: Vivien Leigh, Leslie Banks, Laurence Olivier, Francis L. Sullivan
Votes: 1,277
29. Jacqueline Hyde (2005 Video)
R | 94 min | Comedy, Crime, Horror
Jackie, a lonely and shy telemarketer in her late twenties, gets a phone call informing her that her grandfather has just passed away. As his only living relative, she has inherited his ... See full summary »
Director: Rolfe Kanefsky | Stars: Gabriella Hall, Blythe Metz, Rebekah Ellis, James Ferris
Votes: 382
30. The Chastity Belt (1972)
PG | 94 min | Comedy
Queen of England gives birth to twins, one kept in a pig sty, and the other hidden. Lurkalot, raised by pigs, fights to protect his daughter and her royal line.
Director: Bob Kellett | Stars: Frankie Howerd, David Kernan, Nora Swinburne, Godfrey Winn
Votes: 517
31. Slightly Dangerous (1943)
Passed | 94 min | Comedy, Romance
Peggy is 21 and bored. She has just been awarded a certificate for starting work on time for 1000 days. She decides that she needs a change so she leaves a note, which is taken to be ... See full summary »
Director: Wesley Ruggles | Stars: Lana Turner, Robert Young, Walter Brennan, May Whitty
Votes: 883
32. The Opportunists (1999)
R | 90 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
A struggling auto mechanic with a criminal past agrees to one last heist to pay off his debts.
Director: Myles Connell | Stars: Christopher Walken, Peter McDonald, Anne Pitoniak, Kate Burton
Votes: 1,295 | Gross: $0.58M
33. Adaline (2015)
TV-MA | 97 min | Thriller
Adaline's terrifying visions bleed through from the past and become Daniela's present-day nightmares.
Director: Bidisha Chowdhury | Stars: Jill Evyn, Lane Townsend, Jeremy S. Walker, Emily Claeys
Votes: 265
34. Comin' Round the Mountain (1951)
77 min | Comedy, Musical
Bud and Lou get mixed up with hillbillies, witches and love potions.
Director: Charles Lamont | Stars: Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Dorothy Shay, Kirby Grant
Votes: 1,463
35. Fiza (2000)
Not Rated | 170 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
In 1993 Fiza's brother Aman disappears during the riots in Mumbai. In 1999 Fiza is tired of waiting and goes looking for him.
Director: Khalid Mohamed | Stars: Karisma Kapoor, Hrithik Roshan, Jaya Bachchan, Shabana Raza
Votes: 4,494 | Gross: $0.62M
36. Julia Misbehaves (1948)
Approved | 99 min | Comedy, Romance
A London chorus girl tries to rekindle her relationships with her daughter, whom she gave up as an infant, and her estranged husband, when the former becomes engaged.
Director: Jack Conway | Stars: Greer Garson, Walter Pidgeon, Peter Lawford, Elizabeth Taylor
Votes: 1,196
37. Miss Rose White (1992 TV Movie)
PG | 100 min | Drama
Sister given up by Italian family only to be reunited 22 years later.
Director: Joseph Sargent | Stars: Maximilian Schell, Kyra Sedgwick, Maureen Stapleton, Bari Biern
Votes: 275
38. Melvin: Son of Alvin (1984)
85 min | Comedy
A shy young man is irresistible to women.
Director: John Eastway | Stars: Gerry Sont, Lenita Vangellis, Jon Finlayson, Tina Bursill
Votes: 141
39. Easter (2023–2024)
Approved | Mystery
The mental illness of our sleuth, Pascha, pits him against his most formidable foe - himself.
Stars: Lnq, Reginald VelJohnson, Olkens Graham, Gina Martino
40. Buried Treasure (2001 TV Movie)
120 min | Drama
When his estranged daughter dies, Harry must care for a granddaughter he never knew existed. He soon discovers the girl's will is equal to his own and finds his parenting skills stretched to the limit by the young child.
Director: Adrian Shergold | Stars: John Thaw, Dominique Jackson, Wil Johnson, Rachel Davies
Votes: 191
41. Murder in the Private Car (1934)
Passed | 63 min | Comedy, Crime, Mystery
A sleuth has to figure out who is threatening an heiress while she's aboard a train.
Director: Harry Beaumont | Stars: Charles Ruggles, Una Merkel, Mary Carlisle, Russell Hardie
Votes: 679
42. Mercy Streets (2000)
PG-13 | 106 min | Action, Drama, Crime
Estranged twin brothers - one a con man, the other an Episcopal deacon - accidentally switch places... and find God in the process.
Director: Jon Gunn | Stars: Eric Roberts, David A.R. White, Cynthia Watros, Shiek Mahmud-Bey
Votes: 594 | Gross: $0.17M
43. Home for Christmas (1990 TV Movie)
95 min | Drama, Family
An old thief befriends a young child.
Director: Peter McCubbin | Stars: Mickey Rooney, Simon Richards, Lesley Kelly, Chantellese Kent
Votes: 235
44. The White Cockatoo (1935)
Passed | 73 min | Mystery
Sue Tally waits for a brother she hasn't seen in twenty years to meet her in a French hotel. By proving her identity, she'll share in a $2,000,000 inheritance. But others are anxious to get a share of the money too.
Director: Alan Crosland | Stars: Jean Muir, Ricardo Cortez, Ruth Donnelly, Minna Gombell
Votes: 242
45. Missing Persons (1990 TV Movie)
104 min | Drama
Hetty is approached by Frank Cross, husband of her old friend Edith, to locate his son from his first marriage, whom he hasn't seen in fifty years.
Director: Derek Bennett | Stars: Patricia Routledge, Tony Melody, Jimmy Jewel, Jean Heywood
Votes: 137
46. Young Dragons: Kung Fu Kids II (1986)
91 min | Action
Picking up from the events from their previous adventure, the Young Dragons (Ah Kuo, Hsiao and Chubby) are living the good life in modern day Taiwan with their grandparents who are finally ... See full summary »
Director: Chi-Hwa Chen | Stars: Chung-Kuei Chang, Chung-Jung Chen, Hui-Lou Chen, Min-Hua Chen
Votes: 194
47. Sporløs (1999– )
28 min | Documentary
Touching program series about Danes who travel the world on adventures in search of missing relatives. The cast hopes to reconnect with close family members as they search for their biological roots.
Stars: Hans Georg Møller, Louise Wolff, Line Baun Danielsen, Torben Schou
Votes: 23
48. Arlette (1997)
100 min | Comedy, Crime, Romance
An actor owes big bucks to the Vegas mob. He's all set to pay them off; he's conned a rich widow into marrying him. But the mobsters blow his cover because they need him for a different ... See full summary »
Director: Claude Zidi | Stars: Josiane Balasko, Christopher Lambert, Ennio Fantastichini, Stéphane Audran
Votes: 801
49. I'm from the City (1938)
Passed | 66 min | Comedy, Romance, Western
Pete Pepper (Joe Penner) is a shy, timid circus performer who is scared to death of horses, but rides like a whirlwind when he has been hypnotized by "Ollie" Finch (Richard Lane). Pete is ... See full summary »
Director: Ben Holmes | Stars: Joe Penner, Richard Lane, Lorraine Krueger, Paul Guilfoyle
Votes: 43
50. His Majesty, the American (1919)
115 min | Adventure, Comedy, Romance
A man goes to Mexico and tangles with bandits. His then called to a tiny European country where a revolution is going on. It turns out that he is heir to the throne and he manages to squelch the plotters and win the girl in short order.
Director: Joseph Henabery | Stars: Douglas Fairbanks, Marjorie Daw, Frank Campeau, Sam Sothern
Votes: 112