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1. The Office (2005–2013)
TV-14 | 22 min | Comedy
A mockumentary on a group of typical office workers, where the workday consists of ego clashes, inappropriate behavior, and tedium.
Stars: Steve Carell, Jenna Fischer, John Krasinski, Rainn Wilson
Votes: 713,039
2. The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air (1990–1996)
TV-PG | 22 min | Comedy
A streetwise, poor young man from Philadelphia is sent by his mother to live with his aunt, uncle and cousins in their Bel-Air mansion.
Stars: Will Smith, James Avery, Alfonso Ribeiro, Tatyana Ali
Votes: 144,771
3. Emergency! (1972–1979)
TV-G | 60 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
The crew of Los Angeles County Fire Department Station 51, particularly the paramedic team, and Rampart Hospital respond to emergencies in their operating area.
Stars: Randolph Mantooth, Kevin Tighe, Julie London, Bobby Troup
Votes: 6,067
4. George Lopez (2002–2007)
TV-PG | 30 min | Comedy, Drama
Comedian George Lopez stars as a Los Angeles manufacturing plant manager attempting to deal with his wacky family along with random mishaps.
Stars: George Lopez, Constance Marie, Luis Armand Garcia, Valente Rodriguez
Votes: 13,237
5. The Office: Superfan Episodes (2020– )
TV-14 | 30 min | Comedy
The original office with new bonus footage that was cut for run time on tv originally.
Stars: Steve Carell, John Krasinski, Jenna Fischer, Melora Hardin
Votes: 649
6. Fresh (1994)
R | 114 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Death and violence anger a twelve-year-old drug courier, who sets his employers against each other.
Director: Boaz Yakin | Stars: Sean Nelson, Giancarlo Esposito, Samuel L. Jackson, N'Bushe Wright
Votes: 14,599 | Gross: $8.09M
7. Home Movies (1999–2004)
TV-14 | 30 min | Animation, Comedy, Drama
Brendon Small, an ambitious eight-year-old filmmaker, shoots movies in his basement with his two best friends, while coming to terms with adolescence, life, and relationships.
Stars: Brendon Small, H. Jon Benjamin, Melissa Bardin Galsky, Ron Lynch
Votes: 11,047
8. Gomorrah (2008)
Not Rated | 137 min | Crime, Drama
Scampia Vele is the Corbusian architecture which has become a stronghold for Mafia of Naples, Italy.
Director: Matteo Garrone | Stars: Gianfelice Imparato, Salvatore Abbruzzese, Toni Servillo, Simone Sacchettino
Votes: 51,227 | Gross: $1.58M
9. You Can't Do That on Television (1979–2004)
TV-PG | 30 min | Comedy, Family
Sketch TV by young amateur actors in true classic Nick-style. But whatever you do, never admit that you don't know or ask for water.
Stars: Les Lye, Abby Hagyard, Christine McGlade, Lisa Ruddy
Votes: 2,615
10. Ex Drummer (2007)
Not Rated | 100 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
Three handicapped losers who form a band ask famous writer Dries to be their drummer. He joins the band and starts manipulating them.
Director: Koen Mortier | Stars: Dries Vanhegen, Norman Baert, Gunter Lamoot, Sam Louwyck
Votes: 10,975
11. Joe Pera Talks with You (2018–2021)
TV-PG | 11 min | Short, Comedy
Joe, beloved choir teacher, discusses topics of interest. First up, iron!
Stars: Joe Pera, Jo Firestone, Conner O'Malley, Jo Scott
Votes: 3,560
12. A Prayer for the Dying (1987)
R | 107 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Martin, an I.R.A. hitman, is seen by a Catholic priest while carrying out a hit. He grows a bond with the priest and his niece. But his past and his former employers put all their lives in danger.
Director: Mike Hodges | Stars: Mickey Rourke, Bob Hoskins, Alan Bates, Sammi Davis
Votes: 5,719 | Gross: $1.43M
13. Mulaney (2014–2015)
TV-14 | 30 min | Comedy
John's desire to be a good person challenges his friendship with his roommates Jane and Motif.
Stars: John Mulaney, Nasim Pedrad, Seaton Smith, Zack Pearlman
Votes: 2,609
14. The Wrong Guys (1988)
PG | 86 min | Comedy
Cub Scout Pack 18 organizes a 25-year reunion to relive their fond boyhood memories. But when the five friends meet for a camping trip, they discover that what little they had once known about wilderness survival has dwindled to nothing.
Director: Danny Bilson | Stars: Louie Anderson, Richard Lewis, Richard Belzer, Franklyn Ajaye
Votes: 1,005 | Gross: $1.15M
15. Reality (II) (2012)
R | 116 min | Comedy, Drama
Luciano is a charming fishmonger whose unexpected and sudden obsession with being a contestant on a reality show leads him down a rabbit hole of skewed perceptions and paranoia.
Director: Matteo Garrone | Stars: Aniello Arena, Paola Minaccioni, Loredana Simioli, Nando Paone
Votes: 5,772 | Gross: $0.06M
16. Sasha (2010)
Not Rated | 102 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
Sasha is a piano prodigy under pressure to gain admittance to a prestigious music school. What is really stressing Sasha is his emerging sexuality, plus his piano tutor is moving away, because Sasha is in love with him, and no one knows.
Director: Dennis Todorovic | Stars: Sasa Kekez, Predrag Bjelac, Ljubisa Grujcic, Zeljka Preksavec
Votes: 1,475
17. Mid-August Lunch (2008)
Not Rated | 75 min | Comedy, Drama
Broke, and armed with only a wry sense of humor, middle-aged Gianni lives with his mother in their old apartment. The debts are mounting, but if Gianni looks after the building manager's mother during the Ferragosto, all will be forgiven.
Director: Gianni Di Gregorio | Stars: Valeria De Franciscis, Marina Cacciotti, Maria Calì, Grazia Cesarini Sforza
Votes: 4,299 | Gross: $0.67M
18. What Happens Next (I) (2011)
Not Rated | 100 min | Comedy, Romance
Paul, a closeted and self-unaware CEO in his 50's, retires and begins falling for a younger man half his age whom he meets in a dog park.
Director: Jay Arnold | Stars: Darrin Baker, Michael Blaustein, David J. Bonner, Christina Broccolini
Votes: 882
19. The Embalmer (2002)
Not Rated | 100 min | Drama, Romance
A solitary embalmer meets a charming and unemployed waiter who becomes his assistant, but the two get involved in a morbid and unhealthy professional and personal relationship.
Director: Matteo Garrone | Stars: Ernesto Mahieux, Valerio Foglia Manzillo, Elisabetta Rocchetti, Lina Bernardi
Votes: 2,971 | Gross: $0.06M
20. 3 Ring Circus (1954)
Approved | 103 min | Comedy
Jerry and Pete are two friends with no money, looking for some job. They finally find one as workers in a circus, but Jerry has different dreams. He wants to become a clown.
Director: Joseph Pevney | Stars: Dean Martin, Jerry Lewis, Joanne Dru, Zsa Zsa Gabor
Votes: 884
21. Click Your Heart (2016– )
Romance
Viewer choices lead an ostracized high school girl into a relation with one of four boys, a baseball pitcher, a street thug, a boy-band dancer or a childhood friend.
Stars: Min-ah Kwon, Da-won Lee, Kim Ro-Woon, Yeong-bin Kim
Votes: 228
22. Breaking the Surface: The Greg Louganis Story (1997 TV Movie)
TV-PG | 95 min | Biography, Drama, Sport
Breaking the Surface is about the tough times Greg Louganis had on his way to becoming one of the world's top Olympic divers. Some topics discussed were Greg's childhood problems, his homosexuality, and him contracting the HIV virus.
Director: Steven Hilliard Stern | Stars: Mario Lopez, Michael Murphy, Jeffrey Meek, Rosemary Dunsmore
Votes: 716
23. Sogni mostruosamente proibiti (1982)
89 min | Comedy, Fantasy
Paolo Coniglio (coniglio is the italian translaton of "rabbit") is a naive and clumsy writer in comics publishing, bullied by his manager and the terrible future mother-in-law. To escape ... See full summary »
Director: Neri Parenti | Stars: Paolo Villaggio, Janet Agren, Alessandro Haber, Alida Valli
Votes: 416
24. Tougher Than Leather (1988)
R | 87 min | Crime, Drama, Music
Legendary hip-hop group Run-D.M.C. stars in this cross between a blaxploitation film and a spaghetti western. They must find and punish the evil drug lord-record company executive who ... See full summary »
Director: Rick Rubin | Stars: Darryl McDaniels, Daniel Simmons, Jam Master Jay, Joseph Simmons
Votes: 379 | Gross: $3.58M
25. La Tercera Edad (2024)
Comedy, Romance
Two old friends enroll in an adult university, looking for adventure, love and fun. What could go wrong?
Director: Archie Lopez | Stars: Lumy Lizardo, Orlando Urdaneta, Judith Rodriguez Perez, Rene Castillo
Votes: 10
26. Gloves of Stone (2009)
Not Rated | 97 min | Action, Drama, Sport
Abner is trapped in the rough life of Mexico City. His escape? Boxing. Dr. Frank Irwin and his son Jimmy, a pro boxer, come together to teach Abner that the heart fuels the punches we throw in life.
Director: Miguel Necoechea | Stars: Martin Sheen, Kirk Harris, Álex Perea, Michael Madsen
Votes: 267 | Gross: $0.41M
27. The Salt of Life (2011)
Not Rated | 90 min | Comedy, Romance
Gianni is a retiree who has become invisible to most everyone around him. In response, he tries his best to generate some kind of extracurricular love life.
Director: Gianni Di Gregorio | Stars: Gianni Di Gregorio, Valeria De Franciscis, Alfonso Santagata, Elisabetta Piccolomini
Votes: 1,860 | Gross: $0.32M
28. El siguiente programa (1997–2000)
Animation, Comedy
The misadventures of two slacker friends in the world of the radio
Stars: Santiago Moure, Martín de Francisco, Carlos Vives, Antonio Sanint
Votes: 157
29. Showboy (2002)
Unrated | 93 min | Comedy, Drama
Fired from a TV show, a writer looks into becoming a chorus boy while a documentary crew follows his efforts.
Directors: Lindy Heymann, Christian Taylor | Stars: Christian Taylor, Lindy Heymann, Joe Daley, Erich Miller
Votes: 352 | Gross: $0.01M
30. Havoc (1972)
Not Rated | 106 min | Thriller
Pollution, disaffection, moral decay and social unrest surround a church and its pastor's family heading toward a celebration over the return of its bells.
Director: Peter Fleischmann | Stars: Vitus Zeplichal, Reinhard Kolldehoff, Silke Kulik, Helga Riedel-Hassenstein
Votes: 78
31. Bass Ackwards (2010)
Not Rated | 103 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama
A man coming off a disastrous affair with a married woman has a lyrical, strange and comedic cross-country journey in a modified VW bus.
Director: Linas Phillips | Stars: Linas Phillips, Davie-Blue, Sebastien Scandiuzzi, Jack Bennett
Votes: 366
32. Estate romana (2000)
90 min | Comedy, Drama
A former theatre actress comes back to Rome and meets old and new friends.
Director: Matteo Garrone | Stars: Rossella Or, Monica Nappo, Salvatore Sansone, Victor Cavallo
Votes: 330
33. Cheer Up! (1936)
72 min | Musical
A couple of out of work songwriters try to persuade a wealthy stockbroker to back them. But he turns out to be broke as they are. A series of mistaken identities, misunderstandings and ... See full summary »
Director: Leo Mittler | Stars: Stanley Lupino, Sally Gray, Roddy Hughes, Wyn Weaver
Votes: 84
34. Guests (1998)
68 min | Comedy, Drama
Director: Matteo Garrone | Stars: Julian Sota, Llazar Sota, Corrado Sassi, Pasqualino Mura
Votes: 213
35. Sorelle mai (2010)
105 min | Drama
The film, a nostalgic fantasy documentary, depicts in six episodes a family story in Bobbio between 1999 and 2008. We discover the 5 years-old Elena being brought up by her aunts (Marco ... See full summary »
Director: Marco Bellocchio | Stars: Pier Giorgio Bellocchio, Elena Bellocchio, Donatella Finocchiaro, Letizia Bellocchio
Votes: 248
36. Wishbones
Comedy, Drama | Completed
Wishbones is a coming-of-age, comedy-drama about a group of teenagers who begin to question their interpersonal relationships and how they'll impact the world in the future as they approach their high school graduation.
Director: Henry Fox | Stars: Alondra Alvarez, Max Gruber, Aubrie Pache, Quinn Hitchcock
37. The Baby in the Tree (1969)
20 min | Short, Adventure, Comedy
Three boys decide they want to go for a swim. One of the boys has to watch his baby sister. The boys decide to take the baby with them to the park.
Director: Nouchka van Brakel | Stars: Anna Knaup, Hans Rettich, Albert de Wit, Mark de Blok
Votes: 12
38. A Dangerous Game (1941)
Passed | 62 min | Adventure, Comedy, Crime
Detectives Dick Williams and Andy McAllister find themselves trying to solve several crimes at an isolated mentally-ill hospital, where the patients range from slightly daffy to criminally ... See full summary »
Director: John Rawlins | Stars: Richard Arlen, Andy Devine, Jean Brooks, Edward Brophy
Votes: 64
39. Vapid Shallow Models Must Die! (2006 Video)
91 min | Comedy, Horror
Fat photographer gets revenge for his bad life by killing beautiful, shallow, vapid models.
Director: Michael Haboush | Stars: Mark Studner, Stephen Molinaro, Jason North, Tiffani-Amber DiGrazia
Votes: 146
40. Sorelle (2006)
70 min | Drama
Director: Marco Bellocchio | Stars: Pier Giorgio Bellocchio, Elena Bellocchio, Maria Luisa Bellocchio, Letizia Bellocchio
Votes: 31
41. A Journey to Planet Sanity (2013)
90 min | Documentary
Follow Blake Freeman as he takes 69 year old Leroy, across the country on a hilarious journey for the truth about Aliens, Psychics and the Paranormal.
Director: Blake Freeman | Stars: Blake Freeman, LeRoy Tessina, Cameron West, Nir Assayag
Votes: 641
42. Raiders of the Hidden Donald Trump Fetish Doll (2018)
Not Rated | 9 min | Short, Comedy, Thriller
An independent movie director in the middle of a crowdfunding campaign fends off a variety of malevolent individuals who seek to steal his ultimate crowdfunding perk - a Donald Trump fetish doll.
Director: Angel Connell | Stars: Angel Connell, Paul Taft, Kermens Atwood, Corey Wells
Votes: 27
43. The Date Team (2019)
9 min | Short, Comedy
The Date Team is an elite group of secret agents whose sole mission is to help people on dates.
Directors: Cameron LaPrairie, Tyler Morgan, Andrew Oporto | Stars: Tyler Morgan, Andrew Oporto, Cameron LaPrairie, Tej Sangani
44. Il soffio dell'anima (2009)
108 min | Drama
Alex, a young man who does dialysis treatment, struggles not to allow his health condition to take over his life. He studies martial arts, and his dream of being reborn to a better life ... See full summary »
Director: Vittorio Rambaldi | Stars: Flavio Montrucchio, Lucrezia Piaggio, Yu-lin Yang, Raffaello Balzo
Votes: 28
45. Papa sie zeni (1936)
78 min | Comedy
Director: Michal Waszynski | Stars: Lidia Wysocka, Franciszek Brodniewicz, Jadwiga Andrzejewska, Mira Ziminska
Votes: 47
46. My Last Night (2008)
Not Rated | 11 min | Short, Thriller
A security guard stumbles upon a robbery during his last night on the job.
Director: Felix Allen | Stars: BoJo Allen, Felix Allen, Scott Berger, Richie Degrow
Votes: 17
47. Le petit boxeur (1971 TV Movie)
90 min | Drama
Director: Jacques Krier | Stars: Bernard Dylbaitys, Lysiane Dylbaitys, Patricia Dylbaitys, Sonia Dylbaitys
48.
Columbo (1971–2003)
Episode:
Requiem for a Falling Star
(1973)
Not Rated | 74 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A faded movie actress commits murder. Lt. Columbo, one of her biggest fans, is on the case.
Director: Richard Quine | Stars: Peter Falk, Anne Baxter, Frank Converse, Pippa Scott
Votes: 2,784
49.
You Can't Do That on Television (1979–2004)
Episode:
Friends
(1984)
TV-PG | Comedy, Family
You can't put a price tag on friendship. Well, in fact, you can, as Christine sadly discovers when her mother's monthly friendship checks to the cast fail to arrive, leaving Christine friendless.
Director: Geoffrey Darby | Stars: Andrew Burke, Alasdair Gillis, Abby Hagyard, Les Lye
50.
You Can't Do That on Television (1979–2004)
Episode:
History
(1984)
TV-PG | Comedy, Family
As Alasdair's exploration of his family tree starts connecting with castmates, Ross fears the kids will start making fun of his age. So he conducts a preemptive strike.
Director: Geoffrey Darby | Stars: Todd Corrigan, Alasdair Gillis, Abby Hagyard, Les Lye