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1. Stillwater (2021)
R | 139 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A father travels from Oklahoma to France to help his estranged daughter, who is in prison for a murder she claims she didn't commit.
Director: Tom McCarthy | Stars: Matt Damon, Camille Cottin, Abigail Breslin, Lilou Siauvaud
Votes: 57,980
2. Indecent Proposal (1993)
R | 117 min | Drama, Romance
A billionaire offers $1,000,000 to a young married couple for one night with the wife.
Director: Adrian Lyne | Stars: Robert Redford, Demi Moore, Woody Harrelson, Seymour Cassel
Votes: 78,180 | Gross: $106.61M
3. Candy Cane Lane (I) (2023)
PG | 117 min | Comedy, Family, Fantasy
A man is determined to win the neighborhood's annual Christmas decorating contest. He makes a pact with an elf to help him win--and the elf casts a spell that brings the 12 days of Christmas to life, which brings unexpected chaos to town.
Director: Reginald Hudlin | Stars: Eddie Murphy, Tracee Ellis Ross, Jillian Bell, Genneya Walton
Votes: 20,106
4. Get a Job (2016)
R | 83 min | Comedy
After college, Will is having problems getting a good, lasting job, as are his roomies, his girlfriend, and his just-fired dad.
Director: Dylan Kidd | Stars: Miles Teller, Anna Kendrick, Bryan Cranston, Nicholas Braun
Votes: 25,897
5. Una (2016)
R | 94 min | Drama
When a young woman unexpectedly arrives at her much-older former lover's workplace, looking for answers, the secrets of their dark past threaten to unravel his new life. What follows is an ... See full summary »
Director: Benedict Andrews | Stars: Ruby Stokes, Rooney Mara, Riz Ahmed, Ben Mendelsohn
Votes: 11,579
6. The Good Boss (2021)
116 min | Comedy, Drama
Awaiting a visit by a committee that could give his company an award for excellence, the owner of an industrial scales manufacturing business tries to resolve any problems from his workers in enough time.
Director: Fernando León de Aranoa | Stars: Javier Bardem, Manolo Solo, Almudena Amor, Óscar de la Fuente
Votes: 13,333
7. Love the Coopers (2015)
PG-13 | 107 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
The intertwined stories of four generations of Coopers unfold right before the annual family reunion on Christmas Eve. Can they survive the most beautiful time of the year?
Director: Jessie Nelson | Stars: Steve Martin, Diane Keaton, John Goodman, Ed Helms
Votes: 26,788 | Gross: $26.28M
8. Shadows in Paradise (1986)
Not Rated | 74 min | Comedy, Drama, Music
An episode in the life of Nikander, a garbage man, involving the death of a coworker, a love affair and much more.
Director: Aki Kaurismäki | Stars: Matti Pellonpää, Kati Outinen, Sakari Kuosmanen, Esko Nikkari
Votes: 7,043
9. The Efficiency Expert (1991)
PG | 85 min | Comedy, Drama
An expert on productivity shows wacky workers in 1966 Australia how to run their moccasin factory like clockwork, despite laying off more than half the workforce.
Director: Mark Joffe | Stars: Anthony Hopkins, Ben Mendelsohn, Alwyn Kurts, Bruno Lawrence
Votes: 2,204 | Gross: $0.10M
10. Paris (I) (2008)
R | 130 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A ex-dancer has a heart problem and even with a transplant, he may still only have a few months to live. Time's spent looking at people/life in Paris from his balcony. His single mom sister moves in with her 3 kids to look after him.
Director: Cédric Klapisch | Stars: Fabrice Luchini, Romain Duris, Joffrey Platel, Mélanie Laurent
Votes: 12,877 | Gross: $1.01M
11. Colors of Love (2021)
G | 85 min | Drama, Romance
When librarian Taylor Harris suddenly loses her job, she visits her brother's small town in Montana, where she gets involved in helping save her brother's small-town hotel from tycoon, Joel Sheenan, who wants to renovate it.
Director: Bradley Walsh | Stars: Jessica Lowndes, Chad Michael Murray, Dennis Andres, Michael Brown
Votes: 2,975
12. Rocky Road (2014 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 90 min | Drama, Family
Harrison Burke loses his job as trader at a prestigious Wall Street investment bank, so he moves back in with his parents . He eventually settles in, takes a job at his father's ice-cream truck business and rediscovers home.
Director: Brian K. Roberts | Stars: Mark Salling, Nicholas Campbell, Steve Byers, Rebecca Dalton
Votes: 311
13. Five More Minutes (2021 TV Movie)
TV-G | 83 min | Romance
Follows the story of Clara, who wishes she had more time with her late grandfather at Christmas. Her holiday wish seems to come true as she comes across his journal and looks back on her time with him.
Director: Linda-Lisa Hayter | Stars: Nikki Deloach, David Haydn-Jones, Sherry Miller, Alexander Jones
Votes: 1,361
14. That Special Summer (2007)
90 min | Drama
The year is 1984. It's summer, and the rebellious 12-year-old girl Kid wants to stay in Gothenburg, but her mother has other plans. Kid discovers that summer vacation in Finland isn't as ... See full summary »
Director: Nanna Marjo | Stars: Mia Saarinen, Milka Ahlroth, Jim Rautiainen, Mari Rantasila
Votes: 588
15. Christmas She Wrote (2020 TV Movie)
TV-G | 84 min | Drama, Romance
Kaleigh is fired as popular column writer by the new editor at The Globe in NYC. She heads to her sister near Tahoe, CA, and helps in her bakery the weeks before Xmas. The single editor shows up - to right a wrong.
Director: Terry Ingram | Stars: Danica McKellar, Dylan Neal, April Telek, Andrew Francis
Votes: 1,277
16. Sisters of the Gion (1936)
95 min | Drama
Two geisha sisters lead a hard life in the Gion district of Kyoto. After one of them feels obliged to support a bankrupt businessman, the other sister sets up various schemes to get rid of him.
Director: Kenji Mizoguchi | Stars: Isuzu Yamada, Yôko Umemura, Benkei Shiganoya, Namiko Kawashima
Votes: 3,013
17. Never Weaken (1921)
Passed | 19 min | Short, Comedy, Thriller
A man hits the streets with a scheme to keep his fiancé from losing her job, however, things quickly go from bad to worse.
Director: Fred C. Newmeyer | Stars: Harold Lloyd, Mildred Davis, Roy Brooks, Mark Jones
Votes: 2,096
18. The Big Boodle (1957)
Approved | 84 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
In pre-Castro Cuba, Ned Sherwood is caught between police and counterfeiters.
Director: Richard Wilson | Stars: Errol Flynn, Pedro Armendáriz, Rossana Rory, Gia Scala
Votes: 496
19. Waterfront Women (1950)
80 min | Drama
A worthless sailor walks out on his young family leaving them to fend for themselves in the Liverpool slums. They make a go of their lives, but the eldest daughter is not happy when her father decides to return.
Director: Michael Anderson | Stars: Robert Newton, Kathleen Harrison, Avis Scott, Susan Shaw
Votes: 489
20. Supermarket (1990)
104 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
Ramzi a struggling musician,works in luxury hotel as a pianist to make a living,his troubled marriage and constant fighting with his sister in law for lack of money decides to live with his... See full summary »
Director: Mohamed Khan | Stars: Naglaa Fathi, Adel Adham, Mamdouh Abd El Aleem, Aida Riyad
Votes: 113
21. Bathtub by the sea (2018)
15 min | Short, Drama
Gunnar is living a routine life at the lighthouse. One day a mermaid comes in with the tides, and his routine life is getting challenged.
Director: Ole-André Rønneberg | Stars: Viggo Solum, Anne Cecilie Ukkelberg
Votes: 39
22. Paradise Express (1937)
Approved | 60 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
A small railroad is being squeezed out of business by the tactics of a trucking company owned by gangsters.
Director: Joseph Kane | Stars: Grant Withers, Dorothy Appleby, Arthur Hoyt, Maude Eburne
Votes: 161
23. Ja alla oli tulinen järvi (1937)
106 min | Drama
Jussi Raala loses his inheritance when his alcoholic father sells his manor, sawmill and forests to the Lumia family. Jussi works for a while to the Lumias but is embittered by the insults ... See full summary »
Director: Risto Orko | Stars: Hugo Hytönen, Joel Rinne, Anni Aitto, Kaarlo Angerkoski
Votes: 61
24.
The John Larroquette Show (1993–1996)
Episode:
More Changes
(1995)
Comedy
John proposes to Catherine, but both of them fail to show up at their own wedding.
Director: John Whitesell | Stars: John Larroquette, Liz Torres, Gigi Rice, Daryl Mitchell
Votes: 40
25.
Naked City (1958–1963)
Episode:
Torment Him Much and Hold Him Long
(1962)
TV-14 | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
To remain straight, an ex-con informs on the would-be robbers of a bar where he works, instead of helping the stickup men, his former pals. But the hoods' connection to Link Toland, a ... See full summary »
Director: Robert Gist | Stars: Paul Burke, Horace McMahon, Harry Bellaver, Robert Duvall
Votes: 59
26.
Shelley (1979–1983)
Episode:
Unkindest Cuts
(1982)
Comedy
After a long period of inactivity, Shelley is psyching himself up for signing off at long last at the job centre - with his new job at the foreign office waiting. But, with government cutbacks announced, what could possibly go wrong?
Director: Anthony Parker | Stars: Hywel Bennett, Belinda Sinclair, Geoffrey Chater, Nadim Sawalha
Votes: 14
27.
Starsky and Hutch (1975–1979)
Episode:
The Specialist
(1976)
TV-14 | 60 min | Action, Crime, Drama
When Starsky and Hutch and two other cops are chasing some criminals, a woman is killed in the crossfire. The whole thing is ruled as an accident and the woman's husband doesn't take it ... See full summary »
Director: Fernando Lamas | Stars: David Soul, Paul Michael Glaser, Antonio Fargas, Bernie Hamilton
Votes: 255
28.
House of Cards (2013–2018)
Episode:
Chapter 2
(2013)
TV-MA | 47 min | Drama
Francis and Doug plan to frame Secretary of State nominee, Michael Kern. Meanwhile, Zoe's popularity at the Washington Herald continues to grow.
Director: David Fincher | Stars: Kevin Spacey, Robin Wright, Kate Mara, Michael Kelly
Votes: 6,774
29.
Alaska Daily (2022–2023)
Episode:
Most Reckless Thing I've Ever Done
(2023)
TV-14 | 44 min | Drama
With rumors of a new Alaskan newspaper swirling, the team investigates their competition and what it means for the future of local news. Meanwhile, Eileen and Roz listen to Gloria's final ... See full summary »
Director: Bosede Williams | Stars: Hilary Swank, Jeff Perry, Grace Dove, Meredith Holzman
Votes: 361
30.
One Dollar (2018)
Episode:
Dante Jenkins
(2018)
TV-MA | 57 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Bud promises to help out his worker Dante, but the re-emergence of Ken puts their agreement in jeopardy. Chelsea is betrayed by both her father, Charles, and Abatsy. Garrett comes clean to ... See full summary »
Director: Craig Zobel | Stars: John Carroll Lynch, Nathaniel Martello-White, Philip Ettinger, Kirrilee Berger
Votes: 50