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1. The Devil's Advocate (1997)
R | 144 min | Drama, Fantasy, Mystery
An exceptionally-adept Florida lawyer is offered a job at a high-end New York City law firm with a high-end boss--the biggest opportunity of his career to date.
Director: Taylor Hackford | Stars: Keanu Reeves, Al Pacino, Charlize Theron, Jeffrey Jones
Votes: 402,996 | Gross: $60.98M
2. I Am Sam (2001)
PG-13 | 132 min | Drama
An intellectually disabled man fights for custody of his 7-year-old daughter and in the process teaches his cold-hearted lawyer the value of love and family.
Director: Jessie Nelson | Stars: Sean Penn, Michelle Pfeiffer, Dakota Fanning, Dianne Wiest
Votes: 155,512 | Gross: $40.31M
3. Cooties (2014)
R | 88 min | Action, Comedy, Horror
A mysterious virus hits an isolated elementary school, transforming the kids into a feral swarm of mass savages. An unlikely hero must lead a motley band of teachers in the fight of their lives.
Directors: Jonathan Milott, Cary Murnion | Stars: Elijah Wood, Rainn Wilson, Alison Pill, Jack McBrayer
Votes: 28,662 | Gross: $0.06M
4. Recess (1997–2001)
TV-Y | 23 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
Comic tales of a group of good friends, four boys and two girls, during breaks in primary school, as they grow up, relate to each other, and have brushes with authority.
Stars: Andrew Lawrence, Ashley Johnson, Jason Davis, Rickey D'Shon Collins
Votes: 28,237
5. The 400 Blows (1959)
Not Rated | 99 min | Crime, Drama
A young boy, left without attention, delves into a life of petty crime.
Director: François Truffaut | Stars: Jean-Pierre Léaud, Albert Rémy, Claire Maurier, Guy Decomble
Votes: 128,314
6. Ron's Gone Wrong (2021)
PG | 107 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
The story of Barney, an awkward middle-schooler and Ron, his new walking, talking, digitally-connected device. Ron's malfunctions set against the backdrop of the social media age launch them on a journey to learn about true friendship.
Directors: Sarah Smith, Jean-Philippe Vine, Octavio E. Rodriguez | Stars: Jack Dylan Grazer, Zach Galifianakis, Ed Helms, Olivia Colman
Votes: 40,528
7. Recess: School's Out (2001)
G | 82 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
T.J. and the gang must save summer vacation from disappearing forever.
Director: Chuck Sheetz | Stars: Andrew Lawrence, Rickey D'Shon Collins, Jason Davis, Ashley Johnson
Votes: 11,695 | Gross: $36.70M
8. Bridge to Terabithia (1985 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 60 min | Drama, Family
When Leslie Burke moves in next door to Jess Aarons, Jess finds a friend in Leslie. Over time, they discover a secret place in the forest across a fallen pine tree, and over a creek, they call Terabithia, a place where memories are sacred.
Director: Eric Till | Stars: Annette O'Toole, Julian Coutts, Julie Beaulieu, Gloria Carlin
Votes: 751
9. Recess: Taking the Fifth Grade (2003 Video)
G | 62 min | Animation, Comedy, Family
Wow - fifth grade. But what good is practically being a grown-up when the teacher's a big sourpuss?
Director: Howy Parkins | Stars: Rickey D'Shon Collins, Jason Davis, Myles Jeffrey, Ashley Johnson
Votes: 2,378
10. Daytime Shooting Star (2017)
119 min | Family, Romance
Suzume Yosano's parents have decided to move to Bangladesh when her father's job gets transferred there. However, they're not taking her with them. So, Suzume moves to Tokyo to live with ... See full summary »
Director: Takehiko Shinjô | Stars: Mei Nagano, Shôhei Miura, Alan Shirahama, Maika Yamamoto
Votes: 714
11. Lou (I) (2017)
G | 7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
When a toy-stealing bully ruins recess for a playground full of kids, only one thing stands in his way: the Lost and Found box.
Director: Dave Mullins
Votes: 8,393
12. Pellet (2000)
88 min | Drama
Alfredo is a kid who begins in a new new school where he makes a friend, Pablo. Alfredo realizes that Pablo is a victim of home abuse by his father, and decides to involve his own family in order to help his friend.
Director: Achero Mañas | Stars: Juan José Ballesta, Pablo Galán, Alberto Jiménez, Manuel Morón
Votes: 6,986
13. Premier amour (2002)
8 min | Drama, Short
In a schoolyard, kids play tag at recess. Back in class, Pol sits beside Justine. When the teacher's back is turned he twirls her hair. After school the boys scoff some candy and share it ... See full summary »
Director: Bernard Garant | Stars: Bruno Mura, Robin Rees, Eugenie de Haspe, Adeline Moreau
Votes: 58
14. Gryphon (1990 TV Movie)
55 min | Family
When Rickey and his friends put a snake in the desk of the new substitute teacher, to their surprise, she lovingly picks it up and puts it around her neck. Soon her strange stories of the ... See full summary »
Director: Mark Cullingham | Stars: Alexis Cruz, Nico Hughes, Edward O'Connor, Virgilio Martí
Votes: 59
15. Louis C.K.: Live at the Beacon Theater (2011 TV Special)
63 min | Comedy
Louis jokes about fatherhood, success, and flying first class at the Beacon Theatre in New York.
Director: Louis C.K. | Star: Louis C.K.
Votes: 10,310
16. Puff the Magic Dragon in the Land of the Living Lies (1979 TV Movie)
30 min | Animation, Fantasy
Puff shows a girl named Sandy the truth about lies as they travel through The Land of Living Lies.
Directors: Charles Swenson, Fred Wolf | Stars: Burgess Meredith, Mischa Bond, Alan Barzman, Ike Eisenmann
Votes: 100
17. The Self Image Film (If Mirrors Could Speak) (1976)
11 min | Short
A group of misbehaving children come across a magic mirror that, when they look into it, shows them as clowns and tries to convince them to change their disruptive behavior.
Director: Ted Zarpas
Votes: 72
18. Best Busy People Video Ever! (1993 Video)
30 min | Animation, Short, Family
Director: Tony Eastman | Stars: Lacey Chabert, Eliza Harris, Alison Hashmall, Agnes Herrmann
Votes: 36
19. Two Too Young (1936)
Approved | 10 min | Comedy, Family, Short
Spanky & Alfalfa try to get Porky's & Buckwheat's fireworks.
Director: Gordon Douglas | Stars: Eugene 'Porky' Lee, George 'Spanky' McFarland, Carl 'Alfalfa' Switzer, Billie 'Buckwheat' Thomas
Votes: 141
20. Caught Naked in a Public Place (2006)
22 min | Short, Comedy
Director: Todd Sklar | Stars: Alex Rennie, Hiedi Arni, Cheryl Black, Erin Castle
Votes: 40
21. Kids in the Yard (2009)
8 min | Short, Comedy, Family
Father, son collaboration depicting what happens during recess at his school. Lots of action, over 75 kids participated. Funny, great music and fun to watch.
Directors: Thadd Turner, Wyatt Turner | Stars: Alyssa Cooper, Skyler Goodman, Lana Lasater, True Overlie
22. Die Brücke (1949)
85 min | Drama
After the end of WWII, a group resettlers reaches a small village in central Germany, which has been spared from destruction. The new arrivals, who live in a resettlement camp separated by ... See full summary »
Director: Arthur Pohl | Stars: Karl Hellmer, Fritz Wagner, Arno Paulsen, Steffie Spira
Votes: 142
23. Crucified (2016)
Not Rated | 10 min | Short, Drama
When a class goes totally wrong, one takes everything upon himself.
Director: Florin Marksteiner | Stars: Corey Chainey, Sabrina Pierson, Dawson Chalcraft, Tabitha Carter
24. Pest Pupil (1957)
Passed | 6 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Baby Huey, the over-sized duck, is enrolled in kindergarten but his size and clumsy attempts to fit in causes such havoc that he is expelled by the teacher. His mother then hires a private ... See full summary »
Directors: Dave Tendlar, Morey Reden | Stars: Jack Mercer, Mae Questel, Sid Raymond, Cecil Roy
Votes: 96
25. My Name Is Kay (2011)
Short, Adventure, Comedy
Director: David Turvey | Stars: Kay Boutilier, Julianna Damm, Steven Brumas, Randy Leracey
26. One-Room Schoolhouses (1935)
Unrated | 1 min | Short, Documentary
Images of a one-room schoolhouse and playing children.
Directors: Karl Collins, Elmer Myers
Votes: 70
27. Recess (II) (2017)
3 min | Short, Comedy
Recess only lasts 15 minutes and that is a challenge for Finn. There is so much to do and too little time. There is no question it is the hardest part of his day.
Director: Brett Elam | Stars: Aidan Wonderling, Gabriel Robert, Zach Thomas, Kalia Young
Votes: 11
28. A Short Recess (2009)
15 min | Short, Drama
An exploration of status and the social aspects of cigarette smoking. A tense meeting between two strangers evolves into a very interesting conversation about women troubles, career ... See full summary »
Director: Glen McDonald | Stars: Lara Kelly, Glen McDonald, David Tompa
29. Theoretic (1983)
7 min | Documentary, Short
Documentary about Soviet school children and the rules of good manners.
Director: G. Fradkin
30. The Immigrant Experience: The Long Long Journey (1972)
28 min | Short, Drama, Family
A family of Polish immigrants has a difficult time adjusting to life in the United States. The story centers on the son, named Janek, who has trouble fitting in at school and with his family.
Director: Joan Micklin Silver | Stars: John Kowalczyck, Thomas Kubiak, Joan Kendall, Jane McCloud
Votes: 19
31. Kolorowe ponczochy (1960)
65 min | Drama, Family
Anthology film about growing pains of girls in postwar Poland. In the first segment, unpopular Matylda longs for acceptance and better life, symbolized by the pair of colorful stockings. ... See full summary »
Director: Janusz Nasfeter | Stars: Wlodzimierz Nowak, Maria Gella, Magdalena Duszynska, Zofia Bodakowska
Votes: 58
32.
The Addams Family (1964–1966)
Episode:
Addams Cum Laude
(1966)
TV-G | 25 min | Comedy, Family, Horror
Sam Hilliard is a former truant officer who now heads a private school where Wednesday and Pugsley are enrolled.
Director: Sidney Lanfield | Stars: Carolyn Jones, John Astin, Jackie Coogan, Ted Cassidy
Votes: 206
33.
Star Trek: Enterprise (2001–2005)
Episode:
Judgment
(2003)
TV-PG | 43 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
After Enterprise lends aid to a group of accused rebels, Captain Archer faces a tribunal and charges of conspiring against the Klingon Empire.
Director: James L. Conway | Stars: Scott Bakula, John Billingsley, Jolene Blalock, Dominic Keating
Votes: 1,703
34.
L.A. Law (1986–1994)
Episode:
El Sid
(1986)
TV-PG | 48 min | Drama
Sid Hershberg, a mentally unstable, overworked and underpaid attorney, begs Kuzak to take over one of his many pro bono cases of Nina Emmons, a woman jailed for over five months on an ... See full summary »
Director: Allan Arkush | Stars: Harry Hamlin, Susan Dey, Corbin Bernsen, Jill Eikenberry
Votes: 50
35.
L.A. Law (1986–1994)
Episode:
I'm in the Nude for Love
(1989)
TV-PG | 48 min | Drama
Kuzak returns to the firm after his suspension and represents Lawrence Stone, the head of a nudist colony who is faced with being closed down due to nuisance complaints from the neighbors ... See full summary »
Director: Eric Laneuville | Stars: Harry Hamlin, Susan Dey, Corbin Bernsen, Jill Eikenberry
Votes: 41
36.
L.A. Law (1986–1994)
Episode:
Parent Trap
(1993)
TV-PG | 47 min | Drama
Rollins represents a man who is fighting to keep his pregnant girlfriend, put in a coma after a car accident, on life-support so their unborn child can be brought to full-term. Meanwhile, ... See full summary »
Director: Steven Robman | Stars: Corbin Bernsen, Jill Eikenberry, Alan Rachins, Michael Tucker
Votes: 28
37.
L.A. Law (1986–1994)
Episode:
Simian Chanted Evening
(1986)
TV-PG | 48 min | Drama
Kuzak represents Harry Finneman, an elderly man who is fighting for his constitutional right to be freeze-dried after his death. Becker pursues Hilary Mishkin, a screenwriter client who is ... See full summary »
Director: Rick Wallace | Stars: Harry Hamlin, Susan Dey, Corbin Bernsen, Jill Eikenberry
Votes: 61
38.
My Life as a Teenage Robot (2002–2023)
Episode:
Sibling Tsunami/I Was a Preschool Dropout
(2002)
TV-Y7 | 24 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
One day, when Wakeman is out, Jenny discovers a secret room that stores her prototypes, XJ1 through 8. Excited to have sisters, Jenny activates them.
Director: Rob Renzetti | Stars: Janice Kawaye, Chad Doreck, Candi Milo, Audrey Wasilewski
Votes: 55
39.
The Practice (1997–2004)
Episode:
Line of Duty
(1998)
TV-14 | 45 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Bobby spends the night at Helen's. While they are in bed, someone calls Helen and leaves a message on her machine. It's the police telling her they're going to bust someone, which Bobby ... See full summary »
Director: Robert Mandel | Stars: Dylan McDermott, Michael Badalucco, LisaGay Hamilton, Steve Harris
Votes: 125
40.
Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987–1994)
Episode:
Sins of the Father
(1990)
TV-PG | 45 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
A Klingon commander comes aboard the Enterprise in an officer exchange program initiated by Starfleet, much to the chagrin of the crew.
Director: Les Landau | Stars: Patrick Stewart, Jonathan Frakes, LeVar Burton, Michael Dorn
Votes: 3,781
41.
Angela Anaconda (1999–2002)
Episode:
Snow Mercy/Be-Trayed
(2000)
TV-Y | Animation, Family, Comedy
Nanette tricks Johnny into being on her side during a snowball fight with Angela./ When a school policy causes Mrs. Brinks' class to lose recess, Angela feigns guilt.
Stars: Richard Binsley, Jackie Burroughs, Juan Chioran, Matthew Di Girolamo
42.
OJ25 (2020– )
Episode:
Black Leather Glove
(2020)
44 min
"If the glove doesn't fit...you must acquit"
Stars: F. Lee Bailey, Denise Brown, Tanya Brown, Marcia Clark
43.
Pee-wee's Playhouse (1986–1991)
Episode:
Heat Wave
(1989)
TV-PG | 30 min | Comedy, Family, Musical
There's a heat wave today "here" at the Playhouse. Judge Pee-wee Herman is set to "hear" the arguments in a trial pitting Miss Yvonne against Mrs. Rene after they both wear the same one-of-a-kind dress.
Directors: John Paragon, Paul Reubens | Stars: Lynne Marie Stewart, Suzanne Kent, William Marshall, John Paragon
Votes: 28
44.
The Powerpuff Girls (1998–2004)
Episode:
Curses/Bang for Your Buck
(2004)
TV-Y7 | 23 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
Bubbles begins to repeat some of the Professor's bad language; The girls compete against the Gangreen Gang to see who can save enough money to buy a destructo ray from Mojo's garage sale.
Directors: John McIntyre, Randy Myers | Stars: Cathy Cavadini, Tara Strong, Elizabeth Daily, Tom Kenny
Votes: 123
45.
House M.D. (2004–2012)
Episode:
Two Stories
(2011)
TV-14 | 44 min | Drama, Mystery
House entertains a school class on Career Day telling about his patient, a college student, who coughed up his lung. He spices up the story with quotes from movies. He later gets advice from 2 students outside principal's office.
Director: Greg Yaitanes | Stars: Hugh Laurie, Lisa Edelstein, Omar Epps, Robert Sean Leonard
Votes: 3,414
46.
OJ25 (2020– )
Episode:
Blood and a Bombshell
(2020)
44 min
Blood evidence is presented by the defense to prove O.J. Simpson's innocence.
Stars: F. Lee Bailey, Ellen Barrie Aaronson, Tanya Brown, Nsenga Burton
47.
True Detective (2014– )
Episode:
Form and Void
(2014)
TV-MA | 54 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
An overlooked detail provides Hart and Cohle with an important new lead in their 17-year-old case.
Director: Cary Joji Fukunaga | Stars: Matthew McConaughey, Woody Harrelson, Michelle Monaghan, Michael Potts
Votes: 31,064
48.
Newscast (2019– )
Episode:
Parliament: End of Term Report
(2023)
29 min | News, Talk-Show
Adam Fleming and Chris Mason look at the big questions hanging over Westminster as MPs prepare to break for Christmas recess.
Stars: Adam Fleming, Chris Mason, Kirsty Blackman, Thangam Debbonaire
49.
The Matt Walsh Show (2018– )
Slippery Slope Confirmed Again: 50 Year Old Man Competes Against 13 Year Old Girls
(2024 Podcast Episode)
69 min | News, Talk-Show
Stars: Matt Walsh, Nicholas J. Cepeda, David Menzies
Votes: 12
50.
Braceface (2001–2006)
Episode:
The Social Fabric
(2002)
TV-G | 21 min | Animation, Comedy, Family
On the first day of high school, each freshman in matched with a mentor. It is now when Sharon meets Dion, her mentor, who at first seems really strange. She then gets bullied by Alden's mentor, Evie.
Director: Charles E. Bastien | Stars: Alicia Silverstone, Marnie McPhail, Peter Oldring, Dan Petronijevic
Votes: 13