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1. Green Book (2018)
PG-13 | 130 min | Biography, Comedy, Drama
A working-class Italian-American bouncer becomes the driver for an African-American classical pianist on a tour of venues through the 1960s American South.
Director: Peter Farrelly | Stars: Viggo Mortensen, Mahershala Ali, Linda Cardellini, Sebastian Maniscalco
Votes: 572,117 | Gross: $85.08M
2. School of Rock (2003)
PG-13 | 109 min | Comedy, Music
After being kicked out of his rock band, Dewey Finn becomes a substitute teacher of an uptight elementary private school, only to try and turn his class into a rock band.
Director: Richard Linklater | Stars: Jack Black, Mike White, Joan Cusack, Adam Pascal
Votes: 330,864 | Gross: $81.26M
3. The Upside (2017)
PG-13 | 126 min | Comedy, Drama
A comedic look at the relationship between a wealthy man with quadriplegia and an unemployed man with a criminal record who's hired to help him.
Director: Neil Burger | Stars: Kevin Hart, Bryan Cranston, Nicole Kidman, Aja Naomi King
Votes: 63,556 | Gross: $108.25M
4. The Commitments (1991)
R | 118 min | Comedy, Drama, Music
Jimmy Rabbitte, an unemployed Dublin boy, decides to put together a soul band made up entirely of the Irish working class.
Director: Alan Parker | Stars: Robert Arkins, Michael Aherne, Angeline Ball, Maria Doyle Kennedy
Votes: 38,793 | Gross: $14.92M
5. Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance with Somebody (2022)
PG-13 | 144 min | Biography, Drama, Music
A joyous, emotional, heartbreaking celebration of the life and music of Whitney Houston, one of the greatest female R&B pop vocalists of all time, tracking her journey from obscurity to musical super stardom.
Director: Kasi Lemmons | Stars: Naomi Ackie, Stanley Tucci, Ashton Sanders, Tamara Tunie
Votes: 22,796
6. Get Him to the Greek (2010)
R | 109 min | Comedy, Music
A record company intern is hired to accompany out-of-control British rock star Aldous Snow to a concert at L.A.'s Greek Theater.
Director: Nicholas Stoller | Stars: Jonah Hill, Russell Brand, Elisabeth Moss, Rose Byrne
Votes: 185,635 | Gross: $60.97M
7. Blown Away (1994)
R | 121 min | Action, Crime, Drama
An Irish bomber escapes from prison and targets a member of the Boston bomb squad.
Director: Stephen Hopkins | Stars: Jeff Bridges, Tommy Lee Jones, Suzy Amis, Lloyd Bridges
Votes: 33,690 | Gross: $30.16M
8. Boys on the Side (1995)
R | 115 min | Comedy, Drama
Robin shares a ride in her car with Jane from New York to Los Angeles. They stop at Jane's friend Holly's place in Pittsburgh and take her with them west, making a long stop in Tucson. The three very different women become close friends.
Director: Herbert Ross | Stars: Whoopi Goldberg, Mary-Louise Parker, Drew Barrymore, Matthew McConaughey
Votes: 14,144 | Gross: $23.45M
9. Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey (1991)
PG | 93 min | Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
A tyrant from the future creates evil android doubles of Bill and Ted and sends them back to eliminate the originals.
Director: Peter Hewitt | Stars: Keanu Reeves, Alex Winter, William Sadler, Joss Ackland
Votes: 81,054 | Gross: $38.04M
10. Da 5 Bloods (2020)
R | 154 min | Adventure, Drama, War
Four African-American vets battle the forces of man and nature when they return to Vietnam seeking the remains of their fallen squad leader and the gold fortune he helped them hide.
Director: Spike Lee | Stars: Delroy Lindo, Jonathan Majors, Clarke Peters, Norm Lewis
Votes: 55,139
11. A Brighter Tomorrow (2023)
95 min | Comedy, Drama
A movie director struggles with his relationship with his family, and with his latest movie, about the impact on the Italian Communist Party of the USSR invasion of Hungary in 1956.
Director: Nanni Moretti | Stars: Nanni Moretti, Margherita Buy, Silvio Orlando, Barbora Bobulova
Votes: 3,041
12. The High Note (2020)
PG-13 | 113 min | Drama, Music, Romance
A superstar singer and her overworked personal assistant are presented with a choice that could alter the course of their respective careers.
Director: Nisha Ganatra | Stars: Dakota Johnson, Tracee Ellis Ross, Kelvin Harrison Jr., Bill Pullman
Votes: 13,432
13. The Sapphires (2012)
PG-13 | 103 min | Biography, Comedy, Drama
In 1968, four talented young Australian Aboriginal girls learn about love, friendship, and war when their all-girl group The Sapphires entertains the US troops in Vietnam.
Director: Wayne Blair | Stars: Chris O'Dowd, Deborah Mailman, Jessica Mauboy, Shari Sebbens
Votes: 15,173 | Gross: $2.45M
14. Save the Tiger (1973)
R | 100 min | Drama
A disillusioned war veteran has two days to let go of his shaken morals if he wants his small fashion company to survive.
Director: John G. Avildsen | Stars: Jack Lemmon, Jack Gilford, Laurie Heineman, Norman Burton
Votes: 5,610 | Gross: $2.33M
15. Military Wives (2019)
PG-13 | 112 min | Comedy, Drama, Music
With their partners away serving in Afghanistan, a group of women on the home front form a choir and quickly find themselves at the center of a media sensation and global movement.
Director: Peter Cattaneo | Stars: Kristin Scott Thomas, Sharon Horgan, Emma Lowndes, Gaby French
Votes: 5,948
16. Twenty Feet from Stardom (2013)
PG-13 | 91 min | Documentary, Biography, History
Backup singers live in a world that lies just beyond the spotlight. Their voices bring harmony to the biggest bands in popular music, but we've had no idea who these singers are or what lives they lead, until now.
Director: Morgan Neville | Stars: Darlene Love, Merry Clayton, Lisa Fischer, Judith Hill
Votes: 13,952 | Gross: $4.95M
17. Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story (2017)
88 min | Documentary, Biography, History
The life and career of the hailed Hollywood movie star and underappreciated genius inventor, Hedy Lamarr.
Director: Alexandra Dean | Stars: Hedy Lamarr, Mel Brooks, Jennifer Hom, Anthony Loder
Votes: 4,303 | Gross: $0.82M
18. There Goes My Baby (1994)
R | 99 min | Comedy, Drama
Graduates of a Los Angeles high school in 1965 see America's culture and politics gradually change.
Director: Floyd Mutrux | Stars: Dermot Mulroney, Ricky Schroder, Kelli Williams, Noah Wyle
Votes: 1,170 | Gross: $0.12M
19. Whitney (2018)
R | 120 min | Documentary, Biography, Drama
An in-depth look at the life and music of Whitney Houston.
Director: Kevin Macdonald | Stars: Whitney Houston, Ellen White, Michael Houston, Cissy Houston
Votes: 7,871 | Gross: $3.03M
20. Dirty Dealing 3D (2018)
R | 90 min | Drama
A group of sexy blackjack dealers, The Sin Pit Pussycats, plot to rob a Vegas casino to get revenge against the shady owner who wronged them (Michael Madsen).
Director: Christopher Robin Hood | Stars: Michael Madsen, Frida Farrell, Ariana Madix, Madelon Lane
Votes: 438
21. What Happened, Miss Simone? (2015)
Not Rated | 101 min | Documentary, Biography, Music
A documentary about the life and legend Nina Simone, an American singer, pianist, and civil rights activist labeled the "High Priestess of Soul."
Director: Liz Garbus | Stars: Nina Simone, Lisa Simone Kelly, Roger Nupie, Al Schackman
Votes: 14,828
22. Funkytown (2011)
R | 132 min | Drama, Music
1976. Montreal. Eight people who wanted to see and be seen at the trendiest disco will be juggling fame and anonymity until they will be forced to make sober choices in an era when excess was the norm, and when disco was king.
Director: Daniel Roby | Stars: Patrick Huard, Justin Chatwin, Paul Doucet, Sarah Mutch
Votes: 924
23. Chikara: The Renaissance Dawns (2010 Video)
192 min | Action, Sport
The first two CHIKARA events, featuring the in-ring debuts of UltraMantis, Hallowicked and Ichabod Slayne (Icarus), the Black T-Shirt Squad battles the Gold Bond Mafia, and more.
Director: Mike Spillane | Stars: Mike Allrad, Phil Brooks, Tom Carter, Scott Colton
Votes: 9
25. Caj o páté s Golden Kids (1968 TV Special)
40 min | Short, Music, Talk-Show
Stars: Olga Curíková, Marta Kubisová, Václav Neckár, Bohuslav Ondrácek
26. Truth Equals Isolation? (2018 Video)
72 min | News, Talk-Show
Stars: Stefan Molyneux, Mike M. DeMarco
27. Whitney Houston: The Greatest Love of All - A Tribute (2012 Video)
56 min | Documentary, Music
Director: Maureen Goldthorpe | Stars: Meghann Marty, Lyndsey Parker, Paul Gambaccini, Ashley Pearson
28.
The Jeffersons (1975–1985)
Episode:
Jeffersons Greatest Hits
(1982)
TV-PG | 25 min | Comedy
A record company talent scout hears Florence sing in church and offers her a chance to cut an album. But George gets suspicious and thinks the man is nothing but a common swindler out to take Florence's $1200 life savings.
Director: Bob Lally | Stars: Isabel Sanford, Sherman Hemsley, Roxie Roker, Franklin Cover
Votes: 72
29.
Miami Vice (1984–1989)
Episode:
Like a Hurricane
(1987)
TV-14 | 47 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Crockett is assigned to bodyguard fading singing sensation and makes his displeasure known -- until he gets to know her a bit better.
Director: Colin Bucksey | Stars: Don Johnson, Philip Michael Thomas, Saundra Santiago, Michael Talbott
Votes: 336
30.
Popular (1999–2001)
Episode:
Coup
(2001)
TV-14 | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Nicole sets out to prove that her power is not based on her "twin set" her plan involves April, Brooke and taking down everyone who gets in her way. Meanwhile Brooke butts heads with her dad about the college guy she is dating.
Director: Jamie Babbit | Stars: Leslie Bibb, Carly Pope, Tamara Mello, Christopher Gorham
Votes: 62
31.
Popular (1999–2001)
Episode:
The Phantom Menace
(1999)
TV-14 | Comedy, Drama, Romance
It's the first day of a new school year. Brooke has self-image issues. Sam thinks Brooke is shallow. Josh tries out for a musical. Sugar raps. Nicole's picking a new cheerleader. Carmen and Mary Cherry apply. Lily won't dissect a frog.
Director: Brian Robbins | Stars: Leslie Bibb, Carly Pope, Tamara Mello, Christopher Gorham
Votes: 103
32.
That's My Mama (1974–1975)
Episode:
Clifton's Casual Fling
(1975)
30 min | Comedy
Clifton thinks his new girlfriend Sharon is "the one", and he's finally ready to settle down. Now all Sharon has to do is tell him she just wants to date.
Director: Jerry Markus | Stars: Clifton Davis, Theresa Merritt, Teddy Wilson, Ted Lange
Votes: 13
33.
Weird Science (1994–1998)
Episode:
Slow Times at Farber High
(1996)
Approved | Comedy, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
After all the brain power at Farber is sucked out by a magic brain vacuum, Gary must outwit a giant orb formed by the brain power that wants to take over the world.
Director: David Grossman | Stars: Michael Manasseri, John Asher, Lee Tergesen, Vanessa Angel
Votes: 21
34.
The Real Ghostbusters (1986–1991)
Episode:
Don't Forget the Motor City
(1987)
TV-Y7 | 30 min | Animation, Action, Comedy
The Ghostbusters get called out to Detroit by the president of the Generous Motor company when all their cars start self destructing, and the Ghostbusters find that the problem is the same ... See full summary »
Stars: Arsenio Hall, Maurice LaMarche, Lorenzo Music, Laura Summer
Votes: 86
35.
My World and Welcome to It (1969–1970)
Episode:
Man Against the World
(1969)
30 min | Comedy
In the pilot episode: We meet a cartoonist with a vivid imagination (deftly illustrated by James Thurber), who lives a fairly standard life in American suburbia with a wife, a child, and a ... See full summary »
Director: Melville Shavelson | Stars: William Windom, Joan Hotchkis, Lisa Gerritsen, Royal Dano
Votes: 21
36.
Tvoje tvár má známý hlas (2016– )
Episode:
Episode #6.1
(2019)
Comedy, Game-Show, Music
Stars: Ondrej Sokol, Jakub Kohák, Janek Ledecký, Ales Háma
37.
Katy Keene (2020)
Episode:
Chapter Two: You Can't Hurry Love
(2020)
TV-14 | 42 min | Comedy, Drama, Musical
With Katy's personal life in a holding pattern, she can't seem to escape even at work; Jorge finds himself on the outs with the Broadway community and must decide if he wants to give up performing as Ginger.
Director: Steven A. Adelson | Stars: Lucy Hale, Ashleigh Murray, Katherine LaNasa, Julia Chan
Votes: 183
38.
7 pádu Honzy Dedka (2011– )
Episode:
Eva Buresová
(2020)
22 min | Talk-Show
Stars: Eva Buresová, Jan Dedek, Mirai Navrátil, Josef Trojan
39.
Family Guy (1999– )
Episode:
Rock Hard
(2021)
TV-14 | 22 min | Animation, Comedy
While at an old record store, Peter and the guys tell stories of three rock legends: Jim Morrison, Muddy Waters, and Elton John.
Directors: Greg Colton, Dominic Bianchi, James Purdum | Stars: Seth MacFarlane, Alex Borstein, Seth Green, Mila Kunis
Votes: 884
40.
White Collar (2009–2014)
Episode:
Upper West Side Story
(2012)
TV-PG | 44 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
When scholarship funds from a prestigious prep school mysteriously disappear, Neal poses as a substitute teacher to help Peter and the FBI figure out where the money is really going.
Director: Russell Lee Fine | Stars: Matt Bomer, Tim DeKay, Willie Garson, Marsha Thomason
Votes: 871
41.
Red Dwarf (1988– )
Episode:
Lemons
(2012)
TV-14 | 30 min | Comedy, Sci-Fi
After a botched installation of a rejuvenation shower, the Dwarfers are transported to Earth in the year 23 AD.
Director: Doug Naylor | Stars: Chris Barrie, Craig Charles, Danny John-Jules, Robert Llewellyn
Votes: 792
42.
The Finder (2012)
Episode:
The Boy with the Bucket
(2012)
TV-14 | 45 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
Hearing one of his early finds, a masterly painting, is found a fabulous falsification by a computer, Walter is dead-set on rectifying his error, by finding the real one without fee, to ... See full summary »
Director: Vahan Moosekian | Stars: Geoff Stults, Maddie Hasson, Mercedes Mason, Michael Clarke Duncan
Votes: 363
43.
Victorious (2010–2013)
Episode:
The Blonde Squad
(2012)
TV-G | 24 min | Comedy, Drama, Family
While wearing a blonde wig and blue contacts for a film, Cat meets a boy and they quickly hit it off. When Cat realises he thinks her costume is real, she worries he wont like the real her.
Director: Steve Hoefer | Stars: Victoria Justice, Leon Thomas III, Matt Bennett, Elizabeth Gillies
Votes: 313
44.
Inspector George Gently (2007–2017)
Episode:
Gently Northern Soul
(2012)
TV-MA | 89 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
After a young black girl is murdered, Gently uncovers a disturbing and malevolent racist undercurrent lurking both within the local community and his own police force.
Director: Gillies MacKinnon | Stars: Pippa Bennett-Warner, Lenora Crichlow, Craig Conway, Philip Correia
Votes: 445
45.
Partners (2012–2013)
Episode:
The Key
(2012)
Comedy, Romance
Ali tired of Louis just popping at the apartment decides to change the locks. Louis tells Joe that he should stand up for him but Joe sides with Ali.
Director: James Burrows | Stars: Michael Urie, David Krumholtz, Sophia Bush, Brandon Routh
Votes: 61
46.
Double Toasted (2013– )
ARETHA FRANKLIN SONG 'NATURAL WOMAN' DEEMED OFFENSIVE
(2023 Podcast Episode)
Comedy, Talk-Show
Stars: Korey Coleman, Aretha Franklin
47.
Cocktails with Dimples and the Beard (2021– )
Yvette Lopez - Former Playboy model and host of Bodacious Minds podcast
(2021 Podcast Episode)
Not Rated | 66 min | Talk-Show
Yvette is a model, musician, podcaster and entrepreneur. She has appeared in seven issues of Playboy and other magazines like Maxim Espanol and FHM. She just finished the recording of her bilingual album in Berlin.
Star: Yvette Lopez
48.
Jonathan Ross' Must-Watch Films (2023– )
Episode:
Star Trek Films
(2023)
Documentary
Jonathan Ross introduces some of his must-watch films available on ITVX in August, including nine Star Trek movies and films centered around music: Chicago, Whiplash and The Blues Brothers.
Star: Jonathan Ross
49.
MellVerse: Movie Reactions (2020– )
Episode:
THE BLUES BROTHERS (1980) Movie Reaction *FIRST TIME WATCHING* | THE GREATEST OF MUSICALS I'VE SEEN!
(2021)
28 min | Comedy
Star: Mellow McK-Jordan
50.
The Matt Walsh Show (2018– )
The Fentanyl Crisis Is Destroying Our Country and Our Leaders Couldn't Care Less
(2024 Podcast Episode)
News, Talk-Show
Star: Matt Walsh
Votes: 11