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1. The Perks of Being a Wallflower (2012)
PG-13 | 103 min | Drama
Charlie, a 15-year-old introvert, enters high school and is nervous about his new life. When he befriends his seniors, he learns to cope with his friend's suicide and his tumultuous past.
Director: Stephen Chbosky | Stars: Logan Lerman, Emma Watson, Ezra Miller, Paul Rudd
Votes: 547,808 | Gross: $17.74M
2. The Intern (I) (2015)
PG-13 | 121 min | Comedy, Drama
Seventy-year-old widower Ben Whittaker has discovered that retirement isn't all it's cracked up to be. Seizing an opportunity to get back in the game, he becomes a senior intern at an online fashion site, founded and run by Jules Ostin.
Director: Nancy Meyers | Stars: Robert De Niro, Anne Hathaway, Rene Russo, Anders Holm
Votes: 274,038 | Gross: $75.76M
3. 9½ Weeks (1986)
R | 117 min | Drama, Romance
A woman becomes involved with a man she barely knows. Complications develop during their sexual escapades.
Director: Adrian Lyne | Stars: Mickey Rourke, Kim Basinger, Margaret Whitton, David Margulies
Votes: 43,795 | Gross: $6.73M
4. The Dressmaker (I) (2015)
R | 119 min | Comedy, Drama, Western
A glamorous woman returns to her small town in rural Australia. With her sewing machine and haute couture style, she transforms the women and exacts sweet revenge on those who did her wrong.
Director: Jocelyn Moorhouse | Stars: Kate Winslet, Judy Davis, Liam Hemsworth, Hugo Weaving
Votes: 65,320 | Gross: $2.02M
5. Page Eight (2011 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 99 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Johnny works for MI5. His neighbor Nancy approaches him. When his best friend and boss suddenly dies, Johnny's left to sort out things about the PM, MI5 and US.
Director: David Hare | Stars: Bill Nighy, Rachel Weisz, Tom Hughes, Michael Gambon
Votes: 19,636
6. Angela's Ashes (1999)
R | 145 min | Biography, Drama
An Irish Catholic family returns to 1930s Limerick after a child's death in America. The unemployed I.R.A. veteran father struggles with poverty, prejudice and alcoholism as the family endures harsh slum conditions.
Director: Alan Parker | Stars: Emily Watson, Robert Carlyle, Joe Breen, Ciaran Owens
Votes: 23,245 | Gross: $13.04M
7. Grand Isle (2019)
97 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller
A young father is charged with murder and must prove his innocence by recalling a very twisted and dark night of events.
Director: Stephen S. Campanelli | Stars: Nicolas Cage, KaDee Strickland, Luke Benward, Kelsey Grammer
Votes: 5,646
8. Respect (2021)
PG-13 | 145 min | Biography, Drama, Music
Following the rise of Aretha Franklin's career from a child singing in her father's church's choir to her international superstardom, RESPECT is the remarkable true story of the music icon's journey to find her voice.
Director: Liesl Tommy | Stars: Jennifer Hudson, Forest Whitaker, Marlon Wayans, Tituss Burgess
Votes: 17,837
9. Killing Zoe (1993)
R | 96 min | Crime, Thriller
The cab driver sets American Zed up with Zoe in his Paris hotel. Despite FFR1000 charged, she's an art student with day jobs e.g. bank. Safecracker Zed meets his junkie friend after 11 years to rob a bank.
Director: Roger Avary | Stars: Eric Stoltz, Julie Delpy, Martin Raymond, Eric Pascal Chaltiel
Votes: 21,410 | Gross: $0.42M
10. Where Hands Touch (2018)
PG-13 | 122 min | Drama, Romance, War
A rites of passage story of a bi-racial teen struggling for survival in Nazi Germany.
Director: Amma Asante | Stars: Tom Goodman-Hill, Abbie Cornish, Amandla Stenberg, George MacKay
Votes: 5,648 | Gross: $0.07M
11. The Incredibly True Adventure of Two Girls in Love (1995)
R | 94 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
An adventurous love story between two young women of different social and economic backgrounds who find themselves going through all the typical struggles of a new romance.
Director: Maria Maggenti | Stars: Laurel Holloman, Nicole Ari Parker, Maggie Moore, Kate Stafford
Votes: 5,083 | Gross: $1.98M
12. Born to Be Blue (2015)
R | 97 min | Biography, Drama, Music
A re-imagining of jazz legend Chet Baker's musical comeback in the late '60s.
Director: Robert Budreau | Stars: Ethan Hawke, Carmen Ejogo, Callum Keith Rennie, Tony Nappo
Votes: 9,271 | Gross: $0.83M
13. 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: 5,608 | Gross: $2.33M
14. I Never Sang for My Father (1970)
GP | 92 min | Drama, Music
A man living in the towering shadow of his aging father finds it difficult to start a new chapter in his life by marrying his girlfriend and moving to California.
Director: Gilbert Cates | Stars: Melvyn Douglas, Gene Hackman, Dorothy Stickney, Estelle Parsons
Votes: 3,000 | Gross: $0.85M
15. Liberty Heights (1999)
R | 127 min | Comedy, Drama, Music
Baltimore, Fall 1954: Schools implement the new integration law. Ben finds the "colored" girl in his class cute - upsetting his Jewish mom and granny. Ben talks to her while his brother looks for his WASP dream girl.
Director: Barry Levinson | Stars: Adrien Brody, Bebe Neuwirth, Joe Mantegna, Ben Foster
Votes: 7,045 | Gross: $3.73M
16. Rocket Gibraltar (1988)
PG | 99 min | Drama
An old patriarch unites all members of his family for his birthday, but the group of people are full of personal and social problems.
Director: Daniel Petrie | Stars: Burt Lancaster, Suzy Amis, Patricia Clarkson, Frances Conroy
Votes: 2,182 | Gross: $0.19M
17. Lackawanna Blues (2005 TV Movie)
PG-13 | 95 min | Drama, Music
In a story fueled by rhythm and blues, a young boy's life is shaped by love and the stories of a cast of characters in the boarding house where he lives in 1960s Lackawanna, New York.
Director: George C. Wolfe | Stars: S. Epatha Merkerson, Marcus Carl Franklin, Yasiin Bey, Carmen Ejogo
Votes: 2,546
18. The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air Reunion (2020 TV Special)
TV-14 | 75 min | Documentary
30 years later, we're bringing the Banks family back together. Join Will Smith and his former co-stars for a funny and heartfelt night full of music and dancing in honor of the show that ran for six seasons and 148 episodes.
Director: Marcus Raboy | Stars: Will Smith, Daphne Reid, Janet Hubert, Alfonso Ribeiro
Votes: 3,944
19. Domino (1988)
R | 97 min | Drama
A girl in the video industry travels with a jeweled turtle and makes Billie Holliday videos. Though having relations with some of her friends, she is looking for love. She begins getting ... See full summary »
Director: Ivana Massetti | Stars: Brigitte Nielsen, Tomas Arana, Kim Rossi Stuart, Stéphane Ferrara
Votes: 425
20. Shanghai Kiss (2007)
Not Rated | 106 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
An Asian-American actor, living in Los Angeles, is forced to reconsider his roots as well as the possibilities afforded him by his present situation after suddenly inheriting his grandmother's home in Shanghai.
Directors: Kern Konwiser, David Ren | Stars: Ken Leung, Hayden Panettiere, Kelly Hu, Joel David Moore
Votes: 5,436
21. U2: Rattle and Hum (1988)
PG-13 | 99 min | Documentary, Music
A documentary of the Irish rock group U2 on their Fall 1987 tour of North America.
Director: Phil Joanou | Stars: Bono, The Edge, Adam Clayton, Larry Mullen Jr.
Votes: 6,175 | Gross: $8.60M
22. Dorian Blues (2004)
Not Rated | 88 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
High school senior Dorian begins a gay man's odyssey when he determines that he's gay and decides to come out. Chief among concerns is the reaction of his father, who has never liked him.
Director: Tennyson Bardwell | Stars: Michael McMillian, Lea Coco, Steve Fletcher, Mo Quigley
Votes: 2,480 | Gross: $0.07M
23. Strange Fruit (2004)
Not Rated | 115 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
William Boyals, a successful, black, gay attorney in New York, is drawn back to the small, rural Louisiana town he long ago escaped from to investigate the lynching of a black gay childhood friend.
Director: Kyle Schickner | Stars: Ron Allen, Cornell S. Thomas, Kent Faulcon, Aaron Kleven
Votes: 262
24. Billy's Holiday (1995)
R | 92 min | Musical
This movie is all about a normal guy called Billy Apples. He is a social drinker and sometimes lead singer of a band. While he is doing all of this, he still manages to bring up his teenage... See full summary »
Director: Richard Wherrett | Stars: Max Cullen, Kris McQuade, Tina Bursill, Drew Forsythe
Votes: 164
25. Women in Rock (1986 Video)
57 min | Documentary, Music
Interviews, rare concert footage and music videos featuring ladies who rock.
Directors: Thomas D. Adelman, Stephanie Bennett | Stars: Pat Benatar, Sonny Bono, Kim Carnes, Rosanne Cash
Votes: 48
27. Io sono Tony Scott, ovvero come l'Italia fece fuori il più grande clarinettista del jazz (2010)
128 min | Documentary, Biography, Music
Director: Franco Maresco | Stars: Tony Scott, Tonny Arco, Fran Attaway, Count Basie
Votes: 40
28. The Last Everyday Thing (2015)
15 min | Short, Comedy, Drama
Luis meets Lorena in the morning. His day began gray. As Lorena sets her mind to spend the rest of the day with Luis, both their lives suddenly take on a new meaning. He, however, has other plans for the evening.
Director: Lucas Procópio | Stars: Luis Broleze, Julia Coelho, Uli Cristine, Bia Dacampo
29. Venice West (2016)
14 min | Short, Drama
A burnt-out writer, the writer's free-loving wife, and the wife's younger friend spend all night conversing over cigarettes and records in early '60s Los Angeles. Over the course of the ... See full summary »
Director: Ian Colvin | Stars: Erika Apelgren, Greg McKillop, Ianna Vasale
30.
According to Jim (2001–2009)
Episode:
Cheryl Sings
(2004)
TV-PG | 21 min | Comedy, Romance
Cheryl decides to sing in Jim's band to prove to her cousin that she has talent. Trouble is, Cheryl cannot sing.
Director: Mark Cendrowski | Stars: Jim Belushi, Courtney Thorne-Smith, Kimberly Williams-Paisley, Larry Joe Campbell
Votes: 157
31.
Star Trek: Enterprise (2001–2005)
Episode:
Storm Front
(2004)
TV-PG | 43 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Following the destruction of the Xindi weapon, the Enterprise crew discovers that they have been sent back in time to 1944. However, history has been altered, leaving Nazi Germany in control of a large portion of the eastern United States.
Director: Allan Kroeker | Stars: Scott Bakula, John Billingsley, Jolene Blalock, Dominic Keating
Votes: 1,710
32.
The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air (1990–1996)
Episode:
I, Whoops, There It Is
(1996)
TV-PG | 23 min | Comedy
The episode features bloopers from the past seasons of filming the series, and Dick Clark steps in to help Will showcase the bloopers. Will interviews the actors that appear in the series.
Director: Shelley Jensen | Stars: Will Smith, James Avery, Daphne Reid, Alfonso Ribeiro
Votes: 580
33.
Miami Vice (1984–1989)
Episode:
Heroes of the Revolution
(1987)
TV-14 | 47 min | Action, Crime, Drama
The team is working on a Cuban named Pedroza. They discover another man keeping tabs on him. They learn that he's a Communist agent. He goes to see Gina and tells her that he knew her ... See full summary »
Director: Gabrielle Beaumont | Stars: Don Johnson, Philip Michael Thomas, Saundra Santiago, Michael Talbott
Votes: 354
34.
The Outer Limits (1995–2002)
Episode:
The Joining
(1998)
TV-PG | 45 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
The sole survivor of a disaster on Venus reacts strangely to Earth's environment and when radiation is applied, he begins to manufacture duplicate body parts.
Director: Brad Turner | Stars: C. Thomas Howell, Amanda Tapping, Jim Byrnes, Linda Darlow
Votes: 252
35.
The Simpsons (1989– )
Episode:
Moaning Lisa
(1990)
TV-14 | 30 min | Animation, Comedy
A depressed Lisa's spirit is lifted when she meets a jazz-man, Bleeding Gums Murphy.
Director: Wesley Archer | Stars: Dan Castellaneta, Julie Kavner, Nancy Cartwright, Yeardley Smith
Votes: 5,102
36.
Water Rats (1996–2001)
Episode:
Stolen Time
(1997)
TV-14 | 44 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A young woman believed to be stalked by an admirer called "Desperate Dave" is reported missing.
Director: Chris Martin-Jones | Stars: Colin Friels, Catherine McClements, Jay Laga'aia, Brett Partridge
Votes: 16
37.
Das Boot (2018– )
Episode:
Kopf an Kopf
(2020)
TV-MA | 55 min | Drama, War
Wrangel and von Reinhartz have a dramatic battle on the Atlantic. Margot is horrified by a betrayal. The seriously injured Hoffmann asks Cassandra to leave the city with him.
Director: Rick Ostermann | Stars: Tom Wlaschiha, Rochelle Neil, Clemens Schick, Rick Okon
Votes: 245
38.
United States of Tara (2009–2011)
Episode:
Betrayal
(2009)
TV-MA | 27 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Tara is shocked when her therapist, Dr. Ocean, suddenly terminates her treatment leading after telling Tara that she can do better with the next stages of her treatment. Charmaine decides ... See full summary »
Director: John Dahl | Stars: Toni Collette, John Corbett, Rosemarie DeWitt, Keir Gilchrist
Votes: 264
39.
9-1-1: Lone Star (2020– )
Episode:
The Big Heat
(2021)
TV-14 | 44 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
A recovering Owen becomes the prime suspect in the serial arsonist case. Meanwhile, T.K. and Carlos find themselves in a fiery situation and Tommy gets the surprise of her life.
Director: Ben Hernandez Bray | Stars: Rob Lowe, Gina Torres, Ronen Rubinstein, Sierra Aylina McClain
Votes: 725
40.
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: 882
41.
The Beachcombers (1972–2004)
Episode:
Options
(1988)
Adventure, Comedy
Nick is handling the sale of his friend Alan Crispin's restored luxury yacht, the Alibi Wahoo, which is priced at $56,000 and which Crispin spared no expense in restoring. Upon first sight,... See full summary »
Director: Bruno Gerussi | Stars: Bruno Gerussi, Robert Clothier, Jackson Davies, Pat John
42.
Wolf Like Me (2022– )
Episode:
Episode #2.3
(2023)
TV-MA | 26 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
The Wolf Dosen't Recognize Gary. When Gary meets a normal woman, The mother of Emma's new best friend, Mary gives him an easy out.
Director: Abe Forsythe | Stars: Isla Fisher, Josh Gad, Ariel Donoghue, Robin McLeavy
Votes: 127
43.
Mozart in the Jungle (2014–2018)
Episode:
You Go to My Head
(2014)
TV-MA | 26 min | Comedy, Drama, Music
At a fundraising gala at an estate, Edward offers a large sum if Rodrigo will play the violin. Rodrigo ups the ante and turns the tables. Hailey runs into Lizzie, and discovers her roommate... See full summary »
Director: Roman Coppola | Stars: Lola Kirke, Saffron Burrows, Hannah Dunne, Gael García Bernal
Votes: 598
44.
Episodes (2011–2017)
Episode:
Episode Three
(2017)
TV-MA | 29 min | Comedy
Beverly gets Carol to get out of the house. Matt tries to talk Beverly and Sean into writing a show for him. Merc Lapidus gets a surprise phone call.
Director: Jeffrey Klarik | Stars: Matt LeBlanc, Stephen Mangan, Tamsin Greig, John Pankow
Votes: 287
45.
NCIS: New Orleans (2014–2021)
Episode:
Foreign Affairs
(2015)
TV-14 | 43 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Agent Pride and his team are sent a partner from the Australian Defense Force Investigative Service to investigate a murder with connections to international nuclear weapons negotiations.
Director: Laura Belsey | Stars: Scott Bakula, Lucas Black, Zoe McLellan, Rob Kerkovich
Votes: 328
46.
Stranger Things (2016–2025)
Episode:
Chapter Five: Dig Dug
(2017)
TV-14 | 58 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Nancy and Jonathan swap conspiracy theories with a new ally as Eleven searches for someone from her past. "Bob the Brain" tackles a difficult problem.
Director: Andrew Stanton | Stars: Winona Ryder, David Harbour, Finn Wolfhard, Millie Bobby Brown
Votes: 19,878
47.
Luke Cage (2016–2018)
Episode:
Soul Brother #1
(2018)
TV-MA | 56 min | Action, Crime, Drama
As Luke adjusts to his growing fame and tries to shut down the flow of heroin branded with his name, someone from his past reaches out.
Director: Lucy Liu | Stars: Mike Colter, Simone Missick, Theo Rossi, Mustafa Shakir
Votes: 2,387
48.
This Is Us (2016–2022)
Episode:
Clooney
(2018)
TV-14 | 43 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Kate goes wedding dress shopping; Kevin embraces a new lifestyle; Randall explores William's past; Jack and Rebecca take the kids to the mall.
Director: Zetna Fuentes | Stars: Milo Ventimiglia, Mandy Moore, Sterling K. Brown, Chrissy Metz
Votes: 2,253
49.
Timeless (2016–2018)
Episode:
The King of the Delta Blues
(2018)
TV-PG | 42 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
The team travel back to 1936 Texas to try and conserve 20th century pop culture, while Wyatt closes in on the Rittenhouse HQ.
Director: Greg Beeman | Stars: Abigail Spencer, Matt Lanter, Malcolm Barrett, Paterson Joseph
Votes: 1,308
50.
The Ben Shapiro Show (2015– )
Trump's Big Tax Day
(2017 Podcast Episode)
53 min | News, Talk-Show
Trump's tax bill is about to pass, and the media is outraged. Ben details the good and bad things Trump has done his first year. #MeToo sees a backlash.
Stars: Ben Shapiro, Mika Brzezinski, Susan Collins, Bernie Sanders