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1. Saltburn (2023)
R | 131 min | Drama, Thriller
A student at Oxford University finds himself drawn into the world of a charming and aristocratic classmate, who invites him to his eccentric family's sprawling estate for a summer never to be forgotten.
Director: Emerald Fennell | Stars: Barry Keoghan, Jacob Elordi, Rosamund Pike, Richard E. Grant
Votes: 207,848
2. Upgraded (2024)
R | 104 min | Comedy, Romance
When Ana is upgraded to first class on a work trip, she meets handsome Will, who mistakes Ana for her boss, Claire. A white lie then sets off a glamorous chain of events, romance and opportunity, until her fib threatens to surface.
Director: Carlson Young | Stars: Camila Mendes, Archie Renaux, Marisa Tomei, Lena Olin
Votes: 19,979
3. Love at First Sight (I) (2023)
PG-13 | 91 min | Drama, Romance
A 20 year old girl misses her flight at JFK Airport and meets a young British guy who may turn out to be her true love.
Director: Vanessa Caswill | Stars: Haley Lu Richardson, Ben Hardy, Rob Delaney, Katrina Nare
Votes: 32,805
4. All About Eve (1950)
Passed | 138 min | Drama
A seemingly timid but secretly ruthless ingénue insinuates herself into the lives of an aging Broadway star and her circle of theater friends.
Director: Joseph L. Mankiewicz | Stars: Bette Davis, Anne Baxter, George Sanders, Celeste Holm
Votes: 138,925 | Gross: $0.01M
5. A Matter of Life and Death (1946)
PG | 104 min | Drama, Fantasy, Romance
A British wartime aviator who cheats death must argue for his life before a celestial court, hoping to prolong his fledgling romance with an American girl.
Directors: Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger | Stars: David Niven, Kim Hunter, Robert Coote, Kathleen Byron
Votes: 24,996
6. The Librarian: Quest for the Spear (2004 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 92 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
A bookworm becomes the librarian. Same night a magical spear gets stolen and he's off to get some real life experience around the globe on his quest for the spear - starting with being thrown off a plane over Amazonas by his cute helper.
Director: Peter Winther | Stars: Noah Wyle, Sonya Walger, Bob Newhart, Kyle MacLachlan
Votes: 21,874
7. Anonymous (I) (2011)
PG-13 | 130 min | Drama, Thriller
The theory that it was in fact Edward De Vere, Earl of Oxford, who penned Shakespeare's plays. Set against the backdrop of the succession of Queen Elizabeth I and the Essex rebellion against her.
Director: Roland Emmerich | Stars: Rhys Ifans, Vanessa Redgrave, David Thewlis, Sebastian Armesto
Votes: 42,146 | Gross: $4.46M
8. Ballet Shoes (2007 TV Movie)
PG | 85 min | Drama, Family, Musical
In 1930s London, three orphan girls are adopted by their great uncle, who is an eccentric paleontologist, and his niece.
Director: Sandra Goldbacher | Stars: Emma Watson, Yasmin Paige, Lucy Boynton, Emilia Fox
Votes: 9,179
9. Mephisto (1981)
Unrated | 146 min | Drama
In early-1930s Germany, a passionate stage actor faces a dilemma: renounce his apolitical stance and comply with the Reich's doctrine, or face oblivion. But, Faustian bargains never end well. What is the price of success?
Director: István Szabó | Stars: Klaus Maria Brandauer, Ildikó Bánsági, Krystyna Janda, Rolf Hoppe
Votes: 11,608
10. Hamlet 2 (2008)
R | 92 min | Comedy, Music
In this irreverent comedy, a failed actor-turned-worse-high-school-drama-teacher rallies his Tucson, AZ students as he conceives and stages politically incorrect musical sequel to Shakespeare's Hamlet.
Director: Andrew Fleming | Stars: Steve Coogan, Elisabeth Shue, Catherine Keener, J.J. Soria
Votes: 17,362 | Gross: $4.88M
11. The Seven-Per-Cent Solution (1976)
PG | 113 min | Adventure, Comedy, Crime
To treat his friend's cocaine induced delusions, Watson lures Sherlock Holmes to Sigmund Freud.
Director: Herbert Ross | Stars: Alan Arkin, Vanessa Redgrave, Robert Duvall, Nicol Williamson
Votes: 5,104
12. Confetti (2006)
R | 100 min | Comedy, Music, Romance
A mockumentary that follows three couples as they battle it out to win the coveted title of 'Most Original Wedding of the Year.'
Director: Debbie Isitt | Stars: Martin Freeman, Jessica Hynes, Stephen Mangan, Meredith MacNeill
Votes: 5,323 | Gross: $0.23M
13. Heights (2005)
R | 93 min | Drama, Romance
Spanning 24 hours, "Heights" follows five New Yorkers challenged to choose their destiny before the sun comes up the next day.
Director: Chris Terrio | Stars: Elizabeth Banks, Glenn Close, James Marsden, Chandler Williams
Votes: 4,834 | Gross: $1.16M
14. The Women of Brewster Place (1989)
Not Rated | 178 min | Drama
A multi-generational story of the lives of several black women who call an inner-city tenement home.
Stars: Oprah Winfrey, Mary Alice, Olivia Cole, Robin Givens
Votes: 1,405
15. Night Ambush (1957)
Unrated | 93 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Led by British officers, partisans on Crete plan to kidnap the island's German commander and smuggle him to Cairo, Egypt to embarrass the occupiers.
Directors: Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger | Stars: Dirk Bogarde, Marius Goring, David Oxley, Dimitri Andreas
Votes: 1,982
16. Jimmy P: Psychotherapy of a Plains Indian (2013)
Unrated | 117 min | Biography, Drama, Thriller
A troubled Native American veteran forms an extraordinary friendship with his maverick French psychoanalyst as they try to find a cure to his suffering.
Director: Arnaud Desplechin | Stars: Benicio Del Toro, Mathieu Amalric, Gina McKee, Larry Pine
Votes: 3,125 | Gross: $0.02M
17. The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby (2001 TV Movie)
200 min | Comedy, Drama
A young, compassionate man struggles to save his family and friends from the abusive exploitation of his cold-hearted, grasping uncle.
Director: Stephen Whittaker | Stars: John Dallimore, James D'Arcy, Sophia Myles, Diana Kent
Votes: 1,138
18. The Pleasure of His Company (1961)
Not Rated | 115 min | Comedy
Jessica Poole, is marrying Roger Henderson. When her father arrives, he disrupts the household of his ex-wife and befriends their cook.
Director: George Seaton | Stars: Fred Astaire, Lilli Palmer, Debbie Reynolds, Tab Hunter
Votes: 893
19. Playmates (1941)
Passed | 96 min | Comedy, Music
For the sake of a lucrative radio contract, John Barrymore agrees to turn bandleader Kay Kyser into a Shakespearian actor.
Director: David Butler | Stars: Kay Kyser, John Barrymore, Lupe Velez, Ginny Simms
Votes: 357
20. Driving Lessons (2006)
PG-13 | 98 min | Comedy, Drama
A coming of age story about a shy teenage boy trying to escape from the influence of his domineering mother. His world changes when he begins to work for a retired actress.
Director: Jeremy Brock | Stars: Rupert Grint, Laura Linney, Julie Walters, Fay Cohen
Votes: 11,035 | Gross: $0.24M
21. 'Pimpernel' Smith (1941)
Passed | 120 min | Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Professor Horatio Smith, while seeming very unassuming, rescues victims of Nazi persecution during World War II.
Director: Leslie Howard | Stars: Leslie Howard, Francis L. Sullivan, Allan Jeayes, Mary Morris
Votes: 1,852
22. The Last House on the Beach (1978)
Not Rated | 86 min | Crime, Drama, Horror
Sister Cristina (Florinda Bolkan) plays a nun who takes the teenage girls in her care to a remote house where they rehearse A Midsummer Night's Dream. Three thugs show up, brutally raping ... See full summary »
Director: Francesco Prosperi | Stars: Florinda Bolkan, Ray Lovelock, Flavio Andreini, Sherry Buchanan
Votes: 855
23. Greener Mountains (2005)
89 min | Drama, Romance
Greener Mountains is a family friendly, coming-of-age story about finding your place in the world.
Director: Lee Shallat Chemel | Stars: Nick Daley, Chris Heuisler, Kimberly McCullough, Brad Raider
Votes: 175
24. Jane Wants a Boyfriend (2015)
R | 101 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A young woman with Asperger's syndrome tries to find her first boyfriend with a little help from her older sister.
Director: William Sullivan | Stars: Louisa Krause, Gabriel Ebert, Eliza Dushku, Polly Draper
Votes: 2,174
25. A Bullet for Joey (1955)
Approved | 85 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
-In Montreal (Canada), a police inspector slowly discovers a plot to kidnap a nuclear physicist, American mobsters, foreign spies, and a blonde seductress, are all involved.
Director: Lewis Allen | Stars: Edward G. Robinson, George Raft, Audrey Totter, George Dolenz
Votes: 1,231
26. 9 (II) (2009)
9 min | Short, Comedy, Drama
Several men and women, one of them very pregnant, are sitting fully nude on two sofas across each other talking and arguing about seemingly unrelated things, creating a visual and philosophical metaphor.
Director: Candela Peña | Stars: Elena Anaya, Francisco Boira, Pilar Castro, Pablo Cavestany
Votes: 103
27. Doktor Faustus (1982)
179 min | Drama
A musician beds down a prostitute he knows is diseased in order to gain inspiration, an act he later believes to have been a tacit pact with Satan.
Director: Franz Seitz | Stars: Jon Finch, André Heller, Hanns Zischler, Margot Hielscher
Votes: 143
28. Last Will & Testament (2012)
TV-PG | 85 min | Documentary, Mystery
This documentary explores the ongoing debate about the authorship of the works attributed to Shakespeare. Writers and critics, actors and scholars, including Mark Twain, Sigmund Freud, ... See full summary »
Directors: Laura Wilson, Lisa Wilson | Stars: Jonathan Bate, Charles Beauclerk, William Boyle, Michael Cecil
Votes: 295
29. Nancy Drew: Secret of the Old Clock (2005 Video Game)
E | Adventure, Mystery
During the Great Depression, teen detective Nancy Drew visits the young woman who owns the Lilac Inn and investigates the mysterious occurrences going on there.
Director: Mike Paganini | Stars: Lani Minella, Dennis Regan, Sarah Papineau, Walayn Sharples
Votes: 90
30. Puck of Pook's Hill (1951– )
30 min | Drama, Fantasy
After acting in a performance of "A Midsummer Night's Dream", two children meet a real-life Puck who takes them on a wild adventure.
Stars: Wee Georgie Wood, Carole Lorimer, Barry MacGregor, Julian Herington
31. Three Seasons (1958)
31 min | Documentary, Short
Holidays in London during Winter, Spring and Autumn.
Director: Terry Ashwood | Stars: Jean Atkinson, Juliet Cooke, James Culliford, Paul Daneman
32. Away (VI)
Comedy, Drama, History | Announced
In 1960s Australia, three families with their own problems set out for their respective Christmas holidays, but are driven together by a storm.
Director: Martin Horlacher
33. Seppo Goes Shakespeare (2006 TV Movie)
40 min | Drama
Director: Peppi Kajanne | Stars: Jarmo Koski, Maija-Liisa Peuhu, Sanna Luostarinen, Esko Kovero
Votes: 14
34. Shake, Mr. Shakespeare (1936)
20 min | Musical, Comedy, Short
A director falls asleep and dreams Shakespearean characters come to life and want Hollywood careers
Director: Roy Mack | Stars: Carolyn Marsh, Loretta, Harris Twins, Allan Mann
Votes: 49
36.
According to Jim (2001–2009)
Episode:
When You Wish to Be a Star: Part 2
(2004)
TV-PG | 21 min | Comedy, Romance
Jim is troubled because his replacement in the commercial, Ted, gets to be a bit too intimate with Cheryl in front of camera. So when a role opens, he grabs it. Mysteriously, Kitson turns gay when Andy is in the table.
Director: Mark Cendrowski | Stars: Jim Belushi, Courtney Thorne-Smith, Kimberly Williams-Paisley, Larry Joe Campbell
Votes: 151
37.
The Adventures of Shirley Holmes (1997–2000)
Episode:
The Case of the Second Sight
(1997)
Family, Mystery
Concerned that Shirley still believes her mother is alive in Rawanda, Shirley's father insists that the girl detective visit a psychotherapist. In the waiting room, Shirley meets another ... See full summary »
Director: Kim Todd | Stars: Meredith Henderson, John White, Diana Leblanc, Chris Humphreys
Votes: 37
38.
Derrick (1974–1998)
Episode:
Ein Objekt der Begierde
(1993)
57 min | Crime, Drama
Karoline is very popular in the building where she takes her English lessons. But on one unlucky evening, a tenant returning home finds her at the bottom of the stairwell, strangled to death.
Director: Zbynek Brynych | Stars: Horst Tappert, Fritz Wepper, Willy Schäfer, Stefan Wigger
Votes: 53
39.
Frasier (1993–2004)
Episode:
A Mid-Winter Night's Dream
(1994)
TV-PG | 23 min | Comedy
After Niles has a fight with Maris, Niles and Daphne have a moment of mutual attraction during an attempt to make a reconciliation dinner. When they are stranded at Niles' mansion during a ... See full summary »
Director: David Lee | Stars: Kelsey Grammer, Jane Leeves, David Hyde Pierce, Peri Gilpin
Votes: 1,307
40.
Animaniacs (1993–1998)
Episode:
Disasterpiece Theatre/Hercule Yakko/Home on De-Nile/A Midsummer Night's Dream
(1993)
Not Rated | 30 min | Animation, Short, Adventure
First, in ancient Egypt, Rita and Runt find a "Home on De-Nile" in Cleopatra's palace until they discover that Rita is going to be Cleopatra's next sacrifice to the gods. Next, the Warners ... See full summary »
Directors: David Marshall, Rusty Mills | Stars: Rob Paulsen, Jess Harnell, Tress MacNeille, Sherri Stoner
Votes: 173
41.
There's Something About Movies (2019–2021)
Episode:
Episode #1.3
(2019)
Comedy, Game-Show
The host, comedian Alan Carr, welcomes team captains, comedian Micky Flanagan and actor Michael Sheen, and panelists, Hollywood actor Matthew Broderick, and comedians Tom Allen, Jennifer Saunders and Phil Wang.
Stars: Alan Carr, Micky Flanagan, Michael Sheen, Tom Allen
Votes: 17
42.
DC's Legends of Tomorrow (2016–2022)
Episode:
Romeo V. Juliet: Dawn of Justness
(2020)
TV-14 | 42 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
The Legends continue their hunt for pieces for the Loom of Fate and find themselves face to face with William Shakespeare; Ray and Nora make another big life decision that leaves the team surprised.
Director: Alexandra La Roche | Stars: Brandon Routh, Caity Lotz, Maisie Richardson-Sellers, Tala Ashe
Votes: 1,231
43.
Moana (2009)
Episode:
Prima Parte
(2009)
Biography, Drama
Rome, 1980s. The film opens with scenes showing Moana Pozzi (Violante Placido) in the shower, traumatized and covered in blood, recalling, in an evident state of shock, some episodes of her childhood.
Director: Alfredo Peyretti | Stars: Gaetano Amato, Elena Bouryka, Cosimo Fusco, Rosanna Gentili
44.
Bozena (2021– )
Episode:
Episode #1.3
(2021)
TV-PG | 88 min | Biography, Drama, History
Director: Lenka Wimmerová | Stars: Anna Kameníková, Anna Geislerová, Jan Hájek, Jan Budar
Votes: 11
45.
Inspector Lewis (2006–2015)
Episode:
The Quality of Mercy
(2009)
TV-PG | 93 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Lewis investigates the murder of student Richard Scott. He was killed just before premiering The Merchant of Venice. During the investigation Lewis gets personally involved.
Director: Bille Eltringham | Stars: Jo Herbert, Bryan Dick, Ronan Vibert, Shaughan Seymour
Votes: 736
46.
Mythen - Michael Köhlmeier erzählt Sagen des klassischen Altertums (2003–2006)
Episode:
Theseus und Peirithoos
(2004)
Documentary
Director: Klaus Neumann | Star: Michael Köhlmeier
47.
The Dean Martin Show (1965–1974)
Episode:
Episode #6.23
(1971)
TV-PG | 60 min | Comedy, Music
Director: Greg Garrison | Stars: Dean Martin, The Dingaling Sisters, Zero Mostel, Fred Smoot
48.
The Music Box (1957– )
Episode:
Episode #1.3
(1957)
Comedy, Music
Musical variety show, including the Crazy Gang in a performance of the final act of 'A Midsummer Night's Dream'.
Directors: Kenneth Carter, Douglas Hurn | Stars: Malcolm Clare, Bud Flanagan, Jimmy Gold, Eddie Gray
49.
Secret Garden (2010–2011)
Episode:
Episode #1.2
(2010)
TV-Y | 58 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Joo Won finds his thoughts returning to Ra Im and must see her again, but she finds him only irritating, infuriating and embarrassing.
Director: Kwon Hyuk-Chan | Stars: Ha Ji-Won, Hyun Bin, Yoon Sang-Hyun, Kim Sa-rang
Votes: 59
50.
Lilyhammer (2012–2014)
Episode:
Ghosts
(2013)
TV-MA | 44 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
Frank goes back to NY to settle things with Aldo, with two unsuspected local friends.
Director: Geir Henning Hopland | Stars: Steven Van Zandt, Trond Fausa, Steinar Sagen, Robert Skjærstad
Votes: 485