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1. The Prestige (2006)
PG-13 | 130 min | Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
After a tragic accident, two stage magicians in 1890s London engage in a battle to create the ultimate illusion while sacrificing everything they have to outwit each other.
Director: Christopher Nolan | Stars: Christian Bale, Hugh Jackman, Scarlett Johansson, Michael Caine
Votes: 1,443,690 | Gross: $53.09M
2. The Greatest Showman (2017)
PG | 105 min | Biography, Drama, Musical
Celebrates the birth of show business and tells of a visionary who rose from nothing to create a spectacle that became a worldwide sensation.
Director: Michael Gracey | Stars: Hugh Jackman, Michelle Williams, Zac Efron, Zendaya
Votes: 312,128 | Gross: $174.34M
3. Ghost Rider (2007)
PG-13 | 110 min | Action, Fantasy, Thriller
When motorcycle rider Johnny Blaze sells his soul to the Devil to save his father's life, he is transformed into the Ghost Rider, the Devil's own bounty hunter, and is sent to hunt down sinners.
Director: Mark Steven Johnson | Stars: Nicolas Cage, Eva Mendes, Sam Elliott, Matt Long
Votes: 252,543 | Gross: $115.80M
4. Oz the Great and Powerful (2013)
PG | 130 min | Adventure, Family, Fantasy
A small-time magician is swept away to an enchanted land and is forced into a power struggle between three witches.
Director: Sam Raimi | Stars: James Franco, Michelle Williams, Rachel Weisz, Mila Kunis
Votes: 214,389 | Gross: $234.91M
5. Pinocchio (I) (2022)
PG | 105 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama
A puppet is brought to life by a fairy, who assigns him to lead a virtuous life in order to become a real boy.
Director: Robert Zemeckis | Stars: Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Tom Hanks, Benjamin Evan Ainsworth, Angus Wright
Votes: 42,265
6. Behind the Candelabra (2013)
TV-MA | 118 min | Biography, Drama, Music
A chronicle of the tempestuous six-year romance between megastar singer Liberace and his young lover Scott Thorson.
Director: Steven Soderbergh | Stars: Michael Douglas, Matt Damon, Scott Bakula, Eric Zuckerman
Votes: 45,445
7. Tucker: The Man and His Dream (1988)
PG | 110 min | Biography, Comedy, Drama
The story of Preston Tucker, the maverick car designer and his ill-fated challenge to the auto industry with his revolutionary car concept.
Director: Francis Ford Coppola | Stars: Jeff Bridges, Joan Allen, Martin Landau, Frederic Forrest
Votes: 21,879 | Gross: $19.65M
8. The Cuphead Show! (2022)
TV-Y7 | 12 min | Animation, Short, Action
Follow the misadventures of the impulsive Cuphead and his cautious but persuadable brother Mugman in this animated series based on the hit video game.
Stars: Tru Valentino, Frank Todaro, Joe Hanna, Dave Wasson
Votes: 10,099
9. The Road (1954)
Not Rated | 108 min | Drama
A care-free girl is sold to a traveling entertainer, consequently enduring physical and emotional pain along the way.
Director: Federico Fellini | Stars: Anthony Quinn, Giulietta Masina, Richard Basehart, Aldo Silvani
Votes: 66,652
10. Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942)
Passed | 126 min | Biography, Drama, Family
The life of the renowned musical composer, playwright, actor, dancer, and singer George M. Cohan.
Director: Michael Curtiz | Stars: James Cagney, Joan Leslie, Walter Huston, Richard Whorf
Votes: 16,881 | Gross: $11.80M
11. The Illusionist (2010)
PG | 80 min | Animation, Drama, Fantasy
A French illusionist finds himself out of work and travels to Scotland, where he meets a young woman. Their ensuing adventure changes both their lives forever.
Director: Sylvain Chomet | Stars: Jean-Claude Donda, Eilidh Rankin, Duncan MacNeil, Raymond Mearns
Votes: 36,538 | Gross: $2.23M
12. The Curse of the Mummy's Tomb (1964)
Approved | 81 min | Horror
British archaeologists and their American investor ship an Egyptian mummy's sarcophagus to London but someone has the amulet to revive the mummy that will then kill all those who disturbed its tomb.
Director: Michael Carreras | Stars: Terence Morgan, Ronald Howard, Fred Clark, Jeanne Roland
Votes: 3,392
13. Blood Fest (2018)
Not Rated | 92 min | Comedy, Horror
Fans flock to a festival celebrating the most iconic horror movies, only to discover that the charismatic showman behind the event has a diabolical agenda.
Director: Owen Egerton | Stars: Robbie Kay, Jacob Batalon, Seychelle Gabriel, Barbara Dunkelman
Votes: 6,590
14. 7 Faces of Dr. Lao (1964)
Passed | 100 min | Fantasy, Mystery, Western
A mysterious circus comes to a western town bearing wonders and characters that entertain the inhabitants and teach valuable lessons.
Director: George Pal | Stars: Tony Randall, Barbara Eden, Arthur O'Connell, John Ericson
Votes: 5,407
15. Frank McKlusky, C.I. (2002)
PG-13 | 83 min | Comedy
After his work partner is murdered, a gung-ho insurance claims investigator teams with a new female investigator to uncover a massive, homicidal fraud the company seems to be perpetrating on its biggest clients.
Director: Arlene Sanford | Stars: Dave Sheridan, Cameron Richardson, Randy Quaid, Dolly Parton
Votes: 1,465
16. Waterboys (2001)
91 min | Comedy, Sport
In a Japanese high school, a class of adolescent geeks joins the new synchronized swimming teacher and takes up the challenge to take part in the competition, in spite of the mockeries of the "real sportsmen".
Director: Shinobu Yaguchi | Stars: Satoshi Tsumabuki, Hiroshi Tamaki, Akifumi Miura, Kôen Kondô
Votes: 3,062
17. The Man Who Laughs (2012)
95 min | Drama
A freak show performer's life is turned upside down when he is discovered to be the missing son of a disgraced noble.
Director: Jean-Pierre Améris | Stars: Gérard Depardieu, Marc-André Grondin, Emmanuelle Seigner, Christa Théret
Votes: 1,456 | Gross: $0.05M
18. Buffalo Bill (1944)
Approved | 90 min | Drama, Western
The story of William "Buffalo Bill" Cody, legendary westerner, from his days as an army scout to his later activities as owner of a Wild West show.
Director: William A. Wellman | Stars: Joel McCrea, Maureen O'Hara, Linda Darnell, Thomas Mitchell
Votes: 1,703
19. The Magician (2015)
122 min | Drama, Fantasy, Romance
During the joseon dynasty in Korea, the princess travels to the Qing to have a beneficial marriage. On her journey to the Qing, she meets and falls in love with a magician.
Director: Kim Dae-seung | Stars: Go Ara, Son Byung-ho, Park Choong-seon, Park Chul-min
Votes: 793
20. Billy Rose's Jumbo (1962)
Approved | 123 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance
A debt-ridden circus is saved by a well-meaning but inept publicity man.
Director: Charles Walters | Stars: Doris Day, Jimmy Durante, Stephen Boyd, Martha Raye
Votes: 1,732
21. Lovely to Look At (1952)
Approved | 103 min | Comedy, Musical, Mystery
Three Broadway producers struggling to get backing for their show, hope one's sudden inheritance of a half interest in a Parisian fashion house is the answer. They travel to Paris only to learn the salon is in debt and requires their help.
Director: Mervyn LeRoy | Stars: Kathryn Grayson, Red Skelton, Howard Keel, Marge Champion
Votes: 861
22. The Battle of the Sexes (2013)
PG-13 | 83 min | Documentary, Biography, History
A look at the events leading up to the 1973 tennis match between retired men's champ Bobby Riggs and the current women's Wimbledon winner Billie Jean King.
Directors: James Erskine, Zara Hayes | Stars: Billie Jean King, Virginia Wade, Lornie Kuhle, Bobby Wilson
Votes: 724
23. Shine on Harvest Moon (1944)
Passed | 112 min | Biography, Musical, Romance
Biographical movie about the early 20th century Broadway stars Nora Bayes and Jack Norworth.
Director: David Butler | Stars: Ann Sheridan, Dennis Morgan, Jack Carson, Irene Manning
Votes: 453
24. Satin (2011)
TV-14 | 84 min | Comedy, Drama, Music
A washed up Vegas lounge singer, Jack Satin (Hamilton von Watts), has no money, no job, and delusional aspirations of fame. When Jack is forced to leave Vegas, he packs up his old Cadillac ... See full summary »
Director: Christopher Olness | Stars: Hamilton von Watts, Melissa Joan Hart, Michael Cudlitz, Robert Guillaume
Votes: 268
25. The Duke Is Tops (1938)
Approved | 73 min | Comedy, Drama, Musical
A theatrical producer puts aside his own success to boost the career of a talented singer.
Directors: William L. Nolte, Ralph Cooper | Stars: Ralph Cooper, Lena Horne, Laurence Criner, Monte Hawley
Votes: 429
26. Trump: What's the Deal? (1991)
83 min | Documentary
Examines claims made by Donald Trump around his persona and his business approach.
Director: Libby Handros | Stars: Sheelsa Allen-Stevens, Jonathan Alter, Abraham Beame, Gary Belis
Votes: 158
27. Coluche (2008)
100 min | Biography, Comedy, Drama
October 1980. Michel Colucci, better known as Coluche, is the French people's favorite comedian. He performs every night to a packed house at the Théâtre du Gymnase. One day, always ... See full summary »
Director: Antoine de Caunes | Stars: François-Xavier Demaison, Léa Drucker, Olivier Gourmet, Laurent Bateau
Votes: 730
28. The Jack Matlack Story (1991)
30 min | Documentary, Short, Biography
Biography of One of the Greatest Showman who ever lived. His promotions for MGM, Universal Studios and J.J. Parker Theatre were some of the most outrageous and ingenious of all-time. His ... See full summary »
Director: Kirk Findlay | Stars: Homer Groening, Jack Matlack, Howard McCallister, Dan Wieden
29. Badlands of Dakota (1941)
Approved | 74 min | Western
Indian raids are being perpetrated by an outlaw gang in disguise.
Director: Alfred E. Green | Stars: Robert Stack, Ann Rutherford, Richard Dix, Frances Farmer
Votes: 267
30. Forget Poverty and Live It Up! (1964)
89 min | Comedy
An aspiring showman visits the host of a popular talent show to ask him of a big favour, only to end up with his own booking agency instead. Is his handsome, but inexperienced protagonist capable of pulling off a surprising performance?
Director: Panos Glykofrydis | Stars: Thanasis Vengos, Andreas Douzos, Marion Siva, Dimitris Nikolaidis
Votes: 137
31. The Hypnotist (2019)
72 min | Documentary, Biography, Fantasy
Life story of Finnish hypnotist Olavi Hakasalo, aka. Olliver Hawk.
Director: Arthur Franck | Stars: Olliver Hawk, Laila Hakasalo, Valto Käkelä, Johannes Virolainen
Votes: 225
32. Holy Crime (1994)
Documentary, Short
Documentary on state terrorism of Islamic regime of Iran in Europe.
Director: Reza Allamehzadeh | Stars: Gholam Reza Aghazadeh, Shohreh Badie, Guy Bakhtiar, Shapour Bakhtiar
Votes: 9
33. Pavlovin koirat (2005)
70 min | Documentary
These days, even poverty can be bought.
Director: Arto Halonen | Stars: Sergei Knyazev, Vladimir Viktorovich
Votes: 56
34. Festival di Castrocaro (1957– )
Music
Stars: Massimo Giletti, Elisa Isoardi, Angela Semerano, Luigi Pietrobono
35. The Democratic Establishment Is Over-Extending the Moral Panic and the Left Is Destroying Itself (2017 Video)
15 min | Short, Talk-Show
Styx compares the moral panic over Nazis to the 1980s hysteria over Satanists.
Star: Styxhexenhammer666
36. Diamond in Chocolate (2013)
92 min | Comedy, Crime
Director: Artur Bogatov | Stars: Ivan Stebunov, Ekaterina Olkina, Sergey Nikonenko, Stanislav Lyubshin
38.
American Experience (1987– )
Episode:
The Battle Over Citizen Kane
(1996)
TV-PG | 108 min | Documentary, Biography, History
Documentary about the battle between Orson Welles and William Randolph Hearst over Welles' Citizen Kane (1941). Features interviews with Welles' and Hearst's co-workers also as a relative complete bio of Hearst.
Directors: Michael Epstein, Thomas Lennon | Stars: Richard Ben Cramer, William Alland, Thomas Anderson, Peter Bogdanovich
Votes: 1,457
39.
Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1985–1989)
Episode:
Road Hog
(1986)
TV-PG | Crime, Drama, Mystery
An obnoxious, self-centered, oblivious road hog, Ed Fratus, prevents a man to get his dying son to a hospital in time. A couple of months later, Fratus returns to the same area. He's in for a surprise.
Director: Mario DiLeo | Stars: Alfred Hitchcock, Burt Young, Ronny Cox, Lee Bryant
Votes: 107
40.
Amazing Stories (1985–1987)
Episode:
Mr. Magic
(1985)
PG | 25 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Old-timer Lou Bundles, once a world-famous magician, is now fumbling every trick, and desperately purchases an amazing old deck of cards at a small magic shop in hopes of going out in a spectacular display of legerdemain.
Director: Donald Petrie | Stars: Sid Caesar, Leo Rossi, Larry Gelman, Julius Harris
Votes: 389
41.
Lost in Space (1965–1968)
Episode:
Space Beauty
(1968)
Not Rated | 50 min | Adventure, Comedy, Family
Farnum B, the intergalactic showman, again encounters the Robinsons as he presents the Galaxy Beauty Pageant, and its sponsor wants Judy to enter - and win.
Director: Irving J. Moore | Stars: Guy Williams, June Lockhart, Mark Goddard, Marta Kristen
Votes: 187
42.
The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack (2008–2010)
Episode:
Pun Times with Punsie McKale/Balance
(2008)
TV-Y7 | 23 min | Animation, Short, Adventure
Flapjack helps Peppermint Larry battle Punsie McKale in a pun-off. / A picture show arrives in town for the first time and everyone obsess over this new marvel instead of adventuring with Flapjack.
Stars: Thurop Van Orman, Brian Doyle-Murray, Roz Ryan, Jeff Bennett
Votes: 82
43.
Who Do You Think You Are? (2004– )
Episode:
David Walliams
(2020)
Documentary, Biography, History
Comedian David Walliams learns about his great-grandfather on his father's side, a tragic shell-shocked World War One veteran, and his great-great-grandfather on his mother's side, a blind organ grinder turned successful traveling showman.
Director: Robin Dashwood | Stars: David Walliams, Phil Davis, Tony Lidington, Kathleen Williams
Votes: 53
44.
Guiding Light (1952–2009)
Episode:
Episode #1.14274
(2003)
TV-14 | 45 min | Drama, Romance
Stars: Beth Chamberlin, Maureen Garrett, Carrie Nye, Marty West
45.
The Old Fox (1977– )
Episode:
Die heilige Maria
(2014)
Crime, Drama
On the morning Paul Kaufhammer is arriving at the fairground: the big wheel begins to move and in one of the gondolas there is an old lady.Paul shouts the name of his grandmother Maria and ... See full summary »
Director: Raoul W. Heimrich | Stars: Jan-Gregor Kremp, Konstantin Wecker, Thomas Huber, Bettina Redlich
Votes: 17
46.
Vedro (2013– )
Episode:
This Friday Night
(2016)
35 min | Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi
For a small local TV station an ordinary Friday transforms into a surreal nightmare when it is suddenly revealed that they need to prolong their schedule and air something all night long. ... See full summary »
Director: Mykola Yeriomin | Stars: Yaroslav Kozak, Kirill Mieliekiestsev, Mikhail Bondarev, Leonid Syplyi
Votes: 31
47.
Travel Man: 48 Hours in... (2015– )
Episode:
Ibiza
(2018)
TV-14 | 23 min | Documentary, Adventure, Comedy
Richard takes comedienne Jessicca Knappett to Ibiza, where they experience the food, culture and scenery of the famed party island, all while constantly bickering.
Director: Nicola Silk | Stars: Richard Ayoade, Konstantin Jagoulis, Jessica Knappett
Votes: 111