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1. Beetlejuice (1988)

PG | 92 min | Comedy, Fantasy

The spirits of a deceased couple are harassed by an unbearable family that has moved into their home, and hire a malicious spirit to drive them out.

Director: Tim Burton | Stars: Alec Baldwin, Geena Davis, Michael Keaton, Annie McEnroe

Votes: 340,255 | Gross: $73.71M

2. Tusk (I) (2014)

R | 102 min | Comedy, Horror

A brash and arrogant podcaster gets more than he bargained for when he travels to Canada to interview a mysterious recluse... who has a rather disturbing fondness for walruses.

Director: Kevin Smith | Stars: Justin Long, Michael Parks, Haley Joel Osment, Genesis Rodriguez

Votes: 63,211 | Gross: $1.82M

3. Your Name. (2016)

PG | 106 min | Animation, Drama, Fantasy

Two teenagers share a profound, magical connection upon discovering they are swapping bodies. Things manage to become even more complicated when the boy and girl decide to meet in person.

Director: Makoto Shinkai | Stars: Ryunosuke Kamiki, Mone Kamishiraishi, Ryo Narita, Aoi Yûki

Votes: 320,557 | Gross: $5.02M

4. Home Alone (1990)

PG | 103 min | Comedy, Family

An eight-year-old troublemaker, mistakenly left home alone, must defend his home against a pair of burglars on Christmas Eve.

Director: Chris Columbus | Stars: Macaulay Culkin, Joe Pesci, Daniel Stern, John Heard

Votes: 652,963 | Gross: $285.76M

5. Blue Velvet (1986)

R | 120 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

The discovery of a severed human ear found in a field leads a young man on an investigation related to a beautiful, mysterious nightclub singer and a group of psychopathic criminals who have kidnapped her child.

Director: David Lynch | Stars: Isabella Rossellini, Kyle MacLachlan, Dennis Hopper, Laura Dern

Votes: 215,777 | Gross: $8.55M

6. Click (2006)

PG-13 | 107 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy

A workaholic architect finds a universal remote that allows him to fast-forward and rewind to different parts of his life. Complications arise when the remote starts to overrule his choices.

Director: Frank Coraci | Stars: Adam Sandler, Kate Beckinsale, Christopher Walken, David Hasselhoff

Votes: 356,866 | Gross: $137.36M

7. The Ring (2002)

PG-13 | 115 min | Horror, Mystery

A journalist must investigate a mysterious videotape which seems to cause the death of anyone one week to the day after they view it.

Director: Gore Verbinski | Stars: Naomi Watts, Martin Henderson, Brian Cox, David Dorfman

Votes: 375,139 | Gross: $129.13M

8. Madagascar (2005)

PG | 86 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy

A group of animals who have spent all their life in a New York zoo end up in the jungles of Madagascar, and must adjust to living in the wild.

Directors: Eric Darnell, Tom McGrath | Stars: Chris Rock, Ben Stiller, David Schwimmer, Jada Pinkett Smith

Votes: 437,671 | Gross: $193.60M

9. Rush Hour (1998)

PG-13 | 98 min | Action, Comedy, Crime

A loyal and dedicated Hong Kong Inspector teams up with a reckless and loudmouthed L.A.P.D. detective to rescue the Chinese Consul's kidnapped daughter, while trying to arrest a dangerous crime lord along the way.

Director: Brett Ratner | Stars: Jackie Chan, Chris Tucker, Ken Leung, Tom Wilkinson

Votes: 294,795 | Gross: $141.15M

10. Hugo (2011)

PG | 126 min | Adventure, Drama, Family

In 1931 Paris, an orphan living in the walls of a train station gets wrapped up in a mystery involving his late father and an automaton.

Director: Martin Scorsese | Stars: Asa Butterfield, Chloë Grace Moretz, Christopher Lee, Ben Kingsley

Votes: 336,876 | Gross: $73.86M

11. Home Alone 2: Lost in New York (1992)

PG | 120 min | Adventure, Comedy, Crime

One year after Kevin McCallister was left home alone and had to defeat a pair of bumbling burglars, he accidentally finds himself stranded in New York City - and the same criminals are not far behind.

Director: Chris Columbus | Stars: Macaulay Culkin, Joe Pesci, Daniel Stern, Catherine O'Hara

Votes: 402,621 | Gross: $173.59M

12. Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel (2009)

PG | 88 min | Adventure, Comedy, Family

The world-famous singing preteen chipmunk trio return to contend with the pressures of school, celebrity, and a rival female music group known as The Chipettes.

Director: Betty Thomas | Stars: Jason Lee, Zachary Levi, David Cross, Justin Long

Votes: 54,548 | Gross: $219.61M

13. The Thirteenth Floor (1999)

R | 100 min | Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller

A computer scientist running a virtual reality simulation of 1937 becomes the primary suspect when his colleague and mentor is murdered.

Director: Josef Rusnak | Stars: Craig Bierko, Gretchen Mol, Armin Mueller-Stahl, Vincent D'Onofrio

Votes: 77,300 | Gross: $15.50M

14. Stranger Than Fiction (2006)

PG-13 | 113 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy

I.R.S. auditor Harold Crick suddenly finds his mundane Chicago life to be the subject of narration only he can hear: narration that begins to affect his entire existence, from his work to his love life to his death.

Director: Marc Forster | Stars: Will Ferrell, Emma Thompson, Dustin Hoffman, Queen Latifah

Votes: 236,497 | Gross: $40.14M

15. Harry and the Hendersons (1987)

PG | 110 min | Comedy, Family, Fantasy

The Henderson family adopt a friendly Sasquatch but have a hard time trying to keep the legend of 'Bigfoot' a secret.

Director: William Dear | Stars: John Lithgow, Melinda Dillon, Margaret Langrick, Joshua Rudoy

Votes: 38,289 | Gross: $29.76M

16. Hannibal Rising (2007)

R | 121 min | Adventure, Crime, Drama

After the death of his parents during World War II, young Hannibal Lecter moves in with his beautiful aunt and begins plotting revenge on the barbarians responsible for his sister's death.

Director: Peter Webber | Stars: Gaspard Ulliel, Rhys Ifans, Gong Li, Aaran Thomas

Votes: 115,913 | Gross: $27.67M

17. The Cobbler (2014)

PG-13 | 99 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy

A cobbler, bored of his everyday life, stumbles upon a magical heirloom that allows him to become other people and see the world in a different way.

Director: Tom McCarthy | Stars: Adam Sandler, Melonie Diaz, Steve Buscemi, Method Man

Votes: 60,413

18. The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard (2009)

R | 89 min | Comedy

Used-car liquidator Don Ready is hired by a failing auto dealership to turn their Fourth of July sale into a majorly profitable event.

Director: Neal Brennan | Stars: Jeremy Piven, Ving Rhames, David Koechner, James Brolin

Votes: 22,573 | Gross: $15.10M

19. Electric Dreams (1984)

PG | 95 min | Comedy, Drama, Music

An artificially intelligent PC and his human owner find themselves in a romantic rivalry over a woman.

Director: Steve Barron | Stars: Lenny von Dohlen, Virginia Madsen, Maxwell Caulfield, Bud Cort

Votes: 10,024 | Gross: $2.19M

20. Away from Her (2006)

PG-13 | 110 min | Drama

A man coping with the institutionalization of his wife because of Alzheimer's disease faces an epiphany when she transfers her affections to another man, Aubrey, a wheelchair-bound mute who also is a patient at the nursing home.

Director: Sarah Polley | Stars: Julie Christie, Michael Murphy, Gordon Pinsent, Stacey LaBerge

Votes: 23,086 | Gross: $4.57M

21. The Lookout (2007)

R | 99 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

Chris is a once promising high school athlete whose life is turned upside down following a tragic accident. As he tries to maintain a normal life, he takes a job as a janitor at a bank, where he ultimately finds himself caught up in a planned heist.

Director: Scott Frank | Stars: Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Jeff Daniels, Matthew Goode, Isla Fisher

Votes: 60,549 | Gross: $4.60M

22. Nine Months (1995)

PG-13 | 103 min | Comedy, Romance

When he finds out his longtime girlfriend is pregnant, a commitment-phobe realizes he might have to change his lifestyle for better or much, much worse.

Director: Chris Columbus | Stars: Hugh Grant, Julianne Moore, Tom Arnold, Joan Cusack

Votes: 38,612 | Gross: $69.70M

23. The Congress (2013)

Not Rated | 122 min | Animation, Drama, Sci-Fi

An aging, out-of-work actress accepts one last job, though the consequences of her decision affect her in ways she didn't consider.

Director: Ari Folman | Stars: Robin Wright, Harvey Keitel, Jon Hamm, Kodi Smit-McPhee

Votes: 19,915 | Gross: $0.14M

24. Plump Fiction (1997)

R | 82 min | Comedy, Crime

Follows the plot of Pulp Fiction (1994). Scenes from other movies are also parodied.

Director: Bob Koherr | Stars: Tommy Davidson, Julie Brown, Paul Dinello, Sandra Bernhard

Votes: 4,026 | Gross: $0.07M

25. Son of the Pink Panther (1993)

PG | 93 min | Comedy, Crime

Charles Dreyfus encounters Jacques Gambrelli, who reminds him painfully of Inspector Clouseau, the man who drove him insane. With good reason: Gambrelli is Clouseau's son.

Director: Blake Edwards | Stars: Roberto Benigni, Herbert Lom, Claudia Cardinale, Shabana Azmi

Votes: 5,920 | Gross: $2.46M

26. The I Inside (2004)

R | 90 min | Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller

An amnesiac discovers himself leaping through time between 2000 and 2002 as his past returns to him.

Director: Roland Suso Richter | Stars: Ryan Phillippe, Sarah Polley, Piper Perabo, Robert Sean Leonard

Votes: 11,387

27. A Date for Mad Mary (2016)

82 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

A woman newly released from prison seeks a date to bring to her best friend's wedding.

Director: Darren Thornton | Stars: Seána Kerslake, Carolyn Bracken, Denise McCormack, Barbara Brennan

Votes: 2,322

28. Romantics Anonymous (2010)

PG-13 | 80 min | Comedy, Romance

Jean-René, owner of a chocolate factory, and Angélique, a talented chocolate maker, are too shy to admit their love for each other. Will they come together thanks to their common passion?

Director: Jean-Pierre Améris | Stars: Benoît Poelvoorde, Isabelle Carré, Lorella Cravotta, Lise Lamétrie

Votes: 12,037

29. Straight-Jacket (2004)

TV-MA | 96 min | Comedy, Romance

In 1950's Hollywood, movie star Guy Stone must marry a studio secretary in order to conceal his homosexuality. Sally has no idea her marriage is a sham, though, and turns Guy's life upside-down. Then he falls in love.

Director: Richard Day | Stars: Matt Letscher, Carrie Preston, Adam Greer, Veronica Cartwright

Votes: 947 | Gross: $0.05M

30. Liebestraum (1991)

R | 112 min | Mystery, Thriller

The successful writer and professor of architecture Nick Kaminsky returns from New York to Elderstown to visit his biological mother Lillian Anderson Munnsen that is terminal. Nick does not... See full summary »

Director: Mike Figgis | Stars: Kevin Anderson, Bill Pullman, Kim Novak, Pamela Gidley

Votes: 1,679 | Gross: $0.13M

31. Slipstream (2007)

R | 96 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy

Aging screenwriter Felix Bonhoeffer has lived his life in two states of existence: in reality and his own interior world. While working on a murder mystery script, and unaware that his brain is on the verge of implosion, Felix is baffled when his characters start to appear in his life, and vice versa.

Director: Anthony Hopkins | Stars: Anthony Hopkins, Stella Hopkins, Christian Slater, John Turturro

Votes: 4,912 | Gross: $0.01M

32. Tees Maar Khan (2010)

Not Rated | 135 min | Comedy, Crime

Posing as a movie director, a conman attempts to trick an entire village into helping him rob a treasure-laden train.

Director: Farah Khan | Stars: Akshay Kumar, Katrina Kaif, Akshaye Khanna, Rajiv Laxman

Votes: 14,181 | Gross: $1.08M

33. Christmas in Wonderland (2006)

PG | 95 min | Comedy, Crime, Family

Three children and their father move from Los Angeles, California to Edmonton, Alberta. When they go shopping at West Edmonton Mall, they find counterfeit cash, inadvertently help catch crooks, and make a discovery about Santa.

Director: James Orr | Stars: Matthew Knight, Chris Kattan, Cameron Bright, Preston Lacy

Votes: 2,466 | Gross: $0.08M

34. Before We Vanish (2017)

R | 129 min | Drama, Sci-Fi

Three aliens travel to Earth in preparation for a mass invasion, taking possession of human bodies.

Director: Kiyoshi Kurosawa | Stars: Masami Nagasawa, Ryûhei Matsuda, Hiroki Hasegawa, Masahiro Higashide

Votes: 2,824 | Gross: $0.05M

35. Kill Game (2016)

Not Rated | 102 min | Horror

Five years after a high school prank gone horribly wrong, a group of good looking, shallow, and at times cruel pranksters find themselves on the wrong end of the joke.

Director: Robert Mearns | Stars: Joe Adler, Laura Ashley Samuels, Pierson Fode, Mouzam Makkar

Votes: 894

36. Truth About Men (2010)

Not Rated | 91 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

Mads, a 34-year-old scriptwriter, goes through a life crisis when a close friend has a stroke and ends up in a coma. Mads breaks up with his girlfriend of 10 years and tries to find a ... See full summary »

Director: Nikolaj Arcel | Stars: Thure Lindhardt, Tuva Novotny, Rosalinde Mynster, Signe Egholm Olsen

Votes: 1,455

37. The Black Box (2005)

88 min | Mystery, Thriller

Images flash through Arthur's brain, voices buzz in his mind, uttering disjointed words and sentences. Arthur Seligman seems to have had an accident but did he run over a little boy or not?... See full summary »

Director: Richard Berry | Stars: José Garcia, Marion Cotillard, Michel Duchaussoy, Bernard Le Coq

Votes: 1,928

38. iGenius: How Steve Jobs Changed the World (2011 TV Movie)

43 min | Documentary

An examination of the career and influence of the American business leader and technology innovator.

Stars: Peter Bohlin, Tom Brokaw, Joe Brown, Cindy Gallop

Votes: 476

39. Sedem jednou ranou (1991)

95 min | Fantasy

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Director: Dusan Trancík | Stars: Miro Noga, Amanda Sandrelli, Mónica Molina, Oldrich Navrátil

Votes: 71

40. Good Morning (1955)

Not Rated | 91 min | Comedy, Drama

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Director: Andrey Frolov | Stars: Tatyana Konyukhova, Izolda Izvitskaya, Yuriy Sarantsev, Vladimir Andreyev

Votes: 84

41. Priklyucheniya v gorode, kotorogo net (1974)

80 min | Fantasy, Musical

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Director: Leonid Nechaev | Stars: Yevgeny Goryachev, Igor Anisimov, Valentins Skulme, Vyacheslav Baranov

Votes: 41

42. Morozko (2010 TV Movie)

Musical

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Director: Aleksandr Igudin | Stars: Nikolay Baskov, Aleksey Chumakov, Vladimir Danilets, Andrey Danilko

Votes: 16

43. The Aunty Jack Show (1972–1973)
Episode: The Aunty Jack Family Show (1972)

30 min | Comedy

Today's theme is "Family", but will we learn about Aunty Jack's?

Director: Maurice Murphy | Stars: Grahame Bond, John Derum, Rory O'Donoghue, Sandra McGregor

44. Frasier (1993–2004)
Episode: Fortysomething (1994)

TV-G | 23 min | Comedy

Frasier becomes suddenly aware of his age, and so is not sure how to react when a young woman asks him out.

Director: Rick Beren | Stars: Kelsey Grammer, Jane Leeves, David Hyde Pierce, Peri Gilpin

Votes: 1,114

45. Taxi (1978–1983)
Episode: On the Job: Part 1 (1981)

TV-PG | 30 min | Comedy

After the Sunshine Cab Company goes bankrupt, the gang decides to meet at Mario's a month later to tell stories about their new jobs.

Director: James Burrows | Stars: Judd Hirsch, Jeff Conaway, Danny DeVito, Marilu Henner

Votes: 166

46. Taxi (1978–1983)
Episode: Reverend Jim: A Space Odyssey (1979)

TV-PG | 30 min | Comedy

The guys run into Reverend Jim and try to get him a job, but first they have to convince Louie to hire him and help him pass the exam.

Director: James Burrows | Stars: Judd Hirsch, Jeff Conaway, Danny DeVito, Marilu Henner

Votes: 454

47. Maj & Charlie (2008)
Episode: Episode #1.1 (2008)

Comedy

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Director: Mikkel Serup | Stars: Anne Høyer, Johannes Lilleøre, Mira Wanting, Ken Vedsegaard

48. Jack Hunter and the Lost Treasure of Ugarit (2008–2009)
Episode: Jack Hunter and the Lost Treasure of Ugarit (2008)

PG | 94 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy

Young archaeologist Jack Hunter planned only to take a picture of a cuneiform tablet from once unsurpassed Mesopotmian metropolis Ugarit in present Syria, but is caught and has to steal it ... See full summary »

Director: Terry Cunningham | Stars: Ivan Sergei, Joanne Kelly, Thure Riefenstein, Susan Ward

Votes: 384

49. The Pillars of the Earth (2010)
Episode: Redemption (2010)

TV-MA | 53 min | Drama, Romance, Thriller

Construction of the new church at Kingsbridge Priory is underway. They have too few men and Prior Philip hopes the sale of this year's wool will give them the money they need to hire more ... See full summary »

Director: Sergio Mimica-Gezzan | Stars: Ian McShane, Rufus Sewell, Matthew Macfadyen, Eddie Redmayne

Votes: 676

50. Kristian (2009–2011)
Episode: Reunion (2009)

21 min | Comedy

Kristian is looking forward to meeting his old crush at the ground-school reunion. But when he brings Rune to the party, the entire situation escalates.

Director: Martin Schmidt | Stars: Christian Fuhlendorff, Maria Erwolter, Jesper Juhl, Julie Dam-Larsen

Votes: 8