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1. Back to School (1986)

PG-13 | 96 min | Comedy, Romance, Sport

To help his discouraged son get through college, a funloving and obnoxious rich businessman decides to enter the school as a student himself.

Director: Alan Metter | Stars: Rodney Dangerfield, Sally Kellerman, Burt Young, Keith Gordon

Votes: 36,217 | Gross: $91.26M

2. Equilibrium (2002)

R | 107 min | Action, Drama, Sci-Fi

In an oppressive future where all forms of feeling are illegal, a man in charge of enforcing the law rises to overthrow the system and state.

Director: Kurt Wimmer | Stars: Christian Bale, Sean Bean, Emily Watson, Taye Diggs

Votes: 347,122 | Gross: $1.20M

3. The Lost Daughter (2021)

R | 121 min | Drama

A woman's beach vacation takes a dark turn when she begins to confront the troubles of her past.

Director: Maggie Gyllenhaal | Stars: Olivia Colman, Jessie Buckley, Dakota Johnson, Ed Harris

Votes: 75,152

4. The Bridges of Madison County (1995)

PG-13 | 135 min | Drama, Romance

Photographer Robert Kincaid wanders into the life of housewife Francesca Johnson for four days in the 1960s.

Director: Clint Eastwood | Stars: Clint Eastwood, Meryl Streep, Annie Corley, Victor Slezak

Votes: 88,948 | Gross: $71.52M

5. The Man from Toronto (2022)

PG-13 | 110 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy

The world's deadliest assassin and New York's biggest screw-up are mistaken for each other at an Airbnb rental.

Director: Patrick Hughes | Stars: Kevin Hart, Woody Harrelson, Jasmine Mathews, Kaley Cuoco

Votes: 59,621

6. Peggy Sue Got Married (1986)

PG-13 | 103 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy

Peggy Sue faints at a high school reunion. When she wakes up, she finds herself in her own past, just before she finished school.

Director: Francis Ford Coppola | Stars: Kathleen Turner, Nicolas Cage, Barry Miller, Catherine Hicks

Votes: 40,834 | Gross: $41.38M

7. Some Kind of Beautiful (II) (2014)

R | 99 min | Comedy, Romance

A drama about a Cambridge poetry professor who begins to re-evaluate his life of Byronic excess.

Director: Tom Vaughan | Stars: Pierce Brosnan, Salma Hayek, Jessica Alba, Malcolm McDowell

Votes: 15,989

8. The Weight of Water (2000)

R | 114 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

A newspaper photographer researches an 1873 double homicide and finds her own life paralleling that of a witness who survived the tragic ordeal.

Director: Kathryn Bigelow | Stars: Catherine McCormack, Sean Penn, Sarah Polley, Elizabeth Hurley

Votes: 10,038 | Gross: $0.10M

9. The Children Act (2017)

R | 105 min | Drama

As her marriage crumbles, a judge must decide a case involving a teenage boy who is refusing a blood transfusion on religious principle.

Director: Richard Eyre | Stars: Emma Thompson, Stanley Tucci, Reena Lalbihari, Dominic Carter

Votes: 14,756 | Gross: $0.51M

10. Jimmy's Hall (2014)

PG-13 | 109 min | Biography, Drama, History

During the Depression, Jimmy Gralton returns home to Ireland after ten years of exile in America. Seeing the levels of poverty and oppression, the activist in him reawakens and he looks to re-open the dance hall that led to his deportation.

Director: Ken Loach | Stars: Barry Ward, Francis Magee, Aileen Henry, Simone Kirby

Votes: 6,955 | Gross: $0.56M

11. Rich and Famous (1981)

R | 117 min | Drama

Liz and Merry become BFFs in college. A decade later, Liz is a serious writer with writer's block, and Merry is a homemaker and a mom who has written a novel. Other bestsellers, riches, and fame follow.

Director: George Cukor | Stars: Jacqueline Bisset, Candice Bergen, David Selby, Hart Bochner

Votes: 2,053 | Gross: $14.49M

12. Being Flynn (2012)

R | 102 min | Drama

Working in a Boston homeless shelter, Nick Flynn re-encounters his father, a con man and self-proclaimed poet. Sensing trouble in his own life, Nick wrestles with the notion of reaching out yet again to his dad.

Director: Paul Weitz | Stars: Paul Dano, Robert De Niro, Julianne Moore, Olivia Thirlby

Votes: 17,840 | Gross: $0.53M

13. Rituals (1977)

R | 100 min | Adventure, Horror, Thriller

Five doctors on a wilderness outing are stalked by disfigured, crazed killers.

Director: Peter Carter | Stars: Hal Holbrook, Lawrence Dane, Robin Gammell, Ken James

Votes: 3,069

14. My Golden Days (2015)

R | 123 min | Drama, Romance

Paul is preparing to leave Tajikistan, while thinking back on his adolescent years. His childhood, his mother's madness, the parties, the trip to the USSR where he lost his virginity, the friend who betrayed him and the love of his life.

Director: Arnaud Desplechin | Stars: Quentin Dolmaire, Lou Roy-Lecollinet, Mathieu Amalric, Dinara Drukarova

Votes: 3,800 | Gross: $0.27M

15. The Cat and the Moon (2019)

114 min | Drama, Music

Whilst his mother seeks treatment in rehab, teenager Nick (Wolff) comes to New York to stay with Cal (Epps), a Jazz musician friend of his late father's. During his stay he makes friends who show him what the city has to offer.

Director: Alex Wolff | Stars: Skyler Gisondo, Alex Wolff, Stefania LaVie Owen, Mike Epps

Votes: 588

16. American Fable (2016)

Not Rated | 96 min | Thriller

After 11-year-old Gitty discovers a man who can grant wishes hiding in her family's silo, she is forced to choose between saving the man's life and protecting her family.

Director: Anne Hamilton | Stars: Peyton Kennedy, Richard Schiff, Kip Pardue, Marci Miller

Votes: 4,672

17. Kings & Queen (2004)

Unrated | 150 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

Parallel storylines tell the current state of affairs for two ex-lovers: Nora's a single mother who comes to care for her terminally ill father; holed in up in mental ward, Ismael, a brilliant musician, plots his escape.

Director: Arnaud Desplechin | Stars: Emmanuelle Devos, Geoffrey Carey, Thierry Bosc, Olivier Rabourdin

Votes: 4,016 | Gross: $0.29M

18. Leda (2021)

76 min | Fantasy, Horror, Thriller

Haunted by memories and divine visions, a young woman struggles with trauma, rape and pregnancy in this poetic reimagining of the Greek myth.

Director: Samuel Tressler IV | Stars: Adeline Thery, CC King, Douglas Cathro, Nicolle Marquez

Votes: 87

19. Friends (1993)

105 min | Drama, Romance

At the end of the 1980s, three female friends share a house in Johannesburg, South Africa. Each has her own way to live with apartheid. Thoko is a Black teacher and practices non-violent ... See full summary »

Director: Elaine Proctor | Stars: Kerry Fox, Dambisa Kente, Michele Burgers, Marius Weyers

Votes: 140

20. I Was a Teenage Mummy (1992)

Horror

A demented exchange student kidnaps a beautiful goody two shoes. Together, they wreak havoc on the gang of merciless delinquents who made their lives hell.

Director: Chris Frieri | Stars: Greg Kalek, Robert Reiss, Billy Miller, Bruce Bennett

Votes: 49

21. Pension pro svobodné pány (1965 TV Movie)

73 min | Comedy

A young man living in a strictly run boarding house secretly brings a girl of loose morals into his room at night, who is nevertheless well-groomed and takes great advantage of her ... See full summary »

Director: Jirí Krejcík | Stars: Jirina Jirásková, Josef Abrhám, Vera Ferbasová, Jirí Menzel

Votes: 23

22. The Inspector Lynley Mysteries (2001–2007)
Episode: Word of God (2005)

Not Rated | 88 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

An illegal Jordanian immigrant is found strangled in a meat locker with a page from the priceless "Golden Koran" is found on his person.

Director: Julian Simpson | Stars: Maggy Sherif, Khalid Laith, Sharon Small, Nathaniel Parker

Votes: 292

23. CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2000–2015)
Episode: Lady Heather's Box (2003)

TV-14 | 85 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

When a body is found in a foam party, he is identified by Grissom and Capt. Brass as the male prostitute Trey Buckman. Meanwhile, Catherine and Nick investigate a decomposed body of the ... See full summary »

Director: Richard J. Lewis | Stars: William Petersen, Marg Helgenberger, Gary Dourdan, George Eads

Votes: 1,015

24. CSI: NY (2004–2013)
Episode: Three Generations Are Enough (2004)

TV-14 | 42 min | Action, Crime, Drama

A suspicious brief case is found at a mercantile marker and a bomb squad is immediately summoned to the scene where Dectective Taylor is using a robot to lift a fingerprint off of it. Meanwhile, an apparent suicide takes place at a church.

Director: Alex Zakrzewski | Stars: Gary Sinise, Melina Kanakaredes, Carmine Giovinazzo, Vanessa Ferlito

Votes: 347

25. Star Trek: Enterprise (2001–2005)
Episode: Rogue Planet (2002)

TV-PG | 45 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

Lieutenant Reed discovers a rogue planet, which has broken out of orbit and therefore is devoid of any light. Life is still possible in some places because heat is bubbling up from under ... See full summary »

Director: Allan Kroeker | Stars: Scott Bakula, John Billingsley, Jolene Blalock, Dominic Keating

Votes: 1,769

26. House M.D. (2004–2012)
Episode: The Socratic Method (2004)

TV-14 | 44 min | Drama, Mystery

A 38-year-old mother, apparently suffering from thrombosis, alcoholism and schizophrenia, has only her young son as caregiver.

Director: Peter Medak | Stars: Hugh Laurie, Lisa Edelstein, Omar Epps, Robert Sean Leonard

Votes: 3,966

27. Mystery Science Theater 3000 (1988–1999)
Episode: The Deadly Bees (1998)

TV-14 | Comedy, Sci-Fi

Killer bees terrify a remote English island while a bowler hatted guy appears where he's least expected.

Director: Michael J. Nelson | Stars: Kevin Murphy, Michael J. Nelson, Mary Jo Pehl, Bill Corbett

Votes: 465

28. The Twilight Zone (1985–1989)
Episode: Her Pilgrim Soul/I of Newton (1985)

TV-PG | 48 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror

In "Her Pilgrim Soul," two scientists must discover why the spirit of a woman is reliving a previous life within their holographic computer. "I of Newton" showcases a mathematician in a battle of wits with the Devil for his soul.

Directors: Wes Craven, Kenneth Gilbert | Stars: Kristoffer Tabori, Anne Twomey, Gary Cole, Wendy Girard

Votes: 462

29. The Black Donnellys (2007)
Episode: A Stone of the Heart (2007)

TV-14 | 60 min | Crime, Drama

Tommy and Kevin continue cleaning up after Jimmy and deal with the aftermath of their actions.

Director: Paul Haggis | Stars: Jonathan Tucker, Tom Guiry, Olivia Wilde, Billy Lush

Votes: 199

30. The Civil War (1990)
Episode: War Is All Hell (1865) (1990)

TV-PG | 69 min | Documentary, History, War

By the beginning of 1865, the Confederacy was coming to an end. Atlanta had been overrun and Sherman was marching to the sea. Lincoln approved Sherman's plan against the advice of those ... See full summary »

Director: Ken Burns | Stars: David McCullough, Shelby Foote, Ed Bearss, James Symington

Votes: 343

31. The Stand (1994)
Episode: The Plague (1994)

TV-14 | 89 min | Adventure, Drama, Fantasy

When a deadly virus escapes from a government research facility, few prove to be immune to its effects. With symptoms similar to the flu, those who come into contact with it quickly die. ... See full summary »

Director: Mick Garris | Stars: Gary Sinise, Molly Ringwald, Jamey Sheridan, Laura San Giacomo

Votes: 925

32. The Outsiders (1983)
Episode: Sean MacBride (1983)

Documentary

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Director: Alan Lowery | Stars: John Pilger, Sean MacBride

33. New Tricks (2003–2015)
Episode: Dead Poets (2012)

TV-14 | 59 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

Ten years earlier the charred corpse of young poet Sean Doherty was found in the scrapyard of Turkish drug-dealer Mehtin Topal, though Topal was not convicted of the killing. Now the case ... See full summary »

Director: Philip John | Stars: Alun Armstrong, Amanda Redman, Dennis Waterman, Denis Lawson

Votes: 178

34. The Andrew Klavan Show (2015– )
The Devil and the Woke Claim They Don't Exist (2023 Podcast Episode)

Talk-Show

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Stars: Andrew Klavan, Spencer Klavan

35. New Discourses (2020– )
WTF Is Christian Nationalism? (2023 Podcast Episode)

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Star: James Lindsay

36. Hotel-Legenden (2020–2023)
Episode: Das Shelbourne in Dublin (2023)

52 min | Documentary

Kein Hotel ist enger mit der Geschichte Irlands verbunden als das Shelbourne Hotel. Es wurde 1824 eröffnet und liegt mitten im Herzen Dublins. Im Jahr 1922 wurde hier der Entwurf für die ... See full summary »

Director: Nicola Graef | Stars: Heike Makatsch, Adrian Murphy, Gary Cahill, J.P. Kavanagh

37. The Leftovers (2014–2017)
Episode: Cairo (2014)

TV-MA | 56 min | Drama, Fantasy, Mystery

Kevin awakens in Cairo to learn that he may be losing his mind; Jill remains skeptical of Nora and goes through a personal conflict; The GR prepares for an important event; Meg has an altercation with Matt.

Director: Michelle MacLaren | Stars: Justin Theroux, Amy Brenneman, Christopher Eccleston, Liv Tyler

Votes: 5,343

38. Grace and Frankie (2015–2022)
Episode: The Vows (2015)

TV-MA | 30 min | Comedy

As the wedding day approaches, Grace and Robert have problems expressing themselves, while Sol and Frankie finally clear out their old house.

Director: Dean Parisot | Stars: Jane Fonda, Lily Tomlin, Sam Waterston, Martin Sheen

Votes: 831

39. Hand of God (2014–2017)
Episode: He So Loved (2015)

TV-MA | 55 min | Crime, Drama

Pernell is torn when a vision convinces him to betray someone close to him to get answers about who hurt Jocelyn. Crystal is frustrated when Pernell refuses to take a prescription, and ... See full summary »

Director: Sarah Pia Anderson | Stars: Ron Perlman, Dana Delany, Andre Royo, Garret Dillahunt

Votes: 306

40. Hand of God (2014–2017)
Episode: A Bird in Hand (2015)

TV-MA | 58 min | Crime, Drama

Pernell feels close to fulfilling his mission and dispatches KD to serve justice. Reverend Paul and Alicia, still contending with their secret, train with the televangelists to become ... See full summary »

Director: Peter Medak | Stars: Ron Perlman, Dana Delany, Andre Royo, Garret Dillahunt

Votes: 300

41. Sleepy Hollow (2013–2017)
Episode: Incommunicado (2016)

TV-14 | 43 min | Action, Adventure, Crime

Crane and Abbie need to cooperate with their most detested foes when a supernatural event shocks the witnesses. Joe and Jenny try to restore their relationship.

Director: Russell Lee Fine | Stars: Tom Mison, Nicole Beharie, Lyndie Greenwood, Nikki Reed

Votes: 375

42. 11.22.63 (2016)
Episode: The Truth (2016)

TV-MA | 43 min | Drama, Mystery, Romance

As questions mount about Jake, his double life begins to unravel, while the past interferes with the plans he and Bill have for Oswald.

Director: James Franco | Stars: James Franco, Sarah Gadon, Cherry Jones, Lucy Fry

Votes: 3,264

43. The Andrew Klavan Show (2015– )
Don't Mention the War with Islamism!!! (2017 Podcast Episode)

47 min | Talk-Show

Jake Tapper gets angry at Drew. Mailbag topics include: the usefulness of the Left; a man feeling guilty over a friend's suicide; famous people women can look to as role models; and more.

Stars: Andrew Klavan, Shimon Prokupecz