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51. Flocking (2015)
TV-14 | 110 min | Drama, Thriller
A 14-year old girl reports that she has been raped, but is not believed. The entire village turns against her and her family.
Director: Beata Gårdeler | Stars: Fatime Azemi, John Risto, Eva Melander, Malin Levanon
Votes: 940
52. Shall We Dance (1937)
Approved | 109 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance
A ballet dancer and a showgirl fake a marriage for publicity purposes, then fall in love.
Director: Mark Sandrich | Stars: Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Edward Everett Horton, Eric Blore
Votes: 7,874
53. 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: 3,400
54. Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter? (1957)
Not Rated | 93 min | Comedy, Romance
To save his career, a writer for television advertising wants a famous actress to endorse a lipstick. In return, he has to pretend to be her new lover.
Director: Frank Tashlin | Stars: Tony Randall, Jayne Mansfield, Betsy Drake, Joan Blondell
Votes: 4,094
55. Summer Holiday (1963)
Approved | 107 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance
Four bus mechanics and a stowaway travel Europe as a hotel, picking up singers. In Athens, the stowaway's mother has them arrested for kidnapping but then accepts her daughter's love for a mechanic and they vacation in Greece.
Director: Peter Yates | Stars: Cliff Richard, Lauri Peters, Melvyn Hayes, Una Stubbs
Votes: 1,839
56. Cold Turkey (1971)
PG-13 | 99 min | Comedy
Hoping for positive publicity, a tobacco company offers $25 million to any American town that quits smoking for 30 days. Amidst a media frenzy, Eagle Rock, Iowa accepts the challenge while the company's PR man tries to sabotage the effort.
Director: Norman Lear | Stars: Dick Van Dyke, Pippa Scott, Tom Poston, Edward Everett Horton
Votes: 2,445 | Gross: $11.99M
57. Becoming Bond (2017)
TV-MA | 95 min | Documentary, Biography, Comedy
A look at the troubled acting career of George Lazenby and his short-lived association with James Bond.
Director: Josh Greenbaum | Stars: George Lazenby, Josh Lawson, Kassandra Clementi, Jane Seymour
Votes: 3,237
58. Escaping the NXIVM Cult: A Mother's Fight to Save Her Daughter (2019 TV Movie)
TV-14 | 87 min | Crime, Drama
A mother who will stop at nothing to get her daughter back exposes the intricate seductive power of Allison and Keith and the mental and physical abuse inflicted on her daughter.
Director: Lisa Robinson | Stars: Andrea Roth, Jasper Polish, Sara Fletcher, Kristin Booth
Votes: 598
59. Shut Up Flower Boy Band (2012)
TV-Y | 45 min | Drama, Music, Romance
Shut Up Flower Boy Band is a gritty underdog story with heart. Eye Candy is an underground rock band of high school boys. When they transfer to the elite high school, they begin a journey to find their place in the music world.
Stars: Sung Jun, Ui-chul Jung, Jo Bo-ah, Kim Myung-soo
Votes: 615
60. Man of a Thousand Faces (1957)
Approved | 122 min | Biography, Drama
The life and career of vaudevillian and silent-screen horror star Lon Chaney, including his contentious relationship with his neurotic wife and his premature death.
Director: Joseph Pevney | Stars: James Cagney, Dorothy Malone, Jane Greer, Marjorie Rambeau
Votes: 2,966
61. Dark Waters (2003 Video)
R | 93 min | Action, Adventure, Horror
Moneyless, ocean-exploring gigolo and his worldly lady-friend are forced to take part in looking into the possibility that aggression - utilizing marine life - is being planned.
Director: Phillip J. Roth | Stars: Lorenzo Lamas, Simmone Mackinnon, Jeffrey Gorman, Ross Manarchy
Votes: 857
62. High Society (1995–1996)
30 min | Comedy
Successful publisher Dot lets pregnant friend Val move in despite best friend Ellie's disapproval, straining their relationships.
Stars: Jean Smart, Mary McDonnell, Dan O'Donahue, Luigi Amodeo
Votes: 215
63. House by the River (1950)
Approved | 83 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
A deranged writer murders a maid after she resists his advances. The writer engages his brother's help in hiding the body, causing unexpected problems for both of them.
Director: Fritz Lang | Stars: Louis Hayward, Lee Bowman, Jane Wyatt, Dorothy Patrick
Votes: 4,194
64. Christmas Cupid (2010 TV Movie)
PG-13 | 85 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
A supernatural comedy in which a ruthless PR executive is forced to reconsider her life choices when her number one client suffers an untimely death during the Christmas season.
Director: Gil Junger | Stars: Christina Milian, Kenny Alfonso, Cynthia Evans, Burgess Jenkins
Votes: 4,096
65. Jimmy Hollywood (1994)
R | 112 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
A failing actor living in crime infested Los Angeles, frustrated with his career, decides to take the law into his own hands, and becomes the leader of a mock-vigilante group that videotapes criminals and turns them over to the police.
Director: Barry Levinson | Stars: Joe Pesci, Christian Slater, Victoria Abril, Jason Beghe
Votes: 3,655 | Gross: $3.69M
66. Roxie Hart (1942)
Passed | 75 min | Comedy
Roxie Hart signs a murder confession in order to attract publicity for her dancing career as dames don't swing in Cook County. Will everything go as planned?
Director: William A. Wellman | Stars: Ginger Rogers, Adolphe Menjou, George Montgomery, Lynne Overman
Votes: 1,920 | Gross: $2.40M
67. Cantinflas (2014)
PG | 102 min | Biography, Comedy, Drama
The untold story of Mexico's greatest and most beloved comedy film star of all time, from his humble origins on the small stage to the bright lights of Hollywood.
Director: Sebastian del Amo | Stars: Óscar Jaenada, Michael Imperioli, Ilse Salas, Bárbara Mori
Votes: 4,187 | Gross: $6.37M
68. Paperback Hero (1999)
Not Rated | 96 min | Comedy, Romance
An Australian truck driver writes romance novels. His engaged, tomboyish, crop duster best friend's name, Ruby Vale, is unasked used as author. Complications arise when his novel takes off. Will they remain friends or...?
Director: Antony J. Bowman | Stars: Claudia Karvan, Hugh Jackman, Angie Milliken, Andrew S. Gilbert
Votes: 2,355
69. The Wing or The Thigh? (1976)
104 min | Comedy, Family
Charles Duchemin, a well-known gourmet and the publisher of a famous restaurant guide, is waging a war against fast-food entrepreneur Tricatel to save the French art of cooking. After ... See full summary »
Director: Claude Zidi | Stars: Louis de Funès, Coluche, Ann Zacharias, Julien Guiomar
Votes: 12,358
70. The Kid Brother (1987)
PG-13 | 95 min | Biography, Drama
The disruptions caused in the life of 13 year old Kenny born with underdeveloped legs, removed to replace other missing bones at 6 months old when a French film company comes to do a film about his life and family.
Director: Claude Gagnon | Stars: Kenny Easterday, Caitlin Clarke, Liane Curtis, Zach Grenier
Votes: 291
71. A Merry War (1997)
PG-13 | 101 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Gordon Comstock quits his job at an advertising agency in order to write poetry, only to find that poets, like everyone else, need money.
Director: Robert Bierman | Stars: Richard E. Grant, Helena Bonham Carter, Julian Wadham, Jim Carter
Votes: 1,554 | Gross: $0.30M
72. Theodora Goes Wild (1936)
Passed | 94 min | Comedy, Mystery, Romance
The author of a controversially racy best-selling book tries to hide her celebrity status from her provincial small-town neighbors, who would be scandalized if they knew.
Director: Richard Boleslawski | Stars: Irene Dunne, Melvyn Douglas, Thomas Mitchell, Thurston Hall
Votes: 2,958
73. Ransom! (1956)
Approved | 109 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
After the child of wealthy parents gets abducted, the police and a member of the press intervene to assist the parents in their search but end up complicating their impending decisions.
Director: Alex Segal | Stars: Glenn Ford, Donna Reed, Leslie Nielsen, Juano Hernandez
Votes: 2,332
74. Search for Beauty (1934)
Approved | 78 min | Comedy, Crime, Romance
Three con artists dupe two Olympians into serving as editors of a new health and beauty magazine which is only a front for salacious stories and pictures.
Director: Erle C. Kenton | Stars: Buster Crabbe, Ida Lupino, Robert Armstrong, James Gleason
Votes: 747
75. Dames (1934)
Passed | 91 min | Comedy, Music, Musical
A multimillionaire decides to boycott "filthy" forms of entertainment such as Broadway shows.
Directors: Ray Enright, Busby Berkeley | Stars: Joan Blondell, Dick Powell, Ruby Keeler, Zasu Pitts
Votes: 2,437
76. A Way Back Home (2013 TV Movie)
TV-G | 84 min | Drama
When Norman Rockwell's painting fades into the world of Charlie Shuffleton's barbershop, this classic piece of Americana becomes the center of a small town in Georgia where friends gather, ... See full summary »
Director: Mark Jean | Stars: Austin Stowell, Kayla Ewell, Brett Rice, Bryant Prince
Votes: 340
77. Undiscovered (2005)
PG-13 | 97 min | Comedy, Music, Romance
A group of aspiring entertainers try to establish careers for themselves in LA.
Director: Meiert Avis | Stars: Kip Pardue, Carrie Fisher, Shannyn Sossamon, Pell James
Votes: 2,929 | Gross: $1.07M
78. A Very Complex Decade: Celebrating 10 Years of a Nudist Short Film (2024)
40 min | Documentary, Short
A retrospective documentary about the nudist-themed short film "Complex" and its impact on the careers of those who helped to make it and the nudist community for which it stands. A full performance of the stage adaption is also included.
Director: Davo Hardy | Stars: Davo Hardy, Dan Monty, Georgina Neville, Kat Campbell
79. Blaze Starr Goes Nudist (1962)
Not Rated | 75 min | Romance
Stripper Blaze Starr, playing herself, drives her agent--who is also her fiancé--to distraction by ignoring scheduled "press functions" and spending her weekends at a nudist camp.
Director: Doris Wishman | Stars: Blaze Starr, Ralph Young, Gene Berk, William Mayer
Votes: 492
80. What Price Hollywood? (1932)
Passed | 88 min | Drama, Romance
The career of a waitress takes off when she meets an amiable drunken Hollywood director.
Director: George Cukor | Stars: Constance Bennett, Lowell Sherman, Neil Hamilton, Gregory Ratoff
Votes: 2,592
81. Marilyn: The Untold Story (1980 TV Movie)
156 min | Biography, Drama
The story of the life and times of the legendary Hollywood blonde bombshell Marilyn Monroe, from her meteoric rise to stardom, to her marriages and untimely death.
Directors: Jack Arnold, John Flynn, Lawrence Schiller | Stars: Catherine Hicks, Richard Basehart, Frank Converse, John Ireland
Votes: 272
82. A Woman of Distinction (1950)
85 min | Comedy
Ice-cold college dean Susan Middlecott feels there's no room in her life for romance. Enter Prof. Alec Stevenson, British lecturer on astronomy, touring North America and in possession of a... See full summary »
Director: Edward Buzzell | Stars: Rosalind Russell, Ray Milland, Edmund Gwenn, Janis Carter
Votes: 548
83. The Girl from Jones Beach (1949)
Passed | 78 min | Comedy, Romance
A pinup artist (Ronald Reagan) in search of the perfect woman poses as a Czech immigrant to win over a shapely schoolteacher (Virginia Mayo) who’s more into facts than figures.
Director: Peter Godfrey | Stars: Ronald Reagan, Virginia Mayo, Eddie Bracken, Dona Drake
Votes: 621
84. Gagarin. Pervyy v kosmose (2013)
108 min | Adventure, Biography, Drama
On April 12, 1961, Soviet cosmonaut Gagarin blasted off in a Vostok rocket and he orbited Earth for 106 minutes. He was the cosmonaut who was selected from over three thousand fighter pilots throughout the Soviet Union.
Director: Pavel Parkhomenko | Stars: Yaroslav Zhalnin, Mikhail Filippov, Vladimir Steklov, Vadim Michman
Votes: 3,581
85. The Happiest Day in the Life of Olli Maki (2016)
Unrated | 92 min | Biography, Drama, Romance
The true story of Olli Mäki, the famous Finnish boxer who had a shot at the 1962 World Featherweight title.
Director: Juho Kuosmanen | Stars: Jarkko Lahti, Oona Airola, Eero Milonoff, Joanna Haartti
Votes: 5,017
86. True Confession (1937)
Approved | 85 min | Comedy, Crime
A lawyer defends his wife, a pathological liar, in a murder trial.
Director: Wesley Ruggles | Stars: Carole Lombard, Fred MacMurray, John Barrymore, Una Merkel
Votes: 1,782
87. The Stooge (1951)
Passed | 100 min | Comedy, Drama, Music
Egotistical vaudevillian Bill Miller basks in the limelight with his successful musical-comedy act, but his success is due to his unheralded second banana.
Director: Norman Taurog | Stars: Dean Martin, Jerry Lewis, Polly Bergen, Marion Marshall
Votes: 1,661
88. Red, Hot and Blue (1949)
Approved | 84 min | Comedy, Crime, Musical
An aspiring actress finds herself in a jam when a gangster, who is backing the show she is in, is found dead in her apartment.
Director: John Farrow | Stars: Betty Hutton, Victor Mature, William Demarest, June Havoc
Votes: 302
89. The Whole Town's Talking (1926)
Passed | 70 min | Adventure, Comedy, Romance
In 1919, Chester Binney, a wounded World War I veteran, is discharged from the U.S. Army in Los Angeles, and returns to his hometown. There he is feted by his pre-war employer, George ... See full summary »
Director: Edward Laemmle | Stars: Edward Everett Horton, Virginia Lee Corbin, Trixie Friganza, Otis Harlan
Votes: 30
90. Time Out of Mind (1947)
Approved | 88 min | Drama, Film-Noir, Romance
The son of a wealthy Maine shipping magnate causes a crisis in the family when he announces that he wants a career in music rather than in the family business.
Director: Robert Siodmak | Stars: Phyllis Calvert, Robert Hutton, Ella Raines, Eddie Albert
Votes: 192
91. A Very Private Affair (1962)
103 min | Drama
When Jill becomes a movie star she soon discovers that her private life is destroyed by persistent fans that won't leave her alone. Her mother's ex-lover, Fabio, tries to protect her.
Director: Louis Malle | Stars: Brigitte Bardot, Marcello Mastroianni, Nicolas Bataille, Dirk Sanders
Votes: 1,196
92. Shut Up & Sing (2006)
R | 93 min | Documentary, Biography, Music
A documentary on the The Chicks (formerly the Dixie Chicks) in the wake of singer Natalie Maines' anti-George W. Bush statement at a 2003 concert.
Directors: Barbara Kopple, Cecilia Peck | Stars: Natalie Maines, Emily Strayer, Martie Maguire, Clayton Allen
Votes: 4,991 | Gross: $1.22M
93. Magic Town (1947)
Approved | 103 min | Comedy, Romance
An opinion pollster finds a town which is a perfect mirror of U.S. opinions.
Director: William A. Wellman | Stars: James Stewart, Jane Wyman, Kent Smith, Ned Sparks
Votes: 1,750
94. Barnum (1986 TV Movie)
90 min | Biography, Drama
The amazing biography of legendary circus impresario and unparalleled showman, P.T. Barnum.
Director: Lee Philips | Stars: Burt Lancaster, Hanna Schygulla, John Roney, Sandor Raski
Votes: 237
95. Kir Royal (1986)
60 min | Comedy
This ironic mini series deals with Baby Schimmerlos, gossip reporter of Munich tabloid "MATZ", and the city's legendary high society circles. As everyone who believes to be important wants ... See full summary »
Stars: Franz-Xaver Kroetz, Senta Berger, Dieter Hildebrandt, Ruth-Maria Kubitschek
Votes: 758
96. Il medico della mutua (1968)
98 min | Comedy
The eventful ascent of a doctor in the corrupted Italian healthcare system.
Director: Luigi Zampa | Stars: Alberto Sordi, Bice Valori, Sara Franchetti, Nanda Primavera
Votes: 1,704
97. Starlift (1951)
Approved | 103 min | Comedy, Drama, Music
To impress a movie star, a U.S. Air Force crewman pretends he is soon to see combat. When his lie gets out, chaos ensues.
Director: Roy Del Ruth | Stars: Doris Day, Gordon MacRae, Virginia Mayo, Gene Nelson
Votes: 589
98. Chained for Life (1952)
Not Rated | 81 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
A Siamese twin kills the husband who left her. The courts have to decide if she is convicted of murder, how can they punish her sister, who had nothing to do with the crime?
Director: Harry L. Fraser | Stars: Violet Hilton, Daisy Hilton, Mario Laval, Allen Jenkins
Votes: 501
99. Amazing Winter Romance (2020 TV Movie)
TV-G | 82 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
When journalist Julia goes back home to find inspiration, she discovers her childhood friend has built a giant snow maze which prompts her to find her way to true love.
Director: Jason Bourque | Stars: Jessy Schram, Marshall Williams, Zoe Fish, Melissa Marie Elias
Votes: 1,101
100. Girl 27 (2007)
Not Rated | 86 min | Documentary, Biography
The reclusive Patricia Douglas comes out of hiding to discuss the 1937 MGM scandal, in which the powerful film studio tricked her and over 100 other underage girls into attending a stag party, where she was raped.
Director: David Stenn | Stars: Patricia Douglas, Baby Peggy, Richard W. Bann, Kelly Brown
Votes: 1,187