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1. The Office (2005–2013)

TV-14 | 22 min | Comedy

A mockumentary on a group of typical office workers, where the workday consists of ego clashes, inappropriate behavior, and tedium.

Stars: Steve Carell, Jenna Fischer, John Krasinski, Rainn Wilson

Votes: 711,882

2. The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air (1990–1996)

TV-PG | 22 min | Comedy

A streetwise, poor young man from Philadelphia is sent by his mother to live with his aunt, uncle and cousins in their Bel-Air mansion.

Stars: Will Smith, James Avery, Alfonso Ribeiro, Tatyana Ali

Votes: 144,702

3. Emergency! (1972–1979)

TV-G | 60 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy

The crew of Los Angeles County Fire Department Station 51, particularly the paramedic team, and Rampart Hospital respond to emergencies in their operating area.

Stars: Randolph Mantooth, Kevin Tighe, Julie London, Bobby Troup

Votes: 6,059

4. George Lopez (2002–2007)

TV-PG | 30 min | Comedy, Drama

Comedian George Lopez stars as a Los Angeles manufacturing plant manager attempting to deal with his wacky family along with random mishaps.

Stars: George Lopez, Constance Marie, Luis Armand Garcia, Valente Rodriguez

Votes: 13,224

5. The Office: Superfan Episodes (2020– )

TV-14 | 30 min | Comedy

The original office with new bonus footage that was cut for run time on tv originally.

Stars: Steve Carell, John Krasinski, Jenna Fischer, Melora Hardin

Votes: 547

6. Fresh (1994)

R | 114 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

Death and violence anger a twelve-year-old drug courier, who sets his employers against each other.

Director: Boaz Yakin | Stars: Sean Nelson, Giancarlo Esposito, Samuel L. Jackson, N'Bushe Wright

Votes: 14,589 | Gross: $8.09M

7. Home Movies (1999–2004)

TV-14 | 30 min | Animation, Comedy, Drama

Brendon Small, an ambitious eight-year-old filmmaker, shoots movies in his basement with his two best friends, while coming to terms with adolescence, life, and relationships.

Stars: Brendon Small, H. Jon Benjamin, Melissa Bardin Galsky, Ron Lynch

Votes: 11,042

8. Gomorrah (2008)

Not Rated | 137 min | Crime, Drama

Scampia Vele is the Corbusian architecture which has become a stronghold for Mafia of Naples, Italy.

Director: Matteo Garrone | Stars: Gianfelice Imparato, Salvatore Abbruzzese, Toni Servillo, Simone Sacchettino

Votes: 51,216 | Gross: $1.58M

9. You Can't Do That on Television (1979–2004)

TV-PG | 30 min | Comedy, Family

Sketch TV by young amateur actors in true classic Nick-style. But whatever you do, never admit that you don't know or ask for water.

Stars: Les Lye, Abby Hagyard, Christine McGlade, Lisa Ruddy

Votes: 2,611

10. Ex Drummer (2007)

Not Rated | 100 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

Three handicapped losers who form a band ask famous writer Dries to be their drummer. He joins the band and starts manipulating them.

Director: Koen Mortier | Stars: Dries Vanhegen, Norman Baert, Gunter Lamoot, Sam Louwyck

Votes: 10,968

11. Joe Pera Talks with You (2018–2021)

TV-PG | 11 min | Short, Comedy

Joe, beloved choir teacher, discusses topics of interest. First up, iron!

Stars: Joe Pera, Jo Firestone, Conner O'Malley, Jo Scott

Votes: 3,558

12. A Prayer for the Dying (1987)

R | 107 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Martin, an I.R.A. hitman, is seen by a Catholic priest while carrying out a hit. He grows a bond with the priest and his niece. But his past and his former employers put all their lives in danger.

Director: Mike Hodges | Stars: Mickey Rourke, Bob Hoskins, Alan Bates, Sammi Davis

Votes: 5,716 | Gross: $1.43M

13. Mulaney (2014–2015)

TV-14 | 30 min | Comedy

John's desire to be a good person challenges his friendship with his roommates Jane and Motif.

Stars: John Mulaney, Nasim Pedrad, Seaton Smith, Zack Pearlman

Votes: 2,605

14. The Wrong Guys (1988)

PG | 86 min | Comedy

Cub Scout Pack 18 organizes a 25-year reunion to relive their fond boyhood memories. But when the five friends meet for a camping trip, they discover that what little they had once known about wilderness survival has dwindled to nothing.

Director: Danny Bilson | Stars: Louie Anderson, Richard Lewis, Richard Belzer, Franklyn Ajaye

Votes: 1,003 | Gross: $1.15M

15. Reality (II) (2012)

R | 116 min | Comedy, Drama

Luciano is a charming fishmonger whose unexpected and sudden obsession with being a contestant on a reality show leads him down a rabbit hole of skewed perceptions and paranoia.

Director: Matteo Garrone | Stars: Aniello Arena, Paola Minaccioni, Loredana Simioli, Nando Paone

Votes: 5,770 | Gross: $0.06M

16. Sasha (2010)

Not Rated | 102 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

Sasha is a piano prodigy under pressure to gain admittance to a prestigious music school. What is really stressing Sasha is his emerging sexuality, plus his piano tutor is moving away, because Sasha is in love with him, and no one knows.

Director: Dennis Todorovic | Stars: Sasa Kekez, Predrag Bjelac, Ljubisa Grujcic, Zeljka Preksavec

Votes: 1,475

17. Mid-August Lunch (2008)

Not Rated | 75 min | Comedy, Drama

Broke, and armed with only a wry sense of humor, middle-aged Gianni lives with his mother in their old apartment. The debts are mounting, but if Gianni looks after the building manager's mother during the Ferragosto, all will be forgiven.

Director: Gianni Di Gregorio | Stars: Valeria De Franciscis, Marina Cacciotti, Maria Calì, Grazia Cesarini Sforza

Votes: 4,298 | Gross: $0.67M

18. What Happens Next (I) (2011)

Not Rated | 100 min | Comedy, Romance

Paul, a closeted and self-unaware CEO in his 50's, retires and begins falling for a younger man half his age whom he meets in a dog park.

Director: Jay Arnold | Stars: Darrin Baker, Michael Blaustein, David J. Bonner, Christina Broccolini

Votes: 882

19. The Embalmer (2002)

Not Rated | 100 min | Drama, Romance

A solitary embalmer meets a charming and unemployed waiter who becomes his assistant, but the two get involved in a morbid and unhealthy professional and personal relationship.

Director: Matteo Garrone | Stars: Ernesto Mahieux, Valerio Foglia Manzillo, Elisabetta Rocchetti, Lina Bernardi

Votes: 2,967 | Gross: $0.06M

20. 3 Ring Circus (1954)

Approved | 103 min | Comedy

Jerry and Pete are two friends with no money, looking for some job. They finally find one as workers in a circus, but Jerry has different dreams. He wants to become a clown.

Director: Joseph Pevney | Stars: Dean Martin, Jerry Lewis, Joanne Dru, Zsa Zsa Gabor

Votes: 884

21. Click Your Heart (2016– )

Romance

Viewer choices lead an ostracized high school girl into a relation with one of four boys, a baseball pitcher, a street thug, a boy-band dancer or a childhood friend.

Stars: Min-ah Kwon, Da-won Lee, Kim Ro-Woon, Yeong-bin Kim

Votes: 228

22. Breaking the Surface: The Greg Louganis Story (1997 TV Movie)

TV-PG | 95 min | Biography, Drama, Sport

Breaking the Surface is about the tough times Greg Louganis had on his way to becoming one of the world's top Olympic divers. Some topics discussed were Greg's childhood problems, his homosexuality, and him contracting the HIV virus.

Director: Steven Hilliard Stern | Stars: Mario Lopez, Michael Murphy, Jeffrey Meek, Rosemary Dunsmore

Votes: 716

23. Sogni mostruosamente proibiti (1982)

89 min | Comedy, Fantasy

Paolo Coniglio (coniglio is the italian translaton of "rabbit") is a naive and clumsy writer in comics publishing, bullied by his manager and the terrible future mother-in-law. To escape ... See full summary »

Director: Neri Parenti | Stars: Paolo Villaggio, Janet Agren, Alessandro Haber, Alida Valli

Votes: 416

24. Tougher Than Leather (1988)

R | 87 min | Crime, Drama, Music

Legendary hip-hop group Run-D.M.C. stars in this cross between a blaxploitation film and a spaghetti western. They must find and punish the evil drug lord-record company executive who ... See full summary »

Director: Rick Rubin | Stars: Darryl McDaniels, Daniel Simmons, Jam Master Jay, Joseph Simmons

Votes: 379 | Gross: $3.58M

25. La Tercera Edad (2024)

Comedy, Romance

Two old friends enroll in an adult university, looking for adventure, love and fun. What could go wrong?

Director: Archie Lopez | Stars: Lumy Lizardo, Orlando Urdaneta, Judith Rodriguez Perez, Rene Castillo

Votes: 10

26. Gloves of Stone (2009)

Not Rated | 97 min | Action, Drama, Sport

Abner is trapped in the rough life of Mexico City. His escape? Boxing. Dr. Frank Irwin and his son Jimmy, a pro boxer, come together to teach Abner that the heart fuels the punches we throw in life.

Director: Miguel Necoechea | Stars: Martin Sheen, Kirk Harris, Álex Perea, Michael Madsen

Votes: 267 | Gross: $0.41M

27. The Salt of Life (2011)

Not Rated | 90 min | Comedy, Romance

Gianni is a retiree who has become invisible to most everyone around him. In response, he tries his best to generate some kind of extracurricular love life.

Director: Gianni Di Gregorio | Stars: Gianni Di Gregorio, Valeria De Franciscis, Alfonso Santagata, Elisabetta Piccolomini

Votes: 1,860 | Gross: $0.32M

28. El siguiente programa (1997–2000)

Animation, Comedy

The misadventures of two slacker friends in the world of the radio

Stars: Santiago Moure, Martín de Francisco, Carlos Vives, Antonio Sanint

Votes: 157

29. Showboy (2002)

Unrated | 93 min | Comedy, Drama

Fired from a TV show, a writer looks into becoming a chorus boy while a documentary crew follows his efforts.

Directors: Lindy Heymann, Christian Taylor | Stars: Christian Taylor, Lindy Heymann, Joe Daley, Erich Miller

Votes: 351 | Gross: $0.01M

30. Havoc (1972)

Not Rated | 106 min | Thriller

Pollution, disaffection, moral decay and social unrest surround a church and its pastor's family heading toward a celebration over the return of its bells.

Director: Peter Fleischmann | Stars: Vitus Zeplichal, Reinhard Kolldehoff, Silke Kulik, Helga Riedel-Hassenstein

Votes: 78

31. Bass Ackwards (2010)

Not Rated | 103 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama

A man coming off a disastrous affair with a married woman has a lyrical, strange and comedic cross-country journey in a modified VW bus.

Director: Linas Phillips | Stars: Linas Phillips, Davie-Blue, Sebastien Scandiuzzi, Jack Bennett

Votes: 365

32. Estate romana (2000)

90 min | Comedy, Drama

A former theatre actress comes back to Rome and meets old and new friends.

Director: Matteo Garrone | Stars: Rossella Or, Monica Nappo, Salvatore Sansone, Victor Cavallo

Votes: 330

33. Cheer Up! (1936)

72 min | Musical

A couple of out of work songwriters try to persuade a wealthy stockbroker to back them. But he turns out to be broke as they are. A series of mistaken identities, misunderstandings and ... See full summary »

Director: Leo Mittler | Stars: Stanley Lupino, Sally Gray, Roddy Hughes, Wyn Weaver

Votes: 84

34. Guests (1998)

68 min | Comedy, Drama

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Director: Matteo Garrone | Stars: Julian Sota, Llazar Sota, Corrado Sassi, Pasqualino Mura

Votes: 213

35. Sorelle mai (2010)

105 min | Drama

The film, a nostalgic fantasy documentary, depicts in six episodes a family story in Bobbio between 1999 and 2008. We discover the 5 years-old Elena being brought up by her aunts (Marco ... See full summary »

Director: Marco Bellocchio | Stars: Pier Giorgio Bellocchio, Elena Bellocchio, Donatella Finocchiaro, Letizia Bellocchio

Votes: 248

36. Wishbones

Comedy, Drama | Completed

Wishbones is a coming-of-age, comedy-drama about a group of teenagers who begin to question their interpersonal relationships and how they'll impact the world in the future as they approach their high school graduation.

Director: Henry Fox | Stars: Alondra Alvarez, Max Gruber, Aubrie Pache, Quinn Hitchcock

37. The Baby in the Tree (1969)

20 min | Short, Adventure, Comedy

Three boys decide they want to go for a swim. One of the boys has to watch his baby sister. The boys decide to take the baby with them to the park.

Director: Nouchka van Brakel | Stars: Anna Knaup, Hans Rettich, Albert de Wit, Mark de Blok

Votes: 12

38. A Dangerous Game (1941)

Passed | 62 min | Adventure, Comedy, Crime

Detectives Dick Williams and Andy McAllister find themselves trying to solve several crimes at an isolated mentally-ill hospital, where the patients range from slightly daffy to criminally ... See full summary »

Director: John Rawlins | Stars: Richard Arlen, Andy Devine, Jean Brooks, Edward Brophy

Votes: 64

39. Vapid Shallow Models Must Die! (2006 Video)

91 min | Comedy, Horror

Fat photographer gets revenge for his bad life by killing beautiful, shallow, vapid models.

Director: Michael Haboush | Stars: Mark Studner, Stephen Molinaro, Jason North, Tiffani-Amber DiGrazia

Votes: 146

40. Sorelle (2006)

70 min | Drama

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Director: Marco Bellocchio | Stars: Pier Giorgio Bellocchio, Elena Bellocchio, Maria Luisa Bellocchio, Letizia Bellocchio

Votes: 30

41. A Journey to Planet Sanity (2013)

90 min | Documentary

Follow Blake Freeman as he takes 69 year old Leroy, across the country on a hilarious journey for the truth about Aliens, Psychics and the Paranormal.

Director: Blake Freeman | Stars: Blake Freeman, LeRoy Tessina, Cameron West, Nir Assayag

Votes: 641

42. Raiders of the Hidden Donald Trump Fetish Doll (2018)

Not Rated | 9 min | Short, Comedy, Thriller

An independent movie director in the middle of a crowdfunding campaign fends off a variety of malevolent individuals who seek to steal his ultimate crowdfunding perk - a Donald Trump fetish doll.

Director: Angel Connell | Stars: Angel Connell, Paul Taft, Kermens Atwood, Corey Wells

Votes: 27

43. The Date Team (2019)

9 min | Short, Comedy

The Date Team is an elite group of secret agents whose sole mission is to help people on dates.

Directors: Cameron LaPrairie, Tyler Morgan, Andrew Oporto | Stars: Tyler Morgan, Andrew Oporto, Cameron LaPrairie, Tej Sangani

44. Il soffio dell'anima (2009)

108 min | Drama

Alex, a young man who does dialysis treatment, struggles not to allow his health condition to take over his life. He studies martial arts, and his dream of being reborn to a better life ... See full summary »

Director: Vittorio Rambaldi | Stars: Flavio Montrucchio, Lucrezia Piaggio, Yu-lin Yang, Raffaello Balzo

Votes: 28

45. Papa sie zeni (1936)

78 min | Comedy

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Director: Michal Waszynski | Stars: Lidia Wysocka, Franciszek Brodniewicz, Jadwiga Andrzejewska, Mira Ziminska

Votes: 47

46. My Last Night (2008)

Not Rated | 11 min | Short, Thriller

A security guard stumbles upon a robbery during his last night on the job.

Director: Felix Allen | Stars: BoJo Allen, Felix Allen, Scott Berger, Richie Degrow

Votes: 17

47. Le petit boxeur (1971 TV Movie)

90 min | Drama

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Director: Jacques Krier | Stars: Bernard Dylbaitys, Lysiane Dylbaitys, Patricia Dylbaitys, Sonia Dylbaitys

48. Columbo (1971–2003)
Episode: Requiem for a Falling Star (1973)

Not Rated | 74 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

A faded movie actress commits murder. Lt. Columbo, one of her biggest fans, is on the case.

Director: Richard Quine | Stars: Peter Falk, Anne Baxter, Frank Converse, Pippa Scott

Votes: 2,781

49. You Can't Do That on Television (1979–2004)
Episode: Friends (1984)

TV-PG | Comedy, Family

You can't put a price tag on friendship. Well, in fact, you can, as Christine sadly discovers when her mother's monthly friendship checks to the cast fail to arrive, leaving Christine friendless.

Director: Geoffrey Darby | Stars: Andrew Burke, Alasdair Gillis, Abby Hagyard, Les Lye

50. You Can't Do That on Television (1979–2004)
Episode: History (1984)

TV-PG | Comedy, Family

As Alasdair's exploration of his family tree starts connecting with castmates, Ross fears the kids will start making fun of his age. So he conducts a preemptive strike.

Director: Geoffrey Darby | Stars: Todd Corrigan, Alasdair Gillis, Abby Hagyard, Les Lye