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1. Brazil (1985)
R | 132 min | Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
A bureaucrat in a dystopic society becomes an enemy of the state as he pursues the woman of his dreams.
Director: Terry Gilliam | Stars: Jonathan Pryce, Kim Greist, Robert De Niro, Katherine Helmond
Votes: 211,450 | Gross: $9.93M
2. Forever Young (1992)
PG | 102 min | Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi
During a cryogenics test, a pilot frozen in 1939 awakes in 1992 but time is running out, as his body starts to age rapidly.
Director: Steve Miner | Stars: Mel Gibson, Jamie Lee Curtis, Elijah Wood, Isabel Glasser
Votes: 50,148 | Gross: $55.96M
3. John Q (2002)
PG-13 | 116 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
John Quincy Archibald takes a hospital emergency room hostage when his insurance won't cover his son's heart transplant.
Director: Nick Cassavetes | Stars: Denzel Washington, Robert Duvall, Gabriela Oltean, Kimberly Elise
Votes: 143,852 | Gross: $71.76M
4. Operation Petticoat (1959)
Approved | 124 min | Comedy, Romance, War
During World War II, a commander finds himself stuck with a decrepit (and pink) submarine, a con man executive officer, and a group of army nurses.
Director: Blake Edwards | Stars: Cary Grant, Tony Curtis, Joan O'Brien, Dina Merrill
Votes: 15,907 | Gross: $23.30M
5. Peepli [Live] (2010)
Not Rated | 95 min | Comedy, Drama
An impoverished farmer's threat to end his life invites attention from politicians and media.
Directors: Anusha Rizvi, Mahmood Farooqui | Stars: Onkar Das Manikpuri, Raghubir Yadav, Shalini Vatsa, Farrukh Jaffar
Votes: 12,780 | Gross: $0.75M
6. Tokyo Joe (1949)
Approved | 88 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
An American returns to Tokyo try to pick up threads of his pre-WW2 life there, but finds himself squeezed between criminals and the authorities.
Director: Stuart Heisler | Stars: Humphrey Bogart, Alexander Knox, Florence Marly, Sessue Hayakawa
Votes: 2,724
7. Les 1001 nuits (1990)
98 min | Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
Zany subversion of the 1001 Nights myth that skips all of the stories and simply focuses on the lovely Scheherazade's escape from the lustful king with the help of a magic lamp and a time traveling astrologist.
Director: Philippe de Broca | Stars: Catherine Zeta-Jones, Gérard Jugnot, Stéphane Freiss, Thierry Lhermitte
Votes: 1,041
8. I Was a Male War Bride (1949)
Approved | 105 min | Comedy, Romance, War
After marrying an American lieutenant with whom he was assigned to work in post-war Germany, a French captain attempts to find a way to accompany her back to the States under the terms of the War Bride Act.
Director: Howard Hawks | Stars: Cary Grant, Ann Sheridan, Marion Marshall, Randy Stuart
Votes: 9,221
9. Bronk (1975–1976)
60 min | Crime, Drama
Tough but incorruptible police detective Alex Bronkov is tasked by Mayor Pete Santori with cleaning up crime-ridden Ocean City, California.
Stars: Jack Palance, Henry Beckman, Tony King, Joseph Mascolo
Votes: 141
10. Patrik, Age 1.5 (2008)
Unrated | 103 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A Swedish gay couple adopt what they think is an 18-month-old orphan, only to meet their new son, a 15-year-old homophobic delinquent.
Director: Ella Lemhagen | Stars: Gustaf Skarsgård, Torkel Petersson, Tom Ljungman, Amanda Davin
Votes: 10,398 | Gross: $0.06M
11. Such Good Friends (1971)
R | 101 min | Comedy, Drama
While awaiting the outcome of her husband's surgery, Julie Messinger discovers he has been having affairs.
Director: Otto Preminger | Stars: Dyan Cannon, James Coco, Jennifer O'Neill, Ken Howard
Votes: 699
12. Sallah Shabati (1964)
Not Rated | 110 min | Comedy, Drama
The sharp, often hilarious satire that became the most successful film in Israeli history (until that time) is about new immigrants Sallah and his family, who are left in a shack near their... See full summary »
Director: Ephraim Kishon | Stars: Topol, Geula Nuni, Gila Almagor, Albert Cohen
Votes: 1,167
13. It Grows on Trees (1952)
Approved | 84 min | Comedy, Fantasy
What happens when an American family gets two trees that grow spendable money.
Director: Arthur Lubin | Stars: Irene Dunne, Dean Jagger, Joan Evans, Richard Crenna
Votes: 368
14. Death of a Bureaucrat (1966)
Unrated | 85 min | Comedy
A young man attempts to fight the system in an entertaining account of bureaucracy amok and the tyranny of red tape.
Director: Tomás Gutiérrez Alea | Stars: Salvador Wood, Silvia Planas, Manuel Estanillo, Gaspar De Santelices
Votes: 1,463
15. Pueblo (1973 TV Movie)
100 min | Drama, War
A Cold War incident, told in flashbacks, regarding the capture of the American spy ship, U.S.S. Pueblo and its crew by North Korean naval units off the North Korean coast on January 23, 1968.
Director: Anthony Page | Stars: Hal Holbrook, Ronny Cox, Andrew Duggan, Stephen Elliott
Votes: 153
16. One Rainy Afternoon (1936)
Approved | 81 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance
Actor Philippe Martin and his married date Yvonne plan to neck in a darkened cinema, but he gets the wrong seat and mistakenly kisses lovely Monique, a publisher's daughter. An absurd ... See full summary »
Director: Rowland V. Lee | Stars: Francis Lederer, Ida Lupino, Hugh Herbert, Roland Young
Votes: 314
17. Pigs Is Pigs (1954)
Approved | 10 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
A stubbornly officious station master's stand-off with a miserly customer over the shipping rate for transporting guinea pigs gets completely out of hand.
Director: Jack Kinney | Stars: Bob Hamlin, Bill Lee, Dal McKennon, The Mellowmen Quartet
Votes: 463
18. Of All the Things (2012)
105 min | Comedy, Romance
Already falling for each other, Bern (Regine Velasquez) starts maneuvering things to help Umboy (Aga Muhlach), retake the bar exams as he battles his fears to reclaim his self-esteem.
Director: Joyce Bernal | Stars: Aga Muhlach, Regine Velasquez, Gina Pareño, John Lapus
Votes: 40
19. My Grandmother (1929)
Not Rated | 65 min | Comedy, Drama
The protagonist, a lazy pen-pusher, gets the sack for his bureaucratic idleness, and learns that the way back into the job market depends on getting a letter of recommendation from a "grandmother".
Director: Kote Mikaberidze | Stars: Aleksandre Takaishvili, Bella Chernova, Evgeniy Ovanov, Akaki Khorava
Votes: 404
20. Mr. Lord Says No (1952)
86 min | Comedy
After the Government decides to build a Festival of Britain exhibition site, everything goes to plan, all except the fact that the main road and the pedestrian subway into the site, are ... See full summary »
Director: Muriel Box | Stars: Stanley Holloway, Kathleen Harrison, Naunton Wayne, Dandy Nichols
Votes: 130
21. The Ultimate Rally (2018)
PG-13 | 107 min | Adventure, Mystery, Thriller
Racing for the ultimate bet through the most dangerous tarmac roads and off-road trails in the Americas, Europe, and Scandinavia.
Director: Hotrod Ponce | Stars: Hotrod Ponce, Brigita Ortl, Kristine Bang, May Ingrid Wilk
Votes: 51
22. La Petite Parade (1959)
9 min | Animation, Short
A French shopkeeper's life is disrupted by a daily parade. The parade consists of "ze king, ze premier, all ze lords and ministers, army, navy, department sanitaire." When the "department ... See full summary »
Directors: Seymour Kneitel, Thomas Johnson | Stars: Gilbert Mack, Jack Mercer
Votes: 35
23. In This Corner (1982)
Action, Drama
It tells the story of the lives of two boxers. One is an underrated boxer, Flash Gonzaga, and the other, a promising talent, Kid Alaminos. In their first fight, the latter wins, which causes two stories to form about them.
Director: Lino Brocka | Stars: Vic Vargas, Phillip Salvador, Chanda Romero, Perla Bautista
Votes: 14
24. Framing Youth (1937)
Approved | 10 min | Comedy, Family, Short
Alfalfa and Butch are competing in an amateur radio contest, and Butch tries to fix it so that he will win.
Director: Gordon Douglas | Stars: Darla Hood, Eugene 'Porky' Lee, George 'Spanky' McFarland, Carl 'Alfalfa' Switzer
Votes: 121
25. Bureaucracy (2009)
Not Rated | 87 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A loyal employee overburdened by a corrupt boss carefully plots a murder to save himself and his blind sister from economic hardship.
Director: Mark Perreault | Stars: Jack Robinson, David Simon, Kaitlyn Black, Jane Shepherd
Votes: 41
26. A Hole Lot of Trouble (1971)
27 min | Short, Comedy
Three workmen assigned to dig a hole near a road for an electrical cable run into problems with local officials who believe the hole is being dug in the wrong place and should be closer to the home of a prissy fashion designer.
Director: Francis Searle | Stars: Arthur Lowe, Victor Maddern, Tim Barrett, Bill Maynard
Votes: 96
27. The Eighth Circle (2018)
Short, Comedy, Horror
A clerical error in hell delays a man's eternal damnation, or so he thinks.
Director: Pete Yagmin | Stars: Ron G. Young, Courtney Yagmin, Ioanis Kourtis, Rich Tamalavitch II
28. The Diner (2009)
12 min | Short, Drama
An out-of-town consultant, who is married, explores infidelity over the course of a night, after being invited to a holiday Christmas party.
Director: David Dilley | Stars: Mark Chaet, Elena Lyons, Suzanne May, Jordan Romano
Votes: 9
29. Laissez-Passer A-69 (2021)
8 min | Short, Comedy, Fantasy
A man walks his dog and encounters a girl. The desire become apparent between them. But will they find a common ground?
Directors: Mich Gelinas, Sophie McLellan | Stars: DynaMike Beauregard, Kassandra Nolet, Sophie McLellan, Mathieu Lacharité
31. Reshimat Ahava (2000)
PG | 90 min | Documentary
In revealing moments of grief and humor, filmmaker David Fisher leads his brothers to uncover the family's dark secrets of the past, secrets that his parents were afraid to unearth.
Director: David Fisher | Stars: David Fisher, Ronel Fisher, Gideon Fisher, Amnon Fisher
Votes: 35
32. David Coburn MEP on the Tyranny of the EU (2018 Video)
Short, News
Stars: Carl Benjamin, David Coburn
34.
Kolchak: The Night Stalker (1974–1975)
Episode:
Demon in Lace
(1975)
TV-PG | 51 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
A succubus takes over the bodies of recently deceased young women so it can seduce and kill young college students.
Director: Don Weis | Stars: Darren McGavin, Simon Oakland, Keenan Wynn, Jackie Vernon
Votes: 445
35.
Salvage 1 (1979)
Episode:
Golden Orbit: Part 1
(1979)
60 min | Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi
Harry plans a return to space to salvage a communications satellite, Telcom, that is loaded with gold. While Klinger impounds the Vulture, Skip, rehired by NASA, is trapped aboard a malfunctioning space station.
Director: Ron Satlof | Stars: Andy Griffith, Joel Higgins, Trish Stewart, Richard Jaeckel
Votes: 18
36.
Coffee with Scott Adams (2018– )
Mexico Deal, Housing Emergency, Crazy George Conway, Magic Mushrooms
(2019 Podcast Episode)
News
Star: Scott Adams
37.
Toon in with Me (2021– )
Episode:
Toony Procrastinates
(2021)
TV-PG | Animation, Comedy
Toony finds new excuses not to clean the algae and slime from his fish tank while Bill is out of the studio. Cartoons include Boobs in the Woods (1950), The Rattled Rooster (1948), Swat the Fly (1935), Mess Production (1945), and The Peachy Cobbler (1950).
Director: Mike Schmiedeler | Stars: Bill Leff, Kevin Fleming, Leila Gorstein, Rich Koz
38.
In Plain Sight (2008–2012)
Episode:
Her Days Are Numbered
(2010)
TV-PG | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Mary is assigned to protect a witness named Judy Wagrowski, whose extraordinary mathematical abilities allowed her to keep all the financial records of a numbers racket in her head. That ... See full summary »
Director: Dan Lerner | Stars: Mary McCormack, Frederick Weller, Nichole Hiltz, Paul Ben-Victor
Votes: 105
39.
S.W.A.T. (2017– )
Episode:
Lion's Share
(2023)
TV-14 | Action, Adventure, Crime
The team races to stop a violent rampage with ties to a painful chapter from Hicks' past.
Director: Douglas Aarniokoski | Stars: Shemar Moore, Alex Russell, Kenny Johnson, David Lim
Votes: 309
40.
Team Bachstad (2012– )
Episode:
Team Bachstad i Sør-Amerika 3:6
(2014)
30 min | Documentary, Comedy
Directors: Øystein Bache, Rune Gokstad | Stars: Øystein Bache, Rune Gokstad
41.
Vermont Issues (2017– )
Episode:
After Two Years, Only 11 Inmates Have Received Addiction Treatment
(2017)
News, Talk-Show
Three million dollars has gone into drug addiction treatment for inmates, but after two years, only eleven of them have gotten any.
Star: Styxhexenhammer666
42.
The Public Space (2018– )
Maj Toure, Frank DeSilva: TPS #67
(2018 Podcast Episode)
News
Stars: Jean-François Gariépy, Lauren Rose, Maj Toure, Frank DeSilva
43.
The Great Detectives of Old Time Radio (2009– )
Boston Blackie: Mayor Bob Rogers Assassinated
(2018 Podcast Episode)
History
Stars: Adam Graham, Richard Kollmar