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1. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004)

PG | 142 min | Adventure, Family, Fantasy

Harry Potter, Ron and Hermione return to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry for their third year of study, where they delve into the mystery surrounding an escaped prisoner who poses a dangerous threat to the young wizard.

Director: Alfonso Cuarón | Stars: Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, Rupert Grint, Richard Griffiths

Votes: 694,496 | Gross: $249.36M

2. Gone Baby Gone (2007)

R | 114 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Two Boston area detectives investigate a little girl's kidnapping, which ultimately turns into a crisis both professionally and personally.

Director: Ben Affleck | Stars: Morgan Freeman, Ed Harris, Casey Affleck, Michelle Monaghan

Votes: 294,439 | Gross: $20.30M

3. Miss Sloane (2016)

R | 132 min | Drama

In the high-stakes world of political power-brokers, Elizabeth Sloane is the most sought after and formidable lobbyist in D.C. But when taking on the most powerful opponent of her career, she finds winning may come at too high a price.

Director: John Madden | Stars: Jessica Chastain, Mark Strong, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Michael Stuhlbarg

Votes: 82,913 | Gross: $3.50M

4. The Founder (2016)

PG-13 | 115 min | Biography, Drama

The story of Ray Kroc, a salesman who turned two brothers' innovative fast food eatery, McDonald's, into the biggest restaurant business in the world, with a combination of ambition, persistence, and ruthlessness.

Director: John Lee Hancock | Stars: Michael Keaton, Nick Offerman, John Carroll Lynch, Linda Cardellini

Votes: 178,759 | Gross: $12.79M

5. Sleeping with Other People (2015)

R | 101 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

A good-natured womanizer and a serial cheater form a platonic relationship that helps reform them in ways, while a mutual attraction sets in.

Director: Leslye Headland | Stars: Jason Sudeikis, Alison Brie, Jordan Carlos, Margarita Levieva

Votes: 48,140 | Gross: $0.81M

6. The Apartment (1960)

Approved | 125 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

A Manhattan insurance clerk tries to rise in his company by letting its executives use his apartment for trysts, but complications and a romance of his own ensue.

Director: Billy Wilder | Stars: Jack Lemmon, Shirley MacLaine, Fred MacMurray, Ray Walston

Votes: 197,709 | Gross: $18.60M

7. The Big Heat (1953)

Passed | 89 min | Crime, Film-Noir, Thriller

Tough cop Dave Bannion takes on a politically powerful crime syndicate.

Director: Fritz Lang | Stars: Glenn Ford, Gloria Grahame, Jocelyn Brando, Alexander Scourby

Votes: 29,398

8. Frost/Nixon (2008)

R | 122 min | Biography, Drama, History

A dramatic retelling of the post-Watergate television interviews between British talk-show host David Frost and former president Richard Nixon.

Director: Ron Howard | Stars: Frank Langella, Michael Sheen, Kevin Bacon, Sam Rockwell

Votes: 112,620 | Gross: $18.59M

9. Flawless (2007)

PG-13 | 108 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

In 1960s London, an elderly janitor convinces a glass-ceiling constrained executive to help him steal a handful of diamonds from their employer, the London Diamond Corporation.

Director: Michael Radford | Stars: Demi Moore, Michael Caine, Lambert Wilson, Nathaniel Parker

Votes: 26,443 | Gross: $1.20M

10. The Damned United (2009)

R | 98 min | Biography, Drama, Sport

The story of the controversial Brian Clough's 44-day reign as the coach of the English football club Leeds United.

Director: Tom Hooper | Stars: Colm Meaney, Henry Goodman, David Roper, Jimmy Reddington

Votes: 45,998 | Gross: $0.45M

11. Summer with Monika (1953)

R | 96 min | Drama, Romance

A pair of teenagers meet one summer day, start a reckless affair and abandon their families to be with one another.

Director: Ingmar Bergman | Stars: Harriet Andersson, Lars Ekborg, Dagmar Ebbesen, Åke Fridell

Votes: 16,246

12. Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House (1948)

Approved | 94 min | Comedy, Romance

A man and his wife decide they can afford to have a house in the country built to their specifications. It's a lot more trouble than they think.

Director: H.C. Potter | Stars: Cary Grant, Myrna Loy, Melvyn Douglas, Reginald Denny

Votes: 12,867 | Gross: $6.00M

13. The Detective (1968)

Approved | 114 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

While grappling with his wife's infidelity, an NYPD detective investigates the murder of a gay man, which he discovers is linked to official corruption involving sex and drugs.

Director: Gordon Douglas | Stars: Frank Sinatra, Lee Remick, Ralph Meeker, Jack Klugman

Votes: 4,176 | Gross: $14.30M

14. Santa Claus (1985)

PG | 107 min | Adventure, Family, Fantasy

The legend of Santa Claus is placed into jeopardy when an unscrupulous toy manufacturer attempts to take over Christmas.

Director: Jeannot Szwarc | Stars: Dudley Moore, John Lithgow, David Huddleston, Burgess Meredith

Votes: 15,616 | Gross: $23.72M

15. The Sandpiper (1965)

TV-14 | 117 min | Drama, Romance

A free-spirited single mother forms a connection with the married headmaster of an Episcopalian boarding school in Monterey, California.

Director: Vincente Minnelli | Stars: Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton, Eva Marie Saint, Charles Bronson

Votes: 3,816 | Gross: $15.26M

16. Island in the Sun (1957)

Approved | 119 min | Drama, Romance

This drama set during the 1950s on a British-ruled Caribbean island deals with local politics, interracial relationships, social inequality, racism, adultery, and murder.

Director: Robert Rossen | Stars: James Mason, Joan Fontaine, Dorothy Dandridge, Joan Collins

Votes: 1,419 | Gross: $8.00M

17. Danny Deckchair (2003)

PG-13 | 100 min | Comedy, Romance

An Aussie becomes a national sensation when he lifts off in his deck chair tied to balloons.

Director: Jeff Balsmeyer | Stars: Rhys Ifans, Miranda Otto, Justine Clarke, Rhys Muldoon

Votes: 5,250 | Gross: $0.16M

18. Manhattan Melodrama (1934)

Passed | 93 min | Crime, Drama, Romance

The friendship between two orphans endures even though they grow up on opposite sides of the law and fall in love with the same woman.

Directors: W.S. Van Dyke, Jack Conway, George Cukor | Stars: Clark Gable, William Powell, Myrna Loy, Leo Carrillo

Votes: 4,816

19. She Will Rise (TV Movie)

Biography, Drama | Pre-production

Follows the rise and fall of former Congresswoman Katie Hill.

Star: Elisabeth Moss

20. Ankhon Dekhi (2013)

107 min | Comedy, Drama

After a distressing incident, a Delhi man vows to believe only what he can see, but his new ideals soon take his life in extreme directions.

Director: Rajat Kapoor | Stars: Sanjay Mishra, Seema Pahwa, Rajat Kapoor, Taranjit Kaur

Votes: 12,866

21. The Manxman (1929)

Not Rated | 110 min | Drama, Romance

A fisherman and a rising young lawyer, who grew up as brothers, fall in love with the same girl.

Director: Alfred Hitchcock | Stars: Anny Ondra, Carl Brisson, Malcolm Keen, Randle Ayrton

Votes: 3,292

22. Evilenko (2003)

Not Rated | 111 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

A disgraced communist schoolteacher in Kyiv becomes a brutal, unfeeling serial killer. Based on the crimes of Andrei Chikatilo.

Director: David Grieco | Stars: Malcolm McDowell, Marton Csokas, Ronald Pickup, Ruby Kammer

Votes: 3,549

23. Five Star Final (1931)

Not Rated | 89 min | Crime, Drama

The City Editor of a sleazy tabloid goes against his own journalistic ethics to resurrect a twenty year old murder case... with tragic results.

Director: Mervyn LeRoy | Stars: Edward G. Robinson, Marian Marsh, H.B. Warner, Anthony Bushell

Votes: 2,546

24. Dark Horse (2015)

PG | 85 min | Documentary, Drama, Sport

An inspirational true story of a group of friends from a working men's club who decide to take on the elite 'sport of kings' and breed themselves a racehorse

Director: Louise Osmond | Stars: Jan Vokes, Howard Davies, Brian 'Daisy' Vokes, Angela Davies

Votes: 1,326

25. Marguerite (2015)

R | 129 min | Comedy, Drama, Music

It is party day at Marguerite Dumont's castle. She sings wholeheartedly, but terribly out of tune. Marguerite has been living her passion in her own bubble, and the hypocrite audience acts as if she was the diva she believes she is.

Director: Xavier Giannoli | Stars: Catherine Frot, André Marcon, Michel Fau, Christa Théret

Votes: 5,684 | Gross: $0.51M

26. Married by Christmas (2016 TV Movie)

TV-PG | 87 min | Comedy, Romance

A high-level executive must find herself a husband before Christmas in order to inherit a fortune.

Director: Letia Clouston | Stars: Jes Macallan, Coby Ryan McLaughlin, April Bowlby, James Eckhouse

Votes: 1,406

27. Ride Out for Revenge (1957)

Approved | 78 min | Drama, Western

When an Indian chief is murdered in a hateful town, a sympathizing ex marshal tries to stop the Indians from attacking for revenge.

Director: Bernard Girard | Stars: Rory Calhoun, Gloria Grahame, Lloyd Bridges, Joanne Gilbert

Votes: 446

28. Kisses for My President (1964)

Not Rated | 113 min | Comedy

When the women of America join together on election day and elect a Leslie McCloud as the US President, things get a little awkward. Especially for her husband Thad McCloud. He, as First ... See full summary »

Director: Curtis Bernhardt | Stars: Fred MacMurray, Polly Bergen, Arlene Dahl, Edward Andrews

Votes: 716

29. Corporate (I) (2017)

PG-13 | 95 min | Drama, Thriller

Emilie is a bright young manager in HR for a huge agro-food company. Ambitious and dedicated, she is ready to put ruthless methods into practice to meet the requirements. But one day, one of the employees commits suicide in front of her.

Director: Nicolas Silhol | Stars: Céline Sallette, Lambert Wilson, Stéphane De Groodt, Violaine Fumeau

Votes: 1,177

30. Dress Gray (1986)

192 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

When a first-classman's insignia is found on the riverbank near the drowned body of plebe David Hand, the specter of murder casts a shadow of scandal across the U.S. Grant Military Academy.... See full summary »

Stars: Eddie Albert, Alec Baldwin, Lloyd Bridges, Patrick Cassidy

Votes: 395

31. Asiong Salonga: Hari ng Tondo 1950 (1990)

Action

Well done bio pic of a notorious Filipino gangster in the late 40's until his death at the age of 26 in 1951.

Director: Armando De Guzman Jr. | Stars: Jorge Estregan, Baldo Marro, Orestes Ojeda, Val Iglesias

Votes: 70

32. Strange Confession (1945)

Passed | 62 min | Crime, Drama, Horror

A scientist who is working on a cure for influenza is victimized by his unscrupulous boss, who releases the vaccine before it's ready, resulting in tragedy.

Director: John Hoffman | Stars: Lon Chaney Jr., Brenda Joyce, J. Carrol Naish, Milburn Stone

Votes: 744

33. Agata and the Storm (2004)

Not Rated | 125 min | Comedy, Romance

In Genoa, Agata runs her bookstore and, without meaning to, causes light bulbs and appliances to burn out. At the same time that a younger man declares his attraction to her, her brother ... See full summary »

Director: Silvio Soldini | Stars: Licia Maglietta, Giuseppe Battiston, Emilio Solfrizzi, Marina Massironi

Votes: 1,255

34. Ann Vickers (1933)

Passed | 76 min | Drama, Romance

A prison reformer and a controversial judge fall in love and have a child out of wedlock.

Director: John Cromwell | Stars: Irene Dunne, Walter Huston, Conrad Nagel, Bruce Cabot

Votes: 661

35. Colours (II) (2019)

87 min | Drama

A young artist who never signs her paintings (because she doesn't feel that they are really finished) pursues her art career despite poverty and the opposition of her father.

Director: Luis Cepeda | Stars: Stephany Liriano, Christian Alvarez, Francis Cruz, Olga Consuegra

Votes: 38

36. Daybreak (1931)

Passed | 85 min | Drama

Willi, a brash young lieutenant in the Austrian Imperial Guard, bent on an evening of pleasure, visits a gambling parlor and house of ill-repute. He meets Laura, a sweet innocent girl and ... See full summary »

Director: Jacques Feyder | Stars: Ramon Novarro, Helen Chandler, Jean Hersholt, C. Aubrey Smith

Votes: 209

37. Skull and Crown (1935)

Approved | 56 min | Action, Adventure, Romance

Rin-Tin-Tin brings the killer of his mistress to justice.

Director: Elmer Clifton | Stars: Rin Tin Tin Jr., Regis Toomey, Jack Mulhall, Molly O'Day

Votes: 112

38. Safrana or Freedom of Speech (1978)

110 min | Drama

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Director: Sidney Sokhona | Stars: Joseph Akouissone, Maurice Alezra, Béatrice Boffety, Patrick Demeester

Votes: 12

39. Boys Will Be Joys (1925)

20 min | Family, Comedy, Short

Adults have the Pike and Coney Island amusement parks, so the rascals put up their own rides in a large vacant lot. Mickey's got big plans for expansion when surveyors show up to begin work... See full summary »

Director: Robert F. McGowan | Stars: Joe Cobb, Jackie Condon, Mickey Daniels, Johnny Downs

Votes: 64

40. Pump Trouble (1954)

13 min | Animation, Short, Comedy

An anxious man in his forties quits his job and resigns himself to an early death after a supposed heart attack, but his doctor sets him straight.

Director: Gene Deitch | Star: Allen Swift

Votes: 11

41. Election 2017: ITV News Special (2017 TV Special)

266 min | News

Reaction to the results of the 2017 General Election presented by Julie Etchingham.

Director: Daniel Wright | Stars: Julie Etchingham, Carl Dinnen, Emily Morgan, Rachel Younger

42. Bad Girls (1999–2006)
Episode: Fight or Flight (2002)

TV-14 | 48 min | Crime, Drama

Virginia's murder investigation begins. Karen suspects the mounting number of allegations against Fenner may be true. Yvonne takes desperate measures with the help of Josh and the two Julies.

Director: Jo Johnson | Stars: Claire King, Owen Oakeshott, Graham Turner, Jack Ellis

Votes: 41

43. Bad Girls (1999–2006)
Episode: Sh*t Happens (2000)

TV-14 | 49 min | Crime, Drama

Nikki's temper gets the better of her ahich results in being shipped out and the end of her relationship with Helen. Shell provides Marilyn with the proof of Fenner's infidelity but it backfires when Fenner realises Nikki is innocent.

Director: Mike Adams | Stars: Kim Taylforth, Debra Stephenson, Jack Ellis, Simone Lahbib

Votes: 60

44. House M.D. (2004–2012)
Episode: Babies & Bathwater (2005)

TV-14 | 44 min | Drama, Mystery

While House and his team scramble to discover what's causing brain and kidney dysfunction in a pregnant woman, Vogler is on the warpath to get House fired.

Director: Bill Johnson | Stars: Hugh Laurie, Lisa Edelstein, Omar Epps, Robert Sean Leonard

Votes: 3,839

45. MacGyver (1985–1992)
Episode: Early Retirement (1988)

TV-PG | 60 min | Action, Adventure, Crime

MacGyver's boss Pete oversees the disarming of a nuclear warhead. A deadly explosion at the disarming facility causes Pete to accept full responsibility and retire from the Phoenix ... See full summary »

Director: Cliff Bole | Stars: Richard Dean Anderson, Dana Elcar, Madison Mason, Ted Stidder

Votes: 310

46. The Prisoner (1967–1968)
Episode: Arrival (1967)

TV-PG | 50 min | Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi

After resigning, a secret agent finds himself trapped in a bizarre prison known only as The Village.

Director: Don Chaffey | Stars: Patrick McGoohan, Virginia Maskell, Guy Doleman, Paul Eddington

Votes: 1,170

47. Strangers with Candy (1999–2000)
Episode: Yes You Can't (2000)

TV-14 | 22 min | Comedy

Jerri and her classmates consider series of career options presented to them while trying to avoid the option of ending up in the local creepy artificial flower factory. Seeing the '... See full summary »

Director: Dan Dinello | Stars: Paul Dinello, Greg Hollimon, Stephen Colbert, Amy Sedaris

Votes: 125

48. Benson (1979–1986)
Episode: The Lobbyist (1981)

TV-G | Comedy, Family

Benson's lobbyist girlfriend has a proposal for available land in the area; a company she represents wants to build on the land. As budget director, he agrees to the plan, but then it backfires on him.

Director: John Rich | Stars: Robert Guillaume, James Noble, Inga Swenson, Missy Gold

Votes: 31

49. Thomas and Sarah (1979)
Episode: Alma Mater (1979)

49 min | Drama

Sara is working at a private boys' school when Thomas arrives and brazens himself into becoming a teacher.

Director: David Askey | Stars: Pauline Collins, John Alderton, Derek Godfrey, John Welsh

Votes: 11

50. Nurses (2020–2021)
Episode: Lady Business (2020)

TV-14 | 42 min | Drama

Under pressure to steal more drugs, Wolf is forced into an ethical dilemma in which he is turned against his patient; while trying to protect her patient before a major surgery, Ash is forced to confront Sinead about her drinking problems.

Director: Grant Harvey | Stars: Tiera Skovbye, Natasha Calis, Jordan Johnson-Hinds, Sandy Sidhu

Votes: 101