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1. Knives Out (2019)

PG-13 | 130 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

A detective investigates the death of the patriarch of an eccentric, combative family.

Director: Rian Johnson | Stars: Daniel Craig, Chris Evans, Ana de Armas, Jamie Lee Curtis

Votes: 774,574 | Gross: $165.36M

2. Hachi: A Dog's Tale (2009)

G | 93 min | Biography, Drama, Family

Professor Wilson discovers a lost Akita puppy on his way home. Despite objections from his wife, Hachi endears himself to the family and grows to be Parker's loyal companion. As their bond grows deeper, a beautiful relationship unfolds.

Director: Lasse Hallström | Stars: Richard Gere, Joan Allen, Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, Sarah Roemer

Votes: 311,667

3. Dead Calm (1989)

R | 96 min | Horror, Thriller

After a tragedy, John Ingram and his wife Rae are spending some time isolated at sea, when they come across a stranger who has abandoned a sinking ship.

Director: Phillip Noyce | Stars: Nicole Kidman, Sam Neill, Billy Zane, Rod Mullinar

Votes: 43,736 | Gross: $7.83M

4. Hunt for the Wilderpeople (2016)

PG-13 | 101 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama

A national manhunt is ordered for a rebellious kid and his foster uncle who go missing in the wild New Zealand bush.

Director: Taika Waititi | Stars: Sam Neill, Julian Dennison, Rima Te Wiata, Rachel House

Votes: 142,023 | Gross: $5.20M

5. Crimson Peak (2015)

R | 119 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery

In the aftermath of a family tragedy, an aspiring author is torn between love for her childhood friend and the temptation of a mysterious outsider. Trying to escape the ghosts of her past, she is swept away to a house that breathes, bleeds - and remembers.

Director: Guillermo del Toro | Stars: Mia Wasikowska, Jessica Chastain, Tom Hiddleston, Charlie Hunnam

Votes: 158,363 | Gross: $31.09M

6. Like Stars on Earth (2007)

PG | 162 min | Drama, Family

An eight-year-old boy is thought to be a lazy trouble-maker, until the new art teacher has the patience and compassion to discover the real problem behind his struggles in school.

Directors: Aamir Khan, Amole Gupte | Stars: Darsheel Safary, Aamir Khan, Tisca Chopra, Vipin Sharma

Votes: 206,854 | Gross: $1.22M

7. Shark Night (2011)

PG-13 | 90 min | Horror, Thriller

A weekend at a lake house in the Louisiana Gulf turns into a nightmare for seven vacationers as they are subjected to shark attacks.

Director: David R. Ellis | Stars: Sara Paxton, Dustin Milligan, Chris Carmack, Katharine McPhee

Votes: 27,203 | Gross: $18.87M

8. The New York Ripper (1982)

Not Rated | 85 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller

A burned-out New York police detective teams up with a college psychoanalyst to track down a vicious serial killer randomly stalking and killing various young women around the city.

Director: Lucio Fulci | Stars: Jack Hedley, Almanta Suska, Howard Ross, Andrea Occhipinti

Votes: 12,505

9. Long Weekend (1978)

Not Rated | 97 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller

When a suburban couple go camping for the weekend at a remote beach, they discover that nature isn't in an accommodating mood.

Director: Colin Eggleston | Stars: John Hargreaves, Briony Behets, Mike McEwen, Roy Day

Votes: 6,139

10. Mirai (2018)

PG | 98 min | Animation, Adventure, Drama

A young boy encounters a magical garden which enables him to travel through time and meet his relatives from different eras, with guidance by his younger sister from the future.

Director: Mamoru Hosoda | Stars: Rebecca Hall, Daniel Dae Kim, Koji Yakusho, John Cho

Votes: 18,118 | Gross: $0.81M

11. Mr. Magoo (1997)

PG | 87 min | Adventure, Comedy, Family

The myopic millionaire defeats jewel smugglers in his usual bumbling manner.

Director: Stanley Tong | Stars: Leslie Nielsen, Kelly Lynch, Matt Keeslar, Nick Chinlund

Votes: 16,162 | Gross: $21.38M

12. See Spot Run (2001)

PG | 94 min | Action, Comedy, Crime

A mailman takes care of a dog that, unbeknownst to him, is an FBI drug-sniffing superdog that has escaped from the witness protection program after becoming the target of an assassination.

Director: John Whitesell | Stars: David Arquette, Michael Clarke Duncan, Leslie Bibb, Joe Viterelli

Votes: 9,735 | Gross: $33.36M

13. Wendy and Lucy (2008)

R | 80 min | Drama

Over the summer, a series of unfortunate happenings triggers a financial crisis for a young woman and she soon finds her life falling apart.

Director: Kelly Reichardt | Stars: Michelle Williams, Lucy, David Koppell, Max Clement

Votes: 19,766 | Gross: $0.86M

14. White God (2014)

R | 121 min | Adventure, Drama, Thriller

Thirteen-year-old Lili fights to protect her dog Hagen. She is devastated when her father eventually sets Hagen free on the streets. Still innocently believing love can conquer any difficulty, Lili sets out to find her dog and save him.

Director: Kornél Mundruczó | Stars: Zsófia Psotta, Sándor Zsótér, Lili Horvát, Szabolcs Thuróczy

Votes: 17,082 | Gross: $0.28M

15. Christmas Vacation 2: Cousin Eddie's Island Adventure (2003 TV Movie)

TV-14 | 83 min | Comedy

A holiday to the South Pacific goes awry when Cousin Eddie's family and a tour guide are shipwrecked on an island.

Director: Nick Marck | Stars: Kate Simmons, Jake Thomas, Randy Quaid, Fred Willard

Votes: 3,863

16. Alice in Wonderland (1949)

Not Rated | 83 min | Adventure, Family, Fantasy

This exceptional theatrical version of Lewis Carroll's 1865 classic features a combination of live characters and stop-motion animation.

Director: Dallas Bower | Stars: Stephen Murray, Ernest Milton, Pamela Brown, Felix Aylmer

Votes: 879

17. Boogeyman 3 (2008)

Unrated | 94 min | Horror, Thriller

When a college student witnesses the alleged suicide of her roommate, it sets into motion a series of horrific events that cause her to fear the supernatural entity. As she tries to ... See full summary »

Director: Gary Jones | Stars: Erin Cahill, Charles Hittinger, Mimi Michaels, Matt Rippy

Votes: 5,324

18. The Better Angels (2014)

PG | 95 min | Biography, Drama, History

The story of Abraham Lincoln's childhood in the harsh wilderness of Indiana and the hardships that shaped him, the tragedy that marked him for ever and the two women who guided him to immortality.

Director: A.J. Edwards | Stars: Jason Clarke, Diane Kruger, Brit Marling, Wes Bentley

Votes: 1,465

19. Tyrel (2018)

Not Rated | 86 min | Comedy, Drama

Tyler, a sole black man, attends an otherwise all-white weekend of drunken bro debauchery on a birthday trip to a cabin in the Catskills.

Director: Sebastián Silva | Stars: Jason Mitchell, Christopher Abbott, Ann Dowd, Caleb Landry Jones

Votes: 1,550 | Gross: $0.02M

20. The Snowman and the Snowdog (2012 TV Short)

G | 24 min | Animation, Short, Family

A young boy whose dog has recently died moves to the house where The Snowman (1982) was built.

Director: Hilary Audus

Votes: 3,467

21. Number, Please? (1920)

Passed | 25 min | Short, Comedy, Romance

While at an amusement park, two men try to win the heart of a young lady. They compete with each other while attempting to find her runaway dog, and they race to ask her mother's permission to take her up in a hot air balloon.

Directors: Hal Roach, Fred C. Newmeyer | Stars: Harold Lloyd, Mildred Davis, Roy Brooks, Sammy Brooks

Votes: 1,247

22. Face of Fire (1959)

79 min | Drama

A local handyman saves a child in a fire, but the burns he receives disfigure his face so much that the townspeople avoid him.

Director: Albert Band | Stars: Cameron Mitchell, James Whitmore, Bettye Ackerman, Miko Oscard

Votes: 339

23. Often an Orphan (1949)

Approved | 7 min | Family, Animation, Comedy

Charlie Dog tries everything to get Porky to take him in and he finally does. After a couple pranks the dog pound ends up picking up Porky and not the dog.

Director: Chuck Jones | Star: Mel Blanc

Votes: 399

24. Dark Seed (1992 Video Game)

M | Adventure, Horror, Mystery

Point and click adventure about a phlegmatic small town horror novelist Mike Dawson who learns that his mind has been impregnated with the embryo of a monstrous alien invader from an evil alien parallel dimension.

Stars: Mike Dawson, John Krause, Paul Drzeweicki, Heidi Marendi

Votes: 100

25. The Grey Hounded Hare (1949)

Approved | 7 min | Family, Animation, Comedy

Bugs is in love with a mechanical bunny at the dog race track.

Director: Robert McKimson | Star: Mel Blanc

Votes: 854

26. Puff the Magic Dragon in the Land of the Living Lies (1979 TV Movie)

30 min | Animation, Fantasy

Puff shows a girl named Sandy the truth about lies as they travel through The Land of Living Lies.

Directors: Charles Swenson, Fred Wolf | Stars: Burgess Meredith, Mischa Bond, Alan Barzman, Ike Eisenmann

Votes: 100

27. The Crackpot Quail (1941)

8 min | Family, Animation, Short

A dog chases a quail through the forest; the quail keeps outsmarting the dog (and keeps referring to the dog as "doc"). The dog, none too bright, keeps running into trees, while the quail's topknot keeps falling into his face.

Director: Tex Avery | Stars: Mel Blanc, Tex Avery

Votes: 226

28. Dog Collared (1950)

Approved | 7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy

On Be Kind to Animals Week, Porky Pig decides to practice the principle and affectionately pets a large, slobbering dog. The dog takes an instant liking to Porky and follows the pig everywhere.

Director: Robert McKimson | Star: Mel Blanc

Votes: 187

29. The Dandy Lion (1940)

6 min | Animation, Short, Comedy

An American Indian girl disguises a friendly mountain lion as a dog in order to keep him as a pet.

Directors: Dave Fleischer, Shamus Culhane | Star: Jack Mercer

Votes: 33

30. Dam (2017)

17 min | Short, Drama

A violent change in the environment, is reflected on a family's collision. A young girl is obligated to leave her dog behind, before her family abandons their home in the village, because of the construction of a dam.

Director: Yorgos Teltzidis | Stars: Simos Kakalas, Konstantina Takalou, Stamatia Papathanasi, Dimitris Abatzis

Votes: 45

31. Fetch (I) (2006)

2 min | Animation, Short, Comedy

Colin takes his dog Cumberland to the park for a game of fetch but Cumberland has other ideas.

Director: Dana Dorian | Stars: Gareth Howells, Sam McCarthy

Votes: 39

32. Adventures from the Book of Virtues (1996–2009)
Episode: Loyalty (1997)

TV-Y7 | Animation, Adventure, Drama

Zach enjoys birdwatching with Mr. Cleveland, but in climbing on a plaque to get up to a tree he breaks it and doesn't get why Mr. Cleveland is so worked up over it, especially when he shows... See full summary »

Stars: Jim Cummings, Elizabeth Daily, Michael Des Barres, Richard Libertini

Votes: 35

33. Dennis the Menace (1959–1963)
Episode: Dennis and the Signpost (1959)

TV-G | 25 min | Comedy, Family

After a truck knocks over a street sign, Dennis and Tommy set it back up--incorrectly. As a result, Mr. Wilson gets a hole dug in his backyard for the swimming pool that was intended for the other address.

Director: William D. Russell | Stars: Jay North, Herbert Anderson, Gloria Henry, Joseph Kearns

Votes: 99

34. Galactica 1980 (1980)
Episode: Galactica Discovers Earth: Part 1 (1980)

49 min | Adventure, Sci-Fi

After years of searching for Earth, the Galactica finds Earth. Adama would like to land but a child prodigy named Dr. Zee advises Adama against it because he believes that if they do that ... See full summary »

Director: Sidney Hayers | Stars: Kent McCord, Barry Van Dyke, Robyn Douglass, Lorne Greene

Votes: 228

35. Jonny Quest (1964–1965)
Episode: Shadow of the Condor (1964)

TV-Y7 | 30 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

The Quests make an emergency landing in the Andes where a German World War I ex-fighter pilot wants to take on and kill Race in an aerial dogfight.

Directors: Joseph Barbera, William Hanna | Stars: Mike Road, Tim Matheson, Don Messick, Danny Bravo

Votes: 144

36. Aqua Teen Hunger Force (2000–2023)
Episode: Handbanana (2006)

TV-14 | 12 min | Animation, Comedy

Frylock creates a genetically mutated dog for Meatwad named Handbanana, who soon begins to periodically rape Carl.

Directors: Matt Maiellaro, Dave Willis | Stars: Dana Snyder, Carey Means, Dave Willis

Votes: 556

37. Hotel Transylvania: The Series (2017–2020)
Episode: Wand Ambition/Lost in Transylvation (2019)

TV-Y7 | Animation, Comedy, Family

When Mavis loses her want, it falls into the wrong hands and the Hotel is trapped inside a snow globe. Mavis finally gets a word in the vamptionary.

Director: Robin Budd | Stars: Bryn McAuley, Evany Rosen, Gage Munroe, Joseph Motiki

Votes: 10

38. Tom & Jerry Kids Show (1990–1994)
Episode: Bat Mouse/Puss'n Pups/Outer Space Rover (1990)

TV-Y | 8 min | Animation, Comedy, Family

Jerry learns how to be like Bat Mouse from a videotape. Spike teaches his son how to chase cats. Jerry befriends a six-legged dog from outer space.

Directors: Oscar Dufau, Don Lusk, Paul Sommer, Carl Urbano, Ray Patterson | Stars: Pat Fraley, Dick Gautier, Don Messick, Frank Welker

Votes: 36

39. Matty's Funnies with Beany and Cecil (1959–1962)
Episode: Hero by Trade/The Illegal Eagle Egg/Cecil Gets Careless (1962)

29 min | Animation, Comedy, Family

Cecil and Dishonest John battle for the treasure on Treasure Island. A bald eagle becomes an egg thief. Careless the Mexican hairless outwits Dishonest John, the dogcatcher.

Director: Robert Clampett | Stars: Sody Clampett, Jim MacGeorge, Irv Shoemaker

40. Milton the Monster (1965–1967)
Episode: Dunkin' Treasure/Ferocious Fly/Monstrous Monster

TV-G | Animation, Comedy, Family

Milton's pet crocodile finds sunken treasure. Fearless Fly battles the wrestling Sultan of Fly-geria, Ferocious Fly. Prof. Weirdo's evil spirit solution turns Milton into a rampaging beast.

Director: Hal Seeger | Star: Bob McFadden

41. Monk (2002–2009)
Episode: Mr. Monk and the Dog (2009)

TV-PG | 43 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

While searching for what the department hopes is a missing woman, Monk takes in her dog.

Director: David Breckman | Stars: Tony Shalhoub, Traylor Howard, Jason Gray-Stanford, Ted Levine

Votes: 1,205

42. Spidey and His Amazing Friends (2021– )
Episode: Art Attack/Puppy Pandemonium (2022)

TV-Y7 | 24 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

Green Goblin goes on a spree at the museum and repaints masterpieces in his own image. Spidey and Ghosty juggle the responsibility of taking care of a cute puppy while also trying to stop Rhino's rampage at the mall.

Directors: Chris Gilligan, Chris Moreno, Darren Bachynski, Mitchell Stookey | Stars: Benjamin Valic, Lily Sanfelippo, Jakari Fraser, Melanie Minichino

Votes: 25

43. Person of Interest (2011–2016)
Episode: Masquerade (2012)

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

Mr. Reese becomes the new bodyguard of the daughter of a Brazilian diplomat who parties with the wrong type of people. Finch finds it hard to readjust to society after his kidnapping.

Director: Jeffrey G. Hunt | Stars: Jim Caviezel, Taraji P. Henson, Kevin Chapman, Michael Emerson

Votes: 3,009

44. Person of Interest (2011–2016)
Episode: C.O.D. (2012)

TV-14 | 44 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Finch and Mr. Reese try to protect a taxi driver that is being chased by the Estonian mafia. HR try to make a deal with Elias.

Director: Clark Johnson | Stars: Jim Caviezel, Taraji P. Henson, Kevin Chapman, Michael Emerson

Votes: 2,742

45. Person of Interest (2011–2016)
Episode: All In (2013)

TV-14 | 44 min | Action, Crime, Drama

After saving Leon Tao yet again, Reese goes to Atlantic City to watch over a retiree who's losing a fortune in the casino. HR smears Szymanski so that he can't testify at a Russian mob trial and Carter risks her life trying to clear him.

Director: Tricia Brock | Stars: Jim Caviezel, Taraji P. Henson, Kevin Chapman, Michael Emerson

Votes: 2,669

46. Based on a True Story (2023– )
Episode: I Love You, Buzzfeed (2023)

TV-MA | 30 min | Comedy

A charity auction for teen runaways goes horribly awry.

Director: Francesca Gregorini | Stars: Kaley Cuoco, Chris Messina, Tom Bateman, Priscilla Quintana

Votes: 446

47. Person of Interest (2011–2016)
Episode: Lady Killer (2013)

TV-14 | 44 min | Action, Crime, Drama

The team suspects the latest number to be a potential stalker/ killer until he's nearly shot on the street. Root plots her escape from the institution and gives her psychiatrist a big surprise.

Director: Omar Madha | Stars: Jim Caviezel, Taraji P. Henson, Kevin Chapman, Amy Acker

Votes: 3,046

48. Max Steel (2013–2015)
Episode: Animal Attraction (2014)

TV-Y7-FV | 23 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

Both N-Tek and Extroyer vie to capture an Ultra-Link creature for its DNA. Meanwhile, Berto answers Steel's desire for a pet with a cybernetic dog.

Directors: Sean Sullivan, Michael Dowding, Michael Goguen | Stars: Kathleen Barr, Brian Dobson, Michael Dobson, Brian Drummond

Votes: 13

49. Yakari (2005– )
Episode: The Lost Flute (2005)

TV-Y | Animation, Adventure, Family

Droopy Ear, the tribe's faithful but sometimes mischievous dog, decides to hide Restful Rock's precious flute. Now, how can Yakari discover the missing musical instrument before its owner returns?

Director: Xavier Giacometti

50. Yakari (2005– )
Episode: The Mysterious Rock (2009)

TV-Y | Animation, Adventure, Family

During one of the usual mischief of the always facetious Droopy Ear, Yakari gets trapped atop a massive mysterious rock with a nimble squirrel as his companion. But, where is his totem, the Great Eagle, now that he needs him the most?

Director: Xavier Giacometti | Stars: Maxime Nivet, Yoann Sover