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1. L.A. Confidential (1997)

R | 138 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

As corruption grows in 1950s Los Angeles, three policemen - one strait-laced, one brutal, and one sleazy - investigate a series of murders with their own brand of justice.

Director: Curtis Hanson | Stars: Kevin Spacey, Russell Crowe, Guy Pearce, Kim Basinger

Votes: 618,113 | Gross: $64.62M

2. Manhattan (1979)

R | 96 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

The life of a divorced television writer dating a teenage girl is further complicated when he falls in love with his best friend's mistress.

Director: Woody Allen | Stars: Woody Allen, Diane Keaton, Mariel Hemingway, Michael Murphy

Votes: 147,326 | Gross: $45.70M

3. Level 16 (2018)

Not Rated | 102 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller

In a highly regimented boarding school, a pair of students discover that things are not as they seem.

Director: Danishka Esterhazy | Stars: Katie Douglas, Celina Martin, Sara Canning, Peter Outerbridge

Votes: 16,240

4. Shadow of a Doubt (1943)

Passed | 108 min | Film-Noir, Thriller

A teenage girl, overjoyed when her favorite uncle comes to visit the family in their quiet California town, slowly begins to suspect that he is in fact the "Merry Widow" killer sought by the authorities.

Director: Alfred Hitchcock | Stars: Teresa Wright, Joseph Cotten, Macdonald Carey, Henry Travers

Votes: 70,527

5. Heartburn (1986)

R | 108 min | Comedy, Drama

She's a magazine writer who gives up her career for love and family. He's a playboy newspaper columnist who can't quite give up his old tricks. And if that combination doesn't give a relationship Heartburn, nothing will.

Director: Mike Nichols | Stars: Meryl Streep, Jack Nicholson, Jeff Daniels, Maureen Stapleton

Votes: 12,564 | Gross: $25.31M

6. Beginners (2010)

R | 105 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

A young man is rocked by two announcements from his elderly father: that he has terminal cancer and that he has a young male lover.

Director: Mike Mills | Stars: Ewan McGregor, Christopher Plummer, Mélanie Laurent, Goran Visnjic

Votes: 94,831 | Gross: $5.79M

7. Misbehaviour (2020)

Not Rated | 106 min | Comedy, Drama, History

A group of women hatch a plan to disrupt the 1970 Miss World beauty competition in London.

Director: Philippa Lowthorpe | Stars: Keira Knightley, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Jessie Buckley, Greg Kinnear

Votes: 10,562

8. Steambath (1973 TV Movie)

Not Rated | 90 min | Drama, Fantasy

Random people find themselves in a steam room, quickly realize that it's a gateway to the afterlife and that the eccentric Puerto Rican janitor is actually God.

Director: Burt Brinckerhoff | Stars: Stephen Elliott, Bill Bixby, Herb Edelman, Neil J. Schwartz

Votes: 462

9. The Major and the Minor (1942)

Passed | 100 min | Comedy, Romance

A frustrated city girl disguises herself as a youngster in order to get a cheaper train ticket home. But little "Sue Sue" finds herself in a whole heap of grown-up trouble when she hides out in a compartment with a handsome Major.

Director: Billy Wilder | Stars: Ginger Rogers, Ray Milland, Rita Johnson, Robert Benchley

Votes: 7,646 | Gross: $6.38M

10. Killdozer (1974 TV Movie)

Unrated | 74 min | Horror, Sci-Fi

A small construction crew on an island is terrorized when a spirit-like being takes over a large bulldozer, and goes on a killing rampage.

Director: Jerry London | Stars: Clint Walker, Robert Urich, Carl Betz, Neville Brand

Votes: 1,991

11. Eatin' on the Cuff or The Moth Who Came to Dinner (1942)

Approved | 7 min | Family, Musical, Animation

A live-action piano player relates the story of the Moth who, on his way to marry his Honey Bee, falls into the clutches of an amourous black widow spider, who at one point disguises ... See full summary »

Director: Robert Clampett | Stars: Mel Blanc, Elvia Allman, Sara Berner, Leo White

Votes: 372

12. Fade to Black (2006)

R | 99 min | Mystery, Thriller

Attempting to recover from his failed marriage to Rita Hayworth and restart his career, Orson Welles travels to Italy only to be drawn into a dangerous web of intrigue, murder and politics when an actor is murdered on his set.

Director: Oliver Parker | Stars: Danny Huston, Diego Luna, Paz Vega, Christopher Walken

Votes: 915

13. On the Fiddle (1961)

Not Rated | 89 min | Comedy, War

During World War II, a street peddler invents a story about enlisting, which convinces the magistrate to send him to the RAF instead of prison. A new loyal friend goes along with his schemes to avoid work, but eventually duty calls.

Director: Cyril Frankel | Stars: Alfred Lynch, Sean Connery, Victor Maddern, Harry Locke

Votes: 563

14. The Barber of Seville (1944)

Approved | 7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy

A large Native American walks into the shop. Woody, who is still playing with the comb, is surprised to see a feathered headdress behind him in the mirror. He turns around quickly and notices the man in a chair behind him.

Director: Shamus Culhane | Stars: Mel Blanc, Ben Hardaway, Dick Nelson, Nestor Paiva

Votes: 831

15. A-Lad-in His Lamp (1948)

Approved | 7 min | Animation, Family, Short

Bugs Bunny finds and rubs Aladdin's lamp and decides to follow the genie to Baghdad, where they battle Mad Man Hassan.

Director: Robert McKimson | Stars: Mel Blanc, Jim Backus

Votes: 438

16. Rifftrax: Pressure Point (2017 Video)

TV-14 | 80 min | Action, Comedy

The only way out for a government assassin is one final job infiltrating a dangerous militia. What else could go wrong!

Stars: Bill Corbett, Kevin Murphy, Michael J. Nelson

Votes: 27

17. Of Moose and Men: The Rocky & Bullwinkle Story (1990 TV Movie)

Documentary, Animation, History

A retrospective look at the "Rocky and Bullwinkle" cartoon show, from the creative talent behind the scenes to the cast of animated characters and the cultural and historical influences behind the show's gags.

Director: Marino Amoruso | Stars: Howard Brandy, Allan Burns, William Conrad, June Foray

Votes: 53

18. Are You Being Served? (1972–1985)
Episode: Take-Over (1977)

TV-G | 28 min | Comedy

The department staff pose as Grace Brothers shareholders to avoid a takeover by a rival corporation. Meanwhile Captain Peacock finds himself working under obnoxious Mr. Lucas, who treats him in turn like a butler.

Director: Ray Butt | Stars: Trevor Bannister, Mollie Sugden, Frank Thornton, John Inman

Votes: 198

19. The Carol Burnett Show (1967–1978)
Episode: Tim Conway and Dame Maggie Smith (1974)

TV-G | 60 min | Comedy, Family

Highlights include: Carol welcomes guest Maggie Smith in her American TV debut, and they duet on "You're So London"; a couple (Carol, Harvey) is visited by an old college chum (Maggie) who ... See full summary »

Director: Dave Powers | Stars: Carol Burnett, Harvey Korman, Vicki Lawrence, Maggie Smith

Votes: 59

20. Star Trek: Enterprise (2001–2005)
Episode: Storm Front (2004)

TV-PG | 43 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

Following the destruction of the Xindi weapon, the Enterprise crew discovers that they have been sent back in time to 1944. However, history has been altered, leaving Nazi Germany in control of a large portion of the eastern United States.

Director: Allan Kroeker | Stars: Scott Bakula, John Billingsley, Jolene Blalock, Dominic Keating

Votes: 1,714

21. Kolchak: The Night Stalker (1974–1975)
Episode: The Vampire (1974)

TV-PG | 52 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller

Sent to L.A. to interview a controversial guru, Kolchak's more interested in tracking down and stopping an extremely vicious female vampire.

Director: Don Weis | Stars: Darren McGavin, Simon Oakland, William Daniels, Suzanne Charny

Votes: 640

22. Sex and the City (1998–2004)
Episode: Models and Mortals (1998)

TV-MA | 30 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

Miranda discovers she was invited at Nick's, where all guests are asked with which movie star in the prime they would have loved to do it, to make a change with all those brainless models ... See full summary »

Director: Alison Maclean | Stars: Sarah Jessica Parker, Kim Cattrall, Kristin Davis, Cynthia Nixon

Votes: 1,199

23. Cosmos (1980)
Episode: The Backbone of Night (1980)

TV-PG | 60 min | Documentary

Carl Sagan looks at the work of ancient Greek scientists and astronomers including Thales, Anaximander, Democritus, and Pythagoras.

Directors: Adrian Malone, David Kennard | Stars: Carl Sagan, Jaromír Hanzlík

Votes: 548

24. Foyle's War (2002–2015)
Episode: Bleak Midwinter (2007)

TV-14 | 93 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

The death of a woman in a munitions factory becomes linked with the murder of Milner's estranged wife as he falls under suspicion and Foyle strives to clear his name.

Director: Gavin Millar | Stars: Kate Ambler, Gavin Brocker, Ann Beach, Sian Brooke

Votes: 621

25. CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2000–2015)
Episode: Go to Hell (2007)

TV-PG | 44 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

The parents of a missing girl are found murdered in a seedy motel room, and a registered sex offender now working as a church pastor is suspected. Meanwhile, Sara tackles a case involving a dead homeless man.

Director: Jeffrey G. Hunt | Stars: William Petersen, Marg Helgenberger, Gary Dourdan, George Eads

Votes: 780

26. Foyle's War (2002–2015)
Episode: Broken Souls (2008)

TV-14 | 93 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Foyles homes in on two murders: an unpopular psychiatrist in a trauma facility and a low security German POW on work release to a local farm.

Director: Simon Langton | Stars: Joseph Mawle, Jonathan Forbes, Louis Nummy, Natasha Little

Votes: 614

27. Riverdale (2017–2023)
Episode: Chapter One Hundred Thirty-Four: A Different Kind of Cat (2023)

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

Betty enlists help from Cheryl and Toni after deciding she's going to publish her own book; Veronica, Kevin and Clay host Hollywood movie star Josie McCoy; Archie's attempt to take his poetry to the next level doesn't go as planned.

Director: Kevin Rodney Sullivan | Stars: K.J. Apa, Lili Reinhart, Camila Mendes, Cole Sprouse

Votes: 281

28. Better Call Saul (2015–2022)
Episode: Alpine Shepherd Boy (2015)

TV-14 | 45 min | Crime, Drama

After a strange encounter with the police, Chuck ends up in the hospital. Jimmy meets up with a series of unruly clients.

Director: Nicole Kassell | Stars: Bob Odenkirk, Jonathan Banks, Rhea Seehorn, Patrick Fabian

Votes: 16,515

29. Flat Earth & Other Hot Potatoes (2015– )
Episode: Episode #1.22 (2015)

125 min | Talk-Show

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Stars: Mark K. Sargent, Patricia Steere

30. The Bullwinkle Show (1959–1963)
Episode: The Ruby Yacht: Parts 1-2 (1963)

TV-G | Animation, Action, Adventure

Rocky and Bullwinkle "The Ruby Yacht" Part 1 of 6, Fractured Fairy Tales "Rumpelstiltskin", Dudley Do-Right of the Mounties "The Centaur", Rocky and Bullwinkle "The Ruby Yacht" Part 2 of 6.

Directors: Gerard Baldwin, Pete Burness, Sal Faillace, William T. Hurtz, Lew Keller, Ted Parmelee, George Singer | Stars: June Foray, Paul Frees, Edward Everett Horton, Hans Conried

Votes: 19