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1. Crashing (2016)
TV-MA | 30 min | Comedy
A comedy series following the lives of six 20- and 30-somethings living together as property guardians of a large, disused hospital.
Stars: Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Jonathan Bailey, Julie Dray, Louise Ford
Votes: 26,309
2. RocknRolla (2008)
R | 114 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
When a Russian mobster orchestrates a crooked land deal, millions of dollars are up for grabs, drawing in the entire London underworld into a feeding frenzy at a time when the old criminal regime is losing turf to a wealthy foreign mob.
Director: Guy Ritchie | Stars: Gerard Butler, Tom Wilkinson, Idris Elba, Thandiwe Newton
Votes: 265,559 | Gross: $5.69M
3. The Pelican Brief (1993)
PG-13 | 141 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A law student uncovers a conspiracy, putting herself and others in danger.
Director: Alan J. Pakula | Stars: Julia Roberts, Denzel Washington, Sam Shepard, John Heard
Votes: 96,288 | Gross: $100.77M
4. Nuovo Olimpo (2023)
TV-MA | 113 min | Drama, Romance
Two 25-year-old men who meet by chance, fall madly in love, and are then separated due to an unexpected event. For the next thirty years they pursue the hope of finding each other again.
Director: Ferzan Özpetek | Stars: Luisa Ranieri, Greta Scarano, Loredana Cannata, Aurora Giovinazzo
Votes: 5,326
5. Stranger by the Lake (2013)
Not Rated | 100 min | Drama, Romance, Thriller
Summertime. A cruising spot for men, tucked away on the shores of a lake. Franck falls in love with Michel, an attractive, potent and lethally dangerous man. Franck knows this but wants to live out his passion anyway.
Director: Alain Guiraudie | Stars: Pierre Deladonchamps, Christophe Paou, Patrick d'Assumçao, Jérôme Chappatte
Votes: 15,955 | Gross: $0.32M
6. The House with a Clock in Its Walls (2018)
PG | 105 min | Comedy, Family, Fantasy
A young orphan named Lewis Barnavelt aids his magical uncle in locating a clock with the power to bring about the end of the world.
Director: Eli Roth | Stars: Jack Black, Cate Blanchett, Owen Vaccaro, Kyle MacLachlan
Votes: 55,449 | Gross: $68.55M
7. The Princess Switch (2018)
TV-PG | 101 min | Comedy, Drama, Family
Competing in a Christmas baking competition in Belgravia, a Chicago baker bumps into the prince's fiancée--who looks just like her. They switch lives for two days.
Director: Mike Rohl | Stars: Vanessa Hudgens, Sam Palladio, Nick Sagar, Alexa Adeosun
Votes: 31,446
8. Baywatch Nights (1995–1997)
TV-PG | 60 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Baywatch veteran Mitch Buchannon moonlights as a P.I. with his two friends Garner and Ryan. In season 2, Diamont replaces Garner, and Mitch's cases suddenly take a hard turn towards supernatural horror.
Stars: David Hasselhoff, Angie Harmon, Eddie Cibrian, Donna D'Errico
Votes: 1,574
9. Narcissus and Goldmund (2020)
110 min | Drama
Goldmund is to study in the monastery Mariabronn. His father sent him there. There he meets a religious monk named Narziss. He has subjected himself to a strict life and lives completely ascetically.
Director: Stefan Ruzowitzky | Stars: Jannis Niewöhner, Sabin Tambrea, Henriette Confurius, Emilia Schüle
Votes: 1,112
10. Romantic Killer (2022)
TV-14 | 24 min | Animation, Comedy, Fantasy
Living her best single life, romance is the last thing on Anzu's mind, until a tiny matchmaking wizard suddenly turns her life into a clichéd rom-com.
Stars: Rie Takahashi, Mikako Komatsu, Yûichirô Umehara, Courtney Lin
Votes: 2,959
11. A Home at the End of the World (2004)
R | 97 min | Drama, Romance
A boy who has experienced many losses in his life grows to manhood and enters into a love triangle with a woman and his boyhood friend.
Director: Michael Mayer | Stars: Colin Farrell, Dallas Roberts, Robin Wright, Sissy Spacek
Votes: 14,011 | Gross: $1.03M
12. Alone Together (I) (2018)
TV-14 | 22 min | Comedy
Two not-so-young socially-awkward Millennials--rich, self-conscious, unmotivated Benji and his poor, freeloading, self-centered, strictly-platonic best friend Esther--try to fit in with L.A.'s vain, status-obsessed elite.
Stars: Esther Povitsky, Benji Aflalo, Edgar Blackmon, Chris D'Elia
Votes: 2,156
13. Orpheus' Song (2019)
Not Rated | 75 min | Adventure, Romance
Two best friends from Berlin win a trip to Greece. On their excursion, they get lost on an island. They spend the night together in a cave and dream a mystical dream. On the next day, nothing between the two will be like it was before.
Director: Tor Iben | Stars: Sascha Weingarten, Julien Lickert, Henry Morales, Kristina Kostiv
Votes: 931
14. Love in a Goldfish Bowl (1961)
Not Rated | 88 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance
A college student and his best female friend and fellow student plan to spend the Easter holidays together. Then an Italian seaman shows up and creates a love triangle.
Director: Jack Sher | Stars: Tommy Sands, Fabian, Toby Michaels, Edward Andrews
Votes: 151
15. Hum Tumhare Hain Sanam (2002)
Not Rated | 174 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Gopal's blissful married life with Radha blemishes when Radha gets obsessed with the career of her friend, Suraj, who is a singer. Ripped apart by jealousy, Gopal deserts Radha.
Directors: K.S. Adiyaman, Sanjay Singh | Stars: Shah Rukh Khan, Madhuri Dixit, Salman Khan, Atul Agnihotri
Votes: 7,695 | Gross: $0.40M
16. The Stranger Beside Me (2003 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 90 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
While working at a Seattle clinic for women in the 1970s, aspiring crime writer, Ann Rule, unwittingly becomes friends with serial killer Ted Bundy.
Director: Paul Shapiro | Stars: Billy Campbell, Barbara Hershey, Suki Kaiser, Brenda James
Votes: 1,037
17. What Price Hollywood? (1932)
Passed | 88 min | Drama, Romance
The career of a waitress takes off when she meets an amiable drunken Hollywood director.
Director: George Cukor | Stars: Constance Bennett, Lowell Sherman, Neil Hamilton, Gregory Ratoff
Votes: 2,593
18. Coffee Date (2006)
Not Rated | 91 min | Comedy, Romance
Todd's life spins out of control when an unexpected friendship with a gay man causes everyone in his life to start believing he's gay. Do they know something he doesn't?
Director: Stewart Wade | Stars: Jonathan Bray, Jonathan Silverman, Wilson Cruz, Giovanni Ortega
Votes: 1,523
19. Kleptomania (1993)
R | 90 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
Diana is a troubled, bulimic socialite who lives with her loving husband and shoplifts for thrills. Julie is an unstable, homeless rape victim who lives with a corrupt priest and steals to survive. They form an uneasy friendship.
Director: Don Boyd | Stars: Amy Irving, Patsy Kensit, Victor Garber, Brett Snell
Votes: 199
20. Afterparty (2019 Video Game)
M | Adventure, Comedy, Drama
In Afterparty, you are Milo and Lola, recently deceased best buds who suddenly find themselves staring down an eternity in Hell. But there's a loophole: outdrink Satan and he'll grant you re-entry to Earth.
Stars: Janina Gavankar, Khoi Dao, Dave Fennoy, Ashly Burch
Votes: 161
21. Wives Under Suspicion (1938)
Passed | 69 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
A prosecutor trying a case where a husband shot his adulterous wife begins to suspect that his own wife is having an affair, and starts to have his own thoughts about killing her.
Director: James Whale | Stars: Warren William, Gail Patrick, Ralph Morgan, William Lundigan
Votes: 534
22. Bagi, the Monster of Mighty Nature (1984 TV Movie)
90 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
Tezuka Osamu's tale of a genetically engineered pink American Mountain-lion named Bagi and the friendship she develops with Ryo, a lonesome bike gang member.
Director: Osamu Tezuka | Stars: Yuzuru Fujimoto, Masaru Ikeda, Kazuhiko Inoue, Tomie Kataoka
Votes: 206
23. Sam's Game (2001)
25 min | Comedy
Sam's Game is about four friends who get involved in each others lives and loves, while renting flats in a large London house. Sam is big-hearted and gutsy, Sam is always up for it, but ... See full summary »
Stars: Davina McCall, Ed Byrne, Tristan Gemmill, Tameka Empson
Votes: 25
24. Washington Melodrama (1941)
Passed | 80 min | Drama
A newsman links his fiancee's millionaire father to a chorus girl's murder.
Director: S. Sylvan Simon | Stars: Frank Morgan, Ann Rutherford, Kent Taylor, Dan Dailey
Votes: 327
25. Pete (2019)
Short, Drama
After a late night confession at a Harvard party in 2002, Pete and April deal with the newfound complications of their friendship.
Director: Lily Kennedy | Stars: Lily Kennedy, Alec Gaylord
26. Extinction (2018 Video Game)
Action, Fantasy
You are one of the world's last defenders, a warrior named Avil equipped with the skill, speed and strength to oppose the endless wave of Ravenii and prevent a fate worse than death: Extinction.
Director: Kraig Kujawa | Stars: Richard Epcar, Ben Lepley
Votes: 33
27. Platonic Parts (2013)
8 min | Short, Comedy
Director: Nate Brown | Stars: Brendan Jordan, Christine Scharf, Dennis Pacheco, Nicholas Libowitz
28.
Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1985–1989)
Episode:
My Dear Watson
(1989)
TV-PG | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Sherlock Holmes and Inspector Lestrade seek kidnapped Dr. Watson.
Director: Jorge Montesi | Stars: Alfred Hitchcock, Graeme Campbell, Brian Bedford, Patrick Monckton
Votes: 85
29.
Amazing Stories (1985–1987)
Episode:
Moving Day
(1987)
Not Rated | 23 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama
When Alan Webster's parents tell him that they have to move, the 17-year-old student is understandably upset - but not nearly as much as when he learns their destination is the planet Alturus, 85 billion miles away.
Director: Robert Stevens | Stars: Stephen Geoffreys, Dennis Lipscomb, Mary Ellen Trainor, Kristen Vigard
Votes: 187
30.
The Outer Limits (1995–2002)
Episode:
Mona Lisa
(2001)
TV-PG | 43 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Mona Lisa is a robotic assassin that develops a sense of humanity after the creators disengage her fail safe devices. She proceeds to find out more about earth and its inhabitants.
Director: Brad Turner | Stars: Dax Belanger, Mark Brandon, Kevin Conway, Biski Gugushe
Votes: 220
31.
Will & Grace (1998–2020)
Episode:
Pilot
(1998)
TV-14 | 23 min | Comedy, Romance
When Grace gets a marriage proposal, Will risks their friendship by telling her what he thinks.
Director: James Burrows | Stars: Eric McCormack, Debra Messing, Megan Mullally, Sean Hayes
Votes: 755
32.
The Dresden Files (2007–2008)
Episode:
The Other Dick
(2007)
TV-PG | 44 min | Crime, Drama, Fantasy
Harry's forced to go get a license to continue working for the police department, but when his teacher turns up dead of black magic he teams with man's assistant in a case that takes fertile twist.
Director: James Head | Stars: Paul Blackthorne, Valerie Cruz, Terrence Mann, Raoul Bhaneja
Votes: 299
33.
American Dad! (2005– )
Episode:
Lost Boys
(2019)
TV-14 | 21 min | Animation, Comedy
Roger breaks up Steve's friendship with Snot, Barry and Toshi. Jeff realizes he has a flair for house flipping and gets Stan, Francine and Hayley involved.
Directors: Josue Cervantes, Ron Hughart, Brent Woods | Stars: Seth MacFarlane, Wendy Schaal, Scott Grimes, Rachael MacFarlane
Votes: 383
34.
Toon in with Me (2021– )
Episode:
Tailgating Toony
(2021)
TV-PG | Animation, Comedy
Bill and Toony tailgate cartoons as if they were a sporting event, with some unusual tailgate party traditions: Rabbit's Kin (1952), The Hound and the Rabbit (1937), Knight-Mare Hare (1955), You Gotta Be a Football Hero (1935), Pink Punch (1966).
Director: Mike Schmiedeler | Stars: Bill Leff, Kevin Fleming, Leila Gorstein, Paul Mackey
35.
Melissa & Joey (2010–2015)
Episode:
Don't Train on My Parade
(2011)
TV-14 | 22 min | Comedy, Romance
Joe takes an interest in Mel's personal trainer.
Director: Steve Zuckerman | Stars: Melissa Joan Hart, Joey Lawrence, Taylor Spreitler, Nick Robinson
Votes: 135
36.
The Matt Walsh Show (2018– )
The Unexplored Connection Between Psychoactive Drugs and Mass Shootings
(2023 Podcast Episode)
News, Talk-Show
Director: Mark Jones | Star: Matt Walsh
37.
The Roosevelts: An Intimate History (2014)
Episode:
The Rising Road (1933-1939)
(2014)
TV-PG | 115 min | Documentary, Biography, History
FDR's pre-WWII presidency. The New Deal renews America. FDR's unprecedented popularity, the conservative opposition and Huey Long's populism. FDR warns isolationists of Hitler. Eleanor's platonic friendship with Lorena Hickok.
Director: Ken Burns | Stars: Peter Coyote, William Leuchtenburg, George F. Will, Doris Kearns Goodwin
Votes: 155
38.
Schitt's Creek (2015–2020)
Episode:
The Jazzaguy
(2018)
TV-MA | 22 min | Comedy
Johnny is warmly embraced by the Jazzagals, David and Stevie take a brief vacation, and Alexis goes out with Ted's rival.
Director: Sturla Gunnarsson | Stars: Eugene Levy, Catherine O'Hara, Dan Levy, Annie Murphy
Votes: 1,372