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51. Young Bride (1932)
Passed | 76 min | Drama, Romance
A shy, naive New York children's librarian must become stronger and wiser after she discovers that her new husband is a liar, a cheat, and a fraud.
Director: William A. Seiter | Stars: Helen Twelvetrees, Eric Linden, Arline Judge, Roscoe Ates
Votes: 254
52. Davy Wallace (2022)
151 min | Drama
As he graduates from college in North Carolina, a troubled, young artist must confront his traumatic childhood, with support from an older, grieving high school teacher.
Director: Drew Bowen | Star: Drew Bowen
53. Svetáci (1969)
98 min | Comedy
Skopec, Prouza and Petrtýl are three country plasterers who are working on the renovation of houses in Prague. They are tempted by the Prague night life, but their first visit to the luxury... See full summary »
Director: Zdenek Podskalský | Stars: Jirí Sovák, Vlastimil Brodský, Jan Libícek, Jirina Bohdalová
Votes: 670
54. Twiggy (2011)
81 min | Drama
Sarah is a twenty years old hard working woman who learns that she is six month pregnant. But she doesn't want to have a child at this moment: she will try to find a balance between the life she wants and the steps she has to go through.
Director: Emmanuelle Millet | Stars: Christa Théret, Johan Libéreau, Maud Wyler, Anne Le Ny
Votes: 130
55. True or False (2021)
39 min | Short, Thriller
Cora Patterson has everything going for her; happiness, a burgeoning career, and an exciting love life. When there's trouble in paradise, horrors from her past jeopardize her future. This ... See full summary »
Director: Kelvin Larue Taylor | Stars: Victoria Anderson, LaTonya Butts, Rachel Byers, Raphael Gilliam
Votes: 8
56. L'homme aux yeux d'argent (1985)
97 min | Crime, Drama
After serving his sentence, a robber returns to his small, quiet hometown to retrieve the loot. But a ruthless Police inspector and his equally nasty young subordinate are after the criminal.
Director: Pierre Granier-Deferre | Stars: Alain Souchon, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Tanya Lopert, Lambert Wilson
Votes: 152
57. Boston Blackie and the Law (1946)
Passed | 69 min | Comedy, Crime, Mystery
Blackie performs in a magic show at a women's prison, which gives an inmate an opportunity to escape.
Director: D. Ross Lederman | Stars: Chester Morris, Trudy Marshall, Constance Dowling, Richard Lane
Votes: 360
58. Alan Bennett's Diaries (2016)
60 min | Documentary, Biography
A year in the life of British playwright Alan Bennett as he's finishing the latest tome of his diaries for his publisher.
Director: Adam Low | Stars: Alan Bennett, Nicholas Hytner, Sue Powell, Rupert Thomas
Votes: 34
59. Jo Cox: Death of an MP (2017 TV Movie)
60 min | Documentary, Crime
Drawing on eye-witness testimonies and unique access to West Yorkshire Police's investigation to tell the story of the brutal attack by a right-wing extremist that ended the life of the British parliamentarian.
Director: Toby Paton | Stars: Fazila Aswat, Alistair Brown, Andy Cass, Brendan Cox
Votes: 19
60. The Time Tree (2018)
18 min | Short, Drama, Family
1596. Anne, a deaf girl, bullied by the maids and mistresses who look after her, finds solace when she comes across a magical tree: a portal to the present, where she meets Jo and Rachel, ... See full summary »
Director: Celine Cotran | Stars: Miranda Beinart-Smith, Jillian Bradley, Cleopatra Dickens, Paul Fuller
Votes: 26
61. Tree Cornered Tweety (1956)
7 min | Animation, Family, Short
Sylvester Cat chases Tweety Bird while Tweety narrates. The chase takes them out of the city to the country, straight into a mine field, down a ski slope, and to the middle of a wooden ... See full summary »
Director: Friz Freleng | Star: Mel Blanc
Votes: 270
62. Newent - A Snapshot In Time 2008 (2008 Video)
46 min | Family, History
"A film of Newent was produced in 1966 and after seeing this Newent Local History Society were motivated to produce an updated version that residents and visitors can look back on in the ... See full summary »
Director: David Dalby | Stars: Elaine Frampton, Derek Pearce, Doris Budden, Jean Cook
63. The Great Library Misery (1938)
Approved | 12 min | Short, Comedy
A man desiring to join the Grouch Club describes the terrible experience of trying to check out a book from a public library.
Director: Lloyd French | Stars: Jack Lescoulie, Arthur Q. Bryan, Nancy Evans, Detmar Poppen
Votes: 238
64. Eyes on the Stars (2013)
4 min | Documentary, Animation, Short
Carl McNair tells the story of his brother Ronald, an African American kid in the 1950s who set his sights on the stars.
Directors: Mike Rauch, Tim Rauch
Votes: 24
65. Pop! (2018)
Not Rated | 21 min | Short, Crime, Drama
Pop. follows Ty, a 13-year-old boy who is struggling to deal with his alcoholic father, the school bully, and his own sexuality.
Director: Benjamin Kemper | Stars: Harrison Redeker, Mattox Barnette, Dustin Johnson, Michael Kemper
Votes: 19
66. Anarcho Communism in Action (2017 Video)
29 min | Documentary, Short
Carl Benjamin, aka Sargon of Akkad, responds to a video about Slab City, California.
Star: Carl Benjamin
68. Paramount-Bray Pictographs, No. 133 (1918)
Documentary, Short
Subjects include: "Treasures of a Great City" (Literary Antiquities), "An Old World Lesson in Farming", "The Food Value of Milk".
Director: P.D. Hugon
69. American in the Making (1919)
Documentary, Short
Public libraries in New York City are used to Americanize a new generation, teaching American values and history to children of "foreign" districts.
70.
Circle of Fear (1972–1973)
Episode:
The New House
(1972)
60 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
A young couple move into a home that is haunted by a girl who had been hanged there many years ago and vowed never to be evicted from the site.
Director: John Llewellyn Moxey | Stars: David Birney, Barbara Parkins, Sam Jaffe, Jeanette Nolan
Votes: 231
71.
Poirot (1989–2013)
Episode:
Evil Under the Sun
(2001)
TV-14 | 98 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Poirot's rehabilitative health retreat on an island resort becomes an even more stimulating mental exercise when a flirtatious film star is found strangled on a nearby beach.
Director: Brian Farnham | Stars: David Suchet, Hugh Fraser, Philip Jackson, Pauline Moran
Votes: 2,690
72.
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1962–1965)
Episode:
Terror at Northfield
(1963)
TV-PG | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Horror
A small town is rocked by a series of murders which begins with the killing of a local farmer's son.
Director: Harvey Hart | Stars: Alfred Hitchcock, Dick York, Jacqueline Scott, R.G. Armstrong
Votes: 443
73.
Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955–1962)
Episode:
The Cream of the Jest
(1957)
TV-14 | 30 min | Drama, Mystery
Broken-down actor Charles Gresham, who has a weakness for booze, demands that playwright Wayne Campbell give him a part. When Campbell refuses, Gresham resorts to blackmail.
Director: Herschel Daugherty | Stars: Alfred Hitchcock, Claude Rains, James Gregory, Paul Picerni
Votes: 627
74.
Angel (1999–2004)
Episode:
City of...
(1999)
Unrated | 44 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Angel relocates to Los Angeles, where he encounters a stranger who experiences visions of those in need, and a woman who lives in fear of a vampire.
Director: Joss Whedon | Stars: David Boreanaz, Charisma Carpenter, Glenn Quinn, Tracy Middendorf
Votes: 2,880
75.
Bewitched (1964–1972)
Episode:
My Friend Ben
(1966)
TV-G | 25 min | Comedy, Family, Fantasy
After Aunt Clara conjures up Benjamin Franklin, he gets arrested for stealing an antique firetruck as part of a supposed advertising stunt.
Director: William Asher | Stars: Elizabeth Montgomery, Dick York, Agnes Moorehead, George Tobias
Votes: 317
76.
Dennis the Menace (1959–1963)
Episode:
Dennis' Documentary Film
(1962)
TV-G | 30 min | Comedy, Family
Dennis has a history project for school to take pictures of historical places around town, and then write a composition about them. Mrs Wilson suggests Mr Wilson help Dennis because he has a movie camera.
Director: Charles Barton | Stars: Herbert Anderson, Gloria Henry, George Cisar, Charles Watts
Votes: 35
77.
The Equalizer (1985–1989)
Episode:
Unnatural Causes
(1986)
TV-PG | 47 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A serial killer is targeting New York's lonely single women who respond to a Lonely Hearts newspaper ad. His calling card is an orchid he pins to the body. Meanwhile, McCall is writing an ... See full summary »
Director: Alan Metzger | Stars: Edward Woodward, Gwen Verdon, Kim Delaney, Bobby Di Cicco
Votes: 101
78.
Leave It to Beaver (1957–1963)
Episode:
Beaver's Library Book
(1960)
TV-G | 30 min | Comedy, Family
Eddie Haskell convinces Beaver that the "library police" will soon come to arrest Ward after Beaver ignores the late notices for a lost library book he checked out with his father's library card.
Director: Norman Tokar | Stars: Barbara Billingsley, Hugh Beaumont, Tony Dow, Jerry Mathers
Votes: 124
79.
Perry Mason (1957–1966)
Episode:
The Case of the Perjured Parrot
(1958)
TV-PG | 52 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
The only witness to a rich man's murder is his parrot, who keeps repeating the suspect's name. But in court, everyone is surprised at what the bird says next. Perry does his magic at an informal coroner's Inquest in a rural area.
Director: William D. Russell | Stars: Raymond Burr, Barbara Hale, William Hopper, William Talman
Votes: 387
80.
Seinfeld (1989–1998)
Episode:
The Library
(1991)
TV-PG | 22 min | Comedy
The library asks Jerry about a book he checked out in 1971 and never returned, so Jerry looks up an old girlfriend for his defense against a library cop.
Director: Joshua White | Stars: Jerry Seinfeld, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Michael Richards, Jason Alexander
Votes: 5,216
81.
The Twilight Zone (1959–1964)
Episode:
Time Enough at Last
(1959)
TV-PG | 25 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
A henpecked book lover finds himself blissfully alone with his books after a nuclear war.
Director: John Brahm | Stars: Burgess Meredith, Vaughn Taylor, Jacqueline deWit, Lela Bliss
Votes: 7,838
82.
Supernatural (2005–2020)
Episode:
Hell House
(2006)
TV-14 | 55 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
When a case of a seemingly average haunting begins to go haywire, Sam and Dean come to find that two bumbling, wanna-be paranormal investigators, Harry and Ed, are already on the case.
Director: Chris Long | Stars: Jared Padalecki, Jensen Ackles, Travis Wester, A.J. Buckley
Votes: 6,665
83.
Supernatural (2005–2020)
Episode:
Something Wicked
(2006)
TV-14 | 55 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Dean gets a second chance to right a wrong from his past when the brothers get a mysterious tip from their father about a case they'd worked years ago, but left unfinished after Sam was nearly killed by the creature.
Director: Whitney Ransick | Stars: Jared Padalecki, Jensen Ackles, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Colby Paul
Votes: 6,600
84.
A Haunting (2005– )
Episode:
Gateway to Hell
(2006)
TV-PG | 43 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
The owner of a country music dance hall becomes worried when his pregnant wife blames a dangerous fall on a ghost and his handyman exhibits signs of demonic possession.
Director: Joe Wiecha | Stars: Anthony D. Call, Christopher Adsit, Terry Menefee Gau, Fred Iacovo
Votes: 89
85.
The Transformers (1984–1987)
Episode:
Dinobot Island: Part 1
(1985)
TV-Y7 | 23 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
The Dinobots are destroying the Autobot base because there is no room for them to train. Bumblebee and Powerglide find a mysterious prehistoric island and believe it will be the perfect home for the Dinobots.
Directors: Andy Kim, Bob Kirk, Al Kouzel, Bob Matz, Norm McCabe, Margaret Nichols, Karen Peterson, Tom Ray, Robert Shellhorn, Bob Treat, Terry Lennon | Stars: Jack Angel, Michael Bell, Gregg Berger, Corey Burton
Votes: 156
86.
A Haunting (2005– )
Episode:
Where Evil Lurks
(2007)
TV-PG | 44 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
An 18th-century house in Arkansas comes complete with a portal from hell, which allows a demon to terrorize the young family that has just moved in.
Director: David Haycox | Stars: Anthony D. Call, Kelly Cherie Levander, Pamela Davis, Sean Michael Doherty
Votes: 68
87.
Stranger Things (2016–2025)
Episode:
Chapter Three: The Monster and the Superhero
(2022)
TV-14 | 63 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Murray and Joyce fly to Alaska, and El faces serious consequences. Robin and Nancy dig up dirt on Hawkins' demons. Dr. Owens delivers sobering news.
Director: Shawn Levy | Stars: Winona Ryder, David Harbour, Millie Bobby Brown, Finn Wolfhard
Votes: 20,052
88.
Don't Look Deeper (2020)
Episode:
Jailbreak
(2020)
TV-MA | 8 min | Short, Drama, Sci-Fi
Rylium CEO Noah is informed of an intimacy breach with one of their "emBeds", and decides to send his brother Abel to take care of it. Meanwhile, Aisha seeks Levi's help to test the limits of what she's capable of.
Director: Catherine Hardwicke | Stars: Helena Howard, Don Cheadle, Emily Mortimer, Bevin Bru
Votes: 40
89.
Toon in with Me (2021– )
Episode:
Cap'n Bill '67
(2021)
TV-PG | Animation, Comedy
The Summer of Love is in full bloom in a groovy recorded episode of "Cap'n Bill and His Sea Pals" from August 1967, with cartoons all about love: Hare Splitter (1948), Psychedelic Pink (1968), Little 'Tinker (1948), Bride and Gloom (1954), The Cat That Hated People (1948).
Director: Mike Schmiedeler | Stars: Bill Leff, Kevin Fleming, Leila Gorstein
Votes: 9
90.
Manifest (2018–2023)
Episode:
All-Call
(2022)
TV-14 | 50 min | Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Hidden voices on the black box draw Saanvi in. Cal sneaks to see an apprehended Henry. During a podcast appearance, Ben seeks help.
Director: Dean White | Stars: Melissa Roxburgh, Josh Dallas, J.R. Ramirez, Luna Blaise
Votes: 843
91.
Yellow Productions (2008– )
Episode:
Boston Travel Tips: 10 Things to Know Before You Go
(2019)
17 min | Documentary
Here's an overview of the attractions in Boston. Comprehensive advice on transportation to Boston and within the city by plane, train, car, bus, subway and water is included. Learn the ... See full summary »
Star: Chris Raney
92.
Signes des temps (1972–1975)
Episode:
Les historiens
(1972)
56 min | Documentary
Director: Jean-Claude Bringuier | Stars: Fernand Braudel, Emmanuel Le Roy Ladurie, Jacques Legoff, Alain Schnapp
93.
Signes des temps (1972–1975)
Episode:
Une raisonnable utopie ou l'expérience de Grenoble
(1973)
57 min | Documentary
Director: Claude Massot
94.
The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart (2023)
Episode:
Part 7: Sturt's Desert Pea
(2023)
60 min | Drama
Alice is pushed to a physical and emotional breaking point, but by going through this turmoil and learning to love and forgive herself and her family, she gathers the strength to make her voice heard with vigour.
Director: Glendyn Ivin | Stars: Sigourney Weaver, Asher Keddie, Leah Purcell, Frankie Adams
Votes: 353
95.
East New York (2022–2023)
Episode:
By the Book
(2023)
TV-14 | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Killian and Morales are tested when a dancer is found on the New York City subway tracks.
Director: Randy Zisk | Stars: Amanda Warren, Kevin Rankin, Richard Kind, Elizabeth Rodriguez
Votes: 163
96.
Spooksville (2013–2014)
Episode:
The Thing in the Closet
(2013)
TV-PG | 23 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Sally is spooked by the "fear eater," which stalks her from her bedroom closet.
Director: Ken Friss | Stars: Keean Johnson, Katie Douglas, Nick Purcha, Samuel Patrick Chu
Votes: 34
97.
Spooksville (2013–2014)
Episode:
The Howling Ghost
(2013)
TV-PG | 23 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Adam, Watch and Sally investigate a ghostly figure at a lighthouse where a little boy disappeared.
Director: James Head | Stars: Keean Johnson, Katie Douglas, Nick Purcha, Mackenzie Gray
Votes: 34
98.
Lupin (2021– )
Episode:
Chapter 4
(2023)
TV-MA | 43 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Assane meets his mother's captor in the flesh, but there's no sign of her. Tasked with another all-or-nothing heist, he makes a devastating choice.
Director: Daniel Grou | Stars: Omar Sy, Ludivine Sagnier, Antoine Gouy, Soufiane Guerrab
Votes: 1,020
99.
White Collar (2009–2014)
Episode:
Ice Breaker
(2013)
TV-PG | 41 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
Neal and Peter look for a U.S. passport forger from Russia.
Director: Eric Stoltz | Stars: Matt Bomer, Tim DeKay, Willie Garson, Marsha Thomason
Votes: 656
100.
Spooksville (2013–2014)
Episode:
The Dark Corner
(2013)
TV-PG | 23 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
A spell to reunite Adam with his mom instead transports the kids into a parallel Spooksville in another realm, where zombies and Ninja reign.
Director: Ken Friss | Stars: Keean Johnson, Katie Douglas, Nick Purcha, Morgan Taylor Campbell
Votes: 29