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51. A Woman Rebels (1936)

Approved | 88 min | Drama, History, Romance

Pamela, a woman in late-1800s England, wishes to be her own person and has no intention to ever marry. After she has a great deal of difficulty finding a job, she finally lands a position ... See full summary »

Director: Mark Sandrich | Stars: Katharine Hepburn, Herbert Marshall, Elizabeth Allan, Donald Crisp

Votes: 931

52. Hungry Hill (1947)

92 min | Drama

Story of a feud that has gone on between two Irish families for more than 50 years.

Director: Brian Desmond Hurst | Stars: Margaret Lockwood, Dennis Price, Cecil Parker, Dermot Walsh

Votes: 595

53. Mother of Mine (1926)

Not Rated | 65 min | Drama

A sincere working-class 13-year old in France is adopted by a well-meaning philanthropic millionairess from America -- who promises his doting mother that the boy will have the finest education -- but things are not so simple.

Director: Jacques Feyder | Stars: Jean Forest, Rolla Norman, Françoise Rosay, Cécile Guyon

Votes: 289

54. A Natural Born Gambler (1916)

22 min | Short, Comedy

A lovable scoundrel is busted for gambling and thrown into jail, where he dreams of playing poker - but even in his dreams, he loses.

Director: Bert Williams | Stars: Bert Williams, Wes Jenkins

Votes: 184

55. Ika-sampu (2010)

TV-PG | 80 min | Horror

Ika-Sampu is a story about a descendant of a rich hispanic family that lived in the Philippines in the 1800s (1896). A woman named Alexa Nicole de la Vega, is a member of this family. Nine ... See full summary »

Director: Macky Derpo | Stars: Eddie Garcia, Maria Isabel Lopez, Rustica Carpio, Priscilla Meirelles

Votes: 22

56. Much Ado About Something (2001)

70 min | Documentary, Mystery

Did Christopher Marlowe write the works of Shakespeare?

Director: Michael Rubbo | Stars: Michael Rubbo, Bill Browning, Jonathan Bate, John Michell

Votes: 84

57. Grande soeur (2012)

20 min | Short, Drama, Family

The union of Nicolas's and Cassandra's parents will unite them. Progressively, through difficult times, they will become like brother and sister to each other...

Director: Julien Mauvoisin | Stars: Roman Begasse, Philippe Loffredo, Florence Monge, Isabelle Noérie

58. Broadside (2009 TV Movie)

111 min | History

The newly restored English monarch, Charles II, leads his country into the fiercest trade war in the age of sail as well as concentrating on the inner workings of the king's court including... See full summary »

Directors: David Hickman, Bruce Twickler | Stars: Milan Alexander, Thomas Arnold, Martin Bishop, Robert Cambrinus

Votes: 35

59. La Dame aux Camélias (2008)

Unrated | 132 min | Musical, Romance

Based on the Alexandre Dumas novel that also inspired the stories of Verdi's La Traviata and Hollywood's Moulin Rouge, John Neumeier creates a riveting dance drama around the famous woman of lore.

Director: Thomas Grimm | Stars: Stéphane Bullion, Corps de Ballet de l'Opéra national de Paris, Michaël Denard, Dorothée Gilbert

Votes: 7

60. The Wizard's Apprentice (1930)

10 min | Short, Fantasy

A sorcerer leaves his apprentice unsupervised with a tiny nymph and a broom. An early live-action film based on the Goethe poem, using the Dukas score.

Director: Sidney Levee | Stars: Fritz Feld, Greta Granstedt, Bernard Siegel, Josef Swickard

Votes: 68

61. Samuel Slater - Hero or Traitor? (2006)

26 min | Short, History

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Director: Lloyd Johnston | Stars: Nicholas Bentley, Chris Herriott, Barry Coope, Lester Simpson

62. The Addams Family (1964–1966)
Episode: Addams Cum Laude (1966)

TV-G | 25 min | Comedy, Family, Horror

Sam Hilliard is a former truant officer who now heads a private school where Wednesday and Pugsley are enrolled.

Director: Sidney Lanfield | Stars: Carolyn Jones, John Astin, Jackie Coogan, Ted Cassidy

Votes: 206

63. The Addams Family (1964–1966)
Episode: Christmas with the Addams Family (1965)

TV-G | 25 min | Comedy, Family, Horror

Mr. Thompson next door tells Wednesday and Pugsley there's no Santa Claus and the family volunteers Uncle Fester to play Santa for their benefit. But when he gets stuck in the chimney and ... See full summary »

Director: Sidney Lanfield | Stars: Carolyn Jones, John Astin, Jackie Coogan, Ted Cassidy

Votes: 274

64. The Addams Family (1964–1966)
Episode: Fester's Punctured Romance (1964)

TV-G | 25 min | Comedy, Family, Horror

Fester's been sly and secretive lately, more than usual, and has also taken to intercepting the daily newspaper deliveries. He's been scanning the lonely hearts columns looking for a bride.... See full summary »

Director: Sidney Lanfield | Stars: Carolyn Jones, John Astin, Jackie Coogan, Ted Cassidy

Votes: 449

65. The Addams Family (1964–1966)
Episode: Gomez, the Cat Burglar (1965)

TV-G | 25 min | Comedy, Family, Horror

Gomez is having some sleepwalking issues brought on by Grandma's famous yak stew. The house descends into chaos when a connection is made between a recent spat of cat burglaries and Gomez's... See full summary »

Director: Sidney Lanfield | Stars: Carolyn Jones, John Astin, Jackie Coogan, Ted Cassidy

Votes: 204

66. The Addams Family (1964–1966)
Episode: Gomez, the Reluctant Lover (1965)

TV-G | 25 min | Comedy, Family, Horror

Pugsley begins to act strangely and Gomez and Mortica are concerned till he declares he has fallen in love. Discovering one of Gomez's love letters to Morticia, Pugsley rewrites the ... See full summary »

Director: Sidney Lanfield | Stars: Carolyn Jones, John Astin, Jackie Coogan, Ted Cassidy

Votes: 216

67. The Addams Family (1964–1966)
Episode: Happy Birthday, Grandma Frump (1966)

TV-G | 25 min | Comedy, Family, Horror

Morticia and Gomez are beside themselves to understand how the annual charity bizarre could have overlooked them this year. It's for the good cause of building a retirement home, but Gomez ... See full summary »

Director: Sidney Lanfield | Stars: Carolyn Jones, John Astin, Jackie Coogan, Ted Cassidy

Votes: 200

68. The Addams Family (1964–1966)
Episode: Morticia Meets Royalty (1965)

TV-G | 25 min | Comedy, Family, Horror

Romance seems close at hand for Thing, the Addams' right-hand-in-a-box, when Gomez's aunt, Princess Millicent, arrives for a visit accompanied by Lady Fingers, her handmaiden.

Director: Sidney Lanfield | Stars: Carolyn Jones, John Astin, Jackie Coogan, Ted Cassidy

Votes: 220

69. The Addams Family (1964–1966)
Episode: Morticia, the Writer (1965)

TV-G | 25 min | Comedy, Family, Horror

Appalled by the children's school reading assignments, Morticia throws herself into the task of writing proper stories for children, Addams-style of course, but Gomez fears success will ... See full summary »

Director: Sidney Lanfield | Stars: Carolyn Jones, John Astin, Jackie Coogan, Ted Cassidy

Votes: 210

70. The Addams Family (1964–1966)
Episode: Ophelia Visits Morticia (1966)

TV-G | 25 min | Comedy, Family, Horror

Ophelia's upset that her latest beau, Montrose, has gone off to join the Peace Corps. His strong resemblance to Uncle Fester gives Fester the idea to join the Peace Corps as well. Ophelia's... See full summary »

Director: Sidney Lanfield | Stars: Carolyn Jones, John Astin, Jackie Coogan, Ted Cassidy

Votes: 203

71. Aladdin (1994–1995)
Episode: From Hippsodeth, with Love (1994)

TV-Y7 | 21 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

Storm and lightning-king Pector proposes to the Amazon queen Hippsodeth, but she refuses to consider another then the only man who ever beat her, the sultan of Agrabah. She even sends him a... See full summary »

Director: Alan Zaslove | Stars: Scott Weinger, Val Bettin, Dan Castellaneta, Jennifer Darling

Votes: 71

72. Blackadder the Third (1987)
Episode: Dish and Dishonesty (1987)

TV-PG | 30 min | Comedy

Blackadder enters politics in an attempt to avoid Pitt the Younger from striking the Prince off the Civil List.

Director: Mandie Fletcher | Stars: Rowan Atkinson, Tony Robinson, Hugh Laurie, Helen Atkinson Wood

Votes: 1,072

73. Blackadder the Third (1987)
Episode: Ink and Incapability (1987)

TV-PG | 29 min | Comedy

Baldrick burns the only copy of Samuel Johnson's dictionary, and Blackadder has only one weekend to rewrite it.

Director: Mandie Fletcher | Stars: Rowan Atkinson, Tony Robinson, Hugh Laurie, Robbie Coltrane

Votes: 1,101

74. Dark Shadows (1991)
Episode: Episode #1.7 (1991)

TV-14 | 45 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror

Having been transported to the year 1790, Victoria meets the residents of Collinwood each of whom strongly resemble the present day characters of Collinwood. Victoria becomes the tutor for ... See full summary »

Director: Paul Lynch | Stars: Ben Cross, Lysette Anthony, Barbara Blackburn, Jim Fyfe

Votes: 76

75. Hudson's Bay (1959– )
Episode: Voice in the Wilderness (1959)

26 min | Adventure, Family, Western

In 1817, Falcon and Banner are sent to Fort Gannon to stop whiskey traders from disrupting the fur trade. The three whiskey traders make the first move, attacking and injuring a preacher ... See full summary »

Director: Alvin Rakoff | Stars: Barry Nelson, George Tobias, Austin Willis, Art Jenoff

Votes: 8

76. Mr. Bean (1990–1995)
Episode: Back to School Mr. Bean (1994)

TV-G | 26 min | Comedy, Family

Mr. Bean goes back to school for an orientation day while he sees the different projects and activities in which he gets into mischief.

Director: John Birkin | Stars: Rowan Atkinson, Suzanne Bertish, Lucy Fleming, Al Ashton

Votes: 1,657

77. The Muppet Show (1976–1981)
Episode: Christopher Reeve (1980)

TV-G | 30 min | Comedy, Family, Musical

Piggy is determined to perform with Christopher Reeve, who is playing up the Superman references such as a telephone booth near his dressing room for costume changes, his Kryptonian strength, and invulnerability.

Director: Peter Harris | Stars: Christopher Reeve, Frank Oz, Jerry Nelson, Richard Hunt

Votes: 176

78. Relic Hunter (1999–2002)
Episode: The Book of Love (1999)

TV-14 | 44 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy

Sydney and Nigel are in Milan, Italy to search for Casanova's lost Book of Love.

Director: Paolo Barzman | Stars: Tia Carrere, Christien Anholt, Lindy Booth, Joseph Di Mambro

Votes: 119

79. Time Team (1994– )
Episode: Downpatrick, County Down (1998)

Not Rated | 50 min | Documentary, History

One of Ireland's most sacred sites where St Patrick, patron saint of All Ireland, set up his first church. On Cathedral Hill sits a magnificent church renovated from its medieval origins in the 18th century.

Director: Graham Dixon | Stars: Tony Robinson, Mick Aston, Carenza Lewis, Phil Harding

Votes: 27

80. Schoolhouse Rock! (1973–2009)
Episode: The Preamble (1975)

TV-Y | 3 min | Animation, Short, Family

A song about the Constitution of the United States of America with a focus on its opening statement of principles.

Star: Lynn Ahrens

Votes: 62

81. Nova (1974– )
Episode: The Great Inca Rebellion (2007)

TV-PG | Documentary

Recent archaeological research begins to reveal how a small number of Spanish fortune hunters could conquer the mighty Inca Empira. The evidences calls into question the accepted story of ... See full summary »

Star: Jay O. Sanders

Votes: 55

82. QI (2003– )
Episode: Quills (2020)

TV-PG | 30 min | Comedy, Game-Show

Sandi Toksvig looks at quills with her guests Alan Davies, Tom Allen, Jimmy Carr and Lou Sanders.

Director: Diccon Ramsay | Stars: Sandi Toksvig, Alan Davies, Tom Allen, Jimmy Carr

Votes: 65

83. Nova (1974– )
Episode: A to Z: How Writing Changed the World (2020)

TV-G | 52 min | Documentary

How the development of writing played a vital role in shaping world history, from the invention of paper to the printed book.

Director: David Sington | Stars: Jeannette Robinson, Brody Neuenschwander, Samah Salah Elliathy, Matthew Nicholls

Votes: 89

84. Warehouse 13 (2009–2014)
Episode: Nevermore (2009)

TV-PG | 42 min | Adventure, Drama, Mystery

The Warehouse team narrowly misses nabbing McPherson then Myka's father falls under the influence of an artifact that resists the purple goo.

Director: Tawnia McKiernan | Stars: Eddie McClintock, Joanne Kelly, Saul Rubinek, Genelle Williams

Votes: 613

85. Outlander (2014– )
Episode: Allegiance (2022)

TV-MA | 69 min | Adventure, Drama, Fantasy

Jamie struggles with his first request as Indian Agent. Roger presides over an unusual funeral. Marsali gives birth. However, the joy is short lived when a discovery is made.

Director: Kate Cheeseman | Stars: Caitríona Balfe, Sam Heughan, Sophie Skelton, Richard Rankin

Votes: 1,704

86. Wellington Paranormal (2018–2022)
Episode: Bird Woman (2022)

TV-14 | 22 min | Comedy, Crime, Fantasy

Minogue and O'Leary tackle a half-bird, half-human that's been stealing shiny objects from around Wellington, including the 'W' from the Wellington sign.

Director: Tim van Dammen | Stars: Karen O'Leary, Mike Minogue, Maaka Pohatu, Thomas Sainsbury

Votes: 184

87. The Tudors (2007–2010)
Episode: Natural Ally (2010)

TV-MA | 50 min | Drama, History, Romance

Catherine's buys the silence of an indiscreet former lover with a position in her chamber as her affair with Culpepper becomes more tempestuous.

Director: Ciaran Donnelly | Stars: Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Henry Cavill, Tamzin Merchant, Lothaire Bluteau

Votes: 546

88. The Borgias (2011–2013)
Episode: The Confession (2012)

TV-MA | 58 min | Crime, Drama, History

Pope Alexander authorizes a search for missing son Juan as Savonarola continues to resist torture, and Lucrezia seduces her fiancé.

Director: David Leland | Stars: Jeremy Irons, François Arnaud, Holliday Grainger, Joanne Whalley

Votes: 644

89. Modern Family (2009–2020)
Episode: Bad Hair Day (2013)

TV-PG | 22 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

Claire runs into an old lover at her college reunion, a mishap causes Cam to give the baby a disastrous haircut, and Jay has to put his bowling match on hold to build up Manny's confidence.

Director: Gail Mancuso | Stars: Ed O'Neill, Sofía Vergara, Julie Bowen, Ty Burrell

Votes: 2,182

90. Hunter Street (2017–2021)
Episode: The Deed (2017)

TV-G | 22 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy

The final villain is revealed as the kids race to solve the last clues and unlock the mystery.

Director: Hans Somers | Stars: Stony Blyden, Maemae Renfrow, Kyra Isako Smith, Thomas Jansen

Votes: 34

91. DC's Legends of Tomorrow (2016–2022)
Episode: Séance and Sensibility (2019)

TV-14 | 42 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

When Mona discovers that her favorite author, Jane Austen, might be at the epicenter of a magical alert, Mona, Sara, Charlie and Zari find themselves in Bath, England, 1802.

Director: Alexandra La Roche | Stars: Brandon Routh, Caity Lotz, Maisie Richardson-Sellers, Tala Ashe

Votes: 1,557