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1. 12th Fail (2023)
147 min | Biography, Drama
The real-life story of IPS Officer Manoj Kumar Sharma and IRS Officer Shraddha Joshi.
Director: Vidhu Vinod Chopra | Stars: Vikrant Massey, Medha Shankr, Anant Joshi, Anshuman Pushkar
Votes: 113,707
2. Only Fools and Horses (1981–2003)
TV-PG | 95 min | Comedy
Comedy that follows two brothers from London's rough Peckham estate as they wheel and deal through a number of dodgy deals and search for the big score that'll make them millionaires.
Stars: David Jason, Nicholas Lyndhurst, Roger Lloyd Pack, Buster Merryfield
Votes: 56,800
3. My Sister's Keeper (2009)
PG-13 | 109 min | Drama, Family
Anna Fitzgerald looks to earn medical emancipation from her parents who until now have relied on their youngest child to help their leukemia-stricken daughter Kate remain alive.
Director: Nick Cassavetes | Stars: Cameron Diaz, Abigail Breslin, Alec Baldwin, Walter Raney
Votes: 98,435 | Gross: $49.20M
4. American Honey (2016)
R | 163 min | Adventure, Drama, Romance
A teenage girl with nothing to lose joins a traveling magazine sales crew, and gets caught up in a whirlwind of hard partying, law bending and young love as she criss-crosses the Midwest with a band of misfits.
Director: Andrea Arnold | Stars: Sasha Lane, Shia LaBeouf, Riley Keough, McCaul Lombardi
Votes: 46,532 | Gross: $0.66M
5. Fawlty Towers (1975–1979)
TV-PG | 30 min | Comedy
Hotel owner Basil Fawlty's incompetence, short fuse, and arrogance form a combination that ensures accidents and trouble are never far away.
Stars: John Cleese, Prunella Scales, Andrew Sachs, Connie Booth
Votes: 100,296
6. Eddie the Eagle (2015)
PG-13 | 106 min | Adventure, Biography, Comedy
The story of Eddie Edwards, the notoriously tenacious British underdog ski jumper who charmed the world at the 1988 Winter Olympics.
Director: Dexter Fletcher | Stars: Taron Egerton, Hugh Jackman, Tom Costello, Jo Hartley
Votes: 100,424 | Gross: $15.79M
7. Rudy (1993)
PG | 114 min | Biography, Drama, Sport
Rudy has always been told that he was too small to play college football. But he is determined to overcome the odds and fulfill his dream of playing for Notre Dame.
Director: David Anspaugh | Stars: Sean Astin, Jon Favreau, Ned Beatty, Greta Lind
Votes: 69,159 | Gross: $22.75M
8. Sliding Doors (1998)
PG-13 | 99 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
After personal and professional setbacks, a woman experiences an alternate reality.
Director: Peter Howitt | Stars: Gwyneth Paltrow, John Hannah, John Lynch, Jeanne Tripplehorn
Votes: 71,555 | Gross: $11.88M
9. On Chesil Beach (2017)
R | 110 min | Drama, Music, Romance
In 1962 England, a young couple find their idyllic romance colliding with issues of sexual freedom and societal pressure, leading to an awkward and fateful wedding night.
Director: Dominic Cooke | Stars: Billy Howle, Saoirse Ronan, Andy Burse, Rasmus Hardiker
Votes: 12,522 | Gross: $0.75M
10. Searching for Bobby Fischer (1993)
PG | 109 min | Biography, Drama, Sport
A prepubescent chess prodigy is encouraged to harden himself in order to become a champion like the famous but unlikable Bobby Fischer.
Director: Steven Zaillian | Stars: Joe Mantegna, Ben Kingsley, Max Pomeranc, Joan Allen
Votes: 42,442 | Gross: $7.27M
11. Everybody's Talking About Jamie (2021)
PG-13 | 115 min | Biography, Comedy, Drama
Despite obstacles, 16-year-old Jamie has the courage to fabulously follow his unconventional dream.
Directors: Jonathan Butterell, Dan Gillespie Sells, Tom MacRae | Stars: Max Harwood, Lauren Patel, Sarah Lancashire, Shobna Gulati
Votes: 7,693
12. The Rider (2017)
R | 104 min | Drama, Western
After suffering a near fatal head injury, a young cowboy undertakes a search for new identity and what it means to be a man in the heartland of America.
Director: Chloé Zhao | Stars: Brady Jandreau, Mooney, Tim Jandreau, Lilly Jandreau
Votes: 20,666 | Gross: $2.42M
13. Lipstick on Your Collar (1993)
360 min | Comedy, Drama, Musical
7 men work in a military intelligence office in 1956 London. Hopper is bored translating Russian and imagines rock'n'roll musicals set in the office. Francis dreams of Berry's wife.
Stars: Giles Thomas, Ewan McGregor, Louise Germaine, Douglas Henshall
Votes: 1,432
14. Afti i nyhta menei (2000)
112 min | Drama, Music, Romance
On the brink of the new millennium, a young aspiring singer leaves Athens for the seedy nightclubs of the rough Greek province, bent on getting her big break amid milky-white cigarette smokes, decayed divas--and ultimately--broken hopes.
Director: Nikos Panayotopoulos | Stars: Nikos Kouris, Athina Maximou, Zoe Nalbanti, Kostas Markopoulos
Votes: 1,438
15. Sweet Bean (2015)
Not Rated | 113 min | Drama
Burdened with a heavy and ever-increasing debt, a dorayaki baker hires a kind ageing woman, after tasting her delicious surprise. Little by little, she unravels her beautiful inner world. Could she be holding the secret to his success?
Director: Naomi Kawase | Stars: Kirin Kiki, Masatoshi Nagase, Kyara Uchida, Miki Mizuno
Votes: 12,745 | Gross: $0.12M
16. Garden Party (2008)
Not Rated | 88 min | Drama
April (age 15) is running from one bad situation into another, hoping to find an answer that doesn't involve nudity, and falls in with a group of confused kids chasing their dreams. The black widow in the web is the sexy, pot-dealing Sally.
Director: Jason Freeland | Stars: Erik Smith, Tierra Abbott, Vinessa Shaw, Christopher Allport
Votes: 3,551 | Gross: $0.02M
17. Patti Cake$ (2017)
R | 109 min | Drama, Music
PATTI CAKE$ is centered on aspiring rapper Patricia Dombrowski, a.k.a. Killa P, a.k.a. Patti Cake$, who is fighting an unlikely quest for glory in her downtrodden hometown in New Jersey.
Director: Geremy Jasper | Stars: Danielle Macdonald, Sahr Ngaujah, Bridget Everett, Mamoudou Athie
Votes: 10,533 | Gross: $0.80M
18. Cemetery Junction (2010)
R | 95 min | Comedy, Drama
A 1970s-set comedy centered on three young working class friends in a dreary suburb of Reading.
Directors: Ricky Gervais, Stephen Merchant | Stars: Christian Cooke, Felicity Jones, Tom Hughes, Jack Doolan
Votes: 24,193
19. Attack of the Adult Babies (2017)
84 min | Horror
Three family members break into a remote country house to recover secret documents, but discover a cult of wealthy adults dressed as babies inside with sexy "nurses" as their caretakers.
Director: Dominic Brunt | Stars: Kurtis Lowe, Andrew Dunn, Andy Abrahams, Dominic Brunt
Votes: 670
20. Peach Girl (2017)
116 min | Comedy, Romance
Momo Adachi is a female high school student. She appears to be a wild girl due to her tan skin and dyed hair, but she is a actually naive and sweet student. Since her days in middle school,... See full summary »
Director: Kôji Shintoku | Stars: Kei Inoo, Mizuki Yamamoto, Momoko Kikuchi, Daisuke Kikuta
Votes: 653
21. Alone/Together (2019)
103 min | Drama, Romance
After meeting again at an awards ceremony, a former couple discover they still have a connection.
Director: Antoinette Jadaone | Stars: Liza Soberano, Enrique Gil, Nonie Buencamino, Richard Manabat
Votes: 588 | Gross: $0.73M
22. Tuhog (2013)
TV-14 | 105 min | Comedy, Drama
Road rage between two buses causes an accident that puts the passengers' lives in jeopardy. The ones most greatly affected are a middle-aged woman named Fiesta, retired old family patriarch... See full summary »
Director: Veronica Velasco | Stars: Eugene Domingo, Enchong Dee, Leo Martinez, Jake Cuenca
Votes: 491
23. Waste Land (2010)
Not Rated | 99 min | Documentary
On the outskirts of Rio de Janeiro is Jardim Gramacho, the world's largest landfill, where men and women sift through garbage for a living. Artist Vik Muniz produces portraits of the workers and learns about their lives.
Directors: Lucy Walker, Karen Harley, João Jardim | Star: Vik Muniz
Votes: 9,363 | Gross: $0.19M
24. Hancock's Half Hour (1956–1960)
30 min | Comedy
TV version of the popular BBC radio show of the same name, with Tony Hancock as the modern man of the world (in his own eyes). Sid James is there to bring him back to earth.
Stars: Tony Hancock, Sidney James, Johnny Vyvyan, Alec Bregonzi
Votes: 593
25. Playing for Keeps (1986)
PG-13 | 102 min | Comedy
Danny, Spikes and Silk have just recently graduated from high school in New York. Danny finds a title deed for a huge house in a small town. He has a dream to turn it into a Rock n' Roll ... See full summary »
Directors: Bob Weinstein, Harvey Weinstein | Stars: Daniel Jordano, Matthew Penn, Leon W. Grant, Mary B. Ward
Votes: 751 | Gross: $2.67M
26. Barbie in the Pink Shoes (2013)
TV-Y | 75 min | Animation, Family
About a young girl who finds a pair of pink ballet shoes and is taken to a magical ballet land.There she learns how to help her friends and follow her instincts.
Director: Owen Hurley | Stars: Kelly Sheridan, Katie Crown, Ali Liebert, Brett Dier
Votes: 2,226
27. Enas kontos tha mas sosei! (1981)
98 min | Comedy
A vertically-challenged and hard-working truck driver who wants to possess his own taxi, lands a job as the fresh protagonist of a new TV-series, putting his marriage at risk. Will he remember his mission?
Director: Kostas Karagiannis | Stars: Nikos Rizos, Elena Nathanail, Elsa Rizou, Kostas Karagiorgis
Votes: 79
28. Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads? (1973–1974)
30 min | Comedy
Returning from the Army, Terry finds his best mate Bob is marrying Thelma, Terry's former partner. Their lives intertwine as Terry reintegrates, challenging the relationships between the three.
Stars: James Bolam, Rodney Bewes, Brigit Forsyth, Sheila Fearn
Votes: 1,285
29. Dil Maange More!!! (2004)
123 min | Musical, Romance
Nikhil, a simple naive young man, twice fails in his quest for love. Will he be third time lucky?
Director: Anant Mahadevan | Stars: Shahid Kapoor, Ayesha Takia, Tulip Joshi, Soha Ali Khan
Votes: 2,069
30. Flying Colors (2015)
117 min | Comedy, Drama
Fact-based tale of a slacker high-school girl, years behind in her studies, who decides to start working hard and pass the entrance exams to a prestigious university in Japan.
Director: Nobuhiro Doi | Stars: Kasumi Arimura, Nanami Abe, Morio Agata, Atsushi Itô
Votes: 4,013
31. Stompin' at the Savoy (1992 TV Movie)
TV-PG | 95 min | Drama
Four young black women are trying to achieve their dreams of success in the 1930s Harlem.
Director: Debbie Allen | Stars: Lynn Whitfield, Vanessa Williams, Jasmine Guy, Mario Van Peebles
Votes: 327
32. Gorgones kai mages (1968)
90 min | Comedy, Drama, Musical
Flora and Petros are competitors who try to buy cheap land on a Greek island and sell it to foreigner investors. During their stay comic things take place ending to find true love in the local residents.
Director: Giannis Dalianidis | Stars: Mary Hronopoulou, Faidon Georgitsis, Dionysis Papagiannopoulos, Vagelis Seilinos
Votes: 839
33. Oh La La! (2006)
87 min | Comedy
A forgotten actress, a part-time director, a fashionable actress, a young man of disturbing beauty try, together, to realize their dream.
Director: Anne Fontaine | Stars: Danielle Darrieux, Arielle Dombasle, Jean-Chrétien Sibertin-Blanc, Andy Gillet
Votes: 165
34. Kagekiha opera (2016)
90 min | Drama, Romance
A Japanese LGBT love story set in a small female only theater group, based on a semi-autobiographical novel "Kokan" by Junko Emoto.
Director: Junko Emoto | Stars: Saori, Arisa Nakamura, Yuki Sakurai, Suzuka Morita
Votes: 26
35. Neighbours (1952)
Not Rated | 8 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
A surreal story of two neighbours' destructive feud over a flower.
Director: Norman McLaren | Stars: Grant Munro, Jean Paul Ladouceur
Votes: 3,891
36. Jeanne Eagels (1957)
Not Rated | 108 min | Biography, Drama, Romance
The life of 1920s actress Jeanne Eagels.
Director: George Sidney | Stars: Kim Novak, Jeff Chandler, Agnes Moorehead, Charles Drake
Votes: 847
37. The Bravest Knight (2019)
TV-G | 12 min | Animation, Family
This story revolves around a young pumpkin farmer's adventure as he attempts to become the bravest knight who ever lived.
Stars: Storm Reid, T.R. Knight, Bobby Moynihan, Chance Hurstfield
Votes: 147
38. An itan to violi pouli... (1984)
78 min | Comedy
Convicted for beating a priest, Lefteris, a violin player "addicted" to marriage, narrates to his cellmate how he got his three divorces.
Director: Takis Vougiouklakis | Stars: Sotiris Moustakas, Giannis Mihalopoulos, Giannis Vogiatzis, Thanos Papadopoulos
Votes: 270
39. The Mayoress (1960)
75 min | Comedy
Two antagonistic tavern owners who announced their candidacy for the upcoming mayoral election, are totally in the dark about their children's clandestine affair. Are both candidates prepared to sacrifice their ambitions for their sake?
Director: Roviros Manthoulis | Stars: Georgia Vasileiadou, Vasilis Avlonitis, Aleka Stratigou, Koula Agagiotou
Votes: 220
40. Carnival in Paris (1937)
Approved | 22 min | Short, Comedy, Musical
The janitor of a Paris museum's Egyptology department agrees to help a girl hide from the police. Using museum costumes, they join the Paris carnival parade and even win the 'best costume' ... See full summary »
Director: Wilhelm Thiele | Stars: Henry Brandon, Ann Rutherford, Harry Burns, Ferdinand Gottschalk
Votes: 125
41. The Human Face (2001– )
200 min | Documentary, Comedy, History
This four part BBC mini-series examines the science behind facial beauty, expression, and fame in an entertaining fashion.
Stars: John Cleese, Elizabeth Hurley, David Attenborough, Pierce Brosnan
Votes: 593
42. Brash Young Turks (2015)
90 min | Crime, Drama
From award winning director Naeem Mahmood, comes Brash Young Turks, a bold debut feature telling a fast paced struggle of love, crime and power, against all odds. Best UK Movie winner at the 10th Movie Video and Screen Awards 2016.
Directors: Ash Mahmood, Naeem Mahmood | Stars: Melissa Latouche, Paul Chiedozie, Tom Bott, Charlie MacGechan
Votes: 56
43. Jenny Jenny (1966)
103 min | Comedy, Romance
In order to help her father who has financial problems, Tzeni agrees to a fake marriage with his political rival.
Director: Dinos Dimopoulos | Stars: Jenny Karezi, Dionysis Papagiannopoulos, Andreas Barkoulis, Mary Lalopoulou
Votes: 1,373
44. Ah! Afti I Gynaika Mou (1967)
94 min | Comedy
A man finds out that his boss had a quarrel with his wife, so he now tries to present her as his housemaid...
Director: Giorgos Skalenakis | Stars: Aliki Vougiouklaki, Dimitris Papamichael, Giannis Mihalopoulos, Sapfo Notara
Votes: 1,034
45. Garbage Dreams (2009)
79 min | Documentary
A look at the lives of Egyptian trash collectors.
Director: Mai Iskander
Votes: 159
46. NYC Dreams (2022)
105 min | Drama, Music, Romance
A talented but struggling dancer in New York City uses his daydreams to escape and find love.
Directors: J. Arcane, Paul Erskine | Stars: Yves Mathieu East, William Chris Sumpter, Feathers Wise, Nixon Frederick
Votes: 33
47. From the Other Side (I) (2002)
Not Rated | 99 min | Documentary
A documentary look at the fate of Mexicans who cross the border into the United States.
Director: Chantal Akerman
Votes: 323
48. An imoun plousios!.. (1972)
85 min | Comedy
A pair of grease monkeys who aspire to strike it rich, borrow the expensive car of the garage's best customer, only to meet his beautiful daughter whom they've never met. But, what happens if he finds out that he's about to lose her, too?
Director: Stelios Tatasopoulos | Stars: Dionysis Papagiannopoulos, Alekos Tzanetakos, Vicky Vanita, Deppy Georgiou
Votes: 36
49. The Magic City (1954)
80 min | Crime, Drama
Kosmas, a young man living in the slums, constantly tries to make ends meet, hoping for a better day. Because of debts, he gets tangled up in smuggling. His morals are tested and he tries to find a way out.
Director: Nikos Koundouros | Stars: Giorgos Foundas, Margarita Papageorgiou, Stefanos Stratigos, Thanasis Vengos
Votes: 375
50. The Garage (1920)
25 min | Short, Comedy
Roscoe and Buster operate a combination garage and fire station. In the first half they destroy a car left for them to clean. In the second half they go off on a false alarm and return to find their own building on fire.
Director: Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle | Stars: Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle, Buster Keaton, Molly Malone, Harry McCoy
Votes: 1,547