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1. Butter (I) (2011)

R | 90 min | Comedy, Drama

In Iowa, a girl in foster care discovers her talent for butter carving and finds herself pitted against an ambitious local woman in their town's annual contest.

Director: Jim Field Smith | Stars: Jennifer Garner, Yara Shahidi, Ty Burrell, Olivia Wilde

Votes: 22,490 | Gross: $0.07M

2. Christmas Joy (2018 TV Movie)

TV-G | 84 min | Family, Romance

Joy Holbrook is a market researcher about to get a sweet promotion just in time for the holidays. But she receives an urgent phone call from home and rushes back to help her Aunt recover from surgery, reuniting with her former crush, Ben.

Director: Monika Mitchell | Stars: Danielle Panabaker, Matt Long, Lucia Walters, Beverley Elliott

Votes: 2,075

3. Bloody Oranges (2021)

Unrated | 105 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

A deeply-in-debt retired couple tries to win a rock dance competition. A minister is suspected of tax fraud. A teenager makes the acquaintance of a pervert.

Director: Jean-Christophe Meurisse | Stars: Alexandre Steiger, Christophe Paou, Lilith Grasmug, Olivier Saladin

Votes: 1,183

4. The Voice UK (2012– )

30 min | Documentary, Game-Show, Music

Aspiring singers perform auditions in front of four coaches who have their backs turned to them. Coaches who like the voices they hear turn around, and the contestant gets to decide which coach will mentor him/her.

Stars: Will.i.am, Tom Jones, Emma Willis, Ricky Wilson

Votes: 1,387

5. Cooking Up Love (2021 TV Movie)

TV-G | 88 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

Zoey rents a food truck to enter a reality TV competition. Sparks fly between her and the founder of a restaurant, who is also a judge in the contest. Zoey's wants to win, but she suspects he might be after her sauce recipe, not her heart.

Director: Don McBrearty | Stars: Rachel Bles, Stephen Huszar, Ron Lea, Mykee Selkin

Votes: 700

6. Ma and Pa Kettle at Home (1954)

Approved | 80 min | Comedy

Ma and Pa Kettle get the farm in order to help their son Elwin win a scholarship.

Director: Charles Lamont | Stars: Marjorie Main, Percy Kilbride, Alan Mowbray, Alice Kelley

Votes: 705

7. The American Venus (1926)

Passed | 80 min | Comedy

Mary Gray, whose father manufactures cold cream, is engaged to sappy Horace Niles, the son of Hugo Niles, the elder Gray's most competitive rival in the cosmetics business. Chip Armstrong, ... See full summary »

Director: Frank Tuttle | Stars: Esther Ralston, Lawrence Gray, Ford Sterling, Fay Lanphier

Votes: 54

8. Love on Toast (1937)

Approved | 65 min | Comedy, Music, Romance

A female press agent must select a "Mr. Manhattan" and "Miss Brooklyn" for an ad campaign mounted by a struggling soup company. The Mr. Manhattan chosen is a singing soda jerk who doesn't want to play along.

Director: Ewald André Dupont | Stars: Stella Adler, John Payne, Grant Richards, Kathryn Kane

Votes: 61

9. Uncle Joe (1941)

Approved | 51 min | Comedy, Music

Young girl, sent to the country to avoid the amours of an artist, meets up with her backwards inventor uncle Joe and four country boys, who must all band together to keep the bank from foreclosing on a friend of the family.

Directors: Howard M. Railsback, William Strohbach | Stars: Slim Summerville, Zasu Pitts, Gale Storm, William B. Davidson

Votes: 102

10. Get Hep to Love (1942)

Approved | 71 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama

Orphan prodigy singer runs away from her oppressive aunt and tricks a rural couple into adopting her.

Director: Charles Lamont | Stars: Gloria Jean, Donald O'Connor, Jane Frazee, Robert Paige

Votes: 77

11. Die Ärzte: Manchmal haben Frauen... (2000 Music Video)

5 min | Music

The band members are judges at a female bodybuilder show. After the show, Bela goes home with a bodybuilder. They jump in the bed and she starts to beat Bela.

Director: Olaf Heine | Stars: Die Ärzte, Bela B., Rodrigo González, Farin Urlaub

Votes: 10

12. Goodnight Sweetheart (1993–2016)
Episode: Flash, Bang, Wallop (1999)

Not Rated | 28 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy

When Gary discovers his photo in a biography of Noel Coward, he heads back in time to try and erase it from existence before Yvonne gets a chance to see it.

Director: Terry Kinane | Stars: Nicholas Lyndhurst, Emma Amos, Elizabeth Carling, Christopher Ettridge

Votes: 42

13. Green Acres (1965–1971)
Episode: His Honor (1967)

TV-G | 26 min | Comedy, Family

Oliver misunderstands when the Hooterville bigwigs ask him to be a judge. He thinks he's being appointed an appellate judge, but they just want him to judge apples at the county fair. The ... See full summary »

Director: Richard L. Bare | Stars: Eddie Albert, Eva Gabor, Pat Buttram, Tom Lester

Votes: 106

14. Popular (1999–2001)
Episode: The Brain Game (2001)

TV-14 | Comedy, Drama, Romance

The gang studies for SATs. Mary Cherry gets them to compete on a quiz show against her mother. Lily fears that Josh will make a fool of himself, since his only field of expertise is chickens. Carmen falls for her Mexican dance instructor.

Director: Craig Zisk | Stars: Leslie Bibb, Carly Pope, Tamara Mello, Christopher Gorham

Votes: 71

15. Touched by an Angel (1994–2003)
Episode: Stealing Hope (2000)

TV-G | 60 min | Drama, Family, Fantasy

Ricky is a gas station attendant who just lost his job since the station is closing. Monica goes to help with the closing inventory of items, and to convince him that a door closing opens another door and that he needs to pursue his poetry.

Director: Peter H. Hunt | Stars: Roma Downey, Della Reese, John Dye, Pedro Pascal

Votes: 69

16. Svengoolie (1995– )
Episode: The Brides of Dracula (2006)

120 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy

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Director: Christopher M. Faulkner | Stars: Rich Koz, Doug Scharf, Jim Barton, Nick Digilio

Votes: 17

17. Duffy's Tavern (1954)
Episode: Archie's Singing Contest

30 min | Comedy

Archie's plan to court a beautiful actress by holding a fake singing contest backfires when he selects Finnegan to be the judge of the "contest".

Director: Harve Foster | Stars: Ed Gardner, Alan Reed, Pattee Chapman, Jimmy Conlin

18. Johnny Jupiter (1953–1954)
Episode: The Baby Contest (1954)

Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi

Ernest is maneuvered into judging Clayville's annual beautiful baby contest.

Stars: Cliff Hall, Wright King, Gilbert Mack, Pat Peardon

19. The Bold and the Beautiful (1987– )
Episode: Episode #1.5628 (2009)

TV-14 | Drama, Romance

The fashion challenge between Forrester Creations and Jackie M. Designs begins, but neither side knows that Bill Spencer has fixed the contest.

Director: Cynthia J. Popp | Stars: Texas Battle, Brandon Beemer, Drew Tyler Bell, Lesley-Anne Down

Votes: 11

20. The Simpsons (1989– )
Episode: Judge Me Tender (2010)

TV-14 | 30 min | Animation, Comedy

Moe's gruff and abrasive personality makes him the perfect hyper-critical judge, and lands him a spot on American Idol. Meanwhile, Homer makes Marge uncomfortable when he starts spending more time at home with Moe's now closed.

Directors: Mike B. Anderson, Steven Dean Moore | Stars: Dan Castellaneta, Julie Kavner, Nancy Cartwright, Yeardley Smith

Votes: 1,343

21. Midsomer Murders (1997– )
Episode: Death in the Slow Lane (2011)

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

When a local DJ is crushed to death at a traditional girls' boarding school, DCI John Barnaby discovers that murder and deception are never far away from the quaint villages.

Director: Richard Holthouse | Stars: Neil Dudgeon, Jason Hughes, Barry Jackson, David Warner

Votes: 867

22. Toon in with Me (2021– )
Episode: Soup-Off (2022)

TV-PG | Animation, Comedy

Bill and Toony are the judges for the Super Souper Soup-Off cooking competition show (sponsored by Cleam). Cartoons include Soup or Sonic (1980), Matinee Mouse (1966), The Pink Package Plot (1968), Garden Gopher (1950), and Daffy's Inn Trouble (1961).

Director: Mike Schmiedeler | Stars: Bill Leff, Kevin Fleming, Leila Gorstein

23. L'île aux enfants (1974–1976)
Episode: Grand prix de propreté (1974)

8 min | Comedy, Family

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Director: Jean Manceau | Stars: Yves Brunier, Patrick Bricard, Henri Bon

24. Mickey and the Roadster Racers (2017–2021)
Episode: Mickey's Ukulele Jam/Grandpa vs. Grandpa (2018)

TV-Y | 22 min | Animation, Short, Adventure

While participating in a ukulele jam, Donald loses Mickey's special ukulele; The Happy Helpers are judges for a Hawaiian surfing contest and learn about a lifelong rivalry.

Directors: Broni Likomanov, Phil Weinstein | Stars: Dee Bradley Baker, Jeff Bennett, Tia Carrere, Jim Cummings

Votes: 6