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1. Everything Everywhere All at Once (2022)

R | 139 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy

A middle-aged Chinese immigrant is swept up into an insane adventure in which she alone can save existence by exploring other universes and connecting with the lives she could have led.

Directors: Daniel Kwan, Daniel Scheinert | Stars: Michelle Yeoh, Stephanie Hsu, Jamie Lee Curtis, Ke Huy Quan

Votes: 536,098 | Gross: $72.86M

2. Death on the Nile (2022)

PG-13 | 127 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

While on vacation on the Nile, Hercule Poirot must investigate the murder of a young heiress.

Director: Kenneth Branagh | Stars: Tom Bateman, Annette Bening, Kenneth Branagh, Russell Brand

Votes: 189,462 | Gross: $45.63M

3. Lola (I) (2024)

84 min | Drama

Lola James works to save enough money to get her little brother, Arlo, out of their toxic home. Arlo keeps her hopeful, until one tragic night, when her whole world gets uprooted. From that moment on, nothing will ever be the same.

Director: Nicola Peltz Beckham | Stars: Nicola Peltz Beckham, Raven Goodwin, Richie Merritt, Luke David Blumm

Votes: 685

4. Awake (2007)

R | 84 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

A wealthy young man undergoing heart transplant surgery discovers that the surgical team intend to murder him.

Director: Joby Harold | Stars: Hayden Christensen, Jessica Alba, Terrence Howard, Lena Olin

Votes: 80,721 | Gross: $14.38M

5. Something in the Rain (2018)

TV-MA | 75 min | Drama, Romance

When a single career woman reunites with her best friend's younger brother after he returns from three years of working abroad, their efforts to reconnect grow into romance.

Stars: Son Ye-jin, Jung Hae-in, Joo Min-Kyung, Kim Jong-tae

Votes: 8,737

6. Blue Hawaii (1961)

Approved | 102 min | Comedy, Musical

After arriving back in Hawaii from the Army, Chad Gates defies his parents' wishes for him to work at the family business and instead goes to work as a tour guide at his girlfriend's agency.

Director: Norman Taurog | Stars: Elvis Presley, Joan Blackman, Angela Lansbury, Nancy Walters

Votes: 7,529 | Gross: $10.44M

7. How Stella Got Her Groove Back (1998)

R | 124 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

Stella is a highly successful, forty-something San Francisco stock broker who is persuaded by her colorful New York girlfriend Delilah to take a well deserved, first-class vacation to Jamaica.

Director: Kevin Rodney Sullivan | Stars: Angela Bassett, Taye Diggs, Whoopi Goldberg, Regina King

Votes: 8,349 | Gross: $37.67M

8. Latter Days (2003)

R | 107 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

A promiscuous gay party animal falls for a young Mormon missionary, leading to crisis, cliché, and catastrophe.

Director: C. Jay Cox | Stars: Wes Ramsey, Steve Sandvoss, Mary Kay Place, Amber Benson

Votes: 18,615 | Gross: $0.82M

9. Girl Play (2004)

Not Rated | 80 min | Comedy, Romance

Two real-life lesbian actresses meet by chance when they are cast as lovers in a local stage play, and end up actually falling in love.

Director: Lee Friedlander | Stars: Robin Greenspan, Lacie Harmon, Mink Stole, Dom DeLuise

Votes: 871

10. Day of Wrath (1943)

Not Rated | 110 min | Drama, History

The young wife of an aging priest falls in love with his son amidst the horror of a merciless witch hunt in 17th-century Denmark.

Director: Carl Theodor Dreyer | Stars: Thorkild Roose, Lisbeth Movin, Sigrid Neiiendam, Kirsten Andreasen

Votes: 11,122

11. The Courage to Love (2000 TV Movie)

PG-13 | 95 min | Drama, History, Romance

In 19th century New Orleans creole Henriette must choose between love and devotion to the church. Neither choice is going to be easy, as there is great opposition to her ideas of breaking traditions.

Director: Kari Skogland | Stars: Vanessa Williams, Gil Bellows, Karen Williams, Lisa Bronwyn Moore

Votes: 533

12. Heartland (2016)

Not Rated | 100 min | Drama, Romance

A young Oklahoma artist, struggling with a recent death, finds escape in a reckless affair with her brother's girlfriend.

Director: Maura Anderson | Stars: Velinda Godfrey, Amelia Harris, Todd Waring, Cooper Rowe

Votes: 862

13. The Truth About Jane (2000 TV Movie)

Not Rated | 87 min | Drama, Romance

A high-school girl's first sexual experience is with another girl, and, along with her first broken heart, she must deal with her mother's reaction to her revelation that she is a lesbian and with ostracism at school.

Director: Lee Rose | Stars: Stockard Channing, Ellen Muth, Kelly Rowan, Jenny O'Hara

Votes: 2,619

14. This World, Then the Fireworks (1997)

R | 100 min | Crime, Drama

In 1950s, two incestuous lovers, a depraved suave journalist and his equally depraved prostitute sister, plan to get rich through seduction and murder. Things complicate when their feeble-minded mother begins to suspect something.

Director: Michael Oblowitz | Stars: Billy Zane, Gina Gershon, Christian Durango, Sloan Cobb

Votes: 1,330 | Gross: $0.01M

15. Rak haeng Siam (2007)

Not Rated | 178 min | Drama, Mystery, Romance

Two boyhood friends are separated due to the disappearance of the sister of one of them, then later meet again as teenagers, when one of them has become a pop singer, and they discover feelings that they did not know they had.

Director: Chookiat Sakveerakul | Stars: Sinjai Plengpanich, Songsit Roongnophakunsri, Pimpan Buranapim, Laila Boonyasak

Votes: 4,279

16. Bad Hair (2013)

93 min | Drama

A nine-year-old boy's preening obsession with straightening his hair elicits a tidal wave of homophobic panic in his hard-working mother.

Director: Mariana Rondón | Stars: Samuel Lange Zambrano, Samantha Castillo, Beto Benites, Nelly Ramos

Votes: 2,436

17. Teddy Bear (2012)

Not Rated | 92 min | Drama, Romance

Dennis, a painfully shy 38-year-old bodybuilder who lives with his mother, sets off to Thailand in search of love.

Director: Mads Matthiesen | Stars: Kim Kold, Elsebeth Steentoft, Lamaiporn Sangmanee Hougaard, David Winters

Votes: 4,805 | Gross: $0.02M

18. Ma vie en rose (1997)

R | 88 min | Drama

Ludovic is an innocent seven-year-old child who provokes horror in his community when he dresses in girls clothes and insists he's a girl.

Director: Alain Berliner | Stars: Georges Du Fresne, Michèle Laroque, Jean-Philippe Écoffey, Hélène Vincent

Votes: 9,035 | Gross: $2.28M

19. Return to Peyton Place (1961)

Approved | 123 min | Drama

The residents of Peyton Place are not happy when its most famous resident, Alison Mackenzie, writes a "shocking" novel detailing the sinful secrets of the town.

Director: José Ferrer | Stars: Carol Lynley, Jeff Chandler, Eleanor Parker, Mary Astor

Votes: 1,008

20. Girl Stroke Boy (1971)

Not Rated | 86 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

The straitlaced parents of a young boy who has, until now, shown no interest in the opposite sex, are surprised when he comes home with a girl/boy from the West Indies.

Director: Bob Kellett | Stars: Joan Greenwood, Michael Hordern, Clive Francis, Peter Straker

Votes: 167

21. Locked Away (2010 TV Movie)

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

A high school senior seeks help from a pregnancy counselor who exploits the situation for her own gain.

Director: Doug Campbell | Stars: Jean Louisa Kelly, Kirsten Zien, Paula Trickey, Jake Thomas

Votes: 316

22. Carry Me Away (2013)

14 min | Short, Drama, Family

A young couple, Adam and Juli comes looking for a fresh start in the big city. She washes dishes all day, while he hands out leaflets on the street. They're bounded by an unusual love. This is the day their secret falls flat.

Director: Cristina Grosan | Stars: Gergely Kovács, Niké Kurta, Ferenc Pusztai, Márton Csukás

Votes: 30

23. Fiodor en el fiordo (2014)

25 min | Short, Drama, Family

Brother and sister Carlos and Gaby live live with their dysfunctional family where appearances are the most important thing. When Gaby leave for college overseas, Carlos' world falls apart.

Director: Fabián Suarez | Stars: Alejandro Halley, Gabriela Griffith, Amarilis Nunez, Mario Guerra

Votes: 11

24. Act of Will (1989)

240 min | Drama

The story of three generations of women, from 1926 to the present day.

Stars: Serena Gordon, Melanie Jessop, Lynsey Baxter, Victoria Tennant

Votes: 167

25. The Baby Formula (2008)

Not Rated | 82 min | Comedy, Fantasy

A family uproar is caused when a scientific breakthrough allows lesbian couple Athena and Lilith to have each other's child.

Director: Alison Reid | Stars: Angela Vint, Megan Fahlenbock, Rosemary Dunsmore, Jessica Booker

Votes: 309

26. The Diary of a High School Bride (1959)

Approved | 72 min | Drama

A 17-year-old high-school senior must justify her wedding to a 24-year-old law student to both her parents and her unbalanced ex-boyfriend.

Director: Burt Topper | Stars: Anita Sands, Ron Foster, Chris Robinson, Wendy Wilde

Votes: 168

27. Tokusatsu Gagaga (2019)

Comedy, Drama

An office lady with a secret obsession for comic-book culture does her best to balance her job and hobby day by day.

Stars: Kana Kurashina, Fuka Koshiba, Haruka Kinami, Yûki Morinaga

Votes: 87

28. Memories of a Penitent Heart (2016)

TV-14 | 69 min | Documentary, Family

Twenty-five years after Miguel died of AIDS, his niece tracks down his estranged lover and cracks open a Pandora's box of unresolved family drama.

Director: Cecilia Aldarondo

Votes: 96

29. Artois the Goat (2009)

Not Rated | 110 min | Comedy

Lab technician Virgil Gurdies struggles to choose between his truelove Angie and his newfound quest to create the greatest goat cheese the world has ever known.

Directors: Cliff Bogart, Kyle Bogart | Stars: Mark Meir, Sydney Andrews, Stephen Taylor Fry, Dan Braverman

Votes: 184

30. Gabriel (II) (2014)

Not Rated | 22 min | Short, Drama, Romance

Gabriel, a 32-year-old Spanish man lives in Germany with his boyfriend Lars, far away from his conservative family. Time and again he remembers his childhood in daydreams.

Director: Benjamin Chimoy | Stars: Diego Caballero, Mercè Montllonch, Joan Aguila Cuevas, Blas Caballero Jerez

Votes: 108

31. Father Knows... (2007 Video)

Not Rated | 76 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

Father Knows... is a bittersweet comedy-drama that tells the story of Love Family and personal estrangements spanning over 15 years in the life of what seem like a simple American Family. ... See full summary »

Director: Toby Ross | Stars: Cort Donovan, Luke Aulwurm, Larry Filas, Debra Langland

Votes: 78

32. Dirtymouth (1970)

R | 102 min | Biography, Drama

The life and career of controversial comedian Lenny Bruce.

Director: Herbert S. Altman | Stars: Bernie Travis, Courtney Simon, Wynn Irwin, Miss Sam Teardrop

Votes: 20

33. Family History (2020)

Not Rated | 16 min | Short, Horror

Four years after his mother passed away, a young man brings his new boyfriend home to meet his reclusive, conservative father.

Director: Mark J. Parker | Stars: Matthew Courson, Aleksander Varadian, Patrick Heraghty, Catherine Nastasi

Votes: 17

34. Wessex Tales (1973– )
Episode: Barbara of the House of Grebe (1973)

Drama

An naive young aristocrat flees an arranged marriage meant to restore her family fortune-- the young man she elopes with is poor but remarkably handsome. They land in Italy, where after brief happiness her lover is horribly burned.

Director: David Hugh Jones | Stars: Nick Brimble, Ben Kingsley, Joanna McCallum, Leslie Sands

Votes: 13

35. The Carol Burnett Show (1967–1978)
Episode: The Family/Joanne Woodward (1976)

TV-G | 51 min | Comedy, Family

Highlights include: guest Joanne Woodward plays an old school chum of Eunice's in "The Family"; a wealthy couple (Vicki, Harvey) have an argument through their servants (Carol, Tim); Mr. ... See full summary »

Director: Dave Powers | Stars: Carol Burnett, Harvey Korman, Vicki Lawrence, Tim Conway

Votes: 60

36. Ellen (1994–1998)
Episode: Secrets & Ellen (1997)

TV-PG | 22 min | Comedy, Romance

Ellen's hard-to-please, grandmother comes for a visit where she assumes Ellen and Joe are a couple, and that Ellen's parents are still together. But after a lifetime of white lies, Ellen ... See full summary »

Director: Gil Junger | Stars: Ellen DeGeneres, Joely Fisher, David Anthony Higgins, Clea Lewis

Votes: 78

37. The Golden Girls (1985–1992)
Episode: The Accurate Conception (1989)

TV-PG | 30 min | Comedy, Drama

Blanche's daughter Rebecca shocks her with her plans to conceive a baby by means of artificial insemination.

Director: Terry Hughes | Stars: Bea Arthur, Betty White, Rue McClanahan, Estelle Getty

Votes: 439

38. Twin Peaks (1990–1991)
Episode: Drive with a Dead Girl (1990)

TV-14 | 47 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Donna and James wonder why Maddy left so suddenly. Norma's mother arrives with the news that she's married a new man, Ernie Niles. Cooper tells Leland they arrested Ben Horne for Laura's murder.

Director: Caleb Deschanel | Stars: Kyle MacLachlan, Michael Ontkean, Mädchen Amick, Dana Ashbrook

Votes: 4,438

39. CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2000–2015)
Episode: Rashomama (2006)

TV-14 | 45 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

A criminal defense lawyer is murdered at her son's wedding and tied to the back of a car with beer cans. It is later revealed that she had a bad attitude at the bride, the groom's father, and basically everyone else.

Director: Kenneth Fink | Stars: William Petersen, Marg Helgenberger, Gary Dourdan, George Eads

Votes: 984

40. Mama's Family (1983–1990)
Episode: For Better or Worse (1983)

TV-PG | Comedy

Vint and Naomi start a relationship against the wishes of Mama.

Directors: Roger Beatty, Harvey Korman | Stars: Vicki Lawrence, Ken Berry, Dorothy Lyman, Eric Brown

Votes: 95

41. Never Have I Ever (2020–2023)
Episode: ...had to be on my best behavior (2020)

TV-14 | 24 min | Comedy, Drama

Flashbacks unearth painful memories and resentment for Devi. Meanwhile, Kamala is forced to get honest as the family welcomes her suitor at home.

Director: Tristram Shapeero | Stars: Maitreyi Ramakrishnan, Richa Moorjani, Darren Barnet, John McEnroe

Votes: 1,159

42. Sen Benimsin (2015)
Episode: 6. Bolum (2015)

Drama, Romance

Ejder and Nagme have a traditional wedding, but despite her mother attending the event, she clearly doesn't approve of Nagme's marriage. Elvan is despondent and walks to the edge of a cliff and prepares to jump.

Directors: Kudret Sabanci, Ulas Cihan Simsek | Stars: Gökhan Keser, Ruveyda Öksuz, Ruhi Sari, Burak Sergen

43. Li Xiao Long chuan qi (2008)
Episode: Episode #1.18 (2008)

TV-14 | 45 min | Action, Biography, Drama

Bruce falls for Linda Emery, an American who is interested in his teaching and encourages to him start his own school.

Director: Li Wen Qi | Stars: Danny Kwok-Kwan Chan, Michelle Lang, Alexandre Bailly, Luc Bendza

Votes: 21

44. The Baby-Sitters Club (2020–2021)
Episode: Jessi and the Superbrat (2021)

TV-G | 26 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama

Passion meets persistence as Jessi struggles with a rough patch in her ballet career, all while signing on to babysit a pint-sized vlogging superstar.

Director: Robert Luketic | Stars: Sophie Grace, Momona Tamada, Shay Rudolph, Malia Baker

Votes: 93

45. Abbott Elementary (2021– )
Episode: Open House (2022)

TV-PG | 22 min | Comedy

Janine prepares to meet her student's mother during open house, while the rest of the faculty uses the time to relax; Gregory is taken aback when he learns how Ava got the principal job; Barbara's daughter's visit creates a commotion.

Director: Jennifer Celotta | Stars: Quinta Brunson, Tyler James Williams, Janelle James, Lisa Ann Walter

Votes: 1,007

46. Hawthorne (2009–2011)
Episode: Hidden Truths (2010)

TV-14 | 45 min | Drama

An old friend resurfaces and Christina is determined to help her despite the insurance company's refusal to cover her treatment. Tom's growing relationship with Erin rubs Christina the ... See full summary »

Director: Jeff Bleckner | Stars: Jada Pinkett Smith, Suleka Mathew, David Julian Hirsh, Christina Moore

Votes: 35

47. Masterpiece Theatre: Sons and Lovers (1981– )
Episode: Episode #1.5 (1981)

Drama

Clara returns to her old job at Jordan and Sons after Paul is promoted and offers her a job. Paul persuades Miriam that their relationship needs to be more physical and intimate if it is to... See full summary »

Director: Stuart Burge | Stars: Eileen Atkins, Tom Bell, Hilda Braid, Lynn Dearth

48. I'm Married to a... (2012–2013)
Episode: Alien Abductee & Closet Lesbian (2013)

TV-14 | 43 min | Reality-TV

Chris claims he was abducted by aliens but his wife thinks he's crazy and it's affecting their marriage. Alex and Gemma are two women in love and engaged but Alex has been keeping the relationship a secret from her mom.

49. I'm Having Their Baby (2012– )
Episode: Alysia/Christina (2013)

TV-14 | 43 min | Documentary

Alysia fears the combination of her illness and a fourth child will be too big of a burden for her and her husband. Christina intends to place her baby with her sister and her sister's wife, but their mother's prejudice stands in the way.

50. Speechless (2016–2019)
Episode: B-R-I-- BRITISH I-N-V-- INVASION (2017)

TV-PG | 21 min | Comedy

Maya's mother Andrea comes to Thanksgiving, sending the family into a tailspin of preparing to impress the distinguished grandmother they haven't seen in years; Jimmy deals with what ... See full summary »

Director: Bill Purple | Stars: Minnie Driver, John Ross Bowie, Cedric Yarbrough, Mason Cook

Votes: 140