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1. The Truman Show (1998)
PG | 103 min | Comedy, Drama
An insurance salesman discovers his whole life is actually a reality TV show.
Director: Peter Weir | Stars: Jim Carrey, Ed Harris, Laura Linney, Noah Emmerich
Votes: 1,200,987 | Gross: $125.62M
2. Three Amigos! (1986)
PG | 104 min | Comedy, Western
Three actors accept an invitation to a Mexican village to perform their onscreen bandit fighter roles, unaware that it is the real thing.
Director: John Landis | Stars: Steve Martin, Chevy Chase, Martin Short, Alfonso Arau
Votes: 84,128 | Gross: $39.25M
3. Super 8 (2011)
PG-13 | 112 min | Action, Mystery, Sci-Fi
During the summer of 1979, a group of friends witness a train crash and investigate subsequent unexplained events in their small town.
Director: J.J. Abrams | Stars: Elle Fanning, AJ Michalka, Kyle Chandler, Joel Courtney
Votes: 368,051 | Gross: $127.00M
4. Hardcore (1979)
R | 108 min | Crime, Drama
A religious businessman from Michigan has to venture into the world of pornography in California, desperately searching for his runaway teenage daughter.
Director: Paul Schrader | Stars: George C. Scott, Peter Boyle, Season Hubley, Dick Sargent
Votes: 14,012
5. Scream 3 (2000)
R | 116 min | Horror, Mystery
While Sidney and her friends visit the Hollywood set of Stab 3, the third film based on the Woodsboro murders, another Ghostface killer rises to terrorize them.
Director: Wes Craven | Stars: David Arquette, Neve Campbell, Courteney Cox, Liev Schreiber
Votes: 164,503 | Gross: $89.14M
6. Found (III) (2012)
Unrated | 103 min | Drama, Horror, Thriller
A horror-obsessed boy discovers his older brother is a serial killer.
Director: Scott Schirmer | Stars: Gavin Brown, Ethan Philbeck, Phyllis Munro, Louie Lawless
Votes: 5,213
7. The Muppet Movie (1979)
G | 95 min | Adventure, Comedy, Family
Kermit and his newfound friends trek across America to find success in Hollywood, but a frog legs merchant is after Kermit.
Director: James Frawley | Stars: Jim Henson, Frank Oz, Jerry Nelson, Richard Hunt
Votes: 39,278 | Gross: $76.66M
8. Yannick (2023)
67 min | Comedy, Drama
In the middle of a performance of the play "Le Cocu", a very bad boulevard comedy, Yannick gets up and interrupts the show to take the evening back in hand.
Director: Quentin Dupieux | Stars: Raphaël Quenard, Pio Marmaï, Blanche Gardin, Sébastien Chassagne
Votes: 4,710
9. Trumbo (2015)
R | 124 min | Biography, Drama
In 1947, Dalton Trumbo was Hollywood's top screenwriter, until he and other artists were jailed and blacklisted for their political beliefs.
Director: Jay Roach | Stars: Bryan Cranston, Diane Lane, Helen Mirren, Louis C.K.
Votes: 84,879 | Gross: $7.86M
10. Anatomy of a Love Seen (2014)
Not Rated | 80 min | Drama, Romance
Two young actresses fall in love with each other while filming a lesbian love scene, then break up months later, and then are forced to reunite in order to re-shoot the love scene for the movie's distribution.
Director: Marina Rice Bader | Stars: Sharon Hinnendael, Jill Evyn, Constance Brenneman, Marina Rice Bader
Votes: 2,749
11. Day for Night (1973)
PG | 116 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A committed film director struggles to complete his movie while coping with a myriad of crises, personal and professional, among the cast and crew.
Director: François Truffaut | Stars: Jacqueline Bisset, Jean-Pierre Léaud, François Truffaut, Valentina Cortese
Votes: 24,838 | Gross: $0.02M
12. The Foot Fist Way (2006)
R | 85 min | Comedy
An inept tae kwon do instructor struggles with marital troubles and an unhealthy obsession with fellow tae kwon do enthusiast Chuck "The Truck" Wallace.
Director: Jody Hill | Stars: Danny McBride, Ben Best, Mary Jane Bostic, Spencer Moreno
Votes: 13,666 | Gross: $0.23M
13. Antiporno (2016)
Not Rated | 76 min | Drama, Horror
Japan's oldest major movie studio asks a batch of venerable filmmakers to revive its high-brow soft-core Roman Porno series.
Director: Sion Sono | Stars: Ami Tomite, Mariko Tsutsui, Fujiko, Sayaka Kotani
Votes: 5,031
14. A Brighter Tomorrow (2023)
95 min | Comedy, Drama
A movie director struggles with his relationship with his family, and with his latest movie, about the impact on the Italian Communist Party of the USSR invasion of Hungary in 1956.
Director: Nanni Moretti | Stars: Nanni Moretti, Margherita Buy, Silvio Orlando, Barbora Bobulova
Votes: 3,157
15. Be Kind Rewind (2008)
PG-13 | 102 min | Comedy
Two bumbling store clerks inadvertently erase the footage from all of the tapes in their video rental store. In order to keep the business running, they re-shoot every film in the store with their own camera, with a budget of zero dollars.
Director: Michel Gondry | Stars: Jack Black, Yasiin Bey, Danny Glover, Mia Farrow
Votes: 94,342 | Gross: $11.17M
16. 52 Pick-Up (1986)
R | 110 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A secret fling between a man and his mistress leads to blackmail and murder.
Director: John Frankenheimer | Stars: Roy Scheider, Ann-Margret, Vanity, John Glover
Votes: 7,042 | Gross: $5.19M
17. Valiant (2005)
G | 76 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
At the height of World War II, a tiny wood pigeon enlists in the elite Royal Homing Pigeon Service to serve Britain, as the fearsome General Von Talon (Tim Curry) and his deadly squadron of falcons patrol the English Channel. Is he a war-hero in the making?
Director: Gary Chapman | Stars: Ewan McGregor, Ricky Gervais, Tim Curry, Jim Broadbent
Votes: 24,466 | Gross: $19.48M
18. Rifkin's Festival (2020)
PG-13 | 88 min | Comedy, Romance
A married American couple goes to the San Sebastian Festival and gets caught up in the magic of the event, the beauty and charm of the city, and the fantasy of movies.
Director: Woody Allen | Stars: Wallace Shawn, Damian Chapa, Bobby Slayton, Gina Gershon
Votes: 9,549
19. Night Moves (2013)
R | 112 min | Drama, Thriller
Three radical environmentalists look to execute the protest of their lives: the explosion of a hydroelectric dam.
Director: Kelly Reichardt | Stars: Jesse Eisenberg, Dakota Fanning, Peter Sarsgaard, Alia Shawkat
Votes: 16,732 | Gross: $0.25M
20. Anaïs in Love (2021)
98 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Follows Anaïs, a 30-year old woman who is broke and has a lover she doesn't think she loves anymore. She meets Daniel, who immediately falls for her, but Daniel lives with Emilie - who Anaïs also falls for.
Director: Charline Bourgeois-Tacquet | Stars: Anaïs Demoustier, Valeria Bruni Tedeschi, Denis Podalydès, Jean-Charles Clichet
Votes: 1,939
21. Final Cut (2022)
112 min | Comedy, Horror
Things go badly for a small film crew shooting a low budget zombie movie when they are attacked by real zombies.
Director: Michel Hazanavicius | Stars: Romain Duris, Bérénice Bejo, Grégory Gadebois, Finnegan Oldfield
Votes: 4,568
22. Drive-In (1976)
PG | 96 min | Comedy
The adventures of a group of teenagers at a drive-in theatre in Texas one weekend night.
Director: Rod Amateau | Stars: Lisa Oz, Glenn Morshower, Gary Lee Cavagnaro, Billy Milliken
Votes: 545
23. The Last Movie (1971)
R | 108 min | Drama
After a film production wraps in Peru, an American wrangler decides to stay behind to witness the ways that filmmaking affects the locals.
Director: Dennis Hopper | Stars: Julie Adams, Daniel Ades, Richmond L. Aguilar, John Alderman
Votes: 2,661
24. Knife + Heart (2018)
Unrated | 102 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
Paris, summer 1979. Anne is a producer of cheap gay porn. When Lois, her editor and companion, leaves her, she attempts to get her back by making a more ambitious film with the flamboyant Archibald.
Director: Yann Gonzalez | Stars: Vanessa Paradis, Nicolas Maury, Kate Moran, Jonathan Genet
Votes: 5,555 | Gross: $0.03M
25. Lavalantula (2015 TV Movie)
TV-14 | 83 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
Volcanic eruptions in Los Angeles unleash a swarm of gigantic, lava-breathing tarantulas.
Director: Mike Mendez | Stars: Steve Guttenberg, Nia Peeples, Patrick Renna, Carlos Bernard
Votes: 3,549
26. Return of the Killer Tomatoes! (1988)
PG | 98 min | Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Crazy old Professor Gangreen has developed a way to make tomatoes look human for a second invasion.
Director: John De Bello | Stars: Anthony Starke, George Clooney, Karen M. Waldron, Steve Lundquist
Votes: 7,683
27. The Big Picture (1989)
PG-13 | 100 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Film school grad Nick Chapman thought his career was made after his award winning short film, but discovered Hollywood wasn't as easy as it seems.
Director: Christopher Guest | Stars: Kevin Bacon, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Emily Longstreth, J.T. Walsh
Votes: 6,203 | Gross: $0.12M
28. Scare Package (I) (2019)
Not Rated | 107 min | Comedy, Horror
Chad, the owner of Rad Chad's Horror Emporium, recounts a series of bone-chilling, blood-splattered tales to illustrate the rules of the horror genre to his newest employee.
Directors: Courtney Andujar, Hillary Andujar, Anthony Cousins, Emily Hagins, Aaron B. Koontz, Chris McInroy, Noah Segan, Baron Vaughn | Stars: Jon Michael Simpson, Luxy Banner, Sydney Huddleston, Haley Alea Erickson
Votes: 5,078
29. The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz (1974)
PG | 120 min | Comedy, Drama
In a bid to gain respect, the neglected younger son of a working class Jewish family in Montréal embarks on a series of get-rich-quick schemes to buy land surrounding a lake.
Director: Ted Kotcheff | Stars: Richard Dreyfuss, Micheline Lanctôt, Jack Warden, Randy Quaid
Votes: 2,710 | Gross: $0.85M
30. The Wayward Cloud (2005)
Not Rated | 112 min | Comedy, Drama, Musical
Hsiao-Kang, now working as a pornographic actor, meets Shiang-chyi once again. Meanwhile, the city of Taipei faces a water shortage that makes the sales of watermelons skyrocket.
Director: Tsai Ming-liang | Stars: Kang-sheng Lee, Shiang-chyi Chen, Yi-ching Lu, Kuei-Mei Yang
Votes: 5,649
31. Goodbye, Dragon Inn (2003)
82 min | Drama, Comedy
On a dark, wet night a historic and regal Chinese cinema sees its final film. Together with a small handful of souls they bid "Goodbye, Dragon Inn".
Director: Tsai Ming-liang | Stars: Kang-sheng Lee, Shiang-chyi Chen, Kiyonobu Mitamura, Chun Shih
Votes: 6,216 | Gross: $0.03M
32. The Passengers of the Night (2022)
111 min | Drama
Left by her husband, Elisabeth finds herself alone, responsible for the day-to-day care of her two children. She picks up a job on a night-time radio show, where she meets Talulah, a youngster she decides to take under her wing.
Director: Mikhaël Hers | Stars: Charlotte Gainsbourg, Quito Rayon Richter, Noée Abita, Megan Northam
Votes: 3,052
33. Maigret (2022)
89 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
In Paris, a young girl is found dead in a Parisian square, wearing an evening dress. Commissioner Maigret will try to identify her and then understand what happened to the victim.
Director: Patrice Leconte | Stars: Gérard Depardieu, Jade Labeste, Mélanie Bernier, Aurore Clément
Votes: 2,988
34. All in Good Taste (1983)
85 min | Comedy
A filmmaker is upset to find out that his wholesome script about an orphan and his dog has been warped into a film about strippers.
Director: Anthony Kramreither | Stars: Jonathan Welsh, Harvey Atkin, Jack Creley, James B. Douglas
Votes: 528
35. Dear Diary (1993)
Unrated | 100 min | Biography, Comedy, Drama
Director Nanni Moretti takes a mordant look at Italian life through three disparate journeys, presented as the chapters of an open diary.
Director: Nanni Moretti | Stars: Nanni Moretti, Renato Carpentieri, Antonio Neiwiller, Claudia Della Seta
Votes: 9,200 | Gross: $0.47M
36. Tim and Eric's Billion Dollar Movie (2012)
R | 93 min | Comedy
Two guys get a billion dollars to make a movie, only to watch their dream run off course. In order to make the money back, they then attempt to revitalize a failing shopping mall.
Directors: Tim Heidecker, Eric Wareheim | Stars: Tim Heidecker, Eric Wareheim, Robert Loggia, Will Ferrell
Votes: 10,653 | Gross: $0.20M
37. The State of Things (1982)
121 min | Drama
The crew is running out of money to finish their film.
Director: Wim Wenders | Stars: Allen Garfield, Samuel Fuller, Isabelle Weingarten, Rebecca Pauly
Votes: 3,628 | Gross: $6.00M
38. The Great Rock 'n' Roll Swindle (1980)
TV-MA | 103 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Music
Filmmaker Julien Temple chronicles the Sex Pistols' tumultuous rise to fame, as told by their manager, Malcolm McLaren.
Director: Julien Temple | Stars: Malcolm McLaren, Sid Vicious, Steve Jones, Paul Cook
Votes: 2,431
39. Something in the Air (2012)
Not Rated | 122 min | Drama
In the months after the heady weeks of May '68, a group of young Europeans search for a way to continue the revolution believed to be just beginning.
Director: Olivier Assayas | Stars: Clément Métayer, André Marcon, Lola Créton, Felix Armand
Votes: 4,719 | Gross: $0.07M
40. Baadasssss! (2003)
R | 109 min | Biography, Drama
Mario Van Peebles' half-documentary/half-homage to his father Melvin Van Peebles' movie Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song (1971).
Director: Mario Van Peebles | Stars: Mario Van Peebles, Nia Long, Joy Bryant, Ossie Davis
Votes: 5,174 | Gross: $0.37M
41. Taxi (III) (2015)
Not Rated | 82 min | Comedy, Drama
Banned from making movies by the Iranian government, Jafar Panahi poses as a taxi driver and makes a movie about social challenges in Iran.
Director: Jafar Panahi | Stars: Jafar Panahi, Nasrin Sotoudeh
Votes: 16,580 | Gross: $0.32M
42. The Best Years of a Life (2019)
90 min | Drama
An old man is having memories of a former lover who is still alive. Images of their affair showing them young combine with dreams and poetry
Director: Claude Lelouch | Stars: Jean-Louis Trintignant, Anouk Aimée, Souad Amidou, Antoine Sire
Votes: 1,420
43. Passion (1982)
R | 88 min | Comedy, Drama
A film director has an inspirational crisis while working on the production, Passion, and struggles with the nature of work and art.
Director: Jean-Luc Godard | Stars: Isabelle Huppert, Hanna Schygulla, Michel Piccoli, Jerzy Radziwilowicz
Votes: 2,850
44. The Legend of Lylah Clare (1968)
Approved | 130 min | Drama
A dictatorial film director (Peter Finch) hires an unknown actress (Kim Novak) to play the lead role in a planned movie biography of a late, great Hollywood star.
Director: Robert Aldrich | Stars: Kim Novak, Peter Finch, Ernest Borgnine, Milton Selzer
Votes: 1,508
45. The Orphanage (2019)
90 min | Drama
A 15-year-old ticket scalper in Kabul dreams of Bollywood until the Soviets force him into a state facility.
Director: Shahrbanoo Sadat | Stars: Karan Jeet Singh, Qodrat, Eshanullah Kharoti, Anwar Hashimi
Votes: 685
46. Sherman's March (1985)
Not Rated | 157 min | Documentary, Biography, Comedy
Documentary filmmaker Ross McElwee sets out to make a movie about Union General Sherman's March to the Sea towards the end of the American Civil War, but keeps getting sidetracked by his own love life.
Director: Ross McElwee | Stars: Ross McElwee, Dede McElwee, Ross McElwee Jr., Patricia Rendleman
Votes: 2,712
47. Swingers' Paradise (1964)
Not Rated | 113 min | Music, Musical, Romance
A group of (literally) drifting popsters find themselves involved in a grim sand-and-sandals desert movie. They reckon a few song-and-dance numbers would liven things up.
Director: Sidney J. Furie | Stars: Cliff Richard, Walter Slezak, Susan Hampshire, Hank B. Marvin
Votes: 328
48. Down Three Dark Streets (1954)
Passed | 85 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
An FBI agent investigates the murder of his partner by taking over the 3 cases he was working on, determined to find his killer.
Director: Arnold Laven | Stars: Broderick Crawford, Ruth Roman, Martha Hyer, Marisa Pavan
Votes: 1,570
49. Forgotten Silver (1995 TV Movie)
53 min | Comedy
The film deals with the career of a supposedly forgotten pioneer of international cinema, Colin McKenzie, who was allegedly born in rural New Zealand in 1888.
Directors: Costa Botes, Peter Jackson | Stars: Peter Jackson, Jeffrey Thomas, Costa Botes, Leonard Maltin
Votes: 6,323 | Gross: $0.03M
50. In Hell (1976)
130 min | Drama
An actress of political torture movies made by her husband has to finish his latest film and arrange a screening for distributors while the husband, who is also secretly an anarchist revolutionary, is away for some resistance operation.
Director: Nikos Papatakis | Stars: Olga Karlatos, Roland Bertin, Philippe Adrien, Mehmet Ulusoy
Votes: 264