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1. My Girl (1991)

PG | 102 min | Comedy, Drama, Family

Vada is obsessed with death. Her mother is dead, and her father runs a funeral parlor. When Vada's father hires Shelly, a makeup expert, and begins to fall in love, Vada is outraged and does everything in her power to split them up.

Director: Howard Zieff | Stars: Anna Chlumsky, Macaulay Culkin, Dan Aykroyd, Jamie Lee Curtis

Votes: 89,015 | Gross: $59.85M

2. Michael Clayton (2007)

R | 119 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

A law firm brings in its "fixer" to remedy the situation after a lawyer has a breakdown while representing a chemical company that he knows is guilty in a multibillion-dollar class action suit.

Director: Tony Gilroy | Stars: George Clooney, Tilda Swinton, Tom Wilkinson, Michael O'Keefe

Votes: 174,169 | Gross: $49.03M

3. Dracula (1931)

Passed | 75 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror

Transylvanian vampire Count Dracula bends a naive real estate agent to his will, then takes up residence at a London estate where he sleeps in his coffin by day and searches for potential victims by night.

Directors: Tod Browning, Karl Freund | Stars: Bela Lugosi, Helen Chandler, David Manners, Dwight Frye

Votes: 58,710

4. 99 Homes (2014)

R | 112 min | Crime, Drama

A recently unemployed single father struggles to get back his foreclosed home by working for the real estate broker who is the source of his frustration.

Director: Ramin Bahrani | Stars: Andrew Garfield, Michael Shannon, Laura Dern, Clancy Brown

Votes: 38,306 | Gross: $1.41M

5. Pacific Heights (1990)

R | 102 min | Thriller

A couple work hard to renovate their dream house and become landlords to pay for it. Unfortunately, one of their tenants has plans of his own.

Director: John Schlesinger | Stars: Melanie Griffith, Matthew Modine, Michael Keaton, Mako

Votes: 22,804 | Gross: $29.38M

6. Beautiful Thing (1996)

R | 90 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

Jamie is a shy teenager, often bullied at school. His neighbour Ste has a rough time at home, being beaten by his father and brother. This issues bring them together and they find that what they feel for each other is more than friendship.

Director: Hettie Macdonald | Stars: Glen Berry, Linda Henry, Scott Neal, Tameka Empson

Votes: 25,773 | Gross: $1.50M

7. The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Them (2014)

R | 123 min | Drama, Romance

One couple's story as they try to reclaim the life and love they once knew and pick up the pieces of a past that may be too far gone.

Director: Ned Benson | Stars: James McAvoy, Jessica Chastain, Viola Davis, Bill Hader

Votes: 13,113 | Gross: $0.59M

8. 13 Cameras (2015)

TV-MA | 87 min | Crime, Horror, Thriller

A newlywed couple, move into a new house across the country, only to find out that their marital issues are the least of their problems. Unbeknownst to them, their grim and lascivious landlord has been spying on them from day one.

Director: Victor Zarcoff | Stars: Neville Archambault, Sean Carrigan, PJ McCabe, Brianne Moncrief

Votes: 6,061

9. Dagmar's Hot Pants, Inc. (1971)

X | 94 min | Comedy, Romance

A prostitute disappoints her faithful clients when she announces her retirement in order to get married.

Director: Vernon P. Becker | Stars: Diana Kjær, Robert Strauss, Anne Grete Nissen, Ole Søltoft

Votes: 401 | Gross: $0.03M

10. The Nudist Story (1960)

90 min | Drama, Romance

A young woman is appalled when she inherits a nudist camp, but she falls in love with the camp director, who has another secret admirer.

Director: Ramsey Herrington | Stars: Shelly Martin, Brian Cobby, Natalie Lynn, Anthony Oliver

Votes: 220

11. Little Men (2016)

PG | 85 min | Drama

A new pair of best friends have their bond tested by their parents' battle over a dress shop lease.

Director: Ira Sachs | Stars: Greg Kinnear, Jennifer Ehle, Paulina García, Theo Taplitz

Votes: 7,819 | Gross: $0.70M

12. House of the Damned (1963)

Approved | 62 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller

An architect and his wife encounter bizarre occurrences as they survey a mansion built by an eccentric heiress.

Director: Maury Dexter | Stars: Ron Foster, Merry Anders, Richard Crane, Erika Peters

Votes: 690

13. Montana (1950)

Passed | 76 min | Drama, Western

An Australian sheepman comes to Montana looking for grazing space, and is opposed by local ranchers and a wealthy cattle-woman.

Directors: Ray Enright, Raoul Walsh | Stars: Errol Flynn, Alexis Smith, S.Z. Sakall, Douglas Kennedy

Votes: 1,374

14. Blowing Wild (1953)

Approved | 90 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

In South America, after Jeff Dawson and Dutch Peterson's oil rigs are dynamited by local bandits, the two partners resort to risky transportation of nitroglycerin to raise money.

Director: Hugo Fregonese | Stars: Gary Cooper, Barbara Stanwyck, Ruth Roman, Anthony Quinn

Votes: 1,199

15. Flight of the Red Balloon (2007)

Not Rated | 115 min | Drama, Family

A little boy and his baby-sitter inhabit the same imaginary world: through their adventures they are followed by a strange red balloon.

Director: Hsiao-Hsien Hou | Stars: Juliette Binoche, Hippolyte Girardot, Simon Iteanu, Fang Song

Votes: 4,179 | Gross: $0.46M

16. My Sister Eileen (1942)

Passed | 96 min | Comedy

Two sisters move from Ohio to New York with hopes of stardom.

Director: Alexander Hall | Stars: Rosalind Russell, Brian Aherne, Janet Blair, George Tobias

Votes: 1,736

17. Another Fine Mess (1930)

Not Rated | 29 min | Short, Comedy, Family

Two homeless vagabonds hide out in a vacant mansion and pose as the residents when prospective lessees arrive and try to rent it.

Director: James Parrott | Stars: Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Harry Bernard, Bobby Burns

Votes: 2,616

18. Sharing Christmas (2017 TV Movie)

TV-G | 84 min | Drama, Romance

Stephanie Nichols takes over the Christmas Shop, but a property developer has bought the building and is terminating the retail leases. She finds help and love from Michael Kilpatrick, who works for the developer.

Director: Peter Sullivan | Stars: Ellen Hollman, Bobby Campo, Cynthia Gibb, Dave Koz

Votes: 1,475

19. Vienna Waits for You (2012)

27 min | Short, Comedy, Horror

Anna should have had a closer look at the fine-print of her rental contract. The old Viennese apartment is a creature with never-ending appetite, living off the youth of its residents.

Director: Dominik Hartl | Stars: Petra Staduan, Alexander E. Fennon, Traute Furthner, Adele Neuhauser

Votes: 289

20. Louisiana Story (1948)

Approved | 78 min | Adventure, Drama

The idyllic life of a young Cajun boy and his pet raccoon is disrupted when the tranquility of the bayou is broken by an oil well drilling near his home.

Director: Robert J. Flaherty | Stars: Joseph Boudreaux, Lionel Le Blanc, E. Bienvenu, Frank Hardy

Votes: 2,155

21. Ghost Catchers (1944)

Approved | 68 min | Comedy, Music, Romance

Two zanies get mixed up with a Southern colonel, his beautiful daughters, a nightclub and a haunted mansion.

Director: Edward F. Cline | Stars: Ole Olsen, Chic Johnson, Gloria Jean, Martha O'Driscoll

Votes: 205

22. Silver City (1951)

Passed | 90 min | Western

After a desperate plot to rob his company office, a mining engineer leaves town humiliated. He takes up work elsewhere, agreeing to help a threatened father and his daughter extract silver ore from their mine before the lease expires.

Director: Byron Haskin | Stars: Edmond O'Brien, Yvonne De Carlo, Richard Arlen, Barry Fitzgerald

Votes: 364

23. Fresh Meat: Jeffrey Dahmer (2021 TV Movie)

TV-MA | 89 min | Documentary, Crime

Dissect the mind of America's most shocking cannibal, Jeffrey Dahmer, to understand what drives these killers to commit unspeakable crimes.

Stars: Vernell Bass, Henry Zebrowski, Ben Kissel, Nancy Glass

Votes: 194

24. The Glow (2002 TV Movie)

TV-14 | 89 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery

New York City newlyweds move into a low-rent apartment in a building for retirees. But when another young couple in their building disappears, the newlyweds begin to notice that their elderly neighbors are watching their every move.

Director: Craig R. Baxley | Stars: Portia de Rossi, Hal Linden, Dina Merrill, Joseph Campanella

Votes: 1,139

25. Dating Games People Play (2005)

R | 95 min | Comedy, Romance

Nick Jenkins finds himself back in the single scene as his relationship with his fiancee abruptly fall apart. With his roommate and best friend Jed Rollins, Nick jumps into the dating world... See full summary »

Director: Stefan Marc | Stars: Austin Peck, Leslie Bega, Stefan Marc, Stephanie Brown

Votes: 210

26. The 400 Tricks of the Devil (1906)

Not Rated | 17 min | Short, Fantasy, Horror

Two travelers are tormented by Satan from inn to inn and eventually experience a buggy ride through the heavens courtesy of the Devil.

Director: Georges Méliès | Star: Georges Méliès

Votes: 1,367

27. The Common Touch (1941)

Not Rated | 104 min | Drama

On his father's death, an 18-year-old lad leaves school to take over the family firm in the City of London. Realizing that the other directors want to keep him in the dark, he starts to ask... See full summary »

Director: John Baxter | Stars: Geoffrey Hibbert, Harry Welchman, Greta Gynt, Joyce Howard

Votes: 150

28. Being at Home with Claude (1992)

85 min | Crime, Drama, Romance

It's hard to review this movie without giving anything away. Suffice it to say that it depicts the crime of one member of a gay male relationship and the desperate struggle for the lead ... See full summary »

Director: Jean Beaudin | Stars: Roy Dupuis, Jacques Godin, Jean-François Pichette, Gaston Lepage

Votes: 658 | Gross: $0.60M

29. Rent Control (1981)

95 min | Comedy, Mystery

Leonard Junger, an aspiring television writer, tries to find a cheap apartment for his estranged wife and daughter so that they can be a family again. During his quest, he encounters mystery and murder.

Director: Gian Luigi Polidoro | Stars: Brent Spiner, Elizabeth Stack, Jeanne Ruskin, Kimberly Stern

Votes: 42

30. Le concierge (2017)

90 min | Drama, Mystery

A concierge shows a tiny apartment to many urban types: a divorcee, an immigrant artist, a widower, a youth striking out on her own. Each one feels an immediate attachment to the place, and... See full summary »

Director: Federico Hidalgo | Stars: Emilio Hidalgo, Federico Hidalgo, Claudio Caceres, Joseph Antaki

Votes: 10

31. Requited (2011)

Not Rated | 20 min | Short, Drama, Romance

Nicolas, a young man in his mid 20s, struggles to decide whether or not to go to the wedding of his best friend from high school, Aaron, who he's always been quietly in love with. The two ... See full summary »

Director: Sal Bardo | Stars: Chris Damon, Max Rhyser, Matthew Watson, Crystal Arnette

Votes: 133

32. Raise the Rent (1920)

11 min | Short, Comedy

Snub and his wife give up their bungalow and allow another couple to move in. Then it develops that they can't find another home, and must live in an improvised tent.

Director: Fred C. Newmeyer | Stars: 'Snub' Pollard, Marie Mosquini, Eddie Baker, William Gillespie

Votes: 18

33. Can't Break the Lease (2017)

Short, Comedy | Completed

Charlee and Renny are a young couple who moved into an apartment together. They soon find out that living together is not all its cracked up to be.

Director: Rashad Ellis | Stars: Dià Annette Brown, Tyler Young, Sjlante Morris, Casey the Icon

34. Muloorina (1964)

30 min | Documentary, Short

In a dry unforgiving part of Australia, a man and his wife have set up home and live stock to make their living. Just when it seemed the drought and lack of finances were getting to be too ... See full summary »

Director: David Cobham | Stars: Eliott Price, Donald Campbell, Lorrae Desmond

35. Your Place or Mine? (1990 Video)

20 min | Documentary, Short, Drama

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Director: Andrew Ellis | Stars: Ali Sheridan, Eliza Lovell, Bob Newman, Jacki Kerin

36. Duchovo nájomné (1994 TV Movie)

47 min | Drama, Mystery

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Director: Ján Zeman | Stars: Andrej Bican, Stano Danciak, Adela Gáborová, Vladimír Hajdu

37. Ghost Tour (2015 TV Short)

5 min | Documentary, Short, Comedy

Somewhere between superstition and science, there is another realm.The realm of Michael Mills.

Director: James Challis | Stars: Al Dales, Artin John, Teagan Mann

38. Fifteen Years of Native Title (2007 Video)

24 min | Documentary, Short, History

15 years of Native Title takes you on a historic journey from the Mabo decision through to Yorta Yorta and Wik and Wik Way, finishing with Noonkanbah. Through archived footage and ... See full summary »

Stars: Ursula Yovich, Henry Atkinson, Annie Bandicootcha, Ernie Bridge

39. Great Performances (1971– )
Episode: The Lost Language of Cranes (1991)

TV-G | 87 min | Music, Musical

When a young gay man comes out of the closet. His friends support him, but when he comes out to his parents, he stirs up a wealth of hidden feelings and secrets in their relationship.

Votes: 535

40. The Addams Family (1964–1966)
Episode: The New Neighbors Meet the Addams Family (1964)

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

Newlyweds discover to their horror that the landlords of their newly-leased house are their bizarrely frightening next-door neighbors, the Addamses.

Director: Jean Yarbrough | Stars: Carolyn Jones, John Astin, Cynthia Pepper, Jackie Coogan

Votes: 387

41. Frasier (1993–2004)
Episode: How to Bury a Millionaire (1998)

TV-PG | 30 min | Comedy

Maris repossesses Niles's car and his legal bills exceed his salary. He is forced to drive a hatchback and give up his apartment at the Montana for a tiny studio at the "Shangri-La."

Director: Pamela Fryman | Stars: Kelsey Grammer, Jane Leeves, David Hyde Pierce, Peri Gilpin

Votes: 934

42. Kate & Allie (1984–1989)
Episode: Landlady (1984)

TV-PG | 30 min | Comedy

The landlady gives Kate and Allie a huge increase in the rent when she learns about their living arrangements.

Director: Bill Persky | Stars: Susan Saint James, Jane Curtin, Ari Meyers, Frederick Koehler

Votes: 88

43. Laramie (1959–1963)
Episode: Night of the Quiet Men (1959)

TV-PG | 60 min | Western

At the same time Jess is bringing back the proceeds from a community wide cattle drive, Slim leases a rough section of the ranch to an ex-lawman who was a friend of his dad. Unknown to Slim, the lawman's hands are a rough bunch of outlaws.

Director: Lesley Selander | Stars: John Smith, Hoagy Carmichael, Robert Crawford Jr., Robert Fuller

Votes: 89

44. NewsRadio (1995–1999)
Episode: Apartment (1999)

TV-PG | 23 min | Comedy, Romance

Dave and Lisa fight over a new apartment and, needing a required reference, they each immediately go to Mr. James, who opts to let the staff decide who should receive the reference. To ... See full summary »

Director: Skip Collector | Stars: David Foley, Stephen Root, Andy Dick, Maura Tierney

Votes: 300

45. Three's Company (1976–1984)
Episode: Navy Blues (1983)

TV-PG | Comedy

Jack's old friend Bill comes to town. Jack worked with Bill as a cook in the Navy; Bill's a good cook, so Jack offers him a job at the Bistro, but Bill has his own devious agenda to getting a partnership in the Bistro.

Director: Dave Powers | Stars: John Ritter, Joyce DeWitt, Priscilla Barnes, Richard Kline

Votes: 154

46. Forensic Files (1996–2011)
Episode: Capitol Crimes (2006)

TV-14 | 22 min | Documentary, Crime

The driver said he couldn't have hit and killed a pedestrian on a Harrisburg street. The Jeep Grand Cherokee he was leasing around that time had been sold months ago to a buyer in another ... See full summary »

Director: Michael Jordan | Stars: Peter Thomas, Kenneth Cains, Louis Cains, Robert Clark

Votes: 84

47. Home Improvement (1991–1999)
Episode: Tim 'The Landlord' Taylor (1998)

TV-PG | 30 min | Comedy, Family

Tim and Jill purchase another house for rental property. Tim uses it for a renovation show on Tool Time. Al wants to save all the older, custom parts of the house; he wants to rent the house.

Director: Peter Filsinger | Stars: Tim Allen, Patricia Richardson, Earl Hindman, Richard Karn

Votes: 201

48. WION: Gravitas Plus (2020– )
Episode: Selling Your Country for Cash (2020)

7 min | Documentary, Short, News

In this 23rd episode of the 'WION: Gravitas Plus', Palki Sharma Upadhyay reveals how countries have bought, sold, leased a piece of land, islands across the globe.

Star: Palki Sharma Upadhyay

49. Midsomer Murders (1997– )
Episode: The Made-to-Measure Murders (2010)

TV-14 | 89 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

A tailor dies of a heart attack. Two years later, his widow is murdered on her way to the vicarage. The vicar is also murdered after receiving a mysterious letter.

Director: Peter Smith | Stars: John Nettles, Jason Hughes, Jane Wymark, Barry Jackson

Votes: 794

50. Jeff Lewis Live (2019– )
Episode: Jeff Lewis Has Issues: Be Cardi B (2021)

Comedy, Talk-Show

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Stars: Doug Budin, Shane Douglas, Mercedes Javid, Jeff Lewis