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1. The King of Comedy (1982)
PG | 109 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
A passionate yet unsuccessful comedian stalks and kidnaps his idol to take the spotlight for himself.
Director: Martin Scorsese | Stars: Robert De Niro, Jerry Lewis, Diahnne Abbott, Sandra Bernhard
Votes: 119,791 | Gross: $2.50M
2. Capote (2005)
R | 114 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
In 1959, Truman Capote learns of the murder of a Kansas family and decides to write a book about the case. While researching for his novel In Cold Blood, Capote forms a relationship with one of the killers, Perry Smith, who is on death row.
Director: Bennett Miller | Stars: Philip Seymour Hoffman, Clifton Collins Jr., Catherine Keener, Allie Mickelson
Votes: 141,333 | Gross: $28.75M
3. Tormented (I) (2009)
R | 91 min | Comedy, Horror, Mystery
A bullied teenager comes back from the dead to take revenge on his classmates.
Director: Jon Wright | Stars: Alex Pettyfer, April Pearson, Dimitri Leonidas, Calvin Dean
Votes: 6,551
4. Larceny (1948)
Approved | 89 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
A con man sets out to swindle a widow out of the money she's received to build a memorial to her war-hero husband, but winds up falling in love with her instead.
Director: George Sherman | Stars: John Payne, Joan Caulfield, Dan Duryea, Shelley Winters
Votes: 939
5. Pin Cushion (2017)
Not Rated | 82 min | Drama
When a socially awkward teen and her outcast mother become targets for the petty and cruel denizens of their small town, they seek refuge in an elaborate fantasy world of their own making.
Director: Deborah Haywood | Stars: Lily Newmark, Joanna Scanlan, Chanel Cresswell, Bethany Antonia
Votes: 1,182
6.
The Larry Sanders Show (1992–1998)
Episode:
Flip
(1998)
TV-MA | 55 min | Comedy
Larry, Hank, Arthur and the staff prepare for, and put on, Larry's last show.
Director: Todd Holland | Stars: Garry Shandling, Jeffrey Tambor, Wallace Langham, Penny Johnson Jerald
Votes: 304
7.
MacGyver (1985–1992)
Episode:
The Negotiator
(1988)
TV-PG | 47 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
When MacGyver's research into the wildlife around the planned building site of a marina threatens to cause a shutdown of the project, the owner hires a beautiful woman to persuade MacGyver to change his mind... by any means necessary.
Director: Charles Correll | Stars: Richard Dean Anderson, Dana Elcar, Kristian Alfonso, David Ackroyd
Votes: 353
8.
Servant (2019–2023)
Episode:
Donut
(2022)
TV-MA | 30 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
Isabelle threatens to uncover Dorothy's past.
Director: Dylan Holmes Williams | Stars: Lauren Ambrose, Toby Kebbell, Nell Tiger Free, Rupert Grint
Votes: 745
9.
The New Normal (2012–2013)
Episode:
Obama Mama
(2012)
TV-14 | 22 min | Comedy, Romance
Democrat or Rupublican?
Director: Scott Ellis | Stars: Justin Bartha, Andrew Rannells, Georgia King, Bebe Wood
Votes: 165
10.
Guys with Kids (2012–2013)
Episode:
Apartment Halloween
(2012)
TV-PG | 22 min | Comedy
When the President of their co-op board Miss Crane passes away, domineering resident Lydia Allendinger takes her place, much to the guy's chagrin. Utilizing her new found power, Lydia ... See full summary »
Director: Leonard R. Garner Jr. | Stars: Anthony Anderson, Jesse Bradford, Zach Cregger, Tempestt Bledsoe
Votes: 50
11.
His Dark Materials (2019–2022)
Episode:
The Lost Boy
(2019)
TV-14 | 55 min | Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
On their journey to the Station, Lyra and the Gyptians finally discover what the Gobblers have been doing to the missing children.
Directors: Otto Bathurst, William McGregor | Stars: Dafne Keen, Amir Wilson, Joe Tandberg, Lucian Msamati
Votes: 3,494