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1. Cinema Paradiso (1988)

R | 174 min | Drama, Romance

A filmmaker recalls his childhood when falling in love with the pictures at the cinema of his home village and forms a deep friendship with the cinema's projectionist.

Director: Giuseppe Tornatore | Stars: Philippe Noiret, Enzo Cannavale, Antonella Attili, Isa Danieli

Votes: 283,691 | Gross: $11.99M

2. Carol (2015)

R | 118 min | Drama, Romance

An aspiring photographer develops an intimate relationship with an older woman in 1950s New York.

Director: Todd Haynes | Stars: Cate Blanchett, Rooney Mara, Sarah Paulson, Kyle Chandler

Votes: 142,690 | Gross: $12.71M

3. Desperately Seeking Susan (1985)

PG-13 | 104 min | Comedy, Drama

A bored New Jersey suburban housewife's fascination with a free-spirited woman she has read about in the personal columns leads to her being mistaken for the woman herself.

Director: Susan Seidelman | Stars: Rosanna Arquette, Madonna, Aidan Quinn, Mark Blum

Votes: 26,153 | Gross: $27.40M

4. Mr. Bean's Holiday (2007)

G | 90 min | Comedy, Family

Mr. Bean wins a trip to Cannes where he unwittingly separates a young boy from his father and must help the two reunite. On the way he discovers France, bicycling, and true love.

Director: Steve Bendelack | Stars: Rowan Atkinson, Willem Dafoe, Steve Pemberton, Lily Atkinson

Votes: 134,354 | Gross: $33.30M

5. Close Your Eyes (2023)

169 min | Drama

A Spanish actor disappears during the filming of a movie. Although his body is never found, the police conclude that he has suffered an accident at the edge of a cliff. Many years later, the mystery returns to the present day.

Director: Víctor Erice | Stars: Manolo Solo, Jose Coronado, Ana Torrent, Petra Martínez

Votes: 2,829

6. Masculine Feminine (1966)

Not Rated | 103 min | Drama, Romance

A romance between young Parisians, shown through a series of vignettes.

Director: Jean-Luc Godard | Stars: Jean-Pierre Léaud, Chantal Goya, Marlène Jobert, Michel Debord

Votes: 17,391 | Gross: $0.20M

7. The Good German (2006)

R | 105 min | Drama, Mystery, Romance

While in post-war Berlin to cover the Potsdam Conference, an American military journalist is drawn into a murder investigation that involves his former mistress and his driver.

Director: Steven Soderbergh | Stars: George Clooney, Cate Blanchett, Tobey Maguire, Beau Bridges

Votes: 26,099 | Gross: $1.31M

8. Kings of the Road (1976)

Not Rated | 175 min | Drama

A traveling projection-equipment mechanic works in Western Germany along the East-German border, visiting worn-out theatres. He meets with a depressed young man whose marriage has just broken up, and the two decide to travel together.

Director: Wim Wenders | Stars: Rüdiger Vogler, Hanns Zischler, Lisa Kreuzer, Rudolf Schündler

Votes: 6,468

9. 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: 6,210 | Gross: $0.03M

10. Ruby (1977)

R | 85 min | Drama, Horror

Sixteen years after Ruby Claire's gangster boyfriend was shot and killed by four associates, a series of gruesome murders takes place at the drive-in movie theatre she now owns. Meanwhile, ... See full summary »

Director: Curtis Harrington | Stars: Piper Laurie, Stuart Whitman, Roger Davis, Janit Baldwin

Votes: 1,151

11. Deep Jaws (1976)

Unrated | 89 min | Comedy

A bankrupt studio schemes the government to finance a sexploitation mermaids film. Casting couches thus join the already exploitive studio. Meanwhile, the Secretary of State arranges an affair with the studio head's buxom wife Henrietta.

Director: Perry Dell | Stars: Sandy Carey, Byron Clark, Michael Darrin, Roxanne Brewer

Votes: 215

12. Miss Lovely (2012)

Not Rated | 113 min | Crime, Drama, Romance

A Hindi feature film set in the lower depths of Bombay's "C" grade film industry. Miss Lovely follows the devastating story of two brothers who produce sleazy horror films in the mid-1980s.

Director: Ashim Ahluwalia | Stars: Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Niharika Singh, Anil George, Zeena Bhatia

Votes: 12,766

13. The Good Life (2007)

R | 90 min | Comedy, Drama

A young man (Webber) is encouraged by a new friend (Deschanel) to cope with living in a town into which he doesn't necessarily fit.

Director: Stephen Berra | Stars: Mark Webber, Zooey Deschanel, Harry Dean Stanton, Bill Paxton

Votes: 2,345

14. Mary (I) (2005)

Not Rated | 83 min | Drama, Thriller

The Virgin Mary delivers a message to an 11-year-old girl.

Director: Abel Ferrara | Stars: Juliette Binoche, Forest Whitaker, Matthew Modine, Marion Cotillard

Votes: 2,115

15. Miles (2016)

Unrated | 90 min | Comedy, Drama, Family

A kid from middle America, desperate to move to Chicago, joins the volleyball team to get a scholarship - the only catch is that his high school only has a girls team.

Director: Nathan Adloff | Stars: Tim Boardman, Molly Shannon, Stephen Root, Will Erat

Votes: 707 | Gross: $0.00M

16. Cinemania (2002)

Not Rated | 83 min | Documentary

This documentary about the culture of intense cinephilia in New York City reveals the impassioned world of five obsessed movie buffs. The filmmakers expose this delightfully deranged cult ... See full summary »

Directors: Angela Christlieb, Stephen Kijak | Stars: Jack Angstreich, Eric Chadbourne, Bill Heidbreder, Roberta Hill

Votes: 2,378 | Gross: $0.01M

17. The Projectionist (1970)

GP | 88 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy

A projectionist bored with his everyday life begins fantasizing about his being one of the superheroes he sees in the movies he shows.

Director: Harry Hurwitz | Stars: Chuck McCann, Ina Balin, Rodney Dangerfield, Jára Kohout

Votes: 433

18. Midnight Movie Massacre (1988)

85 min | Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi

A Martian begins to attack the patrons and staff of a movie theater during the 1950's as a low budget science fiction film plays on the screen.

Directors: Laurence Jacobs, Mark Stock | Stars: Robert Clarke, Ann Robinson, David Staffer, Tom Hutsler

Votes: 269

19. The Gleiwitz Case (1961)

70 min | Drama, History, Thriller

Re-enacted true story of successful assault by Nazis, posing as Poles, on a German border radio station so that Hitler could "justify" thereby his invasion of Poland.

Director: Gerhard Klein | Stars: Hannjo Hasse, Christoph Beyertt, Wolfgang Kalweit, Georg Leopold

Votes: 338

20. Snafu (1945)

Approved | 85 min | Comedy, Romance, War

A 14-year-old boy lies about his age and enlists in the United State Marine Corps without his family's consent or knowledge. He is sent into battle in the Pacific war-zone, decorated, and ... See full summary »

Director: Jack Moss | Stars: Robert Benchley, Barbara Jo Allen, Conrad Janis, Nanette Parks

Votes: 24

21. No te mueras sin decirme adónde vas (1995)

PG | 120 min | Drama, Fantasy, Romance

It is the fantastic story of a couple that has the chance to live for centuries loving one another because of various reincarnations.

Director: Eliseo Subiela | Stars: Darío Grandinetti, Mariana Arias, Oscar Martínez, Mónica Galán

Votes: 876

22. Dead at the Box Office (2005)

85 min | Horror, Thriller

After finding a mysterious film reel hidden in their ceiling, the well-meaning staff of a struggling movie theater assume that the film is an old B-movie preview trailer and play it before ... See full summary »

Director: Shawn Stutler | Stars: Michael Allen Williams, Isaiah Robinson, Jennifer Popagain, Chris Fitzpatrick

Votes: 754

23. The Preview Murder Mystery (1936)

Passed | 60 min | Action, Crime, Mystery

A public relations man for a movie studio uses an early form of television to help solve a murder.

Director: Robert Florey | Stars: Frances Drake, Reginald Denny, Gail Patrick, George Barbier

Votes: 306

24. Watch the Birdie (1950)

Passed | 71 min | Comedy, Crime, Romance

A cameraman helps an heiress to get rid of her financial adviser, who wants to get her money.

Director: Jack Donohue | Stars: Red Skelton, Arlene Dahl, Ann Miller, Leon Ames

Votes: 421

25. Luke's Movie Muddle (1916)

7 min | Comedy, Short

Lonesome Luke has a movie theater and also works the box office and as an usher. He has to put up with, among other things, an incompetent projectionist who falls asleep all the time. Complications ensue.

Director: Hal Roach | Stars: Harold Lloyd, Bebe Daniels, 'Snub' Pollard, Charles Stevenson

Votes: 349

26. Fantasia (2004)

103 min | Comedy

A wizard faces ridicule when she is magically summoned in 1960s Hong Kong by a trio of bumbling detectives.

Director: Ka-Fai Wai | Stars: Cecilia Cheung, Ching Wan Lau, Louis Koo, Jordan Chan

Votes: 386

27. Rick Springfield: Love Somebody (1984 Music Video)

3 min | Fantasy, Music, Romance

Music video for Rick Springfield's song Love Somebody from his 1984 movie Hard to Hold. The music video features clips from the movie. Springfield performs and daydreams in a projection booth about a girl from an adventure movie.

Director: Doug Dowdle | Star: Rick Springfield

28. Buddy's Theatre (1935)

Passed | 7 min | Family, Animation, Short

Buddy is a projectionist in a movie theatre where the 'coming attractions' trailer promises '15 features for 15 cents." When the feature comes on, Buddy gets so excited about the ... See full summary »

Director: Ben Hardaway | Stars: Jack Carr, Bernice Hansen

Votes: 103

29. Let's Go to the Movies (1949)

9 min | Documentary, Short, History

What goes in to the phrase, "Let's go to the movies"? An off-screen narrator takes us back to the earliest days of film: clips remind us of early stars and blockbusters. He explains how ... See full summary »

Director: Tholen Gladden | Stars: Warner Anderson, John Barrymore, Ingrid Bergman, Charles Chaplin

Votes: 70

30. The Girl in the Glass Cage (1929)

Passed | 80 min | Drama

A pretty young cashier at a movie theater has a few problems--a local thug is interested in her and won't leave her alone, and she discovers that her uncle is stealing the box-office receipts.

Director: Ralph Dawson | Stars: Loretta Young, Carroll Nye, Matthew Betz, Lucien Littlefield

Votes: 50

31. The Contest (1923)

8 min | Animation, Short, Comedy

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Director: Dave Fleischer | Star: Max Fleischer

Votes: 13

32. Bag om fremviseren - Et kærlighedseventyr (2000)

29 min | Short

Leif is in his fifties. He is a film enthusiast with a partiality for old Danish film classics. Now he works as a film projectionist and runs the cinema in a small provincial town, where ... See full summary »

Director: Lars Christiansen | Stars: Claus Bue, Solbjørg Højfeldt, Peter Belli, Annette Katzmann

Votes: 17

33. Manden af staal (1999)

11 min | Documentary, Short

Portrait of projectionist Bent Staalhøj.

Director: Sidse Kirstine Kjær | Star: Bent Staalhøj

34. The Adventures of George the Projectionist (2006)

78 min | Comedy, Romance

A Cinema Projectionist becomes entangled with a mad Italian Director's crazily combined remake of Cinema Paradiso and Pulp Fiction.

Director: Tim Higham | Stars: George Warner, Semeli Economou, David Erdos, Andrew Byron

Votes: 17

35. Panels for the Walls of Hell (2008)

5 min | Short, Comedy, Horror

William is a disaffected projectionist with high notions of cinema. During a routine screening at a prestigious film festival, the film burns and he is forced to deal with Madeline, an ... See full summary »

Directors: Takuro Masuda, Blake Myers | Stars: Jillian Dunn, Chuck Porterfield, William D. Tucker

36. Columbo (1971–2003)
Episode: Make Me a Perfect Murder (1978)

TV-PG | 100 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

An Emmy-winning TV executive kills her lover who's also her boss; Lt. Columbo is on the case.

Director: James Frawley | Stars: Peter Falk, Trish Van Devere, Laurence Luckinbill, James McEachin

Votes: 2,400

37. Erotic Confessions (1994– )
Episode: Midnight Showing (1996)

TV-MA | Drama

Dominic, a film projectionist in Montreal, spends his nights in the projection booth of an erotic arthouse theater, fooling around with his girl Gina. They notice seductive Jasmine, a married regular who heats up their sex life.

Director: Peter Gathings Bunche | Stars: Ava Fabian, Herve Guillon, Janine Stillo, Ai Wan

Votes: 13

38. Pucca (2004–2017)
Episode: Matinee Mayhem (2007)

TV-G | 8 min | Animation, Action, Comedy

Pucca and Garu go to the movies. But will they be watching a Ninja flick or a romantic comedy?

Stars: Judith Cabral, Michael Dobson, Brian Drummond, Tabitha St. Germain

39. CSI: NY (2004–2013)
Episode: Cold Reveal (2007)

TV-14 | 44 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Detective Scotty Valens from Philadelphia's Cold Case unit comes to NY to investigate a murder that connects to Stella's past. Also Mac's recent solo bust is scrutinized because a handcuffed criminal fell off a rooftop.

Director: Marshall Adams | Stars: Gary Sinise, Melina Kanakaredes, Carmine Giovinazzo, Anna Belknap

Votes: 340

40. The Continental (2023)
Episode: Brothers in Arms (2023)

TV-MA | 88 min | Action, Crime, Thriller

Winston Scott is about to become a London businessman. But he is dragged back by his estranged brother's attack on a hotel. Winston sets out to find his brother and sets up an escape plan with the help of allies.

Director: Albert Hughes | Stars: Mel Gibson, Colin Woodell, Mishel Prada, Ben Robson

Votes: 3,547