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1. The Great Gatsby (2013)

PG-13 | 143 min | Drama, Romance

A writer and wall street trader, Nick Carraway, finds himself drawn to the past and lifestyle of his mysterious millionaire neighbor, Jay Gatsby, amid the riotous parties of the Jazz Age.

Director: Baz Luhrmann | Stars: Leonardo DiCaprio, Carey Mulligan, Joel Edgerton, Tobey Maguire

Votes: 597,220 | Gross: $144.84M

2. Wonder Woman (2017)

PG-13 | 141 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy

When a pilot crashes and tells of conflict in the outside world, Diana, an Amazonian warrior in training, leaves home to fight a war, discovering her full powers and true destiny.

Director: Patty Jenkins | Stars: Gal Gadot, Chris Pine, Robin Wright, Lucy Davis

Votes: 699,898 | Gross: $412.56M

3. Out of Africa (1985)

PG | 161 min | Biography, Drama, Romance

In 20th-century colonial Kenya, a Danish baroness/plantation owner has a passionate love affair with a free-spirited big-game hunter.

Director: Sydney Pollack | Stars: Meryl Streep, Robert Redford, Klaus Maria Brandauer, Michael Kitchen

Votes: 86,400 | Gross: $87.10M

4. The Great Gatsby (1974)

PG | 144 min | Drama, Romance

A Midwesterner becomes fascinated with his nouveau riche neighbor, who obsesses over his lost love.

Director: Jack Clayton | Stars: Robert Redford, Mia Farrow, Bruce Dern, Karen Black

Votes: 26,869 | Gross: $6.74M

5. Tolkien (2019)

PG-13 | 112 min | Biography, Drama, Romance

Tolkien's novels were inspired by his mom's storytelling, falling in love with another orphan, Edith, forming a brotherhood with 3 other misfits at school, the trench war of WWI and later telling stories to his own kids.

Director: Dome Karukoski | Stars: Nicholas Hoult, Lily Collins, Colm Meaney, Derek Jacobi

Votes: 46,638 | Gross: $4.54M

6. Joyeux Noel (2005)

PG-13 | 116 min | Drama, History, Music

In December 1914, an unofficial Christmas truce on the Western Front allows soldiers from opposing sides of the First World War to gain insight into each other's way of life.

Director: Christian Carion | Stars: Diane Kruger, Benno Fürmann, Guillaume Canet, Natalie Dessay

Votes: 32,000 | Gross: $1.05M

7. The Blue Max (1966)

Approved | 156 min | Action, Drama, Romance

A young pilot in the German air force of 1918, disliked as lower-class and unchivalrous, tries ambitiously to earn the medal offered for 20 kills.

Director: John Guillermin | Stars: George Peppard, James Mason, Ursula Andress, Jeremy Kemp

Votes: 7,630

8. Nate and Hayes (1983)

PG | 99 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy

A swashbuckling adventure which takes place in the mid-1800's on the South Pacific islands where bloody raids and battles were once the rule of the day.

Director: Ferdinand Fairfax | Stars: Tommy Lee Jones, Michael O'Keefe, Max Phipps, Jenny Seagrove

Votes: 2,395 | Gross: $1.96M

9. Houdini (1953)

Approved | 106 min | Biography, Drama, Romance

From his beginnings as a "wildman" carnival act to the internationally famous feat of escaping from a locked trunk in an ice-jammed river, the great Harry Houdini emerged as the world's most captivating magician and escape artist.

Director: George Marshall | Stars: Tony Curtis, Janet Leigh, Torin Thatcher, Angela Clarke

Votes: 3,729

10. The Russian Revolution (2017)

TV-14 | 47 min | Documentary, History

A brief yet comprehensive documentary overview of the downfall of the Romanov dynasty and the evolution of Lenin's Ulyanov family, from the terrible acts and subsequent hanging of his brother to his own hunger for a revolution.

Director: Cal Seville | Stars: Daniel Beer, Helen Rappaport, Donald Rayfield, Victor Sebestyen

Votes: 713

11. The Bell Boy (1918)

Not Rated | 33 min | Short, Comedy

At the Elk's Head Hotel bellhops torment the lobby, each other and guests. The elevator is powered by a stubborn horse. A sham robbery turns into a real one. And there is a chase on a runaway trolley.

Director: Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle | Stars: Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle, Buster Keaton, Al St. John, Alice Lake

Votes: 1,494

12. One Hundred Percent American (1918)

14 min | Short

A girl wants to go to a ball, admission one Liberty Bond, but rather than go herself, she loans the bond to a girlfriend. A soldier and a sailor find out and take her to the ball with them.

Director: Arthur Rosson | Stars: Mary Pickford, Loretta Blake, Theodore Reed, Henry Bergman

Votes: 117

13. A Bullet for Berlin (1918)

10 min | Short

William S. Hart dreams he is called before the War Council as an expert gunman and is directed to 'remove' the Kaiser. In Berlin, he sees the Kaiser on a rocking horse, in a rage over the ... See full summary »

Director: William S. Hart | Star: William S. Hart

14. Upstairs, Downstairs (1971–1975)
Episode: Guest of Honour (1972)

TV-14 | 48 min | Drama

Mrs. Bridges is the envy of every cook in Mayfair and Belgravia when King Edward VII dines at Eaton Place.

Director: Bill Bain | Stars: Rachel Gurney, Gordon Jackson, Angela Baddeley, Jean Marsh

Votes: 122

15. Upstairs, Downstairs (1971–1975)
Episode: News from the Front (1974)

TV-14 | 51 min | Drama

James is home on leave and offers a realistic account of what is really happening on the front and Daisy and Edward announce their engagement to Hudson.

Director: Derek Bennett | Stars: Angela Baddeley, Gordon Jackson, Meg Wynn Owen, Simon Williams

Votes: 87

16. Upstairs, Downstairs (1971–1975)
Episode: Peace out of Pain (1974)

TV-14 | 51 min | Drama

While James is convalescing, Richard proposes to Mrs. Hamilton, Edward comes home, and Hazel comes down with the Spanish flu as the war draws to an end,

Director: Christopher Hodson | Stars: Jean Marsh, Gordon Jackson, Lesley-Anne Down, Simon Williams

Votes: 85

17. Upstairs, Downstairs (1971–1975)
Episode: The Sudden Storm (1974)

TV-14 | 52 min | Drama

A downstairs dalliance and a happy outing to a seaside resort divert the staff as war looms on the European continent.

Director: Bill Bain | Stars: Jean Marsh, Angela Baddeley, Meg Wynn Owen, Simon Williams

Votes: 99

18. Modern Marvels (1993– )
Episode: The Manhattan Project (2002)

TV-14 | 45 min | Documentary, History

Encouraged by Leo Szilard and galvanized by German success in achieving nuclear fission, the United States embarks on a crash program to build a nuclear bomb. Aided by many Jewish ... See full summary »

Director: Sean Dash | Stars: Lloyd Sherr, William Lanouette, Robert Christy, Albert Einstein

Votes: 75

19. Thomas and Sarah (1979)
Episode: The Vanishing Lady (1979)

50 min | Drama

After Madge's friend, an ex-policeman, locates Sarah performing in a music hall, she and Thomas decide to sell the garage and collaborate on a magic act.

Director: Christopher Hodson | Stars: John Alderton, Pauline Collins, Maria Charles, Norman Bird

Votes: 8

20. The Nine Tailors (1974)
Episode: Episode #1.1 (1974)

52 min | Mystery

An extra body is found buried in a grave in a small village where, twenty years ago, an expensive emerald necklace was stolen. Lord Peter must find the killer - and the jewels.

Director: Raymond Menmuir | Stars: Ian Carmichael, Glyn Houston, Keith Drinkel, Elizabeth Proud

Votes: 35

21. Rick Steves' Europe (2000–2023)
Episode: Germany's Fascist Story (2020)

TV-G | Documentary, Reality-TV

Traveling across Germany, we learn how fascism rose and then fell - and how we can recognize that hateful ideology as well as the tricks of wannabe dictators in our own age.

Director: Simon Griffith | Stars: Andreas Clemens, Georg Reichlmayr, Thomas Schmechtig, Rick Steves

Votes: 19

22. Boardwalk Empire (2010–2014)
Episode: Family Limitation (2010)

TV-MA | 59 min | Crime, Drama

Nucky investigates a boardwalk theft; Jimmy scores points with Johnny Torrio in Chicago; Margaret stands up to Lucy.

Director: Timothy Van Patten | Stars: Steve Buscemi, Michael Pitt, Kelly Macdonald, Michael Shannon

Votes: 2,437

23. Downton Abbey (2010–2015)
Episode: Episode #1.6 (2010)

TV-14 | 48 min | Drama, Romance

O'Brien and Thomas continue their efforts to frame Bates, Mary falls in love with Matthew, and Sybil is injured in a political disturbance and Branson is blamed.

Director: Brian Percival | Stars: Hugh Bonneville, Jessica Brown Findlay, Laura Carmichael, Jim Carter

Votes: 2,308

24. Rick Steves' Europe (2000–2023)
Episode: Norway's West: Fjords, Mountains, and Bergen (2010)

TV-G | 26 min | Documentary, Reality-TV

Join Rick as we explore Norway's rugged west. We'll sail through majestic fjords and hike powerful glaciers before enjoying the salty hospitality of the country's historic capital, Bergen.

Director: Simon Griffith | Star: Rick Steves

Votes: 21

25. Downton Abbey (2010–2015)
Episode: Episode #2.6 (2011)

TV-14 | 53 min | Drama, Romance

An unrecognizable burn victim turns up at the convalescent home claiming to be Mary's presumed drowned cousin Patrick, Carlisle plans to lure Carson from Downton, and Bates' wife reneges on her divorce agreement.

Director: Andy Goddard | Stars: Hugh Bonneville, Jessica Brown Findlay, Laura Carmichael, Jim Carter

Votes: 1,996

26. Secrets of War (1998– )
Episode: The Balkans Tinderbox

TV-PG | 60 min | Documentary, History, War

A look at the secret forces behind the strife throughout the Balkan States. From a single gunshot in Sarajevo that started WWI to the Nazi occupation in WWII, to "ethnic cleansing" and the ... See full summary »

Stars: Charlton Heston, Shashi Tharoor, Mark Ryavec, Vladislav Jovanovic

27. Boardwalk Empire (2010–2014)
Episode: Two Boats and a Lifeguard (2011)

TV-MA | 60 min | Crime, Drama

When the Feds serve Eli with a subpoena, the trauma causes his father to have a heart attack, and Nucky announces to his rivals that he's retiring.

Director: Timothy Van Patten | Stars: Steve Buscemi, Michael Pitt, Kelly Macdonald, Michael Shannon

Votes: 2,014

28. Boardwalk Empire (2010–2014)
Episode: Under God's Power She Flourishes (2011)

TV-MA | 58 min | Crime, Drama

Jimmy's experiences at Princeton are seen in flashback, Margaret tries to deal with her guilt, and Doyle tries unsuccessfully to wheel and deal.

Director: Allen Coulter | Stars: Steve Buscemi, Michael Pitt, Kelly Macdonald, Michael Shannon

Votes: 2,390

29. Boardwalk Empire (2010–2014)
Episode: Ging Gang Goolie (2012)

TV-MA | 56 min | Crime, Drama

Daugherty's men harass Nucky on trumped up charges and he forms an alliance with Esther Randolph while the rift with Margaret grows wider.

Director: Ed Bianchi | Stars: Steve Buscemi, Kelly Macdonald, Michael Shannon, Shea Whigham

Votes: 1,818

30. Total Onslaught (2004– )
Episode: In the Mists of Time (2004)

85 min | Documentary, History

What does Nebuchadnezzar's Dream, an ancient king, have to say about Napoleon, Hitler, and the powers that rule our present world?

Star: Walter J. Veith

31. Revelation Decoded (2007– )
Episode: The Smashed Statue (2007)

71 min | Documentary, History

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Star: John Triplett