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51. Mortuary Academy (1988)
R | 87 min | Comedy
"Police Academy" clone, about some nerds who inherit an academy for morticians, which is run by a corrupt closet necrophiliac. Of course, the most incompetent students possible are accepted... See full summary »
Director: Michael Schroeder | Stars: Richard Kennedy, Christopher Atkins, Perry Lang, Gary Veney
Votes: 432
52. Empowered (2018)
TV-MA | 87 min | Comedy
After to visit a Hindi guru healer, Paz loses control over what she says and starts speaking out everything that comes to her mind.
Director: Santiago Segura | Stars: Maribel Verdú, Diego Martín, Toni Acosta, Rafael Spregelburd
Votes: 2,598
53. Too Hot to Handle (1938)
Passed | 107 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Two rival newsreel photographers join forces to find an aviatrix's missing brother, who has disappeared in the Amazon rainforest.
Director: Jack Conway | Stars: Clark Gable, Myrna Loy, Walter Pidgeon, Walter Connolly
Votes: 1,682
54. The Rack Pack (2016)
TV-G | 87 min | Comedy, Drama, Sport
The story of the 1980s snooker rivalry between the flamboyant Alex Higgins and the methodical Steve Davis.
Director: Brian Welsh | Stars: Dennis Taylor, Steve Davis, Alex Higgins, Luke Treadaway
Votes: 1,274
55. That Midnight Kiss (1949)
Approved | 96 min | Musical, Romance
In Philadelphia, the soprano Prudence Budell returns from Europe after a period of five years training in the best Europeans music schools. Her millionaire grandmother Abigail Trent Budell ... See full summary »
Director: Norman Taurog | Stars: Kathryn Grayson, José Iturbi, Ethel Barrymore, Mario Lanza
Votes: 643
56. It's a Date (1940)
Approved | 103 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance
An aspiring actress is offered the lead in a major new play, but discovers that her mother, a more seasoned performer, expects the same part. The situation is further complicated when they both become involved with the same man.
Director: William A. Seiter | Stars: Deanna Durbin, Kay Francis, Walter Pidgeon, Eugene Pallette
Votes: 671
57. My Dear Secretary (1948)
Approved | 94 min | Comedy, Romance
A romance novelist appoints a would-be writer as his secretary. Although she is initially dismayed by his work ethic and playboy attitude, they begin to fall in love.
Director: Charles Martin | Stars: Laraine Day, Kirk Douglas, Keenan Wynn, Helen Walker
Votes: 1,190
58. Cop in Drag (1984)
96 min | Comedy, Crime
During a show held at Blue Gay, drag queen cabaret in the center of Rome, an artist of the restaurant is found dead. The investigations are entrusted to Inspector Giraldi.
Director: Bruno Corbucci | Stars: Tomas Milian, Bombolo, Olimpia Di Nardo, Paco Fabrini
Votes: 306
59. South Sea Woman (1953)
Passed | 99 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
AWOL marine Sgt. Jim O'Hearn is court-martialed for a variety of offenses that carry 143 years in the stockade or the death penalty but refuses to aid in his own defense.
Director: Arthur Lubin | Stars: Burt Lancaster, Virginia Mayo, Chuck Connors, Arthur Shields
Votes: 877
60. Some Time Later (2018)
99 min | Comedy, Sci-Fi
In a distant point of time, a man alters the world he knows when he tries to sell lemonade.
Director: José Luis Cuerda | Stars: Roberto Álamo, Blanca Suárez, Iñaki Ardanaz, Carlos Areces
Votes: 1,481
61. Malice in Wonderland (1985 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 120 min | Biography, Comedy, Drama
Struggling actress Hedda Hopper (Jane Alexander) can't get a break in Hollywood, even though an acquaintance of hers is the extremely powerful gossip monger Louella Parsons (Dame Elizabeth ... See full summary »
Director: Gus Trikonis | Stars: Elizabeth Taylor, Jane Alexander, Richard Dysart, Joyce Van Patten
Votes: 359
62. The Legend of the Stardust Brothers (1985)
100 min | Music, Comedy
In 1985, Makoto Tezuka, the son of manga genius Osamu Tezuka, was still a film student with a few experimental shorts to his credit and who was entrusted with the mission to turn an album by Haruo Chikada into a musical film.
Director: Macoto Tezuka | Stars: Shingo Kubota, Kan Takagi, Kyôko Togawa, Issay
Votes: 628
63. The Spooks (2016)
Comedy, Fantasy
A young clerk is delegated to sort out the affairs of a certain property. It is an old castle belonging to the city with a garden, in which nobody is really interested, but the tenants of ... See full summary »
Director: Zdenek Troska | Stars: Bronislav Kotis, Tereza Kostková, Carmen Mayerová, Jirí Dvorák
Votes: 78
64. Ninguém Como Tu (2005)
Crime, Drama, Mystery
Luiza Albuquerque is in the process of preparing for the wedding of her daughter Teresa. The bride is not very convinced, on the eve of the ceremony she meets Miguel Rosa. He saves her from... See full summary »
Stars: Alexandra Lencastre, Vítor Norte, Dalila Carmo, Manuela Couto
Votes: 168
65. The Young Doctors (1961)
Approved | 100 min | Drama
Medical drama set at one of New York City's hospitals during the early 1960s.
Director: Phil Karlson | Stars: Fredric March, Ben Gazzara, Dick Clark, Ina Balin
Votes: 604
66. Signore e signori, buonanotte (1976)
105 min | Comedy
An episodic satire of the social and politic status of Italy in the 1970s through the programming of a television channel.
Directors: Leonardo Benvenuti, Luigi Comencini, Piero De Bernardi, Agenore Incrocci, Nanni Loy, Ruggero Maccari, Luigi Magni, Mario Monicelli, Ugo Pirro, Furio Scarpelli, Ettore Scola | Stars: Senta Berger, Adolfo Celi, Vittorio Gassman, Nino Manfredi
Votes: 923
67. Sprængfarlig bombe (2006)
Not Rated | 90 min | Comedy, Drama
Tony (Ulrich Thomsen) is angry and wants his money back after watching world-famous director, Claus Volter's (Nikolaj Lie Kaas) new film. Tony just got out of prison for violent behavior.
Director: Tomas Villum Jensen | Stars: Ulrich Thomsen, Nikolaj Lie Kaas, Mille Dinesen, Line Kruse
Votes: 2,696
68. Garden of Death (1974)
R | 86 min | Horror
A sinister landscaper turns into a tree and learns to communicate with his fellow plants.
Director: James H. Kay | Stars: Katharine Houghton, Joe Dallesandro, Rita Gam, James Congdon
Votes: 349
69. Po cem muzi touzí (2018)
95 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
The charismatic and self-confident man, Karel Král, is the editor-in-chief of men's magazine. Although a chauvinistic type, he is very popular with women. However, he struggles in his ... See full summary »
Director: Rudolf Havlik | Stars: Anna Polívková, Jirí Langmajer, Tatiana Pauhofová, Sara Sandeva
Votes: 474
70. The Night My Mother Killed My Father (2016)
R | 94 min | Comedy, Thriller
An actress ready for anything to recover her former glory. A crazy night where all is possible.
Director: Inés París | Stars: Belén Rueda, Diego Peretti, Eduard Fernández, María Pujalte
Votes: 1,570
71. Olhos nos Olhos (2008–2009)
50 min | Crime, Drama, Fantasy
Twin brothers Vasco and Victor, both villains, compete to take over a struggling cosmetics company owned by the Viana Levi family, led by the mysterious maestro Leonardo. This complex ... See full summary »
Stars: Paulo Pires, José Wallenstein, Bárbara Norton de Matos, Nuno Távora
Votes: 39
72. Keane & Vieira: Best of Enemies (2013)
60 min | Documentary, Sport
A documentary filled with tales of battles past, when the respective skippers of Manchester United and Arsenal gave their all, and a whole lot more, for domestic football's top honors.
Director: Tim MacKenzie-Smith | Stars: Roy Keane, Patrick Vieira, Tony Adams, David Beckham
Votes: 72
73. Battle Zone (1952)
Approved | 81 min | War
During the Korean War, two combat photographers with the U.S. Marine Corps compete for the heart of a pretty Italian Army nurse.
Director: Lesley Selander | Stars: John Hodiak, Linda Christian, Stephen McNally, Martin Milner
Votes: 220
74. French Exit (1995)
R | 92 min | Comedy, Romance
This movie attempts a persiflage on the Hollywood film industry, depicting two young authors, struggling on their way to their first successful screenplay: Right from the beginning - when ... See full summary »
Director: Daphna Kastner | Stars: Mädchen Amick, Jonathan Silverman, Molly Hagan, Vince Grant
Votes: 189
75. Dr. Jack (1922)
Passed | 60 min | Comedy, Romance
Country doctor Jack Jackson is called in to treat the Sick-Little-Well-Girl, who has been making Dr. Saulsbourg and his sanitarium very rich, after years of unsuccessful treatment. Dr. ... See full summary »
Directors: Fred C. Newmeyer, Sam Taylor | Stars: Harold Lloyd, Mildred Davis, John T. Prince, Eric Mayne
Votes: 1,678 | Gross: $0.69M
76. Perdiendo el Juicio (2024)
Comedy, Romance | Post-production
A legal case unites two lawyers between rivalry and romance.
Director: Frank Perozo | Stars: Shalim Ortiz, Clarissa Molina, Julián Gil, Lía Lockhart
77. Provincial Actors (1979)
121 min | Comedy, Drama
The film is set in a small town near Warsaw, to which a young and coming director comes to produce a classic play (Wyspianski "Wyzwolenie") with a modern vein. Everyone in the production ... See full summary »
Director: Agnieszka Holland | Stars: Halina Labonarska, Tadeusz Huk, Iwona Biernacka, Ewa Dalkowska
Votes: 376
78. Les rois du gag (1985)
98 min | Comedy
Paul Martin and François Leroux are brothers-in-law and comics without fame. One day, the famous television comics, Gaëtan, finds himself in the little theater where Paul and François produce themselves under the name of "Gagsters".
Director: Claude Zidi | Stars: Michel Serrault, Gérard Jugnot, Thierry Lhermitte, Macha Méril
Votes: 720
79. Sweet Adeline (1934)
Approved | 87 min | Musical, Romance
In 1898, composer Sid Barnett manages to get his sweetheart, Adeline the beer-garden singer, to sing the lead in his new Broadway operetta; this infuriates Elysia, the erstwhile star. But ... See full summary »
Director: Mervyn LeRoy | Stars: Irene Dunne, Donald Woods, Hugh Herbert, Ned Sparks
Votes: 319
80. Pozadí událostí (2022)
Comedy, Crime, Drama
A controversial erotic novel at the university stirs up a wave of resentment and enthusiasm. Who wrote it and who was inspired by it to murder a student?
Stars: Jirí Havelka, Katarzia, Martha Issová, Jitka Cvancarová
Votes: 44
81. I Hate Actors (1986)
PG | 90 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
Hollywood in the 1940s. A tyrannical producer, a paranoid director, a starlet engaged twenty-four times, an actor who refuses to age - all against a backdrop of a series of murders.
Director: Gérard Krawczyk | Stars: Jean Poiret, Michel Blanc, Bernard Blier, Patrick Floersheim
Votes: 260
82. Ballets Russes (2005)
Not Rated | 118 min | Documentary, History, Music
Ballets Russes is an intimate portrait of a group of pioneering artists -- now in their 70s, 80s and 90s -- who gave birth to modern ballet.
Directors: Daniel Geller, Dayna Goldfine | Stars: Irina Baronova, Kenneth Kynt Bryan, Yvonne Chouteau, Yvonne Craig
Votes: 698 | Gross: $0.82M
83. Liberdade 21 (2008–2012)
55 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
In each episode, an apparently-lost cause goes to court. However, the various stages of the case show us that not everything is as it seems and that no case is solved until the sentence is read.
Stars: Rúben Gomes, Albano Jerónimo, Rita Lello, Ana Nave
Votes: 154
84. Rozpustený a vypustený (1985)
85 min | Comedy, Crime
A police inspector and inexperienced trainee search for a mysteriously disappeared manufacturer of ointments for hair growth.
Director: Ladislav Smoljak | Stars: Jirí Zahajský, Marek Brodský, Rudolf Hrusínský, Blazena Holisová
Votes: 580
85. Despido procedente (2017)
TV-MA | 90 min | Comedy
A successful spanish executive living in Argentina, gets stalked by and faces a series of undesired situations created by a man he gives wrong directions to, after almost running over him with his car.
Director: Lucas Figueroa | Stars: Imanol Arias, Darío Grandinetti, Hugo Silva, Miguel Ángel Solá
Votes: 1,036
86. Stealing Time (2011)
18 min | Short, Comedy, Sci-Fi
When a down-on-his-luck inventor builds a time machine to change the past, he unwittingly sets off a disastrous chain of events.
Director: Alex Calleros | Stars: Mikie Beatty, Dan Beckner, Adele Watkin, Joel Kelley Dauten
Votes: 444
87. A Beautiful Star (2017)
127 min | Drama, Family, Sci-Fi
It portrays a family on Earth who come to believe that they are actually from other planets all of a sudden. They try so hard to save the endangered planet Earth but things get crazy on the way.
Director: Daihachi Yoshida | Stars: Lily Franky, Kazuya Kamenashi, Ai Hashimoto, Tomoko Nakajima
Votes: 257
88. Amadeus (2018 TV Special)
146 min | Drama
The genius of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart is resented by Antonio Salieri.
Directors: Martin Cicvák, Roman Prorok | Stars: Daniel Bambas, Ondrej Brousek, Jirí Dvorák, Marek Holý
89. Foreclosure (2013)
13 min | Short, Comedy
Sigmund is a docile and obedient worker who is given an opportunity of a life time when his manager, Mr. Wolfman, assigns him the task of completing a hefty dossier on their company's ... See full summary »
Director: Wayne Wapeemukwa | Stars: Massimo Frau, Alissa Hansen, Dylan Harvey, Vic Stapel
Votes: 25
90. Alex Higgins: The People's Champion (2010 TV Movie)
60 min | Documentary, Biography, Sport
The rise and fall of the former world snooker champion, Alex Higgins.
Director: Jason Bernard | Stars: James Nesbitt, Bill Borrows, Ann Brown, Steve Davis
Votes: 54
91. Zlocin v dívcí skole (1966)
107 min | Comedy, Crime
Three short story omnibus. The main hero and connecting link is Lieutenant Boruvka, created by Lubomír Lipsky. He deals with the murder case between climbers, the death of the dancer in the... See full summary »
Directors: Jirí Menzel, Ivo Novák, Ladislav Rychman | Stars: Lubomír Lipský, Jan Preucil, Petr Kostka, Jana Gýrová
Votes: 106
92. Hollywood Mortuary (2000 Video)
70 min | Comedy, Horror
By 1941, Pierce Jackson Dawn, the greatest make-up artist of the early 20th century, is considered washed-up. Pierce's mirror reflection warns him that he has been forgotten and must find ... See full summary »
Director: Ron Ford | Stars: Randal Malone, Tim Sullivan, Ron Ford, Joseph Haggerty
Votes: 99
93. Clash of the Titans (1996–1999)
Documentary, Sport
Documentary series covering famous sporting rivalries.
Stars: John McCarthy, Vinnie Jones, Sverrir Gudnason, Niki Lauda
94. Conexão (2009)
Action, Crime, Drama
The story begins when the trawler of Master Narciso is swept offshore by special Portuguese forces, with their cargo of hashish from Morocco. Marica Alberro, the head of the family who lost... See full summary »
Stars: Ivo Canelas, Francesc Garrido, Mela Casal, Cristovão Campos
Votes: 54
95. Bir çiçek üç böcek (1962)
91 min | Comedy, Romance
Director: Süha Dogan | Stars: Orhan Günsiray, Leyla Sayar, Hüseyin Baradan, Necdet Tosun
Votes: 18
96. Bankett für Achilles (1975)
89 min | Drama
Karl Achilles has been working at the Bitterfeld chemical plant ever since he helped build it up in 1945. Now he is 65 years old and the time has come for him to retire. The movie depicts ... See full summary »
Director: Roland Gräf | Stars: Erwin Geschonneck, Elsa Grube-Deister, Jutta Wachowiak, Carl Heinz Choynski
Votes: 27
97. Bambinot (1984– )
60 min | Comedy, Sci-Fi
Stars: Josef Abrhám, Eliska Balzerová, Petr Cepek, Milos Kopecký
Votes: 51
98. El 13-13 (1944)
71 min | Drama, Thriller
When Berta meets old friend Pablo and they fall in love, little she suspects his hidden identity as her fellow spy 13-13, who usually goes ahead her in their missions. Unaware of his identity, she plans a trick to get over her rival.
Director: Luis Lucia | Stars: Rafael Durán, Marta Santaolalla, Alberto Romea, Ramón Martori
Votes: 26
99. Predicaments 2: The Halloween Trap (2000 Video)
50 min | Adventure, Horror
The hostess of a late night horror show invites her chief competitor to a Halloween party. The ladies soon engage in a competitive game of "tie-up and escape" which becomes a little too ... See full summary »
Director: Oak O'Kork | Stars: Lilli White, Samantha Sterlyng, Tanya Danielle
100. Forever in Hiatus (2012)
24 min | Short, Drama
A washed up former pop star lives in exile pedaling a xich lo (bicycle taxi) aimlessly in the streets of Ho Chi Minh City, until he meets a 16-year-old girl who discovers who he is.
Director: Andy Nguyen | Stars: Luigi Campi, Yen Ngoc Doan, Minnie Nguyen, Thanh Cuong Nguyen
Votes: 17