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1. Office Space (1999)
R | 89 min | Comedy
Three company workers who hate their jobs decide to rebel against their greedy boss.
Director: Mike Judge | Stars: Ron Livingston, Jennifer Aniston, David Herman, Ajay Naidu
Votes: 288,517 | Gross: $10.82M
2. Psycho (1960)
R | 109 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
A Phoenix secretary embezzles $40,000 from her employer's client, goes on the run and checks into a remote motel run by a young man under the domination of his mother.
Director: Alfred Hitchcock | Stars: Anthony Perkins, Janet Leigh, Vera Miles, John Gavin
Votes: 720,502 | Gross: $32.00M
3. Irreversible (2002)
Not Rated | 97 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Events over the course of one traumatic night in Paris unfold in reverse-chronological order as the beautiful Alex is brutally raped and beaten by a stranger in an underpass tunnel.
Director: Gaspar Noé | Stars: Monica Bellucci, Vincent Cassel, Albert Dupontel, Philippe Nahon
Votes: 148,183 | Gross: $0.75M
4. The 40-Year-Old Virgin (2005)
R | 116 min | Comedy, Romance
Goaded by his buddies, a nerdy guy who's never "done the deed" only finds the pressure mounting when he meets a single mother.
Director: Judd Apatow | Stars: Steve Carell, Catherine Keener, Paul Rudd, Romany Malco
Votes: 468,695 | Gross: $109.45M
5. Manchester by the Sea (2016)
R | 137 min | Drama
A depressed uncle is asked to take care of his teenage nephew after the boy's father dies.
Director: Kenneth Lonergan | Stars: Casey Affleck, Michelle Williams, Kyle Chandler, Lucas Hedges
Votes: 315,114 | Gross: $47.70M
6. Alien 3 (1992)
R | 114 min | Action, Horror, Sci-Fi
Returning from LV-426, Ellen Ripley crash-lands on the maximum-security prison Fiorina 161, where she discovers that she has unwittingly brought along an unwelcome visitor.
Director: David Fincher | Stars: Sigourney Weaver, Charles S. Dutton, Charles Dance, Paul McGann
Votes: 320,360 | Gross: $55.47M
7. Joy Ride (2023)
R | 95 min | Comedy
Follows four Asian American friends as they bond and discover the truth of what it means to know and love who you are, while they travel through China in search of one of their birth mothers.
Director: Adele Lim | Stars: Ashley Park, Sherry Cola, Stephanie Hsu, Sabrina Wu
Votes: 23,806
8. Good Luck Chuck (2007)
R | 96 min | Comedy, Romance
In order to keep the woman of his dreams from falling for another guy, Charlie Logan has to break the curse that has made him wildly popular with single women: Sleep with Charlie once, and the next man you meet will be your true love.
Director: Mark Helfrich | Stars: Dane Cook, Jessica Alba, Dan Fogler, Connor Price
Votes: 94,624 | Gross: $35.02M
9. The Heartbreak Kid (2007)
R | 116 min | Comedy, Romance
A newly wed man who believes he's just gotten hitched to the perfect woman encounters another lady on his honeymoon.
Directors: Bobby Farrelly, Peter Farrelly | Stars: Ben Stiller, Michelle Monaghan, Malin Akerman, Jerry Stiller
Votes: 96,733 | Gross: $36.79M
10. Sleeping with Other People (2015)
R | 101 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A good-natured womanizer and a serial cheater form a platonic relationship that helps reform them in ways, while a mutual attraction sets in.
Director: Leslye Headland | Stars: Jason Sudeikis, Alison Brie, Jordan Carlos, Margarita Levieva
Votes: 48,100 | Gross: $0.81M
11. Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls (1995)
PG-13 | 90 min | Adventure, Comedy, Crime
Ace Ventura, Pet Detective, returns from a spiritual quest to investigate the disappearance of a rare white bat, the sacred animal of a tribe in Africa.
Director: Steve Oedekerk | Stars: Jim Carrey, Ian McNeice, Simon Callow, Maynard Eziashi
Votes: 234,178 | Gross: $108.39M
12. Casino Royale (1967)
Approved | 131 min | Comedy
In an early spy spoof, aging Sir James Bond comes out of retirement to take on SMERSH.
Directors: Val Guest, Ken Hughes, John Huston, Joseph McGrath, Robert Parrish, Richard Talmadge | Stars: David Niven, Peter Sellers, Ursula Andress, Orson Welles
Votes: 32,578
13. The Mirror Has Two Faces (1996)
PG-13 | 126 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A shy, middle-aged professor enters into a romantic but non-physical relationship with an unlucky-in-love colleague.
Director: Barbra Streisand | Stars: Barbra Streisand, Jeff Bridges, Lauren Bacall, George Segal
Votes: 22,626 | Gross: $41.25M
14. Maurice (1987)
R | 140 min | Drama, Romance
Two English school chums find themselves falling in love at Cambridge. To regain his place in society, Clive gives up Maurice and marries. While staying with Clive and his wife, Maurice discovers romance in the arms of the gamekeeper Alec.
Director: James Ivory | Stars: James Wilby, Rupert Graves, Hugh Grant, Denholm Elliott
Votes: 23,709 | Gross: $3.13M
15. 40 Days and 40 Nights (2002)
R | 96 min | Comedy, Romance
After a brutal break-up, a young man vows to stay celibate during the forty days of Lent, but finds the girl of his dreams and is unable to do anything about it.
Director: Michael Lehmann | Stars: Josh Hartnett, Shannyn Sossamon, Paulo Costanzo, Adam Trese
Votes: 75,902 | Gross: $37.95M
16. Jersey Girl (2004)
PG-13 | 102 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A widower must look after his precocious daughter and rebuild his life and career after he's sidelined by an unexpected tragedy and a personal blowup.
Director: Kevin Smith | Stars: Ben Affleck, Liv Tyler, Raquel Castro, Betty Aberlin
Votes: 70,667 | Gross: $25.27M
17. The Young Pope (2016)
TV-MA | 55 min | Drama
The beginning of the pontificate of Lenny Belardo, alias Pius XIII, the first American Pope in history.
Stars: Jude Law, Diane Keaton, Silvio Orlando, Javier Cámara
Votes: 47,527
18. Borgia (2011–2014)
TV-MA | 52 min | Biography, Drama, History
Story of the rise and the fall of the Renaissance dynasty.
Stars: Mark Ryder, Isolda Dychauk, Diarmuid Noyes, John Doman
Votes: 7,244
19. A Dirty Shame (2004)
NC-17 | 89 min | Comedy
An uptight, middle-aged, repressed woman turns into a sex addict after getting hit on the head, and she then falls into an underground subculture of sex addicts in suburban Baltimore.
Director: John Waters | Stars: Tracey Ullman, Chris Isaak, Selma Blair, Johnny Knoxville
Votes: 13,579 | Gross: $1.34M
20. The Man Who Would Be King (1975)
PG | 129 min | Adventure, Drama, War
In 1880s India, two former British soldiers decide to set themselves up as Kings in Kafiristan, a land where no white man has set foot since Alexander the Great.
Director: John Huston | Stars: Sean Connery, Michael Caine, Christopher Plummer, Saeed Jaffrey
Votes: 52,149
21. The Road to Wellville (1994)
R | 118 min | Comedy, Drama
A story about the ins and outs of one unusual health facility in the early twentieth century, run by the eccentric Dr. John Harvey Kellogg.
Director: Alan Parker | Stars: Anthony Hopkins, Bridget Fonda, Matthew Broderick, John Cusack
Votes: 13,259 | Gross: $6.51M
22. Wellmania (2023)
TV-MA | 30 min | Comedy, Drama
Follows Liv who, when she has a major health crisis, is forced to rethink her 'live fast die young' attitude.
Stars: Celeste Barber, JJ Fong, Lachlan Buchanan, Genevieve Mooy
Votes: 5,899
23. The Single Moms Club (2014)
PG-13 | 111 min | Comedy, Drama
When five struggling single moms put aside their differences to form a support group, they find inspiration and laughter in their new sisterhood, and help each other overcome the obstacles that stand in their way.
Director: Tyler Perry | Stars: Nia Long, Wendi McLendon-Covey, Amy Smart, Zulay Henao
Votes: 7,001 | Gross: $15.99M
24. Keeping the Faith (2000)
PG-13 | 128 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Two friends, a priest and a rabbi, fall in love with the same woman they knew in their youth, but the religious position of both men denies them romance.
Director: Edward Norton | Stars: Ben Stiller, Edward Norton, Jenna Elfman, Anne Bancroft
Votes: 53,282 | Gross: $37.05M
25. Mazes and Monsters (1982 TV Movie)
PG | 101 min | Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
Bound together by a desire to play "Mazes and Monsters," Robbie and his three college classmates decide to move the board game into the local legendary cavern.
Director: Steven Hilliard Stern | Stars: Tom Hanks, Wendy Crewson, David Wysocki, Chris Makepeace
Votes: 4,323
26. Overnight Delivery (1998 Video)
PG-13 | 87 min | Comedy, Romance
Wyatt writes an angry letter to his girlfriend, believing she's dating Ricker. Ricker's a dog. Helped by stripper Ivy, he tries to get the letter off a truck the next 24 hours.
Director: Jason Bloom | Stars: Paul Rudd, Christine Taylor, Reese Witherspoon, Sarah Silverman
Votes: 7,038
27. The Last Station (2009)
R | 112 min | Biography, Drama, Romance
A historical drama that illustrates Russian author Leo Tolstoy's (Christopher Plummer's) struggle to balance fame and wealth with his commitment to a life devoid of material things.
Director: Michael Hoffman | Stars: Helen Mirren, James McAvoy, Christopher Plummer, Paul Giamatti
Votes: 19,189 | Gross: $6.62M
28. Nothing Bad Can Happen (2013)
Not Rated | 110 min | Crime, Drama, Horror
Inspired by horrifying true events, Nothing Bad Can Happen follows Tore, a young lost soul involved with an underground Christian punk movement who falls in with a dysfunctional family who test his seemingly unwavering faith.
Director: Katrin Gebbe | Stars: Julius Feldmeier, Sascha Alexander Gersak, Annika Kuhl, Gro Swantje Kohlhof
Votes: 2,143 | Gross: $0.00M
29. Priest (1994)
R | 98 min | Drama, Romance
A homosexual Catholic priest finds out during confessional that a young girl is being sexually abused by her father, and has to decide how to deal with both that secret and his own.
Director: Antonia Bird | Stars: Linus Roache, Tom Wilkinson, Robert Carlyle, Cathy Tyson
Votes: 11,061 | Gross: $4.18M
30. Jeffrey (1995)
R | 92 min | Comedy, Drama
A poignant romantic comedy about the quest for love and intimacy in the age of AIDS. A story of a thirtyish gay actor/waiter who decides to become celibate...the risk of AIDS has taken all the joy from sex.
Director: Christopher Ashley | Stars: Steven Weber, Michael T. Weiss, Peter Jacobson, Tom Cayler
Votes: 6,778 | Gross: $3.49M
31. Sex Guaranteed (2017)
Not Rated | 81 min | Comedy
Kevin has sworn off sex to win back his former fiancé when he meets a beautiful escort named Zade. Over the course of a legendary party, Zade just might provide the spark that this heartbroken idealist needs to turn his life around.
Directors: Brad Barnes, Todd Barnes | Stars: Grey Damon, Bella Dayne, Stephen Dorff, Dan Fogler
Votes: 700
32. The Unbelievable Truth (1989)
R | 90 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A man returns to his home town after serving a prison sentence for homicide, and finds that the details of the crime have been forgotten and replaced with local legends and rumors.
Director: Hal Hartley | Stars: Adrienne Shelly, Robert John Burke, Chris Cooke, Julia McNeal
Votes: 6,312 | Gross: $0.55M
33. Easy (2003)
R | 99 min | Comedy, Romance, Drama
Heart-broken after several affairs, a woman finds herself torn between a Poet and a TV Host.
Director: Jane Weinstock | Stars: Marguerite Moreau, Brían F. O'Byrne, Naveen Andrews, Emily Deschanel
Votes: 1,776 | Gross: $0.01M
34. Deliver Us from Evil (2006)
Not Rated | 101 min | Documentary, Crime
Documentary about Father Oliver O'Grady, a Catholic priest who was relocated to various parishes around the United States during the 1970s in an attempt by the Catholic Church to cover up his rape of dozens of children.
Director: Amy Berg | Stars: Oliver O'Grady, Thomas Doyle, Adam, Jeff Anderson
Votes: 10,848 | Gross: $30.58M
35. The Crime of Padre Amaro (2002)
R | 118 min | Drama, Romance
Politics and sexual passions threaten to corrupt a young, newly-ordained priest in a small Mexican town.
Director: Carlos Carrera | Stars: Gael García Bernal, Ana Claudia Talancón, Sancho Gracia, Angélica Aragón
Votes: 14,439 | Gross: $5.71M
36. Burnt Money (2000)
R | 125 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
Nene & Angel and their accomplice Cuervo participate in a botched bank robbery in 1965 Buenos Aires, then hide out from the police in Uruguay while the gang breaks down.
Director: Marcelo Piñeyro | Stars: Eduardo Noriega, Leonardo Sbaraglia, Pablo Echarri, Leticia Brédice
Votes: 6,872 | Gross: $0.24M
37. Amy's Orgasm (2001)
R | 87 min | Comedy, Romance
Story of a 29-year-old Ivy League-educated, self-help author as she grudgingly falls for a shock-jock radio host with a reputation for hitting on his bimbo guests.
Director: Julie Davis | Stars: Julie Davis, Nick Chinlund, Caroline Aaron, Mitchell Whitfield
Votes: 1,895 | Gross: $0.51M
38. Heaven's Gate (2020)
TV-MA | 52 min | Documentary, Crime
A comprehensive analysis of the UFO cult. The disappearance of 20 people, and the largest suicide on U.S. soil. Forever changing the face of modern era religion.
Stars: Janja Lalich, Benjamin Zeller, Robert Balch, Frank Lyford
Votes: 3,055
39. The Tao of Steve (2000)
R | 87 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Underachieving, overweight kindergarten teacher Dex finds a woman who forces him to reexamine his Zen-like system of seduction.
Director: Jenniphr Goodman | Stars: Donal Logue, Ayelet Kaznelson, John Hines, John Harrington Bland
Votes: 7,796 | Gross: $4.34M
40. Maddalena (1971)
R | 113 min | Drama, Romance
Maddalena is a sensuous woman who desperately tries to seduce a tormented priest.
Director: Jerzy Kawalerowicz | Stars: Lisa Gastoni, Eric Woofe, Ivo Garrani, Paolo Gozlino
Votes: 199
41. The Priest (1978)
TV-MA | 109 min | Comedy, Drama
Obsessed with fantasies of sex, Father Miguel seeks professional help through his church but they are not listening; thus leaving the Father in a dilemma; leaving the church or should he try, on his own, to surrender to these temptations?
Director: Eloy de la Iglesia | Stars: Simón Andreu, Emilio Gutiérrez Caba, José Franco, Ramón Repáraz
Votes: 273
42. Squanto: A Warrior's Tale (1994)
PG | 102 min | Adventure, Biography, Drama
Fictional chronicle of Squanto's life prior to and including the arrival of the "Mayflower" in 1620.
Director: Xavier Koller | Stars: Adam Beach, Mandy Patinkin, Sheldon Peters Wolfchild, Irene Bedard
Votes: 1,435 | Gross: $3.34M
43. A Town Called Hell (1971)
R | 95 min | Action, Drama, Western
A group of Mexican revolutionaries murders a town priest and a number of his christian followers. Ten years later, a widow arrives in town intent to take revenge from her husband's killers.
Directors: Robert Parrish, Irving Lerner | Stars: Telly Savalas, Robert Shaw, Stella Stevens, Fernando Rey
Votes: 846
44. In the Name Of (2013)
Not Rated | 102 min | Drama, Thriller
Running toward God but away from his sexuality, Adam became a priest at age 21. Now the head of a rural parish, he's still tormented by desire. When Father Adam attempts to help a troubled teen, long-suppressed feelings begin to surface.
Director: Malgorzata Szumowska | Stars: Andrzej Chyra, Mateusz Kosciukiewicz, Maja Ostaszewska, Lukasz Simlat
Votes: 3,284
45. Paap (2003)
Not Rated | 120 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Kaya lives in a Buddhist village of Monks with her father who wants Kaya to devote her self to god and not live a normal like other females.The village head monk Lamha asks Kaya to travel ... See full summary »
Director: Pooja Bhatt | Stars: John Abraham, Udita Goswami, Mohan Agashe, Gulshan Grover
Votes: 913
46. Porn in the Hood (2012)
95 min | Comedy
Mousten, Momo and Abdelkrim spend their time letting their lives slip by. Until the day they discover an auditions advertisement in a porn magazine. From their standpoint of no girls and no... See full summary »
Director: Franck Gastambide | Stars: Medi Sadoun, Franck Gastambide, Jib Pocthier, Alice Belaïdi
Votes: 1,741
47. Are All Men Pedophiles? (2013)
Not Rated | 70 min | Documentary
What is the difference between us and pedophiles?
Director: Jan-Willem Breure | Stars: Jan-Willem Breure, Dick Swaab, Corine de Ruiter, Savannah van Zweeden
Votes: 6,331
48. Intimate Strangers (2004)
R | 104 min | Drama, Romance, Thriller
A Frenchwoman tells her marital troubles to a man she mistakes for a psychiatrist, and soon they form an unusual relationship.
Director: Patrice Leconte | Stars: Sandrine Bonnaire, Fabrice Luchini, Michel Duchaussoy, Anne Brochet
Votes: 5,284 | Gross: $2.11M
49. The Devil's Playground (1976)
107 min | Drama
Fred Schepisi's first feature is this lushly photographed period drama detailing a young boy's coming-of-age in a strict Catholic seminary in 1950s Australia.
Director: Fred Schepisi | Stars: Charles McCallum, John Frawley, Arthur Dignam, Nick Tate
Votes: 1,318
50. Mea Maxima Culpa: Silence in the House of God (2012)
TV-14 | 106 min | Documentary
Alex Gibney explores the charged issue of pedophilia in the Catholic Church, following a trail from the first known protest against clerical sexual abuse in the United States and all the way to the Vatican.
Director: Alex Gibney | Stars: Alex Gibney, Terry Kohut, Gary Smith, Pat Kuehn
Votes: 4,095