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1. Sleeping Beauty (1959)

G | 75 min | Animation, Adventure, Family

After being snubbed by the royal family, a malevolent fairy places a curse on a princess which only a prince can break, along with the help of three good fairies.

Directors: Les Clark, Clyde Geronimi, Eric Larson, Wolfgang Reitherman, Hamilton Luske | Stars: Mary Costa, Bill Shirley, Eleanor Audley, Verna Felton

Votes: 161,056 | Gross: $51.60M

2. All About Eve (1950)

Passed | 138 min | Drama

A seemingly timid but secretly ruthless ingénue insinuates herself into the lives of an aging Broadway star and her circle of theater friends.

Director: Joseph L. Mankiewicz | Stars: Bette Davis, Anne Baxter, George Sanders, Celeste Holm

Votes: 138,893 | Gross: $0.01M

3. Butter (I) (2011)

R | 90 min | Comedy, Drama

In Iowa, a girl in foster care discovers her talent for butter carving and finds herself pitted against an ambitious local woman in their town's annual contest.

Director: Jim Field Smith | Stars: Jennifer Garner, Yara Shahidi, Ty Burrell, Olivia Wilde

Votes: 22,486 | Gross: $0.07M

4. The Wicked Lady (1945)

Not Rated | 97 min | Adventure, Drama

A noblewoman begins to lead a dangerous double life in order to alleviate her boredom.

Director: Leslie Arliss | Stars: Margaret Lockwood, James Mason, Patricia Roc, Griffith Jones

Votes: 1,640

5. Crime of Passion (1956)

Approved | 86 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir

Kathy leaves the newspaper business to marry homicide detective Bill but is frustrated by his lack of ambition and the banality of life in the suburbs. Her drive to advance Bill's career soon takes her down a dangerous path.

Director: Gerd Oswald | Stars: Barbara Stanwyck, Sterling Hayden, Raymond Burr, Fay Wray

Votes: 2,858

6. Tall Story (1960)

Approved | 91 min | Comedy, Sport

A young insecure college sportsman is in trouble. He wants to marry his very straightforward girlfriend, also a student, but has no money. When he is offered a bribe to fix a game, he is torn even more about the matter.

Director: Joshua Logan | Stars: Anthony Perkins, Jane Fonda, Ray Walston, Marc Connelly

Votes: 1,246 | Gross: $12.00M

7. Three Hours to Kill (1954)

Approved | 77 min | Western

Framed for murder, Jim Guthrie barely escapes lynching by the town mob, becomes a wanted fugitive for three years but returns to find the real killer.

Director: Alfred L. Werker | Stars: Dana Andrews, Donna Reed, Dianne Foster, Stephen Elliott

Votes: 914

8. Twist of Fate (2016 TV Movie)

TV-PG | 86 min | Romance

When a temporary auto call worker rescues an interior designer by talking with her to calm her down the two believe that they should explore the spark they felt during the call, however due... See full summary »

Director: Farhad Mann | Stars: Cassie Steele, Ryan Kennedy, Karissa Tynes, Andrew Francis

Votes: 617

9. Serpent of the Nile (1953)

Approved | 81 min | Adventure, Biography, History

In 44 BC, after the assassination of the leader of Rome Julius Caesar, Egyptian Queen Cleopatra and one of the highest ranking Roman generals and Caesar's possible successor Mark Anthony begin a tragic love affair.

Director: William Castle | Stars: Rhonda Fleming, William Lundigan, Raymond Burr, Jean Byron

Votes: 344

10. Ramrod (1947)

Passed | 94 min | Action, Romance, Western

Violent feud between Connie Dickason, the owner of the Circle 66 ranch and rancher Frank Ivey, the self-proclaimed boss of an otherwise public grazing land.

Director: André De Toth | Stars: Joel McCrea, Veronica Lake, Don DeFore, Donald Crisp

Votes: 1,852

11. Three Strangers (1946)

Approved | 92 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir

Three strangers, each dealing with a serious problem, share a sweepstakes ticket which they wished upon together before a Chinese idol.

Director: Jean Negulesco | Stars: Peter Lorre, Sydney Greenstreet, Geraldine Fitzgerald, Joan Lorring

Votes: 2,565

12. Flesh (1932)

Passed | 96 min | Drama, Romance

Gifted German wrestler Polokai falls in love with ex-con Laura, who persuades him to emigrate to America and gets him involved with crooked promoters.

Director: John Ford | Stars: Wallace Beery, Ricardo Cortez, Karen Morley, Jean Hersholt

Votes: 735

13. Relative Evil (2001)

R | 95 min | Drama, Comedy

A troubled 17-year-old struggles to adjust to life after rehab.

Director: Tanya Wexler | Stars: Jonathan Tucker, Jennifer Tilly, David Strathairn, Dan Moran

Votes: 426

14. Invitation (1952)

Not Rated | 84 min | Drama, Romance

A millionaire tries to buy his dying daughter a husband.

Director: Gottfried Reinhardt | Stars: Van Johnson, Dorothy McGuire, Ruth Roman, Louis Calhern

Votes: 659

15. You Can't Have Everything (1937)

Passed | 100 min | Comedy, Music, Mystery

Starving playwright Judith Wells meets playboy writer of musicals George Macrae over a plate of stolen spaghetti. He persuades producer Sam Gordon to buy her ridiculous play "North Winds" ... See full summary »

Director: Norman Taurog | Stars: Alice Faye, The Ritz Brothers, Don Ameche, Charles Winninger

Votes: 276

16. Ladies Should Listen (1934)

Passed | 62 min | Comedy, Romance

The switchboard operator in an apartment building falls in love with a businessman who lives in the building, whom she has gotten to know only over the phone. When she discovers that the ... See full summary »

Director: Frank Tuttle | Stars: Cary Grant, Frances Drake, Edward Everett Horton, Nydia Westman

Votes: 506

17. Nobody's Children (1951)

102 min | Drama, Romance

The tragic love story between marble-quarry owner Mario and Luisa, daughter of one of his employees.

Director: Raffaello Matarazzo | Stars: Yvonne Sanson, Amedeo Nazzari, Françoise Rosay, Folco Lulli

Votes: 417

18. Woman of the North Country (1952)

Approved | 90 min | Action, Drama, Romance

In 1890 Minnesota Christine Powell is the scheming head of the Powell dynasty, the richest mining empire of the era. But the Powell mine deposits are diminishing. The Mesabi range ... See full summary »

Director: Joseph Kane | Stars: Rod Cameron, Ruth Hussey, John Agar, Gale Storm

Votes: 65

19. O ziliarogatos (1956)

104 min | Comedy

The wife of an industrialist who doesn't care about her creates a plot with her cousin to make him jealous.

Director: Giorgos Tzavellas | Stars: Vasilis Logothetidis, Ilia Livykou, Labros Konstadaras, Smaro Stefanidou

Votes: 477

20. Love and Hisses (1934)

18 min | Short, Comedy

A woman locks her daughter up to prevent her from marrying her sweetheart until the sweetheart's father first marries the mother. Step-sibling marriage is the least of the ensuing complications.

Director: Sam White | Stars: Bobby Clark, Paul McCullough, Ferdinand Munier, Maude Truax

Votes: 27

21. Bliss (2002–2004)
Episode: Leaper (2002)

TV-MA | 22 min | Drama, Romance

Young insecure author, Julie, meets dominant older publisher Diane. They witness the suicide of a disturbed homeless woman. Julie is shaken up by this, but scheming Diane uses that to seduce Julie.

Director: Holly Dale | Stars: Paule Ducharme, Michelle Anne Lipper, Emma Stevens, Millie Tresierra

Votes: 29

22. Covington Cross (1992)
Episode: Blinded Passions (1992)

Adventure, History

Baron Mullens' plot to kidnap Eleanor Grey is foiled by an unlikely rescuer - an apprentice blacksmith called Lucas who dreams of becoming a knight. Sir Thomas' widowed sister-in-law visits... See full summary »

Director: Joe Napolitano | Stars: Nigel Terry, Cherie Lunghi, James Faulkner, Jonathan Firth

Votes: 13

23. Dallas (1978–1991)
Episode: Fools Rush In (1984)

TV-PG | 50 min | Drama, Romance

J.R. works behind the scenes to enmesh Cliff in an untenable financial situation he can turn to his own personal and pecuniary advantage. J.R. draws Peter into his web. Cliff desperately seeks to secure funds. Pam gets devastating news.

Director: Michael Preece | Stars: Barbara Bel Geddes, Patrick Duffy, Linda Gray, Larry Hagman

Votes: 112

24. Dallas (1978–1991)
Episode: The Mark of Cain (1981)

TV-PG | 49 min | Drama, Romance

Bobby gets caught between Jock and Miss Ellie. Pam's mother reappears. J.R. is manipulated by Leslie Stewart.

Director: Larry Hagman | Stars: Barbara Bel Geddes, Jim Davis, Patrick Duffy, Linda Gray

Votes: 144

25. The High Chaparral (1967–1971)
Episode: The Widow from Red Rock (1967)

PG | 60 min | Western

The widow of the owner of a neighboring ranch returns to take over the ranch after Comancheros attacked wanting money from her crooked husband. She continues the deal with them while asking Buck to be her foreman and marry her.

Directors: William F. Claxton, Robert Sparr | Stars: Leif Erickson, Cameron Mitchell, Mark Slade, Henry Darrow

Votes: 74

26. Midnight Caller (1988–1991)
Episode: Blame It on Midnight (1989)

Drama

Jack meets a night club singer, dates her and falls hard for her. She warns him of her ex-husband who's not willing to let her go. The man even attacks Jack with a knife in a bar. Later the man is killed and Jack is the prime suspect.

Director: Peter Levin | Stars: Gary Cole, Wendy Kilbourne, Dennis Dun, Arthur Taxier

Votes: 16

27. Star Trek (1966–1969)
Episode: A Private Little War (1968)

TV-PG | 50 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

Peaceful, primitive peoples get caught up in the struggle between superpowers, with Kirk unhappily trying to restore the balance of power disrupted by the Klingons.

Director: Marc Daniels | Stars: William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, DeForest Kelley, Nancy Kovack

Votes: 3,283

28. Thriller (1960–1962)
Episode: The Mark of the Hand (1960)

TV-PG | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Horror

A young girl is accused of murder and refuses to speak to anyone ever again.

Director: Paul Henreid | Stars: Boris Karloff, Mona Freeman, Jessie Royce Landis, Shepperd Strudwick

Votes: 209

29. Likely Suspects (1992– )
Episode: Pilot (1992)

Comedy, Crime, Mystery

Police detective Marshak and his nameless, silent, new rookie partner, through whose eyes the show is seen, investigate the murder of a beautiful, seductive, unscrupulous, scheming and ambitious young blonde female news anchor.

Director: Don Scardino | Stars: Sam McMurray, Jason Schombing, Barbara Bain, Donna Bullock

30. Dallas (1978–1991)
Episode: True Confessions (1984)

TV-PG | 48 min | Drama, Romance

Bobby confronts Jenna about Charlie's parentage and has difficulty accepting the fact that Jenna has led him on. Katherine sets up a confrontation between Naldo, Jenna, and Bobby but is not pleased with the results and Naldo's predictions.

Director: Paul Krasny | Stars: Barbara Bel Geddes, Patrick Duffy, Linda Gray, Larry Hagman

Votes: 114

31. I, Claudius (1976)
Episode: A Touch of Murder (1976)

Not Rated | 98 min | Biography, Drama, History

In 54 AD, Emperor Claudius - elderly and lame from birth - is writing his biography and the history of his family. He recalls an encounter with the Sibyl, who recognizes him from his ... See full summary »

Director: Herbert Wise | Stars: Derek Jacobi, Siân Phillips, Brian Blessed, George Baker

Votes: 514

32. I, Claudius (1976)
Episode: Waiting in the Wings (1976)

Not Rated | 52 min | Biography, Drama, History

Whilst Tiberius in exile derives some comfort from hearing of the mysterious death of Gaius, Antonia confesses to Julia her disappointment in Claudius. She chastises his siblings ... See full summary »

Director: Herbert Wise | Stars: Derek Jacobi, Siân Phillips, Brian Blessed, George Baker

Votes: 407

33. I, Claudius (1976)
Episode: What Shall We Do About Claudius? (1976)

Not Rated | 52 min | Biography, Drama, History

Six years have passed. Germanicus has joined Tiberius in the Germanian campaign, to avenge the Roman legion slaughtered at the Battle of the Teutoburg Forest. Claudius remains at home, ... See full summary »

Director: Herbert Wise | Stars: Derek Jacobi, Siân Phillips, Brian Blessed, George Baker

Votes: 400

34. Affairs of the Heart (1974–1975)
Episode: Adela (1974)

Comedy, Drama, Romance

Adela, who has taken on the role of running the family since her mother's death, must work to 'save' her father from re-marrying and her brother from a scheming music hall artiste.

Director: Michael Lindsay-Hogg | Stars: Anna Calder-Marshall, Vivian Pickles, Richard Vernon, Georgina Hale

Votes: 10

35. Affairs of the Heart (1974–1975)
Episode: Milly (1975)

Comedy, Drama, Romance

A number of people in London society are attracted to Milly's fortune, when they find the heiress is ailing.

Director: Derek Bennett | Stars: Rosalind Ayres, Lois Baxter, Gary Bond, Stuart Wilson

Votes: 9

36. Justified (2010–2015)
Episode: The Collection (2010)

TV-MA | 41 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Raylan turns to an art collector to help bring a criminal to justice, but the case soon turns to a murder investigation. Meanwhile, Raylan's ex-wife turns to him for help, and he turns to Boyd Crowder to gather dirt on his father.

Director: Rod Holcomb | Stars: Timothy Olyphant, Nick Searcy, Joelle Carter, Jacob Pitts

Votes: 2,047

37. The Musketeers (2014–2016)
Episode: Sleight of Hand (2014)

TV-14 | 55 min | Adventure, Drama

Vadim is determined to make life as unbearable as possible for the authorities that have imprisoned him, after he manages to organize a full-scale riot.

Director: Toby Haynes | Stars: Santiago Cabrera, Tom Burke, Luke Pasqualino, Howard Charles

Votes: 635

38. The 1st Shop of Coffee Prince (2007)
Episode: First Cup (2007)

TV-Y | 60 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

As a tomboy struggles through multiple jobs that don't quite make ends meet, a wealthy matriarch plans to change her ungrounded 29-year-old spoiled grandson.

Stars: Gong Yoo, Yoon Eun-hye, Lee Sun-kyun, Chae Jeong-an

Votes: 54

39. Detective Anna (2016–2017)
Episode: Family Values (2016)

46 min | Crime, Fantasy, Mystery

A visiting student was found killed in the forest of the Yelagin family. His spirit asks Anna to uncover the secret of his death. Shtolman finds out that the student came to the city to ... See full summary »

Director: Feliks Gerchikov | Stars: Aleksandra Nikiforova, Dmitriy Frid, Sergey Druzyak, Boris Khvoshnyanskiy

Votes: 54