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1. The Glass Castle (2017)
PG-13 | 127 min | Biography, Drama
A young girl comes of age in a dysfunctional family of nonconformist nomads with a mother who's an eccentric artist and an alcoholic father who would stir the children's imagination with hope as a distraction to their poverty.
Director: Destin Daniel Cretton | Stars: Brie Larson, Woody Harrelson, Naomi Watts, Ella Anderson
Votes: 38,662 | Gross: $17.27M
2. Arizona (2018)
TV-MA | 85 min | Comedy, Thriller
Set in the midst of the 2009 housing crisis, this darkly comedic story follows Cassie Fowler, a single mom and struggling realtor whose life goes off the rails when she witnesses a murder.
Director: Jonathan Watson | Stars: Danny McBride, Rosemarie DeWitt, Lolli Sorenson, Luke Wilson
Votes: 8,939
3. Patti Cake$ (2017)
R | 109 min | Drama, Music
PATTI CAKE$ is centered on aspiring rapper Patricia Dombrowski, a.k.a. Killa P, a.k.a. Patti Cake$, who is fighting an unlikely quest for glory in her downtrodden hometown in New Jersey.
Director: Geremy Jasper | Stars: Danielle Macdonald, Sahr Ngaujah, Bridget Everett, Mamoudou Athie
Votes: 10,538 | Gross: $0.80M
4. Farinelli (1994)
R | 111 min | Biography, Drama, Music
The story of castrato opera singer Carlo Broschi, who enthralled 18th-century European audiences under his stage name Farinelli.
Director: Gérard Corbiau | Stars: Stefano Dionisi, Enrico Lo Verso, Elsa Zylberstein, Caroline Cellier
Votes: 7,366 | Gross: $2.12M
5. Early Summer (1951)
Not Rated | 125 min | Drama, Romance
A family chooses a match for their daughter Noriko, but she, surprisingly, has her own plans.
Director: Yasujirô Ozu | Stars: Setsuko Hara, Chishû Ryû, Chikage Awashima, Kuniko Miyake
Votes: 9,715
6. Mad Love (1935)
Passed | 68 min | Horror, Romance, Sci-Fi
In Paris, a demented surgeon's obsession with a British actress leads him to secretly replace her concert-pianist husband's mangled hands with those of a guillotined murderer with a gift for knife-throwing.
Director: Karl Freund | Stars: Peter Lorre, Frances Drake, Colin Clive, Ted Healy
Votes: 5,890 | Gross: $0.37M
7. Street Scene (1931)
Passed | 80 min | Drama, Romance
Twenty-four hours elapse on the stoop of a Hell's Kitchen tenement as a microcosm of the American melting pot interconnects during a summer heatwave.
Director: King Vidor | Stars: Sylvia Sidney, William Collier Jr., Estelle Taylor, Beulah Bondi
Votes: 2,056
8. The Fall Guy (1930)
Passed | 66 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
When a hapless pharmacist loses his job and falls in with criminals, he's soon made The Fall Guy. Unemployed, Johnny Quinlan (Jack Mulhall) starts doing jobs for underworld chieftain Nifty ... See full summary »
Director: Leslie Pearce | Stars: Jack Mulhall, Mae Clarke, Ned Sparks, Wynne Gibson
Votes: 201
9. The Girl from Jones Beach (1949)
Passed | 78 min | Comedy, Romance
A pinup artist (Ronald Reagan) in search of the perfect woman poses as a Czech immigrant to win over a shapely schoolteacher (Virginia Mayo) who’s more into facts than figures.
Director: Peter Godfrey | Stars: Ronald Reagan, Virginia Mayo, Eddie Bracken, Dona Drake
Votes: 621
10. Our Daily Bread (1934)
Passed | 80 min | Drama, Romance
A group of down-on-their-luck workers combine their abilities to make a Gallafentian-style commune... and bread!
Director: King Vidor | Stars: Karen Morley, Tom Keene, Barbara Pepper, Addison Richards
Votes: 2,202
11. A Christmas Romance (1994 TV Movie)
TV-PG | 94 min | Comedy, Drama, Family
A widowed mother with financial woes comes to the aid of a bill collector who crashes his car in a snowstorm.
Director: Sheldon Larry | Stars: Olivia Newton-John, Gregory Harrison, Chloe Lattanzi, Stephanie Sawyer
Votes: 913
12. Chicago (1927)
Passed | 105 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
A wild jazz-loving and boozing wife Roxie Hart, kills her boyfriend in cold blood after he leaves her.
Director: Frank Urson | Stars: Phyllis Haver, Victor Varconi, Virginia Bradford, Robert Edeson
Votes: 547 | Gross: $1.05M
13. The Twonky (1953)
84 min | Comedy, Sci-Fi
Tweedy college professor discovers his new TV set is animate, apparently possessed by something from the future, and militantly intent on regulating his daily life.
Director: Arch Oboler | Stars: Hans Conried, William H. Lynn, Gloria Blondell, Edwin Max
Votes: 630
14. Saturday's Children (1940)
Approved | 102 min | Drama, Romance
After meeting each other as fellow employees at J.B. Martin Co., forthright twenty-two year old Bobby Halevy and twenty-five year old Rims Rosson, who has his head in the clouds in coming ... See full summary »
Director: Vincent Sherman | Stars: John Garfield, Anne Shirley, Claude Rains, Roscoe Karns
Votes: 583
15. The American Clock (1993 TV Movie)
92 min | Drama
This film is based on Arthur Miller's recollection of the events of the 1930s Depression. John Rubinstein, Mary McDonnell, and Loren Dean are all members of an upper class family who find ... See full summary »
Director: Bob Clark | Stars: Darren McGavin, David Strathairn, Felton Perry, Mary McDonnell
Votes: 116
16. Young Man with Ideas (1952)
Approved | 84 min | Comedy, Drama
A young lawyer encounters problems while relocating his family.
Director: Mitchell Leisen | Stars: Glenn Ford, Ruth Roman, Denise Darcel, Nina Foch
Votes: 500
17. Blondie Takes a Vacation (1939)
Passed | 69 min | Adventure, Comedy, Family
Blondie and Dagwood are in charge of operations at a mountain motel. The elderly owners of the establishment are in danger of losing their life savings. Among other things, arson threatens.
Director: Frank R. Strayer | Stars: Penny Singleton, Arthur Lake, Larry Simms, Daisy
Votes: 426
18. The Bill Collector (2010)
Not Rated | 93 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
Lorenzo Adams works at a bill collection agency in Norfolk. When an old debt of his own suddenly comes, Lorenzo has less than three weeks to payback $150,000.
Director: Cristobal Krusen | Stars: Danny Trejo, Gary Ray Moore, Brandon Hardesty, Ron Kenoly
Votes: 456
19. The Good Fellows (1943)
Approved | 70 min | Comedy, Romance
The title of Grand Caesar in the Ancient Order of Noblest Romans of Wakefield, Indiana keeps Jim "Pop" Helton so involved and distracted that he forgets to pay the family's bills, nearly ... See full summary »
Director: Jo Graham | Stars: Cecil Kellaway, Helen Walker, Mabel Paige, James Brown
Votes: 41
20. Silver Skates (1943)
Approved | 78 min | Musical
Claire (Patricia Morison), owner of an ice-show, faces bankruptcy because Belita (Belita), star of the show, is about to leave and marry her sweetheart Tom (Henry Wadsworth). Danny (Kenny ... See full summary »
Director: Leslie Goodwins | Stars: Kenny Baker, Patricia Morison, Belita, Frick and Frack
Votes: 127
21. O, My Darling Clementine (1943)
Approved | 68 min | Comedy, Music
"Dapper Dan" Franklin (Frank Albertson) and his small troupe of actors become stranded in the small town of Harmony, Tennessee. The town is shackled by Blue Laws imposed upon it by a City ... See full summary »
Director: Frank McDonald | Stars: Roy Acuff, Roy Acuff and His Smoky Mountain Boys and Girls, The Radio Rogues, Isabel Randolph
Votes: 34
22. The Farmer's Daughter (1940)
Approved | 60 min | Comedy, Music, Romance
Broadway producer Nickie North, and his press agent Scoop Trimble, land a backer for a new show, but their "angel" requires that they rehearse the show out-of-town and star Clarice Sheldon,... See full summary »
Director: James P. Hogan | Stars: Martha Raye, Charles Ruggles, Richard Denning, Gertrude Michael
Votes: 74
23. Top Sergeant Mulligan (1941)
Passed | 70 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
Deadbeats Pat Dolan and Budd Doolittle are being harassed around the clock by Herman Mulligan, a no-excuses-accepted bill collector who has little use for people who don't pay their bills. ... See full summary »
Director: Jean Yarbrough | Stars: Nat Pendleton, Carol Hughes, Sterling Holloway, Marjorie Reynolds
Votes: 24
24. Calm Yourself (1935)
Passed | 70 min | Comedy, Mystery, Romance
Advertising executive Preston 'Pat' Patton is fired from his job by Col. Allenby when he discovers him wooing his daughter Mary Elizabeth. Pat tries to remain calm and starts the agency '... See full summary »
Director: George B. Seitz | Stars: Robert Young, Madge Evans, Betty Furness, Ralph Morgan
Votes: 172
25. Ginger (1935)
Passed | 80 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Ginger, an orphan, is living with her foster-uncle, Rexford Whittington, a broken-down Shakesperian actor. Although denied the love of a mother and father, Ginger looks after her uncle, ... See full summary »
Director: Lewis Seiler | Stars: Jane Withers, O.P. Heggie, Jackie Searl, Katharine Alexander
Votes: 75
26. We're Rich Again (1934)
Passed | 71 min | Comedy
The wedding of their daughter brings many surprises, including a determined bill collector, a bad business venture, an elopement, and an unexpected windfall. They all add up to a barrel of one-liners and slap-stick.
Director: William A. Seiter | Stars: Edna May Oliver, Billie Burke, Marian Nixon, Reginald Denny
Votes: 252
27. Trapped by Television (1936)
Approved | 64 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
An inventor looking for backing for his television invention gets involved with a crooked businessman and gangsters who try to steal his invention.
Director: Del Lord | Stars: Mary Astor, Lyle Talbot, Nat Pendleton, Joyce Compton
Votes: 357
28. I'll Love You Always (1935)
Passed | 68 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
Nora Clegg, an actress, marries Carl Brent, an unemployed young engineer, whose estimation of his worth and ability keeps him from getting a job. He finally acquires a position that will ... See full summary »
Director: Leo Bulgakov | Stars: Nancy Carroll, George Murphy, Raymond Walburn, Arthur Hohl
Votes: 29
29. Tin Tan y las modelos (1960)
80 min | Comedy
Director: Benito Alazraki | Stars: Germán Valdés, Lorena Velázquez, Pancho Córdova, Marquesita Radell
Votes: 28
30. Rift (III) (2018)
22 min | Short, Drama
Lidor is a 15 years old girl who lives with her unemployed father Oded. when the electricity in their house shuts down, she must find a way to bring it back.
Director: Yarden Lipshitz Louz | Stars: Yonatan Adini, Avigdor Hasson, Bina Louz, Bar Meron
Votes: 18
31. Money to Loan (1939)
Passed | 20 min | Short, Crime, Drama
The MGM crime reporter introduces Norman Kennedy, District Attorney of a large city, who talks about the general want for money, and the extraordinary lengths to which some will go to get ... See full summary »
Director: Joseph M. Newman | Stars: Alan Dinehart, Paul Guilfoyle, John Butler, Addison Richards
Votes: 101
32. The Usurer (1910)
Not Rated | 17 min | Drama, Short
A wealthy, callous moneylender finds a terrifying way to learn about money's limitations.
Director: D.W. Griffith | Stars: George Nichols, Grace Henderson, Alfred Paget, Anthony O'Sullivan
Votes: 282
33. Past Due (I)
Drama | Announced
Self-proclaimed "bill collector extraordinaire," Ray Weaver, has spent his entire life intimidating people. Finding himself down on his luck and off his game yet again, he decides there ... See full summary »
Director: Benn Perry | Stars: Dawna Lee Heising, Mark Justice, Angela Kerecz, Carrie Bradstreet
34. Cracked Shots (1934)
20 min | Comedy, Short
A gambler foolishly loses a week's pay at dice. No problem--he'll just win it back at a shooting competition. Never mind that he has never shot a gun in his life. Warning: Gun violence played for comedy.
Director: George Stevens | Stars: Tom Kennedy, Will Stanton, Helen Starr, Nat Carr
Votes: 15
35. Nayti i obezvredit (1983)
87 min | Action, Adventure
Fyodor (B.Nevzorov) hasnt been in home land for 10 years. After leaving for Moscow for education, he stayed there for living. And now he persuaded his two colleagues to pass the vacation in... See full synopsis »
Director: Georgiy Kuznetsov | Stars: Boris Nevzorov, Andrey Gradov, Aleksandr Voevodin, Irina Shmelyova
Votes: 68
36. Speed Madness (1932)
Passed | Action, Adventure, Drama
Bob Stuart, the idle son of a shipbuilding magnate gets a job at his father's shipyard. The company's major project is to design a new speedboat in order to win a major new contract.
Director: George Crone | Stars: Richard Talmadge, Charles Sellon, Lucien Littlefield, Nancy Drexel
Votes: 22
37. The White Hope (1936)
19 min | Short, Comedy
Joe Cook (Joe Cook)is a gymnasium owner and boxing promoter who is working to build up prizefighter George the Greek (George Givot)as the next Great White Hope that will defeat ... See full summary »
Director: Walter Graham | Stars: Joe Cook, George Givot, Bernadene Hayes, George Watts
Votes: 14
38. Careful Please (1926)
25 min | Comedy, Short
A bill collector working in a tough neighborhood manages to rescue a young socialite from kidnappers.
Director: Norman Taurog | Stars: Lloyd Hamilton, Marcella Daly, Dick Sutherland, Louise Carver
Votes: 30
39. Under the Shedding Chestnut Tree (1942)
Approved | 8 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
A pelican blacksmith is bedeviled by a tree, which drops its burred-covered chestnuts on a horse just as he is trying to shoe it.
Directors: Bob Wickersham, Frank Tashlin | Stars: Pinto Colvig, Frank Graham
Votes: 20
40. Getting Rid of Trouble (1912)
10 min | Comedy, Short
The Newlyweds move into their new flat and prepare to entertain their uncle. A cook must be engaged and they go to the employment office to get one. It would spoil the fun to describe her; ... See full summary »
Director: Dell Henderson | Stars: Charles Murray, Edward Dillon, William J. Butler, Kathleen Butler
41. Tooting Tooters (1954)
Approved | 17 min | Comedy, Short
In this Columbia All-Star Comedy Andy Clyde is running a second-hand music store and his sister leaves her two boys with him. The boys and some of their friends start playing swing music ... See full summary »
Director: Jules White | Stars: Andy Clyde, Gail Bonney, Barbara Bartay, Benny Bartlett
42. Double Trouble (II) (1927)
22 min | Short, Comedy
Snub and Fat are roommates and vaudevillians. When the call for an audition comes, they pull out the stops to land the job, despite the poor reception by the chorus girls. When that fails, they turn to bill-collecting.
Director: James D. Davis | Stars: 'Snub' Pollard, Marvin Loback, Harry Martell, Jack 'Tiny' Lipson
Votes: 14
43. The Bill Collector (2002)
16 min | Drama, Short
A stock broker who is overcome with greed sees the reality of his life, finding an intriguing friend along the way.
Director: Valorie Stover | Stars: Tawanda Blair, Pam Kennedy Boylan, Tim Ozgener
44. Queenie of Hollywood (1931)
20 min | Short, Comedy
Three girls apply for maid jobs at a resort but are taken for royalty when a telegram about their dog Queenie is intercepted.Film producers vie to put them under contract but selling a ... See full summary »
Director: Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle | Stars: Rita Flynn, Virginia Brooks, Jeanne Farrin, Fern Emmett
Votes: 19
45. Chaos (1996 Video Game)
Adventure, Comedy, Mystery
Odd educational adventure inspired by the chaos theory and fractal mathematics. You must follow clues left by your eccentric uncle to discover why nothing makes sense and why a debt collector is looking for you.
Directors: Kam Stewart, Pippin Parker | Stars: Catherine Lloyd Burns, Michael Campbell, Craig Carlisle, William Duff-Griffin
46.
Follow the Sun (1961–1962)
Episode:
Mele Kalikimaka to You
(1961)
60 min | Adventure
Ben Gregory and Eric Jason throw a Christmas party for the meanest man on Oahu.
Director: Mitchell Leisen | Stars: Barry Coe, Gary Lockwood, Gigi Perreau, Edward Andrews
47.
Green Acres (1965–1971)
Episode:
The Liberation Movement
(1970)
TV-G | 30 min | Comedy, Family
Lisa discovers the Women's Lib Movement and decides to take over the male chores on the farm, reducing Oliver to the role of house-husband.
Director: Richard L. Bare | Stars: Eddie Albert, Eva Gabor, Pat Buttram, Tom Lester
Votes: 72
48.
What's My Line? (1950–1967)
Episode:
Phil Silvers (Dressed as Sgt. Bilko)
(1955)
Family, Game-Show
Dorothy Kilgallen, Fred Allen, Arlene Francis and Bennett Cerf, this evening's panelists, enter the stage through a curtain, go to their seats and introduce each other, as ever. Host and ... See full summary »
Stars: Dorothy Kilgallen, Fred Allen, Arlene Francis, Bennett Cerf
Votes: 42
49.
Maude (1972–1978)
Episode:
Walter's Secret
(1973)
TV-PG | 30 min | Comedy
Carol sees Walter in a restaurant with a beautiful woman. Carol tells Maude that Walter might be having an affair and Maude gets upset.
Director: Hal Cooper | Stars: Bea Arthur, Bill Macy, Adrienne Barbeau, Conrad Bain
Votes: 84
50.
Queen Sugar (2016–2022)
Episode:
If You Could Enter Their Dreaming
(2021)
TV-14 | Drama
Nova organizes a vaccine drive for the residents of St. Josephine but is interrupted by residents of other localities. Charley reunites with Davis. Micah has an illicit affair.
Director: Carmen Marrón | Stars: Rutina Wesley, Dawn-Lyen Gardner, Kofi Siriboe, Omar J. Dorsey
Votes: 39