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1. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005)
PG | 115 min | Adventure, Comedy, Family
Charlie, a young boy from an impoverished family, and four other kids win a tour of an amazing chocolate factory run by an imaginative chocolatier, Willy Wonka, and his staff of Oompa-Loompas.
Director: Tim Burton | Stars: Johnny Depp, Freddie Highmore, David Kelly, Helena Bonham Carter
Votes: 529,458 | Gross: $206.46M
2. Adventure Time (2010–2018)
TV-PG | 23 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
A 12-year-old boy and his best friend, a wise 28-year-old dog with magical powers, go on a series of surreal adventures in a remote future.
Stars: John DiMaggio, Jeremy Shada, Tom Kenny, Hynden Walch
Votes: 112,402
3. Daisy Jones & The Six (2023)
TV-MA | 49 min | Drama, Music, Romance
Following the rise of rock band Daisy Jones and The Six through the 1970s Los Angeles music scene on their quest for worldwide icon status.
Stars: Riley Keough, Sam Claflin, Camila Morrone, Suki Waterhouse
Votes: 37,610
4. School of Rock (2003)
PG-13 | 109 min | Comedy, Music
After being kicked out of his rock band, Dewey Finn becomes a substitute teacher of an uptight elementary private school, only to try and turn his class into a rock band.
Director: Richard Linklater | Stars: Jack Black, Mike White, Joan Cusack, Adam Pascal
Votes: 330,965 | Gross: $81.26M
5. What We Do in the Shadows (2014)
R | 86 min | Comedy, Horror
Viago, Deacon, and Vladislav are vampires who are struggling with the mundane aspects of modern life, like paying rent, keeping up with the chore wheel, trying to get into nightclubs, and overcoming flatmate conflicts.
Directors: Jemaine Clement, Taika Waititi | Stars: Jemaine Clement, Taika Waititi, Cori Gonzalez-Macuer, Jonny Brugh
Votes: 200,343 | Gross: $3.33M
6. Green Room (2015)
R | 95 min | Crime, Drama, Horror
A punk rock band is forced to fight for survival after witnessing a murder at a neo-Nazi skinhead bar.
Director: Jeremy Saulnier | Stars: Anton Yelchin, Imogen Poots, Alia Shawkat, Patrick Stewart
Votes: 139,298 | Gross: $3.22M
7. Masters of the Universe (1987)
PG | 106 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
The heroic warrior He-Man battles against the evil lord Skeletor and his armies of darkness for control of Castle Grayskull.
Director: Gary Goddard | Stars: Dolph Lundgren, Frank Langella, Meg Foster, Billy Barty
Votes: 44,320 | Gross: $17.34M
8. I Love You, Man (2009)
R | 105 min | Comedy, Romance
Friendless Peter Klaven goes on a series of man-dates to find a Best Man for his wedding. But, when his insta-bond with his new B.F.F. puts a strain on his relationship with his fiancée, can the trio learn to live happily ever after?
Director: John Hamburg | Stars: Paul Rudd, Jason Segel, Rashida Jones, Sarah Burns
Votes: 216,756 | Gross: $71.44M
9. Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel (2009)
PG | 88 min | Adventure, Comedy, Family
The world-famous singing preteen chipmunk trio return to contend with the pressures of school, celebrity, and a rival female music group known as The Chipettes.
Director: Betty Thomas | Stars: Jason Lee, Zachary Levi, David Cross, Justin Long
Votes: 54,554 | Gross: $219.61M
10. The New Guy (2002)
PG-13 | 88 min | Comedy
A high school senior branded uncool in the ninth grade gets himself expelled so he changes his image to cool kid at the town's other high school.
Director: Ed Decter | Stars: DJ Qualls, Lyle Lovett, Eliza Dushku, Zooey Deschanel
Votes: 37,676 | Gross: $28.97M
11. Deathgasm (2015)
Not Rated | 86 min | Action, Comedy, Horror
Two teenage boys unwittingly summon an ancient evil entity known as The Blind One by delving into black magic while trying to escape their mundane lives.
Director: Jason Howden | Stars: Milo Cawthorne, James Joshua Blake, Kimberley Crossman, Sam Berkley
Votes: 19,245
12. A Hard Day's Night (1964)
G | 87 min | Comedy, Musical
Over two "typical" days in the life of The Beatles, the boys struggle to keep themselves and Sir Paul McCartney's mischievous grandfather in check while preparing for a live TV performance.
Director: Richard Lester | Stars: John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, Ringo Starr
Votes: 48,108 | Gross: $13.78M
13. Searching for Sugar Man (2012)
PG-13 | 86 min | Documentary, Biography, Music
Two South Africans set out to discover what happened to their unlikely musical hero, the mysterious 1970s rock n roller, Rodriguez.
Director: Malik Bendjelloul | Stars: Rodriguez, Stephen 'Sugar' Segerman, Dennis Coffey, Mike Theodore
Votes: 72,919 | Gross: $3.97M
14. FLCL (2000–2001)
TV-14 | 151 min | Animation, Action, Comedy
Mysterious things start happening when 12-year-old Naota meets a strange woman on a Vespa wielding a big guitar.
Stars: Jun Mizuki, Mayumi Shintani, Izumi Kasagi, Suzuki Matsuo
Votes: 19,727
15. Ex Drummer (2007)
Not Rated | 100 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
Three handicapped losers who form a band ask famous writer Dries to be their drummer. He joins the band and starts manipulating them.
Director: Koen Mortier | Stars: Dries Vanhegen, Norman Baert, Gunter Lamoot, Sam Louwyck
Votes: 10,971
16. I Wanna Hold Your Hand (1978)
PG | 104 min | Comedy, Music, Romance
In 1964, six teenagers from New Jersey run off to see The Beatles perform on The Ed Sullivan Show (1948) in the hope of meeting their idols. However, they don't have tickets. Along the way, they learn new things about friendship and growing up.
Director: Robert Zemeckis | Stars: Nancy Allen, Bobby Di Cicco, Marc McClure, Susan Kendall Newman
Votes: 5,622
17. Muscle Shoals (2013)
PG | 111 min | Documentary, Biography, History
A documentary that celebrates Rick Hall, the founder of FAME Studios in Muscle Shoals, Alabama, and the signature sound he developed in songs such as "I'll Take You There", "Brown Sugar", and "When a Man Loves a Woman".
Director: Greg 'Freddy' Camalier | Stars: Rick Hall, Aretha Franklin, Keith Richards, Candi Staton
Votes: 4,292 | Gross: $0.70M
18. Metallica: Some Kind of Monster (2004)
Not Rated | 84 min | Documentary, Music
The iconic metal band struggles for two years to create their album St. Anger, dealing with alcoholism, the loss of their bass player, and the challenge of working with a psychotherapist.
Directors: Joe Berlinger, Bruce Sinofsky | Stars: James Hetfield, Kirk Hammett, Lars Ulrich, Robert Trujillo
Votes: 20,353 | Gross: $1.22M
19. Beck: Mongolian Chop Squad (2004–2005)
TV-MA | 25 min | Animation, Drama, Music
Koyuki Tanaka's boring life is changed after meeting Ryusuke Minami, a local musician with a bad attitude, who introduces him to foreign music.
Stars: Taliesin Jaffe, Eric Vale, Greg Ayres, Jamie McGonnigal
Votes: 2,677
20. Scott Pilgrim vs. the Animation (2010 TV Special)
4 min | Animation, Short, Action
High school student Scott Pilgrim starts a band with Lisa Miller and battles Simon Lee to rescue, romance and recruit drummer Kim Pine.
Stars: Georgette Perna, Steve Blum, Michael Cera, Alison Pill
Votes: 1,274
21. Sueño (2005)
PG-13 | 108 min | Comedy, Drama, Music
A Mexican-American chases his dreams as he puts together a classic Mexican band to compete in a radio station sponsored contest, all while attempting to court a beautiful girl.
Director: Renée Chabria | Stars: John Leguizamo, Ana Claudia Talancón, Elizabeth Peña, Nestor Serrano
Votes: 620
22. Scooby-Doo! Stage Fright (2013 Video)
Not Rated | 75 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
Daphne and Fred try out for a talent show that takes place in an old opera house, but the show may be cancelled before rehearsals when a masked Phantom re-appears from the past.
Director: Victor Cook | Stars: Frank Welker, Matthew Lillard, Grey Griffin, Mindy Cohn
Votes: 2,283
23. Beatlemania (1981)
PG | 86 min | Music
Four guys who look and sound moderately like the Beatles play a plethora of Lennon/McCartney classics, while footage of memorable sixties events flashes by.
Director: Joseph Manduke | Stars: David Leon, Mitch Weissman, Tom Teeley, Ralph Castelli
Votes: 143
24. Beck (2010)
145 min | Drama, Music
A normal fresh year highschool kid found his daily basis life extremely boring, until one day he met a dog and the owner of it that leads him to a completely new life filled with passion within musical stuff.
Director: Yukihiko Tsutsumi | Stars: Hiro Mizushima, Kenta Kiritani, Aoi Nakamura, Osamu Mukai
Votes: 1,056
25. Zombie ja Kummitusjuna (1991)
88 min | Comedy, Drama, Music
Antti "Zombie" Autiomaa does two things well: play the bass guitar and drink. After several months' sleeping on the streets of Istanbul, he returns to Helsinki where he's called into the ... See full summary »
Director: Mika Kaurismäki | Stars: Silu Seppälä, Marjo Leinonen, Matti Pellonpää, Vieno Saaristo
Votes: 1,125
26. Flying Colors (2015)
117 min | Comedy, Drama
Fact-based tale of a slacker high-school girl, years behind in her studies, who decides to start working hard and pass the entrance exams to a prestigious university in Japan.
Director: Nobuhiro Doi | Stars: Kasumi Arimura, Nanami Abe, Morio Agata, Atsushi Itô
Votes: 4,007
27. The Wall: Live in Berlin (1990 Video)
115 min | Documentary, Music
A recording of the 1990 Berlin benefit concert in which Roger Waters leads an all star cast in performing his famous concept album.
Directors: Ken O'Neill, Roger Waters | Stars: Bryan Adams, The Band, The Bleeding Heart Band, Graham Broad
Votes: 2,355
28. A Muppet Family Christmas (1987 TV Movie)
TV-PG | 47 min | Comedy, Family, Musical
Fozzie Bear surprises his mother on Christmas Eve by bringing the entire Muppet gang to her farm to celebrate the holidays.
Directors: Peter Harris, Eric Till | Stars: Frank Oz, Dave Goelz, Richard Hunt, Kathryn Mullen
Votes: 4,677
29. Soranin (2010)
126 min | Drama
Meiko and Taneda are a couple graduated from university two years ago. Unhappy with their lives, Meiko quits her job and encourages Taneda to have this band become professional. They ... See full summary »
Director: Takahiro Miki | Stars: Takao Handa, Arata Iura, Kenta Kiritani, Yoichi Kondo
Votes: 921
30. Amy Winehouse: The Day She Came to Dingle (2012)
59 min | Documentary, Music
Amy Winehouse appearing in the fifth series of Other Voices, a music show shot every winter in the small Irish fishing village of Dingle, County Kerry, deep in the southwest corner of Ireland.
Director: Maurice Linnane | Stars: Carleen Anderson, Robin Banerjee, Ray Charles, Dale Davis
Votes: 63
31. Crossfire Hurricane (2012)
Not Rated | 111 min | Documentary, Biography, Music
Legendary British rock band The Rolling Stones mark their 50th year together.
Director: Brett Morgen | Stars: Mick Jagger, Charlie Watts, Bill Wyman, Ronnie Wood
Votes: 2,741
32. Scott Pilgrim vs. the World: The Game (2010 Video Game)
T | Action, Adventure, Comedy
Scott Pilgrim, his girlfriend Ramona, and his bandmates Kim and Steven must fight their way through Toronto to battle Ramona's seven evil exes.
Votes: 425
33. Soul Boys of the Western World (2014)
Unrated | 110 min | Documentary, Biography, Music
A documentary about Spandau Ballet, who were one of the biggest pop groups of the 1980s and a defining act of the New Romantic scene.
Director: George Hencken | Stars: Tony Hadley, John Keeble, Gary Kemp, Martin Kemp
Votes: 613
34. Blue, Painful and Brittle (2020)
118 min | Adventure, Drama
Kaede and Hisano form a club. When Hisano vanishes, Kaede throws himself into bringing change to the club.
Director: Shunsuke Kariyama | Stars: Ryô Yoshizawa, Hana Sugisaki, Amane Okayama, Honoka Matsumoto
Votes: 223
35. John Carpenter: Escape from New York (2016 Music Video)
4 min | Short, Music
John Carpenter performs the theme of his 1981 movie "Escape from New York" with a band, live, also directing the shoot.
Director: John Carpenter | Stars: Cody Carpenter, John Carpenter, Daniel A. Davies, John S. Konesky
Votes: 227
36. Red Hot Chili Peppers: Funky Monks (1991 Video)
60 min | Documentary, Music
Shows the classic lineup of the Red Hot Chili Peppers recording their 1991 breakthrough album "Blood Sugar Sex Magik."
Director: Gavin Bowden | Stars: John Frusciante, Adam Horovitz, Anthony Kiedis, Nial LaPrell
Votes: 816
37. Blink-182: Dammit (1997 Music Video)
Short, Comedy, Music
Directors: Ken Daurio, Darren Doane | Stars: Blink-182, Tom DeLonge, Rick DeVoe, Mark Hoppus
Votes: 64
38. The Last Experience
110 min | Documentary | Pre-production
Director: Nick Hague | Stars: Jimi Hendrix, Mitch Mitchell, Dave Mason, Chris Wood
39. Riding in Vans with Boys (2003 Video)
85 min | Documentary, Music
In the summer of 2002, blink-182 invited the little-known band Kut U Up to accompany them on The Pop Disaster Tour. Kut U Up is not known primarily for their music. They are however, ... See full summary »
Director: Matthew Beauchesne | Stars: Chris Cote, Brandon Parkhurst, Micah Mattson, Brendan Raasch
Votes: 268
40. Richy Guitar (1985)
90 min | Comedy, Music
Young West Berliner Richard pursues his dream of making it big with his band over clashes with his parents, his bosses and his girlfriend.
Director: Michael Laux | Stars: Farin Urlaub, Bela B., Hans Runge, Kristina Raschen
Votes: 630
41. John Carpenter: Distant Dream (2016 Music Video)
4 min | Short, Music
John Carpenter performs his instrumental track "Distant Dream" with a band, live, also directing the shoot.
Director: John Carpenter | Stars: John Carpenter, Cody Carpenter, Daniel A. Davies, John Spiker
Votes: 182
42. Our World (1967 TV Special)
120 min | Documentary, Music, News
Various international presentions are featured through satellite uplink.
Directors: Derek Burrell-Davis, Ernst-Ludwig Freisewinkel, Douglas Hespe | Stars: Antonio Aguilar, The Beatles, Maria Callas, Piero d'Inzeo
Votes: 44
43. Blink 182: The Urethra Chronicles (1999 Video)
Not Rated | 30 min | Documentary, Short, Music
Blink-182's Urethra Chronicles is a fun look at the band's hilarious antics since they formed in 1992.
Directors: Rick DeVoe, Jeffery Motyll | Stars: Blink-182, Tom DeLonge, Mark Hoppus, Travis Barker
Votes: 589
44. Get Back (2016)
90 min | Documentary, History, Music
Liverpool music from the post war years to the present day. Liverpool is one of the most vibrant cities in the world. The film puts into context the musical outpourings of nearly 60 years ... See full summary »
Director: Roger Appleton | Stars: Joe Ankrah, James Barton, Pete Best, Phil Brady
Votes: 52
45. The Importance of Being Morrissey (2002 TV Movie)
49 min | Documentary, Biography, Music
Featuring interviews by famous fans and followers, this rare documentary encapsulates the essence of the controversial, enigmatic, and deliciously melancholic bard. This is Morrissey, the charming man with the thorn in his side.
Directors: Tina Flintoff, Ricky Kelehar | Stars: Morrissey, Christopher Eccleston, J.K. Rowling, Michael Bracewell
Votes: 204
46. Heavy Metal Strawberry Pickers (2010)
35 min | Short, Adventure, Comedy
A delusional 80's Glam Rock band's van crashes into a strawberry field and they are forced to make a deal with the corrupt Mexican workers to pick strawberries in exchange for repair of their van.
Director: Gino Gaetano | Stars: Kristopher Jung, Sam Horrigan, Jay Laisne, Grant Summers
Votes: 27
47. Neither Hero Nor Traitor (2020)
73 min | Drama, History
Buenos Aires, 1982. 19-year-old Matías dreams of studying music far from the Dictatorship, but his environment wants him to 'grow up'. Will desertion be his first adult decision?
Director: Nicolás Savignone | Stars: Juan Grandinetti, Inés Estévez, Agustín Daulte, Gastón Cocchiarale
Votes: 51
48. Blink 182: The Urethra Chronicles II: Harder, Faster. Faster, Harder (2002 Video)
47 min | Documentary, Music
Directors: Matthew Beauchesne, Jeffery Motyll, Marc Steinberger | Stars: Mark Hoppus, Tom DeLonge, Travis Barker, Skye Everly
Votes: 349
49. My Little Sweet Pea (2013)
95 min | Comedy, Drama
Since her father died, Mugiko lives with her older brother, Norio. Her mother Ayako left home when she was little and never come back. But one day,she suddenly appears. What will happen to this estranged family?
Director: Keisuke Yoshida | Stars: Maki Horikita, Ryûhei Matsuda, Kimiko Yo, Yumi Asô
Votes: 237
50. Cameo: Candy (1986 Music Video)
Unrated | 4 min | Music
The music video for Cameo's 1986 single "Candy" shows them singing and dancing around Times Square.
Director: Zbigniew Rybczynski | Stars: Cameo, Larry Blackmon, Tomi Jenkins, Nathan Leftenant
Votes: 18