1.
Amélie (2001)
Amelie, an innocent and naive girl in Paris, with her own sense of justice, decides to help those around her and along the way, discovers love. (122 mins.)
Director: Jean-Pierre Jeunet
2.
Back to the Future (1985)
A teenager is accidentally sent 30 years into the past in a time-traveling DeLorean invented by his friend, Dr. Emmett Brown, and must make sure his high-school-age parents unite in order to save his own existence. (116 mins.)
Director: Robert Zemeckis
3.
Stalag 17 (1953)
When two escaping American World War II prisoners are killed, the German POW camp barracks black marketeer, J.J. Sefton, is suspected of being an informer. (120 mins.)
Director: Billy Wilder
4.
Shaun of the Dead (2004)
A man decides to turn his moribund life around by winning back his ex-girlfriend, reconciling his relationship with his mother, and dealing with an entire community that has returned from the dead to eat the living. (99 mins.)
Director: Edgar Wright
5.
Little Miss Sunshine (2006)
A family determined to get their young daughter into the finals of a beauty pageant take a cross-country trip in their VW bus.(101 mins.)
Director: Jonathan Dayton, Valerie Faris
6.
Hot Fuzz (2007)
Jealous colleagues conspire to get a top London cop transferred to a small town and paired with a witless new partner. On the beat, the pair stumble upon a series of suspicious accidents and events. (121 mins.)
Director: Edgar Wright
7.
Modern Times (1936)
The Tramp struggles to live in modern industrial society with the help of a young homeless woman. (87 mins.)
Director: Charlie Chaplin
8.
Some Like It Hot (1959)
When two musicians witness a mob hit, they flee the state in an all female band disguised as women, but further complications set in. (120 mins.)
Director: Billy Wilder
9.
The Great Dictator (1940)
Dictator Adenoid Hynkel has a doppelganger, a poor but kind Jewish barber living in the slums, who one day is mistaken for Hynkel. (125 mins.)
Director: Charles Chaplin
10.
Catch Me If You Can (2002)
A true story about Frank Abagnale Jr., who, before his 19th birthday, successfully conned millions of dollars' worth of checks as a Pan Am pilot, doctor, and legal prosecutor. (141 mins.)
Director: Steven Spielberg
11.
The Apartment (1960)
A man tries to rise in his company by letting its executives use his apartment for trysts, but complications and a romance of his own ensue. (125 mins.)
Director: Billy Wilder
12.
The General (1926)
When Union spies steal an engineer's beloved locomotive, he pursues it single handedly and straight through enemy lines.(107 mins.)
Director: Clyde Bruckman, Buster Keaton
13.
The Kid (1921)
The Tramp cares for an abandoned child, but events put that relationship in jeopardy. (68 mins.)
Director: Charlie Chaplin
14.
Safety Last! (1923)
When a store clerk organizes a contest to climb the outside of a tall building, circumstances force him to make the perilous climb himself. (70 mins.)
Director: Fred Neymeyer, Sam Taylor
15.
City Lights (1931)
The Tramp struggles to help a blind flower girl he has fallen in love with. (87 mins.)
Director: Charles Chaplin
16.
Groundhog Day (1993)
A weatherman finds himself living the same day over and over again. (101 mins.)
Director: Harold Ramis
17.
Duck Soup (1933)
Rufus T. Firefly is named president/dictator of bankrupt Freedonia and declares war on neighboring Sylvania over the love of wealthy Mrs. Teasdale. (68 mins.)
Director: Leo McCarey
18.
The Truman Show (1998)
An insurance salesman/adjuster discovers his entire life is actually a TV show. (103 mins.)
Director: Peter Weir
19.
The Hangover (2009)
A Las Vegas-set comedy centered around three groomsmen who lose their about-to-be-wed buddy during their drunken misadventures, then must retrace their steps in order to find him. (100 mins.)
Director: Todd Phillips
20.
The Circus (1928)
The Tramp finds work and the girl of his dreams at a circus. (71 mins.)
Director: Charlie Chaplin
21.
O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000)
Homer's epic poem "The Odyssey", set in the deep south during the 1930's. In it, three escaped convicts search for hidden treasure while a relentless lawman pursues them. (106 mins.)
Director: Joel Coen
22.
The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!(1988)
Incompetent cop Frank Drebin has to foil an attempt to assassinate Queen Elizabeth II. (85 mins.)
Director: David Zucker
23.
Superbad (2007)
Two co-dependent high school seniors are forced to deal with separation anxiety after their plan to stage a booze-soaked party goes awry. (113 mins.)
Director: Greg Mottola
24.
Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (2010)
Scott Pilgrim must defeat his new girlfriend's seven evil exes in order to win her heart. (112 mins.)
Director: Edgar Wright
25.
Crazy, Stupid, Love. (2011)
A middle-aged husband's life changes dramatically when his wife asks him for a divorce. He seeks to rediscover his manhood with the help of a newfound friend, Jacob, learning to pick up girls at bars. (118 mins.)
Director: Glenn Ficarra, John Requa
26.
Tootsie (1982)
An unemployed actor with a reputation for being difficult disguises himself as a woman to get a role in a soap opera. (116 mins.)
Director: Sydney Pollack
27.
Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan (2006)
Kazakh TV talking head Borat is dispatched to the United States to report on the greatest country in the world. With a documentary crew in tow, Borat becomes more interested in locating and marrying Pamela Anderson. (84 mins.)
Director: Larry Charles
28.
Irma la Douce (1963)
In Paris, an ex-cop falls in love with a prostitute, and tries to get her out of that life by paying for all of her time. Not so easy... (147 mins.)
Director: Billy Wilder
29.
A Chump at Oxford (1940)
As a reward for capturing a bank robber, Stan and Ollie get scholarship to Oxford, but are met with resentment by other students. (63 mins.)
Director: Alfred Goulding
30.
Shaolin Soccer (2001)
A young Shaolin follower reunites with his discouraged brothers to form a soccer team using their martial art skills to their advantage. (113 mins.)
Director: Stephen Chow
31.
Dumb & Dumber (1994)
The cross-country adventures of two good-hearted but incredibly stupid friends. (107 mins.)
Director: Peter Farrelly
32.
The Terminal (2004)
An eastern immigrant finds himself stranded in JFK airport, and must take up temporary residence there. (128 mins.)
Director: Steven Spielberg
33.
Home Alone (1990)
An 8-year-old boy, who is accidentally left behind while his family flies to France for Christmas, has to defend his home against idiotic burglars. (103 mins.)
Director: Chris Columbus
34.
Home Alone 2: Lost in New York (1992)
One year after Kevin was left home alone and had to defeat a pair of bumbling burglars, he accidentally finds himself in New York City, and the same criminals are not far behind. (120 mins.)
Director: Chris Columbus
35.
Micmacs (2009)
A man and his friends come up with an intricate and original plan to destroy two big weapons manufacturers. (105 mins.)
Director: Jean Pierre Jeunet
36.
Whatever Works (2009)
Attempting to impress his ideologies on religion, relationships, and the randomness (and worthlessness) of existence... (92 mins.)
Director: Woody Allen
37.
There's Something About Mary (1998)
A man gets a chance to meet up with his dream girl from highschool, even though his date with her back then was a complete disaster. (119 mins.)
Director: Bobby Farrelly, Peter Farrelly
38.
The Darjeeling Limited (2007)
One year after their father's funeral, three brothers travel across India by train in an attempt to bond with one another.(91 mins.)
Director: Wes Anderson
39.
American Reunion (2012)
Jim, Michelle, Stifler, and their friends reunite in East Great Falls, Michigan for their high school reunion. (113 mins.)
Director: Jon Hurwitz, Hayden Schlossberg
40.
The Lizard (2004)
Reza is a petty thief who escapes jail by posing as a mullah. When he has to stay in disguise longer than he expected... (115 mins.)
Director: Kamal Tabrizi
41.
Being There (1979)
Chance, a simple gardener, has never left the estate until his employer dies. His simple TV-informed utterances are mistaken for profundity. (130 mins.)
Director: Hal Ashby
42.
The Hangover Part II (2011)
Two years after the bachelor party in Las Vegas, Phil, Stu, Alan, and Doug jet to Thailand for Stu's wedding. Stu's plan for a subdued pre-wedding brunch, however, goes seriously awry.(102 mins.)
Director: Todd Phillips
43.
Midnight in Paris (2011)
While on a trip to Paris with his fiancé's family, a nostalgic screenwriter finds himself mysteriously going back to the 1920s every day at midnight. (94 mins.)
Director: Woody Allen
44.
Meet the Fockers (2004)
All hell breaks loose when the Byrnes family meets the Focker family for the first time. (115 mins.)
Director: Jay Roach
45.
Night at the Museum (2006)
A newly recruited night security guard at the Museum of Natural History discovers that an ancient curse causes the animals and exhibits on display to come to life and wreak havoc. (108 mins.)
Director: Shawn Levy
46.
Bruce Almighty (2003)
A guy who complains about God too often is given almighty powers to teach him how difficult it is to run the world. (101 mins.)
Director: Tom Shadyac
47.
Mrs. Doubtfire (1993)
After a bitter divorce, an actor disguises himself as a female housekeeper to spend secret time with his children held in custody by his Ex. (125 mins.)
Director: Chris Columbus
48.
Wedding Crashers (2005)
John Beckwith and Jeremy Grey, a pair of committed womanizers who sneak into weddings to take advantage of the romantic tinge in the air, find themselves at odds with one another when John meets and falls for Claire Cleary. (119 mins.)
Director: David Dobkin
49.
What Women Want (2000)
After an accident, a chauvenistic executive gains the ability to hear what women are really thinking. (127 mins.)
Director: Nancy Meyers
50.
Liar Liar (1997)
A fast track lawyer can't lie for 24 hours due to his son's birthday wish after the lawyer turns his son down for the last time. (86 mins.)
Director: Tom Shadyac
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