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1. Arrested Development (2003–2019)
TV-14 | 22 min | Comedy
Level-headed son Michael Bluth takes over family affairs after his father is imprisoned. But the rest of his spoiled, dysfunctional family are making his job unbearable.
Stars: Jason Bateman, Michael Cera, Portia de Rossi, Will Arnett
Votes: 323,872
2. The O.C. (2003–2007)
TV-PG | 44 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A troubled youth becomes embroiled in the lives of a close-knit group of people in the wealthy, upper-class neighborhood of Newport Beach, Orange County, California.
Stars: Mischa Barton, Adam Brody, Peter Gallagher, Kelly Rowan
Votes: 96,075
3. Sinister (I) (2012)
R | 110 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
A controversial true-crime writer finds a box of Super 8 home movies in his new home, revealing that the murder case he is currently researching could be the work of an unknown serial killer whose legacy dates back to the 1960s.
Director: Scott Derrickson | Stars: Ethan Hawke, Juliet Rylance, James Ransone, Fred Thompson
Votes: 279,744 | Gross: $48.09M
4. Stick It (2006)
PG-13 | 103 min | Comedy, Drama, Sport
After a run-in with the law, Haley is forced to return to the world from which she fled years ago. Enrolled in an elite gymnastics program run by the legendary Burt Vickerman, Haley's rebellious attitude slowly gives way to a team spirit.
Director: Jessica Bendinger | Stars: Missy Peregrym, Jeff Bridges, Vanessa Lengies, Nikki SooHoo
Votes: 30,408 | Gross: $26.87M
5. Freeway (1996)
R | 102 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A twisted take on "Little Red Riding Hood", with a teenage juvenile delinquent on the run from a social worker travelling to her grandmother's house and being hounded by a charming, but sadistic, serial killer and pedophile.
Director: Matthew Bright | Stars: Reese Witherspoon, Kiefer Sutherland, Bokeem Woodbine, Paul Perri
Votes: 31,705 | Gross: $0.30M
6. Dragnet (1987)
PG-13 | 106 min | Comedy, Crime, Mystery
The equally strait-laced and "by-the-book" nephew of Joe Friday must work with his more laid-back partner to solve a mystery.
Director: Tom Mankiewicz | Stars: Dan Aykroyd, Tom Hanks, Christopher Plummer, Harry Morgan
Votes: 37,418 | Gross: $57.39M
7. Brick (2005)
R | 110 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A teenage loner pushes his way into the underworld of a high school crime ring to investigate the disappearance of his ex-girlfriend.
Director: Rian Johnson | Stars: Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Lukas Haas, Emilie de Ravin, Meagan Good
Votes: 110,018 | Gross: $2.06M
8. Balls of Fury (2007)
PG-13 | 90 min | Comedy, Crime, Sport
Down-and-out former professional ping-pong phenom, Randy Daytona, is sucked into a maelstrom when FBI Agent Ernie Rodriguez recruits him for a secret mission. Randy is determined to bounce back and win, and to smoke out his father's killer -- arch-fiend Feng.
Director: Robert Ben Garant | Stars: Dan Fogler, Christopher Walken, George Lopez, Maggie Q
Votes: 44,857 | Gross: $32.84M
9. Orange County (2002)
PG-13 | 82 min | Comedy, Drama
A guidance counselor mistakenly sends out the wrong transcripts to Stanford University under the name of an over-achieving high schooler.
Director: Jake Kasdan | Stars: Colin Hanks, Jack Black, Schuyler Fisk, Bret Harrison
Votes: 51,914 | Gross: $41.03M
10. Big Momma's House 2 (2006)
PG-13 | 99 min | Comedy, Crime
An FBI agent reprises his disguise as a corpulent old lady and takes a job as a nanny in a crime suspect's house.
Director: John Whitesell | Stars: Martin Lawrence, Emily Procter, Nia Long, Zachary Levi
Votes: 46,443 | Gross: $70.17M
11. Suburbia (1983)
R | 94 min | Drama, Thriller
When household tensions and a sense of worthlessness overcome Evan, he finds escape when he clings with the orphans of a throw-away society.
Director: Penelope Spheeris | Stars: Chris Pedersen, Bill Coyne, Jennifer Clay, Timothy O'Brien
Votes: 5,999
12. What Just Happened (2008)
R | 104 min | Comedy, Drama
Two weeks in the life of a fading Hollywood producer who's having a rough time trying to get his new picture made.
Director: Barry Levinson | Stars: Robert De Niro, John Turturro, Stanley Tucci, Sean Penn
Votes: 28,508 | Gross: $1.09M
13. Pumpkin (2002)
R | 113 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A sorority girl finds her life falling apart after she develops romantic feelings for a mentally-challenged man.
Directors: Anthony Abrams, Adam Larson Broder | Stars: Christina Ricci, Hank Harris, Brenda Blethyn, Dominique Swain
Votes: 9,535 | Gross: $0.31M
14. Laguna Beach: The Real Orange County (2004–2006)
TV-PG | 30 min | Drama, Reality-TV
MTV follows eight teens living in Laguna Beach nearing the end of high school and beginning the next chapter of their lives.
Stars: Jessica Smith, Lauren Conrad, Alex Hooser, Kristin Cavallari
Votes: 4,066
15. Better Luck Tomorrow (2002)
R | 101 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
A group of over-achieving East Asian American high school seniors enjoy a power trip when they dip into extracurricular criminal activities.
Director: Justin Lin | Stars: Parry Shen, Jason Tobin, Sung Kang, Shirley Anderson
Votes: 10,441 | Gross: $3.80M
16. American Dreamz (2006)
PG-13 | 107 min | Comedy, Music
A popular television music talent competition hosted by a pompous egomaniac becomes the setting for an assassination attempt when the President of the United States becomes a celebrity judge in an attempt to rehabilitate his image.
Director: Paul Weitz | Stars: Hugh Grant, Dennis Quaid, Mandy Moore, Willem Dafoe
Votes: 25,225 | Gross: $7.19M
17. Arrested Development
Comedy | Announced
Feature film based on the popular TV series, "Arrested Development."
Star: Kevin Crowley
18. Homeless: The Motel Kids of Orange County (2010 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 60 min | Documentary
A documentary that explores the world of children who reside in discounted motels within walking distance of Disneyland, living in limbo as their families struggle to survive in one of the ... See full summary »
Director: Alexandra Pelosi
Votes: 434
19. Drunk in Public (2012)
M | 80 min | Documentary, Biography, Crime
Drunk in Public chronicles 18 years in the life of alcoholic Mark David Allen.
Director: David J. Sperling | Stars: David J. Sperling, Mark David Allen, Evelyn MacPherson, Brad Elligood
Votes: 105
20. American Hardcore (2006)
R | 100 min | Documentary, History, Music
The History of American Punk Rock 1980-1986
Director: Paul Rachman | Stars: Greg Ginn, Ian MacKaye, James Drescher, Lucky Lehrer
Votes: 3,599 | Gross: $0.28M
21. Unsolved Suburbia (2010 Video)
Not Rated | 65 min | Crime, Drama
MARTY is a quirky straight guy weekdays, and gay on weekends, a high school senior, who along with his questionably straight friend JAKE, unravels the mystery of who put a hit on their ... See full summary »
Director: Steven Vasquez | Stars: Johnny Lockhart, Aleksandr Dissan, Steven Christopher, Georgia Visser
Votes: 201
22. The Lifestyle (1999)
78 min | Documentary
Director: David Schisgall | Stars: Dant'e Amore, Wild Bill Goodwin, Robert L. McGinley
Votes: 230 | Gross: $0.09M
23. All That I Need (2005)
R | 80 min | Comedy, Drama
A group of people starts a money pyramid scheme. As they start to make major money, jealousy and greed enter the picture. Their friendships are tested when they start to turn on each other.
Director: James Hergott | Stars: James Hergott, Audra J. Morgan, Ross Seymour, Kent Vaughan
Votes: 347
24. One Story (2013)
85 min | Drama
Third-generation Mexican teenagers Angie and Josh Navarro from Laguna Beach's upper class estates, are forced to move into their grandparent's house in the barrio. It is there they will ... See full summary »
Director: Clint Nitkiewicz Hernandez | Stars: Jessie Nickson, Tadie Acosta, Manny Alvarez Jr., Martin J. Ayala
25. The Magic of David Copperfield XI: The Explosive Encounter (1989 TV Special)
49 min | Comedy, Family, Fantasy
David Copperfield performs illusions; at the end, he must escape from a hotel that is about to be demolished.
Directors: David Copperfield, Michael Dimich | Stars: David Copperfield, Emma Samms, D.A. Hänks
Votes: 54
26. Curl Girls (2007– )
25 min | Reality-TV, Sport
A six-part television series about a group of lesbian friends in Southern California who create a surfing competition.
Stars: Michele Fleury, Erin Pitman, Gingi Medina, Vanessa Craig
Votes: 48
27. The Magic of David Copperfield XII: The Niagara Falls Challenge (1990 TV Special)
48 min | Comedy, Family, Fantasy
This is the 12th CBS Copperfield TV special, introduced by a voice offstage who describes the location of the escape that David Copperfield will perform in this special as his last ... See full summary »
Directors: David Copperfield, Michael Dimich | Stars: David Copperfield, Kim Alexis, Penn Jillette, Teller
Votes: 71
28. The Magic of David Copperfield 10: The Bermuda Triangle (1988 TV Special)
49 min | Comedy, Family, Fantasy
This is the 10th CBS Copperfield TV special, introduced by the host Lisa Hartman and then presented by David Copperfield himself, from a huge triangular platform floating on the Atlantic ... See full summary »
Directors: David Copperfield, Gary Halvorson | Stars: David Copperfield, Lisa Hartman, Dawn Marie Swatchick
Votes: 41
29. Secrets of the Mega Landfill (2020 TV Movie)
90 min | Documentary
In the hills of Orange County California is the 9th largest landfill site in the U.S - the Frank R Bowerman Landfill. As many as 750 trucks queue up to deliver thousands of tonnes of rubbish every day.
Director: Robert Greig | Star: John Thomson
Votes: 8
30. The Joy Electric Picture Book (2003 Video)
Unrated | 110 min | Documentary
The Defintive Documentary of the Orange County California Electro Phenom "Joy Electric". This movie has it all-Exclusive Interviews, Discussions and Live Performances. Joy Electric have ... See full summary »
Director: Edward Enciu | Stars: Ronnie Martin, Jeff Cloud, Joy Electric, Pax 217
31. Lava Lounge (2005)
94 min | Comedy, Drama
A group of long time friends discover they are not who they thought they were on an evening out in the city.
Director: David E. Rice | Stars: Annie Little, Joe Duer, Adam Baratta, Seth Adam Jones
Votes: 26
32. ...But I Was a Girl: The Story of Frieda Belinfante (1999)
69 min | Documentary, Biography, Music
Director: Toni Boumans | Stars: Frieda Belinfante, Kenneth Kuhn
Votes: 9
33. Top This Party: Orange County (2008– )
Reality-TV
Party planner Brian Dobbin and his chef, Robin, arrange extravagant events for extremely wealthy Southern California clients.
Stars: Caren Lancona, Brian Dobbin
34. The Rise and Fall of Black Velvet Flag (2003)
58 min | Documentary, Music
Three 30-something men evolve from the punk culture of their youth, into adulthood, through the creation of a lounge-punk band.
Director: Sheldon Schiffer | Stars: Jeff Musser, Fred Stesney, Jason Zasky
35. Mama I'm a Thug (2003)
Not Rated | 4 min | Animation, Short
A wanna-be gangsta from upper middle class Orange County, Ca faces the harsh reality of his fake thug life.
Director: Jim Lujan | Stars: Nissim Leon, Jim Lujan
Votes: 13
36. Alien: Descent VR (2018 Video Game)
Action
A cutting-edge free-roaming virtual reality 'ride' set in the ALIEN universe.
Directors: Michael McCormick, Robert Taylor | Star: Ame Livingston
37.
Six Feet Under (2001–2005)
Episode:
The Secret
(2002)
TV-MA | 60 min | Comedy, Drama
Benjamin Srisal suffers a heart attack at home, requiring a Bhuddist service at Fisher & Sons that Nate gets a crash-course in how to conduct, but he's still got no answers as far as what ... See full summary »
Director: Alan Poul | Stars: Peter Krause, Michael C. Hall, Frances Conroy, Lauren Ambrose
Votes: 1,701
38.
The Jesse Lee Peterson Show (1991– )
Trump on Hannity; Judge Hidalgo & Tacos! Elizabeth Warren to Ban Electoral College
(2019 Podcast Episode)
News
Director: Jesse Lee Peterson | Stars: Jesse Lee Peterson, James Hake
39.
The Michael Knowles Show (2017– )
The Cruelty Is the Point
(2020 Podcast Episode)
52 min | Talk-Show
Star: Michael J. Knowles
40.
The Genetic Detective (2020)
Episode:
The Case of the Missing Lovebirds
(2020)
Documentary, Crime, Mystery
Moore works with Seattle's Snohomish County Sheriff's Office and takes on her first-ever cold case as a genetic genealogist - the double homicide of Jay Cook and Tanya Van Cuylenborg. The ... See full summary »
Director: Remy Weber | Stars: Tanya Van Cuylenborg, Jay Cook, CeCe Moore, Rick Bart
Votes: 52
41.
The Scott Adams Show (2014– )
Michael Oneil Landmark Legal Foundation Interview
(2020 Podcast Episode)
News
Stars: Scott Patrick Adams, Leonora Cravotta, Michael O'Neill
42.
Criminal Minds (2005– )
Episode:
Normal
(2008)
TV-14 | 42 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A serial killer known as the Road Warrior is gunning down blonde women on roads in Orange County, California and the BAU suspect that the victims are surrogates and that it's only a matter of time before he kills the real one.
Director: Steve Boyum | Stars: Joe Mantegna, Paget Brewster, Shemar Moore, Matthew Gray Gubler
Votes: 2,306
43.
Very Scary People (2019– )
Episode:
The Night Stalker, Part 1: Summer of Terror
(2020)
TV-14 | 42 min | Documentary, Crime, History
The summer of 1985 was one of the hottest Los Angeles had seen in a century. But terrified residents weren't sleeping with the windows open; a killer known as the "Night Stalker" was on the loose.
Director: Brett Kelly | Stars: Donnie Wahlberg, Alan Yochelson, Casey Jordan, Glynn Martin
Votes: 32
44.
Very Scary People (2019– )
Episode:
The Dating Game Killer: The Bite Mark Pt. 2
(2021)
TV-14 | 42 min | Documentary, Crime, History
With a string of murders already behind him, Rodney Alcala appears on the TV show, "The Dating Game" where he wins the prize: a date.
Director: Brett Kelly | Stars: Donnie Wahlberg, Casey Jordan, Gina Satriano, Stephanie Elam
Votes: 17
45.
Suburban Legends (2008– )
Episode:
Pilot
(2008)
Comedy, Music
Director: Jeremy Svenson | Stars: Vincent Walker, Mike Hachey, Luis Beza, Phillip Inzerillo
46.
First Blood (2022– )
Episode:
Richard Ramirez: The Nightstalker
(2022)
TV-14 | Documentary, Crime, History
One of the most well-known serial killers, Richard Ramirez terrorized Southern California in the mid-1980s, where anyone could be a target of the sadistic murderer.
Director: David Bispham | Stars: Gisele Lavigne, Glynn Martin, Alan Yochelson, Gary Brucato
Votes: 10
47.
Your Welcome (2017– )
Jack Posobiec
(2023 Podcast Episode)
News, Talk-Show
Stars: Michael Malice, Jack Posobiec
48.
Nova (1974– )
Episode:
Weathering the Future
(2023)
TV-PG | Documentary
Americans use ancient wisdom and new solutions to fight against extreme weather, from intense rainstorms to megafires and droughts.
Directors: Kiki Kapany, David Murdock | Stars: Eileen Galindo, Will Harling, Katharine Hayhoe, Chook Chook Hillman
Votes: 52
50.
Crime Stories (1998– )
Episode:
Double-Cross
(2004)
Documentary, Crime
The double homicide of husband and wife Kenneth Stahl and Carolyn-Oppy Stahl on an isolated stretch of highway in Orange County, California.
Director: Richard Kroehling | Stars: Dennis Conway, Laurie Crutchfield, Gene Galusha, Brian Heaney