Is there a way to force a window to stay in front?

I was wondering if there was a way to force a window in OSX to stay in front? For example if I am watching a movie in Quicktime or iTunes is there a way to force the window to stay in front so when I work on other things the movie doesn't get pushed to the back?

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What is a serial GC and how different it is from a normal GC.
Do you have links that explains this.
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