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1. Duck Soup (1933)

Not Rated | 69 min | Comedy, Musical

Rufus T. Firefly is named the dictator of bankrupt Freedonia and declares war on neighboring Sylvania over the love of his wealthy backer Mrs. Teasdale, contending with two inept spies who can't seem to keep straight which side they're on.

Director: Leo McCarey | Stars: Groucho Marx, Harpo Marx, Chico Marx, Zeppo Marx

Votes: 62,760

2. A Night in Casablanca (1946)

Passed | 85 min | Comedy, Family

The Marx Brothers are employed at a hotel in postwar Casablanca, where a ring of Nazis is trying to recover a cache of stolen treasure.

Director: Archie Mayo | Stars: Groucho Marx, Harpo Marx, Chico Marx, Charles Drake

Votes: 7,484

3. A Night at the Opera (1935)

Passed | 96 min | Comedy, Music, Musical

A sly business manager and the wacky friends of two opera singers in Italy help them achieve success in America while humiliating their stuffy and snobbish enemies.

Directors: Sam Wood, Edmund Goulding | Stars: Groucho Marx, Chico Marx, Harpo Marx, Kitty Carlisle

Votes: 34,774 | Gross: $2.54M

4. A Day at the Races (1937)

Passed | 111 min | Comedy, Family, Musical

A veterinarian posing as a doctor teams with a singer and his friends as they struggle to save an upstate New York sanitarium with the help of a misfit racehorse.

Director: Sam Wood | Stars: Groucho Marx, Chico Marx, Harpo Marx, Allan Jones

Votes: 14,587

5. Animal Crackers (1930)

G | 97 min | Comedy, Family, Musical

Mayhem and zaniness ensue when a valuable painting goes missing during a party in honor of famed African explorer Captain Spaulding.

Director: Victor Heerman | Stars: Groucho Marx, Harpo Marx, Chico Marx, The Marx Brothers

Votes: 15,271 | Gross: $0.91M

6. Horse Feathers (1932)

Passed | 68 min | Comedy, Family, Musical

Quincy Adams Wagstaff, Huxley University's new president, accidentally hires bumblers Baravelli and Pinky to help his school win the big football game against their rival, Darwin University.

Director: Norman Z. McLeod | Stars: Groucho Marx, Chico Marx, Harpo Marx, The Marx Brothers

Votes: 13,402

7. You Bet Your Life (1950–1961)

30 min | Comedy, Family, Game-Show

Groucho Marx hosts a quiz show which features a series of competitive questions and a great deal of humourous conversation.

Stars: Groucho Marx, George Fenneman, Melinda Marx, Tuulikki Woods

Votes: 744

8. The Cocoanuts (1929)

Passed | 96 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance

During the Florida land boom, The Marx Brothers run a hotel, auction off some land, thwart a jewel robbery, and generally act like themselves.

Directors: Robert Florey, Joseph Santley | Stars: Groucho Marx, Harpo Marx, Chico Marx, Zeppo Marx

Votes: 8,201 | Gross: $3.92M

9. Monkey Business (1931)

Not Rated | 77 min | Comedy, Family, Musical

On a transatlantic crossing, The Marx Brothers get up to their usual antics and manage to annoy just about everyone on board the ship.

Director: Norman Z. McLeod | Stars: Groucho Marx, Harpo Marx, The Marx Brothers, Chico Marx

Votes: 14,283

10. Love Happy (1949)

Passed | 85 min | Comedy, Crime, Music

The Marx Brothers help young Broadway hopefuls while thwarting diamond thieves.

Director: David Miller | Stars: Groucho Marx, Harpo Marx, Chico Marx, Ilona Massey

Votes: 3,082

11. Room Service (1938)

Approved | 78 min | Comedy

A penniless theatrical producer must outwit the hotel efficiency expert trying to evict him from his room, while securing a backer for his new play.

Director: William A. Seiter | Stars: Groucho Marx, Harpo Marx, Chico Marx, Lucille Ball

Votes: 5,550

12. The Big Store (1941)

Passed | 83 min | Comedy, Family, Musical

A detective is hired to protect the life of a singer, who has recently inherited a department store, from the store's crooked manager.

Director: Charles Reisner | Stars: Groucho Marx, Chico Marx, Harpo Marx, Tony Martin

Votes: 5,469

13. At the Circus (1939)

Passed | 87 min | Comedy, Musical

The Marx Brothers try to help the owner of a circus recover some stolen funds before he finds himself out of a job.

Director: Edward Buzzell | Stars: Groucho Marx, Chico Marx, Harpo Marx, Kenny Baker

Votes: 6,472

14. Wyrd Sisters (1997)

140 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy

When Duke Felmet murders King Verence and takes over the small country of Lancre on the Discworld, three witches are involuntarily tasked with protecting the king's baby son.

Stars: Jane Horrocks, June Whitfield, Annette Crosbie, Eleanor Bron

Votes: 1,073

15. Go West (1940)

Passed | 80 min | Comedy, Musical, Western

The Marx Brothers come to the rescue in the Wild West when a young man, trying to settle an old family feud so he can marry the girl he loves, runs afoul of crooks.

Director: Edward Buzzell | Stars: Groucho Marx, Chico Marx, Harpo Marx, John Carroll

Votes: 5,831

16. Slick Hare (1947)

Approved | 8 min | Animation, Short, Adventure

Humphrey Bogart visits the Mocrumbo Restaurant. He orders fried rabbit and Elmer Fudd has twenty minutes to serve it.

Director: Friz Freleng | Stars: Mel Blanc, Arthur Q. Bryan, Dave Barry, Robert Clampett

Votes: 1,255

17. Mother Goose Goes Hollywood (1938)

Approved | 8 min | Comedy, Family, Animation

Various Mother Goose rhymes are portrayed by Hollywood stars for example, Old King Cole's fiddlers three are the Marx Brothers, and Humpty Dumpty is W.C. Fields, who falls while tormenting ... See full summary »

Director: Wilfred Jackson | Stars: Al Bernie, Thelma Boardman, Beatrice Hagen, Ann Lee

Votes: 638

18. The Marx Brothers in a Nutshell (1982 TV Movie)

94 min | Comedy, Documentary

This salute to the famous comedy team of the Marx Brothers shows clips from many of their best-known films, including Duck Soup, Horse Feathers and Animal Crackers. Also shown are rare ... See full summary »

Director: Richard Patterson | Stars: Gene Kelly, Chico Marx, Groucho Marx, Harpo Marx

Votes: 126

19. The CooCoo Nut Grove (1936)

Not Rated | 7 min | Family, Animation, Short

A visit to a Hollywood nightclub, featuring caricatures of, among others, Walter Winchell, Hugh Herbert, W.C. Fields, Katharine Hepburn, Ned Sparks, Johnny Weissmuller, Lupe Velez, John ... See full summary »

Director: Friz Freleng | Stars: Jeane Cowan, Verna Deane, Melvin J. Gibby, Bernice Hansen

Votes: 607

20. A Hollywood Detour (1942)

Approved | 8 min | Animation, Short, Comedy

This cartoon, featuring a running-gag throughout of a John Barrymore caricature being mobbed by fan for an autograph, is a burlesqued tour of Hollywood. The narrator conducts a tourist tour... See full summary »

Directors: Frank Tashlin, Sid Marcus | Stars: Mel Blanc, Frank Graham, Paul Frees

Votes: 85

21. Groucho (1983 TV Movie)

87 min | Biography

The life story of Groucho Marx.

Director: John Bowab | Stars: Gabe Kaplan, Concetta D'Agnese, Michael Tucci

Votes: 86

22. The House That Shadows Built (1931)

55 min | Documentary

Paramount Pictures marked its 20th year in the business with this feature presentation of film clips, profiles of its then-current stars, and coming attractions.

Stars: Groucho Marx, Harpo Marx, Chico Marx, Zeppo Marx

Votes: 87

23. Hollywood Mouth 2 (2014)

84 min | Drama

A film buff discovers strange goings-on at a movie museum and elsewhere in Hollywood.

Director: Jordan Mohr | Stars: Sam Bologna, Alexander Des Combes, Ronald Duthweiler, Matthew Glaser

Votes: 698

24. The Unknown Marx Brothers (1993 TV Movie)

120 min | Comedy, Documentary

A tribute to the lives and careers of the Marx Brothers utilizing rare archival footage and personal interviews.

Directors: David Leaf, John Scheinfeld | Stars: Harpo Marx, Zeppo Marx, Leslie Nielsen, Maxine Marx

Votes: 329

25. Dot Goes to Hollywood (1987)

73 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy

Eight entry in the series of animated films about a little Australian girl called Dot and her animal friends. Dot competes to become a film star in 1930s Hollywood in order to pay for the operation that could save her sick koala friend.

Director: Yoram Gross | Stars: Robyn Moore, Keith Scott, Barbara Frawley, Ross Higgins

Votes: 58

26. Soda Squirt (1933)

6 min | Animation, Short, Comedy

Flip the Frog is a soda jerk who serves movie stars, but one of his concoctions changes an effeminate man into Mr. Hyde.

Director: Ub Iwerks

Votes: 123

27. Inside the Marx Brothers (2003 Video)

56 min | Documentary

Inside the Marx Brother is a look at the personal and professional lives of Groucho, Harpo, Chico, Zeppo, and Gummo Marx, featuring classic clips from such Marx Brothers favorites as "... See full summary »

Stars: Frank Albertson, Eve Arden, Kenny Baker, Tallulah Bankhead

Votes: 57

28. Groucho: A Life in Revue (2001 TV Movie)

82 min | Biography, Comedy

Groucho Marx recounts his life from a young performer to a beloved icon of entertainment.

Director: Steven Moskovic | Stars: Frank Ferrante, Roy Abramsohn, Marguerite Lowell, Scott Greer

Votes: 61

29. Hollywood Picnic (1937)

Approved | 8 min | Animation, Short, Comedy

Caricatures of many of the stars in Hollywood from the 1930's all playing and eating as best suits their public image.

Directors: Arthur Davis, Sid Marcus | Stars: Leone Le Doux, Anna Lee, Danny Webb

Votes: 73

30. Remarks on Marx (2004 Video)

34 min | Short

A documentary about the Marx brothers' films, personas, and careers as told by Hollywood writers, actors, and insiders.

Director: Karen Hillhouse | Stars: Dom DeLuise, Robert B. Weide, Irving Brecher, Anne Beatts

Votes: 84

31. Seeing Stars (1932)

7 min | Animation, Short

At a music hall, Krazy plays music. Various celebrities are here to listen to music or to disturb the show.

Directors: Manny Gould, Ben Harrison

Votes: 41

32. The Groucho Marx Collector's Classic (1985 Video)

135 min | Documentary, Comedy, Talk-Show

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Stars: Groucho Marx, Carole Landis, Carmen Miranda

33. Le Marxisme tendance Harpo (2019)

37 min | Documentary, Short

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Director: Bertrand Tessier | Star: Bill Marx

34. General Electric Theater (1953–1962)
Episode: The Incredible Jewel Robbery (1959)

TV-G | 30 min | Drama

Jewel thieves Chico and Harpo Marx disguised as Groucho plan the perfect crime. Groucho appears as himself at the end in a police line up.

Director: Mitchell Leisen | Stars: Harpo Marx, Chico Marx, Benny Rubin, Joy Rogers

Votes: 59

35. Hollywood Hist-o-Rama (1961– )
Episode: Marx Brothers (1962)

4 min | Documentary, Biography

A brief profile of the comedy troupe the Marx Brothers, including their origins as classical music performers, their days as stage actors, their break into the movies, and their individual careers after they split up.

Director: Joseph R. Juliano

Votes: 12

36. Taste Buds (2020– )
Episode: Froot Loops vs Cocoa Pebbles (2021)

67 min | Talk-Show

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Stars: Joe DeRosa, Mike Lavin, Sal Vulcano

37. TopTenz (2010– )
Episode: 10 Infamous Movies That Were Never Released (2022)

10 min | Documentary

What could make a studio or filmmaker sacrifice all that money, not to mention time, and never let a film see the light of day? Well, it's rarely anything good. Let's take a look at ten of the most remarkable yet unseen movies ever made.

Stars: Penelope Spheeris, Simon Whistler

38. La grande farandole (1961– )
Episode: Episode dated 31 December 1962 (1962)

67 min | Music

Comedians Roger Pierre and Jean-Marc Thibault and their friends impersonate the seven dwarfs, Snow White, the Marx Brothers in an evening filled with songs, sketches to celebrate the new ... See full summary »

Director: Guy Lessertisseur | Stars: Roger Pierre, Jean-Marc Thibault, Gilbert Bécaud, Jean-Pierre Cassel