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1. Twister (I) (1996)
PG-13 | 113 min | Action, Adventure, Thriller
Two storm chasers on the brink of divorce must work together to create an advanced weather alert system by putting themselves in the cross-hairs of extremely violent tornadoes.
Director: Jan de Bont | Stars: Helen Hunt, Bill Paxton, Cary Elwes, Jami Gertz
Votes: 213,698 | Gross: $241.72M
2. Superman (1978)
PG | 143 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
An alien orphan is sent from his dying planet to Earth, where he grows up to become his adoptive home's first and greatest superhero.
Director: Richard Donner | Stars: Christopher Reeve, Margot Kidder, Gene Hackman, Marlon Brando
Votes: 187,573 | Gross: $134.22M
3. The Fog (1980)
R | 89 min | Horror, Thriller
An unearthly fog rolls into a small coastal town exactly 100 years after a ship mysteriously sank in its waters.
Director: John Carpenter | Stars: Adrienne Barbeau, Jamie Lee Curtis, Janet Leigh, John Houseman
Votes: 83,025 | Gross: $21.38M
4. The Fox and the Hound (1981)
G | 83 min | Animation, Adventure, Drama
A fox named Tod and a hound named Copper vow to be best friends forever. But as Copper grows into a hunting dog, their unlikely friendship faces the ultimate test.
Directors: Ted Berman, Richard Rich, Art Stevens, David Hand, Wolfgang Reitherman | Stars: Mickey Rooney, Kurt Russell, Pearl Bailey, Jack Albertson
Votes: 101,949 | Gross: $63.46M
5. Deadwood: The Movie (2019 TV Movie)
TV-MA | 110 min | Drama, Western
As the residents of Deadwood gather to commemorate Dakota's statehood in 1889, saloon owner Al Swearengen and Marshal Seth Bullock clash with Senator George Hearst.
Director: Daniel Minahan | Stars: Timothy Olyphant, Ian McShane, Molly Parker, Paula Malcomson
Votes: 26,119
6. Dumbo (1941)
G | 64 min | Animation, Adventure, Drama
Ridiculed because of his enormous ears, a young circus elephant is assisted by a mouse to achieve his full potential.
Directors: Samuel Armstrong, Norman Ferguson, Wilfred Jackson, Jack Kinney, Bill Roberts, Ben Sharpsteen, John Elliotte | Stars: Sterling Holloway, Edward Brophy, Herman Bing, Billy Bletcher
Votes: 142,111 | Gross: $1.60M
7. Bedazzled (1967)
Approved | 103 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
A hapless loser sells his soul to the Devil in exchange for seven wishes, but has trouble winning over the girl of his dreams.
Director: Stanley Donen | Stars: Peter Cook, Dudley Moore, Eleanor Bron, Raquel Welch
Votes: 9,819
8. The Day of the Locust (1975)
R | 144 min | Drama, Thriller
An art director in the 1930s falls in love and attempts to make a young woman an actress despite Hollywood who wants nothing to do with her because of her problems with an estranged man and her alcoholic father.
Director: John Schlesinger | Stars: Donald Sutherland, Karen Black, Burgess Meredith, William Atherton
Votes: 6,366 | Gross: $17.79M
9. Wind Chill (2007)
R | 91 min | Adventure, Drama, Horror
Two college students share a ride home for the holidays, but when they break down on a deserted stretch of road, they are preyed upon by the ghosts of people who have died there.
Director: Gregory Jacobs | Stars: Emily Blunt, Ashton Holmes, Martin Donovan, Ned Bellamy
Votes: 24,983 | Gross: $0.02M
10. Dirty Mary Crazy Larry (1974)
PG | 93 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
Down-on-their-luck racers Larry and Deke steal from a supermarket manager to buy a car that will help them advance their racing chances. Their escape does not go as planned when Larry's one-night stand, Mary, tags along for the ride.
Director: John Hough | Stars: Peter Fonda, Susan George, Adam Roarke, Kenneth Tobey
Votes: 7,830 | Gross: $0.62M
11. Ninja III: The Domination (1984)
R | 92 min | Action, Fantasy, Thriller
An evil ninja attempts to avenge his death from beyond the grave, by possessing an innocent woman's body.
Director: Sam Firstenberg | Stars: Shô Kosugi, Lucinda Dickey, Jordan Bennett, David Chung
Votes: 5,225 | Gross: $7.61M
12. 10.5 (2004)
Unrated | 83 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
An earthquake reaching a 10.5 magnitude on the Richter scale, strikes the west coast of the U.S. and Canada. A large portion of land falls into the ocean, and the situation is worsened by aftershocks and tsunami.
Stars: Kim Delaney, Fred Ward, Ivan Sergei, Dulé Hill
Votes: 4,024
13. Doing Time on Maple Drive (1992 TV Movie)
92 min | Drama
A young college student, his family's "golden child," brings his fiancee home to meet them.
Director: Ken Olin | Stars: James Sikking, Bibi Besch, William McNamara, Jayne Brook
Votes: 2,434
14. Beast with a Gun (1977)
Unrated | 91 min | Action, Crime, Drama
In Italy, escaped sadistic killer Nanni Vitali and his henchmen terrorize the populace and seek revenge against those responsible for Vitali's incarceration.
Director: Sergio Grieco | Stars: Helmut Berger, Marisa Mell, Richard Harrison, Marina Giordana
Votes: 1,240
15. Knock Knock (1940)
Approved | 7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Andy Panda attempts to find out if he can catch a woodpecker by putting salt on its tail.
Directors: Walter Lantz, Alex Lovy | Stars: Mel Blanc, Sara Berner, Bernice Hansen
Votes: 294
16. Local Color (2006)
R | 107 min | Drama
A successful artist looks back with loving memories on the summer of his defining year, 1974. A talented but troubled 18-year-old aspiring artist befriends a brilliant elderly alcoholic ... See full summary »
Director: George Gallo | Stars: Armin Mueller-Stahl, Trevor Morgan, Ray Liotta, Samantha Mathis
Votes: 1,788 | Gross: $0.05M
17. Cat Burglar (2022)
TV-14 | 12 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Interactive Tex Avery-inspired cartoon where the viewer answers questions with a scenario about a guard dog named Peanut protecting a priceless work of art and a cat burglar named Rowdy trying to steal it from the art museum.
Director: James Bowman | Stars: Alan Lee, James Adomian, Trevor Devall
Votes: 647
18. A Bullet for Joey (1955)
Approved | 85 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
-In Montreal (Canada), a police inspector slowly discovers a plot to kidnap a nuclear physicist, American mobsters, foreign spies, and a blonde seductress, are all involved.
Director: Lewis Allen | Stars: Edward G. Robinson, George Raft, Audrey Totter, George Dolenz
Votes: 1,229
19. Playboy: Wet & Wild II (1990 Video)
Not Rated | 50 min | Documentary
From waterfalls to water sports,crystal-clear pools to tropical island lagoons, Playboy's famous Playmates get "wet and wild" in an all-new series of exciting escapades and provocative nude scenes.
Director: Skott Snider | Stars: Rebekka Armstrong, Deborah Driggs, Ava Fabian, Karen Foster
Votes: 52
20. They Stooge to Conga (1943)
Approved | 18 min | Short, Comedy, War
The stooges are repairmen who get a job fixing the doorbell in large house which is the secret headquarters of some Nazi spies. They manage to ruin most of the house while working on the ... See full summary »
Director: Del Lord | Stars: Moe Howard, Larry Fine, Curly Howard, Lloyd Bridges
Votes: 565
21. Tesla: Master of Lightning (2000 TV Movie)
TV-PG | 87 min | Documentary, Biography, History
Biography of electrical inventor and visionary genius Nikola Tesla.
Director: Robert Uth | Stars: Stacy Keach, Elisabeth Noone, Nikola Tesla, Leland I. Anderson
Votes: 1,063
22. The Pest (1922)
Passed | 22 min | Comedy, Short
Stan Laurel plays a book salesman who has a series of encounters, mostly revolving around a young woman who might be evicted by her lecherous landlord. Along the way, Stan dresses up as a ... See full summary »
Director: Gilbert M. 'Broncho Billy' Anderson | Stars: Stan Laurel, Glen Cavender, Vera Reynolds, Joy Winthrop
Votes: 112
23. Stork Naked (1955)
7 min | Animation, Family, Short
A drunken stork comes to the home of Mr. And Mrs. Daffy Duck with a bundle of joy, but Daffy wants no more children and takes extreme measures to keep the stork away.
Director: Friz Freleng | Star: Mel Blanc
Votes: 345
24. Bad Luck Blackie (1949)
Approved | 7 min | Family, Animation, Comedy
A cute and very tormented kitten is bullied by an incomparably evil bulldog, who lives to know better after a black cat crosses his path.
Director: Tex Avery | Stars: William Hanna, Harry Lang, Pat McGeehan, Tex Avery
Votes: 1,647
25. I've Got Your Number (1934)
Unrated | 69 min | Action, Comedy, Mystery
Two telephone repairmen have many adventures and romance a pair of blondes.
Director: Ray Enright | Stars: Joan Blondell, Pat O'Brien, Allen Jenkins, Glenda Farrell
Votes: 519
26. To Beep or Not to Beep (1963)
Approved | 7 min | Animation, Family, Short
Wile E. Coyote attacks the Road Runner with an enormous boulder-throwing catapult, only to have it constantly backfire on him.
Directors: Chuck Jones, Maurice Noble, Tom Ray | Stars: Mel Blanc, Paul Julian
Votes: 817
27. Ventriloquist Cat (1950)
Approved | 7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
A cat learns the art of ventriloquism in order to play a series of practical jokes on a slow-witted bulldog...
Director: Tex Avery | Stars: Tex Avery, Red Coffey
Votes: 620
28. Officer Pooch (1941)
Passed | 8 min | Family, Comedy, Animation
Officer Pooch is called out to rescue a kitten that is repeatedly chased up telephone poles and trees by an aggressive little dog.
Directors: Joseph Barbera, William Hanna, Rudolf Ising | Stars: Frank Bingman, Pinto Colvig
Votes: 336
29. Telephone Operator (1937)
Approved | 70 min | Action, Drama, Romance
A telephone operator covering for a friend's "fling" finds herself in the middle of a major disaster when the city is hit by a big flood and her switchboard is the center of communications.
Director: Scott Pembroke | Stars: Judith Allen, Grant Withers, Warren Hymer, Alice White
Votes: 200
30. Hatch Up Your Troubles (1949)
Approved | 8 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
A baby woodpecker mistakes Jerry for his mother. The mouse rejects the newly hatched bird but soon finds himself protecting it against his feline nemesis, Tom.
Directors: Joseph Barbera, William Hanna | Stars: Sara Berner, William Hanna
Votes: 1,334
31. Zipping Along (1953)
Approved | 7 min | Animation, Family, Short
Hypnosis doesn't help the Coyote catch the Road Runner, nor do a clutch of string-controlled rifles or dozens of mousetraps, but they all manage to backfire on him, naturally.
Director: Chuck Jones | Stars: Mel Blanc, Paul Julian
Votes: 1,069
32. Little Runaway (1952)
Approved | 7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
A baby seal escapes from the circus and ends up in Jerry's backyard pond. Tom finds out soon enough when Jerry grabs a fish from Tom's plate, and when the circus offers a $10,000 reward, ... See full summary »
Directors: Joseph Barbera, William Hanna | Stars: Daws Butler, Pinto Colvig, William Hanna, Bob Laztny
Votes: 950
33. Father of the Bird (1997)
G | 9 min | Family, Animation, Comedy
Sylvester's parental instincts kick in when his newly-hatched breakfast calls him "Mama".
Director: Stephen Fossatti | Stars: Joe Alaskey, June Foray, Scott Burns, Spencer Locke
Votes: 111
34. Vertical Features Remake (1978)
Not Rated | 44 min | Short, Comedy
Tongue-in-cheek, early Greenaway short reflects the incredibly meticulous encyclopedic nature of his early films. An attempt is made to "reconstruct" a proposed, but never made, film ... See full summary »
Director: Peter Greenaway | Star: Colin Cantlie
Votes: 678
35. To Catch a Woodpecker (1957)
6 min | Animation, Family, Short
The Miracle Telephone Company attempts to stop Woody Woodpecker from pecking holes in its telephone poles.
Director: Alex Lovy | Stars: Daws Butler, Grace Stafford
Votes: 110
36. Hopalong Casualty (1960)
6 min | Family, Animation, Short
Wile E. Coyote tries to catch the Road Runner using a dynamite stick on a fishing pole, a Christmas present wrapping machine, and ACME Earthquake pills, which the Coyote discovers don't ... See full summary »
Director: Chuck Jones | Stars: Mel Blanc, Paul Julian
Votes: 541
37. Private Eye Popeye (1954)
Approved | 7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Private Eye Popeye gets a call from Olive Oyl to guard a precious gem. But no sooner does he get the gem than the butler takes it (and Olive). The rest of the cartoon is spent chasing the ... See full summary »
Directors: Seymour Kneitel, Thomas Johnson | Stars: Jackson Beck, Jack Mercer, Mae Questel
Votes: 246
38. Wings and the Woman (1942)
Approved | 94 min | Biography, Drama
The story of flyer Amy Johnson who won the hearts of the British public in the 1930s with her record-breaking solo flights around the world. Her marriage to fellow aviator Jim Mallison was less noteworthy.
Director: Herbert Wilcox | Stars: Anna Neagle, Robert Newton, Edward Chapman, Nora Swinburne
Votes: 249
39. Radio Patrol (1937)
Passed | 242 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
A young radio cop and a beautiful girl try to stop an international criminal gang from getting their hands on the formula for a new bulletproof steel.
Directors: Ford Beebe, Clifford Smith | Stars: Grant Withers, Adrian Morris, Kay Hughes, Mickey Rentschler
Votes: 63
40. The Eager Beaver (1946)
7 min | Family, Animation, Short
Anxious to get to work with the big guys damming the river before the flood hits, a little beaver keeps getting in the way of their work. Finally, the foreman sends him off to chop down ... See full summary »
Director: Chuck Jones | Stars: Mel Blanc, Frank Graham
Votes: 193
41. The Little Wise Quacker (1952)
Approved | 6 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Barney Bear goes duck hunting, but is forbidden by the rule book to shoot the one duck available: a duck that is asleep.
Director: Dick Lundy | Stars: Sara Berner, Red Coffey, Paul Frees
Votes: 145
42. Leisure Suit Larry in the Land of the Lounge Lizards (1987 Video Game)
M | Comedy
Looking for a good time? Meet Larry. He's just turned 40, and he's still single. If you can get past the glow of his Grecian formula, you can see his hairline beginning to make a hasty ... See full summary »
Directors: Chuck Benton, Mark Crowe, Al Lowe | Star: Marc Graue
Votes: 231
43. The Greenman (2011)
82 min | Thriller
Director: Joe Shelby | Stars: Bill Laing, Clayton Hill, Sharon Hill, Tommy Lafitte
Votes: 16
44. Saturday Afternoon (1926)
Passed | 30 min | Comedy, Short
Henpecked husband Harry is coerced by a good time pal to go on a clandestine double date. Of course, no good will come of this, as they encounter streetwalkers, bumpy roads, and a couple of toughs previously jilted by their dates.
Director: Harry Edwards | Stars: Harry Langdon, Alice Ward, Vernon Dent, Ruth Hiatt
Votes: 354
45. The Creep (2001)
60 min | Horror
A sleazy creep comes out at night to terrorize a small town in California.
Director: Mark Del Rio | Stars: Forrest J. Ackerman, Charles Del Rio, Rae Draeger, Joey Garza
Votes: 11
46. Janet Jackson: Runaway (1995 Music Video)
4 min | Fantasy, Music
Director: Marcus Nispel | Star: Janet Jackson
Votes: 84
47. A Peck o' Trouble (1953)
TV-G | 7 min | Family, Animation, Short
Lazy Dodsworth the Cat wants to catch a woodpecker for his breakfast. The woodpecker has built its home inside the upper trunk of a very tall tree, and Dodsworth puts on a professor's cap, ... See full summary »
Director: Robert McKimson | Stars: Mel Blanc, Sheldon Leonard
Votes: 274
48. Voice in the Night (1934)
Passed | 59 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
Tim Dale is the son of the president of a big-city telephone company and quits his job following a dispute with his father over company policy. He takes up polo playing. Circumstances force... See full summary »
Director: Charles C. Coleman | Stars: Tim McCoy, Billie Seward, Joseph Crehan, Ward Bond
Votes: 30
49. Carry Harry (1942)
Approved | 18 min | Comedy, Short
After getting into a compromising situation with a woman and her angry boyfriend, Harry uses a fire escape to hide in a friend's apartment, but finds that he climbed into the woman's one by mistake.
Director: Harry Edwards | Stars: Harry Langdon, Elsie Ames, Barbara Pepper, Marjorie Deanne
Votes: 18
50. Daffy Rents (1966)
6 min | Family, Animation, Short
After Speedy Gonzales wreaks havoc and gets cats hospitalized, Daffy Duck is called to put a stop to it involving a big cash settlement. He hires a robot known as Herman to do his dirty work for him, although even he can't stop Speedy.
Director: Robert McKimson | Stars: Mel Blanc, Pedro Gonzalez Gonzalez
Votes: 174