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51. The Opening Act (2020)
Not Rated | 90 min | Comedy
Will's true life passion is to become a stand-up comedian. When given the opportunity to emcee a comedy show opening for his hero Billy G., he must decide if he wants to continue the life he has set up, or pursue his dream.
Director: Steve Byrne | Stars: Jimmy O. Yang, Alex Moffat, Cedric The Entertainer, Neal Brennan
Votes: 1,193
52. Judge Priest (1934)
Passed | 80 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Judge Priest, a proud Confederate veteran, uses common sense and considerable humanity to dispense justice in a small town in the Post-Bellum Kentucky.
Director: John Ford | Stars: Will Rogers, Tom Brown, Anita Louise, Henry B. Walthall
Votes: 2,526
53. EarthBound (1994 Video Game)
T | Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
Ness, a boy from Onett, Eagleland, teams up with new friends to defeat an Evil Destroyer named Giygas. During the epic pursuits, Ness and his allies attempt to find the sacred Eight Melodies.
Director: Shigesato Itoi | Stars: Shigesato Itoi, Yukari Saito, Hirokazu Koyano, Etsuko Kawano
Votes: 1,226
54. Permanent (2017)
PG-13 | 93 min | Comedy
Permanent is a comedy about bad hair, adolescence, and socially awkward family members. It involves life-altering permanents and poorly-made toupees. Obstacles to daily survival ensue.
Director: Colette Burson | Stars: Alexis Leggett, Kaleigh Jo Keller, Kira McLean, Patricia Arquette
Votes: 2,615 | Gross: $0.01M
55. The Far Horizons (1955)
Not Rated | 108 min | Drama, History, Romance
After purchasing Louisiana from France, the USA sends surveyors Lewis and Clark, assisted by a Shoshone guide, to chart the new territory.
Director: Rudolph Maté | Stars: Fred MacMurray, Charlton Heston, Donna Reed, Barbara Hale
Votes: 1,304
56. Why We Fight (1942)
Not Rated | 52 min | Documentary, War
The official World War II US Government film statement defining the various enemies of the Allies and why they must be fought.
Directors: Frank Capra, Anatole Litvak | Stars: Walter Huston, Victor Bulwer-Lytton, Kai-Shek Chiang, Walter Darré
Votes: 2,416
57. John Paul Jones (1959)
126 min | Action, Biography, History
The career of Revolutionary War naval hero from his youth in Scotland through his service to Catherine the Great of Russia.
Director: John Farrow | Stars: Robert Stack, Marisa Pavan, Charles Coburn, Erin O'Brien
Votes: 1,443
58. Babes on Broadway (1941)
Approved | 118 min | Comedy, Family, Musical
Judy Garland and Mickey Rooney star in a musical directed by Busby Berkeley as two talented teenagers dreaming of success as Babes on Broadway.
Director: Busby Berkeley | Stars: Mickey Rooney, Judy Garland, Fay Bainter, Virginia Weidler
Votes: 1,656 | Gross: $3.85M
59. Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed (2008)
PG | 90 min | Documentary
Ben Stein examines the issue of academic freedom and decides that there is none when it comes to the debate over intelligent design.
Director: Nathan Frankowski | Stars: Ben Stein, Lili Asvar, Peter Atkins, Hector Avalos
Votes: 12,199 | Gross: $7.69M
60. Tomorrow (2015)
G | 118 min | Documentary
The world's climate is changing. Instead of showing the worst that can happen, this documentary focuses on the people suggesting solutions and their actions.
Directors: Cyril Dion, Mélanie Laurent | Stars: Anthony Barnosky, Olivier De Schutter, Cyril Dion, Emmanuel Druon
Votes: 3,603 | Gross: $0.04M
61. Cryptopia: Bitcoin, Blockchains and the Future of the Internet (2020)
Not Rated | 86 min | Documentary
Five years after his first documentary, award-winning producer/director Torsten Hoffmann revisits Bitcoin and sets out to explore the evolution of the blockchain industry and its new promise. Can this technology, designed to operate independent of trust and within a decentralized network, really provide a robust alternative to the Internet as we know it?
Directors: Torsten Hoffmann, Michael Watchulonis | Stars: Andreas M. Antonopoulos, Vitalik Buterin, Torsten Hoffmann, Robert Kahn
Votes: 1,375
62. Taking Chances (2009)
R | 99 min | Comedy
A troubled town is having an Indian casino built on a historic battlefield. Chase, working at the town museum, opposes it. He meets the cute Lucy. They start a petition against the casino.
Director: Talmage Cooley | Stars: Justin Long, Emmanuelle Chriqui, Rob Corddry, Keir O'Donnell
Votes: 1,449
63. Ma and Pa Kettle Back on the Farm (1951)
Approved | 80 min | Comedy
The Kettles leave their ultra-modern home and return to the country looking for uranium. Ma and Tom's mother-in-law, Mrs. Parker, fight over whether their grandchild will be raised "hygienically".
Director: Edward Sedgwick | Stars: Marjorie Main, Percy Kilbride, Richard Long, Meg Randall
Votes: 866
64. Painted Woman (2017)
Not Rated | 108 min | Romance, Western
Julie's time with her benefactor, Kyle Allison, is coming to a dangerous close, but she is given two chances of escape from two very different men - a hired assassin and a wayward horse trainer with a dark past. Which man will save her?
Director: James Cotten | Stars: Stef Dawson, Matt Dallas, Kiowa Gordon, David Thomas Jenkins
Votes: 2,112 | Gross: $0.01M
65. Undocumented (2010)
Not Rated | 96 min | Horror
A documentary crew accompany a group of illegal immigrants crossing the Border, but their plans run afoul when they are captured by a gang of sadistic radicals in New Mexico.
Director: Chris Peckover | Stars: Scott Mechlowicz, Alona Tal, Yancey Arias, Kevin Weisman
Votes: 1,454
66. Give 'em Hell, Harry! (1975)
PG | 104 min | Biography, Comedy, Drama
One-man show about the presidency of Harry S. Truman.
Directors: Steve Binder, Peter H. Hunt | Star: James Whitmore
Votes: 578 | Gross: $11.00M
67. Gabriel Over the White House (1933)
Passed | 86 min | Drama, Fantasy, Romance
A political hack becomes President during the height of the Depression and undergoes a metamorphosis into an incorruptible statesman after a near-fatal accident.
Director: Gregory La Cava | Stars: Walter Huston, Karen Morley, Franchot Tone, Arthur Byron
Votes: 1,403
68. Lucía, Lucía (2003)
R | 110 min | Adventure, Comedy, Crime
A woman trying to cope with the recent disappearance of her husband finds that the event uncovers some dark secrets. Subtitled.
Director: Antonio Serrano | Stars: Cecilia Roth, Carlos Álvarez-Nóvoa, Kuno Becker, Margarita Isabel
Votes: 1,075 | Gross: $0.27M
69. Don't Tell (2005)
R | 120 min | Drama, Mystery
Sabina has a regular life. She is satisfied with her job and her love for Franco. But nightmares start disturbing her, at almost the same time she discovers that she's pregnant. Little by ... See full summary »
Director: Cristina Comencini | Stars: Giovanna Mezzogiorno, Luigi Lo Cascio, Alessio Boni, Stefania Rocca
Votes: 2,581 | Gross: $0.03M
70. Lydia Bailey (1952)
Passed | 89 min | Action, Adventure, Romance
In 1802, during Haiti's struggle for independence from Napoleonic France, an American lawyer seeks a client's daughter living on the revolution-torn island.
Director: Jean Negulesco | Stars: Dale Robertson, Anne Francis, Charles Korvin, William Marshall
Votes: 228
71. Monsieur Beaucaire (1946)
Not Rated | 93 min | Adventure, Comedy, History
A bumbling barber in the court of King Louis XV becomes engaged in political intrigue when he masquerades as a dashing nobleman engaged to the princess of Spain.
Director: George Marshall | Stars: Bob Hope, Joan Caulfield, Patric Knowles, Marjorie Reynolds
Votes: 756
72. Hamilton: One Shot to Broadway (2017)
TV-PG | 90 min | Documentary
The remarkable story of how a group of inspired mavericks made an unlikely marriage of hip-hop and history the biggest musical show in America...and are getting ready to conquer the world.
Director: Elio Espana | Stars: Daveed Diggs, Renée Elise Goldsberry, Jesse Green, Chris Jackson
Votes: 312
73. Room and Bird (1951)
Passed | 7 min | Animation, Family, Short
Sylvester Cat and Tweety Bird are pets of tenants in the Spinsters Arms Hotel, where pets aren't allowed. As they try to keep out of sight of the landlord, Sylvester discovers Tweety and chases him in and out of the hotel rooms.
Director: Friz Freleng | Stars: Mel Blanc, Bea Benaderet
Votes: 616
74. Evolution vs. God: Shaking the Foundations of Faith (2013)
38 min | Documentary, Short
Ray Comfort, New Zealand-born evangelist, takes to the streets to ask random people to provide him with evidence for evolution, along with four evolutionary biologists.
Director: Ray Comfort | Stars: Ray Comfort, Kevan Brighting, Alessandro Bianchi, Gail Kennedy
Votes: 644
75. The Powers of the Universe (2004 Video)
Documentary
Brian Swimme, the mathematical cosmologist, discusses eleven powers of the universe: seamlessness, centration, allurement, emergence, homeostasis, cataclysm, synergy, transmutation, transformation, interrelatedness and radiance.
76. Now (1965)
5 min | Documentary, Short, Music
A documentary short about racism in the United States.
Director: Santiago Álvarez | Star: Lena Horne
Votes: 763
77. The Revisionaries (2012)
Not Rated | 92 min | Documentary, History, News
The theory of evolution and a re-write of American history are caught in the crosshairs when an unabashed Creationist seeks re-election as chairman of America's most influential Board of Education.
Director: Scott Thurman | Stars: Don McLeroy, Kathy Miller, Jonathan Saenz, Stephanie Klenzendorf
Votes: 697 | Gross: $0.02M
78. Wilson City (2015)
Not Rated | 115 min | Adventure, Comedy, Crime
Comedy inspired by paperback crime novels tells the story of an adventurous search for a mysterious murderer who just after the end of the First World War has begun a rampage in Wilson City... See full summary »
Director: Tomas Masin | Stars: Jirí Machácek, Vojtech Dyk, Tatiana Pauhofová, Jan Kraus
Votes: 211
79. Confidence (1933)
8 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
When the Great Depression hits, Oswald the Rabbit goes to the President himself for help.
Directors: William Nolan, Walter Lantz | Stars: Tex Avery, Walter Lantz
Votes: 91
80. Scenic National Parks: Mt. Rushmore & the Black Hills (2008 TV Movie)
48 min | Documentary
Mount Rushmore stands unrivaled in the world, a sky-high tribute to the heroes and ideals that shaped America. This iconic treasure is just one of the wonders to be found in the Black Hills, a region rich in history and majesty.
Stars: Jim Cissell, Rich Berry, Don Clifford, Robert Cook
Votes: 21
81. The Marvelous History of the US Dollar (2010)
52 min | Documentary
The story of the dollar is that of a myth, the American dream. The dollar flinches and the world quakes. Are we living the first signs of the end of an empire? The Marvelous History of the ... See full summary »
Director: Alain Lasfargues | Stars: Michel Aglietta, Patrick Baudry, C. Fred Bergsten, Steven Bullock
Votes: 14
82. Ladder of Philosophy
Documentary, History | Announced
Four philosophers - an atheist, an agnostic, a Christian, and a Hindu - settle down to discuss life, reason, faith, and whatever else comes to mind.
Director: Martin Horlacher | Star: Martin Horlacher
83. Hands Across the Sea in '76 (1911)
Short, Drama, Thriller
Features a chronological parade of major events and battles of the American Revolution, with a side-plot emphasis on the emotional stress of a patriotic American girl, played by Dorothy ... See full summary »
Director: Lawrence B. McGill | Stars: Dorothy Gibson, William S. Rising, Helen Marten, Thomas Irwin
84. Aviation Vacation (1941)
6 min | Family, Animation, Short
One of the prohibited Warner Bros. cartoons, short course of history, pygmies, gypsies and presidents.
Director: Tex Avery | Stars: Bill Days, Mel Blanc, Robert C. Bruce
Votes: 289
85. Can You Outsmart the Fallacy That Divided a Nation? (2022)
5 min | Animation, Short
Directors: Pazit Cahlon, Hector Herrera | Star: Jack Cutmore-Scott
86. Mount Rushmore: The Shrine (1986 Video)
18 min | Documentary, Short, Family
The story behind the creation of Mount Rushmore National Memorial.
Stars: Bill Rogers, Gutzon Borglum, Calvin Coolidge, Franklin D. Roosevelt
87. Paleo Sleuths: Saber-Toothed Tigers, Mastodons, and the Rise of Mammals (2016 Video)
56 min | Documentary
Paleontologists, notably Michael Voorhies, have uncovered fossils of hundreds of mammal species in Nebraska. For millions of years recurring super volcano eruptions doomed entire ... See full summary »
Director: Gary Hochman | Stars: Marsheli Billy, Greg Brown, Dan Fisher, Carl Hart
Votes: 6
88. The Exceptional Life of Benjamin Banneker (2017)
4 min | Animation, Short, Biography
Director: Jun Zee Myers | Star: Pen-Pen Chen
89. Us Welcome, Us Go Home (2011 TV Movie)
50 min | Documentary
Director: Philippe Truffault | Stars: Michel Aurillac, Nicole Bacharan, Lucien Barbeau, Yves Bardet
90. Nonsense! You're Wrong About the Separation of Church and State! (2018 Video)
52 min | Talk-Show
Stars: Stefan Molyneux, Mike M. DeMarco
91. Political Stockholm Syndrome (2017 Video)
39 min | Short, Talk-Show
Stefan Molyneux talks with the Rev. CL Bryant about the black community and how leftist politics have served it ill.
Stars: Stefan Molyneux, C.L. Bryant
92. The Immigration Debate (2018 Video)
101 min | News
Stefan Molyneux debates the libertarian activist Adam Kokesh.
Stars: Adam Kokesh, Stefan Molyneux
93. The Myth of the Noble Savage (2017 Video)
60 min | Talk-Show
Stefan Molyneux discusses the myth of the noble savage with the university professor and author, Dr. Duke Pesta.
Stars: Duke Pesta, Stefan Molyneux
94. The History of the English Language: Second Edition (2008 Video)
Documentary
Professor Seth Lerer lectures on the history of the English language, from its earliest roots to its modern forms, and includes lively commentary on American English.
Star: Seth Lerer
Votes: 7
95. Understanding Postmodernism with Professor Stephen Hicks (2018 Video)
61 min | Talk-Show
Stars: Carl Benjamin, Stephen R.C. Hicks
96. Romance of Louisiana (1937)
Passed | 18 min | Short, Drama, History
This 1937 Vitaphone short was reissued in 1953 to coincide with the 150th anniversary of the Louisiana Purchase. In 1803, American President Thomas Jefferson appointed James Monroe to ... See full summary »
Director: Crane Wilbur | Stars: Addison Richards, Erville Alderson, Suzanne Kaaren, Ian Wolfe
Votes: 100
97. Why Are Sloths So Slow? (2017)
5 min | Documentary, Animation, Short
Director: Anton Bogaty | Star: Addison Anderson
98.
The Styxhexenhammer666 Channel (2010– )
Episode:
Trump Condemns Political and Racial Violence: Leftists Outraged
(2017)
11 min | News
Leftists get angry when Donald Trump condemns all political violence, not just right-wing violence.
Star: Styxhexenhammer666
99.
Columbo (1971–2003)
Episode:
Candidate for Crime
(1973)
TV-PG | 98 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Senatorial candidate Nelson Hayward murders his domineering campaign manager, staging it to appear that Hayward himself was the intended victim of a mob hit gone wrong.
Director: Boris Sagal | Stars: Peter Falk, Jackie Cooper, Joanne Linville, Tisha Sterling
Votes: 2,780
100.
American Experience (1987– )
Episode:
George Washington: The Man Who Wouldn't Be King
(1992)
Approved | 90 min | Documentary, Biography, History
The personal development of George Washington is the focus as Producer David Sutherland brings to life a uniquely human Washington who transformed himself from social climber into a patriot willing to give up everything for a higher cause.
Director: David Sutherland | Stars: David McCullough, Robert Dawidoff, Thad Tate, Paul Longmore
Votes: 51