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1. Kingdom (2014–2017)

TV-MA | 43 min | Drama, Sport

A retired MMA fighter turned trainer juggles keeping his mixed martial arts gym running and keeping his family united.

Stars: Frank Grillo, Kiele Sanchez, Matt Lauria, Jonathan Tucker

Votes: 19,686

2. Night Teeth (2021)

TV-14 | 107 min | Action, Crime, Drama

A college student moonlighting as a chauffeur picks up two mysterious women for a night of party-hopping across LA. But when he uncovers their bloodthirsty intentions - and their dangerous, shadowy underworld - he must fight to stay alive.

Director: Adam Randall | Stars: Jorge Lendeborg Jr., Debby Ryan, Lucy Fry, Raúl Castillo

Votes: 21,654

3. The Slumber Party Massacre (1982)

R | 77 min | Horror

A female high school student's slumber party turns into a bloodbath, as a newly escaped psychotic serial killer wielding a power drill prowls her neighborhood.

Director: Amy Holden Jones | Stars: Michele Michaels, Robin Stille, Michael Villella, Debra De Liso

Votes: 17,977

4. Ingrid Goes West (2017)

R | 98 min | Comedy, Drama

An unhinged social media stalker moves to LA and ingratiates herself into the life of an Instagram star.

Director: Matt Spicer | Stars: Aubrey Plaza, Elizabeth Olsen, O'Shea Jackson Jr., Wyatt Russell

Votes: 48,071 | Gross: $3.02M

5. Pumping Iron (1977)

PG | 86 min | Documentary, Sport

Arnold Schwarzenegger and Lou Ferrigno face off in a no-holds-barred competition for the title of Mr. Olympia in this critically-acclaimed film that made Schwarzenegger a household name.

Directors: George Butler, Robert Fiore | Stars: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Lou Ferrigno, Matty Ferrigno, Victoria Ferrigno

Votes: 25,058

6. Dracula vs. Frankenstein (1971)

GP | 91 min | Horror, Sci-Fi

Dracula conspires with a mad doctor to resurrect the Frankenstein Monster.

Directors: Al Adamson, Samuel M. Sherman | Stars: J. Carrol Naish, Lon Chaney Jr., Zandor Vorkov, Anthony Eisley

Votes: 2,254

7. Smiley Face (2007)

R | 85 min | Comedy

After a young actress unknowingly eats her roommate's marijuana cupcakes, her day becomes a series of misadventures.

Director: Gregg Araki | Stars: Anna Faris, John Krasinski, Adam Brody, Roscoe Lee Browne

Votes: 19,097 | Gross: $0.01M

8. Forbidden Zone (1980)

R | 74 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Musical

The bizarre and musical tale of a girl who travels to another dimension through the gateway found in her family's basement.

Director: Richard Elfman | Stars: Gene Cunningham, Marie-Pascale Elfman, Virginia Rose, Phil Gordon

Votes: 5,459

9. The Seventh Sign (1988)

R | 97 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror

Abby Quinn is eagerly awaiting childbirth but is haunted by dreams where she suffers a miscarriage. When she decides to rent a room to a mysterious stranger, she realizes a chain of events that will unleash the end of humanity.

Director: Carl Schultz | Stars: Demi Moore, Michael Biehn, Jürgen Prochnow, Peter Friedman

Votes: 15,704 | Gross: $18.88M

10. The Malibu Bikini Shop (1986)

R | 99 min | Comedy, Romance

Two brothers who have just graduated from college inherit a bikini store from their aunt.

Director: David Wechter | Stars: Michael David Wright, Bruce Greenwood, Amanda Horan Kennedy, Debra Blee

Votes: 1,205

11. The Glenn Miller Story (1954)

Approved | 115 min | Biography, Drama, Music

Biography of bandleader Glenn Miller from his beginnings to his death over the English Channel in December 1944.

Director: Anthony Mann | Stars: James Stewart, June Allyson, Harry Morgan, Charles Drake

Votes: 9,743

12. Dogtown and Z-Boys (2001)

PG-13 | 91 min | Documentary, Sport

Documentary about the pioneering 1970s Zephyr skating team.

Director: Stacy Peralta | Stars: Sean Penn, Jay Adams, Tony Alva, Jeff Ament

Votes: 13,372 | Gross: $1.29M

13. Don't Make Waves (1967)

Approved | 97 min | Comedy

Carlo goes on a vacation to Southern California, where he quickly becomes immersed in the easygoing local culture and becomes entangled in two beach-side romances.

Director: Alexander Mackendrick | Stars: Tony Curtis, Claudia Cardinale, Robert Webber, Joanna Barnes

Votes: 1,955

14. Baby Sister (1983 TV Movie)

100 min | Drama

Immature dropout Annie concocts a scheme to get her older sister's live-in boyfriend to date her instead.

Director: Steven Hilliard Stern | Stars: Ted Wass, Phoebe Cates, Pamela Bellwood, Efrem Zimbalist Jr.

Votes: 396

15. Sweet Kill (1972)

R | 85 min | Horror, Thriller

Horror and suspense in the story of a psychotic maniac who literally "loves" women to death.

Director: Curtis Hanson | Stars: Tab Hunter, Cherie Latimer, Nadyne Turney, Isabel Jewell

Votes: 455

16. You Can't Hurry Love (1988)

R | 92 min | Comedy, Romance

A comedy of a guy who is told the only way to be successful in LA is by "pretending to be someone else." Through a series of dates at a video dating service, he learns that isn't the case, ... See full summary »

Director: Richard Martini | Stars: David Packer, Scott McGinnis, David Leisure, Anthony Geary

Votes: 586 | Gross: $9.33M

17. Terminal Exposure (1987)

R | 105 min | Comedy, Crime

Two beach combing-shutterbugs accidentally capture a murder on film. Now detectives, the boys set out to capture a murderess shot only from behind, with a rose tattoo on her behind. Fun in ... See full summary »

Director: Nico Mastorakis | Stars: Mark Hennessy, Scott King, Hope Marie Carlton, Steve Donmyer

Votes: 1,391

18. The Runaway (1972)

R | 85 min | Drama

A runaway girl hitch-hikes west to the coast of southern California, where she meets different people, many wanting to sleep with her, including a lesbian prostitute and the older man initially giving her a ride to Venice Beach.

Director: Bickford Webber | Stars: Gilda Texter, William Smith, Rita Murray, Joanne Moore Jordan

Votes: 59 | Gross: $0.03M

19. Alex of Venice (2014)

R | 86 min | Drama

A workaholic attorney is forced to reinvent her life after her husband suddenly leaves.

Director: Chris Messina | Stars: Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Chris Messina, Don Johnson, Derek Luke

Votes: 3,391

20. When You're Strange (2009)

R | 86 min | Documentary, Music

A look at the late '60s and early '70s rock band The Doors, including rare exclusive footage.

Director: Tom DiCillo | Stars: Johnny Depp, John Densmore, Robby Krieger, Ray Manzarek

Votes: 10,290 | Gross: $0.24M

21. Floundering (1994)

R | 96 min | Comedy

In this scathing and subversive social comedy, life in post riot Los Angeles is dissected under the sardonic eye of John Boyz, an unemployed thirty nothing flounderer on Venice Beach who is... See full summary »

Director: Peter McCarthy | Stars: James Le Gros, Shaka, Zander Schloss, John Cusack

Votes: 1,387

22. Blume in Love (1973)

R | 115 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

Lawyer Stephen Blume, specialized in divorces, lives a paradoxical situation when, having his own marriage break up, is still in love with his ex-wife.

Director: Paul Mazursky | Stars: George Segal, Susan Anspach, Kris Kristofferson, Marsha Mason

Votes: 1,269 | Gross: $2.60M

23. I Love Trouble (1948)

Passed | 93 min | Crime, Film-Noir, Mystery

P.I. Stu is hired to investigate the past of a millionaire Johnson's wife who is missing. Stu finds that the wife had left her home town with an actor, went to college using a stolen identity and purloined $40,000 from a night club.

Director: S. Sylvan Simon | Stars: Franchot Tone, Janet Blair, Janis Carter, Adele Jergens

Votes: 1,049

24. Kid Auto Races at Venice (1914)

Not Rated | 11 min | Short, Comedy

The Tramp wanders into and disrupts the filming of a go-kart race.

Director: Henry Lehrman | Stars: Charles Chaplin, Henry Lehrman, Gordon Griffith

Votes: 3,324

25. Hollywood Mouth 3 (2018)

109 min | Drama

A film buff learns something new about her family and encounters noir-like situations in Hollywood.

Director: Jordan Mohr | Stars: Heidi Appe, Anastasia Art, Barbara Bologna, Angelica Coralvine

26. 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: 3,605 | Gross: $0.28M

27. Feed the Fish (2010)

Not Rated | 92 min | Comedy

Follows the journey of Joe Peterson, a burned out children's book writer who's approaching a midlife crisis.

Director: Michael Matzdorff | Stars: Tony Shalhoub, Barry Corbin, Katie Aselton, Vanessa Branch

Votes: 471 | Gross: $0.10M

28. The Size of Watermelons (1996)

R | 88 min | Comedy, Music

A political activist and comic-store owner heads to Las Vegas with all of his money to try to win enough cash to get his filmmaker pal's project off the ground.

Director: Kari Skogland | Stars: Paul Rudd, Donal Logue, Ione Skye, Donovan Leitch Jr.

Votes: 284

29. Hollywood Mouth (2008)

Not Rated | 75 min | Drama

In Hollywood, a film buff gets involved with selling a Faberge egg.

Director: Jordan Mohr | Stars: Michael Abruscato, Katy Baker, Sam Bologna, Veli Erturk

Votes: 714

30. The Six Degrees of Helter Skelter (2009)

Not Rated | 105 min | Documentary, Crime

"The Six Degrees of Helter Skelter" walks in the footsteps of the Manson Family, visiting over 40 locations related to the infamous Tate/LaBianca murders, and tying together the dozens of ... See full summary »

Director: Mike Dorsey | Stars: Ron Hale, Craig Harvey, Nikki Medlin, Scott Michaels

Votes: 717

31. Novel Romance (2006)

R | 91 min | Comedy, Romance

A successful female editor whose biological clock is ticking and and a struggling writer make a deal to realize her dreams of motherhood and his dreams of literary stardom. But once they get everything they want, are they really happy?

Director: Emily Skopov | Stars: Traci Lords, Paul Johansson, Sherilyn Fenn, Mariette Hartley

Votes: 284

32. Pacific Station (1991–1992)

30 min | Comedy

A police comedy show about eccentric police officers. Veteran police detective Bob Ballard is reassigned to Pacific Station in Venice, California. The station is habitually used as an exile... See full summary »

Stars: Robert Guillaume, Richard Libertini, John Hancock, Joel Murray

Votes: 29

33. French Exit (1995)

R | 92 min | Comedy, Romance

This movie attempts a persiflage on the Hollywood film industry, depicting two young authors, struggling on their way to their first successful screenplay: Right from the beginning - when ... See full summary »

Director: Daphna Kastner | Stars: Mädchen Amick, Jonathan Silverman, Molly Hagan, Vince Grant

Votes: 189

34. Frankie and Johnny Are Married (2003)

R | 95 min | Comedy

Television director and producer Michael Pressman mounts a production of Frankie and Johnny in the Clare de Lune starring his wife, Lisa Chess. But their attempts to stage the play and work... See full summary »

Director: Michael Pressman | Stars: Michael Pressman, Lisa Chess, Alan Rosenberg, Stephen Tobolowsky

Votes: 250 | Gross: $0.02M

35. The Last Case of August T. Harrison (2015)

TV-14 | 66 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery

August T. Harrison, private eye, comes out of retirement to solve a bizarre missing persons case, but finds himself caught in the middle of a dark conspiracy involving the writings of H.P. Lovecraft.

Director: Ansel Faraj | Stars: Jerry Lacy, Nathan Wilson, Maggie Wagner, Kelly Erin Decker

Votes: 199

36. Dracula's Bride of Horror (2022)

Horror

On the three nights of the super blood moon, Dracula and his blood-thirsty witches turn LA beaches into his killing zone as he stalks and seduces his voluptuous Bride of Horror through ... See full summary »

Director: Tim Lee | Stars: Kyle Colton, Junie Hoang, Lacey Rae, Elaine Ballace

37. Being Different (1981)

103 min | Documentary

This compassionate documentary offers snapshots of a number of people living productive lives while coping with physical abnormalities.

Director: Harry Rasky | Stars: Billy Barty, Christopher Plummer, Sandra Elaine Allen, Jo-Ann Cantilla

Votes: 158

38. Maple Palm (2006)

R | 116 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

A lesbian couple of fifteen years lives with the secret that one is an illegal immigrant. With no legal way to protect their relationship, the couple lives in fear of deportation. After an ... See full summary »

Director: Ralph Torjan | Stars: Deborah Stewart, Taymour Ghazi, Andrea Carvajal, Robert J. Feldman

Votes: 409

39. Death in Venice, CA (1994)

Not Rated | 30 min | Short, Drama, Romance

A stressed out writer's getaway is complicated by advances from a lascivious 17-year-old male relative.

Director: P. David Ebersole | Stars: Nick Rafter, Robert Glen Keith, Shirley Knight, John Forristal

Votes: 184

40. 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

41. The Brother Side of the Wake (2022)

95 min | Documentary, Fantasy

The Brother Side of the Wake is an experimental documentary about the people of Venice, California, and probes the question that Orson Welles explores in The Other Side of the Wind: "Is the journey more important than the destination?"

Director: Gerry Fialka | Stars: Gregor Sleleus, Jay Paulson, Gerry Fialka, Jeff Michalski

Votes: 20

42. The Great Venice Robbery (2007)

17 min | Short, Comedy

Four utter losers pull off a heist of their lives.

Director: Phil Volken | Stars: Ron Ransen, Gregory Blair, J.R. Starr, Jeremy Spencer

Votes: 45

43. The Most Haunted House in Venice Beach (2021)

Short, Drama

A "memory piece" of a time and place long past, remembered by the spirits who lived in Venice Beach once upon a time.

Director: Ansel Faraj | Stars: Christopher Pennock, Kelly Erin Decker, Douglas M. Eames, Ansel Faraj

44. Renaissance Academy

Drama | Announced

The story of a group of very smart, very wild teenage students at an alternative experimental creative arts high school based in Los Angeles that has no structure, rules or walls.

Stars: Nicole Vicius, Mark Gonzales, Alexandra Williams

45. Hearst-Selig News Pictorial, No. 103 (1915)

Short, News

New York: The Manhattan, a large ferryboat, is smashed when a tramp steamer crashes into her stern during dense fog. Charleston, S.C: Troops, marines and bluejackets march in gorgeous line ... See full summary »

Stars: George A. Powell, William H. Vanderbilt

46. Interview (2005 Video)

Not Rated | 34 min | Documentary, Short

In 1991, two cutting edge filmmakers: SCOTT SHAW and DONALD G. JACKSON created a new style of filmmaking. They titled it: ZEN FILMMAKING. In Zen Filmmaking no scripts are used. There are no... See full summary »

Director: Scott Shaw | Stars: Scott Shaw, Donald G. Jackson, Roger Ellis, Selina Jayne

47. Paramount-Bray Pictographs, No. 131 (1918)

Documentary, Short

Subjects may include: "Feminine Life Guards", "Shoe Sins" (aka "Foot Follies"), and the cartoon Goodrich Dirt in the Dark and Stormy Knight (1918).

Director: P.D. Hugon

48. Screen Snapshots: Hopalong in Hoppy Land (1951)

Approved | 10 min | Documentary, Short

Ralph Staub and the Screen Snapshots camera films William Boyd, in his 'Hopalong Cassidy" guise, as he presides over the Grand Opening of his "Hoppyland" amusement park in Venice, ... See full summary »

Director: Ralph Staub | Stars: Ralph Staub, William Boyd, Pat O'Brien, Don DeFore

49. A Kid Railroad (1919)

Documentary, Short

A railroad in Venice, California, is operated exclusively by and for children.

50. Adam-12 (1968–1975)
Episode: Venice Division (1973)

TV-PG | 25 min | Crime, Drama

Malloy and Reed work day shift out of Venice Div near LA's beaches. They catch a stolen dune buggy, ticket a nude sunbather, find a drunk at a beach diner, and tease a fellow motorcycle officer. But an obscene phone caller causes problems.

Director: Lawrence Doheny | Stars: Martin Milner, Kent McCord, Larry Hovis, Laurette Spang

Votes: 110