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51. High School Confidential! (1958)
Approved | 85 min | Crime, Drama
A tough kid comes to a new high school and begins muscling his way into the drug scene. This is a typical morality play of the era, filled with a naive view of drugs, nihilistic beat poetry, and some incredible '50s slang.
Director: Jack Arnold | Stars: Russ Tamblyn, Jan Sterling, John Drew Barrymore, Mamie Van Doren
Votes: 1,175
52. The Quest (1976)
TV-PG | 60 min | Drama, Western
Two brothers and a sister separated by Indians when the younger brother and sister were taken by them. The brothers finally reunite and decide to go on a quest to find their sister.
Stars: Kurt Russell, Tim Matheson, Frank Salsedo, Dan O'Herlihy
Votes: 295
53. Father's Little Dividend (1951)
Not Rated | 82 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Shortly after coming to terms with his daughter's marriage, a father faces the prospect of becoming a grandfather.
Director: Vincente Minnelli | Stars: Spencer Tracy, Joan Bennett, Elizabeth Taylor, Don Taylor
Votes: 4,309 | Gross: $6.81M
54. Iron Horse (1966–1968)
60 min | Western
Ben Calhoun won the half-completed Buffalo Pass, Scalplock, and Defiance Line railroad in a poker game and must interact with 1880s first nation, bankers, and bad guys to complete the line.
Stars: Dale Robertson, Robert Random, Gary Collins, Roger Torrey
Votes: 231
55. Late Night with David Letterman (1982–1993)
TV-PG | 60 min | Comedy, Music, Talk-Show
Popular late-night comedy/talk-show with host David Letterman, interviewing famous guests.
Stars: David Letterman, Paul Shaffer, Bill Wendell, Calvert DeForest
Votes: 5,003
56. Satan's Sadists (1969)
R | 86 min | Action, Drama, Horror
The "Satans" are a very cruel biker gang led by Anchor. The gang goes to a diner in the middle of nowhere in the California desert where they begin to terrorize Lew and his patrons and his ... See full summary »
Director: Al Adamson | Stars: Russ Tamblyn, Scott Brady, John 'Bud' Cardos, Robert Dix
Votes: 1,159
57. The Last Hunt (1956)
Not Rated | 108 min | Drama, Western
In 1883 South Dakota, two buffalo hunters start a personal feud over a captured squaw and a stand-off with a Dakota raiding party over some stolen horses.
Director: Richard Brooks | Stars: Robert Taylor, Stewart Granger, Lloyd Nolan, Debra Paget
Votes: 1,817
58. Paint It Black (2016)
97 min | Drama
A young woman attempts to deal with the death of her boyfriend while continuously confronted by his mentally unstable mother.
Director: Amber Tamblyn | Stars: Janet McTeer, Alia Shawkat, Emily Rios, Mish Way
Votes: 797
59. Hit the Deck (1955)
Passed | 112 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance
Three sailors come ashore and take the city by storm, but can they win the hearts of three women by song?
Director: Roy Rowland | Stars: Jane Powell, Tony Martin, Debbie Reynolds, Walter Pidgeon
Votes: 969
60. The Wide World of Mystery (1973–1976)
90 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
A 90 minute late-night mystery and suspense anthology series which ran on ABC (American Broadcasting Company), between 1973 and 1978.
Stars: John Karlen, Michael Parks, Susan Strasberg, Robert Symonds
Votes: 136
61. Human Highway (1982)
Not Rated | 88 min | Comedy, Drama, Sci-Fi
The new owner of a roadside diner stuck in a town built around an always leaking nuclear power plant plans to torch the place to collect insurance. However, an assortment of bizare ... See full summary »
Directors: Dean Stockwell, Neil Young | Stars: Neil Young, Russ Tamblyn, Dean Stockwell, Dennis Hopper
Votes: 818
62. Many Rivers to Cross (1955)
Passed | 94 min | Comedy, Romance, Western
Robert Taylor and Eleanor Parker star as a Kentucky backwoodsman and the woman who will NOT let anything interfere with her plans to marry him in this humorous romantic adventure through the American Frontier of 1798.
Director: Roy Rowland | Stars: Robert Taylor, Eleanor Parker, Victor McLaglen, Jeff Richards
Votes: 1,331
63. The Greatest Show on Earth (1963–1964)
60 min | Drama, Family
Johnny Slate is the big boss who successfully keeps the circus running as it moves from town to town. He manages to deal with the unexpected frequently and uses Otto King, the accountant, as a sounding board.
Stars: Jack Palance, Stuart Erwin, Buck Taylor, Buddy Lewis
Votes: 147
64. Cade's County (1971–1972)
60 min | Action, Crime, Drama
The adventures of Sam Cade, sheriff of rural Madrid County.
Stars: Glenn Ford, Edgar Buchanan, Taylor Lacher, Victor Campos
Votes: 246
65. Movie Magic (1994–1997)
30 min | Documentary, Short, History
Documentary series dealing with every aspect of special effects in movies, from low-budget make-up to multi-million-dollar computer-generated graphics. The clear presentation includes ... See full summary »
Stars: James Cameron, Richard Edlund, Rick Baker, Ken Ralston
Votes: 186
66. Black Heat (1976)
R | 94 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Kicks Carter, a streetwise Las Vegs cop, is out to shut down an upscale hotel that is actually a front for a host of illegal activities. A gang headed by the scuzzy Ziggy is running ... See full summary »
Director: Al Adamson | Stars: Timothy Brown, Russ Tamblyn, Jana Bellan, Geoffrey Land
Votes: 271
67. The Winning Team (1952)
Approved | 98 min | Biography, Drama, Family
Nebraska farmboy Grover Cleveland Alexander achieves baseball stardom before war injuries and alcoholism derail his career, but through his wife's faithful efforts he gets a chance for a comeback and redemption.
Director: Lewis Seiler | Stars: Doris Day, Ronald Reagan, Frank Lovejoy, Eve Miller
Votes: 1,114
68. Aftershock (1990)
R | 91 min | Action, Sci-Fi
An alien visits Earth during World War III, learns English by absorbing a dictionary, and meets good and bad earthlings.
Director: Frank Harris | Stars: James Lew, Michael Standing, Elizabeth Kaitan, Jay Roberts Jr.
Votes: 416
69. Deep in My Heart (1954)
Approved | 132 min | Biography, Comedy, Musical
Biographic movie about the American composer Sigmund Romberg.
Director: Stanley Donen | Stars: José Ferrer, Merle Oberon, Helen Traubel, Doe Avedon
Votes: 964
70. Don't Go Near the Water (1957)
Approved | 107 min | Adventure, Comedy, Romance
On a small South Pacific island during WW2, various US Navy P.R. personnel pass the time romancing the nurses and the native girls while trying to avoid front line sea duty.
Director: Charles Walters | Stars: Glenn Ford, Gia Scala, Earl Holliman, Anne Francis
Votes: 860
71. As Young as You Feel (1951)
Approved | 77 min | Comedy
A 65-year-old printer hatches an elaborate scheme to avoid forced retirement.
Director: Harmon Jones | Stars: Monty Woolley, Thelma Ritter, David Wayne, Jean Peters
Votes: 1,437
72. Hits (2014)
96 min | Comedy, Drama
A small town in upstate New York plays host to its inhabitants' delusions of grandeur.
Director: David Cross | Stars: Meredith Hagner, Matt Walsh, James Adomian, Jake Cherry
Votes: 2,008
73. Retreat, Hell! (1952)
Approved | 95 min | Drama, War
The saga of a battalion of U.S. Marines during the Korean War, starting with their training, landing at Inchon in 1950, advance into North Korea and their subsequent retreat back to the 38th parallel.
Director: Joseph H. Lewis | Stars: Frank Lovejoy, Richard Carlson, Anita Louise, Russ Tamblyn
Votes: 543
74. Commando Squad (1987)
R | 90 min | Action, Drama
An American narcotics agent takes her squad to Mexico, where she must break up a drug-smuggling gang that has also kidnapped her boyfriend.
Director: Fred Olen Ray | Stars: Kathy Shower, Brian Thompson, William Smith, Robert Quarry
Votes: 253
75. AFI Life Achievement Award (1973– )
Documentary
The Award is the highest honor for a career in film and celebrates an individual whose career has greatly contributed to the enrichment of American culture.
Stars: Carole Bayer Sager, George Stevens Jr., Jack Nicholson, Gregory Peck
Votes: 52
76. Perry Como's Kraft Music Hall (1948–1967)
60 min | Music
Perry Como was an American Singer, who got his start on NBC Radio. In 1948, Because of his popularity, The cameras were simply brought into the radio studio to televise the radio broadcast ... See full summary »
Stars: Perry Como, Mitchell Ayres Orchestra, The Ray Charles Singers, Mitchell Ayres
Votes: 121
77. Captain Carey, U.S.A. (1949)
Approved | 82 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
When an OSS officer returns to Italy to uncover the informer who cost lives of villagers, he unexpectedly finds out that his lover is alive and connected to the traitor.
Director: Mitchell Leisen | Stars: Alan Ladd, Wanda Hendrix, Francis Lederer, Joseph Calleia
Votes: 650
78. Follow the Boys (1963)
Not Rated | 95 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance
Four women have adventures when they follow the Navy men they love to Italy.
Director: Richard Thorpe | Stars: Connie Francis, Paula Prentiss, Dany Robin, Janis Paige
Votes: 407
79. Wizards of the Demon Sword (1991)
R | 90 min | Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
A swordsman helps a young girl fight an evil wizard for possession of the magic Knife of Aktar, which gives its owner unlimited power. The girl wants it to help free her imprisoned father, and the wizard is after it for his own reasons.
Director: Fred Olen Ray | Stars: Lyle Waggoner, Russ Tamblyn, Blake Bahner, Heidi Paine
Votes: 646
80. Take the High Ground! (1953)
Not Rated | 101 min | Drama, War
In 1953, at Fort Bliss, Texas, two former Korean War combat veterans work as drill sergeants and fall in love with the same woman.
Director: Richard Brooks | Stars: Richard Widmark, Karl Malden, Elaine Stewart, Carleton Carpenter
Votes: 1,112
81. The Young Guns (1956)
Approved | 84 min | Western
The son of a feared Wyoming gunslinger struggles with the decision of whether to follow in his dead father footsteps--as everyone assumes he will--or fight against the pressure of the ... See full summary »
Director: Albert Band | Stars: Russ Tamblyn, Gloria Talbott, Perry Lopez, Scott Marlowe
Votes: 145
82. B.O.R.N. (1989)
R | 92 min | Horror, Thriller
A speeding ambulance abducts three beautiful young women to a sinister medical center where someone is making a killing selling healthy human organs on the black market. The title stands for Body Organ Replacement Network.
Director: Ross Hagen | Stars: Ross Hagen, P.J. Soles, Hoke Howell, William Smith
Votes: 225
83. The Captive: The Longest Drive 2 (1976)
PG-13 | 80 min | Western
During a Cavalry massacre at an Indian village, two brothers, searching for their captured sister, rescue a white woman long ago kidnapped by the Cheyenne. They ride for their lives, haunted by the chant of the tribal Death Song.
Director: Barry Shear | Stars: Kurt Russell, Tim Matheson, Richard Egan, Dennis Cole
Votes: 114
84. Invisible Mom (1996 Video)
PG | 91 min | Comedy, Fantasy
A family's life is thrown into comical chaos after mom accidentally drinks her inventor husband's latest concoction, an invisibility potion.
Director: Fred Olen Ray | Stars: Dee Wallace, Barry Livingston, Trenton Knight, Giuseppe Andrews
Votes: 363
85. Johnny Mysto: Boy Wizard (1997 Video)
PG | 87 min | Adventure, Fantasy
Novice magician Johnny Mysto dreams of going back in time to visit the magicians of earlier eras. He recruits TV magician Blackmoor and begins his own time-travel quest. After accidentally ... See full summary »
Director: Jeff Burr | Stars: Toran Caudell, Russ Tamblyn, Michael Ansara, Amber Tamblyn
Votes: 182
86. The Joan Rivers Show (1989–1993)
60 min | Talk-Show
After the end of her longtime association with Johnny Carson and the failure of her own late night talk show, Joan Rivers attempted to try her hand, this time, on her morning talk show, in ... See full summary »
Stars: Joan Rivers, Myreah Mai Moore, Gladys Knight, Bob Hope
Votes: 97
87. My Ghost Dog (1997 TV Movie)
G | 90 min | Comedy, Family, Fantasy
He's cute, he's furry and he's completely invisible - except to Toby, his 8 year old best friend. His name is Lucky, The Magic Dog. When Toby's evil Aunt Violet tries to steal Toby's inheritance, Lucky tries to wreck her nasty scheme.
Director: John Putch | Stars: Leo Milbrook, Bryan Mendez, Jessica Knoblauch, Sarah Tinnon
Votes: 264
88. Sobbin' Women: The Making of 'Seven Brides for Seven Brothers' (1997 TV Movie)
35 min | Documentary, Music
This behind-the-scenes documentary includes interviews with people who were directly involved in the MGM classic musical 'Seven Brides for Seven Brothers'. Those interviewed include actors ... See full summary »
Director: Scott Benson | Stars: Howard Keel, Stanley Donen, Saul Chaplin, Michael Kidd
Votes: 134
89. Blood & Flesh: The Reel Life & Ghastly Death of Al Adamson (2019)
100 min | Documentary, Biography
Maverick indie filmmaker Al Adamson's real life was even crazier than one of the 30-plus sex 'n' schlock drive-in movies he made in the '60s and '70s.
Director: David Gregory | Stars: Al Adamson, Samuel M. Sherman, Chris Poggiali, Ken Adamson
Votes: 645
90. Little Miss Magic (1998)
PG | 86 min | Comedy, Family, Fantasy
An adolescent sorceress-to-be has to pass a special test in order to become a full-fledged witch: she must save a henpecked husband from his battle-ax wife.
Director: Fred Olen Ray | Stars: Russ Tamblyn, Michelle Bauer, Ted Monte, Vanessa Greyshock
Votes: 200
91. Cave of Outlaws (1951)
Passed | 76 min | Western
Released after serving 15 years in prison for train robbery Pete Carver being the only survivor of the gang goes looking for the loot in the caves where it was hidden.
Director: William Castle | Stars: Macdonald Carey, Alexis Smith, Edgar Buchanan, Victor Jory
Votes: 389
92. Running Mates (1992 TV Movie)
PG-13 | 92 min | Comedy, Romance
In this political satire, a Senator running for President is involved in some controversies when his political enemies expose some hidden secrets about his new wife, a successful author of children's books.
Director: Michael Lindsay-Hogg | Stars: Diane Keaton, Ed Harris, Ed Begley Jr., Ben Masters
Votes: 356
93. ABC Late Night (1973–1976)
90 min | Documentary, Comedy, Music
ABC's Wide World of Entertainment is a late night block of programs created by the ABC television network.
Stars: Steve Allen, Jack Carter, Sammy Davis Jr., Peter Lawford
Votes: 175
94. Little Devils: The Birth (1993)
100 min | Comedy, Horror
Evil scientist discovers ancient mud from Hell, becomes possessed, and creates miniature gargoyle statues, bringing them to life. The gargoyles then go on killing sprees, wreaking havoc.
Director: George Pavlou | Stars: Russ Tamblyn, Marc Price, Nancy Valen, Wayne McNamara
Votes: 300
95. Channing (1963–1964)
60 min | Drama
Professor Joe Howe is a Korean War veteran who is hired to teach English at Channing College. The dean Fred Baker is his mentor as Howe is writing a novel about his experiences. They are frequently involved in the student's lives.
Stars: Henry Jones, Jason Evers, Tyler McVey, Ed Nelson
Votes: 58
96. The Juke Box Jury (1953– )
30 min | Music
Stars: Peter Potter, Suzanne Alexander, Michael O'Shea, Bob Crosby
97. The Cool School (2008)
Not Rated | 86 min | Documentary
How LA Learned to Love Modern Art. A lesson in how a few renegade artists built an art scene from scratch.
Director: Morgan Neville | Stars: Eve Babitz, John Baldessari, Larry Bell, Billy Al Benston
Votes: 293
98. Scream Free! (1969)
R | 80 min | Action, Drama
Here's an "Easy Rider" - inspired plot with the combination of "West Side Story" stars. Richard Beymer falls in love with Lana Wood (sister Natalie wasn't available). They need cash so they... See full summary »
Directors: Bill Brame, John Lawrence | Stars: Richard Beymer, Russ Tamblyn, Lana Wood, Casey Kasem
Votes: 85
99. The Kid from Cleveland (1949)
Passed | 89 min | Drama, Family, Sport
Baseball team (the Cleveland Indians) helps a troubled teenaged fan.
Director: Herbert Kline | Stars: George Brent, Lynn Bari, Russ Tamblyn, Tommy Cook
Votes: 137
100. MGM Parade (1955–1956)
30 min | Documentary
The original concept of the show was to allow the viewer to see the inner workings of a movie studio and featured interviews with MGM stars and explanations of how movies were made. Later, ... See full summary »
Stars: George Murphy, Walter Pidgeon, Janet Lake, Luana Lee
Votes: 112