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1. Monte Carlo (2011)
PG | 109 min | Adventure, Comedy, Family
Three young women vacationing in Paris find themselves whisked away to Monte Carlo after one of the girls is mistaken for a British heiress.
Director: Thomas Bezucha | Stars: Selena Gomez, Leighton Meester, Katie Cassidy, Cory Monteith
Votes: 48,606 | Gross: $23.19M
2. Thundercats (1985–1989)
TV-Y7 | 30 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
A team of humanoid cats fight evil in their adopted home world.
Stars: Bob McFadden, Larry Kenney, Earl Hammond, Lynne Lipton
Votes: 19,042
3. The Last Unicorn (1982)
G | 92 min | Animation, Adventure, Drama
A beautiful unicorn sets out to learn if she truly is the last of her kind in this sparkling animated musical.
Directors: Jules Bass, Arthur Rankin Jr. | Stars: Jeff Bridges, Mia Farrow, Angela Lansbury, Alan Arkin
Votes: 29,526 | Gross: $6.46M
4. The Hobbit (1977 TV Movie)
TV-PG | 90 min | Animation, Adventure, Family
A homebody hobbit in Middle Earth gets talked into joining a quest with a group of dwarves to recover their treasure from a dragon.
Directors: Jules Bass, Arthur Rankin Jr. | Stars: Orson Bean, John Huston, Theodore Gottlieb, Cyril Ritchard
Votes: 16,340
5. Thundercats (2011–2012)
TV-PG | Animation, Action, Adventure
After his home kingdom is destroyed by the ancient devil priest Mumm-Ra, the young Thundercat Lord Lion-O leads a team of survivors as they fight evil on Third Earth.
Stars: Will Friedle, Matthew Mercer, Kevin Michael Richardson, Emmanuelle Chriqui
Votes: 7,607
6. Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (1964 TV Movie)
TV-G | 47 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
A young reindeer Rudolph lives at the North Pole. His father is one of Santa's reindeer and it is expected that Rudolph will eventually be one too. However, he has a feature which is a setback and causes him to be ostracized: his red nose.
Director: Larry Roemer | Stars: Billie Mae Richards, Burl Ives, Larry D. Mann, Paul Soles
Votes: 37,465
7. The Return of the King (1980 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 98 min | Animation, Adventure, Family
Two Hobbits struggle to destroy the Ring in Mount Doom while their friends desperately fight evil Lord Sauron's forces in a final battle.
Directors: Jules Bass, Arthur Rankin Jr. | Stars: Orson Bean, John Huston, Theodore Bikel, William Conrad
Votes: 4,627
8. The Flight of Dragons (1982 Video)
Passed | 95 min | Animation, Adventure, Family
A young Boston writer goes back in time into an era where wizards and dragon reign and science is just barely known.
Directors: Jules Bass, Arthur Rankin Jr. | Stars: Victor Buono, James Gregory, James Earl Jones, Harry Morgan
Votes: 6,082
9. ThunderCats Roar (2020)
TV-Y7-FV | 11 min | Animation, Action, Comedy
This Cartoon Network series centers around Lion-O and his wacky misadventures, as he tries to defeat the evil Mumm-Ra.
Stars: Chris Jai Alex, Max Mittelman, Patrick Seitz, Erica Lindbeck
Votes: 2,783
10. The Bermuda Depths (1978 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 98 min | Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Scientists investigating the briny deep are threatened by a giant turtle and the spirit of a young brunette swimmer in the Bermuda Triangle.
Director: Tsugunobu Kotani | Stars: Leigh McCloskey, Carl Weathers, Connie Sellecca, Julie Woodson
Votes: 912
11. Frosty the Snowman (1969 TV Short)
TV-G | 25 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
A living snowman and a little girl struggle to elude a greedy magician who is after the snowman's magic hat.
Directors: Jules Bass, Arthur Rankin Jr. | Stars: Jackie Vernon, Billy De Wolfe, Jimmy Durante, Paul Frees
Votes: 21,462
12. Silverhawks (1986)
TV-Y7 | 23 min | Action, Sci-Fi, Family
A team of cyborgs protects Limbo from Mon Star and his gang.
Stars: Bob McFadden, Earl Hammond, Larry Kenney, Peter Newman
Votes: 3,417
13. The Year Without a Santa Claus (1974 TV Movie)
TV-G | 51 min | Animation, Comedy, Family
When a weary and discouraged Santa Claus considers skipping his Christmas Eve run one year, Mrs. Claus and his elves set out to change his mind.
Directors: Jules Bass, Arthur Rankin Jr. | Stars: Shirley Booth, Mickey Rooney, Dick Shawn, George S. Irving
Votes: 11,638
14. The Last Dinosaur (1977)
Not Rated | 106 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
A wealthy big game hunter and his group become trapped in prehistoric times where they are stalked by a ferocious dinosaur.
Directors: Alexander Grasshoff, Tsugunobu Kotani | Stars: Richard Boone, Joan Van Ark, Steven Keats, Luther Rackley
Votes: 913
15. Here Comes Peter Cottontail (1971 TV Movie)
TV-G | 60 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
With the help of a time machine, Peter Cottontail must rescue Easter from the hands of the malicious Irontail.
Directors: Jules Bass, Arthur Rankin Jr. | Stars: Danny Kaye, Paul Frees, Joan Gardner, Casey Kasem
Votes: 1,533
16. Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town (1970 TV Movie)
TV-G | 48 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
A mailman reveals the origin of Santa Claus.
Directors: Jules Bass, Arthur Rankin Jr. | Stars: Fred Astaire, Mickey Rooney, Keenan Wynn, Paul Frees
Votes: 17,501
17. Mad Monster Party? (1967)
Unrated | 94 min | Animation, Comedy, Family
On the Isle of Evil, Baron Boris von Frankenstein reveals his imminent retirement and that he has refined the secret of total destruction, only to be upset when the other monsters try to steal the secret and kill his nephew, Felix Flanken.
Director: Jules Bass | Stars: Boris Karloff, Allen Swift, Gale Garnett, Phyllis Diller
Votes: 3,564
18. 'Twas the Night Before Christmas (1974 TV Movie)
TV-G | 25 min | Animation, Comedy, Family
When a town learns that Santa Claus has struck it off his delivery schedule due to an insulting letter, a way must be found to change his mind.
Directors: Jules Bass, Arthur Rankin Jr. | Stars: Joel Grey, Tammy Grimes, John McGiver, George Gobel
Votes: 3,784
19. Jack Frost (1979 TV Movie)
TV-G | 48 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
The Groundhog tells the story of how, for once, Jack Frost became human, and helped a knight win his lady love.
Directors: Jules Bass, Arthur Rankin Jr. | Stars: Buddy Hackett, Robert Morse, Paul Frees, Larry Storch
Votes: 4,511
20. The Easter Bunny Is Comin' to Town (1977 TV Movie)
TV-G | 50 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
The Mailman decides to stop another deluge of letters by answering questions about the Easter Bunny: Sunny, a baby rabbit found and adopted by Kidville (a town of only kids--even a kid ... See full summary »
Directors: Jules Bass, Arthur Rankin Jr. | Stars: Fred Astaire, Skip Hinnant, Bob McFadden, Allen Swift
Votes: 1,012
21. The Little Drummer Boy (1968 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 25 min | Animation, Drama, Family
An orphan drummer boy who hates humanity finds his life changed forever when he meets three wise men en route to Bethlehem.
Directors: Jules Bass, Arthur Rankin Jr., Takeo Nakamura | Stars: José Ferrer, Paul Frees, June Foray, Ted Eccles
Votes: 6,392
22. The Bushido Blade (1981)
R | 104 min | Action, Drama, History
A steel samurai blade that was to be given to the American ambassador by the Emperor of Japan is stolen. American sailors and Japanese samurai are sent to find it.
Director: Tsugunobu Kotani | Stars: Richard Boone, Toshirô Mifune, Mike Starr, Timothy Patrick Murphy
Votes: 438
23. Tales of the Wizard of Oz (1961– )
Animation, Comedy, Family
This 150-episode series of shorts chronicles Dorothy's long stay in the land of Oz. The Munchkins are portrayed as tiny globs; the Scarecrow is a fool named Socrates; the Tin Woodman is a ... See full summary »
Stars: Larry D. Mann, Corinne Conley, Alfie Scopp, Carl Banas
Votes: 153
24. The Sins of Dorian Gray (1983 TV Movie)
95 min | Drama, Horror
A young woman sells her soul for eternal youth and beauty, while her screen test grows elderly and depraved to behold.
Director: Tony Maylam | Stars: Anthony Perkins, Belinda Bauer, Olga Karlatos, Joseph Bottoms
Votes: 216
25. Festival of Family Classics (1972– )
Not Rated | 27 min | Animation, Short, Adventure
An animated anthology series by Rankin/Bass, featuring adaptations of both folk tales and classic literature. Among the characters featured in various episodes were Cinderella, Hiawatha, ... See full summary »
Stars: Bernard Cowan, Billie Mae Richards, Peggi Loder, Peg Dixon
Votes: 80
26. Rudolph's Shiny New Year (1976 TV Movie)
TV-G | 60 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
Rudolph must find Happy, the baby New Year, before midnight on New Year's Eve.
Directors: Jules Bass, Arthur Rankin Jr. | Stars: Red Skelton, Frank Gorshin, Morey Amsterdam, Harold Peary
Votes: 4,575
27. The ABC Saturday Superstar Movie (1972–1974)
60 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
Hour-long animated specials, many based on existing properties and/or pilots for new series.
Stars: Don Messick, John Stephenson, Joan Gerber, Richard Long
Votes: 136
28. The Daydreamer (1966)
Unrated | 101 min | Animation, Adventure, Drama
An anthology of fairytales by Hans Christian Andersen: "The Little Mermaid", "The Emperor's New Clothes", "Thumbelina", and "The Garden of Paradise".
Director: Jules Bass | Stars: Tallulah Bankhead, Victor Borge, Patty Duke, Jack Gilford
Votes: 458
29. The Coneheads (1983 TV Movie)
PG | 30 min | Animation, Comedy, Sci-Fi
In this animated pilot based on the SNL sketch, The Coneheads come to conquer Earth but they soon find themselves becoming domesticated.
Directors: Jules Bass, Arthur Rankin Jr. | Stars: Dan Aykroyd, Jane Curtin, Laraine Newman, Cynthia Adler
Votes: 516
30. The Wind in the Willows (III) (1983 TV Movie)
TV-G | 96 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
Badger, Rat and Mole are trying to save Toad Hall and its owner, their rich irresponsible airhead playboy friend Toad, from himself, as well as financial ruin, the court and a gang of conspiratorial weasels who have their eye on the place.
Directors: Jules Bass, Arthur Rankin Jr. | Stars: Charles Nelson Reilly, Roddy McDowall, José Ferrer, Eddie Bracken
Votes: 545
31. The King Kong Show (1966– )
TV-Y7-FV | 30 min | Animation, Sci-Fi
An animated series about the adventures of King Kong and his young pal Bobby Bond. Also featured were the adventures of "Tom of T.H.U.M.B.", a 6" tall secret agent.
Stars: Billie Mae Richards, Carl Banas, Paul Soles, Alfie Scopp
Votes: 179
32. The Life & Adventures of Santa Claus (1985 TV Movie)
TV-G | 50 min | Animation, Adventure, Family
At a council convened by The Great Ak, the forest being tells the story of Santa Claus to explain why he deserves to be made immortal.
Directors: Jules Bass, Arthur Rankin Jr. | Stars: Earl Hammond, Earle Hyman, Larry Kenney, Lynne Lipton
Votes: 1,418
33. Return to Oz (1964 TV Movie)
51 min | Animation, Family, Musical
After Dorothy's friends are robbed of their prizes by a revived Wicked Witch, she is sent back to Oz to set things straight once again.
Directors: F.R. Crawley, Thomas Glynn, Larry Roemer | Stars: Larry D. Mann, Alfie Scopp, Carl Banas, Susan Morse
Votes: 199
34. Jackson 5ive (1971–1973)
TV-G | 30 min | Animation, Comedy, Family
The animated musical adventures of the Jackson brothers.
Stars: Joel Cooper, Donald Fullilove, Mike Martinez, Edmund Sylvers
Votes: 322
35. Cricket on the Hearth (1967 TV Movie)
TV-G | 60 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
A cricket seeks to rescue a poor toymaker and his blind daughter from an exploitative miser.
Directors: Jules Bass, Arthur Rankin Jr. | Stars: Danny Thomas, Marlo Thomas, Ed Ames, Hans Conried
Votes: 827
36. TigerSharks (1987– )
12 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
An underwater salvage team, the Tiger Sharks, take on the task of defending Waterro. Using a device that allows the team to change to half man half fish, they are able to thwart the evil plans of T-Ray and Captain Bazarlie.
Stars: Maggie Wheeler, Larry Kenney, Bob McFadden, Earl Hammond
Votes: 128
37. The First Easter Rabbit (1976 TV Short)
TV-G | 25 min | Animation, Short, Adventure
A beloved toy stuffed rabbit is rescued by a fairy to be the first Easter Rabbit. After his owner falls ill.
Directors: Jules Bass, Arthur Rankin Jr. | Stars: Burl Ives, Robert Morse, Stan Freberg, Paul Frees
Votes: 322
38. Nestor, the Long-Eared Christmas Donkey (1977 TV Movie)
TV-G | 30 min | Animation, Drama, Family
An outcast donkey in Roman era Judea with overlong ears finds his destiny on the way to Bethlehem.
Directors: Jules Bass, Arthur Rankin Jr. | Stars: Roger Miller, Brenda Vaccaro, Paul Frees, Don Messick
Votes: 2,448
39. Frosty's Winter Wonderland (1976 TV Movie)
TV-G | 25 min | Animation, Comedy, Family
Frosty's kind of lonely, so the kids think of making him a wife, Crystal. But will Jack Frost let them be happy?
Directors: Jules Bass, Arthur Rankin Jr. | Stars: Andy Griffith, Shelley Winters, Dennis Day, Paul Frees
Votes: 3,622
40. Rudolph and Frosty's Christmas in July (1979 TV Movie)
G | 97 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
The Winterbolt is trying to make North Pole his evil wonderland, and it is up to Frosty the Snowman, Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer and other icons to stop him.
Directors: Jules Bass, Arthur Rankin Jr. | Stars: Red Buttons, Ethel Merman, Mickey Rooney, Alan Sues
Votes: 2,667
41. The Comic Strip (1987–1988)
TV-G | Animation, Family, Comedy
Animated anthology series featuring four different segments.
Stars: Seth Green, Maggie Wheeler, Jim Meskimen, Ron Taylor
Votes: 72
42. Willy McBean and His Magic Machine (1965)
TV-G | 94 min | Animation, Adventure, Family
Little Willy McBean joins up with a Mexican monkey named Pablo to travel back in time and stop the evil Prof. von Rotten from changing history.
Director: Arthur Rankin Jr. | Stars: Larry D. Mann, Billie Mae Richards, Alfie Scopp, Paul Kligman
Votes: 153
43. The Little Drummer Boy Book II (1976 TV Movie)
TV-G | 30 min | Animation, Adventure, Drama
Aaron, the drummer boy, struggles to protect a bellmaker's great silver bells from seizure by Roman soldiers.
Directors: Jules Bass, Arthur Rankin Jr. | Stars: Greer Garson, Zero Mostel, David Jay, Bob McFadden
Votes: 880
44. The Osmonds (1972– )
30 min | Animation, Comedy, Family
In the early 1970s, white America could not allow the success of the Jackson 5 to go unchallenged. The Osmonds were their answer. It was not a great answer.
Stars: Donny Osmond, Paul Frees, James A. Osmond, Alan Osmond
Votes: 65
45. The Ballad of Smokey the Bear (1966 TV Movie)
TV-G | 60 min | Animation, Adventure, Family
The origin of the great bear forest conservation crusader.
Director: Larry Roemer | Stars: James Cagney, William Marine, Rose Marie Jun, Herb Duncan
Votes: 83
46. The Stingiest Man in Town (1978 TV Movie)
TV-PG | 60 min | Animation, Drama, Family
This version of the story is told from the perspective of B.A.H. Humbug. After Ebenezer Scrooge refuses to assist the poor or have Christmas Dinner with his nephew, he is visited by the ... See full summary »
Directors: Jules Bass, Arthur Rankin Jr. | Stars: Walter Matthau, Tom Bosley, Theodore Bikel, Robert Morse
Votes: 553
47. The Ivory Ape (1980 TV Movie)
104 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
An ivory ape escapes from a freighter and makes its way to Bermuda. Two anthropologists want to save it, but the local authorities hire a big-game hunter to track it down and kill it.
Director: Tsugunobu Kotani | Stars: Jack Palance, Steven Keats, Cindy Pickett, Céline Lomez
Votes: 73
48. The Wacky World of Mother Goose (1967)
81 min | Animation, Adventure, Family
Animated feature film based on Charles Perrault's stories and nursery rhymes. It features Humpty Dumpty, The Old Woman Who Lives in a Shoe, and the Crooked Man.
Director: Jules Bass | Stars: Margaret Rutherford, Bob McFadden, Susan Melvin, Bradley Bolke
Votes: 212
49. Mouse on the Mayflower (1968 TV Movie)
TV-G | 45 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
The Mayflower journey as seen through the experiences of a church mouse.
Directors: Jules Bass, Arthur Rankin Jr. | Stars: Tennessee Ernie Ford, Eddie Albert, John Gary, Joanie Sommers
Votes: 197
50. 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1972)
60 min | Animation, Family
Animated version of Jules Verne's classic. Teacher and sailor, hired by US Government to destroy a submarine monster, are captured by Captain Nemo and taken to a fantastic adventure underseas on Nautilus submarine.
Directors: Jules Bass, Arthur Rankin Jr. | Star: Bernard Cowan
Votes: 123