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1. Annie (1982)
PG | 127 min | Comedy, Drama, Family
A spunky young orphan is taken in by a rich eccentric, much to the chagrin of the cantankerous woman who runs the orphanage.
Director: John Huston | Stars: Aileen Quinn, Albert Finney, Carol Burnett, Ann Reinking
Votes: 49,573 | Gross: $57.06M
2. Marooned (1969)
G | 134 min | Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
Three American astronauts are stranded in space when their retros won't fire. Can they be rescued before their oxygen runs out?
Director: John Sturges | Stars: Gregory Peck, Richard Crenna, David Janssen, James Franciscus
Votes: 5,856 | Gross: $8.94M
3. Cactus Flower (1969)
M | 104 min | Comedy, Romance
A dentist pretends to be married to avoid commitment, but when he falls for his girlfriend and proposes, he must recruit his lovelorn nurse to pose as his wife.
Director: Gene Saks | Stars: Walter Matthau, Ingrid Bergman, Goldie Hawn, Jack Weston
Votes: 11,914 | Gross: $25.89M
4. Orca (1977)
PG | 92 min | Adventure, Drama, Horror
A hunter squares off against a killer whale seeking vengeance for the death of its mate.
Director: Michael Anderson | Stars: Richard Harris, Charlotte Rampling, Will Sampson, Bo Derek
Votes: 13,300 | Gross: $14.72M
5. Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice (1969)
R | 105 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Trendy West Coasters Bob and Carol try wife-swapping with square Ted and Alice.
Director: Paul Mazursky | Stars: Natalie Wood, Robert Culp, Elliott Gould, Dyan Cannon
Votes: 7,283 | Gross: $31.90M
6. The Outcast (1954)
Approved | 90 min | Drama, Western
Jet Cosgrave returns home to claim the ranch that was stolen from him, after his father's death.
Director: William Witney | Stars: John Derek, Joan Evans, Jim Davis, Catherine McLeod
Votes: 442
7. The Hunter (1980)
PG | 97 min | Action, Biography, Comedy
Bounty hunter Ralph "Papa" Thorson is receiving death threats from a criminal he helped put away. This while his girlfriend is about to give birth, an event he isn't looking forward to.
Director: Buzz Kulik | Stars: Steve McQueen, Eli Wallach, Kathryn Harrold, LeVar Burton
Votes: 7,160
8. The Incredible Journey (1963)
G | 80 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
Two dogs and a cat set off on a treacherous 200-mile journey towards home.
Director: Fletcher Markle | Stars: Émile Genest, John Drainie, Tommy Tweed, Sandra Scott
Votes: 5,231
9. Butterflies Are Free (1972)
PG | 109 min | Comedy, Drama, Music
A blind man moves into his own apartment against the wishes of his overprotective mother and befriends the freethinking young woman next door.
Director: Milton Katselas | Stars: Goldie Hawn, Edward Albert, Eileen Heckart, Paul Michael Glaser
Votes: 5,966 | Gross: $0.25M
10. Cannonball (1958–1959)
30 min | Adventure, Drama
The adventures of a pair of long-haul truck drivers as they haul cargo all over the US and Canada.
Stars: Paul Birch, William Campbell, Beth Lockerbie, Beth Morris
Votes: 127
11. Captain America (1944)
Passed | 244 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Superhero Captain America battles the evil forces of the archvillain called The Scarab, who poisons his enemies and steals a secret device capable of destroying buildings by sound vibrations.
Directors: Elmer Clifton, John English | Stars: Dick Purcell, Lorna Gray, Lionel Atwill, Charles Trowbridge
Votes: 1,109
12. Report to the Commissioner (1975)
PG | 112 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Police officer Patty Butler, alias "Chicklet," is the live-in girlfriend of Thomas 'Stick' Henderson to gather evidence. Detective Bo Lockley is instructed to try to find her, not knowing she's also a cop.
Director: Milton Katselas | Stars: Michael Moriarty, Yaphet Kotto, Susan Blakely, Hector Elizondo
Votes: 1,235
13. The Love Machine (1971)
R | 108 min | Drama
An ambitious TV newscaster has an affair with the wife of a network executive to get a promotion.
Director: Jack Haley Jr. | Stars: John Phillip Law, Dyan Cannon, Robert Ryan, Jackie Cooper
Votes: 426
14. The Tiger Woman (1944)
Approved | 196 min | Adventure, Thriller
Greedy oil speculators led by Morgan are trying to force Tiger Woman and her band of warriors from their jungle home. Allen Saunders of Inter-Ocean Oil wants to develop the oil too, but fights with Tiger Woman to stop the bad guys.
Directors: Spencer Gordon Bennet, Wallace Grissell | Stars: Allan Lane, Linda Stirling, Duncan Renaldo, George J. Lewis
Votes: 154
15. Doctors' Wives (1971)
R | 101 min | Drama
The dysfunctional marriages of several unhappy rich doctors who work at a private clinic and their neglected wives who deal with their own unhappiness in various ways enter crisis mode when one of them murders his cheating wife.
Director: George Schaefer | Stars: Dyan Cannon, Richard Crenna, Gene Hackman, Carroll O'Connor
Votes: 419 | Gross: $1.39M
16. 40 Carats (1973)
PG | 110 min | Comedy, Romance
Forty year old Norwegian-American divorcée Ann Stanley owns her own Manhattan based real estate agency specializing in upscale Manhattan apartments. She lives with her seventeen year old ... See full summary »
Director: Milton Katselas | Stars: Liv Ullmann, Edward Albert, Gene Kelly, Binnie Barnes
Votes: 892 | Gross: $2.50M
17. A Strange Adventure (1956)
Passed | 70 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
A trio of thieves make their getaway by kidnapping a young hot-rodder, and take over a mountain cabin for a hideout after overpowering its occupants.
Director: William Witney | Stars: Joan Evans, Ben Cooper, Marla English, Jan Merlin
Votes: 218
18. The Inner Circle (1946)
Approved | 57 min | Crime, Film-Noir, Mystery
A private detective finds himself with a perfect new secretary. But after a notorious gossip columnist turns up murdered, she may prove too good to be true.
Director: Philip Ford | Stars: Adele Mara, Warren Douglas, William Frawley, Ricardo Cortez
Votes: 556
19. Stand Up and Be Counted (1972)
PG | 99 min | Comedy, Drama
Sheila is a newspaper reporter who returns to her home town in order to write an article about the progress of the liberation of the women. Arriving at the town she is very surprised to see... See full summary »
Director: Jackie Cooper | Stars: Jacqueline Bisset, Stella Stevens, Steve Lawrence, Gary Lockwood
Votes: 149
20. Hellfire (1949)
Passed | 90 min | Western
A reformed gambler turned preacher partnered with a pretty female fugitive outlaw runs into an old pal who's also a marshal, and they both fall for the same bad gal.
Director: R.G. Springsteen | Stars: Bill Elliott, Marie Windsor, Forrest Tucker, Jim Davis
Votes: 402
21. Spy Smasher (1942)
Passed | 215 min | Action, Adventure, Family
Alan Armstrong, aka Spy Smasher, battles a Nazi villain known as The Mask, who heads a gang of saboteurs determined to spread destruction across America.
Director: William Witney | Stars: Kane Richmond, Marguerite Chapman, Sam Flint, Hans Schumm
Votes: 414
22. The Masked Marvel (1943)
Passed | 197 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
A mysterious detective called The Masked Marvel battles Japanese saboteurs intent on blowing up America.
Director: Spencer Gordon Bennet | Stars: William Forrest, Louise Currie, Johnny Arthur, Rod Bacon
Votes: 207
23. Perils of Nyoka (1942)
Approved | 261 min | Drama
It's intrepid Nyoka and her friends versus Vultura, Queen of the Desert, on a quest for the Golden Tablets of Hippocrates.
Director: William Witney | Stars: Kay Aldridge, Clayton Moore, William 'Billy' Benedict, Lorna Gray
Votes: 179
24. Blackmail (1947)
Passed | 67 min | Action, Crime, Film-Noir
A private detective is approached by a wealthy entertainment executive to stop a blackmail scheme against him. Although he hasn't decided to take the job, the blackmailers believe that he already has, and he is marked for murder.
Director: Lesley Selander | Stars: William Marshall, Adele Mara, Ricardo Cortez, Grant Withers
Votes: 278
25. The Wayward Girl (1957)
Approved | 71 min | Drama
Framed by her stepmother for manslaughter, a convict turns to a parole racket.
Director: Lesley Selander | Stars: Marcia Henderson, Peter Walker, Katherine Barrett, Whit Bissell
Votes: 51
26. City of Shadows (1955)
Approved | 70 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
Dan Mason, a twelve-year-old newsboy, is an expert at figuring all the angles; so, when Kink, veteran bartender at Billy's Steak House, catches him winning a big jackpot in the battered old... See full summary »
Director: William Witney | Stars: Victor McLaglen, John Baer, Kathleen Crowley, Anthony Caruso
Votes: 78
27. Exposed (1947)
Approved | 59 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A beautiful female private detective is hired by a wealthy businessman to check up on his stepson--the heir to the family fortune--who has been withdrawing large amounts of money from his bank account.
Director: George Blair | Stars: Adele Mara, Mark Roberts, Lorna Gray, Robert Armstrong
Votes: 218
28. Crime of the Century (1946)
56 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
Ex-convict Hank Rogers is searching for his brother Jim, a newspaperman, and becomes involved with a group of people trying to conceal the death of the president of a large corporation so ... See full summary »
Director: Philip Ford | Stars: Stephanie Bachelor, Michael Browne, Martin Kosleck, Betty Shaw
Votes: 33
29. The Fighting Chance (1955)
Approved | 70 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
A horse trainer and his friend, a jockey, fall in love with the same girl. Complications ensue.
Director: William Witney | Stars: Rod Cameron, Julie London, Ben Cooper, Taylor Holmes
Votes: 43
30. The Showdown (1950)
Approved | 86 min | Drama, Western
Shadrach Jones is convinced that his brother was robbed and killed by a Circle K Ranch cowhand and therefore he joins the outfit in order to find the murderer.
Directors: Dorrell McGowan, Stuart E. McGowan | Stars: Bill Elliott, Walter Brennan, Marie Windsor, Harry Morgan
Votes: 257
31. The Trespasser (1947)
Approved | 71 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
Stevie Carson, a newspaper reporter, and Denny Butler, the feature editor on the same newspaper, set out to track down a gang of literary forgers who are making a fortune off of selling fake first editions.
Director: George Blair | Stars: Dale Evans, Warren Douglas, Janet Martin, Douglas Fowley
Votes: 63
32. Dick Tracy vs. Crime, Inc. (1941)
Passed | 263 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Dick Tracy goes up against a villain known as The Ghost, who can turn himself invisible.
Directors: John English, William Witney | Stars: Ralph Byrd, Michael Owen, Jan Wiley, John Davidson
Votes: 324
33. The Magnificent Rogue (1946)
Passed | 74 min | Comedy, Romance
A wife, under her maiden name, runs her husband's ad agency while he is away serving the forces. After his return, he wants her to be a housewife, but she wants to sign up a big account. A bet is made and whomever wins gets their way.
Director: Albert S. Rogell | Stars: Lynne Roberts, Warren Douglas, Gerald Mohr, Stephanie Bachelor
Votes: 89
34. G-Men vs. The Black Dragon (1943)
Passed | 243 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
American, British and Chinese secret agents battle the Japanese Black Dragon Society, a secretive ring that smuggles enemy agents into the U.S. disguised as mummies.
Directors: Spencer Gordon Bennet, William Witney | Stars: Rod Cameron, Roland Got, Constance Worth, Nino Pipitone
Votes: 157
35. Secret Service in Darkest Africa (1943)
Approved | 243 min | Action, Adventure, War
An American secret agent travels to Africa to infiltrate a German spy ring.
Director: Spencer Gordon Bennet | Stars: Rod Cameron, Joan Marsh, Duncan Renaldo, Lionel Royce
Votes: 113
36. When Gangland Strikes (1956)
Approved | 70 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
Faced with blackmail, a town's prosecutor intentionally throws the case of a big-time mobster.
Director: R.G. Springsteen | Stars: Raymond Greenleaf, Marjie Millar, John Hudson, Anthony Caruso
Votes: 95
37. A Perilous Journey (1953)
Approved | 90 min | Western
Francie Landereaux is one of 29 women on a voyage to California on a barter-bride deal in which any qualified man can buy a wife. Unknown to the sponsors, she is already married to a man ... See full summary »
Director: R.G. Springsteen | Stars: Vera Ralston, David Brian, Scott Brady, Charles Winninger
Votes: 81
38. King of the Mounties (1942)
Approved | 196 min | Action, Adventure, Western
The chapter-crunched version of this 196 minutes, 12-episode serial from Republic finds Canada being bombed mercilessly by a mysterious-enemy plane (shaped like a boomerang) called the ... See full summary »
Director: William Witney | Stars: Allan Lane, Gilbert Emery, Russell Hicks, Peggy Drake
Votes: 55
39. A Guy Could Change (1946)
Approved | 65 min | Drama
When newspaperman Michael Hogan's wife dies during childbirth, he becomes despondent and questions his ability to take care of Nancy, his new daughter. While Mike sinks into a depression, ... See full synopsis »
Director: William K. Howard | Stars: Allan Lane, Jane Frazee, Twinkle Watts, Robert Blake
Votes: 40
40. Headline Hunters (1955)
Approved | 70 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
City Editor Ned Powers assigns student reporter David Flynn to veteran newsman Hugh Woodruff, primarily to get on Woodruff's nerves. David has long admired Woodruff, but is saddened to see ... See full summary »
Director: William Witney | Stars: Rod Cameron, Julie Bishop, Ben Cooper, Raymond Greenleaf
Votes: 192
41. The Pilgrim Lady (1946)
Approved | 67 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
The head of a failing magazine gets an MS written under a pseudonym that he tries to unravel.
Director: Lesley Selander | Stars: Lynne Roberts, Warren Douglas, Alan Mowbray, Veda Ann Borg
Votes: 42
42. The Invisible Informer (1946)
Passed | 57 min | Action, Crime, Drama
An aristocratic but destitute Southern family attempts to swindle an insurance company by faking the theft of a valuable emerald necklace. The company assigns operatives Eve Rogers and Mike... See full summary »
Director: Philip Ford | Stars: Linda Stirling, William Henry, Adele Mara, Peggy Stewart
Votes: 26
43. Passkey to Danger (1946)
Approved | 58 min | Crime, Film-Noir, Mystery
An advertising campaign accidentally unearths an unsolved crime from a decade ago, throwing the campaign manager and his girlfriend in the middle of a fight that may cost them their lives.
Director: Lesley Selander | Stars: Kane Richmond, Stephanie Bachelor, Adele Mara, Gregory Gaye
Votes: 76
44. I Cover the Underworld (1955)
Approved | 70 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
A priest is about to see his twin brother, whom he hasn't seen in a long time--because his brother, a gang leader, has been serving a stretch in prison.
Director: R.G. Springsteen | Stars: Sean McClory, Joanne Jordan, Ray Middleton, Jaclynne Greene
Votes: 46
45. Taming Sutton's Gal (1957)
Approved | 71 min | Comedy, Drama
A vacationing city-boy takes a room in a remote hunting lodge and soon finds himself in trouble when he catches the eye of a moonshiner's meretricious wife.
Director: Lesley Selander | Stars: John Lupton, Gloria Talbott, Jack Kelly, May Wynn
Votes: 9
46. Jungle Gold (1966 TV Movie)
Approved | 100 min | Adventure
This is an edited version of the 1944 Republic serial "The Tiger Woman," released in a syndication package to TV in 1966.
Directors: Spencer Gordon Bennet, Wallace Grissell | Stars: Allan Lane, Linda Stirling, Duncan Renaldo, George J. Lewis
Votes: 10
47. Nyoka and the Lost Secrets of Hippocrates (1966 TV Movie)
Approved | 100 min | Action, Adventure
In this feature-length reediting of the serial 'Perils of Nyoka (1942)', the famed African jungle girl Nyoka competes with an equally resourceful (and white) female nemesis, Vultura, to obtain a set of mysterious tablets of wondrous power.
Director: William Witney | Stars: Kay Aldridge, Clayton Moore, William 'Billy' Benedict, Lorna Gray
48. Daredevils of the West (1943)
Passed | 196 min | Western
Director: John English | Stars: Allan Lane, Kay Aldridge, Eddie Acuff, William Haade
Votes: 63
49. Stormbound (1950)
60 min | Drama
An American journalist, Barbara, goes to Italy to interview Roi, the country's most notorious outlaw when she imagines to be some kind of modern-day Robin Hood. Through local contacts and ... See full summary »
Director: Luigi Capuano | Stars: Constance Dowling, Andrea Checchi, Aldo Silvani, Bianca Doria
50. Sakima and the Masked Marvel (1966 TV Movie)
Approved | 100 min
This is an edited version of the 1943 Republic serial "The Masked Marvel" that was released to television in 1966.
Director: Spencer Gordon Bennet | Stars: William Forrest, Louise Currie, Johnny Arthur, Rod Bacon
Votes: 9