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1. Trading Places (1983)

R | 116 min | Comedy

A snobbish investor and a wily street con artist find their positions reversed as part of a bet by two callous millionaires.

Director: John Landis | Stars: Eddie Murphy, Dan Aykroyd, Ralph Bellamy, Don Ameche

Votes: 165,989 | Gross: $90.40M

2. Ghostbusters II (1989)

PG | 108 min | Action, Comedy, Fantasy

The discovery of a massive river of ectoplasm and a resurgence of spectral activity allows the staff of Ghostbusters to revive the business.

Director: Ivan Reitman | Stars: Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Sigourney Weaver, Harold Ramis

Votes: 225,089 | Gross: $112.49M

3. Three Men and a Little Lady (1990)

PG | 104 min | Comedy, Drama, Family

Three ex-dads quickly discover how empty life is without their little lady, and go to outrageous lengths in their efforts to win their daughter back in this critically acclaimed and equally charming sequel.

Director: Emile Ardolino | Stars: Tom Selleck, Steve Guttenberg, Ted Danson, Nancy Travis

Votes: 26,713 | Gross: $71.61M

4. Diner (1982)

R | 110 min | Comedy, Drama

A group of college-age buddies struggle with their imminent passage into adulthood in 1959 Baltimore.

Director: Barry Levinson | Stars: Steve Guttenberg, Mickey Rourke, Kevin Bacon, Daniel Stern

Votes: 22,841 | Gross: $14.10M

5. My Father the Hero (1994)

PG | 90 min | Comedy, Romance

A teenage girl on vacation in the Bahamas with her divorced father tries to impress a potential boyfriend by saying that her father is actually her lover.

Director: Steve Miner | Stars: Gérard Depardieu, Katherine Heigl, Dalton James, Lauren Hutton

Votes: 11,725 | Gross: $25.48M

6. A Chorus Line (1985)

PG-13 | 118 min | Drama, Music, Musical

Hopefuls try out before a demanding director for a part in a new musical.

Director: Richard Attenborough | Stars: Michael Douglas, Terrence Mann, Michael Blevins, Yamil Borges

Votes: 11,653 | Gross: $14.20M

7. Boomerang (1992)

R | 117 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

A successful executive and womanizer finds his lifestyle choices have turned back on him when his new female boss turns out to be an even bigger deviant than he is.

Director: Reginald Hudlin | Stars: Eddie Murphy, Robin Givens, Halle Berry, David Alan Grier

Votes: 31,402 | Gross: $70.10M

8. The Cotton Club (1984)

R | 129 min | Crime, Drama, Music

Meet the jazz musicians, dancers, owner, and guests (like gangster Dutch Schultz) of The Cotton Club in 1928-1930s Harlem.

Director: Francis Ford Coppola | Stars: Richard Gere, Gregory Hines, Diane Lane, Lonette McKee

Votes: 19,567 | Gross: $25.93M

9. Romeo Is Bleeding (1993)

R | 110 min | Crime, Drama, Romance

A womanizing, crooked cop on the payroll of the mafia is confronted with the reality of his double life after he is asked to kill a beautiful and ruthless Russian gangster.

Director: Peter Medak | Stars: Gary Oldman, Lena Olin, Wallace Wood, Juliette Lewis

Votes: 15,172 | Gross: $3.28M

10. Bright Lights, Big City (1988)

R | 107 min | Drama

A disillusioned young writer living in New York City turns to drugs and drinking to block out the memories of his dead mother and estranged wife.

Director: James Bridges | Stars: Michael J. Fox, Kiefer Sutherland, Phoebe Cates, Swoosie Kurtz

Votes: 8,977 | Gross: $16.12M

11. Guarding Tess (1994)

PG-13 | 96 min | Comedy, Drama

A former U.S. First Lady wants a particular Secret Service agent to head her bodyguard detail, even though he can't stand her.

Director: Hugh Wilson | Stars: Shirley MacLaine, Nicolas Cage, Austin Pendleton, Edward Albert

Votes: 19,225 | Gross: $27.05M

12. Bullet (1996)

R | 96 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Paroled after 8 years in prison, Bullet's picked up by his brother and a friend. Bullet assaults a drug dealer and two customers. Things escalate.

Director: Julien Temple | Stars: Mickey Rourke, Frank Senger, Adrien Brody, John Enos III

Votes: 8,970

13. F/X2 (1991)

PG-13 | 108 min | Action, Thriller

A special effects man helps his girlfriend's ex, a cop, with a sting operation, where the ex gets killed. Something's off and he investigates with help from an ex-cop PI friend.

Director: Richard Franklin | Stars: Bryan Brown, Brian Dennehy, Rachel Ticotin, Joanna Gleason

Votes: 11,748 | Gross: $21.08M

14. Hanky Panky (1982)

PG | 110 min | Action, Comedy, Crime

Completely innocent man, Michael Jordon, is drawn into a web of government secrets when a girl carrying a mysterious package gets into a taxi with him. When she's later murdered, Michael becomes the chief suspect and goes on the run.

Director: Sidney Poitier | Stars: Gene Wilder, Gilda Radner, Kathleen Quinlan, Richard Widmark

Votes: 3,112 | Gross: $9.82M

15. Daniel (1983)

R | 130 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller

Daniel Isaacson attempts to determine the true complicity of his parents Paul and Rochelle Isaacson, who were executed for espionage in the 1950s.

Director: Sidney Lumet | Stars: Timothy Hutton, Mandy Patinkin, Lindsay Crouse, Edward Asner

Votes: 1,583 | Gross: $0.28M

16. Tin Men (1987)

R | 112 min | Comedy, Drama

A minor car accident drives two rival aluminum-siding salesmen to the ridiculous extremes of man versus man in 1963 Baltimore.

Director: Barry Levinson | Stars: Richard Dreyfuss, Danny DeVito, Barbara Hershey, John Mahoney

Votes: 9,787 | Gross: $25.41M

17. The Chosen (1981)

PG | 108 min | Drama

In 1944, in Brooklyn, two Jewish kids become friends. One is from a very conservative family, and the other is more liberal. The issues of importance of tradition, parental expectations and the formation of Israel cause constant friction.

Director: Jeremy Kagan | Stars: Maximilian Schell, Rod Steiger, Robby Benson, Barry Miller

Votes: 2,411

18. Playing for Time (1980 TV Movie)

150 min | Drama, Music

Female prisoners in a Nazi concentration camp (Auschwitz) are spared from death in return for performing music for their captors.

Directors: Daniel Mann, Joseph Sargent | Stars: Vanessa Redgrave, Jane Alexander, Maud Adams, Christine Baranski

Votes: 2,884

19. Violets Are Blue... (1986)

PG-13 | 88 min | Drama, Romance

Young love may endure in your heart and one day re-ignite, but reality may soon dowse the flames.

Director: Jack Fisk | Stars: Sissy Spacek, Kevin Kline, Bonnie Bedelia, John Kellogg

Votes: 1,177 | Gross: $4.74M

20. Box of Moonlight (1996)

R | 112 min | Comedy, Drama

An engineer finds his first gray hair, takes 6 days off from wife, son and work, rents a car and meets different people.

Director: Tom DiCillo | Stars: John Turturro, Sam Rockwell, Catherine Keener, Lisa Blount

Votes: 6,044 | Gross: $0.72M

21. I, the Jury (1982)

R | 111 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

A PI investigates the murder of his one-armed friend, a PI working on a case. Clues lead to a sex clinic. Bodies pile up.

Director: Richard T. Heffron | Stars: Armand Assante, Barbara Carrera, Laurene Landon, Alan King

Votes: 1,823 | Gross: $1.52M

22. Run (1991)

R | 91 min | Action, Drama, Thriller

When a law student accidentally kills the son of a mob boss in a fight, he finds himself relentlessly pursued by the mob and the police.

Director: Geoff Burrowes | Stars: Patrick Dempsey, Kelly Preston, Ken Pogue, A.C. Peterson

Votes: 3,143 | Gross: $4.41M

23. If Lucy Fell (1996)

R | 92 min | Comedy, Romance

Two NYC roommates have a pact to jump off Brooklyn Bridge if they haven't found life partners before she's 30. That's less than a month away.

Director: Eric Schaeffer | Stars: Sarah Jessica Parker, Eric Schaeffer, Ben Stiller, Elle Macpherson

Votes: 4,321 | Gross: $4.64M

24. Oliver's Story (1978)

PG | 91 min | Drama, Romance

In this sequel to Love Story (1970), grieving Oliver is being pressured by his in-laws to move on and take part in the family business. He meets a pretty heiress and they start dating, but memories of Jennie come rushing back.

Director: John Korty | Stars: Ryan O'Neal, Candice Bergen, Nicola Pagett, Edward Binns

Votes: 1,070

25. Mayflower: The Pilgrims' Adventure (1979 TV Movie)

97 min | Adventure, History

In 1620, the Assembly of the Pilgrims decides to emigrate to the young America because of the persecution they suffer by the English crown. This movie tells the adventurous journey of the Pilgrims to an unknown land and future.

Director: George Schaefer | Stars: Anthony Hopkins, Richard Crenna, Jenny Agutter, Michael Beck

Votes: 265

26. Jane Austen in Manhattan (1980)

108 min | Drama, Romance

Two teachers vie for the right to stage a play written by Jane Austen when she was twelve years old.

Director: James Ivory | Stars: David Redden, Michael Wager, Robert Powell, Gael Hammer

Votes: 302

27. Lime Street (1985–1986)

PG | 60 min | Drama

Divorced father Greyson Culver is a Virginia horse breeder who teams with Brit Edward Wingate to investigate insurance cases. On the home front James lives with daughters Elizabeth and Margaret Ann plus his debonair father Henry.

Stars: Robert Wagner, Anne Haney, Maia Brewton, Lew Ayres

Votes: 70

28. Color of Justice (1997 TV Movie)

PG-13 | 95 min | Drama

Four young black men kill a white woman. Now the D.A. is very cautious how to pursue this case because it might start a riot. And adding fuel to the fire is a bombastic and vocal black ... See full summary »

Director: Jeremy Kagan | Stars: Bruce Davison, F. Murray Abraham, Gregory Hines, Judd Hirsch

Votes: 239

29. Path to Paradise: The Untold Story of the World Trade Center Bombing (1997 TV Movie)

R | 91 min | Drama, History

The incredible story of the events leading up to the February 1993 bombing of the World Trade Center in New York and the capture of the terrorists. The amazing thing is that the FBI had an ... See full summary »

Directors: Leslie Libman, Larry Williams | Stars: Peter Gallagher, Art Malik, Ned Eisenberg, Marcia Gay Harden

Votes: 497

30. Today's F.B.I. (1981–1982)

60 min | Crime, Drama

The cases of the modern post-J. Edger Hoover US Federal Bureau of Investigation.

Stars: Mike Connors, Joseph Cali, Carol Potter, Rick Hill

Votes: 65

31. The Baron (1977)

89 min | Action, Drama

Black actor tries to make his own movie with an all-black cast, but to make it he's forced to borrow money from the Mafia. Complications ensue.

Director: Phillip Fenty | Stars: Calvin Lockhart, Vicki Baltimore, Joan Blondell, Marlene Clark

Votes: 162

32. Billy Joel: Live at Yankee Stadium (1990 TV Special)

Not Rated | 86 min | Documentary, Music

This concert includes Billy Joel's performances of "Scenes From An Italian Restaurant," "Storm Front," "Downeaster Alexa," "Pressure," and "Piano Man."

Director: Jon Small | Stars: Billy Joel, David Brown, Tommy Byrnes, Schuyler Deale

Votes: 200

33. The Gathering, Part II (1979 TV Movie)

Not Rated | 97 min | Drama

This is the sequel to the great Christmas movie. In it Kate Thornton was approached by a man named Victor Wainwright, who wanted to buy her late husband Adam's company. Kate refused the ... See full summary »

Director: Charles S. Dubin | Stars: Maureen Stapleton, Rebecca Balding, Patricia Conwell, Bruce Davison

Votes: 102

34. Killing 'em Softly (1982)

81 min | Drama, Thriller

The girlfriend of a man murdered for a debt falls in love with the killer.

Director: Max Fischer | Stars: George Segal, Irene Cara, Joyce Gordon, Andrew Thomson

Votes: 64

35. King Crab (1980 TV Movie)

105 min | Drama

Two brothers take over the family seafood business, and battle each other for control of the company - and their father's attention.

Director: Marvin J. Chomsky | Stars: Barry Newman, Julie Bovasso, Jeffrey DeMunn, Joel Fabiani

Votes: 23

36. A Doctor's Story (1984 TV Movie)

Not Rated | 96 min | Drama

A physician (Howard E. Rollins, Jr.) frustrates his family in his fight to prove that an elderly man is not senile.

Director: Peter Levin | Stars: Howard E. Rollins Jr., Art Carney, Charles Kimbrough, Jodi Thelen

Votes: 51

37. Mariah Carey: Hero (1993 Music Video)

4 min | Music

Prior to the song's release towards the end of 1993, Carey performed an intimate concert at Proctor Theatre, New York on July 15, 1993. Following its taping, the concert was released as the... See full summary »

Director: Lawrence Jordan | Star: Mariah Carey

Votes: 132

38. Today's F.B.I. (1981–1982)
Episode: The Bureau (1981)

120 min | Crime, Drama

The leader of the union that employs stevedores rules with an iron fist. His critics have a habit of disappearing or being found dead and the squad is determined to find a connection to put the man behind bars.

Director: Virgil W. Vogel | Stars: Mike Connors, Joseph Cali, Carol Potter, Rick Hill

Votes: 6

39. Lime Street (1985–1986)
Episode: The Mystery of Flight 401 (1985)

PG | Drama

The cockpit crew of a 747 stage a hijacking in order to extort four million dollars from their airline, then plant evidence that points to D.B. Cooper. Grey and Eddie see through their plot... See full summary »

Director: Ray Austin | Stars: Robert Wagner, John Standing, Julie Fulton, Anne Haney