Sort by Number of Votes - Most Rated Movies and TV Shows With Tom Luddy
- Job Types
- Movies or TV
- Genres
- Keywords
- IMDb Rating
- Instant Watch Options
- In Theaters
- Release Year
1. Metropolis (1927)
Not Rated | 153 min | Drama, Sci-Fi
In a futuristic city sharply divided between the working class and the city planners, the son of the city's mastermind falls in love with a working-class prophet who predicts the coming of a savior to mediate their differences.
Director: Fritz Lang | Stars: Brigitte Helm, Alfred Abel, Gustav Fröhlich, Rudolf Klein-Rogge
Votes: 185,692 | Gross: $1.24M
2. Inside Job (2010)
PG-13 | 109 min | Documentary, Crime
Takes a closer look at what brought about the 2008 financial meltdown.
Director: Charles Ferguson | Stars: Matt Damon, Gylfi Zoega, Andri Snær Magnason, Sigridur Benediktsdottir
Votes: 79,016 | Gross: $4.31M
3. Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978)
PG | 115 min | Horror, Sci-Fi
When strange seeds drift to earth from space, mysterious pods begin to grow and invade San Francisco, replicating the city's residents one body at a time.
Director: Philip Kaufman | Stars: Donald Sutherland, Brooke Adams, Jeff Goldblum, Veronica Cartwright
Votes: 69,968 | Gross: $24.95M
4. The Secret Garden (1993)
G | 101 min | Drama, Family, Fantasy
A young, recently-orphaned girl is sent to England after living in India all of her life. Once there, she begins to explore her new, seemingly-isolated surroundings, and its secrets.
Director: Agnieszka Holland | Stars: Kate Maberly, Maggie Smith, Heydon Prowse, Andrew Knott
Votes: 44,523 | Gross: $31.18M
5. Barfly (1987)
R | 100 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Based on the life of successful poet Charles Bukowski and his exploits in Hollywood during the 60s, 70s, and 80s.
Director: Barbet Schroeder | Stars: Mickey Rourke, Faye Dunaway, Alice Krige, Jack Nance
Votes: 21,997 | Gross: $3.22M
6. Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters (1985)
R | 120 min | Biography, Drama
A fictionalized account in four chapters of the life of celebrated Japanese writer Yukio Mishima.
Director: Paul Schrader | Stars: Ken Ogata, Masayuki Shionoya, Hiroshi Mikami, Junya Fukuda
Votes: 13,810 | Gross: $0.44M
7. Sans Soleil (1983)
Not Rated | 100 min | Documentary, Drama
A woman narrates the contemplative writings of a seasoned world traveler, focusing on contemporary Japan.
Director: Chris Marker | Stars: Amilcar Cabral, Florence Delay, Arielle Dombasle, Riyoko Ikeda
Votes: 12,142 | Gross: $0.03M
8. Powaqqatsi (1988)
G | 99 min | Documentary, Music
An exploration of technologically developing nations and the effect the transition to Western-style modernization has had on them.
Director: Godfrey Reggio | Stars: Christie Brinkley, David Brinkley, Patrick Disanto, Pope John Paul II
Votes: 8,881 | Gross: $0.59M
9. No End in Sight (2007)
Not Rated | 102 min | Documentary, War
A comprehensive look at the Bush Administration's conduct of the Iraq war and its occupation of the country.
Director: Charles Ferguson | Stars: Campbell Scott, Gerald Burke, Ali Fadhil, Omar Fekeiki
Votes: 8,631 | Gross: $1.43M
10. The King (2005)
R | 105 min | Drama, Thriller
A motiveless malignancy? Elvis leaves the Navy and heads for Texas where he contacts his father Dave, whom he's never met. He is the pastor at a Christian community church. He tells Elvis ... See full summary »
Director: James Marsh | Stars: Gael García Bernal, William Hurt, Laura Harring, Derek Alvarado
Votes: 7,474 | Gross: $0.28M
11. Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films (2014)
R | 106 min | Documentary, Biography, History
The history of the independent film company, The Cannon Film Group, Inc..
Director: Mark Hartley | Stars: Sam Firstenberg, David Paulsen, Luigi Cozzi, Menahem Golan
Votes: 5,999
12. The Story of Film: An Odyssey (2011)
Not Rated | 62 min | Documentary, History
A comprehensive history of the medium and art of motion pictures.
Stars: Mark Cousins, Juan Diego Botto, Aleksandr Sokurov, Norman Lloyd
Votes: 4,834
13. My Family/Mi familia (1995)
R | 128 min | Drama
A man makes his way from Mexico to Los Angeles in the 1920s and gets married and raises a big family there. The movie follows the children until they get married and start their families in the 1960s.
Director: Gregory Nava | Stars: Jimmy Smits, Esai Morales, Edward James Olmos, Rafael Cortes
Votes: 4,508 | Gross: $11.08M
14. Wind (I) (1992)
PG-13 | 126 min | Action, Drama, Sport
Romance and adventure happen during the America's Cup series of yachting races.
Director: Carroll Ballard | Stars: Matthew Modine, Jennifer Grey, Cliff Robertson, Jack Thompson
Votes: 3,105 | Gross: $5.52M
15. Werner Herzog Eats His Shoe (1980)
22 min | Documentary, Short
A short documentary in which directors Werner Herzog and Errol Morris make a bet which results in Herzog being forced to eat his own shoe.
Director: Les Blank | Stars: Werner Herzog, Tom Luddy, Michael Goodwin, Alice Waters
Votes: 2,732
16. Heart of a Dog (2015)
Not Rated | 75 min | Documentary
Multimedia artist Laurie Anderson reflects on her relationship with her beloved terrier Lolabelle.
Director: Laurie Anderson | Stars: Laurie Anderson, Archie, Jason Berg, Heung-Heung Chin
Votes: 2,555 | Gross: $0.42M
17. Siskel & Ebert (1986–2010)
TV-PG | 30 min | Talk-Show
Chicago critics Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert rate new movies with a thumbs up, or a thumbs down.
Stars: Roger Ebert, Gene Siskel, Richard Roeper, Michael Phillips
Votes: 2,275
18. Tough Guys Don't Dance (1987)
R | 110 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
Writer, ex-con and 40-something bottle-baby Tim Madden, who is prone to black-outs, awakens from a two-week bender to discover a pool of blood in his car.
Director: Norman Mailer | Stars: Ryan O'Neal, Isabella Rossellini, Debra Stipe, Wings Hauser
Votes: 1,846 | Gross: $0.86M
19. Uncle Yanco (1967)
18 min | Documentary, Short
While in San Francisco for the promotion of her last film in October 1967, Agnès Varda gets to know a relative she had never heard of before. This unknown uncle lives on a boat, is a painter, has adopted a hippie lifestyle and loves life.
Director: Agnès Varda | Stars: Jean Varda, Tom Luddy, Agnès Varda, Vagadu Varda
Votes: 1,531
20. King Lear (1987)
PG | 90 min | Comedy, Drama, Sci-Fi
A descendant of Shakespeare tries to restore his plays in a world rebuilding itself after the Chernobyl catastrophe obliterates most of human civilization.
Director: Jean-Luc Godard | Stars: Woody Allen, Freddy Buache, Leos Carax, Julie Delpy
Votes: 1,489 | Gross: $0.06M
21. Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt (1989)
79 min | Documentary, Biography, History
A collection of profiles of people dead from AIDS who are remembered in the AIDS Memorial Quilt.
Directors: Rob Epstein, Jeffrey Friedman | Stars: Sara Lewinstein, David Mandell, Suzi Mandell, Sallie Perryman
Votes: 1,087
22. The Oscars (I) (2023 TV Special)
TV-14 | 170 min | Documentary, Comedy, Music
The presentation of the 95th Academy Awards, given for achievements in films released in 2022, with major contenders including All Quiet on the Western Front (2022), Avatar: The Way of Water (2022), The Banshees of Inisherin (2022), Everything Everywhere All at Once (2022), The Fabelmans (2022) and Top Gun: Maverick (2022).
Director: Glenn Weiss | Stars: Florence Pugh, Austin Butler, Emily Blunt, Colin Farrell
Votes: 1,007
23. Junkopia (1981)
6 min | Documentary, Short
A short film that shows Boundless, Surreal objects that are juxtaposed with our present World. Cars, Motorways, noise of our modern society; A giant city in the distance - all that shrouds ... See full summary »
Directors: John Chapman, Chris Marker, Frank Simeone | Star: Arielle Dombasle
Votes: 971
24. Wait Until Spring, Bandini (1989)
PG | 100 min | Drama
Young Arturo Bandini loves his father Svevo, his mother Maria and his brothers.
Director: Dominique Deruddere | Stars: Joe Mantegna, Ornella Muti, Faye Dunaway, Michael Bacall
Votes: 738
25. Manifesto (1988)
R | 96 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
In a small European country, the king is scheduled to visit a small, quiet and "safe" village. It turns out that while the village may indeed be small, it's neither as quiet nor as safe as it's expected to be.
Director: Dusan Makavejev | Stars: Camilla Søeberg, Alfred Molina, Simon Callow, Eric Stoltz
Votes: 436
26. Poto and Cabengo (1979)
Not Rated | 77 min | Documentary
Identical young twin girls in the USA have invented their own shared language. Scientists are wanting to study the language but social workers are trying to get the twins to leave their ... See full summary »
Director: Jean-Pierre Gorin | Star: Jean-Pierre Gorin
Votes: 418
27. Watergate (2018–2019)
260 min | Documentary, History
On the night of June 17, 1972, a security guard in the Watergate office complex in Washington, DC called the police when he found a door repeatedly taped open.
Stars: Douglas Hodge, John Hopkins, Will Keen, Mark Dexter
Votes: 384
28.
The Story of Film: An Odyssey (2011)
Episode:
Birth of the Cinema
(2011)
TV-PG | 64 min | Documentary, History
The first two decades of cinema, 1895-1918; its invention in New Jersey and Lyon and its development from a gimmick to a language through the innovation of many technicians and artists.
Director: Mark Cousins | Stars: Mark Cousins, Jean-Michel Frodon, Agnes de Mille, Cari Beauchamp
Votes: 379
29.
The Story of Film: An Odyssey (2011)
Episode:
The Arrival of Sound
(2011)
TV-PG | 62 min | Documentary, History
The Story of Film looks at the films of the 1930s and the development of "talking pictures". Sound requires the use of sound stages and this effects lighting and cinematography. It looks at... See full summary »
Director: Mark Cousins | Stars: Mark Cousins, Howard Hawks, Jean Renoir, Norman Lloyd
Votes: 239
30.
The Story of Film: An Odyssey (2011)
Episode:
Post-War Cinema
(2011)
Not Rated | 62 min | Documentary, History
The Story of Film examines world cinema in the period of 1939-1952 looks at film-making during and immediately after World War II. Hollywood films shift away from soft focus and begin to ... See full summary »
Director: Mark Cousins | Stars: Mark Cousins, Norman Lloyd, Robert Towne, Paul Schrader
Votes: 235
31. 1 P.M. (1971)
90 min | Documentary
Impressions of resistance and revolution in America, as shot on both coasts by visiting director Godard in the pivotal year of 1968, but not completed and not shown, after being taken over ... See full summary »
Directors: Jean-Luc Godard, Richard Leacock, D.A. Pennebaker | Stars: Marty Balin, Amiri Baraka, Carol Bellamy, Eldridge Cleaver
Votes: 223
32.
The Story of Film: An Odyssey (2011)
Episode:
European New Wave
(2011)
TV-PG | 62 min | Documentary, History
The Story of Film examines European cinema in the period of 1957-1964. It first looks at the works of influential directors Ingmar Bergman, Robert Bresson, Jacques Tati, and Federico ... See full summary »
Director: Mark Cousins | Stars: Mark Cousins, Lars von Trier, Stig Björkman, Paul Schrader
Votes: 222
33.
The Story of Film: An Odyssey (2011)
Episode:
Sex & Melodrama
(2011)
Not Rated | 62 min | Documentary, History
The Story of Film examines cinema in the period of 1953-1957. It looks at the growth of movie-making around the world and examines how sex and melodrama dominated the period. It looks at ... See full summary »
Director: Mark Cousins | Stars: Mark Cousins, Youssef Chahine, Soumendu Roy, Sharmila Tagore
Votes: 214
34.
The Story of Film: An Odyssey (2011)
Episode:
American Cinema of the 70s
(2011)
Not Rated | 62 min | Documentary, History
The Story of Film examines American cinema in the period of 1967-1979 also known as New American Cinema. Films of this time generally fell into three types: satirical films that mocked ... See full summary »
Director: Mark Cousins | Stars: Mark Cousins, Buck Henry, Charles Burnett, Robert Towne
Votes: 196
35.
The Story of Film: An Odyssey (2011)
Episode:
New Directors, New Form
(2011)
Not Rated | 62 min | Documentary, History
The Story of Film examines world cinema in the period of 1965-1969 when New Wave Cinema swept the world and gave rise to a whole new generation of filmmakers. It first looks at the work of ... See full summary »
Director: Mark Cousins | Stars: Mark Cousins, Aleksandr Sokurov, Nagisa Ôshima, Mani Kaul
Votes: 192
36. Hole in the Soul (1994 TV Movie)
52 min | Documentary, Biography, Comedy
Director: Dusan Makavejev | Stars: Rambo Amadeus, Melodie Annis, Dennis Jakob, Dusan Makavejev
Votes: 157
37. Sworn to the Drum: A Tribute to Francisco Aguabella (1995)
Not Rated | 35 min | Documentary, Short, Music
A documentary about the music and influence that Francisco Aguabella has had on the world.
Director: Les Blank | Stars: Bill Graham, Francisco Aguabella, John Santos, Carlos 'Patato' Valdés
Votes: 151
38. Cannes Film Festival (1952– )
News
A festival for international movies, which give each year the Palme d'Or.
Stars: Bjorn Jiskoot Jr., Isabelle Huppert, Pedro Almodóvar, Kristin Scott Thomas
Votes: 119
39. A Brief History of Errol Morris (2000)
Not Rated | 48 min | Documentary
Director: Kevin Macdonald | Stars: Philip Glass, Werner Herzog, Tom Luddy, Errol Morris
Votes: 115
40. When Bubbles Burst (2012)
90 min | Documentary, History, News
It is becoming increasingly difficult to protect ourselves from extreme financial volatility. This feature documentary will examine the mechanics behind bubbles and crashes, and discuss trends and visions for the future.
Director: Hans Petter Moland | Stars: Anders Brekke, Olav Arnar Bø, Petros Christodoulou, Michael Goldstein
Votes: 102
41. Gegenschuss - Aufbruch der Filmemacher (2008)
121 min | Documentary
Directors: Dominik Wessely, Laurens Straub | Stars: Heinz Badewitz, Hark Bohm, Uwe Brandner, Michael Fengler
Votes: 91
42. Lani-Loa (1998)
89 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Supernatural revenge flick finds a woman, who is murdered by criminals on her wedding day in Hawaii, returns from the dead to kill her murderers and to protect her ex-groom, a cop who ... See full summary »
Director: Sherwood Hu | Stars: Angus Macfadyen, Carlotta Chang, Ray Bumatai, Chris Tashima
Votes: 55
43. Overwhelm the Sky (2019)
170 min | Drama
"An Existential Epic Neo-Noir," loosely adapted from Charles Brockden Brown's 1799 novel Edgar Huntly, or Memoirs of a Sleepwalker, Overwhelm the Sky tells the story of Edgar "Eddie" Huntly... See full summary »
Director: Daniel Kremer | Stars: Alexander Hero, Raul Delarosa, William Cully Allen, Catherine Lerza
Votes: 47
44. All Eyes and Ears (2015)
Not Rated | 90 min | Documentary, History, News
Interweaving the stories of U.S. Ambassador to China Jon Huntsman, his adopted Chinese daughter Gracie Mei, and blind legal advocate Chen Guangcheng, the documentary is a timely exploration... See full summary »
Director: Vanessa Hope | Stars: Gracie Mei Huntsman, Jon Huntsman, Guangcheng Chen, Jerome A. Cohen
Votes: 29
45. Cachao: Uno Mas (2008)
68 min | Documentary
A glimpse into the maestro's life and musical journey, "CACHAO: Uno Mas" pays tribute to one of the greatest Afro-Cuban musicians of all time, Israel López 'Cachao'.
Director: Dikayl Rimmasch | Stars: Cachao, The CineSon All Stars, Andy Garcia, Ken S. Polk
Votes: 21
46. To Chris Marker, an Unsent Letter (2012)
Not Rated | 78 min | Documentary, Biography
A collective cinematic love letter to the elusive French filmmaker Chris Marker, Emiko Omor's timely film captures the persona of a filmmaker who is at once both contradictorily present in ... See full summary »
Director: Emiko Omori | Stars: Margaret Collins, Marina Goldovskaya, Timothy Greenberg, Dirk Kuhlmann
Votes: 8
47. Un été américain (1968)
55 min | Documentary
This documentary portrays the solidarity of young Californian left-wing militants with the Black Panther cause. Footage of their militant activities, during discussions and protests in ... See full summary »
Director: Henry Chapier | Star: Kathleen Cleaver
Votes: 8
48. For the Love of Garlic (2014)
11 min | Documentary, Short
Stars: Harrod Blank, Maureen Gosling, Alice Waters
Votes: 6
49. Signé croisette (1993– )
Talk-Show
Stars: Ken Loach, Catherine Deneuve, Sylvester Stallone, Laurie MacDonald
50. Producing 'Mishima' (2008 Video)
22 min | Documentary, Short