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1. The Richest Man in the World: Andrew Carnegie (1997 TV Movie)
105 min | Documentary, Biography
Director: Austin Hoyt | Stars: Andrew Carnegie, Owen Dudley Edwards, David Greenway, John Ingham
Votes: 8
2. The Fort Fisher Hermit: The Life & Death of Robert E. Harrill (2004)
54 min | Documentary
Robert E. Harrill, The Fort Fisher Hermit, spent 17 years under the stars and scrub oaks of Fort Fisher, North Carolina. Surviving off the land and the contributions from thousands of ... See full summary »
Director: Rob Hill | Stars: Barry Corbin, Michael F. Edwards, Fred Pickler
Votes: 32
3. Beyond Wiseguys: Italian Americans & the Movies (2008)
Documentary
Documentary portrays the saga of how Italian Americans went from being outsiders who were stereotyped as gangsters in American movies to insiders in Hollywood who took control of their own ... See full summary »
Director: Steven Fischler | Stars: Giorgio Bertellini, Paul Borghese, John Caglione Jr., Frank Capra Jr.
Votes: 98
4. Why We Fight Now (2008)
53 min | Documentary, War
Remembering the famed Director Frank Capras ground breaking World War II film series, entitled Why We Fight, this new program is an original and innovative documentary produced for the ... See full synopsis »
Director: Mark Benjamin
Votes: 7
5. Two Headed Cow (2006)
87 min | Documentary
A film about survival in an indifferent world, Two-Headed Cow looks at the difficult life of a trailblazing artist who did things his own way and who continues to make music and influence ... See full summary »
Director: Tony Gayton | Stars: Neko Case, Exene Cervenka, LaResh Crash, Jason Edge
Votes: 36
6. Biography (1987– )
TV-14 | 60 min | Documentary, Biography, History
The life stories of various historical figures and celebrities are told.
Stars: Jack Perkins, Peter Graves, Harry Smith, Robert J. Thompson
Votes: 2,087
7. Play It Again, Sam (1972)
PG | 85 min | Comedy, Romance
A neurotic film critic obsessed with the movie Casablanca (1942) attempts to get over his wife leaving him by dating again with the help of a married couple and his illusory idol, Humphrey Bogart.
Director: Herbert Ross | Stars: Woody Allen, Diane Keaton, Tony Roberts, Jerry Lacy
Votes: 28,022 | Gross: $2.30M
8.
AFI Life Achievement Award (1973– )
Episode:
AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Frank Capra
(1982)
112 min | Documentary
Director: Marty Pasetta | Stars: Frank Capra, Charlton Heston, James Stewart, Bette Davis
Votes: 281
9. Talking Film (1978–1984)
Documentary series on the golden age of Hollywood including interviews with Lee Garmes, Robert Altman, Henry King, George Cukor, King Vidor, Henry Hathaway, Phillip Dunne, Nunnally Johnson and Frank Capra.
Stars: Elwy Yost, Roger Corman, John Milius, Henry King
Votes: 29
10. Behind the Planet of the Apes (1998 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 127 min | Documentary
The story behind the making of the 5 "Planet of the Apes" movies.
Directors: Kevin Burns, David Comtois | Stars: Roddy McDowall, Mort Abrahams, Charlton Heston, Richard D. Zanuck
Votes: 1,835
11. Frank Capra's American Dream (1997 TV Movie)
PG | 115 min | Documentary, Biography, History
Ron Howard hosts a biography of the life and career of filmmaker Frank Capra, including interviews with the director's friends, colleagues and admirers.
Director: Kenneth Bowser | Stars: Ron Howard, Robert Altman, Jeanine Basinger, Edward Bernds
Votes: 322
12. The Lost Cause (2004)
10 min | Drama, Short
Director: Jim Taylor | Stars: Christian Durango, Rhoda Griffis, E. Michael Hewett, Mitchell Laurance
Votes: 38
13.
Biography (1987– )
Episode:
Jimmy Stewart: His Wonderful Life
(1997)
TV-14 | Documentary, Biography, History
A look at the life and times of one of America's greatest screen stars Jimmy Stewart.
Director: Lee Schneider | Stars: June Allyson, Carol Burnett, Frank Capra Jr., Shirlee Fonda
Votes: 108
14. Pocketful of Miracles (1961)
Approved | 136 min | Comedy, Drama
A New York gangster and his girlfriend attempt to turn street beggar Apple Annie into a society lady when the peddler learns her daughter is marrying royalty.
Director: Frank Capra | Stars: Glenn Ford, Bette Davis, Hope Lange, Arthur O'Connell
Votes: 7,975 | Gross: $5.45M
15. Frank Capra's 'It's a Wonderful Life': A Personal Remembrance (1991 Video)
14 min | Documentary, Short
Stars: Frank Capra Jr., Frank Capra, James Stewart
Votes: 75
16. This Is Your Life (1950–1993)
30 min | Biography, Family, Reality-TV
Each week, an unsuspecting celebrity would be lured by some ruse to a location near the studio. The celebrity would then be surprised with the news that they are to be the featured guest. ... See full summary »
Stars: Ralph Edwards, Bob Warren, Eddie Cantor, Bob Hope
Votes: 314
17. Unsung Maestros: A Directors Tribute (2007 Video)
20 min | Documentary, Short
The titular directors discussed are: Hugh Harman and Rudolf Ising (1930-1933), Jack King (1934-1936), Ub Iwerks (1937), Ben Hardaway (1934-1940), Norm McCabe (1940-1943), and Art Davis (1945-1949)
Stars: Michael Barrier, Jerry Beck, Paul Dini, Eric Goldberg
Votes: 16
18. Conversations with Frank Capra, Jr.: A Family History (2006 Video)
26 min | Short
Star: Frank Capra Jr.
Votes: 6
19. Frank Capra Jr. Remembers... 'Mr. Deeds Goes to Town' (1999 Video)
12 min | Short
Frank Capra Jr. talks about his father's directing of the 1936 Gary Cooper and Jean Arthur hit film.
Director: Michael Gillis | Star: Frank Capra Jr.
Votes: 12
20. Frank Capra Jr. Remembers... Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1999 Video)
12 min | Documentary, Short, Biography
Director: Michael Gillis | Stars: Frank Capra Jr., Jean Arthur, Claude Rains, James Stewart
Votes: 12
21.
E! True Hollywood Story (1996– )
Episode:
Kids of Dawson's Creek
(2005)
TV-PG | Documentary, Biography
The documentary style program profiled the cast of "Dawson's Creek," with interviews and footage.
Stars: Chip Bolcik, Jill Ishkanian, Ray Richmond, Michelle Williams
Votes: 14
22.
HBO First Look (1992– )
Episode:
'The Contender': The Making of a Political Thriller
(2000)
Documentary, Short
Director: Barbara Toennies | Stars: Joan Allen, Jeff Bridges, Frank Capra Jr., John Frankenheimer
Votes: 12
23. Marie (1985)
PG-13 | 112 min | Biography, Drama
A political appointee risks her job and her life to expose corruption.
Director: Roger Donaldson | Stars: Sissy Spacek, Jeff Daniels, Keith Szarabajka, Morgan Freeman
Votes: 1,026 | Gross: $2.51M
24. The Angel Doll (2002)
PG | 93 min | Drama
Two small town boys sharing paper route. "Whitey" Black lives in poverty with his single mother and young middle class Jerry Barlow. When Whitey wants to buy his small sister a doll it all opens their eyes to the vastness life around them.
Director: Alexander Johnston | Stars: Betsy Brantley, Beatrice Bush, Pat Hingle, Gil Johnson
Votes: 304
25. Trapped Beneath the Sea (1974 TV Movie)
97 min | Action, Drama
Based on an incident that occurred off the coast of Florida in 1973, this film tells the story of four men who find themselves trapped in a mini-submarine in the ocean depths.
Director: William A. Graham | Stars: Lee J. Cobb, Martin Balsam, Joshua Bryant, Paul Michael Glaser
Votes: 74
26. The Contender: The Making of a Political Thriller (2001 Video)
22 min | Documentary, Short
Director: Barbara Toennies | Stars: Joan Allen, Jeff Bridges, Frank Capra Jr., Sam Elliott
Votes: 40
27. Frank Capra: Collaboration (2006 Video)
19 min | Short
Stars: Jeanine Basinger, Kenneth Bowser, Frank Capra Jr., Richard Peña
Votes: 5
28. E! True Hollywood Story (1996– )
TV-PG | 60 min | Documentary, Biography
Documentary series exploring a topic, headline, or person that became the ground zero for a revolution in culture; told by the people who were on the front lines of the story.
Stars: Phil Crowley, Chip Bolcik, Beng Spies, Ken Baker
Votes: 1,256
29. Waterproof (2000)
PG-13 | 95 min | Drama
A mother flees to her hometown after her son gets into trouble.
Director: Barry Berman | Stars: Whitman Mayo, April Grace, Burt Reynolds, Cordereau Dye
Votes: 450
30. High Hopes: The Capra Years (1981 TV Movie)
60 min | Documentary
A look back at the career of the director of numerous beloved classics.
Stars: Lucille Ball, Frank Capra, Carl Reiner, Burt Reynolds
Votes: 24
31.
CI5: The New Professionals (1998–1999)
Episode:
Choice Cuts
(1999)
48 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
An FBI agent is murdered in Richmond, Virginia, the reason, get his kidney for an organs black market. The agent was the son of an old friend of Malone, so he decides to investigate with his group of agents and problems and danger starts.
Director: Colin Bucksey | Stars: Edward Woodward, Kal Weber, Colin Wells, Lexa Doig
Votes: 16
32.
CI5: The New Professionals (1998–1999)
Episode:
First Strike
(1999)
49 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
Keel and Curtis find themselves in the Louisiana swamps on the trail of black-market plutonium.
Director: Harley Cokeliss | Stars: Edward Woodward, Kal Weber, Colin Wells, Lexa Doig
Votes: 16
33.
CI5: The New Professionals (1998–1999)
Episode:
Orbit
(1999)
46 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
A scientist creates a deadly beam that can destroy anything. He uses it to kill a fellow he hates and he tries to sell it to a terrorist group for a lot of money, but.
Director: Colin Bucksey | Stars: Edward Woodward, Kal Weber, Colin Wells, Lexa Doig
Votes: 17
34. Vice Squad (1982)
R | 97 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A single mother prostitute, who goes by the name Princess, finds herself forced to work undercover for the police in order to apprehend a homicidal, misogynistic pimp named Ramrod, who will do anything not to get arrested.
Director: Gary Sherman | Stars: Season Hubley, Gary Swanson, Wings Hauser, Pepe Serna
Votes: 2,909 | Gross: $13.25M
35. Tom Sawyer (1973)
G | 103 min | Adventure, Musical, Family
Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn investigate a suspicious graveyard murder and more in this musical version of Mark Twain's novel.
Director: Don Taylor | Stars: Johnny Whitaker, Celeste Holm, Warren Oates, Jeff East
Votes: 2,598
36. Finding Shangri-La (2007)
107 min | Documentary
Two American explorers journey to Tibet to find the real life location of the Shangri-La featured in James Hilton's best-selling novel "Lost Horizon"
Director: Ted Vaill | Stars: Frank Capra Jr., Peter Facer, Peter Klika, Ted Vaill
Votes: 28
37.
CI5: The New Professionals (1998–1999)
Episode:
Glory Days
(1999)
47 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
The Russian mafia plan to reactivate a decommissioned battleship and use it to assassinate the US President.
Director: John Davies | Stars: Edward Woodward, Kal Weber, Colin Wells, Lexa Doig
Votes: 16
38. Escape from the Planet of the Apes (1971)
G | 98 min | Action, Sci-Fi
The world is shocked by the appearance of three talking chimpanzees, who arrived mysteriously in a U.S. spacecraft. They become the toast of society, but one man believes them to be a threat to the human race.
Director: Don Taylor | Stars: Roddy McDowall, Kim Hunter, Bradford Dillman, Natalie Trundy
Votes: 39,509 | Gross: $12.30M
39. HBO First Look (1992– )
13 min | Documentary, Short
Behind-the-scenes look at upcoming feature films, featuring interview commentary with their casts and crews.
Stars: Tom Hanks, Sandra Bullock, Steven Spielberg, Matt Damon
Votes: 479
40. Queen City Blowout (2003)
Action
Director: Steven Rumbelow | Stars: Graham Bell, Patrick Cherneski, Trevor Chilton, Morris Elfenbaum
Votes: 16
41. The Black Marble (1980)
PG | 113 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
A romantic comedy which explores the pressures on police officers.
Director: Harold Becker | Stars: Robert Foxworth, Paula Prentiss, Harry Dean Stanton, Barbara Babcock
Votes: 905
42. Conquest of the Planet of the Apes (1972)
PG | 88 min | Action, Sci-Fi
In a futuristic world that has embraced ape slavery, Caesar, the son of the late simians Cornelius and Zira, surfaces after almost twenty years of hiding out from the authorities, and prepares for a slave revolt against humanity.
Director: J. Lee Thompson | Stars: Roddy McDowall, Don Murray, Ricardo Montalban, Natalie Trundy
Votes: 36,201 | Gross: $9.81M
43. Firestarter (1984)
R | 114 min | Action, Horror, Sci-Fi
A couple who participated in a potent medical experiment gain telepathic ability and then have a child who is pyrokinetic.
Director: Mark L. Lester | Stars: Drew Barrymore, David Keith, Freddie Jones, Heather Locklear
Votes: 36,953 | Gross: $15.10M
44. Circus World (1964)
Approved | 135 min | Drama, Western
When circus proprietor Matt Masters decides to take his show on a European tour, it is beset by problems, while he searches for Lili, the mother of his adopted daughter, who disappeared years before.
Director: Henry Hathaway | Stars: John Wayne, Rita Hayworth, Claudia Cardinale, Lloyd Nolan
Votes: 2,981
45. Diamond Head (1962)
Not Rated | 107 min | Drama, Romance
In 1950's Hawaii, a bigoted and ruthless land baron, with political ambitions, bans his sister from marrying a native Hawaiian even though he himself has secretly impregnated an Asian woman.
Director: Guy Green | Stars: Charlton Heston, Yvette Mimieux, George Chakiris, France Nuyen
Votes: 1,017
46. Bruno (2000)
PG-13 | 108 min | Comedy, Drama
Bruno is a unique young boy genius, whose expression of his own individuality leads his family and community along an emotional journey.
Director: Shirley MacLaine | Stars: Alex D. Linz, Shirley MacLaine, Gary Sinise, Joey Lauren Adams
Votes: 1,604
47. Frank Capra Jr. Remembers: It Happened One Night (1999 Video)
11 min | Documentary, Short
The director's son gives interesting anecdotes about Frank Capra's making of the 1939 hit comedy, "It Happened One Night."
Director: Michael Gillis | Star: Frank Capra Jr.
Votes: 59
48. Conversations with Frank Capra, Jr.: The Golden Years (2006 Video)
17 min | Short
Star: Frank Capra Jr.
Votes: 6
49. 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
50. Rendezvous in Space (1964)
19 min | Documentary, Short
A futuristic documentary for Martin Marietta Corporation, about America's plans for a space station and space shuttles.
Director: Frank Capra | Stars: Marcia McBroom, Jim Backus, Mel Blanc, June Foray
Votes: 51