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1. Mister Rogers' Neighborhood (1968–2001)
TV-Y | 30 min | Family, Fantasy, Music
Fred Rogers explores various topics for young viewers through presentations and music, both in his world and in the Neighborhood of Make-Believe.
Stars: Fred Rogers, Betty Aberlin, David Newell, Joe Negri
Votes: 9,534
2. Andy (1965)
86 min | Drama
The story of a mentally handicapped middle-aged man and how he, and his elderly parents who must take care of him, manage to get along in New York City.
Director: Richard C. Sarafian | Stars: Norman Alden, Tamara Daykarhanova, Zvee Scooler, Murvyn Vye
Votes: 59
3. The Pawnbroker (1964)
Approved | 116 min | Drama
A Jewish pawnbroker, victim of Nazi persecution, loses all faith in his fellow man until he realizes too late the tragedy of his actions.
Director: Sidney Lumet | Stars: Rod Steiger, Geraldine Fitzgerald, Brock Peters, Jaime Sánchez
Votes: 10,705
4. 'Round Midnight (1986)
R | 133 min | Drama, Music
A troubled, but talented musician flees the US to escape his problems, finding refuge and support in Paris.
Director: Bertrand Tavernier | Stars: Dexter Gordon, François Cluzet, Gabrielle Haker, Sandra Reaves-Phillips
Votes: 5,853 | Gross: $3.27M
5. Buffalo Heart (1996)
Not Rated | 77 min | Action, Crime, Western
A young Native warrior seeks revenge on the cowboys who killed his buffalo herd.
Director: Daniel Matmor | Stars: Buffalo Child, Autumn Blessing, Mel Howard, Daniel Matmor
Votes: 16
6. A Thousand Clowns (1965)
Approved | 118 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A middle-aged iconoclast, doggedly avoiding the tedium of employment and conventional life, faces the prospect of losing custody of his young ward.
Director: Fred Coe | Stars: Jason Robards, Barbara Harris, Martin Balsam, Gene Saks
Votes: 3,700 | Gross: $5.23M
7. Caddyshack (1980)
R | 98 min | Comedy, Sport
An exclusive golf course has to deal with a flatulent new member and a destructive dancing gopher.
Director: Harold Ramis | Stars: Chevy Chase, Rodney Dangerfield, Bill Murray, Ted Knight
Votes: 127,063 | Gross: $39.85M
8. 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: 2,402
9. Hester Street (1975)
PG | 89 min | Drama, Romance
In 1896, a Russian Jewish woman immigrates to New York's Lower East Side to reunite with her Americanized husband, but has difficulty assimilating.
Director: Joan Micklin Silver | Stars: Steven Keats, Carol Kane, Mel Howard, Dorrie Kavanaugh
Votes: 1,872 | Gross: $5.00M
10. The Fool Killer (1965)
99 min | Adventure, Drama
After the Civil War, a Southern boy aged 12 runs away from his foster home, wanders the countryside and meets various odd characters along the way.
Director: Servando González | Stars: Anthony Perkins, Edward Albert, Henry Hull, Salome Jens
Votes: 416
11. Renaldo and Clara (1978)
R | 235 min | Documentary, Drama, Music
Bob Dylan on tour with the Rolling Thunder Revue in 1975; concert footage, documentary interviews and bizarre improvised character scenes.
Director: Bob Dylan | Stars: Bob Dylan, Sara Dylan, Joan Baez, Ronnie Hawkins
Votes: 602
12. Beat Street (1984)
PG | 105 min | Drama, Music
An aspiring DJ from the South Bronx and his best friend, a promoter, try to get into show business by exposing people to hip-hop music and the local culture.
Director: Stan Lathan | Stars: Rae Dawn Chong, Guy Davis, Jon Chardiet, Leon W. Grant
Votes: 4,318 | Gross: $16.60M
13. The Group (1966)
Approved | 150 min | Drama
After graduating from a prestigious Eastern university, 8 devoted female friends go their separate ways: one leaves for Europe, while the others experience troubled relationships. Decades later they get to meet one last time.
Director: Sidney Lumet | Stars: Candice Bergen, Joan Hackett, Elizabeth Hartman, Shirley Knight
Votes: 2,098 | Gross: $6.54M
14. Night of the Juggler (1980)
R | 101 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A tough, New York City ex-cop relentlessly searches for his kidnapped teenage daughter whom is held by a twisted psycho after mistaking her for the daughter of a wealthy businessman.
Directors: Robert Butler, Sidney J. Furie | Stars: James Brolin, Cliff Gorman, Richard S. Castellano, Linda Miller
Votes: 1,074
15. Quackser Fortune Has a Cousin in the Bronx (1970)
PG | 90 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
In Dublin, a working class family has been unsuccessful in convincing their son to get a real job: the son prefers his job of scooping up horse's dung and selling it for flower gardens. An ... See full summary »
Director: Waris Hussein | Stars: Gene Wilder, Margot Kidder, Eileen Colgan, May Ollis
Votes: 729 | Gross: $0.14M
16. The Shadow Box (1980 TV Movie)
96 min | Drama
Three terminally-ill cancer patients dwell in separate cottages on a hospital's grounds, where they are attended and visited by both family and close friends.
Director: Paul Newman | Stars: Joanne Woodward, Christopher Plummer, Valerie Harper, James Broderick
Votes: 241
17. Courage (1986 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 150 min | Drama
A mother in Queens, New York, outraged when she discovers that her son is a drug addict, becomes an undercover agent for the DEA to clean up the drug trade in her neighborhood. Based on a true story.
Director: Jeremy Kagan | Stars: Sophia Loren, Billy Dee Williams, Hector Elizondo, Val Avery
Votes: 185
18. He Makes Me Feel Like Dancin' (1983)
51 min | Documentary, Family
Jacques d'Amboise, a noted former American ballet star who had dancing roles in such films as Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (1954) and Carousel (1956), and who later became a New York dancing instructor.
Director: Emile Ardolino | Stars: Jacques d'Amboise, Judy Collins, Kevin Kline, Tom McCaffrey
Votes: 150
19. Remembering Winsor McCay (1976)
Not Rated | 18 min | Documentary, Animation, Short
The life and career of the great cartoonist Winsor McCay is warmly recalled by his former film assistant, John Fitzsimmons, with clips of classic McCay animated films.
Director: John Canemaker | Stars: John A. Fitzsimmons, Winsor McCay
Votes: 8
20. Eyes of Laura Mars (1978)
R | 104 min | Mystery, Thriller
A famous fashion photographer develops a disturbing ability to see through the eyes of a killer.
Director: Irvin Kershner | Stars: Faye Dunaway, Tommy Lee Jones, Brad Dourif, Rene Auberjonois
Votes: 12,078 | Gross: $20.00M
21. The Goodbye People (1984)
PG | 104 min | Comedy, Drama
Three eccentric losers band together in hopes of changing their luck.
Director: Herb Gardner | Stars: Judd Hirsch, Martin Balsam, Pamela Reed, Tony Devon
Votes: 61
22. Big Man on Campus (1989)
PG-13 | 105 min | Comedy, Fantasy
In this version of "The Hunchback of Notre Dame", a hunchback is found living in the bell tower of UCLA. He is put on trial and made to go through tests. One of the research doctors falls for him, and he falls for her in the end.
Director: Jeremy Kagan | Stars: Allan Katz, Corey Parker, Cindy Williams, Melora Hardin
Votes: 1,622
23. The Boost (1988)
R | 95 min | Drama, Romance
A real estate developer who enjoyed short-lived success seeks to regain his edge by using cocaine, but takes himself to new lows as he gets lost in the downward spiral of drug addiction.
Director: Harold Becker | Stars: James Woods, Sean Young, John Kapelos, Steven Hill
Votes: 2,442 | Gross: $0.78M
24. The Washington Affair (1977)
81 min | Drama, Thriller
An unscrupulous businessman tries to win a government contract by playing up to the engineer assigned to review the project. He comes to the engineer's hotel room to offer him money, all ... See full summary »
Director: Victor Stoloff | Stars: Barry Sullivan, Carol Lynley, Tom Selleck, Arlene Banas
Votes: 85
25. Glen and Randa (1971)
X | 93 min | Adventure, Sci-Fi
Teenagers Glen and Randa are members of a tribe that lives in a rural area, several decades after nuclear war has devastated the planet. They know nothing of the outside world, except that ... See full summary »
Director: Jim McBride | Stars: Steve Curry, Shelley Plimpton, Woodrow Chambliss, Garry Goodrow
Votes: 676
26. Reckless (1983)
92 min | Action, Drama
A daredevil motorcycle rider falls for an older artist.
Director: Djordje Milicevic | Stars: Meg Foster, Doug Greenall, Robin Mossley, Alan Solomon
Votes: 43
27. 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: 1,072
28. A Secret Space (1977)
80 min | Drama
The 13-year-old son of a secular Jewish couple discovers Judaism, wants to have a bar-mitzvah, and studies for it at a small sympathetic unaffiliated synagogue, against his parents' wishes. Well-done.
Director: Roberta Hodes | Stars: Howard Berger, Robert Fields, Michael Gorrin, Virginia Graham
29.
Mister Rogers' Neighborhood (1968–2001)
Episode:
1069
(1970)
TV-Y | 28 min | Family, Fantasy, Music
Rogers brings in Bob Trow's model of the Platypus Mound. Officer Clemmons shows Rogers the workings at his police station. Dr. Bill and Elsie Jean Platypus also share a magic recipe for making pies.
Director: David F. Chen | Stars: Fred Rogers, Bill Barker, François Scarborough Clemmons, James Hassett