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1.
The Monkees (1965–1968)
Episode:
The Devil and Peter Tork
(1968)
TV-G | 30 min | Comedy, Music
Peter browses through a pawnshop owned by a mysterious man known as S. Zero. He meets Zero and the two chat about the varied instruments he sells, Zero talking cryptically about the ... See full summary »
Director: James Frawley | Stars: Davy Jones, Micky Dolenz, Michael Nesmith, Peter Tork
Votes: 166
2. The World of Sholom Aleichem (1959 TV Movie)
Drama
This omnibus release consists of three playlets filmed and aired during television's Golden Age, and starring some of the legends of film and television. The collection originally ran as a ... See full summary »
Director: Don Richardson | Stars: Gertrude Berg, Conrad Bromberg, Morris Carnovsky, Elsa Freed
Votes: 34
3. De película (1982–1990)
60 min
Stars: Isabel Mestres, José Ruiz, Emilio Linder, María Salerno
Votes: 136
4. Independent Lens (1999– )
TV-14 | Documentary
Independent Lens is an award-winning PBS documentary series that streams on the PBS App and airs on public television. Independent Lens documentaries focus on stories of underrepresented ... See full summary »
Stars: America Ferrera, Terrence Howard, Stanley Tucci, Mary-Louise Parker
Votes: 635
5. Hearts and Minds (1974)
R | 112 min | Documentary, History, War
A startling and courageous landmark documentary that unflinchingly confronted the United States' involvement in Vietnam at the height of the controversy that surrounded it.
Director: Peter Davis | Stars: Tin Chan, Chau Diem, Ngo Dinh Diem, John Foster Dulles
Votes: 6,113 | Gross: $0.03M
6.
The Monkees (1965–1968)
Episode:
Monkees Get Out More Dirt
(1967)
TV-G | 30 min | Comedy, Music
All four Monkees fall in love with the same girl, April Conquest, of the local laundromat. Each one tries to woo her by feigning interest in things she likes: Davy paints pop-art, Mickey ... See full summary »
Director: Gerald Shepard | Stars: Davy Jones, Micky Dolenz, Michael Nesmith, Peter Tork
Votes: 140
7.
The Monkees (1965–1968)
Episode:
The Monkee's Paw
(1968)
TV-G | 30 min | Comedy, Music
Micky buys a cursed Monkey's Paw from down on his luck Mendrek the Magician for a quarter and is given three wishes, all of them bound to backfire. Meanwhile, Mendrek, finally free of bad ... See full summary »
Director: James Frawley | Stars: Davy Jones, Micky Dolenz, Michael Nesmith, Peter Tork
Votes: 108
8.
The Monkees (1965–1968)
Episode:
Monkees at the Movies
(1967)
TV-G | 30 min | Comedy, Music
The Monkees are asked to appear as extras in Luther Kramm's new beach movie, but soon take offense to the film's star, Frankie Catalina. After upstaging him during the production, Catalina ... See full summary »
Director: Russ Mayberry | Stars: Davy Jones, Micky Dolenz, Michael Nesmith, Peter Tork
Votes: 143
9.
The Monkees (1965–1968)
Episode:
Too Many Girls
(1966)
TV-G | 30 min | Comedy, Music
A gypsy tea room owner predicts Davy will fall in love within 24 hours and leave the group. Her plan is to team him up with her daughter Fern to enter Mr. Hack's Amateur Hour. The remaining... See full summary »
Director: James Frawley | Stars: Davy Jones, Micky Dolenz, Michael Nesmith, Peter Tork
Votes: 114
10.
Sodankylä Forever (2010)
Episode:
Ikuinen aika
(2010)
56 min | Documentary
Director: Peter von Bagh | Stars: Peter von Bagh, Jerzy Kawalerowicz, Robert Parrish, Luc Dardenne
Votes: 9
11.
Sodankylä Forever (2010)
Episode:
Valon draama
(2010)
58 min | Documentary
Director: Peter von Bagh | Stars: Peter von Bagh, Ettore Scola, Bob Rafelson, Robert Parrish
Votes: 8
12.
The Monkees (1965–1968)
Episode:
I Was a Teenage Monster
(1967)
TV-G | 30 min | Comedy, Music
The Monkees are lured to the lab of a mad scientist, only to have their musical abilities, put into a Frankenstein-like monster.
Director: Sidney Miller | Stars: Davy Jones, Micky Dolenz, Michael Nesmith, Peter Tork
Votes: 134
13.
The Monkees (1965–1968)
Episode:
Monkee vs. Machine
(1966)
TV-G | 30 min | Comedy, Music
After Peter fails a job interview at a toy factory conducted by a computer, Mike makes the same machine short circuit and is promptly hired. Soon all four Monkees take a stand against the ... See full summary »
Director: Bob Rafelson | Stars: Davy Jones, Micky Dolenz, Michael Nesmith, Peter Tork
Votes: 176
14.
The Monkees (1965–1968)
Episode:
Monkees on the Wheel
(1967)
TV-G | 30 min | Comedy, Music
Micky 'Magic Fingers' Dolenz hits a lucky streak in Vegas, not realizing the roulette table is rigged. The Boss and Biggy soon steal the ill begotten money back from the Monkees, who are ... See full summary »
Director: Gerald Shepard | Stars: Davy Jones, Micky Dolenz, Michael Nesmith, Peter Tork
Votes: 125
15. The Last Picture Show (1971)
R | 118 min | Drama, Romance
In 1951, a group of high schoolers come of age in a bleak, isolated, atrophied North Texas town that is slowly dying, both culturally and economically.
Director: Peter Bogdanovich | Stars: Timothy Bottoms, Jeff Bridges, Cybill Shepherd, Ben Johnson
Votes: 52,414 | Gross: $29.13M
16.
The Monkees (1965–1968)
Episode:
A Nice Place to Visit
(1967)
TV-G | 30 min | Comedy, Music
While on a trip to Mexico, the group lands into trouble after Davy falls for the girlfriend of a local desperado.
Director: James Frawley | Stars: Davy Jones, Micky Dolenz, Michael Nesmith, Peter Tork
Votes: 117
17.
The Monkees (1965–1968)
Episode:
Captain Crocodile
(1967)
TV-G | 30 min | Comedy, Music
The Monkees go up against a local kiddie show host, who will not let the group play on his show.
Director: James Frawley | Stars: Davy Jones, Micky Dolenz, Michael Nesmith, Peter Tork
Votes: 131
18.
The Monkees (1965–1968)
Episode:
I've Got a Little Song Here
(1966)
TV-G | 30 min | Comedy, Music
Mike writes a new song, but the publishing company he tries to sell it to tries to rip him off.
Director: Bruce Kessler | Stars: Davy Jones, Micky Dolenz, Michael Nesmith, Peter Tork
Votes: 143
19.
The Monkees (1965–1968)
Episode:
Monkees Manhattan Style
(1967)
TV-G | 25 min | Comedy, Music
The Monkees travel to New York to meet a young producer, Mackinley Baker, at The Compton Plaza Hotel. Unfortunately, they find Baker just about to be evicted out of the room and themselves ... See full summary »
Director: Russ Mayberry | Stars: Davy Jones, Micky Dolenz, Michael Nesmith, Peter Tork
Votes: 118
20.
The Monkees (1965–1968)
Episode:
The Monkees on Tour
(1967)
TV-G | 30 min | Comedy, Music
With the scripted sitcom antics taking a backseat, this episode shows the group on a real concert tour.
Director: Bob Rafelson | Stars: Davy Jones, Micky Dolenz, Michael Nesmith, Peter Tork
Votes: 135
21.
The Monkees (1965–1968)
Episode:
Your Friendly Neighborhood Kidnappers
(1966)
TV-G | 30 min | Comedy, Music
Nick Trump, manager of "The Four Swine", gets the Monkees to participate in publicity stunts meant to keep them from entering a talent contest.
Director: James Frawley | Stars: Davy Jones, Micky Dolenz, Michael Nesmith, Peter Tork
Votes: 154
22.
The Monkees (1965–1968)
Episode:
Art for Monkees' Sake
(1967)
TV-G | 30 min | Comedy, Music
When Peter displays a talent for copying art, crooked museum guards Duke and Chuche force him to copy Frans Hals' 'The Laughing Cavalier' and switch it with the real one. The Monkees mount ... See full summary »
Director: Alexander Singer | Stars: Davy Jones, Micky Dolenz, Michael Nesmith, Peter Tork
Votes: 117
23.
The Monkees (1965–1968)
Episode:
Everywhere a Sheik, Sheik
(1967)
TV-G | 30 min | Comedy, Music
Faced with selecting a husband or being married to the evil Vidaru, Princess Colette of Nehudi picks out Davy's picture from a magazine. The Manchester Monkee is then put to the choice: ... See full summary »
Director: Alexander Singer | Stars: Davy Jones, Micky Dolenz, Michael Nesmith, Peter Tork
Votes: 113
24.
The Monkees (1965–1968)
Episode:
Fairy Tale
(1968)
TV-G | 30 min | Comedy, Music
Peter, peasant of Tork is the only one who can save the fair Princess Gwen (Mike) who is being held in the tower. The Fairy of the Magic Locket orders Mike the Cobbler to make Peter a ... See full summary »
Director: James Frawley | Stars: Davy Jones, Micky Dolenz, Michael Nesmith, Peter Tork
Votes: 133
25.
The Monkees (1965–1968)
Episode:
Find the Monkees
(1967)
TV-G | 30 min | Comedy, Music
TV producer Hubbell Benson has invited many young groups, including The Four Martians, The Foreign Agents, and The Jolly Green Giants to audition for a new TV show, but not The Monkees. ... See full summary »
Director: Richard Nunis | Stars: Davy Jones, Micky Dolenz, Michael Nesmith, Peter Tork
Votes: 122
26.
The Monkees (1965–1968)
Episode:
Monkees in a Ghost Town
(1966)
TV-G | 30 min | Comedy, Music
The Monkeemobile runs out of gas in a Ghost Town, where the boys are locked up by two gangsters, George and Lenny, waiting for the arrival of The Big Man.
Director: James Frawley | Stars: Davy Jones, Micky Dolenz, Michael Nesmith, Peter Tork
Votes: 158
27.
The Monkees (1965–1968)
Episode:
One Man Shy
(1966)
TV-G | 30 min | Comedy, Music
Peter falls for a pretty young debutante and needs the other Monkees' help to impress her and ward off her jealous suitor.
Director: James Frawley | Stars: Davy Jones, Micky Dolenz, Michael Nesmith, Peter Tork
Votes: 127
28.
The Monkees (1965–1968)
Episode:
The Chaperone
(1966)
TV-G | 30 min | Comedy, Music
The only way for Davy to date General Vandenburg's daughter is to hold a chaperoned party. When everything else fails, Micky dresses up in drag as 'Mrs Arcadian', arousing the attention of both the General and Mr. Babbit, the landlord.
Director: Bruce Kessler | Stars: Davy Jones, Micky Dolenz, Michael Nesmith, Peter Tork
Votes: 131
29.
The Monkees (1965–1968)
Episode:
The Picture Frame
(1967)
TV-G | 30 min | Comedy, Music
Micky, Davy and Mike are duped into robbing a bank, thinking they're the stars of a new heist movie. After their arrest, it is up to Peter to prove his band mates' innocence while the trio ... See full summary »
Director: James Frawley | Stars: Davy Jones, Micky Dolenz, Michael Nesmith, Peter Tork
Votes: 119
30.
The Monkees (1965–1968)
Episode:
The Spy Who Came in from the Cool
(1966)
TV-G | 30 min | Comedy, Music
The Central Intelligence Service recruits the Monkees to capture two foreign spies, Boris and Madame, after Davy unwittingly purchases a pair of red maracas with a hidden microfilm inside.
Director: Bob Rafelson | Stars: Davy Jones, Micky Dolenz, Michael Nesmith, Peter Tork
Votes: 150
31.
The Monkees (1965–1968)
Episode:
The Wild Monkees
(1967)
TV-G | 30 min | Comedy, Music
The Monkees take a job at the Henry Cabot Lodge and Cemetery, where they are forced into service as hotel staff as well. The guests include a quartet of tall female bikers, whom the boys ... See full summary »
Director: Jon C. Andersen | Stars: Davy Jones, Micky Dolenz, Michael Nesmith, Peter Tork
Votes: 106
32.
Sodankylä Forever (2010)
Episode:
Elokuvan vuosisata
(2010)
90 min | Documentary
Director: Peter von Bagh | Stars: Peter von Bagh, Milos Forman, Marlen Khutsiev, Robert Parrish
Votes: 19
33. The Mother and the Whore (1973)
210 min | Drama, Romance
The chauvinist Alexandre balances relationships with several women in the post-1968 intellectual scene of Paris.
Director: Jean Eustache | Stars: Bernadette Lafont, Jean-Pierre Léaud, Françoise Lebrun, Isabelle Weingarten
Votes: 6,705
34. No Subtitles Necessary: Laszlo & Vilmos (2008)
Not Rated | 86 min | Documentary
The lifelong friendship of the great Hungarian-born cinematographers László Kovács and Vilmos Zsigmond and their impact on American cinema.
Director: James Chressanthis | Stars: Karen Black, Peter Bogdanovich, Sandra Bullock, James L. Carter
Votes: 422
35.
The Monkees (1965–1968)
Episode:
Dance, Monkee, Dance
(1966)
TV-G | 30 min | Comedy, Music
Peter wins a free dancing lesson at Renaldo's Dance Au Go Go and is tricked into signing a lifetime contract. When Micky and Mike try to get him out of it, they end up with similar ... See full summary »
Director: James Frawley | Stars: Davy Jones, Micky Dolenz, Michael Nesmith, Peter Tork
Votes: 126
36.
The Monkees (1965–1968)
Episode:
Mijacogeo
(1968)
TV-G | 30 min | Comedy, Music
Micky, Mike and Davy find that Peter and all their neighbors have been hypnotized by their TV sets. The Evil Wizard Glick is using an alien Frodis to control people's minds through his ... See full summary »
Director: Micky Dolenz | Stars: Davy Jones, Micky Dolenz, Michael Nesmith, Peter Tork
Votes: 149
37.
The Monkees (1965–1968)
Episode:
Monkees Marooned
(1967)
TV-G | 30 min | Comedy, Music
Naive and gullible, Peter gives his guitar to a scam artist in exchange for a treasure map.
Director: James Frawley | Stars: Davy Jones, Micky Dolenz, Michael Nesmith, Peter Tork
Votes: 104
38.
The Monkees (1965–1968)
Episode:
Monkees in Texas
(1967)
TV-G | 30 min | Comedy, Music
Visiting Mike's Aunt Kate in Texas, The Monkees find the Nesmith Ranch being ambushed by Black Bart and his gang. Micky and Peter, dressed as The Lone Stranger and Pronto, go to town to ... See full summary »
Director: James Frawley | Stars: Davy Jones, Micky Dolenz, Michael Nesmith, Peter Tork
Votes: 119
39.
The Monkees (1965–1968)
Episode:
Monkees in the Ring
(1967)
TV-G | 30 min | Comedy, Music
Crooked fight promoter Sholto tells Davy he could be a featherweight champ and starts fixing fights so that 'Dynamite' Davy Jones quickly makes a career.
Director: James Frawley | Stars: Davy Jones, Micky Dolenz, Michael Nesmith, Peter Tork
Votes: 112
40.
The Monkees (1965–1968)
Episode:
The Christmas Show
(1967)
TV-G | 30 min | Comedy, Music
It's Christmas and the group has to teach a neglected boy about the magic and love of the season.
Director: Jon C. Andersen | Stars: Davy Jones, Micky Dolenz, Michael Nesmith, Peter Tork
Votes: 155
41. Days of Heaven (1978)
PG | 94 min | Drama, Romance
A hot-tempered farm laborer convinces the woman he loves to marry their rich but dying boss so that they can have a claim to his fortune.
Director: Terrence Malick | Stars: Richard Gere, Brooke Adams, Sam Shepard, Linda Manz
Votes: 62,788
42. The Greatest Show on Earth (1963–1964)
60 min | Drama, Family
Johnny Slate is the big boss who successfully keeps the circus running as it moves from town to town. He manages to deal with the unexpected frequently and uses Otto King, the accountant, as a sounding board.
Stars: Jack Palance, Stuart Erwin, Buck Taylor, Buddy Lewis
Votes: 147
43.
The Monkees (1965–1968)
Episode:
Hillbilly Honeymoon
(1967)
TV-G | 30 min | Comedy, Music
The Monkees ride into Swineville and immediately get caught up in a hillbilly feud between the Chubber and the Weskitt families. Ella Mae Chubber takes a shine to Davy (and, to a lesser ... See full summary »
Director: James Frawley | Stars: Davy Jones, Micky Dolenz, Michael Nesmith, Peter Tork
Votes: 123
44.
The Monkees (1965–1968)
Episode:
Monkee Mayor
(1967)
TV-G | 30 min | Comedy, Music
Mike runs for Mayor.
Director: Alexander Singer | Stars: Davy Jones, Micky Dolenz, Michael Nesmith, Peter Tork
Votes: 118
45.
The Monkees (1965–1968)
Episode:
Monkee See, Monkee Die
(1966)
TV-G | 30 min | Comedy, Music
When the Monkees attend the reading of a late millionaire's will, they find themselves forced to stay the night in his haunted castle.
Director: James Frawley | Stars: Davy Jones, Micky Dolenz, Michael Nesmith, Peter Tork
Votes: 179
46.
The Monkees (1965–1968)
Episode:
Monkees Mind Their Manor
(1968)
TV-G | 30 min | Comedy, Music
The Monkees travel to England when Davy inherits the estate of Young Lord Malcolm Kibee on the condition that he lives there for the next five years. Davy has no intention of staying, but ... See full summary »
Director: Peter Tork | Stars: Davy Jones, Micky Dolenz, Michael Nesmith, Peter Tork
Votes: 102
47.
The Monkees (1965–1968)
Episode:
Some Like It Lukewarm
(1968)
TV-G | 30 min | Comedy, Music
The Monkees want to enter the KXIW Rockathon contest to win $500, but they find out that contest manager Jerry 'The Geator with the Heator' Blavat only allows mixed groups. Davy is chosen ... See full summary »
Director: James Frawley | Stars: Davy Jones, Micky Dolenz, Michael Nesmith, Peter Tork
Votes: 123
48.
The Monkees (1965–1968)
Episode:
Son of a Gypsy
(1966)
TV-G | 30 min | Comedy, Music
When the Monkees are chosen over Maria and her four sons to perform at Madame Rantha's party, the gypsies lure them into a trap and force the guys to steal the precious Maltese Vulture from... See full summary »
Director: James Frawley | Stars: Davy Jones, Micky Dolenz, Michael Nesmith, Peter Tork
Votes: 113
49.
Sodankylä Forever (2010)
Episode:
Ensimmäisen elokuvamuiston kaiho
(2010)
59 min | Documentary
Director: Peter von Bagh | Stars: Peter von Bagh, Jean-Marie Sénia, Maud Linder, Jean Dréville
Votes: 11
50. Modesty (1981)
13 min | Short
A short documentary on the life and work of director/producer/writer Bob Rafelson. While staying in Paris to promote the remake of "The Postman Always Rings Twice" (1981), the creator of "... See full summary »
Director: Bob Rafelson | Stars: Camille de Casabianca, Bob Rafelson
Votes: 11