GOOD, overlooked movies - all genres
by murraldo17 | created - 05 Dec 2011 | updated - 24 Jan 2016 | PublicLesser known films that I thought were worth passing on to others.
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1. Crossing the Bridge (1992)
R | 103 min | Comedy, Drama
The adventures of three teenage friends in 1970s Detroit.
Director: Mike Binder | Stars: Josh Charles, Jason Gedrick, Stephen Baldwin, Cheryl Pollak
Votes: 942 | Gross: $0.48M
my fav movie, bar none.
2. The Gamers: Dorkness Rising (2008)
PG | 105 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
Lodge, a gaming geek, takes his playing very seriously, unlike his babyish friends who'd rather be immature. He decides to shake things up by introducing two unconventional people to their group.
Director: Matt Vancil | Stars: Nathan Rice, Carol Roscoe, Brian S. Lewis, Scott C. Brown
Votes: 3,357
If you have ever played DnD, you owe it yourself to watch this movie, preferably with other gamers. Hilarious.
3. Asylum (I) (1972)
PG | 88 min | Horror
In order to secure a job at a mental institution, a young psychiatrist must interview four patients inside the asylum.
Director: Roy Ward Baker | Stars: Barbara Parkins, Richard Todd, Sylvia Syms, Peter Cushing
Votes: 8,183
Awesome gothic spooky music and a creepy batch of stories
4. Evil Under the Sun (1982)
PG | 117 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Trying to find how a millionaire wound up with a phony diamond brings Hercule Poirot to an exclusive island resort frequented by the rich and famous. When a murder is committed, everyone has an alibi.
Director: Guy Hamilton | Stars: Peter Ustinov, James Mason, Maggie Smith, Colin Blakely
Votes: 20,205 | Gross: $6.11M
I'm a big fan of the Ustinov Poirot
5. Wassup Rockers (2005)
R | 111 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama
A group of teenage boys opt to form their own identity by riding skateboards, wearing tight pants.
Director: Larry Clark | Stars: Jonathan Velasquez, Francisco Pedrasa, Milton Velasquez, Usvaldo Panameno
Votes: 5,019 | Gross: $0.22M
good movie about a bunch of Latino friends and their day in L.A.
6. Look (2007)
R | 102 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
The lies, betrayal, and desires of nine different groups of people are revealed as they live out their secret lives in the sight of the security cameras that capture our every movement.
Director: Adam Rifkin | Stars: Jamie McShane, Spencer Redford, Hayes MacArthur, Nichelle Hines
Votes: 1,862 | Gross: $0.02M
I loved the music
7. Essential Killing (2010)
R | 83 min | Action, Thriller, War
An Afghan POW attempts his escape.
Director: Jerzy Skolimowski | Stars: Vincent Gallo, Emmanuelle Seigner, Zach Cohen, Iftach Ophir
Votes: 8,161
a political and tense tale of one man's survival
8. Blackballed: The Bobby Dukes Story (2004)
Unrated | 91 min | Comedy
Caught cheating and banned for ten years, Bobby Dukes, paintball's first superstar, returns to reclaim his title and erase the memory of his tainted past.
Director: Brant Sersen | Stars: Rob Corddry, Paul Scheer, Dannah Feinglass Phirman, Rob Riggle
Votes: 1,264
Such a funny movie
9. The Cars That Ate Paris (1974)
PG | 88 min | Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi
The small town of Paris, Australia deliberately causes car accidents, then sells/salvages all valuables from the wrecks as a means of economy.
Director: Peter Weir | Stars: Terry Camilleri, John Meillon, Kevin Miles, Rick Scully
Votes: 4,425
strange and eccentric, but don't expect mad max
10. Shock Waves (1977)
PG | 85 min | Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Visitors to a remote island discover that a reclusive Nazi commandant has been breeding a group of Zombie soldiers.
Director: Ken Wiederhorn | Stars: Clarence Thomas, Brooke Adams, Luke Halpin, John Carradine
Votes: 6,295
The Best Nazi Zombie Movie ever
11. The Devil's Rain (1975)
PG | 86 min | Horror
A satanist cult leader is burnt alive by the local church. He vows to come back to hunt down and enslave every descendant of his congregation, by the power of the book of blood contracts, in which they sold their souls to the devil.
Director: Robert Fuest | Stars: Ernest Borgnine, Eddie Albert, Ida Lupino, William Shatner
Votes: 5,102
Uber Cheese but highly entertaining. Watch Shatner Melt!
12. Deathstalker (1983)
R | 80 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
A lone warrior nicknamed Deathstalker is sent by a witch on a quest to find a sword, a chalice, and an amulet, two of which are held by the wicked king and sorcerer, Munkar.
Director: James Sbardellati | Stars: Rick Hill, Barbi Benton, Richard Brooker, Lana Clarkson
Votes: 6,332 | Gross: $11.92M
I love the whole casual attitude towards rape in this movie.
13. The Best of Times (1986)
PG-13 | 104 min | Comedy, Drama, Sport
A small-town loser determines to have one more shot at the big time by winning a football game.
Director: Roger Spottiswoode | Stars: Robin Williams, Kurt Russell, Pamela Reed, Holly Palance
Votes: 8,196 | Gross: $7.79M
Robin Williams is suprisingly calm and quiet in this feel good funny movie
14. Pauly Shore Is Dead (2003)
R | 82 min | Comedy
Hollywood's Pauly Shore loses everything, fakes his own death, and gets caught.
Directors: Adam Freeman, Pauly Shore | Stars: Ashley L. Anderson, Pamela Anderson, Camille Anderson, Beaumont Bacon
Votes: 5,018
I don't think Pauly Shore is a very funny comedian but he smartly lampoons his own image and gets most of Hollywood to help.
15. The Believers (1987)
R | 114 min | Crime, Drama, Horror
Cal Jamison, a police psychologist, is forced to deal with a series of ritualistic murders and a malevolent cult.
Director: John Schlesinger | Stars: Martin Sheen, Helen Shaver, Harley Cross, Robert Loggia
Votes: 8,115 | Gross: $18.75M
Creepy and tense tale of child sacrifice and an evil cult
16. Mortal Thoughts (1991)
R | 103 min | Mystery, Thriller
Two detectives interrogate a hairdresser on two homicides she may or may not have been involved in.
Director: Alan Rudolph | Stars: Demi Moore, Glenne Headly, Bruce Willis, John Pankow
Votes: 9,675 | Gross: $19.02M
Happier times for those two
17. Malicious (1995)
R | 92 min | Drama, Thriller
After a brief encounter with a beautiful stranger, a college athlete gets more than he bargained for when she becomes obsessed, stopping at nothing to destroy his life.
Director: Ian Corson | Stars: Molly Ringwald, John Vernon, Patrick McGaw, Mimi Kuzyk
Votes: 1,484
Double bill with Pretty in Pink
18. Barbarian Queen (1985)
R | 74 min | Adventure, Fantasy
A sword-wielding warrior, Amethea, and a few companions embark on a life-or-death mission to liberate her people from the clutches of a brutal monarch who destroyed her village and enslaved her people.
Director: Héctor Olivera | Stars: Lana Clarkson, Katt Shea, Frank Zagarino, Dawn Dunlap
Votes: 3,130
Why can't there be bare breasted sword wielding barbarians in real life?
19. Flesh Gordon (1974)
R | 78 min | Comedy, Sci-Fi
Emperor Wang is leader of the planet Porno and sends his mighty "Sex Ray" towards Earth, turning everyone into sex-mad fiends. Only one man can save the Earth, football player Flesh Gordon
Directors: Michael Benveniste, Howard Ziehm | Stars: Jason Williams, Suzanne Fields, Joseph Hudgins, William Dennis Hunt
Votes: 4,720 | Gross: $1.45M
I had a pre-teen obsession to see this movie(pre-vcr days)
20. Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner (2001)
R | 172 min | Drama
The telling of an Inuit legend of an evil spirit causing strife in the community and one warrior's endurance and battle of its menace.
Director: Zacharias Kunuk | Stars: Natar Ungalaaq, Sylvia Ivalu, Peter-Henry Arnatsiaq, Lucy Tulugarjuk
Votes: 6,861 | Gross: $3.79M
beautiful, moving, harrowing epic and very human.
21. Of Unknown Origin (1983)
R | 88 min | Horror, Thriller
A man becomes destructively obsessed with killing a dangerous rat, which has taken residence in his recently renovated house.
Director: George P. Cosmatos | Stars: Peter Weller, Jennifer Dale, Lawrence Dane, Kenneth Welsh
Votes: 3,787 | Gross: $1.08M
It's about one big mean scary rat and the homeowner driven to extreme ends. Tense and really creepy.
22. Raising Cain (1992)
R | 92 min | Crime, Drama, Horror
The oncologist wife of a prominent child psychologist suspects her husband has an unhealthy scientific obsession with their child, unaware of what - or who - is really going on inside his head.
Director: Brian De Palma | Stars: John Lithgow, Lolita Davidovich, Steven Bauer, Frances Sternhagen
Votes: 17,446 | Gross: $21.37M
Brian DePalma is to John Lithgow as Sergio Leone is to Clint Eastwood, kinda.
23. Still Crazy (1998)
R | 95 min | Comedy, Drama, Music
Fame, fortune and fornication drove the British rock band in the '70s until a divine end. 20 years later, Strange Fruit reunites and goes on a tour with ups and downs on the continent.
Director: Brian Gibson | Stars: Stephen Rea, Billy Connolly, Jimmy Nail, Timothy Spall
Votes: 8,861 | Gross: $0.48M
Great music and characters, very British
24. Coffy (1973)
R | 90 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
A sexy Black nurse takes vigilante justice against inner-city drug dealers after her sister becomes their latest victim.
Director: Jack Hill | Stars: Pam Grier, Booker Bradshaw, Robert DoQui, William Elliott
Votes: 12,949
Pam Grier's best early work. I am in awe of her.
25. The Notorious Bettie Page (2005)
R | 91 min | Biography, Drama
The life of Bettie Page, a 1950s pin-up model and one of the first sex icons in America, who became the target of a Senate investigation because of her risqué bondage photos.
Director: Mary Harron | Stars: Gretchen Mol, Lili Taylor, Chris Bauer, Jared Harris
Votes: 11,660 | Gross: $1.41M
Gretchen Mol' s masterpiece, bravo madam.
26. A Somewhat Gentle Man (2010)
Not Rated | 113 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
Ulrik's released from prison after 12 years for murder. Will he go straight? He gets a room and a job as mechanic. He hooks up with his old gang. His son introduces him as uncle to his pregnant fiancée.
Director: Hans Petter Moland | Stars: Stellan Skarsgård, Bjørn Floberg, Jorunn Kjellsby, Gard B. Eidsvold
Votes: 7,327 | Gross: $0.04M
A very droll and low key black comedy that is quietly hilarious. Contrast this very adult and funny movie with most Hollywood crap.
27. The Hot Spot (1990)
R | 130 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
Upon arriving to a small town, a drifter quickly gets into trouble with the local authorities - and the local women - after he robs a bank.
Director: Dennis Hopper | Stars: Don Johnson, Virginia Madsen, Jennifer Connelly, Charles Martin Smith
Votes: 13,521 | Gross: $1.29M
Sexy hot naked Virginia Madsen and Jennifer Connely, and a great soundtrack by JOHN LEE HOOKER AND MILES DAVIS, and the great Charles Martin Smith too.
28. Good Hair (2009)
PG-13 | 96 min | Documentary, Comedy
Chris Rock explores the wonders of African-American hairstyles.
Director: Jeff Stilson | Stars: Chris Rock, Maya Angelou, Al Sharpton, Tanya Crumel
Votes: 6,216 | Gross: $4.16M
As a very square white guy, I learned alot about stuff I had no clue about.
29. The Arena (1974)
R | 83 min | Action, Adventure
When the Romans force a group of sex slaves to become gladiatrices, two such fighters - a Nubian dancer and a Gaulish priestess - form an alliance to lead the others in rebellion.
Director: Steve Carver | Stars: Margaret Markov, Pam Grier, Lucretia Love, Paul Muller
Votes: 2,110
Female gladiators in Rome with the legendary Pam Grier
30. The Big Doll House (1971)
R | 95 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
Beautiful female prisoners are abused in a Philippine prison until five of them plot an escape by taking the evil female warden hostage with reluctant help from two male fruit vendors.
Director: Jack Hill | Stars: Roberta Collins, Pam Grier, Judith Brown, Brooke Mills
Votes: 3,099 | Gross: $10.00M
And a genre is born
31. The Devil's Plaything (1973)
R | 103 min | Horror
A lesbian vampire's soul is kept on in the bodies of her descendants.
Director: Joseph W. Sarno | Stars: Nadia Henkowa, Anke Syring, Ulrike Butz, Nico Wolferstetter
Votes: 873
As seen on North American TV as VAMPIRE ECTASY. Great euro lesbian Vampire flick, lotsa bongo dancing, nudity and bad acting
32. The Flamingo Kid (1984)
PG-13 | 100 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A recent high-school graduate unsure of his future gets a summer job at the Flamingo beach club, and meets the charismatic Phil Brody.
Director: Garry Marshall | Stars: Matt Dillon, Hector Elizondo, Molly McCarthy, Martha Gehman
Votes: 6,086 | Gross: $23.86M
Matt Dillon was one cool guy when I was growing up.
33. The Car (1977)
PG | 96 min | Action, Horror, Mystery
A small desert town is terrorized by a powerful, seemingly possessed car, and the local sheriff may be the only one who can stop it.
Director: Elliot Silverstein | Stars: James Brolin, Kathleen Lloyd, John Marley, R.G. Armstrong
Votes: 11,674
Great drive in movie. Great evil looking car, reminds me of Tremors
34. Why Shoot the Teacher? (1977)
PG | 100 min | Comedy, Drama
In the 1930's, Max Brown is an urban young man from an Eastern province, fresh from college, whose only job offer is in a one-room school house in the Canadian prairie. At first he's ... See full summary »
Director: Silvio Narizzano | Stars: Bud Cort, Samantha Eggar, Chris Wiggins, Gary Reineke
Votes: 484
Saskatchewan during the depression.
35. Crazy Mama (1975)
PG | 80 min | Action, Comedy, Drama
A family of three women, and their male companions, enter a life of crime in a desperate attempt to buy back their family farm, which was taken off of them by corrupt bankers a couple of decades before.
Director: Jonathan Demme | Stars: Cloris Leachman, Stuart Whitman, Ann Sothern, Jim Backus
Votes: 1,026
Cloris Leachman should have been a much bigger star. Talented lady
36. Streets of Gold (1986)
R | 95 min | Drama, Sport
Alek is an immigrant who has just moved to the U. S. He was banned from competing for the USSR Olympic boxing team because of his religion. Depressed and alcoholic, he finds happiness and redemption when he trains two fighters.
Director: Joe Roth | Stars: Klaus Maria Brandauer, Adrian Pasdar, Wesley Snipes, Ángela Molina
Votes: 712 | Gross: $2.52M
This movie started my interest in combat sports
37. Stone (1974)
Not Rated | 132 min | Action, Drama, Adventure
After one of its members witnesses a political assassination, a motorbike gang becomes the target of a string of murders, prompting a cop to join their ranks to determine who is responsible.
Director: Sandy Harbutt | Stars: Deryck Barnes, Sandy Harbutt, Hugh Keays-Byrne, Lex Mitchell
Votes: 1,777
Not heavy on plot but undeniably cool biker flick
38. Rude Boy (1980)
R | 133 min | Drama, Music
A young British punk and roadie for The Clash navigates life in socially torn 1970s England.
Directors: Jack Hazan, David Mingay | Stars: Ray Gange, Joe Strummer, Mick Jones, Paul Simonon
Votes: 1,605
Co starring the CLASH!. you can safely ignore all nonClash material.
39. Strippers vs Werewolves (2012)
93 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
When werewolf Mickey is accidentally killed in a strip club, the girls who work there have until the next full moon before his bloodthirsty wolf pack seek murderous retribution.
Director: Jonathan Glendening | Stars: Adele Silva, Martin Compston, Billy Murray, Ali Bastian
Votes: 2,259
Wayyyy better than rating. Enjoyably quite British genre movie.
40. Barbarosa (1982)
PG | 90 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
An inexperienced farm boy hooks up with a legendary outlaw in Mexico and both are soon on the run from the law, Mexican bandits, and two families bent on revenge.
Director: Fred Schepisi | Stars: Willie Nelson, Gary Busey, Isela Vega, Gilbert Roland
Votes: 2,076 | Gross: $1.74M
To see young Gary before all the bad stuff
41. Flashpoint (1984)
R | 93 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Two U.S. border patrolmen find a buried 20+ year old jeep in the desert with a skeleton, rifle and $800,000. They keep the money. Suddenly, the FBI shows a lot of interest in the car.
Director: William Tannen | Stars: Kris Kristofferson, Treat Williams, Rip Torn, Kevin Conway
Votes: 3,170 | Gross: $3.85M
a quality B movie with a good mystery.
42. The Big Bird Cage (1972)
R | 88 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Grier and Haig are thieving mercenaries who engineer a prison break from the outside.
Director: Jack Hill | Stars: Pam Grier, Anitra Ford, Candice Roman, Teda Bracci
Votes: 3,016
Women in prison classic. Gotta watch.
43. Wondrous Oblivion (2003)
PG | 106 min | Comedy, Drama, Family
Eleven-year-old David Wiseman is mad about cricket but no good at it. He has the entire kit but none of the skill. So when a Jamaican family moves in next door and builds a cricket net in the back garden, David is in seventh heaven.
Director: Paul Morrison | Stars: Sam Smith, Leagh Conwell, Dominic Barklem, Jo Stone-Fewings
Votes: 1,247 | Gross: $0.09M
This will appeal to cricket fans everywhere. Delroy Lindo should have won an Oscar.
44. Hercules Returns (1993)
82 min | Comedy
When Brad quits his job at a large cinema chain, to open his own picture theatre, his ex-boss sabotages the opening night by switching the Italian film with a non-subtitled version. Brad ... See full summary »
Director: David Parker | Stars: David Argue, Michael Carman, Mary Coustas, Bruce Spence
Votes: 1,614
Starts slow but is seriously funny Aussie fun.
45. Ride in the Whirlwind (1966)
G | 82 min | Drama, Western
Three cowboys, mistaken for members of an outlaw gang, are relentlessly pursued by a posse.
Director: Monte Hellman | Stars: Jack Nicholson, Cameron Mitchell, Millie Perkins, Katherine Squire
Votes: 4,404
Yep, that's ol Jack in a weird 60's western.
46. Truck Turner (1974)
R | 91 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
While tracking a strong-armed pimp who has skipped bail, a bounty hunter discovers a contract has been put out on him and must go on the run.
Director: Jonathan Kaplan | Stars: Isaac Hayes, Yaphet Kotto, Alan Weeks, Annazette Chase
Votes: 3,592 | Gross: $0.18M
Great music, Isaac Hayes is pretty good, but UHURA as a a badass madam makes this a classic, Oh and Yaphet Kotto is the super cool bad guy.
47. Age of Consent (1969)
R | 98 min | Biography, Comedy, Drama
A grizzled Australian painter decides to jolt his stale creativity by moving to a remote island on the Great Barrier Reef, where he takes on an alluring, uninhibited young woman as his muse.
Director: Michael Powell | Stars: James Mason, Helen Mirren, Jack MacGowran, Neva Carr-Glynn
Votes: 3,724
I saw this when I was 12 on CBCTV. It felt like Helen Mirren was naked for the entire movie. In the pre-Internet age of 1981, this was a jaw dropping, life altering experience. She is a goddess.
48. Interrogation (1989)
TV-MA | 118 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Tonia goes out drinking. She wakes up in prison, not having a clue why she's there. She is tortured to encourage her to confess to a crime she is not aware of.
Director: Ryszard Bugajski | Stars: Krystyna Janda, Adam Ferency, Janusz Gajos, Agnieszka Holland
Votes: 3,684
Harrowing, horrifying, heart rending tale of a woman's ordeal in a police state prison system. Banned by the then communist Polish gov't when made. Should be required viewing for all thinking people.
49. Black Mama White Mama (1973)
R | 87 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A Black prostitute and a white revolutionary must form an uneasy alliance when they are busted out of prison, then pursued by guerrillas, bounty hunters and the Army.
Director: Eddie Romero | Stars: Pam Grier, Margaret Markov, Sid Haig, Lynn Borden
Votes: 3,642 | Gross: $0.19M
The defiant ones with Pam Grier.
50. The Wild Hunt (2009)
Not Rated | 96 min | Drama, Thriller
A medieval reenactment game turns into a Shakespearean tragedy when a non-player crashes the event to win back his girlfriend.
Director: Alexandre Franchi | Stars: Kaniehtiio Horn, Kent McQuaid, Trevor Hayes, Mark Antony Krupa
Votes: 2,020
Crazy quebec movie of operatic tragedy in the midst of a LARPing community. Much better than I make it sound.
51. The Mack (1973)
R | 110 min | Crime, Drama
Goldie returns from five years at the state pen and winds up King of the pimping game. Trouble comes in the form of two corrupt white cops and a crime lord who wants him to return to the small time.
Director: Michael Campus | Stars: Max Julien, Don Gordon, Richard Pryor, Carol Speed
Votes: 3,301
What square white suburban guy wouldn't want to be the pimp Mack daddy? I sure did.
52. Boss Nigger (1974)
PG | 87 min | Comedy, Western
Two black bounty hunters, pursuing an outlaw, take over a small Western town without a sheriff.
Director: Jack Arnold | Stars: Fred Williamson, D'Urville Martin, William Smith, R.G. Armstrong
Votes: 2,931
I came for the title and soundtrack and stayed for this righteously black heroic western. I wish I could track down the first two movies in the series
53. A Private Function (1984)
R | 92 min | Comedy
In post-World War II Britain, food rationing continues, leading a married couple to become involved in the flourishing bacon black market.
Director: Malcolm Mowbray | Stars: Michael Palin, Maggie Smith, Denholm Elliott, Richard Griffiths
Votes: 3,183 | Gross: $2.53M
If you like it DRY and English then this is for you
54. Switchblade Sisters (1975)
R | 91 min | Action, Crime, Drama
The leader of an inner-city girl gang is challenged when a new girl moves into the neighborhood.
Director: Jack Hill | Stars: Robbie Lee, Joanne Nail, Monica Gayle, Asher Brauner
Votes: 4,281 | Gross: $0.05M
Hell Yeah, great kick ass chicks and sistas movie
55. Lunacy (2005)
Not Rated | 118 min | Animation, Comedy, Drama
A man takes up residence with a mysterious marquis and is soon persuaded to enter into an asylum for preventative therapy. Things are not what they seem, and the marquis may be even more sinister than what the young man may've predicted.
Director: Jan Svankmajer | Stars: Jan Tríska, Pavel Liska, Anna Geislerová, Martin Huba
Votes: 3,952 | Gross: $0.05M
Words cannot convey how great and disturbing this movie is. Not for vegetarians.
56. Dr. Terror's House of Horrors (1965)
Approved | 98 min | Horror
Aboard a British train, mysterious fortune teller Dr. Schreck uses tarot cards to read the futures of five fellow passengers.
Director: Freddie Francis | Stars: Christopher Lee, Peter Cushing, Neil McCallum, Ursula Howells
Votes: 7,506
2 stars just for the name alone.
57. Mountains of the Moon (1990)
R | 136 min | Adventure, Drama, History
The legendary true-story of Capt. Richard Francis Burton and Lt. John Hanning Speke's tumultuous expedition to find the source of the Nile river.
Director: Bob Rafelson | Stars: Patrick Bergin, Iain Glen, Richard E. Grant, Fiona Shaw
Votes: 4,256 | Gross: $4.01M
About flawed British explorers in 19th century Africa.
58. 52 Pick-Up (1986)
R | 110 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A secret fling between a man and his mistress leads to blackmail and murder.
Director: John Frankenheimer | Stars: Roy Scheider, Ann-Margret, Vanity, John Glover
Votes: 7,019 | Gross: $5.19M
Why would you cheat on Ann Margaret with Vanity?
59. Murder by Decree (1979)
PG | 124 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Sherlock Holmes investigates the murders commited by Jack the Ripper and discovers a conspiracy to protect the killer.
Director: Bob Clark | Stars: Christopher Plummer, James Mason, David Hemmings, Susan Clark
Votes: 6,603
Ah yes, back before Sherlock became an action hero.
60. Alien Raiders (2008)
R | 85 min | Action, Horror, Sci-Fi
A group enters a supermarket at closing time, shoots around and takes hostages. They believe aliens have arrived there then. Cops arrive outside.
Director: Ben Rock | Stars: Carlos Bernard, Mathew St. Patrick, Rockmond Dunbar, Courtney Ford
Votes: 9,089
good low budget B movie
61. Dillinger (1973)
R | 107 min | Action, Biography, Crime
John Dillinger and his gang go on a bank robbing spree across the midwest, but one G-Man is determined to bring him down.
Director: John Milius | Stars: Warren Oates, Ben Johnson, Michelle Phillips, Cloris Leachman
Votes: 5,857 | Gross: $2.00M
I enjoyed this more than the similar Public Enemies
62. What Have You Done to Solange? (1972)
R | 107 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
A teacher who is having an affair with one of his students is reluctant to present an alibi when his lover witnesses the first in a series of murders connected to their school.
Director: Massimo Dallamano | Stars: Fabio Testi, Karin Baal, Cristina Galbó, Joachim Fuchsberger
Votes: 5,928
very sexy schoolgirls gone bad giallo
63. Race with the Devil (1975)
PG | 88 min | Action, Horror, Thriller
Two couples vacationing together in an R.V. from Texas to Colorado are terrorized after they witness a murder during a Satanic ritual.
Director: Jack Starrett | Stars: Peter Fonda, Warren Oates, Loretta Swit, Lara Parker
Votes: 7,340 | Gross: $12.64M
Fast paced chase movie, smart characters. Good ending
64. Pootie Tang (2001)
PG-13 | 81 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
"The Man" is baffled by a chill hero's invincible weapon: gibberish.
Director: Louis C.K. | Stars: Chris Rock, Lance Crouther, J.B. Smoove, Jennifer Coolidge
Votes: 15,128 | Gross: $3.29M
I laughed out loud. Why the hate for this movie?
65. Dark Days (2000)
Not Rated | 82 min | Documentary
A cinematic portrait of the homeless population who live permanently in the underground tunnels of New York City.
Director: Marc Singer | Star: Marc Singer
Votes: 7,183 | Gross: $0.43M
A modern urban classic with a DJ Shadow soundtrack
66. Klown (2010)
R | 93 min | Comedy
In order to prove his fatherhood potential to his pregnant girlfriend, Frank 'kidnaps' her 12-year-old nephew and tags along on his best friend Casper's debauched weekend canoe trip.
Director: Mikkel Nørgaard | Stars: Frank Hvam, Casper Christensen, Marcuz Jess Petersen, Mia Lyhne
Votes: 11,677 | Gross: $0.07M
Good clean funny vulgarity.
67. The Spook Who Sat by the Door (1973)
PG | 102 min | Action, Drama, Crime
A black man plays 'uncle Tom' in order to gain access to CIA training, then uses that knowledge to plot a new American revolt.
Director: Ivan Dixon | Stars: Lawrence Cook, Janet League, Paula Kelly, J.A. Preston
Votes: 1,568 | Gross: $1.00M
Fight the power. Revolutionary film. Smart, angry masterpiece
68. White Lightnin' (2009)
Not Rated | 92 min | Biography, Drama
Deep in the heart of the Appalachian Mountains in West Virginia, where every man owns a gun and a moonshine still, abides living legend Jesco White, "the dancing outlaw". As a boy Jesco was... See full summary »
Director: Dominic Murphy | Stars: Muse Watson, Carrie Fisher, Wallace Merck, Stephanie Astalos-Jones
Votes: 1,853
Intense, sometimes frenetic with great use of Hasil Adkins music
69. Trespass (1992)
R | 101 min | Action, Thriller
Two firemen in a burning building get a treasure map - stolen gold church items are hidden in a closed down factory in St. Louis. Once there, they're trapped in by a black gang considering it their territory.
Director: Walter Hill | Stars: Bill Paxton, Ice-T, William Sadler, Ice Cube
Votes: 13,957 | Gross: $13.75M
Breathe in all that good testosterone
70. 42nd Street Forever, Volume 2: The Deuce (2006 Video)
Not Rated | 121 min | Documentary
This amazing follow-up to Synapse Films' best-selling 2005 compilation features even more classic theatrical trailers full of nudity, sex, violence, monsters and mayhem.
Votes: 169
All the trailer compilations are terrific. I'd much rather watch an exciting 2 min trailer for a trashy movie than sit through the boring ass movie itself.
71. 42nd Street Forever, Volume 1 (2005 Video)
Not Rated | 127 min | Documentary
Amazing compilation of vintage grindhouse movie trailers from around the world; horror, sexploitation, blaxploitation, mondo, roadshow, Euro sleaze.
Votes: 323
72. 42nd Street Forever, Volume 3: Exploitation Explosion (2008 Video)
Not Rated | 101 min | Documentary
Synapse Films presents another volume in their best-selling series of classic exploitation trailers. Another collection from the bygone days of New York City's classic 42nd Street theatres.
Stars: Michael Gingold, Chris Poggiali, Edwin Samuelson
Votes: 143
73. 42nd Street Forever, Volume 4: Cooled by Refrigeration (2009 Video)
Not Rated | 105 min | Documentary
Get ready for the fourth volume of classic exploitation, horror and just plain cool trailers in Synapse Films' best-selling compilation series. This time we've got alien horrors, schizoid ... See full summary »
Stars: Michael Gingold, Chris Poggiali, Edwin Samuelson
Votes: 111
74. 42nd Street Forever, Volume 5: The Alamo Drafthouse Edition (2009 Video)
Not Rated | 99 min | Documentary
A collection of the most outrageous cinematic gems from several golden ages of sleaze cinema shown at the Alamo Drafthouse is presented.
Directors: Stephen Romano, Justin Paul Warren | Stars: Matthew Kordelski, T. Lynn Mikeska, Heather Wallis
Votes: 110
75. Scratch (2001)
R | 92 min | Documentary, Music
The story of the hip-hop DJ from the birth of hip-hop to the invention of scratching and "beat-juggling" vinyl, to the more recent "turntablism" movement. Underdogs and virtuosos who have radically changed the way we hear and create music.
Director: Doug Pray | Stars: The Allies, A-Trak, Craze, DJ Infamous
Votes: 2,905
All about the ancient art of turntablism.
76. The Long Riders (1980)
R | 100 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
The origins, exploits and the ultimate fate of the Jesse James gang is told in a sympathetic portrayal of the bank robbers made up of brothers who begin their legendary bank raids because of revenge.
Director: Walter Hill | Stars: David Carradine, Stacy Keach, Dennis Quaid, Keith Carradine
Votes: 12,926 | Gross: $23.00M
Greatest feat of casting ever. Plus a killer soundtrack by Ry Cooder.
77. Wonder Showzen (2005–2007)
TV-MA | 30 min | Animation, Comedy
An all-cynical, all-evil absurdist variety show that parodies the classic educational PBS shows of the 1970s, made up of old cartoons and educational films, children, and puppets from one's worst nightmares.
Stars: Vernon Chatman, John Lee, Alyson Levy, Evan Seligman
Votes: 4,880
Free your mind and your ass will follow. Anarchic bliss.
78. When the Raven Flies (1984)
R | 109 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
An Irish man seeks vengeance against the vikings who killed his parents.
Director: Hrafn Gunnlaugsson | Stars: Jakob Þór Einarsson, Edda Björgvinsdóttir, Helgi Skúlason, Gotti Sigurdarson
Votes: 2,572
An uber authentic Icelandic Viking tale of violent revenge with the craziest modern rock drumming on the soundtrack. Unique classic.
79. Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song (1971)
R | 97 min | Action, Crime, Drama
After saving a Black Panther from some racist cops, a black male prostitute goes on the run from "the man" with the help of the ghetto community and some disillusioned Hells Angels.
Director: Melvin Van Peebles | Stars: Melvin Van Peebles, Hubert Scales, John Dullaghan, Simon Chuckster
Votes: 5,869 | Gross: $15.18M
Smoke a doob before you watch this angry, sexy, and funky masterpiece. Take the time to read a bit about how the movie was made. This should have won a Nobel prize or something.
80. Corner Gas (2004–2009)
TV-PG | 30 min | Comedy
The life, or lack thereof, of a proprietor of a gas station, which is the only stop for miles around and a hub of action on the Prairies.
Stars: Brent Butt, Gabrielle Miller, Fred Ewanuick, Eric Peterson
Votes: 8,216
A Canadian comedy gem
81. Net Worth (1995 TV Movie)
Unrated | 120 min | Drama, Sport
The story of the NHL's early years, focusing on the battle between the players, led by Hall of Famer Ted Lindsay, and the owners, over issues of benefits, pensions and the like.
Director: Jerry Ciccoritti | Stars: Aidan Devine, Kevin Conway, Robin Gammell, Carl Marotte
Votes: 257
All about how nice those NHL owners were back in the good old days.
82. Screwballs (1983)
R | 80 min | Comedy
Frolicking youth comedy about zany high school students set in the 1960s.
Director: Rafal Zielinski | Stars: Peter Keleghan, Kent Deuters, Linda Speciale, Alan Deveau
Votes: 3,669 | Gross: $2.08M
I rewatched this after thirty years. The sexual comedy is so gentle and good natured compared to more recent teen sex movies. Hooray for real breasts!
83. Three O'Clock High (1987)
PG-13 | 101 min | Comedy
A nerd gets himself in hot water with the new bully, a quiet bad boy who challenges him to fight on the grounds of their high school after the day's end.
Director: Phil Joanou | Stars: Casey Siemaszko, Annie Ryan, Richard Tyson, Stacey Glick
Votes: 13,183 | Gross: $3.69M
Better than Bueller and any of those 80's teen classics
84. Buried Alive (1990 TV Movie)
PG-13 | 93 min | Crime, Drama, Fantasy
A husband finds out that his wife and her lover are trying to kill him.
Director: Frank Darabont | Stars: Tim Matheson, Jennifer Jason Leigh, William Atherton, Hoyt Axton
Votes: 5,142
Good cast and good acting for a TV movie
85. ...All the Marbles (1981)
R | 113 min | Comedy, Drama, Sport
Small timer female wrestling team "The California Dolls" and their manager must face the hardship of their sport and life to suceed.
Director: Robert Aldrich | Stars: Peter Falk, Vicki Frederick, Laurene Landon, Burt Young
Votes: 2,413
Starts kinda slow but features great female wrestling, and the "big fight" is a knockout.
86. Big Bad Mama (1974)
R | 84 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
Circumstances force a tough single mother and her two daughters into a life of crime and they quickly become outlaws on the run, picking up partners along the way, and traveling to different states, pursued by the law.
Director: Steve Carver | Stars: Angie Dickinson, William Shatner, Tom Skerritt, Susan Sennett
Votes: 3,048 | Gross: $0.62M
Low budget cheese at it's best and William Shatner at his most seductive
87. Charley Varrick (1973)
PG | 111 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A man, his wife and their friend stage a bloody bank robbery without realizing they are stealing from the Mob.
Director: Don Siegel | Stars: Walter Matthau, Joe Don Baker, Felicia Farr, Andrew Robinson
Votes: 14,133
Smart, mean crime thriller. Joe Don Baker is such a gleefully bad man it's a joy to behold
88. Shogun Assassin (1980)
R | 85 min | Action, Adventure
When the wife of the Shogun's Decapitator is murdered and he is ordered to commit suicide by the paranoid Shogun, he and his four-year-old son escape and become assassins for hire, embarking on a journey of blood and violent death.
Directors: Robert Houston, Kenji Misumi | Stars: Tomisaburô Wakayama, Kayo Matsuo, Minoru Ôki, Shôgen Nitta
Votes: 11,253
the samurai hip-hop masterpiece is as good as it comes.
89. Ghostwatch (1992 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 91 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
In a "live" broadcast on Halloween night, a BBC team investigate a reported poltergeist in an ordinary London home.
Director: Lesley Manning | Stars: Michael Parkinson, Sarah Greene, Mike Smith, Craig Charles
Votes: 6,050
I watched this knowing nothing about it and OMG did it get to me. Don't overthink, just enjoy.
90. Vixen! (1968)
X | 70 min | Drama
While a naive bush pilot flies tourists to the wilderness of Northwest Canada, his nympho wife gets lonely--or does she? A Mountie, a married couple, and her biker brother drop by while hubby's away.
Director: Russ Meyer | Stars: Erica Gavin, Garth Pillsbury, Harrison Page, Jon Evans
Votes: 3,116 | Gross: $6.00M
Hot sexy bitchiness with over the top racism and communism throw in, more please.
91. Noroi (2005)
Not Rated | 115 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
A documentary filmmaker explores seemingly unrelated paranormal incidents connected by the legend of an ancient demon called the "kagutaba."
Director: Kôji Shiraishi | Stars: Jin Muraki, Rio Kanno, Tomono Kuga, Marika Matsumoto
Votes: 15,349
I'm not usually a fan of J-Horror, but this faux doc really grabbed me and I found it very tense and believable.
92. The Deadly Spawn (1983)
R | 81 min | Horror, Sci-Fi
Alien creatures invade a small town and four teenagers, along with a young boy, attempt to escape from them.
Director: Douglas McKeown | Stars: Charles George Hildebrandt, Tom DeFranco, Richard Lee Porter, Jean Tafler
Votes: 5,358
Best low budget monster movie ever made.
93. Hatchet for the Honeymoon (1970)
GP | 88 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
A cleaver-wielding bridal designer murders various young brides-to-be in an attempt to unlock a repressed childhood trauma.
Director: Mario Bava | Stars: Stephen Forsyth, Dagmar Lassander, Laura Betti, Jesús Puente
Votes: 4,329
A good companion to any sappy romance
94. Swimming to Cambodia (1987)
R | 85 min | Comedy, Drama
Spalding Gray discusses his participation in the film The Killing Fields (1984) and the background story about the troubles of Cambodia.
Director: Jonathan Demme | Stars: Spalding Gray, Sam Waterston, Ira Wheeler
Votes: 2,380 | Gross: $1.09M
Be warned, this is a great movie but it's really just one long monologue.
95. At Close Range (1986)
R | 111 min | Crime, Drama
Reunited with his career criminal father, tough teen Brad thinks he's found his ticket to an exciting life of crime, only to find out he's wrong.
Director: James Foley | Stars: Sean Penn, Christopher Walken, Mary Stuart Masterson, Chris Penn
Votes: 17,763 | Gross: $2.35M
Crazy man actor paradise.
96. Detroit 9000 (1973)
R | 106 min | Action, Crime, Drama
After a fundraiser for a black politician is robbed, Detroit police put two detectives, one white and one black, on the case, who try to work together under boiling political pressure.
Director: Arthur Marks | Stars: Alex Rocco, Hari Rhodes, Vonetta McGee, Herbert Jefferson Jr.
Votes: 1,158 | Gross: $3.36M
Good racially dominated cops and robbers tale. Detroit in the good old days.
97. Ninja III: The Domination (1984)
R | 92 min | Action, Fantasy, Thriller
An evil ninja attempts to avenge his death from beyond the grave, by possessing an innocent woman's body.
Director: Sam Firstenberg | Stars: Shô Kosugi, Lucinda Dickey, Jordan Bennett, David Chung
Votes: 5,230 | Gross: $7.61M
Dumb, dumb, dumb. Ninjas, aerobics, deserts, and exorcists all in a movie together. Yum,yum,yum.
98. The Invisible Maniac (1990)
R | 86 min | Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi
An invisible scientist escapes from an asylum and teaches high-school physics to nubile teens.
Director: Adam Rifkin | Stars: Noel Peters, Savannah, Stephanie Blake, Melissa Moore
Votes: 3,613
Really enjoyable silly movie. If you are looking for lotsa boobs and lotsa crazy stupidity, this is for you. "Hollow Man" with a sense of humor.
99. Trancers (1984)
PG-13 | 76 min | Action, Sci-Fi
A gruff bounty hunter travels back in time to 1980s Los Angeles to stop a twisted criminal who can transform people into zombie-like creatures.
Director: Charles Band | Stars: Tim Thomerson, Helen Hunt, Michael Stefani, Art LaFleur
Votes: 7,551
Good plot and fine acting kinda let down by low budget. Helen Hunt stands out.
100. Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster (1964)
Not Rated | 85 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
A detective is assigned to protect a princess who prophecies the Earth's end with the arrival of a powerful space monster. Mothra and her fairies must persuade Godzilla and Rodan to set aside their differences or face the invader alone.
Director: Ishirô Honda | Stars: Yôsuke Natsuki, Yuriko Hoshi, Hiroshi Koizumi, Akiko Wakabayashi
Votes: 7,941
One of the best. The Mothra song is memorable and haunting.
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