Greatest Movies You Never Heard Of
by redhotyankees | created - 17 Jan 2017 | updated - 29 Jan 2017 | Public- Instant Watch Options
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1. The Toy (1982)
PG | 102 min | Comedy
An underemployed reporter finds himself literally purchased as a toy for a rich spoiled brat.
Director: Richard Donner | Stars: Richard Pryor, Jackie Gleason, Ned Beatty, Scott Schwartz
Votes: 14,551 | Gross: $47.12M
2. Dracula: Dead and Loving It (1995)
PG-13 | 88 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
Mel Brooks' parody of the classic vampire story and its famous film adaptations.
Director: Mel Brooks | Stars: Leslie Nielsen, Mel Brooks, Peter MacNicol, Steven Weber
Votes: 45,178 | Gross: $10.77M
3. Mr. Mom (1983)
PG | 91 min | Comedy, Drama
After he's suddenly laid off, a husband switches roles with his wife. She returns to the workforce, and he becomes a stay-at-home dad, and he has to take care of three young children, a job he has no clue how to do.
Director: Stan Dragoti | Stars: Michael Keaton, Teri Garr, Frederick Koehler, Taliesin Jaffe
Votes: 27,801 | Gross: $64.80M
4. Toy Soldiers (1991)
R | 111 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
A group of troublemaking boys decide to take a stand when terrorists seize control of their boarding school.
Director: Daniel Petrie Jr. | Stars: Sean Astin, Wil Wheaton, Keith Coogan, Andrew Divoff
Votes: 24,999 | Gross: $15.07M
5. Ed (1996)
PG | 94 min | Comedy, Family, Sport
A trained chimpanzee plays third base for a minor-league baseball team.
Director: Bill Couturié | Stars: Matt LeBlanc, Jayne Brook, Gene Ross, Paul Hewitt
Votes: 8,937 | Gross: $6.29M
6. Anger Management (2003)
PG-13 | 106 min | Comedy
Dave Buznik is a businessman who is wrongly sentenced to an anger management program, where he meets an aggressive instructor.
Director: Peter Segal | Stars: Jack Nicholson, Adam Sandler, Marisa Tomei, Luis Guzmán
Votes: 228,349 | Gross: $135.65M
7. Everyone's Hero (2006)
G | 87 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
A boy begins a grand journey to return Babe Ruth's baseball bat before the deciding game of the 1932 World Series comes to a close.
Directors: Colin Brady, Christopher Reeve, Daniel St. Pierre | Stars: Jake T. Austin, Brian Dennehy, Whoopi Goldberg, Ritchie Allen
Votes: 9,652 | Gross: $14.52M
8. The Animal (2001)
PG-13 | 84 min | Comedy, Sci-Fi
After receiving organ transplants from various animal donors, a man finds himself taking on the traits of those animals.
Director: Luke Greenfield | Stars: Rob Schneider, Colleen Haskell, John C. McGinley, Edward Asner
Votes: 63,703 | Gross: $57.74M
9. Fathers' Day (1997)
PG-13 | 98 min | Comedy, Romance
A woman cons two old boyfriends into searching for her runaway son by convincing both that they are the boy's father.
Director: Ivan Reitman | Stars: Robin Williams, Billy Crystal, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Nastassja Kinski
Votes: 16,491 | Gross: $28.66M
10. The Way Way Back (2013)
PG-13 | 103 min | Comedy, Drama
Shy 14-year-old Duncan goes on summer vacation with his mother, her overbearing boyfriend, and her boyfriend's daughter. Having a rough time fitting in, Duncan finds an unexpected friend in Owen, manager of the Water Wizz water park.
Directors: Nat Faxon, Jim Rash | Stars: Steve Carell, Toni Collette, Allison Janney, AnnaSophia Robb
Votes: 156,832 | Gross: $21.50M
11. Monkeybone (2001)
PG-13 | 93 min | Comedy, Fantasy
In a coma, a cartoonist finds himself trapped within his own underground creation and must find a way to get back, while racing against his popular but treacherous character, Monkeybone.
Director: Henry Selick | Stars: Brendan Fraser, Bridget Fonda, John Turturro, Chris Kattan
Votes: 19,192 | Gross: $5.41M
12. Walk Like a Man (1987)
PG | 86 min | Comedy
A boy raised by wolves is reunited as an adult with his real family.
Director: Melvin Frank | Stars: Christopher Lloyd, Howie Mandel, Cloris Leachman, Colleen Camp
Votes: 1,593 | Gross: $0.46M
13. Olive, the Other Reindeer (1999 TV Movie)
TV-G | 45 min | Animation, Comedy, Family
When Santa cancels his annual flight because of a hurt reindeer, a young Christmas loving dog named Olive is convinced she has what it takes to get Santa's flight off the ground and save Christmas.
Director: Steve Moore | Stars: Drew Barrymore, Dan Castellaneta, Joe Pantoliano, Edward Asner
Votes: 2,753
14. Robots (2005)
PG | 91 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
In a robot world, a young idealistic inventor travels to the big city to join his inspiration's company, only to find himself opposing its sinister new management.
Directors: Chris Wedge, Carlos Saldanha | Stars: Ewan McGregor, Halle Berry, Mel Brooks, Robin Williams
Votes: 161,858 | Gross: $128.20M
15. Snowmen (2010)
PG | 86 min | Comedy, Drama, Family
This is a humorous and heartfelt coming-of-age story about three unlikely heroes and the winter that changed their lives forever. After a surprising discovery in the snow catapults three ... See full summary »
Director: Robert Kirbyson | Stars: Bobby Coleman, Bobb'e J. Thompson, Christian Martyn, Josh Flitter
Votes: 754
16. Moms' Night Out (2014)
PG | 98 min | Comedy
Hardworking mom Allyson has a crazy night out with her friends, while their husbands watch their children.
Directors: Andrew Erwin, Jon Erwin | Stars: Sarah Drew, Sean Astin, Patricia Heaton, Trace Adkins
Votes: 14,482 | Gross: $10.43M
17. Midnight in Paris (2011)
PG-13 | 94 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
While on a trip to Paris with his fiancée's family, a nostalgic screenwriter finds himself mysteriously going back to the 1920s every day at midnight.
Director: Woody Allen | Stars: Owen Wilson, Rachel McAdams, Kathy Bates, Kurt Fuller
Votes: 449,758 | Gross: $56.82M
18. Snitch (I) (2013)
PG-13 | 112 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
A father goes undercover for the DEA in order to free his son, who was imprisoned after being set up in a drug deal.
Director: Ric Roman Waugh | Stars: Dwayne Johnson, Susan Sarandon, Jon Bernthal, Rafi Gavron
Votes: 92,762 | Gross: $42.93M
19. Top Dog (1995)
PG-13 | 86 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
With his cop companion shot and killed by terrorists, Reno The Dog pairs up with tough cop Jake in thwarting the criminal organization.
Director: Aaron Norris | Stars: Chuck Norris, Michele Lamar Richards, Erik von Detten, Carmine Caridi
Votes: 3,843 | Gross: $5.09M
20. Soccer Dog: The Movie (1999)
PG | 98 min | Comedy, Family, Sport
A heart-warming comedy about the friendship between the new kid in town and a soccer-playing dog on the lam from the dog-catcher. It's up to these two underdogs to win the PeeWee Soccer League championship game.
Director: Tony Giglio | Stars: James Marshall, Olivia d'Abo, Jeremy Foley, Sam McMurray
Votes: 1,766
21. Once Upon a Crime... (1992)
PG | 94 min | Comedy, Crime, Mystery
Phoebe and a fellow American in Rome find a dog with a $5000 reward. They take a train to the owner in Monte Carlo. She turns up murdered. They run and become suspects just as 3 other Americans on the train.
Director: Eugene Levy | Stars: John Candy, Jim Belushi, Cybill Shepherd, Sean Young
Votes: 5,307 | Gross: $8.67M
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