One Hit Wonders

by chpknock | created - 02 Mar 2021 | updated - 4 months ago | Public

Performers who appeared on the big screen only once.

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1. The Oscar (1966)

Approved | 119 min | Drama

Snotty Hollywood actor becomes even more full of himself after he's nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor.

Director: Russell Rouse | Stars: Stephen Boyd, Elke Sommer, Milton Berle, Eleanor Parker

Votes: 1,462

Tony Bennett

2. Two-Lane Blacktop (1971)

R | 102 min | Drama

89 Metascore

While drag-racing through the American Southwest in a Chevrolet 150, a driver and his mechanic cross paths with an enigmatic hitchhiker and the tall-tale-spinning driver of a GTO.

Director: Monte Hellman | Stars: James Taylor, Warren Oates, Laurie Bird, Dennis Wilson

Votes: 13,423

James Taylor and Dennis Wilson

3. Looking for Love (1964)

Not Rated | 85 min | Musical

After being in Hollywood for a month with lots of compliments but no offers, girl-next-door Libby Caruso decides to give up on her singing career and focus on fulfilling her destiny of ... See full summary »

Director: Don Weis | Stars: Connie Francis, Jim Hutton, Susan Oliver, Joby Baker

Votes: 402

Johnny Carson

4. Gymkata (1985)

R | 90 min | Action, Thriller

51 Metascore

An American gymnast travels to a foreign country to compete in a deadly game not won by anyone other than a native in more than 900 years.

Director: Robert Clouse | Stars: Kurt Thomas, Tetchie Agbayani, Richard Norton, Edward Michael Bell

Votes: 4,574 | Gross: $5.73M

Kurt Thomas

5. Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999)

PG | 136 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy

51 Metascore

Two Jedi escape a hostile blockade to find allies and come across a young boy who may bring balance to the Force, but the long dormant Sith resurface to claim their original glory.

Director: George Lucas | Stars: Ewan McGregor, Liam Neeson, Natalie Portman, Jake Lloyd

Votes: 856,730 | Gross: $474.54M

Jake Lloyd

6. The Shining (1980)

R | 146 min | Drama, Horror

68 Metascore

A family heads to an isolated hotel for the winter where a sinister presence influences the father into violence, while his psychic son sees horrific forebodings from both past and future.

Director: Stanley Kubrick | Stars: Jack Nicholson, Shelley Duvall, Danny Lloyd, Scatman Crothers

Votes: 1,107,131 | Gross: $44.02M

Danny Lloyd

7. Deliverance (1972)

R | 109 min | Adventure, Drama, Thriller

80 Metascore

Intent on seeing the Cahulawassee River before it's dammed and turned into a lake, outdoor fanatic Lewis Medlock takes his friends on a canoeing trip they'll never forget into the dangerous American back-country.

Director: John Boorman | Stars: Jon Voight, Burt Reynolds, Ned Beatty, Ronny Cox

Votes: 119,299 | Gross: $7.06M

Billy Redding

8. Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937)

Approved | 83 min | Animation, Adventure, Family

96 Metascore

Exiled into the dangerous forest by her wicked stepmother, a princess is rescued by seven dwarf miners who make her part of their household.

Directors: William Cottrell, David Hand, Wilfred Jackson, Larry Morey, Perce Pearce, Ben Sharpsteen | Stars: Adriana Caselotti, Harry Stockwell, Lucille La Verne, Roy Atwell

Votes: 215,506 | Gross: $184.93M

Adrianna Casoleti

9. A Canterbury Tale (1944)

Not Rated | 124 min | Comedy, Drama, Mystery

Three modern-day pilgrims investigate a bizarre crime in a small town while on their way to Canterbury.

Directors: Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger | Stars: Eric Portman, Sheila Sim, Dennis Price, John Sweet

Votes: 6,486

John Sweet

10. Medea (1969)

Not Rated | 118 min | Drama, Fantasy

After his quest to retrieve the fabled Golden Fleece, Jason returns to Greece with powerful sorceress Medea. However, when the king banishes her, it's only human that Medea plots her furious revenge. Can they escape her wrath?

Director: Pier Paolo Pasolini | Stars: Maria Callas, Massimo Girotti, Laurent Terzieff, Giuseppe Gentile

Votes: 5,489

Maria Callas

11. The Legend of the Lone Ranger (1981)

PG | 98 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

The sole surviving Texas Ranger (Klinton Spilsbury) of an ambush arranged by outlaw leader Major Bartholomew "Butch" Cavendish (Christopher Lloyd) returns to fight back as a great masked western hero, The Lone Ranger.

Director: William A. Fraker | Stars: Klinton Spilsbury, Michael Horse, Christopher Lloyd, Matt Clark

Votes: 2,520 | Gross: $12.62M

Klinton Spilsbury

12. Yes, Giorgio (1982)

PG | 110 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance

Famous opera singer Giorgio Fini loses his voice during an American tour. He goes to female throat specialist Pamela Taylor and falls in love with her.

Director: Franklin J. Schaffner | Stars: Luciano Pavarotti, Kathryn Harrold, Eddie Albert, Paola Borboni

Votes: 808 | Gross: $2.28M

Luciano Pavarotti

13. The Cool Ones (1967)

Not Rated | 95 min | Comedy

A young, millionaire rock promoter decides to create a new boy/girl duo team for his teen TV dance show by teaming up an ambitious go-go dancer and a has-been pop star and presenting them to the public as a new romantic pair.

Director: Gene Nelson | Stars: Roddy McDowall, Debbie Watson, Gil Peterson, Phil Harris

Votes: 420

Mrs. Miller

14. The World of Topo Gigio (1961)

75 min | Family, Fantasy

Topo Gigio sets off for the moon, embarking on a rocket of his own invention in the company of his inseparable Rosy and a new friend, Giovannino, a small worm that emerged from an apple.

Directors: Federico Caldura, Luca De Rico | Stars: Armando Benetti, Ignazio Colnaghi, Carlo Delfini, Ignazio Dolce

Votes: 67

Topo Gigio

15. Rosebud (1975)

PG | 126 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

Renowned producer-director Otto Preminger captures international terrorism in this film about five teenage girls who are kidnapped from a yacht by the P.L.O. Stars Peter O'Toole and Richard Attenborough.

Director: Otto Preminger | Stars: Peter O'Toole, Richard Attenborough, Cliff Gorman, Claude Dauphin

Votes: 1,011 | Gross: $0.55M

John V. Lindsey

16. The Trouble with Angels (1966)

PG | 112 min | Comedy, Family

Two high-spirited young students at St. Francis Academy keep things hopping for the challenged Mother Superior and her staff of bewildered Sisters.

Director: Ida Lupino | Stars: Rosalind Russell, Hayley Mills, Binnie Barnes, Camilla Sparv

Votes: 5,780

June Harding

17. The Brass Bottle (1964)

Passed | 89 min | Comedy, Fantasy

An architect buys an antique brass bottle that contains an ancient genie who's determined to fulfill his new master's every wish.

Director: Harry Keller | Stars: Tony Randall, Burl Ives, Barbara Eden, Kamala Devi

Votes: 996

"Luscious" Lulu Porter "International Dance Sensation"

18. Snow Job (1972)

PG | 90 min | Crime, Drama

Christian Biton is a skiing instructor in the Italian Alps. He has a wealthy girlfriend, Monica Scotti, and expensive tastes. To be able to live in style he has a plan : to lay hands on the... See full summary »

Director: George Englund | Stars: Jean-Claude Killy, Danièle Gaubert, Cliff Potts, Vittorio De Sica

Votes: 184

Jean Claude Kiley

19. The Music Man (1962)

G | 151 min | Comedy, Family, Musical

76 Metascore

Traveling con artist Harold Hill targets the naïve residents of a small town in 1910s Iowa by posing as a boys' band leader to raise money before he can skip town.

Director: Morton DaCosta | Stars: Robert Preston, Shirley Jones, Buddy Hackett, Hermione Gingold

Votes: 19,176 | Gross: $14.95M

Timmy Everett

20. The World of Henry Orient (1964)

Approved | 106 min | Comedy, Drama

A mischievous, adventuresome fourteen-year-old girl and her best friend begin following an eccentric concert pianist around New York City after she develops a crush on him.

Director: George Roy Hill | Stars: Peter Sellers, Tippy Walker, Merrie Spaeth, Paula Prentiss

Votes: 3,847

Merrie Spaeth

21. A Prairie Home Companion (2006)

PG-13 | 105 min | Comedy, Drama, Music

75 Metascore

A look at what goes on backstage during the last broadcast of America's most celebrated radio show, where singing cowboys Dusty and Lefty, a country music siren, and a host of others hold court.

Director: Robert Altman | Stars: Lily Tomlin, Meryl Streep, Woody Harrelson, John C. Reilly

Votes: 23,628 | Gross: $20.34M

Garrison Keillor

22. Lost in Yonkers (1993)

PG | 114 min | Comedy, Drama

In the summer of 1942, two young boys are sent to stay with their stern grandmother and their childlike aunt in Yonkers, New York.

Director: Martha Coolidge | Stars: Richard Dreyfuss, Mercedes Ruehl, Irene Worth, Brad Stoll

Votes: 3,688 | Gross: $9.29M

Brad Stoll

23. Double Trouble (1967)

Not Rated | 91 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

When singer Guy Lambert goes on tour in Europe, he is pursued by two beautiful women, bumbling jewel thieves, and a mysterious killer.

Director: Norman Taurog | Stars: Elvis Presley, Annette Day, John Williams, Yvonne Romain

Votes: 1,855 | Gross: $3.49M

Anette Day

24. Rumble on the Docks (1956)

Approved | 82 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir

Crime drama concerning the coming-of-age of a Brooklyn-born 17-year old whose loyalty is torn between his parents' old-fashion values and a local gangster's flashy lifestyle.

Director: Fred F. Sears | Stars: James Darren, Laurie Carroll, Michael Granger, Jerry Janger

Votes: 278

Barry Froner as "Poochie"

25. The Young Savages (1961)

Not Rated | 103 min | Action, Crime, Drama

A district attorney investigates three white teenagers accused of murdering a blind Puerto Rican kid.

Director: John Frankenheimer | Stars: Burt Lancaster, Dina Merrill, Edward Andrews, Vivian Nathan

Votes: 2,938

Stanley Kristien

26. Thirteen Women (1932)

Passed | 73 min | Crime, Drama, Horror

Ursula plots to murder 12 women with her supernatural powers.

Director: George Archainbaud | Stars: Irene Dunne, Ricardo Cortez, Jill Esmond, Myrna Loy

Votes: 1,867

Peg Entwistle

27. Valley of the Dolls (1967)

PG-13 | 123 min | Drama, Music, Romance

49 Metascore

Film version of Jacqueline Susann's best-selling novel chronicling the rise and fall of three young women in show business.

Director: Mark Robson | Stars: Barbara Parkins, Patty Duke, Paul Burke, Sharon Tate

Votes: 9,750 | Gross: $44.43M

Tony Scotti

28. I'd Rather Be Rich (1964)

Approved | 96 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance

A young heiress is summoned to the bedside of her dying grandfather. The man's last wish is to meet her fiance, but problems arise when the fiance is delayed and a young chemical engineer ... See full summary »

Director: Jack Smight | Stars: Sandra Dee, Robert Goulet, Andy Williams, Charles Ruggles

Votes: 459

Andy Williams (only screen credit)

29. Slap Shot (1977)

R | 123 min | Comedy, Drama, Sport

61 Metascore

A failing ice hockey team finds success with outrageously violent hockey goonery.

Director: George Roy Hill | Stars: Paul Newman, Michael Ontkean, Strother Martin, Jennifer Warren

Votes: 41,250 | Gross: $28.00M

The hockey playing Hanson "Brothers"

30. Robinson Crusoe on Mars (1964)

Not Rated | 110 min | Adventure, Sci-Fi

Stranded on Mars with only a monkey as a companion, an astronaut must figure out how to find oxygen, water, and food on the lifeless planet.

Director: Byron Haskin | Stars: Paul Mantee, Victor Lundin, Adam West, The Woolly Monkey

Votes: 7,161

Mona the Woolly Monkey

31. Mac and Me (1988)

PG | 99 min | Adventure, Comedy, Family

26 Metascore

An alien trying to escape from NASA is befriended by a wheelchair-bound boy.

Director: Stewart Raffill | Stars: Christine Ebersole, Jonathan Ward, Tina Caspary, Lauren Stanley

Votes: 14,523 | Gross: $6.42M

Jade Calegory

32. Something Wild (1986)

R | 114 min | Comedy, Crime, Romance

73 Metascore

A free-spirited woman "kidnaps" a yuppie for a weekend of adventure. But the fun quickly takes a dangerous turn when her ex-convict husband shows up.

Director: Jonathan Demme | Stars: Jeff Daniels, Melanie Griffith, George 'Red' Schwartz, Leib Lensky

Votes: 21,100 | Gross: $8.36M

Kristen Olsen



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