"Wait... it's directed by WHO?!?"
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1. Annie (1982)
PG | 127 min | Comedy, Drama, Family
A spunky young orphan is taken in by a rich eccentric, much to the chagrin of the cantankerous woman who runs the orphanage.
Director: John Huston | Stars: Aileen Quinn, Albert Finney, Carol Burnett, Ann Reinking
Votes: 49,527 | Gross: $57.06M
Who ALSO directed... 'The Maltese Falcon', 'Key Largo', and 'The African Queen'.
2. Jack (1996)
PG-13 | 113 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Because of an unusual disorder that has aged him four times faster than a typical human being, a boy looks like a 40-year-old man as he starts fifth grade at public school after being homeschooled.
Director: Francis Ford Coppola | Stars: Robin Williams, Diane Lane, Brian Kerwin, Jennifer Lopez
Votes: 63,826 | Gross: $58.62M
Terrible Robin Williams movie, from the director of 'Apocalypse Now', 'The Conversation', and 'The Godfather' trilogy.
3. Finian's Rainbow (1968)
G | 141 min | Family, Fantasy, Musical
An Irish immigrant and his daughter move into a town in the American South with a magical piece of gold that will change people's lives, including a struggling farmer and African American citizens threatened by a bigoted politician.
Director: Francis Ford Coppola | Stars: Fred Astaire, Petula Clark, Tommy Steele, Don Francks
Votes: 4,180 | Gross: $11.60M
Copalla directed a musical, with Fred Astaire and Petula Clarke? Who knew?!?
4. Battle Beyond the Sun (1959)
77 min | Adventure, Sci-Fi
Two countries race to have the first successful landing on Mars.
Directors: Mikhail Karyukov, Aleksandr Kozyr, Francis Ford Coppola | Stars: Ivan Pereverzev, Aleksandr Shvorin, Konstantin Bartashevich, Gurgen Tonunts
Votes: 1,100
Under the pseudonym "Thomas Coulthard", Copolla got a co-director credit, for doing an English-language dub/re-edit of this not TOO bad Soviet scifi, as a favour for Roger Corman.
5. Bugsy Malone (1976)
G | 93 min | Comedy, Crime, Family
The classic gangster story of Bugsy Malone told with an all-child cast.
Director: Alan Parker | Stars: Jodie Foster, Scott Baio, Florence Garland, John Cassisi
Votes: 19,457 | Gross: $2.78M
A very strange, twee musical, with an all-child cast (inc Jodie Foster and Scott Baio, both about 11/12 at the time), about old-timey gangsters with tommy-guns that shoot thickened cream at each-other (no comment...). From the director of 'Midnight Express', 'Mississippi Burning', 'Birdy', 'Pink Floyd: The Wall'
6. Convoy (1978)
PG | 110 min | Action, Drama
Truckers form a mile-long "convoy" in support of a trucker's vendetta with an abusive sheriff - Based on the country song of the same title by C.W. McCall.
Director: Sam Peckinpah | Stars: Kris Kristofferson, Ali MacGraw, Ernest Borgnine, Burt Young
Votes: 18,615 | Gross: $45.00M
'The Wild Bunch', 'Pat Garret and Billy the Kid', 'Straw Dogs' and 'Cross of Iron'.
7. King Creole (1958)
PG | 116 min | Crime, Drama, Musical
A troubled youth's singing sets New Orleans rockin'. With a sweet girl to love him and nightclubbers cheering, it seems he will shake off his past and head for the top. But will a mobster and his man-trap moll snare him in a life of crime?
Director: Michael Curtiz | Stars: Elvis Presley, Carolyn Jones, Walter Matthau, Dolores Hart
Votes: 6,431
Michael Curtiz, director of 'Angels With Dirty Faces', 'Mildred Pierce' and 'Casablanca'
8. The Wiz (1978)
G | 134 min | Adventure, Family, Fantasy
An adaptation of "The Wizard of Oz" that tries to capture the essence of the African-American experience.
Director: Sidney Lumet | Stars: Diana Ross, Michael Jackson, Nipsey Russell, Ted Ross
Votes: 17,047 | Gross: $21.05M
'Dog Day Afternoon', '12 Angry Men', 'Network' and 'Serpico'.
9. The Score (2001)
R | 124 min | Action, Crime, Drama
An aging thief hopes to retire and live off his ill-gotten wealth with his lover when a young kid convinces him into doing one last heist that comes with a large payout.
Director: Frank Oz | Stars: Robert De Niro, Edward Norton, Marlon Brando, Angela Bassett
Votes: 134,144 | Gross: $71.07M
Heist movie, directed by Oz, best known for comedies, puppets and kid's movies- 'Little Shop of Horrors', 'The Dark Crystal', 'Muppets Take Manhattan'
10. Popeye (1980)
PG | 114 min | Adventure, Comedy, Family
The adventures of the famous sailor man and his friends in the seaside town of Sweethaven.
Director: Robert Altman | Stars: Robin Williams, Shelley Duvall, Ray Walston, Paul Dooley
Votes: 34,414 | Gross: $49.82M
'The Player', 'Nashville' and 'Gosford Park'
11. Babe: Pig in the City (1998)
PG | 97 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Babe, fresh from his victory in the sheepherding contest, returns to Farmer Hoggett's farm, but after Farmer Hoggett is injured and unable to work, Babe has to go to the big city to save the farm.
Director: George Miller | Stars: Magda Szubanski, Elizabeth Daily, Mickey Rooney, James Cromwell
Votes: 35,465 | Gross: $18.32M
'Mad Max', 'Mad Max 2', 'Mad Max: Beyond Thunderdome', and 'Fury Road'
12. Piranha II: The Spawning (1982)
R | 94 min | Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
A scuba diving instructor, her biochemist boyfriend, and her police chief ex-husband try to link a series of bizarre deaths to a mutant strain of piranha fish whose lair is a sunken freighter ship off a Caribbean island resort.
Directors: James Cameron, Ovidio G. Assonitis, Miller Drake | Stars: Tricia O'Neil, Steve Marachuk, Lance Henriksen, Ricky Paull Goldin
Votes: 9,916
'The Terminator', 'Titanic' and 'Aliens'
13. Braindead (1992)
R | 104 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
A young man's mother is bitten by a Sumatran rat-monkey. She gets sick and dies, at which time she comes back to life, killing and eating dogs, nurses, friends, and neighbors.
Director: Peter Jackson | Stars: Timothy Balme, Diana Peñalver, Elizabeth Moody, Ian Watkin
Votes: 103,321 | Gross: $0.24M
The 'LotR' and 'The Hobbit' trilogies, and 'King Kong'
14. Mr. Magoo (1997)
PG | 87 min | Adventure, Comedy, Family
The myopic millionaire defeats jewel smugglers in his usual bumbling manner.
Director: Stanley Tong | Stars: Leslie Nielsen, Kelly Lynch, Matt Keeslar, Nick Chinlund
Votes: 16,158 | Gross: $21.38M
Hong Kong director of martial arts/action movies including 'Rumble in the Bronx', and 'Supercop'
15. Hugo (2011)
PG | 126 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
In 1931 Paris, an orphan living in the walls of a train station gets wrapped up in a mystery involving his late father and an automaton.
Director: Martin Scorsese | Stars: Asa Butterfield, Chloë Grace Moretz, Christopher Lee, Ben Kingsley
Votes: 336,870 | Gross: $73.86M
'Goodfellas', 'Casino', 'Taxi Driver', 'Mean Streets', 'Wolf of Wall Street', 'Raging Bull', 'The Departed'.
16. Hulk (2003)
PG-13 | 138 min | Action, Sci-Fi
Bruce Banner, a genetics researcher with a tragic past, suffers an accident that causes him to transform into a raging green monster when he gets angry.
Director: Ang Lee | Stars: Eric Bana, Jennifer Connelly, Sam Elliott, Josh Lucas
Votes: 278,617 | Gross: $132.18M
'Brokeback Mountain', 'Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon', 'The Life of Pi', 'Eat Drink Man Woman'.
17. Stonewall (2015)
R | 129 min | Drama, History
A young man's political awakening and coming of age during the days and weeks leading up to the Stonewall Riots.
Director: Roland Emmerich | Stars: Jeremy Irvine, Jonny Beauchamp, Joey King, Caleb Landry Jones
Votes: 4,463 | Gross: $0.19M
'Independence Day', 'The Day After Tomorrow', '2012', 'Godzilla' (the 1998 version).
18. Alien³ (1992)
R | 114 min | Action, Horror, Sci-Fi
Returning from LV-426, Ellen Ripley crash-lands on the maximum-security prison Fiorina 161, where she discovers that she has unwittingly brought along an unwelcome visitor.
Director: David Fincher | Stars: Sigourney Weaver, Charles S. Dutton, Charles Dance, Paul McGann
Votes: 319,506 | Gross: $55.47M
'Fight Club', 'Se7en', 'Zodiac'
19. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008)
PG-13 | 166 min | Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Tells the story of Benjamin Button, a man who starts aging backwards with consequences.
Director: David Fincher | Stars: Brad Pitt, Cate Blanchett, Tilda Swinton, Julia Ormond
Votes: 695,871 | Gross: $127.51M
'Fight Club', 'Se7en', 'Zodiac'
20. Spy Kids (2001)
PG | 88 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
Using high tech gadgets, two kids have to save their reactivated OSS top spy parents when they're taken by an evil, high tech enemy.
Director: Robert Rodriguez | Stars: Alexa PenaVega, Daryl Sabara, Antonio Banderas, Carla Gugino
Votes: 127,380 | Gross: $112.72M
'Planet Terror', 'Once Upon a Time in Mexico', 'Sin City', and 'Machete'.
21. Showgirls (1995)
NC-17 | 128 min | Drama
A mysterious young drifter who calls herself Nomi Malone hitches a ride to Las Vegas, Nevada, and begins working as a strip club dancer, and sets about clawing her way to the top of the Vegas showgirls.
Director: Paul Verhoeven | Stars: Elizabeth Berkley, Kyle MacLachlan, Gina Gershon, Glenn Plummer
Votes: 74,666 | Gross: $20.30M
'Robocop', 'Starship Troopers', 'Total Recall'
22. Matilda (1996)
PG | 102 min | Comedy, Family, Fantasy
A girl gifted with a keen intellect and psychic powers uses both to get even with her callous family and free her kindly schoolteacher from the tyrannical grip of a sadistic headmistress.
Director: Danny DeVito | Stars: Danny DeVito, Rhea Perlman, Mara Wilson, Embeth Davidtz
Votes: 174,663 | Gross: $33.08M
Danny Devito, notable fat manlet. Shares a fold-out bed with Charlie Day.
23. Rollerball (2002)
PG-13 | 98 min | Action, Sci-Fi, Sport
The big thing in 2005 is a violent sport which can have some pretty serious consequences... like dying.
Director: John McTiernan | Stars: Chris Klein, Jean Reno, LL Cool J, Rebecca Romijn
Votes: 29,680 | Gross: $18.99M
John McTiernan, director of 'Die Hard' and 'Predator'
24. Green Book (2018)
PG-13 | 130 min | Biography, Comedy, Drama
A working-class Italian-American bouncer becomes the driver for an African-American classical pianist on a tour of venues through the 1960s American South.
Director: Peter Farrelly | Stars: Viggo Mortensen, Mahershala Ali, Linda Cardellini, Sebastian Maniscalco
Votes: 572,515 | Gross: $85.08M
Peter Farrelly, best known for lowbrow comedies like 'Dumb and Dumber', 'There's Something About Mary', 'Shallow Hal', and 'Kingpin'.
25. The Witches (1990)
PG | 91 min | Adventure, Comedy, Family
A young boy stumbles onto a witch convention and must stop them, even after he has been turned into a mouse.
Director: Nicolas Roeg | Stars: Anjelica Huston, Mai Zetterling, Jasen Fisher, Rowan Atkinson
Votes: 54,670 | Gross: $10.36M
Nicholas Roeg, most notable for gritty thrillers like 'Performance' and 'Don't Look Now', and survival-adventure 'Walkabout'.
26. D.C. Cab (1983)
R | 100 min | Action, Comedy
The misadventures of a group of unfortunate but streetwise cabbies working for a Washington, D.C., decrepit taxicab company.
Director: Joel Schumacher | Stars: Max Gail, Adam Baldwin, Mr. T, Charlie Barnett
Votes: 5,265 | Gross: $16.13M
'Lost Boys', 'St Elmos Fire', 'Falling Down'
27. Weekend at Bernie's (1989)
PG-13 | 97 min | Adventure, Comedy, Crime
Two idiots try to pretend that their murdered employer is really alive, leading the hitman to attempt to track him down to finish him off.
Director: Ted Kotcheff | Stars: Andrew McCarthy, Jonathan Silverman, Catherine Mary Stewart, Terry Kiser
Votes: 62,925 | Gross: $30.22M
Director of 'First Blood' and 'Wake In Fright'
28. 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: 4,422
'Picnic at Hanging Rock', 'The Truman Show', 'Master and Commander: Far Side of the World', 'Dead Poets Society'.
29. Oliver Twist (2005)
PG-13 | 130 min | Crime, Drama
An adaptation of the classic Dickens tale, where an orphan meets a pickpocket on the streets of London. From there, he joins a household of boys who are trained to steal for their master.
Director: Roman Polanski | Stars: Barney Clark, Ben Kingsley, Jeremy Swift, Ian McNeice
Votes: 34,290 | Gross: $1.99M
'Chinatown', 'Rosemary's Bay', 'The Tenant'. (but dude has a "complex" history, and relationship with Hollywood...)
30. Something Evil (1972 TV Movie)
Unrated | 73 min | Horror
A young couple moves into a farmhouse in rural Pennsylvania. What they don't know is that there is an unseen presence in the house, and that it wants to take possession of the wife.
Director: Steven Spielberg | Stars: Darren McGavin, Sandy Dennis, Ralph Bellamy, Jeff Corey
Votes: 2,095
Bruh... It's STEVEN SPIELBERG. World-famous director of classics like 'Star Wars', 'The Godfather', and 'Mac and Me'...
31. Meet John Doe (1941)
Passed | 122 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A penniless drifter is recruited by an ambitious columnist to impersonate a non-existent person who said he'd be committing suicide as a protest, and a social movement begins.
Director: Frank Capra | Stars: Gary Cooper, Barbara Stanwyck, Edward Arnold, Walter Brennan
Votes: 14,905
The most famously optimistic director in history (Miracle on 34th Street, It's A Wonderful Life, Sullivan's Travels) makes a "feelgood" movie about suicide...
32. Another State of Mind (1984)
Not Rated | 78 min | Documentary, Music
A documentary following the 1982 tour of punk bands Youth Brigade and Social Distortion.
Directors: Adam Small, Peter Stuart | Stars: M. Otis Beard, Dennis Danell, Brent Liles, John Macias
Votes: 863
A very DIY doco about teenage punk rockers Social Distortion, and the homeless punk kids at their shows, directed by Paul Stuart, best known for 1971's 'Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory'.
33. Maximum Overdrive (1986)
R | 98 min | Action, Comedy, Horror
A group of people try to survive when machines start to come alive and become homicidal.
Director: Stephen King | Stars: Emilio Estevez, Pat Hingle, Laura Harrington, Yeardley Smith
Votes: 35,852 | Gross: $7.43M
Hilariously terrible movie, which is (understandably) the one and only directorial attempt by horror author Stephen King, writer of 'The Shining', 'Shawshank Redemption', 'Stand by Me', 'Carrie', and a million other movies, ranging from amazing to awful.
34. The Man with the Iron Fists (2012)
R | 95 min | Action
On the hunt for a fabled treasure of gold, a band of warriors, assassins, and a rogue British soldier descend upon a village in feudal China, where a humble blacksmith looks to defend himself and his fellow villagers.
Director: RZA | Stars: Russell Crowe, Cung Le, Lucy Liu, RZA
Votes: 64,265 | Gross: $15.63M
Directed by Wu Tang Clan producer/MC Rza. Amazing (music) producer. Great rapper. Sometimes-decent actor... Terrible movie director.
35. The Fanatic (2019)
R | 88 min | Crime, Drama, Horror
A rabid film fan stalks his favorite action hero and destroys the star's life.
Director: Fred Durst | Stars: John Travolta, Devon Sawa, Ana Golja, Jacob Grodnik
Votes: 12,437 | Gross: $0.00M
I think he was the drummer in 'MudVayne', or 'Korn', or that 90s band that did nu-metal Michael jackson covers, or something? Mostly famous for getting mentioned in that one Eminem verse about Britney Spears...
36. Star Trek V: The Final Frontier (1989)
PG | 107 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Captain Kirk and his crew must deal with Mr. Spock's long-lost half-brother who hijacks the Enterprise for an obsessive search for God at the center of the galaxy.
Director: William Shatner | Stars: William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, DeForest Kelley, James Doohan
Votes: 64,215 | Gross: $52.21M
Captain Kirk
37. Star Trek III: The Search for Spock (1984)
PG | 105 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Admiral Kirk and his bridge crew risk their careers stealing the decommissioned U.S.S. Enterprise to return to the restricted Genesis Planet to recover Spock's body.
Director: Leonard Nimoy | Stars: William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, DeForest Kelley, James Doohan
Votes: 86,184 | Gross: $76.47M
Mister Spock
38. Three Men and a Baby (1987)
PG | 102 min | Comedy, Drama, Family
Jack Holden and his friends, Peter and Michael, spend most of their time having flings with several women in their apartment. Their life changes when a mysterious baby appears at their doorstep.
Director: Leonard Nimoy | Stars: Tom Selleck, Steve Guttenberg, Ted Danson, Nancy Travis
Votes: 57,916 | Gross: $167.78M
Mister Spock again.
39. Star Trek: First Contact (1996)
PG-13 | 111 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
The Borg travel back in time intent on preventing Earth's first contact with an alien species. Captain Picard and his crew pursue them to ensure that Zefram Cochrane makes his maiden flight reaching warp speed.
Director: Jonathan Frakes | Stars: Patrick Stewart, Jonathan Frakes, Brent Spiner, LeVar Burton
Votes: 132,084 | Gross: $92.00M
Number One/Will Ryker
40. Riding in Cars with Boys (2001)
PG-13 | 132 min | Biography, Comedy, Drama
A single mother, with dreams of becoming a writer, has a son at the age of 15 in 1965, and goes through a failed marriage with the drug-addicted father.
Director: Penny Marshall | Stars: Drew Barrymore, Steve Zahn, Adam Garcia, Brittany Murphy
Votes: 30,557 | Gross: $30.17M
Laverne DeFazio, from 'Laverne and Shirley'
41. The Running Man (1987)
R | 101 min | Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
In a dystopian America, a falsely convicted policeman gets his shot at freedom when he must forcibly participate in a TV game show where convicts, runners, must battle killers for their freedom.
Director: Paul Michael Glaser | Stars: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Maria Conchita Alonso, Yaphet Kotto, Jim Brown
Votes: 167,769 | Gross: $38.12M
Det. Starsky, from 70's 'Starsky and Hutch'
42. Staying Alive (1983)
PG | 93 min | Drama, Music, Romance
Five years later, Tony Manero's Saturday Night Fever is still burning. Now he's strutting toward his biggest challenge yet: succeeding as a dancer on the Broadway stage.
Director: Sylvester Stallone | Stars: John Travolta, Cynthia Rhodes, Finola Hughes, Steve Inwood
Votes: 17,602 | Gross: $64.89M
John Rambo/Rocky Balboa
43. Michael Jackson: Thriller (1983 Music Video)
PG | 13 min | Horror, Music
A night at the movies turns into a nightmare when Michael and his date are attacked by a hoard of bloodthirsty zombies - only a "Thriller" can save them now.
Director: John Landis | Stars: Michael Jackson, Ola Ray, Forrest J. Ackerman, Reed Armstrong
Votes: 18,560
'An American Werewolf In London', 'The Blues Brothers', 'Trading Places'
44. Michael Jackson: Bad (1987 Music Video)
18 min | Crime, Drama, Music
Michael Jackson's music video for his song "Bad".
Director: Martin Scorsese | Stars: Michael Jackson, Adam Nathan, Pedro Sanchez, Wesley Snipes
Votes: 6,527
'Taxi Driver', 'Goodfellas', 'Wolf of Wall Street'
45. Jay-Z: 99 Problems (2004 Music Video)
4 min | Music
A promotional video for Jay-Z's 2004 single "99 Problems."
Director: Mark Romanek | Stars: Vincent Gallo, Jay-Z, Rick Rubin
Votes: 136
'One Hour Photo', 'Never Let Me Go'
46. Elvis Costello: Veronica (1989 Music Video)
4 min | Short, Music
Elvis Costello performs in the music video "Veronica" from the album "Spike" recorded for Warner Brothers Records. Elvis Costello talks about his grandmother who suffered from Alzheimer's ... See full summary »
Directors: Evan English, John Hillcoat | Stars: Zoe Carides, Elvis Costello
Votes: 23
The Road. The Proposition. Lawless. Ghosts... of the Civil Dead.
47. Meat Loaf: I'd Do Anything for Love (But I Won't Do That) (1993 Music Video)
G | 8 min | Short, Crime, Drama
The video is based on Beauty and the Beast and The Phantom of the Opera. Bob Keane did Meat Loaf's make-up, which took up to two hours to apply. The make-up was designed to be simple and ... See full summary »
Director: Michael Bay | Stars: Meat Loaf, Dana Patrick, Lorraine Crosby, Jim Fitzpatrick
Votes: 730
'The Rock', 'Bad Boys', basically the whole 'Transformers' movie franchise.
48. Jamiroquai: Virtual Insanity (1996 Music Video)
4 min | Music
A promotional video for Jamiroquai's 1996 single "Virtual Insanity."
Director: Jonathan Glazer | Stars: Jamiroquai, Jay Kay
Votes: 804
'Sexy Beast', 'Birth', 'Under the Skin'.
49. Ready Player One (2018)
PG-13 | 140 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
When the creator of a virtual reality called the OASIS dies, he makes a posthumous challenge to all OASIS users to find his Easter Egg, which will give the finder his fortune and control of his world.
Director: Steven Spielberg | Stars: Tye Sheridan, Olivia Cooke, Ben Mendelsohn, Lena Waithe
Votes: 486,437 | Gross: $137.69M
2 Samuel 1;27 "Oh, how the mighty have fallen..."
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