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1. Ghost (1990)
PG-13 | 127 min | Drama, Fantasy, Romance
After a young man is murdered, his spirit stays behind to warn his lover of impending danger, with the help of a reluctant psychic.
Director: Jerry Zucker | Stars: Patrick Swayze, Demi Moore, Whoopi Goldberg, Tony Goldwyn
Votes: 236,116 | Gross: $217.63M
2. The Color Purple (1985)
PG-13 | 154 min | Drama
A tale spanning forty years in the life of Celie, an African-American woman living in the South who survives incredible abuse and bigotry.
Director: Steven Spielberg | Stars: Danny Glover, Whoopi Goldberg, Oprah Winfrey, Margaret Avery
Votes: 97,416 | Gross: $98.47M
3. Till (I) (2022)
PG-13 | 130 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
In 1955, after Emmett Till is murdered in a brutal lynching, his mother vows to expose the racism behind the attack while working to have those involved brought to justice.
Director: Chinonye Chukwu | Stars: Danielle Deadwyler, Jalyn Hall, Frankie Faison, Haley Bennett
Votes: 15,242
4. A Day Late and a Dollar Short (2014 TV Movie)
TV-14 | 85 min | Drama
Worried that her next asthma attack may kill her, a woman (Whoopi Goldberg) tries to solve the problems of her estranged husband (Ving Rhames) and their four adult children (Kimberly Elise, Tichina Arnold, Mekhi Phifer, Anika Noni Rose)
Director: Stephen Tolkin | Stars: Whoopi Goldberg, Ving Rhames, Kimberly Elise, Mekhi Phifer
Votes: 780
5. Squanto: A Warrior's Tale (1994)
PG | 102 min | Adventure, Biography, Drama
Fictional chronicle of Squanto's life prior to and including the arrival of the "Mayflower" in 1620.
Director: Xavier Koller | Stars: Adam Beach, Mandy Patinkin, Sheldon Peters Wolfchild, Irene Bedard
Votes: 1,432 | Gross: $3.34M
6. Sister Act (1992)
PG | 100 min | Comedy, Family, Music
When a nightclub singer is forced to take refuge from the mob in a convent, she ends up turning the convent choir into a soulful chorus complete with a Motown repertoire, until the sudden celebrity of the choir jeopardizes her identity.
Director: Emile Ardolino | Stars: Whoopi Goldberg, Maggie Smith, Harvey Keitel, Bill Nunn
Votes: 108,469 | Gross: $139.61M
7. Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit (1993)
PG | 107 min | Comedy, Family, Music
Showgirl Deloris Van Cartier returns as Sister Mary Clarence to teach music to a group of Catholic students whose run-down school is slated for closure.
Director: Bill Duke | Stars: Whoopi Goldberg, Kathy Najimy, Maggie Smith, Barnard Hughes
Votes: 58,515 | Gross: $57.32M
8. Jumpin' Jack Flash (1986)
R | 105 min | Comedy, Romance, Thriller
An American computer wiz who works at a New York bank is suddenly thrust into the world of international espionage after she inadvertently receives a coded message from a British spy.
Director: Penny Marshall | Stars: Whoopi Goldberg, Stephen Collins, John Wood, Carol Kane
Votes: 20,768 | Gross: $25.59M
9. Burglar (1987)
R | 103 min | Comedy, Crime
A corrupt cop blackmails former burglar Bernice, forcing her into her most ambitious job yet: a dentist hires her to break into her ex-husband's house and steal back her jewelry. But when the ex is murdered, Bernice is the only suspect.
Director: Hugh Wilson | Stars: Whoopi Goldberg, Bobcat Goldthwait, G.W. Bailey, Lesley Ann Warren
Votes: 4,735 | Gross: $16.34M
10. Fatal Beauty (1987)
R | 104 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
Rita is a tough narc cop with a wig for every occasion. Outside a drug heist scene with several bodies and a hardly cut fatal drug, Fatal Beauty, she finds a Kroll Construction van with a dead Kroll employee in it. Who is Kroll?
Director: Tom Holland | Stars: Whoopi Goldberg, Sam Elliott, Rubén Blades, Harris Yulin
Votes: 4,038 | Gross: $12.05M
11. Clara's Heart (1988)
PG-13 | 108 min | Drama
A Jamaican woman becomes the housekeeper for a rich Baltimore family and bonds with a disillusioned teenage boy.
Director: Robert Mulligan | Stars: Whoopi Goldberg, Michael Ontkean, Kathleen Quinlan, Neil Patrick Harris
Votes: 2,561 | Gross: $5.19M
12. Homer and Eddie (1989)
R | 100 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
A mentally disabled man gets help from a sociopath when he tries to reunite with his dying father, who years earlier disowned him.
Director: Andrey Konchalovskiy | Stars: Jim Belushi, Whoopi Goldberg, John Waters, Robert Glaudini
Votes: 2,034
13. The Long Walk Home (1990)
PG | 97 min | Drama, History
Two women, black and white, in 1955 Montgomery Alabama, must decide what they are going to do in response to the famous bus boycott led by Martin Luther King.
Director: Richard Pearce | Stars: Sissy Spacek, Whoopi Goldberg, Dwight Schultz, Ving Rhames
Votes: 4,854 | Gross: $4.80M
14. Soapdish (1991)
PG-13 | 97 min | Comedy, Romance
An ambitious television soap actress connives with her producer to scuttle the career of the show's long-time star, but nothing works as they plan.
Director: Michael Hoffman | Stars: Sally Field, Kevin Kline, Cathy Moriarty, Teri Hatcher
Votes: 17,662 | Gross: $36.49M
15. Tales from the Whoop: Hot Rod Brown Class Clown (1990 TV Movie)
Family
A dismayed tween avenges to pass an elementary test with an angel's help.
Director: Rocco Urbisci | Stars: Daniel Collins, Roger Eschbacher, Gloria Gifford, Whoopi Goldberg
Votes: 48
16. House Party 2 (1991)
R | 94 min | Comedy, Drama, Music
When Kid's college money is stolen by a crooked music promoter, Play's solution is to stage the 'mutha' of all pajama parties. Starring Kid 'n Play and Martin Lawrence.
Directors: George Jackson, Doug McHenry | Stars: Christopher Reid, Christopher Martin, Martin Lawrence, Bowlegged Lou
Votes: 7,109 | Gross: $19.28M
17. Defenders of Dynatron City (1992 TV Movie)
22 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
Unsold animated television pilot about a delivery man, his friends, and a talking ape mutating into quirky superheroes and fighting a mad scientist who wants to conquer their futuristic atomic city. Based on the eponymous NES video game.
Director: Chuck Patton | Stars: Whoopi Goldberg, Tim Curry, David Coburn, Pat Fraley
Votes: 75
18. The Player (1992)
R | 124 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
A Hollywood studio executive is being sent death threats by a writer whose script he rejected, but which one?
Director: Robert Altman | Stars: Tim Robbins, Greta Scacchi, Fred Ward, Whoopi Goldberg
Votes: 65,824 | Gross: $21.71M
19. Sarafina! (1992)
PG-13 | 117 min | Drama, Musical
South African teenagers fight against apartheid in the Soweto Uprising.
Director: Darrell Roodt | Stars: Whoopi Goldberg, Leleti Khumalo, Miriam Makeba, John Kani
Votes: 2,284 | Gross: $7.31M
20. The Lion King (1994)
G | 88 min | Animation, Adventure, Drama
Lion prince Simba and his father are targeted by his bitter uncle, who wants to ascend the throne himself.
Directors: Roger Allers, Rob Minkoff | Stars: Matthew Broderick, Jeremy Irons, James Earl Jones, Whoopi Goldberg
Votes: 1,143,139 | Gross: $422.78M
21. Made in America (1993)
PG-13 | 111 min | Comedy
A young black woman discovers that her father was a sperm donor, and if that weren't bad enough, he's white.
Director: Richard Benjamin | Stars: Whoopi Goldberg, Ted Danson, Will Smith, Nia Long
Votes: 17,818 | Gross: $44.94M
22. Captain Planet and the Planeteers (1990–1996)
TV-Y7 | 23 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
A quintet of teenagers work together to encourage environmentally responsible behavior and can summon a superhero to deal with ecological disasters.
Stars: David Coburn, Joey Dedio, Kath Soucie, LeVar Burton
Votes: 12,627
23. A Cool Like That Christmas (1993 TV Movie)
22 min | Animation, Comedy
Directors: David Feiss, Swinton O. Scott III | Stars: Tommy Davidson, Boyz II Men, T.K. Carter, Doctor Dré
Votes: 68
24. Naked in New York (1993)
R | 95 min | Comedy, Romance
Jake meets Joanne in college. He's into theater, writing plays. She's into photography. They move in together etc. She meets Elliot, owner of a big gallery, works for him and things change.
Director: Daniel Algrant | Stars: Eric Stoltz, Mary-Louise Parker, Ralph Macchio, Jill Clayburgh
Votes: 1,752 | Gross: $1.04M
25. Loaded Weapon 1 (1993)
PG-13 | 84 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
In this Lethal Weapon (1987) spoof, two mismatched LA cops investigate a case involving cocaine-laced girl scout cookies.
Director: Gene Quintano | Stars: Emilio Estevez, Samuel L. Jackson, Jon Lovitz, Tim Curry
Votes: 51,202 | Gross: $27.98M
26. The Little Rascals (1994)
PG | 82 min | Comedy, Family, Romance
Alfalfa is wooing Darla and his "He-Man-Woman-Hating" friends attempt to sabotage the relationship.
Director: Penelope Spheeris | Stars: Travis Tedford, Bug Hall, Brittany Ashton Holmes, Kevin Jamal Woods
Votes: 56,237 | Gross: $52.13M
27. Corrina, Corrina (1994)
PG | 115 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
In 1959, a widower hires a kindly housekeeper/nanny to care for his seven-year-old daughter.
Director: Jessie Nelson | Stars: Ray Liotta, Whoopi Goldberg, Tina Majorino, Noreen Hennessey
Votes: 14,176 | Gross: $20.16M
28. The Pagemaster (1994)
G | 80 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
A cowardly boy, who buries himself in accident statistics, enters a library to escape a storm, only to be transformed into an animated illustration by the Pagemaster. He has to work through obstacles from classic books to return to real-life.
Directors: Pixote Hunt, Joe Johnston | Stars: Macaulay Culkin, Christopher Lloyd, Kanin Howell, Alexis Kirschner
Votes: 25,579 | Gross: $13.67M
29. Cinderella (1997 TV Movie)
G | 88 min | Family, Fantasy, Musical
Although mistreated by her cruel stepmother and stepsisters, Cinderella is able to attend the royal ball through the help of a fairy godmother.
Director: Robert Iscove | Stars: Brandy Norwood, Bernadette Peters, Veanne Cox, Natalie Desselle Reid
Votes: 9,690
30. In & Out (1997)
PG-13 | 90 min | Comedy, Romance
A midwestern teacher questions his sexuality after a former student makes a comment about him at the Academy Awards.
Director: Frank Oz | Stars: Kevin Kline, Joan Cusack, Tom Selleck, Matt Dillon
Votes: 44,178 | Gross: $63.86M
31. In the Gloaming (1997 TV Movie)
PG | 67 min | Drama
A loving mother, a son in search of peace, four people separated by more than miles. Now, in the twilight of their time together, reconciliation finally begins for a family who never really knew each other until it was almost too late.
Director: Christopher Reeve | Stars: Glenn Close, Bridget Fonda, Whoopi Goldberg, Robert Sean Leonard
Votes: 1,469
32. Ghosts of Mississippi (1996)
PG-13 | 130 min | Drama, History
A Mississippi district attorney and the widow of Medgar Evers struggle to finally bring a white racist to justice for the 1963 murder of the civil rights leader.
Director: Rob Reiner | Stars: Alec Baldwin, James Woods, Whoopi Goldberg, Virginia Madsen
Votes: 12,155 | Gross: $13.05M
33. The Sunshine Boys (1996 TV Movie)
PG-13 | 90 min | Comedy, Drama
Two aging comedians who acrimoniously dissolved their act eight years earlier must overcome their differences when they have the chance for a lucrative movie comeback.
Director: John Erman | Stars: Woody Allen, Peter Falk, Michael McKean, Liev Schreiber
Votes: 1,380
34. Moonlight and Valentino (1995)
R | 105 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A young widow still grieving over the death of her husband finds herself being comforted by a local housepainter.
Director: David Anspaugh | Stars: Elizabeth Perkins, Whoopi Goldberg, Kathleen Turner, Gwyneth Paltrow
Votes: 4,071 | Gross: $2.49M
35. Eddie (1996)
PG-13 | 100 min | Comedy, Sport
Coincidences lead to the New York Knicks, getting its loudest fan, Edwina "Eddie" Franklin, as coach. Season victory?
Director: Steve Rash | Stars: Whoopi Goldberg, Frank Langella, Dennis Farina, Richard Jenkins
Votes: 11,441 | Gross: $31.36M
36. Bogus (1996)
PG | 110 min | Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Recently orphaned, a young boy is taken in by his godmother who is shocked to realize that she can see the boy's imaginary friend: a flamboyant, French magician named Bogus.
Director: Norman Jewison | Stars: Whoopi Goldberg, Gérard Depardieu, Haley Joel Osment, Andrea Martin
Votes: 7,044 | Gross: $4.36M
37. Bordello of Blood (1996)
R | 87 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
The Crypt Keeper returns to tell the story of a funeral parlor that moonlights as a vampire bordello.
Director: Gilbert Adler | Stars: Dennis Miller, Erika Eleniak, Angie Everhart, Chris Sarandon
Votes: 15,784 | Gross: $5.59M
38. Mother Goose: A Rappin' and Rhymin' Special (1997 TV Movie)
34 min | Animation, Comedy, Music
Feeling under appreciated, Mother Goose has decided to quit her job and move away for early retirement. But nothing in fairy tale land seems right without Mother Gooseberg's rhymes. It's up... See full summary »
Stars: Robert Guillaume, Cheryl 'Salt' James, Pepa, Spinderella
Votes: 156
39. The Rugrats Movie (1998)
G | 79 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
The babies gets lost in the forest after Tommy Pickles gets a new baby brother.
Directors: Igor Kovalyov, Norton Virgien | Stars: Elizabeth Daily, Christine Cavanaugh, Kath Soucie, Melanie Chartoff
Votes: 20,739 | Gross: $100.49M
40. Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer: The Movie (1998)
G | 83 min | Animation, Adventure, Family
It's up to Santa's most famous reindeer to save the day when an evil queen conjures up a storm on Christmas.
Director: William R. Kowalchuk Jr. | Stars: John Goodman, Bob Newhart, Debbie Reynolds, Eric Pospisil
Votes: 3,178 | Gross: $0.11M
41. How Stella Got Her Groove Back (1998)
R | 124 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Stella is a highly successful, forty-something San Francisco stock broker who is persuaded by her colorful New York girlfriend Delilah to take a well deserved, first-class vacation to Jamaica.
Director: Kevin Rodney Sullivan | Stars: Angela Bassett, Taye Diggs, Whoopi Goldberg, Regina King
Votes: 8,332 | Gross: $37.67M
42. Kingdom Come (2001)
PG | 94 min | Comedy, Drama
When a despicable family member expires at last, his relatives gather to comfort one another--and to settle old scores.
Director: Doug McHenry | Stars: LL Cool J, Jada Pinkett Smith, Vivica A. Fox, Loretta Devine
Votes: 2,444 | Gross: $23.25M
43. Rat Race (2001)
PG-13 | 112 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
A Las Vegas casino magnate determined to find a new avenue for wagering sets up a race for money.
Director: Jerry Zucker | Stars: Breckin Meyer, Amy Smart, Whoopi Goldberg, Vince Vieluf
Votes: 123,146 | Gross: $56.62M
44. The Hollywood Sign (2001)
R | 90 min | Comedy, Crime
Three washed-up actors must deliver the most convincing performances of their lives as part of a dangerous plot designed to finance their triumphant comeback.
Director: Sönke Wortmann | Stars: Tom Berenger, Rod Steiger, Burt Reynolds, Jacqueline Kim
Votes: 737
45. Call Me Claus (2001 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 90 min | Comedy, Family
Lucy's a producer on a home shopping channel. She hires the real Santa as Santa. He has to find his replacement as the real Santa in 4 weeks. Lucy is unknowingly the only candidate left.
Director: Peter Werner | Stars: Whoopi Goldberg, Nigel Hawthorne, Brian Stokes Mitchell, Victor Garber
Votes: 2,828
46. Showboy (2002)
Unrated | 93 min | Comedy, Drama
Fired from a TV show, a writer looks into becoming a chorus boy while a documentary crew follows his efforts.
Directors: Lindy Heymann, Christian Taylor | Stars: Christian Taylor, Lindy Heymann, Joe Daley, Erich Miller
Votes: 352 | Gross: $0.01M
47. It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie (2002 TV Movie)
PG | 100 min | Adventure, Comedy, Family
'Twas the night before Christmas and the Muppet Theatre is in danger of being torn down, but with hilarious send-ups of just about every holiday movie ever made, the Muppets discover that what matters most is their love for each other.
Director: Kirk R. Thatcher | Stars: Steve Whitmire, Dave Goelz, Bill Barretta, Eric Jacobson
Votes: 4,640
48. Good Fences (2003 TV Movie)
R | 119 min | Comedy, Drama
Good Fences is about an upwardly-mobile Black family for whom the American dream becomes a nightmare. In the 1970s, Tom Spader is an attorney who is determined to end what he has dubbed "... See full summary »
Director: Ernest R. Dickerson | Stars: Danny Glover, Whoopi Goldberg, Zachary Simmons Glover, Mo'Nique
Votes: 896
49. Blizzard (2003)
G | 93 min | Comedy, Family
A young girl's aunt tells her the tale of a young ice skater and an enchanted reindeer.
Director: LeVar Burton | Stars: Cynthia Ashperger, Paul Bates, Brenda Blethyn, Brittany Bristow
Votes: 1,238 | Gross: $0.39M
50. Racing Stripes (2005)
PG | 102 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama
An abandoned zebra grows up believing he is a racehorse, and, with the help of his barnyard friends and a teenage girl, sets out to achieve his dream of racing with thoroughbreds.
Director: Frederik Du Chau | Stars: Frankie Muniz, David Spade, Snoop Dogg, Bruce Greenwood
Votes: 18,230 | Gross: $49.77M
51. The Lion King 1½ (2004 Video)
G | 77 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
Timon the meerkat and Pumbaa the warthog retell the story of The Lion King (1994) from their own perspective.
Director: Bradley Raymond | Stars: Nathan Lane, Ernie Sabella, Julie Kavner, Jerry Stiller
Votes: 46,014
52. Jiminy Glick in Lalawood (2004)
R | 90 min | Comedy, Mystery
Culture critic Jiminy Glick gets tied up in a murder case at the Toronto Film Festival.
Director: Vadim Jean | Stars: Martin Short, Jan Hooks, Linda Cardellini, Janeane Garofalo
Votes: 2,378 | Gross: $0.03M
53. 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: 9,659 | Gross: $14.52M
54. The Muppets (2011)
PG | 103 min | Adventure, Comedy, Family
A Muppet fanatic with some help from his 2 human compatriots must regroup the Muppet gang to stop an avaricious oil mogul from taking down one of their precious life-longing treasures.
Director: James Bobin | Stars: Amy Adams, Jason Segel, Chris Cooper, Rashida Jones
Votes: 96,894 | Gross: $88.63M
55. A Little Bit of Heaven (2011)
PG-13 | 106 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
An irreverent young woman who uses her humor to prevent matters from getting serious has a life-changing visit with her doctor.
Director: Nicole Kassell | Stars: Kate Hudson, Gael García Bernal, Kathy Bates, Peter Dinklage
Votes: 29,708 | Gross: $0.01M
56. Toy Story 3 (2010)
G | 103 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
The toys are mistakenly delivered to a day-care center instead of the attic right before Andy leaves for college, and it's up to Woody to convince the other toys that they weren't abandoned and to return home.
Director: Lee Unkrich | Stars: Tom Hanks, Tim Allen, Joan Cusack, Ned Beatty
Votes: 892,961 | Gross: $415.00M
57. For Colored Girls (2010)
R | 133 min | Drama
Each of the women portray one of the characters represented in the collection of twenty poems, revealing different issues that impact women in general and women of color in particular.
Director: Tyler Perry | Stars: Janet Jackson, Anika Noni Rose, Whoopi Goldberg, Kimberly Elise
Votes: 8,198 | Gross: $37.72M
58. A Muppets Christmas: Letters to Santa (2008 TV Movie)
G | 60 min | Comedy, Family, Music
When Gonzo accidentally diverts three letters to Santa, he talks Kermit and his friends into delivering them to the North Pole personally.
Director: Kirk R. Thatcher | Stars: Steve Whitmire, Dave Goelz, Bill Barretta, Eric Jacobson
Votes: 2,508
59. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2014)
PG-13 | 101 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
When a kingpin threatens New York City, a group of mutated turtle warriors must emerge from the shadows to protect their home.
Director: Jonathan Liebesman | Stars: Megan Fox, Will Arnett, William Fichtner, Noel Fisher
Votes: 220,053 | Gross: $191.20M
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