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51. Call Me Bwana (1963)
Not Rated | 93 min | Comedy
A returning moon capsule with vital information goes off-course and lands in Africa, where the little-known Ekele tribesmen find it. Washington orders African expert, Matthew Merriwether - ... See full summary »
Director: Gordon Douglas | Stars: Bob Hope, Anita Ekberg, Edie Adams, Lionel Jeffries
Votes: 882
52. Doomsday Gun (1994 TV Movie)
Unrated | 120 min | Action, Drama, History
How the brilliant Canadian munitions engineer, Dr. Gerald Bull, agreed to build a super-gun for Saddam Hussein in 1988, when the U.S. cut his funding for the experiment, and how it attracted the attention of several intelligence agencies.
Director: Robert Young | Stars: Frank Langella, Alan Arkin, Kevin Spacey, Michael Kitchen
Votes: 1,201
53. The Three Stooges Meet Hercules (1962)
Approved | 89 min | Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Three goofy druggists travel back to Ancient Greece on a milquetoast inventor's time machine.
Director: Edward Bernds | Stars: Larry Fine, Moe Howard, Joe DeRita, Vicki Trickett
Votes: 1,181 | Gross: $4.36M
54. Shanghai Kiss (2007)
Not Rated | 106 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
An Asian-American actor, living in Los Angeles, is forced to reconsider his roots as well as the possibilities afforded him by his present situation after suddenly inheriting his grandmother's home in Shanghai.
Directors: Kern Konwiser, David Ren | Stars: Ken Leung, Hayden Panettiere, Kelly Hu, Joel David Moore
Votes: 5,439
55. Spare the Rod (1961)
Not Rated | 93 min | Drama
It is London in the year 1960 and John Saunders enthusiastically begins his new teaching career at a tough slum-area school. His class are bored pupils in their last term before leaving. Will he handle the grave problems that lie ahead?
Director: Leslie Norman | Stars: Max Bygraves, Donald Pleasence, Geoffrey Keen, Betty McDowall
Votes: 258
56. Star Spangled Rhythm (1942)
Approved | 99 min | Comedy, Music
A Paramount Studios security guard who was a major actor during the silent film era must carry out the illusion that he is still a big deal when his sailor son comes to visit.
Directors: George Marshall, A. Edward Sutherland | Stars: Bing Crosby, Bob Hope, Fred MacMurray, Franchot Tone
Votes: 672 | Gross: $0.60M
57. Katnip Kollege (1938)
Passed | 7 min | Animation, Short, Adventure
At the Katnip Kollege, a roomful of cats take a course in Swingology. Everyone swings except Johnny, who can't cut it and must sit in the dunce chair. Miss Kitty Bright tells him to look ... See full summary »
Directors: Cal Dalton, Cal Howard | Stars: Mel Blanc, Johnnie Davis, George MacFarland, Poley McClintock
Votes: 713
58. For Those Who Think Young (1964)
Approved | 96 min | Comedy
A wealthy young man tries to woo a university student, while her two uncles work to popularize a local club.
Director: Leslie H. Martinson | Stars: James Darren, Pamela Tiffin, Paul Lynde, Tina Louise
Votes: 574
59. Abracadabra (2017)
R | 96 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
A housewife struggles with her husband after he is possessed by a ghost.
Director: Pablo Berger | Stars: Maribel Verdú, Antonio de la Torre, Priscilla Delgado, Javier Antón
Votes: 2,683 | Gross: $0.00M
60. Intrigo: Death of an Author (2018)
R | 106 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
One solitary man at the rudder in a small open boat ploughs through a troubled sea off the Dutch coast.
Director: Daniel Alfredson | Stars: Ben Kingsley, Benno Fürmann, Tuva Novotny, Michael Byrne
Votes: 2,075
61. Satanik (1968)
Not Rated | 86 min | Crime, Sci-Fi, Thriller
A withered old hag turns into a beautiful young woman after drinking a youth formula.
Director: Piero Vivarelli | Stars: Magda Konopka, Julio Peña, Umberto Raho, Luigi Montini
Votes: 429
62. Radio Free Albemuth (2010)
R | 111 min | Drama, Sci-Fi
Sci-fi thriller from Philip K. Dick (Blade Runner, Minority Report, A Scanner Darkly); Nick Brady receives messages from space and joins conspiracy to overthrow authoritarian U. S. regime.
Director: John Alan Simon | Stars: Shea Whigham, Jonathan Scarfe, Michael Rothhaar, Katheryn Winnick
Votes: 1,901 | Gross: $0.01M
63. Shadowman (1974)
PG | 105 min | Crime, Mystery
A criminal organization led by "The Man Without a Face" scours Paris for a treasure hidden by the Knights Templar.
Director: Georges Franju | Stars: Gayle Hunnicutt, Jacques Champreux, Josephine Chaplin, Ugo Pagliai
Votes: 534
64. The Caiman (2006)
112 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A skewering of Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi.
Director: Nanni Moretti | Stars: Silvio Orlando, Margherita Buy, Jasmine Trinca, Michele Placido
Votes: 5,299
65. Nova Zembla (2011)
108 min | Drama, History
A Dutch exploration team sets sail to find the North East passage to the Indies. The weather had other ideas for them.
Director: Reinout Oerlemans | Stars: Robert de Hoog, Victor Reinier, Jan Decleir, Juda Goslinga
Votes: 4,630
66. The Big Broadcast of 1938 (1938)
Passed | 91 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance
The Bellows family causes comic confusion on an ocean liner, with time out for radio-style musical acts.
Directors: Mitchell Leisen, James P. Hogan | Stars: W.C. Fields, Martha Raye, Dorothy Lamour, Shirley Ross
Votes: 1,090
67. The Bermuda Triangle (1979)
G | 93 min | Documentary, Mystery, Sci-Fi
A documentary that explores the legends, facts and folklore about the dreaded "Bermuda Triangle".
Director: Richard Friedenberg | Stars: Brad Crandall, Donald Albee, Lin Berlitz, Howard W. Bishop Jr.
Votes: 254 | Gross: $22.17M
68. Marthe (1997)
121 min | Drama, Romance, War
(Translated from TV5 description) A soldier wounded during WWI falls in love with a young school teacher.
Director: Jean-Loup Hubert | Stars: Clotilde Courau, Guillaume Depardieu, Bernard Giraudeau, Thérèse Liotard
Votes: 202
69. The Battle of the Sexes (1960)
84 min | Comedy
Angela Barrows, an accomplished business analyst from the US, attempts to contemporise the late MacPherson's tweed factory, shaking the very foundation of a men-only company.
Director: Charles Crichton | Stars: Peter Sellers, Robert Morley, Constance Cummings, Jameson Clark
Votes: 1,746
70. Naseeb Apna Apna (1986)
140 min | Comedy, Drama
A domineering man marries his son to a simple village girl. But when she arrives at his house in the city, she discovers that he is already married to an attractive city woman.
Director: Rama Rao Tatineni | Stars: Rishi Kapoor, Farha Naaz, Radhika Sarathkumar, Rakesh Bedi
Votes: 210
71. Shine on Harvest Moon (1944)
Passed | 112 min | Biography, Musical, Romance
Biographical movie about the early 20th century Broadway stars Nora Bayes and Jack Norworth.
Director: David Butler | Stars: Ann Sheridan, Dennis Morgan, Jack Carson, Irene Manning
Votes: 454
72. España, la primera globalización (2021)
110 min | Documentary
Documentary about Spain's contribution to a time of discoveries and a first globalization.
Director: José Luis López-Linares | Stars: Antonio Valero, Rubén García Benito, Alicia Relinque, Abigail Horro Rodríguez
Votes: 321
73. Western Lights (1990)
117 min | Documentary
Twelve youngsters (ages 10 to 15) from the French experimental school L'Ecole en Bateau (The Floating School) have set out on a unique educational expedition that will take them on the ... See full synopsis »
Director: Bernard Poggi | Stars: Guillaume Blanchet, Yvan Bodineau, Maxime Bouneou, Gilles Crespo
Votes: 61
74. Les disparus de St. Agil (1938)
98 min | Drama, Mystery
Strange things happen at night at the Saint-Argil secondary school. Baume, Sorgues and Macroy, three of the school's pupils, discover a suspicious man on the premises. Shortly after this unsettling event, pupils begin to go missing.
Director: Christian-Jaque | Stars: Erich von Stroheim, Michel Simon, Armand Bernard, Aimé Clariond
Votes: 956
75. Santiago (1956)
Not Rated | 93 min | Adventure, Romance
A gun runner, dishonorably discharged from the military, is swept deeper into a revolution in Cuba after he crosses paths with an enemy from the past and a beautiful revolutionary and her son.
Director: Gordon Douglas | Stars: Alan Ladd, Rossana Podestà, Lloyd Nolan, Chill Wills
Votes: 323
76. We're Not Dressing (1934)
Passed | 74 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance
Yacht owner is stranded on island with her socialite friends, a wacky husband and wife research team, and a singing sailor.
Director: Norman Taurog | Stars: Bing Crosby, Carole Lombard, George Burns, Gracie Allen
Votes: 856
77. History of the World in 2 Hours (2011 TV Movie)
TV-PG | 120 min | Documentary, History
A rapid-fire history of our world, from the beginning of time as we know it to present day. This two-hour CGI-driven special delves into the key turning points: the formation of earth, ... See full summary »
Director: Douglas Cohen | Stars: Corey Burton, Alex Filippenko, Peter Ward, Clifford V. Johnson
Votes: 1,045
78. When the Moors Ruled in Europe (2005)
PG | 102 min | Documentary
This program contends that the popular perception of the Muslim occupation of Spain toward the end of the first millennium is largely wrong. The eighth century Muslim invasion of the ... See full summary »
Director: Timothy Copestake | Stars: Bettany Hughes, Antonio Almagro, Moussa Aouni, Pedro Chalmeta Gendrón
Votes: 203
79. Mr. Wise Guy (1942)
Passed | 70 min | Comedy
Impoverished boys get sent to reform school while an adult older brother to one of them gets put on death row - all innocent of their charges.
Director: William Nigh | Stars: Leo Gorcey, Bobby Jordan, Huntz Hall, Billy Gilbert
Votes: 547
80. Special Dead (2006)
Not Rated | 90 min | Comedy, Horror
When a zombie plague infects Camp Special Dude, a dude ranch for the mentally handicapped, a ragtag band of campers and counselors struggles to survive the night. Led by the indifferent, ... See full summary »
Directors: Thomas L. Phillips, Sean Simmons | Stars: Jason Brubaker, Amy Wade, Gia Franzia, Anthony Rutowicz
Votes: 555
81. Donald and the Wheel (1961)
Approved | 17 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
A father tells his son the invention of the wheel was most important; to prove it, the two hipsters visit the inventor caveman Donald Duck. There follows a survey of the progress of ... See full summary »
Director: Hamilton Luske | Stars: Bill Cole, Bill Lee, Thurl Ravenscroft, Max Smith
Votes: 301
82. Superstar in a Housedress (2004)
Not Rated | 95 min | Documentary, Biography, Comedy
"Jackie Curtis is not a drag queen. Jackie is an artist. A pioneer without a frontier." -- Andy Warhol. Superstar in a Housedress examines the life and legend of Warhol transvestite ... See full summary »
Director: Craig Highberger | Stars: Peter Allen, Paul Ambrose, Michael André, Penny Arcade
Votes: 171 | Gross: $0.03M
83. No Smoking (1951)
Approved | 6 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Goofy (again playing George Geef) is a nicotine addict to the extreme. He smokes while doing income tax, before going to bed, after waking up in the morning, and at work. Finally, he ... See full summary »
Director: Jack Kinney | Stars: Pinto Colvig, Jack May
Votes: 637
84. Joe and Caspar Hit the Road (2015)
Not Rated | 89 min | Documentary, Adventure, Comedy
YouTube personalities Joe Sugg and Caspar Lee go on a road trip driving all around Europe.
Director: Brian Klein | Stars: Joe Sugg, Caspar Lee, Greta Menchi, Oli White
Votes: 641
85. Hitting a New High (1937)
Passed | 85 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance
Lili Pons and Jack Oakie star as a nightclub singer with aspires to be an opera diva and the met star whom she chases all the way to a safari in Africa to make her dreams come true in this wacky musical comedy.
Director: Raoul Walsh | Stars: Lily Pons, Jack Oakie, John Howard, Eric Blore
Votes: 342
86. Elizabeth Taylor - An Intimate Portrait (1975 TV Movie)
67 min | Documentary, Biography
A made-for-television documentary hosted by Peter Lawford in discussions with close friends, family and colleagues of Elizabeth Taylor about her life and career and featuring clips from her films and archive footage from her personal life.
Director: Pat Shields | Stars: Peter Lawford, Elizabeth Taylor, Roddy McDowall, Vincente Minnelli
Votes: 132
87. Spin (1995)
57 min | Documentary
Pirated satellite feeds revealing U. S. media personalities' contempt for their viewers.
Director: Brian Springer | Stars: Larry Agran, Jim Bakker, Bill Beutel, Tom Brokaw
Votes: 525
88. What Happened on the Moon? - An Investigation Into Apollo (2000 Video)
225 min | Documentary
An in-depth British breakdown of how NASA never had the technology to overcome putting a man on on the moon or anywhere further than low orbit from the Apollo moon missions even today with ... See full summary »
Director: David S. Percy | Stars: Ronnie Stronge, H.J.P. Arnold, Mary Bennett, Ian Crawford
Votes: 88
89. Yes, Virginia, There Is a Santa Claus (1974 TV Movie)
25 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
Partly based on a true story, a little girl writes to the editor of a newspaper concerning the existence of Santa Claus.
Director: Bill Melendez | Stars: Jim Backus, Susan Silo, Courtney Lemmon, Billy Green
Votes: 238
90. The Great Man Votes (1939)
Passed | 72 min | Drama
In 1923, Gregory Vance, a widower with two children, is a former scholar who has turned from book-to-bottle. He works, slightly, as a night-watchman and his children, who know him for what ... See full summary »
Director: Garson Kanin | Stars: John Barrymore, Peter Holden, Virginia Weidler, Katharine Alexander
Votes: 647
91. The Dream Is Alive (1985)
Not Rated | 37 min | Documentary, Short
Traveling on the Space Shuttle, covers training, launch, flight, deployment of LDEF from Challenger in April 1984 (STS-41C).
Director: Graeme Ferguson | Stars: Walter Cronkite, David Leestma, George Nelson, Sally Ride
Votes: 514
92. She Didn't Say No (1958)
97 min | Comedy, Drama
Bridget Monaghan, a dressmaker and mother of six illegitimate children, tries to maintain her current lifestyle while the fathers of her six children try to run her out of their small Irish... See full summary »
Director: Cyril Frankel | Stars: Eileen Herlie, Perlita Neilson, Wilfred Downing, Anne Dickins
Votes: 59
93. Defenders of the Faith (1938)
77 min | Documentary
Pro-Franco propaganda documentary, filmed during the Spanish Civil War, notable for allegedly being the first film of actual warfare to be made in color. It focuses on the conflict, ... See full summary »
Director: Russell Palmer | Stars: Russell Palmer, Carmen Franco, Francisco Franco, José Millán Astray
Votes: 9
94. Stav ztroskotání (1984)
73 min | Comedy, Family
Led by their enthusiastic leader, Tom, they take to the river in two rowboats and a kayak. The peaceful trip is interrupted by a group of gypsies who bombard the boats from the bridge with plastic bags filled with water.
Director: Vít Olmer | Stars: Vladimír Kratina, Stanislav Aubrecht, Katerina Brozová, Markéta Glancová
Votes: 32
95. Mein lieber Mann und ich (1975 TV Movie)
97 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Jahrelang hat Angelika Minhoff für ihren viel beschäftigten Schauspielergatten das Mädchen für alles gespielt. Jetzt drängt es sie nach einer Beschäftigung, die ihr wirkliche Anerkennung ... See full summary »
Director: Klaus Gendries | Stars: Angelica Domröse, Klaus Piontek, Thomas Neubert, Ernst Kahler
Votes: 15
96. Goofy Movies Number Two (1934)
Approved | 10 min | Comedy, Short
A satire on movie newsreels combines with humorous narration of silent screen footage in this one reel comedy short.
Stars: Pete Smith, Billy Bletcher, Clara Pontoppidan, Valdemar Psilander
Votes: 127
97. The Cockeyed Miracle (1946)
Approved | 81 min | Comedy, Fantasy
Man returns from heaven to make up for financial errors he made that caused harm to his family.
Director: S. Sylvan Simon | Stars: Frank Morgan, Keenan Wynn, Cecil Kellaway, Audrey Totter
Votes: 436
98. The Magic of David Copperfield 10: The Bermuda Triangle (1988 TV Special)
49 min | Comedy, Family, Fantasy
This is the 10th CBS Copperfield TV special, introduced by the host Lisa Hartman and then presented by David Copperfield himself, from a huge triangular platform floating on the Atlantic ... See full summary »
Directors: David Copperfield, Gary Halvorson | Stars: David Copperfield, Lisa Hartman, Dawn Marie Swatchick
Votes: 41
99. Nosferasta: First Bite (2022)
33 min | Short, Comedy, History
Nosferasta: First Bite is a vampire movie like no other. Christopher Columbus uses his undead powers to create his "New World", where he sucks the blood out of his colonial project for ... See full summary »
Directors: Adam Khalil, Bayley Sweitzer | Stars: Jerry G. Angelo, Adam Rashad Glenn, Steve Holmgren, Sarah Kerr
Votes: 14
100. Kristopher Kolumbus Jr. (1939)
8 min | Family, Animation, Short
Porky Pig is "Kris Kolumbus", intrepid and undaunted explorer, off to find a humorous interpretation of America.
Director: Robert Clampett | Stars: Mel Blanc, John Deering
Votes: 152