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1. The Suicide Squad (2021)
R | 132 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
Supervillains Harley Quinn, Bloodsport, Peacemaker, and a collection of nutty cons at Belle Reve prison join the super-secret, super-shady Task Force X as they are dropped off at the remote, enemy-infused island of Corto Maltese.
Director: James Gunn | Stars: Margot Robbie, Idris Elba, John Cena, Joel Kinnaman
Votes: 411,270 | Gross: $55.82M
2. Bananas (1971)
PG-13 | 82 min | Comedy
When a bumbling New Yorker is dumped by his activist girlfriend, he travels to a tiny Latin American nation and becomes involved in its latest rebellion.
Director: Woody Allen | Stars: Woody Allen, Louise Lasser, Carlos Montalbán, Nati Abascal
Votes: 37,900 | Gross: $11.80M
3. Burn! (1969)
R | 112 min | Action, Drama, War
In 1844, a British mercenary helps the revolting slaves of an Antilles island colony gain independence from Portugal, but later returns to hunt down a local rebel leader and former protégé.
Director: Gillo Pontecorvo | Stars: Marlon Brando, Evaristo Márquez, Renato Salvatori, Dana Ghia
Votes: 5,848 | Gross: $0.43M
4. Women in Cellblock 9 (1978)
Not Rated | 75 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Somewhere in the jungles of South America mercenaries stop a truck which has allegedly loaded fruit. The cargo turns out to be six young women. Apprehended and handed over to the custody of the local women's prison.
Director: Jesús Franco | Stars: Susan Hemingway, Karine Gambier, Howard Vernon, Cesar Anahory
Votes: 1,046
5. The Century of the Self (2002)
59 min | Documentary
A documentary about the rise of psychoanalysis as a powerful means of persuasion for both governments and corporations.
Stars: Adam Curtis, Robert Reich, Ann Bernays, Alfred Pritz
Votes: 6,378
6. Moon Over Parador (1988)
PG-13 | 103 min | Comedy, Romance
A U.S. actor gets a gig in South American Parador. When the dictator dies, he's forced to play him for real and gets his mistress. Can they change Parador?
Director: Paul Mazursky | Stars: Richard Dreyfuss, Raul Julia, Sonia Braga, Jonathan Winters
Votes: 6,755 | Gross: $11.44M
7. Savage Sisters (1974)
R | 86 min | Action, Drama
Three women of three races join the fundraising part of an island revolution.
Director: Eddie Romero | Stars: Gloria Hendry, Cheri Caffaro, Rosanna Ortiz, John Ashley
Votes: 474
8. Down Twisted (1987)
R | 88 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
When a levelheaded waitress decides to help her shady friend against her better judgment, she becomes a target of a deadly international gang of thieves who are after a priceless San Lucas' relic. A bumbling stranger helps her.
Director: Albert Pyun | Stars: Carey Lowell, Charles Rocket, Trudy Dochterman, Thom Mathews
Votes: 1,099
9. Countdown to Esmeralda Bay (1990)
Not Rated | 90 min | Action, Drama, War
A priest secretly leads rebels in their struggle against the corrupt military dictatorship of the Central American country of Puerto Santo.
Director: Jesús Franco | Stars: Robert Forster, George Kennedy, Fernando Rey, Ramon Estevez
Votes: 164
10. Caprice Italian Style (1968)
95 min | Comedy
The film consists of six short stories created by different directors, but all the stories share one thing: a warm irony to current events.
Directors: Mauro Bolognini, Mario Monicelli, Pier Paolo Pasolini, Steno, Pino Zac, Franco Rossi | Stars: Totò, Ugo D'Alessio, Regina Seiffert, Dante Maggio
Votes: 633
11. Jaguar Lives! (1979)
PG | 90 min | Action
The world's new Karate hero (Joe Lewis) is out to stop drug dealers, gangs, and help save the world from an evil con (Sir Christopher Lee).
Director: Ernest Pintoff | Stars: Joe Lewis, Christopher Lee, Donald Pleasence, Barbara Bach
Votes: 555
12. Susan Lenox (Her Fall and Rise) (1931)
Approved | 76 min | Drama, Romance
Fleeing her cruel uncle and an arranged marriage Susan Lenox falls in love with a kind stranger but circumstances force her to become a woman of easy virtue.
Director: Robert Z. Leonard | Stars: Greta Garbo, Clark Gable, Jean Hersholt, John Miljan
Votes: 1,364 | Gross: $0.81M
13. Torrid Zone (1940)
Passed | 88 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
Plagued by revolutionaries that harass his plantation in a banana republic, fruit company exec Steve Case rehires former nemesis Nick Butler to restore order and profits.
Director: William Keighley | Stars: James Cagney, Ann Sheridan, Pat O'Brien, Andy Devine
Votes: 1,495
14. Kubanacan (2003–2004)
45 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama
In a Caribbean republic plagued by corruption and dictatorship, a man with amnesia is found ashore. Pursued and chased, he fights to uncover his mysterious past.
Stars: Marcos Pasquim, Adriana Esteves, Vladimir Brichta, Danielle Winits
Votes: 279
15. The Cock-Eyed World (1929)
Passed | 118 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance
Two Marines are sent to South Sea island where they fight over a local island girl.
Director: Raoul Walsh | Stars: Victor McLaglen, Edmund Lowe, Lili Damita, Lelia Karnelly
Votes: 106 | Gross: $0.51M
16. Why Worry? (1923)
TV-G | 63 min | Adventure, Comedy, Family
A hypochondriac vacations in the tropics for the fresh air - and finds himself in the middle of a revolution instead.
Directors: Fred C. Newmeyer, Sam Taylor | Stars: Harold Lloyd, Jobyna Ralston, John Aasen, Wally Howe
Votes: 2,063 | Gross: $0.45M
17. Sensation Hunters (1933)
73 min | Drama
Dale Jordan is accepted by first-cabin passengers on a south-bound Panama-Pacific liner until they discover she is a cabaret girls led by Trixie Snell en route for the Bull Ring Cabaret in Panama City.
Director: Charles Vidor | Stars: Arline Judge, Preston Foster, Marion Burns, Kenneth MacKenna
Votes: 212
18. Law of the Tropics (1941)
Passed | 76 min | Drama, Romance
The telegram that Jim Comway receives states that the woman he was to marry, Laura, could not move to a country she didn't know, and marry a man she felt she no longer knew
Director: Ray Enright | Stars: Constance Bennett, Jeffrey Lynn, Regis Toomey, Mona Maris
Votes: 172
19. Flight (1929)
Passed | 110 min | Action, Adventure, Romance
A Marine flyer and his flight school mentor fall for the same beautiful nurse.
Director: Frank Capra | Stars: Jack Holt, Lila Lee, Ralph Graves, Alan Roscoe
Votes: 364
20. Sing Sing Nights (1934)
Passed | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A respected war correspondent is found murdered, with three bullets--from three different guns--in him. Three different men are arrested, convicted and sentenced to death for the murder, ... See full summary »
Director: Lewis D. Collins | Stars: Conway Tearle, Ferdinand Gottschalk, Hardie Albright, Jameson Thomas
Votes: 80
21. Torpedoed (1937)
66 min | Adventure, Drama, Romance
Trouble is brewing in the banana republic of Bianco for both His Excellency, El Presidente, and the British Consul, Brant. Rebels, led by Diego De Costa, the trusted "Minister of the ... See full summary »
Director: Norman Walker | Stars: Robert Douglas, Richard Cromwell, Hazel Terry, H.B. Warner
Votes: 48
22. Märchen vom Glück (1949)
95 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance
Director: Arthur De Glahs | Stars: O.W. Fischer, Maria Holst, Gretl Schörg, Hans Olden
Votes: 27
23. Tropic Fury (1939)
Passed | 62 min | Drama
An investigator checks into the rumors of harsh working conditions on an Amazon rubber plantation.
Director: Christy Cabanne | Stars: Richard Arlen, Andy Devine, Beverly Roberts, Louis Merrill
Votes: 43
24. Desperate Cargo (1941)
Passed | 67 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
Gang of criminals hijacks a clipper ship with two girls on their way to the U.S.
Director: William Beaudine | Stars: Ralph Byrd, Carol Hughes, Jack Mulhall, Julie Duncan
Votes: 146
25. When Banana Ruled (2017 TV Movie)
53 min | Documentary, History
In 19th century Central America, a few entrepreneurial cowboys built an empire that enslaved populations and corrupted governments for over 100 years. The United Fruit Company thrived on ... See full summary »
Director: Mathilde Damoisel | Stars: Gaël Giraud, Geoffrey Jones, Cécile Renouard
Votes: 49
26. Troopers Three (1930)
Passed | 80 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
Eddie Haskins, a wisecracking young man, teams up with two ham-acrobats known as 'Bugs & Sunny', and ,when they are all kicked out of a vaudeville theater in California, they enlist in the ... See full summary »
Directors: B. Reeves Eason, Norman Taurog | Stars: Rex Lease, Dorothy Gulliver, Roscoe Karns, Slim Summerville
Votes: 39
27. The Americano (1916)
61 min | Adventure, Comedy, Romance
Doug is an American mining engineer. Pres. Valdez of Paragonia (Aitken) wants him to reopen the country's mines. Doug is not interested ... until he sees the President's beautiful daughter,... See full summary »
Director: John Emerson | Stars: Douglas Fairbanks, Alma Rubens, Spottiswoode Aitken, Carl Stockdale
Votes: 94
28. Le goût des jeunes filles (2004)
Not Rated | 88 min | Drama
Against the backdrop of poverty, fear and the brutal dictatorship of Haiti in 1971, ON THE VERGE OF A FEVER is about Fanfan, a 15-year-old boy who just wants to experience life for himself ... See full summary »
Director: John L'Ecuyer | Stars: Lansana Kourouma, Uly Darly, Mireille Metellus, Koumba Ball
Votes: 71
29. Heart and Soul (1917)
Passed | 50 min | Action, Drama, Romance
Jess takes care of her younger sister Bess, she has always been her primary consideration, since the death of her mother. Years later, the two sisters are living with their uncle on his ... See full summary »
Director: J. Gordon Edwards | Stars: Theda Bara, Edwin Holt, Claire Whitney, Walter Law
30. Virgin Lips (1928)
Passed | 59 min | Action, Drama, Romance
In a banana republic way south of the Texas border, dumb-Dora American girl Norma (Olive Borden) lets her ruby-red lips promise more than she is willing to deliver, and she finds herself a ... See full summary »
Director: Elmer Clifton | Stars: Olive Borden, John Boles, Marshall Ruth, Alexander Gill
31. Der Drückerkönig und die Politik (2011 TV Movie)
29 min | Documentary
Documentary about the dubious career of financial advisor Carsten Maschmeyer (founder of AWD) and his connections to the highest German politicians.
Director: Christoph Lütgert | Stars: Veronica Ferres, Carsten Maschmeyer, Walter Riester, Bert Rürup
Votes: 6
32. Money to Burn (1926)
Passed | 66 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
Dolores Valdez, returning to her South American home, falls in love with Dan Stone, the ship's doctor. He is forced to jump overboard when he thinks he has killed a man who while protecting... See full summary »
Director: Walter Lang | Stars: Malcolm McGregor, Dorothy Devore, Eric Mayne, Nina Romano
Votes: 18
33. On the Line (2007)
Not Rated | 55 min | Documentary
An act of civil disobedience at America's largest ongoing protest brings graduate student Brian DeRouen face-to-face with the pressing constitutional issues of today. His non-violent action... See full summary »
Directors: Peter Glenn, Jason A. Schmidt | Stars: Roy Bourgeois, Brian DeRouen, John Perkins, Helen Prejean
Votes: 35
34.
Fox Mystery Theater (1984)
Episode:
The Late Nancy Irving
(1984)
70 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
A famous US golfer with an extremely rare blood type is taken to a private hospital after falling ill. Her recovery prolongs and she befriends the people there. One day, she sees a TV news report on her death and realizes she's trapped.
Director: Peter Sasdy | Stars: Cristina Raines, Marius Goring, Simon Williams, Tony Anholt
Votes: 139
35.
The Bionic Woman (1976–1978)
Episode:
Angel of Mercy
(1976)
TV-PG | 48 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Jaime goes on a rescue mission to Costa Bravo disguised as an army nurse. She is accompanied by cranky helicopter pilot Jack Starkey. Their mission: to find the American ambassador and his wife.
Director: Alan J. Levi | Stars: Lindsay Wagner, Richard Anderson, Andy Griffith, Claudio Martínez
Votes: 159
36.
Burke's Law (1963–1966)
Episode:
Deadlier Than the Male
(1965)
Not Rated | 60 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
Burke must thwart the plan of the ruthless wife of an exiled South American dictator to hide the terminal illness so the dictator can get revolutionary financing from the Chinese who want a foothold in South America.
Director: John Peyser | Stars: Gene Barry, Julie Adams, Arnold Moss, Lisa Gaye
Votes: 24
37.
Mr. Lucky (1959–1960)
Episode:
The Magnificent Bribe
(1959)
25 min | Drama, Thriller
Mr. Lucky and Andamo are comfortably running a Gambling Casino in a South American Banana Republic thanks to a bribeable President.Unknown to Lucky,Andamo decides to aid an anti government ... See full summary »
Director: Blake Edwards | Stars: John Vivyan, Ross Martin, Ziva Rodann, Al Ruscio
Votes: 71
38.
Wiseguy (1987–1990)
Episode:
The Merchant of Death
(1988)
TV-14 | 49 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Vinnie retrieves secret records that enable Mel Profitt to blackmail a French official into buying munitions.
Director: William A. Fraker | Stars: Ken Wahl, Jonathan Banks, Jim Byrnes, William Russ
Votes: 67
39.
Project Runway (2004– )
Episode:
Window Shopping
(2006)
TV-PG | Reality-TV
In another team challenge, the designers pair up to create a day-to-evening outfit for Banana Republic.
Stars: Heidi Klum, Tim Gunn, Michael Kors, Nina Garcia
Votes: 47
40.
Radio Free America (2017– )
Episode:
Saturday Melt Down/Saturday Boomer Tech
(2019)
News
Stars: Halsey English, Dustin Gold, Brian Hendrix
41.
American Dad! (2005– )
Episode:
Moon Over Isla Island
(2009)
TV-14 | 22 min | Animation, Comedy
Stan gets Roger to pose as a Caribbean island dictator to get a treaty signed and so that he can get a helicopter, but Roger has other plans after he figures out that Stan is using him.
Directors: Rodney Clouden, Ron Hughart, Brent Woods | Stars: Seth MacFarlane, Wendy Schaal, Scott Grimes, Rachael MacFarlane
Votes: 752
42.
Coffee with Scott Adams (2018– )
How I Destroyed Twitter Ad Model (Per the News), Soros Motivation Mystery
(2023 Podcast Episode)
News
Star: Scott Adams
43.
Ron Paul Liberty Institute (2015– )
A Life Sentence for Donald Trump?
(2023 Podcast Episode)
News
Stars: Ron Paul, Daniel McAdams
44.
Part of the Problem (2018– )
Trump's Arraignment
(2023 Podcast Episode)
News, Talk-Show
Stars: Dave Smith, Robbie Bernstein
45.
Coffee with Scott Adams (2018– )
CWSA 05/01/24
(2024 Podcast Episode)
News
The theme of the day is that Trump's Third Act is coming in strong. Other subjects include therapists and magic mushrooms, Adam Schiff and bank fraud, Greene's MUKA mockery of Mike Johnson, Joe Scarborough and free speech, and more.
Star: Scott Adams
46.
Boardwalk Empire (2010–2014)
Episode:
Cuanto
(2014)
TV-MA | 58 min | Crime, Drama
Luciano encounters Capone in Chicago; Nucky and Margaret find common ground in Atlantic City. Meanwhile, Sally conducts business in Cuba as rumors swirl of a public uprising. In 1884, a young Nucky continues to impress the commodore.
Director: Jake Paltrow | Stars: Steve Buscemi, Kelly Macdonald, Michael Shannon, Shea Whigham
Votes: 1,820