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1. King Kong (1933)

Passed | 100 min | Adventure, Horror

A film crew goes to a tropical island for a location shoot, where they capture a colossal ape who takes a shine to their blonde starlet, and bring him back to New York City.

Directors: Merian C. Cooper, Ernest B. Schoedsack | Stars: Fay Wray, Robert Armstrong, Bruce Cabot, Frank Reicher

Votes: 90,950 | Gross: $10.00M

2. S.O.B. (1981)

R | 122 min | Comedy, Drama

A successful movie director makes the most expensive film in his career and it becomes a huge flop. He tries to salvage his career by reshooting the film as an erotic production, where its family-friendly star takes her top off.

Director: Blake Edwards | Stars: Julie Andrews, William Holden, Marisa Berenson, Larry Hagman

Votes: 6,477 | Gross: $14.87M

3. Guarding Tess (1994)

PG-13 | 96 min | Comedy, Drama

A former U.S. First Lady wants a particular Secret Service agent to head her bodyguard detail, even though he can't stand her.

Director: Hugh Wilson | Stars: Shirley MacLaine, Nicolas Cage, Austin Pendleton, Edward Albert

Votes: 19,196 | Gross: $27.05M

4. Red Dog: True Blue (2016)

Not Rated | 88 min | Comedy, Drama, Family

An iconic Australian story of family, friendship and adventure, between a young boy and a scrappy one-of-a-kind dog that would grow up to become an Australian legend.

Director: Kriv Stenders | Stars: Jason Isaacs, Levi Miller, Bryan Brown, Hanna Mangan Lawrence

Votes: 2,408

5. Son of Kong (1933)

Passed | 70 min | Adventure, Family, Horror

The showman who brought Kong to New York returns to Skull Island and finds Kong's son, a spunky 12-footer with a winning personality and his dad's awesome strength.

Director: Ernest B. Schoedsack | Stars: Robert Armstrong, Helen Mack, Frank Reicher, John Marston

Votes: 5,287 | Gross: $1.34M

6. Sweet Country (2017)

R | 113 min | Adventure, Crime, Drama

Western set on the Northern Territory frontier in the 1920s, where justice itself is put on trial when an aged Aboriginal farmhand shoots a white man in self-defense and goes on the run as a posse gathers to hunt him down.

Director: Warwick Thornton | Stars: Hamilton Morris, Shanika Cole, Ewen Leslie, Sam Neill

Votes: 9,259 | Gross: $0.10M

7. Master Cheng (2019)

114 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

Following the death of his wife, professional chef Cheng travels with his young son to a remote village in Finland to connect with an old Finnish friend he once met in Shanghai.

Director: Mika Kaurismäki | Stars: Pak Hon Chu, Anna-Maija Tuokko, Lucas Hsuan, Kari Väänänen

Votes: 2,958

8. Backfire (1950)

Passed | 91 min | Crime, Film-Noir, Mystery

While recuperating from wartime back injuries at a hospital, veteran Bob Corey is visited on Christmas Eve by a beautiful stranger with an even stranger message.

Director: Vincent Sherman | Stars: Viveca Lindfors, Dane Clark, Virginia Mayo, Edmond O'Brien

Votes: 1,790

9. Tribute to a Bad Man (1956)

Passed | 95 min | Drama, Romance, Western

With no law within 200 miles horse rancher Jeremy Rodak runs his spread with an iron hand and deals with rustlers even more ruthlessly.

Director: Robert Wise | Stars: James Cagney, Don Dubbins, Stephen McNally, Irene Papas

Votes: 1,723

10. Dead Men Tell (1941)

Approved | 61 min | Crime, Mystery

A treasure map in four pieces, the ghost of a hanged pirate, a talking parrot, and a ship full of red herrings complicate Charlie's search for a murderer on board a docked ship.

Director: Harry Lachman | Stars: Sidney Toler, Sheila Ryan, Robert Weldon, Victor Sen Yung

Votes: 1,342

11. Tapas (2005)

94 min | Comedy, Drama

The small, everyday stories of a group of neighbours who live in a suburb of Barcelona, and the little secrets that they hide.

Directors: José Corbacho, Juan Cruz | Stars: Ángel de Andrés López, María Galiana, Elvira Mínguez, Rubén Ochandiano

Votes: 2,820

12. They Knew What They Wanted (1940)

Approved | 96 min | Drama, Romance

While courting a young woman by mail, a rich farmer sends a photograph of his foreman instead of his own, which leads to complications when she accepts his marriage proposal.

Director: Garson Kanin | Stars: Carole Lombard, Charles Laughton, William Gargan, Harry Carey

Votes: 493

13. May We Chat (2014)

100 min | Drama

Three girls spend a lot of time using WeChat on their mobiles for what normal urban teens do - shopping, meaningless sex, heartaches and whining. But when one of them is kidnapped, the ... See full summary »

Directors: Philip Yung, Cheuk Man Au | Stars: Cheuk Man Au, Kabby Hui, Heidi Lee, Yiu-Tong Lee

Votes: 335

14. Little Mister Jim (1946)

Passed | 92 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

A boy learns to deal with the loss of his mother and the subsequent mourning of his father through the wisdom of the family's Chinese cook.

Director: Fred Zinnemann | Stars: Jackie 'Butch' Jenkins, James Craig, Frances Gifford, Luana Patten

Votes: 120

15. Fog Over Frisco (1934)

Approved | 68 min | Crime, Mystery, Romance

The lifestyles of Arlene and Valkyr Bradford, half-sisters from a respected San Francisco family, diverge markedly as Arlene takes up with criminals.

Director: William Dieterle | Stars: Bette Davis, Donald Woods, Margaret Lindsay, Lyle Talbot

Votes: 1,751

16. Maisie (1939)

Approved | 75 min | Comedy, Drama

A showgirl stranded in a Wyoming town ends up being hired as a maid at a ranch.

Director: Edwin L. Marin | Stars: Robert Young, Ann Sothern, Ruth Hussey, Ian Hunter

Votes: 690

17. Sequoia (1934)

G | 71 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama

Toni lives with her father, writer Matthew Martin, in the Sequoia forests of California. While walking, she finds and brings home, a small puma which she calls 'Gato' and a young fawn, ... See full summary »

Directors: Chester M. Franklin, Edwin L. Marin | Stars: Jean Parker, Russell Hardie, Samuel S. Hinds, Paul Hurst

Votes: 275

18. Yellowstone (1936)

Passed | 63 min | Action, Crime, Drama

An ex-con is murdered in Yellowstone National Park while a bank robber's son is searching for the loot his father hid there 20 years before.

Director: Arthur Lubin | Stars: Henry Hunter, Judith Barrett, Andy Devine, Alan Hale

Votes: 179

19. Arizona Mahoney (1936)

Approved | 58 min | Action, Comedy, Romance

When Sue Bixby becomes his new boss, stagecoach robber Talbot reforms and goes after her rustled cattle. When he and his men are outnumbered fighting Lloyd's gang, Randall rides to get circus man Mahoney and his man shooting cannon.

Director: James P. Hogan | Stars: Joe Cook, Robert Cummings, June Martel, Buster Crabbe

Votes: 59

20. Captain Kidd's Kids (1919)

Passed | 20 min | Comedy, Short

After a wild bachelor party, our hero finds himself aboard a sailing vessel where he encounters numerous adventures. In a dream sequence, he fantasizes that the ship is seized by a band of female pirates.

Director: Hal Roach | Stars: Harold Lloyd, Bebe Daniels, 'Snub' Pollard, Fred C. Newmeyer

Votes: 538

21. North to the Klondike (1942)

Approved | 60 min | Drama, Western

Two friends in the Klondike come to the aid of settlers who are being terrorized by an outlaw gang.

Director: Erle C. Kenton | Stars: Broderick Crawford, Evelyn Ankers, Andy Devine, Lon Chaney Jr.

Votes: 69

22. Last of the Pagans (1935)

Passed | 70 min | Adventure, Romance, Drama

A young Polynesian couple is separated by a mining company which enslaves islanders.

Director: Richard Thorpe | Stars: Mala, Lotus Long, Rudolph Anders, Chester Gan

Votes: 209

23. Sky High (1922)

58 min | Action, Drama, Romance

A government agent infiltrates a gang of Chinese immigrant smugglers and pursues their ringleader throughout the heart of the Southwestern desert.

Director: Lynn Reynolds | Stars: Tom Mix, J. Farrell MacDonald, Eva Novak, Sid Jordan

Votes: 325

24. Mad Holiday (1936)

Passed | 71 min | Comedy, Mystery, Romance

Philip Trent is tired of playing film detective Shelby James, thinking that the stories are tripe, and plans a vacation to get away from Hollywood. But on the ship he meets a mysterious ... See full summary »

Director: George B. Seitz | Stars: Edmund Lowe, Elissa Landi, Zasu Pitts, Ted Healy

Votes: 224

25. Chinese Food in Minutes (2010– )

30 min | Reality-TV

Chef Ching-He Huang goes out onto the streets of central London and sets up her mobile kitchen to demonstrate to the public at large how quick and easy it is to prepare and cook a range of Chinese dishes.

Star: Ching-He Huang

Votes: 8

26. Wanderer of the Wasteland (1935)

Passed | 62 min | Western

Adam Larey becomes a fugitive from justice when he escapes after being blamed for a crime he did not commit. He wanders into the desert wastelands and joins an outlaw gang who prey on gold ... See full summary »

Director: Otho Lovering | Stars: Dean Jagger, Gail Patrick, Edward Ellis, Monte Blue

Votes: 35

27. Saddle Mountain Roundup (1941)

Approved | 59 min | Drama, Music, Western

An old man and his Chinese servant are in danger of becoming victims of the ruthless killer, "The Raven."

Director: S. Roy Luby | Stars: Ray Corrigan, John 'Dusty' King, Max Terhune, Elmer

Votes: 88

28. After the Round-Up (1929)

8 min | Short, Comedy, Music

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Director: Doc Salomon | Stars: The Rangers, Raymond Boole, Kenneth Casey, Walter Dupre

Votes: 14

29. The Delightful Rogue (1929)

Passed | 64 min | Adventure, Romance

Lastro (Rod La Rocque), a rogue pirate sails to Tapit where he encounters Nydra (Rita La Roy), an Americana singer in a waterfront dive, who is the object of of the jealous affections on ... See full summary »

Directors: Lynn Shores, Leslie Pearce | Stars: Rod La Rocque, Rita La Roy, Charles Byer, Ed Brady

Votes: 66

30. The Lobster's Dive (2015)

28 min | Short, Comedy, Drama

Tamo has been living in Paris for three months, working in a restaurant, far from his dream : being a professional cook. The girl he loves is about to leave before he had the chance to tell... See full summary »

Director: Jenny Teng | Stars: Guan Chen, Longmon Wang, Yilin Yang, Clémentine Baert

31. Desperate Housewives (2004–2012)
Episode: Silly People (2006)

TV-14 | 43 min | Comedy, Drama, Mystery

While Tom tries to bond with his new boss, Karl makes Susan an offer she can't refuse. Meanwhile, Bree plays sleuth at Betty's house, and Gaby puts her house in order.

Director: Robert Duncan McNeill | Stars: Teri Hatcher, Felicity Huffman, Marcia Cross, Eva Longoria

Votes: 636

32. Hec Ramsey (1972–1974)
Episode: Mystery of the Green Feather (1972)

75 min | Drama, Mystery, Western

Hec sets out to uncover the killers of a family of settlers. Their arrow-pierced bodies and a brave's medicine sack containing a green feather implicate the Indians, but Hec is reluctant to rush to judgment.

Directors: Herschel Daugherty, Charles Ziarko | Stars: Richard Boone, Rick Lenz, Rory Calhoun, Lloyd Bochner

Votes: 37

33. Knight Rider (1982–1986)
Episode: Knight of the Drones (1984)

TV-PG | 96 min | Action, Crime, Drama

C.J. Jackson, the man who murdered Michael's predecessor at the Foundation, Ken Franklin breaks out of jail with help from a Self destruct robot disguised as a radio and a drone car. The ... See full summary »

Director: Sidney Hayers | Stars: David Hasselhoff, Edward Mulhare, Patricia McPherson, Jared Martin

Votes: 292