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1. Harold and Maude (1971)
PG | 91 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Young, rich, and obsessed with death, Harold finds himself changed forever when he meets lively septuagenarian Maude at a funeral.
Director: Hal Ashby | Stars: Ruth Gordon, Bud Cort, Vivian Pickles, Cyril Cusack
Votes: 81,870
2. Police Academy 4: Citizens on Patrol (1987)
PG | 88 min | Comedy, Crime
The misfit Police Academy (1984) graduates now are assigned to train a group of civilian volunteers to fight crime once again plaguing the streets.
Director: Jim Drake | Stars: Steve Guttenberg, Bubba Smith, Michael Winslow, David Graf
Votes: 45,772 | Gross: $28.06M
3. Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes (1984)
PG | 143 min | Adventure, Drama
A missing heir of respected Scottish family, raised in African jungles by animals, finally returns to his estate only to realize that difference between the two worlds is really significant.
Director: Hugh Hudson | Stars: Christopher Lambert, Andie MacDowell, Ralph Richardson, Ian Holm
Votes: 21,263 | Gross: $45.90M
4. Slumber (I) (2017)
R | 84 min | Horror
A sleep doctor tries to protect a family from a demon that feeds on people in their nightmares.
Director: Jonathan Hopkins | Stars: Maggie Q, Will Kemp, Sophia Wiseman, Kristen Bush
Votes: 4,919
5. Dr. Who and the Daleks (1965)
Not Rated | 82 min | Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
An eccentric inventor and his companions travel in his TARDIS to the Planet Skaro and battle the evil menace of the Daleks.
Director: Gordon Flemyng | Stars: Peter Cushing, Roy Castle, Jennie Linden, Roberta Tovey
Votes: 5,356
6. Daleks' Invasion Earth 2150 A.D. (1966)
Not Rated | 84 min | Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
Dr. Who and his companions arrive on Earth in the year 2150 AD, only to discover that the planet has been invaded and its population enslaved by the dreaded Daleks.
Director: Gordon Flemyng | Stars: Peter Cushing, Bernard Cribbins, Ray Brooks, Andrew Keir
Votes: 4,543
7. Ray Meets Helen (2017)
100 min | Drama, Fantasy, Romance
In bizarre, unrelated turns of events, Ray and Helen each happen upon large sums of money which give them the chance to re-invent themselves.
Director: Alan Rudolph | Stars: Keith Carradine, Sondra Locke, Keith David, Samantha Mathis
Votes: 243
8. Checking Out (2005)
PG-13 | 94 min | Comedy
A famed stage actor reunites his family for a party, and plans to commit suicide after-wards, unless they are able to convince him not to.
Director: Jeff Hare | Stars: Peter Falk, Laura San Giacomo, David Paymer, Judge Reinhold
Votes: 741
9. Pillow of Death (1945)
Passed | 66 min | Drama, Film-Noir, Horror
An unfaithful attorney is suspected of murdering his wife.
Director: Wallace Fox | Stars: Lon Chaney Jr., Brenda Joyce, J. Edward Bromberg, Rosalind Ivan
Votes: 792
10. Crazy for Christmas (2005 TV Movie)
TV-PG | 90 min | Comedy, Drama, Family
Shannon, a single mother, is forced to chauffeur a wealthy eccentric around town on Christmas Eve while he gives away cash to complete strangers. When a reporter pursues the story, a new romance blossoms.
Director: Eleanore Lindo | Stars: Andrea Roth, Howard Hesseman, Jason Spevack, Yannick Bisson
Votes: 1,403
11. Irene Williams: Queen of Lincoln Road (2005)
23 min | Short
Like hundreds of other gay men, Eric Smith fled the New York City winters for quick weekend getaways to South Beach, Miami. On one of these trips he meets Irene Williams on Lincoln Road and... See full summary »
Director: Eric Smith | Stars: Irene Williams, Eric Smith
Votes: 96
12. Atomic Ed & the Black Hole (2001 TV Movie)
40 min | Documentary
Atomic Ed & the Black Hole tells the story of a scientist-turned-atomic junk collector known as Atomic Ed. More than 30 years ago, Ed quit his job making "better" atomic bombs and he began ... See full summary »
Director: Ellen Spiro | Star: Ed Grothus
Votes: 7
13.
Doctor Who (1963–1989)
Episode:
Four Hundred Dawns
(1965)
TV-PG | 23 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
After an encounter with a hostile robot called a Chumblie, the Doctor and his companions are rescued by a group of female Drahvins.
Director: Derek Martinus | Stars: William Hartnell, Maureen O'Brien, Peter Purves, Stephanie Bidmead
Votes: 469
14.
Doctor Who (1963–1989)
Episode:
The Roof of the World
(1964)
TV-PG | 24 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
The TARDIS arrives on Earth in the 13th century, where it is claimed by famed explorer Marco Polo as a gift for his employer, Kublai Khan. Polo hopes to finally buy his way out of the ... See full summary »
Director: Waris Hussein | Stars: William Hartnell, William Russell, Jacqueline Hill, Carole Ann Ford
Votes: 589
15.
Doctor Who (1963–1989)
Episode:
Mission to the Unknown
(1965)
TV-PG | 25 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
Whilst The Doctor, Steven and Vicki are traveling to their next destination, on the planet Kembel, Marc Cory, a Space Security Service agent discovers The Daleks are attending a secret ... See full summary »
Director: Derek Martinus | Stars: William Hartnell, Barry Jackson, Edward de Souza, Jeremy Young
Votes: 429
16.
Doctor Who (1963–1989)
Episode:
Planet of Giants
(1964)
TV-G | 23 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
When the TARDIS malfunctions and the doors open in the time vortex, the travelers and their Ship shrink to the size of insects. When they arrive on Earth, they uncover a murderous plot ... See full summary »
Director: Mervyn Pinfield | Stars: William Hartnell, William Russell, Jacqueline Hill, Carole Ann Ford
Votes: 758
17.
Doctor Who (1963–1989)
Episode:
The Steel Sky
(1966)
TV-PG | 24 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
The Doctor, Steven and Dodo arrive on a giant spaceship millions of years in the future, transporting the last humans away from the doomed Earth.
Director: Michael Imison | Stars: William Hartnell, Jackie Lane, Peter Purves, Eric Elliott
Votes: 562
18.
Doctor Who (1963–1989)
Episode:
The Temple of Evil
(1964)
TV-PG | 24 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
The TARDIS arrives on Earth landing in 16th century Aztec society. Barbara goes off exploring - despite the Doctor's orders not to wander off - and is taken away by the high priest Autloc ... See full summary »
Director: John Crockett | Stars: William Hartnell, William Russell, Jacqueline Hill, Carole Ann Ford
Votes: 1,002
19.
Doctor Who (1963–1989)
Episode:
The Celestial Toyroom
(1966)
TV-PG | 25 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
The Doctor, Steven and Dodo arrive in the realms of the Celestial Toymaker, who forces them to play his deadly games.
Director: Bill Sellars | Stars: William Hartnell, Peter Purves, Jackie Lane, Michael Gough
Votes: 406
20.
Doctor Who (1963–1989)
Episode:
The Executioners
(1965)
TV-G | 25 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
The Doctor has obtained a Time and Space Visualizer, which has a TV screen that can show scenes in the past to order. Lincoln, Shakespeare and the Beatles are selected. They land on a ... See full summary »
Director: Richard Martin | Stars: William Hartnell, William Russell, Jacqueline Hill, Maureen O'Brien
Votes: 649
21.
Doctor Who (1963–1989)
Episode:
The Lion
(1965)
TV-PG | 25 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
The TARDIS lands in the Holy Land during the Third Crusade and the crew help save Richard the Lionheart from an ambush, but Barbara is captured and brought before Saladin.
Director: Douglas Camfield | Stars: William Hartnell, William Russell, Jacqueline Hill, Maureen O'Brien
Votes: 509
22.
Doctor Who (1963–1989)
Episode:
World's End
(1964)
TV-PG | 24 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
Ian and Barbara believe the TARDIS has finally returned to their contemporary London, but soon discover signs of plague and warfare. Their old enemies, the Daleks, have invaded the Earth of... See full summary »
Director: Richard Martin | Stars: William Hartnell, William Russell, Jacqueline Hill, Carole Ann Ford
Votes: 874
23.
Doctor Who (1963–1989)
Episode:
The Dead Planet
(1963)
TV-G | 24 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
The TARDIS lands in a petrified forest on an alien planet. Determined to explore, the Doctor leads his companions into the metal city, where they discover the danger of what will become his... See full summary »
Director: Christopher Barry | Stars: William Hartnell, William Russell, Jacqueline Hill, Carole Ann Ford
Votes: 1,450
24.
Doctor Who (1963–1989)
Episode:
The Nightmare Begins
(1965)
TV-PG | 22 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
The Doctor runs afoul of the Daleks and Special Security Agent Bret Vyon on the planet Kembel.
Director: Douglas Camfield | Stars: William Hartnell, Adrienne Hill, Peter Purves, Brian Cant
Votes: 417
25.
Doctor Who (1963–1989)
Episode:
A Holiday for the Doctor
(1966)
TV-PG | 24 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
The TARDIS arrives in Tombstone, Arizona in 1881. Where the Doctor is looking for a dentist when he has a toothache, where The Doctor finds the local dentist is the famous Doc Holliday who ... See full summary »
Director: Rex Tucker | Stars: William Hartnell, William Hurndell, Maurice Good, David Cole
Votes: 574
26.
Doctor Who (1963–1989)
Episode:
The Sea of Death
(1964)
TV-PG | 23 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
On the planet Marinus, the Doctor and his companions are enlisted by Arbitan to seek out the keys to an ancient and powerful machine. Their quest takes them across time and space; will they... See full summary »
Director: John Gorrie | Stars: William Hartnell, William Russell, Jacqueline Hill, Carole Ann Ford
Votes: 852
27.
Doctor Who (1963–1989)
Episode:
War of God
(1966)
TV-PG | 25 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
The TARDIS lands in sixteenth century Paris and Steven becomes involved with a group of Huguenots.
Director: Paddy Russell | Stars: William Hartnell, Peter Purves, David Weston, Annette Robertson
Votes: 374
28.
Doctor Who (1963–1989)
Episode:
Temple of Secrets
(1965)
TV-PG | 25 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
The TARDIS lands in the middle of the Trojan War, where the Doctor is mistaken for the god Zeus.
Director: Michael Leeston-Smith | Stars: William Hartnell, Peter Purves, Maureen O'Brien, Cavan Kendall
Votes: 388
29.
Doctor Who (1963–1989)
Episode:
The Powerful Enemy
(1965)
TV-G | 26 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
On the planet Dido, the monstrous Koquillion terrorizes Bennett and Vicki, the only survivors of a crashed spaceship. When the TARDIS lands, the Doctor, Ian, and Barbara team up with Vicki ... See full summary »
Director: Christopher Barry | Stars: William Hartnell, William Russell, Jacqueline Hill, Maureen O'Brien
Votes: 716
30.
Doctor Who (1963–1989)
Episode:
The Slave Traders
(1965)
TV-PG | 24 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
The travelers decide to take a holiday near ancient Rome, but after a month the Doctor gets restless. He and Vicki determine to visit Rome, and while they are gone Ian and Barbara are ... See full summary »
Director: Christopher Barry | Stars: William Hartnell, William Russell, Jacqueline Hill, Maureen O'Brien
Votes: 705
31.
Doctor Who (1963–1989)
Episode:
The Savages: Episode 1
(1966)
TV-PG | 25 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
The Doctor, Steven and Dodo arrive in the far future and are welcomed by the advanced civilisation of the Elders but soon begin to suspect they are hiding a secret.
Director: Christopher Barry | Stars: William Hartnell, Jackie Lane, Peter Purves, Ewen Solon
Votes: 354
32.
Doctor Who (1963–1989)
Episode:
Strangers in Space
(1964)
TV-G | 25 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
The TARDIS arrives aboard a spaceship that has been captured by the Sensorites, a hearing-sensitive alien race. The Sensorites are dying, and the Doctor finds himself forced to investigate ... See full summary »
Director: Mervyn Pinfield | Stars: William Hartnell, William Russell, Jacqueline Hill, Carole Ann Ford
Votes: 740
33.
Doctor Who (1963–1989)
Episode:
The Smugglers: Episode 1
(1966)
TV-PG | 25 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
The Doctor discovers Polly and Ben aboard the TARDIS shortly before the ship arrives in 17th century Cornwall, where the local churchwarden gives the Doctor a cryptic message shortly before being murdered.
Director: Julia Smith | Stars: William Hartnell, Anneke Wills, Michael Craze, Terence de Marney
Votes: 355
34.
Doctor Who (1963–1989)
Episode:
The Space Museum
(1965)
TV-G | 24 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
The TARDIS arrives on a planet that has been turned into a space museum but the Doctor and his friends are puzzled when they find themselves out of phase with their surroundings.
Director: Mervyn Pinfield | Stars: William Hartnell, William Russell, Jacqueline Hill, Maureen O'Brien
Votes: 686
35.
Doctor Who (1963–1989)
Episode:
The Tenth Planet: Episode 1
(1966)
TV-PG | 23 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
In December 1986, a new planet appears in the Solar System which turns out to be a long-lost twin of Earth's named Mondas. Its inhabitants are the Cybermen.
Director: Derek Martinus | Stars: William Hartnell, Robert Beatty, Dudley Jones, David Dodimead
Votes: 629
36.
Doctor Who (1963–1989)
Episode:
The Three Doctors: Episode One
(1972)
TV-Y | 25 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
The 10th Anniversary Serial has three incarnations of the Doctor meeting up to face the evil Omega in a universe of antimatter.
Director: Lennie Mayne | Stars: Jon Pertwee, Patrick Troughton, William Hartnell, Katy Manning
Votes: 829
37.
Doctor Who (1963–1989)
Episode:
The War Machines: Episode 1
(1966)
TV-G | 24 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
The Doctor and Dodo return to London in the present day where the Doctor becomes concerned about WOTAN, a new super-computer installed in the Post Officer Tower.
Director: Michael Ferguson | Stars: William Hartnell, Jackie Lane, Alan Curtis, John Harvey
Votes: 635
38.
Doctor Who (1963–1989)
Episode:
The Web Planet
(1965)
TV-G | 24 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
The TARDIS is drawn by a mysterious force and lands on the alien planet Vortis. There the Doctor, Ian, Barbara and Vicki find themselves caught up in a war between an evil force known as "... See full summary »
Director: Richard Martin | Stars: William Hartnell, William Russell, Jacqueline Hill, Maureen O'Brien
Votes: 721
39.
Doctor Who (1963–1989)
Episode:
The Edge of Destruction
(1964)
TV-G | 25 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
In this completely TARDIS-based story, the crew find themselves and their ship acting very strangely indeed. Blame runs high for the Ship's unusual behavior, until the Doctor realizes the ... See full summary »
Director: Richard Martin | Stars: William Hartnell, William Russell, Jacqueline Hill, Carole Ann Ford
Votes: 1,146
40.
Doctor Who (1963–1989)
Episode:
A Bargain of Necessity
(1964)
TV-PG | 24 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
Ian finds himself held prisoner by the treacherous Leon while the Doctor attempts to engineer Susan and Barbara's escape.
Director: Henric Hirsch | Stars: William Hartnell, William Russell, Jacqueline Hill, Carole Ann Ford
Votes: 551
41.
Doctor Who (1963–1989)
Episode:
A Desperate Venture
(1964)
TV-G | 24 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
While the City Administrator's schemes reach their climax, the Doctor and Ian venture into the tunnels under the city to discover the real cause of the Sensorite plague.
Director: Frank Cox | Stars: William Hartnell, William Russell, Jacqueline Hill, Carole Ann Ford
Votes: 675
42.
Doctor Who (1963–1989)
Episode:
Guests of Madame Guillotine
(1964)
TV-PG | 24 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
Susan, Ian and Barbara are sentenced to be guillotined but an encounter with a dying English prisoner may offer Ian a chance of survival.
Director: Henric Hirsch | Stars: William Hartnell, William Russell, Jacqueline Hill, Carole Ann Ford
Votes: 583
43.
Doctor Who (1963–1989)
Episode:
Hidden Danger
(1964)
TV-G | 25 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
The Doctor, Susan and Ian agree to accompany the Sensorites to their home planet in the hope of finding a cure for John. But not everyone is willing to welcome them there.
Director: Mervyn Pinfield | Stars: William Hartnell, William Russell, Jacqueline Hill, Carole Ann Ford
Votes: 687
44.
Doctor Who (1963–1989)
Episode:
Kidnap
(1964)
TV-PG | 26 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
The City Administrator is determined to destroy the Doctor and his friends and his paranoia prevents the Doctor's cure from being distributed.
Director: Frank Cox | Stars: William Hartnell, William Russell, Jacqueline Hill, Carole Ann Ford
Votes: 678
45.
Doctor Who (1963–1989)
Episode:
Mighty Kublai Khan
(1964)
TV-PG | 25 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
The Doctor, Ian and Barbara are forced to surrender to Tegana and Marco, leaving both of them the opportunity to gain possession of the TARDIS.
Director: Waris Hussein | Stars: William Hartnell, William Russell, Jacqueline Hill, Carole Ann Ford
Votes: 520
46.
Doctor Who (1963–1989)
Episode:
Prisoners of Conciergerie
(1964)
TV-PG | 25 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
Ian finally delivers his message to James Stirling but in order to secure Susan's release he and Barbara are forced into a dangerous spying mission.
Directors: Henric Hirsch, Timothy Combe | Stars: William Hartnell, William Russell, Jacqueline Hill, Carole Ann Ford
Votes: 564
47.
Doctor Who (1963–1989)
Episode:
The Brink of Disaster
(1964)
TV-G | 22 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
The Doctor becomes increasingly suspicious of Ian and Barbara but when the occurrences aboard the TARDIS become even stranger he realises they are in even greater danger than they realised.
Director: Frank Cox | Stars: William Hartnell, William Russell, Jacqueline Hill, Carole Ann Ford
Votes: 1,038
48.
Doctor Who (1963–1989)
Episode:
The Expedition
(1964)
TV-PG | 24 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
The Doctor and his friends realise that their only chance of recovering the fluid link is to persuade the Thals to fight back against the Daleks.
Director: Christopher Barry | Stars: William Hartnell, William Russell, Jacqueline Hill, Carole Ann Ford
Votes: 1,167
49.
Doctor Who (1963–1989)
Episode:
The Ordeal
(1964)
TV-PG | 26 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
While Ian, Barbara and their Thal friends try to find a way into the Dalek City through the mountains, the Doctor, Susan and Alydon attempt to make their own way in.
Director: Richard Martin | Stars: William Hartnell, William Russell, Jacqueline Hill, Carole Ann Ford
Votes: 1,139
50.
Doctor Who (1963–1989)
Episode:
The Screaming Jungle
(1964)
TV-PG | 24 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
The search for the second key takes the travellers to a jungle where Ian and Barbara come under threat from rapidly growing plants.
Director: John Gorrie | Stars: William Hartnell, William Russell, Jacqueline Hill, Carole Ann Ford
Votes: 801