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1. The Deadly Mantis (1957)
Approved | 79 min | Family, Horror, Sci-Fi
A giant prehistoric praying mantis, recently freed from the Arctic ice, voraciously preys on American military at the DEW Line and works its way south.
Director: Nathan Juran | Stars: Craig Stevens, William Hopper, Alix Talton, Donald Randolph
Votes: 4,101
2. The Risk (1960)
81 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
UK scientists find a cure for plague but their government, fearing its military-biological potential, keeps the discovery secret until a scientist is duped into giving it to a foreign power.
Directors: John Boulting, Roy Boulting | Stars: Tony Britton, Virginia Maskell, Peter Cushing, Ian Bannen
Votes: 319
3. Panama Patrol (1939)
Approved | 67 min | Action, Drama, Mystery
The head of the cipher bureau, Phillip Waring, is about to marry his secretary, Helen Lane, when he is informed that the state department has discovered a message that must be decoded. With... See full summary »
Director: Charles Lamont | Stars: Leon Ames, Charlotte Wynters, Adrienne Ames, Weldon Heyburn
Votes: 97
4. Washington Story (1952)
Approved | 81 min | Drama, Romance
Joe Gresham is a hard-working but reticent congressman from Massachusetts. Reporter Alice Kingsley arrives in Washington, DC hired by Gilbert Nunnally, a tabloid columnist and cynic who ... See full summary »
Director: Robert Pirosh | Stars: Van Johnson, Patricia Neal, Louis Calhern, Sidney Blackmer
Votes: 282
5. False Alarm (2021)
53 min | Documentary
The surreal, traumatic, and revelatory fallout from the morning when everyone on Hawai'i thought a nuclear missile strike was imminent.
Director: Nick Lyell
Votes: 12
7. Navy Spy (1937)
Approved | 72 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A federal agent and a female reporter team up to catch a criminal gang that has kidnapped a scientist in order to get his formula for a new type of poison gas.
Directors: Joseph H. Lewis, Crane Wilbur | Stars: Conrad Nagel, Eleanor Hunt, Judith Allen, Jack Doyle
Votes: 52
8. Porky's Snooze Reel (1941)
Approved | 7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
A parody of a newsreel. Stories: Elks on parade; Swiss navy launches a battleship; a dog show; a flooded town; a new tank trap; a jellyfish swallows a mine; the latest military airplanes; a... See full summary »
Directors: Robert Clampett, Norm McCabe | Stars: Mel Blanc, Robert C. Bruce
Votes: 174
9. Flying Cadets (1941)
Passed | 64 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Story of test pilots at a school that trains new flyers.
Director: Erle C. Kenton | Stars: William Gargan, Edmund Lowe, Peggy Moran, Frank Albertson
Votes: 36
10. The Deadly Game of Nations (1983)
57 min | Documentary, War
With Israel as an example, the reality of how military force is deemed necessary to maintain national sovereignty and the price involved is examined.
Director: Paul Cowan | Stars: Gwynne Dyer, Ronald France, Éric Gaudry, Elizabeth Lesieur
Votes: 14
11. Sea Trial (1983)
34 min | Documentary, Short
Nationally-aired documentary exploring the critical defense roles of the U.S. Navy, American Merchant Marine, and the nation's shipbuilding industry.
Director: Dugan Rosalini | Stars: William Cohen, James K. Farnham, John Glenn, William E. Haggett
12. Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 3 (1942)
Approved | 10 min | Documentary, Short
Hedda reports on a dog training school and a Hemingway hunting trip.
Director: Herbert Moulton | Stars: Hedda Hopper, Anna Boettiger, Ronald Colman, Gary Cooper
Votes: 11
14. Formosa: The Guarded Island (1955)
Approved | 18 min | Documentary, Short, History
It walks and talks like a Documentary---even to the extent of carrying a 'Cleared for Security by the U. S. Department of Defense' credit line-- but it looks like a Pacific-island ... See full summary »
Director: Larry C. Moore | Star: Jimmy Wallington
Votes: 6
18.
Tim Pool Daily Show (2018– )
Democrats New Smear BACKFIRES, Biden Accidentally Goes 'Full MAGA' Supporting Trump's China Position
(2020 Podcast Episode)
News
Star: Tim Pool
19.
Longines Chronoscope (1951–1955)
Episode:
Episode dated 15 April 1953
(1953)
News, Talk-Show
Huie and Talbert interview U.S. Congressman W.J. Bryan Dorn, a Democrat from South Carolina. Subjects include the Cold War between the U.S. and Soviet Union, the cost of national defense, ... See full summary »
Stars: W.J. Bryan Dorn, William Bradford Huie, Ansel E. Talbert
20.
Longines Chronoscope (1951–1955)
Episode:
Episode dated 18 June 1954
(1954)
News, Talk-Show
Lesueur and Oakes interview Senator Francis Case, a Republican from South Dakota. Topics include the Armed Services Committee, the Army-McCarthy hearings, committee chairmanships, national ... See full summary »
Stars: Francis Case, Larry LeSueur, John B. Oakes
21.
Longines Chronoscope (1951–1955)
Episode:
Episode dated 7 March 1955
(1955)
News, Talk-Show
Lesueur and Heckscher interview Senator Theodore F. Green, a Democrat from Rhode Island. Topics include Green's political career, President Dwight D. Eisenhower's policies, the situation in Formosa and national defense policy.
22.
Foreign Intrigue (1951–1955)
Episode:
The Laboratory
(1954)
Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Sweden's national defense is threatened when a wife becomes insanely jealous of her scientist husband's accomplishments.
Director: Jack Gage | Stars: James Daly, Signe Hasso
23.
Coffee with Scott Adams (2018– )
Biden-Hiding Strategy for 2024, Buzzfeed's Death Rattle, Battery Breakthrough, Hunter Laptop Update
(2023 Podcast Episode)
News
Star: Scott Adams
24.
Tucker on X (2023– )
Episode:
Vivek Ramaswamy Is the Youngest Republican Presidential Candidate Ever. He's Worth Listening To.
(2023)
News
Tucker Carlson interviews Vivek Ramaswamy, a Republican Party candidate in the 2024 presidential election.
Stars: Tucker Carlson, Vivek Ramaswamy
Votes: 28
28.
The Michael Knowles Show (2017– )
Luther Revisited
(2017 Podcast Episode)
58 min | Talk-Show
Eric Metaxas guests and defends Martin Luther. Austen Fletcher (aka Fleccas Talks), Bradley Devlin and Elisha Krauss make up the Panel of Deplorables.
Stars: Michael J. Knowles, Austen Fletcher, Bradley Devlin, Elisha Krauss
29.
Granada Reports (1992– )
Episode:
14 May 2018: Evening Bulletin
(2018)
30 min | News
Stars: Chris Hall, Andy Bonner, Lucy Meacock, Paul Methven