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1. Mank (2020)
R | 131 min | Biography, Comedy, Drama
1930s Hollywood is re-evaluated through the eyes of scathing social critic and alcoholic screenwriter Herman J. Mankiewicz as he races to finish the screenplay of Citizen Kane (1941).
Director: David Fincher | Stars: Gary Oldman, Amanda Seyfried, Lily Collins, Tom Pelphrey
Votes: 82,973
2. Amazon Women on the Moon (1987)
R | 85 min | Comedy, Sci-Fi
A spoof of low budget 1950s science-fiction movies, interspersed with various comedy sketches and fake commercials making fun of late-night television.
Directors: Joe Dante, Carl Gottlieb, Peter Horton, John Landis, Robert K. Weiss | Stars: Rosanna Arquette, Michelle Pfeiffer, Arsenio Hall, Donald F. Muhich
Votes: 12,660 | Gross: $0.55M
3. Sharkenstein (2016)
85 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
Sixty years after the end of World War II, a small ocean town is plagued by a blood-thirsty creature that was built and reanimated by using the parts of the greatest sea-killers: the Sharkenstein monster.
Director: Mark Polonia | Stars: Greta Volkova, Ken Van Sant, Titus Himmelberger, James Carolus
Votes: 790
4. Doomed: The Untold Story of Roger Corman's the Fantastic Four (2015)
Not Rated | 85 min | Documentary
A documentary that tells the history of The Fantastic Four (1994), which was executive produced by Roger Corman.
Director: Marty Langford | Stars: Carl Ciarfalio, Roger Corman, Joseph Culp, Jonathan Fernandez
Votes: 1,783
5. Eisenstein in Guanajuato (2015)
Unrated | 105 min | Biography, Comedy, Drama
The venerated filmmaker Eisenstein is comparable in talent, insight and wisdom, with the likes of Shakespeare or Beethoven; there are few - if any - directors who can be elevated to such ... See full summary »
Director: Peter Greenaway | Stars: Elmer Bäck, Luis Alberti, Maya Zapata, Lisa Owen
Votes: 3,109 | Gross: $0.03M
6. I Am Burt Reynolds (2020)
91 min | Documentary, Biography
The ups and downs of Burt Reynolds' career and private life, especially with Loni Anderson and his adopted son.
Director: Adrian Buitenhuis | Stars: Adam Rifkin, Alfie Wise, Ann Scurry, Ariel Winter
Votes: 361
7. Film: The Living Record of Our Memory (2021)
120 min | Documentary
This documentary explores film through the voices of significant professionals who have contributed to make sure moving images survive and remain accessible.
Director: Inés Toharia Terán | Stars: Ann Adachi-Tasch, Laure Adler, Benjamin Chowkwan Ado, Janice Allen
Votes: 258
8. Casting By (2012)
TV-14 | 89 min | Documentary, Biography
The surprising, never-before-told tale of the indispensable yet unsung Casting Director - Iconoclasts whose keen eye, exquisite taste and gut instincts redefined Hollywood.
Director: Tom Donahue | Stars: Deborah Aquila, Risa Bramon Garcia, Ellen Chenoweth, Marion Dougherty
Votes: 1,638 | Gross: $0.01M
9. Only in Theaters (2022)
94 min | Documentary
There's been a Laemmle in the movie business, since there's been a movie business. Only in Theaters chronicles 4 generations, dedicated to the art of film. This is a story about a family business, but also about the future of cinema.
Director: Raphael Sbarge | Stars: Allison Anders, Toni Basil, Cameron Crowe, Ava DuVernay
Votes: 79
10. Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Monsters! (2000 Video)
34 min | Short
A behind the scenes documentary by Universal studios about the movie Bud Abbott Lou Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948).
Director: David J. Skal | Stars: David J. Skal, Ron Palumbo, Chris Costello, Bob Burns
Votes: 259
11. Mary Pickford: The Muse of the Movies (2008)
Not Rated | 102 min | Documentary, Biography
A chronicle of the life and career of silent film star Mary Pickford.
Director: Nicholas Eliopoulos | Stars: Charles Chaplin, Walt Disney, Amelia Earhart, Douglas Fairbanks Jr.
Votes: 223
12. Bird Gone Wild: The Woody Woodpecker Story (2018)
13 min | Documentary, Short
The story of Walter Lantz and Woody Woodpecker from the early days at Universal Pictures to the creation of brand new cartoons in 2018. Featuring contributions from Woody experts and of course, Woody himself.
Director: Matthew Snead | Stars: Joe Adamson, Augusto Barranco, Eric Bauza, Jerry Beck
Votes: 10
13. Double Indemnity: Introduction by Robert Osborne (2006 Video)
3 min | Short
Star: Robert Osborne
14. Two-Faced Killer: A Modern Thriller (1951)
5 min | Short, Horror
An adaptation of "The Strange Case of Doctor Jekyll and Mr. Hyde", heavily influenced by the Universal horror movies of the 1940s.
Directors: Dede Wright, John Wright | Stars: John Wright, Alfred Wright
15. The Mango Tree: Interview with Christopher Pate (2009 Video)
17 min | Short, Biography, History
Stars: Christopher Pate, Geraldine Fitzgerald, Robert Helpmann
16. Hollywood Then and Now (2007 Video)
8 min | Documentary, Short, History
Stars: James Bacon, Rudy Behlmer, Paul Bernbaum, Allen Coulter
17.
American Experience (1987– )
Episode:
The Battle Over Citizen Kane
(1996)
TV-PG | 108 min | Documentary, Biography, History
Documentary about the battle between Orson Welles and William Randolph Hearst over Welles' Citizen Kane (1941). Features interviews with Welles' and Hearst's co-workers also as a relative complete bio of Hearst.
Directors: Michael Epstein, Thomas Lennon | Stars: Richard Ben Cramer, William Alland, Thomas Anderson, Peter Bogdanovich
Votes: 1,458
18.
Svengoolie (1995– )
Episode:
House of Horrors
(1998)
120 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Director: Christopher M. Faulkner | Stars: Rich Koz, Doug Scharf, Jim Barton, Kasia Januszewski
Votes: 14
19.
Svengoolie (1995– )
Episode:
Abbott and Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
(2006)
120 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Director: Christopher M. Faulkner | Stars: Rich Koz, Doug Scharf, Jim Barton
Votes: 17
20.
Svengoolie (1995– )
Episode:
The Black Cat
(2006)
120 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
On a train in Hungary, a couple meet a man returning after being a POW. In a freak turn of events, their hotel bus wrecks, injuring the woman near the home of the man the POW blames for his incarceration and taking his wife and daughter.
Director: Christopher M. Faulkner | Stars: Rich Koz, Doug Scharf, Jim Barton, Amanda Conner
Votes: 11
21.
Svengoolie (1995– )
Episode:
Son of Dracula
(2007)
120 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Director: Christopher M. Faulkner | Stars: Rich Koz, Doug Scharf, Jim Barton, Kasia Januszewski
Votes: 7
22.
Svengoolie (1995– )
Episode:
The Curse of Frankenstein
(2020)
120 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Director: Christopher M. Faulkner | Stars: Rich Koz, Doug Scharf, Jim Barton
Votes: 9
23.
Svengoolie (1995– )
Episode:
Mystery of the Wax Museum
(2021)
Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Director: Christopher M. Faulkner | Stars: Rich Koz, Doug Scharf, Jim Barton, Kevin Fleming
Votes: 12
24.
Svengoolie (1995– )
Episode:
How to Make a Monster
(2021)
Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Director: Christopher M. Faulkner | Stars: Rich Koz, Doug Scharf, Jim Barton
Votes: 12
25.
The Carol Burnett Show (1967–1978)
Episode:
Jane Connell/Tim Conway
(1970)
TV-G | 60 min | Comedy, Family
Highlights include a salute to Universal Studios, with parodies of Doris Day and Abbott & Costello films.
Director: Dave Powers | Stars: Carol Burnett, Harvey Korman, Vicki Lawrence, Lyle Waggoner
Votes: 31
26.
Svengoolie (1995– )
Episode:
The Mummy 1959
(2021)
Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Director: Christopher M. Faulkner | Stars: Rich Koz, Doug Scharf, Jim Barton, Dana Gould
Votes: 9
27.
The Carol Burnett Show (1967–1978)
Episode:
Steve Lawrence Career Couple/Riddles/Mrs. Wiggins and Charlie
(1976)
TV-G | 22 min | Comedy, Family
Highlights include: a salute to Universal Studios with parodies of such films as "Freud" and "Rooster Cogburn"; Carol as an old-fashioned woman; Mr. Tudball (Tim) has a time teaching Mrs. ... See full summary »
Director: Dave Powers | Stars: Carol Burnett, Harvey Korman, Vicki Lawrence, Tim Conway
Votes: 32
28.
Oliver Harper's Retrospectives and Reviews (2011– )
Episode:
The Hitcher (1986)
(2022)
Documentary, Action, Horror
Oliver Harper reviews The Hitcher (1986) and dissects the behind-the-scenes.
Director: Oliver Harper | Stars: Oliver Harper, Robert Harmon, Roger Ebert, Gene Siskel
29.
Svengoolie (1995– )
Episode:
The Thing That Couldn't Die
(2014)
Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Director: Christopher M. Faulkner | Stars: Rich Koz, Doug Scharf, Jim Barton, Mick Foley
Votes: 9
30.
Svengoolie (1995– )
Episode:
Werewolf of London
(2011)
Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Director: Christopher M. Faulkner | Stars: Rich Koz, Doug Scharf, Jim Barton
Votes: 14
31.
Svengoolie (1995– )
Episode:
The Invisible Woman
(2012)
Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Director: Christopher M. Faulkner | Stars: Rich Koz, Doug Scharf, Jim Barton, Victoria Price
Votes: 12
32.
Svengoolie (1995– )
Episode:
The Incredible Shrinking Man
(2011)
Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
After being exposed to a radioactive cloud, a man begins to shrink.
Director: Christopher M. Faulkner | Stars: Rich Koz, Doug Scharf, Jim Barton, Edward Asner
Votes: 11
33.
Svengoolie (1995– )
Episode:
The Wolf Man
(2008)
Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Director: Christopher M. Faulkner | Stars: Rich Koz, Doug Scharf, Chas Alling, Jim Barton
Votes: 10
34.
Svengoolie (1995– )
Episode:
Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein
(2007)
Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Director: Christopher M. Faulkner | Stars: Rich Koz, Doug Scharf, Jim Barton
Votes: 18
35.
Svengoolie (1995– )
Episode:
Black Friday
(2014)
Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Director: Christopher M. Faulkner | Stars: Rich Koz, Jim Barton, Gilbert Gottfried, Lance Henriksen
Votes: 12
36.
Svengoolie (1995– )
Episode:
Frankenstein
(2007)
Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Stars: Rich Koz, Doug Scharf, Jim Barton, Tommy Dreamer
Votes: 13
37.
Svengoolie (1995– )
Episode:
King Kong vs. Godzilla
(2014)
Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Director: Christopher M. Faulkner | Stars: Rich Koz, Doug Scharf, Jim Barton
Votes: 19
38.
Svengoolie (1995– )
Episode:
Man Made Monster
(2015)
Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Director: Christopher M. Faulkner | Stars: Rich Koz, Doug Scharf, Jim Barton, Mick Foley
Votes: 13
39.
Svengoolie (1995– )
Episode:
The Invisible Man
(2008)
Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Director: Christopher M. Faulkner | Stars: Rich Koz, Doug Scharf, Jim Barton, Regis Philbin
Votes: 15
40.
Svengoolie (1995– )
Episode:
The Curse of the Werewolf
(2011)
Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Director: Christopher M. Faulkner | Stars: Rich Koz, Doug Scharf, Jim Barton
Votes: 11
41.
Svengoolie (1995– )
Episode:
Son of Frankenstein
(2007)
Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Director: Christopher M. Faulkner | Stars: Rich Koz, Doug Scharf, Jim Barton
Votes: 12
42.
Svengoolie (1995– )
Episode:
Tarantula
(2008)
Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Director: Christopher M. Faulkner | Stars: Rich Koz, Doug Scharf, Jim Barton, Nick Digilio
Votes: 21
43.
Svengoolie (1995– )
Episode:
Creature from the Black Lagoon
(2011)
Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Director: Christopher M. Faulkner | Stars: Rich Koz, Doug Scharf, Jim Barton
Votes: 20
44.
Svengoolie (1995– )
Episode:
House of Frankenstein
(2007)
Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Director: Christopher M. Faulkner | Stars: Rich Koz, Doug Scharf, Jim Barton, Nick Digilio
Votes: 14
45.
Svengoolie (1995– )
Episode:
Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man
(2007)
Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Director: Christopher M. Faulkner | Stars: Rich Koz, Doug Scharf, Jim Barton, Raymond Lopez
Votes: 15
46.
Svengoolie (1995– )
Episode:
The Mummy's Tomb
(2008)
Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Director: Christopher M. Faulkner | Stars: Rich Koz, Doug Scharf, Jim Barton, Gilbert Gottfried
Votes: 6
47.
Svengoolie (1995– )
Episode:
She-Wolf of London
(2014)
Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Director: Christopher M. Faulkner | Stars: Rich Koz, Doug Scharf, Kasia Januszewski, Jessica Honor Carleton
Votes: 10
48.
Svengoolie (1995– )
Episode:
Calling Dr. Death
(2016)
Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Director: Christopher M. Faulkner | Stars: Rich Koz, Doug Scharf, Jim Barton, Gilbert Gottfried
Votes: 11
49.
Svengoolie (1995– )
Episode:
The Frozen Ghost
(2016)
Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
A stage mentalist involved in a mysterious death and a discredited plastic surgeon are among the assorted characters involved in mysterious goings-on in an eerie wax museum.
Director: Christopher M. Faulkner | Stars: Rich Koz, Doug Scharf, Freddie Cannon, Trace Beaulieu
Votes: 17
50.
Five Came Back (2017)
Episode:
The Mission Begins
(2017)
TV-14 | 59 min | Documentary, Biography, History
When World War II breaks out, five of Hollywood's top directors leave their homes and careers to join the army and film the war effort.
Director: Laurent Bouzereau | Stars: Frank Capra, Francis Ford Coppola, Guillermo del Toro, John Ford
Votes: 364