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1. Death Race 2000 (1975)
R | 80 min | Action, Comedy, Sci-Fi
In a dystopian future, a cross country automobile race requires contestants to run down innocent pedestrians to gain points that are tallied based on each kill's brutality.
Director: Paul Bartel | Stars: David Carradine, Sylvester Stallone, Simone Griffeth, Mary Woronov
Votes: 30,881 | Gross: $8.00M
2. Daisies (1966)
Not Rated | 75 min | Comedy
After realizing that all world is spoiled, Marie and Marie are committed to be spoiled themselves. They rip off older men, feast in lavish meals and do all kinds of mischief. But what is all this leading to?
Director: Vera Chytilová | Stars: Ivana Karbanová, Jitka Cerhová, Marie Cesková, Jirina Myskova
Votes: 15,387
3. Berberian Sound Studio (2012)
Not Rated | 92 min | Drama, Horror, Thriller
A sound engineer's work for an Italian horror studio becomes a terrifying case of life imitating art.
Director: Peter Strickland | Stars: Toby Jones, Antonio Mancino, Guido Adorni, Susanna Cappellaro
Votes: 17,414
4. The Reluctant Dragon (I) (1941)
Approved | 74 min | Animation, Comedy, Family
Humorist Robert Benchley learns about the animation process at Walt Disney Studios while trying to find the great man himself to pitch him the idea of making a cartoon about a shy dragon.
Directors: Alfred L. Werker, Hamilton Luske, Jack Cutting, Ub Iwerks, Jack Kinney | Stars: Robert Benchley, Frances Gifford, Buddy Pepper, Nana Bryant
Votes: 3,817 | Gross: $0.87M
5. Distant Drums (1951)
Approved | 101 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
After destroying a Seminole fort, American soldiers and their rescued companions must face the dangerous Everglades and hostile Indians in order to reach safety.
Director: Raoul Walsh | Stars: Gary Cooper, Mari Aldon, Richard Webb, Ray Teal
Votes: 2,367
6. Lisbon Story (1994)
PG | 100 min | Drama, Music
The director Friedrich Monroe has trouble with finishing a silent b&w movie about Lisbon. He calls his friend, the sound engineer Phillip Winter, for help. As Winter arrives Lisbon weeks ... See full summary »
Director: Wim Wenders | Stars: Rüdiger Vogler, Patrick Bauchau, Vasco Sequeira, Canto e Castro
Votes: 5,427
7. Permanent Vacation (1980)
Not Rated | 75 min | Comedy, Drama
A young man wanders New York City searching for some meaning in life and encounters many idiosyncratic characters.
Director: Jim Jarmusch | Stars: Chris Parker, Leila Gastil, John Lurie, Richard Boes
Votes: 10,745
8. Nobody Walks (2012)
R | 83 min | Drama
A Silver Lake family's relaxed dynamic is tested after they take in a young artist so she can complete her art film.
Director: Ry Russo-Young | Stars: John Krasinski, Olivia Thirlby, Rosemarie DeWitt, India Ennenga
Votes: 5,220 | Gross: $0.02M
9. Henri-Georges Clouzot's Inferno (2009)
Not Rated | 100 min | Documentary
Henri-Georges Clouzot's unfinished masterpiece, Inferno (1964), is reconstructed in this film which is part drama and part documentary.
Directors: Serge Bromberg, Ruxandra Medrea | Stars: Romy Schneider, Bérénice Bejo, Serge Reggiani, Jacques Gamblin
Votes: 2,002 | Gross: $0.02M
10. Edo Porn (1981)
Not Rated | 119 min | Biography, Drama, History
The famous woodblock artist Hokusai (1760-1849), a widower in need of a steady income, lives with his daughter Oei in the house of his friend Bakin.
Director: Kaneto Shindô | Stars: Ken Ogata, Toshiyuki Nishida, Yûko Tanaka, Kanako Higuchi
Votes: 464
11. Futtocks End (1970)
49 min | Comedy
In this "silent" sound-effect comedy, Ronnie Barker stars as General Futtock, who has a motley group of guests stay at his country estate for the weekend. Chaos ensues between the butler (... See full summary »
Director: Bob Kellett | Stars: Michael Hordern, Ronnie Barker, Roger Livesey, Julian Orchard
Votes: 207
12. To Want to Fly (1991)
R | 94 min | Comedy, Fantasy
Martina is a professional lady whose clients are harmless if eccentric; she sees herself as a social worker. Shy Maurizio dubs sound for cartoons while his outgoing brother dubs more saucy ... See full summary »
Directors: Guido Manuli, Maurizio Nichetti | Stars: Maurizio Nichetti, Angela Finocchiaro, Mariella Valentini, Patrizio Roversi
Votes: 902
13. 75 (2017)
97 min | Crime, Drama
A crash victim, a housewife and two repressed teens are connected by hard-working therapist Viola, who helps them battle their addictions while two disillusioned detectives struggle with the mounting war against heroin in Cincinnati.
Director: Joe Zappa | Stars: Tifani Winkfield, Kip Bennett, Marcus B. Jackson, Shannon Faith
Votes: 60
14. Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound (2019)
Unrated | 94 min | Documentary
An exploration of the history and emotional power of cinema sound, as revealed by legendary sound designers and visionary directors, via interviews, clips from movies, and a look at their actual process of creation and discovery.
Director: Midge Costin | Stars: Gary Rydstrom, Steven Spielberg, Teresa Eckton, Thomas A. Edison
Votes: 2,238
15. Gerald McBoing Boing (2005–2010)
TV-Y | 22 min | Animation, Comedy, Family
Adventures of a boy who can only speak through sound effects.
Stars: Linda Ballantyne, Deann DeGruijter, Patrick McKenna, Joanne Vannicola
Votes: 170
16. Gerald McBoing-Boing (1950)
Approved | 8 min | Animation, Short, Adventure
The story of a little boy who would only talk in sound effects. With story by Dr. Seuss (and Bill Scott of Rocky and Bullwinkle fame) this cartoon won the Oscar for best short subject (animated) for 1950.
Directors: Robert Cannon, John Hubley | Star: Marvin Miller
Votes: 2,084
17. Death on Demand (2008)
R | 90 min | Horror
Twenty years ago Sean McIntyre murdered his family then hung himself on Thanksgiving day. For tonight's webcast he's just warming up.
Director: Adam Matalon | Stars: Jerry Broome, Suzannah Lawson Matalon, Bridget Megan Clark, Daphne Ciccarelle
Votes: 486
18. The Movies (2005 Video Game)
T | Action, Adventure, Comedy
You play the head of a movie studio who must produce movies, manage your personnel and market your product as the technology of the medium changes over the years.
Director: Peter Molyneux | Stars: Benedict Caeser, Ben Cullum, Jamie Cullum, Kyle Eastwood
Votes: 537
19. Haunted, Horrifying Sounds from Beyond the Grave (2018)
5 min | Short, Horror
Somewhere in the 1970s Martin Stockdotter is an experimental musician tasked with making a Halloween sound effect album. His ambition was to make it the scariest one ever recorded and he would succeed all too well.
Director: Rodney Ascher | Stars: Briar Kirk, Noah Segan, Buffy Visick, Leon Vitali
Votes: 136
20. My God, My God, Why Hast Thou Forsaken Me? (2005)
107 min | Drama, Music, Sci-Fi
A.D. 2015: A virus has been spreading in many cities worldwide. It is a suicidal disease and the virus is infected by pictures. People, once infected, come down with the disease, which ... See full summary »
Director: Shinji Aoyama | Stars: Tadanobu Asano, Aoi Miyazaki, Mariko Okada, Masaya Nakahara
Votes: 627
21. Every Night at Eight (1935)
Approved | 80 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance
After being fired from their jobs, three friends decide to enter an amateur contest at a radio station.
Director: Raoul Walsh | Stars: George Raft, Alice Faye, Frances Langford, Patsy Kelly
Votes: 188
22. Sued for Libel (1939)
Passed | 66 min | Comedy, Crime, Film-Noir
The trial of Albert Pomeroy on the charge of murdering Edward Webster,arouses interest because Webster's widow, Muriel insists Pomeroy is innocent. Meanwhile, back to radio station NYEB, ... See full summary »
Director: Leslie Goodwins | Stars: Kent Taylor, Linda Hayes, Lilian Bond, Morgan Conway
Votes: 177
23. Whistling in Dixie (1942)
Passed | 74 min | Comedy, Mystery, Crime
Radio sleuth Wally "The Fox" Benton forgoes his honeymoon to help his wife's old friend solve a murder and hunt for Civil War gold inside a spooky mansion and fort.
Director: S. Sylvan Simon | Stars: Red Skelton, Ann Rutherford, George Bancroft, Guy Kibbee
Votes: 707 | Gross: $0.22M
24. Kurosawa Akira: Tsukuru to iu koto wa subarashii (2002– )
45 min | Documentary, Biography
An in depth look at the making of Kurosawa's films.
Stars: Masayuki Yui, Yoshirô Muraki, Teruyo Nogami, Takao Saitô
Votes: 141
25. Now Hear This (1962)
Approved | 6 min | Family, Short, Animation
In this very abstract cartoon, a hard-of-hearing old Britisher finds a red horn and uses it as a megaphone, unaware that it is really a lost horn from the Devil's forehead. The Britisher ... See full summary »
Directors: Chuck Jones, Maurice Noble | Star: Mel Blanc
Votes: 551
26. The Last Goon Show of All (1972 TV Movie)
59 min | Comedy
For the BBC's 50th Anniversary in 1972, the archives delivered three coffins before a distinguished audience at the Camden Theatre in London. They contained three legends of entertainment history.
Stars: Ray Ellington, Max Geldray, Spike Milligan, Harry Secombe
Votes: 89
27. Rupture (1961)
11 min | Short, Comedy, Drama
When a man attempts to reply to a break-up letter from his sweetheart he finds that his stationery is against him.
Directors: Jean-Claude Carrière, Pierre Étaix | Stars: Anne-Marie Royer, Anny Nelsen, Pierre Étaix
Votes: 646
28. From 'Star Wars' to 'Jedi': The Making of a Saga (1983 TV Movie)
Unrated | 65 min | Documentary
A look at the making of the original Star Wars trilogy.
Stars: Mark Hamill, George Lucas, Anthony Daniels, Harrison Ford
Votes: 674
29. The Adventures of Batman & Robin Cartoon Maker (1995 Video Game)
Action, Adventure, Family
Make your own animated cartoons with the Batman and Robin Cartoon Maker. Use the game's plethora of samples and clips from the later seasons of Batman: The Animated Series (1992) that feature Robin to create new material..
Star: Loren Lester
Votes: 17
30. Twisted Sister: Come Out and Play (1986 Music Video)
30 min | Comedy, Music
Compilation of four extended versions of Twisted Sister and Alice Cooper music videos "We're Not Gonna Take It", "I Wanna Rock", "Leader of the Pack" and "Be Chrool to Your Scuel" about a rock-hating teacher, rock rebellion and zombies.
Director: Marty Callner | Stars: Michael Burnett, Dax Callner, Alice Cooper, Jay Jay French
Votes: 77
31. The Farmer's Daughter (1940)
Approved | 60 min | Comedy, Music, Romance
Broadway producer Nickie North, and his press agent Scoop Trimble, land a backer for a new show, but their "angel" requires that they rehearse the show out-of-town and star Clarice Sheldon,... See full summary »
Director: James P. Hogan | Stars: Martha Raye, Charles Ruggles, Richard Denning, Gertrude Michael
Votes: 74
32. The Krone Experiment (2005)
108 min | Mystery, Romance, Sci-Fi
A group of scientific intelligence experts must track down the source of a mysterious seismic signal that is causing pinpoints of destruction around the globe. When a Russian ship is ... See full summary »
Director: J. Robinson Wheeler | Stars: Tom Weirich, Darbi Worley, Benjamin Pascoe, Robert Graham
Votes: 23
33. Gerald McBoing! Boing! on Planet Moo (1956)
Approved | 7 min | Animation, Short, Adventure
While meeting a new friend, Gerald is abducted by aliens and whisked to the planet Moo. The king of Moo mistakenly thinks that all Earthlings - like Gerald - speak only in sound effects, ... See full summary »
Director: Robert Cannon | Stars: Marvin Miller, Marian Richman
Votes: 321
34. How Now Boing Boing (1954)
Approved | 7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Gerald is taken to see Professor Joyce, Teacher of Voice.
Director: Robert Cannon | Stars: Marvin Miller, Marian Richman
Votes: 202
35. Gerald McBoing-Boing's Symphony (1953)
8 min | Animation, Short
Gerald McBoing Boing, a little boy who can't talk but can imitate any sound, is working as a one-man sound effects department for a radio station. When a scheduled symphony orchestra does ... See full summary »
Director: Robert Cannon | Star: Marvin Miller
Votes: 126
36. Michael Winslow: Comedy Sound Slapdown! (2002 Video)
Not Rated | 59 min | Comedy, Music
Dogs barking. Feet squishing in soggy sneakers. Jet engines roaring. All ordinary, familiar sounds when they come from ordinary, familiar sources. How extraordinary when the source is ... See full summary »
Director: Richard Pabis | Star: Michael Winslow
Votes: 26
37. The Birth of the Lightsaber (2004 Video)
16 min | Documentary, Short
The Birth of the Lightsaber is a Video Documentary included in the 2004 DVD of the Star Wars original trilogy. It revealed the concept of the Lightsaber and how it was designed to appear realistic on the silver screen.
Stars: George Lucas, Mark Hamill, Ben Burtt, Peter Diamond
Votes: 164
38. Enchanted Sound Effects Test (2019)
6 min | Short, Comedy
Sound effects test made as a surreal audiovisual art piece.
Director: Mykola Yeriomin | Stars: Yaroslav Kozak, Leonid Syplyi, Mykola Yeriomin
39. Discovering 'Evil Dead' (2002 Video)
13 min | Documentary, Short
Stories of how the film Evil Dead, The (1981) rose up very high against the accusations of the 'Video Nasties' of the 1980's in the UK. Many controversial films are referenced here to give ... See full summary »
Director: David Gregory | Stars: Stephen Woolley, Bill Warren, Nik Powell
Votes: 88
40. Mormor's Visit (2005)
Unrated | 16 min | Short, Comedy, Drama
Life becomes complicated for a gay man living in NYC when his Swedish granny shows up for a visit unannounced.
Director: Casper Andreas | Stars: Daniele Teodoro, Daxfurth Houston, Ingrid Söderblom
Votes: 61
42. Soundproof (2008)
14 min | Short, Thriller
A man is woken in the middle of the night by a sound from the house next door...the sound of a woman screaming.
Director: Matt Wildash | Stars: Christopher Pizzey, Sadie Lyth, Andrew McDonald, Jayne Evans
43. K9.5: The Howlywood Premiere (1997 Video Game)
E | Animation, Adventure, Family
Canine rock band K9.5 goes globetrotting in search of unique sounds, music and locations for their new music video. A fangirl crashes its Hollywood premier. Part of the edutaining animated FMV language game series K9.5.
Stars: Eileen Bowman, Deanna Driscoll, Ron Jones, Paul James Kruse
44. The Bowling Alley Screen When You Get a Strike (2019)
1 min | Short, Comedy
Features a bowling alley screen slowly revealing presence of an ominous cube.
Director: Timotainment
45. Psycho Sound (2010 Video)
10 min | Documentary, Short
This documentary short offers a brief look at how Alfred Hitchcock's "Psycho" was - controversially - remastered for Dolby 5.1 for its 50th anniversary home video release.
Stars: Larry Walsh, Dick Le Grand, Olivier Attia, Fabrice Benoît
Votes: 12
46. The Cast of Eerie Publications Perform the Johnson-Smith Novelty Company Horror Record (2010)
8 min | Animation, Short
A parallel universe alliance between Eerie Publications and the 1973 Johnson-Smith Novelty Company "Horror Record."
Director: Jason Willis
47. Adventures in Post-Production (2008 Video)
12 min | Documentary, Short
A behind the scenes look at editing, sound design and music score recording during post production work on Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008).
Director: Laurent Bouzereau | Stars: Frank Marshall, Kathleen Kennedy, Michael Kahn, Steven Spielberg
Votes: 52
48. The Sound of 'A.I.' (2002 Video)
7 min | Documentary, Short
A spotlight on A.I.'s sound designer Gary Rydstrom.
Director: Laurent Bouzereau | Stars: Jack Angel, Ben Kingsley, Haley Joel Osment, Chris Rock
Votes: 90
50.
Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955–1962)
Episode:
Alibi Me
(1956)
TV-14 | 30 min | Drama, Mystery
Georgie Minnelli kills his old childhood enemy Lucky Moore for interfering in his pinball machine racket. Now Georgie desperately needs an alibi.
Director: Jules Bricken | Stars: Alfred Hitchcock, Lee Philips, Chick Chandler, Harvey Stephens
Votes: 668