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1. American Pie Presents: The Naked Mile (2006 Video)

R | 97 min | Comedy

A high school virgin, who is eager to have sex, gets a guilt free pass from his girlfriend to lose his virginity while attending college parties for a whole weekend.

Director: Joe Nussbaum | Stars: John White, Eugene Levy, Maria Ricossa, Christopher McDonald

Votes: 74,288

2. Piranha (1978)

R | 94 min | Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi

When flesh-eating piranhas are accidentally released into a summer resort's rivers, the guests become their next meal.

Director: Joe Dante | Stars: Bradford Dillman, Heather Menzies-Urich, Kevin McCarthy, Keenan Wynn

Votes: 24,881 | Gross: $6.00M

3. Detroit (2017)

R | 143 min | Crime, Drama, History

Fact-based drama set during the 1967 Detroit riots in which a group of rogue police officers respond to a complaint with retribution rather than justice on their minds.

Director: Kathryn Bigelow | Stars: John Boyega, Anthony Mackie, Algee Smith, Jacob Latimore

Votes: 56,076 | Gross: $16.79M

4. Sea of Love (1989)

R | 113 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

A detective investigating a series of murders becomes involved with a woman who may be the culprit.

Director: Harold Becker | Stars: Al Pacino, Ellen Barkin, John Goodman, Michael Rooker

Votes: 45,011 | Gross: $58.57M

5. Back to the Beach (1987)

PG | 92 min | Comedy, Musical

Frankie and Annette, having grown up and put aside their beach-partying lifestyle, visit their daughter in Southern California and discover there's still some wild times left in them.

Director: Lyndall Hobbs | Stars: Frankie Avalon, Annette Funicello, Lori Loughlin, Tommy Hinkley

Votes: 3,407 | Gross: $13.11M

6. The Magic Christian (1969)

M/PG | 92 min | Comedy

The world's richest man and his adopted hobo son set out to test the limits of human vanity and greed through a series of "money games".

Director: Joseph McGrath | Stars: Peter Sellers, Ringo Starr, Isabel Jeans, Caroline Blakiston

Votes: 3,836 | Gross: $0.69M

7. Amelia (2009)

PG | 111 min | Adventure, Biography, Drama

A look at the life of legendary American pilot Amelia Earhart, who disappeared while flying over the Pacific Ocean in 1937 in an attempt to make a flight around the world.

Director: Mira Nair | Stars: Hilary Swank, Richard Gere, Ewan McGregor, Christopher Eccleston

Votes: 13,651 | Gross: $14.24M

8. The Absent Minded Professor (1961)

Approved | 97 min | Comedy, Family, Sci-Fi

A college professor invents an anti-gravity substance which a corrupt businessman wants for himself.

Director: Robert Stevenson | Stars: Fred MacMurray, Nancy Olson, Keenan Wynn, Tommy Kirk

Votes: 9,308 | Gross: $25.38M

9. Dot the I (2003)

R | 92 min | Drama, Romance, Thriller

Young lovers in London are wrapped up in a love triangle that may not be exactly what it seems.

Director: Matthew Parkhill | Stars: Gael García Bernal, Natalia Verbeke, James D'Arcy, Tom Hardy

Votes: 8,861 | Gross: $0.31M

10. Staying Together (1989)

R | 91 min | Comedy, Drama

The complacent life of three small town brothers is shattered when their father sells the family business from under them.

Director: Lee Grant | Stars: Sean Astin, Stockard Channing, Melinda Dillon, Jim Haynie

Votes: 948 | Gross: $4.35M

11. Brides of Blood (1968)

Not Rated | 97 min | Horror, Sci-Fi

Natives of a tropical island have to contend with man-eating plants and animals, mutations caused by radioactivity. Virgin sacrifices become the norm. A small group of interlopers become caught up in the mayhem.

Directors: Gerardo de Leon, Eddie Romero | Stars: John Ashley, Kent Taylor, Mario Montenegro, Beverly Powers

Votes: 968

12. The Happy Years (1950)

G | 110 min | Comedy, Family, Romance

Based on a collection of stories with the focus on young John Humperdink "Dink" Stover, a student at the Lawrenceville Prepatory School, in 1896, whose family, in Eastcester, New York, have... See full summary »

Director: William A. Wellman | Stars: Dean Stockwell, Darryl Hickman, Scotty Beckett, Leon Ames

Votes: 763

13. Swimming Upstream (2003)

PG-13 | 114 min | Biography, Drama, Sport

The inspirational life story of Australian swimmer Tony Fingleton.

Director: Russell Mulcahy | Stars: Geoffrey Rush, Judy Davis, Jesse Spencer, Tim Draxl

Votes: 3,487 | Gross: $0.05M

14. Just Like Dad (1995 TV Movie)

PG | 101 min | Comedy, Drama, Family

Charlie is constantly bullied at school and decides to invite a weightlifter to pose as his father at the father/son picnic. The lie spirals out of control and Charlie ends up the target of a kidnapping due to the weightlifter's troubled past.

Director: Blair Treu | Stars: Wallace Shawn, Ben Diskin, Nick Cassavetes, Jarrett Lennon

Votes: 487

15. The First Olympics: Athens 1896 (1984)

237 min | Drama, History, Sport

This movie describes the founding of the modern Olympics and concentrates on the creation of the American team and their trials in getting to the Olympics in Athens.

Stars: David Ogden Stiers, Hunt Block, David Caruso, Alex Hyde-White

Votes: 434

16. The Tortoise and the Hare (1935)

Approved | 9 min | Animation, Short, Comedy

Big race. Hare, fast and in lead, stops to loaf and show off to girl bunnies. Tortoise, plodding along at steady, slow pace, wins, although hare tries a last minute burst of speed.

Director: Wilfred Jackson | Stars: Dorothy Compton, Marcellite Garner, Beatrice Hagen, Eddie Holden

Votes: 3,604

17. The Everlasting Secret Family (1988)

Unrated | 94 min | Drama, Romance

A beautiful, if ambitious and amoral, youth is tapped to become the lover of a powerful senator. The young man quickly realizes that he can hold this place, with all its perks, only as long... See full summary »

Director: Michael Thornhill | Stars: Arthur Dignam, Mark Lee, Heather Mitchell, Dennis Miller

Votes: 373

18. Revue Starlight the Movie (2021)

120 min | Animation, Action, Drama

Starlight - This is a story of a far off star, a long time ago, and in the distant future. Two young girls, captivated by the glamour of the performance, exchange promises: "We'll become stars." "I'll wait for you on stage."

Director: Tomohiro Furukawa | Stars: Momoyo Koyama, Suzuko Mimori, Haruki Iwata, Aina Aiba

Votes: 202

19. Four Minutes (2005 TV Movie)

90 min | Biography, Drama, History

The story of the four minute mile-breaker Roger Bannister.

Director: Charles Beeson | Stars: Jamie Maclachlan, Christopher Plummer, Shaun Smyth, Amy Rutherford

Votes: 381

20. The Gold and the Glory (1984)

PG-13 | 112 min | Drama, Sport

A young Australian man sets out to prove himself, leaving behind his ballerina girlfriend to train for the Coolangatta Gold triathlon, a race once almost won by his father.

Director: Igor Auzins | Stars: Joss McWilliam, Nick Tate, Colin Friels, Josephine Smulders

Votes: 205

21. Of Pups and Puzzles (1941)

Approved | 10 min | Short

This short film showcases how the war department utilized animals to assist with aptitude testing to match people with suitable jobs in the national defense effort prior to the USA entering World War II.

Director: George Sidney | Stars: John Nesbitt, Eddy Chandler, Mark Daniels, William Forrest

Votes: 175

22. Merci Docteur Rey (2002)

R | 91 min | Comedy

A hot young phone sex addict and his narcissistic opera diva mom. A dangerously agitated hustler and a half-dozen dangerously agitated hustlers who look just like him. A tittering neurotic ... See full summary »

Director: Andrew Litvack | Stars: Dianne Wiest, Jane Birkin, Stanislas Merhar, Bulle Ogier

Votes: 586 | Gross: $0.02M

23. The Ocean Hop (1927)

6 min | Animation, Short, Comedy

Oswald the Rabbit enters an airplane race with a makeshift aircraft and ends up riding a dachshund lifted into the air by balloons. Meanwhile, his peg-legged rival tries to cheat his way to victory.

Directors: Walt Disney, Ub Iwerks

Votes: 258

24. The Pigskin Palooka (1937)

Approved | 11 min | Comedy, Family, Short

While Alfalfa was away at military school, his letters to his friends back home bragged about how he was a star football player. Now that he's back home, he has to prove it.

Director: Gordon Douglas | Stars: Darla Hood, Eugene 'Porky' Lee, George 'Spanky' McFarland, Carl 'Alfalfa' Switzer

Votes: 140

25. Savelovskiy: Chempionat po Shopingu (2008 Video)

1 min | Short, Comedy, Game-Show

Artemiy Lebedev hosts the gaming PC building championship.

Star: Artemiy Lebedev

26. A Country Practice (1981–1993)
Episode: Breathing Space: Part 1 (1984)

Drama, Romance

Maggie Sloan makes her return one day ahead of schedule and quickly brings about a return to her strict rules and policies, her first acts being to throw both the old dusty roster and an arrangement of flowers from her desk into the trash.

Director: Chris Adshead | Stars: Shane Porteous, Joyce Jacobs, Brian Wenzel, Lorrae Desmond

27. The Flying Doctors (1986–1992)
Episode: Eye of the Beholder (1986)

Drama

Chris fears for Geoff's chances of survival in Cooper's Crossing.

Director: Mark Callen | Stars: Robert Grubb, Liz Burch, Lewis Fitz-Gerald, Bruce Barry

Votes: 10

28. The Flying Doctors (1986–1992)
Episode: Mick & Julia (1989)

Drama

An elderly couple makes a deep impression on the citizens of Coopers Crossing.

Director: Brendan Maher | Stars: Robert Grubb, Liz Burch, Lenore Smith, Peter O'Brien

Votes: 11

29. The Flying Doctors (1986–1992)
Episode: Next to Go (1989)

Drama

Chris's father is on hand when she arrives in Sydney for her life-or-death operation, but she still has other things on her mind.

Director: Brendan Maher | Stars: Robert Grubb, Liz Burch, Lenore Smith, Peter O'Brien

Votes: 11

30. The Flying Doctors (1986–1992)
Episode: Public Property (1986)

Drama

The locals gear up for the annual desert boat race, hoping Hurtle and Ron might finally be defeated. Tom takes in a young woman when her fiancé-to-be learns she is pregnant.

Director: Colin Budds | Stars: Andrew McFarlane, Liz Burch, Max Cullen, Lewis Fitz-Gerald

Votes: 11

31. The Flying Doctors (1986–1992)
Episode: The Fear: Part 1 (1988)

Drama

Australian-American relations are strained when Kimberley White returns to the crossing with her son Todd, who rapidly alienates everyone with his caustic remarks.

Director: Brendan Maher | Stars: Robert Grubb, Liz Burch, Lenore Smith, Peter O'Brien

Votes: 10

32. Frasier (1993–2004)
Episode: She's the Boss (1995)

TV-PG | 23 min | Comedy

Kate Costas takes over as KACL's station manager; when Frasier angrily rejects her suggestions to improve his show, she banishes him to the midnight-4AM time slot.

Director: Philip Charles MacKenzie | Stars: Kelsey Grammer, Jane Leeves, David Hyde Pierce, Peri Gilpin

Votes: 1,099

33. The Genie from Down Under (1996–1998)
Episode: Good Cop, Bad Genie (1996)

22 min | Family, Comedy, Romance

A trying day: Penelope tries to win a race without wishes, Bubbles tries convincing Diana he's changed, Conrad tries to get the opal, Scotland Yard tries to find Marcia then Otto and of course, the genies try to get freed.

Director: Brendan Maher | Stars: Alexandra Milman, Glenn Meldrum, Rhys Muldoon, Anna Galvin

34. Law & Order: Criminal Intent (2001–2011)
Episode: Pas de Deux (2004)

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

When a bank robber is killed by a bomb strapped to his chest, Goren and Eames have to find his accomplice before he does the same to his next partner.

Director: Frank Prinzi | Stars: Vincent D'Onofrio, Kathryn Erbe, Jamey Sheridan, Courtney B. Vance

Votes: 346

35. The Littlest Hobo (1979–1985)
Episode: Happy Birthday Mom (1982)

Adventure, Drama, Family

Two brothers enter a bicycle race to win prize money to buy their mother a birthday present. One boy is willing to do anything to win and the Hobo moves to level the playing field.

Director: Mario Azzopardi | Stars: London, Derrick Jones, Maxine Miller, Vincent Murray

Votes: 12

36. The Littlest Hobo (1979–1985)
Episode: Second Best (1984)

Adventure, Drama, Family

Hobo lends moral support to a boy in a new school who wants to try out for the track team but is rejected by his new peers.

Director: Alan Simmonds | Stars: London, Shane O'Brien, Barry Flatman, Deborah Grover

Votes: 10

37. One Foot in the Grave (1990–2001)
Episode: The Valley of Fear (1990)

TV-PG | 29 min | Comedy, Drama

While photographing a sunset in Blue Bell Wood, Victor is mugged and graffiti is sprayed on the Meldrews' house, so he decides it's time to call a Neighbourhood Watch meeting.

Director: Susan Belbin | Stars: Richard Wilson, Annette Crosbie, Doreen Mantle, Gabrielle Blunt

Votes: 176

38. The Lawbreakers (1963– )
Episode: Milwaukee, Wisconsin: February 15 - Three Females Commit Armed Robbery (1964)

30 min | Documentary, Crime

Three girl roommates get hold of a couple of starter's pistols and go on a spree of late night store stick-ups.

Director: Kenneth Gilbert | Star: Lee Marvin

39. The Andy Griffith Show (1960–1968)
Episode: A Medal for Opie (1962)

TV-G | 26 min | Comedy, Family

Opie signs up for a race to win a medal but learns a lesson in good sportsmanship instead.

Director: Bob Sweeney | Stars: Andy Griffith, Ron Howard, Don Knotts, Frances Bavier

Votes: 319

40. Mighty Morphin Power Rangers (1993–1996)
Episode: Zedd Waves (1994)

Not Rated | 20 min | Action, Adventure, Family

Beamcaster controls the minds of Angel Grove's citizens, turning them into Zedd's Zombies.

Director: Jerry P. Jacobs | Stars: Amy Jo Johnson, David Yost, Jason David Frank, Steve Cardenas

Votes: 455

41. Foreign Exchange (2004)
Episode: Shark Alarm (2004)

24 min | Adventure, Family, Fantasy

Hannah portals from Ireland to get her first look at an Australian beach, but finds herself having to explain to Brett's mother why she is in Brett's bedroom at 7.00 in the morning.

Director: Declan Eames | Stars: Zac Garred, Lynn Styles, Danielle Fox-Clarke, Joel Turner

42. V: The Final Battle (1984)
Episode: Part Three (1984)

TV-14 | 94 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

The Resistance develops a biological weapon to use against the Visitors, but Diana intends to destroy the Earth rather than accept defeat.

Director: Richard T. Heffron | Stars: Jane Badler, Michael Durrell, Robert Englund, Faye Grant

Votes: 306

43. Pugwall (1989–1991)
Episode: The Race (1989)

Family, Music

In a cross country race Pugwall saves the life of a teacher but in so doing he allows his arch rival Con to win.

Director: John Gauci | Stars: Jason Torrens, Jay McCormack, Ricky Fleming, Troy Beckwith

44. Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2000)
Episode: Bakusô! Indy Heat!! (2000)

TV-Y7 | 23 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

Skid-Z, an Autobot newly arrived on Earth, is possessed by a racecar driver's competitive streak, which causes him to endanger his friends.

Director: Tony Oliver | Stars: Neil Kaplan, Daniel Riordan, Jason Spisak, Peter Spellos

Votes: 9

45. The Looney Tunes Show (2011–2015)
Episode: The Stud, the Nerd, the Average Joe and the Saint (2012)

TV-PG | 22 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy

Porky decides to run a marathon, threatening Daffy's definition of everyone's roles in their circle of friends. After all, if Porkyis the jock, then who is Daffy? Plus, Yosemite Sam tries to get his guns back.

Director: Seth Kearsley | Stars: Fred Armisen, Bob Bergen, Jeff Bergman, Kwesi Boakye

Votes: 141

46. Power Rangers Ninja Steel (2017–2018)
Episode: Ace and the Race (2017)

TV-Y7 | 24 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy

Calvin gets distracted from his friends, spending all his time buddying up to his idol, a fellow car enthusiast unworthy of Calvin's friendship.

Director: Michael Duignan | Stars: William Shewfelt, Nico Greetham, Zoë Robins, Peter Adrian Sudarso

Votes: 40

47. The Boys (2019– )
Episode: Get Some (2019)

TV-MA | 54 min | Action, Comedy, Crime

It's the race of the century. A-Train versus Shockwave, vying for the title of World's Fastest Man. Meanwhile, the Boys are reunited and it feels so good.

Director: Philip Sgriccia | Stars: Karl Urban, Jack Quaid, Antony Starr, Erin Moriarty

Votes: 14,910

48. La minute nécessaire de Monsieur Cyclopède (1982–1984)
Episode: Restons assis sur rien (1984)

2 min | Short, Comedy

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Director: Jean-Louis Fournier | Star: Pierre Desproges