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51. Pursuit to Algiers (1945)
Approved | 65 min | Adventure, Crime, Mystery
Holmes is recruited to escort the heir to a European throne safely back to his homeland after his father's assassination.
Director: Roy William Neill | Stars: Basil Rathbone, Nigel Bruce, Marjorie Riordan, Rosalind Ivan
Votes: 4,082
52. 1000 to 1: The Cory Weissman Story (2014 Video)
Not Rated | 99 min | Biography, Drama
Cory Weissman is a college basketball player who suffers a devastating stroke. He perseveres to find new meaning in his life both on, and more importantly, off the court.
Director: Michael Levine | Stars: David Henrie, Luke Kleintank, Beau Bridges, Jean Louisa Kelly
Votes: 1,157
53. A New Year's Resolution (2021 TV Movie)
TV-G | 84 min | Drama, Romance
When a morning show producer makes a New Year's resolution to say yes more, she crosses paths with a confirmed Yes man who just might hold the key to her biggest story and to her heart.
Director: Lesley Demetriades | Stars: Aimee Teegarden, Michael Rady, Elise Bauman, Patricia Isaac
Votes: 1,398
54. The Criminal Code (1930)
Passed | 97 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
After a failed attempt at running for governor, D.A. Mark Brady is appointed warden of the state prison where many of the criminals he prosecuted are incarcerated.
Director: Howard Hawks | Stars: Walter Huston, Phillips Holmes, Constance Cummings, Boris Karloff
Votes: 1,372
55. Unexpected (2015)
R | 90 min | Comedy, Drama
An inner-city high school teacher discovers she is pregnant at the same time as one of her most promising students and the two develop an unlikely friendship while struggling to navigate their unexpected pregnancies.
Director: Kris Rey | Stars: Cobie Smulders, Anders Holm, Gail Bean, Elizabeth McGovern
Votes: 3,241
56. Speaking of the Devil (1991)
95 min | Comedy, Fantasy
Bull Webster is a taxi driver with some work problems on his hands: the Spider Corporation, a giant financial holding company, has decided to buy out his taxi co-operative in order to make ... See full summary »
Director: Enzo Barboni | Stars: Bud Spencer, Carol Alt, Thierry Lhermitte, Sharon Madden
Votes: 1,364
57. The Smiling Lieutenant (1931)
Passed | 93 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance
An amorous lieutenant is forced to marry a socially awkward princess, though he tries to keep his violin-playing girlfriend on the side.
Director: Ernst Lubitsch | Stars: Maurice Chevalier, Claudette Colbert, Miriam Hopkins, Charles Ruggles
Votes: 4,111
58. Shower (1999)
PG-13 | 92 min | Comedy, Drama
A young wealthy businessman's icy attitude toward his working-class background is about to thaw as he is forced to reconnect with his elderly father and mentally challenged younger brother, who together run a public bathhouse.
Director: Yang Zhang | Stars: Jiayi Du, Zheng Fang, Bing He, Wu Jiang
Votes: 4,220 | Gross: $1.15M
59. Captains Courageous (1996 TV Movie)
PG | 93 min | Drama, Family
A wealthy, spoiled boy falls overboard and is rescued by fishermen who put him to work.
Director: Michael Anderson | Stars: Robert Urich, Kenny Vadas, Kaj-Erik Eriksen, Robert Wisden
Votes: 840
60. Sixpack Annie (1975)
R | 88 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
Busty, blonde and beautiful, Six-Pack Annie seeks to help her Aunt Tess raise $5,000 for the family diner...by trying to find a rich daddy.
Director: Fred G. Thorne | Stars: Lindsay Bloom, Jana Bellan, Joe Higgins, Larry Mahan
Votes: 331
61. Jacob the Liar (1974)
100 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
A Jewish ghetto in central Europe, 1944. By coincidence, Jakob Heym eavesdrops on a German radio broadcast announcing the Soviet Army is making slow by steady progress towards central ... See full summary »
Director: Frank Beyer | Stars: Vlastimil Brodský, Erwin Geschonneck, Henry Hübchen, Blanche Kommerell
Votes: 1,375
62. Halloween at Aunt Ethel's (2019)
80 min | Comedy, Horror, Thriller
Everyone in town knows the story of Old Aunt Ethel. It's said she makes Halloween candy and pumpkin pie out of the kids that trick-or-treat at her house. This Halloween, the neighborhood teens are going to find out the truth.
Director: Joseph Mazzaferro | Stars: Chris Cavalier, Melissa Daddio, Sean Michael Gloria, Jason Henne
Votes: 1,460
63. Stowaway in the Sky (1960)
Not Rated | 85 min | Adventure, Family
A young boy sneaks onto his grandfather's hot-air balloon and together they travel over France.
Director: Albert Lamorisse | Stars: André Gille, Maurice Baquet, Pascal Lamorisse, Charles Bayard
Votes: 226
64. On the Sunny Side (1942)
Passed | 69 min | Drama, War
Because of the war, a 12-year-old boy from England, Hugh, is sent to live with the Andrews family in Ohio. Don, the Andrews' 11-year-old son, eagerly accepts the English boy and is happy ... See full summary »
Director: Harold D. Schuster | Stars: Roddy McDowall, Jane Darwell, Stanley Clements, Katharine Alexander
Votes: 177
65. What Every Woman Knows (1934)
Passed | 89 min | Comedy
The story takes place in Scotland, where plain Maggie Wylie's family, fearing she may become a spinster, finances young John Shand's studies in return for his agreement to marry her in five... See full summary »
Director: Gregory La Cava | Stars: Helen Hayes, Brian Aherne, Madge Evans, Lucile Watson
Votes: 437
66. Brats (1930)
Passed | 21 min | Comedy, Short, Family
Laurel and Hardy's bid for a quiet evening of checkers and pool is constantly interrupted by their squabbling brats, little Ollie and little Stanley.
Director: James Parrott | Stars: Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy
Votes: 2,267
67. The Fireman (1916)
TV-G | 24 min | Short, Comedy
Charlie is a fireman who always does everything wrong. A man talks the Fire Chief into ignoring his burning home (he wants the insurance money) unaware that his daughter (the love of the ... See full summary »
Director: Charles Chaplin | Stars: Charles Chaplin, Edna Purviance, Lloyd Bacon, Eric Campbell
Votes: 2,875
68. Sergeant Murphy (1938)
Passed | 57 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
A horse is offered for sale to the cavalry but is rejected as unfit for service. A cavalry private buys the horse, and trains it to be a champion racer. When he thinks it's ready, he ... See full summary »
Director: B. Reeves Eason | Stars: Ronald Reagan, Mary Maguire, Donald Crisp, Ben Hendricks Jr.
Votes: 189
69. The Nothing Factory (2017)
Not Rated | 177 min | Drama, Musical
One night, a group of workers discover their factory is being dismantled by the same administration that runs it. Quickly, the labourers organize themselves in order to occupy the plant.
Director: Pedro Pinho | Stars: José Smith Vargas, Carla Galvão, Njamy Sebastião, Joaquim Bichana Martins
Votes: 914
70. Disney's Animated Storybook: Hercules (1997 Video Game)
K-A | Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Interactive storybook based on Disney's Hercules (1997). Follow the story of the animated movie or play checkers with Hades and sing the popular songs from the movie with the help of the game's karaoke option.
Directors: Steve Evangelatos, David Molina, Terry Shakespeare, Greg Tiernan, Dermott O'Connor | Stars: Danny DeVito, Tate Donovan, Susan Egan, Matt Frewer
Votes: 77
71. Le rapace (1968)
105 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
In 1934, in a South-American country, a mercenary is hired to kill the head of state. Accompanied by the former president's grandson, he moves into a house opposite the presidential palace. During their wait, friendship grows between them.
Director: José Giovanni | Stars: Lino Ventura, Rosa Furman, Aurora Clavel, Enrique Lucero
Votes: 693
72. Age of Indiscretion (1935)
Passed | 78 min | Drama, Romance
A book publisher finds his business floundering, which prompts his socially ambitious wife to desert him for a society millionaire, leaving him with their young son. The publisher's ... See full summary »
Director: Edward Ludwig | Stars: Paul Lukas, Madge Evans, Helen Vinson, May Robson
Votes: 161
73. The Mystery of the Leaping Fish (1916)
Not Rated | 25 min | Comedy, Short
A bumbling detective comes to the rescue of a damsel in distress when a drug smuggler wants to force her to marry him.
Director: John Emerson | Stars: Douglas Fairbanks, Bessie Love, Allan Sears, Tom Wilson
Votes: 998
74. Stuck with a Perfect Woman (2016)
97 min | Comedy, Romance
Eliska's husband has left her for a younger woman. She is childless, in her early forties, yet still attractive. Till then she had taken care of her successful husband, but now she has to ... See full summary »
Director: Tomas Hoffman | Stars: Petra Hrebícková, Ondrej Vetchý, Miroslav Táborský, Jirí Langmajer
Votes: 446
75. Bed and Sofa (1927)
86 min | Comedy, Drama
A married couple have a small apartment in Moscow. When an old friend of the husband's arrives in the city, he is unable to find lodgings. Kolia, the husband, invites his friend to move in with them.
Director: Abram Room | Stars: Vladimir Fogel, Nikolay Batalov, Lyudmila Semyonova, Leonid Yurenev
Votes: 1,331
76. La maisonnée (1992)
25 min | Short, Comedy
It is easier to hurt children rather than astonish them. Francois Chasteller is coming to take his wife to the final procedure of their divorce. He is to take her home on the same day in ... See full summary »
Director: Hervé Lièvre | Stars: Maryse Aubert, Céline Courcy, Jean Davy, Gaëla Giraud
77. Afternoon Off (1979 TV Movie)
63 min | Drama
Lee, a Chinese man, works as a waiter in a hotel in England, despite speaking very little English. Told that a girl called Iris might be interested in him, on his afternoon off work he buys a box of chocolates and sets off to find her.
Director: Stephen Frears | Stars: Henry Man, Benjamin Whitrow, Angela Morant, Pasquale Perrino
Votes: 62
78. Petticoat Fever (1936)
Passed | 80 min | Comedy, Romance
A lonesome wireless operator delays a couple who become stranded in Labrador.
Director: George Fitzmaurice | Stars: Robert Montgomery, Myrna Loy, Reginald Owen, Winifred Shotter
Votes: 523
79. Ambassador Bill (1931)
Passed | 70 min | Comedy
An American ambassador arrives in a small country that is being convulsed by political intrigue and civil unrest. He befriends the young boy who is to be the country's king, to ensure that ... See full summary »
Director: Sam Taylor | Stars: Will Rogers, Marguerite Churchill, Greta Nissen, Tad Alexander
Votes: 179
80. White House Madness (1975)
R | 79 min | Comedy
Nixon finds his administration crumbling around him, his allies turning against him, the courts beginning to hound him and an exorcist is even called in to drive the demons from his soul.
Director: Mark L. Lester | Stars: Steve Friedman, Dennis Fimple, Perry Cook, Rusty Blitz
Votes: 46
81. Everything Happens at Night (1939)
Passed | 78 min | Comedy, Drama
Two competing reporters fall in love with the daughter of a Nobel Prize winner living in hiding.
Director: Irving Cummings | Stars: Sonja Henie, Ray Milland, Robert Cummings, Maurice Moscovitch
Votes: 254
82. My Past (1931)
Approved | 72 min | Drama, Romance
Young man and an older man fall for a stage actress.
Director: Roy Del Ruth | Stars: Bebe Daniels, Lewis Stone, Ben Lyon, Joan Blondell
Votes: 294
83. Chasing Yesterday (1935)
Approved | 77 min | Drama, Romance
An archaeologist is reminded of a past romance which sends him on a trip to the country, where he falls for the orphaned daughter of his former sweetheart.
Director: George Nicholls Jr. | Stars: Anne Shirley, O.P. Heggie, Helen Westley, Elizabeth Patterson
Votes: 134
84. Alleman (1963)
90 min | Documentary
How do the Dutch people live? Hidden cameras filmed the crowds on the beach, during carnival time, skating on the ice plains...
Director: Bert Haanstra | Stars: Simon Carmiggelt, Bert Haanstra, Peter Ustinov
Votes: 499
85. R.E.M.: Man on the Moon (1992 Music Video)
5 min | Music
A promotional video for R.E.M.'s 1992 single "Man on the Moon."
Director: Peter Care | Stars: Bill Berry, Peter Buck, Charles Dierkop, Mike Mills
Votes: 101
86. The Pharmacist (1933)
Passed | 19 min | Comedy, Short
A henpecked but stoic pharmacist tries to maintains his precarious balance while dealing with demanding customers and his dysfunctional family.
Director: Arthur Ripley | Stars: W.C. Fields, Marjorie Kane, Elise Cavanna, Grady Sutton
Votes: 906
87. Barnacle Bill (1930)
8 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Sailor Bimbo (as Barnacle Bill) jumps ship with his little black book and visits his lady friend, Betty Boop (with dog's ears).
Directors: Dave Fleischer, Rudy Zamora | Stars: Ann Little, Billy Murray
Votes: 265
88. De gulle minnaar (1990)
100 min | Comedy, Romance
Graphic artist Peter Heg has been abandoned by his wife. He now has to take care of the upbringing of his ten-year-old son Tommie. One of Peter's tasks is to take Tommie to school, where he... See full summary »
Director: Mady Saks | Stars: Peter Faber, Mariska Van Kolck, Ian Smith, Ella van Drumpt
Votes: 471
89. The Golden Honeymoon (1980 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 52 min | Comedy, Drama
Charley Tate, a nice enough guy but somewhat of a braggart, takes his wife Lucy on a trip to Florida for their 50th wedding anniversary. While there, they run into one of Lucy's old ... See full summary »
Director: Noel Black | Stars: James Whitmore, Teresa Wright, Stephen Elliott, Nan Martin
Votes: 33
90. The Delicious Little Devil (1919)
Passed | 75 min | Comedy, Drama
A poor hat-check girl loses her job and is forced to get a job as a dancer at a roadhouse. There she falls in love with the son of a rich businessman. The boy's father, believing her to be ... See full summary »
Director: Robert Z. Leonard | Stars: Mae Murray, Richard Cummings, Harry L. Rattenberry, Edward Jobson
Votes: 917
91. Those Who Jump (2016)
80 min | Documentary
Mount Gurugu overlooks the Spanish enclave of Melilla on northern Africa's Mediterranean coast. The European Union and Africa are separated here by a high-security border facility ... See full summary »
Directors: Abou Bakar Sidibé, Moritz Siebert, Estephan Wagner
Votes: 105
92. Clubhouse Games: 51 Worldwide Classics (2020 Video Game)
E
With board games, card games, sports games, solitaires, and even a piano keyboard, Clubhouse Games: 51 Worldwide Classics is an eclectic collection of games to play.
Director: Atsushi Nakao | Stars: Ikuya Sawaki, Satoru Inoue, Yui Hashimoto, Sayaka Aida
Votes: 51
93. Mario's Game Gallery (1995 Video Game)
K-A | Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Play a verity of board and card games with your favorite plumber Mario.
Star: Charles Martinet
Votes: 33
94. The Greyhound and the Rabbit (1940)
7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
A wacky greyhound race includes a flirtatious mechanical rabbit, bored spectators, an announcer who loses his false teeth, a pudgy trespassing puppy and dogs who would rather knit or play checkers than run.
Director: Sid Marcus | Stars: Mel Blanc, John Wald
Votes: 20
95. Kinged: The Rise and Fall of Ivan Chaqualskii (2014)
14 min | Short, Comedy
After pooping his pants in a championship match, Ivan Chaqualskii sets out to reclaim his title as the greatest checkers player the world has ever known.
Director: Johnny Roman | Stars: Matthew Donaldson, Mike Betancourt, William A. Condon, Claire Fischer
Votes: 7
96. The City Slicker (1918)
Not Rated | 12 min | Comedy, Short
Our hero gets a job at a hotel in the country and proceeds to introduce some changes, installing gadgets and time-saving devices.
Director: Gilbert Pratt | Stars: Harold Lloyd, 'Snub' Pollard, Bebe Daniels, Helen Gilmore
Votes: 260
97. The Faking of the President (1976)
80 min | Comedy
Directors: Alan Abel, Jeanne Abel | Stars: Marshall Efron, Alan Barinholtz, Robert Staats, William J. Daprato
Votes: 8
98. 6,000 Enemies (1939)
Passed | 62 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
A tough prosecutor who has sent dozens of criminals to prison finds himself framed on a bribery charge and winds up in prison himself.
Director: George B. Seitz | Stars: Walter Pidgeon, Rita Johnson, Paul Kelly, Nat Pendleton
Votes: 263
99. Captain Hurricane (1935)
Approved | 72 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Zenas Brewster (James Barton) is a seafaring man with a bad reputation. Notorious for his tempestuous nature, Brewster has earned the nickname of "Captain Hurricane." Brewster is smitten ... See full summary »
Director: John S. Robertson | Stars: James Barton, Helen Westley, Helen Mack, Gene Lockhart
Votes: 101
100. Beg, Borrow or Steal (1937)
Passed | 72 min | Comedy, Romance
A con man must pass himself off as the owner of a château on the French Riviera when he is expected to host his estranged daughter's wedding.
Director: Wilhelm Thiele | Stars: Frank Morgan, Florence Rice, John Beal, Janet Beecher
Votes: 298