frbrown's obscure favourites
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1. Running on Karma (2003)
93 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
A monk turned body-builder, with the gift to see into people's lives, befriends a female cop, and uses his gift to change the force of Karma and her destiny.
Directors: Johnnie To, Ka-Fai Wai | Stars: Andy Lau, Cecilia Cheung, Eddie Cheung, Wong Chun
Votes: 3,325
2. Kitty Kornered (1946)
Approved | 7 min | Family, Animation, Short
Porky puts his cats out in the snow, but then they put him out and have a party. Expelling them again, Porky goes to bed, only to be terrorized by the felines' mock Martian invasion.
Director: Robert Clampett | Stars: Mel Blanc, Robert Clampett
Votes: 912
3. Throw Down (2004)
Not Rated | 95 min | Drama
A former Judo champion is given the chance to redeem himself after he befriends a competitor and an aspiring singer.
Director: Johnnie To | Stars: Louis Koo, Aaron Kwok, Cherrie Ying, Tony Ka Fai Leung
Votes: 2,494
4. Baby Bottleneck (1946)
Approved | 7 min | Family, Animation, Short
It's the start of the Baby-Boom, and the overworked delivery system is full of glitches: Mother Goose gets a baby skunk, a Scotty dog gets a little hippo, and Mr. and Mrs. Mouse wind up ... See full summary »
Director: Robert Clampett | Stars: Mel Blanc, Sara Berner
Votes: 971
5. None Shall Escape (1944)
Approved | 85 min | Drama, War
The career of a German officer shown as flashbacks from his trial as a war criminal.
Director: André De Toth | Stars: Marsha Hunt, Alexander Knox, Henry Travers, Erik Rolf
Votes: 977
6. Screaming Mimi (1958)
Approved | 79 min | Drama, Film-Noir, Thriller
Virginia Wilson saw a man get shot right after he tried to kill her, so she goes to psychiatrist Dr. Greenwood. He falls in love with her and takes over her life, but she insists on continuing her career as a stripper.
Director: Gerd Oswald | Stars: Anita Ekberg, Philip Carey, Gypsy Rose Lee, Harry Townes
Votes: 772
7. A Song Is Born (1948)
Approved | 113 min | Comedy, Music, Musical
With her gangster boyfriend under investigation by the police, a nightclub singer hides out in a musical research institution staffed by bachelor professors - one of whom begins to fall for her.
Director: Howard Hawks | Stars: Danny Kaye, Virginia Mayo, Benny Goodman, Tommy Dorsey
Votes: 2,799
8. Ten Days Wonder (1971)
PG | 110 min | Mystery, Drama
Anthony Perkins, a young sculptor with a weird penchant for waking up in strange hotels with his memory wiped clean and bloodied hands, invites a former professor (Michel Piccoli) to the ... See full summary »
Director: Claude Chabrol | Stars: Anthony Perkins, Michel Piccoli, Marlène Jobert, Orson Welles
Votes: 986 | Gross: $0.04M
9. The Detective (1954)
Approved | 91 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
Works of art are disappearing, stolen by a master thief, a master of disguise. Father Brown has two goals: to catch the thief and to save his soul.
Director: Robert Hamer | Stars: Alec Guinness, Joan Greenwood, Peter Finch, Cecil Parker
Votes: 1,664
10. The Honey Pot (1967)
Not Rated | 150 min | Comedy, Crime, Mystery
In Venice, a millionaire hires an actor to help him prank three greedy ex-girlfriends into thinking he's dying and leaving his fortune to one of them.
Director: Joseph L. Mankiewicz | Stars: Rex Harrison, Susan Hayward, Cliff Robertson, Capucine
Votes: 2,848
11. I See a Dark Stranger (1946)
Approved | 98 min | Comedy, Drama, Thriller
A young Irish woman hates England so much she becomes a spy for Germany.
Director: Frank Launder | Stars: Deborah Kerr, Trevor Howard, Raymond Huntley, Michael Howard
Votes: 1,761
12. The Verdict (1946)
Approved | 86 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
After an innocent man is executed in a case for which he was not responsible, a Scotland Yard superintendent finds himself investigating the murder of his key witness.
Director: Don Siegel | Stars: Sydney Greenstreet, Peter Lorre, Joan Lorring, George Coulouris
Votes: 2,831
13. Duelle (1976)
Not Rated | 121 min | Drama, Fantasy, Mystery
The Queen of the Night battles the Queen of the Sun over a magical diamond that will allow the winner to remain on Earth, specifically in modern day Paris.
Director: Jacques Rivette | Stars: Juliet Berto, Bulle Ogier, Jean Babilée, Hermine Karagheuz
Votes: 1,783
14. India: Matri Bhumi (1959)
90 min | Documentary, Drama
Several stories depicting the landscapes and fauna of India are mixed with documentary footage.
Director: Roberto Rossellini
Votes: 731
15. Chronopolis (1982)
52 min | Animation, Drama, Fantasy
Weary immortals inhabit a metropolis in the sky and amuse themselves with constructions as they kill time and await whatever comes next.
Director: Piotr Kamler | Star: Michael Lonsdale
Votes: 566
16. Outcast of the Islands (1951)
Not Rated | 93 min | Adventure, Drama
A man occupies a position of trust with a merchant in an East Asian port. He's sacked after he's caught stealing, but he pretends to commit suicide, and a Captain he befriended agrees to take him to a secret trading post.
Director: Carol Reed | Stars: Ralph Richardson, Trevor Howard, Robert Morley, Wendy Hiller
Votes: 1,260
17. The Crowd Roars (1932)
Passed | 85 min | Action, Drama, Sport
Race car driver becomes overprotective of his brother when he decides to become a racer as well.
Director: Howard Hawks | Stars: James Cagney, Joan Blondell, Ann Dvorak, Eric Linden
Votes: 1,476 | Gross: $1.14M
18. Mr. Hayashi (1963)
3 min | Short
Bruce Baillie's Mr. Hayashi might be thought of as a putative East Coast story transformed by a West Coast sensibility. The narrative, slight as it is, mounts a social critique of sorts, ... See full summary »
Director: Bruce Baillie
Votes: 121
19. Draftee Daffy (1945)
Approved | 7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Daffy Duck is desperate to elude the draft board respresentative bearing his conscription order.
Director: Robert Clampett | Star: Mel Blanc
Votes: 880
20. Breaking News (2004)
TV-14 | 90 min | Action, Crime, Drama
After a disastrous failure to stop a robber gang, the police attempt to redeem themselves through a series of publicity stunts and shootouts.
Director: Johnnie To | Stars: Richie Jen, Kelly Chen, Nick Cheung, Yong You
Votes: 5,777
21. Autobiography of a Princess (1975)
Not Rated | 58 min | Drama, History
On the anniversary of her father's death, an Indian princess (Madhur Jaffrey) celebrates his memory in her London apartment by having tea and showing a selection of home movies to her guest... See full summary »
Director: James Ivory | Stars: James Mason, Madhur Jaffrey, Keith Varnier, Diane Fletcher
Votes: 379
22. Love Letters (1945)
Passed | 101 min | Drama, Mystery, Romance
Allen Quinton writes a fellow soldier's love letters; tragedy results. Later, Allen meets a beautiful amnesiac who fears postmen...
Director: William Dieterle | Stars: Jennifer Jones, Joseph Cotten, Ann Richards, Cecil Kellaway
Votes: 1,782
23. Take Care of My Cat (2001)
112 min | Drama
In the port city of Icheon, five female friends struggle to stay close while forging a life for themselves after high school. When one of the group, upwardly-mobile Hae-ju, moves to Seoul, ... See full summary »
Director: Jae-eun Jeong | Stars: Bae Doona, Lee Yo-won, Ok Ji-young, Eung-ju Lee
Votes: 2,594 | Gross: $0.00M
24. Tourou et Bitti (1971)
12 min | Short
A dance of possession takes place in Zima Dauda Sido's concession in Niger. Turu and Bitti, the archaic drums, will be beaten during the ceremony.
Directors: Jean Rouch, Lam Dia-Hama | Star: Jean Rouch
Votes: 88
25. To New Shores (1937)
106 min | Drama
In 1846 the actress Gloria Vane is performing at the Adelphi Theatre, London. She is in love with the destitute nobleman Albert Finsbury, who is shortly departing to Australia to become an ... See full summary »
Director: Douglas Sirk | Stars: Zarah Leander, Willy Birgel, Edwin Jürgensen, Carola Höhn
Votes: 476
26. Running Out of Time 2 (2001)
Not Rated | 95 min | Crime, Mystery
Ho Sheung Sang finds himself wrapped up in another cat-and-mouse game, this time against a tricky magician.
Directors: Wing-Cheong Law, Johnnie To | Stars: Ching Wan Lau, Ekin Cheng, Kelly Lin, Shiu-Hung Hui
Votes: 1,556
27. Urusei Yatsura 2: Beautiful Dreamer (1984)
Unrated | 90 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
The night before the school festival, things seem to be repeating themselves. Gradually, all the world functions come to a stop, the only ones that are not affected are a select group of student friends.
Director: Mamoru Oshii | Stars: Fumi Hirano, Toshio Furukawa, Akira Kamiya, Kazuko Sugiyama
Votes: 2,228
28. Fog Over Frisco (1934)
Approved | 68 min | Crime, Mystery, Romance
The lifestyles of Arlene and Valkyr Bradford, half-sisters from a respected San Francisco family, diverge markedly as Arlene takes up with criminals.
Director: William Dieterle | Stars: Bette Davis, Donald Woods, Margaret Lindsay, Lyle Talbot
Votes: 1,750
29. Detective Conan: Countdown to Heaven (2001)
100 min | Animation, Action, Crime
Multiple murders has been committed while the Black Organization members are roaming around Conan and his friends. Are they responsible for the killings? Or Is it someone else?
Director: Kenji Kodama | Stars: Minami Takayama, Wakana Yamazaki, Kappei Yamaguchi, Akira Kamiya
Votes: 2,909
30. Miss Oyu (1951)
Not Rated | 94 min | Drama, Romance
Shinnosuke is introduced to Shizu as a prospective wife, but he falls in love with her widowed sister Oyu. Convention forbids Oyu to marry because she has to raise her son as the head of ... See full summary »
Director: Kenji Mizoguchi | Stars: Kinuyo Tanaka, Nobuko Otowa, Yûji Hori, Kiyoko Hirai
Votes: 1,893
31. Juarez (1939)
Approved | 125 min | Biography, Drama, History
Louis Napoleon III (Claude Rains) takes advantage of the American Civil War to circumvent the Monroe Doctrine and expand his power by helping Emperor Maximilian von Habsburg (Brian Aherne) to add Mexico to his empire.
Director: William Dieterle | Stars: Paul Muni, Bette Davis, Brian Aherne, Claude Rains
Votes: 2,555
32. Air Force (1943)
Approved | 124 min | Action, Drama, History
The crew of an Air Force bomber arrives in Pearl Harbor in the aftermath of the Japanese attack on December 7, 1941, and is sent on to Manila to help with the defense of the Philippines.
Director: Howard Hawks | Stars: John Garfield, John Ridgely, Gig Young, Arthur Kennedy
Votes: 3,816
33. Exterior Night (1993)
Not Rated | 36 min | Short
Shot in high-definition video using rear-screen process plates from classic Warner Bros. films noirs. A young man (in color) searches for his past through black-and-white scenes from "The ... See full summary »
Director: Mark Rappaport | Stars: David Patrick Kelly, Mark Arnott, Victoria Bastel, Martin Frische
Votes: 127
34. Apache Drums (1951)
Approved | 76 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
A gambler is thrown out of a western town, but returns when the town is suddenly threatened by a band of marauding Apaches.
Director: Hugo Fregonese | Stars: Stephen McNally, Coleen Gray, Willard Parker, Arthur Shields
Votes: 943
35. The Late Mathias Pascal (1925)
Not Rated | 170 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Mathias Pascal, only son of a once rich family, marries beautiful Romilde, who has a terrible mother-in-law. She controls her daughter, and soon his home life becomes a nightmare, as well ... See full summary »
Director: Marcel L'Herbier | Stars: Ivan Mozzhukhin, Marcelle Pradot, Lois Moran, Marthe Mellot
Votes: 442
36. A Study in Terror (1965)
95 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Sherlock Holmes and Dr. John H. Watson join the hunt for the notorious serial killer, Jack the Ripper.
Director: James Hill | Stars: John Neville, Donald Houston, John Fraser, Anthony Quayle
Votes: 2,482
37. Masquerade in Vienna (1934)
90 min | Comedy, Romance
Vienna 1905: A risque drawing is published and threatens to compromise the model, a doctor's wife. Artist Heideneck protects her and invents a name. But the name exists, and this respectable lady is drawn into the artist's shady affairs.
Director: Willi Forst | Stars: Paula Wessely, Anton Walbrook, Olga Tschechowa, Hans Moser
Votes: 393
38. The Ogre of Athens (1956)
103 min | Crime, Drama
A peaceful, frightened little man is mistakenly identified as "the dragon", a notorious criminal at large. He briefly and reluctantly rules the underworld until they realize their mistake.
Director: Nikos Koundouros | Stars: Dinos Iliopoulos, Margarita Papageorgiou, Giannis Argyris, Thanasis Vengos
Votes: 2,198
39. Heroes for Sale (1933)
Passed | 76 min | Drama, Romance, War
A veteran fights drug addiction to make his way in the business world.
Director: William A. Wellman | Stars: Loretta Young, Richard Barthelmess, Aline MacMahon, Gordon Westcott
Votes: 2,515
40. Lady on a Train (1945)
Passed | 94 min | Comedy, Crime, Film-Noir
In New York, a woman who partially witnesses a killing from a train window seeks the aid of a crime novelist to solve the murder.
Director: Charles David | Stars: Deanna Durbin, Ralph Bellamy, David Bruce, George Coulouris
Votes: 2,565
41. Urusei Yatsura: Only You (1983)
101 min | Animation, Comedy, Fantasy
A mysterious and powerful alien girl Elle sends invitations to all of Ataru's friends to attend her wedding ceremony to non other than Ataru himself, to the surprise of everyone, and to the rage of Lum, Ataru's obsessed alien lover.
Director: Mamoru Oshii | Stars: Fumi Hirano, Toshio Furukawa, Saeko Shimazu, Akira Kamiya
Votes: 801
42. Porky Pig's Feat (1943)
Approved | 9 min | Animation, Short, Adventure
Porky Pig and Daffy Duck owe an outrageous sum to the Broken Arms Hotel. The manager thwarts their efforts to escape without paying their bill.
Director: Frank Tashlin | Star: Mel Blanc
Votes: 1,001
43. Time and Tide (2000)
R | 113 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
A streetwise young man becomes a bodyguard to score quick cash. He befriends a disillusioned mercenary determined to begin life anew. They find themselves working together to foil an assassination attempt, but their partnership can't last.
Director: Hark Tsui | Stars: Nicholas Tse, Wu Bai, Candy Lo, Cathy Tsui
Votes: 5,125 | Gross: $0.09M
44. Angels Over Broadway (1940)
Passed | 79 min | Adventure, Comedy, Crime
A cuckolded embezzler on the verge of suicide is helped by a tout, an alcoholic playwright, and a pick-up girl to reimburse the money with a gambling sting.
Directors: Ben Hecht, Lee Garmes | Stars: Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Rita Hayworth, Thomas Mitchell, John Qualen
Votes: 1,337
45. Pigs in a Polka (1943)
Approved | 8 min | Animation, Short, Adventure
The story of the three little pigs and the big bad wolf, this time performed as pantomime to the Hungarian Dances by Johannes Brahms.
Director: Friz Freleng | Stars: Bea Benaderet, Sara Berner, Mel Blanc
Votes: 1,045
46. Strange Voyage (1964)
92 min | Comedy, Crime
Paquita and her brother Venancio, both single and childish, live in a small town near Madrid. Their bossy eldest sister Ignacia, also an old maid, dominates them. One night, Paquita hears ... See full summary »
Director: Fernando Fernán Gómez | Stars: Carlos Larrañaga, Tota Alba, Lina Canalejas, Rafaela Aparicio
Votes: 1,668
47. Flash Gordon: The Greatest Adventure of All (1982 TV Movie)
95 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
Flash Gordon, Dale Arden and Dr. Hans Zarkov travel to the planet Mongo to fight the evil emperor Ming the Merciless.
Stars: Robert Ridgely, Diane Pershing, Bob Holt, David Opatoshu
Votes: 371
48. The Red Danube (1949)
Passed | 119 min | Drama, Romance, War
Shortly after the end of World War II, British Colonel Michael S. "Hooky" Nicobar (Walter Pidgeon) is assigned to a unit in the British Zone of Vienna. His duty is to aid the Soviet ... See full summary »
Director: George Sidney | Stars: Walter Pidgeon, Ethel Barrymore, Peter Lawford, Angela Lansbury
Votes: 716
49. My Son John (1952)
Approved | 122 min | Drama
The Jeffersons are the ideal picture-perfect all-American family in a small town, but their eldest son John returns home after a long absence spouting views that cause them to worry he may be a Communist.
Director: Leo McCarey | Stars: Robert Walker, Helen Hayes, Van Heflin, Dean Jagger
Votes: 707
50. The 27th Day (1957)
Approved | 75 min | Sci-Fi
Aliens take five people, give them small capsules which can kill mankind without additional damage, with the understanding they will colonize Earth only if they use the weapons.
Director: William Asher | Stars: Gene Barry, Valerie French, George Voskovec, Arnold Moss
Votes: 1,839
51. Margie (1946)
Passed | 94 min | Comedy, Music, Romance
A woman reminisces about her teenage years in the 1920s, when she fell in love with her teacher.
Director: Henry King | Stars: Jeanne Crain, Glenn Langan, Lynn Bari, Alan Young
Votes: 866
52. The World of Suzie Wong (1960)
Approved | 126 min | Drama, Romance
A businessman moves to Hong Kong to pursue a career as an artist and falls in love with a prostitute he hires as a model.
Director: Richard Quine | Stars: William Holden, Nancy Kwan, Sylvia Syms, Michael Wilding
Votes: 2,757 | Gross: $7.30M
53. Four Daughters (1938)
Approved | 90 min | Drama, Music, Romance
A musician is blessed with four musical prodigies, all girls, and cursed when a troubled young composer enters the lives of his Four Daughters.
Director: Michael Curtiz | Stars: Claude Rains, John Garfield, Jeffrey Lynn, Frank McHugh
Votes: 2,225
54. Hands Across the Table (1935)
Passed | 80 min | Comedy, Romance
A loafer and a manicurist, both planning to marry money, meet and form an uneasy alliance.
Director: Mitchell Leisen | Stars: Carole Lombard, Fred MacMurray, Ralph Bellamy, Astrid Allwyn
Votes: 2,152
55. Film Portrait (1970)
81 min | Documentary, Biography
A diary film in which Jerome Hill presents his life and milieu through different scenes, many hand-colored and animated.
Director: Jerome Hill | Stars: Brigitte Bardot, Ernest Borgnine, Cyd Charisse, Jerome Hill
Votes: 99
57. Water Sark (1965)
14 min | Short
I wanted to make a self-sufficient film, photographing myself in those mirrors on the table with all that water and prisms, and glasses and cups. In a way I was saying I can do a film that ... See full summary »
Director: Joyce Wieland | Star: Joyce Wieland
Votes: 96
58. 23 Paces to Baker Street (1956)
Approved | 103 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller
A blind American writer living in London stumbles upon a criminal conspiracy involving kidnapping and extortion.
Director: Henry Hathaway | Stars: Van Johnson, Vera Miles, Cecil Parker, Patricia Laffan
Votes: 2,585
59. Twilight Q (1987– )
60 min | Animation
Diving into the sea, Maymui is surprised to find a camera containing images of herself with a man she has never seen before. On top of this, the camera turns out to be a model not yet for sale.
Stars: Mako Hyôdô, Tetsuya Kaji, Mîna Tominaga, Shigeru Chiba
Votes: 178
60. Ringing Bell (1978)
47 min | Animation, Drama, Family
An innocent lamb learns about life and death when he seeks revenge upon the wolf who slaughtered his mother.
Director: Masami Hata | Stars: Hitoshi Takagi, Minori Matsushima, Akira Kamiya, Taeko Nakanishi
Votes: 966
61. Tall in the Saddle (1944)
Approved | 87 min | Western
Ranch hand Rocklin arrives in town to start his new job but his employer has been murdered and the locals don't seem too friendly.
Director: Edwin L. Marin | Stars: John Wayne, Ella Raines, Ward Bond, George 'Gabby' Hayes
Votes: 3,482
62. The Naked Jungle (1954)
Approved | 95 min | Adventure, Drama, Thriller
The Leiningen South American cocoa plantation is threatened by a 2-mile-wide, 20-mile-long column of army ants.
Director: Byron Haskin | Stars: Charlton Heston, Eleanor Parker, Abraham Sofaer, William Conrad
Votes: 4,407
63. Bullfighter and the Lady (1951)
Approved | 87 min | Drama, Romance, Sport
Hoping to impress a beautiful senorita, an American visiting Mexico trains with a famous Mexican bullfighter and becomes a competing bullfighter himself.
Director: Budd Boetticher | Stars: Robert Stack, Joy Page, Gilbert Roland, Virginia Grey
Votes: 677
64. The Kremlin Letter (1970)
M/PG | 120 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
During the Cold War a Naval Intelligence officer endowed with a powerful photographic memory is transferred to the CIA to participate in a covert operation in Moscow.
Director: John Huston | Stars: Bibi Andersson, Richard Boone, Nigel Green, Dean Jagger
Votes: 2,311 | Gross: $0.24M
65. Patlabor 2: The Movie (1993)
TV-14 | 113 min | Animation, Action, Drama
When a terrorist attack is blamed on the Air Force, Special Vehicle Unit 2 gets caught in the middle of a growing political conflict.
Directors: Mamoru Oshii, Mizuho Nishikubo | Stars: Mîna Tominaga, Briony Glassco, Julie Ann Taylor, Toshio Furukawa
Votes: 4,597
66. Al-mohager (1994)
129 min | Drama
Ram leaves the nomadic life and embarks on a quest for knowledge in a pharaonic Egypt mired in political intrigue. Based on a biblical story.
Director: Youssef Chahine | Stars: Youssra, Khaled Nabawy, Mahmoud Hemida, Michel Piccoli
Votes: 1,134
67. The Fantastic Adventures of Unico (1981)
Not Rated | 90 min | Animation, Adventure, Family
When Unico, a young unicorn, is taken from his family by evil gods, his powers of joy and happiness are put to the test. Can Unico's power triumph the darkness?
Directors: Toshio Hirata, Osamu Tezuka | Stars: Katsue Miwa, Ryouko Kitamiya, Kazuko Sugiyama, Junko Hori
Votes: 902
68. Megazone 23 Part II: Please Give Me Your Secret (1986 Video)
Not Rated | 82 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
Framed for murder and on the run, Shogo Yahagi must make contact with EVE to determine the fate of everyone on board Megazone 23, which is under attack from the alien Dezalg.
Directors: Yasuo Hasegawa, Ichirô Itano, Katsuhisa Yamada | Stars: Kazuki Yao, Maria Kawamura, Shigeru Chiba, Kôichi Hashimoto
Votes: 366
69. Horus: Prince of the Sun (1968)
Not Rated | 82 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
A boy with a mythical sword wants to protect a Norse village from an evil ice wizard and his minions, who destroyed his family's village. However, the villagers don't fully trust him and a mysterious girl with a dark secret befriends him.
Director: Isao Takahata | Stars: Mikijirô Hira, Etsuko Ichihara, Eijirô Tôno, Masao Mishima
Votes: 2,503
70. The Hunchback Horse (1947)
57 min | Animation, Adventure, Family
Adventures of Ivan the Fool and humpbacked horse in the world of kind magical creatures and cruel people.
Directors: Aleksandra Snezhko-Blotskaya, Viktor Gromov, Ivan Ivanov-Vano | Stars: Georgi Chernovolenko, Alik Kachanov, Anatoliy Kubatskiy, Georgiy Millyar
Votes: 1,149
71. Ruthless (1948)
Passed | 104 min | Drama, Film-Noir, Romance
A poor boy who saved a rich girl from drowning is adopted by her family, but he grows into a money-hungry ruthless businessman who would step on others to get to the top of the social ladder.
Director: Edgar G. Ulmer | Stars: Zachary Scott, Louis Hayward, Diana Lynn, Sydney Greenstreet
Votes: 1,409
72.
The Magical World of Disney (1954–1997)
Episode:
Mars and Beyond
(1957)
Unrated | 53 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
With help of technical advisers Dr. Wernher von Braun, Dr. Ernst Stuhlinger, and Dr. E. C. Slipher. Walt presents a humorous look at what man might find on Mars, with predictions for exploration of the planet with an atomic spaceship.
Director: Ward Kimball | Stars: Paul Frees, Walt Disney, Clarence Nash, E.C. Slipher
Votes: 280
73. When Strangers Marry (1944)
Passed | 67 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
A naive small-town girl comes to New York City to meet her husband, and discovers that he may be a murderer.
Director: William Castle | Stars: Robert Mitchum, Kim Hunter, Dean Jagger, Neil Hamilton
Votes: 1,373
74. Follow Me Quietly (1949)
Not Rated | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
An obsessed cop tracks an elusive serial killer who strangles his victims on rainy nights.
Director: Richard Fleischer | Stars: William Lundigan, Dorothy Patrick, Jeff Corey, Nestor Paiva
Votes: 1,744
75. Inner Sanctum (1948)
Approved | 62 min | Film-Noir, Horror, Mystery
A man fleeing the police after having committed a murder hides out in a boarding house in a small town.
Director: Lew Landers | Stars: Charles Russell, Mary Beth Hughes, Billy House, Dale Belding
Votes: 1,165
76. Sparrow (2008)
87 min | Drama, Romance
A gang of pickpockets roam the streets of Hong Kong.
Director: Johnnie To | Stars: Simon Yam, Kelly Lin, Ka-Tung Lam, Hoi-Pang Lo
Votes: 3,096
77. Too Bad She's Bad (1954)
95 min | Comedy, Romance
A kind-hearted taxi driver runs into a glamorous girl and falls in love with her, but she turns out to be a cheap thief.
Director: Alessandro Blasetti | Stars: Vittorio De Sica, Sophia Loren, Marcello Mastroianni, Mauro Sacripanti
Votes: 1,142
78. The Spider and the Fly (1949)
Not Rated | 87 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
A clever and dedicated French police official, a cleverer master-thief whom he secretly admires, the woman loved by the official who is in love with the thief, at the outbreak of World War I.
Director: Robert Hamer | Stars: Eric Portman, Guy Rolfe, Nadia Gray, Edward Chapman
Votes: 407
79. City That Never Sleeps (1953)
Approved | 90 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
Johnny Kelly, who plans on resigning from the police force and leaving his wife the next day, has a very eventful last night on duty.
Director: John H. Auer | Stars: Gig Young, Mala Powers, William Talman, Edward Arnold
Votes: 1,620
80. Carriage Trade (1972)
61 min
A jig-saw puzzle of postcards to produce varied displaced effects.
Director: Warren Sonbert
Votes: 36
81. Early Abstractions (1987)
23 min | Animation, Short
An anthology of Harry Smith's films 1-5, 7, and 10, unfortunately without the divisions clearly marked.
Director: Harry Smith
Votes: 263
82. Gauche the Cellist (1982)
60 min | Animation, Fantasy, Music
A cellist in a small orchestra receives help from animals to help him practice his music.
Director: Isao Takahata | Stars: Hideki Sasaki, Masashi Amenomori, Keiko Yokozawa, Kôichi Hashimoto
Votes: 1,676
83. Escape in the Fog (1945)
Approved | 63 min | Adventure, Film-Noir, Mystery
During WW2, an army nurse on R&R in San Francisco has a premonition about witnessing a murder attempt against a G-man by Nazi agents.
Director: Budd Boetticher | Stars: Otto Kruger, Nina Foch, William Wright, Konstantin Shayne
Votes: 1,140
84. The Butterfly Murders (1979)
Not Rated | 88 min | Action, Horror, Mystery
A journalist attempting to solve a mystery in "Martial World" enlists the aid of a master fighter and a woman named Green Breeze. They go to a mysterious castle where they come across poisonous butterflies and a black-leather-clad killer.
Director: Hark Tsui | Stars: Siu-Ming Lau, Michelle Yim, Shu-Tong Wong, Kuo-Chu Chang
Votes: 861
85. The Seventh Cross (1944)
Passed | 112 min | Drama, Film-Noir, Mystery
In 1936, seven prisoners escape from a concentration camp. The Nazis put up seven crosses for demonstrative executions. This story about one of the fugitives, who relies on own courage and compassion of people to avoid the seventh cross.
Director: Fred Zinnemann | Stars: Spencer Tracy, Signe Hasso, Hume Cronyn, Jessica Tandy
Votes: 2,992
86. Confessions of an Opium Eater (1962)
Not Rated | 85 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
In 19th-century San Francisco's Chinatown, American adventurer Gilbert De Quincey saves slave girls owned by the Chinese Tong factions.
Director: Albert Zugsmith | Stars: Vincent Price, Linda Lin Di Ho, Richard Loo, June Kyoto Lu
Votes: 779
87. Digimon Adventure: Our War Game! (2000)
TV-PG | 41 min | Animation, Short, Action
A year after the events of the first season, a virus Digimon called Diaboromon appears and starts attacking the Internet. The DigiDestined unites once more in order to prevent him from destroying every communications network on the planet.
Director: Mamoru Hosoda | Stars: Toshiko Fujita, Yûko Mizutani, Yuto Kazama, Umi Tenjin
Votes: 1,134
88. Mr. Dough and the Egg Princess (2010)
12 min | Animation, Short, Adventure
The witch Baba Yaga keeps her servant the Egg Princess confined and forces her to do hard daily chores around the mill. One night, a batch of kneaded dough comes to life and befriends the Egg Princess.
Director: Hayao Miyazaki
Votes: 891
89. Lupin the 3rd: The Mystery of Mamo (1978)
PG-13 | 102 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
While attempting to win the affections of a beautiful rival, a master thief risks death to learn the secret intentions of a wealthy and seemingly immortal, but certainly ruthless, recluse.
Directors: Sôji Yoshikawa, Yasuo Ôtsuka | Stars: Yasuo Yamada, Eiko Masuyama, Kiyoshi Kobayashi, Makio Inoue
Votes: 1,698
90. I Wouldn't Be in Your Shoes (1948)
Approved | 70 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
A dancer is pinned for murder after his shoe prints are found at the scene of the crime. His wife follows the trail of clues to the genuine killer.
Director: William Nigh | Stars: Don Castle, Elyse Knox, Regis Toomey, Charles D. Brown
Votes: 878
91. Tulipunainen kyyhkynen (1961)
86 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Doctor Aitamaa is spending holiday with his family at their summer villa. He accidentally reads a letter that was meant to his wife. The letter is from another man. Aitamaa fallows his wife... See full summary »
Director: Matti Kassila | Stars: Tauno Palo, Gunvor Sandkvist, Helen Elde, Matti Oravisto
Votes: 264
92. The Night of the Hunted (1980)
Not Rated | 92 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
Futuristic asylum residents in a skyscraper suffer insanity, amnesia. Blank-eyed inmates roam halls of "Black Tower" as tension escalates and bodies pile up.
Director: Jean Rollin | Stars: Brigitte Lahaie, Alain Duclos, Dominique Journet, Bernard Papineau
Votes: 2,094
93. Someone's Watching Me! (1978 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 97 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
A woman is being watched in her apartment by a stranger, who also calls and torments her. A cat-and-mouse game begins.
Director: John Carpenter | Stars: Lauren Hutton, David Birney, Adrienne Barbeau, Charles Cyphers
Votes: 5,181
94. Rope of Sand (1949)
Approved | 104 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
A man abused by a sadistic mining company cop before he could tell where on their desert property he'd found diamonds decides to steal them instead.
Director: William Dieterle | Stars: Burt Lancaster, Paul Henreid, Claude Rains, Peter Lorre
Votes: 1,798
95. Out of the Fog (1941)
Passed | 85 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
A Brooklyn pier racketeer bullies boat-owners into paying protection money but two fed-up fishermen decide to eliminate the gangster themselves rather than complain to the police.
Director: Anatole Litvak | Stars: Ida Lupino, John Garfield, Thomas Mitchell, Eddie Albert
Votes: 2,262
96. Tales of the City (1993)
Unrated | 60 min | Drama, Mystery, Romance
The stories of several colorful characters living in San Francisco.
Stars: Olympia Dukakis, Donald Moffat, Chloe Webb, Laura Linney
Votes: 4,326
97. The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse (1962)
Approved | 153 min | Drama, War
In Argentina, one daughter of patriarch Madariaga is married to a Frenchman while the other is married to a German thus leading to a crisis when Nazi Germany occupies France and some Madariaga family members fight on opposite sides.
Director: Vincente Minnelli | Stars: Glenn Ford, Ingrid Thulin, Charles Boyer, Lee J. Cobb
Votes: 2,350 | Gross: $1.91M
98. Shin Chan: The Adult Empire Strikes Back (2001)
90 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
When a new threat regresses the minds of the adults of Kasukabe back into children, its up to Shinnosuke and his friends to reclaim their parents from becoming trapped in the nostalgia of the 20th Century.
Director: Keiichi Hara | Stars: Akiko Yajima, Miki Narahashi, Keiji Fujiwara, Satomi Kôrogi
Votes: 1,154
99. Ventriloquist Cat (1950)
Approved | 7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
A cat learns the art of ventriloquism in order to play a series of practical jokes on a slow-witted bulldog...
Director: Tex Avery | Stars: Tex Avery, Red Coffey
Votes: 620
100. The Baby Sitter (1947)
Approved | 7 min | Animation, Short
Lulu is babysitting Alvin Jones, a bratty and hyperactive baby. While chasing Alvin through the house, Lulu crashes into a wall and is knocked unconscious when a picture frame falls on her ... See full summary »
Directors: Seymour Kneitel, Dave Tendlar | Stars: Jackson Beck, Jack Mercer, Mae Questel, Cecil Roy
Votes: 32
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