Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "contraption"

1. Pinocchio (I) (2022)

PG | 105 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama

A puppet is brought to life by a fairy, who assigns him to lead a virtuous life in order to become a real boy.

Director: Robert Zemeckis | Stars: Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Tom Hanks, Benjamin Evan Ainsworth, Angus Wright

Votes: 42,216

2. Pee-wee's Big Adventure (1985)

PG | 91 min | Adventure, Comedy, Family

When eccentric man-child Pee-wee Herman gets his beloved bike stolen in broad daylight, he sets out across the U.S. on the adventure of his life.

Director: Tim Burton | Stars: Paul Reubens, Elizabeth Daily, Mark Holton, Diane Salinger

Votes: 59,126 | Gross: $40.90M

3. The Borrowers (1997)

PG | 89 min | Adventure, Comedy, Family

A secret family of four-inch people living inside the walls of a house must save their home from an evil real estate developer.

Director: Peter Hewitt | Stars: John Goodman, Jim Broadbent, Mark Williams, Celia Imrie

Votes: 23,627 | Gross: $22.36M

4. City of Ember (2008)

PG | 90 min | Adventure, Drama, Family

For generations, the people of the City of Ember have flourished in an amazing world of glittering lights. But Ember's once powerful generator is failing and the great lamps that illuminate the city are starting to flicker.

Director: Gil Kenan | Stars: Saoirse Ronan, Toby Jones, Bill Murray, David Ryall

Votes: 69,763 | Gross: $7.87M

5. Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit (2005)

G | 85 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy

Wallace and his loyal dog, Gromit, set out to discover the mystery behind the garden sabotage that plagues their village and threatens the annual giant vegetable growing contest.

Directors: Steve Box, Nick Park | Stars: Peter Sallis, Helena Bonham Carter, Ralph Fiennes, Peter Kay

Votes: 146,155 | Gross: $56.11M

6. Screwballs (1983)

R | 80 min | Comedy

Frolicking youth comedy about zany high school students set in the 1960s.

Director: Rafal Zielinski | Stars: Peter Keleghan, Kent Deuters, Linda Speciale, Alan Deveau

Votes: 3,668 | Gross: $2.08M

7. The Nutcracker and the Four Realms (2018)

PG | 99 min | Adventure, Family, Fantasy

A young girl is transported into a magical world of gingerbread soldiers and an army of mice.

Directors: Lasse Hallström, Joe Johnston | Stars: Mackenzie Foy, Keira Knightley, Morgan Freeman, Helen Mirren

Votes: 37,454 | Gross: $54.86M

8. Young Sherlock Holmes (1985)

PG-13 | 109 min | Adventure, Fantasy, Mystery

When assorted people start having inexplicable delusions that lead to their deaths, a teenage Sherlock Holmes decides to investigate.

Director: Barry Levinson | Stars: Nicholas Rowe, Alan Cox, Sophie Ward, Anthony Higgins

Votes: 23,413 | Gross: $19.74M

9. Ernest Goes to Camp (1987)

PG | 92 min | Comedy, Family

Ernest, a lovable loser who works as a summer camp handyman and dreams of becoming a guidance councilor, must find a way to inspire a group of juvenile delinquents as well as stop a shady strip mining company from closing the camp.

Director: John R. Cherry III | Stars: Jim Varney, Victoria Racimo, John Vernon, Iron Eyes Cody

Votes: 12,465 | Gross: $23.51M

10. You Don't Know Jack (2010 TV Movie)

TV-14 | 134 min | Biography, Drama

A look at the life and work of doctor-assisted suicide advocate Jack Kevorkian.

Director: Barry Levinson | Stars: Al Pacino, Brenda Vaccaro, John Goodman, Deirdre O'Connell

Votes: 30,360

11. A Monster in Paris (2011)

PG | 90 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy

A 3D-animated movie set in Paris in the year 1910 and centered on a monster who lives in a garden and his love for a beautiful, young singer.

Director: Bibo Bergeron | Stars: Matthieu Chedid, Vanessa Paradis, Gad Elmaleh, François Cluzet

Votes: 22,698

12. Theater of Blood (1973)

R | 104 min | Comedy, Drama, Horror

A Shakespearean actor takes poetic revenge on the critics who denied him recognition.

Director: Douglas Hickox | Stars: Vincent Price, Diana Rigg, Ian Hendry, Harry Andrews

Votes: 12,289

13. Mood Indigo (2013)

Not Rated | 94 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy

Wealthy, inventive bachelor Colin endeavors to find a cure for his lover Chloe after she's diagnosed with an unusual illness caused by a flower growing in her lungs.

Director: Michel Gondry | Stars: Romain Duris, Audrey Tautou, Gad Elmaleh, Omar Sy

Votes: 16,726 | Gross: $0.30M

14. Good Neighbor Sam (1964)

Approved | 130 min | Comedy

To help his divorced neighbor claim a substantial inheritance, a family man poses as her husband. The ruse spills over into his career in advertising, and his recent promotion relies on his wholesome and moral appearance.

Director: David Swift | Stars: Jack Lemmon, Romy Schneider, Dorothy Provine, Mike Connors

Votes: 3,124

15. The Three Stooges Meet Hercules (1962)

Approved | 89 min | Comedy, Family, Fantasy

Three goofy druggists travel back to Ancient Greece on a milquetoast inventor's time machine.

Director: Edward Bernds | Stars: Larry Fine, Moe Howard, Joe DeRita, Vicki Trickett

Votes: 1,177 | Gross: $4.36M

16. The Mad Magician (1954)

Not Rated | 72 min | Drama, Horror

An illusionist becomes homicidal when his best kept magic secrets are stolen by his rival.

Director: John Brahm | Stars: Vincent Price, Mary Murphy, Eva Gabor, John Emery

Votes: 2,197

17. Thief (2014 Video Game)

M | Action, Adventure, Crime

Waking up after a magic ritual gone wrong that killed his apprentice, master thief Garrett finds his medieval City ravaged by a mysterious plague. With citizens chafing under the Baron's tyrannical rule, the City is ripe for revolution.

Director: Wilson Mui | Stars: Romano Orzari, Daniel Kash, Vanessa Matsui, Matthew Edison

Votes: 1,411

18. T Is for Turbo (2011)

6 min | Short, Action, Comedy

From the ashes of a true hero--the technologically-advanced, Turbo Rider--a modern defender shall rise in a post-apocalyptic 1997, when Kid, a die-hard comic aficionado, stumbles upon his beloved idol's high-tech justice-enforcing gear.

Directors: François Simard, Anouk Whissell, Yoann-Karl Whissell | Stars: François Gadbois, Yves Corbeil, Lauren Ashley Jiles, Jeanbart

Votes: 746

19. The Amazing Screw-On Head (2006 TV Movie)

Not Rated | 22 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

A Civil War-era secret agent with an extraordinary special power serves under president Abraham Lincoln protecting America from supernatural foes. Unsold animated TV pilot adapted from a short comic book from the creator of Hellboy.

Director: Chris Prynoski | Stars: Paul Giamatti, David Hyde Pierce, Patton Oswalt, Corey Burton

Votes: 2,119

20. Shadow Magic (2000)

PG | 116 min | Drama, History, Romance

Beijing, 1902: an enterprising young portrait photographer named Liu Jinglun, keen on new technology, befriends a newly-arrived Englishman who's brought projector, camera, and ... See full summary »

Director: Ann Hu | Stars: Jared Harris, Yu Xia, Yufei Xing, Peiqi Liu

Votes: 807 | Gross: $0.15M

21. Fast and Furry-ous (1949)

Approved | 7 min | Animation, Short, Adventure

Wile E. Coyote makes 11 disastrous attempts to catch the Road Runner.

Director: Chuck Jones | Stars: Mel Blanc, Paul Julian

Votes: 2,441

22. The 'High Sign' (1921)

Not Rated | 20 min | Short, Action, Comedy

A drifter at an amusement park finds himself both the bodyguard and hit man of a man targeted by a criminal gang.

Directors: Edward F. Cline, Buster Keaton | Stars: Buster Keaton, Bartine Burkett, Charles Dorety, Ingram B. Pickett

Votes: 3,569

23. The Haunted House (1921)

Unrated | 21 min | Short, Comedy, Horror

A bank clerk ends up in a seemingly haunted house that is actually a thieves' hideout.

Directors: Edward F. Cline, Buster Keaton | Stars: Buster Keaton, Virginia Fox, Joe Roberts, Edward F. Cline

Votes: 3,653

24. VeggieTales: The Ultimate Silly Song Countdown (2001 Video)

TV-G | 43 min | Animation, Short, Comedy

The Pirates Who Don't Do Anything host this obviously silly song countdown. These are the 10 most popular songs, as tabulated on the VeggieTales website, and are presented in a very ... See full summary »

Directors: Tom Bancroft, Mike Nawrocki | Stars: Mike Nawrocki, Phil Vischer, Kurt Heinecke, Nancy Rizzo

Votes: 373

25. Strike Me Pink (1936)

Passed | 100 min | Comedy, Drama, Musical

Meek Eddie Pink becomes manager of an amusement park beset by mobsters.

Director: Norman Taurog | Stars: Eddie Cantor, Ethel Merman, Sally Eilers, Harry Einstein

Votes: 496

26. Goldimouse and the Three Cats (1960)

6 min | Family, Animation, Short

Sylvester Cat is head of a household consisting of himself, a mother cat, and their spoiled-brat son, Junior. In this parody of "Goldilocks", Sylvester and Junior try to catch "Goldimouse",... See full summary »

Director: Friz Freleng | Stars: Mel Blanc, June Foray

Votes: 474

27. Crazy Contraptions (2022)

60 min | Game-Show

Engineering enthusiasts battle to create the most ingenious contraption using everyday objects. Teams are challenged to fabricate and demonstrate a new chain reaction machine before being judged on their ingenuity, design, and workmanship.

Stars: Richard Hammond, Zach Umperovitch, Shini Somara, Nick Young

Votes: 79

28. Shadow Man (1999 Video Game)

M | Action, Adventure, Fantasy

Cryptic action adventure about the undead voodoo warrior known as the Shadow Man who must stop Jack the Ripper and the biblical demon called Legion who plan to bring about the apocalypse using the souls of five notorious serial killers.

Stars: Redd Pepper, Barry Meade, Lani Minella, Travis

Votes: 289

29. A Greek Woman in the Harem (1971)

105 min | Comedy, Musical

Poor Rena tries to find money to pay her lottery partner because she destroyed the wining lottery-ticket, but, she and her brothers who try to help her, end up in a harem.

Director: Giannis Dalianidis | Stars: Rena Vlahopoulou, Hronis Exarhakos, Vagelis Seilinos, Maria Ioannidou

Votes: 1,109

30. Thou-Vou Bald Agent, Operation Havoc (1969)

94 min | Comedy

Thou-Vou and his new partner, MAP31, accept three imaginary tasks from a cunning director who is only interested in filming the unsuspecting duo for his upcoming movie feature. Will the agents manage to squeeze success out of failure?

Director: Thanasis Vengos | Stars: Thanasis Vengos, Antonis Papadopoulos, Vasilis Andreopoulos, Sassa Kazeli

Votes: 1,184

31. Nancy Drew: Sea of Darkness (2015 Video Game)

E10+ | Adventure, Mystery

Teen detective Nancy Drew investigates the disappearance of the captain of the Icelandic ship "Heerlijkheid".

Director: Tim Burke | Stars: Lani Minella, Katherine Grant-Suttie, Billie Wildrick, Gene Thorkildsen

Votes: 43

32. The Contraption (1977)

8 min | Horror, Short, Thriller

A man toils at building an elaborate contraption. As he builds you begin to determine what exactly it is he is building. It is a mousetrap, only the mouse it would catch would have to be the same size as him. Perhaps that is the point.

Director: James Dearden | Stars: Richard O'Brien, Charlotte Cornwell

Votes: 196

33. Porky's Cafe (1942)

7 min | Animation, Family, Short

Porky uses his mechanical gadgets to fix a meal for a strange little man, while cook Conrad Cat deals with an ant in the pancake mix.

Director: Chuck Jones | Stars: Mel Blanc, Robert C. Bruce

Votes: 286

34. Donald and the Wheel (1961)

Approved | 17 min | Animation, Short, Comedy

A father tells his son the invention of the wheel was most important; to prove it, the two hipsters visit the inventor caveman Donald Duck. There follows a survey of the progress of ... See full summary »

Director: Hamilton Luske | Stars: Bill Cole, Bill Lee, Thurl Ravenscroft, Max Smith

Votes: 301

35. Rabbit Stew and Rabbits Too! (1969)

G | 7 min | Animation, Family, Short

Quick Brown Fox tries to catch speedy fast Rapid Rabbit (who is silent, except for a bicycle horn which he uses). The duo go about some antics similar to those of the Coyote and Road Runner.

Director: Robert McKimson

Votes: 147

36. Tweet and Lovely (1959)

Approved | 6 min | Animation, Family, Short

Sylvester Cat's new hang-out is an inventor's lab, which is near Tweety Bird's house atop a pole. Guarding Tweety's house is a bulldog named Spike. Sylvester invents all kinds of ... See full summary »

Director: Friz Freleng | Star: Mel Blanc

Votes: 254

37. Weasel Stop (1956)

Approved | 6 min | Animation, Family, Short

A shaggy dog is the guard at a farm's chicken coop when a lip-smacking weasel comes along, intending to gain access to the chickens. And, never one to side with a canine, Foghorn Leghorn ... See full summary »

Director: Robert McKimson | Stars: Mel Blanc, Daws Butler, Lloyd Perryman

Votes: 324

38. Be Human (1936)

Approved | 7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy

Betty Boop is incensed at her farmer neighbor's cruelty to his animals. But the inventive Grampy knows how to teach him a lesson.

Directors: Dave Fleischer, Myron Waldman | Stars: Everett Clark, Jack Mercer, Gus Wicke, Mae Questel

Votes: 312

39. The Cartoon Factory (1924)

Not Rated | 8 min | Animation, Comedy, Short

This 1924 cartoon features an animated KoKo the Clown and a live-action Max Fleischer. Max has invented a new, electric, drawing device. He uses this to finish the drawing and then, with a ... See full summary »

Directors: Dave Fleischer, Max Fleischer | Star: Max Fleischer

Votes: 213

40. The Impractical Joker (1937)

Approved | 7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy

Betty Boop's baking is interrupted by her obnoxious practical-joking cousin, Irving. Can Grampy out-joke the joker?

Directors: Dave Fleischer, Thomas Johnson | Stars: Everett Clark, Pinto Colvig, Jack Mercer, Mae Questel

Votes: 237

41. The Candid Candidate (1937)

6 min | Animation, Short, Comedy

Betty Boop campaigns for Grampy for Mayor; he wins by one vote, but finds politics is no picnic. Urban renewal is parodied.

Directors: Dave Fleischer, Myron Waldman | Stars: Jack Mercer, Mae Questel

Votes: 203

42. Betty Boop's Crazy Inventions (1933)

Passed | 7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy

In a circus tent, Betty, Bimbo and Koko demonstrate some gadgets reminiscent of TV ads; an animated sewing machine gets out of hand.

Directors: Dave Fleischer, Willard Bowsky | Stars: Billy Murray, Mae Questel

Votes: 432

43. Long Distance Wireless Photography (1908)

Not Rated | 6 min | Short, Sci-Fi

An eccentric photographer demonstrates the wonders of technology to a couple who want to be photographed by his innovative wireless procedure that accents one's inner personality. Are they prepared for the harsh truth of the camera's eye?

Director: Georges Méliès | Stars: Fernande Albany, Georges Méliès

Votes: 568

44. Golden Axe: The Revenge of Death Adder (1992 Video Game)

Action, Adventure, Fantasy

Golden Axe: The Revenge of Death Adder is an arcade game released by Sega. It is the sequel to the original Golden Axe and features the same hack and slash action as its predecessor with new additions and improvements.

Votes: 57

45. Ko-Ko in 1999 (1927)

7 min | Animation, Comedy, Short

Chased by Father Time, Ko-Ko runs through time and into the futuristic world of 1999. There, Ko-Ko finds a mechanical barber, an automated feeding machine, and even an instant marriage.

Director: Dave Fleischer | Star: Max Fleischer

Votes: 54

46. The Popcorn Story (1950)

6 min | Animation, Short

The people of Blunder City, Nebraska, gather to honor Wilbur Shucks, the shoeshine boy who first discovered popcorn.

Directors: Art Babbitt, John Hubley | Star: Jim Backus

Votes: 47

47. Put-Put, Pink (1968)

G | 6 min | Animation, Short, Comedy

The Pink Panther wants to go on a ride with his self-built motorcycle, but it starts driving backwards at a frightening speed, and a policeman tries in vain to catch him for speeding. The ... See full summary »

Director: Gerry Chiniquy

Votes: 185

48. Aeronautical Oddities (1939)

16 min | Documentary, Short, Comedy

Newsreel footage of some of the most outrageous early flying contraptions--some of which even succeeded in lifting off the ground.

Votes: 7

49. Trip to Mars (1924)

7 min | Animation, Comedy, Sci-Fi

Max sends Ko-Ko on a rocket toward the moon, but Ko-Ko crash lands on Mars, where he encounters bizarre creatures and contraptions. Meanwhile, Max himself is blasted into outer space.

Director: Dave Fleischer | Star: Max Fleischer

Votes: 197

50. Isis (1994 Video Game)

Adventure, Fantasy, Music

Starship Isis has been stranded for a millennium. Fix it with the help of its priestess, so it can go back to its mission of spreading peace throughout the universe with the music of Earth, Wind and Fire. Or view interviews with the band.

Director: Allen Plone | Stars: Philip Bailey, Veena Bidasha, Ralph Johnson, Maurice White