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1. Scarface (1983)
R | 170 min | Crime, Drama
In 1980 Miami, a determined Cuban immigrant takes over a drug cartel and succumbs to greed.
Director: Brian De Palma | Stars: Al Pacino, Michelle Pfeiffer, Steven Bauer, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio
Votes: 917,025 | Gross: $45.60M
2. Public Enemies (2009)
R | 140 min | Action, Biography, Crime
The Feds try to take down notorious American gangsters John Dillinger, Baby Face Nelson, and Pretty Boy Floyd during a booming crime wave in the 1930s.
Director: Michael Mann | Stars: Christian Bale, Johnny Depp, Christian Stolte, Jason Clarke
Votes: 318,731 | Gross: $97.10M
3. Trouble with the Curve (2012)
PG-13 | 111 min | Drama, Romance, Sport
A daughter tries to remedy her dysfunctional relationship with her ailing father, a decorated baseball scout, by helping him in a recruiting trip which could be his last.
Director: Robert Lorenz | Stars: Clint Eastwood, Amy Adams, John Goodman, Justin Timberlake
Votes: 68,562 | Gross: $35.76M
4. Malcolm X (1992)
PG-13 | 202 min | Biography, Drama, History
Biographical epic of the controversial and influential Black Nationalist leader, from his early life and career as a small-time gangster, to his ministry as a member of the Nation of Islam and his eventual assassination.
Director: Spike Lee | Stars: Denzel Washington, Angela Bassett, Delroy Lindo, Spike Lee
Votes: 102,082 | Gross: $48.17M
5. Summer Rental (1985)
PG | 87 min | Comedy
An overworked air-traffic controller takes his family on a beach vacation but is soon beset by series of mishaps.
Director: Carl Reiner | Stars: John Candy, Richard Crenna, Rip Torn, Karen Austin
Votes: 18,366 | Gross: $24.69M
6. 3 from Hell (2019)
R | 115 min | Action, Horror
After barely surviving prison, the demented Firefly clan go on the run, unleashing a whole new wave of murder, madness and mayhem.
Director: Rob Zombie | Stars: Sheri Moon Zombie, Bill Moseley, Sid Haig, Jeff Daniel Phillips
Votes: 17,927
7. Flags of Our Fathers (2006)
R | 135 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
The life stories of the six men who raised the flag at the Battle of Iwo Jima, a turning point in World War II.
Director: Clint Eastwood | Stars: Ryan Phillippe, Barry Pepper, Joseph Cross, Jesse Bradford
Votes: 129,288 | Gross: $33.60M
8. Dead Man Walking (1995)
R | 122 min | Crime, Drama
A nun, while comforting a convicted killer on death row, empathizes with both the killer and his victim's families.
Director: Tim Robbins | Stars: Susan Sarandon, Sean Penn, Robert Prosky, Raymond J. Barry
Votes: 101,812 | Gross: $39.39M
9. Stalag 17 (1953)
Not Rated | 120 min | Comedy, Drama, War
After two Americans are killed while escaping from a German P.O.W. camp in World War II, the barracks black marketeer, J.J. Sefton, is suspected of being an informer.
Director: Billy Wilder | Stars: William Holden, Don Taylor, Otto Preminger, Robert Strauss
Votes: 58,827
10. The Majestic (2001)
PG | 152 min | Drama, Romance
In 1951, a blacklisted Hollywood writer gets into a car accident, loses his memory and settles down in a small town where he is mistaken for a long-lost son.
Director: Frank Darabont | Stars: Jim Carrey, Martin Landau, Bob Balaban, Jeffrey DeMunn
Votes: 57,681 | Gross: $27.81M
11. Café Society (2016)
PG-13 | 96 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
In the 1930s, a Bronx native moves to Hollywood and falls in love with a young woman who is seeing a married man.
Director: Woody Allen | Stars: Jesse Eisenberg, Kristen Stewart, Steve Carell, Blake Lively
Votes: 81,329 | Gross: $11.10M
12. Monkeybone (2001)
PG-13 | 93 min | Comedy, Fantasy
In a coma, a cartoonist finds himself trapped within his own underground creation and must find a way to get back, while racing against his popular but treacherous character, Monkeybone.
Director: Henry Selick | Stars: Brendan Fraser, Bridget Fonda, John Turturro, Chris Kattan
Votes: 19,202 | Gross: $5.41M
13. Angela's Ashes (1999)
R | 145 min | Biography, Drama
An Irish Catholic family returns to 1930s Limerick after a child's death in America. The unemployed I.R.A. veteran father struggles with poverty, prejudice and alcoholism as the family endures harsh slum conditions.
Director: Alan Parker | Stars: Emily Watson, Robert Carlyle, Joe Breen, Ciaran Owens
Votes: 23,255 | Gross: $13.04M
14. Help! (1965)
G | 92 min | Adventure, Comedy, Musical
Sir Ringo Starr finds himself the human sacrifice target of a cult, and his fellow members of The Beatles must try to protect him from it.
Director: Richard Lester | Stars: John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, Ringo Starr
Votes: 21,127 | Gross: $13.08M
15. Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice (1969)
R | 105 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Trendy West Coasters Bob and Carol try wife-swapping with square Ted and Alice.
Director: Paul Mazursky | Stars: Natalie Wood, Robert Culp, Elliott Gould, Dyan Cannon
Votes: 7,277 | Gross: $31.90M
16. Johnny Dangerously (1984)
PG-13 | 90 min | Comedy, Crime
Set in the 1930s, an honest, good-hearted man is forced to turn to a life of crime to finance his neurotic mother's sky-rocketing medical bills.
Director: Amy Heckerling | Stars: Michael Keaton, Joe Piscopo, Marilu Henner, Maureen Stapleton
Votes: 16,412
17. What's Up, Tiger Lily? (1966)
PG | 80 min | Adventure, Comedy, Crime
A Japanese James Bond -esque spy flick reused and redubbed into the plot of a secret agent searching to uncover a recipe for the world's greatest egg salad in Woody Allen's directorial debut.
Directors: Woody Allen, Senkichi Taniguchi | Stars: Woody Allen, The Lovin' Spoonful, Frank Buxton, Louise Lasser
Votes: 9,997
18. Terminal Exposure (1987)
R | 105 min | Comedy, Crime
Two beach combing-shutterbugs accidentally capture a murder on film. Now detectives, the boys set out to capture a murderess shot only from behind, with a rose tattoo on her behind. Fun in ... See full summary »
Director: Nico Mastorakis | Stars: Mark Hennessy, Scott King, Hope Marie Carlton, Steve Donmyer
Votes: 1,391
19. City Heat (1984)
PG | 97 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
Slick Private Investigator Mike Murphy (Burt Reynolds) and tough Police Lieutenant Speer (Clint Eastwood), once partners, now bitter enemies, reluctantly team up to investigate a murder.
Director: Richard Benjamin | Stars: Clint Eastwood, Burt Reynolds, Jane Alexander, Madeline Kahn
Votes: 10,814 | Gross: $38.35M
20. Fade to Black (1980)
R | 102 min | Comedy, Crime, Horror
A shy, lonely film buff embarks on a killing spree against those who browbeat and betray him, all the while stalking his idol, a Marilyn Monroe lookalike.
Director: Vernon Zimmerman | Stars: Dennis Christopher, Tim Thomerson, Gwynne Gilford, Norman Burton
Votes: 4,999
21. Jimmy Hollywood (1994)
R | 112 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
A failing actor living in crime infested Los Angeles, frustrated with his career, decides to take the law into his own hands, and becomes the leader of a mock-vigilante group that videotapes criminals and turns them over to the police.
Director: Barry Levinson | Stars: Joe Pesci, Christian Slater, Victoria Abril, Jason Beghe
Votes: 3,648 | Gross: $3.69M
22. Loot (1970)
PG | 101 min | Comedy, Crime
Based on the play by Joe Orton, this film follows the adventures of two pals who have pulled off a bank robbery and have to hide the loot. Fortunately one of them works in a funeral parlor ... See full summary »
Director: Silvio Narizzano | Stars: Lee Remick, Richard Attenborough, Hywel Bennett, Milo O'Shea
Votes: 628
23. Mia madre (2015)
R | 106 min | Drama
Margherita, a director in the middle of an existential crisis, has to deal with the inevitable and still unacceptable loss of her mother.
Director: Nanni Moretti | Stars: Margherita Buy, John Turturro, Giulia Lazzarini, Nanni Moretti
Votes: 7,761 | Gross: $0.30M
24. Crime in the Streets (1956)
Passed | 91 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Social worker tries to befriend local slum gang.
Director: Don Siegel | Stars: John Cassavetes, Sal Mineo, James Whitmore, Mark Rydell
Votes: 1,388
25. Who Is Harry Nilsson (And Why Is Everybody Talkin' About Him?) (2010)
Not Rated | 116 min | Documentary, Biography, Music
The life and work of the enigmatic folk rock singer-songwriter.
Director: John Scheinfeld | Stars: Gerry Beckley, Lee Blackman, Perry Botkin Jr., Ray Cooper
Votes: 1,871 | Gross: $0.03M
26. Reel Injun (2009)
Not Rated | 85 min | Documentary, Western
The history of the depiction of Native Americans in Hollywood films.
Directors: Neil Diamond, Catherine Bainbridge, Jeremiah Hayes | Stars: Adam Beach, Chris Eyre, Russell Means, John Trudell
Votes: 1,649
27. Nobody's Perfekt (1981)
PG | 96 min | Comedy
The story of a group of misfits living in Miami, and their revenge against government bureaucracy. After the city refuses to pay for the damage to their car caused by a pothole, the three ... See full summary »
Director: Peter Bonerz | Stars: Gabe Kaplan, Alex Karras, Robert Klein, Susan Clark
Votes: 267
28. What's Cookin' Doc? (1944)
TV-Y7 | 9 min | Animation, Short, Adventure
When James Cagney wins the Oscar, Bugs shows a clip from "Hiawatha's Rabbit Hunt" (1941) and demands a recount of the voting.
Directors: Robert Clampett, Friz Freleng | Stars: Mel Blanc, Robert C. Bruce
Votes: 601
29. Hollywood Steps Out (1941)
Approved | 8 min | Family, Animation, Short
A tour of Ciro's Nightclub packed with caricatures of many top stars, including (in order) Cary Grant, Greta Garbo, Edward G. Robinson and Ann Sheridan, Johnny Weissmuller, James Cagney, ... See full summary »
Director: Tex Avery | Stars: Dave Barry, Sara Berner, Mel Blanc, Kay Kyser
Votes: 1,145
30. Lily in Love (1984)
PG-13 | 90 min | Comedy
Broadway star Fitzroy Wynn (Christopher Plummer) is thrilled when his wife Lily (Dame Maggie Smith) writes a new script with a brilliant lead role. While egocentric Fitz thinks himself ... See full summary »
Director: Károly Makk | Stars: Christopher Plummer, Maggie Smith, Elke Sommer, Adolph Green
Votes: 260 | Gross: $0.38M
31. Hollywood Mouth (2008)
Not Rated | 75 min | Drama
In Hollywood, a film buff gets involved with selling a Faberge egg.
Director: Jordan Mohr | Stars: Michael Abruscato, Katy Baker, Sam Bologna, Veli Erturk
Votes: 714
32. As Time Goes by (1988)
96 min | Comedy, Sci-Fi
A surfer who stops in for a bite to eat at a 1940s-type diner eventually realizes that it is not a diner at all - it is a spaceship disguised as one, and the "owners" of the diner are aliens.
Director: Barry Peak | Stars: Bruno Lawrence, Nique Needles, Ray Barrett, Marcelle Schmitz
Votes: 162
33. Twenty Million Sweethearts (1934)
Passed | 89 min | Comedy, Musical, Mystery
Unscrupulous agent Rush makes singing waiter Clayton a big radio star while Peggy, who has lost her own radio show, helps Clayton.
Director: Ray Enright | Stars: Dick Powell, Pat O'Brien, Ginger Rogers, The Mills Brothers
Votes: 452
34. Our Man in Jamaica (1965)
88 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
The FBI sends agents to Jamaica to investigate arms smuggling to revolutionaries in Santo Domingo.
Directors: Ernst Ritter von Theumer, Peter Jacob | Stars: Larry Pennell, Margitta Scherr, Roberto Camardiel, Barbara Valentin
Votes: 105
35. Spring Reunion (1956)
Approved | 79 min | Drama
The class of 1941 at Carson High School is holding its 15th reunion. "Boy Most Likely To Succeed" Fred Davis is in town to sell his house before taking a job in San Francisco; he's been ... See full summary »
Director: Robert Pirosh | Stars: Dana Andrews, Betty Hutton, Jean Hagen, Robert F. Simon
Votes: 304
36. Hollywood Mouth 2 (2014)
84 min | Drama
A film buff discovers strange goings-on at a movie museum and elsewhere in Hollywood.
Director: Jordan Mohr | Stars: Sam Bologna, Alexander Des Combes, Ronald Duthweiler, Matthew Glaser
Votes: 698
37. Malibu Beach Party (1940)
Approved | 8 min | Family, Animation, Short
Jack Bunny (a spoof of Jack Benny) invites Hollywood celebrities to his Malibu house for a party.
Director: Friz Freleng | Stars: Sara Berner, Marie Greene, Danny Webb, Dave Barry
Votes: 193
38. Bullets Over Hollywood (2005 TV Movie)
70 min | Documentary, History
"Bullets Over Hollywood" chronicles the blood-soaked landscape and enduring appeal of the American gangster movie - - from its origins in the silent film era to modern times.
Director: Elaina Archer | Stars: Warren Beatty, Humphrey Bogart, Marlon Brando, Joseph Breen
Votes: 160
39. James Cagney: That Yankee Doodle Dandy (1981 TV Movie)
71 min | Documentary, Biography
Documentary about the actor James Cagney with interviews with him, Donald O'Connor and Pat O'Brian.
Director: Richard Schickel | Stars: James Cagney, Treat Williams, John Alderson, John Archer
Votes: 37
40. Behind the Tunes: Looney Tunes Go Hollywood (2004 Video)
9 min | Documentary, Animation, Short
A documentary about the parodies of Hollywood films.
Directors: Tex Avery, Robert Clampett, Friz Freleng, Rudolf Ising, Chuck Jones, Robert McKimson, Hawley Pratt, Frank Tashlin | Stars: Keith Scott, Leonard Maltin, Jerry Beck, Chuck Jones
Votes: 188
41. Dalton Trumbo: Rebel in Hollywood (2006 Video)
59 min | Documentary
The story behind the novel and the film Johnny Got His Gun by Dalton Trumbo.
Director: Robert Fischer | Stars: Christopher Trumbo, Marsha Hunt, Jules Brenner, Harold Michelson
Votes: 29
42. Call the Usual Suspects: The Craft of the Character Actor (2006 Video)
23 min | Short, History, Biography
Stars: Judith Anderson, Lauren Bacall, Rudy Behlmer, Humphrey Bogart
44. And She Learned About Dames (1934)
9 min | Musical, Short
Students at New York's Rovina Finishing School for Girls send their photographs to the makers of Claybury's Beauty Soap in the hope of being chosen as "Miss Complexion of 1934". Martha ... See full summary »
Stars: Lyle Talbot, Martha Merrill, Busby Berkeley, Joan Blondell
Votes: 164
45. Curtains for Roy Earle: The Story of 'High Sierra' (2003 Video)
15 min | Documentary, Short
A short but detailed account of the making of the last movie Bogart made before he rocketed to super stardom.
Stars: Eric Lax, Leonard Maltin, Robert Osborne, Joan Leslie
Votes: 50
46. Kate Bush: There Goes a Tenner (1982 Music Video)
3 min | Music
Director: Paul Henry | Stars: Kate Bush, Del Palmer
Votes: 36
47.
Columbo (1971–2003)
Episode:
Forgotten Lady
(1975)
TV-PG | 100 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A faded dance star of film and stage murders her husband and makes it look like a suicide; Lt. Columbo doubts her seemingly perfect alibi.
Director: Harvey Hart | Stars: Peter Falk, Janet Leigh, Maurice Evans, Sam Jaffe
Votes: 3,055
48.
77 Sunset Strip (1958–1964)
Episode:
Penthouse on Skid Row
(1962)
TV-PG | 60 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Somebody is picking on the inhabitants of an old house, framing or assaulting them one by one. Roger masquerades as a Shakesperean actor on the bum to sort it out. Grace Lee Whitney appears.
Director: George Waggner | Stars: Efrem Zimbalist Jr., Roger Smith, Edd Byrnes, Louis Quinn
Votes: 43
49.
All in the Family (1971–1979)
Episode:
Prisoner in the House
(1975)
TV-PG | 25 min | Comedy, Drama
Archie can't help but feel uncomfortable - and uneasy - when a plumber's apprentice is a convict on a work furlough from prison.
Director: Wes Kenney | Stars: Carroll O'Connor, Jean Stapleton, Rob Reiner, Sally Struthers
Votes: 196
50.
Animaniacs (1993–1998)
Episode:
De-Zanitized/The Monkey Song/Nighty-Night Toon
(1993)
Not Rated | 22 min | Animation, Short, Adventure
Dr. Scratchansniff attempts to "de-zani-tize" the Warners./ Dr. Scratchansniff sings "The Monkey Song" with the Animaniacs./ The Warners and others give their version of a children's bedtime storybook.
Directors: Rich Arons, Gary Hartle, David Marshall, Rusty Mills | Stars: Rob Paulsen, Jess Harnell, Tress MacNeille, Frank Welker
Votes: 358