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51. September 30, 1955 (1977)
PG | 101 min | Drama
When Jimmy's idol, James Dean, dies on September 30, 1955, the small-town Arkansas college undergraduate goes berserk. He and five of his friends hold a vigil which turns into a drunken debauch--and, finally, a tragedy.
Director: James Bridges | Stars: Richard Thomas, Susan Tyrrell, Deborah Benson, Lisa Blount
Votes: 459
52. The Automat (2021)
TV-PG | 79 min | Documentary, History
Documentary centers on the vending machine popularized in the 20th century that offered fresh cooked meals in a commissary-style eatery.
Director: Lisa Hurwitz | Stars: Mel Brooks, John W. Romas, Carl Reiner, Krystyna Romas
Votes: 1,582
53. House of Boys (2009)
Unrated | 117 min | Drama, Music, Romance
Two young soul mates find each other while working at an all-male performance club/brothel. Eventually, one contracts AIDS.
Director: Jean-Claude Schlim | Stars: Loïc Peckels, Layke Anderson, Harry Ferrier, Michael N. Kuehl
Votes: 1,359
54. Juego de amor prohibido (1975)
85 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A rich, charismatic professor picks up a couple of young hitch-hikers in his car and invites them to spend the night at his mansion.
Director: Eloy de la Iglesia | Stars: Javier Escrivá, John Moulder-Brown, Inma de Santis, Simón Andreu
Votes: 202
55. Penn & Teller Get Killed (1989)
R | 89 min | Adventure, Comedy, Crime
The "bad boys of magic" go over the edge in this mind-blowing, role-switching comedy murder mystery set in the dizzying world of Atlantic City casinos.
Director: Arthur Penn | Stars: Penn Jillette, Teller, Caitlin Clarke, David Patrick Kelly
Votes: 2,066
56. Boarding School (1978)
R | 98 min | Comedy
This film tells the story about a group of girls at an exclusive German girls boarding school. Across the lake is an exclusive boys boarding school...
Director: André Farwagi | Stars: Nastassja Kinski, Gerry Sundquist, Stefano D'Amato, Gabriele Blum
Votes: 597 | Gross: $0.31M
57. Cantinflas (2014)
PG | 102 min | Biography, Comedy, Drama
The untold story of Mexico's greatest and most beloved comedy film star of all time, from his humble origins on the small stage to the bright lights of Hollywood.
Director: Sebastian del Amo | Stars: Óscar Jaenada, Michael Imperioli, Ilse Salas, Bárbara Mori
Votes: 4,188 | Gross: $6.37M
58. Slipstream (2007)
R | 96 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Aging screenwriter Felix Bonhoeffer has lived his life in two states of existence: in reality and his own interior world. While working on a murder mystery script, and unaware that his brain is on the verge of implosion, Felix is baffled when his characters start to appear in his life, and vice versa.
Director: Anthony Hopkins | Stars: Anthony Hopkins, Stella Hopkins, Christian Slater, John Turturro
Votes: 4,915 | Gross: $0.01M
59. Apartment Zero (1988)
R | 124 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
In early 1980s Buenos Aires, a struggling movie theater owner takes in a roommate but suspects he is responsible for a series of political assassinations.
Director: Martin Donovan | Stars: Hart Bochner, Colin Firth, Dora Bryan, Liz Smith
Votes: 4,248 | Gross: $0.67M
60. Garfield in Paradise (1986 TV Short)
Not Rated | 24 min | Animation, Short, Adventure
The Garfield gang is in Hawaii with a 1957 Chevy.
Director: Phil Roman | Stars: Lorenzo Music, Thom Huge, Wolfman Jack, Frank Nelson
Votes: 612
61. The Junkman (1982)
PG | 96 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
Junkman and movie-maker Harlan Hollis struggles to stay alive when a jealous partner in his company hires goons to kill him. Full of amazing car chases, fantastic crashes, and edge-of-your-seat action.
Director: H.B. Halicki | Stars: H.B. Halicki, Christopher Stone, Susan Shaw, Lang Jeffries
Votes: 847
62. Steve McQueen: American Icon (2017)
Not Rated | 120 min | Documentary, Biography
Steve McQueen truly is an American Icon. One of America's most endearing and intriguing movie stars, he "is still the King of Cool" according to Esquire Magazine-50 years after the zenith ... See full summary »
Directors: Jon Erwin, Ben Smallbone | Stars: Mel Gibson, Mel Novak, Gary Sinise, Barbara Leigh
Votes: 230 | Gross: $1.23M
63. Deux enfoirés à Saint-Tropez (1986)
87 min | Comedy
Julius takes his best friend Paul, fresh out of prison, to the South of France for a vacation. But new girls, old flames, lies and a couple of stolen statuettes await.
Director: Max Pécas | Stars: Philippe Caroit, Jean-Michel Noirey, Lillemour Jonsson, Caroline Tresca
Votes: 184
64. Birth of the Beatles (1979)
104 min | Biography, Drama, Music
An account of The Beatles during the Hamburg years, their signing with Brian Epstein and their inevitable rise during the early sixties.
Director: Richard Marquand | Stars: Stephen MacKenna, Rod Culbertson, John Altman, Ray Ashcroft
Votes: 707
65. Madness (1980)
Not Rated | 85 min | Action, Crime, Drama
An escaped convict plays the occupants of a remote home against one another for his own sadistic pleasure while searching for the loot he buried there following a previous robbery.
Director: Fernando Di Leo | Stars: Joe Dallesandro, Lorraine De Selle, Patrizia Behn, Gianni Macchia
Votes: 633
66. Hitchcock/Truffaut (2015)
PG-13 | 79 min | Documentary
Filmmakers discuss how Francois Truffaut's 1966 book "Cinema According to Hitchcock" influenced their work.
Director: Kent Jones | Stars: Wes Anderson, Peter Bogdanovich, David Fincher, Bob Balaban
Votes: 7,203 | Gross: $0.30M
67. Killing Mr. Griffin (1997 TV Movie)
PG-13 | 89 min | Thriller, Drama
A hated teacher is kidnapped by high school students as a prank. He's killed - but by whom?
Director: Jack Bender | Stars: Scott Bairstow, Amy Jo Johnson, Mario Lopez, Chris Young
Votes: 1,073
68. Sal (I) (2011)
TV-MA | 85 min | Biography, Drama
The last day in the life of the actor Sal Mineo, who was murdered on February 12, 1976.
Director: James Franco | Stars: Val Lauren, Jim Parrack, James Franco, Vince Jolivette
Votes: 528 | Gross: $0.01M
69. Shadows of Desire (1994 TV Movie)
96 min | Drama, Thriller
A woman is torn between her love for a gentle man, and her secret passion for his dangerous brother.
Director: Sam Pillsbury | Stars: Nicollette Sheridan, Joe Lando, Adrian Pasdar, Richard Roundtree
Votes: 245
70. Dead Awake (2010)
R | 93 min | Fantasy, Mystery, Romance
A funeral parlor employee looks to unravel a 10-year-old mystery.
Director: Omar Naim | Stars: Nick Stahl, Rose McGowan, Amy Smart, Ben Marten
Votes: 1,530
71. Jess & James (2015)
Unrated | 92 min | Drama, Romance
Jess is a bohemian youth with secrets to hide from his shrewd parents. James feels trapped living with his irritable mother. After meeting for a sexual encounter, the two young men set off ... See full summary »
Director: Santiago Giralt | Stars: Martín Karich, Nicolás Romeo, Federico Fontán, Alejandro Paker
Votes: 684
72. The Musicians (2008)
11 min | Short, Drama, Music
The Musicians is The Story of a Man and Women who are Musicians and Lovers. Follow them as they try to find the balance between Music and Love for each other.
Director: Jennifer McCabe | Stars: Rebecca Russell, Miles Teller, Anthony J. Cox, Anthony M. Pizzuto
Votes: 57
73. Jedine Tereza (2021)
92 min | Comedy, Romance
A romantic comedy telling a story of a relationship of two people, which finds itself at the most critical point - just before a break-up. What will a person in love do to save such relationship? Absolutely everything.
Director: Jaroslav Fuit | Stars: Veronika Khek Kubarová, Igor Orozovic, Lenka Vlasáková, David Matásek
Votes: 131
74. New Wave (1983)
102 min | Comedy, Sport
A group of eleven women organize a soccer team, as a manifesto against sexism.
Directors: José Antonio Garcia, Ícaro Martins | Stars: Carla Camurati, Cristina Mutarelli, Tânia Alves, Regina Casé
Votes: 150
75. Casting By (2012)
TV-14 | 89 min | Documentary, Biography
The surprising, never-before-told tale of the indispensable yet unsung Casting Director - Iconoclasts whose keen eye, exquisite taste and gut instincts redefined Hollywood.
Director: Tom Donahue | Stars: Deborah Aquila, Risa Bramon Garcia, Ellen Chenoweth, Marion Dougherty
Votes: 1,638 | Gross: $0.01M
76. Due East (2002 TV Movie)
PG-13 | 104 min | Drama
A smart, hardworking high school senior has been an outsider for almost 4 years. When a fellow loner moves to Due East, she finds herself in a relationship for the first time, leading to a small town scandal that changes her life forever.
Director: Helen Shaver | Stars: Robert Forster, Kate Capshaw, Clara Bryant, Erich Anderson
Votes: 303
77. And the Oscar Goes to... (2014 TV Movie)
87 min | Documentary, History
The history of the Academy Awards.
Directors: Rob Epstein, Jeffrey Friedman | Stars: Anjelica Huston, Billy Crystal, Tom Hanks, Cher
Votes: 1,530
78. À nous les garçons (1985)
102 min | Comedy, Romance
Two best friends fall in love with the same boy.
Director: Michel Lang | Stars: Roland Giraud, Sophie Carle, Valérie Allain, Franck Dubosc
Votes: 177
79. The Banger (2020)
110 min | Comedy
A comedy about what one summer storm, one city ordinance, a set of golf clubs, rock and roll and one very angry daughter can do.
Director: Ondrej Trojan | Stars: Ivan Trojan, Kristýna Boková, Veronika Marková, Jirí Machácek
Votes: 101
80. Lena's Holiday (1991)
PG-13 | 100 min | Comedy, Romance, Thriller
A woman gets caught up in a smuggling case when her luggage is accidentally switched with an identical case.
Director: Michael Keusch | Stars: Felicity Waterman, Chris Lemmon, Nick Mancuso, Michael Sarrazin
Votes: 319
81. Ang utol kong hoodlum (1991)
103 min | Action
The modern-day Robin Hood collects greasy money from jeepney drivers on behalf of the criminal syndicate. He then gets a meager amount in return which he uses to feed his adoptive parents who he loves dearly.
Director: Deo Fajardo Jr. | Stars: Robin Padilla, Vina Morales, Dennis Padilla, Ryan Soler
Votes: 56
82. Supporting Characters (2012)
Not Rated | 87 min | Comedy
Two New York film editors balance their personal relationships while reworking a movie in crisis.
Director: Daniel Schechter | Stars: Alex Karpovsky, Tarik Lowe, Arielle Kebbel, Sophia Takal
Votes: 998
83. Final (2001)
R | 111 min | Sci-Fi, Drama, Thriller
When Bill (Denis Leary) wakes up in the psychiatric wing at Sumer Hospital, he has trouble distinguishing his dreams from reality.
Director: Campbell Scott | Stars: Denis Leary, Hope Davis, J.C. MacKenzie, Jim Gaffigan
Votes: 1,386 | Gross: $0.01M
84. The Wild One (I) (2022)
94 min | Documentary
Feature documentary that illuminates the journey of an unsung artist, Jack Garfein - Holocaust camp survivor, Actors Studio co-founder and teacher, celebrated Broadway director and ... See full summary »
Director: Tessa Louise-Salomé | Stars: Willem Dafoe, Irène Jacob, Peter Bogdanovich, Blanche Baker
Votes: 48
85. How I Got My Mink (1969)
60 min | Comedy, Drama
Rich and rebellious siblings Nick and Donna defy their affluent upbringing by moving out on their own and making an underground movie about the loose sexual mores of the 60's San Francisco ... See full summary »
Directors: Alan Colberg, Nick Millard | Stars: Phil Davis, Heather Gordon, Louise Thompson, Monica Gayle
Votes: 40
86. Bowling for Soup: 1985 (2004 Music Video)
3 min | Music
The music video for Bowling for Soup's cover/rewrite of SR-71's "1985," depicting a suburban mother who is still fixated on 1980s pop culture, and who lost all her dreams. The music videos shows the band referencing classic 80's videos.
Stars: Mitch Allan, Bowling for Soup, Chris Burney, Erik Chandler
Votes: 39
87. Us 2 (2014)
99 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A love story of the 21st century. Hoping for change, Ema (Jana Plodková) runs away from her family and leaves her husband. She hides at the apartment of her hairdresser, a gay guy Tony (... See full summary »
Director: Slobodanka Radun | Stars: Jana Plodková, Ondrej Nosálek, Václav Havelka, Jana Hubinská
Votes: 62
88. Verführt - Eine gefährliche Affäre (1999 TV Movie)
96 min | Thriller
A young woman delves into the dark side of the Internet to find her sister's murderer.
Director: Michael Karen | Stars: Katja Woywood, Peter Sattmann, Benjamin Sadler, Zsolt Bács
Votes: 129
89. 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
90. Manolo: The Boy Who Made Shoes for Lizards (2017)
Not Rated | 89 min | Documentary, Biography, Drama
An in-depth portrait of MANOLO BLAHNIK, self-confessed 'cobbler' and the man regarded by most influential fashion figures as 'the best shoe-maker of the 20th and 21st centuries. A film for ... See full summary »
Director: Michael Roberts | Stars: Manolo Blahnik, David Bailey, Mary Beard, Lucy Burley
Votes: 573 | Gross: $0.06M
91. She-Wolf in Hollywood: The Story of Maria Ouspenskaya
59 min | Documentary | Completed
The story of actress and acting teacher Maria Ouspenskaya, who brought modern acting techniques to the U.S., focusing on her years in Hollywood (1936-1949).
Director: Jordan Mohr | Star: Jordan Mohr
92. Sex, Death & The Hollywood Mystique (1999)
155 min | Documentary
Director: Larry Wessel | Stars: Jonathan Gilmore, Curtis Harrington, Forrest J. Ackerman, Kelly Monroe
93. Der Rebell - Von Leimen nach Wimbledon (2021 TV Movie)
100 min | Biography, Drama, Sport
Tennis coach Günther Bosch discovers the talented but capricious boy Boris Becker. Along with eccentric manager Ion Tiriac, he turns Becker into the youngest Wimbledon champion ever -- and into a global superstar.
Director: Hannu Salonen | Stars: Bruno Alexander, Henry Appiah, Samuel Finzi, Stefanie Früchtenicht
Votes: 159
94. I Was a Teenage Mummy (1992)
Horror
A demented exchange student kidnaps a beautiful goody two shoes. Together, they wreak havoc on the gang of merciless delinquents who made their lives hell.
Director: Chris Frieri | Stars: Greg Kalek, Robert Reiss, Billy Miller, Bruce Bennett
Votes: 50
95. Colour of the Truth (2003)
104 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A man becomes a cop in order to take down the police superintendent who may have killed his father, and that of a vengeful Triad boss.
Directors: Marco Mak, Jing Wong | Stars: Anthony Chau-Sang Wong, Jordan Chan, Raymond Ho-Yin Wong, Gillian Chung
Votes: 685
96. Spokane (2004)
29 min | Short, Drama, Romance
Two guys bail on a wedding, head to a strip club, and end up in a hotel room ...
Director: Larry Kennar | Stars: Jason Waters, Kyle Bornheimer, Johnny Pascucci, Denby Meyer
Votes: 95
97. Elvis & James (1989)
103 min | Comedy, Musical
The back-to-school adventures of Elvis Presto and James Dacuycoy (James D. for short), best friends who like to act, dress, and look like their idols, Elvis Presley and James Dean respectively.
Director: Tony Y. Reyes | Stars: Joey De Leon, Rene Requiestas, Nida Blanca, Maricel Laxa
Votes: 14
98. Das Ende des Regenbogens (1979)
107 min | Drama
A 17 year old Berlin boy turns prostitute and petty thief. Despite the attempts of a social worker to help, the boy runs into real trouble when a burglary goes awry.
Director: Uwe Frießner | Stars: Thomas Kufahl, Slavica Rankovic, Henry Lutze, Udo Samel
Votes: 119
99. Du leder, jeg følger (2011)
17 min | Short, Drama
Niklas and Søren are old friends, and there is a clear division of power in the relationship: Niklas is the strong, Søren the docile. On a drunken night, Niklas decides to make a contest: ... See full summary »
Director: Ivan Elmer | Stars: Marina Berg, Johan Haastrup, Sigurd Holmen le Dous
Votes: 15
100. 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