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1. Captive State (2019)

PG-13 | 109 min | Action, Horror, Sci-Fi

Set in a Chicago neighborhood nearly a decade after an occupation by an extraterrestrial force, 'Captive State' explores the lives on both sides of the conflict - the collaborators and dissidents.

Director: Rupert Wyatt | Stars: John Goodman, Ashton Sanders, Jonathan Majors, Vera Farmiga

Votes: 58,111 | Gross: $5.96M

2. Storks (2016)

PG | 87 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy

Storks have moved on from delivering babies to packages. But when an order for a baby appears, the best delivery stork must scramble to fix the error by delivering the baby.

Directors: Nicholas Stoller, Doug Sweetland | Stars: Andy Samberg, Katie Crown, Kelsey Grammer, Jennifer Aniston

Votes: 67,505 | Gross: $72.68M

3. The Producers (2005)

PG-13 | 134 min | Comedy, Crime, Musical

After putting together another Broadway flop, down-on-his-luck producer Max Bialystock teams up with timid accountant Leo Bloom in a get-rich-quick scheme to put on the world's worst show.

Director: Susan Stroman | Stars: Nathan Lane, Matthew Broderick, Uma Thurman, Will Ferrell

Votes: 44,802 | Gross: $19.38M

4. Birdy (1984)

R | 120 min | Drama, War

After two friends return home from the Vietnam War one becomes mentally unstable and obsesses with becoming a bird.

Director: Alan Parker | Stars: Matthew Modine, Nicolas Cage, John Harkins, Sandy Baron

Votes: 24,978 | Gross: $1.46M

5. The Aeronauts (2019)

PG-13 | 100 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

A balloon pilot and a scientist find themselves in a fight for survival while attempting to make discoveries in a gas balloon in the 1860s.

Director: Tom Harper | Stars: Felicity Jones, Eddie Redmayne, Himesh Patel, Vincent Perez

Votes: 37,475

6. Medium Cool (1969)

R | 111 min | Drama

A TV news reporter finds himself becoming personally involved in the violence that erupts around the 1968 Democratic National Convention.

Director: Haskell Wexler | Stars: Robert Forster, Verna Bloom, Peter Bonerz, Marianna Hill

Votes: 4,718 | Gross: $1.48M

7. The Thief Lord (2006)

PG | 98 min | Adventure, Drama, Family

After their mother dies, two boys flee their mean aunt and head for Venice, Italy, where they meet Scipio, the mysterious "Thief Lord." Along with a small gang of abandoned kids, the boys start robbing the rich to support themselves.

Director: Richard Claus | Stars: Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Jasper Harris, Carole Boyd, Bob Goody

Votes: 6,273

8. The General (1998)

R | 124 min | Biography, Crime, Drama

The real-life story of Dublin folk hero and criminal Martin Cahill, who pulled off two daring robberies in Ireland with his team, but attracted unwanted attention from the police, the I.R.A., the U.V.F., and members of his own team.

Director: John Boorman | Stars: Brendan Gleeson, Adrian Dunbar, Sean McGinley, Maria Doyle Kennedy

Votes: 9,259 | Gross: $1.21M

9. Little Voice (1998)

R | 97 min | Comedy, Drama, Music

A shy reclusive lady is convinced by an invisible entity to sing. Subsequently, she finds herself noticed by a sleazy talent agent and her talent being showcased on-stage. She also meets a kind but nervous man who becomes her best friend.

Director: Mark Herman | Stars: Brenda Blethyn, Jane Horrocks, Michael Caine, Ewan McGregor

Votes: 17,191 | Gross: $4.60M

10. The Lost Battalion (2001 TV Movie)

TV-14 | 92 min | Action, Drama, War

Fact-based war drama about an American battalion of over 500 men which gets trapped behind enemy lines in the Argonne Forest in October 1918 France during the closing weeks of World War I.

Director: Russell Mulcahy | Stars: Ricky Schroder, Phil McKee, Jamie Harris, Jay Rodan

Votes: 8,241

11. Bathory: Countess of Blood (2008)

R | 141 min | Biography, Drama, Fantasy

With an unquenchable thirst for blood, Countess Elizabeth Bathory was one of the most prolific serial killers in history.

Director: Juraj Jakubisko | Stars: Anna Friel, Karel Roden, Vincent Regan, Hans Matheson

Votes: 4,695

12. Racing Hearts (2014)

Not Rated | 95 min | Drama, Romance

A New York businessman must choose between the deal of his career and the love of his life.

Director: Dominique Deruddere | Stars: Jamie Dornan, Anthony Head, Max Pirkis, Numan Acar

Votes: 5,152

13. Dastardly and Muttley in Their Flying Machines (1969–1970)

30 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

Dick Dastardly leads a fighter plane group to try ineffectualy to stop a carrier pigeon.

Stars: Don Messick, Paul Winchell

Votes: 3,931

14. Bombsight Stolen (1941)

Not Rated | 90 min | Comedy, Mystery, Thriller

Allied spies and Nazi Agents insinuate themselves at a Scottish cottage (converted to a wartime hospital) with interests on an inventor's nearly perfected bomb sight.

Director: Anthony Asquith | Stars: Leslie Banks, Alastair Sim, Jeanne De Casalis, Carla Lehmann

Votes: 1,367

15. Watch Me Fly (1996)

80 min | Drama

Two young girls - Christina and Maj-Brit - are neighbors and best friends. They come from two different worlds and have their issues. One of those issues tears them apart.

Director: Vibeke Gad | Stars: Stephanie Leon, Laura Christensen, Pernille Højmark, Lars Simonsen

Votes: 225

16. Asterix and the Vikings (2006)

Not Rated | 78 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy

While tutoring Vitalstatistix's rebellious nephew Justforkix, Asterix and Obelix must rescue him from Vikings who wish to learn the meaning of fear to become invincible.

Directors: Stefan Fjeldmark, Jesper Møller, Joanna Wizmur, Jack Fletcher | Stars: Roger Carel, Lorànt Deutsch, Sara Forestier, Jacques Frantz

Votes: 12,743

17. Waterloo Road (1945)

76 min | Drama, Romance, War

A drama set during World War II. A tale of adultery and desertion.

Director: Sidney Gilliat | Stars: John Mills, Stewart Granger, Alastair Sim, Joy Shelton

Votes: 691

18. The Firefly (1937)

Passed | 131 min | History, Musical, Romance

Nina Maria Azara is the beautiful, alluring singing spy for Spain during the Napoleonic Wars. Her mission is to seduce French Officers so they will reveal Napolean's intentions toward Spain... See full summary »

Director: Robert Z. Leonard | Stars: Jeanette MacDonald, Allan Jones, Warren William, Billy Gilbert

Votes: 419

19. A War of Children (1972 TV Movie)

73 min | Drama

Two families in Belfast, one Protestant and one Catholic, find that their long-standing friendship is threatened by the escalating sectarian violence that surrounds them.

Director: George Schaefer | Stars: Vivien Merchant, Jenny Agutter, John Ronane, Anthony Andrews

Votes: 152

20. This Revolution (2005)

R | 95 min | Drama, Romance, Thriller

In this politically charged homage to Medium Cool, a photographer covers the urban guerrilla war on New York streets during the RNC.

Director: Stephen Marshall | Stars: Rosario Dawson, Nathan Crooker, Amy Redford, Brett DelBuono

Votes: 558

21. La educación de las hadas (2006)

103 min | Drama, Romance

A happily married woman with an eight-year-old son suddenly decides to end her relationship with her second husband. His son thinks only a fairy can save their marriage. But do fairies exist?

Director: José Luis Cuerda | Stars: Ricardo Darín, Irène Jacob, Bebe, Víctor Valdivia

Votes: 921

22. Vicious Circle (1999 TV Movie)

105 min | Crime, Drama

Criminal Martin Cahill gets in trouble when a major robbery succeeds. He aims for more trouble when he tries to do a large art robbery.

Director: David Blair | Stars: Ken Stott, Gerard McSorley, Andrew Connolly, John Kavanagh

Votes: 130

23. Animali nella Grande Guerra (2015)

76 min | Documentary, War

In the First World War, alongside the men fought an army of animals. Mules, oxen, dogs, horses, pigs, pigeons were used for moving units and materials, communications, and for the support ... See full summary »

Director: Folco Quilici | Stars: Folco Quilici, Roberto Todero

Votes: 51

24. Awdat mowatin (1986)

100 min | Drama

Returning rich from the Gulf to find his brothers and sisters relationships falling apart.

Director: Mohamed Khan | Stars: Ahmed Abdelaziz, Mervat Amin, Hussien El Sherbiny, Yehia El-Fakharany

Votes: 168

25. Rough Riding Ranger (1935)

Approved | 56 min | Western

Hanson is using Bobby's carrier pigeons to receive messages. His man Slim shoots them down before they reach Bobby. When Slim is injured, Ranger Daniels, posing as a drunk, gets the job. He... See full summary »

Director: Elmer Clifton | Stars: Rex Lease, Bobby Nelson, Janet Chandler, Yakima Canutt

Votes: 60

26. Nancy Drew: The Phantom of Venice (2008 Video Game)

E | Adventure, Mystery

Teen detective Nancy Drew goes undercover in Venice to track down an art thief known as "The Phantom".

Director: Mike Paganini | Stars: Lani Minella, Adrienne MacIain, Jonah Von Spreecken, Gin Hammond

Votes: 67

27. French Freud (1969)

G | 6 min | Animation, Short

The Inspector finds himself marked for death by two jewel thieves for the jewel he is guarding.

Director: Gerry Chiniquy | Stars: Pat Harrington Jr., June Foray, Marvin Miller

Votes: 86

28. Rouletabille aviateur (1932)

82 min | Adventure

Rouletabille interrupts his vacation in Hungary to fight a gang of air pirates with his boss Sainclair and the daughter of Budapest's chief of Police.

Director: Steve Sekely | Stars: Roland Toutain, Léon Belières, Germaine Aussey, Théa Dory

Votes: 23

29. She Loved Him Plenty (1918)

20 min | Comedy, Short

Polly conducts a pawn shop with Ben and Charles as her appraisers and clerks. Ben is her sweetheart and Polly sure does love him, but Ben is not quite so enthusiastic, excepting when the ... See full summary »

Directors: Hampton Del Ruth, F. Richard Jones | Stars: Ben Turpin, Heinie Conklin, Polly Moran, Edgar Kennedy

Votes: 19

30. Champions of the Drum and Bell - Pigeon Breeders of Old Beijing (2014 TV Movie)

43 min | Documentary

From the days of celestial emperors to a booming state capitalism, Beijing's skyline was reshaped completely. But the people still love pigeons. Everyday the flocks circle above. Following ... See full summary »

Directors: Martin Gronemeyer, Michaela Kirst

31. The American Connection (1985 TV Movie)

75 min | Action, Adventure

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Director: Ray Berwick | Stars: Brad David, Zoli Marki, Peter Lotis, John Whiteley

32. Dagboek van een postduif (2014)

55 min | Documentary

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Director: Floris-Jan van Luyn | Stars: Herman Boekelo, Johan Leysen

Votes: 5

33. The Girl from the Country (II) (1912)

Drama, Short

Nellie is preparing herself for a stenographer's position by diligent study in her hometown. As her proficiency increases she begins to hear the call of the city, and when old school chum ... See full summary »

Director: Harold M. Shaw | Stars: Bessie Learn, Mrs. William Bechtel, Augustus Phillips, Robert Brower

34. The Adventures of Shirley Holmes (1997–2000)
Episode: The Case of the Liberated Beasts (1997)

Family, Mystery

Shirley discovers an injured giant rabbit and returns the animal to its owner, the manager of a pet shop. She learns that the store has been broken into and tricks the victim into revealing... See full summary »

Director: John Paizs | Stars: Meredith Henderson, John White, Chris Humphreys, Phillip Jarrett

Votes: 36

35. The Adventures of Shirley Holmes (1997–2000)
Episode: The Case of the Wannabe Witch (1997)

Family, Mystery

Shirley and her friends pit knowledge against witchcraft when the school librarian, a devotee of Wicca, attempts to use her knowledge of black magic to capture Mr. Howie's affections, injure Ms. Stratmann and cast spells on the children.

Director: Graeme Lynch | Stars: Meredith Henderson, John White, Shelley Duvall, Colin Fox

Votes: 36

36. Blackadder (1982–1983)
Episode: The Black Seal (1983)

TV-PG | 30 min | Comedy

When Edmund loses his title of Duke of Edinburgh, he snaps, fires Baldrick and Percy and hires some of the most cruel men in England; Sir Wilfred Death, Three-Fingered Pete, Guy de ... See full summary »

Director: Martin Shardlow | Stars: John Carlisle, Bert Parnaby, Roy Evans, Forbes Collins

Votes: 988

37. Dennis the Menace (1959–1963)
Episode: Dennis and the Homing Pigeons (1963)

TV-G | 30 min | Comedy, Family

Dennis and Tommy use homing pigeons to send messages to each other. They use a piece of paper from Mr Wilson that has an important note on it.

Director: Charles Barton | Stars: Jay North, Gale Gordon, Herbert Anderson, Gloria Henry

Votes: 29

38. MacGyver (1985–1992)
Episode: Lost Love: Part 1 (1987)

TV-PG | 48 min | Action, Adventure, Crime

Soviet agents use a former lover of MacGyver's, who he thought to be dead, as a pawn to steal a valuable Chinese jade dragon statue.

Director: Cliff Bole | Stars: Richard Dean Anderson, Dana Elcar, Bruce McGill, James Hong

Votes: 329

39. Mission: Impossible (1966–1973)
Episode: Commandante (1969)

TV-PG | 50 min | Action, Adventure, Crime

An enemy nation has hijacked a US supported revolutionary movement trying to overturn a dictatorship. The IMF posses as a religious organization seeking the release of the priest who is the... See full summary »

Director: Barry Crane | Stars: Peter Graves, Leonard Nimoy, Greg Morris, Peter Lupus

Votes: 158

40. Peak Practice (1993–2002)
Episode: Hit and Run (2000)

TV-14 | 49 min | Drama

Alex finds the countryside is not as peaceful as she imagined when she is pushed by a patient and breathalyzed on her way to work.

Director: Terry McDonough | Stars: Maggie O'Neill, Stephen Moyer, Deborah Grant, Gary Mavers

Votes: 9

41. Popular (1999–2001)
Episode: Timber! (2000)

TV-14 | Comedy, Drama, Romance

The sudden return of Brooke's mom threatens to destroy Mike and Jane's relationship. Nicole wants Mary Cherry's kneecap. Lily and Sugar defend school's legendary "Forever Tree", used by couples to carve their names on it, from Ms. Glass.

Director: Jamie Babbit | Stars: Leslie Bibb, Carly Pope, Tamara Mello, Christopher Gorham

Votes: 76

42. Sky King (1951–1962)
Episode: The Feathered Serpent (1958)

TV-PG | Adventure, Drama, Family

A bird with a valuable emerald attached to it's leg lands in Penny's garden. Sky decides to release the animal to see where it goes.

Director: Clark L. Paylow | Stars: Kirby Grant, Gloria Winters, Christian Kay, Ewing Mitchell

Votes: 6

43. T.J. Hooker (1982–1986)
Episode: The Mumbler (1983)

TV-PG | 49 min | Action, Crime, Drama

While investigating armored-car thefts, Hooker sympathizes with the sister of one of the suspects.

Director: Don Chaffey | Stars: William Shatner, Adrian Zmed, Heather Locklear, Richard Herd

Votes: 82

44. Waterfront (1954–1956)
Episode: Homing Flight

30 min | Adventure, Crime

Captain John agrees to release a homing pigeon at sea, which leads to his getting involved in a kidnapping by thugs working with a shady politician.

Director: Ted Post | Stars: Preston Foster, Harry Lauter, Frank Puglia, Larry Crane

45. When Things Were Rotten (1975)
Episode: The Spy: Part 1 (1975)

26 min | Adventure, Comedy

King Richard must return home to England soon or lose the throne to Prince John. Meanwhile, Robin Hood's men suspect there is a double agent in their ranks. But which side is he really working for?

Director: Peter H. Hunt | Stars: Dick Gautier, Dick Van Patten, Bernie Kopell, Richard Dimitri

Votes: 26

46. When Things Were Rotten (1975)
Episode: The Spy: Part 2 (1975)

26 min | Adventure, Comedy

The Merry Men put on trial the one they think is the traitor in their ranks. Robin Hood meanwhile has to stop the Sheriff from killing King Richard when he returns to England as the law requires or lose his throne.

Director: Peter H. Hunt | Stars: Dick Gautier, Dick Van Patten, Bernie Kopell, Richard Dimitri

Votes: 27

47. 26 Men (1957–1959)
Episode: The Tiger (1959)

30 min | Western

When a gang of American outlaws takes over a Mexican border town, Colonel Kesterlitzky aka 'El Tigre' of the Mexican Rurales requests the assistance of Captain Rynning to recapture the town.

Director: Russell Hayden | Stars: Tristram Coffin, Kelo Henderson, Britt Lomond, Robert Foulk

48. The Adventures of Hiram Holliday (1956–1961)
Episode: Adventure of the Romantic Pigeon (1956)

30 min | Comedy

Hiram learns that spies have kidnapped a scientist's daughter in order to wrest atomic secrets from the old man.

Director: Philip Rapp | Stars: Wally Cox, Ainslie Pryor, Robert H. Harris, Hollis Irving

49. The Bullwinkle Show (1959–1963)
Episode: Cheerful Little Pierful or Bomb Voyage/Summer Squash or He's Too Flat for Me (1960)

TV-G | 22 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

Rocky & Bullwinkle, "Jet Fuel" Part 19 Fractured Fairy Tales "Princess and the Pea" Peabody's Improbably History "Annie Oakley" Rocky & Bullwinkle, "Jet Fuel" Part 20

Directors: Gerard Baldwin, Jim Hiltz, William T. Hurtz, Ted Parmelee, Gerald Ray, Dun Roman, Rudy Zamora | Stars: Edward Everett Horton, June Foray, Paul Frees, William Conrad

Votes: 46

50. Tu mourras moins bête (2015– )
Episode: Les corbeaux voyageurs (2020)

3 min | Animation, Short, Comedy

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Directors: Hélène Friren, Pierre Volto | Stars: François Morel, Nathalie Homs, Jérôme Pauwels