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1. Matilda (1996)
PG | 102 min | Comedy, Family, Fantasy
A girl gifted with a keen intellect and psychic powers uses both to get even with her callous family and free her kindly schoolteacher from the tyrannical grip of a sadistic headmistress.
Director: Danny DeVito | Stars: Danny DeVito, Rhea Perlman, Mara Wilson, Embeth Davidtz
Votes: 175,096 | Gross: $33.08M
2. The Ringer (2005)
PG-13 | 94 min | Comedy, Sport
A young guy's only option to erase a really bad debt is to rig the Special Olympics by posing as a contestant.
Director: Barry W. Blaustein | Stars: Johnny Knoxville, Katherine Heigl, Brian Cox, Jed Rees
Votes: 38,875 | Gross: $35.42M
3. Man with a Movie Camera (1929)
Not Rated | 68 min | Documentary
A man travels around a city with a camera slung over his shoulder, documenting urban life with dazzling invention.
Director: Dziga Vertov | Stars: Mikhail Kaufman, Elizaveta Svilova
Votes: 28,053
4. Pumpkin (2002)
R | 113 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A sorority girl finds her life falling apart after she develops romantic feelings for a mentally-challenged man.
Directors: Anthony Abrams, Adam Larson Broder | Stars: Christina Ricci, Hank Harris, Brenda Blethyn, Dominique Swain
Votes: 9,553 | Gross: $0.31M
5. Blackbeard's Ghost (1968)
Approved | 106 min | Comedy, Family, Fantasy
An unassuming track coach accidentally invokes the spirit of a notorious pirate long believed dead, and who must now team up to lay the pirate to rest, and save a local hotel from a mobster.
Director: Robert Stevenson | Stars: Peter Ustinov, Dean Jones, Suzanne Pleshette, Elsa Lanchester
Votes: 6,776 | Gross: $10.90M
6. Prefontaine (1997)
PG-13 | 106 min | Biography, Drama, Romance
Based on the life of Olympic hopeful Steve Prefontaine, a long distance runner who lived in Oregon and died young.
Director: Steve James | Stars: Jared Leto, R. Lee Ermey, Ed O'Neill, Breckin Meyer
Votes: 7,681 | Gross: $0.53M
7. Olympia Part One: Festival of the Nations (1938)
Not Rated | 111 min | Documentary, Sport
The document of the 1936 Olympics at Berlin.
Director: Leni Riefenstahl | Stars: David Albritton, Arvo Askola, Jack Beresford, Erwin Blask
Votes: 5,252
8. Olympia Part Two: Festival of Beauty (1938)
Not Rated | 90 min | Documentary, Sport
The document of the 1936 Olympics at Berlin, orchestrated as Nazi propaganda.
Director: Leni Riefenstahl | Stars: Sheigo Arai, Jack Beresford, Ralf Berzsenyi, Ferenc Csík
Votes: 4,332
9. College (1927)
Not Rated | 66 min | Comedy, Drama, Sport
Ronald's high-school valedictory address praises books and condemns sports. His girlfriend Mary condemns his attitude. Fearing to lose her to rival Jeff, he decides to go to college and pay more attentions to sports.
Directors: James W. Horne, Buster Keaton | Stars: Buster Keaton, Anne Cornwall, Flora Bramley, Harold Goodwin
Votes: 5,489
10. The First Olympics: Athens 1896 (1984)
237 min | Drama, History, Sport
This movie describes the founding of the modern Olympics and concentrates on the creation of the American team and their trials in getting to the Olympics in Athens.
Stars: David Ogden Stiers, Hunt Block, David Caruso, Alex Hyde-White
Votes: 434
11. Earthbound (1981)
PG | 99 min | Family, Sci-Fi, Comedy
A family of space aliens crash lands on Earth when their spaceship conks out.
Director: James L. Conway | Stars: Burl Ives, Christopher Connelly, Meredith MacRae, Joseph Campanella
Votes: 208
12. Million Dollar Legs (1932)
Passed | 64 min | Comedy, Sport
A small country on the verge of bankruptcy is persuaded to enter the 1932 Los Angeles Olympics as a means of raising money.
Director: Edward F. Cline | Stars: Jack Oakie, W.C. Fields, Andy Clyde, Lyda Roberti
Votes: 1,461
13. Peter-No-Tail (1981)
81 min | Animation, Comedy, Drama
The British dub of Peter No-Tail premiered in 1983. The American dub of Peter No-Tail premiered on September 21, 1983.
Directors: Jan Gissberg, Stig Lasseby | Stars: Mats Åhlfeldt, Ewa Fröling, Ernst-Hugo Järegård, Carl Billquist
Votes: 973
14. End Play (1976)
80 min | Thriller
When a hitchhiker is picked up and murdered by an unseen assailant, two brothers both become suspects, all the while increasing their tensions between them as they both pursue their half-cousin, Margaret.
Director: Tim Burstall | Stars: George Mallaby, John Waters, Ken Goodlet, Delvene Delaney
Votes: 255
15. Dame Valerie Adams: MORE THAN GOLD (2022)
90 min | Documentary, Sport
Olympic champion, Kiwi icon, Tongan leader, mother, daughter, sister, survivor - Winning was just part of the journey.
Director: Briar March | Star: Valerie Adams
Votes: 31
16. Salami Aleikum (2009)
99 min | Comedy, Romance
To save the family's butchery from insolvency smallish, sensitive Mohsen heads to Poland to buy low-priced sheep. On his way he lands somewhere in the middle of nowhere in Eastern Germany ... See full summary »
Director: Ali Samadi Ahadi | Stars: Navid Navid, Anna Böger, Michael Niavarani, Wolfgang Stumph
Votes: 732
17. Hold That Line (1952)
Approved | 67 min | Action, Comedy, Sport
To settle a wager, two university alumni enroll the Bowery Boys in their college. Enticed by a monetary bonus, the boys accept the offer.
Director: William Beaudine | Stars: Leo Gorcey, Huntz Hall, John Bromfield, Veda Ann Borg
Votes: 309
18. Vatsa sisään, rinta ulos! (1959)
91 min | Comedy
Director: Aarne Tarkas | Stars: Helge Herala, Tommi Rinne, Marjatta Kallio, Elsa Turakainen
Votes: 117
19. The Only Girl (2008)
13 min | Short, Comedy
An off-beat romantic comedy about Wilson Weston, the lone shot-putter on his high school track team, and his very popular new teammate, Alycia Selt, the headmaster's daughter and the only girl at St. James Academy.
Director: Monika Lind | Stars: Matty Cardarople, Carlee Avers, Michael Gene Conti, Richard Riehle
Votes: 24
20. Where the World Meets (1952)
Not Rated | 101 min | Documentary, Sport
Part one of the official film of XV Olympics in Helsinki 1952.
Director: Hannu Leminen | Stars: Carl-Erik Creutz, Reino Palmroth, Usko Santavuori, Trygve Lie
Votes: 84
21. Topnotchers (1935)
10 min | Short, Comedy, Sport
Stars: Goodman Ace, Jane Ace, Martha Norelius, Babe Ruth
Votes: 5
22. Olympic Games (1927)
20 min | Comedy, Family, Short
While the world watches the Olympic Games in Stockholm, the Rascals gather at the flats for their own games. Whether it's the shot put, the hurdles, the pole vault, or the high jump, not ... See full summary »
Director: Robert A. McGowan | Stars: Joe Cobb, Jackie Condon, Allen 'Farina' Hoskins, Jannie Hoskins
Votes: 76
24. Kultamitalivaimo (1947)
73 min | Comedy, Sport
Two conservative men are surprised when they find out that their wives are actually athletes.
Director: Edvin Laine | Stars: Ritva Arvelo, Siiri Angerkoski, Rauha Rentola, Hillevi Lagerstam
Votes: 82
25. The Right Timing (1942)
Approved | 8 min | Short, Sport
Students of USC demonstrate the importance of perfect timing in athletics and on the field of battle.
Director: Del Frazier | Star: Art Gilmore
Votes: 31
26. Never Bug an Ant (1969)
G | 6 min | Animation, Short
The Aardvark's vacuum cleaner, intended by him to inhale the Ant after his own snout becomes corked and bottled, ingests an angry bear.
Director: Gerry Chiniquy | Star: John Byner
Votes: 60
27. Athletic Stars (1954)
18 min | Documentary, Short
Director: Vladimir Gonchukov | Stars: Vladimir Belyakov, Nina Bocharova, Viktor Chukarin, Medea Djugeli
28. Bob Mathias: Hometown Hero (2008 Video)
52 min | Documentary
We re all familiar with A-Rod, Tiger Woods and Kobe Bryant. In Bob Mathias: Hometown Hero, you ll be thrilled by this little-known story of Bob Mathias, one of the huge sports icons of his ... See full summary »
Director: Dan Traub | Stars: Bob Mathias, Dan Traub, Chris Terrence, Rafer Johnson
31.
Cavalcade of America (1952–1957)
Episode:
A Life to Live By
(1956)
Not Rated | 30 min | Drama
A California high school athlete with an incurable disease is determined to set the world's record for the shot-put.
Director: William A. Seiter | Stars: John Ericson, Sally Fraser, Russ Conway, Chris Warfield
32.
Hank (1965–1966)
Episode:
Rah, Rah, Commissar
(1966)
25 min | Comedy
A Russian exchange student (Maureen Arthur) is recruited for the track team.
Director: Mel Ferber | Stars: Dick Kallman, Linda Foster, Howard St. John, Lloyd Corrigan
33.
Married... with Children (1987–1997)
Episode:
Go for the Old
(1993)
TV-PG | 23 min | Comedy
After Al passes for a senior citizen to get into the movies cheap he worries that he's getting old. He then starts acting old but a senior decathlon brings him back to life.
Director: Gerry Cohen | Stars: Ed O'Neill, Katey Sagal, Amanda Bearse, Christina Applegate
Votes: 534
34.
The Red Green Show (1991–2006)
Episode:
The Catfish Project
(1995)
TV-G | 24 min | Comedy
When Old Man Sedgwick catches an ENORMOUS catfish at the Catch a Catfish for Confirmation Contest, the men try to make it into perfume.
Director: Rick Green | Stars: Rick Green, Jeff Lumby, Patrick McKenna, Steve Smith
Votes: 8
35.
Plastic Man (1979– )
Episode:
Badladdin/Kragg the Conqueror/The Mad Mummy Mystery/The Defiant Casablanca Giant/Toyman/The Menacing Mindreader
(1979)
TV-G | Animation, Adventure, Family
Badladdin is abducting teenagers and turning them into gold statues. Plastic Man must stop him from melting them down into nuggets. Toyman is turning celebrities into toys. Plastic Man must... See full summary »
Directors: Rudy Larriva, Charles Nichols, Manuel Perez | Stars: Jack Baker, Joe Baker, Michael Bell, Susan Blu
36.
The Ghost Busters (1975)
Episode:
The Abominable Snowman
(1975)
22 min | Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Spencer stumbles onto the scene when Dr. Centigrade is searching for a warm-blooded heart to transplant into the Abominable Snowman. Final episode of the series.
Director: Norman Abbott | Stars: Forrest Tucker, Larry Storch, Bob Burns, Ronny Graham
Votes: 19
37.
Rick Steves' Europe (2000–2023)
Episode:
Glasgow and Scottish Passions
(2018)
TV-G | 25 min | Documentary, Reality-TV
Starting in vibrantly gritty Glasgow, we'll tap into Scottish passions as we tour Stirling Castle, have a wee dram on the Speyside Whisky Trail, and watch a sheepdog demonstration.
Director: Simon Griffith | Star: Rick Steves
Votes: 22
38.
Antiques Road Trip (2010– )
Episode:
Episode #21.11
(2020)
44 min | Reality-TV
Philip Serrell and Tim Medhurst scour the Scottish border for antiques in the 1st leg. Phil tackles some hedgerows with a billhook while Tim tries to get a hinny to sing in Berwick-upon-Tweed before heading to auction in Edinburgh.
Directors: Andrew Dedman, Jonathan Hales | Stars: Tim Wonnacott, Tim Medhurst, Philip Serrell
39.
Urusei yatsura (1981–1986)
Episode:
Here Again! The Hunter of Love, Princess Kurama
(1984)
Not Rated | 25 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
Princess Kurama is back, and now she's set her sights on Rei, much to Ran's chagrin. Kurama's taken Rei away, and Ran enlists a reluctant Lum to travel to Kurama's place to get him back. ... See full summary »
Directors: Mamoru Hamatsu, Kazuo Yamazaki | Stars: Fumi Hirano, Toshio Furukawa, Rihoko Yoshida, Kazue Komiya
Votes: 20
40.
The Adventures of Batman (1968–1969)
Episode:
Bubi, Bubi, Who's Got the Ruby?/1001 Faces of the Riddler/The Mysterious Mr. Mist/The Trap of the Super Spacemen
(1968)
TV-PG | 23 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
The Riddler uses disguises to commit crimes and lead the Dynamic Duo into a trap. / A computer is The Penguin's favorite tool to help him with his criminal activity.
Stars: Bud Collyer, Bob Hastings, Jackson Beck, Jack Grimes
Votes: 42
41.
Der Lehrer (2009–2021)
Episode:
Und ob Sie mich wollen!
(2015)
44 min | Comedy
Director: Nico Zingelmann | Stars: Hendrik Duryn, Rainer Piwek, Ulrich Gebauer, Jessica Ginkel
Votes: 17
42.
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1962–1992)
Episode:
George Carlin/Jackie Cooper/Marvin Hamlisch/Jack Knight
(1974)
TV-14 | 60 min | Comedy, Talk-Show
George Carlin performs stand-up and is interviewed; Jackie Cooper (The Dean Martin Comedy World (1974)); composer Marvin Hamlisch (The Sting (1973)); Jack Knight talks about the Senior Olympics.
Stars: Johnny Carson, Ed McMahon, Doc Severinsen, George Carlin
Votes: 14