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1. The Fly (1986)

R | 96 min | Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi

7.6

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81 Metascore

A brilliant but eccentric scientist begins to transform into a giant man/fly hybrid after one of his experiments goes horribly wrong.

Director: David Cronenberg | Stars: Jeff Goldblum, Geena Davis, John Getz, Joy Boushel

Votes: 202,086 | Gross: $40.46M

2. Beauty and the Beast (1991)

G | 84 min | Animation, Family, Fantasy

8.0

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95 Metascore

A prince cursed to spend his days as a hideous monster sets out to regain his humanity by earning a young woman's love.

Directors: Gary Trousdale, Kirk Wise | Stars: Paige O'Hara, Robby Benson, Jesse Corti, Rex Everhart

Votes: 479,909 | Gross: $218.97M

3. Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (1968)

G | 144 min | Adventure, Family, Fantasy

6.9

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64 Metascore

A down-on-his-luck inventor turns a broken-down Grand Prix car into a fancy vehicle for his children, and then they go off on a magical fantasy adventure to save their grandfather in a far-off land.

Director: Ken Hughes | Stars: Dick Van Dyke, Sally Ann Howes, Lionel Jeffries, Benny Hill

Votes: 50,739 | Gross: $7.50M

4. The Thin Man (1934)

TV-PG | 91 min | Comedy, Crime, Mystery

7.9

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86 Metascore

Former detective Nick Charles and his wealthy wife Nora investigate a murder case, mostly for the fun of it.

Director: W.S. Van Dyke | Stars: William Powell, Myrna Loy, Maureen O'Sullivan, Nat Pendleton

Votes: 32,560

5. Young Sherlock Holmes (1985)

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

6.8

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65 Metascore

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: 23,414 | Gross: $19.74M

6. Gritta of the Rats' Castle (1985)

79 min | Comedy, Family, Fantasy

6.7

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The tale of young Gritta who lives with her father, an unsuccessful inventor. When her new stepmother tries to put her away in a convent she discovers some dark secrets there.

Director: Jürgen Brauer | Stars: Nadja Klier, Hermann Beyer, Suher Saleh, Fred Delmare

Votes: 166

7. Bamse and the Thief City (2014)

66 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy

6.1

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The world's strongest (and kindest) bear has to save his kidnapped grandmother when the town's former thieves band together to steal everything they can, led by the dastardly fox Reinard.

Director: Christian Ryltenius | Stars: Peter Haber, Morgan Alling, Steve Kratz, Magnus Härenstam

Votes: 756

8. Bamse - Världens starkaste björn! (1972–1973)

16 min | Animation, Short, Adventure

7.4

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The adventures of Bamse - the strongest bear in the world - and his friends Shellman and Little Skip.

Star: Olof Thunberg

Votes: 608

9. À la conquête du pôle (1912)

Not Rated | 33 min | Short, Adventure, Horror

6.8

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Aboard the futuristic flying machine of his own invention, Professor Mabouloff and his team of intercultural explorers set off on yet another impossible expedition to North Pole's vast landscapes. What wonders await the bold adventurers?

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

Votes: 1,203

10. Spirou & Fantasio's Big Adventures (2018)

89 min | Adventure, Comedy

4.0

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Spirou and Fantasio have to team up when Count Pacôme de Champignac is kidnapped by the men of Zorglub.

Director: Alexandre Coffre | Stars: Monsieur Poulpe, Charlotte Gabris, Vincent Desagnat, Ramzy Bedia

Votes: 584

11. Down Three Dark Streets (1954)

Passed | 85 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir

6.7

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An FBI agent investigates the murder of his partner by taking over the 3 cases he was working on, determined to find his killer.

Director: Arnold Laven | Stars: Broderick Crawford, Ruth Roman, Martha Hyer, Marisa Pavan

Votes: 1,567

12. You're Telling Me! (1934)

Passed | 66 min | Comedy

7.4

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A hard-drinking, socially-awkward inventor wrecks his daughter's chances of marriage into a rich family and bungles his own chances of success by selling one of his more practical inventions.

Director: Erle C. Kenton | Stars: W.C. Fields, Joan Marsh, Buster Crabbe, Adrienne Ames

Votes: 1,184

13. Her Husband's Affairs (1947)

Passed | 84 min | Comedy, Sci-Fi

6.0

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A scientist invents a formula that removes old, thinning hair and replaces it with thick, new hair. Complications ensue.

Director: S. Sylvan Simon | Stars: Lucille Ball, Franchot Tone, Edward Everett Horton, Mikhail Rasumny

Votes: 483

14. The Horror of It All (1964)

TV-PG | 75 min | Comedy, Horror, Mystery

4.8

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When an American salesman and his English fiancee visit her eccentric family who live in a remote old mansion in the country, he discovers that someone is trying to kill everyone there to get the family fortune.

Director: Terence Fisher | Stars: Pat Boone, Erica Rogers, Dennis Price, Andree Melly

Votes: 433

15. Gizmo! (1977)

G | 77 min | Comedy, Documentary

7.7

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Compilation of man inventing strange contraptions in the 30's through 50's.

Director: Howard Smith | Star: Milt Moss

Votes: 455

16. Bamse och den lilla åsnan (1981 TV Movie)

37 min | Animation, Family

6.8

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Bamse saves a little donkey from a nasty man. Together with his friends he builds a stable for it.

Directors: Rune Andréasson, Maivor Andréasson | Star: Olof Thunberg

Votes: 285

17. Bamse (1966)

15 min | Animation, Short, Family

7.1

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The world's strongest (and kindest) bear.

Star: Rolf Lundgren

Votes: 195

18. Dark Mind (2006)

81 min | Drama, Thriller

5.4

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An inventor (Masterson) must protect his inventions from becoming casualties of the Cold War.

Director: Nicholas Peterson | Stars: Christopher Masterson, Lyndsy Fonseca, David DeLuise, Richard Riehle

Votes: 207

19. Les cracks (1968)

110 min | Comedy, Sport

5.7

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Story talks about inventor. Inventor inventes cool bike and goes on racing competition. But on his way he has problems.

Director: Alex Joffé | Stars: Bourvil, Robert Hirsch, Gianni Bonagura, Monique Tarbès

Votes: 407

20. The Ninja War of Torakage (2014)

94 min | Action

5.2

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A former Ninja must outplay his former Mastress and an evil lord to free his family from certain death.

Director: Yoshihiro Nishimura | Stars: Yuria Haga, Tatsuki Ishikawa, Ryohei Kuroyanagi, Ryô Matsuura

Votes: 196

21. It's a Gift (1923)

14 min | Comedy, Short

7.1

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A group of oil magnates are trying to think of new ways to attract business. One of them suggests that they contact the inventor Pollard, who has devised a new gasoline substitute. Pollard ... See full summary »

Director: Hugh Fay | Stars: 'Snub' Pollard, Marie Mosquini, William Gillespie, Wally Howe

Votes: 223

22. Aukrust - Gud velsigne vår Herre (2020)

50 min | Documentary, Animation

8.2

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Stars: Christian Skolmen, Harald Stanghelle, Lars Espen Aukrust, Sigmund Løvåsen

Votes: 22

23. Barney Miller (1975–1982)
Episode: Escape Artist (1975)

TV-PG | 30 min | Comedy, Drama

8.7

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Barney holds a resourceful escaped prisoner for the FBI. A self-declared "bird-man" drops in. Harris decides to write a novel.

Director: Noam Pitlik | Stars: Hal Linden, Barbara Barrie, Abe Vigoda, Max Gail

Votes: 210

24. The Wild Wild West (1965–1969)
Episode: The Night of the Janus (1969)

TV-PG | 60 min | Action, Adventure, Western

7.6

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While solving the murder of a fellow Secret Service agent, Jim West and Jeremy Pike must uncover a traitor at the service academy with their only clue a sheet of music left by the dead agent.

Director: Irving J. Moore | Stars: Robert Conrad, Ross Martin, Charles Aidman, Jack Carter

Votes: 124