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1. Shutter Island (2010)
R | 138 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Teddy Daniels and Chuck Aule, two US marshals, are sent to an asylum on a remote island in order to investigate the disappearance of a patient, where Teddy uncovers a shocking truth about the place.
Director: Martin Scorsese | Stars: Leonardo DiCaprio, Emily Mortimer, Mark Ruffalo, Ben Kingsley
Votes: 1,456,630 | Gross: $128.01M
2. All About Eve (1950)
Passed | 138 min | Drama
A seemingly timid but secretly ruthless ingénue insinuates herself into the lives of an aging Broadway star and her circle of theater friends.
Director: Joseph L. Mankiewicz | Stars: Bette Davis, Anne Baxter, George Sanders, Celeste Holm
Votes: 138,751 | Gross: $0.01M
3. In the Shadow of the Moon (2019)
TV-MA | 115 min | Action, Crime, Mystery
A Philadelphia police officer struggles with a lifelong obsession to track down a mysterious serial killer whose crimes defy explanation.
Director: Jim Mickle | Stars: Boyd Holbrook, Cleopatra Coleman, Bokeem Woodbine, Michael C. Hall
Votes: 61,175
4. The Last Castle (2001)
R | 131 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
A court-martialed General rallies together twelve hundred inmates to rise against a corrupt and sadistic warden.
Director: Rod Lurie | Stars: Robert Redford, James Gandolfini, Mark Ruffalo, Steve Burton
Votes: 85,287 | Gross: $18.21M
5. Wanted: Dead or Alive (1958–1961)
TV-PG | 30 min | Western
A Civil War veteran with a sawed-off rifle as a holstered weapon makes a living as a bounty hunter in the Wild West of the 1870s.
Stars: Steve McQueen, Wright King, Olan Soule, Mort Mills
Votes: 2,777
6. Jayne Mansfield's Car (2012)
R | 122 min | Drama
Alabama; 1969: The death of a clan's estranged wife and mother brings together two very different families. Do the scars of the past hide differences that will tear them apart, or expose truths that could lead to unexpected collisions?
Director: Billy Bob Thornton | Stars: Tippi Hedren, Kevin Bacon, Ray Stevenson, Robert Patrick
Votes: 3,549 | Gross: $0.01M
7. Tesla (I) (2020)
PG-13 | 102 min | Biography, Drama
A freewheeling take on visionary inventor Nikola Tesla, his interactions with Thomas Edison and J.P. Morgan's daughter Anne, and his breakthroughs in transmitting electrical power and light.
Director: Michael Almereyda | Stars: Ethan Hawke, Eve Hewson, Eli A. Smith, Josh Hamilton
Votes: 10,523
8. Outlaw Posse (2024)
R | 108 min | Western
In 1908, an outlaw returns from years of hiding in Mexico to claim stolen gold hidden in the hills of Montana.
Director: Mario Van Peebles | Stars: Neal McDonough, William Mapother, Cam Gigandet, Whoopi Goldberg
Votes: 124
9. Operation Petticoat (1959)
Approved | 124 min | Comedy, Romance, War
During World War II, a commander finds himself stuck with a decrepit (and pink) submarine, a con man executive officer, and a group of army nurses.
Director: Blake Edwards | Stars: Cary Grant, Tony Curtis, Joan O'Brien, Dina Merrill
Votes: 15,871 | Gross: $23.30M
10. The Cheyenne Social Club (1970)
GP | 103 min | Western
An aging cowboy finds to his embarrassment that the successful business he has inherited from his brother is actually a house of prostitution.
Director: Gene Kelly | Stars: James Stewart, Henry Fonda, Shirley Jones, Sue Ane Langdon
Votes: 5,079 | Gross: $0.11M
11. For Whom the Bell Tolls (1943)
Passed | 170 min | Adventure, Drama, History
During the Spanish Civil War, an American allied with the Republicans finds romance during a desperate mission to blow up a strategically important bridge.
Director: Sam Wood | Stars: Gary Cooper, Ingrid Bergman, Akim Tamiroff, Arturo de Córdova
Votes: 10,227 | Gross: $17.80M
12. The Night Strangler (1973 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 74 min | Crime, Horror, Mystery
A reporter hunts down a 144-year old alchemist who is killing women for their blood.
Director: Dan Curtis | Stars: Darren McGavin, Jo Ann Pflug, Simon Oakland, Scott Brady
Votes: 4,136
13. Problem Child 3: Junior in Love (1995 TV Movie)
TV-PG | 87 min | Comedy, Family
Junior Healy is back as a preteen, and he falls in love with a girl from school.
Director: Greg Beeman | Stars: William Katt, Justin Chapman, Sherman Howard, Carolyn Lowery
Votes: 3,994
14. Cleopatra (1970)
X | 112 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
To decipher a scheme plotted by enemy aliens, three agents from the future travel to Cleopatra's time, where they witness her romances with Caesar and Mark Antony.
Directors: Osamu Tezuka, Eiichi Yamamoto | Stars: Chinatsu Nakayama, Kotoe Hatsui, Tsubame Yanagiya, Nobuo Tsukamoto
Votes: 851
15. They Won't Forget (1937)
Passed | 95 min | Drama, Film-Noir, Mystery
A politically ambitious district attorney, unscrupulous tabloid journalists, and regional prejudice combine to charge a teacher with the murder of his student.
Director: Mervyn LeRoy | Stars: Claude Rains, Gloria Dickson, Edward Norris, Otto Kruger
Votes: 1,941
16. Apache Junction (2021)
R | 94 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
Apache Junction is an Old West outpost of lawlessness, a haven for thieves and cold-blooded killers. When big-city reporter Annabelle Angel arrives in town and becomes a target, notorious gunslinger Jericho Ford comes to her aid.
Director: Justin Lee | Stars: Scout Taylor-Compton, Stuart Townsend, Ricky Lee, Ed Morrone
Votes: 599
17. The Outrage (1964)
Approved | 96 min | Crime, Drama, Western
Travelers in the 1870s Southwest discuss a recent murder trial in which all the principals told differing stories about the events.
Director: Martin Ritt | Stars: Paul Newman, Laurence Harvey, Claire Bloom, Edward G. Robinson
Votes: 2,524 | Gross: $3.92M
18. Big Bad Love (2001)
R | 111 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Barlow is a hard-drinking, heavy-smoking, long-haired, and deeply unhappy aspiring writer who pulls a dozen rejection slips out of his mailbox every day while trying to get through his life with some semblance of purpose.
Director: Arliss Howard | Stars: Arliss Howard, Debra Winger, Paul Le Mat, Rosanna Arquette
Votes: 727 | Gross: $0.10M
19. The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind (1988 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 124 min | Documentary
This is a documentary that revisits the making of Gone with the Wind (1939) with archival footage, screen tests, insightful interviews and rare film footage.
Director: David Hinton | Stars: Christopher Plummer, L. Jeffrey Selznick, David O. Selznick, Irene Mayer Selznick
Votes: 673
20. The Cisco Kid (1994 TV Movie)
TV-PG | 91 min | Comedy, Western
This update of the 1950 western TV series changes Cisco and Pancho from wandering heroes of the old west to somewhat anti-"gringo" Mexican revolutionaries.
Director: Luis Valdez | Stars: Jimmy Smits, Cheech Marin, Sadie Frost, Bruce Payne
Votes: 326
21. The Girl from Jones Beach (1949)
Passed | 78 min | Comedy, Romance
A pinup artist (Ronald Reagan) in search of the perfect woman poses as a Czech immigrant to win over a shapely schoolteacher (Virginia Mayo) who’s more into facts than figures.
Director: Peter Godfrey | Stars: Ronald Reagan, Virginia Mayo, Eddie Bracken, Dona Drake
Votes: 620
22. Black Fox: The Price of Peace (1995 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 96 min | Western
In 1860s Texas, a man whose abused wife fell in love with a Kiowa organizes a hunting party to recapture her.
Director: Steven Hilliard Stern | Stars: Christopher Reeve, Raoul Max Trujillo, Tony Todd, Janet Bailey
Votes: 227
23. Savage Gringo (1966)
82 min | Action, Drama, Western
A drifter helps a ranch couple fend off the approaches of a ruthless landowner.
Directors: Antonio Román, Mario Bava | Stars: Ken Clark, Yvonne Bastien, Piero Lulli, Howard Ross
Votes: 264
24. Black Bart (1975 TV Movie)
25 min | Comedy, Crime, Western
Western spoof concerning the adventures of a black Sheriff and his fast-drawing sidekick fighting corruption and bigotry in the old west. Based on Blazing Saddles (1974).
Director: Robert Butler | Stars: Louis Gossett Jr., Millie Slavin, Noble Willingham, Steve Landesberg
Votes: 298
25. The Man Without a Country (1973 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 78 min | Adventure, Drama
During the 1800s, an American officer who renounces his country during his court-martial is sentenced to sail the seas on American warships without ever setting foot on American soil again or getting news of America.
Director: Delbert Mann | Stars: Cliff Robertson, Beau Bridges, Peter Strauss, Robert Ryan
Votes: 224
26. A Film Johnnie (1914)
Not Rated | 15 min | Short, Comedy
Charlie attempts to meet his favorite movie actress at the Keystone Studio, but does not win friends there.
Director: George Nichols | Stars: Charles Chaplin, Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle, Peggy Pearce, Mabel Normand
Votes: 1,723
27. Don't Bet on Blondes (1935)
Passed | 59 min | Comedy, Mystery, Romance
An insurance agent falls for a client's daughter after writing a policy guaranteeing her single status.
Director: Robert Florey | Stars: Warren William, Claire Dodd, Guy Kibbee, William Gargan
Votes: 459
28. In Search of Doc Holliday (2016)
75 min | Documentary, Western
It's the story of the effects of the Civil War on a southern family, a story of scandal, first love and lost dreams that turned a southern boy into a western legend. Join us as we go in search of the real "Doc" Holliday.
Director: Dana Celeste Robinson | Stars: Patrick Allitt, Bill Dunn, Nelson Hagood, Gary L. Roberts
Votes: 183
29. Nancy Drew: Ghost of Thornton Hall (2013 Video Game)
E | Adventure, Mystery
Teen detective Nancy Drew searches for a missing woman and investigates ghost sightings at an old southern plantation.
Director: Tim Burke | Stars: Lani Minella, Keri Healey, Sharon Yamada-Heidner, Jeff Allen Pierce
Votes: 72
30. Hare Trimmed (1953)
Approved | 7 min | Family, Animation, Short
Yosemite Sam hears that Granny has inherited fifty million dollars. Good guy Bugs tries to save Granny from Sam's clutches.
Director: Friz Freleng | Stars: Mel Blanc, Bea Benaderet
Votes: 506
31. Tales from the Far Side II (1997 TV Movie)
TV-PG | 45 min | Animation, Comedy, Fantasy
An anthology of original animated shorts in the style and theme of Gary Larson's Far Side comics.
Directors: Gary Larson, Marv Newland | Stars: Kathleen Barr, Paul Dobson, Julie Faye, John Miller
Votes: 348
32. The Law West of Tombstone (1938)
Approved | 73 min | Western
Notoriuos liar Bill Barker, having been banished westward by the law, talks the townspeople of Martinez into making him Mayor and Judge. Here he must deal with the outlaw the Tonto Kid and ... See full summary »
Director: Glenn Tryon | Stars: Harry Carey, Tim Holt, Evelyn Brent, Jean Rouverol
Votes: 259
33. Lew Wallace: The Study of an American Hero (1999 Video)
17 min | Documentary, Short, Biography
Biography of Lew Wallace, noted American Civil War general and author of "Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ".
Director: Gary Quigg | Star: Joanna Spragg
34. Merry Widower (1926)
20 min | Short, Comedy
Julius (Jimmy Finlayson) loses his wife to Rudy (Tyler Brooke) because he's too busy going on hunting trips. But when she arranges to meet with a fortune teller, Julius hatches a plan to win her back.
Director: Richard Wallace | Stars: James Finlayson, Ethel Clayton, Tyler Brooke, Jerry Mandy
Votes: 27
35. The Last Traitor (1971)
93 min | Drama, Western
Ned Carter is waiting with a bunch of guests for his bride. When they notice there are exactly 13 people at the table, an unlucky number, some think it's an evil omen. And indeed, when the stagecoach arrives, the bride has been murdered.
Director: Giuseppe Vari | Stars: Donald O'Brien, Maurice Poli, Dino Strano, Maily Doria
Votes: 64
36. Glory: The Making of History (2000 Video)
20 min | Documentary, Short, Biography
Stars: Matthew Broderick, Morgan Freeman, Edward Zwick, Andre Braugher
38.
Tiny Toon Adventures (1990–1995)
Episode:
Weekday Afternoon Live
(1992)
TV-G | 22 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
A parody of the NBC sketch show Saturday Night Live.
Director: Rich Arons | Stars: Charlie Adler, Tress MacNeille, Joe Alaskey, Don Messick
Votes: 64
39.
21 Jump Street (1987–1991)
Episode:
Next Victim
(1989)
TV-14 | 47 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
After the car of a bigoted and controversial college radio talk show host is bombed Hoffs and Booker investigate.
Director: James A. Contner | Stars: Johnny Depp, Holly Robinson Peete, Peter DeLuise, Dustin Nguyen
Votes: 102
40.
24 (2001–2010)
Episode:
Day 2: 10:00 p.m.-11:00 p.m.
(2003)
TV-14 | 45 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Jack must deal with the nuclear bomb at the airport. CTU discovers a recording implicating that Sayed Ali is supported by three presidents of Middle-Eastern countries.
Director: Ian Toynton | Stars: Kiefer Sutherland, Sarah Wynter, Elisha Cuthbert, Xander Berkeley
Votes: 1,919
41.
Barney Miller (1975–1982)
Episode:
Fish
(1975)
TV-PG | 25 min | Comedy, Drama
A look at Fish's home life results when he decides to go on restricted duty. Steve Landesberg steps in as Arthur Dietrich. Doris Belack substitutes for Florence Stanley as Bernice Fish.
Director: Noam Pitlik | Stars: Hal Linden, Barbara Barrie, Abe Vigoda, Max Gail
Votes: 161
42.
Barney Miller (1975–1982)
Episode:
Hair
(1975)
TV-PG | 30 min | Comedy, Drama
A Serpico replica joins the squad temporarily. Bernice discovers that Fish spent the afternoon in a massage parlor.
Director: Allen Baron | Stars: Hal Linden, Barbara Barrie, Abe Vigoda, Max Gail
Votes: 172
43.
Bewitched (1964–1972)
Episode:
Endora Moves in for a Spell
(1966)
TV-G | 30 min | Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Endora and Uncle Arthur are bickering and a house across the street keeps appearing and disappearing.
Director: William Asher | Stars: Elizabeth Montgomery, Dick York, Agnes Moorehead, George Tobias
Votes: 351
44.
The Deputy (1959–1961)
Episode:
The Deathly Quiet
(1961)
TV-PG | 30 min | Western
Two army deserters steal a pair of Gatling guns and embark on a reign of terror targeting mines, miners and assay offices throughout southern Arizona. After the crooks beat off the posse ... See full summary »
Director: Otto Lang | Stars: Henry Fonda, Allen Case, Read Morgan, Michael Garrett
Votes: 23
45.
The Dick Van Dyke Show (1961–1966)
Episode:
The Great Petrie Fortune
(1965)
TV-G | 30 min | Comedy, Family
Rob inherits an old roll-top desk from his late great-uncle Hezekiah that contains "wealth" of some sort hinted at in a song.
Director: Jerry Paris | Stars: Dick Van Dyke, Rose Marie, Morey Amsterdam, Larry Mathews
Votes: 293
46.
The Dick Van Dyke Show (1961–1966)
Episode:
Young Man with a Shoehorn
(1965)
TV-G | 30 min | Comedy, Family
Buddy and Rob run a shoe store they've invested in after chasing off its only full-time salesman.
Director: Jerry Paris | Stars: Dick Van Dyke, Rose Marie, Morey Amsterdam, Larry Mathews
Votes: 247
47.
The Magical World of Disney (1954–1997)
Episode:
The Million Dollar Dixie Deliverance
(1978)
Unrated | Adventure, Drama, Family
During the Civil War, five children from a Union family are held hostage by Confederate soldiers. A wounded Union soldier (who happens to be black) takes refuge in the barn of the place the... See full summary »
Director: Russ Mayberry | Stars: Brock Peters, Christian Juttner, Charles Courtland, Kyle Richards
48.
DuckTales (1987–1990)
Episode:
Launchpad's Civil War
(1987)
TV-G | 23 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
Launchpad is invited to participate in a reenactment of a civil war battle. He feels honored at first, but the honor turns out to be more of an insult.
Director: Steve Clark | Stars: Brian Cummings, Richard Erdman, Terence McGovern, Alan Oppenheimer
Votes: 177
49.
Gunsmoke (1955–1975)
Episode:
The Mark of Cain
(1969)
TV-PG | 60 min | Western
A buffalo hunter stumbles on the fact that a local man was head of an abusive Confederate prison camp during the war. With tension high, Matt and Festus will try to prevent citizens from taking the law into their own hands.
Director: Vincent McEveety | Stars: James Arness, Milburn Stone, Amanda Blake, Ken Curtis
Votes: 158
50.
Gunsmoke (1955–1975)
Episode:
The Nightriders
(1969)
TV-PG | 60 min | Western
Judge Proctor and his bitter band of miscreants, still fighting a lost Civil War, roll into Dodge seeking vengeance against a man who might or might not be near town. Proctor threatens to find him or burn down Dodge.
Director: Irving J. Moore | Stars: Milburn Stone, Amanda Blake, Ken Curtis, James Arness
Votes: 142