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51. La mandragola (1965)
95 min | Comedy
Adaptation of the comic play by Macchiavelli about a man's attempt to bed a woman unable to have a child by pretending to be a doctor.
Director: Alberto Lattuada | Stars: Rosanna Schiaffino, Philippe Leroy, Romolo Valli, Nilla Pizzi
Votes: 319
52. Popsy Pop (1971)
PG | 76 min | Crime, Drama
Popsy double-crosses her older partner Silva. Silva has arranged to divert diamonds from a large corporate-run diamond mine in the South American jungle, and Popsy does her "pop" wrong as they are both pursued by police.
Director: Jean Herman | Stars: Claudia Cardinale, Stanley Baker, Henri Charrière, Georges Aminel
Votes: 160
53. The Holy Man (1965)
65 min | Comedy
A devout Hindu family falls victim to a charlatan posing as a holy man.
Director: Satyajit Ray | Stars: Charuprakash Ghosh, Rabi Ghosh, Prasad Mukherjee, Gitali Roy
Votes: 1,726
54. Der Kurpfuscher und seine fixen Töchter (1980)
85 min | Comedy
A smooth-talking rogue assumes the identity of the new village doctor, and soon has a thriving practice with the help of three quick-witted "daughters".
Director: Franz Marischka | Stars: Peter Steiner, Fred Stillkrauth, Ursula Buchfellner, Alena Penz
Votes: 117
55. Amorosa (1986)
117 min | Biography, Drama
Swedish author Agnes Von Krusenstjerna defies convention and her family's wishes by writing erotic fiction. As she harnesses her talent and explores her own sexuality, she puts herself on a dangerous path.
Director: Mai Zetterling | Stars: Stina Ekblad, Erland Josephson, Philip Zandén, Lena T. Hansson
Votes: 230
56. Formula of Love (1984 TV Movie)
90 min | Comedy, Romance
A young aristocrat, Aleksei Fedyashev, is languishing in his family's country estate, spending his days reading poetry and confessing his love... to a statue. Upon hearing that famous Count... See full summary »
Director: Mark Zakharov | Stars: Nodar Mgaloblishvili, Elena Valyushkina, Aleksandr Mikhaylov, Elena Aminova
Votes: 2,739
57. A Ghost of a Chance (2011)
142 min | Comedy, Crime
When a not-so-stellar lawyer is in need of something to help her case she has to rely on an unconventional witness for testimony. Will the court agree to hear testimony from and will the ... See full summary »
Director: Kôki Mitani | Stars: Eri Fukatsu, Toshiyuki Nishida, Hiroshi Abe, Kyôko Fukada
Votes: 1,252
58. A Serial Killer's Guide to Life (2019)
Not Rated | 81 min | Adventure, Comedy, Crime
A self-help addict unwittingly finds herself on a killing spree with her unhinged life coach.
Director: Staten Cousins Roe | Stars: Katie Brayben, Ben Lloyd-Hughes, Poppy Roe, Sarah Ball
Votes: 1,413
59. Join Us (2007)
Not Rated | 100 min | Documentary
Award winning filmmaker, Ondi Timoner, follows four families as they leave an abusive church in South Carolina and realize they have been in a cult. The film documents them as they enter ... See full summary »
Director: Ondi Timoner | Stars: Raymund Melz, Deborah Melz, Joaquin Sullivan, Liz Shaw
Votes: 148
60. The Garden Murder Case (1936)
Passed | 61 min | Adventure, Crime, Drama
Two people with ties to rich murdered socialite Lowe Hammle die from unusual suicides but Vance suspects hypnosis and foul play.
Director: Edwin L. Marin | Stars: Edmund Lowe, Virginia Bruce, Benita Hume, Douglas Walton
Votes: 626
61. Trump: What's the Deal? (1991)
83 min | Documentary
Examines claims made by Donald Trump around his persona and his business approach.
Director: Libby Handros | Stars: Sheelsa Allen-Stevens, Jonathan Alter, Abraham Beame, Gary Belis
Votes: 159
62. Preacherman (1971)
R | 87 min | Comedy, Drama
Phony backwoods preacher Amos T. Huxley stays in a small North Carolina town long enough to fleece his congregation, swindle the profits from a moonshine still, and seduce dumb blonde Mary ... See full summary »
Director: Albert T. Viola | Stars: Albert T. Viola, Ilene Kristen, Adam Hesse, Marian Brown
Votes: 253
63. The Canterville Ghost (1997 TV Movie)
Unrated | 89 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
An American millionaire moves into an historic and imposing mansion, which comes complete with its very own eccentric ghost.
Director: Crispin Reece | Stars: Ian Richardson, Celia Imrie, Sarah-Jane Potts, Rolf Saxon
Votes: 208
64. Nuts! (I) (2016)
Unrated | 79 min | Documentary, Animation
The mostly true story of Dr. John Romulus Brinkley, an eccentric genius who built an empire with his goat-testicle impotence cure and a million-watt radio station.
Director: Penny Lane | Stars: Gene Tognacci, Andy Boswell, John Causby, Kelly Mizell
Votes: 876
65. The Spiritual Boxer (1975)
Not Rated | 103 min | Comedy, Drama, Action
A con artist uses Kung Fu to swindle villagers for money by pretending to be possessed by angry gods. However, when the villagers are later threatened by bandits he must use the same skills for good.
Director: Chia-Liang Liu | Stars: Yue Wong, Chen-Chi Lin, Lung Ti, Kuan Tai Chen
Votes: 333
66. Religious Racketeers (1938)
Approved | 90 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
A wealthy young woman, racked with guilt because she wasn't there when her mother died, is so desperate to contact her that she gets involved with a phony mystic who promises to put her in ... See full summary »
Director: Frank O'Connor | Stars: Robert Fiske, Helene LeBerthon, Arthur Gardner, Betty Compson
Votes: 82
67. Special Actors (2019)
119 min | Comedy
Kazuto has a lifelong dream of becoming an actor, but has been suffering from a special medical condition where he faints and collapses when he gets nervous.
Director: Shin'ichirô Ueda | Stars: Nozomi de Lencquesaing, Aver Hamilton II, Hiroki Kono, Hayate Masao
Votes: 489
68. Preacherman Meets Widderwoman (1973)
PG | 94 min | Comedy
"Preacherman" Amos T. Huxley meets his match in five-time widow Alzena Suggs.
Director: Albert T. Viola | Stars: Albert T. Viola, Marian Brown, Bob Berg, Jeramie Rain
Votes: 19
69. The Spider (1931)
Passed | 59 min | Action, Crime, Mystery
At the end of his magic show at the Tivoli theater, Chatrand the Great announces over a radio broadcast that he is trying to establish the identity of an amnesia victim, his assistant "... See full summary »
Directors: Kenneth MacKenna, William Cameron Menzies | Stars: Edmund Lowe, Lois Moran, El Brendel, John Arledge
Votes: 162
70. El gran Makakikus (1944)
Comedy, Drama
After making a large fortune, a shopkeeper intends to marry his daughter to an important man, even though she is in love with a rancher. To achieve his mission, he decides to take her to ... See full summary »
Director: Humberto Gómez Landero | Stars: Joaquín Pardavé, Miguel Arenas, Alfredo Varela, Dolores Camarillo
Votes: 45
71. Nightmare Zone (1998)
95 min | Horror
Three horror stories: A young woman hears her own voice pick up the phone on the other end; A married woman's noisy electric carving knife angers one of her neighbors; A man who has had the same dream every night for ten years.
Director: Yu-Chen Li | Stars: Siu Chung Mok, Yvonne Hung Yung, Yuen-Man Cheng, Emily Kwan
Votes: 21
72. Bedside (1934)
Passed | 66 min | Drama, Mystery, Romance
Bob Brown uses his bedside manner to charm his patients while his partner makes the actual diagnoses.
Director: Robert Florey | Stars: Warren William, Jean Muir, Allen Jenkins, David Landau
Votes: 265
73. La venida del rey Olmos (1975)
90 min | Adventure, Crime, Drama
After being initiated with the Amish in northern Mexico, a religious fanatic poses as a holy man in a small town, making dubious miracles and earning followers, especially women.
Director: Julián Pastor | Stars: Jorge Martínez de Hoyos, Ana Luisa Peluffo, Maritza Olivares, Mario García González
Votes: 19
74. Qian Long huang qi yu ji (1976)
98 min | Comedy
Director: Fung Wong | Stars: Tony Liu, Yue Wong, Ching Tien, Chung-Tien Shih
Votes: 28
75. Midnight Shadow (1939)
Approved | 54 min | Mystery
In a quiet, all-black Oklahoma community live the Wilsons, whose pretty daughter Margaret is courted by awkward Buster and suave stage mentalist Prince Alihabad. On one busy night, Mr. ... See full summary »
Director: George Randol | Stars: Frances Redd, Buck Woods, Richard Bates, Ollie Ann Robinson
Votes: 205
76. Farewell, Dear Nela! (1972)
82 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
When a rich Romanian lawyer aims to find his 2 long-lost sons and inheritors he places an ad in the newspaper but many crooks show up instead.
Director: Cornel Todea | Stars: Stefan Iordache, Mircea Diaconu, Irina Gardescu, Dan Desliu
Votes: 55
77. Derren Brown: Messiah (2005 TV Special)
65 min | Documentary
Derren Brown takes on a number of fake identities as he travels across the USA trying to convince people of his abilities in the area of psychic powers and the supernatural world.
Director: Tim Knight | Stars: Derren Brown, Lorraine DiFelice, Ann Druffel, Abby Haydon
Votes: 456
78. What the Daisy Said (1910)
16 min | Romance, Short
Two sisters want to know whether there is romance in their future. One sister pulls the petals off of a flower, while the other has her fortune told by a gypsy. When the gypsy tells the ... See full summary »
Director: D.W. Griffith | Stars: Mary Pickford, Gertrude Robinson, Joseph Graybill, Verner Clarges
Votes: 232
79. Etairia thavmaton (1962)
80 min | Comedy
To take a pasture rich in ore deposits which belongs to a God-fearing villager, the owner of a mining company hires a seemingly pious preacher to follow the will of a nonexistent holy man. Soon, there's a miracle. Could the saint be real?
Director: Stefanos Stratigos | Stars: Dimitris Papamichael, Gely Mavropoulou, Pantelis Zervos, Marika Krevata
Votes: 86
80. Ledviny bez viny (2022 TV Movie)
61 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Director: Jirí Vejdelek | Stars: Hynek Cermák, Eliska Balzerová, Jana Pidrmanová, Vojtech Kotek
Votes: 35
81. Chuo tou wang (1980)
Action, Comedy
Two ex-con men helping different people in need through a series of adventures.
Director: Sum Cheung | Stars: Sha Wang, Hui-Huang Lin, Ching-Ching Yeung, Yuen-Yan Lo
Votes: 9
82. West of Thunder (2012)
Not Rated | 85 min | Drama, Mystery, Western
South Dakota 1899. A mysterious stranger visits a small town on the outskirts of the Lakota Pine Ridge Reservation and brings with him a terrible resolve.
Directors: Jody Marriott Bar-Lev, Steve Russell | Stars: Dan Davies, Clifford Henry, Corbin Conroy, Steve Garcia
Votes: 42
83. His Majesty, Bunker Bean (1918)
50 min | Comedy
Bashful stenographer Bunker Bean ( Jack Pickford ), works for wealthy businessman Jim Breede by day and by night theosophist Prof. Balthasar, who convinces Bean that he is the reincarnation... See full summary »
Director: William Desmond Taylor | Stars: Jack Pickford, Louise Huff, Jack McDonald, Frances Clanton
84. Le furet (1950)
95 min | Crime, Drama
A mysterious "Le Furet" (the Ferret) sends letters to the Parisian Police telling them when murders are going to be perpetrated, and in which Paris district. Each time nothing is stolen, ... See full summary »
Director: Raymond Leboursier | Stars: Jany Holt, Colette Darfeuil, Pierre Renoir, Jacqueline Delubac
Votes: 54
85. The Fabulous Fraud (1948)
11 min | Short, Biography, Drama
The story of Dr. Anton Mesmer, the man who discoverd hypnotism.
Director: Edward L. Cahn | Stars: John Baragrey, John Nesbitt, Phyllis Morris, Marcia Mae Jones
Votes: 93
86. Is Spiritualism a Fraud? (1906)
7 min | Short, Comedy
Men expose a fake medium's tricks and take revenge.
Director: J.H. Martin
Votes: 131
87. Angels of Somme (2022)
8 min | Short, Drama
Angels of Somme takes place during WW1 in 1916. The film follows a financially destitute mother with deeply help Christian beliefs. Having already lost her husband, early in the war, she ... See full summary »
Director: Josh Syratt | Stars: Kesty Morisson, Berji Davis, Oliver Clymer, Jamie Westbrook
88. Homöopathie unwiderlegt? (2021)
86 min | Documentary
Are homeopaths wrong, do they deceive their patients or have they just never been properly listened to? In 'Homeopathy Unrefuted?' they try to explain their healing methods through an unexpectedly critical evaluation.
Director: Erik Lemke | Stars: Martina-Lucia Kaut, Karl-Heinz Gebhardt, Heiner Frei, Anne Carolin Medam
89. The Bogus Ghost (1916)
Short, Comedy, Drama
A "mystic" uses a woman who was believed to have been drowned to pretend to be a "ghost" in his phony act.
Director: Harry F. Millarde | Stars: Ethel Teare, Victor Rodman, Merta Sterling, Freddie Fralick
90. Homöopathie - Die Macht der Kügelchen (2020 TV Movie)
44 min | Documentary
Cure or humbug? Homeopathy polarizes, because on the one hand there are enthusiastic patients with their homeopathic doctors, but on the other hand there are a large number of experts and ... See full summary »
Director: Patrick Hünerfeld | Stars: Moritz Brendel, Cornelia Bajic, Jens Behnke, Rolf Daniels
91. Legion: The Word Made Flesh (2005)
26 min | Horror, Short
Director: Robert J. Sexton | Stars: David Stifel, Elizabeth Reynolds, Annie Quinn, Sabrina Bertaccini
Votes: 27
93.
Cimarron City (1958–1960)
Episode:
The Evil One
(1959)
Approved | 60 min | Western
Professor James King, a charlatan boasting of magical powers arrives in Cimarron City and promptly puts on a séance where he calls the spirit of a dead man to visit from the dead. Matt ... See full summary »
Director: Christian Nyby | Stars: George Montgomery, John Smith, Eduard Franz, Olive Carey
Votes: 15
94.
Death Valley Days (1952–1970)
Episode:
Big John and the Rainmaker
(1964)
TV-PG | 25 min | Western
A charlatan traveling rainmaker gets hired during a long drought, sparking conflict between rival local governments.
Director: Harmon Jones | Stars: Jim Davis, Denver Pyle, Roy Engel, James Seay
Votes: 32
95.
Death Valley Days (1952–1970)
Episode:
Deadline at Austin
(1961)
TV-PG | 25 min | Western
The mayor of Austin once insulted Governor Lambert. Now the governor seeks revenge by threatening the town's railroad.
Director: James Sheldon | Stars: David Janssen, Jan Harrison, Harry Shannon, Stephen Chase
Votes: 27
96.
Dennis the Menace (1959–1963)
Episode:
Dennis and the Radio Set
(1960)
TV-G | 25 min | Comedy, Family
While watching an auction from the sidewalk, Dennis causes Mr Wilson to raise his hand when an old-fashioned radio is being auctioned. George has to pay for it since it appeared to be a bid. Turns out the radio has a hidden stack of money.
Director: William D. Russell | Stars: Jay North, Herbert Anderson, Gloria Henry, Joseph Kearns
Votes: 45
97.
Gunsmoke (1955–1975)
Episode:
Arizona Midnight
(1973)
TV-PG | 60 min | Western
A very short man rides in on a Giant Horse into Dodge and offers $50 to any man who will take care of him from midnight to dawn tonight, the first light of the full moon, when he will turn into a "Were-Elephant."
Director: Irving J. Moore | Stars: James Arness, Milburn Stone, Amanda Blake, Ken Curtis
Votes: 162
98.
Little House on the Prairie (1974–1983)
Episode:
The Faith Healer
(1979)
TV-PG | 50 min | Drama, Family, Romance
On Mrs. Oleson's invitation, the Rev. James Danforth comes to Walnut Grove to give residents his charismatic, fiery style of preaching. The hypnotic Danforth claims to have actually "... See full summary »
Director: Maury Dexter | Stars: Michael Landon, Karen Grassle, Melissa Gilbert, Melissa Sue Anderson
Votes: 259
99.
Mission: Impossible (1966–1973)
Episode:
The Choice
(1970)
TV-PG | 50 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
The Grand Duchess Theresa of the European duchy of Trent has come under the sway of a self-proclaimed mystic, the Rasputin-like Emile Vautrain. The IMF's assignment is to prevent Vautrain ... See full summary »
Director: Alan Greedy | Stars: Peter Graves, Leonard Nimoy, Greg Morris, Peter Lupus
Votes: 149
100.
Moonlighting (1985–1989)
Episode:
Poltergeist III - Dipesto Nothing
(1987)
TV-PG | 50 min | Comedy, Drama, Mystery
Agnes has been at Blue Moon for five years and is upset Herbert is already working on a case after only three months. To prove herself and without telling them, Agnes takes on a case that Maddie and David refuse to do.
Director: Christopher Hibler | Stars: Cybill Shepherd, Bruce Willis, Allyce Beasley, Rhoda Gemignani
Votes: 181