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1. Adventures in Babysitting (1987)
PG-13 | 102 min | Adventure, Comedy, Crime
A babysitter must battle her way through the big city after being stranded there with the kids she's looking after.
Director: Chris Columbus | Stars: Elisabeth Shue, Maia Brewton, Keith Coogan, Anthony Rapp
Votes: 49,301 | Gross: $34.37M
2. Death on the Nile (2022)
PG-13 | 127 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
While on vacation on the Nile, Hercule Poirot must investigate the murder of a young heiress.
Director: Kenneth Branagh | Stars: Tom Bateman, Annette Bening, Kenneth Branagh, Russell Brand
Votes: 189,416 | Gross: $45.63M
3. Black Snake Moan (2006)
R | 116 min | Drama, Music
A God-fearing bluesman takes to a wild young woman who, as a victim of childhood sexual abuse, looks everywhere for love, never quite finding it.
Director: Craig Brewer | Stars: Christina Ricci, Samuel L. Jackson, Justin Timberlake, S. Epatha Merkerson
Votes: 66,599 | Gross: $9.40M
4. Daddy's Little Girls (2007)
PG-13 | 100 min | Drama, Romance
A mechanic and his family are struggling to make ends meet with his ex-girlfriend and her drug dealing boyfriend He struggles to get custody of his children during the way he falls inlove with his attorney.
Director: Tyler Perry | Stars: Gabrielle Union, Idris Elba, Tracee Ellis Ross, Louis Gossett Jr.
Votes: 8,317 | Gross: $31.34M
5. Jesse Stone: Lost in Paradise (2015 TV Movie)
TV-14 | 86 min | Crime, Drama
Jesse investigates the grim works of a serial killer in Boston and becomes concerned with a wayward teen in Paradise.
Director: Robert Harmon | Stars: Tom Selleck, Kohl Sudduth, Gloria Reuben, Leslie Hope
Votes: 3,862
6. In a Lonely Place (1950)
Not Rated | 94 min | Drama, Film-Noir, Mystery
A potentially violent screenwriter is a murder suspect until his lovely neighbor clears him. However, she soon starts to have her doubts.
Director: Nicholas Ray | Stars: Humphrey Bogart, Gloria Grahame, Frank Lovejoy, Carl Benton Reid
Votes: 35,400
7. Ma Rainey's Black Bottom (2020)
R | 94 min | Drama, Music
Tensions rise when trailblazing blues singer Ma Rainey and her band gather at a recording studio in Chicago in 1927.
Director: George C. Wolfe | Stars: Viola Davis, Chadwick Boseman, Glynn Turman, Colman Domingo
Votes: 58,033
8. Gold Diggers of 1933 (1933)
Passed | 97 min | Comedy, Drama, Musical
A wealthy composer rescues unemployed Broadway performers with a new play, but insists on remaining anonymous.
Director: Mervyn LeRoy | Stars: Warren William, Joan Blondell, Aline MacMahon, Ruby Keeler
Votes: 9,165 | Gross: $4.80M
9. Stormy Weather (1943)
Passed | 78 min | Comedy, Drama, Music
The relationship between an aspiring dancer and a popular songstress provides a retrospective of the great African-American entertainers of the early 1900s.
Director: Andrew L. Stone | Stars: Lena Horne, Bill Robinson, Cab Calloway and His Cotton Club Orchestra, Katherine Dunham and Her Troupe
Votes: 2,895
10. Blackenstein (1973)
R | 78 min | Horror, Sci-Fi
Eddie is a Vietnam war veteran who loses both his arms and his legs when he steps on a land mine. A brilliant surgeon is able to attach new limbs, but his assistant switches the DNA injections, transforming him into a huge hulking monster.
Director: William A. Levey | Stars: John Hart, Ivory Stone, Joe De Sue, Roosevelt Jackson
Votes: 1,424
11. Bessie (2015 TV Movie)
TV-MA | 115 min | Biography, Drama, Music
The story of legendary blues performer Bessie Smith, who rose to fame during the 1920s and '30s.
Director: Dee Rees | Stars: Queen Latifah, Kamryn Johnson, Rikki McKinney, Alan T. Coleman
Votes: 4,800
12. Wired (1989)
R | 112 min | Biography, Comedy, Drama
The ghost of John Belushi looks back on his troubled life and career, while journalist Bob Woodward researches Belushi's life as he prepares to write a book about the late comic actor.
Director: Larry Peerce | Stars: Michael Chiklis, Ray Sharkey, J.T. Walsh, Patti D'Arbanville
Votes: 950 | Gross: $1.09M
13. Memphis Beat (2010–2011)
TV-14 | 43 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
Memphis Beat centers on Dwight Hendricks, a quirky Memphis police detective with an intimate connection to the city, a passion for blues music and a close relationship with his mother.
Stars: Jason Lee, Sam Hennings, DJ Qualls, Celia Weston
Votes: 2,608
14. Up Against Amanda (2000)
R | 102 min | Drama, Thriller
After childhood abuse by her stepfather and eight years in a juvenile psychiatric lockup, Amanda Lear is released. Her shrink is also her lover, who surreptitiously pays her rent on a nice ... See full summary »
Director: Michael Rissi | Stars: Justine Priestley, David DeWitt, Karen Grosso, Chuck Williams
Votes: 341
15. U2: Rattle and Hum (1988)
PG-13 | 99 min | Documentary, Music
A documentary of the Irish rock group U2 on their Fall 1987 tour of North America.
Director: Phil Joanou | Stars: Bono, The Edge, Adam Clayton, Larry Mullen Jr.
Votes: 6,184 | Gross: $8.60M
16. This Is Not Berlin (2019)
Not Rated | 115 min | Drama
In the 1980s, an outsider gets invited to a mythical nightclub where he's unleashed to punk, sexual liberty and drugs.
Director: Hari Sama | Stars: Lumi Cavazos, Marina de Tavira, Ximena Romo, Dalia Xiuhcoatl
Votes: 1,433
17. Janis: Little Girl Blue (2015)
TV-MA | 103 min | Documentary, Biography, Music
Musician Cat Power narrates this documentary on Janis Joplin's evolution into a star from letters that Joplin wrote over the years to her friends, family, and collaborators.
Director: Amy Berg | Stars: Cat Power, Janis Joplin, Karleen Bennett, Laura Joplin
Votes: 5,648 | Gross: $0.41M
18. The Black Glove (1954)
Not Rated | 84 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
Newly arrived in Britain, a jet-lagged musician impulsively goes to the apartment of a beautiful blues singer he's just met and hours later is accused of her murder.
Director: Terence Fisher | Stars: Alex Nicol, Eleanor Summerfield, John Salew, Paul Carpenter
Votes: 386
19. What Happened, Miss Simone? (2015)
Not Rated | 101 min | Documentary, Biography, Music
A documentary about the life and legend Nina Simone, an American singer, pianist, and civil rights activist labeled the "High Priestess of Soul."
Director: Liz Garbus | Stars: Nina Simone, Lisa Simone Kelly, Roger Nupie, Al Schackman
Votes: 14,848
20. Happy Tears (2009)
R | 92 min | Comedy, Drama
Two sisters return home to deal with their ailing father, only to face some surprising situations.
Director: Mitchell Lichtenstein | Stars: Parker Posey, Demi Moore, Rip Torn, Ellen Barkin
Votes: 1,615 | Gross: $0.02M
21. The Unholy Wife (1957)
Passed | 94 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
A gold-digger floozy marries a wealthy wine producer but she secretly takes a young lover with whom she conspires to murder her husband for his fortune.
Director: John Farrow | Stars: Diana Dors, Rod Steiger, Tom Tryon, Beulah Bondi
Votes: 630
22. The Powers Girl (1943)
Approved | 93 min | Biography, Drama, Music
Two sisters living in New York City aspire to become high-profile models.
Director: Norman Z. McLeod | Stars: George Murphy, Anne Shirley, Carole Landis, Dennis Day
Votes: 100
23. South of Dixie (1944)
Approved | 61 min | Comedy, Music, Romance
To save their music publishing firm from bankruptcy, Bll "Brains' Watson creates a colorful life-story about his partner, Danny Lee, representing him as a descendant of Louisiana's famous ... See full summary »
Director: Jean Yarbrough | Stars: Anne Gwynne, David Bruce, Jerome Cowan, Ella Mae Morse
Votes: 14
24. Ella Fitzgerald: Just One of Those Things (2019)
TV-14 | 89 min | Documentary, Biography, Music
The times and life of the unique Ella Fitzgerald.
Director: Leslie Woodhead | Stars: Ella Fitzgerald, Norma Miller, Ray Brown Jr., Laura Mvula
Votes: 577
25. Jamboree! (1957)
Not Rated | 86 min | Musical
Pete Porter and Honey Wynn become overnight sensations as a romantic singing duo. But what will become of their budding love affair when their feuding, back-stabbing managers persuade them ... See full summary »
Director: Roy Lockwood | Stars: Fats Domino, Jerry Lee Lewis, Jimmy Bowen, Buddy Knox
Votes: 324
26. The Blue Hour (2007)
Drama
Several strangers in Los Angeles weave their stories of loss and hope, not knowing that their lives have brushed up against each others in small but sometimes profound ways.
Director: Eric Nazarian | Stars: Ellen Albertini Dow, Eric Burdon, Paul Dillon, Catherine Garedakis
Votes: 219
27. Love Me Forever (1935)
Approved | 91 min | Drama, Musical, Romance
A man who loves an aspiring opera singer is prepared to sacrifice everything to help her with her career, even though he knows she doesn't love him.
Director: Victor Schertzinger | Stars: Grace Moore, Leo Carrillo, Robert Allen, Spring Byington
Votes: 149
28. Skazany na bluesa (2005)
101 min | Biography, Drama, Music
The life of Ryszard Riedel, former leader of cult Polish rock-blues band Dzem, including the history of his family relationships, music career and addiction to alcohol and drugs.
Director: Jan Kidawa-Blonski | Stars: Tomasz Kot, Jolanta Fraszynska, Maciej Balcar, Adam Baumann
Votes: 2,450
29. Da zero a dieci (2002)
99 min | Comedy, Drama, Music
Four middle-aged friends plan to re-experience an old weekend in Rimini.
Director: Luciano Ligabue | Stars: Stefano Pesce, Elisabetta Cavallotti, Massimo Bellinzoni, Fabrizia Sacchi
Votes: 900
30. Sing Your Song (2011)
Not Rated | 103 min | Documentary, Biography, Music
Most people know the lasting legacy of Harry Belafonte, the entertainer. This film unearths his significant contribution to and his leadership in the civil rights movement in America and to social justice globally.
Director: Susanne Rostock | Stars: Harry Belafonte, Sidney Poitier, Marge Champion, Fran Scott Attaway
Votes: 503 | Gross: $0.05M
31. St. Louis Blues (1929)
Not Rated | 16 min | Short, Drama, Music
In her only known film appearance, legendary blues singer Bessie Smith witnesses her lover's betrayal, then sings a powerful rendition of the title song.
Director: Dudley Murphy | Stars: Bessie Smith, Jimmy Mordecai, Isabel Washington, Hall Johnson Choir
Votes: 472
32. The Blues Accordin' to Lightnin' Hopkins (1970)
Not Rated | 31 min | Documentary, Short, Music
A portrait of the great Texas bluesman, 'Lightnin' Hopkins. The film includes interviews and a performance by Hopkins.
Directors: Les Blank, Skip Gerson | Stars: Lightnin Hopkins, Billy Bizor, Mance Lipscomb, Ruth Ames
Votes: 867
33. Hit Parade of 1943 (1943)
Approved | 82 min | Music, Romance
One of the many films made at Republic with a year attached to the "Hit Parade" title, which came from the "Hit Parade" radio program sponsored by Lucky Strike cigarettes. On re-issue, all ... See full summary »
Director: Albert S. Rogell | Stars: John Carroll, Susan Hayward, Gail Patrick, Eve Arden
Votes: 178
34. Symphony in Black: A Rhapsody of Negro Life (1935)
Unrated | 9 min | Short, Music
Duke Ellington plays his symphonic jazz piece ('A Rhapsody of Negro Life') with his orchestra against slice-of-life background scenes. The four movements: 1) The Laborers, 2) A Triangle: ... See full summary »
Director: Fred Waller | Stars: Duke Ellington, Duke Ellington Orchestra, Barney Bigard, Billie Holiday
Votes: 279
35. Make Believe Ballroom (1949)
Approved | 79 min | Comedy, Music, Romance
Liza Lee, fast-talking press agent for Al Jarvis, persuades Jarvis to stage a Musical Mystery Contest, with a $5000 prize to the person who can first name the most musical numbers and their... See full summary »
Director: Joseph Santley | Stars: Jerome Courtland, Ruth Warrick, Ron Randell, Virginia Welles
Votes: 64
36. Show Time at the Apollo (1955– )
30 min | Comedy, Music
Music, comedy and dance featuring African-American performers are blended together in this variety show.
Stars: Willie Bryant, Nipsey Russell, Lionel Hampton, Herb Jeffries
Votes: 11
37. Langer Gang (1992)
79 min | Drama
A rehabilitation center for physically handicapped children and youth is the focus of this docudrama. Long corridors, offbeat characters and passions.
Director: Yilmaz Arslan | Stars: Nina Kunzendorf, Dieter Resch, Martin Seeger, Marco Neumeier
Votes: 38
38. Bubbling Over (1934)
Passed | 20 min | Short, Comedy, Music
A family play on the nerves of a hard working housewife, but they soon get busy when a rich relative is due to arrive.
Director: Leigh Jason | Stars: Ethel Waters, Southernaires Quartet, Hamtree Harrington, Frank H. Wilson
Votes: 70
39. A Single Rose (2003)
Short, Drama, Musical
Director: Hanelle M. Culpepper | Stars: Sonya Maddox, Lawrence B. Adisa, Ameona Almund, Rico E. Anderson
Votes: 19
40. Portrait of Queenie (1964)
46 min | Documentary, Music
Director: Michael Orrom | Stars: Shirley Harris, Mike McKenzie, Beverley Mills, Queenie Watts
Votes: 22
41. Nick Kenny's Radio Thrills No. 2 (1933)
Passed | 19 min | Short, Comedy, Music
Radio Reporter Nick Kenny does a little socializing in his radio studio, greeting and schmoozing with radio performers of the day such as Arthur Tracy, Leo Reisman, Mildred Bailey, Donald ... See full summary »
Director: Monte Brice | Stars: Nick Kenny, Armida, Arthur L. Jarrett, Arthur Tracy
42. Down Memory Lane (1949)
Passed | 70 min | Comedy, History, Music
This film is a compilation, with narration by Steve Allen, of comedies from the old Mack Sennett silent studio. Sennett, himself, appears in a cameo at the end of the film.
Director: Phil Karlson | Stars: Steve Allen, Bing Crosby, W.C. Fields, Franklin Pangborn
Votes: 57
43. Boogie-Woogie Dream (1944)
13 min | Musical, Short
After hours at a nightclub, the hired help have a jam session, which proves to be just what a couple of belated customers wanted to hear.
Director: Hans Burger | Stars: Lena Horne, Albert Ammons, Pete Johnson, Teddy Wilson
Votes: 69
44. Hollywood on Parade No. A-1 (1932)
Passed | 10 min | Short, Comedy, Music
Short dance and song numbers, often from current releases, along with curiosities about the movie stars conform this series of short subjects.
Director: Louis Lewyn | Stars: Fredric March, Ben Turpin, Mitzi Green, Ginger Rogers
Votes: 36
45. Blues Before Sunrise (2016)
50 min | Documentary
'Blues Before Sunrise' is a documentary that captures a few of the remaining authentic Delta Bluesmen and their intensely personal and powerful music. Their roots lead directly back to ... See full summary »
Directors: Cyrus T. Hayley, Alex J.R. Nielsen | Stars: Bill Abel, Super Chikan, Deak Harp, Vince Johnson
Votes: 50
46. Hal Kemp and His Orchestra (1941)
Approved | 9 min | Short, Music
Hal Kemp leads his orchestra in four popular songs.
Director: Jean Negulesco | Stars: Hal Kemp, Robert Allen, Janet Blair, Randy Brooks
Votes: 35
47. Slow Poke (1933)
10 min | Short, Musical
When is wife makes her radio singing debut, her lazy-bones husband is too lazy to lift a finger. Includes the classic song "Lazy Bones."
Director: Sig Herzig | Stars: Stepin Fetchit, Lethia Hill, Una La Bek, Katherine Smith
Votes: 10
48. Lightnin' Les (1969)
4 min | Documentary, Short, Music
Hopkins made up this song and performed it for Les Blank after deciding to make the documentary The Blues Accordin' to Lightnin' Hopkins.
Director: Les Blank | Star: Lightnin Hopkins
Votes: 52
49. Change Your Luck (1933)
Passed | 19 min | Short, Comedy, Music
Director: Ray McCarey | Stars: Ethel Waters, Southernaires Quartet
50. A Regular Trouper (1932)
Passed | 19 min | Short, Musical
A singer in a traveling troupe must cope with her fiancé, the show's owner/manager, transferring his affections to her pretty, younger sister who recently ran away from home to join the troupe.
Director: Roy Mack | Stars: Ruth Etting, Eddie Lang, Edward Leiter, Wanda Perry
Votes: 86