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1. The Doors (1991)
R | 140 min | Biography, Drama, Music
The story of the famous and influential 1960s rock band The Doors and its lead singer and composer, Jim Morrison, from his days as a UCLA film student in Los Angeles, to his untimely death in Paris, France at age 27 in 1971.
Director: Oliver Stone | Stars: Val Kilmer, Meg Ryan, Kyle MacLachlan, Frank Whaley
Votes: 99,383 | Gross: $35.18M
2. The Grapes of Wrath (1940)
Passed | 129 min | Drama
An Oklahoma family, driven off their farm by the poverty and hopelessness of the Dust Bowl, joins the westward migration to California, suffering the misfortunes of the homeless in the Great Depression.
Director: John Ford | Stars: Henry Fonda, Jane Darwell, John Carradine, Charley Grapewin
Votes: 100,244 | Gross: $0.06M
3. The Addams Family 2 (2021)
PG | 93 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
The Addams get tangled up in more wacky adventures and find themselves involved in hilarious run-ins with all sorts of unsuspecting characters. Sequel to the 2019 animated film, 'The Addams Family'.
Directors: Conrad Vernon, Greg Tiernan, Laura Brousseau, Kevin Pavlovic | Stars: Oscar Isaac, Charlize Theron, Chloë Grace Moretz, Javon 'Wanna' Walton
Votes: 15,653 | Gross: $56.49M
4. Zabriskie Point (1970)
R | 113 min | Drama
At a time of chronic civil unrest in late 1960s America, a young idealist and an anthropology student cross paths at Zabriskie Point in Death Valley, California. They start an unrestrained relationship by making love on the dusty terrain.
Director: Michelangelo Antonioni | Stars: Mark Frechette, Daria Halprin, Paul Fix, G.D. Spradlin
Votes: 17,204 | Gross: $1.05M
5. Escape from Fort Bravo (1953)
Passed | 99 min | Drama, Romance, Western
During the Civil War, a group of Confederates escapes from the Union POW camp at Fort Bravo but has to contend with the desert, the Mescalero Apaches and the pursuing Union troops.
Director: John Sturges | Stars: William Holden, Eleanor Parker, John Forsythe, William Demarest
Votes: 3,156 | Gross: $1.45M
6. Greed (1924)
Not Rated | 140 min | Drama, Thriller, Western
The sudden fortune won from a lottery fans such destructive greed that it ruins the lives of the three people involved.
Director: Erich von Stroheim | Stars: Gibson Gowland, Zasu Pitts, Jean Hersholt, Dale Fuller
Votes: 10,797 | Gross: $0.16M
7. Helter Skelter (2004 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 136 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
A new take on the Manson Family murders, with a keen focus on Charles Manson himself.
Director: John Gray | Stars: Jeremy Davies, Clea DuVall, Allison Smith, Eric Dane
Votes: 3,668
8. No Man's Land: The Rise of Reeker (2008)
R | 88 min | Horror, Thriller
A sheriff and his son chase casino robbers, only to find the all of them are being chased by something else.
Director: Dave Payne | Stars: Michael Muhney, Stephen Martines, Lew Temple, Desmond Askew
Votes: 3,572
9. Nobel Son (2007)
R | 110 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
A professor of chemistry wins the Nobel Prize. His wife joins him to Stockholm but his PhD. working son gets kidnapped. The kidnapper demands $2,000,000 = prize sum.
Director: Randall Miller | Stars: Alan Rickman, Bryan Greenberg, Shawn Hatosy, Mary Steenburgen
Votes: 6,147 | Gross: $0.54M
10. Death Valley (1982)
R | 87 min | Crime, Drama, Horror
A divorced mother, her young son and her new boyfriend set out on a road trip through Death Valley and run afoul of a local serial killer.
Director: Dick Richards | Stars: Paul Le Mat, Catherine Hicks, Stephen McHattie, Wilford Brimley
Votes: 1,874
11. The Walking Hills (1949)
Passed | 78 min | Adventure, Thriller, Western
A group of treasure hunters search for a wagon load of gold, buried years before in Death Valley.
Director: John Sturges | Stars: Randolph Scott, Ella Raines, William Bishop, Edgar Buchanan
Votes: 1,131
12. Land of Plenty (2004)
Not Rated | 123 min | Drama, War
A drama that investigates anxiety and disillusionment in America.
Director: Wim Wenders | Stars: Michelle Williams, John Diehl, Wendell Pierce, Shaun Toub
Votes: 4,121
13. Things Are Tough All Over (1982)
R | 90 min | Action, Comedy
Cheech and Chong are hired to drive a limo from Chicago to Las Vegas by two shady Arabs--Mr. Slyman (Cheech) and Prince Habib (Chong). Unbeknownst to them, five million dollars of dirty money has been stuffed throughout the car.
Director: Thomas K. Avildsen | Stars: Toni Attell, Mike Bacarella, Billy Beck, Don Bovingloh
Votes: 3,723 | Gross: $21.13M
14. Around the Bend (2004)
R | 85 min | Drama
A bitter, recently divorced man is goaded by his grandfather and son into going on a family road trip to reconcile with his estranged father.
Director: Jordan Roberts | Stars: Michael Caine, Christopher Walken, Josh Lucas, Jonah Bobo
Votes: 4,481 | Gross: $0.19M
15. Valley of Love (2015)
Unrated | 91 min | Drama, Fantasy
Isabelle and Gérard go to a strange appointment in Death Valley, California. They have not seen each other for years and are here to answer to an invitation from their son Michael, a ... See full summary »
Director: Guillaume Nicloux | Stars: Isabelle Huppert, Gérard Depardieu, Dan Warner, Aurélia Thiérrée
Votes: 2,344 | Gross: $0.03M
16. Deserted (I) (2016)
Not Rated | 92 min | Adventure, Drama, Thriller
A young woman is released from prison but avoids moving back to her childhood home and agrees to join her brother and friends on a road trip to Death Valley, resulting in them becoming hopelessly lost and fighting to survive the elements.
Director: Ashley Avis | Stars: Mischa Barton, Jackson Davis, Winter Ave Zoli, Trent Ford
Votes: 751
17. Ultraviolet (1992)
R | 80 min | Action, Thriller
A park ranger and his girlfriend run into a young man in the middle of Death Valley desert. He shoots the ranger, kidnaps the girl and starts playing psycho-sexual games with her. The wounded ranger gets a shotgun and goes after them.
Director: Mark Griffiths | Stars: Esai Morales, Patricia Healy, Stephen Meadows, Louise Baker
Votes: 186
18. Running on the Sun: The Badwater 135 (2000)
100 min | Documentary, Sport
Forty runners compete in the most grueling race on earth, the Badwater. The film documents the trials and tribulations of these athletes as they run 135 miles through Death Valley in July ... See full summary »
Director: Mel Stuart | Stars: Adam Bookspan, Angelika Castaneda, Eric Clifton, Maria De Jesus
Votes: 257 | Gross: $0.00M
19. Confessions of a Hitman (1994)
R | 93 min | Crime, Drama
A former hitman named Bruno steals some cash from his mobster uncle. He plans to go to Tahiti, but things go wrong and he finds himself headed for Vegas via Death Valley in a comandeered ... See full summary »
Director: Larry Leahy | Stars: James Remar, Michael Wright, Emily Longstreth, John Snyder
Votes: 130
20. Double-Cross-Country Race (1951)
7 min | Family, Comedy, Animation
Popeye is driving across country against Count Noah Count. He's hopelessly outmatched; the Count has a very powerful car, and Popeye's is barely running. And to top it off, the Count doesn't play fair.
Directors: Seymour Kneitel, Thomas Johnson | Stars: Jackson Beck, Jack Mercer, Mae Questel, Sid Raymond
Votes: 105
21. Niji no megami (2006)
118 min | Drama, Romance
Incompetent film set gopher Tomoya finds out that the girl he loved has died in a plane crash, after he e-mails a picture of a rainbow to her. While her family sets off to retrieve a body, he recalls the love affair they never really had.
Director: Naoto Kumazawa | Stars: Hayato Ichihara, Juri Ueno, Yû Aoi, Wakana Sakai
Votes: 1,496
22. Drip-Along Daffy (1951)
Approved | 7 min | Animation, Short, Adventure
Daffy Duck plays a western hero, but things don't go as he hoped in a one horse town.
Director: Chuck Jones | Stars: Mel Blanc, John T. Smith
Votes: 1,690
23. OutRun (1986 Video Game)
Not Rated | Sport
You must race your Ferrari through various unique locations in order to reach checkpoints. While playing, the player can choose which route to take and has a choice between one of three different music themes.
Votes: 339
24. Hollywood Flies (2005)
R | 95 min | Crime, Drama
Brothers Martina and Luca travel from Las Vegas to Hollywood. Along the way they meet two convicts and Cherie a showgirl who flees his representative. The convicts kidnap Martina and force Luca to carry a 3 million bag.
Director: Fabio Segatori | Stars: Antonio Cupo, Bianca Guaccero, Caprice Bourret, Vinnie Jones
Votes: 560
25. The Six Degrees of Helter Skelter (2009)
Not Rated | 105 min | Documentary, Crime
"The Six Degrees of Helter Skelter" walks in the footsteps of the Manson Family, visiting over 40 locations related to the infamous Tate/LaBianca murders, and tying together the dozens of ... See full summary »
Director: Mike Dorsey | Stars: Ron Hale, Craig Harvey, Nikki Medlin, Scott Michaels
Votes: 717
26. Darwin (2011)
G | 86 min | Documentary, Drama, History
Propelled from society by tragic turns, the isolated community of Darwin, Death Valley (population 35) must now find ways to coexist in a place without a government, a church, jobs, or children.
Director: Nick Brandestini | Stars: Monty Brannigan, Nancy Brannigan, Hank Jones, Connie Jones
Votes: 423
27. Blind Spot (2002)
94 min | Drama, Thriller
Three strangers are drawn together in search of Darcy, a man they all love who has been involved with some nasty underworld business.
Director: Stephan Woloszczuk | Stars: James Franco, Mark Patrick Gleason, Morgan H. Margolis, Shawn Montgomery
Votes: 200
28. Dante's View (1998)
R | 85 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
In a botched robbery, Samantha grabs stolen jewels and leaves her dying boyfriend at the scene. When her truck breaks down in Death Valley, she befriends June, an innocent girl who dreams of escaping her dead-end life.
Director: Steven A. Adelson | Stars: Guinevere Turner, Sheryl Lee, Brett Harrelson, Ethan Suplee
Votes: 100
29. Bureau of Alien Detectors (1996– )
TV-Y7 | 20 min | Animation, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Intergalactic aliens are invading Earth. It is the job of the top-secret, specially-trained Bureau Of Alien Detectors to find and destroy them. However, there are those in authority who have hidden agendas concerning the aliens...
Stars: Michael McConnohie, Bree Anderson, John Rubinstein, Marcelo Tubert
Votes: 80
30. Obselidia (2010)
Not Rated | 103 min | Drama
George, a lonely librarian, believes love is obsolete, until a road trip to Death Valley with a cinema projectionist named Sophie teaches him otherwise.
Director: Diane Bell | Stars: Michael Piccirilli, Gaynor Howe, Frank Hoyt Taylor, Chris Byrne
Votes: 308
31. Death Valley (1946)
Approved | 67 min | Drama, Western
A dance hall girl is murdered and her body robbed of a quantity of gold obtained illegally. The killer flees into Death Valley and encounters the rightful owner of the gold and her sweetheart.
Director: Lew Landers | Stars: Nat Pendleton, Helen Gilbert, Robert Lowery, Sterling Holloway
Votes: 46
32. Chances (I) (2013)
Not Rated | 91 min | Drama, Romance, Thriller
A young lovestruck couple in Nevada find themselves in a troublesome situation when their spotted pasts are revealed through a mistaken online identity.
Director: Han S Ryu | Stars: Hunter Fite, Balbinka Korzeniowska, Jon Morgan Woodward, Lydia Muijen
Votes: 18
33. Manson: Music from an Unsound Mind (2019)
Not Rated | 108 min | Documentary, Biography, Music
The untold story of Charles Manson's obsession to become a rock star, his rise in the LA music scene, the celebrities who championed his music including the Beach Boys' Dennis Wilson and his descen...
Director: Tom O'Dell | Stars: Simon Wells, Jeff Guinn, Anthony DeCurtis, Peter Richardson
Votes: 309
34. Those for Whom It's Always Complicated (2013)
50 min | Comedy, Drama
Camille and G.J., a couple in their early thirties, have known happier times. They decide to take a few days off and go to Death Valley. Needless to say, a real adventure for the city ... See full summary »
Director: Eva Husson | Stars: Camille Rousseau, G.J. Echternkamp, Morgan Kibby
Votes: 31
35. Fair Warning (1937)
Approved | 70 min | Adventure, Crime, Mystery
In California's Death Valley, a chemistry whiz-kid helps a sheriff track the man who murdered a wealthy mine owner who had been staying at a fancy winter resort.
Director: Norman Foster | Stars: J. Edward Bromberg, Betty Furness, John Payne, Victor Kilian
Votes: 85
36. The Parson of Panamint (1941)
Approved | 84 min | Adventure, Romance, Western
The mayor of wild and woolly mining town Panamint, is in San Francisco to fetch a preacher for the new church, and happens upon young Philip Pharo, as handy with his fists as with a sermon.... See full summary »
Director: William C. McGann | Stars: Charles Ruggles, Ellen Drew, Phillip Terry, Joseph Schildkraut
Votes: 50
37. Anatomy of Failure (2008)
53 min | Documentary
Filmmaker Minou Norouzi goes in search of five disappeared women who formed Carlos Castaneda's 'harem'. Trying to find out what hooked these women on the cultish guru figure she unveils ... See full summary »
Director: Minou Norouzi | Stars: Amy Wallace, Richard Jennings, Diana Alstad, Yvonne Apollonio
38. Heart of Now (2010)
Not Rated | 90 min | Drama
"Heart of Now" concerns a young woman with a profound longing for a sense of family. Devastated by her boyfriend's sudden withdrawal from their relationship, she is whisked across a ... See full summary »
Director: Zak Forsman | Stars: Marion Kerr, Kelly McCracken, Jason Lopez, Dusty Sorg
Votes: 91
39. Into Death Valley with Nick Knowles (2023– )
60 min | Documentary
Nick Knowles ventures into one of the least hospitable places on earth: Death Valley. Not only is it incredibly hot, it also holds the distinction of being one of the lowest spots on the planet.
Star: Nick Knowles
Votes: 12
40. Great Natural Wonders of the World (2002 TV Movie)
TV-G | 57 min | Documentary
David Attenborough sets out on an intrepid quest across seven continents to create a unique television event to celebrate the wealth of natural features that makes Planet Earth so varied, so distinctive and so spectacularly beautiful.
Star: David Attenborough
Votes: 132
41. Where Cars Don't Dare (2010 Video)
Not Rated | 60 min | Documentary, History, Sport
Rediscover the gold rush trail through the Mojave Desert. From the perspective of a dirt bike tour. Three days, 460 miles and no roads.
Director: Erik Lundmark
42. Weird Tales #1 Death Valley's Ancient Underground (2007)
Not Rated | 50 min | Documentary
Join filmmaker Ted Faye as he personally guides you on a journey to discover Death Valley's Ancient Underground.
Director: Ted Faye | Stars: Jay Charlesworth, Braxton Davis, Mike Disch, Deanna Hodges
Votes: 12
43. Gun Gospel (1927)
Passed | 70 min | Western
From Death Valley in the Mojave Desert to Mount Whittier, the outlaw gangs are wreaking havoc on the gold and money shipments from the mines and ranches. Wells Fargo organizes an express ... See full summary »
Director: Harry Joe Brown | Stars: Ken Maynard, Tarzan, Virginia Brown Faire, Romaine Fielding
Votes: 16
44. The Man from Death Valley (1931)
Passed | 61 min | Drama, Western
Dave and Hank ride out of Death Valley, heading for the town of Mesa, but stop to rest in Alkali Springs, twenty miles from Mesa. Walking along the saloon porch, they overhear through an ... See full summary »
Director: Lloyd Nosler | Stars: Tom Tyler, Betty Mack, John Oscar, Si Jenks
Votes: 30
45. Decodings (1988)
Unrated | 15 min | Short, Fantasy
Explores Confucius's observation that "The way out is via the door." Archival footage of people from the 1930s and 1940s mixes with odd stories told by a narrator's voice: the stories take ... See full summary »
Director: Michael Wallin | Stars: William Graves, Barry Livingston
Votes: 42
46. The Winner (2012)
22 min | Documentary, Short
A Polish man overcomes his own weaknesses in Death Valley, during one of the toughest ultra-marathons in the world.
Director: Jakub Górajek | Stars: Chris Kostman, Cory Linkel, Zofia Strychalska, Dariusz Strychalski
Votes: 34
47. A Day in Death Valley (1944)
Approved | 10 min | Documentary, Short
A tour of the arid, inhospitable region of the southern California desert known as Death Valley, originally named because of the many travelers in the 1840s who died of thirst, starvation and/or exposure trying to cross it.
Director: James A. FitzPatrick | Stars: James A. FitzPatrick, Walter Scott, Albert Johnson
Votes: 61
48. Life's Whirlpool (1916)
50 min | Drama
McTeague begins life in the mines. He later becomes an unlicensed practicing dentist. He is a man of violent physical passions, but until he meets little Trina, who visits his dental office... See full summary »
Director: Barry O'Neil | Stars: Holbrook Blinn, Walter Greene, Philip Robson, Fania Marinoff
Votes: 22
49. C-V News: Filming Greed (1923)
Not Rated | 4 min | Short, News
C-V News follows the cast and crew of "Greed" (1925) into Death Valley while filming the infamous closing scenes in 150+ degree heat in 1923 at the height of the summer.
Stars: Eve Bessette, William H. Daniels, Gibson Gowland, Jean Hersholt
Votes: 40