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1. I Walked with a Zombie (1943)
Passed | 69 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
A nurse is hired to care for the wife of a sugar plantation owner, who has been acting strangely, on a Caribbean island.
Director: Jacques Tourneur | Stars: Frances Dee, Tom Conway, James Ellison, Edith Barrett
Votes: 13,676
2. Paradiso infernale (1988)
Not Rated | 90 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
Four friends head into the jungle to locate a lost professor but instead face off against treasure hunters who are torturing and killing natives.
Director: Antonio Climati | Stars: Marco Merlo, Fabrizio Merlo, May Deseligny, Pio Maria Federici
Votes: 984
3. Blood of the Tribades (2016)
78 min | Fantasy, Horror
2000 years after the Vampire Bathor has established the village of Bathory, superstition and religious violence take over as the men and women battle for control.
Directors: Sophia Cacciola, Michael J. Epstein | Stars: Chloé Cunha, Mary Widow, Seth Chatfield, Tymisha 'Tush' Harris
Votes: 777
4. Tarzan's Secret Treasure (1941)
Passed | 81 min | Action, Adventure, Romance
Tarzan's jungle home, and his family, Jane and Boy, are threatened by men greedy for gold.
Director: Richard Thorpe | Stars: Johnny Weissmuller, Maureen O'Sullivan, Johnny Sheffield, Reginald Owen
Votes: 3,175
5. The Pied Piper (1972)
G | 86 min | Drama, Fantasy, Musical
In 1349, while the Black Plague threatens Germany, the town of Hamelin hires a wandering pied piper (Donovan) to lure rats away with his magic pipe, but then refuses to pay for his services, causing him to lure the town's children away.
Director: Jacques Demy | Stars: Keith Buckley, Patsy Puttnam, Arthur Hewlett, Paul Hennen
Votes: 913
6. Tarzan's New York Adventure (1942)
Passed | 71 min | Action, Adventure
Tarzan and Jane go to New York to rescue Boy after he is kidnapped into a circus.
Director: Richard Thorpe | Stars: Johnny Weissmuller, Maureen O'Sullivan, Johnny Sheffield, Virginia Grey
Votes: 3,590
7. Within the Whirlwind (2009)
90 min | Biography, Drama
During Stalin's reign of terror, Evgenia Ginzburg, a literature professor, was sent to 10 years hard labor in a gulag in Siberia. Having lost everything, and no longer wishing to live, she meets the camp doctor and begins to come back to life.
Director: Marleen Gorris | Stars: Emily Watson, Ulrich Tukur, Ian Hart, Benjamin Sadler
Votes: 1,108
8. Tarzan's Desert Mystery (1943)
Passed | 70 min | Adventure, Mystery, War
With Jane still away for the war effort, Tarzan and Boy set off to retrieve rare medicinal herbs, only to run into an American messenger, German spies, and the mysterious desert's treacherous fauna and flora.
Director: Wilhelm Thiele | Stars: Johnny Weissmuller, Nancy Kelly, Johnny Sheffield, Otto Kruger
Votes: 2,253
9. The Blue Butterfly (2004)
PG | 97 min | Adventure, Drama
A dramatic adventure about courage, redemption and love being filmed in the rain forests of Costa Rica, and in Montreal.
Director: Léa Pool | Stars: Marc Donato, William Hurt, Pascale Bussières, Raoul Max Trujillo
Votes: 1,634
10. The Orator (2011)
110 min | Drama
Saili, a little person and taro farmer, has his life turned upside-down when he is denied his father's chiefly status and his family plantation is threatened.
Director: Tusi Tamasese | Stars: Fa'afiaula Sanote, Tausili Pushparaj, Salamasina Mataia, Ioata Tanielu
Votes: 448
11. Good Times, Bed Times (2003)
105 min | Comedy, Romance
A tabloid journalist (Sammi Cheng) falls for an impotent police officer (Louis Koo), while her now-celibate ex-lover tries to resist a young temptress (Charlene Choi).
Directors: Hing-Ka Chan, Patrick Leung | Stars: Sammi Cheng, Louis Koo, Ching Wan Lau, Charlene Choi
Votes: 331
12. One Against the World (1939)
Approved | 11 min | Short, Biography, History
This MGM short, part of John Nesbitt's Passing Parade series, tells the story of Dr. Ephraim McDowell. In Danville, Kentucky in 1809 McDowell wanted to perform surgery on a woman, Jane ... See full summary »
Director: Fred Zinnemann | Stars: Jonathan Hale, Dorothy Adams, Ernie Alexander, Barbara Bedford
Votes: 132
13. Believe It or Not (Second Series) #5 (1932)
8 min | Documentary, Short
Robert Ripley shows a visitor some of the more unusual and macabre items from his collection, as well as film of several people with odd or inspiring accomplishments.
Director: Roy Mack | Stars: Robert L. Ripley, J. Oscar Humphrey
Votes: 24
14. Good for What Ails You (1998)
57 min | Documentary
Ten folk healers from various Southern culture groups explain and demonstrate healing secrets, apprenticeships, herb gathering, and more.
Director: Glen Pitre
15. Frank Ocean: Thinkin Bout You (2011 Music Video)
Not Rated | 4 min | Short, Music
The official music video of Frank Ocean's 2012 single "Thinkin Bout You" from the 2012 album 'channel ORANGE', released on September 15, 2011, by the High5Collective.
Director: High5Collective | Stars: Frank Ocean, Aja Warren
Votes: 17
16. Breaking Leaves (1998)
20 min | Short
In the Haitian countryside - where people have little access to doctors, hospitals, or conventional medicine - peasants use local leaves, herbs and therapeutic massage as a way of curing simple ailments. Narrated by the people themselves.
Director: Karen Kramer
17. Ervas Que Curam (1984 Video)
8 min | Documentary, Short
Documentary on the subject of medicinal herbs, and people who deal with them in the State of Pernambuco, Brazil, such as Dona Graciema, at Morro da Conceição, Pai Véio, who was 97 years old... See full summary »
Stars: Mago Cardoso, Dona Graciema, Pai Véio
18.
South Park (1997– )
Episode:
Cherokee Hair Tampons
(2000)
TV-MA | 22 min | Animation, Comedy
Kyle needs a kidney transplant, and Cartman is the only suitable donor. Meanwhile, Mr. Garrison writes a novel.
Director: Trey Parker | Stars: Trey Parker, Matt Stone, Eliza Schneider, Debi Derryberry
Votes: 2,807
19.
The Waltons (1972–1981)
Episode:
The Odyssey
(1973)
TV-G | 60 min | Drama, Family, Romance
John-Boy seeks some solitude to write his stories, but finds a life-altering situation.
Director: Jack Shea | Stars: Richard Thomas, Ralph Waite, Michael Learned, Ellen Corby
Votes: 165
20.
Wanted: Dead or Alive (1958–1961)
Episode:
The Healing Woman
(1959)
Approved | 30 min | Western
Josh embarks on a mission of mercy when he pleads with the parents of a boy with appendicitis to let the doctor operate. The father, embittered against modern medicine, trusts only the local witch to cure his son's sickness.
Director: Don McDougall | Stars: Steve McQueen, Mort Mills, Virginia Gregg, James Westerfield
Votes: 123
21.
Wanted: Dead or Alive (1958–1961)
Episode:
Witch Woman
(1960)
Approved | 25 min | Western
In Mexico, Josh is hired to protect a sensible man and his pregnant wife from his father-in-law and the villagers who are angered when he refuses the town healing woman or "witch" from being present when his wife gives birth.
Director: Harry Harris | Stars: Steve McQueen, Jeanette Nolan, Victor Millan, Rodolfo Hoyos Jr.
Votes: 109
22.
Off the Map (2011)
Episode:
Smile. Don't Kill Anyone.
(2011)
TV-14 | 42 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
When a 12-foot anaconda snake takes hold of a wildlife photographer, Zee, Lily and Ben spring into action. Meanwhile Tommy learns a tough cultural lesson and Mina struggles to get along with new colleague Ryan.
Director: Mark Tinker | Stars: Jonathan Castellanos, Valerie Cruz, Caroline Dhavernas, Jason George
Votes: 157
23.
Off the Map (2011)
Episode:
It's a Leaf
(2011)
TV-14 | 43 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Lily and Dr. Cole rescue three brothers trapped in an abandoned gold mine, while Mina learns a life changing lesson during a native birth ritual.
Director: Edward Ornelas | Stars: Jonathan Castellanos, Valerie Cruz, Caroline Dhavernas, Jason George
Votes: 122
24.
Off the Map (2011)
Episode:
I'm Here
(2011)
TV-14 | 42 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
When a scuba diving trip goes wrong, Ryan, Ben, Tommy and Mina race to save their patient underwater, while a flame from Zee's past returns to the clinic for an unconventional treatment.
Director: Randy Zisk | Stars: Jonathan Castellanos, Valerie Cruz, Caroline Dhavernas, Jason George
Votes: 129
25.
Otros pueblos (1983– )
Episode:
Panameños
(1986)
Documentary
Director: Luis Pancorbo | Stars: Fernando Manfredo, Luis Pancorbo
26.
The Trap Door (1984–1986)
Episode:
The Dose
(1984)
TV-G | 5 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
The Thing Upstairs has a cold, so Berk makes him some of his special medicine. Meanwhile, a 'horrible green gobby lump' comes out of the trap door and drinks all the medicine, with strange ... See full summary »
Directors: Terry Brain, Charlie Mills | Stars: William Rushton, Nick Shipley
Votes: 27
27.
Strong Girl Bong-soon (2017)
Episode:
Episode #1.11
(2017)
TV-14 | 67 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
Bong Soon makes an adversary at work, while poop wine changes Baek Tak's entire world.
Director: Lee Hyeong-min | Stars: Park Bo-young, Park Hyung-sik, Ji Soo, Jun Suk-ho
Votes: 126