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1. The Wild (2006)
G | 82 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
An adolescent lion is accidentally shipped from the New York Zoo to Africa. Now running free, his zoo pals must put aside their differences to help bring him back.
Director: Steve 'Spaz' Williams | Stars: Kiefer Sutherland, Jim Belushi, Eddie Izzard, Janeane Garofalo
Votes: 27,678 | Gross: $37.38M
2. Silent Movie (1976)
Passed | 87 min | Comedy
A film director and his strange friends struggle to produce the first major silent feature film in forty years.
Director: Mel Brooks | Stars: Mel Brooks, Marty Feldman, Dom DeLuise, Sid Caesar
Votes: 18,511 | Gross: $36.15M
3. Runaway Brain (1995)
G | 7 min | Animation, Short, Action
In an attempt to convince Minnie that he hasn't forgotten to buy her an anniversary present, Mickey Mouse ends up promising to take her to Hawaii. Funds being short, he applies for a job as... See full summary »
Director: Chris Bailey | Stars: Wayne Allwine, Russi Taylor, Kelsey Grammer, Jim Cummings
Votes: 1,312
4. The Patsy (1964)
Approved | 101 min | Comedy
An incompetent bellhop is recruited to fill in for a deceased comedian.
Director: Jerry Lewis | Stars: Jerry Lewis, Ina Balin, Everett Sloane, Phil Harris
Votes: 2,570
5. Cat Burglar (2022)
TV-14 | 12 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Interactive Tex Avery-inspired cartoon where the viewer answers questions with a scenario about a guard dog named Peanut protecting a priceless work of art and a cat burglar named Rowdy trying to steal it from the art museum.
Director: James Bowman | Stars: Alan Lee, James Adomian, Trevor Devall
Votes: 648
6. Mickey's Birthday Party (1942)
Passed | 8 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
The gang gives Mickey a surprise party that turns into a jam session with everyone playing instruments while Goofy has problems baking a cake.
Directors: Hamilton Luske, Riley Thomson | Stars: Thelma Boardman, Walt Disney, Florence Gill, George Johnson
Votes: 1,044
7. Betty Boop and Grampy (1935)
Passed | 7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Two piano movers, a fireman and a traffic cop all drop what they're doing to join Betty Boop at the contraption-happy Grampy's eccentric party.
Directors: Dave Fleischer, Dave Tendlar | Stars: Everett Clark, Jack Mercer, Gus Wicke, Mae Questel
Votes: 443
8. Christmas Comes But Once a Year (1936)
G | 9 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
At an orphanage, the children are sad because they received broken toys as gifts. Professor Grampy sees the children while passing by in his sled and has an idea on how to give them a merry Christmas.
Directors: Dave Fleischer, Seymour Kneitel | Stars: Everett Clark, Jack Mercer, Mae Questel
Votes: 779
9. Special Delivery (1979)
7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
A hapless husband neglects to clear the icy walk, which leads to the mailman slipping and breaking his neck. A comedy of errors results from his attempts to hide the body.
Directors: Eunice Macaulay, John Weldon | Stars: Sandy Sanderson, Jean Marchand
Votes: 1,132
10. Make Mine Freedom (1948)
9 min | Animation, Short
A snake oil salesman try to sell the American people 'happiness', exchange for their freedom, while one man stand up, against him.
Directors: Joseph Barbera, William Hanna, George Gordon | Stars: Billy Bletcher, John Brown, Stan Freberg, John Hiestand
Votes: 330
11. Psychedelic Pink (1968)
G | 6 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
The Pink Panther discovers a door with an hypnotic eye that takes him on a mind trip in a psychedelic book shop adorned by huge letters of the alphabet and managed by a short, pointy-nosed ... See full summary »
Director: Hawley Pratt
Votes: 325
12. Casper the Friendly Ghost - To Boo or Not to Boo (1951)
Approved | 7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Mild-and-meek Casper, the Friendly Ghost, is depressed and glum because people will have nothing to do with him despite the fact that he has read "How To Win Friends, and Influence People" ... See full summary »
Directors: Izzy Sparber, Myron Waldman | Stars: Jackson Beck, Jack Mercer, Mae Questel, Alan Shay
Votes: 84
13. Boulder Wham! (1965)
Approved | 7 min | Family, Animation, Short
The Coyote tries, with no success, to find a way across a gorge to reach the Road Runner on the other side.
Director: Rudy Larriva | Star: Paul Julian
Votes: 322
14. The Impractical Joker (1937)
Approved | 7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Betty Boop's baking is interrupted by her obnoxious practical-joking cousin, Irving. Can Grampy out-joke the joker?
Directors: Dave Fleischer, Thomas Johnson | Stars: Everett Clark, Pinto Colvig, Jack Mercer, Mae Questel
Votes: 237
15. The Candid Candidate (1937)
6 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Betty Boop campaigns for Grampy for Mayor; he wins by one vote, but finds politics is no picnic. Urban renewal is parodied.
Directors: Dave Fleischer, Myron Waldman | Stars: Jack Mercer, Mae Questel
Votes: 203
16. A Song a Day (1936)
Passed | 7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
At Betty Boop's Animal Hospital, various species have appropriate ailments. Morale becomes a problem; Professor Grampy to the rescue!
Directors: Dave Fleischer, Dave Tendlar | Stars: Everett Clark, Jack Mercer, Mae Questel
Votes: 205
17. Grampy's Indoor Outing (1936)
6 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Betty Boop and Little Jimmy are prevented by a thunderstorm from going to the carnival; the inventive Grampy devises a substitute
Directors: Dave Fleischer, Dave Tendlar | Stars: Everett Clark, Margie Hines, Mae Questel
Votes: 188
18. A Leak in the Dike (1965)
Approved | 6 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Jacky's Whacky World presents the story of the little Dutch boy who put his finger in the dike.
Directors: Jack Mendelsohn, Martin Taras | Star: Bob McFadden
Votes: 14
19. The Solid Tin Coyote (1966)
Approved | 6 min | Animation, Family, Short
Wile E. Coyote uses scrap metal from a dump to build a huge, mechanical likeness of himself, and uses this robot to chase the Road Runner. It ends up as just another pile of scrap.
Director: Rudy Larriva | Star: Paul Julian
Votes: 363
20. Alter Egotist (1967)
Approved | 6 min | Animation, Short
Lonesome Honey Halfwitch draws a friend and bewitches the paper so that her drawing comes to life.
Directors: Chuck Harriton, Doug Crane | Stars: Corinne Orr, Cecil Roy
Votes: 14
21. House Cleaning Blues (1937)
Approved | 6 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Housecleaning blues are just what Betty Boop has the morning after a wild party. Grampy to the rescue!
Directors: Dave Fleischer, Dave Tendlar | Stars: Everett Clark, Jack Mercer, Mae Questel
Votes: 297
22. Little Boo-Peep (1953)
Approved | 7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Casper, the Friendly Ghost, is thrown out of The Frightening Army by its Unfiendly Ghost's members, and wander on over to Fairy Tale Land, where he finds Little Bo Peep crying over her lost... See full summary »
Directors: Seymour Kneitel, Myron Waldman | Stars: Jack Mercer, Mae Questel, Sid Raymond, Alan Shay
Votes: 35
23. The Invention of Video Games (2012)
5 min | Short, Comedy, Fantasy
"The Invention of Video Games" tells the tale of hapless inventor Herman A. Tari and his newest creation: the world's very first video game. In the magical, long-ago land of 1981, Herman ... See full summary »
Director: Matt MacDonald | Stars: Sean Spann, Matt MacDonald, Chris Hayes, Ross Willett
Votes: 12
24. Les Boys (1966)
Animation, Short, Comedy
Shorty is unable to wake Swifty for their fishing trip and finally takes drastic measures in order to ensure they both make it to the lake.
Directors: Howard Post, Morey Reden
Votes: 18
25. The Story of George Washington (1965)
Approved | 6 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Jacky's Whacky World presents the story of George Washington, told from a young boy's perspective, complete with his own drawings and his own narration.
Directors: Jack Mendelsohn, Al Eugster | Stars: Dayton Allen, Norma MacMillan, Bob McFadden
Votes: 14
26.
The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron, Boy Genius (2002–2006)
Episode:
Normal Boy/Birth of a Salesman
(2002)
TV-Y | 23 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
Jimmy creates a machine that zaps his intelligence away in order to fit in, while his missing brains are needed to stop a meteor aimed at Retroville./ Jimmy builds a candy selling robot salesman who won't take no for an answer.
Director: Keith Alcorn | Stars: Debi Derryberry, Megan Cavanagh, Mark DeCarlo, Rob Paulsen
Votes: 137
27.
Animaniacs (1993–1998)
Episode:
Buttermilk, It Makes a Body Bitter/Broadcast Nuisance/Raging Bird
(1993)
Not Rated | 30 min | Animation, Short, Adventure
The Warner siblings deliver lunch to famed newscaster Dan Anchorman. However, the stuffed shirt is so egotistical that he refuses to tip the delivery persons. Needless to say, Dan's next newscast doesn't go quite according to plan.
Directors: Greg Reyna, Lenord Robinson, Kirk Tingblad | Stars: Rob Paulsen, Jess Harnell, Tress MacNeille, Phil Hartman
Votes: 151
28.
Animaniacs (1993–1998)
Episode:
Hot, Bothered, and Bedeviled/Moon Over Minerva/Skullhead Boneyhands
(1993)
Not Rated | 22 min | Animation, Short, Adventure
In this Halloween episode, the Devil is "Hot, Bothered & Bedeviled" when the Warners visit Hades and torment him. Next, in "Moon Over Minerva," nerdy Wilford Wolf courts beautiful Minerva Mink.
Directors: Michael Gerard, Alfred Gimeno, Rusty Mills | Stars: Rob Paulsen, Jess Harnell, Tress MacNeille, Ron Perlman
Votes: 185
29.
Criminal Minds (2005– )
Episode:
Compulsion
(2005)
TV-14 | 42 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
The team are called to an Arizona college when an arsonist who operates in a very unusual way kills a student.
Director: Charles Haid | Stars: Mandy Patinkin, Thomas Gibson, Lola Glaudini, Shemar Moore
Votes: 2,863
30.
Rocko's Modern Life (1993–1996)
Episode:
Zanzibar!/Fatal Contraption
(1996)
TV-Y7 | 26 min | Animation, Comedy, Family
O-Town begins a massive musical recycling campaign. /Rocko purchases a lonely food processor, Food Boy.
Directors: Joe Murray, Timothy Björklund, Jeff 'Swampy' Marsh | Stars: Charlie Adler, Carlos Alazraqui, James Bailey, Jennifer L. Hughes
Votes: 99
31.
Animaniacs (1993–1998)
Episode:
A Hard Day's Warners/Gimme a Break/Please Please Please Get a Life Foundation
(1995)
Not Rated | 22 min | Animation, Short, Adventure
Warners attend a cartoon convention in A Hard Day's Warners," a musical spoof of the 1964 Beatles movie "A Hard Day's Night."
Directors: Liz Holzman, Audu Paden | Stars: Rob Paulsen, Jess Harnell, Tress MacNeille, Sherri Stoner
Votes: 143
32.
Bunnicula (2016–2019)
Episode:
Ghost Chef
(2017)
TV-Y7 | 10 min | Animation, Short, Adventure
To help Mina with her cooking. Bunnicula summons the ghost of a famous chef. But she has other plans when she thinks that Mina has made a 'mockery' of her most famous dish.
Director: Matt Whitlock | Stars: Sean Astin, Susanne Blakeslee, Chris Kattan, Brian Kimmet
Votes: 9