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1. The Rainmaker (1956)
Approved | 121 min | Romance, Western
During the Depression, a con-man promises rain to a desperate drought-ridden Kansas town and marriage to a local desperate spinster.
Director: Joseph Anthony | Stars: Burt Lancaster, Katharine Hepburn, Wendell Corey, Lloyd Bridges
Votes: 4,299
2. The Rainmaker (1982 TV Movie)
135 min | Drama
Traveling rainmaker Starbuck arrives at the drought-ridden Curry place, promising rain for the farm and perhaps a romance for 'spinster sister' Lizzie.
Director: N. Richard Nash | Stars: William Traylor, Taylor Lacher, James Cromwell, Lonny Chapman
Votes: 150
3. Heat Wave (2009 TV Movie)
TV-MA | 74 min | Drama, Thriller
When a sudden, unexplained rise in local temperatures threatens to turn Los Angeles into a lifeless desert, one scientist must race against time to stop a catastrophe from happening.
Director: Rex Piano | Stars: Jamie Luner, Greg Evigan, Ted Monte, Barbara Niven
Votes: 302
4. Kate Bush: Cloudbusting (1985 Music Video)
7 min | Short, Biography, Drama
Music video for Kate Bush's song Cloudbusting about Wilhelm Reich. In 1950s Oregon, Reich and his son Peter (played by Bush) are trying to make his rainmaking machine work before the government agents arrive to arrest him.
Director: Julian Doyle | Stars: Kate Bush, Donald Sutherland
Votes: 286
5. Thodasa Roomani Ho Jaayen (1990)
160 min | Comedy, Drama, Musical
A poetic blend of Dreams and Reality, a story of ordinary people and that what is extra-ordinary in them.
Director: Amol Palekar | Stars: Anita Kanwar, Nana Patekar, Riju Bajaj, Hemant Desai
Votes: 223
6. The OceanMaker (2014)
9 min | Animation, Short, Action
After the seas have disappeared, a courageous young female pilot fights against vicious sky pirates for control of the last remaining source of water: the clouds.
Director: Lucas Martell
Votes: 605
7. The Rainmakers (1935)
Approved | 78 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance
Roscoe the Rainmaker is invited to California (with sidekick "Billy") to relieve a terrible dry spell and to save the community from an unscrupulous businessman who stands to profit from the drought.
Director: Fred Guiol | Stars: Bert Wheeler, Robert Woolsey, Dorothy Lee, Berton Churchill
Votes: 142
8. High But Not Dry (1967)
7 min | Animation, Short
Cousin Maggie goes away on a trip and leaves Honey Halfwitch with instructions on how to make rain to water their garden, on the account that the city has been suffering a drought for weeks... See full summary »
Directors: Chuck Harriton, Irving Dressler | Star: Bradley Bolke
Votes: 13
9. A Woman's Fool (1918)
50 min | Comedy, Western
Cowboy Lin McLean's restlessness takes him to Denver, where he becomes enamored of a waitress named Katie.
Director: John Ford | Stars: Harry Carey, Betty Schade, Molly Malone, Millard K. Wilson
Votes: 69
10. Porky the Rain-Maker (1936)
8 min | Animation, Family, Short
The farm is suffering through a terrible drought. Porky's father sends him to the store to buy some feed with their last dollar. Outside the store, a huckster is selling pills to create all... See full summary »
Director: Tex Avery | Stars: Joe Dougherty, Tex Avery, Earle Hodgins, Tedd Pierce
Votes: 275
11. Fiesta Fiasco (1967)
6 min | Family, Animation, Short
Daffy Duck builds a rainmaking machine in order to rain out Speedy Gonzales's fiesta, but it spits out a small black cloud that does nothing but harass Daffy himself.
Director: Alex Lovy | Star: Mel Blanc
Votes: 183
12. Audrey the Rainmaker (1951)
Approved | 7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
When Little Audrey wishes for the rain to go away and causes a devastating drought, she must appeal to the Rainmaker to make him relent.
Directors: Izzy Sparber, Steve Muffati | Stars: Amanda Randolph, Jackson Beck, Jack Mercer, Mae Questel
Votes: 50
13. MakeItRain.TV (2012 TV Movie)
23 min | Reality-TV
Four Rainmakers devise missions to targeted locations generating money drops to the public.
Director: Oliver Paradise | Stars: Nicole Araya, Samaraii, Tattoo, Roscoe Umali
14. Prodavets dozhdya (1975 TV Movie)
151 min | Drama, Romance
Directors: Viktor Khramov, Leonid Varpakhovskiy | Stars: Boris Lifanov, Dmitriy Gavrilov, Vasiliy Bochkaryov, Lyudmila Polyakova
15. Wacky Wigwams (1942)
Approved | 8 min | Animation, Short
A cartoon satire---yes, it is now politically incorrect---on Indian life on and off the reservation. It is filled with black-out sight gags, word-play and caricatures involving ... See full summary »
Directors: Alec Geiss, Frank Tashlin | Stars: Frank Graham, Danny Webb
Votes: 9
16.
Barney Miller (1975–1982)
Episode:
The Rainmaker
(1981)
TV-PG | 30 min | Comedy, Drama
The officers arrest a rainmaker, only to discover that he was hired by the drought-ridden city. Wojo, Harris, and Dietrich each consider applying for a job opening in vice.
Director: Noam Pitlik | Stars: Hal Linden, Max Gail, Ron Glass, Steve Landesberg
Votes: 95
17.
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
18.
The Forest Rangers (1963–1966)
Episode:
Let There Be Rain
(1964)
26 min | Family
Everyone is on high alert as the summer drags on and the fire index continues to climb. Then out of nowhere a circus clown wanders into town claiming to be a rain maker.
Director: George McCowan | Stars: Graydon Gould, Rex Hagon, Ralph Endersby, Peter Tully
19.
The Gene Autry Show (1950–1955)
Episode:
The Peacemaker
(1950)
30 min | Western
Gene encounters a cowboy who tries to rob him. The man dies after he steals Gene's horse and falls. On his body Gene finds a cryptic note about events in a nearby town. On investigating he ... See full summary »
Director: Frank McDonald | Stars: Gene Autry, Champion, Chill Wills, Russell Hayden
Votes: 16
20.
Johnny Ringo (1959–1960)
Episode:
The Rain Man
(1959)
30 min | Western
During a devastating heat wave, a rain maker dressed in Biblical robes comes to Velardi and guarantees to deliver rivers of water. Ringo doesn't trust the man and Cully recognizes the man's... See full summary »
Director: Dick Moder | Stars: Don Durant, Karen Sharpe, Mark Goddard, Terence de Marney
Votes: 32
21.
L.A. Law (1986–1994)
Episode:
One Rat, One Ranger
(1989)
TV-PG | 48 min | Drama
Grace is prosecuting a man accused of sexually molesting his five-year-old daughter and has to put the young victim on the witness stand. Meanwhile, Markowitz begins his first litigation ... See full summary »
Director: Tom Moore | Stars: Harry Hamlin, Susan Dey, Corbin Bernsen, Jill Eikenberry
Votes: 39
22.
Quantum Leap (1989–1993)
Episode:
A Single Drop of Rain - September 7, 1953
(1991)
TV-PG | 47 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Sam leaps into a rainmaker who returns to his drought-stricken hometown and has to keep his family together.
Director: Virgil W. Vogel | Stars: Scott Bakula, Dean Stockwell, Phyllis Lyons, Patrick Massett
Votes: 424
23.
The Rifleman (1958–1963)
Episode:
A Matter of Faith
(1959)
TV-PG | 30 min | Family, Western
Because of a terrible drought the railroad has sent two men into North Fork to recruit workers. But when a water-witch gives the people hope, the railroad takes a different approach.
Director: Don Taylor | Stars: Chuck Connors, Johnny Crawford, Paul Fix, Parley Baer
Votes: 140
24.
Space Patrol (1950–1955)
Episode:
The Wild Men of Procyon
(1955)
Action, Adventure, Family
Commander Corry and his crew investigate a mysterious burst of radiation from outside the Solar System. They trace the source to the surface of a planet whose once great civilization has ... See full summary »
Director: Dick Darley | Stars: Ed Kemmer, Lyn Osborn, Ken Mayer, Virginia Hewitt
25.
The Tall Man (1960–1962)
Episode:
The Cloudbusters
(1961)
30 min | Western
During a severe drought, the only spring still flowing is on the Apache reservation and Mike Gray Eagle is making the most of the calamity by selling water to the white citizens at ... See full summary »
Director: R.G. Springsteen | Stars: Barry Sullivan, Clu Gulager, Sue George, Frank DeKova
Votes: 8
26.
Telephone Time (1956–1958)
Episode:
Hatfield, the Rainmaker
(1956)
30 min | Drama
When Rainmaker Charlie Hatfield contracts with the city of San Diego to fill the city's reservoir, he is a little too successful in doing so.
Director: Erle C. Kenton | Stars: John Nesbitt, John Crawford, Susan Morrow, Katherine Warren
Votes: 13
27.
The X-Files (1993–2018)
Episode:
The Rain King
(1999)
TV-14 | 45 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
When Mulder and Scully investigate a man who claims he can control the rain in a small, drought-stricken Kansas town, they encounter a force more powerful than the weather.
Director: Kim Manners | Stars: David Duchovny, Gillian Anderson, Victoria Jackson, Clayton Rohner
Votes: 3,799
28.
The New Scooby and Scrappy-Doo Show (1983–1985)
Episode:
Scoobygeist/The Quagmire Quake Caper
(1983)
Animation, Action, Adventure
Scoobygeist: The gang spends the night at a mansion invaded by a host of ghosts. The Quagmire Quake Caper: The gang investigates the cause of a series of earthquakes erupting in Mexico, which seem to unleash a mud monster.
Directors: Oscar Dufau, George Gordon, Carl Urbano, John Walker, Rudy Zamora, Ray Patterson | Stars: Don Messick, Casey Kasem, Heather North
Votes: 58
29.
Salvage 1 (1979)
Episode:
Dry Spell
(1979)
60 min | Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi
Harry and the Salvage 1 team are hired to bring rain to a drought-stricken farming community.
Director: Ray Austin | Stars: Andy Griffith, Joel Higgins, Trish Stewart, J. Jay Saunders
30.
Tommy & Oscar (1999–2002)
Episode:
The Phantom Manor
Animation, Comedy, Family
Tommy, Yukari and Peter encourage Professor Leonard to build a larger prototype of his machine that could harvest clouds to deliver rain to countries parched by drought. Leonard needs a ... See full summary »
Director: Iginio Straffi | Stars: Peter Cunnington, Justin Bradley, Jaclyn Linetsky, A.J. Henderson