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1. 12 Angry Men (1957)

Approved | 96 min | Crime, Drama

The jury in a New York City murder trial is frustrated by a single member whose skeptical caution forces them to more carefully consider the evidence before jumping to a hasty verdict.

Director: Sidney Lumet | Stars: Henry Fonda, Lee J. Cobb, Martin Balsam, John Fiedler

Votes: 867,326 | Gross: $4.36M

2. Rocky (1976)

PG | 120 min | Drama, Sport

A small-time Philadelphia boxer gets a supremely rare chance to fight the world heavyweight champion in a bout in which he strives to go the distance for his self-respect.

Director: John G. Avildsen | Stars: Sylvester Stallone, Talia Shire, Burt Young, Carl Weathers

Votes: 629,565 | Gross: $117.24M

3. Seabiscuit (2003)

PG-13 | 140 min | Drama, History, Sport

True story of the undersized Depression-era racehorse whose victories lifted not only the spirits of the team behind it but also those of their nation.

Director: Gary Ross | Stars: Tobey Maguire, Jeff Bridges, Elizabeth Banks, Chris Cooper

Votes: 76,855 | Gross: $120.28M

4. Death on the Nile (1978)

PG | 140 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

As Hercule Poirot enjoys a luxurious cruise down the Nile, a newlywed heiress is found murdered on board. Can Poirot identify the killer before the ship reaches the end of its journey?

Director: John Guillermin | Stars: Peter Ustinov, Mia Farrow, Simon MacCorkindale, Jane Birkin

Votes: 39,910

5. Runaway Bride (1999)

PG | 116 min | Comedy, Romance

A reporter is assigned to write a story about a woman who has left a string of fiancés at the altar.

Director: Garry Marshall | Stars: Julia Roberts, Richard Gere, Joan Cusack, Hector Elizondo

Votes: 104,646 | Gross: $152.26M

6. Grudge Match (2013)

PG-13 | 113 min | Comedy, Drama, Sport

A pair of aging boxing rivals are coaxed out of retirement to fight one final bout, thirty years after their last match.

Director: Peter Segal | Stars: Robert De Niro, Sylvester Stallone, Kim Basinger, Alan Arkin

Votes: 62,907 | Gross: $29.81M

7. Baccano! (2007–2008)

TV-MA | 24 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

A crazy fantasy caper involving alchemists, immortals, gangsters, outlaws and an elixir of immortality, spread over several decades.

Stars: Michael C. Pizzuto, J. Michael Tatum, Caitlin Glass, Akemi Kanda

Votes: 12,680

8. Path to War (2002 TV Movie)

Not Rated | 165 min | Biography, Drama, War

In the mid 1960s, President Lyndon B. Johnson (Sir Michael Gambon) and his foreign-policy team debate the decision to withdraw from or escalate the war in Vietnam.

Director: John Frankenheimer | Stars: Michael Gambon, Donald Sutherland, Alec Baldwin, Bruce McGill

Votes: 4,123

9. The Trouble with Girls (1969)

G | 97 min | Comedy, History, Musical

Chautauqua manager Walter Hale and his loyal business manager struggle to keep their traveling troupe together in small-town America.

Director: Peter Tewksbury | Stars: Elvis Presley, Marlyn Mason, Nicole Jaffe, Sheree North

Votes: 1,782

10. Manhattan Melodrama (1934)

Passed | 93 min | Crime, Drama, Romance

The friendship between two orphans endures even though they grow up on opposite sides of the law and fall in love with the same woman.

Directors: W.S. Van Dyke, Jack Conway, George Cukor | Stars: Clark Gable, William Powell, Myrna Loy, Leo Carrillo

Votes: 4,810

11. Three on a Match (1932)

Passed | 63 min | Crime, Drama, Romance

Although Vivian Revere is seemingly the most successful of a trio of reunited schoolmates, she throws it away by descending into a life of debauchery and drugs.

Director: Mervyn LeRoy | Stars: Joan Blondell, Ann Dvorak, Bette Davis, Warren William

Votes: 4,403

12. Rhapsody in Blue (1945)

Passed | 135 min | Biography, Drama, Musical

George Gershwin is a driven composer whose need to succeed destroys his relationship with singer Julie Adams and socialite Christine Gilbert.

Director: Irving Rapper | Stars: Robert Alda, Joan Leslie, Alexis Smith, Charles Coburn

Votes: 1,799

13. 99 River Street (1953)

Not Rated | 83 min | Action, Crime, Drama

A former boxer turned cab driver has to hide from the police when his badgering wife is murdered by the jewel thief she was having an affair with.

Director: Phil Karlson | Stars: John Payne, Evelyn Keyes, Brad Dexter, Frank Faylen

Votes: 3,446

14. It's Always Fair Weather (1955)

Passed | 101 min | Comedy, Drama, Musical

Three soldiers meet ten years after their last meeting in New York, and find out that they have little in common now.

Directors: Stanley Donen, Gene Kelly | Stars: Gene Kelly, Dan Dailey, Cyd Charisse, Dolores Gray

Votes: 3,987

15. The Last Man (2000)

R | 95 min | Action, Comedy, Drama

Alan, a timid anthropology graduate student is coming to terms with his fate as the last man on Earth, until he discovers Sarah, a beautiful, intelligent woman who can't stand that Alan is the last man she'll ever see.

Director: Harry Ralston | Stars: David Arnott, Jeri Ryan, Dan Montgomery Jr.

Votes: 612

16. King of Cool (2021)

107 min | Documentary, Biography, History

The story of Dean Martin.

Director: Tom Donahue | Stars: Dean Martin, Frankie Avalon, Jerry Blavat, Bill Boggs

Votes: 890

17. City for Conquest (1940)

Passed | 104 min | Drama, Sport

Danny is a content truck driver, but his girl Peggy shows potential as a dancer and hopes he too can show ambition. Danny acquiesces and pursues boxing to please her, but the two begin to spend more time working than time together.

Directors: Anatole Litvak, Jean Negulesco | Stars: James Cagney, Ann Sheridan, Arthur Kennedy, Donald Crisp

Votes: 2,712

18. Return to Paradise (1953)

Approved | 100 min | Adventure, Drama, Romance

An American drifter comes to a remote Polynesian island controlled by a Puritanical missionary and turns the social life of the island upside-down.

Director: Mark Robson | Stars: Gary Cooper, Barry Jones, Roberta Haynes, Moira Walker

Votes: 840

19. So This Is College (1929)

Passed | 98 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

Biff and Eddie are the best of friends. They are college seniors, roommates at the fraternity, and star teammates on the USC football team. Then a flapper named Babs enters the picture. ... See full summary »

Director: Sam Wood | Stars: Elliott Nugent, Robert Montgomery, Cliff Edwards, Sally Starr

Votes: 284

20. South Sea Woman (1953)

Passed | 99 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy

AWOL marine Sgt. Jim O'Hearn is court-martialed for a variety of offenses that carry 143 years in the stockade or the death penalty but refuses to aid in his own defense.

Director: Arthur Lubin | Stars: Burt Lancaster, Virginia Mayo, Chuck Connors, Arthur Shields

Votes: 876

21. Dempsey (1983 TV Movie)

Not Rated | 144 min | Biography, Drama, Sport

True story about Jack Dempsey, one of the most famous professional US boxers who made his name in the 1920's as the world heavyweight champion and media sensation.

Director: Gus Trikonis | Stars: Treat Williams, Sam Waterston, Sally Kellerman, Victoria Tennant

Votes: 220

22. The Square Jungle (1955)

Approved | 86 min | Drama, Film-Noir, Sport

A grocery store clerk turns prizefighter to win prize money to bail his drunken father out of jail.

Director: Jerry Hopper | Stars: Tony Curtis, Pat Crowley, Ernest Borgnine, Paul Kelly

Votes: 411

23. Joe and Max (2002 TV Movie)

PG-13 | 106 min | Biography, Drama, Sport

True story of boxers Joe Louis and Max Schmeling and their enduring friendship.

Director: Steve James | Stars: Til Schweiger, Leonard Roberts, Richard Roundtree, David Paymer

Votes: 1,064

24. Alibi Ike (1935)

Approved | 72 min | Comedy, Family, Romance

Idiosyncratic new recruit Francis "Ike" Farrell tries to help the Cubs to the pennant with his pitching and hitting.

Director: Ray Enright | Stars: Joe E. Brown, Olivia de Havilland, Ruth Donnelly, Roscoe Karns

Votes: 720

25. The Affairs of Annabel (1938)

Approved | 68 min | Comedy

A Hollywood press agent lands his client in hot water with his zany publicity stunts.

Directors: Benjamin Stoloff, Lew Landers | Stars: Jack Oakie, Lucille Ball, Ruth Donnelly, Bradley Page

Votes: 584

26. Son of a Sailor (1933)

Passed | 73 min | Comedy

A smooth-talking sailor looking for a quick date meets an admiral's granddaughter and finds himself in a house full of top Navy officers, along with a couple of spies interested in plans for a new robot-controlled flight system.

Director: Lloyd Bacon | Stars: Joe E. Brown, Jean Muir, Frank McHugh, Thelma Todd

Votes: 195

27. Pip-eye, Pup-eye, Poop-eye an' Peep-eye (1942)

Approved | 6 min | Family, Animation, Comedy

Popeye's four nephews try to sneak out instead of eating their spinach, so Popeye demonstrates some of the benefits: playing piano, dancing, shadow boxing but each is met with "But we don't... See full summary »

Directors: Dave Fleischer, Seymour Kneitel | Star: Jack Mercer

Votes: 185

28. Uppercut O'Brien (1929)

Passed | 18 min | Short, Comedy, Sport

Andy's top boxer walks out on him, later claims to be champ.

Director: Earle Rodney | Stars: Harry Gribbon, Andy Clyde, Marjorie Beebe, Patsy O'Leary

Votes: 20

29. The Old Grey Mayor (1935)

Approved | 20 min | Comedy, Short

Bob and his fiancé try to break the news of their engagement to her father, the mayor, who is having a very bad day.

Director: Lloyd French | Stars: Bob Hope, Ruth Hall, Lionel Stander, Sam Wren

Votes: 173

30. The Queen of Aces (1925)

13 min | Comedy, Short

Tomboy Mary is uninvited to a party given by her boyfriend's parents--but his sister has an idea. They gals conspire for Mary to disguise herself as a man to crash the party. Hijinks ensue.

Director: William Watson | Stars: Wanda Wiley, Al Alt, George A. Williams, Dorothy Vernon

Votes: 19

31. Punches and Perfume (1926)

18 min | Short, Comedy

When a journeyman boxer's gal is attacked by a rival boxer, his manager says he is not ready--so he comes up with a plan to get revenge on the bully.

Director: Albert Herman | Stars: Lewis Sargent, Wanda Wiley, Betty May, Henry Roquemore

32. Give Me Action (1930)

16 min | Short, Comedy

Two law school roommates wager which will be more successful. Thirty years later, one pays their debt.

Director: Frank T. Davis | Stars: Harry Holman, John Hyams, Marcia Manning

Votes: 13

33. Easy on the Eyes (1933)

22 min | Comedy, Short

A Marine aviator spies a sunbathing woman below and will do anything to meet her. Her boyfriend, a journeyman boxer, will do anything to stop him.

Director: George Marshall | Stars: Nora Lane, Franklin Pangborn, Edward J. Nugent, Kathrin Clare Ward

Votes: 11

34. Trying Out Torchy (1933)

18 min | Short

Vee's auntie needs a chaperone for some teenager girls staying at the family ranch, so they send Torchy. Vee tries her hand at baking a cake, which fails in spectacular fashion.

Director: C.C. Burr | Stars: Ray Cooke, Franklin Pangborn, Dorothy Dix

35. All in the Family (1971–1979)
Episode: Judging Books by Covers (1971)

TV-PG | 26 min | Comedy, Drama

Archie is irritated at Mike's offbeat friend, who dresses and behaves in a way that leads him to mistakenly conclude he is a homosexual. But Archie soon learns that one of his best friends is gay.

Director: John Rich | Stars: Carroll O'Connor, Jean Stapleton, Rob Reiner, Sally Struthers

Votes: 476

36. All in the Family (1971–1979)
Episode: Pay the Twenty Dollars (1974)

TV-PG | 26 min | Comedy, Drama

George Jefferson storms into the house, demanding Archie to explain why he paid him using a counterfeit $20 bill.

Director: John Rich | Stars: Carroll O'Connor, Jean Stapleton, Rob Reiner, Sally Struthers

Votes: 234

37. Maude (1972–1978)
Episode: Nostalgia Party (1974)

TV-PG | 26 min | Comedy

Walter and Maude host a New Year's Eve costume where everyone must wear outfits that represent their favorite years. Everyone has a different idea of what year was the best, so the costumes vary greatly.

Director: Hal Cooper | Stars: Bea Arthur, Bill Macy, Adrienne Barbeau, Conrad Bain

Votes: 72

38. Sanford and Son (1972–1978)
Episode: Jealousy (1972)

TV-PG | 30 min | Comedy

When Donna said she would be bringing a patient to dinner, Fred didn't expect the spry and sophisticated Osgood Wilcox.

Director: Jack Shea | Stars: Redd Foxx, Demond Wilson, Roscoe Lee Browne, Lynn Hamilton

Votes: 165

39. Sanford and Son (1972–1978)
Episode: The Light Housekeeper (1972)

TV-PG | 30 min | Comedy

Lamont hires a housekeeper, but Fred isn't wild about her being white.

Director: Peter Baldwin | Stars: Redd Foxx, Demond Wilson, Beah Richards, Mary Wickes

Votes: 166

40. MGM Parade (1955–1956)
Episode: Episode #1.1 (1955)

30 min | Documentary

A promotional film hosted by George Murphy promoting the studio's past and its current release of "It's Always Fair Weather."

Stars: George Murphy, Cyd Charisse, Judy Garland, Gene Kelly

Votes: 13

41. The Life of Riley (1948–1950)
Episode: Junior and the Bully (1950)

Comedy

After Junior runs away from a fight at school, Riley decides he needs to teach the boy self defense. His mother is outraged and Junior is caught with a decision no matter what he does, he will disobey one of his parents.

Director: Leslie Goodwins | Stars: Jackie Gleason, Rosemary DeCamp, Gloria Winters, Lanny Rees

Votes: 9

42. Pawn Stars (2009– )
Episode: Gangsters & Guitars (2009)

TV-14 | 20 min | Comedy, Reality-TV

Rick buys an old, Mafia favorite the 1962 Lincoln Continental with "suicide doors," but as the repair bills add up, so does the tension between him and the old man. Then, a guy brings in a ... See full summary »

Director: Jairus Cobb | Stars: Corey Harrison, Richard Harrison, Rick Harrison, Austin 'Chumlee' Russell

Votes: 89

43. Hollywood (1980)
Episode: Swanson and Valentino (1980)

52 min | Documentary, Biography, History

Two great careers are profiled: ambitious and beautiful Gloria Swanson and the tragic Latin lover, Rudolph Valentino.

Directors: Kevin Brownlow, David Gill | Stars: James Mason, Viola Dana, Agnes de Mille, Allan Dwan

Votes: 74

44. Boardwalk Empire (2010–2014)
Episode: Battle of the Century (2011)

TV-MA | 49 min | Crime, Drama

Nucky goes to Belfast and offers to trade the IRA machine guns for whiskey, Waxy Gordon plans revenge against Manny Horvitz, and Jimmy enjoys his new status as AC boss.

Director: Brad Anderson | Stars: Steve Buscemi, Michael Pitt, Kelly Macdonald, Michael Shannon

Votes: 1,945

45. Blue Bloods (2010–2024)
Episode: A Night on the Town (2011)

TV-14 | 43 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Danny tries to juggle investigating a case with trying to have a romantic weekend with Linda. Meanwhile, Jamie goes deep undercover into a crime family.

Director: Ralph Hemecker | Stars: Donnie Wahlberg, Bridget Moynahan, Will Estes, Len Cariou

Votes: 483

46. Anthony's Animation Talk (2020– )
Episode: Muscle Tussle (1953) - An Anthony's Animation Talk Looney Tunes Review (2024)

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Stars: Anthony, SC MacPeter

47. Boardwalk Empire (2010–2014)
Episode: The Old Ship of Zion (2013)

TV-MA | 57 min | Crime, Drama

Sally Wheet arrives from Florida with a crates of oranges and liquor, Knox continues to pursue criminal charges on the Thompsons, and Nucky helps reconcile Eli and Willie.

Director: Timothy Van Patten | Stars: Steve Buscemi, Kelly Macdonald, Michael Shannon, Shea Whigham

Votes: 1,826

48. Gangster Empire: Rise of the Mob (2013– )
Episode: Atlantic City and the Boardwalk Empire (2013)

TV-14 | 47 min | Documentary, Action, Crime

We meet the legendary figures of Atlantic City and the Boardwalk including Prohibition era kingpin Nucky Johnson who ran the area, and discover how rum running and bootlegging built an empire.

Director: Kevin R. Hershberger | Stars: Coby Batty, Matt K. Baker, Todd Barsness, James Christopher Cooke

49. Frankie Drake Mysteries (2017–2021)
Episode: Summer in the City (2017)

TV-14 | 43 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

When a dead body turns up in the luggage of a young man, the case brings Frankie and Trudy into Toronto's elite social circles.

Director: Norma Bailey | Stars: Lauren Lee Smith, Chantel Riley, William Melling, Rebecca Liddiard

Votes: 179