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1. The Godfather Part II (1974)
R | 202 min | Crime, Drama
The early life and career of Vito Corleone in 1920s New York City is portrayed, while his son, Michael, expands and tightens his grip on the family crime syndicate.
Director: Francis Ford Coppola | Stars: Al Pacino, Robert De Niro, Robert Duvall, Diane Keaton
Votes: 1,366,851 | Gross: $57.30M
2. Police Academy (1984)
R | 96 min | Comedy
The mayor declares that anyone can enroll in the police academy irrespective of their physical condition or education level, and many misfits descend on the academy, including a young troublemaker who's forced to apply or go to jail.
Director: Hugh Wilson | Stars: Steve Guttenberg, G.W. Bailey, Kim Cattrall, Bubba Smith
Votes: 137,731 | Gross: $81.20M
3. Borat (2006)
R | 84 min | Comedy
Kazakh TV talking head Borat is dispatched to the United States to report on the greatest country in the world.
Director: Larry Charles | Stars: Sacha Baron Cohen, Ken Davitian, Luenell, Chester
Votes: 443,000 | Gross: $128.51M
4. Airplane II: The Sequel (1982)
PG | 85 min | Comedy, Sci-Fi
A faulty computer causes a passenger space shuttle to head straight for the Sun. Can Ted Striker save the day and get the shuttle back on track - again?
Director: Ken Finkleman | Stars: Robert Hays, Julie Hagerty, Lloyd Bridges, Raymond Burr
Votes: 56,902 | Gross: $27.15M
5. Giant (1956)
G | 201 min | Drama, Western
Sprawling epic covering the life of a Texas cattle rancher and his family and associates.
Director: George Stevens | Stars: Elizabeth Taylor, Rock Hudson, James Dean, Carroll Baker
Votes: 42,310
6. USS Indianapolis: Men of Courage (2016)
R | 128 min | Action, Drama, History
During World War II, an American navy ship is sunk by a Japanese submarine leaving 890 crewmen stranded in shark infested waters.
Director: Mario Van Peebles | Stars: Nicolas Cage, Tom Sizemore, Thomas Jane, Matt Lanter
Votes: 14,361
7. Wonder Wheel (2017)
PG-13 | 101 min | Drama, Romance
On Coney Island in the 1950s, a lifeguard tells the story of a middle-aged carousel operator, his beleaguered wife and the visitor who turns their lives upside-down.
Director: Woody Allen | Stars: Justin Timberlake, Juno Temple, Robert C. Kirk, Kate Winslet
Votes: 31,030 | Gross: $1.40M
8. The Magic of Ordinary Days (2005 TV Movie)
TV-PG | 98 min | Drama
Pregnant out of wedlock, an educated young woman is pressured by her father into an arranged marriage with a lonely farmer in this drama set during WWII.
Director: Brent Shields | Stars: Keri Russell, Skeet Ulrich, Mare Winningham, Tania Gunadi
Votes: 6,104
9. Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Part 1 (2012 Video)
PG-13 | 76 min | Animation, Action, Crime
Batman has not been seen for ten years. A new breed of criminal ravages Gotham City, forcing 55-year-old Bruce Wayne back into the cape and cowl. But, does he still have what it takes to fight crime in a new era?
Director: Jay Oliva | Stars: Peter Weller, Ariel Winter, David Selby, Wade Williams
Votes: 63,291
10. Seven Days in May (1964)
Approved | 118 min | Drama, Thriller
United States military leaders plot to overthrow the President because he supports a nuclear disarmament treaty and they fear a Soviet sneak attack.
Director: John Frankenheimer | Stars: Burt Lancaster, Kirk Douglas, Fredric March, Ava Gardner
Votes: 17,386 | Gross: $7.96M
11. Little Boy (2015)
PG-13 | 106 min | Drama, History, War
An eight-year-old boy is willing to do whatever it takes to end World War II so he can bring his father home. The story reveals the indescribable love a father has for his little boy and the love a son has for his father.
Director: Alejandro Monteverde | Stars: Jakob Salvati, Emily Watson, David Henrie, Michael Rapaport
Votes: 24,267 | Gross: $6.42M
12. Final Cut (2022)
112 min | Comedy, Horror
Things go badly for a small film crew shooting a low budget zombie movie when they are attacked by real zombies.
Director: Michel Hazanavicius | Stars: Romain Duris, Bérénice Bejo, Grégory Gadebois, Finnegan Oldfield
Votes: 4,544
13. Grand Tour: Disaster in Time (1991)
PG-13 | 99 min | Mystery, Sci-Fi
Before they can complete renovations on their new inn, Widower (Ben Wilson) and daughter (Hillary) are visited by a woman seeking immediate lodging for her strange group of travellers. Why ... See full summary »
Director: David Twohy | Stars: Jeff Daniels, Ariana Richards, Emilia Crow, Jim Haynie
Votes: 3,118
14. The Boston Strangler (1968)
Approved | 116 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A series of brutal murders in Boston sparks a seemingly endless and increasingly complex manhunt.
Director: Richard Fleischer | Stars: Tony Curtis, Henry Fonda, George Kennedy, Mike Kellin
Votes: 10,836
15. Restless (2012 TV Movie)
180 min | Drama, Romance
A young woman finds out that her mother worked as a spy for the British Secret Service during World War II and has been on the run ever since.
Director: Edward Hall | Stars: Michelle Dockery, Michael Peter Willis, Charlotte Rampling, Hayley Atwell
Votes: 3,658
16. Ithaca (2015)
PG | 96 min | Drama, War
With his older brother off to war, fourteen-year-old telegram messenger Homer Macauley comes of age in the summer of 1942.
Director: Meg Ryan | Stars: Alex Neustaedter, Meg Ryan, Sam Shepard, Hamish Linklater
Votes: 3,119
17. Enter Nowhere (2011)
R | 90 min | Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Three strangers arrive one by one at a mysterious cabin in the middle of nowhere only to learn they've been brought together for a reason.
Director: Jack Heller | Stars: Katherine Waterston, Scott Eastwood, Sara Paxton, Shaun Sipos
Votes: 12,670
18. Tea with Mussolini (1999)
PG | 117 min | Comedy, Drama, War
An orphaned Italian boy is raised amongst a circle of British and American women living in Mussolini's Italy before and during World War II.
Director: Franco Zeffirelli | Stars: Maggie Smith, Judi Dench, Joan Plowright, Cher
Votes: 14,210 | Gross: $14.35M
19. Going Clear: Scientology & the Prison of Belief (2015)
Not Rated | 119 min | Documentary
A documentary looking at the inner-workings of the Church of Scientology.
Director: Alex Gibney | Stars: Paul Haggis, Jason Beghe, Spanky Taylor, David Miscavige
Votes: 40,932
20. The Sensuous Nurse (1975)
R | 105 min | Comedy
As an aging widower suffers from cardiac trouble, his greedy heirs hire a super-seductive nurse in the hopes of inducing a heart attack, but the plan backfires when she falls for him.
Director: Nello Rossati | Stars: Ursula Andress, Duilio Del Prete, Mario Pisu, Daniele Vargas
Votes: 826
21. The Ugly American (1963)
Approved | 120 min | Adventure, Drama, Thriller
An ambitious American scholar becomes the ambassador to Sarkan, a southeast Asian country where civil war is brewing.
Director: George Englund | Stars: Marlon Brando, Eiji Okada, Sandra Church, Pat Hingle
Votes: 2,474
22. PT 109 (1963)
Approved | 140 min | Biography, Drama, War
President John F. Kennedy kept a unique inauguration gift on his desk: a plastic-encased coconut. The tale of that coconut is the heroic story of PT 109.
Director: Leslie H. Martinson | Stars: Cliff Robertson, Robert Culp, Ty Hardin, James Gregory
Votes: 2,998
23. The Hi-Lo Country (1998)
R | 114 min | Drama, Romance, Western
Two cowboys have their friendship tested when they fall for the same girl.
Director: Stephen Frears | Stars: Billy Crudup, Woody Harrelson, Patricia Arquette, Cole Hauser
Votes: 4,578 | Gross: $0.16M
24. Battle Cry (1955)
Approved | 149 min | Drama, Romance, War
Young Marines have adventures in love and war.
Director: Raoul Walsh | Stars: Van Heflin, Aldo Ray, Mona Freeman, Nancy Olson
Votes: 2,631 | Gross: $17.44M
25. The Long Gray Line (1955)
Approved | 138 min | Biography, Comedy, Drama
In 1898, Irish immigrant Martin Maher is hired as a civilian employee at West Point where, during a 50-year career, he rises to the rank of NCO and instructor.
Director: John Ford | Stars: Tyrone Power, Maureen O'Hara, Robert Francis, Donald Crisp
Votes: 3,290
26. JFK to 9/11: Everything Is a Rich Man's Trick (2014 Video)
208 min | Documentary, History, War
This is one of the only documentaries that actually speaks on the real Secret Societies which for most are still a secret.
Stars: Francis Richard Conolly, Gordon Arnold, Charles Brehm, Howard Brennan
Votes: 719
27. The FBI Story (1959)
Approved | 149 min | Crime, Drama, History
A dedicated FBI agent recalls the agency's battles against the Klan, organized crime and Communist spies.
Director: Mervyn LeRoy | Stars: James Stewart, Vera Miles, Murray Hamilton, Larry Pennell
Votes: 3,886
28. Cinderella Liberty (1973)
R | 117 min | Drama, Romance
A lonely Navy sailor falls in love with a hooker and becomes a surrogate father figure for her son during an extended liberty due to his service records being lost.
Director: Mark Rydell | Stars: James Caan, Marsha Mason, Kirk Calloway, Eli Wallach
Votes: 2,457 | Gross: $2.86M
29. Wake Island (1942)
Passed | 88 min | Action, Drama, War
December, 1941. With no hope of relief or re-supply, a small band of United States Marines tries to keep the Japanese Navy from capturing their island base.
Director: John Farrow | Stars: Brian Donlevy, Robert Preston, Macdonald Carey, William Bendix
Votes: 2,200
30. The Falcon's Brother (1942)
Approved | 63 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
Tom Lawrence, Gay's brother, takes over for his injured sibling in a case which involves Nazi espionage and political assassination.
Director: Stanley Logan | Stars: George Sanders, Tom Conway, Jane Randolph, Don Barclay
Votes: 989
31. September 11: The New Pearl Harbor (2013)
300 min | Documentary, History
An investigation of 9/11.
Director: Massimo Mazzucco | Stars: Joseph Culp, Alberto Angela, Paolo Attivissimo, George W. Bush
Votes: 581
32. Bridge to the Sun (1961)
Approved | 113 min | Drama, Romance, War
Based on a true story, this compelling drama relates the difficulties of a young woman married to a Japanese diplomat during World War II, victim of suspicion and animosity from her husband's government.
Director: Etienne Périer | Stars: Carroll Baker, James Shigeta, James Yagi, Tetsurô Tanba
Votes: 888
33. Lucy Gallant (1955)
Approved | 104 min | Drama
The success story of a dressmaker who comes to run a group of fashion shops at the expense of her love life.
Director: Robert Parrish | Stars: Jane Wyman, Charlton Heston, Claire Trevor, Thelma Ritter
Votes: 677
34. B.F.'s Daughter (1948)
Passed | 108 min | Drama, Romance
Wealthy Polly Fulton marries a progressive scholar whose attitudes toward capitalism and acquired wealth puts their marriage in jeopardy.
Director: Robert Z. Leonard | Stars: Barbara Stanwyck, Van Heflin, Charles Coburn, Richard Hart
Votes: 801
35. After the Tribulation (2012)
106 min | Documentary
Eschatological documentary exposing the false teachings the pre-tribulation rapture.
Director: Paul Wittenberger | Stars: Steven L. Anderson, Roger Jimenez, Kent Hovind, Roland Rasmussen Sr.
Votes: 85
36. High Barbaree (1947)
Approved | 91 min | Action, Drama, Romance
Van Johnson is a Navy pilot in WWII who has been shot down in the Pacific on a bombing mission. He and a wounded comrade are the only survivors and are lost at sea. As they await rescue, ... See full summary »
Director: Jack Conway | Stars: Van Johnson, June Allyson, Thomas Mitchell, Marilyn Maxwell
Votes: 492
37. When Hell Broke Loose (1958)
Approved | 78 min | Drama, War
In 1945, a GI falls in love with a German woman while elite German troops in U.S.uniforms carry out sabotage and assassinations behind American lines.
Director: Kenneth G. Crane | Stars: Charles Bronson, Richard Jaeckel, Violet Rensing, Robert Easton
Votes: 324
38. Election Night (1998)
Not Rated | 11 min | Short, Comedy
On his way to the polls, an idealist yet absent-minded voter must endure continuous waves of racist cab drivers and their offensive remarks.
Director: Anders Thomas Jensen | Stars: Ulrich Thomsen, Jens Jørn Spottag, John Martinus, Ole Thestrup
Votes: 2,444
39. Feuer und Eis (1986)
PG | 83 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
This Willy Bogner picture is the definitive ski film. A visually exciting sports/music adventure story. Music by Grammy Award winner Harold Faltermaier is combined with a cinematographic ... See full summary »
Director: Willy Bogner | Stars: Kelby Anno, Philippe Bernard, Scott Brooksbank, Jan Bucher
Votes: 331
40. Dr. Gillespie's Criminal Case (1943)
Approved | 89 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
When Roy, a homicidal maniac was put away for murder, Gillespie tried to get him committed to an insane asylum instead. Now the guy's ex-fiancee wants to marry a soldier, and she goes to ... See full summary »
Director: Willis Goldbeck | Stars: Lionel Barrymore, Van Johnson, Keye Luke, Alma Kruger
Votes: 373
41. Secret Agent of Japan (1942)
Passed | 72 min | Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Kay Murdock (Lynn Bari) strolls into the Dixie Bar in Shanghai on November 1, 1941 and asks the bartender for a letter addressed to Captain Larsen, and is referred to Roy Bonnell (Preston ... See full summary »
Director: Irving Pichel | Stars: Preston Foster, Lynn Bari, Noel Madison, Victor Sen Yung
Votes: 121
42. 911 Mysteries Part 1: Demolitions (2006 Video)
Not Rated | 91 min | Documentary, History, Mystery
911 Mysteries is a documentary that attempts to tell the people what really happened. It systematically deconstructs all of the propaganda you have heard about the twin towers, and replaces it with facts.
Director: Sofia Shafquat | Stars: Sofia Shafquat, Jonathan Barnett, Marvin Bush, Joe Casaliggi
Votes: 601
43. Betrayed: Surviving an American Concentration Camp (2022)
56 min | Documentary, History
The story of the unjust incarceration of Japanese Americans and the loss of civil rights.
Director: Rory Banyard | Stars: Tamlyn Tomita, Frank Chin, Mike Ishii, Paul Nagano
Votes: 17
44. The Replacement Gods (2012 Video)
103 min | Documentary, History, Sci-Fi
A comparison of ancient mythology and modern-day comic book superheroes to biblical stories.
Director: Scott Mayer | Stars: Ted Atwood, Alessandro Bianchi, Shmuley Boteach, Michael L. Brown
Votes: 32
45. Battle of Midway: The True Story (2019 TV Special)
50 min | Documentary, History, War
It was one of the largest naval engagements ever and a turning point in WWII. The Battle of Midway changed the face of warfare and made victory in the Pacific possible.
Stars: Timothy Orr, Hill Goodspeed, Ian W. Toll, Laura Lawfer Orr
Votes: 14
46. 1st to Fight: Pacific War Marines (2020)
60 min | Documentary, History, War
The Battle for Guadal Canal, as told by the men who were there. Narrated by Jon Seda, there are side-by-side images of the island today. A stirring documentary, told in real time.
Director: Tim Gray | Stars: Jon Seda, Bill Finnegan, Daniel Martinez, Lou Imfeld
Votes: 11
47. Operation Bottleneck (1961)
Not Rated | 77 min | Drama, War
WWII Burma...Six paratroopers undertake an extremely dangerous mission against the Japanese. It will ultimately cost them their lives, except for one "lucky" survivor.
Director: Edward L. Cahn | Stars: Ron Foster, Miiko Taka, Norman Alden, John Clarke
Votes: 106
48. Marvel's Captain America: 75 Heroic Years (2016 TV Movie)
PG | 42 min | Documentary, History
Marvel celebrates the history of Captain America, both in the comics and on TV and film, and examines the character as a reflection of American culture throughout the years.
Director: Zak Knutson | Stars: Axel Alonso, Hayley Atwell, Chloe Bennet, Tom Brevoort
Votes: 404
49. Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage (1983)
Not Rated | 83 min | Comedy, Documentary
A compilation of out-takes from the movies.
Directors: Ron Blackman, Bruce Goldstein, Stanley Sheff | Stars: Gig Young, Bud Abbott, Walter Abel, Katharine Alexander
Votes: 212
50. Nana Rosa (2019)
11 min | Short, Drama, War
Words cannot describe the maltreatment of women under the yoke of Japan during the Japanese occupation in the Philippines. They remained silent, gagged, and blindfolded, handled as animals, made for comfort. The Comfort Women.
Director: Renmar Lescano | Stars: Jayrelle Jimena, Paula Aubrey Hombrebueno, Hannah Manero, Icy Morales