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51. The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters (2007)
PG-13 | 79 min | Documentary, Biography, Sport
Die-hard gamers compete to break world records on classic arcade games.
Director: Seth Gordon | Stars: Steve Wiebe, Billy Mitchell, Mark Alpiger, Adam Wood
Votes: 37,620 | Gross: $0.68M
52. The Puppet Masters (1994)
R | 109 min | Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
The Earth is invaded by stingray-shaped alien "slugs" that ride on people's backs and control their minds.
Director: Stuart Orme | Stars: Donald Sutherland, Eric Thal, Julie Warner, Keith David
Votes: 9,724 | Gross: $8.64M
53. The Music Man (2003 TV Movie)
TV-G | 150 min | Comedy, Family, Musical
A masterful con artist tries to bilk a staid Midwestern community, with unexpected results, in this contemporary rethinking of the legendary Broadway musical and lively 1962 film, updated ... See full summary »
Director: Jeff Bleckner | Stars: Matthew Broderick, Kristin Chenoweth, Victor Garber, Debra Monk
Votes: 2,196
54. I'll Be Home for Christmas (1998)
PG | 86 min | Comedy, Family
A college student faces an impossible journey when he is left stranded in the desert, thousands of miles from home, with no money and only a few days left until Christmas.
Director: Arlene Sanford | Stars: Jonathan Taylor Thomas, Jessica Biel, Adam LaVorgna, Gary Cole
Votes: 11,938 | Gross: $12.21M
55. Liberty Heights (1999)
R | 127 min | Comedy, Drama, Music
Baltimore, Fall 1954: Schools implement the new integration law. Ben finds the "colored" girl in his class cute - upsetting his Jewish mom and granny. Ben talks to her while his brother looks for his WASP dream girl.
Director: Barry Levinson | Stars: Adrien Brody, Bebe Neuwirth, Joe Mantegna, Ben Foster
Votes: 7,062 | Gross: $3.73M
56. 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: 1,790
57. The Major and the Minor (1942)
Passed | 100 min | Comedy, Romance
A frustrated city girl disguises herself as a youngster in order to get a cheaper train ticket home. But little "Sue Sue" finds herself in a whole heap of grown-up trouble when she hides out in a compartment with a handsome Major.
Director: Billy Wilder | Stars: Ginger Rogers, Ray Milland, Rita Johnson, Robert Benchley
Votes: 7,676 | Gross: $6.38M
58. Jesus' Son (1999)
R | 107 min | Drama
A young man, often high on drugs and alcohol, careens through life and makes his way toward recovery and redemption.
Director: Alison Maclean | Stars: Billy Crudup, Robert Michael Kelly, Torben Brooks, Dierdre Lewis
Votes: 7,496 | Gross: $1.28M
59. Drexell's Class (1991–1992)
30 min | Comedy
Otis Drexell is a corporate raider who is known for getting the deal done. After he is caught red-handed for dodging taxes, he's given a suspended sentence on the condition that he teaches ... See full summary »
Stars: Dabney Coleman, Dakin Matthews, Damian Cagnolatti, A.J. Langer
Votes: 207
60. Apple's Way (1974–1975)
60 min | Drama, Family
The Apple family adjusts to life in a small Iowa town.
Stars: Ronny Cox, Frances Lee McCain, Malcolm Atterbury, Vincent Van Patten
Votes: 247
61. Bully (I) (2011)
PG-13 | 98 min | Documentary
A documentary on peer-to-peer bullying in schools across America.
Director: Lee Hirsch | Stars: Alex Libby, Lona Johnson, Kelby Johnson, Bob Johnson
Votes: 10,554 | Gross: $4.04M
62. Who Will Love My Children? (1983 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 95 min | Drama
Based on a true story of Iowa farm wife Lucile Fray. Ann-Margret plays a dying mother of ten whose last wish is to find loving families for her children.
Director: John Erman | Stars: Ann-Margret, Frederic Forrest, Cathryn Damon, Donald Moffat
Votes: 648
63. Miles from Home (1988)
R | 108 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Two brothers who are forced off their farm in the debt stricken mid-west become folk heroes when they begin robbing the banks that have been foreclosing on farmers.
Director: Gary Sinise | Stars: Richard Gere, Penelope Ann Miller, Brian Dennehy, Jason Campbell
Votes: 1,589 | Gross: $0.19M
64. In the Best Interest of the Children (1992 TV Movie)
96 min | Drama
Fact-based story of a legal battle fought over custody of five siblings.
Director: Michael Ray Rhodes | Stars: Sarah Jessica Parker, Sally Struthers, Lexi Randall, Gary Graham
Votes: 501
65. Luster (2002)
Unrated | 92 min | Comedy, Drama
Luster is a twisted LA comedy about unrequited love, featuring Jackson, a poet, who struggles with his crush on Billy, Derek, Sam, Jed, and his lesbian friend.
Director: Everett Lewis | Stars: Justin Herwick, Barry Wyatt, Shane Powers, Pamela Gidley
Votes: 1,222
66. Take This Job and Shove It (1981)
PG | 100 min | Comedy
Frank is sent to his native town, Millsborough, to increase the local brewery production. He meets old school mates and his former girlfriend, Jane. They quickly fall in love again. Frank is torn between his job.
Director: Gus Trikonis | Stars: Robert Hays, Art Carney, Barbara Hershey, David Keith
Votes: 946 | Gross: $17.57M
67. King Corn (2007)
Unrated | 88 min | Documentary
King Corn is a feature documentary about two friends, one acre of corn, and the subsidized crop that drives our fast-food nation. In King Corn, Ian Cheney and Curt Ellis, best friends from ... See full summary »
Director: Aaron Woolf | Stars: Bob Bledsoe, Earl L. Butz, Dawn Cheney, Ian Cheney
Votes: 2,094 | Gross: $0.08M
68. Ticket Out (2012)
Not Rated | 90 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
A mother takes her children and flees an abusive ex-husband.
Director: Doug Lodato | Stars: Ray Liotta, Alexandra Breckenridge, Colin Ford, Ciara Bond
Votes: 1,204
69. For Me and My Gal (1942)
Not Rated | 104 min | Musical, Romance, War
Two vaudeville performers fall in love, but find their relationship tested by the arrival of WWI.
Director: Busby Berkeley | Stars: Judy Garland, George Murphy, Gene Kelly, Mártha Eggerth
Votes: 3,854 | Gross: $4.37M
70. Crash Landing: The Rescue of Flight 232 (1992 TV Movie)
PG-13 | 95 min | Action, Drama
The captain of a crippled jet steers toward tri-state rescue-team experts waiting in Sioux City, Iowa.
Director: Lamont Johnson | Stars: Charlton Heston, James Coburn, Richard Thomas, Leon Russom
Votes: 773
71. The Day the Music Died/American Pie (2022)
94 min | Documentary, Biography, Music
50 years after its release, Don McLean shares the secrets behind his iconic song 'American Pie', one of the great musical touchstones of the 20th century.
Director: Mark Moormann | Stars: Peter Gallagher, 'Weird Al' Yankovic, Brian Wilson, Garth Brooks
Votes: 575
72. Braking for Whales (2019)
103 min | Comedy, Drama
A dysfunctional brother and sister are forced to come to terms with each other and themselves over their recently deceased mother's final wish.
Director: Sean McEwen | Stars: Tom Felton, Tammin Sursok, Wendi McLendon-Covey, David Koechner
Votes: 546
73. Mr. Jealousy (1997)
R | 103 min | Comedy, Romance
A writer becomes obsessed with his girlfriend's former boyfriend, now a very successful novelist. To discover if the ex-boyfriend still has feeling for his old love, the writer joins the novelist's group therapy meetings.
Director: Noah Baumbach | Stars: Eric Stoltz, Annabella Sciorra, Chris Eigeman, Carlos Jacott
Votes: 2,608 | Gross: $0.29M
74. Whiteboyz (1999)
R | 92 min | Comedy, Drama
In Flip's path towards "keeping it real" by becoming hip-hop star, harsh realities surface to shake up his world.
Director: Marc Levin | Stars: Danny Hoch, Dash Mihok, Mark Webber, Piper Perabo
Votes: 2,048 | Gross: $0.04M
75. Friendly Fire (1979 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 147 min | Drama, War
When they try to learn how how their son died in Vietnam, the Mullens meet lies and evasion on all sides.
Director: David Greene | Stars: Carol Burnett, Ned Beatty, Dennis Erdman, Sherry Hursey
Votes: 470
76. Easy Wheels (1989)
R | 94 min | Action, Comedy
A group of leather-clad bikers are on the trail of the female bikers who are stealing babies all over the state and selling them on the black market.
Director: David O'Malley | Stars: Paul Le Mat, Eileen Davidson, Marjorie Bransfield, Jon Menick
Votes: 395
77. From Within (2008)
R | 89 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
A small Maryland town is gripped by a curse which causes residents to take their own life one after another.
Director: Phedon Papamichael | Stars: Elizabeth Rice, Thomas Dekker, Kelly Blatz, Laura Allen
Votes: 8,005 | Gross: $0.07M
78. Brigham Young (1940)
Approved | 114 min | Adventure, Biography, Drama
In 1844, after the assassination of Mormon leader Joseph Smith by an angry mob in Illinois, the Mormons choose Brigham Young as their new leader and follow him to a new promised land in Utah.
Director: Henry Hathaway | Stars: Tyrone Power, Linda Darnell, Dean Jagger, Brian Donlevy
Votes: 1,144
79. Keep Your Powder Dry (1945)
Passed | 93 min | Drama, War
A disparate group of women try to adjust to their new lives after enlisting in the Women's Army Corps.
Director: Edward Buzzell | Stars: Lana Turner, Laraine Day, Susan Peters, Agnes Moorehead
Votes: 606
80. The Gabby Douglas Story (2014 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 86 min | Biography, Drama, Sport
The story of the international gymnastics phenomenon who overcame overwhelming odds to become the first African American ever to be named Individual All-Around Champion in artistic gymnastics at the Olympic Games.
Director: Gregg Champion | Stars: Regina King, Imani Hakim, Sydney Mikayla, Brian Tee
Votes: 1,844
81. Lillian Russell (1940)
Passed | 127 min | Biography, Drama, History
The life story of the musical star from her discovery in 1890 by bandleader Tony Pastor until her retirement in 1912, when she married newspaperman Alexander Moore.
Director: Irving Cummings | Stars: Alice Faye, Don Ameche, Henry Fonda, Edward Arnold
Votes: 583
82. A Godwink Christmas: Meant for Love (2019 TV Movie)
TV-G | 85 min | Drama, Romance
Is it divine intervention/Godwink, coincidences or a meddling mom, when Alice, managing the family clothing store, and Jack, medical sales, keep bumping into each other before Christmas?
Director: Paul Ziller | Stars: Cindy Busby, Benjamin Hollingsworth, Kathie Lee Gifford, Hilary Jardine
Votes: 1,907
83. Billy Rose's Jumbo (1962)
Approved | 123 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance
A debt-ridden circus is saved by a well-meaning but inept publicity man.
Director: Charles Walters | Stars: Doris Day, Jimmy Durante, Stephen Boyd, Martha Raye
Votes: 1,735
84. BMX XXX (2002 Video Game)
M | Action, Adventure, Comedy
Perform cool tricks, stunts, rank up a high score and get a friend in on the action with multi-player mode with BMX XXX.
Stars: Jimmy Salzarulo, Rob Williams, Scott Lange, Hannah Buchanon
Votes: 93
85. To Survive (2014)
Not Rated | 75 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
A post-apocalyptic thriller about a heartbroken man and his new friends who must together battle marauders in order to survive in a new lawless world.
Director: Stephen Folker | Stars: Burt Culver, Ramon Bailey, Berkeley Clayborne, Glenn Harston
Votes: 173
86. Silent Night in Algona (2022)
140 min | Drama, Family, History
A character study that explores the dynamics of a small Iowa town from September through December 1944, during WWII.
Director: Anthony Hornus | Stars: Curran Jacobs, Cassie Dean, Samuel Peterson, Bodhi Rader
Votes: 94 | Gross: $0.06M
87. Bill (1981 TV Movie)
97 min | Biography, Drama
Bill Sackter, a intellectually disabled man, ventures out into the world for the first time, having spent most of his life in a dreary inner-city institution. He is taken in by a kind ... See full summary »
Director: Anthony Page | Stars: Mickey Rooney, Dennis Quaid, Largo Woodruff, Anna Maria Horsford
Votes: 784
88. Thralls (2005 Video)
R | 95 min | Horror
A young woman gets caught up in the plans of a coven of vampires fighting to free themselves from their master.
Director: Ron Oliver | Stars: Lorenzo Lamas, Leah Cairns, Siri Baruc, Fiona Scott
Votes: 748
89. Winnebago Man (2009)
Not Rated | 85 min | Documentary, Biography, Comedy
Jack Rebney is the most famous man you've never heard of - after cursing his way through a Winnebago sales video, Rebney's outrageously funny outtakes became an underground sensation and ... See full summary »
Director: Ben Steinbauer | Stars: Jack Rebney, Ben Steinbauer, Keith Gordon, Nick Prueher
Votes: 5,094 | Gross: $0.18M
90. IOWA (2005)
Not Rated | 104 min | Crime, Drama
A cautionary tale of love, crime, fantasy and addiction that follows two young Iowan lovers who decide to go into the "batch" business - cooking their own methamphetamine - only to watch it burn a searing hole in their lives.
Director: Matt Farnsworth | Stars: Matt Farnsworth, Diane Foster, John Savage, Rosanna Arquette
Votes: 434
91. Mommy (1995)
89 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
After twelve-year-old Jessica-Ann's teacher breaks her neck, Jessica-Ann starts suspecting her cold and overprotective mother as the killer.
Director: Max Allan Collins | Stars: Patty McCormack, Rachel Lemieux, Jason Miller, Brinke Stevens
Votes: 441
92. Young Pioneers (1976 TV Movie)
97 min | Western
Pilot for the TV series of the same name released in 1978 that told the tale of teenage newlyweds Molly and David Beaton in the Dakota Territory in the 1870s.
Director: Michael O'Herlihy | Stars: Roger Kern, Linda Purl, Robert Hays, Shelly Juttner
Votes: 142
93. The Big One (1997)
PG-13 | 91 min | Documentary, Comedy, Crime
On his book tour, Michael Moore exposes more wrongdoing by greedy big businesses and callous politicians around America.
Director: Michael Moore | Stars: Michael Moore, Elaine Bly, Dan Burns, Chip Carter
Votes: 8,051 | Gross: $0.72M
94. Lillian (II) (2019)
130 min | Adventure, Drama
An emigrant in New York decides to walk back to her home in Russia.
Director: Andreas Horvath | Star: Patrycja Planik
Votes: 911
95. Taking Back My Life: The Nancy Ziegenmeyer Story (1992 TV Movie)
96 min | Drama
True story about a rape victim who took a stand that rape is never the victim's fault and inspired many other victims who felt shame about what had happened to them to speak out.
Director: Harry Winer | Stars: Patricia Wettig, Stephen Lang, Shelley Hack, Joanna Cassidy
Votes: 100
96. The Woman Who Loved Elvis (1993 TV Movie)
PG-13 | 91 min | Drama
In 1982, Iowan suburban housewife Joyce Jackson (Roseanne) is an obsessed fan of the late Elvis Presley. She's used the so-called King of Rock and Roll's inspiration to turn her small house... See full summary »
Director: Bill Bixby | Stars: Roseanne Barr, Tom Arnold, Cynthia Gibb, Sally Kirkland
Votes: 193
97. One Foot in Heaven (1941)
Approved | 108 min | Biography, Drama, Romance
Episodic look at the life of a minister and his family as they move from one parish to another.
Director: Irving Rapper | Stars: Fredric March, Martha Scott, Beulah Bondi, Gene Lockhart
Votes: 1,487
98. The Strange Love of Molly Louvain (1932)
Not Rated | 73 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
Molly Louvain's plans for a respectable marriage with her sweetheart Ralph fall through so she takes to the road with a two-bit crook and becomes wanted by the police in connection with a high-profile crime.
Director: Michael Curtiz | Stars: Ann Dvorak, Lee Tracy, Richard Cromwell, Guy Kibbee
Votes: 593
99. Pig Sty (1995)
30 min | Comedy
Five slobby friends share an apartment in Manhattan inherited by bartender Randy. Innocent intern Joe is from Iowa, PJ sponges off his parents. DA Johnny and adman Cal are the other roomies. Randy has a crush on building super Tess.
Stars: David Arnott, Matt Borlenghi, Timothy Fall, Brian McNamara
Votes: 49
100. Two Marriages (1983–1984)
60 min | Drama
This series follows two families, the Daleys and the Armstrongs, who are neighbors. The Daleys are a blended family: Ann is a construction engineer who has son Scott from a previous ... See full summary »
Stars: Louanne, Tom Mason, Karen Carlson, Tiffany Toyoshima
Votes: 31