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1. Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)

R | 137 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

A cyborg, identical to the one who failed to kill Sarah Connor, must now protect her ten year old son John from an even more advanced and powerful cyborg.

Director: James Cameron | Stars: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Linda Hamilton, Edward Furlong, Robert Patrick

Votes: 1,176,060 | Gross: $204.84M

2. Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol (2011)

PG-13 | 132 min | Action, Adventure, Thriller

The IMF is shut down when it's implicated in the bombing of the Kremlin, causing Ethan Hunt and his new team to go rogue to clear their organization's name.

Director: Brad Bird | Stars: Tom Cruise, Jeremy Renner, Simon Pegg, Paula Patton

Votes: 528,980 | Gross: $209.40M

3. Natural Born Killers (1994)

R | 119 min | Action, Crime, Romance

Two victims of traumatized childhoods become lovers and psychopathic serial murderers irresponsibly glorified by the mass media.

Director: Oliver Stone | Stars: Woody Harrelson, Juliette Lewis, Tom Sizemore, Rodney Dangerfield

Votes: 252,112 | Gross: $50.28M

4. Singin' in the Rain (1952)

G | 103 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance

A silent film star falls for a chorus girl just as he and his delusionally jealous screen partner are trying to make the difficult transition to talking pictures in 1920s Hollywood.

Directors: Stanley Donen, Gene Kelly | Stars: Gene Kelly, Donald O'Connor, Debbie Reynolds, Jean Hagen

Votes: 261,075 | Gross: $8.82M

5. The Falcon Takes Over (1942)

Approved | 65 min | Comedy, Crime, Mystery

The Falcon and reporter Ann Riordan try to solve a string of murders after an ex-wrestler, released from jail, goes looking for his girl friend.

Director: Irving Reis | Stars: George Sanders, Lynn Bari, James Gleason, Allen Jenkins

Votes: 1,192

6. The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956)

PG | 120 min | Drama, Thriller

An American doctor and his wife, a former singing star, witness a murder while vacationing in Morocco, and are drawn into a twisting plot of international intrigue when their young son is kidnapped.

Director: Alfred Hitchcock | Stars: James Stewart, Doris Day, Brenda de Banzie, Bernard Miles

Votes: 69,737 | Gross: $10.25M

7. Quo Vadis (1951)

Not Rated | 171 min | Biography, Drama, Romance

After fierce Roman commander Marcus Vinicius becomes infatuated with beautiful Christian hostage Lygia, he begins to question the tyrannical leadership of the despotic emperor Nero.

Directors: Mervyn LeRoy, Anthony Mann | Stars: Robert Taylor, Deborah Kerr, Leo Genn, Peter Ustinov

Votes: 16,775 | Gross: $24.29M

8. Dreamscape (1984)

PG-13 | 99 min | Action, Adventure, Horror

A man who can enter and manipulate people's dreams is recruited by a government agency to help cure the President of the United States of his nightmares about nuclear war but stumbles upon an assassination plot.

Director: Joseph Ruben | Stars: Dennis Quaid, Max von Sydow, Christopher Plummer, Eddie Albert

Votes: 18,182 | Gross: $11.48M

9. Prescription: Murder (1968 TV Movie)

TV-PG | 100 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

A psychiatrist uses a patient he is having an affair with to help him kill his wife, but his perfect alibi may come apart at the hands of a seemingly befuddled LAPD lieutenant.

Director: Richard Irving | Stars: Peter Falk, Gene Barry, Katherine Justice, William Windom

Votes: 5,553

10. Tarzan the Ape Man (1932)

Passed | 100 min | Action, Adventure, Romance

A trader and his daughter set off in search of the fabled graveyard of the elephants in deepest Africa, only to encounter a wild man raised by apes.

Director: W.S. Van Dyke | Stars: Johnny Weissmuller, Neil Hamilton, C. Aubrey Smith, Maureen O'Sullivan

Votes: 8,230

11. Foreign Correspondent (1940)

Passed | 120 min | Action, Romance, Thriller

On the eve of World War II, a young American reporter tries to expose enemy agents in London.

Director: Alfred Hitchcock | Stars: Joel McCrea, Laraine Day, Herbert Marshall, George Sanders

Votes: 23,768 | Gross: $3.48M

12. The Thief of Bagdad (1940)

Not Rated | 106 min | Adventure, Family, Fantasy

After being tricked and cast out of Bagdad by the evil Jaffar, King Ahmad joins forces with a thief named Abu to reclaim his throne, the city, and the Princess he loves.

Directors: Ludwig Berger, Michael Powell, Tim Whelan, Alexander Korda, Zoltan Korda, William Cameron Menzies | Stars: Conrad Veidt, Sabu, June Duprez, John Justin

Votes: 14,522 | Gross: $0.27M

13. Written on the Wind (1956)

Not Rated | 99 min | Drama

Alcoholic playboy Kyle Hadley marries the woman secretly loved by his poor but hard-working best friend, who in turn is pursued by Kyle's nymphomaniac sister.

Director: Douglas Sirk | Stars: Rock Hudson, Lauren Bacall, Robert Stack, Dorothy Malone

Votes: 13,442

14. The Night Walker (1964)

Passed | 86 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller

A woman is haunted by recurring nightmares, which seem to be instigated by her late husband who supposedly was killed in a fire.

Director: William Castle | Stars: Robert Taylor, Barbara Stanwyck, Judi Meredith, Hayden Rorke

Votes: 2,480

15. The Return of Captain Invincible (1983)

PG | 90 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Musical

During WWII, Captain Invincible fought against Nazis using superpowers. Later falsely accused of communism, he retires in Australia. When a secret US weapon gets stolen, he's called back but struggles with alcoholism.

Director: Philippe Mora | Stars: Alan Arkin, Christopher Lee, Kate Fitzpatrick, Bill Hunter

Votes: 999

16. 20 Million Miles to Earth (1957)

Not Rated | 82 min | Adventure, Family, Fantasy

The first U.S. spaceship to Venus crash-lands off the coast of Sicily on its return trip. A dangerous, lizard-like creature comes with it and quickly grows gigantic.

Director: Nathan Juran | Stars: William Hopper, Joan Taylor, Thomas Browne Henry, Frank Puglia

Votes: 8,044

17. Earth vs. the Flying Saucers (1956)

Unrated | 83 min | Action, Horror, Sci-Fi

Extraterrestrials traveling in high-tech flying saucers contact a scientist as part of a plan to enslave the inhabitants of Earth.

Director: Fred F. Sears | Stars: Hugh Marlowe, Joan Taylor, Donald Curtis, Morris Ankrum

Votes: 9,134

18. The Big Steal (1949)

Approved | 71 min | Crime, Film-Noir, Romance

An army lieutenant accused of robbery pursues the real thief on a frantic chase through Mexico aided by the thief's fiancee.

Director: Don Siegel | Stars: Robert Mitchum, Jane Greer, William Bendix, Patric Knowles

Votes: 5,394

19. Tarzan and His Mate (1934)

Passed | 104 min | Action, Adventure, Romance

The idyllic life of Tarzan and Jane is challenged by men on safari who come seeking ivory, and come seeking Jane as well.

Directors: Cedric Gibbons, James C. McKay, Jack Conway | Stars: Johnny Weissmuller, Maureen O'Sullivan, Neil Hamilton, Paul Cavanagh

Votes: 5,576

20. Dinosaurus! (1960)

Unrated | 83 min | Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy

After undersea explosions near a Caribbean island, prehistoric creatures are unleashed on the population. A boy teams up with a Neanderthal and an irritated dinosaur try to stop the dinosaurs.

Director: Irvin S. Yeaworth Jr. | Stars: Ward Ramsey, Kristina Hanson, Paul Lukather, Alan Roberts

Votes: 1,703

21. The Man in the Iron Mask (1939)

Passed | 113 min | Adventure, History, Romance

Despotic King Louis XIV discovers he has a twin brother who has grown up under the tutelage of his foster father, the patriotic musketeer D'Artagnan.

Director: James Whale | Stars: Louis Hayward, Joan Bennett, Warren William, Joseph Schildkraut

Votes: 1,904

22. Murder by Contract (1958)

Approved | 81 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir

Claude is a ruthless and efficient contract killer - until he finds his next target is a woman.

Director: Irving Lerner | Stars: Vince Edwards, Phillip Pine, Herschel Bernardi, Caprice Toriel

Votes: 4,385

23. The Pearl of Death (1944)

Passed | 69 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

When a valuable pearl with a sinister reputation is stolen, Sherlock Holmes must investigate its link to a series of brutal murders.

Director: Roy William Neill | Stars: Basil Rathbone, Nigel Bruce, Dennis Hoey, Evelyn Ankers

Votes: 4,869

24. Mister 880 (1950)

Approved | 90 min | Comedy, Crime, Romance

Gentle romantic comedy about a Secret Service Agent trying to catch a cold case counterfeiter and a United Nations translator.

Director: Edmund Goulding | Stars: Burt Lancaster, Edmund Gwenn, Dorothy McGuire, Millard Mitchell

Votes: 1,973

25. The Quiet American (1958)

TV-PG | 120 min | Drama, Romance, Thriller

A young naive American and a cynical older British diplomat disagree over politics in 1952 Vietnam and over a beautiful young native girl.

Director: Joseph L. Mankiewicz | Stars: Audie Murphy, Michael Redgrave, Claude Dauphin, Giorgia Moll

Votes: 2,104

26. A Woman's Face (1938)

Unrated | 100 min | Drama

An embittered woman, leader of a criminal gang, has a change of heart.

Director: Gustaf Molander | Stars: Ingrid Bergman, Tore Svennberg, Anders Henrikson, Georg Rydeberg

Votes: 1,161

27. Mr. Lucky (1943)

Approved | 100 min | Comedy, Crime, Romance

A gambler has plans to swindle money from a charity program, but starts to have second thoughts when he falls for a rich society girl.

Director: H.C. Potter | Stars: Cary Grant, Laraine Day, Charles Bickford, Gladys Cooper

Votes: 3,543

28. Trader Horn (1931)

Passed | 122 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

Two white traders in the darkest Africa of the 1870s find a missionary's daughter, who was captured as a child by a savage tribe and now worshiped as a goddess.

Director: W.S. Van Dyke | Stars: Harry Carey, Edwina Booth, Duncan Renaldo, Mutia Omoolu

Votes: 1,124

29. Too Hot to Handle (1938)

Passed | 107 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama

Two rival newsreel photographers join forces to find an aviatrix's missing brother, who has disappeared in the Amazon rainforest.

Director: Jack Conway | Stars: Clark Gable, Myrna Loy, Walter Pidgeon, Walter Connolly

Votes: 1,681

30. The Lady Gambles (1949)

Approved | 99 min | Drama, Film-Noir

A desperate husband tries to find help for his wife suffering from addictive gambling.

Director: Michael Gordon | Stars: Barbara Stanwyck, Robert Preston, Stephen McNally, Edith Barrett

Votes: 1,062

31. Love Is Better Than Ever (1952)

Passed | 81 min | Comedy, Romance

Dancing teacher Anastacia "Stacie" Macaboy (Dame Elizabeth Taylor) falls in love with smart theatre agent Jud Parker (Larry Parks). He likes her too, just not enough to give up his exciting... See full summary »

Director: Stanley Donen | Stars: Larry Parks, Elizabeth Taylor, Josephine Hutchinson, Tom Tully

Votes: 621

32. The Falcon in Danger (1943)

Approved | 69 min | Crime, Film-Noir, Mystery

After a passenger plane crash lands at a local airport, the rescue crew is shocked to find there is no one aboard.

Director: William Clemens | Stars: Tom Conway, Jean Brooks, Elaine Shepard, Amelita Ward

Votes: 794

33. Johnny Dark (1954)

85 min | Action, Drama, Romance

Automobile engineer Johnny Dark designs a radical new car. After the owner refuses to sponsor the car in a Canada to Mexico sports-car race, Johnny, with the aid of the owner's ... See full summary »

Director: George Sherman | Stars: Tony Curtis, Piper Laurie, Don Taylor, Paul Kelly

Votes: 447

34. Revolt of the Zombies (1936)

Approved | 65 min | Adventure, Horror

An international expedition is sent into Cambodia to destroy an ancient formula that turns men into zombies.

Director: Victor Halperin | Stars: Dorothy Stone, Dean Jagger, Roy D'Arcy, Robert Noland

Votes: 1,885

35. A Date with the Falcon (1942)

Approved | 63 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir

A scientist has discovered how to make synthetic diamonds and a criminal gang (closely pursued by the Falcon) are out to discover the formula.

Director: Irving Reis | Stars: George Sanders, Wendy Barrie, James Gleason, Allen Jenkins

Votes: 1,032

36. Lou Reed: Berlin (2007)

PG-13 | 85 min | Documentary, Music

Lou Reed's 2006 live concert performance of his 1973 concept album "Berlin", filmed over five nights at St. Ann's Warehouse in Brooklyn, New York.

Director: Julian Schnabel | Stars: Lou Reed, Steve Hunter, Fernando Saunders, Tony Thunder Smith

Votes: 859 | Gross: $0.03M

37. Texas, Brooklyn & Heaven (1948)

76 min | Comedy, Romance

A would-be playwright and a young woman escaping from a job at a gas station meet cute and fall in love.

Director: William Castle | Stars: Guy Madison, Diana Lynn, James Dunn, Michael Chekhov

Votes: 431

38. The White Tower (1950)

Approved | 98 min | Adventure

A group of people come together in the Swiss Alps to climb a previously unconquered mountain, revealing their inner selves in the process.

Director: Ted Tetzlaff | Stars: Claude Rains, Glenn Ford, Alida Valli, Oscar Homolka

Votes: 1,019

39. Six of a Kind (1934)

Passed | 62 min | Comedy

When a respectable middle-class couple take a cross-country trip by auto, they share expenses with a decidedly oddball couple, none of whom know the car carries embezzled funds.

Director: Leo McCarey | Stars: Charles Ruggles, Mary Boland, W.C. Fields, George Burns

Votes: 732

40. The Saint Meets the Tiger (1941)

Approved | 70 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

The last words uttered by by a conscience-stricken crook dying on the Saint's doorstep lead the detective in pursuit of gold smugglers and the master crook known as the Tiger.

Director: Paul L. Stein | Stars: Hugh Sinclair, Jean Gillie, Gordon McLeod, Clifford Evans

Votes: 603

41. Munimji (1955)

Not Rated | 163 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance

Roopa lives a wealthy lifestyle with her widowed dad, Captain Suresh, and brother, Shekhar. After she returns from abroad, she is told that she must now prepare to get married to her ... See full summary »

Director: Subodh Mukherji | Stars: Dev Anand, Nalini Jaywant, Ameeta, Pran Sikand

Votes: 122

42. Queen Dracula (2017)

53 min | Horror

Jonathan Harker receives a mysterious postcard in the mail summoning him to Transylvania. Upon his return, Jonathan's daughters Mina and Lucy are very apprehensive toward their prospective mother-in-law who goes by D.

Director: Curtis Everitt | Stars: Melanie Calvert Benton, Cynthia Bonner, Davis Coen, Jonathan Dixon

Votes: 60

43. Torchy Gets Her Man (1938)

Approved | 63 min | Comedy, Crime, Mystery

A notorious counterfeiter passes himself off as a Secret Service agent to Steve and gets him to unwittingly help him bilk the racetrack out of tens of thousands.

Director: William Beaudine | Stars: Glenda Farrell, Barton MacLane, Tom Kennedy, Willard Robertson

Votes: 413

44. Christmas with Walt Disney (2009)

51 min | Documentary

Disney family home movies and holiday clips from Walt's shorts and feature films.

Director: Don Hahn | Stars: Diane Disney, Ron Miller, Mary Blair, Sharon Disney

Votes: 121

45. Stick It (2014)

5 min | Short, Romance, Sport

The single channel video STICK IT combines television footage of women's gymnastics with recordings of the artist attempting the same routines. Merging himself and the young gymnasts of the... See full summary »

Director: Stefan Ramirez Perez

46. 7 Classic Movie Tricks That Led to Modern CGI (2021 Video)

11 min | Documentary, Short

Before the widespread use of CGI, filmmakers used surprising in-camera tricks and optical illusions to fool audiences. Early filmmakers like Georges Méliès could add a hidden cut to film a ... See full summary »

Stars: Abby Tang, Julie Turnock

47. Jimmy Somerville Feat. June Miles Kingston: Comment te dire adieu (1989 Music Video)

4 min | Short, Music

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Director: Steve McLean | Stars: Jimmy Somerville, June Miles-Kingston

48. The Ferrara Poems (1990)

30 min | Short, Comedy, Drama

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Director: Jenni Robertson | Stars: Tish Banks, Ken Bolton, Kerin Murray, Michael Snelling

49. The Making of 'the Science of Sleep' (2007 Video)

39 min | Documentary, Short

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Director: Jeff Buchanan | Stars: Georges Bermann, Jean-Louis Bompoint, Alain Chabat, Charlotte Gainsbourg

Votes: 32

50. Columbo (1971–2003)
Episode: Requiem for a Falling Star (1973)

Not Rated | 74 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

A faded movie actress commits murder. Lt. Columbo, one of her biggest fans, is on the case.

Director: Richard Quine | Stars: Peter Falk, Anne Baxter, Frank Converse, Pippa Scott

Votes: 2,794