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1. Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988)
PG | 104 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
When a cartoon rabbit is accused of murder, he enlists the help of a burnt out private investigator to prove his innocence.
Director: Robert Zemeckis | Stars: Bob Hoskins, Christopher Lloyd, Joanna Cassidy, Charles Fleischer
Votes: 217,410 | Gross: $156.45M
2. Inland Empire (2006)
R | 180 min | Drama, Fantasy, Mystery
As an actress begins to adopt the persona of her character in a film, her world becomes nightmarish and surreal.
Director: David Lynch | Stars: Karolina Gruszka, Krzysztof Majchrzak, Grace Zabriskie, Laura Dern
Votes: 62,577 | Gross: $0.75M
3. Trumbo (2015)
R | 124 min | Biography, Drama
In 1947, Dalton Trumbo was Hollywood's top screenwriter, until he and other artists were jailed and blacklisted for their political beliefs.
Director: Jay Roach | Stars: Bryan Cranston, Diane Lane, Helen Mirren, Louis C.K.
Votes: 84,869 | Gross: $7.86M
4. This Film Is Not Yet Rated (2006)
Unrated | 98 min | Documentary
Kirby Dick's exposé about the American movie ratings board.
Director: Kirby Dick | Stars: Kirby Dick, Kimberly Peirce, Darren Aronofsky, Atom Egoyan
Votes: 28,641 | Gross: $0.30M
5. Inside Daisy Clover (1965)
Approved | 128 min | Drama, Music, Romance
A tomboy turned movie star deals with the cruelty of Hollywood.
Director: Robert Mulligan | Stars: Natalie Wood, Christopher Plummer, Robert Redford, Ruth Gordon
Votes: 4,288
6. The Real Charlie Chaplin (2021)
114 min | Documentary, Biography
A look at the life and work of Charlie Chaplin in his own words featuring an in-depth interview he gave to Life magazine in 1966.
Directors: Peter Middleton, James Spinney | Stars: Pearl Mackie, Jeff Rawle, Paul Ryan, Matthew Wolf
Votes: 1,803
7. Bellissima (1951)
Not Rated | 108 min | Drama
A woman from the lower class desperately tries to get her daughter into the movies.
Director: Luchino Visconti | Stars: Anna Magnani, Walter Chiari, Tina Apicella, Gastone Renzelli
Votes: 5,408
8. Hollywood Uncensored (1987)
Unrated | 75 min | Documentary
Douglas Fairbanks Jr. and later in the movie Peter Fonda narrate the story about the censorship, exploitation and sex in Hollywood movies from the 1930s and the Hays' Motion Picture Production Code to the present day era.
Director: James Forsher | Stars: Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Peter Fonda, Carroll Baker, Ira Barmak
Votes: 195
9. Maxine's Baby: The Tyler Perry Story (2023)
PG-13 | 115 min | Documentary, Biography
An intimate portrait of Tyler Perry and his harrowing but faithful road to the top of an industry that didn't always include him.
Directors: Gelila Bekele, Armani Ortiz | Stars: Lucky Johnson, Tyler Perry, Mellody Hobson, Jerry Banks
Votes: 489
10. Sex and Buttered Popcorn (1989)
R | 74 min | Documentary
Actor Ned Beatty hosts a look at the genre known as "exploitation" films. Interviews with some of the producers and directors of these films are shown, along with scenes from and trailers for some of these films.
Director: Sam Harrison | Stars: Ned Beatty, David F. Friedman, Mildred Horn, Dan Sonney
Votes: 151
11. A Decade Under the Influence (2003)
R | 138 min | Documentary
A documentary examining the decade of the 1970s as a turning point in American cinema. Some of today's best filmmakers interview the influential directors of that time.
Directors: Ted Demme, Richard LaGravenese | Stars: Francis Ford Coppola, William Friedkin, Robert Altman, John G. Avildsen
Votes: 2,805 | Gross: $0.03M
12. Texas Chain Saw Massacre: The Shocking Truth (2000 Video)
75 min | Documentary
A documentary primarily focusing on the filming and release of the original Texas Chainsaw Massacre.
Director: David Gregory | Stars: Matthew Bell, Robert A. Burns, Tobe Hooper, Kim Henkel
Votes: 698
13. Star Dust (1940)
Approved | 90 min | Drama
Carolyn Sayres gets a Hollywood contract from talent scout Brooke but is later rejected because she's too young. She falls in love with Bud Borden, another contractee who helps her to ... See full summary »
Director: Walter Lang | Stars: Linda Darnell, John Payne, Roland Young, Charlotte Greenwood
Votes: 385
14. Ban the Sadist Videos! (2005 Video)
R | 52 min | Documentary
An in-depth analysis of the "Video Nasty" scandal of the early 1980s in Britain.
Director: David Gregory | Stars: Chris Theobald, Norman Abbott, Barrie Gold, Bill Best
Votes: 490
15. Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex, Drugs and Rock 'N' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood (2003)
TV-14 | 119 min | Documentary
A look at 1970s Hollywood when it was known as New Hollywood, and the director was the star of the movie.
Director: Kenneth Bowser | Stars: Martin Scorsese, Dennis Hopper, Peter Bogdanovich, Sam Peckinpah
Votes: 3,096
16. Video Nasties: Moral Panic, Censorship & Videotape (2010)
Not Rated | 72 min | Documentary
A documentary analyzing the furore which so-called "video nasties" caused in Britain during the 1980s.
Director: Jake West | Stars: Julian Petley, Marc Morris, Andy Nyman, Xavier Mendik
Votes: 1,327
17. The Go-Go Boys: The Inside Story of Cannon Films (2014)
88 min | Documentary
Two Israeli cousins, Menahem Golan and Yoram Globus, in pursuit of the American Dream, turned the Hollywood power structure upside down, producing over 300 films and becoming the most powerful independent film company in the world.
Director: Hilla Medalia | Stars: Menahem Golan, Yoram Globus, Yehuda Barkan, Ram Globus
Votes: 605
18. Herschell Gordon Lewis: The Godfather of Gore (2010 Video)
Not Rated | 106 min | Documentary
Gory, Gory, Hallelujah! Take an outrageous ride through the wild world of exploitation films with this often-hilarious documentary, HERSCHELL GORDON LEWIS, THE GODFATHER OF GORE!
Directors: Frank Henenlotter, Jimmy Maslon | Stars: Mal Arnold, John Bloom, Duane Carney, Roger Christensen
Votes: 393
19. Mau Mau Sex Sex (2001)
80 min | Documentary
A documentary about the history of exploitation films that focuses on the careers of legendary producers David F. Friedman and Dan Sonney.
Director: Ted Bonnitt | Stars: David F. Friedman, Dan Sonney, Frank Henenlotter, Mike Vraney
Votes: 160
20. Scream: The Inside Story (2011 TV Movie)
TV-14 | 90 min | Documentary, Horror
In 1996, the horror master Wes Craven (A Nightmare on Elm Street) unleashed Scream, a slasher movie aimed at a whole new generation of teenage movie-goers. Though premiering at a time when ... See full summary »
Director: Daniel Farrands | Stars: David Arquette, Lisa Beach, Marco Beltrami, Howard Berger
Votes: 589
21. Classified X (2007 TV Movie)
PG-13 | 53 min | Documentary
A history of the racially stereotyped portrayal of African Americans in cinema.
Director: Mark Daniels | Stars: Melvin Van Peebles, Margaret Barker, Joanna Barnes, Ethel Barrymore
Votes: 254 | Gross: $0.00M
22. Ban the Sadist Videos! Part 2 (2006 Video)
R | 46 min | Documentary
An investigation of UK video censorship after the video recordings act was introduced.
Director: David Gregory | Stars: Chris Theobald, Mary Whitehouse, Graham Bright, Ken Penry
Votes: 260
23. Empire of the Censors (1995 TV Movie)
120 min | Documentary
The history of film and video censorship in Great Britain.
Director: Saskia Baron | Stars: Richard E. Grant, Tom Dewe Mathews, Derek Hill, Jeffrey Richards
Votes: 143
24. The Psycho Legacy (2010 Video)
Not Rated | 87 min | Documentary, Horror
The cast and crew of all four Psycho films recall their time working on the influential horror series as today's masters of horror reminisce on what the movies stirred in them.
Director: Robert V. Galluzzo | Stars: Jason Allentoff, Sharen Camille, Mike Cucinotta, Juliette Cummins
Votes: 460
25. The Making of 'The Water Diviner' (2015 Video)
19 min | Documentary, Short
Director: Joe Shabadoo Machart | Stars: Russell Crowe, Jonathan Baker, Steve Bastoni, Doug Coleman
Votes: 20
26. Hollywood Burn (2006)
52 min | Action, Comedy, History
Popular culture references are marshalled in a critique of copyright.
Director: Soda Jerk | Stars: Dan Aykroyd, Bette Davis, Mark Hamill, Daryl Hannah
Votes: 45
27. Fear, Panic & Censorship (2000 TV Movie)
52 min | Documentary
Rare documentary about Video Nasties and film, video and internet censorship in the UK. Was first screened as part of Channel 4's controversial "Banned Weekend" which focused on films and ... See full summary »
Director: David Kenny | Stars: Tom Dewe Mathews, Jack Sargeant, Nigel Wingrove, John Beyer
Votes: 46
28. Senses of Cinema (2022)
89 min | Documentary, History
This history of the co-op film movements of Sydney and Melbourne comes from two of the major figures in Australian documentary who were intimately involved in the filmmaking groundswell ... See full summary »
Directors: John Hughes, Tom Zubrycki | Stars: Martha Ansara, Gillian Armstrong, Richard Brennan, Bryan Brown
Votes: 13
29. Horror Business (2007 Video)
Not Rated | 82 min | Documentary
Take a walk on the scary side with guerrilla horror filmmakers and the bizarre culture that drives them to pursue their dreams. In 2003, filmmaker Christopher P. Garetano began what would ... See full summary »
Director: Christopher P. Garetano | Stars: Ray Adell, Mark Borchardt, Ron Atkins, Ken Keen
Votes: 213
30. Carl Laemmle (2019)
91 min | Documentary, Biography, History
Carl Laemmle is a feature documentary about the extraordinary life story of Carl Laemmle, the German-Jewish immigrant who founded Universal Pictures, and saved over 300 Jewish families from Nazi Germany.
Director: James L. Freedman | Stars: Antonia Carlotta, Ahilan Arulanantham, Bob Balaban, Peter Bogdanovich
Votes: 233
31. Mary Pickford: The Muse of the Movies (2008)
Not Rated | 102 min | Documentary, Biography
A chronicle of the life and career of silent film star Mary Pickford.
Director: Nicholas Eliopoulos | Stars: Charles Chaplin, Walt Disney, Amelia Earhart, Douglas Fairbanks Jr.
Votes: 223
32. Candid Hollywood (1962)
115 min | Documentary, Biography, History
A compilation of Ken Murray home movies featuring dozens of Hollywood stars at rest and play.
Director: Ken Murray | Stars: Desi Arnaz, Lucille Ball, Pat Boone, Gary Cooper
33. Screen Snapshots: Photoplay Gold Medal Awards (1948)
Approved | 10 min | Short
Columbia production number 9856: The short covers the annual Photoplay Magazine Gold Medal Awards and, being a Columbia Pictures short, it primarily gives attention to, among the presenters... See full summary »
Director: Ralph Staub | Stars: Lauren Bacall, Jack Benny, Ingrid Bergman, Humphrey Bogart
34. Banned in the UK (2005)
60 min | Documentary
Stars: Iain Lee, Muriel Gray, Sheryl Garratt, John Hassey
Votes: 17
35. Shooting Gatsby: The Look of a Classic (1974)
Documentary, Short
Director: Don LaFontaine | Star: Robert Redford
36. Nicolas Roeg, Director (1986 Video)
34 min | Documentary, Short, Biography
Director: John Wiggins | Stars: Nicolas Roeg, Peter Thompson
37. The Working Class on Film (1975)
14 min | Documentary, Short, History
Discusses the documentary film movements inspired in England in the 1930s and in Canada in the 1940's by John Grierson whose idea was to portray the working class. Traces the development of this idea over the past 50 years.
Director: Susan Schouten
38. An Unmarried Woman: Interview with Actress Lisa Lucas (2020 Video)
11 min | Short, Biography
Star: Lisa Lucas
39. Cosi: Extract of Oral History with Film Buff Paul Harris and Richard Brennan (2006 Video)
22 min | Short, Biography, History
Stars: Paul Harris, Richard Brennan
40. Valachi: The Violent Era (1972)
7 min | Documentary, Short, Crime
Stars: Terence Young, Charles Bronson
41. Peter Lawford Here to Star in Production of 'Kangaroo' (1950)
2 min | Documentary, Short, News
Stars: Peter Lawford, Richard Boone, Lewis Milestone, Jack Davey
42. 'Death in Brunswick' Hits the Road Archival Publicity Tour (2022 Video)
79 min | Documentary, News, Talk-Show
Stars: Zoe Carides, John Clarke, Sam Neill, John Ruane
43. Death in Brunswick: Q&A at the Melbourne International Film Festival (2022 Video)
22 min | Short, Talk-Show
Stars: John Ruane, Ellery Ryan, Chris Kennedy
44. South Australian Film Corporation 20th Birthday Celebration (1993 Video)
11 min | Documentary, Short, History
Star: Jack Thompson
45. The Big Steal: Cast Interviews (2003 Video)
78 min | Talk-Show
Stars: Steve Bisley, Claudia Karvan, Ben Mendelsohn
46. Cosi: Interview with screenwriter Louis Nowra (2022 Video)
25 min | Short, Biography, History
Stars: David Stratton, Louis Nowra
47. A Nickel for the Movies (1984)
21 min | Documentary, Short
Illustrates key elements of feature film narrative. Views classic feature film extracts in order to show various cinematic conventions, basic assumptions audiences make about how a movie is shot and the role of viewers during a screening.
Directors: James Naremore, Wally Sumpter | Stars: Joel Marsh, Juliette Grievell, Mia Bernal, Gino Brancolini
48. The Valachi Papers: On-set Footage (1972)
2 min | Documentary, Short, Crime
Stars: Terence Young, Joseph Wiseman
49. Road Games: Script Read (1980 Video)
117 min | Documentary
Stars: Richard Franklin, Stacy Keach, Marion Edward
50. Richard Lowenstein on the Making of 'Strikebound' (1985 Video)
33 min | Documentary, Short, History
Stars: Peter Thompson, Richard Lowenstein