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51. I Am Watching You (2016 TV Movie)
TV-14 | 90 min | Romance, Thriller
Writer, Nora Nichols finds inspiration by watching her neighbor Lucas' escapades from her bedroom window. But things take an interesting turn when she realizes he's been watching too.
Director: Maureen Bharoocha | Stars: Madeline Zima, Brian Ames, Lilan Bowden, Lesley-Anne Down
Votes: 394
52. Destination Gobi (1953)
Approved | 90 min | Adventure, Drama, War
In 1944, US Navy specialists run a weather station in the Gobi desert where they are harassed by Japanese warplanes but aided by local Mongol nomads.
Director: Robert Wise | Stars: Richard Widmark, Don Taylor, Max Showalter, Murvyn Vye
Votes: 1,131
53. Startling by Each Step (2011– )
TV-14 | 46 min | Drama, Fantasy, Romance
After a car accident plunges a woman into the dreamy Chinese past that gave the whole life in the Beijing imperial palace after that she returns to her life in the modern world.
Stars: Kei Gambit, ShiShi Liu, Nicky Wu, Kevin Cheng
Votes: 618
54. Diamonds Are Forever: The Radio Play (2015 Video)
87 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
James Bond is sent undercover by MI6 to New York to follow the illegal diamond pipeline. Masquerading as a courier he meets enticing, ice-cold, Tiffany Case.
Director: Martin Jarvis | Stars: Toby Stephens, Lisa Dillon, Jared Harris, Alan Shearman
Votes: 18
55. Real Girl (2018)
114 min | Comedy, Romance
Hikaru Tsutsui is a high school student. He enjoys animation and video games in the virtual world, but he doesn't enjoy his real life. People at his school don't even know he exists. One ... See full summary »
Director: Tsutomu Hanabusa | Stars: Ayami Nakajô, Hayato Sano, Hiroya Shimizu, Yuri Tsunematsu
Votes: 352
56. Goldfinger: The Radio Play (2010 Video)
87 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Director: Martin Jarvis | Stars: Toby Stephens, Ian McKellen, Rosamund Pike, Jon David Yu
Votes: 28
57. The Avengers (1942)
Approved | 87 min | Drama, War
On the eve of WWII, a British journalist is sent to neutral Norway to report on the possible Nazi intentions there; later he's tasked with a secret combat mission after Germany invades that country.
Director: Harold French | Stars: Hugh Williams, Griffith Jones, Deborah Kerr, Ralph Richardson
Votes: 590
58. Educating Julie (1984 Video)
100 min | Drama
A timid college student, Julie, is assigned to write a research paper on "Nudity in the 1980's" She and her boyfriend, Steve, visit several nudist clubs in England, the south of France and ... See full summary »
Director: Gail Hardman | Stars: Gail Ward, Miles Taylor, Tony Monroe, Gary Willock
Votes: 197
59. Christmas Magic (2011 TV Movie)
TV-G | 84 min | Drama, Family, Fantasy
After a fatal car accident, Carrie must earn her way into heaven when she's assigned as a guardian angel to struggling restaurant owner Scott and his daughter Abby.
Director: John Bradshaw | Stars: Lindy Booth, Paul McGillion, Derek McGrath, Kiara Glasco
Votes: 1,616
60. We Were There: First Love (2012)
123 min | Drama, Romance
It chronicles the love relationship between a boy called Motoharu Yano and a girl called Nanami Takahashi, starting from their teenage years and continuing during their early twenties.
Director: Takahiro Miki | Stars: Tôma Ikuta, Yuriko Yoshitaka, Sôsuke Takaoka, Yuika Motokariya
Votes: 701
61. Sadie's Last Days on Earth (2016)
Unrated | 90 min | Comedy
Everything in high school is like the world ending and Sadie Mitchell's crippling fear of the coming apocalypse is the heightened version of that. Undeterred by the naysayers, Sadie has two... See full summary »
Director: Michael Seater | Stars: Morgan Taylor Campbell, Clark Backo, Ricardo Hoyos, Munro Chambers
Votes: 487
62. From Russia with Love: The Radio Play (2012 Video)
87 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
It's 1955 and the Russians plan an act of terrorism. Choice of target? James Bond. To be 'killed with ignominy': a major sex scandal will leave his reputation, and that of MI6, in tatters.
Director: Martin Jarvis | Stars: Toby Stephens, Olga Fedori, Nathaniel Parker, Lisa Dillon
Votes: 21
63. Undersea Girl (1957)
Approved | 74 min | Crime, Drama
A woman reporter, a navy investigator, and a heavyset police detective come across a gang which scuttled a ship in order to loot her later, underwater, for a Navy money consignment.
Director: John Peyser | Stars: Mara Corday, Pat Conway, Florence Marly, Dan Seymour
Votes: 49
64. Mr. Miracle (2014 TV Movie)
TV-G | 86 min | Comedy, Drama, Family
A Guardian Angel, posing as an English teacher, helps a young woman find her way before Christmas.
Director: Carl Bessai | Stars: Rob Morrow, Michelle Harrison, Britt Irvin, Sarah-Jane Redmond
Votes: 622
65. The Item (1999)
R | 100 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
Four convicts become embroiled in what seems like an easy way to get a million dollars. Enlisted to pick up a sealed box and guard it for one day, the four men let their curiosity take over and decide to look at its contents.
Director: Dan Clark | Stars: DawnMarie Ferrara, Dan Clark, Dave Pressler, Dan Lake
Votes: 960
66. Abandoned Dead (2015)
TV-MA | 77 min | Crime, Horror, Thriller
A security guard, trapped in a run-down inner-city medical clinic, is terrorized by supernatural forces which threaten to overtake her.
Director: Mark W. Curran | Stars: Ivan Adame, Hannah Johnson, Sarah Nicklin, Judith O'Dea
Votes: 1,850
67. Signs (I) (2008)
Not Rated | 12 min | Short, Romance
Where do you find love? Sometimes all you need is a sign.
Director: Patrick Hughes | Stars: Nick Russell, Kestie Morassi
Votes: 4,700
68. Dr. No: The Radio Play (2008 Video)
87 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
'Dr No' is a parody of Barry Strutzman's and Albert R. Broccoli's 'Dr.No', revolving around a man with the intent of destroying the Earth's Moon with American space rockets.
Director: Martin Jarvis | Stars: Toby Stephens, Lisa Dillon, David Suchet, John Standing
Votes: 19
69. Lessons for an Assassin (2003)
84 min | Action, Drama, Mystery
Criminal Gavin Matthews finds himself an unwilling recruit, who's identity and past has been erased by "The Corporation," a secret underground organization that acts as a rogue "Justice ... See full summary »
Director: James Glenn Dudelson | Stars: Shannon Lee, Robert Vitelli, Michael Dorn, Marianna Elliott
Votes: 132
70. The Anthem of the Heart (2017)
119 min | Drama, Family
Takumi is on his class' community outreach group. His teacher assigns more students to the group including a student who, due to a mishap, has foregone speaking. The class has to perform a ... See full summary »
Director: Naoto Kumazawa | Stars: Anna Ishii, Kento Nakajima, Kyôko Yoshine, Kan'ichirô Satô
Votes: 202
71. Repo (1982)
75 min | Comedy, Drama
Against the backdrop of Athens' bustling streets, a Greek white-collar worker starts his day off by doing various errands, and even though he hasn't worked all day, in reality, he is exhausted. Is this what his typical day off looks like?
Director: Vasilis Vafeas | Stars: Petros Zarkadis, Angelos Yannoulis, Katerina Gioulaki, Giannis Goumas
Votes: 96
72. Chasing Holden (2003)
R | 104 min | Crime, Drama
A troubled young man (Qualls) goes on a journey to meet an author whom he feels has a strong hold on his life.
Director: Malcolm Clarke | Stars: DJ Qualls, Rachel Blanchard, Colin Fox, Sean Kanan
Votes: 485
73. O Tamtakos sto Naftiko (1988 Video)
Comedy
To avoid marriage, a spirited Romani lover-boy puts on his utility uniform to begin a rigorous training as the Navy's newest recruit. But, will he ever settle down?
Director: Takis Vougiouklakis | Stars: Mihalis Mosios, Yiouli Stamoulaki, Spiros Misthos, Vilma Tsakiri
Votes: 40
74. Queen's Messenger (2001)
94 min | Action
Captain Strong is given a dangerous assignment to deliver a delicate communication to the British Ambassador in Kazakhstan. Captain Strong must pledge to protect his diplomatic cargo with his life.
Director: Mark Roper | Stars: Gary Daniels, Trie Donovan, John Standing, David Westhead
Votes: 324
75. Badman's Gold (1951)
Approved | 56 min | Action, Adventure, Mystery
Unable to cope with a series of raids on stagecoaches hauling gold to the U. S. Mint, Sheriff Masters appeals to the U. S. Marshal's office for help. The Marshal assigns his best man, ... See full summary »
Director: Robert Emmett Tansey | Stars: Johnny Carpenter, Alyn Lockwood, Clarke Stevens, Kenne Duncan
Votes: 32
76. Bjørnis (2021– )
10 min | Family
Bjørnis isn't just your typical cozy teddy bear. He is in fact a real hero in a real fire station, and loves driving a fire truck and putting out fires. Together with his colleagues, he solves assignments every day.
Stars: John F. Brungot, Annemarie Fernholt, Tone Sutterø, Anniken Lie
Votes: 5
77. Final Assignment (1980)
PG | 98 min | Drama, Thriller
Nicole is a broadcast journalist in Canada who is working on an assignment in the U.S.S.R. She is to oversee a visit by the prime minister but she finds a unethical experiment on children using the use of steroids.
Director: Paul Almond | Stars: Geneviève Bujold, Michael York, Burgess Meredith, Colleen Dewhurst
Votes: 170
78. The Secret of Treasure Island (1938)
Approved | 300 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
In the Prologue, pirates hide a treasure on an island off the Mexican coast. And the pirates, the map and the treasure disappear in a volcanic eruption. The legend of the island draws ... See full summary »
Director: Elmer Clifton | Stars: Don Terry, Gwen Gaze, Walter Miller, Grant Withers
Votes: 226
79. The Wings of the Kirin (2011)
129 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A man is stabbed to death in Tokyo's Nihonbashi area. The victim staggers with the knife still in the wound for eight minutes before collapsing under the winged statues of two Kirin on the ... See full summary »
Director: Nobuhiro Doi | Stars: Hiroshi Abe, Yui Aragaki, Junpei Mizobata, Tôri Matsuzaka
Votes: 884
80. To Be King (2012)
125 min | Adventure, Family
The seventeen year old Stach is faced with five impossible assignments he has to complete in order to become king. Things do not go as easily as the boisterous Stach had expected, ... See full summary »
Director: Ben Sombogaart | Stars: Abbey Hoes, Camilla Diana, Peter Post, Francesco Rossini
Votes: 743
81. Ice-Capades (1941)
Approved | 88 min | Comedy, Music, Romance
Newsreel cameraman Bob Clemens, an avowed woman hater, is assigned to cover the Lake Placid exhibition of Karen Vadja, the Swiss ice Queen. He misses his plane and fails to get the footage ... See full summary »
Director: Joseph Santley | Stars: James Ellison, Jerry Colonna, Dorothy Lewis, Barbara Jo Allen
Votes: 79
82. O papatrehas (1966)
90 min | Comedy
With six sisters on the verge of marriage, a desperate spinster aunt, and an entire block of flats depending on him, an indefatigable concierge is making plans for the future; however, he must first find suitable husbands for his siblings.
Director: Errikos Thalassinos | Stars: Thanasis Vengos, Souli Sabah, Iro Kyriakaki, Maria Soldatou
Votes: 894
83. Thou-Vou Bald Agent, Operation Havoc (1969)
94 min | Comedy
Thou-Vou and his new partner, MAP31, accept three imaginary tasks from a cunning director who is only interested in filming the unsuspecting duo for his upcoming movie feature. Will the agents manage to squeeze success out of failure?
Director: Thanasis Vengos | Stars: Thanasis Vengos, Antonis Papadopoulos, Vasilis Andreopoulos, Sassa Kazeli
Votes: 1,184
84. Akko's Secret (2012)
120 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Young Atsuko Kagami comes into possession of a magical mirror that lets her transform into anything she wishes. Atsuko Kagami then attempts to save a company which is about to be sold by ... See full summary »
Director: Yasuhiro Kawamura | Stars: Haruka Ayase, Ai Yoshikawa, Masaki Okada, Takeshi Kaga
Votes: 328
85. Bitter Sweet (2016)
96 min | Comedy, Romance
Maki, a creative executive with a deep-seated loathing for vegetables, meets Nagisa, a closeted gay vegetarian with amazing cooking skills and they end up as roommates. Being complete ... See full summary »
Director: Shôgo Kusano | Stars: Haruna Kawaguchi, Kento Hayashi, Yasushi Fuchikami, Hiyori Sakurada
Votes: 245
86. You Only Live Twice: The Radio Play (1990 Video)
90 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
A dramatisation for radio by Michael Bakewell of Ian Fleming's classic story. James Bond 's wife Tracey has been murdered by his deadly enemy, Blofeld. He has gone completely to pieces and ... See full summary »
Directors: Michael Bakewell, Gordon House | Stars: Michael Jayston, Ronald Herdman, Sayo Inaba, Maxine Audley
Votes: 10
87. Chô Akunin (2011)
90 min | Crime, Drama
In an editorial office the staff write about murders and other crimes. A video tape arrives one day. It features a man who calls himself 'a bad person' who claims he has raped 107 women ... See full summary »
Director: Kôji Shiraishi | Stars: Eri Aoki, Hiroaki Kawatsure, Yaeko Kiyose, Chika Kuboyama
Votes: 50
89. Continental Express (1939)
Approved | 73 min | Adventure, Crime, Drama
A mystery thriller set aboard the Orient Express bound for Istanbul. A girl is blackmailed into throwing a bomb at the President of a fictional Balkan state with the intention of starting another major war.
Director: Herbert Mason | Stars: Rex Harrison, Valerie Hobson, John Loder, Muriel Aked
Votes: 27
90. Garter Snake (2011)
94 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Vares gets a client who needs private investigations. Despite the beautiful wife, Vares smells a rat.
Director: Lauri Törhönen | Stars: Antti Reini, Matti Onnismaa, Eppu Salminen, Jasper Pääkkönen
Votes: 881
91. Black Dahlia (1998 Video Game)
T | Adventure, Crime, Fantasy
As WWII approaches, special agent Jim Pearson is assigned to investigate US industrialist's ties to the occult German pro-Nazi Thule Society. This leads to Jim's perilous decades-long search for the apocalyptic Black Dahlia gemstone.
Directors: Eric Trow, Lance Laspina | Stars: Dennis Hopper, Teri Garr, Darren Eliker, Michael Battista
Votes: 161
92. Riding on Air (1937)
Passed | 70 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
Smugglers are using a device for controlling airplanes in flight, and newspaper reporters from Chicago are vying for the story. Reporter Elmer Lane is out to scoop rival reporter Betty Harrison, and capture her heart in the process.
Director: Edward Sedgwick | Stars: Joe E. Brown, Guy Kibbee, Florence Rice, Vinton Hayworth
Votes: 143
93. Five Nights at Treasure Island (2020 Video Game)
Horror
Your name is Jake Smith. You are a university student who joined the SSA through an educational program, mainly for your lack of money. The SSA has given you a rather strange assignment: ... See full summary »
Director: Andrew Guzikowski | Stars: Matthew Phoenix Rodriguez, Njjepson, Swirlhead, Meg The Lovable Dork
Votes: 8
94. Tip-Off Girls (1938)
Approved | 61 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
A federal agent goes after a hijacking ring that uses beautiful women to help it hijack the rigs of unsuspecting truckers.
Director: Louis King | Stars: Mary Carlisle, Lloyd Nolan, Roscoe Karns, Buster Crabbe
Votes: 76
95. Till We Meet Again (1936)
Approved | 72 min | Drama, Romance, War
In August 1914 London, Austrian star Elsa Duranyi (Gertrude Michael) and English matinee idol Alan Barclay (Herbert Marshall) are in love and plan to marry immediately. But the War comes ... See full summary »
Director: Robert Florey | Stars: Herbert Marshall, Gertrude Michael, Lionel Atwill, Rod La Rocque
Votes: 71
96. Undercover Men (1934)
Approved | 61 min | Crime, Western
For showing cowardice during a holdup, bank teller Bob Hunter is fired. He joins the Mounties and is assigned to look for those robbers. To have him work undercover, the Inspector's scheme ... See full summary »
Director: Sam Newfield | Stars: Charles Starrett, Adrienne Dore, Kenne Duncan, Wheeler Oakman
Votes: 74
97. Captured in Chinatown (1935)
Approved | 54 min | Crime, Mystery, Romance
A feud between two gangs in Chinatown breaks out into a tong war.
Director: Elmer Clifton | Stars: Tarzan, Marion Shilling, Charles Delaney, Philo McCullough
Votes: 89
98. They Wanted to Marry (1937)
Approved | 60 min | Adventure, Comedy, Romance
Newspaper photographer Jim Tyler sneaks into a society girl's wedding, and the bride's sister (mad-cap heiress Sheila Hunter) decides she prefers him to her upper-crust suitors. She even likes his pigeon, who travels everywhere with him.
Director: Lew Landers | Stars: Betty Furness, Gordon Jones, E.E. Clive, Patsy Parsons
Votes: 146
99. Beware of Ladies (1936)
Approved | 64 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A female reporter with marital problems is sent by her boss to cover the campaign of a young political neophyte who's running against the local crooked political boss.
Director: Irving Pichel | Stars: Donald Cook, Judith Allen, George Meeker, Goodee Montgomery
Votes: 105
100. Kimi ni shika kikoenai (2007)
107 min | Drama, Romance
Ryou is a girl isolated by everyone else in her class, she doesn't even have a cell phone because no one would call her anyway. One day, she suddenly starts hearing voices of Shinya, who lives in a different prefecture.
Director: Tatsuya Hagishima | Stars: Riko Narumi, Keisuke Koide, Mika Hada, Shinichirô Ishikawa
Votes: 252