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51. Electra Glide in Blue (1973)
PG | 114 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Ambitious but diminutive motorcycle cop John Wintergreen patrols the Arizona highways, yearning for promotion to Homicide Detective, while investigating a murder tied to hippies.
Director: James William Guercio | Stars: Robert Blake, Billy Green Bush, Mitchell Ryan, Jeannine Riley
Votes: 6,443 | Gross: $1.60M
52. How the Grinch Stole Christmas! (1966 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 26 min | Animation, Comedy, Family
A grumpy hermit hatches a plan to steal Christmas from the Whos of Whoville.
Directors: Chuck Jones, Ben Washam | Stars: Boris Karloff, June Foray, Dal McKennon
Votes: 59,124
53. Frankenstein: The True Story (1973 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 185 min | Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi
When the brilliant but unorthodox scientist Dr. Victor Frankenstein rejects the artificial man that he has created, the Creature escapes and later swears revenge.
Director: Jack Smight | Stars: James Mason, Leonard Whiting, David McCallum, Jane Seymour
Votes: 1,971
54. Solar Crisis (1990)
PG-13 | 112 min | Sci-Fi, Thriller
A huge solar flare is predicted to fry the Earth. Astronauts must fly toward the sun to drop a talking bomb at the right time for the flare to be aimed elsewhere.
Directors: Richard C. Sarafian, Arthur Marks | Stars: Tim Matheson, Charlton Heston, Peter Boyle, Annabel Schofield
Votes: 2,086
55. The Incredible Journey (1963)
G | 80 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
Two dogs and a cat set off on a treacherous 200-mile journey towards home.
Director: Fletcher Markle | Stars: Émile Genest, John Drainie, Tommy Tweed, Sandra Scott
Votes: 5,236
56. Return to Eden (1983)
267 min | Drama, Romance, Thriller
Meet plain but privileged multi-millionairess Stephanie Harper, whose sole mistake is to fall for handsome young sporting hero Greg Marsden.
Stars: Rebecca Gilling, James Reyne, Wendy Hughes, James Smillie
Votes: 1,645
57. Get Low (2009)
PG-13 | 103 min | Drama, Mystery
A movie spun out of equal parts folk tale, fable and real-life legend about the mysterious, 1930s Tennessee hermit who famously threw his own rollicking funeral party... while he was still alive.
Director: Aaron Schneider | Stars: Robert Duvall, Bill Murray, Sissy Spacek, Lucas Black
Votes: 24,054 | Gross: $9.18M
58. Tempest (1982)
PG | 140 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
John Cassavetes gives a compelling performance as a man confronting a mid-life crisis with extraordinary results for everyone around him.
Director: Paul Mazursky | Stars: John Cassavetes, Gena Rowlands, Susan Sarandon, Vittorio Gassman
Votes: 2,712 | Gross: $5.01M
59. Hampstead (2017)
PG-13 | 102 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
An American widow finds unexpected love with a man living wild on Hampstead Heath when they take on the developers who want to destroy his home.
Director: Joel Hopkins | Stars: James Norton, Diane Keaton, Brendan Gleeson, Hugh Skinner
Votes: 7,226 | Gross: $0.14M
60. Salad Fingers (2004– )
TV-MA | 10 min | Animation, Fantasy, Horror
The surreal life of Salad Fingers, an unknown creature living in an apocalyptic wasteland.
Stars: David Firth, Cachet
Votes: 3,297
61. The Song Remains the Same (1976)
PG | 137 min | Documentary, Music
The line forms here for the world's greatest and possibly most influential band--Led Zeppelin. This mesmerizing movie built around Zep's famed 1973 concerts at New York's Madison Square Garden is convincing proof why.
Directors: Peter Clifton, Joe Massot | Stars: Robert Plant, Jimmy Page, John Paul Jones, John Bonham
Votes: 9,051
62. My Father's Glory (1990)
G | 105 min | Adventure, Biography, Drama
At the end of the nineteenth century, little Marcel lives with his parents in the Provence countryside. During his holiday, Marcel meets Lili, a local boy who knows all the secrets of the hills, and the two become fast friends.
Director: Yves Robert | Stars: Philippe Caubère, Nathalie Roussel, Didier Pain, Thérèse Liotard
Votes: 7,069 | Gross: $1.71M
63. Heidi: A Girl of the Alps (1974)
24 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
This animation series follows the childhood "adventures" of a girl named Heidi, who lives with her grandfather somewhere on the Alps.
Stars: Vic Perrin, Randi Kiger, Kazuko Sugiyama, Kôhei Miyauchi
Votes: 6,035
64. The Closet (2020)
97 min | Horror, Mystery
After Sang-Won's daughter Yi-Na goes missing in their new home, a mysterious man approaches him and tells him to look for her in the closet.
Director: Kwang-bin Kim | Stars: Ha Jung-woo, Yool Heo, Kim Nam-gil, Kim Si-Ah
Votes: 2,548
65. A Stranger in the Woods (2024)
84 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
A young film student is about to make a documentary about an elderly man who has been hiding from the world for many years. But as secrets from his past come to light, their strange relationship takes a fateful turn.
Director: József Gallai | Stars: Bill Oberst Jr., Laura Ellen Wilson, Lynn Lowry, Shawn Michael Clankie
Votes: 18
66. Memorial Valley Massacre (1988)
R | 93 min | Horror, Thriller
A newly opened campsite is terrorized by a primitive young man who begins killing campers to defend his territory.
Director: Robert Hughes | Stars: John Kerry, Mark Mears, Mark Caso, Lesa Lee
Votes: 1,372
67. Continental Divide (1981)
PG | 103 min | Comedy, Romance
A hard-nosed Chicago journalist has an unlikely love affair with an eagle researcher.
Director: Michael Apted | Stars: John Belushi, Blair Brown, Allen Garfield, Carlin Glynn
Votes: 5,653 | Gross: $15.58M
68. The Thief of Bagdad (1924)
Not Rated | 155 min | Adventure, Family, Fantasy
A recalcitrant thief vies with a duplicitous Mongol ruler for the hand of a beautiful princess.
Director: Raoul Walsh | Stars: Douglas Fairbanks, Julanne Johnston, Snitz Edwards, Charles Belcher
Votes: 6,992 | Gross: $4.36M
69. The Spitfire Grill (1996)
PG-13 | 117 min | Drama
Oscar-winner Ellen Burstyn (The Exorcist) headlines this critically praised drama about a young woman, just out of prison, who finds spiritual redemption working at a cafe in Maine.
Director: Lee David Zlotoff | Stars: Alison Elliott, Ellen Burstyn, Marcia Gay Harden, Will Patton
Votes: 7,218 | Gross: $12.64M
70. The King of the Kickboxers (1990)
R | 99 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A cop goes undercover in Thailand to avenge his brother's death in this martial arts film.
Director: Lucas Lowe | Stars: Loren Avedon, Richard Jaeckel, Don Stroud, Billy Blanks
Votes: 2,015
71. American Shaolin (1991)
PG-13 | 106 min | Action
After being humiliated in the ring by a dirty kickboxer who pulled down his shorts and then hit him, a martial arts master decides to travel to China and enter a monastery where he may ... See full summary »
Director: Lucas Lowe | Stars: Trent Bushey, Kim Chan, Reese Madigan, Daniel Dae Kim
Votes: 1,649
72. The Forest (1982)
R | 85 min | Horror, Thriller
A cannibal hermit living in the woods preys on campers and hikers for his food supply.
Director: Don Jones | Stars: Dean Russell, Gary Kent, Tomi Barrett, John Batis
Votes: 1,584
73. Summer of the Monkeys (1998)
G | 101 min | Adventure, Drama
Summer Of The Monkeys (set in 1910 on the prairies of Canada) follows the story of a young boy, Jay, who dreams of getting enough money to buy his dream horse. One summer Jay finds four ... See full summary »
Director: Michael Anderson | Stars: Michael Ontkean, Leslie Hope, Wilford Brimley, Corey Sevier
Votes: 624 | Gross: $0.02M
74. The Wolfpack (2015)
R | 90 min | Documentary, Biography
Confined in an apartment from a New York housing project, the six Angulo brothers learned everything they know about the world through watching films and spend their time reenacting their favorite movies with intricate homemade costumes.
Director: Crystal Moselle | Stars: Mukunda Angulo, Narayana Angulo, Susanne Angulo, Bhagavan Angulo
Votes: 13,528 | Gross: $1.30M
75. Paradiso infernale (1988)
Not Rated | 90 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
Four friends head into the jungle to locate a lost professor but instead face off against treasure hunters who are torturing and killing natives.
Director: Antonio Climati | Stars: Marco Merlo, Fabrizio Merlo, May Deseligny, Pio Maria Federici
Votes: 985
76. The Jar (1984)
85 min | Horror
A motorist who comes upon an auto accident finds a bottle at the scene. The bottle contains a demon who proceeds to possess him.
Director: Bruce Toscano | Stars: Gary Wallace, Karin Sjöberg, Robert Gerald Witt, Dean Schoepter
Votes: 398
77. L'armata Brancaleone (1966)
120 min | Adventure, Comedy, History
A group of misfits, headed by an incompetent knight named Brancaleone, set out to reach the small town of Aurocastro so that their leader can take possession of the fief.
Director: Mario Monicelli | Stars: Vittorio Gassman, Catherine Spaak, Folco Lulli, Gian Maria Volontè
Votes: 5,294
78. The Pee-Wee Herman Show (1981 TV Movie)
TV-PG | 58 min | Comedy
Comedy special starring Pee-Wee Herman and his friends in an adult version of the children's television show, Pee-wee's Playhouse (1986) before it even existed.
Directors: Paul Reubens, Marty Callner | Stars: Paul Reubens, John Moody, John Paragon, Tito Larriva
Votes: 1,879
79. Phantasmagoria (1995 Video Game)
M | Drama, Horror, Mystery
A young successful author and her photographer husband buy a stunning and mysterious mansion on the outskirts of a small town in New England, but soon enough start to experience maddening horrors of its previous owner.
Director: Peter Maris | Stars: Victoria Morsell, David Homb, Robert Miano, Taylor Bernard
Votes: 788
80. Dark Skies (2009 TV Movie)
TV-MA | 90 min | Action, Horror, Sci-Fi
A reclusive scientific prodigy and three college friends find themselves in the middle of a toxic storm, when an unscrupulous business deal rains terror down on an entire county.
Director: Ron Oliver | Stars: Shawn Roberts, Sara Canning, P.J. Prinsloo, Levi James
Votes: 414
81. Pigsty (1969)
Not Rated | 99 min | Drama
A man wandering in a volcanic desert forms a band of murderous cannibals. A post-war German industrialist learns that his son is unable to make decisions or form relationships.
Director: Pier Paolo Pasolini | Stars: Pierre Clémenti, Jean-Pierre Léaud, Alberto Lionello, Ugo Tognazzi
Votes: 3,986
82. They Might Be Giants (1971)
G | 91 min | Comedy, Mystery, Romance
In a Manhattan psychiatric hospital, a man convinced that he is Sherlock Holmes is treated by a female doctor who happens to be named Watson.
Director: Anthony Harvey | Stars: George C. Scott, Joanne Woodward, Jack Gilford, Lester Rawlins
Votes: 3,330
83. Polar Park (2023– )
53 min | Comedy, Crime, Mystery
Crime author Rousseau travels to Mouthe. Here, Brother Giacomo is waiting for him, who has important info about Rousseau's deceased mother. But when he arrives, Giacomo has just died. Rousseau decides to investigate.
Stars: Jean-Paul Rouve, Guillaume Gouix, India Hair, Pierre Lottin
Votes: 631
84. Tortilla Flat (1942)
Passed | 105 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Danny, a poor northern Californian Mexican-American, inherits two houses from his grandfather and is quickly taken advantage of by his vagabond friends.
Director: Victor Fleming | Stars: Spencer Tracy, Hedy Lamarr, John Garfield, Frank Morgan
Votes: 2,048
85. Night of Fear (1973)
54 min | Crime, Horror, Thriller
Insane sadistic hermit stalks and captures those who get lost in his part of the woods. A young woman whose car broke down is about to find out what he does with them next.
Director: Terry Bourke | Stars: Norman Yemm, Carla Hoogeveen, Mike Dorsey, Briony Behets
Votes: 663
86. The Crusades (1935)
Passed | 125 min | Adventure, Drama, History
King Richard and the Third Crusade (1190-1192) are given the DeMille treatment with more spectacle than history.
Director: Cecil B. DeMille | Stars: Loretta Young, Henry Wilcoxon, Ian Keith, C. Aubrey Smith
Votes: 1,295
87. Black Snow (2017)
90 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Accused of killing his brother during adolescence, Salvador lives alone in the middle of Patagonia. Several decades later, his brother Marcos and his sister-in-law Laura, come to convince him to sell the lands they share by inheritance.
Director: Martín Hodara | Stars: Ricardo Darín, Leonardo Sbaraglia, Laia Costa, Federico Luppi
Votes: 6,053
88. The Monkey King (2001– )
Unrated | 150 min | Adventure, Fantasy
American journalist Nick Orton is caught up in the world of Chinese gods and monsters while on a search for the long lost manuscript to 'Hsi Yu Chi' (The Journey to the West) by Wu Ch'eng ... See full summary »
Stars: Thomas Gibson, Bai Ling, Russell Wong, Ric Young
Votes: 1,798
89. X the Unknown (1956)
Approved | 81 min | Horror, Sci-Fi
A radioactive, mud-like creature terrorizes a Scottish village.
Directors: Leslie Norman, Joseph Losey | Stars: Dean Jagger, Edward Chapman, Leo McKern, Anthony Newley
Votes: 3,277
90. Axe Giant: The Wrath of Paul Bunyan (2013)
R | 90 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Young adults at a first-time offenders' boot camp discover the legend of the giant lumberjack Paul Bunyan is real, but is much more horrifying than they could have imagined.
Director: Gary Jones | Stars: Amber Connor, Joe Estevez, Dan Haggerty, Thomas Downey
Votes: 1,313 | Gross: $0.00M
91. The Galapagos Affair: Satan Came to Eden (2013)
Not Rated | 120 min | Documentary, Biography, Crime
About a series of unsolved disappearances on the Galapagos Island of Floreana in the 1930s.
Directors: Daniel Geller, Dayna Goldfine | Stars: Cate Blanchett, Sebastian Koch, Thomas Kretschmann, Diane Kruger
Votes: 1,498 | Gross: $0.25M
92. All the Little Animals (1998)
R | 112 min | Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Bobby Platt is a mentally slow young man who escapes an abusive, hateful stepfather who has killed his pets one by one. To save himself, Bobby runs away and meets a strange old man who ... See full summary »
Director: Jeremy Thomas | Stars: John Hurt, Christian Bale, Daniel Benzali, James Faulkner
Votes: 3,208 | Gross: $0.03M
93. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler (1973)
G | 105 min | Family, Drama, Comedy
Precocious Claudia and her brother run away from home and hide in the Metropolitan Museum in New York.
Director: Fielder Cook | Stars: Ingrid Bergman, Sally Prager, Johnny Doran, George Rose
Votes: 816 | Gross: $0.11M
94. Undertow (1996 TV Movie)
R | 93 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
After his car breaks down, Jack seeks shelter, lost in a thunderstorm in a remote shack in the woods. He finds himself held at gunpoint by a deranged mountain man who lives there with his ... See full summary »
Director: Eric Red | Stars: Lou Diamond Phillips, Mia Sara, Charles Dance
Votes: 554
95. Silas Marner (1985 TV Movie)
TV-PG | 92 min | Drama
When a respectable weaver is wrongfully accused of theft, he becomes a virtual hermit until his own fortune is stolen and an orphaned child is found on his doorstep.
Director: Giles Foster | Stars: Ben Kingsley, Jenny Agutter, Patrick Ryecart, Freddie Jones
Votes: 703
96. Love in Thoughts (2004)
89 min | Drama, Romance
A posthumous look at the last days of Guenther's life as he, his best friend, and his sister let loose on a four-day binge of alcohol, drugs, and sex.
Director: Achim von Borries | Stars: Daniel Brühl, August Diehl, Anna Maria Mühe, Jana Pallaske
Votes: 4,288
97. The Island (2006)
PG-13 | 112 min | Comedy, Drama
Somewhere in Northern Russia in a small Russian Orthodox monastery lives an unusual man whose bizarre conduct confuses his fellow monks, while others who visit the island believe that the man has the power to heal, exorcise demons and foretell the future.
Director: Pavel Lungin | Stars: Pyotr Mamonov, Viktor Sukhorukov, Dmitriy Dyuzhev, Yuriy Kuznetsov
Votes: 12,591
98. Bright: Samurai Soul (2021)
TV-14 | 80 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
Izo, a Ronin, and Raiden, an orc, work to bring a young elf girl and the wand she carries to the land of the elves in the north.
Director: Kyohei Ishiguro | Stars: Simu Liu, Keone Young, Matthew Yang King, Kenjirô Tsuda
Votes: 1,083
99. Chuck E. Cheese in the Galaxy 5000 (1999 Video)
Not Rated | 60 min | Comedy, Family, Musical
A boy named Charlie Rockit needs $50,000 dollars to fix his aunt and uncle's tractor engine, so Chuck E. and friends go to the Galaxy 5000 to win it in a race.
Director: David Orr | Stars: Peyton Welch, Daphne Gere, Georgia Denney, Linda Coleman
Votes: 111
100. Night Sun (1990)
Unrated | 113 min | Drama, Romance
Young nobleman Baron Sergio Giuramondo, after discovering that his bride-to-be was the king's mistress, leaves Naples in disgust to become a monk. But his quest for perfect solitude is ... See full summary »
Directors: Paolo Taviani, Vittorio Taviani | Stars: Julian Sands, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Massimo Bonetti, Margarita Lozano
Votes: 885