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1. Giant (1956)
G | 201 min | Drama, Western
Sprawling epic covering the life of a Texas cattle rancher and his family and associates.
Director: George Stevens | Stars: Elizabeth Taylor, Rock Hudson, James Dean, Carroll Baker
Votes: 42,259
2. Ocean's Eleven (1960)
Approved | 127 min | Comedy, Crime, Music
Danny Ocean gathers a group of his World War II compatriots to pull off the ultimate Las Vegas heist. Together the eleven friends plan to rob five Las Vegas casinos in one night.
Director: Lewis Milestone | Stars: Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Jr., Peter Lawford
Votes: 25,217 | Gross: $12.32M
3. The Parent Trap (1961)
Passed | 129 min | Comedy, Family, Romance
Teenage twin sisters swap places and scheme to reunite their divorced parents.
Director: David Swift | Stars: Hayley Mills, Maureen O'Hara, Brian Keith, Charles Ruggles
Votes: 23,987
4. A Man Called Horse (1970)
R | 114 min | Adventure, Drama, Western
In 1825, an English aristocrat is captured by Native Americans. He lives with them and begins to understand their way of life. Eventually, he is accepted as part of the tribe and aspires to become their leader.
Director: Elliot Silverstein | Stars: Richard Harris, Judith Anderson, Jean Gascon, Manu Tupou
Votes: 9,363 | Gross: $1.94M
5. Sayonara (1957)
Not Rated | 147 min | Drama, Romance
A US Air Force major in Kobe confronts his own opposition to marriages between American servicemen and Japanese women when he falls for a beautiful performer.
Director: Joshua Logan | Stars: Marlon Brando, Ricardo Montalban, Patricia Owens, James Garner
Votes: 7,715 | Gross: $26.30M
6. Gypsy (1962)
Approved | 143 min | Biography, Comedy, Drama
Based on the Broadway hit about the life and times of burlesque dancer Gypsy Rose Lee and her aggressive stage mother, Mama Rose.
Director: Mervyn LeRoy | Stars: Rosalind Russell, Natalie Wood, Karl Malden, Paul Wallace
Votes: 6,998 | Gross: $13.01M
7. The FBI Story (1959)
Approved | 149 min | Crime, Drama, History
A dedicated FBI agent recalls the agency's battles against the Klan, organized crime and Communist spies.
Director: Mervyn LeRoy | Stars: James Stewart, Vera Miles, Murray Hamilton, Larry Pennell
Votes: 3,880
8. Cash McCall (1960)
Not Rated | 102 min | Drama, Romance
James Garner put in a winning performance as a similarly unreconstructed capitalist in the grip of merger mania.
Director: Joseph Pevney | Stars: James Garner, Natalie Wood, Nina Foch, Dean Jagger
Votes: 1,618
9. The Night of the Grizzly (1966)
G | 102 min | Adventure, Western
Ex-lawman Jim Cole retires to Wyoming to farm his land, but a land-greedy neighbor, an ex-con turned bounty hunter, and a vicious grizzly bear upset his retirement plans.
Director: Joseph Pevney | Stars: Clint Walker, Martha Hyer, Keenan Wynn, Nancy Kulp
Votes: 1,506
10. Westbound (1958)
Passed | 72 min | Western
In 1864 Capt. John Hayes goes to Colorado to take over the stagecoach line and keep the flow of Western gold flowing and help the North win the Civil War.
Director: Budd Boetticher | Stars: Randolph Scott, Virginia Mayo, Karen Steele, Michael Dante
Votes: 1,503
11. Home Before Dark (1958)
Not Rated | 136 min | Drama
Simmons is magnetic as Charlotte, her lovely, delicate face reflecting the inner turmoil of a woman battling for sanity after she walks out of a mental institution.
Director: Mervyn LeRoy | Stars: Jean Simmons, Dan O'Herlihy, Rhonda Fleming, Efrem Zimbalist Jr.
Votes: 1,271
12. Tall Story (1960)
Approved | 91 min | Comedy, Sport
A young insecure college sportsman is in trouble. He wants to marry his very straightforward girlfriend, also a student, but has no money. When he is offered a bribe to fix a game, he is torn even more about the matter.
Director: Joshua Logan | Stars: Anthony Perkins, Jane Fonda, Ray Walston, Marc Connelly
Votes: 1,244 | Gross: $12.00M
13. A Majority of One (1961)
Approved | 156 min | Comedy, Drama, Family
A gentle love story about a Japanese businessman and widower, and a Brooklyn widow. But before a happy ending can ensue, they must learn again the lessons of tolerance, kindness, and forgiveness.
Director: Mervyn LeRoy | Stars: Rosalind Russell, Alec Guinness, Ray Danton, Madlyn Rhue
Votes: 1,165
14. The Happening (1967)
101 min | Comedy
Young drifters kidnap rich businessman Roc Delmonico for kicks and demand $200K for his release. But none of Roc's relatives or Mafia associates want to part with the money. So Roc switches allegiances and plots revenge.
Director: Elliot Silverstein | Stars: Anthony Quinn, George Maharis, Michael Parks, Robert Walker Jr.
Votes: 839
15. How to Save a Marriage and Ruin Your Life (1968)
Not Rated | 102 min | Comedy, Romance
When a carefree bachelor tries to get his best friend to drop his mistress and return to his wife, he discovers that he too has romantic problems.
Director: Fielder Cook | Stars: Dean Martin, Stella Stevens, Eli Wallach, Anne Jackson
Votes: 836
16. Mrs. Pollifax-Spy (1971)
G | 110 min | Adventure, Comedy
A widowed New Jerseyan woman volunteers for spy duty at the CIA, being in her own opinion, expendable now that the children are grown, and is assigned to pick up a book in Mexico City, while finding out that it is easier said than done.
Director: Leslie H. Martinson | Stars: Rosalind Russell, Darren McGavin, Nehemiah Persoff, Harold Gould
Votes: 547
17. My World and Welcome to It (1969–1970)
30 min | Comedy
John Monroe observes and comments on life, to the bemusement of his sensible wife Ellen and intelligent, questioning daughter Lydia.
Stars: William Windom, Joan Hotchkis, Lisa Gerritsen, Harold J. Stone
Votes: 478
18. Man, Woman and Sin (1927)
Passed | 70 min | Drama
A young man takes a succession of odd jobs to save enough money to buy a house for himself and his mother. He lands a position in a newspaper office and falls in love with the beautiful ... See full summary »
Director: Monta Bell | Stars: John Gilbert, Jeanne Eagels, Gladys Brockwell, Marc McDermott
Votes: 394
19. Quicker'n a Wink (1940)
Approved | 10 min | Documentary, Short, Comedy
In this Pete Smith Specialty, Dr. Harold E. Edgerton demonstrates stroboscopic photography, which he helped develop. This process allows us to see in slow motion what happens during events ... See full summary »
Director: George Sidney | Stars: Harold E. Edgerton, Clarence Curtis, Tex Harris, Charles Lacey
Votes: 379
20. Moment to Moment (1966)
Approved | 108 min | Drama, Thriller
A psychiatrist's wife thinks her French Riviera lover is dead.
Director: Mervyn LeRoy | Stars: Jean Seberg, Honor Blackman, Sean Garrison, Arthur Hill
Votes: 372
21. The Sweet Ride (1968)
R | 110 min | Drama
At a Malibu rented house, a tennis hustler, a surfer and a musician enjoy a Bohemian lifestyle, fall in-love with an unexpected female visitor and fight off a motorcycle punk gang.
Director: Harvey Hart | Stars: Anthony Franciosa, Michael Sarrazin, Jacqueline Bisset, Bob Denver
Votes: 345 | Gross: $2.60M
22. Mister Moses (1965)
115 min | Adventure, Romance
In 1960s Kenya, American snake-oil salesman and diamond smuggler Joe Moses is chased out of many villages and pursued by the authorities until fate entrusts him with helping a native tribe that believes he is a holy man.
Director: Ronald Neame | Stars: Robert Mitchum, Carroll Baker, Ian Bannen, Alexander Knox
Votes: 333
23. Movie Pests (1944)
Approved | 11 min | Comedy, Short
A humorous look at the inconsiderate pests whose annoying habits make enjoying a movie impossible.
Director: Will Jason | Stars: Pete Smith, William Bailey, Margaret Bert, Heinie Conklin
Votes: 275
24. Marines in the Making (1942)
Approved | 9 min | Documentary, Short
A look at U.S. Marine Corps combat training during the first year of World War II, including conditioning techniques adapted from athletics, hand-to-hand combat tactics, and traditional drills.
Director: Herbert Polesie | Stars: Pete Smith, R.E. 'Dick' Hanley, Charles Horvath, Stephen McNally
Votes: 230
25. Redskin (1929)
82 min | Western, Adventure, Drama
Wing Foot (Richard Dix), a Navajo, is educated in an otherwise all-white school. In the course of the story, he experiences prejudice from both the whites because of his race and the ... See full summary »
Director: Victor Schertzinger | Stars: Richard Dix, Julie Carter, Tully Marshall, George Regas
Votes: 224
26. Flicker Memories (1941)
Approved | 8 min | Short, Comedy
In this Pete Smith Specialty, we see clips from several unidentified silent movies that are woven into a story, with humorous commentary by Smith.
Star: Pete Smith
Votes: 208
27. Seeing Hands (1943)
Passed | 11 min | Short, War, Drama
Tells the story of Ben Helwig and his important contribution to the American war effort. Ben's story starts in the Great Depression when he, a young teen, is separated from his parents ... See full summary »
Director: Gunther von Fritsch | Stars: Barbara Bedford, William Bishop, Robert Frazer, Russell Gleason
Votes: 183
28. One Man's Way (1964)
Unrated | 105 min | Drama, Romance
Follows the life of a world-famous minister, lecturer and best-selling author.
Director: Denis Sanders | Stars: Don Murray, Diana Hyland, William Windom, Virginia Christine
Votes: 174
29. Murder in 3-D (1941)
8 min | Short, Comedy, Crime
A man tells his harrowing story of one evening at midnight being alerted by a telephone call from his Aunt Tilly in distress at the old deserted Smith mansion. The man drove the two hours ... See full summary »
Director: George Sidney | Stars: Ed Payson, Pete Smith
Votes: 162
30. Dark Magic (1939)
Passed | 10 min | Comedy, Short
Joseph A. Doakes goes into a toy shop looking for a gift for his 12-year-old son, and the clerk shows him a box of magic tricks. After a store employee demonstrates several of them, Doakes ... See full summary »
Director: Roy Rowland | Stars: Robert Benchley, Ruth Lee, John Scarne
Votes: 146
31. Army Champions (1941)
Approved | 11 min | Documentary, Short
This MGM short, part of the A Pete Smith Specialty series, focuses on the young men who have signed up to serve their country. Speed, teamwork and accuracy are the hallmark of all army ... See full summary »
Director: Paul Vogel | Star: Pete Smith
Votes: 145
32. The Stu Erwin Show (1950–1955)
30 min | Comedy
Stu Erwin played a mild-mannered high-school principal, with June Collyer as his wife.
Stars: Stuart Erwin, June Collyer, Ann E. Todd, Sheila James Kuehl
Votes: 136
33. The Great Adventure (1963–1964)
60 min | Drama
A filmed series of one-hour dramatizations of the lives of famous historical people, as well as important historical events.
Stars: Russell Johnson, Van Heflin, Eddie Little Sky, Kent Smith
Votes: 136
34. Groovie Movie (1944)
Approved | 10 min | Short, Comedy, Music
A boogie-woogie piano introduces what purports to be a jitterbug lesson, starring prize winner Arthur Walsh, his partner Jean Phelps-Veloz, and then later various other couples. We start ... See full summary »
Director: Will Jason | Stars: Pete Smith, Buster Brodie, Dorothy Ford, Charles Saggau
Votes: 117
35. Let's Talk Turkey (1939)
Passed | 10 min | Comedy, Short
It's Thanksgiving. Newlywed husband Abner Poodlebean faces the turkey his wife has prepared: she wants him to carve it at the table in front of her scowling family, and Abner has no idea ... See full summary »
Director: Felix E. Feist | Stars: Max O. Cullen, Tommy Bond, George Guhl, William Newell
Votes: 117
36. Radio Hams (1939)
Approved | 10 min | Short, Drama
A "Pete Smith Specialty" - a fairly serious look at radio hams in the usual jokey format. Shows aircraft using morse code.
Director: Felix E. Feist | Stars: Barbara Bedford, Eleanor Counts, Jack Daley, Robert Homans
Votes: 116
37. Easy Life (1944)
Passed | 20 min | Crime, Short, Drama
In this entry in the MGM "Crime Does Not Pay" series young Frank Davis, dropping out of school and joining a small-time hoodlum gang, finds out that leading a life of crime is not all he thought it would be.
Director: Walter Hart | Stars: Steven Geray, Bernard Thomas, William 'Bill' Phillips, William Challee
Votes: 109
38. Victory Quiz (1942)
9 min | Short
A quiz where viewers are given 10 or 15 seconds to answer questions about the United States and its involvement in World War II.
Director: Will Jason | Stars: Pete Smith, William Bailey, Alan Hale Jr., Dave O'Brien
Votes: 103
39. I Love My Husband, But! (1946)
10 min | Comedy, Short
A wife explains the habits her husband has that drive her crazy.
Director: Dave O'Brien | Stars: Pete Smith, Dave O'Brien, Lila Leeds, Dorothy Short
Votes: 100
40. Seventh Column (1943)
Approved | 9 min | Comedy, Short
A short showing how carelessness and accidents can harm the war effort, and steps on how to avoid them.
Director: Will Jason | Stars: Pete Smith, Dave O'Brien
Votes: 91
41. Grandpa Called It Art (1944)
10 min | Documentary, Short, History
Americans as a collective were known as being artistically challenged. During Grandpa's time, art in America was looked at a bit differently than it is today. Typical of the American ideal ... See full summary »
Director: Walter Hart | Stars: John Nesbitt, Ivan Le Lorraine Albright, Thomas Hart Benton, Charles Burchfield
Votes: 90
42. How to Hold Your Husband - BACK (1941)
Approved | 9 min | Comedy, Short
In reenactments using actors to portray her husband, Marie Crawford demonstrates the many emotional states wives display to hold their husbands - unintentionally back - under different ... See full summary »
Director: Johnny Hines | Stars: Pete Smith, William Bailey, Vince Barnett, Ken Christy
Votes: 88
43. The Domineering Male (1940)
Approved | 10 min | Comedy, Short
This Pete Smith Specialty looks at the notion that a man chases a woman till he catches her. Who's really chasing whom?
Director: Johnny Hines | Stars: Barbara Bedford, Margaret Bert, William Newell, Sally Payne
Votes: 76
44. 'What's Your 'I.Q.'?': Number Two (1940)
Approved | 9 min | Short
Questions and answers on various subjects, from Lady Godiva to the Panama Canal.
Director: George Sidney | Stars: Pete Smith, Marietta Canty, Ethelreda Leopold, Alberto Morin
Votes: 76
45. Marine Circus (1939)
Passed | 9 min | Documentary, Short, Family
This Pete Smith Specialty offers a look at Marineland of Florida, featuring the various marine life on display there.
Director: James A. FitzPatrick | Star: Pete Smith
Votes: 74
46. Calling All Pa's (1942)
9 min | Short, Comedy
In this Pete Smith Specialty, we meet new father Mr. Thunderstruck as and his wife start raising their new baby girl and experience the issues of new parents.
Director: Will Jason | Stars: Dave O'Brien, Dorothy Morris, Pete Smith, Sarah Edwards
Votes: 69
47. Treasures from Trash (1946)
Passed | 10 min | Short, Comedy
Documentary about an unusual Beverly Hills shop called the Patio Shop, run by former film director Harry Lachman.
Director: Dave O'Brien | Stars: Pete Smith, Dave O'Brien, Harry Lachman
Votes: 69
48. Cuban Rhythm (1941)
Approved | 10 min | Short, Comedy, Music
Two professional dancers beautifully demonstrate the rumba and conga while actors humorously display some incorrect techniques for those dances.
Director: Will Jason | Stars: Pete Smith, Madeline Pollard, Mickey Alvarez
Votes: 67
49. Goodbye, Raggedy Ann (1971 TV Movie)
75 min | Drama
Hollywood writer tries to talk a dejected actress out of suicide.
Director: Fielder Cook | Stars: Mia Farrow, Hal Holbrook, John Colicos, Marlene Warfield
Votes: 64
50. Aqua Antics (1942)
Approved | 8 min | Short, Sport
Members of the California Water Bugs club demonstrate new ways to get thrills when water skiing.
Director: Louis Lewyn | Stars: Pete Smith, Pete Peterson, Bob Butts, Windy McDonald
Votes: 64