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1. Kwaidan (1964)
Not Rated | 183 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
A collection of four Japanese folk tales with supernatural themes.
Director: Masaki Kobayashi | Stars: Rentarô Mikuni, Michiyo Aratama, Misako Watanabe, Kenjirô Ishiyama
Votes: 20,019
2. Behind the Music (1997–2021)
TV-14 | Documentary, Biography, Music
Musical artists, their careers, their highs, their lows and everything in between are profiled and interviewed.
Stars: Jim Forbes, David Wild, Alexander Milas, Eddie Trunk
Votes: 1,665
3. Carry on Up the Khyber (1968)
Not Rated | 88 min | Adventure, Comedy
Sir Sidney Ruff-Diamond looks after the British outpost near the Khyber Pass. Protected by the kilted Third Foot and Mouth regiment, you would think they were safe but the Khazi of Kalabar has other ideas.
Director: Gerald Thomas | Stars: Sidney James, Kenneth Williams, Charles Hawtrey, Roy Castle
Votes: 5,465
4. Let's Scare Jessica to Death (1971)
GP | 89 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
A recently institutionalized woman has bizarre experiences after moving into a supposedly haunted country farmhouse and fears she may be losing her sanity once again.
Director: John D. Hancock | Stars: Zohra Lampert, Barton Heyman, Kevin O'Connor, Gretchen Corbett
Votes: 9,318
5. Bob Roberts (1992)
R | 102 min | Comedy, Drama
A conservative folk singer turns his hand to politics, running for the US Senate. He is not above dirty tricks and smear campaigns to gain an advantage over his opponent.
Director: Tim Robbins | Stars: Tim Robbins, Giancarlo Esposito, Alan Rickman, Ray Wise
Votes: 15,641 | Gross: $4.48M
6. Encounters at the End of the World (2007)
G | 99 min | Documentary
Film-maker Werner Herzog travels to the McMurdo Station in Antarctica, looking to capture the continent's beauty and investigate the characters living there.
Director: Werner Herzog | Stars: Werner Herzog, Scott Rowland, Stefan Pashov, Doug MacAyeal
Votes: 19,268 | Gross: $0.94M
7. The Affair (1971)
R | 93 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A young man returns to his home city of Pittsburgh and moves in with an older woman whom he begins to rely on for emotional and financial support.
Director: George A. Romero | Stars: Raymond Laine, Judith Ridley, Johanna Lawrence, Richard Ricci
Votes: 877
8. Doktor Faustus (1982)
179 min | Drama
A musician beds down a prostitute he knows is diseased in order to gain inspiration, an act he later believes to have been a tacit pact with Satan.
Director: Franz Seitz | Stars: Jon Finch, André Heller, Hanns Zischler, Margot Hielscher
Votes: 143
9. A Mero Hajur 3 (2019)
125 min | Drama, Romance
An romantic relationship between a celebrity and his fan.
Director: Jharana Thapa | Stars: Anmol K.C., Suhana Thapa, Salon Basnet, Arpan Thapa
Votes: 136
10. On Location with: FAME (1980)
12 min | Documentary, Short, Music
A short film about the making of the movie "Fame."
Director: Mark Schneider | Stars: Alan Parker, Maureen Teefy, Antonia Franceschi, Irene Cara
Votes: 64
11. The Emperor's Nightingale (1949)
55 min | Animation, Family, Fantasy
A Chinese emperor prefers the tinkling of a bejeweled mechanical bird to the song of a real nightingale. When the Emperor is near death, a nightingale's song restores his health and teaches... See full summary »
Directors: Jirí Trnka, Milos Makovec | Stars: Helena Patockova, Jaromir Sobotoa, Detsky pevecky sbor Jana Kuhna, Boris Karloff
Votes: 457
12. I Won't Play (1944)
Passed | 18 min | Short, Drama, Music
In this Warner Bros. short, a Marine in a South Sea island during World War II, Joe Fingers, tells tales of the influence he's had on various personalities. In the words of one of his ... See full summary »
Director: Crane Wilbur | Stars: Dane Clark, Janis Paige, Warren Douglas, Robert Shayne
Votes: 422
13. U2: A Year in Pop (1997 TV Movie)
Documentary, Music
Directors: Maurice Linnane, Tracy R. West | Stars: Bono, The Edge, Adam Clayton, Larry Mullen Jr.
Votes: 163
14. Just One More Time (1974)
9 min | Short, Musical
A short promotional film for the feature That's Entertainment (1974).
Director: Michael J. Shapiro | Stars: Jack Haley Jr., Daniel Melnick, Fred Astaire, Bing Crosby
Votes: 71
15. Akai hokokusho: Senketsu no tenshi (1988 Video)
55 min | Horror
The beautiful Tomoko loves her husband Masao with all her heart. Unfortunately, the devil has taken Kawakami to exorcise Masao to get rid of the "Evil One". The fact was established that ... See full summary »
Director: Toshiki Satô | Star: Tomoko Shinomiya
Votes: 36
16. Song of My Heart (1948)
Approved | 85 min | Drama, Music, Romance
The portrait of Russian composer Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky focuses on his failed love affair.
Director: Benjamin Glazer | Stars: Frank Sundström, Audrey Long, Cedric Hardwicke, Mikhail Rasumny
Votes: 20
17. Brian Wilson: Songwriter 1962 - 1969 (2010 Video)
190 min | Documentary, Biography, Music
Brian Wilson Songwriter 1962 - 1969 is a documentary film in which the rich tapestry of music written and produced by this brilliant 20th century composer is investigated and reviewed. With... See full summary »
Stars: The Beach Boys, The Beatles, Hal Blaine, Peter Ames Carlin
Votes: 55
18. Play It Loud: The Story of Marshall (2014 TV Movie)
59 min | Documentary, History, Music
A history and tribute to British Jim Marshall's amplifiers, which since then became the standard of rock'n'roll amplifiers ever since.
Directors: Brian Marshall, David Rust | Stars: Jo Whiley, Phil Wells, Chris George, Mike Doyle
Votes: 56
19. A Skirt Through History (1994– )
180 min | Biography, Drama, Family
A lesbian Don Juan, a suffragette and a 17th-century Italian painter are just two of ten remarkable women who speak to us in this drama documentary - an intimate portrait of their lives and a woman's view of history.
Stars: Dearbhla Molloy, Lesley Manville, Anna Massey, Paola Dionisotti
20. Halfway to Haugesund (1997)
68 min | Comedy, Drama, Music
Beat up punk rock legend Otto, of "Otto's Speedway Action Organ", finally gets another gig in Haugesund on Norway's west coast. He gets his father's car, a 1969 model Opel Diplomat, out of ... See full summary »
Director: Harald Østgaard Lund | Stars: Geir Birk Nilsen, Yasmin Syed, Peter Garden, Eivind Haugestøl
Votes: 95
21. The Soul of the Cypress (1921)
7 min | Short
A young composer's mesmerising music frees an immortal tree nymph, entwined spiritually with an ancient cypress. As the human falls in love with the immortal creature, a sacrifice awaits.
Director: Dudley Murphy | Star: Chase Harringdine
Votes: 192
22. What Do You Think? (Number Three) (1938)
Approved | 11 min | Short
This short looks at the possibility that those who have passed on can communicate with us in ways we least expect.
Director: Jacques Tourneur | Stars: Carey Wilson, Roger Converse, Mary Forbes, Mahlon Hamilton
Votes: 93
23. Cornet at Night (1963)
15 min | Short, Drama, Family
A farm boy, to his parents' dismay, chooses a trumpet player for a harvest farm hand.
Director: Stanley Jackson
Votes: 13
24. Sliphorn King of Polaroo (1945)
Approved | 7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Shipwrecked Jackson, a trombone player, is washed up on an arctic island. His solid technique on the sliding brass captivates the native seals and penguins, who elect him King of Polaroo.
Director: Dick Lundy | Stars: Jack Teagarden, Lee Sweetland, Hans Conried
Votes: 66
25. The Magic Behind d'ILLUSION: The Houdini Musical - The Audio Theater Experience (2020 Video)
9 min | Documentary, Short, Music
A special behind-the-scenes look at the making of the audiobook edition of "d'ILLUSION: The Houdini Musical" and how it did its part in helping keep theater and the arts alive during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Director: Max Hechtman | Stars: Andrea Sooch, Harry Houdini, Adam B. Shapiro, Max Hechtman
26. Brian Wilson: Songwriter 1969 - 1982 (2012 Video)
134 min | Documentary, Biography, Music
Following Sexy Intellectual's previous film about Brian Wilson's magnificent craft; Songwriter 1962 - 1969, comes this companion piece covering the composer's life and work throughout the ... See full summary »
Director: Tom O'Dell | Stars: Thomas Arnold, The Beach Boys, The Beatles, Peter Ames Carlin
Votes: 36
27. Lords of Little Egypt: Mai Zetterling Among the Gypsies (1961 TV Movie)
30 min | Documentary
Every year in May several thousand 'Lords of Little Egypt' meet for festivities in the Camargue. Mai Zetterling stays with the gypsies and reports on how they live their lives.
Director: Mai Zetterling | Star: Mai Zetterling
Votes: 7
28. UK Music Hall of Fame: Biggest Selling Artists of the 21st Century (2005 TV Movie)
210 min | Documentary, History, Music
A countdown of the biggest-selling UK album chart acts between January 2000 and October 2005, featuring interviews and analysis from the artists, producers, critics and celebrity fans.
Directors: Martin Callanan, Stephen Franklin, Matthew Gillbe | Stars: Dermot O'Leary, Christina Aguilera, John Aizlewood, Anastacia
Votes: 15
29. Going Places with Lowell Thomas, #8 (1935)
Approved | 10 min | Documentary, Short, News
Lowell Thomas takes a look at the less romantic side of the Hawaiian Islands by comparing Honolulu as a modern American city and the balance of the islands in their more practical aspects. ... See full summary »
Director: Charles E. Ford | Star: Lowell Thomas
30. Universal Cartoon Melodies: Song Dreams (1952)
Approved | 10 min | Animation, Short, Music
A bouncing-ball, audience sing-along short featuring The King's Men on the vocals and an animated bouncing-ball providing the lyrics for the theatre audience. Songs include "Tavern in the Town," "You Had a Dream" and "Alouette."
Director: Ben Parker | Stars: The King's Men, Ken Darby, Jon Dodson, Rad Robinson
31. Gulpilil: Man of Two Worlds (1979 TV Movie)
48 min | Documentary, Biography, History
Director: Rod Kinnear | Stars: Stuart Jay, David Gulpilil, Tommy Lewis, Fred Schepisi
32. Walkabout: Star in London (1971)
1 min | Documentary, Short, News
Stars: Kevin Golsby, Dick Bandolil, David Gulpilil
33. Cavalcade of Broadway: The Versailles (1950)
Approved | 10 min | Short, Music
In this Cavalcade of Broadway series, the cameras and Earl Wilson's narration is trained on this exclusive New York City nightclub, The Versailles. Johnston is the featured singer of the club.
Director: Harry Foster | Stars: Earl Wilson, Johnny Johnston
34. Picturesque Udaipur (1939)
Approved | 8 min | Documentary, Short
A visit to one of India's oldest cities.
Star: James A. FitzPatrick
Votes: 53
35. Let's Sing a Song About the Moonlight (1948)
Approved | 10 min | Short, Music, Musical
Four popular songs about moonlight are presented, including their origins and as sing-a-longs. In 1909, songwriter Edward Madden worked as an undercover government agent in New York's ... See full summary »
Director: Jack Scholl | Stars: The Melody Makers, Art Gilmore, Pat McKee, Dennis Morgan
Votes: 108
36. Recording Session (1951)
Approved | 9 min | Short, Music
Vocalist Margaret Phelan sings 'You're Driving Me Crazy," with the Cy Coleman Trio. The group also plays two instrumental numbers, an arrangement on a 'Paganini' theme, and conclude the short with "Alauette."
Director: Harry W. Smith | Stars: Bob Hite, Margaret Phelan, Cy Coleman
37. Songs of the Organ (1934)
Approved | 11 min | Short, Music
This Pictorial begins with Ann Leaf playing an illustrated version (sing-along)of "The River and Me"; cuts to a nature sequence dealing with bird colonies in the far North, and concludes ... See full summary »
Director: Leslie M. Roush | Stars: Alois Havrilla, Roy Smeck, Ann Leaf
38. The Lambertville Story (1949)
Approved | 10 min | Short, Music
Paul Whiteman, the orchestra leader, is a resident of the town of Libertyville, New Jersey, a quiet community where the farmers, including Mr. Whiteman, raise Black Angus cattle. His story ... See full summary »
Director: Justin Herman | Stars: Paul Whiteman, Margo Whiteman