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1. Mr. Belvedere Goes to College (1949)
Approved | 83 min | Comedy
Belvedere discovers that he is ineligible for an honorary award because he never attended college. So he enrolls as a freshman in a major university, becoming the target for hazing from obnoxious upper class-man Alan Young.
Director: Elliott Nugent | Stars: Clifton Webb, Shirley Temple, Tom Drake, Alan Young
Votes: 856
2. Land of the Lost (2009)
PG-13 | 102 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
A space-time vortex sucks scientist Rick Marshall, his assistant Holly and a survivalist Will into a world populated by dinosaurs and painfully slow creatures called Sleestaks.
Director: Brad Silberling | Stars: Will Ferrell, Danny McBride, Anna Friel, Jorma Taccone
Votes: 75,320 | Gross: $49.44M
3. Lara Croft: Tomb Raider - The Cradle of Life (2003)
PG-13 | 117 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Adventurer Lara Croft goes on a quest to save the mythical Pandora's Box, before an evil scientist finds it, and recruits a former Marine turned mercenary to assist her.
Director: Jan de Bont | Stars: Angelina Jolie, Gerard Butler, Chris Barrie, Ciarán Hinds
Votes: 144,916 | Gross: $65.66M
4. The Pink Panther Strikes Again (1976)
PG | 103 min | Comedy, Crime
After escaping from an insane asylum, the bonkers Charles Dreyfus sends 26 assassins on the trail of the forever bumbling Inspector Clouseau.
Director: Blake Edwards | Stars: Peter Sellers, Herbert Lom, Lesley-Anne Down, Burt Kwouk
Votes: 32,013 | Gross: $33.83M
5. Graduation Day (1981)
R | 96 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
A masked killer begins murdering students on the school track team after a track runner dies upon completion of a 30 second 200-meter race.
Director: Herb Freed | Stars: Christopher George, Patch Mackenzie, E. Danny Murphy, E.J. Peaker
Votes: 4,895 | Gross: $23.89M
6. Blackbeard's Ghost (1968)
Approved | 106 min | Comedy, Family, Fantasy
An unassuming track coach accidentally invokes the spirit of a notorious pirate long believed dead, and who must now team up to lay the pirate to rest, and save a local hotel from a mobster.
Director: Robert Stevenson | Stars: Peter Ustinov, Dean Jones, Suzanne Pleshette, Elsa Lanchester
Votes: 6,758 | Gross: $10.90M
7. The Wicked Dreams of Paula Schultz (1968)
Unrated | 113 min | Comedy
A beautiful East German Olympic hopeful pole-vaults over the Berlin Wall to freedom.
Director: George Marshall | Stars: Elke Sommer, Bob Crane, Werner Klemperer, Joey Forman
Votes: 302
8. The World's Greatest Athlete (1973)
G | 93 min | Comedy, Family, Romance
A down on his luck coach travels to Africa where he spots the world's greatest athlete - a white Tarzan-type. The coach brings him back to the U.S. of A. to compete.
Director: Robert Scheerer | Stars: John Amos, Jan-Michael Vincent, Tim Conway, Roscoe Lee Browne
Votes: 1,722 | Gross: $0.13M
9. Olympia Part One: Festival of the Nations (1938)
Not Rated | 111 min | Documentary, Sport
The document of the 1936 Olympics at Berlin.
Director: Leni Riefenstahl | Stars: David Albritton, Arvo Askola, Jack Beresford, Erwin Blask
Votes: 5,240
10. Olympia Part Two: Festival of Beauty (1938)
Not Rated | 90 min | Documentary, Sport
The document of the 1936 Olympics at Berlin, orchestrated as Nazi propaganda.
Director: Leni Riefenstahl | Stars: Sheigo Arai, Jack Beresford, Ralf Berzsenyi, Ferenc Csík
Votes: 4,326
11. Visions of Eight (1973)
G | 110 min | Documentary, Sport
Eight film artists from different countries are given carte blanche to make a collection of short documentaries on the 1972 Munich Summer Olympics, offering unexpected, original and often humorous perspectives.
Directors: Milos Forman, Kon Ichikawa, Claude Lelouch, Yuriy Ozerov, Arthur Penn, Michael Pfleghar, John Schlesinger, Mai Zetterling | Stars: Vasiliy Alekseev, Nikolay Avilov, Valery Borzov, Avery Brundage
Votes: 748 | Gross: $0.28M
12. College (1927)
Not Rated | 66 min | Comedy, Drama, Sport
Ronald's high-school valedictory address praises books and condemns sports. His girlfriend Mary condemns his attitude. Fearing to lose her to rival Jeff, he decides to go to college and pay more attentions to sports.
Directors: James W. Horne, Buster Keaton | Stars: Buster Keaton, Anne Cornwall, Flora Bramley, Harold Goodwin
Votes: 5,474
13. The First Olympics: Athens 1896 (1984)
237 min | Drama, History, Sport
This movie describes the founding of the modern Olympics and concentrates on the creation of the American team and their trials in getting to the Olympics in Athens.
Stars: David Ogden Stiers, Hunt Block, David Caruso, Alex Hyde-White
Votes: 434
14. Cat Burglar (2022)
TV-14 | 12 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Interactive Tex Avery-inspired cartoon where the viewer answers questions with a scenario about a guard dog named Peanut protecting a priceless work of art and a cat burglar named Rowdy trying to steal it from the art museum.
Director: James Bowman | Stars: Alan Lee, James Adomian, Trevor Devall
Votes: 647
15. Charlie Chan at the Olympics (1937)
Approved | 71 min | Mystery
When a strategically important new aerial guidance system is stolen, Charlie traces it to the Berlin Olympics, where he has to battle spies and enemy agents to retrieve it.
Director: H. Bruce Humberstone | Stars: Warner Oland, Katherine DeMille, Pauline Moore, Allan Lane
Votes: 1,834
16. Million Dollar Legs (1932)
Passed | 64 min | Comedy, Sport
A small country on the verge of bankruptcy is persuaded to enter the 1932 Los Angeles Olympics as a means of raising money.
Director: Edward F. Cline | Stars: Jack Oakie, W.C. Fields, Andy Clyde, Lyda Roberti
Votes: 1,460
17. Soup or Sonic (1980 TV Short)
TV-PG | 9 min | Animation, Family, Comedy
The Coyote chases the Roadrunner all over the desert. They both run through a pipe that gets progressively smaller. At the end of the tunnel, the Roadrunner returns to normal size while the Coyote remains tiny.
Directors: Chuck Jones, Phil Monroe | Stars: Mel Blanc, Paul Julian
Votes: 332
18. Clockwork Mice (1995)
100 min | Drama
A special needs education teacher is having a special relation with one of his pupils by their common hobby: running. Until fate strikes.
Director: Vadim Jean | Stars: Ian Hart, Catherine Russell, Rúaidhrí Conroy, Art Malik
Votes: 340
19. Sheep Ahoy (1954)
7 min | Animation, Comedy, Short
After punching in for work, Sam Sheepdog deals with Ralph Wolf's attempts to steal the flock, which this time make use of a balloon, a fake Acme-brand rock and a bicycle-propelled submarine.
Director: Chuck Jones | Star: Mel Blanc
Votes: 381
20. The Olympic Champ (1942)
Approved | 7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
A narrator explains the history of the Olympic Games while Goofy demonstrates events.
Directors: Jack Kinney, Ben Sharpsteen | Stars: George Johnson, John McLeish
Votes: 1,176
21. The Fox and the Grapes (1941)
Approved | 8 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Illustrating the origin of what sour grapes are (post-Aesop, that is), Crow gets Fox to trade him his picnic lunch for some grapes high on a vine. After many difficulties, the fox manages to get to them but discovers they are sour indeed.
Director: Frank Tashlin | Stars: Mel Blanc, Harry Lang
Votes: 112
22. The Up-Standing Sitter (1948)
Approved | 7 min | Animation, Short, Adventure
Daffy Duck is sent to a hen house to baby-sit an egg. While he is there, the egg hatches a little chick who's afraid of strangers. The chick runs away from Daffy, who must chase him all over the barnyard.
Director: Robert McKimson | Stars: Mel Blanc, Robert Clampett
Votes: 456
23. Alleman (1963)
90 min | Documentary
How do the Dutch people live? Hidden cameras filmed the crowds on the beach, during carnival time, skating on the ice plains...
Director: Bert Haanstra | Stars: Simon Carmiggelt, Bert Haanstra, Peter Ustinov
Votes: 501
24. A Million to One (1936)
Passed | 68 min | Action, Drama, Romance
John Kent (Monte Blue') wins the Olympic decathlon but is disqualified on a charge of professionalism. William Stevens (Kenneth Harlan), the second-place finisher, is awarded the title and ... See full summary »
Director: Lynn Shores | Stars: Bruce Bennett, Joan Fontaine, Reed Howes, Monte Blue
Votes: 82
25. Tweet Zoo (1957)
7 min | Animation, Family, Short
Sylvester Cat joins a tour group through the City Zoo and finds Tweety Bird among the exhibits. Sylvester chases Tweety and ends up in a bear's den, a tiger-feeder's meat store, and a ... See full summary »
Director: Friz Freleng | Star: Mel Blanc
Votes: 279
26. Bugged by a Bee (1969)
G | 6 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Cool Cat is working his way through college at Disco Tech where he becomes a sports star, thanks to a bothersome bee who keeps stinging him on the rear-end.
Director: Robert McKimson | Star: Larry Storch
Votes: 120
27. Fast Buck Duck (1963)
Approved | 6 min | Family, Animation, Short
Daffy Duck, in his flat in the midst of a junkyard, reads that a millionaire seeks a loyal, entertaining, and trustworthy boon companion. Daffy decides to apply for the job, but when he ... See full summary »
Directors: Robert McKimson, Ted Bonnicksen | Star: Mel Blanc
Votes: 227
28. Boulder Wham! (1965)
Approved | 7 min | Family, Animation, Short
The Coyote tries, with no success, to find a way across a gorge to reach the Road Runner on the other side.
Director: Rudy Larriva | Star: Paul Julian
Votes: 322
29. Can't Touch This (2016– )
Comedy, Family, Game-Show
Physical game show hosted by Zoë Ball and Ashley Banjo, with voice-over provided by Sue Perkins. If a contestant touches a prize, they win the prize.
Stars: Zoë Ball, Ashley Banjo, Sue Perkins, Drew P.
Votes: 10
30. Wilma Murto: Yli kaiken (2023 TV Special)
30 min | Documentary, Sport
Director: Jesse Väänänen | Stars: Tero Heiska, Reetta Hurske, Ella Junnila, Jarno Koivunen
Votes: 9
31. Where the World Meets (1952)
Not Rated | 101 min | Documentary, Sport
Part one of the official film of XV Olympics in Helsinki 1952.
Director: Hannu Leminen | Stars: Carl-Erik Creutz, Reino Palmroth, Usko Santavuori, Trygve Lie
Votes: 84
32. Le Ball and Chain Gang (1968)
G | 6 min | Animation, Short
A bickering married couple continue their verbal sparring as they repeatedly repel Inspector Clouseau's attempts to enter their house to give them a ticket.
Director: Gerry Chiniquy | Stars: Pat Harrington Jr., June Foray, Hal Smith
Votes: 85
33. The Age of Pole Vault (2006)
22 min | Short, Sport
This inspirational story provides an in-depth look at an 83-year-old world champion pole vaulter, Jack Cleveland, a World War II veteran, Los Angeles Firefighter and star athlete whose adventurous spirit has taken him around the world.
Director: Joseph Duerst | Stars: Jack Cleveland, Sabra Cleveland, Joseph Duerst
34. Olympic Games (1927)
20 min | Comedy, Family, Short
While the world watches the Olympic Games in Stockholm, the Rascals gather at the flats for their own games. Whether it's the shot put, the hurdles, the pole vault, or the high jump, not ... See full summary »
Director: Robert A. McGowan | Stars: Joe Cobb, Jackie Condon, Allen 'Farina' Hoskins, Jannie Hoskins
Votes: 76
35. Holding His Own (1922)
17 min | Short, Comedy
Jerry, a hobo, is chased by a pair of policemen after accidentally interrupting their dice game and later woos a farm girl to get breakfast.
Director: Milton J. Fahrney | Stars: George Ovey, Arby Arly, George Burton
Votes: 6
36. The Right Timing (1942)
Approved | 8 min | Short, Sport
Students of USC demonstrate the importance of perfect timing in athletics and on the field of battle.
Director: Del Frazier | Star: Art Gilmore
Votes: 31
37. Jonah Jones (1924)
25 min | Short, Comedy
A farm hand has a fat girl friend, but he comes to the aid of a sleek heiress and tries to stop her wedding to a seedy aristocrat. The girlfriend gets jealous and complicates his efforts.
Director: Fred Hibbard | Stars: Lloyd Hamilton, Babe London, Dorothy Seastrom, Dick Sutherland
Votes: 58
38. U.S. Olympic Champions (1952)
Approved | 9 min | Documentary, Short, History
America's finest athletes are seen at the 1952 Olympics held in Helsinki, Finland. The highlights include champion Dick Button's figure skating, the discus-throw and the decathlon, running ... See full summary »
Director: Edmund Reek | Stars: Mel Allen, Dean Smith, Bob Mathias, Dick Button
39. Topnotchers (1935)
10 min | Short, Comedy, Sport
Stars: Goodman Ace, Jane Ace, Martha Norelius, Babe Ruth
Votes: 5
40. Finlandia-katsaus 699 (1964)
9 min | Documentary, Short
Stars: Jorma Kinnunen, Pauli Nevala, Pentti Nikula
41. Hyper Sports (1984 Video Game)
Sport
Hyper Sports, known in Japan as Hyper Olympic '84 is an arcade game published by Konami.
Votes: 28
44.
Hogan's Heroes (1965–1971)
Episode:
Kommandant Schultz
(1970)
TV-PG | 30 min | Comedy, War
Schultz is now the temporary Kommandant of Stalag 13 and starts to abuse his new power.
Director: Marc Daniels | Stars: Bob Crane, Werner Klemperer, John Banner, Robert Clary
Votes: 165
45.
I Spy (1965–1968)
Episode:
To Florence with Love: Part 2
(1966)
60 min | Action, Adventure
With the help of Kelly and Alexander, the Da Vinci Madonna was delivered to its new home in Florence. But the previous owner reports it as a forgery. Now they've to track down the thieves, ... See full summary »
Director: Robert Butler | Stars: Robert Culp, Bill Cosby, Joey Heatherton, Gabriele Ferzetti
Votes: 47
46.
The Transformers (1984–1987)
Episode:
Five Faces of Darkness: Part 4
(1986)
TV-Y7 | 23 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
Rodimus Prime goes on a "vision quest" inside the Matrix to learn the Quintessons' true role in the Transformers' origins. Meanwhile, Galvatron plans a two-pronged attack on Cybertron and Earth with his newest creation: Trypticon.
Directors: Andy Kim, Ray Lee | Stars: Charlie Adler, Jack Angel, Michael Bell, Gregg Berger
Votes: 127
47.
Best of the Worst (2013– )
Episode:
Black Spine Edition #3
(2019)
TV-MA | 67 min | Comedy, Talk-Show
Oh no. It's another Black Spine episode. This time with a twist. Watch in amazement and horror as the group digs deep into the seedy underbelly of the VHS, along the way learning something about themselves...and each other.
Stars: Jack Packard, Josh Davis, Mike Stoklasa, Jay Bauman
Votes: 48
48.
Taz-Mania (1991–1995)
Episode:
The Dog the Turtle Story
(1991)
TV-Y7-FV | 19 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
Taz rescues a turtle, which acts like a dog.
Director: Douglas McCarthy | Stars: John Astin, Jim Cummings, Debi Derryberry, Miriam Flynn
Votes: 64
49.
The Ascent of Man (1973)
Episode:
Lower Than the Angels
(1973)
Documentary, History
Man evolves from the apes.
Directors: Dick Gilling, David Kennard, Adrian Malone | Stars: Jacob Bronowski, Roy Dotrice
Votes: 72
50.
Man vs. Wild (2006–2020)
Episode:
The Inside Story
(2009)
TV-PG | 44 min | Adventure, Reality-TV
Bear introduces his crew including his courageous cameraman who follows him everywhere. Bear also describes some of the unexpected challenges he encountered.
Star: Bear Grylls
Votes: 45