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1. So Young, So Bad (1950)
Approved | 91 min | Drama
A psychiatrist and nurse overthrow the abusive heads of a girls' reform school in order to teach the unfortunate young women that they have a chance at healthy lives.
Directors: Bernard Vorhaus, Edgar G. Ulmer | Stars: Paul Henreid, Catherine McLeod, Grace Coppin, Cecil Clovelly
Votes: 578
2. The Toast of New Orleans (1950)
Approved | 97 min | Musical
A snooty opera singer meets a rough-and-tumble fisherman in the Louisiana bayous, but this fisherman can sing. Her agent lures him away to New Orleans to teach him how to sing opera, but ... See full summary »
Director: Norman Taurog | Stars: Kathryn Grayson, Mario Lanza, David Niven, J. Carrol Naish
Votes: 761
3. Pagan Love Song (1950)
Approved | 76 min | Musical, Romance
A man from Ohio inherits a coconut plantation and falls in love with a half-American, half-Tahitian beauty. Song-and-swim musical ensues in the tropical paradise.
Director: Robert Alton | Stars: Esther Williams, Howard Keel, Minna Gombell, Charles Mauu
Votes: 586
4. Singin' in the Rain (1952)
G | 103 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance
A silent film star falls for a chorus girl just as he and his delusionally jealous screen partner are trying to make the difficult transition to talking pictures in 1920s Hollywood.
Directors: Stanley Donen, Gene Kelly | Stars: Gene Kelly, Donald O'Connor, Debbie Reynolds, Jean Hagen
Votes: 260,376 | Gross: $8.82M
5. The Fabulous Senorita (1952)
Approved | 80 min | Comedy, Music, Romance
In Cuba, businessman Jose Rodriguez finds himself in a dilemma when loan officer Senor Gonzales tells him that he will approve his loan only if Gonzales' son Estaban is permitted to marry ... See full summary »
Director: R.G. Springsteen | Stars: Estelita Rodriguez, Robert Clarke, Nestor Paiva, Marvin Kaplan
Votes: 66
6. Cattle Town (1952)
Approved | 71 min | Western
Post-civil-war Texas sells lands to wealthy Northerners but some of them are crooks bent on cheating the locals, prompting an investigation headed by the governor's envoy.
Director: Noel M. Smith | Stars: Dennis Morgan, Philip Carey, Amanda Blake, Rita Moreno
Votes: 222
7. The Ring (1952)
Approved | 79 min | Drama, Sport
A young American of Mexican decent in East Los Angeles, California uses the boxing ring to make a better life for himself and his family, and learns as much about being a Latino in a white society as he does about boxing.
Director: Kurt Neumann | Stars: Gerald Mohr, Rita Moreno, Lalo Rios, Robert Arthur
Votes: 850
8. Fort Vengeance (1953)
Passed | 75 min | Western
Two American brothers chased by a posse cross into Canada and join the Canadian North-West Mounted Police at the height of the Sioux-American war.
Director: Lesley Selander | Stars: James Craig, Rita Moreno, Keith Larsen, Reginald Denny
Votes: 283
9. Latin Lovers (1953)
Passed | 104 min | Comedy, Music, Romance
Nora Taylor has $37,000,000 but thinks every man she meets prefers her bankbook figure to her own, and that includes her current fiancé, Paul Chevron, who has $48,000,000 of his own. Paul ... See full summary »
Director: Mervyn LeRoy | Stars: Lana Turner, Ricardo Montalban, John Lund, Louis Calhern
Votes: 585
10. El Alaméin (1953)
Approved | 66 min | Drama, War
Several years after the end of World War II, mechanical engineer Joe Banning returns to North Africa to recall his wartime experiences: As a civilian tank mechanic, Joe delivers the newest ... See full synopsis »
Director: Fred F. Sears | Stars: Scott Brady, Edward Ashley, Robin Hughes, Rita Moreno
Votes: 83
11. Jivaro (1954)
Approved | 92 min | Adventure, Mystery, Romance
A gorgeous American arrives in Brazilian headhunter country seeking her scapegrace fiancé.
Director: Edward Ludwig | Stars: Fernando Lamas, Rhonda Fleming, Brian Keith, Lon Chaney Jr.
Votes: 440
12. The Yellow Tomahawk (1954)
Approved | 82 min | Western
When the army insists on building a fort on Indian land, in defiance of a treaty, the warnings of a scout go unheeded.
Director: Lesley Selander | Stars: Rory Calhoun, Peggie Castle, Noah Beery Jr., Warner Anderson
Votes: 475
13. Garden of Evil (1954)
Not Rated | 100 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
A trio of American adventurers marooned in rural Mexico are recruited by a beautiful woman to rescue her husband trapped in a cave in Apache territory.
Director: Henry Hathaway | Stars: Gary Cooper, Susan Hayward, Richard Widmark, Hugh Marlowe
Votes: 3,970
14. Untamed (1955)
Approved | 111 min | Adventure, Drama, Romance
In 1847, the Irish potato famine forces Katie O'Neill and her husband to emigrate to a troubled South Africa where Katie runs into an old flame.
Director: Henry King | Stars: Tyrone Power, Susan Hayward, Richard Egan, John Justin
Votes: 892
15. Seven Cities of Gold (1955)
Approved | 103 min | Adventure, Biography, History
In 1769, a Spanish expedition to California seeks to conquer the land and discover its famed gold treasures while missionaries aim to gain new converts and establish a network of Catholic missions.
Director: Robert D. Webb | Stars: Richard Egan, Anthony Quinn, Michael Rennie, Jeffrey Hunter
Votes: 582
16. The Lieutenant Wore Skirts (1956)
Approved | 99 min | Comedy
In this hilarious romp starring Tom Ewell, Sheree North and Rita Moreno, a middle-aged ex-serviceman who plans to re-enlist (Ewell) is shocked to learn that not only did he fail his medical... See full summary »
Director: Frank Tashlin | Stars: Tom Ewell, Sheree North, Rita Moreno, Rick Jason
Votes: 292
17. The King and I (1956)
G | 133 min | Biography, Drama, Musical
A widow accepts a job as a live-in governess to the King of Siam's children.
Director: Walter Lang | Stars: Yul Brynner, Deborah Kerr, Rita Moreno, Martin Benson
Votes: 27,900 | Gross: $21.30M
18. The Vagabond King (1956)
Approved | 86 min | Musical, Romance
Louis XI of France drafts Paris's popular king of criminals as Provost Marshal in his fight against usurper Charles of Burgundy and the traitorous nobles who rally around him.
Director: Michael Curtiz | Stars: Kathryn Grayson, Oreste Kirkop, Rita Moreno, Cedric Hardwicke
Votes: 334
19. The Deerslayer (1957)
Approved | 78 min | Adventure, War, Western
In colonial America, wanderer Deerslayer gets involved with Tom Hutter, a bigoted trapper, and his two contrasting daughters.
Director: Kurt Neumann | Stars: Lex Barker, Rita Moreno, Forrest Tucker, Cathy O'Donnell
Votes: 413
20. The Fat Man: The Thirty-Two Friends of Gina Lardelli (1959 TV Movie)
59 min | Mystery
Director: Joseph H. Lewis | Stars: Robert Middleton, Tony Travis, Frank Gerstle, Jan Arvan
Votes: 21
21. This Rebel Breed (1960)
90 min | Drama
Damon's in black-face as blacks take on whites who take on Hispanics in this very entertaining teenage gang war extravaganza. Teenage punks slice and dice each other, turn innocent young ... See full summary »
Directors: Richard L. Bare, William Rowland | Stars: Rita Moreno, Mark Damon, Gerald Mohr, Jay Novello
Votes: 196
22. West Side Story (1961)
Approved | 153 min | Crime, Drama, Musical
Two youngsters from rival New York City gangs fall in love, but tensions between their respective friends build toward tragedy.
Directors: Jerome Robbins, Robert Wise | Stars: Natalie Wood, George Chakiris, Richard Beymer, Russ Tamblyn
Votes: 121,086 | Gross: $43.66M
23. Summer and Smoke (1961)
Passed | 118 min | Drama, Romance
A plain, repressed spinster falls for a dashing young medical student who prefers the wilder life, until it's too late.
Director: Peter Glenville | Stars: Laurence Harvey, Geraldine Page, Rita Moreno, Una Merkel
Votes: 2,079
24. Samar (1962)
Approved | 89 min | Adventure
In 1870, in the Spanish Philippines, the commandant of an island penal colony, aided by an American doctor and local villagers, decides to relocate his coastal camp to a fertile valley inland but the arduous trek is fraught with dangers.
Director: George Montgomery | Stars: George Montgomery, Gilbert Roland, Ziva Rodann, Joan O'Brien
Votes: 118
26. Cry of Battle (1963)
Approved | 99 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
During World War II, the spoiled son of a wealthy businessman finds himself involved in the guerrilla movement fighting against the Japanese, and finds romance and adventure.
Director: Irving Lerner | Stars: Van Heflin, Rita Moreno, James MacArthur, Leopoldo Salcedo
Votes: 293
27. The Night of the Following Day (1969)
R | 93 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Two men kidnap a girl off the streets, take her to a beach house owned by a drug-addicted stewardess, and hold her for ransom.
Directors: Hubert Cornfield, Richard Boone | Stars: Marlon Brando, Richard Boone, Rita Moreno, Pamela Franklin
Votes: 2,497
28. Popi (1969)
G | 113 min | Comedy, Drama
A Puerto Rican widower concocts an extraordinary plan for making a better life for his two motherless sons.
Director: Arthur Hiller | Stars: Alan Arkin, Rita Moreno, Reuben Figueroa, Miguel Alejandro
Votes: 1,000
29. Marlowe (1969)
PG | 96 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A young woman from Kansas hires LA private detective Philip Marlowe to find her missing brother.
Director: Paul Bogart | Stars: James Garner, Gayle Hunnicutt, Carroll O'Connor, Rita Moreno
Votes: 4,008
30. Carnal Knowledge (1971)
R | 98 min | Comedy, Drama
Chronicling the lifelong sexual development of two men who meet and become friends in college.
Director: Mike Nichols | Stars: Jack Nicholson, Candice Bergen, Art Garfunkel, Ann-Margret
Votes: 14,874 | Gross: $28.62M
31. Dominic's Dream (1974 TV Movie)
30 min | Comedy
An Italian-American family are faced with a rude culture shock when they move from their ethnic New York neighborhood to Southern California
Director: Garry Marshall | Stars: Joseph Mascolo, Rita Moreno, Toni Kalem, Marjorie Battles
Votes: 8
32. Out to Lunch (1974 TV Movie)
60 min | Comedy, Family
The Muppets and the casts of "The Electric Company" and "Sesame Street" take over the ABC Nightly News when the newsroom staff takes a lunch break.
Director: Bill Davis | Stars: Luis Avalos, Jim Boyd, Carol Burnett, Barbara Eden
Votes: 47
33. Shhh (1975)
Comedy
Seven short films are featured in a compilation, bridged by a sequence in which a couple meet for a blind date to see those shorts.
Director: Paul B. Price | Stars: Rita Moreno, Robert Sacchi
Gross: $0.01M
34. The Ritz (1976)
R | 91 min | Comedy
Evading a mob contract on his life, a heterosexual man winds up hiding out at a homosexual bathhouse.
Director: Richard Lester | Stars: Jack Weston, Rita Moreno, Jerry Stiller, Kaye Ballard
Votes: 2,705
35. Voodoo Passion (1977)
Not Rated | 89 min | Adventure, Crime, Drama
Susan comes to Haiti to be with her husband. His naked sister asks her, if she's ever made love to a woman. Susan dreams vividly of nudity, Voodoo rituals and killing.
Director: Jesús Franco | Stars: Vicky Adams, Ada Tauler, Karine Gambier, Jack Taylor
Votes: 787
36. The Boss' Son (1978)
101 min | Crime, Drama
Bobby needs money and the easiest way is to ask his father for a job. But Dad decides his son should start at the bottom of his carpet business and earn his way to a better position. Bobby ... See full summary »
Director: Bobby Roth | Stars: Asher Brauner, Rudy Solari, Rita Moreno, Henry G. Sanders
Votes: 90
37. Anatomy of a Seduction (1979 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 96 min | Drama, Romance
The story of a divorced woman who begins an affair with the college-age son of her best friend, and the effects it has on her relationship with her own son, who is not much younger than her lover.
Director: Steven Hilliard Stern | Stars: Susan Flannery, Jameson Parker, Ed Nelson, Michael LeClair
Votes: 145
38. Happy Birthday, Gemini (1980)
R | 107 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A poor Harvard student's romance with a girl hits a rough spot when he realizes, on his 21st birthday, that he's in love with her brother. Based on the 1970s off-Broadway smash.
Director: Richard Benner | Stars: Madeline Kahn, Rita Moreno, Robert Viharo, Alan Rosenberg
Votes: 303
39. Evita Peron (1981 TV Movie)
TV-PG | 200 min | Drama, History
Aspiring actress Eva Duarte rises from a minor celebrity to the wife of a powerful Argentine dictator, but her all-consuming fiery rage, ambition, and hatred eventually become her downfall.
Director: Marvin J. Chomsky | Stars: Faye Dunaway, James Farentino, Pedro Armendáriz Jr., Michael Constantine
Votes: 368
40. The Four Seasons (1981)
PG | 107 min | Comedy, Drama
Three couples vacation together every season. After one divorces, feelings of betrayal and more spawn criticisms of one another, but the things that keep them together are stronger than those which might pull them apart.
Director: Alan Alda | Stars: Alan Alda, Carol Burnett, Len Cariou, Sandy Dennis
Votes: 5,592 | Gross: $50.43M
41. Portrait of a Showgirl (1982 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 94 min | Drama
The story of three Las Vegas showgirls, each at a different stage in her career.
Director: Steven Hilliard Stern | Stars: Lesley Ann Warren, Rita Moreno, Dianne Kay, Tony Curtis
Votes: 158
42. Tales from the Hollywood Hills: Closed Set (1988 TV Movie)
60 min | Drama
An aging actress hires a young director to film her next picture.
Director: Mollie Miller | Stars: Rita Moreno, D.W. Moffett, Penelope Ann Miller, Jeff Perry
Votes: 12
43. Age Isn't Everything (1991)
R | 90 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Drama
Young man gives up his dream of becoming an astronaut to go into business--and finds himself turned into a little old man.
Director: Douglas Katz | Stars: Jonathan Silverman, Robert Prosky, Rita Moreno, Rita Karin
Votes: 117
44. Italian Movie (1995)
95 min | Drama
This comedy-drama stars Michael Dellafemina as pizzeria owner Leonardo and Caprice Benedetti as his materialistic wife Anna. Leonardo is a compulsive gambler who tries to make up for his losses by becoming a male escort.
Director: Roberto Monticello | Stars: Michael Della Femina, Caprice Benedetti, Janet Sarno, James Gandolfini
Votes: 183
45. I Like It Like That (1994)
R | 104 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Money issues and misunderstandings divide a couple who struggle to raise their children in the Bronx.
Director: Darnell Martin | Stars: Luna Lauren Velez, Jon Seda, Tomas Melly, Desiree Casado
Votes: 1,843 | Gross: $1.78M
46. The Best Defense (1995 TV Movie)
Comedy
ala "Barney Miller" and "Taxi" type sitcom. This situation takes place behind the scenes in the DA and Public Defender's office, jail and courtroom and the many situations that can arise. ... See full summary »
Director: Stan Daniels | Stars: Steve Landesberg, Ricky Paull Goldin, Laura Graham, Mary Jo Keenen
47. The Wharf Rat (1995 TV Movie)
R | 88 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
Petey works at LA Harbor and runs criminal activities there, too. When his honest cop brother is killed by dirty cops, he decides to go after them with help from an investigative reporter.
Director: Jimmy Huston | Stars: Lou Diamond Phillips, Rachel Ticotin, Judge Reinhold, Scott Cohen
Votes: 179
48. Angus (1995)
PG-13 | 90 min | Comedy, Drama
A miserable fat teenager secretly has a crush on the class beauty, ends up becoming the surprising participant to dance with her at a high school dance, meaning he's got to get his act together with the help of his best friend.
Director: Patrick Read Johnson | Stars: Charlie Talbert, George C. Scott, Kathy Bates, Perry Anzilotti
Votes: 7,110 | Gross: $4.82M
49. The Spree (1998 TV Movie)
R | 98 min | Action, Thriller
A policeman becomes obsessed with a female cat burglar, who convinces him to join her in crime.
Director: Tommy Lee Wallace | Stars: Jennifer Beals, Powers Boothe, Garry Chalk, John Cassini
Votes: 253
50. Slums of Beverly Hills (1998)
R | 91 min | Comedy, Drama
In 1976, a lower-middle-class teenager struggles to cope living with her neurotic family of nomads on the outskirts of Beverly Hills.
Director: Tamara Jenkins | Stars: Natasha Lyonne, Alan Arkin, Bryna Weiss, Marisa Tomei
Votes: 14,614 | Gross: $5.48M
51. Carlo's Wake (1999)
90 min | Comedy
Carlo's Wake is a black comedy about the life, death and wake of an Italian-American patriarch and his colorful, combative extended family.
Director: Mike Valerio | Stars: Christopher Alessi, Yareli Arizmendi, Peter Blackwell, Carmine Caridi
Votes: 183
52. Resurrection (1999 TV Movie)
90 min | Drama
After a woman is crippled in an auto accident which killed her husband, she suddenly develops the powers to heal. First she uses the power to heal herself and then turns to others. However,... See full summary »
Director: Stephen Gyllenhaal | Stars: Dana Delany, Brenda Fricker, Nick Chinlund, Matthew Glave
Votes: 276
53. The Rockford Files: If It Bleeds... It Leads (1999 TV Movie)
120 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Jim Rockford must help a friend unjustly accused of child molestation.
Director: Stuart Margolin | Stars: James Garner, Rita Moreno, Joe Santos, Gretchen Corbett
Votes: 353
54. Blue Moon (2000)
PG-13 | 89 min | Comedy, Drama
A young couple from the city takes a trip to the country.
Director: John A. Gallagher | Stars: Ben Gazzara, Rita Moreno, Alanna Ubach, Brian Vincent
Votes: 321 | Gross: $0.06M
55. Piñero (2001)
R | 103 min | Biography, Drama
Miguel Pinero's creative and turbulent life was cut short at age 40: a Tony Award nominee who did time at Sing-Sing, a volatile urban poet whose work is recognized as a precursor to rap and hip-hop, and a writer of hit TV shows.
Director: Leon Ichaso | Stars: Benjamin Bratt, Giancarlo Esposito, Talisa Soto, Nelson Vasquez
Votes: 1,403 | Gross: $1.42M
56. Open House (2003 TV Movie)
96 min | Comedy, Drama, Family
Based on the New York Times Bestseller. After her husband decides to end their marriage, Samantha opens her home to boarders to make ends meet.
Director: Arvin Brown | Stars: Christine Lahti, Daniel Baldwin, Mark Rendall, Chris Potter
Votes: 163
57. Casa de los babys (2003)
R | 95 min | Drama
A brief look into South American family life while showing the hardships surrounding adoption in South America as six woman are forced to stay in the country while awaiting approval of adopting a baby.
Director: John Sayles | Stars: Daryl Hannah, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Mary Steenburgen, Lili Taylor
Votes: 2,216 | Gross: $0.48M
58. Scooby-Doo and the Monster of Mexico (2003 Video)
Not Rated | 75 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
Join Scooby, Shaggy and the gang as they visit a friend in Mexico to celebrate the Day of the Dead! Only this time it's a monster that terrorizes the town.
Director: Scott Jeralds | Stars: Casey Kasem, Frank Welker, Nicole Jaffe, Heather North
Votes: 4,862
59. King of the Corner (2004)
R | 93 min | Comedy, Drama
Leo Spivak is drifting through life without a compass. His father is aging fast, his teenage daughter is rebelling, his protégé is after his job and his wife is losing her patience. A twist... See full summary »
Director: Peter Riegert | Stars: Peter Riegert, Frank Wood, Jake Hoffman, Jayne Houdyshell
Votes: 579
60. Copshop (2004 TV Movie)
Drama
Directors: Anita W. Addison, Joe Cacaci | Stars: Blair Brown, Annie Campbell, Jessica Dickey, Richard Dreyfuss
Votes: 590
61. Lolo's Cafe (2006 TV Short)
10 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Director: Guy Vasilovich | Stars: Tom Arnold, Edward Asner, Jim Belushi, Carmen Electra
Votes: 28
62. Play It by Ear (2006)
94 min | Comedy, Romance
A young New Yorker's love for Hollywood's golden era of glamour is put to the test when she must choose between the man of her dreams and a man she's never dreamed of.
Director: Lauren Flick | Stars: Rita Moreno, Michelle Hurd, Josh Stamberg, Chris Henry Coffey
Votes: 28
63. Nicky Deuce (2013 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 68 min | Comedy, Crime, Family
When sheltered suburbanite Nicholas Borelli II is sent to stay with his tough Uncle Frankie in Brooklyn for the summer, he gets an urban makeover and becomes Nicky Deuce.
Director: Jonathan A. Rosenbaum | Stars: James Gandolfini, Rita Moreno, Michael Imperioli, Tony Sirico
Votes: 612
64. Six Dance Lessons in Six Weeks (2014)
Not Rated | 107 min | Comedy, Drama
A retired woman hires a dance instructor to give her private dance lessons at her home -- one per week for six weeks. What begins as an antagonistic relationship turns into a close friendship as they dance together.
Director: Arthur Allan Seidelman | Stars: Gena Rowlands, Cheyenne Jackson, Jacki Weaver, Rita Moreno
Votes: 364 | Gross: $0.07M
65. Rio 2 (2014)
G | 101 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
It's a jungle out there for Blu, Jewel, and their three kids after they're hurtled from Rio de Janeiro to the wilds of the Amazon. As Blu tries to fit in, he goes beak-to-beak with the vengeful Nigel and meets his father-in-law.
Director: Carlos Saldanha | Stars: Jesse Eisenberg, Anne Hathaway, Jemaine Clement, Andy Garcia
Votes: 100,360 | Gross: $131.54M
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