Favourite films under 50 checks
by jjwbenso | created - 31 Jan 2021 | updated - 31 Jan 2021 | PublicA list of my favourite films with fewer than 50 checks on ICM
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1. Connections (1978)
50 min | Documentary, History
Follow James Burke through the history of science and technology in this collection of 10 1-hour episodes, starting with "The Trigger Effect."
Stars: James Burke, Kenneth Kendall, Bruce Boa, Mark Wing-Davey
Votes: 1,434
2. Horatio's Drive: America's First Road Trip (2003 TV Movie)
TV-G | 107 min | Documentary, Adventure, History
The saga of Horatio Nelson Jackson, the first man to cross the United States by automobile--in 1903!
Director: Ken Burns | Stars: Keith David, Tom Hanks, Adam Arkin, Tom Bodett
Votes: 594
3. The Tuttles of Tahiti (1942)
Approved | 91 min | Adventure, Comedy, Romance
After a long absence from the island, Chester Tuttle returns to Tahiti to find that little has changed. His large family, particularly his scheming Uncle Jonas, would rather dance and ... See full summary »
Director: Charles Vidor | Stars: Charles Laughton, Jon Hall, Peggy Drake, Victor Francen
Votes: 395
4. Quartet (1948)
Approved | 120 min | Drama, Romance
Four of W. Somerset Maugham's short stories are brought to the screen with each introduced by the author. In "The Facts of Life", a young man with great potential on the tennis courts goes ... See full summary »
Directors: Ken Annakin, Arthur Crabtree, Harold French, Ralph Smart | Stars: Basil Radford, Naunton Wayne, Ian Fleming, Jack Raine
Votes: 986
5. The Girl on the Bridge (1951)
Not Rated | 76 min | Crime, Drama
An elderly watchmaker stops a beautiful young blonde from committing suicide by throwing herself off a bridge. They eventually marry, and things go well until a man from the woman's ... See full summary »
Director: Hugo Haas | Stars: Hugo Haas, Beverly Michaels, Robert Dane, Anthony Jochim
Votes: 236
6. Paris Was a Woman (1996)
Not Rated | 75 min | Documentary
Female artists, writers, photographers, designers, and adventurers are settled in Paris between the wars.
Director: Greta Schiller | Stars: Juliet Stevenson, Maureen All, Gillian Hanna, Margaret Robertson
Votes: 184 | Gross: $0.04M
7. Shiver My Timbers (1931)
20 min | Short, Family, Comedy
The Gang plays hooky from school so they can listen to the tall tales of a friendly sea captain.
Director: Robert F. McGowan | Stars: Sherwood Bailey, Matthew 'Stymie' Beard, Dorothy DeBorba, Bobby 'Wheezer' Hutchins
Votes: 215
8. Connections 3 (1997–1998)
History
In the conclusion to his groundbreaking series, James Burke continues to make incredible connections to history's most important discoveries and inventions.
Stars: James Burke, John Carrigan
Votes: 261
9. Mama's Little Pirate (1934)
Approved | 20 min | Family, Short, Comedy
The gang goes after pirate treasure they believe is hidden in a cave.
Director: Gus Meins | Stars: George 'Spanky' McFarland, Matthew 'Stymie' Beard, Scotty Beckett, Billie 'Buckwheat' Thomas
Votes: 238
10. Hide and Shriek (1938)
Approved | 10 min | Short, Comedy, Family
Detective Alfalfa and his assistants Buckwheat and Porky try to solve a missing-candy case but find themselves in an amusement park haunted house.
Director: Gordon Douglas | Stars: Darla Hood, Eugene 'Porky' Lee, Carl 'Alfalfa' Switzer, Billie 'Buckwheat' Thomas
Votes: 193
11. Silence of the North (1981)
PG | 94 min | Drama
Based on the biography of Olive Fredrickson, It tells of her life as a girl, then a trapper's wife and later a widow with three small children surviving under rugged pioneer conditions in ... See full summary »
Director: Allan King | Stars: Ellen Burstyn, Tom Skerritt, Gordon Pinsent, Jennifer McKinney
Votes: 268 | Gross: $1.62M
12.
Great Performances (1971– )
Episode:
Monsignor Quixote
(1986)
TV-G | 120 min | Music, Musical
In this modern adaptation of the Don Quixote theme based on a novel by Graham Greene, Quixote is an old Spanish village priest who travels through Spain with his friend, Sancho, the ... See full summary »
Director: Rodney Bennett | Stars: Alec Guinness, Leo McKern, Ian Richardson, Graham Crowden
Votes: 223
13. London: The Modern Babylon (2012)
Not Rated | 125 min | Documentary, History, Music
London: The Modern Babylon is legendary director Julien Temple's epic time-traveling voyage to the heart of his hometown.
Director: Julien Temple | Stars: Keith Allen, Michael Gambon, Steve Jones, Bill Nighy
Votes: 655
14. Perla w koronie (1972)
111 min | Drama
Film set during the Silesian Uprising in the 1920's. The German owners of a mine decide that it is unprofitable and want to close it by flooding it. The miners go on strike.
Director: Kazimierz Kutz | Stars: Lucja Kowolik, Olgierd Lukaszewicz, Jan Englert, Franciszek Pieczka
Votes: 339
15. The First Round-Up (1934)
Approved | 20 min | Family, Comedy, Short
The gang packs up for a camping trip to Cherry Creek two miles from their home, but to them it is the wilderness. After night falls, the hooting owls and croaking frogs conjure up visions ... See full summary »
Director: Gus Meins | Stars: Wally Albright, Matthew 'Stymie' Beard, Scotty Beckett, Tommy Bond
Votes: 223
16. Mr. Winkle Goes to War (1944)
Approved | 80 min | Comedy, War
Wilbert Winkle, a henpecked, mild-mannered, middle-aged bank clerk and handyman, finds himself in the midst of battle in the South Pacific.
Director: Alfred E. Green | Stars: Edward G. Robinson, Ruth Warrick, Ted Donaldson, Bob Haymes
Votes: 611
17. Lost Bohemia (2010)
77 min | Documentary
For over a century, Carnegie Hall rented affordable studio apartments atop the famous music hall to artistic tenants such as Marlon Brando, Paddy Chayefsky and Isadora Duncan. As a ... See full summary »
Director: Josef Astor | Stars: Keith Barber, Jeanne Beauvais, Joel Benjamin, Andrew Bergman
Votes: 51 | Gross: $0.02M
18. The Execution of Private Slovik (1974 TV Movie)
120 min | Biography, Drama
The story of Eddie Slovik, who was executed by the Army in 1945, the only American soldier to be executed for desertion since the Civil War.
Director: Lamont Johnson | Stars: Martin Sheen, Mariclare Costello, Ned Beatty, Gary Busey
Votes: 1,057
19. Hi'-Neighbor! (1934)
Approved | 17 min | Family, Comedy, Short
The gang decides to build their own fire engine.
Director: Gus Meins | Stars: Wally Albright, Matthew 'Stymie' Beard, Scotty Beckett, Tommy Bond
Votes: 282
20. Complicated Women (2003 TV Movie)
55 min | Documentary
A look at actresses who starred in films with thought-provoking subjects made between 1929-1934 - before the Hollywood Production Code was enforced.
Director: Hugh Munro Neely | Stars: Jane Fonda, Frances Dee, Kitty Carlisle, Molly Haskell
Votes: 453
21. Trio (1950)
Not Rated | 91 min | Drama, Romance
Three short stories by W. Somerset Maugham, "The Verger", "Mr. Know-All", and "The Sanatorium" are introduced by the author.
Directors: Ken Annakin, Harold French | Stars: James Hayter, Kathleen Harrison, Felix Aylmer, Lana Morris
Votes: 905
22. Thunder in the City (1937)
Approved | 87 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
A visiting American engages in a bold business promotion, the likes of which the British have not seen.
Director: Marion Gering | Stars: Edward G. Robinson, Nigel Bruce, Constance Collier, Luli Deste
Votes: 441
23. Heater (1999)
85 min | Drama
Two homeless men try to return a recently stolen base-board heater for the refund. Unsuccessful, they must find other ways to survive the night.
Director: Terrance Odette | Stars: Gary Farmer, Stephen Ouimette, Mauralea Austin, Tina Keeper
Votes: 229
24. The Cockeyed Miracle (1946)
Approved | 81 min | Comedy, Fantasy
Man returns from heaven to make up for financial errors he made that caused harm to his family.
Director: S. Sylvan Simon | Stars: Frank Morgan, Keenan Wynn, Cecil Kellaway, Audrey Totter
Votes: 434
25. Mark Twain (2001 TV Movie)
TV-PG | 212 min | Documentary, Biography
A biographical film about the acclaimed American humourist and author.
Director: Ken Burns | Stars: Keith David, Kevin Conway, Philip Bosco, Blythe Danner
Votes: 1,114
26. Travelling North (1987)
PG-13 | 96 min | Comedy, Drama
After their late-life marriage, a middle-aged Australian couple move to the countryside. Their life and tempestuous marriage is detailed.
Director: Carl Schultz | Stars: Leo McKern, Julia Blake, Henri Szeps, Michele Fawdon
Votes: 372 | Gross: $0.21M
27. Scottsboro: An American Tragedy (2000)
84 min | Documentary, History
The history of the "Scottsboro Boys," a group of African American men who were victims of a racist miscarriage of justice that became a national controversy.
Directors: Barak Goodman, Daniel Anker | Stars: Frances McDormand, Stanley Tucci, Andre Braugher, Nesbitt Blaisdell
Votes: 365
28. I Heard the Owl Call My Name (1973 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 90 min | Drama
Young Priest Mark Brian is sent as a vicar to a native American village in British Columbia. There, he learns of faith and humanity, as he watches their culture being torn to shreds.
Director: Daryl Duke | Stars: Tom Courtenay, Dean Jagger, Paul Stanley, Marianne Jones
Votes: 232
29. Holy Matrimony (1943)
Not Rated | 87 min | Comedy, Drama
From Arnold Bennett's novel "Buried Alive". An artist returning from years abroad takes the identity of his dead valet to escape the attentions of the press.
Director: John M. Stahl | Stars: Monty Woolley, Gracie Fields, Laird Cregar, Una O'Connor
Votes: 897
30. Harmonica (1974)
75 min | Drama, Family
Set on the sun-drenched southern coast of Iran, "Harmonica" begins as a young boy receives a musical present from abroad. Fascinated and envious, his friends make him the leader of the pack... See full summary »
Director: Amir Naderi | Stars: Masoud Gudarzi, Mehdi Javadi, Shahla Darvishi, Yaghoob Moradzadeh
Votes: 467
31. Not So Dumb (1930)
Passed | 76 min | Comedy, Romance
Not-so-smart chatterbox Dulcy Parker does and says all the wrong things, but they right themselves to prove she's not so dumb after all.
Director: King Vidor | Stars: Marion Davies, Elliott Nugent, Raymond Hackett, Franklin Pangborn
Votes: 1,148
32. Under the Moonlight (2001)
96 min | Drama
Hassan is a student of Religious /Islamic school and is about to be dressed as a missioner .In such a time when his other mates are excited and are getting ready to be formally dressed and ... See full summary »
Director: Reza Mirkarimi | Stars: Hossein Parastar, Hamed Rajabali, Mehran Rajabi, Mahmoud Nazaralian
Votes: 1,135
33. The Luck of Ginger Coffey (1964)
100 min | Drama
An out-of-work Irish immigrant in Montreal remains hopeful that his luck is about to change but his disillusioned family grow tired of his pigheadedness and instability.
Director: Irvin Kershner | Stars: Robert Shaw, Mary Ure, Liam Redmond, Tom Harvey
Votes: 314
34. Bless You, Prison (2002)
Not Rated | 90 min | Drama
Based on Nicole Valery-Grossu's European best seller autobiographic novel "Bless you, prison", the film is a true story, with real events and characters. A young intellectual woman, Nicole,... See full summary »
Director: Nicolae Margineanu | Stars: Maria Ploae, Dorina Lazar, Ecaterina Nazare, Maria Rotaru
Votes: 548
35. Birthday Blues (1932)
Approved | 20 min | Comedy, Family, Short
Dickie throws a birthday party to try to raise money to buy his mother a birthday present.
Director: Robert F. McGowan | Stars: Matthew 'Stymie' Beard, Dorothy DeBorba, Kendall McComas, George 'Spanky' McFarland
Votes: 240
36. Mosku - lajinsa viimeinen (2003)
136 min | Biography, Drama, History
Director: Tapio Suominen | Stars: Kai Lehtinen, Maria Järvenhelmi, Petter Sairanen, Rauno Ahonen
Votes: 468
37. Young Dr. Kildare (1938)
Approved | 82 min | Drama, Mystery
Dr. James Kildare decides to take a position at a large New York hospital instead of joining his father's country practice but he finds himself in serious trouble when he saves a suicidal woman.
Director: Harold S. Bucquet | Stars: Lionel Barrymore, Lew Ayres, Lynne Carver, Nat Pendleton
Votes: 709
38. Jandek on Corwood (2003)
Not Rated | 88 min | Documentary, Music
"The longest-running, weirdest, loneliest enigma in popular music is a guy from Texas who calls himself Jandek." Jandek on Corwood is the 89-minute documentary that explores this man, his world and his music.
Director: Chad Freidrichs | Stars: Byron Coley, Calvin Johnson, Barry Hansen, John Foster
Votes: 307
39. Touché and Go (1957)
6 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
The amorous skunk, Pepé le Pew, chases a female cat by the seaside, under the sea and finally on a desert island.
Director: Chuck Jones | Star: Mel Blanc
Votes: 430
40. The Golem: The Legend of Prague (1936)
83 min | Fantasy, Horror
The Golem, a giant creature created out of clay by a rabbi, comes to life in a time of trouble to protect the Jews of Prague from persecution.
Director: Julien Duvivier | Stars: Harry Baur, Roger Karl, Charles Dorat, Roger Duchesne
Votes: 267
41. The Disappeared (2012)
Not Rated | 86 min | Drama, Mystery
The story of six men lost at sea in the North Atlantic.
Director: Shandi Mitchell | Stars: Billy Campbell, Shawn Doyle, Brian Downey, Ryan Doucette
Votes: 370
42. Tasio (1984)
95 min | Drama
The childhood, love adventures, and ordinary life of Tasio, a coal maker in rural Navarre.
Director: Montxo Armendáriz | Stars: José María Asín, Patxi Bisquert, Enrique Goicoechea, Paco Hernández
Votes: 507
43. The Fair Haired Hare (1951)
Approved | 7 min | Family, Animation, Short
After Yosemite Sam builds his house over Bugs Bunny's rabbit hole, the two of them try to determine who owns the land through the courts and other less legal means.
Director: Friz Freleng | Star: Mel Blanc
Votes: 438
44. Passion (1998)
155 min | Drama
In this black-and-white Hungarian version of James M. Cain's The Postman Always Rings Twice, a wife and her lover plot to kill her older husband.
Director: György Fehér | Stars: Ildikó Bánsági, Djoko Rosic, János Derzsi, István Lénárt
Votes: 213
45. Spanky (1932)
20 min | Comedy, Family, Short
While staging a play, Spanky finds his father's hiding place for the family "fortune."
Director: Robert F. McGowan | Stars: George 'Spanky' McFarland, Sherwood Bailey, Matthew 'Stymie' Beard, Dorothy DeBorba
Votes: 185
46. Operator 13 (1934)
Passed | 85 min | Drama, History, Musical
Union spy Gail Loveless impersonates a black maid in the early days of the Civil War, but complications arise when she falls in love with a Confederate officer.
Director: Richard Boleslawski | Stars: Marion Davies, Gary Cooper, Jean Parker, Katharine Alexander
Votes: 1,504
47. The Ghost of St. Michael's (1941)
82 min | Comedy, Crime, Mystery
A hapless teacher named Will Lamb is hired by a grim school in Scotland. The school soon starts to be haunted by a legendary ghost, whose spectral bagpipes signal the death of one of the ... See full summary »
Director: Marcel Varnel | Stars: Will Hay, Claude Hulbert, Felix Aylmer, Raymond Huntley
Votes: 622
48. The Times That Are (1967)
118 min | Documentary
Four years after Of Whales, the Moon, and Men (1963), the director 'Pierre Perrault' ask Alexis Tremblay if he agreed to travel with his wife Marie in the country of their ancestors, France... See full summary »
Director: Pierre Perrault | Stars: Alexis Tremblay, Marie Tremblay, Léopold Tremblay, Marie-Paule Tremblay
Votes: 78
49. Little Boy Boo (1954)
Approved | 6 min | Family, Animation, Short
Foghorn Leghorn is cold as winter approaches and decides to court Miss Prissy so he can live in her in warm house. She agrees as long as Foggy will be a good father to her kid Junior, who outsmarts the rooster in every game they play.
Director: Robert McKimson | Stars: Mel Blanc, Elvia Allman, Gladys Holland
Votes: 464
50. La barraca (1945)
110 min | Drama
In rural Spain, a new family arrives in town to work a parcel (barraca), the townsfolk are very hostile to the idea of "another" working the land that once belonged to one of them.
Director: Roberto Gavaldón | Stars: Domingo Soler, Anita Blanch, Amparo Morillo, José Baviera
Votes: 149
51. Third Man on the Mountain (1959)
Approved | 107 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
A boy attempts to realize his father's dream of climbing an alpine peak known as the Citadel.
Director: Ken Annakin | Stars: Michael Rennie, James MacArthur, Janet Munro, James Donald
Votes: 1,247
52. Cracked Quack (1952)
Approved | 7 min | Family, Animation, Short
Daffy Duck takes shelter from a blizzard by sneaking into a cozy home owned by Porky Pig. Daffy tries to secretly mooch off of Porky for an entire winter, but Porky's dog realizes that ... See full summary »
Director: Friz Freleng | Star: Mel Blanc
Votes: 434
53. Lars Ole, 5c (1973)
84 min | Drama
It's nice to be a kid with school, play and friends. But just below the surface is astonishing cruelty, craftiness and seriousness that can make the life hell for a 12-year-old boy in the 5th grade.
Director: Nils Malmros | Stars: Søren Rasmussen, Knud Randa Frank Nielsen, Lars Randrup Mikkelsen, Judith Nysom
Votes: 215
54. Mush and Milk (1933)
Approved | 20 min | Comedy, Family, Short
When Cap's back pension finally comes in, he treats the gang to a day at an amusement park.
Director: Robert F. McGowan | Stars: Matthew 'Stymie' Beard, Tommy Bond, Dorothy DeBorba, Bobby 'Wheezer' Hutchins
Votes: 302
55. Fourteen Days in May (1987)
87 min | Documentary
Fourteen Days in May is a documentary film directed by Paul Hamann and originally shown on television by the British Broadcasting Corporation in 1987. The programme recounts the final days ... See full summary »
Director: Paul Hamann | Stars: Bobby Butler, Donald Cabana, Melanie Christopher, Paul Hamann
Votes: 339
56. Pete Seeger: The Power of Song (2007)
PG | 93 min | Documentary, Music
Interviews, archival footage and home movies are used to illustrate a social history of folk artist and activist Pete Seeger.
Director: Jim Brown | Stars: Joan Baez, Johnny Cash, Bill Clinton, Bob Dylan
Votes: 479 | Gross: $0.18M
57. The West (1996)
537 min | Documentary, History, War
Stephen Ives' "The West" is a PBS 4-Video Series co-produced by Ken Burns: - "Death Runs Riot" 85 min. - "Fight No More Forever" 85 min. - "Ghost Dance" 58 min. - "The People" 82 min.
Stars: Peter Coyote, N. Scott Momaday, Murphy Guyer, John Trudell
Votes: 2,147
58. Ghosts of Abu Ghraib (2007)
TV-MA | 78 min | Documentary, Crime, History
An examination of the prisoner abuse scandal involving U.S. soldiers and detainees at Iraq's Abu Ghraib prison in the fall of 2003.
Director: Rory Kennedy | Stars: Israel Rivera, Megan Ambuhl Graner, Javal Davis, George W. Bush
Votes: 1,180
59. Les petites fugues (1979)
140 min | Comedy, Drama
Pipe, farmhand for 30 years, buys a moped with his old-age insurance allowances. Despite a difficult start, Pipe sets out to discover a reality he did not know.
Director: Yves Yersin | Stars: Michel Robin, Fabienne Barraud, Fred Personne, Dore De Rosa
Votes: 418
60. Dr. Petiot (1990)
102 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
Based on the real life of Dr. Marcel Petiot: During world war II Petiot, an MD living in occupied Paris, promised to help wealthy Jewish people among his patients to flee occupied France ... See full summary »
Director: Christian de Chalonge | Stars: Michel Serrault, Pierre Romans, Bérangère Bonvoisin, Zbigniew Horoks
Votes: 797
61. Marianne (I) (1929)
Passed | 111 min | Drama, Musical, Romance
During World War I, a young French woman struggles to choose between two suitors: a blind soldier to whom she is engaged and an American serviceman.
Director: Robert Z. Leonard | Stars: Marion Davies, George Baxter, Lawrence Gray, Cliff Edwards
Votes: 1,275
62. Preparation for the Festival (1975)
117 min | Drama
A young Japanese man comes to the realization that he must leave his village if he is to ever have a chance at a full life.
Director: Kazuo Kuroki | Stars: Jun Etô, Haruko Mabuchi, Hajime Hana, Yoshio Harada
Votes: 124
63. 36 Chowringhee Lane (1981)
122 min | Drama, Romance
After marriage of her niece, Rosemary, Anglo-Indian school-teacher Violet Stoneham lives a lonely life in her single room flat located at 36 Chowringhee Lane in Calcutta.
Director: Aparna Sen | Stars: Jennifer Kendal, Dhritiman Chatterjee, Debashree Roy, Geoffrey Kendal
Votes: 433
64. The Cossacks (1928)
92 min | Drama
A peace-loving Cossack chooses to prove himself in battle when his village and childhood sweetheart label him a coward.
Directors: George W. Hill, Clarence Brown | Stars: John Gilbert, Renée Adorée, Ernest Torrence, Nils Asther
Votes: 713
65. The Four Sisters (2018– )
Not Rated | 273 min | Documentary, History
Four interviews done in the 1970s with women who survived the Holocaust.
Stars: Claude Lanzmann, Paula Biren, Ada Lichtman, Ruth Elias
Votes: 212 | Gross: $0.01M
66. Stray Dogs (2004)
93 min | Drama
The story of survival of 2 children in post-Taliban Afghanistan. Their mother has been imprisoned for "adultery" and their father is in Guantanamo Bay.
Director: Marzieh Makhmalbaf | Stars: Gol-Ghotai, Zahed, Agheleh Rezaie, Sohrab Akbari
Votes: 706
67. All Summer in a Day (1982 TV Movie)
25 min | Drama, Family, Sci-Fi
A young girl on another planet waits for the sun to come out.
Director: Ed Kaplan | Stars: Reesa Mallen, Keith Coogan, Jerry Marshak, Tammy Simpson
Votes: 500
68. Long Gone (2003)
90 min | Documentary
Documentary about 6 tramps who hop trains in America.
Directors: Jack Cahill, David Eberhardt | Stars: Jessie, Horizontal John, Joshua Long Gone, New York Slim
Votes: 125
69. Daffy's Southern Exposure (1942)
Approved | 7 min | Family, Animation, Short
It's the dead of winter, and Daffy Duck is starving. A fox and a weasel invite him into their cabin and feed him beans. But they have an ulterior motive--namely eating Daffy.
Director: Norm McCabe | Stars: Mel Blanc, Sara Berner, Billy Bletcher, June Foray
Votes: 329
70. Buddies (1989)
114 min | Drama, Romance
The film tells story of a close friendship undone by love.
Director: Yasuo Furuhata | Stars: Ken Takakura, Eiji Bandô, Sumiko Fuji, Yasuko Tomita
Votes: 134
71. The Trials of Oscar Wilde (1960)
PG | 123 min | Biography, Drama, History
A chronicle of Oscar Wilde's libel suit against the Marquis of Queensberry and the tragic turn his life takes because of it.
Director: Ken Hughes | Stars: Peter Finch, Yvonne Mitchell, James Mason, Nigel Patrick
Votes: 1,120
72. 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
73. Dupa-amiaza unui tortionar (2001)
80 min | Biography, Comedy, Drama
A young journalist interviews a man who was a torturer during the early days of the communist regime in Romania.
Director: Lucian Pintilie | Stars: Gheorghe Dinica, Radu Beligan, Ioana Ana Macaria, Coca Bloos
Votes: 784
74. Chicken and Duck Talk (1988)
95 min | Comedy
Old Hui, the stingy owner of a traditional BBQ duck restaurant, has to fight to retain customers defecting to a new fast-food fried chicken joint just across the street.
Director: Clifton Ko | Stars: Michael Hui, Ricky Hui, Sylvia Chang, Lowell Lo
Votes: 889
75. Triglavske strmine (1932)
82 min | Romance
Miha invites his fiancée Minka to the dance, but he's tempted by another big desire of his - climbing. Frustrated Minka insists on the festivity, where she finds herself in a company of ... See full summary »
Director: Ferdo Delak | Stars: Milka Badjura, Joza Cop, Anton Danilo Cerar, Joze Kunstler
Votes: 32
76. Kanchana Sita (1977)
90 min | Drama
Rama, who doubts about the chastity of Sita at last finds his own children and went for salvation.
Director: Govindan Aravindan | Stars: Ramdas, Venkateswarlu, Chinnapuliah, Keshav Panicker
Votes: 123
77. Hold Back Tomorrow (1955)
Approved | 75 min | Drama, Film-Noir
A condemned murderer, scheduled to hang in the morning, asks for the company of a woman in his final hours.
Director: Hugo Haas | Stars: John Agar, Cleo Moore, Frank DeKova, Dallas Boyd
Votes: 294
78. Virginity (1937)
83 min | Drama
Young and stunningly beautiful Hana is thrown into the street after her mother catches her stepfather sexually harassing Hana. She finds a new job at a café where she becomes the object of ... See full summary »
Director: Otakar Vávra | Stars: Lída Baarová, Jaroslava Skorkovská, Frantisek Kreuzmann, Ladislav Bohác
Votes: 119
79. Christopher Columbus (1949)
Not Rated | 99 min | Action, Adventure, Biography
Christopher Columbus overcomes intrigue at the Spanish court and convinces Queen Isabella that his plan to reach the East by sailing west is practical.
Director: David MacDonald | Stars: Fredric March, Florence Eldridge, Francis L. Sullivan, Kathleen Ryan
Votes: 613
80. Francis of Assisi (1961)
Not Rated | 105 min | Biography, Drama, History
In 13th century Italy, Francis Bernardone, the son of an Assisi merchant, renounces a promising army career in favor of a monastic life and starts his own religious order, sanctioned by the Pope.
Director: Michael Curtiz | Stars: Bradford Dillman, Dolores Hart, Stuart Whitman, Cecil Kellaway
Votes: 1,126
82. The Cheaters (1945)
Passed | 87 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
An eccentric wealthy family facing bankruptcy schemes to steal an inheritance, but an alcoholic ex-actor they take in for Christmas charity complicates their plan.
Director: Joseph Kane | Stars: Joseph Schildkraut, Billie Burke, Eugene Pallette, Ona Munson
Votes: 910
83. The Interrogation of Michael Crowe (2002 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 100 min | Drama, Thriller
The lives of Escondido, California residents Cheryl and Stephen Crowe change one morning when they find their twelve year old daughter Stephanie Crowe stabbed to death in her bedroom. As ... See full summary »
Director: Don McBrearty | Stars: Ally Sheedy, Mark Rendall, John Bourgeois, Hannah Lochner
Votes: 1,172
84. Crockett-Doodle-Do (1960)
Approved | 7 min | Family, Animation, Short
Foghorn Leghorn decides to take an egghead genius chick out to the woods to distract him from his long-haired atomic science books and teach him about such practical things as scouting and ... See full summary »
Director: Robert McKimson | Star: Mel Blanc
Votes: 427
85. The Impatient Patient (1942)
8 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Telegram deliverer Daffy Duck is in a swamp, with a message for someone named Chloe, when he starts hiccupping. Unable to stop his hiccups, Daffy decides to seek medical help, in a old ... See full summary »
Director: Norm McCabe | Star: Mel Blanc
Votes: 299
86. Amal (2007)
101 min | Drama
When Amal impresses an eccentric millionaire with his humility and humanity, he unknowingly becomes the old man's beneficiary.
Director: Richie Mehta | Stars: Rupinder Nagra, Naseeruddin Shah, Seema Biswas, Koel Purie
Votes: 2,228
87. The Great O'Malley (1937)
Passed | 71 min | Drama
A by-the-book patrolman who cares more about the letter of the law than justice feels guilty when his inflexibility sends a family man to prison.
Director: William Dieterle | Stars: Pat O'Brien, Humphrey Bogart, Sybil Jason, Ann Sheridan
Votes: 888
88. Lowlands (2009)
52 min | Documentary, Drama, History
LOWLANDS is a feature cinematic essay that moves between chronological and geographical zones and events including the 1996 trial of a Bosnian Serb for crimes against humanity, the ... See full summary »
Director: Peter Thompson
Votes: 24
89. Laafi - Tout va bien (1991)
98 min | Drama
After obtaining their Secondary School diplomas, some young people plan to continue their education but are not sure which area to choose.
Director: S. Pierre Yameogo | Stars: Yolande Belem, Laure Kaho, Cheick Kone, Denis Yameogo
Votes: 22
90. Two's a Crowd (1950)
Approved | 7 min | Animation, Family, Short
Claude Cat is perfectly content with his life until his owner brings home a new puppy for his wife. Now, any time Frisky Puppy barks, it sends a nervous Claude jumping to the ceiling.
Director: Chuck Jones | Stars: Mel Blanc, Bea Benaderet
Votes: 201
91. Manhattan Medley (1931)
10 min | Short
A camera conception of New York, the city of inconceivable contrasts.
Director: Bonney Powell
Votes: 74
92. The Deliberate Stranger (1986)
Not Rated | 93 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
The story of serial killer, Ted Bundy.
Stars: Mark Harmon, Frederic Forrest, George Grizzard, Ben Masters
Votes: 2,677
93. The Kid from Borneo (1933)
Approved | 18 min | Short, Comedy, Family
The gang goes to a circus sideshow to visit Dickie and Spanky's uncle, mistakenly believing he is "The Wild Man from Borneo."
Director: Robert F. McGowan | Stars: Matthew 'Stymie' Beard, Tommy Bond, Dorothy DeBorba, Bobby 'Wheezer' Hutchins
Votes: 437
94. Pitch (1997)
81 min | Documentary
Two young writers try to pitch their script to the big and famous.
Directors: Kenny Hotz, Spencer Rice | Stars: Kenny Hotz, Spencer Rice, Samuel Z. Arkoff, Jay Bergeren
Votes: 806
95. Inupiatun: In the Manner of the Eskimo (1982)
55 min | Documentary
A social documentary that details the traditional Inuit (Eskimo) life on the land in the Mackenzie Delta of Canada's Northwest Territories. Traveling with a traditional Inuit family, the ... See full summary »
Directors: Peter Haynes, Harold Tichenor
Votes: 14
96. The Bachelor Father (1931)
Approved | 90 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Old man invites three of his illegitimate children to live with him.
Director: Robert Z. Leonard | Stars: Marion Davies, Ralph Forbes, C. Aubrey Smith, Ray Milland
Votes: 1,235
97. Mrs. Amworth (1978)
29 min | Short, Horror, Mystery
A vampire terrorizes a quiet English town.
Director: Alvin Rakoff | Stars: Glynis Johns, Derek Francis, John Phillips, Pip Miller
Votes: 103
98. Bullets Don't Come Back (1967)
116 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
A recently widowed young farmer is mistaken for the notorious leader of a ruthless gang of bandits. Now, a feared convict, the police, and a band of thieves are after him. Can he stay alive, and save his loved ones?
Director: Nikos Foskolos | Stars: Kostas Kazakos, Angelos Antonopoulos, Mema Stathopoulou, Spyros Kalogirou
Votes: 244
99. Wot a Night (1931)
Not Rated | 9 min | Animation, Family, Short
Two passengers refuse to pay their cab fare, so the taxi drives chase after them.
Directors: John Foster, Vernon Stallings
Votes: 199
100. The Adventures of Errol Flynn (2005 TV Movie)
90 min | Documentary
A documentary about the life of Errol Flynn, with recollections from friends and family.
Director: David Heeley | Stars: Ian Holm, Errol Flynn, Charles Chauvel, Patrice Wymore
Votes: 421
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