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1. Top Gun (1986)
PG | 109 min | Action, Drama
As students at the United States Navy's elite fighter weapons school compete to be best in the class, one daring young pilot learns a few things from a civilian instructor that are not taught in the classroom.
Director: Tony Scott | Stars: Tom Cruise, Tim Robbins, Kelly McGillis, Val Kilmer
Votes: 504,579 | Gross: $179.80M
2. THX 1138 (1971)
R | 86 min | Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
In the 25th century, a time when people have designations instead of names, a man, THX 1138, and a woman, LUH 3417, rebel against their rigidly controlled society.
Director: George Lucas | Stars: Robert Duvall, Donald Pleasence, Don Pedro Colley, Maggie McOmie
Votes: 54,790 | Gross: $2.44M
3. Nash Bridges (1996–2001)
TV-14 | 60 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A smart alecky San Francisco, California cop and his get rich quick scheme of a partner keep tabs on crime and take down the bad guys in the Bay Area.
Stars: Don Johnson, Cheech Marin, Jodi Lyn O'Keefe, Jeff Perry
Votes: 8,129
4. Milk (I) (2008)
R | 128 min | Biography, Drama, History
The story of American gay activist Harvey Milk, who fought for gay rights and was elected as California's first openly gay official.
Director: Gus Van Sant | Stars: Sean Penn, Josh Brolin, Emile Hirsch, Diego Luna
Votes: 180,037 | Gross: $31.84M
5. American Experience (1987– )
TV-PG | 120 min | Documentary, Biography, History
A series showcasing documentaries on American history.
Stars: David McCullough, David Ogden Stiers, Michael Murphy, Oliver Platt
Votes: 2,213
6. Electric Dreams (1984)
PG | 95 min | Comedy, Drama, Music
An artificially intelligent PC and his human owner find themselves in a romantic rivalry over a woman.
Director: Steve Barron | Stars: Lenny von Dohlen, Virginia Madsen, Maxwell Caulfield, Bud Cort
Votes: 10,057 | Gross: $2.19M
7. My Family/Mi familia (1995)
R | 128 min | Drama
A man makes his way from Mexico to Los Angeles in the 1920s and gets married and raises a big family there. The movie follows the children until they get married and start their families in the 1960s.
Director: Gregory Nava | Stars: Jimmy Smits, Esai Morales, Edward James Olmos, Rafael Cortes
Votes: 4,520 | Gross: $11.08M
8. Earth 2 (1994–1995)
TV-PG | 60 min | Adventure, Sci-Fi
Colonists, crash-landed on an alien planet, begin the long trek to their originally designated landing place, facing alien and human threats.
Stars: Debrah Farentino, Clancy Brown, Sullivan Walker, Jessica Steen
Votes: 5,530
9. Gimme Shelter (1970)
GP | 91 min | Documentary, Music, Thriller
When three hundred thousand members of the Love Generation collided with a few dozen Hells Angels at San Francisco's Altamont Speedway, the bloody slash that transformed a decade's dreams into disillusionment was immortalized on this film.
Directors: Albert Maysles, David Maysles, Charlotte Zwerin | Stars: Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Mick Taylor, Charlie Watts
Votes: 12,930 | Gross: $0.25M
10. Tales of the City (1993)
Unrated | 60 min | Drama, Mystery, Romance
The stories of several colorful characters living in San Francisco.
Stars: Olympia Dukakis, Donald Moffat, Chloe Webb, Laura Linney
Votes: 4,330
11. She Spies (2002–2004)
Not Rated | 60 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
Three cute, humorous women are taken out of prison to work for the government as spies - a crime fighting unit.
Stars: Natasha Henstridge, Kristen Miller, Natashia Williams, Carlos Jacott
Votes: 1,464
12. Frontline (1983– )
TV-MA | 60 min | Documentary, News
FRONTLINE is investigative journalism that questions, explains and changes our world and American television's top long-form news and current affairs series since 1983
Stars: Will Lyman, Sarah Childress, Priyanka Boghani, Arun Rath
Votes: 2,305
13. Horizon (I) (1964– )
50 min | Documentary
British documentary series that covers a variety of subjects in science and philosophy.
Stars: Paul Vaughan, Jack Fortune, Dilly Barlow, Colin Riach
Votes: 1,150
14. Larva (2005 TV Movie)
R | 96 min | Horror, Sci-Fi
In Host, Missouri, the newcomer vet, Dr Eli Rudkus, is called by a farmer to look at one of his cows. The vet finds a strange parasite in the animal and sends it to the agriculture lab to ... See full summary »
Director: Abram Cox | Stars: Vincent Ventresca, Rachel Hunter, William Forsythe, Mercedes Peterson
Votes: 1,347
15. The Spirit of '76 (1990)
PG-13 | 82 min | Comedy, Sci-Fi
In 2176, a magnetic storm erases all recorded history, including the U.S. Constitution, so, three time travelers are sent back to July 4, 1776, to retrieve the heritage, but end up in 1976's Bicentennial, while being perceived as aliens.
Director: Lucas Reiner | Stars: Mark Mothersbaugh, Gerald Casale, Carl Reiner, Nancye Ferguson
Votes: 845
16. Hot Wax Zombies on Wheels (1999)
Not Rated | 82 min | Comedy, Horror
A sleepy fishing village is terrorized by a band of hairless zombies on motorcycles.
Director: Michael Roush | Stars: Jill Miller, Gwen Somers, Trevor Lovell, Jon Briddell
Votes: 865
17. World in Action (1963–1998)
30 min | Documentary
A documentary series focusing on current affairs.
Stars: Brian Armstrong, Chris Kelly, Derek Cooper, Wilfrid Thomas
Votes: 99
18. Golden Gate (I) (1993)
R | 91 min | Crime, Drama
A brash 22-year-old FBI agent trumps up charges of Communist spying against a Chinese laundryman. Ten years later, he wants to make amends to the man and his teenage daughter.
Director: John Madden | Stars: Matt Dillon, Joan Chen, Elizabeth Morehead, Bruno Kirby
Votes: 938 | Gross: $0.40M
19. Total Stranger (1999)
TV-14 | 94 min | Drama, Thriller
A middle-aged woman takes on a young female tenant to help pay her debts, but gets a lot more than she bargains for when the girl starts to act very strangely indeed . . .
Director: Joe Cacaci | Stars: Lindsay Crouse, Zoe McLellan, Dan Lauria, Jay Thomas
Votes: 452
20. The Huntress (2000–2001)
60 min | Action, Crime, Drama
The adventures of mother and daughter bounty hunters.
Stars: James Remar, Annette O'Toole, Jordana Spiro, Luis Antonio Ramos
Votes: 475
21. Love Bites (1993)
R | 98 min | Comedy, Horror, Romance
Story about a vampire who falls in love with a woman and tries to "re-humanize" himself in order to be with her.
Director: Malcolm Marmorstein | Stars: Adam Ant, Kimberly Foster, Roger Rose, Michelle Forbes
Votes: 655
22. Joe Cocker: Mad Dogs & Englishmen (1971)
GP | 117 min | Documentary, Music
Joe Cocker and Leon Russell perform live at the Fillmore East and Santa Monica Civic Auditorium.
Director: Pierre Adidge | Stars: Joe Cocker, Leon Russell, Chris Stainton, Jim Price
Votes: 323
23. The Grateful Dead (1977)
PG | 131 min | Documentary, Music
The Grateful Dead performs live at Winterland in San Francisco in October 1974.
Director: Jerry Garcia | Stars: Jerry Garcia, Donna Godchaux, Keith Godchaux, Mickey Hart
Votes: 929
24. Kamikaze Hearts (1986)
Unrated | 87 min | Drama
Lesbian porn star Sharon Mitchell and her girlfriend, Tigr, navigate the ups and downs of being in love while working in the sex industry.
Director: Juliet Bashore | Stars: Tigr, Sharon Mitchell, Jon Martin, Sparky Vasc
Votes: 326
25. Bushman (1971)
73 min | Drama
In 1968's tumult, a Nigerian student in San Francisco experiences clashing cultures and elucidates society's ineptitude at living humanely.
Director: David Schickele | Stars: Paul Eyam Nzie Okpokam, Mike Slye, Elaine Featherstone, Lothario Lotho
Votes: 79
26. The Killing Fields of Dr. Haing S. Ngor (2015)
87 min | Documentary, Biography, History
When Dr. Haing S. Ngor was forced into labor camps by the Khmer Rouge, little did he know he would escape years of torture and recreate his experiences in a film that would win him an ... See full summary »
Director: Arthur Dong | Stars: Haing S. Ngor, Jack Ong, Sophia Ngor Demetri, Luan Um Nhean
Votes: 82
27. Vietnam War Story (1987–1988)
Drama, War
An anthology series featuring stories suggested by true events occurring during the war in Vietnam, often written by Vietnam veterans.
Stars: Tony Becker, Cameron Arnett, Joshua Cadman, Tim Guinee
Votes: 67
28. The Day After Trinity (1981)
Not Rated | 88 min | Documentary, Biography
Scientists and witnesses involved in the creation and testing of the first ever atomic bomb reflect on the Manhattan project and its fascinating leader, J. Robert Oppenheimer, who upon ... See full summary »
Director: Jon Else | Stars: Hans Bethe, Holm Bursom, Haakon Chevalier, Stirling Colgate
Votes: 1,241
29. A Huey P. Newton Story (2001 TV Movie)
TV-14 | 86 min | Documentary, Biography, Drama
The story of how the radical Huey P. Newton developed the Black Panther Party based on his 10-point program for social reform.
Director: Spike Lee | Stars: Roger Guenveur Smith, Rahum Brown, Brenda Lee, Georgina Ransley
Votes: 854
30. A Grande Arte (1991)
R | 104 min | Drama, Thriller
An American photographer in Rio de Janeiro becomes involved in the world of "knife culture" when he sets out to find the killer of one of his models.
Director: Walter Salles | Stars: Peter Coyote, Tchéky Karyo, Amanda Pays, Raul Cortez
Votes: 773 | Gross: $0.36M
31. The Perfect Daughter (1996 TV Movie)
PG-13 | 92 min | Drama, Thriller
She can run from her dangerous past--but she can't hide. A thriller about one woman's escape from a life of danger and violence--and her struggle against the deadly forces that seek to pull... See full summary »
Director: Harry Longstreet | Stars: Tracey Gold, Bess Armstrong, Michael Shulman, Mark Joy
Votes: 190
32. 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: 1,119
33. Open Season (1995)
R | 97 min | Comedy
When the television ratings machines suddenly malfunction, public television suddenly, but mistakenly, soars to #1 in this humorous satire.
Director: Robert Wuhl | Stars: Lloyd Adams, Robert Wuhl, Eric Bryson, Marcy King
Votes: 252
34. Shimmer (1993)
95 min | Drama
The story takes place in a harsh Midwestern juvenile detention center, where two boys befriend each other.
Director: John Hanson | Stars: Marcus Klemp, Elijah James Shepard, Mary Beth Hurt, Tom Bower
Votes: 79
35. Berkeley in the Sixties (1990)
Not Rated | 117 min | Documentary, History
A documentary about militant student political activity in the University of California-Berkely in the 1960's.
Director: Mark Kitchell | Stars: Jentri Anders, Joan Baez, Frank Bardacke, Stokely Carmichael
Votes: 779
36. The Crying Child (1996 TV Movie)
PG-13 | 93 min | Drama, Fantasy, Mystery
After their child's death,a couple goes to stay in an island home. The woman starts to hear a baby crying and is followed by an old blind woman who warns her to get out of of the house before it is too late.
Director: Robert Michael Lewis | Stars: Mariel Hemingway, Finola Hughes, George DelHoyo, Kin Shriner
Votes: 198
37. Heat and Sunlight (1987)
R | 98 min | Drama
Over 16 hours, in February, 1987, a man confronts jealously and rage as a love affair falters. Photojournalist Mel Hurley returns home to San Francisco on the eve of his birthday, expecting... See full summary »
Director: Rob Nilsson | Stars: Rob Nilsson, Consuela Faust, Don Bajema, Ernie Fosselius
Votes: 165
38. Love Always (1996)
R | 90 min | Comedy, Romance
Julia (Marisa Ryan), a struggling actress living in San Diego, hits the road after an ex-boyfriend in Spokane, WA, sends her a postcard proposing marriage.
Director: Judith Pauline Artenstein | Stars: Marisa Ryan, Moon Unit Zappa, Beverly D'Angelo, Michael Reilly Burke
Votes: 76
39. The Alzheimer's Project (2009– )
TV-PG | Documentary
Alzheimer's disease is an irreversible brain disorder that destroys a person's memory and thinking skills. It is a disease that affects millions of Americans. This four-part documentary ... See full summary »
Stars: Maria Shriver, Alissa Anderegg, Cici Carmen
Votes: 117
40. Say Amen, Somebody (1982)
G | 100 min | Documentary, Music
Documentary about the American gospel music scene, focusing on two of the movement's pioneering forces, Thomas A. Dorsey and Willie May Ford Smith.
Director: George T. Nierenberg | Stars: Willie Mae Ford Smith, Thomas A. Dorsey, Sallie Martin, Delois Barrett Campbell
Votes: 431
41. A Matter of Degrees (1990)
R | 88 min | Comedy
A college student living in a commune decides that he doesn't want to go on to law school. When a corporation takes over the campus radio station, he decides to disrupt the graduation ceremonies.
Director: W.T. Morgan | Stars: Za Za Dupre, Arye Gross, Tom Sizemore, Wendell Pierce
Votes: 115
42. Evil Has a Face (1996 TV Movie)
R | 98 min | Drama, Thriller
A talented young female police sketch artist uses her abilities to track down an evil child molester.
Director: Rob Fresco | Stars: Sean Young, William R. Moses, Joe Guzaldo, Brighton Hertford
Votes: 306
43. 9to5: The Story of A Movement (2020)
89 min | Documentary, History
A campaign against the abuse of female workers by their male bosses, which starts in early 1970s Cleveland, leads to a popular fiction film with Fonda, Parton and Tomlin.
Directors: Steven Bognar, Julia Reichert | Stars: Rosalinda Aguirre, Verna Barksdale, Laurie Brown, Ellen Cassedy
Votes: 285
44. Kidnapped in Paradise (1999 TV Movie)
PG-13 | 91 min | Crime, Thriller
A woman engages a down-on-his-luck sailor to help her find her sister, who was kidnapped by modern day pirates.
Director: Rob Hedden | Stars: Joely Fisher, Charlotte Ross, Robert Knepper, David Beecroft
Votes: 309
45. Cinematographer Style (2006)
86 min | Documentary
110 of the world's top cinematographers discuss the art of how and why films look the way they do.
Director: Jon Fauer | Stars: Remi Adefarasin, Russ T. Alsobrook, Howard A. Anderson III, Howard A. Anderson
Votes: 392
46. Seeing Red (1983)
100 min | Documentary, History
A unique documentary that looks at the political activities of the American Communist Party in the early to mid-twentieth century.
Directors: Jim Klein, Julia Reichert | Stars: Oscar Hunter, Rose Podmaka, Sylvia Woods, Howard 'Stretch' Johnson
Votes: 171
47. Coming Out Under Fire (1994)
72 min | Documentary, Biography, History
A historical account of military policy regarding homosexuals during World War II. The documentary includes interviews with several gay WWII veterans.
Director: Arthur Dong | Stars: Salome Jens, Phillis Abry, David Barrett, Sarah Davis
Votes: 183
48. Ishi: The Last Yahi (1993)
Not Rated | 57 min | Documentary
In the early 1900s, Ishi, the last of the Yahi Indian tribe, is discovered nearly 20 years after the Yahi tribe was thought to be wiped out. The curators of a museum agree to look after him... See full summary »
Directors: Jed Riffe, Pamela Roberts | Stars: Rayna Green, Linda Hunt
Votes: 122
49. Taken for a Ride (1996)
52 min | Documentary
How the American auto industry engineered the demise of city public-transit systems.
Director: Jim Klein | Stars: Jim Klein, Renee Montagne, Bradford Snell, Joe Alfonsie
Votes: 140
50. The Life and Times of the Red Dog Saloon (1996)
Not Rated | 91 min | Documentary, Music
Their names and music became legendary: Big Brother & the Holding Company, Grateful Dead, Jefferson Airplane, Quicksilver Messenger Service, and the house band - The Charlatans.
Director: Mary Works | Stars: Howard Hesseman, Peter Albin, Big Brother and the Holding Company, John H. Browne Jr.
Votes: 28