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1. Trading Places (1983)
R | 116 min | Comedy
A snobbish investor and a wily street con artist find their positions reversed as part of a bet by two callous millionaires.
Director: John Landis | Stars: Eddie Murphy, Dan Aykroyd, Ralph Bellamy, Don Ameche
Votes: 166,024 | Gross: $90.40M
2. Ghostbusters II (1989)
PG | 108 min | Action, Comedy, Fantasy
The discovery of a massive river of ectoplasm and a resurgence of spectral activity allows the staff of Ghostbusters to revive the business.
Director: Ivan Reitman | Stars: Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Sigourney Weaver, Harold Ramis
Votes: 225,192 | Gross: $112.49M
3. Ghost (1990)
PG-13 | 127 min | Drama, Fantasy, Romance
After a young man is murdered, his spirit stays behind to warn his lover of impending danger, with the help of a reluctant psychic.
Director: Jerry Zucker | Stars: Patrick Swayze, Demi Moore, Whoopi Goldberg, Tony Goldwyn
Votes: 236,300 | Gross: $217.63M
4. Saturday Night Fever (1977)
R | 118 min | Drama, Music
Anxious about his future after high school, a 19-year-old Italian-American from Brooklyn tries to escape the harsh reality of his bleak family life by dominating the dance floor at the local disco.
Director: John Badham | Stars: John Travolta, Karen Lynn Gorney, Barry Miller, Joseph Cali
Votes: 87,620 | Gross: $94.21M
5. Fame (1980)
R | 134 min | Drama, Music, Musical
A chronicle of the lives of several teenagers who attend a New York high school for students gifted in the performing arts.
Director: Alan Parker | Stars: Eddie Barth, Irene Cara, Lee Curreri, Laura Dean
Votes: 24,728 | Gross: $0.12M
6. Sophie's Choice (1982)
R | 150 min | Drama, Romance
Sophie is the survivor of Nazi concentration camps, who has found a reason to live with Nathan, a sparkling if unsteady American Jew obsessed with the Holocaust.
Director: Alan J. Pakula | Stars: Meryl Streep, Kevin Kline, Peter MacNicol, Rita Karin
Votes: 52,849 | Gross: $30.04M
7. All That Jazz (1979)
R | 123 min | Drama, Music, Musical
Director/choreographer Bob Fosse tells his own life story as he details the sordid career of Joe Gideon, a womanizing, drug-using dancer.
Director: Bob Fosse | Stars: Roy Scheider, Jessica Lange, Ann Reinking, Leland Palmer
Votes: 35,454 | Gross: $37.82M
8. Hair (1979)
PG | 121 min | Comedy, Drama, Musical
Claude Bukowski leaves the family ranch in Oklahoma for New York where he is rapidly embraced into the hippie group of youngsters led by Berger, yet he's already been drafted. He soon falls in love with Sheila Franklin, a rich girl but still a rebel inside.
Director: Milos Forman | Stars: John Savage, Treat Williams, Beverly D'Angelo, Annie Golden
Votes: 40,921 | Gross: $15.28M
9. New Jack City (1991)
R | 97 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A crime lord ascends to power and becomes megalomaniacal while a maverick police detective vows to stop him.
Director: Mario Van Peebles | Stars: Wesley Snipes, Ice-T, Allen Payne, Chris Rock
Votes: 38,877 | Gross: $47.62M
10. Moscow on the Hudson (1984)
R | 115 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A Russian saxophonist visiting New York City with a USSR circus troupe suddenly decides to defect in Bloomingdale's.
Director: Paul Mazursky | Stars: Robin Williams, Maria Conchita Alonso, Cleavant Derricks, Alejandro Rey
Votes: 13,148 | Gross: $25.10M
11. Boomerang (1992)
R | 117 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A successful executive and womanizer finds his lifestyle choices have turned back on him when his new female boss turns out to be an even bigger deviant than he is.
Director: Reginald Hudlin | Stars: Eddie Murphy, Robin Givens, Halle Berry, David Alan Grier
Votes: 31,406 | Gross: $70.10M
12. Dead Presidents (1995)
R | 119 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A Vietnam vet adjusts to life after the war while trying to support his family, but the chance of a better life may involve crime and bloodshed.
Directors: Albert Hughes, Allen Hughes | Stars: Larenz Tate, Keith David, Chris Tucker, Freddy Rodríguez
Votes: 24,508 | Gross: $24.20M
13. Lean on Me (1989)
PG-13 | 108 min | Drama
The dedicated but tyrannical Joe Clark is appointed the principal of a decaying inner-city school he is determined to improve by any and all means.
Director: John G. Avildsen | Stars: Morgan Freeman, Beverly Todd, Robert Guillaume, Alan North
Votes: 23,004 | Gross: $31.91M
14. Waiting to Exhale (1995)
R | 124 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Based on Terry McMillan's novel, this film follows four very different African-American women and their relationships with men.
Director: Forest Whitaker | Stars: Whitney Houston, Angela Bassett, Loretta Devine, Lela Rochon
Votes: 12,215 | Gross: $67.05M
15. Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins (1985)
PG-13 | 121 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
An officially "dead" cop is trained to become an extraordinary unique assassin in service of the US President.
Director: Guy Hamilton | Stars: Fred Ward, Joel Grey, Wilford Brimley, J.A. Preston
Votes: 13,902
16. B*A*P*S (1997)
PG-13 | 91 min | Comedy
Two tacky homegirls move to L.A. to become dancers; instead they scam a dying millionaire but eventually become B*A*P*S (Black American Princesses).
Director: Robert Townsend | Stars: Halle Berry, Natalie Desselle Reid, Martin Landau, Ian Richardson
Votes: 5,865 | Gross: $7.24M
17. The Meteor Man (1993)
PG | 100 min | Action, Comedy, Fantasy
A high school teacher from a troubled inner city Washington D.C. neighborhood becomes a super-powered hero and takes on the gang that has been terrorizing his streets.
Director: Robert Townsend | Stars: Robert Townsend, Marla Gibbs, Eddie Griffin, Robert Guillaume
Votes: 8,834 | Gross: $8.02M
18. Fort Apache the Bronx (1981)
R | 125 min | Crime, Drama
In New York City, South Bronx's main police precinct is nicknamed Fort Apache by its employees who feel like troopers surrounded by hostiles in a wild west isolated outpost.
Director: Daniel Petrie | Stars: Paul Newman, Edward Asner, Ken Wahl, Danny Aiello
Votes: 6,992 | Gross: $29.20M
19. Posse (1993)
R | 111 min | Western
In 1898 Cuba, five Buffalo Soldiers find a gold cache, desert and return to America where they help defend a black town from the KKK, all the while trying to avoid capture by lawmen and military authorities alike.
Director: Mario Van Peebles | Stars: Mario Van Peebles, Stephen Baldwin, Charles Lane, Paul Bartel
Votes: 4,881 | Gross: $18.29M
20. American Playhouse (1980–1994)
61 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Anthology series which ran on PBS throughout the 1980s.
Stars: Jeffrey DeMunn, Elizabeth Franz, Edward Herrmann, Sada Thompson
Votes: 416
21. Leonard Part 6 (1987)
PG | 85 min | Action, Comedy, Sci-Fi
Secret Agent Leonard Parker (Bill Cosby) is called out of retirement to save the world from evil genius Medusa Johnson (Gloria Foster).
Director: Paul Weiland | Stars: Bill Cosby, Tom Courtenay, Joe Don Baker, Moses Gunn
Votes: 8,668 | Gross: $4.92M
22. Krush Groove (1985)
R | 97 min | Comedy, Drama, Music
The story of a man who has started a new hip-hop/rap label called Krush Groove.
Director: Michael Schultz | Stars: Sheila E., Joseph Simmons, Darryl McDaniels, Jam Master Jay
Votes: 3,553 | Gross: $11.05M
23. Rooftops (1989)
R | 98 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A skilled young street fighter battles criminals across the rooftops of New York City.
Director: Robert Wise | Stars: Jason Gedrick, Troy Byer, Eddie Velez, Tisha Campbell
Votes: 692 | Gross: $2.04M
24. See You in the Morning (1989)
PG-13 | 119 min | Drama, Romance
Larry, a divorced psychiatrist, meets Beth, a widowed photographer, at a party in Manhattan. He walks her home. They both have two kids though he rarely sees his. Will marriage work?
Director: Alan J. Pakula | Stars: Jeff Bridges, Alice Krige, Farrah Fawcett, Drew Barrymore
Votes: 1,036 | Gross: $4.80M
25. Rollover (1981)
R | 116 min | Drama, Mystery, Romance
The wife of a murdered petrochemical company chairman and a banker investigating the liquidity of his new bank stumble upon an international financial scheme that could lead to global economic collapse.
Director: Alan J. Pakula | Stars: Jane Fonda, Kris Kristofferson, Hume Cronyn, Josef Sommer
Votes: 1,443 | Gross: $10.85M
26. Joe the King (1999)
R | 93 min | Crime, Drama
A disadvantaged, abused, neglected, exploited but basically decent kid slips into criminality while trying to cope with his harsh, inescapable reality.
Director: Frank Whaley | Stars: Noah Fleiss, Karen Young, Camryn Manheim, Austin Pendleton
Votes: 2,963 | Gross: $0.06M
27. Dream Lover (1986)
R | 104 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
After she's been attacked in her apartment, Cathy starts reliving the event in her dreams. She seeks help at a sleep disorder research center, but in doing so she encounters some unexpected... See full summary »
Director: Alan J. Pakula | Stars: Kristy McNichol, Ben Masters, Paul Shenar, Justin Deas
Votes: 646 | Gross: $0.50M
28. Orphans (1987)
R | 115 min | Drama
Brothers Treat and Philip have lived alone since they were kids. Interdependent, they dwell in a loft house and live on little thefts, until an aging minor criminal moves in with them and takes over the role of a father.
Director: Alan J. Pakula | Stars: Albert Finney, Matthew Modine, Kevin Anderson, John Kellogg
Votes: 940 | Gross: $0.25M
29. Rage of Angels (1983 TV Movie)
189 min | Drama, Romance
Based on Sidney Sheldon's novel. A young assistant district attorney (Parker) is used by a ruthless attorney (Morell) to get his client off. She is fired and almost disbarred, but fights ... See full summary »
Director: Buzz Kulik | Stars: Jaclyn Smith, Ken Howard, Kevin Conway, Ronald Hunter
Votes: 308
30. Evergreen (1985)
360 min | Drama, Family, Romance
Based on the novel by Belva Plain, covering a time span from 1909 to 1959. The story begins in New York's Lower East Side with the arrival of Polish-Jewish immigrant Anna (Lesley Ann Warren... See full summary »
Stars: Lesley Ann Warren, Armand Assante, Ian McShane, Betty Buckley
Votes: 159
31. Martin Lawrence Live: Runteldat (2002)
R | 113 min | Documentary, Comedy
After undergoing a number of personal crises, a stand-up comic returns to the stage for a one-man show featuring stinging social commentary and very personal reflections about his life.
Director: David Raynr | Stars: Martin Lawrence, Nancy O'Dell, Paul Keeley, Art Cohan
Votes: 1,787 | Gross: $19.18M
32. The Vernon Johns Story (1994 TV Movie)
PG | 100 min | Biography, Drama
This inspirational saga follows the life of controversial pastor Vernon Johns - now known as the father of the civil rights movement.
Director: Kenneth Fink | Stars: James Earl Jones, Mary Alice, Joe Seneca, Tommy Hollis
Votes: 349
33. Roxanne: The Prize Pulitzer (1989 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 92 min | Drama
The 1970s Palm Beach, Fla., marriage of Roxanne and Herbert Pulitzer ends in a scandalous 1980s divorce.
Director: Richard A. Colla | Stars: Perry King, Courteney Cox, Betsy Russell, Sondra Blake
Votes: 194
34. Darrow (1991 TV Movie)
TV-14 | 101 min | Biography, Drama
The life and career of Clarence Darrow, the noted American lawyer and civil libertarian.
Director: John David Coles | Stars: Kevin Spacey, Bob Tracey, Paul Klementowicz, Gerard Malone
Votes: 455
35. Too Far to Go (1979 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 98 min | Drama
The story of a 20-year marriage, from the days preceding the wedding, up to the time of the divorce that ended it.
Director: Fielder Cook | Stars: Michael Moriarty, Blythe Danner, Glenn Close, Ken Kercheval
Votes: 93
36. OnyxKing67 (2014– )
10 min | Comedy
Stars: Ben Novelli, Queen Elizabeth, Mercedes Lewis, Brian
Votes: 7
37. Evil in Clear River (1988 TV Movie)
97 min | Drama
Pete Suvak is a loved and respected high school teacher and mayor of a small Canadian community. After concerned mother Kate McKinnon finds out that Suvak is teaching Nazism and "... See full summary »
Director: Karen Arthur | Stars: Lindsay Wagner, Michael Flynn, Thomas Wilson Brown, Gloria Carlin
Votes: 141
38. A House Divided: Denmark Vessey's Rebellion (1982)
90 min | Drama
Story of Denmark Vesey, who was raised as a slave but bought his freedom. He organized a plot to seize the city and free the black slaves, but this failed and he and others were hanged. Set in Charleston in 1822.
Director: Stan Lathan | Stars: Mary Alice, Ned Beatty, James Bond III, Bernie Casey
Votes: 108
39. Thin Ice (1981 TV Movie)
100 min | Drama
A teacher falls in love with a student, and deals with the reactions of the people around her.
Director: Paul Aaron | Stars: Lenore Bender, William Bender, R. Allison Dukes, William Easterby
Votes: 75
40. Sentimental Journey (1984 TV Movie)
97 min | Drama, Music, Musical
A precocious child has a profound effect on the lives of a successful Broadway producer and her husband.
Directors: William Cosel, James Goldstone | Stars: Jaclyn Smith, David Dukes, Maureen Stapleton, Jessica Rene Carroll
Votes: 35
41. Whitney Houston: Where Do Broken Hearts Go (1988 Music Video)
G | 5 min | Music, Romance
Music video for "Where Do Broken Hearts Go" performed by Whitney Houston.
Director: Peter Israelson | Star: Whitney Houston
Votes: 51
42. Classified Love (1986 TV Movie)
100 min | Drama
Three ad agency buddies, who cannot seem to find fulfilling love, decide to place personal ads to find new romance. The resulting blind dates and ultimate results are about what one would expect.
Director: Don Taylor | Stars: Michael McKean, Stephanie Faracy, Dinah Manoff, Franc Luz
Votes: 96
43. Joseph & Lindsey (2020– )
TV-MA | 4 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
Being featured in their favorite TV show, Joseph and Lindsey are a young couple, being the most wealthiest and famous couple in Plotagon City. However, Joseph's crazed ex-girlfriend, Beryl, tries to stop Joseph and Lindsey's relationship.
Stars: Joseph Ramirez, Lindsey Wright, Claude Ramirez, Tariq Pierce
Votes: 12
44. Mighty 6 (2020–2021)
14 min | Animation, Family, Musical
Stars: Nate Duncan, Mandy Holeman, Samir Adams, Frankie Louis
Votes: 8
45. Plotagon: Am I the Antagonist? (2022– )
TV-PG | 3 min | Animation
Plotagon takes on some of the best stories from the AITA phenomenon and animates them to help YOU decide, are these storytellers the Plogagonists or perhaps the ANTAGONISTS of their stories?
46. Mariah Carey: Hero (1993 Music Video)
4 min | Music
Prior to the song's release towards the end of 1993, Carey performed an intimate concert at Proctor Theatre, New York on July 15, 1993. Following its taping, the concert was released as the... See full summary »
Director: Lawrence Jordan | Star: Mariah Carey
Votes: 132
48. Crime Detective with Mr. Yush (2020–2021)
Crime
Mrs. Green and her husband went out to eat and when she went outside to get something. Someone shot Mr. Hernandez. Mr. Yush and Samir work together to find out who is the shooter is; they find out that it's Mr. Evil.
Stars: Yush Plotagon, Samir Adams, Green Hernandez, Cameron Poplin
49. Kite Zo A (2023)
67 min | Documentary
A sensorial film about rituals in Haiti, from ancient to modern, made in collaboration with dancers, musicians, fishermen, daredevil rollerbladers, and Vodou priests, set to poetry by Haitian author Wood-Jerry Gabriel.
Director: Kaveh Nabatian | Star: Sanba Zao
Votes: 13
50. Second Nature (2000)
5 min | Short, Animation
Director: Skip Battaglia | Stars: Dominique Allen, Ka'Lei Frank, Ky Frank, Benny Goldstein
Votes: 12