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1. Columbo (1971–2003)

TV-PG | 100 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Los Angeles homicide detective Lieutenant Columbo uses his humble ways and ingenuous demeanor to winkle out even the most well-concealed of crimes.

Stars: Peter Falk, Mike Lally, John Finnegan, Bruce Kirby

Votes: 41,931

2. Jurassic Park (1993)

PG-13 | 127 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

A pragmatic paleontologist touring an almost complete theme park on an island in Central America is tasked with protecting a couple of kids after a power failure causes the park's cloned dinosaurs to run loose.

Director: Steven Spielberg | Stars: Sam Neill, Laura Dern, Jeff Goldblum, Richard Attenborough

Votes: 1,066,383 | Gross: $402.45M

3. Braveheart (1995)

R | 178 min | Biography, Drama, War

Scottish warrior William Wallace leads his countrymen in a rebellion to free his homeland from the tyranny of King Edward I of England.

Director: Mel Gibson | Stars: Mel Gibson, Sophie Marceau, Patrick McGoohan, Angus Macfadyen

Votes: 1,090,827 | Gross: $75.60M

4. L.A. Confidential (1997)

R | 138 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

As corruption grows in 1950s Los Angeles, three policemen - one strait-laced, one brutal, and one sleazy - investigate a series of murders with their own brand of justice.

Director: Curtis Hanson | Stars: Kevin Spacey, Russell Crowe, Guy Pearce, Kim Basinger

Votes: 617,487 | Gross: $64.62M

5. A League of Their Own (1992)

PG | 128 min | Comedy, Drama, Sport

Two sisters join the first female professional baseball league and struggle to help it succeed amid their own growing rivalry.

Director: Penny Marshall | Stars: Tom Hanks, Geena Davis, Lori Petty, Madonna

Votes: 120,966 | Gross: $107.53M

6. The Rock (1996)

R | 136 min | Action, Adventure, Thriller

A mild-mannered chemist and an ex-con must lead the counterstrike when a rogue group of military men, led by a renegade general, threaten a nerve gas attack from Alcatraz against San Francisco.

Director: Michael Bay | Stars: Sean Connery, Nicolas Cage, Ed Harris, John Spencer

Votes: 357,965 | Gross: $134.07M

7. Alien³ (1992)

R | 114 min | Action, Horror, Sci-Fi

Returning from LV-426, Ellen Ripley crash-lands on the maximum-security prison Fiorina 161, where she discovers that she has unwittingly brought along an unwelcome visitor.

Director: David Fincher | Stars: Sigourney Weaver, Charles S. Dutton, Charles Dance, Paul McGann

Votes: 319,230 | Gross: $55.47M

8. Sleepless in Seattle (1993)

PG | 105 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

A recently widowed man's son calls a radio talk-show in an attempt to find his father a partner.

Director: Nora Ephron | Stars: Tom Hanks, Meg Ryan, Ross Malinger, Rita Wilson

Votes: 190,750 | Gross: $126.53M

9. Misery (1990)

R | 107 min | Drama, Thriller

After a famous author is rescued from a car crash by a fan of his novels, he comes to realize that the care he is receiving is only the beginning of a nightmare of captivity and abuse.

Director: Rob Reiner | Stars: James Caan, Kathy Bates, Richard Farnsworth, Frances Sternhagen

Votes: 235,388 | Gross: $61.28M

10. The Addams Family (1991)

PG-13 | 99 min | Comedy, Fantasy

Con artists plan to fleece an eccentric family using an accomplice who claims to be their long-lost uncle.

Director: Barry Sonnenfeld | Stars: Anjelica Huston, Raul Julia, Christopher Lloyd, Dan Hedaya

Votes: 179,848 | Gross: $113.50M

11. The Little Rascals (1994)

PG | 82 min | Comedy, Family, Romance

Alfalfa is wooing Darla and his "He-Man-Woman-Hating" friends attempt to sabotage the relationship.

Director: Penelope Spheeris | Stars: Travis Tedford, Bug Hall, Brittany Ashton Holmes, Kevin Jamal Woods

Votes: 56,153 | Gross: $52.13M

12. Howard the Duck (1986)

PG | 110 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy

A sarcastic humanoid duck is pulled from his homeworld to Earth where he must stop an alien invasion with the help of a nerdy scientist and a struggling female rock singer.

Director: Willard Huyck | Stars: Lea Thompson, Jeffrey Jones, Tim Robbins, Ed Gale

Votes: 50,696 | Gross: $16.30M

13. Leap of Faith (1992)

PG-13 | 108 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

Fake faith healer Jonas Nightingale is stranded in a small town where he finds he can't fool all of the people all of the time.

Director: Richard Pearce | Stars: Steve Martin, Debra Winger, Lolita Davidovich, Liam Neeson

Votes: 14,301 | Gross: $23.37M

14. Home Alone 2: Lost in New York (1992)

PG | 120 min | Adventure, Comedy, Crime

One year after Kevin McCallister was left home alone and had to defeat a pair of bumbling burglars, he accidentally finds himself stranded in New York City - and the same criminals are not far behind.

Director: Chris Columbus | Stars: Macaulay Culkin, Joe Pesci, Daniel Stern, Catherine O'Hara

Votes: 402,334 | Gross: $173.59M

15. Color of Night (1994)

R | 121 min | Drama, Mystery, Romance

A color-blind psychoanalyst is stalked by an unknown killer after taking over his murdered friend's therapy group, all of whom have a connection to a mysterious young woman that he begins having intense sexual encounters with.

Director: Richard Rush | Stars: Bruce Willis, Jane March, Rubén Blades, Lesley Ann Warren

Votes: 25,739 | Gross: $19.72M

16. The Punisher (1989)

R | 89 min | Action, Crime, Thriller

When Frank Castle's family is murdered by criminals, he wages war on crime as a vigilante assassin known only as The Punisher.

Director: Mark Goldblatt | Stars: Dolph Lundgren, Louis Gossett Jr., Jeroen Krabbé, Kim Miyori

Votes: 25,782

17. Heart and Souls (1993)

PG-13 | 104 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy

An unhappy businessman finds a new sense of purpose after he's tasked with helping a quartet of ghosts fulfill their last wishes before moving on to the afterlife.

Director: Ron Underwood | Stars: Robert Downey Jr., Charles Grodin, Alfre Woodard, Kyra Sedgwick

Votes: 18,925 | Gross: $16.58M

18. The Shadow (1994)

PG-13 | 108 min | Action, Adventure, Crime

In 1930s New York City, The Shadow (Alec Baldwin) battles his nemesis, Shiwan Khan (John Lone), who is building an atomic bomb.

Director: Russell Mulcahy | Stars: Alec Baldwin, John Lone, Penelope Ann Miller, Peter Boyle

Votes: 27,127 | Gross: $32.06M

19. The Flash (1990–1991)

TV-PG | 48 min | Action, Crime, Fantasy

A police forensic scientist, Barry Allen, battles crimes as the super-fast superhero "The Flash."

Stars: John Wesley Shipp, Amanda Pays, Alex Désert, Vito D'Ambrosio

Votes: 8,154

20. Psycho IV: The Beginning (1990 TV Movie)

R | 96 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller

Norman Bates recalls his childhood with his abusive mother while fearing his unborn child will inherit his split personality disorder.

Director: Mick Garris | Stars: Anthony Perkins, CCH Pounder, Henry Thomas, Olivia Hussey

Votes: 9,712

21. Mobsters (1991)

R | 104 min | Crime, Drama

From start to finish, this is a story of friendship between four street-wise mates who don't mind using violence to achieve the lives that they want. They trust no one but each other, which is vital to their success as mobsters.

Director: Michael Karbelnikoff | Stars: Christian Slater, Patrick Dempsey, Rodney Eastman, Costas Mandylor

Votes: 9,693 | Gross: $20.25M

22. Purple People Eater (1988)

PG | 90 min | Comedy, Family, Sci-Fi

A kid plays the old novelty song "Purple People Eater" and the creature actually appears. The two then proceed to help an elderly couple who are being evicted by their greedy landlord.

Director: Linda Shayne | Stars: Ned Beatty, Shelley Winters, Neil Patrick Harris, Peggy Lipton

Votes: 1,174

23. Partners in Crime (1984)

PG | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

When their ex-husband Raymond winds up murdered, Carole and Sydney set out to find his killer and eventually decide to run the detective agency Raymond has left them.

Stars: Lynda Carter, Loni Anderson, Walter Olkewicz, Leo Rossi

Votes: 250

24. Battle of the Planets (1978–1980)

TV-Y7 | 30 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

A five-member superhero team called G-Force fights to defend Earth and its space colonies from the threat of the planet Spectra.

Stars: Alan Young, Keye Luke, Ronnie Schell, Janet Waldo

Votes: 2,233

25. The War Between

Western | Post-production

Two soldiers from opposing sides of the American Civil War must cooperate in order to survive being stranded in the Arizona Desert.

Director: Deborah Correa | Stars: Damian Conrad-Davis, Sam Bullington, Wayne Charles Baker, Essa O'Shea

26. When the Party's Over (1992)

R | 114 min | Comedy, Drama

3 women and a gay man in their 20s share a house in LA. Boyfriends and a kid brother come and go.

Director: Matthew Irmas | Stars: Rae Dawn Chong, Sandra Bullock, Kris Kamm, Elizabeth Berridge

Votes: 1,162 | Gross: $0.00M

27. Shout (1991)

PG-13 | 89 min | Drama, Music, Romance

A new music teacher in a 1955 West Texas home for wayward boys brings new vision and hope for many of the interned boys.

Director: Jeffrey Hornaday | Stars: John Travolta, Jamie Walters, Heather Graham, Richard Jordan

Votes: 2,072 | Gross: $3.55M

28. Party Camp (1987)

R | 96 min | Comedy

A teenage boy takes a job as a counselor at a summer camp. He finds that the camp is run like a military training camp, and he resolves to turn it into Party Central.

Director: Gary Graver | Stars: Andrew Ross, Kerry Wall, Dean R. Miller, Billy Jayne

Votes: 379

29. Gag (2006 Video)

Unrated | 78 min | Horror

Two professional thieves break into a house in search of a safe, only to discover a man beaten beyond recognition, tied down to torn mattress in a hidden room. They decide to help, only to ... See full summary »

Director: Scott W. McKinlay | Stars: Brian Kolodziej, Gerald Emerick, Vince Marinelli, Scott W. McKinlay

Votes: 970

30. Goddess of Love (1988 TV Movie)

TV-14 | 100 min | Comedy, Fantasy

The god Zeus sends Venus, the goddess of love, to Earth to find her own true love.

Director: Jim Drake | Stars: Vanna White, David Naughton, David Leisure, Amanda Bearse

Votes: 297

31. Creep Van (2012)

Not Rated | 80 min | Horror

A 20-something slacker gets caught up in a deadly game of cat and mouse after answering a 'For Sale' sign placed on a dilapitated van.

Director: Scott W. McKinlay | Stars: Brian Kolodziej, Amy Wehrell, Gerald Emerick, Collin Bernsen

Votes: 1,213

32. The Fantastic World of D.C. Collins (1984 TV Movie)

Unrated | 100 min | Comedy

D. C. is a dreamer who can't keep in the real world longer than a few minutes. After a top secret disk finds its way in his backpack, he finds himself right in the middle of a big spy mission. Only no one will believe him....

Director: Leslie H. Martinson | Stars: Gary Coleman, Bernie Casey, Shelley Smith, Fred Dryer

Votes: 234

33. Mrs. Santa Claus (1996 TV Movie)

Not Rated | 90 min | Comedy, Family, Fantasy

Neglected by her husband during the pre-Christmas rush, Mrs. Claus (Dame Angela Lansbury) takes the reindeer and sleigh out for a drive, only to end up stranded in the multicultural ... See full summary »

Director: Terry Hughes | Stars: Angela Lansbury, Michael Jeter, Terrence Mann, Lynsey Bartilson

Votes: 1,257

34. Trapped (1989 TV Movie)

R | 93 min | Horror, Thriller

Kathleen Quinlan is a woman working late in her locked High-Rise office building who along with Bruce Abbot struggle to elude a killer (Ben Loggins) trying to kill them.

Director: Fred Walton | Stars: Kathleen Quinlan, Bruce Abbott, Katy Boyer, Ben Loggins

Votes: 423

35. Jana of the Jungle (1978–1979)

30 min | Adventure, Animation

The adventures of an Amazon jungle maiden and her companions.

Stars: Marlene Aragon, Michael Bell, William Boyett, Ted Cassidy

Votes: 110

36. Once a Hero (1987)

60 min | Adventure, Comedy

The creator of comic superhero Captain Justice, Abner Bevis, is in a rut, repeating old storylines. The comic's owners want to kill the strip off due to falling sales, and children are ... See full summary »

Stars: Josh Blake, Jeff Lester, Robert Forster, Caitlin Clarke

Votes: 47

37. This Wife for Hire (1985 TV Movie)

100 min | Comedy

Marsha Harper (Dawber) is a happily married woman and mother of two children who begins to get restless and longs to return to work. Harper's husband, however, tells her that after so many ... See full summary »

Director: Jim Drake | Stars: Pam Dawber, Robert Klein, Laraine Newman, Dick Gautier

Votes: 30

38. Barbra: The Concert (1994 TV Special)

125 min | Music

Barbra Streisand's New Year's concert at the Arrowhead Pond in Anaheim, California on New Year's Weekend circa 1993-94.

Directors: Barbra Streisand, Dwight Hemion | Stars: Barbra Streisand, Steve Susskind, Judith Gordon, Philip Austin

Votes: 534

39. Daniel and the Towers (1987 TV Movie)

61 min | Drama, Family

The story of Simon Rodia, the real-life artist who spent 30 years constructing Los Angeles' Watts Towers, a monument to Christopher Columbus, and his fictional relationship with Daniel, a young boy.

Director: Paul Schneider | Stars: Miguel Alamo, Shawn Harrison, Jimmy Yung, Allan Arbus

Votes: 35

40. John Grin's Christmas (1986 TV Movie)

50 min | Family

A present-day adaptation of Charles Dickens' "A Christmas Carol".

Director: Robert Guillaume | Stars: Robert Guillaume, Ted Lange, Roscoe Lee Browne, Alfonso Ribeiro

Votes: 38

41. Black Jaq (1998 TV Movie)

Action, Drama

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Director: Forest Whitaker | Stars: Nia Long, Dyan Cannon, Marcus Lyle Brown, Bill Duke

Votes: 26

42. Let's Get Mom (1989 TV Movie)

30 min | Comedy

Unaired sitcom pilot starring Carol Kane as the mother of four teenage boys who delight in tormenting their naïve mom.

Director: Garry Marshall | Stars: Robert Gorman, Carol Kane, Bruce McGill, P.J. Ochlan

43. Space Mission 6

Comedy | Announced

Set in 1965, this is the behind-the-scenes story of the development and production of "Space Mission 6", a ground-breaking episodic science fiction TV show, and the misfits behind-- and in front of-- the cameras.

Stars: Robert Peters, Rachel Bailit, Jennifer Pfalzgraff, Steve Keyes

44. First Period (2007)

Short, Comedy

A young girl, Josie, helps an older high school boy, Craig, study for a test. One thing leads to another, they kiss. But she opens her mouth to Craig's girlfriend, Darcy, and Josie fights ... See full summary »

Director: Jonathon Roessler | Stars: Sarah Girling, Mariana Klaveno, Maura M. Knowles, Philip Marlatt

Votes: 26

45. Blind Doll (2005)

9 min | Short, Horror, Mystery

A woman wakes up only to find out that she's going blind.

Director: Jérémie Damoiseau | Stars: Erica Rice, Daeg Faerch

46. Columbo (1971–2003)
Episode: Columbo Cries Wolf (1990)

TV-PG | 98 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

When Dian Hunter, the publisher of the men's magazine "Bachelor's World", wants to sell her stock to a media tycoon, her adulterous partner Sean Brantley objects. Soon afterwards, Miss Hunter apparently disappears on a London-bound flight.

Director: Daryl Duke | Stars: Peter Falk, Ian Buchanan, Rebecca Staab, Alan Scarfe

Votes: 2,313

47. The Flash (1990–1991)
Episode: Pilot (1990)

TV-PG | 94 min | Action, Crime, Fantasy

A laboratory accident endows a police scientist with the ability to move at superhuman speed which he uses to battle a menacing gang as a superhero.

Director: Robert Iscove | Stars: John Wesley Shipp, Amanda Pays, Alex Désert, Paula Marshall

Votes: 1,507

48. Once a Hero (1987)
Episode: Once a Hero (1987)

Adventure, Comedy

Comic book super hero Captain Justice decides to enter he real world to discover why he is fading away. Once he arrives he learns from his creator that his wanning popularity is the cause ... See full summary »

Directors: Kevin Inch, Claudia Weill | Stars: Jeff Lester, Robert Forster, Caitlin Clarke, Josh Blake

49. Space Mission 6
Episode: Debut

Comedy

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Director: Phil Ramuno | Stars: Rachel Bailit, Steve Keyes, Robert Peters, Jennifer Pfalzgraff