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1. Inside the Actors Studio (1994– )
TV-PG | 65 min | Talk-Show
Famous actors, directors and writers reminisce about their careers and the philosophy behind their craft.
Stars: James Lipton, Ellen Burstyn, Elena Kobylina, Bradley Cooper
Votes: 5,464
2. Moguls & Movie Stars: A History of Hollywood (2010)
Documentary, History
The history of Hollywood film from the medium's invention to the birth of the New Hollywood in 1970.
Stars: Christopher Plummer, Daniel Selznick, Gregory Orr, Samuel Goldwyn Jr.
Votes: 408
3. De película (1982–1990)
60 min
Stars: Isabel Mestres, José Ruiz, Emilio Linder, María Salerno
Votes: 136
4. Kramer vs. Kramer (1979)
PG | 105 min | Drama
After his wife leaves him, a work-obsessed Manhattan advertising executive is forced to learn long-neglected parenting skills, but a heated custody battle over the couple's young son deepens the wounds left by the separation.
Director: Robert Benton | Stars: Dustin Hoffman, Meryl Streep, Jane Alexander, Justin Henry
Votes: 154,864 | Gross: $106.26M
5. Nicole Kidman: An American Cinematheque Tribute (2003 TV Special)
60 min
The American Cinematheque brings Nicole Kidman together with her friends, family, and past co-stars to honor her for her contributions to film.
Director: Michael Dempsey | Stars: Nicole Kidman, Lauren Bacall, Kathy Baker, Robert Benton
Votes: 150
6. Bonnie and Clyde (1967)
R | 111 min | Action, Biography, Crime
Bored waitress Bonnie Parker falls in love with an ex-con named Clyde Barrow and together they start a violent crime spree through the country, stealing cars and robbing banks.
Director: Arthur Penn | Stars: Warren Beatty, Faye Dunaway, Michael J. Pollard, Gene Hackman
Votes: 120,707
7. What's Up, Doc? (1972)
G | 94 min | Comedy, Romance
The accidental mix-up of four identical plaid overnight bags leads to a series of increasingly wild and wacky situations.
Director: Peter Bogdanovich | Stars: Barbra Streisand, Ryan O'Neal, Madeline Kahn, Kenneth Mars
Votes: 27,110 | Gross: $10.47M
8. You Will Believe: The Cinematic Saga of Superman (2006 Video)
89 min | Documentary
Stars: Sam Hamm, Bob Gale, John Calley, Peter Guber
Votes: 125
9.
Inside the Actors Studio (1994– )
Episode:
Paul Newman
(1994)
TV-PG | Talk-Show
Interviewee: Paul Newman
Director: Lou Del Prete | Stars: James Lipton, Paul Newman, Robert Benton, Marlon Brando
Votes: 51
10. François Truffaut: Portraits volés (1993)
88 min | Documentary
Twenty-six people - including two daughters, an ex-wife, his last lover, actors, fellow directors and writers, a neighbor, and boyhood friends - talk about François Truffaut. They discuss ... See full summary »
Directors: Michel Pascal, Serge Toubiana | Stars: Fanny Ardant, Olivier Assayas, Alexandre Astruc, Jean Aurel
Votes: 133
11. Superman (1978)
PG | 143 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
An alien orphan is sent from his dying planet to Earth, where he grows up to become his adoptive home's first and greatest superhero.
Director: Richard Donner | Stars: Christopher Reeve, Margot Kidder, Gene Hackman, Marlon Brando
Votes: 187,690 | Gross: $134.22M
12. Places in the Heart (1984)
PG | 111 min | Drama
In central Texas in the 1930s, a widow with two small children tries to save her small 40-acre farm with the help of a blind boarder and an itinerant black handyman.
Director: Robert Benton | Stars: Sally Field, Lindsay Crouse, Ed Harris, Amy Madigan
Votes: 13,627 | Gross: $34.90M
13. A Great Day in Harlem (1994)
Not Rated | 60 min | Documentary, Music
The documentary compiles interviews of all the top jazz musicians in NYC in the year 1958, for a piece in Esquire magazine.
Director: Jean Bach | Stars: Dizzy Gillespie, Milt Hinton, Marian McPartland, Art Blakey
Votes: 493 | Gross: $0.53M
14. Nobody's Fool (1994)
R | 110 min | Comedy, Drama
A stubborn man past his prime reflects on his life of strict independence and seeks more from himself.
Director: Robert Benton | Stars: Paul Newman, Bruce Willis, Jessica Tandy, Melanie Griffith
Votes: 22,543 | Gross: $39.49M
15. Making the Boys (2011)
Not Rated | 90 min | Documentary, Biography, Romance
On the eve of the 40th anniversary of the Gay Rights Movement, the film explores the drama, struggle and enduring legacy of the first-ever gay play and subsequent Hollywood movie to ... See full summary »
Director: Crayton Robey | Stars: Edward Albee, Joe Allen, Matt Baney, David Carter
Votes: 712 | Gross: $0.03M
16. Bravo Profiles (1998–2004)
Documentary, Biography
Bravo network TV series that profiles creative artists in many fields.
Stars: Tony Roberts, Norman Jewison, Michael Musto, Brad Pitt
Votes: 37
17.
Moguls & Movie Stars: A History of Hollywood (2010)
Episode:
Fade Out, Fade In
(2010)
59 min | Documentary, History
The '60s ushered liberal thought and a 'cool' factor into film. The mogul era was over and soon to be replaced by large corporations and independent filmmakers.
Stars: Christopher Plummer, Peter Bogdanovich, Bob Balaban, Robert Benton
Votes: 48
18. Le grand échiquier (1972– )
Music
Artists from different backgrounds reveal themselves in a new angle and we discover those who make them dream and inspire.
Stars: Jacques Chancel, Pierre Rabbath, Raymond Devos, Juliette Gréco
Votes: 33
19. The 50th Annual Academy Awards (1978 TV Special)
News
Award of the American academy of cinematographic arts and sciences, from 1940 known as " Oscar", - American film award created in 1929 and traditionally handed to the figures of ... See full summary »
Director: Marty Pasetta | Stars: Bob Hope, Jack Albertson, Irwin Allen, Edward Anhalt
Votes: 354
20. Finding the Truth: The Making of 'Kramer vs. Kramer' (2001 Video)
49 min | Documentary
A behind-the-scenes look at this Oscar-winning classic about a man who finds himself a single parent after his wife walks out on him, then is forced to fight for custody of his child in ... See full summary »
Director: Michael Arick | Stars: Stanley R. Jaffe, Robert Benton, Dustin Hoffman, Meryl Streep
Votes: 171
21. Public Enemies: The Golden Age of the Gangster Film (2008 TV Movie)
105 min | Documentary
An exploration into the invention of the crime genre in storytelling and the impact it would have during the infant years of cinema. Early Hollywood stars and directors are examined through... See full summary »
Director: Constantine Nasr | Stars: Alec Baldwin, Rudy Behlmer, Robert Benton, Sheri Chinen Biesen
Votes: 176
22.
Entertainment Tonight (1981– )
Episode:
Episode dated 2 April 2008
(2008)
News, Talk-Show
Director: Dennis Coleman | Stars: Julie Andrews, Mark Ballas, Robert Benton, Beyoncé
Votes: 18
23. There Was a Crooked Man... (1970)
R | 126 min | Comedy, Western
A charming but totally ruthless criminal is sent to a remote Arizona prison. He enlists the help of his cellmates in an escape attempt with the promise of sharing his hidden loot.
Director: Joseph L. Mankiewicz | Stars: Kirk Douglas, Henry Fonda, Hume Cronyn, Warren Oates
Votes: 5,239 | Gross: $0.64M
24. Bad Company (1972)
PG | 93 min | Adventure, Drama, Western
A God-fearing Ohio boy dodging the Civil War draft arrives in St. Joseph, MO where he joins up with a hardscrabble group of like runaways heading west
Director: Robert Benton | Stars: Jeff Bridges, Barry Brown, Jim Davis, David Huddleston
Votes: 4,606
25. The Late Show (1977)
PG | 93 min | Comedy, Mystery, Thriller
A grumpy semi-retired private investigator partners with a quirky female client to catch the people who murdered his partner.
Director: Robert Benton | Stars: Art Carney, Lily Tomlin, Bill Macy, Eugene Roche
Votes: 3,314
26. Revolution! The Making of 'Bonnie and Clyde' (2008 Video)
65 min | Documentary
Director: Laurent Bouzereau | Stars: Warren Beatty, Robert Benton, Robert Towne, Arthur Penn
Votes: 50
27. Hollywood's Best Film Directors (2009–2018)
26 min | Biography
Looks at Hollywood's best or luckiest directors.
Stars: Francis Ford Coppola, George Lucas, William Friedkin, Chris Columbus
Votes: 132
28. Wanderlust (2006 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 84 min | Documentary, History
A documentary on road movies and their effect on American culture.
Directors: Shari Springer Berman, Robert Pulcini | Stars: Allison Anders, Jeanine Basinger, Robert Benton, Karen Black
Votes: 132
29. Godard Made in USA (2010 TV Movie)
52 min | Documentary
Director: Luc Lagier | Stars: Robert Benton, Peter Bogdanovich, Brian De Palma, William Friedkin
Votes: 26
30.
Bravo Profiles (1998–2004)
Episode:
Gene Hackman
(2000)
Documentary, Biography
Director: Oliver Miede | Stars: Gene Hackman, Robert Benton, Ellen Burstyn, Clint Eastwood
Votes: 12
31. Feast of Love (2007)
R | 97 min | Drama, Romance
A meditation on love and its various incarnations, set within a community of friends in Oregon. and is described as an exploration of the magical, mysterious and sometimes painful incarnations of love.
Director: Robert Benton | Stars: Morgan Freeman, Radha Mitchell, Alexa Davalos, Greg Kinnear
Votes: 17,114 | Gross: $3.50M
32. The 37th Annual Golden Globe Awards (1980 TV Special)
News
Golden Globe Award - American award awarded by the Hollywood association of the foreign press from 1944 for works in movies and television's pictures.
Director: Gene Weed | Stars: Glen Campbell, Debbie Reynolds, Don Adams, Fernando Allende
Votes: 42
33. Cinema 3 (1984–2016)
News
Stars: Jaume Figueras, Crisol Tuà, Monts Llussà, Àlex Gorina
Votes: 229
34. The Human Stain (2003)
R | 106 min | Drama, Romance, Thriller
When a disgraced former college dean has a romance with a mysterious younger woman haunted by her dark, twisted past, he is forced to confront a shocking fact about his own life that he has kept secret for fifty years.
Director: Robert Benton | Stars: Anthony Hopkins, Nicole Kidman, Ed Harris, Gary Sinise
Votes: 32,282 | Gross: $5.38M
35. Twilight (1998)
R | 94 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A retired detective accepts a simple task, unaware that it will tear open old, forgotten, but deadly wounds.
Director: Robert Benton | Stars: Paul Newman, Susan Sarandon, Gene Hackman, Reese Witherspoon
Votes: 14,170 | Gross: $15.03M
36. The Ice Harvest (2005)
R | 92 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
A shady lawyer attempts a Christmas Eve crime, hoping to swindle the local mob out of some money. But his partner, a strip club owner, might have different plans for the cash.
Director: Harold Ramis | Stars: John Cusack, Billy Bob Thornton, Connie Nielsen, Lara Phillips
Votes: 25,022 | Gross: $8.82M
37. Cinéma! Cinéma! The French New Wave (1992 TV Movie)
51 min | Documentary
Director: Christopher Spencer | Stars: Mark Halliley, Robert Benton, Peter Bogdanovich, Claude Chabrol
Votes: 21
38. The House on Carroll Street (1988)
PG | 101 min | Thriller
In 1950s America, an FBI agent and a blacklist victim uncover a plot to smuggle Nazi war criminals into the country.
Director: Peter Yates | Stars: Kelly McGillis, Jeff Daniels, Mandy Patinkin, Jessica Tandy
Votes: 2,804 | Gross: $0.46M
39. The Windmill Movie (2008)
82 min | Documentary
Filmmaker Richard P. Rogers tried for twenty years to make a documentary about his own life. He died in 2001, leaving the project unfinished, until his widow, acclaimed photographer Susan ... See full summary »
Director: Alexander Olch | Stars: Wallace Shawn, Bob Balaban, Susan Meiselas, Richard P. Rogers
Votes: 131 | Gross: $0.03M
40. Homeward Bound (1994 TV Movie)
60 min | Documentary
Documentary about how families are portrayed in American cinema through-out history.
Director: Linda Schaffer | Stars: Robert Benton, Doris Day, Ruby Dee, Ron Howard
Votes: 35
41. Still of the Night (1982)
PG | 93 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A Manhattan psychiatrist probes a patient's murder and falls for the victim's mysterious mistress.
Director: Robert Benton | Stars: Roy Scheider, Meryl Streep, Jessica Tandy, Joe Grifasi
Votes: 5,826 | Gross: $5.98M
42. Billy Bathgate (1991)
R | 106 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
In the year 1935, a teen named Billy Bathgate finds first love while becoming the protégé of fledgling gangster Dutch Schultz.
Director: Robert Benton | Stars: Dustin Hoffman, Nicole Kidman, Loren Dean, Bruce Willis
Votes: 12,746 | Gross: $15.97M
43. Alex of Venice (2014)
R | 86 min | Drama
A workaholic attorney is forced to reinvent her life after her husband suddenly leaves.
Director: Chris Messina | Stars: Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Chris Messina, Don Johnson, Derek Luke
Votes: 3,388
44. The 57th Annual Academy Awards (1985 TV Special)
160 min | News
Directors: Marty Pasetta, Harrison Engle | Stars: Jack Lemmon, Candice Bergen, Jeff Bridges, Glenn Close
Votes: 192
45. The 52nd Annual Academy Awards (1980 TV Special)
News
Award of the American academy of cinematographic arts and sciences, from 1940th known as "Oscar", - American film award created in 1929 and traditionally handed to the figures of ... See full summary »
Director: Marty Pasetta | Stars: Johnny Carson, Nick Allder, Ann-Margret, Tamara Asseyev
Votes: 194
46. Nadine (1987)
PG | 83 min | Comedy, Mystery, Romance
In 1950s Texas, a woman trying to recover sexy photos of herself and divorce her husband witnesses a murder and uncovers corrupt land dealings.
Director: Robert Benton | Stars: Jeff Bridges, Kim Basinger, Rip Torn, Gwen Verdon
Votes: 4,492 | Gross: $5.67M
47. Oh! Calcutta! (1972)
Not Rated | 123 min | Comedy, Musical
Based on the controversial off-Broadway musical comedy revue, "Oh! Calcutta! is a series of musical numbers about sex and sexual mores. Most of the skits feature one or more performers in ... See full summary »
Directors: Guillaume Martin Aucoin, Jacques Levy | Stars: Raina Barrett, Mark Dempsey, Samantha Harper, Patricia Hawkins
Votes: 300 | Gross: $0.41M
48. It's a Bird... It's a Plane... It's Superman! (1975 TV Movie)
89 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Musical
TV adaptation of the campy 1960s Broadway musical concerning a mad scientist who enlists a rival reporter and a group of gangsters to push the Man of Steel into a mental breakdown.
Director: Jack Regas | Stars: Kenneth Mars, Loretta Swit, Lesley Ann Warren, David Wayne
Votes: 445
49. Entertainment Tonight (1981– )
30 min | News, Talk-Show
"Entertainment Tonight" is the #1 syndicated entertainment newsmagazine in the world.
Stars: Kevin Frazier, Nischelle Turner, Matt Cohen, Nancy O'Dell
Votes: 2,768