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1.
King (1978)
Episode:
Episode #1.2
(1978)
86 min | Biography, Drama, History
Director: Abby Mann | Stars: Paul Winfield, Cicely Tyson, Tony Bennett, Roscoe Lee Browne
Votes: 10
2.
240-Robert (1979–1981)
Episode:
Acting Sergeant
(1979)
60 min | Adventure
Stranded in a cabin, Thib is required to perform an appendectomy on a student.
Director: Sutton Roley | Stars: John Bennett Perry, Mark Harmon, Joanna Cassidy, Lew Saunders
Votes: 9
3.
240-Robert (1979–1981)
Episode:
Bathysphere
(1979)
60 min | Adventure
After dealing with a reckless driver with an amphibious car, the 240-Robert team has to rescue people trapped underwater in a malfunctioning bathysphere.
Director: Phil Bondelli | Stars: John Bennett Perry, Mark Harmon, Joanna Cassidy, Lew Saunders
Votes: 8
4.
240-Robert (1979–1981)
Episode:
Stuntman
(1979)
60 min | Adventure
A retired stuntman causes trouble when his stunts go wrong.
Director: Ric Rondell | Stars: John Bennett Perry, Mark Harmon, Joanna Cassidy, Peter J. Pitchess
Votes: 9
5.
King (1978)
Episode:
Episode #1.3
(1978)
Biography, Drama, History
King now takes up the battle against the northern slums, which he calls "black ghettos". His meeting with black leaders Malcolm X and Stokely Carmichael is a failure, as he intends to ... See full summary »
Director: Abby Mann | Stars: Paul Winfield, Cicely Tyson, Tony Bennett, Roscoe Lee Browne
Votes: 9
6.
240-Robert (1979–1981)
Episode:
Oil & Water
(1979)
60 min | Adventure
A hang-gliding accident and Morgan's new love cause tension.
Director: Bruce Kessler | Stars: John Bennett Perry, Mark Harmon, Joanna Cassidy, Lew Saunders
Votes: 9
7. The Man on Lincoln's Nose (2000)
40 min | Documentary, Short
Production design has always been a key part of the Hollywood filmmaking process, but until recently the field received very little critical attention. But thanks to Daniel Raim's lucid and... See full summary »
Director: Daniel Raim | Stars: Jim Bissell, Robert F. Boyle, Henry Bumstead, Norman Jewison
Votes: 99
8. Petfinder (2008– )
Reality-TV
TV series based on the pet-adoption Web site Petfinder.com where a wildlife expert and a dog trainer try to match homeless animals with families.
Stars: Jarod Miller, Dina Z. Garbis, Tamara Henry, Steven C. Barber
Votes: 11
9. The Making of 300 (2007 Video)
38 min | Documentary, Short
A SNEAK PEAK AT 300: Exclusive look inside 300 with behind-the-scenes footage. FIRST LOOK: Director Zack Snyder provides a glimpse into the amazing world of 300 and discusses the process ... See full summary »
Stars: Jim Bissell, Gerard Butler, Lena Headey, Frank Miller
Votes: 25
10.
King (1978)
Episode:
Episode #1.1
(1978)
101 min | Biography, Drama, History
Director: Abby Mann | Stars: Paul Winfield, Cicely Tyson, Tony Bennett, Roscoe Lee Browne
Votes: 11
11. King (1978)
271 min | Biography, Drama, History
The story of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., stretching from his days as a Southern Baptist minister up to his assassination in Memphis in 1968.
Stars: Paul Winfield, Cicely Tyson, Tony Bennett, Roscoe Lee Browne
Votes: 443
12.
Amazing Stories (1985–1987)
Episode:
Family Dog
(1987)
G | 21 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama
The only animated episode of the show that's also a backdoor pilot. It has three segments: A family takes out their frustrations on their poor dog, watches their Christmas home movie, and sends the dog to guard dog school after a burglary.
Director: Brad Bird | Stars: Stan Freberg, Annie Potts, Mercedes McCambridge, Scott Menville
Votes: 597
13.
Palmerstown, U.S.A. (1980–1981)
Episode:
Palmerstown, U.S.A
(1980)
60 min | Drama, Family
A dispute over a bill causes tension between the Freeman and Hall families and inseparable friends Booker and David are pressured not to see each other anymore.
Director: Peter Levin | Stars: Jonelle Allen, Beeson Carroll, Bill Duke, Janice St. John
Votes: 7
14. E.T. (1982)
PG | 115 min | Adventure, Family, Sci-Fi
A troubled child summons the courage to help a friendly alien escape from Earth and return to his home planet.
Director: Steven Spielberg | Stars: Henry Thomas, Drew Barrymore, Peter Coyote, Dee Wallace
Votes: 437,100 | Gross: $435.11M
15. Harold and Lillian: A Hollywood Love Story (2015)
94 min | Documentary, Biography
Harold and Lillian eloped to Hollywood in 1947, where they became the film industry's secret weapons. Nobody talked about them, but everybody wanted them. Theirs is the greatest story never told-until now.
Director: Daniel Raim | Stars: Lillian Michelson, Harold Michelson, Bill Krohn, Stuart Cornfeld
Votes: 939
16. Light the Fuse - The Official Mission: Impossible Podcast (2018 Podcast Series)
Talk-Show
All about Mission: Impossible. Interviews with people who worked on the franchise, including Oscar-winning directors, writers, cinematographers, and editors.
Stars: Charles Hood, Drew Taylor, Christopher McQuarrie, Paul Hirsch
Votes: 10
17. Crossing the Frontier: Making 'The Last Starfighter' (1999 Video)
34 min | Documentary, Short
Crossing the Frontier: Making 'The Last Starfighter', an original documentary with a fascinating look at the creation of the film and its groundbreaking computer-generated visual effects. ... See full summary »
Director: Michael Matessino | Stars: Lance Guest, Jonathan R. Betuel, Gary Adelson, Nick Castle
Votes: 11
18.
Amazing Stories (1985–1987)
Episode:
Go to the Head of the Class
(1986)
PG-13 | 60 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama
A teenage horror buff is so smitten with a sexy classmate that he helps her use black magic on their loathsome English teacher, with shocking and bewildering results.
Director: Robert Zemeckis | Stars: Christopher Lloyd, Scott Coffey, Mary Stuart Masterson, Tom Bresnahan
Votes: 549
19. 300 (2006)
R | 117 min | Action, Drama
In the ancient battle of Thermopylae, King Leonidas and 300 Spartans fight against Xerxes and his massive Persian army. They face insurmountable odds when they are betrayed by a Spartan reject.
Director: Zack Snyder | Stars: Gerard Butler, Lena Headey, David Wenham, Dominic West
Votes: 863,401 | Gross: $210.61M
20. Making Jumanji: The Realm of Imagination (2000 Video)
20 min | Short
This making-of documentary covers general aspects of the film's creation. We see movie clips, shots from the set, and interviews. The latter include remarks from Woodruff, Gillis, director ... See full summary »
Stars: Jim Bissell, Kirsten Dunst, Alec Gillis, David Alan Grier
Votes: 11
21.
Amazing Stories (1985–1987)
Episode:
Mummy Daddy
(1985)
Not Rated | 25 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama
A dedicated actor in a realistic mummy costume that he can't take off is shooting a movie in a swamp. When he hears his wife is in labor, he runs towards the town but the local rednecks think he's the real deal and form a posse.
Director: William Dear | Stars: Tom Harrison, Bronson Pinchot, Brion James, Tracey Walter
Votes: 878
22.
Amazing Stories (1985–1987)
Episode:
Thanksgiving
(1986)
Not Rated | 23 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Greedy mean man finds a bottomless hole on his desert property. He concludes that some kind of beings who trade gold for things live down there. His stepdaughter realizes that "hole people" want food, not objects, but the man won't listen.
Director: Todd Holland | Stars: David Carradine, Kyra Sedgwick
Votes: 299
23.
Amazing Stories (1985–1987)
Episode:
The Mission
(1985)
PG | 46 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama
A courageous young World War II gunner and aspiring cartoonist, trapped in the belly gun of a B-17 aircraft with the landing gear destroyed, has only his imagination as a force that might be able to save him.
Director: Steven Spielberg | Stars: Kevin Costner, Casey Siemaszko, Kiefer Sutherland, J.J. Cohen
Votes: 1,253
24. Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation (2015)
PG-13 | 131 min | Action, Adventure, Thriller
Ethan and his team take on their most impossible mission yet when they have to eradicate an international rogue organization as highly skilled as they are and committed to destroying the IMF.
Director: Christopher McQuarrie | Stars: Tom Cruise, Rebecca Ferguson, Jeremy Renner, Simon Pegg
Votes: 410,573 | Gross: $195.04M
25. Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol (2011)
PG-13 | 132 min | Action, Adventure, Thriller
The IMF is shut down when it's implicated in the bombing of the Kremlin, causing Ethan Hunt and his new team to go rogue to clear their organization's name.
Director: Brad Bird | Stars: Tom Cruise, Jeremy Renner, Simon Pegg, Paula Patton
Votes: 528,092 | Gross: $209.40M
26. Good Night, and Good Luck. (2005)
PG | 93 min | Biography, Drama, History
Broadcast journalist Edward R. Murrow looks to bring down Senator Joseph McCarthy.
Director: George Clooney | Stars: David Strathairn, George Clooney, Patricia Clarkson, Jeff Daniels
Votes: 101,255 | Gross: $31.56M
27. Amazing Stories (1985–1987)
TV-PG | 30 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Truly amazing, fantastical, funny, and odd, and sometimes scary, sad, and endearing stories are portrayed. Many famous actors, actresses, and directors made guest appearances.
Stars: Charles Durning, Douglas Seale, Sharon Spelman, Louis Giambalvo
Votes: 6,410
28. The Making of 'E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial' (1996 Video)
91 min | Documentary
A behind-the-scenes documentary about the making of Steven Spielberg's 1982 film "E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial.'
Director: Laurent Bouzereau | Stars: Steven Spielberg, Kathleen Kennedy, Ed Verreaux, Melissa Mathison
Votes: 158
29.
Amazing Stories (1985–1987)
Episode:
Life on Death Row
(1986)
PG | 30 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Hours before his scheduled execution, a death-row inmate is given the power to heal.
Director: Mick Garris | Stars: Patrick Swayze, James T. Callahan, Kevin Hagen, Hector Elizondo
Votes: 295
30.
Amazing Stories (1985–1987)
Episode:
You Gotta Believe Me
(1986)
Not Rated | 23 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Convinced that his vivid nightmare of a Boeing 747 crashing into his house is a horrific premonition, Earl Sweet desperately tries to alter fate.
Director: Kevin Reynolds | Stars: Charles Durning, Mary Betten, Ebbe Roe Smith, Wil Shriner
Votes: 268
31. 240-Robert (1979–1981)
60 min | Adventure
The missions of the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department Emergency Services Detail.
Stars: John Bennett Perry, Mark Harmon, Joanna Cassidy, Peter J. Pitchess
Votes: 253
32. Palmerstown, U.S.A. (1980–1981)
60 min | Drama, Family
In Depression-era South, Booker T. Freeman and David Hall become best friends, despite different racial backgrounds. Booker's dad Luther is the local blacksmith, W.D. Hall the grocer, with the families becoming close, due to the boys.
Stars: Jonelle Allen, Beeson Carroll, Bill Duke, Janice St. John
Votes: 104
33. Jumanji (1995)
PG | 104 min | Adventure, Comedy, Family
When two kids find and play a magical board game, they release a man trapped in it for decades - and a host of dangers that can only be stopped by finishing the game.
Director: Joe Johnston | Stars: Robin Williams, Kirsten Dunst, Bonnie Hunt, Jonathan Hyde
Votes: 376,371 | Gross: $100.48M
34.
Amazing Stories (1985–1987)
Episode:
Dorothy and Ben
(1986)
Not Rated | 25 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama
It is shocking enough when old Ben Dumfy emerges like Rip Van Winkle from a 40-year coma, but his special mental communication with Dorothy, a comatose 7-year-old, leads to an even greater miracle. But there's a price.
Director: Thomas Carter | Stars: Joe Seneca, Lane Smith, Louis Giambalvo, Kathleen Lloyd
Votes: 364
35.
Amazing Stories (1985–1987)
Episode:
The Amazing Falsworth
(1985)
PG-13 | 25 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama
A nightclub audience gasps at The Amazing Falsworth's psychic powers, but the shock is his alone when the blindfolded performer picks up the vibes of a serial killer in the room.
Director: Peter Hyams | Stars: Gregory Hines, Richard Masur, Don Calfa, Suzanne Bateman
Votes: 523
36.
Amazing Stories (1985–1987)
Episode:
The Doll
(1986)
Not Rated | 25 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama
The lonely, loveless life of a shy bachelor takes an astounding turn when he buys a special doll, exquisitely hand-crafted by a mysterious German toymaker. He tries to track down the woman who modeled for it.
Director: Phil Joanou | Stars: John Lithgow, Anne Helm, Sharon Spelman, John Christopher Jones
Votes: 387
37. Jack Reacher (2012)
PG-13 | 130 min | Action, Mystery, Thriller
A homicide investigator digs deeper into a case involving a trained military sniper responsible for a mass shooting.
Director: Christopher McQuarrie | Stars: Tom Cruise, Rosamund Pike, Richard Jenkins, Werner Herzog
Votes: 364,784 | Gross: $80.07M
38. Confessions of a Dangerous Mind (2002)
R | 113 min | Biography, Comedy, Crime
An adaptation of the cult memoir of game show impresario Chuck Barris (Sam Rockwell), in which he purports to have been a C.I.A. hitman.
Director: George Clooney | Stars: Sam Rockwell, Drew Barrymore, George Clooney, Julia Roberts
Votes: 91,946 | Gross: $16.00M
39. Don't Look Back: The Story of Leroy 'Satchel' Paige (1981 TV Movie)
98 min | Biography, Drama, Sport
Story of Leroy "Satchel" Paige, star pitcher in the Negro Leagues, and later in the major leagues. Traces his life from his troubled youth, including his life in a detention school for ... See full summary »
Director: Richard A. Colla | Stars: Louis Gossett Jr., Beverly Todd, Cleavon Little, Ernie Barnes
Votes: 137
40.
Amazing Stories (1985–1987)
Episode:
Mirror, Mirror
(1986)
PG | 24 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama
While guesting on a talk show, horror novelist Jordan Manmouth claims he is immune to being frightened by the nightmarish creatures he creates - and comes to regret the taunt when he is terrorized by a black-caped phantom.
Director: Martin Scorsese | Stars: Sam Waterston, Helen Shaver, Dick Cavett, Tim Robbins
Votes: 620
41. The Bad Guys (2022)
PG | 100 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
To avoid prison, a gang of notorious animal criminals pretends to seek being rehabilitated, only for their leader to realize that he genuinely wants to change his ways.
Director: Pierre Perifel | Stars: Sam Rockwell, Marc Maron, Awkwafina, Craig Robinson
Votes: 58,747 | Gross: $97.23M
42. 50 First Dates (2004)
PG-13 | 99 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Henry Roth is a man afraid of commitment until he meets the beautiful Lucy. They hit it off and Henry think he's finally found the girl of his dreams until discovering she has short-term memory loss and forgets him the next day.
Director: Peter Segal | Stars: Adam Sandler, Drew Barrymore, Rob Schneider, Sean Astin
Votes: 381,666 | Gross: $120.91M
43. The Falcon and the Snowman (1985)
R | 131 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
The true story of a disillusioned military contractor employee and his drug pusher childhood friend who became walk-in spies for the Soviet Union.
Director: John Schlesinger | Stars: Timothy Hutton, Sean Penn, Pat Hingle, Joyce Van Patten
Votes: 12,657 | Gross: $17.10M
44.
Amazing Stories (1985–1987)
Episode:
Blue Man Down
(1987)
PG | 23 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama
A guilt-ridden police officer, who blames himself for his partner's violent death, is teamed with a young partner who seems invisible to everyone else.
Director: Paul Michael Glaser | Stars: Max Gail, Kate McNeil, Chris Nash, Sal Viscuso
Votes: 200
45. The Last Starfighter (1984)
PG | 100 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
High schooler Alex Rogan conquers the Starfighter video game, only to find out it was just a test, and is transported to another planet. He has been recruited to join a team of the best starfighters to defend their world from the attack.
Director: Nick Castle | Stars: Lance Guest, Robert Preston, Kay E. Kuter, Dan Mason
Votes: 45,958 | Gross: $28.73M
46.
Amazing Stories (1985–1987)
Episode:
Lane Change
(1987)
Not Rated | 23 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama
One stormy night on a deserted highway, a distraught wife driving toward an impending divorce glimpses her past through the windshield after picking up a mysterious woman who ran out of gas.
Director: Ken Kwapis | Stars: Kathy Baker, Priscilla Pointer, Cletus Young, Misty Forrest
Votes: 202
47. The Rocketeer (1991)
PG | 108 min | Action, Adventure, Family
A young pilot stumbles onto a prototype jetpack that allows him to become a high-flying masked hero.
Director: Joe Johnston | Stars: Billy Campbell, Jennifer Connelly, Alan Arkin, Timothy Dalton
Votes: 61,723 | Gross: $46.70M
48.
Amazing Stories (1985–1987)
Episode:
Gather Ye Acorns
(1986)
Not Rated | 25 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Jonathan Quick, the bane of his practical parents' existence, takes an ancient tree troll's advice to pack up his treasured comic-book collection and follow his heart. And so, fifty years later..
Director: Norman Reynolds | Stars: Mark Hamill, David Rappaport, Lois De Banzie, Mary Jo Deschanel
Votes: 384
49.
Amazing Stories (1985–1987)
Episode:
Miscalculation
(1986)
Not Rated | 21 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Nerdy collegiate Phil unsuccessfully tries every trick in the book to meet girls. Then he discovers a potion that makes gorgeous magazine pin-ups spring to life. Unfortunately, he can't ... See full summary »
Director: Tom Holland | Stars: Jon Cryer, JoAnn Willette, J.J. Cohen, Lana Clarkson
Votes: 376
50.
Amazing Stories (1985–1987)
Episode:
No Day at the Beach
(1986)
PG | 24 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Scorned by his troop of poker-playing teen-aged soldiers, Arnold Skamp becomes a war hero by miraculously saving their lives when they charge the battle-torn beaches of Port Nuovo, Italy. ... See full summary »
Director: Lesli Linka Glatter | Stars: Charlie Sheen, Larry Spinak, Ralph Seymour, Philip McKeon
Votes: 356