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51. Dance with Me (1998)
PG | 126 min | Drama, Music, Romance
Rafael Infante (Chayanne) comes to Houston from Cuba to work at John Burnett's (Kris Kristofferson's) dance studio. He meets Ruby Sinclair (Vanessa Williams), a cute dance instructor there. Chemistry? Will John know he's Rafael's dad?
Director: Randa Haines | Stars: Vanessa Williams, Chayanne, Kris Kristofferson, Joan Plowright
Votes: 6,886 | Gross: $15.81M
52. 10.5: Apocalypse (2006)
85 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
A massive earthquake creates a chain of events that threaten two of the largest nuclear reactors.
Stars: Kim Delaney, Dean Cain, David Cubitt, Oliver Hudson
Votes: 2,768
53. The Trip to Bountiful (1985)
PG | 108 min | Drama
In 1940s Texas, an elderly woman is determined to visit her childhood home one last time.
Director: Peter Masterson | Stars: Geraldine Page, John Heard, Carlin Glynn, Richard Bradford
Votes: 5,313 | Gross: $7.47M
54. Dr. T & the Women (2000)
R | 122 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A wealthy gynecologist's ideal life is thrown into turmoil when the women closest to him begin to affect his life in unexpecting ways.
Director: Robert Altman | Stars: Richard Gere, Helen Hunt, Farrah Fawcett, Laura Dern
Votes: 20,277 | Gross: $13.11M
55. Puncture (2011)
R | 100 min | Biography, Drama, Mystery
A David and Goliath law drama about a drug-addicted lawyer who takes on a health supply corporation while battling his own personal demons.
Directors: Adam Kassen, Mark Kassen | Stars: Chris Evans, Mark Kassen, Vinessa Shaw, Marshall Bell
Votes: 24,861 | Gross: $0.07M
56. Telefon (1977)
PG | 102 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A Russian officer is sent to the U.S. to try and stop sleeper agents who will mindlessly attack government entities when they hear certain coded words.
Director: Don Siegel | Stars: Charles Bronson, Lee Remick, Donald Pleasence, Tyne Daly
Votes: 6,255
57. 6 Years (2015)
Not Rated | 79 min | Drama, Romance
A young couple, bound by a seemingly ideal love, begin to unravel as unexpected opportunities spin them down a volatile and violent path and threaten the future they had always imagined.
Director: Hannah Fidell | Stars: Taissa Farmiga, Ben Rosenfield, Lindsay Burdge, Joshua Leonard
Votes: 13,192
58. My Best Friend Is a Vampire (1987)
PG | 89 min | Comedy, Horror, Romance
After a sexual encounter with a beautiful client, a teenage delivery boy finds himself being turned into a vampire.
Director: Jimmy Huston | Stars: Robert Sean Leonard, Evan Mirand, LeeAnne Locken, Cheryl Pollak
Votes: 4,244 | Gross: $0.17M
59. Night Game (1989)
R | 95 min | Crime, Drama, Horror
A Texas police detective ties pitcher's strikes to a serial throat slasher.
Director: Peter Masterson | Stars: Roy Scheider, Karen Young, Lane Smith, Richard Bradford
Votes: 1,234 | Gross: $0.34M
60. Mao's Last Dancer (2009)
PG | 117 min | Biography, Drama, Music
In Maoist China, a boy is taken from his family and trained to become a dancer, but everything he knows is challenged when he is chosen to attend a ballet summer school in Houston, Texas.
Director: Bruce Beresford | Stars: Chi Cao, Bruce Greenwood, Kyle MacLachlan, Penne Hackforth-Jones
Votes: 8,300 | Gross: $4.81M
61. City of Joy (1992)
PG-13 | 132 min | Drama
An American doctor, a British nurse, and an illiterate Indian farmer unite to transform a Calcutta ghetto in this uplifting, inspirational movie starring Patrick Swayze and Pauline Collins.
Director: Roland Joffé | Stars: Patrick Swayze, Pauline Collins, Om Puri, Shabana Azmi
Votes: 5,633 | Gross: $14.68M
62. Something Like Summer (2017)
115 min | Drama, Musical, Romance
Something Like Summer traces the tumultuous relationship of Ben and Tim, secret high school sweethearts who grow over the years into both adulthood enemies and complicated friends.
Director: David Berry | Stars: Grant Davis, Davi Santos, Ben Baur, Ajiona Alexus
Votes: 1,516
63. The Open Road (2009)
PG-13 | 90 min | Comedy, Drama
A man embarks on a road trip with his girlfriend and estranged baseball legend dad.
Director: Michael Meredith | Stars: Justin Timberlake, Ted Danson, Harry Dean Stanton, Mary Steenburgen
Votes: 3,751 | Gross: $0.02M
64. Mars Needs Women (1968 TV Movie)
Unrated | 83 min | Sci-Fi
Dop leads his fellow Martians to Earth on an interplanetary quest for females. Dop proves that Martians have impeccable taste when one of his first conquests turns out to be sexy scientist Dr. Marjorie Bolen.
Director: Larry Buchanan | Stars: Tommy Kirk, Yvonne Craig, Byron Lord, Roger Ready
Votes: 1,134
65. Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story (2017)
88 min | Documentary, Biography, History
The life and career of the hailed Hollywood movie star and underappreciated genius inventor, Hedy Lamarr.
Director: Alexandra Dean | Stars: Hedy Lamarr, Mel Brooks, Jennifer Hom, Anthony Loder
Votes: 4,311 | Gross: $0.82M
66. Good After Bad (2017)
93 min | Drama
The film follows the relationship between bullied student Shelly, whose home life is in shambles, and wealthy eccentric Wes, with no friends and issues with women. Things take a turn when Wes offers to become Shelly's guardian.
Director: Anne-Marie Hess | Stars: Maddie Hasson, Billy Burke, Dabier, Melora Walters
Votes: 887
67. The Outing (1987)
R | 87 min | Horror
A group of high schoolers decide to stay in a natural museum after closing hours, but a newly acquired and mysterious lamp hiding a deadly force will turn the fun into horror.
Director: Tom Daley | Stars: Deborah Winters, James Huston, Andra St. Ivanyi, Scott Bankston
Votes: 2,140 | Gross: $1.08M
68. End of a Gun (2016)
R | 86 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
A mall security guard -- and former federal agent -- crosses paths with a drug kingpin's enforcer after he saves a woman from danger.
Director: Keoni Waxman | Stars: Steven Seagal, Florin Piersic Jr., Jade Ewen, Jacob Grodnik
Votes: 2,298
69. Faces of Death II (1981)
85 min | Documentary, Horror
This movie continues in the same vein as F.O.D. 1 with short scenes of death related material. Mortuarys, accidents, police work are filmed by TV crews and home video cameras. Some of the ... See full summary »
Director: John Alan Schwartz | Stars: Michael Carr, James Brady, Mickey Crowe, Thomas K. Delahanty
Votes: 2,097
70. Earthstorm (2006 TV Movie)
PG | 90 min | Action, Drama, Sci-Fi
A massive asteroid impact on the moon begins causing storms on Earth due to the sudden changes in ocean tides. Scientists conclude the only solution is to set nuclear charges on the Moon to implode it and keep it whole.
Director: Terry Cunningham | Stars: Stephen Baldwin, Amy Price-Francis, John Ralston, Dirk Benedict
Votes: 2,179
71. Murder in Texas (1981 TV Movie)
200 min | Drama
Story of Texas heiress Joan Robinson, who married plastic surgeon John Hill. Her father, Ash, is suspicious of Hill, thinking that he married Joan for money, which he used to buy a house ... See full summary »
Director: William Hale | Stars: Katharine Ross, Sam Elliott, Farrah Fawcett, Andy Griffith
Votes: 408
72. The Last Shot (2004)
R | 93 min | Comedy, Romance
A movie director-screenwriter finds a man to finance his latest project but soon discovers that the producer is actually an undercover FBI agent working on a mob sting operation.
Director: Jeff Nathanson | Stars: Matthew Broderick, Alec Baldwin, Toni Collette, Tony Shalhoub
Votes: 4,388 | Gross: $0.46M
73. Single Black Female (2022 TV Movie)
TV-14 | 88 min | Drama, Horror, Thriller
Monica looks for a fresh start as she tries to land a gig as the host of an afternoon talk show. She soon become close friends with her new assistant, Simone, a deranged woman who plans to take over Monica's life for good.
Director: Shari L. Carpenter | Stars: Raven Goodwin, Janet Hubert, Amber Riley, Erin Ownbey
Votes: 497
74. Natural Selection (2011)
R | 90 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Having discovered that her dying husband has an illegitimate child living in Florida, a devout Christian housewife leaves her sheltered world on a mission to reunite father and son.
Director: Robbie Pickering | Stars: Matt O'Leary, Rachael Harris, John Diehl, Gayland Williams
Votes: 1,477 | Gross: $0.05M
75. Vice (2000)
Not Rated | 87 min | Comedy, Drama
Details the trial of a young Texas "erotic dancer" on charges of lurid behavior and indecent exposure and the various witnesses who testify both for and against her.
Director: John Woodward | Stars: Bo Hopkins, Maxine Bahns, Jeffrey Meek, Bellary Darden-Davis
Votes: 57
76. Lily Dale (1996 TV Movie)
PG | 98 min | Drama
The story takes place in 1910, Texas. Nineteen-year-old Horace Robedaux (Tim Guinee).
Director: Peter Masterson | Stars: Mary Stuart Masterson, Sam Shepard, Stockard Channing, Tim Guinee
Votes: 225
77. The Thief Who Came to Dinner (1973)
PG | 104 min | Comedy, Romance
A computer programmer decides to become a thief. And when he starts making waves an insurance investigator hounds him. He also meets a woman who becomes his accomplice.
Director: Bud Yorkin | Stars: Ryan O'Neal, Jacqueline Bisset, Warren Oates, Jill Clayburgh
Votes: 1,247 | Gross: $0.68M
78. The 24th (2020)
TV-MA | 113 min | Drama, History
It is the story of the all-black Twenty-Fourth United States Infantry Regiment, and the Houston Riot of 1917.
Director: Kevin Willmott | Stars: Timaine Bryant, Trai Byers, Bashir Salahuddin, Aja Naomi King
Votes: 1,064
79. Kingpin (2003)
R | 60 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A drug cartel leader and his family try to keep what is "rightfully" theirs.
Stars: Yancey Arias, Brian Benben, Bobby Cannavale, Angela Alvarado
Votes: 1,198
80. The Trip to Bountiful (2014 TV Movie)
TV-PG | 102 min | Drama
Carrie Watts begrudgingly lives with her busy, overprotective son, Ludie, and pretentious daughter-in-law, Jessie Mae. No longer able to drive and forbidden to travel alone, she wishes for ... See full summary »
Director: Michael Wilson | Stars: Cicely Tyson, Vanessa Williams, Blair Underwood, Keke Palmer
Votes: 746
81. Cohen and Tate (1988)
R | 86 min | Action, Crime, Drama
When a little boy witnesses a mob hit, he is kidnapped by two professional assassins who are not what they seem.
Director: Eric Red | Stars: Roy Scheider, Adam Baldwin, Harley Cross, Cooper Huckabee
Votes: 2,665
82. Killer Legends (2014)
TV-MA | 86 min | Documentary, Crime, History
Delving into our collective nightmares, this horror-documentary investigates the origins of our most terrifying urban legends and the true stories that may have inspired them.
Director: Joshua Zeman | Stars: Rachel Mills, Joshua Zeman, Stephen Winick, James Presley
Votes: 3,537
83. Joel Osteen (1999– )
30 min | Talk-Show
Evangelist Joel Osteen hosts weekly religious services at his Lakewood Church in Houston.
Star: Joel Osteen
Votes: 165
84. Best Worst Movie (2009)
Not Rated | 93 min | Documentary, Comedy
A look at the making of the film Troll 2 (1990) and its journey from being crowned the "worst film of all time" to a cherished cult classic.
Director: Michael Paul Stephenson | Stars: George Hardy, Pita Ray, Micki Knox, Tommy Bice
Votes: 8,529 | Gross: $0.10M
85. Houston Knights (1987–1988)
60 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A Chicago cop is transferred to Houston where he teams up with a Texas lawman.
Stars: Michael Paré, Michael Beck, Robyn Douglass, John Hancock
Votes: 244
86. Middle Age Crazy (1980)
R | 97 min | Comedy, Drama
A married man is turning forty and that's when the midlife crisis hits him. He becomes obsessed with young women and fast cars.
Director: John Trent | Stars: Bruce Dern, Ann-Margret, Graham Jarvis, Deborah Wakeham
Votes: 388
87. When Billie Beat Bobby (2001 TV Movie)
PG | 90 min | Comedy, Drama, Sport
The historic 1973 tennis match between middle-aged champion Bobby Riggs (Ron Silver) and young feminist Billie Jean King (Holly Hunter).
Director: Jane Anderson | Stars: Holly Hunter, Ron Silver, Matt Letscher, Bob Gunton
Votes: 645
88. Tarnation (2003)
Unrated | 88 min | Documentary, Biography
Filmmaker Jonathan Caouette's documentary on growing up with his schizophrenic mother -- a mixture of snapshots, Super-8 film, answering machine messages, video diaries, early short films, and more - culled from nineteen years of his life.
Director: Jonathan Caouette | Stars: Jonathan Caouette, Renee Leblanc, Adolph Davis, Rosemary Davis
Votes: 6,709 | Gross: $0.59M
89. Dark Moon Rising (2009)
R | 124 min | Crime, Horror, Romance
Small-town girl meets mysterious drifter boy, they fall in love. Only in this case, the boy brings with him a family curse and unimaginable horror that rains hell upon the small town.
Director: Dana Mennie | Stars: Max Ryan, Maria Conchita Alonso, Chris Mulkey, Chris Divecchio
Votes: 796
90. It's Impossible to Learn to Plow by Reading Books (1988)
85 min | Drama
A nameless young character goes into travels to the country, meeting some acquaintances and strangers as well, having banal conversations, dedicating his existence into daily mundane ... See full summary »
Director: Richard Linklater | Stars: Richard Linklater, James Goodwin, Dan Kratochvil, Linda Finney
Votes: 939
91. A Place to Call Home (1987 TV Movie)
96 min | Drama
Sam Gavin decides to relocate his family from Houston, Texas to a sheep station in Australia to protect his eleven children from the "destructive influences" of modern American society. ... See full summary »
Director: Russ Mayberry | Stars: Linda Lavin, Lane Smith, Lori Loughlin, Robert MacNaughton
Votes: 136
92. American Hardcore (2006)
R | 100 min | Documentary, History, Music
The History of American Punk Rock 1980-1986
Director: Paul Rachman | Stars: Greg Ginn, Ian MacKaye, James Drescher, Lucky Lehrer
Votes: 3,604 | Gross: $0.28M
93. They Still Call Me Bruce (1987)
PG | 91 min | Comedy
A Korean man comes to America to thank the American GI who saved his life, but instead winds up running a struggling karate studio.
Directors: James Orr, Johnny Yune | Stars: Johnny Yune, David Mendenhall, Pat Paulsen, Joey Travolta
Votes: 537
94. Pulse 3 (2008)
R | 91 min | Horror, Sci-Fi
A restless girl embarks on a journey back to a city populated by the dead in search of a mysterious internet lover.
Director: Joel Soisson | Stars: Noureen DeWulf, Rider Strong, Lynn Blackburn, Jackie Arnold
Votes: 2,142
95. Fighting the Odds: The Marilyn Gambrell Story (2005 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 120 min | Biography, Drama
Based on a true story, former parole officer Marilyn Gambrell and a colleague set up a pioneer trial-based program in one of America's toughest high schools to help the children of ... See full summary »
Director: Andy Wolk | Stars: Jami Gertz, Ernie Hudson, Eugene Clark, Sicily Johnson
Votes: 406
96. Once Upon a Spy (1980 TV Movie)
91 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
Ted Danson plays a computer genius who gets involved in the theft of an important N.A.S.A. computer, then thrust into the world of espionage with Sir Christopher Lee.
Director: Ivan Nagy | Stars: Ted Danson, Mary Louise Weller, Christopher Lee, Eleanor Parker
Votes: 290
97. Step Into Liquid (2003)
PG | 88 min | Documentary, Sport
Surfers and secret spots from around the world are profiled in this documentary.
Director: Dana Brown | Stars: Laird Hamilton, Layne Beachley, Dan Malloy, Robert August
Votes: 2,786 | Gross: $3.67M
98. The Auteur (2008)
Not Rated | 80 min | Comedy
A sweet comedy about the world's greatest living porn director.
Director: James Westby | Stars: Melik Malkasian, Denise Chanterelle DuBois, Loren Hoskins, John Breen
Votes: 639
99. Mansome (2012)
PG-13 | 82 min | Documentary
A documentary that explores the question: In the age of manscaping, metrosexuals, and grooming products galore - what does it mean to be a man?
Director: Morgan Spurlock | Stars: Jason Bateman, Will Arnett, Morgan Spurlock, Zach Galifianakis
Votes: 2,939 | Gross: $0.02M
100. Be Here to Love Me (2004)
Not Rated | 99 min | Documentary, Biography, Music
Be Here to Love Me - Chronicles the fascinating and often turbulent life of musician Townes van Zandt.
Director: Margaret Brown | Stars: Joe Ely, Guy Clark, Willie Nelson, Kris Kristofferson
Votes: 1,420 | Gross: $0.13M