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51. Snoops (1999)
45 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
In this detective series with a comical note, Glenn Hall runs an unconventional flashy private detective agency in Los Angeles, and means business above all, never mind the rules--if she ... See full summary »
Stars: Gina Gershon, Paula Jai Parker, Edward Kerr, Danny Nucci
Votes: 283
52. Rock 'n' Roll High School (1979)
PG | 93 min | Comedy, Music
Ramones fanatic and delinquent Riff Randell battles it out with the strict new principal of Vince Lombardi High School, Miss Togar, with help from the Ramones.
Directors: Allan Arkush, Joe Dante | Stars: P.J. Soles, Vincent Van Patten, Clint Howard, Dey Young
Votes: 11,207
53. Get Crazy (1983)
R | 92 min | Comedy, Music
Mega-promoter Colin Beverly plans to sabotage the New Year's 1983 concert of small-time operator Max Wolfe. Wolfe's assistants Neil Allen and Willie Loman find romance while trying to save ... See full summary »
Director: Allan Arkush | Stars: Malcolm McDowell, Allen Garfield, Daniel Stern, Gail Edwards
Votes: 1,484 | Gross: $1.65M
54. Billy's Hollywood Screen Kiss (1998)
R | 92 min | Comedy, Romance
Billy is a gay fine-arts photographer who falls in love with straight coffee-shop waiter Gabriel.
Director: Tommy O'Haver | Stars: Sean Hayes, Brad Rowe, Armando Valdes-Kennedy, Mr. Dan
Votes: 3,988 | Gross: $2.02M
55. Zoo (1999)
90 min | Comedy, Thriller
A dark comedy set in the fictitious tiny hamlet of Spraine. A big city private detective is hired to track down an animal serial killer gone awry. The town wanted to bury the story, keep ... See full summary »
Director: Alexandra King | Stars: Marina Anderson, Paul Bartel, Anne Bendel, Kat Burke
Votes: 87
56. The Howling (1981)
R | 91 min | Horror
After a bizarre and near deadly encounter with a serial killer, a television newswoman is sent to a remote mountain resort whose residents may not be what they seem.
Director: Joe Dante | Stars: Dee Wallace, Patrick Macnee, Dennis Dugan, Christopher Stone
Votes: 40,220 | Gross: $17.99M
57. The Living End (1992)
Unrated | 81 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
Luke is a gay hustler. Jon is a movie critic. Both are HIV positive. They go on a hedonistic, dangerous journey, their motto "Fuck the world".
Director: Gregg Araki | Stars: Mike Dytri, Craig Gilmore, Mark Finch, Mary Woronov
Votes: 3,719 | Gross: $0.69M
58. Gremlins 2: The New Batch (1990)
PG-13 | 106 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
The Gremlins are back, and this time, they've taken control of a New York City media mogul's high-tech skyscraper.
Directors: Joe Dante, Chuck Jones | Stars: Zach Galligan, Phoebe Cates, Howie Mandel, Tony Randall
Votes: 112,873 | Gross: $41.48M
59. Into the Night (1985)
R | 115 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
After discovering that his wife is cheating on him, an insomniac aerospace engineer accidentally meets, and tries to help, a beautiful model on the run from some extremely dangerous people.
Director: John Landis | Stars: Jeff Goldblum, Michelle Pfeiffer, Stacey Pickren, Carmen Argenziano
Votes: 13,635 | Gross: $7.56M
60. Private Parts (1972)
R | 87 min | Comedy, Horror, Mystery
Young Cheryl moves into her estranged aunt Martha's rundown King Edward Hotel. One of its offbeat residents, disturbed photographer George, takes special interest in her. Cheryl begins suspecting that a resident was murdered.
Director: Paul Bartel | Stars: Ayn Ruymen, Lucille Benson, John Ventantonio, Laurie Main
Votes: 1,870
61.
Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1985–1989)
Episode:
The Jar
(1986)
TV-PG | 30 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A suffering artist finds a mysterious jar and decides to incorporate it into his exhibition. It's a enormous success, but it also causes problems around the household.
Director: Tim Burton | Stars: Alfred Hitchcock, Griffin Dunne, Fiona Lewis, Laraine Newman
Votes: 270
62. Leather Jacket Love Story (1997)
Unrated | 85 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Kyle is 18, an aspiring poet hoping to find inspiration by moving to the arty Silver Lake neighborhood of LA, and maybe love too. On day one, he finds a funky coffee shop, where he hopes to do some writing, but instead meets an older hunk.
Director: David DeCoteau | Stars: Sean Tataryn, Christopher Bradley, Geoff Moody, Héctor Mercado
Votes: 514 | Gross: $0.01M
63. The Silver Screen: Color Me Lavender (1997)
Not Rated | 100 min | Documentary, History
A film scrapbook, images, phrases from our past, hiding their meanings behind veils. Let's lift those veils, one by one, to find how images, at one time seeming innocent, have revealed, after decades, to have homosexual overtones.
Director: Mark Rappaport | Stars: Dan Butler, Don Ameche, Johnny Arthur, Lucille Ball
Votes: 322
64. Death Race 2000 (1975)
R | 80 min | Action, Comedy, Sci-Fi
In a dystopian future, a cross country automobile race requires contestants to run down innocent pedestrians to gain points that are tallied based on each kill's brutality.
Director: Paul Bartel | Stars: David Carradine, Sylvester Stallone, Simone Griffeth, Mary Woronov
Votes: 30,910 | Gross: $8.00M
65. National Lampoon's European Vacation (1985)
PG-13 | 95 min | Adventure, Comedy
The Griswolds win a vacation tour across Europe where the usual havoc ensues.
Director: Amy Heckerling | Stars: Chevy Chase, Beverly D'Angelo, Dana Hill, Jason Lively
Votes: 71,596 | Gross: $49.40M
66. Amazon Women on the Moon (1987)
R | 85 min | Comedy, Sci-Fi
A spoof of low budget 1950s science-fiction movies, interspersed with various comedy sketches and fake commercials making fun of late-night television.
Directors: Joe Dante, Carl Gottlieb, Peter Horton, John Landis, Robert K. Weiss | Stars: Rosanna Arquette, Michelle Pfeiffer, Arsenio Hall, Donald F. Muhich
Votes: 12,639 | Gross: $0.55M
67. Naughty Nurse (1969)
9 min | Comedy, Short
A doctor and nurse sneak away for a kinky encounter, only to be interrupted by a cop...with a secret of his own.
Director: Paul Bartel | Stars: Valorie Armstrong, Ron Grathwohl, Christopher St. John, Alix Elias
Votes: 225
68. Hi, Mom! (1970)
R | 87 min | Comedy, Drama
A Vietnam vet moves into an apartment and peers through other people's windows across the street, meets one of the women, and discovers Black theater.
Director: Brian De Palma | Stars: Robert De Niro, Allen Garfield, Lara Parker, Charles Durning
Votes: 5,831
69.
Amazing Stories (1985–1987)
Episode:
Gershwin's Trunk
(1987)
Not Rated | 30 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Frantic to deliver a hit musical, conniving Broadway composer Jo-Jo Gillespie contacts the spirit of George Gershwin through psychic Sister Teresa, and makes marvelous music from beyond the... See full summary »
Director: Paul Bartel | Stars: Bob Balaban, Lainie Kazan, John McCook, Dana Gladstone
Votes: 191
70. Shakedown (1988)
R | 97 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A legal aid attorney and renegade cop team up to stop a corrupt cop.
Director: James Glickenhaus | Stars: Peter Weller, Sam Elliott, Richard Brooks, Jude Ciccolella
Votes: 3,921 | Gross: $10.07M
71. Piranha (1978)
R | 94 min | Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi
When flesh-eating piranhas are accidentally released into a summer resort's rivers, the guests become their next meal.
Director: Joe Dante | Stars: Bradford Dillman, Heather Menzies-Urich, Kevin McCarthy, Keenan Wynn
Votes: 24,719 | Gross: $6.00M
72. Hamlet (2000)
R | 112 min | Drama, Romance, Thriller
Modern-day New York City adaptation of Shakespeare's immortal story about Hamlet's plight to avenge his father's murder.
Director: Michael Almereyda | Stars: Ethan Hawke, Kyle MacLachlan, Diane Venora, Sam Shepard
Votes: 9,992 | Gross: $1.57M
73. Twin Sitters (1994)
PG-13 | 93 min | Comedy, Family, Thriller
A business executive is releasing dangerous toxins and the Barbarian Brothers set out to stop his evil work.
Director: John Paragon | Stars: Peter Paul, David Paul, Christian Cousins, Joseph Cousins
Votes: 4,105
74. Hollywood Boulevard (1976)
R | 83 min | Comedy, Thriller
A young woman arrives in Hollywood to try her luck as an actress. An incompetent agent hooks her up with a production company which specializes in low budget B-movie fair, plagued by strange deadly accidents.
Directors: Allan Arkush, Joe Dante | Stars: Mary Woronov, Paul Bartel, George Wagner, Jonathan Kaplan
Votes: 1,491
75. Lust in the Dust (1984)
R | 84 min | Comedy, Western
A group of unscrupulous characters seek buried treasure in the old west.
Director: Paul Bartel | Stars: Tab Hunter, Divine, Lainie Kazan, Geoffrey Lewis
Votes: 3,851 | Gross: $0.73M
76. Scenes from the Class Struggle in Beverly Hills (1989)
R | 103 min | Comedy
The widow's houseboy and the divorcee's chauffeur bet on which will bed the other's employer first.
Director: Paul Bartel | Stars: Jacqueline Bisset, Ray Sharkey, Mary Woronov, Robert Beltran
Votes: 1,437 | Gross: $2.16M
77. Big Bad Mama (1974)
R | 84 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
Circumstances force a tough single mother and her two daughters into a life of crime and they quickly become outlaws on the run, picking up partners along the way, and traveling to different states, pursued by the law.
Director: Steve Carver | Stars: Angie Dickinson, William Shatner, Tom Skerritt, Susan Sennett
Votes: 3,048 | Gross: $0.62M
78. Escape from L.A. (1996)
R | 101 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Snake Plissken is once again called in by the United States government to recover a potential doomsday device from Los Angeles, now an autonomous island where undesirables are deported.
Director: John Carpenter | Stars: Kurt Russell, Steve Buscemi, Stacy Keach, A.J. Langer
Votes: 80,574 | Gross: $25.48M
79. Clueless (1996–1999)
TV-G | 30 min | Comedy
A follow-up to the blockbuster movie of the same name, following the rich teenager Cher and her friends as they attend high school in Beverly Hills.
Stars: Rachel Blanchard, Stacey Dash, David Lascher, Donald Faison
Votes: 3,509
80. Baja Oklahoma (1988 TV Movie)
105 min | Comedy, Drama, Music
Dan Jenkins co-wrote the screenplay based on his novel of the same name about Juanita, a barmaid in Ft. Worth, Texas, who wants to be a country-western songwriter.
Director: Bobby Roth | Stars: Lesley Ann Warren, Peter Coyote, Swoosie Kurtz, Anthony Zerbe
Votes: 409
81. The Hustler of Muscle Beach (1980 TV Movie)
100 min | Comedy, Drama
A slick promoter in the bodybuilding subculture of Venice Beach, California, finds what he considers a diamond in the rough: a dedicated but somewhat mentally challenged young man who wants... See full summary »
Director: Jonathan Kaplan | Stars: Richard Hatch, Kay Lenz, Jeanette Nolan, Joe Santos
Votes: 58
82. The Boss' Son (1978)
101 min | Crime, Drama
Bobby needs money and the easiest way is to ask his father for a job. But Dad decides his son should start at the bottom of his carpet business and earn his way to a better position. Bobby ... See full summary »
Director: Bobby Roth | Stars: Asher Brauner, Rudy Solari, Rita Moreno, Henry G. Sanders
Votes: 90
83. Grief (1993)
Unrated | 87 min | Comedy
We spend a week in the L.A. offices where the daytime TV show "The Love Judge" is written and produced. Jo, the show's large and loud producer, announces she is leaving the show in two ... See full summary »
Director: Richard Glatzer | Stars: Craig Chester, Illeana Douglas, Jackie Beat, Alexis Arquette
Votes: 365 | Gross: $0.22M
84. Chopping Mall (1986)
R | 77 min | Horror, Sci-Fi
A group of young shopping mall employees stay behind for a late night party in one of the stores. When the mall goes on lock-down before they can get out, the robot security system malfunctions, and goes on a killing spree.
Director: Jim Wynorski | Stars: Kelli Maroney, Tony O'Dell, Russell Todd, Karrie Emerson
Votes: 17,249
85.
Fame (1982–1987)
Episode:
Holmes Sweet Holmes
(1986)
TV-14 | Drama, Music, Musical
After a rehearsal for the school's production of "Sherlock Holmes," a pipe in the dressing room bursts. The school is in need of serious renovation only, the school cannot fund the repair ... See full summary »
Director: Allan Arkush | Stars: Debbie Allen, Jesse Borrego, Loretta Chandler, Albert Hague
Votes: 15
86. Joe's Apartment (1996)
PG-13 | 80 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Musical
A nice guy has just moved to New York and discovers that he must share his run-down apartment with a couple thousand singing, dancing cockroaches.
Director: John Payson | Stars: Jerry O'Connell, Megan Ward, Billy West, Reginald Hudlin
Votes: 14,491 | Gross: $4.61M
87. Cannonball! (1976)
PG | 93 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
Racing across the country from L.A. to New York, a plethora of exotic cars carry contestants hoping to win a very large sum.
Director: Paul Bartel | Stars: David Carradine, Bill McKinney, Veronica Hamel, Gerrit Graham
Votes: 5,174 | Gross: $3.27M
88. 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: 4,874 | Gross: $18.29M
89. Pucker Up and Bark Like a Dog (1989)
R | 94 min | Comedy
A socially isolated and extremely shy Los Angeles painter finds his dream girl in the form of a struggling actress and finds himself at last finding the confidence to exhibit his work in this off-beat romantic comedy.
Director: Paul S. Parco | Stars: Jon Gries, Lisa Zane, Christopher Maher, Sal Lopez
Votes: 66
90. Grand Theft Auto (1977)
PG | 84 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
A rich girl steals her dad's Rolls Royce and heads off to Las Vegas to get married. However, her angry parents, a jealous suitor, and a bunch of reward seekers are determined to stop her.
Director: Ron Howard | Stars: Ron Howard, Nancy Morgan, Elizabeth Rogers, Barry Cahill
Votes: 2,971
91. Eat My Dust (1976)
PG | 89 min | Action, Comedy, Romance
Darlene's into going fast, Hoover's into Darlene, but when they both get into a red-hot race car, the reckless fun accelerates into a trunk-full of hot pursuits.
Director: Charles B. Griffith | Stars: Ron Howard, Christopher Norris, Brad David, Kathy O'Dare
Votes: 1,002
92. Mr. Billion (1977)
PG | 89 min | Action, Comedy, Family
When an American billionaire dies, his poor Italian nephew inherits everything, provided he can arrive in the USA to claim his inheritance before the deadline but the corporate lawyer-executor tries to steal the inheritance.
Director: Jonathan Kaplan | Stars: Terence Hill, Valerie Perrine, Jackie Gleason, Slim Pickens
Votes: 1,390
93. Acting on Impulse (1993)
R | 93 min | Comedy, Mystery, Thriller
The aggressive actress Susan, star of many erotic thrillers, feels stalked by her fans and has a fight with her producer. During a one week long pause in the shooting of a movie, she ... See full summary »
Director: Sam Irvin | Stars: C. Thomas Howell, Linda Fiorentino, Nancy Allen, Judith Hoag
Votes: 358
94. The Longshot (1986)
PG-13 | 89 min | Comedy
Four losers borrow money from gangsters to bet on a "sure thing", but lose. The gangsters go after them to get their money.
Director: Paul Bartel | Stars: Tim Conway, Jack Weston, Harvey Korman, Brad Trumbull
Votes: 727 | Gross: $1.10M
95.
Amazing Stories (1985–1987)
Episode:
Secret Cinema
(1986)
Not Rated | 25 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Young everyday woman Jane becomes convinced that someone is recording and influencing her everyday life and that she's become the unwilling star of a secret cinema.
Director: Paul Bartel | Stars: Eve Arden, Paul Bartel, Griffin Dunne, Penny Peyser
Votes: 321
96. Out of the Dark (1988)
R | 89 min | Crime, Horror, Thriller
Beautiful young women who work at the offices of a phone-sex company are being stalked by a psychopathic killer.
Director: Michael Schroeder | Stars: Cameron Dye, Lynn Danielson-Rosenthal, Karen Lorre, Karen Black
Votes: 1,496 | Gross: $0.42M
97. Lewis & Clark & George (1997)
R | 82 min | Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Two escaped convicts join forces with a seductive femme on the trail of a long-forgotten gold mine.
Director: Rod McCall | Stars: Rose McGowan, Dan Gunther, Brian Taylor, Salvator Xuereb
Votes: 735
98. Skeletons (1997 TV Movie)
R | 87 min | Crime, Drama, Horror
A Pulitzer prize journalist has a heart attack and moves with his wife and son, from NYC to a town of 850 in Maine. Things are fine there until he investigates a man arrested for murdering his boyfriend. Vandalism and worse follows.
Director: David DeCoteau | Stars: Ron Silver, Christopher Plummer, Dee Wallace, Kyle Howard
Votes: 558
99. Perfect Fit (2000)
R | 103 min | Comedy, Thriller
An aimless young man turns to murder in order to satisfy the desires of his new girlfriend, a narcissistic blue jean fetishist.
Director: Donald P. Borchers | Stars: Alexander Polinsky, Maria Ford, Renée Humphrey, David Grieco
Votes: 273
100. Race (1998)
PG-13 | 104 min | Drama
An East L.A working stiff is bullied by his wife to run for a City Council position against a well-organized recognized political figure.
Director: Tom Musca | Stars: Paul Rodriguez, CCH Pounder, Cliff Robertson, Una Damon
Votes: 126