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51. Dancing Pirate (1936)
Approved | 83 min | Adventure, Comedy, Music
The story of a Boston dance teacher who gets shanghaied by buccaneers who might make his next steps be off the plank!
Director: Lloyd Corrigan | Stars: Charles Collins, Frank Morgan, Steffi Duna, Luis Alberni
Votes: 385
52. Success at Any Price (1934)
Passed | 74 min | Drama
Joe comes from a rough neighborhood and when his brother Mike is gunned down in 1927, he decides to go into legitimate business. He wants to make a lot of money and fast so he is ambitious ... See full summary »
Director: J. Walter Ruben | Stars: Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Genevieve Tobin, Frank Morgan, Colleen Moore
Votes: 353
53. Diplomaniacs (1933)
Passed | 61 min | Comedy, Musical
Barbers Willy Nilly and Hercules Glub have opened a barbershop on an Indian reservation, where they have no customers. When suddenly a white man asks for a shave, several Indians of the ... See full summary »
Director: William A. Seiter | Stars: Bert Wheeler, Robert Woolsey, Marjorie White, Phyllis Barry
Votes: 344
54. The Four Feathers (1929)
81 min | Adventure, Drama, Romance
When British officer Harry resigns from his regiment, he is labeled a coward by his family and friends. Harry receives four white feathers as a mark of a coward. In order to redeem himself ... See full summary »
Directors: Merian C. Cooper, Lothar Mendes, Ernest B. Schoedsack | Stars: Richard Arlen, Fay Wray, Clive Brook, William Powell
Votes: 343
55. Aggie Appleby, Maker of Men (1933)
Passed | 73 min | Comedy, Romance
When Aggie's boyfriend Red is sent to jail, she meets a mild-mannered man and decides to turn him into a real man.
Director: Mark Sandrich | Stars: Charles Farrell, Wynne Gibson, William Gargan, Zasu Pitts
Votes: 333
56. If I Were Free (1933)
Passed | 66 min | Drama, Romance
A suicidal World War I veteran and an antique dealer, both already married to others, embark on a love affair.
Director: Elliott Nugent | Stars: Irene Dunne, Clive Brook, Nils Asther, Henry Stephenson
Votes: 301
57. The Mighty Kong (1998)
G | 71 min | Animation, Adventure, Family
Boosting this family-friendly take on the 1933 film are the acting talents of Jodi Benson and Dudley Moore.
Director: Art Scott | Stars: Dudley Moore, Jodi Benson, Randy Hamilton, William Sage
Votes: 284
58. Kong: The Animated Series (2000–2001)
TV-Y7 | 30 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
After scientist Lorna clones Kong, her grandson Jason brings a teacher who steals stones controlling Kong Island. Jason, friend Tan, shaman Lua, and Kong retrieve the stones, restoring balance.
Stars: Kirby Morrow, Scott McNeil, Saffron Henderson, Daphne Goldrick
Votes: 280
59. Blind Adventure (1933)
Approved | 65 min | Mystery
An American in London stumbles on a criminal ring.
Director: Ernest B. Schoedsack | Stars: Robert Armstrong, Helen Mack, Roland Young, Ralph Bellamy
Votes: 279
60. Roar of the Dragon (1932)
Passed | 69 min | Adventure, Romance
A boatload of Westerners is trapped in Manchuria as bandits led by Russian renegade Voronsky ravage the area. Seeking refuge in a fortified inn, the group is led by the boat's Captain ... See full summary »
Director: Wesley Ruggles | Stars: Richard Dix, Gwili Andre, Edward Everett Horton, Arline Judge
Votes: 252
61. Lucky Devils (1933)
Passed | 70 min | Action, Drama, Romance
They smash through skylights, tumble down staircases, drop from a high rooftop into a waiting convertible - the only fall Skipper Clark and his pals won't take is to fall in love.
Director: Ralph Ince | Stars: William Boyd, Dorothy Wilson, William Gargan, Bob Rose
Votes: 225
62. The 25th Annual Academy Awards (1953 TV Special)
113 min
The 25th Academy Awards and the first time the ceremony is broadcast on television. Held on March 19th, 1953 at the RKO Pantages Theatre in Hollywood, it is hosted by Bob Hope and honors the films of 1952.
Directors: Bill Bennington, John Rich | Stars: Bob Hope, Anne Baxter, Edgar Bergen, Jacques Bergerac
Votes: 215
63. Kong: King of Atlantis (2005 Video)
69 min | Animation, Adventure, Family
The ancient empire Atlantis is returning to Earth and its evil ruler, Queen Reptilla, hoping to trick New Kong into becoming the King of Atlantis.
Director: Patrick Archibald | Stars: Daphne Goldrick, Saffron Henderson, David Kaye, Scott McNeil
Votes: 208
64. The Right to Romance (1933)
Passed | 67 min | Drama, Romance
Dr "Peggy" Simmons, a successful and respected plastic surgeon, encounters job stress beyond her control. Lacking a social side to her harried life and desperately seeking romance, she ... See full summary »
Director: Alfred Santell | Stars: Ann Harding, Robert Young, Nils Asther, Sari Maritza
Votes: 200
65. Emergency Call (1933)
Passed | 70 min | Action, Crime, Drama
An expose of the racketeering "accident victims" who extort millions of dollars annually from American automobile owners, insurance companies and property owners by staging fake accident ... See full summary »
Director: Edward L. Cahn | Stars: William Boyd, Wynne Gibson, William Gargan, George E. Stone
Votes: 194
66. Headline Shooter (1933)
Passed | 61 min | Adventure, Crime, Drama
The adventures of a wayward newsreel cameraman.
Director: Otto Brower | Stars: William Gargan, Frances Dee, Ralph Bellamy, Jack La Rue
Votes: 184
67. No Marriage Ties (1933)
Passed | 72 min | Drama
Alcoholic reporter Bruce Foster is on the road to ruin when he partners with advertising man "Perk" Perkins to form a successful advertising agency. Foster makes the business a success, but his personal life suffers.
Director: J. Walter Ruben | Stars: Richard Dix, Elizabeth Allan, Doris Kenyon, Alan Dinehart
Votes: 180
68. Long Lost Father (1934)
Passed | 63 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Carl Bellairs and his daughter Lindsey Lane meet many years after he deserted her and her mother. They don't much like each other, but wind up working in the same nightclub. Bellairs ... See full summary »
Director: Ernest B. Schoedsack | Stars: John Barrymore, Helen Chandler, Donald Cook, Alan Mowbray
Votes: 176
69. Seven Wonders of the World (1956)
Not Rated | 106 min | Documentary, History
Lowell Thomas searches the world for natural and man made wonders and invites the audience to try to update the ancient Greek list of "Seven Wonders of the World."
Directors: Tay Garnett, Paul Mantz, Andrew Marton, Ted Tetzlaff, Walter Thompson, John Farrow | Stars: Lowell Thomas, Paul Mantz, Claude Dauphin
Votes: 175 | Gross: $32.10M
70. Nosferatu vs. Father Pipecock & Sister Funk (2014)
134 min | Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
A man goes to visit Count Orlock, a deviant, adulterous, shape-shifting Transylvanian vampire.
Directors: Tony Watt, John Migliore, Vivita | Stars: Max Schreck, Vivita, Tony Watt, John Migliore
Votes: 160
71. Flaming Gold (1932)
Approved | 53 min | Action, Drama, Romance
The owners of World Wide Oil Company in New York City wires its field manager in Mexico to put a couple of wildcat independent drillers out of business. The manager puts one of his own ... See full summary »
Director: Ralph Ince | Stars: William Boyd, Pat O'Brien, Mae Clarke, Rollo Lloyd
Votes: 159
72. Flying Devils (1933)
Passed | 62 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Anny Hardy is a parachute-stunt diver with a flying-circus group of barnstorming pilots which her husband, "Speed" Hardy heads. She meets and falls in love with Bud Murray, the younger ... See full summary »
Director: Russell Birdwell | Stars: Arline Judge, Bruce Cabot, Eric Linden, Ralph Bellamy
Votes: 158
73. Two Alone (1934)
Passed | 75 min | Drama, Romance
Mazie, a poor orphan girl, is mistreated by cruel farmer Slag and his wife for whom she works. When reform school runaway Adam arrives, he is put to work by Slag and also mistreated. Mazie ... See full summary »
Director: Elliott Nugent | Stars: Jean Parker, Tom Brown, Zasu Pitts, Arthur Byron
Votes: 140
74. Keep 'Em Rolling (1934)
Passed | 69 min | Drama, Romance, War
Sergeant Benny Walsh, a U.S. Army artilleryman, and his horse, Rodney, share a kindred spirit that is sympathetic to each other's needs. After years of service to his country, Sergeant ... See full summary »
Director: George Archainbaud | Stars: Walter Huston, Frances Dee, Minna Gombell, Frank Conroy
Votes: 136
75. The Monkey's Paw (1933)
Passed | 58 min | Horror
A mother wishes for the return of her dead son--a wish that is granted by the severed paw of a dead monkey.
Directors: Wesley Ruggles, Ernest B. Schoedsack | Stars: Ivan F. Simpson, Louise Carter, C. Aubrey Smith, Bramwell Fletcher
Votes: 123
76. The Meanest Gal in Town (1934)
Passed | 62 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A stranded actress turned manicurist affects the lives of people in a small American town.
Director: Russell Mack | Stars: Zasu Pitts, Pert Kelton, El Brendel, James Gleason
Votes: 117
77. Best of Cinerama (1963)
142 min | Documentary
Collection of the best segments from Cinerama movies, including locations of Rome, Paris, Vienna, Athens, Brazil, Japan, Africa, Israel and New Orleans.
Star: Lowell Thomas
Votes: 114
78. Cross Fire (1933)
Passed | 55 min | Western
Tom and five older respected business men run the Sierra mine. When Tom leaves for Europe to fight in WW1, everything is OK. When he returns after the war he finds his former assistant not ... See full summary »
Director: Otto Brower | Stars: Tom Keene, Betty Furness, Edgar Kennedy, Eddie Phillips
Votes: 99
79. Creation (1931)
6 min | Short
A lost submarine discovers a secret island where dinosaurs still live.
Directors: Harry O. Hoyt, Willis H. O'Brien | Star: Ralf Harolde
Votes: 93
80. Kong: Return to the Jungle (2007 Video)
81 min | Animation, Sci-Fi
Kong enters the valley of konhi where he struggles to live there.
Director: Stuart Evans | Stars: Kirby Morrow, Scott McNeil, Kathy Morse, Saffron Henderson
Votes: 91
81. Gorillaville (2014– )
Animation, Short, Comedy
Best described as "The Three Stooges" meets "Yogi Bear" meets "Planet of the Apes", this show follows the mischievous misadventures of three Precocious Primates: Bobo a retired space Chimp ... See full summary »
Stars: Michael Yavnielli, Ron Yavnieli, Tania Gonzalez, Ethan S. Smith
Votes: 74
82. Man of Two Worlds (1934)
92 min | Drama
A British explorer brings an Eskimo hunter to London, where he misreads a woman.
Director: J. Walter Ruben | Stars: Francis Lederer, Elissa Landi, Henry Stephenson, J. Farrell MacDonald
Votes: 68
83. Midshipman Jack (1933)
Passed | 71 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Given a last chance, after failing to graduate with his class at the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis,Maryland because he was reported by a jealous rival for being out after 'Taps,"... See full summary »
Director: Christy Cabanne | Stars: Bruce Cabot, Betty Furness, Frank Albertson, Arthur Lake
Votes: 66
84. Gow the Head Hunter (1928)
Passed | 70 min | Documentary
Captain Edward A. Salisbury (1875-1962) was a noted millionaire explorer and writer, whose exploration stories of the islands of the South Seas Pacific appeared often in "The National ... See full summary »
Director: Edward A. Salisbury | Stars: Edward A. Salisbury, Gow
Votes: 52
85. Gow (1931)
Not Rated | 61 min | Documentary
Explorer Edward Salisbury takes an expedition across the Pacific Ocean to such exotic locales as Fiji, Samoa, Papua New Guinea and the New Hebrides Islands, and record the lives of the ... See full summary »
Director: Edward A. Salisbury | Stars: William Peck, Gow
Votes: 46
86. Kong (2000)
Animation
Stars: Kirby Morrow, Alex Doduk, Daphne Goldrick, Saffron Henderson
Votes: 33
87. Banglar King Kong (2010)
143 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
Director: Iftekhar Jahan | Stars: Jahidul Hasan, Shamim Shah, Munmun, Danny Sidak
Votes: 28
88. King Kong - FAN FILM (2016)
140 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
An adaptation of the classic story of King Kong, the story is updated to the present day as a stern filmmaker hires a oil research vessel commanded by a heroic captain to venture towards ... See full summary »
Director: Jack Buchanan | Stars: Brett Charles, Jake Robertson, Sylvana Boonstra, Joshua Botelho
Votes: 25
89. King Kong Skull Island (2019– )
Adventure
will focus on a female lead, surrounded by a very diverse cast, and will explore the origins of Skull Island.
Votes: 22
90. FilmToons Logic (2021– )
Animation
Stars: Abigail Turner, Ryan Stewart, Kaleb Sherretz, Joseph Jowett
Votes: 6
91. War Eagles (I)
Action, Adventure, Fantasy | Announced
A publicly humiliated test pilot and a lost clan of vikings riding giant eagles are America's only hope against a surprise Nazi attack.
93. The Lost Empire (1929)
70 min | Documentary
Sensational and startling motion picture of life among the primitive Andaman Pygmies, the Toba and Karo Batak of savage Sumatra and the barbaric inhabitants of "The Lost Empire" of Abyssinia.
Director: Edward A. Salisbury | Star: William Peck
95.
FilmToons Logic (2021– )
Episode:
Godzilla Vs. King Kong Rap Battle!
(2021)
Animation
Director: Ariana Perry | Stars: Joseph Jowett, Stefan Kelk, Bronson Lassetter
96.
Gorillaville (2014– )
Episode:
A Cup of Sugar
(2014)
Animation, Short, Comedy
Sargent Bellows pays a visit to Bobo, Ganto and Claude to borrow a cup of sugar so he can bake Snicker-doodles, like his Grandma used to make. Bobo almost gives Sarge the sugar when his helmet goes on the fritz and things go haywire.
Director: Ron Yavnieli | Stars: Rena Strober, Ron Yavnieli, Michael Yavnielli
97.
Gorillaville (2014– )
Episode:
Mating Season
(2014)
Animation, Short, Comedy
While playing cards one night, the 3 apes catch a whiff of perfume from down the way. That can only mean one thing: It's mating season and the female apes are looking to meet a fella'.
Director: Ron Yavnieli | Stars: Ron Yavnieli, Michael Yavnielli
98.
Gorillaville (2014– )
Episode:
Ganto Smash
(2014)
Animation, Short, Comedy
Newcomer Manny challenges Ganto to a fight.
Director: Ron Yavnieli | Stars: Tania Gonzalez, Ron Yavnieli, Michael Yavnielli
99.
Gorillaville (2014– )
Episode:
Five Little Monkeys
(2014)
Animation, Short, Comedy
Director: Ron Yavnieli | Stars: Tania Gonzalez, Ron Yavnieli, Michael Yavnielli
100.
Gorillaville (2014– )
Episode:
Sarge's Surprise Party
(2014)
Animation, Short, Comedy
Director: Ron Yavnieli | Stars: Tania Gonzalez, Ron Yavnieli, Michael Yavnielli