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1. Green Book (2018)
PG-13 | 130 min | Biography, Comedy, Drama
A working-class Italian-American bouncer becomes the driver for an African-American classical pianist on a tour of venues through the 1960s American South.
Director: Peter Farrelly | Stars: Viggo Mortensen, Mahershala Ali, Linda Cardellini, Sebastian Maniscalco
Votes: 577,364 | Gross: $85.08M
2. Pinky and the Brain (1995–1998)
TV-Y | 30 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
Pinky and Brain are genetically enhanced laboratory mice who reside in the research facility. Brain is self-centered and scheming; Pinky is good-natured but feeble-minded. In each episode, Brain devises a new plan to take over the world.
Stars: Maurice LaMarche, Rob Paulsen, Tress MacNeille, Frank Welker
Votes: 32,970
3. The Proud Family (2001–2005)
TV-Y | 30 min | Animation, Comedy, Family
Follow the adventures and misadventures of Penny Proud as she does her best to navigate through the early years of teend-dom.
Stars: Kyla Pratt, Tommy Davidson, Jo Marie Payton, Paula Jai Parker
Votes: 8,464
4. This Film Is Not Yet Rated (2006)
Unrated | 98 min | Documentary
Kirby Dick's exposé about the American movie ratings board.
Director: Kirby Dick | Stars: Kirby Dick, Kimberly Peirce, Darren Aronofsky, Atom Egoyan
Votes: 28,647 | Gross: $0.30M
5. Walking with Dinosaurs (1999)
TV-14 | 30 min | Documentary, Animation, History
Documentary-style series about the era of the dinosaurs, mixing real locations and CGI.
Stars: Nikolay Drozdov, Kenneth Branagh, Avery Brooks, Craig Sechler
Votes: 6,914
6. Cartoon All-Stars to the Rescue (1990 TV Movie)
Unrated | 26 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
Many different cartoon stars like Bugs Bunny, the Muppet Babies and Garfield join forces to convince a teenager that drugs aren't cool.
Directors: Milton Gray, Marsh Lamore, Robert Shellhorn, Mike Svayko, Karen Peterson | Stars: Ross Bagdasarian Jr., Jeff Bergman, Townsend Coleman, Wayne Collins
Votes: 1,331
7. The Wiggles Movie (1997)
G | 83 min | Adventure, Comedy, Family
The Wiggles throw a surprise party for Dorothy the Dinosaur, while she goes after a magician who takes Greg's magic wand to become popular.
Director: Dean Covell | Stars: Murray Cook, Jeff Fatt, Greg Page, Anthony Field
Votes: 530
8. Language of Love 2000 (2004)
96 min | Drama
Sabine is in love with Julia, but pulled simultaneously to the irresistible television program host Stella Moon.
Director: Anders Lennberg | Stars: Regina Lund, Jan Mybrand, Bert-Åke Varg, Kim Anderzon
Votes: 604
9. Seksi on hauskaa selvinpäin (1991 Video)
2 min | Short, Drama
Stars: Vilma Melasniemi, Maija Vilkkumaa
10. Powers of Ten (1977)
9 min | Documentary, Short
Beginning with a shot of a couple enjoying a picnic, then zooming out incrementally by powers of ten, the film offers a glimpse of everything from the edge of the known universe to the molecules on a person's hand.
Directors: Charles Eames, Ray Eames | Star: Philip Morrison
Votes: 2,374
11. That's Sexploitation! (2013)
136 min | Documentary
This documentary reveals the untold story of American cinema's gloriously sordid cinematic past.
Directors: Donald A. Davis, David F. Friedman, Frank Henenlotter, Arthur King | Stars: David F. Friedman, Gal Friday, Frank Henenlotter, Albert Cadabra
Votes: 385
12. Donald in Mathmagic Land (1959)
Approved | 27 min | Animation, Short, Family
Donald's goes on an adventure in which it is explained how mathematics can be useful in real life. Through this journey it is shown how numbers are more than graphs and charts, they are geometry, music and magical living things.
Directors: Les Clark, Joshua Meador, Wolfgang Reitherman, Hamilton Luske, Norman Ferguson, Clyde Geronimi, Jack Hannah, Wilfred Jackson, Ben Sharpsteen | Stars: Jane Fowler, Paul Frees, Clarence Nash, Roman Yanez
Votes: 2,466
13. Kink (2001–2005)
TV-MA | 30 min | Documentary
The subjects profiled in KINK embrace their sexual fantasies - and aren't afraid to share them. Unashamedly inviting the cameras into their private lives, they reveal their innermost ... See full summary »
Stars: Black Cherry Sherry, Eliese MacKinnon
Votes: 69
14. Totally Baked (2007)
Not Rated | 88 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
Meet Dave Bertman, a tightly wound 37 year-old father of one. Bertman's "higher" education begins when medical marijuana activists wielding "loaded" weapons interrupt a planned reunion ... See full summary »
Director: Lee Abbott | Stars: John Oates, Thomas Lyons, Craig Shoemaker, Heather Sossaman
Votes: 888
15. Boys Beware (1962)
10 min | Short, Crime, Drama
This anti-homosexual social "scare" short film focuses on the dangers of young boys talking to strangers.
Star: Sid Davis
Votes: 639
16. The Living Desert (1953)
G | 69 min | Family, Documentary
Although first glance reveals little more than stones and sand, the desert is alive. Witness moving rocks, spitting mud pots, gorgeous flowers and the never-ending battle for survival between creatures of every shape, size and description.
Director: James Algar | Star: Winston Hibler
Votes: 1,722
17. Test Tube Babies (1948)
70 min | Drama
A happily-married couple having no luck with starting their family finally discover that the husband is sterile. Their family doctor suggests that they think about artificial insemination, ... See full summary »
Director: W. Merle Connell | Stars: Dorothy Duke, William Thomason, Timothy Farrell, John Michael
Votes: 425
18. Hide and Seek (1996)
Not Rated | 63 min | Documentary, Drama
Mixes documentary interviews of memories of lesbian adolescence with the story of the 12-year-old girl Lou discovering her sexuality in 1960s America.
Director: Su Friedrich | Stars: Chelsea Holland, Ariel Mara, Linzy Taylor, Sarah Jane Smith
Votes: 224
19. The Story of Menstruation (1946)
10 min | Documentary, Animation, Short
A basic explanation of the purpose and process of menstruation, told largely with diagrams (and completely avoiding the subject of sex).
Director: Jack Kinney | Star: Gloria Blondell
Votes: 539
20. The Day the Universe Changed (1985)
52 min | Documentary, History
James Burke explores key moments in Western History where new knowledge in science changed the way the modern Western world thinks.
Stars: James Burke, Roger Avon, Peter Sproule, Jeff Pirie
Votes: 624
21. Linda's Film on Menstruation (1974)
18 min | Short, Drama
Presents the story of a fifteen-year-old girl who experiences her menstrual period, describing the reaction of the girl and her sixteen-year-old boyfriend as they learn more about the subject of menstruation.
Director: Linda Feferman | Stars: Mady Kaplan, Jonathan Banks
Votes: 53
22. Surviving Edged Weapons (1988)
TV-MA | 84 min | Documentary, Action, Crime
A documentary issued to police in the 80's on how to survive edged-based attacks, primarily blades -- with often comical and novel examples.
Director: Dennis Anderson | Stars: Mickey Dawes, Leo T. Gaje Jr., Dean Gilmore, Kathleen A. Handal
Votes: 564
23. Melody (1953)
Approved | 10 min | Animation, Short, Family
An owl teaches his class full of birds about melody. It's all around in nature. Only birds and man can sing; man "sings" even when he speaks. We see a quick survey of the stages of life, as... See full summary »
Directors: Ward Kimball, Charles Nichols | Stars: Sue Allen, Jud Conlon, Mac McLean, Loulie Jean Norman
Votes: 340
24. Don't Be a Sucker (1943)
Approved | 18 min | Short, History, War
Propaganda short film depicting the rise of Nazism in Germany and how political propaganda is similarly used in the United States to recruit Nazi sympathizers from the ranks of American racists.
Stars: Lloyd Nolan, Robert Adler, Richard Alexander, Robert Bailey
Votes: 356
25. Grass (1999)
R | 80 min | Documentary, History
The history of the American government's war on marijuana in the 20th century.
Director: Ron Mann | Stars: Woody Harrelson, Harry J. Anslinger, George Bush, Cab Calloway
Votes: 3,633 | Gross: $0.31M
26. Duck and Cover (1952)
Not Rated | 9 min | Animation, Short, Family
Instructional short aimed at school-aged children of the early 1950s that combines animation and live-action footage with voice-over narration to explain what to do to increase their chances of surviving the blast from an atomic bomb.
Director: Anthony Rizzo | Stars: George Winslow, Leo M. Langlois III, Ray J. Mauer, Robert Middleton
Votes: 1,104
27. Commanding Heights: The Battle for the World Economy (2002– )
360 min | Documentary, History
The people, ideas, and events that created our current world economy.
Stars: David Ogden Stiers, Dick Cheney, Newt Gingrich, Gordon Brown
Votes: 550
28. Crisis: Behind a Presidential Commitment (1963)
Not Rated | 52 min | Documentary, History, News
Governor George Wallace will not let two black students into an Alabama school, against the wishes of President Kennedy. Loud shouts come from both sides of the issue as JFK stands by his decisions.
Director: Robert Drew | Stars: James Lipscomb, John F. Kennedy, George Wallace, Robert F. Kennedy
Votes: 848
29. Le clitoris (2016)
3 min | Documentary, Animation, Short
Women are lucky, they get to have the only organ in the human body dedicated exclusively for pleasure: the clitoris. In this humorous and instructive animated documentary, find out its unrecognized anatomy and its unknown history.
Director: Lori Malépart-Traversy
Votes: 168
30. Signal 30 (1959)
Not Rated | 28 min | Short, Documentary
The results of serious traffic accidents caused by careless driving are displayed.
Director: Richard Wayman | Star: Wayne Byers
Votes: 124
31. One Got Fat (1963)
Approved | 15 min | Short
This bicycle-safety film shows children what can happen when bicycles are driven carelessly and recklessly.
Director: William Dale Jennings | Stars: Ralph Hulett Jr., Charles Hagens, Dick Hutto, Don Moody
Votes: 458
32. Molly Grows Up (1953)
16 min | Short, Drama
Molly anxiously awaits her first sign of menstruation, which means that she'll be able to date and go dancing. The school nurse explains exactly what menstruation is to her, by using diagrams.
Director: Charles Larrance | Stars: Betsy Hawkins, Wendy Larrance, Jane Taylor, Joe Miksak
Votes: 79
33. Fit (I) (2010)
108 min | Drama, Romance
Takes a look at gay and straight love among the new millennials. Everything from secret crushes to homophobic attitudes are revealed by the rambunctious students taking Drama and Dance from... See full summary »
Director: Rikki Beadle Blair | Stars: Duncan MacInnes, Ludvig Bonin, Sasha Frost, Lydia Toumazou
Votes: 501
34. Meet Mrs. Swenson (1956)
29 min | Short
A GE-sponsored short film about a housewife hoping to move with her family to a newly electrified house, but instead winds up with a house so old, even the maid her husband hires won't help.
Director: True Boardman | Stars: Frances Robinson, Myron Healey, Sheila James Kuehl, Michael Winkelman
Votes: 6
35. Rhythm Is It! (2004)
100 min | Documentary, Music
RHYTHM IS IT! records the first big educational project of the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra under Sir Simon Rattle. The orchestra ventured out of the ivory tower of high culture into ... See full summary »
Directors: Thomas Grube, Enrique Sánchez Lansch | Stars: Simon Rattle, Royston Maldoom, Susannah Broughton, Marie Theinert
Votes: 717
36. What to Do on a Date (1951)
11 min | Short, Drama, Family
A shy boy wants to ask out a girl on a date - but how can he know what she'd like to do, or what kind of activity would be best suited for getting to know her?
Director: Ted Peshak | Star: Robert Casey
Votes: 379
37. Cindy Goes to a Party (1955)
9 min | Drama, Fantasy, Short
Cindy, a 12-year-old tomboy, is devastated when she learns that she hasn't been invited to a neighborhood birthday party. That night in bed, her fairy godmother visits her, tells her enough... See full summary »
Director: Herk Harvey
Votes: 110
38. Waking in Mississippi (1998)
60 min | Documentary, History
Waking in Mississippi explores the power of the national media to, surprisingly, mitigate long held animosities resulting from a legacy of slavery and Jim Crow. The irony of Hollywood ... See full summary »
Directors: Christie Herring, Andre Alexis Robinson | Stars: Sandra Bullock, John Grisham, Samuel L. Jackson, Matthew McConaughey
Votes: 18
39. Narcotics: Pit of Despair (1967) (1967)
29 min | Short, Drama
In this dark vision of drug use, a former classmate turned dealer seduces a high-school student into drug addiction.
Director: Mel Marshall | Stars: Kevin Tighe, Gerald LeRoy, Julie Conners, Patrick Miller
Votes: 319
40. Last Date (1950)
Not Rated | 19 min | Drama, Short
Jeanne, a high school girl, dumps her dull boyfriend Larry for Nick, a local thug and hot-rodder she finds exciting. Nick terrifies everyone with his dangerous and reckless driving, but ... See full summary »
Director: Lewis D. Collins | Stars: Joan Taylor, Robert V. Stern, Sally Hughes, Dick York
Votes: 67
41. Day of the Killer Tornadoes (1978)
Not Rated | 27 min | Documentary, Short
This documentary presents a story about the day one hundred and forty-seven deadly twisters swept through Kentucky, Ohio, and Alabama. The funnels devastated large portions of eleven states... See full summary »
Director: Robert Keifer | Stars: John Burke, Bill Burn, Dick Burroughs, Fred Collins
Votes: 33
42. Girls Beware (1961)
10 min | Drama, Short
This film warns girls of the dangers they face from the opposite sex: rape, pregnancy, "social diseases" and murder.
Votes: 113
43. Elmo Visits the Doctor (2005 Video)
Not Rated | 53 min | Family
Join Elmo on his first trip to the doctor's office! This fun-filled video will help preschoolers learn that going to the doctor can be fun!
Directors: Kevin Clash, Ken Diego, Jim Martin, Ted May | Stars: Alison Bartlett, Fran Brill, Kevin Clash, Aiden Connell
Votes: 37
44. Rainbow Brite: San Diego Zoo Adventure (1986 Video)
43 min | Short, Adventure, Family
Pete & Tracy notice something strange is happening to all of the colors of the zoo animals; they try to enlist the help of Rainbow Brite, not knowing that it's all part of Murky Dismal's dastardly plot to lure and capture Rainbow Brite.
Director: Burt Arnowitz | Stars: Kevin Osgood, Danielle Decker, Sandra Conally, Rosemarie Thornton
Votes: 57
45. Hell's Highway: The True Story of Highway Safety Films (2003)
Not Rated | 91 min | Documentary, History
The history of traffic safety educational films and their notoriously lurid content.
Director: Bret Wood | Stars: Richard Anderson, Sonny Bono, John F. Butler, Hans Conried
Votes: 219 | Gross: $0.00M
46. Mated (1952)
75 min | Documentary
A video "marriage manual" explains differences between sexes.
Director: Gordon Schindler
Votes: 24
47. Spies (1943)
Unrated | 4 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Private Snafu has a secret: his ship leaves for Africa at 4:30. He's determined to keep it, but bit by bit it slips out, and eventually, the details end up right on Hitler's desk and the ship is engaged.
Director: Chuck Jones | Star: Mel Blanc
Votes: 656
48. Trombi és a Tüzmanó (1987– )
Animation
The adventures of a fire brigade fighting the sneaky fire imp. Educational animated series about fire safety.
Stars: István Mikó, Nóra Tábori, Imre Csuja, Ildikó Dévényi
Votes: 38
49. Sesame Street 4-D (2003)
11 min | Comedy, Short, Family
This 4D movie tells the story of Elmo and the gang's attempts to save the Sesame Street Film Festival.
Director: John Rust | Stars: Kevin Clash, Caroll Spinney, Jerry Nelson, Eric Jacobson
Votes: 23
50. Kid Safe: The Video (1988 Video)
29 min | Short, Comedy, Drama
In this educational docudrama, kids learn how to handle emergency situations.
Director: Stuart Gordon | Stars: Andrea Martin, Shuko Akune, Stephen Lee, Meshach Taylor
Votes: 74