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1. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)

PG | 110 min | Biography, Crime, Drama

In 1890s Wyoming, Butch Cassidy and The Sundance Kid lead a band of outlaws. When a train robbery goes wrong, they find themselves on the run with a posse hard on their heels. After considering their options, they escape to South America.

Director: George Roy Hill | Stars: Paul Newman, Robert Redford, Katharine Ross, Strother Martin

Votes: 226,788 | Gross: $102.31M

2. The Mexican (2001)

R | 123 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama

A man tries to transport an ancient gun called The Mexican, believed to carry a curse, back across the border, while his girlfriend pressures him to give up his criminal ways.

Director: Gore Verbinski | Stars: Brad Pitt, Julia Roberts, James Gandolfini, J.K. Simmons

Votes: 114,081 | Gross: $66.81M

3. The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)

Passed | 126 min | Adventure, Drama, Western

Two down-on-their-luck Americans searching for work in 1920s Mexico convince an old prospector to help them mine for gold in the Sierra Madre Mountains.

Director: John Huston | Stars: Humphrey Bogart, Walter Huston, Tim Holt, Bruce Bennett

Votes: 132,465 | Gross: $5.01M

4. Red Sundown (1956)

Passed | 81 min | Action, Drama, Romance

A gunfighter takes a deputy sheriff job in a town caught in a feud between a powerful rancher and small farmers.

Director: Jack Arnold | Stars: Rory Calhoun, Martha Hyer, Dean Jagger, Robert Middleton

Votes: 728

5. Apache Territory (1958)

Approved | 71 min | Action, Western

A no-nonsense drifter leads a ragtag collective surrounded by a deadly tribe of Apaches.

Director: Ray Nazarro | Stars: Rory Calhoun, Barbara Bates, John Dehner, Carolyn Craig

Votes: 634

6. Greed (1924)

Not Rated | 140 min | Drama, Thriller, Western

The sudden fortune won from a lottery fans such destructive greed that it ruins the lives of the three people involved.

Director: Erich von Stroheim | Stars: Gibson Gowland, Zasu Pitts, Jean Hersholt, Dale Fuller

Votes: 10,766 | Gross: $0.16M

7. Ape vs. Monster (2021)

Not Rated | 88 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

An ape, lost in space, crash-lands back to Earth. The vessel oozes a sludge that triggers massive growth in both the ape, as well as a passing Gila monster. Their paths cross again, leading to a giant brawl.

Director: Daniel Lusko | Stars: Eric Roberts, Arianna Renee, Katie Sereika, Shayne Hartigan

Votes: 977

8. The Nature of the Beast (1995)

R | 91 min | Crime, Horror, Mystery

Two men, both hiding a deadly secret, are on a murderous rampage through the desert.

Director: Victor Salva | Stars: Eric Roberts, Lance Henriksen, Brion James, Frank Novak

Votes: 2,557

9. The Giant Gila Monster (1959)

Not Rated | 74 min | Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller

A giant lizard terrorizes a rural Texas community and a heroic teenager attempts to destroy the creature.

Director: Ray Kellogg | Stars: Don Sullivan, Fred Graham, Lisa Simone, Shug Fisher

Votes: 4,330

10. Bus Party to Hell (2017)

TV-MA | 81 min | Comedy, Horror

When a party bus on its way to Burning Man filled with a bunch of sexy young adults breaks down in the desert and in the middle of a group of Satanic worshipers, all hell breaks loose.

Director: Rolfe Kanefsky | Stars: Jillian Newton, Tara Reid, Shelby McCullough, ViDonna Michaels

Votes: 2,349

11. Gonzo (2008)

R | 120 min | Documentary, Biography, Music

A portrait of the late gonzo journalist Hunter S. Thompson.

Director: Alex Gibney | Stars: Hunter S. Thompson, Johnny Depp, Joe Cairo, David Carlo

Votes: 8,504 | Gross: $1.25M

12. Cross Country Detours (1940)

Not Rated | 10 min | Family, Animation, Short

A wacky travelogue takes us to the forests of Yosemite, the rocks of Brice Canyon, the frozen wastes of Alaska, the desert wastes of New Mexico, the Grand Canyon, the Colorado River and the giant redwoods of California.

Director: Tex Avery | Stars: Lou Marcelle, Bea Benaderet, Sara Berner, Mel Blanc

Votes: 288

13. Narcotic (1933)

Not Rated | 57 min | Biography, Drama, Horror

Exploitation film which follows the downward spiral of an idealistic medical student whose fall from grace leads him to opium dens, a carnival freakshow, swanky drug parties, dingy brothels, and finally the barrel of his own revolver.

Directors: Dwain Esper, Vival Sodar't | Stars: Harry Cording, Joan Dix, Patricia Farley, Jean Lacy

Votes: 422

14. Hell's Belles (1969)

PG-13 | 95 min | Action, Drama, Thriller

When hot-headed Dan out-drives the thoroughly vicious Tony in a motorcycle race and wins a brand new bike, he sets in motion a chain of events that includes one blazing gas station and a disastrous rock slide.

Director: Maury Dexter | Stars: Jeremy Slate, Jocelyn Lane, Adam Roarke, Angelique Pettyjohn

Votes: 369

15. Red Dog (2019)

105 min | Documentary

Early 1980's, the only family toddler Luke knew were the strippers, bouncers, and outcasts that called OKC's rowdiest strip club home.

Director: Casey Pinkston | Stars: Dierks Bentley, Janet Cartmill, Charles Dick Jr., Luke Dick

Votes: 567

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: 1,717

17. Gypsy Colt (1954)

Approved | 72 min | Drama, Family, Western

A beautiful spirited horse is so devoted to his young mistress that he undertakes an incredible 500-mile journey over treacherous terrain to be reunited with her.

Director: Andrew Marton | Stars: Donna Corcoran, Ward Bond, Frances Dee, Larry Keating

Votes: 277

18. Gila! (2012 TV Movie)

Not Rated | 91 min | Sci-Fi

A giant lizard terrorizes a rural mid west community with a group of heroic young people led by Chase Winstead attempting to destroy the creature.

Director: Jim Wynorski | Stars: Bruce Munson, Adrienne Atkins, Bryan Patrick McCulley, Brian Gross

Votes: 309

19. Grand Canyon (1958)

Approved | 29 min | Short, Documentary

Scenes from the Grand Canyon set to Ferde Grofé's "Grand Canyon Suite."

Director: James Algar

Votes: 445

20. Venom! Nine Ways to Die (2001 TV Movie)

TV-G | Documentary

Over a million people a year are injected with animal venom, and many thousands die. We see how the nine main types of venom work their damage in the human body, using cases of actual victims who survived.

Star: Derek Jacobi

21. The Rawhide Terror (1934)

Approved | 52 min | Western

Twelve renegades dressed as Indians kill the parents of two brothers. The brothers who have similar birth marks then separate. Ten years later a man known as the Rawhide Terror is murdering the renegades who are now town citizens.

Directors: Bruce Mitchell, Jack Nelson | Stars: Art Mix, Edmund Cobb, William Desmond, William Barrymore

Votes: 183

22. Big Stakes (1922)

61 min | Drama, Western

Mercedes Aloyez, the daughter of a wealthy Mexican rancher, is betrothed to Captain Montaya, however she is more interested in newcomer Jim Gregory. The feeling is reciprocate, and Gregory ... See full summary »

Director: Clifford S. Elfelt | Stars: J.B. Warner, Elinor Fair, Les Bates, Willie Mae Carson

Votes: 96

23. Mortimer and the Riddles of the Medallion (1996 Video Game)

Animation, Action, Adventure

Edutaining animated rail shooter for kids in which two children, a boy and a girl, take on a singing villain, who stole a powerful magical medallion and turned all animals to stone, on their professor friend's giant flying pet snail.

Director: Tamlynn Barra | Stars: Kevin Meaney, Lindsey Andersen, John Charles Morris, Tony Pope

Votes: 23

24. Behind the Scenes #2 VenomCentral RawCleaning Breeding (2020 Video)

45 min | Documentary

More of how Willy Beard for Venom Central works with his deadly reptiles, cleaning and feeding them, as well as live feeding his Copperhead pit snake with a mouse.

Star: Willy Beard

25. Cheyenne (1955–1963)
Episode: The Argonauts (1955)

TV-G | 42 min | Western

Cheyenne meets two prospectors whose partner was killed by Indians. The partner is the only one who knows where they found gold. Given a description, Cheyenne is able to lead them to the gold but one of the men's greed overtakes him.

Director: Richard L. Bare | Stars: Clint Walker, Rod Taylor, Edward Andrews, Steve Conte

Votes: 163

26. The Invaders (1967–1968)
Episode: The Mutation (1967)

TV-PG | 51 min | Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller

In a border town, David Vincent meets a stripper who claims to have seen something strange in the desert.

Director: Paul Wendkos | Stars: Roy Thinnes, Edward Andrews, Lin McCarthy, Suzanne Pleshette

Votes: 289

27. Jonny Quest (1964–1965)
Episode: Treasure of the Temple (1964)

TV-Y7 | 30 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

Tomb raiders give Quest's party a hard time on a South American government-sponsored expedition to assess a remote lost city.

Directors: Joseph Barbera, William Hanna | Stars: Mike Road, Tim Matheson, Don Messick, Danny Bravo

Votes: 139

28. Outlaws (1986–1987)
Episode: Madrid (1987)

Crime, Sci-Fi, Western

Grail and the boys end up on opposite sides when a land developer attempts to take over a ghost town.

Director: Alan J. Levi | Stars: Rod Taylor, William Lucking, Charles Napier, Patrick Houser

29. State Trooper (1956–1959)
Episode: The Live Shell Game (1957)

30 min | Drama

Blake goes undercover at a small desert museum where con-artists are accused of swindling tourists of large sums of money.

Director: D. Ross Lederman | Stars: Rod Cameron, Don Haggerty, Arthur Space, Ann Doran

Votes: 11

30. Nova (1974– )
Episode: Venom: Nature's Killer (2011)

TV-PG | Documentary

Nova and National Geographic follow researchers collecting venom from the world's most dangerous snakes, spiders, lizards and other creatures. The program explains why the researchers do it... See full summary »

Director: Chad Cohen | Stars: Greta Binford, Sean Bush, Jamie Effros, Bryan Grieg Fry

Votes: 34

31. Wild Things with Dominic Monaghan (2012– )
Episode: Arizona: The Gila Monster (2014)

TV-PG | 41 min | Documentary

Dominic is in Arizona's Sonoran Desert, the most bio desert in all of North America - it's also one of the hottest. He's come here to explore more than a hundred thousand square miles of ... See full summary »

Stars: Dan Bell, Dale de Nardo, Peter Lindsay, Dominic Monaghan

Votes: 21

32. The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1962–1992)
Episode: Richard Benjamin/Red Buttons/Dick Enberg/Joan Embery (1980)

TV-14 | 57 min | Comedy, Talk-Show

Richard Benjamin (How to Beat the High Cost of Living (1980)) recalls his early acting days; Red Buttons (touring show "Burlesque U.S.A."); Dick Enberg discusses the U.S. Olympic trials after the Moscow Games boycott; Joan Embery presents wild animals.

Stars: Johnny Carson, Ed McMahon, Doc Severinsen, Richard Benjamin

Votes: 10

33. America's National Parks (2015–2016)
Episode: Saguaro (2016)

TV-PG | 48 min | Documentary

Visit one of America's newest national parks - the Saguaro Desert in Arizona, where more species reside than any other desert in North America.

Directors: Henry M. Mix, Yann Sochaczewski | Star: C.T. Taylor

Votes: 34

34. 72 Dangerous Animals: Latin America (2017)
Episode: Killer or Saviours (2017)

41 min | Documentary

Creatures such as the tarantula and the Gila monster are nightmares of myth and legend -- but also a surprising treasure trove for medical science.

Stars: Bob Brisbane, Greivin Carrales, Robert Espinoza, Rui Seabra Ferreira Jr.

Votes: 55

35. Creature Double Feature (2006–2007)
Episode: Godzilla vs. the Smog Monster & The Giant Gila Monster (2006)

Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi

Ernie Boch, Jr. as "The Ghoul" presents the double feature movies of "Godzilla vs. the Smog Monster" and "The Giant Gila Monster".

Stars: Ernie Boch Jr., Ignacio Rivera