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1. The Sting (1973)

PG | 129 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

Two grifters team up to pull off the ultimate con.

Director: George Roy Hill | Stars: Paul Newman, Robert Redford, Robert Shaw, Charles Durning

Votes: 280,060 | Gross: $159.60M

2. The Killing (1956)

Approved | 84 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir

Crook Johnny Clay assembles a five-man team to plan and execute a daring racetrack robbery.

Director: Stanley Kubrick | Stars: Sterling Hayden, Coleen Gray, Vince Edwards, Jay C. Flippen

Votes: 97,590

3. Munster, Go Home! (1966)

Approved | 96 min | Adventure, Comedy, Family

The Munsters travel to England after Herman discovers he's the new Lord of the Munster Hall.

Director: Earl Bellamy | Stars: Fred Gwynne, Yvonne De Carlo, Al Lewis, Butch Patrick

Votes: 3,052

4. The Return of October (1948)

Approved | 98 min | Comedy, Drama

This is the warm-hearted story of a wholesome Terry Moore, whose late uncle Willie (James Gleason) is reincarnated as a thoroughbred horse. At least, as far as Ms. Moore is concerned, he is... See full summary »

Director: Joseph H. Lewis | Stars: Glenn Ford, Terry Moore, Albert Sharpe, James Gleason

Votes: 241

5. Playing the Ponies (1937)

Passed | 15 min | Short, Comedy, Sport

The stooges are cheated into trading their restaurant for Thunderbolt, a washed-up race horse, and enter the horse racing industry. When Curly feeds Thunderbolt some chili pepperinos, he ... See full summary »

Director: Charles Lamont | Stars: Curly Howard, Larry Fine, Moe Howard, Billy Bletcher

Votes: 558

6. The Grey Hounded Hare (1949)

Approved | 7 min | Family, Animation, Comedy

Bugs is in love with a mechanical bunny at the dog race track.

Director: Robert McKimson | Star: Mel Blanc

Votes: 854

7. Two Dollar Bettor (1951)

Passed | 72 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir

An honest bank employee gets hooked on horse racing, and starts to embezzle bank funds in an attempt to recoup his losses.

Director: Edward L. Cahn | Stars: John Litel, Marie Windsor, Steve Brodie, Barbara Logan

Votes: 229

8. Annabel Takes a Tour (1938)

Passed | 67 min | Adventure, Comedy, Romance

Movie star Annabel Allison has further comic adventures with her wacky publicity agent.

Director: Lew Landers | Stars: Jack Oakie, Lucille Ball, Ruth Donnelly, Bradley Page

Votes: 338

9. From Hell to Heaven (1933)

Passed | 67 min | Action, Drama, Romance

The various residents and occupants of a resort hotel await the outcome of a horse race at a nearby track, as it will affect each of their lives in different ways. .

Director: Erle C. Kenton | Stars: Carole Lombard, Jack Oakie, Adrienne Ames, David Manners

Votes: 117

10. High Gear (1933)

Passed | 67 min | Action, Adventure, Crime

When Mark 'High Gear' Sherrod (Murray) looses his nerve, the race car driver takes a job driving a taxi, but when he befriends a cute reporter and the young handicapped son of a deceased driver, he attempts to return to the track.

Director: Leigh Jason | Stars: James Murray, Joan Marsh, Jackie Searl, Eddie Lambert

Votes: 118

11. Champagne for Breakfast (1935)

Approved | 69 min | Adventure, Comedy, Romance

Bob Bentley (Hardie Albright), a newly-licensed young attorney, falls in love with Edie Morton (Mary Carlisle), and finds himself acting as her legal adviser after the suicide of her father... See full summary »

Director: Melville W. Brown | Stars: Mary Carlisle, Hardie Albright, Sidney Toler, Lila Lee

12. A Nag in the Bag (1938)

Approved | 17 min | Short, Comedy

Two guys who own a restaurant get word of a sure thing at the races and bet all their money on that horse; unfortunately, they bet on the wrong horse.

Director: Charley Chase | Stars: Joe Smith, Charles Dale, Bobby Barber, Gloria Blondell

Votes: 20

13. No Living Witness (1932)

Passed | 67 min | Action, Adventure, Crime

An assistant district attorney tries to stop his girlfriend's father from being swindled out of his money by a crooked lawyer in a racetrack scam.

Director: E. Mason Hopper | Stars: Gilbert Roland, Noah Beery, Barbara Kent, Carmel Myers

Votes: 24

14. Edgar Runs Again (1940)

Approved | 7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy

Edgar, a broken-down race horse, becomes a fugitive from a glue factory and is ousted from his park bench and chased by the police. He upsets a peddler's cart and the peddler befriends him.... See full summary »

Director: Mannie Davis

Votes: 15

15. King of the Jockeys (1950)

Approved | 9 min | Short, Sport

Ted Atkinson, the winningnest jockey on American racetracks is the subject for this Columbia World of Sports short. He is shown working out his mounts and then racing them at various racetracks in America.

Director: Harry Foster | Stars: Bill Stern, Ted Atkinson

16. Magoo Saves the Bank (1957)

Approved | 6 min | Family, Animation, Short

The near-sighted Mr. Magoo, on his way to make a bank deposit, boards a race-track bound bus instead. Mistaking the betting windows for tellerwindows, he keeps making and winning bets on ... See full summary »

Director: Pete Burness | Stars: Jim Backus, Daws Butler

Votes: 34

17. Here Comes Malicious (1939)

Approved | 11 min | Short, Sport

The story of "Malicious, " one of the great race horses of the era, narrated by Joe Hernandez, the "voice of Santa Anita", that opens with the race at the Tanfaran track in northern California where "Malicious" broke the track record.

Star: Joe Hernandez

18. The Flintstones (1960–1966)
Episode: At the Races (1960)

Not Rated | 30 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy

Fred wants to buy his friend's pool hall. He intends to finance the purchase by betting a week's paycheck at the dinosaur races.

Directors: Joseph Barbera, William Hanna | Stars: Alan Reed, Jean Vander Pyl, Mel Blanc, Hal Smith

Votes: 286

19. Psych (2006–2014)
Episode: And Down the Stretch Comes Murder (2007)

TV-PG | 43 min | Comedy, Crime, Mystery

Jockey Jimmy Nickels, a bully who went to school with Shawn and Gus, hires them to find out why his horses keep losing. Things become complicated when another jockey dies in the midst of a race.

Director: Michael Zinberg | Stars: James Roday Rodriguez, Dulé Hill, Timothy Omundson, Maggie Lawson

Votes: 1,025