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1. Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017)
PG-13 | 133 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Peter Parker balances his life as an ordinary high school student in Queens with his superhero alter-ego Spider-Man, and finds himself on the trail of a new menace prowling the skies of New York City.
Director: Jon Watts | Stars: Tom Holland, Michael Keaton, Robert Downey Jr., Marisa Tomei
Votes: 719,793 | Gross: $334.20M
2. Tom and Jerry (II) (2021)
PG | 101 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
A chaotic battle ensues between Jerry Mouse, who has taken refuge in the Royal Gate Hotel, and Tom Cat, who is hired to drive him away before the day of a big wedding arrives.
Director: Tim Story | Stars: Chloë Grace Moretz, Michael Peña, Colin Jost, Tom
Votes: 39,887 | Gross: $46.54M
3. Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted (2012)
PG | 93 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
The Madagascar animals join a struggling European circus to get back to New York, but find themselves being pursued by a psychotic animal-control officer.
Directors: Eric Darnell, Tom McGrath, Conrad Vernon | Stars: Ben Stiller, Jada Pinkett Smith, Chris Rock, David Schwimmer
Votes: 198,066 | Gross: $216.39M
4. The Walk (II) (2015)
PG | 123 min | Adventure, Biography, Drama
In 1974, high-wire artist Philippe Petit recruits a team of people to help him realize his dream: to walk the immense void between the World Trade Center towers.
Director: Robert Zemeckis | Stars: Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Charlotte Le Bon, Ben Kingsley, James Badge Dale
Votes: 135,537 | Gross: $10.14M
5. The Road (1954)
Not Rated | 108 min | Drama
A care-free girl is sold to a traveling entertainer, consequently enduring physical and emotional pain along the way.
Director: Federico Fellini | Stars: Anthony Quinn, Giulietta Masina, Richard Basehart, Aldo Silvani
Votes: 66,606
6. New York Stories (1989)
PG | 124 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A middle-aged artist obsessed with his pretty young assistant, a precocious 12-year-old living in a hotel, and a neurotic lawyer with a possessive mother make up three Gotham tales.
Directors: Woody Allen, Francis Ford Coppola, Martin Scorsese | Stars: Woody Allen, Nick Nolte, Rosanna Arquette, Marvin Chatinover
Votes: 19,744 | Gross: $10.76M
7. Honeymoon in Vegas (1992)
PG-13 | 96 min | Comedy, Romance, Thriller
Jack loses $65,000 in poker in Las Vegas, where he's marrying Betsy. The wedding will have to wait as the poker winner wants the weekend with Betsy to cancel the debt. She accepts. Whom will she marry?
Director: Andrew Bergman | Stars: James Caan, Nicolas Cage, Sarah Jessica Parker, Pat Morita
Votes: 19,150 | Gross: $35.21M
8. Jackass: The Movie (2002)
R | 85 min | Documentary, Action, Comedy
Johnny Knoxville and his band of maniacs perform a variety of stunts and gross-out gags on the big screen for the first time.
Director: Jeff Tremaine | Stars: Johnny Knoxville, Bam Margera, Chris Pontius, Steve-O
Votes: 102,290 | Gross: $64.26M
9. Bunraku (2010)
R | 124 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
The story of a a young man who has spent his life searching for revenge only to find himself up against a bigger challenge than he originally bargained for.
Director: Guy Moshe | Stars: Josh Hartnett, Demi Moore, Woody Harrelson, Gackt
Votes: 20,490
10. Man on Wire (2008)
PG-13 | 94 min | Documentary, Biography, Crime
A look at tightrope walker Philippe Petit's daring, but illegal, high-wire routine performed between New York City's World Trade Center's twin towers in 1974, what some consider, "the artistic crime of the century".
Director: James Marsh | Stars: Philippe Petit, Jean François Heckel, Jean-Louis Blondeau, Annie Allix
Votes: 58,684 | Gross: $2.96M
11. The Hunchback of Notre Dame II (2002 Video)
G | 68 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
Quasimodo goes into action when a magician seeks to steal one of the bells of Notre Dame.
Director: Bradley Raymond | Stars: Jason Alexander, Jennifer Love Hewitt, Tom Hulce, Paul Kandel
Votes: 7,955
12. The Circus (1928)
Passed | 72 min | Comedy, Family, Romance
The Tramp finds work and the girl of his dreams at a circus.
Director: Charles Chaplin | Stars: Charles Chaplin, Merna Kennedy, Al Ernest Garcia, Harry Crocker
Votes: 36,063
13. The Pirate (1948)
Approved | 102 min | Adventure, Comedy, Musical
A girl is engaged to the local rich man, but meanwhile she has dreams about the legendary pirate Macoco. A traveling singer falls in love with her and to impress her he poses as the pirate.
Director: Vincente Minnelli | Stars: Judy Garland, Gene Kelly, Walter Slezak, Gladys Cooper
Votes: 5,614 | Gross: $2.96M
14. Berserk (1967)
Approved | 96 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
A scheming circus owner finds her authority challenged when a vicious killer targets the show.
Director: Jim O'Connolly | Stars: Joan Crawford, Ty Hardin, Diana Dors, Michael Gough
Votes: 2,655
15. The Twelve Chairs (1970)
GP | 94 min | Comedy, Drama
In 1920s Soviet Russia, a fallen aristocrat, a priest and a con artist search for a treasure of jewels hidden inside one of twelve dining chairs, lost during the revolution.
Director: Mel Brooks | Stars: Mel Brooks, Ron Moody, Frank Langella, Dom DeLuise
Votes: 7,116 | Gross: $1.81M
16. Elvira Madigan (I) (1967)
PG | 91 min | Biography, Drama, Romance
The Danish tightrope dancer Elvira Madigan meets Lieutenant Sixten Sparre, a Swedish officer who is married and has two children. They both decide to run away.
Director: Bo Widerberg | Stars: Pia Degermark, Thommy Berggren, Lennart Malmer, Cleo Jensen
Votes: 3,226
17. The Twelve Tasks of Asterix (1976)
82 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
Asterix and Obelix are tasked by Julius Caesar with accomplishing twelve impossible labors to determine the fate of their indomitable Gaulish village.
Directors: René Goscinny, Henri Gruel, Albert Uderzo, Pierre Watrin, Matt McCarthy | Stars: Roger Carel, Jacques Morel, Pierre Tornade, Henri Labussière
Votes: 19,096
18. Pippi on the Run (1970)
G | 94 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Fed up with their strict parents, Tommy and Annika run away from home, with their friend Pippi Longstocking to look after them in their long trek.
Director: Olle Hellbom | Stars: Inger Nilsson, Maria Persson, Pär Sundberg, Hans Alfredson
Votes: 4,049
19. Starstruck (1982)
PG | 105 min | Comedy, Drama, Musical
A teenage girl, with dreams of becoming a famous singer, tries to secure a spot on a local televised talent show.
Director: Gillian Armstrong | Stars: Joey Kennedy, Ross O'Donovan, Margo Lee, Max Cullen
Votes: 1,265
20. One Froggy Evening (1955)
Approved | 7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
A man futilely struggles to make his fortune with a frog that sings and dances, but only when it is alone with the owner.
Director: Chuck Jones | Star: William Roberts
Votes: 6,108
21. O-Bi, O-Ba: The End of Civilization (1985)
88 min | Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
A man searches for survival after nuclear war forces people into an underground bunker. The inhabitants await rescue while their refuge decays around them.
Director: Piotr Szulkin | Stars: Jerzy Stuhr, Krystyna Janda, Kalina Jedrusik, Mariusz Dmochowski
Votes: 1,704
22. Mad Mission (1982)
93 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
A "James Bond" type burglar named King Kong (Sam Hui) tries to redeem himself and joins forces with Albert "Baldy" Au (Karl Maka), a bumbling police detective from the states, to try to ... See full summary »
Director: Eric Tsang | Stars: Samuel Hui, Karl Maka, Sylvia Chang, Dean Shek
Votes: 1,824
23. For Roseanna (1997)
PG-13 | 98 min | Comedy, Romance, Drama
Roseanna is dying of a heart condition, and all she wants is to be buried next to her daughter, in a cemetery that is getting full fast. The cemetery can't expand because Capestro, the man ... See full summary »
Director: Paul Weiland | Stars: Jean Reno, Mercedes Ruehl, Polly Walker, Mark Frankel
Votes: 3,528 | Gross: $0.07M
24. Cat Burglar (2022)
TV-14 | 12 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Interactive Tex Avery-inspired cartoon where the viewer answers questions with a scenario about a guard dog named Peanut protecting a priceless work of art and a cat burglar named Rowdy trying to steal it from the art museum.
Director: James Bowman | Stars: Alan Lee, James Adomian, Trevor Devall
Votes: 647
25. Obsession (1997)
PG | 105 min | Drama, Music, Romance
Two men become entangled in a torrid love affair with the same woman. Pierre is Miriam's longtime lover. John is desperately searching for clues about his past when he and Miriam have a ... See full summary »
Director: Peter Sehr | Stars: Heike Makatsch, Charles Berling, Daniel Craig, Seymour Cassel
Votes: 392
26. Tarzan's Desert Mystery (1943)
Passed | 70 min | Adventure, Mystery, War
With Jane still away for the war effort, Tarzan and Boy set off to retrieve rare medicinal herbs, only to run into an American messenger, German spies, and the mysterious desert's treacherous fauna and flora.
Director: Wilhelm Thiele | Stars: Johnny Weissmuller, Nancy Kelly, Johnny Sheffield, Otto Kruger
Votes: 2,254
27. Beep, Beep (1952)
Approved | 7 min | Animation, Family, Short
The Coyote chases the Road Runner through a maze of mine shafts, with their positions made visible only by the lamps on their helmets.
Director: Chuck Jones | Star: Paul Julian
Votes: 1,831
28. My Friend Joe (1996)
101 min | Drama, Family
During the course of one summer, a young Irish lad named Chris befriends an American boy named Joe. The two couldn't be more different, yet they become inseparable. Things turn horribly ... See full summary »
Director: Chris Bould | Stars: Schuyler Fisk, John Cleere, Stephen McHattie, Stanley Townsend
Votes: 305
29. The Monster (1925)
Passed | 86 min | Comedy, Horror, Mystery
A meek clerk who doubles as an amateur detective investigates some very strange goings-on at a remote mental sanitarium.
Director: Roland West | Stars: Lon Chaney, Gertrude Olmstead, Hallam Cooley, Johnny Arthur
Votes: 1,365
30. The Mouse and the Lion (1953)
Approved | 6 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
The Lion, the King of the Jungle, is taking his royal snooze when a mouse comes on a safari to his royal hideaway. The mouse is from Bungling Brothers Circus [us], and his mission is to ... See full summary »
Director: Paul J. Smith | Stars: John T. Smith, Dal McKennon, William Shaw
Votes: 28
31. Invitation to the Dance (1956)
93 min | Animation, Fantasy, Musical
Three different stories are told through a notably unusual way - no words, just dance.
Directors: Gene Kelly, Joseph Barbera, William Hanna | Stars: Gene Kelly, Igor Youskevitch, Claire Sombert, Tamara Toumanova
Votes: 1,015 | Gross: $0.60M
32. Here Come the Girls (1953)
Approved | 78 min | Comedy, Musical
A clumsy, full-of-himself chorus boy gets a chance at Broadway stardom when he's a stand-in for a leading actor threatened by an infamous killer.
Director: Claude Binyon | Stars: Bob Hope, Tony Martin, Arlene Dahl, Rosemary Clooney
Votes: 435
33. Looking for Cheyenne (2005)
R | 86 min | Drama, Romance
Cheyenne, a journalist, decides to leave Paris after being laid off and to settle down in the middle of nowhere, far from the society she hates.The trouble is that she leaves Sonia, her ... See full summary »
Director: Valérie Minetto | Stars: Mila Dekker, Aurélia Petit, Malik Zidi, Luc Leclerc du Sablon
Votes: 371 | Gross: $0.00M
34. The Great Wallendas (1978 TV Movie)
98 min | Drama
Made-for-TV movie, tells the true story of the Great Wallendas, a family of circus acrobats famous for their seven-person high wire pyramid act, that one night ended in tragedy.
Director: Larry Elikann | Stars: Lloyd Bridges, Britt Ekland, Taina Elg, Cathy Rigby
Votes: 113
35. Innocence Unprotected (1968)
75 min | Documentary, Comedy, Drama
Documentary about the famous Serbian athlete and movie enthusiast who made a feature film during the Nazi occupation of Belgrade and had some problems after the liberation because of that.
Director: Dusan Makavejev | Stars: Dragoljub Aleksic, Bratoljub Gligorijevic, Vera Jovanovic, Ana Milosavljevic
Votes: 893
36. Little Big Top (2006)
Not Rated | 83 min | Comedy
An aging out of work clown returns to his small hometown, resigned to spend the rest of his days in a drunken stupor. But when his passion for clowning is reawakened by the local amateur circus he finds his smile.
Director: Ward Roberts | Stars: Sid Haig, Richard Riehle, Hollis Resnik, Mel England
Votes: 170 | Gross: $0.01M
37. Hare Do (1949)
Approved | 7 min | Family, Animation, Short
Elmer Fudd hunts for Bugs with an army surplus wabbit detector but it doesn't seem to work when Bugs leads him off a cliff. Bugs hitchhikes to a local theatre to get away from Elmer but he finds Bugs.
Director: Friz Freleng | Stars: Mel Blanc, Arthur Q. Bryan
Votes: 885
38. Delightfully Dangerous (1945)
Approved | 92 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance
Young Sherry Williams dreams of having a singing career, and she idolizes her older sister Josephine, who has gone to New York to perform on the stage. When Sherry is distraught just before... See full summary »
Director: Arthur Lubin | Stars: Jane Powell, Ralph Bellamy, Constance Moore, Louise Beavers
Votes: 329
39. Between the Towers (2005)
Not Rated | 10 min | Animation, Short
This animated film tells the story of Phillipe Petit's walk between the Twin Towers in 1974.
Director: Michael Sporn | Star: Jake Gyllenhaal
Votes: 472
40. Dog Pounded (1954)
Approved | 7 min | Family, Animation, Short
Sylvester Cat tries to catch Tweety Bird, who is up in a tree in the middle of the city dog pound.
Director: Friz Freleng | Star: Mel Blanc
Votes: 434
41. Peter Brook: The Tightrope (2012)
Not Rated | 86 min | Documentary, Music
Filmed with five hidden cameras, The Tightrope is a total immersion into the creative process behind legendary theater director Peter Brook's work -- powerful, intimate, and emotionally ... See full summary »
Director: Simon Brook | Stars: Peter Brook, Hayley Carmichael, Jos Houben, Micha Lescot
Votes: 62 | Gross: $0.02M
42. Bear Feat (1949)
7 min | Animation, Family, Short
Pa sees a want ad calling for vaudeville acts and tries to whip the family into shape for the job. Pa winds up being the only one getting whipped.
Director: Chuck Jones | Stars: Mel Blanc, Bea Benaderet, Billy Bletcher, Stan Freberg
Votes: 313
43. Mouse Cleaning (1948)
Approved | 8 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Mammy Two-Shoes threatens to throw Tom out of the house if he makes a mess. Jerry sees an opportunity to rid himself of his feline nemesis.
Directors: Joseph Barbera, William Hanna | Stars: William Hanna, Lillian Randolph
Votes: 1,074
44. The Bee-Deviled Bruin (1949)
7 min | Animation, Family, Short
It's breakfast time, and Pa finds the honeypot empty. Literally risking life and limb, he has Junyer help him raid a nearby beehive. In the end, he finds he should have listened to Ma in ... See full summary »
Director: Chuck Jones | Stars: Mel Blanc, Bea Benaderet, Billy Bletcher, Stan Freberg
Votes: 206
45. Daredevil Droopy (1951)
Approved | 6 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Similar in tone to The Chump Champ (1950), but this time Droopy and Spike are in competition for a circus acrobat's job.
Director: Tex Avery | Stars: Bill Thompson, Tex Avery, Daws Butler, Shepard Menken
Votes: 539
46. Rings Around the World (1966)
79 min | Documentary
While writing a book on the circus, author John Shawcross reflects upon the great acts he has seen over the years and the mystique of circus people. He recalls the solo trapeze act of La ... See full summary »
Director: Gilbert Cates | Stars: Don Ameche, Rudy Cárdenas, Sonny Frankello, Armando Gaona
Votes: 14
47. Jerry-Go-Round (1965)
Approved | 6 min | Animation, Short, Adventure
Jerry is chased into a circus, where he removes a tack from the foot of an elephant. This gets him a friend for life, and a powerful ally in the continuing battles with Tom, not that it ... See full summary »
Directors: Abe Levitow, Chuck Jones, Maurice Noble | Star: Mel Blanc
Votes: 389
48. Les équilibristes (1991)
119 min | Drama, Romance
Marcel Spandice, a famous homosexual writer during the sixties in Paris, is trying to make a young Arab into the greatest tightrope walker in the world.
Director: Nikos Papatakis | Stars: Michel Piccoli, Lilah Dadi, Polly Walker, Doris Kunstmann
Votes: 132
49. Tweety's Circus (1955)
7 min | Animation, Family, Short
Sylvester Cat pays a visit to a closed-to-business circus and finds Tweety Bird in one of the cages. All that changes when Tweety escapes his cage and flees Sylvester... and thus, the chase... See full summary »
Director: Friz Freleng | Star: Mel Blanc
Votes: 281
50. Chik-Chirik (2018)
12 min | Animation, Short, Drama
Our life is like walking on a tightrope. In times we are scared or lost we lose balance. When we are happy and excited we forget we walk on a rope. We can even fly!
Director: Zhanna Bekmambetova | Stars: Irina Grishina, Kirill Komarov, Tatyana Kosmacheva, Amirhossein Manzouri
Votes: 257