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1. The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966)

Approved | 178 min | Adventure, Western

A bounty hunting scam joins two men in an uneasy alliance against a third in a race to find a fortune in gold buried in a remote cemetery.

Director: Sergio Leone | Stars: Clint Eastwood, Eli Wallach, Lee Van Cleef, Aldo Giuffrè

Votes: 811,523 | Gross: $6.10M

2. Vertigo (1958)

PG | 128 min | Mystery, Romance, Thriller

A former San Francisco police detective juggles wrestling with his personal demons and becoming obsessed with the hauntingly beautiful woman he has been hired to trail, who may be deeply disturbed.

Director: Alfred Hitchcock | Stars: James Stewart, Kim Novak, Barbara Bel Geddes, Tom Helmore

Votes: 427,076 | Gross: $3.20M

3. Tears of the Sun (2003)

R | 121 min | Action, Drama, Thriller

A Special-Ops commander leads his team into the Nigerian jungle in order to rescue a doctor who will only join them if they agree to save 70 refugees too.

Director: Antoine Fuqua | Stars: Bruce Willis, Cole Hauser, Monica Bellucci, Eamonn Walker

Votes: 130,583 | Gross: $43.73M

4. Hard Target (1993)

R | 97 min | Action, Crime, Thriller

A woman hires a drifter as her guide through New Orleans in search of her missing father. In the process, they discover a deadly game of cat and mouse behind his disappearance.

Director: John Woo | Stars: Jean-Claude Van Damme, Lance Henriksen, Yancy Butler, Chuck Pfarrer

Votes: 56,294 | Gross: $32.59M

5. The Alamo (1960)

Passed | 162 min | Adventure, Drama, History

In 1836, a small band of soldiers sacrifice their lives in hopeless combat against a massive army in order to prevent a tyrant from smashing the new Republic of Texas.

Director: John Wayne | Stars: John Wayne, Richard Widmark, Laurence Harvey, Frankie Avalon

Votes: 17,728 | Gross: $17.26M

6. El Topo (1970)

Not Rated | 125 min | Drama, Western

A mysterious black-clad gunfighter wanders a mystical Western landscape encountering multiple bizarre characters.

Director: Alejandro Jodorowsky | Stars: Alejandro Jodorowsky, Brontis Jodorowsky, José Legarreta, Alfonso Arau

Votes: 31,398 | Gross: $0.04M

7. Red Sun (1971)

PG | 112 min | Action, Drama, Western

In 1870, a gang robs a train and steals a ceremonial Japanese sword meant as a gift for the U.S. President, prompting a manhunt to retrieve it.

Director: Terence Young | Stars: Charles Bronson, Toshirô Mifune, Alain Delon, Ursula Andress

Votes: 10,722 | Gross: $4.84M

8. Embrace of the Serpent (2015)

Not Rated | 125 min | Adventure, Biography, Drama

The story of the relationship between Karamakate, an Amazonian shaman and last survivor of his people, and two scientists who work together over the course of forty years to search the Amazon for a sacred healing plant.

Director: Ciro Guerra | Stars: Nilbio Torres, Jan Bijvoet, Antonio Bolívar, Brionne Davis

Votes: 24,475 | Gross: $1.33M

9. Trinity Is Still My Name (1971)

G | 117 min | Comedy, Western

Bambino tries to teach his brother Trinity how to become an outlaw, but the two wind up saving a pioneer family and breaking up an arms ring instead.

Director: Enzo Barboni | Stars: Terence Hill, Bud Spencer, Yanti Somer, Enzo Tarascio

Votes: 17,415

10. The Lost World (2001)

TV-14 | 93 min | Adventure, Drama, Fantasy

An expedition leaves for the Amazon to prove the existence of dinosaurs.

Stars: Bob Hoskins, James Fox, Tom Ward, Matthew Rhys

Votes: 3,381

11. Black Robe (1991)

R | 101 min | Adventure, Drama, War

In the 17th century, a Jesuit missionary nicknamed Black Robe by the natives and his small party of companions try reaching the Huron tribe in Canada all while facing mistrust, Iroquois warring parties and harsh winter conditions.

Director: Bruce Beresford | Stars: Lothaire Bluteau, Aden Young, Sandrine Holt, August Schellenberg

Votes: 7,667 | Gross: $8.21M

12. Curucu, Beast of the Amazon (1956)

Approved | 76 min | Adventure, Horror

A doctor and an adventurer journey to the Amazon, where they encounter a man in a bizarre bird costume terrorizing the local indigenous population.

Director: Curt Siodmak | Stars: John Bromfield, Beverly Garland, Tom Payne, Harvey Chalk

Votes: 439

13. The Keys of the Kingdom (1944)

Passed | 137 min | Drama, War

A young priest is sent to China to establish a Catholic parish.

Director: John M. Stahl | Stars: Gregory Peck, Thomas Mitchell, Vincent Price, Rose Stradner

Votes: 3,092

14. The Left Hand of God (1955)

Approved | 87 min | Drama

At a Catholic mission in China, long-awaited "Father O'Shea" proves to be a tough guy, disturbingly attractive to mission nurse Anne.

Director: Edward Dmytryk | Stars: Humphrey Bogart, Gene Tierney, Lee J. Cobb, Agnes Moorehead

Votes: 2,903

15. Witch Hunter Robin (2002–2003)

TV-PG | 25 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

Witches exist, and it is the mysterious organization STNJ's job to hunt them down. Robin is a recent trainee who joins up, and begins unraveling the secrets of both the witches and STNJ.

Stars: Akeno Watanabe, Steve Blum, Kari Wahlgren, Karen Strassman

Votes: 2,195

16. Africa Express (1975)

98 min | Adventure

A goods trader in southern Africa aids a mysterious nun escape the clutches of a dangerous ivory and animal trafficker.

Director: Michele Lupo | Stars: Giuliano Gemma, Ursula Andress, Jack Palance, Giuseppe Maffioli

Votes: 431

17. The Devil's Backbone (1970)

PG | 100 min | Drama, Western

Army deserter Capt. Viktor Kaleb is offered a pardon and reinstatement in the cavalry if he agrees to lead a special forces group in a raid against an Apache stronghold into Mexico.

Directors: Burt Kennedy, Niksa Fulgosi | Stars: Bekim Fehmiu, Richard Crenna, Chuck Connors, Ricardo Montalban

Votes: 522

18. Seven Cities of Gold (1955)

Approved | 103 min | Adventure, Biography, History

In 1769, a Spanish expedition to California seeks to conquer the land and discover its famed gold treasures while missionaries aim to gain new converts and establish a network of Catholic missions.

Director: Robert D. Webb | Stars: Richard Egan, Anthony Quinn, Michael Rennie, Jeffrey Hunter

Votes: 585

19. Cenizas eternas (2011)

100 min | Drama

Caracas Ana travels to the Amazon with her husband, Andres Ana, leaving his daughter in Caracas. But during the trip there's an accident where Andres dies while Caracas survives and is lost... See full summary »

Director: Margarita Cadenas | Stars: Patricia Velasquez, Erich Wildpret, Rafael Coco Aguirre, Camila Alcantara

Votes: 91

20. Mary: The Mary MacKillop Story (1994)

75 min | Documentary, Biography, Drama

MARY is based on the true life story of Mary MacKillop who in the 1860s began an order of nuns to teach poor Catholic children in rural Australia. When she refused to obey the local Bishop,... See full summary »

Director: Kay Pavlou | Stars: Lucy Bell, Linden Wilkinson, Rebecca Scully-Webster, Brendan Higgins

Votes: 37

21. The Vigilantes Are Coming (1936)

Approved | 229 min | Western

A masked hero called "The Eagle" leads California ranchers in a struggle against Russian Cossacks who are plotting to take over California and turn it into a Russian colony.

Directors: Ray Taylor, Mack V. Wright | Stars: Robert Livingston, Kay Hughes, Guinn 'Big Boy' Williams, Raymond Hatton

Votes: 102

22. We Are the Children (1987 TV Movie)

92 min | Drama, Romance

A doctor and a photo-journalist try to help famine victims in Africa.

Director: Robert M. Young | Stars: Ally Sheedy, Ted Danson, Judith Ivey, Zia Mohyeddin

Votes: 38

23. María y los niños pobres (2010)

80 min | Adventure, Crime, Drama

Due to different circumstances several kids work in the streets of La Paz (Bolivia). While a group of Catholic priests help them they are endangered by organ thieves and drug dealers. When ... See full summary »

Director: Leonidas Zegarra | Stars: Mariana Liquitaya, Sebastián Obermaier, Jorge Luis Villacorta Santamato, Mauricio Aparicio

Votes: 23

24. Blood Jungle ...or Eviva il Coltello! (2011)

93 min | Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy

A bit of godless jungle exploration and deadpan homo-eroticism explode deep in the tropics with Thomas Nola's fourth full length film 'Blood Jungle' ...or 'Eviva il Coltello!' Stars Jim ... See full summary »

Director: Thomas Nöla | Stars: Jim Ether, Thomas Nöla, Dave DiLillo, David Ewing

Votes: 10

25. With Davy Crockett at the Fall of the Alamo (1926)

Passed | 60 min | Biography, History, Western

Focuses on Davy Crockett before & during his time at the Alamo as one of the defenders, and ultimately, one of those who gave their lives.

Director: Robert N. Bradbury | Stars: Cullen Landis, Kathryn McGuire, Edward Hearn, Fletcher Norton

Votes: 23

26. The Knickerbocker Buckaroo (1919)

Passed | 60 min | Comedy, Romance, Western

In a prologue, Douglas Fairbanks appears in a chef's outfit mixing a cake with action, mystery, adventure, romance and comedy, seasoned with pep and ginger. The finished cake is The ... See full summary »

Director: Albert Parker | Stars: Douglas Fairbanks, Marjorie Daw, William A. Wellman, Frank Campeau

Votes: 27

27. Aquellas palabras (1949)

82 min | Drama, Romance, War

In 1935, a Basque missionary arrives in Subic Bay, in the northwest of the Philippines, to build a church and evangelize local residents. Then, WWII erupts, and Japan unites with Germany, invading the Philippines.

Director: Luis Arroyo | Stars: José María Seoane, Ana Mariscal, Isabel de Pomés, Carlos Agostí

28. El Rezo (2009)

22 min | Short, Adventure, Romance

Caleb accepts Marie's bounty to kill the man who murdered her father. When Caleb returns to confess his love, Marie is nowhere to be found. Meanwhile a dangerous warrior secretly hunts Caleb. Will Caleb survive? Will he find Marie?

Director: Tim Wambolt | Stars: Tim Wambolt, Melissa Wambolt, Jake Wambolt, Delilah Wambolt

29. L'isola delle colf (2011)

50 min | Documentary

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Director: Francesco G. Raganato | Star: Mario Lizio

30. Hachero nomás (1966)

20 min | Documentary, Short

The harsh working conditions of exploited lumberjack workers in the Santa Fe province, Argentina.

Directors: Patricio Coll, Jorge Goldenberg, Luis Zanger

Votes: 7

31. Margarita and the Mission Funds (1913)

Short, Drama, Romance

Steward Hopewell, an adventuring American, who is on the staff of the Governor of California, is sent to the San Gabriel Mission to levy on the mission funds. Father Sanchez, the Superior, ... See full summary »

Director: Lem B. Parker | Stars: Harold Lockwood, Marguerite Marsh, Henry Otto, Al Ernest Garcia

32. Regreso a Fortín Olmos (2008)

104 min | Documentary

The documentary Hachero nomás (1966) showed the harsh social conditions of the lumberjack workers in the Argentine province of Santa Fe. The film's crew established their base in a ... See full summary »

Directors: Patricio Coll, Jorge Goldenberg

33. The Catholic Mission in China (1913)

Documentary, Short

The poor of China are blessed with progeny in inverse proportion to the store of their earthly possessions, and make no bones of abandoning the excess infants. Hordes of such foundlings ... See full summary »

34. The Black Mantilla (1917)

Short, Drama, Romance

The villagers called Marachita (Claire McDowell) "The Senorita Shrew", but to Juan (Harry Mann), a carver of wooden images, she was a saint in disguise, and he had carved a small model of ... See full summary »

Director: Ruth Ann Baldwin | Stars: Claire McDowell, Harry Mann, Gypsy Hart, Dick Ryan

35. The A-Team (1983–1987)
Episode: The Road to Hope (1985)

TV-PG | 49 min | Action, Adventure, Crime

Face was already enjoying the possibilities of spending the profits from a no-sweat $300,000 job offered by a foxy millionaire when Hannibal guesses correctly that it must be a trap by ... See full summary »

Director: David Hemmings | Stars: George Peppard, Dirk Benedict, Dwight Schultz, Mr. T

Votes: 271

36. Bearcats! (1971)
Episode: The Devil Wears Armor (1971)

60 min | Action, Adventure, War

Thieves steal an army tank and use it to start robbing banks along the Mexican border.

Director: Harry Harvey Jr. | Stars: Rod Taylor, Dennis Cole, John Vernon, Kathleen Lloyd

Votes: 16

37. The Incredible Hulk (1978–1982)
Episode: Sanctuary (1981)

TV-PG | 48 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

David is urged to present himself as 'Father Costa' in order to protect a young boy who has taken sanctuary at the San Miguel Mission.

Director: Chuck Bowman | Stars: Bill Bixby, Jack Colvin, Lou Ferrigno, Diana Muldaur

Votes: 146

38. Laredo (1965–1967)
Episode: Miracle at Massacre Mission (1966)

Approved | 49 min | Western

After Reese leaves two nuns near Massacre Mission, Joe and Chad must go there to remove the nuns. They find the threat from the Comanches to be non-existent but find outlaws are an issue plus they have to do manual labor for a change.

Director: Bernard McEveety | Stars: Neville Brand, Peter Brown, William Smith, Philip Carey

Votes: 30