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1. They Might Be Giants (1971)
G | 91 min | Comedy, Mystery, Romance
In a Manhattan psychiatric hospital, a man convinced that he is Sherlock Holmes is treated by a female doctor who happens to be named Watson.
Director: Anthony Harvey | Stars: George C. Scott, Joanne Woodward, Jack Gilford, Lester Rawlins
Votes: 3,300
2. Nightside (1973 TV Movie)
70 min | Crime, Drama
The story of three people - a press agent, a private detective and a nightclub owner - whose careers require them to spend most of the night awake and on the prowl. In the pilot episode, ... See full summary »
Director: Richard Donner | Stars: John Cassavetes, Alexis Smith, Mike Kellin, June Havoc
Votes: 21
3. The Prisoner of Second Avenue (1975)
PG | 98 min | Comedy
A suddenly-unemployed company executive suffers a nervous breakdown, and his supporting wife tries everything to console him and pick up the slack.
Director: Melvin Frank | Stars: Jack Lemmon, Anne Bancroft, Gene Saks, Elizabeth Wilson
Votes: 3,826
4. The Sunshine Boys (I) (1975)
PG | 111 min | Comedy
A vaudeville duo agree to reunite for a television special, but it turns out that they can't stand each other.
Director: Herbert Ross | Stars: Walter Matthau, George Burns, Richard Benjamin, Lee Meredith
Votes: 6,659
5. All the President's Men (1976)
PG | 138 min | Drama, History, Thriller
"The Washington Post" reporters Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein uncover the details of the Watergate scandal that leads to President Richard Nixon's resignation.
Director: Alan J. Pakula | Stars: Dustin Hoffman, Robert Redford, Jack Warden, Martin Balsam
Votes: 125,120 | Gross: $70.60M
6. The Ritz (1976)
R | 91 min | Comedy
Evading a mob contract on his life, a heterosexual man winds up hiding out at a homosexual bathhouse.
Director: Richard Lester | Stars: Jack Weston, Rita Moreno, Jerry Stiller, Kaye Ballard
Votes: 2,693
7. Madman (1978)
95 min | Drama
While trying to escape from the Soviet Union, a Soviet Jewish man is locked in a mental institution, where he gets brutally tortured for several years. After his release, he's able to ... See full summary »
Director: Dan Cohen | Stars: Michael Beck, Alan Feinstein, F. Murray Abraham, Sigourney Weaver
Votes: 155
8. The Big Fix (1978)
PG | 108 min | Comedy, Mystery, Thriller
An ex-'60s radical now working as a private eye is hired by an old flame to investigate a political smear campaign. The case becomes more dangerous as it unfolds.
Director: Jeremy Kagan | Stars: Richard Dreyfuss, Susan Anspach, Bonnie Bedelia, John Lithgow
Votes: 2,384
9. Marco Polo (1982–1983)
504 min | Adventure, Biography, Drama
The life and experiences of the thirteenth century explorer, who sought to connect the civilizations of China and Europe through trade.
Stars: Ken Marshall, Denholm Elliott, Tony Vogel, David Warner
Votes: 1,294
10. Scarface (1983)
18+ | 170 min | Crime, Drama
In 1980 Miami, a determined Cuban immigrant takes over a drug cartel and succumbs to greed.
Director: Brian De Palma | Stars: Al Pacino, Michelle Pfeiffer, Steven Bauer, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio
Votes: 907,615 | Gross: $45.60M
11. Amadeus (1984)
R | 160 min | Biography, Drama, Music
The life, success and troubles of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, as told by Antonio Salieri, the contemporaneous composer who was deeply jealous of Mozart's talent and claimed to have murdered him.
Director: Milos Forman | Stars: F. Murray Abraham, Tom Hulce, Elizabeth Berridge, Roy Dotrice
Votes: 424,562 | Gross: $51.97M
12. Dream West (1986)
Biography, Drama, Western
John Charles Fremont, the American adventurer, the free-spirited women who impelled him to dare undreamed-of-feats, and the young nation they helped to shape. The story begins in 1839 when ... See full summary »
Stars: Richard Chamberlain, Benny Gibson, Alice Krige, F. Murray Abraham
Votes: 126
13. The Name of the Rose (1986)
R | 130 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
An intellectually nonconformist friar investigates a series of mysterious deaths in an isolated abbey.
Director: Jean-Jacques Annaud | Stars: Sean Connery, Christian Slater, Helmut Qualtinger, Elya Baskin
Votes: 116,284 | Gross: $7.15M
14. The Third Solution (1988)
R | 111 min | Crime, Thriller
The Pope is planning a re-conciliatory meeting with the head of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church, an event awaited for many generations. But suddenly, right while the Pope is addressing the ... See full summary »
Director: Pasquale Squitieri | Stars: Treat Williams, F. Murray Abraham, Danny Aiello, Rita Rusic
Votes: 116
15. Galileo Galilei (1989 TV Movie)
65 min | History
Director: Ivo Barnabò Micheli | Stars: F. Murray Abraham, Mario Adorf, Pope Benedict XVI, Andrea Emeri
Votes: 10
16. Performance Pieces (1989)
Short
Director: Tom Abrams | Stars: F. Murray Abraham, Bill Fretwell, Jade Greene
Votes: 12
17. Slipstream (1989)
PG-13 | 102 min | Adventure, Sci-Fi
In the near future, where Earth has been devastated by man's pollution and giant winds rule the planet, bounty hunter Matt kidnaps a murderer out of the hands of two police officers, planning to get the bounty himself.
Director: Steven Lisberger | Stars: Bob Peck, Mark Hamill, Kitty Aldridge, Bill Paxton
Votes: 3,024
18. Beyond the Stars (1989)
PG | 88 min | Sci-Fi, Drama
Eric moves to his dad in Oregon after accidentally firing a rocket into his high school. He befriends Mara and a retired astronaut.
Director: David Saperstein | Stars: Martin Sheen, Christian Slater, Robert Foxworth, Sharon Stone
Votes: 1,249
19. The Favorite (1989)
R | 104 min | Adventure
The true story of Aimee Dubuca De Rivery, a French girl sold into slavery to the Sultan of the Ottoman Empire.
Director: Jack Smight | Stars: F. Murray Abraham, Maud Adams, Amber O'Shea, James Michael Gregary
Votes: 320
20. An Innocent Man (1989)
R | 113 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A man is framed by two corrupt cops for drugs. After he gets out of prison, he comes after them.
Director: Peter Yates | Stars: Tom Selleck, F. Murray Abraham, Laila Robins, David Rasche
Votes: 7,585 | Gross: $20.05M
21. The Betrothed (1989– )
450 min | Drama, History
In this adaptation of a classic Italian novel, young peasant couple whose relationship no one approves of elopes. On their journeys they face the horrors of plague and war and hypocrisy of the ruling class in 17th century's Lombardy.
Stars: Danny Quinn, Delphine Forest, Alberto Sordi, Franco Nero
Votes: 185
22. Largo Desolato (1990 TV Movie)
Drama
Political prisoner awaits in his jail cell to learn what his faith will be. Based on a play by Czech political prisoner turned president Vaclav Havel.
Director: Jiri Zizka | Stars: F. Murray Abraham, George Martin, Sally Kirkland, Barton Heyman
Votes: 26
23. The Little Match Girl (1990 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 30 min | Animation, Family
The Hans Christian Andersen classic is given present-day relevance and an upbeat ending in this story of Angela, a homeless child who sells match sticks to survive. Starring the voice of Academy Award® winner F. Murray Abraham.
Director: Michael Sporn | Stars: F. Murray Abraham, Theresa Smythe, Perry Kiefer, Heidi Stallings
Votes: 30
24. La batalla de los Tres Reyes (1990)
245 min | Action, Drama, History
Various battles including that of Lepanto.
Directors: Souheil Ben-Barka, Uchkun Nazarov | Stars: Massimo Ghini, Claudia Cardinale, Ugo Tognazzi, Fernando Rey
Votes: 106
25. Die Zauberflöte (I) (1991 TV Movie)
169 min | Adventure, Romance
Live recording of a theatrical performance of The Magic Flute, the famous Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's opera.
Director: Brian Large | Stars: Kathleen Battle, Francisco Araiza, Manfred Hemm, Kurt Moll
Votes: 101
26. A Season of Giants (1990– )
Biography, Drama, History
At the turn of the sixteenth century, Michelangelo (Mark Frankel), Raphael (Andrea Prodan), and Leonardo Da Vinci (John Glover) create their masterpieces, while dealing with religious prosecution, political turmoil, and the discovery of America.
Stars: F. Murray Abraham, Steven Berkoff, Juliette Caton, Vernon Dobtcheff
Votes: 106
27. Eye of the Widow (1991)
95 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
A new international terrorist group attack the castle of an Austrian prince during his party, but one of the guests, a CIA contractor, deals with them. CIA hires him to find the men behind the attack and take them out.
Director: Andrew V. McLaglen | Stars: Mike Marshall, Ben Feitelson, Richard Young, Paul L. Smith
Votes: 105
28. Money (1991)
PG-13 | 105 min | Drama, Thriller
A young man whose father's fortune was stolen by his closest friends sets out to get revenge in this odyssey through the world's major financial centers.
Director: Steven Hilliard Stern | Stars: Eric Stoltz, Maryam d'Abo, Bruno Cremer, Mario Adorf
Votes: 220
29. Mobsters (1991)
R | 104 min | Crime, Drama
From start to finish, this is a story of friendship between four street-wise mates who don't mind using violence to achieve the lives that they want. They trust no one but each other, which is vital to their success as mobsters.
Director: Michael Karbelnikoff | Stars: Christian Slater, Patrick Dempsey, Rodney Eastman, Costas Mandylor
Votes: 9,645 | Gross: $20.25M
30. By the Sword (1991)
R | 91 min | Adventure, Drama, Sport
An elderly man named Max comes to the famous fencing coach Villar and asks to take him on as a coach. But the coach does not like his weapon technique, and he only takes Max as a cleaner.
Director: Jeremy Kagan | Stars: F. Murray Abraham, Eric Roberts, Mia Sara, Christopher Rydell
Votes: 1,708
31. The First Circle (1991 TV Movie)
180 min | Thriller
In the USSR, political prisoners who were scientists were not always sent to GULAG, but also to The First Circle (named after Dante's Inferno), a special incarceration unit near Moscow where they could work for the government.
Director: Sheldon Larry | Stars: Laurent Malet, F. Murray Abraham, Christopher Plummer, Robert Powell
Votes: 98
32. Il caso Dozier (1993 TV Movie)
89 min | Thriller
Freely inspired from a historical event. In December 1981, American officer James Lee Dozier is kidnapped in Verona by a "Brigate Rosse" commando. The huge intelligence effort that followed... See full summary »
Director: Carlo Lizzani | Stars: Ennio Fantastichini, F. Murray Abraham, Lloyd Bochner, Davide Bechini
Votes: 10
33. Loaded Weapon 1 (1993)
PG-13 | 84 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
In this Lethal Weapon (1987) spoof, two mismatched LA cops investigate a case involving cocaine-laced girl scout cookies.
Director: Gene Quintano | Stars: Emilio Estevez, Samuel L. Jackson, Jon Lovitz, Tim Curry
Votes: 50,969 | Gross: $27.98M
34. Journey to the Center of the Earth (1993 TV Movie)
TV-PG | 90 min | Adventure, Sci-Fi
Taking the title from the novel by Jules Verne, this story takes his basic premise of the desire to travel to the center of the Earth. The travelers, using their craft, penetrate an active ... See full summary »
Director: William Dear | Stars: David Dundara, Farrah Forke, Kim Miyori, John Neville
Votes: 914
35. Through an Open Window (1992)
24 min | Short
A middle-aged suburban woman is haunted by what she believes to be a bird that is stuck in her house, convincing those around her that she has lost her mind.
Director: Eric Mendelsohn | Stars: Anne Meara, Cynthia Nixon, Frances Foster, F. Murray Abraham
Votes: 50
36. Sweet Killing (1993)
R | 87 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
A business man decides to kill his wife but the plan sets off a chain of weird events that cause his life to become a living hell.
Director: Eddy Matalon | Stars: Anthony Higgins, Leslie Hope, F. Murray Abraham, Michael Ironside
Votes: 121
37. Last Action Hero (1993)
PG-13 | 130 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
With the help of a magic ticket, a young movie fan is transported into the fictional world of his favorite action movie character.
Director: John McTiernan | Stars: Arnold Schwarzenegger, F. Murray Abraham, Art Carney, Charles Dance
Votes: 162,562 | Gross: $50.02M
38. Jamila (1995)
90 min | Drama
In the 1940s, young Kirghiz boy falls hopelessly for Jamilla, but their love has no future.
Director: Monica Teuber | Stars: Nikolai Kinski, Linh-Dan Pham, Jason Connery, Yuriy Kuznetsov
Votes: 68
39. L'affaire (1994)
96 min | Drama
A man who had everything taken away from him, including his family, by his brother teams up with a young card player in order to take revenge on the brother.
Director: Sergio Gobbi | Stars: Robert Hossein, F. Murray Abraham, Bruno Wolkowitch, Anna Falchi
Votes: 50
40. Surviving the Game (1994)
R | 96 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
A homeless man is hired as a survival guide for a group of wealthy businessmen on a hunting trip in the mountains, unaware that they are killers who hunt humans for sport, and that he is their new prey.
Director: Ernest R. Dickerson | Stars: Rutger Hauer, Ice-T, Charles S. Dutton, Gary Busey
Votes: 13,026 | Gross: $7.73M
41. Nostradamus (1994)
R | 119 min | Biography, Drama
Nostradamus (1503-66) was a French doctor, astrologer and seer during the Inquisition, successful in treating patients during an outbreak of plague.
Director: Roger Christian | Stars: Tchéky Karyo, F. Murray Abraham, Rutger Hauer, Amanda Plummer
Votes: 3,117 | Gross: $0.36M
42. Dillinger and Capone (1995 Video)
R | 95 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Dillinger survived assassination and is living a quiet farm life with his family in 1940, but Al Capone, recently freed from prison, need his help for one last score.
Director: Jon Purdy | Stars: Martin Sheen, F. Murray Abraham, Stephen Davies, Catherine Hicks
Votes: 685
43. Mighty Aphrodite (1995)
R | 95 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
When he discovers his adopted son is a genius, a New York sportswriter seeks out the boy's birth mother: a ditzy porn star and prostitute.
Director: Woody Allen | Stars: Woody Allen, Mira Sorvino, Pamela Blair, Rene Ceballos
Votes: 42,545 | Gross: $6.70M
44. Dead Man's Walk (1996)
PG-13 | 272 min | Western