M. Emmet Walsh Movie Rankings
1
3.3766
Al Pacino is forcefully real as Frank Serpico, an independent young recruit entering the police force in the late 1960s, fulfilling a childhood dream. ... more about Serpico
2
3.2128
The film recounts a particularly eventful period in the life of notorious American communist John Reed (Beatty), who journeyed to Russia to witness the Bolshevik Revolution firsthand. Before that, he met the already wed Louise Bryant (Diane Keaton) in Portland in 1915. ... more about Reds
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3.1470
Navin was born a poor black boy, but when his family informs him he is white he is distraught. Navin decides it's time for him to go out into the world and find himself. Along the way he is shot at, joins the circus, gets married, becomes a millionaire and loses all his money. ... more about Jerk
4
3.1454
A Texas bar-owner hires a P.I. to kill his cheating wife and her lover, but the investigator has plans of his own. By double-crossing his employer he can keep the money, but when the plan goes sour it's every man for him self. ... more about Blood Simple.
5
3.0423
In a cyberpunk vision of the future, man has developed the technology to create replicants, human clones used to serve in the colonies outside Earth but with fixed lifespans. ... more about Blade Runner
6
3.0270
When the planet of the apes is destroyed in 3955 Zira, Cornelius, and Dr. Milo get on a shuttle and travel back in time to the 1970's. There they learn the intricate and important role they will play in shaping Earth's future. ... more about Escape from the Planet of the Apes
7
3.0061
At 120 years old, Jack Crabb tells his life story about being adopted by Indians, "saved" by a Christian minister, reuniting with his sister, marrying a Russian woman, marrying an Indian woman and leading Custer into his last battle at Little Big Horn. ... more about Little Big Man
8
2.9886
A woman who, by a promise made years earlier, is supposed to marry her best friend in three weeks, even though she doesn't want to. When she finds out that he's marrying someone else, she becomes jealous and tries to break off the wedding. ... more about My Best Friend's Wedding
9
2.9592
A petty crook falls in love with the woman cop who always arrests him, but when they find out she can't bear children, they steal one, hit the road, and lots of mayhem ensues. ... more about Raising Arizona
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2.8680
Beth, Calvin, and their son Conrad are living in the aftermath of the death of the other son. Conrad is overcome by grief and misplaced guilt to the extent of a suicide attempt. He is in therapy. ... more about Ordinary People
12
2.8665
A massive ball of furry creatures from another world eat their way through a small mid-western town followed by intergalactic bounty hunters opposed only by militant townspeople. ... more about Critters
13
2.8287
Fairly accurate recounting of the story of Karen Silkwood, the Oklahoma nuclear-plant worker who blew the whistle on dangerous practices at the Kerr-McGee plant and who died under circumstances which are still under debate. ... more about Silkwood
14
2.8227
The player-coach of a nowhere small town hockey team must deal with an intractable owner, hostile crowds and on-ice thuggery in this warm-hearted and only slightly farcical look at ice hockey. ... more about Slap Shot
15
2.7593
This film is an excellent biography of Woody Guthrie, one of America's greatest folk singers. He left his dust-devastated Texas home in the 1930s to find work, and discovered the suffering and strength of America's working class. ... more about Bound for Glory
16
2.7078
A retired ex-cop and private detective (Newman) who lives with a rich actor (Hackman) who is dying from cancer and his actress wife (Sarandon) gets mixed up in murder when he is asked to deliver blackmail money. ... more about Twilight
17
2.6524
Irwin "Fletch" Fletcher, Los Angeles journalist, really lives for his profession. As Jane Doe, he publishes articles that have caused several heads to roll in the past. ... more about Fletch
18
2.6182
Shakespeare's famous play is updated to the hip modern suburb of Verona still retaining its original dialogue. The gun-toting members of the families wage a vicious war on the streets as the star-crossed lovers, their tragic destiny. ... more about Romeo + Juliet
19
2.5778
Arlo Guthrie's song is converted into a motion picture. Arlo goes to see Alice for Thanksgivng and as a favor takes her trash to the dump. When the dump is closed, he drops it on top of another pile of garbage at the bottom of a ravine. ... more about Alice's Restaurant
20
2.5613
Three petty thieves are chased by the police who believe that the three are really major criminals into a basement bar and take five hostages including all of the bar's employees. ... more about Albino Alligator
21
2.5598
They Might be Giants chronicles the adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson in modern day New York City. The fact that Sherlock Holmes (George C. Scott) is a psychotic paranoid and Dr. ... more about They Might Be Giants
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2.4651
When the new Warden comes in disguised as an inmate, he sees first hand all the corruption and scams the guards and prison officials and running. ... more about Brubaker
24
2.4623
In the middle of a raging thunderstorm, a traveling circus accidentally leaves behind some very precious cargo--a baby zebra. The gangly little foal is rescued by horse farmer Nolan Walsh, who takes him home to his young daughter Channing. ... more about Racing Stripes
25
2.4574
Millionaire businessman Thornton Melon is upset when his son Jason announces that he is not sure about going to college. ... more about Back to School
26
2.4486
Henry Petosa and Freddy Ace are twins who were separated being babies, and they do not know each other. Henry was adopted by a honest man, while Freddy becomes a gangster. Henry is very shy and has a lot of mental troubles. ... more about Equinox
Not Available on DVD
27
2.4233
Two years ago the boy Jesse helped the whale Willy to jump into freedom. Jesse enjoys the life with his adoptive parents, when his half-brother Elvis arrives because the dead of their mother. ... more about Free Willy 2: The Adventure Home
28
2.4065
In Milagro, a small town in the American Southwest, Ladd Devine plans to build a major new resort development. ... more about Milagro Beanfield War
29
2.3868
Jim West is a guns-a-blazing former Civil War hero. Artemus Gordon is an inventive U.S. Marshal who excels in disguise. ... more about Wild Wild West
30
2.3855
J.J. is a rookie state trooper in the Sheriff's Department and the first black officer at that station. Racial tensions run high in the department as some of J.J.'s fellow officers resent his presence. ... more about Glass Shield
31
2.3232
Whilst traveling across America living off the money from a large inheritance, ex-fireman Nashe has a chance meeting with Pozzi, a professional gambler and card shark. ... more about Music of Chance
Not Available on DVD
32
2.2943
A classic comedy of mistaken identity and romance set during the holiday season at a ski resort that is owned and operated by a Native American Nation. ... more about Christmas in the Clouds
33
2.2845
When Miami dentist Ted Brooks (Cuba Gooding, Jr.) learns that his birth mother has passed away and that he was named in her will, he travels to Alaska to claim his inheritance. ... more about Snow Dogs
34
2.2777
Michael Keaton plays Daryl Poynter, a hot shot real estate agent who just happens to have a cocaine and drinking problem. One morning, he wakes up to find a dead woman in his bed(someone he had been partying with the night before)from a cocaine overdose. ... more about Clean and Sober
35
2.2658
In rural Sunrise, Illinois, waitress Linda Bronco wants her son Mike to go to college, but all summer after high school, his dim friend Lenny Lake leads Mike into trouble. ... more about Poor White Trash
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37
2.1155
After being released on parole, a burglar attempts to go straight, get a regular job, and just go by the rules. He soon finds himself back in jail at the hands of a power-hungry parole officer. ... more about Straight Time
Not Available on DVD
38
2.1072
A small southwestern town sheriff finds a body in the desert with a suitcase and $500,000. He impersonates the man and stumbles into an FBI investigation. ... more about White Sands
39
2.0847
Two researchers have come to San Francisco to compete for a research grant in Music. One seems a bit distracted, and that was before he meets her. A strange woman seems to have devoted her life to confusing and embarassing him. ... more about What's Up
40
2.0803
Panther is a semi-historic film about the origins of The Black Panther Party of Self-Defense. The movie spans about 3 years (1966-68) of the Black Panther's history in Oakland. Panther also uses historical footage (B/W) to emphasize some points. ... more about Panther
41
2.0683
The superb Christopher Plummer is Flash, a curmudgeon with a hankering for classic movies and booze. Cameron (Michael Angarano) is a volatile teen who commits grand theft auto just because the car is an exact replica from Christine. ... more about Man in the Chair
Not Available on DVD
42
2.0064
A young businessman (Tom Smothers) goes to a magic expert (Orson Welles) to learn hardness and skill with his cynical and greedy collaborators. ... more about Get to Know Your Rabbit
Not Available on DVD
43
2.0008
Charlie and his troublesome cousin Paulie decide to steal $150000 in order to back a "sure thing" race horse that Paulie has inside information on. ... more about Pope of Greenwich Village
44
1.9191
Alex Freed is a literature professor. He has the gambling vice. When he has lost all his money, he borrows from his girlfriend, then his mother and finally some bad guys that chase his. Despite of all this he cannot stop gambling. ... more about Gambler
45
1.8946
Returning from a hunting trip in the forest, the Henderson family's car hits an animal in the road. At first they fear it was a man, but when they examine the "body" they find it's a "bigfoot". ... more about Harry and the Hendersons
46
1.8945
This homage to the childhood days of the motion pictures starts in 1910, when the young attorney Leo Harrigan by chance meets a motion picture producer. Immediately he's invited to become a writer for him - the start of a sensational career. ... more about Nickelodeon
Not Available on DVD
47
1.8173
When police officer Xavier Quinn's childhood friend, Maubee, becomes associated with murder and a briefcase full of ten thousand dollar bills, The Mighty Quinn must clear his name. Or try to catch him, which could be even trickier. ... more about Mighty Quinn
48
1.7911
An American war hero attempts suicide and ends up in Chattahoochee State Mental Hospital. But he realise that doctors in hospital are humiliating patients. ... more about Chattahoochee
49
1.7703
Allen portrays Luther Krank who, fed up with the commerciality of Christmas, decides to skip the holiday and go on a vacation with his wife instead. But when his daughter decides at the last minute to come home, he must put together a holiday celebration. ... more about Christmas with the Kranks
50
1.7703
A luxury 747 carrying valuable art work is hijacked and lands in the ocean, submerged in shallow water. ... more about Airport '77
51
1.7232
Morris "Mud" Himmel has a problem. His parents desperately want to send him away to summer camp. He hates going to summer camp, and would do anything to get out of it. ... more about Camp Nowhere
52
1.6833
A woman secretly witnesses the murder of her blind date for the evening by a top Mafia boss. She immediately goes into hiding without informing the authorities. ... more about Narrow Margin
53
1.6602
Benjy Taylor (D.B. Sweeney) is a rookie cop who goes undercover to nab a gang of car thieves led by Ted Varrick (Charlie Sheen). ... more about No Man's Land
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55
1.5593
Wilder and Wallace are brothers and pyrokinetics. Ever since childhood they've been able to start fires with their minds but following a tragedy in which they accidentally killed a man, the brothers have grown up very differently. ... more about Wilder Napalm
56
1.5479
Michael Sanford and his wife move to his old town so he can take over the family business. However, gruesome murders of children start to happen. ... more about Killing Jar
57
1.4946
A woman (Travis), whose car breaks down on the highway, is picked up by a crazed stranger (Belushi) and his obviously threatened girl friend (Whirry). ... more about Retroactive
58
1.4790
After a catatonic episode on a railway station platform, Jacob Horner is taken to "The Farm", a bizarre insane asylum run by Doctor D. ... more about End of the Road
Not Available on DVD
59
1.4547
A trio of long-distance runners are setting out on what looks to be the ultimate adventure weekend: a seventy-two mile run through the New Mexico desert. ... more about Courage
Not Available on DVD
60
1.4048
"Eyeball Eddie" is the story of the stormy relationship between a prosthetic glass eye and the insecure boy stuck behind it. What follows is a dark comedy about the price of popularity. ... more about Eyeball Eddie
Not Available on DVD
61
1.3580
This film was Peter Bogdanovich's honor to musical comedies of the 1930s. A millionaire named Michael Oliver Pritchard III and a singer named Kitty O'Kelly meet and fall in love. ... more about At Long Last Love
Not Available on DVD
62
1.3394
A surfer and inventor Edison is chosen by his roommates to raise rent with his outrageous (and absurd) inventions. ... more about Chairman of the Board
63
1.3333
Reclusive vampires lounge in a lonely American town. They wear sun cream to protect themselves. A descendant of Van Helsing arrives with hilarious consequences. ... more about Sundown: The Vampire in Retreat
Not Available on DVD
64
1.3177
Molly is a highschool track coach who knows just as much about football as anyone else on the planet. When the football coach's position becomes vacant, she applies for the job, despite expecting sniggers from fellow staff and her former husband. ... more about Wildcats
65
1.3086
A depressed section of Monterey, California, known as Cannery Row from its string of now-empty canning plants is the backdrop for an offbeat romantic comedy about a pair of mismatched lovers. ... more about Cannery Row
Not Available on DVD
66
1.2721
Life in the small town of Grandview, Illinois is one that is just like any other city or town. Tim Pearson, soon to be graduating high school wants to go to Florida to study oceanography. He meets Michelle "Mike" Cody and is attracted to her. ... more about Grandview
Not Available on DVD
67
1.1488
A Russian KGB agent is sent to Africa to kill an anti-Communist black revolutionary. However, he has a change of heart when he sees how the Russians and their Cuban allies are killing and repressing the locals, so he switches sides and helps the rebels. ... more about Red Scorpion
68
69
1.0319
Jane and Will are familiar faces on the Los Angeles club scene. They meet officially at drug rehab after Jane OD'ed and Will crashed her motorcycle driving stoned. ... more about Me and Will
70
1.0164
The young and self-confident Danny (Griffin O'Neal) blufs at the local police-station that he will escape out of prison within one hour. What follows is a flashback about his childhood with his uncle and aunt, which are 'vaudeville'-artists themselves. ... more about Escape Artist
71
0.9913
Whilst making a silent film about the life of the legendary lawman Wyatt Earp, veteran actor Tom Mix (Bruce Willis) discovers that the real Earp (James Garner) is on the film set as a technical advisor. ... more about Sunset
72
0.9360
Linda and Peter Pratman's son Adam is autistic, but they still love him and hope that he'll at least start talking some day. However he's teased and abused by the kids of the neighborhood and his grandpa . ... more about Relative Fear
Not Available on DVD
73
0.9251
Colonel Braddock, who escaped from a POW camp after 10 years, returns to Vietnam. He attempts to track down the location of a POW camp and rescue the prisoners to prove that several MIAs are still alive and being held captive. ... more about Missing in Action
74
0.9041
Travis has just buried his father, when Kelly, an attractive hitchhiker walks into his life. At the same time, another attractive blonde, Jolene, starts taking an interest in Travis. Both women are secretly after something. ... more about Bitter Harvest
Not Available on DVD
75
0.4685
A group of re-enactors attempt to stage a hundred year anniversary battle between US Cavalry and Blackfeet Indians. ... more about War Party
Not Available on DVD
76
0.0001
Set in the San Fernando Valley, it's a journey of three men who unknowingly interact, cause significant changes in each other's lives, and ultimately learn what it takes to find happiness inside. ... more about Baggage
Not Available on DVD
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0.0001
Policeman Dan Sampson (Brian Wimmer) happens to have the same badge # as deceased policeman Manny Torres, who died while on duty. The circumstances surrounding Torres' death, officially ruled a drug overdose, become Sampson's obsession. ... more about Dead Badge
Not Available on DVD
80
0.0001
An ex-wife (Jennifer Grant), hooked on uncontrolled consumerism, strives to rob her ex-husband (Timothy Busfield) and his nice new wife (Melora Hardin) of all of their earnings in this black comedy. ... more about Erasable You
Not Available on DVD
81
82
0.0001
The Pitsburgh basketball team is hopeless. ... more about Fish That Saved Pittsburgh
Not Available on DVD
83
0.0001
Greener Mountains is the coming of age story of JP Barton, an adopted boy raised on a throwback Vermont family resort. Since being found as an infant by the mercurial aging owner, JP has essentially never left the resort grounds. ... more about Greener Mountains
Not Available on DVD
84
85
0.0001
When Max Oliver (John Pyper-Ferguson) learns his photographer brother has been killed, he suspects it was no random murder. And when he finds his brothers' last photos of a powerful senator (M. ... more about Killer Image
86
0.0001
Two friends, both named Frank, accidentally obtain a suitcase at the airport. It contains incriminating evidence against a mafia boss, who sends his Terminator-like lackie to find them. The Franks hide by impersonating make-up women for a beauty pageant. ... more about Naked Truth
87
0.0001
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88
0.0001
An attorney takes the lawyer/client relationship too seriously. She ends up falling for her client - a very charming photographer who has been charged with a multiple murder. She wants to believe he is innocent but she cannot deny her suspicions. ... more about Portraits of a Killer
Not Available on DVD
89
0.0001
A group of Americans are interested in raising the ill-fated Ocean liner Titanic. One of the team members finds out the Russians also have plans to raise the ship from its watery grave. ... more about Raise the Titanic
90
0.0001
A West Virginia insane asylum and the surrounding area of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania serve as the backdrop for this gritty, dark, psychological thriller. ... more about Roney's Point
Not Available on DVD
91
0.0001
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