Highest-Rated Movies about 'American Movie'

Royal New Year's Eve (2017), Blackbeard's Ghost (1968), Queen of the Stardust Ballroom (1975), The Wrong Roommate (2016), Tucker and Dale vs Evil (2010), O. Henry's Full House (1952), The Virginian (2013), Ride (1998) ... Let's take a look at the ranked list of the best American Movie movies.

#1. Royal New Year's Eve (2017)

Storyline: Hamlet has the world at his feet. Young, wealthy and living a hedonistic life studying abroad. Then word reaches him that his father is dead. Returning home he finds his world is utterly changed, his certainties smashed and his home a foreign land. Struggling to understand his place in a new world order he faces a stark choice. Submit, or rage against the injustice of his new reality. Simon Godwin (The Two Gentlemen of Verona 2014) directs Paapa Essiedu as Hamlet in Shakespeare's searing tragedy. As relevant today as when it was written, Hamlet confronts each of us with the mirror of our own mortality in an imperfect world.—RSC

Plot Keywords: romance, comedy, love, royalty, holiday, light-hearted, contemporary ...

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#2. Blackbeard's Ghost (1968)

Storyline: After accidentally reciting some magic words, track coach Steve Walker (Dean Jones) summons the ghost of the dreaded pirate Blackbeard (Peter Ustinov). The spirit explains to Steve that he was cursed by his wife to roam the Earth until he performs one good deed. Since Steve is the only one who can hear or see Blackbeard, he has no choice but to aid him in his task. Together, they help Professor Backer (Suzanne Pleshette) stop a gang of crooks from taking over an inn for the elderly.

Plot Keywords: comedy, fantasy, family, adventure, ghost, disney, 1960s ...

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#4. The Wrong Roommate (2016)

Storyline: The inspirational story of how Dr. George Daniels rose from Dickensian poverty to become the finest watchmaker of the modern era and how Roger Smith embarked on an obsessive, seven-year quest to become his apprentice and eventually, his equal.—Alistair Audsley

Plot Keywords: thriller, crime, mystery, drama, psychological, family, deception ...

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#5. Tucker and Dale vs Evil (2010)

Storyline: Two lovable hillbillies are headed to their "fixer-upper" vacation cabin to drink some beer, do some fishin', and have a good time. But when they run into a group of preppy college kids who assume from their looks that they must be in-bred, chainsaw-wielding killers, Tucker & Dale's vacation takes a bloody and hilarious turn for the worse.

Plot Keywords: comedy, horror, gore, misunderstanding, rural, hilarious, violence ...

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#6. O. Henry's Full House (1952)

Storyline: "O. Henry's Full House" is a film divided into five segments telling five tales at the beginning of the twentieth century. 1) "The Cop and the Anthem": The winter is coming and the homeless drifter Soapy wants to go to jail for three months to get shelter and food. His partner Horace suggests they look for shelter with the Salvation Army, but Soapy refuses. He forces many situations to be arrested, but he is always forgiven. When he goes to the church, there is a miracle and Soapy decides to seek a job position. Will he succeed? 2) "The Clarion Call": When a thief kills a man, the police investigators do not have any lead to follow. Police Sergeant Barney Woods sees a pen that was found in the crime scene and he seeks out a man called Johnny Kernan. He finds Johnny, who invites Barney to drink with him, and they go to his hotel room. Johnny recalls their youth, when they were friends, but Barney tells him that he must arrest him since he recognized the pen that belonged to Johnny. However, the criminal recalls that Barney owes him $ 1,000 that Barney lost in a card game. Barney unsuccessfully tries to raise the money to quit the debt. He decides to tell the chief of police, but out of the blue he sees the spotlight on "The Clarion Call" and runs to the newspaper. What did he see? 3) "The Last Leaf": When the lover of 21-year-old Joanna Goodwin breaks up with her, she wanders on the snow and gets pneumonia. Her older sister, Susan Goodwin, finds that Joanna does not want to live anymore and is following the leaves that keep falling from a tree. Their upstairs neighbor, the painter Behrman, tries to help the girls the best he can. Will he be able to save Joanna? 4) "The Ransom of Red Chief": The con men Sam 'Slick' Brown and Bill Peoria flee to the countryside in their car and plot to kidnap the boy J.B. Dorset to ask for ransom from his parents. But soon they find that the boy is a little devil. 5) "The Gift of the Magi": On Christmas Eve, Della and her beloved husband Jim are penniless and in love with each other. Jim dreams of giving a tiara to Della since she has wonderful hair, and Della wants to give Jim a chain for his pocket watch. On Christmas night, they each find a way to buy the gifts.—Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Plot Keywords: american movie, black and white film, 1950s, anthology film, drama, comedy elements, literary adaptation ...

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#7. The Virginian (2013)

Storyline: Told through a series of interweaving dramatic stories, The Valley Below chronicles the life of a small town over the course of one year. The film's protagonists include a pregnant teenager, a hard-drinking musician, a reclusive taxidermist, and an ambitious RCMP officer.—Anonymous

Plot Keywords: western, tv movie, american movie, remake, revenge, justice, gunfight ...

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#8. Ride (1998)

Storyline: When Leta Evans (Melissa De Sousa), who has dreamed for years of being a music video director, becomes an assistant to a famous director, she wants to make a good impression. Her first job will be transporting the cast of a video from New York to Miami. However, due to a tight budget, they will have to travel by bus. The strict Poppa (Malik Yoba) watches out for the crew, but there is still ample opportunity for trouble -- which could end Leta's directing career before it begins.

Plot Keywords: action, adventure, crime, motorcycle, road movie, brotherhood, fugitive ...

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#9. The Matchbreaker (2016)

Storyline: A rich merchant, Antonio is depressed for no good reason, until his good friend Bassanio comes to tell him how he's in love with Portia. Portia's father has died and left a very strange will: only the man that picks the correct casket out of three (silver, gold, and lead) can marry her. Bassanio, unfortunately, is strapped for cash with which to go wooing, and Antonio wants to help, so Antonio borrows the money from Shylock, the money-lender. But Shylock has been nursing a grudge against Antonio's insults, and makes unusual terms to the loan. And when Antonio's business fails, those terms threaten his life, and it's up to Bassanio and Portia to save him.

Plot Keywords: romantic comedy, romance, independent film, light comedy, modern love, american movie, humor ...

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#10. The Favor (2006)

Storyline: Lawrence (played by Frank Wood), a photographer living on his own in New Jersey, rekindles a relationship with his old flame Caroline (played by Paige Turco) shortly before she dies in an accident. Her 16 year-old son Johnny (played by Ryan Donowho) has nowhere to go and Lawrence takes him in. Lawrence tries hard to be a father to Johnny but Johnny repeatedly rejects him and wreaks havoc in his home. Many dramatic and comedic events unfold, involving Johnny's love interest Mariana (played by Isidra Vega), Johnny's drug dealer (played by Jesse Kelly), Johnny's real father (played by Aldo Perez), and Lawrence's dog (played by Nikki). "The Favor" features songs by The Cure, The Troggs, The Stone Roses, Interpol, Nikki Sudden, Blondie, The Cascades, Chris Montez, The Jacobites & The Garretts.—Anonymous

Plot Keywords: drama, romance, comedy, american movie, independent film, romantic comedy, female director ...

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#11. Safe House (1998)

Storyline: Former government agent Mace Sowell (Patrick Stewart) is convinced that his former supervisor, who is making a bid for the United States presidency, is out to kill him. But his recent diagnoses of Alzheimer's leads his daughter (Kimberly Williams) to dismiss his paranoia. To defend himself from the threats on his life, imagined or not, Mace holes up in his home and fills it with deadly security precautions -- and his daughter hires a psychiatrist (Héctor Elizondo) to watch over him.

Plot Keywords: action, thriller, crime, mystery, drama, family, protection ...

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#12. Take Me (2017)

Storyline: Ray Moody is a fledgling entrepreneur who is trying to get his company off the ground in Los Angeles. His business: the niche Kidnap Solutions, LLC, specializing in abductions that provide alternative therapy for his clients. When a mysterious caller contracts him for a weekend kidnapping, with a handsome payday at the end, Ray jumps at the opportunity. But the job and his target - business consultant Anna St. Blair - may not be all that they seem.

Plot Keywords: comedy, crime, thriller, kidnapping, dark humor, indie film, american movie ...

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#13. The Village Barbershop (2008)

Storyline: Art Leroldi is widowed and fading - a small time Reno barber stuck in a rut of haircuts and horse-books. When he loses his cutting partner of twenty years, he's faced with closing Reno's last man's man barbershop or hiring the last person on earth he'd ever want working there - a woman. More specifically, Gloria MacIntyre, a broke, spit-fire young woman suddenly unable to take no for answer. This is the story two unlikely people, who meet in one unlikely place - The Village Barbershop.—Chris Ford

Plot Keywords: comedy, drama, independent film, american movie, small town life, human relationships, coming of age ...

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#14. We Married Margo (2000)

Storyline: Based on a true story (written by and starring the two dingbats who lived it). It's about two men who both used to be married to the same woman. Now divorced from her, they move in together to try to straighten out their lives, and end up driving each other crazy.—Brutus6639

Plot Keywords: comedy, romance, independent film, low budget, american movie, 2000s, marriage ...

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#15. The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear (1991)

Storyline: Lieutenant Frank Drebbin returns to save the day once again. This time he's out to foil the "big boys" in the energy business. A top scientist (Dr. Mainheimer) is about to publish his report on energy supply for the future. Things don't look good for the traditional suppliers; oil, coal, and nuclear. To save their industries, the suppliers kidnap Mainheimer and replace him with a decoy with a more favorable report. Jane, the doctor's secretary, is Drebin's old flame. Their passionate love affair is thus rekindled.

Plot Keywords: comedy, parody, crime, action, detective, humor, absurd ...

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