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51. Jack London (1943)
Approved | 94 min | Adventure, Biography, War
Episodes in the adventurous life of the American novelist (1876-1916).
Director: Alfred Santell | Stars: Michael O'Shea, Susan Hayward, Osa Massen, Harry Davenport
Votes: 453
52. Dangerous Heart (1994 TV Movie)
R | 93 min | Drama, Romance, Thriller
A cop begins to turn to booze and coke during a tough undercover assignment. When a big drug-buy goes sour and the cop ends up with a million in cash, he decides to take off with the money.... See full summary »
Director: Michael M. Scott | Stars: Tim Daly, Lauren Holly, Alice Carter, Joe Pantoliano
Votes: 162
53. Belly of the Beast (I) (2020)
TV-14 | 82 min | Documentary
When an unlikely duo discovers a pattern of illegal sterilizations in women's prisons, they wage a near impossible battle against the Department of Corrections.
Director: Erika Cohn | Stars: Lynn Acosta, Pamela Baker, Teresa Brown, Cynthia Chandler
Votes: 103
54. Commune (2005)
Not Rated | 78 min | Documentary
A documentary on the Black Bear Ranch Commune, an alternative living community founded in 1968 in the remote North Californian wilderness.
Director: Jonathan Berman | Stars: Mahaj Seeger, Peter Coyote, Cedar Seeger, Mel Kramer
Votes: 431
55. The Waiting Room (III) (2012)
Not Rated | 81 min | Documentary
Go behind the doors of an American public hospital struggling to care for a community of largely uninsured patients.
Director: Peter Nicks | Star: Sean Bennett
Votes: 906 | Gross: $0.24M
56. Long Pants (1927)
60 min | Comedy
Harry Shelby receives his first pair of long pants. He immediately falls in love with a cocaine-smuggling flapper named Bebe. When Bebe is imprisoned, he decides to rescue her; to do this, ... See full summary »
Director: Frank Capra | Stars: Harry Langdon, Gladys Brockwell, Alan Roscoe, Priscilla Bonner
Votes: 588
57. Locks (2009)
6 min | Short, Drama, Mystery
A young man in Oakland, California, wakes with a heavy heart and decides to take a walk through the neighborhood to the local barbershop.
Director: Ryan Coogler | Stars: Darnell Byrd, Trestin George, Larry Gray, Kiev Harris
Votes: 213
58. Spark: A Burning Man Story (2013)
Not Rated | 90 min | Documentary, Action, Biography
Each year, 60,000 people from around the globe gather in a dusty windswept Nevada desert to build a temporary city, collaborating on large-scale art and partying for a week before burning a... See full summary »
Directors: Steve Brown, Jessie Deeter | Stars: Harley K. Dubois, Marian Goodell, Larry Harvey, John Law
Votes: 593 | Gross: $0.12M
59. Robin's Hood (2003)
Not Rated | 81 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
Robin is a social worker in Oakland on the verge of losing her job for getting too close to her clients; she's African-American and grew up in the neighborhood. She falls for Brooklyn, a ... See full summary »
Director: Sara Abed Millman | Stars: Clody Cates, Khahtee V. Turner, Justin Harrison, Kimberly Ridgeway
Votes: 74
60. Rebels of Oakland: The A's, the Raiders, the '70s (2003 TV Movie)
55 min | Documentary, Sport
Documentary that shows the dynasty years of the Oakland Raiders and Oakland A's in the 1970's.
Stars: Tom Hanks, John Madden, Chuck Santana, Kenny Stabler
Votes: 92
61. Sonny Barger Confronts VDC (1965)
6 min | Documentary, Short
Ralph "Sonny" Barger - President of the Oakland Chapter of the Hell's Angels - I volunteer a group of loyal Americans for behind the line duty in Vietnam. We feel that a crack group of trained guerrillas could demoralize the Viet Cong.
Stars: Sonny Barger, Ron Jacobson, Tom Thomas, Tiny Walker
Votes: 6
62. The American Dream (2013)
PG-13 | 93 min | Drama
The American Dream embarks on a journey with two college bound football buddies. They must decide between the fast money on the streets and keeping on a straight path.
Director: Robert Wakamatsu | Stars: Gian Shaw, Hannibal Thompson, Marcus D. Spencer, Ahku
Votes: 75
63. Blacks and Jews (1997)
Not Rated | 85 min | Documentary, History
This documentary attempts to go beyond the sensationalized media coverage and the stereotypes to examine several key conflicts from the point of view of both Black and Jewish activists.
Directors: Deborah Kaufman, Alan Snitow | Stars: Arthur Hiller, Robert Marx, Salim Muwakkil, Richard Pryor
Votes: 20
64. Dyke Central (2015– )
22 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Dyke Central is an Oakland-based dramedy that centers around 30-something butch roommates Alex and Gin. The first season sees Alex attempting to sustain her dysfunctional relationship with ... See full summary »
Stars: Troy Rockett, Comika Hartford, Giovannie Espiritu, Tom Paul
Votes: 43
65. Huey
30 min | Short, Drama | Completed
In the late 1980s, Black Panther co-founder Dr. Huey P. Newton enjoys a more ordinary routine but takes the opportunity to tell his life story for a documentary. But because some FBI agents... See full summary »
Directors: Ken Gregory, Dave Mack III | Stars: Devielle Johnson, Jim Nieb, Ken Gregory, Michelle Merring
67. Circles (II) (2018)
Not Rated | 82 min | Documentary, Drama
Restorative Justice starts now.
Director: Cassidy Friedman | Stars: Eric Butler, Mercedes Morgan, Ted Quant, Betsye Steele
Votes: 14
68. My People Are Rising
57 min | Documentary, Biography, Drama | Completed
In an era of stark racial injustice, Aaron Dixon dedicated his life to revolution, founding the Seattle chapter of the Black Panther Party in 1968 at age nineteen. In "My People Are Rising"... See full summary »
Director: Rafael Flores | Stars: Bobby Seale, Ericka Huggins, Elaine Brown, Aaron Dixon
69. Basketball 3:16 (2014)
98 min | Drama
Sometimes there comes a point in your life where you need to grow up, but only you know when that time comes. That time always comes in one shot and sometimes it's your last shot. The Lord ... See full summary »
Director: Ramasses Head | Stars: Pharoah Powell, Karen Cox, James Earl-Rockefeller III, Brian Hooks
Votes: 23
70. 1990 World Series (1990– )
Sport
The 1990 World Series is a best of seven games contest between two baseball teams: the American League pennant winning Oakland Athletics and the National League pennant winning Cincinnati ... See full summary »
Stars: Jack Buck, Tim McCarver, Jim Kaat, Lesley Visser
Votes: 35
71. Guerrilla! (2006)
Comedy
A mockumentary that delves into the insane chaos that ensues when a movie producer decides he can shoot two movies at the same time using the same cast and crew, all in the effort to save money.
Director: John Foutz | Stars: Vanelle, Kieran C. Baroody, Chipper, Gabe Dimeglio
Votes: 8
72. JetFighter II: Advanced Tactical Fighter (1990 Video Game)
E | Action, War
War erupts once again along the west coast of America, although this time it is with a drug baron. The military is put to action, and the most advanced jets in the U.S. inventory are put to... See full summary »
74. The Devotion Project: My Person (2012)
10 min | Documentary, Short
The Devotion Project: My Person, the fourth film in the series, chronicles the love between Anne Plemons, a queer woman, and Eric Plemons, a trans man, as they raise their daughter Jonah in Oakland, CA.
Director: Tony Osso
75. The Devotion Project: Listen from the Heart (2012)
10 min | Documentary, Short, Biography
Tracing the relationship of two women in Oakland, California, from their initial meeting and love affair, through the birth of their child, a boy with a heart condition who enriches their ... See full summary »
Director: Tony Osso
76. Crew Racing (1935)
Approved | 10 min | Documentary, Short
Coach Ky Ebright demonstrates the art of boat racing.
Director: David Miller | Stars: Pete Smith, Ky Ebright
Votes: 37
77. The Thursday Club (2005)
60 min | Documentary, War
Retired Oakland police officers recall the 1960s, particularly encounters with the Black Panthers and the anti-war movement.
Director: George Paul Csicsery | Stars: Herb Coffman, Booker Ealy, Robert Ford, Judith Murray
78. Kelly Loves Tony (1998)
Not Rated | 60 min | Documentary
A rare glimpse into the lives of two young people struggling to make their relationship work in the face of overwhelming obstacles like parenthood, gender issues and cultural and educational differences.
Director: Spencer Nakasako | Stars: Tony Saelio, Kelly Saeteurn
Votes: 35
79. 1989 World Series (1989)
Sport
Stars: Al Michaels, Jim Palmer, Tim McCarver, Gary Thorne
Votes: 28
80. Red Rain (1999)
60 min | Documentary, Biography, Sport
Director: Laura Plotkin | Stars: Gina 'Boom Boom' Guidi, Dora 'The Destroyer' Webber
81. Futbolistas 4 Life (2018)
39 min | Documentary, Short, Sport
This documentary takes you into the lives of two high school students: One is a DACA applicant who's navigating the reality of his immigration status, and the other was born in California, ... See full summary »
Director: Jun Stinson | Star: Ina Adele Ray
82. The Pretty Boy Project (2006)
14 min | Short, Comedy, Sport
Is this your Mother's love story? No. Not really. Perhaps it's a story of hope? Let's hope not. Is it a story about achieving the impossible? HELL NO! It's a quirky, off centered tale of a ... See full summary »
Director: Karl Reid | Stars: T. Ashanti Mozelle, Justin Wade, Claudis Bridgforth, Tony Tucker
Votes: 37
83. Everyday Heroes (2001)
109 min | Documentary
Directors: Abby Ginzberg, Rick Goldsmith | Star: Dori Rosenthal
84. Surviving the San Francisco Earthquake of 1989 (2004 TV Movie)
Documentary
When a 7.1 earthquake explodes with the force of 2000 kilotons of TNT across San Francisco, citizens become heroes to save lives.
Director: Chico Arnaldo-Guizar | Stars: Stanislav Annenkov, Elinor Bell, Fred DeRuvo, Royanne Florence
Votes: 8
85. Brooklyn Goes to San Francisco (1956)
Approved | 9 min | Short, Comedy
Phil Foster's Brooklyn character visits picturesque San Francisco and, in Brooklynese lingo, describes the sights and wonders and hilly terrain of the City By the Bay...the cable cars, Chinatown, the Presido, the Golden Gate Bridge, etc.
Director: Arthur Cohen | Star: Phil Foster
Votes: 12
86. Hearst-Selig News Pictorial, No. 101 (1915)
Short, News
San Diego: Glen Martin's new seaplane, the most powerful water and air boat ever constructed, is tested for speed by Government officials and proves efficient. New York: Australian boy ... See full summary »
Stars: Robert W. Babson, Jue Quon Tai, Valda Valkyrien
87. The Postwoman (2010)
Not Rated | 11 min | Short, Comedy, Romance
Unhappy in her relationship, Nia, a 30s graphic designer, develops a crush on her neighborhood Postwoman who shows her the true meaning of unconditional love.
Director: Jamie J.D. Walker | Stars: Anika Bobb, Tracie Collins, Tish MacCullough, Mahasin Munir
Votes: 16
88. Origin (II) (2019)
19 min | Short, Drama
Kora solicits self-help conversion therapy tapes as a way to repress being in love with her best friend, though, that attempt proves trivial when the truth of her sexuality is the undeniable journey to bare.
Director: Simone Lyles | Stars: Christina Childress, Maxine Goynes, Hugo Pierre Martin, Edem Atsu-Swanzy
89. See America First (1931)
78 min | Documentary
Hollywood chorus girl Kay Gordon is given a tour of various Oakland, California, businesses.
Stars: Kay Gordon, Bill Duck, C.H. Truman
90.
Death Valley Days (1952–1970)
Episode:
Prince of the Oyster Pirates
(1968)
TV-PG | 30 min | Western
Jack agrees to buy French Frank's oyster boat but only if he spares Scratch's life. French, a violent man, vows vengeance when he loses his girl Mamie to Jack. Jack must outwit and diminish French as a hooligan.
Director: Harmon Jones | Stars: Dennis Whitcomb, Jane Zachary, Ken Mayer, Virginia Capers
Votes: 37
91.
The Mentalist (2008–2015)
Episode:
Ladies in Red
(2008)
TV-14 | 42 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A wealthy banker is found dead inside a secret vault in his house, and the team delves into his secret life to find out who killed him.
Director: Chris Long | Stars: Simon Baker, Robin Tunney, Tim Kang, Owain Yeoman
Votes: 1,903
92.
Gangland (2007–2010)
Episode:
Behind Enemy Lines
(2007)
TV-14 | 45 min | Biography, Crime, History
The Hells Angels are the most powerful and well-known biker club on the planet, boasting over 2500 members worldwide. In April 2002, a riot in a Nevada casino between the Hells Angels and ... See full summary »
Stars: Kerrie Droban, Jay Dobyns, Steve Trethewy, Craig Olson
Votes: 28
93.
In Search of History (1996– )
Episode:
Hell's Angels
(1999)
50 min | Documentary, History
Behind the scenes interviews with Hell's Angels leaders and members reveal the fascinating life and danger of the Hell's Angels. Hunter S. Thompson shares his notorious experiences and ... See full summary »
Director: Jeff Lengyel | Stars: George Christie, Donald Cosentino, Yves Lavigne, Sonny Barger
Votes: 10
94.
Reginald the Vampire (2022– )
Episode:
All the Time in the World
(2022)
TV-14 | Comedy, Horror
Angela meets Maurice in 1972 Oakland, Calif., and it changes everything.
Director: David Frazee | Stars: Jacob Batalon, Mandela Van Peebles, Savannah Basley, Ryan Jinn
Votes: 85
95.
The Mentalist (2008–2015)
Episode:
Blood in, Blood Out
(2010)
TV-14 | 43 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
When a member of Cho's former gang, the Avon Park Playboys, is found murdered, Patrick Jane insists on helping Cho with his off-the-books investigation.
Director: John Polson | Stars: Simon Baker, Robin Tunney, Tim Kang, Owain Yeoman
Votes: 1,438
96.
The Lawbreakers (1963– )
Episode:
Oakland, California: January 3 - Police Hunt Shotgun Gang
(1964)
30 min | Documentary, Crime
In Oakland, California, a gang of criminals armed with sawed-off shotguns rob a restaurant and strike one of the patrons with the butt of one of their weapons. Their getaway car is spotted ... See full summary »
Director: Kenneth Gilbert | Star: Lee Marvin
97.
Weeds (2005–2012)
Episode:
Fingers-Only Meat Banquet
(2011)
TV-MA | 25 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
Nancy goes back to California and pursues her custody battle against Jill; Andy's relationship takes a odd turn; Shane tries college; back on Wall Street, Doug makes do without Nancy.
Director: Scott Ellis | Stars: Mary-Louise Parker, Hunter Parrish, Alexander Gould, Justin Kirk
Votes: 541
98.
Noel Philips (2009– )
Episode:
I Flew on America's Worts Airlines Back to Back!
(2020)
23 min | Documentary
To evaluate Spirit and Frontier Airlines Noel flies 1700 miles from Oakland to St. Louis with a connect between the airlines in Las Vegas, not his favorite airport.. As he's tired and ... See full summary »
Star: Noel Philips
99.
The Mentalist (2008–2015)
Episode:
Red Is the New Black
(2012)
TV-14 | 41 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A disgraced fashion designer is murdered right before he makes his big comeback, and agent Darcy begins to suspect that the man Patrick killed is not Red John.
Director: Tom Verica | Stars: Simon Baker, Robin Tunney, Tim Kang, Owain Yeoman
Votes: 1,298
100.
The Mentalist (2008–2015)
Episode:
His Thoughts Were Red Thoughts
(2012)
TV-14 | 43 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A man trying to expose Visualize cult leader Bret Stiles is murdered, and Patrick suspects that a member of Visualize's inner circle is trying to frame Stiles for his death.
Director: Charles Beeson | Stars: Simon Baker, Robin Tunney, Tim Kang, Owain Yeoman
Votes: 1,304