Ralph Bakshi

Ralph Bakshi

Ralph Bakshi (born October 29, 1938) is an American director of animated and live-action films. In the 1970s, he established an alternative to mainstream animation through independent and adult-oriented productions. Between 1972 and 1992, he directed nine theatrically released feature films, five of which he wrote. He has been involved in numerous television projects as director, writer, producer and animator. Beginning his career at the Terrytoons television cartoon studio as a cel polisher, Bakshi was eventually promoted to director. He moved to the animation division of Paramount Pictures in 1967 and started his own studio, Bakshi Productions, in 1968. Through producer Steve Krantz, Bakshi made his debut feature film, Fritz the Cat, released in 1972. It was the first animated film to receive an X rating from the Motion Picture Association of America, and the most successful independent animated feature of all time. Over the next eleven years, Bakshi directed seven additional animated features. He is well known for his fantasy films, which include Wizards (1977), The Lord of the Rings (1978) and Fire and Ice (1983). In 1987, Bakshi returned to television work, producing the series Mighty Mouse: The New Adventures, which ran for two years before it was canceled due to complaints from a conservative political group over perceived drug references. After a nine-year hiatus from feature films, he directed Cool World (1992), which was largely rewritten during production and received poor reviews. Bakshi returned to television with the live-action film Cool and the Crazy (1994) and the anthology series Spicy City (1997). He founded the Bakshi School of Animation and Cartooning in 2003. During the 2000s, he has focused largely on painting. He has received several awards for his work, including the 1980 Golden Gryphon for The Lord of the Rings at the Giffoni Film Festival, the 1988 Annie Award for Distinguished Contribution to the Art of Animation, and the 2003 Maverick Tribute Award at the Cinequest Film Festival. Description above from the Wikipedia article Ralph Bakshi, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

  • Title: Ralph Bakshi
  • Popularity: 8.624
  • Known For: Directing
  • Birthday: 1938-10-29
  • Place of Birth: Haifa, Mandatory Palestine [now Israel]
  • Homepage: https://www.ralphbakshi.com/
  • Also Known As:
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Ralph Bakshi Movies

  • 2003
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    Frazetta: Painting with Fire

    Frazetta: Painting with Fire

    6.4 2003 HD

    A documentary on the life of painter Frank Frazetta, who revolutionized science fiction, fantasy and comic art with breathtaking realistic paintings...

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  • 2011
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    Adventures in Plymptoons!

    Adventures in Plymptoons!

    2 2011 HD

    A documentary film about Oscar-nominated animator Bill Plympton. This is a portrait piece that includes interviews with family, friends, colleagues,...

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  • 1981
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    American Pop

    American Pop

    6.8 1981 HD

    The history of American popular music runs parallel with the history of a Russian Jewish immigrant family, with each male descendant possessing...

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  • 2023
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    Midwest

    Midwest

    1 2023 HD

    A new Bakshi joint. A poem about the American Midwest. One from a series of new work by Ralph and his grandson, Miles Bakshi.

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  • 2010
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    Forging Through the Darkness: The Ralph Bakshi Vision for 'The Lord of the Rings'

    Forging Through the Darkness: The Ralph Bakshi Vision for 'The Lord of the Rings'

    10 2010 HD

    A deep look at how Ralph Bakshi made his version of Lord of the Rings (1978). With Ralph Bakshi, Victoria Bakshi-Yudis, Chris Conkling, Timothy...

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  • 1973
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    Heavy Traffic

    Heavy Traffic

    6.4 1973 HD

    An "underground" cartoonist contends with life in the inner city, where various unsavory characters serve as inspiration for his artwork.

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  • 2010
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    Breaking the Mold: The Re-Making of Mighty Mouse

    Breaking the Mold: The Re-Making of Mighty Mouse

    6 2010 HD

    Documentary about Mighty Mouse: The New Adventures.

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  • 1997
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    Malcom and Melvin

    Malcom and Melvin

    6.5 1997 HD

    Melvin is an alienated loser until he meets Malcom, a trumpeter cockroach who has a huge talent.

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  • 1997
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    Babe, He Calls Me

    Babe, He Calls Me

    6 1997 HD

    Melvin's saga continues as his partnership with Malcom is compromised by an urban superhero's intrusion. Meanwhile, Melvin's mother aids a criminal...

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  • 1972
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    Fritz the Cat

    Fritz the Cat

    6.1 1972 HD

    A swinging, hypocritical college student cat raises hell in a satirical vision of the 1960s.

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  • 1977
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    Wizards

    Wizards

    6.1 1977 HD

    After the death of his mother, the evil mutant wizard Blackwolf discovers some long-lost military technologies. Full of ego and ambition, Blackwolf...

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  • 1977
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    Wizards

    Wizards

    6.1 1977 HD

    After the death of his mother, the evil mutant wizard Blackwolf discovers some long-lost military technologies. Full of ego and ambition, Blackwolf...

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  • 1975
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    Coonskin

    Coonskin

    6 1975 HD

    Brother Rabbit, Brother Bear, and Preacher Fox rise to the top of the crime ranks in Harlem by going up against a con-man, a racist cop, and the...

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  • 1978
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    The Lord of the Rings

    The Lord of the Rings

    6.596 1978 HD

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  • 1965
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    Gadmouse the Apprentice Good Fairy

    Gadmouse the Apprentice Good Fairy

    1 1965 HD

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  • 1973
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    Heavy Traffic

    Heavy Traffic

    6.4 1973 HD

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  • 1973
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    Heavy Traffic

    Heavy Traffic

    6.4 1973 HD

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  • 1982
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    Hey Good Lookin'

    Hey Good Lookin'

    5.6 1982 HD

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  • 1982
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    Hey Good Lookin'

    Hey Good Lookin'

    5.6 1982 HD

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  • 1982
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    Hey Good Lookin'

    Hey Good Lookin'

    5.6 1982 HD

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  • 1972
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    Fritz the Cat

    Fritz the Cat

    6.1 1972 HD

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  • 1972
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    Fritz the Cat

    Fritz the Cat

    6.1 1972 HD

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  • 1975
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    Coonskin

    Coonskin

    6 1975 HD

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  • 1975
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    Coonskin

    Coonskin

    6 1975 HD

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  • 1981
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    American Pop

    American Pop

    6.8 1981 HD

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  • 1992
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    Cool World

    Cool World

    5.616 1992 HD

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  • 1983
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    Fire and Ice

    Fire and Ice

    6.7 1983 HD

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  • 1983
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    Fire and Ice

    Fire and Ice

    6.7 1983 HD

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  • 1983
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    Fire and Ice

    Fire and Ice

    6.7 1983 HD

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  • 1977
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    Wizards

    Wizards

    6.1 1977 HD

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  • 1977
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    Wizards

    Wizards

    6.1 1977 HD

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  • 1977
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    Wizards

    Wizards

    6.1 1977 HD

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  • 1989
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    The Butter Battle Book

    The Butter Battle Book

    6.4 1989 HD

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  • 1989
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    The Butter Battle Book

    The Butter Battle Book

    6.4 1989 HD

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  • 1965
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    The Third Musketeer

    The Third Musketeer

    1 1965 HD

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  • 1994
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    Cool and the Crazy

    Cool and the Crazy

    4.7 1994 HD

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  • 1994
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    Cool and the Crazy

    Cool and the Crazy

    4.7 1994 HD

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  • 1984
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    Cannonball Run II

    Cannonball Run II

    5.4 1984 HD

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  • 1988
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    Christmas in Tattertown

    Christmas in Tattertown

    5.2 1988 HD

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  • 1967
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    Marvin Digs

    Marvin Digs

    6 1967 HD

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  • 1981
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    The Cigarette and the Weed

    The Cigarette and the Weed

    1 1981 HD

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  • 1981
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    The Cigarette and the Weed

    The Cigarette and the Weed

    1 1981 HD

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  • 1981
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    The Cigarette and the Weed

    The Cigarette and the Weed

    1 1981 HD

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  • 1967
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    Mini-Squirts

    Mini-Squirts

    1 1967 HD

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  • 1967
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    Mini-Squirts

    Mini-Squirts

    1 1967 HD

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  • 1967
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    Mini-Squirts

    Mini-Squirts

    1 1967 HD

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  • 1967
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    The Fuz

    The Fuz

    6 1967 HD

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  • 1967
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    Fancy Plants

    Fancy Plants

    1 1967 HD

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  • 1966
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    The Monster Master

    The Monster Master

    1 1966 HD

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  • 1967
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    The Heat's Off

    The Heat's Off

    1 1967 HD

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  • 1961
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    The Unsung Hero

    The Unsung Hero

    1 1961 HD

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  • 1967
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    Frozen Sparklers

    Frozen Sparklers

    1 1967 HD

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  • 2023
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    Midwest

    Midwest

    1 2023 HD

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  • 2023
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    Midwest

    Midwest

    1 2023 HD

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  • 1965
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    Don't Spill the Beans

    Don't Spill the Beans

    1 1965 HD

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  • 1966
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    Scuba Duba Do

    Scuba Duba Do

    7 1966 HD

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  • 1967
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    The Opera Caper

    The Opera Caper

    3 1967 HD

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  • 1965
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    Gadmouse the Apprentice Good Fairy

    Gadmouse the Apprentice Good Fairy

    1 1965 HD

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  • 1966
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    Dr. Ha-Ha

    Dr. Ha-Ha

    1 1966 HD

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  • 1967
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    Mini-Squirts

    Mini-Squirts

    1 1967 HD

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  • 1965
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    Dress Reversal

    Dress Reversal

    1 1965 HD

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  • 1967
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    Mouse Trek

    Mouse Trek

    1 1967 HD

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  • 1997
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    Babe, He Calls Me

    Babe, He Calls Me

    6 1997 HD

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  • 2015
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    Last Days of Coney Island

    Last Days of Coney Island

    6.2 2015 HD

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  • 1975
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    Coonskin

    Coonskin

    6 1975 HD

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  • 1975
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    Coonskin

    Coonskin

    6 1975 HD

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  • 2015
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    Last Days of Coney Island

    Last Days of Coney Island

    6.2 2015 HD

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  • 2015
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    Last Days of Coney Island

    Last Days of Coney Island

    6.2 2015 HD

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  • 1960
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    House of Hashimoto

    House of Hashimoto

    10 1960 HD

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  • 1960
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    The Mysterious Package

    The Mysterious Package

    6 1960 HD

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  • 1988
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    Christmas in Tattertown

    Christmas in Tattertown

    5.2 1988 HD

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  • 1997
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    Babe, He Calls Me

    Babe, He Calls Me

    6 1997 HD

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  • 1997
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    Babe, He Calls Me

    Babe, He Calls Me

    6 1997 HD

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  • 1997
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    Malcom and Melvin

    Malcom and Melvin

    6.5 1997 HD

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  • 1997
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    Malcom and Melvin

    Malcom and Melvin

    6.5 1997 HD

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  • 1989
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    This Ain't Bebop

    This Ain't Bebop

    5 1989 HD

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  • 1989
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    This Ain't Bebop

    This Ain't Bebop

    5 1989 HD

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  • 1967
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    Marvin Digs

    Marvin Digs

    6 1967 HD

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  • 2012
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    Trickle Dickle Down

    Trickle Dickle Down

    1 2012 HD

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  • 1967
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    Marvin Digs

    Marvin Digs

    6 1967 HD

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  • 1989
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    Imagining America

    Imagining America

    5 1989 HD

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  • 2012
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    Trickle Dickle Down

    Trickle Dickle Down

    1 2012 HD

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  • 1967
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    Baron Von Go-Go

    Baron Von Go-Go

    1 1967 HD

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  • 1989
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    Hound Town

    Hound Town

    5 1989 HD

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  • 2012
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    Trickle Dickle Down

    Trickle Dickle Down

    1 2012 HD

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  • 1967
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    Traffic Trouble

    Traffic Trouble

    1 1967 HD

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  • 1989
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    Reflections of A Native Son

    Reflections of A Native Son

    1 1989 HD

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  • 1989
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    Tribe

    Tribe

    1 1989 HD

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  • 1989
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    Get Your Kicks on Route 66

    Get Your Kicks on Route 66

    1 1989 HD

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  • 1974
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    The Bigger Digger

    The Bigger Digger

    1 1974 HD

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  • 1967
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    It's for the Birds

    It's for the Birds

    1 1967 HD

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  • 1981
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    American Pop

    American Pop

    6.8 1981 HD

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  • 1975
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    The Plastic Blaster

    The Plastic Blaster

    1 1975 HD

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  • 1973
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    The Return of the Monsterizer

    The Return of the Monsterizer

    1 1973 HD

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  • 1961
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    Crossing The Delaware

    Crossing The Delaware

    1 1961 HD

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  • 1970
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    The Drifter

    The Drifter

    1 1970 HD

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  • 1969
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    The Frog

    The Frog

    1 1969 HD

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  • 1970
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    The Ghost Monster

    The Ghost Monster

    1 1970 HD

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  • 1975
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    The Junker

    The Junker

    1 1975 HD

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  • 1967
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    Mr. Winlucky

    Mr. Winlucky

    1 1967 HD

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  • 1967
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    A Voodoo Spell

    A Voodoo Spell

    1 1967 HD

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  • 1967
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    Bugged By A Bug

    Bugged By A Bug

    1 1967 HD

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  • 1967
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    Traffic Trouble

    Traffic Trouble

    1 1967 HD

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  • 1967
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    Give Me Liberty

    Give Me Liberty

    1 1967 HD

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  • 1967
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    Which Is Witch?

    Which Is Witch?

    1 1967 HD

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  • 1967
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    Dr. Rhinestone's Theory

    Dr. Rhinestone's Theory

    1 1967 HD

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  • 1970
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    Lost and Foundation

    Lost and Foundation

    1 1970 HD

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  • 1970
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    The Ghost Monster

    The Ghost Monster

    1 1970 HD

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  • 1969
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    The Stretcher

    The Stretcher

    1 1969 HD

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  • 1975
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    The Monsterizer

    The Monsterizer

    1 1975 HD

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  • 1973
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    The Paper Monster

    The Paper Monster

    1 1973 HD

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  • 1972
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    The Scarecrow

    The Scarecrow

    1 1972 HD

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  • 1972
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    The Time Eraser

    The Time Eraser

    1 1972 HD

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  • 1972
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    The Timekeeper

    The Timekeeper

    1 1972 HD

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  • 1969
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    The Toy Man

    The Toy Man

    1 1969 HD

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  • 1997
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    Spicy City

    Spicy City

    5.4 1997 HD

    Spicy City is an animated television series which was created by Ralph Bakshi for HBO. The series lasted for one season which consisted of six...

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  • 1997
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    Spicy City

    Spicy City

    5.4 1997 HD

    Spicy City is an animated television series which was created by Ralph Bakshi for HBO. The series lasted for one season which consisted of six...

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  • 1970
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    Spicy City

    Spicy City

    5.4 1970 HD

    Spicy City is an animated television series which was created by Ralph Bakshi for HBO. The series lasted for one season which consisted of six...

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  • 1970
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    Spicy City

    Spicy City

    5.4 1970 HD

    Spicy City is an animated television series which was created by Ralph Bakshi for HBO. The series lasted for one season which consisted of six...

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  • 1970
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    Spicy City

    Spicy City

    7.682 1970 HD

    The bite of a radioactive spider transforms a teen into a superhero.

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  • 1970
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    Spicy City

    Spicy City

    7.682 1970 HD

    The bite of a radioactive spider transforms a teen into a superhero.

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  • 1970
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    Spicy City

    Spicy City

    5.4 1970 HD

    Spicy City is an animated television series which was created by Ralph Bakshi for HBO. The series lasted for one season which consisted of six...

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  • 1970
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    Spicy City

    Spicy City

    5.4 1970 HD

    Spicy City is an animated television series which was created by Ralph Bakshi for HBO. The series lasted for one season which consisted of six...

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  • 1970
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    Spicy City

    Spicy City

    7.2 1970 HD

    Various original cartoons by some of today's top animators.

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  • 1970
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    Spicy City

    Spicy City

    7.2 1970 HD

    Various original cartoons by some of today's top animators.

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  • 1970
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    Spicy City

    Spicy City

    7.2 1970 HD

    Various original cartoons by some of today's top animators.

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  • 1970
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    Spicy City

    Spicy City

    10 1970 HD

    Rebel Highway was a short-lived revival of American International Pictures created and produced by Lou Arkoff, the son of Samuel Z. Arkoff and Debra...

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  • 1970
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    Spicy City

    Spicy City

    7.682 1970 HD

    The bite of a radioactive spider transforms a teen into a superhero.

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  • 1970
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    Spicy City

    Spicy City

    5.4 1970 HD

    Spicy City is an animated television series which was created by Ralph Bakshi for HBO. The series lasted for one season which consisted of six...

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  • 1970
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    Spicy City

    Spicy City

    6.8 1970 HD

    The Mighty Heroes was an animated television series created by Ralph Bakshi for the Terrytoons company. The original show debuted on CBS, on October...

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  • 1970
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    Spicy City

    Spicy City

    7.1 1970 HD

    Mighty Mouse: The New Adventures is a 1987 revival of the classic Mighty Mouse cartoon character. Produced by Bakshi-Hyde Ventures, it aired on CBS...

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