50 Scatman Crothers Movies, Ranked Best to Worst

After being convicted, Randle Patrick McMurphy pleads insanity to avoid hard labor at a prison farm and is sent to the mental institution run by the tyrannical head nurse Mildred Ratched, who keeps everyone subdued with abuse and medication. Rebellious McMurphy quickly comes into conflict with authoritarian Ratched, and leads an uprising with his fellow inmates.

Based on Stephen King’s novel, this psychological horror movie has Jack Torrance moving into a secluded hotel, with a violent past, as an off-season caretaker along with his wife, Wendy and psychic son, Danny. While the supernatural influences gradually turn Jack into a more violent person, the safety of his family is threatened.

JB Brooks is a gunslinger who is on his deathbed. He wishes to die peacefully and with dignity. He is advised to stay in a boarding house, but problem ensues as his enemies are still lurking and seeking to put an end to his life.  

Dolly is a matchmaker who is currently searching for a wife for Horace, a grumpy man who is a “half-millionaire”. However, soon it seems that she wants to marry him herself, and eventually, she travels to Yonkers to pay him a visit. However, she is met with surprise when she learns that Horace loves a woman named Irene. However, Irene doesn’t love Horace, but is only interested in financial security.

During a cross-country train ride, a book editor George Caldwell meets an enigmatic woman named Hilly Burns, and falls for her. However, his vacation is interrupted when he witnesses a murder for which he is then accused. Things get worse when the actual murderers kidnap Hilly and attempt to throw him off the train.

Clarence "Jigger" Millard, a World War II veteran, forms a band with former GIs. The band is not able to get off the ground and he has no option then to join a minstrel show led by Colonel Wallace. Cupid strikes and Jigger falls for Chris Hall, Wallace's niece.

Sam Gifford is a wealthy and arrogant southern cotton plantation owner who, after being drafted into the army during WWII, comes in conflict with his superior and is transferred to a punishment company run by a sadistic commanding officer. His outlook of life changes forever as he comes closer to the working-class people he once despised.

David is a radio personality who reconnects with his brother Jason after a long time. Jason, who is a con-man, is traveling with a beautiful woman named Sally and her stepdaughter. Jason tries to get David to fund one of his get-rich-quick schemes, but things don’t go as expected.

Foolish insurance agent Milford Farnsworth unwittingly sells life insurance worth US $100000 to notorious outlaw Jesse James. Farnsworth is then sent to the West to protect James, to protect the investment. But Jesse plans on killing Farnsworth and he must survive while falling in love with the beautiful Cora Lee Collins. 

Scientist Bill Beck marries his doctor’s receptionist, Julie, who later develops a terminal heart-condition which she hides from Bill. Afraid that Bill would be lonely after her death Julie adopts an orphan, Hitty, who fails to win over Bill. Devastated after Julie’s death, Bill sends Hitty back to the orphanage. But when she goes missing, Bill realizes the value of Julie’s thoughtful gift. 

The anthology film is based on the landmark supernatural TV series of the same name (1959-1964), and comprises of remake of three episodes of the original series and one new story, each directed by different stalwart directors. The film’s horror and science-fiction segments, portraying eerie, unsettling situations, include-- prologue, ‘Time Out,’ ‘Kick the Can,’ ‘It’s a good Life,’ ‘Nightmare at 20,000 Feet,’ and epilogue.

When his friend injures a little child due to driving under influence, Paul Ramsey, a singer, offers to state in court that he was the one driving. However, he is double-crossed, due to which he is sent to prison for five years. Soon he finds that prison life is much harsher than he expected.

Bronco Billy is the leader of a struggling Wild West show, who gives it all to keep the spirit of his entertainers high. While on tour, Billy encounters Antoinette Lily, a spoiled and newlywed heiress who was deserted recently by her scheming husband. He manages to convince her to join his troupe as his assistant, but she only seems to bring bad luck.

Christopher Pride wants his psychiatrist girlfriend, Doctor Elizabeth Acord, to marry him and live with him in Paris. But Elizabeth doesn’t want to abandon three of her female patients, who have had bad relationships and lost their self-esteem. Pride decides to adopt different personas to date these women and give them their confidence back. 

Loosely based on Charles Mercer’s novel Rachel Cade, the story revolves around a protestant missionary doctor, serving in a small medical station in Congo during the WWII.  Although initially skeptical, the military administrator is soon attracted towards her. But drawn towards an injured RAF pilot, she makes love to him the night before he leaves.  

Duke Mullane is the manager of a tin mine who goes to an island to open a new mine in the jungle. Although the natives are welcoming at the beginning, soon due to unfortunate incidents, the local ruler becomes hostile towards Duke.

This action crime drama film is about a vigilante named Slaughter, who is attacked by a local money launderer named Duncan. Duncan’s hitman traps Slaughter in a car at a cliff, but the latter not only manages to escape, but goes after Duncan’s hideout. 

When an insurance salesman is diagnosed with a terminal illness, his wife advises him to take his dream fishing excursion and charge it to credit card. He quickly acquires a huge debt and then learns that the diagnosis was wrong. To get out of the mess, his doctor friend tells him to fake death so that his wife can collect the insurance.

When one of her friends goes missing, Chesty begins a search along with her fellow navy officers. They soon end up in a world of immense corruption and Mafia intimidation.

Zapped! is a science fiction comedy film which tells the story of a high school nerd, who accidentally acquires telekinetic powers while working on a science project along with his friend. He decides to use the powers to take revenge against all the bullies who had harassed him.

An aging private detective gets hired to find and protect a beautiful French woman, who is a missing government witness. She is being sought after by some gangsters, and the detective finds that even the cops are not trustworthy.  

A committee is formed to name a new presidential candidate for America for the upcoming elections. When one of them jokingly suggests the name of Linda Lovelace, a well-known porn actress, the committee members take it seriously. They approach Linda, and she agrees and soon starts her own political campaign. She gains a lot of popularity within a short time and her rivals think of getting rid of her.

The Great White Hope is a romantic drama sports film which tells the story of Jack Jefferson, an African American boxer, who faces numerous challenges in the world of boxing, due the the color of his skin. However, with the help of his Caucasian girlfriend, he moves forward towards success.

Madame Adelaide Bonfamille decides to leave all her fortune to her beloved cat, Duchess, and her three kittens: Berlioz, Marie, and Toulouse, and her butler, Edgar. But the devious Edgar kidnaps the cats and abandons them in the countryside. There they are helped by alley cat, Thomas O’Malley, to return home and expose Edgar. 

After a shattering attack on Autobot City that results in death of Optimus Prime, the Autobots valiantly try to fight off the Deceptrons and Galvatron, a regenerated form of Deceptron leader, Megatron. But both Autobots and Deceptrons are at a risk as Unicron, a gigantic planet-devouring transformer, is heading towards Cybertron. Only Autobot’s Matrix of Leadership has the power to stop Unicron.