List of the best Annette Funicello movies: Back to the Beach(1987), Thunder Alley(1967), How to Stuff a Wild Bikini(1965), Head(1968), The Misadventures of Merlin Jones(1964), The Monkey's Uncle(1965), Fireball 500(1966), Muscle Beach Party(1964), Pajama Party(1964), Beach Blanket Bingo(1965), Babes in Toyland(1961), Beach Party(1963) ... ...
Comedy
USA
1987
92 Minutes
Executive Producer
Annette Funicello Frankie Avalon Connie Stevens Lori Loughlin Tommy Hinkley Demian Slade Don Adams Bob Denver Alan Hale Jr. Jerry Mathers Tony Dow
Frankie and Annette, having grown up and put aside their beach-partying lifestyle, visit their daughter in Southern California and discover there's still some wild times left in them.
Drama
USA
1967
90 Minutes
Francie Madsen
Annette Funicello Fabian Diane McBain Warren Berlinger Jan Murray Stanley Adams Michael Mikler Maureen Arthur Kip King
race car driver rival girlfriend love interest protégé gutsy spirited melodramatic daytona, fla. racetrack auto racing stunt driving competition blackouts love triangle friendship rivalry 1960s
Stock car racer Tommy Callahan is forced to join Pete Madsen's thrill circus after his blackouts cause a fatal accident that gets him thrown off the circuit. He shows Pete's daughter ... See full summary »
Comedy
USA
1965
90 Minutes
Dee Dee
Annette Funicello Dwayne Hickman Brian Donlevy Harvey Lembeck Beverly Adams Jody McCrea John Ashley Marianne Gaba Len Lesser Bobbi Shaw Frankie Avalon
naval officer boyfriend girlfriend witch doctor beautiful woman biker campy madcap melodramatic southern california beach tahiti witchcraft jealousy infidelity femme fatales navy long-distance relationship transformation temptation
Frankie, on naval-reserve duty in Tahiti, doesn't trust Dee Dee to stay faithful, so he hires Bwana, a witch doctor, to help. Bwana conjures up a floating bikini, "stuffs" it with Cassandra... See full summary »
Musical, Comedy
USA
1968
86 Minutes
Minnie
The Monkees Annette Funicello Timothy Agoglia Carey Victor Mature Logan Ramsey Abraham Sofaer Vito Scotti Charles Macaulay T. C. Jones Charles Irving William Bagdad
the monkees musician celebrity artist actor wild spirited madcap creative hollywood, calif. bridge fame music lsd pop art psychedelia vietnam war adventure 1960s
The Monkees are tossed about in a psychedelic, surrealist, plotless, circular bit of fun fluff.
Kids & Family, Comedy
USA
1964
93 Minutes
Jennifer
Tommy Kirk Annette Funicello Leon Ames Stuart Erwin Alan Hewitt Connie Gilchrist Dal McKennon Norman Grabowski Kelly Thordsen Michael Fox Burt Mustin
judge scientist hypnotist girl student monkey quirky amusing college courtroom laboratory massachusetts house inventions hypnosis kidnapping crime extrasensory perception writing discovery
Merlin Jones, a precocious and intelligent high-school boy, experiments with hypnosis and creates a mind-reading machine. However, his experiments land him in deep trouble with the law.
Comedy, Kids & Family
USA
1965
90 Minutes
Jennifer
Tommy Kirk Annette Funicello Leon Ames Frank Faylen Arthur O'Connell Leon Tyler Norman Grabowski Alan Hewitt Connie Gilchrist Cheryl Miller Gage Clarke
inventor girlfriend jock college student teacher chimpanzee madcap lighthearted positive library classroom courtroom party dorm hijinks college inventions competition exam college athletics
Midvale College is in fear of losing its college football team. The players have grades lower than the norm. Judge Holmesby, the team's biggest fan, is at a loss for what to do. Enter ... See full summary »
Action
USA
1966
92 Minutes
Jane Harris
Frankie Avalon Annette Funicello Fabian Chill Wills Harvey Lembeck Julie Parrish Douglas Henderson Baynes Barron Sandy Reed
race car driver friend pretty woman criminal amusing lighthearted south carolina racetrack highway cars racing friendship competition smuggling moonshine rivalry adventure 1960s
Stock car racer Dave Owens plays into the hands of whiskey runners by agreeing to drive in a cross-country road race. He is assisted by Jane Harris and Sonny Leander Fox. Soon Dave and ... See full summary »
Musical, Comedy
USA
1964
94 Minutes
Dee Dee
Frankie Avalon Annette Funicello Don Rickles Luciana Paluzzi John Ashley Peter Turgeon Jody McCrea Candy Johnson Little Stevie Wonder Morey Amsterdam Buddy Hackett
surfer girlfriend trainer bodybuilder contessa manager airy playful uplifting malibu, calif. beach beach culture surfing bodybuilding love triangle culture clash jealousy rivalry revenge love
Local beach-goers find that their beach has been taken over by a businessman training a stable of body builders.
Musical, Comedy
USA
1964
85 Minutes
Connie
Tommy Kirk Annette Funicello Elsa Lanchester Harvey Lembeck Jesse White Jody McCrea Buster Keaton Dorothy Lamour Ben Lessy Donna Loren Cheryl Sweeten
surfer alien widow love interest motorcycle gang leader chief cheeky campy spirited beach shop swimming pool small town summer vacation opposites attract alien invasion heist party showdown love
Gogo, a Martian teenager, is sent to Earth to prepare the way for an invasion. The first Earthling he meets, one Aunt Wendy, is a rich widow who runs a dress shop catering to teenagers. Her... See full summary »
Musical, Comedy
1965
98 Minutes
Dee Dee
Frankie Avalon Annette Funicello Paul Lynde Deborah Walley Harvey Lembeck John Ashley Jody McCrea Donna Loren Marta Kristen Linda Evans Timothy Agoglia Carey
mermaid boyfriend girlfriend singer surfer biker campy playful california beach party young love kidnapping publicity skydiving jealousy love quest rescue 1960s
Lovers (Frankie Avalon, Annette Funicello) quarrel around surfers, Don Rickles, Buster Keaton, Von Zipper's biker gang.
Kids & Family, Other, Musical
USA
1961
106 Minutes
Mary Contrary
Ray Bolger Tommy Sands Annette Funicello Ed Wynn Tommy Kirk Kevin Corcoran Henry Calvin Gene Sheldon Mary McCarty Ann Jillian Brian Corcoran
heiress fiancé mastermind goon toy maker assistant charming amusing fascinating playful village toyland forest forced marriage love greed inventions shrinking kidnapping rescue
Tom the Piper's Son is about to marry Mary Quite Contrary. On the eve of their wedding, evil miser Barnaby hires two henchmen to drown Tom and steal Mary's sheep, cared for by Little Bo ... See full summary »
Comedy
USA
1963
101 Minutes
Dolores
Bob Cummings Dorothy Malone Frankie Avalon Annette Funicello Harvey Lembeck Jody McCrea John Ashley Morey Amsterdam Eva Six Dick Dale David Lanfield
surfer professor anthropologist teenager campy amusing california beach teenage rebellion romance surfing rivalry temptation growing up 1960s
The first of the five official American-International "Beach Party" movies. Anthropology Professor Robert Orwell Sutwell and his secretary Marianne are studying the sex habits of teenagers.... See full summary »
Comedy, Kids & Family
1959
104 Minutes
Allison D'Allessio
Fred MacMurray Jean Hagen Tommy Kirk Annette Funicello Tim Considine Kevin Corcoran Cecil Kellaway Alexander Scourby Roberta Shore James Westerfield Jacques Aubuchon
son father brother mother dog foreign exchange student amusing lighthearted united states household curse childhood dogs espionage magic unlikely hero metamorphosis adventure discovery 1950s
An old ring turns a couple's (Fred MacMurray, Jean Hagen) son (Tommy Kirk) into a sheep dog; he must perform an act of heroism to turn back.