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1. The Hunger Games (2012)

PG-13 | 142 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

Katniss Everdeen voluntarily takes her younger sister's place in the Hunger Games: a televised competition in which two teenagers from each of the twelve Districts of Panem are chosen at random to fight to the death.

Director: Gary Ross | Stars: Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson, Liam Hemsworth, Stanley Tucci

Votes: 1,006,185 | Gross: $408.01M

2. Idiocracy (2006)

R | 84 min | Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi

Corporal Joe Bauers, a decidedly average American, is selected for a top-secret hibernation program but is forgotten and left to awaken to a future so incredibly moronic that he's easily the most intelligent person alive.

Director: Mike Judge | Stars: Luke Wilson, Maya Rudolph, Dax Shepard, Terry Crews

Votes: 183,574 | Gross: $0.44M

3. The Leftovers (2014–2017)

TV-MA | 60 min | Drama, Fantasy, Mystery

Three years after the disappearance of 2% of the global human population, a group of people in a small New York community try to continue their lives while coping with the tragedy of the unexplained nature of the event.

Stars: Justin Theroux, Amy Brenneman, Christopher Eccleston, Liv Tyler

Votes: 112,848

4. The Truman Show (1998)

PG | 103 min | Comedy, Drama

An insurance salesman discovers his whole life is actually a reality TV show.

Director: Peter Weir | Stars: Jim Carrey, Ed Harris, Laura Linney, Noah Emmerich

Votes: 1,200,795 | Gross: $125.62M

5. Everybody Wants Some!! (2016)

R | 117 min | Comedy

In 1980, a group of college baseball players navigate their way through the freedoms and responsibilities of unsupervised adulthood.

Director: Richard Linklater | Stars: Blake Jenner, Tyler Hoechlin, Ryan Guzman, Zoey Deutch

Votes: 59,008 | Gross: $3.37M

6. Stargate (1994)

PG-13 | 116 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

An interstellar teleportation device, found in Egypt, leads to a planet with humans resembling ancient Egyptians who worship the god Ra.

Director: Roland Emmerich | Stars: Kurt Russell, James Spader, Jaye Davidson, Viveca Lindfors

Votes: 205,584 | Gross: $71.57M

7. Friday the 13th (2009)

R | 97 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller

A group of young adults visit a boarded up campsite named Crystal Lake where they soon encounter the mysterious Jason Voorhees and his deadly intentions.

Director: Marcus Nispel | Stars: Jared Padalecki, Amanda Righetti, Derek Mears, Danielle Panabaker

Votes: 117,196 | Gross: $65.00M

8. The Waterboy (1998)

PG-13 | 90 min | Comedy, Sport

A waterboy for a college football team discovers he has a unique tackling ability and becomes a member of the team.

Director: Frank Coraci | Stars: Adam Sandler, Kathy Bates, Henry Winkler, Fairuza Balk

Votes: 178,885 | Gross: $161.49M

9. Secondhand Lions (2003)

PG | 109 min | Comedy, Drama, Family

Fourteen-year-old Walter Caldwell's irresponsible mother Mae sends him to live with his bachelor uncles, Hub and Garth, so that she can go on yet another husband-hunting trip.

Director: Tim McCanlies | Stars: Haley Joel Osment, Michael Caine, Robert Duvall, Kyra Sedgwick

Votes: 61,982 | Gross: $41.41M

10. Double Jeopardy (1999)

R | 105 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

A woman framed for her husband's murder suspects he is still alive; as she has already been tried for the crime, she can't be re-prosecuted if she finds and kills him.

Director: Bruce Beresford | Stars: Ashley Judd, Tommy Lee Jones, Bruce Greenwood, Benjamin Weir

Votes: 96,148 | Gross: $116.74M

11. Great Expectations (1998)

R | 111 min | Drama, Romance

Modernization of Charles Dickens' classic story finds the hapless Finn as a painter in New York City pursuing his unrequited and haughty childhood love.

Director: Alfonso Cuarón | Stars: Ethan Hawke, Gwyneth Paltrow, Hank Azaria, Chris Cooper

Votes: 57,003 | Gross: $26.33M

12. Friday Night Lights (2004)

PG-13 | 118 min | Action, Drama, Sport

Based on H.G. Bissinger's book, which profiled the economically depressed town of Odessa, Texas and their heroic high school football team, The Permian High Panthers.

Director: Peter Berg | Stars: Billy Bob Thornton, Jay Hernandez, Derek Luke, Lucas Black

Votes: 66,943 | Gross: $61.26M

13. The Substitute (1996)

R | 114 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Shale's Mercenary team is retired after a (not so) covert mission in Cuba. He becomes a substitute teacher at his teacher fiancee's Miami high school to get those behind kneecapping her. His team helps him.

Director: Robert Mandel | Stars: Tom Berenger, Raymond Cruz, William Forsythe, Luis Guzmán

Votes: 15,761 | Gross: $14.75M

14. The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning (2006)

R | 91 min | Horror

Before being sent to serve in Vietnam, two brothers and their girlfriends take one last road trip, but when they get into an accident, a terrifying experience will take them to a secluded house of horrors, with a chainsaw-wielding killer.

Director: Jonathan Liebesman | Stars: Jordana Brewster, Matt Bomer, Diora Baird, Taylor Handley

Votes: 77,399 | Gross: $39.52M

15. SeaQuest 2032 (1993–1996)

TV-PG | 60 min | Action, Adventure, Family

In the early 21st century, mankind has colonized the oceans. The United Earth Oceans Organization enlists Captain Nathan Bridger and the submarine seaQuest DSV to keep the peace and explore the last frontier on Earth.

Stars: Jonathan Brandis, Don Franklin, Ted Raimi, Darwin

Votes: 7,802

16. The Life of David Gale (2003)

R | 130 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

A man against capital punishment is accused of murdering a fellow activist and is sent to death row.

Director: Alan Parker | Stars: Kevin Spacey, Kate Winslet, Laura Linney, Cleo King

Votes: 126,286 | Gross: $19.59M

17. The Hitcher (2007)

R | 84 min | Crime, Thriller

A couple from college get caught in a dangerous game of cat and mouse with a psychopathic hitchhiker and the police after witnessing a murder and being framed.

Director: Dave Meyers | Stars: Sean Bean, Sophia Bush, Zachary Knighton, Neal McDonough

Votes: 45,310 | Gross: $16.47M

18. G.I. Jane (1997)

R | 125 min | Action, Drama, War

Lt. Jordan, a US Navy topographic analyst, joins the US Navy Special Warfare Group and struggles to prove her worth in a unit dominated by men. But a cynical woman Texan senator has sold her out.

Director: Ridley Scott | Stars: Demi Moore, Viggo Mortensen, Anne Bancroft, Jason Beghe

Votes: 87,173 | Gross: $48.17M

19. Mr. Brooks (2007)

R | 120 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

A well-respected businessman is sometimes controlled by his murder and mayhem-loving alter ego.

Director: Bruce A. Evans | Stars: Kevin Costner, Demi Moore, William Hurt, Dane Cook

Votes: 156,500 | Gross: $28.48M

20. 30 Minutes or Less (2011)

R | 83 min | Action, Comedy, Crime

Two fledgling criminals kidnap a pizza delivery guy, strap a bomb to his chest, and inform him that he has mere hours to rob a bank or else...

Director: Ruben Fleischer | Stars: Jesse Eisenberg, Danny McBride, Nick Swardson, Aziz Ansari

Votes: 106,782 | Gross: $37.05M

21. Temple Grandin (2010 TV Movie)

TV-PG | 107 min | Biography, Drama

A biopic of Temple Grandin, an autistic woman who has become one of the top scientists in the humane livestock handling industry.

Director: Mick Jackson | Stars: Claire Danes, Julia Ormond, David Strathairn, Catherine O'Hara

Votes: 32,652

22. North Country (2005)

R | 126 min | Drama

A fictionalized account of the first major successful sexual harassment case in the United States, Jenson vs. Eveleth Mines, where a woman who endured a range of abuse while working as a miner filed and won the landmark 1984 lawsuit.

Director: Niki Caro | Stars: Charlize Theron, Jeremy Renner, Frances McDormand, Thomas Curtis

Votes: 44,994 | Gross: $18.32M

23. Man of the House (I) (2005)

PG-13 | 100 min | Comedy, Crime

A Texas Ranger must protect a group of cheerleaders who have witnessed a murder.

Director: Stephen Herek | Stars: Tommy Lee Jones, Christina Milian, Kelli Garner, Cedric The Entertainer

Votes: 25,336 | Gross: $19.70M

24. Clarissa Explains It All (1991–1994)

TV-G | 30 min | Comedy, Family

As events unfold in her life, Clarissa explains to the viewer the motivations behind people's actions.

Stars: Melissa Joan Hart, Jason Zimbler, Elizabeth Hess, Joe O'Connor

Votes: 9,686

25. The Alamo (2004)

PG-13 | 137 min | Drama, History, War

Based on the 1836 standoff between a group of Texan and Tejano men, led by Davy Crockett and Jim Bowie, and Mexican dictator Santa Anna's forces at the Alamo in San Antonio Texas.

Director: John Lee Hancock | Stars: Dennis Quaid, Billy Bob Thornton, Emilio Echevarría, Jason Patric

Votes: 22,356 | Gross: $22.41M

26. In the Valley of Elah (2007)

R | 121 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

A retired military investigator works with a police detective to uncover the truth behind his son's disappearance following his return from a tour of duty in Iraq.

Director: Paul Haggis | Stars: Tommy Lee Jones, Charlize Theron, Jonathan Tucker, Jason Patric

Votes: 75,176 | Gross: $6.78M

27. From the Earth to the Moon (1998)

TV-14 | 641 min | Action, Drama, History

Dramatized portrayal of the Apollo manned space program.

Stars: Tom Hanks, Nick Searcy, Lane Smith, David Andrews

Votes: 13,260

28. The Devil's Candy (2015)

Not Rated | 79 min | Drama, Horror, Thriller

A struggling painter's possessed by dark forces after he and his young family move into their dream home in rural Texas, in this creepy haunted-house tale.

Director: Sean Byrne | Stars: Ethan Embry, Shiri Appleby, Pruitt Taylor Vince, Kiara Glasco

Votes: 21,937

29. Matinee (1993)

PG | 99 min | Comedy, Drama

The teenage son of a navy sailor newly stationed in Key West gets some excitement with his friends when a small-time film producer comes to town to premiere a kitschy horror film during the Cuban Missile Crisis.

Director: Joe Dante | Stars: John Goodman, Cathy Moriarty, Simon Fenton, Omri Katz

Votes: 12,443 | Gross: $9.53M

30. Bandslam (2009)

PG | 111 min | Comedy, Drama, Family

A new kid in town assembles a fledgling rock band -- together, they achieve their dreams and compete against the best in the biggest event of the year, a battle of the bands.

Director: Todd Graff | Stars: Aly Michalka, Vanessa Hudgens, Gaelan Connell, Scott Porter

Votes: 15,199 | Gross: $5.21M

31. Rosewood (1997)

R | 140 min | Action, Drama, History

A dramatization of a 1923 horrific racist lynch mob attack on an African-American community.

Director: John Singleton | Stars: Jon Voight, Ving Rhames, Don Cheadle, Bruce McGill

Votes: 8,916 | Gross: $13.10M

32. Swingtown (2008)

TV-PG | 547 min | Drama

As America celebrates its 200th birthday, two generations of friends and neighbors in a Chicago suburb explore new freedoms and seek connections with each other in the midst of the socio/sexual revolution.

Stars: Molly Parker, Jack Davenport, Grant Show, Lana Parrilla

Votes: 2,862

33. Stop-Loss (2008)

R | 112 min | Drama, War

A veteran soldier returns from his completed tour of duty in Iraq, only to find his life turned upside down when he is arbitrarily ordered to return to field duty by the Army.

Director: Kimberly Peirce | Stars: Ryan Phillippe, Abbie Cornish, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Rob Brown

Votes: 20,907 | Gross: $10.91M

34. My Brother and Me (1994–1995)

TV-Y | 30 min | Comedy, Family

Alfie and Dee-Dee experience how life affects them with different aspects each day, such as learning life lessons.

Stars: Arthur Reggie III, Ralph Woolfolk IV, Jimmy Lee Newman, Aisling Sistrunk

Votes: 987

35. The Bag Man (I) (2014)

R | 108 min | Action, Crime, Drama

A criminal bides his time at a seedy motel, waiting for his boss after killing several men and making away with a mystery bag.

Director: David Grovic | Stars: John Cusack, Rebecca Da Costa, Robert De Niro, Crispin Glover

Votes: 17,175 | Gross: $0.05M

36. Forever Mine (1999)

R | 115 min | Crime, Drama, Romance

An affair between a cabana boy and the young wife of a sinister politician triggers a 16-year vendetta between the two men.

Director: Paul Schrader | Stars: Joseph Fiennes, Ray Liotta, Gretchen Mol, Vincent Laresca

Votes: 2,750

37. Super Force (1990–1992)

30 min | Action, Adventure, Crime

In the year 2020, an astronaut becomes a vigilante when he returns from a mission to learn his cop brother's been murdered.

Stars: Ken Olandt, Larry B. Scott, Patrick Macnee, Lisa Niemi

Votes: 379

38. Walking Across Egypt (1999)

PG-13 | 100 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

An elderly widow befriends an orphaned juvenile delinquent.

Director: Arthur Allan Seidelman | Stars: Forrest, Ellen Burstyn, Judge Reinhold, Mark Hamill

Votes: 1,328

39. La Florida (1993)

Not Rated | 112 min | Comedy

Tired of rough winters, a Quebec family buys a motel in south Florida. But life is not easy down where motels grow faster than grass. Two bigger businessmen are out to get them for invading... See full summary »

Director: George Mihalka | Stars: Rémy Girard, Pauline Lapointe, Yvan Canuel, Jason Blicker

Votes: 528 | Gross: $1.60M

40. SeaQuest 2032 (1993–1996)
Episode: To Be or Not to Be (1993)

TV-PG | 88 min | Action, Adventure, Family

Captain Nathan Bridger is hauled out of retirement to command the new submarine SeaQuest, under the authority of the United Earth/Oceans Organization. His ship goes up against pirate forces... See full summary »

Director: Irvin Kershner | Stars: Roy Scheider, Stephanie Beacham, Stacy Haiduk, Don Franklin

Votes: 1,292

41. Super Force (1990–1992)
Episode: The Big Spin (1992)

Action, Adventure, Crime

When Zach is knocked out by F.X.'s hammer, he dreams that Super Force is a sitcom wherein he has lost his lottery ticket.

Director: Tom DeSimone | Stars: Ken Olandt, Larry B. Scott, Ginger Lynn, Antoni Corone

42. Super Force (1990–1992)
Episode: King of the Trees (1992)

30 min | Action, Adventure, Crime

Dr. DeNunzio discovers a million year old man in a tree who he thinks may be the "missing link". Trouble starts when the tree man comes to life.

Director: Sidney Hayers | Stars: Ken Olandt, Larry B. Scott, Kevin Nash, Antoni Corone

43. Super Force (1990–1992)
Episode: Long Journey Home (1992)

30 min | Action, Adventure, Crime

Iau the Bogman is back and he steals Plutonium from Dr. DeNunzio's lab. But why?

Director: Sidney Hayers | Stars: Ken Olandt, Larry B. Scott, Kevin Nash, Antoni Corone

44. From the Earth to the Moon (1998)
Episode: 1968 (1998)

TV-PG | 53 min | Action, Drama, History

During the turbulent year of 1968 Susan Borman looks with dread on her husband's impending mission to orbit the moon.

Director: David Frankel | Stars: Tom Hanks, Brandon Ambrose, Sam Anderson, David Andrews

Votes: 459

45. From the Earth to the Moon (1998)
Episode: Apollo One (1998)

TV-PG | 58 min | Action, Drama, History

NASA prepares for the Apollo 1 mission, then investigates the cause of the mission's tragic cabin fire.

Director: David Frankel | Stars: Tom Hanks, Mason Adams, Jo Anderson, David Andrews

Votes: 522

46. From the Earth to the Moon (1998)
Episode: Can We Do This? (1998)

TV-PG | 58 min | Action, Drama, History

The United States launches an aggressive plan to beat the Soviets to the moon.

Director: Tom Hanks | Stars: Tom Hanks, David Andrews, George Bartenieff, Robert Curtis Brown

Votes: 554

47. From the Earth to the Moon (1998)
Episode: Mare Tranquilitatis (1998)

TV-PG | 54 min | Action, Drama, History

Buzz Aldrin, Neil Armstrong, and Michael Collins prepare for the Apollo 11 mission to the moon.

Director: Frank Marshall | Stars: Tom Hanks, Sam Anderson, David Andrews, Roger Bernard

Votes: 436

48. From the Earth to the Moon (1998)
Episode: Spider (1998)

TV-PG | 54 min | Action, Drama, History

The evolution of the lunar module at Grumman Aircraft Engineering.

Director: Graham Yost | Stars: Tom Hanks, Remi Aubuchon, Reed Birney, David Brisbin

Votes: 508

49. From the Earth to the Moon (1998)
Episode: We Have Cleared the Tower (1998)

TV-PG | 57 min | Action, Drama, History

With a documentary film crew watching their every step NASA prepares for the Apollo 7 mission.

Director: Lili Fini Zanuck | Stars: Tom Hanks, Krista Adair, Jay T. Becker, Virginia Ellen Chappell

Votes: 453

50. From the Earth to the Moon (1998)
Episode: For Miles and Miles (1998)

TV-PG | 48 min | Action, Drama, History

Ten years after becoming the first American in space Alan Shepard battles back from health problems to command the Apollo 14 mission.

Director: Gary Fleder | Stars: Tom Hanks, Dylan Baker, Adam Baldwin, David Clyde Carr

Votes: 375