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1. Inception (2010)
PG-13 | 148 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
A thief who steals corporate secrets through the use of dream-sharing technology is given the inverse task of planting an idea into the mind of a C.E.O., but his tragic past may doom the project and his team to disaster.
Director: Christopher Nolan | Stars: Leonardo DiCaprio, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Elliot Page, Ken Watanabe
Votes: 2,558,604 | Gross: $292.58M
2. The Dark Knight (2008)
PG-13 | 152 min | Action, Crime, Drama
When the menace known as the Joker wreaks havoc and chaos on the people of Gotham, Batman must accept one of the greatest psychological and physical tests of his ability to fight injustice.
Director: Christopher Nolan | Stars: Christian Bale, Heath Ledger, Aaron Eckhart, Michael Caine
Votes: 2,879,223 | Gross: $534.86M
3. The Prestige (2006)
PG-13 | 130 min | Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
After a tragic accident, two stage magicians in 1890s London engage in a battle to create the ultimate illusion while sacrificing everything they have to outwit each other.
Director: Christopher Nolan | Stars: Christian Bale, Hugh Jackman, Scarlett Johansson, Michael Caine
Votes: 1,445,105 | Gross: $53.09M
4. The Dark Knight Rises (2012)
PG-13 | 164 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
Eight years after the Joker's reign of chaos, Batman is coerced out of exile with the assistance of the mysterious Selina Kyle in order to defend Gotham City from the vicious guerrilla terrorist Bane.
Director: Christopher Nolan | Stars: Christian Bale, Tom Hardy, Anne Hathaway, Gary Oldman
Votes: 1,832,447 | Gross: $448.14M
5. Memento (2000)
R | 113 min | Mystery, Thriller
A man with short-term memory loss attempts to track down his wife's murderer.
Director: Christopher Nolan | Stars: Guy Pearce, Carrie-Anne Moss, Joe Pantoliano, Mark Boone Junior
Votes: 1,326,065 | Gross: $25.54M
6. Batman Begins (2005)
PG-13 | 140 min | Action, Crime, Drama
After witnessing his parents' death, Bruce learns the art of fighting to confront injustice. When he returns to Gotham as Batman, he must stop a secret society that intends to destroy the city.
Director: Christopher Nolan | Stars: Christian Bale, Michael Caine, Ken Watanabe, Liam Neeson
Votes: 1,582,488 | Gross: $206.85M
7. Moneyball (2011)
PG-13 | 133 min | Biography, Drama, Sport
Oakland A's general manager Billy Beane's successful attempt to assemble a baseball team on a lean budget by employing computer-generated analysis to acquire new players.
Director: Bennett Miller | Stars: Brad Pitt, Robin Wright, Jonah Hill, Philip Seymour Hoffman
Votes: 466,168 | Gross: $75.61M
8. Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery (1997)
PG-13 | 89 min | Adventure, Comedy
A world-class playboy and part-time secret agent from the 1960s emerges after thirty years in a cryogenic state to battle with his nemesis Dr. Evil.
Director: Jay Roach | Stars: Mike Myers, Elizabeth Hurley, Michael York, Mimi Rogers
Votes: 257,695 | Gross: $53.88M
9. The Italian Job (2003)
PG-13 | 111 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
After being betrayed and left for dead in Italy, Charlie Croker and his team plan an elaborate gold heist against their former ally.
Director: F. Gary Gray | Stars: Donald Sutherland, Mark Wahlberg, Edward Norton, Charlize Theron
Votes: 389,203 | Gross: $106.13M
10. Insomnia (2002)
R | 118 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Two Los Angeles homicide detectives are dispatched to a northern town where the sun doesn't set to investigate the methodical murder of a local teen.
Director: Christopher Nolan | Stars: Al Pacino, Robin Williams, Hilary Swank, Martin Donovan
Votes: 319,819 | Gross: $67.36M
11. Stuart Little (1999)
PG | 84 min | Adventure, Comedy, Family
The Little family adopt a charming young mouse named Stuart, but the family cat wants rid of him.
Director: Rob Minkoff | Stars: Michael J. Fox, Geena Davis, Hugh Laurie, Jonathan Lipnicki
Votes: 149,478 | Gross: $140.04M
12. Turbo (2013)
PG | 96 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
A freak accident might just help an everyday garden snail achieve his biggest dream: winning the Indy 500.
Director: David Soren | Stars: Ryan Reynolds, Paul Giamatti, Maya Rudolph, Samuel L. Jackson
Votes: 111,236 | Gross: $83.03M
13. While You Were Sleeping (1995)
PG | 103 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A hopelessly romantic Chicago Transit Authority ticket booth operator is mistaken for the fiancée of a comatose patient.
Director: Jon Turteltaub | Stars: Sandra Bullock, Bill Pullman, Peter Gallagher, Peter Boyle
Votes: 114,316 | Gross: $81.06M
14. Transcendence (I) (2014)
PG-13 | 119 min | Action, Drama, Sci-Fi
A scientist's drive for artificial intelligence takes on dangerous implications when his own consciousness is uploaded into one such program.
Director: Wally Pfister | Stars: Johnny Depp, Rebecca Hall, Morgan Freeman, Cillian Murphy
Votes: 239,143 | Gross: $23.02M
15. The Tick (2016–2019)
TV-MA | 29 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
In a world where superheroes have been real for decades, an accountant with no superpowers comes to realize his city is owned by a super villain. As he struggles to uncover this conspiracy, he falls in league with a strange blue superhero.
Stars: Peter Serafinowicz, Griffin Newman, Valorie Curry, Brendan Hines
Votes: 19,829
16. Mousehunt (1997)
PG | 98 min | Comedy
Two stumblebum inheritors are determined to rid their antique house of a mouse who is equally determined to stay where he is.
Director: Gore Verbinski | Stars: Nathan Lane, Lee Evans, Vicki Lewis, Maury Chaykin
Votes: 60,598 | Gross: $61.92M
17. Phenomenon (1996)
PG | 123 min | Drama, Fantasy, Romance
An ordinary man sees a bright light descend from the sky, and discovers he now has super-intelligence and telekinesis.
Director: Jon Turteltaub | Stars: John Travolta, Kyra Sedgwick, Forest Whitaker, Robert Duvall
Votes: 83,928 | Gross: $104.64M
18. Animal Instincts (1992 Video)
R | 95 min | Drama, Thriller
A cop videotapes his wife having various sexual encounters to spruce up their marriage. However, they soon land in hot water when a mobster learns of their marital activities.
Director: Gregory Dark | Stars: Shannon Whirry, Maxwell Caulfield, Jan-Michael Vincent, Delia Sheppard
Votes: 1,782
19. V.I.P. (1998–2002)
60 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
Vallery, a hot-dog stand employee, accidentally saves a movie star from a fan. Mistaken for a highly skilled bodyguard, she is approached to serve as the now-famous face of an elite bodyguard agency, renamed Vallery Irons Protection.
Stars: Pamela Anderson, Molly Culver, Shaun Baker, Natalie Raitano
Votes: 4,937
20. Laurel Canyon (2002)
R | 103 min | Drama
When an uptight young man and his fiancée move into his libertine mother's house, the resulting clash of life attitudes shakes everyone up.
Director: Lisa Cholodenko | Stars: Frances McDormand, Alessandro Nivola, Christian Bale, Kate Beckinsale
Votes: 17,541 | Gross: $3.66M
21. Flaked (2016–2017)
TV-MA | 30 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A recovering alcoholic faces reality after a life changing accident in Venice Beach, California.
Stars: Will Arnett, David Sullivan, Ruth Kearney, George Basil
Votes: 12,570
22. Slumber Party Massacre III (1990)
R | 87 min | Comedy, Horror
Jackie Cassidy and her friends are stalked by a serial killer while having a slumber party.
Director: Sally Mattison | Stars: Keely Christian, Brittain Frye, Michael Harris, David Greenlee
Votes: 3,459 | Gross: $1.24M
23. Instinct (1999)
R | 126 min | Drama, Thriller
When noted anthropologist Dr. Ethan Powell, who left society to live in the jungle, is imprisoned for murder, it's up to young psychiatrist Theo Caulder to get through to him.
Director: Jon Turteltaub | Stars: Anthony Hopkins, Cuba Gooding Jr., Donald Sutherland, Maura Tierney
Votes: 34,314 | Gross: $34.10M
24. Frontline (1983– )
TV-MA | 60 min | Documentary, News
FRONTLINE is investigative journalism that questions, explains and changes our world and American television's top long-form news and current affairs series since 1983
Stars: Will Lyman, Sarah Childress, Priyanka Boghani, Arun Rath
Votes: 2,303
25. Animal Instincts II (1994 Video)
R | 95 min | Drama, Thriller
A divorcee has flashbacks of her life while, unknown to her, her next-door neighbor--a security expert--plants video cameras all through her house so he can spy on her.
Director: Gregory Dark | Stars: Shannon Whirry, Woody Brown, Al Sapienza, Elizabeth Sandifer
Votes: 762
26. Batman Begins (2005 Video Game)
T | Action, Adventure, Crime
You play as Batman and unleash your terror into the hearts of criminals, battling against foes such as Dr. Jonathan Crane/The Scarecrow, Ra's al Ghul, and Carmine "The Roman" Falcone.
Stars: Christian Bale, Michael Caine, Liam Neeson, Katie Holmes
Votes: 15,015
27. Prayer of the Rollerboys (1990)
R | 95 min | Action, Crime, Drama
In a dystopian near future America, a young man infiltrates a powerful drug dealing rollerblading youth gang that runs his town in order to end their reign for good.
Director: Rick King | Stars: Corey Haim, Patricia Arquette, Christopher Collet, Julius Harris
Votes: 2,779
28. Marley (2012)
PG-13 | 144 min | Documentary, Biography, Music
A documentary on the life, music, and legacy of Bob Marley.
Director: Kevin Macdonald | Stars: Bob Marley, Ziggy Marley, Rita Marley, Jimmy Cliff
Votes: 14,530 | Gross: $1.41M
29. Dennis the Menace Strikes Again! (1998 Video)
G | 75 min | Comedy, Family
After a failed attempt to find the perfect birthday present for Mr Wilson, the mischievous little terror, Dennis, tries to save him from a pair of swindlers and their bogus youth remedies. Will he manage to keep their friendship strong?
Director: Charles T. Kanganis | Stars: Don Rickles, George Kennedy, Justin Cooper, Betty White
Votes: 4,951
30. The Million Dollar Hotel (2000)
R | 122 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Tragi-comic, romantic whodunnit set in a run down hotel which plays host to mentally ill people too poor to afford medical insurance.
Director: Wim Wenders | Stars: Jeremy Davies, Milla Jovovich, Mel Gibson, Jimmy Smits
Votes: 22,498 | Gross: $0.05M
31. Secret Games (1992 Video)
R | 90 min | Drama, Horror, Thriller
A bored and neglected housewife joins a local escort service and soon sinks deeper into trouble when she finds that she's not permitted to quit when the work gets tough.
Director: Gregory Dark | Stars: Martin Hewitt, Michele Brin, Delia Sheppard, Catya Sassoon
Votes: 510
32. Scotland, Pa. (2001)
R | 104 min | Comedy, Crime
In a modernized retelling of "MacBeth" set in 1970s suburban Pennsylvania, Joe McBeth, an unambitious hamburger stand employee, is driven to success by his scheming wife.
Director: Billy Morrissette | Stars: James Le Gros, Maura Tierney, Christopher Walken, Kevin Corrigan
Votes: 4,821 | Gross: $0.38M
33. Inside Out (1991 Video)
R | 89 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Playboy does to softcore sex films what HBO's Tales from the Crypt did for horror. Contains the stories: "Brush Strokes"; "Shrink Rap"; "Doubletalk"; "The Leda"; "My Secret Moments"; "Life ... See full summary »
Directors: Jeffrey Reiner, Lizzie Borden, Adam Friedman, Linda Hassani, Alexander Payne, Tony Randel, Richard Shepard | Stars: Sherrie Rose, Trevor Goddard, Scott Mitchell, Rachel Ryan
Votes: 225
34. The Unborn (1991)
R | 83 min | Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi
A couple struggling to conceive visit a miracle doctor as a last hope for having a child. The wife gets pregnant, but after the initial joy comes horror, as she slowly discovers the nightmarish truth behind the doctor's success.
Director: Rodman Flender | Stars: Brooke Adams, Jeff Hayenga, James Karen, K Callan
Votes: 1,619 | Gross: $1.16M
35. After Midnight (1989)
R | 93 min | Horror, Thriller
A college class, Psychology of Fear, has a new teacher who believes that you have to feel fear to understand it. A group of students convene at the teacher's house, where scary stories are told.
Directors: Jim Wheat, Ken Wheat | Stars: Jillian McWhirter, Pamela Adlon, Ramy Zada, Judie Aronson
Votes: 2,406 | Gross: $0.08M
36. Stepmonster (1993 Video)
PG-13 | 85 min | Comedy, Horror
Todd Dougherty has an imagination driven by comic book. So when he accuses his soon-to-be stepmother of being a monster, no one believes him. When neighbors start turning up dead, it ... See full summary »
Director: Jeremy Stanford | Stars: Alan Thicke, Molly Cheek, Billy Corben, Robin Riker
Votes: 637
37. Streets (1990)
R | 85 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
The story of runaways living in Venice, California, under the threat of a psychotic cop who is a serial killer of prostitutes.
Director: Katt Shea | Stars: Christina Applegate, David Mendenhall, Eb Lottimer, Jane Chung
Votes: 881 | Gross: $1.51M
38. Sharing the Secret (2000 TV Movie)
90 min | Drama
A teenage girl who feels she must always seem happy for her parents and friends secretly binges and purges.
Director: Katt Shea | Stars: Mare Winningham, Alison Lohman, Lawrence Monoson, Mary Crosby
Votes: 1,108
39. The Granny (1995 Video)
R | 85 min | Comedy, Horror
Granny's family wants her dead so they can collect her insurance. While she is on her death bed, she drinks an eternal life potion and returns to the land of the living. She is on a mission to wreak havoc over her greedy relatives.
Director: Luca Bercovici | Stars: Stella Stevens, Shannon Whirry, Luca Bercovici, Brant von Hoffman
Votes: 762
40. Mirror Images II (1993 Video)
R | 92 min | Drama, Thriller
Shannon Whirry stars as Carrie and Terrie, a pair of twins who were separated in youth when their father murdered their mother and was in turn killed by his own bad twin daughter. Now the ... See full summary »
Director: Gregory Dark | Stars: Shannon Whirry, Luca Bercovici, Tom Reilly, Eva LaRue
Votes: 647
41. Wild Palms (1993)
300 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
A multi-national corporation attempts to take over America while small pockets of resistance hold out against rampant technology.
Stars: Jim Belushi, Dana Delany, Robert Loggia, Kim Cattrall
Votes: 2,408
42. Amityville: A New Generation (1993 Video)
R | 91 min | Horror
An old mirror from the Amityville house finds its way into a young photographer's home, where the demonic presence soon manifests itself to cause more death and mayhem.
Director: John Murlowski | Stars: Ross Partridge, Julia Nickson, Lala Sloatman, David Naughton
Votes: 2,496
43. Naked Obsession (1990)
R | 93 min | Drama, Thriller
A city councilman explores the seedy side of town to help him decide how to approach an urban renewal project. Being obviously not from there, he is beaten in the street and his wallet ... See full summary »
Director: Dan Golden | Stars: William Katt, Rick Dean, Maria Ford, Wendy MacDonald
Votes: 321
44. The Cherokee Kid (1996 TV Movie)
PG-13 | 91 min | Comedy, Western
A child's parents are killed by a vicious land-grabber but years later the child grows into a man ready for revenge.
Director: Paris Barclay | Stars: Sinbad, James Coburn, Gregory Hines, A Martinez
Votes: 1,732
45. Night Rhythms (1992)
R | 99 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller
A radio talk show host is accused of murdering one of his fans while on the air and he must go on the run to somehow prove his innocence.
Director: Gregory Dark | Stars: Martin Hewitt, David Carradine, Sam J. Jones, Deborah Driggs
Votes: 342
46. Secret Games 3 (1994)
R | 87 min | Thriller, Drama
A bored housewife feels neglected by her physician husband so she starts spending her afternoons working at an exclusive brothel. Unfortunately, she becomes the obsession of a handsome, but very unpleasant customer.
Director: Gregory Dark | Stars: Woody Brown, Rochelle Swanson, May Karasun, Dean Scofield
Votes: 594
47. Sketch Artist (1992 TV Movie)
R | 88 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A sketch artist for the police helps a witness recall who she saw leaving the scene of a murder, and discovers that the person is his wife. Not willing to believe she was responsible, he ... See full summary »
Director: Phedon Papamichael | Stars: Jeff Fahey, Sean Young, Frank McRae, Drew Barrymore
Votes: 1,475
48. Lincoln: Crafted (2016 Video)
1 min | Short
Matthew McConaughey tries finding out the difference between front and back seat of Lincoln Continental's in this car commercial.
Director: Wally Pfister | Star: Matthew McConaughey
Votes: 417
49. Slow Burn (2005)
R | 93 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
A district attorney is involved in a 24-hour showdown with a gang leader and is, at the same time, being manipulated by an attractive assistant district attorney and a cryptic stranger.
Director: Wayne Beach | Stars: Ray Liotta, Jolene Blalock, LL Cool J, Mekhi Phifer
Votes: 4,216 | Gross: $1.24M
50. In the Heat of Passion (1992)
R | 102 min | Thriller
A struggling actor lands the part of a rapist in a TV reenactment for a "Crimebusters" segment. He soon meets a beautiful rich woman whom he begins an affair with, even though she is ... See full summary »
Director: Rodman Flender | Stars: Sally Kirkland, Andre Rosey Brown, Carlos Carrasco, Jack Carter
Votes: 282