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1. True Detective (2014– )

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

Anthology series in which police investigations unearth the personal and professional secrets of those involved, both within and outside the law.

Stars: Vince Vaughn, Colin Farrell, Rachel McAdams, Taylor Kitsch

Votes: 657,895

2. Lolita (1997)

R | 137 min | Drama, Romance

An English professor falls for a minor, and has to face the consequences of his actions.

Director: Adrian Lyne | Stars: Jeremy Irons, Dominique Swain, Melanie Griffith, Frank Langella

Votes: 66,661 | Gross: $1.40M

3. Ender's Game (2013)

PG-13 | 114 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

Young Ender Wiggin is recruited by the International Military to lead the fight against the Formics, an insectoid alien race who had previously tried to invade Earth and had inflicted heavy losses on humankind.

Director: Gavin Hood | Stars: Harrison Ford, Asa Butterfield, Hailee Steinfeld, Abigail Breslin

Votes: 254,479 | Gross: $61.74M

4. Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles (1994)

R | 123 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror

A vampire tells his epic life story: love, betrayal, loneliness, and hunger.

Director: Neil Jordan | Stars: Brad Pitt, Tom Cruise, Antonio Banderas, Kirsten Dunst

Votes: 347,961 | Gross: $105.26M

5. NCIS: New Orleans (2014–2021)

TV-14 | 42 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Follows an NCIS team that investigates criminal cases involving military personnel in The Big Easy, a city known for its music, entertainment, and decadence.

Stars: Scott Bakula, Rob Kerkovich, CCH Pounder, Daryl Mitchell

Votes: 20,538

6. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008)

PG-13 | 166 min | Drama, Fantasy, Romance

Tells the story of Benjamin Button, a man who starts aging backwards with consequences.

Director: David Fincher | Stars: Brad Pitt, Cate Blanchett, Tilda Swinton, Julia Ormond

Votes: 696,519 | Gross: $127.51M

7. 12 Years a Slave (2013)

R | 134 min | Biography, Drama, History

In the antebellum United States, Solomon Northup, a free Black man from upstate New York, is abducted and sold into slavery.

Director: Steve McQueen | Stars: Chiwetel Ejiofor, Michael Kenneth Williams, Michael Fassbender, Brad Pitt

Votes: 742,021 | Gross: $56.67M

8. Renfield (2023)

R | 93 min | Action, Comedy, Fantasy

Renfield, Dracula's henchman and inmate at the lunatic asylum for decades, longs for a life away from the Count, his various demands, and all of the bloodshed that comes with them.

Director: Chris McKay | Stars: Nicholas Hoult, Nicolas Cage, Awkwafina, Ben Schwartz

Votes: 96,116

9. Hannah Montana (2006–2011)

TV-G | 23 min | Comedy, Family, Music

Adventures of a teenage pop star who keeps her identity secret from even her closest friends by using a disguise on-stage.

Stars: Miley Cyrus, Emily Osment, Jason Earles, Billy Ray Cyrus

Votes: 43,834

10. Drake & Josh (2004–2007)

TV-Y7 | 23 min | Comedy, Family

Two teenage boys with clashing personalities - one is a slick musician, the other a clumsy nerd - must navigate high school and family life together after becoming step-brothers.

Stars: Drake Bell, Josh Peck, Miranda Cosgrove, Nancy Sullivan

Votes: 43,670

11. Crossroads (I) (2002)

PG-13 | 93 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

Three childhood friends embark on a cross-country adventure to pursue dreams they once put aside, taking risks that are sure to change their lives forever.

Director: Tamra Davis | Stars: Britney Spears, Anson Mount, Zoe Saldana, Taryn Manning

Votes: 44,196 | Gross: $37.19M

12. Army of Darkness (1992)

R | 81 min | Comedy, Horror

When Ash Williams is accidentally transported to 1300 A.D., he must retrieve the Necronomicon and battle an army of the dead in order to return home.

Director: Sam Raimi | Stars: Bruce Campbell, Embeth Davidtz, Marcus Gilbert, Ian Abercrombie

Votes: 194,573 | Gross: $11.50M

13. Drive Angry (2011)

R | 104 min | Action, Comedy, Fantasy

A vengeful father escapes from hell and chases after the men who killed his daughter and kidnapped his granddaughter.

Director: Patrick Lussier | Stars: Nicolas Cage, Amber Heard, William Fichtner, Billy Burke

Votes: 103,485 | Gross: $10.71M

14. Trespass (2011)

R | 91 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

As they're held for ransom, a husband and wife's predicament grows more dire amid the discovery of betrayal and deception.

Director: Joel Schumacher | Stars: Nicolas Cage, Nicole Kidman, Cam Gigandet, Ben Mendelsohn

Votes: 45,594 | Gross: $0.02M

15. Evan Almighty (2007)

PG | 96 min | Comedy, Family, Fantasy

God contacts Congressman Evan Baxter and tells him to build an ark in preparation for a great flood.

Director: Tom Shadyac | Stars: Steve Carell, Morgan Freeman, Lauren Graham, Johnny Simmons

Votes: 155,277 | Gross: $100.46M

16. Year One (2009)

PG-13 | 97 min | Comedy

After being banished from their tribe, two hunter-gatherers encounter Biblical characters and eventually wind up in the city of Sodom.

Director: Harold Ramis | Stars: Jack Black, Michael Cera, Olivia Wilde, Oliver Platt

Votes: 103,741 | Gross: $43.34M

17. Grounded for Life (2001–2005)

TV-14 | 22 min | Comedy

Thirty-something Irish Catholic couple Sean and Claudia deal with their three children as well as Sean's judgmental father and carefree brother.

Stars: Donal Logue, Megyn Price, Kevin Corrigan, Lynsey Bartilson

Votes: 15,939

18. Hard Target (1993)

R | 97 min | Action, Crime, Thriller

A woman hires a drifter as her guide through New Orleans in search of her missing father. In the process, they discover a deadly game of cat and mouse behind his disappearance.

Director: John Woo | Stars: Jean-Claude Van Damme, Lance Henriksen, Yancy Butler, Chuck Pfarrer

Votes: 56,363 | Gross: $32.59M

19. Straw Dogs (2011)

R | 110 min | Action, Drama, Thriller

Los Angeles screenwriter David Sumner relocates with his wife to her hometown in the deep South. There, while tensions build between them, a brewing conflict with locals becomes a threat to them both.

Director: Rod Lurie | Stars: James Marsden, Kate Bosworth, Alexander Skarsgård, James Woods

Votes: 35,836 | Gross: $10.32M

20. The Frozen Ground (2013)

R | 105 min | Biography, Crime, Drama

An Alaska State Trooper partners with a young woman who escaped the clutches of serial killer Robert Hansen to bring the murderer to justice. Based on actual events.

Director: Scott Walker | Stars: Nicolas Cage, Vanessa Hudgens, John Cusack, Dean Norris

Votes: 67,438

21. Home Team (2022)

PG | 95 min | Comedy, Sport

New Orleans Saints head coach Sean Payton coaches his son's 6th-grade football team while he is being suspended for the entire 2012 season as a result of his role in the Saints' Bountygate scandal.

Directors: Charles Kinnane, Daniel Kinnane | Stars: Kevin James, Taylor Lautner, Rob Schneider, Jackie Sandler

Votes: 22,074

22. Self/less (2015)

PG-13 | 117 min | Action, Mystery, Sci-Fi

A dying real estate mogul transfers his consciousness into a healthy young body, but soon finds that neither the procedure nor the company that performed it are quite what they seem.

Director: Tarsem Singh | Stars: Ryan Reynolds, Natalie Martinez, Matthew Goode, Ben Kingsley

Votes: 104,010 | Gross: $12.28M

23. Queen Sugar (2016–2022)

TV-14 | 60 min | Drama

Follows the life of three siblings, one of whom moves from Los Angeles to Louisiana to claim a shared inheritance from their recently departed father: an 800-acre sugarcane farm.

Stars: Rutina Wesley, Kofi Siriboe, Omar J. Dorsey, Nicholas L. Ashe

Votes: 5,788

24. Season of the Witch (2011)

PG-13 | 95 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy

14th-century knights transport a suspected witch to a monastery, where monks deduce that her powers could be the source of the Black Plague.

Director: Dominic Sena | Stars: Nicolas Cage, Ron Perlman, Claire Foy, Stephen Campbell Moore

Votes: 98,337 | Gross: $24.83M

25. Jonah Hex (2010)

PG-13 | 81 min | Action, Drama, Fantasy

The U.S. military makes a scarred bounty hunter with warrants on his own head an offer he cannot refuse: in exchange for his freedom, he must stop a terrorist who is ready to unleash Hell on Earth.

Director: Jimmy Hayward | Stars: Josh Brolin, Megan Fox, John Malkovich, Michael Fassbender

Votes: 61,839 | Gross: $10.54M

26. W. (I) (2008)

PG-13 | 129 min | Biography, Comedy, Drama

A chronicle of the life and Presidency of George W. Bush.

Director: Oliver Stone | Stars: Josh Brolin, Elizabeth Banks, Ioan Gruffudd, Colin Hanks

Votes: 50,066 | Gross: $25.53M

27. The Bernie Mac Show (2001–2023)

TV-PG | 30 min | Comedy, Drama, Family

A stand up comedian suddenly becomes a father when he takes custody of his sister's three children.

Stars: Bernie Mac, Kellita Smith, Jeremy Suarez, Dee Dee Davis

Votes: 8,476

28. Seeking Justice (2011)

R | 105 min | Action, Crime, Drama

After his wife is assaulted, a husband enlists the services of a vigilante group to help him settle the score. Then he discovers they want a 'favor' from him in return.

Director: Roger Donaldson | Stars: Nicolas Cage, January Jones, Guy Pearce, Harold Perrineau

Votes: 48,032 | Gross: $0.04M

29. Stolen (2012)

R | 96 min | Action, Crime, Thriller

A former thief frantically searches for his missing daughter, who has been kidnapped and locked in the trunk of a taxi.

Director: Simon West | Stars: Nicolas Cage, Malin Akerman, Josh Lucas, Danny Huston

Votes: 46,462 | Gross: $0.30M

30. Bullet to the Head (2012)

R | 92 min | Action, Crime, Thriller

After watching their respective partners die, a New Orleans hitman and a Washington, D.C. detective form an alliance in order to bring down their common enemy.

Director: Walter Hill | Stars: Sylvester Stallone, Jason Momoa, Christian Slater, Sung Kang

Votes: 52,471 | Gross: $9.48M

31. The Corps

Comedy, Drama, History | Filming

Bullied gay teen Cameron joins the Marines corps with his best friend despite risks. In boot camp they experience profound personal change amid danger, as their platoon confronts both literal and figurative landmines.

Stars: Vera Farmiga, Miles Heizer, Nicholas Logan, Ana Ayora

32. The Opposite of Sex (1998)

R | 105 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

A 16-year-old girl visits her gay half-brother and ends up seducing his boyfriend, thus wreaking havoc on all of their lives.

Director: Don Roos | Stars: Christina Ricci, Martin Donovan, Lisa Kudrow, Lyle Lovett

Votes: 21,764 | Gross: $5.88M

33. Think Like a Dog (2020)

PG | 91 min | Comedy, Drama, Family

A 12-year-old tech prodigy's science experiment goes awry and he forges a telepathic connection with his dog. The duo join forces and use their unique perspectives on life to comically overcome complications of family and school.

Director: Gil Junger | Stars: Megan Fox, Josh Duhamel, Gabriel Bateman, Kunal Nayyar

Votes: 2,293

34. Mr. 3000 (2004)

PG-13 | 104 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

Aging baseball star who goes by the nickname, Mr. 3000, finds out many years after retirement that he didn't quite reach 3,000 hits. Now at age 47 he's back to try and reach that goal.

Director: Charles Stone III | Stars: Bernie Mac, Angela Bassett, Michael Rispoli, Brian White

Votes: 15,133 | Gross: $21.80M

35. Hateship Loveship (2013)

R | 104 min | Drama, Romance

A wild teenage girl orchestrates a romance between her nanny and her father, who is a recovering addict.

Director: Liza Johnson | Stars: Kristen Wiig, Guy Pearce, Hailee Steinfeld, Nick Nolte

Votes: 7,242 | Gross: $0.05M

36. As I Lay Dying (2013)

R | 110 min | Drama

Based on the classic novel by William Faulkner, first published in 1930, "As I Lay Dying" is the story of the death of Addie Bundren and her family's quest to honor her last wish to be buried in the nearby town of Jefferson.

Director: James Franco | Stars: James Franco, Tim Blake Nelson, Jim Parrack, Ahna O'Reilly

Votes: 4,198 | Gross: $0.02M

37. The Killing Room (2009)

R | 93 min | Mystery, Thriller

Four individuals sign up for a psychological research study only to discover that they are now subjects of a brutal, classified government program.

Director: Jonathan Liebesman | Stars: Nick Cannon, Clea DuVall, Timothy Hutton, Chloë Sevigny

Votes: 14,924

38. Three Sisters (2001–2002)

30 min | Comedy

After a man marries his long-term girlfriend, her two sisters move in with them for their own personal reasons.

Stars: Katherine LaNasa, Dyan Cannon, Vicki Lewis, A.J. Langer

Votes: 202

39. Tempted (2001)

R | 95 min | Thriller

A wealthy man married to a beautiful younger woman puts her fidelity to the test.

Director: Bill Bennett | Stars: Saffron Burrows, Burt Reynolds, Mike Starr, Randy Austin

Votes: 1,422

40. Greener Mountains (2005)

89 min | Drama, Romance

Greener Mountains is a family friendly, coming-of-age story about finding your place in the world.

Director: Lee Shallat Chemel | Stars: Nick Daley, Chris Heuisler, Kimberly McCullough, Brad Raider

Votes: 175

41. The Grubbs (2002– )

30 min | Comedy

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Stars: Randy Quaid, Carol Kane, Michael Cera, Brian Sites

Votes: 56

42. Vampire Bats (2005 TV Movie)

Not Rated | 90 min | Action, Adventure, Horror

Freshmen friends of the Tate University go to an underground party in the woods nearby the local cemetery. After a death, two of the students are arrested until a professor suggests that bats might be the real culprit.

Director: Eric Bross | Stars: Lucy Lawless, Dylan Neal, Liam Waite, Timothy Bottoms

Votes: 1,462

43. For One Night (2006 TV Movie)

TV-14 | 89 min | Drama, Romance

Their town always had two proms, one for the whites and one for the blacks. When both proms wanted the same DJ, Brianna McCallister suggested combining the proms, which would also mean more... See full summary »

Director: Ernest R. Dickerson | Stars: Raven-Symoné, Aisha Tyler, Sam Jones III, Gary Grubbs

Votes: 470

44. Big Day (2006–2007)

30 min | Comedy, Romance

Alice and Danny find numerous obstacles plus unexpected details as they prepare to tie the knot. Their unusual friends and family with their expectations become a problem.

Stars: Marla Sokoloff, Josh Cooke, Miriam Shor, Stephen Rannazzisi

Votes: 347

45. The Dead Will Tell (2004 TV Movie)

87 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller

Emily Parker is haunted by visions of a woman from the past soon after receiving an antique engagement ring from her fiancé.

Director: Stephen Kay | Stars: Anne Heche, Kathleen Quinlan, Chris Sarandon, Eva Longoria

Votes: 748

46. Snow Wonder (2005 TV Movie)

100 min | Drama, Family

A mysteriously spreading period of postcard winter conditions, complete with snow, over most of the northern hemisphere shortly before Christmas influences several otherwise unrelated lives... See full summary »

Director: Peter Werner | Stars: Julie Ann Emery, Jennifer Esposito, Camryn Manheim, Poppy Montgomery

Votes: 423

47. Happy Here and Now (2002)

R | 89 min | Drama

When an unhappy young woman disappears, her worried sister desperately searches the internet for a clue to her missing sibling's whereabouts.

Director: Michael Almereyda | Stars: Karl Geary, Shalom Harlow, Clarence Williams III, Ally Sheedy

Votes: 368 | Gross: $0.00M

48. Stick-up (2019)

Short

Two teens' plan to get rid of an abusive step-father takes a life changing turn for the worse.

Director: Eric Scott Williamson | Stars: Dave Davis, Candi Brooks, Peyton Wich, Lorna Street Dopson

49. The Bernie Mac Show (2001–2023)
Episode: Bar Mitzvah Crashers (2006)

Not Rated | 22 min | Comedy, Drama, Family

After a Jewish family arrive in the neighborhood, Bernie urges Jordan to befriending the son, David. Though hesitant at first Jordan begins to develop a friendship with his new neighbor. ... See full summary »

Director: Linda Mendoza | Stars: Bernie Mac, Kellita Smith, Jeremy Suarez, Dee Dee Davis

Votes: 49

50. The Bernie Mac Show (2001–2023)
Episode: Being Bernie Mac (2004)

Not Rated | 22 min | Comedy, Drama, Family

Bernie must baby-sit for Bryana and deal with Jordan, who was sent home from school for pulling a fire alarm unnecessarily.

Director: Victor Nelli Jr. | Stars: Bernie Mac, Kellita Smith, Jeremy Suarez, Dee Dee Davis

Votes: 40