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1. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)
PG-13 | 201 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Gandalf and Aragorn lead the World of Men against Sauron's army to draw his gaze from Frodo and Sam as they approach Mount Doom with the One Ring.
Director: Peter Jackson | Stars: Elijah Wood, Viggo Mortensen, Ian McKellen, Orlando Bloom
Votes: 1,980,809 | Gross: $377.85M
2. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)
PG-13 | 178 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
A meek Hobbit from the Shire and eight companions set out on a journey to destroy the powerful One Ring and save Middle-earth from the Dark Lord Sauron.
Director: Peter Jackson | Stars: Elijah Wood, Ian McKellen, Orlando Bloom, Sean Bean
Votes: 2,008,680 | Gross: $315.54M
3. The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)
PG-13 | 179 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
While Frodo and Sam edge closer to Mordor with the help of the shifty Gollum, the divided fellowship makes a stand against Sauron's new ally, Saruman, and his hordes of Isengard.
Director: Peter Jackson | Stars: Elijah Wood, Ian McKellen, Viggo Mortensen, Orlando Bloom
Votes: 1,785,317 | Gross: $342.55M
4. RKO Production 601: The Making of 'Kong, the Eighth Wonder of the World' (2005 Video)
159 min | Documentary
An in-depth look at the genesis, production, and legacy of King Kong, one of the most influential films ever made.
Stars: Rick Baker, Craig Barron, Rudy Behlmer, Daniel Bennett
Votes: 247
5. Aether: Prologue (2015)
Short, Sci-Fi
Considered a 2nd class citizen by the Skyborne, Wil Laran embarks on a journey to define his destiny or meet his demise in this steampunk inspired science fiction film.
Directors: Drew Hall, Horst Sarubin | Stars: Tim Fields, Jasi Cotton Lanier, Jeremy Sande, Sherri Eakin
Votes: 7
6. Blade Runner 2049 (2017)
R | 164 min | Action, Drama, Mystery
Young Blade Runner K's discovery of a long-buried secret leads him to track down former Blade Runner Rick Deckard, who's been missing for thirty years.
Director: Denis Villeneuve | Stars: Harrison Ford, Ryan Gosling, Ana de Armas, Dave Bautista
Votes: 666,223 | Gross: $92.05M
7. Powers of Ten (1977)
9 min | Documentary, Short
Beginning with a shot of a couple enjoying a picnic, then zooming out incrementally by powers of ten, the film offers a glimpse of everything from the edge of the known universe to the molecules on a person's hand.
Directors: Charles Eames, Ray Eames | Star: Philip Morrison
Votes: 2,372
8.
The Greatest American Hero (1981–1983)
Episode:
My Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys
(1981)
TV-14 | 50 min | Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi
Ralph retires the suit after his super-heroics result in a near-tragedy. Bill desperately needs Ralph to help him crack a corrupt cop caper masterminded by a war buddy. Can the Lone Ranger remind Ralph of a hero's great responsibility?
Director: Arnold Laven | Stars: William Katt, Robert Culp, Connie Sellecca, Jack Ging
Votes: 126
9.
Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman (1993–1997)
Episode:
Pilot
(1993)
TV-PG | 93 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama
After Clark gets a job at the Daily Planet, he joins Lois in investigating space shuttle sabotage, which he must thwart as Superman.
Director: Robert Butler | Stars: Dean Cain, Teri Hatcher, Lane Smith, Michael Landes
Votes: 601
10. The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2012)
PG-13 | 169 min | Adventure, Fantasy
A reluctant Hobbit, Bilbo Baggins, sets out to the Lonely Mountain with a spirited group of dwarves to reclaim their mountain home, and the gold within it from the dragon Smaug.
Director: Peter Jackson | Stars: Martin Freeman, Ian McKellen, Richard Armitage, Andy Serkis
Votes: 873,571 | Gross: $303.00M
11. The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (2013)
PG-13 | 161 min | Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
The dwarves, along with Bilbo Baggins and Gandalf the Grey, continue their quest to reclaim Erebor, their homeland, from Smaug. Bilbo Baggins is in possession of a mysterious and magical ring.
Director: Peter Jackson | Stars: Ian McKellen, Martin Freeman, Richard Armitage, Ken Stott
Votes: 705,754 | Gross: $258.37M
12. Tops (1969)
7 min | Documentary, Short
Various kinds of tops are shown spinning.
Directors: Charles Eames, Ray Eames | Star: Rei Yoshioka
Votes: 64
13. Recreating the Eighth Wonder: The Making of 'King Kong' (2006 Video)
187 min | Documentary
Following the immense success of The Lord of the Rings trilogy, Peter Jackson directs King Kong (2005). This documentary follows him, and the immense project from start to finish. It turns ... See full summary »
Director: Michael Pellerin | Stars: Peter Jackson, Christian Rivers, Matt Aitken, Gray Horsfield
Votes: 70
14.
The Greatest American Hero (1981–1983)
Episode:
The Best Desk Scenario
(1981)
TV-14 | 49 min | Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi
Pam and Ralph get promotions, and Bill begins to worry about his mistakes and mortality. Pam's new boss is mixed up with the mob, and the team must rescue her and Bill's career.
Director: Robert C. Thompson | Stars: William Katt, Robert Culp, Connie Sellecca, Eugene Peterson
Votes: 95
15. Total Recall (1990)
R | 113 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
When a man goes in to have virtual vacation memories of the planet Mars implanted in his mind, an unexpected and harrowing series of events forces him to go to the planet for real - or is he?
Director: Paul Verhoeven | Stars: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Sharon Stone, Michael Ironside, Rachel Ticotin
Votes: 354,864 | Gross: $119.39M
16. The Abyss (1989)
PG-13 | 140 min | Adventure, Drama, Mystery
A civilian diving team is enlisted to search for a lost nuclear submarine and faces danger while encountering an alien aquatic species.
Director: James Cameron | Stars: Ed Harris, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, Michael Biehn, Leo Burmester
Votes: 193,627 | Gross: $54.46M
17. Weta Workshop (2002 Video)
43 min | Documentary, Short
Director: Michael Pellerin | Stars: Elijah Wood, Christopher Lee, Richard Taylor, Barrie M. Osborne
Votes: 61
18.
The Greatest American Hero (1981–1983)
Episode:
The Greatest American Hero
(1981)
TV-14 | 96 min | Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi
The Pilot episode of the series. School teacher Ralph Hinkley meets FBI agent Bill Maxwell on a field trip to the desert, where they are met by a UFO that gives them a mission and a red ... See full summary »
Director: Rod Holcomb | Stars: William Katt, Robert Culp, Connie Sellecca, Michael Paré
Votes: 299
19. Funke (2018)
TV-MA | 89 min | Documentary
When prodigious chef Evan Funke inexplicably walks away from his critically acclaimed restaurant his life and career are thrust into a dark vortex. Years later, still healing from the pain ... See full summary »
Director: Gab Taraboulsy | Stars: Evan Funke, Janet Zuccarini, Vinny Dotolo, Farley Elliott
Votes: 94
20. Big-atures (2004 Video)
20 min | Documentary, Short
Director: Michael Pellerin | Stars: Barrie M. Osborne, Alex Funke, Alan Lee, John Howe
Votes: 60
21. From Book to Script (2002 Video)
20 min | Documentary, Short
Director: Michael Pellerin | Stars: Peter Jackson, Andrew Lesnie, Sean Bean, Dominic Monaghan
Votes: 104
22. Starship Troopers (1997)
R | 129 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Humans, in a fascist militaristic future, wage war with giant alien bugs.
Director: Paul Verhoeven | Stars: Casper Van Dien, Denise Richards, Dina Meyer, Jake Busey
Votes: 321,492 | Gross: $54.81M
23. The Greatest American Hero (1981–1983)
TV-14 | 60 min | Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi
A teacher is asked to be a superhero using a special alien suit with powers he can barely understand or control.
Stars: William Katt, Connie Sellecca, Robert Culp, Michael Paré
Votes: 6,628
24. Big-atures (2003 Video)
Not Rated | 22 min | Documentary, Short
Director: Michael Pellerin | Stars: Alex Funke, Richard Taylor, Alan Lee, Peter Jackson
Votes: 43
25.
The Greatest American Hero (1981–1983)
Episode:
Saturday Night on Sunset Boulevard
(1981)
TV-14 | 49 min | Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi
FBI agents and Russian killers pursue a man and woman, Ralph's students are disillusioned and preparing to drop out of school, and Bill is given a lie detector test where he is caught ... See full summary »
Director: Rod Holcomb | Stars: William Katt, Robert Culp, Connie Sellecca, William Bogert
Votes: 105
26. King Kong (2005)
PG-13 | 187 min | Action, Adventure, Romance
A greedy film producer assembles a team of moviemakers and sets out for the infamous Skull Island, where they find more than just cannibalistic natives.
Director: Peter Jackson | Stars: Naomi Watts, Jack Black, Adrien Brody, Thomas Kretschmann
Votes: 447,177 | Gross: $218.08M
27. The End of All Things (2004 Video)
Not Rated | 22 min | Documentary, Short
Director: Michael Pellerin | Stars: Jamie Selkirk, Rick Porras, Peter Jackson, Annie Collins
Votes: 59
28.
The Greatest American Hero (1981–1983)
Episode:
Fire Man
(1981)
TV-14 | 50 min | Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi
Tony is accused of arson, and Bill and Ralph must find evidence to clear his name.
Director: Gabrielle Beaumont | Stars: William Katt, Robert Culp, Connie Sellecca, Mark Withers
Votes: 99
29.
The Greatest American Hero (1981–1983)
Episode:
Reseda Rose
(1981)
TV-14 | 49 min | Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi
Ralph and Pam's plans (all of them) take a back seat when Rhonda's Mom Rose is kidnapped, opening the door to a Soviet operation to steal U.S. secrets.
Director: Gabrielle Beaumont | Stars: William Katt, Robert Culp, Connie Sellecca, E.J. Peaker
Votes: 103
30. Furious 7 (2015)
PG-13 | 137 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
Deckard Shaw seeks revenge against Dominic Toretto and his family for his comatose brother.
Director: James Wan | Stars: Vin Diesel, Paul Walker, Dwayne Johnson, Jason Statham
Votes: 414,980 | Gross: $353.01M
31. Big-atures (2002 Video)
16 min | Documentary, Short
Director: Michael Pellerin | Stars: Richard Taylor, Barrie M. Osborne, Alex Funke, Peter Jackson
Votes: 68
32. Storyboards and Pre-viz: Making Words Into Images (2002 Video)
13 min | Documentary, Short
Director: Michael Pellerin | Stars: Peter Jackson, Alex Funke, Christian Rivers, Barrie M. Osborne
Votes: 72
33. The Fiberglass Chairs: Something of How They Get the Way They Are (1970)
9 min | Documentary, Short
The process of manufacturing fiberglass chairs is shown through visuals only, with no narration.
Directors: Charles Eames, Ray Eames
Votes: 22
34.
The Greatest American Hero (1981–1983)
Episode:
Here's Looking at You, Kid
(1981)
TV-14 | 60 min | Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi
A military aircraft with a top-secret prototype targeting system is stolen, and Bill recruits Ralph to help him find the gun-sight, during which Ralph discovers a new superpower that he is ... See full summary »
Director: Robert C. Thompson | Stars: William Katt, Robert Culp, Connie Sellecca, June Lockhart
Votes: 132
35.
The Greatest American Hero (1981–1983)
Episode:
The Hit Car
(1981)
TV-14 | 49 min | Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi
Ralph's class prepares to perform Shakespeare while he works with Bill to dodge professional killers and transport a beautiful and flirtatious FBI informant to testify against her drug-dealing mobster boyfriend.
Director: Rod Holcomb | Stars: William Katt, Robert Culp, Connie Sellecca, Gwen Humble
Votes: 162
36. Grand Canyon (1991)
R | 134 min | Crime, Drama
The fates of several people are randomly intertwining. Their sympathy of each other faces multiple differences in their lifestyles.
Director: Lawrence Kasdan | Stars: Danny Glover, Kevin Kline, Steve Martin, Mary McDonnell
Votes: 16,719 | Gross: $33.24M
37. The Black Ships (1970)
8 min | Short, History
Commodore Perry's expedition to Japan is explored via Japanese artwork of the time.
Directors: Charles Eames, Ray Eames
Votes: 36
38. Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman (1993–1997)
TV-PG | 46 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama
In addition to fighting evil, Superman has a burning romance with Lois Lane in both of his identities.
Stars: Dean Cain, Teri Hatcher, Lane Smith, K Callan
Votes: 26,412
39. Battlestar Galactica (1978)
PG | 148 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
After the destruction of the Twelve Colonies of Mankind, the last major fighter carrier leads a makeshift fugitive fleet on a desperate search for the legendary planet Earth.
Directors: Richard A. Colla, Alan J. Levi | Stars: Richard Hatch, Dirk Benedict, Lorne Greene, Herbert Jefferson Jr.
Votes: 10,769
40. The 76th Annual Academy Awards (2004 TV Special)
225 min | Music
In the annual awards presentation, the nominated films include The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003), Lost in Translation (2003), Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (2003), Mystic River (2003), and Seabiscuit (2003).
Directors: Louis J. Horvitz, Troy Miller | Stars: Billy Crystal, Shohreh Aghdashloo, Liam Aiken, Denys Arcand
Votes: 1,391
41. The Blob (1988)
R | 95 min | Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
A deadly entity from space crash-lands near a small town and begins consuming everyone in its path. Panic ensues as shady government scientists try to contain the horrific creature.
Director: Chuck Russell | Stars: Shawnee Smith, Kevin Dillon, Donovan Leitch Jr., Jeffrey DeMunn
Votes: 43,563 | Gross: $8.25M
42. Heavy Metal (1981)
R | 86 min | Animation, Adventure, Fantasy
A glowing green orb that embodies ultimate evil terrorizes a young girl with an anthology of bizarre and fantastic stories.
Directors: Gerald Potterton, John Bruno, John Halas, Julian Harris, Jimmy T. Murakami, Barrie Nelson, Paul Sabella, Jack Stokes, Pino Van Lamsweerde, Harold Whitaker | Stars: Richard Romanus, John Candy, Joe Flaherty, Don Francks
Votes: 38,201
43. The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian (2008)
PG | 150 min | Action, Adventure, Family
The Pevensie siblings return to Narnia, where they are enlisted to once again help ward off an evil king and restore the rightful heir to the land's throne, Prince Caspian.
Director: Andrew Adamson | Stars: Ben Barnes, Skandar Keynes, Georgie Henley, William Moseley
Votes: 225,618 | Gross: $141.62M
44. Executive Decision (1996)
R | 133 min | Action, Adventure, Thriller
When terrorists seize control of an airliner, an intelligence analyst accompanies a commando unit for a midair boarding operation.
Director: Stuart Baird | Stars: Kurt Russell, Halle Berry, Steven Seagal, John Leguizamo
Votes: 61,617 | Gross: $56.57M
45. Buck Rogers in the 25th Century (1979)
PG | 89 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
A 20th century astronaut emerges out of 500 years of suspended animation into a future time where Earth is threatened by alien invaders.
Director: Daniel Haller | Stars: Gil Gerard, Erin Gray, Pamela Hensley, Henry Silva
Votes: 6,881 | Gross: $21.67M
46. The 75th Annual Academy Awards (2003 TV Special)
210 min | News
Award of the American academy of cinematographic arts and sciences, from 1940th known as "Oscar", - American film award created in 1929 and traditionally handed to the figures of ... See full summary »
Directors: Louis J. Horvitz, Penelope Spheeris | Stars: Steve Martin, Ben Affleck, John Agar, Wayne Allwine
Votes: 1,057
47. The 63rd Annual Academy Awards (1991 TV Special)
Family, News
Award of the American academy of cinematographic arts and sciences, from 1940 known as "Oscar", - American film award created in 1929 and traditionally handed to the figures of ... See full summary »
Director: Jeff Margolis | Stars: Billy Crystal, Danny Aiello, Ann-Margret, Anne Archer
Votes: 430
48. Waterworld (1995)
PG-13 | 135 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
In a future where the polar ice-caps have melted and Earth is almost entirely submerged, a mutated mariner fights starvation and outlaw "smokers," and reluctantly helps a woman and a young girl try to find dry land.
Director: Kevin Reynolds | Stars: Kevin Costner, Jeanne Tripplehorn, Dennis Hopper, Tina Majorino
Votes: 210,066 | Gross: $88.25M
49. Warlock (1989)
R | 103 min | Action, Fantasy, Horror
A warlock flees from the 17th to the 20th century, with a witch-hunter in hot pursuit.
Director: Steve Miner | Stars: Julian Sands, Lori Singer, Richard E. Grant, Mary Woronov
Votes: 18,992 | Gross: $9.09M
50. Mystery Men (1999)
PG-13 | 121 min | Action, Comedy, Fantasy
A group of inept amateur superheroes must try to save the day when a supervillain threatens to destroy a major superhero and the city.
Director: Kinka Usher | Stars: Ben Stiller, Janeane Garofalo, William H. Macy, Hank Azaria
Votes: 70,655 | Gross: $29.76M