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1. Unbreakable (2000)
PG-13 | 106 min | Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
A man learns something extraordinary about himself after a devastating accident.
Director: M. Night Shyamalan | Stars: Bruce Willis, Samuel L. Jackson, Robin Wright, Spencer Treat Clark
Votes: 439,640 | Gross: $95.01M
2. The Layover (I) (2017)
R | 88 min | Comedy, Romance
Two friends on a road trip compete for the affections of a handsome man when a hurricane redirects their flight.
Director: William H. Macy | Stars: Kate Upton, Alexandra Daddario, Matt Barr, Matt Jones
Votes: 16,755
3. Creepshow (1982)
R | 120 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
"Creepshow" is a 1982 movie that tells five grisly tales from a children's comic book: a murdered father rising from his grave, a bizarre meteor, a vengeful husband, a mysterious crate's occupant, and a plague of cockroaches.
Director: George A. Romero | Stars: Hal Holbrook, Leslie Nielsen, Adrienne Barbeau, E.G. Marshall
Votes: 52,995 | Gross: $21.03M
4. White Oleander (2002)
PG-13 | 109 min | Drama
A teenager journeys through a series of foster homes after her mother goes to prison for committing a crime of passion.
Director: Peter Kosminsky | Stars: Michelle Pfeiffer, Renée Zellweger, Robin Wright, Alison Lohman
Votes: 34,002 | Gross: $16.35M
5. American Splendor (2003)
R | 101 min | Biography, Comedy, Drama
An original mix of fiction and reality illuminates the life of comic book hero everyman Harvey Pekar.
Directors: Shari Springer Berman, Robert Pulcini | Stars: Paul Giamatti, Shari Springer Berman, Harvey Pekar, Chris Ambrose
Votes: 52,216 | Gross: $6.00M
6. A Nightmare on Elm Street: The Dream Child (1989)
R | 89 min | Fantasy, Horror
The pregnant Alice finds Freddy Krueger striking through the sleeping mind of her unborn child, hoping to be reborn into the real world.
Director: Stephen Hopkins | Stars: Robert Englund, Lisa Wilcox, Kelly Jo Minter, Danny Hassel
Votes: 50,426 | Gross: $22.17M
7. Crumb (1994)
R | 119 min | Documentary, Biography, Comedy
An intimate portrait of controversial cartoonist Robert Crumb and his traumatized family.
Director: Terry Zwigoff | Stars: Robert Crumb, Aline Kominsky-Crumb, Charles Crumb, Maxon Crumb
Votes: 21,532 | Gross: $3.17M
8. The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys (2002)
R | 104 min | Comedy, Drama
A group of Catholic school friends, after being caught drawing an obscene comic book, plan a heist that will outdo their previous prank and make them local legends.
Director: Peter Care | Stars: Kieran Culkin, Jena Malone, Emile Hirsch, Vincent D'Onofrio
Votes: 14,154 | Gross: $1.78M
9. Zoom (2015)
Not Rated | 96 min | Animation, Comedy, Drama
A multi-dimensional interface between a comic book artist, a novelist, and a film director. Each lives in a separate reality but authors a story about one of the others.
Director: Pedro Morelli | Stars: Tyler Labine, Alison Pill, Michael Eklund, Mariana Ximenes
Votes: 3,006
10. Xenogenesis (1978)
12 min | Short, Sci-Fi
A woman and an engineered man are sent in a gigantic sentient starship to search space for a place to start a new life cycle. Raj decides to take a look around the ship. He comes across a gigantic robotic cleaner. Combat ensues.
Directors: James Cameron, Randall Frakes | Stars: William Wisher, Margaret Umbel
Votes: 1,319
11. Dragon Tiger Gate (2006)
94 min | Action, Fantasy, Thriller
Three young martial arts masters emerge from the back streets of Hong Kong to help the powerless fight injustice.
Director: Wilson Yip | Stars: Yuk Long Wong, Louis Koo, Isabella Leong, Ella Koon
Votes: 7,149
12. Dawn of the Justice League (2016 TV Movie)
TV-14 | 22 min | Documentary
Kevin Smith hosts a look behind the scenes of upcoming movies from the DC Films universe, featuring the trailer for "Suicide Squad."
Director: Eric Matthies | Stars: Kevin Smith, Geoff Johns, Amy Adams, Ben Affleck
Votes: 581
13. Artik (2019)
Not Rated | 78 min | Horror, Thriller
A comic book obsessed serial killer teaches his son how to get away with a series of brutal murders until the boy befriends a mysterious man who threatens to expose everything.
Director: Tom Botchii | Stars: Chase Williamson, Jerry G. Angelo, Lauren Ashley Carter, Matt Mercer
Votes: 884
14. Comic Book Confidential (1988)
Unrated | 90 min | Documentary, History
A survey of the artistic history of the comic book medium and some of the major talents associated with it.
Director: Ron Mann | Stars: Lynda Barry, Charles Burns, Sue Coe, Robert Crumb
Votes: 1,079
15. Joy of Learning (1969)
95 min | Drama
How do we learn? What do we know? Night after night, not long before dawn, two young adults, Patricia and Emile, meet on a sound stage to discuss learning, discourse, and the path to ... See full summary »
Director: Jean-Luc Godard | Stars: Jean-Luc Godard, Juliet Berto, Jean-Pierre Léaud
Votes: 1,157
16. I'm Through with White Girls (2007)
R | 93 min | Comedy, Romance
Jay Brooks is that black guy who digs indie rock, graphic novels, and dates white chicks. After a slew of bad break-ups, Jay gives up white women, "cold turkey," and he goes on a mission: "... See full summary »
Director: Jennifer Sharp | Stars: Anthony Montgomery, Ryan Alosio, Lia Johnson, Lamman Rucker
Votes: 885
17. Once a Hero (1987)
60 min | Adventure, Comedy
The creator of comic superhero Captain Justice, Abner Bevis, is in a rut, repeating old storylines. The comic's owners want to kill the strip off due to falling sales, and children are ... See full summary »
Stars: Josh Blake, Jeff Lester, Robert Forster, Caitlin Clarke
Votes: 45
18. Kottentail (2007)
Not Rated | 77 min | Comedy, Horror
The "Overlook Animal Research Laboratory" has long been working on genetic engineering without any trouble. That all changes one night when two would be animal liberators set free a test ... See full summary »
Director: Tony Urban | Stars: Nathan Faudree, Kristin Abbott, Patricia Bellemore, Heather Darling
Votes: 251
19. The Dark Defender (2007)
2 min | Animation, Crime, Mystery
A highly stylized web-series dedicated to the victims of the popular TV Series main hero Dexter Morgan, a serial killer of serial killers. Done in the style similar to comic books.
Votes: 51
20. Prisoners of Gravity (1989–1994)
Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Talk-Show
Stuck in a space station, an escapee of Earth explores the issues examined in science fiction/fantasy literature and comics.
Stars: Rick Green, Neil Gaiman, Nancy Kress, Spider Robinson
Votes: 98
21. Stan Lee's Mutants, Monsters & Marvels (2002 Video)
Unrated | 95 min | Documentary
Filmmaker/Comic Writer Kevin Smith interviews comic book legend Stan Lee about his life and work in comics.
Director: Scott Zakarin | Stars: Stan Lee, Kevin Smith, Joan Lee
Votes: 940
22. Genesis of the Bat (2005 Video)
15 min | Documentary, Short
A look at the cultural influence of Batman, and the various movie and comic book incarnations of the character, with a specific focus on the film Batman Begins (2005).
Stars: Dan DiDio, David S. Goyer, Jim Lee, Paul Levitz
Votes: 106
23. Tomorrow's Memoir (2004)
27 min | Drama, Short
Jaded by a world which has deceived him, an older gentleman withdraws from society into a somber and lonely existence. When a crisis develops in the city, it soon becomes clear that he has ... See full summary »
Director: Jim Cliffe | Stars: Stephen Jefferys, Michael Collier, Jason Bell, Michael Irwin
Votes: 300
24. Tales from the Crypt: From Comic Books to Television (2004 TV Movie)
56 min | Documentary
Tells the story of EC Comics, the controversy that led to the end of mainstream horror comics, and the HBO anthology series "Tales from the Crypt".
Director: Chip Selby | Stars: Wendy Gaines Bucci, John Carpenter, Russ Cochran, Jack Davis
Votes: 153
25. The Masters of Comic Book Art (1987)
60 min | Documentary
Interviews with icons in the comic book world.
Director: Ken Viola | Stars: Neal Adams, Steve Ditko, Will Eisner, Harlan Ellison
Votes: 58
26. Video Comics (1979–1981)
Family
Cameras panned over individual panels from stories selected from DC Comics while voiceover actors read the dialogue seen in the balloons. Comic books chosen for this treatment included "... See full summary »
Stars: Diane Disque, William Hamilton, Charles Pickard
Votes: 11
27. She Makes Comics (2014)
70 min | Documentary
This documentary is about the women and their important role in the comic book industry. It includes numerous interviews with icons like Kelly Sue DeConnick, Karen Berger and Jenette Kahn.
Director: Marisa Stotter | Stars: Janelle Asselin, Karen Berger, Christina Blanch, Shelly Bond
Votes: 132
28. Creepshow Raw: Insomnia (2009 Video)
8 min | Short, Horror
A boy with an abusive stepfather (Michael Madsen) has insomnia because of a monster in his closet, and gears up to banish it.
Director: Wilmer Valderrama | Stars: Sam Elliot Hafermalz, Michael Madsen, Wendi McLendon-Covey, E. Quincy Sloan
Votes: 73
29. Will Eisner: Portrait of a Sequential Artist (2007)
Not Rated | 143 min | Documentary
A documentary about the legendary sequential artist, Will Eisner, creator of The Spirit.
Director: Andrew D. Cooke | Stars: Michael Chabon, Max Allan Collins, Will Eisner, Jules Feiffer
Votes: 41
30. Idle Mist (1998)
28 min | Horror, Crime, Short
When the darkness in a musician's dreams tears its way into his waking life, a series of brutal murders rocks the city and word spreads of a spectral form looming over the rooftops.
Director: Andrés Useche | Stars: Catalina Gallo, Andrés Useche, Patricia Salazar, Yonier Bedoya
Votes: 682
31. The Millionaires (2011)
15 min | Animation, Short, Crime
Five characters and the deadly sin of greed. A vicious cycle.
Director: Mário Gajo de Carvalho
Votes: 29
32. Marvel 14: Les super-héros contre la censure (2009)
52 min | Documentary
A documentary that tells the tale of issue 14 of French comic book Marvel, who was censored and banned before publication.
Directors: Jean Depelley, Philippe Roure | Stars: Claude Vistel, Matthieu Dahan, Jean-Pierre Dionnet, Bernard Joubert
Votes: 27
33. Purple Eyes in the Dark (1987 Video)
31 min | Animation, Action, Drama
A series of pop songs set to animation inspired by, and manga stills taken from, "Yami no Purple Eye", Chie Shinohara's Shogakukan-award winning manga about a girl who discovers she has feline DNA and can turn into a monstrous leopard.
Director: Mizuho Nishikubo
Votes: 15
34. Adventures Into Digital Comics (2006)
96 min | Documentary
The film observes the events surrounding the sudden decrease of sales of comic books in the US in the early 90's, followed by the surge of webcomics on the Internet.
Director: Sébastien Dumesnil | Stars: John Barber, Leonard M. Cachola, Joe Casey, Patrick Farley
Votes: 17
35. Eric of the Gods (2009 Video)
9 min | Short, Drama, Fantasy
A continuation of Greek mythology in the modern world in which Eros fires a love bullet to find his new love.
Director: Alessandro Leën | Stars: Aza Declercq, Kevin Bellemans, Celine Camps, Henri Leen
36. The Devil You Know: Inside the Mind of Todd McFarlane (2001)
77 min | Documentary, Biography
A film about the life and career of the famed Canadian comic book talent.
Director: Kenton Vaughan | Stars: Todd McFarlane, Jim Salicrup
Votes: 106
37. Dark Material (2009)
7 min | Short
Childhood fears of the dark resurface in the work of three artists.
Directors: Maile Martinez, Lane Stroud | Stars: Heather Ayres, Michael S. Bracco, Nicholas Hubbard
38. Telling Stories: The Comic Book Creators (2005 Video)
Not Rated | 120 min | Documentary, Biography, History
Hero Video Productions presents a 2-hour DVD packed with interviews with some of the greatest names in comics! Bruce Timm, Greg Rucka, Jimmy Palmiotti, Howard Chaykin, Geoff Johns, Steve ... See full summary »
Director: Greg Jurls | Stars: Howard Chaykin, Arnold Drake, Steve Englehart, Adam Hughes
Votes: 20
39. Marvel Superheroes' Guide to New York City (2004 TV Movie)
Documentary
Travel special that explores New York City as it is depicted in Marvel Comics, from Spiderman to Daredevil to The Fantastic Four.
Director: Molly Hermann
Votes: 21
40. The Spirit Is Willie (2000 Video)
35 min | Short, Adventure, Fantasy
Cheyenne finds a strange book mixed with a bunch of old magazines. It's "The Adventures of Sweet Gwen" by John Willie, a classic adult comic book full of villains, damsels-in-distress and ... See full summary »
Director: Chelsea Pfeiffer | Stars: Cheyenne Allen, Alex Foxx
41. Modern Masters: In the Studio with George Perez (2005 Video)
120 min | Documentary, Biography
Director: Jeremy McCracken | Star: George Pérez
42. Temalørdag: Tegneserier (1997 TV Movie)
Documentary, History
Søren Bruun and co-host Jakob Stegelmann dive into the history of comic books and short cartoons. In particular portraits of the Danish pioneer Henning (Mik) Dahl-Mikkelsen who created "Ferd'nand" and the legendary Carl Barks.
Stars: Søren Bruun, Jakob Stegelmann, Mik Dahl-Mikkelsen, Carl Barks
43. Reptile Day (2006)
12 min | Short, Adventure, Comedy
Reptile Day is a sci-fi comedy thriller which looks back to Melies, putting actors into a cartoon world, drawn by comic-book genius, D'Israeli.
Director: Tom Hickmore | Stars: Neville Hutton, Oreke Mosheshe, Shona McWilliams, Jane Lesley
Votes: 13
44. Temalørdag: Walt Disney 100 år (2001 TV Movie)
180 min | Documentary
Jakob Stegelmann celebrates Walt Disney's 100th birthday, reflecting on the old Disney studios, on the impact of Carl Barks, and much more. Also, Jean-Pierre Isbouts' documentary "Walt: The... See full summary »
Stars: Jakob Stegelmann, Carl Barks, Walt Disney
45. How to Draw Comics from Script to Print (2004 Video)
120 min | Documentary
Director: Jeremy McCracken | Stars: Danny Fingeroth, Michael Manley
46. Dig Comics (2009)
19 min | Documentary, Short, History
Is the American art form of comics dying? 'Dig Comics' hits the streets to convert everyday people into new fans. Comic creators, retailers, and historians weigh in on what went wrong and ... See full summary »
Directors: Miguel Cima, Ertug Tufekcioglu | Stars: Miguel Cima, Dame Darcy, Jeph Loeb, Scott Shaw
Votes: 40
47.
Are You Afraid of the Dark? (1990–2000)
Episode:
The Tale of the Ghastly Grinner
(1994)
Not Rated | 22 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
A young comic book fan/artist unleashes a villain from a rare comic book, who turns people into laughing zombies!
Director: Ron Oliver | Stars: Amos Crawley, Heidi Burbela, Neil Kroetsch, Missy Christianssen
Votes: 712
48.
Goosebumps (1995–1998)
Episode:
Attack of the Mutant: Part 1
(1996)
Not Rated | 22 min | Fantasy, Horror, Mystery
While on his way to an orthodontist appointment, comic book enthusiast Skipper spots a building which resembles his favorite villain's headquarters. However, when he and new friend, Libby, ... See full summary »
Directors: William Fruet, Randy Bradshaw | Stars: Dan Warry-Smith, Melissa Bathory, Maurice Godin, Mag Ruffman
Votes: 729
49.
Goosebumps (1995–1998)
Episode:
Attack of the Mutant: Part 2
(1996)
Not Rated | 22 min | Fantasy, Horror, Mystery
After Libby decides to go home, Skipper leaves the strange building as well. However, when he receives a comic book that seems to depict him saving his hero, he decides to go back and solve the mystery once and for all.
Directors: William Fruet, Randy Bradshaw | Stars: Dan Warry-Smith, Melissa Bathory, Maurice Godin, Mag Ruffman
Votes: 719
50.
House M.D. (2004–2012)
Episode:
Histories
(2005)
TV-14 | 44 min | Drama, Mystery
A delusional homeless woman is found unconscious in an acid house exhibiting a variety of symptoms which Foreman thinks she's faking.
Director: Daniel Attias | Stars: Hugh Laurie, Lisa Edelstein, Omar Epps, Robert Sean Leonard
Votes: 3,796