My Top 250
by frankart19 | created - 11 Mar 2013 | updated - 1 month ago | PublicMy 250 most favorite movies (features, shorts, documentary and tv episodes) -Under Construction-
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1.
Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey (2014)
Episode:
Deeper, Deeper, Deeper Still
(2014)
TV-PG | 44 min | Documentary
The Ship of the Imagination ventures on an epic voyage to the bottom of a dewdrop to explore the universe on the smallest scale and observe exotic life forms invisible to the naked eye. ... See full summary »
Directors: Brannon Braga, Ann Druyan, Bill Pope | Stars: Neil deGrasse Tyson, Christopher Emerson, Fred Tatasciore
Votes: 1,858
2.
Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987–1994)
Episode:
The Inner Light
(1992)
TV-PG | 45 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Picard awakes to find himself living in a small village where he is a well-known member of the community who is suffering from a delusion of being a starship captain.
Director: Peter Lauritson | Stars: Patrick Stewart, Jonathan Frakes, LeVar Burton, Michael Dorn
Votes: 8,261
3. What's Opera, Doc? (1957)
Approved | 7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Elmer Fudd is again hunting rabbits - only this time it's an opera. Wagner's Siegfried with Elmer as the titular hero and Bugs as Brunnhilde. They sing, they dance, they eat the scenery.
Director: Chuck Jones | Stars: Mel Blanc, Arthur Q. Bryan
Votes: 10,507
4. Ghost in the Shell (1995)
TV-MA | 83 min | Animation, Action, Crime
A cyborg policewoman and her partner hunt a mysterious and powerful hacker called the Puppet Master.
Directors: Mizuho Nishikubo, Mamoru Oshii | Stars: Atsuko Tanaka, Iemasa Kayumi, Akio Ôtsuka, Kôichi Yamadera
Votes: 156,949 | Gross: $0.52M
5. Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
PG | 124 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
After the Rebel Alliance are overpowered by the Empire, Luke Skywalker begins his Jedi training with Yoda, while his friends are pursued across the galaxy by Darth Vader and bounty hunter Boba Fett.
Director: Irvin Kershner | Stars: Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, Billy Dee Williams
Votes: 1,380,202 | Gross: $290.48M
The original theatrical version
6. Blade Runner (1982)
R | 117 min | Action, Drama, Sci-Fi
A blade runner must pursue and terminate four replicants who stole a ship in space and have returned to Earth to find their creator.
Director: Ridley Scott | Stars: Harrison Ford, Rutger Hauer, Sean Young, Edward James Olmos
Votes: 823,339 | Gross: $32.87M
The Final Cut
7.
Star Trek (1966–1969)
Episode:
The City on the Edge of Forever
(1967)
TV-PG | 50 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
When a temporarily insane Dr. McCoy accidentally changes history and destroys his time, Kirk and Spock follow him to prevent the disaster, but the price to do so is high.
Director: Joseph Pevney | Stars: William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, Joan Collins, DeForest Kelley
Votes: 6,582
8. The Matrix (1999)
R | 136 min | Action, Sci-Fi
When a beautiful stranger leads computer hacker Neo to a forbidding underworld, he discovers the shocking truth--the life he knows is the elaborate deception of an evil cyber-intelligence.
Directors: Lana Wachowski, Lilly Wachowski | Stars: Keanu Reeves, Laurence Fishburne, Carrie-Anne Moss, Hugo Weaving
Votes: 2,054,001 | Gross: $171.48M
Hitchcock vibe, innovative and looks great
9. Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983)
PG | 131 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
After rescuing Han Solo from Jabba the Hutt, the Rebel Alliance attempt to destroy the second Death Star, while Luke struggles to help Darth Vader back from the dark side.
Director: Richard Marquand | Stars: Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, Billy Dee Williams
Votes: 1,121,744 | Gross: $309.13M
the original theatrical version
10.
Cosmos: Possible Worlds (2020)
Episode:
The Fleeting Grace of the Habitable Zone
(2020)
TV-PG | Documentary, Animation, Family
A long-term vision of humanity's future worlds is explored.
Director: Ann Druyan | Stars: Neil deGrasse Tyson, Sasha Sagan, Nick Sagan, Clinnette Minnis
Votes: 942
11. Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977)
PG | 121 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Luke Skywalker joins forces with a Jedi Knight, a cocky pilot, a Wookiee and two droids to save the galaxy from the Empire's world-destroying battle station, while also attempting to rescue Princess Leia from the mysterious Darth Vader.
Director: George Lucas | Stars: Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, Alec Guinness
Votes: 1,450,070 | Gross: $322.74M
The original theatrical version or any other pre-special edition
12.
Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987–1994)
Episode:
Darmok
(1991)
TV-PG | 46 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Picard must learn to communicate with a race that speaks in metaphor under a difficult set of circumstances.
Director: Winrich Kolbe | Stars: Patrick Stewart, Jonathan Frakes, LeVar Burton, Michael Dorn
Votes: 5,083
13.
Cosmos (1980)
Episode:
The Shores of the Cosmic Ocean
(1980)
TV-PG | 60 min | Documentary
Carl Sagan examines our planet's place in the universe by leading us on a journey from Earth to Deep Space.
Directors: Adrian Malone, Geoffrey Haines-Stiles, Rob McCain, David F. Oyster, Tom Weidlinger, Richard J. Wells | Stars: Carl Sagan, Jaromír Hanzlík
Votes: 822
14.
Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey (2014)
Episode:
Sisters of the Sun
(2014)
TV-PG | 42 min | Documentary
Explores the violent cosmic phenomenon of supernovas, which on average occur once per galaxy per century or one billion times per year in the observable universe.
Director: Brannon Braga | Stars: Neil deGrasse Tyson, Kirsten Dunst, Maria Frucci, Peggy Jo Jacobs
Votes: 1,741
15.
The Mandalorian (2019– )
Episode:
Chapter 2: The Child
(2019)
TV-PG | 31 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Target in hand, the Mandalorian must now contend with scavengers.
Director: Rick Famuyiwa | Stars: Pedro Pascal, Nick Nolte, Misty Rosas, Stephen Jackson Powers Jr.
Votes: 31,119
16. Cloud Atlas (2012)
R | 172 min | Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
An exploration of how the actions of individual lives impact one another in the past, present and future, as one soul is shaped from a killer into a hero, and an act of kindness ripples across centuries to inspire a revolution.
Directors: Tom Tykwer, Lana Wachowski, Lilly Wachowski | Stars: Tom Hanks, Halle Berry, Hugh Grant, Hugo Weaving
Votes: 374,470 | Gross: $27.11M
There's so much I like about this movie and I don't even know where to start.
17. Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016)
PG-13 | 133 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
In a time of conflict, a group of unlikely heroes band together on a mission to steal the plans to the Death Star, the Empire's ultimate weapon of destruction.
Director: Gareth Edwards | Stars: Felicity Jones, Diego Luna, Alan Tudyk, Donnie Yen
Votes: 686,660 | Gross: $532.18M
18.
Cowboy Bebop (1998–1999)
Episode:
Jamming with Edward
(1998)
TV-14 | 25 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
Something is carving giant pictures on Earth's surface and the Earth police put out a bounty, drawing in Spike and Jet. A talented computer hacker, Edward, is rumored to be the culprit, but the truth is much different.
Directors: Ikurô Satô, Shin'ichirô Watanabe, Mary Elizabeth McGlynn | Stars: Steve Blum, Kôichi Yamadera, Beau Billingslea, Unshô Ishizuka
Votes: 2,922
19.
The Mandalorian (2019– )
Episode:
Chapter 13: The Jedi
(2020)
TV-14 | 45 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
The Mandalorian travels to a world ruled by a ruthless magistrate who has made a powerful enemy.
Director: Dave Filoni | Stars: Pedro Pascal, Michael Biehn, Rosario Dawson, Diana Lee Inosanto
Votes: 34,257
20. Gravity (2013)
PG-13 | 91 min | Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Dr Ryan Stone, an engineer on her first time on a space mission, and Matt Kowalski, an astronaut on his final expedition, have to survive in space after they are hit by debris while spacewalking.
Director: Alfonso Cuarón | Stars: Sandra Bullock, George Clooney, Ed Harris, Orto Ignatiussen
Votes: 863,381 | Gross: $274.09M
IMAX 3D.
21.
Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987–1994)
Episode:
All Good Things...
(1994)
TV-PG | 105 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Capt. Picard finds himself shifting continually into the past, future and present and must use that to discover a threat to humanity's existence.
Director: Winrich Kolbe | Stars: Patrick Stewart, Jonathan Frakes, LeVar Burton, Michael Dorn
Votes: 9,259
22. In the Mood for Love (2000)
PG | 98 min | Drama, Romance
Two neighbors form a strong bond after both suspect extramarital activities of their spouses. However, they agree to keep their bond platonic so as not to commit similar wrongs.
Director: Kar-Wai Wong | Stars: Tony Leung Chiu-wai, Maggie Cheung, Siu Ping-Lam, Tung Cho 'Joe' Cheung
Votes: 166,947 | Gross: $2.73M
Looks perfect and is a good story
23.
Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey (2014)
Episode:
A Sky Full of Ghosts
(2014)
TV-PG | 44 min | Documentary
Explores how light, time and gravity affects our perception of the universe
Directors: Brannon Braga, Ann Druyan, Bill Pope | Stars: Neil deGrasse Tyson, Jonathan Morgan Heit, Wesley Salter, Patrick Stewart
Votes: 2,329
24. Seven Samurai (1954)
Not Rated | 207 min | Action, Drama
Farmers from a village exploited by bandits hire a veteran samurai for protection, who gathers six other samurai to join him.
Director: Akira Kurosawa | Stars: Toshirô Mifune, Takashi Shimura, Keiko Tsushima, Yukiko Shimazaki
Votes: 366,939 | Gross: $0.27M
This is what a timeless film looks like
25. Donald's Tire Trouble (1943)
Approved | 7 min | Family, Comedy, Animation
Donald drives too fast and blows out a tire. Of course, with this clown, changing it is not a simple operation. First he has to fight the jack, then the heavily patched inner tube, then the... See full summary »
Director: Dick Lundy | Star: Clarence Nash
Votes: 1,024
26.
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1993–1999)
Episode:
Far Beyond the Stars
(1998)
TV-PG | 47 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Captain Sisko has a full sensory vision of himself as an under-appreciated science fiction magazine writer in 1950s America.
Director: Avery Brooks | Stars: Avery Brooks, Rene Auberjonois, Michael Dorn, Terry Farrell
Votes: 3,812
27.
Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey (2014)
Episode:
Standing Up in the Milky Way
(2014)
TV-PG | 44 min | Documentary
A thrilling, new adventure across space and time begins.
Directors: Brannon Braga, Ann Druyan, Bill Pope | Stars: Neil deGrasse Tyson, Phil LaMarr, Seth MacFarlane, John Steven Rocha
Votes: 3,554
28.
Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey (2014)
Episode:
The Immortals
(2014)
TV-PG | 42 min | Documentary
The Ship of the Imagination travels across the cosmos to discover the possibility of beings that live forever and explain why other civilizations perish. Then, visit the Cosmic Calendar of ... See full summary »
Directors: Brannon Braga, Kevin Dart | Stars: Neil deGrasse Tyson, Christiane Amanpour, Hannah Long, Carl Sagan
Votes: 1,678
29.
Cosmos: Possible Worlds (2020)
Episode:
Ladder to the Stars
(2020)
TV-PG | 43 min | Documentary, Animation, Family
An adventure spanning billions of years into the evolution of life.
Director: Brannon Braga | Star: Neil deGrasse Tyson
Votes: 1,086
30.
Cosmos: Possible Worlds (2020)
Episode:
The Search for Intelligent Life on Earth
(2020)
TV-PG | 43 min | Documentary, Animation, Family
A hidden underground network, a collaboration of four kingdoms of life, is revealed.
Director: Ann Druyan | Stars: Neil deGrasse Tyson, Steve Oatway
Votes: 832
31. Solo: A Star Wars Story (2018)
PG-13 | 135 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
During an adventure in the criminal underworld, Han Solo meets his future co-pilot Chewbacca and Lando Calrissian years before joining the Rebel Alliance.
Director: Ron Howard | Stars: Alden Ehrenreich, Woody Harrelson, Emilia Clarke, Donald Glover
Votes: 379,301 | Gross: $213.77M
32.
Horizon (1964– )
Episode:
The Pleasure of Finding Things Out
(1981)
50 min | Documentary
Theoretical physicist Richard Feynman tells his story.
Director: Christopher Sykes | Star: Richard Feynman
Votes: 146
33. Star Wars: Tales of the Jedi (2022)
TV-PG | 15 min | Animation, Short, Action
Animated shorts that feature Jedi from the prequel era.
Stars: Corey Burton, Ashley Eckstein, Dee Bradley Baker, Ian McDiarmid
Votes: 34,414
34. Three Colors: Blue (1993)
R | 94 min | Drama, Music, Mystery
A woman struggles to find a way to live her life after the death of her husband and child.
Director: Krzysztof Kieslowski | Stars: Juliette Binoche, Zbigniew Zamachowski, Julie Delpy, Benoît Régent
Votes: 110,531 | Gross: $1.32M
This film delivers top quality on all the things I look for when I watch one. Story, acting, cinematography, soundtrack, creative and a whole that is greater than the sum of its parts. Movie magic through and through.
35. Andor (2022– )
TV-14 | 40 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Prequel series to Star Wars' 'Rogue One'. In an era filled with danger, deception and intrigue, Cassian will embark on the path that is destined to turn him into a Rebel hero.
Stars: Diego Luna, Kyle Soller, Stellan Skarsgård, Genevieve O'Reilly
Votes: 165,200
36. Batman (1989)
PG-13 | 126 min | Action, Adventure
The Dark Knight of Gotham City begins his war on crime with his first major enemy being Jack Napier, a criminal who becomes the clownishly homicidal Joker.
Director: Tim Burton | Stars: Michael Keaton, Jack Nicholson, Kim Basinger, Robert Wuhl
Votes: 404,368 | Gross: $251.19M
37. The Matrix Resurrections (I) (2021)
R | 148 min | Action, Sci-Fi
Return to a world of two realities: one, everyday life; the other, what lies behind it. To find out if his reality is a construct, to truly know himself, Mr. Anderson will have to choose to follow the white rabbit once more.
Director: Lana Wachowski | Stars: Keanu Reeves, Carrie-Anne Moss, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Jonathan Groff
Votes: 279,649
38. 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: 665,613 | Gross: $92.05M
39. The Sandman (2022– )
TV-MA | 45 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Upon escaping after decades of imprisonment by a mortal wizard, Dream, the personification of dreams, sets about to reclaim his lost equipment.
Stars: Tom Sturridge, Boyd Holbrook, Patton Oswalt, Vivienne Acheampong
Votes: 171,297
40.
Cosmos: Possible Worlds (2020)
Episode:
Seven Wonders of the New World
(2020)
TV-PG | Documentary, Animation, Family
A visit to the 2039 New York World's Fair, where intractable problems may have been solved.
Director: Brannon Braga | Stars: Neil deGrasse Tyson, Sasha Sagan, Joseph J. Micucci, Trang Vo
Votes: 464
41. Citizen Kane (1941)
PG | 119 min | Drama, Mystery
Following the death of publishing tycoon Charles Foster Kane, reporters scramble to uncover the meaning of his final utterance: 'Rosebud.'
Director: Orson Welles | Stars: Orson Welles, Joseph Cotten, Dorothy Comingore, Agnes Moorehead
Votes: 466,080 | Gross: $1.59M
It grows on me
42.
Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey (2014)
Episode:
Hiding in the Light
(2014)
TV-PG | 44 min | Documentary
The Ship of the Imagination travels back in time to reveal 11th century Europe and North Africa during the golden age of Islam, when brilliant physicist Ibn al-Haytham discovered the ... See full summary »
Directors: Brannon Braga, Ann Druyan, Bill Pope | Stars: Neil deGrasse Tyson, Alfred Molina, Kenn Ashe, Stoney Emshwiller
Votes: 2,072
43.
Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey (2014)
Episode:
Some of the Things That Molecules Do
(2014)
TV-PG | 44 min | Documentary
Artificial selection is one example, eyes another, of the well-documented and inescapable process of evolution--change in a population of species over time--by natural selection. These are some of the things that molecules do.
Directors: Brannon Braga, Ann Druyan, Bill Pope | Stars: Neil deGrasse Tyson, Nadia Rochelle Pfarr, Carl Sagan
Votes: 2,712
44.
Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987–1994)
Episode:
Deja Q
(1990)
TV-PG | 46 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Much to Picard's displeasure, Q reappears on the Enterprise, claiming to have been ejected from the Q Continuum, and therefore, lost his powers.
Director: Les Landau | Stars: Patrick Stewart, Jonathan Frakes, LeVar Burton, Michael Dorn
Votes: 4,287
45. The Tree of Life (2011)
PG-13 | 139 min | Drama, Fantasy
The story of a family in Waco, Texas in 1956. The eldest son witnesses the loss of innocence and struggles with his parents' conflicting teachings.
Director: Terrence Malick | Stars: Brad Pitt, Sean Penn, Jessica Chastain, Hunter McCracken
Votes: 184,155 | Gross: $13.30M
46.
Cosmos (1980)
Episode:
The Persistence of Memory
(1980)
TV-PG | 60 min | Documentary
Carl Sagan examines life on earth discussing genes, DNA, the brain, and human social development.
Directors: Adrian Malone, David Kennard, Rob McCain, David F. Oyster, Richard J. Wells | Star: Carl Sagan
Votes: 519
47.
Cosmos (1980)
Episode:
Journeys in Space and Time
(1980)
TV-PG | 60 min | Documentary
Carl Sagan explains scientific concepts like relativity and examines the possibility of time travel.
Directors: Adrian Malone, Rob McCain, David F. Oyster | Star: Carl Sagan
Votes: 569
48.
Cosmos (1980)
Episode:
One Voice in the Cosmic Fugue
(1980)
TV-PG | 60 min | Documentary
Carl Sagan examines the origin, development, and complexity of life on Earth and speculates on the possibility of life developing elsewhere in the universe.
Directors: Adrian Malone, David Kennard, Rob McCain, David F. Oyster, Richard Wells | Stars: Carl Sagan, Alan Belod, Jean Charney, Jonathan Fahn
Votes: 675
49.
Cosmos (1980)
Episode:
Travellers' Tales
(1980)
TV-PG | 60 min | Documentary
Carl Sagan looks at the planets Jupiter and Saturn by examining the work of Galileo, Huygens, and the Voyager probes.
Directors: Adrian Malone, Geoffrey Haines-Stiles, David Kennard, Rob McCain, David F. Oyster, Richard J. Wells | Stars: Carl Sagan, Arthur 'Lonne' Lane, Linda Morabito, Larry Soderblom
Votes: 549
50.
Cosmos (1980)
Episode:
Heaven and Hell
(1980)
TV-PG | 60 min | Documentary
Carl Sagan examines the nature of comets before turning to a close look at the planet Venus.
Directors: Adrian Malone, Geoffrey Haines-Stiles, Rob McCain, David F. Oyster, Richard J. Wells | Star: Carl Sagan
Votes: 584
51.
Cosmos (1980)
Episode:
The Backbone of Night
(1980)
TV-PG | 60 min | Documentary
Carl Sagan looks at the work of ancient Greek scientists and astronomers including Thales, Anaximander, Democritus, and Pythagoras.
Directors: Adrian Malone, David Kennard | Stars: Carl Sagan, Jaromír Hanzlík
Votes: 548
52.
Cosmos: Possible Worlds (2020)
Episode:
Magic Without Lies
(2020)
TV-PG | Documentary, Animation, Family
Spotlighting the man who discovered a hole in reality and the technology that it made possible.
Director: Brannon Braga | Stars: Neil deGrasse Tyson, Ernie Vigil, Eric Lyons
Votes: 812
53. Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens (2015)
PG-13 | 138 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
As a new threat to the galaxy rises, Rey, a desert scavenger, and Finn, an ex-stormtrooper, must join Han Solo and Chewbacca to search for the one hope of restoring peace.
Director: J.J. Abrams | Stars: Daisy Ridley, John Boyega, Oscar Isaac, Domhnall Gleeson
Votes: 973,906 | Gross: $936.66M
54. Star Wars: The Rise Of Skywalker (2019)
PG-13 | 141 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
The surviving Resistance faces the First Order once again in the conclusion of the Skywalker saga.
Director: J.J. Abrams | Stars: Daisy Ridley, John Boyega, Oscar Isaac, Adam Driver
Votes: 493,526 | Gross: $515.20M
55.
Cosmos: Possible Worlds (2020)
Episode:
A Tale of Two Atoms
(2020)
TV-PG | Documentary, Animation, Family
Examining how a deadly embrace between two atoms altered the fate of the world.
Director: Brannon Braga | Stars: Neil deGrasse Tyson, Seth MacFarlane, Judd Hirsch, Olivia d'Abo
Votes: 674
56.
Cosmos (1980)
Episode:
Harmony of the Worlds
(1980)
TV-PG | 60 min | Documentary
After briefly looking at the pseudoscience of astrology, Carl Sagan examines the history of astronomy from ancient times through Ptolemy to Johannes Kepler.
Directors: Adrian Malone, Geoffrey Haines-Stiles, David Kennard, David F. Oyster, Tom Weidlinger | Stars: Carl Sagan, Alan Belod, Jean Charney, Jonathan Fahn
Votes: 628
57.
Cosmos: Possible Worlds (2020)
Episode:
The Sacrifice of Cassini
(2020)
TV-PG | Documentary, Animation, Family
A scientist figures out how to go to the moon while fighting for his life in a war trench.
Director: Ann Druyan | Stars: Neil deGrasse Tyson, Adam Tsekhman, Neil Arnote
Votes: 766
58.
Cosmos: Possible Worlds (2020)
Episode:
The Cosmic Connectome
(2020)
TV-PG | Documentary, Animation, Family
An abandoned orphan's dream opens the way to understanding the architecture of thought.
Director: Ann Druyan | Stars: Neil deGrasse Tyson, Marcelo Tubert, Mara Junot, Rick Pasqualone
Votes: 769
59.
Cosmos (1980)
Episode:
Who Speaks for Earth?
(1980)
TV-PG | 60 min | Documentary
Carl Sagan considers the significance of science and discuss the importance of human survival in the nuclear age.
Directors: Adrian Malone, Geoffrey Haines-Stiles, David Kennard, Rob McCain, David F. Oyster, Tom Weidlinger, Richard Wells, Richard J. Wells | Stars: Carl Sagan, Jonathan Fahn, Jaromír Hanzlík, Ronald A. Hilbert
Votes: 531
60.
Cosmos: Possible Worlds (2020)
Episode:
The Man of a Trillion Worlds
(2020)
TV-PG | Documentary, Animation, Family
A young Carl Sagan realizes his childhood dreams, carrying his mentors' research forward.
Director: Ann Druyan | Stars: Neil deGrasse Tyson, Carl Sagan, Sasha Sagan, Jamie Hanes
Votes: 736
61.
Cosmos (1980)
Episode:
Encyclopaedia Galactica
(1980)
TV-PG | 60 min | Documentary
Carl Sagan examines the possibility extraterrestrial life and discusses his skepticism about UFOs.
Directors: Adrian Malone, Geoffrey Haines-Stiles, Rob McCain, David F. Oyster, Tom Weidlinger, Richard J. Wells | Stars: Carl Sagan, Alan Belod, Jean Charney, Jonathan Fahn
Votes: 516
62.
Cosmos (1980)
Episode:
Blues for a Red Planet
(1980)
TV-PG | 60 min | Documentary
Carl Sagan looks at the search for life on Mars from the speculations of Percival Lowell and H.G. Wells to the arrival of the Viking probes.
Directors: Adrian Malone, David Kennard, Rob McCain, David F. Oyster, Richard J. Wells | Stars: Carl Sagan, Robert H. Goddard
Votes: 574
63.
Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey (2014)
Episode:
The World Set Free
(2014)
TV-PG | 41 min | Documentary
Degrasse discusses our nearest neighboring planet Venus and its climate, the climate change on Earth and if it is caused by humans.
Director: Brannon Braga | Stars: Neil deGrasse Tyson, Paul Sorvino, Frank Baxter, John F. Kennedy
Votes: 1,594
64.
Cosmos: Possible Worlds (2020)
Episode:
Lost City of Life
(2020)
TV-PG | Documentary, Animation, Family
Explore the story behind the man who found the first clues to life's beginnings on Earth.
Director: Brannon Braga | Stars: Neil deGrasse Tyson, Patrick Stewart, Joseph Grange, Carol Bach Rita
Votes: 841
65.
The Animatrix (2003)
Episode:
Matriculated
(2003)
Unrated | 16 min | Animation, Action, Sci-Fi
Using the Matrix, a resistance group attempts to recruit a sentinel to their cause.
Director: Peter Chung | Stars: Melinda Clarke, Dwight Schultz, Rodney Saulsberry, James Arnold Taylor
Votes: 4,868
66.
The Animatrix (2003)
Episode:
World Record
(2003)
Unrated | 10 min | Animation, Action, Sci-Fi
An athlete, Dan, breaks out of the matrix through a feat of strength and gets a brief glimse of the real world outside his existance.
Director: Takeshi Koike | Stars: Victor Williams, John Wesley, Alex Fernandez, Allison Smith
Votes: 5,327
67.
Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey (2014)
Episode:
Unafraid of the Dark
(2014)
TV-PG | 43 min | Documentary
Description of the two Voyager probes sent for interstellar travel. Tyson ends the series by emphasizing Sagan's message on the human condition in the vastness of the cosmos & to encourage ... See full summary »
Director: Ann Druyan | Stars: Neil deGrasse Tyson, Carl Sagan, Nick Sagan
Votes: 1,792
68.
Star Trek (1966–1969)
Episode:
The Trouble with Tribbles
(1967)
TV-PG | 50 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
To protect a space station with a vital grain shipment, Kirk must deal with Federation bureaucrats, a Klingon battle cruiser and a peddler who sells furry, purring, hungry little creatures as pets.
Director: Joseph Pevney | Stars: William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, DeForest Kelley, William Schallert
Votes: 4,935
69.
Star Trek Continues (2013–2017)
Episode:
Fairest of Them All
(2014)
41 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
This sequel to the TOS episode "Mirror Mirror" picks up the story in the alternate universe immediately after. Spock plans to rebel against the Empire in a quest for peace, but first must ... See full summary »
Director: James Kerwin | Stars: Vic Mignogna, Todd Haberkorn, Chuck Huber, Christopher Doohan
Votes: 509
70.
Cosmos (1980)
Episode:
The Edge of Forever
(1980)
TV-PG | 60 min | Documentary
Carl Sagan focuses on the origin of the universe by discussing the Big Bang, Galaxies, Dimensions, and the expansion of the universe.
Directors: Adrian Malone, David Kennard, Rob McCain, David F. Oyster, Tom Weidlinger, Richard J. Wells | Star: Carl Sagan
Votes: 541
71. Lonesome Ghosts (1937)
Approved | 9 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Mickey, Donald and Goofy run the "Ajax Ghost Exterminators" agency. They receive a call from lonely and bored ghosts to come to their house where they are scared silly by the hilarious haunts and taunts of these spirited pranksters.
Director: Burt Gillett | Stars: Billy Bletcher, Pinto Colvig, Walt Disney, Clarence Nash
Votes: 3,375
72.
Cosmos: Possible Worlds (2020)
Episode:
Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors
(2020)
TV-PG | Documentary, Animation, Family
An exploration into the similarities and differences of humans and animals.
Director: Brannon Braga | Stars: Neil deGrasse Tyson, Masoumeh Husseini, Harsh Singh, Shereen Balles
Votes: 695
73. Contact (1997)
PG | 150 min | Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Dr. Ellie Arroway, after years of searching, finds conclusive radio proof of extraterrestrial intelligence, sending plans for a mysterious machine.
Director: Robert Zemeckis | Stars: Jodie Foster, Matthew McConaughey, Tom Skerritt, John Hurt
Votes: 293,186 | Gross: $100.92M
I wish I could always watch this on a big screen
74.
Cosmos: Possible Worlds (2020)
Episode:
Coming of Age in the Anthropocene
(2020)
TV-PG | Documentary, Animation, Family
Following the greatest stories of prophecy, a possible future for a newborn is depicted.
Director: Ann Druyan | Stars: Neil deGrasse Tyson, Seth MacFarlane, Trang Vo
Votes: 660
75.
Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey (2014)
Episode:
The Clean Room
(2014)
TV-PG | 43 min | Documentary
To determine the true age of the Earth, geochemist Clair Patterson developed the uranium-lead dating method to make an unprecedented discovery - calculating Earth's age of 4.5 billion years... See full summary »
Directors: Brannon Braga, Ann Druyan | Stars: Neil deGrasse Tyson, Larry Cedar, Christopher Emerson, Stoney Emshwiller
Votes: 1,848
76.
Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey (2014)
Episode:
The Lost Worlds of Planet Earth
(2014)
TV-PG | 43 min | Documentary
The Ship of the Imagination embarks on a journey through space and time to grasp how the autobiography of the Earth is written in its atoms, its oceans, its continents and all living things... See full summary »
Director: Brannon Braga | Stars: Neil deGrasse Tyson, Amanda Seyfried, Glenn Steinbaum
Votes: 1,722
77.
Star Trek (1966–1969)
Episode:
Mirror, Mirror
(1967)
TV-PG | 50 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
A transporter accident places Captain Kirk's landing party in an alternate universe, where the Enterprise is in the service of a barbarically brutal empire.
Director: Marc Daniels | Stars: William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, DeForest Kelley, BarBara Luna
Votes: 5,146
78. Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (1986)
PG | 119 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
To save Earth from an alien probe, Admiral James T. Kirk and his fugitive crew go back in time to San Francisco in 1986 to retrieve the only beings who can communicate with it: humpback whales.
Director: Leonard Nimoy | Stars: William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, DeForest Kelley, James Doohan
Votes: 91,502 | Gross: $109.71M
79. Chungking Express (1994)
PG-13 | 102 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
Two melancholic Hong Kong policemen fall in love: one with a mysterious female underworld figure, the other with a beautiful and ethereal waitress at a late-night restaurant he frequents.
Director: Kar-Wai Wong | Stars: Brigitte Lin, Takeshi Kaneshiro, Tony Leung Chiu-wai, Faye Wong
Votes: 95,832 | Gross: $0.60M
I just like to watch this film.
80.
Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey (2014)
Episode:
The Electric Boy
(2014)
TV-PG | 41 min | Documentary
Travel to 19th century England and meet Michael Faraday, a child of poverty who grew up to invent the motor and the generator. His ideas about electricity and discovery of magnetic fields ... See full summary »
Director: Bill Pope | Stars: Neil deGrasse Tyson, Keythe Farley, Martin Jarvis, Noah Langford
Votes: 1,737
81.
Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008–2020)
Episode:
The Phantom Apprentice
(2020)
TV-PG | 27 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
Ahsoka leads Republic clones to confront Maul's forces on Mandalore. Maul senses the impending chaos and makes a calculated play to ensure his own survival.
Directors: Dave Filoni, Nathaniel Villanueva | Stars: Ashley Eckstein, Julian Holloway, Katee Sackhoff, Dee Bradley Baker
Votes: 16,789
82. Birds of Prey (2020)
R | 109 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
After splitting with the Joker, Harley Quinn joins superheroines Black Canary, Huntress, and Renee Montoya to save a young girl from an evil crime lord.
Director: Cathy Yan | Stars: Margot Robbie, Rosie Perez, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Jurnee Smollett
Votes: 264,765 | Gross: $84.16M
83. Akira (1988)
R | 124 min | Animation, Action, Drama
A secret military project endangers Neo-Tokyo when it turns a biker gang member into a rampaging psychic psychopath who can only be stopped by a teenager, his gang of biker friends and a group of psychics.
Director: Katsuhiro Ôtomo | Stars: Mitsuo Iwata, Nozomu Sasaki, Mami Koyama, Tesshô Genda
Votes: 205,315 | Gross: $0.55M
84.
Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey (2014)
Episode:
When Knowledge Conquered Fear
(2014)
TV-PG | 44 min | Documentary
Neil deGrasse Tyson sets off on the Ship of the Imagination to chase a single comet through its million-year plunge toward Sol. Later, Tyson visits the birth-place of Sir Isaac Newton and ... See full summary »
Directors: Brannon Braga, Ann Druyan, Bill Pope | Stars: Neil deGrasse Tyson, Michael Chochol, Cary Elwes, Tom Konkle
Votes: 2,457
85.
Cosmos (1980)
Episode:
The Lives of the Stars
(1980)
TV-PG | 60 min | Documentary
Carl Sagan examines the life cycle of stars from their creation to their deaths.
Directors: Adrian Malone, David Kennard, Rob McCain, David F. Oyster, Richard J. Wells | Star: Carl Sagan
Votes: 535
86. George Carlin: Jammin' in New York (1992 TV Special)
TV-MA | 59 min | Documentary, Comedy
When George Carlin is asked which HBO concert is his favorite, his answer is always, "Jammin' In New York." The reasons are several: It was his first HBO show done live; it was the first he... See full summary »
Director: Rocco Urbisci | Star: George Carlin
Votes: 4,054
87.
Cosmos: Possible Worlds (2020)
Episode:
Vavilov
(2020)
TV-PG | Documentary, Animation, Family
Nikolai Vavilov risked his life for a discovery that would change the history of science.
Director: Ann Druyan | Stars: Neil deGrasse Tyson, Viggo Mortensen, Seth MacFarlane, Ken Lally
Votes: 1,016
88. The Gods Must Be Crazy (1980)
PG | 109 min | Adventure, Comedy
A comic allegory about a traveling Bushman who encounters modern civilization and its stranger aspects, including a clumsy scientist and a band of revolutionaries.
Director: Jamie Uys | Stars: N!xau, Marius Weyers, Sandra Prinsloo, Louw Verwey
Votes: 59,467 | Gross: $30.03M
This is the movie I recommend to anyone and everyone
89.
Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987–1994)
Episode:
Q Who
(1989)
TV-PG | 46 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Q tries to prove that Picard needs him as part of their crew by hurling the Enterprise 7,000 light years away where they encounter the Borg for the first time.
Director: Rob Bowman | Stars: Patrick Stewart, Jonathan Frakes, LeVar Burton, Michael Dorn
Votes: 5,074
90. Children of Men (2006)
R | 109 min | Action, Drama, Sci-Fi
In 2027, in a chaotic world in which women have somehow become infertile, a former activist agrees to help transport a miraculously pregnant woman to a sanctuary at sea.
Director: Alfonso Cuarón | Stars: Julianne Moore, Clive Owen, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Michael Caine
Votes: 529,535 | Gross: $35.55M
91.
Batman: The Animated Series (1992–1995)
Episode:
On Leather Wings
(1992)
Unrated | 22 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
When Man-Bat starts terrorizing Gotham City, everyone mistakenly thinks that Batman is the culprit.
Director: Kevin Altieri | Stars: Kevin Conroy, Bob Hastings, Richard Moll, Lloyd Bochner
Votes: 3,821
92. V for Vendetta (2005)
R | 132 min | Action, Drama, Sci-Fi
In a future British dystopian society, a shadowy freedom fighter, known only by the alias of "V", plots to overthrow the tyrannical government - with the help of a young woman.
Director: James McTeigue | Stars: Hugo Weaving, Natalie Portman, Rupert Graves, Stephen Rea
Votes: 1,179,586 | Gross: $70.51M
93. Casablanca (1942)
PG | 102 min | Drama, Romance, War
A cynical expatriate American cafe owner struggles to decide whether or not to help his former lover and her fugitive husband escape the Nazis in French Morocco.
Director: Michael Curtiz | Stars: Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman, Paul Henreid, Claude Rains
Votes: 606,170 | Gross: $1.02M
94.
Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987–1994)
Episode:
Who Watches the Watchers
(1989)
TV-PG | 45 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
A proto-Vulcan culture worships Captain Picard and prepares to offer Counselor Troi as a sacrifice.
Director: Robert Wiemer | Stars: Patrick Stewart, Jonathan Frakes, LeVar Burton, Michael Dorn
Votes: 4,379
95.
Spawn (1997–1999)
Episode:
Burning Visions
(1997)
TV-MA | 28 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
Pilot episode of this adults-only animated series about a CIA hit man whose death causes him to seal a deal with the devil. But the devil transforms him into 'hell spawn,' a dark warrior ... See full summary »
Director: Eric Radomski | Stars: Keith David, Richard Dysart, Michael Nicolosi, Dominique Jennings
Votes: 439
96. Black Swan (2010)
R | 108 min | Drama, Thriller
Nina is a talented but unstable ballerina on the verge of stardom. Pushed to the breaking point by her artistic director and a seductive rival, Nina's grip on reality slips, plunging her into a waking nightmare.
Director: Darren Aronofsky | Stars: Natalie Portman, Mila Kunis, Vincent Cassel, Winona Ryder
Votes: 825,104 | Gross: $106.95M
97.
Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex (2002–2005)
Episode:
SA: Public Security Section 9 - Section-9
(2002)
TV-MA | 27 min | Animation, Action, Crime
The Minister of Foreign Affairs behaves strange after a hostage situation in a restaurant. Section 9 is sent to investigate.
Directors: Kenji Kamiyama, Toshiyuki Kôno | Stars: Atsuko Tanaka, Osamu Saka, Akio Ôtsuka, Kôichi Yamadera
Votes: 381
98.
Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987–1994)
Episode:
Timescape
(1993)
TV-PG | 45 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Aboard a shuttlecraft and en route back to the Enterprise, Picard, LaForge, Data, and Troi find themselves trapped in a time trap of some sort, where the Enterprise is being taken over by ... See full summary »
Director: Adam Nimoy | Stars: Patrick Stewart, Jonathan Frakes, LeVar Burton, Michael Dorn
Votes: 3,391
99. Metropolis (1927)
Not Rated | 153 min | Drama, Sci-Fi
In a futuristic city sharply divided between the working class and the city planners, the son of the city's mastermind falls in love with a working-class prophet who predicts the coming of a savior to mediate their differences.
Director: Fritz Lang | Stars: Brigitte Helm, Alfred Abel, Gustav Fröhlich, Rudolf Klein-Rogge
Votes: 185,579 | Gross: $1.24M
Even incomplete this movie is better to watch than 95% of your other options
100.
Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987–1994)
Episode:
The Defector
(1990)
TV-PG | 45 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
When a Romulan officer defects to the Federation with a warning of a impending invasion, Capt. Picard struggles to decide if he is to be believed.
Director: Robert Scheerer | Stars: Patrick Stewart, Jonathan Frakes, LeVar Burton, Michael Dorn
Votes: 4,166
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