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1. Argylle (2024)
PG-13 | 139 min | Action, Comedy, Thriller
A reclusive author who writes espionage novels about a secret agent and a global spy syndicate realizes the plot of the new book she's writing starts to mirror real-world events, in real time.
Director: Matthew Vaughn | Stars: Henry Cavill, Bryce Dallas Howard, Sam Rockwell, Bryan Cranston
Votes: 71,301
2. Back to the Future (1985)
PG | 116 min | Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi
Marty McFly, a 17-year-old high school student, is accidentally sent 30 years into the past in a time-traveling DeLorean invented by his close friend, the maverick scientist Doc Brown.
Director: Robert Zemeckis | Stars: Michael J. Fox, Christopher Lloyd, Lea Thompson, Crispin Glover
Votes: 1,310,712 | Gross: $210.61M
3. 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: 495,092 | Gross: $515.20M
4. 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: 975,528 | Gross: $936.66M
5. Star Wars: Episode VIII - The Last Jedi (2017)
PG-13 | 152 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Rey develops her abilities with the help of Luke Skywalker, as the Resistance prepares for battle against the First Order.
Director: Rian Johnson | Stars: Daisy Ridley, John Boyega, Mark Hamill, Carrie Fisher
Votes: 673,644 | Gross: $620.18M
6. Poltergeist (1982)
PG | 114 min | Horror, Thriller
A family's home is haunted by a host of demonic ghosts.
Director: Tobe Hooper | Stars: JoBeth Williams, Heather O'Rourke, Craig T. Nelson, Beatrice Straight
Votes: 180,048 | Gross: $76.61M
7. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1990)
PG | 93 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
Four teenage mutant ninja turtles emerge from the shadows to protect New York City from a gang of criminal ninjas.
Director: Steve Barron | Stars: Judith Hoag, Elias Koteas, Josh Pais, David Forman
Votes: 105,056 | Gross: $135.27M
8. American Honey (2016)
R | 163 min | Adventure, Drama, Romance
A teenage girl with nothing to lose joins a traveling magazine sales crew, and gets caught up in a whirlwind of hard partying, law bending and young love as she criss-crosses the Midwest with a band of misfits.
Director: Andrea Arnold | Stars: Sasha Lane, Shia LaBeouf, Riley Keough, McCaul Lombardi
Votes: 46,595 | Gross: $0.66M
9. The Heat (I) (2013)
R | 117 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
An uptight FBI Special Agent is paired with a foul-mouthed Boston cop to take down a ruthless drug lord.
Director: Paul Feig | Stars: Sandra Bullock, Michael McDonald, Melissa McCarthy, Demián Bichir
Votes: 181,580 | Gross: $159.58M
10. Burnt (I) (2015)
R | 101 min | Comedy, Drama
Adam Jones is a chef who destroyed his career with drugs and diva behavior. He cleans up and returns to London, determined to redeem himself by spearheading a top restaurant that can gain three Michelin stars.
Director: John Wells | Stars: Bradley Cooper, Sienna Miller, Daniel Brühl, Riccardo Scamarcio
Votes: 133,219 | Gross: $13.65M
11. Hot Shots! Part Deux (1993)
PG-13 | 86 min | Action, Comedy
"Rambo" parody in which Topper Harley leads a rescue team into Iraq to save Iraqi war prisoners and all of their previous rescue teams.
Director: Jim Abrahams | Stars: Charlie Sheen, Lloyd Bridges, Valeria Golino, Richard Crenna
Votes: 97,600 | Gross: $38.91M
12. Hardcore Henry (2015)
R | 96 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Henry is resurrected from death with no memory, and he must save his wife from a telekinetic warlord with a plan to bio-engineer soldiers.
Director: Ilya Naishuller | Stars: Sharlto Copley, Tim Roth, Haley Bennett, Danila Kozlovskiy
Votes: 102,115 | Gross: $9.25M
13. Chasing Amy (1997)
R | 113 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Holden and Banky are comic book artists. Everything's going good for them until they meet Alyssa, also a comic book artist. Holden falls for her, but his hopes are crushed when he finds out she's a lesbian.
Director: Kevin Smith | Stars: Ben Affleck, Joey Lauren Adams, Ethan Suplee, Scott Mosier
Votes: 143,965 | Gross: $12.02M
14. Fanboys (2009)
PG-13 | 90 min | Adventure, Comedy, Crime
Star Wars fanatics take a cross-country trip to George Lucas' Skywalker Ranch so their dying friend can see a screening of Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999) before its release.
Director: Kyle Newman | Stars: Dan Fogler, Jay Baruchel, Kristen Bell, Sam Huntington
Votes: 61,295 | Gross: $0.69M
15. Game Change (2012 TV Movie)
TV-MA | 118 min | Biography, Drama, History
Governor Sarah Palin of Alaska becomes Senator John McCain's running mate in the 2008 Presidential election.
Director: Jay Roach | Stars: Ed Harris, Julianne Moore, Woody Harrelson, Peter MacNicol
Votes: 23,250
16. The Map of Tiny Perfect Things (2021)
PG-13 | 98 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Two teens live the same day repeatedly, enabling them to create a map of things to remember.
Director: Ian Samuels | Stars: Kathryn Newton, Kyle Allen, Jermaine Harris, Anna Mikami
Votes: 28,103
17. My Little Pony: A New Generation (2021)
PG | 90 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
After the time of the Mane 6, Sunny--a young Earth Pony--and her new Unicorn friend Izzy explore their world and strive to restore Harmony to Equestria.
Directors: Robert Cullen, José Luis Ucha, Mark Fattibene | Stars: Vanessa Hudgens, Kimiko Glenn, James Marsden, Sofia Carson
Votes: 4,534
18. The Nanny Diaries (2007)
PG-13 | 105 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A college graduate goes to work as a nanny for a rich New York family. Ensconced in their home, she has to juggle their dysfunction, a new romance, and the spoiled brat in her charge.
Directors: Shari Springer Berman, Robert Pulcini | Stars: Scarlett Johansson, Laura Linney, Paul Giamatti, Donna Murphy
Votes: 64,190 | Gross: $25.93M
19. Irresistible (I) (2020)
R | 101 min | Comedy, Drama
A Democratic strategist helps a retired veteran run for mayor in a small, conservative Midwest town.
Director: Jon Stewart | Stars: Steve Carell, Rose Byrne, Chris Cooper, Brent Sexton
Votes: 23,546
20. The Zero Theorem (2013)
R | 107 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
A hugely talented but socially isolated computer operator is tasked by Management to prove the Zero Theorem: that the universe ends as nothing, rendering life meaningless. But meaning is what he already craves.
Director: Terry Gilliam | Stars: Christoph Waltz, Lucas Hedges, Mélanie Thierry, David Thewlis
Votes: 49,724 | Gross: $0.22M
21. Win Win (2011)
R | 106 min | Comedy, Drama, Sport
A struggling lawyer and volunteer wrestling coach's chicanery comes back to haunt him when the teenage grandson of the client he has double-crossed comes into his life.
Director: Tom McCarthy | Stars: Paul Giamatti, Amy Ryan, Jeffrey Tambor, Bobby Cannavale
Votes: 55,309 | Gross: $10.18M
22. Little Monsters (2019)
R | 93 min | Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi
A washed-up musician teams up with a teacher and a kids'-show personality to protect young children from a sudden outbreak of zombies.
Director: Abe Forsythe | Stars: Lupita Nyong'o, Alexander England, Josh Gad, Kat Stewart
Votes: 19,351
23. Making Contact (1985)
PG | 98 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Believing to be able to communicate with his deceased father, a young boy develops psychic powers where he uses them to try to stop supernatural forces threatening his family and friends, especially a possessed ventriloquist dummy.
Director: Roland Emmerich | Stars: Joshua Morrell, Eva Kryll, Tammy Shields, Jan Zierold
Votes: 1,790
24. Hardware Wars (1978)
Not Rated | 13 min | Action, Comedy, Sci-Fi
This is a short parody of the movie Star Wars.
Director: Ernie Fosselius | Stars: Frank Robertson, Scott Mathews, Jeff Hale, Artie Deco
Votes: 2,086 | Gross: $0.50M
25. Basmati Blues (2017)
Not Rated | 106 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance
A brilliant scientist is plucked out of the company lab and sent to India to sell the genetically modified rice she created - which she doesn't realize will destroy the farmers she thinks she's helping.
Director: Dan Baron | Stars: Brie Larson, Utkarsh Ambudkar, Scott Bakula, Saahil Sehgal
Votes: 2,164
26. Escape from Area 51 (2021)
76 min | Comedy, Sci-Fi
Sheera, a sexy alien warrior uses a power glitch to escape from captivity at Area 51. Now she must elude her enemies to rescue Kyra, her fellow warrior, and find her way home.
Director: Eric Mittleman | Stars: Donna D'Errico, Chris Browning, Sarah Schueler, Caleb Thomas
Votes: 259
27. Common Wealth (2000)
R | 110 min | Comedy, Crime, Mystery
The accidental discovery of a big fortune hidden in the apartment of a deceased man will fill the heart of a real estate agent with greed and dreams of a luxurious life, but the neighbours think otherwise.
Director: Álex de la Iglesia | Stars: Carmen Maura, Eduardo Antuña, María Asquerino, Jesús Bonilla
Votes: 12,906
28. Death to 2021 (2021 TV Special)
TV-MA | 60 min | Comedy
This comedic retrospective mixes archival footage and scripted sketches as it revisits all the dread and occasional delight that 2021 had to offer.
Directors: Jack Clough, Josh Ruben | Stars: Hugh Grant, Joe Keery, William Jackson Harper, Lucy Liu
Votes: 15,777
29. Star Wars: Episode III - The Return of Darth Vader (2004 Video)
9 min | Documentary, Short, Sci-Fi
A short feature on Darth Vader.
Stars: Hayden Christensen, Ivo Coveney, George Lucas, Rick McCallum
Votes: 29,012
30. The Big Bang (1987)
76 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
Sex farce about Fred, an inept post WWIII superhero garbageman, who must prevent WW4 by disarming the continents of Virginia, where mutated feminists live, and USSSR, where mutated buttless men live. Beautiful Liberty is his only ally.
Director: Picha | Stars: Luis Rego, Georges Aminel, Perrette Pradier, Régine Teyssot
Votes: 347
31. Growing Up Smith (2015)
PG-13 | 102 min | Comedy, Drama, Family
In 1979, an Indian family moves to America with hopes of living the American Dream. While their 10-year-old boy Smith falls head-over-heels for the girl next door, his desire to become a "good old boy" propels him further away from his family's ideals than ever before.
Director: Frank Lotito | Stars: Jason Lee, Anjul Nigam, Brighton Sharbino, Hilarie Burton Morgan
Votes: 1,433 | Gross: $0.01M
32. Star Wars: Wrath of the Mandalorian (2008 Video)
12 min | Short, Action, Sci-Fi
Years after the Clone Wars end, Darth Vader sends bounty hunter Boba Fett to Kashyyyk to track down the last of the Jedi. Fett - but he soon finds out a terrible truth about Vader while on the hunt that gives him a change of heart.
Director: Kelly Dolen | Stars: David Hankin, Steve Carroll, David W. Allen, Chris Brennan
Votes: 666
33. Around the Bend (2004)
R | 85 min | Drama
A bitter, recently divorced man is goaded by his grandfather and son into going on a family road trip to reconcile with his estranged father.
Director: Jordan Roberts | Stars: Michael Caine, Christopher Walken, Josh Lucas, Jonah Bobo
Votes: 4,481 | Gross: $0.19M
34. Power of Grayskull: The Definitive History of He-Man and the Masters of the Universe (2017)
95 min | Documentary, History
The history of Mattel's definitive action figure toy line.
Directors: Randall Lobb, Robert McCallum | Stars: Dolph Lundgren, Frank Langella, Anthony De Longis, Richard Edlund
Votes: 1,800
35. Futurama: Bender's Game (2008 Video)
Not Rated | 88 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
The Planet Express crew get trapped in a fantasy world.
Director: Dwayne Carey-Hill | Stars: Billy West, Katey Sagal, John DiMaggio, Tress MacNeille
Votes: 21,918
36. Eddie Izzard: Dress to Kill (1998 Video)
Unrated | 115 min | Documentary, Comedy
Executive transvestite Eddie Izzard takes his show to San Francisco to give a brief history of pagan and Christian religions, the building of Stonehenge, the birth of the Church of England ... See full summary »
Director: Lawrence Jordan | Star: Eddie Izzard
Votes: 7,528
37. Dead & Deader (2006 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 89 min | Action, Comedy, Horror
After he's bitten by a scorpion carrying a zombie virus, a tough soldier survives the infection, becoming only half zombie. Once back in the US, he finds himself fighting his former comrades in arms, all of whom are turning into zombies!
Director: Patrice Dinhut | Stars: John Billingsley, Dean Cain, Colleen Camp, Greg Collins
Votes: 1,605
38. Swap Meet (1979)
R | 85 min | Comedy
A brainless teen comedy, pepped up with a few moderate erotic scenes. The plot: Roy is jealous of Sigi, who attracts Nancy's attention, and has two clumsy guys demolish Sigi's father's ... See full summary »
Director: Brice Mack | Stars: Jon Gries, Ruth Cox, Deborah Richter, Dan Spector
Votes: 156
39. Tibor vagyok, de hódítani akarok (2006)
88 min | Comedy
"Young, dumb and full of love!" is a hilarious comedy about sex, love and youth. What happens when a clumsy teenage boy meets the woman of his dreams? A woman who's a little bit older, a ... See full summary »
Director: Gergely Fonyó | Stars: Péter Fancsikai, Bálint Egri, Bernadett Gregor, Kata Gáspár
Votes: 1,020
40. Happy (2012)
Not Rated | 76 min | Documentary, Drama, Family
Happy takes us on a journey from the swamps of Louisiana to the slums of Kolkata in search of what really makes people happy.
Director: Roko Belic | Stars: Marci Shimoff, Ed Diener, Richard Davidson, Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
Votes: 3,383
41. Almost Perfect (2012)
Not Rated | 100 min | Comedy, Romance
A TV host decides to have a child on her own by artificial insemination from an anonymous donor. She regrets not knowing whom the genes come from. She steals the donor's address. He turns out to be a jerk - at first.
Director: Hella Joof | Stars: Lene Maria Christensen, Nikolaj Lie Kaas, Mia Lyhne, Casper Crump
Votes: 1,518
42. Pedro Penduko, Episode II: The Return of the Comeback (2000)
130 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
Director: Erik Matti | Stars: Janno Gibbs, Ramon Zamora, Ace Espinosa, LJ Moreno
Votes: 52
43. The Making of 'Star Wars' (1977 TV Movie)
Unrated | 50 min | Documentary, Sci-Fi
C-3PO and R2-D2 explore the creation of the film that made them famous.
Director: Robert Guenette | Stars: William Conrad, Anthony Daniels, George Lucas, Mark Hamill
Votes: 733
44. Star Wars: The Legacy Revealed (2007 TV Movie)
155 min | Documentary
Filmmakers, critics and even politicians discuss the social impact of the "Star Wars" films and the franchise's reliance in mythology and history.
Director: Kevin Burns | Stars: Linda Ellerbee, Newt Gingrich, Joan B. Connelly, Peter Jackson
Votes: 712
45. Backstreet Boys: Show 'Em What You're Made Of (2015)
TV-14 | 101 min | Documentary
A behind-the-scenes look at the popular boy band Backstreet Boys.
Director: Stephen Kijak | Stars: A.J. McLean, Brian Littrell, Howie Dorough, Kevin Scott Richardson
Votes: 1,625
46. The Chosen One (2005 Video)
15 min | Documentary, Short
The story of Anakin Skywalker, the central character of Star Wars.
Director: Tippy Bushkin | Stars: Melissa Barker, Hayden Christensen, Dave Elsey, Carrie Fisher
Votes: 105
47. Under the Helmet: The Legacy of Boba Fett (2021 TV Special)
TV-PG | 21 min | Documentary
A special celebrating the origins and legacy of Star Wars' legendary bounty hunter, Boba Fett.
Directors: Brad Baruh, Brian Kwan | Stars: Reba Buhr, Ben Burtt, Joe Johnston, George Lucas
Votes: 1,681
48. Aislados (2005)
80 min | Comedy
Two friends hanging out in a rural holiday home in Ibiza talking about all sorts of stuff.
Director: David Marqués | Stars: Adrià Collado, Eric Francés, Jean-Luc Ducasse
Votes: 225
49. 'Weird Al' Yankovic: The Saga Begins (1999 Music Video)
6 min | Short, Comedy, Music
Music video for Weird Al Yankovic's 1999 single "The Saga Begins" in which he not only parodies "American Pie" by Don McLean but also pretty much guesses the plot of "Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999)" without having seen the movie.
Director: 'Weird Al' Yankovic | Stars: Steve Jay, Jon Schwartz, Rubén Valtierra, Jim West
Votes: 321
50. An Evening with Kevin Smith 2: Evening Harder (2006 Video)
Unrated | 239 min | Documentary, Comedy
In this second Q&A with Kevin Smith he now enters the homes of some of his fans in Toronto and London.
Director: J.M. Kenny | Stars: Kevin Smith, Andre H. Arruda, Jason Mewes, Jennifer Schwalbach Smith
Votes: 3,159