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1. Deadpool 2 (2018)

R | 119 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy

Foul-mouthed mutant mercenary Wade Wilson (a.k.a. Deadpool) assembles a team of fellow mutant rogues to protect a young boy with abilities from the brutal, time-traveling cyborg Cable.

Director: David Leitch | Stars: Ryan Reynolds, Josh Brolin, Morena Baccarin, Julian Dennison

Votes: 645,881 | Gross: $324.59M

2. The Flash (I) (2023)

PG-13 | 144 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy

Barry Allen uses his super speed to change the past, but his attempt to save his family creates a world without super heroes, forcing him to race for his life in order to save the future.

Director: Andy Muschietti | Stars: Ezra Miller, Michael Keaton, Sasha Calle, Michael Shannon

Votes: 210,523

3. Get Out (I) (2017)

R | 104 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller

A young African-American visits his white girlfriend's parents for the weekend, where his simmering uneasiness about their reception of him eventually reaches a boiling point.

Director: Jordan Peele | Stars: Daniel Kaluuya, Allison Williams, Bradley Whitford, Catherine Keener

Votes: 697,121 | Gross: $176.04M

4. The Wolf Man (1941)

Passed | 70 min | Horror, Mystery, Romance

Larry Talbot returns to his father's castle in Wales and meets a beautiful woman. One fateful night, Talbot escorts her to a local carnival where they meet a mysterious gypsy fortune teller.

Director: George Waggner | Stars: Claude Rains, Warren William, Lon Chaney Jr., Ralph Bellamy

Votes: 30,722

5. The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (2015)

PG-13 | 116 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy

In the early 1960s, CIA agent Napoleon Solo and KGB operative Illya Kuryakin participate in a joint mission against a mysterious criminal organization, which is working to proliferate nuclear weapons.

Director: Guy Ritchie | Stars: Henry Cavill, Armie Hammer, Alicia Vikander, Elizabeth Debicki

Votes: 332,680 | Gross: $45.45M

6. Flash Gordon (1980)

PG | 111 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

A football player and his friends travel to the planet Mongo and find themselves fighting the tyranny of Ming the Merciless to save Earth.

Director: Mike Hodges | Stars: Sam J. Jones, Melody Anderson, Max von Sydow, Topol

Votes: 61,549

7. A Cure for Wellness (2016)

R | 146 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror

An ambitious young executive is sent to retrieve his company's CEO from an idyllic but mysterious "wellness center" at a remote location in the Swiss Alps, but soon suspects that the spa's treatments are not what they seem.

Director: Gore Verbinski | Stars: Dane DeHaan, Jason Isaacs, Mia Goth, Ivo Nandi

Votes: 109,651 | Gross: $8.11M

8. Kiss Kiss Bang Bang (2005)

R | 103 min | Comedy, Crime, Mystery

After being mistaken for an actor, a New York thief is sent to Hollywood to train under a private eye for a potential movie role, but the duo are thrown together with a struggling actress into a murder mystery.

Director: Shane Black | Stars: Robert Downey Jr., Val Kilmer, Michelle Monaghan, Corbin Bernsen

Votes: 237,448 | Gross: $4.24M

9. Assassin's Creed (2016)

PG-13 | 115 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

Callum Lynch explores the memories of his ancestor Aguilar de Nerha and gains the skills of a Master Assassin, before taking on the secret Templar society.

Director: Justin Kurzel | Stars: Michael Fassbender, Marion Cotillard, Jeremy Irons, Brendan Gleeson

Votes: 208,911 | Gross: $54.65M

10. The Guns of Navarone (1961)

Not Rated | 158 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

A team of Allied saboteurs is assigned an impossible mission: infiltrate an impregnable Nazi-held Greek island and destroy the two enormous long-range field guns that prevent the rescue of 2,000 trapped British soldiers.

Director: J. Lee Thompson | Stars: David Niven, Gregory Peck, Anthony Quinn, Anthony Quayle

Votes: 55,406 | Gross: $28.90M

11. Disturbing Behavior (1998)

R | 84 min | Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi

The new kid in Cradle Bay, Washington stumbles across something sinister about the town's method of transforming its unruly teens into upstanding citizens.

Director: David Nutter | Stars: James Marsden, Katie Holmes, Nick Stahl, Tobias Mehler

Votes: 25,292 | Gross: $17.41M

12. The Wolfman (2010)

R | 103 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror

Upon his return to his ancestral homeland, an American man is bitten and subsequently cursed by a werewolf.

Director: Joe Johnston | Stars: Benicio Del Toro, Anthony Hopkins, Emily Blunt, Simon Merrells

Votes: 111,751 | Gross: $61.98M

13. Halloween III: Season of the Witch (1982)

R | 98 min | Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi

Kids all over America want Silver Shamrock masks for Halloween. Doctor Daniel Challis seeks to uncover a plot by Silver Shamrock owner Conal Cochran.

Director: Tommy Lee Wallace | Stars: Tom Atkins, Stacey Nelkin, Dan O'Herlihy, Michael Currie

Votes: 61,006 | Gross: $14.40M

14. Bad Samaritan (2018)

R | 110 min | Crime, Horror, Thriller

A pair of burglars stumble upon a woman being held captive in a home they intended to rob.

Director: Dean Devlin | Stars: David Tennant, Robert Sheehan, Kerry Condon, Carlito Olivero

Votes: 26,108 | Gross: $3.44M

15. The Madness of King George (1994)

PG-13 | 110 min | Biography, Comedy, Drama

When King George III goes mad, his Lieutenants try to adjust the rules to run the country without his participation.

Director: Nicholas Hytner | Stars: Nigel Hawthorne, Helen Mirren, Rupert Graves, Amanda Donohoe

Votes: 18,403 | Gross: $15.24M

16. The ABCs of Death (2012)

Not Rated | 129 min | Comedy, Horror

A 26-chapter anthology that showcases death in all its vicious wonder and brutal beauty.

Directors: Kaare Andrews, Angela Bettis, Hélène Cattet, Ernesto Díaz Espinoza, Jason Eisener, Bruno Forzani, Adrian Garcia Bogliano, Xavier Gens, Jorge Michel Grau, Lee Hardcastle, Noboru Iguchi, Thomas Cappelen Malling, Anders Morgenthaler, Yoshihiro Nishimura, Banjong Pisanthanakun, Simon Rumley, Marcel Sarmiento, Jon Schnepp, Srdjan Spasojevic, Timo Tjahjanto, Andrew Traucki, Nacho Vigalondo, Jake West, Ti West, Ben Wheatley, Adam Wingard, Yûdai Yamaguchi | Stars: Ingrid Bolsø Berdal, Iván González, Kyra Zagorsky, Lucy Clements

Votes: 20,404 | Gross: $0.02M

17. Captivity (2007)

R | 96 min | Crime, Horror, Mystery

A man and a woman awaken to find themselves trapped in a cellar. As their kidnapper drives them mad, the truth about their horrific abduction is revealed.

Director: Roland Joffé | Stars: Elisha Cuthbert, Daniel Gillies, Pruitt Taylor Vince, Michael Harney

Votes: 23,700 | Gross: $2.63M

18. In a Glass Cage (1986)

Unrated | 110 min | Drama, Horror

A former Nazi child-killer is confined in an iron lung inside an old mansion after a suicide attempt. His wife hires him a full-time carer, a mysterious young man who is driven slowly mad by the old man's disturbing past.

Director: Agustí Villaronga | Stars: Günter Meisner, David Sust, Marisa Paredes, Gisèle Echevarría

Votes: 5,048

19. The Pit and the Pendulum (1991)

R | 97 min | Horror, Romance

Horror film set in 1492 Toledo, Spain, depicting the cruel deeds of a monk named Torquemada, Grand Inquisitor of the Spanish Inquisition.

Director: Stuart Gordon | Stars: Lance Henriksen, Stephen Lee, William Norris, Mark Margolis

Votes: 5,452 | Gross: $0.00M

20. I, the Jury (1982)

R | 111 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

A PI investigates the murder of his one-armed friend, a PI working on a case. Clues lead to a sex clinic. Bodies pile up.

Director: Richard T. Heffron | Stars: Armand Assante, Barbara Carrera, Laurene Landon, Alan King

Votes: 1,821 | Gross: $1.52M

21. Second Wind (1966)

Not Rated | 150 min | Crime, Drama

A gangster escapes jail and quickly makes plans to continue his criminal ways elsewhere, but a determined inspector is closing in.

Director: Jean-Pierre Melville | Stars: Lino Ventura, Paul Meurisse, Raymond Pellegrin, Christine Fabréga

Votes: 6,637

22. Arena (2011 Video)

R | 94 min | Action, Thriller

David Lord finds himself forced into the savage world of a modern gladiatorial arena, where men fight to the death for the entertainment of the online masses.

Director: Jonah Loop | Stars: Samuel L. Jackson, Kellan Lutz, Johnny Messner, Katia Winter

Votes: 12,414

23. Victim (I) (2010)

74 min | Horror, Thriller

A young man finds himself held captive by a mysterious doctor and his brutish henchman.

Directors: Matt Eskandari, Michael A. Pierce | Stars: Stephen Weigand, Bob Bancroft, Brendan Kelly, Jelly Howie

Votes: 5,191

24. Guns for Hire (2015)

R | 83 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy

Detective Holt and Beatle talk about a murder with flashbacks added. Twists follow.

Director: Donna Robinson | Stars: Ever Carradine, Michele Hicks, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Ben Mendelsohn

Votes: 1,224

25. The Secret Ways (1961)

Approved | 112 min | Adventure, History, Mystery

During the 1956 Hungarian uprising, an American mercenary is hired to smuggle a Hungarian resistance leader out of Soviet-occupied Budapest.

Directors: Phil Karlson, Richard Widmark | Stars: Richard Widmark, Sonja Ziemann, Charles Regnier, Walter Rilla

Votes: 507

26. The Bowery Boys Meet the Monsters (1954)

Approved | 65 min | Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi

The Bowery Boys enter a creepy house where they engage in slapstick with the Gravesend Family, comprising a creepy butler, two mad scientists, a crazy old woman with a man-eating plant, a savage gorilla, an 8' robot, and a vampiress.

Director: Edward Bernds | Stars: Leo Gorcey, Huntz Hall, Bernard Gorcey, Lloyd Corrigan

Votes: 794

27. Prisoner X (2016)

Not Rated | 88 min | Sci-Fi, Thriller

As the world rages in war and civil strife, a CIA agent arrives at a secret underground prison to interrogate a time-traveling terrorist, who she believes is responsible for the unfolding catastrophe.

Director: Gaurav Seth | Stars: Julian Richings, Michelle Nolden, Damon Runyan, Nigel Bennett

Votes: 999

28. The Awful Tooth (1938)

10 min | Comedy, Family, Short

When one of the Our Gang kids finds money under his pillow after losing a tooth, all the kids decide to get rich by having all their teeth pulled. They visit a dentist, Dr. Schultz, who ... See full summary »

Director: Nate Watt | Stars: Eugene 'Porky' Lee, Carl 'Alfalfa' Switzer, Billie 'Buckwheat' Thomas, Henry 'Spike' Lee

Votes: 120

29. Kettle (2014)

Not Rated | 38 min | Short, Drama

A teenage boy struggles to find acceptance and love within the confines of the repressive catholic school he attends and from his mother who is emotionally cold and completely lacks any ... See full summary »

Director: Maximilian Homaei | Stars: Christian Byers, James Fraser, Jai Koutrae, Kelly Butler

Votes: 38

30. The Impatient Patient (1942)

8 min | Animation, Short, Comedy

Telegram deliverer Daffy Duck is in a swamp, with a message for someone named Chloe, when he starts hiccupping. Unable to stop his hiccups, Daffy decides to seek medical help, in a old ... See full summary »

Director: Norm McCabe | Star: Mel Blanc

Votes: 299

31. Moreau (2013 Video)

3 min | Short, Horror

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Director: Noah Schachter | Stars: Duane Adamoli, Miriah Atwood, Alex Bilodeau

32. 21 Jump Street (1987–1991)
Episode: Fun with Animals (1988)

TV-14 | 47 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Minus Penhall, the team returns to 21 Jump Street after the summer. Working with Booker, a new officer, Hanson investigates a vandalization incident that appears to be a hate crime.

Director: James Whitmore Jr. | Stars: Johnny Depp, Holly Robinson Peete, Peter DeLuise, Dustin Nguyen

Votes: 151

33. 21 Jump Street (1987–1991)
Episode: I'm Okay, You Need Work (1988)

TV-14 | 47 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Hanson investigates allegations that teens are being mistreated in a private hospital alcohol and drug rehabilitation program. Kenny Weckerly and his family (from the pilot episode) are involved.

Director: Neill Fearnley | Stars: Johnny Depp, Holly Robinson Peete, Peter DeLuise, Dustin Nguyen

Votes: 164

34. 24 (2001–2010)
Episode: Day 2: 7:00 p.m.-8:00 p.m. (2003)

TV-14 | 43 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Jack tries to get information out of Syed Ali. Mason gets Bob Warner to reveal some previously classified history on Marie that paints Reza's murder in a new light. Lynne Kresge becomes suspicious of Sherry.

Director: Frederick King Keller | Stars: Kiefer Sutherland, Sarah Wynter, Elisha Cuthbert, Xander Berkeley

Votes: 1,535

35. 24 (2001–2010)
Episode: Day 3: 7:00 p.m.-8:00 p.m. (2003)

TV-14 | 43 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Ramon holds Jack hostage as they fly down to Mexico. Regional Director Chappelle interrogates Gael; Tony returns prematurely to CTU to reveal Gael's true allegiance. Chase disobeys orders and heads for Mexico to rescue Jack.

Director: Ian Toynton | Stars: Kiefer Sutherland, Elisha Cuthbert, Carlos Bernard, Reiko Aylesworth

Votes: 1,375

36. Are You Afraid of the Dark? (1990–2000)
Episode: The Tale of the Dangerous Soup (1994)

Not Rated | 22 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror

Dr. Vink's soup restaurant is the top of the town where a young man who applies at the job along with a waitress find out the secret recipe to the successful soup.

Director: D.J. MacHale | Stars: Aron Tager, Greg Haberny, Neve Campbell, Tracy Davis

Votes: 882

37. Star Trek: Enterprise (2001–2005)
Episode: Divergence (2005)

TV-PG | 43 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

While Enterprise tries to bring Trip on board to reverse the malicious Klingon modifications, Phlox and Antaak find a cure for the virus that will not please General K'Vagh.

Director: David Barrett | Stars: Scott Bakula, John Billingsley, Jolene Blalock, Dominic Keating

Votes: 1,523

38. Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman (1993–1997)
Episode: The Green, Green Glow of Home (1993)

TV-PG | 46 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama

While investigating a mysterious government operation in Smallville, Clark gets his first exposure to its true goal, kryptonite.

Director: Les Landau | Stars: Dean Cain, Teri Hatcher, Lane Smith, Michael Landes

Votes: 384

39. Lost in Space (1965–1968)
Episode: His Majesty Smith (1966)

Not Rated | 50 min | Adventure, Comedy, Family

Doctor Smith delights that he is made ruler of an alien species until he learns that he is also their sacrifice.

Director: Harry Harris | Stars: Guy Williams, June Lockhart, Mark Goddard, Marta Kristen

Votes: 230

40. The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (1964–1968)
Episode: The Deadly Quest Affair (1967)

TV-G | 60 min | Action, Adventure, Crime

Karmak, given up for dead by Napoleon Solo and Illya Kuryakin, kidnaps Kuryakin to extract his revenge on Solo. Solo must find Kuryakin, who is somewhere in a 10-block area of condemned ... See full summary »

Director: Alf Kjellin | Stars: Robert Vaughn, David McCallum, Leo G. Carroll, Darren McGavin

Votes: 81

41. Power Rangers DinoThunder (2004)
Episode: Ocean Alert (2004)

TV-Y7-FV | 22 min | Action, Adventure, Family

Tongues wag as the lovely and self-centered TV star Nikki Valentina comes to town to film some episodes for her show. Cassidy is so irked at being shrugged off by Nikki and Devin's ... See full summary »

Directors: Paul Grinder, Eamon O'Sullivan | Stars: James Napier Robertson, Kevin Duhaney, Emma Lahana, Jason David Frank

Votes: 74

42. Three's Company (1976–1984)
Episode: Jack Goes to the Dentist (1982)

TV-PG | Comedy

Terri wants to break up with her dentist beau but can't seem to do it. Jack has a toothache so Terri arranges for her guy to see him. Although terrified, Jack reports to him and finds out ... See full summary »

Director: Dave Powers | Stars: John Ritter, Joyce DeWitt, Priscilla Barnes, Richard Kline

Votes: 166

43. Wiseguy (1987–1990)
Episode: White Noise (1989)

TV-14 | 49 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Vinnie has no choice but to come out from behind his OCB badge to face the chilling accusations of mobster Sonny Steelgrave -- the friend he was forced to betray.

Director: James Whitmore Jr. | Stars: Ken Wahl, Jonathan Banks, Jim Byrnes, Ray Sharkey

Votes: 38

44. The X-Files (1993–2018)
Episode: Without (2000)

TV-14 | 45 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Scully leads Skinner and an unhappy Doggett to Arizona to protect child prodigy Gibson Praise from an alien bounty hunter disguised as the missing Mulder.

Director: Kim Manners | Stars: David Duchovny, Gillian Anderson, Robert Patrick, Mitch Pileggi

Votes: 3,016

45. Doctor Who (1963–1989)
Episode: Genesis of the Daleks: Part Five (1975)

TV-G | 23 min | Adventure, Drama, Family

The Doctor is forced to give Davros full details of future Dalek victories but opposition to Davros' plans is growing among the Kaleds and soon there is open rebellion.

Director: David Maloney | Stars: Tom Baker, Elisabeth Sladen, Ian Marter, Michael Wisher

Votes: 896

46. Stargate SG-1 (1997–2007)
Episode: The Shroud (2007)

TV-PG | 44 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

Daniel Jackson, who was left behind fighting off Adria while the other SG-1 members escaped through the Stargate, is found working as a Prior: the best in the business, who doesn't need to ... See full summary »

Director: Andy Mikita | Stars: Ben Browder, Amanda Tapping, Christopher Judge, Claudia Black

Votes: 1,098

47. Kidnapped (2006–2007)
Episode: Do Unto Others (2007)

TV-14 | 42 min | Crime, Drama

Torture of the Accountant produces results that endanger Knapp, and Virgil gets assistance from someone in the Cain family.

Director: Peter Werner | Stars: Jeremy Sisto, Carmen Ejogo, Delroy Lindo, Linus Roache

Votes: 65

48. CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2000–2015)
Episode: Built to Kill: Part 2 (2006)

TV-14 | 43 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Gil investigates the murder of a rock star, which is complicated by the discovery of a miniature replica of the crime scene at the house. And Catherine tries to determine if she was raped after waking up nude in a seedy hotel.

Director: Kenneth Fink | Stars: William Petersen, Marg Helgenberger, Gary Dourdan, George Eads

Votes: 962

49. Masters of Science Fiction (2007)
Episode: Little Brother (2007)

44 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror

In the future, courtrooms exist without human judges or juries, and automated justice is the law of the land.

Director: Darnell Martin | Stars: Stephen Hawking, Clifton Collins Jr., Jorge Vargas, Lorena Gale

Votes: 232

50. Batwoman (2019–2022)
Episode: Take Your Choice (2020)

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

With the hunt for Alice heating up, Kate faces a difficult decision.

Director: Tara Miele | Stars: Ruby Rose, Rachel Skarsten, Meagan Tandy, Nicole Kang

Votes: 1,488