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1. War of the Worlds (2005)
PG-13 | 116 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
An alien invasion threatens the future of humanity. The catastrophic nightmare is depicted through the eyes of one American family fighting for survival.
Director: Steven Spielberg | Stars: Tom Cruise, Dakota Fanning, Tim Robbins, Miranda Otto
Votes: 475,452 | Gross: $234.28M
2. 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: 493,644 | Gross: $515.20M
3. Wonder (I) (2017)
PG | 113 min | Drama, Family
Based on the New York Times bestseller, this movie tells the incredibly inspiring and heartwarming story of August Pullman, a boy with facial differences who enters the fifth grade, attending a mainstream elementary school for the first time.
Director: Stephen Chbosky | Stars: Jacob Tremblay, Owen Wilson, Izabela Vidovic, Julia Roberts
Votes: 178,481 | Gross: $132.42M
4. Ice Age (2002)
PG | 81 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
The story revolves around sub-zero heroes: a woolly mammoth, a saber-toothed tiger, a sloth and a prehistoric combination of a squirrel and rat, known as Scrat.
Directors: Chris Wedge, Carlos Saldanha | Stars: Denis Leary, John Leguizamo, Ray Romano, Goran Visnjic
Votes: 519,428 | Gross: $176.39M
5. Brave (2012)
PG | 93 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
Determined to make her own path in life, Princess Merida defies a custom that brings chaos to her kingdom. Granted one wish, Merida must rely on her bravery and her archery skills to undo a beastly curse.
Directors: Mark Andrews, Brenda Chapman, Steve Purcell | Stars: Kelly Macdonald, Billy Connolly, Emma Thompson, Julie Walters
Votes: 442,514 | Gross: $237.28M
6. Revenge of the Nerds (1984)
R | 90 min | Comedy
At Adams College, a group of bullied outcasts and misfits resolve to fight back for their peace and self-respect.
Director: Jeff Kanew | Stars: Robert Carradine, Anthony Edwards, Timothy Busfield, Andrew Cassese
Votes: 58,393 | Gross: $40.90M
7. Jack the Giant Slayer (2013)
PG-13 | 114 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
The ancient war between humans and a race of giants is reignited when Jack, a young farmhand fighting for a kingdom and the love of a princess, opens a gateway between the two worlds.
Director: Bryan Singer | Stars: Nicholas Hoult, Stanley Tucci, Ewan McGregor, Bill Nighy
Votes: 147,057 | Gross: $65.19M
8. They Shall Not Grow Old (II) (2018)
R | 99 min | Documentary, History, War
A documentary about World War I with never-before-seen footage to commemorate the centennial of the end of the war.
Director: Peter Jackson | Stars: Thomas Adlam, William Argent, John Ashby, Attwood
Votes: 38,476 | Gross: $17.96M
9. Nim's Island (2008)
PG | 96 min | Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Imagination and reality collide when young Nim's father goes missing at sea. Fate brings to her the author of the Alex Rover series, her favorite books, and together they try to find Nim's father.
Directors: Jennifer Flackett, Mark Levin | Stars: Jodie Foster, Gerard Butler, Abigail Breslin, Michael Carman
Votes: 36,893 | Gross: $48.01M
10. Made of Honor (2008)
PG-13 | 101 min | Comedy, Romance
Hannah surprises Tom, her best friend who is secretly in love with her, with the news of her engagement to a wealthy man. Things take a complicated turn when she asks Tom to be her maid of honor.
Director: Paul Weiland | Stars: Patrick Dempsey, Michelle Monaghan, Kevin McKidd, Kadeem Hardison
Votes: 76,074 | Gross: $46.01M
11. House of Flying Daggers (2004)
PG-13 | 119 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
A romantic police captain breaks a beautiful member of a rebel group out of prison to help her rejoin her fellows, but things are not what they seem.
Director: Yimou Zhang | Stars: Ziyi Zhang, Takeshi Kaneshiro, Andy Lau, Dandan Song
Votes: 116,281 | Gross: $11.05M
12. Tank (1984)
PG | 113 min | Action, Comedy, Drama
Sergeant Major Zack arrives at a new army base with his wife, son and Sherman tank. One night at a bar he "stops" a pimp/deputy from beating a girl. The corrupt sheriff uses Zack's son for revenge and Zack uses his tank.
Director: Marvin J. Chomsky | Stars: James Garner, Shirley Jones, C. Thomas Howell, Mark Herrier
Votes: 4,682 | Gross: $14.13M
13. 102 Dalmatians (2000)
G | 100 min | Adventure, Comedy, Family
Cruella DeVil gets out of prison and goes after the puppies once more.
Directors: Michael D Moore, Kevin Lima | Stars: Glenn Close, Gérard Depardieu, Ioan Gruffudd, Alice Evans
Votes: 39,635 | Gross: $66.96M
14. Jackass: The Movie (2002)
R | 85 min | Documentary, Action, Comedy
Johnny Knoxville and his band of maniacs perform a variety of stunts and gross-out gags on the big screen for the first time.
Director: Jeff Tremaine | Stars: Johnny Knoxville, Bam Margera, Chris Pontius, Steve-O
Votes: 102,291 | Gross: $64.26M
15. Drowning by Numbers (1988)
R | 118 min | Comedy, Drama
Three generations of women share the same problem--marriage woes--and want to put an end to it.
Director: Peter Greenaway | Stars: Bernard Hill, Joan Plowright, Juliet Stevenson, Joely Richardson
Votes: 10,976 | Gross: $0.42M
16. The Sleeping Dictionary (2003)
R | 109 min | Drama, Romance
A young Englishman is sent to Malaysian Borneo in the 1930s to stay with a tribe as UK's colonial representative. A local woman (J.Alba) helps him understand local tradition and language. He falls in love with her etc. despite the taboo.
Director: Guy Jenkin | Stars: Jessica Alba, Brenda Blethyn, Hugh Dancy, Bob Hoskins
Votes: 9,227
17. Pinocchio (2019)
PG-13 | 125 min | Drama, Family, Fantasy
Old woodcarver Geppetto's puppet creation, Pinocchio, magically comes to life with dreams of becoming a real boy. Easily led astray, Pinocchio tumbles from one misadventure to another as he is tricked, kidnapped and chased by bandits.
Director: Matteo Garrone | Stars: Federico Ielapi, Roberto Benigni, Rocco Papaleo, Massimo Ceccherini
Votes: 14,756
18. A Field in England (2013)
Not Rated | 90 min | Drama, History, Horror
Amid the Civil War in 17th-century England, a group of deserters flee from battle through an overgrown field. Captured by an alchemist, the men are forced to help him search to find a hidden treasure that he believes is buried in the field.
Director: Ben Wheatley | Stars: Julian Barratt, Peter Ferdinando, Richard Glover, Ryan Pope
Votes: 14,001 | Gross: $0.03M
19. The Temp (1993)
R | 96 min | Drama, Thriller
Nice guy junior exec Peter doesn't play dirty but unfortunately, some of his colleagues do. In comes Kris, his new temp, who is bright and efficient and saves him. She's willing to play dirty for Peter.
Director: Tom Holland | Stars: Timothy Hutton, Lara Flynn Boyle, Dwight Schultz, Oliver Platt
Votes: 3,619 | Gross: $6.42M
20. Saved by the Bell: Hawaiian Style (1992 TV Movie)
TV-PG | 92 min | Comedy
Kelly's grandfather Harry invites the gang for a vacation at The Hawaiian Hideaway, his hotel in Honolulu, but they soon discover that a rival is threatening to put him out of business, so they scheme to help save the Hideaway.
Director: Don Barnhart | Stars: Mark-Paul Gosselaar, Tiffani Thiessen, Lark Voorhies, Mario Lopez
Votes: 3,133
21. Ondine (2009)
PG-13 | 111 min | Drama, Mystery, Romance
An Irish fisherman discovers a woman in his fishing net whom his precocious daughter believes to be a selkie.
Director: Neil Jordan | Stars: Colin Farrell, Alicja Bachleda, Dervla Kirwan, Alison Barry
Votes: 22,646 | Gross: $0.55M
22. Mighty Joe Young (1949)
Approved | 94 min | Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
A young woman who has raised a giant gorilla from an infant brings him to Hollywood years later seeking her fortune.
Director: Ernest B. Schoedsack | Stars: Terry Moore, Ben Johnson, Robert Armstrong, Mr. Joseph Young
Votes: 5,787
23. King of California (2007)
PG-13 | 93 min | Comedy, Drama
An unstable dad who after getting out of a mental institution tries to convince his daughter that there's Spanish gold buried somewhere under suburbia.
Director: M. Cahill | Stars: Michael Douglas, Evan Rachel Wood, Willis Burks II, Laura Kachergus
Votes: 23,669 | Gross: $0.26M
24. Magical Mystery Tour (1967 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 55 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Musical
The Beatles charter a special bus for a surreal mystery tour.
Directors: George Harrison, John Lennon, Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, Bernard Knowles | Stars: John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, Ringo Starr
Votes: 7,902
25. Emanuelle and the Last Cannibals (1977)
R | 94 min | Adventure, Horror
Photojournalist Emanuelle is joined by an anthropologist, two female missionary workers and a treacherous hunter's party in a search for an Amazon cannibal tribe long thought extinct.
Director: Joe D'Amato | Stars: Laura Gemser, Gabriele Tinti, Nieves Navarro, Donald O'Brien
Votes: 3,278
26. The Pom Pom Girls (1976)
PG | 89 min | Comedy, Romance
A group of carefree high school seniors are having the time of their lives, filled with sex, romance, and teen high jinks.
Director: Joseph Ruben | Stars: Robert Carradine, Jennifer Ashley, Michael Mullins, Lisa Reeves
Votes: 1,243 | Gross: $17.88M
27. Running Man (2010– )
TV-14 | 80 min | Comedy, Game-Show, Reality-TV
Running Man is a reality-variety show where the cast must complete missions at various places to win the race.
Stars: Yoo Jae-suk, Jong-Kook Kim, Haha, Suk-Jin Jee
Votes: 3,555
28. A Minute's Silence (2016 TV Movie)
89 min | Drama, Romance
The end of summer, a sleepy fishing port on the Baltic Sea and the beginning of a great feeling that shouldn't be: Shortly before the start of the new school year, 18-year-old Christian ... See full summary »
Director: Thorsten Schmidt | Stars: Julia Koschitz, Jonas Nay, Alexander Held, Uwe Preuss
Votes: 922
29. Bless the Beasts & Children (1971)
GP | 109 min | Comedy, Drama
A group of social misfits at a summer camp for boys run away to save penned-in buffaloes from a rifle club's slaughter.
Director: Stanley Kramer | Stars: Bill Mumy, Barry Robins, Miles Chapin, Darel Glaser
Votes: 1,582 | Gross: $0.21M
30. Gladiators (1992–2000)
60 min | Action, Game-Show, Reality-TV
Members of the public are pitted against superfit Gladiators in trials of strength, speed and stamina.
Stars: Ulrika Jonsson, John Anderson, John Sachs, Kim Betts
Votes: 1,506
31. Young Mr. Lincoln (1939)
Passed | 100 min | Biography, Drama, History
A fictionalized account of the early life of the American president as a young lawyer facing his greatest court case.
Director: John Ford | Stars: Henry Fonda, Alice Brady, Marjorie Weaver, Arleen Whelan
Votes: 9,178
32. Summer Camp (1979)
R | 85 min | Comedy
The director of a failing summer camp decides to invite campers from ten years ago for a free weekend event, hoping that he can trick them into fixing up the place and also get their ... See full summary »
Director: Chuck Vincent | Stars: Michael Abrams, John F. Goff, Kashka Bartisick, Bud Bogart
Votes: 565
33. American Girl (2002)
R | 88 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
A pregnant teenager is determined to leave her trailer park home with the hope of living a happy family life.
Director: Jordan Brady | Stars: Jena Malone, Harmony Blossom, Erik von Detten, Brad Renfro
Votes: 1,465
34. Toxic Shark (2017 TV Movie)
TV-14 | 87 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
A tropical singles retreat takes a terrifying turn when guests realize a poisonous shark is infesting the surrounding water. Not only will it rip apart its victims, but it also uses projectile acid to hunt - in and out of the water.
Director: Cole Sharpe | Stars: Kabby Borders, Christina Masterson, Michelle Cortés, Bryce Durfee
Votes: 1,234
35. Tosun Pasa (1976)
90 min | Comedy
Two traditionally rival Turkish families, "Seferoglu"s and "Tellioglu"s are competing for the "Green Valley". The winner will be determined by Daver Bey, who has a beautiful young daughter,... See full summary »
Director: Kartal Tibet | Stars: Kemal Sunal, Müjde Ar, Adile Nasit, Sener Sen
Votes: 24,603
36. Hello, Stranger: The Movie (2021)
101 min | Comedy, Romance
Xavier and Mico join a writing camp, where they get to know each other more. But with their friends and other people around them twist and turn them in different directions, will they be strangers no more or strangers again?
Director: Dwein Baltazar | Stars: Tony Labrusca, JC Alcantara, Vivoree Esclito, Patrick Quiroz
Votes: 516
37. Race for Your Life, Charlie Brown (1977)
G | 76 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
The Peanuts gang goes to summer camp, and they participate in a river-raft race against some cheating bullies.
Directors: Bill Melendez, Phil Roman | Stars: Duncan Watson, Greg Felton, Stuart Brotman, Gail Davis
Votes: 3,946 | Gross: $3.22M
38. Battle of the Network Stars (1976 TV Special)
120 min | Family, Game-Show, Sport
Television stars are the contestants as the three major networks ABC, NBC and CBS battle each other in a variety of games including the tug-o-war and the obstacle course.
Director: Roger Goodman | Stars: Howard Cosell, Gabe Kaplan, Darleen Carr, Lynda Carter
Votes: 382
39. Walkout (2006 TV Movie)
TV-14 | 110 min | Drama
A teacher becomes a mentor to Chicano high-school students protesting injustices in schools in 1968.
Director: Edward James Olmos | Stars: Alexa PenaVega, Michael Peña, Yancey Arias, Laura Harring
Votes: 1,574
40. The Green Years (1946)
Passed | 127 min | Drama
An orphaned young boy is guided by his great-grandfather and strives to go to university to become a doctor. However, the boy's harsh grandfather stands in his way.
Director: Victor Saville | Stars: Charles Coburn, Tom Drake, Beverly Tyler, Hume Cronyn
Votes: 1,078
41. Just Like Dad (1995 TV Movie)
PG | 101 min | Comedy, Drama, Family
Charlie is constantly bullied at school and decides to invite a weightlifter to pose as his father at the father/son picnic. The lie spirals out of control and Charlie ends up the target of a kidnapping due to the weightlifter's troubled past.
Director: Blair Treu | Stars: Wallace Shawn, Ben Diskin, Nick Cassavetes, Jarrett Lennon
Votes: 487
42. The Cabin (2011 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 90 min | Comedy
A pair of single parents, who have each brought their children to a remote Scottish resort for an annual family-and-games event, are accidentally booked into the same cabin. Naturally, they can't stand each other...at first.
Director: Brian Trenchard-Smith | Stars: Lea Thompson, Steven Brand, Bel Powley, Alice Felgate
Votes: 381
43. Savages (1972)
R | 106 min | Fantasy, Comedy
An allegory about humankind progresses from a savage state to a civilized form, that is only a cover for its innate barbarism.
Director: James Ivory | Stars: Susan Blakely, Margaret Brewster, Thayer David, Neil Fitzgerald
Votes: 400
44. Romulus and the Sabines (1961)
98 min | Adventure, Comedy, Romance
The classic story from the early days of Rome where there are no women. Romulus, the founder of Rome, finds women to be wives from Sabina where there are a lot of women. The Sabine men, of ... See full summary »
Director: Richard Pottier | Stars: Roger Moore, Mylène Demongeot, Giorgia Moll, Scilla Gabel
Votes: 359
45. Gaano kadalas ang minsan? (1982)
109 min | Drama
Two women are in love with the same man: one is his wife, the other is his mistress, and between them is the man whose love and time they share. But even the most discreet of affairs can be... See full summary »
Director: Danny L. Zialcita | Stars: Vilma Santos, Hilda Koronel, Dindo Fernando, Suzanne Gonzales
Votes: 79
46. The Unholy Four (1970)
95 min | Western
Having been broken out of prison by bank robbers, an amnesiac is joined by three other convicts in a visit to his hometown, where he is caught in a feud between his family and the father of one of the robbers.
Director: Enzo Barboni | Stars: Leonard Mann, Woody Strode, Peter Martell, George Eastman
Votes: 488
47. Thief of Yama (2007)
Not Rated | 185 min | Action, Comedy, Fantasy
A lovable scoundrel's life is cut short when he angers the god of death; however, he still has a few tricks up his sleeve.
Director: S.S. Rajamouli | Stars: N.T. Rama Rao Jr., Mohan Babu, Priyamani, Mamta Mohandas
Votes: 4,573
48. Summerhood (2008)
Not Rated | 88 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A summer camp comedy...about the horrors of being ten.
Directors: Jacob Medjuck, Tony Dean Smith | Stars: Lucian Maisel, Scott Beaudin, Jesse Camacho, David Gibson McLean
Votes: 676
49. The Troubles of Alfred (1972)
98 min | Comedy, Romance, Sport
Alfred decides to commit suicide by jumping into a canal and he meets a beautiful TV reporter with the same plan.
Director: Pierre Richard | Stars: Pierre Richard, Anny Duperey, Jean Carmet, Paul Préboist
Votes: 1,050
50. The Knockout (1914)
TV-G | 27 min | Short, Comedy
To show his girl how brave he is Fatty challenges the champion to a fight. Charlie referees, trying to avoid contact with the two monsters.
Director: Mack Sennett | Stars: Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle, Edgar Kennedy, Charles Chaplin, Dan Albert
Votes: 1,471