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1. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)

PG-13 | 178 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

A meek Hobbit from the Shire and eight companions set out on a journey to destroy the powerful One Ring and save Middle-earth from the Dark Lord Sauron.

Director: Peter Jackson | Stars: Elijah Wood, Ian McKellen, Orlando Bloom, Sean Bean

Votes: 2,013,323 | Gross: $315.54M

2. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)

PG-13 | 201 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

Gandalf and Aragorn lead the World of Men against Sauron's army to draw his gaze from Frodo and Sam as they approach Mount Doom with the One Ring.

Director: Peter Jackson | Stars: Elijah Wood, Viggo Mortensen, Ian McKellen, Orlando Bloom

Votes: 1,985,116 | Gross: $377.85M

3. Percy Jackson and the Olympians (2023– )

TV-PG | 45 min | Action, Adventure, Family

Demigod Percy Jackson leads a quest across America to prevent a war among the Olympian gods.

Stars: Walker Scobell, Leah Jeffries, Aryan Simhadri, Virginia Kull

Votes: 36,263

4. The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)

PG-13 | 179 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

While Frodo and Sam edge closer to Mordor with the help of the shifty Gollum, the divided fellowship makes a stand against Sauron's new ally, Saruman, and his hordes of Isengard.

Director: Peter Jackson | Stars: Elijah Wood, Ian McKellen, Viggo Mortensen, Orlando Bloom

Votes: 1,789,394 | Gross: $342.55M

5. The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2012)

PG-13 | 169 min | Adventure, Fantasy

A reluctant Hobbit, Bilbo Baggins, sets out to the Lonely Mountain with a spirited group of dwarves to reclaim their mountain home and the gold within it from the dragon Smaug.

Director: Peter Jackson | Stars: Martin Freeman, Ian McKellen, Richard Armitage, Andy Serkis

Votes: 874,990 | Gross: $303.00M

6. King Kong (2005)

PG-13 | 187 min | Action, Adventure, Romance

A greedy film producer assembles a team of moviemakers and sets out for the infamous Skull Island, where they find more than just cannibalistic natives.

Director: Peter Jackson | Stars: Naomi Watts, Jack Black, Adrien Brody, Thomas Kretschmann

Votes: 448,207 | Gross: $218.08M

7. Thor: Ragnarok (2017)

PG-13 | 130 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy

Imprisoned on the planet Sakaar, Thor must race against time to return to Asgard and stop Ragnarök, the destruction of his world, at the hands of the powerful and ruthless villain Hela.

Director: Taika Waititi | Stars: Chris Hemsworth, Tom Hiddleston, Cate Blanchett, Mark Ruffalo

Votes: 818,526 | Gross: $315.06M

8. The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (2013)

PG-13 | 161 min | Adventure, Drama, Fantasy

The dwarves, along with Bilbo Baggins and Gandalf the Grey, continue their quest to reclaim the Lonely Mountain, their homeland, from the dragon Smaug.

Director: Peter Jackson | Stars: Ian McKellen, Martin Freeman, Richard Armitage, Ken Stott

Votes: 707,153 | Gross: $258.37M

9. The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies (2014)

PG-13 | 144 min | Adventure, Fantasy

Bilbo Baggins and company are forced to engage in a war against an array of combatants and keep the Lonely Mountain from falling into the hands of a rising darkness.

Director: Peter Jackson | Stars: Ian McKellen, Martin Freeman, Richard Armitage, Cate Blanchett

Votes: 573,628 | Gross: $255.12M

10. Mortal Engines (2018)

PG-13 | 128 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy

In a post-apocalyptic world where cities ride on wheels and consume each other to survive, two people meet in London and try to stop a conspiracy.

Director: Christian Rivers | Stars: Hera Hilmar, Robert Sheehan, Hugo Weaving, Jihae

Votes: 141,410 | Gross: $15.95M

11. Dora and the Lost City of Gold (2019)

PG | 102 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy

Teenage explorer Dora leads her friends on an adventure to save her parents and solve the mystery behind a lost city of gold.

Director: James Bobin | Stars: Isabela Merced, Eugenio Derbez, Michael Peña, Eva Longoria

Votes: 34,884 | Gross: $60.48M

12. The Frighteners (1996)

R | 110 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Horror

After a tragic car accident that kills his wife, a man discovers he can communicate with the dead, and he uses that gift to con people. However, when a demonic spirit appears, he may be the only one who can stop it from killing the living and the dead.

Director: Peter Jackson | Stars: Michael J. Fox, Trini Alvarado, Peter Dobson, John Astin

Votes: 95,774 | Gross: $16.76M

13. Love and Monsters (2020)

PG-13 | 109 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy

Seven years after he survived the monster apocalypse, lovably hapless Joel leaves his cozy underground bunker behind on a quest to reunite with his high school sweetheart.

Director: Michael Matthews | Stars: Dylan O'Brien, Jessica Henwick, Michael Rooker, Dan Ewing

Votes: 145,945 | Gross: $1.07M

14. Disenchanted (2022)

PG | 119 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy

Fifteen years after her happily ever after, Giselle questions her happiness, inadvertently turning the lives of those in the real world and Andalasia upside down in the process.

Director: Adam Shankman | Stars: Amy Adams, Patrick Dempsey, Maya Rudolph, Gabriella Baldacchino

Votes: 26,556

15. Alice Through the Looking Glass (2016)

PG | 113 min | Adventure, Family, Fantasy

Alice is appointed to save her beloved Mad Hatter from deadly grief by travelling back to the past, but this means fatally harming Time himself, the noble clockwork man with the device needed to save the Hatter's family from the Red Queen.

Director: James Bobin | Stars: Mia Wasikowska, Johnny Depp, Helena Bonham Carter, Anne Hathaway

Votes: 122,700 | Gross: $77.04M

16. Underworld: Rise of the Lycans (2009)

R | 92 min | Action, Fantasy, Thriller

A prequel centered on the origins of the centuries-old feud between the race of aristocratic vampires and their former slaves, the Lycans.

Director: Patrick Tatopoulos | Stars: Rhona Mitra, Michael Sheen, Bill Nighy, Steven Mackintosh

Votes: 168,152 | Gross: $45.80M

17. The Water Horse (2007)

PG | 112 min | Adventure, Family, Fantasy

A lonely boy discovers a mysterious egg that hatches a sea creature of Scottish legend.

Director: Jay Russell | Stars: Emily Watson, David Morrissey, Alex Etel, Bruce Allpress

Votes: 43,058 | Gross: $40.41M

18. The Tribe (1999–2003)

TV-PG | 30 min | Drama, Family, Romance

A group of young adults struggle to survive in a world where all the adults have been killed by a mysterious virus.

Stars: Caleb Ross, Victoria Spence, Meryl Cassie, Antonia Prebble

Votes: 3,204

19. The Warrior's Way (2010)

R | 100 min | Action, Drama, Fantasy

A warrior-assassin is forced to hide in a small town in the American Badlands after refusing a mission.

Director: Sngmoo Lee | Stars: Jang Dong-gun, Kate Bosworth, Geoffrey Rush, Danny Huston

Votes: 27,280 | Gross: $5.66M

20. White Water Summer (1987)

PG | 90 min | Adventure, Drama

The story of a shy boy who gets convinced by his parents to spend a few summer days in the mountains. So, he joins a group, and the vacation begins. Unfortunately, things turn out to be a little tough for our small friend.

Director: Jeff Bleckner | Stars: Kevin Bacon, Sean Astin, Jonathan Ward, K.C. Martel

Votes: 5,935 | Gross: $0.30M

21. The Adventures of Swiss Family Robinson (1998–1999)

30 min | Adventure, Family

Emmy-winner Richard Thomas (The Waltons) stars in this exciting family adventure based on Johann David Wyss's Timeless book. Join the shipwrecked Robinsons as they struggle together to make a new life on a remote desert island.

Stars: Gareth Howells, Kieren Hutchison, Richard Thomas, Mia Lux

Votes: 627

22. Island of Fire (1990)

R | 125 min | Action, Crime, Drama

A cop goes undercover to infiltrate a deadly prison where a team of mercenaries is being assembled.

Director: Yen-Ping Chu | Stars: Jackie Chan, Andy Lau, Sammo Kam-Bo Hung, Tony Ka Fai Leung

Votes: 3,935

23. The Oscars (2013 TV Special)

TV-14 | 175 min | Comedy, Music, Reality-TV

Seth MacFarlane hosts the Academy Awards.

Director: Don Mischer | Stars: Seth MacFarlane, William Shatner, Naomi Watts, Jennifer Lawrence

Votes: 3,327

24. Nate and Hayes (1983)

PG | 99 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy

A swashbuckling adventure which takes place in the mid-1800's on the South Pacific islands where bloody raids and battles were once the rule of the day.

Director: Ferdinand Fairfax | Stars: Tommy Lee Jones, Michael O'Keefe, Max Phipps, Jenny Seagrove

Votes: 2,400 | Gross: $1.96M

25. Ice Fantasy (2016– )

TV-14 | 44 min | Adventure, Fantasy, War

A fantasy story happens in a fictional universe. Ka Suo, the prince of the Snow Nation, takes the journey to the magical holy shrine with his entourages, and incidentally discover the secrets related to his fate and beloved ones.

Stars: Shaofeng Feng, Tianyu Ma, Victoria Song, Meng Zhang

Votes: 664

26. Mesmerized (1985)

PG | 94 min | Drama

An orphaned New Zealand girl married to an older, wealthy businessman learns to deal with his strange sexual desires.

Director: Michael Laughlin | Stars: Jodie Foster, John Lithgow, Michael Murphy, Dan Shor

Votes: 1,022

27. The Making of 'The Lord of the Rings' (2002 Video)

Documentary

Documentary of the making of Peter Jackson's adaptation of J.R.R. Tolkien's classic work of fantasy.

Director: Costa Botes | Stars: Sean Astin, Sean Bean, Cate Blanchett, Orlando Bloom

Votes: 685

28. Team Thor (2016 Video)

Not Rated | 4 min | Short, Comedy, Fantasy

The story of what the hammer-wielding Nordic god Thor was up to while the rest of the Avengers were battling each other in "Captain America: Civil War". He moves into a flat with office worker Darryl Jacobson in Australia.

Director: Taika Waititi | Stars: Chris Hemsworth, Mark Ruffalo, Daley Pearson

Votes: 10,790

29. A Hero's Journey: The Making of Percy Jackson and the Olympians (2024)

TV-PG | 50 min | Documentary, Family

Follows these three young stars on the set of the Disney+ Original series as they step into worlds fit for gods, battle unforgettable creatures and perform legendary feats, all while still going to school.

Director: Joel Edwards | Stars: Dan Shotz, Rick Riordan, Jonathan E. Steinberg, Walker Scobell

Votes: 200

30. The Legend of William Tell (1998)

50 min | Adventure, Fantasy

Witness the legend of Wilhelm Gorkeit of Tellikon (William Tell), who, as the stories say, shot an apple off of his son's head and led the rebellion to free Switzerland.

Stars: Kieren Hutchison, Andrew Robertt, Nathaniel Lees, Katrina Browne

Votes: 288

31. A Twist in the Tale (1999)

TV-PG | 52 min | Drama, Family, Mystery

William Shatner stars as an engaging Storyteller in this enchanting series that will take audiences on a magical journey into their imagination, and beyond, through intriguing and suspenseful tales of out of this world experiences.

Stars: William Shatner, Robin Johnson, Chelsie Preston Crayford, Emily Barclay

Votes: 109

32. Second Time Lucky (1984)

101 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama

There's a new wager between Heaven and Hell. Devil bets God that if God were to pick two young people to be the new Adam and Eve, they'd sin again. God accepts and sends a college couple to various eras, starting with the Garden of Eden.

Director: Michael Anderson | Stars: Diane Franklin, Roger Wilson, Jon Gadsby, Robert Helpmann

Votes: 321

33. 99-1 (1994– )

50 min | Crime, Thriller

Implicated in a corruption enquiry, Detective Inspector Mick Raynor (Leslie Grantham) agrees to go deep under cover to bring down criminal networks that appear to be beyond the reach of the law.

Stars: Leslie Grantham, Adie Allen, Niall Buggy, Frances Tomelty

Votes: 150

34. Team Thor: Part 2 (2017 Video)

Not Rated | 5 min | Short, Comedy, Sci-Fi

Thor enjoys some time away from battle.

Director: Taika Waititi | Stars: Chris Hemsworth, Daley Pearson, Susan Gillias

Votes: 6,508

35. Blue Moon (I) (2018)

85 min | Thriller

Horace Jones is flat broke and working a dead boring night-shift. When half a million dollars of stolen drug money drops miraculously into his hands he makes a snap decision that will change everything.

Director: Stefen Harris | Stars: Mark Hadlow, Jed Brophy, Olivia Hadlow, Kyle Abbott

Votes: 95

36. Adrift (1993 TV Movie)

89 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

Katie and Guy take a sea cruise in their sailboat and discover a couple on a wrecked boat, victims of a brutal attack by their crew. They take Eliza and Nick on board. The new boarders ... See full summary »

Director: Christian Duguay | Stars: Kate Jackson, Kenneth Welsh, Bruce Greenwood, Kelly Rowan

Votes: 408

37. Treasure Island (1997– )

30 min | Family, Game-Show, Reality-TV

12 Strangers are marooned on a deserted island in Fiji to solve clues and puzzles to win $25,000. Each week two people are eliminated.

Stars: Bree Tomasel, Matt Chisholm, Lance Savali, Dame Susan Devoy

Votes: 51

38. A Passage to Middle-earth: The Making of 'Lord of the Rings' (2001 TV Movie)

42 min | Documentary

Documentary of the making of Peter Jackson's adaptation of the classic Tolkien work.

Stars: Elijah Wood, Peter Jackson, Ian McKellen, Richard Taylor

Votes: 565

39. The Rainbow Warrior (1993 TV Movie)

PG | 93 min | Drama

This film tells the true story of the sinking of the Greenpeace ship, the Rainbow Warrior (commanded by Jon Voight), in Auckland Harbor in 1984, and the subsequent investigation by the New ... See full summary »

Director: Michael Tuchner | Stars: Jon Voight, Sam Neill, Bruno Lawrence, Kerry Fox

Votes: 311

40. The 76th Annual Academy Awards (2004 TV Special)

225 min | Music

In the annual awards presentation, the nominated films include The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003), Lost in Translation (2003), Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (2003), Mystic River (2003), and Seabiscuit (2003).

Directors: Louis J. Horvitz, Troy Miller | Stars: Billy Crystal, Shohreh Aghdashloo, Liam Aiken, Denys Arcand

Votes: 1,392

41. Return to Treasure Island (1996 TV Movie)

TV-PG | 89 min | Action, Adventure

While being hunted by a corrupt sea captian, adult Jim Hawkins has a second encounter with the island and Long John Silver.

Director: Steve La Hood | Stars: Stig Eldred, Dean O'Gorman, Jed Brophy, Nikita Schembri

Votes: 100

42. Heart of the Country (1987)

60 min | Drama

Natalie is a devoted wife and mother of two, who is abandoned by her husband and left with months of unpaid taxes, mortgage, school fees and grocery bills. She finds that in order to ... See full summary »

Stars: Susan Penhaligon, Sophie Cook, Christian Bale, Ilona Pike

Votes: 92

43. The Long and Short of It (2003)

5 min | Short, Drama

A workman gets some unexpected help from two people of vastly different sizes.

Director: Sean Astin | Stars: Andrew Lesnie, Praphaphorn 'Fon' Chansantor, Paul Randall, Peter Jackson

Votes: 2,204

44. Amy John and Jiu Jitsu Dave

Short | Post-production

When Amy goes off on a grocery run John finds himself in a bit of a viral predicament.

Director: Ruby Vincent | Stars: Rachel Forman, Jarvis Kirkbeck

45. Fallout (1994– )

Drama

Drama based on events surrounding New Zealand's 1984 snap election, when the Labour Party, led by David Lange, was elected on an anti-nuclear platform.

Stars: Mark Mitchell, Ian Mune, John Dybvig, Desmond Kelly

Votes: 8

46. Recreating the Eighth Wonder: The Making of 'King Kong' (2006 Video)

187 min | Documentary

Following the immense success of The Lord of the Rings trilogy, Peter Jackson directs King Kong (2005). This documentary follows him, and the immense project from start to finish. It turns ... See full summary »

Director: Michael Pellerin | Stars: Peter Jackson, Christian Rivers, Matt Aitken, Gray Horsfield

Votes: 70

47. Skull Island: A Natural History (2006 Video)

17 min | Documentary, Short

The story about the dinosaurs roaming the earth and gorillas . The ancient walls and natives . But a million years later skull island began to sink into the ocean never to be seen again .

Director: Michael Pellerin | Stars: Peter Jackson, Daniel Falconer, Ben Wootten, Alan Lee

Votes: 67

48. The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey - The Chronicles of The Hobbit - Part 1: Return to Hobbiton: The Shire (2013 Video)

19 min | Documentary, Short

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Director: Michael Pellerin | Stars: Ruby Acevedo, Louis Ashbourne Serkis, Ruby Ashbourne Serkis, Sonny Ashbourne Serkis

Votes: 13

49. Return to Middle Earth (2002 TV Movie)

43 min | Documentary

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Stars: Michael Rosenbaum, Liv Tyler, Elijah Wood, Miranda Otto

Votes: 42

50. Designing Middle-Earth (2004 Video)

40 min | Documentary, Short

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Director: Michael Pellerin | Stars: Peter Jackson, Dan Hennah, John Howe, Rick Porras

Votes: 66