Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows With Erik Simkins

1. Captain Fantastic (2016)

R | 118 min | Comedy, Drama

In the forests of the Pacific Northwest, a father devoted to raising his six kids with a rigorous physical and intellectual education is forced to leave his paradise and enter the world, challenging his idea of what it means to be a parent.

Director: Matt Ross | Stars: Viggo Mortensen, George MacKay, Samantha Isler, Annalise Basso

Votes: 235,445 | Gross: $5.88M

2. Prospect (2018)

R | 100 min | Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi

A teenage girl and her father travel to a remote alien moon, aiming to strike it rich. They've secured a contract to harvest a large deposit of the elusive gems hidden in the depths of the moon's toxic forest. But there are others roving the wilderness and the job quickly devolves into a fight to survive. Forced to contend not only with the forest's other ruthless inhabitants, but with her own ... See full summary »

Directors: Christopher Caldwell, Zeek Earl | Stars: Sophie Thatcher, Jay Duplass, Pedro Pascal, Luke Pitzrick

Votes: 34,619

3. Laggies (2014)

R | 99 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

In the throes of a quarter-life crisis, Megan panics when her boyfriend proposes. She takes an opportunity to escape for a week, hiding out in the house of her new 16-year-old friend Annika and her world-weary single dad.

Director: Lynn Shelton | Stars: Keira Knightley, Chloë Grace Moretz, Sam Rockwell, Mark Webber

Votes: 45,834 | Gross: $0.44M

4. Gutterballs (2008)

96 min | Comedy, Horror, Sport

A bowling night will turn into a bloody death match for a team of teenagers, as a deranged serial killer is taking them down one by one.

Director: Ryan Nicholson | Stars: Alastair Gamble, Mihola Terzic, Nathan Witte, Wade Gibb

Votes: 3,686

5. Outside In (2017)

Not Rated | 109 min | Drama

An ex-con struggling to readjust to life in his small town forms an intense bond with his former high school teacher.

Director: Lynn Shelton | Stars: Edie Falco, Jay Duplass, Louis Hobson, Alycia Delmore

Votes: 6,324 | Gross: $0.07M

6. The Stairs (I) (2021)

92 min | Horror, Mystery

In 1997, a young boy is out hunting with his grandfather, when he stumbles upon a mysterious staircase deep in the forest. The subsequent disappearance leaves locals baffled as to the fate of the wayward pair.

Director: Peter 'Drago' Tiemann | Stars: Kathleen Quinlan, John Schneider, Russell Hodgkinson, Trin Miller

Votes: 5,314

7. 4 Minute Mile (2014)

PG-13 | 96 min | Drama, Sport

A former track coach decides to train a student with natural athletic talent. Tragedy strikes, forcing the student to confront everything that has been holding him back.

Director: Charles-Olivier Michaud | Stars: Kelly Blatz, Richard Jenkins, Kim Basinger, Cam Gigandet

Votes: 3,153

8. Matt's Chance (2013)

Not Rated | 95 min | Biography, Comedy, Drama

A dark comedic tale about love, revenge, and the fickle nature of human morality.

Director: Nicholas Gyeney | Stars: Edward Furlong, Bill Sorice, Edi Zanidache, Lee Majors

Votes: 2,431

9. Atomica (2017)

Not Rated | 81 min | Sci-Fi, Thriller

In the near future, when communications go offline at a remote nuclear power plant isolated in the desert, a young safety inspector, Abby Dixon, is forced to fly out to bring them back online. Once inside the facility, mysterious clues and strange behaviors cause Abby to have doubts about the sanity, and perhaps identities, of the two employees onsite.

Director: Dagen Merrill | Stars: Tom Sizemore, Sarah Habel, Dominic Monaghan, Phil Austin

Votes: 2,419

10. The Penitent Man (2010)

Not Rated | 92 min | Drama, Sci-Fi

A young analyst talks with an old man claiming to be from the future - a dystopian future.

Director: Nicholas Gyeney | Stars: Lance Henriksen, Lathrop Walker, Andrew Keegan, Melissa Roberts

Votes: 5,526

11. Grassroots (2012)

R | 98 min | Comedy, Drama

After losing his job, a journalist reluctantly agrees to help his oddball friend with his bid to earn a seat on the Seattle City Council.

Director: Stephen Gyllenhaal | Stars: Jason Biggs, Joel David Moore, Lauren Ambrose, Cobie Smulders

Votes: 1,157 | Gross: $0.01M

12. Brides to Be (2016)

82 min | Drama, Horror, Romance

Robin and Jenna are getting married. Robin is excited beyond words; Jenna is plagued by panic attacks and struggles to write her vows. But when they arrive at their secluded fairy-tale venue, sinister forces besiege them, threatening to tear them apart.

Directors: Kris Boustedt, Lindy Boustedt | Stars: Carollani Sandberg, Angela DiMarco, Jesse Lee Keeter, Linas Phillips

Votes: 156

13. Demetri Martin: The Overthinker (2018 TV Special)

56 min | Comedy

With his signature one-liners and drawings, Demetri Martin muses on doughnut holes, dogs, sports bars, the alphabet's most aggressive letters and more.

Director: Jaime Eliezer Karas | Star: Demetri Martin

Votes: 1,909

14. Brush with Danger (2015)

Not Rated | 90 min | Action, Drama, Thriller

A painter, a fighter, both artists in their own way. Brother and sister, forced to flee their home, arrive at Seattle inside a shipping container. Trying to make their way in a new world ... See full summary »

Director: Livi Zheng | Stars: Ken Zheng, Livi Zheng, Nikita Breznikov, Norman Newkirk

Votes: 496

15. Nothing Against Life (2013)

Not Rated | 97 min | Drama

While searching for human connection in the heart of an eclectic urban area, four disparate characters navigate the razor's edge of life. As their paths cross, they must decide whether to embrace their reality or cast their lives away.

Director: Julio Ramírez | Stars: Cynthia Geary, Fernando Noriega, Hilary Pickles, Keifer Grimm

Votes: 21

16. Ron Funches: Giggle Fit (2019 TV Special)

TV-MA | 61 min | Comedy

In his first-ever one-hour stand-up special, charming and lovable actor-comedian Ron Funches offers his unique take on optimism, fatherhood, autism, conspiracy theories, weight loss, reality television and much more.

Director: Bobcat Goldthwait | Stars: Ric Flair, Ron Funches

Votes: 125

17. Ten Years Later (2014)

Not Rated | 14 min | Short, Action, Drama

After being released from prison, Alice hunts down the person who put her there. Her sister.

Directors: Kris Boustedt, Lindy Boustedt | Stars: Wonder Russell, Lisa Coronado

Votes: 9

18. M.O.P.Z. (2016 TV Short)

TV-14 | 11 min | Short, Comedy

A lazy janitor builds a robot to do his dirty work.

Director: Todd Rohal | Stars: Jim Hamerlinck, Karen Wetterhahn, Ron Ford, Jay Wesley Cochran

Votes: 132

19. The Gray Area (I) (2010)

Not Rated | 95 min | Drama

Three young men attempt to comprehend the untimely death of their best friend. In their grief, the men discover their friend may have died under suspicious circumstances. Their efforts to ... See full summary »

Director: Chapin Hemmingway | Stars: Gavin Bristol, Morgan Lee, Ian McMilan, Jesse Henderson

Votes: 12

20. Frink (2013)

Not Rated | 15 min | Short, Drama, Thriller

A newly-wed couple that moves into a secluded home atop the cascade mountains to escape the outside world, only to find its dark secret

Director: Phillip Nelson | Stars: Richard Clairmont, Ronee Collins, Bob Fischer, Hannah Holden

Votes: 10

21. Ink in the Sky: The SST Ravens' Story (2022)

Short

The SST Ravens is a Seattle-based youth shooting sports team full of talented, dedicated, and supportive team members. Learn about the incredible stories that brought them into the world of... See full summary »

Director: Clif Briley

22. The Gift (IV) (2015)

26 min | Short, Drama, History

In 1971 during the height of the Vietnam war, a career army officer faces a crisis when his 19-year-old son draws a low number in the military draft lottery, just as the country is turning against the war.

Director: Mardig Sheridan | Stars: Eric Ray Anderson, David Drummond, Noah Greene, Sean Griffin

23. Lord of Zombie City (2008)

33 min | Short, Comedy, Fantasy

Zombie City is a place like no other. It harbors a dark underworld full of shady criminals of an unlikely type: Zombies. These zombies will not go out of their way to eat humans, but they ... See full summary »

Director: Gabe Conroy | Stars: Jana Gueck, Zander Bailey, Jason Ericson, Nick Walker

Votes: 11

24. 487 (2014)

9 min | Short, Adventure, Drama

A boy is thrown into a race against his will, unsure of where the finish line is or what it means and grows to become a man.

Director: Connor Hair | Stars: Jonah Beres, Brian Sutherland, Bill Johns, Hope Shanthi

25. A Twist of Time (2019)

Short

A depressed young widow (Katya) checks into a Port Townsend, WA hotel to commit suicide. By a twist of fate, a clothing bureau turns into a steam punk time machine and the Russian Princess ... See full synopsis »

Director: Kit Wilson | Stars: Nicole Moriarty, William Michael Paul, Eryn Rea, Dave Shecter

26. Pretty Face and Green My Eyes (2011)

Not Rated | 20 min | Short, Music, Romance

First love told through a nostalgic look back at the early 90's music explosion in Seattle.

Director: Sam Graydon | Stars: Teru Brach, Alex Davis, Lisa LeVan, Rich Morris

Votes: 5