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1. The Princess Bride (1987)
PG | 98 min | Adventure, Comedy, Family
A bedridden boy's grandfather reads him the story of a farmboy-turned-pirate who encounters numerous obstacles, enemies and allies in his quest to be reunited with his true love.
Director: Rob Reiner | Stars: Cary Elwes, Mandy Patinkin, Robin Wright, Chris Sarandon
Votes: 451,817 | Gross: $30.86M
2. Lisa Frankenstein (2024)
PG-13 | 101 min | Comedy, Horror, Romance
A coming of RAGE love story about a teenager and her crush, who happens to be a corpse. After a set of horrific circumstances bring him back to life, the two embark on a journey to find love, happiness - and a few missing body parts.
Director: Zelda Williams | Stars: Kathryn Newton, Liza Soberano, Jenna Davis, Trina LaFargue
Votes: 15,905
3. Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves (2023)
PG-13 | 134 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
A charming thief and a band of unlikely adventurers embark on an epic quest to retrieve a lost relic, but things go dangerously awry when they run afoul of the wrong people.
Directors: John Francis Daley, Jonathan Goldstein | Stars: Chris Pine, Michelle Rodriguez, Regé-Jean Page, Justice Smith
Votes: 226,908
4. Zack Snyder's Justice League (2021)
R | 242 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Determined to ensure that Superman's ultimate sacrifice wasn't in vain, Bruce Wayne recruits a team of metahumans to protect the world from an approaching threat of catastrophic proportions.
Director: Zack Snyder | Stars: Henry Cavill, Ben Affleck, Gal Gadot, Amy Adams
Votes: 439,518
5. The Mummy (2017)
PG-13 | 110 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
An ancient Egyptian princess is awakened from her crypt beneath the desert, bringing with her malevolence grown over millennia and terrors that defy human comprehension.
Director: Alex Kurtzman | Stars: Tom Cruise, Sofia Boutella, Annabelle Wallis, Russell Crowe
Votes: 206,705 | Gross: $80.10M
6. Bumblebee (I) (2018)
PG-13 | 114 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
On the run in the year 1987, Bumblebee finds refuge in a junkyard in a small California beach town. On the cusp of turning 18 and trying to find her place in the world, Charlie Watson discovers Bumblebee, battle-scarred and broken.
Director: Travis Knight | Stars: Hailee Steinfeld, Jorge Lendeborg Jr., John Cena, Jason Drucker
Votes: 189,271 | Gross: $127.20M
7. Renfield (2023)
R | 93 min | Action, Comedy, Fantasy
Renfield, Dracula's tortured henchman, is forced to capture prey for his master and do his every bidding. But now, after centuries of servitude, Renfield is ready to see if there is a life outside his boss's shadow.
Director: Chris McKay | Stars: Nicholas Hoult, Nicolas Cage, Awkwafina, Ben Schwartz
Votes: 96,556
8. Casper (1995)
PG | 100 min | Comedy, Family, Fantasy
An afterlife therapist and his daughter meet a friendly young ghost when they move into a crumbling mansion in order to rid the premises of wicked spirits.
Director: Brad Silberling | Stars: Bill Pullman, Christina Ricci, Cathy Moriarty, Eric Idle
Votes: 147,130 | Gross: $100.33M
9. Frankenweenie (2012)
PG | 87 min | Animation, Comedy, Drama
When a boy's beloved dog passes away suddenly, he attempts to bring the animal back to life through a powerful science experiment.
Director: Tim Burton | Stars: Winona Ryder, Catherine O'Hara, Martin Short, Martin Landau
Votes: 117,329 | Gross: $35.29M
10. Black Cat, White Cat (1998)
R | 127 min | Comedy, Crime, Romance
Matko and his son Zare live on the banks of the Danube river and get by through hustling and basically doing anything to make a living. In order to pay off a business debt Matko agrees to marry off Zare to the sister of a local gangster.
Director: Emir Kusturica | Stars: Bajram Severdzan, Srdjan 'Zika' Todorovic, Branka Katic, Florijan Ajdini
Votes: 56,492 | Gross: $0.35M
11. Black Sunday (1960)
Approved | 87 min | Horror
A vengeful witch and her fiendish servant return from the grave and begin a bloody campaign to possess the body of the witch's beautiful look-alike descendant.
Director: Mario Bava | Stars: Barbara Steele, John Richardson, Andrea Checchi, Ivo Garrani
Votes: 17,648
12. Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man (1943)
Passed | 74 min | Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi
The resurrected Wolf Man, seeking a cure for his malady, enlists the aid of a mad scientist, who claims he will not only rid the Wolf Man of his nocturnal metamorphosis, but also revive the frozen body of Frankenstein's inhuman creation.
Director: Roy William Neill | Stars: Lon Chaney Jr., Ilona Massey, Patric Knowles, Lionel Atwill
Votes: 9,993
13. Instinct (1999)
R | 126 min | Drama, Thriller
When noted anthropologist Dr. Ethan Powell, who left society to live in the jungle, is imprisoned for murder, it's up to young psychiatrist Theo Caulder to get through to him.
Director: Jon Turteltaub | Stars: Anthony Hopkins, Cuba Gooding Jr., Donald Sutherland, Maura Tierney
Votes: 34,313 | Gross: $34.10M
14. Yummy (2019)
Not Rated | 88 min | Comedy, Horror
An orgy of blood, violence and fun in which a young couple travel to a shabby Eastern European hospital for plastic surgery. Once there things unravel.
Director: Lars Damoiseaux | Stars: Maaike Neuville, Bart Hollanders, Benjamin Ramon, Clara Cleymans
Votes: 6,174
15. The Spider (1958)
Passed | 73 min | Family, Horror, Sci-Fi
Teenagers from a rural community and their high school science teacher join forces to battle a giant mutant spider.
Director: Bert I. Gordon | Stars: Ed Kemmer, June Kenney, Eugene Persson, Gene Roth
Votes: 3,422
16. Mind Ripper (1995)
R | 96 min | Horror, Sci-Fi
Government scientists attempt to reanimate a corpse they found in the desert, but end up inadvertently creating a monster.
Director: Joe Gayton | Stars: Lance Henriksen, Claire Stansfield, John Diehl, Natasha Gregson Wagner
Votes: 2,143
17. Indestructible Man (1956)
Approved | 72 min | Crime, Horror, Sci-Fi
Charles "The Butcher" Benton, a brutal death row inmate gets double-crossed by his crooked lawyer. He gets his chance for revenge when, after he's been executed, a bizarre experiment brings him back to life and more deadly than ever.
Director: Jack Pollexfen | Stars: Lon Chaney Jr., Max Showalter, Marian Carr, Ross Elliott
Votes: 3,168
18. Dinosaurus! (1960)
Unrated | 83 min | Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
After undersea explosions near a Caribbean island, prehistoric creatures are unleashed on the population. A boy teams up with a Neanderthal and an irritated dinosaur try to stop the dinosaurs.
Director: Irvin S. Yeaworth Jr. | Stars: Ward Ramsey, Kristina Hanson, Paul Lukather, Alan Roberts
Votes: 1,704
19. The Return of the Vampire (1943)
Not Rated | 69 min | Drama, Horror
When an errant bomb unearths the coffin of a vampire during the London Blitz, a gravedigger unknowingly reanimates the monster by removing the stake from his heart
Director: Lew Landers | Stars: Bela Lugosi, Frieda Inescort, Nina Foch, Roland Varno
Votes: 2,751 | Gross: $1.09M
20. Voodoo Black Exorcist (1974)
R | 88 min | Horror
The mummy of long dormant, but powerful Caribbean voodoo priest Gatanebo gets revived on a luxury South Seas ocean liner and proceeds to terrorize the passengers.
Director: Manuel Caño | Stars: Aldo Sambrell, Tanyeka Stadler, Alexander Abrahan, Fernando Sancho
Votes: 410
21. Mama Turns 100 (1979)
Not Rated | 100 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Ana is alive and married with Antonio; they arrive in the manor in the countryside of Spain where she worked as a nanny many years ago, for the centennial birthday of the matriarch. In ... See full summary »
Director: Carlos Saura | Stars: Geraldine Chaplin, Amparo Muñoz, Fernando Fernán Gómez, Norman Briski
Votes: 1,372
22. Letters to Satan Claus (2020 TV Movie)
TV-14 | 87 min | Comedy, Horror
Holly returns to her hometown to make a Christmas special before her promotion to a television anchorwoman, but first she must face Satan Claus and horrible childhood memories of him.
Director: Emma Jean Sutherland | Stars: Karen Knox, Jessica Clement, Joseph Cannata, Alex Harrouch
Votes: 522
23. Evil Never Dies (2003 TV Movie)
85 min | Horror, Thriller
After his wife is brutally murdered, a policeman transfers to patrol duty at a college, only to discover that the now-executed murderder may be brought back to life as part of a professor's experiment.
Director: Uli Edel | Stars: Thomas Gibson, Katherine Heigl, Simon Bossell, John Waters
Votes: 470
24. The Warrior from Qin (2020)
13+ | 22 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
Across thousands of years, a terracotta warrior comes back to life. With a girl who looks exactly like his sister-in-law, they fight crimes and become heroes to bring back justice.
Stars: Tu-Te-Ha-Meng, Yeqiao Yue
Votes: 5
25. Alan Smithee's Frankenstein (2012)
50 min | Horror, Sci-Fi
A series of killings against homosexual people is terrorizing a quiet town. Dr Frankesntein is also creating a super man with parts of corpses.
Director: Germán Magariños | Stars: Vic Cicuta, Ramon Cordero, Leandro De la Torre, Hernán Panessi
Votes: 12
26. Imelda (2014)
14 min | Short, Comedy, Drama
A year after the death of his paternal grandmother at the age of 101, filmmaker Martin Villeneuve brings her back to life using a special talent.
Director: Martin Villeneuve | Stars: Robert Lepage, Ginette Reno, Martin Villeneuve
Votes: 29
27. The Circus (I) (1920)
4 min | Animation, Comedy, Short
Unable to finish his cartoon, Max sends a drawing of the Clown by messenger directly to the projectionist. Upon receipt the Clown comes to life on the page, performing a circus horse act that's truly to die for.
Directors: Dave Fleischer, Max Fleischer | Stars: Dave Fleischer, Max Fleischer
Votes: 143
28. Hibernation (2005)
15 min | Short, Drama
1985. A secret tree house. Two children dressed in animal costumes experiment to revive a bee. But they are searching for a way to bring back something much bigger.
Director: John Williams | Stars: Adam Arnold, Sonny Rooney, Peter Reynolds, Adam Paroussos
Votes: 137
29.
Baywatch (1989–2001)
Episode:
The Chamber
(1992)
TV-PG | 43 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
While rowing in the ocean, Mitch attempts to rescue a man trapped underwater in some wreckage, without scuba gear. After freeing both of them, they shoot up to the surface and Mitch's life ... See full summary »
Director: Gregory J. Bonann | Stars: David Hasselhoff, Billy Warlock, Erika Eleniak, Jeremy Jackson
Votes: 179
30.
Da Vinci's Inquest (1998–2006)
Episode:
Bring Back the Dead
(2000)
44 min | Crime, Mystery, Drama
An inmate serving a life sentence for killing a police officer forces Da Vinci to interpret a heart stoppage in an ambulance as a death in custody. Mick and Shannon search for the son of a ... See full summary »
Director: Tom Braidwood | Stars: Nicholas Campbell, Suleka Mathew, Sarah-Jane Redmond, Donnelly Rhodes
Votes: 32
31.
Stargate SG-1 (1997–2007)
Episode:
Origin
(2005)
TV-14 | 44 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Daniel and Vala have used the Ancient device to inhabit the bodies of people in the Alterans' home galaxy. They have been taken by a Prior of the Ori to meet the Doci, one who speaks with ... See full summary »
Director: Brad Turner | Stars: Ben Browder, Amanda Tapping, Christopher Judge, Beau Bridges
Votes: 1,009
32.
Stargate SG-1 (1997–2007)
Episode:
The Nox
(1997)
TV-14 | 44 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
With the Stargate program in danger of being terminated, the team is under pressure to find technology. Visiting a planet where they believe there is a creature that possesses the secret of... See full summary »
Director: Charles Correll | Stars: Richard Dean Anderson, Michael Shanks, Amanda Tapping, Christopher Judge
Votes: 1,821
33.
Stargate SG-1 (1997–2007)
Episode:
The Powers That Be
(2005)
TV-14 | 44 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Vala leads SG-1 to a planet which the Priors have visited with a plan to keep them from worshiping the Ori. Once there she reveals that the symbiote that once held her ruled over this ... See full summary »
Director: William Waring | Stars: Ben Browder, Amanda Tapping, Christopher Judge, Beau Bridges
Votes: 932
34.
Stargate SG-1 (1997–2007)
Episode:
Threads
(2005)
TV-14 | 63 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Daniel finds himself in a strange time and place - a diner where Oma is working as a waitress. She gives him a clear choice - he can choose to die or to ascend but if it's the latter, he ... See full summary »
Director: Andy Mikita | Stars: Richard Dean Anderson, Amanda Tapping, Christopher Judge, Michael Shanks
Votes: 1,236
35.
Tales from the Crypt (1989–1996)
Episode:
Whirlpool
(1994)
Not Rated | 21 min | Comedy, Crime, Fantasy
Struggling comic book artist Rolanda gets fired from her job by her mean and demanding boss Vern. However, Rolanda finds herself experiencing the events of this one fateful day over and ... See full summary »
Director: Mick Garris | Stars: Rita Rudner, Richard Lewis, John Kassir, Blake Clark
Votes: 609
36.
Moon Knight (2022)
Episode:
Gods and Monsters
(2022)
TV-14 | 42 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
As Moon Knight joins the fray, Marc, Steven and Khonshu must work together to stop Ammit.
Director: Mohamed Diab | Stars: Oscar Isaac, Ethan Hawke, May Calamawy, F. Murray Abraham
Votes: 15,393
37.
The Flash (2014–2023)
Episode:
Timeless
(2021)
TV-PG | 42 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
After a devastating betrayal, Barry turns to Timeless Wells for help; Iris leads Team Citizen down a dangerous road in search of answers; Cisco confides his biggest fear to Kamilla.
Director: Menhaj Huda | Stars: Grant Gustin, Candice Patton, Danielle Panabaker, Carlos Valdes
Votes: 1,728
38.
Les visiteurs (1980)
Episode:
Zarko
(1980)
50 min | Sci-Fi
A motorcycle rushes down a road in the Parisian suburbs. At a crossroads, a truck blocks his way. The motorcycle shattered and we found its driver on a hospital bed: Jean Louis Brosec was in a desperate state.
Director: Michel Wyn | Stars: Josep Maria Flotats, Barbara Kramer, Jacques Balutin, Piéral
39.
Once Upon a Time in Wonderland (2013–2014)
Episode:
And They Lived...
(2014)
TV-PG | 44 min | Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
After a successful plan, Jafar imprisons the Jabberwocky; Alice and the White Rabbit form an army to fight Jafar.
Director: Kari Skogland | Stars: Sophie Lowe, Michael Socha, Peter Gadiot, Emma Rigby
Votes: 273