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101. D.A.R.Y.L. (1985)
PG | 99 min | Family, Sci-Fi
A seemingly normal young boy is found abandoned on a mountain road and adopted by a family who are increasingly amazed by his abilities before discovering the secret behind his real identity.
Director: Simon Wincer | Stars: Mary Beth Hurt, Michael McKean, Kathryn Walker, Colleen Camp
Votes: 14,128 | Gross: $7.84M
102. Highlander II: The Quickening (1991)
R | 91 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
In the future, Highlander Connor MacLeod must prevent the destruction of Earth under an anti-ozone shield.
Director: Russell Mulcahy | Stars: Christopher Lambert, Sean Connery, Virginia Madsen, Michael Ironside
Votes: 48,176 | Gross: $15.56M
103. The Bay (II) (2012)
R | 85 min | Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Chaos breaks out in a small Maryland town after an ecological disaster occurs.
Director: Barry Levinson | Stars: Will Rogers, Kristen Connolly, Kether Donohue, Frank Deal
Votes: 29,746 | Gross: $0.03M
104. X-Men (2011)
TV-14 | 23 min | Animation, Action, Sci-Fi
X-Men, still grieving over the death of Phoenix (Jean Grey), are investigating a case of a missing mutant girl in Northern Japan. This leads them to a mysterious virus that turns mutants into monsters. U-Men and the Inner Circle want it.
Stars: Scott Porter, Jennifer Hale, Steve Blum, Danielle Nicolet
Votes: 2,554
105. Horizon Zero Dawn (2017 Video Game)
T | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
In a primitive tribal world where strange, monstrous, animalistic machines roam the wilderness, a brave young female warrior goes on a quest to learn the truth about her mysterious origin and the state the world is in.
Director: Mathijs de Jonge | Stars: Ashly Burch, Laura van Tol, Ava Potter, JB Blanc
Votes: 18,783
106. The Angry Black Girl and Her Monster (2023)
Not Rated | 91 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Vicaria is a brilliant teenager who believes death is a disease that can be cured. After the brutal murder of her brother, she embarks on a dangerous journey to bring him back to life.
Director: Bomani J. Story | Stars: Laya DeLeon Hayes, Denzel Whitaker, Chad L. Coleman, Reilly Brooke Stith
Votes: 1,944
107. I'm Your Man (2021)
R | 108 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
In order to obtain research funds for her studies, a scientist accepts an offer to participate in an extraordinary experiment: for three weeks, she is to live with a humanoid robot, created to make her happy.
Director: Maria Schrader | Stars: Maren Eggert, Dan Stevens, Sandra Hüller, Hans Löw
Votes: 12,737
108. Brainstorm (1983)
PG | 106 min | Sci-Fi, Thriller
Researchers develop a system where they can jump into people's minds. But when people involved bring their personal problems into the equation, it becomes dangerous - perhaps deadly.
Director: Douglas Trumbull | Stars: Christopher Walken, Natalie Wood, Louise Fletcher, Cliff Robertson
Votes: 13,173 | Gross: $8.90M
109. Automata (I) (2014)
R | 109 min | Action, Drama, Sci-Fi
Human race is at edge of the end. Robot race is at edge of the beginning.
Director: Gabe Ibáñez | Stars: Antonio Banderas, Birgitte Hjort Sørensen, Dylan McDermott, Melanie Griffith
Votes: 59,460
110. Captain America (1990)
PG-13 | 97 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Frozen in the ice for decades, Captain America is freed to battle against archcriminal The Red Skull.
Director: Albert Pyun | Stars: Matt Salinger, Ronny Cox, Ned Beatty, Darren McGavin
Votes: 15,168 | Gross: $0.01M
111. Queen of the Desert (2015)
PG-13 | 128 min | Adventure, Biography, Drama
A chronicle of Gertrude Bell's life, a traveler, writer, archaeologist, explorer, cartographer, and political attaché for the British Empire at the dawn of the twentieth century.
Director: Werner Herzog | Stars: Nicole Kidman, James Franco, Robert Pattinson, Damian Lewis
Votes: 12,616
112. Black Sheep (2006)
Not Rated | 87 min | Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi
An experiment in genetic engineering turns harmless sheep into bloodthirsty killers that terrorize a sprawling New Zealand farm.
Director: Jonathan King | Stars: Oliver Driver, Nathan Meister, Tammy Davis, Matthew Chamberlain
Votes: 42,159 | Gross: $0.08M
113. Doom: Annihilation (2019)
R | 96 min | Action, Adventure, Horror
A group of UAC Marines respond to a distress call from a top secret scientific base on Phobos, a moon around Mars, only to discover it's been overrun by demons who seek to create Hell on Earth.
Director: Tony Giglio | Stars: Amy Manson, Dominic Mafham, Luke Allen-Gale, James Weber Brown
Votes: 10,435
114. DeepStar Six (1989)
R | 99 min | Action, Horror, Sci-Fi
A team of navy personnel stationed at a temporary base at the bottom of the ocean and tasked with setting up nuclear missiles discovers a huge underwater cavern which houses a giant prehistoric creature.
Director: Sean S. Cunningham | Stars: Greg Evigan, Nancy Everhard, Taurean Blacque, Miguel Ferrer
Votes: 13,283 | Gross: $8.14M
115. Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within (2001)
PG-13 | 106 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
A scientist makes a last stand on Earth with the help of a ragtag team of soldiers against an invasion of alien phantoms.
Directors: Hironobu Sakaguchi, Motonori Sakakibara | Stars: Alec Baldwin, Steve Buscemi, Ming-Na Wen, Ving Rhames
Votes: 84,160 | Gross: $32.13M
116. Code 404 (2020–2022)
TV-MA | 25 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
A British detective killed in action is brought back to life using experimental Artificial Intelligence.
Stars: Stephen Graham, Daniel Mays, Rosie Cavaliero, Anna Maxwell Martin
Votes: 2,464
117. Jung_E (2023)
TV-14 | 98 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
On an uninhabitable 22nd-century Earth, the outcome of a civil war hinges on cloning the brain of an elite soldier to create a robot mercenary.
Director: Yeon Sang-ho | Stars: Kang Soo-youn, Kim Hyun-joo, Ryu Kyung-soo, Park So-yi
Votes: 10,814
118. Revenge of the Creature (1955)
Passed | 82 min | Horror, Sci-Fi
Men capture the Creature from the Black Lagoon and make him an aquarium attraction, from which he escapes.
Director: Jack Arnold | Stars: John Agar, Lori Nelson, John Bromfield, Nestor Paiva
Votes: 7,055
119. Sleeper (1973)
PG | 89 min | Comedy, Sci-Fi
A nerdish store owner is revived out of cryostasis into a future world to fight an oppressive government.
Director: Woody Allen | Stars: Woody Allen, Diane Keaton, John Beck, Mary Gregory
Votes: 44,891 | Gross: $2.91M
120. Love in Glacier National: A National Park Romance (2023 TV Movie)
TV-G | 84 min | Comedy, Romance
An avalanche forecasting expert brings her new technology to Glacier National Park where she faces push-back from the Director of Mountain Rescue who's trained in intuition and common sense.
Director: Christie Will Wolf | Stars: Ashley Newbrough, Stephen Huszar, Amélie Wolf, Tegan Moss
Votes: 844
121. Creepozoids (1987)
R | 72 min | Horror, Sci-Fi
A group of survivors try to avoid the battles of World War III. When they try to escape to the quiet lands, they encounter something much more deadly.
Director: David DeCoteau | Stars: Linnea Quigley, Ken Abraham, Michael Aranda, Richard L. Hawkins
Votes: 2,988 | Gross: $0.01M
122. I Am Wrath (2016)
R | 92 min | Action, Thriller
Stanley Hill opens a can of brutal vengeance on the thugs who murdered his wife and the corrupt cops who are protecting them.
Director: Chuck Russell | Stars: John Travolta, Christopher Meloni, Amanda Schull, Sam Trammell
Votes: 16,104
123. Deep Blue Sea 2 (2018 Video)
R | 94 min | Action, Horror, Sci-Fi
A brilliant billionaire creates five genetically altered bull sharks, which proceed to wreak havoc for a group of scientists on an isolated research facility.
Director: Darin Scott | Stars: Danielle Savre, Rob Mayes, Michael Beach, Nathan Lynn
Votes: 8,343
124. Red Joan (2018)
R | 101 min | Biography, Drama, History
The story of Joan Stanley, who was exposed as the K.G.B.'s longest-serving British spy.
Director: Trevor Nunn | Stars: Judi Dench, Sophie Cookson, Stephen Campbell Moore, Tom Hughes
Votes: 14,473 | Gross: $1.58M
125. A Sound of Thunder (2005)
PG-13 | 110 min | Action, Adventure, Horror
A single mistake in the past, by a time travel company in the future, has devastating and unforeseen consequences.
Director: Peter Hyams | Stars: Edward Burns, Ben Kingsley, Catherine McCormack, Armin Rohde
Votes: 20,526 | Gross: $1.89M
126. This Island Earth (1955)
Passed | 86 min | Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Aliens come to Earth seeking scientists to help them in their war.
Directors: Joseph M. Newman, Jack Arnold | Stars: Jeff Morrow, Faith Domergue, Rex Reason, Lance Fuller
Votes: 10,717
127. Eliminators (1986)
PG | 96 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
A former pilot rebels against his creator, teaming up with the scientist responsible for android technology, her pet robot Spot, a rough-and-tumble riverboat guide, and a martial arts warrior.
Director: Peter Manoogian | Stars: Andrew Prine, Denise Crosby, Patrick Reynolds, Conan Lee
Votes: 2,527 | Gross: $4.60M
128. Apple Tree Yard (2017)
TV-14 | 58 min | Drama, Thriller
A provocative thriller which sees an eminent scientist caught up in a damaging and compromising lie. Based on the novel by Louise Doughty.
Stars: Emily Watson, Ben Chaplin, Mark Bonnar, Syreeta Kumar
Votes: 5,795
129. Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948)
Not Rated | 83 min | Comedy, Family, Fantasy
The Wolf Man tries to warn a dimwitted porter that Dracula wants his brain for Frankenstein monster's body.
Directors: Charles Barton, Walter Lantz | Stars: Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Lon Chaney Jr., Bela Lugosi
Votes: 19,623 | Gross: $4.80M
130. Deep Murder (2019)
Not Rated | 85 min | Comedy, Horror
This raunchy horror comedy delves deep into the story of a deranged killer as he slashes his way across a soft core porno. Who will last the longest as the stiffs pile up and the killer plows through his victims?
Director: Nick Corirossi | Stars: Quinn Beswick, Katie Aselton, Jessica Parker Kennedy, Chris Redd
Votes: 882
131. The Coed and the Zombie Stoner (2014)
Unrated | 91 min | Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi
When a nerdy sorority girl falls in love with a zombie, it's only a matter of time before a zombie apocalypse is unleashed on campus. The sorority girl discovers that weed is the cure--now ... See full summary »
Director: Glenn Miller | Stars: Catherine Annette, Grant O'Connell, Jamie Noel, Aaron Caleb
Votes: 1,587
132. Elizabeth Harvest (2018)
R | 108 min | Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
An extremely wealthy, and brilliant scientist, has the nasty habit of brutally killing his wife, cloning her, marring her again, and then repeating the process.
Director: Sebastian Gutierrez | Stars: Abbey Lee, Ciarán Hinds, Carla Gugino, Matthew Beard
Votes: 9,665
133. The Cat from Outer Space (1978)
G | 104 min | Comedy, Family, Sci-Fi
Three scientists help an Alien feline, stranded on Earth, to repair its damaged spacecraft in order to return home but their efforts are hampered by inept army officials and foreign spies.
Director: Norman Tokar | Stars: Ken Berry, Sandy Duncan, Harry Morgan, Roddy McDowall
Votes: 6,119
134. Good Kids (I) (2016)
R | 86 min | Comedy, Drama
Four high school students look to redefine themselves after graduation.
Director: Chris McCoy | Stars: Nicholas Braun, Zoey Deutch, Mateo Arias, Israel Broussard
Votes: 10,986
135. To LOVE-Ru (2008–2010)
TV-14 | 24 min | Animation, Action, Comedy
When an alien from the planet Deviluke runs away and goes into hiding on earth,she meets a human named Yuuki Rito. Watch as she wants to get married to him while he wants no part of it
Stars: Akeno Watanabe, Haruka Tomatsu, Sayuri Yahagi, Satomi Arai
Votes: 1,683
136. Wolf's Rain (2003–2004)
TV-14 | 701 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
In a post-apocalyptic future where humans live in domed cities surrounded by wasteland, wolves are assumed to be two hundred years extinct.
Stars: Sarah Hauser, Darren Pleavin, Kenta Miyake, Akio Suyama
Votes: 8,277
137. It Came from Beneath the Sea (1955)
Not Rated | 79 min | Horror, Sci-Fi
A giant, radioactive octopus rises from the Philippine Trench to terrorize the North American Pacific Coast.
Director: Robert Gordon | Stars: Kenneth Tobey, Faith Domergue, Donald Curtis, Ian Keith
Votes: 6,386
138. Trog (1970)
GP | 93 min | Horror, Sci-Fi
A sympathetic anthropologist uses drugs and surgery to try to communicate with a primitive troglodyte who is found living in a local cave.
Director: Freddie Francis | Stars: Joan Crawford, Michael Gough, Bernard Kay, Kim Braden
Votes: 3,212
139. Adam Ruins Everything (2015–2019)
TV-14 | 30 min | Documentary, Animation, Comedy
Iconoclastic Adam Conover from CollegeHumor turns life as we know it on its ear by showing us how unnecessary, and sometimes horrible, things we think we know to be real and true really are.
Stars: Adam Conover, Adam Lustick, Emily Axford, Amos Vernon
Votes: 7,474
140. Contamination (1980)
R | 95 min | Horror, Sci-Fi
A former astronaut helps a government agent and a police detective track the source of mysterious alien pod spores, filled with lethal flesh-dissolving acid, to a South American coffee plantation controlled by alien pod clones.
Director: Luigi Cozzi | Stars: Ian McCulloch, Louise Marleau, Marino Masé, Siegfried Rauch
Votes: 5,320
141. R.O.T.O.R. (1987)
TV-MA | 90 min | Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Robotic Officer Tactical Operation Research. A prototype robot intended for crime combat escapes from the development lab and goes on a killing rampage.
Director: Cullen Blaine | Stars: Margaret Trigg, Richard Gesswein, Jayne Smith, James Cole
Votes: 3,785
142. Texhnolyze (2003)
TV-MA | Animation, Drama, Sci-Fi
In a man-made underground society, descendants of a banished generation vie for control of the crumbling city of Lux. Ichise, an orphan turned prize fighter, loses a leg and an arm to satisfy an enraged fight promoter.
Stars: Michael Forest, Liam O'Brien, Patrick Seitz, Shizuka Itou
Votes: 3,136
143. Pandemic (2016)
TV-MA | 91 min | Action, Horror, Sci-Fi
A New York doctor travels with her team to Los Angeles to find survivors of a worldwide pandemic.
Director: John Suits | Stars: Rachel Nichols, Alfie Allen, Missi Pyle, Mekhi Phifer
Votes: 8,487
144. Bloodbath at the House of Death (1984)
92 min | Horror, Comedy
Six scientists investigate a strange phenomenon at the creepy Headstone Manor, the site of a mysterious massacre years earlier that took the lives of 18 guests in one night.
Director: Ray Cameron | Stars: Kenny Everett, Vincent Price, Pamela Stephenson, Gareth Hunt
Votes: 2,778
145. The Nest (1987)
R | 89 min | Horror, Sci-Fi
Horrifying shocker as a biological experiment goes haywire when meat-eating mutant roaches invade an island community, terrorizing a peaceful New England fishing village and hideously butchering its citizens.
Director: Terence H. Winkless | Stars: Robert Lansing, Lisa Langlois, Franc Luz, Terri Treas
Votes: 3,043
146. Tenchi Muyo! (1992–2005)
TV-PG | 30 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
Every man needs a good woman. Tenchi Masaki has six.
Stars: Fernanda Baronne, Flavia Fontenelle, Matt K. Miller, Mona Marshall
Votes: 2,245
147. Alligator II: The Mutation (1991)
PG-13 | 94 min | Horror, Sci-Fi
A giant alligator makes a city lake his new feeding ground and must be stopped before he breaks out into the surroundings.
Director: Jon Hess | Stars: Joseph Bologna, Dee Wallace, Richard Lynch, Woody Brown
Votes: 3,202
148. Blame! (2017)
TV-14 | 106 min | Animation, Action, Drama
In the distant future, humans are declared "illegal residents" and hunted to near extinction by murderous robots. One day, a group of human scavengers come across a strange man named Killy, who may be the key to humanity's survival.
Director: Hiroyuki Seshita | Stars: Takahiro Sakurai, Kana Hanazawa, Sora Amamiya, Mamoru Miyano
Votes: 9,091
149. Through the Wormhole (2010–2017)
TV-PG | 60 min | Documentary
Hosted by Morgan Freeman, Through the Wormhole will explore the deepest mysteries of existence - the questions that have puzzled mankind for eternity. What are we made of? What was there ... See full summary »
Stars: Morgan Freeman, Sean Carroll, Michio Kaku, Kip Thorne
Votes: 18,449
150. Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story (2017)
88 min | Documentary, Biography, History
The life and career of the hailed Hollywood movie star and underappreciated genius inventor, Hedy Lamarr.
Director: Alexandra Dean | Stars: Hedy Lamarr, Mel Brooks, Jennifer Hom, Anthony Loder
Votes: 4,319 | Gross: $0.82M