Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows With Manu Bennett

1. Spartacus (2010–2013)

TV-MA | 60 min | Action, Adventure, Biography

The life of Spartacus, the gladiator who lead a rebellion against the Romans. From his time as an ally of the Romans, to his betrayal and becoming a gladiator, to the rebellion he leads and its ultimate outcome.

Stars: Andy Whitfield, Lucy Lawless, Manu Bennett, Daniel Feuerriegel

Votes: 257,371

2. Arrow (2012–2020)

TV-14 | 42 min | Action, Adventure, Crime

Spoiled billionaire playboy Oliver Queen is missing and presumed dead when his yacht is lost at sea. He returns five years later a changed man, determined to clean up the city as a hooded vigilante armed with a bow.

Stars: Stephen Amell, Katie Cassidy, David Ramsey, Susanna Thompson

Votes: 446,331

3. 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: 874,081 | Gross: $303.00M

4. American Dad! (2005– )

TV-MA | 22 min | Animation, Comedy

The escapades of Stan Smith, a conservative C.I.A. Agent dealing with family life, and keeping America safe.

Stars: Seth MacFarlane, Wendy Schaal, Scott Grimes, Rachael MacFarlane

Votes: 136,471

5. 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: 706,274 | Gross: $258.37M

6. Xena: Warrior Princess (1995–2001)

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

Xena, a mighty Warrior Princess with a dark past, sets out to redeem herself. She is joined by small town bard, Gabrielle. Together they journey the ancient world and fight for the greater good against ruthless Warlords and Gods.

Stars: Lucy Lawless, Renée O'Connor, Ted Raimi, Kevin Smith

Votes: 48,766

7. 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: 572,790 | Gross: $255.12M

8. Spartacus: Gods of the Arena (2011)

TV-MA | 60 min | Action, Adventure, Biography

In the time before the arrival of Spartacus, the House of Batiatus faces many challenges from competitors, and within its own household.

Stars: John Hannah, Manu Bennett, Peter Mensah, Dustin Clare

Votes: 145,617

9. The Shannara Chronicles (2016–2017)

TV-14 | 42 min | Adventure, Drama, Fantasy

Series of adventures, war, and evil that occur throughout the history of the Four Lands.

Stars: Austin Butler, Ivana Baquero, Manu Bennett, Aaron Jakubenko

Votes: 63,842

10. 30 Days of Night (2007)

R | 113 min | Action, Horror, Thriller

After an Alaskan town is plunged into darkness for a month, it is attacked by a bloodthirsty gang of vampires.

Director: David Slade | Stars: Josh Hartnett, Melissa George, Danny Huston, Ben Foster

Votes: 189,643 | Gross: $39.57M

11. The Gone (2023– )

Drama, Mystery

An Irish detective teams up with a Kiwi cop to find an Irish couple who have vanished from a rural New Zealand town. The pair have to contend with a community's growing disquiet that the disappearances may be linked to a series of historical murders.

Stars: Richard Flood, Acushla-Tara Kupe, Carolyn Bracken, Vanessa Rare

Votes: 1,027

12. Blue Heelers (1994–2006)

TV-14 | 60 min | Action, Crime, Drama

The series primarily focuses on the daily lives of Victorian police officers working at a police station in the fictional small town of Mount Thomas.

Stars: Julie Nihill, John Wood, Martin Sacks, Paul Bishop

Votes: 1,698

13. Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction (1997–2024)

TV-PG | 60 min | Mystery, Thriller, Fantasy

Five mysterious stories are shown in which people meet strange or unexplainable events. The viewer is invited to decide if the stories are fact or fiction.

Stars: Jonathan Frakes, Don LaFontaine, Campbell Lane, James Brolin

Votes: 5,457

14. Perfect Addiction (2023)

R | 107 min | Action, Drama, Romance

A successful boxing trainer discovers that her boyfriend, a reigning champion, has been cheating on her with her own sister. She sets out to get revenge by training the one man capable of dethroning him: his arch-nemesis Kayden.

Director: Castille Landon | Stars: Manu Bennett, Ryan Bown, Ross Butler, Alex Czerwinski

Votes: 3,354

15. The Marine (2006)

PG-13 | 92 min | Action, Comedy, Drama

A group of diamond thieves on the run kidnap the wife of a recently discharged marine who goes on a chase through the South Carolinian wilderness to retrieve her.

Director: John Bonito | Stars: John Cena, Kelly Carlson, Robert Patrick, Anthony Ray Parker

Votes: 35,875 | Gross: $18.84M

16. The Summit (I) (2023– )

Reality-TV

Morals will be severely tested, physical limits pushed to breaking point, and bonds busted in The Summit.

Stars: Jai Courtney, Annikki Chand, Sam Molineaux, Jacqui Cooper

Votes: 105

17. All Saints (1998–2009)

TV-MA | 60 min | Drama

A drama series centred on the lives of the nurses at All Saints Western General Hospital.

Stars: Judith McGrath, Georgie Parker, Tammy Macintosh, Martin Lynes

Votes: 1,641

18. Water Rats (1996–2001)

TV-14 | 60 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Beneath its surface exists a playground for the murky underworld, pollution hazards, the remnants of huge drug hauls, and a graveyard of bodies from years of suicides, accidents and murders. That's the world of the WATER RATS.

Stars: Brett Partridge, Peter Bensley, Toni Scanlan, Jay Laga'aia

Votes: 1,155

19. The Condemned (2007)

R | 113 min | Action, Crime, Thriller

Jack Conrad is awaiting the death penalty in a corrupt Central American prison. He is "purchased" by a wealthy television producer and taken to a desolate island where he must fight to the death against nine other condemned killers from all corners of the world, with freedom going to the sole survivor.

Director: Scott Wiper | Stars: Steve Austin, Vinnie Jones, Nathan Jones, Robert Mammone

Votes: 54,327 | Gross: $0.00M

20. Shortland Street (1992– )

TV-PG | 30 min | Drama

A five-night-a-week soap set in an Auckland City hospital that follows the complicated personal and professional lives of its staff and their families and friends.

Stars: Michael Galvin, Ben Mitchell, Sally Martin, Ben Barrington

Votes: 1,063

21. BeastMaster (1999–2002)

TV-14 | 43 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy

The sword and sorcery adventures of a wandering adventurer who has the ability to communicate with animals.

Stars: Daniel Goddard, Jackson Raine, Steven Grives, Monika Schnarre

Votes: 2,491

22. Death Race 2050 (2017 Video)

R | 93 min | Action, Comedy, Sci-Fi

Five long decades after Death Race 2000 (1975), in the overpopulated United Corporations of America, the annual Death Race is about to begin. This time, Frankenstein is up against no-nonsense challengers. How many points will he score?

Director: G.J. Echternkamp | Stars: Manu Bennett, Malcolm McDowell, Marci Miller, Burt Grinstead

Votes: 5,132

23. Pandora (2019–2020)

TV-PG | 42 min | Action, Drama, Sci-Fi

Set in the year 2199, a young woman who has lost everything finds a new life at Earth's Space Training Academy where she learns to defend the galaxy from intergalactic threats.

Stars: Priscilla Quintana, Oliver Dench, Ben Radcliffe, Noah Huntley

Votes: 6,416

24. Bikie Wars: Brothers in Arms (2012)

45 min | Drama

The story of the Milperra massacre, when the bikie clubs the Bandidos and Camoncheros went to war on Father's Day in suburban Sydney.

Stars: Callan Mulvey, Matt Nable, Susie Porter, Maeve Dermody

Votes: 844

25. Lantana (2001)

R | 121 min | Drama, Mystery, Romance

The relationships of four couples unravel after the discovery of a young woman's body in Lantana bush in suburban Sydney.

Director: Ray Lawrence | Stars: Anthony LaPaglia, Geoffrey Rush, Rachael Blake, Kerry Armstrong

Votes: 20,234 | Gross: $4.46M

26. Muru (2022)

104 min | Action, Drama

Inspired by actual events, MURU is the story of a local Police Sergeant 'Taffy' Tawharau (Cliff Curtis), who must choose between his badge and his people, when the Government launches an ... See full summary »

Director: Tearepa Kahi | Stars: Cliff Curtis, Jay Ryan, Manu Bennett, Simone Kessell

Votes: 334

27. Marie (2012–2013)

60 min | Talk-Show

Marie! is an inspirational journey to help people make a difference in their own lives. The segments will feature celebrity and non-celebrity guests who drop by for everything from ... See full summary »

Stars: Marie Osmond, Laura McKenzie, Kuk Harrell, Stacy Cox

Votes: 89

28. Beta Test (I) (2016)

Not Rated | 88 min | Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller

Champion gamer Max Troy discovers events in a new video game are being mirrored in the real world, and must join forces with the game's protagonist, Orson Creed, to unravel the conspiracy before the game's sinister plot overwhelms the city.

Director: Nicholas Gyeney | Stars: Manu Bennett, Larenz Tate, Linden Ashby, Yuji Okumoto

Votes: 21,895 | Gross: $0.01M

29. Surge of Power: Revenge of the Sequel (2016)

PG-13 | 90 min | Action, Comedy

Surge leaves his home town, Big City, to pursue his arch enemy headed to Las Vegas to find mysterious crystals key to the diabolical plan of an even greater super villain, which erupts in a battle on Hoover Dam and back in Big City.

Directors: Antonio Lexerot, Vincent J. Roth | Stars: Antonio Lexerot, Joshua Carlson, John Venturini, Darius Santos

Votes: 152

30. Paradise Beach (1993–1994)

Drama

This is the ultimate teenage fantasy. Perfect waves, non-stop music and an endless summer. The show portrays the lives of those who come to the Gold Coast for the good life..

Stars: Megan Connolly, Robert Coleby, Manu Bennett, Melissa Bell

Votes: 129

31. Notes (III)

Drama | Post-production

After moving around the globe with her distant military family, a lonely piano prodigy is forced to defer college to train for a piano competition in Europe where she finds the costs of ... See full summary »

Director: Cindy Jansen | Stars: Ryan Whitney, Manu Bennett, Taha Shah Badussha, Nyle DiMarco

32. Sinbad and the Minotaur (2011 TV Movie)

Not Rated | 88 min | Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi

Sinbad discovers an ivory scroll case in the desert camp of the evil sorcerer Al-Jibar, leading him to the golden head of the Colossus of Rhodes.

Director: Karl Zwicky | Stars: Manu Bennett, Steven Grives, Brad McMurray, Holly Brisley

Votes: 1,230

33. Street Legal (2000–2003)

60 min | Drama, Crime

A fast-paced drama series focusing on the lives of the partners of the law firm Wyeth & Associated in Auckland, New Zealand, run by Peter Wyeth. The main character David Silesi (Jay ... See full summary »

Stars: Jay Laga'aia, Katherine Kennard, Charles Mesure, Daniel Gillies

Votes: 37

34. Tales of the South Seas (1998–2000)

45 min | Adventure

South Seas captain David Grief lives a life of danger and excitement as he and his friends face a new adventure every day.

Stars: William Snow, Rene Naufahu, Rachel Blakely, Rowena King

Votes: 124

35. The Strip (2008– )

Crime, Drama, Mystery

Police detective show set in Australia's Gold Coast (Queensland).

Stars: Aaron Jeffery, Vanessa Gray, Simone McAullay, Bob Morley

Votes: 197

36. Showrunners: The Art of Running a TV Show (2014)

Not Rated | 90 min | Documentary, Biography

A documentary that explores the world of U.S. television showrunners and the creative forces aligned around them.

Director: Des Doyle | Stars: J.J. Abrams, Kristen Bell, David Boreanaz, Matthew Carnahan

Votes: 1,259 | Gross: $0.00M

37. Pente: To olokaftoma tis Samothrakis (2023)

135 min | Drama, History, War

Samothrace 1821. The year of the Greek Revolution against the Ottomans. Michalis and Myrsini are preparing to build their house with dreams of a peaceful and beautiful life. At the same ... See full summary »

Director: Vasilis Tsikaras | Stars: Manu Bennett, Yannis Aivazis, Vyron Kolasis, Dezy Sempekopoulou

Votes: 35

38. Mataku (2002–2005)

30 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror

30 minute dramas based on Maori legend. Introduced by Temuera Morrison.

Stars: Antonio Te Maioha, Calvin Tuteao, Hori Ahipene, Glynis Paraha

Votes: 69

39. Broken Road (2022 Podcast Series)

Sci-Fi

A dystopian audio drama set in the near future created by Jacob Pinion ("Fear the Walking Dead") and E.J. Kavounas ("Hero Mode") based on the short story "Patience Lake" by Matthew Claxton and available on all major podcast services.

Stars: Peter Shinkoda, Lana McKissack, Eryn Rea, Indiana Massara

Votes: 7

40. Electric Playground (1997– )

TV-PG | Documentary, News

A show specializing in video game news and reviews.

Stars: Scott C. Jones, Victor Lucas, Jose Sanchez, Shaun Hatton

Votes: 139

41. The Violent Earth (1998)

90 min | Drama

Portrays three generations of the Suttons living in New Caledonia, from 1888 to 1967; where they and the Kanaks work out their destiny on the shrinking land.

Stars: Karina Lombard, Claudia Karvan, Claire Nebout, Laure Killing

Votes: 40

42. Möbius' Trip (2022)

20 min | Short, Action, Sci-Fi

Jeremy Brandt is an agent on a mission to stop a man with a device containing a button that must not be pushed - but has been - resulting in an extensive chase and struggle both against each other and ultimately for answers.

Director: Matt Jaems | Stars: Davy Eduard King, Matthijs Ten Kate, Chloe Elizabeth, William Sutton

Votes: 6

43. Head Start (2001)

45 min | Adventure, Drama, Comedy

A large banking corporation runs an ongoing competition to foster innovation, creativity and achievement for young Australians. Applicant's aged 18 to 21 submit projects in the arts, sports... See full summary »

Stars: Ryan Johnson, Freya Stafford, Garth Holcombe, Blair Venn

Votes: 61

44. Axe Bjorn

Short, Horror | Post-production

When tourists traveling through Iceland begin disappearing, it's discovered that a terrifying, ax-wielding legend has returned. Hafthor Bjornsson plays Axe Bjorn, a descendant of Iceland's notorious serial killer Axlar Bjorn.

Director: Manu Bennett | Stars: Ragga Ragnars, Alex Morsanutto

45. The New Release Wednesday Show (2013– )

News, Talk-Show

The Strange World Presents: The New Release Wednesday Show. Get the breakdown on all things pop culture and the top comics coming in that you should be picking up at your friendly local neighborhood comics shop.

Stars: Patrick Michael Strange, Robert J. Medina, Steve Escobar, Glenn Lawrence

Votes: 13

46. Los Angeles Magazine's 2023 Best of Beauty Awards (2023 TV Special)

60 min

Join Christopher Gialanella as he interviews the winners, guests and hosts this years Best of Beauty Awards. The season's top products - and the industry pros who give them shine - are ... See full summary »

Director: Kent Speakman | Stars: Dana Renee Ashmore, Shawn Ashmore, Manu Bennett, Karissa Bodnar

47. Comic Con 2012 Live (2012 TV Special)

Talk-Show

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Stars: John Barrowman, Candace Bailey, Kumail Nanjiani, Matt Mira

Votes: 76

48. Making Good Men (2017)

Documentary

Two high profile men, a former All Black and Hollywood actor, reveal their unforgettable account of bullying with unprecedented honesty. Making Good Men is not a story of blame or ... See full summary »

Director: Fiona Apanui | Star: Manu Bennett

Votes: 8

49. Surge of Power: Big City Chronicles (2017– )

Talk-Show

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Stars: Vincent J. Roth, Nichelle Nichols, Rebecca Staab, Paul McGann

50. Hellblazerbiz (2015– )

Talk-Show

Hellblazerbiz is a show bringing those who you see on film and TV, and those who work behind the scenes, into your living room, discussing and being open about their inspirations, their ... See full summary »

Stars: Chris Gordon, Matt Ryan, Clayne Crawford, Matt Lewis

Votes: 38