Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows With Clifford V. Johnson

1. Palm Springs (2020)

R | 90 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Mystery

Stuck in a time loop, two wedding guests develop a budding romance while living the same day over and over again.

Director: Max Barbakow | Stars: Andy Samberg, Cristin Milioti, J.K. Simmons, Peter Gallagher

Votes: 182,540

2. Genius (2017– )

TV-14 | 50 min | Biography, Drama, History

The life stories of history's greatest minds, from their days as young adults to their final years: their discoveries, loves, relationships, causes, flaws, and genius.

Stars: Samantha Colley, Seth Gabel, Antonio Banderas, Clémence Poésy

Votes: 20,110

3. Agent Carter (2015–2016)

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

In 1946, Peggy Carter is relegated to secretarial duties in the Strategic Scientific Reserve (SSR). When Howard Stark is accused of treason, he secretly recruits Peggy to clear his name with the help of his butler, Edwin Jarvis.

Stars: Hayley Atwell, James D'Arcy, Enver Gjokaj, Chad Michael Murray

Votes: 89,137

4. Nova (1974– )

TV-PG | 60 min | Documentary

Science documentaries about various topics.

Stars: Jay O. Sanders, Craig Sechler, Stacy Keach, Eric Meyers

Votes: 3,093

5. Horizon (I) (1964– )

50 min | Documentary

British documentary series that covers a variety of subjects in science and philosophy.

Stars: Paul Vaughan, Jack Fortune, Dilly Barlow, Colin Riach

Votes: 1,147

6. Einstein (II) (2008 TV Movie)

90 min | Documentary, Biography

The life story and achievements of dreamer and physicist Albert Einstein.

Director: Philip Shane | Stars: Clifford V. Johnson, Michio Kaku, Maggie Mae Reid, Neil deGrasse Tyson

Votes: 103

7. The Universe (2007–2015)

TV-14 | 45 min | Documentary, History

This educational show explores many scientific questions and topics about the universe (Big Bang, the Sun, the planets, black holes, other galaxies, astrobiology etc.) through latest CGI, data and interviews with scientists.

Stars: Erik Thompson, Alex Filippenko, Laura Danly, Clifford V. Johnson

Votes: 5,928

8. Space's Deepest Secrets (2016– )

Not Rated | 60 min | Documentary

The stories of the men and women who pushed their ingenuity and curiosity beyond the limits to uncover some of the most groundbreaking findings in the history of space exploration.

Stars: David O'Brien, Michelle Thaller, Hakeem Oluseyi, Phil Plait

Votes: 289

9. The Screen Junkies Show (2011– )

TV-PG | Comedy

A look at the best movies, directors, TV shows and everything else related to movies.

Stars: Hal Rudnick, Nick Mundy, Kristian Harloff, Marc Andreyko

Votes: 1,669

10. History of the World in 2 Hours (2011 TV Movie)

TV-PG | 120 min | Documentary, History

A rapid-fire history of our world, from the beginning of time as we know it to present day. This two-hour CGI-driven special delves into the key turning points: the formation of earth, ... See full summary »

Director: Douglas Cohen | Stars: Corey Burton, Alex Filippenko, Peter Ward, Clifford V. Johnson

Votes: 1,043

11. Sci Fi Science: Physics of the Impossible (2009– )

TV-G | 45 min | Documentary, Reality-TV

What first appears to be a send-up of classic science fiction is in fact a thorough examination of the real-world science behind the sensationalism. In the pilot episode, the physics behind... See full summary »

Stars: Michio Kaku, Zorikh Lequidre, Luke Crowe, Frank Todaro

Votes: 384

12. Big History (2013– )

22 min | Documentary

Explores many facets of epic moments in history from the past 13.7 billion years, from a Big History perspective.

Stars: Bryan Cranston, Jonathan Markley, Trevor S. Valle, Emmanuel Afuwape

Votes: 282

13. Swim to Steven (2020)

Short, Comedy

A depressed middle-aged woman is pulled out of her funk when she takes her young son to his first swim class, where the handsome instructor, Steven, jogs a memory from her sexual adolescence.

Director: Amy French | Stars: Diana Gitelman, Avi Rothman, Liam Risinger, Anne Gregory

14. Busting the Berlin Wall: Amazing Escape Stories (2009 TV Movie)

102 min | Documentary

For 28 years, the Berlin Wall split a city and a whole nation. While the notorious dangers frightened many GDR citizens, there were others who tried to overcome it. Families fly across the ... See full summary »

Director: Oliver Halmburger | Stars: Clayton Nemrow, Andrew Solomon, Clifford V. Johnson, John C. Kornblum

Votes: 55

15. Inside Einstein's Mind: The Enigma of Space and Time (2015 TV Movie)

TV-PG | 53 min | Documentary

Retrace the thought experiments that inspired his theory on the nature of reality.

Director: Jamie E. Lochhead | Stars: Jay O. Sanders, David Tennant, Hamza Ripley Abdallah, Sean Carroll

Votes: 509

16. The Love Me Cat Show (2013– )

Talk-Show

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Stars: Emma Caulfield Ford, Gillian Jacobs, Mayim Bialik, Johnny Galecki

Votes: 43

17. A Hole (2020)

10 min | Animation, Short

A Sloan-funded film and fable built around the time dilation that occurs in extreme gravity. Advised by esteemed physicist and graphic novelist, Clifford Johnson, A HOLE looks at what would... See full summary »

Director: Molly Murphy | Stars: Liz Buzbee, Ana Carolina Estarita Guerrero, Evan Macedo, Hannah Murphy

18. Fail Lab (2013– )

Comedy

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Stars: Crystal Dilworth, Felicia Kelley, Becca Scott, Patrick Scott

19. Aspen Center for Physics (2012)

13 min | Documentary, Short

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Directors: Clifford V. Johnson, Bob Melisso | Stars: David Gross, Harry Lennix, John Schwarz

20. The Universe (2007–2015)
Episode: Life and Death of a Star (2007)

TV-14 | 45 min | Documentary, History

Gravity plays a crucial role in both the birth and death of stars in this detailed review. Various types of stellar collisions are simulated.

Director: Douglas Cohen | Stars: Erik Thompson, Holly Gilbert, Alex Filippenko, Neil deGrasse Tyson

Votes: 140

21. The Universe (2007–2015)
Episode: Most Dangerous Places (2007)

TV-14 | 45 min | Documentary, History

Scientist describe the current understanding of exotic stars; magnetars, black holes and quasars with an obsession about how they would kill you. Galaxy collisions are simulated.

Director: Laura Verklan | Stars: Erik Thompson, Feryal Ozel, Clifford V. Johnson, Brian Cameron

Votes: 129

22. The Universe (2007–2015)
Episode: Cosmic Holes (2007)

TV-14 | 45 min | Documentary, History

Black holes, white holes and worm holes are all consistent with Einstein's theory of General Relativity. Of the three, actual evidence exists only for black holes. Their behavior is ... See full summary »

Director: Laura Verklan | Stars: Erik Thompson, Clifford V. Johnson, Mark Morris, Gregory Benford

Votes: 118

23. The Universe (2007–2015)
Episode: Dark Matter (2008)

TV-14 | 45 min | Documentary, History

Scientists hunt for dark matter in the strangest of places. They know where it is, what it does and can sort of see it if they look in the right way. They just can't quite figure out what ... See full summary »

Director: Douglas Cohen | Stars: Erik Thompson, Dan Bauer, Richard Ellis, Michio Kaku

Votes: 112

24. The Universe (2007–2015)
Episode: Cosmic Apocalypse (2008)

TV-14 | 45 min | Documentary, History

Program examines the possible ways the universe could come to an end. The most likely scenario, eternal expansion, is expected to be rather eventful in the long term.

Director: Douglas Cohen | Stars: Erik Thompson, Alex Filippenko, Michio Kaku, Clifford V. Johnson

Votes: 82

25. The Universe (2007–2015)
Episode: Light Speed (2008)

TV-14 | 45 min | Documentary, History

Physical behavior that results from having a constant speed of light are described.

Director: Darryl Rehr | Stars: Erik Thompson, Amy Mainzer, Michio Kaku, Alex Filippenko

Votes: 85

26. The Universe (2007–2015)
Episode: Parallel Universes (2008)

TV-14 | 45 min | Documentary, History

Some of the world's leading physicists believe they have found startling new evidence showing the existence of universes other than our own. One possibility is that the universe is so vast ... See full summary »

Director: Andy Papadopoulos | Stars: Erik Thompson, Michio Kaku, Alex Filippenko, Clifford V. Johnson

Votes: 94

27. The Universe (2007–2015)
Episode: Biggest Blasts (2009)

TV-14 | 46 min | Documentary, History

The Universe is full of explosions that both create and destroy. The Chicxulub impact on the Yucatan peninsula, which may have wiped out the dinosaurs 65 million years ago, was two million ... See full summary »

Director: Robert Beemer | Stars: Erik Thompson, Alex Filippenko, Laura Danly, Amy Mainzer

Votes: 66

28. The Universe (2007–2015)
Episode: 10 Ways to Destroy the Earth (2009)

TV-14 | 46 min | Documentary, History

Scientists discuss 10 different ways of destroying the Earth; including Venus to Earth impact, the Big Burn, Stop the Spin, Black Holes, Turn off the Gravity, Anti-Matter Annihilation, Parallel Worlds Collide.

Director: Louis Tarantino | Stars: Erik Thompson, Bruce Betts, Feryal Ozel, Alex Filippenko

Votes: 75

29. The Universe (2007–2015)
Episode: Death Stars (2009)

TV-14 | 45 min | Documentary, History

For most, it's the deadly centerpiece of the film Star Wars. But in truth, real death stars are in the final stage of life before they explode into supernovae and, occasionally, the biggest blast in the universe--the gamma ray burst (GRB).

Director: Jim Hense | Stars: Erik Thompson, Amy Mainzer, Alex Filippenko, Peter Tuthill

Votes: 63

30. The Universe (2007–2015)
Episode: Liquid Universe (2009)

TV-14 | 45 min | Documentary, History

On alien planets, they rain from the sky as scalding iron. On distant moons, even at hundreds of degrees below zero, they slosh around in pristine lakes of methane. They can cover entire ... See full summary »

Director: Louis Tarantino | Stars: Erik Thompson, Alex Filippenko, Clifford V. Johnson, Chris McKay

Votes: 59

31. The Universe (2007–2015)
Episode: Extreme Energy (2009)

TV-14 | 46 min | Documentary, History

Ours is a universe of energy, from powerful jets ejected from black holes to the raw nuclear fury of our Sun. But, the total amount of energy in the universe maintains perfect equilibrium--no more can be added or taken away.

Director: Laura Verklan | Stars: Erik Thompson, Travis Taylor, Laura Danly, Alex Filippenko

Votes: 61

32. The Universe (2007–2015)
Episode: 7 Wonders of the Solar System (2010)

TV-14 | 45 min | Documentary, History

The seven wonder of our solar system are discussed: Enceladus' geysers, Rings of Saturn, Jupiter's Great Red Spot, the Asteroid Belt, Mars' Olympus Mons, the Surface of the Sun, and planet Earth.

Director: Laura Verklan | Stars: Erik Thompson, Alex Filippenko, Laura Danly, Greg Laughlin

Votes: 147

33. The Universe (2007–2015)
Episode: Time Travel (2010)

TV-14 | 44 min | Documentary, History

Scientists have taken a serious look at the possibility of time travel. Current scientific theories offer some likely prospects but engineering a working time machine, even if possible, remains a distant prospect.

Director: Darryl Rehr | Stars: Erik Thompson, Sean Carroll, Donald Marsolf, Richard Obousy

Votes: 74

34. The Universe (2007–2015)
Episode: Mars: The New Evidence (2010)

TV-14 | 45 min | Documentary, History

From 2006 to 2010 Mars was invaded by by several new spacecraft from its nearest neighbor, Earth. These probes have revealed numerous unexpected features of the martian surface. Several have implications for life, past and present.

Director: James Grant Goldin | Stars: Erik Thompson, Bruce Betts, James F. Bell, Ashwin Vasavada

Votes: 66

35. The Universe (2007–2015)
Episode: Secrets of the Space Probes (2010)

TV-14 | 45 min | Documentary, History

From highly sophisticated and sensitive space telescopes that look from afar to space probes that rendezvous with celestial objects to return samples, this program looks a few of the more ... See full summary »

Director: Jim Hense | Stars: Erik Thompson, Amy Mainzer, Kevin R. Grazier, Clifford V. Johnson

Votes: 55

36. Nova (1974– )
Episode: The Fabric of the Cosmos: Universe or Multiverse? (2011)

TV-PG | 45 min | Documentary

Hard as it is to swallow, cutting-edge theories are suggesting that our universe may not be the only universe. Instead, it may be just one of an infinite number of worlds that make up the ... See full summary »

Director: Rushmore DeNooyer | Stars: Andy Albrecht, Raphael Bousso, Brian Greene, David Gross

Votes: 167

37. Nova (1974– )
Episode: The Fabric of the Cosmos: What is Space? (2011)

TV-PG | 45 min | Documentary

Simple, obvious, ever-present aspects of our daily lives give scientists fits trying to understand them. One of these aspects is space which physicists are convinced is something more than ... See full summary »

Directors: Graham Judd, Sabin Streeter | Stars: Christopher Berger, Raphael Bousso, Robert Cannon, Anne DeAcetis

Votes: 225

38. The Universe (2007–2015)
Episode: Nemesis: The Sun's Evil Twin (2011)

TV-14 | 45 min | Documentary, History

The theory of a Nemesis star that orbits the sun and causes catastrophic events every 26 million years is explored.

Director: Douglas Cohen | Stars: Erik Thompson, Greg Laughlin, Mike Brown, Richard Muller

Votes: 74

39. The Universe (2007–2015)
Episode: How the Solar System was Made (2011)

TV-14 | 45 min | Documentary, History

At 4.6 billion years old, the Solar System is our solid, secure home in the Universe. But how did it come to be? In this episode we trace the system's birth from a thin cloud of dust and ... See full summary »

Director: Darryl Rehr | Stars: Erik Thompson, Alex Filippenko, Michael Mischna, Edward Young

Votes: 70

40. The Universe (2007–2015)
Episode: UFO: The Real Deal (2011)

TV-14 | 45 min | Documentary, History

The enterprising alien who wants to visit Earth faces a number of daunting challenges. This program examines the advanced technologies he would need with an emphasis on concepts for interstellar travel humans are exploring.

Director: Jim Hense | Stars: Erik Thompson, William Alschuler, Kevin R. Grazier, Seth Shostak

Votes: 58

41. The Universe (2007–2015)
Episode: God and the Universe (2011)

TV-14 | 45 min | Documentary, History

"The Universe" explores where the universe came from and whether a creator had a hand in making it. As scientists learn more about the universe our ideas about exactly what God made (the ... See full summary »

Director: Louis Tarantino | Stars: Erik Thompson, Paul Davies, Robert R. Cargill, Alex Filippenko

Votes: 74

42. The Universe (2007–2015)
Episode: How Big, How Far, How Fast (2012)

TV-14 | 45 min | Documentary, History

This program gives viewers a tangible grasp of the enormity of the universe. Models and comparisons give a perspective on the relative sizes of the largest nearby stars, the scale of the ... See full summary »

Director: Louis Tarantino | Stars: Erik Thompson, Greg Laughlin, Clifford V. Johnson, Alex Filippenko

Votes: 60

43. The Universe (2007–2015)
Episode: Microscopic Universe (2012)

TV-14 | 45 min | Documentary, History

The key to understanding the universe seems to be understanding its smallest components. But reconciling the two has proved to be a tremendous scientific challenges as the behavior in the ... See full summary »

Director: Louis Tarantino | Stars: Erik Thompson, Alex Filippenko, Clifford V. Johnson, Sean Carroll

Votes: 60

44. The Universe (2007–2015)
Episode: Our Place in the Milky Way (2012)

TV-14 | 45 min | Documentary, History

Now that the Voyagers have visited the outer planets of the solar system they are heading for new adventures in places astronomers call the Oort Cloud, the heliopause, heliosheath and ... See full summary »

Director: James Grant Goldin | Stars: Erik Thompson, Laura Danly, Alex Filippenko, Clifford V. Johnson

Votes: 55

45. The Love Me Cat Show (2013– )
Episode: Consultations! with Clifford Johnson (2013)

Talk-Show

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Director: Matt Chapman | Star: Clifford V. Johnson

46. Big History (2013– )
Episode: Pocket Time Machine (2013)

TV-14 | 22 min | Documentary

How does the cellphone in your pocket link to the Big Bang, the evolution of human memory, and even the Titanic disaster? Big History reveals how cosmic forces conspired to give us the tool... See full summary »

Director: Douglas Cohen | Stars: Stephen Brown, Bryan Cranston, Clifford V. Johnson, Jonathan Markley

Votes: 17

47. Fail Lab (2013– )
Episode: Electricity (2013)

Comedy

A study in the electrical conductivity of Homo Sapiens - or how to touch your friends without getting charged.

Director: Patrick Scott | Stars: Tim Deal, Crystal Dilworth, Mike Fuerstinger, Clifford V. Johnson

48. Fail Lab (2013– )
Episode: Pyrotechnics (2013)

Comedy

A study of the male homo sapiens' neurological response to explosives.

Director: Patrick Scott | Stars: Tim Deal, Crystal Dilworth, Mike Fuerstinger, Clifford V. Johnson

49. Fail Lab (2013– )
Episode: Failure (2013)

Comedy

A study of the complex relationship between homo sapiens and failure. Or: Get up. Keep going.

Director: Patrick Scott | Stars: Tim Deal, Crystal Dilworth, Mike Fuerstinger, Clifford V. Johnson

50. The Universe (2007–2015)
Episode: Stonehenge (2014)

TV-PG | 45 min | Documentary, History

Perhaps the most mysterious structure on Earth, Stonehenge has stood on a plain in Southern England for 5000 years. Why is it there? In this episode we explore the possibility that this was... See full summary »

Director: Darryl Rehr | Stars: Erik Thompson, Tania Burchell, Adam Frank, Bryan E. Penprase

Votes: 41