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1. 3 Body Problem (2024)
TV-MA | 60 min | Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
A fateful decision made in 1960s China reverberates in the present, where a group of scientists partner with a detective to confront an existential planetary threat.
Stars: Jovan Adepo, Liam Cunningham, Eiza González, Jess Hong
Votes: 93,448
2. Game of Thrones (2011–2019)
TV-MA | 60 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Nine noble families fight for control over the lands of Westeros, while an ancient enemy returns after being dormant for millennia.
Stars: Emilia Clarke, Peter Dinklage, Kit Harington, Lena Headey
Votes: 2,283,046
3. Friends (1994–2004)
TV-14 | 22 min | Comedy, Romance
Follows the personal and professional lives of six twenty to thirty year-old friends living in the Manhattan borough of New York City.
Stars: Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox, Lisa Kudrow, Matt LeBlanc
Votes: 1,087,602
4. Eyes Wide Shut (1999)
R | 159 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
A Manhattan doctor embarks on a bizarre, night-long odyssey after his wife's admission of unfulfilled longing.
Director: Stanley Kubrick | Stars: Tom Cruise, Nicole Kidman, Todd Field, Sydney Pollack
Votes: 374,948 | Gross: $55.69M
5. Gotham (2014–2019)
TV-14 | 42 min | Action, Crime, Drama
The story behind Detective James Gordon's rise to prominence in Gotham City in the years before Batman's arrival.
Stars: Ben McKenzie, Jada Pinkett Smith, Donal Logue, Camren Bicondova
Votes: 240,694
6. The Matrix Reloaded (2003)
R | 138 min | Action, Sci-Fi
Freedom fighters Neo, Trinity and Morpheus continue to lead the revolt against the Machine Army, unleashing their arsenal of extraordinary skills and weaponry against the systematic forces of repression and exploitation.
Directors: Lana Wachowski, Lilly Wachowski | Stars: Keanu Reeves, Laurence Fishburne, Carrie-Anne Moss, Hugo Weaving
Votes: 630,352 | Gross: $281.49M
7. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007)
PG-13 | 138 min | Action, Adventure, Family
With their warning about Lord Voldemort's return scoffed at, Harry and Dumbledore are targeted by the Wizard authorities as an authoritarian bureaucrat slowly seizes power at Hogwarts.
Director: David Yates | Stars: Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, Rupert Grint, Brendan Gleeson
Votes: 633,026 | Gross: $292.00M
8. The Matrix Revolutions (2003)
R | 129 min | Action, Sci-Fi
The human city of Zion defends itself against the massive invasion of the machines as Neo fights to end the war at another front while also opposing the rogue Agent Smith.
Directors: Lana Wachowski, Lilly Wachowski | Stars: Keanu Reeves, Laurence Fishburne, Carrie-Anne Moss, Hugo Weaving
Votes: 543,306 | Gross: $139.31M
9. Men in Black³ (2012)
PG-13 | 106 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
Agent J travels in time to M.I.B.'s early days in 1969 to stop an alien from assassinating his friend Agent K and changing history.
Director: Barry Sonnenfeld | Stars: Will Smith, Tommy Lee Jones, Josh Brolin, Jemaine Clement
Votes: 386,884 | Gross: $179.02M
10. R.I.P.D. (2013)
PG-13 | 96 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
A cop killed by his own partner joins RIPD, an afterlife law enforcement department working to apprehend various monsters disguised as humans living on earth, and gets paired up with a smart-mouthed veteran.
Director: Robert Schwentke | Stars: Ryan Reynolds, Jeff Bridges, Mary-Louise Parker, Kevin Bacon
Votes: 143,554 | Gross: $33.62M
11. The Saint (1997)
PG-13 | 116 min | Action, Adventure, Romance
Simon "The Saint" Templar (Val Kilmer), is a thief for hire, whose latest job to steal the secret process for cold fusion puts him at odds with a traitor bent on toppling the Russian government, as well as the woman who holds its secret.
Director: Phillip Noyce | Stars: Val Kilmer, Elisabeth Shue, Rade Serbedzija, Valeriy Nikolaev
Votes: 72,234 | Gross: $61.36M
12. A Perfect Murder (1998)
R | 107 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A wealthy Wall Street speculator discovers that his wife has a lover. He investigates him and uses the carrot and stick to make him murder his wife. Planned to detail, it seems like a perfect murder.
Director: Andrew Davis | Stars: Michael Douglas, Gwyneth Paltrow, Viggo Mortensen, David Suchet
Votes: 92,205 | Gross: $67.64M
13. Entrapment (1999)
PG-13 | 113 min | Action, Crime, Romance
An insurance agent is sent by her employer to track down and help capture an art thief.
Director: Jon Amiel | Stars: Sean Connery, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Ving Rhames, Will Patton
Votes: 123,894 | Gross: $87.70M
14. Cracker (1993–1996)
TV-MA | 100 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Dr Edward "Fitz" Fitzgerald is a criminal psychologist. He is rather anti-social and obnoxious but he has a gift for solving crimes. Thus he is employed as a consultant by the Manchester Police.
Stars: Robbie Coltrane, Geraldine Somerville, Kieran O'Brien, Barbara Flynn
Votes: 7,865
15. My Bloody Valentine (2009)
R | 101 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Tom returns to his hometown on the tenth anniversary of the Valentine's night massacre that claimed the lives of 22 people. Instead of a homecoming, Tom finds himself suspected of committing the murders, and it seems like his old flame is the only one that believes he's innocent.
Director: Patrick Lussier | Stars: Jensen Ackles, Jaime King, Kerr Smith, Betsy Rue
Votes: 60,443 | Gross: $51.55M
16. Queer as Folk (1999–2000)
TV-MA | 48 min | Comedy, Drama
A groundbreaking gay adult drama which chronicles the lives of Stuart and Vince, as well as 15-year-old Nathan, who is in love with Stuart.
Stars: Aidan Gillen, Craig Kelly, Charlie Hunnam, Denise Black
Votes: 7,609
17. Employee of the Month (2006)
PG-13 | 103 min | Comedy, Romance
A slacker competes with a repeat winner for the "Employee of the Month" title at work, in order to gain the affections of a new female employee.
Director: Greg Coolidge | Stars: Jessica Simpson, Dane Cook, Dax Shepard, Andy Dick
Votes: 50,138 | Gross: $28.44M
18. The Bounty Hunter (I) (2010)
PG-13 | 110 min | Action, Comedy, Romance
A bounty hunter learns that his next target is his ex-wife, a reporter working on a murder cover-up. Soon after their reunion, the always-at-odds duo find themselves on a run-for-their-lives adventure.
Director: Andy Tennant | Stars: Jennifer Aniston, Gerard Butler, Gio Perez, Joel Marsh Garland
Votes: 134,360 | Gross: $67.06M
19. The Avengers (1998)
PG-13 | 89 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Two British Agents team up to stop Sir August de Wynter from destroying the world with a weather-changing machine.
Director: Jeremiah S. Chechik | Stars: Ralph Fiennes, Uma Thurman, Sean Connery, Patrick Macnee
Votes: 45,416 | Gross: $23.32M
20. Win Win (2011)
R | 106 min | Comedy, Drama, Sport
A struggling lawyer and volunteer wrestling coach's chicanery comes back to haunt him when the teenage grandson of the client he has double-crossed comes into his life.
Director: Tom McCarthy | Stars: Paul Giamatti, Amy Ryan, Jeffrey Tambor, Bobby Cannavale
Votes: 55,259 | Gross: $10.18M
21. Formula 51 (2001)
R | 93 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
An American master chemist plans to score big on a once in a lifetime drug deal. All does not go as planned and he is soon entangled in a web of deceit.
Director: Ronny Yu | Stars: Samuel L. Jackson, Robert Carlyle, Emily Mortimer, Nigel Whitmey
Votes: 50,944 | Gross: $5.20M
22. The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes (1991–1993)
616 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Holmes and Dr. Watson solve the mysteries of the Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax, Thor Bridge, Shoscombe Old Place, The Boscombe Valley Mystery, The Illustrious Client and The Creeping Man.
Stars: Jeremy Brett, Edward Hardwicke, Rosalie Williams, Colin Jeavons
Votes: 6,176
23. Black Beauty (1994)
G | 88 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
The fates of horses, and the people who own and command them, are revealed as Black Beauty narrates the circle of his life.
Director: Caroline Thompson | Stars: Sean Bean, David Thewlis, Docs Keepin Time, Alan Cumming
Votes: 10,677 | Gross: $4.63M
24. In America (2002)
PG-13 | 105 min | Drama
A family of Irish immigrants adjust to life on the mean streets of Hell's Kitchen while also grieving the death of a child.
Director: Jim Sheridan | Stars: Paddy Considine, Samantha Morton, Djimon Hounsou, Sarah Bolger
Votes: 44,274 | Gross: $15.54M
25. Asylum (2005)
R | 99 min | Drama, Romance, Thriller
A woman becomes very curious about one of her psychiatrist husband's inmates, a man who was found guilty of the murder and disfigurement of his former wife.
Director: David Mackenzie | Stars: Natasha Richardson, Sean Harris, Marton Csokas, Ian McKellen
Votes: 5,446 | Gross: $0.37M
26. Shall We Dance? (1996)
PG | 136 min | Comedy, Drama, Music
A successful but unhappy Japanese accountant finds the missing passion in his life when he begins to secretly take ballroom dance lessons.
Director: Masayuki Suô | Stars: Koji Yakusho, Tamiyo Kusakari, Naoto Takenaka, Eri Watanabe
Votes: 11,730 | Gross: $9.68M
27. Birthday Girl (2001)
R | 93 min | Comedy, Crime, Thriller
A thirtysomething bank clerk from St Albans has his small-town life exploded by the arrival of his Russian mail-order bride.
Director: Jez Butterworth | Stars: Nicole Kidman, Vincent Cassel, Ben Chaplin, Mathieu Kassovitz
Votes: 26,333 | Gross: $4.92M
28. Silverpoint (2022– )
22 min | Family, Mystery, Sci-Fi
In 1997, four kids vanish in Silverpoint Woods. 23 years later, one boy tries to find out what happened.
Stars: Oliver Cunliffe, Krish Misra, Aoife Hughes, Maiya Silveston
Votes: 940
29. Possession (2002)
PG-13 | 102 min | Drama, Mystery, Romance
A pair of literary sleuths unearth the amorous secret of two Victorian poets only to find themselves falling under a passionate spell.
Director: Neil LaBute | Stars: Gwyneth Paltrow, Aaron Eckhart, Jeremy Northam, Jennifer Ehle
Votes: 13,717 | Gross: $10.10M
30. Freeheld (2015)
PG-13 | 103 min | Biography, Drama, Romance
New Jersey police lieutenant Laurel Hester and her registered domestic partner Stacie Andree battle to secure Hester's pension benefits when she is diagnosed with terminal cancer.
Director: Peter Sollett | Stars: Julianne Moore, Elliot Page, Steve Carell, Michael Shannon
Votes: 13,236 | Gross: $0.53M
31. Hilary and Jackie (1998)
R | 121 min | Biography, Drama, Music
The tragic story of world renowned classic cellist Jacqueline du Pré, as told from the point of view of her sister, flautist Hilary du Pré-Finzi.
Director: Anand Tucker | Stars: Emily Watson, Rachel Griffiths, James Frain, David Morrissey
Votes: 10,737 | Gross: $4.87M
32. The Gentle Touch (1980–1984)
TV-14 | 60 min | Crime, Drama
The adventures of tough lady cop Maggie Forbes.
Stars: Jill Gascoine, William Marlowe, Paul Moriarty, Brian Gwaspari
Votes: 306
33. The Acid House (1998)
Unrated | 111 min | Comedy, Drama
Three twisted tales of abuse, drugs, displaced personalities, and insect life by Scottish writer Irvine Welsh.
Director: Paul McGuigan | Stars: Stephen McCole, Maurice Roëves, Garry Sweeney, Jenny McCrindle
Votes: 8,043 | Gross: $0.14M
34. Chinese Puzzle (2013)
R | 117 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A 40-year-old father's life is complicated when the mother of his two children moves to New York. Since he can't bear them growing up far away from him, he decides to move there as well.
Director: Cédric Klapisch | Stars: Romain Duris, Audrey Tautou, Cécile de France, Kelly Reilly
Votes: 15,285 | Gross: $0.34M
35. Screen One (1985–2002)
120 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
Anthology of unconnected movies of different genres.
Stars: Mark Chapman, Alfred Molina, Julie Walters, Geraldine James
Votes: 139
36. The Parole Officer (2001)
R | 93 min | Comedy, Crime
A failed parole officer framed for murder must enlist the help of his former clients to clear his name.
Director: John Duigan | Stars: Steve Coogan, Lena Headey, Emma Gilmour, Susan Jane Tanner
Votes: 7,164
37. Dark Country (2009)
R | 88 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller
A couple en route from Las Vegas are forced to deal with a body in the desert, making their honeymoon one hellish ride.
Director: Thomas Jane | Stars: Thomas Jane, Lauren German, Ron Perlman, Chris Browning
Votes: 4,863
38. School for Seduction (2004)
R | 104 min | Drama, Comedy, Romance
An Italian temptress arrives at a school in Newcastle to teach a group of Geordies about the art of romance.
Director: Sue Heel | Stars: Sabina Loddo, Kelly Brook, Jake Canuso, Antonio Pellegrino
Votes: 1,173
39. Agnes Browne (1999)
R | 92 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
The unexpected death of her husband sends a woman and her seven children, ages 2-14, into emotional turmoil and financial crisis in 1967 Dublin. She is forced to borrow money from a ... See full summary »
Director: Anjelica Huston | Stars: Anjelica Huston, Marion O'Dwyer, Niall O'Shea, Ciaran Owens
Votes: 2,229 | Gross: $0.14M
40. Saltwater (2000)
97 min | Comedy, Drama
An Irish-Italian café owner in a seaside town faces a life crisis: his wife has recently died and he's severely in debt. His oldest son tries to help, but he has his own serious problems; ... See full summary »
Director: Conor McPherson | Stars: Peter McDonald, Brian Cox, Conor Mullen, Laurence Kinlan
Votes: 346
41. An Everlasting Piece (2000)
R | 103 min | Comedy
Colm is a Catholic, and George is a poetry-loving Protestant. In Belfast, Northern Ireland in the 1980s, they could have been enemies, but instead, they became business partners. After ... See full summary »
Director: Barry Levinson | Stars: Barry McEvoy, Brían F. O'Byrne, Anna Friel, Pauline McLynn
Votes: 1,743 | Gross: $0.08M
42. The Sight (2000 TV Movie)
86 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
A US architect is hired to renovate a big old London hotel. With it he also gets 21 ghosts, who want his help in catching a serial child killer etc.
Director: Paul W.S. Anderson | Stars: Andrew McCarthy, Kevin Tighe, Amanda Redman, Jessica Oyelowo
Votes: 1,695
43. The Most Fertile Man in Ireland (2000)
96 min | Comedy
The most fertile man in Ireland is in serious demand.
Director: Dudi Appleton | Stars: Kris Marshall, Kathy Kiera Clarke, Bronagh Gallagher, James Nesbitt
Votes: 614
44. Honest (2000)
R | 110 min | Comedy, Crime, Romance
The film is an edgy black comedy set in swinging London in the late 60s. The All Saints girls play three street wise sisters who head 'up West' to rob and generally cause trouble.
Director: David A. Stewart | Stars: Nicole Appleton, Natalie Appleton, Melanie Blatt, Derek Deadman
Votes: 642
45. Don't Go Breaking My Heart (1999)
95 min | Comedy, Romance, Sport
Well meaning friends try to persuade Suzanne, a beautiful widow, to remarry and the choice seems to be between Frank, a philandering dentist, and Tony, a sensitive, failing sports trainer who helps her son.
Director: Willi Patterson | Stars: Jenny Seagrove, Anthony Edwards, Charles Dance, Linford Christie
Votes: 423
46. Painted Lady (1997 TV Movie)
204 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
From the Irish countryside to London to New York City and back again, Maggie Sheridan (Dame Helen Mirren) reenters the world as a countess and shady art dealer. With her panache and ... See full summary »
Director: Julian Jarrold | Stars: Helen Mirren, Iain Glen, Franco Nero, Michael Maloney
Votes: 566
47. Two Deaths (1995)
R | 99 min | Drama, War
A tale of power, passion, and obsession set in a politically torn Eastern European country.
Director: Nicolas Roeg | Stars: Sonia Braga, Patrick Malahide, Ion Caramitru, Sevilla Delofski
Votes: 524
48. Merlin (1998 TV Movie)
89 min | Family, Fantasy
The young wizard Merlin must rescue the helpless people from the evil King Vidus and his ruthless high counselor.
Director: David Winning | Stars: Jason Connery, Deborah Moore, Gareth Thomas, Graham McTavish
Votes: 385
49. The Final Curtain (2002)
R | 85 min | Drama
A rivalry develops between a showbiz veteran and an upstart newcomer.
Director: Patrick Harkins | Stars: Aidan Gillen, Adrian Lester, Peter O'Toole, Iain Rogerson
Votes: 599
50. The Strangerers (2000)
60 min | Comedy, Sci-Fi
Aliens in human form land on Earth to carry out a secret mission, and when the Supervisor is decapitated, the two bumbling Cadets have no idea what the mission entails. With a mixture of ... See full summary »
Stars: Mark Williams, Jack Docherty, Sarah Alexander, Mark Heap
Votes: 200