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by GaryGibbs | created - 23 Oct 2015 | updated - 08 Oct 2017 | PublicThese are the movies I expect to be good or great.
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1. Ninja Scroll
Action, Adventure, Fantasy | Announced
In feudal era Japan, a ninja fights eight demonic warriors in order to protect his country.
2. Wilson (II)
Biography, Drama | Announced
A look at the role U.S. President Woodrow Wilson played in World War I.
3. Akira
102 min | Action, Drama, Mystery | Announced
The leader of a biker gang tries to save his kidnapped friend from a powerful supernatural experiment.
Director: Taika Waititi
4. Untitled Rwanda Cycling Project
Drama, Sport | Announced
American ex-felon and former Tour de France cyclist, Jonathan Boyer, establishes a biking team in Rwanda.
Director: Orlando von Einsiedel
5. Borderlands (2024)
102 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy | Completed
Based on the best-selling videogame, this all-star action-adventure follows a ragtag team of misfits on a mission to save a missing girl who holds the key to unimaginable power.
Director: Eli Roth | Stars: Gina Gershon, Cate Blanchett, Ariana Greenblatt, Jack Black
6. Uncharted (2022)
PG-13 | 116 min | Action, Adventure
Street-smart Nathan Drake is recruited by seasoned treasure hunter Victor "Sully" Sullivan to recover a fortune amassed by Ferdinand Magellan, and lost 500 years ago by the House of Moncada.
Director: Ruben Fleischer | Stars: Tom Holland, Mark Wahlberg, Antonio Banderas, Sophia Ali
Votes: 259,937 | Gross: $148.65M
7. Godzilla: King of the Monsters (2019)
PG-13 | 132 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
The crypto-zoological agency Monarch faces off against a battery of god-sized monsters, including the mighty Godzilla, who collides with Mothra, Rodan, and his ultimate nemesis, the three-headed King Ghidorah.
Director: Michael Dougherty | Stars: Kyle Chandler, Vera Farmiga, Millie Bobby Brown, Ken Watanabe
Votes: 207,334 | Gross: $110.50M
8. Godzilla vs. Kong (2021)
PG-13 | 113 min | Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
The epic next chapter in the cinematic Monsterverse pits two of the greatest icons in motion picture history against each other--the fearsome Godzilla and the mighty Kong--with humanity caught in the balance.
Director: Adam Wingard | Stars: Alexander Skarsgård, Millie Bobby Brown, Rebecca Hall, Brian Tyree Henry
Votes: 241,933 | Gross: $100.92M
9. Cowboy Ninja Viking
Action, Adventure, Comedy | Announced
A government program turns Duncan, a man who suffers from multiple personality disorder, into a super-soldier with the attributes of a cowboy, a ninja, and a Viking.
Director: Michelle MacLaren | Stars: Chris Pratt, Priyanka Chopra Jonas
10. The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part (2019)
PG | 107 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
It's been five years since everything was awesome and the citizens are facing the huge new threat of Lego Duplo, invaders from outer space, wrecking everything faster than they can rebuild.
Director: Mike Mitchell | Stars: Chris Pratt, Elizabeth Banks, Will Arnett, Tiffany Haddish
Votes: 76,751 | Gross: $105.81M
11. Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018)
PG | 117 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
Teen Miles Morales becomes the Spider-Man of his universe and must join with five spider-powered individuals from other dimensions to stop a threat for all realities.
Directors: Bob Persichetti, Peter Ramsey, Rodney Rothman | Stars: Shameik Moore, Jake Johnson, Hailee Steinfeld, Mahershala Ali
Votes: 672,506 | Gross: $190.24M
12. Toy Story 4 (2019)
G | 100 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
When a new toy called "Forky" joins Woody and the gang, a road trip alongside old and new friends reveals how big the world can be for a toy.
Director: Josh Cooley | Stars: Tom Hanks, Tim Allen, Annie Potts, Tony Hale
Votes: 280,639 | Gross: $434.04M
13. Incredibles 2 (2018)
PG | 118 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
The Incredibles family takes on a new mission which involves a change in family roles: Bob Parr (Mr. Incredible) must manage the house while his wife Helen (Elastigirl) goes out to save the world.
Director: Brad Bird | Stars: Craig T. Nelson, Holly Hunter, Sarah Vowell, Huck Milner
Votes: 331,627 | Gross: $608.58M
14. Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle (2018)
PG-13 | 104 min | Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
A human child raised by wolves must face off against a menacing tiger named Shere Khan, as well as his own origins.
Director: Andy Serkis | Stars: Christian Bale, Cate Blanchett, Benedict Cumberbatch, Naomie Harris
Votes: 65,671
15. The Odyssey (III)
Adventure | Announced
Feature film adaptation of Homer's Odyssey.
Director: Francis Lawrence | Star: Hugh Jackman
16. Apostle Paul
Drama | Pre-production
The story of Paul the Apostle, whose blinding vision of Jesus transformed his life. He dedicated his life to preaching about the Son of God as well as writing many of the books to the New Testament.
Star: Hugh Jackman
17. Sleeper (I)
Action, Sci-Fi | Announced
An adaptation of the comic book centered on a man who is physiologically altered after fusing with an alien artifact. His new transferable power -- the inability to feel pain -- attracts ... See full summary »
18. Houses of Deceit
Crime, Drama | Announced
A look at the corruptions scandal involving the leaders of the international football organization, FIFA.
Director: Gavin O'Connor
19. The Martian Chronicles
Sci-Fi | Announced
When the Earth is headed toward destruction, a group of humans colonize the planet Mars where they clash with the native inhabitants.
20. The Predator (2018)
R | 107 min | Action, Adventure, Horror
When a young boy accidentally triggers the universe's most lethal hunters' return to Earth, only a ragtag crew of ex-soldiers and a disgruntled scientist can prevent the end of the human race.
Director: Shane Black | Stars: Boyd Holbrook, Trevante Rhodes, Jacob Tremblay, Keegan-Michael Key
Votes: 143,547 | Gross: $51.02M
22. Fae (I)
Drama, Fantasy | Announced
A girl must off in a battle between "light" and "dark" to determine who she really is when she reaches the age of 16.
23. The Asset (I)
Thriller | Announced
When a rouge group of former Special Forces soldiers begin killing international informants, the U.S. recruits a former Army Ranger to stop them.
24. Vicious (I)
Sci-Fi, Thriller | Announced
A simple night in LA becomes what it could be for any bystander, a vicious incident.
25. Flashman
Adventure, Comedy | Announced
Plot unknown. Feature film based on George MacDonald Fraser's novels about the 19th century antihero, Harry Flashman.
Star: Alexander Cooper
27. Shadow Divers
Adventure, Drama | Announced
A pair of divers dedicate their lives to uncovering the mystery behind a sunken German vessel found off the coast of New Jersey.
28. Nemesis (I)
Action, Adventure, Fantasy | Announced
Billionaire genius and world's greatest fighter, Matt Anderson, is determined to avenge the death of his parents, who were notorious criminals.
Directors: Henry Joost, Ariel Schulman
29. Undying Love (I)
Action, Drama, Romance | Pre-production
An ex-soldier falls for a vampire, though in order to be with her, he must take on her creator, who is protected by an army of monsters in the Hong Kong underworld.
Director: David Leitch
30. Chrononauts
Sci-Fi | Announced
Scientific genius pals Corbin Quinn and Danny Reilly embark on a time-traveling adventure. Feature film based on the comic book from Mark Millar and artist Sean Gordon Murphy.
31. Starlight (I)
Sci-Fi | Announced
A former space hero who has settled into a domesticated life on Earth is called back into action.
Director: Joe Cornish
32. The Osterman Weekend
Crime, Drama, Thriller | Announced
The CIA convinces a man that his upcoming weekend trip with friends is actually part of a dangerous conspiracy plot.
33. Spy vs. Spy
Action, Comedy | Announced
A live-action version of Mad magazine's classic comic strip featuring a pair of rival spies trying to outdo each other in an escalating game of espionage.
34. Logan's Run
Action, Adventure, Drama | Announced
A young man at odds with his society's mandatory death sentence for all those turning 21 plots a daring escape on the eve of his fateful birthday.
35. The Book of Mormon
Comedy, Musical | Announced
Two young Latter-day Saints are sent on a mission to convince the people of a small village in Uganda to become part of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
Director: Casey Nicholaw | Star: Billy Peter
36. Sinatra
Biography, Drama, Music | Announced
The life story of legendary singer and actor, Frank Sinatra.
37. Pacific Rim: Uprising (2018)
PG-13 | 111 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Jake Pentecost, son of Stacker Pentecost, reunites with Mako Mori to lead a new generation of Jaeger pilots, including rival Lambert and 15-year-old hacker Amara, against a new Kaiju threat.
Director: Steven S. DeKnight | Stars: John Boyega, Scott Eastwood, Cailee Spaeny, Burn Gorman
Votes: 127,396 | Gross: $59.87M
38. How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World (2019)
PG | 104 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
When Hiccup discovers Toothless isn't the only Night Fury, he must seek the Hidden World, a secret Dragon Utopia before a hired tyrant named Grimmel finds it first.
Director: Dean DeBlois | Stars: Jay Baruchel, America Ferrera, F. Murray Abraham, Cate Blanchett
Votes: 150,733 | Gross: $160.80M
39. Temple Run
Action, Adventure, Thriller | Announced
Feature film based on the video game, "Temple Run", centering on an explorer trying to steal an idol.
40. The Sims
Comedy, Drama | Announced
This movie is based on the video game the Sims
Director: Kate Herron
41. Sonic the Hedgehog (2020)
PG | 99 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
After discovering a small, blue, fast hedgehog, a small-town police officer must help him defeat an evil genius who wants to do experiments on him.
Director: Jeff Fowler | Stars: Ben Schwartz, James Marsden, Jim Carrey, Tika Sumpter
Votes: 159,590 | Gross: $148.97M
42. Infamous (I)
Action | Announced
An adaptation of the video game in which a bike messenger survives an explosion in Empire City, one which endows him with super powers.
43. Far Cry
Animation, Action, Adventure | Announced
Feature film based on the video game 'Far Cry' in which an a former Special Forces operative tracks down a missing journalist.
44. Gears of War (I)
Action, Adventure, Horror | Announced
On the planet Sera, a former P.O.W. is civilization's best hope in their fight against the Locust Horde, a race of creatures who emerged from underneath the planet's surface, intent on eliminating humankind.
45. Army of Two (I)
Action, Adventure | Announced
Tyson Rios and Elliot Salem are two ex Army Rangers turned contractors for SSC, a Private Military Corporation. They take on various individuals and organizations located all over the world... See full summary »
46. Just Cause
Action, Adventure | Announced
The story of a deadly CIA black ops assassin code-named the Scorpio, who specializes in regime changes, battles pirates, mercenaries and rogue agents.
47. Puss in Boots: The Last Wish (2022)
PG | 102 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
When Puss in Boots discovers that his passion for adventure has taken its toll and he has burned through eight of his nine lives, he launches an epic journey to restore them by finding the mythical Last Wish.
Directors: Joel Crawford, Januel Mercado | Stars: Antonio Banderas, Salma Hayek, Harvey Guillén, Florence Pugh
Votes: 175,701 | Gross: $168.46M
48. The Sword in the Stone
Action, Adventure, Family | Announced
A young boy learns how to be a king with the help of a wizard. A live-action adaptation of Disney's animated feature film, "The Sword in the Stone."
Director: Juan Carlos Fresnadillo
49. Coco (I) (2017)
PG | 105 min | Animation, Adventure, Drama
Aspiring musician Miguel, confronted with his family's ancestral ban on music, enters the Land of the Dead to find his great-great-grandfather, a legendary singer.
Directors: Lee Unkrich, Adrian Molina | Stars: Anthony Gonzalez, Gael García Bernal, Benjamin Bratt, Alanna Ubach
Votes: 591,165 | Gross: $209.73M
50. Saturn and the End of Days
Announced
The end of the world seen through the point of view of a young boy.
Director: Guillermo del Toro
51. At the Mountains of Madness (I)
Adventure, Fantasy, Horror | Announced
A chilling recollection of an Antarctic expedition's uncanny discoveries and their encounter with untold menace in the ruins of a lost civilization.
52. Slaughterhouse-Five
Comedy, Drama, Sci-Fi | Announced
A soldier fighting in Germany during World War II finds himself living two lives simultaneously.
53. Chaos Walking (2021)
PG-13 | 109 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Two unlikely companions embark on a perilous adventure through the badlands of an unexplored planet as they try to escape a dangerous and disorienting reality where all thoughts are seen and heard by everyone.
Director: Doug Liman | Stars: Tom Holland, Daisy Ridley, Demián Bichir, David Oyelowo
Votes: 56,157 | Gross: $13.29M
54. Frank or Francis
Comedy, Musical | Announced
A satire of Hollywood set to music, where a film director feuds with a blogger.
Director: Charlie Kaufman
55. Welcome to Marwen (2018)
PG-13 | 116 min | Biography, Comedy, Drama
A victim of a brutal attack finds a unique and beautiful therapeutic outlet to help him through his recovery process.
Director: Robert Zemeckis | Stars: Steve Carell, Falk Hentschel, Matt O'Leary, Nikolai Witschl
Votes: 26,008 | Gross: $10.76M
56. Coyote vs. Acme
PG | 101 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy | Completed
A story set in the ACME warehouse, the manufacturer of anything and everything used by the Looney Tunes characters.
Director: Dave Green | Stars: John Cena, Lana Condor, Will Forte, P.J. Byrne
57. The Deep Blue Good-By
Adventure, Biography, Drama | Announced
Detective Travis McGee sets out to locate a WWII treasure.
Director: James Mangold
58. The Chancellor Manuscript
Crime, Drama, Mystery | Announced
Peter Chancellor's life becomes a mirror of his latest novel, as he becomes tangled in a web involving Washington power brokers and a blackmailed plot targeted to alter U.S. policy.
59. Conspiracy of Fools
Drama | Announced
A newly hired employee at the Texas-based energy company, Enron, stumbles upon a huge corruption scandal. Based on the book "Conspiracy of Fools" by Kurt Eichenwald.
60. Harker
Action, Fantasy, Thriller | Announced
Jonathan Harker is a Scotland Yard detective consumed with finding Dracula.
61. The Matarese Countdown
Action, Drama, Thriller | Announced
Two rival spies-- a Russian and an American -- must work together to track down a group of killers known as the Matarese.
62. The Janson Directive
Thriller | Pre-production
Former Navy SEAL and prisoner of war, Paul Janson, works as a corporate security consultant, but when an assignment to rescue a VIP goes wrong, he's forced to go on the run.
Star: John Cena
63. The Sigma Protocol
Thriller | Announced
A guy vacationing in Europe gets sucked into dangerous conspiracy when he runs into an old friend.
64. The Parsifal Mosaic
Drama, Mystery, Thriller | Announced
A U.S. intelligence agent lands in the middle of an elaborate blackmail scheme after he spots his lover, a one-time agent who he thought was executed years ago.
Director: Yimou Zhang
65.
The Truth About the Harry Quebert Affair (2018)
Episode:
How Does Your Garden Grow?
(2018)
43 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A writer gets caught up in a murder investigation involving his mentor, an esteemed American author.
Director: Jean-Jacques Annaud | Stars: Patrick Dempsey, Ben Schnetzer, Damon Wayans Jr., Kristine Froseth
Votes: 302
66. The Strange Adventures of H.P. Lovecraft
Thriller | Announced
H.P. Lovecraft and gang go on wacky adventures through R'lyeh solving mysteries and making friends.
67. Tiger & Bunny
Action, Adventure | Announced
In a world where superheroes have corporate sponsors and are the stars of their own reality TV show, a new superhero team is born as the veteran hero Wild Tiger is assigned to train a rookie, Bunny "Barnaby Brooks Jr".
68. The Graveyard Book
Fantasy, Horror, Mystery | Announced
The story of a boy whose parents are killed is adopted by the occupants of a graveyard and raised by them.
Director: Marc Forster
69. The Matarese Circle
Action, Drama, Mystery | Announced
Two secret agents -- and longtime rivals -- are paired up to find a shadowy group of killers known as the Matarese.
70. Old Man's War
Drama, Sci-Fi, War | Announced
On his 75th birthday, John Perry gets ready to see the mysteries of colonized space, discovering an unimaginable life in the Colonial Defense Force.
71. Matt Helm
Adventure, Drama | Announced
Feature film based on Donald Hamilton's series of spy novels about a counter-assassination agent who's sent on missions to stop other spies.
Star: Bradley Cooper
72. Satori (I)
Thriller | Announced
A trained assassin in post-World War II Japan is recruited by the CIA to take out a Soviet commissioner.
73. The Devil in the White City
Drama, History, Thriller | Pre-production
An architect works to build up the 1893 World's Fair, while the serial killer H. H. Holmes uses the fair to attract and kill women.
74. Richard Jewell (2019)
R | 131 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
Security guard Richard Jewell is an instant hero after foiling a bomb attack at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics, but his life becomes a nightmare when the FBI leaks to the media that he is a suspect in the case.
Director: Clint Eastwood | Stars: Paul Walter Hauser, Sam Rockwell, Brandon Stanley, Ryan Boz
Votes: 97,839
75. Line of Duty (2019)
R | 98 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
A disgraced cop finds himself in a race against time to find a kidnap victim whose abductor he accidentally killed.
Director: Steven C. Miller | Stars: Aaron Eckhart, Courtney Eaton, Ben McKenzie, Giancarlo Esposito
Votes: 9,183
76. A Star Is Born (2018)
R | 136 min | Drama, Music, Romance
A musician helps a young singer find fame as age and alcoholism send his own career into a downward spiral.
Director: Bradley Cooper | Stars: Lady Gaga, Bradley Cooper, Sam Elliott, Greg Grunberg
Votes: 419,757 | Gross: $215.29M
77. Honeymoon with Harry
Comedy, Drama | Announced
When a man's fiancée dies two days before their wedding, he decides to take the honeymoon with his would-be father-in-law.
Director: Nick Cassavetes
78. Candy Store
Crime, Thriller | Announced
An undercover agent begins a new life as beat cop in Brooklyn, but finds that his past life comes back to haunt him.
Director: Stephen Gaghan
79. Luna Park (I)
Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi | Announced
A group of renegade employees who venture to the moon to steal an energy source.
Director: Doug Liman
80. Railhead
Sci-Fi | Announced
A thief sets off an an intergalactic getaway when he discovers the item he's stolen is worth more than he originally thought.
81. Splinter Cell
Action, Adventure, Crime | Announced
Follows the missions of a special operative spy.
Director: Joseph Kahn | Star: Tom Hardy
82. Rocketman (I) (2019)
R | 121 min | Biography, Drama, Music
A musical fantasy about the fantastical human story of Elton John's breakthrough years.
Director: Dexter Fletcher | Stars: Taron Egerton, Jamie Bell, Richard Madden, Bryce Dallas Howard
Votes: 194,966 | Gross: $96.37M
83. Untitled African Animal Poaching Project
Drama | Announced
A former Special Forces soldier works with local rangers in Africa to protect animals from poachers.
Star: Tom Hardy
84. Muppet Man
Biography, Comedy, Drama | Announced
The life and times of the late Jim Henson, the man behind Sesame Street and The Muppets.
Director: Michael Gracey
85. Naruto (II)
Action, Adventure, Fantasy | Pre-production
An outcast in a village of ninjas sets out to become the leader and strongest warrior of his home.
Director: Destin Daniel Cretton
86. Top Gun: Maverick (2022)
PG-13 | 130 min | Action, Drama
After thirty years, Maverick is still pushing the envelope as a top naval aviator, but must confront ghosts of his past when he leads TOP GUN's elite graduates on a mission that demands the ultimate sacrifice from those chosen to fly it.
Director: Joseph Kosinski | Stars: Tom Cruise, Jennifer Connelly, Miles Teller, Val Kilmer
Votes: 698,641 | Gross: $718.73M
87. Mission: Impossible - Fallout (2018)
PG-13 | 147 min | Action, Adventure, Thriller
Ethan Hunt and his IMF team, along with some familiar allies, race against time after a mission gone wrong.
Director: Christopher McQuarrie | Stars: Tom Cruise, Henry Cavill, Ving Rhames, Simon Pegg
Votes: 378,419 | Gross: $220.16M
88. Potsdamer Platz
Crime, Drama | Announced
A drama about two members of a New Jersey-based crime family who look to expand internationally.
89. Emma's War
Drama | Announced
A British aid worker in the Sudan marries a warlord bent on controlling part of the country.
90. Conspiracy of Paper
Drama | Announced
Retired boxer, Benjamin Weaver, gets caught up in a criminal underworld of successful financiers.
91. E.D.F.
Action, Sci-Fi | Announced
World leaders scramble to assemble a military power known as the Earth Defense Force (EDF) to defend the planet from an impending alien attack.
92. Guys and Dolls
Comedy, Musical, Romance | Announced
A pair of big city gamblers place a bet on whether one guy can convince a wholesome, pious woman to join him on a weekend island rendezvous.
Director: Bill Condon
93. The Forever War
Sci-Fi | Announced
An elite task force returns home after a brief interstellar military operation, but discovers that 20 years have passed and the planet they once knew is completely different. Based on Joe Haldeman's 1974 novel "The Forever War".
Star: Channing Tatum
95. The Gray Man (2022)
PG-13 | 122 min | Action, Thriller
When the CIA's most skilled operative, whose true identity is known to none, accidentally uncovers dark agency secrets, a psychopathic former colleague puts a bounty on his head, setting off a global manhunt by international assassins.
Directors: Joe Russo, Anthony Russo | Stars: Ryan Gosling, Chris Evans, Ana de Armas, Billy Bob Thornton
Votes: 239,036
96. Alita: Battle Angel (2019)
PG-13 | 122 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
A deactivated cyborg's revived, but can't remember anything of her past and goes on a quest to find out who she is.
Director: Robert Rodriguez | Stars: Rosa Salazar, Christoph Waltz, Jennifer Connelly, Mahershala Ali
Votes: 293,964 | Gross: $85.71M
97. The Informationist
Thriller | Announced
An information specialist is hired by a Texas oil billionaire to find his daughter who vanished in Africa four years ago.
Director: James Cameron
98. Nagasaki Deadline
Action, Thriller | Announced
A troubled FBI agent works to foil a terrorist plot whose secrets are hidden in the details of different historic events.
99. Fantastic Voyage
Adventure, Sci-Fi | Announced
A scientist with a potentially fatal health problem takes a risk on his only chance of survival: For five of his colleagues to be miniaturized in a ship and injected into his bloodstream.
Director: Guillermo del Toro
100. Mack Bolan
Action, Drama | Announced
A story based on the anti-terrorist operative Mack Bolan created by writer Don Pendleton.
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