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1. Soylent Green (1973)
PG | 97 min | Crime, Mystery, Sci-Fi
A nightmarish futuristic fantasy about the controlling power of big corporations and an innocent cop who stumbles on the truth.
Director: Richard Fleischer | Stars: Charlton Heston, Edward G. Robinson, Leigh Taylor-Young, Chuck Connors
Votes: 70,550 | Gross: $7.92M
2. The Outer Limits (1995–2002)
TV-PG | 44 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
A modern revival of the classic science fiction horror anthology show The Outer Limits (1963). Episodes often have twist-endings and involve aliens. Sometimes, a story from one episode continues in a later episode.
Stars: Kevin Conway, Alex Diakun, Eric Schneider, Garvin Cross
Votes: 13,767
3. Ben-Hur (1959)
G | 212 min | Adventure, Drama
After a Jewish prince is betrayed and sent into slavery by a Roman friend in 1st-century Jerusalem, he regains his freedom and comes back for revenge.
Director: William Wyler | Stars: Charlton Heston, Jack Hawkins, Stephen Boyd, Haya Harareet
Votes: 253,592 | Gross: $74.70M
4. Iron Man (1966)
Animation, Action, Sci-Fi
An inventive munitions industrialist fights the forces of evil using a revolutionary suit of power armor.
Stars: Bernard Cowan, Don Mason, Jack Creley, Claude Rae
Votes: 1,079
5. Mighty Thor (1966)
TV-Y7-FV | Animation, Action, Fantasy
The contemporary adventures of the Norse god of thunder and lightning.
Stars: Bernard Cowan, Don Mason, Claude Rae, Len Carlson
Votes: 786
6. Hulk (1966)
TV-G | Animation, Action, Sci-Fi
The adventures of a nuclear scientist cursed with the tendency to turning into a huge green brute under stress.
Stars: Bernard Cowan, Don Mason, Jack Creley, Claude Rae
Votes: 1,051
7. The Sub-Mariner (1966– )
TV-Y7-FV | Animation, Action, Fantasy
The prince of the sunken city of Atlantis protects his home from all enemies both above and below the surface of the sea.
Stars: Bernard Cowan, Don Mason, Jack Creley, Claude Rae
Votes: 512
8. The Incredible Hulk (1996–1998)
TV-Y7 | 20 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
A nuclear scientist is afflicted with the tendency to change into a powerful green monster under stress.
Stars: Lou Ferrigno, Neal McDonough, John Vernon, Mark Hamill
Votes: 3,728
9. Wavelength (1983)
PG | 87 min | Sci-Fi, Thriller
Two young lovers learn that a small group of child-like space aliens are marooned on Earth and are being held prisoner at a top secret military facility. The couple then decide to liberate ... See full summary »
Director: Mike Gray | Stars: Robert Carradine, Cherie Currie, Keenan Wynn, Cal Bowman
Votes: 930
10. Midnight Special (2016)
PG-13 | 112 min | Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
A father and son go on the run, pursued by the government and a cult drawn to the child's special powers.
Director: Jeff Nichols | Stars: Michael Shannon, Joel Edgerton, Kirsten Dunst, Adam Driver
Votes: 84,014 | Gross: $3.71M
11. The Lottery (2014)
40 min | Sci-Fi
Set in a world destined for extinction as women have stopped having children. When remarkably 100 embryos are successfully fertilized, a national lottery is held to decide the surrogates.
Stars: Marley Shelton, Michael Graziadei, Athena Karkanis, David Alpay
Votes: 2,005
12. The 27th Day (1957)
Approved | 75 min | Sci-Fi
Aliens take five people, give them small capsules which can kill mankind without additional damage, with the understanding they will colonize Earth only if they use the weapons.
Director: William Asher | Stars: Gene Barry, Valerie French, George Voskovec, Arnold Moss
Votes: 1,832
13. The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951)
G | 92 min | Drama, Sci-Fi
An alien lands in Washington, D.C. and tells the people of Earth that they must live peacefully or be destroyed as a danger to other planets.
Director: Robert Wise | Stars: Michael Rennie, Patricia Neal, Hugh Marlowe, Sam Jaffe
Votes: 85,745
14. The War of the Worlds (1953)
G | 85 min | Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
A small town in California is attacked by Martians, beginning a worldwide invasion.
Director: Byron Haskin | Stars: Gene Barry, Ann Robinson, Les Tremayne, Robert Cornthwaite
Votes: 38,517 | Gross: $4.36M
15. Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956)
Approved | 80 min | Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi
A small-town doctor learns that the population of his community is being replaced by emotionless alien duplicates.
Director: Don Siegel | Stars: Kevin McCarthy, Dana Wynter, Larry Gates, King Donovan
Votes: 54,733
16. The Time Machine (1960)
G | 103 min | Adventure, Romance, Sci-Fi
A man's vision for a utopian society is disillusioned when travelling forward into time reveals a dark and dangerous society.
Director: George Pal | Stars: Rod Taylor, Alan Young, Yvette Mimieux, Sebastian Cabot
Votes: 44,829
17. The Thing from Another World (1951)
Approved | 87 min | Horror, Sci-Fi
Scientists and American Air Force officials fend off a bloodthirsty alien organism while at a remote arctic outpost.
Directors: Christian Nyby, Howard Hawks | Stars: Kenneth Tobey, Margaret Sheridan, James Arness, Robert Cornthwaite
Votes: 33,342
18. Them! (1954)
Not Rated | 94 min | Horror, Sci-Fi
The earliest atomic tests in New Mexico cause common ants to mutate into giant man-eating monsters that threaten civilization.
Director: Gordon Douglas | Stars: James Whitmore, Edmund Gwenn, Joan Weldon, James Arness
Votes: 24,173
19. The Andromeda Strain (1971)
G | 131 min | Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Top scientists work feverishly in a secret, state-of-the-art laboratory to discover what killed the citizens of a small town and how the deadly contagion can be stopped.
Director: Robert Wise | Stars: James Olson, Arthur Hill, David Wayne, Kate Reid
Votes: 40,428 | Gross: $3.42M
20. Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978)
PG | 115 min | Horror, Sci-Fi
When strange seeds drift to earth from space, mysterious pods begin to grow and invade San Francisco, replicating the city's residents one body at a time.
Director: Philip Kaufman | Stars: Donald Sutherland, Brooke Adams, Jeff Goldblum, Veronica Cartwright
Votes: 69,820 | Gross: $24.95M
21. Hard Contract (1969)
R | 106 min | Drama, Mystery, Romance
A cold hearted American hit man goes to Europe for 'one last score'. His encounter with a beautiful young woman casts self doubt on his lifeblood, and influences him to resist carrying out the contract
Director: S. Lee Pogostin | Stars: James Coburn, Lee Remick, Lilli Palmer, Burgess Meredith
Votes: 622
22. 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: 13,111 | Gross: $8.90M
23. Ultimate Force (2002–2006)
TV-MA | 1,105 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
Explosive military drama about a crack SAS team. There's a life-or-death mission, reputations at stake, and stamina sorely tested at a combat survival weekend.
Stars: Ross Kemp, Miles Anderson, Christopher Fox, Danny Sapani
Votes: 2,338
24. Stargate SG-1 (1997–2007)
TV-14 | 44 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
A secret military team, SG-1, is formed to explore other planets through the recently discovered Stargates.
Stars: Richard Dean Anderson, Michael Shanks, Amanda Tapping, Christopher Judge
Votes: 101,348
25. Search (1972–1973)
60 min | Adventure
"World Securities", an international high-tech private investigation company, employs field operatives who are aided by implanted audio receivers and who carry tiny cameras and telemetry ... See full summary »
Stars: Hugh O'Brian, Doug McClure, Anthony Franciosa, Burgess Meredith
Votes: 344
26. The Agency (2001–2003)
TV-14 | 60 min | Drama, Thriller
A look at the inner workings of the CIA.
Stars: Rocky Carroll, Paige Turco, David Clennon, Will Patton
Votes: 2,891
27. The Mentalist (2008–2015)
TV-14 | 43 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A famous "psychic" outs himself as a fake, and starts working as a consultant for the California Bureau of Investigation so he can find "Red John", the madman who killed his wife and daughter.
Stars: Simon Baker, Robin Tunney, Tim Kang, Owain Yeoman
Votes: 200,515
28. The Puppet Masters (1994)
R | 109 min | Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
The Earth is invaded by stingray-shaped alien "slugs" that ride on people's backs and control their minds.
Director: Stuart Orme | Stars: Donald Sutherland, Eric Thal, Julie Warner, Keith David
Votes: 9,705 | Gross: $8.64M
29. Vanished (2006)
TV-14 | 60 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
A senator's wife goes missing.
Stars: John Allen Nelson, Joanne Kelly, Margarita Levieva, John Patrick Amedori
Votes: 1,737
30. Television (1988– )
Documentary, History
An overview of the history of television from its earliest days to modern times.
Stars: Edwin Newman, Larry Gelbart, Fred W. Friendly, Barbara Corday
Votes: 42
31. Prey (1998)
TV-14 | 60 min | Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Bio-anthropologist, Dr. Sloan Parker, her colleague, Dr. Ed Tate, their associate Tom Daniels, and their friends, discover and investigate a secret new dominant humanoid species which is looking for a way to replace humans.
Stars: Adam Storke, Frankie Faison, Larry Drake, Debra Messing
Votes: 593
32. The Gathering (2007)
TV-14 | 90 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
As Dr. Michael Foster searches for his wife who disappeared without a trace, he unearths a cabal of witches in present-day New York.
Stars: Jamie-Lynn Sigler, Peter Gallagher, Jenna Boyd, Susanna Thompson
Votes: 355
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