Must See Movies
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1. Stand by Me (1986)
R | 89 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama
A writer recounts a childhood journey with his friends to find the body of a missing boy.
Director: Rob Reiner | Stars: Wil Wheaton, River Phoenix, Corey Feldman, Jerry O'Connell
Votes: 441,938 | Gross: $52.29M
2. Memento (2000)
R | 113 min | Mystery, Thriller
A man with short-term memory loss attempts to track down his wife's murderer.
Director: Christopher Nolan | Stars: Guy Pearce, Carrie-Anne Moss, Joe Pantoliano, Mark Boone Junior
Votes: 1,323,686 | Gross: $25.54M
3. Peaky Blinders (2013–2022)
TV-MA | 60 min | Crime, Drama
A gangster family epic set in 1900s England, centering on a gang who sew razor blades in the peaks of their caps, and their fierce boss Tommy Shelby.
Stars: Cillian Murphy, Paul Anderson, Sophie Rundle, Helen McCrory
Votes: 650,644
4. Doctor Who (2005–2022)
TV-PG | 45 min | Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
The further adventures in time and space of the alien adventurer known as the Doctor and his companions from planet Earth.
Stars: Jodie Whittaker, Peter Capaldi, Pearl Mackie, Matt Smith
Votes: 246,695
5. We Need to Talk About Kevin (2011)
R | 112 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Kevin's mother struggles to love her strange child despite the increasingly dangerous things he says and does as he grows up. But Kevin is just getting started, and his final act will be beyond anything anyone imagined.
Director: Lynne Ramsay | Stars: Tilda Swinton, John C. Reilly, Ezra Miller, Jasper Newell
Votes: 167,852 | Gross: $1.74M
6. Reptile (2023)
R | 134 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Tom Nichols is a hardened New England detective, unflinching in his pursuit of a case where nothing is as it seems and it begins to dismantle the illusions in his own life.
Director: Grant Singer | Stars: Benicio Del Toro, Justin Timberlake, Eric Bogosian, Alicia Silverstone
Votes: 87,983
7. Almost Famous (2000)
R | 122 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama
A high-school boy in the early 1970s is given the chance to write a story for Rolling Stone magazine about an up-and-coming rock band as he accompanies them on their concert tour.
Director: Cameron Crowe | Stars: Billy Crudup, Patrick Fugit, Kate Hudson, Frances McDormand
Votes: 293,577 | Gross: $32.53M
8. The L Word (I) (2004–2009)
TV-MA | 50 min | Drama, Romance
Follows the lives and loves of a small, close-knit group of lesbian women living in Los Angeles as well as the friends and family members that either support or loathe them.
Stars: Jennifer Beals, Leisha Hailey, Laurel Holloman, Mia Kirshner
Votes: 28,774
9. P-Valley (2020– )
TV-MA | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
Follows the lives of strip-club dancers working down in the Dirty Delta.
Stars: Nicco Annan, Shannon Thornton, J. Alphonse Nicholson, Brandee Evans
Votes: 11,294
10. American Horror Stories (2021– )
TV-MA | 45 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
An anthology series of stand-alone episodes delving into horror myths, legends and lore.
Stars: Sierra McCormick, Paris Jackson, Merrin Dungey, Selena Sloan
Votes: 26,353
11. American Gods (2017–2021)
TV-MA | 60 min | Drama, Fantasy, Mystery
A recently released ex-convict named Shadow meets a mysterious man who calls himself "Wednesday" and who knows more than he first seems to about Shadow's life and past.
Stars: Ricky Whittle, Emily Browning, Yetide Badaki, Bruce Langley
Votes: 92,771
12. Wilderness (2023)
60 min | Drama, Thriller
Follows a twisted love story, where a "happily-ever-after" life quickly turns into a living nightmare.
Stars: Jenna Coleman, Oliver Jackson-Cohen, Ashley Benson, Claire Rushbrook
Votes: 9,954
13. Manifest (2018–2023)
TV-14 | 43 min | Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
When a commercial airliner suddenly reappears after being missing for five years, those aboard must reintegrate into society.
Stars: Melissa Roxburgh, Josh Dallas, J.R. Ramirez, Luna Blaise
Votes: 91,493
14. Smallville (2001–2017)
TV-PG | 60 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
A young Clark Kent struggles to find his place in the world as he learns to harness his alien powers for good and deals with the typical troubles of teenage life in Smallville, Kansas.
Stars: Tom Welling, Michael Rosenbaum, Allison Mack, Kristin Kreuk
Votes: 138,174
15. Friday Night Lights (2006–2011)
TV-14 | 45 min | Drama, Sport
A drama that follows the lives of the Dillon Panthers, one of the nation's best high school football teams, and their head coach Eric Taylor.
Stars: Kyle Chandler, Connie Britton, Zach Gilford, Aimee Teegarden
Votes: 72,517
16. Haunted Harmony Mysteries: Murder in G Major (2023 TV Movie)
84 min | Mystery
Former orchestra conductor Gethsemane Brown moves to Ireland to teach at a boarding school. After deciphering a musical message, she meets a renowned composer's ghost who is rumored to be behind the death of his lover.
Director: Linda-Lisa Hayter | Stars: Tamera Mowry-Housley, Risteard Cooper, Marco Grazzini, Adam Fergus
Votes: 650
17. Reservoir Dogs (1992)
R | 99 min | Crime, Thriller
When a simple jewelry heist goes horribly wrong, the surviving criminals begin to suspect that one of them is a police informant.
Director: Quentin Tarantino | Stars: Harvey Keitel, Tim Roth, Michael Madsen, Chris Penn
Votes: 1,088,848 | Gross: $2.83M
18. No Country for Old Men (2007)
R | 122 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Violence and mayhem ensue after a hunter stumbles upon the aftermath of a drug deal gone wrong and over two million dollars in cash near the Rio Grande.
Directors: Ethan Coen, Joel Coen | Stars: Tommy Lee Jones, Javier Bardem, Josh Brolin, Woody Harrelson
Votes: 1,061,063 | Gross: $74.28M
19. Killing Eve (2018–2022)
TV-14 | 42 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
After a series of events, the lives of a security operative and an assassin become inextricably linked.
Stars: Jodie Comer, Sandra Oh, Fiona Shaw, Kim Bodnia
Votes: 135,485
20. The Boondock Saints (1999)
R | 108 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
Two Irish Catholic brothers become vigilantes and wipe out Boston's criminal underworld in the name of God.
Director: Troy Duffy | Stars: Willem Dafoe, Sean Patrick Flanery, Norman Reedus, David Della Rocco
Votes: 250,779 | Gross: $0.03M
21. The Continental (2023)
TV-MA | 90 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
Set in 1970s New York City, The Continental explores the origin of the iconic hotel-for-assassins centerpiece of the John Wick universe seen through the eyes and action of a young Winston Scott.
Stars: Mel Gibson, Colin Woodell, Mishel Prada, Hubert Point-Du Jour
Votes: 37,082
22. Movies That Changed My Life (2020 Podcast Series)
Talk-Show
IMDb's weekly podcast where host Ian de Borja talks to actors, filmmakers, and more to learn about the movies that inspired them to create their greatest work. Listen now on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you listen to podcasts.
Stars: Ian de Borja, Lizzie Bassett, Col Needham, Jake Johnson
Votes: 87
23. Dear Child (2023)
TV-MA | 286 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A mysterious woman's escape from her harrowing captivity points investigators toward the dark truth behind an unsolved disappearance 13 years earlier.
Stars: Kim Riedle, Naila Schuberth, Sammy Schrein, Hans Löw
Votes: 25,671
24. Nope (2022)
R | 130 min | Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi
The residents of a lonely gulch in inland California bear witness to an uncanny and chilling discovery.
Director: Jordan Peele | Stars: Daniel Kaluuya, Keke Palmer, Brandon Perea, Michael Wincott
Votes: 266,468 | Gross: $123.28M
25. Succession (2018–2023)
TV-MA | 60 min | Comedy, Drama
The Roy family is known for controlling the biggest media and entertainment company in the world. However, their world changes when their father steps down from the company.
Stars: Nicholas Braun, Brian Cox, Kieran Culkin, Peter Friedman
Votes: 273,646
26. The Flight Attendant (2020–2022)
TV-MA | 719 min | Comedy, Drama, Mystery
A reckless flight attendant with an alcoholism problem wakes up in the wrong hotel, in the wrong bed, with a dead man - and no idea what happened. Unable to piece the night together, she begins to wonder if she could be the killer.
Stars: Kaley Cuoco, Zosia Mamet, Griffin Matthews, Rosie Perez
Votes: 62,755
27. Beetlejuice Beetlejuice (2024)
Comedy, Fantasy, Horror | Post-production
This is a follow-up to the comedy Beetlejuice (1988), about a ghost who's recruited to help haunt a house.
Director: Tim Burton | Stars: Jenna Ortega, Monica Bellucci, Michael Keaton, Winona Ryder
28. The Bear (2022– )
TV-MA | 35 min | Comedy, Drama
A young chef from the fine dining world returns to Chicago to run his family's sandwich shop.
Stars: Jeremy Allen White, Ayo Edebiri, Liza Colón-Zayas, Ebon Moss-Bachrach
Votes: 212,963
29. Manifest (2018–2023)
TV-14 | 43 min | Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
When a commercial airliner suddenly reappears after being missing for five years, those aboard must reintegrate into society.
Stars: Melissa Roxburgh, Josh Dallas, J.R. Ramirez, Luna Blaise
Votes: 91,493
30. Stranger Things (2016–2025)
TV-14 | 60 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
When a young boy vanishes, a small town uncovers a mystery involving secret experiments, terrifying supernatural forces and one strange little girl.
Stars: Millie Bobby Brown, Finn Wolfhard, Winona Ryder, David Harbour
Votes: 1,337,842
31. Money Heist (2017–2021)
TV-MA | 60 min | Action, Crime, Drama
An unusual group of robbers attempt to carry out the most perfect robbery in Spanish history - stealing 2.4 billion euros from the Royal Mint of Spain.
Stars: Úrsula Corberó, Álvaro Morte, Itziar Ituño, Pedro Alonso
Votes: 532,654
32. Monster's Ball (2001)
R | 111 min | Drama, Romance
After a family tragedy, a racist prison guard re-examines his attitudes while falling in love with the African-American wife of the last prisoner he executed.
Director: Marc Forster | Stars: Billy Bob Thornton, Halle Berry, Taylor Simpson, Gabrielle Witcher
Votes: 94,097 | Gross: $31.27M
33. Fargo (1996)
R | 98 min | Crime, Thriller
Minnesota car salesman Jerry Lundegaard's inept crime falls apart due to his and his henchmen's bungling and the persistent police work of the quite pregnant Marge Gunderson.
Directors: Joel Coen, Ethan Coen | Stars: William H. Macy, Frances McDormand, Steve Buscemi, Peter Stormare
Votes: 727,112 | Gross: $24.61M
34. Fargo (2003 TV Movie)
60 min | Crime, Drama
Marge Gunderson, the still pregnant police chief of Brainerd, Minnesota, investigates the murder of a town pharmacist, shot in a snowy parking lot by a stranger who was helping jump his car... See full summary »
Director: Kathy Bates | Stars: Edie Falco, Bruce Bohne, Matt Malloy, Rondi Reed
Votes: 737
35. Rescue Me (2004–2011)
TV-MA | 42 min | Comedy, Drama
Tommy Gavin deals with the fears of his job as a firefighter and seeing his ex-wife dating other men.
Stars: Denis Leary, Michael Lombardi, Steven Pasquale, Andrea Roth
Votes: 27,988
36. Sweet Magnolias (2020– )
TV-14 | Drama, Romance
Three South Carolina women, best friends since high school, shepherd one another through the complexities of romance, career and family.
Stars: JoAnna Garcia Swisher, Brooke Elliott, Heather Headley, Logan Allen
Votes: 24,526
37. American Psycho (2000)
R | 102 min | Crime, Drama, Horror
A wealthy New York City investment banking executive, Patrick Bateman, hides his alternate psychopathic ego from his co-workers and friends as he delves deeper into his violent, hedonistic fantasies.
Director: Mary Harron | Stars: Christian Bale, Justin Theroux, Josh Lucas, Bill Sage
Votes: 716,373 | Gross: $15.07M
38. Closer (I) (2004)
R | 104 min | Drama, Romance
The relationships of two couples become complicated and deceitful when the man from one couple meets the woman of the other.
Director: Mike Nichols | Stars: Natalie Portman, Jude Law, Clive Owen, Julia Roberts
Votes: 236,191 | Gross: $33.99M
39. Past Lives (2023)
PG-13 | 105 min | Drama, Romance
Nora and Hae Sung, two deeply connected childhood friends, are wrested apart after Nora's family emigrates from South Korea. Twenty years later, they are reunited for one fateful week as they confront notions of love and destiny.
Director: Celine Song | Stars: Greta Lee, Teo Yoo, John Magaro, Moon Seung-ah
Votes: 115,649
40. Line of Duty (2012–2021)
TV-14 | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Drama series following the investigations of AC-12, a controversial police anti-corruption unit.
Stars: Martin Compston, Vicky McClure, Adrian Dunbar, Craig Parkinson
Votes: 70,285
41. Wolf Like Me (2022– )
TV-MA | 30 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Gary is an emotional wreck and struggles to provide for his daughter since the death of his wife. Mary has a secret she can't bring herself to share with anyone. The universe brought these two together for a reason.
Stars: Isla Fisher, Josh Gad, Ariel Donoghue, Anthony Taufa
Votes: 10,659
42. Community (2009–2015)
TV-14 | 22 min | Comedy
A suspended lawyer is forced to enroll in a community college with an eccentric staff and student body.
Stars: Joel McHale, Danny Pudi, Donald Glover, Chevy Chase
Votes: 293,687
43. Reacher (2022– )
TV-MA | 50 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Itinerant former military policeman Jack Reacher solves crimes and metes out his own brand of street justice. Based on the novels by Lee Child.
Stars: Alan Ritchson, Maria Sten, Malcolm Goodwin, Willa Fitzgerald
Votes: 212,122
44. The Worst of Evil (2023– )
TV-MA | Action, Crime, Drama
In the 1990s, a police officer goes undercover to infiltrate a mega crime syndicate that distributes illegal drugs across South Korea, China, and Japan. His wife, a narcotics officer, is also involved.
Stars: Ji Chang-wook, Wi Ha-joon, Im She-mi, Bibi
Votes: 4,179
45. Sharp Objects (2018)
TV-MA | 53 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
After treating her mental illness, crime reporter Camille Preaker returns to her hometown to solve the murder of two young girls. However, she is forced to face and deal with her own demons too.
Stars: Amy Adams, Patricia Clarkson, Chris Messina, Eliza Scanlen
Votes: 118,952
46. The Girl on the Train (2016)
R | 112 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A divorcee becomes entangled in a missing persons investigation that promises to send shockwaves throughout her life.
Director: Tate Taylor | Stars: Emily Blunt, Haley Bennett, Rebecca Ferguson, Justin Theroux
Votes: 199,484 | Gross: $75.40M
47. Doctor Who (2005–2022)
TV-PG | 45 min | Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
The further adventures in time and space of the alien adventurer known as the Doctor and his companions from planet Earth.
Stars: Jodie Whittaker, Peter Capaldi, Pearl Mackie, Matt Smith
Votes: 246,695
48. Running Scared (2006)
R | 122 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A low-ranking thug is entrusted by his crime boss to dispose of a gun that killed corrupt cops, but things get out of control when the gun ends up in wrong hands.
Director: Wayne Kramer | Stars: Paul Walker, Cameron Bright, Chazz Palminteri, Vera Farmiga
Votes: 103,719 | Gross: $6.86M
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