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1. Morbius (2022)

PG-13 | 104 min | Action, Adventure, Horror

Biochemist Michael Morbius tries to cure himself of a rare blood disease, but he inadvertently infects himself with a form of vampirism instead.

Director: Daniel Espinosa | Stars: Jared Leto, Matt Smith, Adria Arjona, Jared Harris

Votes: 153,965 | Gross: $73.87M

2. Splice (2009)

R | 104 min | Horror, Sci-Fi

Genetic engineers Clive Nicoli and Elsa Kast hope to achieve fame by successfully splicing together the DNA of different animals to create new hybrid animals for medical use.

Director: Vincenzo Natali | Stars: Adrien Brody, Sarah Polley, Delphine Chanéac, Brandon McGibbon

Votes: 101,891 | Gross: $17.00M

3. Lifeforce (1985)

R | 101 min | Action, Horror, Mystery

A race of space vampires arrives in London and infects the populace, beginning an apocalyptic descent into chaos.

Director: Tobe Hooper | Stars: Steve Railsback, Mathilda May, Peter Firth, Frank Finlay

Votes: 29,542 | Gross: $11.60M

4. The Brothers Grimsby (2016)

R | 83 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy

A new assignment forces a top spy to team up with his football hooligan brother.

Director: Louis Leterrier | Stars: Sacha Baron Cohen, Mark Strong, Rebel Wilson, Freddie Crowder

Votes: 111,508 | Gross: $6.86M

5. Roma (2018)

R | 135 min | Drama

A year in the life of a middle-class family's maid in Mexico City in the early 1970s.

Director: Alfonso Cuarón | Stars: Yalitza Aparicio, Marina de Tavira, Diego Cortina Autrey, Carlos Peralta

Votes: 170,042

6. The Motorcycle Diaries (2004)

R | 126 min | Adventure, Biography, Drama

Ernesto Guevara de la Serna, popularly known as Che, along with his friend Alberto Granado, decides to take a road trip across South America. His experiences on the journey transform him.

Director: Walter Salles | Stars: Gael García Bernal, Rodrigo de la Serna, Mía Maestro, Mercedes Morán

Votes: 104,869 | Gross: $16.78M

7. Gone in the Night (2022)

R | 90 min | Mystery, Thriller

When Kath and her boyfriend arrive at a remote cabin in the redwoods, they find a mysterious younger couple already there. Her boyfriend disappears with the young woman, and Kath becomes obsessed with finding an explanation.

Director: Eli Horowitz | Stars: Winona Ryder, Dermot Mulroney, John Gallagher Jr., Owen Teague

Votes: 5,726

8. Medicine Man (1992)

PG-13 | 106 min | Adventure, Drama, Romance

In the beautiful and dangerous Amazon rainforest, dissimilar people must make their choices between business, science, and love.

Director: John McTiernan | Stars: Sean Connery, Lorraine Bracco, José Wilker, Rodolfo De Alejandre

Votes: 24,820 | Gross: $45.50M

9. The Satan Bug (1965)

Approved | 114 min | Crime, Mystery, Sci-Fi

A germ that could destroy life on Earth is stolen from a biological warfare lab and the thief threatens to release it into the open, prompting a security officer to act.

Director: John Sturges | Stars: George Maharis, Richard Basehart, Anne Francis, Dana Andrews

Votes: 3,053

10. How to Get Ahead in Advertising (1989)

R | 90 min | Comedy, Fantasy

A cynical advertising exec has a block at work leading to a meltdown. He's hilariously out of control. Getting a big, talking boil on his shoulder doesn't help.

Director: Bruce Robinson | Stars: Richard E. Grant, Rachel Ward, Richard Wilson, Jacqueline Tong

Votes: 6,638 | Gross: $0.42M

11. The Avengers: United They Stand (1999–2000)

TV-Y7 | 30 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

The adventures of the Marvel Comics Universe's greatest general membership superhero team.

Stars: Linda Ballantyne, Tony Daniels, Ron Rubin, Martin Roach

Votes: 1,103

12. Agent Red (2000)

R | 95 min | Action, Drama, Thriller

Captain Matt Hendricks and Dr. Linda Christian are locked in a submarine with Russian terrorists that threaten to launch a chemical virus on US territory.

Directors: Damian Lee, Jim Wynorski | Stars: Dolph Lundgren, Meilani Paul, Aleksandr Kuznetsov, Natalie Radford

Votes: 1,322

13. Dick Tracy Meets Gruesome (1947)

Approved | 65 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Dick Tracy goes up against a villain who robs banks using a nerve gas.

Director: John Rawlins | Stars: Boris Karloff, Ralph Byrd, Anne Gwynne, Edward Ashley

Votes: 1,921

14. Danger Route (1967)

Approved | 92 min | Action, Drama, Thriller

During the Cold War, a British secret agent is ordered to kill a Soviet-bloc defector held by the CIA in England but this straightforward mission turns into a convoluted plot involving double-agents.

Director: Seth Holt | Stars: Richard Johnson, Carol Lynley, Barbara Bouchet, Sylvia Syms

Votes: 512

15. Burzynski (2010)

TV-G | 108 min | Documentary

Ph.D biochemist, Dr. Stanislaw Burzynski, won one of the largest legal battles against the Food & Drug Administration in U.S. history. Dr. Burzynski and his patients endured a treacherous ... See full summary »

Director: Eric Merola | Stars: Joe Barton, Stanislaw Burzynski, Richard Jaffe, David A. Kessler

Votes: 892

16. Danger Signal (1945)

Passed | 78 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir

A very romantic murderer has plans to seduce, marry and kill a beautiful woman for her wealth, but finds her younger sister to be even better prey.

Director: Robert Florey | Stars: Faye Emerson, Zachary Scott, Richard Erdman, Rosemary DeCamp

Votes: 1,115

17. Night Unto Night (1949)

Approved | 84 min | Drama, Romance

A scientist afflicted with the incurable illness epilepsy, meets a beautiful woman haunted by the voice of her dead husband.

Director: Don Siegel | Stars: Ronald Reagan, Viveca Lindfors, Broderick Crawford, Rosemary DeCamp

Votes: 521

18. Outta Time (2002)

R | 94 min | Action, Adventure, Crime

A handsome and talented college student, David Morales, is devastated when a bum knee causes him to lose his scholarship to the University of San Diego. Unwilling to disappoint his proud ... See full summary »

Director: Lorena David | Stars: Tim Sitarz, Mario Lopez, Tava Smiley, Carlos Mencia

Votes: 271 | Gross: $0.00M

19. One Under the Sun (2017)

TV-14 | 101 min | Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi

Astronaut Kathryn Voss, sole survivor of a disastrous space mission, is desperate to reunite with her terminally ill daughter but becomes a fugitive when the government discovers she's returned to earth with an extraordinary gift.

Directors: Riyaana Hartley, Vincent Tran | Stars: Pooja Batra, Gene Farber, Michael Keeley, Ava Cantrell

Votes: 700

20. Dark Queen (2004)

R | 83 min | Horror, Sci-Fi

When brilliant biochemist Helen Reynolds experiments on herself by ingesting brain fluid extracted from a serial killer, she hopes to learn the secret behind the murderer's ability to psychically control his victims.

Director: Ken LaVan | Stars: Tian Kitchen, Sean Klitzner, Michael Marks, Sheyenne Rivers

Votes: 82

21. Loom (2012)

21 min | Short, Drama, Sci-Fi

In a near dystopian high tech future, where everything is sterilized and many feel completely detached, a loyal chief technician in one of the plants, where meat is grown for food from protein strains, decides to grow something else.

Director: Luke Scott | Stars: Giovanni Ribisi, Jelly Howie, Gino Aquino, Evelyn Edwards

Votes: 586

22. Eternal Champions (1993 Video Game)

M | Action, Sci-Fi

The Eternal Champion gathers nine key individuals from different time periods who have died trying to change the future for the greater good. He arranges a contest for these nine ... See full summary »

Stars: Jeffrye Tveraas, David Delia, Carolyn des Pres

Votes: 163

23. Nancy Drew: The Creature of Kapu Cave (2006 Video Game)

E | Adventure, Mystery

Teen detective Nancy Drew teams up with the Hardy Boys to investigate a legendary creature that may be causing the strange things happening in the Hawaiian rain forest.

Director: Mike Paganini | Stars: Lani Minella, Jonah Von Spreecken, Robert Jones, Scott Carty

Votes: 84

24. Interview with Dr. Gains (2023)

13 min | Short, Drama, Thriller

Kirk Alan, a former journalist, pieces together a murder case on biochemist, Dr. Albert Gains. Without enough evidence to hold him in court, Kirk takes matters into his own hands, abducts Dr. Gains and attempts to get a confession himself.

Director: Bronson Dunphy | Stars: George M. Dean, Zacciah Hanson

25. Le Thaï cellophané (2009)

15 min | Short, Drama

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Director: Delphine Corrard | Stars: Santha Leng, Cécile Arnaud, Albert Goldberg, Julien Noailhat

26. Ten samuraya (2009– )

197 min | Comedy, Mystery

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Stars: Daniil Spivakovskiy, Anna Khitrik, Aleksandr Oleshko, Andrey Balyakin

Votes: 5

27. Derrick (1974–1998)
Episode: Gangster haben andere Spielregeln (1984)

59 min | Crime, Drama

Important papers are stolen from professor Balthaus's study. Some time later his assistant is found murdered in a parking hall.

Director: Alfred Vohrer | Stars: Horst Tappert, Fritz Wepper, Willy Schäfer, Hans Korte

Votes: 69

28. Dobrodruzství kriminalistiky (1989–1998)
Episode: Krev (1989)

51 min | Crime, History

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Director: Antonín Moskalyk | Stars: Josef Vinklár, Vladimír Dlouhý, Vlastimil Hasek, Oliver Stritzel

Votes: 15

29. Tales of Tomorrow (1951–1953)
Episode: The Miraculous Serum (1952)

TV-G | 30 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery

A physician invents a serum allowing animals to overcome any illness or injury, by magnifying their adaptability. He tests it on an impoverished young woman, who's moments from death. ... See full summary »

Director: Don Medford | Stars: Lola Albright, Richard Derr, Louis Hector, Peggy Allison

Votes: 68

30. Tremors (2003)
Episode: Project 4-12 (2003)

TV-14 | 43 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy

Tyler tells Larry Norvel the story of Dr. Cletus Poffenberger when he first arrived in Perfection Valley with his dangerous pet, 4-12.

Director: Chuck Bowman | Stars: Victor Browne, Gladise Jiminez, Marcia Strassman, Lela Lee

Votes: 91

31. The X-Files (1993–2018)
Episode: Brand X (2000)

TV-14 | 45 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

A potential witness in a high-profile tobacco case under Skinner's supervision is found dead in his bathroom from mysterious circumstances. Skinner asks Mulder and Scully to assist him in ... See full summary »

Director: Kim Manners | Stars: David Duchovny, Gillian Anderson, Mitch Pileggi, Dennis Boutsikaris

Votes: 2,995

32. Au théâtre ce soir (1966–1990)
Episode: Les quatre vérités (1973)

115 min | Comedy

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Director: Georges Folgoas | Stars: Jacques Duby, Marthe Mercadier, Paule Noëlle, Robert Murzeau

33. South Side (2019–2022)
Episode: Litcoin (2019)

TV-MA | 21 min | Comedy

Simon and Kareme invest in a cryptocurrency called Litcoin, and Officer Goodnight shoots himself in the foot.

Director: Michael Blieden | Stars: Sultan Salahuddin, Kareme Young, Quincy Young, Chandra Russell

Votes: 56

34. 24 (2001–2010)
Episode: Day 7: 6:00 a.m.-7:00 a.m. (2009)

TV-14 | 44 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Jack is abducted for nefarious purposes, Kim sits in danger at the airport, and Olivia matches wits with Ethan Kanin.

Director: Jon Cassar | Stars: Kiefer Sutherland, Mary Lynn Rajskub, Cherry Jones, Annie Wersching

Votes: 1,125

35. Above Suspicion (2009–2012)
Episode: Deadly Intent: Part 2 (2011)

60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Whilst Roache admits to shooting Frank in a panic he denies killing Danny. Middle-class drop-out and user Julian D'Anton's prints are on Danny's car though Langton considers him too ... See full summary »

Director: Gillies MacKinnon | Stars: Kelly Reilly, Ciarán Hinds, Shaun Dingwall, Celyn Jones

Votes: 111

36. Above Suspicion (2009–2012)
Episode: Deadly Intent: Part 3 (2011)

47 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Julia's husband Anthony Collingwood is an alternate identity for international drug dealer Alexander Fitzpatrick, who only seems to care about his son.

Director: Gillies MacKinnon | Stars: Kelly Reilly, Ciarán Hinds, Shaun Dingwall, Celyn Jones

Votes: 109

37. Inspector Lewis (2006–2015)
Episode: Intelligent Design: Part 1 (2013)

TV-PG | 45 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

The day after an alcoholic college professor who killed a young girl in a drunken accident is released from prison and returns home, he is run over by his own car.

Director: Tim Fywell | Stars: Stephen Churchett, Alison Steadman, Crystal Leaity, Ariyon Bakare

Votes: 545

38. Inspector Lewis (2006–2015)
Episode: Intelligent Design: Part 2 (2013)

TV-PG | 45 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

While Benison College is being renovated, the desiccated body of a student who disappeared 15 years earlier is found in an attic and linked to Seager's murder.

Director: Tim Fywell | Stars: Edward Fox, Alison Steadman, Miranda Raison, Ariyon Bakare

Votes: 487

39. The Old Fox (1977– )
Episode: Der Tod in dir (2014)

Crime, Drama

Richard Voss was going home by car when suddenly he listens to an explosion, the car is burning, Richard takes the driver off his car and immediately calls the ambulance and the ... See full summary »

Director: Michael Kreindl | Stars: Jan-Gregor Kremp, Michael Ande, Pierre Sanoussi-Bliss, Markus Böttcher

Votes: 19

40. Falling Skies (2011–2015)
Episode: Reunion (2015)

TV-14 | 43 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

Tom gains a powerful new weapon against the Espheni. Ben puts his life on the line to extract enemy plans. Pope discovers that Tom is alive, and launches a final attack. Meanwhile, the 2nd ... See full summary »

Director: Brad Turner | Stars: Noah Wyle, Moon Bloodgood, Drew Roy, Connor Jessup

Votes: 558

41. The Americans (2013–2018)
Episode: Glanders (2016)

TV-14 | 51 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Elizabeth and Phillip are supposed to get a biological weapon sample but fail to make the exchange when someone is watching. Nina works Anton in hopes it will lead to her freedom. Paige wonders if she can trust Pastor Tim with her secret.

Director: Thomas Schlamme | Stars: Keri Russell, Matthew Rhys, Dylan Baker, Lev Gorn

Votes: 1,510

42. The Americans (2013–2018)
Episode: Persona Non Grata (2016)

TV-14 | 53 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

In the season 4 finale, Elizabeth & Philip race against the FBI to retrieve a mysterious package. Paige finally begins considering whether or not she would like to enter the family business.

Director: Chris Long | Stars: Keri Russell, Matthew Rhys, Dylan Baker, Brandon J. Dirden

Votes: 1,475

43. The Americans (2013–2018)
Episode: Pastor Tim (2016)

TV-MA | 48 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Philip tries with increasing desperation to get rid of a sensitive and dangerous package as family tensions in the Jennings House reach a boiling point when Paige shares a secret of her own.

Director: Chris Long | Stars: Keri Russell, Matthew Rhys, Dylan Baker, Lev Gorn

Votes: 1,431

44. The Americans (2013–2018)
Episode: Chloramphenicol (2016)

TV-14 | 43 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

A devastating flaw during a mission forces Philip, Elizabeth, William, and Gabriel to confront the depths of their patriotism... and their mortality. In Russia, in striving to be a better person, has Nina put her life on the line?

Director: Stefan Schwartz | Stars: Keri Russell, Matthew Rhys, Dylan Baker, Lev Gorn

Votes: 1,682

45. The Americans (2013–2018)
Episode: The Rat (2016)

TV-14 | 45 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Martha must finally face the truth she has denied - and her life may never be the same. Plus, a chilling new development in William's work forces the Jennings to face the realities of what a biological war would mean.

Director: Kari Skogland | Stars: Keri Russell, Matthew Rhys, Dylan Baker, Brandon J. Dirden

Votes: 1,450

46. The Americans (2013–2018)
Episode: The Day After (2016)

TV-14 | 46 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

The Day After premieres, making the stakes - and terrible consequences - of the Cold War plain. Even with that in mind, will Elizabeth be able to complete the painful process of the "Patty" operation?

Director: Daniel Sackheim | Stars: Keri Russell, Matthew Rhys, Dylan Baker, Brandon J. Dirden

Votes: 1,337

47. The Americans (2013–2018)
Episode: A Roy Rogers in Franconia (2016)

TV-MA | 45 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

As Paige deals with last episode's trauma, she sees her mother in a new light... and finds she has inherited some of her parents' skills. Plus, has Oleg reached his breaking point with Stan?

Director: Chris Long | Stars: Keri Russell, Matthew Rhys, Dylan Baker, Brandon J. Dirden

Votes: 1,366

48. Mars (2016–2018)
Episode: Novo Mundo (2016)

TV-14 | 47 min | Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi

The story is told in a documentary way, looking at the present day. The future mission is filmed as a movie. In this episode scenes are changing in these timeframes.

Director: Everardo Gout | Stars: Jihae, Alberto Ammann, Clémentine Poidatz, Anamaria Marinca

Votes: 966

49. Mars (2016–2018)
Episode: Grounded (2016)

TV-14 | 47 min | Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi

The Daedalus crew battles across the harsh Martian terrain to reach their base camp.

Director: Everardo Gout | Stars: Jihae, Alberto Ammann, Clémentine Poidatz, Anamaria Marinca

Votes: 761

50. Mars (2016–2018)
Episode: Pressure Drop (2016)

TV-14 | 47 min | Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi

In 2033, the Daedalus crew struggles to find permanent shelter. Currently, the European Space Agency and Roscosmos partner to launch an orbiter.

Director: Everardo Gout | Stars: Jihae, Alberto Ammann, Clémentine Poidatz, Anamaria Marinca

Votes: 642