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1. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)
PG-13 | 178 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
A meek Hobbit from the Shire and eight companions set out on a journey to destroy the powerful One Ring and save Middle-earth from the Dark Lord Sauron.
Director: Peter Jackson | Stars: Elijah Wood, Ian McKellen, Orlando Bloom, Sean Bean
Votes: 2,009,874 | Gross: $315.54M
2. Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977)
PG | 121 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Luke Skywalker joins forces with a Jedi Knight, a cocky pilot, a Wookiee and two droids to save the galaxy from the Empire's world-destroying battle station, while also attempting to rescue Princess Leia from the mysterious Darth Vader.
Director: George Lucas | Stars: Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, Alec Guinness
Votes: 1,451,542 | Gross: $322.74M
3. Hercules (1997)
G | 93 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
The son of Zeus and Hera is stripped of his immortality as an infant and must become a true hero in order to reclaim it.
Directors: Ron Clements, John Musker | Stars: Tate Donovan, Susan Egan, James Woods, Barbara Barrie
Votes: 255,524 | Gross: $99.05M
4. Gravity (2013)
PG-13 | 91 min | Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Dr Ryan Stone, an engineer on her first time on a space mission, and Matt Kowalski, an astronaut on his final expedition, have to survive in space after they are hit by debris while spacewalking.
Director: Alfonso Cuarón | Stars: Sandra Bullock, George Clooney, Ed Harris, Orto Ignatiussen
Votes: 863,816 | Gross: $274.09M
5. Geostorm (2017)
PG-13 | 109 min | Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
When the network of satellites designed to control the global climate starts to attack Earth, it's a race against the clock for its creator to uncover the real threat before a worldwide Geostorm wipes out everything and everyone.
Director: Dean Devlin | Stars: Gerard Butler, Jim Sturgess, Abbie Cornish, Alexandra Maria Lara
Votes: 118,653 | Gross: $33.70M
6. 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: 29,519 | Gross: $11.60M
7. Forbidden Planet (1956)
G | 98 min | Adventure, Sci-Fi
A starship crew in the 23rd century goes to investigate the silence of a distant planet's colony, only to find just two survivors, a powerful robot, and the deadly secret of a lost civilization.
Director: Fred M. Wilcox | Stars: Walter Pidgeon, Anne Francis, Leslie Nielsen, Warren Stevens
Votes: 53,309 | Gross: $3.00M
8. The Final Destination (2009)
R | 82 min | Horror, Thriller
A horrifying premonition saves a young man and his friends from death during a racetrack accident but terrible fates await them nonetheless.
Director: David R. Ellis | Stars: Nick Zano, Krista Allen, Andrew Fiscella, Bobby Campo
Votes: 115,208 | Gross: $66.48M
9. How to Train Your Dragon: Homecoming (2019 TV Movie)
TV-PG | 22 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
Hiccup and Toothless reunite to remind both their kinds of the inseparable bond between vikings and dragons.
Director: Tim Johnson | Stars: Jay Baruchel, America Ferrera, Craig Ferguson, Madalyn Gonzalez
Votes: 5,612
10. Good Night, and Good Luck. (2005)
PG | 93 min | Biography, Drama, History
Broadcast journalist Edward R. Murrow looks to bring down Senator Joseph McCarthy.
Director: George Clooney | Stars: David Strathairn, George Clooney, Patricia Clarkson, Jeff Daniels
Votes: 101,346 | Gross: $31.56M
11. The Thief and the Cobbler (1993)
G | 99 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
A lonely princess and a poor cobbler fall in love while trying to retrieve three magical orbs that were stolen by a bumbling thief, all while outwitting a powerful sorcerer as adventure and comedic pop culture references abound.
Director: Richard Williams | Stars: Vincent Price, Matthew Broderick, Jennifer Beals, Bobbi Page
Votes: 4,630 | Gross: $0.67M
12. Fantasia 2000 (1999)
G | 75 min | Animation, Family, Fantasy
An update of the original film with new interpretations of great works of classical music.
Directors: James Algar, Gaëtan Brizzi, Paul Brizzi, Hendel Butoy, Francis Glebas, Eric Goldberg, Don Hahn, Pixote Hunt | Stars: James Levine, Steve Martin, Itzhak Perlman, Quincy Jones
Votes: 41,458 | Gross: $60.66M
13. King Ralph (1991)
PG | 97 min | Comedy, Romance
A regular guy from America becomes king of England after a royal wipe-out puts him next in line.
Director: David S. Ward | Stars: John Goodman, Peter O'Toole, John Hurt, Camille Coduri
Votes: 16,964 | Gross: $34.00M
14. The Eye (2002)
R | 99 min | Fantasy, Horror, Mystery
A blind girl gets a cornea transplant so that she will be able to see again. She gets more than she bargained for upon realizing she can also see ghosts.
Directors: Danny Pang, Oxide Chun Pang | Stars: Angelica Lee, Chutcha Rujinanon, Lawrence Chou, Jinda Duangtoy
Votes: 30,089 | Gross: $0.51M
15. Zombie Tidal Wave (2019)
TV-14 | 86 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
A fisherman contends with an ocean-borne outbreak that threatens his seaside island community.
Director: Anthony C. Ferrante | Stars: Ian Ziering, Chikashi Higaki-Linzbichler, Shelton Jolivette, Cheree Cassidy
Votes: 1,413
16. Ernest Goes to Jail (1990)
PG | 81 min | Comedy, Crime, Family
Ernest P. Worrell is a bank janitor sent to jail when people mistake his identity for a look-alike.
Director: John R. Cherry III | Stars: Jim Varney, Gailard Sartain, Bill Byrge, Barbara Tyson
Votes: 10,093 | Gross: $25.03M
17. Twenty Bucks (1993)
R | 91 min | Comedy, Drama
A story about the life of a twenty dollar bill as it weaves in and out of the various lives of several people.
Director: Keva Rosenfeld | Stars: Linda Hunt, Brendan Fraser, Elisabeth Shue, David Rasche
Votes: 4,180
18. L'Argent (1983)
Not Rated | 85 min | Crime, Drama
A counterfeit bill that starts off as a schoolboy prank leads to incarceration and violence.
Director: Robert Bresson | Stars: Christian Patey, Sylvie Van den Elsen, Michel Briguet, Vincent Risterucci
Votes: 11,862
19. Bon Voyage (2003)
PG-13 | 114 min | Comedy, Drama, Mystery
An actress, a writer, a student, and a government worker band together in an effort to escape Paris as the Germans move into the city.
Director: Jean-Paul Rappeneau | Stars: Isabelle Adjani, Gérard Depardieu, Virginie Ledoyen, Grégori Derangère
Votes: 5,105 | Gross: $2.35M
20. The Chain Reaction (1980)
92 min | Action, Drama, Sci-Fi
A holidaying couple is pursued by the thugs of a nearby nuclear storage facility's boss, who is intent on covering up an accidental leak.
Director: Ian Barry | Stars: Steve Bisley, Arna-Maria Winchester, Ross Thompson, Ralph Cotterill
Votes: 1,180
21. The Beginning or the End (1947)
Passed | 112 min | Biography, Drama, History
A docudrama detailing the research, development and deployment of the first atomic bomb, as well as the bombing of Hiroshima.
Director: Norman Taurog | Stars: Brian Donlevy, Robert Walker, Tom Drake, Beverly Tyler
Votes: 750 | Gross: $2.66M
22. Cracking Up (1983)
PG | 89 min | Comedy
Suicidal nerd seeks help from psychiatrist, runs into various nutty characters.
Director: Jerry Lewis | Stars: Jerry Lewis, Milton Berle, Sammy Davis Jr., Herb Edelman
Votes: 1,037
23. Surviving Sid (2008 Video)
7 min | Animation, Short, Adventure
On becoming aware that Sid is their camp counselor, the children quickly realize that Sid may not be qualified for the job.
Directors: Galen T. Chu, Karen Disher | Stars: John Leguizamo, Shane Baumel, Paul Butcher, Sean Michael Cunningham
Votes: 1,682
24. Unchained Reaction (2012)
TV-PG | 60 min | Reality-TV
The six-part series, which pits two teams of varying backgrounds - artists, rocket scientists, animatronic specialists, engineers and even your average Joes - against each other to build an... See full summary »
Stars: Adam Savage, Jamie Hyneman, Charles Haine, Rick Baker
Votes: 173
25. The Directive (2019)
113 min | Action, Comedy, Sci-Fi
One year after a catastrophic pandemic wipes out most of humanity, a lone survivor embarks on a journey to find Safe Zone 57 with the help of a broken robot.
Director: Alexander Raye Pimentel | Stars: Nicholas Winand, Thomas Betthauser, Scott Thompson, Blaiden D. Cordle
Votes: 1,317
26. Der Lauf der Dinge (1987)
Not Rated | 30 min | Documentary, Short
Inside a warehouse, a precarious 70-100 feet long structure has been constructed using various items. When this is set in motion, a chain reaction ensues. Fire, water, law of gravity as ... See full summary »
Directors: Peter Fischli, David Weiss
Votes: 949
27. Leningrad: Kolshchik (2017 Music Video)
4 min | Short, Action, Comedy
Going on in reverse this music video reveals step by step a bizarre chain reaction of catastrophic events in an ordinary Russian circus.
Director: Ilya Naishuller | Stars: Leningrad, Aleksei Velikotnyi, Anna Baranovskaya, Alena Ermolaeva
Votes: 362
28. Stealing Time (2011)
18 min | Short, Comedy, Sci-Fi
When a down-on-his-luck inventor builds a time machine to change the past, he unwittingly sets off a disastrous chain of events.
Director: Alex Calleros | Stars: Mikie Beatty, Dan Beckner, Adele Watkin, Joel Kelley Dauten
Votes: 443
29. I Yam What I Yam (1933)
6 min | Family, Animation, Short
Popeye, Olive Oyl, and Wimpy land in America thanks to her rowing. Popeye quickly turns some trees into a log cabin. He hunts for ducks and encounters some pesky Indians while another band of natives surround his two friends in the cabin.
Directors: Dave Fleischer, Seymour Kneitel | Stars: William Costello, Charles Lawrence, William Pennell, Bonnie Poe
Votes: 362
30. Nancy Drew: Legend of the Crystal Skull (2007 Video Game)
E | Adventure, Crime, Mystery
Teen detective Nancy Drew and her best friend Bess Marvin travel to New Orleans and search for a missing crystal skull rumored to make its owner immortal.
Director: Mike Paganini | Stars: Lani Minella, Jennifer Pratt, Scott Carty, Jason Sharp
Votes: 100
31. Casus belli (2010)
11 min | Short
All kinds of people are waiting in seven different queues. The first person of each queue becomes the last of the next one, thus creating an enormous human line. But at the end of the line, it all begins backwards again.
Director: Yorgos Zois | Stars: Iris Ponkina, Hara Aga, Michalis Ainatzoglou, Kostas Alexandrou
Votes: 542
32. Fractured (2009)
11 min | Short, Drama, History
A husband can't face losing his property. A single parent runs out of options. A mother can't bring her family together. In a city that could be yours, three lives are connected by isolation.
Director: Kane Arcadia | Stars: Luciano Vecchio, Joanna Zukowski, Trushna Mahisuri, Gillian Shilling
Votes: 47
33. The Chain Reaction: Extended 'Not Quite Hollywood' Interviews (2018 Video)
64 min | Biography, History, Talk-Show
Stars: Steve Bisley, Arna-Maria Winchester, Ian Barry, Ross Matthews
34. Kufr (1973 TV Movie)
46 min | Comedy
A sequence of gags and pranks that the actors Milos Kopecký and Frantisek Filipovský want to trick their fellow men with. In the finale, they are fooled too.
Director: Petr Schulhoff | Stars: Vlastimil Bedrna, Josef Bláha, Jirina Bílá, Frantisek Filipovský
35. A Fine Kettle of Fish (2004)
3 min | Short
It's not necessarily much of a problem when the man of the house gets on better with his pet than his wife. That's the case with Erich and his constantly carping wife Waltraud. But Erich's ... See full summary »
Director: Olek Smitty | Stars: Reinhard Zich, Petra Keil, Ola Lindig, Monica Solem
36. Bejeweled (2000 Video Game)
E | Family
The world's #1 tile-matching puzzle video game.
Star: Jason Kapalka
Votes: 99
37. Thrills and Nuclear Spills: The Making of 'The Chain Reaction' (2005 Video)
32 min | Documentary, Short
Director: Mark Hartley | Stars: Ian Barry, Steve Bisley, Russell Boyd, David Elfick
38. The Chain Reaction: Deleted and Extended Scenes (1980 Video)
9 min | Short, Action, Drama
Deleted and extended footage from The Chain Reaction (1980).
Director: Ian Barry | Stars: Steve Bisley, Arna-Maria Winchester, Ross Thompson, Ralph Cotterill
39. No Vacation (2011)
4 min | Short, Comedy
Director: Daniel Coy | Stars: Sara Baker, Kevin Ball, Jason Boardman, Austin Bush
40. Urban Chaos Theory (2000)
21 min | Short, Drama
Director: Dan Harris | Stars: Nicholle Tom, Cole Williams, Benito Paje, Michelle Anne Johnson
Votes: 48
42.
MacGyver (1985–1992)
Episode:
Rock the Cradle
(1988)
TV-PG | 47 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
Jack Dalton and MacGyver suddenly become dads when a baby is left in Jack's airplane hangar. They search for the mother of the baby, who used to be a girlfriend of Jack's, and thus there is the possibility that Jack is the baby's father.
Director: Michael Vejar | Stars: Richard Dean Anderson, Dana Elcar, Bruce McGill, Mitzi Kapture
Votes: 303
43.
Stargate SG-1 (1997–2007)
Episode:
Within the Serpent's Grasp
(1998)
TV-14 | 44 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
General Hammond has tried everything to get the Senate's decision to shut down his Stargate program undone, but the President personally refuses to 'commit political suicide': the Stargate ... See full summary »
Director: David Warry-Smith | Stars: Richard Dean Anderson, Michael Shanks, Amanda Tapping, Christopher Judge
Votes: 1,498
44.
Tales of Tomorrow (1951–1953)
Episode:
Ahead of His Time
(1952)
TV-G | 30 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
The world in 2052 is a pretty wonderful place - no wars, no poverty, no famines - but all humankind is about to be destroyed because of a small miscalculation in a scientific experiment a ... See full summary »
Stars: Paul Tripp, Ruth Enders, Theo Goetz, Joy Hathaway
Votes: 75
45.
Tales of Tomorrow (1951–1953)
Episode:
Blunder
(1951)
TV-G | 27 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
Scientists race to warn a colleague that his experiment could destroy life on Earth.
Director: Leonard Valenta | Stars: Robert Allen, Ann Loring, Philip Faversham, Allan Drake
Votes: 117
46.
Super Friends (1973–1985)
Episode:
Invasion of the Fearians/The Demons of Exxor
(1978)
TV-Y7 | Animation, Action, Adventure
The Legion of Doom tricks the SuperFriends into making the earth habitable for the Fearians, a race of intelligent three-headed creatures from Venus.
Directors: Ray Patterson, Carl Urbano | Stars: Jack Angel, Marlene Aragon, Lewis Bailey, Michael Bell
Votes: 72
47.
The Transformers (1984–1987)
Episode:
The God Gambit
(1985)
TV-Y7 | 23 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
After a battle in space, Cosmos lands on a planet inhabited by superstitious beings. The Decepticons follow and Astrotrain convinces the natives that he is a god.
Directors: Andy Kim, Bob Kirk, Al Kouzel, Bob Matz, Norm McCabe, Margaret Nichols, Karen Peterson, Tom Ray, Robert Shellhorn, Bob Treat, Terry Lennon | Stars: Jack Angel, Michael Chain, Christopher Collins, Peter Cullen
Votes: 127
48.
The Magic School Bus (1994–1997)
Episode:
In a Beehive
(1996)
TV-Y | 26 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
Tim's beekeeper Grandfather has the sweetest honey in town. Ms. Frizzle turns her class into bees so they can visit a hive and learn how raw honey is processed firsthand.
Director: Charles E. Bastien | Stars: Lily Tomlin, Malcolm-Jamal Warner, Daniel DeSanto, Lisa Jai
Votes: 57
49.
Modern Marvels (1993– )
Episode:
The Manhattan Project
(2002)
TV-14 | 45 min | Documentary, History
Encouraged by Leo Szilard and galvanized by German success in achieving nuclear fission, the United States embarks on a crash program to build a nuclear bomb. Aided by many Jewish ... See full summary »
Director: Sean Dash | Stars: Lloyd Sherr, William Lanouette, Robert Christy, Albert Einstein
Votes: 75
50.
Nova (1974– )
Episode:
Hitler's Sunken Secret
(2005)
TV-PG | Documentary
Explores the Nazi quest for atomic weapons as it follows a mission to recover barrels of heavy water bound for Berlin from a Norwegian hydroelectric plant.
Director: Duncan Copp | Star: Neil Ross
Votes: 28