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1. Star Trek (1966–1969)

TV-PG | 50 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

In the 23rd Century, Captain James T. Kirk and the crew of the U.S.S. Enterprise explore the galaxy and defend the United Federation of Planets.

Stars: William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, DeForest Kelley, Nichelle Nichols

Votes: 92,994

2. Star Trek: Enterprise (2001–2005)

TV-PG | 60 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

A century before Captain Kirk's five-year mission, Jonathan Archer captains the United Earth ship Enterprise during the early years of Starfleet, leading up to the Earth-Romulan War and the formation of the Federation.

Stars: Scott Bakula, John Billingsley, Jolene Blalock, Dominic Keating

Votes: 59,142

3. Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979)

G | 143 min | Adventure, Mystery, Sci-Fi

When an alien spacecraft of enormous power is spotted approaching Earth, Admiral James T. Kirk resumes command of the overhauled USS Enterprise in order to intercept it.

Director: Robert Wise | Stars: William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, DeForest Kelley, James Doohan

Votes: 96,653 | Gross: $82.26M

4. The Nightingale (I) (2018)

R | 136 min | Adventure, Drama, Thriller

Set in 1825, Clare, a young Irish convict woman, chases a British officer through the rugged Tasmanian wilderness, bent on revenge for a terrible act of violence he committed against her family. On the way she enlists the services of an Aboriginal tracker named Billy, who is also marked by trauma from his own violence-filled past.

Director: Jennifer Kent | Stars: Aisling Franciosi, Maya Christie, Baykali Ganambarr, Addison Christie

Votes: 35,673 | Gross: $0.39M

5. Star Trek: The Animated Series (1973–1975)

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

The further adventures of Captain James T. Kirk and the crew of the USS Enterprise, as they explore the galaxy and defend the United Federation of Planets.

Stars: William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, DeForest Kelley, George Takei

Votes: 8,186

6. The Wackiest Ship in the Army (1960)

Approved | 99 min | Comedy, Drama, War

During WW2, Lt. Rip Crandall, who was a yachtsman before the war, takes command of the USS Echo, a sailing ship, for a secret mission in waters patrolled by Japanese warships.

Director: Richard Murphy | Stars: Jack Lemmon, Ricky Nelson, John Lund, Chips Rafferty

Votes: 2,535

7. PT 109 (1963)

Approved | 140 min | Biography, Drama, War

President John F. Kennedy kept a unique inauguration gift on his desk: a plastic-encased coconut. The tale of that coconut is the heroic story of PT 109.

Director: Leslie H. Martinson | Stars: Cliff Robertson, Robert Culp, Ty Hardin, James Gregory

Votes: 2,993

8. Lover's Prayer (2001)

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

A younger boy falls in love with a tragic girl who flirts with, and manipulates, her older suitors in 1800s Russia.

Director: Reverge Anselmo | Stars: Kirsten Dunst, Julie Walters, Geraldine James, Nathaniel Parker

Votes: 863

9. Don't Go Near the Water (1957)

Approved | 107 min | Adventure, Comedy, Romance

On a small South Pacific island during WW2, various US Navy P.R. personnel pass the time romancing the nurses and the native girls while trying to avoid front line sea duty.

Director: Charles Walters | Stars: Glenn Ford, Gia Scala, Earl Holliman, Anne Francis

Votes: 858

10. I Want To (1979)

85 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

A squadron of Japanese Self-Defense Force soldiers find themselves transported through time to their country's warring states era, when rival samurai clans were battling to become the ... See full summary »

Director: Kôsei Saitô | Stars: Shin'ichi Chiba, Jun Etô, Moeko Ezawa, Ryô Hayami

Votes: 1,119

11. McHale's Navy (1964)

Approved | 93 min | Comedy, War

The crazy crew of McHale decide to use their PT boat as an off-track betting parlor and run in to lots of trouble when they owe money to some marines and a horse they bought causes a Japanese sub to run aground.

Director: Edward Montagne | Stars: Ernest Borgnine, Tim Conway, Joe Flynn, Bob Hastings

Votes: 1,157

12. American Guerrilla in the Philippines (1950)

Approved | 105 min | Drama, War

American soldiers stranded in the Philippines after the Japanese invasion form guerrilla bands to fight back.

Director: Fritz Lang | Stars: Tyrone Power, Micheline Presle, Tom Ewell, Robert Patten

Votes: 1,334

13. Battle Stations (1956)

Approved | 81 min | Drama, War

The crew of a U.S. Navy ship in World War II goes into battle against the Japanese fleet.

Director: Lewis Seiler | Stars: John Lund, William Bendix, Keefe Brasselle, Richard Boone

Votes: 298

14. South Sea Woman (1953)

Passed | 99 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy

AWOL marine Sgt. Jim O'Hearn is court-martialed for a variety of offenses that carry 143 years in the stockade or the death penalty but refuses to aid in his own defense.

Director: Arthur Lubin | Stars: Burt Lancaster, Virginia Mayo, Chuck Connors, Arthur Shields

Votes: 875

15. McHale's Navy Joins the Air Force (1965)

Approved | 90 min | Comedy, War

The crew of PT-73 are in trouble again when Ensign Parker poses as an Air Force pilot and sinks the Japanese fleet, without McHale.

Director: Edward Montagne | Stars: Joe Flynn, Tim Conway, Bob Hastings, Gary Vinson

Votes: 408

16. City Without Men (1943)

Approved | 75 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir

A young woman's husband has been imprisoned for a crime he didn't commit. In order to be near him to try to help him get his sentence overturned, she moves into a boardinghouse near the prison whose residents are the wives of inmates.

Director: Sidney Salkow | Stars: Linda Darnell, Edgar Buchanan, Michael Duane, Sara Allgood

Votes: 175

17. Flight Command (1940)

Passed | 116 min | Adventure, Drama, Romance

A rookie flyer, Ens. Alan Drake, joins the famous Hellcats Squadron right out of flight school in Pensacola. He doesn't make a great first impression when he is forced to ditch his airplane... See full summary »

Director: Frank Borzage | Stars: Robert Taylor, Ruth Hussey, Walter Pidgeon, Paul Kelly

Votes: 865

18. The Sharkfighters (1956)

Approved | 73 min | Adventure, Drama, War

During World War II, U.S. Navy scientists working in Cuba attempt to find an effective shark repellent to be used by servicemen stranded in shark-infested waters.

Director: Jerry Hopper | Stars: Victor Mature, Karen Steele, James Olson, Philip Coolidge

Votes: 304

19. Thunder Afloat (1939)

Passed | 95 min | Romance, Drama, War

In a New England port town, Pop Thorson and Rocky Blake are rival tugboat owners. Thorson's boat has sunk in the shallow water while docked, and he is certain Blake sabotaged it for winning a lucrative contract of military supplies.

Director: George B. Seitz | Stars: Wallace Beery, Chester Morris, Virginia Grey, Douglass Dumbrille

Votes: 247

20. Sweetheart of the Fleet (1942)

Approved | 65 min | Comedy, Music, Romance

Secretary Phoebe Weyms is in love with her ad-agency boss, Gordon Crouse, but he doesn't give her the time of day. To attract his attention, Phoebe contacts the Navy Recruiting Station, and... See full summary »

Director: Charles Barton | Stars: Joan Davis, Jinx Falkenburg, Joan Woodbury, Blanche Stewart

21. They Fly with the Fleet (1951)

Approved | 16 min | Documentary, Short, News

Filmed at the U.S. Naval Aviation Training Station at Pensacola, Florida, this entry in RKO's "This is America" series follows the transformation of an aviation cadet into a full-fledged airman as an Ensign in the U. S. Navy air arm.

Director: Larry O'Reilly | Stars: Dwight Weist, Peter Roberts

22. Laverne & Shirley (1976–1983)
Episode: Cruise: Part 1 (1977)

TV-G | 30 min | Comedy, Family

The girls work as temps to save for a cruise. They deal with a bratty boy, but they make it long enough to finally get aboard and say bon voyage. They discover Len and Squig have stowed away.

Director: Alan Rafkin | Stars: Penny Marshall, Cindy Williams, Betty Garrett, David L. Lander

Votes: 94

23. SeaQuest 2032 (1993–1996)
Episode: Brainlock (1996)

TV-PG | 44 min | Action, Adventure, Family

On the eve of the signing of the new UEO charter, President Alexander Bourne and Larry Deon conspire to gain control of Lieutenant Fredericks' psyche-implant in order to program her to ... See full summary »

Director: Jesús Salvador Treviño | Stars: Michael Ironside, Jonathan Brandis, Don Franklin, Edward Kerr

Votes: 89

24. SeaQuest 2032 (1993–1996)
Episode: Destination Terminal (1995)

TV-PG | 44 min | Action, Adventure, Family

Three members of the crew take a ride on the maiden voyage of an under water high speed train. During the trip a saboteur tries to discredit the new technology by causing an overload in the trains speed.

Director: Bruce Seth Green | Stars: Michael Ironside, Jonathan Brandis, Don Franklin, Edward Kerr

Votes: 91

25. SeaQuest 2032 (1993–1996)
Episode: Resurrection (1995)

TV-PG | 46 min | Action, Adventure, Family

Max Scully returns, this time as a leader of an underwater colony, but his intentions are far from noble. With the help of Elaine Morse, Seaquest tries to stop Scully from detonating a large nuclear waste dump.

Director: Oscar L. Costo | Stars: Michael Ironside, Jonathan Brandis, Don Franklin, Michael DeLuise

Votes: 81

26. Star Trek (1966–1969)
Episode: And the Children Shall Lead (1968)

TV-PG | 51 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

The Enterprise reaches a Federation colony where the adults have all killed themselves but the children play without care.

Director: Marvin J. Chomsky | Stars: William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, DeForest Kelley, Craig Huxley

Votes: 3,409

27. Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987–1994)
Episode: Where No One Has Gone Before (1987)

TV-PG | 45 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

Everyone accurately pegs a visiting propulsion scientist as a charlatan, but only Wesley Crusher recognizes his alien assistant as the real deal.

Director: Rob Bowman | Stars: Patrick Stewart, Jonathan Frakes, LeVar Burton, Denise Crosby

Votes: 4,580

28. Star Trek: Voyager (1995–2001)
Episode: Innocence (1996)

TV-PG | 46 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

Tuvok crashes on a planet where he finds some children who know that they are all going to die.

Director: James L. Conway | Stars: Kate Mulgrew, Robert Beltran, Roxann Dawson, Jennifer Lien

Votes: 1,987

29. Star Trek: Voyager (1995–2001)
Episode: Resolutions (1996)

TV-G | 46 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

Captain Janeway and Chakotay contract an incurable virus and they can only survive if they stay behind together on a planet which negates the effects of the disease.

Director: Alexander Singer | Stars: Kate Mulgrew, Robert Beltran, Roxann Dawson, Jennifer Lien

Votes: 1,950

30. Star Trek: The Animated Series (1973–1975)
Episode: The Pirates of Orion (1974)

TV-PG | 23 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

Spock contracts a fatal disease, and the medicine required for his cure is stolen by Orion pirates.

Directors: Bill Reed, Hal Sutherland | Stars: William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, DeForest Kelley, George Takei

Votes: 708

31. Rosamunde Pilcher (1993– )
Episode: Falsches Leben, wahre Liebe (2020)

89 min | Drama, Romance

A poor soldier learns that he is really a lord.

Director: Stefan Bartmann | Stars: Caroline Hartig, Marvin Linke, Leonie Brill, Paul Triller

Votes: 43

32. Star Trek: Picard (2020–2023)
Episode: The Next Generation (2023)

TV-14 | 53 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

After receiving a distress call from Beverly Crusher, Jean-Luc Picard enlists help from generations old and new for one last adventure: a mission that will change Starfleet and his old crew forever.

Director: Douglas Aarniokoski | Stars: Patrick Stewart, Jeri Ryan, Michelle Hurd, Ed Speleers

Votes: 6,004

33. Star Trek: Picard (2020–2023)
Episode: Seventeen Seconds (2023)

TV-MA | 56 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

Picard grapples with a life-altering revelation as the crew of the Titan attempt to outmaneuver Vadic, while Raffi and Worf uncover a plot by a vengeful enemy.

Director: Jonathan Frakes | Stars: Patrick Stewart, Jeri Ryan, Michelle Hurd, Ed Speleers

Votes: 4,877

34. Star Trek: Picard (2020–2023)
Episode: No Win Scenario (2023)

TV-MA | 58 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

Picard, Riker and crew must confront the sins of their past as the Titan drifts helplessly in a mysterious space anomaly.

Director: Jonathan Frakes | Stars: Patrick Stewart, Jeri Ryan, Michelle Hurd, Ed Speleers

Votes: 5,348

35. Star Trek: Picard (2020–2023)
Episode: The Bounty (2023)

TV-MA | 52 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

Now on the run, Picard and the skeleton crew of the USS Titan must break into Starfleet's most top secret facility to expose a plot that could destroy the Federation. Picard must turn to an old friend for help.

Director: Dan Liu | Stars: Patrick Stewart, Jeri Ryan, Michelle Hurd, Ed Speleers

Votes: 4,879

36. Star Trek: Picard (2020–2023)
Episode: Dominion (2023)

TV-MA | 47 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

Crippled, cornered, and out of options, Picard stages a gambit to trap Vadic and reveal her true motive - a gamble that puts the Titan in the crosshairs and forces Picard and Beverly to question every moral code they've ever held.

Director: Deborah Kampmeier | Stars: Patrick Stewart, Jeri Ryan, Ed Speleers, LeVar Burton

Votes: 3,988

37. Star Trek: Picard (2020–2023)
Episode: Disengage (2023)

TV-MA | 49 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

Aided by crew of the U.S.S. Titan, Picard makes a discovery that will alter his life forever and puts him on a collision course with the most cunning enemy he's ever encountered.

Director: Douglas Aarniokoski | Stars: Patrick Stewart, Jeri Ryan, Michelle Hurd, Ed Speleers

Votes: 5,013

38. Star Trek: Picard (2020–2023)
Episode: Imposters (2023)

TV-MA | 54 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

Caught by Starfleet and facing court martial, paranoia grows as Picard struggles to uncover whether a prodigal crewman from his past has returned as an ally - or an enemy hellbent on destroying them all.

Director: Dan Liu | Stars: Patrick Stewart, Jeri Ryan, Michelle Hurd, Ed Speleers

Votes: 4,895

39. Star Trek: Picard (2020–2023)
Episode: Surrender (2023)

TV-MA | 52 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

Vadic forces Picard to make an impossible choice: deliver what he can never give - or watch his crew perish. Their only salvation lies in the mind of an old friend and old foe.

Director: Deborah Kampmeier | Stars: Patrick Stewart, Jeri Ryan, Michelle Hurd, Ed Speleers

Votes: 4,258

40. Star Trek: Picard (2020–2023)
Episode: Võx (2023)

TV-MA | 48 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

A devastating revelation about Jack alters the course of Picard's life - and uncovers a truth that threatens every soul in the Federation. Picard and his crew race to save the galaxy from annihilation - at a gut-wrenching cost.

Director: Terry Matalas | Stars: Patrick Stewart, Jeri Ryan, Michelle Hurd, Ed Speleers

Votes: 6,481

41. Star Trek: Strange New Worlds (2022– )
Episode: Those Old Scientists (2023)

TV-PG | 48 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

An accident while investigating a time portal sends Ensigns Beckett Mariner and Bradward Boimler through time from the 24th Century, and Captain Pike and his crew must get them back where they belong before they can alter the timeline.

Director: Jonathan Frakes | Stars: Anson Mount, Ethan Peck, Jess Bush, Christina Chong

Votes: 7,820

42. Star Trek: Lower Decks (2020–2024)
Episode: Second Contact (2020)

TV-14 | 26 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

Ensigns Mariner and Boimler run into difficulty on Galar. Meanwhile, an alien virus infects the crew of the Cerritos.

Directors: Barry J. Kelly, Juno John Lee | Stars: Tawny Newsome, Jack Quaid, Noël Wells, Eugene Cordero

Votes: 2,203