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1. No Time to Die (2021)

PG-13 | 163 min | Action, Adventure, Thriller

James Bond has left active service. His peace is short-lived when Felix Leiter, an old friend from the CIA, turns up asking for help, leading Bond onto the trail of a mysterious villain armed with dangerous new technology.

Director: Cary Joji Fukunaga | Stars: Daniel Craig, Ana de Armas, Rami Malek, Léa Seydoux

Votes: 445,583 | Gross: $160.87M

2. Murderers' Row (1966)

Approved | 105 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy

Handsome top-secret American agent Matt Helm must recover a laser-weapons inventor who has been kidnapped by arch-villain Julian Wall.

Director: Henry Levin | Stars: Dean Martin, Ann-Margret, Karl Malden, Camilla Sparv

Votes: 2,474

3. Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow (2004)

PG | 106 min | Action, Adventure, Mystery

After New York City receives a series of attacks from giant flying robots, a reporter teams up with a pilot in search of their origin, as well as the reason for the disappearances of famous scientists around the world.

Director: Kerry Conran | Stars: Gwyneth Paltrow, Jude Law, Angelina Jolie, Giovanni Ribisi

Votes: 87,523 | Gross: $37.76M

4. The Pink Panther Strikes Again (1976)

PG | 103 min | Comedy, Crime

After escaping from an insane asylum, the bonkers Charles Dreyfus sends 26 assassins on the trail of the forever bumbling Inspector Clouseau.

Director: Blake Edwards | Stars: Peter Sellers, Herbert Lom, Lesley-Anne Down, Burt Kwouk

Votes: 32,040 | Gross: $33.83M

5. The Coed and the Zombie Stoner (2014)

Unrated | 91 min | Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi

When a nerdy sorority girl falls in love with a zombie, it's only a matter of time before a zombie apocalypse is unleashed on campus. The sorority girl discovers that weed is the cure--now ... See full summary »

Director: Glenn Miller | Stars: Catherine Annette, Grant O'Connell, Jamie Noel, Aaron Caleb

Votes: 1,581

6. Sleeper (1973)

PG | 89 min | Comedy, Sci-Fi

A nerdish store owner is revived out of cryostasis into a future world to fight an oppressive government.

Director: Woody Allen | Stars: Woody Allen, Diane Keaton, John Beck, Mary Gregory

Votes: 44,859 | Gross: $2.91M

7. April and the Extraordinary World (2015)

PG | 105 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy

It's 1941 but France is trapped in the nineteenth century, governed by steam and Napoleon V, where scientists vanish mysteriously. Avril, a teenage girl, goes in search of her missing scientist parents.

Directors: Christian Desmares, Franck Ekinci | Stars: Marion Cotillard, Marc-André Grondin, Philippe Katerine, Jean Rochefort

Votes: 8,452 | Gross: $0.29M

8. The Prize (1963)

Approved | 134 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

As the Nobel Prize winners come to Stockholm to receive their awards, their lives are overturned and perturbed in various ways.

Director: Mark Robson | Stars: Paul Newman, Edward G. Robinson, Elke Sommer, Diane Baker

Votes: 5,293 | Gross: $7.70M

9. Fantomas Unleashed (1965)

Not Rated | 98 min | Adventure, Comedy, Crime

When Professor Marchand, a famous scientist, mysteriously disappears, the commissioner, Juve, immediately suspects Fantomas.

Directors: André Hunebelle, Haroun Tazieff | Stars: Jean Marais, Louis de Funès, Mylène Demongeot, Jacques Dynam

Votes: 8,262

10. Golden Rendezvous (1977)

PG | 101 min | Action, Crime, Thriller

On a cargo ship converted into a cruise-liner, First Officer John Carter foils the plan of international hijackers to use his vessel as bait for a passing U.S. Treasury ship carrying gold bullion.

Directors: Ashley Lazarus, Freddie Francis | Stars: Richard Harris, Ann Turkel, Gordon Jackson, John Vernon

Votes: 596

11. Seven Crystal Balls and the Prisoners of the Sun (1969)

77 min | Adventure, Family, Mystery

Tintin travels to Peru to rescue some archaeologists from an old inca curse.

Director: Eddie Lateste | Stars: Philippe Ogouz, Claude Bertrand, Georges Atlas, Albert Augier

Votes: 2,199

12. Invisible Sue (2018)

96 min | Adventure, Family, Fantasy

12-year-old Sue gets some NT26D on herself at her mom's genetic research lab and turns invisible. Sue and two talented friends try to rescue her abducted mom.

Director: Markus Dietrich | Stars: Jürgen Thormann, Ruby M. Lichtenberg, Luc Schiltz, Anna Shirin Habedank

Votes: 611

13. I Killed Einstein, Gentlemen (1970)

95 min | Comedy, Romance, Sci-Fi

This futuristic science fiction comedy features an atomic bomb blast that causes women to grow beards and lose the ability to have children. A summit meeting is held at the United Nations, ... See full summary »

Director: Oldrich Lipský | Stars: Jirí Sovák, Jana Brejchová, Lubomír Lipský, Iva Janzurová

Votes: 574

14. Night Boat to Dublin (1946)

Approved | 100 min | Thriller, War

The allies plan to rescue a Swedish atomic scientist from under the noses of the Nazis.

Director: Lawrence Huntington | Stars: Robert Newton, Raymond Lovell, Guy Middleton, Muriel Pavlow

Votes: 404

15. La feldmarescialla (1967)

110 min | Comedy, Musical, War

A waitress helps a scientist flee the Nazis.

Director: Steno | Stars: Rita Pavone, Francis Blanche, Terence Hill, Aroldo Tieri

Votes: 261

16. Perfect Dark (2010 Video Game)

M | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

Same as the original game but with improved graphics. Join the Carrington institute's newest agent as she battles the evil Datadyne Corporation.

Votes: 64

17. Ripcord (1961–1963)
Episode: Ransom Drop (1962)

30 min | Adventure

Ted McKeever can't understand why pretty Dana Oliver demands his company prove they can drop a crate of eggs by parachute without cracking a shell. When Ted's team demonstrates its ... See full summary »

Director: Leon Benson | Stars: Larry Pennell, Ken Curtis, Tracy Olsen, Ric Marlow

18. The Saint (1962–1969)
Episode: The Helpful Pirate (1966)

TV-PG | 49 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Few people are able to resist the attraction of money for nothing but when it is wrapped up in the guise of hidden treasure which is providing a profitable racket for confidence trikster Kolben, the Saint steps in to see fair play.

Director: Roy Ward Baker | Stars: Roger Moore, Erika Remberg, Paul Maxwell, Vladek Sheybal

Votes: 161

19. FBI: Most Wanted (2020– )
Episode: Inherited (2021)

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

The team must determine if the kidnapping of a young Chinese-American woman is a random hate crime or if she was specifically targeted, in order to find her. Also, Jess and Sarah struggle with Tali's continued rebellious streak.

Director: Romeo Tirone | Stars: Julian McMahon, Alexa Davalos, Roxy Sternberg, Keisha Castle-Hughes

Votes: 306