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1. Awakenings (1990)

PG-13 | 121 min | Biography, Drama

The victims of an encephalitis epidemic many years ago have been catatonic ever since, but now a new drug offers the prospect of reviving them.

Director: Penny Marshall | Stars: Robert De Niro, Robin Williams, Julie Kavner, Ruth Nelson

Votes: 159,240 | Gross: $52.10M

2. Teen Wolf: The Movie (2023)

TV-MA | 141 min | Action, Drama, Fantasy

A terrifying evil has emerged. The wolves howl once again, but only a Werewolf like Scott McCall, can gather both new allies and reunite trusted friends to fight back against what could be the most powerful and deadliest enemy.

Director: Russell Mulcahy | Stars: Tyler Posey, Crystal Reed, Holland Roden, Tyler Hoechlin

Votes: 14,411

3. Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story (1993)

PG-13 | 120 min | Action, Biography, Drama

A fictionalized account of the life of the martial arts superstar.

Director: Rob Cohen | Stars: Jason Scott Lee, Lauren Holly, Robert Wagner, Michael Learned

Votes: 32,931 | Gross: $35.11M

4. You Don't Know Jack (2010 TV Movie)

TV-14 | 134 min | Biography, Drama

A look at the life and work of doctor-assisted suicide advocate Jack Kevorkian.

Director: Barry Levinson | Stars: Al Pacino, Brenda Vaccaro, John Goodman, Deirdre O'Connell

Votes: 30,408

5. The Secret (2006 Video)

PG | 90 min | Documentary

Interviews with self-proclaimed authors, philosophers and scientists, with an in-depth discussion of visualizing your goals. The audience is shown how they can learn and use 'The Secret' in their everyday lives.

Director: Drew Heriot | Stars: Bob Proctor, Joe Vitale, John Assaraf, Loral Langemeier

Votes: 14,074

6. Cartagena (2009)

92 min | Drama, Romance

Léo, an alcoholic French ex-boxer in Cartagena, Colombia, takes a job looking after a bedridden, pretty Frenchwoman - quadriplegic after an injury 3 years ago.

Director: Alain Monne | Stars: Sophie Marceau, Christopher Lambert, Margarita Rosa de Francisco, Rodolfo De Souza

Votes: 1,395

7. Ukraine on Fire 2 (2022– )

Documentary, Drama, War

'Ukraine on Fire 2' is one-minute docu-series about the Russia's war on Ukraine.

Stars: Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Valerii Fedorovych Zaluzhnyi, Vitali Klitschko, Svyatoslav Vakarchuk

Votes: 123

8. The Monster Walks (1932)

Passed | 57 min | Horror, Mystery

People in an old dark house on a stormy night are menaced by a killer ape.

Director: Frank R. Strayer | Stars: Mischa Auer, Martha Mattox, Rex Lease, Vera Reynolds

Votes: 1,090

9. Sunrise at Campobello (1960)

Not Rated | 144 min | Biography, Drama

After a bout with polio, future president Franklin D. Roosevelt fights to save his political career.

Director: Vincent J. Donehue | Stars: Ralph Bellamy, Greer Garson, Hume Cronyn, Jean Hagen

Votes: 1,510

10. Me and My Gal (1932)

Passed | 79 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

Young New York cop Dan falls in love with waterfront waitress Helen. Helen's sister Kate falls for gangster Duke. Dan must do in Duke.

Director: Raoul Walsh | Stars: Spencer Tracy, Joan Bennett, Marion Burns, George Walsh

Votes: 1,398

11. Compagni di scuola (1988)

115 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

Former high-school friends meet for a party after 15 years, but discover that much of the innocence and friendship is gone.

Director: Carlo Verdone | Stars: Carlo Verdone, Nancy Brilli, Alessandro Benvenuti, Angelo Bernabucci

Votes: 2,731

12. Procura-se (2022)

Comedy, Romance

After her grandfather dies leaving a priceless heritage, a world-traveling party girl finds herself excluded from his will unless she marries someone. Desperate to get the money, she goes on a search for a rental husband.

Director: Marcelo Antunez | Stars: Camila Queiroz, Klebber Toledo, Dedina Bernardelli, Jonas Bloch

Votes: 118

13. The Girl of the Blue Backpack (1979)

85 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama

Raul falls in love with Amy, an orphaned child living with her uncle Andrew. Local authorities try to separate them. An accident at sea will change the life of Amy, Andrew, and Raul, whose goodness will be the key to Amy's happiness.

Director: Rubén Galindo | Stars: Adalberto Martínez, Pedro Fernández, María Rebeca, Mónica Prado

Votes: 138

14. Mga reyna ng Vicks (1958)

Comedy, Drama, Romance

It's the laff-cry-laff riot of the year.

Director: Mar S. Torres | Stars: Gloria Romero, Rita Gomez, Amalia Fuentes, Susan Roces

15. A Ay (1988)

100 min | Drama

A young girl with a vivid imagination exasperates her grandparents when she begins communicating with the ghost of her mother.

Director: Reha Erdem | Stars: Yesim Tozan, Gülsen Tuncer, Nurinisa Yildirim, Münir Özkul

Votes: 1,260

16. Isolation (2011)

Not Rated | 88 min | Thriller

A medical student wakes up in a hospital isolation room with no memory of how she got there.

Director: Stephen Kay | Stars: Eva Amurri, Joshua Close, David Harbour, Robert Wu

Votes: 274

17. The Gentleman Thief (2001 TV Movie)

60 min | Drama

A modern day take on the adventures of A.J. Raffles.

Director: Justin Hardy | Stars: Nigel Havers, Michael French, John Shrapnel, Frances Barber

Votes: 58

18. Santuaryo (2010)

81 min | Drama

Santuaryo is a movie that centers on the unfolding narration of a young man named Archie (Basti Romero). Archie went looking for a lost treasure when he came into the possession of an ... See full summary »

Director: Monti Parungao | Stars: Ardie Bascara, Justine Dizon, Nicos Bacani, Junjun Quintana

Votes: 27

19. Nazaré (1952)

81 min | Drama, Family, Music

The sea, often treacherous, is the only source of living of the people of Nazaré. The film tells the story of António and his family, where no dreams are allowed. There is also the mourning... See full summary »

Director: Manuel Guimarães | Stars: Virgilio Teixeira, Helga Liné, Artur Semedo, Maria José

Votes: 64

20. Whirlpool (1935)

Approved | 75 min | Drama, Romance

The happiness of a newly-married couple, Henry and Jeannie Saint Clair, is shattered when the husband is made a paralytic in an automobile accident. The wife still loves him, although he is... See full summary »

Director: Edmond T. Gréville | Stars: Jeanne Boitel, Jean Galland, Maurice Maillot, Diana Sari

Votes: 123

21. FDR: A Presidency Revealed (2005 TV Movie)

TV-PG | Documentary

Add a Plot

Stars: Edward Herrmann, Marian Anderson, Neville Chamberlain, Winston Churchill

Votes: 63

22. Las puertas del presidio (1949)

TV-14 | 91 min | Crime, Drama

MartÍn quiere renunciar a su trabajo y comenzar su propia empresa después de casarse con MarÍa Elena. En un ataque de ira el jefe de MartÍn roba su dinero y asegura que él mismo lo ha ... See full summary »

Director: Emilio Gómez Muriel | Stars: David Silva, Blanca Estela Pavón, Andrés Soler, José Ángel Espinosa 'Ferrusquilla'

Votes: 13

23. The Rehabilitation of Sleep (2014)

2 min | Animation, Short

A time-lapse oil-painting animated film about an insomniac guy and what he dreams when he finally gets asleep.

Director: Josh Shaffner

24. The Marble Heart (1916)

50 min | Drama

Therese Roger is the daughter of a West Indian planter. When she is a baby her parents are murdered and she is adopted by her aunt, Madame Roger, keeper of a haberdashery shop in one of the... See full summary »

Director: Kenean Buel | Stars: Violet Horner, Louise Rial, Walter Miller, Rhy Alexander

25. Boksingera Daw! (1956)

Comedy, Drama

They called her "BOKSINGERA" - rough, tough, but in reality, chicken-hearted.

Director: Octavio Silos | Stars: Susan Roces, Luis Gonzales, Dolphy, Panchito

26. Undo (2003)

3 min | Animation, Short, Fantasy

A paralytic man is searching a pile of books for one with a magic page that will revert time and take him before his accident.

Director: Marcin Wasko

Votes: 49

27. One Step Beyond (1959–1961)
Episode: Make Me Not a Witch (1959)

Not Rated | 30 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror

A farm girl's parents are terrified when their daughter reveals that she can read minds. But a priest knows that her gifts can save two young lives.

Director: John Newland | Stars: John Newland, Patty McCormack, Robert Emhardt, Eileen Ryan

Votes: 147

28. Angel (1999–2004)
Episode: I Fall to Pieces (1999)

Unrated | 43 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

Angel aids a woman being stalked by a deranged surgeon who is literally coming apart.

Director: Vern Gillum | Stars: David Boreanaz, Charisma Carpenter, Glenn Quinn, Elisabeth Röhm

Votes: 2,295

29. Leipzig Homicide (2001– )
Episode: Auf eigene Rechnung (2006)

42 min | Crime

After her shift the policewoman Tanja Schubert went home and before the door of her house an unknown person broke her neck. She survives but remains paralytic and she can't speak.

Director: Sebastian Vigg | Stars: Andreas Schmidt-Schaller, Marco Girnth, Gabriel Merz, Melanie Marschke

Votes: 9

30. Jonny Quest (1964–1965)
Episode: The Dreadful Doll (1964)

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

Voodooism is held responsible for all but one last owner deserting plantations on Tanaiga Island, but Dr. Quest believes drugs are more responsible than mysticism.

Directors: Joseph Barbera, William Hanna | Stars: Mike Road, Tim Matheson, Don Messick, Danny Bravo

Votes: 128

31. CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2000–2015)
Episode: A La Cart (2007)

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

While CSI tackles cases involving a teen beheaded in a go-cart accident and the murder of an iconic gentleman's magazine publisher, Ecklie confronts Gil and Sara about their concealed affair.

Director: Richard J. Lewis | Stars: William Petersen, Marg Helgenberger, Gary Dourdan, George Eads

Votes: 830

32. Batwoman (2019–2022)
Episode: Drink Me (2020)

TV-14 | 42 min | Action, Adventure, Crime

A new villain sinks her teeth into Gotham; The Hold Up opens in grand fashion; Sophie reluctantly requests that Batwoman keep her distance, know their interactions could undermine her career.

Director: Dermott Downs | Stars: Ruby Rose, Rachel Skarsten, Meagan Tandy, Nicole Kang

Votes: 1,386

33. Lincoln Rhyme: Hunt for the Bone Collector (2020)
Episode: Mano a Mano (2020)

TV-14 | 42 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

In the first season's terrifying conclusion, Lincoln is forced to save his son, Camden, by putting himself at risk and confronting The Bone Collector in a deadly face off, Mano a Mano.

Director: Gary Fleder | Stars: Russell Hornsby, Arielle Kebbel, Roslyn Ruff, Ramses Jimenez

Votes: 249

34. American Experience (1987– )
Episode: The Polio Crusade (2009)

TV-PG | 54 min | Documentary, Biography, History

This film interweaves the personal accounts of polio survivors with the story of an ardent crusader who tirelessly fought on their behalf while scientists raced to eradicate this dreaded disease

Director: Sarah Colt | Stars: Samuel L. Katz, Kathryn Black, Julius Youngner, David Oshinsky

Votes: 111

35. Frühling (2011– )
Episode: Frühlingsgefühle (2013)

90 min | Drama

After doing paragliding with Mark Weber Katja Baumann has gone to the hospital for a vaccine against tetanus.By chance she meets there Dr. Julius Thomé who will attend her.Immediately Katja... See full summary »

Director: Thomas Jauch | Stars: Simone Thomalla, Carolyn Genzkow, Marco Girnth, Jan-Hendrik Kiefer

Votes: 41

36. Who Killed Robert Wone? (2023)
Episode: The Unraveling Truth (2023)

TV-MA | 75 min | Documentary, Crime

The long investigation into D.C. lawyer Robert Wone's 2006 murder continues, with no new leads in sight; prosecutors ultimately pursue unusual charges in hopes of solving the case and getting justice for Robert and his family.

Director: Jared P. Scott | Stars: Glenn Kirschner, Bryan Waid, Paul Wagner, Craig Brownstein

Votes: 26

37. The Knick (2014–2015)
Episode: Williams and Walker (2015)

TV-MA | 57 min | Drama, History

Thackery operates on the conjoined twins, Cornelia reaches a discovery on her investigation, a hospital charity ball takes place and the operation on Garrison Carr arises trouble.

Director: Steven Soderbergh | Stars: Clive Owen, André Holland, Jeremy Bobb, Juliet Rylance

Votes: 847

38. Lotta (2010–2019)
Episode: Lotta & der dicke Brocken (2016)

70 min | Comedy, Romance

Lotta returns to her hometown to work as a doctor in the local hospital only to learn that you are not respected as a very young physician. But this is not the biggest problem, because of ... See full summary »

Director: Edzard Onneken | Stars: Josefine Preuß, Andrea Sawatzki, Tilo Prückner, Bernhard Piesk

Votes: 79

39. The Blacklist (2013–2023)
Episode: The Lindquist Concern (No. 105) (2016)

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

Liz's loyalties are tested as Red takes action on an operation to intercept Alexander Kirk. Meanwhile the Task Force races to find a killer who targets inventors of revolutionary technology.

Director: Kurt Kuenne | Stars: James Spader, Megan Boone, Diego Klattenhoff, Ryan Eggold

Votes: 1,455

40. Trollhunters: Tales of Arcadia (2016–2018)
Episode: To Catch a Changeling (2016)

TV-Y7 | 22 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

After Jim finds the Killahead Bridge has been moved, he must use a horseshoe to find who in Arcadia is a changeling.

Directors: Simon Otto, Rodrigo Blaas | Stars: Kelsey Grammer, Anton Yelchin, Lexi Medrano, Charlie Saxton

Votes: 452

41. Prodigal Son (2019–2021)
Episode: Pilot (2019)

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

Malcolm Bright, a disgraced former FBI profiler, is conveniently recruited to assist the NYPD on a case that hits a little too close to home.

Director: Lee Toland Krieger | Stars: Tom Payne, Lou Diamond Phillips, Halston Sage, Aurora Perrineau

Votes: 1,461

42. Whiskey Cavalier (2019)
Episode: Hearts & Minds (2019)

TV-14 | 41 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy

Frankie is forced to prove herself when Will is captured during a mission to take down an organ harvesting operation; Will spends his time in captivity trying to bond with Jai; Standish seeks Frankie's help to improve his combat skills.

Director: Jon East | Stars: Scott Foley, Lauren Cohan, Ana Ortiz, Tyler James Williams

Votes: 348