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1. Army of the Dead (2021)

R | 148 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Following a zombie outbreak in Las Vegas, a group of mercenaries take the ultimate gamble, venturing into the quarantine zone to pull off the greatest heist ever attempted.

Director: Zack Snyder | Stars: Dave Bautista, Ella Purnell, Ana de la Reguera, Omari Hardwick

Votes: 187,926 | Gross: $1.00M

2. The Crow (1994)

R | 102 min | Action, Crime, Drama

A man brutally murdered comes back to life as an undead avenger of his and his fiancée's murder.

Director: Alex Proyas | Stars: Brandon Lee, Michael Wincott, Rochelle Davis, Ernie Hudson

Votes: 202,938 | Gross: $50.69M

3. Bottoms (2023)

R | 91 min | Comedy

Two unpopular queer high-school students start a fight club to have sex before graduation.

Director: Emma Seligman | Stars: Rachel Sennott, Ayo Edebiri, Ruby Cruz, Havana Rose Liu

Votes: 41,353

4. Caddyshack (1980)

R | 98 min | Comedy, Sport

An exclusive golf course has to deal with a flatulent new member and a destructive dancing gopher.

Director: Harold Ramis | Stars: Chevy Chase, Rodney Dangerfield, Bill Murray, Ted Knight

Votes: 127,133 | Gross: $39.85M

5. Captain Marvel (2019)

PG-13 | 123 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

Carol Danvers becomes one of the universe's most powerful heroes when Earth is caught in the middle of a galactic war between two alien races.

Directors: Anna Boden, Ryan Fleck | Stars: Brie Larson, Samuel L. Jackson, Ben Mendelsohn, Jude Law

Votes: 610,388 | Gross: $426.83M

6. The Ritual (I) (2017)

TV-MA | 94 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller

A group of old college friends reunite for a trip to a most dangerous country in Europe - Sweden, encountering a menacing presence there stalking them.

Director: David Bruckner | Stars: Rafe Spall, Arsher Ali, Robert James-Collier, Sam Troughton

Votes: 119,531

7. The Aviator (2004)

PG-13 | 170 min | Biography, Drama

A biopic depicting the early years of legendary director and aviator Howard Hughes' career from the late 1920s to the mid 1940s.

Director: Martin Scorsese | Stars: Leonardo DiCaprio, Cate Blanchett, Kate Beckinsale, John C. Reilly

Votes: 383,942 | Gross: $102.61M

8. Repossessed (1990)

PG-13 | 80 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Horror

Parody of The Exorcist (1973), with Linda Blair once again possessed by Satan, and Leslie Nielsen as the exorcist.

Director: Bob Logan | Stars: Leslie Nielsen, Linda Blair, Ned Beatty, Anthony Starke

Votes: 9,900 | Gross: $1.38M

9. Behaving Badly (2014)

R | 97 min | Comedy, Romance

Teenager Rick Stevens has a crush on Nina Pennington. They form a friendship and take a rock'n'roll journey together while Nina deals with her overbearing boyfriend Kevin.

Director: Tim Garrick | Stars: Nat Wolff, Selena Gomez, Mary-Louise Parker, Elisabeth Shue

Votes: 12,340

10. Linda Lovelace for President (1975)

R | 95 min | Comedy

Follows Linda Lovelace's fictional grass roots campaign to run for president.

Directors: Claudio Guzmán, Arthur Marks | Stars: Linda Lovelace, Fuddle Bagley, Val Bisoglio, Jack DeLeon

Votes: 386

11. Playmobil: The Movie (2019)

PG | 99 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy

When her younger brother Charlie unexpectedly disappears into the magical, animated universe of PLAYMOBIL®, unprepared Marla must go on a quest of a lifetime to bring him home, setting off on a fantastic journey across stunning new worlds.

Director: Lino DiSalvo | Stars: Anya Taylor-Joy, Jim Gaffigan, Gabriel Bateman, Adam Lambert

Votes: 4,692

12. Amelia (2009)

PG | 111 min | Adventure, Biography, Drama

A look at the life of legendary American pilot Amelia Earhart, who disappeared while flying over the Pacific Ocean in 1937 in an attempt to make a flight around the world.

Director: Mira Nair | Stars: Hilary Swank, Richard Gere, Ewan McGregor, Christopher Eccleston

Votes: 13,615 | Gross: $14.24M

13. The Book of Love (2016)

PG-13 | 106 min | Drama

Jason Sudeikis stars as a widowed New Orleans architect who strikes up an unlikely relationship with teenage runaway Maisie Williams.

Director: Bill Purple | Stars: Jason Sudeikis, Maisie Williams, Jessica Biel, Mary Steenburgen

Votes: 4,742

14. Ice Soldiers (2013)

R | 95 min | Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller

A scientist discovers the bodies of three frozen genetically modified Russians buried in the Canadian North. Upon thawing them out he realizes he has unleashed a deadly threat to Western society and must stop them at all costs.

Director: Sturla Gunnarsson | Stars: Dominic Purcell, Adam Beach, Gabriel Hogan, Michael Ironside

Votes: 2,915

15. Fly Me to the Moon 3D (2007)

G | 84 min | Animation, Adventure, Family

Three young houseflies stow away aboard the Apollo 11 flight to the moon.

Directors: Ben Stassen, Mimi Maynard | Stars: Trevor Gagnon, Philip Bolden, David Gore, Christopher Lloyd

Votes: 4,791 | Gross: $14.53M

16. Signed, Sealed, Delivered: To the Altar (2018 TV Movie)

TV-G | 85 min | Comedy, Drama, Mystery

The long-awaited wedding of Norman and Rita leads the postal detectives to a letter with clues about a young woman's missing mother.

Director: Kevin Fair | Stars: Eric Mabius, Kristin Booth, Yan-Kay Crystal Lowe, Geoff Gustafson

Votes: 1,272

17. Against the Sun (2014)

PG | 100 min | Biography, Drama, War

A WWII pilot, bombardier, and radioman find themselves adrift on a lifeboat without food or water after being forced to ditch their plane during a scouting mission.

Director: Brian Peter Falk | Stars: Garret Dillahunt, Tom Felton, Jake Abel, Nadia Parra

Votes: 6,471

18. The Simpsons: Hit & Run (2003 Video Game)

T | Animation, Action, Adventure

When mysterious surveillance equipment, mind control cola and aliens terrorize Springfield, only the Simpsons can find out why and save the town.

Stars: Dan Castellaneta, Julie Kavner, Nancy Cartwright, Yeardley Smith

Votes: 2,991

19. Roberta (1935)

Passed | 106 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance

An American jazzman and his buddy woo a Russian princess and a fake countess in Paris.

Director: William A. Seiter | Stars: Irene Dunne, Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Randolph Scott

Votes: 3,643

20. Return to Christmas Creek (2018 TV Movie)

TV-G | 86 min | Drama, Romance

With Christmas approaching, a career-focused Chicago app developer returns to her small hometown to rediscover the meaning of Christmas. There she reunites with her estranged uncle and her childhood best friend, who she begins falling for.

Director: Don McBrearty | Stars: Tori Anderson, Stephen Huszar, Steven Weber, Kari Matchett

Votes: 2,410

21. Command Decision (1948)

Passed | 112 min | Action, Drama, War

Army generals struggle with the decision to prioritize bombing the German factories producing new jet fighters over the extremely high casualties the mission will cost.

Director: Sam Wood | Stars: Clark Gable, Walter Pidgeon, Van Johnson, Brian Donlevy

Votes: 2,169

22. Magic Max (2020)

PG-13 | 98 min | Comedy, Drama, Family

After 11-year-old Tim Hart loses his parents, he balks at living with his immensely immature Uncle Max, a second-rate magician who must grow up to be a father figure and, perhaps, find love while he's at it.

Director: James D. Fields | Stars: Ivan Sergei, Parker Bates, Barry Corbin, Jud Tylor

Votes: 148

23. Shark Encounters of the Third Kind (2020)

75 min | Horror, Sci-Fi

A group of hostile aliens crash land at the bottom of the ocean, and via mind control use sharks to terrorize a small town full of secrets in the hopes of completing their invasion mission.... See full summary »

Director: Mark Polonia | Stars: Jennie Russo, Titus Himmelberger, Natalie Himmelberger, Tim Hatch

Votes: 134

24. Across the Pacific (2020)

History

This is a 3 part series from PBS, following WW1, airline executive Juan Trippe, pilot Charles Lindbergh

Stars: Christopher Cassarino, Brad Koed, Brian Muller, Sergey Nagorny

Votes: 70

25. Starsky & Hutch (2003 Video Game)

T | Action, Adventure, Comedy

Take the wheel of the Zebra 3 with two of the coolest undercover cops in town. Join the soft-spoken Hutch and the street-wise Starsky, as they solve the toughest cases in the roughest neighborhoods.

Director: Martin Batten | Stars: Antonio Fargas, Paul Michael Glaser

Votes: 89

26. Hollywood Mouth 3 (2018)

109 min | Drama

A film buff learns something new about her family and encounters noir-like situations in Hollywood.

Director: Jordan Mohr | Stars: Heidi Appe, Anastasia Art, Barbara Bologna, Angelica Coralvine

27. Mary Pickford: The Muse of the Movies (2008)

Not Rated | 102 min | Documentary, Biography

A chronicle of the life and career of silent film star Mary Pickford.

Director: Nicholas Eliopoulos | Stars: Charles Chaplin, Walt Disney, Amelia Earhart, Douglas Fairbanks Jr.

Votes: 223

28. Tell Me Love Is Real (2016)

74 min | Biography, Comedy, Drama

In the Winter of 2012, two famous artists sat in anonymous hotel rooms, and in a bizarre coincidence, over-dosed on Xanax. One, Whitney Houston, tragically died, and the other--the author of this piece--lived.

Director: Zachary Oberzan | Star: Zachary Oberzan

Votes: 20

29. Requited (2011)

Not Rated | 20 min | Short, Drama, Romance

Nicolas, a young man in his mid 20s, struggles to decide whether or not to go to the wedding of his best friend from high school, Aaron, who he's always been quietly in love with. The two ... See full summary »

Director: Sal Bardo | Stars: Chris Damon, Max Rhyser, Matthew Watson, Crystal Arnette

Votes: 131

30. Idaho from Above (2017 TV Movie)

42 min | Documentary

Idaho from Above features one of America's final frontiers. The film soars over every region of Idaho, including stunning aerial footage of the largest contiguous wilderness area in the lower 48 states.

Director: Tom Hadzor | Stars: Ross Huguet, Barb Thometz

Votes: 19

31. Earhart's Electra: Eyewitness Accounts of What Happened to Amelia Earhart's Plane (2012)

Not Rated | 70 min | Documentary

Eyewitness Accounts of what happened to Amelia Earhart's Electra. US Marines found the plane on June 18, 1944, their story has never been told.

Director: Richard Martini

32. The Mysteries of Amelia Earhart (1998 TV Movie)

96 min | Documentary, Mystery

The life, flying career, and disappearance of Amelia Earhart.

Director: Robert Beemer | Stars: David Ackroyd, Amelia Earhart

Votes: 6

33. The Air Race (1933)

7 min | Animation, Short

Willie tells his friends that he was once a pilot in an air race.

Director: Ub Iwerks

Votes: 86

34. In Love with Amelia Earhart (2014)

6 min | Animation, Short, Drama

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Director: Leena Jääskeläinen | Stars: Taina Nyström, Rosita Manninen, Saana Hyvärinen, Mary Woolley

Votes: 6

35. Birds of a Feather (1989–2020)
Episode: Food for Thought (1992)

TV-14 | Comedy

Garth comes home for the holidays and incurs Tracey's displeasure by announcing that he wants to study at a catering college in Nottingham, which she feels is a waste of an expensive ... See full summary »

Director: Terry Kinane | Stars: Pauline Quirke, Linda Robson, Lesley Joseph, Alun Lewis

Votes: 30

36. The Dead Zone (2002–2007)
Episode: The Man Who Never Was (2003)

TV-14 | 44 min | Drama, Fantasy, Mystery

Isolating himself from a demanding public, Johnny gets visions of himself disappearing after making contact with something belonging to an elderly shut-in, Jeffrey Grissom, brought in by ... See full summary »

Director: James Head | Stars: Anthony Michael Hall, Nicole de Boer, Chris Bruno, John L. Adams

Votes: 141

37. Star Trek: Enterprise (2001–2005)
Episode: Terra Nova (2001)

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

Enterprise tries to find out what happened on Terra Nova, the first colonization attempt outside Earth's solar system.

Director: LeVar Burton | Stars: Scott Bakula, John Billingsley, Jolene Blalock, Dominic Keating

Votes: 1,973

38. The Flying Doctors (1986–1992)
Episode: Good Day for It (1987)

Drama

Emma and Violet return from England to a welcome-home party.

Director: Mark Callen | Stars: Robert Grubb, Liz Burch, Lenore Smith, Peter O'Brien

Votes: 9

39. The Flying Doctors (1986–1992)
Episode: One Final Request (1988)

Drama

Geoff and Kate learn a lesson about life when they go to the aid of a dying woman. Vic and Hurtle learn a thing or two about justice.

Director: Brendan Maher | Stars: Robert Grubb, Liz Burch, Lenore Smith, Peter O'Brien

Votes: 9

40. Just Shoot Me! (1997–2003)
Episode: King Lear Jet (1997)

TV-PG | 22 min | Comedy

Maya is upset when her father gives tickets to a Royal Shakespeare Company production and a flight to London on his private jet to Elliott and Nina.

Director: Lee Shallat Chemel | Stars: Laura San Giacomo, George Segal, Wendie Malick, Enrico Colantoni

Votes: 185

41. Kolchak: The Night Stalker (1974–1975)
Episode: The Vampire (1974)

TV-PG | 52 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller

Sent to L.A. to interview a controversial guru, Kolchak's more interested in tracking down and stopping an extremely vicious female vampire.

Director: Don Weis | Stars: Darren McGavin, Simon Oakland, William Daniels, Suzanne Charny

Votes: 637

42. The Love Boat (1977–1987)
Episode: Aerobic April/The Wager/Story of the Century (1984)

TV-PG | 60 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

April gets the whole crew in shape with her aerobics class, Captain orders. A reporter (Ralph Bellamy) believes that famous aviator Amelia Earhart is on board. A man bets $1 million that his brother will find love during the cruise.

Director: Ted Lange | Stars: Gavin MacLeod, Bernie Kopell, Fred Grandy, Ted Lange

Votes: 54

43. MacGyver (1985–1992)
Episode: The Secret of Parker House (1988)

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

Penny Parker asks MacGyver to accompany her in inspecting an old house that she inherited from her aunt, an apparently haunted house.

Director: Michael Vejar | Stars: Richard Dean Anderson, Dana Elcar, Teri Hatcher, Gisele MacKenzie

Votes: 389

44. Night Gallery (1969–1973)
Episode: Rare Objects (1972)

TV-PG | Drama, Fantasy, Horror

Marked for extinction, mobster August Kolodney visits a man who offers him safe sanctuary.

Director: Jeannot Szwarc | Stars: Mickey Rooney, Raymond Massey, Fay Spain, David Fresco

Votes: 275

45. Police Woman (1974–1978)
Episode: Tigress (1978)

TV-14 | 60 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Pepper resents her assignment to protect an unscrupulous former classmate who is now a political candidate.

Director: Douglas Benton | Stars: Angie Dickinson, Earl Holliman, Charles Dierkop, Ed Bernard

Votes: 33

46. Star Trek: Voyager (1995–2001)
Episode: The 37's (1995)

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

The Voyager crew discovers several people who were abducted during 1937, including Amelia Earhart, cryogenically frozen on a distant planet.

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

Votes: 2,336

47. RuPaul's Drag Race UK (2019– )
Episode: Downton Draggy (2019)

TV-MA | 63 min | Game-Show, Reality-TV

This week the queens' acting skills are put to the test as they star in a sumptuous new comedy costume drama: "Downton Draggy". "Game of Thrones" star Maisie Williams is a guest judge.

Director: Tony Grech-Smith | Stars: RuPaul, Michelle Visage, Graham Norton, Maisie Williams

Votes: 396

48. Pandora (2019–2020)
Episode: Most Likely to Go Your Way (And I'll Go Mine) (2019)

TV-PG | 42 min | Action, Drama, Sci-Fi

Thomas's telepathic father arrives on campus and tries to enlist his estranged son in a dangerous heist in which nothing is as simple as it appears.

Director: Brett Simmons | Stars: Priscilla Quintana, Oliver Dench, Raechelle Banno, Ben Radcliffe

Votes: 169

49. Drunk History (2013–2019)
Episode: Behind Enemy Lines (2019)

TV-MA | 21 min | Comedy, History

Marina Raskova forms an all-women Air Force regiment to fight Nazis in World War II; smuggler James J. Andrews hijacks a Confederate train for the Union.

Director: Derek Waters | Stars: Derek Waters, Jessica McKenna, Jon Gabrus, Emily Deschanel

Votes: 65

50. American Housewife (2016–2021)
Episode: The Maze (2019)

TV-PG | 20 min | Comedy

Katie ignores Greg's warning and takes Anna-Kat through a terrifying zombie-themed maze at the annual Halloween carnival; Greg enters a pumpkin carving contest.

Director: Melissa Kosar | Stars: Katy Mixon Greer, Diedrich Bader, Meg Donnelly, Daniel DiMaggio

Votes: 148