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1. Scream VI (2023)
R | 122 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
In the next installment, the survivors of the Ghostface killings leave Woodsboro behind and start a fresh chapter in New York City.
Directors: Matt Bettinelli-Olpin, Tyler Gillett | Stars: Courteney Cox, Melissa Barrera, Jenna Ortega, Jasmin Savoy Brown
Votes: 119,654
2. Maze Runner: The Death Cure (2018)
PG-13 | 143 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Young hero Thomas embarks on a mission to find a cure for a deadly disease known as "The Flare".
Director: Wes Ball | Stars: Dylan O'Brien, Ki Hong Lee, Kaya Scodelario, Thomas Brodie-Sangster
Votes: 163,720 | Gross: $58.03M
3. Scream (I) (2022)
R | 114 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
25 years after a streak of brutal murders shocked the quiet town of Woodsboro, Calif., a new killer dons the Ghostface mask and begins targeting a group of teenagers to resurrect secrets from the town's deadly past.
Directors: Matt Bettinelli-Olpin, Tyler Gillett | Stars: Neve Campbell, Courteney Cox, David Arquette, Melissa Barrera
Votes: 159,062 | Gross: $81.64M
4. Star Wars: The Rise Of Skywalker (2019)
PG-13 | 141 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
The surviving Resistance faces the First Order once again in the conclusion of the Skywalker saga.
Director: J.J. Abrams | Stars: Daisy Ridley, John Boyega, Oscar Isaac, Adam Driver
Votes: 493,771 | Gross: $515.20M
5. My Name Is Earl (2005–2009)
TV-14 | 22 min | Comedy
A ne'er do well wins $100,000 in the lottery and decides to right all the wrongs from his past with his newfound realization!
Stars: Jason Lee, Ethan Suplee, Jaime Pressly, Nadine Velazquez
Votes: 109,677
6. Transformers: Dark of the Moon (2011)
PG-13 | 154 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
The Autobots learn of a Cybertronian spacecraft hidden on the moon, and race against the Decepticons to reach it and to learn its secrets.
Director: Michael Bay | Stars: Shia LaBeouf, Rosie Huntington-Whiteley, Tyrese Gibson, Josh Duhamel
Votes: 432,219 | Gross: $352.39M
7. Xena: Warrior Princess (1995–2001)
TV-PG | 45 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Xena, a mighty Warrior Princess with a dark past, sets out to redeem herself. She is joined by small town bard, Gabrielle. Together they journey the ancient world and fight for the greater good against ruthless Warlords and Gods.
Stars: Lucy Lawless, Renée O'Connor, Ted Raimi, Kevin Smith
Votes: 48,720
8. The Book of Boba Fett (2021–2022)
TV-14 | 47 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Bounty hunter Boba Fett and mercenary Fennec Shand navigate the underworld when they return to Tatooine to claim Jabba the Hutt's old turf.
Stars: Temuera Morrison, Ming-Na Wen, Frank Trigg, Collin Hymes
Votes: 186,386
9. Mighty Morphin Power Rangers (1993–1996)
TV-Y7 | 30 min | Action, Adventure, Family
A team of teenagers with attitude are recruited to save Angel Grove from the evil witch, Rita Repulsa, and later, Lord Zedd, Emperor of all he sees, and their horde of monsters.
Stars: David Yost, Richard Steven Horvitz, Ed Neil, Paul Schrier
Votes: 24,678
10. Thor: The Dark World (2013)
PG-13 | 112 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
When the Dark Elves attempt to plunge the universe into darkness, Thor must embark on a perilous and personal journey that will reunite him with doctor Jane Foster.
Director: Alan Taylor | Stars: Chris Hemsworth, Natalie Portman, Tom Hiddleston, Stellan Skarsgård
Votes: 725,442 | Gross: $206.36M
11. Hercules: The Legendary Journeys (1995–1999)
TV-G | 44 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Hercules is half-man, half-god and a hero of fantastic strength. After his malevolent stepmother, Hera, kills his wife and children, he wanders about Earth with mortal best friend Iolaus, fighting evil and trying to overcome his loss.
Stars: Kevin Sorbo, Michael Hurst, Kevin Smith, Robert Trebor
Votes: 31,840
12. Hotel Transylvania 2 (2015)
PG | 89 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
Dracula and his friends try to bring out the monster in his half human, half vampire grandson in order to keep Mavis from leaving the hotel.
Director: Genndy Tartakovsky | Stars: Adam Sandler, Andy Samberg, Selena Gomez, Kevin James
Votes: 143,196 | Gross: $169.70M
13. Sinister 2 (2015)
R | 97 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
A young mother and her twin sons move into a rural house that's marked for death.
Director: Ciarán Foy | Stars: James Ransone, Shannyn Sossamon, Robert Daniel Sloan, Dartanian Sloan
Votes: 60,626 | Gross: $27.74M
14. Unfriended: Dark Web (2018)
R | 92 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
A teen comes into possession of a new laptop and soon discovers that the previous owner is not only watching him but will also do anything to get it back.
Director: Stephen Susco | Stars: Colin Woodell, Stephanie Nogueras, Betty Gabriel, Rebecca Rittenhouse
Votes: 38,420 | Gross: $8.78M
15. The Ren & Stimpy Show (1991–1996)
TV-Y7 | 30 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
Ren, a psychotic Chihuahua, and Stimpson J. Cat, a dimwitted Manx cat who goes by the nickname Stimpy, have a host of unusual adventures.
Stars: John Kricfalusi, Billy West, Harris Peet, Bob Camp
Votes: 24,657
16. DuckTales (1987–1990)
TV-G | 23 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
Huey, Dewey, and Louie are in for an epic surprise when they meet their wealthy but reclusive uncle, Scrooge McDuck. The family embark on globe-trotting adventures and treasure hunts, uncover family secrets, and face dangerous enemies.
Stars: Alan Young, Russi Taylor, Terence McGovern, Chuck McCann
Votes: 35,031
17. CSI: Immortality (2015 TV Movie)
TV-14 | 87 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
An explosion inside a casino brings Catherine Willows back to Las Vegas to investigate. And when the crime is tied to Lady Heather, Gil Grissom is brought back as well to aid the investigation.
Director: Louis Shaw Milito | Stars: Ted Danson, Jorja Fox, Eric Szmanda, Robert David Hall
Votes: 2,842
18. Gadar 2 (2023)
Not Rated | 170 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
When Tara Singh goes missing during a skirmish and is believed to be captured in Pakistan, his son Jeetey sets out to rescue him and enters a labyrinth from which they both must escape at all costs.
Director: Anil Sharma | Stars: Sunny Deol, Ameesha Patel, Utkarsh Sharma, Simratt Kaur Randhawa
Votes: 22,283
19. Godzilla: Tokyo S.O.S. (2003)
PG | 91 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Mothra and her fairies return to Japan to warn mankind that they must return Kiryu to the sea, for the dead must not be disturbed. However Godzilla has survived to menace Japan leaving Kiryu as the nation's only defense.
Directors: Masaaki Tezuka, Koji Hashimoto, Takao Okawara, Kazuki Ômori | Stars: Noboru Kaneko, Miho Yoshioka, Mickey Koga, Hiroshi Koizumi
Votes: 5,118
20. Tremors 3: Back to Perfection (2001 Video)
PG | 104 min | Action, Comedy, Horror
The now famous Burt Gummer returns to his hometown of Perfection, Nevada for the first time in years, but the deadliest Graboid evolution yet forces him to save the town he swore to protect.
Director: Brent Maddock | Stars: Michael Gross, Shawn Christian, Susan Chuang, Charlotte Stewart
Votes: 19,244
21. Primeval: New World (2012–2013)
TV-14 | 42 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Canadian spin-off of Primeval (2007). A new team of scientists from the Cross Photonics company in Vancouver track down dangerous creatures emerging through anomalies in time.
Stars: Niall Matter, Sara Canning, Danny Rahim, Yan-Kay Crystal Lowe
Votes: 4,868
22. Tremors 5: Bloodlines (2015 Video)
PG-13 | 99 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
Burt and Travis battle ass-blasters and graboids in South Africa.
Director: Don Michael Paul | Stars: Brandon Auret, Natalie Becker, Emmanuel Castis, Michael Gross
Votes: 8,965
23. Hotel Cæsar (1998–2017)
30 min | Drama
Hotel Cæsar, Scandanavia's longest-running soap, premiered on October 24. 1998 on TV2, Norway's first and strongest commercial broadcaster. The show revolves around the life of the family ... See full summary »
Stars: Anette Hoff, Kim Kolstad, Sossen Krohg, Tom Eddie Brudvik
Votes: 1,480
24. Resident Evil 5 (2009 Video Game)
M | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Sent in by the BSAA, Chris Redfield has a new mission. It takes him into South Africa where he encounters a new horror and relives an old past.
Directors: Yasuhiro Anpo, Kenichi Ueda | Stars: Roger Craig Smith, Eva La Dare, D.C. Douglas, Patricia Ja Lee
Votes: 9,459
25. Watch Dogs 2 (2016 Video Game)
M | Action, Adventure, Crime
In San Francisco, hacker Marcus Holloway joins DedSec, to take down a corrupt system by fighting and hacking his way through the entire San Francisco Bay.
Directors: Danny Bélanger, Jonathan Morin | Stars: Ruffin Prentiss, Shawn Baichoo, Tasya Teles, Jonathan Dubsky
Votes: 4,934
26. Fullmetal Alchemist: The Revenge of Scar (2022)
TV-14 | 125 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
When a mysterious figure starts to target State Alchemists for their sins against God, Alchemist Edward Elric and his brother Alphonse are at their most vulnerable, meanwhile the homunculi begin to unveil themselves once again.
Director: Fumihiko Sori | Stars: Ryôsuke Yamada, Tsubasa Honda, Dean Fujioka, Misako Renbutsu
Votes: 2,247
27. Johan Falk: Slutet (2015 Video)
103 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
In the final movie about Swedish special force policeman Johan Falk, he tries to solve the problem with the Eastern European mafia, who is threatening his family. Meanwhile, his co-workers ... See full summary »
Director: Richard Holm | Stars: Jakob Eklund, Jens Hultén, Marie Richardson, Peter Franzén
Votes: 2,232
28. Johan Falk: Kodnamn - Lisa (2012)
106 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
Frank Wagner is sleeping next to his family. Their plans to move abroad lay on the kitchen table, when they suddenly hear someone trying to break into the apartment and five masked men are trying to enter.
Director: Charlotte Brändström | Stars: Jakob Eklund, Joel Kinnaman, Ruth Vega Fernandez, Mikael Tornving
Votes: 3,556
29. Ismael's Ghosts (2017)
R | 114 min | Drama, Mystery, Romance
The story follows a filmmaker (Mathieu Amalric) whose life is sent into a tailspin by the return of a former lover (Marion Cotillard as Carlotta) just as he is about to embark on the shoot of a new film.
Director: Arnaud Desplechin | Stars: Mathieu Amalric, Marion Cotillard, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Louis Garrel
Votes: 2,837 | Gross: $0.10M
30. Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair (2012 Video Game)
M | Adventure, Mystery, Thriller
16 students from the famous Hope's Peak Academy are forced to live on an island, or kill each other in order to escape.
Director: Takayuki Sugawara | Stars: Minami Takayama, Megumi Ogata, Akira Ishida, Tomokazu Sugita
Votes: 887
31. Super Mario Bros. 3 (1988 Video Game)
E | Action, Adventure, Family
King Koopa has kidnapped Princess Toadstool, taken over all seven kingdoms in the Mushroom World, and put his seven kids in charge of all of them. It's the Mario Brothers to the rescue.
Directors: Shigeru Miyamoto, Takashi Tezuka
Votes: 5,832
32. Johan Falk: Spelets regler (2012 Video)
96 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
It has been two years since John Falk and Frank Wagner broke their cooperation and Frank stopped working undercover for the police. Frank has just had: Re-opening of his bar when his former... See full summary »
Director: Charlotte Brändström | Stars: Jakob Eklund, Joel Kinnaman, Mikael Tornving, Ruth Vega Fernandez
Votes: 2,796
33. Johan Falk: Ur askan i elden (2015 Video)
98 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
Johan Falk is with the wife of a dead mob boss down to Latvia to try to solve a mystery that has eluded him for three years. What Johan finds downstairs in a cottage outside Riga shocks not... See full summary »
Director: Richard Holm | Stars: Jakob Eklund, Jens Hultén, Meliz Karlge, Björn Bengtsson
Votes: 1,929
34. The Order of the Black Eagle (1987)
R | 93 min | Action, Adventure, Thriller
A James Bondish spy and his female assistant infiltrate a group of South American Nazis who have kept Hitler alive until they take over the... using the ultimate weapon. In HD.
Director: Worth Keeter | Stars: Ian Hunter, C.K. Bibby, William Hicks, Anna Rapagna
Votes: 507
35. Sanshiro Sugata, Part Two (1945)
Not Rated | 83 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Sugata returns to prove his judo mastery in a match against Western opponents.
Director: Akira Kurosawa | Stars: Denjirô Ôkôchi, Susumu Fujita, Ryûnosuke Tsukigata, Akitake Kôno
Votes: 2,708
36. Johan Falk: Organizatsija Karayan (2012 Video)
97 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
Johan Falk's stepdaughter's biological father seems serious about getting to know Nina, but his construction company is in debt to the Russian mafia "Karayan". When Örjan can not pay their debts they kidnap Nina.
Director: Richard Holm | Stars: Jakob Eklund, Marie Richardson, Johan Hedenberg, Mikael Tornving
Votes: 2,369
37. Johan Falk: Tyst diplomati (2015 Video)
94 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
When Johan and his colleagues are watching Seth and his gang member Jack, they stumble on a larger case than they expected. Seth is selling arms to terrorists, but without Jack's knowledge,... See full summary »
Director: Peter Lindmark | Stars: Jakob Eklund, Jens Hultén, Alexandra Rapaport, Meliz Karlge
Votes: 1,953
38. Johan Falk: Lockdown (2015 Video)
99 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
The movie "Lockdown" is a part of the Johan Falk series that takes place under a lockdown of the police station. A snitch is compromised. Drastic and unexpected events take place. Both inside and outside the police station.
Director: Richard Holm | Stars: Jakob Eklund, Henrik Norlén, Jens Hultén, Meliz Karlge
Votes: 1,962
39. Dino Crisis 2 (2000 Video Game)
M | Action, Adventure, Horror
One year after the events of the first game, Regina from the S.O.R.T. team and Dylan from the U.S. Army Special Forces T.R.A.T. team are sent on a new rescue mission to the past after the Third Energy causes another catastrophic accident.
Director: Shu Takumi | Stars: Gabriel Hogan, Stephanie Morgenstern, Lisa Jai, Eric Hempsall
Votes: 1,096
40. TimeSplitters: Future Perfect (2005 Video Game)
M | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Sent to undo the TimeSplitter threat, Cortez journeys into 6 different time periods to track down Jacob Crow who created the TimeSplitter creatures.
Directors: David Doak, Stephen Ellis | Stars: Tom Clarke Hill, Sarah Mennell, Wayne Forester, Melli Bond
Votes: 856
41. Johan Falk: De fredlösa (2009 Video)
94 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
Police management gives Johan Falk and his colleagues at the group for specific action orders to deploy all means against organized crime when a female prosecutor subjected to an explosive ... See full summary »
Director: Daniel Lind Lagerlöf | Stars: Jakob Eklund, Joel Kinnaman, Mikael Tornving, Meliz Karlge
Votes: 2,447
42. Where To? (1957)
90 min | Drama
A family lives poorly in a village in the Lebanese mountain. One day the father abandons his family and leaves for Brazil, considered an Eldorado by a great number of his compatriots. ... See full summary »
Director: Georges Nasser | Stars: Laura Azar, Tannous Dik, Shakib Khouri, Mounir Nader
Votes: 312
43. Johan Falk: Leo Gaut (2009 Video)
92 min | Action, Crime, Romance
In the parking lot near school, a car-trap explodes. Johan Falk is on the trail which leads him to a man from his past, who served 8 years in prison for murder.
Director: Richard Holm | Stars: Jakob Eklund, Peter Andersson, Marie Richardson, Helén Söderqvist Henriksson
Votes: 2,678
44. Etaten (2006– )
30 min | Comedy, Drama
Norwegian comedy series centered around Tor (played by Atle Antonsen), the clumsy department head of Planning and Building Services.
Stars: Atle Antonsen, Jan Sælid, Siw Anita Andersen, Ingar Helge Gimle
Votes: 512
45. Something Evil, Something Dangerous: New Moon Rising (2011)
79 min | Horror
A successful young author begins experiencing visions through her dreams, she begins having psychic connections to an ancient race of lycanthropes responsible for several unsolved murders in a small coastal town.
Director: Richard Albiston | Stars: Gwenllian Thurstan, John Michael Lowe, Ricky Cusimano, Declan Whelan
Votes: 112
46. Interceptor Force 2 (2002 TV Movie)
R | 90 min | Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
In the not too distant future a new team of specially trained government soldiers called an Interception Team contend with the latest hostile alien encounter. When an alien scout ship ... See full summary »
Director: Phillip J. Roth | Stars: Olivier Gruner, Roger Cross, Adrienne Wilkinson, Elizabeth Gracen
Votes: 549
47. Lorelai (2019 Video Game)
M | Adventure, Drama, Horror
The little she had was taken away, but Lorelai refuses to give up, she will fight. Even death won't stop her from getting it all back.
Director: Remigiusz Michalski | Stars: Margaret Cowen, Lanitta Elder, David Firth, Lynsey Frost
Votes: 63
48. 007 Racing (2000 Video Game)
T | Action, Adventure, Sport
You are Bond, James Bond, behind the wheel of the famous Bond vehicles and a new rental car. When a freighter bound for Halifax, Canada was intercepted and eliminated with military ... See full summary »
Stars: Alistair Abell, John Cleese, Tim Bentinck, Adam Blackwood
Votes: 167
49. Dragon Ball Z: The Greatest Rivals (1996)
Animation, Action, Fantasy
A compilation of Dragon Ball Z movies 5 and 6 released in the Philippines.
Directors: Mitsuo Hashimoto, Daisuke Nishio | Stars: Mano Abello, Apollo Abraham, Raymond Buyco, R.J. Celdran
Votes: 35
50. Malvolio (2009)
98 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A sequel to Shakespeare's Twelfth Night, set as a modern-day mafia thriller film.
Directors: Alexander Kominek, Peter Kominek | Stars: Scott Roberts, Caralyn Stone, Jason Schneider, Jeremy Park
Votes: 20