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1. Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977)
PG | 121 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Luke Skywalker joins forces with a Jedi Knight, a cocky pilot, a Wookiee and two droids to save the galaxy from the Empire's world-destroying battle station, while also attempting to rescue Princess Leia from the mysterious Darth Vader.
Director: George Lucas | Stars: Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, Alec Guinness
Votes: 1,451,967 | Gross: $322.74M
2. Masters of the Universe (1987)
PG | 106 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
The heroic warrior He-Man battles against the evil lord Skeletor and his armies of darkness for control of Castle Grayskull.
Director: Gary Goddard | Stars: Dolph Lundgren, Frank Langella, Meg Foster, Billy Barty
Votes: 44,427 | Gross: $17.34M
3. Greenland (2020)
PG-13 | 119 min | Action, Thriller
A family struggles for survival in the face of a cataclysmic natural disaster.
Director: Ric Roman Waugh | Stars: Gerard Butler, Morena Baccarin, Roger Dale Floyd, Scott Glenn
Votes: 135,062
4. Riddick (2013)
R | 119 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Left for dead on a sun-scorched planet, Riddick finds himself up against an alien race of predators. Activating an emergency beacon alerts two ships: one carrying a new breed of mercenary, the other captained by a man from Riddick's past.
Director: David Twohy | Stars: Vin Diesel, Karl Urban, Katee Sackhoff, Jordi Mollà
Votes: 178,204 | Gross: $42.03M
5. Snowden (2016)
R | 134 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
The NSA's illegal surveillance techniques are leaked to the public by one of the agency's employees, Edward Snowden, in the form of thousands of classified documents distributed to the press.
Director: Oliver Stone | Stars: Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Shailene Woodley, Melissa Leo, Zachary Quinto
Votes: 163,192 | Gross: $21.59M
6. Predator 2 (1990)
R | 108 min | Action, Horror, Sci-Fi
The Predator returns to Earth, this time to stake a claim on the war-torn streets of a dystopian Los Angeles.
Director: Stephen Hopkins | Stars: Danny Glover, Gary Busey, Kevin Peter Hall, Rubén Blades
Votes: 182,946 | Gross: $30.67M
7. Scanners (1981)
R | 103 min | Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
A scientist trains a man with an advanced telepathic ability called "scanning" to stop a dangerous Scanner with extraordinary psychic powers from waging war against non scanners.
Director: David Cronenberg | Stars: Jennifer O'Neill, Stephen Lack, Patrick McGoohan, Lawrence Dane
Votes: 61,869 | Gross: $14.23M
8. The One (2001)
PG-13 | 87 min | Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
A rogue Multiverse agent goes on a manhunt for alternate versions of himself, getting stronger with each kill. Only the last version of himself, an LASD cop, can stop his crusade before he becomes "The One".
Director: James Wong | Stars: Jet Li, Carla Gugino, Delroy Lindo, Jason Statham
Votes: 96,178 | Gross: $43.91M
9. Horizon Zero Dawn (2017 Video Game)
T | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
In a primitive tribal world where strange, monstrous, animalistic machines roam the wilderness, a brave young female warrior goes on a quest to learn the truth about her mysterious origin and the state the world is in.
Director: Mathijs de Jonge | Stars: Ashly Burch, Laura van Tol, Ava Potter, JB Blanc
Votes: 18,704
10. Songbird (II) (2020)
PG-13 | 84 min | Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
In 2024 a pandemic ravages the world and its cities. Centering on a handful of people as they navigate the obstacles currently hindering society: disease, martial law, quarantine, and vigilantes.
Director: Adam Mason | Stars: K.J. Apa, Sofia Carson, Craig Robinson, Bradley Whitford
Votes: 11,643
11. If Looks Could Kill (1991)
PG-13 | 88 min | Action, Comedy
Michael has to take summer class in French, a class trip to France, to graduate high school. He is, however, mistaken for an agent and people try to kill him. There are 007 style cars, cuties, crooks etc.
Director: William Dear | Stars: Richard Grieco, Linda Hunt, Roger Rees, Robin Bartlett
Votes: 7,697 | Gross: $7.79M
12. Body Bags (1993 TV Movie)
R | 94 min | Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Three short stories in the horror genre: the first about a serial killer, the second about a hair transplant gone wrong, and the third about a baseball player.
Directors: John Carpenter, Tobe Hooper, Larry Sulkis | Stars: John Carpenter, Tom Arnold, Tobe Hooper, Robert Carradine
Votes: 12,632
13. Sorry We Missed You (2019)
Not Rated | 101 min | Drama
Hoping that self-employment through gig economy can solve their financial woes, a hard-up UK delivery driver and his wife struggling to raise a family end up trapped in the vicious circle of this modern-day form of labour exploitation.
Director: Ken Loach | Stars: Kris Hitchen, Debbie Honeywood, Rhys Mcgowan, Katie Proctor
Votes: 25,903
14. Thunder Road (2018)
92 min | Comedy, Drama
A police officer faces a personal meltdown following a divorce and the death of his mother.
Director: Jim Cummings | Stars: Jim Cummings, Kendal Farr, Nican Robinson, Jocelyn DeBoer
Votes: 19,520
15. Area 51 (2015)
R | 91 min | Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Three young conspiracy theorists attempt to uncover the mysteries of Area 51, the government's secret location rumored to have hosted encounters with alien beings. What they find at this hidden facility exposes unimaginable secrets.
Director: Oren Peli | Stars: Reid Warner, Darrin Bragg, Ben Rovner, Jelena Nik
Votes: 15,187
16. Yes, God, Yes (2017)
R | 11 min | Short, Comedy, Drama
A good Catholic fifteen-year-old girl finds herself having tempting thoughts after an innocent AOL chat turns unexpectedly racy.
Director: Karen Maine | Stars: Natalia Dyer, John Doherty, Joe Reece, Merissa Czyz
Votes: 1,919
17. Hands of Steel (1986)
R | 94 min | Action, Drama, Sci-Fi
A cyborg is programmed to kill a scientist who holds the fate of mankind in his hands. He fails and hides in a diner in a desert run by a woman who likes him. The people who sent him are after him and so is the local arm wrestling champ.
Director: Sergio Martino | Stars: Daniel Greene, Janet Agren, Claudio Cassinelli, George Eastman
Votes: 2,882
18. Stepfather 3 (1992 TV Movie)
R | 110 min | Horror, Thriller
That psycho stepfather has escaped from the insane asylum and had his face surgically altered. Now he's married again, this time to a woman with a child in a wheelchair. He goes on a ... See full summary »
Director: Guy Magar | Stars: Robert Wightman, Priscilla Barnes, Season Hubley, David Tom
Votes: 2,070
19. 100 Meters (2016)
108 min | Biography, Comedy, Drama
Based on true events, a Spanish man with multiple sclerosis who tried to finish an Iron-Man competition despite he was told that he could not make 100 meters.
Director: Marcel Barrena | Stars: Dani Rovira, Karra Elejalde, Alexandra Jiménez, David Verdaguer
Votes: 6,962
20. Scanner Cop (1994 Video)
R | 95 min | Horror, Sci-Fi
Sam Staziak, a rookie cop with the Los Angeles Police Department, is also a 'scanner' (psionic). When a string of murders begins to decimate the police department, Sam faces sensory ... See full summary »
Director: Pierre David | Stars: Daniel Quinn, Darlanne Fluegel, Richard Grove, Mark Rolston
Votes: 2,089
21. A Killer in the Family (1983 TV Movie)
90 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A father serving time for murder convinces his three teenage sons that his life is being threatened by fellow inmates and that they should break him out of jail. However, when his sons ... See full summary »
Director: Richard T. Heffron | Stars: Robert Mitchum, James Spader, Lance Kerwin, Eric Stoltz
Votes: 680
22. Scanners II: The New Order (1991)
R | 104 min | Action, Horror, Sci-Fi
A scanner discovers a plot by renegade elements in the city government to take power with the help of evil scanners.
Director: Christian Duguay | Stars: David Hewlett, Deborah Raffin, Yvan Ponton, Isabelle Mejias
Votes: 3,735
23. Psycho-Pass: The Movie (2015)
TV-MA | 113 min | Animation, Action, Crime
In this sequel to Psycho-Pass TV show, Inspector Tsunemori is sent to a neighboring war-torn nation, where the Sibyl System is being introduced as an experiment, to find Shinya Kogami, her former enforcer who went rogue three years ago.
Directors: Naoyoshi Shiotani, Katsuyuki Motohiro | Stars: Bryn Apprill, Major Attaway, Z. Charles Bolton, Cole Brown
Votes: 4,536 | Gross: $0.14M
24. Spider-Woman, Agent of S.W.O.R.D. (2009)
TV-14 | 10 min | Animation, Short, Action
After the failed alien invasion of Earth, revenge-seeking P.I. Jessica Drew, a.k.a. Spider-Woman, is recruited by S.W.O.R.D., an agency specialized in eliminating alien threats, to track down the remaining aliens disguised as humans.
Stars: Jolynn Carpenter, Nicolette Reed, Andy Mackenzie, Stephanie K. Thomas
Votes: 594
25. Scanner Cop II (1995 Video)
R | 95 min | Horror, Sci-Fi
A demonic 'scanner' terrorizes Los Angeles and the only person who can stop him may not have the neurons for the job.
Director: Steve Barnett | Stars: Daniel Quinn, Patrick Kilpatrick, Khrystyne Haje, Stephen Mendel
Votes: 1,229
26. Visa 'Tomorrow Never Dies' Television Commercial (1997 Video)
1 min | Short, Action, Adventure
A 1997 television commercial in which James Bond uses the Visa banking card for improved security.
Stars: Pierce Brosnan, Christina Hendricks, Desmond Llewelyn
Votes: 52
27. Sinistar (1983 Video Game)
Unrated | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
You control a small starfighter that must mine asteroids in the face of opposition to gain the necessary weapons to defeat the dreaded Sinistar.
Star: John Doremus
Votes: 57
28. The Ultimate Rally (2018)
PG-13 | 107 min | Adventure, Mystery, Thriller
Racing for the ultimate bet through the most dangerous tarmac roads and off-road trails in the Americas, Europe, and Scandinavia.
Director: Hotrod Ponce | Stars: Hotrod Ponce, Brigita Ortl, Kristine Bang, May Ingrid Wilk
Votes: 51
29. Star Trek: Strategic Operations Simulator (1982 Video Game)
Action, Sci-Fi
Now you can command the fate of the U.S.S. Enterprise in this home version of the hit arcade game. You're training to become a Federation Starship Captain. Fight off deadly Klingon Battle ... See full summary »
Votes: 76
30. Sol 87 (2017)
10 min | Short, Sci-Fi
An astronaut looking for a stranded mini rover.
Director: Justin Kruse | Star: James MacDonald
Votes: 101
31. My Little Sweet Pea (2013)
95 min | Comedy, Drama
Since her father died, Mugiko lives with her older brother, Norio. Her mother Ayako left home when she was little and never come back. But one day,she suddenly appears. What will happen to this estranged family?
Director: Keisuke Yoshida | Stars: Maki Horikita, Ryûhei Matsuda, Kimiko Yo, Yumi Asô
Votes: 238
32. Nancy Drew: The Deadly Device (2012 Video Game)
E10+ | Adventure, Mystery
Teen detective Nancy Drew investigates after a theoretical physicist is found electrocuted in a Colorado laboratory.
Director: Tim Burke | Stars: Lani Minella, Katherine Grant-Suttie, Marc Biagi, Sara Mountjoy-Pepka
Votes: 44
33. Then & Now (2012)
20 min | Short, Drama
THEN & NOW opens in the 1960s when Kenneth Kurtmann's journalism career has taken off thanks to the success of his alternative profession as vigilante hero, the Black Cowl. His fame is ... See full summary »
Director: Aaron Toy | Stars: Todd Tolces, Oowai Aung, Dylan Wayne Lawrence, Logan Loughmiller
Votes: 16
34. Welcome to the Planet Earth (1993)
14 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Matilda and Ignac are simple pig farmers. One day, a plant-based alien spaceship with two friendly plant-spacemen exploring Earth arrives on their farm. Terrified, the peasant couple attacks the aliens and something unexpected happens.
Director: Dusan Vukotic | Stars: Veronika Kovacic, Angel Palasev, Krunoslav Saric
Votes: 23
35. Scanners: Dopplegayners (2015)
46 min | Horror
Director: Germán Magariños | Stars: Vic Cicuta, Ramon Cordero, Leandro De la Torre, Horacio Gamarra
Votes: 12
36. Back to School Panic! (2016)
25 min | Animation, Short
The Cowboy and the Indian (sic) reluctantly go back to school.
Directors: Stéphane Aubier, Vincent Patar | Stars: Bruce Ellison, Stéphane Aubier, Vincent Patar, Benoît Poelvoorde
Votes: 88
37. O Combate (2005)
3 min | Short, Fantasy, Horror
Two telepaths with a story of rivalry face each other in a mental battle. Their memories are revealed as they fight. The stronger memory beats the weak memory, in a series of bloody strokes. One of them will die.
Director: Davi de Oliveira Pinheiro | Stars: Isidoro B. Guggiana, João Pedro Fleck
Votes: 26
38. More Than Meets the Eye: The South Australian Centre for Remote Sensing (1987 Video)
16 min | Documentary, Short
Directors: Jean Anne Devoe, Deane Hutton | Star: Roger Cardwell
39. Who Wants to Steal a Million? (2003 TV Special)
120 min | Documentary, Family
A special episode of the British version of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire (1998), which features the controversial never-before-seen episode where contestant Major Charles Ingram "won" the ... See full summary »
Stars: Chris Burke, Kevin Duff, Colman Hutchinson, Arvid Kappas
Votes: 22
40. Lost Secret of the Rainforest (1993 Video Game)
Adventure, Family
Adam Greene and his father Noah travel to the town of Iquitos in South America, to meet the Ecology Emergency Network. They plan to go on an expedition up the Amazon for making contact with... See full summary »
Director: Gano Haine | Stars: Richard Aronson, Neal Grandstaf, Trisha Korte, Greg Tomko-Pavia
Votes: 14
45.
Are You Afraid of the Dark? (1990–2000)
Episode:
The Tale of the Virtual Pets
(1999)
Not Rated | 25 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
When all the kids at school get virtual pets, it changes them in a very scary way. Luckily, Kate doesn't like these hi-tech toys. In an electronic showdown, she'll have to battle all her ... See full summary »
Director: Iain Paterson | Stars: Nicole Dicker, Alisha Morrison, Jonathan Koensgen, Christine Jack
Votes: 556
46.
Babylon 5 (1993–1998)
Episode:
Passing Through Gethsemane
(1995)
TV-PG | 43 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Kosh's ship arrives at the station bearing a surprise visitor, Lyta Alexander returns after visiting the Vorlon home world. Brother Edward, a monk with Brother Theo visits with Delenn to ... See full summary »
Director: Adam Nimoy | Stars: Bruce Boxleitner, Claudia Christian, Jerry Doyle, Mira Furlan
Votes: 840
47.
Batman Beyond (1999–2001)
Episode:
Final Cut
(2000)
Not Rated | 22 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
Batman is blackmailed by a bomb threat to protect a member of the Society of Assassins from Curaré.
Director: Butch Lukic | Stars: Will Friedle, Melissa Disney, Cree Summer, Tim Curry
Votes: 491
48.
Doctor Who (1963–1989)
Episode:
The Mind Robber: Episode 1
(1968)
TV-PG | 22 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
The TARDIS arrives in a white void after making an emergency escape from the volcanic eruption on Dulkis.
Director: David Maloney | Stars: Patrick Troughton, Frazer Hines, Wendy Padbury, Emrys Jones
Votes: 701
49.
Power Rangers Lost Galaxy (1999–2000)
Episode:
Grunchor on the Loose
(1999)
TV-Y7-FV | 21 min | Action, Adventure, Family
The Rangers battle the enormous Grunchor monster that has burrowed inside Terra Venture.
Director: Ryuta Tasaki | Stars: Archie Kao, Reggie Rolle, Danny Slavin, Valerie Vernon
Votes: 206
50.
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1993–1999)
Episode:
Children of Time
(1997)
TV-PG | 46 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
The DS9 crew discovers a small colony on a remote world that was originally populated by them 200 years earlier due to a time-travel accident with the Defiant. The current colonists lives ... See full summary »
Director: Allan Kroeker | Stars: Avery Brooks, Rene Auberjonois, Michael Dorn, Terry Farrell
Votes: 2,306