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1. Going Clear: Scientology & the Prison of Belief (2015)
Not Rated | 119 min | Documentary
A documentary looking at the inner-workings of the Church of Scientology.
Director: Alex Gibney | Stars: Paul Haggis, Jason Beghe, Spanky Taylor, David Miscavige
Votes: 40,897
2. HyperNormalisation (2016)
166 min | Documentary
Adam Curtis explains how, at a time of confusing and inexplicable world events, politicians and the people they represent have retreated in to a damaging over-simplified version of what is happening.
Director: Adam Curtis | Stars: Adam Curtis, Donald Trump, Vladimir Putin, Victor Gotbaum
Votes: 7,368
3. Breakfast of Champions (1999)
R | 110 min | Comedy
A rich car dealer is losing his mind. His son lives in the bomb shelter. His suicidal wife has an affair with his transvestite sales manager.
Director: Alan Rudolph | Stars: Bruce Willis, Nick Nolte, Albert Finney, Barbara Hershey
Votes: 8,244 | Gross: $0.18M
4. Mother (II) (1996)
PG-13 | 104 min | Comedy, Drama
A neurotic, twice-divorced sci-fi writer moves back in with his mother to solve his personal problems.
Director: Albert Brooks | Stars: Albert Brooks, Debbie Reynolds, Paul Collins, Laura Weekes
Votes: 6,791 | Gross: $19.12M
5. The Revolt of Mamie Stover (1956)
Approved | 92 min | Drama, War
Set in the early '40s, a San Francisco prostitute is run out of town just as the second World War has begun to intensify. Mamie settles down in Hawaii, hoping to start a new life. Though ... See full summary »
Director: Raoul Walsh | Stars: Jane Russell, Richard Egan, Joan Leslie, Agnes Moorehead
Votes: 975
6. The Trouble with Dick (1987)
R | 86 min | Comedy, Sci-Fi
Sci-Fi author is plagued by his publisher's demands to add more sex to his new novel, sexual advances of his girl's sexy best friend and her daughter and hallucinations in which the novel's hero faces desert parasites and alien vixens.
Director: Gary Walkow | Stars: Tom Villard, Susan Dey, Elaine Giftos, Elizabeth Gorcey
Votes: 147
7. Your Name Here (I) (2008)
106 min | Biography, Drama, Horror
The lines between reality and perception blur in this comic journey into the life and mind (literally!) of one of sci-fi's most brilliant authors. Paranoid conspiracies of the highest order... See full summary »
Director: Matthew Wilder | Stars: Bill Pullman, Taryn Manning, Harold Perrineau, Traci Lords
Votes: 192
8. The Profit (2001)
(Banned) | 128 min | Drama
This period piece is a fictional biography of a cult leader's rise to power and his subsequent descent into isolation and paranoia.
Director: Peter N. Alexander | Stars: Eric Rath, Cliff Roca, Tom Luce, Christine Eads
Votes: 485
9. Trek Nation (2011)
Not Rated | 88 min | Documentary
The son of the creator of "Star Trek" explores his father's famous creation and how it has affected people.
Director: Scott Colthorp | Stars: Jules Urbach, J.J. Abrams, Indira Addington, Sallie Baliunas
Votes: 732
10. Sharma and Beyond (1984 TV Movie)
85 min | Drama
A young English teacher and aspiring author takes his class on a trip to the home of his favourite author, Gorley Peters. While there, he meets Peter's daughter and a relationship develops.
Director: Brian Gilbert | Stars: Katherine Best, Suzanne Burden, Takashi Kawahara, Michael Maloney
Votes: 38 | Gross: $0.00M
11. Ud, spring over, ind (2013)
27 min | Short, Drama
Director: Thomas Daneskov | Stars: Thomas Ernst, Søren Spanning, Zinnini Elkington, Lea Gregersen
Votes: 39
12. Orientation: A Scientology Information Film (1996)
37 min | Documentary, Short
An introduction and overview to Scientology.
Stars: Norman Starkey, Bob Adams, Kirstie Alley, Larry Anderson
Votes: 411
13. A Window Looking In (2010– )
30 min | Documentary
Visually bold and captivating, the films peer into the artists' inner words to uncover common truths about creativity, the artistic process and living and working as an artist in BC.
Stars: Dan Mangan, Gathie Falk, Ian Tracey, Sarah McLachlan
Votes: 19
14.
Odyssey 5 (2002–2004)
Episode:
Time Out of Mind
(2002)
TV-14 | 46 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
The Odyssey crew begin to lose their memories of the future and their present mission to save the Earth.
Director: David Straiton | Stars: Peter Weller, Sebastian Roché, Christopher Gorham, Leslie Silva
Votes: 96
15.
Temps X (1979–1987)
Episode:
Episode dated 21 April 1979
(1979)
Documentary
Director: Jean-Pierre Oualid | Stars: Igor Bogdanoff, Grichka Bogdanoff, Frédéric Beigbeder, Chantal de Farcy
16.
Qui est-ce? (2010)
Episode:
Frédéric Beigbeder
(2010)
1 min | Short, Game-Show
Director: Cyril Cohen | Stars: Frédéric Beigbeder, Igor Bogdanoff, André Ruellan
17.
À la vitrine du libraire (1963–1968)
Episode:
La science-fiction
(1966)
Talk-Show
Director: Jean Royer | Stars: Alain Dorémieux, Jacques Sadoul, Jean Prasteau
18.
The Universe (2007–2015)
Episode:
Science Fiction, Science Fact
(2009)
TV-14 | 45 min | Documentary, History
Is science-fiction rooted in science? Has science caught up to science-fiction, past and present? Is there any scientific technology that has surpassed science-fiction? This episode explores these questions and more.
Director: Colin Campbell | Stars: Erik Thompson, Pamela L. Gay, André Bormanis, Alex Filippenko
Votes: 71
19.
Bookmark (1983–1999)
Episode:
Stanislaw Lem: Science and Fiction
(1990)
75 min | Biography
A multifaceted portrait of science fiction writer Stanislaw Lem.
Director: Adam Ustynowicz | Stars: Stanislaw Lem, Katarzyna Piotrowska-Ornatkiewicz
20.
Loki (2021–2023)
Episode:
Science/Fiction
(2023)
TV-14 | 45 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Loki traverses dying timelines in an attempt to find his friends, but Reality is not what it seems.
Directors: Justin Benson, Aaron Moorhead | Stars: Tom Hiddleston, Sophia Di Martino, Owen Wilson, Wunmi Mosaku
Votes: 13,754
21.
Mad Men (2007–2015)
Episode:
Signal 30
(2012)
TV-14 | 48 min | Drama
While Lane needs some help closing with a potential new client, Peter begins to crack under the pressure of both his home life and work life.
Director: John Slattery | Stars: Jon Hamm, Elisabeth Moss, Vincent Kartheiser, January Jones
Votes: 3,089
22.
Prophets of Science Fiction (2011–2012)
Episode:
H.G. Wells
(2011)
TV-PG | 44 min | Documentary, Biography, History
With stories like The Time Machine and The War of the Worlds, H.G. Wells established himself as a sci-fi writer of almost clairvoyant talent. But these tales of hi-tech adventure hold an ominous warning - beware the dark side of progress.
Director: Declan Whitebloom | Stars: Jonathan Adams, Sean Carroll, Circus-Szalewski, Ridley Scott
Votes: 85
23.
Perception (2012–2015)
Episode:
Alienation
(2013)
TV-MA | 42 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A woman becomes convinced that her husband is no longer really her husband. When it appears she has murdered him she claims she really didn't kill her husband - only his alien impostor.
Director: Greg Beeman | Stars: Eric McCormack, Rachael Leigh Cook, Kelly Rowan, Arjay Smith
Votes: 252
24.
Ah! Vous écrivez? (1976–1980)
Episode:
Jacques Sternberg, un amusant pessimiste
(1978)
23 min | Short, Talk-Show
Director: Nicolas Ribowski | Stars: Bernard Pivot, Jacques Sternberg
25.
Voxday Darkstream (2017– )
Episode:
Killing the Conference, Killing Our Civilization
(2019)
News
Star: Vox Day