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1. SpongeBob SquarePants (1999– )
TV-Y7 | 23 min | Animation, Comedy, Family
The misadventures of a talking sea sponge who works at a fast food restaurant, attends a boating school, and lives in an underwater pineapple.
Stars: Tom Kenny, Rodger Bumpass, Bill Fagerbakke, Clancy Brown
Votes: 110,559
2. Revolver (2005)
R | 111 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Gambler Jake Green enters into a game with potentially deadly consequences.
Director: Guy Ritchie | Stars: Jason Statham, Ray Liotta, André 3000, Vincent Pastore
Votes: 102,163 | Gross: $0.08M
3. Perfume: The Story of a Murderer (2006)
R | 147 min | Crime, Drama, Fantasy
Jean-Baptiste Grenouille, born with a superior olfactory sense, creates the world's finest perfume. His work, however, takes a dark turn as he searches for the ultimate scent.
Director: Tom Tykwer | Stars: Ben Whishaw, Dustin Hoffman, Alan Rickman, Francesc Albiol
Votes: 264,917 | Gross: $2.22M
4. The Boss Baby (2017)
PG | 97 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
A suit-wearing, briefcase-carrying baby pairs up with his 7-year old brother to stop the dastardly plot of the CEO of Puppy Co.
Director: Tom McGrath | Stars: Alec Baldwin, Steve Buscemi, Jimmy Kimmel, Lisa Kudrow
Votes: 140,323 | Gross: $175.00M
5. The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie (2004)
PG | 87 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
SpongeBob takes leave from Bikini Bottom in order to track down, with Patrick, King Neptune's stolen crown.
Directors: Stephen Hillenburg, Mark Osborne | Stars: Tom Kenny, Jeffrey Tambor, Rodger Bumpass, Carolyn Lawrence
Votes: 101,248 | Gross: $85.42M
6. The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water (2015)
PG | 92 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
When a diabolical pirate above the sea steals the secret Krabby Patty formula, SpongeBob and his friends team up in order to get it back.
Directors: Paul Tibbitt, Mike Mitchell | Stars: Tom Kenny, Antonio Banderas, Bill Fagerbakke, Clancy Brown
Votes: 60,763 | Gross: $162.99M
7. Bloom (2019–2020)
60 min | Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
A year after a devastating flood has killed five locals in an idyllic country town, a mysterious new plant appears. The plant's phenomenal ability to restore youth is so formidable that attempting to harness it means re-evaluating values.
Stars: Bryan Brown, Phoebe Tonkin, Genevieve Morris, Terry Norris
Votes: 1,869
8. Sunshine (1999)
R | 181 min | Drama, History, Romance
The fate of a Hungarian Jewish family throughout the 20th century.
Director: István Szabó | Stars: Ralph Fiennes, Rosemary Harris, Rachel Weisz, Jennifer Ehle
Votes: 15,750 | Gross: $5.10M
9. The Spanish Prisoner (1997)
PG | 110 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
An employee who develops a lucrative secret process for his corporation is tempted to betray the company when higher ups attempt to take the process from him. Dastardly intrigue ensues.
Director: David Mamet | Stars: Steve Martin, Ben Gazzara, Campbell Scott, Ricky Jay
Votes: 25,747 | Gross: $10.20M
10. Delirious (1991)
PG | 96 min | Comedy, Fantasy
A soap opera writer gets hit on the head and wakes up as a character in his own show.
Director: Tom Mankiewicz | Stars: John Candy, Mariel Hemingway, Emma Samms, Raymond Burr
Votes: 9,474 | Gross: $5.55M
11. This Gun for Hire (1942)
Passed | 81 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
When assassin Philip Raven shoots a blackmailer and his beautiful female companion dead, he is paid off in marked bills by his treasonous employer who is working with foreign spies.
Director: Frank Tuttle | Stars: Alan Ladd, Veronica Lake, Robert Preston, Laird Cregar
Votes: 10,576
12. Seven Dials Mystery (1981 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 132 min | Adventure, Mystery, Romance
Lady Eileen "Bundle" Brent is a pert, aggressive young aristocrat that insinuates herself into a series of murders, stolen state secrets, and a mysterious secret society.
Director: Tony Wharmby | Stars: John Gielgud, Harry Andrews, Cheryl Campbell, James Warwick
Votes: 800
13. Five Dolls for an August Moon (1970)
Not Rated | 82 min | Crime, Horror, Mystery
An industrialist invites his colleagues to his private island so they can exploit a resin formula invented by one of the guests, but a killer within the group disrupts the proceedings.
Director: Mario Bava | Stars: William Berger, Ira von Fürstenberg, Edwige Fenech, Howard Ross
Votes: 3,435
14. Monkey Business (1952)
Approved | 97 min | Comedy, Sci-Fi
A chemist finds his personal and professional life turned upside down when one of his chimpanzees finds the fountain of youth.
Director: Howard Hawks | Stars: Cary Grant, Ginger Rogers, Marilyn Monroe, Charles Coburn
Votes: 15,502
15. Artists and Models (1955)
Approved | 109 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance
Rick Todd uses the dreams of his roommate Eugene as the basis for a successful comic book.
Director: Frank Tashlin | Stars: Dean Martin, Jerry Lewis, Shirley MacLaine, Dorothy Malone
Votes: 4,362 | Gross: $9.35M
16. The Strongest Man in the World (1975)
G | 92 min | Comedy, Family, Sci-Fi
Dexter Riley and his friends accidently discover a new chemical mixed with a cereal seems to give anyone temporary superhuman strength
Director: Vincent McEveety | Stars: Kurt Russell, Joe Flynn, Eve Arden, Cesar Romero
Votes: 3,709
17. Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Invisible Man (1951)
Passed | 82 min | Comedy, Family, Horror
Two bumbling private eyes help a man, wrongly accused of murder who has become invisible, to clear his name.
Director: Charles Lamont | Stars: Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Nancy Guild, Arthur Franz
Votes: 6,056 | Gross: $3.38M
18. Love Blossoms (2017 TV Movie)
TV-G | 80 min | Drama, Romance
After a perfumer's death, his daughter works to meet the production deadline for his company's latest scent, which is complicated by the lack of an elusive ingredient.
Director: Jonathan Wright | Stars: Shantel VanSanten, Victor Webster, Callum Blue, Brittany Bristow
Votes: 1,869
19. Hillbillys in a Haunted House (1967)
TV-G | 86 min | Comedy, Family, Horror
A trio of country singers becomes stranded at a haunted mansion and gets mixed up with spies.
Director: Jean Yarbrough | Stars: Ferlin Husky, Joi Lansing, Don Bowman, John Carradine
Votes: 1,479
20. Mad Monster Party? (1967)
Unrated | 94 min | Animation, Comedy, Family
On the Isle of Evil, the head of the "World Organization of Monsters" reveals his imminent retirement and that he has refined a formula for total destruction, only to be upset when the monsters try to steal the formula and kill his nephew.
Director: Jules Bass | Stars: Boris Karloff, Allen Swift, Gale Garnett, Phyllis Diller
Votes: 3,551
21. Mirage (1965)
Approved | 108 min | Mystery, Thriller
An accountant suddenly suffers from amnesia. This appears related to the suicide of his boss. Now some violent thugs are out to get him. They work for a shadowy figure known simply as The Major.
Director: Edward Dmytryk | Stars: Gregory Peck, Diane Baker, Walter Matthau, Kevin McCarthy
Votes: 5,900 | Gross: $3.27M
22. Monster a Go-Go (1965)
TV-PG | 68 min | Horror, Sci-Fi
A space capsule crash-lands on Earth, and the astronaut aboard disappears. Is there a connection between the missing man and the monster roaming the area?
Directors: Bill Rebane, Herschell Gordon Lewis | Stars: Philip Morton, June Travis, George Perry, Lois Brooks
Votes: 10,072
23. Carry on Spying (1964)
87 min | Comedy
Agent Simpkins and trainees chase STENCH (the Society for the Total Extinction of Non-Conforming Humans) for a stolen chemical formula, using gadgets and disguises to defeat villains The Fat Man, Dr Milchman, and Dr Crow.
Director: Gerald Thomas | Stars: Kenneth Williams, Barbara Windsor, Bernard Cribbins, Charles Hawtrey
Votes: 3,102
24. The Road to Hong Kong (1962)
Passed | 91 min | Comedy, Musical, Sci-Fi
Mistaken identity and the acquisition of a rare Tibetan herb put two buffoonish con men on the wrong side of a secret organization geared toward world domination.
Director: Norman Panama | Stars: Bing Crosby, Bob Hope, Joan Collins, Robert Morley
Votes: 2,770
25. Eyes in the Night (1942)
Passed | 80 min | Crime, Mystery
A blind detective and his seeing-eye dog investigate a murder and discover a Nazi plot.
Director: Fred Zinnemann | Stars: Edward Arnold, Ann Harding, Donna Reed, Stephen McNally
Votes: 1,940
26. The Formula (1980)
R | 117 min | Crime, Thriller
The synthetic fuel production formula, invented by the Nazis at the end of World War II, is sought after by some who aim to sell it, and by others who wish to destroy it.
Director: John G. Avildsen | Stars: George C. Scott, Marlon Brando, Marthe Keller, John Gielgud
Votes: 2,839
27. The Man Who Wasn't There (1983)
R | 111 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
A State Department employee finds an egg-shaped device with a green fluid inside that makes the person who drinks it invisible. He finds himself being chased by foreign agents who want the substance.
Director: Bruce Malmuth | Stars: Steve Guttenberg, Jeffrey Tambor, Art Hindle, Morgan Most
Votes: 646 | Gross: $2.44M
28. Year of the Comet (1992)
PG-13 | 91 min | Action, Adventure, Romance
An auctioneer's daughter and a rich buyer's emissary fall for each other while trying to keep a rare wine out of the hands of evil doers.
Director: Peter Yates | Stars: Penelope Ann Miller, Tim Daly, Louis Jourdan, Art Malik
Votes: 1,774 | Gross: $2.79M
29. Cochon and the Small Reset (2023)
121 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
He doesn't work for CIA, NSA, KGB, MI5, MI6, Mossad, French or Chinese Intelligence, he works for Gagauz Secret Services, he is Very Very Secret Agent Cochon. After 4 films and countless ... See full summary »
Director: Rodrig Andrisan | Stars: Michael Adshead, Rich Allen, Rodrig Andrisan, David Barker
Votes: 16
30. Passion Potion (1971)
R | 96 min | Comedy
By chance the perfume creators Mike and Al produce a scent that makes women go wild for sex. While they desperately try to find the recipe for their product of chance, they use it on random... See full summary »
Director: David C. Rea | Stars: Keith Barron, Kenneth Cope, Hilary Pritchard, Philippa Gail
Votes: 132
31. Sh! The Octopus (1937)
Approved | 54 min | Comedy, Mystery, Thriller
Comedy-mystery finds Detectives Kelly and Dempsey trapped in a deserted lighthouse with a group of strangers who are being terrorized by a killer octopus AND a mysterious crime figure named... See full summary »
Director: William C. McGann | Stars: Hugh Herbert, Allen Jenkins, Marcia Ralston, John Eldredge
Votes: 654
32. Bon Voyage (2003)
PG-13 | 114 min | Comedy, Drama, Mystery
An actress, a writer, a student, and a government worker band together in an effort to escape Paris as the Germans move into the city.
Director: Jean-Paul Rappeneau | Stars: Isabelle Adjani, Gérard Depardieu, Virginie Ledoyen, Grégori Derangère
Votes: 5,032 | Gross: $2.35M
33. Challenge of the Tiger (1980)
88 min | Action, Thriller
Two CIA agents - a kung fu master and a suave womanizer - track the stolen formula for a super-sterility drug from Spain to Hong Kong, battling Neo-Nazi terrorists and a Vietnamese spy ring for its possession.
Directors: Bruce Le, Luigi Batzella, Richard Harrison | Stars: Bruce Le, Richard Harrison, Jeong-lee Hwang, Nadiuska
Votes: 428
34. Fraulein Doktor (1969)
M | 104 min | Drama, History, Romance
During the First World War, female German spy Fraulein Doktor and her team of saboteurs plan to kill Lord Kitchener, obtain the Allied defense plans, and steal the new French mustard-gas formula.
Director: Alberto Lattuada | Stars: Suzy Kendall, Kenneth More, Nigel Green, Alexander Knox
Votes: 519
35. Mr. Wong, Detective (1938)
Passed | 69 min | Adventure, Crime, Drama
When a chemical manufacturer is killed after asking detective James Wong to help him, Wong investigates this and two subsequent murders. He uncovers an international spy ring hoping to ... See full summary »
Director: William Nigh | Stars: Boris Karloff, Grant Withers, Maxine Jennings, Evelyn Brent
Votes: 1,213
36. The Karate Killers (1967)
Approved | 89 min | Comedy, Crime, Thriller
U.N.C.L.E. agents Napoleon Solo and Illya Kuryakin battle T.H.R.U.S.H. spies to seize Dr. True's secret chemical formula used in extracting gold from sea water.
Director: Barry Shear | Stars: Robert Vaughn, David McCallum, Joan Crawford, Curd Jürgens
Votes: 699
37. Vampires in Havana (1985)
Not Rated | 80 min | Animation, Comedy, Horror
A vampire family from Cuba is preparing for a showdown between the USA vampires and the Eastern European vampires. But with the aid of a scientist, they need a type of vaccination where they can live in daylight.
Director: Juan Padrón | Stars: Frank González, Manuel Marín, Irela Bravo, Carlos Gonzalez
Votes: 1,456
38. Die Laughing (1980)
PG | 108 min | Adventure, Comedy, Crime
A San Francisco cab driver finds himself in possession of a monkey that is carrying a formula for turning atomic waste into a plutonium bomb. He finds himself framed for a murder and chased all over town by people trying to get the formula.
Director: Jeff Werner | Stars: Robby Benson, Linda Grovenor, Charles Durning, Elsa Lanchester
Votes: 327
39. Dick Tracy (1937)
Approved | 70 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
A master criminal called The Spider puts the famous detective's brother under a hypnotic spell and turns him against Dick.
Directors: Alan James, Ray Taylor | Stars: Ralph Byrd, Kay Hughes, Smiley Burnette, Lee Van Atta
Votes: 650
40. Revolt of the Zombies (1936)
Approved | 65 min | Adventure, Horror
An international expedition is sent into Cambodia to destroy an ancient formula that turns men into zombies.
Director: Victor Halperin | Stars: Dorothy Stone, Dean Jagger, Roy D'Arcy, Robert Noland
Votes: 1,872
41. Happy Hour (1986)
R | 88 min | Comedy
A chemist experimenting with different formulas stumbles upon an ingredient that, when added to beer, makes it absolutely irresistible. Before he realizes it, an international spy is after him to try to get the formula for himself.
Director: John De Bello | Stars: Jim Parrott, Richard Gilliland, Kathi Diamant, James Newell
Votes: 273
42. The Diamond Wizard (1954)
Approved | 83 min | Crime, Drama, Sci-Fi
An American Treasury agent teams up with a Scotland Yard inspector to track down a group of thieves that are creating artificial diamonds out of sugar.
Directors: Dennis O'Keefe, Montgomery Tully | Stars: Dennis O'Keefe, Margaret Sheridan, Philip Friend, Alan Wheatley
Votes: 258
43. Girl in the Case (1944)
Approved | 65 min | Adventure, Comedy, Mystery
William Warner is not only a crack defense lawyer, but he has an even more useful skill--he's an expert at picking open any kind of lock, which comes in handy in his line of work. This ... See full summary »
Director: William Berke | Stars: Edmund Lowe, Janis Carter, Robert B. Williams, Richard Hale
Votes: 57
44. Secret Agent X-9 (1945)
Approved | 246 min | Action, Adventure
American, Chinese and Australian agents join forces to stop the Nazis from obtaining the formula for synthetic fuel.
Directors: Lewis D. Collins, Ray Taylor | Stars: Lloyd Bridges, Keye Luke, Jan Wiley, Victoria Horne
Votes: 148
45. Thunder of Gigantic Serpent (1988)
87 min | Action, Horror, Sci-Fi
A secret formula that can cause plants and animals to expand a thousand-fold in size is stolen by a terrorist group. During a wild chase and shoot-out, the formula is lost. It's found by a ... See full summary »
Director: Godfrey Ho | Stars: Pierre Kirby, Edowan Bersmea, Danny Raisebeck, Dewey Bosworth
Votes: 214
46. The Black Widow (1947)
Approved | 180 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
The Daily Clarion hires detective story writer Steve Colt to investigate the deaths of a group of scientists working on an atomic rocket development project. Behind the killings is fortune ... See full summary »
Directors: Spencer Gordon Bennet, Fred C. Brannon | Stars: Bruce Edwards, Virginia Lee, Carol Forman, Anthony Warde
Votes: 399
47. The Man in the Road (1956)
83 min | Crime, Thriller
Communist agents trail an important scientist to try to steal his top-secret new formula.
Director: Lance Comfort | Stars: Derek Farr, Ella Raines, Donald Wolfit, Lisa Daniely
Votes: 188
48. Superdragon vs. Superman (1975)
R | 84 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
Scientist Dr Ting has invented a secret formula that will help the world's food crisis, but refuses an offer to sell it. When Dr Ting is later kidnapped by a sinister organization, Alice's ... See full summary »
Director: Chia-Chun Wu | Stars: Bruce Li, Fei Lung, Lu Wen Lu, Foe Brown
Votes: 173
49. Hammer the Toff (1952)
71 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
A detective proves that a Robin Hood-type crook did not steal a metal formula.
Director: Maclean Rogers | Stars: John Bentley, Patricia Dainton, John Robinson, Valentine Dyall
Votes: 138
50. El señor fotógrafo (1953)
100 min | Comedy, Drama, Mystery
An apprentice of photography is accidentally involved in a n international complot.
Director: Miguel M. Delgado | Stars: Cantinflas, Rosita Arenas, Ángel Garasa, Rebeca Iturbide
Votes: 344