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1. North by Northwest (1959)
Approved | 136 min | Action, Adventure, Mystery
A New York City advertising executive goes on the run after being mistaken for a government agent by a group of foreign spies, and falls for a woman whose loyalties he begins to doubt.
Director: Alfred Hitchcock | Stars: Cary Grant, Eva Marie Saint, James Mason, Jessie Royce Landis
Votes: 347,099 | Gross: $13.28M
2. Sleepwalkers (1992)
R | 91 min | Fantasy, Horror
A mother-and-son team of strange supernatural creatures move to a small town to seek out a young virgin to feed on.
Director: Mick Garris | Stars: Brian Krause, Mädchen Amick, Alice Krige, Jim Haynie
Votes: 24,649 | Gross: $30.52M
3. 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: 18,784
4. Archangel (2005 TV Movie)
R | 133 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A British college professor, working in Russia, investigates certain mysteries surrounding the life and death of Joseph Stalin.
Director: Jon Jones | Stars: Daniel Craig, Yekaterina Rednikova, Gabriel Macht, Lev Prygunov
Votes: 6,182
5. Dark Skies (1996–1997)
TV-14 | 60 min | Adventure, Drama, Mystery
In 1960s America, a young couple struggle to expose the truth about a hidden alien invasion, while a secret government organization follows its own agenda in dealing with the threat.
Stars: Eric Close, J.T. Walsh, Lackos, Megan Ward
Votes: 2,385
6. Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood (2017)
Unrated | 98 min | Documentary, Biography, History
A portrait of unsung Hollywood legend Scotty Bowers, whose bestselling memoir chronicled his decades spent as sexual procurer to the stars.
Director: Matt Tyrnauer | Stars: Scotty Bowers, William Mann, David Kuhn, Stephen Fry
Votes: 1,816 | Gross: $0.46M
7. Schlock! The Secret History of American Movies (2001)
Not Rated | 89 min | Documentary
A look at several legendary 'exploitation' film-makers from the golden days of drive-in movies, and how they had a lasting effect on the movie landscape in general.
Director: Ray Greene | Stars: Ray Greene, Roger Corman, David F. Friedman, Maila Nurmi
Votes: 669
8. Ben and Me (1953)
Passed | 21 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
A mouse tells the story of how he guided Benjamin Franklin to success and prominence.
Directors: Hamilton Luske, Clyde Geronimi, Wilfred Jackson | Stars: Sterling Holloway, Hans Conried, Stan Freberg, James MacDonald
Votes: 1,025
9. Anonymous Rex (2004 TV Movie)
Unrated | 89 min | Action, Comedy, Sci-Fi
Failed TV pilot about an alternate present day reality where a dinosaur society secretly co-exists with humans using futuristic cloaking technology. Two dinosaur private detectives investigate a murder connected to a strange dinosaur cult.
Director: Julian Jarrold | Stars: Sam Trammell, Daniel Baldwin, Stephanie Lemelin, Tamara Gorski
Votes: 959
10. The Kay Griggs Interviews (1998)
Documentary, History, Talk-Show
Pastor Rick Strawcutter interviews Katharine Pollard Griggs, the wife of Marine Corps Colonel George Griggs, about the history of the U.S. military and the power elite.
Stars: Kay Griggs, Rick Strawcutter
Votes: 26
11. Revelations of a Mother Goddess (1999 Video)
176 min | Documentary, Biography
After an introduction about the history behind some of London's monuments and buildings, between the City of London and the City of Westminster, the Presenter conducts a biographical ... See full summary »
Director: Clint Jefferson | Stars: David Icke, Jennifer Ann Nagel
Votes: 12
12. Il segreto di Mussolini (2005 TV Movie)
108 min | Documentary, Biography, Drama
A documentary focusing on Ida Dalser, her relationship with Mussolini and her son Benito Albino.
Directors: Fabrizio Laurenti, Gianfranco Norelli | Stars: Benito Mussolini, Alfredo Pieroni, Monica Scattini
13. The Real George Washington (2008 TV Movie)
46 min | Documentary, Biography, History
Archaeologists excavate George Washington's childhood home and analyze items found there, while historians analyze the paradoxes of Washington as an impulsive tactician, honest spymaster, prudent suitor and liberty-loving slave owner.
Director: Tucker Bowen | Stars: Bruce Chadwick, Kathryn Coombs, Daniel Cross, Anthony J. Davis
Votes: 37
14. Springboard: the secret history of the first real smartphone (2021)
30 min | Documentary, Short
A decade before Steve Jobs introduced the iPhone, a tiny team of renegades imagined and tried to build the modern smartphone. Nearly forgotten by history, a little startup called Handspring... See full summary »
Director: Alix Diaconis | Star: Dieter Bohn
15. Secrets. (2008)
6 min | Short, Drama, Mystery
Drawing inspiration from the PostSecret world, "Secrets." follows Raymond, a lonely thrift store employee with a painful past and gloved hands to prove it. While putting away a bin of ... See full summary »
Director: Matt MacDonald | Stars: Sean Spann, Sharon Blynn, Benjamin David
16. Exit (VII) (2014)
5 min | Short, Mystery, Thriller
A man, A phone, An unknown place, A clue, 10 minutes to live.
Director: Syed Zain Raza | Star: Syed Zain Raza
18. Double Top Secret: Blackout
Thriller | Pre-production
A Cold War US Army Intelligence Officer and his team must combat Russian spies and a top secret US group to expose a secret so powerful it will change our world (based on actual events).
19. The Watchmaker (2001 Video Game)
T | Adventure, Fantasy, Mystery
Scotland Yard paranormal investigator Darrel Boone and young lawyer Victoria Conroy are hired incognito to find a mystical clock made by a legendary inventor known only as the Watchmaker that's hidden somewhere in an old Austrian castle.
Stars: Monica Mantegazza, Marco Troiano, Umberto Tabarelli, Giancarlo De Angeli
20.
Millennium (1996–1999)
Episode:
Anamnesis
(1998)
TV-14 | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Horror
Catherine and Lara investigate a small town high school girl who claims to have been chosen as the prophet of Mary. The two women must learn to trust each other in order to find answers and protect the girl from local zealots.
Director: John Peter Kousakis | Stars: Lance Henriksen, Megan Gallagher, Terry O'Quinn, Gwynyth Walsh
Votes: 318
21.
Millennium (1996–1999)
Episode:
Owls
(1998)
TV-14 | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Horror
The discovery of the remains of the crucifixion cross threatens to divide the Millennium Group between The Roosters who believe that the world will end in 2000 and The Owls who believe that it will end in 2060.
Director: Thomas J. Wright | Stars: Lance Henriksen, Megan Gallagher, Terry O'Quinn, Brittany Tiplady
Votes: 321
22.
The Outer Limits (1995–2002)
Episode:
Promised Land
(1998)
TV-PG | 45 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
On a future Earth, a group of alien settlers and group of escaped human slaves battle the environment and each other. As the casualties pile up, can they set aside their misunderstandings and learn to co-exist?
Director: Neill Fearnley | Stars: Caroline Goodall, Joseph Kell, Susan Hogan, Rene Auberjonois
Votes: 239
23.
History's Mysteries (1998–2011)
Episode:
Spies of the Revolutionary War
(1999)
TV-PG | 60 min | Documentary, History, Mystery
How Washington's spies Nathan Hale, John Honeyman, Benjamin Tallmadge, his spy network in New York known as the Culper Ring, and British spies Thomas Hickey, John Andre and Benedict Arnold played key roles in the Revolutionary War.
Director: Jim Milio | Stars: David Ackroyd, Andrew C. Batten, Clare Brandt, Willard Sterne Randall
Votes: 8
24.
The Watcher (2022– )
Episode:
Götterdämmerung
(2022)
TV-MA | 47 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
The pool of suspects shrinks in the wake of a neighborhood tragedy. Karen offers Nora a way out. A strange visitor tells Dean about the Fourth Turning.
Director: Ryan Murphy | Stars: Naomi Watts, Bobby Cannavale, Mia Farrow, Noma Dumezweni
Votes: 1,784
25.
Conspiracy Clearinghouse (2020– )
The Illuminati - Bavarian Brouhaha (Big 'Uns 1)
(2020 Podcast Episode)
Talk-Show
The first major conspiracy theory of the modern age is the tale of the Illuminati. Started in Bavaria by a power-hungry professor with poor social skills, it has become one of the overarching theories of our times.
Director: Derek DeWitt | Star: Derek DeWitt
26.
Secrets of the Dead (2000– )
Episode:
Lost in the Amazon
(2011)
TV-PG | 54 min | Documentary, History, War
What happened to the British explorer Col. Percy Fawcett, who went missing in the Amazon jungle in 1925 along with his son while searching for what he, due to his theosophical beliefs, believed to be a mythical lost city he called "Z".
Stars: Liev Schreiber, Don Antonio, Rolette de Montet-Guerin, Ali Ford
Votes: 67
27.
Rip Off Britain (2009– )
Episode:
Episode #14.6
(2022)
44 min | Reality-TV
Angela Rippon investigates the second hand cars with a secret history which could be putting you in danger. There is also an investigation into an online marketplace. Plus, advice on staycations.
Directors: Laura Davies-Parry, Elizabeth Gbejuade, Riaz Jugon, Simon Stapleton, Christopher Stonall | Stars: Julia Somerville, Angela Rippon, Gloria Hunniford, Simon Calder