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1. The American Society of Magical Negroes (2024)
PG-13 | 104 min | Comedy, Fantasy
A young man, Aren, is recruited into a secret society of magical Black people who dedicate their lives to a cause of utmost importance: making white people's lives easier.
Director: Kobi Libii | Stars: Justice Smith, Zachary Barton, Anthony Coons, Robbie Troy
Votes: 7,475
2. Napoleon Dynamite (2004)
PG | 96 min | Comedy
A listless and alienated teenager decides to help his new friend win the class presidency in their small western high school, while he must deal with his bizarre family life back home.
Director: Jared Hess | Stars: Jon Heder, Efren Ramirez, Jon Gries, Aaron Ruell
Votes: 237,663 | Gross: $44.54M
3. La Brea (2021–2024)
TV-14 | Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
A massive sinkhole mysteriously opens up in Los Angeles, separating part of a family in an unexplainable primeval world, alongside a desperate group of strangers.
Stars: Eoin Macken, Chiké Okonkwo, Zyra Gorecki, Rohan Mirchandaney
Votes: 16,832
4. Promising Young Woman (2020)
R | 113 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Nothing in Cassie's life is what it appears to be - she's wickedly smart, tantalizingly cunning, and she's living a secret double life. Now, an unexpected encounter is about to give Cassie a chance to right the wrongs from the past.
Director: Emerald Fennell | Stars: Carey Mulligan, Bo Burnham, Alison Brie, Clancy Brown
Votes: 211,520
5. Future Man (2017–2020)
TV-MA | 30 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
Josh Futturman, a janitor by day and a gamer by night, is recruited by mysterious visitors to travel through time to prevent the extinction of humanity.
Stars: Josh Hutcherson, Eliza Coupe, Derek Wilson, Haley Joel Osment
Votes: 28,676
6. The World's End (2013)
R | 109 min | Action, Comedy, Sci-Fi
Five friends who reunite in an attempt to top their epic pub crawl from twenty years earlier unwittingly become humanity's only hope for survival.
Director: Edgar Wright | Stars: Simon Pegg, Nick Frost, Martin Freeman, Rosamund Pike
Votes: 298,105 | Gross: $26.00M
7. The Final Countdown (1980)
PG | 103 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
A modern aircraft carrier is thrown back in time to 1941 near Hawaii, just hours before the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.
Director: Don Taylor | Stars: Kirk Douglas, Martin Sheen, Katharine Ross, James Farentino
Votes: 26,899 | Gross: $16.65M
8. The Red House (1947)
Approved | 100 min | Drama, Film-Noir, Mystery
An old man and his sister are concealing a terrible secret from their adopted teen daughter, concerning a hidden abandoned farmhouse, located deep in the woods.
Director: Delmer Daves | Stars: Edward G. Robinson, Lon McCallister, Judith Anderson, Rory Calhoun
Votes: 4,949
9. Space Cop (2016 Video)
Not Rated | 102 min | Action, Comedy, Sci-Fi
Space Cop is the story of a cop from the future of space who travels back in time to the present and is teamed up with a cop from the past who is unfrozen in the present. Together, they must defeat evil aliens with a sinister plan.
Directors: Jay Bauman, Mike Stoklasa | Stars: Rich Evans, Mike Stoklasa, Jocelyn Ridgely, Chike Johnson
Votes: 3,756
10. Going Home (1971)
GP | 97 min | Drama
After serving a prison term for killing his wife, a man is paroled and returns to his home town. He tries to reestablish his relationship with his son, who was a child when the incident happened who witnessed his father kill his mother.
Director: Herbert B. Leonard | Stars: Robert Mitchum, Brenda Vaccaro, Jan-Michael Vincent, Jason Bernard
Votes: 684
11. The Madwoman of Chaillot (1969)
G | 132 min | Comedy, Drama
Nice, eccentric, idealistic and slightly mad Countess Aurelia, who believes that the good must prevail over evil, decides to stand up to corrupt powerful leaders of Paris by putting them on trial with 'unwashed masses' as the jury.
Director: Bryan Forbes | Stars: Katharine Hepburn, Charles Boyer, Claude Dauphin, Edith Evans
Votes: 1,160
12. Origin of the Species (1998)
R | 92 min | Comedy, Drama
A weekend in a summer house, where six late twenties friends have reunited. A series of life crises force them to confront their relationships and lives, leading them to discover what it really means to grow up.
Director: Andres Heinz | Stars: Elon Gold, Jean Louisa Kelly, Michael Kelly, Jonathan LaPaglia
Votes: 185
13. Buddy Faro (1998)
TV-PG | 60 min | Drama
After vanishing for 20 years, a hip 70's private detective brings his act into the 90's with the help of his young partner Bob and a couple of trusty assistants.
Stars: Dennis Farina, Frank Whaley, Allison Smith, Charles Robinson
Votes: 118
14. Timeline (2000 Video Game)
E | Adventure, Sci-Fi
Archaeology student, Chris Hughes, and his team use their mentor's time machine to travel to the castle town of Castelgard in 14th-century France to rescue him. They must take part in local customs to blend in and explore the castle.
Director: Michael Crichton | Stars: Sean Donnellan, Dick Gautier, Michael Gough, James Horan
Votes: 16
15. Bagman (2012)
TV-PG | 39 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Ethan Michaels is 31, lives at home, doesn't have his GED, or a job and his girlfriend just broke up with him because she wants a career driven man. His only dream since childhood is to become a superhero.
Directors: Ian Cranston, Ethan Michaels | Stars: Bagman, Ethan Michaels, Ian Cranston, Holly Anderson
Votes: 20 | Gross: $1.47M
16.
Barney Miller (1975–1982)
Episode:
The Radical
(1978)
TV-PG | 30 min | Comedy, Drama
A shoplifting suspect turns out to be a wanted 1960s-era radical, whose raging about the Vietnam War stirs up passions and polarizes the precinct. An overweight burglar becomes the butt of jokes.
Director: Noam Pitlik | Stars: Hal Linden, Max Gail, Ron Glass, Jack Soo
Votes: 124
17.
Goodnight Sweetheart (1993–2016)
Episode:
Accentuate the Positive
(1999)
Not Rated | 29 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Yvonne suspects Gary is having an affair, so she follows him to the shop. Back in the past, VE Day approaches.
Director: Terry Kinane | Stars: Nicholas Lyndhurst, Elizabeth Carling, Emma Amos, Victor McGuire
Votes: 68
18.
Home Improvement (1991–1999)
Episode:
For Whom the Belch Tolls
(1992)
TV-PG | 30 min | Comedy, Family
It's family night at the Taylors. Randy would like to re-watch 'Bury Me Again' and Tim suggests 'Bayonet Hell', but it's Jill's time to choose and she wants to see 'The Sound of Music'. ... See full summary »
Director: John Pasquin | Stars: Tim Allen, Patricia Richardson, Earl Hindman, Taran Noah Smith
Votes: 347
19.
Tales from the Darkside (1983–1988)
Episode:
The Apprentice
(1988)
TV-14 | 30 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
College sophomore Sarah McBride accepts a job at Colonial Village, a tourist attraction that recreates Puritan life in 1692 Salem and allows nothing from the 20th century. But things aren't quite what they seem.
Director: Eleanor Gaver | Stars: Wayne Tippit, Haviland Morris, Katherine Elizabeth Neuman, Gary Lahti
Votes: 205
20.
Doctor Who (2005–2022)
Episode:
Blink
(2007)
TV-PG | 45 min | Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
Sally Sparrow receives a cryptic message from the Doctor about a mysterious new enemy species that is after the TARDIS.
Director: Hettie Macdonald | Stars: David Tennant, Freema Agyeman, Carey Mulligan, Lucy Gaskell
Votes: 23,875
21.
Doctor Who (2005–2022)
Episode:
Flux: Chapter Five - Survivors of the Flux
(2021)
TV-14 | 51 min | Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
As the forces of evil mass, the Doctor, Yaz and Dan face perilous journeys and seemingly insurmountable obstacles in their quest for survival.
Director: Azhur Saleem | Stars: Jodie Whittaker, Mandip Gill, John Bishop, Kevin McNally
Votes: 3,168
22.
Primeval (2007–2011)
Episode:
Back from the Cretaceous
(2011)
TV-PG | 48 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Still stuck in the Cretaceous period, Connor and Abby continue their mission to survive and find a way back to the present where the ARC has been rebuilt and updated with two new members.
Director: Mark Everest | Stars: Ciarán McMenamin, Andrew Lee Potts, Hannah Spearritt, Ben Miller
Votes: 332
23.
The Bullwinkle Show (1959–1963)
Episode:
The Three Moosketeers: Parts 1-2
(1961)
TV-G | 23 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
Rocky and Bullwinkle "Three Moosketeers" Part 1, Fractured Fairy Tales "Giant and the Beanstalk a Sequel", Dudley Do-Right of the Mounties "Mechanical Dudley", Rocky and Bullwinkle "Three Moosketeers" Part 2.
Directors: Gerard Baldwin, Pete Burness, Sal Faillace, William T. Hurtz, Lew Keller, Ted Parmelee, George Singer | Stars: June Foray, Paul Frees, Edward Everett Horton, Hans Conried
Votes: 28
24.
It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia (2005– )
Episode:
The Gang Hits the Slopes
(2016)
TV-MA | 23 min | Comedy
Dennis and Frank square off against Dee and Mac for control of the mountain, while Charlie learns that the slopes have their own set of rules.
Director: Heath Cullens | Stars: Charlie Day, Glenn Howerton, Rob McElhenney, Kaitlin Olson
Votes: 3,450
25.
Jimmy Kimmel Live! (2003– )
Episode:
Gillian Anderson & David Duchovny/Jacob Tremblay/Leon Bridges
(2016)
TV-14 | 45 min | Comedy, Music, Talk-Show
Gillian Anderson and David Duchovny promote the return of The X Files for Season 10 with a steamy sketch parody starring Mulder, Scully - and Jimmy. Jacob Tremblay promotes Room (2015). Leon Bridges performs.
Directors: Zack Bornstein, Jonathan Kimmel, Andy Fisher | Stars: Jimmy Kimmel, Gillian Anderson, David Duchovny, Jacob Tremblay
Votes: 42
26.
Goodnight Sweetheart (1993–2016)
Episode:
Many Happy Returns
(2016)
Not Rated | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
It's 1962, seventeen years after Gary got stuck in 1945, and he now has the chance to be at his own birth.
Director: Martin Dennis | Stars: Nicholas Lyndhurst, Elizabeth Carling, Emma Amos, Victor McGuire
Votes: 262
27.
The Goldbergs (2013–2023)
Episode:
Mister Knifey-Hands
(2018)
TV-PG | 21 min | Comedy
Despite Beverly's wishes, Jackie's parents allow Adam to watch A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984) and a disagreement between the families ensues; Beverly faces off with horror icon Freddy Krueger; Erica realizes she's not as popular as she once was.
Director: Lew Schneider | Stars: Wendi McLendon-Covey, Sean Giambrone, Troy Gentile, Hayley Orrantia
Votes: 366