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1. Fantastic Voyage (1966)
PG | 100 min | Adventure, Sci-Fi
When a blood clot renders a scientist comatose, a submarine and its crew are shrunk and injected into his bloodstream in order to save him.
Director: Richard Fleischer | Stars: Stephen Boyd, Raquel Welch, Edmond O'Brien, Donald Pleasence
Votes: 20,820
2. Blow Dry (2001)
R | 90 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
In 2000, a small town hosts The British Hairdressing Championship, where a former 2-time winner, his son, his run-away wife and his runaway wife's lady lover reside (not all on speaking terms).
Director: Paddy Breathnach | Stars: Alan Rickman, Natasha Richardson, Rachel Griffiths, Rachael Leigh Cook
Votes: 9,032 | Gross: $0.64M
3. 13B: Fear Has a New Address (2009)
Not Rated | 146 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
A man experiences a supernatural occurrence at his newly purchased apartment; a soap opera being telecast exclusively on his TV, which shows the future of his family.
Director: Vikram K. Kumar | Stars: Madhavan, Nitu Chandra, Poonam Dhillon, Saranya Ponvannan
Votes: 8,475 | Gross: $0.03M
4. The Invisible Boy (1957)
Approved | 90 min | Adventure, Comedy, Family
A ten-year-old boy and Robby the Robot team up to prevent a Super Computer from controlling the Earth from a satellite.
Director: Herman Hoffman | Stars: Richard Eyer, Philip Abbott, Diane Brewster, Harold J. Stone
Votes: 1,628
5. The Return of Captain Nemo (1978 TV Movie)
102 min | Sci-Fi
After a century of being in suspended animation, the mysterious submarine commander is revived in modern times for new adventures.
Directors: Alex March, Paul Stader | Stars: José Ferrer, Burgess Meredith, Mel Ferrer, Horst Buchholz
Votes: 444
6. Chameli Ki Shaadi (1986)
Not Rated | 136 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A man lives a poor lifestyle in a small town with his older brothers. He is unemployed and commits himself to be a wrestler, but he has to promise to be celibate until he is 40 years old.
Director: Basu Chatterjee | Stars: Anil Kapoor, Amrita Singh, Om Prakash, Amjad Khan
Votes: 1,778
7. The Transistor (1953)
10 min | Documentary, Short
Stars: John Bardeen, Walter Brattain, William Shockley
Votes: 9
8. Fuzz: The Sound that Revolutionized the World (2007 Video)
Not Rated | 91 min | Documentary
Guitar God Billy Gibbons along with Jon Spencer, J.Mascis and Chris Ross from Wolfmother, weigh in with their own insight into baddest boxes and rattiest fuzztones. Internet forums ,"gear ... See full summary »
Director: Clif 'Chick' Taylor | Stars: Oliver Ackermann, Marc Ahlfs, Steve Albini, Craig Anderton
Votes: 47
9. Transistorized! (1999 TV Movie)
TV-G | 57 min | Documentary, History
The story behind the creation of the transistor, one of the 20th century's most important inventions.
Director: Gary Glassman | Stars: Ira Flatow, David Bouvier, Richard O'Rourke, Eliot Cohen
Votes: 22
10. The Hello Machine (1974)
12 min | Documentary, Short
The assembly of an electronic switching system is shown.
Director: Carroll Ballard
Votes: 7
11. The Far Sound (1961)
27 min | Documentary, Short
Directors: True Boardman, John Sutherland, Carl Urbano | Stars: Chet Huntley, Claude Shannon
12. The Far Sound (1973)
22 min | Documentary, Animation, Short
Educational film produced by AT&T about the field of telecommunications from the first telephone produced by Alexander Graham Bell to high-speed telephone systems of today. Also featured ... See full summary »
Director: Jerry London | Star: Fred Holliday
13. Microworld (1980)
15 min | Documentary, Short
Director: Paul Cohen | Star: William Shatner
Votes: 6
15.
Secret Agent (1964–1967)
Episode:
The Man with the Foot
(1966)
TV-PG | 51 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
After his cover is blown in an operation, Drake heads for "sunny Spain" to hide out for a while. With an apparent enemy arriving and Drake's friend telling the hotelier he intends to shoot ... See full summary »
Director: Jeremy Summers | Stars: Patrick McGoohan, Bernard Lee, Robert Urquhart, Paul Curran
Votes: 80
16.
Science Fiction Theatre (1955–1957)
Episode:
Facsimile
(1956)
30 min | Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
Three people working in the same laboratory are stricken, on the same day, with three different ailments. Even more shocking is that when doctors operate on them, they appear to be perfectly normal.
Director: Eddie Davis | Stars: Truman Bradley, Arthur Franz, Donald Curtis, Aline Towne
Votes: 21
17.
Lupin the 3rd (1977–1980)
Episode:
Play the Thieves' Symphony
(1979)
TV-PG | Animation, Action, Adventure
Lupin breaks into a safe powered by a nuclear reactor, using a noise-canceling device.
Director: Yasumi Mikamoto | Stars: Yasuo Yamada, Kiyoshi Kobayashi, Eiko Masuyama, Makio Inoue
Votes: 26
18.
Répondez, Monsieur X... (1957–1958)
Episode:
Albert Ducrocq
(1958)
17 min | Documentary, Short
Director: Yves Lemenager | Stars: Roland Dhordain, Albert Ducrocq
19.
Modern Marvels (1993– )
Episode:
Thinking Machines: The Creation of the Computer
(1996)
TV-PG | 48 min | Documentary, History
The history of the development of the computer, starting with Charles Babbage's mechanical Difference Engine in the 1820s and Herman Hollerith's punch-card tabulating machines of the 1890s,... See full summary »
Star: Earl Boen
Votes: 20
20.
Fringe (2008–2013)
Episode:
6955 kHz
(2010)
TV-14 | 60 min | Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
The latest broadcast on a numbers station transmits amnesia to its listeners. Walter clashes with Peter over Peter's work on the machine from alternate Earth.
Director: Joe Chappelle | Stars: Anna Torv, Joshua Jackson, Lance Reddick, Blair Brown
Votes: 2,057
21.
Seeker (2012– )
Episode:
This Is the End of the Silicon Chip, Here's What's Next
(2018)
4 min
Silicon microchips have nearly reach the minuscule size where quantum tunneling will be come a problem. There are a number of option for dealing with this challenge. Julian provides a quick... See full summary »
Star: Julian Huguet
22.
Nova (1974– )
Episode:
Making Stuff: Smaller
(2011)
TV-PG | 54 min | Documentary
David Pogue hosts this examination of miniaturization. He looks at what it takes to make things smaller focusing nanotechnology and micro-robots that one day may be used to save lives.
Director: Chris Schmidt | Stars: David Albers, Christos Bergeles, Adam Cohen, Courtney DeSisto
Votes: 51
23.
Schoolhouse Rock! (1973–2009)
Episode:
Hardware
(1985)
TV-Y | Animation, Short, Family
Scooter Computer's machine friend Mr. Chips explains what he has in place of a mind.
Votes: 13
24.
American Experience (1987– )
Episode:
Silicon Valley
(2013)
TV-PG | 82 min | Documentary, Biography, History
SILICON VALLEY tells the story of the pioneering scientists who transformed rural Santa Clara County into the hub of technological ingenuity we now know as Silicon Valley.
Stars: Leslie Berlin, Roger Borovoy, Kathleen Cohen, Andrew Grove
Votes: 198
25.
Newsthink (2020– )
Episode:
Without One German Product, Modern Civilization Would Collapse
(2022)
6 min | Documentary
The Dutch company ASML relies on Zeiss mirrors to control its lithography machines that produce the smallest microchips on Earth.
Star: Cindy Pom
26.
PBS Space Time (2015– )
Episode:
Why Did Attosecond Physics Win the NOBEL PRIZE?
(2023)
13 min | Documentary, Talk-Show
The Nobel Prize in Physics was awarded two three scientists for developing techniques to examine physical processes that occur in mere attoseconds. Matt explains why that was so difficult and why it's important.
Star: Matthew O'Dowd
27.
Les petits meurtres d'Agatha Christie (2009–2024)
Episode:
Le crime de Noël
(2017)
TV-PG | 90 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
Two orphans witness the murder of a Santa Claus at an outdoor Christmas market; an original story, not adapted from the works of Agatha Christie.
Director: Rodolphe Tissot | Stars: Samuel Labarthe, Blandine Bellavoir, Elodie Frenck, Christiane Millet
Votes: 180
28.
Nova (1974– )
Episode:
Einstein's Quantum Riddle
(2019)
TV-G | 54 min | Documentary
In an effort to disprove quantum mechanics, Albert Einstein proposes one of its strangest features: quantum entanglement.
Director: Jamie E. Lochhead | Stars: Eric Meyers, Jason Gallicchio, Kevin Quantum
Votes: 143