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1. The Terminal List (2022– )
TV-MA | 55 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
A former Navy SEAL officer investigates why his entire platoon was ambushed during a high-stakes covert mission.
Stars: Chris Pratt, Constance Wu, Taylor Kitsch, Riley Keough
Votes: 107,560
2. The North Water (2021)
TV-MA | 300 min | Adventure, Drama, Mystery
A disgraced former military doctor embarks as a surgeon aboard a whaler bound for the Arctic, where his quest for redemption becomes a fight for survival.
Stars: Jack O'Connell, Colin Farrell, Sam Spruell, Roland Møller
Votes: 16,380
3. The Professor and the Madman (2019)
Not Rated | 124 min | Biography, Drama, History
Professor James Murray begins work compiling words for the first edition of the Oxford English Dictionary in the 19th century, and receives over 10,000 entries from a patient at Broadmoor Criminal Lunatic Asylum, Dr. William Minor.
Director: Farhad Safinia | Stars: Mel Gibson, Sean Penn, Eddie Marsan, Natalie Dormer
Votes: 51,097
4. Violet Evergarden (2018)
TV-14 | 24 min | Animation, Drama, Family
In the aftermath of a great war, Violet Evergarden, a young female ex-soldier, gets a job at a writers' agency and goes on assignments to create letters that can connect people.
Stars: Yui Ishikawa, Erika Harlacher, Raissa Bueno, Aya Endô
Votes: 29,666
5. High Crimes (2002)
PG-13 | 115 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A successful lawyer's husband is arrested for murdering nine villagers in El Salvador in 1988 as a US soldier under a different name. She decides to defend him in military court and find out the truth about what happened.
Director: Carl Franklin | Stars: Jim Caviezel, Morgan Freeman, Ashley Judd, Adam Scott
Votes: 48,285 | Gross: $41.54M
6. The Jacket (2005)
R | 103 min | Drama, Fantasy, Mystery
A Gulf war veteran is wrongly sent to a mental institution for insane criminals, where he becomes the object of a doctor's experiments, and his life is completely affected by them.
Director: John Maybury | Stars: Adrien Brody, Keira Knightley, Daniel Craig, Kris Kristofferson
Votes: 119,335 | Gross: $6.30M
7. 12 Mighty Orphans (2021)
PG-13 | 118 min | History, Sport
Haunted by his mysterious past, a devoted high-school football coach leads a scrawny team of orphans to the state championship during the Great Depression and inspires a broken nation along the way.
Director: Ty Roberts | Stars: Luke Wilson, Vinessa Shaw, Wayne Knight, Martin Sheen
Votes: 8,741
8. Blue Thunder (1983)
R | 109 min | Action, Crime, Drama
The cop test pilot for an experimental police helicopter learns the sinister implications of the new vehicle.
Director: John Badham | Stars: Roy Scheider, Warren Oates, Candy Clark, Daniel Stern
Votes: 23,363 | Gross: $42.31M
9. The Mirror Crack'd (1980)
PG | 105 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Miss Jane Marple comes to solve the mystery when a local woman is poisoned and a visiting movie star seems to have been the intended victim.
Director: Guy Hamilton | Stars: Angela Lansbury, Tony Curtis, Rock Hudson, Geraldine Chaplin
Votes: 9,442
10. Max Manus: Man of War (2008)
Not Rated | 118 min | Action, Biography, Crime
The true story about one of the most brilliant saboteurs during World War II and his battle to overcome his inner demons.
Directors: Joachim Rønning, Espen Sandberg | Stars: Aksel Hennie, Agnes Kittelsen, Nicolai Cleve Broch, Ken Duken
Votes: 29,793
11. Save the Tiger (1973)
R | 100 min | Drama
A disillusioned war veteran has two days to let go of his shaken morals if he wants his small fashion company to survive.
Director: John G. Avildsen | Stars: Jack Lemmon, Jack Gilford, Laurie Heineman, Norman Burton
Votes: 5,612 | Gross: $2.33M
12. Hard Kill (2020)
R | 98 min | Action, Thriller
The work of billionaire tech CEO Donovan Chalmers (Willis) is so valuable that he hires mercenaries to protect it, and a terrorist group kidnaps his daughter just to get it.
Director: Matt Eskandari | Stars: Jesse Metcalfe, Bruce Willis, Lala Kent, Natalie Eva Marie
Votes: 19,511
13. Jacknife (1989)
R | 102 min | Drama
Two Vietnam vets search for the strength to face up to their horrific war experiences, but their friendship begins to splinter when one becomes romantically involved with the other's sister.
Director: David Hugh Jones | Stars: Robert De Niro, Kathy Baker, Ed Harris, Sloane Shelton
Votes: 6,513 | Gross: $2.05M
14. Hostile Forces (2023)
R | 109 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
A retired soldier takes his family out to a nice quiet holiday break. They stumble across something they shouldn't have and now the father must rely on his old skills to save his family from a team of trained killers.
Director: George Basha | Stars: George Basha, Maya Stange, Troy Honeysett, Ria Maric
Votes: 135
15. Hero on the Front (2018)
85 min | Biography, History, War
A Portuguese soldier who got stranded from his team during the La Lys battle struggles alone through dozens of German offensives so he can guarantee his companions' safety.
Directors: Gonçalo Galvão Teles, Jorge Paixão da Costa | Stars: João Arrais, Miguel Borges, Raimundo Cosme, Isac Graça
Votes: 789
16. Hotel Europa (2021–2022)
90 min | Drama, History, War
This is the untold story of a generation; chronicling a hotel frequented by Charlie Chaplin, Konrad Adenauer, and Adolf Hitler.
Stars: Jonathan Berlin, Benjamin Sadler, Katharina Schüttler, Pauline Rénevier
Votes: 392
17. Shuttlecock (2020)
TV-MA | 105 min | Drama
During a memorial for his father, WW II hero Major James Prentis confesses a dark family secret to his son, something he has harbored for more than 20 years.
Director: Andrew Piddington | Stars: Alan Bates, Lambert Wilson, David Oakes, Kenneth Haigh
Votes: 118
18. Serangoon Road (2013)
561 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Serangoon Road is a detective noir series set against the tumultuous backdrop of 1960s Singapore.
Stars: Don Hany, Joan Chen, Maeve Dermody, Alaric
Votes: 692
19. The Sergeant (1968)
R | 108 min | Drama
A story of a brilliant master sergeant with a great career behind him and transferred to yet another post, his attraction to a younger man eventually overrides him, to a point where his latent homosexuality, finally emerges.
Director: John Flynn | Stars: Rod Steiger, John Phillip Law, Ludmila Mikaël, Frank Latimore
Votes: 697
20. Homecoming (1948)
Approved | 113 min | Drama, Mystery, Romance
At the end of WW2, aboard a repatriation ship, an Army doctor reminisces about his war years while being interviewed by a reporter.
Director: Mervyn LeRoy | Stars: Clark Gable, Lana Turner, Anne Baxter, John Hodiak
Votes: 1,093
21. Assault on Death Mountain (1999 TV Movie)
R | 94 min | Action, Adventure, Thriller
Pals Mike, Roy, Hunter and Derek, all ex-military, are now a bounty hunter team that also helps people in need. A woman whose rich ex kidnapped their kid hires them. Also, a chemical weapons expert who killed Mike's old team resurfaces.
Director: Jon Cassar | Stars: Hulk Hogan, Shannon Tweed, Carl Weathers, Martin Kove
Votes: 682
22. Army Dog (I) (2016)
PG | 90 min | Action, Family
A brave Army dog returns to the U.S., where he helps his heroic handler bond with his resentful daughter on a camping trip despite danger lurking around every corner.
Director: Ezra Kemp | Stars: Casper Van Dien, Grace Van Dien, Stelio Savante, Annemarie Pazmino
Votes: 219
23. The Emperor of Taste (2008–2009)
490 min | Drama, Mystery, Romance
Helena De Keyser, a descendant from a family of gin distillers who lost her lover during the Second World War, anno 2008 asks her granddaughter Alessandra to investigate exactly what happened back then.
Stars: Katelijne Damen, Laura Verlinden, Marijke Pinoy, Matthias Schoenaerts
Votes: 326
24. Crossfire (2016 TV Movie)
88 min | Drama, Thriller
When National Guard soldier Samantha Harrison returns from the front lines of Iraq, she realizes that none of her training helps her deal with PTSD or the struggles of returning to a normal... See full summary »
Director: Claude Desrosiers | Stars: Roxanne McKee, Steve Lund, Tim Rozon, Stacey Farber
Votes: 452
25. Twenty Plus Two (1961)
Passed | 102 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller
A famous movie star's fan-club secretary has been brutally murdered. She has in her office old newspaper clippings regarding a missing heiress. Did the secretary know something about the mystery of the heiress? David Janssen investigates.
Director: Joseph M. Newman | Stars: David Janssen, Jeanne Crain, Dina Merrill, Jacques Aubuchon
Votes: 554
26. Aylan Baby (2022)
Action, Crime, Drama
Alan Kurdi (Kurdish: Alan Kurdî ), initially reported as Aylan Kurdi, was a three-year-old Syrian - The bodies of Kurdi and another child were discovered by two locals at around 6:30 am. The two men moved the bodies from the water,
Director: Omer Sarikaya | Stars: Wilma Elles, Ali Sabri Belaid, Mike Mitchell, Toktam Aboozary
Votes: 8
27. Hell Has No Boundary (1982)
91 min | Crime, Horror, Thriller
Story revolves around a possessed young police woman who kills everyone who gets in her way.
Director: Kuen Yeung | Stars: Leanne Lau, Tung-Shing Yee, Hua Yueh, Ken Tong
Votes: 137
28. Manuel, le fils emprunté (1991)
80 min | Comedy, Drama
Juan Alvarez, a spanish refugee in Canada, a shoemaker, picks up Manuel, a twelve year old Portuguese teenager, from his home and teaches him to read.
Director: François Labonté | Stars: Francisco Rabal, Nuno Da Costa, Luiz Saraiva, Kim Yaroshevskaya
Votes: 34
29. Season of Treason (1966)
80 min
A press photographer returns to Japan from the war in Vietnam after losing his friend and fellow photographer on the battlefield.
Directors: Kôji Wakamatsu, Atsushi Yamatoya | Stars: Yuzo Tatekawa, Juri Taniguchi, Mikio Terashima, Shigeo Sone
Votes: 19
30. Futility (2010)
TV-G | 11 min | Short, Action, Drama
A fallen photo makes a moment of difference in the lives of two enemy soldiers.
Director: Wayne Bradford | Stars: Evert McQueen, Shinji Ikefuji, Anna Waters-Massey, Cleo Massey
Votes: 19
31. I leoforos tis prodosias (1969)
95 min | Drama, Mystery
Captain Vergos escapes from Albania, where he was captive, and returns to Greece. But he is captured as a spy because Captain Vergos had escaped a year ago and had returned to his duties. ... See full summary »
Director: Hristos Kyriakopoulos | Stars: Giorgos Foundas, Gely Mavropoulou, Manos Katrakis, Zoras Tsapelis
Votes: 31
32.
Firefly (2002–2003)
Episode:
The Message
(2003)
TV-PG | 44 min | Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
A dying request from an old army buddy turns treacherous for Mal, Zoë, and the rest of the crew.
Director: Tim Minear | Stars: Nathan Fillion, Gina Torres, Alan Tudyk, Morena Baccarin
Votes: 4,598
33.
Quincy M.E. (1976–1983)
Episode:
The Shadow of Death
(1982)
TV-PG | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
After a former Vietnam nurse suffering from PTSD turns up dead, Quincy gets involved with a veteran support group in an effort to get the victim's friend, another former nurse, the treatment she needs for her disorder.
Director: Georg Fenady | Stars: Jack Klugman, Garry Walberg, John S. Ragin, Val Bisoglio
Votes: 70
34.
The Simpsons (1989– )
Episode:
Raging Abe Simpson and His Grumbling Grandson in 'The Curse of the Flying Hellfish'
(1996)
TV-14 | 30 min | Animation, Comedy
After surviving multiple assassination attempts by Mr. Burns to inherit a cache of artwork they stole from the Nazis, Grampa teams up with Bart to recover the paintings.
Director: Jeffrey Lynch | Stars: Dan Castellaneta, Julie Kavner, Nancy Cartwright, Yeardley Smith
Votes: 3,119
35.
Cobra Kai (2018–2025)
Episode:
King Cobra
(2021)
TV-14 | 34 min | Action, Comedy, Drama
Miguel helps Johnny craft the perfect social media message. Kreese scouts new recruits, while Daniel and Amanda try to shut down Cobra Kai.
Director: Steven K. Tsuchida | Stars: Ralph Macchio, William Zabka, Courtney Henggeler, Xolo Maridueña
Votes: 3,657
36.
Cobra Kai (2018–2025)
Episode:
December 19
(2021)
TV-14 | 41 min | Action, Comedy, Drama
Old wounds begin to heal at a country club Christmas party, but a brutal assault by Kreese's students leads to new betrayals and alliances.
Director: Josh Heald | Stars: Ralph Macchio, William Zabka, Courtney Henggeler, Xolo Maridueña
Votes: 6,593
37.
Stumptown (2019–2020)
Episode:
Dex, Drugs and Rock & Roll
(2019)
TV-14 | 42 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
When Dex's ex, a famous musician, comes to town for a performance, Dex must protect her from a stalker; Grey continues to receive the cold shoulder from Dex; Tookie and Lt. Cosgrove develop a new friendship.
Director: Marc Buckland | Stars: Cobie Smulders, Jake Johnson, Tantoo Cardinal, Cole Sibus
Votes: 646
38.
Transplant (2020–2024)
Episode:
Collapse
(2020)
TV-14 | 43 min | Drama
An explosion occurs near York Memorial hospital, putting the emergency department to the test.
Director: Erik Canuel | Stars: Hamza Haq, Laurence Leboeuf, Ayisha Issa, Jim Watson
Votes: 185
39.
Transplant (2020–2024)
Episode:
The Only Way Out is Through
(2020)
TV-14 | Drama
Bash tries to protect Bishop's legacy and save himself by fighting to save a patient nearly killed by a medical error.
Director: Erik Canuel | Stars: Hamza Haq, Laurence Leboeuf, Ayisha Issa, Jim Watson
Votes: 229
40.
My Name Is Earl (2005–2009)
Episode:
Stole an RV
(2008)
TV-PG | 22 min | Comedy
Earl and Randy make amends for a depressed elderly man whose RV they stole years earlier. Their efforts fire him up enough that the man now wants to take revenge on another man who left him on the front line during the Korean War.
Director: Chris Koch | Stars: Jason Lee, Ethan Suplee, Jaime Pressly, Nadine Velazquez
Votes: 496
41.
Defying Gravity (2009)
Episode:
H2IK (Hell If I Know)
(2009)
TV-14 | 45 min | Drama, Sci-Fi
The crew of the Antares has to scramble when systems begin to fail and they are unable to get them back on line. Unaware that Ajay has been sacked, they fail to understand why he isn't at ... See full summary »
Director: Fred Gerber | Stars: Ron Livingston, Malik Yoba, Andrew Airlie, Paula Garcés
Votes: 204
42.
Hotel Portofino (2022– )
Episode:
Invitations
(2022)
TV-14 | 54 min | Drama
The younger inhabitants of the hotel find ways to let their hair down.
Director: Adam Wimpenny | Stars: Natascha McElhone, Louis Healy, Louisa Binder, Oliver Dench
Votes: 131
43.
Defying Gravity (2009)
Episode:
Rubicon
(2009)
TV-14 | 45 min | Drama, Sci-Fi
The Antares and the crew approach their Rubicon - the point of no return at which they can longer return to Earth without first going all the way to Venus. Donner is tasked with ensuring ... See full summary »
Director: Fred Gerber | Stars: Ron Livingston, Malik Yoba, Andrew Airlie, Paula Garcés
Votes: 190
44.
The Terminal List (2022– )
Episode:
Disruption
(2022)
TV-MA | 51 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
Reece travels to San Francisco to seek answers on the drug that may have started it all. Katie attempts to recruit Tedesco to ruin Capstone's plans for Nubellum. Tony's team monitors Horn, hoping to intercept Reece.
Director: Tucker Gates | Stars: Chris Pratt, Constance Wu, Taylor Kitsch, Riley Keough
Votes: 3,311
45.
Defying Gravity (2009)
Episode:
Bacon
(2009)
TV-14 | 45 min | Drama, Sci-Fi
Dr. Evram Mintz's post-traumatic stress disorder is continuing to affect his performance aboard the Antares. His ability to perform under pressure becomes critical when Paula Morales has a ... See full summary »
Director: Sturla Gunnarsson | Stars: Ron Livingston, Malik Yoba, Andrew Airlie, Paula Garcés
Votes: 181
46.
Defying Gravity (2009)
Episode:
Fear
(2009)
TV-14 | 45 min | Drama, Sci-Fi
It's Hollowe'en and the crew are going to make a commercial, the first of 8 during their voyage, for a candy bar company that is also a major sponsor of the mission. Several of the crew ... See full summary »
Director: Jeff Woolnough | Stars: Ron Livingston, Malik Yoba, Andrew Airlie, Paula Garcés
Votes: 177
47.
Defying Gravity (2009)
Episode:
Love, Honor, Obey
(2009)
TV-14 | 45 min | Drama, Sci-Fi
Now only a week away from arriving at Venus, the crew are still puzzled by the hallucinations they've had. When Zoe hears the crying child, she and Donner follow it to Pod 4 but find they ... See full summary »
Director: Fred Gerber | Stars: Ron Livingston, Malik Yoba, Andrew Airlie, Paula Garcés
Votes: 175
48.
Defying Gravity (2009)
Episode:
Eve Ate the Apple
(2009)
TV-14 | 45 min | Drama, Sci-Fi
Having finally been given access to Pod 4, the crew of the Antares come face to face with the Beta object. Eve Shaw recounts how, as a 22 year-old aid worker in South America, she came ... See full summary »
Director: Peter Howitt | Stars: Ron Livingston, Malik Yoba, Andrew Airlie, Paula Garcés
Votes: 161
49.
The Terminal List (2022– )
Episode:
Extinction
(2022)
TV-MA | 58 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
Reece returns to Coronado in search of those who betrayed him. Back in his family home, fragmented memories resurface. Katie plays ball with the FBI in order to finish her story.
Director: Frederick E.O. Toye | Stars: Chris Pratt, Constance Wu, Taylor Kitsch, Riley Keough
Votes: 2,584
50.
Palm Royale (2024– )
Episode:
Maxine Saves the Whale
(2024)
TV-MA | 50 min | Drama
A beached whale appears on the Beach Ball site, throwing the event in doubt with days to spare. Linda and Evelyn adjust to their new normals.
Director: Claire Scanlon | Stars: Kristen Wiig, Ricky Martin, Josh Lucas, Leslie Bibb
Votes: 140