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1. A Bug's Life (1998)
G | 95 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
A misfit ant, looking for "warriors" to save his colony from greedy grasshoppers, recruits a group of bugs that turn out to be an inept circus troupe.
Directors: John Lasseter, Andrew Stanton | Stars: Kevin Spacey, Dave Foley, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Hayden Panettiere
Votes: 315,284 | Gross: $162.80M
2. Tarzan (1999)
G | 88 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
A man raised by gorillas must decide where he really belongs when he discovers he is a human.
Directors: Chris Buck, Kevin Lima | Stars: Tony Goldwyn, Minnie Driver, Brian Blessed, Glenn Close
Votes: 247,884 | Gross: $171.09M
3. The Meg (2018)
PG-13 | 113 min | Action, Horror, Sci-Fi
A group of scientists exploring the Marianas Trench encounter the largest marine predator that has ever existed - the Megalodon.
Director: Jon Turteltaub | Stars: Jason Statham, Bingbing Li, Rainn Wilson, Cliff Curtis
Votes: 208,101 | Gross: $143.01M
4. Attack of the 50 Foot Woman (1958)
Passed | 66 min | Horror, Sci-Fi
When an abused socialite grows to giant size because of an alien encounter and an aborted murder attempt, she goes after her cheating husband with revenge on her mind.
Director: Nathan Juran | Stars: Allison Hayes, William Hudson, Yvette Vickers, Roy Gordon
Votes: 6,317 | Gross: $0.48M
5. 127 Hours (2010)
R | 94 min | Biography, Drama
A mountain climber becomes trapped under a boulder while canyoneering alone near Moab, Utah and resorts to desperate measures in order to survive.
Director: Danny Boyle | Stars: James Franco, Amber Tamblyn, Kate Mara, Sean Bott
Votes: 402,112 | Gross: $18.34M
6. Paddington 2 (2017)
PG | 103 min | Adventure, Comedy, Family
Paddington, now happily settled with the Brown family and a popular member of the local community, picks up a series of odd jobs to buy the perfect present for his Aunt Lucy's 100th birthday, only for the gift to be stolen.
Director: Paul King | Stars: Ben Whishaw, Hugh Grant, Hugh Bonneville, Sally Hawkins
Votes: 94,367 | Gross: $40.44M
7. Castle in the Sky (1986)
PG | 125 min | Animation, Adventure, Family
A young boy and a girl with a magic crystal must race against pirates and foreign agents in a search for a legendary floating castle.
Director: Hayao Miyazaki | Stars: Mayumi Tanaka, Keiko Yokozawa, Kotoe Hatsui, Minori Terada
Votes: 182,902
8. Humanoids from the Deep (1980)
R | 80 min | Horror, Sci-Fi
Humanoid sea creatures start killing a fishing town's residents, and raping their women. It's up to the townsfolk and a visiting biologist to fight back and fend them off.
Directors: Barbara Peeters, Jimmy T. Murakami | Stars: Doug McClure, Ann Turkel, Vic Morrow, Cindy Weintraub
Votes: 10,560
9. Screwballs (1983)
R | 80 min | Comedy
Frolicking youth comedy about zany high school students set in the 1960s.
Director: Rafal Zielinski | Stars: Peter Keleghan, Kent Deuters, Linda Speciale, Alan Deveau
Votes: 3,677 | Gross: $2.08M
10. Freddy Got Fingered (2001)
R | 87 min | Comedy
An unemployed cartoonist moves back in with his parents and younger brother Freddy. When his parents demand he leave, he begins to spread rumors that his father is sexually abusing Freddy.
Director: Tom Green | Stars: Tom Green, Rip Torn, Marisa Coughlan, Eddie Kaye Thomas
Votes: 51,462 | Gross: $14.25M
11. Fitzcarraldo (1982)
PG | 158 min | Adventure, Drama
The story of Brian Sweeney Fitzgerald, an extremely determined man who intends to build an opera house in the middle of a jungle.
Director: Werner Herzog | Stars: Klaus Kinski, Claudia Cardinale, José Lewgoy, Miguel Ángel Fuentes
Votes: 38,723
12. Creature from the Black Lagoon (1954)
G | 79 min | Horror, Sci-Fi
A strange prehistoric beast lurks in the depths of the Amazonian jungle. A group of scientists try to capture the animal and bring it back to civilization for study.
Director: Jack Arnold | Stars: Richard Carlson, Julie Adams, Richard Denning, Antonio Moreno
Votes: 34,528 | Gross: $1.30M
13. 88 Minutes (2007)
R | 108 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
On the day that a serial killer that he helped put away is supposed to be executed, a noted forensic psychologist and college professor receives a call informing him that he has 88 minutes left to live.
Director: Jon Avnet | Stars: Al Pacino, Alicia Witt, Ben McKenzie, Leelee Sobieski
Votes: 78,365 | Gross: $16.93M
14. Envy (2004)
PG-13 | 99 min | Comedy
A man becomes increasingly jealous of his friend's newfound success.
Director: Barry Levinson | Stars: Ben Stiller, Jack Black, Rachel Weisz, Amy Poehler
Votes: 32,350 | Gross: $12.18M
15. Time of the Wolf (2003)
R | 114 min | Drama
When Anna and her family arrive at their holiday home, they find it occupied by strangers. This confrontation is just the beginning of a painful learning process.
Director: Michael Haneke | Stars: Isabelle Huppert, Anaïs Demoustier, Béatrice Dalle, Patrice Chéreau
Votes: 11,539 | Gross: $0.06M
16. There Goes the Neighborhood (1992)
PG-13 | 88 min | Comedy, Crime, Romance
A dying prisoner tells the prison therapist about $8,500,000 stolen mob money hidden under a basement floor. A prisoner overhears it and breaks out. Who gets the money.
Director: Bill Phillips | Stars: Jeff Daniels, Catherine O'Hara, Hector Elizondo, Rhea Perlman
Votes: 1,255
17. Presto (2008)
G | 5 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
A stage magician's rabbit gets into a magical onstage brawl against his neglectful guardian with two magic hats.
Director: Doug Sweetland
Votes: 25,761
18. Max and the Junkmen (1971)
Not Rated | 112 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
A detective decides to go undercover and set up a group of robbers, but he may be getting too caught up in the task at hand.
Director: Claude Sautet | Stars: Danielle Durou, Alain Belart, Michel Piccoli, Romy Schneider
Votes: 3,140 | Gross: $0.03M
19. Professionals for a Massacre (1967)
89 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Caught selling stolen guns, three Confederate soldiers get a reprieve from the firing squad, provided they go into Mexico on a mission to recover stolen gold belonging to the Confederacy.
Director: Nando Cicero | Stars: George Hilton, Edd Byrnes, Jorge Martín, Milo Quesada
Votes: 341
20. Building a Building (1933)
Passed | 7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Mickey Mouse operates a steam shovel; Pegleg Pete is his foreman; Minnie Mouse sells box lunches. Mickey must save the day when Pete makes advances to Minnie.
Director: David Hand | Stars: Pinto Colvig, Walt Disney, Marcellite Garner
Votes: 1,209
21. The Woodcarver (2012)
PG | 96 min | Drama
A troubled youth vandalizes a church, then winds up in close association with the woodcarver whose work he destroyed.
Director: Terry Ingram | Stars: John Ratzenberger, Dakota Daulby, Woody Jeffreys, Nicole Oliver
Votes: 495
22. Khel Khilari Ka (1977)
90 min | Action, Thriller
After watching his father, Masterji, getting killed; his sister, Laxmi, getting sexually assaulted by Sangram Singh, Dharamdas and Nandan, and then killing herself; and his younger brother,... See full summary »
Director: Arjun Hingorani | Stars: Dharmendra, Shabana Azmi, Dhruv, Dev Kumar
Votes: 70
23. SM: Noriko no omorashi (1986)
58 min
Director: Shûji Kataoka | Stars: Hiromi Saotome, Megumi Morisaki, Mika Horie, Shirô Shimomoto
24. Fastest with the Mostest (1960)
Approved | 7 min | Family, Animation, Short
Wile E. Coyote tries to drop a rocket bomb on the Road Runner from a balloon but inflates himself instead, ascends skyward, then falls along with the bomb. He tries painstakingly to ... See full summary »
Director: Chuck Jones | Stars: Mel Blanc, Paul Julian
Votes: 406
25. Nancy Drew: Ransom of the Seven Ships (2009 Video Game)
E | Adventure, Mystery
Teen detective Nancy Drew searches for buried treasure on a remote island in the Bahamas in order to meet the ransom demand after her best friend is kidnapped.
Director: Tim Burke | Stars: Lani Minella, Jonah Von Spreecken, Chiara Motley, Jennifer Pratt
Votes: 62
26. Wild Wild World (1960)
Approved | 6 min | Animation, Family, Short
Television host Cave Darroway introduces a recently unearthed Cro-Magnon man.
Director: Robert McKimson | Stars: Mel Blanc, Daws Butler
Votes: 214
27. Tale of Two Mice (1945)
Approved | 7 min | Animation, Family, Short
Babitt and Catstello return; their goal: steal the cheese the cat is guarding. Schemes include sneaking past a sleeping cat (Catstello chickens out), a miniature airplane, and a platform on a rope-and-pulley system,
Director: Frank Tashlin | Stars: Mel Blanc, Tedd Pierce
Votes: 221
28. Soup's On (1948)
Approved | 7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Donald's nephews come to lunch filthy from playing outside. Donald sends them to wash up; when he finds they've done a half-hearted job, he sends them to bed without supper. They scheme to ... See full summary »
Director: Jack Hannah | Star: Clarence Nash
Votes: 520
29. Soup or Sonic (1980 TV Short)
TV-PG | 9 min | Animation, Family, Comedy
The Coyote chases the Roadrunner all over the desert. They both run through a pipe that gets progressively smaller. At the end of the tunnel, the Roadrunner returns to normal size while the Coyote remains tiny.
Directors: Chuck Jones, Phil Monroe | Stars: Mel Blanc, Paul Julian
Votes: 335
30. Vera (2003)
86 min | Drama, Mystery
The story of an android that raises alive in the deepest caves of the mayan zone in México and meets and old dying man. They will stablish a spiritual bond than enlightens the old mayan and... See full summary »
Director: Francisco Athié | Stars: Urara Kusanagi, Marco Antonio Arzate
Votes: 126
31. The Puppet's Nightmare (1908)
Not Rated | 2 min | Animation, Short
The nightmare of Émile Cohl's chalk animation is one of unreliable appearances. Fishermen catch fish which eat them whole. Ladders transform into coils which just as suddenly take the form ... See full summary »
Director: Émile Cohl
Votes: 290
32. Cat's Paw (1959)
TV-G | 6 min | Animation, Short, Adventure
Sylvester Cat goes bird-stalking in the mountains with his son, Junior. A dwarf eagle proves too much for Sylvester, beating him to a pulp. Ashamed for his father, Junior puts a paper bag over his head and walks away.
Director: Robert McKimson | Star: Mel Blanc
Votes: 242
33. For Sock's Sake (2008)
5 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
A sock hanging from a clothes-line decides to leave and explore the surroundings forcing the other items of clothing to go after him.
Director: Carlo Vogele
Votes: 42
34. Musty's Vacation (1917)
15 min | Short, Comedy
What Musty must do for a free lunch. He undergoes a complete makeover with a quack beauty doctor that runs into unforeseen complications.
Director: Louis Myll | Stars: Harry Watson, Alma Hanlon, H.H. McCullum
Votes: 30
37.
Alias Smith and Jones (1971–1973)
Episode:
Alias Smith and Jones
(1971)
PG | 74 min | Western
A pair of outlaws seeking amnesty from the Governor must stay incognito and out of trouble in a town while a friend pleads their case. The wait is complicated by a lovely bank manager and the arrival of members of their former gang.
Director: Gene Levitt | Stars: Pete Duel, Ben Murphy, Forrest Tucker, Susan Saint James
Votes: 529
38.
Are You Afraid of the Dark? (1990–2000)
Episode:
The Tale of Train Magic
(1995)
Not Rated | 22 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
A young boy grieving over the death of his conductor father becomes obsessed with trains and railroads, and one day finds himself repeatedly returning to a train nightmare.
Director: D.J. MacHale | Stars: Gregory Smith, Jesse Moss, Colin Fox, Ray Aranha
Votes: 708
39.
Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em (1973–1978)
Episode:
Wendy House
(1978)
TV-Y | 35 min | Comedy
Frank brings a stray dog home, and calls it Columbo. The insurance damage assessor reduces his ludicrous record moving claim to £40. In order to do some repairs and replacements himself, ... See full summary »
Director: Sydney Lotterby | Stars: Michael Crawford, Michele Dotrice, Richard Wilson, John Malcolm
Votes: 95
40.
Married... with Children (1987–1997)
Episode:
The Worst Noel
(1993)
TV-PG | 23 min | Comedy
On Christmas Eve, Kelly and Bud try to sneak in a jukebox to give to their parents who spend the entire show sitting in front of their TV set arguing with each other over the proper speed ... See full summary »
Director: Amanda Bearse | Stars: Ed O'Neill, Katey Sagal, Amanda Bearse, Christina Applegate
Votes: 520
41.
Doctor Who (1963–1989)
Episode:
Enlightenment: Part Four
(1983)
TV-PG | 25 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
As the race nears it's end and the Black Guardian's victory seems all but certain, his counterpart, the White Guardian offers Turlough one final choice.
Director: Fiona Cumming | Stars: Peter Davison, Janet Fielding, Mark Strickson, Keith Barron
Votes: 437
42.
Drake & Josh (2004–2007)
Episode:
Tree House
(2007)
TV-Y7 | 24 min | Comedy, Family
Drake and Josh accidentally burn down their neighbor's tree house and have to build them a new one.
Director: Roger Christiansen | Stars: Josh Peck, Drake Bell, Nancy Sullivan, Jonathan Goldstein
Votes: 361
43.
Dark Shadows (1966–1971)
Episode:
Episode #1.210
(1967)
TV-PG | 22 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Elizabeth pays Jason the blackmail money. Jason promises her he'll get Willie out of the house. But Willie is looking to do a little grave-robbing.
Director: Lela Swift | Stars: Joan Bennett, Dennis Patrick, John Karlen, Alexandra Isles
Votes: 116
44.
Lost Worlds (2005–2007)
Episode:
Athens: Ancient Supercity
(2006)
TV-PG | 46 min | Documentary, History
The world of Pericles, including the Parthenon, lives again.
Director: Anna Thomson
Votes: 16
45.
Smarter Every Day (2011– )
Episode:
Why Snatch Blocks are AWESOME
(2019)
16 min | Documentary
Pulleys let you redirect and distribute the force of a weight you are lifting with a rope. But a snatch block makes set up much easier.
Director: Destin Sandlin | Stars: Destin Sandlin, Chris Hadfield, Sandra Oh Lin
46.
The Ascent of Man (1973)
Episode:
The Harvest of the Seasons
(1973)
Documentary, History
Man invents agriculture.
Directors: Dick Gilling, David Kennard, Adrian Malone | Stars: Jacob Bronowski, Roy Dotrice
Votes: 60
47.
Stand-Up Maths (2011– )
Episode:
Can you solve the banana puzzle?
(2020)
12 min | Documentary
Pulleys are kinda magical. Depending on how you hook one up you can lift a heavy object easier but it takes longer. Or you can lift an object faster but you have to work harder. Eather way ... See full summary »
Star: Matt Parker
48.
Tom Stanton (2017– )
Episode:
Flywheel Trebuchet
(2020)
10 min | Documentary
Tom is building a new trebuchet. But instead of using a counter weight for potential energy he's going to use a hand cranked flywheel. His goal is to surpass the world record tennis service... See full summary »
Star: Tom Stanton
49.
Veritasium (2010– )
Episode:
The Most Powerful Computers You've Never Heard Of
(2021)
20 min | Talk-Show
Computers have been around for millennia. But not the digital computers so prevalent for the past few decades. With the exception of a few simple computers, such as the abacus, ancient ... See full summary »
Star: Derek Muller
50.
Da Vinci's Demons (2013–2015)
Episode:
The Serpent
(2013)
TV-MA | 59 min | Adventure, Biography, Drama
Leonardo's quest for the Book of Leaves continues, and his failing war designs for the Medicis cause a rift between them. A papal spy, Riario, is defeated by Leonardo and returns to Rome.
Director: David S. Goyer | Stars: Tom Riley, Laura Haddock, Blake Ritson, Elliot Cowan
Votes: 1,395