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1. Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire (2024)
PG-13 | 115 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Two ancient titans, Godzilla and Kong, clash in an epic battle as humans unravel their intertwined origins and connection to Skull Island's mysteries.
Director: Adam Wingard | Stars: Rebecca Hall, Brian Tyree Henry, Dan Stevens, Kaylee Hottle
Votes: 41,398
2. The Creator (2023)
PG-13 | 133 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Against the backdrop of a war between humans and robots with artificial intelligence, a former soldier finds the secret weapon, a robot in the form of a young child.
Director: Gareth Edwards | Stars: John David Washington, Madeleine Yuna Voyles, Gemma Chan, Allison Janney
Votes: 160,764
3. Godzilla vs. Kong (2021)
PG-13 | 113 min | Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
The epic next chapter in the cinematic Monsterverse pits two of the greatest icons in motion picture history against each other--the fearsome Godzilla and the mighty Kong--with humanity caught in the balance.
Director: Adam Wingard | Stars: Alexander Skarsgård, Millie Bobby Brown, Rebecca Hall, Brian Tyree Henry
Votes: 241,806 | Gross: $100.92M
4. Transformers: Rise of the Beasts (2023)
PG-13 | 127 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
During the '90s, a new faction of Transformers - the Maximals - join the Autobots as allies in the battle for Earth.
Director: Steven Caple Jr. | Stars: Anthony Ramos, Dominique Fishback, Luna Lauren Velez, Dean Scott Vazquez
Votes: 104,055 | Gross: $157.07M
5. Suicide Squad (2016)
PG-13 | 123 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
A secret government agency recruits some of the most dangerous incarcerated super-villains to form a defensive task force. Their first mission: save the world from the apocalypse.
Director: David Ayer | Stars: Will Smith, Jared Leto, Margot Robbie, Viola Davis
Votes: 722,553 | Gross: $325.10M
6. Godzilla: King of the Monsters (2019)
PG-13 | 132 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
The crypto-zoological agency Monarch faces off against a battery of god-sized monsters, including the mighty Godzilla, who collides with Mothra, Rodan, and his ultimate nemesis, the three-headed King Ghidorah.
Director: Michael Dougherty | Stars: Kyle Chandler, Vera Farmiga, Millie Bobby Brown, Ken Watanabe
Votes: 207,244 | Gross: $110.50M
7. Zack Snyder's Justice League (2021)
R | 242 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Determined to ensure that Superman's ultimate sacrifice wasn't in vain, Bruce Wayne recruits a team of metahumans to protect the world from an approaching threat of catastrophic proportions.
Director: Zack Snyder | Stars: Henry Cavill, Ben Affleck, Gal Gadot, Amy Adams
Votes: 438,646
8. The Last Airbender (2010)
PG | 103 min | Action, Adventure, Family
Aang, a young successor to a long line of Avatars, must master all four elements and stop the Fire Nation from enslaving the Water Tribes and the Earth Kingdom.
Director: M. Night Shyamalan | Stars: Noah Ringer, Nicola Peltz Beckham, Jackson Rathbone, Dev Patel
Votes: 174,958 | Gross: $131.56M
9. No One Will Save You (2023)
PG-13 | 93 min | Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
An exiled anxiety-ridden homebody must battle an alien who's found its way into her home.
Director: Brian Duffield | Stars: Kaitlyn Dever, Elizabeth Kaluev, Zack Duhame, Lauren L. Murray
Votes: 65,398
10. Transformers: Dark of the Moon (2011)
PG-13 | 154 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
The Autobots learn of a Cybertronian spacecraft hidden on the moon, and race against the Decepticons to reach it and to learn its secrets.
Director: Michael Bay | Stars: Shia LaBeouf, Rosie Huntington-Whiteley, Tyrese Gibson, Josh Duhamel
Votes: 432,203 | Gross: $352.39M
11. Shin Godzilla (2016)
Not Rated | 120 min | Action, Drama, Horror
Japan is plunged into chaos upon the appearance of a giant monster.
Directors: Hideaki Anno, Shinji Higuchi | Stars: Hiroki Hasegawa, Yutaka Takenouchi, Satomi Ishihara, Ren Ôsugi
Votes: 36,444 | Gross: $1.92M
12. Hellboy (2004)
PG-13 | 122 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
A demon raised from infancy after being conjured by and rescued from the Nazis, grows up to become a defender against the forces of darkness.
Director: Guillermo del Toro | Stars: Ron Perlman, Doug Jones, Selma Blair, John Hurt
Votes: 350,229 | Gross: $59.62M
13. Fantastic Four (2015)
PG-13 | 100 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Four young outsiders teleport to an alternate and dangerous universe which alters their physical form in shocking ways. The four must learn to harness their new abilities and work together to save Earth from a former friend turned enemy.
Director: Josh Trank | Stars: Miles Teller, Kate Mara, Michael B. Jordan, Jamie Bell
Votes: 176,656 | Gross: $56.12M
14. Jupiter Ascending (2015)
PG-13 | 127 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
A young woman discovers her destiny as an heiress of intergalactic nobility and must fight to protect the inhabitants of Earth from an ancient and destructive industry.
Directors: Lana Wachowski, Lilly Wachowski | Stars: Channing Tatum, Mila Kunis, Eddie Redmayne, Sean Bean
Votes: 194,597 | Gross: $47.39M
15. Atlantis: The Lost Empire (2001)
PG | 95 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
A young linguist named Milo Thatch joins an intrepid group of explorers to find the mysterious lost continent of Atlantis.
Directors: Gary Trousdale, Kirk Wise | Stars: Michael J. Fox, Jim Varney, Corey Burton, Claudia Christian
Votes: 134,171 | Gross: $84.05M
16. Akira (1988)
R | 124 min | Animation, Action, Drama
A secret military project endangers Neo-Tokyo when it turns a biker gang member into a rampaging psychic psychopath who can only be stopped by a teenager, his gang of biker friends and a group of psychics.
Director: Katsuhiro Ôtomo | Stars: Mitsuo Iwata, Nozomu Sasaki, Mami Koyama, Tesshô Genda
Votes: 205,402 | Gross: $0.55M
17. Fire in the Sky (1993)
PG-13 | 109 min | Biography, Drama, Fantasy
An Arizona logger mysteriously disappears for five days in an alleged encounter with a flying saucer in 1975. His co-workers endure ridicule and contempt as they are wrongly accused of murder.
Director: Robert Lieberman | Stars: D.B. Sweeney, Robert Patrick, Craig Sheffer, Peter Berg
Votes: 28,451 | Gross: $20.10M
18. The Dark Tower (2017)
PG-13 | 95 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
A boy haunted by visions of a dark tower from a parallel reality teams up with the tower's disillusioned guardian to stop an evil warlock known as the Man in Black who plans to use the boy to destroy the tower and open the gates of Hell.
Director: Nikolaj Arcel | Stars: Idris Elba, Matthew McConaughey, Tom Taylor, Dennis Haysbert
Votes: 145,866 | Gross: $50.70M
19. Sleeping Beauty (1959)
G | 75 min | Animation, Adventure, Family
After being snubbed by the royal family, a malevolent fairy places a curse on a princess which only a prince can break, along with the help of three good fairies.
Directors: Les Clark, Clyde Geronimi, Eric Larson, Wolfgang Reitherman, Hamilton Luske | Stars: Mary Costa, Bill Shirley, Eleanor Audley, Verna Felton
Votes: 160,966 | Gross: $51.60M
20. Mirror Mirror (I) (2012)
PG | 106 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama
An evil queen steals control of a kingdom and an exiled princess enlists the help of seven resourceful rebels to win back her birthright.
Director: Tarsem Singh | Stars: Lily Collins, Julia Roberts, Armie Hammer, Nathan Lane
Votes: 91,095 | Gross: $64.94M
21. K-PAX (2001)
PG-13 | 120 min | Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
PROT is a patient at a mental hospital who claims to be from a faraway planet named K-PAX. His psychiatrist tries to help him, only to begin to doubt his own explanations.
Director: Iain Softley | Stars: Kevin Spacey, Jeff Bridges, Mary McCormack, Alfre Woodard
Votes: 193,084 | Gross: $50.34M
22. Space Sweepers (2021)
TV-MA | 136 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Set in the year 2092 and follows the crew of a space junk collector ship called The Victory. When they discover a humanoid robot named Dorothy that's known to be a weapon of mass destruction, they get involved in a risky business deal.
Director: Sung-hee Jo | Stars: Song Joong-ki, Kim Tae-ri, Jin Seon-kyu, Yoo Hae-jin
Votes: 28,718
23. Midnight Special (2016)
PG-13 | 112 min | Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
A father and son go on the run, pursued by the government and a cult drawn to the child's special powers.
Director: Jeff Nichols | Stars: Michael Shannon, Joel Edgerton, Kirsten Dunst, Adam Driver
Votes: 84,056 | Gross: $3.71M
24. Honeymoon (2014)
R | 87 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
A newlywed couple finds their lake-country honeymoon descend into chaos after Paul finds Bea wandering and disoriented in the middle of the night.
Director: Leigh Janiak | Stars: Rose Leslie, Harry Treadaway, Ben Huber, Hanna Brown
Votes: 27,500 | Gross: $0.01M
25. Kill Switch (I) (2017)
R | 91 min | Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
A pilot battles to save his family and the planet after an experiment for unlimited energy goes wrong.
Director: Tim Smit | Stars: Dan Stevens, Bérénice Marlohe, Tygo Gernandt, Charity Wakefield
Votes: 8,554
26. Dragon Wars: D-War (2007)
PG-13 | 107 min | Action, Drama, Fantasy
Once in 500 years, ancient mythical creatures come to Earth, wreaking havoc and destruction. This time they must be stopped.
Director: Hyung-rae Shim | Stars: Jason Behr, Amanda Brooks, Robert Forster, Craig Robinson
Votes: 25,372 | Gross: $10.98M
27. The Recall (2017)
R | 90 min | Action, Horror, Mystery
When five friends vacation at a remote lake house they expect nothing less than a good time, unaware that planet Earth is under an alien invasion and mass-abduction.
Director: Mauro Borrelli | Stars: Wesley Snipes, RJ Mitte, Jedidiah Goodacre, Laura Bilgeri
Votes: 9,349 | Gross: $0.02M
28. Highlander: The Source (2007 TV Movie)
R | 86 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Duncan MacLeod and his fellow Immortals quest to locate the Grail of their world.
Director: Brett Leonard | Stars: Adrian Paul, Thekla Reuten, Cristian Solimeno, Peter Wingfield
Votes: 9,932
29. The Big Bang (2010)
R | 101 min | Action, Crime, Mystery
A private detective is hired to find a missing stripper. A simple job turns complicated when everyone he questions ends up dead.
Director: Tony Krantz | Stars: Antonio Banderas, Thomas Kretschmann, William Fichtner, Sienna Guillory
Votes: 7,392
30. Slaughterhouse Rock (1987)
R | 85 min | Comedy, Horror
A man visits Alcatraz prison after having dreams about all the people who died there. When he gets there, his brother is possessed by an evil cannibal demon. The ghost of a female heavy ... See full summary »
Director: Dimitri Logothetis | Stars: Toni Basil, Nicholas Celozzi, Tom Reilly, Donna Denton
Votes: 1,493
31. Welcome the Stranger (2018)
R | 94 min | Drama, Mystery
Alice unexpectedly shows up at her artist brother Ethan's home hoping to reconnect after an extended separation. He questions her motives, and before long, things spiral out of control as ... See full summary »
Director: Justin Kelly | Stars: Abbey Lee, Caleb Landry Jones, Riley Keough, Rosemary Howard
Votes: 1,654
32. Children of the Stones (1977)
173 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
Scientist Adam Brake and his son Matthew arrive in the sleepy English village of Milbury to find it under the grip of weird psychic powers unleashed by the sinister village squire, Hendrick, and whose power they struggle to break.
Stars: Gareth Thomas, Veronica Strong, Peter Demin, Ruth Dunning
Votes: 856
33. Paper Flowers (1959)
Unrated | 148 min | Drama, Romance
Suresh Sinha, a famous director, discovers star potential in Shanti, a woman he stumbled into one rainy evening, and casts her as the lead in a film. In a twist of fate, Shanti becomes a superstar and Suresh faces a decline in his career.
Director: Guru Dutt | Stars: Waheeda Rehman, Guru Dutt, Kumari Naaz, Johnny Walker
Votes: 2,776
34. I Sell the Dead (2008)
Not Rated | 85 min | Comedy, Horror
A grave robber reflects on his life of crime.
Director: Glenn McQuaid | Stars: Dominic Monaghan, Ron Perlman, Larry Fessenden, Angus Scrimm
Votes: 11,201 | Gross: $0.01M
35. Leaning Into The Wind (2017)
PG | 97 min | Documentary
Leaning into the Wind follows artist Andy Goldsworthy on his exploration of the world and himself through ephemeral and permanent workings on the landscape, cities and with his own body.
Director: Thomas Riedelsheimer | Stars: Andy Goldsworthy, Holly Goldsworthy
Votes: 482 | Gross: $0.40M
36. Flash Gordon's Trip to Mars (1938)
Approved | 299 min | Action, Adventure, Family
When a deadly Nitron ray strikes Earth, Flash Gordon and his friends travel to Mars to battle Ming the Merciless and his new ally Queen Azura.
Directors: Ford Beebe, Robert F. Hill, Frederick Stephani | Stars: Buster Crabbe, Jean Rogers, Charles Middleton, Frank Shannon
Votes: 1,052
37. Animusic (2001 Video)
33 min | Music, Animation, Short
Animusic draws you into its reality like no place you have ever been. You encounter new dimensions of sight and sound as you experience seven unique visual concerts.
Director: Wayne Lytle | Star: Wayne Lytle
Votes: 492
38. Animusic 2 (2005 Video)
39 min | Animation, Short, Music
A variety of fanciful musical machines perform light rock tunes.
Director: Wayne Lytle | Stars: Andrew Lytle, Wayne Lytle
Votes: 133
39.
Lost in Space (1965–1968)
Episode:
The Sky Is Falling
(1965)
Not Rated | 50 min | Adventure, Comedy, Family
A small, crab-like robot heralds the arrival of a family of colonists from an alien race called the Taurons. John believes that they are peaceful settlers, but Smith insists that they are the vanguard of an invading army.
Director: Sobey Martin | Stars: Guy Williams, June Lockhart, Mark Goddard, Marta Kristen
Votes: 282
40.
PSI Factor: Chronicles of the Paranormal (1996–2000)
Episode:
The Grey Men
(1997)
TV-14 | Drama, Fantasy, Mystery
Matt is abducted by what may or may not be aliens and analyzed by a psychologist who looks like Kelly. The team questions a creepy trucker and a strange cook, who both show signs of anhedonia or the inability to feel joy, about the case.
Director: Giles Walker | Stars: Matt Frewer, Nancy Anne Sakovich, Barclay Hope, Colin Fox
Votes: 19
41.
Perversions of Science (1997)
Episode:
Anatomy Lesson
(1997)
TV-MA | 25 min | Action, Comedy, Drama
On his eighteenth birthday, a psychotic young man decides to finally take down a mysterious bearded stranger who's been appearing to him ever since childhood warning him each time not to give in to his urge to kill.
Director: Gilbert Adler | Stars: Jeremy London, Jeff Fahey, Joanna Gleason, Jim Metzler
Votes: 79
42.
Relic Hunter (1999–2002)
Episode:
Midnight Flight
(2001)
TV-14 | 42 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Germania, ca. 400 AD: an artifact called Gunther's Scepter is sealed in a vault. Kleine Burgh, 2001: Sydney and Nigel are hired to find the Scepter using a crystal and a stone tablet that were recently discovered.
Director: Ian Toynton | Stars: Tia Carrere, Christien Anholt, Lindy Booth, Michel Albertini
Votes: 81
43.
Space: 1999 (1975–1977)
Episode:
Ring Around the Moon
(1976)
TV-14 | 60 min | Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
Maintenance technician Ted Clifford is possessed by an eerie yellow glow, which ultimately kills him. It transpires that it is coming from a planet called Triton, which captures the Alphans... See full summary »
Director: Ray Austin | Stars: Martin Landau, Barbara Bain, Barry Morse, Prentis Hancock
Votes: 319
44.
Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987–1994)
Episode:
The Best of Both Worlds: Part 1
(1990)
TV-PG | 45 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Responding to a distress call on one of the Federation's outer-most colonies, the Enterprise arrives...only to find a big hole in the ground where the town used to be, and discovers the Borg are behind the attack.
Director: Cliff Bole | Stars: Patrick Stewart, Jonathan Frakes, LeVar Burton, Michael Dorn
Votes: 5,802
45.
Weird Science (1994–1998)
Episode:
Unplugged
(1994)
Approved | 23 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
In order to impress girls, Gary and Wyatt want to become rock stars. As the group MegaHurtz, they rocket to stardom and crash and burn within a week.
Director: David Grossman | Stars: Michael Manasseri, John Asher, Lee Tergesen, Vanessa Angel
Votes: 33
46.
The Transformers (1984–1987)
Episode:
Desertion of the Dinobots: Part 2
(1985)
TV-Y7 | 23 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
With the Dinobots captured by Shockwave, and the Autobots' malfunctioning reaching terminal levels, Spike and Carly must fight their way through the bowels of Cybertron to acquire the ... See full summary »
Directors: Andy Kim, Bob Kirk, Al Kouzel, Bob Matz, Norm McCabe, Margaret Nichols, Karen Peterson, Tom Ray, Robert Shellhorn, Bob Treat, Terry Lennon | Stars: Arlene Banas, Michael Bell, Gregg Berger, Corey Burton
Votes: 135
47.
Supernatural (2005–2020)
Episode:
Tall Tales
(2007)
TV-14 | 48 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
The Winchester brothers seek the help of their family friend Bobby while investigating a series of unexplained happenings on a local college campus.
Director: Bradford May | Stars: Jared Padalecki, Jensen Ackles, Jim Beaver, Richard Speight Jr.
Votes: 7,572
48.
PSI Factor: Chronicles of the Paranormal (1996–2000)
Episode:
The Labyrinth
(1998)
TV-14 | Drama, Fantasy, Mystery
A mysterious beam of light is killing sewer inspectors. The team determines that a female junkie with the rarest blood type of all - the Bombay or HH blood group, has got something to do with it.
Director: Ron Oliver | Stars: Matt Frewer, Nancy Anne Sakovich, Barclay Hope, Colin Fox
Votes: 35
49.
Avatar: The Last Airbender (2024– )
Episode:
Aang
(2024)
TV-PG | 63 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
An Airbender comes to grips with his new reality as war erupts. A century later, a pair of Water Tribe siblings make a discovery that changes everything.
Director: Michael Goi | Stars: Gordon Cormier, Kiawentiio, Ian Ousley, Dallas Liu
Votes: 6,142
50.
Unsolved Mysteries (2020– )
Episode:
Berkshires UFO
(2020)
TV-MA | 39 min | Documentary, Crime, Mystery
Residents of Berkshire County, Massachusetts, recall their baffling, terrifying experiences with a UFO on the night of September 1, 1969.
Director: Marcus A. Clarke | Stars: Thom Reed, Nancy Reed, Jane Green, Tom Warner
Votes: 1,325