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1. Erin Brockovich (2000)
R | 131 min | Biography, Drama
An unemployed single mother becomes a legal assistant and almost single-handedly brings down a California power company accused of polluting a city's water supply.
Director: Steven Soderbergh | Stars: Julia Roberts, Albert Finney, David Brisbin, Dawn Didawick
Votes: 221,476 | Gross: $125.60M
2. RoboCop (1987)
R | 102 min | Action, Crime, Sci-Fi
In a dystopic and crime-ridden Detroit, a terminally wounded cop returns to the force as a powerful cyborg haunted by submerged memories.
Director: Paul Verhoeven | Stars: Peter Weller, Nancy Allen, Dan O'Herlihy, Ronny Cox
Votes: 283,254 | Gross: $53.42M
3. Meg 2: The Trench (2023)
PG-13 | 116 min | Action, Adventure, Horror
A research team encounters multiple threats while exploring the depths of the ocean, including a malevolent mining operation.
Director: Ben Wheatley | Stars: Jason Statham, Jing Wu, Shuya Sophia Cai, Cliff Curtis
Votes: 78,533 | Gross: $82.60M
4. Planet Terror (2007)
R | 105 min | Action, Comedy, Horror
After an experimental bio-weapon is released, turning thousands into zombie-like creatures, it's up to a rag-tag group of survivors to stop the infected and those behind its release.
Director: Robert Rodriguez | Stars: Rose McGowan, Freddy Rodríguez, Josh Brolin, Marley Shelton
Votes: 223,333
5. 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: 36,380 | Gross: $1.92M
6. Batman Returns (1992)
PG-13 | 126 min | Action, Crime, Fantasy
While Batman deals with a deformed man calling himself the Penguin wreaking havoc across Gotham with the help of a cruel businessman, a female employee of the latter becomes the Catwoman with her own vendetta.
Director: Tim Burton | Stars: Michael Keaton, Danny DeVito, Michelle Pfeiffer, Christopher Walken
Votes: 327,595 | Gross: $162.83M
7. The Toxic Avenger (2023)
R | 102 min | Action, Comedy, Horror
A horrible toxic accident transforms downtrodden janitor, Winston Gooze into a new evolution of hero: The Toxic Avenger.
Director: Macon Blair | Stars: Kevin Bacon, Jacob Tremblay, Peter Dinklage, Elijah Wood
Votes: 416
8. The Host (2006)
R | 120 min | Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi
A monster emerges from Seoul's Han River and begins attacking people. One victim's loving family does what it can to rescue her from its clutches.
Director: Bong Joon Ho | Stars: Song Kang-ho, Byun Hee-Bong, Park Hae-il, Bae Doona
Votes: 132,795 | Gross: $2.20M
9. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze (1991)
PG | 88 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
The Turtles discover their origins while they endeavour to save New York City from the evil Shredder and his Foot Clan.
Director: Michael Pressman | Stars: Paige Turco, David Warner, Michelan Sisti, Leif Tilden
Votes: 61,025 | Gross: $78.66M
10. Nothing But Trouble (1991)
PG-13 | 94 min | Comedy
A businessman and his friends are captured by a sadistic judge and his equally odd family in a bizarre mansion in the backwoods.
Director: Dan Aykroyd | Stars: Chevy Chase, Dan Aykroyd, John Candy, Demi Moore
Votes: 27,425 | Gross: $8.48M
11. The Toxic Avenger (1984)
R | 82 min | Action, Comedy, Horror
Tromaville has a monstrous new hero. The Toxic Avenger is born when meek mop boy Melvin falls into a vat of toxic waste. Now evildoers will have a lot to lose.
Directors: Michael Herz, Lloyd Kaufman | Stars: Andree Maranda, Mitch Cohen, Jennifer Babtist, Cindy Manion
Votes: 32,181
12. Sahara (2005)
PG-13 | 124 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
Master explorer Dirk Pitt goes on the adventure of a lifetime of seeking out a lost Civil War battleship known as the "Ship of Death" in the deserts of West Africa while helping a WHO doctor being hounded by a ruthless dictator.
Director: Breck Eisner | Stars: Matthew McConaughey, Penélope Cruz, Steve Zahn, Mark Aspinall
Votes: 103,674 | Gross: $68.67M
13. The Simpsons Movie (2007)
PG-13 | 87 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
After Homer pollutes the town's water supply, Springfield is encased in a gigantic dome by the EPA and the Simpsons are declared fugitives.
Director: David Silverman | Stars: Dan Castellaneta, Julie Kavner, Nancy Cartwright, Yeardley Smith
Votes: 349,944 | Gross: $183.14M
14. The Crow: Wicked Prayer (2005)
R | 99 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
On his way to becoming an immortal demon, a gang leader orchestrates the murder of an ex-con and his girlfriend.
Director: Lance Mungia | Stars: Yuji Okumoto, Marcus Chong, Tito Ortiz, Tara Reid
Votes: 9,653
15. Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie (2017)
PG | 89 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
Two overly imaginative pranksters named George and Harold hypnotize their principal into thinking he's a ridiculously enthusiastic, incredibly dimwitted superhero named Captain Underpants.
Director: David Soren | Stars: Kevin Hart, Thomas Middleditch, Ed Helms, Nick Kroll
Votes: 32,378 | Gross: $73.92M
16. Transporter 3 (2008)
PG-13 | 104 min | Action, Adventure, Thriller
Frank Martin is forced to deliver Valentina, the kidnapped daughter of a Ukrainian government official, from Marseilles to Odessa on the Black Sea. En route, he has to contend with thugs who want to intercept Valentina's safe delivery.
Director: Olivier Megaton | Stars: Jason Statham, Robert Knepper, Natalya Rudakova, François Berléand
Votes: 176,899 | Gross: $31.72M
17. Dark Places (2015)
R | 113 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Libby Day was only eight years old when her family was brutally murdered in their rural Kansas farmhouse. Almost thirty years later, she reluctantly agrees to revisit the crime and uncovers the wrenching truths that led up to that tragic night.
Director: Gilles Paquet-Brenner | Stars: Charlize Theron, Nicholas Hoult, Christina Hendricks, Chloë Grace Moretz
Votes: 47,803
18. Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan (1989)
R | 100 min | Adventure, Horror, Thriller
Jason Voorhees is accidentally awakened from his watery grave and ends up stalking a ship full of graduating high-school students headed to Manhattan, New York.
Director: Rob Hedden | Stars: Jensen Daggett, Kane Hodder, Todd Caldecott, Tiffany Paulsen
Votes: 43,099 | Gross: $14.34M
19. Total Drama (2007–2014)
TV-PG | 22 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
Animated satire of survivor reality shows featuring random teenage archetypes vying for the final prize by any means necessary.
Stars: Christian Potenza, Clé Bennett, Rachel Wilson, Scott McCord
Votes: 14,227
20. Armed and Dangerous (1986)
PG-13 | 88 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
A fired cop and useless lawyer sign up as security guards and find they've joined a corrupt union.
Director: Mark L. Lester | Stars: John Candy, Meg Ryan, Eugene Levy, Robert Loggia
Votes: 12,754 | Gross: $15.95M
21. Eight Legged Freaks (2002)
PG-13 | 99 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
Venomous spiders get exposed to a noxious chemical that causes them to grow to monumental proportions.
Director: Ellory Elkayem | Stars: David Arquette, Kari Wuhrer, Scott Terra, Scarlett Johansson
Votes: 60,239 | Gross: $17.32M
22. Zombeavers (2014)
R | 77 min | Comedy, Horror
A fun weekend turns into madness and horror for a bunch of groupies looking for fun in a beaver infested swamp.
Director: Jordan Rubin | Stars: Rachel Melvin, Cortney Palm, Lexi Atkins, Hutch Dano
Votes: 20,511 | Gross: $0.01M
23. Alligator (1980)
R | 91 min | Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
A pet baby alligator is flushed down a toilet and survives in the city sewers. Twelve years later, it grows to an enormous size thanks to a diet of discarded laboratory dogs injected with growth hormones. Now, humans have entered the menu.
Director: Lewis Teague | Stars: Robert Forster, Robin Riker, Michael V. Gazzo, Dean Jagger
Votes: 15,880
24. Wet Hot American Summer: First Day of Camp (2015)
TV-MA | 30 min | Comedy
Follows the counselors and campers on their first day at Camp Firewood in the summer of 1981.
Stars: Marguerite Moreau, Zak Orth, Paul Rudd, Michael Showalter
Votes: 25,216
25. Daylight (1996)
PG-13 | 114 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Disaster in a New York tunnel as explosions collapse both ends of it. One hero tries to help the people inside find their way to safety.
Director: Rob Cohen | Stars: Sylvester Stallone, Amy Brenneman, Viggo Mortensen, Dan Hedaya
Votes: 76,750 | Gross: $33.02M
26. Men at Work (1990)
PG-13 | 98 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
Two garbage men uncover a conspiracy involving illegal toxic waste dumping and decide to bring the whole operation down.
Director: Emilio Estevez | Stars: Charlie Sheen, Emilio Estevez, Leslie Hope, Keith David
Votes: 26,783 | Gross: $16.25M
27. On Deadly Ground (1994)
R | 101 min | Action, Adventure, Thriller
A blowout firefighter takes on an environmentally destructive oil corporation by causing many deaths and explosions in Alaska.
Director: Steven Seagal | Stars: Steven Seagal, Michael Caine, Joan Chen, John C. McGinley
Votes: 25,470 | Gross: $38.59M
28. C.H.U.D. (1984)
R | 88 min | Horror, Sci-Fi
A bizarre series of sudden disappearances on the streets of New York City seems to point toward something unsavory living in the sewers.
Director: Douglas Cheek | Stars: John Heard, Daniel Stern, Christopher Curry, Kim Greist
Votes: 13,980 | Gross: $4.65M
29. The East (2013)
PG-13 | 116 min | Adventure, Crime, Drama
An operative for an elite private intelligence firm finds her priorities changing dramatically after she is tasked with infiltrating an anarchist group known for executing covert attacks upon major corporations.
Director: Zal Batmanglij | Stars: Brit Marling, Alexander Skarsgård, Elliot Page, Toby Kebbell
Votes: 52,400 | Gross: $2.27M
30. The Secret World of Alex Mack (1994–1998)
TV-Y7 | 30 min | Comedy, Drama, Family
Alexandra "Alex" Mack develops powerful abilities after a chemical factory accident. She struggles to balance her ordinary life with extraordinary misadventures as a result.
Stars: Larisa Oleynik, Meredith Bishop, Darris Love, Michael Blakley
Votes: 5,614
31. North Country (2005)
R | 126 min | Drama
A fictionalized account of the first major successful sexual harassment case in the United States, Jenson vs. Eveleth Mines, where a woman who endured a range of abuse while working as a miner filed and won the landmark 1984 lawsuit.
Director: Niki Caro | Stars: Charlize Theron, Jeremy Renner, Frances McDormand, Thomas Curtis
Votes: 44,938 | Gross: $18.32M
32. Street Trash (1987)
Unrated | 91 min | Comedy, Horror
A liquor store owner sells alcoholic beverages to homeless people, unaware of what the bottles actually contain: toxic brew.
Director: J. Michael Muro | Stars: Mike Lackey, Bill Chepil, Vic Noto, Mark Sferrazza
Votes: 11,446
33. A Civil Action (1998)
PG-13 | 115 min | Biography, Drama
A tenacious lawyer takes on a case involving two companies responsible for causing several children to be diagnosed with leukemia due to the town's water supply being contaminated, at the risk of bankrupting his firm and career.
Director: Steven Zaillian | Stars: John Travolta, Robert Duvall, Kathleen Quinlan, Tony Shalhoub
Votes: 31,093 | Gross: $56.71M
34. Black Sheep (2006)
Not Rated | 87 min | Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi
An experiment in genetic engineering turns harmless sheep into bloodthirsty killers that terrorize a sprawling New Zealand farm.
Director: Jonathan King | Stars: Oliver Driver, Nathan Meister, Tammy Davis, Matthew Chamberlain
Votes: 42,106 | Gross: $0.08M
35. Body Snatchers (1993)
R | 87 min | Horror, Sci-Fi
A teenage girl and her father discover alien clones are replacing humans on a remote U.S. military base in Alabama.
Director: Abel Ferrara | Stars: Gabrielle Anwar, Meg Tilly, Terry Kinney, Reilly Murphy
Votes: 21,262 | Gross: $0.43M
36. Shattered (1991)
R | 98 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
After a horrific car wreck leaves him an amnesiac, a man slowly begins to unravel his shocking past.
Director: Wolfgang Petersen | Stars: Tom Berenger, Bob Hoskins, Greta Scacchi, Joanne Whalley
Votes: 11,410 | Gross: $11.51M
37. Gomorrah (2008)
Not Rated | 137 min | Crime, Drama
Scampia Vele is the Corbusian architecture which has become a stronghold for Mafia of Naples, Italy.
Director: Matteo Garrone | Stars: Gianfelice Imparato, Salvatore Abbruzzese, Toni Servillo, Simone Sacchettino
Votes: 51,218 | Gross: $1.58M
38. Chernobyl Diaries (2012)
R | 86 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Six tourists hire an extreme tour guide who takes them to the abandoned city Pripyat, the former home to the workers of the Chernobyl nuclear reactor. During their exploration, they soon discover they are not alone.
Director: Bradley Parker | Stars: Jesse McCartney, Jonathan Sadowski, Olivia Taylor Dudley, Nathan Phillips
Votes: 68,645 | Gross: $18.12M
39. Fire Down Below (1997)
R | 105 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
A federal agent uncovers lucrative toxic waste dumps in Appalachia and must deal with the locals who want to keep their 'gold mine' secret.
Director: Félix Enríquez Alcalá | Stars: Steven Seagal, Kris Kristofferson, Marg Helgenberger, Stephen Lang
Votes: 19,088 | Gross: $16.23M
40. Fletch Lives (1989)
PG | 95 min | Comedy, Crime, Mystery
After receiving an inheritance in Louisiana, Los Angeles reporter Irwin Fletcher heads to the Belle Isle plantation where he gets himself into hilarious trouble.
Director: Michael Ritchie | Stars: Chevy Chase, Hal Holbrook, Julianne Phillips, R. Lee Ermey
Votes: 23,269 | Gross: $35.15M
41. Flipper (1996)
PG | 95 min | Adventure, Crime, Drama
A teenage boy sent to spend the summer with his eccentric uncle on the Florida coast befriends a remarkable dolphin and takes on local bad guys who are polluting the water.
Director: Alan Shapiro | Stars: Paul Hogan, Elijah Wood, Jonathan Banks, Robert Deacon
Votes: 11,669 | Gross: $20.05M
42. Alien from the Deep (1989)
91 min | Sci-Fi, Horror
Two members of Greenpeace discover that a local factory sheds radioactive waste into an active volcano, which has created a terrifying creature that wreaks havoc in the area.
Director: Antonio Margheriti | Stars: Daniel Bosch, Marina Giulia Cavalli, Luciano Pigozzi, Robert Marius
Votes: 811
43. 3 Ninjas: Knuckle Up (1995)
PG-13 | 85 min | Action, Comedy, Family
Rocky, Colt and Tum Tum are back in an all new adventure everyone will fall for.
Director: Shin Sang-ok | Stars: Victor Wong, Charles Napier, Michael Treanor, Max Elliott Slade
Votes: 6,312 | Gross: $0.41M
44. Earthlings (2005)
95 min | Documentary
Using hidden cameras and never-before-seen footage, Earthlings chronicles the day-to-day practices of the largest industries in the world, all of which rely entirely on animals for profit.
Director: Shaun Monson | Star: Joaquin Phoenix
Votes: 19,809
45. Prophecy (1979)
PG | 102 min | Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
A government health inspector is dispatched to assess the damage a logging company is causing to a patch of forest claimed by Native Americans, and comes face to face with true terror wreaking havoc in the woods.
Director: John Frankenheimer | Stars: Talia Shire, Robert Foxworth, Armand Assante, Richard Dysart
Votes: 6,141 | Gross: $18.39M
46. Python (2000 TV Movie)
R | 100 min | Action, Comedy, Horror
After a military plane crash near a small American town, a giant man-eating snake sets off on a killing spree. The locals must find a way to eliminate the snake, with the help of a scientist who knows about the snake to kill it.
Director: Richard Clabaugh | Stars: Frayne Rosanoff, Robert Englund, Casper Van Dien, William Zabka
Votes: 3,925
47. Nightmare City (1980)
R | 88 min | Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
An airplane exposed to radiation lands, and blood drinking zombies emerge armed with knives, guns and teeth! They go on a rampage slicing, dicing, and biting their way across the Italian countryside.
Director: Umberto Lenzi | Stars: Hugo Stiglitz, Laura Trotter, Maria Rosaria Omaggio, Francisco Rabal
Votes: 6,734
48. Daydream Nation (2010)
R | 98 min | Drama, Romance
A city girl who moves to a small town and becomes entangled in a love triangle between her high school teacher and a stoner classmate.
Director: Michael Goldbach | Stars: Kat Dennings, Reece Thompson, Andie MacDowell, Josh Lucas
Votes: 13,055
49. The Kettering Incident (2016)
TV-MA | 51 min | Crime, Drama, Horror
Doctor Anna Macy finds herself inexplicably linked to the disappearance of two girls, fifteen years apart.
Stars: Elizabeth Debicki, Matthew Le Nevez, Henry Nixon, Anthony Phelan
Votes: 3,885
50. Half-Life (1998 Video Game)
M | Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Dr. Gordon Freeman must fight his way out of a secret research facility after a teleportation experiment goes disastrously wrong.
Directors: Gabe Newell, Randy Pitchford | Stars: Kathy Levin, Harry S. Robins, Mike Shapiro, Bill van Buren
Votes: 11,280