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1. Perry Mason (1957–1966)

TV-PG | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

The trials of a master criminal defense attorney handling the most difficult cases in support of the innocent.

Stars: Raymond Burr, Barbara Hale, William Hopper, Ray Collins

Votes: 11,957

2. The Good Wife (2009–2016)

TV-14 | 43 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Alicia Florrick has been a good wife to her husband, a former state's attorney. After a very humiliating sex and corruption scandal, he is behind bars. She must now provide for her family and returns to work as a litigator in a law firm.

Stars: Julianna Margulies, Chris Noth, Josh Charles, Matt Czuchry

Votes: 83,153

3. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)

PG-13 | 201 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

Gandalf and Aragorn lead the World of Men against Sauron's army to draw his gaze from Frodo and Sam as they approach Mount Doom with the One Ring.

Director: Peter Jackson | Stars: Elijah Wood, Viggo Mortensen, Ian McKellen, Orlando Bloom

Votes: 1,986,878 | Gross: $377.85M

4. My Cousin Vinny (1992)

R | 120 min | Comedy, Crime

Two New Yorkers accused of murder in rural Alabama while on their way back to college call in the help of one of their cousins, a loudmouth lawyer with no trial experience.

Director: Jonathan Lynn | Stars: Joe Pesci, Marisa Tomei, Ralph Macchio, Mitchell Whitfield

Votes: 141,514 | Gross: $52.93M

5. Masters of the Universe (1987)

PG | 106 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy

The heroic warrior He-Man battles against the evil lord Skeletor and his armies of darkness for control of Castle Grayskull.

Director: Gary Goddard | Stars: Dolph Lundgren, Frank Langella, Meg Foster, Billy Barty

Votes: 44,586 | Gross: $17.34M

6. Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)

PG | 91 min | Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy

King Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table embark on a surreal, low-budget search for the Holy Grail, encountering many, very silly obstacles.

Directors: Terry Gilliam, Terry Jones | Stars: Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Eric Idle, Terry Gilliam

Votes: 571,746 | Gross: $1.23M

7. Independence Day: Resurgence (2016)

PG-13 | 120 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

Two decades after the first Independence Day invasion, Earth is faced with a new extra-Solar threat. But will mankind's new space defenses be enough?

Director: Roland Emmerich | Stars: Liam Hemsworth, Jeff Goldblum, Bill Pullman, Maika Monroe

Votes: 189,163 | Gross: $103.14M

8. Witness for the Prosecution (1957)

Approved | 116 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

A veteran British barrister must defend his client in a murder trial that has surprise after surprise.

Director: Billy Wilder | Stars: Tyrone Power, Marlene Dietrich, Charles Laughton, Elsa Lanchester

Votes: 138,518 | Gross: $8.18M

9. Courage the Cowardly Dog (1999–2002)

TV-Y7 | 11 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy

The offbeat adventures of Courage, a cowardly dog who must overcome his own fears to heroically defend his unknowing farmer owners from all kinds of dangers, paranormal events and menaces that appear around their land.

Stars: Marty Grabstein, Thea White, Peter Fernandez, Simon Prebble

Votes: 51,292

10. Ultraman: Rising (2024)

PG | 117 min | Animation, Action, Adventure | Completed

Ken Sato, a superstar baseball player who returns to Japan to become the latest hero to carry the mantle of Ultraman. However, he is compelled to raise a newborn kaiju monster, the offspring of his greatest enemy as his own child.

Directors: Shannon Tindle, John Aoshima | Stars: Christopher Sean, Rob Fukuzaki, Hiro Nakamura, Gedde Watanabe

11. Home Alone 3 (1997)

PG | 102 min | Action, Comedy, Crime

Alex Pruitt, an 8-year-old boy living in Chicago, must fend off international spies who seek a top-secret computer chip in his toy car.

Director: Raja Gosnell | Stars: Alex D. Linz, Olek Krupa, Rya Kihlstedt, Lenny von Dohlen

Votes: 127,522 | Gross: $30.88M

12. O.J.: Made in America (2016)

TV-MA | 467 min | Documentary, Biography, Crime

A chronicle of the rise and fall of O.J. Simpson, whose high-profile murder trial exposed the extent of American racial tensions, revealing a fractured and divided nation.

Director: Ezra Edelman | Stars: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Mike Albanese, Muhammad Ali, Marcus Allen

Votes: 22,195

13. For The People (2018–2019)

TV-PG | 43 min | Drama

Set in the Southern District of New York Federal Court, brand-new lawyers work for both the defense and the prosecution as they handle the most high-profile and high-stakes cases in the country--all as their personal lives intersect.

Stars: Hope Davis, Ben Shenkman, Jasmin Savoy Brown, Susannah Flood

Votes: 6,413

14. Slam Dunk (1993–1996)

TV-PG | 22 min | Animation, Comedy, Drama

About Sakuragi Hanamichi, a freshman of Shohoku High School who joins the basketball team because of the girl he has a crush on, Haruko. Although he is newbie in this sport, he is no ordinary basketball player.

Stars: Hisao Egawa, Eriko Hara, Akiko Hiramatsu, Yukimasa Kishino

Votes: 7,413

15. Pine Gap (2018)

TV-MA | 56 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller

Set in the intensely secretive world of intelligence and the enigmatic US/Australia joint defence facility in central Australia, the spy-thriller Pine Gap delves into the famously strong alliance between the two countries.

Stars: Parker Sawyers, Jacqueline McKenzie, Steve Toussaint, Tess Haubrich

Votes: 6,940

16. Rumpole of the Bailey (1978–1992)

Not Rated | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

The cases of a portly and eccentric criminal law barrister.

Stars: Leo McKern, Jonathan Coy, Julian Curry, Marion Mathie

Votes: 1,742

17. Life (2009)

TV-G | 43 min | Documentary

David Attenborough's legendary BBC crew explains and shows wildlife all over planet earth. From giving an overview of the challenges facing life to hunting the deep sea and various major evolutionary groups of creatures.

Stars: Oprah Winfrey, David Attenborough, Doug Allan, Roger Munns

Votes: 42,974

18. Happily Ever After (1989)

G | 75 min | Animation, Family, Fantasy

Snow White and her new friends must rescue the Prince when he is captured by the Wicked Queen's vengeful brother.

Director: John Howley | Stars: Edward Asner, Irene Cara, Carol Channing, Dom DeLuise

Votes: 2,641 | Gross: $3.30M

19. Voltron: Defender of the Universe (1984–1985)

TV-Y7 | 24 min | Animation, Adventure, Family

This series focuses on five lion robots and their pilots as they fight the evil forces of King Zarkon and Prince Lotor.

Stars: Peter Cullen, Michael Bell, Jack Angel, Lennie Weinrib

Votes: 5,212

20. Khartoum (1966)

Approved | 128 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

In the Sudan, in 1884 to 1885, Egyptian forces led by British General Charles "Chinese" Gordon (Charlton Heston) defend Khartoum against an invading Muslim Army led by a religious fanatic, Mohammed Ahmed el Mahdi (Sir Laurence Olivier).

Directors: Basil Dearden, Eliot Elisofon | Stars: Charlton Heston, Laurence Olivier, Richard Johnson, Ralph Richardson

Votes: 8,309 | Gross: $6.54M

21. Interstelar 2: Operation Terra 2040 (2016)

49 min | Action, Comedy, Horror

16 years after the events of Interstelar (2014) as food shortage attacks yet again, another brave man goes on a space mission to bring food to Earth.

Director: Danil Andreev | Stars: Danil Andreev, Sergey A., Mykola Yeriomin, Andrey Gromov

Votes: 234

22. The Trial (2010)

PG-13 | 101 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

After the horrific death of his wife and two sons, suicide seems to be the only escape for a small town attorney, until he's assigned a capital punishment case that begins to transform his life.

Director: Gary Wheeler | Stars: Larry Bagby, Matthew Modine, Clare Carey, Robert Forster

Votes: 1,705 | Gross: $0.02M

23. Bofuri: I Don't Want to Get Hurt, So I'll Max Out My Defense (2020–2023)

TV-14 | 24 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

Maple doesn't want to experience pain in the VRMMO game she started playing, so she puts all her skill points into defense until she can't even move. Somehow it works better than anyone expected. Now she's got followers??

Stars: Kaede Hondo, Ruriko Noguchi, Saori Hayami, Noriaki Sugiyama

Votes: 2,453

24. The Brady Bunch in the White House (2002 TV Movie)

PG-13 | 88 min | Comedy, Family

Mike Brady becomes the President of the United States, and names Carol as his V.P..

Director: Neal Israel | Stars: Shelley Long, Gary Cole, Chad Doreck, Autumn Reeser

Votes: 1,007

25. The Dark Mirror (1946)

Approved | 85 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir

A man is found murdered, and witnesses are sure about the woman they saw leaving his apartment. However, it becomes apparent that the woman has a twin, and finding out which one is the killer seems impossible.

Director: Robert Siodmak | Stars: Olivia de Havilland, Lew Ayres, Thomas Mitchell, Richard Long

Votes: 5,711

26. Nefes: Vatan Sagolsun (2009)

128 min | Action, Drama, Thriller

Story of 40-man Turkish task force who must defend a relay station.

Director: Levent Semerci | Stars: Mete Horozoglu, Ilker Kizmaz, Birce Akalay, Ibrahim Akoz

Votes: 35,490

27. Town Without Pity (1961)

Approved | 105 min | Crime, Drama

Four American soldiers stationed near a German village face death in the rape of a local girl, and are defended by outside counsel Major Steve Garrett.

Director: Gottfried Reinhardt | Stars: Kirk Douglas, Barbara Rütting, Christine Kaufmann, E.G. Marshall

Votes: 1,988

28. God on Trial (2008 TV Movie)

86 min | Drama, War

Awaiting their inevitable deaths at one of the worst concentration camps, a group of Jews make a rabbinical court to decide whether God has gone against the Holy Covenant and if He is the one guilty for their suffering.

Director: Andy De Emmony | Stars: Joseph Muir, Josef Altin, Ashley Artus, Alexi Kaye Campbell

Votes: 3,927

29. Return of the Evil Dead (1973)

Not Rated | 91 min | Horror

In this second startling film in the BLIND DEAD series, writer/director Amando de Ossorio returns to the horrific origin of the depraved Templar:

Director: Amando de Ossorio | Stars: Tony Kendall, Fernando Sancho, Esperanza Roy, Frank Braña

Votes: 2,962

30. Dota 2 (2013 Video Game)

T | Action, Adventure, Fantasy

A crystalline satellite enters the planet's orbit, and the raw energies of the Radiant and Dire attracted creatures of different alignments and unified under these factions, the battles of Dota would commence.

Director: Erik Johnson | Stars: Dee Bradley Baker, Dennis Bateman, Steve Blum, Joey Bracken

Votes: 2,015

31. God of War (2017)

Not Rated | 128 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

A maverick commander and a young general join forces to battle pirates who pillage small villages in 16th-century China. The violent clash of wits and weapons will ultimately decide who rules the land.

Director: Gordon Chan | Stars: Wenzhuo Zhao, Sammo Kam-Bo Hung, Regina Wan, Keisuke Koide

Votes: 2,415 | Gross: $0.05M

32. Clash of Clans (2012 Video Game)

E10+ | Action, Fantasy

You are the chief of your village/town. It's in your hands to guard the territory from invaders and nasty goblins.

Stars: Bonnie Bogovich, Erling Haaland, Larry

Votes: 1,426

33. Absolute Force (1997)

91 min | Action, Adventure

A corrupt politician intends to use a powerful weapon to execute an evil plan.

Director: Steven Kaman | Stars: Timothy Bottoms, Oleg Taktarov, Tom Bresnahan, Warren A. Stevens

Votes: 75

34. Ghetto Blaster (1989)

R | 81 min | Action, Drama

When Travis, middle-aged, working class man, returns home to visit his parents, he quickly learns that his hood is rife with criminal activity and gang warfare. Quickly, Travis finds ... See full summary »

Director: Alan Stewart | Stars: Richard Hatch, R.G. Armstrong, Richard Jaeckel, Harry Caesar

Votes: 363

35. ...Sabik kasalanan ba? (1986)

120 min | Drama, Romance

Estregan, a Filipino actor, starts a scandal when he seduces his stepdaughter while being watched by her mother and sister. Later, Estregan becomes interested in the younger sister, resulting in unexpected and intense encounters.

Director: Angelito J. De Guzman | Stars: Joy Sumilang, George Estregan, Daria Ramirez, Tani Cinco

Votes: 79

36. The Outcasts (1968–1969)

60 min | Western

A bounty hunter who was a Confederate Officer teams up with an ex-slave who was a Union Soldier during the Civil War. They are the Outcasts.

Stars: Don Murray, Otis Young, Don 'Red' Barry, Art Metrano

Votes: 183

37. Raiders of the Sun (1992)

R | 80 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

In a post-apocalyptic future, a commando named Brodie must defend the only village that still has gunpowder from a ruthless gang of raiders led by Clay, a traitor who plans to use the deadly powder to conquer the democratic Alpha League.

Director: Cirio H. Santiago | Stars: Richard Norton, Brigitta Stenberg, Rick Dean, William Steis

Votes: 340

38. Mercenaries: Playground of Destruction (2005 Video Game)

T | Action, Adventure, Crime

Korea has become a war zone when the president is assumed dead and Song, a ruthless dictator, takes over. Suddenly, the Allied Nations, China, the Russian Mafia and South Korea are all engaged in the war.

Director: Cameron Brown | Stars: Peter Stormare, Jennifer Hale, Phil LaMarr, Amy Lee

Votes: 666

39. An Innocent Love (1982 TV Movie)

100 min | Drama, Romance

A gifted 14-year-old junior at the University of Washington replies to an ad of a 19-year-old freshman to be her maths tutor, paving the way for a friendship and a silent first crush. Will the kind genius master the lessons of the heart?

Director: Roger Young | Stars: Melissa Sue Anderson, Doug McKeon, Steven Bauer, Kristoff St. John

Votes: 119

40. The Worst Crime (2019)

Not Rated | 99 min | Documentary

In July, 2002, Johnny Johnson was arrested and charged with the abduction and murder of 6-year-old Cassandra WilliIn July, 2002, Johnny Johnson was arrested and charged with the abduction ... See full summary »

Director: Ben Scholle | Stars: Della Steele, Lauren Steele, Beth Kerry, Bob McCullouch

Votes: 96

41. Bitva za Moskvu (1985)

358 min | Drama, History, War

The battle of Moscow was the first major defeat of German Wehrmacht in the Second World War. The film is dedicated to some fighting events that took place in the USSR after Hitler's conquest of western Europe.

Stars: Helmut Hellstorff, Vyacheslav Tikhonov, Artyom Karapetyan, Yakov Tripolsky

Votes: 475

42. Kay Dyache Bola (2005)

Not Rated | 103 min | Comedy

Harshvardhan Ghodke (Akshay Pendse) and Abhijit Vaidya (Umesh Kamat), are engineering students, who lie to their parents and land up in Bombay to have fun for a couple of days. ... See full summary »

Director: Chandrakant Kulkarni | Stars: Makarand Anaspure, Akshay Pendse, Mohan Agashe, Sharvari Jamenis

Votes: 260

43. O Astrapogiannos (1970)

116 min | Adventure, Drama, Western

The battle-scarred hero of the Greek Revolution, Giannos "Astrapogiannos", returns home after the end of the blood-soaked War of Independence, only to find himself in a new conflict, as he locks horns with a ruthless local Kodjabashis.

Director: Nikos Tzimas | Stars: Nikos Kourkoulos, Niki Triantafillidi, Giannis Argyris, Spyros Kalogirou

Votes: 314

44. Snow on the Blades (2014)

119 min | Action, Drama, History

Shimura Kingo fails his duty to protect the life of the Shogun's chief minister, and spends his life tracking down the assassins. However, all but one of the assassins die before Kingo can reach them. Still, Kingo presses on.

Director: Setsurô Wakamatsu | Stars: Kiichi Nakai, Hiroshi Abe, Ryôko Hirosue, Masahiro Takashima

Votes: 274

45. Liberty & Bash (1989)

R | 92 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Liberty, Bash, and their friend Jesse served together in a war in Central America. Now Liberty and Bash work with youths, helping them stay out of crime and becoming a positive part of the ... See full summary »

Director: Myrl A. Schreibman | Stars: Miles O'Keeffe, Mitzi Kapture, Lynnette Mettey, Lou Ferrigno

Votes: 144

46. Radar Patrol vs. Spy King (1949)

Approved | 167 min | Action, Adventure, Crime

Government agent Chris Calvert and lady sidekick Joan battle the evil spy Baroda, despite a regular barrage of shootouts, car crashes, and cliffhangers, in this routine Republic serial.

Director: Fred C. Brannon | Stars: Kirk Alyn, Jean Dean, Anthony Warde, George J. Lewis

Votes: 231

47. The Captive (1915)

50 min | Drama, Romance, War

With her brother killed Sonya is given Turkish captive Mahmud to do the hard work on the farm. After they become fond of each other he strikes a Turkish officer. When peace arrives, his ... See full summary »

Director: Cecil B. DeMille | Stars: Blanche Sweet, House Peters, Gerald Ward, Page Peters

Votes: 162 | Gross: $0.06M

48. Zombies: A Living History (2011 TV Movie)

94 min | Documentary

Zombies: are they real? Every culture creates its own version of a zombie. There have been diseases in history that have mimicked behavior of a zombie virus. The plausibility is there. You ... See full synopsis »

Director: David V. Nicholson | Stars: Peter Outerbridge, Steven Schlozman, Daniel W. Drezner, Jonathan Maberry

Votes: 159

49. The Conquest of Constantinople (1951)

89 min | Adventure, Drama, History

The Turkish Sultan decides to send his armies in war against the remnant of the Roman Empire, Byzantine. All of his advisory council assent to the move with the exception of one aged ... See full summary »

Director: Aydin Arakon | Stars: Sami Ayanoglu, Resit Gürzap, Cahit Irgat, Nazim Akbulut

Votes: 655

50. False Alarm (2021)

53 min | Documentary

The surreal, traumatic, and revelatory fallout from the morning when everyone on Hawai'i thought a nuclear missile strike was imminent.

Director: Nick Lyell

Votes: 12