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1. Fair Game (I) (2010)

PG-13 | 108 min | Biography, Drama, Thriller

CIA operative Valerie Plame discovers her identity is allegedly leaked by the government as payback for an op-ed article her husband wrote criticizing the Bush administration.

Director: Doug Liman | Stars: Naomi Watts, Sean Penn, Sonya Davison, Vanessa Chong

Votes: 51,113 | Gross: $9.53M

2. My Favorite Brunette (1947)

Passed | 87 min | Comedy, Crime, Mystery

Shortly before his execution on the death row in San Quentin, amateur sleuth and baby photographer Ronnie Jackson tells reporters how he got there.

Director: Elliott Nugent | Stars: Bob Hope, Dorothy Lamour, Peter Lorre, Lon Chaney Jr.

Votes: 3,861

3. Dr. Cyclops (1940)

Passed | 77 min | Adventure, Drama, Horror

A mad scientist working in the South American jungle miniaturizes his colleagues when he feels his megalomania is threatened.

Director: Ernest B. Schoedsack | Stars: Albert Dekker, Thomas Coley, Janice Logan, Charles Halton

Votes: 2,899

4. High Plains Invaders (2009 TV Movie)

85 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy

A wild west town hosts the strangest showdown of all: against an invading army of extraterrestrials. Outlaws and townspeople must join forces to survive.

Director: Kristoffer Tabori | Stars: Constantin Barbulescu, Dan Bordeianu, Adriana Butoi, Antony Byrne

Votes: 1,406

5. U-238 and the Witch Doctor (1966 TV Movie)

Approved | 100 min | Adventure

In this edited-down feature version of the serial 'Jungle Drums of Africa (1953)', a quest for uranium ore hidden in

Director: Fred C. Brannon | Stars: Clayton Moore, Phyllis Coates, Johnny Sands, Roy Glenn

Votes: 13

6. The First Secret City (2015)

105 min | Documentary

Before the creation of the secret cities of Los Alamos, Oak Ridge and Hanford, the Manhattan Project hired the Mallinckrodt Chemical Works of St. Louis to refine the first uranium used in ... See full summary »

Directors: Alison Carrick, C.D. Stelzer | Stars: John Bell, Carolyn Bower, Conrad Bowers, Karl Brooks

Votes: 16

7. Captain Midnight (1954–1958)
Episode: Mission to Mexico (1955)

TV-G | 30 min | Sci-Fi

Mr. Hobson, an American security specialist, reports that an enemy radio transmitter in Mexico has broken down. Since his men have broken the enemy's code, they want the transmitter ... See full summary »

Director: D. Ross Lederman | Stars: Richard Webb, Sid Melton, Olan Soule, John Truax

Votes: 11

8. Tales of Tomorrow (1951–1953)
Episode: Appointment on Mars (1952)

TV-G | 30 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery

Three astronauts land on Mars, hoping to find valuable minerals. After discovering a rich deposit of uranium ore, one of the men becomes increasingly paranoid. Is it just his imagination, or are they really being watched?

Director: Don Medford | Stars: Leslie Nielsen, William Redfield, Brian Keith, Mark Allen

Votes: 110

9. Foreign Intrigue (1951–1955)
Episode: The Uranium Mine (1952)

Crime, Mystery, Thriller

Helen Davis is dispatched to report on a mine disaster and discovers the catastrophe was no accident - it was meant to hide the theft of uranium ore.

Director: Sheldon Reynolds | Stars: Sydna Scott, Bernard Farrel, Dora Doll, Lou van Burg

10. Captain Fathom (1965– )
Episode: The Ice Trap (1965)

Animation, Adventure, Family

Pirates rescued from a life raft hijack a freighter and force the crew to take them to a deep sea mining operation where they steal a shipload of valuable uranium ore. Captain Fathom and ... See full summary »

Director: Clark Haas | Star: Warren Tufts

Votes: 12

11. Periodic Videos (2008– )
Episode: Protactinium - Periodic Table of Videos (2014)

7 min | Documentary

Protactinium is a scarce product of the radioactive decay of uranium itself decaying to actinium. That makes it useful of geological data but little else. The professor shares the details ... See full summary »

Stars: Brady Haran, Martyn Poliakoff

12. Periodic Videos (2008– )
Episode: Difficult Elements - Periodic Table of Videos (2011)

4 min | Documentary

Max Whitby makes period tables that contain samples of the elements. But some are not easy to come by. And once you have a sample, displaying it is another challenge,

Stars: Brady Haran, Max Whitby

13. Veritasium (2010– )
Episode: How Neutrons Changed Everything (2018)

8 min | Talk-Show

The best physicists in the world thought the idea of an atomic bomb was crazy. Their thinking changed when the neutron was discovered.

Directors: Derek Muller, Raquel Nuno | Star: Derek Muller