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1. Oppenheimer (I) (2023)

R | 180 min | Biography, Drama, History

The story of American scientist J. Robert Oppenheimer and his role in the development of the atomic bomb.

Director: Christopher Nolan | Stars: Cillian Murphy, Emily Blunt, Matt Damon, Robert Downey Jr.

Votes: 734,184 | Gross: $326.11M

2. Good Omens (2019– )

TV-MA | 55 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy

The End of the World is coming, which means a fussy Angel and a loose-living Demon who've become overly fond of life on Earth are forced to form an unlikely alliance to stop Armageddon.

Stars: David Tennant, Michael Sheen, Miranda Richardson, Jon Hamm

Votes: 112,701

3. Valkyrie (2008)

PG-13 | 121 min | Drama, History, Thriller

A dramatization of the July 20, 1944 assassination and political coup plot by desperate renegade German Army officers against Adolf Hitler during World War II.

Director: Bryan Singer | Stars: Tom Cruise, Bill Nighy, Carice van Houten, Kenneth Branagh

Votes: 259,466 | Gross: $83.08M

4. Wrong Turn (2021)

R | 109 min | Horror, Thriller

Friends hiking the Appalachian Trail are confronted by 'The Foundation', a community of people who have lived in the mountains for hundreds of years.

Director: Mike P. Nelson | Stars: Charlotte Vega, Adain Bradley, Bill Sage, Emma Dumont

Votes: 36,561

5. M (1931)

Passed | 99 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller

When the police in a German city are unable to catch a child-murderer, other criminals join in the manhunt.

Director: Fritz Lang | Stars: Peter Lorre, Ellen Widmann, Inge Landgut, Otto Wernicke

Votes: 168,597 | Gross: $0.03M

6. Pink Floyd: The Wall (1982)

R | 95 min | Drama, Fantasy, Music

A confined but troubled rock star descends into madness in the midst of his physical and social isolation from everyone.

Director: Alan Parker | Stars: Bob Geldof, Christine Hargreaves, James Laurenson, Eleanor David

Votes: 85,436 | Gross: $22.24M

7. Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (1991)

PG | 110 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

On the eve of retirement, Kirk and McCoy are charged with assassinating the Klingon High Chancellor and imprisoned. The Enterprise crew must help them escape to thwart a conspiracy aimed at sabotaging the last best hope for peace.

Director: Nicholas Meyer | Stars: William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, DeForest Kelley, James Doohan

Votes: 80,943 | Gross: $74.89M

8. The Omega Man (1971)

PG | 98 min | Action, Drama, Sci-Fi

Dr Robert Neville has developed an experimental vaccine which makes him the only immune survivor of a biological catastrophe. A gang of homicidal mutants blame science for their condition and attempt to kill him.

Director: Boris Sagal | Stars: Charlton Heston, Anthony Zerbe, Rosalind Cash, Paul Koslo

Votes: 34,091 | Gross: $8.72M

9. Breaker Morant (1980)

PG | 107 min | Drama, History, War

Three Australian lieutenants are court martialed for executing prisoners as a way of deflecting attention from war crimes committed by their superior officers.

Director: Bruce Beresford | Stars: Edward Woodward, Jack Thompson, John Waters, Bryan Brown

Votes: 14,445 | Gross: $7.14M

10. GomBurZa (2023)

112 min | Action, Biography, Drama

Mariano Gomes, José Burgos, and Jacinto Zamora are three brave Filipino Catholic priests whose narrative is told in this stirring and inspirational historical drama.

Director: Pepe Diokno | Stars: Dante Rivero, Cedrick Juan, Enchong Dee, Piolo Pascual

Votes: 346

11. The Island (1980)

R | 114 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

A journalist takes his son with him to investigate pirate activity off the coast of Florida. But he gets stranded on a mysterious island--where he might not be alone.

Director: Michael Ritchie | Stars: Michael Caine, David Warner, Angela Punch McGregor, Frank Middlemass

Votes: 4,728 | Gross: $15.72M

12. Land of the Blind (2006)

R | 110 min | Drama, Thriller

A soldier recounts his relationship with a famous political prisoner attempting to overthrow their country's authoritarian government.

Director: Robert Edwards | Stars: Ralph Fiennes, Donald Sutherland, Tom Hollander, Lara Flynn Boyle

Votes: 3,893 | Gross: $0.01M

13. Breaker! Breaker! (1977)

PG | 86 min | Action, Adventure, Crime

Truck driver searches for his brother, who has disappeared in a town run by a corrupt judge.

Director: Don Hulette | Stars: Chuck Norris, George Murdock, Terry O'Connor, Don Gentry

Votes: 3,728

14. Love at Stake (1987)

R | 86 min | Comedy

In this spoof inspired by the Salem witch trials the town's mayor and the judge agree to sentence several innocent townspeople to death for witchcraft in order to confiscate their land for themselves. However, sexy real witches show up.

Director: John Moffitt | Stars: Patrick Cassidy, Kelly Preston, Georgia Brown, Barbara Carrera

Votes: 707

15. Goliath Awaits (1981)

PG | 200 min | Adventure, Drama, Romance

A team of scientists discover a secret underwater community within the wreck of an ocean liner that sank during World War II.

Stars: Mark Harmon, Christopher Lee, Eddie Albert, John Carradine

Votes: 1,199

16. M (1951)

Not Rated | 88 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir

In this Americanization of the 1931 German thriller, both the police and the criminal underworld stalk a mysterious serial killer who preys on little girls.

Director: Joseph Losey | Stars: David Wayne, Howard Da Silva, Martin Gabel, Luther Adler

Votes: 2,367

17. Burning Palms (2010)

R | 105 min | Comedy, Thriller

A subversive tale that interlaces five stories set in Los Angeles, where no taboo is left unexplored as each character careens toward a dark and often comic fate.

Director: Christopher Landon | Stars: Jamie Chung, Rosamund Pike, Dylan McDermott, Shannen Doherty

Votes: 3,083

18. Defense of the Realm (1985)

PG | 96 min | Thriller

After a newspaper reporter helps expose a Member of Parliament as a possible spy, he finds that there's much more to the story than that.

Director: David Drury | Stars: Gabriel Byrne, Greta Scacchi, Denholm Elliott, Ian Bannen

Votes: 2,527 | Gross: $0.75M

19. 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: 3,915

20. A Separate Peace (1972)

PG | 104 min | Drama

Two roomates at a prep school in New England during World War II come to grips with the war, jealousy and betrayal. Based on a novel by John Knowles.

Director: Larry Peerce | Stars: John Heyl, Parker Stevenson, William Roerick, Peter Brush

Votes: 506 | Gross: $0.92M

21. The Madwoman of Chaillot (1969)

G | 132 min | Comedy, Drama

Nice, eccentric, idealistic and slightly mad Countess Aurelia, who believes that the good must prevail over evil, decides to stand up to corrupt powerful leaders of Paris by putting them on trial with 'unwashed masses' as the jury.

Director: Bryan Forbes | Stars: Katharine Hepburn, Charles Boyer, Claude Dauphin, Edith Evans

Votes: 1,160

22. Best of the Badmen (1951)

Approved | 84 min | Western

The outlaws of the Clanton and Younger gangs are the heroes of this fictionalized biography.

Director: William D. Russell | Stars: Robert Ryan, Claire Trevor, Jack Buetel, Robert Preston

Votes: 699

23. The Pied Piper (1972)

G | 86 min | Drama, Fantasy, Musical

In 1349, while the Black Plague threatens Germany, the town of Hamelin hires a wandering pied piper (Donovan) to lure rats away with his magic pipe, but then refuses to pay for his services, causing him to lure the town's children away.

Director: Jacques Demy | Stars: Keith Buckley, Patsy Puttnam, Arthur Hewlett, Paul Hennen

Votes: 913

24. The Iron Heart (2022–2023)

TV-14 | 30 min | Action, Adventure, Crime

An undercover agent goes on a dangerous mission to bring down a crime ring. Fueled by a bitter and painful past, Apollo and his allies face the grueling task that will challenge his resolve and strength.

Stars: Richard Gutierrez, Sue Ramirez, Albert Martinez, Anthony Jennings

Votes: 65

25. Panique (1946)

Not Rated | 99 min | Crime, Drama

After an elderly maid is murdered, opinions are manipulated, evidence is planted, violence erupts, and panic ensues.

Director: Julien Duvivier | Stars: Viviane Romance, Michel Simon, Max Dalban, Émile Drain

Votes: 2,577 | Gross: $0.04M

26. Beggars of Life (1928)

Not Rated | 84 min | Adventure, Crime, Drama

After killing her treacherous step-father, a girl tries to escape the country with a young vagabond. She dresses as a boy, they hop freight trains, quarrel with a group of hobos, and steal ... See full summary »

Director: William A. Wellman | Stars: Wallace Beery, Richard Arlen, Louise Brooks, Bob Perry

Votes: 1,321

27. Mistrial (1996 TV Movie)

R | 89 min | Action, Drama, Thriller

A policeman is upset that a man he arrested for killing two cops may be freed on a technicality. He therefore takes matters into his own hands to try the case.

Director: Heywood Gould | Stars: Bill Pullman, Robert Loggia, Blair Underwood, Leo Burmester

Votes: 975

28. Ever After High: Way Too Wonderland (2015 TV Movie)

TV-G | 90 min | Animation, Adventure, Drama

With the Storybook of Legends still in Wonderland, Raven attempts to teleport her friends there despite still getting the hand of her powers. Apple, Raven, Briar, Lizzie, Kitty and Maddie ... See full summary »

Directors: Mike Csunyoscka, Dan Fraga | Stars: Robbie Daymond, Jonquil Goode, Kate Higgins, Delaney Moline

Votes: 493

29. The Trials of J. Robert Oppenheimer (2010)

109 min | Documentary, Biography, History

Profile of Robert Oppenheimer, controversial father of the atomic bomb.

Director: David Grubin | Stars: Marvin L. Goldberger, Priscilla McMillan, Richard Rhodes, Martin Sherwin

Votes: 225

30. The French Revolution (2005 TV Movie)

100 min | Documentary, History

Documentary about the bloody beginning, bloodier middle and unceremonious end of the French Revolution, an event that ended in blood the reign of kings in France and laid the foundation for a new - republican - system of government.

Director: Doug Shultz | Stars: Edward Herrmann, George Ivascu, Rodica Lazar, Tomi Cristin

Votes: 336

31. Luna Park (1992)

Not Rated | 111 min | Drama

Andrei leads a group of nationalist skinheads. They've taken over a Luna Park depot. They indulge in violence and racketeering against Jews, homosexuals and the marginalized.

Director: Pavel Lungin | Stars: Oleg Borisov, Andrei Gutin, Natalya Egorova, Nonna Mordyukova

Votes: 528

32. The Sellout (1952)

Approved | 83 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir

During the 1950s, a small-town newspaper editor and a state assistant attorney-general fight corrupt local officials from one rotten county.

Director: Gerald Mayer | Stars: Walter Pidgeon, John Hodiak, Audrey Totter, Paula Raymond

Votes: 676

33. The Immortals Redeemed (2020)

Biography

Real life story of a writer's struggle with Hollywood. The Immortals screenplay is pitched and the studio proceeds to steal and distort it. They release his work as The Matrix franchise. Madness, a ruse, a nightmare? You're gonna find out.

Stars: Tasciotti, Emma Novacich, Lenny Cocco & The Chimes, Sophia Stewart

Votes: 7

34. Trouble for Two (1936)

Passed | 75 min | Comedy, Drama, Mystery

The Crown Prince (Robert Montgomery) is to marry the Princess Brenda of Irania, but the Princess declines the arranged marriage. Relieved, Florizel heads for London, with the Colonel (Frank... See full summary »

Director: J. Walter Ruben | Stars: Robert Montgomery, Rosalind Russell, Frank Morgan, Reginald Owen

Votes: 553

35. Captured Alive (1997)

R | 90 min | Action

Charter pilot Nick Baskin takes 5 strangers on a flight that is shot down. Taken by hillbillies in West Virginia, they are used to help transport toxic waste.

Director: Chris McIntyre | Stars: Dan Pinto, Dawn Lambing, Pat Morita, John Mouganis

Votes: 55

36. Apartheid Slave-Women's Justice (1997)

R | 83 min | Drama

After a slave uprising, 10 black mistresses of a white landowner decide to capture their master after he refuses to turn over his ill-gained wealth.

Director: Ted V. Mikels | Stars: Jennifer Dove, Rachel Powell, Ted V. Mikels, Sandra Young

Votes: 202

37. Thief: Deadly Shadows (2004 Video Game)

M | Action, Adventure, Crime

Mystical order of the Keepers hires master-thief Garrett to find, steal and destroy artifacts that their prophecy describes as keys to releasing an ancient evil. Garrett is about to face his greatest, scariest and deadliest challenge yet.

Directors: Randy Smith, Warren Spector | Stars: Stephen Russell, Alexander Brandon, Ken Carberry, Marc Carver

Votes: 592

38. Mob Town (1941)

Approved | 60 min | Action, Comedy, Crime

A young street kid idolizes his brother, a gangster who was sent to death row for murder. Frank, a local cop, tries to ensure that the boy and his gang don't wind up the same way as his ... See full summary »

Director: William Nigh | Stars: Dick Foran, Anne Gwynne, Billy Halop, Huntz Hall

Votes: 61

39. Reckless Indifference (2000)

94 min | Documentary, Crime

Reckless Indifference examines the tragic chain of events that led to the murder of a Los Angeles teenager who was also the son of an LAPD officer. At the end of an heated and emotional ... See full summary »

Director: William Gazecki | Stars: Robert Derham, Alan Dershowitz, Dick Detrich, Jim Farris Sr.

Votes: 140

40. They All Come Out (1939)

Passed | 70 min | Crime, Drama

A "Crime Doesn't Pay" morality drama about a young man sentenced to a prison term and attempts by the system to rehabilitate jailed criminals.

Director: Jacques Tourneur | Stars: Rita Johnson, Tom Neal, Bernard Nedell, Edward Gargan

Votes: 316

41. Counterblast (1948)

90 min | Crime, Drama

An escaped World War 2 Nazi doctor impersonates a murdered English doctor so he can work on a vaccination to protect Germans in their planned germ warfare.

Director: Paul L. Stein | Stars: Robert Beatty, Mervyn Johns, Nova Pilbeam, Margaretta Scott

Votes: 255

42. The Jungle (1968)

22 min | Documentary, Short

A documentary and dramatization of gang life in 1960s Philadelphia.

Directors: Charlie 'Brown' Davis, Jimmy 'Country' Robinson, David 'Bat' Williams | Stars: Charlie 'Brown' Davis, David 'Bat' Williams, Reginald 'Reggie' Ackridge, Jimmy 'Country' Robinson

Votes: 92

43. Cipollino, the Onion Boy (1961)

38 min | Animation, Short, Action

An oppressed vegetables and fruits rebel against tyranny leading by Chipollino, an onion boy.

Director: Boris Dyozhkin | Stars: Nina Gulyaeva, Erast Garin, Sergey Martinson, Grigoriy Shpigel

Votes: 1,255

44. Mask Dog (2018)

1 min | Animation, Short, Comedy

After putting on a mask, a dog gets falsely accused of a crime.

Director: Victoria Vincent | Star: Jonni Phillips

Votes: 80

45. The Truth About the Sex Abuse Scandal (2017 Video)

10 min | Short, Talk-Show

Gavin McInnes interviews Paul Joseph Watson about his latest video, "The New Sexual Puritans".

Stars: Paul Joseph Watson, Gavin McInnes

Votes: 13

46. Stellar Firma (I) (2019 Podcast Series)

Comedy, Sci-Fi

Stellar Firma follows the daily misadventures of Stellar Firma Ltd.'s highest born and yet lowest achieving planet designer/ Marketer extraordinaire Trexel Geistman and his long suffering ... See full summary »

Votes: 21

47. If You Care About Twitter Verification, Stop Caring (2017 Video)

13 min | Short, News

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Star: Styxhexenhammer666

48. Screen One (1985–2002)
Episode: The Police (1990)

85 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

A group of schoolchildren set up a police force to stand up to the school bullies but things soon get out of hand..

Director: Ian Knox | Stars: Guy Faulkner, Oliver Ford Davies, Michael Bell, Paul Collins

Votes: 46

49. Air America (1998–1999)
Episode: Engraved Danger (1999)

Action, Adventure

Communist rebels acquire currency plates from an armored-car robbery. While investigating this theft, Rio and Wiley's copter is shot down. They're captured by the rebels who torture them prior to a scheduled execution.

Director: Rex Piano | Stars: Lorenzo Lamas, Scott Plank, Diana Barton, Tony Amendola

Votes: 6

50. Bat Masterson (1958–1961)
Episode: The Court Martial of Major Mars (1961)

TV-14 | 30 min | Western

The stagecoach in which Bat Masterson, Major Mars and pretty Lottie Tremaine are traveling is waylaid by a vengeful gang led by an Indian whose family was slain when the Major's men wiped out a village. Bat is forced to defend the Major.

Director: Elliott Lewis | Stars: Gene Barry, John Anderson, Barry Russo, Glen Gordon

Votes: 30