Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "scepticism"

1. While You Were Sleeping (1995)

PG | 103 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

A hopelessly romantic Chicago Transit Authority ticket booth operator is mistaken for the fiancée of a comatose patient.

Director: Jon Turteltaub | Stars: Sandra Bullock, Bill Pullman, Peter Gallagher, Peter Boyle

Votes: 114,489 | Gross: $81.06M

2. Ghost Stories (I) (2017)

Not Rated | 98 min | Drama, Horror

After receiving a file with details of three unexplained cases of apparitions, skeptical professor Phillip Goodman embarks on a terrifying trip.

Directors: Jeremy Dyson, Andy Nyman | Stars: Samuel Bottomley, Deborah Wastell, Amy Doyle, Daniel Hill

Votes: 37,134 | Gross: $0.14M

3. The Dream Team (1989)

PG-13 | 113 min | Comedy, Crime, Thriller

Four mental patients on a field trip in New York City must save their caring chaperon, who ends up being taken to a hospital in a coma after accidentally witnessing a murder, before the killers can find him and finish the job.

Director: Howard Zieff | Stars: Michael Keaton, Christopher Lloyd, Peter Boyle, Stephen Furst

Votes: 16,422 | Gross: $28.89M

4. Aquaman (2006 TV Movie)

42 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

A young twenty-something diver living in the Florida Keys discovers he has the power to breathe underwater.

Director: Greg Beeman | Stars: Justin Hartley, Lou Diamond Phillips, Denise Quiñones, Rick Peters

Votes: 2,254

5. The First Power (1990)

R | 98 min | Crime, Horror, Thriller

A dedicated L.A. police detective and a psychic must stop a demonic serial killer who was given the powers of resurrection, teleportation and possession.

Director: Robert Resnikoff | Stars: Lou Diamond Phillips, Tracy Griffith, Jeff Kober, Mykelti Williamson

Votes: 4,908 | Gross: $22.42M

6. Sweetheart (I) (2019)

PG-13 | 82 min | Adventure, Horror, Sci-Fi

A woman washes ashore a small uninhabited island after an accident. The situation turns from bad to worse when she realizes there is a mysterious creature hunting at night.

Director: J.D. Dillard | Stars: Kiersey Clemons, Emory Cohen, Hanna Mangan Lawrence, Andrew Crawford

Votes: 9,734

7. Religulous (2008)

R | 101 min | Documentary, Comedy, War

Bill Maher's take on the current state of world religion.

Director: Larry Charles | Stars: Bill Maher, Tal Bachman, Jonathan Boulden, Steven Burg

Votes: 60,291 | Gross: $13.00M

8. What the #$*! Do We (K)now!? (2004)

Not Rated | 109 min | Documentary, Comedy, Drama

A fictional photographer's quest to spiritually rediscover herself is interspersed with documentary footage of scientists and theologians discussing the philosophical aspects of quantum physics.

Directors: William Arntz, Betsy Chasse, Mark Vicente | Stars: Marlee Matlin, Elaine Hendrix, John Ross Bowie, Robert Bailey Jr.

Votes: 13,866 | Gross: $10.94M

9. Witchtrap (1989)

R | 92 min | Action, Horror, Thriller

Parapsychologists try to make an inn haunted by an evil witch's ghost safe for guests.

Director: Kevin Tenney | Stars: James W. Quinn, Kathleen Bailey, Judy Tatum, Rob Zapple

Votes: 1,304

10. The Godsend (1980)

R | 93 min | Drama, Horror

When a strange woman has her baby at the Marlowe's house, then disappears, Kate Marlowe is forced to keep the baby, Bonnie. She loves the child, but when her own children are systematically killed, suspicion turns to Bonnie.

Director: Gabrielle Beaumont | Stars: Malcolm Stoddard, Cyd Hayman, Angela Pleasence, Patrick Barr

Votes: 1,273

11. La Bête Humaine (1938)

Not Rated | 100 min | Crime, Drama

In this classic adaptation of Emile Zola's novel, a tortured train engineer falls in love with a troubled married woman who has helped her husband commit a murder.

Director: Jean Renoir | Stars: Jean Gabin, Julien Carette, Simone Simon, Fernand Ledoux

Votes: 8,445

12. What the Bleep!?: Down the Rabbit Hole (2006)

PG | 156 min | Documentary, Drama

Interviews with scientists and authors, animated bits, and a storyline involving a deaf photographer are used in this docudrama to illustrate the link between quantum mechanics, neurobiology, human consciousness and day-to-day reality.

Directors: William Arntz, Betsy Chasse, Mark Vicente | Stars: Marlee Matlin, Elaine Hendrix, Barry Newman, Armin Shimerman

Votes: 2,931 | Gross: $0.14M

13. Valley of Love (2015)

Unrated | 91 min | Drama, Fantasy

Isabelle and Gérard go to a strange appointment in Death Valley, California. They have not seen each other for years and are here to answer to an invitation from their son Michael, a ... See full summary »

Director: Guillaume Nicloux | Stars: Isabelle Huppert, Gérard Depardieu, Dan Warner, Aurélia Thiérrée

Votes: 2,344 | Gross: $0.03M

14. Photographing Fairies (1997)

R | 106 min | Drama, Fantasy, Mystery

Photographer Charles Castle is dazed with grief after the death of his girlfriend. He goes off to war and works in the trenches as photographer. After the war, still grieving, Charles receives some photographs that claim to be of fairies.

Director: Nick Willing | Stars: Toby Stephens, Emily Woof, Ben Kingsley, Frances Barber

Votes: 2,857

15. Alien Autopsy: (Fact or Fiction?) (1995 TV Movie)

PG | 48 min | Documentary, Mystery, Sci-Fi

FOX Network television special investigating The Alien Autopsy (1995) footage that was allegedly filmed by the United States military after the legendary UFO crash near Roswell, New Mexico in 1947.

Director: Tom McGough | Stars: Jonathan Frakes, Walter Haut, Jesse Marcel Jr., Kevin D. Randle

Votes: 559

16. I Bury the Living (1958)

Approved | 77 min | Horror

Cemetery director Robert Kraft discovers that by arbitrarily changing the status of plots from empty to occupied on the planogram causes the death of the plots' owners.

Director: Albert Band | Stars: Richard Boone, Theodore Bikel, Peggy Maurer, Howard Smith

Votes: 3,211

17. After School (1988)

R | 89 min | Comedy, Drama

A student-teacher relationship goes way beyond the classroom, including pre-historic times.

Director: William Olsen | Stars: Sam Bottoms, Renée Coleman, Edward Binns, Dick Cavett

Votes: 221

18. Das Treibhaus (1987)

99 min | Drama, History

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Director: Peter Goedel | Stars: Christian Doermer, Laila Florentine Freer, Jörg Hube, Hanns Zischler

Votes: 23

19. Alternative 3 (1977 TV Movie)

56 min | Mystery, Sci-Fi

TV Sci-fi drama/documentary, which caused world-wide headlines when first broadcast as it purported to show a link between Britain's 'brain-drain', climate change and a human colony on Mars.

Director: Christopher Miles | Stars: Tim Brinton, Gregory Munroe, Carol Hazell, Shane Rimmer

Votes: 295

20. Kobieta samotna (1987 TV Movie)

92 min | Drama

A story of a middle-aged woman, Irena, living alone on the outskirts of Wroclaw with her 8-year old son. They live in a drab apartment. She is a mail carrier and her son is her only pride ... See full summary »

Director: Agnieszka Holland | Stars: Maria Chwalibóg, Boguslaw Linda, Pawel Witczak, Danuta Balicka

Votes: 519

21. The Enemies of Reason (2007 TV Movie)

90 min | Documentary

Scientist Richard Dawkins turns a hostile eye on the world of alternative medicine.

Director: Russell Barnes | Stars: Derren Brown, Deepak Chopra, Richard Dawkins, Chris French

Votes: 1,855

22. The 9/11 Conspiracies: Fact or Fiction (2006 TV Movie)

Documentary

Documentary examining the growing number of conspiracy theories surrounding the destruction of the World Trade Center that have been circulating online.

Stars: Jon Rand, Lester Holt, Charles B. Strozier, Chip Berlet

Votes: 32

23. Brief History of Disbelief (2004– )

178 min | Documentary

A mini-series which follows the history of atheism.

Stars: Bernard Hill, Jonathan Miller, Richard Dawkins, Simon Schaffer

Votes: 514

24. Ich gelobe (1994)

115 min | Drama

In a small army base at the Eastern border of Austria a young recruit is trained to be a soldier to protect his country in case of war. He has to stay for 8 months and during this time he escapes in his own fantasy world...

Director: Wolfgang Murnberger | Stars: Christoph Dostal, Andreas Lust, Andreas Simma, Marcus J. Carney

Votes: 203

25. A Better Life: An Exploration of Joy & Meaning in a World Without God (2015)

92 min | Documentary

A filmmaker interviews various atheists about what they value in life, in the absence of religion.

Director: Chris Johnson | Stars: Chris Johnson, Adam Pascal, Sean Carroll, Julia Sweeney

Votes: 67

26. El Ucumar (2022)

86 min | Horror

A group of biologists in the northern Argentine jungle are in search of evidence of the Andean bear inhabiting the place. In a bar of a nearby town they learn about a local legend, of a supposed "bear man" known as the "Ucumar".

Director: Octavio Revol Molina | Stars: Clara Kovacic, Nicolás Obregón, Gastón Palermo, Hilda Quipirolo

Votes: 18

27. Kriegsversprechen II - Terrormanagement im 21. Jahrhundert (2012 Video)

80 min | Documentary

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Director: Frank Höfer | Stars: Jochen Scholz, Christoph R. Hörstel, Jürgen Elsässer, Giulietto Chiesa

Votes: 9

28. Discussions with Richard Dawkins, Episode 1: The Four Horsemen (2008 Video)

120 min | Documentary

Richard Dawkins is joined by Daniel Dennett, Sam Harris and Christopher Hitchens to discuss science, god, religion and much more.

Director: Josh Timonen | Stars: Richard Dawkins, Daniel C. Dennett, Sam Harris, Christopher Hitchens

Votes: 458

29. Ghosts (1994 Video Game)

Adventure, Fantasy, Horror

Doctor Grimalkin wants to determine once and for all whether ghosts exist or not. He invites you to Hobbs Manor, a legendary haunted house. You are to review his research, investigate the manor and consult real life parapsychologists.

Director: Philip Nash | Stars: Christopher Lee, Susan Blackmore, Tony Cornell, Maurice Grosse

Votes: 33

30. Storm (2011)

10 min | Animation, Short, Comedy

In the confines of a London dinner party, Tim Minchin does verbal battle with a new-age guest named Storm.

Director: Daniel Charles Turner | Star: Tim Minchin

Votes: 407

31. Walking on Thin Cracks (2008)

12 min | Documentary, Short

Everything you need to know about Superstition plus some things you probably don't.

Director: John Barker | Stars: David Buchbinder, Freena Hamilton, John Barker, Rueben Dias

Votes: 15

32. Maisons d'écrivains: Montesquieu, lettres de La Brède (2017)

44 min | Documentary, Short

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Stars: Édith Ouy-Brochon, Catherine Volpilhac-Auger, Florie Alard, Hélène de Bellaigue

33. The Adventures of Sinbad (1996–1998)
Episode: Still Life (1996)

Fantasy, Action, Adventure

The crew arrives on an idyllic island ruled by friendly king Vincenzo, who also happens to be a master sculptor famous for his eerily lifelike statues of people. He quickly charms his guests, especially Maeve, but Sinbad is suspicious.

Director: Clay Borris | Stars: Zen Gesner, George Buza, Tim Progosh, Oris Erhuero

Votes: 44

34. Kolchak: The Night Stalker (1974–1975)
Episode: The Zombie (1974)

TV-PG | 51 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller

An old Haitian woman uses voodoo to resurrect her dead grandson to kill the mobsters who murdered him, as well as those like Kolchak who would interfere with her revenge.

Director: Alexander Grasshoff | Stars: Darren McGavin, Simon Oakland, Charles Aidman, Joseph Sirola

Votes: 681

35. The Ray Bradbury Theater (1985–1992)
Episode: The Screaming Woman (1986)

TV-14 | 28 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror

While playing in a seemingly deserted part of the local forest, little girl hears a woman screaming. Is she imagining it? Is it a ghost? No one believes her so she takes the matter into her own hands. Features Ray Bradbury in a cameo.

Director: Bruce Pittman | Stars: Drew Barrymore, Janet-Laine Green, Roger Dunn, Alan Scarfe

Votes: 294

36. The Ray Bradbury Theater (1985–1992)
Episode: The Small Assassin (1988)

TV-14 | 25 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror

A terrified new mother is convinced that her infant son is somehow trying to kill her but naturally nobody believes her.

Director: Tom Cotter | Stars: Susan Wooldridge, Leigh Lawson, Cyril Cusack, Lottie Ward

Votes: 172

37. The X-Files (1993–2018)
Episode: Shapes (1994)

TV-14 | 45 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

A creature, possibly from Native American lore, is suspected of killing a man, bringing Mulder and Scully to the Indian reservation where the attack occurred in order to uncover its identity.

Director: David Nutter | Stars: David Duchovny, Gillian Anderson, Ty Miller, Michael Horse

Votes: 5,404

38. Quack Pack (1996–1997)
Episode: The Boy Who Cried Ghost (1996)

TV-Y | Animation, Adventure, Comedy

Donald and the kids end up in a haunted mansion instead of the house where a Halloween party is being held. Dewey pulls several ghost pranks scaring everyone, but when the real monsters show up, he becomes the boy who cried wolf.

Director: Kurt Anderson | Stars: Pamela Adlon, Tony Anselmo, Dave Coulier, Elizabeth Daily

Votes: 71

39. The Ray Bradbury Theater (1985–1992)
Episode: Zero Hour (1992)

TV-14 | 23 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror

In the near future, young children are persuaded to help an imaginary friend named Drill to play a game called Invasion.

Director: Don McBrearty | Stars: Sally Kirkland, Katharine Isabelle, Jill Dyck, Brian Taylor

Votes: 131

40. Lawrence Leung's Unbelievable (2011)
Episode: Psychics (2011)

Comedy

Lawrence visits the Mind, Body, Spirit Festival in Sydney, and TAM Las Vegas to reveal how psychics are able to cheat and fool people.

Directors: Nathan Earl, Craig Melville | Stars: Lawrence Leung, Banachek, James Randi, Richard Dawkins

Votes: 6

41. Lawrence Leung's Unbelievable (2011)
Episode: Ghosts (2011)

Comedy

Lawrence visits the Scotland and finds out that ghosts exist only in people's minds.

Directors: Nathan Earl, Craig Melville | Star: Lawrence Leung