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

1. The Prestige (2006)

PG-13 | 130 min | Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi

After a tragic accident, two stage magicians in 1890s London engage in a battle to create the ultimate illusion while sacrificing everything they have to outwit each other.

Director: Christopher Nolan | Stars: Christian Bale, Hugh Jackman, Scarlett Johansson, Michael Caine

Votes: 1,441,985 | Gross: $53.09M

2. The Mist (2007)

R | 126 min | Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller

A freak storm unleashes a species of bloodthirsty creatures on a small town, where a small band of citizens hole up in a supermarket and fight for their lives.

Director: Frank Darabont | Stars: Thomas Jane, Marcia Gay Harden, Laurie Holden, Andre Braugher

Votes: 340,643 | Gross: $25.59M

3. Black Widow (2021)

PG-13 | 134 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

Natasha Romanoff confronts the darker parts of her ledger when a dangerous conspiracy with ties to her past arises.

Director: Cate Shortland | Stars: Scarlett Johansson, Florence Pugh, David Harbour, Rachel Weisz

Votes: 426,449 | Gross: $183.65M

4. Friday the 13th (1980)

R | 95 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller

A group of teenage camp counselors attempt to re-open an abandoned summer camp with a tragic past, but they are stalked by a mysterious, relentless killer.

Director: Sean S. Cunningham | Stars: Betsy Palmer, Adrienne King, Jeannine Taylor, Robbi Morgan

Votes: 157,523 | Gross: $39.75M

5. In the Heights (2021)

PG-13 | 143 min | Drama, Musical, Romance

In Washington Heights, a sympathetic New York bodega owner saves every penny every day as he imagines and sings about a better life.

Director: Jon M. Chu | Stars: Anthony Ramos, Corey Hawkins, Leslie Grace, Melissa Barrera

Votes: 52,146

6. The Dark Tower (2017)

PG-13 | 95 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy

A boy haunted by visions of a dark tower from a parallel reality teams up with the tower's disillusioned guardian to stop an evil warlock known as the Man in Black who plans to use the boy to destroy the tower and open the gates of Hell.

Director: Nikolaj Arcel | Stars: Idris Elba, Matthew McConaughey, Tom Taylor, Dennis Haysbert

Votes: 145,861 | Gross: $50.70M

7. All the Boys Love Mandy Lane (2006)

R | 90 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller

A group of high-schoolers invite Mandy Lane, an innocent, desirable girl, to a weekend party on a secluded ranch. While the festivities rage on, the number of revelers begins to drop mysteriously.

Director: Jonathan Levine | Stars: Amber Heard, Anson Mount, Whitney Able, Michael Welch

Votes: 34,776

8. Wrong Turn 5: Bloodlines (2012 Video)

R | 91 min | Adventure, Horror

A group of college students, on a trip to the Mountain Man Festival on Halloween in West Virginia, encounter a clan of cannibals.

Director: Declan O'Brien | Stars: Doug Bradley, Camilla Arfwedson, Simon Ginty, Roxanne McKee

Votes: 22,965

9. Underground (1995)

Not Rated | 167 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy

Two underground black marketeers, Marko and Blacky, sell weapons to the Communist resistance in wartime Belgrade, living the good life along the way.

Director: Emir Kusturica | Stars: Predrag 'Miki' Manojlovic, Lazar Ristovski, Mirjana Jokovic, Slavko Stimac

Votes: 61,277 | Gross: $0.17M

10. The Current War (2017)

PG-13 | 102 min | Biography, Drama, History

The dramatic story of the cutthroat race between electricity titans Thomas A. Edison and George Westinghouse to determine whose electrical system would power the modern world.

Director: Alfonso Gomez-Rejon | Stars: Benedict Cumberbatch, Oliver Powell, Sophia Ally, Tuppence Middleton

Votes: 30,972

11. The Thing from Another World (1951)

Approved | 87 min | Horror, Sci-Fi

Scientists and American Air Force officials fend off a bloodthirsty alien organism while at a remote arctic outpost.

Directors: Christian Nyby, Howard Hawks | Stars: Kenneth Tobey, Margaret Sheridan, James Arness, Robert Cornthwaite

Votes: 33,401

12. Montana Story (2021)

R | 114 min | Drama

Two estranged siblings return home to the sprawling ranch they once knew and loved, confronting a deep and bitter family legacy against a mythic American backdrop.

Directors: Scott McGehee, David Siegel | Stars: Haley Lu Richardson, Owen Teague, Gilbert Owuor, Kimberly Guerrero

Votes: 3,381

13. Tesla (I) (2020)

PG-13 | 102 min | Biography, Drama

A freewheeling take on visionary inventor Nikola Tesla, his interactions with Thomas Edison and J.P. Morgan's daughter Anne, and his breakthroughs in transmitting electrical power and light.

Director: Michael Almereyda | Stars: Ethan Hawke, Eve Hewson, Eli A. Smith, Josh Hamilton

Votes: 10,527

14. Island of Terror (1966)

Unrated | 89 min | Horror, Sci-Fi

An isolated remote island community is threatened by an attack by tentacled silicates which liquefy and digest bone and tissue.

Director: Terence Fisher | Stars: Peter Cushing, Edward Judd, Carole Gray, Eddie Byrne

Votes: 3,963

15. Deck the Halls (2006)

PG | 93 min | Comedy, Family

Two neighbors have it out after one of them decorates his house for the holidays so brightly that it can be seen from space.

Director: John Whitesell | Stars: Matthew Broderick, Danny DeVito, Kristin Chenoweth, Kristin Davis

Votes: 33,170 | Gross: $35.09M

16. Devil's Gate (2017)

Not Rated | 94 min | Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller

Seeking a missing woman in North Dakota, an FBI agent and a sheriff focus on her religious zealot husband but discover something far more sinister.

Director: Clay Staub | Stars: Amanda Schull, Shawn Ashmore, Milo Ventimiglia, Bridget Regan

Votes: 6,836

17. The Bunker (1981 TV Movie)

150 min | Drama, History, War

Dramatization depicting the events surrounding Adolf Hitler's (Sir Anthony Hopkins) last weeks in and around his underground bunker in Berlin before and during the battle for the city.

Director: George Schaefer | Stars: Anthony Hopkins, Richard Jordan, Cliff Gorman, James Naughton

Votes: 2,542

18. Beyond the Mask (2015)

PG | 103 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

A British East India Trading Company assassin seeks to redeem his past by thwarting a plot against a young nation's hope for freedom.

Director: Chad Burns | Stars: Andrew Cheney, John Rhys-Davies, Kara Killmer, Alan Madlane

Votes: 3,735 | Gross: $1.23M

19. Mysterious Island (2005 TV Movie)

172 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy

To escape evils of the Civil War, Cyrus removes his small family and random war prisoners by way of hot air balloon. Once landing on an island, the group finds they are surrounded by danger... See full summary »

Director: Russell Mulcahy | Stars: Kyle MacLachlan, Danielle Calvert, Gabrielle Anwar, Patrick Stewart

Votes: 2,323

20. Tesla: Master of Lightning (2000 TV Movie)

TV-PG | 87 min | Documentary, Biography, History

Biography of electrical inventor and visionary genius Nikola Tesla.

Director: Robert Uth | Stars: Stacy Keach, Elisabeth Noone, Nikola Tesla, Leland I. Anderson

Votes: 1,063

21. Museum Scream (2003)

G | 7 min | Animation, Comedy, Family

Rummerging around in the trash and starving for food, Sylvester overhears Granny talking to some school children in a museum about one of the last tweety birds remaining in existence. He just spotted his prey.

Director: Dan Povenmire | Stars: Jeff Bennett, June Foray, Billy West

Votes: 166

22. Raising the Mammoth (2000 TV Movie)

92 min | Documentary

A scientist wants to recover some mammoth DNA to clone a live mammoth. So he finds a buried mammoth in the vast, rock hard permafrost of Siberia, digs it out in the middle of a blizzard and... See full summary »

Director: Jean-Charles Deniau | Stars: Larry Agenbroad, Jeff Bridges, Bernard Buigues, Dick Mol

Votes: 121

23. Ben 10 (2005–2008)
Episode: Grudge Match (2006)

TV-Y7 | 23 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

Kevin and Ben become part of an alien abduction where they find themselves enslaved and forced to take part in televised galactic gladiatorial games.

Director: Sebastian Montes | Stars: Tara Strong, Meagan Moore, Paul Eiding, Armin Shimerman

Votes: 564

24. The Day of the Triffids (1981)
Episode: Part Five (1981)

TV-PG | 28 min | Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller

Bill's quest to find Jo leads him into the country, where he finds that disease and the triffids are wiping out humanity.

Director: Ken Hannam | Stars: John Duttine, Maurice Colbourne, Emma Relph, Perlita Neilson

Votes: 82

25. The Transformers (1984–1987)
Episode: More Than Meets the Eye: Part 2 (1984)

TV-Y7 | 23 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

The Decepticons try to gather every bit of energy that they can, from Earth, in order to get back to Cybertron. The Autobots, along with their new human allies, try to stop them.

Director: John Gibbs | Stars: Michael Bell, Corey Burton, Victor Caroli, Christopher Collins

Votes: 285

26. National Geographic Explorer (1985– )
Episode: Inside North Korea (2007)

Documentary, History

Posing as a medical coordinator, Lisa Ling gains access to North Korea offering viewers a chance to see inside the "Hermit Kingdom".

Director: Peter Yost | Stars: Michael Breen, Brian Green, Il-Sung Kim, Jong-Il Kim

Votes: 273

27. It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia (2005– )
Episode: The Gang Solves the Gas Crisis (2008)

TV-MA | 22 min | Comedy

While Mac, Dennis, and Charlie use their classic setup to sell gallons of gasoline door to door, Frank subjects Dee to a series of torture and mind games when he suspects that Dee is trying to kill him while the two plot to steal their inheritance from Bruce Mathis.

Director: Matt Shakman | Stars: Charlie Day, Glenn Howerton, Rob McElhenney, Kaitlin Olson

Votes: 4,353

28. Real Engineering (2015– )
Episode: The Insane Engineering of the GEnX (2021)

29 min | Documentary

The Boeing 787 Dreamliner has a host of technological aircraft and engine technologies the substantially reduce weight and increase fuel efficiency enabling it to fly over 16,000 miles ... See full summary »

Star: Brian McManus

29. Engineering with Rosie (2020– )
Episode: Wind Turbine Aerodynamics: Stall vs Pitch Regulation (2020)

7 min | Documentary

Rosie provides a quick primer on aerodynamic stall then explains how it relates to wind turbines to prevent their electrical generators form burning out when wind speed get too high.

Star: Rosie Barnes

30. Practical Engineering (2014– )
Episode: What Really Happened During the 2003 Blackout? (2022)

21 min | Documentary

Electrical power tends to have a mind of i's own traveling according to the laws of physics rather than human instructions. It is up to grid controllers to match supply and demand. But in ... See full summary »

Star: Grady Hillhouse

31. The Blacklist (2013–2023)
Episode: Ruin (2018)

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

Liz abandons her old life for a fresh start in a new place, but she is forced to draw on her emotional and physical strength in a brutal fight when a threat finds her.

Director: Michael Caracciolo | Stars: James Spader, Megan Boone, Diego Klattenhoff, Amir Arison

Votes: 1,731

32. When Demolitions Go Wrong (2019)
Episode: Episode #1.1 (2019)

22 min | Documentary

The demolition of 2 tower blocks in Liverpool does not go to schedule. Detonations at the Pontiac Silverdome in Michigan fail to do the job. In Ohio a smokestack falls in the wrong direction onto power lines.

Directors: Mark Beech, Chris Rushton, Matthew Wheeler | Stars: Timothy Block, Deirdre Waterman, Pope John Paul II

Votes: 7