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1. Wish (II) (2023)

PG | 95 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy

A young girl named Asha wishes on a star and gets a more direct answer than she bargained for when a trouble-making star comes down from the sky to join her.

Directors: Chris Buck, Fawn Veerasunthorn | Stars: Ariana DeBose, Chris Pine, Alan Tudyk, Angelique Cabral

Votes: 35,004 | Gross: $0.00M

2. Shogun (1980)

TV-MA | 109 min | Adventure, Drama, History

An English navigator becomes both a player and pawn in the complex political games in feudal Japan.

Stars: Richard Chamberlain, Toshirô Mifune, Yôko Shimada, Furankî Sakai

Votes: 15,760

3. Shutter Island (2010)

R | 138 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller

Teddy Daniels and Chuck Aule, two US marshals, are sent to an asylum on a remote island in order to investigate the disappearance of a patient, where Teddy uncovers a shocking truth about the place.

Director: Martin Scorsese | Stars: Leonardo DiCaprio, Emily Mortimer, Mark Ruffalo, Ben Kingsley

Votes: 1,458,372 | Gross: $128.01M

4. The Howling (1981)

R | 91 min | Horror

After a bizarre and near deadly encounter with a serial killer, a television newswoman is sent to a remote mountain resort whose residents may not be what they seem.

Director: Joe Dante | Stars: Dee Wallace, Patrick Macnee, Dennis Dugan, Christopher Stone

Votes: 40,236 | Gross: $17.99M

5. Barton Fink (1991)

R | 116 min | Comedy, Drama, Thriller

A renowned New York playwright is enticed to California to write for the movies and discovers the hellish truth of Hollywood.

Directors: Joel Coen, Ethan Coen | Stars: John Turturro, John Goodman, Judy Davis, Michael Lerner

Votes: 129,025 | Gross: $6.15M

6. Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas (2003)

PG | 86 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy

The sailor of legend is framed by the goddess Eris for the theft of the Book of Peace and must travel to her realm at the end of the world to retrieve it and save the life of his childhood friend Prince Proteus.

Directors: Patrick Gilmore, Tim Johnson | Stars: Brad Pitt, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Joseph Fiennes, Michelle Pfeiffer

Votes: 59,507 | Gross: $26.48M

7. Broken Flowers (2005)

R | 106 min | Comedy, Drama, Mystery

As the extremely withdrawn Don Johnston is dumped by his latest woman, he receives an anonymous letter from a former lover informing him that he has a son who may be looking for him. A freelance sleuth neighbor moves Don to embark on a cross-country search for his old flames in search of answers.

Director: Jim Jarmusch | Stars: Bill Murray, Jessica Lange, Sharon Stone, Julie Delpy

Votes: 106,855 | Gross: $13.74M

8. The Penthouse: War in Life (2020–2021)

70 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

The story of a woman who strives to achieve her goal of entering high society by becoming the "queen" in the 100th floor penthouse in Gangnam, the pinnacle of success in her eyes.

Stars: Kim So-yeon, Shin Eun-kyung, Uhm Ki-joon, Bong Tae-gyu

Votes: 4,219

9. Extreme Prejudice (1987)

R | 105 min | Action, Crime, Drama

A Texas Ranger and a ruthless narcotics kingpin - they were childhood friends, now they are adversaries...

Director: Walter Hill | Stars: Nick Nolte, Powers Boothe, Michael Ironside, Maria Conchita Alonso

Votes: 8,771 | Gross: $11.31M

10. Horror of Dracula (1958)

Not Rated | 82 min | Drama, Horror

When Jonathan Harker rouses the ire of Count Dracula for accepting a job at the vampire's castle under false pretenses, his friend Dr. Van Helsing pursues the predatory villain.

Director: Terence Fisher | Stars: Peter Cushing, Christopher Lee, Michael Gough, Melissa Stribling

Votes: 27,993

11. Flypaper (2011)

Not Rated | 87 min | Comedy, Crime, Mystery

A man caught in the middle of two simultaneous robberies at the same bank desperately tries to protect the teller with whom he's secretly in love.

Director: Rob Minkoff | Stars: Patrick Dempsey, Ashley Judd, Tim Blake Nelson, Mekhi Phifer

Votes: 34,070 | Gross: $0.00M

12. Ishtar (1987)

PG-13 | 107 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy

Two terrible lounge singers get booked to play a gig in a Moroccan hotel but somehow become pawns in an international power play between the C.I.A., the Emir of Ishtar, and the rebels trying to overthrow his regime.

Director: Elaine May | Stars: Warren Beatty, Dustin Hoffman, Isabelle Adjani, Charles Grodin

Votes: 12,038 | Gross: $14.38M

13. Traitors (2019)

TV-MA | 60 min | History, Thriller

A British civil servant agrees to spy on her own government for the Americans in the aftermath of WWII.

Stars: Emma Appleton, Brandon P Bell, Keeley Hawes, Luke Treadaway

Votes: 3,924

14. Sugar (II) (2022)

TV-14 | 101 min | Crime, Drama

Two influencers find themselves on a luxury cruise through the Caribbean and South Pacific. But as the mirage of their online personas starts clashing with their real-life ambitions, a battle of wills threatens to tear them apart.

Director: Vic Sarin | Stars: Katherine McNamara, Jasmine Sky Sarin, Éric Bruneau, Anthony Timpano

Votes: 599

15. The Devil Judge (2021)

TV-14 | 75 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

During a time of chaos, a judge turns the court into something like a reality show and punishes evil people mercilessly.

Stars: Ji Sung, Kim Min-jung, Park Jin-young, Kim Jae-kyung

Votes: 4,340

16. Invasion of Astro-Monster (1965)

G | 93 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

Astronauts investigate Planet X and encounter the Xiliens, who ask Earth's people to help save their world from "Monster Zero". As one astronaut forms a romance with a mysterious woman, he uncovers the Xilien's true intentions.

Director: Ishirô Honda | Stars: Nick Adams, Akira Takarada, Jun Tazaki, Akira Kubo

Votes: 7,459

17. Terror of Mechagodzilla (1975)

G | 79 min | Action, Adventure, Family

Attempts to salvage Mechagodzilla are thwarted, causing an INTERPOL investigation that uncovers the work of a shunned biologist and his daughter, whose lives become entwined with the resurrected machine.

Directors: Ishirô Honda, Jun Fukuda | Stars: Katsuhiko Sasaki, Tomoko Ai, Akihiko Hirata, Katsumasa Uchida

Votes: 5,761

18. Stranger at the Door (2004 TV Movie)

TV-PG | 92 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller

A suspense-thriller about a married couple whose adopted son turns up at their home after several years and has bad intentions.

Director: Douglas Jackson | Stars: Linda Purl, Andrew Kraulis, Perry King, Meredith Henderson

Votes: 529

19. Starhunter (2000–2004)

45 min | Action, Sci-Fi

In 2275, a team of bounty hunters tries to stop a conspiracy involving alien DNA. In 2300, bounty hunter Travis Montana searches for his lost son.

Stars: Tanya Allen, Stephen Marcus, Michael Paré, Murray Melvin

Votes: 900

20. Bubble (I) (2005)

R | 73 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Set against the backdrop of a decaying Midwestern town, a murder becomes the focal point of three people who work in a doll factory.

Director: Steven Soderbergh | Stars: Debbie Doebereiner, Omar Cowan, Dustin James Ashley, Phyllis Workman

Votes: 8,431 | Gross: $0.15M

21. Intruders (1992)

163 min | Biography, Horror, Mystery

All over the world, people report being visited by aliens, taken aboard spaceships and clinically examined. Authorities seem to know all about these visitations but will not admit it publicly.

Stars: Richard Crenna, Mare Winningham, Susan Blakely, Daphne Ashbrook

Votes: 1,458

22. Journey to the Center of the Earth (1993 TV Movie)

TV-PG | 90 min | Adventure, Sci-Fi

A team of explorers sets on a voyage to the Earth's core with their ship "Avenger". They recruit a yeti that serves as their guide. Meanwhile, a malevolent entity is attempting to recover the pieces of an Atlantean artifact.

Director: William Dear | Stars: David Dundara, Farrah Forke, Kim Miyori, John Neville

Votes: 918

23. The Flesh Eaters (1964)

Unrated | 87 min | Horror, Sci-Fi

A group of young adults trapped on a desert island find the water inhabited by a violent form of flesh-eating organisms.

Director: Jack Curtis | Stars: Martin Kosleck, Byron Sanders, Barbara Wilkin, Rita Morley

Votes: 1,414

24. Bloodknot (1995 TV Movie)

R | 98 min | Drama, Thriller

A grieving family opens its household to an unknown woman who claims to have been their dearly departed's girlfriend.

Director: Jorge Montesi | Stars: Margot Kidder, Allan Royal, Ashleigh Ann Wood, Patrick Dempsey

Votes: 325

25. Invitation to a Gunfighter (1964)

Not Rated | 92 min | Western

In New Mexico, a Confederate veteran returns home to find his fiancée married to a Union soldier, his Yankee neighbors rallied against him and his property sold by the local banker who then hires a gunman to kill him.

Director: Richard Wilson | Stars: Yul Brynner, Janice Rule, George Segal, Alfred Ryder

Votes: 2,346

26. The Power of Nightmares (2004)

60 min | Documentary, History

A series of three documentaries about the use of fear for political gain.

Stars: Gilles Kepel, William Kristol, Melvin Goodman, Richard Perle

Votes: 4,546

27. Moonlit Winter (2019)

105 min | Drama, Romance

Yoon-Hee lives with her teenage daughter Sae-Bom. On a winter day, Yoon-Hee receives a letter from Otaru, Japan. Sae-Bom accidentally reads the letter and learns about her mother's first love, which she never spoke about before.

Director: Dae Hyung Lim | Stars: Kim Hee-ae, Yûko Nakamura, Kim Sohye, Sung Yoo-bin

Votes: 1,145

28. Amaurosis (III) (2017)

108 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller

Gemma and Will are shattered when their son dies in an accident. Gemma blames herself and starts to have panic attacks that affect her eyesight; her point of view is viscerally shared with ... See full summary »

Director: Gary Sinyor | Stars: Richard Flood, Jasmine Hyde, Simon Cotton, Derek Horsham

Votes: 274

29. Zombies of the Stratosphere (1952)

Passed | 167 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

The invaders come to Earth to create an H-bomb to blast Earth out of orbit so that Mars can take its place.

Director: Fred C. Brannon | Stars: Judd Holdren, Aline Towne, Wilson Wood, Lane Bradford

Votes: 481

30. Zorro's Fighting Legion (1939)

Passed | 114 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

The masked hero leads a fighting force to fight a villian who plots the conquest of The Republic of Mexico.

Directors: John English, William Witney | Stars: Reed Hadley, Sheila Darcy, William Corson, Leander De Cordova

Votes: 464

31. Mortal Kombat Mythologies: Sub-Zero (1997 Video Game)

M | Action, Adventure, Fantasy

The story of mortal kombat fighter Sub zero, a ninja who accidently gives a spiritual amulet to evil sorcerer Quan chi.

Directors: Bill O'Neil, Dimitrios Tianis | Stars: John Turk, Richard Divizio, Michael Garvey, Lia Montelongo

Votes: 384

32. The Preacher's Mistress (2013 TV Movie)

TV-14 | 91 min | Thriller

Gwen doesn't have an easy life... She has to provide alone for her son, pay for her studies, and work in a low pay job... She also hasn't been lucky in finding Mr Right... Until now... She ... See full summary »

Director: Michelle Mower | Stars: Sarah Lancaster, Drew Waters, Natalia Cigliuti, Eleese Lester

Votes: 390

33. Crime and Passion (1976)

R | 92 min | Crime, Drama, Romance

A Vienna financier embezzles money from his firm and clients, forces his girlfriend to marry an old cuckold voyeur industrialist and runs for his life when the industrialist sends killers after him.

Director: Ivan Passer | Stars: Omar Sharif, Karen Black, Joseph Bottoms, Bernhard Wicki

Votes: 348

34. Lawyer Sodom (2023)

54 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

A legal suspense drama in which Odagiri Wataru (Fukushi Sota) is an unconventional lawyer who specializes in representing fraudsters in court for an unknown motive.

Stars: Sôta Fukushi, Hyunri, Yûki Furukawa, Saki Takaoka

35. Fatal Getaway (2019)

Unrated | 90 min | Thriller

Friends who are staying at a stunning home-share rental begin to suspect that something is not quite right with the property's charming and handsome host.

Director: Damián Romay | Stars: Christie Burson, Tilky Jones, Laura Ault, Karlee Eldridge

Votes: 307

36. Hand of Yamashita (1999 Video)

60 min | Adventure

When an archaeologist discovers the withered hand of an ancient Japanese wizard, a sinister cult kidnaps the scientist and her find in order to bring the hand to life and commence a reign of modern terror.

Director: Jon Woods | Stars: Isis, Caroline Koh, Andy Lace, Kamiko Taka

37. The Devil Is Driving (1937)

Approved | 69 min | Action, Crime, Drama

To regain the trust of his girlfriend, an unscrupulous lawyer decides to mend his ways and follow a straighter path.

Director: Harry Lachman | Stars: Richard Dix, Joan Perry, Ann Rutherford, Ian Wolfe

Votes: 34

38. Maple Palm (2006)

R | 116 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

A lesbian couple of fifteen years lives with the secret that one is an illegal immigrant. With no legal way to protect their relationship, the couple lives in fear of deportation. After an ... See full summary »

Director: Ralph Torjan | Stars: Deborah Stewart, Taymour Ghazi, Andrea Carvajal, Robert J. Feldman

Votes: 409

39. Faded Dreams (2007)

Not Rated | 75 min | Action, Drama, Sport

Young basketball star Dan Milano has all the makings of a pro player -- talent, skill and determination. But as he sets out to make his dream come true, Dan learns that in the world of ... See full summary »

Director: Dan Shelby | Stars: Dan Shelby, Mark Norris, Art Aroustamian, Carol O'Neal

Votes: 167

40. Fatal Ambition (2020)

Short, Action, Crime

A politically ambitious district attorney pursuing The Mindblower is confronted by the serial killer himself in her condo. He demands that she publicly retract her false claim about a crime he never committed - or else he will murder her.

Director: Angel Connell | Stars: Marybeth Paul, Corey Wells, Paul Noonan, Angel Connell

Votes: 7

41. Dangerous Deception (2000 Video)

60 min | Adventure

A sexy cat burglar forms an alliance with a younger thief. Soon they successfully break in and rob a series of fancy houses, leaving a succession of dazed damsels bound and gagged. But is the buxom newcomer really who she says she is?

Director: Jon Woods | Stars: Shannan Leigh, Carolyn Reese, Loren Chance, Jenny McKay

42. There Is No Problem (2005 Video)

105 min | Documentary

In a satsang given in Santa Cruz, California, Adyashanti delivers the message that there is no problem, a message the mind perpetually resists.

Stars: Adyashanti, Bonnie

43. Trapped (1937)

Approved | 56 min | Drama, Western

Ted Haley rides to his brother's ranch and finds him dying from a knife wound. The brother names Sol Rothert as his killer. Leaving the house, Ted doesn't notice a mysterious man watching ... See full summary »

Director: Leon Barsha | Stars: Charles Starrett, Peggy Stratford, Robert Middlemass, Allan Sears

Votes: 12

44. The Way You Make Me Feel (I) (2018)

55 min | Documentary

A portrait of two powerful figures in Britain with their life story presenting controversial and contemporary issues: mental health, cosmetic surgery and the use of testosterone.

Director: Nick Peterson | Stars: Malcolm Carruthers, Old-Nick, Dennis Stevenson

45. Beneath the Veneer of a Murder (2010)

Unrated | 8 min | Short, Crime, Drama

A brief, tense phone conversation between politically connected powerhouse Tom Buchanan and a desperate lower-class thug named Judd over Buchanan's bisexual wife Daisy, her working-class ... See full summary »

Director: Angel Connell | Stars: Christy Scott Cashman, Eric Scheiner, Mark Grant, Jennifer McCartney

Votes: 37

46. Dallas (1978–1991)
Episode: Sue Ellen's Sister (1979)

TV-PG | 49 min | Drama, Romance

With Pam still living outside of Southfork, Sue Ellen's sister, Kristin, sets her sights on Bobby, and JR is very happy to see that and is more than willing to help her. Cliff's new found ... See full summary »

Director: Irving J. Moore | Stars: Barbara Bel Geddes, Jim Davis, Patrick Duffy, Linda Gray

Votes: 181

47. Dynasty (1981–1989)
Episode: Reconciliation (1981)

TV-PG | 49 min | Drama, Romance

Steven moves back into the Carrington house following his accident; Krystle's brother-in-law sends his daughter Sammy Jo to stay with her aunt.

Director: Jerome Courtland | Stars: John Forsythe, Linda Evans, Pamela Sue Martin, Pamela Bellwood

Votes: 116

48. Highlander (1992–1998)
Episode: Free Fall (1992)

TV-14 | 48 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy

After a naive Immortal leaps to her death from a skyscraper, she seeks out MacLeod as her mentor. But this innocent student may not be what she seems.

Director: Thomas J. Wright | Stars: Adrian Paul, Alexandra Vandernoot, Stan Kirsch, Joan Jett

Votes: 282

49. Highlander (1992–1998)
Episode: Shadows (1994)

TV-14 | 49 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy

Duncan is having nightmares and hallucinations of fighting against a shadowy figure wearing a dark, hooded robe. When he meets an old Immortal friend, John Garrick, at Garrick's art show, ... See full summary »

Director: Charles Wilkinson | Stars: Adrian Paul, Stan Kirsch, Lisa Howard, Jim Byrnes

Votes: 171

50. Highlander (1992–1998)
Episode: The Road Not Taken (1992)

TV-14 | 49 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy

A friend of Richie's dies suddenly after being captured during a diamond heist. The police believe it to be a drug overdose, but Richie insists his friend would never have done drugs. ... See full summary »

Director: Thomas J. Wright | Stars: Adrian Paul, Alexandra Vandernoot, Stan Kirsch, Soon-Tek Oh

Votes: 286