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1. The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! (1988)

PG-13 | 85 min | Comedy, Crime

Incompetent police Detective Frank Drebin must foil an attempt to assassinate Queen Elizabeth II.

Director: David Zucker | Stars: Leslie Nielsen, Priscilla Presley, O.J. Simpson, Ricardo Montalban

Votes: 184,780 | Gross: $78.76M

2. The Nun (2018)

R | 96 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller

A priest with a haunted past and a novice on the threshold of her final vows are sent by the Vatican to investigate the death of a young nun in Romania and confront a malevolent force in the form of a demonic nun.

Director: Corin Hardy | Stars: Demián Bichir, Taissa Farmiga, Jonas Bloquet, Bonnie Aarons

Votes: 170,337 | Gross: $117.45M

3. Open Range (2003)

R | 139 min | Action, Drama, Romance

A former gunslinger is forced to take up arms again when he and his cattle crew are threatened by a corrupt lawman.

Director: Kevin Costner | Stars: Kevin Costner, Robert Duvall, Diego Luna, Abraham Benrubi

Votes: 78,119 | Gross: $58.33M

4. Chaos Walking (2021)

PG-13 | 109 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy

Two unlikely companions embark on a perilous adventure through the badlands of an unexplored planet as they try to escape a dangerous and disorienting reality where all thoughts are seen and heard by everyone.

Director: Doug Liman | Stars: Tom Holland, Daisy Ridley, Demián Bichir, David Oyelowo

Votes: 56,099 | Gross: $13.29M

5. Rock of Ages (2012)

PG-13 | 123 min | Comedy, Drama, Musical

A small-town girl and a city boy meet on the Sunset Strip while pursuing their Hollywood dreams.

Director: Adam Shankman | Stars: Julianne Hough, Diego Boneta, Tom Cruise, Alec Baldwin

Votes: 81,650 | Gross: $38.52M

6. The Bad Batch (2016)

R | 118 min | Action, Horror, Mystery

In a desert dystopia, a young woman is kidnapped by cannibals.

Director: Ana Lily Amirpour | Stars: Suki Waterhouse, Jason Momoa, Jayda Fink, Keanu Reeves

Votes: 35,483 | Gross: $0.18M

7. Mean Girls 2 (2011 TV Movie)

PG-13 | 96 min | Comedy

The Plastics are back in the long-awaited follow-up to the smash hit Mean Girls - and now the clique is more fashionable, funny, and ferocious than ever.

Director: Melanie Mayron | Stars: Meaghan Martin, Donn Lamkin, Linden Ashby, Dan Coleman

Votes: 25,716

8. Flatliners (2017)

PG-13 | 109 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery

Five medical students, obsessed by what lies beyond the confines of life, embark on a daring experiment: by stopping their hearts for short periods, each triggers a near-death experience - giving them a firsthand account of the afterlife.

Director: Niels Arden Oplev | Stars: Elliot Page, Diego Luna, Nina Dobrev, James Norton

Votes: 50,954 | Gross: $16.88M

9. A Little Bit of Heaven (2011)

PG-13 | 106 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy

An irreverent young woman who uses her humor to prevent matters from getting serious has a life-changing visit with her doctor.

Director: Nicole Kassell | Stars: Kate Hudson, Gael García Bernal, Kathy Bates, Peter Dinklage

Votes: 29,698 | Gross: $0.01M

10. Amityville 3-D (1983)

PG | 105 min | Horror

A reporter moves into the Amityville house in defiance of the supernatural events connected to it, and finds everyone around him besieged by the evil manifestations which are connected to a demonic presence in the basement.

Director: Richard Fleischer | Stars: Tony Roberts, Tess Harper, Robert Joy, Candy Clark

Votes: 7,517 | Gross: $6.33M

11. Ghosts Can't Do It (1989)

R | 95 min | Comedy, Crime, Fantasy

Elderly Scott kills himself after a heart attack wrecks his body, but then comes back as a ghost and convinces his loving young hot wife Katie to pick and kill a young man in order for Scott to possess his body and be with her again.

Director: John Derek | Stars: Bo Derek, Anthony Quinn, Don Murray, Julie Newmar

Votes: 2,940

12. Mister Lonely (2007)

Not Rated | 112 min | Comedy, Drama

In Paris, a young American who works as a Michael Jackson look-alike meets Marilyn Monroe, who invites him to her commune in Scotland, where she lives with Charlie Chaplin and her daughter, Shirley Temple.

Director: Harmony Korine | Stars: Diego Luna, Samantha Morton, Denis Lavant, James Fox

Votes: 8,390 | Gross: $0.17M

13. Monster Party (2018)

Unrated | 89 min | Horror, Thriller

Three young thieves infiltrate a Malibu dinner party.

Director: Chris von Hoffmann | Stars: Sam Strike, Virginia Gardner, Brandon Micheal Hall, Kian Lawley

Votes: 4,714

14. Wonder Woman (1974 TV Movie)

Not Rated | 73 min | Fantasy

A super-hero uses her powers to thwart an international spy ring.

Director: Vincent McEveety | Stars: Cathy Lee Crosby, Kaz Garas, Andrew Prine, Ricardo Montalban

Votes: 1,470

15. The King (2005)

R | 105 min | Drama, Thriller

A motiveless malignancy? Elvis leaves the Navy and heads for Texas where he contacts his father Dave, whom he's never met. He is the pastor at a Christian community church. He tells Elvis ... See full summary »

Director: James Marsh | Stars: Gael García Bernal, William Hurt, Laura Harring, Derek Alvarado

Votes: 7,470 | Gross: $0.28M

16. Summer Camp (2015)

R | 81 min | Horror

Four American counsellors at a European summer camp must deal with the outbreak of a rage-inducing plague that starts in the animals.

Director: Alberto Marini | Stars: Diego Boneta, Jocelin Donahue, Maiara Walsh, Andrés Velencoso

Votes: 4,138

17. The Naked Street (1955)

Passed | 84 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir

A mobster (Quinn) springs a condemned murderer (Granger) because he got his sister (Bancroft) pregnant.

Director: Maxwell Shane | Stars: Farley Granger, Anthony Quinn, Anne Bancroft, Peter Graves

Votes: 1,313

18. Don't Panic (1987)

Not Rated | 90 min | Horror

On his seventeenth birthday, Michael unwittingly unlocks the evil forces of a Ouija board.

Director: Rubén Galindo Jr. | Stars: Jon Michael Bischof, Gabriela Hassel, Helena Rojo, Jorge Luke

Votes: 1,490

19. Underemployed (2012–2013)

40 min | Drama

Five best friends graduated together and decided after that to live together. A mother, a father, a lesbian, a model and a final one who tried everything to be a good worker.

Stars: Michelle Ang, Diego Boneta, Sarah Habel, Jared Kusnitz

Votes: 1,723

20. The Long Wait (1954)

Approved | 94 min | Adventure, Crime, Drama

An amnesiac finally learns his true identity...as a murder suspect. And he doesn't even know whether he is guilty...

Director: Victor Saville | Stars: Anthony Quinn, Charles Coburn, Gene Evans, Peggie Castle

Votes: 525 | Gross: $1.50M

21. Eden (I) (2014)

R | 90 min | Drama, Thriller

When a US soccer team gets stranded on a deserted island after a plane crash they must face difficult choices to survive. Modern day Lord of the Flies.

Director: Shyam Madiraju | Stars: Nate Parker, Grant Alan Ouzts, James Remar, Eva Jenickova

Votes: 3,233

22. City Beneath the Sea (1953)

Passed | 87 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

Two American divers are distracted by fair ladies and skulduggery while trying to salvage a gold ship off Jamaica.

Director: Budd Boetticher | Stars: Robert Ryan, Mala Powers, Anthony Quinn, Suzan Ball

Votes: 698

23. King of Chinatown (1939)

Passed | 57 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Violence and death stalk the Chinese of a big American city, but one man, Dr. Chang Ling, and his daughter, Dr. Mary Ling, defy the racketeers who are responsible, and, against terrific odds, bring peace to their oppressed neighbors.

Director: Nick Grinde | Stars: Anna May Wong, Akim Tamiroff, J. Carrol Naish, Sidney Toler

Votes: 273

24. Daughter of Shanghai (1937)

Passed | 62 min | Crime, Drama, Romance

A Chinese-American woman tries to expose an illegal-alien smuggling ring.

Director: Robert Florey | Stars: Anna May Wong, Charles Bickford, Buster Crabbe, Cecil Cunningham

Votes: 546

25. Evil Eye (1975)

R | 106 min | Crime, Horror, Mystery

The police has to face some extremely brutal murders. How is the rich playboy Peter Crane (Jorge Rivero) involved in this? He suffers from horrible nightmares that make him believe that he is responsible for these murders.

Director: Mario Siciliano | Stars: Anthony Steffen, Richard Conte, Pilar Velázquez, Jorge Rivero

Votes: 399

26. Black Gold (1947)

Passed | 90 min | Drama, History, Sport

In the 1920s Texas, Indian farmer Charley Eagle is dreaming of winning the Kentucky Derby with his Black Hope horse but things change when oil is found on his land and the Black Gold colt is born.

Director: Phil Karlson | Stars: Anthony Quinn, Katherine DeMille, 'Ducky' Louie, Raymond Hatton

Votes: 231

27. Where Do We Go from Here? (1945)

Approved | 74 min | Fantasy, Musical

Bill wants to join the Army, but he's 4F so he asks a wizard to help him, but the wizard has slight problems with his history knowlege, so he sends Bill everywhere in history, but not to WWII.

Directors: Gregory Ratoff, George Seaton | Stars: Fred MacMurray, Joan Leslie, June Haver, Gene Sheldon

Votes: 301

28. Flap (1970)

GP | 106 min | Drama, Western

Comedy based on the plight of modern aboriginal Americans living on reservations.

Director: Carol Reed | Stars: Anthony Quinn, Claude Akins, Tony Bill, Shelley Winters

Votes: 599

29. City of Dead Men (2014)

Not Rated | 87 min | Thriller

An American traveling in South America ends up living with a group of misfits at an abandoned hospital with a troubling past.

Director: Kirk Sullivan | Stars: Diego Boneta, Jackson Rathbone, Maria Mesa, Juan Diego Aldana Gomez

Votes: 581

30. Joe Panther (1976)

G | 110 min | Drama

A young Seminole Tribe member comes of age outside the Florida Everglades by trying to enter the establishment ( white man's world ). He gets work as crew member on (Brian Keith's) fishing ... See full summary »

Director: Paul Krasny | Stars: Brian Keith, Ricardo Montalban, Alan Feinstein, Cliff Osmond

Votes: 83

31. King of Alcatraz (1938)

Approved | 68 min | Adventure, Crime, Drama

A convict who has just escaped from Alcatraz Prison takes over a passenger ship. Two of the ship's crew hatch a plot to overpower him and rescue the ship's passengers.

Director: Robert Florey | Stars: Gail Patrick, Lloyd Nolan, Harry Carey, J. Carrol Naish

Votes: 115

32. Parole Fixer (1940)

Approved | 68 min | Action, Crime, Drama

This expose of the U.S. parole system, as seen through the eyes of FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover, takes dead aim on lawyers who manipulate the justice system in order to get undeserving ... See full summary »

Director: Robert Florey | Stars: William Henry, Virginia Dale, Robert Paige, Gertrude Michael

Votes: 59

33. 10-8: Officers on Duty (2003–2004)
Episode: Mercy, Mercy Me (2003)

Drama, Crime

Amonte is accused of using excessive force. A neighborhood turns nasty when an elderly man makes a complaint about a noisy party next door. Barnes is shot by an old friend.

Director: Jeff Bleckner | Stars: Danny Nucci, Ernie Hudson, Travis Schuldt, Christina Vidal

Votes: 10

34. Alcoa Premiere (1961–1963)
Episode: The Glass Palace (1963)

60 min | Drama

There's trouble afoot when ice skater Vince Gallard (Ricardo Montalban) begins to slip: a coming ice show depends on him.

Director: Lawrence Dobkin | Stars: Fred Astaire, Joanna Barnes, Wallace Ford, Anne Francis

35. Ben Casey (1961–1966)
Episode: Six Impossible Things Before Breakfast (1963)

TV-MA | 60 min | Drama

After being sedated prior to surgery, patient Henry Davis confesses to Dr. Maggie Graham that he recently beat up two women, one of whom died.

Director: Irving Lerner | Stars: Vince Edwards, Sam Jaffe, James Best, Ricardo Montalban

Votes: 7

36. Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1997–2003)
Episode: Lessons (2002)

TV-PG | 41 min | Action, Drama, Fantasy

Sunnydale High is re-opened, with a new designed campus and a new principal, Robin Wood. It is Dawn's first day at school there and Buffy accompanies her to class, only to discover evil spirits lurking in the basement.

Director: David Solomon | Stars: Sarah Michelle Gellar, Nicholas Brendon, Emma Caulfield Ford, Michelle Trachtenberg

Votes: 2,531

37. CSI: Miami (2002–2012)
Episode: Forced Entry (2003)

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

A man is found dead, lying face down, gagged, the four limbs tied to the bedposts, with signs of sexual assault. The house shows no signs of break in.

Director: Artie Mandelberg | Stars: David Caruso, Emily Procter, Adam Rodriguez, Khandi Alexander

Votes: 491

38. Charmed (1998–2006)
Episode: Prince Charmed (2004)

TV-PG | 42 min | Drama, Fantasy, Mystery

After Piper has doubts about the future, Paige and Phoebe conjure up "Mr. Right" as Piper's birthday present.

Director: David Jackson | Stars: Alyssa Milano, Rose McGowan, Holly Marie Combs, Brian Krause

Votes: 577

39. Climax! (1954–1958)
Episode: The Mojave Kid (1955)

Unrated | Drama

The Mojave Kid is warned to stay away from a small town feud.

Directors: Tony Barr, William H. Brown Jr. | Stars: Ward Bond, Harry Carey Jr., Chubby Johnson, John Lupton

40. The Colbys (1985–1987)
Episode: A Family Affair (1986)

49 min | Drama

Jeff has been arrested on suspicion of murder. Jason offers the Carrington oil to Zach, who finally explains his hatred for the Colby family. Francesca agrees to marry Jason once he's free, but Sable is determined to remain between them.

Director: Jerome Courtland | Stars: Charlton Heston, John James, Katharine Ross, Emma Samms

Votes: 37

41. The Colbys (1985–1987)
Episode: A House Divided (1985)

49 min | Drama

Fallon has accused her brother Adam of rape, but further treatment by Dr. Parris reveals the truth. Sable finds a new way to discredit Conny when she learns about the latter's secret affair... See full summary »

Director: Don Medford | Stars: Charlton Heston, John James, Katharine Ross, Emma Samms

Votes: 47

42. The Colbys (1985–1987)
Episode: All Fall Down (1987)

49 min | Drama

Cash Cassidy has taken a bullet meant for Jason and is in critical condition. Channing scolds Fallon after LB leaves his marbles on the Colby staircase. Jeff gets one step closer to finding... See full summary »

Director: Kim Friedman | Stars: Charlton Heston, John James, Katharine Ross, Emma Samms

Votes: 54

43. The Colbys (1985–1987)
Episode: Anniversary Waltz (1986)

49 min | Drama

Sable is organizing a surprise anniversary party for Herself and Jason. Jeff helps Miles prove the evidence against him has been faked. Jason confronts Sable with his knowledge about her ... See full summary »

Director: Kim Friedman | Stars: Charlton Heston, John James, Katharine Ross, Emma Samms

Votes: 41

44. The Colbys (1985–1987)
Episode: Answered Prayers (1987)

49 min | Drama

Miles and Sable find it difficult to accept that Jeff is the father of Fallon's baby. Jason and Francesca are about to get married and Sable still hasn't signed the divorce papers. Bliss ... See full summary »

Director: Robert Scheerer | Stars: Charlton Heston, John James, Katharine Ross, Emma Samms

Votes: 37

45. The Colbys (1985–1987)
Episode: Betrayals (1987)

49 min | Drama

Maya Kumara has identified Phillip as Hoyt Parker. But Jeff and Francesca feel that Jason is being unfair to his brother. Adrienne plans to move back to Washington DC with Scott. Kolya wants to move to NYC with Bliss as husband and wife.

Director: Harry Falk | Stars: Charlton Heston, John James, Katharine Ross, Emma Samms

Votes: 57

46. The Colbys (1985–1987)
Episode: Bloodlines (1986)

49 min | Drama

Channing tells Miles she can't have children. In reality she's afraid of dying in childbirth like her mother. Fallon confides in Frankie. Sable insists that Channing visits a doctor for a ... See full summary »

Director: Harry Falk | Stars: Charlton Heston, John James, Katharine Ross, Emma Samms

Votes: 62

47. The Colbys (1985–1987)
Episode: Burden of Proof (1986)

48 min | Drama

Jason declares that Jeff is his son during the trial. Sable tells Jason she'll never forgive him and decides Zach Powers may not be so bad after all. Miles confronts his half brother Jeff at the Colby family retreat.

Director: Gabrielle Beaumont | Stars: Charlton Heston, John James, Katharine Ross, Emma Samms

Votes: 39

48. The Colbys (1985–1987)
Episode: Checkmate (1986)

49 min | Drama

Sable was accidentally shot in a scuffle between Jason and Zach. Fallon believe's she's pregnant. Feeling betrayed by Neil, Monica emotionally storms off in her private plane. Jason invites... See full summary »

Director: Harry Falk | Stars: Charlton Heston, John James, Katharine Ross, Emma Samms

Votes: 49

49. The Colbys (1985–1987)
Episode: Conspiracy of Silence (1985)

49 min | Drama

Jeff identifies Miles' new bride 'Randall' as Fallon Carrington, his ex-wife believed dead and now suffering from amnesia. He is far less interested in the return of his estranged mother, Francesca.

Director: Curtis Harrington | Stars: Charlton Heston, John James, Katharine Ross, Emma Samms

Votes: 48

50. The Colbys (1985–1987)
Episode: Devil's Advocate (1987)

49 min | Drama

Jeff insists on signing a third of his Colby shares over to Phillip. Jason visits Singapore to learn if Hoyt Parker and Phillip Colby are the same and enlists the help of another ex-husband... See full summary »

Director: Robert Scheerer | Stars: Charlton Heston, John James, Katharine Ross, Emma Samms

Votes: 59