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1. Annihilation (I) (2018)
R | 115 min | Adventure, Drama, Horror
A biologist signs up for a dangerous, secret expedition into a mysterious zone where the laws of nature don't apply.
Director: Alex Garland | Stars: Natalie Portman, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Tessa Thompson, Benedict Wong
Votes: 361,043 | Gross: $32.73M
2. The Thing (1982)
R | 109 min | Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi
A research team in Antarctica is hunted by a shape-shifting alien that assumes the appearance of its victims.
Director: John Carpenter | Stars: Kurt Russell, Wilford Brimley, Keith David, Richard Masur
Votes: 466,243 | Gross: $13.78M
3. Life (I) (2017)
R | 104 min | Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
A team of scientists aboard the International Space Station discover a rapidly evolving life form that caused extinction on Mars and now threatens all life on Earth.
Director: Daniel Espinosa | Stars: Jake Gyllenhaal, Rebecca Ferguson, Ryan Reynolds, Hiroyuki Sanada
Votes: 253,653 | Gross: $30.23M
4. The Skin I Live In (2011)
R | 120 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
A brilliant plastic surgeon, haunted by past tragedies, creates a type of synthetic skin that withstands any kind of damage. His guinea pig: a mysterious and volatile woman who holds the key to his obsession.
Director: Pedro Almodóvar | Stars: Antonio Banderas, Elena Anaya, Jan Cornet, Marisa Paredes
Votes: 165,746 | Gross: $3.19M
5. The Satanic Rites of Dracula (1973)
R | 87 min | Horror
In 1974, Professor Lorrimer Van Helsing investigates a satanic cult on behalf of Scotland Yard, only to discover a plot by Count Dracula to commit global genocide.
Director: Alan Gibson | Stars: Christopher Lee, Peter Cushing, Michael Coles, William Franklyn
Votes: 6,919
6. The Green Slime (1968)
G | 90 min | Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi
After destroying a giant asteroid heading towards Earth, a group of scientists unknowingly bring back a strange green substance that soon mutates into a monster.
Director: Kinji Fukasaku | Stars: Robert Horton, Luciana Paluzzi, Richard Jaeckel, Bud Widom
Votes: 3,929
7. Lady Hyde (2022)
78 min | Horror, Thriller
A woman with latent psychotic tendencies, unhinged by her doctor husband's suicide, takes violent revenge on members of the medical establishment responsible for his death.
Director: Jason Rudy | Stars: Liz Clare, Marylin Monroach, Bob Moricz, Jason Rudy
Votes: 52
8. Magellan (2017)
103 min | Action, Adventure, Mystery
After NASA picks up a trio of mysterious signals from within our own solar system, astronaut Roger Nelson is dispatched on a multi-year solo mission aboard the Magellan spacecraft to investigate the sources.
Director: Rob York | Stars: Brandon Ray Olive, K. Danor Gerald, Whitney Palmer, Matthew Mercer
Votes: 1,867
9. Return of the Secaucus Seven (1980)
R | 104 min | Drama
Seven former college friends, along with a few new friends, gather for a weekend reunion at a summer house in New Hampshire to reminisce about the good old days, when they got arrested on the way to a protest in Washington, DC.
Director: John Sayles | Stars: Bruce MacDonald, Maggie Renzi, Adam LeFevre, Maggie Cousineau
Votes: 2,226 | Gross: $2.00M
10. Murder in Texas (1981 TV Movie)
200 min | Drama
Story of Texas heiress Joan Robinson, who married plastic surgeon John Hill. Her father, Ash, is suspicious of Hill, thinking that he married Joan for money, which he used to buy a house ... See full summary »
Director: William Hale | Stars: Katharine Ross, Sam Elliott, Farrah Fawcett, Andy Griffith
Votes: 407
11. Everyone Is Psychic!: The Movie (2015)
114 min | Comedy, Drama, Mystery
After receiving a cosmic blast while masturbating, a virginal teenager gains psychic powers and joins a group of ESP virgins in order to defend the world from evil psychics.
Director: Sion Sono | Stars: Mika Akizuki, Tokio Emoto, Motoki Fukami, Mizuki Hoshina
Votes: 1,090
12. The Gut: Our Second Brain (2014 TV Movie)
PG-13 | 55 min | Documentary
For years, scientists have known about the existence of another brain within our bodies. Our stomach functions totally independently and does far more than just digestion. It reigns over a ... See full summary »
Director: Cécile Denjean | Stars: Liu Bo, Bruno Bonaz, Patrice Cani, Stephen M. Collins
Votes: 146
13. Betrayed (2003 TV Movie)
120 min | Drama
'Betrayed' is the story of a town suffering from an outbreak of severe water contamination. The fictional town under attack stands in for communities next door and around the world. ... See full summary »
Director: Anne Wheeler | Stars: Kari Matchett, Raoul Max Trujillo, Janet Wright, Alex House
Votes: 58
14. Yokujô mofuku tsuma: Uzuku (2005)
58 min
Director: Minoru Kunizawa | Stars: Ruri Tachibana, Shiina Aoi, Kanae Mizuhara, Manzô Morira
15. Placebo: Special K (2000 Music Video)
4 min | Music
A music video for Placebo's song 'Special K'.
Director: Howard Greenhalgh | Stars: Steve Hewitt, Brian Molko, Stefan Olsdal, Placebo
Votes: 29
16.
Mission: Impossible (1966–1973)
Episode:
The Controllers: Part 1
(1969)
TV-PG | 50 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
An Eastern Bloc nation is trying to develop a mind-controlling drug, a project led by Dr. Karl Turek. Phelps devises a plan to play Turek off against a rival, Colonel Borodin. Phelps and ... See full summary »
Director: Paul Krasny | Stars: Peter Graves, Leonard Nimoy, Greg Morris, Peter Lupus
Votes: 174
17.
Power Rangers DinoThunder (2004)
Episode:
The Missing Bone
(2004)
TV-Y7-FV | 22 min | Action, Adventure, Family
While Dr. Oliver is stuck in ranger-form, he enlists the help of Kira to sort through his lab and throw away stuff he doesn't want. They find a bone that he doesn't want to talk about and ... See full summary »
Director: Paul Grinder | Stars: James Napier Robertson, Kevin Duhaney, Emma Lahana, Jason David Frank
Votes: 76
18.
Star Trek: Voyager (1995–2001)
Episode:
Q2
(2001)
TV-PG | 43 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
When Q finds his rebellious son too much to handle, he brings him to Voyager in the hope that Captain Janeway can teach him responsibility and compassion.
Director: LeVar Burton | Stars: Kate Mulgrew, Robert Beltran, Roxann Dawson, Robert Duncan McNeill
Votes: 1,806
19.
The X-Files (1993–2018)
Episode:
Arcadia
(1999)
TV-14 | 45 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
On their first assignment after being reinstated to the X-Files, Scully and Mulder go undercover as husband and wife in a high-class planned community where several couples have gone missing.
Director: Michael W. Watkins | Stars: David Duchovny, Gillian Anderson, Peter White, Abraham Benrubi
Votes: 4,259
20.
The Tick (1994–1997)
Episode:
The Tick vs. Dinosaur Neil
(1994)
TV-Y7 | 22 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
Dinosaur Neil talks about dinosaurs at his job, but when he is eating his lunch in the lab (even though a sign clearly states "Don't Eat in the Lab"), he accidentally ingests Dinosaur DNA, becomes a dinosaur, and rampages through the city.
Stars: Townsend Coleman, Micky Dolenz, Jess Harnell, Kay Lenz
Votes: 116
21.
The Big Bang Theory (2007–2019)
Episode:
The Pancake Batter Anomaly
(2008)
TV-PG | 22 min | Comedy, Romance
When Sheldon gets sick, Leonard, Howard and Raj go AWOL, leaving a reluctant Penny to deal with him.
Director: Mark Cendrowski | Stars: Johnny Galecki, Jim Parsons, Kaley Cuoco, Simon Helberg
Votes: 4,835
22.
Waking the Dead (2000–2011)
Episode:
Undertow: Part 2
(2005)
TV-14 | 57 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Prime suspect Steven Hunt drowns two more girls despite being kept under surveillance by the Team.
Director: David Thacker | Stars: Trevor Eve, Sue Johnston, Wil Johnson, Esther Hall
Votes: 127
23.
Criminal Minds (2005– )
Episode:
Amplification
(2009)
TV-14 | 42 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
The BAU co-work with the U.S. Army to find the perpetrator behind an anthrax attack on a park in Annapolis, Maryland.
Director: John Gallagher | Stars: Joe Mantegna, Paget Brewster, Shemar Moore, Matthew Gray Gubler
Votes: 2,926
24.
Veritasium (2010– )
Episode:
The Longest-Running Evolution Experiment
(2021)
17 min | Talk-Show
Every day Richard Lenski's team takes a sample from yesterday's Escherichia Coli culture and adds it to a fresh medium to grow for another day before a sample is taken from the new culture.... See full summary »
Director: Derek Muller | Stars: Derek Muller, Richard Lenski
Votes: 5
25.
MythBusters (2003–2018)
Episode:
Hidden Nasties
(2009)
TV-PG | 51 min | Documentary, Mystery, Reality-TV
Adam and Jamie test for the possibility of disease transmission from rat urine on soda cans and later compare household items for cleanliness versus a toilet seat. Grant, Jessi, and Tory try to skip a car across water.
Director: Alice Dallow | Stars: Jamie Hyneman, Adam Savage, Tory Belleci, Kari Byron
Votes: 147
26.
ChemicalForce (2018– )
Episode:
B2H6: Diborane. Synthesis and burning
(2018)
7 min | Documentary
Felix prepares diborane in a simple test tube reaction of sodium borohydride and stannous chloride. The reaction begins in the solid state but becomes vigorous when the reactants are heated... See full summary »
Star: Felix Z.
27.
The Big Bang Theory (2007–2019)
Episode:
The Vacation Solution
(2012)
TV-PG | 22 min | Comedy, Romance
When the university forces Sheldon to use vacation days, he decides to hang out in Amy's lab. Howard becomes upset when he hears Bernadette wants him to sign a prenuptial agreement.
Director: Mark Cendrowski | Stars: Johnny Galecki, Jim Parsons, Kaley Cuoco, Simon Helberg
Votes: 3,510
28.
X-Men '97 (2024– )
Episode:
Fire Made Flesh
(2024)
TV-14 | 32 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
When a visitor arrives at the mansion with a dangerous secret that threatens Cyclops and Jean's relationship, the team is propelled into a tragic confrontation with an immortal mad scientist.
Director: Emi Yonemura | Stars: Jennifer Hale, Ray Chase, Chris Britton, George Buza
Votes: 2,659
29.
The Ben Shapiro Show (2015– )
The Anti-Trans Hate Crime That Wasn't
(2024 Podcast Episode)
55 min | News, Talk-Show
Star: Ben Shapiro
30.
Iryû: Team Medical Dragon (2006– )
Episode:
Episode #4.3
(2014)
54 min | Drama
A little girl is dying and there is no solution to her condition. The surgical team again arrives at an impasse despite an emergency surgery being set to proceed. The young patient's mother... See full summary »
Director: Naruhide Mizuta | Stars: Kenji Sakaguchi, Izumi Inamori, Teppei Koike, Sadao Abe
31.
Katja's Bodyscan (2015–2016)
Episode:
Hygiëne
(2016)
40 min | Reality-TV
Stars: Katja Schuurman, Dries Budding, Chris Callewaart, Annemarie de Vries
32.
Food Unwrapped (2012– )
Episode:
Papaya, Growing Fish, Ice Cubes
(2018)
23 min | Documentary, Comedy
Kate learns about a start-up company hoping to feed the world by growing fish flesh in a dish. How do you make ice cubes that aren't cloudy? Why can't you put papaya in jelly?
Directors: Hannah Assenza, Ben Borland, Alistair Smith | Stars: Jimmy Doherty, Kate Quilton, Matt Tebbutt