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1. Top Gun: Maverick (2022)
PG-13 | 130 min | Action, Drama
After thirty years, Maverick is still pushing the envelope as a top naval aviator, but must confront ghosts of his past when he leads TOP GUN's elite graduates on a mission that demands the ultimate sacrifice from those chosen to fly it.
Director: Joseph Kosinski | Stars: Tom Cruise, Jennifer Connelly, Miles Teller, Val Kilmer
Votes: 703,914 | Gross: $718.73M
2. Inside Out (I) (2015)
PG | 95 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
After young Riley is uprooted from her Midwest life and moved to San Francisco, her emotions - Joy, Fear, Anger, Disgust and Sadness - conflict on how best to navigate a new city, house, and school.
Directors: Pete Docter, Ronnie Del Carmen | Stars: Amy Poehler, Bill Hader, Lewis Black, Mindy Kaling
Votes: 788,678 | Gross: $356.46M
3. Airplane! (1980)
PG | 88 min | Comedy
After the crew becomes sick with food poisoning, a neurotic ex-fighter pilot must safely land a commercial airplane full of passengers.
Directors: Jim Abrahams, David Zucker, Jerry Zucker | Stars: Robert Hays, Julie Hagerty, Leslie Nielsen, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Votes: 262,139 | Gross: $83.40M
4. Escape from New York (1981)
R | 99 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
In 1997, when the U.S. president crashes into Manhattan, now a giant maximum security prison, a convicted bank robber is sent in to rescue him.
Director: John Carpenter | Stars: Kurt Russell, Lee Van Cleef, Ernest Borgnine, Donald Pleasence
Votes: 158,117 | Gross: $25.24M
5. Hunter Killer (2018)
R | 121 min | Action, Thriller
An untested American submarine captain teams with U.S. Navy Seals to rescue the Russian president, who has been kidnapped by a rogue general.
Director: Donovan Marsh | Stars: Gerard Butler, Gary Oldman, Common, Linda Cardellini
Votes: 73,935 | Gross: $15.77M
6. Airplane II: The Sequel (1982)
PG | 85 min | Comedy, Sci-Fi
A faulty computer causes a passenger space shuttle to head straight for the Sun. Can Ted Striker save the day and get the shuttle back on track - again?
Director: Ken Finkleman | Stars: Robert Hays, Julie Hagerty, Lloyd Bridges, Raymond Burr
Votes: 56,981 | Gross: $27.15M
7. 21 Bridges (2019)
R | 99 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
An embattled NYPD detective is thrust into a citywide manhunt for a pair of cop killers after uncovering a massive and unexpected conspiracy.
Director: Brian Kirk | Stars: Chadwick Boseman, Sienna Miller, J.K. Simmons, Stephan James
Votes: 74,785 | Gross: $28.54M
8. The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (1974)
R | 104 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
Four armed men hijack a New York City subway car and demand a ransom for the passengers. The city's police are faced with a conundrum: Even if it's paid, how could they get away?
Director: Joseph Sargent | Stars: Walter Matthau, Robert Shaw, Martin Balsam, Hector Elizondo
Votes: 36,099 | Gross: $2.49M
9. Interceptor (2022)
TV-MA | 99 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
One Army captain must use her years of tactical training and military expertise when a simultaneous coordinated attack threatens the remote missile interceptor station she is in command of.
Director: Matthew Reilly | Stars: Elsa Pataky, Luke Bracey, Aaron Glenane, Mayen Mehta
Votes: 27,516
10. From Beyond (1986)
R | 85 min | Horror, Sci-Fi
A group of scientists have developed the Resonator, a machine which allows whoever is within range to see beyond normal perceptible reality. But when the experiment succeeds, they are immediately attacked by terrible life forms.
Director: Stuart Gordon | Stars: Jeffrey Combs, Barbara Crampton, Ted Sorel, Ken Foree
Votes: 30,926 | Gross: $1.26M
11. Volcano (1997)
PG-13 | 104 min | Action, Drama, Sci-Fi
A volcano erupts in downtown Los Angeles and a city official and a seismologist try to stop its inevitable flow through the city.
Director: Mick Jackson | Stars: Tommy Lee Jones, Anne Heche, Gaby Hoffmann, Don Cheadle
Votes: 81,743 | Gross: $49.32M
12. Battle of Britain (1969)
G | 132 min | Action, Drama, History
In 1940, the British Royal Air Force fights a desperate battle to prevent the Luftwaffe from gaining air superiority over the English Channel as a prelude to a possible Axis invasion of the U.K.
Director: Guy Hamilton | Stars: Michael Caine, Trevor Howard, Harry Andrews, Curd Jürgens
Votes: 24,603 | Gross: $4.36M
13. Daylight (1996)
PG-13 | 114 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Disaster in a New York tunnel as explosions collapse both ends of it. One hero tries to help the people inside find their way to safety.
Director: Rob Cohen | Stars: Sylvester Stallone, Amy Brenneman, Viggo Mortensen, Dan Hedaya
Votes: 76,855 | Gross: $33.02M
14. Highlander II: The Quickening (1991)
R | 91 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
In the future, Highlander Connor MacLeod must prevent the destruction of Earth under an anti-ozone shield.
Director: Russell Mulcahy | Stars: Christopher Lambert, Sean Connery, Virginia Madsen, Michael Ironside
Votes: 48,175 | Gross: $15.56M
15. Fail Safe (1964)
Approved | 112 min | Drama, Thriller
A technical malfunction sends American planes to Moscow to deliver a nuclear attack. Can all-out war be averted?
Director: Sidney Lumet | Stars: Henry Fonda, Walter Matthau, Fritz Weaver, Dan O'Herlihy
Votes: 24,476
16. Malone (1987)
R | 92 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
An ex-C.I.A. hit man running from his past finds just how difficult it is to retire when he runs across a small town controlled by mercenaries and a family that's resisting their control.
Director: Harley Cokeliss | Stars: Burt Reynolds, Cliff Robertson, Kenneth McMillan, Cynthia Gibb
Votes: 3,636 | Gross: $3.06M
17. Crack in the World (1965)
Not Rated | 96 min | Action, Drama, Sci-Fi
A dying scientist pushes forward his project to tap through to the Earth's magma layer, with results that threaten to destroy the Earth as we know it.
Director: Andrew Marton | Stars: Dana Andrews, Janette Scott, Kieron Moore, Alexander Knox
Votes: 2,879
18. Shock Wave (2017)
Not Rated | 119 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
When a terrorist who specializes in explosives takes hold of an underground tunnel, he threatens to kill hostages if his demands are not met.
Director: Herman Yau | Stars: Andy Lau, Wu Jiang, Jia Song, Philip Keung
Votes: 4,071
19. Thunderbirds Are GO (1966)
G | 93 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
When the launch of a mission to Mars goes awry due to sabotage, International Rescue is requested to assist in the mission's second attempt.
Director: David Lane | Stars: Sylvia Anderson, Ray Barrett, Alexander Davion, Peter Dyneley
Votes: 2,600
20. The Chairman (1969)
M/PG | 93 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
During the Chinese Cultural Revolution, the US government sends a scientist to China to steal the formula for a new agricultural enzyme developed by the Chinese.
Director: J. Lee Thompson | Stars: Gregory Peck, Anne Heywood, Arthur Hill, Alan Dobie
Votes: 1,417
21. The Battle of the Rails (1946)
85 min | Drama, War
Recounts the courageous efforts by French railroad workers who were part of an organized resistance during German World War II occupation.
Director: René Clément | Stars: Marcel Barnault, Jean Clarieux, Jean Daurand, Lucien Desagneaux
Votes: 1,277
22. Riot in Cell Block 11 (1954)
Not Rated | 80 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
Fed up with the inhumane prison living conditions, a general prison riot breaks out, leading to hostage-taking, a stand-off with the guards and eventual negotiations with the prison administration officials.
Director: Don Siegel | Stars: Neville Brand, Emile Meyer, Frank Faylen, Leo Gordon
Votes: 2,450
23. Insight (2021)
80 min | Crime, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Jian, a martial artist who possesses clairvoyance, investigates the death of his brother with the help of LA Detective Abby. Together, they seek justice while fighting against a high-tech criminal.
Directors: Ken Zheng, Livi Zheng | Stars: Ken Zheng, Madeline Zima, Sean Patrick Flanery, John Savage
Votes: 785
24. Brain Divided (2013)
TV-PG | 5 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
A nerdy man goes on a blind date to a restaurant. The place is great and the girl is beautiful. If only the two sides of his brain (seen here as two tiny creatures running the brain's command center) could work together for once.
Directors: Josiah Haworth, Joon Shik Song, Joon Soo Song | Stars: Andrew Racho, Kristen Gish, Sarah Young, Christine Kim
Votes: 1,013
25. A Ticket to Space (2006)
90 min | Comedy, Sci-Fi
Stéphane, an unemployed comedian, receives a winning lottery ticket from his son, offering two civilians the chance to stay in the European orbital station with a professional crew. This is... See full summary »
Director: Éric Lartigau | Stars: Kad Merad, Olivier Baroux, Marina Foïs, Guillaume Canet
Votes: 1,303
26. Roving Mars (2005)
G | 40 min | Documentary, Short
Through the eyes of two state-of-the-art rovers, and with NASA scientists at your side, you'll see Mars in a way no one ever has before-direct from the surface of the amazing red planet.
Director: George Butler | Stars: Paul Newman, Steve Squyres, Rob Manning, Charles Elachi
Votes: 1,127 | Gross: $10.40M
27. Ko-Ko's Earth Control (1928)
6 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Koko the Clown and his dog Fitz walk into a building where levers that control various aspects of the Earth are located. After Fitz presses a particular lever, the world goes topsy-turvy and out-of-control.
Director: Dave Fleischer
Votes: 508
28. Robbie (1979)
13 min | Short, Horror
Young Robbie, a keen footballer and a railway enthusiast, is persuaded by his big brother to go through a hole in a railway fence on to the track for some reason. His laces become caught on... See full summary »
Director: Ronald Dunkley | Stars: Peter Purves, Robin Crane, Deborah Norton, Peter Bolt
Votes: 62
30. L'affaire Bronswik (1978)
24 min | Short, Comedy
A recounting of how a special brand of TV spontaneously caused orgies of insanely excessive consumerism.
Directors: Robert Rafik Awad, André Leduc, Tim Reid | Stars: Michel Mongeau, Antoine Aouad, Jamilie Aouad, Marcel Bissonnette
Votes: 121
33. Power Blade (1991 Video Game)
Action, Sci-Fi
In the year 2191, planet Earth has recovered after a long war that caused millions of casualties. Ruled by Master Computer, people lead a pacific existence until the a day an alien race ... See full summary »
Votes: 31
34. Axial Flow Combining (1977)
12 min | Short
Promotional film for the new International Harvester line of axial-flow combines.
35.
Doctor Who (1963–1989)
Episode:
Revenge of the Cybermen: Part One
(1975)
TV-PG | 24 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
The Doctor, Sarah and Harry use the Time Ring to return to the Nerva Beacon, however they arrive thousands of years earlier than they anticipated and discover that an old foe of the Doctor is targeting the station's crew.
Director: Michael E. Briant | Stars: Tom Baker, Elisabeth Sladen, Ian Marter, Jeremy Wilkin
Votes: 652
36.
Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987–1994)
Episode:
Contagion
(1989)
TV-PG | 46 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Encountering the superior technology of a very ancient race creates system malfunctions for a doomed Federation starship, for the Enterprise, and for an eavesdropping Romulan warbird.
Director: Joseph L. Scanlan | Stars: Patrick Stewart, Jonathan Frakes, LeVar Burton, Michael Dorn
Votes: 3,583
37.
Doctor Who (1963–1989)
Episode:
Inferno: Episode 7
(1970)
TV-PG | 25 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
The Doctor is back in his own universe and must stop Stahlman before his earth suffers the same fate as the parallel one.
Directors: Douglas Camfield, Barry Letts | Stars: Jon Pertwee, Caroline John, Nicholas Courtney, Olaf Pooley
Votes: 665
38.
Doctor Who (1963–1989)
Episode:
The Mind Robber: Episode 4
(1968)
TV-PG | 20 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
The Doctor, Jamie and Zoe reach the citadel at the centre of the land, where they finally encounter the Master of the Land of Fiction.
Director: David Maloney | Stars: Patrick Troughton, Frazer Hines, Wendy Padbury, Emrys Jones
Votes: 605
39.
Doctor Who (1963–1989)
Episode:
The Three Doctors: Episode Two
(1973)
TV-Y | 24 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
The third Doctor and Jo find themselves on an artificial world inside the black hole while the second Doctor tries to find a way to control the organism.
Director: Lennie Mayne | Stars: Jon Pertwee, Patrick Troughton, William Hartnell, Katy Manning
Votes: 716
40.
Star Trek: The Animated Series (1973–1975)
Episode:
Beyond the Farthest Star
(1973)
TV-PG | 25 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
The Enterprise finds an ancient abandoned starship with a malevolent entity aboard, eager to take over the Starfleet ship.
Director: Hal Sutherland | Stars: William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, DeForest Kelley, George Takei
Votes: 1,088
41.
Superman & Lois (2021–2024)
Episode:
Girl... You'll Be a Woman, Soon
(2022)
TV-PG | Action, Adventure, Drama
Lana, Kyle and Sarah prepare for Sarah's quinceañera, but things don't end up going as smoothly as they had hoped; Clark finds himself struggling with feelings of guilt about what happened to John Irons.
Director: Diana Valentine | Stars: Tyler Hoechlin, Elizabeth Tulloch, Jordan Elsass, Alex Garfin
Votes: 1,157
42.
Defenders of the Earth (1986–1991)
Episode:
The Sleeper Awakes
(1986)
TV-Y7 | 21 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
A mammoth killer-robot from another galaxy has been buried right under Central City for more than ten million years. Ming discovers a way to wake it up.
Directors: John Gibbs, Ray Lee | Stars: William Callaway, Adam Carl, Ron Feinberg, Buster Jones
Votes: 17
43.
Did You Know? (2023– )
Episode:
The Science of Travel
(2023)
TV-PG | Documentary
Our travel luggage has come a long way in the past 50 years. What are the secrets behind modern high-tech luggage? Also, who manages the daily operation of our city's planes and trains? What causes motion sickness, and can we prevent it?
Star: Mac Lesggy
44.
Criminals: Caught on Camera (2013–2015)
Episode:
Mobs and Yobs
(2013)
TV-14 | 43 min | Documentary, Crime
A crowd of protestors in Guy Fawkes masks descend on the Parliament, captured on CCTV cameras on the ground and in helicopters.
Director: Philip Shotton | Stars: Nick Wallis, Julian Bell, Geoff Feavyour, Mansue Fouladgar
Votes: 9