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1. Planet of the Apes (2001)

PG-13 | 120 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

In 2029, an Air Force astronaut crash-lands on a mysterious planet where evolved, talking apes dominate a race of primitive humans.

Director: Tim Burton | Stars: Mark Wahlberg, Helena Bonham Carter, Tim Roth, Michael Clarke Duncan

Votes: 230,300 | Gross: $180.01M

2. Deadpool 2 (2018)

R | 119 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy

Foul-mouthed mutant mercenary Wade Wilson (a.k.a. Deadpool) assembles a team of fellow mutant rogues to protect a young boy with abilities from the brutal, time-traveling cyborg Cable.

Director: David Leitch | Stars: Ryan Reynolds, Josh Brolin, Morena Baccarin, Julian Dennison

Votes: 647,558 | Gross: $324.59M

3. Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (2017)

PG-13 | 136 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy

The Guardians struggle to keep together as a team while dealing with their personal family issues, notably Star-Lord's encounter with his father, the ambitious celestial being Ego.

Director: James Gunn | Stars: Chris Pratt, Zoe Saldana, Dave Bautista, Vin Diesel

Votes: 760,817 | Gross: $389.81M

4. Back to the Future Part II (1989)

PG | 108 min | Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi

After visiting 2015, Marty McFly must repeat his visit to 1955 to prevent disastrous changes to 1985...without interfering with his first trip.

Director: Robert Zemeckis | Stars: Michael J. Fox, Christopher Lloyd, Lea Thompson, Tom Wilson

Votes: 573,478 | Gross: $118.50M

5. Ghost in the Shell: SAC_2045 - Sustainable War (2021)

119 min | Animation, Action, Sci-Fi

In the year 2045, cybernetic mercenary Motoko Kusanagi returns to Section 9 to face a dangerous new threat: the posthumans. A feature-length recut of the first season of Ghost in the Shell: SAC_2045.

Directors: Shinji Aramaki, Michihito Fujii, Kenji Kamiyama | Stars: Atsuko Tanaka, Osamu Saka, Akio Ôtsuka, Kôichi Yamadera

Votes: 497

6. Space: 1999 (1975–1977)
Episode: The Last Sunset (1976)

TV-14 | 60 min | Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi

As the Alphans are planning to explore the planet Ariel, a 'missile' attaches itself to the en route Eagle. Upon returning to Alpha, the 'missile' gives the Alphans a lunar atmosphere. But ... See full summary »

Director: Charles Crichton | Stars: Martin Landau, Barbara Bain, Barry Morse, Prentis Hancock

Votes: 328

7. Thunderbirds (1965–1966)
Episode: The Perils of Penelope (1965)

TV-G | 48 min | Action, Adventure, Family

Professor Borender is kidnapped and his assistant, Sir Jeremy Hodge goes to Lady Penelope help find the missing scientist. While on the trail, they are captured on a monorail train by the villainous, Dr. Godber. Along with his henchman, Roache, Godber has Lady Penelope tied to the monorail track and threatens her life when the next train comes through unless the two scientists reveal the details ... See full summary »

Directors: Alan Pattillo, Desmond Saunders | Stars: Sylvia Anderson, Ray Barrett, Peter Dyneley, Christine Finn

Votes: 193

8. Thunderbirds (1965–1966)
Episode: Edge of Impact (1965)

TV-G | 48 min | Action, Adventure, Family

The Hood has been paid by General Bron to destroy Red Arrow - a new British Fighter plane. However, two men are placed in deadly danger when the second prototype crashes into a television relay tower.

Director: Desmond Saunders | Stars: Sylvia Anderson, Ray Barrett, Peter Dyneley, Christine Finn

Votes: 167

9. Thunderbirds (1965–1966)
Episode: Terror in New York City (1965)

TV-G | 48 min | Action, Adventure, Family

After Thunderbird 2 is heavily damaged in a mistaken attack, it leaves the team seemingly without a swift means to transport TB4 to New York City when a news crew is trapped underneath the collapsed Empire State Building.

Directors: David Elliott, David Lane | Stars: Sylvia Anderson, Ray Barrett, Peter Dyneley, Christine Finn

Votes: 208

10. Stingray (1964–1965)
Episode: Stingray (1964)

26 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

Investigating the loss of a submarine, the crew of Stingray are captured by their new enemy, King Titan of the Aquaphibians.

Director: Alan Pattillo | Stars: Ray Barrett, Robert Easton, David Graham, Don Mason

Votes: 97

11. Thunderbirds (1965–1966)
Episode: Attack of the Alligators! (1966)

TV-G | 49 min | Action, Adventure, Family

An experiment to help feed the world goes horribly wrong when a new drug leaks into a southern swamp, spawning three gigantic alligators.

Director: David Lane | Stars: Sylvia Anderson, Ray Barrett, Peter Dyneley, Christine Finn

Votes: 160

12. Thunderbirds (1965–1966)
Episode: City of Fire (1966)

TV-G | 49 min | Action, Adventure, Family

Scott and Virgil have to risk their lives to save a family trapped in a blazing skyscraper after a crazy driver sparks off a fire in the car park below.

Director: David Elliott | Stars: Sylvia Anderson, Ray Barrett, Peter Dyneley, Christine Finn

Votes: 149

13. Thunderbirds (1965–1966)
Episode: Danger at Ocean Deep (1966)

TV-G | 49 min | Action, Adventure, Family

Lady Penelope is in peril when she is invited to launch a new supertanker, the Ocean Pioneer II, following a mysterious explosion aboard the prototype

Director: Desmond Saunders | Stars: Sylvia Anderson, Ray Barrett, Peter Dyneley, Christine Finn

Votes: 133

14. Thunderbirds (1965–1966)
Episode: Operation Crash-Dive (1965)

TV-G | 49 min | Action, Adventure, Family

When Fireflash airliners start inexplicably crashing with all crew and passengers in the same area, International Rescue volunteers to assist in the investigation.

Director: Desmond Saunders | Stars: Sylvia Anderson, Ray Barrett, Peter Dyneley, Christine Finn

Votes: 151

15. Thunderbirds (1965–1966)
Episode: Path of Destruction (1966)

TV-G | 49 min | Action, Adventure, Family

A tree-logging machine is out of control in South America and it's about as easy to stop it as it is to win a guerrilla war. Can International Rescue stop the thing before it reaches a dam construction site?

Director: David Elliott | Stars: Sylvia Anderson, Ray Barrett, Peter Dyneley, Christine Finn

Votes: 134

16. Thunderbirds (1965–1966)
Episode: Ricochet (1966)

TV-G | 49 min | Action, Adventure, Family

A pirate radio station in orbit suffers a malfunction and begins to crash back to Earth - International rescue must save the disc jockey on board and try to stop the craft from landing in a populated area.

Director: Brian Burgess | Stars: Sylvia Anderson, Ray Barrett, Peter Dyneley, Christine Finn

Votes: 121

17. Thunderbirds (1965–1966)
Episode: Sun Probe (1965)

TV-G | 49 min | Action, Adventure, Family

It's time to call International Rescue again when a manned space probe, on a mission to collect solar debris, is trapped on a collision course with the sun

Director: David Lane | Stars: Sylvia Anderson, Ray Barrett, Peter Dyneley, Christine Finn

Votes: 177

18. Thunderbirds (1965–1966)
Episode: The Duchess Assignment (1966)

TV-G | 49 min | Action, Adventure, Family

Lady Penelope discovers her friend, the Duchess of Roysten is in need of financial assistance. Penelope helps the Dutchess to loan out her prized portrait of a gazelle to a New York tycoon.... See full summary »

Director: David Elliott | Stars: Sylvia Anderson, Ray Barrett, Peter Dyneley, Christine Finn

Votes: 137

19. Thunderbirds (1965–1966)
Episode: The Man from MI.5 (1966)

TV-G | 49 min | Action, Adventure, Family

Plans for a nuclear device have been stolen and MI.5 call International Rescue to help find them. Lady Penelope goes undercover to track down the criminal that stole the plans but is captured and left tied up with a bomb.

Director: David Lane | Stars: Sylvia Anderson, Ray Barrett, Peter Dyneley, Christine Finn

Votes: 140

20. Thunderbirds (1965–1966)
Episode: The Mighty Atom (1965)

TV-G | 49 min | Action, Adventure, Family

Having miraculously recovered from his accident on the M1, the evil Hood is up to no good in Australia, and a huge cloud of radioactive material is heading towards Melbourne

Director: David Lane | Stars: Sylvia Anderson, Ray Barrett, Peter Dyneley, Christine Finn

Votes: 146

21. Thunderbirds (1965–1966)
Episode: The Uninvited (1965)

TV-G | 49 min | Action, Adventure, Family

Scott has been dispatched in Thunderbird 1 to rescue a pair of archeologists who've become stranded in the desert. Little does he suspect they've stumbled into the secret pyramid lair of the mysterious and hostile Zombites!

Director: Desmond Saunders | Stars: Sylvia Anderson, Ray Barrett, Peter Dyneley, Christine Finn

Votes: 171

22. Thunderbirds (1965–1966)
Episode: Vault of Death (1965)

TV-G | 48 min | Action, Adventure, Family

The Bank of England's impregnable new vault threatens to become a death trap when a hapless employee is accidently locked

Director: David Elliott | Stars: Sylvia Anderson, Ray Barrett, Peter Dyneley, Christine Finn

Votes: 156

23. Jonny Quest (1964–1965)
Episode: The Sea Haunt (1965)

TV-Y7 | 30 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

The Quests land themselves smack dab in the heart of a seafarer's fantastic and nightmarish yarn, complete with a ghost ship, a prowling sea monster, a hold full of coffins, and hidden treasure.

Directors: Joseph Barbera, William Hanna | Stars: Mike Road, Tim Matheson, Don Messick, Danny Bravo

Votes: 110

24. Destroyed in Seconds (2008–2010)
Episode: Episode #1.12 (2008)

TV-14 | 21 min | Documentary, Reality-TV

Several plane crashes have mundane causes including: a Soviet YAK-41 VTOL landing on an aircraft carrier, a YAK-38 demonstrating its VTOL capability, and a highly maneuverable NASA X-31 ... See full summary »

Stars: Phil Parry, Ron Pitts

25. Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2014–2020)
Episode: The Buzz on Windblade (2015)

TV-Y7-FV | 22 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

The Autobots recruit a new member, the female warrior Windblade, to aid them in capturing a mind-controlling hornet Decepticon.

Director: Todd Waterman | Stars: Will Friedle, Constance Zimmer, Darren Criss, Khary Payton

Votes: 24