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1. Mulholland Drive (2001)
R | 147 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
After a car wreck on Mulholland Drive renders a woman amnesiac, she and a Hollywood-hopeful search for clues and answers across Los Angeles in a twisting venture beyond dreams and reality.
Director: David Lynch | Stars: Naomi Watts, Laura Harring, Justin Theroux, Jeanne Bates
Votes: 384,100 | Gross: $7.22M
2. Grown Ups (I) (2010)
PG-13 | 102 min | Comedy
After their high school basketball coach passes away, five good friends and former teammates reunite for a Fourth of July holiday weekend.
Director: Dennis Dugan | Stars: Adam Sandler, Salma Hayek, Kevin James, Chris Rock
Votes: 276,723 | Gross: $162.00M
3. Scream (I) (2022)
R | 114 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
25 years after a streak of brutal murders shocked the quiet town of Woodsboro, Calif., a new killer dons the Ghostface mask and begins targeting a group of teenagers to resurrect secrets from the town's deadly past.
Directors: Matt Bettinelli-Olpin, Tyler Gillett | Stars: Neve Campbell, Courteney Cox, David Arquette, Melissa Barrera
Votes: 159,073 | Gross: $81.64M
4. Grown Ups 2 (2013)
PG-13 | 101 min | Comedy
After moving his family back to his hometown to be with his friends and their kids, Lenny finds out that between old bullies, new bullies, schizo bus drivers, drunk cops on skis, and four hundred costumed party crashers sometimes crazy follows you.
Director: Dennis Dugan | Stars: Adam Sandler, Kevin James, Chris Rock, David Spade
Votes: 169,607 | Gross: $133.67M
5. Us (II) (2019)
R | 116 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Adelaide Wilson and her family are attacked by mysterious figures dressed in red. Upon closer inspection, the Wilsons realize that the intruders are exact lookalikes of them.
Director: Jordan Peele | Stars: Lupita Nyong'o, Winston Duke, Elisabeth Moss, Tim Heidecker
Votes: 341,482 | Gross: $175.08M
6. The Hitman's Bodyguard (2017)
R | 118 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
One of the world's top bodyguards gets a new client, a world class hitman who must testify at the International Criminal Court. They must put their differences aside and work together to make it to the trial alive and on time.
Director: Patrick Hughes | Stars: Ryan Reynolds, Samuel L. Jackson, Gary Oldman, Elodie Yung
Votes: 247,179 | Gross: $75.47M
7. Reminiscence (2021)
PG-13 | 116 min | Mystery, Romance, Sci-Fi
Nick Bannister, a private investigator of the mind, navigates the alluring world of the past when his life is changed by new client Mae. A simple case becomes an obsession after she disappears and he fights to learn the truth about her.
Director: Lisa Joy | Stars: Hugh Jackman, Rebecca Ferguson, Thandiwe Newton, Cliff Curtis
Votes: 65,550 | Gross: $3.90M
8. Halloween II (1981)
R | 92 min | Horror
While Dr. Loomis hunts for Michael Myers, a traumatized Laurie is rushed to Haddonfield Memorial Hospital, and The Shape is not far behind her.
Director: Rick Rosenthal | Stars: Jamie Lee Curtis, Donald Pleasence, Charles Cyphers, Jeffrey Kramer
Votes: 101,758 | Gross: $25.53M
9. One Missed Call (2008)
PG-13 | 87 min | Horror, Mystery
Several people start receiving voice-mails from their future selves - messages which include the date, time, and some of the details of their deaths.
Director: Eric Valette | Stars: Edward Burns, Shannyn Sossamon, Ana Claudia Talancón, Ray Wise
Votes: 34,016 | Gross: $26.88M
10. Everly (2014)
R | 92 min | Action, Thriller
A kidnapped woman faces down hitmen sent by a mob boss/her captor while trying to protect her family from his wrath.
Director: Joe Lynch | Stars: Salma Hayek, Hiroyuki Watanabe, Laura Cepeda, Togo Igawa
Votes: 19,441
11. The Garbage Pail Kids Movie (1987)
PG | 100 min | Adventure, Comedy, Family
Dodger must confront the struggles of life as he is visited by the Garbage Pail Kids and intimidated by some older bullies.
Director: Rod Amateau | Stars: Anthony Newley, Mackenzie Astin, Phil Fondacaro, Katie Barberi
Votes: 8,724 | Gross: $1.58M
12. Jem and the Holograms (2015)
PG | 118 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
As a small-town girl catapults from underground video sensation to global superstar, she and her three sisters begin a journey of discovering that some talents are too special to keep hidden.
Director: Jon M. Chu | Stars: Aubrey Shea, Stefanie Scott, Aurora Perrineau, Hayley Kiyoko
Votes: 8,325 | Gross: $2.18M
13. Willard (2003)
PG-13 | 100 min | Drama, Horror, Thriller
A young man with an unusual connection to rats uses them at his own sociopathic will.
Director: Glen Morgan | Stars: Crispin Glover, R. Lee Ermey, Laura Harring, Jackie Burroughs
Votes: 20,407 | Gross: $6.89M
14. A Man Called Horse (1970)
R | 114 min | Adventure, Drama, Western
In 1825, an English aristocrat is captured by Native Americans. He lives with them and begins to understand their way of life. Eventually, he is accepted as part of the tribe and aspires to become their leader.
Director: Elliot Silverstein | Stars: Richard Harris, Judith Anderson, Jean Gascon, Manu Tupou
Votes: 9,365 | Gross: $1.94M
15. Lonely Hearts (2006)
R | 108 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
Based on the true story, two homicide detectives track Martha Beck and Raymond Martinez Fernandez, a murderous pair known as the "Lonely Hearts Killers" who lured their victims through the personals.
Director: Todd Robinson | Stars: John Travolta, Salma Hayek, Jared Leto, James Gandolfini
Votes: 22,381 | Gross: $0.19M
16. Double Teamed (2002 TV Movie)
TV-G | 93 min | Biography, Drama, Family
Two sisters become world-famous basketball players.
Director: Duwayne Dunham | Stars: Poppi Monroe, Annie McElwain, Teal Redmann, Nick Searcy
Votes: 3,998
17. Drunk Parents (2019)
R | 97 min | Comedy
Two drunk parents attempt to hide their ever increasing financial difficulties from their daughter and social circle through elaborate neighborhood schemes.
Director: Fred Wolf | Stars: Alec Baldwin, Salma Hayek, Jim Gaffigan, Joe Manganiello
Votes: 7,830
18. Roadracers (1994 TV Movie)
R | 95 min | Action, Drama
Cynical look at a 50's rebellious Rocker who has to confront his future, thugs with knives, and the crooked town sheriff.
Director: Robert Rodriguez | Stars: David Arquette, John Hawkes, Salma Hayek, Jason Wiles
Votes: 3,152
19. Stay Away, Joe (1968)
PG | 102 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance
A mixed-race American Indian rodeo champ returns to the reservation to help his people out.
Director: Peter Tewksbury | Stars: Elvis Presley, Burgess Meredith, Joan Blondell, Katy Jurado
Votes: 1,529
20. 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: 1,500
21. Coward of the County (1981 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 95 min | Drama
A life-long yellow-belly who made a deathbed promise to his father to be a pacifist seeks bloody revenge on the men who gang-raped his wife.
Director: Dick Lowry | Stars: Kenny Rogers, Fredric Lehne, Largo Woodruff, Mariclare Costello
Votes: 450
22. The Devil's Hand (1961)
Approved | 71 min | Horror
A man is haunted by visions of a beautiful woman. When he finally meets her, he winds up involved in a Satanic cult.
Director: William J. Hole Jr. | Stars: Linda Christian, Robert Alda, Ariadne Welter, Neil Hamilton
Votes: 1,427
23. Silent Night, Deadly Night 3: Better Watch Out! (1989 Video)
R | 90 min | Horror
The comatose Ricky Caldwell reawakens and begins to stalk a blind woman, who he shares a psychic connection with.
Director: Monte Hellman | Stars: Samantha Scully, Bill Moseley, Richard C. Adams, Richard Beymer
Votes: 3,400
24. The Moment of Truth (1965)
Not Rated | 103 min | Drama
The rise and fall of a famous torero, Miguelin, inside and outside of the bullfighters ring.
Director: Francesco Rosi | Stars: Miguel Mateo 'Miguelín', José Gómez Sevillano, Pedro Basauri 'Pedrucho', Linda Christian
Votes: 1,028
25. Miracle Landing (1990 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 85 min | Drama
A passenger jet loses a portion of its fuselage in flight over Hawaii and is forced to make an emergency landing.
Director: Dick Lowry | Stars: Connie Sellecca, Wayne Rogers, Ana Alicia, Nancy Kwan
Votes: 648
26. On the Line (1997 TV Movie)
TV-14 | 96 min | Crime, Drama
A female police detective tries to track down a gang of teenage bank robbers while dealing with sexual harassment on the job, and her troubled home life.
Director: Elodie Keene | Stars: Linda Hamilton, Jeff Fahey, Jay Acovone, Coolio
Votes: 242
27. Hot Pepper (1933)
Passed | 76 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
Comedy about a pair of ex-Marines who team up and get involved in a nightclub. Trouble ensues when they both fall in love with a feisty woman and begin fighting over her.
Director: John G. Blystone | Stars: Edmund Lowe, Lupe Velez, Victor McLaglen, El Brendel
Votes: 126
28. Dragoon Wells Massacre (1957)
Approved | 88 min | Drama, Western
A cavalry officer, the sole survivor of an Indian attack, and a wagon load of prisoners travel through hostile Indian country.
Director: Harold D. Schuster | Stars: Barry Sullivan, Dennis O'Keefe, Mona Freeman, Katy Jurado
Votes: 476
29. I Live for Love (1935)
Passed | 64 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance
Donna (Del Rio) is a diva of the stage and wants her lover Rico (Alvarado) as her leading man. To keep this from happening, the producers (Churchill, Cavanaugh) grab Roger Kerry (Marshall) off the street and say he has a contract.
Director: Busby Berkeley | Stars: Dolores Del Río, Everett Marshall, Guy Kibbee, Allen Jenkins
Votes: 178
30. Battle Zone (1952)
Approved | 81 min | War
During the Korean War, two combat photographers with the U.S. Marine Corps compete for the heart of a pretty Italian Army nurse.
Director: Lesley Selander | Stars: John Hodiak, Linda Christian, Stephen McNally, Martin Milner
Votes: 219
31. The Man from Dakota (1940)
Passed | 75 min | Drama, History, War
During the Civil War a beautiful woman helps two Union spies cross into the Confederacy and gather information.
Director: Leslie Fenton | Stars: Wallace Beery, John Howard, Dolores Del Río, Donald Meek
Votes: 140
32. Death by Engagement (2005)
Not Rated | 99 min | Horror, Comedy
A cursed ring bounces through an ensemble of desperate-to-be married young women, bringing brutal deaths to all who wear it.
Director: Philip Creager | Stars: Sascha Knopf, Aaron McPherson, P.J. Soles, Iyari Limon
Votes: 232
33. High Steppers (1926)
70 min | Drama
Julian Perryam gets thrown out of Oxford University and returns to the family estate outside of London. He discovers that his sister and his mother are caught up in the "jazz" life and ... See full summary »
Director: Edwin Carewe | Stars: Lloyd Hughes, Mary Astor, Dolores Del Río, Rita Carewe
Votes: 13
34. Appearances (1990 TV Movie)
94 min | Drama
Unsold Series Pilot about a family who continue to pick up the pieces years after the death of a son.
Director: Win Phelps | Stars: Scott Paulin, Wendy Phillips, Ernest Borgnine, James Handy
Votes: 20
35. Redhead from Manhattan (1943)
Approved | 64 min | Comedy
Lupe Vélez plays a dual role, twin sisters Rita and Elaine. After escaping a torpedoed ship, Rita shows up in Manhattan where she takes the place of her Broadway star twin sister Elaine, ... See full summary »
Director: Lew Landers | Stars: Lupe Velez, Michael Duane, Tim Ryan, Gerald Mohr
Votes: 37
36. Hombres de mi vida (1932)
Drama
Directors: Eduardo Arozamena, David Selman | Stars: Lupe Velez, Gilbert Roland, Ramón Pereda, Carlos Villarías
37.
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1962–1965)
Episode:
An Out for Oscar
(1963)
TV-PG | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Horror
Mousy bank teller Oscar Blenny, a guest at a desert casino, is enamored of Eva, a seductive casino hostess who's having affairs with two male co-workers. With the sinister Bill, she's ... See full summary »
Director: Bernard Girard | Stars: Alfred Hitchcock, Henry Silva, Linda Christian, Larry Storch
Votes: 390
38.
Buck Rogers in the 25th Century (1979–1981)
Episode:
Vegas in Space
(1979)
TV-14 | 60 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
To ensure a notorious smuggler's cooperation, Buck and a fellow officer must infiltrate a crime lord's casino resort, to rescue a young woman who has been kidnapped by one of the smuggler's rivals.
Director: Sigmund Neufeld Jr. | Stars: Gil Gerard, Erin Gray, Tim O'Connor, Richard Lynch
Votes: 318
39.
Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1997–2003)
Episode:
Bring on the Night
(2002)
TV-PG | 42 min | Action, Drama, Fantasy
Giles returns to Sunnydale with three potential slayers, whom Buffy must protect from The First. Meanwhile, a ferocious Uber-vampire is released from the Hellmouth and Buffy must kill it before it kills one of the potentials.
Director: David Grossman | Stars: Sarah Michelle Gellar, Nicholas Brendon, Emma Caulfield Ford, Michelle Trachtenberg
Votes: 2,317
40.
Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1997–2003)
Episode:
Chosen
(2003)
TV-14 | 43 min | Action, Drama, Fantasy
After killing Caleb, Buffy conceives a plan to defeat the First once and for all. Willow invokes a magic spell that alters the ancient Slayer spell and gives Buffy the allies she needs to ... See full summary »
Director: Joss Whedon | Stars: Sarah Michelle Gellar, Nicholas Brendon, Emma Caulfield Ford, Michelle Trachtenberg
Votes: 4,806
41.
Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1997–2003)
Episode:
Dirty Girls
(2003)
TV-14 | 41 min | Action, Drama, Fantasy
Faith returns to Sunnydale just as a new villain, Caleb, arrives and sends Buffy a message in the form of a badly beaten Potential. Buffy leads the rest of the girls to Caleb and The First's lair, with devastating consequences.
Director: Michael Gershman | Stars: Sarah Michelle Gellar, Nicholas Brendon, Emma Caulfield Ford, Michelle Trachtenberg
Votes: 2,515
42.
Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1997–2003)
Episode:
Empty Places
(2003)
TV-PG | 42 min | Action, Drama, Fantasy
After their horrifying loss at the vineyard, the gang turn against Buffy and begin to follow Faith instead. Meanwhile, Spike and Andrew travel to an old church to question a priest about Caleb.
Director: James A. Contner | Stars: Sarah Michelle Gellar, Nicholas Brendon, Emma Caulfield Ford, Michelle Trachtenberg
Votes: 2,385
43.
Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1997–2003)
Episode:
End of Days
(2003)
TV-14 | 41 min | Action, Drama, Fantasy
Buffy has a powerful new weapon, but the gang cannot find any information about the origins of the mysterious scythe. Eventually the Slayer goes herself in search of knowledge, and finds a new ally, an old friend, and great danger.
Director: Marita Grabiak | Stars: Sarah Michelle Gellar, Nicholas Brendon, Emma Caulfield Ford, Michelle Trachtenberg
Votes: 2,784
44.
Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1997–2003)
Episode:
First Date
(2003)
TV-PG | 42 min | Action, Drama, Fantasy
Buffy accepts an invitation to dinner from Principal Wood, and the secrets of his past are revealed. Xander impresses a beautiful girl with his knowledge of rope, and she seems to be ... See full summary »
Director: David Grossman | Stars: Sarah Michelle Gellar, Nicholas Brendon, Emma Caulfield Ford, Michelle Trachtenberg
Votes: 2,295
45.
Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1997–2003)
Episode:
Get It Done
(2003)
TV-PG | 41 min | Action, Drama, Fantasy
The Scoobies use a spell to transport Buffy into a shadow world, where she meets the men who created the first slayer. However, in order for her to return home, the gang must find and slay a ferocious demon
Director: Douglas Petrie | Stars: Sarah Michelle Gellar, Nicholas Brendon, Emma Caulfield Ford, Michelle Trachtenberg
Votes: 2,272
46.
Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1997–2003)
Episode:
Lies My Parents Told Me
(2003)
TV-PG | 42 min | Action, Drama, Fantasy
Robin Wood seeks revenge on Spike for killing his mother nearly 30 years ago, whilst everyone else tries to find out how The First has control over him.
Director: David Fury | Stars: Sarah Michelle Gellar, Nicholas Brendon, Emma Caulfield Ford, Michelle Trachtenberg
Votes: 3,156
47.
Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1997–2003)
Episode:
Potential
(2003)
TV-PG | 41 min | Action, Drama, Fantasy
Buffy takes the Potentials to a demon bar and then to a vampire nest, in order to teach them the art of slaying. When Willow casts a spell to seek out the next Potential, the spell leads them to believe that Dawn may be a future slayer.
Director: James A. Contner | Stars: Sarah Michelle Gellar, Nicholas Brendon, Emma Caulfield Ford, Michelle Trachtenberg
Votes: 2,307
48.
Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1997–2003)
Episode:
Showtime
(2003)
TV-14 | 42 min | Action, Drama, Fantasy
Buffy has to keep the ever increasing number of potential Slayers from panicking while Giles and Anya seek answers from the Beljoxa's Eye.
Director: Michael Grossman | Stars: Sarah Michelle Gellar, Nicholas Brendon, Emma Caulfield Ford, Michelle Trachtenberg
Votes: 2,456
49.
Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1997–2003)
Episode:
Storyteller
(2003)
TV-PG | 42 min | Action, Drama, Fantasy
Andrew creates a documentary called "Buffy, Slayer of the Vampyres", a record of the current situation in Sunnydale to show to future generations. He manages to capture many important ... See full summary »
Director: Marita Grabiak | Stars: Sarah Michelle Gellar, Nicholas Brendon, Emma Caulfield Ford, Michelle Trachtenberg
Votes: 2,827
50.
Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1997–2003)
Episode:
The Killer in Me
(2003)
TV-PG | 42 min | Action, Drama, Fantasy
After Willow and Kennedy share their first kiss, Willow is transformed into Warren, the man she killed last year. When she sets out to find help, she bumps into an old friend. Meanwhile, ... See full summary »
Director: David Solomon | Stars: Sarah Michelle Gellar, Nicholas Brendon, Emma Caulfield Ford, Michelle Trachtenberg
Votes: 2,421