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1. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)

R | 133 min | Drama

In the Fall of 1963, a Korean War veteran and criminal pleads insanity and is admitted to a mental institution, where he rallies up the scared patients against the tyrannical nurse.

Director: Milos Forman | Stars: Jack Nicholson, Louise Fletcher, Michael Berryman, Peter Brocco

Votes: 1,073,258 | Gross: $112.00M

2. Poltergeist (1982)

PG | 114 min | Horror, Thriller

A family's home is haunted by a host of demonic ghosts.

Director: Tobe Hooper | Stars: JoBeth Williams, Heather O'Rourke, Craig T. Nelson, Beatrice Straight

Votes: 179,745 | Gross: $76.61M

3. Batman Returns (1992)

PG-13 | 126 min | Action, Crime, Fantasy

While Batman deals with a deformed man calling himself the Penguin wreaking havoc across Gotham with the help of a cruel businessman, a female employee of the latter becomes the Catwoman with her own vendetta.

Director: Tim Burton | Stars: Michael Keaton, Danny DeVito, Michelle Pfeiffer, Christopher Walken

Votes: 327,777 | Gross: $162.83M

4. The Little Mermaid (1989)

G | 83 min | Animation, Adventure, Family

A mermaid princess makes a Faustian bargain in an attempt to become human and win a prince's love.

Directors: Ron Clements, John Musker | Stars: Jodi Benson, Samuel E. Wright, Rene Auberjonois, Christopher Daniel Barnes

Votes: 291,216 | Gross: $111.54M

5. Sleepy Hollow (1999)

R | 105 min | Fantasy, Horror, Mystery

Ichabod Crane is sent to Sleepy Hollow to investigate the decapitations of three people; the culprit is legendary apparition The Headless Horseman.

Director: Tim Burton | Stars: Johnny Depp, Christina Ricci, Miranda Richardson, Michael Gambon

Votes: 384,156 | Gross: $101.07M

6. Snow White and the Huntsman (2012)

PG-13 | 127 min | Action, Adventure, Biography

In a twist to the fairy tale, the Huntsman ordered to take Snow White into the woods to be killed winds up becoming her protector and mentor in a quest to vanquish the Evil Queen.

Director: Rupert Sanders | Stars: Kristen Stewart, Chris Hemsworth, Charlize Theron, Sam Claflin

Votes: 302,587 | Gross: $155.33M

7. Peter Pan (2003)

PG | 113 min | Adventure, Family, Fantasy

The Darling family children receive a visit from Peter Pan, who takes them to Never Never Land where an ongoing war with the evil Pirate Captain Hook is taking place.

Director: P.J. Hogan | Stars: Jeremy Sumpter, Jason Isaacs, Olivia Williams, Lynn Redgrave

Votes: 80,225 | Gross: $48.46M

8. The Lodge (2019)

R | 108 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery

A soon-to-be stepmom is snowed in with her fiancé's two children at a remote holiday village. Just as relations begin to thaw between the trio, some strange and frightening events take place.

Directors: Severin Fiala, Veronika Franz | Stars: Riley Keough, Jaeden Martell, Lia McHugh, Richard Armitage

Votes: 57,930

9. The Fog (1980)

R | 89 min | Horror, Thriller

An unearthly fog rolls into a small coastal town exactly 100 years after a ship mysteriously sank in its waters.

Director: John Carpenter | Stars: Adrienne Barbeau, Jamie Lee Curtis, Janet Leigh, John Houseman

Votes: 83,076 | Gross: $21.38M

10. The Secret of NIMH (1982)

G | 82 min | Animation, Adventure, Drama

To save her ill son, a field mouse must seek the aid of a colony of rats, with whom she has a deeper link than she suspected.

Director: Don Bluth | Stars: Elizabeth Hartman, Derek Jacobi, Dom DeLuise, Arthur Malet

Votes: 45,219 | Gross: $10.14M

11. Batman: The Movie (1966)

PG | 105 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy

The Dynamic Duo faces four supervillains who plan to hold the world for ransom with the help of a secret invention that instantly dehydrates people.

Director: Leslie H. Martinson | Stars: Adam West, Burt Ward, Lee Meriwether, Cesar Romero

Votes: 35,816

12. The Company of Wolves (1984)

R | 95 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror

A teenage girl in a country manor falls asleep while reading a magazine, and has a disturbing dream involving wolves prowling the woods below her bedroom window.

Director: Neil Jordan | Stars: Sarah Patterson, Angela Lansbury, David Warner, Graham Crowden

Votes: 18,426 | Gross: $4.39M

13. Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers (1988)

R | 88 min | Horror, Thriller

Ten years after his original massacre, the invalid Michael Myers awakens on Halloween Eve and returns to Haddonfield to kill his seven-year-old niece. Can Dr. Loomis stop him?

Director: Dwight H. Little | Stars: Donald Pleasence, Ellie Cornell, Danielle Harris, George P. Wilbur

Votes: 58,681 | Gross: $17.77M

14. Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead (1990)

PG | 117 min | Comedy, Drama

Two minor characters from the play 'Hamlet' stumble around unaware of their scripted lives and unable to deviate from them.

Director: Tom Stoppard | Stars: Gary Oldman, Tim Roth, Richard Dreyfuss, Livio Badurina

Votes: 23,867 | Gross: $0.74M

15. Heavy Metal 2000 (2000)

R | 88 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

After surviving an invasion on her peaceful homeworld, a beautiful avenger must stop a powerful psychopath from gaining immortality and rescue her kidnapped sister.

Directors: Michael Coldewey, Michel Lemire | Stars: Michael Ironside, Julie Strain, Billy Idol, Pier Paquette

Votes: 9,339

16. Your Name Engraved Herein (2020)

Not Rated | 118 min | Drama, Romance

In 1987, as martial law ends in Taiwan, Jia-han and Birdy fall in love amid family pressure, homophobia and social stigma.

Director: Kuang-Hui Liu | Stars: Edward Chen, Jing-Hua Tseng, Leon Dai, Shih-Sian Wang

Votes: 7,914

17. Pilgrimage (II) (2017)

Not Rated | 96 min | Action, Drama, History

In 13th-century Ireland, a group of monks must escort a sacred relic across a landscape fraught with peril.

Director: Brendan Muldowney | Stars: Tom Holland, Richard Armitage, Jon Bernthal, Nikos Karathanos

Votes: 6,438

18. Count Dracula (1977 TV Movie)

TV-PG | 150 min | Drama, Horror

The vampire count leaves his Transylvanian home to wreak havoc across the world.

Director: Philip Saville | Stars: Louis Jourdan, Frank Finlay, Susan Penhaligon, Judi Bowker

Votes: 1,793

19. Fatima (2020)

PG-13 | 113 min | Drama, War

Three young shepherds in Fátima, Portugal report visions of the Virgin Mary, inspiring believers and angering officials of the Church and the government, who try to force them to recant their story. Based on historical events.

Director: Marco Pontecorvo | Stars: Joaquim de Almeida, Goran Visnjic, Stephanie Gil, Alejandra Howard

Votes: 4,110

20. Far More (2021)

Not Rated | 98 min | Comedy, Drama

Adrian Grenier stars as Sean McAllister, a successful fashion designer who hasn't seen his family in years. He returns to his hometown for a painstaking family reunion that will take him back to his past only to rebuild his future.

Director: Ally Walker | Stars: Joshua Rush, Adrian Grenier, Joanna Ranee Wood, Betsy Cramer

Votes: 309

21. Angela (1995)

Not Rated | 99 min | Drama

Rebecca Miller's riveting drama examines how two sisters cope with their mother's mental illness.

Director: Rebecca Miller | Stars: Miranda Rhyne, Charlotte Eve Blythe, Anna Thomson, John Ventimiglia

Votes: 1,059

22. Herself (2020)

R | 97 min | Drama

A young mother escapes her abusive husband and fights back against a broken housing system. She sets out to build her own home and in the process rebuilds her life and re-discovers herself.

Director: Phyllida Lloyd | Stars: Molly McCann, Clare Dunne, Ruby Rose O'Hara, Ian Lloyd Anderson

Votes: 4,723

23. New Life (2016)

PG | 88 min | Drama, Romance

Ben met Ava at age seven standing in his driveway. As the two journey together through the seasons of life, a tragedy occurs that leaves their entire future in jeopardy.

Director: Drew Waters | Stars: Jonathan Patrick Moore, Nickolaus Schnetzky, Caige Coulter, Sophia Ntovas

Votes: 1,002

24. Black Legion (1937)

Passed | 83 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir

A hard-working machinist loses a promotion to a Polish-born worker, he's seduced into joining the secretive Black Legion, which intimidates foreigners through violence.

Directors: Archie Mayo, Michael Curtiz | Stars: Humphrey Bogart, Ann Sheridan, Dick Foran, Erin O'Brien-Moore

Votes: 3,925

25. Bad Little Angel (1939)

Approved | 72 min | Drama

A Bible-guided Victorian orphan befriends a bootblack in a strange town.

Director: Wilhelm Thiele | Stars: Virginia Weidler, Gene Reynolds, Guy Kibbee, Ian Hunter

Votes: 310

26. Dante (I) (2022)

94 min | Biography, History, Romance

Italy, 1330. Ten years after Dante Alighieri's death, Giovanni Boccaccio travels to Ravenna in search of his daughter Beatrice to whom he must deliver ten gold florins from the Orsanmichele's Company as compensation for unjust exile.

Director: Pupi Avati | Stars: Sergio Castellitto, Alessandro Sperduti, Carlotta Gamba, Enrico Lo Verso

Votes: 421

27. Vision - Aus dem Leben der Hildegard von Bingen (2009)

Unrated | 110 min | Biography, Drama, History

The life story of the multi-talented German nun Hildegard von Bingen. The film portrays an original woman - best known as a composer and religious visionary - whose grand claims often run ... See full summary »

Director: Margarethe von Trotta | Stars: Barbara Sukowa, Heino Ferch, Hannah Herzsprung, Lena Stolze

Votes: 1,305 | Gross: $0.43M

28. Goalie (2019)

111 min | Biography, Drama, Sport

Biopic of the life of legendary NHL goaltender Terry Sawchuk.

Director: Adriana Maggs | Stars: Mark O'Brien, Kevin Pollak, Georgina Reilly, Éric Bruneau

Votes: 320

29. Na putu (2010)

100 min | Drama

From Bosnia and Herzegovina: Amar finds a new job working with a community of Muslims. This affects his relationship with his girlfriend Luna as his beliefs begin to change.

Director: Jasmila Zbanic | Stars: Zrinka Cvitesic, Leon Lucev, Ermin Bravo, Mirjana Karanovic

Votes: 2,078

30. The Weight of Chains (2010)

Not Rated | 125 min | Documentary, History, News

The Weight of Chains is a Canadian documentary film that takes a critical look at the role that the US, NATO and the EU played in the tragic breakup of a once peaceful and prosperous ... See full summary »

Director: Boris Malagurski | Stars: Rade Aleksic, James Bissett, John Bosnitch, Michel Chossudovsky

Votes: 4,539

31. 100 Days to Heaven (2011)

Comedy, Drama, Fantasy

Once a sweet girl, Anna Malastas becomes a cruel old woman because of her father's plan of discipline. She inherits a toy company, but on a tragic day she got involved in a car accident. ... See full summary »

Stars: Xyriel Manabat, Coney Reyes, Jodi Sta. Maria, Joel Torre

Votes: 245

32. A Moral Man (2022)

19 min | Short, Drama

A right-to-die evangelist must confront their morality as a routine visit is thrown off course by a shocking revelation.

Directors: Paul Wade, Simon Wade | Stars: Toby Jones, Claudie Blakley

Votes: 12

33. In Paradisum (2012)

33 min | Short

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Director: Iris Brosch | Stars: Anthony Nicole, Benedicte Roberts, Emma Picq, Frank Delubac

34. Eden (2023)

Action, Adventure, Drama

Three people face the craziest experience of their lives after waking up in a strange forest named Eden.

Stars: Paolo Dematteis, Renato Gianmarco, Debora Bedino, Elia Marangon

Votes: 7

35. RiffTrax: Last Man on Earth (2021)

TV-14 | 78 min | Comedy

Ah, The Last Man on Earth. Of all the adaptations of Richard Matheson's novel I Am Legend, there's no denying that this was the earliest. And the Vincent Price-iest.

Stars: Bill Corbett, Kevin Murphy, Michael J. Nelson

Votes: 16

36. Craig Campbell: Outskirts of Heaven Lyric Video (2016 Music Video)

4 min | Music

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Director: Ford Fairchild | Star: Craig Campbell

37. A Family for Joe (1990)
Episode: A Family for Joe (1990)

100 min | Comedy

To keep from being separated, four orphans get a homeless maverick to pose as their guardian.

Director: Jeff Melman | Stars: Robert Mitchum, Chris Furrh, Maia Brewton, Jarrad Paul

Votes: 134

38. Walker, Texas Ranger (1993–2001)
Episode: One Riot, One Ranger (1993)

PG-13 | 94 min | Action, Adventure, Crime

Among the issues Walker has to deal with include a new partner named Trivette, a group of men terrorizing a circus family who camp out at his home, and some bad guys who plan on the ultimate bank caper.

Director: Virgil W. Vogel | Stars: Chuck Norris, Clarence Gilyard Jr., Gailard Sartain, Sheree J. Wilson

Votes: 321

39. South Park (1997– )
Episode: Best Friends Forever (2005)

TV-MA | 22 min | Animation, Comedy

Can Cartman and Kenny stay as "Best Friends Forever", even when Kenny buys the last PSP in stock?

Director: Trey Parker | Stars: Trey Parker, Matt Stone, Jonathan Kimmel, April Stewart

Votes: 3,252

40. All in the Family (1971–1979)
Episode: Gloria's Shock (1974)

TV-PG | 25 min | Comedy, Drama

Four years into the Stivic marriage, Mike and Gloria still have no children. That's just fine by Mike, and his wishes cause yet another argument between him and Gloria.

Director: Wes Kenney | Stars: Carroll O'Connor, Jean Stapleton, Rob Reiner, Sally Struthers

Votes: 179

41. The Sandman (2022– )
Episode: A Hope in Hell (2022)

TV-MA | 44 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror

A lead on the whereabouts of his helm compels Morpheus to seek an audience with Lucifer. A confused John receives a helping hand from a good Samaritan.

Director: Jamie Childs | Stars: Tom Sturridge, Patton Oswalt, Gwendoline Christie, Sarah Niles

Votes: 8,607

42. The Sandman (2022– )
Episode: The Sound of Her Wings (2022)

TV-MA | 53 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror

Feeling a bit rudderless, Morpheus shadows his hard-working big sister, who offers him advice and encourages him to reconnect with an old acquaintance.

Director: Mairzee Almas | Stars: Tom Sturridge, Kirby, Jenna Coleman, Mason Alexander Park

Votes: 11,989

43. First Viewing (2017– )
Episode: Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief (2019)

TV-14 | 11 min | Comedy

The hated film adaption leaves Rob and Doug pretty underwhelmed, but do they find it as bad as so many fans do? Let's take a look at Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief.

Directors: Doug Walker, Rob Walker | Stars: Doug Walker, Rob Walker

44. Geeks + Gamers (2016– )
Episode: WTF Did I Just Watch... It's Worse Than Batwoman (2019)

TV-14 | 8 min | Comedy, Game-Show, News

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Director: Jeremy Griggs | Star: Jeremy Griggs

45. Cinemassacre's Monster Madness (2007–2023)
Episode: Jacob's Ladder (1990) (2019)

TV-MA | 10 min | Documentary

Welcome to Monster Madness 2019. Justin and James review Jacob's Ladder, the 1990 American psychological horror film directed by Adrian Lyne. After returning home from the Vietnam War, ... See full summary »

Director: James Rolfe | Stars: James Rolfe, Justin Silverman

Votes: 12

46. Most Dangerous Game (2020–2023)
Episode: The Rules (2020)

TV-MA | 8 min | Short, Action, Thriller

A trip to the hospital reveals a life-changing diagnosis. With nowhere to turn, Dodge is tempted to make a deadly decision.

Director: Phil Abraham | Stars: Liam Hemsworth, Sarah Gadon, Christoph Waltz, Darrin Baker

Votes: 278

47. Nostalgia Critic (2007– )
Episode: The Bill & Ted Movies (2020)

TV-14 | 38 min | Comedy

Before Bill and Ted Face The Music comes out, The Nostalgia Critic looks back at the strange, but "excellent" adventures of our favorite valley boys.

Director: Doug Walker | Stars: Doug Walker, Malcolm Ray, Walter Banasiak, James Jarosz

Votes: 24

48. The Cinema Snob (2007– )
Episode: Tales from the Quadead Zone (2008)

TV-MA | 10 min | Comedy

The Snob reviews Tales from the Quadead Zone (1987), which is another terrible film that was made by Chester Novell Turner.

Director: Brad Jones | Star: Brad Jones

Votes: 20

49. Eden (2023)
Episode: La verità di Eden (2023)

Action, Adventure, Drama

The truth about Eden is revealed.

Stars: Debora Bedino, Paolo Dematteis, Renato Gianmarco, Gloria Zagato

Votes: 6

50. FilmComicsExplained (2017– )
Episode: LEGION (The Wrath of God) EXPLAINED (2022)

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Star: Niyat