Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "reference-to-massachusetts-institute-of-technology"

1. Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021)

PG-13 | 148 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy

With Spider-Man's identity now revealed, Peter asks Doctor Strange for help. When a spell goes wrong, dangerous foes from other worlds start to appear, forcing Peter to discover what it truly means to be Spider-Man.

Director: Jon Watts | Stars: Tom Holland, Zendaya, Benedict Cumberbatch, Jacob Batalon

Votes: 879,653 | Gross: $804.75M

2. Independence Day (1996)

PG-13 | 145 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

The aliens are coming and their goal is to invade and destroy Earth. Fighting superior technology, mankind's best weapon is the will to survive.

Director: Roland Emmerich | Stars: Will Smith, Bill Pullman, Jeff Goldblum, Mary McDonnell

Votes: 605,849 | Gross: $306.17M

3. Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017)

PG-13 | 133 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

Peter Parker balances his life as an ordinary high school student in Queens with his superhero alter-ego Spider-Man, and finds himself on the trail of a new menace prowling the skies of New York City.

Director: Jon Watts | Stars: Tom Holland, Michael Keaton, Robert Downey Jr., Marisa Tomei

Votes: 719,764 | Gross: $334.20M

4. Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (2022)

PG-13 | 161 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

The people of Wakanda fight to protect their home from intervening world powers as they mourn the death of King T'Challa.

Director: Ryan Coogler | Stars: Letitia Wright, Lupita Nyong'o, Danai Gurira, Winston Duke

Votes: 305,786 | Gross: $453.72M

5. Shattered (II) (2022)

R | 92 min | Crime, Drama, Horror

A rich divorcee Chris falls in love with a mysterious woman Sky where Chris, ex-wife and his child eventually gets trapped and a desperate fight for survival will most likely ensue.

Director: Luis Prieto | Stars: Cameron Monaghan, Sasha Luss, Ridley Asha Bateman, Lilly Krug

Votes: 5,578

6. The Signal (2014)

PG-13 | 97 min | Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi

On a road trip, Nic and two friends are drawn to an isolated area by a computer genius. When everything suddenly goes dark, Nic regains consciousness - only to find himself in a waking nightmare.

Director: William Eubank | Stars: Brenton Thwaites, Olivia Cooke, Beau Knapp, Laurence Fishburne

Votes: 69,280 | Gross: $0.60M

7. 57 Seconds (2023)

R | 99 min | Sci-Fi, Thriller

When a tech blogger lands an interview with a tech guru and stops an attack on him, he finds a mysterious ring that takes him back 57 seconds into the past.

Director: Rusty Cundieff | Stars: Josh Hutcherson, Morgan Freeman, Greg Germann, Lovie Simone

Votes: 7,636

8. Blackhat (2015)

R | 133 min | Action, Crime, Thriller

A furloughed convict and his American and Chinese partners hunt a high-level cybercrime network from Chicago to Los Angeles to Hong Kong to Jakarta.

Director: Michael Mann | Stars: Chris Hemsworth, Viola Davis, Tang Wei, Leehom Wang

Votes: 64,311 | Gross: $7.10M

9. Happy Death Day 2U (2019)

PG-13 | 100 min | Comedy, Horror, Mystery

Tree Gelbman discovers that dying over and over was surprisingly easier than the dangers that lie ahead.

Director: Christopher Landon | Stars: Jessica Rothe, Israel Broussard, Phi Vu, Suraj Sharma

Votes: 85,372 | Gross: $28.15M

10. Second Act (2018)

PG-13 | 103 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

A big-box store worker reinvents her life and her life-story and shows Madison Avenue what street smarts can do.

Director: Peter Segal | Stars: Jennifer Lopez, Vanessa Hudgens, Leah Remini, Treat Williams

Votes: 30,252 | Gross: $39.28M

11. Fair Game (I) (2010)

PG-13 | 108 min | Biography, Drama, Thriller

CIA operative Valerie Plame discovers her identity is allegedly leaked by the government as payback for an op-ed article her husband wrote criticizing the Bush administration.

Director: Doug Liman | Stars: Naomi Watts, Sean Penn, Sonya Davison, Vanessa Chong

Votes: 51,060 | Gross: $9.53M

12. Bad Hair Day (2015 TV Movie)

TV-G | 87 min | Adventure, Comedy, Family

A buddy comedy about a high school tech-whiz whose prom night abruptly shifts into a wild ride across town, thanks to a down-on-her-luck cop and a jewel thief.

Director: Erik Canuel | Stars: Laura Marano, Leigh-Allyn Baker, Christian Campbell, Alain Goulem

Votes: 3,657

13. Endangered Species (2021)

R | 101 min | Action, Thriller

Jack Halsey takes his wife, their adult kids, and a friend for a dream vacation in Kenya. But as they venture off alone into a wilderness park, their safari van is flipped over by an angry rhino, leaving them injured and desperate.

Director: M.J. Bassett | Stars: Rebecca Romijn, Philip Winchester, Isabel Bassett, Michael Johnston

Votes: 2,664

14. Uncanny (2015)

Not Rated | 85 min | Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi

The world's first "perfect" Artificial Intelligence begins to exhibit startling and unnerving emergent behavior when a reporter begins a relationship with the scientist who created it.

Director: Matthew Leutwyler | Stars: Mark Webber, David Clayton Rogers, Lucy Griffiths, Rainn Wilson

Votes: 5,943

15. Life According to Sam (2013)

TV-G | 94 min | Documentary, Biography, Drama

A moving look at a couple's inspiring efforts to save their only son Sam from the rare and fatal premature-aging disease of progeria.

Directors: Sean Fine, Andrea Nix | Stars: Sam Berns, Leslie Gordon, Scott Berns, Francis Collins

Votes: 952

16. The Chef's Wife (2014)

Not Rated | 90 min | Comedy, Drama

The wife of a successful chef feels unfulfilled in her rôle as dining-room hostess and consults career counselor, who is herself dissatisfied by her useful but mundane place in the scheme ... See full summary »

Director: Anne Le Ny | Stars: Karin Viard, Emmanuelle Devos, Roschdy Zem, Philippe Rebbot

Votes: 574

17. 'Weird Al' Yankovic: White & Nerdy (2006 Music Video)

3 min | Comedy, Music

The music video for Weird Al Yankovic's "White and Nerdy," showing Al as a nerd with various nerdy interests but who also tries and fails to "roll with the gangstas."

Director: 'Weird Al' Yankovic | Stars: 'Weird Al' Yankovic, Seth Green, Keegan-Michael Key, Donny Osmond

Votes: 510

18. Our Nixon (2013)

Not Rated | 84 min | Documentary, Biography, Crime

Never before seen Super 8 home movies filmed by Richard Nixon's closest aides - and convicted Watergate conspirators - offer a surprising and intimate new look into his Presidency.

Director: Penny Lane | Stars: Richard Nixon, H.R. Haldeman, John Ehrlichman, Dwight Chapin

Votes: 662 | Gross: $0.02M

19. Out for the Long Run (2011)

Not Rated | 77 min | Documentary, Family, Sport

The film's focus is on a handful of openly gay high school and college athletes as they navigate the turbulent waters of their uncertain world. Utilizing footage shot by our cameras and ... See full summary »

Director: Scott Bloom

Votes: 12

20. 21 Jump Street (1987–1991)
Episode: Research and Destroy (1990)

TV-14 | 47 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Hanson, Hoffs and Ioki try to discover who is making synthetic heroin and experimenting on people with it. Also, Ioki tries to help a Chinese student deal with a spy trying to bring him home, and Hoffs fends off an unwanted suitor.

Director: Jefferson Kibbee | Stars: Johnny Depp, Holly Robinson Peete, Peter DeLuise, Dustin Nguyen

Votes: 105

21. The Equalizer (1985–1989)
Episode: Encounter in a Closed Room (1987)

TV-PG | 46 min | Action, Crime, Drama

A Russian scientist who's in New York City gets away from his security and goes to the home of a friend. Later some American agents show up and ask him if he wants to defect and when he ... See full summary »

Director: Jim Johnston | Stars: Edward Woodward, Keith Szarabajka, Michael Moriarty, Maureen Mueller

Votes: 61

22. Law & Order (1990– )
Episode: House Counsel (1995)

TV-14 | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Briscoe and Logan learn that the murder of an unassuming Parks Department accountant may have actually been a mob hit when they discover that he was a juror in the trial of a crime boss.

Director: James Quinn | Stars: Jerry Orbach, Chris Noth, S. Epatha Merkerson, Sam Waterston

Votes: 318

23. Law & Order (1990– )
Episode: The Corporate Veil (1992)

TV-14 | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

A teenage boy dies because of a faulty pacemaker, and detectives soon discover that he is not the only person to die from pacemakers manufactured by the same company.

Director: Don Scardino | Stars: Paul Sorvino, Chris Noth, Dann Florek, Michael Moriarty

Votes: 301

24. Maude (1972–1978)
Episode: Maude's Reunion (1972)

TV-PG | 30 min | Comedy

Maude welcomes her old college friend for a visit but is stricken with regret when she sees how successful the friend has become.

Director: Bill Hobin | Stars: Bea Arthur, Bill Macy, Adrienne Barbeau, Conrad Bain

Votes: 109

25. Power Rangers DinoThunder (2004)
Episode: White Thunder: Part 2 (2004)

TV-Y7-FV | 21 min | Action, Adventure, Family

Trent, trying to make sense of the strange bracelet on his wrist, seems disoriented and isn't himself to say the least. Meanwhile, the Rangers find that there's a large dinozord egg that ... See full summary »

Director: Charlie Haskell | Stars: James Napier Robertson, Kevin Duhaney, Emma Lahana, Jason David Frank

Votes: 79

26. Las Vegas (2003–2008)
Episode: Meatball Montecito (2006)

TV-14 | 41 min | Crime, Drama

After the kidnapping, Delinda is mean to Danny, who can't believe she even bags on his dancing. The $1,000,000 wedding package nobody expected to run is actually ordered. It includes ... See full summary »

Director: LeVar Burton | Stars: James Caan, Josh Duhamel, Nikki Cox, James Lesure

Votes: 154

27. Never Have I Ever (2020–2023)
Episode: ...felt super Indian (2020)

TV-14 | 22 min | Comedy, Drama

At Ganesh Puja celebrations, Devi questions how much she identifies with Indian culture, Nalini dodges acerbic aunties and Kamala frets over her future.

Director: Linda Mendoza | Stars: Maitreyi Ramakrishnan, Richa Moorjani, Darren Barnet, John McEnroe

Votes: 1,164

28. Never Have I Ever (2020–2023)
Episode: ...had to be on my best behavior (2020)

TV-14 | 24 min | Comedy, Drama

Flashbacks unearth painful memories and resentment for Devi. Meanwhile, Kamala is forced to get honest as the family welcomes her suitor at home.

Director: Tristram Shapeero | Stars: Maitreyi Ramakrishnan, Richa Moorjani, Darren Barnet, John McEnroe

Votes: 1,158

29. The Weekly (2019– )
Episode: The Education of T.M. Landry (2019)

TV-MA | News

A tiny school in rural Louisiana attracts national attention for sending students to the Ivy League; a New York Times investigation shows that the viral success stories were full of deception, and that the truth was much darker.

Director: Samantha Stark | Stars: Erica Green, Bryson Sassau, Tyler Sassau, Michael Landry

Votes: 41

30. The 100 (2014–2020)
Episode: Anaconda (2020)

TV-MA | 41 min | Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi

Clarke confronts a new adversary. A surprising connection takes us back to the past and the nuclear apocalypse that destroyed the Earth.

Director: Ed Fraiman | Stars: Eliza Taylor, Bob Morley, Marie Avgeropoulos, Lindsey Morgan

Votes: 3,896

31. Batwoman (2019–2022)
Episode: I'll Be Judge, I'll Be Jury (2019)

TV-14 | 41 min | Action, Adventure, Crime

A disturbing death has Gotham reeling and the city reaches out for their new vigilante hero. Luke confides in Kate, while Sophie asks Jacob for a special assignment. Alice continues her ... See full summary »

Director: Scott Peters | Stars: Ruby Rose, Rachel Skarsten, Meagan Tandy, Nicole Kang

Votes: 2,011

32. Batwoman (2019–2022)
Episode: Through the Looking-Glass (2020)

TV-14 | 42 min | Action, Adventure, Crime

Kate begins to question her instincts and Luke gets upsetting news. Alice seeks her sister's help with a special task.

Director: Sudz Sutherland | Stars: Ruby Rose, Rachel Skarsten, Meagan Tandy, Nicole Kang

Votes: 1,309

33. The Flash (2014–2023)
Episode: A Girl Named Sue (2020)

TV-PG | 42 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

After months of searching for Sue Dearbon, Ralph gets a lead on her whereabouts and finally comes face to face with his missing client. However, Sue refuses to return home to her family, ... See full summary »

Director: Chris Peppe | Stars: Grant Gustin, Candice Patton, Danielle Panabaker, Carlos Valdes

Votes: 1,819

34. Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist (2020–2021)
Episode: Zoey's Extraordinary Best Friend (2020)

TV-14 | 42 min | Comedy, Drama, Musical

Zoey tried to figure out how to control her new abilities while navigating her best friend's romantic feelings for her and her first day as team leader; and Zoey's family has hope that Mitch can communicate with them.

Director: Adam Davidson | Stars: Jane Levy, Skylar Astin, Alex Newell, John Clarence Stewart

Votes: 832

35. Outmatched (2020)
Episode: Couples Friends (2020)

TV-14 | Comedy

After realizing they have lost most of their adult friends since having kids, Mike and Kay try to befriend parents from Brian and Nicole's school; Marc tries to find a sense of humor.

Director: Betsy Thomas | Stars: Jason Biggs, Maggie Lawson, Tisha Campbell, Finesse Mitchell

Votes: 104

36. What If...? (2021– )
Episode: What If... Killmonger Rescued Tony Stark? (2021)

TV-14 | 33 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

Killmonger rescues Tony Stark when his Humvee is attacked in Afghanistan and manipulates his influence for his designs of conquering Wakanda.

Director: Bryan Andrews | Stars: Jeffrey Wright, Michael B. Jordan, Jon Favreau, Chadwick Boseman

Votes: 13,313

37. Space Force (2020–2022)
Episode: The Europa Project (2022)

TV-MA | 27 min | Comedy

Space Force has a big decision to make: spend their time creating a Powerpoint presentation about an alien invasion - or get into a team prank war?

Director: Ken Kwapis | Stars: Steve Carell, John Malkovich, Ben Schwartz, Diana Silvers

Votes: 891

38. From the Earth to the Moon (1998)
Episode: For Miles and Miles (1998)

TV-PG | 48 min | Action, Drama, History

Ten years after becoming the first American in space Alan Shepard battles back from health problems to command the Apollo 14 mission.

Director: Gary Fleder | Stars: Tom Hanks, Dylan Baker, Adam Baldwin, David Clyde Carr

Votes: 373

39. MacGyver (2016–2021)
Episode: Golden Lancehead + Venom + Pole Vault + Blood + Baggage (2021)

TV-14 | Action, Adventure, Drama

The secret experimental cancer treatment Mac's developing with a friend is discovered when culprits ransack their lab, kidnap Mac's partner and plan to use the research to create a powerful new nerve agent.

Director: David Straiton | Stars: Lucas Till, Tristin Mays, Justin Hires, Meredith Eaton

Votes: 561

40. The Blacklist (2013–2023)
Episode: Chemical Mary (No. 143) (2021)

TV-14 | 42 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

The Task Force must race to stop simultaneous danger presented by two blacklisters. Cooper approaches a congressman for intel.

Director: Christine Moore | Stars: James Spader, Megan Boone, Diego Klattenhoff, Amir Arison

Votes: 1,184

41. Tom Swift (2022)
Episode: ...And the Liftoff to Saturn (2022)

TV-14 | Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi

Tom is shaken after the shocking disappearance of his father, thrusting Tom into a breathtaking adventure full of mysterious conspiracies and unexplained phenomena.

Director: Anton Cropper | Stars: Tian Richards, Ashleigh Murray, Marquise Vilson, Albert Mwangi

Votes: 169

42. The Titans That Built America (2021)
Episode: A New Generation Rises (2021)

88 min | Documentary

Out of the ashes of World War 1, a new generation of Titan emerges. During the Roaring Twenties, they fight to outsmart, outmaneuver and outshine each other.

Directors: Patrick Reams, Phillip Montgomery | Stars: Campbell Scott, Yohuru Williams, Jeremi Suri, Mellody Hobson

Votes: 43

43. Nancy Drew (2019–2023)
Episode: The Celestial Visitor (2021)

TV-PG | Drama, Horror, Mystery

A striking stranger appears and is looking for Nancy; he announces himself as the billionaire Tom Swift; Ace has issues with the way Nancy insists on handling things with Celia

Director: Ruben Garcia | Stars: Kennedy McMann, Leah Lewis, Maddison Jaizani, Tunji Kasim

Votes: 334

44. Young Sheldon (2017–2024)
Episode: The Grand Chancellor and a Den of Sin (2021)

TV-PG | 20 min | Comedy

Sheldon battles President Hagemeyer's mysterious boss over the university's science requirements; Mary discovers that Georgie is working at Meemaw's illegal gambling room.

Director: Alex Reid | Stars: Iain Armitage, Zoe Perry, Lance Barber, Montana Jordan

Votes: 882

45. The Blacklist (2013–2023)
Episode: Andrew Kennison (No. 185) (2022)

TV-14 | 43 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Tensions rise when Cooper's search for his blackmailer overlaps with the Task Force's latest Blacklist case; Kennison admits to designing the tracking device which Liz ingested, but we so far do not learn how she came to do so.

Director: Mahesh Pailoor | Stars: James Spader, Diego Klattenhoff, Amir Arison, Hisham Tawfiq

Votes: 964

46. Tom Swift (2022)
Episode: ...And the Chocolate Cowboys (2022)

TV-14 | Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi

An annoyed Tom goes full-on dad mode when Lino stows away on the Swift Jet. Tom insists Isaac accompany Zenzi on her trip to meet Congressman Eskol.

Director: Clara Aranovich | Stars: Tian Richards, Ashleigh Murray, Marquise Vilson, Albert Mwangi

Votes: 61

47. Criminal Minds (2005– )
Episode: Painless (2011)

TV-14 | 44 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

The team travel to Boise, Idaho where a serial killer is murdering the survivors of a high school massacre that took place exactly ten years earlier.

Director: Larry Teng | Stars: Joe Mantegna, Paget Brewster, Shemar Moore, Matthew Gray Gubler

Votes: 2,329

48. Megaprojects (2020– )
Episode: The Internet: The World's Greatest Megaproject (2022)

16 min | Documentary

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Stars: Simon Whistler, J.C.R. Licklider

49. Never Have I Ever (2020–2023)
Episode: ...had a valentine (2022)

TV-14 | 32 min | Comedy, Drama

On Valentine's Day, a compatibility test's results spark more drama than romance among the Sherman Oaks couples. Meanwhile, Nalini makes a new friend.

Director: Smriti Mundhra | Stars: Maitreyi Ramakrishnan, Richa Moorjani, Jaren Lewison, Darren Barnet

Votes: 664

50. Young Sheldon (2017–2024)
Episode: A Fancy Article and a Scholarship for a Baby (2024)

TV-PG | 20 min | Comedy

Sheldon's published paper leads to a frenzy of grad school recruiting, and Georgie tries to speak more properly in front of his daughter.

Director: Ansley Rix | Stars: Iain Armitage, Zoe Perry, Lance Barber, Montana Jordan

Votes: 241