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1. Berserk (1997–1998)

TV-MA | 23 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

Guts, a wandering mercenary, joins the Band of the Hawk after being defeated in a duel by Griffith, the group's leader and founder. Together, they dominate every battle, but something menacing lurks in the shadows.

Stars: Marc Diraison, Nobutoshi Canna, Carrie Keranen, Kevin T. Collins

Votes: 53,540

2. Brothers (I) (2009)

R | 105 min | Drama, Thriller, War

While on tour in Afghanistan, Sam's helicopter is shot down and he is presumed dead. Back home, it is his screw-up brother who looks after the family. Sam does return, but with a lot of excess baggage.

Director: Jim Sheridan | Stars: Jake Gyllenhaal, Natalie Portman, Tobey Maguire, Sam Shepard

Votes: 147,209 | Gross: $28.50M

3. Captain Phillips (2013)

PG-13 | 134 min | Action, Biography, Crime

The true story of Captain Richard Phillips and the 2009 hijacking by Somali pirates of the U.S.-flagged MV Maersk Alabama, the first American cargo ship to be hijacked in two hundred years.

Director: Paul Greengrass | Stars: Tom Hanks, Barkhad Abdi, Barkhad Abdirahman, Catherine Keener

Votes: 493,235 | Gross: $107.10M

4. Toy Story 3 (2010)

G | 103 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy

The toys are mistakenly delivered to a day-care center instead of the attic right before Andy leaves for college, and it's up to Woody to convince the other toys that they weren't abandoned and to return home.

Director: Lee Unkrich | Stars: Tom Hanks, Tim Allen, Joan Cusack, Ned Beatty

Votes: 893,588 | Gross: $415.00M

5. Mysterious Skin (2004)

Unrated | 105 min | Drama

Two pre-adolescent boys both experienced a strange event and later it affects their lives in different ways. One becomes a reckless, sexually adventurous prostitute, while the other retreats into a reclusive fantasy of alien abduction.

Director: Gregg Araki | Stars: Brady Corbet, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Elisabeth Shue, Chase Ellison

Votes: 76,423 | Gross: $0.70M

6. Clerks (1994)

R | 92 min | Comedy

A day in the lives of two convenience clerks named Dante and Randal as they annoy customers, discuss movies, and play hockey on the store roof.

Director: Kevin Smith | Stars: Brian O'Halloran, Jeff Anderson, Marilyn Ghigliotti, Lisa Spoonauer

Votes: 232,518 | Gross: $3.15M

7. The Nightingale (I) (2018)

R | 136 min | Adventure, Drama, Thriller

Set in 1825, Clare, a young Irish convict woman, chases a British officer through the rugged Tasmanian wilderness, bent on revenge for a terrible act of violence he committed against her family. On the way she enlists the services of an Aboriginal tracker named Billy, who is also marked by trauma from his own violence-filled past.

Director: Jennifer Kent | Stars: Aisling Franciosi, Maya Christie, Baykali Ganambarr, Addison Christie

Votes: 35,802 | Gross: $0.39M

8. Trust (I) (2010)

R | 106 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

A teenage girl is targeted by an online sexual predator.

Director: David Schwimmer | Stars: Clive Owen, Catherine Keener, Liana Liberato, Jason Clarke

Votes: 44,064 | Gross: $0.12M

9. Redo of Healer (2021)

TV-MA | 24 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

Keyaru is a healing magician who is sexually abused repeatedly by others. Using his healing magic, he goes back four years into the past to get revenge on the ones who abused him.

Stars: Yuya Hozumi, Ayano Shibuya, Shizuka Ishigami, Natsuki Aikawa

Votes: 5,071

10. Jab We Met (2007)

Not Rated | 138 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

A depressed wealthy businessman finds his life changing after he meets a spunky and care-free young woman.

Director: Imtiaz Ali | Stars: Shahid Kapoor, Kareena Kapoor, Tarun Arora, Dara Singh Randhawa

Votes: 58,922 | Gross: $0.41M

11. Inuyashiki (2017)

Not Rated | 24 min | Animation, Action, Drama

A middle-aged office worker encounters aliens and is gifted with alien technology and limitless powers.

Stars: Nijirô Murakami, Fumiyo Kohinata, Kanata Hongô, Sumire Uesaka

Votes: 5,203

12. Texhnolyze (2003)

TV-MA | Animation, Drama, Sci-Fi

In a man-made underground society, descendants of a banished generation vie for control of the crumbling city of Lux. Ichise, an orphan turned prize fighter, loses a leg and an arm to satisfy an enraged fight promoter.

Stars: Michael Forest, Liam O'Brien, Patrick Seitz, Shizuka Itou

Votes: 3,122

13. Yosuga No Sora (2010)

TV-MA | 25 min | Animation, Drama, Romance

After the death of their parents, Haru and his twin sister Sora move to the country.

Stars: Hiro Shimono, Hiroko Taguchi, Kayo Sakata, Ryôko Ono

Votes: 1,678

14. An Awfully Big Adventure (1995)

R | 112 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

Set right after World War II, a naive teenage girl joins a shabby theatre troupe in Liverpool. During a winter production of Peter Pan, the play quickly turns into a dark metaphor for youth... See full summary »

Director: Mike Newell | Stars: Hugh Grant, Alan Rickman, Georgina Cates, Alun Armstrong

Votes: 3,027 | Gross: $0.26M

15. B: The Beginning (2018–2021)

TV-MA | 25 min | Animation, Action, Crime

In this anime series, scientists hope "new humans" will create universal peace, but they're kidnapped by an evil group with very different plans.

Stars: Asami Seto, Hiroaki Hirata, Yûki Kaji, Hiroki Tôchi

Votes: 5,583

16. Shock (1946)

Passed | 70 min | Film-Noir, Thriller

A psychologically distraught woman is committed to a private sanitarium by the man she witnessed commit a murder.

Director: Alfred L. Werker | Stars: Vincent Price, Lynn Bari, Frank Latimore, Anabel Shaw

Votes: 3,309

17. Brother and Sister (2022)

108 min | Drama

Alice and Louis are estranged siblings who have been avoiding each other for over twenty years and are forced to reunite after a tragedy.

Director: Arnaud Desplechin | Stars: Marion Cotillard, Melvil Poupaud, Golshifteh Farahani, Patrick Timsit

Votes: 1,258

18. Angel (2016)

80 min | Drama, Fantasy, Romance

Devastated with grief after the mysterious disappearance of her magician lover, Louise is sent to a psychiatric asylum. Nine months later, she gives birth to Angel, a baby boy with an ... See full summary »

Director: Harry Cleven | Stars: Hannah Boudreau, Maya Dory, Fleur Geffrier, Elina Löwensohn

Votes: 498

19. Backstage (2005)

112 min | Drama, Music

An adolescent groupie zeroes in on her Blondie-like idol after the singer chances to cross her orbit on a publicity tour. Gradually their lives intertwine as, with near-operatic intensity, ... See full summary »

Director: Emmanuelle Bercot | Stars: Emmanuelle Seigner, Isild Le Besco, Noémie Lvovsky, Valéry Zeitoun

Votes: 683 | Gross: $0.01M

20. Hotsunlight (2021)

133 min | Action, Drama, Thriller

Lugansk region, May 2014. The Novozhilov family, by chance, finds itself in the thick of events in Lugansk. Vlad Novozhilov is a former participant in the war in Afghanistan. He knows ... See full summary »

Directors: Maksim Brius, Mikhail Vasserbaum | Stars: Vladimir Ilin, Aleksandr Bukharov, Aleksey Kravchenko, Maksim Dakhnenko

Votes: 643

21. 75 (2017)

97 min | Crime, Drama

A crash victim, a housewife and two repressed teens are connected by hard-working therapist Viola, who helps them battle their addictions while two disillusioned detectives struggle with the mounting war against heroin in Cincinnati.

Director: Joe Zappa | Stars: Tifani Winkfield, Kip Bennett, Marcus B. Jackson, Shannon Faith

Votes: 60

22. Awakening Dreams (2010)

Drama, War

Hamid's brother has been missing in action, presumed dead, for twenty-two years. Coming to terms with the loss, Hamid has now moved on and, as custom dictates, married his brother's widow. But ...

Director: Mohammad Ali Bashe Ahangar | Stars: Mehri Sadat Alagha, Amir Hossein Arman, Hamid Reza Azarang, Habib Dehghan Nasab

Votes: 114

23. Lashkar: The War Against Terror (2010)

Action

The film deals with the current issue of terrorism, the working of government agencies and their information network, the exploitation of human emotions, and, the psyche of a terrorist.

Director: Vicky S. Kumar | Stars: Shabbir Ali, Saloni Aswani, Abhay Bhargava, Gulshan Grover

24. Local (2014 Video)

2 min | Short

A longterm couple spirals into a quick breakup, when the girlfriend finds that her boyfriend has been emotionally cheating on her for months. What ensues, is a heated argument where the ... See full summary »

Director: Boman Modine | Stars: Albert de Jong, Emily Karlsson

25. Mission: Impossible (1966–1973)
Episode: Kitara (1971)

TV-PG | 50 min | Action, Adventure, Crime

Government forces in a racist African country have captured Kitara, the leader of the revolutionary forces, and will torture him to death in their effort to find the gold bullion he has ... See full summary »

Director: Murray Golden | Stars: Peter Graves, Leonard Nimoy, Lesley Ann Warren, Greg Morris

Votes: 150

26. Centurions (1986)
Episode: Tornado of Terror (1986)

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

Doc Terror steals the new weather master. His associate Professor Storm created a weather helmet that enabled him to create a living tornado. The helmet combined with the weather master could unleash countless disasters.

Stars: Pat Fraley, Neil Ross, Vince Edwards, Ron Feinberg

Votes: 16

27. Dexter (2006–2013)
Episode: Seeing Red (2006)

TV-MA | 56 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

The Ice Truck Killer leaves Dexter the most horrifying crime scene imaginable, forcing him to confront a horrific suppressed memory from his past; Rita must hire a lawyer when her ex sues for sole custody of their children.

Director: Michael Cuesta | Stars: Michael C. Hall, Julie Benz, Jennifer Carpenter, Erik King

Votes: 7,154

28. Skins (2007–2013)
Episode: Sid (2008)

TV-MA | 45 min | Drama

A visit from Sid's grandfather causes chaos for both him and his dad. His overbearing grandfather is still under the impression that Sid's parents are still together, a pretense Sid's dad ... See full summary »

Director: Simon Massey | Stars: Nicholas Hoult, Joe Dempsie, Mike Bailey, Hannah Murray

Votes: 1,204

29. Grey's Anatomy (2005– )
Episode: Flight (2012)

TV-14 | 43 min | Drama, Romance

As Meredith, Cristina, Derek, Mark, Lexie, and Arizona face the aftermath of their accident, the doctors back at the hospital face the future that seems to be taking them all in different directions.

Director: Rob Corn | Stars: Ellen Pompeo, Sandra Oh, Justin Chambers, Chandra Wilson

Votes: 2,168

30. Steven Universe (2013–2019)
Episode: Rose's Scabbard (2015)

TV-PG | 11 min | Animation, Short, Action

Lion finds the scabbard to Rose's lost sword. Steven knows where the sword is. Pearl realizes that Rose, the one person she was deeply intimate with, kept secrets from her and becomes highly emotional, confused and upset.

Director: Ian Jones-Quartey | Stars: Zach Callison, Estelle, Michaela Dietz, Deedee Magno

Votes: 2,026