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1. Don't Look Up (2021)
R | 138 min | Comedy, Drama, Sci-Fi
Two low-level astronomers must go on a giant media tour to warn humankind of an approaching comet that will destroy planet Earth.
Director: Adam McKay | Stars: Leonardo DiCaprio, Jennifer Lawrence, Meryl Streep, Cate Blanchett
Votes: 604,124
2. 50/50 (2011)
R | 100 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Inspired by a true story, a comedy centered on a 27-year-old guy who learns of his cancer diagnosis and his subsequent struggle to beat the disease.
Director: Jonathan Levine | Stars: Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Seth Rogen, Anna Kendrick, Bryce Dallas Howard
Votes: 343,226 | Gross: $35.01M
3. Cloudy with a Chance of Love (2015 TV Movie)
TV-G | 87 min | Comedy, Family, Romance
An academic in meteorology must decide between her new job as a popular weather girl and her pursuit of her PhD and fellowship. Is her handsome boss interested in her true self or just as a ticket to a network job in New York?
Director: Bradford May | Stars: Katie Leclerc, Michael Rady, Ben Begley, Floriana Lima
Votes: 1,301
4. Nobel Son (2007)
R | 110 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
A professor of chemistry wins the Nobel Prize. His wife joins him to Stockholm but his PhD. working son gets kidnapped. The kidnapper demands $2,000,000 = prize sum.
Director: Randall Miller | Stars: Alan Rickman, Bryan Greenberg, Shawn Hatosy, Mary Steenburgen
Votes: 6,145 | Gross: $0.54M
5. Hawking (2004 TV Movie)
TV-G | 90 min | Biography, Drama
Theoretical physicist/cosmologist Stephen Hawking's life and search for the beginning of time (1963-6).
Director: Philip Martin | Stars: Benedict Cumberbatch, Michael Brandon, Tom Hodgkins, Christian Rubeck
Votes: 6,368
6. Serving in Silence: The Margarethe Cammermeyer Story (1995 TV Movie)
91 min | Biography, Drama
The true story of a decorated officer's legal challenge to her involuntary discharge when she admitted she was homosexual.
Director: Jeff Bleckner | Stars: Glenn Close, Judy Davis, Jan Rubes, Wendy Makkena
Votes: 1,195
7. Agoraphobia (2015)
Not Rated | 86 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
An agoraphobic inherits her father's house in a remote part of the Florida Keys. When weird things start happening, she discovers that there's something far more terrifying trapped inside the house with her.
Director: Lou Simon | Stars: Cassandra Scerbo, Adam Brudnicki, Tony Todd, Aniela McGuinness
Votes: 810
8. One Fine Day, a Hairdresser (2004)
12 min | Short, Comedy, Romance
How would a young socially timid guy taking up Doctorate in Philosophy approach a cute guy who works as a hairdresser and express what he truly feels for him?
Director: Gilles Bindi | Stars: Julien Baumgartner, Clément Allanic, Colette Kraffe, Malvina Héraud
Votes: 148