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51. Comanche Moon (2008)

TV-14 | 120 min | Drama, Western

The adventures and love lives of young Texas Rangers Woodrow Call and Augustus McCrae leading up to their retirement to the city of Lonesome Dove.

Stars: Steve Zahn, Ryan Merriman, Keith D. Robinson, Wes Studi

Votes: 3,301

52. The Man in the Moon (1991)

PG-13 | 99 min | Drama, Romance

A coming of age story set in the south of the U.S. when Elvis was King.

Director: Robert Mulligan | Stars: Sam Waterston, Tess Harper, Gail Strickland, Reese Witherspoon

Votes: 18,593 | Gross: $2.85M

53. The Moon & Back (2022)

PG-13 | 74 min | Comedy

A year after her father's death, Lydia Gilbert feels completely lost - until she discovers something unexpected: a space opera script in need of a blockbuster budget, written by her father.

Director: Leah Bleich | Stars: Isabel May, Missi Pyle, Nat Faxon, P.J. Byrne

Votes: 206

54. Man on the Moon (1999)

R | 118 min | Biography, Comedy, Drama

The life and career of legendary comedian Andy Kaufman.

Director: Milos Forman | Stars: Jim Carrey, Danny DeVito, Gerry Becker, Greyson Erik Pendry

Votes: 137,723 | Gross: $34.58M

55. Red Planet (2000)

PG-13 | 106 min | Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller

Astronauts, and their robotic dog AMEE (Autonomous Mapping Evaluation and Evasion), search for solutions to save a dying Earth by searching on Mars, only to have the mission go terribly awry.

Director: Antony Hoffman | Stars: Val Kilmer, Carrie-Anne Moss, Tom Sizemore, Benjamin Bratt

Votes: 59,998 | Gross: $18.00M

56. Midnight Sun (2018)

PG-13 | 91 min | Drama, Romance

A 17-year-old girl suffers from a condition that prevents her from being out in the sunlight.

Director: Scott Speer | Stars: Bella Thorne, Patrick Schwarzenegger, Rob Riggle, Quinn Shephard

Votes: 36,271 | Gross: $9.56M

57. Escape from Pleasure Planet (2016 Video)

Not Rated | 81 min | Action, Comedy, Fantasy

A Princess has her erotic vacation interrupted when a renegade alien force, led by her arch enemy, Aria, attacks Pleasure Planet. A quick escape lands her in even more hot water as the Princess and her busty bodyguard crash land on Earth.

Director: Terrance Ryker | Stars: Blair Williams, Vanessa Cage, Veronica Vain, Erika Jordan

Votes: 620

58. Paper Moon (1973)

PG | 102 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

During the Great Depression, a con man finds himself saddled with a young girl who may or may not be his daughter, and the two forge an unlikely partnership.

Director: Peter Bogdanovich | Stars: Ryan O'Neal, Tatum O'Neal, Madeline Kahn, John Hillerman

Votes: 52,595 | Gross: $30.93M

59. Amazon Women on the Moon (1987)

R | 85 min | Comedy, Sci-Fi

A spoof of low budget 1950s science-fiction movies, interspersed with various comedy sketches and fake commercials making fun of late-night television.

Directors: Joe Dante, Carl Gottlieb, Peter Horton, John Landis, Robert K. Weiss | Stars: Rosanna Arquette, Michelle Pfeiffer, Arsenio Hall, Donald F. Muhich

Votes: 12,655 | Gross: $0.55M

60. Masters of the Universe (2026)

Animation, Action, Adventure | Announced

A young boy on Earth discovers a fabulous secret legacy as the prince of an alien planet, and must recover a magic sword and return home to protect his kingdom.

Director: Travis Knight

61. A Place in the Sun (1951)

Passed | 122 min | Drama, Romance

A poor boy gets a job working for his rich uncle and ends up falling in love with two women.

Director: George Stevens | Stars: Montgomery Clift, Elizabeth Taylor, Shelley Winters, Anne Revere

Votes: 24,863

62. Man Behind the Sun (1988)

Not Rated | 105 min | Drama, History, Horror

Japanese troops round up Chinese and Russian prisoners of war and take them to unit 731, where they're horribly tortured and experimented on to test new biological weapons.

Director: Tun-Fei Mou | Stars: Gang Wang, Dai Yao Wu, Runshen Wang, Zhe Quan

Votes: 7,307

63. He-Man and the Masters of the Universe (1983–1985)

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

The most powerful man in the universe, He-Man, goes against the evil forces of Skeletor to save the planet Eternia and to protect the secrets of Castle Grayskull.

Stars: John Erwin, Alan Oppenheimer, Linda Gary, Lou Scheimer

Votes: 20,098

64. Planet of the Apes: Rule the Planet (2001 TV Movie)

22 min | Documentary, Sci-Fi

A documentary about the making of Planet of the Apes (2001).

Director: Thomas C. Grane | Stars: Estella Warren, Tim Burton, Mark Wahlberg, Tim Roth

Votes: 206

65. Hard Sun (2018)

TV-MA | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Sci-Fi

Two detectives with opposing viewpoints are forced to work together in a pre-apocalyptic criminal world.

Stars: Jim Sturgess, Agyness Deyn, Nikki Amuka-Bird, Derek Riddell

Votes: 5,300

66. From the Earth to the Moon (1998)

TV-14 | 641 min | Action, Drama, History

Dramatized portrayal of the Apollo manned space program.

Stars: Tom Hanks, Nick Searcy, Lane Smith, David Andrews

Votes: 13,264

67. The Way of the Wind

Drama, History | Post-production

A retelling of several episodes in the life of Jesus.

Director: Terrence Malick | Stars: Aidan Turner, Ben Kingsley, John Rhys-Davies, Mark Rylance

68. Meteor Garden (2018)

TV-14 | 45 min | Drama, Romance

An ordinary girl is admitted to the most prestigious school in the country where she encounters F4, an exclusive group comprised of the four wealthiest and handsomest boys in the school - Dao Ming Si, Hua Ze Lei, Xi Men and Mei Zuo.

Stars: Dylan Wang, Shen Yue, Yiwen Chen, Caesar Wu

Votes: 5,350

69. A Walk on the Moon (1999)

R | 107 min | Drama, Romance

The world of a young housewife is turned upside down when she has an affair with a free-spirited blouse salesman.

Director: Tony Goldwyn | Stars: Diane Lane, Viggo Mortensen, Bobby Boriello, Anna Paquin

Votes: 9,229 | Gross: $4.74M

70. Red Sun (1971)

PG | 112 min | Action, Drama, Western

In 1870, a gang robs a train and steals a ceremonial Japanese sword meant as a gift for the U.S. President, prompting a manhunt to retrieve it.

Director: Terence Young | Stars: Charles Bronson, Toshirô Mifune, Alain Delon, Ursula Andress

Votes: 10,777 | Gross: $4.84M

71. Duel in the Sun (1946)

Passed | 129 min | Drama, Romance, Western

Beautiful, biracial Pearl Chavez becomes the ward of her dead father's first love and finds herself torn between two brothers, one good and the other bad.

Directors: King Vidor, Otto Brower, William Dieterle, Sidney Franklin, William Cameron Menzies, David O. Selznick, Josef von Sternberg | Stars: Jennifer Jones, Joseph Cotten, Gregory Peck, Lionel Barrymore

Votes: 9,517 | Gross: $20.41M

72. Over the Moon (2020)

PG | 95 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy

In this animated musical, a girl builds a rocket ship and blasts off, hoping to meet a mythical moon goddess.

Directors: Glen Keane, John Kahrs | Stars: Glen Keane, Brycen Hall, Ruthie Ann Miles, John Cho

Votes: 25,065

73. The Meteor Man (1993)

PG | 100 min | Action, Comedy, Fantasy

A high school teacher from a troubled inner city Washington D.C. neighborhood becomes a super-powered hero and takes on the gang that has been terrorizing his streets.

Director: Robert Townsend | Stars: Robert Townsend, Marla Gibbs, Eddie Griffin, Robert Guillaume

Votes: 8,847 | Gross: $8.02M

74. Chasing the Sun (2020– )

Documentary, Sport

Chasing the Sun is a powerful SuperSport documentary made in collaboration with the Springboks and tells the rousing tale of their path to redemption and World Cup glory in 2019.

Votes: 473

75. Mona Lisa and the Blood Moon (2021)

R | 106 min | Fantasy, Thriller

A girl with unusual powers escapes from a mental asylum and tries to make it on her own in New Orleans.

Director: Ana Lily Amirpour | Stars: Kate Hudson, Jeon Jong-seo, Craig Robinson, Ed Skrein

Votes: 5,593

76. Rising Sun (1993)

R | 129 min | Action, Crime, Drama

When an escort girl is found dead in the offices of a Japanese company in Los Angeles, detectives Web Smith and John Connor act as liaison between the company's executives and the investigating cop Tom Graham.

Director: Philip Kaufman | Stars: Sean Connery, Wesley Snipes, Harvey Keitel, Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa

Votes: 48,344 | Gross: $63.10M

77. Blue Planet II (2017)

TV-G | 50 min | Documentary

David Attenborough returns to the world's oceans in this sequel to the acclaimed documentary filming rare and unusual creatures of the deep, as well as documenting the problems our oceans face.

Stars: David Attenborough, Peter Drost, Roger Munns, Roger Horrocks

Votes: 47,166

78. A Trip to the Moon (1902)

TV-G | 13 min | Short, Action, Adventure

A group of astronomers go on an expedition to the Moon.

Director: Georges Méliès | Stars: Georges Méliès, Victor André, Bleuette Bernon, Brunnet

Votes: 55,987

79. Meteor (1979)

PG | 108 min | Action, Drama, Sci-Fi

The U.S. must join forces with the U.S.S.R. in order to destroy a gigantic asteroid heading straight for Earth.

Director: Ronald Neame | Stars: Sean Connery, Natalie Wood, Karl Malden, Brian Keith

Votes: 8,249

80. Holiday in the Sun (2001 Video)

G | 87 min | Comedy, Crime, Family

Sisters Alex and Madison are whisked away to the Bahamas for winter break but soon find themselves crossing paths with a man smuggling stolen artifacts.

Director: Steve Purcell | Stars: Mary-Kate Olsen, Ashley Olsen, Austin Nichols, Ben Easter

Votes: 5,121

81. Sailor Moon (1995–2000)

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

The magical action-adventures of a teenage girl who learns of her destiny as the legendary warrior Sailor Moon and must band together with the other Sailor Scouts to defend the Earth and Galaxy.

Stars: Susan Roman, Jill Frappier, Katie Griffin, Ron Rubin

Votes: 13,207

82. The Star (2017)

PG | 86 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy

A small but brave donkey and his animal friends become the unsung heroes of the first Christmas.

Director: Timothy Reckart | Stars: Steven Yeun, Keegan-Michael Key, Aidy Bryant, Gina Rodriguez

Votes: 9,395 | Gross: $40.85M

83. Escape from Planet Earth (2012)

PG | 89 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy

Astronaut Scorch Supernova finds himself caught in a trap when he responds to an SOS from a notoriously dangerous alien planet, Earth.

Director: Cal Brunker | Stars: Brendan Fraser, Sarah Jessica Parker, Jessica Alba, Rob Corddry

Votes: 26,921 | Gross: $57.01M

84. Planet 51 (2009)

PG | 91 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy

An alien civilization is invaded by Astronaut Chuck Baker, who believes that the planet was uninhabited. Wanted by the military, Baker must get back to his ship before it goes into orbit without him.

Directors: Jorge Blanco, Javier Abad, Marcos Martínez | Stars: Dwayne Johnson, Seann William Scott, Jessica Biel, Justin Long

Votes: 58,712 | Gross: $42.09M

85. Castaway on the Moon (2009)

PG-13 | 116 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

A failed suicide attempt leads a heartbroken man to live a life in the wilderness.

Director: Lee Hae-jun | Stars: Jeong Jae-yeong, Jung Ryeo-won, Yeong-seo Park, Yang Mi-kyeong

Votes: 19,760

86. China Moon (1994)

R | 99 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Detective Kyle Bodine falls for Rachel Munro who is trapped in a violent marriage. After shooting her husband, Kyle reluctantly agrees to help hide the body, but Kyle's partner is showing an unusual flair for finding clues.

Director: John Bailey | Stars: Ed Harris, Madeleine Stowe, Charles Dance, Patricia Healy

Votes: 7,757 | Gross: $3.04M

87. A Raisin in the Sun (1961)

Approved | 128 min | Drama

A substantial insurance payment could mean either financial salvation or personal ruin for a poor black family.

Director: Daniel Petrie | Stars: Sidney Poitier, Claudia McNeil, Ruby Dee, Diana Sands

Votes: 9,605

88. Moon Zero Two (1969)

G | 100 min | Crime, Sci-Fi

A space salvage expert and his partner become involved with a group of criminals intent on hijacking a small asteroid made of sapphire and crashing it into the moon.

Director: Roy Ward Baker | Stars: James Olson, Catherine Schell, Warren Mitchell, Adrienne Corri

Votes: 1,872

89. Under the Cherry Moon (1986)

PG-13 | 100 min | Comedy, Drama, Music

Two con artist brothers attempt to swindle a soon-to-be wealthy heiress, but things get complicated when one falls in love with her.

Directors: Prince, Michael Ballhaus | Stars: Prince, Jerome Benton, Kristin Scott Thomas, Steven Berkoff

Votes: 3,865 | Gross: $10.09M

90. Under the Same Moon (2007)

PG-13 | 106 min | Adventure, Drama

After his grandmother passes away, a young Mexican boy illegally travels across the border to search for his undocumented mother living and working in the U.S.

Director: Patricia Riggen | Stars: Eugenio Derbez, Kate del Castillo, Adrian Alonso, Maya Zapata

Votes: 7,474 | Gross: $12.59M

91. First Men in the Moon (1964)

Not Rated | 103 min | Adventure, Sci-Fi

When a spaceship lands on the moon, it is hailed as a new accomplishment, before it becomes clear that a Victorian party completed the journey in 1899, leading investigators to that mission's last survivor.

Director: Nathan Juran | Stars: Edward Judd, Martha Hyer, Lionel Jeffries, Miles Malleson

Votes: 6,432 | Gross: $1.65M

92. Sailor Moon Crystal (2014–2021)

TV-14 | 24 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

Usagi Tsukino is chosen to be a guardian of justice and is sent on a quest to locate a Silver Crystal before the Dark Kingdom invades the Earth.

Stars: Kotono Mitsuishi, Ryô Hirohashi, Kenji Nojima, Stephanie Sheh

Votes: 2,489

93. Mountains of the Moon (1990)

R | 136 min | Adventure, Drama, History

The legendary true-story of Capt. Richard Francis Burton and Lt. John Hanning Speke's tumultuous expedition to find the source of the Nile river.

Director: Bob Rafelson | Stars: Patrick Bergin, Iain Glen, Richard E. Grant, Fiona Shaw

Votes: 4,272 | Gross: $4.01M

94. 4 Moons (2014)

Unrated | 110 min | Drama, Romance

Four stories of love and disgust between men of different generations facing their conflicts and their fears

Director: Sergio Tovar Velarde | Stars: Antonio Velázquez, Alejandro de la Madrid, Cesar Ramos, Gustavo Egelhaaf

Votes: 4,878

95. Hideout in the Sun (1960)

70 min | Crime, Drama

Two brothers rob a bank and take a young girl hostage. They find out that the girl is a nudist, so they force her to take them to a nudist colony so they can hide out.

Directors: Larry Wolk, Doris Wishman | Stars: Greg Conrad, Dolores Carlos, Earl Bauer, Carol Little

Votes: 384

96. Collision Earth (2011 TV Movie)

PG | 95 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

When the sun converts to a magnetar for a short time, the planet Mercury is thrown out of orbit and set on a collision course for Earth. It's up to a disgraced scientist to save our planet.

Director: Paul Ziller | Stars: Kirk Acevedo, Diane Farr, Chad Krowchuk, Jessica Parker Kennedy

Votes: 1,607

97. Sun Choke (2015)

TV-MA | 83 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery

Janie's just trying to get well.

Director: Ben Cresciman | Stars: Sarah Hagan, Sara Malakul Lane, Barbara Crampton, William Nicol

Votes: 1,342

98. The Blue Planet (2001)

TV-G | 49 min | Documentary

Mammoth series, five years in the making, taking a look at the rich tapestry of life in the world's oceans.

Stars: David Attenborough, Pierce Brosnan, Peter Scoones

Votes: 42,809

99. Planet Hulk (2010 Video)

PG-13 | 81 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

The Incredible Hulk, ejected from Earth in a spaceship, crash-lands on a planet ruled by a tyrant, who forces him to fight in a coliseum against other powerful creatures. The Hulk reluctantly befriends the combatants on his team.

Directors: Sam Liu, Frank Paur | Stars: Rick D. Wasserman, Lisa Ann Beley, Mark Hildreth, Liam O'Brien

Votes: 13,765 | Gross: $7.53M

100. The Dark Side of the Moon (1990)

R | 87 min | Action, Drama, Fantasy

In 2022, a repair crew is sent to fix an orbital weapon but their spaceship malfunctions and ends up heading towards the dark side of the moon. There, in a mysterious, seemingly abandoned space shuttle, a sinister force lies in wait.

Director: D.J. Webster | Stars: Robert Sampson, Will Bledsoe, Joe Turkel, Camilla More

Votes: 2,936