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1. Tusk (I) (2014)

R | 102 min | Comedy, Horror

A brash and arrogant podcaster gets more than he bargained for when he travels to Canada to interview a mysterious recluse... who has a rather disturbing fondness for walruses.

Director: Kevin Smith | Stars: Justin Long, Michael Parks, Haley Joel Osment, Genesis Rodriguez

Votes: 63,365 | Gross: $1.82M

2. Requiem for a Dream (2000)

R | 102 min | Drama

The drug-induced utopias of four Coney Island people are shattered when their addictions run deep..

Director: Darren Aronofsky | Stars: Ellen Burstyn, Jared Leto, Jennifer Connelly, Marlon Wayans

Votes: 899,764 | Gross: $3.64M

3. Guardians of the Galaxy (2014)

PG-13 | 121 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy

A group of intergalactic criminals must pull together to stop a fanatical warrior with plans to purge the universe.

Director: James Gunn | Stars: Chris Pratt, Vin Diesel, Bradley Cooper, Zoe Saldana

Votes: 1,274,704 | Gross: $333.18M

4. Avengers: Infinity War (2018)

PG-13 | 149 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

The Avengers and their allies must be willing to sacrifice all in an attempt to defeat the powerful Thanos before his blitz of devastation and ruin puts an end to the universe.

Directors: Anthony Russo, Joe Russo | Stars: Robert Downey Jr., Chris Hemsworth, Mark Ruffalo, Chris Evans

Votes: 1,205,597 | Gross: $678.82M

5. Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980)

PG | 124 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy

After the Rebel Alliance are overpowered by the Empire, Luke Skywalker begins his Jedi training with Yoda, while his friends are pursued across the galaxy by Darth Vader and bounty hunter Boba Fett.

Director: Irvin Kershner | Stars: Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, Billy Dee Williams

Votes: 1,381,696 | Gross: $290.48M

6. Van Helsing (2004)

PG-13 | 131 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy

The famed monster hunter is sent to Transylvania to stop Count Dracula, who is using Dr. Frankenstein's research and a werewolf for nefarious purposes.

Director: Stephen Sommers | Stars: Hugh Jackman, Kate Beckinsale, Richard Roxburgh, Shuler Hensley

Votes: 285,149 | Gross: $120.18M

7. 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: 53,486

8. The Fugitive (1993)

PG-13 | 130 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Dr. Richard Kimble, unjustly accused of murdering his wife, must find the real killer while being the target of a nationwide manhunt led by a seasoned U.S. Marshal.

Director: Andrew Davis | Stars: Harrison Ford, Tommy Lee Jones, Sela Ward, Julianne Moore

Votes: 319,120 | Gross: $183.88M

9. 127 Hours (2010)

R | 94 min | Biography, Drama

A mountain climber becomes trapped under a boulder while canyoneering alone near Moab, Utah and resorts to desperate measures in order to survive.

Director: Danny Boyle | Stars: James Franco, Amber Tamblyn, Kate Mara, Sean Bott

Votes: 401,793 | Gross: $18.34M

10. Drop Dead Gorgeous (1999)

PG-13 | 97 min | Comedy, Romance, Thriller

A small-town beauty pageant turns deadly as it becomes clear that someone will go to any lengths to win.

Director: Michael Patrick Jann | Stars: Kirsten Dunst, Denise Richards, Ellen Barkin, Allison Janney

Votes: 40,882 | Gross: $10.56M

11. May (2002)

R | 93 min | Drama, Horror

A socially awkward veterinary assistant with a lazy eye and obsession with perfection descends into depravity after developing a crush on a boy with perfect hands.

Director: Lucky McKee | Stars: Angela Bettis, Jeremy Sisto, Anna Faris, James Duval

Votes: 40,558 | Gross: $0.15M

12. Star Trek: First Contact (1996)

PG-13 | 111 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

The Borg travel back in time intent on preventing Earth's first contact with an alien species. Captain Picard and his crew pursue them to ensure that Zefram Cochrane makes his maiden flight reaching warp speed.

Director: Jonathan Frakes | Stars: Patrick Stewart, Jonathan Frakes, Brent Spiner, LeVar Burton

Votes: 132,174 | Gross: $92.00M

13. Prospect (2018)

R | 100 min | Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi

A teenage girl and her father travel to a remote alien moon, aiming to strike it rich. They've secured a contract to harvest a large deposit of the elusive gems hidden in the depths of the moon's toxic forest. But there are others roving the wilderness and the job quickly devolves into a fight to survive. Forced to contend not only with the forest's other ruthless inhabitants, but with her own ... See full summary »

Directors: Christopher Caldwell, Zeek Earl | Stars: Sophie Thatcher, Jay Duplass, Pedro Pascal, Luke Pitzrick

Votes: 34,589

14. The Sisters Brothers (2018)

R | 122 min | Drama, Western

Eli and Charlie Sisters, an infamous duo of gunslinging assassins, chase a gold prospector and his unexpected ally in 1850s Oregon.

Director: Jacques Audiard | Stars: John C. Reilly, Joaquin Phoenix, Jake Gyllenhaal, Riz Ahmed

Votes: 70,560 | Gross: $3.14M

15. Battle Beyond the Stars (1980)

PG | 104 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

A farm boy recruits a band of outlaws to save the planet Akir from forces that threaten to wipe them out from the face of the universe. A battle stretching beyond the stars begins here.

Directors: Jimmy T. Murakami, Roger Corman | Stars: George Peppard, Robert Vaughn, Richard Thomas, John Saxon

Votes: 10,242

16. Romeo Is Bleeding (1993)

R | 110 min | Crime, Drama, Romance

A womanizing, crooked cop on the payroll of the mafia is confronted with the reality of his double life after he is asked to kill a beautiful and ruthless Russian gangster.

Director: Peter Medak | Stars: Gary Oldman, Lena Olin, Wallace Wood, Juliette Lewis

Votes: 15,175 | Gross: $3.28M

17. Them That Follow (2019)

R | 98 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery

Set deep in the wilds of Appalachia, where believers handle death-dealing snakes to prove themselves before God, a pastor's daughter holds a secret that threatens to tear apart her community.

Directors: Britt Poulton, Dan Madison Savage | Stars: Olivia Colman, Kaitlyn Dever, Alice Englert, Jim Gaffigan

Votes: 3,912 | Gross: $0.16M

18. 13 Sins (2014)

R | 93 min | Comedy, Horror, Thriller

A cryptic phone call sets off a dangerous game of risks for Elliot, a down-on-his-luck salesman. The game promises increasing rewards for completing 13 tasks, each more sinister than the last.

Director: Daniel Stamm | Stars: Mark Webber, Devon Graye, Tom Bower, Rutina Wesley

Votes: 39,027 | Gross: $0.01M

19. Ride with the Devil (I) (1999)

R | 138 min | Drama, Romance, War

During the American Civil War, two friends join the Bushwhackers, a militant group loyal to the Confederacy.

Director: Ang Lee | Stars: Tobey Maguire, Skeet Ulrich, Jewel, Jeremy W. Auman

Votes: 14,571 | Gross: $0.63M

20. Philosophy of a Knife (2008 Video)

Not Rated | 266 min | Drama, Horror

A graphic docu-drama detailing the history of Unit 731, where thousands of innocent Chinese prisoners of war were fatally experimented on.

Director: Andrey Iskanov | Stars: Tetsuro Sakagami, Tomoya Okamoto, Yukari Fujimoto, Manoush

Votes: 1,689

21. Black Mountain Side (2014)

Not Rated | 99 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery

At a cold, desolate, northmost outpost in Canada, an archaeological discovery is made. A specialist arrives Nov. 1. Strange things happen. All contact with the outside world is down.

Director: Nick Szostakiwskyj | Stars: Shane Twerdun, Michael Dickson, Carl Toftfelt, Marc Anthony Williams

Votes: 6,215

22. Return to House on Haunted Hill (2007 Video)

R | 79 min | Crime, Fantasy, Horror

Several years after Sara and Eddie escaped the former asylum and its inmates, Ariel, Sara's sister, visits the house looking for answers and the truth behind her sister's insane claims about what happened inside it.

Director: Víctor Garcia | Stars: Amanda Righetti, Cerina Vincent, Erik Palladino, Tom Riley

Votes: 10,598

23. Sholay (1975)

Not Rated | 162 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy

After his family is murdered by a notorious and ruthless bandit, a former police officer enlists the services of two outlaws to capture the bandit.

Director: Ramesh Sippy | Stars: Sanjeev Kumar, Dharmendra, Amitabh Bachchan, Amjad Khan

Votes: 58,779

24. Bangkok Dangerous (2008)

R | 99 min | Action, Crime, Thriller

A hitman who's in Bangkok to pull off a series of jobs violates his personal code when he falls for a local woman and bonds with his errand boy.

Directors: Danny Pang, Oxide Chun Pang | Stars: Nicolas Cage, Charlie Yeung, Shahkrit Yamnarm, Panward Hemmanee

Votes: 58,327 | Gross: $15.28M

25. The Outsider (2002 TV Movie)

R | 119 min | Drama, Romance, Western

A western love story revolving around the forbidden love between a young widow from a Mennonite-like religious group and a cold-blooded gunslinger whom she takes into her home after he is wounded.

Director: Randa Haines | Stars: Tim Daly, Naomi Watts, Keith Carradine, David Carradine

Votes: 2,422

26. The Unknown (1927)

Unrated | 68 min | Drama, Horror, Romance

A criminal on the run hides in a circus and seeks to possess the daughter of the ringmaster at any cost.

Director: Tod Browning | Stars: Lon Chaney, Norman Kerry, Joan Crawford, Nick De Ruiz

Votes: 9,182 | Gross: $0.41M

27. They Drive by Night (1940)

Approved | 95 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir

When one of two truck-driving brothers loses an arm, they both join a transport company where the other is falsely charged as an accessory in the murder of the owner.

Director: Raoul Walsh | Stars: George Raft, Humphrey Bogart, Ann Sheridan, Ida Lupino

Votes: 8,843

28. Body Parts (1991)

R | 88 min | Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller

After losing his arm in a car accident, a criminal psychologist has it replaced with a limb that belonged to a serial killer.

Director: Eric Red | Stars: Jeff Fahey, Lindsay Duncan, Kim Delaney, Zakes Mokae

Votes: 5,027 | Gross: $9.19M

29. Cannibals in the Streets (1980)

R | 96 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror

Mentally unstable Vietnam vets who were held captive by the Viet Cong come back to America after being rescued carrying a dangerous virus that turns people into cannibals when bitten.

Director: Antonio Margheriti | Stars: John Saxon, Elizabeth Turner, Giovanni Lombardo Radice, Cinzia De Carolis

Votes: 4,301

30. Autopsy (2008)

R | 84 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller

A young woman tries to find her injured boyfriend in a bizarre and dangerous hospital.

Director: Adam Gierasch | Stars: Jessica Lowndes, Ross Kohn, Ross McCall, Ashley Schneider

Votes: 7,359

31. Time Walker (1982)

PG | 83 min | Horror, Sci-Fi

An alien, buried in King Tut's tomb, terrorizes a college campus.

Director: Tom Kennedy | Stars: Ben Murphy, Nina Axelrod, Kevin Brophy, Robert Random

Votes: 2,197 | Gross: $0.43M

32. Harrison's Flowers (2000)

R | 121 min | Drama, Romance, War

When a Newsweek photojournalist disappears in war-torn Yugoslavia, his wife travels to Europe to find him.

Director: Élie Chouraqui | Stars: Andie MacDowell, Scott Anton, Elias Koteas, Brendan Gleeson

Votes: 6,772 | Gross: $1.84M

33. Damn the Defiant! (1962)

Approved | 101 min | Action, Drama, History

On the H.M.S. Defiant, during the French Revolutionary War, fair Captain Crawford is locked in a battle of wills against his cruel second-in-command Lieutenant Scott-Padget, whose heavy-handed command style pushes the crew to mutiny.

Director: Lewis Gilbert | Stars: Alec Guinness, Dirk Bogarde, Maurice Denham, Nigel Stock

Votes: 3,035

34. Spare Parts (I) (2020)

91 min | Action, Horror

While travelling on their first American tour, Ms. 45, an all-girl punk band, is drugged and kidnapped. They awaken to find their limbs removed and replaced with crude weaponry, and are forced to fight as Gladiators for a sadistic town.

Director: Andrew Thomas Hunt | Stars: Kathryn Kohut, Michelle Argyris, Emily Alatalo, Kiriana Stanton

Votes: 1,720

35. Hell Divers (1931)

Passed | 109 min | Adventure, Drama, Romance

Rival fighter-pilots train in the art of dive bombing while teasing each other about their bravery and manliness. They wind up stranded and must work together for a common goal.

Director: George W. Hill | Stars: Clark Gable, Wallace Beery, Conrad Nagel, Dorothy Jordan

Votes: 659

36. John Paul Jones (1959)

126 min | Action, Biography, History

The career of Revolutionary War naval hero from his youth in Scotland through his service to Catherine the Great of Russia.

Director: John Farrow | Stars: Robert Stack, Marisa Pavan, Charles Coburn, Erin O'Brien

Votes: 1,440

37. Passion in the Desert (1997)

PG-13 | 91 min | Adventure, Drama

Young French officer Augustin Robert escorts artist Jean-Michel Venture de Paradis to Egypt during Napoleon's Egyptian campaign. Napoleon sent de Paradis to record Egypt's great monuments ... See full summary »

Director: Lavinia Currier | Stars: Ben Daniels, Michel Piccoli, Paul M. Meston, Kenneth Collard

Votes: 921 | Gross: $0.25M

38. Bethune: The Making of a Hero (1990)

115 min | Biography, Drama, Romance

Canadian surgeon Dr. Norman Bethune (Donald Sutherland) journeys 1,500 miles into China to reach Mao Zedong's eighth route Army in the Wu Tai mountains where he will build hospitals, ... See full summary »

Director: Phillip Borsos | Stars: Donald Sutherland, Helen Mirren, Helen Shaver, Colm Feore

Votes: 414

39. Mullum Malarum (1978)

Not Rated | 143 min | Drama

A boorish villager butts heads with a newly appointed engineer from the city.

Director: J. Mahendran | Stars: Rajinikanth, Sarath Babu, Jayalakshmi, Shoba

Votes: 966

40. Jagir (1984)

Not Rated | 135 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

Three men attempt to seek vengeance against their oppressors.

Director: Pramod Chakravorty | Stars: Dharmendra, Zeenat Aman, Mithun Chakraborty, Shoma Anand

Votes: 219

41. Frost Giant (2010 TV Movie)

88 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

A dedicated explorer and his team search for a 19th century shipwreck off an island in the Arctic ocean. After the team digs up an alien ice creature that has been buried in the ice for ... See full summary »

Director: Víctor Garcia | Stars: Dean Cain, Steven Waddington, Lucy Brown, Louisa Clein

Votes: 957

42. You Are a Widow, Sir! (1971)

97 min | Comedy, Sci-Fi

After a soldier cuts off the arm of king's cousin, king decides to deactivate the army. Of course, generals don't like it at all and they try to kill the king. The assassin should be ... See full summary »

Director: Václav Vorlícek | Stars: Iva Janzurová, Olga Schoberová, Eduard Cupák, Jirí Sovák

Votes: 857

43. The Four Horsemen (2008 Video)

118 min | Action, Drama, War

Four high school football stars enlist in the Marines to serve their country in Iraq. Unfortunately, they don't all return home. The ones that do survive face guilt, problems assimilating ... See full summary »

Director: Sidney J. Furie | Stars: Mark O'Brien, Curtis Morgan, Nick Abraham, Natalie Roy

Votes: 468

44. Back to Even (1998)

R | 95 min | Action, Drama, Thriller

When an expert counterfeiter gets into debt with a dangerous bookie, who's on the run from the mob, the only way he can settle his debt is to join forces with the bookie in this thriller. ... See full summary »

Director: Rod Hewitt | Stars: Lorenzo Lamas, Michael Paré, Herb Mitchell, Angela Jones

Votes: 204

45. Between Two Women (1937)

Passed | 88 min | Drama, Romance

A young surgeon loves a married nurse, then meets and falls for an heiress with appendicitis.

Director: George B. Seitz | Stars: Franchot Tone, Maureen O'Sullivan, Virginia Bruce, Leonard Penn

Votes: 249

46. Chingari (1971)

Drama

Reshma pick-pocket thief and Mohan a police inspector, falls in love. However, their relationship is in danger after Reshma gets involved in a murder case.

Director: Ram Maheshwari | Stars: Leena Chandavarkar, Sanjay Khan, Pran Sikand, Shatrughan Sinha

Votes: 16

47. 'Weird Al' Yankovic: Smells Like Nirvana (1992 Music Video)

4 min | Short, Music

Music video for Weird Al Yankovic's 1992 single "Smells Like Nirvana" in which he recreates Nirvana's music video "Smells Like Teen Spirit" but with added comedic elements. It focuses on how difficult it is to understand the lyrics.

Director: Jay Levey | Stars: 'Weird Al' Yankovic, Tony De La Rosa, Steve Jay, Jon Schwartz

Votes: 493

48. Miracle of the White Suit (1956)

93 min | Biography, Drama

Seven year old Marcos' only illusion is to have his First Communion in a white suit.

Director: Rafael Gil | Stars: Miguel Gil, Miguel Ángel Rodríguez, Julia Martínez, Julio Núñez

Votes: 28

49. A Country Practice (1981–1993)
Episode: Digging Up Dirt: Part 2 (1984)

Drama, Romance

Becky gets help for Lachie after coming home from school to find him trapped in the mine. Terence enters the mine, which is rapidly filling with water, and must amputate Lachie's crushed arm to free him.

Director: Peter Maxwell | Stars: Lorrae Desmond, Grant Dodwell, Shane Withington, Penny Cook

50. Emergency! (1972–1979)
Episode: Communications (1975)

TV-PG | 60 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy

While Chet works on a used pair of skis, the paramedics handle matters such as a trapped man who may need his arm amputated, and dealing with a communications mishap.

Director: Dennis Donnelly | Stars: Robert Fuller, Julie London, Bobby Troup, Randolph Mantooth

Votes: 95