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1. The Matrix (1999)
R | 136 min | Action, Sci-Fi
When a beautiful stranger leads computer hacker Neo to a forbidding underworld, he discovers the shocking truth--the life he knows is the elaborate deception of an evil cyber-intelligence.
Directors: Lana Wachowski, Lilly Wachowski | Stars: Keanu Reeves, Laurence Fishburne, Carrie-Anne Moss, Hugo Weaving
Votes: 2,056,076 | Gross: $171.48M
2. Tron: Legacy (2010)
PG | 125 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
The son of a virtual world designer goes looking for his father and ends up inside the digital world that his father designed. He meets his father's corrupted creation and a unique ally who was born inside the digital world.
Director: Joseph Kosinski | Stars: Jeff Bridges, Garrett Hedlund, Olivia Wilde, Bruce Boxleitner
Votes: 356,165 | Gross: $172.06M
3. Avatar (2009)
PG-13 | 162 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
A paraplegic Marine dispatched to the moon Pandora on a unique mission becomes torn between following his orders and protecting the world he feels is his home.
Director: James Cameron | Stars: Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldana, Sigourney Weaver, Michelle Rodriguez
Votes: 1,387,771 | Gross: $760.51M
4. The Matrix Reloaded (2003)
R | 138 min | Action, Sci-Fi
Freedom fighters Neo, Trinity and Morpheus continue to lead the revolt against the Machine Army, unleashing their arsenal of extraordinary skills and weaponry against the systematic forces of repression and exploitation.
Directors: Lana Wachowski, Lilly Wachowski | Stars: Keanu Reeves, Laurence Fishburne, Carrie-Anne Moss, Hugo Weaving
Votes: 631,295 | Gross: $281.49M
5. Dark City (1998)
R | 100 min | Fantasy, Mystery, Sci-Fi
A man struggles with memories of his past, which include a wife he cannot remember and a nightmarish world no one else ever seems to wake up from.
Director: Alex Proyas | Stars: Rufus Sewell, Kiefer Sutherland, Jennifer Connelly, William Hurt
Votes: 212,498 | Gross: $14.38M
6. The Matrix Revolutions (2003)
R | 129 min | Action, Sci-Fi
The human city of Zion defends itself against the massive invasion of the machines as Neo fights to end the war at another front while also opposing the rogue Agent Smith.
Directors: Lana Wachowski, Lilly Wachowski | Stars: Keanu Reeves, Laurence Fishburne, Carrie-Anne Moss, Hugo Weaving
Votes: 544,064 | Gross: $139.31M
7. RoboCop (2014)
PG-13 | 117 min | Action, Crime, Sci-Fi
In 2028 Detroit, when Alex Murphy, a loving husband, father and good cop, is critically injured in the line of duty, the multinational conglomerate OmniCorp sees their chance for a part-man, part-robot police officer.
Director: José Padilha | Stars: Joel Kinnaman, Gary Oldman, Michael Keaton, Abbie Cornish
Votes: 239,789 | Gross: $58.61M
8. Surrogates (2009)
PG-13 | 89 min | Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Set in a futuristic world where humans live in isolation and interact through surrogate robots, a cop is forced to leave his home for the first time in years in order to investigate the murders of others' surrogates.
Director: Jonathan Mostow | Stars: Bruce Willis, Radha Mitchell, Ving Rhames, Rosamund Pike
Votes: 180,347 | Gross: $38.58M
9. The Brain (1988)
R | 94 min | Horror, Sci-Fi
A psychologist with an increasingly popular TV show brainwashes his audiences using a giant living brain. A mischievous high school student is sent to the psychologist's institute, and becomes determined to expose him.
Director: Ed Hunt | Stars: Tom Bresnahan, Cynthia Preston, David Gale, George Buza
Votes: 3,526
10. Possible Worlds (2000)
93 min | Mystery, Sci-Fi, Crime
A man lives in parallel worlds, falling in love with the same woman, while the police hunt down a serial killer who steals brains.
Director: Robert Lepage | Stars: Tilda Swinton, Tom McCamus, Sean McCann, Gabriel Gascon
Votes: 2,155
11. Midnight Science (2021)
86 min | Sci-Fi
On the eve of Y2K, a failing scientist attempts to win a technology competition by fusing an experimental machine with the disembodied brain of a megalomaniacal televangelist. The resulting abomination threatens an apocalyptic nightmare.
Director: Jonathan Anthony | Stars: Christopher Michael Anthony, Shirley Kwon, June Elizabeth Williams, Keenan Baker
Votes: 15
12.
Weird Science (1994–1998)
Episode:
Cyrano De Brainiac
(1994)
Approved | 23 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
After Lisa zaps up Einstein's brain, who speaks with a sexy German accent, Lisa falls in love with it.
Director: Mark Jean | Stars: Michael Manasseri, John Asher, Lee Tergesen, Vanessa Angel
Votes: 45
13.
Velma (2023– )
Episode:
The Sins of the Fathers and Some of the Mothers
(2023)
TV-MA | 25 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
Velma vows to resolve her daddy issues. Norville rebels against his father's beta lifestyle. Fred fights against his family's anti-feminist ways. Daphne learns a series of shocking truths about her parents - and her past.
Director: Meg Waldow | Stars: Mindy Kaling, Glenn Howerton, Sam Richardson, Constance Wu
Votes: 2,123
14.
Velma (2023– )
Episode:
Creaky Friday
(2024)
TV-MA | 25 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
Velma clashes with Fred over whether the crimes plaguing Crystal Cove are of this Earth. Later, Daphne and Amber make a grisly discovery.
Directors: Meg Waldow, Anne Walker Farrell | Stars: Mindy Kaling, Glenn Howerton, Sam Richardson, Constance Wu
Votes: 360
15.
Velma (2023– )
Episode:
When Velma Met Money
(2024)
TV-MA | 24 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
Velma resists the urge to cash in on Diya's new relationship, while Norville searches for a way to stop his hallucinations once and for all.
Directors: Adam Parton, Anne Walker Farrell | Stars: Mindy Kaling, Glenn Howerton, Sam Richardson, Constance Wu
Votes: 339
16.
Velma (2023– )
Episode:
Seancé
(2024)
TV-MA | 25 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
While Velma and her friends suffer through a Saturday detention, Amber attempts to use witchcraft to summon the ghost of a dangerous adversary.
Directors: Cal Ramsey, Anne Walker Farrell | Stars: Mindy Kaling, Glenn Howerton, Sam Richardson, Constance Wu
Votes: 319
17.
Velma (2023– )
Episode:
Burning Woman
(2024)
TV-MA | 25 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
After calling Amber out on social media, Velma comes under fire, while Norville follows a hunch that leads to the asylum.
Directors: Meg Waldow, Anne Walker Farrell | Stars: Mindy Kaling, Glenn Howerton, Sam Richardson, Constance Wu
Votes: 311
18.
Velma (2023– )
Episode:
Til Death
(2024)
TV-MA | 26 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
When a masked assailant threatens her family, Velma vows to get to the bottom of Project Scoobi and bring down the killer.
Directors: Cal Ramsey, Anne Walker Farrell | Stars: Mindy Kaling, Glenn Howerton, Sam Richardson, Constance Wu
Votes: 352