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1. Top Gun: Maverick (2022)

PG-13 | 130 min | Action, Drama

After thirty years, Maverick is still pushing the envelope as a top naval aviator, but must confront ghosts of his past when he leads TOP GUN's elite graduates on a mission that demands the ultimate sacrifice from those chosen to fly it.

Director: Joseph Kosinski | Stars: Tom Cruise, Jennifer Connelly, Miles Teller, Val Kilmer

Votes: 699,864 | Gross: $718.73M

2. Paris, Texas (1984)

R | 145 min | Drama

Travis Henderson, an aimless drifter who has been missing for four years, wanders out of the desert and must reconnect with society, himself, his life, and his family.

Director: Wim Wenders | Stars: Harry Dean Stanton, Nastassja Kinski, Dean Stockwell, Sam Berry

Votes: 119,386 | Gross: $2.18M

3. First Man (2018)

PG-13 | 141 min | Biography, Drama, History

A look at the life of the astronaut, Neil Armstrong, and the legendary space mission that led him to become the first man to walk on the Moon on July 20, 1969.

Director: Damien Chazelle | Stars: Ryan Gosling, Claire Foy, Jason Clarke, Kyle Chandler

Votes: 202,467 | Gross: $44.94M

4. Wild (I) (2014)

R | 115 min | Adventure, Biography, Drama

A chronicle of one woman's 1,100-mile solo hike undertaken as a way to recover from a recent personal tragedy.

Director: Jean-Marc Vallée | Stars: Reese Witherspoon, Laura Dern, Gaby Hoffmann, Michiel Huisman

Votes: 139,013 | Gross: $37.88M

5. The World's Fastest Indian (2005)

PG-13 | 127 min | Biography, Drama, Sport

The story of New Zealander Burt Munro, who spent years rebuilding a 1920 Indian motorcycle, which helped him set the land speed world record at Utah's Bonneville Salt Flats in 1967.

Director: Roger Donaldson | Stars: Anthony Hopkins, Diane Ladd, Iain Rea, Tessa Mitchell

Votes: 58,688 | Gross: $5.13M

6. Battle Los Angeles (2011)

PG-13 | 116 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

A squad of U.S. Marines becomes the last line of defense against a global invasion.

Director: Jonathan Liebesman | Stars: Aaron Eckhart, Michelle Rodriguez, Bridget Moynahan, Ramón Rodríguez

Votes: 185,255 | Gross: $83.55M

7. Queen of the Damned (2002)

R | 101 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror

In this loose sequel to Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles (1994), the vampire Lestat becomes a rock star whose music wakes up the equally beautiful and monstrous queen of all vampires.

Director: Michael Rymer | Stars: Aaliyah, Stuart Townsend, Marguerite Moreau, Vincent Perez

Votes: 60,037 | Gross: $30.34M

8. Mank (2020)

R | 131 min | Biography, Comedy, Drama

1930s Hollywood is re-evaluated through the eyes of scathing social critic and alcoholic screenwriter Herman J. Mankiewicz as he races to finish the screenplay of Citizen Kane (1941).

Director: David Fincher | Stars: Gary Oldman, Amanda Seyfried, Lily Collins, Tom Pelphrey

Votes: 82,827

9. Another Earth (2011)

PG-13 | 92 min | Drama, Mystery, Romance

On the night of the discovery of a duplicate Earth in the Solar system, an ambitious young student and an accomplished composer cross paths in a tragic accident.

Director: Mike Cahill | Stars: Brit Marling, William Mapother, Matthew-Lee Erlbach, DJ Flava

Votes: 100,070 | Gross: $1.32M

10. Rubber (2010)

R | 82 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Horror

A homicidal car tire, discovering it has destructive psionic power, sets its sights on a desert town once a mysterious woman becomes its obsession.

Director: Quentin Dupieux | Stars: Stephen Spinella, Roxane Mesquida, Wings Hauser, Jack Plotnick

Votes: 40,372 | Gross: $0.10M

11. Lord of Illusions (1995)

R | 109 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller

A private detective gets more than he bargains for when he encounters Philip Swan, a performer whose amazing illusions captivate the world, but they are not really what everyone thinks.

Director: Clive Barker | Stars: Scott Bakula, Kevin J. O'Connor, J. Trevor Edmond, Daniel von Bargen

Votes: 19,294 | Gross: $13.29M

12. Undisputed (2002)

R | 94 min | Action, Crime, Drama

When heavyweight champion George "Iceman" Chambers lands in prison, the resident gangster arranges a boxing match with the reigning prison champ.

Director: Walter Hill | Stars: Wesley Snipes, Ving Rhames, Peter Falk, Michael Rooker

Votes: 34,436 | Gross: $12.76M

13. Black Sunday (1977)

R | 143 min | Adventure, Crime, Drama

When a Black September terrorist group begins a plot to carry out a massive terrorist attack in the United States, an Israeli commando works with the FBI to identify the target and conspirators, and prevent the plan from succeeding.

Director: John Frankenheimer | Stars: Robert Shaw, Bruce Dern, Marthe Keller, Fritz Weaver

Votes: 9,094 | Gross: $15.77M

14. The Wind (1928)

Not Rated | 95 min | Drama, Romance, Thriller

A frail young woman from the East moves in with her cousin in the West, where she causes tension within the family and is slowly driven mad.

Director: Victor Sjöström | Stars: Lillian Gish, Lars Hanson, Montagu Love, Dorothy Cumming

Votes: 7,171

15. 7 Days to Vegas (2019)

92 min | Adventure, Comedy

Inspired by a true story about Hollywood big shots who will bet on anything.

Director: Eric Balfour | Stars: Vincent Van Patten, Ross McCall, Paul Walter Hauser, Eileen Davidson

Votes: 991

16. The Prowler (1951)

Approved | 92 min | Drama, Film-Noir, Thriller

After Susan Gilvray reports a prowler outside her house police officer Webb Garwood investigates and sparks fly. If only her husband wasn't in the way.

Director: Joseph Losey | Stars: Van Heflin, Evelyn Keyes, John Maxwell, Katherine Warren

Votes: 4,106

17. It Stains the Sands Red (2016)

Not Rated | 92 min | Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi

In the throes of a zombie apocalypse, a troubled woman from Las Vegas with a dark past finds herself stranded in the desert with a lone and ravenous zombie on her tail.

Director: Colin Minihan | Stars: Brittany Allen, Juan Riedinger, Merwin Mondesir, Kristopher Higgins

Votes: 5,550

18. The Stone Killer (1973)

R | 95 min | Action, Crime, Drama

A top New York detective is sent to Los Angeles where he must solve a case involving an old Sicilian Mafia family feud.

Director: Michael Winner | Stars: Charles Bronson, Martin Balsam, Jack Colvin, Paul Koslo

Votes: 3,801 | Gross: $1.39M

19. Heat Lightning (1934)

Passed | 63 min | Crime, Drama

A lady gas station attendant gets mixed up with escaped murderers.

Director: Mervyn LeRoy | Stars: Aline MacMahon, Ann Dvorak, Preston Foster, Lyle Talbot

Votes: 1,034

20. Lazy Eye (2016)

TV-MA | 87 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

Passions re-ignite and secrets revealed when a graphic designer reconnects with the great, lost love of his life for a weekend tryst at a house in the desert near Joshua Tree.

Director: Tim Kirkman | Stars: Drew Barr, Lucas Near-Verbrugghe, Michaela Watkins, Aaron Costa Ganis

Votes: 1,977

21. The Living Desert (1953)

G | 69 min | Family, Documentary

Although first glance reveals little more than stones and sand, the desert is alive. Witness moving rocks, spitting mud pots, gorgeous flowers and the never-ending battle for survival between creatures of every shape, size and description.

Director: James Algar | Star: Winston Hibler

Votes: 1,719

22. Eegah (1962)

Unrated | 92 min | Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy

Teenagers stumble across a prehistoric caveman, who goes on a rampage.

Director: Arch Hall Sr. | Stars: Arch Hall Jr., Marilyn Manning, Richard Kiel, Arch Hall Sr.

Votes: 6,131

23. Deserted (I) (2016)

Not Rated | 92 min | Adventure, Drama, Thriller

When 24-year-old Jae is released from prison for killing her mother, she returns to her childhood home in small-town Ridgecrest. The desire to go anywhere but there prompts her to agree to ... See full summary »

Director: Ashley Avis | Stars: Mischa Barton, Jackson Davis, Winter Ave Zoli, Trent Ford

Votes: 749

24. Luster (2002)

Unrated | 92 min | Comedy, Drama

Luster is a refreshingly funny and sexy look at unrequited love. Jackson, a cute, lanky, blue-haired poet who works in a record store, is at the center of Everett Lewis' twisted black LA ... See full summary »

Director: Everett Lewis | Stars: Justin Herwick, Barry Wyatt, Shane Powers, Pamela Gidley

Votes: 1,223

25. The Thompsons (2012)

R | 82 min | Drama, Horror, Thriller

On the run with the law on their trail, America's most anguished vampire family heads to England to find an ancient vampire clan. What they find instead could tear their family, and their throats, apart forever.

Directors: Mitchell Altieri, Phil Flores | Stars: Cory Knauf, Samuel Child, Mackenzie Firgens, Joseph McKelheer

Votes: 2,437

26. Edge of Eternity (1959)

Approved | 80 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

In the 1950s, Arizona Deputy Sheriff Les Martin is pressured by his community to solve a string of mysterious murders around a mining ghost town in the Grand Canyon.

Director: Don Siegel | Stars: Cornel Wilde, Victoria Shaw, Mickey Shaughnessy, Edgar Buchanan

Votes: 1,128

27. Highway Dragnet (1954)

Passed | 71 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir

Wrongly accused of killing a bar-girl he was seen with earlier, a Korean War vet flees from the police in the company of a woman photographer and her young female model.

Director: Nathan Juran | Stars: Richard Conte, Joan Bennett, Wanda Hendrix, Reed Hadley

Votes: 898

28. Sam Was Here (II) (2016)

Not Rated | 75 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller

A door-to-door salesman questions his sanity when stranded in a deserted town and threatened by residents who mistake him for a killer.

Director: Christophe Deroo | Stars: Rusty Joiner, Sigrid La Chapelle, Rhoda Pell, Hassan Galedary

Votes: 2,600

29. Sand (2000)

R | 89 min | Drama

A young man tries running from his past by hiding from his two violent brothers, only to have them track and harass him and his friends.

Director: Matt Palmieri | Stars: Michael Vartan, Norman Reedus, Kari Wuhrer, Marshall Bell

Votes: 640

30. Castle in the Desert (1942)

Approved | 62 min | Mystery

Charlie Chan investigates apparent poisonings at a mystery mansion in the Mojave Desert.

Director: Harry Lachman | Stars: Sidney Toler, Arleen Whelan, Richard Derr, Douglass Dumbrille

Votes: 1,446

31. Inferno (1953)

Approved | 83 min | Crime, Drama, Romance

A tough, hard-driving business tycoon suffers a broken leg and is left to die in the desert by his scheming wife and her greedy lover.

Director: Roy Ward Baker | Stars: Robert Ryan, Rhonda Fleming, William Lundigan, Larry Keating

Votes: 1,802

32. Alien Nation: Dark Horizon (1994 TV Movie)

90 min | Crime, Drama, Sci-Fi

An Overseer named Ahpossno comes to Earth to take the slaves, and all humans, back to the mothership.

Director: Kenneth Johnson | Stars: Gary Graham, Eric Pierpoint, Michele Scarabelli, Terri Treas

Votes: 1,540

33. The Item (1999)

R | 100 min | Action, Comedy, Crime

Four convicts become embroiled in what seems like an easy way to get a million dollars. Enlisted to pick up a sealed box and guard it for one day, the four men let their curiosity take over and decide to look at its contents.

Director: Dan Clark | Stars: DawnMarie Ferrara, Dan Clark, Dave Pressler, Dan Lake

Votes: 960

34. Red Letters (2000)

R | 103 min | Crime, Drama

A college professor reluctantly hides an escaped female convict who tries to get him to help prove her innocent of a murder.

Director: Bradley Battersby | Stars: Peter Coyote, Nastassja Kinski, Fairuza Balk, Jeremy Piven

Votes: 651

35. Naked States (2000)

R | 80 min | Documentary

Photographer Spencer Tunick travels the U.S. in search of volunteers to pose nude for his outlaw photo-shoots, all of them done out in public and often without legal permits. This ... See full summary »

Director: Arlene Nelson | Stars: Spencer Tunick, Trey Anastasio, Fraya Berg, Deborah Berman

Votes: 521

36. Blood Frenzy (1987)

90 min | Horror

A maniac tries to kill off a group of teenagers on an encounter session in the desert.

Director: Hal Freeman | Stars: Wendy MacDonald, Tony Montero, Lisa Loring, Lisa Savage

Votes: 510

37. The Cardigans: My Favourite Game (1998 Music Video)

4 min | Action, Comedy, Crime

A beautiful young woman obsessed with death goes joyriding on a desert highway. As she wreaks havoc trying to ram both cars and people, she lip-syncs to the title song which plays on her car radio. The video has five different versions.

Director: Jonas Åkerlund | Stars: Nina Persson, The Cardigans, Lars-Olof Johansson, Bengt Lagerberg

Votes: 135

38. She-Wolf in Hollywood: The Story of Maria Ouspenskaya

59 min | Documentary | Completed

The story of actress and acting teacher Maria Ouspenskaya, who brought modern acting techniques to the U.S., focusing on her years in Hollywood (1936-1949).

Director: Jordan Mohr | Star: Jordan Mohr

39. The Patriot (1986)

R | 88 min | Action

Agent tries to track down terrorists who are intercepting government nuclear weapons.

Director: Frank Harris | Stars: Gregg Henry, Simone Griffeth, Michael J. Pollard, Jeff Conaway

Votes: 396

40. Suits on the Loose (2005)

PG | 94 min | Comedy

Two rebellious teens, on the run from a desert survival camp, steal the car of two naive Mormon missionaries. They end up in New Harmony, the town that's been anxiously awaiting their Mormon missionaries.

Director: Rodney Henson | Stars: Ty Hodges, Brandon Beemer, Allison Lange, Shaun Weiss

Votes: 336 | Gross: $0.08M

41. The Bad Kids (2016)

101 min | Documentary

A group of teachers at a Mojave Desert high school take an unconventional approach to improve the lives of their struggling students.

Directors: Keith Fulton, Louis Pepe | Stars: Vonda Viland, Julia Alexander, Laura Ambrosius, Robert Bartz

Votes: 667 | Gross: $0.00M

42. Bone Dry (2007)

R | 100 min | Action, Thriller

Eddie finds himself being forced at a gunpoint, by an unseen assailant, on a dark and brutal journey through the harsh terrain of the Mojave desert. His nemesis is Jimmy, a man with an ... See full summary »

Director: Brett A. Hart | Stars: Luke Goss, Lance Henriksen, Dee Wallace, Tom Lister Jr.

Votes: 1,229

43. Alien Nation: Body and Soul (1995 TV Movie)

87 min | Crime, Drama, Sci-Fi

Sikes and Francisco are called in to a case when a mysterious young girl, who looks part Newcomer, part human, appears. Her huge, brutish counterpart tries to free her from the precinct, ... See full summary »

Director: Kenneth Johnson | Stars: Gary Graham, Eric Pierpoint, Michele Scarabelli, Terri Treas

Votes: 1,101

44. Darwin (2011)

G | 86 min | Documentary, Drama, History

Propelled from society by tragic turns, the isolated community of Darwin, Death Valley (population 35) must now find ways to coexist in a place without a government, a church, jobs, or children.

Director: Nick Brandestini | Stars: Monty Brannigan, Nancy Brannigan, Hank Jones, Connie Jones

Votes: 421

45. The Narrow World (2017)

15 min | Short, Sci-Fi

A giant alien creature comes to Earth. The reasons for its arrival, however, remain unknown as mankind fails to make contact with the visitor.

Director: Brent Bonacorso | Stars: Julia Cavanaugh, Scott Bailey Gagain, Karim Saleh

Votes: 343

46. The Threat (1949)

Passed | 66 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir

Vicious hood 'Red' Kluger escapes from Folsom State Prison and follows through on his threats to the detective who arrested him and the D.A. who convicted him.

Director: Felix E. Feist | Stars: Michael O'Shea, Virginia Grey, Charles McGraw, Julie Bishop

Votes: 1,194

47. Sin's Kitchen (2004)

91 min | Drama

In the spirit of Dante's Inferno, this modern-day triptych unfolds three complex tales of lies, secrets, and sins, all intricately woven together to explore the hidden shadows of man's soul.

Director: Fabien Pruvot | Stars: Jeffrey Wright, Robert Miano, Pierre Cosso, Gabrielle Lazure

Votes: 101

48. American Desert (2021)

78 min | Drama, Romance

Recently returned combat veteran Matt Benning (Will Brandt) finds himself entangled in a dangerous web of drugs, violence, and toxic love that eventually has him running-and hiding-for his life.

Director: Adrian Bartol | Stars: Will Brandt, Ruby Modine, Michael Ironside, Amber Viera

49. Army Girl (1938)

Approved | 80 min | Action, Comedy, Drama

A fight to keep cavalry horses from being replaced by tanks culminates in a great race between machine and beast.

Director: George Nicholls Jr. | Stars: Madge Evans, Preston Foster, Neil Hamilton, Ruth Donnelly

Votes: 114

50. Contra Conspiracy (1990)

Not Rated | 88 min | Action

When a Hollywood film crew set up shop in the Mojave Desert, they believed they were making the best action-adventure movie of the year. Little did the filmmakers know they would live it, too!

Director: Thomas Dewier | Stars: Michael Williams, Tom Maher, Vickie Stephenson, Blake Bahner

Votes: 54