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1. Prometheus (I) (2012)

R | 124 min | Adventure, Mystery, Sci-Fi

Following clues to the origin of mankind, a team finds a structure on a distant moon, but they soon realize they are not alone.

Director: Ridley Scott | Stars: Noomi Rapace, Logan Marshall-Green, Michael Fassbender, Charlize Theron

Votes: 644,807 | Gross: $126.48M

2. The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997)

PG-13 | 129 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

A research team is sent to the Jurassic Park Site B island to study the dinosaurs there, while an InGen team approaches with another agenda.

Director: Steven Spielberg | Stars: Jeff Goldblum, Julianne Moore, Pete Postlethwaite, Vince Vaughn

Votes: 444,472 | Gross: $229.09M

3. Escape from New York (1981)

R | 99 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

In 1997, when the U.S. president crashes into Manhattan, now a giant maximum security prison, a convicted bank robber is sent in to rescue him.

Director: John Carpenter | Stars: Kurt Russell, Lee Van Cleef, Ernest Borgnine, Donald Pleasence

Votes: 157,729 | Gross: $25.24M

4. San Andreas (2015)

PG-13 | 114 min | Action, Adventure, Thriller

In the aftermath of a massive earthquake in California, a rescue-chopper pilot makes a dangerous journey with his ex-wife across the state in order to rescue his daughter.

Director: Brad Peyton | Stars: Dwayne Johnson, Carla Gugino, Alexandra Daddario, Colton Haynes

Votes: 256,946 | Gross: $155.19M

5. Anaconda (1997)

PG-13 | 89 min | Action, Adventure, Horror

A "National Geographic" film crew is taken hostage by an insane hunter, who forces them along on his quest to capture the world's largest - and deadliest - snake.

Director: Luis Llosa | Stars: Jon Voight, Jennifer Lopez, Eric Stoltz, Ice Cube

Votes: 112,114 | Gross: $65.89M

6. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2009)

R | 152 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

A journalist is aided by a young female hacker in his search for the killer of a woman who has been dead for forty years.

Director: Niels Arden Oplev | Stars: Michael Nyqvist, Noomi Rapace, Ewa Fröling, Lena Endre

Votes: 223,425 | Gross: $10.10M

7. Die Hard with a Vengeance (1995)

R | 128 min | Action, Adventure, Thriller

John McClane and a Harlem store owner are targeted by German terrorist Simon in New York City, where he plans to rob the Federal Reserve Building.

Director: John McTiernan | Stars: Bruce Willis, Jeremy Irons, Samuel L. Jackson, Graham Greene

Votes: 408,516 | Gross: $100.01M

8. Sorcerer (1977)

PG | 121 min | Adventure, Drama, Thriller

Four unfortunate men from different parts of the globe agree to risk their lives transporting gallons of nitroglycerin across dangerous Latin American jungle.

Director: William Friedkin | Stars: Roy Scheider, Bruno Cremer, Francisco Rabal, Amidou

Votes: 27,779 | Gross: $12.00M

9. Deep Blue Sea (1999)

R | 105 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

Searching for a cure to Alzheimer's disease, a group of scientists on an isolated research facility become the prey, as a trio of intelligent sharks fight back.

Director: Renny Harlin | Stars: Thomas Jane, Saffron Burrows, Samuel L. Jackson, Jacqueline McKenzie

Votes: 142,652 | Gross: $73.65M

10. Crimson Tide (1995)

R | 116 min | Action, Drama, Thriller

On a U.S. nuclear missile sub, a young First Officer stages a mutiny to prevent his trigger happy Captain from launching his missiles before confirming his orders to do so.

Director: Tony Scott | Stars: Gene Hackman, Denzel Washington, Matt Craven, George Dzundza

Votes: 123,467 | Gross: $91.40M

11. Free Willy (1993)

PG | 112 min | Adventure, Drama, Family

When a boy learns that a beloved killer whale is to be killed by the aquarium owners, the boy risks everything to free the whale.

Director: Simon Wincer | Stars: Jason James Richter, Lori Petty, Michael Madsen, Jayne Atkinson

Votes: 83,066 | Gross: $77.70M

12. Creature from the Black Lagoon (1954)

G | 79 min | Horror, Sci-Fi

A strange prehistoric beast lurks in the depths of the Amazonian jungle. A group of scientists try to capture the animal and bring it back to civilization for study.

Director: Jack Arnold | Stars: Richard Carlson, Julie Adams, Richard Denning, Antonio Moreno

Votes: 34,478 | Gross: $1.30M

13. Dolores Claiborne (1995)

R | 132 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

A big city reporter travels to a small town where her mother has been arrested for the murder of an elderly woman for whom she worked as a housekeeper.

Director: Taylor Hackford | Stars: Kathy Bates, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Christopher Plummer, Judy Parfitt

Votes: 48,446 | Gross: $24.36M

14. 47 Meters Down (2017)

PG-13 | 89 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller

Two sisters vacationing in Mexico are trapped in a shark cage at the bottom of the ocean. With less than an hour of oxygen left and great white sharks circling nearby, they must fight to survive.

Director: Johannes Roberts | Stars: Mandy Moore, Claire Holt, Matthew Modine, Chris Johnson

Votes: 60,970 | Gross: $44.31M

15. Mousehunt (1997)

PG | 98 min | Comedy

Two stumblebum inheritors are determined to rid their antique house of a mouse who is equally determined to stay where he is.

Director: Gore Verbinski | Stars: Nathan Lane, Lee Evans, Vicki Lewis, Maury Chaykin

Votes: 60,545 | Gross: $61.92M

16. The Gods Must Be Crazy (1980)

PG | 109 min | Adventure, Comedy

A comic allegory about a traveling Bushman who encounters modern civilization and its stranger aspects, including a clumsy scientist and a band of revolutionaries.

Director: Jamie Uys | Stars: N!xau, Marius Weyers, Sandra Prinsloo, Louw Verwey

Votes: 59,499 | Gross: $30.03M

17. Twisted (I) (2004)

R | 97 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Jessica, whose father killed her mother and committed suicide, is a police officer. While investigating a murder, she finds herself in the center of her own investigation, when her former lovers start being murdered.

Director: Philip Kaufman | Stars: Ashley Judd, Samuel L. Jackson, Andy Garcia, David Strathairn

Votes: 23,118 | Gross: $25.20M

18. Last Sentinel (2023)

117 min | Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi

A platoon of soldiers are stranded in an abandoned military base on a near future Earth waiting for the relief or the enemy, whichever comes first.

Director: Tanel Toom | Stars: Kate Bosworth, Lucien Laviscount, Martin McCann, Thomas Kretschmann

Votes: 5,991

19. The People That Time Forgot (1977)

PG | 91 min | Adventure, Sci-Fi

In 1919, a British expedition in the Antarctica region is searching for a lost American explorer and finds a hidden prehistoric world instead.

Director: Kevin Connor | Stars: Patrick Wayne, Doug McClure, Sarah Douglas, Dana Gillespie

Votes: 3,516

20. The Little Vampire (2000)

PG | 95 min | Adventure, Comedy, Family

A lonely American boy living in Scotland makes a new best friend, a fellow nine year-old who happens to be a vampire.

Director: Uli Edel | Stars: Jonathan Lipnicki, Rollo Weeks, Richard E. Grant, Jim Carter

Votes: 11,516 | Gross: $13.57M

21. Westward the Women (1951)

Passed | 118 min | Adventure, Drama, Western

A trail guide escorts a group of women from Chicago to California to marry men that have recently begun settling there.

Director: William A. Wellman | Stars: Robert Taylor, Denise Darcel, Hope Emerson, John McIntire

Votes: 3,808

22. Megalodon (2018 TV Movie)

TV-14 | 88 min | Action, Adventure, Horror

A military vessel on the search for an unidentified submersible finds themselves face to face with a giant shark, forced to use only what they have on board to defend themselves from the monstrous beast.

Director: James Thomas | Stars: Michael Madsen, Dominic Pace, Caroline Harris, Ego Mikitas

Votes: 2,566

23. The Awakening (1980)

R | 101 min | Horror

An archeologist discovers his daughter is possessed by the spirit of an Egyptian queen. To save mankind he must destroy her.

Director: Mike Newell | Stars: Charlton Heston, Susannah York, Jill Townsend, Stephanie Zimbalist

Votes: 2,868 | Gross: $8.42M

24. Fistful of Vengeance (2022)

TV-MA | 96 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Kai Jin, a young Chinatown chef in present day San Francisco, becomes entangled with the Chinese Triad's pursuit of deadly ancient powers known as the "Wu Xing.

Director: Roel Reiné | Stars: Iko Uwais, Lewis Tan, Lawrence Kao, Pearl Thusi

Votes: 7,574

25. The Lighthouse (I) (2016)

102 min | Thriller

Based on real events which saw two lighthouse keepers stranded for months at sea in a freak storm, the film tells a tale of death, madness and isolation; a desolate trip into the heart of human darkness.

Director: Chris Crow | Stars: Mark Lewis Jones, Michael Jibson, Ian Virgo, Gerald Tyler

Votes: 1,156

26. Morituri (1965)

Approved | 123 min | Action, Drama, Thriller

A war pacifist is blackmailed to pose as an SS officer and to disable the scuttling explosives on a freighter carrying rubber cargo to be captured by the Allies.

Director: Bernhard Wicki | Stars: Marlon Brando, Yul Brynner, Janet Margolin, Trevor Howard

Votes: 4,504

27. The Lovers (I) (2015)

R | 109 min | Action, Adventure, Romance

An epic, sweeping and riveting tale of an impossible love set across two time periods and continents.

Director: Roland Joffé | Stars: Josh Hartnett, Bipasha Basu, Tamsin Egerton, James Mackay

Votes: 3,437

28. The Last Shark (1981)

PG | 88 min | Horror

James Franciscus tries to save hundreds of swimmers in a coastal resort after a Great White Shark starts terrorizing the area.

Director: Enzo G. Castellari | Stars: James Franciscus, Vic Morrow, Micaela Pignatelli, Joshua Sinclair

Votes: 3,113

29. Underwater! (1955)

Approved | 99 min | Adventure, Drama

Two scuba divers find a shipwreck which may contain undiscovered treasure. However, their attempt to salvage it is threatened by scavengers.

Director: John Sturges | Stars: Jane Russell, Gilbert Roland, Richard Egan, Lori Nelson

Votes: 1,087

30. Dinosaurus! (1960)

Unrated | 83 min | Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy

After undersea explosions near a Caribbean island, prehistoric creatures are unleashed on the population. A boy teams up with a Neanderthal and an irritated dinosaur try to stop the dinosaurs.

Director: Irvin S. Yeaworth Jr. | Stars: Ward Ramsey, Kristina Hanson, Paul Lukather, Alan Roberts

Votes: 1,701

31. Arrivederci, Baby! (1966)

Unrated | 100 min | Comedy, Crime

Nick tries to kill his wife to get her money, but when learning of this, she plans the same for him!

Director: Ken Hughes | Stars: Tony Curtis, Rosanna Schiaffino, Lionel Jeffries, Zsa Zsa Gabor

Votes: 661

32. Abandoned: Angelique's Isle (2018)

90 min | Drama, Romance, Thriller

Angelique's Isle is a harrowing tale of perseverance and survival that unfolds during the great copper rush of 1845, when newlyweds ANGELIQUE, a young Ojibway and CHARLIE, her voyageur ... See full summary »

Directors: Marie-Hélène Cousineau, Michelle Derosier | Stars: Julia Jones, Charlie Carrick, Tantoo Cardinal, Aden Young

Votes: 279

33. Scout toujours... (1985)

98 min | Comedy

France, 1965 - An aging mamma's boy becomes the replacement leader of a rowdy group of teenage boy scouts who make his life miserable.

Director: Gérard Jugnot | Stars: Gérard Jugnot, Jean-Claude Leguay, Jean-Yves Chatelais, Jean-Paul Comart

Votes: 950

34. The Moonlight Sonata (1988)

86 min | Comedy, Horror, Thriller

A female fashion model Anni Stark (played by Tiina Björkman) takes leave from the fashion business and goes to Finland's Lappland (a wilderness region in Northern Finland, better known as ... See full summary »

Director: Olli Soinio | Stars: Tiina Björkman, Kari Sorvali, Kim Gunell, Mikko Kivinen

Votes: 1,030

35. Expecting a Miracle (2009 TV Movie)

TV-PG | 90 min | Drama, Romance

Tension is high for a young married couple who can't conceive, and a detour from their intended destination becomes the miracle they need.

Director: Steve Gomer | Stars: Jason Priestley, Teri Polo, Cheech Marin, Kevin Balmore

Votes: 407

36. Dinosaur 13 (2014)

PG | 95 min | Documentary

A documentary about the discovery of the largest Tyrannosaurus Rex fossil ever found.

Director: Todd Douglas Miller | Stars: Stan Adelstein, Lanice Archer, Robert Bakker, Philip Currie

Votes: 3,983

37. Tanks for Stalin (2018)

95 min | Action, Comedy, History

1940. A prototype of a new cutting edge tank is being taken on a secret mission to Moscow, to Comrade Stalin. Soon the cross-country run turns into a ruthless race.

Director: Kim Druzhinin | Stars: Andrey Merzlikin, Anton Filipenko, Aglaya Tarasova, Dmitriy Podnozov

Votes: 1,138

38. Le ruffian (1983)

108 min | Adventure, Crime

Aldo, in his fifties, works in a gold mine in Northern Canada, in the middle of a bunch of adventurers.

Director: José Giovanni | Stars: Lino Ventura, Bernard Giraudeau, Claudia Cardinale, Béatrix Van Til

Votes: 885

39. Planet Unknown (2016)

10 min | Animation, Short, Action

At the end of 21st century, mankind were facing global resource depletion. Space Rovers were sent out to find potential inhabitable planets.

Director: Shawn 'Zixiao' Wang

Votes: 456

40. Wire Cutters (2014)

9 min | Animation, Short, Drama

A chance encounter proves fateful for 2 robots mining on a desolate planet.

Director: Jack Anderson

Votes: 978

41. Land of the Mammoth (2001– )

Animation, Documentary

As archaeological research shows, Siberia was previously a territory with a mild climate. Various types of prehistoric animals lived here, the largest of which was a mammoth. Climate change... See full summary »

Stars: Avery Brooks, Bernard Buigues, Dick Mol, Larry Agenbroad

Votes: 47

42. The Impossible Possum (1954)

Approved | 6 min | Animation, Short, Comedy

Barney sets out to trap a possum for his dinner, but that proves difficult until he uses a puppet of a girl possum, and even then...

Director: Dick Lundy | Star: Paul Frees

Votes: 132

43. The Magic Quill (2018)

99 min | Comedy, Family, Fantasy

A fairy tale, featuring the landlady Margaret, the devil Boniface, the bribable councilors Fake and Chatterbox and the lazy tailor Greasy. In Hell, the devils have a quill that writes human... See full summary »

Director: Marek Najbrt | Stars: Ondrej Vetchý, Judit Bárdos, Jana Plodková, Tomás Jerábek

Votes: 278

44. Nancy Drew: The Creature of Kapu Cave (2006 Video Game)

E | Adventure, Mystery

Teen detective Nancy Drew teams up with the Hardy Boys to investigate a legendary creature that may be causing the strange things happening in the Hawaiian rain forest.

Director: Mike Paganini | Stars: Lani Minella, Jonah Von Spreecken, Robert Jones, Scott Carty

Votes: 84

45. Seven Sins: Envy (2011)

2 min | Short, Drama

An overworked architect becomes envious of the freedom of birds.

Director: Bruce McDonald | Star: Ari Cohen

46. Fire!! (1926)

20 min | Short, Comedy

At the Sans Scruples Hotel, the house fire inspector has to steer clear of a vamp and her jealous husband, and put out a fire to win the girl.

Director: James D. Davis | Stars: 'Snub' Pollard, Gladys Harvey, Max Asher, Jean Hope

Votes: 28

47. Nancy Drew: Danger on Deception Island (2003 Video Game)

E | Adventure, Mystery

Teen detective Nancy Drew travels to the Pacific Northwest and investigates after a whale-watching tour boat is vandalized.

Director: Max Holechek | Stars: Lani Minella, Alisa Murray, Jena Cane, Wayne Rawley

Votes: 97

48. Big Man (1988)
Episode: 395 dollari l'oncia (1988)

90 min | Comedy, Crime

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Director: Steno | Stars: Bud Spencer, Michel Constantin, Denis Karvil, Pascale Roberts

Votes: 132

49. Amazing Stories (1985–1987)
Episode: Thanksgiving (1986)

Not Rated | 23 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama

Greedy mean man finds a bottomless hole on his desert property. He concludes that some kind of beings who trade gold for things live down there. His stepdaughter realizes that "hole people" want food, not objects, but the man won't listen.

Director: Todd Holland | Stars: David Carradine, Kyra Sedgwick

Votes: 299

50. The Littlest Hobo (1979–1985)
Episode: Sartech: Part 2 (1983)

Adventure, Drama, Family

Search and rescue is dispatched, but without a working emergency transmitter, the plane is difficult to find. Some of the more seriously injured passengers' conditions worsen and another turns out to be a diabetic, short on insulin.

Director: Allan Eastman | Stars: London, Tom Arnott, Michel Barrette, Ann de Villiers

Votes: 14