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1. Hot Summer Nights (2017)

R | 107 min | Crime, Drama, Romance

6.4

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44 Metascore

In 1991, a sheltered teenage boy comes of age during a wild summer he spends on Cape Cod getting rich from selling pot to gangsters, falling in love for the first time, partying and eventually realizing that he is in over his head.

Director: Elijah Bynum | Stars: Timothée Chalamet, Maika Monroe, Alex Roe, Emory Cohen

Votes: 23,630

2. Mighty Morphin Power Rangers (1995)

PG | 95 min | Action, Adventure, Family

5.3

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40 Metascore

A giant egg is unearthed at a construction site and soon opened, releasing the terrible Ivan Ooze, who wreaks vengeance on Zordon for imprisoning him millennia ago. With Zordon dying and their powers lost, the Rangers head to a distant planet to find the mystic warrior Dulcea.

Director: Bryan Spicer | Stars: Karan Ashley, Johnny Yong Bosch, Steve Cardenas, Jason David Frank

Votes: 30,094 | Gross: $38.19M

3. Anthropoid (2016)

R | 120 min | Action, Drama, History

7.2

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59 Metascore

Based on the extraordinary true story of Operation Anthropoid, the WWII mission to assassinate SS General Reinhard Heydrich, the main architect behind the Final Solution and the Reich's third in command after Hitler and Himmler.

Director: Sean Ellis | Stars: Jamie Dornan, Cillian Murphy, Brian Caspe, Karel Hermánek Jr.

Votes: 54,527 | Gross: $2.96M

4. Detroit (2017)

R | 143 min | Crime, Drama, History

7.3

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77 Metascore

Fact-based drama set during the 1967 Detroit riots in which a group of rogue police officers respond to a complaint with retribution rather than justice on their minds.

Director: Kathryn Bigelow | Stars: John Boyega, Anthony Mackie, Algee Smith, Jacob Latimore

Votes: 56,096 | Gross: $16.79M

5. The Experiment (2001)

R | 120 min | Drama, Thriller

7.7

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59 Metascore

For two weeks, 20 male participants are hired to play prisoners and guards in a prison. The "prisoners" have to follow seemingly mild rules, and the "guards" are told to retain order without using physical violence.

Director: Oliver Hirschbiegel | Stars: Moritz Bleibtreu, Christian Berkel, Oliver Stokowski, Wotan Wilke Möhring

Votes: 96,226 | Gross: $0.14M

6. How I Live Now (2013)

R | 101 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

6.4

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57 Metascore

An American girl, sent to the English countryside to stay with relatives, finds love and purpose while fighting for her survival as war envelops the world around her.

Director: Kevin Macdonald | Stars: Saoirse Ronan, Tom Holland, George MacKay, Harley Bird

Votes: 32,026 | Gross: $0.06M

7. Live Flesh (1997)

R | 103 min | Drama

7.3

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69 Metascore

After leaving jail, Víctor is still in love with Elena, but she's married to the former cop -now basketball player- who became paralysed by a shot from Víctor's gun...

Director: Pedro Almodóvar | Stars: Liberto Rabal, Francesca Neri, Javier Bardem, Ángela Molina

Votes: 33,779 | Gross: $1.54M

8. The Russians Are Coming the Russians Are Coming (1966)

Unrated | 126 min | Comedy, War

7.0

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69 Metascore

Without hostile intent, a Soviet submarine runs aground off New England. Men are sent for a boat, but many villagers go into a tizzy, risking bloodshed.

Director: Norman Jewison | Stars: Carl Reiner, Eva Marie Saint, Alan Arkin, Brian Keith

Votes: 10,105 | Gross: $21.69M

9. An Inconvenient Truth (2006)

PG | 96 min | Documentary

7.4

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75 Metascore

Filmmaker Davis Guggenheim follows Al Gore on the lecture circuit, as the former presidential candidate campaigns to raise public awareness of the dangers of global warming and calls for immediate action to curb its destructive effects on the environment.

Director: Davis Guggenheim | Stars: Al Gore, Billy West, George Bush, George W. Bush

Votes: 85,299 | Gross: $23.81M

10. The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms (1953)

Approved | 80 min | Horror, Sci-Fi

6.6

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A ferocious dinosaur awakened by an Arctic atomic test terrorizes the North Atlantic and, ultimately, New York City.

Director: Eugène Lourié | Stars: Paul Hubschmid, Paula Raymond, Cecil Kellaway, Kenneth Tobey

Votes: 8,765 | Gross: $5.00M

11. The Spook Who Sat by the Door (1973)

PG | 102 min | Action, Drama, Crime

7.1

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A black man plays 'uncle Tom' in order to gain access to CIA training, then uses that knowledge to plot a new American revolt.

Director: Ivan Dixon | Stars: Lawrence Cook, Janet League, Paula Kelly, J.A. Preston

Votes: 1,574 | Gross: $1.00M

12. The 11th Hour (I) (2007)

PG | 95 min | Documentary

7.2

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63 Metascore

A look at the state of the global environment including visionary and practical solutions for restoring the planet's ecosystems.

Directors: Leila Conners, Nadia Conners | Stars: Leonardo DiCaprio, Kenny Ausubel, Thom Hartmann, Wangari Maathai

Votes: 5,913 | Gross: $0.70M

13. After the Rain (1999)

R | 103 min | Drama, Romance

5.8

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Steph, an Afrikaner, struggles with his past and heritage in the new South Africa. When his girlfriend befriends a black South African man called Vusisizwe trouble brews.

Director: Ross Kettle | Stars: Ariyon Bakare, Paul Bettany, Peter Krummeck, Ian Jepson

Votes: 284

14. The Wild Beasts (1984)

Unrated | 92 min | Horror

5.5

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The water supply for a large city zoo becomes contaminated with PCP, and the animals go crazy and get loose.

Director: Franco Prosperi | Stars: Lorraine De Selle, Antonio Di Leo, Ugo Bologna, Louisa Lloyd

Votes: 1,190

15. NYC: Tornado Terror (2008 TV Movie)

Not Rated | 90 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

3.6

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What appears to be harmless little whirlwinds and dust devils turns out to be a precursor to something deadlier and ends up threatening New York City's very existence.

Director: Tibor Takács | Stars: Nicole de Boer, Sebastian Spence, Jerry Wasserman, Winston Rekert

Votes: 1,307

16. Creature with the Atom Brain (1955)

Approved | 69 min | Crime, Horror, Sci-Fi

5.5

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An ex-Nazi mad scientist uses radio-controlled atomic-powered zombies in his quest to help an exiled American gangster return to power.

Director: Edward L. Cahn | Stars: Richard Denning, Angela Stevens, S. John Launer, Michael Granger

Votes: 1,766

17. Resistance (1992)

Unrated | 112 min | Action

5.4

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A society on the verge of total collapse is agitated by military forces who try to make sure needed crops are harvested before the farm workers begin to revolt. Then a worker is killed by a soldier.

Directors: Paul Elliott, Hugh Keays-Byrne | Stars: Lorna Lesley, Jennifer Claire, Robert Noble, Allan Penney

Votes: 86

18. Tae-poong (2005)

R | 124 min | Action

5.7

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46 Metascore

A modern-day pirate plans a massive attack on North and South Korea.

Director: Kyung-taek Kwak | Stars: Jang Dong-gun, Lee Jung-jae, Lee Mi-yeon, David Lee McInnis

Votes: 1,393 | Gross: $0.14M

19. The Land of Hope (2012)

Not Rated | 133 min | Drama, Sci-Fi

6.5

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An earth-quake causes a nuclear crisis in a fictive Japanese prefecture. In wake of the disaster, the members of the Ono family who reside just outside the border of the mandatory evacuation zone face uncertainty.

Director: Sion Sono | Stars: Isao Natsuyagi, Naoko Ohtani, Jun Murakami, Megumi Kagurazaka

Votes: 1,266

20. A Force More Powerful (1999)

TV-G | 110 min | Documentary

8.2

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This two-part Emmy-nominated series explores one of the 20th century's most important but least understood stories: how nonviolent power has overcome oppression and authoritarian rule all ... See full summary »

Director: Steve York | Stars: Ben Kingsley, Mohandas K. Gandhi, Salvador Allende, Shahla Arasteh

Votes: 61

21. Oss (1976)

86 min | Drama, Sci-Fi

4.6

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De tradisjonelt fattige landene har etter en politisk omveltning stanset eksporten av råvarer. Den vestlige verden kommer i en økonomisk krise, som raskt brer seg i Norge. Arbeidledigheten ... See full summary »

Director: Laila Mikkelsen | Stars: Knut Husebø, Ellen Horn, Astrid Folstad, Eyvind Haugestøl

Votes: 30

22. October 1970 (2006– )

480 min | Drama, History

7.8

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A dramatization of the Canadian October Crisis when cells of a Quebecois terrorist organization took hostages in 1970.

Stars: Patrick Labbé, Karine Vanasse, Mathieu Grondin, Fanny La Croix

Votes: 41

23. Lelaki komunis terakhir (2006)

Not Rated | 90 min | Documentary, Biography, History

7.0

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A travel documentary essay, interspersed with specially composed songs, about the early life and legacy of Chin Peng, exiled leader of the banned Communist Party of Malaya.

Director: Amir Muhammad | Stars: See Ming Chong, Toni Kassim, Janet Lee, Zalila Lee

Votes: 58

24. Peperoncino (2021 TV Movie)

60 min | Drama, Romance

4.8

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It has been ten years since the earthquake and tsunami that devastated much of coastal eastern Japan. Many died. Many of the survivors do not wish to remember. A couple send out special ... See full summary »

Stars: Tsuyoshi Kusanagi, Jun Kunimura, Yoh Yoshida, Akiko Yada

Votes: 8

25. Destiny (2014 Video)

4 min | Short, Music

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No matter where you are in this world, your life is destined to turn out just as planned. The "Destiny" film tells the tale of Lives intersecting in ways that only the heavens above could have worked out.

Director: Scott Marett | Stars: Misfit Crazy8, Mayra Leal, MH the Model, Shaad P

26. Doctor Who (2005–2022)
Episode: Aliens of London (2005)

TV-PG | 45 min | Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi

6.9

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The Doctor returns Rose to her own time - well, sort of - but her family reunion is ruined when a spaceship crashes in the middle of London. What is the origin of the spaceship, and where has the Prime Minister gone in this time of crisis?

Director: Keith Boak | Stars: Christopher Eccleston, Billie Piper, Camille Coduri, Corey Doabe

Votes: 8,477

27. The Outer Limits (1963–1965)
Episode: Production and Decay of Strange Particles (1964)

TV-PG | 51 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror

6.3

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An accident at a nuclear research facility creates a dimensional doorway in which aliens need to widen to invade our world. A scientist races to discover a way to reverse the damage and close the doorway.

Director: Leslie Stevens | Stars: George Macready, Rudy Solari, Joseph Ruskin, Leonard Nimoy

Votes: 505

28. Smallville (2001–2017)
Episode: Commencement (2005)

TV-PG | 53 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

9.1

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When Lana (possessed by Isobel) kills Genevieve Teague by stabbing her with one of the Kryptonian Knowledge Crystals after she attempts to steal it, it triggers a cosmic event that not only... See full summary »

Director: Greg Beeman | Stars: Tom Welling, Kristin Kreuk, Michael Rosenbaum, Jensen Ackles

Votes: 1,525

29. Star Trek: Voyager (1995–2001)
Episode: Deadlock (1996)

TV-PG | 46 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

8.2

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A schism duplicates everything in Voyager; except the antimatter, which both ships share. As one ship rips apart, the other comes under attack from organ-harvesting Vidiians.

Director: David Livingston | Stars: Kate Mulgrew, Robert Beltran, Roxann Dawson, Jennifer Lien

Votes: 2,303

30. The Tick (1994–1997)
Episode: The Tick vs. The Proto Clown (1995)

TV-Y7 | 21 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

7.8

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As The Tick and Arthur return to The City from a trip, The City is too quiet. Soon, they learn that a clown is terrorizing the city. Unfortunately, The Tick is knocked into his own mind, for a journey of discovery.

Director: Art Vitello | Stars: Townsend Coleman, Micky Dolenz, Cam Clarke, Kay Lenz

Votes: 85

31. Busted in Bangkok (2020– )
Episode: Powerful Storm Disrupts Tourists (2020)

45 min | Documentary, Crime

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A state of emergency is declared on Koh Samui as the biggest storm in a decade looks set to hit the island. A 7-foot python stops the traffic in Pattaya. A jet ski accident leaves two tourists with a huge bill.

Directors: Lucy Johnstone, Brigid Mcfall, Karen Walsh | Star: Craig Murray