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1. Argylle (2024)
PG-13 | 139 min | Action, Comedy, Thriller
A reclusive author who writes espionage novels about a secret agent and a global spy syndicate realizes the plot of the new book she's writing starts to mirror real-world events, in real time.
Director: Matthew Vaughn | Stars: Henry Cavill, Bryce Dallas Howard, Sam Rockwell, Bryan Cranston
Votes: 66,319
2. Stranger Things (2016–2025)
TV-14 | 60 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
When a young boy vanishes, a small town uncovers a mystery involving secret experiments, terrifying supernatural forces and one strange little girl.
Stars: Millie Bobby Brown, Finn Wolfhard, Winona Ryder, David Harbour
Votes: 1,337,882
3. The Truman Show (1998)
PG | 103 min | Comedy, Drama
An insurance salesman discovers his whole life is actually a reality TV show.
Director: Peter Weir | Stars: Jim Carrey, Ed Harris, Laura Linney, Noah Emmerich
Votes: 1,197,499 | Gross: $125.62M
4. The Butterfly Effect (2004)
R | 113 min | Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Evan Treborn suffers blackouts during significant events of his life. As he grows up, he finds a way to remember these lost memories and a supernatural way to alter his life by reading his journal.
Directors: Eric Bress, J. Mackye Gruber | Stars: Ashton Kutcher, Amy Smart, Melora Walters, Elden Henson
Votes: 521,418 | Gross: $57.94M
5. Dollhouse (2009–2010)
TV-14 | 44 min | Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
A top secret organization erases the identities of attractive young people, turning them into blank "dolls" ready for imprints of temporary identities they need to fulfill assignments for clients.
Stars: Eliza Dushku, Harry Lennix, Fran Kranz, Tahmoh Penikett
Votes: 51,814
6. The Long Kiss Goodnight (1996)
R | 121 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Samantha Caine lives in a small town with her daughter. Eight years ago she emerged, two months pregnant, from a nearby river with no memory of her past or who she is. However, she's getting closer to finding out about her past.
Director: Renny Harlin | Stars: Geena Davis, Samuel L. Jackson, Yvonne Zima, Craig Bierko
Votes: 85,700 | Gross: $33.33M
7. Starry Eyes (2014)
Not Rated | 98 min | Horror, Mystery
A hopeful young starlet uncovers the ominous origins of the Hollywood elite and enters into a deadly agreement in exchange for fame and fortune.
Directors: Kevin Kölsch, Dennis Widmyer | Stars: Alexandra Essoe, Amanda Fuller, Noah Segan, Fabianne Therese
Votes: 22,346
8. Timebomb (1991)
R | 96 min | Action, Drama, Sci-Fi
Eddy is recognized on TV after rescuing two. A group tries to kill the peaceful watchmaker. Why? He sees a cute analyst.
Director: Avi Nesher | Stars: Michael Biehn, Patsy Kensit, Tracy Scoggins, Robert Culp
Votes: 2,069 | Gross: $0.06M
9. Banshee Chapter (2013)
R | 87 min | Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Journalist Anne Roland explores the disturbing links behind her friend's sudden disappearance, an ominous government research chemical, and a disturbing radio broadcast of unknown origin.
Director: Blair Erickson | Stars: Katia Winter, Ted Levine, Michael McMillian, Corey Moosa
Votes: 10,890
10. Telefon (1977)
PG | 102 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A Russian officer is sent to the U.S. to try and stop sleeper agents who will mindlessly attack government entities when they hear certain coded words.
Director: Don Siegel | Stars: Charles Bronson, Lee Remick, Donald Pleasence, Tyne Daly
Votes: 6,252
11. The Scary of Sixty-First (2021)
Unrated | 81 min | Comedy, Horror, Mystery
Two roommates' lives are upended after finding out that their new Manhattan apartment harbors a dark secret.
Director: Dasha Nekrasova | Stars: Madeline Quinn, Betsey Brown, Stephen Gurewitz, Dasha Nekrasova
Votes: 2,447
12. The Killing Room (2009)
R | 93 min | Mystery, Thriller
Four individuals sign up for a psychological research study only to discover that they are now subjects of a brutal, classified government program.
Director: Jonathan Liebesman | Stars: Nick Cannon, Clea DuVall, Timothy Hutton, Chloë Sevigny
Votes: 14,916
13. The Century of the Self (2002)
59 min | Documentary
A documentary about the rise of psychoanalysis as a powerful means of persuasion for both governments and corporations.
Stars: Adam Curtis, Robert Reich, Ann Bernays, Alfred Pritz
Votes: 6,363
14. Out of Shadows (2020)
78 min | Documentary
An exposé on how Hollywood and the mainstream media manipulate the multitudes by spreading propaganda throughout their content.
Director: Mike Smith | Stars: Mike Smith, Kevin M. Shipp, Brad Martin, Liz Crokin
Votes: 1,925
15. The Mind Snatchers (1972)
PG | 94 min | Drama, Sci-Fi
A German scientist works on a way of quelling overly aggressive soldiers by developing implants that directly stimulate the pleasure centers of the brain.
Director: Bernard Girard | Stars: Christopher Walken, Joss Ackland, Ralph Meeker, Ronny Cox
Votes: 681
16. Granite Flats (2013–2015)
50 min | Drama
When a mysterious object falls from the sky and an Army base explodes, three young amateur sleuths try to unveil the secrets of the small town.
Stars: Jonathan Morgan Heit, Richard Gunn, Charlie Plummer, Malia Tyler
Votes: 1,087
17. Dante 01 (2008)
R | 82 min | Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
A prisoner is brought to psychiatric detention space station orbiting a prison planet. He was exposed to aliens and gained healing power. A new doctor wants to experiment on the 7 prisoners/patients.
Director: Marc Caro | Stars: Lambert Wilson, Linh-Dan Pham, Dominique Pinon, Simona Maicanescu
Votes: 5,984
18. Mindfield (1989)
R | 92 min | Thriller
When a police detective kills a criminal, this traumatic event triggers a locked memory, he didn't know he had, of him being a subject of a CIA experiment.
Director: Jean-Claude Lord | Stars: Michael Ironside, Lisa Langlois, Christopher Plummer, Stefan Wodoslawsky
Votes: 424
19. Control Factor (2003 TV Movie)
84 min | Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
An average everyman discovers he's the unwitting target of an ultra secret domestic black-op centering on mind control.
Director: Nelson McCormick | Stars: Adam Baldwin, Elizabeth Berkley, Tony Todd, Conrad Dunn
Votes: 1,109
20. America's War on Drugs (2017)
TV-14 | 480 min | Documentary, History
"America's War on Drugs" is an immersive trip through the last five decades, uncovering how the CIA, obsessed with keeping America safe in the fight against communism, allied itself with the mafia and foreign drug traffickers.
Stars: Richard Stratton, Ty Hurley, Sam Shoubber, Alberto Maneiro
Votes: 223
21. The Sleep Room (1998)
193 min | Biography, Drama
Based on a true story, this production relates the tale of two American lawyers who try to bring the U.S. government to its knees. In the early 1950s, the CIA funds a Montreal psychiatric ... See full summary »
Director: Anne Wheeler | Stars: Leon Pownall, Macha Grenon, Nicola Cavendish, Gabrielle Rose
Votes: 127
22. What Lies Within (2024)
90 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Detroit Police Detective, Karoline Kane, discovers a string of missing person cases. Haunted by dreams of a lover who never existed and violent crimes she hasn't committed, she feels ... See full summary »
Director: Thomas Pawlowski | Stars: Zakiyyah BG, Robert Q Jackson, Ciarah Amaani, Mone't Greenlee
23. The Arrivals (2008 Video)
499 min | Documentary
This Series Explores the Revelations in World Religions Regarding the Arrivals of the Antichrist Dajjal, Imam Al-Mahdi, and The Second Coming of The Christ. A Work Inspired by Hashemsfilms ... See full summary »
Directors: Achernahr, Noreagaa | Stars: Noreagaa, Mahmoud Abbas, Abdullah II King Of Jordan, Raya Abirached
Votes: 170
24. The Dark Files (2017 TV Movie)
86 min | Drama
The Dark Files is an investigative docu-drama chronicling former CIA operative Barry Eisler, award-winning journalist Steve Volk, and documentarian Christopher Garetano's exploration into ... See full summary »
Director: Brad Bernstein | Stars: Al Bielek, Dave Campfield, Anthony Duluc, Barry Eisler
Votes: 89
25. Curio Shop (2014)
19 min | Short, Drama, Fantasy
An epic post-apocalyptic tale about two brothers who struggle to avenge the wrongs done to their family.
Directors: Eric S. Anderson, Scott Crane | Stars: Scott Crane, Christopher Sweeney, James Murray, Brittany Slattery
Votes: 32
26. Dark Legacy II (2014)
Not Rated | 106 min | Documentary
This follow-up to 2009's 'Dark Legacy' asserts that the Bush family engineered the deaths of not only John F. Kennedy, but also his son John Jr. who died in a 1999 plane crash.
Director: John Hankey | Stars: Carolyn Bessette-Kennedy, George Bush, George W. Bush, John Kennedy Jr.
Votes: 133
27. Mind Control: The MKULTRA Files (2017 Video)
TV-14 | 75 min | History
With roots deep in the history of military sciences, and largely beginning after WW2, the history of mind control studies is a rich and fascinating one. The quest to conquer the human mind ... See full summary »
Director: Bryan Law | Stars: Paul Hughes, O.H. Krill, Colin Ross
Votes: 13
28. Mindcraft
94 min | Adventure, Fantasy, Music | Post-production
Visualization of Monarch MK-Ultra Programming through a hero quest adventure story.
Director: Jonathan Essa | Stars: Scott Anthony Gould, Sierra Collins, Jerome Lisk, Essi Auguste Virtanen
29. The Second Dallas (2009 Video)
55 min | Documentary
Documentary filmmaker Massimo Mazzucco examines the assassination of Robert F. Kennedy.
Director: Massimo Mazzucco | Stars: Thane Eugene Cesar, Walter Cronkite, James DiEugenio, Scott Enyart
Votes: 31
30. Franklin: A Symphony of Pain (2015)
Not Rated | 95 min | Drama, Thriller
Franklin is a tormented man who seeks asylum in the arms of Mother Earth. His serenity is shattered by two masked men that violently subdue and abduct him. Awakening in captivity, he realizes his bizarre nightmarish journey has just begun.
Director: Jeremy Westrate | Stars: Nikolas Franklin, Greg G. Freeman, Slake Counts, Dee Dee Seruga
Votes: 42
31. Green Ultra (2023)
10 min | Short, Action
Ares, a mind-controlled assassin unknowingly goes on a one-way mission to liberate his mind and soul.
Director: Lina Kraftsoff | Stars: Bek Akhmedov, Jessie Akhmedov, Alex Chandler, Osama Ellahib
32. Inferno (V) (2021)
25 min | Short, Horror, Thriller
A haunted Vietnam War veteran attempts to uncover his past while suffering from a severe case of PTSD.
Director: Alex Kvist | Stars: John McCoy, Banan Alice, Helen Gibson, Zophar McDaniel
34.
Quincy M.E. (1976–1983)
Episode:
Sweet Land of Liberty
(1979)
TV-PG | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A policeman is killed while on a routine visit to a house. The killer turns out to be an old friend of Sam's, the gentlest man Sam has ever known. Arrested he admits that he killed the policeman and then, while in a cell, kills himself.
Director: Robert Loggia | Stars: Jack Klugman, Garry Walberg, John S. Ragin, Val Bisoglio
Votes: 77
35.
Radio Free America (2017– )
Episode:
Multicultural Musings
(2019)
News
Stars: Halsey English, Dustin Gold
36.
Jay Dyer (2009– )
Episode:
Hitchcock's Psycho Psyche & MK Ultra
(2016)
120 min | News
Stars: Jay Dyer, Jamie Hanshaw
37.
The Irish Mob (2008–2016)
Episode:
Frank 'The Irishman' Sheeran/Whitey Bulger
(2008)
Documentary, Biography, Crime
In a deathbed confession, Frank "The Irishman" Sheeran revealed his role in one of the great unsolved mysteries of the 20th century - who killed Jimmy Hoffa? James "Whitey" Bulger was ... See full summary »
Director: Dathaí Keane | Stars: T.J. English, Arthur Sloane, Dick Lehr, Howie Carr
38.
Band Nightmares (2018– )
Episode:
Dives, Drive-Ins aBIRD
(2020)
14 min | Comedy, Horror, Reality-TV
Band Nightmares returns with the biggest mistake any young aspiring band can make: walking out on Gene. Gene Baker doesn't just let people walk out on him, though. Join us this week as he ... See full summary »
Director: Drew Rosenthal | Stars: Gene Baker, Adam Bird, King Bop, Bridget Carrow
39.
Why Didn't They Laugh? (2018– )
Nightstream: Book Burning 12 Rules for Life
(2020 Podcast Episode)
Comedy, News
Star: Owen Benjamin
40.
The Joe Rogan Experience (2009– )
Tom O'Neill
(2020 Podcast Episode)
TV-MA | 175 min | Comedy, Talk-Show
Tom O'Neill is an award-winning investigative journalist and entertainment reporter whose work has appeared in national publications such as Us, Premiere, New York, The Village Voice and ... See full summary »
Stars: Joe Rogan, Tom O'Neill
Votes: 18
41.
Fringe (2008–2013)
Episode:
Dream Logic
(2009)
TV-14 | 42 min | Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
People who once had sleeping problems but were cured by having a biochip inserted in their brain suddenly start to die. Walter suspects the chips were accessed by someone who used mind control.
Director: Paul A. Edwards | Stars: Anna Torv, Joshua Jackson, Lance Reddick, Kirk Acevedo
Votes: 2,205
42.
Secrets of War (1998– )
Episode:
Cold War: Inside the CIA
(1998)
TV-PG | 60 min | Documentary, History, War
An inside perspective on the CIA agency and its secret missions throughout the Cold War. From revolutionary coups and election rigging to embassy spying, the West employed the CIA in controversial ways to win the Cold War.
Stars: Charlton Heston, Richard Helms, Evan Thomas, Thomas B. Allen
43.
The Infographics Show (2011– )
Episode:
10 Craziest CIA Covert Operations
(2021)
14 min | Documentary, Animation
The CIA run a lot of strange covert operations. Fortunatly most of these doozies didn't get past the planning stage.
44.
Conspiracy Clearinghouse (2020– )
The Starfighter & the Condor (World Is Weird 7)
(2022 Podcast Episode)
Talk-Show
The weird story of the Lockheed F-104 Starfighter and Operation Condor.
Director: Derek DeWitt | Star: Derek DeWitt
45.
Coffee with Scott Adams (2018– )
Masks Prove Science Ineffective, Newsom's Persuasion, CNN Mind Readers
(2023 Podcast Episode)
News
Star: Scott Adams
46.
The Michael Knowles Show (2017– )
YouTube Suspended Me
(2023 Podcast Episode)
45 min | Talk-Show
Star: Michael J. Knowles
47.
Coffee with Scott Adams (2018– )
12/04/23 CWSA: Let's Decide Who Is the Tyrant and Who Is the Defender of Democracy
(2023 Podcast Episode)
News
Bill Maher and Bill Ackman learn new things. Pro-Palestine protesters harass a Jewish business. Calls go out for Tucker Carlson to be Donald Trump's VP. TikTok users say they would pay money to get everyone off TikTok.
Star: Scott Adams
49.
Archer (2009–2023)
Episode:
Liquid Lunch
(2016)
TV-MA | 21 min | Animation, Action, Comedy
The on-again, off-again relationship of Archer and Slater causes a rift in the on-again, off-again relationship of Archer and Lana.
Stars: H. Jon Benjamin, David Boat, Judy Greer, Amber Nash
Votes: 1,139
50.
Stranger Things (2016–2025)
Episode:
Chapter Four: The Body
(2016)
TV-14 | 49 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Refusing to believe Will is dead, Joyce tries to connect with her son. The boys give Eleven a makeover. Jonathan and Nancy form an unlikely alliance.
Director: Shawn Levy | Stars: Winona Ryder, David Harbour, Finn Wolfhard, Millie Bobby Brown
Votes: 23,519