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1. Call Me by Your Name (2017)
R | 132 min | Drama, Romance
In 1980s Italy, romance blossoms between a seventeen-year-old student and the older man hired as his father's research assistant.
Director: Luca Guadagnino | Stars: Timothée Chalamet, Armie Hammer, Michael Stuhlbarg, Amira Casar
Votes: 317,457 | Gross: $18.10M
2. Arachnophobia (1990)
PG-13 | 109 min | Comedy, Horror, Thriller
A new species of South American killer spider hitches a lift to a small California town in a coffin and starts to breed, leaving a trail of deaths that puzzle and terrify the young doctor newly arrived in town with his family.
Director: Frank Marshall | Stars: Jeff Daniels, Julian Sands, John Goodman, Harley Jane Kozak
Votes: 75,945 | Gross: $53.21M
3. Capote (2005)
R | 114 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
In 1959, Truman Capote learns of the murder of a Kansas family and decides to write a book about the case. While researching for his novel In Cold Blood, Capote forms a relationship with one of the killers, Perry Smith, who is on death row.
Director: Bennett Miller | Stars: Philip Seymour Hoffman, Clifton Collins Jr., Catherine Keener, Allie Mickelson
Votes: 140,971 | Gross: $28.75M
4. Three Identical Strangers (2018)
PG-13 | 96 min | Documentary, Biography, Drama
In 1980 New York, three young men who were all adopted meet each other and find out they're triplets who were separated at birth. But their quest to find out why turns into a bizarre and sinister mystery.
Director: Tim Wardle | Stars: Robert Shafran, Michael Domnitz, Howard Schneider, Ellen Cervone
Votes: 40,043 | Gross: $12.32M
5. Three Christs (2017)
R | 109 min | Drama
Three Christs follows Dr. Alan Stone who is treating three paranoid schizophrenic patients at the Ypsilanti State Hospital in Michigan, each of whom believed they were Jesus Christ. What transpires is both comic and deeply moving.
Director: Jon Avnet | Stars: Richard Gere, Peter Dinklage, Bradley Whitford, Walton Goggins
Votes: 3,758
6. Possession (2002)
PG-13 | 102 min | Drama, Mystery, Romance
A pair of literary sleuths unearth the amorous secret of two Victorian poets only to find themselves falling under a passionate spell.
Director: Neil LaBute | Stars: Gwyneth Paltrow, Aaron Eckhart, Jeremy Northam, Jennifer Ehle
Votes: 13,725 | Gross: $10.10M
7. Creator (1985)
R | 107 min | Comedy, Romance, Sci-Fi
An eccentric scientist teaches a student in his own manner while he looks for a way to clone his deceased wife.
Director: Ivan Passer | Stars: Peter O'Toole, Mariel Hemingway, Vincent Spano, Virginia Madsen
Votes: 3,513 | Gross: $5.35M
8. Loch Ness (1996)
PG | 101 min | Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
A scientist tries to prove the existence of the Loch Ness monster.
Director: John Henderson | Stars: Ted Danson, Joely Richardson, Ian Holm, Harris Yulin
Votes: 4,870
9. Robot Monster (1953)
Approved | 66 min | Comedy, Family, Horror
The monstrous Ro-Man attempts to annihilate the last family alive on Earth, but finds himself falling for their beautiful daughter.
Director: Phil Tucker | Stars: George Nader, Gregory Moffett, Claudia Barrett, Selena Royle
Votes: 5,463 | Gross: $1.00M
10. Decoding Annie Parker (2013)
R | 91 min | Drama
Love, science, sex, infidelity, disease and comedy, the wild, mostly true story of the irrepressible Annie Parker and the almost discovery of a cure for cancer.
Director: Steven Bernstein | Stars: Helen Hunt, Samantha Morton, Aaron Paul, Rashida Jones
Votes: 3,316 | Gross: $0.04M
11. The Christmas Note (2015 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 85 min | Drama, Mystery
After moving into a new house, a woman befriends her next-door neighbor and helps her track down a mystery sibling she never knew she had.
Director: Terry Ingram | Stars: Jamie-Lynn Sigler, Leah Gibson, Lynda Boyd, Dylan Kingwell
Votes: 1,527
12. Waterlily Jaguar (2018)
86 min | Drama
Bob, a famous novelist, seeks to write a more serious book, only to find himself tumbling down a spiral of obsession that may leave his most important relationships in shambles, including his marriage.
Director: Melora Walters | Stars: James Le Gros, Mira Sorvino, Stacey Oristano, Dominic Monaghan
Votes: 80
13. Shining Victory (1941)
Approved | 80 min | Drama
In a Scottish sanitarium, a brilliant research psychiatrist works on a treatment for dementia precox. He falls for his altruistic female lab assistant and they begin a passionate, tragic relationship.
Director: Irving Rapper | Stars: James Stephenson, Geraldine Fitzgerald, Donald Crisp, Barbara O'Neil
Votes: 815
14. 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
15. Nancy Drew: The Deadly Device (2012 Video Game)
E10+ | Adventure, Mystery
Teen detective Nancy Drew investigates after a theoretical physicist is found electrocuted in a Colorado laboratory.
Director: Tim Burke | Stars: Lani Minella, Katherine Grant-Suttie, Marc Biagi, Sara Mountjoy-Pepka
Votes: 44
16. Sovest (1966)
Drama
Director: Sergei Alekseyev | Stars: Mikhail Gluzskiy, Anatoliy Kuznetsov, Vsevolod Safonov, Pavel Shpringfeld
17.
Science Fiction Theatre (1955–1957)
Episode:
Death at 2 A.M.
(1955)
30 min | Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
Police suspect a scientist and his helper of murder. Problem is, neither man has the strength needed to kill the victim in the manner he was killed.
Director: Henry S. Kesler | Stars: Truman Bradley, Skip Homeier, John Qualen, Ted de Corsia
Votes: 30
18.
Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987–1994)
Episode:
A Matter of Perspective
(1990)
TV-PG | 46 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
The widow of respected scientist Dr. Nel Apgar accuses Riker of seducing her and killing her husband. Rather than turn Riker over for unfavorable trial, the Enterprise reconstructs the facts.
Director: Cliff Bole | Stars: Patrick Stewart, Jonathan Frakes, LeVar Burton, Michael Dorn
Votes: 3,345
19.
The Mentalist (2008–2015)
Episode:
Red Brick and Ivy
(2008)
TV-14 | 42 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
An acquaintance of Patrick requests his help in solving a murder related to a neurological science project which involves animal testing.
Director: Paris Barclay | Stars: Simon Baker, Robin Tunney, Tim Kang, Owain Yeoman
Votes: 1,753
20.
The Danny Kaye Show (1963–1967)
Episode:
Don Knotts, Diahann Carroll, the Clinger Sisters
(1964)
Comedy, Music
Danny guests this week are singer Diahann Carroll, comic actor Don Knotts and the singing Clinger Sisters. Harvey Korman also joins the fun in several sketches. Danny plays a shoe salesman ... See full summary »
Stars: Danny Kaye, Earl Brown, Diahann Carroll, The Clinger Sisters
21.
Heer & Meester (2014–2016)
Episode:
Kwestie van chemie
(2014)
50 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
Valentijn decides to visit his old classmate, Jean-Paul van Garderen, who just became head of the medical faculty, where samples of a lethal virus have gone missing. When one of Garderen's ... See full summary »
Director: Marc Willard | Stars: Daan Schuurmans, Sytske van der Ster, Hubert Fermin, Ferdi Stofmeel
Votes: 17
22.
Remedy (2014–2015)
Episode:
Secrets and Lies
(2015)
Drama, Family
Cutler is drawn into a critical case with a husband and wife who are at odds over the treatment of her unexplained illness.
Director: Enrico Colantoni | Stars: Enrico Colantoni, Sarah Allen, Sara Canning, Dillon Casey
Votes: 11
23.
The Saad Truth (2014– )
Are Evolutionary Psychology Hypotheses Unfalsifiable?
(2018 Podcast Episode)
Talk-Show
Star: Gad Saad
24.
Love, Death & Robots (2019– )
Episode:
Sucker of Souls
(2019)
TV-MA | 13 min | Animation, Short, Action
Unleashed by an archaeological dig, a bloodthirsty demon battles a team of mercenaries armed with... cats?
Directors: Gabriele Pennacchioli, Owen Sullivan | Stars: Michael Benyaer, Fred Tatasciore, Laura Waddell, Jonathan Cahill
Votes: 17,380