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1. Inherit the Wind (1960)

Passed | 128 min | Biography, Drama, History

Based on a real-life case in 1925; two great lawyers argue the case for, and against, a Tennessee science teacher accused of the crime of teaching Darwin's theory of evolution.

Director: Stanley Kramer | Stars: Spencer Tracy, Fredric March, Gene Kelly, Dick York

Votes: 32,872

2. Intruders (I) (2011)

R | 100 min | Fantasy, Horror, Thriller

Two children living in different countries are visited nightly by a faceless being who wants to take possession of them.

Director: Juan Carlos Fresnadillo | Stars: Clive Owen, Carice van Houten, Izán Corchero, Ella Purnell

Votes: 21,354 | Gross: $0.07M

3. Catchfire (1990)

R | 116 min | Action, Comedy, Crime

A witness to a mob assassination flees for her life, running from town to town and switching identities along the way, but she cannot seem to elude Milo, the chief hit man sent after her.

Director: Dennis Hopper | Stars: Dennis Hopper, Jodie Foster, Dean Stockwell, Vincent Price

Votes: 4,594

4. Bus Party to Hell (2017)

TV-MA | 81 min | Comedy, Horror

When a party bus on its way to Burning Man filled with a bunch of sexy young adults breaks down in the desert and in the middle of a group of Satanic worshipers, all hell breaks loose.

Director: Rolfe Kanefsky | Stars: Jillian Newton, Tara Reid, Shelby McCullough, ViDonna Michaels

Votes: 2,353

5. The Lords of Discipline (1983)

R | 102 min | Thriller

In 1960s America, a black cadet is allowed acceptance into a seemingly prestigious military academy, unleashing a barrage of corruption within the system that another cadet is willing to expose.

Director: Franc Roddam | Stars: David Keith, Robert Prosky, G.D. Spradlin, Barbara Babcock

Votes: 2,967 | Gross: $11.79M

6. The Filth and the Fury (2000)

R | 108 min | Documentary, Biography, Music

A film about the career of the notorious punk rock band, the Sex Pistols.

Director: Julien Temple | Stars: Paul Cook, Steve Jones, John Lydon, Glen Matlock

Votes: 6,207 | Gross: $0.61M

7. Skeletons (1997 TV Movie)

R | 87 min | Crime, Drama, Horror

A Pulitzer prize journalist has a heart attack and moves with his wife and son, from NYC to a town of 850 in Maine. Things are fine there until he investigates a man arrested for murdering his boyfriend. Vandalism and worse follows.

Director: David DeCoteau | Stars: Ron Silver, Christopher Plummer, Dee Wallace, Kyle Howard

Votes: 558

8. Landscape After Battle (1970)

109 min | Drama, History, Romance

The film opens with the mad rush of haphazard freedom as the concentration camps are liberated. Men are trying to grab food, change clothes, bury the tormentors they find alive. They are ... See full summary »

Director: Andrzej Wajda | Stars: Daniel Olbrychski, Stanislawa Celinska, Aleksander Bardini, Tadeusz Janczar

Votes: 889

9. A Dorothy L. Sayers Mystery (1987)
Episode: Gaudy Night: Episode One (1987)

154 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

While Peter is on a governmental mission, Harriet attends a reunion at Oxford and is recruited to find the author of a rash of vicious poison pen letters there.

Directors: Michael Simpson, Michael Simpson | Stars: Harriet Walter, Edward Petherbridge, Richard Morant, Sheila Burrell

Votes: 224

10. The Simpsons (1989– )
Episode: On a Clear Day I Can't See My Sister (2005)

TV-14 | 30 min | Animation, Comedy

After bullying her, Bart is restricted by court order to come too close to Lisa.

Directors: David Silverman, Bob Anderson | Stars: Dan Castellaneta, Julie Kavner, Nancy Cartwright, Yeardley Smith

Votes: 1,609

11. Night Heat (1985–1989)
Episode: The Movement (1986)

TV-14 | Crime, Drama

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Director: George Mendeluk | Stars: Scott Hylands, Allan Royal, Jeff Wincott, Susan Hogan

Votes: 6

12. Metalocalypse (2006–2013)
Episode: TributeKlok (2009)

TV-MA | 22 min | Animation, Comedy, Music

Facing public scrutiny following brash statements made by Murderface at a press conference, Dethklok decides to lift their worldwide ban on Dethklok tribute bands. While exercising their ... See full summary »

Director: Mark Brooks | Stars: Tommy Blacha, Brendon Small, Victor Brandt, Mark Hamill

Votes: 135

13. Thoughty2 (2012– )
Episode: Welcome to the Most Powerful Secret Society in the World (2021)

18 min | Documentary

The bohemian club was founded as a club for journalists and artists in 1872. It was gradually co-opted by rich and powerful American men who now enjoy the club's carefree fortnight in the ... See full summary »

Star: Arran Lomas

14. Lawmen: Bass Reeves (2023)
Episode: Part VII (2023)

TV-MA | 32 min | Drama, Western

Bass struggles with the weight of the badge like never before. After a deadly mission goes awry, the U.S. Deputy Marshal's fate is left in the hands of someone else.

Director: Christina Alexandra Voros | Stars: David Oyelowo, Lauren E. Banks, Demi Singleton, Forrest Goodluck

Votes: 463