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1. It (I) (2017)
R | 135 min | Fantasy, Horror
In the summer of 1989, a group of bullied kids band together to destroy a shape-shifting monster, which disguises itself as a clown and preys on the children of Derry, their small Maine town.
Director: Andy Muschietti | Stars: Bill Skarsgård, Jaeden Martell, Finn Wolfhard, Sophia Lillis
Votes: 609,535 | Gross: $327.48M
2. Space Jam (1996)
PG | 88 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
In a desperate attempt to win a basketball match and earn their freedom, the Looney Tunes seek the aid of retired basketball champion, Michael Jordan.
Director: Joe Pytka | Stars: Michael Jordan, Wayne Knight, Theresa Randle, Manner Washington
Votes: 214,392 | Gross: $90.46M
3. The Fall (I) (2006)
R | 117 min | Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
In 1920s Los Angeles, a bedridden patient in a hospital captivates a young girl with a fantastic tale of heroes, myths, and villains on a desert island.
Director: Tarsem Singh | Stars: Lee Pace, Catinca Untaru, Justine Waddell, Kim Uylenbroek
Votes: 116,938 | Gross: $2.28M
4. Side Effects (I) (2013)
R | 106 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A young woman's world unravels when a drug prescribed by her psychiatrist has unexpected side effects.
Director: Steven Soderbergh | Stars: Rooney Mara, Channing Tatum, Jude Law, Catherine Zeta-Jones
Votes: 197,493 | Gross: $32.17M
5. A Face in the Crowd (1957)
Approved | 126 min | Drama, Music
A female radio reporter turns a folk-singing drifter into a powerful media star.
Director: Elia Kazan | Stars: Andy Griffith, Patricia Neal, Anthony Franciosa, Walter Matthau
Votes: 17,251
6. The Fly II (1989)
R | 105 min | Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi
The almost-human son of "Brundlefly" searches for a cure to his mutated genes while being monitored by a nefarious corporation that wishes to continue his father's experiments.
Director: Chris Walas | Stars: Eric Stoltz, Daphne Zuniga, Lee Richardson, John Getz
Votes: 24,775 | Gross: $20.02M
7. Mother's Day (I) (2010)
R | 112 min | Drama, Horror, Thriller
The sadistic members of a villainous family return to their childhood home to terrorize the new home owners and their guests.
Director: Darren Lynn Bousman | Stars: Rebecca De Mornay, Jaime King, Shawn Ashmore, Briana Evigan
Votes: 18,439
8. Kronk's New Groove (2005 Video)
G | 75 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
Kronk desperately tries to find ways to impress his dad, whom he can never please. But when things go wrong, Kronk kicks into comical gear and discovers the true riches in life are his friends and being "true to your groove".
Directors: Saul Blinkoff, Elliot M. Bour, Robin Steele | Stars: Patrick Warburton, Tracey Ullman, Eartha Kitt, David Spade
Votes: 15,809
9. Never Too Young to Die (1986)
R | 92 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
After a top-secret agent is murdered, his estranged son, a high-school gymnast, teams up with his dad's attractive female partner to stop the psychopathic hermaphroditic gang leader who killed him and now plans a major terrorist attack.
Director: Gil Bettman | Stars: John Stamos, Vanity, Gene Simmons, George Lazenby
Votes: 2,124
10. The Secret (2006 Video)
PG | 90 min | Documentary
Interviews with self-proclaimed authors, philosophers and scientists, with an in-depth discussion of visualizing your goals. The audience is shown how they can learn and use 'The Secret' in their everyday lives.
Director: Drew Heriot | Stars: Bob Proctor, Joe Vitale, John Assaraf, Loral Langemeier
Votes: 14,078
11. Tell Me How I Die (2016)
Not Rated | 107 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
A9913 is a new drug improving memory - like being there again. Anna joins 17 others testing it for $2000. Some experience the near future including deaths.
Director: D.J. Viola | Stars: Nathan Kress, Virginia Gardner, Kirby Bliss Blanton, Ryan Higa
Votes: 5,312
12. Promises..... Promises! (1963)
Not Rated | 75 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
After a drunken spree on a cruise ship, two women discover that they're pregnant, and set out to find who the fathers are.
Director: King Donovan | Stars: Jayne Mansfield, Tommy Noonan, Marie McDonald, Mickey Hargitay
Votes: 647
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: 6,382
14. Madhouse (2004)
R | 91 min | Horror, Thriller
A young psychiatric intern unearths secrets about the mental health facility in which he works.
Director: William Butler | Stars: Joshua Leonard, Jordan Ladd, Natasha Lyonne, Lance Henriksen
Votes: 6,973
15. The Goop Lab (2020– )
TV-MA | 30 min | Documentary, Reality-TV
Leading with curiosity, Gwyneth Paltrow and her goop team look at psychedelics, energy work and other challenging wellness topics.
Stars: Gwyneth Paltrow, Elise Loehnen, Ana Hito, Kate Woflson
Votes: 3,485
16. Silent Tongue (1993)
PG-13 | 102 min | Drama, Horror, Western
Mad with grief after the death of his Kiowa wife, Talbot awaits death under a tree with her body beside him. She begins to haunt him because he won't burn her. His father, who bought him the wife, thinks her sister might reason with him.
Director: Sam Shepard | Stars: Alan Bates, Richard Harris, River Phoenix, Dermot Mulroney
Votes: 1,311 | Gross: $0.06M
17. Control (2004)
R | 104 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
A sociopath on death row is given a chance to live if he agrees to take part in a chemical behavioral modification program.
Director: Tim Hunter | Stars: Ray Liotta, Willem Dafoe, Michelle Rodriguez, Stephen Rea
Votes: 8,067
18. Empowered (2018)
TV-MA | 87 min | Comedy
After to visit a Hindi guru healer, Paz loses control over what she says and starts speaking out everything that comes to her mind.
Director: Santiago Segura | Stars: Maribel Verdú, Diego Martín, Toni Acosta, Rafael Spregelburd
Votes: 2,600
19. I Can Quit Whenever I Want (2019)
TV-MA | 98 min | Comedy
Three university teachers who have lost their jobs turn into drug dealers after one of them creates an experimental new pill.
Director: Carlos Therón | Stars: David Verdaguer, Ernesto Sevilla, Carlos Santos, Cristina Castaño
Votes: 1,948
20. Crazy as Hell (2002)
R | 113 min | Drama, Thriller
Psychiatrist Ty Adams doesn't believe in using drugs, but the head of Sedah State Hospital does, then 'Satan' arrives ~ walk-in patient extraordinaire... From there it's a full-on freaky ride.
Director: Eriq La Salle | Stars: Michael Beach, Ronny Cox, Sinbad, Jane Carr
Votes: 1,111
21. Le nouveau protocole (2008)
92 min | Action, Drama, Mystery
A man investigating his son's death learns some horrific truths about the pharmaceutical industry.
Director: Thomas Vincent | Stars: Clovis Cornillac, Marie-Josée Croze, Dominique Reymond, Stéphane Hillel
Votes: 1,024
22. Echoes (I) (2014)
Not Rated | 93 min | Drama, Horror, Thriller
Struggling with horrifying, sleep-paralysis induced visions, a young writer retreats with her boyfriend to an isolated desert house. As the visions intensify, she finds herself on the verge... See full summary »
Director: Nils Timm | Stars: Kate French, Steven Brand, Steve Hanks, Billy Wirth
Votes: 1,570
23. Life According to Sam (2013)
TV-G | 94 min | Documentary, Biography, Drama
A moving look at a couple's inspiring efforts to save their only son Sam from the rare and fatal premature-aging disease of progeria.
Directors: Sean Fine, Andrea Nix | Stars: Sam Berns, Leslie Gordon, Scott Berns, Francis Collins
Votes: 953
24. Dr. Kildare's Victory (1942)
Passed | 92 min | Crime, Drama
Dr. Jimmy Kildare is back at work at Blair General hospital, though several people admit that he is not himself since suffering his loss. He's taken a liking to a young intern, Don Winthrop... See full summary »
Director: W.S. Van Dyke | Stars: Lew Ayres, Lionel Barrymore, Ann Ayars, Robert Sterling
Votes: 337
25. The Drug Trial: Emergency at the Hospital (2017 TV Movie)
58 min | Documentary, Drama
Docu-drama telling the story of one of the most infamous incidents in recent British medical history. On 13th March 2006, 8 healthy young men took part in a clinical trial for a leukaemia drug that went very wrong.
Director: Barbie MacLaurin | Stars: Philip Buck, Nadim Khan, Arun Daniel, Leo Hunter
Votes: 52
26. Millipilleri (1966)
117 min | Comedy
Tarmo, the young nephew of Uncle-Scrooge-like Consul Ö is after his uncle's fortunes. After investing in Tarmo's unfinished studies, the uncle is furious and threatens to leave Tarmo penniless unless he is able to raise one million marks in one month. If not, he'll donate everything to an antiquarian society. Helped by some magic pills given by his friend, Tarmo spends the month in and out of ... See full summary »
Directors: Ere Kokkonen, Spede Pasanen, Jukka Virtanen | Stars: Spede Pasanen, Hannes Häyrinen, Simo Salminen, Mila Lindroos
Votes: 184
27. Folkeopplysningen (2012– )
Documentary, Reality-TV
Andreas Wahl examines and debunks popular alternative, undocumented and supernatural claims with logical methodology and a scientific perspective.
Stars: Andreas Wahl, Jan-Ole Hesselberg, Anne Marie Ottersen, Hang Tran
Votes: 130
28. Whistling in the Dark (1933)
Passed | 79 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
A mystery writer and his sweetheart are held hostage by a fugitive gangster who hopes to get the writer's help in devising the "perfect crime."
Directors: Elliott Nugent, Charles Reisner | Stars: Ernest Truex, Una Merkel, Edward Arnold, John Miljan
Votes: 351
29. Hormoonit valloillaan (1948)
73 min | Comedy, Sci-Fi
A stuck-up business manager regresses mentally to the level of a child after being injected with a hormonal serum. Hijinks and pratfalls ensue, but his wife and colleagues soon begin to appreciate his newfound lust for life.
Director: Orvo Saarikivi | Stars: Hilkka Helinä, Joel Rinne, Reino Valkama, Rauha Rentola
Votes: 68
30. Gakkô no kaidan: Haru no noroi supesharu (2000 TV Movie)
92 min | Fantasy, Horror
Directors: Toshio Lee, Toshiyuki Mizutani, Toshikazu Nagae, Shinobu Yaguchi | Stars: Naoto Takenaka, Masanobu Andô, Takashi Fujii, Kirina Mano
Votes: 9
31. Derren Brown: Fear and Faith (2012– )
60 min | Documentary, Reality-TV
In the first programme, Derren sets up a fake pharmaceutical company which claims to have developed a drug named 'Rumyodin', with the ability to inhibit fear. In the second, Derren looks at the psychology of religious belief.
Stars: Derren Brown, Karol Steele, Ben Ryan-Steele, Peter Clifford
Votes: 400
32. Placebo (III) (2013)
12 min | Short, Drama
Two fatally ill teenagers share the same room in the hospital. Aron has the bed by the window and spends days describing the colorful life outside to Theo. What starts out as an innocent game, eventually becomes a deadly serious situation.
Director: Johanna Stentorp | Stars: Mathæus Andersen, Malthe Vrå Heldbo, Inger Larsen, Sandra Møller
Votes: 18
33. The Unfixable Thought Machine: Health Reminder 3 (2014)
5 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
A dark sarcastic satirical comedy about the way patients with mental problems are treated by the medical system. The 3rd installment of the Health Reminder series.
Director: David Firth | Star: David Firth
Votes: 75
34. Hahnemanns Medizin (2006 TV Movie)
71 min
Docudrama about the work and research of the doctor Samuel Hahnemann (1755-1843)
Director: Elfi Mikesch | Stars: Alma Bender, Andreas Bernhardt, Michael Hanemann, Irene Höfer
35. Homöopathie unwiderlegt? (2021)
86 min | Documentary
Are homeopaths wrong, do they deceive their patients or have they just never been properly listened to? In 'Homeopathy Unrefuted?' they try to explain their healing methods through an unexpectedly critical evaluation.
Director: Erik Lemke | Stars: Martina-Lucia Kaut, Karl-Heinz Gebhardt, Heiner Frei, Anne Carolin Medam
36. Placebo (2010)
R | Horror
Placebo follows eight early/mid twenty-something men and women as they enter a clinical testing for insomnia. For three days, and one thousand dollars a day, The Research Group places the ... See full summary »
Director: Nick Slatkin | Stars: Joe Estevez, Kodi Kitchen, Rayan Lawrence, Christina July Kim
37. Homöopathie - Die Macht der Kügelchen (2020 TV Movie)
44 min | Documentary
Cure or humbug? Homeopathy polarizes, because on the one hand there are enthusiastic patients with their homeopathic doctors, but on the other hand there are a large number of experts and ... See full summary »
Director: Patrick Hünerfeld | Stars: Moritz Brendel, Cornelia Bajic, Jens Behnke, Rolf Daniels
38. Will Germany Drug People into Liking Immigrants? (2017 Video)
14 min | Short, News
TL;DR rejects the conspiracy theory that Germany is planning to spike the water supply with oxytocin.
Star: Teal Deer
39. Poustevník (2014)
19 min | Short, Drama
Director: Thomas Krakora | Stars: Jirí Marysko, Jaroslav Achab Haidler, Miloslav Pesta, Ales Bílík
40. Placebo Funeral (2016)
11 min | Short, Adventure
Director: Céline Minkyung Park | Star: Se Hyun Yoon
41. Placebo (Parody Medication Commercial) (2017 Video)
2 min | Short, Comedy
A parody medication commercial about a drug that does nothing.
Stars: Emily Dunlop, Joel Rogers, Sylvia Veith
42. Magician's Pride (2010)
8 min | Short, Comedy, Fantasy
Monty, a small-time magician with a heart of gold, runs into some competition from the egotistical Mandrake. After having fallen in love with his rival's assistant, Monty must find a way to... See full summary »
Director: Matthew 'Ace' Palanca | Stars: Trevor Shor, Julian Rubel, Kaitlyn Fae, Brendan Jones
43. Placeba (2013)
Short, Comedy
A prescription-drug commercial parody - the pill you take when you don't have a pill to take.
Director: Stephen Cox | Stars: Drew Droege, Cae Collmar, Stephen Cox, Vanessa Britting
44. The Test (I) (2011)
6 min | Short, Comedy, Fantasy
A man becomes a test subject, and the other men in his drug trial group begin disappearing.
Director: Kevin MacDonald | Stars: Carolyn Bennett, Winston Spear, Scott McCrickard, Mark Andrada
Votes: 31
45.
The Andy Griffith Show (1960–1968)
Episode:
Ellie Comes to Town
(1960)
TV-G | 26 min | Comedy, Family
A problem with ethics soon puts a lovely new lady pharmacist on the town's black list over withholding pills from a senior citizen simply because she has no prescription for her regular medication.
Director: Don Weis | Stars: Andy Griffith, Ron Howard, Elinor Donahue, Don Knotts
Votes: 509
46.
Star Trek: Enterprise (2001–2005)
Episode:
The Xindi
(2003)
TV-PG | 43 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Enterprise has been in the Delphic Expanse for six weeks and have yet to get any intel about the Xindi. Strange anomalies affect the ship, sending cargo flying violently through the bays, ... See full summary »
Director: Allan Kroeker | Stars: Scott Bakula, John Billingsley, Jolene Blalock, Dominic Keating
Votes: 1,722
47.
Frasier (1993–2004)
Episode:
High Holidays
(2003)
TV-PG | 23 min | Comedy
Frederick visits Frasier in Seattle, and the family is shocked to see him going through a "Goth" phase.
Director: Sheldon Epps | Stars: Kelsey Grammer, Jane Leeves, David Hyde Pierce, Peri Gilpin
Votes: 1,051
48.
Hec Ramsey (1972–1974)
Episode:
Only Birds and Fools
(1974)
98 min | Drama, Mystery, Western
New Prospect hosts the first flight by two airplane inventors, but a cloud hanging over the celebrated exhibition is Hec's investigation of a mysterious murder. Doc Coogan attempts to heal a family torn asunder by alcoholism.
Director: Harry Morgan | Stars: Richard Boone, Rick Lenz, Harry Morgan, Robert Foxworth
Votes: 27
49.
House M.D. (2004–2012)
Episode:
Pilot
(2004)
TV-14 | 43 min | Drama, Mystery
Young kindergarten teacher Rebecca Adler collapses in her classroom after losing intelligible speech while teaching students.
Director: Bryan Singer | Stars: Hugh Laurie, Lisa Edelstein, Omar Epps, Robert Sean Leonard
Votes: 6,311
50.
House M.D. (2004–2012)
Episode:
Skin Deep
(2006)
TV-14 | 44 min | Drama, Mystery
The search for the cause of a supermodel's symptoms causes intense feelings among the team, as new facts are revealed. Meanwhile, House experiences increasing pain in his leg.
Director: James Hayman | Stars: Hugh Laurie, Lisa Edelstein, Omar Epps, Robert Sean Leonard
Votes: 3,502