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1. 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
G | 149 min | Adventure, Sci-Fi
After uncovering a mysterious artifact buried beneath the Lunar surface, a spacecraft is sent to Jupiter to find its origins: a spacecraft manned by two men and the supercomputer HAL 9000.
Director: Stanley Kubrick | Stars: Keir Dullea, Gary Lockwood, William Sylvester, Daniel Richter
Votes: 719,909 | Gross: $56.95M
2. Sliders (1995–2000)
TV-PG | 60 min | Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
A boy genius and his comrades travel to different parallel universes, trying to find their way back home.
Stars: Jerry O'Connell, Sabrina Lloyd, John Rhys-Davies, Cleavant Derricks
Votes: 20,404
3. When Night Is Falling (1995)
R | 94 min | Drama, Romance
An uptight and conservative woman, working on tenure as a literacy professor at a large urban university, finds herself strangely attracted to a free-spirited, liberal woman who works at a local carnival that comes to town.
Director: Patricia Rozema | Stars: Pascale Bussières, Rachael Crawford, Henry Czerny, David Fox
Votes: 7,433 | Gross: $1.19M
4. Nude on the Moon (1961)
Unrated | 83 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
A rich rocket scientist organizes an expedition to the moon, which they discover is inhabited by nude women.
Director: Doris Wishman | Stars: Marietta, William Mayer, Lester Brown, Pat Reilly
Votes: 1,283
5. Junk Head (2017)
100 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
In a distant future, humanity has lost its ability to reproduce. An expedition is sent to an underground city where artificial humanoids are still fertile.
Director: Takahide Hori | Stars: Takahide Hori, Atsuko Miyake, Yuji Sugiyama
Votes: 1,482
6. Captain James Cook (1987–2000)
480 min | Biography, Drama, History
During Captain James Cook's first voyage, in 1770, he discovered the east coast of Australia. He later recommended Australia as a future British colony.
Stars: Keith Michell, John Gregg, Erich Hallhuber, Jacques Penot
Votes: 324
7. Chûgoku no chôjin (1998)
TV-PG | 118 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama
A salaryman and yakuza are each sent by their bosses to a remote Chinese village but discover more than they expected.
Director: Takashi Miike | Stars: Masahiro Motoki, Renji Ishibashi, Mako, Michiko Kichise
Votes: 4,921
8. The Greek Islands with Julia Bradbury (2020)
30 min | Documentary
The television presenter, whose mother is Greek, uncovers the hidden side of well-known Greek Islands going off the well-trodden tourist track to explore, immerse herself in local traditions and sample the food.
Stars: Julia Bradbury, Chrissi Bradbury
Votes: 57
9. The Adventures of Sam (1997–1999)
25 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
Stars: Justin Rosniak, Lewis Fitz-Gerald, Katharine Cullen, Keith Alexander
Votes: 36
10. Ladder of Philosophy
Documentary, History | Announced
Four philosophers - an atheist, an agnostic, a Christian, and a Hindu - settle down to discuss life, reason, faith, and whatever else comes to mind.
Director: Martin Horlacher | Star: Martin Horlacher
11. 1421: The Year China Discovered America? (2004 TV Movie)
113 min | Documentary
This documentary examines the controversial theory that a Chinese Ming Dynasty fleet, led by Zheng He, sailed past the Cape of Good Hope and crossed the Atlantic to discover the Americas, decades before Christopher Columbus.
Director: David Wallace | Stars: Larry Belling, Esmond Bradley Martin
Votes: 75
12. Amor a la vida (1951)
111 min | Adventure, Drama
An exhausted stranger arrives at a farm and starts to help the owner with the legal status of her land.
Director: Miguel Contreras Torres | Stars: Fernando Soler, Alicia Caro, Armando Soto La Marina, Agustín Isunza
Votes: 9
13. Pull Stop (2011)
Unrated | 68 min | Biography, Comedy, Drama
Pull Stop is a film that uses public transportation as a "vehicle" of personal discovery. It chronicles the lead character, Carey on her one year odyssey of public transportation and the ... See full summary »
Directors: Andrew Murga, Dean Carmichael | Stars: Andrew Murga, Rae Dawn Pruit, Jerry Bell Jr., Lennox Fleary
Votes: 10
14. Finding Peace (2002 Video)
Drama, Short
Director: Sherry Devanney | Stars: Krista MacDonald, Madeline Higgins
15. What's Going on Up There? (2007)
Not Rated | 56 min | Documentary
People have been talking about space since the first humans lifted their eyes to ponder the stars above. Today opinions about space exploration are as vast as the universe itself. Like many... See full summary »
Director: Maryanne Galvin | Stars: Eric Adkins, Shubber Ali, Maryam Aljoann, Nigel Bird
Votes: 12
16.
Blackadder II (1986)
Episode:
Potato
(1986)
TV-PG | 27 min | Comedy
Edmund attempts to impress the Queen by embarking on his own voyage of discovery to the New World.
Director: Mandie Fletcher | Stars: Rowan Atkinson, Tim McInnerny, Tony Robinson, Miranda Richardson
Votes: 1,096