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1. Alien (1979)

R | 117 min | Horror, Sci-Fi

The crew of a commercial spacecraft encounters a deadly lifeform after investigating a mysterious transmission of unknown origin.

Director: Ridley Scott | Stars: Sigourney Weaver, Tom Skerritt, John Hurt, Veronica Cartwright

Votes: 953,940 | Gross: $78.90M

2. The Age of Adaline (2015)

PG-13 | 112 min | Drama, Fantasy, Romance

A young woman, born at the turn of the 20th century, is rendered ageless after an accident. After many solitary years, she meets a man who complicates the eternal life she has settled into.

Director: Lee Toland Krieger | Stars: Blake Lively, Michiel Huisman, Harrison Ford, Kathy Baker

Votes: 204,081 | Gross: $42.48M

3. Venom (2018)

PG-13 | 112 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

A failed reporter is bonded to an alien entity, one of many symbiotes who have invaded Earth. But the being takes a liking to Earth and decides to protect it.

Director: Ruben Fleischer | Stars: Tom Hardy, Michelle Williams, Riz Ahmed, Scott Haze

Votes: 539,865 | Gross: $213.52M

4. Gattaca (1997)

PG-13 | 106 min | Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller

A genetically inferior man assumes the identity of a superior one in order to pursue his lifelong dream of space travel.

Director: Andrew Niccol | Stars: Ethan Hawke, Uma Thurman, Jude Law, Gore Vidal

Votes: 323,968 | Gross: $12.34M

5. Splice (2009)

R | 104 min | Horror, Sci-Fi

Genetic engineers Clive Nicoli and Elsa Kast hope to achieve fame by successfully splicing together the DNA of different animals to create new hybrid animals for medical use.

Director: Vincenzo Natali | Stars: Adrien Brody, Sarah Polley, Delphine Chanéac, Brandon McGibbon

Votes: 101,908 | Gross: $17.00M

6. Lifeforce (1985)

R | 101 min | Action, Horror, Mystery

A race of space vampires arrives in London and infects the populace, beginning an apocalyptic descent into chaos.

Director: Tobe Hooper | Stars: Steve Railsback, Mathilda May, Peter Firth, Frank Finlay

Votes: 29,560 | Gross: $11.60M

7. The Blob (1988)

R | 95 min | Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller

A deadly entity from space crash-lands near a small town and begins consuming everyone in its path. Panic ensues as shady government scientists try to contain the horrific creature.

Director: Chuck Russell | Stars: Shawnee Smith, Kevin Dillon, Donovan Leitch Jr., Jeffrey DeMunn

Votes: 43,677 | Gross: $8.25M

8. 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: 75,993 | Gross: $53.21M

9. Pokémon: The First Movie - Mewtwo Strikes Back (1998)

G | 96 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

Scientists genetically create a new Pokémon, Mewtwo, but the results are horrific and disastrous.

Director: Kunihiko Yuyama | Stars: Veronica Taylor, Rachael Lillis, Eric Stuart, Rica Matsumoto

Votes: 46,169 | Gross: $85.74M

10. Trouble Every Day (2001)

Not Rated | 101 min | Drama, Horror, Thriller

Two American newlyweds in Paris experience a love so strong, it almost devours them.

Director: Claire Denis | Stars: Vincent Gallo, Tricia Vessey, Béatrice Dalle, Alex Descas

Votes: 9,330 | Gross: $0.01M

11. The Collector (1965)

Not Rated | 119 min | Drama, Thriller

A man kidnaps a woman and holds her hostage just for the pleasure of having her there.

Director: William Wyler | Stars: Terence Stamp, Samantha Eggar, Mona Washbourne, Maurice Dallimore

Votes: 11,995

12. Horror Express (1972)

R | 88 min | Adventure, Horror, Sci-Fi

While on the Trans-Siberian Express, an anthropologist and his rival must contain the threat posed by the former's cargo: a prehistoric ape which is the host for a parasitic life-form.

Director: Eugenio Martín | Stars: Christopher Lee, Peter Cushing, Alberto de Mendoza, Telly Savalas

Votes: 12,823

13. Four Flies on Grey Velvet (1971)

PG | 104 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller

A musician is stalked by an unknown homicidal maniac, who blackmails him for the accidental killing of another stalker.

Director: Dario Argento | Stars: Michael Brandon, Mimsy Farmer, Jean-Pierre Marielle, Aldo Bufi Landi

Votes: 9,919

14. Angels and Insects (1995)

R | 116 min | Drama, Romance

In the 1800s a naturalist marries into a family of British country gentry.

Director: Philip Haas | Stars: Mark Rylance, Kristin Scott Thomas, Patsy Kensit, Jeremy Kemp

Votes: 4,849 | Gross: $5.30M

15. The Spider (1958)

Passed | 73 min | Family, Horror, Sci-Fi

Teenagers from a rural community and their high school science teacher join forces to battle a giant mutant spider.

Director: Bert I. Gordon | Stars: Ed Kemmer, June Kenney, Eugene Persson, Gene Roth

Votes: 3,421

16. The Black Scorpion (1957)

Approved | 88 min | Horror, Sci-Fi

Volcanic activity frees giant scorpions from the earth who wreak havoc in the rural countryside and eventually threaten Mexico City.

Director: Edward Ludwig | Stars: Richard Denning, Mara Corday, Carlos Rivas, Mario Navarro

Votes: 3,418

17. 40 Days and Nights (2012)

TV-PG | 86 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

When a colossal tectonic shift causes the sea level to start rising, a microbiologist gathers the DNA of as many species as she can, while the military creates an "ark" in a desperate attempt to preserve life on Earth.

Director: Peter Geiger | Stars: Alex Carter, Monica Keena, Alex Arleo, Alex Ball

Votes: 2,463

18. The Governess (1998)

R | 115 min | Drama, Romance

In this sensuous romance, Minnie Driver stars as a governess who is hired into a remote Scottish household and strongly affects all those she comes into contact with.

Director: Sandra Goldbacher | Stars: Minnie Driver, Tom Wilkinson, Florence Hoath, Jonathan Rhys Meyers

Votes: 3,162 | Gross: $3.90M

19. Dr. Cyclops (1940)

Passed | 77 min | Adventure, Drama, Horror

A mad scientist working in the South American jungle miniaturizes his colleagues when he feels his megalomania is threatened.

Director: Ernest B. Schoedsack | Stars: Albert Dekker, Thomas Coley, Janice Logan, Charles Halton

Votes: 2,896

20. The Escape (VI) (2016)

Not Rated | 11 min | Short, Action, Drama

In this homage to the 15th anniversary of the original series of BMW short films, The Driver is hired to deliver a living human clone.

Director: Neill Blomkamp | Stars: Clive Owen, Jon Bernthal, Dakota Fanning, Vera Farmiga

Votes: 1,673

21. The Thing Returns (2021)

101 min | Action, Horror, Sci-Fi

After what happened in outpost 31, a team at McMurdo station, his sent to investigate, when they get there, the base is destroyed and they find two dead bodies in the ice.

Director: Rui Constantino | Stars: Caleb Angel, Robinson Cohen, Paulo Constantino, Rui Constantino

Votes: 358

22. Frankenstein Meets the Spacemonster (1965)

Unrated | 79 min | Horror, Sci-Fi

A Martian princess and a doctor replace the women on Mars, destroyed by atomic war, by raiding Puerto Rico while a shot down android terrorizes all.

Director: Robert Gaffney | Stars: Marilyn Hanold, James Karen, Lou Cutell, Nancy Marshall

Votes: 1,801

23. Metroid: Fusion (2002 Video Game)

E | Action, Adventure, Mystery

After the Metroids were considered to be wiped out, the deadlier X parasites attack Samus. She is given a new suit after her near-death experience and returns to an empty Galactic Federation station, where something seems out of place.

Director: Yoshio Sakamoto

Votes: 950

24. 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

25. When Your Flesh Screams (2015)

95 min | Horror, Thriller

Martina is kidnapped and is in for both physical and psychological torture. Until she decides to turn the tables on her captors.

Director: Guillermo Martínez | Stars: Victoria Witemburg, Magalí Lanziano, Oscar Molinari, Javier Batic

Votes: 57

26. The Creeping Garden (2014)

Not Rated | 81 min | Documentary

The Creeping Garden is a feature length documentary exploring the work of fringe scientists, mycologists and artists, and their relationship with the extraordinary plasmodial slime mould.

Directors: Tim Grabham, Jasper Sharp | Stars: Mark Pagnell, Heather Barnett, Bryn Dentinger, Tim Boon

Votes: 229

27. Metroid: Other M (2010 Video Game)

T | Action, Adventure, Family

After her mission to destroy the Space Pirate homeworld, Zebes, Samus is traveling through space when her ship intercepts a distress signal from the derelict Bottleship.

Directors: Yosuke Hayashi, Takehiko Hosokawa, Yoshio Sakamoto, Ryuji Kitaura | Stars: Jessica Erin Martin, Dave Elvin, Mike McGillicuty, Sarah Naid

Votes: 422

28. Galapagos (1999)

39 min | Documentary, Short

Marine biologist Dr. Carole Baldwin, from the Smithsonian Institutions's Museum of Natural History, and her first trips to the famed Galapagos Islands.

Directors: David Clark, Al Giddings | Stars: Kenneth Branagh, Carole Baldwin, John E. McCosker, David Pawson

Votes: 433 | Gross: $18.63M

29. Bill of Hare (1962)

Approved | 7 min | Animation, Family, Short

The Tasmanian Devil finds Bugs cooking dinner underneath a beach boardwalk.

Director: Robert McKimson | Star: Mel Blanc

Votes: 513

30. The Gunslinger Grifter Logan (2022)

90 min | Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi

A world once kept peaceful and beautiful by the benevolent forces of Magic, now lies in ruins with but one exception: The Federation. This totalitarian State run by a ruthless Overlord, is ... See full summary »

Director: Stephen Rubac | Stars: Steve Polites, Vincent Alcarese, Frank Bliss, Michael Brecher

Votes: 22

31. A $90,000 Fish (1935)

Approved | Documentary, Short

The "$90,000" referred to is the cost of a scientific expedition to the Nassau area of the Bahamas to collect ocean specimens. After a diver goes to the bottom, a dredge brings up specimens... See full summary »

32. Menagerie of Space (2007)

3 min | Short, Comedy, Horror

The average everyday people of Casa Grande, Arizona are put into a trance and led to a couple of space aliens who plan to use them as specimens in a zoo.

Director: Mack Duncan | Stars: Jacque Arend, Tommy Cannon, Ken Ferguson, Jon Jahrmarkt

Votes: 11

33. Unlocking Climate Secrets (2013)

6 min | Short

Scientist Nathalie Goodkin and her team go underwater in search for coral colonies that are 300 to 500 years old.

Director: Isaac Kerlow | Star: Nathalie Goodkin

34. Forensic Volcano Petrology (2013)

7 min | Short

Ongoing research of Asst Prof Fidel Costa and his EOS team on the petrology of the Merapi Volcano in Indonesia.

Director: Isaac Kerlow | Stars: Caroline Bouvet, Fidel Costa, Cecilia Harpel, Jason Herrin

35. The Courtship of the Newt (1938)

Approved | 8 min | Comedy, Short

A zoology professor gives a lecture on the title subject. He tells the audience that there is a newt in a tank of water seen on a table. The tank is filled with what looks like seaweed, and... See full summary »

Director: Roy Rowland | Stars: Robert Benchley, Jacques Lory

Votes: 102

36. Star Trek (1966–1969)
Episode: The Cage (1966)

TV-PG | 63 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

Capt. Pike is held prisoner and tested by aliens who have the power to project incredibly lifelike illusions.

Director: Robert Butler | Stars: Jeffrey Hunter, Susan Oliver, Leonard Nimoy, Majel Barrett

Votes: 7,194

37. The New Batman Adventures (1997–1999)
Episode: Critters (1998)

TV-PG | 22 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

A ruined agricultural breeder of dangerously oversized livestock plots his revenge on Gotham City.

Director: Dan Riba | Stars: Kevin Conroy, Mathew Valencia, Tara Strong, Peter Breck

Votes: 722

38. Star Trek (1966–1969)
Episode: The Empath (1968)

TV-PG | 51 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

Trapped in an alien laboratory, Kirk, Spock and McCoy meet an empath and are involved in a series of experiments.

Director: John Erman | Stars: William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, DeForest Kelley, Kathryn Hays

Votes: 3,185

39. Star Trek (1966–1969)
Episode: The Menagerie: Part II (1966)

TV-PG | 50 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

At Spock's court martial, he explains himself with mysterious footage about when Capt. Pike was kidnapped by powerful illusion casting aliens.

Directors: Robert Butler, Marc Daniels | Stars: William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, Jeffrey Hunter, Susan Oliver

Votes: 4,674

40. Stargate SG-1 (1997–2007)
Episode: Tin Man (1998)

TV-14 | 44 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

After arriving on P3X-989, the team are rendered unconscious. When they wake, they return to Earth, but soon find out that they are androids. The team must return to the planet to find out what happened to their real bodies.

Director: Jim Kaufman | Stars: Richard Dean Anderson, Michael Shanks, Amanda Tapping, Christopher Judge

Votes: 1,451

41. The Transformers (1984–1987)
Episode: The Killing Jar (1986)

TV-Y7 | 23 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

A Quintesson scientist kidnaps Ultra Magnus, Wreck-Gar, Cyclonus, and Captain Faireborn for a series of twisted experiments. But greater concerns arise when the scientist's ship is damaged ... See full summary »

Directors: Andy Kim, Ray Lee | Stars: Jack Angel, Susan Blu, Roger C. Carmel, Dick Gautier

Votes: 117

42. Doctor Who (1963–1989)
Episode: Carnival of Monsters: Episode Two (1973)

TV-PG | 24 min | Adventure, Drama, Family

The Doctor and Jo attempt to find a way out of the Scope but, when Vorg attempts to entertain the Minorans, the crew of the Bernice suddenly become a lot more dangerous.

Director: Barry Letts | Stars: Jon Pertwee, Katy Manning, Tenniel Evans, Ian Marter

Votes: 568

43. Doctor Who (1963–1989)
Episode: Carnival of Monsters: Episode Three (1973)

TV-PG | 25 min | Adventure, Drama, Family

The Doctor and Jo return to the Bernice to try and aid their escape but find themselves pursued by the Drashigs.

Director: Barry Letts | Stars: Jon Pertwee, Katy Manning, Tenniel Evans, Ian Marter

Votes: 567

44. Star Trek: The Animated Series (1973–1975)
Episode: How Sharper Than a Serpent's Tooth (1974)

TV-PG | 23 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

The Enterprise runs into a being which once visited Earth and influenced the Mayan culture.

Directors: Bill Reed, Hal Sutherland | Stars: William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, DeForest Kelley, George Takei

Votes: 684

45. Stranger Things (2016–2025)
Episode: Chapter Eight: Papa (2022)

TV-14 | 85 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror

Nancy has sobering visions, and El passes an important test. Back in Hawkins, the gang gathers supplies and prepares for battle.

Directors: Matt Duffer, Ross Duffer | Stars: Winona Ryder, David Harbour, Millie Bobby Brown, Finn Wolfhard

Votes: 21,718

46. Great British Gardens: Season by Season with Carol Klein (2019–2021)
Episode: Arundel Castle Gardens (2021)

44 min | Documentary

Carol visits more outstanding gardens around the UK and meets the people who tend to them. First up is a visit to Arundel Castle in West Sussex, where she helps pollinate the peach trees, learns posy-making and highlights some specimens.

Director: Jessica Matthews | Stars: Carol Klein, Martin Duncan

47. What If...? (2021– )
Episode: What If... T'Challa Became a Star-Lord? (2021)

TV-14 | 32 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

The rough-and-tumble space pirates known as the Ravagers abduct T'Challa instead of Peter Quill.

Director: Bryan Andrews | Stars: Jeffrey Wright, Chadwick Boseman, Karen Gillan, Michael Rooker

Votes: 18,546

48. Natural History Museum: World of Wonder (2021– )
Episode: Episode #1.3 (2021)

43 min | Documentary

Susie tries to piece together the skeleton of a T-Rex whose bones have got mixed up with another specimen. The museum instigates a great British bug hunt.

Directors: Luke Korzun Martin, Ashok Prasad | Star: Bill Ward

Votes: 6

49. The Ascent of Man (1973)
Episode: The Ladder of Creation (1973)

Documentary, History

Two naturalists independently discover natural selection, while a chemist's discoveries lead to an understanding of how life began.

Director: Dick Gilling | Star: Jacob Bronowski

Votes: 50

50. Stories from the Vaults (2007– )
Episode: Random? (2007)

TV-G | 27 min | History

Tom starts today's tour with the Smithsonian's photograph collection and learns the story behind some of Ansel Adams' classic pictures. Then he visits the National Zoo to see how the ... See full summary »

Star: Tom Cavanagh