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1. Mulan II (2004 Video)
G | 79 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
While preparing for their wedding, Shang and Mulan are suddenly sent off on a secret mission. Mushu starts to meddle, and a surprise attack by Mongolians doesn't help either.
Directors: Darrell Rooney, Lynne Southerland | Stars: Ming-Na Wen, BD Wong, Mark Moseley, Lucy Liu
Votes: 29,439
2. Queen Bee (1955)
Not Rated | 95 min | Drama, Romance
When a young woman arrives at the home of her socialite cousin, she soon gets sucked into the woman's complex web of deceit.
Director: Ranald MacDougall | Stars: Joan Crawford, Barry Sullivan, Betsy Palmer, John Ireland
Votes: 2,639
3. The Dark (2005)
R | 93 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
In mourning over the tragic drowning of their daughter Sarah, James and Adèle are visited by Ebrill, a young girl who claims she died 60 years ago - and bears a startling resemblance to Sarah.
Director: John Fawcett | Stars: Sean Bean, Maria Bello, Sophie Stuckey, Abigail Stone
Votes: 11,430
4. Altered Carbon: Resleeved (2020)
TV-MA | 74 min | Animation, Action, Crime
On the planet Latimer, reawakened Takeshi Kovacs must protect a teenage tattooist named Holly while investigating the death of a yakuza boss alongside Gina, a strangely familiar no-nonsense CTAC agent.
Directors: Takeru Nakajima, Yoshiyuki Okada, Shouta Kitamoto | Stars: Ray Chase, Doug Stone, Kaiji Tang, Chris Conner
Votes: 6,981
5. Three Outlaw Samurai (1964)
Not Rated | 94 min | Action, Drama
When poor peasants kidnap a magistrate's daughter to coerce him into reducing their unfair taxes, a wandering ronin decides to give them some help.
Director: Hideo Gosha | Stars: Tetsurô Tanba, Isamu Nagato, Mikijirô Hira, Miyuki Kuwano
Votes: 4,016
6. Café Funiculi Funicula (2018)
117 min | Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
In a specific cafe and chair in Japan, one can travel back in time while drinking a cup of coffee. There are, however, 5 rules/restrictions. It opens for closure and changing one's future but not present.
Director: Ayuko Tsukahara | Stars: Kasumi Arimura, Motoki Fukami, Haru, Kento Hayashi
Votes: 1,308
7. At Sword's Point (1952)
Approved | 81 min | Adventure, History
In 1648 France, it's the sons (and daughter) of the Three Musketeers to the rescue!
Director: Lewis Allen | Stars: Cornel Wilde, Maureen O'Hara, Robert Douglas, Gladys Cooper
Votes: 823
8.
Monsters (1988–1990)
Episode:
Sin-Sop
(1990)
TV-14 | 21 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
A nice, young, southern faith healer uses the miraculous cleansing ability of the corpse of the most evil man in the world to run a small, popular, sin-extraction business. A female reporter and a cynical psycho-killer try to debunk him.
Director: P.J. Pesce | Stars: Richard Borg, Christine Dunford, Christopher Shaw, Charlotte Booker
Votes: 84
9.
Route 66 (1960–1964)
Episode:
Cries of Persons Close to One
(1964)
TV-Y7 | 51 min | Adventure, Crime, Drama
Tod and Linc, driving along the Eastern Coast of Florida, make the acquaintance of an uneducated alcoholic boxer and his faithful girlfriend after a melee. While Tod is hardly sympathetic, ... See full summary »
Director: Allen H. Miner | Stars: Martin Milner, Glenn Corbett, Michael Parks, Ellen Madison
Votes: 64
10.
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1993–1999)
Episode:
Past Tense, Part I
(1995)
TV-PG | 46 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Sisko, Bashir and Dax are accidentally sent to San Francisco in the 21st century due to a transporter malfunction, and must figure out how to get back to return without changing the time line.
Director: Reza Badiyi | Stars: Avery Brooks, Rene Auberjonois, Alexander Siddig, Terry Farrell
Votes: 2,421
11.
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1993–1999)
Episode:
Past Tense, Part II
(1995)
TV-PG | 46 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Sisko is forced to take the place of a key historical figure on Earth in 2024 in order to preserve the timeline.
Directors: Reza Badiyi, Jonathan Frakes | Stars: Avery Brooks, Rene Auberjonois, Alexander Siddig, Terry Farrell
Votes: 2,369
12.
Tales of the Unexpected (1979–1988)
Episode:
Galloping Foxley
(1980)
TV-14 | 25 min | Comedy, Drama, Horror
On a train journey William Perkins is convinced that the passenger seated opposite him is 'Galloping' Foxley, who made his life a misery when they were at school together and relives the ... See full summary »
Director: Claude Whatham | Stars: Roald Dahl, John Mills, Anthony Steel, Paul Spurrier
Votes: 321
13.
The Tripods (1984–1985)
Episode:
The Forest of Death
(1985)
TV-PG | Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
Almost captured by the Black Guard, Will and Beanpole are hidden by a traveling circus. After finding out the leader is going to betray them to the Tripods, Will convinces the other kids ... See full summary »
Stars: John Shackley, Ceri Seel, Alexandra Dane, Bruce Purchase
Votes: 43
14.
The Real Ghostbusters (1986–1991)
Episode:
Xmas Marks the Spot
(1986)
TV-Y7 | 30 min | Animation, Action, Comedy
The fate of Christmas depends on the Ghostbusters filling in for the ghosts of Christmas past, present and future while Egon attempts to retrieve the real ghosts from the containment unit.
Director: Richard Raynis | Stars: Arsenio Hall, Maurice LaMarche, Lorenzo Music, Laura Summer
Votes: 180
15.
The Nightmare Worlds of H.G. Wells (2016)
Episode:
The Late Mr Elvesham
(2016)
23 min | Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Impoverished young medical student Edward Eden is visited by the wealthy, elderly philosopher Egbert Elvesham with an offer to make the boy his heir - on condition he changes his name to ... See full summary »
Director: Adrian Shergold | Stars: Camilla Beeput, Graham Duff, Michael Gambon, Paul Putner
Votes: 83
16.
Flack (2019–2021)
Episode:
Summer
(2019)
TV-14 | 60 min | Comedy, Drama
Robyn tries to distract the press from the fact her client is being dropped by her record label by leaking a fake lesbian sex tape. Robyn inadvertently spills a cocaine bullet out of her handbag at a Narcotics Anonymous meeting.
Director: Peter Cattaneo | Stars: Anna Paquin, Lydia Wilson, Genevieve Angelson, Rufus Jones
Votes: 204