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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: 607,580 | Gross: $327.48M

2. 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: 17,179

3. 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: 213,813 | Gross: $90.46M

4. 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: 116,800 | Gross: $2.28M

5. 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: 197,287 | Gross: $32.17M

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: 24,730 | 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: 18,408

8. 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: 641

9. 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: 15,739

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: 14,070

11. 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: 2,119

12. 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: 5,309

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: 6,368

14. 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

15. 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: 8,062

16. 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: 3,481

17. 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: 6,959

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: 2,591

19. 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

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: 1,112

21. 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: 1,943

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: 1,569

23. 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

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: 336

25. 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: 1,022

26. 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

27. 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

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: 349

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. 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

31. 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

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. 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

34. 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

35. Gakkô no kaidan: Haru no noroi supesharu (2000 TV Movie)

92 min | Fantasy, Horror

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Directors: Toshio Lee, Toshiyuki Mizutani, Toshikazu Nagae, Shinobu Yaguchi | Stars: Naoto Takenaka, Masanobu Andô, Takashi Fujii, Kirina Mano

Votes: 9

36. 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

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. 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

39. 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

40. 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

41. 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

42. Poustevník (2014)

19 min | Short, Drama

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Director: Thomas Krakora | Stars: Jirí Marysko, Jaroslav Achab Haidler, Miloslav Pesta, Ales Bílík

43. 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

44. Placebo Funeral (2016)

11 min | Short, Adventure

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Director: Céline Minkyung Park | Star: Se Hyun Yoon

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: 505

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: 1,715

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: 1,043

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: 6,255

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: 3,474