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1. Avatar: The Way of Water (2022)

PG-13 | 192 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy

Jake Sully lives with his newfound family formed on the extrasolar moon Pandora. Once a familiar threat returns to finish what was previously started, Jake must work with Neytiri and the army of the Na'vi race to protect their home.

Director: James Cameron | Stars: Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldana, Sigourney Weaver, Stephen Lang

Votes: 497,858 | Gross: $659.68M

2. Hulk (2003)

PG-13 | 138 min | Action, Sci-Fi

Bruce Banner, a genetics researcher with a tragic past, suffers an accident that causes him to transform into a raging green monster when he gets angry.

Director: Ang Lee | Stars: Eric Bana, Jennifer Connelly, Sam Elliott, Josh Lucas

Votes: 279,107 | Gross: $132.18M

3. 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: 43,741 | Gross: $8.25M

4. Lorenzo's Oil (1992)

PG-13 | 129 min | Biography, Drama

Lorenzo Odone, a Virginia 5-year-old, develops a degenerative nerve disease so rare that nobody is working on a cure, so his parents decide to immerse themselves in research and tackle the problem themselves.

Director: George Miller | Stars: Nick Nolte, Susan Sarandon, Peter Ustinov, Kathleen Wilhoite

Votes: 24,162 | Gross: $7.29M

5. The Titan (2018)

TV-MA | 97 min | Drama, Mystery, Romance

A military family takes part in a ground-breaking experiment of genetic evolution and space exploration.

Director: Lennart Ruff | Stars: Sam Worthington, Taylor Schilling, Tom Wilkinson, Agyness Deyn

Votes: 33,537

6. The Wasp Woman (1959)

Not Rated | 63 min | Horror, Sci-Fi

The head of a major cosmetics company experiments on herself with a youth formula made from royal jelly extracted from wasps, but the formula's side effects have deadly consequences.

Director: Roger Corman | Stars: Susan Cabot, Anthony Eisley, Barboura Morris, William Roerick

Votes: 5,521

7. The I Inside (2004)

R | 90 min | Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller

An amnesiac discovers himself leaping through time between 2000 and 2002 as his past returns to him.

Director: Roland Suso Richter | Stars: Ryan Phillippe, Sarah Polley, Piper Perabo, Robert Sean Leonard

Votes: 11,405

8. The Chairman (1969)

M/PG | 93 min | Action, Drama, Thriller

During the Chinese Cultural Revolution, the US government sends a scientist to China to steal the formula for a new agricultural enzyme developed by the Chinese.

Director: J. Lee Thompson | Stars: Gregory Peck, Anne Heywood, Arthur Hill, Alan Dobie

Votes: 1,417

9. Ocean Emergency: Currents of Hope (2022 TV Special)

Documentary

The hosts go around the globe to share a look at the state of emergency of our oceans and provide tips on how viewers can help mitigate this worldwide issue.

Stars: Dean Cain, Laura McKenzie, Elizabeth Stanton, Montel Williams

Votes: 28

10. Man from Atlantis (1977–1978)
Episode: C.W. Hyde (1977)

48 min | Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi

An enzyme from a rock fossil Mark finds on the sea floor with the properties of changing people's personalities gets into C.W's coffee while Mark and Elizabeth are sent to recover a lost survey probe with a deadly self destruct booby trap.

Director: Dann Cahn | Stars: Patrick Duffy, Belinda Montgomery, Alan Fudge, Michele Carey

Votes: 49

11. Monsters (1988–1990)
Episode: The Mother Instinct (1989)

TV-14 | 21 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy

An elderly wheelchair-bound woman develops a miraculous melon juice formula from her plants, and her greedy abusive son-in-law wants to steal it.

Director: Bette Gordon | Stars: Elizabeth Franz, Finn Carter, Tom Gilroy

Votes: 134

12. Wiseguy (1987–1990)
Episode: Fascination for the Flame (1988)

TV-14 | 49 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Vinnie, now a bodyguard for the Profitts, gets his first trial by fire when Mel Profitt, the brilliant but paranoid overlord of an international crime empire, disrupts the wedding of an associate, who retaliates by kidnapping Susan.

Director: William A. Fraker | Stars: Ken Wahl, Jonathan Banks, Jim Byrnes, William Russ

Votes: 73

13. The X-Files (1993–2018)
Episode: El Mundo Gira (1997)

TV-14 | 44 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

A desperate illegal immigrant who can't speak any English becomes patient zero for a mysterious illness and goes on the run from INS, the FBI and his own brother who blames him for the death of his girlfriend.

Director: Tucker Gates | Stars: David Duchovny, Gillian Anderson, Mitch Pileggi, Rubén Blades

Votes: 3,857

14. Modern Marvels (1993– )
Episode: Sugar (2005)

TV-PG | Documentary, History

This program describes the production of sugar from sugarcane, sugar beets and corn and how it is processed into a number of different products. But the real story is the enormous impact ... See full summary »

Stars: Joseph Alban, Stewart Lee Allen, Sheree Chase, Wade Davis

Votes: 20

15. A for Andromeda (1961)
Episode: The Face of the Tiger (1961)

Drama, Sci-Fi

Andromeda is put to work developing a program to enable Britain to intercept orbital missiles which a foreign power is firing over British airspace as a demonstration of power. Using the ... See full summary »

Director: Michael Hayes | Stars: Maurice Hedley, David King, Peter King, Esmond Knight

Votes: 12

16. Alphas (2011–2012)
Episode: Pilot (2011)

TV-14 | 90 min | Action, Drama, Sci-Fi

Ominous messages steer a man to a building's rooftop, where he executes an improbable shooting in the opener of the series following a team of people with extraordinary abilities who investigate crimes linked to others like them.

Director: Jack Bender | Stars: David Strathairn, Ryan Cartwright, Warren Christie, Azita Ghanizada

Votes: 576

17. The Propaganda Report (2016– )
DNB: Operation Warped Vaccine, Tear Gas Flavored Ice Cream, & Stacey Abrams Auditions for VP on Biden's Virtual Town Hall (2020 Podcast Episode)

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Stars: Monica Perez, Brad Binkley

18. Nova (1974– )
Episode: Beyond the Elements: Life (2021)

TV-G | Documentary

The molecules that allowed life on Earth to begin and thrive; how scientists use evolution in chemistry.

Director: Daniel McCabe | Stars: David Pogue, Craig Sechler

Votes: 45

19. Forensic Files (1996–2011)
Episode: Something's Fishy (1997)

TV-14 | 21 min | Documentary, Crime

Two people in Seattle, Washington died after taking an over-the-counter pain reliever; lab analysis of the pills showed they were tainted with a lethal concentration of cyanide. The ... See full summary »

Director: Richard Monahan | Stars: Peter Thomas, T. Michael Dunbar, Janet Miller, Bruce Nickell

Votes: 116

20. Forensic Files (1996–2011)
Episode: Sex, Lies and DNA (1997)

TV-14 | 22 min | Documentary, Crime

While Earl Morris was vacationing in California, he learned his wife had disappeared from their home in Arizona. The search for Ruby Morris involved dozens of investigators and scientists, ... See full summary »

Director: Richard Monahan | Stars: Bill Clayton, Rod Englert, Cindy Lilly, Sgt. Lee Luginbuhl

Votes: 121

21. SciShow (2012– )
Episode: How Knots Help Us Understand the World (2021)

11 min | Documentary, Talk-Show

When DNA gets twisted into a knot it doesn't work. Fortunatly our cells have enzymes that fix the problem by cutting the DNA, straightening it out and splicing it back together. So knots ... See full summary »

Star: Hank Green

22. Today I Found Out (2013– )
Episode: Top 5 Life Saving First Aid Tricks Everyone Should Know: According to Our Resident Paramedic (2020)

37 min | Documentary

Here are five ridiculously simple techniques that virtually anyone can perform to save a person's life. Simon explains how best to preform them. He also explains how the methods work in ... See full summary »

Star: Simon Whistler

23. Plant Science: An Introduction to Botany (2017)
Episode: Photosynthesis Everyone Should Understand (2017)

Documentary

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Star: Catherine Kleier

24. Corporis (2017– )
Episode: Digestive System Histology Explained for Beginners (2021)

10 min | Documentary

Patrick explains the digestive process form the mouth to, well, you know. He explains what happens to the food we eat along the way, all the body parts involved and what they do and all the... See full summary »

Star: Patrick Kelly

25. Anton Petrov (2012– )
Episode: Surprising Ways How Life is Adapting to Plastics on Planet Earth (2022)

12 min | Documentary, Animation, News

Using satellite imagery scientists have found that floating plastic and other debris tend to accumulate in five areas of the world's oceans. These "garbage patches" have become habitats for... See full summary »

Star: Anton Petrov

26. Beyond the Elements (2021– )
Episode: Life (2021)

Where does life come from? David Pogue looks at the building blocks that form the ingredients necessary to explain how life on earth developed.

Stars: David Pogue, Lisa Ainsworth, Frances Arnold, Amanda Cavanaugh

Votes: 6

27. Reactions (2014– )
Episode: Why Is Snake Venom So Deadly? (2016)

4 min | Documentary

Snake venom contains various toxic enzymes that can target your blood, particularly it's clotting ability, your protein breaking it down as in digestion, or your nervous system including ... See full summary »

28. Plant Science: An Introduction to Botany (2017)
Episode: The Desert Bonanza of Plant Shapes

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Star: Catherine Kleier

29. SciShow (2012– )
Episode: Our Entire Society is Built on a Geological Fluke (2023)

9 min | Documentary, Talk-Show

The large deposits of coal we continue to rely on on for energy since the down of the Industrial Revolution date back to a unique time in Earth's history. It was the Carboniferous period when all the contents merged to form Pangea.

Star: Rose Bear Don't Walk

30. Insider Science (2015– )
Episode: What's Inside a Caterpillar 'Cocoon?' (2019)

3 min | Documentary

When the time is right a caterpillar dissolves most of its interior leaving its skin to serve as a containment vessel known as a chrysalis. Then Imaginal disk cells go to work assembling a ... See full summary »

31. An Optimist's Guide to the Planet (2024– )
Episode: Regenerate (2024)

48 min | Documentary

Nikolaj discovers innovative and inspiring initiatives that could help the Earth.

Director: Mark Stevenson | Stars: Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Karin Sugiura

Votes: 6