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1. Blue Beetle (2023)
PG-13 | 127 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
An alien scarab chooses Jaime Reyes to be its symbiotic host, bestowing the recent college graduate with a suit of armor that's capable of extraordinary powers, forever changing his destiny as he becomes the superhero known as Blue Beetle.
Director: Angel Manuel Soto | Stars: Xolo Maridueña, Bruna Marquezine, Becky G, Damián Alcázar
Votes: 95,469
2. The Butterfly Effect (2004)
R | 113 min | Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Evan Treborn suffers blackouts during significant events of his life. As he grows up, he finds a way to remember these lost memories and a supernatural way to alter his life by reading his journal.
Directors: Eric Bress, J. Mackye Gruber | Stars: Ashton Kutcher, Amy Smart, Melora Walters, Elden Henson
Votes: 521,854 | Gross: $57.94M
3. Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania (2023)
PG-13 | 124 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
Scott Lang and Hope Van Dyne are dragged into the Quantum Realm, along with Hope's parents and Scott's daughter Cassie. Together they must find a way to escape, but what secrets is Hope's mother hiding? And who is the mysterious Kang?
Director: Peyton Reed | Stars: Paul Rudd, Evangeline Lilly, Michael Douglas, Michelle Pfeiffer
Votes: 229,145 | Gross: $214.50M
4. The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (2014)
PG-13 | 142 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
When New York is put under siege by Oscorp, it is up to Spider-Man to save the city he swore to protect as well as his loved ones.
Director: Marc Webb | Stars: Andrew Garfield, Emma Stone, Jamie Foxx, Paul Giamatti
Votes: 539,069 | Gross: $202.85M
5. A Bug's Life (1998)
G | 95 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
A misfit ant, looking for "warriors" to save his colony from greedy grasshoppers, recruits a group of bugs that turn out to be an inept circus troupe.
Directors: John Lasseter, Andrew Stanton | Stars: Kevin Spacey, David Foley, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Hayden Panettiere
Votes: 315,036 | Gross: $162.80M
6. The Fly (1986)
R | 96 min | Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi
A brilliant but eccentric scientist begins to transform into a giant man/fly hybrid after one of his experiments goes horribly wrong.
Director: David Cronenberg | Stars: Jeff Goldblum, Geena Davis, John Getz, Joy Boushel
Votes: 202,334 | Gross: $40.46M
7. Ant-Man (2015)
PG-13 | 117 min | Action, Comedy, Sci-Fi
Armed with a super-suit with the astonishing ability to shrink in scale but increase in strength, cat burglar Scott Lang must embrace his inner hero and help his mentor, Dr. Hank Pym, pull off a plan that will save the world.
Director: Peyton Reed | Stars: Paul Rudd, Michael Douglas, Corey Stoll, Evangeline Lilly
Votes: 723,091 | Gross: $180.20M
8. Papillon (I) (2017)
R | 133 min | Adventure, Biography, Crime
Wrongfully convicted for murder, Henri Charriere forms an unlikely relationship with fellow inmate and quirky convicted counterfeiter, Louis Dega, in an attempt to escape from the notorious penal colony on Devil's Island.
Director: Michael Noer | Stars: Charlie Hunnam, Damijan Oklopdzic, Christopher Fairbank, Jason Ryan
Votes: 86,454 | Gross: $2.34M
9. Ladybugs (1992)
PG-13 | 90 min | Comedy, Sport
To climb the corporate ladder to success, a guy agrees to coach the company's all-girls soccer team with the help of his secret weapon: his fiancee's son.
Director: Sidney J. Furie | Stars: Rodney Dangerfield, Jackée Harry, Jonathan Brandis, Ilene Graff
Votes: 10,580 | Gross: $14.80M
10. Bee Movie (2007)
PG | 91 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
Barry B. Benson, a bee just graduated from college, is disillusioned at his lone career choice: making honey. On a special trip outside the hive, Barry's life is saved by Vanessa, a florist in New York City. As their relationship blossoms, he discovers humans actually eat honey and subsequently decides to sue them.
Directors: Simon J. Smith, Steve Hickner | Stars: Jerry Seinfeld, Renée Zellweger, Matthew Broderick, Patrick Warburton
Votes: 180,181 | Gross: $126.63M
11. Bumblebee (I) (2018)
PG-13 | 114 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
On the run in the year 1987, Bumblebee finds refuge in a junkyard in a small California beach town. On the cusp of turning 18 and trying to find her place in the world, Charlie Watson discovers Bumblebee, battle-scarred and broken.
Director: Travis Knight | Stars: Hailee Steinfeld, Jorge Lendeborg Jr., John Cena, Jason Drucker
Votes: 189,021 | Gross: $127.20M
12. Papillon (1973)
R | 151 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
A French convict in the 1930s befriends a fellow criminal as the two of them begin serving their sentence in the South American penal colony on Devil's Island, which inspires the man to plot his escape.
Director: Franklin J. Schaffner | Stars: Steve McQueen, Dustin Hoffman, Victor Jory, Don Gordon
Votes: 138,527 | Gross: $53.27M
13. Lord of the Flies (1990)
R | 90 min | Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Stranded on an island, a group of schoolboys degenerate into savagery.
Director: Harry Hook | Stars: Balthazar Getty, Chris Furrh, Danuel Pipoly, James Badge Dale
Votes: 33,683 | Gross: $13.99M
14. Ant-Man and the Wasp (2018)
PG-13 | 118 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
As Scott Lang balances being both a superhero and a father, Hope van Dyne and Dr. Hank Pym present an urgent new mission that finds the Ant-Man fighting alongside The Wasp to uncover secrets from their past.
Director: Peyton Reed | Stars: Paul Rudd, Evangeline Lilly, Michael Peña, Walton Goggins
Votes: 450,712 | Gross: $216.65M
15. Butterfly (1981)
R | 108 min | Crime, Drama
In 1937 Nevada, silver mine caretaker Jess Tyler is reunited with his teenage daughter Kady who will do anything to persuade Jess to let her have claim to the mine.
Director: Matt Cimber | Stars: Stacy Keach, Pia Zadora, Orson Welles, Lois Nettleton
Votes: 1,559
16. The Mosquito Coast (1986)
PG | 117 min | Adventure, Drama, Thriller
An inventor spurns his city life and moves his family into the jungles of Central America to make a utopia.
Director: Peter Weir | Stars: Harrison Ford, Helen Mirren, River Phoenix, Jadrien Steele
Votes: 31,249 | Gross: $14.30M
17. Antz (1998)
PG | 83 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
A rather neurotic ant tries to break from his totalitarian society while trying to win the affection of the princess he loves.
Directors: Eric Darnell, Tim Johnson, Lawrence Guterman | Stars: Woody Allen, Sharon Stone, Gene Hackman, Sylvester Stallone
Votes: 164,214 | Gross: $90.76M
18. Lord of the Flies (1963)
Not Rated | 92 min | Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Schoolboys marooned on a Pacific island create their own savage civilization.
Director: Peter Brook | Stars: James Aubrey, Tom Chapin, Hugh Edwards, Roger Elwin
Votes: 20,442
19. The Green Hornet (2011)
PG-13 | 119 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
Following the death of his father, Britt Reid, heir to his father's large company, teams up with his late dad's assistant Kato to become a masked crime fighting team.
Director: Michel Gondry | Stars: Seth Rogen, Jay Chou, Christoph Waltz, Cameron Diaz
Votes: 164,782 | Gross: $98.78M
20. The Secret Life of Bees (2008)
PG-13 | 114 min | Drama
In 1964, a teenage girl in search of the truth about her mother runs away to a small town in South Carolina and finds a family of independent women who can connect her to her past.
Director: Gina Prince-Bythewood | Stars: Dakota Fanning, Jennifer Hudson, Queen Latifah, Alicia Keys
Votes: 27,978 | Gross: $37.77M
21. 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
22. Man vs. Bee (2022)
TV-PG | 112 min | Short, Comedy, Family
A man finds himself at war with a bee while housesitting a luxurious mansion. Who will win, and what irreparable damage will be done in the process?
Stars: Rowan Atkinson, Claudie Blakley, Jing Lusi, Julian Rhind-Tutt
Votes: 33,810
23. Barfly (1987)
R | 100 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Based on the life of successful poet Charles Bukowski and his exploits in Hollywood during the 60s, 70s, and 80s.
Director: Barbet Schroeder | Stars: Mickey Rourke, Faye Dunaway, Alice Krige, Jack Nance
Votes: 22,009 | Gross: $3.22M
24. Shattered (2007)
R | 95 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A perfect family's dynamic is ruined by a kidnapper's brutally efficient plot.
Director: Mike Barker | Stars: Pierce Brosnan, Maria Bello, Gerard Butler, Emma Karwandy
Votes: 33,619
25. The Ant Bully (2006)
PG | 88 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
After Lucas Nickle floods an ant colony with his water gun, he's magically shrunken down to insect size and sentenced to hard labor in the ruins.
Director: John A. Davis | Stars: Paul Giamatti, Nicolas Cage, Julia Roberts, Meryl Streep
Votes: 41,898 | Gross: $28.14M
26. The Green Hornet (1966–1967)
TV-PG | 99 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
A newspaper publisher and his Asian valet/martial arts expert battle crime as the feared Green Hornet and Kato.
Stars: Bruce Lee, Van Williams, Wende Wagner, Lloyd Gough
Votes: 3,279
27. Super Fly (1972)
R | 91 min | Action, Crime, Drama
The daily routine of cocaine dealer Priest who wants to score one more super deal and retire.
Director: Gordon Parks Jr. | Stars: Ron O'Neal, Carl Lee, Sheila Frazier, Julius Harris
Votes: 8,615
28. Les papillons noirs (2022)
TV-MA | 50 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Albert Desiderio, a humble retired man, decides to hire a novelist to write his memoirs. But the amazing love story Albert shared with Solange during the 70's turns out to be the confession of a serial killer couple.
Stars: Nicolas Duvauchelle, Niels Arestrup, Alyzée Costes, Alice Belaïdi
Votes: 5,586
29. 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: 5,503
30. Empire of the Ants (1977)
PG | 89 min | Adventure, Horror, Sci-Fi
Con artist Marilyn Fryser tries to sell bogus real estate deals in an area overrun by giant ants.
Director: Bert I. Gordon | Stars: Joan Collins, Robert Lansing, John David Carson, Albert Salmi
Votes: 5,551
31. 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: 9,903
32. The Spirit of the Beehive (1973)
Not Rated | 98 min | Drama, Fantasy
In 1940, after watching and being traumatized by the movie Frankenstein (1931), a sensitive seven year-old girl living in a small Spanish village drifts into her own fantasy world.
Director: Víctor Erice | Stars: Fernando Fernán Gómez, Teresa Gimpera, Ana Torrent, Isabel Tellería
Votes: 20,721
33. The Butterfly Effect 2 (2006)
R | 92 min | Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Nick Larson discovers a supernatural way to alter his life and travel back in time to key moments in his life by looking at photographs.
Director: John R. Leonetti | Stars: Eric Lively, Erica Durance, Dustin Milligan, Gina Holden
Votes: 37,345
34. Dark Web: Cicada 3301 (2021)
R | 104 min | Action, Comedy, Thriller
Follows hacker Connor, his best friend Avi and a cunning librarian who find themselves over their heads when forced to compete in a sophisticated dark web secret society's global recruitment game.
Director: Alan Ritchson | Stars: Jack Kesy, Conor Leslie, Ron Funches, Alan Ritchson
Votes: 2,510
35. Fireflies in the Garden (2008)
R | 99 min | Drama
The Taylor family is devastated by an accident that takes place on the day their matriarch is due to graduate from college -- decades after leaving to raise her children.
Director: Dennis Lee | Stars: Ryan Reynolds, Willem Dafoe, Emily Watson, Carrie-Anne Moss
Votes: 13,608 | Gross: $3.39M
36. Black Butterfly (II) (2017)
R | 93 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
A reclusive screenwriter takes in a mysterious drifter who is determined to repay his kindness by helping him finish his latest story.
Director: Brian Goodman | Stars: Antonio Banderas, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Piper Perabo, Vincent Riotta
Votes: 14,933
37. The Butterfly Effect 3: Revelations (2009)
R | 90 min | Crime, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Sam Reide uses his power to time travel to solve the mystery of his girlfriend's death.
Director: Seth Grossman | Stars: Chris Carmack, Rachel Miner, Melissa Jones, Kevin Yon
Votes: 20,712
38. Butterflies Are Free (1972)
PG | 109 min | Comedy, Drama, Music
A blind man moves into his own apartment against the wishes of his overprotective mother and befriends the freethinking young woman next door.
Director: Milton Katselas | Stars: Goldie Hawn, Edward Albert, Eileen Heckart, Paul Michael Glaser
Votes: 5,967 | Gross: $0.25M
39. Barbie Mariposa and Her Butterfly Fairy Friends (2008 Video)
TV-Y | 75 min | Animation, Family, Fantasy
Join Barbie in an all-new world of Butterfly Fairies! When the Queen falls ill, it's up to brave Mariposa and her friends to journey beyond the safe borders of the city to find a cure.
Director: Conrad Helten | Stars: Chiara Zanni, Tabitha St. Germain, Kathleen Barr, Erin Mathews
Votes: 3,498
40. Mothman (2010 TV Movie)
TV-14 | 91 min | Horror
A group of friends band together to hide the truth about a mutual friend's tragic death. They soon discover that an evil entity is in pursuit of them.
Director: Sheldon Wilson | Stars: Jewel Staite, Connor Fox, Susie Abromeit, Michael Aills
Votes: 1,339
41. The Moth Diaries (2011)
R | 82 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Rebecca is suspicious of Ernessa, the new arrival at her boarding school. But is Rebecca just jealous of Ernessa's bond with Lucie, or does the new girl truly possess a dark secret?
Director: Mary Harron | Stars: Sarah Bolger, Sarah Gadon, Lily Cole, Anne Day-Jones
Votes: 6,929 | Gross: $0.00M
42. Mosquito (1994)
R | 92 min | Horror, Sci-Fi
A violent massacre caused by human-sized mosquitoes forces the lone survivors to band together in a fight for survival as the mosquitoes continue their onslaught.
Director: Gary Jones | Stars: Gunnar Hansen, Ron Asheton, Steve Dixon, Rachel Loiselle
Votes: 2,916 | Gross: $0.99M
43. Firefly (II) (2023)
103 min | Drama, Fantasy
Follows a little child who, after hearing tales from his mother at bedtime, sets off to find the fabled island of fireflies.
Director: Zig Madamba Dulay | Stars: Dingdong Dantes, Max Collins, Euwenn Mikael Aleta, Erlinda Villalobos
Votes: 183
44. Butterflies (1978–1983)
30 min | Comedy, Romance
Ria, a happily married suburban housewife, reaches the age when she feels like life is passing her by.
Stars: Wendy Craig, Geoffrey Palmer, Bruce Montague, Nicholas Lyndhurst
Votes: 1,298
45. Cicada (2020)
Unrated | 96 min | Drama, Romance
A New York love story that toes the line between narrative and doc with two actors reliving parts of their own experiences.
Directors: Matthew Fifer, Kieran Mulcare | Stars: Matthew Fifer, Sheldon D. Brown, Sandra Bauleo, Jazmin Grace Grimaldi
Votes: 1,107
46. In the Time of the Butterflies (2001 TV Movie)
PG-13 | 95 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
In the Time of the Butterflies is inspired by the true story of the three Mirabal sisters who, in 1960, were murdered for their part in an underground plot to overthrow the government.
Director: Mariano Barroso | Stars: Salma Hayek, Lumi Cavazos, Edward James Olmos, Mía Maestro
Votes: 2,487
47. Black Butterflies (2011)
Not Rated | 100 min | Biography, Drama
In Apartheid-torn South Africa, poet Ingrid Jonker (Carice van Houten) struggles tragically in search of love and a sense of home.
Director: Paula van der Oest | Stars: Carice van Houten, Liam Cunningham, Rutger Hauer, Graham Clarke
Votes: 2,355
48. The Bloodstained Butterfly (1971)
Not Rated | 99 min | Mystery, Thriller
A popular television presenter is accused of killing a teenage girl in a park, who happens to be his daughter's best friend.
Director: Duccio Tessari | Stars: Helmut Berger, Giancarlo Sbragia, Ida Galli, Silvano Tranquilli
Votes: 2,068
49. Ladybird Ladybird (1994)
R | 101 min | Drama
Maggie, an unmarried mother of four children by four different men who abused her, leaves her kids home alone one night. A fire injures them and child services takes custody. Maggie fails to regain custody of her children.
Director: Ken Loach | Stars: Crissy Rock, Vladimir Vega, Sandie Lavelle, Mauricio Venegas
Votes: 3,827 | Gross: $0.15M
50. Mansquito (2005 TV Movie)
R | 92 min | Sci-Fi, Horror
A scientist and her subject turn into mutant insects.
Director: Tibor Takács | Stars: Corin Nemec, Musetta Vander, Matt Jordon, Patrick Dreikauss
Votes: 1,983