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1. Parasyte: The Maxim (2014–2015)
TV-MA | 22 min | Animation, Action, Drama
17-year-old Shinichi Izumi is partially infected by a Parasyte, monsters that butcher and consume humans. He must learn to co-exist with the creature if he is to survive both the life of a Parasyte and a human as part monster, part person.
Stars: Aya Hirano, Nobunaga Shimazaki, Rinka H.B.B., Brittney Karbowski
Votes: 48,776
2. The Nevers (2021–2023)
TV-MA | 58 min | Action, Drama, Fantasy
An epic tale following a gang of Victorian women who find themselves with unusual abilities, relentless enemies, and a mission that might change the world.
Stars: Laura Donnelly, Ann Skelly, Olivia Williams, James Norton
Votes: 27,746
3. Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978)
PG | 115 min | Horror, Sci-Fi
When strange seeds drift to earth from space, mysterious pods begin to grow and invade San Francisco, replicating the city's residents one body at a time.
Director: Philip Kaufman | Stars: Donald Sutherland, Brooke Adams, Jeff Goldblum, Veronica Cartwright
Votes: 69,894 | Gross: $24.95M
4. Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (1984)
PG | 117 min | Animation, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Warrior and pacifist Princess Nausicaä desperately struggles to prevent two warring nations from destroying themselves and their dying planet.
Director: Hayao Miyazaki | Stars: Sumi Shimamoto, Mahito Tsujimura, Hisako Kyôda, Gorô Naya
Votes: 182,625 | Gross: $0.50M
5. The Invasion (I) (2007)
PG-13 | 99 min | Sci-Fi, Thriller
As a Washington, D.C. psychiatrist unearths the origin of an alien epidemic, she also discovers her son might be the only way it can be stopped.
Director: Oliver Hirschbiegel | Stars: Nicole Kidman, Daniel Craig, Jeremy Northam, Jackson Bond
Votes: 82,701 | Gross: $15.07M
6. The Girl with All the Gifts (2016)
R | 111 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
A scientist and a teacher living in a dystopian future embark on a journey of survival with a special young girl named Melanie.
Director: Colm McCarthy | Stars: Sennia Nanua, Fisayo Akinade, Dominique Tipper, Paddy Considine
Votes: 64,438
7. G.I. Joe: The Movie (1987 Video)
PG | 93 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
The heroic G.I. Joe action force must oppose the ruthless Cobra organization that has secretly allied with a subterranean reptilian people who were their founders.
Director: Don Jurwich | Stars: Charlie Adler, Shuko Akune, Jack Angel, Michael Bell
Votes: 6,000
8. The Last Winter (2006)
Not Rated | 101 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Sent to evaluate the environmental impact of oil drilling in the Arctic, James Hoffman clashes with the drilling crew's chief, who wants to get the job done.
Director: Larry Fessenden | Stars: Ron Perlman, James Le Gros, Connie Britton, Zach Gilford
Votes: 9,847 | Gross: $0.03M
9. The Quatermass Xperiment (1955)
Not Rated | 78 min | Horror, Sci-Fi
Professor Bernard Quatermass' manned rocket ship returns to Earth, but two of the astronauts are missing and the survivor seems ill and unable to communicate.
Director: Val Guest | Stars: Brian Donlevy, Jack Warner, Richard Wordsworth, Margia Dean
Votes: 7,184
10. Contamination (1980)
R | 95 min | Horror, Sci-Fi
A former astronaut helps a government agent and a police detective track the source of mysterious alien pod spores, filled with lethal flesh-dissolving acid, to a South American coffee plantation controlled by alien pod clones.
Director: Luigi Cozzi | Stars: Ian McCulloch, Louise Marleau, Marino Masé, Siegfried Rauch
Votes: 5,298
11. The Dustwalker (2019)
95 min | Action, Drama, Horror
One by one the residents of a small, isolated town become infected by an insidious bug that turns them into violent, indiscriminate killing machines.
Director: Sandra Sciberras | Stars: Jolene Anderson, Stef Dawson, Richard Davies, Cassandra Magrath
Votes: 1,833
12. Starship Troopers (1988)
150 min | Animation, Action, Drama
Mysterious monstrous alien creatures attack Earth's colonies. This six-part OVA focuses on Juan "Johnnie" Rico who joins the army because of Carmen, a girl he likes, his days in boot camps, his losses and Earth's first counterattack.
Stars: Yasunori Matsumoto, Kazuhiko Inoue, Show Hayami, Hirohiko Kakegawa
Votes: 326
13. Earthling (2010)
Not Rated | 111 min | Sci-Fi
After a mysterious atmospheric event, a small group of people wake up to realize that their entire lives have been a lie. They are in fact aliens disguised as humans. Now they have to make ... See full summary »
Director: Clay Liford | Stars: Rebecca Spence, Peter Greene, William Katt, Jenny Shakeshaft
Votes: 721
16.
The Hunger (1997–2000)
Episode:
Night Bloomer
(1999)
R | 26 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
A woman offers a man named Steve a solution to his career problems. The first thing he has do is plant a strange seed in front of his boss's house.
Director: Erik Canuel | Stars: David Bowie, Glenn Plummer, Giannina Facio, Serge Houde
Votes: 65
17.
Land of the Giants (1968–1970)
Episode:
The Unsuspected
(1969)
TV-G | 50 min | Sci-Fi
Exposures to mushroom spores have caused Steve to go crazy and he captures his fellow shipmates one by one.
Director: Harry Harris | Stars: Gary Conway, Don Matheson, Stefan Arngrim, Don Marshall
Votes: 57
18.
PSI Factor: Chronicles of the Paranormal (1996–2000)
Episode:
The Curse/Angel on a Plane
(1997)
TV-14 | Drama, Fantasy, Mystery
A team of archaeologists discovers a strange, sealed, Egyptian tomb and begins suffering from a mysterious illness. A passenger plane caught in the storm is saved from crashing by what some claim to be a mystery woman.
Directors: Ken Girotti, Marc F. Voizard | Stars: Paul Miller, Nancy Anne Sakovich, Barclay Hope, Colin Fox
Votes: 29
19.
Relic Hunter (1999–2002)
Episode:
Lost Contact
(2000)
TV-14 | 42 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Sydney, Nigel and billionaire entrepreneur Rod Thorson parachute into the Myanmar jungle to rescue a relic-hunting team hired by Thorson to locate an ancient sacrificial bowl.
Director: Milan Cheylov | Stars: Tia Carrere, Christien Anholt, Lindy Booth, John Novak
Votes: 87
20.
Star Trek (1966–1969)
Episode:
This Side of Paradise
(1967)
TV-PG | 50 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
The Enterprise investigates a planet whose colonists should be dead, but are not.
Director: Ralph Senensky | Stars: William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, Jill Ireland, Frank Overton
Votes: 4,069
21.
The X-Files (1993–2018)
Episode:
Field Trip
(1999)
TV-14 | 45 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
The skeletal remains of a young couple are found after they have been missing for only three days in an area known for UFO activity. Mulder and Scully have different experiences in the investigation but nothing is quite as it seems.
Director: Kim Manners | Stars: David Duchovny, Gillian Anderson, Mitch Pileggi, Robyn Lively
Votes: 3,955
22.
The X-Files (1993–2018)
Episode:
Firewalker
(1994)
TV-14 | 45 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
At a remote outpost, scientists watch as their camera picks up a moving shadow on the inside of a smoldering hot volcano, too hot for any living creature to survive. Mulder and Scully arrive and notice that everyone is acting strangely.
Director: David Nutter | Stars: David Duchovny, Gillian Anderson, Bradley Whitford, Leland Orser
Votes: 4,813
23.
Pokémon (1997–2023)
Episode:
Taming of the Shroomish
(2003)
TV-Y | 22 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
When Ash and friends stop in Rinshin Town for food and supplies, May drags Brock off to see a haunted mansion. Meanwhile, Max spots a Shroomish in an alleyway, which is odd because ... See full summary »
Directors: Kunihiko Yuyama, Joop Pieëte | Stars: Veronica Taylor, Rachael Lillis, Eric Stuart, Madeleine Blaustein
Votes: 134
24.
The Royal Institution Christmas Lectures (1966–1999)
Episode:
Growing Up in the Universe: The Ultraviolet Garden
(1992)
Documentary, Family
Stars: Douglas Adams, Richard Dawkins
Votes: 34
25.
Ballmastrz 9009 (2018–2020)
Episode:
When You Wish Upon a Spore
(2020)
TV-14 | 11 min | Animation, Short, Action
Flipp is ordered to undergo sensitivity training after insulting a superfan.
Director: Christy Karacas | Stars: Natasha Lyonne, Jessica DiCicco, Dana Snyder, Eric Bauza
Votes: 17
26.
Catastrophe (2008– )
Episode:
Planet of Fire
(2008)
Documentary
The most catastrophic extinction event in the history of the earth was the Permian Extinction 250 million years ago. Scientists believe this was caused by a massive half million year ... See full summary »
Director: Paul Nelson | Stars: Tony Robinson, Michael J. Benton, Lee Kump, Ira Leifer
Votes: 12
27.
The Spectacular Spider-Man (2008–2009)
Episode:
Growing Pains
(2009)
TV-Y7 | 21 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
Editor J. Jonah Jameson's son John, the astronaut, has been infected by space spores. They give him super-powers, so Jonah fit him a hero costume as Colonel Jupiter, who turns on Spiderman ... See full summary »
Directors: Michael Goguen, Victor Cook | Stars: Josh Keaton, Dee Bradley Baker, Jeff Bennett, Steve Blum
Votes: 1,917
28.
Toon in with Me (2021– )
Episode:
The Kahuna's Birthday Poem
(2021)
TV-PG | Animation, Comedy
The gang is plagued by mishaps as they wait for Goldie to put on her makeup before recording their birthday poem for the Big Kahuna. Cartoons include Rabbit of Seville (1950), Hic-cup Pup (1954), Porky's Pastry Pirates (1942), Hawaiian Aye Aye (1964), Popeye Presents Eugene, the Jeep (1940).
Director: Mike Schmiedeler | Stars: Bill Leff, Kevin Fleming, Leila Gorstein
Votes: 6
29.
Primeval (2007–2011)
Episode:
Future Epidemic
(2009)
TV-PG | 47 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
An anomaly from the future appears in a millionaire's apartment, bringing with it a deadly future fungus that infects those who touch it. An intruder in the ARC turns out to be Danny Quinn, still trying to convince the team he can help.
Director: Mark Everest | Stars: Jason Flemyng, Andrew Lee Potts, Lucy Brown, Hannah Spearritt
Votes: 319
30.
Plant Science: An Introduction to Botany (2017)
Episode:
Advent of Seeds: Cycads and Ginkoes
(2017)
Documentary
Star: Catherine Kleier
31.
Fringe (2008–2013)
Episode:
Alone in the World
(2011)
TV-14 | 43 min | Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Two bullying boys die and exhibit an alarming state of rapid decay. Their would-be victim, an extremely lonely boy, has a remarkably unusual connection to the killer. Meanwhile, Walter fears for his sanity.
Director: Miguel Sapochnik | Stars: Anna Torv, Joshua Jackson, Lance Reddick, Blair Brown
Votes: 1,896
32.
PBS Eons (2017– )
Episode:
How a Mass Extinction Event Created the Amazon
(2021)
9 min | Documentary
The meteor impact that doomed the dinosaurs sixty-six million years ago had an major impact on plants as well. At the time flowering plants were competing with confers for dominance. The ... See full summary »
Star: Blake de Pastino
33.
Real Science! (1994– )
Episode:
The Zombies That Live Among Us
(2021)
19 min | Family
Certain fungi and other parasites alter the behavior of their hosts to fulfill their reproductive cycles. Are humans immune to such mind control?
Star: Stephanie Sammann
34.
True Facts (2009– )
Episode:
True Facts: Stinkhorns
(2019)
4 min | Documentary, Comedy
Stinkhorns are like the flowers of fungi which you probably know as mushrooms. But stinkhorns are disgusting. They smell like rotting flesh because of the spore laden gleba that oozes out ... See full summary »
Star: Ze Frank
35.
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (2014– )
Episode:
Margot Robbie/Michael McKean/Kevin Delaney
(2016)
TV-14 | 41 min | Comedy, Music, Talk-Show
Margot Robbie (Whiskey Tango Foxtrot (2016)); Michael McKean (Better Call Saul (2015)); science demonstration with Kevin Delaney. Also: Jimmy Greene sits in with The Roots.
Stars: Jimmy Fallon, Margot Robbie, Michael McKean, Kevin Delaney
Votes: 23
36.
Star Trek: Discovery (2017–2024)
Episode:
Context Is for Kings
(2017)
TV-MA | 48 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Burnham finds herself aboard the U.S.S. Discovery, where she quickly realizes things are not as they seem, including the mysterious Captain Gabriel Lorca.
Director: Akiva Goldsman | Stars: Sonequa Martin-Green, Doug Jones, Shazad Latif, Anthony Rapp
Votes: 6,767
37.
Star Trek: Discovery (2017–2024)
Episode:
What's Past Is Prologue
(2018)
TV-14 | 44 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Lorca plans to move forward with a coup against the Emperor, propelling Burnham to make a quick decision to save not only herself, but the U.S.S. Discovery.
Director: Olatunde Osunsanmi | Stars: Sonequa Martin-Green, Doug Jones, Shazad Latif, Anthony Rapp
Votes: 4,697
38.
Stranger Things (2016–2025)
Episode:
Chapter Five: Dig Dug
(2017)
TV-14 | 58 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Nancy and Jonathan swap conspiracy theories with a new ally as Eleven searches for someone from her past. "Bob the Brain" tackles a difficult problem.
Director: Andrew Stanton | Stars: Winona Ryder, David Harbour, Finn Wolfhard, Millie Bobby Brown
Votes: 19,895
39.
Stranger Things (2016–2025)
Episode:
Chapter Nine: The Gate
(2017)
TV-14 | 62 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Eleven makes plans to finish what she started while the survivors turn up the heat on the monstrous force that's holding Will hostage.
Directors: Matt Duffer, Ross Duffer | Stars: Winona Ryder, David Harbour, Finn Wolfhard, Millie Bobby Brown
Votes: 25,715
40.
Voltron: Legendary Defender (2016–2018)
Episode:
Greening the Cube
(2017)
TV-Y7 | 23 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
While making repairs to the castle, the Paladins encounter unusual spongy spores that lead them to a planet of brilliant engineers.
Director: Eugene Lee | Stars: Kimberly Brooks, Rhys Darby, Josh Keaton, Tyler Labine
Votes: 191
41.
Star Trek: Discovery (2017–2024)
Episode:
Will You Take My Hand?
(2018)
TV-PG | 45 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
With Georgiou at the helm of the plan to end the Klingon war once and for all, the USS Discovery crew struggles to fathom and tolerate her hostile tactics. Memories of past hardships are rekindled within Burnham.
Director: Akiva Goldsman | Stars: Sonequa Martin-Green, Doug Jones, Shazad Latif, Anthony Rapp
Votes: 4,458
42.
The Simpsons (1989– )
Episode:
Treehouse of Horror XXIX
(2018)
TV-14 | 21 min | Animation, Comedy
Homer wins an oyster-eating contest against the mythical Cthulhu, Springfield is overrun by plant body-snatchers, Lisa finally snaps and Mr. Burns opens a retirement home with some Jurassic upgrades.
Directors: Mike B. Anderson, Matthew Faughnan | Stars: Dan Castellaneta, Julie Kavner, Nancy Cartwright, Yeardley Smith
Votes: 1,217
43.
Nightflyers (2018)
Episode:
Rebirth
(2018)
TV-14 | 41 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
A new threat challenges ship protocol; Mel notices changes in the crew; Lommie returns to Greywing.
Director: Mark Tonderai | Stars: Eoin Macken, David Ajala, Jodie Turner-Smith, Angus Sampson
Votes: 468
44.
Room 104 (2017–2020)
Episode:
The Specimen Collector
(2019)
TV-MA | 28 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
While on a layover from collecting a rare botanical specimen, a scientist wakes to find herself inside a lush, rapidly growing jungle.
Director: Mel Eslyn | Stars: Cobie Smulders, Aasif Mandvi, Ian Merrigan, Amanda Allan
Votes: 173
45.
Guardians of the Galaxy (2015–2019)
Episode:
Breaking Stuff Is Hard to Do
(2019)
TV-Y7 | 22 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
The Guardians and their friends search for the fragments of Dragonfang, a legendary weapon that will finally be able to defeat The Serpent forever.
Directors: Jeff Wamester, Dan Duncan | Stars: Will Friedle, Trevor Devall, Kevin Michael Richardson, Vanessa Marshall
Votes: 71