Curated by SceneIt · United States
This SceneIt list helps you quickly choose engaging favorites worth making time for this weekend. Results are selected for the United States and balance audience response with practical watchability.
Updated 2026-08-07 · Ratings from TMDB
We rank eligible titles using TMDB audience ratings, vote confidence, relevance to the theme, and current popularity. Ratings can change as new votes are added.
1986 · TMDB 7.7/10 · 622 votes
Alexander, a journalist, philosopher and retired actor, celebrates a birthday with friends and family when it is announced that nuclear war has begun. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
1989 · TMDB 7.2/10 · 511 votes
A former circus artist escapes from a mental hospital to rejoin his armless, cult leader mother, and is forced to enact brutal murders in her name. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
1928 · TMDB 7.3/10 · 611 votes
Mickey Mouse, piloting a steamboat, delights his passenger, Minnie Mouse, by making musical instruments out of the menagerie on deck. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
2020 · TMDB 7.4/10 · 572 votes
An unassuming high schooler finds himself inexplicably drawn to the free-spirited new girl, whose unconventional ways change how they see themselves…and their world. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
2019 · TMDB 7.9/10 · 719 votes
A look at the Apollo 11 mission to land on the moon led by commander Neil Armstrong and pilot Buzz Aldrin. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
1965 · TMDB 7.5/10 · 521 votes
The film consists of three independent parts: "Workmate", "Déjà vu" and "Operation Y". This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
1928 · TMDB 8.0/10 · 1,102 votes
A classic of the silent age, this film tells the story of the doomed but ultimately canonized 15th-century teenage warrior. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
1988 · TMDB 7.0/10 · 668 votes
The story of Dian Fossey, a scientist who came to Africa to study the vanishing mountain gorillas, and later fought to protect them. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
2017 · TMDB 7.4/10 · 719 votes
A 5-year-old girl embarks on a harrowing quest for survival amid the sudden rise and terrifying reign of the Khmer Rouge in Cambodia. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
1953 · TMDB 7.7/10 · 672 votes
After two American prisoners are killed by guards in the act of escaping from a German POW camp in World War II, barracks black marketeer J.J. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
1962 · TMDB 7.9/10 · 736 votes
In this companion piece and sequel to "Yojimbo," jaded samurai Sanjuro helps an idealistic group of young warriors weed out their clan's evil influences, and in the process turns their image of a proper samurai on its ear. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
1975 · TMDB 7.9/10 · 637 votes
A military explorer meets and befriends a Goldi man in Russia’s unmapped forests. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
2009 · TMDB 8.1/10 · 643 votes
Bobby Griffith was his mother's favorite son, the perfect all-American boy growing up under deeply religious influences in Walnut Creek, California. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
1933 · TMDB 7.3/10 · 869 votes
Rufus T. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
2010 · TMDB 7.1/10 · 1,641 votes
Despite a traumatic event, a group of friends decide to go ahead with their annual beach vacation. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
2004 · TMDB 7.4/10 · 1,081 votes
When an old friend brings filmmaker Enrique Goded a semi-autobiographical script chronicling their adolescence, Enrique is forced to relive his youth spent at a Catholic boarding school. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
2008 · TMDB 7.3/10 · 620 votes
Wallace and Gromit open a bakery, accidentally getting tied up with a murder mystery in the process. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
1953 · TMDB 8.0/10 · 647 votes
In 16th century Japan, peasants Genjuro and Tobei sell their earthenware pots to a group of soldiers in a nearby village, in defiance of a local sage's warning against seeking to profit from warfare. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
1998 · TMDB 7.1/10 · 603 votes
Two teenage girls in small-town Sweden. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
1952 · TMDB 7.9/10 · 603 votes
A fading music hall comedian tries to help a despondent ballet dancer learn to walk and to again feel confident about life. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.