Pineapple Express
2008 · TMDB 6.6/10 · 4,276 votes
A stoner and his dealer are forced to go on the run from the police after the pothead witnesses a cop commit a murder. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
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What to Watch Tonight Movies
This SceneIt list helps you quickly choose reliable, broadly appealing picks for tonight. Results are selected for the United States and balance audience response with practical watchability.
Updated 2026-08-07 · Ratings from TMDB
How we chose these titles
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.
Steel Magnolias
1989 · TMDB 7.2/10 · 742 votes
A young beautician, newly arrived in a small Louisiana town, finds work at the local salon, where a small group of women share a close bond of friendship and welcome her into the fold. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
Little Children
2006 · TMDB 7.1/10 · 1,179 votes
The lives of two lovelorn spouses from separate marriages, a registered sex offender, and a disgraced ex-police officer intersect as they struggle to resist their vulnerabilities and temptations. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
Atlas
2024 · TMDB 6.6/10 · 1,605 votes
A brilliant counterterrorism analyst with a deep distrust of AI discovers it might be her only hope when a mission to capture a renegade robot goes awry. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
Teen Titans Go! To the Movies
2018 · TMDB 7.2/10 · 1,185 votes
All the major DC superheroes are starring in their own films, all but the Teen Titans, so Robin is determined to remedy this situation by getting over his role as a sidekick and becoming a movie star. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
El Infierno
2010 · TMDB 7.9/10 · 802 votes
After being deported back to Mexico, a man has no choice but to join the vicious drug cartel that has corrupted his hometown in order to survive. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
Human
2015 · TMDB 8.4/10 · 313 votes
A collection of stories about and images of our world, offering an immersion to the core of what it means to be human. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
Mississippi Burning
1988 · TMDB 7.7/10 · 1,986 votes
Two FBI agents investigating the murder of civil rights workers during the 60s seek to breach the conspiracy of silence in a small Southern town where segregation divides black and white. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
Mean Streets
1973 · TMDB 7.0/10 · 2,327 votes
A small-time hood must choose from among love, friendship and the chance to rise within the mob. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
Planes, Trains and Automobiles
1987 · TMDB 7.3/10 · 2,258 votes
An irritable marketing executive, Neal Page, is heading home to Chicago for Thanksgiving when a number of delays force him to travel with a well meaning but overbearing shower curtain ring salesman, Del Griffith. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
Sea of Love
1989 · TMDB 6.6/10 · 697 votes
Seen-it-all New York detective Frank Keller is unsettled - he has done twenty years on the force and could retire, and he hasn't come to terms with his wife leaving him for a colleague. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
Sweet November
2001 · TMDB 6.9/10 · 1,465 votes
Nelson is a man devoted to his advertising career in San Francisco. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
On the Waterfront
1954 · TMDB 7.9/10 · 1,815 votes
A prizefighter-turned-longshoreman with a conscience goes up against labor leaders to expose corruption, extortion, and murder among the union ranks. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
The Wave
2015 · TMDB 6.7/10 · 1,427 votes
Although theorised, no one is really ready when a mountain pass above the scenic and narrow Geiranger fjord in Norway collapses and creates a tsunami over 300 feet high. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
Alienoid
2022 · TMDB 6.9/10 · 584 votes
Gurus in the late Goryeo dynasty try to obtain a fabled, holy sword, and humans in 2022 hunt down an alien prisoner that is locked in a human's body. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
Hairspray
2007 · TMDB 6.7/10 · 2,650 votes
Pleasantly plump teenager Tracy Turnblad auditions to be on Baltimore's most popular dance show - The Corny Collins Show - and lands a prime spot. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
The Pale Blue Eye
2022 · TMDB 6.8/10 · 2,226 votes
West Point, New York, 1830. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
Sleeping Dogs
2024 · TMDB 7.0/10 · 651 votes
Roy Freeman, an ex-homicide detective with a fractured memory, is forced to revisit a case he can't remember. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
Dogville
2003 · TMDB 7.8/10 · 2,728 votes
A woman on the run from the mob is reluctantly accepted in a small Colorado community in exchange for labor, but when a search visits the town, she learns that their support has a price. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
In the Name of the Father
1993 · TMDB 7.9/10 · 2,013 votes
A small-time Belfast thief, Gerry Conlon, is wrongly convicted of an IRA bombing in London, along with his father and friends, and spends 15 years in prison fighting to prove his innocence. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.