Mad Men
2007 4.2 ★ TV Shows 
until 01-Jan-2025 
Set in 1960s New York City, this AMC series takes a peek inside an ad agency during an era when the cutthroat business had a glamorous lure. When the cigarette smoke clears and the martinis are set down, at the center of it all is ad man Don Draper (Jon Hamm). Meanwhile, his marriage suffers as his wife, Betty (January Jones), recoils from his womanizing ways. Garnering numerous awards, the show also stars John Slattery and Elisabeth Moss.
Breaking Bad
2008 4.4 ★ TV Shows until 01-Jan-2025
Emmy winner Bryan Cranston stars as Walter White, a high school science teacher who learns that he has terminal lung cancer and teams with a former student to manufacture and sell high-quality crystal meth to secure his family's future.
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
2009 4.0 ★ 152 mins Foreign Movies Rated: R RT:86% until 01-Jan-2025
Journalist Mikael Blomkvist (Michael Nyqvist) and rebellious computer hacker Lisbeth Salander (Noomi Rapace) team up to investigate the unsolved disappearance of wealthy Henrik Vanger's (Sven-Bertil Taube) teen niece (Ewa Fröling), only to uncover dark secrets about Vanger's powerful family. Niels Arden Oplev directs this Swedish thriller based on the first novel from Stieg Larsson's best-selling trilogy.
30 Rock
2006 3.9 ★ TV Shows until 01-Jan-2025
This smartly crafted sitcom stars Emmy-winning series creator Tina Fey as Liz Lemon, an unlucky-in-love New Yorker who heads up a ragtag team of writers on the fictional NBC variety show "TGS with Tracy Jordan." The top-notch ensemble cast also features Alec Baldwin as pompous network executive Jack Donaghy, Tracy Morgan and Jane Krakowski as the pampered stars of "TGS," and Jack McBrayer as a relentlessly upbeat NBC page.
Arrested Development
2003 3.9 ★ TV Shows until 01-Jan-2025
This Emmy-winning sitcom follows the Bluths, a wealthy California clan gone to the dogs after patriarch George Sr. gets busted for fraud. Now, long-suffering son Michael keeps the family business afloat as he spars with his dysfunctional relatives.
Doctor Who
2005 4.2 ★ TV Shows until 01-Jan-2025
After more than a decade off the air, the epic sci-fi series returns with an all-new look -- and the ninth (and beyond) incarnation of everybody's favorite time-traveling doctor, who promptly sets about fighting nefarious aliens and other foes.
Weeds
2005 4.0 ★ TV Shows until 01-Jan-2025
Nancy Botwin (Golden Globe winner Mary-Louise Parker) takes a big hit when her husband dies suddenly and she's left struggling to maintain her comfortable lifestyle -- so the suburban soccer mom summons up her inner entrepreneur and starts selling pot brownies to her affluent neighbors. But her baked-goods business turns out to be a gateway to much more serious stuff, and soon she's dealing with money laundering, mobsters and the DEA.
The Fighter
2010 4.1 ★ 115 mins Dramas Rated: R RT:91% until 01-Jan-2025
After a string of defeats, Mickey Ward rediscovers his fighting will with help from trainer and half-brother Dicky (Oscar winner Christian Bale) -- a once-talented pugilist and small-town hero now battling drug addiction.
The Office (U.S.)
2005 3.9 ★ TV Shows until 01-Jan-2025
This hit comedy series chronicles the daily foibles of office workers at the Dunder Mifflin paper company, where deluded boss Michael Scott attempts to shepherd his employees as a documentary film crew captures every wince-worthy moment.
True Grit
2010 3.9 ★ 110 mins Action & Adventure Rated: PG-13 RT:96% until 01-Jan-2025
After drifter Tom Chaney (Josh Brolin) murders her father, 14-year-old Mattie Ross (Hailee Steinfeld) hires alcoholic U.S. Marshal Reuben "Rooster" Cogburn (Jeff Bridges) to help her exact revenge. The disreputable lawman still has grit, though, and mounts an epic search. Joining the duo on their quest is a Texas Ranger (Matt Damon) who's also hunting for Chaney in this updated Western that received multiple Oscar nods, including Best Picture.
Battlestar Galactica
2004 4.0 ★ TV Shows until 01-Jan-2025
Deep in the universe, cybernetic Cylons have all but wiped out the human race, laying waste to the Twelve Colonies of Man. Cast out, the few survivors aboard the &NFi;Battlestar Galactica&NFi_; search for a so-called 13th colony: the mythical planet Earth. Cmdr. Adama (Edward James Olmos) and President Roslin (Mary McDonnell) lead the desperate quest with the Cylons in hot pursuit in this Syfy hit series, a reimagining of the classic 1970s pro...
Dexter
2006 4.2 ★ TV Shows
Mild-mannered Dexter Morgan works for the police department as a blood-splatter analyst -- and moonlights as a vigilante murderer who only targets other killers, a moral code instilled in him by his adoptive father.
The Big Lebowski
1998 3.8 ★ 118 mins Comedies Rated: R RT:80% until 01-Jan-2025
Slacker Jeff "The Dude" Lebowski (Jeff Bridges) gets involved in a gargantuan mess of events when he's mistaken for another man named Lebowski, whose wife has been kidnapped and is being held for ransom. All the while, Dude's friend, Walter (John Goodman), stirs the pot. Brothers Joel Coen and Ethan Coen write and direct this cult comedy classic that also stars Steve Buscemi, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Julianne Moore and John Turturro.
Masterpiece Classic: Downton Abbey
2010 4.6 ★ TV Shows Rated: NR until 01-Jan-2025
Exposing the snobbery, backbiting and machinations of a disappearing class system, this series chronicles the comings and goings of the upper-crust Crawley family and their assorted servants.
Shutter Island
2010 3.8 ★ 138 mins Dramas Rated: R RT:69% until 01-Jan-2025
When Teddy Daniels -- a World War II veteran turned U.S. marshal -- probes the disappearance of a patient from a hospital for the criminally insane, his efforts are compromised by his troubling visions ... and by the evasive resident psychiatrist.
Limitless
2011 4.0 ★ 105 mins Thrillers Rated: PG-13 RT:69% until 01-Jan-2025
With his writing career dragging and his girlfriend casting him off, Eddie Morra's life turns around when he takes a drug that provides astonishing mental focus -- but its deadly side effects threaten his future.
Spartacus
2010 4.2 ★ TV Shows
After leading a mutiny against the Romans, a Thracian man (Andy Whitfield) is torn from his homeland and condemned to a brutal death in the arena, only to outlast his executioners and be reborn as the enslaved gladiator Spartacus. The legendary rebel leader tirelessly wages battle -- in and out of the ring -- to reclaim his wife and home in this graphic tale co-starring Lucy Lawless and John Hannah.
Lost
2004 3.9 ★ TV Shows until 01-Jan-2025
After their plane crashes on a deserted island, a diverse group of castaways adapt to their new home in this Emmy-winning drama. As if learning to survive and get along weren't enough, they soon must contend with the island's mysterious forces.
The Walking Dead
2010 4.5 ★ TV Shows until 01-Jan-2025
Sheriff's deputy Rick Grimes awakens from a coma to discover the world plagued by zombies and small bands of human survivors forced into small, fiercely protective groups. Falling back on his old job, Rick sets out to lead mankind out of darkness.
Toy Story 3
2010 4.3 ★ 103 mins Children & Family Movies Rated: G RT:99%
In this installment of the Pixar animated franchise, toy cowboy Woody (voiced by Tom Hanks), his astronaut pal, Buzz Lightyear (Tim Allen), and their friends cope with their owner's departure for college -- and their new home in a day-care center.
Archer
2009 4.3 ★ TV Shows until 01-Jan-2025
Sophisticated spy Archer may have the coolest gadgets, but he still has issues when it comes to dealing with his boss -- who also happens to be his mother -- in this wicked animated spoof of spy flicks and the sex-crazed agents who populate them.
Toy Story 3
2010 4.4 ★ 103 mins Children & Family Movies Rated: G
In this installment of the Pixar animated franchise, toy cowboy Woody (voiced by Tom Hanks), his astronaut pal, Buzz Lightyear (Tim Allen), and their friends cope with their owner's departure for college -- and their new home in a day-care center. Joan Cusack, John Ratzenberger, Don Rickles, Michael Keaton and Ned Beatty also lend their voices to this delightful sequel that earned a Golden Globe Award and an Oscar for Best Animated Feature Film.
Sherlock
2010 4.5 ★ TV Shows until 01-Jan-2025
In this updated take on Arthur Conan Doyle's beloved mystery tales, the eccentric sleuth prowls the streets of modern-day London in search of clues. At his side -- though hobbling -- is flatmate Dr. John Watson, fresh from the Afghan War.
Food, Inc.
2008 3.9 ★ 94 mins Documentaries Rated: PG RT:96% until 01-Jan-2025
Drawing on Eric Schlosser's Fast Food Nation and Michael Pollan's The Omnivore's Dilemma, director Robert Kenner's provocative, Oscar-nominated documentary explores the food industry's detrimental effects on our health and environment.
The Tudors
2007 4.0 ★ TV Shows until 01-Jan-2025
All the splendor, romance, intrigue and scandal of England's 16th-century royal court come dramatically to life in this lushly adorned series that follows the reign of notorious Tudor monarch Henry VIII (Jonathan Rhys Meyers). Whether it's steering the fate of his country or bedding his most recent mistress, the charismatic king often lets his passions rule, making for one of the most tumultuous periods in the history of the throne.
Up
2009 4.3 ★ 96 mins Children & Family Movies Rated: PG RT:98%
After a lifetime of dreaming of traveling the world, 78-year-old homebody Carl (voiced by Ed Asner) flies away on an unbelievable adventure with Russell, an 8-year-old Wilderness Explorer (Jordan Nagai), unexpectedly in tow. Together, the unlikely pair embarks on a thrilling odyssey full of jungle beasts and rough terrain. Other voices in the Oscar-winning film include the renowned Christopher Plummer and Pixar stalwart John Ratzenberger.
Firefly
2002 4.2 ★ TV Shows Rated: NR until 01-Jan-2025
Set almost 500 years in the future, this short-lived but much-loved sci-fi series follows the adventures of the ragtag crew of the transport spaceship &NFi;Serenity&NFi_;, who view no job as too small, too dirty or too close to the line of illegality.
Firefly: The Complete Series
2002 4.3 ★ 720 mins TV Shows Rated: PG-13
Set almost 500 years in the future, this short-lived but much-loved TV series follows the adventures of the ragtag crew (including Nathan Fillion, Gina Torres and Alan Tudyk) of the transport spaceship &NFi;Serenity&NFi_;, who view no job as too small, too dirty or too close to the line of illegality. When a passenger is wanted by the ruling Alliance regime, the Firefly must hide out in the dangerous fringes of space.
South Park
1997 3.8 ★ TV Shows until 01-Jan-2025
This crass animated series started as a potty-mouthed response to sitcoms that portrayed children as angelic figures, but evolved into one of television's most effective satires, joyfully skewering cultural trends, celebrities and political figures.
Parks and Recreation
2009 4.1 ★ TV Shows until 01-Jan-2025
Borrowing the mockumentary style of "The Office," this droll comedy about municipal workers focuses on Leslie Knope (Amy Poehler), a public employee with the Parks and Recreation department in rural Pawnee, Ind. Although Leslie is full of energy and good ideas for community improvement projects, she often finds herself bogged down by bureaucracy, incompetence and municipal laws understood by almost no one.
Star Trek
2009 4.2 ★ 126 mins Sci-Fi & Fantasy Rated: PG-13 RT:95%
Capt. Kirk (Chris Pine) and his trusted team on the starship USS Enterprise boldly go where no man has gone before in this installment of Gene Roddenberry's sci-fi franchise that follows the early days of the intergalactic adventurers. The crew includes Spock (Zachary Quinto), Chekov (Anton Yelchin), Uhura (Zoe Saldana), Scotty (Simon Pegg) and Sulu (John Cho). Eric Bana co-stars, and Leonard Nimoy appears as an older version of Spock.
The Girl Who Played with Fire
2009 3.9 ★ 129 mins Foreign Movies Rated: R until 01-Jan-2025
Tech expert Lisbeth Salander (Noomi Rapace) becomes the prime suspect when two journalists, including Dag Svensson (Hans Christian Thulin), die after &NFi;Millennium&NFi_; magazine publisher Mikael Blomkvist (Michael Nyqvist) launches an exposé of the Swedish sex trade. In Part 2 of the trilogy based on the action novels of Stieg Larsson, the vampiric Salander vanishes as Blomkvist digs deep into a possible conspiracy.
The IT Crowd
2006 4.0 ★ TV Shows until 01-Jan-2025
In the age-old clash of IT vs. the corporation, a pair of basement-dwelling dweebs squares off against their cloddish owner-come-lately, with their ambitious but tech-illiterate manager running interference.
Spartacus: Blood and Sand
2010 4.3 ★ 692 mins Television
Spartacus (Andy Whitfield) is betrayed by a Roman general and sold into slavery to Lentulus Batiatus (John Hannah) to train at his ludus gladiatorius in Capua, Italy. Ultimately, Spartacus must fight for his freedom and his wife's (Erin Cummings). Lucy Lawless co-stars as Lucretia, Batiatus's wife, in this bloody, twist-filled Starz television series in which corruption, treachery and action reign while one man's journey unfolds.
Alice in Wonderland
2010 3.7 ★ 108 mins Children & Family Movies Rated: PG RT:51%
A 19-year-old Alice (Mia Wasikowska) journeys through Underland, where she experiences strange ordeals and encounters peculiar characters, including the vaporous Cheshire Cat (voiced by Stephen Fry), the Mad Hatter (Johnny Depp) and the sadistic Red Queen (Helena Bonham Carter). Anne Hathaway, Alan Rickman, Matt Lucas and Crispin Glover co-star in this inventive, Golden Globe-nominated adaptation of the Lewis Carroll classic.
Sons of Anarchy
2008 4.5 ★ TV Shows until 01-Jan-2025
Charlie Hunnam stars in this gritty drama series as Jax Teller, VP of the Sons of Anarchy, a gun-running motorcycle club that seizes control of its California town but soon butts heads with rival biker gangs, racist groups and the law. As the renegade bikers descend further into bedlam, Jax finds his conscience torn between protecting his young son from harm and his loyalty to his gang and his own violent parents (Katey Sagal and Ron Perlman).
Iron Man 2
2010 4.0 ★ 124 mins Action & Adventure Rated: PG-13 RT:74% until 01-Jan-2025
Wealthy inventor Tony Stark -- aka Iron Man -- resists calls by the American government to hand over his technology. Meanwhile, Ivan Vanko has constructed his own miniaturized arc reactor, causing all kinds of problems for the superhero.
The X-Files
1993 4.0 ★ TV Shows until 01-Jan-2025
Tracing both their personal and professional lives, this award-winning Fox series centers on FBI agents Scully (Gillian Anderson), a skeptic, and Mulder (David Duchovny), a believer, and their efforts to uncover a government conspiracy to hide evidence of extraterrestrial activity. From voodoo curses to bodies found in California that are missing various internal organs, the chilling show also stars Mitch Pileggi and Robert Patrick.
Star Trek: The Next Generation
1987 3.8 ★ TV Shows until 01-Jan-2025
Set decades after the adventures of the original &NFi;Enterprise&NFi_; crew, this syndicated sci-fi series carries on the Star Trek franchise. In the year 2364, Capt. Jean-Luc Picard (Patrick Stewart) leads the new &NFi;Enterprise&NFi_; on missions of discovery. First Officer William Riker (Jonathan Frakes), Chief Engineer Geordi La Forge (LeVar Burton) and Klingon crewmember Worf (Michael Dorn) join Picard as they explore the universe and int...
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
2008 3.7 ★ 166 mins Dramas Rated: PG-13 RT:72%
David Fincher directs this Oscar-nominated tale of Benjamin Button (Brad Pitt) -- a man who was born old and wrinkled but grows younger as the years go by -- with a screenplay adapted from a short story by F. Scott Fitzgerald. The plot throws linear conventions upside down to explore love, loss and memory from the perspective of a character living under incredibly unique -- and unexpectedly difficult -- circumstances. Cate Blanchett co-stars.
MythBusters
2003 4.1 ★ TV Shows until 01-Jan-2025
Fearless hosts Adam Savage and Jamie Hyneman take viewers on an eye-opening -- and often explosive -- journey as they examine some of the most commonly held beliefs in popular science and culture.
The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest
2009 4.0 ★ 147 mins Foreign Movies Rated: R RT:53% until 01-Jan-2025
Third in a trio of films inspired by Swedish author Stieg Larsson's "Millennium Trilogy," this thriller follows feisty computer hacker Lisbeth Salander (Noomi Rapace) as she finds herself hospitalized, suspected of murder and targeted for death by thugs. Meanwhile, Lisbeth's journalist pal, Mikael Blomkvist (Michael Nyqvist), crusades to prove her innocence. Daniel Alfredson directs this film that also stars Lena Endre and Jacob Ericksson.
Star Trek
1966 4.0 ★ TV Shows until 01-Jan-2025
With the unflappable Capt. James T. Kirk at the helm of this classic sci-fi series, the crew of the starship USS &NFi;Enterprise&NFi_; keeps intergalactic danger at bay and delves deep into the exploration of space: the final frontier.
Restrepo
2010 4.1 ★ 93 mins Documentaries Rated: R RT:96% until 01-Jan-2025
Sebastian Junger, author of The Perfect Storm, teamed with photographer Tim Hetherington and spent a year embedded with the Second Platoon in Afghanistan, chronicling the hard work, fear and brotherhood that come with repelling a deadly enemy. Hunkered down with the soldiers in one of the region's most strategic valleys, the filmmakers uncover the dark humor, sleepless surreality and constant anxiety of war in this Oscar-nominated docum...
Futurama
1999 3.7 ★ TV Shows until 01-Jan-2025
Pizza boy Philip J. Fry awakens in the 31st century after 1,000 years of cryogenic preservation in this animated series. After he gets a job at an interplanetary delivery service, Fry embarks on ridiculous escapades to make sense of his predicament.
Letters from Iwo Jima
2007 3.8 ★ 140 mins Dramas Rated: R RT:91% until 01-Jan-2025
As tens of thousands of Allied troops push further inland, the Japanese troops defending Iwo Jima during World War II prepare to meet their fate in this Clint Eastwood-directed Oscar nominee, a companion piece to his hit film Flags of Our Fathers. Ken Watanabe stars as a Japanese general who knows his men are outnumbered and, with no hope of rescue, that most will eventually die in battle -- or end up killing themselves.
Following
1998 3.4 ★ 70 mins Independent Movies Rated: R RT:76% until 01-Jan-2025
Christopher Nolan (Memento, The Dark Knight) writes and directs this odd, claustrophobic neo-noir film about a seedy young Brit (Jeremy Theobald) who's obsessed with following people -- albeit harmlessly at first. After meeting a like-minded bloke (Alex Haw), the twosome graduate to breaking and entering -- but meet their match in a tough blonde dame (Lucy Russell) who may have dubious plans of her own.
Exit Through the Gift Shop
2010 4.0 ★ 85 mins Documentaries Rated: R RT:96% until 01-Jan-2025
Amateur filmmaker Thierry Guetta's project to chronicle the underground world of street art takes a fascinating twist when he meets Banksy, an elusive British stencil artist, in this Independent Spirit Award winner for Best Documentary. Unimpressed with Guetta's footage, Banksy takes over filmmaking duties while Guetta reinvents himself as a street artist and -- much to Banksy's surprise -- instantly becomes a darling of the Los Angeles art sc...
Zombieland
2009 4.0 ★ 88 mins Horror Movies Rated: R RT:90%
An easily spooked guy, Columbus (Jesse Eisenberg), joins forces with wild man Tallahassee (Woody Harrelson) to fight for survival in a world virtually taken over by freakish zombies. As they destroy scores of the undead, they meet up with two other survivors, Little Rock (Abigail Breslin) and Wichita (Emma Stone), and journey to a supposedly safe abandoned amusement park. Ruben Fleischer directs this horror romp.
Defiance
2008 3.9 ★ 137 mins Dramas Rated: R RT:57%
This moving historical drama stars Daniel Craig as Tuvia Bielski, one of four Jewish brothers who escape into the forests of Belarus during World War II to lead a band of resistance fighters and create a safe haven for Jewish refugees.
