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★ 8.3 
Criminal Minds
★ 8.6 
MobLand
★ 7.6 
NCIS
★ 8.3 
Tulsa King
★ 7.0 
PAW Patrol
★ 7.9 
FBI
★ 8.0 
SEAL Team
★ 8.3 
Twin Peaks
★ 8.2 
This Is Us
★ 6.8 
Elsbeth
★ 7.6 
Tracker
★ 6.5 
Peppa Pig
★ 8.3 
Lioness
★ 7.5 
RuPaul's Drag Race
★ 8.0 
Marshals
★ 7.1 
The King of Queens
★ 9.2 
Dutton Ranch
★ 8.2 
Saving Private Ryan
★ 8.5 
Interstellar
★ 7.4 
Enemy at the Gates
★ 8.0 
Mayor of Kingstown
★ 7.1 
Top Gun
★ 6.8 
The SpongeBob Movie: Search for SquarePants
★ 7.1 
The Agency
★ 7.3 
The Hangover
★ 7.4 
The Lego Movie
★ 6.1 
Hotel for Dogs
★ 8.7 
The Godfather
★ 5.8 
Mean Girls
★ 7.0 
Mission: Impossible
★ 7.2 
Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning
★ 7.4 
Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves
★ 8.2 
Battlestar Galactica
★ 8.2 
Top Gun: Maverick
★ 7.6 
Arrival
★ 6.7 
Blink Twice
★ 6.3 
Gemini Man
★ 7.5 
Parenthood
★ 8.1 
There Will Be Blood
★ 7.9 
Gone Girl
★ 7.0 
PAW Patrol: The Mighty Movie
★ 7.7 
SpongeBob SquarePants
★ 6.6 
Gladiator II
★ 6.3 
Scary Movie
★ 6.1 
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows
★ 7.8 
Rocky
★ 7.9 
Titanic
★ 6.6 
War of the Worlds
★ 8.2 
Landman
★ 7.3 
Babylon
★ 7.9 
How to Train Your Dragon
★ 7.9 
Raiders of the Lost Ark
★ 7.8 
Evil
★ 8.0 
Friday Night Lights
★ 8.5 
Pulp Fiction
★ 8.0 
Transformers One
★ 6.9 
World War Z
★ 7.6 
Blade Runner 2049
★ 7.2 
Troy
★ 8.5 
Parasite
★ 8.5 
Forrest Gump
★ 8.2 
Gladiator
★ 6.7 
The Running Man
★ 7.0 
Hotel Transylvania
★ 8.6 
The Godfather Part II
★ 7.7 
How to Train Your Dragon 2
★ 6.6 
It Follows
★ 7.4 
A Quiet Place
★ 7.9 
No Country for Old Men
★ 8.1 
Fire Country
★ 8.4 
Se7en
★ 8.2 
Good Will Hunting
★ 6.9 
Scream VI
★ 7.5 
Jackass: Best and Last
★ 7.6 
Sonic the Hedgehog 3
★ 8.2 
Shutter Island
★ 8.2 
Halo
★ 6.3 
Crawl
★ 6.7 
Pet Sematary
★ 7.2 
Star Trek: Picard
★ 5.5 
Scary Movie 4
★ 8.4 
Life Is Beautiful
★ 7.3 
Dracula
★ 6.4 
Scary Movie
★ 7.1 
Matlock
★ 7.9 
Killing Eve
★ 6.8 
Driver's Ed
★ 6.4 
Godzilla
★ 7.6 
The Neighborhood
★ 8.2 
Terminator 2: Judgment Day
★ 7.2 
Trading Places
★ 8.3 
1923
★ 5.8 
Scary Movie 2
★ 8.0 
Catch Me If You Can
★ 6.4 
Friday the 13th
★ 8.0 
Ghosts
★ 6.1 
The Get Out
★ 8.0 
Star Trek: Strange New Worlds
★ 6.0 
Scary Movie 3
★ 4.8 
Scary Movie 5
★ 7.4 
Scream
★ 8.6 
CIA
★ 7.4 
Sonic the Hedgehog 2
★ 7.1 
Regretting You
★ 6.5 
The Lost City
★ 7.0 
Cross
★ 7.3 
The Idea of You
★ 7.3 
Passenger
★ 8.3 
1883
★ 6.9 
One Mile: Chapter One
★ 6.7 
Scream
★ 7.8 
School Spirits
★ 7.1 
The Smurfs
★ 6.6 
A Quiet Place: Day One
★ 8.1 
Pyramid Game
★ 7.6 
NCIS: Origins
★ 7.1 
Boston Blue
★ 8.1 
The Madison
★ 7.2 
Transformers: Rise of the Beasts
★ 6.4 
The Naked Gun
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