Jonathan Jones, a professor of ancient languages, comes into possession of an ancient coin. He translates its inscription, which gives him three powers: to inflict pain, slow down time or kill. Soon, he's pursued by enemy spies who have learned about the magic coin.

The Teacher Who Promised the Sea

2023

Spanish

7.5

♡ 3

100%

96%

based on novel or book

Patricia Font Director

Chus Gutiérrez as Archivera

Laia Costa as Ariadna

Ramón Agirre as Emilio adulto

Laura Conejero as Rosa

Ariadna discovers that her grandfather has been searching for the remains of his father, who disappeared during the Civil War. Determined to help him, she travels to Burgos, where a mass grave is being excavated, and where he could be buried. During her stay there, she will learn the story of Antoni Benaiges, a young teacher from Tarragona who was her grandfather's teacher before the war. Through an innovative pedagogical method, Antoni inspired his students and made them a promise: to take them to see the sea.

Night of the Eagle

1962

English

6.9

♡ 10

88%

65%

Action

based on novel or book

Drama

fire

Horror

husband wife relationship

professor

supernatural

tarot cards

Sidney Hayers Director

George Roubicek as Cleaner

Kathleen Byron as Evelyn Sawtelle

Paul Frees as Prologue Narrator

Janet Blair as Tansy Taylor

A woman who may be a witch defends her husband from forces attempting to harm him.

I'll Follow You Down

2013

English

6.1

♡ 21

33%

Richie Mehta Director

Haley Joel Osment as Erol

Rufus Sewell as Gabriel

Gillian Anderson as Marika

Thomas Hauff as Professor

After the disappearance of a young scientist on a business trip, his son and wife struggle to cope, only to make a bizarre discovery years later - one that may bring him home.

Tobor the Great

1954

English

5.2

♡ 11

46%

Lee Sholem Director

Peter Brocco as Dr. Gustav

William Schallert as Johnston - a Reporter

Hal Baylor as Max - Spy-Henchman

Henry Kulky as Paul - Spy-Henchman

To avoid the life-threatening dangers of manned space exploration, Professor Nordstrom creates highly advanced form of artificial intelligence capable of piloting a starship to other worlds. In order to transmit alien data, the extraordinary robot is infused with a powerful telepathic device that enables it to instantly read and even feel emotions. Danger strikes when a sinister band of covert agents kidnaps Gadge, the professor's 10-year-old grandson. But Gadge has a powerful ally. For he has developed a psychic, emotional bond with his grandfather's robot. And now Gadge's captors must suffer the wrath of his protective friend. They must face a mechanical monstrosity bent on a killing rampage of revenge and destruction.

The Secret Rules of Modern Living: Algorithms

2015

English

7.4

♡ 50

David Briggs Director

Rachel Johnson as Herself - Statistician, NHS Blood and Transplant

John Crook as Himself - Air Traffic Project Manager, NATS Heathrow

Jamie Shotton as Himself - Computer Scientist, Microsoft Research

Jason Atkin as Himself - Computer Scientist, University of Nottingham

Without us noticing, modern life has been taken over. Algorithms run everything from search engines on the internet to satnavs and credit card data security - they even help us travel the world, find love and save lives. Mathematician Professor Marcus du Sautoy demystifies the hidden world of algorithms. By showing us some of the algorithms most essential to our lives, he reveals where these 2,000-year-old problem solvers came from, how they work, what they have achieved and how they are now so advanced they can even programme themselves.

Smart People

2008

English

6.1

♡ 11

50%

Noam Murro Director

Thomas Haden Church as Chuck Wetherhold

Ashton Holmes as James Wetherhold

Dennis Quaid as Lawrence Wetherhold

Ellen Page as Vanessa Wetherhold

Professor Lawrence Wetherhold might be imperiously brilliant, monumentally self-possessed and an intellectual giant -- but when it comes to solving the conundrums of love and family, he's as downright flummoxed as the next guy.

Hedgehog

2017

English

5.3

♡ 5

Lindsey Copeland Director

Madeline Brewer as Ali

Ann Dowd as Joan

Robbie Tann as Kyle

Danny Deferrari as Sean

The daughter of a late comic is forced to confront her fears of performing.

The Beacon

2009

English

4.6

♡ 11

19%

Michael Stokes Director

Teri Polo as Bryn Shaw

Marnette Patterson as Christina Wade

Ken Howard as Officer Bobby Ford

Elaine Hendrix as Vanessa Carver

While trying to get their lives back on track after the loss of their four year old son, Bryn and Paul Shaw move to the charming old Beacon Apartments. Bryn begins seeing a ghostly little boy skulking around the building. With the help of an eccentric young professor and a tough old beat cop, Bryn tries to uncover the details of the boy's death.

The Day He Arrives

2011

Korean

7.0

♡ 7

91%

Sang-soo Hong Director

Hyunjin Koo as

Jae-hong Ahn as (as Jaehong Ahn)

Hyun-Jung Go as Movie fan

Joon-Sang Yoo as Sungjoon

A film director who no longer makes films arrives in Seoul to meet a close friend. When the friend doesn't show up, he wanders the city aimlessly for three days, grabbing drinks and meeting women, with each day playing out like a version of the last.

Monster on the Campus

1958

English

5.8

♡ 7

27%

Jack Arnold Director

Eddie Parker as Donald

Judson Pratt as Lt. Mike Stevens

Joanna Moore as Madeline Howard

Hank Patterson as Townsend - Night Watchman

A college paleontology professor acquires a newly discovered specimen of a coelacanth, but while examining it, he is accidentally exposed to its blood, and finds himself periodically turning into a murderous Neanderthal man.

A Walk in the Spring Rain

1970

English

6.0

♡ 6

23%

Guy Green Director

Tom Holland as Boy

Katherine Crawford as Ellen

Ingrid Bergman as Libby Meredith

Anthony Quinn as Will Cade

A sophisticated, middle-aged grandmother, wed to a New York law professor, falls in love with a down-to-earth Tennessee farmer.

Time Changer

2002

English

5.3

♡ 10

22%

Rich Christiano Director

Paul Rodriguez as Eddie Martinez

David A.R. White as Man in diner

Arthur Roberts as Man in Pew

John Valdetero as Tom Sharp

The year is 1890 and Bible professor Russell Carlisle has written a new manuscript entitled "The Changing Times". His colleague, Dr. Norris Anderson, believes that what Carlisle has written could greatly affect the future of coming generations and, using his secret time machine, Anderson sends Carlisle over 100 years into the future, offering him a glimpse of where his beliefs will lead.

The Invisible Woman

1940

English

5.9

♡ 9

67%

A. Edward Sutherland Director

Oskar Homolka as Blackie Cole

Maria Montez as Marie

Margaret Hamilton as Mrs. Jackson

Kathryn Adams as Peggy

Kitty Carroll, an attractive store model, volunteers to become a test subject for a machine that will make her invisible so that she can use her invisibility to exact revenge on her ex-boss.

Cemetery of Terror

1985

Spanish

5.4

♡ 4

Rubén Galindo Jr. Director

Hugo Stiglitz as Dr. Cardan

Jacqueline Castro as Mariana

Edna Bolkan as Olivia

Eduardo Capetillo as Tony

On Halloween night, a group of bored teens decide to steal a corpse from the local morgue and take it to a nearby cemetery where they perform a Satanic ritual, unwittingly reviving a bloodthirsty serial killer.

Weird Woman

1944

English

6.2

♡ 3

42%

Action

based on novel or book

Reginald Le Borg Director

Evelyn Ankers as Ilona Carr

Lon Chaney Jr. as Norman Reed

Milburn Stone as Radio Announcer

William Hudson as Second Gossiping Male Student

After bringing his beautiful new wife Paula home to America from a remote island on which she was raised, Professor Norman Reed begins to feel the clash between his world of rational science and hers of bizarre dancing and freaky voodoo rituals. Norman's stuck-up friends also sense Paula's strangeness, and soon their meddling gossip and suspicious scheming push the poor woman to use her magic to defend herself and her husband – and maybe even to kill! Or is it just the power of suggestion...?

Nightwish

1989

English

4.8

♡ 5

22%

Bruce R. Cook Director

Brian Thompson as Dean

Elizabeth Kaitan as Donna

Jack Starrett as Professor

Tom Dugan as Wendall

A professor and four graduate students journey to a crumbling mansion to investigate paranormal activity and must battle ghosts, aliens and satanic entities.

Unfollower

2020

English

3.9

♡ 2

Julie Crisante Director

Pam Renall as Cheryl

Marty Lindsey as Detective Joe Briggs

Dan Davidson as Garrett Brannigan

Daustin Harvey as Young Man

When a self-conscious fitness instructor named Jo becomes the victim of cyber-stalking that turns physical, she must use her fitness skill and growing fight instinct to stay alive.

Under the Yum Yum Tree

1963

English

6.0

♡ 6

17%

56%

Action

Comedy

landlord tenant relationship

David Swift Director

John Indrisano as Boxing Instructor

Pamela Curran as Dolores

James Darren as James Darren - Singer Behind Title Credits

Bill Erwin as Teacher

A love-struck landlord tries to convince a pretty tenant to dump her fiancé and give him a chance.

Reptilicus

1961

Danish

3.7

♡ 6

Sidney W. Pink Director

Carl Ottosen as Gen. Mark Grayson

Mimi Heinrich as Karen Martens

Ann Smyrner as Lise Martens

Robert Cornthwaite as Man

A portion of the tail of a prehistoric reptile is discovered in Denmark. It regenerates into the entire reptile, which proceeds to destroy buildings and property and generally make a nuisance of itself. It can fly, swim, and walk, and has impenetrable scales, which makes it difficult to kill.

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The Teacher Who Promised the Sea

Night of the Eagle

I'll Follow You Down

Tobor the Great

The Secret Rules of Modern Living: Algorithms

Smart People

Hedgehog

The Beacon

The Day He Arrives

Monster on the Campus

A Walk in the Spring Rain

Time Changer

The Invisible Woman

Cemetery of Terror

Weird Woman

Nightwish

Unfollower

Under the Yum Yum Tree

Reptilicus