#33. Serenity (2005)

Universal Pictures

– Director: Joss Whedon

– Stacker score: 84.9

– Metascore: 74

– IMDb user rating: 7.8

– Runtime: 119 minutes

Not to be confused with the astoundingly awful 2019 film by the same title, 2005’s Serenity is a final love letter to the series “Firefly,” which follows the crew of the spaceship Serenity. Though the television series failed with audiences, a passionate cult of Joss Whedon fans convinced Universal Studios to bankroll a film meant to wrap up unresolved threads, which fans were overall pleased with.