Lesser known but awesome
by layersofsnark | created - 02 Dec 2020 | updated - 05 Dec 2022 | PublicMovies that sadly aren't well known.
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1. Enter Nowhere (2011)
R | 90 min | Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Three strangers arrive one by one at a mysterious cabin in the middle of nowhere only to learn they've been brought together for a reason.
Director: Jack Heller | Stars: Katherine Waterston, Scott Eastwood, Sara Paxton, Shaun Sipos
Votes: 12,630
2. Radius (2017)
Not Rated | 93 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
A man wakes up with no memory of who he is, and finds that everyone who comes within a certain distance of him suddenly dies.
Directors: Caroline Labrèche, Steeve Léonard | Stars: Diego Klattenhoff, Charlotte Sullivan, Brett Donahue, Bradley Sawatzky
Votes: 19,643
3. Time Lapse (2014)
Not Rated | 104 min | Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Three friends discover a mysterious machine that takes pictures twenty-four hours into the future, and conspire to use it for personal gain, until disturbing and dangerous images begin to develop.
Director: Bradley King | Stars: Danielle Panabaker, Matt O'Leary, George Finn, John Rhys-Davies
Votes: 49,129
4. Coherence (2013)
Not Rated | 89 min | Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Strange things begin to happen when a group of friends gather for a dinner party on an evening when a comet is passing overhead.
Director: James Ward Byrkit | Stars: Emily Baldoni, Maury Sterling, Nicholas Brendon, Elizabeth Gracen
Votes: 145,863 | Gross: $0.07M
5. Timecrimes (2007)
R | 92 min | Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi
A man accidentally gets into a time machine and travels back in time nearly an hour. Finding himself will be the first of a series of disasters of unforeseeable consequences.
Director: Nacho Vigalondo | Stars: Karra Elejalde, Candela Fernández, Bárbara Goenaga, Nacho Vigalondo
Votes: 68,762 | Gross: $0.04M
6. Fractured (I) (2019)
TV-MA | 99 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
A couple stops at a gas station, where their 6 y.o. daughter's arm is fractured. They hurry to a hospital. Something strange is going on there. The wife and daughter go missing.
Director: Brad Anderson | Stars: Sam Worthington, Lily Rabe, Lucy Capri, Adjoa Andoh
Votes: 92,347
7. Mirage (2018)
TV-MA | 128 min | Drama, Fantasy, Mystery
Two storms separated by 25 years. A woman murdered. A daughter missed. Only 72 hours to discover the truth.
Director: Oriol Paulo | Stars: Adriana Ugarte, Chino Darín, Javier Gutiérrez, Álvaro Morte
Votes: 64,211
8. The Best Offer (2013)
R | 131 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Virgil Oldman, a wealthy art auctioneer, takes the help of a young artificer, Robert, to understand and woo Claire Ibbetson, a young heiress, who hires him to auction off an antique collection.
Director: Giuseppe Tornatore | Stars: Geoffrey Rush, Jim Sturgess, Sylvia Hoeks, Donald Sutherland
Votes: 128,570 | Gross: $0.09M
9. Morgan (2016)
R | 92 min | Action, Horror, Sci-Fi
A corporate risk-management consultant must decide whether or not to terminate an artificially created humanoid being.
Director: Luke Scott | Stars: Kate Mara, Anya Taylor-Joy, Rose Leslie, Michael Yare
Votes: 46,096 | Gross: $3.91M
10. The Hole in the Ground (2019)
R | 90 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
A single mother living in the Irish countryside with her son begins to suspect he may not be her son at all, and fears his increasingly disturbing behavior is linked to a mysterious sinkhole in the forest behind their house.
Director: Lee Cronin | Stars: Seána Kerslake, James Quinn Markey, Kati Outinen, David Crowley
Votes: 22,355 | Gross: $0.02M
11. Relic (2020)
R | 89 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
A daughter, mother and grandmother are haunted by a manifestation of dementia that consumes their family's home.
Director: Natalie Erika James | Stars: Robyn Nevin, Emily Mortimer, Bella Heathcote, Steve Rodgers
Votes: 30,219
12. Lady J (2018)
TV-14 | 109 min | Drama, Romance
Fooled by a notorious libertine, a widow plans her revenge.
Director: Emmanuel Mouret | Stars: Cécile de France, Edouard Baer, Alice Isaaz, Natalia Dontcheva
Votes: 3,939
13. Lake Mungo (2008)
R | 87 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
Strange things start happening after a girl is found drowned in a lake.
Director: Joel Anderson | Stars: Rosie Traynor, David Pledger, Martin Sharpe, Talia Zucker
Votes: 28,934
14. Below (2002)
R | 105 min | Action, Horror, Mystery
Strange happenings occur on a WW II submarine.
Director: David Twohy | Stars: Bruce Greenwood, David Crow, Matthew Davis, Holt McCallany
Votes: 24,123 | Gross: $0.61M
15. Salvage (2006)
Not Rated | 80 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Claire Parker is going to die at the hands of a sadistic and depraved killer, she will endure a terrifying, unimaginable brutal death, and it will all happen again, and again.
Directors: Jeff Crook, Josh Crook | Stars: Lauren Currie Lewis, Chris Ferry, Cody Darbe, Maureen Olander
Votes: 2,792
16. Dorm (2006)
110 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
Every dorm has a tale. But this tale, you will never forget.
Director: Songyos Sugmakanan | Stars: Charlie Trairat, Chintara Sukapatana, Sirachuch Chienthaworn, Pakasit Pantural
Votes: 2,185
17. Phobia (2008)
240 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
4BIA is a Horror Anthology. The first segment, "Happiness" is about a lonely girl who corresponded with a stranger over hand phone text messaging and soon discovered something strange about... See full summary »
Directors: Banjong Pisanthanakun, Paween Purijitpanya, Yongyoot Thongkongtoon, Parkpoom Wongpoom | Stars: Maneerat Kham-uan, Witawat Singlampong, Apinya Sakuljaroensuk, Chon Wachananon
Votes: 3,660
18. Phobia 2 (2009)
125 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
Horror anthology consisting of five segments by acclaimed Thai directors. Segments involve a criminal seeking refuge, a haunted hospital, haunted truck passengers, a car dealer's dark discovery, and an ill actress portraying a ghost.
Directors: Banjong Pisanthanakun, Visute Poolvoralaks, Paween Purijitpanya, Songyos Sugmakanan, Parkpoom Wongpoom | Stars: Jirayu La-ongmanee, Ray MacDonald, Chumphorn Thepphithak, Apasiri Nitibhon
Votes: 2,823
19. The Station Agent (2003)
R | 89 min | Comedy, Drama
When his only friend dies, a man born with dwarfism moves to rural New Jersey to live a life of solitude, only to meet a chatty hot dog vendor and a woman dealing with her own personal loss.
Director: Tom McCarthy | Stars: Peter Dinklage, Patricia Clarkson, Bobby Cannavale, Paul Benjamin
Votes: 73,390 | Gross: $5.74M
20. 100 Feet (2008)
R | 96 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
After Marnie Watson kills her abusive husband in self-defense, she is condemned to house arrest... only to discover that the house is possessed by the enraged and violent spirit of her dead husband.
Director: Eric Red | Stars: Famke Janssen, Bobby Cannavale, Ed Westwick, Michael Paré
Votes: 13,191
21. I Am the Pretty Thing That Lives in the House (2016)
89 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
A young nurse takes care of an elderly author who lives in a haunted house.
Director: Oz Perkins | Stars: Ruth Wilson, Paula Prentiss, Bob Balaban, Lucy Boynton
Votes: 15,900
22. Haunted (1995)
R | 108 min | Drama, Horror
A skeptical professor visits a remote British estate to debunk allegations of psychic phenomena, but soon finds himself haunted by a ghost from his own past.
Director: Lewis Gilbert | Stars: Aidan Quinn, Kate Beckinsale, Anthony Andrews, John Gielgud
Votes: 7,368
23. La casa muda (2010)
Not Rated | 86 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
A young woman becomes trapped inside a house and is unable to contact the outside world as mysterious forces haunt it.
Director: Gustavo Hernández | Stars: Florencia Colucci, Abel Tripaldi, Gustavo Alonso, María Salazar
Votes: 8,027
24. The Vault (I) (2017)
Not Rated | 91 min | Crime, Horror, Mystery
Two estranged sisters are forced to rob a bank in order to save their brother. But this is no ordinary bank.
Director: Dan Bush | Stars: James Franco, Scott Haze, Taryn Manning, Francesca Eastwood
Votes: 13,598 | Gross: $0.01M
25. Tau (2018)
R | 97 min | Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
A woman is held captive by a scientist in a futuristic smart house, and hopes to escape by reasoning with the Artificial Intelligence that controls the house.
Director: Federico D'Alessandro | Stars: Maika Monroe, Ed Skrein, Gary Oldman, Fiston Barek
Votes: 34,694
26. Next (2007)
PG-13 | 96 min | Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
A Las Vegas magician who can see into the future is pursued by FBI agents seeking to use his abilities to prevent a nuclear terrorist attack.
Director: Lee Tamahori | Stars: Nicolas Cage, Julianne Moore, Jessica Biel, Thomas Kretschmann
Votes: 166,374 | Gross: $18.21M
27. Hunter Hunter (2020)
Unrated | 93 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
Joseph and his family live in the remote wilderness as fur trappers, but their tranquility is threatened when they think they are being hunted by the return of a rogue wolf, and Joseph leaves them behind to track it.
Director: Shawn Linden | Stars: Camille Sullivan, Summer H. Howell, Devon Sawa, Nick Stahl
Votes: 13,107
28. The Block Island Sound (2020)
TV-MA | 99 min | Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Something lurks off the coast of Block Island, silently influencing the behavior of fisherman, Tom Lynch. After suffering a series of violent outbursts, he unknowingly puts his family in grave danger.
Directors: Kevin McManus, Matthew McManus | Stars: Chris Sheffield, Michaela McManus, Neville Archambault, Ryan O'Flanagan
Votes: 9,476
29. Lucky (IV) (2020)
Not Rated | 83 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
A suburban woman fights to be believed as she finds herself stalked by a threatening figure who returns to her house night after night. When she can't get help from those around her, she is forced to take matters into her own hands.
Director: Natasha Kermani | Stars: Brea Grant, Leith M. Burke, Dhruv Uday Singh, Hunter C. Smith
Votes: 2,814
30. Oculus (2013)
R | 104 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
A recently released inmate from a mental asylum learns from his sister that the murders he was convicted of committing were actually orchestrated by a supernatural entity, the Lasser Glass mirror.
Director: Mike Flanagan | Stars: Karen Gillan, Brenton Thwaites, Katee Sackhoff, Rory Cochrane
Votes: 139,713 | Gross: $27.70M
31. Caveat (2020)
Not Rated | 88 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
A lone drifter suffering from partial memory loss accepts a job to look after a psychologically troubled woman in an abandoned house on an isolated island.
Director: Damian Mc Carthy | Stars: Ben Caplan, Johnny French, Leila Sykes, Inma Pavon
Votes: 6,947
32. The Sublet (2015)
TV-14 | 82 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
The Sublet is a suspense driven psychological thriller about Joanna, a new mom coping with her baby alone in an odd sublet apartment. As her husband neglects her to focus on his career, ... See full summary »
Director: John Ainslie | Stars: Tianna Nori, Mark Matechuk, Krista Madison, Porter Randell
Votes: 1,223
33. The House on Pine Street (2015)
111 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
A psychological horror film about a young woman coping with an unwanted pregnancy after moving into a seemingly haunted house.
Directors: Aaron Keeling, Austin Keeling | Stars: Emily Goss, Taylor Bottles, Cathy Barnett, Jim Korinke
Votes: 2,587
34. The Caller (2011)
R | 92 min | Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
A young divorcee is getting her life back together by moving into an apartment. But what will she do when a strange person repeatedly calls her, and threatens to change her new life around?
Director: Matthew Parkhill | Stars: Rachelle Lefevre, Stephen Moyer, Lorna Raver, Ed Quinn
Votes: 12,135
35. Wind Chill (2007)
R | 91 min | Adventure, Drama, Horror
Two college students share a ride home for the holidays, but when they break down on a deserted stretch of road, they are preyed upon by the ghosts of people who have died there.
Director: Gregory Jacobs | Stars: Emily Blunt, Ashton Holmes, Martin Donovan, Ned Bellamy
Votes: 24,974 | Gross: $0.02M
36. The Incident (2014)
100 min | Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Two parallel stories about characters trapped in illogical endless spaces: two brothers and a detective locked on an infinite staircase, and a family locked on an infinite road - for a very long time.
Director: Isaac Ezban | Stars: Raúl Méndez, Magda Brugengheim, Humberto Busto, Erick Trinidad Camacho
Votes: 4,313
37. The Lost Room (2006)
TV-PG | 90 min | Action, Fantasy, Mystery
A detective investigates a mysterious motel room which acts as a portal to anywhere in the world.
Stars: Peter Krause, Julianna Margulies, Peter Jacobson, Dennis Christopher
Votes: 33,070
38. The Ten Steps (2004)
10 min | Horror, Short
Set in Ireland, a family moves to a new city neighborhood, taking residence in a large, old house that is rumored to have a dodgy past. Their young daughter Katie is caught in a power ... See full summary »
Director: Brendan Muldowney | Stars: Jill Harding, William O'Sullivan, Paula Lee, Gerard Lee
Votes: 485
39. Old Henry (2021)
Not Rated | 99 min | Action, Drama, Western
A farmer takes in an injured man with a satchel of cash. When a posse comes for the money, he must decide who to trust. Defending a siege, he reveals a gunslinging talent calling his true identity into question.
Director: Potsy Ponciroli | Stars: Tim Blake Nelson, Scott Haze, Gavin Lewis, Trace Adkins
Votes: 36,576
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