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51. Slumber Party Massacre II (1987)
R | 77 min | Comedy, Horror, Musical
Courtney Bates, the younger sister of Valerie, and her friends go to a condo for a weekend getaway, but Courtney can't get rid of the haunting feeling that a supernatural rockabilly driller killer is coming to murder them all.
Director: Deborah Brock | Stars: Crystal Bernard, Jennifer Rhodes, Kimberly McArthur, Patrick Lowe
Votes: 7,470
52. Trick or Treat (1986)
R | 98 min | Comedy, Horror, Music
A bullied teenage boy is devastated after the death of his heavy metal idol, Sammi Curr. But as Halloween night approaches, he discovers that he may be the only one who can stop Sammi from making a Satanic comeback from beyond the grave.
Director: Charles Martin Smith | Stars: Marc Price, Tony Fields, Lisa Orgolini, Doug Savant
Votes: 7,905 | Gross: $6.80M
53. Eyes Without a Face (1960)
Not Rated | 90 min | Drama, Horror
A surgeon causes an accident which leaves his daughter disfigured and goes to extreme lengths to give her a new face.
Director: Georges Franju | Stars: Pierre Brasseur, Alida Valli, Juliette Mayniel, Alexandre Rignault
Votes: 35,348 | Gross: $0.05M
54. Unsane (2018)
R | 98 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
A young woman is involuntarily committed to a mental institution, where she is confronted by her greatest fear - but is it real or a product of her delusion?
Director: Steven Soderbergh | Stars: Claire Foy, Joshua Leonard, Jay Pharoah, Juno Temple
Votes: 50,037 | Gross: $7.73M
55. Fifty Shades of Black (2016)
R | 92 min | Comedy
An inexperienced college student meets a wealthy businessman whose sexual practices put a strain on their relationship.
Director: Michael Tiddes | Stars: Marlon Wayans, Kali Hawk, Fred Willard, Mike Epps
Votes: 23,317 | Gross: $11.69M
56. Charlie St. Cloud (2010)
PG-13 | 99 min | Drama, Fantasy, Romance
After Charlie survives a car crash that kills his younger brother, he is given the gift of seeing the spirits of his brother and others who he has lost, and must use his powers to save the woman he loves from impending disaster.
Director: Burr Steers | Stars: Zac Efron, Kim Basinger, Charlie Tahan, Amanda Crew
Votes: 64,802 | Gross: $31.16M
57. Happy Birthday to Me (1981)
R | 110 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
At the snobby Crawford Academy, Virginia's group of friends start to go missing years after horrible events that happened to her as a child around her birthday.
Director: J. Lee Thompson | Stars: Melissa Sue Anderson, Glenn Ford, Lawrence Dane, Sharon Acker
Votes: 11,296
58. The Kid Detective (2020)
R | 100 min | Comedy, Drama, Mystery
A once-celebrated kid detective, now 32, continues to solve the same trivial mysteries between hangovers and bouts of self-pity; until a naive client brings him his first 'adult' case to find out who brutally murdered her boyfriend.
Director: Evan Morgan | Stars: Kaitlyn Chalmers-Rizzato, Adam Brody, Kaleb Horn, Wendy Crewson
Votes: 22,672
59. Thriller: A Cruel Picture (1973)
R | 104 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A young woman, rendered mute after a childhood sexual assault, is trained to seek violent revenge on those who kidnapped and forced her into prostitution.
Director: Bo Arne Vibenius | Stars: Christina Lindberg, Heinz Hopf, Despina Tomazani, Per-Axel Arosenius
Votes: 8,564
60. The Rhythm Section (2020)
R | 109 min | Action, Drama, Mystery
A woman seeks revenge against those who orchestrated a plane crash that killed her family.
Director: Reed Morano | Stars: Blake Lively, Richard Brake, Elly Curtis, David Duggan
Votes: 19,699 | Gross: $5.44M
61. Silent Night, Deadly Night (1984)
R | 79 min | Horror, Thriller
Little Billy witnesses his parents getting killed by Santa after being warned by his senile grandpa that Santa punishes those who are naughty. Now Billy is 18 and out of the orphanage, and he has just become Santa himself.
Director: Charles E. Sellier Jr. | Stars: Lilyan Chauvin, Gilmer McCormick, Toni Nero, Robert Brian Wilson
Votes: 18,860 | Gross: $2.49M
62. Hunt (2018)
27 min | Short, Drama
14-year-old Asgaut struggles to adjust to life in the small village where he and his mother have settled. After one day receiving unexpected help from the farmer Kjell, Asgaut starts ... See full summary »
Director: Gjertrud Bergaust | Stars: Giuliana Consonni Blom, Ingebjørg Buen, Ulrik William Græsli, Håvid Kringstad Hagen
Votes: 163
63. Airplane Mode (II) (2019)
TV-14 | 80 min | Comedy
En route to Australia, Logan is terrified; it's his first time flying. All of his worst nightmares come true when the "influencers" aboard refuse to switch their phones to airplane mode. The internet is about to crash.
Directors: David Dinetz, Dylan Trussell | Stars: Logan Paul, Lauren Swickard, Juanpa Zurita, Lele Pons
Votes: 4,802
64. Megalomaniac (2022)
100 min | Horror
Megalomaniac questions the invisible line between victim and executioner and how it is crossed. A film about the weight of patriarchy and the illusion of Manichaeism.
Director: Karim Ouelhaj | Stars: Eline Schumacher, Benjamin Ramon, Hélène Moor, Wim Willaert
Votes: 1,018
65. Wander (I) (2020)
R | 94 min | Thriller
After getting hired to probe a suspicious death in the small town of Wander, a mentally unstable private investigator becomes convinced the case is linked to the same 'conspiracy cover up' that caused the death of his daughter.
Director: April Mullen | Stars: Aaron Eckhart, Tommy Lee Jones, Katheryn Winnick, Heather Graham
Votes: 9,762
66. The Wind (II) (2018)
R | 88 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
A plains-woman faces the harshness and isolation of the untamed land in the Western frontier of the late 1800s.
Director: Emma Tammi | Stars: Caitlin Gerard, Julia Goldani Telles, Ashley Zukerman, Dylan McTee
Votes: 9,555 | Gross: $0.03M
67. Extra Ordinary (II) (2019)
R | 94 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
Rose, a mostly sweet and lonely Irish driving instructor, must use her supernatural talents to save the daughter of Martin (also mostly sweet and lonely) from a washed-up rock star who is using her in a Satanic pact to reignite his fame.
Directors: Mike Ahern, Enda Loughman | Stars: Maeve Higgins, Barry Ward, Will Forte, Claudia O'Doherty
Votes: 11,586
68. M.F.A. (2017)
Not Rated | 92 min | Drama, Horror, Thriller
An art student taps into a rich source of creative inspiration after the accidental slaughter of her rapist. An unlikely vigilante emerges, set out to avenge college girls whose attackers walked free.
Director: Natalia Leite | Stars: Francesca Eastwood, Clifton Collins Jr., Leah McKendrick, Peter Vack
Votes: 7,469
69. The Photographer of Mauthausen (2018)
TV-MA | 110 min | Biography, Drama, History
Based on real events, Francesc Boix is a Spaniard inmate in the Nazi concentration camp of Mauthausen in Austria who tries to save the evidences of the horrors committed inside its walls.
Director: Mar Targarona | Stars: Mario Casas, Richard van Weyden, Alain Hernández, Adrià Salazar
Votes: 12,634
70. Pieles (2017)
TV-MA | 77 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
In a strange world where people share numerous deformities, the same problem we all face challenges each of them: to find someone who accepts you as you are. Sometimes, that means finding yourself first.
Director: Eduardo Casanova | Stars: Ana Polvorosa, Carmen Machi, Macarena Gómez, Candela Peña
Votes: 7,151
71. Good Luck, Miss Wyckoff (1979)
R | 105 min | Drama
An abusive sexual relationship between a white spinster schoolteacher and a young black janitor in 1956 Kansas complicates her struggle to come to grips with her sexuality and emotions.
Director: Marvin J. Chomsky | Stars: Anne Heywood, Donald Pleasence, Robert Vaughn, Earl Holliman
Votes: 465
72. Chantal (2007 Video)
R | 96 min | Drama
Chantal is a hot, naive and dangerously delusional young woman, wandering the boulevards of L.A. looking for her first big break. There she meets Tracy who warns of the harsh realities lurking beyond the glamorous facade of Hollywood.
Director: Tony Marsiglia | Stars: Erin Brown, Julian Wells, Andrea Davis, Darian Caine
Votes: 474
73. Leaving Neverland (2019)
TV-MA | 240 min | Documentary
At the height of his stardom, the world's biggest pop star, Michael Jackson, began long-running relationships with two young boys, aged between seven and ten, along their families. They now allege that he sexually abused them.
Director: Dan Reed | Stars: Michael Jackson, Wade Robson, Joy Robson, Chantal Robson
Votes: 31,169
74. Four Flies on Grey Velvet (1971)
PG | 104 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller
A musician is stalked by an unknown homicidal maniac, who blackmails him for the accidental killing of another stalker.
Director: Dario Argento | Stars: Michael Brandon, Mimsy Farmer, Jean-Pierre Marielle, Aldo Bufi Landi
Votes: 9,957
75. Violation (2020)
Unrated | 107 min | Drama, Horror
A troubled woman on the edge of divorce returns home to her younger sister after years apart. But when her sister and brother-in-law betray her trust, she embarks on a vicious crusade of revenge.
Directors: Dusty Mancinelli, Madeleine Sims-Fewer | Stars: Madeleine Sims-Fewer, Anna Maguire, Jesse LaVercombe, Obi Abili
Votes: 4,407
76. Bloodbath at the House of Death (1984)
92 min | Horror, Comedy
Six scientists investigate a strange phenomenon at the creepy Headstone Manor, the site of a mysterious massacre years earlier that took the lives of 18 guests in one night.
Director: Ray Cameron | Stars: Kenny Everett, Vincent Price, Pamela Stephenson, Gareth Hunt
Votes: 2,780
77. Beyond the Darkness (1979)
Unrated | 94 min | Horror
A disturbed young taxidermist exhumes his recently deceased girlfriend, brings her body to his family villa and proceeds to embalm her corpse, with help from his strange housekeeper. But his bouts of insanity are just beginning.
Director: Joe D'Amato | Stars: Kieran Canter, Cinzia Monreale, Franca Stoppi, Sam Modesto
Votes: 5,691
78. Bunny Lake Is Missing (1965)
Not Rated | 107 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
A woman reports that her young daughter is missing, but there seems to be no evidence that she ever existed.
Director: Otto Preminger | Stars: Keir Dullea, Carol Lynley, Laurence Olivier, Martita Hunt
Votes: 10,282
79. The Simple-Minded Murderer (1982)
108 min | Drama
A mentally challenged man escapes from his tyrannical master and finds happiness when a poor family takes him in.
Director: Hans Alfredson | Stars: Stellan Skarsgård, Maria Johansson, Hans Alfredson, Per Myrberg
Votes: 3,728
80. When a Stranger Calls Back (1993 TV Movie)
R | 94 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
A young babysitter, all alone in the house with two children asleep above, is bothered by a stranger. Unfortunately, the phone's dead...
Director: Fred Walton | Stars: Carol Kane, Charles Durning, Jill Schoelen, Gene Lythgow
Votes: 4,153
81. At the End of the Tunnel (2016)
Not Rated | 120 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A paraplegic computer engineer in a wheelchair starts hearing noises and voices of bank robbers in his basement.
Director: Rodrigo Grande | Stars: Leonardo Sbaraglia, Pablo Echarri, Clara Lago, Federico Luppi
Votes: 15,692
82. One Deadly Summer (1983)
R | 133 min | Drama, Mystery
A young woman who oozes sensuality arrives in a small town and marries the local mechanic. Was it love at first sight? What links her enigmatic presence to the family's piano? Is it curiosity or is it something far more sinister?
Director: Jean Becker | Stars: Isabelle Adjani, Alain Souchon, Suzanne Flon, Jenny Clève
Votes: 5,389
83. S.F.W. (1994)
R | 96 min | Comedy, Drama
An alienated and misanthropic teenager gains sudden and unwanted celebrity status after he's taken hostage by terrorists where his indifference to their threats to kill him makes news headlines.
Director: Jefery Levy | Stars: Stephen Dorff, Reese Witherspoon, Jake Busey, Joey Lauren Adams
Votes: 5,424 | Gross: $0.06M
84. Neon Maniacs (1986)
R | 91 min | Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
A group of teenagers in San Francisco discover a nest of homicidal monsters living in a tower of the Golden Gate Bridge, but when they try to tell authorities, no one believes them.
Director: Joseph Mangine | Stars: Clyde Hayes, Leilani Sarelle, Donna Locke, Victor Brandt
Votes: 3,030
85. Wacko (1982)
PG | 87 min | Comedy, Horror, Mystery
Thirteen years after the "Lawnmower Killer" killed her sister, high school student Mary Graves and obsessed detective Dick Harbinger are on the lookout for the killer to reappear during the annual Halloween Pumpkin Prom.
Director: Greydon Clark | Stars: Joe Don Baker, Stella Stevens, George Kennedy, Julia Duffy
Votes: 1,445
86. School for Unclaimed Girls (1969)
R | 95 min | Crime, Drama
A traumatized and troubled teenager is sent to an all-girls detention home where she strikes up an unlikely friendship with a fellow inmate.
Director: Robert Hartford-Davis | Stars: Madeleine Hinde, Renée Asherson, Dennis Waterman, Patrick Mower
Votes: 235
87. A Case of Rape (1974 TV Movie)
100 min | Drama
When she was raped, Ellen Harrod thought it was the worst thing to ever happen to her. What was worse was the treatment by the hospital staff, police, and the court system when she reported... See full summary »
Director: Boris Sagal | Stars: Elizabeth Montgomery, William Daniels, Cliff Potts, Rosemary Murphy
Votes: 382
88. Satanik (1968)
Not Rated | 86 min | Crime, Sci-Fi, Thriller
A withered old hag turns into a beautiful young woman after drinking a youth formula.
Director: Piero Vivarelli | Stars: Magda Konopka, Julio Peña, Umberto Raho, Luigi Montini
Votes: 434
89. Shrew's Nest (2014)
Not Rated | 91 min | Drama, Horror, Thriller
1950s Madrid: The agoraphobic Montse raised her now 18 y.o. kid sister. The upstairs neighbor falls down the stairs and breaks a leg. The crazy Montse takes him in.
Directors: Juanfer Andrés, Esteban Roel | Stars: Macarena Gómez, Nadia de Santiago, Hugo Silva, Luis Tosar
Votes: 7,740
90. Under Your Bed (2019)
98 min | Drama, Thriller
Naoto was ignored by other people. During his school days, Chihiro was the first person who called his name. Naoto dreams of seeing her again and tries to find her. Finally, after 11 years,... See full summary »
Director: Mari Asato | Stars: Ken'ichi Abe, Kengo Kôra, Yûgo Mikawa, Ryôsuke Miyake
Votes: 564
91. Retaliation (2017)
R | 91 min | Drama, Thriller
An adult victim of childhood sexual abuse confronts the horrors of his past.
Directors: Ludwig Shammasian, Paul Shammasian | Stars: Orlando Bloom, Janet Montgomery, Anne Reid, Alex Ferns
Votes: 1,636
92. Oedipus orca (1977)
100 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
After her harrowing kidnap ordeal in Snatch (1976), Alice tries to return to her normal life, but her memories still haunt her twisting her psyche even further as no one realizes that she's in need of some serious help.
Director: Eriprando Visconti | Stars: Rena Niehaus, Gabriele Ferzetti, Carmen Scarpitta, Michele Placido
Votes: 322
93. Charlatan (2020)
Unrated | 118 min | Biography, Drama, History
The life of successful Czech healer Jan Mikolasek, who diagnosed and healed people using his intuition and strong familiarity with plants, set against the background of the events of the totalitarian fifties.
Director: Agnieszka Holland | Stars: Ivan Trojan, Josef Trojan, Juraj Loj, Jaroslava Pokorná
Votes: 3,231
94. El Hijo (2019)
TV-MA | 92 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Lorenzo, a 50 y.o. painter, is having a child with his new wife, Sigrid. She gets stranger and stranger - or he does. He claims, the baby's been switched.
Director: Sebastián Schindel | Stars: Joaquín Furriel, Martina Gusmán, Luciano Cáceres, Heidi Toini
Votes: 3,975
95. Le septième juré (1962)
90 min | Crime, Drama
In a moment of madness a respectable pharmacist kills a young woman who is sun-bathing by a lake. Unable to take in what he has done, he flees from the scene of the crime and behaves as if nothing has happened.
Director: Georges Lautner | Stars: Bernard Blier, Danièle Delorme, Maurice Biraud, Jacques Riberolles
Votes: 971
96. All I Need (2016)
TV-MA | 85 min | Horror, Thriller
The paths of a desperate man and an imprisoned young woman cross unexpectedly in the den of a mysterious killer.
Director: Dylan K. Narang | Stars: Caitlin Stasey, Markus Taylor, Leah McKendrick, Sorel Carradine
Votes: 1,422
97. Atlantis (2019)
108 min | Drama, War
A soldier suffering from PTSD befriends a young volunteer hoping to restore peaceful energy to a war-torn society.
Director: Valentyn Vasyanovych | Stars: Andriy Rymaruk, Liudmyla Bileka, Vasyl Antoniak, Lily Hyde
Votes: 2,680
98. The Killer of Dolls (1975)
98 min | Drama, Horror, Thriller
A groundskeeper's son, who is mentally unstable due to childhood trauma, goes on a murdering spree where his perception of reality is distorted by imagining people as mannequins and vice versa.
Director: Miguel Madrid | Stars: David Rocha, Inma de Santis, Helga Liné, Elisenda Ribas
Votes: 397
99. Teddy (I) (2020)
88 min | Comedy, Drama, Horror
In a rural French town, twenty-something Teddy is scratched by an unknown beast and slowly undergoes frightening changes.
Directors: Ludovic Boukherma, Zoran Boukherma | Stars: Anthony Bajon, Christine Gautier, Ludovic Torrent, Guillaume Mattera
Votes: 1,865
100. Alpha Code (2020)
97 min | Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Johana, a woman with no past, is hiding from a UN Agent Bowie, a head of secret space program. On her run she meets Martin and with help of Bowie's ex-colleague Lance they both help Martin to find his half alien daughter.
Director: Keoni Waxman | Stars: Bren Foster, Denise Richards, Randy Couture, Marek Vasut
Votes: 1,116