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1. Final Destination (2000)
R | 98 min | Horror, Thriller
After getting a premonition about a plane crash on his school trip, Alex, a student saves a few of his classmates. However, their situation gets complicated when death starts chasing them.
Director: James Wong | Stars: Devon Sawa, Ali Larter, Kerr Smith, Kristen Cloke
Votes: 279,027 | Gross: $53.33M
2. Final Destination 5 (2011)
R | 92 min | Horror, Thriller
Death returns to claim the lucky survivors of a deadly bridge collapse in this fifth frightening installment in the series.
Director: Steven Quale | Stars: Nicholas D'Agosto, Emma Bell, Arlen Escarpeta, Miles Fisher
Votes: 124,866 | Gross: $42.59M
3. Final Destination 2 (2003)
R | 90 min | Horror, Thriller
Death is stalking Kimberly Corman and multiple survivors of a deadly highway accident.
Director: David R. Ellis | Stars: A.J. Cook, Ali Larter, Tony Todd, Michael Landes
Votes: 181,715 | Gross: $46.96M
4. Pet Sematary (2019)
R | 100 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Dr. Louis Creed and his wife, Rachel, relocate from Boston to rural Maine with their two young children. The couple soon discover a mysterious burial ground hidden deep in the woods near their new home.
Directors: Kevin Kölsch, Dennis Widmyer | Stars: Jason Clarke, Amy Seimetz, John Lithgow, Jeté Laurence
Votes: 98,433 | Gross: $54.72M
5. Final Destination 3 (2006)
R | 93 min | Horror, Thriller
Wendy Christensen and a group of teens who escaped a fatal roller-coaster crash face a bloody date with Death.
Director: James Wong | Stars: Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Ryan Merriman, Kris Lemche, Alexz Johnson
Votes: 153,549 | Gross: $54.10M
6. The Final Destination (2009)
R | 82 min | Horror, Thriller
A horrifying premonition saves a young man and his friends from death during a racetrack accident but terrible fates await them nonetheless.
Director: David R. Ellis | Stars: Nick Zano, Krista Allen, Andrew Fiscella, Bobby Campo
Votes: 114,922 | Gross: $66.48M
7. The Wall (II) (2017)
R | 88 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
Two American Soldiers are trapped by a lethal sniper, with only an unsteady wall between them.
Director: Doug Liman | Stars: Aaron Taylor-Johnson, John Cena, Laith Nakli
Votes: 30,844 | Gross: $1.80M
8. Aniara (2018)
R | 106 min | Drama, Sci-Fi
A spaceship carrying settlers to Mars is knocked off course, causing the consumption-obsessed passengers to consider their place in the universe.
Directors: Pella Kagerman, Hugo Lilja | Stars: Emelie Garbers, Bianca Cruzeiro, Arvin Kananian, Anneli Martini
Votes: 11,844 | Gross: $0.04M
9. The Laundromat (I) (2019)
R | 96 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
A widow investigates an insurance fraud, chasing leads to a pair of Panama City law partners exploiting the world's financial system.
Director: Steven Soderbergh | Stars: Gary Oldman, Antonio Banderas, AJ Meijer, Arsenio Castellanos
Votes: 54,864
10. Pet (I) (2016)
R | 94 min | Horror, Thriller
A man bumps into an old crush and holds her captive underneath the animal shelter where he works.
Director: Carles Torrens | Stars: Dominic Monaghan, Ksenia Solo, Jennette McCurdy, Da'Vone McDonald
Votes: 18,803 | Gross: $0.01M
11. Kite (1998)
TV-MA | 50 min | Animation, Action, Crime
A young girl, orphaned at an early age, carries out assassinations at the behest of her mentor.
Stars: Konami Yoshida, Kinryû Arimoto, Kôsuke Okano, Tatsuo Matoba
Votes: 5,300
12. Tragedy Girls (2017)
R | 98 min | Comedy, Crime, Horror
A twist on the slasher genre, following two death-obsessed teenage girls who use their online show about real-life tragedies to send their small mid-western town into a frenzy, and cement their legacy as modern horror legends.
Director: Tyler MacIntyre | Stars: Brianna Hildebrand, Alexandra Shipp, Jack Quaid, Kevin Durand
Votes: 11,560 | Gross: $0.06M
13. 30 Days of Night: Dark Days (2010 Video)
R | 92 min | Horror, Thriller
After surviving the incidents in Barrow, Alaska, Stella Oleson relocates to Los Angeles, where she intentionally attracts the attention of the local vampire population in order to avenge the death of her husband, Eben.
Director: Ben Ketai | Stars: Kiele Sanchez, Rhys Coiro, Diora Baird, Harold Perrineau
Votes: 14,275
14. Black Robe (1991)
R | 101 min | Adventure, Drama, War
In the 17th century, a Jesuit missionary nicknamed Black Robe by the natives and his small party of companions try reaching the Huron tribe in Canada all while facing mistrust, Iroquois warring parties and harsh winter conditions.
Director: Bruce Beresford | Stars: Lothaire Bluteau, Aden Young, Sandrine Holt, August Schellenberg
Votes: 7,661 | Gross: $8.21M
15. Honeydew (2020)
106 min | Horror
Strange cravings and hallucinations befall a young couple after seeking shelter in the home of an aging farmer and her peculiar son.
Director: Devereux Milburn | Stars: Barbara Kingsley, Stephen D'Ambrose, William Aydelott, Rachel Alexandria Arnold
Votes: 2,547
16. Hap and Leonard (2016–2018)
TV-MA | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Set in the late 1980s, Hap and Leonard is a darkly comic swamp noir of two best friends, one femme fatale, a crew of washed up revolutionaries, a pair of murderous psycho killers, some lost loot, and the fuzz.
Stars: James Purefoy, Michael Kenneth Williams, Tiffany Mack, Cranston Johnson
Votes: 8,317
17. Planetarium (2016)
Not Rated | 105 min | Drama, Fantasy, Mystery
"Planetarium" follows the journey of sisters who are believed to possess the supernatural ability to connect with ghosts. They cross paths with a visionary French producer while performing in Paris.
Director: Rebecca Zlotowski | Stars: Natalie Portman, Lily-Rose Depp, Emmanuel Salinger, Amira Casar
Votes: 3,760
18. Run (I) (2020)
TV-MA | 30 min | Comedy, Romance, Thriller
Two ex-lovers, a married American woman and an aspiring British writer, activate a long-planned escape plan and disappear together for a week. They soon get into trouble and a cop goes after them.
Stars: Merritt Wever, Domhnall Gleeson, Rich Sommer, Archie Panjabi
Votes: 7,931
19. The Mephisto Waltz (1971)
R | 115 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
An old, dying satanist arranges to transfer his soul into the body of a young concert pianist.
Director: Paul Wendkos | Stars: Alan Alda, Jacqueline Bisset, Barbara Parkins, Bradford Dillman
Votes: 3,260
20. Hidden Agenda (1990)
R | 108 min | Drama, Thriller
When an American human rights lawyer is assassinated in Belfast, it remains for the man's girlfriend, as well as a tough, no nonsense, police detective to find the truth.
Director: Ken Loach | Stars: Frances McDormand, Maurice Roëves, Robert Patterson, Bernard Bloch
Votes: 4,595 | Gross: $1.03M
21. Play Dirty (1969)
R | 118 min | Adventure, Drama, War
During World War II a group of British commandos in North Africa disguised as Italian soldiers must travel behind enemy lines and destroy a vital German oil depot.
Director: André De Toth | Stars: Michael Caine, Nigel Davenport, Nigel Green, Harry Andrews
Votes: 3,773
22. Ghost Keeper (1981)
R | 89 min | Drama, Horror, Thriller
Three friends on a New Year's Eve snowmobiling excursion find themselves stranded at an abandoned lodge where the elderly female innkeeper is concealing a sinister secret.
Director: Jim Makichuk | Stars: Riva Spier, Murray Ord, Sheri McFadden, Georgie Collins
Votes: 1,269
23. The Day Shall Come (2019)
Unrated | 87 min | Comedy, Crime
An impoverished preacher who brings hope to the Miami projects is offered cash to save his family from eviction. He has no idea his sponsor works for the FBI who plan to turn him into a criminal by fueling his madcap revolutionary dreams.
Director: Christopher Morris | Stars: Andrel McPherson, Miles Robbins, Marchánt Davis, Anna Kendrick
Votes: 4,179
24. Chill Factor (1999)
R | 102 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
A new biological chemical weapon that explodes up to temperatures over fifty degrees Fahrenheit, falls into the hands of two men who try to make sure that it doesn't get stolen by a terrorist.
Director: Hugh Johnson | Stars: Cuba Gooding Jr., Skeet Ulrich, Peter Firth, David Paymer
Votes: 10,100 | Gross: $11.23M
25. The Savage Is Loose (1974)
R | 114 min | Adventure, Drama
A husband, wife and their son are stranded on a remote island with no way off; as the son grows older, sexual tensions emerge.
Director: George C. Scott | Stars: George C. Scott, Trish Van Devere, John David Carson, Lee Montgomery
Votes: 439 | Gross: $0.84M
26. Locust (2014)
124 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
First erotic thriller In Russia. Story starts with a summer fling between a provincial guy and a big-city girl. The holiday is over, the beauty returns to the city and receives a marriage ... See full summary »
Director: Egor Baranov | Stars: Anastasiya Akatova, Paulina Andreeva, Evgeniya Dmitrieva, Sergey Frolov
Votes: 704
27. The Dead Room (2015)
Not Rated | 80 min | Horror, Thriller
When a terrified family flees a desolate southern New Zealand farmhouse, two cynical scientists and a young psychic are sent to investigate their claims of a haunting. There they encounter ... See full summary »
Director: Jason Stutter | Stars: Jed Brophy, Jeffrey Thomas, Laura Petersen, Carolyn McLaughlin
Votes: 4,572
28. Man on a Swing (1974)
PG | 110 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller
A small-town police chief investigating a murder is offered help by a self-described psychic. However, when the chief discovers that the "psychic" is in possession of information known only... See full summary »
Director: Frank Perry | Stars: Cliff Robertson, Joel Grey, Dorothy Tristan, Elizabeth Wilson
Votes: 766
29. No Time for Nuts (2006 Video)
G | 7 min | Animation, Short, Adventure
Scrat comes across a time machine and is transported to various times all in pursuit of his beloved acorn.
Directors: Chris Renaud, Michael Thurmeier | Stars: David Crommett, Darin De Paul, Dann Fink, Vanessa Lemonides
Votes: 4,349
30. Love Kills (1991 TV Movie)
PG-13 | 88 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Unhappy wife has an affair with a stranger. He falls for her and reveals that he's in fact a hitman hired by her cheating husband to kill her. She confronts her husband, but he claims innocence. Who to trust?
Director: Brian Grant | Stars: Virginia Madsen, Lenny von Dohlen, Erich Anderson, Kate Hodge
Votes: 184
31. It Rained All Night the Day I Left (1980)
Not Rated | 95 min | Comedy, Crime
A tough rich female ranch owner in Africa wants to cut off the water supply to the locals, since she holds them responsible for the murder of her husband. She hires two charming gunrunners as help, but they suspect her shady competitor.
Director: Nicolas Gessner | Stars: Tony Curtis, Louis Gossett Jr., Sally Kellerman, John Vernon
Votes: 153
32. The Heart of the Matter (1983– )
60 min | Drama, Romance, War
Major Scobie is a British official in a West African colony during WWII. Both he and his wife are devout Catholics, and thoroughly unhappy. After he starts an affair with a young girl and breaks the law to hide it, he's consumed by guilt.
Stars: Jack Hedley, Erica Rogers, Manfred Seipold, Wolfgang Kieling
Votes: 10
33. This Is the Police II (2018 Video Game)
M | Crime, Drama
Grim adventure/strategy game about Jack Boyd, a disgraced ex police chief who teams up with the new idealistic female sheriff of a small snowy town where he's hiding to fix everything - only to end up on an even darker path than before.
Director: Ilya Yanovich | Stars: Jon St. John, Sarah Hamilton, Michele Benzin, Peter Palmisano
Votes: 51
34. The Feeble Files (1998 Video Game)
T | Adventure, Comedy, Mystery
Feeble, an observant alien who does menial pointless work for the Ministry of Galactic Uncertainty, accidentally becomes the key player in rebels' plans to take down OmniBrain, the ... See full summary »
Directors: Jonathan Woodroffe, Mike Woodroffe | Stars: Robert Llewellyn, Peter Tuddenham, Laurel Lefkow, Alec Linstead
Votes: 35
35.
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1962–1965)
Episode:
An Unlocked Window
(1965)
TV-PG | 49 min | Crime, Drama, Horror
A serial killer is in the area where some private nurses have locked themselves in a large house, except for one basement window.
Director: Joseph M. Newman | Stars: Alfred Hitchcock, Dana Wynter, T.C. Jones, Louise Latham
Votes: 918
36.
Monsters (1988–1990)
Episode:
The Waiting Game
(1990)
TV-14 | 21 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Four survivors of a nuclear blowout hide in their shelters, only connected by a walkie-talkie. While unbeknownst to them, the corpses of the dead are reanimated by something older than the radioactivity.
Director: Bruno Spandello | Stars: Doug McKeon, Stephen Burleigh, Carrington Garland, Leo Garcia
Votes: 133
37.
Screen Two (1985–1998)
Episode:
In the Secret State
(1985)
TV-14 | 90 min | Drama
A department head within the British secret service uncovers some unpleasant secrets when he investigates the apparent suicide of a colleague.
Director: Christopher Morahan | Stars: Frank Finlay, Matthew Marsh, Geoffrey Chater, Michael Byrne
Votes: 16
38.
Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1985–1989)
Episode:
Deadly Honeymoon
(1986)
TV-PG | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A woman learns from a P.I. that her new husband is suspected of killing his first two wives for insurance money to cover his gambling debts. However, he convincingly denies it. Who to trust?
Director: Don Medford | Stars: Victoria Tennant, David Dukes, Alan Fudge, Nicolas Coster
Votes: 102
39.
Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1985–1989)
Episode:
The Night Caller
(1985)
TV-PG | 30 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A young divorcée, who's just moves in into a new building, must deal with a creepy ogler from the apartment across hers who may or may not be the stalker who's driving her insane with his obscene phone calls.
Director: John Byrum | Stars: Alfred Hitchcock, Linda Fiorentino, Michael O'Keefe, Tony Bill
Votes: 132
40.
Fallen Angels (1993–1996)
Episode:
Murder, Obliquely
(1993)
Crime, Drama, Mystery
Annie, in true noir fashion, fatalistically falls in love with a millionaire who is quite bewitched by another lover and is not afraid to show it. In flashback narrative Annie explains that... See full summary »
Director: Alfonso Cuarón | Stars: Laura Dern, Alan Rickman, Diane Lane, Robin Bartlett
Votes: 117
41.
It's Garry Shandling's Show. (1986–1990)
Episode:
The Graduate
(1986)
TV-14 | 28 min | Comedy
In an homage to The Graduate (1967), Mrs. Robertson tries to seduce Garry, who's in love with her daughter.
Director: Alan Rafkin | Stars: Garry Shandling, Geoffrey Blake, Molly Cheek, Scott Nemes
Votes: 51
42.
Miami Vice (1984–1989)
Episode:
Hell Hath No Fury
(1988)
TV-14 | 47 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Trudy's friend hires an assassin to kill the man who raped her, became a poster child for rehabilitation in prison to get paroled, and is now continuing to torture her psychologically by using the media to paint her as the villain.
Director: Virgil W. Vogel | Stars: Don Johnson, Philip Michael Thomas, Saundra Santiago, Michael Talbott
Votes: 288
43.
Millennium (1996–1999)
Episode:
Jose Chung's 'Doomsday Defense'
(1997)
TV-14 | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Horror
In this funny satire with a grim twist, quirky novelist Jose Chung, first seen in The X-Files: Jose Chung's 'From Outer Space' (1996), authors a short story critical of a millennial self-help movement similar to Scientology and becomes the target of one of its followers.
Director: Darin Morgan | Stars: Lance Henriksen, Megan Gallagher, Terry O'Quinn, Stephen J. Lang
Votes: 495
44.
Monsters (1988–1990)
Episode:
Bug House
(1990)
TV-14 | 21 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
A woman comes to an old house to see her estranged sister, only to find her sickly and pregnant with a creepy lothario boyfriend, who seduces her as well. She discovers his real, insectoid nature too late.
Director: Kenny Myers | Stars: Karen Sillas, Robert Kerbeck, Juliette Kurth
Votes: 95
45.
Monsters (1988–1990)
Episode:
Household Gods
(1990)
TV-14 | 21 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
A modern, independent wife and mother is about to learn that no woman can defy the misogynistic household gods, who can turn the life of any housewife who refuses to submit to them into a living nightmare through sadistic mischief.
Director: Michael Warren Powell | Stars: Deborah Van Valkenburgh, Priscilla Shanks, Jeffrey Ware, Michael J. Anderson
Votes: 88
46.
Monsters (1988–1990)
Episode:
Portrait of the Artist
(1989)
TV-14 | 21 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
A father gets a shock when searching for his missing daughter in an artist's studio.
Director: Gerald Cotts | Stars: Darren McGavin, Beeson Carroll, Laurie Kennedy, Cheryl Russell
Votes: 114
47.
Monsters (1988–1990)
Episode:
The Space Eaters
(1991)
TV-14 | 21 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
In this tribute to 1950s monster movies, two old gentlemanly friends are playing a game of chess, when a sinister telepathic alien invader shaped like a giant tentacled eyeball arrives to eat their brains.
Director: Robert T. Megginson | Stars: Richard Clarke, Mart Hulswit, Richard Hughes
Votes: 83
48.
Night Visions (2001–2002)
Episode:
Cargo/Switch
(2002)
TV-14 | Fantasy, Horror, Mystery
The new cargo officer becomes too emphatic towards the plight of a group of mysterious Eastern-European stowaways. / A woman suffering from multiple personality disorder enters her mind to defeat her other personalities.
Directors: Tobe Hooper, Jefery Levy | Stars: Johnny Cuthbert, Micah Gardener, Cameron Gilley, Brent Glenen
Votes: 97
49.
The Outer Limits (1995–2002)
Episode:
A Special Edition
(1997)
TV-PG | 45 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
TV journalist Donald Rivers goes on the air with solid proof that the government and private defense contractors have been engaging in secret genetic cloning. However, someone will do anything to stop him.
Director: Mario Azzopardi | Stars: Alan Thicke, Bruce Harwood, Stevie Vallance, Michael St. John Smith
Votes: 256
50.
The Outer Limits (1995–2002)
Episode:
Dead Man's Switch
(1997)
TV-PG | 45 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
An American soldier learns that he is one of five people around the world who are separately sealed underground for a year and are charged with preventing Earth's self-destruction as the world awaits a possible invasion by aliens.
Director: Jeff Woolnough | Stars: James Le Gros, Kristin Lehman, Donnelly Rhodes, Yee Jee Tso
Votes: 440