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1. Gerald's Game (2017)
TV-MA | 103 min | Drama, Horror, Thriller
A couple tries to spice up their marriage in a remote lake house. After the husband dies unexpectedly, the wife is left handcuffed to their bed frame and must fight to survive and break free.
Director: Mike Flanagan | Stars: Carla Gugino, Bruce Greenwood, Chiara Aurelia, Carel Struycken
Votes: 127,283
2. Meet Joe Black (1998)
PG-13 | 178 min | Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Death, who takes the form of a young man killed in an accident, asks a media mogul to act as his guide to teach him about life on Earth and, in the process, he falls in love with the mogul's daughter.
Director: Martin Brest | Stars: Brad Pitt, Anthony Hopkins, Claire Forlani, Jake Weber
Votes: 264,763 | Gross: $44.62M
3. Clash of the Titans (1981)
PG | 118 min | Action, Adventure, Family
Perseus must battle Medusa and the Kraken to save the Princess Andromeda.
Director: Desmond Davis | Stars: Laurence Olivier, Harry Hamlin, Claire Bloom, Maggie Smith
Votes: 47,725 | Gross: $41.09M
4. The Seventh Seal (1957)
Not Rated | 96 min | Drama, Fantasy
A knight returning to Sweden after the Crusades seeks answers about life, death, and the existence of God as he plays chess against the Grim Reaper during the Black Plague.
Director: Ingmar Bergman | Stars: Max von Sydow, Gunnar Björnstrand, Bengt Ekerot, Nils Poppe
Votes: 198,401
5. The Frighteners (1996)
R | 110 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
After a tragic car accident that kills his wife, a man discovers he can communicate with the dead, and he uses that gift to con people. However, when a demonic spirit appears, he may be the only one who can stop it from killing the living and the dead.
Director: Peter Jackson | Stars: Michael J. Fox, Trini Alvarado, Peter Dobson, John Astin
Votes: 95,469 | Gross: $16.76M
6. Soul Eater (2008–2009)
TV-14 | 24 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
Set in the Shinigami technical school, the series revolves around a partnership between a weapon meisters and a human weapons. Trying to reach a ranking of "Death Scythe" they must collect the souls of 99 evil humans and 1 witch.
Stars: Laura Bailey, Chiaki Omigawa, Micah Solusod, Brittney Karbowski
Votes: 14,441
7. Inferno (1980)
R | 106 min | Horror
An American student investigates the disappearance of his sister and the death of a friend, both connected from New York to Rome by an old alchemy book.
Director: Dario Argento | Stars: Leigh McCloskey, Irene Miracle, Eleonora Giorgi, Daria Nicolodi
Votes: 24,009
8. Darby O'Gill and the Little People (1959)
G | 93 min | Adventure, Family, Fantasy
A wily old codger matches wits with the King of the Leprechauns and helps play matchmaker for his daughter and the strapping lad who has replaced him as caretaker.
Director: Robert Stevenson | Stars: Albert Sharpe, Janet Munro, Sean Connery, Jimmy O'Dea
Votes: 9,363
9. Black Orpheus (1959)
PG | 100 min | Drama, Musical, Romance
A retelling of the Orpheus and Eurydice myth, set during the time of the Carnaval in Rio de Janeiro.
Director: Marcel Camus | Stars: Breno Mello, Marpessa Dawn, Lourdes de Oliveira, Léa Garcia
Votes: 12,252
10. Orpheus (1950)
Not Rated | 112 min | Drama, Fantasy, Romance
A poet in love with Death follows his unhappy wife into the underworld.
Director: Jean Cocteau | Stars: Jean Marais, François Périer, María Casares, Marie Déa
Votes: 13,404
11. Death Takes a Holiday (1934)
Passed | 79 min | Drama, Fantasy, Romance
The Grim Reaper takes the form of a Prince in an attempt to relate to humans and, along the way, also learns what it is to love.
Director: Mitchell Leisen | Stars: Fredric March, Evelyn Venable, Guy Standing, Katharine Alexander
Votes: 2,412
12. Destiny (1921)
Not Rated | 114 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
When a woman's fiancé disappears, Death gives her three chances to save him from his fate.
Director: Fritz Lang | Stars: Bernhard Goetzke, Lil Dagover, Walter Janssen, Hans Sternberg
Votes: 6,689 | Gross: $0.01M
13. Death Takes a Holiday (1971 TV Movie)
73 min | Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Death takes a human form and visits Earth to try to find out why humans want so desperately to cling to life. He unexpectedly falls in love with a beautiful young woman.
Director: Robert Butler | Stars: Yvette Mimieux, Monte Markham, Myrna Loy, Bert Convy
Votes: 298
14. The Poor Little Rich Girl (1917)
Not Rated | 78 min | Comedy, Drama, Family
The wealthy but selfish parents of a lonely young girl begin to rethink what is important to them after a servant's irresponsibility results in a crisis.
Director: Maurice Tourneur | Stars: Mary Pickford, Madlaine Traverse, Charles Wellesley, Gladys Fairbanks
Votes: 1,547
15. Pantry Panic (1941)
Passed | 7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Woody stays behind to swim while the other birds in the forest migrate south for the winter. Just after the other birds leave, the cold of winter sets in instantly, to the point that Woody's swimming hole freezes
Director: Walter Lantz | Stars: Mel Blanc, Geneva Hall, Sara Berner, Bernice Hansen
Votes: 501
16. La muerte enamorada (1951)
87 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Mystery
Rivas is an insurance sales man who hadn't been lucky in his life. He offered many times to live less years in exchange of a better live. Tasia (the dead) came for him, since he had wasted ... See full summary »
Director: Ernesto Cortázar | Stars: Miroslava, Fernando Fernández, Jorge Reyes, Esperanza Issa
Votes: 50
17. On Borrowed Time (1957 TV Movie)
90 min | Drama, Fantasy
Mr. Brink seems to bring death with him wherever he goes. But can a young boy and his grandfather change this dire situation?
Director: George Schaefer | Stars: Beulah Bondi, Dorothy Eaton, Larry Gates, Margaret Hamilton
Votes: 18
18. Fährmann Maria (1936)
85 min | Thriller, Horror, Mystery
A beautiful young drifter comes to a small village and battles Death itself to save the man she loves.
Director: Frank Wisbar | Stars: Sybille Schmitz, Aribert Mog, Carl de Vogt, Peter Voß
Votes: 322
19. La Recta Provincia (2007)
180 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama
The Recta Provincia is a kind of sect led by witches on the largest island in South America, the cradle of the founding myths of Chilean culture.
Stars: Bélgica Castro, Ignacio Agüero, Ángel Parra, Javiera Parra
Votes: 106
20. The Tale of the Three Brothers (2014)
25 min | Short, Adventure, Fantasy
Based on a short story by J.K. Rowling, three wizards must face the consequences of cheating Death.
Director: Brandon Doyen | Stars: Ken Stack, Nathan Manaker, Brandon Wardwell, Sean Plourde
Votes: 203
21. My Head Hurts (2000)
Not Rated | 22 min | Short, Fantasy, Horror
Marianne an elderly woman who devoted her life to the occult predicts her own death, afraid for her life she makes a deal with a strange man who calls himself 'The Fool' who tells her he ... See full summary »
Director: Selene Kapsaski | Stars: Margret Kaufmann, Karim Kater, Rahel Kapsaski, Mary Xenoudaki
Votes: 38
22. Calango Lengo: Morte e Vida sem Ver Água (2008)
10 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Director: Fernando Miller | Star: Chica Xavier
Votes: 40
23. Korn Plastered in Africa (1931)
7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Rustic personality Trader Korn recounts his surreal adventures in darkest Africa, among the peculiar wildlife and the cannibals.
Director: John R. McCrory | Star: Don Carney
Votes: 12
24. Replacing Death (2011)
7 min | Short, Comedy
Tired of his job, Death looks to better his life by finding his replacement.
Director: Jeremy Feig | Stars: David Garry, Courtney Hawkins, Tina Molina, Michael Doherty
Votes: 10
25. Twisting Fate with Death and Larry (2009)
11 min | Short, Action, Fantasy
Death makes a wager with his younger idealistic brother, Larry on the question that has plagued philosophers, psychologists and thinkers for eons: is human nature fundamentally bad or good?
Director: Graham Lee | Stars: Andrew Conlon, Aaron James, Graham Lee, Louisa Lee
26. Le Mil de la Mort (2017)
35 min | Short, Drama
Director: Jaloud Zainou Tangui | Stars: Hamsatou Aliou, Alichina Allakaye, Boureima Alzouma, Abdel Nasser Amadou
27. Cofralandes, Part Four: Memories and Waltzes (2002)
87 min | Documentary, Comedy, Drama
Director: Raúl Ruiz | Stars: José Luis Barba, Néstor Cantillana, Amparo Noguera, Isabel Parra
Votes: 13
28. Estudo sobre Esgrima Criolla Nº 2 (2022)
6 min | Short, Fantasy, Western
Death's a lady all dressed up, so cocky in her white light cloak. She doesn't care to wait for us, resting by the shadow of an oak. 'Cause when everything is said and done, love and dueling merge in one.
Director: Ulisses Da Motta | Stars: Marcos Guarani, Bruno Krieger, Gianna Soccol
Votes: 6
29. A la hora marcada (2017)
16 min | Short, Drama, Fantasy
An old gunslinger that has left behind his years of violence to care for his granddaughter, will have to face a formidable opponent to save her life
Director: J. Luis Rivera | Stars: Javier Zaragoza, Jorge de los Reyes, Sofía Saráchaga
30. Malice: A Kat's Tale (2004 Video Game)
T | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Action-adventure platformer about young girl and demi-goddess Malice who's resurrected by Death to defeat the evil Dog God and his Crow Army with magic and mace and save the world.
Directors: Lani Minella, Herman Serrano | Stars: Harper Marshall, Bradley Lavelle, Jay Simon, Dian Perry
Votes: 22
31.
Benson (1979–1986)
Episode:
The Stranger
(1985)
TV-G | 30 min | Comedy, Family
On a stormy Halloween night, a mysterious man who calls himself G. Reaper shows up. Later they learn that some children go missing. That's when the entire staff believe that the man is The ... See full summary »
Director: Bill Foster | Stars: Robert Guillaume, James Noble, Inga Swenson, Missy Gold
Votes: 34
32.
Bottom (1991–1995)
Episode:
Apocalypse
(1991)
TV-PG | 29 min | Comedy
After inheriting from his recently deceased Auntie Olga £600.00. Richie and Eddie heads off down the funfair, where Richie's wallet gets stolen, and Richie learns from a fortune-teller that... See full summary »
Director: Ed Bye | Stars: Adrian Edmondson, Rik Mayall, Mark Arden, Roger Brierley
Votes: 372
33.
Night Court (1984–1992)
Episode:
Death Takes a Halloween
(1990)
TV-PG | 24 min | Comedy
A defendant pulled in on a minor charge claims to be the Angel of Death, and says that Harry has to release him. Harry jails him for contempt of court, but begins to feel uncertain as ... See full summary »
Director: Jim Drake | Stars: Harry Anderson, Markie Post, John Larroquette, Charles Robinson
Votes: 125
34.
The Twilight Zone (1959–1964)
Episode:
Nothing in the Dark
(1962)
TV-PG | 25 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
An old woman has fought with death a thousand times and has always won. But now she finds herself afraid to let a wounded policeman in her door for fear he is Mr. Death. Is he?
Director: Lamont Johnson | Stars: Gladys Cooper, Robert Redford, R.G. Armstrong, Rod Serling
Votes: 3,395
35.
The Twilight Zone (1959–1964)
Episode:
One for the Angels
(1959)
TV-PG | 25 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
A pitchman is visited by Mr. Death and is forced to get his priorities in order.
Director: Robert Parrish | Stars: Rod Serling, Ed Wynn, Murray Hamilton, Dana Dillaway
Votes: 6,054
36.
The Twilight Zone (2002–2003)
Episode:
One Night at Mercy
(2002)
TV-14 | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Dr. Jay Ferguson's headaches at work aren't helped by putting up with a suicidal man claiming to be Death and that he's quitting his job - and neither does a flood patients who come to Jay in incredible pain when they should have died.
Director: Peter O'Fallon | Stars: Forest Whitaker, Jason Alexander, Tyler Christopher, Lynda Boyd
Votes: 458
37.
Xena: Warrior Princess (1995–2001)
Episode:
Death in Chains
(1995)
Not Rated | 45 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
When ailing King Sisyphus is visited by Celesta, Goddess of death, he holds her captive. Unable to hold her death candle, it quickly begins to melt away, and all of mankind is unable to die - even when fatally wounded. It is up to Xena and Gabrielle, with the help of a new friend, to rescue Celesta before the candle burns out.
Director: Charles Siebert | Stars: Lucy Lawless, Renée O'Connor, Kate Hodge, Ray Henwood
Votes: 630
38.
Hungarian Folk Tales (1980–2012)
Episode:
A halhatatlanságra vágyó királyfi
(1996)
6 min | Animation
Directors: Mária Horváth, Marcell Jankovics | Star: Gyula Szabó
Votes: 8
39.
Horrible Histories (2009–2024)
Episode:
Episode #1.4
(2009)
TV-G | 29 min | Comedy, Family, History
The Tudors sing their family history, Bob explains the complete history of Rome in two minutes, and a mad Victorian gentleman eats King Louis XIV's mummified heart.
Director: Chloe Thomas | Stars: Mathew Baynton, Simon Farnaby, Sarah Hadland, Martha Howe-Douglas
Votes: 60
40.
Toon in with Me (2021– )
Episode:
Opposite Day II
(2022)
TV-PG | Animation, Comedy
Toony tries to get Bill to act unlike himself for Opposite Day, but Bill's nice guy personality changes everyone else to be more like him: Hare Brush (1955), Hyde and Go Tweet (1960), Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Mouse (1947), Put-Put, Pink (1968), Ventriloquist Cat (1950).
Director: Mike Schmiedeler | Stars: Bill Leff, Kevin Fleming, Leila Gorstein