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1. Misery (1990)
R | 107 min | Drama, Thriller
After a famous author is rescued from a car crash by a fan of his novels, he comes to realize that the care he is receiving is only the beginning of a nightmare of captivity and abuse.
Director: Rob Reiner | Stars: James Caan, Kathy Bates, Richard Farnsworth, Frances Sternhagen
Votes: 236,096 | Gross: $61.28M
2. Snowpiercer (2013)
R | 126 min | Action, Drama, Sci-Fi
In a future where a failed climate change experiment has killed all life except for the survivors who boarded the Snowpiercer (a train that travels around the globe), a new class system emerges.
Director: Bong Joon Ho | Stars: Chris Evans, Jamie Bell, Tilda Swinton, Ed Harris
Votes: 389,556 | Gross: $4.56M
3. 10 Cloverfield Lane (2016)
PG-13 | 103 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
A young woman is held in an underground bunker by a man who insists that a hostile event has left the surface of the Earth uninhabitable.
Director: Dan Trachtenberg | Stars: John Goodman, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, John Gallagher Jr., Douglas M. Griffin
Votes: 355,391 | Gross: $72.08M
4. Dreamcatcher (2003)
R | 134 min | Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi
Friends on a camping trip discover that the town they're vacationing in is being plagued in an unusual fashion by parasitic aliens from outer space.
Director: Lawrence Kasdan | Stars: Morgan Freeman, Thomas Jane, Jason Lee, Damian Lewis
Votes: 96,529 | Gross: $33.72M
5. From Beyond (1986)
R | 85 min | Horror, Sci-Fi
A group of scientists have developed the Resonator, a machine which allows whoever is within range to see beyond normal perceptible reality. But when the experiment succeeds, they are immediately attacked by terrible life forms.
Director: Stuart Gordon | Stars: Jeffrey Combs, Barbara Crampton, Ted Sorel, Ken Foree
Votes: 30,841 | Gross: $1.26M
6. Ball of Fire (1941)
Approved | 111 min | Comedy, Romance
A group of professors working on a new encyclopedia while living in a Manhattan mansion take in a mouthy nightclub singer who is wanted by the police to help bring down her mob boss lover.
Director: Howard Hawks | Stars: Gary Cooper, Barbara Stanwyck, Oscar Homolka, Henry Travers
Votes: 14,093
7. Eye of the Beholder (1999)
R | 109 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
A private eye shadows a female serial killer of men all over the U.S. without her knowing as he, strangely enough, occasionally acts as her guardian angel.
Director: Stephan Elliott | Stars: Ewan McGregor, Ashley Judd, Patrick Bergin, Geneviève Bujold
Votes: 15,995 | Gross: $16.46M
8. The Limits of Control (2009)
R | 116 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
The story of a mysterious loner, a stranger in the process of completing a criminal job.
Director: Jim Jarmusch | Stars: Isaach De Bankolé, Alex Descas, Jean-François Stévenin, Óscar Jaenada
Votes: 21,266 | Gross: $0.43M
9. The Incredible Shrinking Woman (1981)
PG | 88 min | Comedy, Sci-Fi
A housewife grows smaller and smaller in reaction to chemicals found in cosmetics and household products.
Director: Joel Schumacher | Stars: Lily Tomlin, Charles Grodin, Ned Beatty, Henry Gibson
Votes: 5,145 | Gross: $20.26M
10. The Editor (2014)
Not Rated | 95 min | Comedy, Crime, Horror
A film editor gets embroiled in a string of murders.
Directors: Adam Brooks, Matthew Kennedy | Stars: Paz de la Huerta, Adam Brooks, Matthew Kennedy, Conor Sweeney
Votes: 3,363
11. Unrest (2022)
93 min | Drama, History
In late 19th century Switzerland, a factory worker becomes involved with a local group of anarchist watchmakers.
Director: Cyril Schäublin | Stars: Alisa Miloglyadova, Elisaveta Kriman, Olga Bushkova, Tatiana Kulminska
Votes: 1,096
12. Kin-dza-dza! (1986)
PG-13 | 135 min | Comedy, Drama, Sci-Fi
Two Russians push the wrong button on a strange device and end up on the telepathic planet Pluke with its strange societal norms.
Director: Georgiy Daneliya | Stars: Stanislav Lyubshin, Evgeniy Leonov, Yuriy Yakovlev, Levan Gabriadze
Votes: 13,783
13. Hammerhead (1968)
Approved | 100 min | Drama, Thriller
An American agent has tracked down the stronghold of an evil criminal mastermind, determined to take over the world.
Director: David Miller | Stars: Vince Edwards, Judy Geeson, Peter Vaughan, Diana Dors
Votes: 564
14. 36 China Town (2006)
Not Rated | 140 min | Comedy, Mystery, Thriller
A wealthy casino owner is murdered in her mansion at 36 China Town and the investigating detective uncovers multiple suspects, all with independent motives to commit the crime.
Directors: Horse Babu, Abbas Alibhai Burmawalla, Mastan Alibhai Burmawalla, Himesh Reshammiya | Stars: Akshaye Khanna, Shahid Kapoor, Kareena Kapoor, Paresh Rawal
Votes: 5,272
15. Zero Woman: Red Handcuffs (1974)
Unrated | 88 min | Action, Crime, Drama
After a politician's daughter is kidnapped by a ruthless gang, a brutal policewoman is released from jail and sent after them.
Director: Yukio Noda | Stars: Miki Sugimoto, Eiji Gô, Tetsurô Tanba, Hideo Murota
Votes: 1,015
16. The Little Witch (2018)
103 min | Comedy, Drama, Family
The story of a young and nice witch who learns everything there is to know about magic, in order to be accepted by the other older mean witches.
Director: Mike Schaerer | Stars: Karoline Herfurth, Axel Prahl, Luis Vorbach, Momo Beier
Votes: 1,524
17. Solver (2017)
88 min | Adventure, Mystery
When Luke Williams arrives at his late grandfather's cabin, he discovers a mysterious puzzle leading to a dangerous secret.
Director: Xandy Smith | Stars: John Ruby, Kerry Knuppe, Antonio Jaramillo, Jesiree Dizon
Votes: 449
18. No Clue (2013)
Not Rated | 96 min | Comedy, Crime, Mystery
In a case of mistaken identity, a salesman is hired as a private detective by a woman to find her missing brother, and complications ensue.
Director: Carl Bessai | Stars: Brent Butt, Amy Smart, David Koechner, David Cubitt
Votes: 1,538
19. Three Cases of Murder (1954)
99 min | Crime, Drama, Fantasy
A trilogy of fantastic stories involving murder and the supernatural.
Directors: David Eady, George More O'Ferrall, Wendy Toye, Orson Welles | Stars: Orson Welles, John Gregson, Elizabeth Sellars, Emrys Jones
Votes: 1,138
20. Murder by Phone (1982)
R | 95 min | Horror, Thriller, Mystery
A disgruntled phone company employee develops a device whereby those answering a phone can be murdered, and it's up to Nat Bridger to stop the killer.
Director: Michael Anderson | Stars: Richard Chamberlain, John Houseman, Sara Botsford, Robin Gammell
Votes: 926
21. Edvard Munch (1974 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 210 min | Biography, Drama, History
This biopic of Norwegian Expressionist painter Edvard Munch focuses on the influences that shaped his art, his devastating affair with a married woman that will haunt him for the rest of his life
Director: Peter Watkins | Stars: Geir Westby, Gro Fraas, Kerstii Allum, Eric Allum
Votes: 3,383 | Gross: $0.04M
22. Call-center (2020)
44 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
On the 12th floor of the Moscow skyscraper, is the office of the call center "Online Store for Adults." One morning, as usual, having come to work, twelve people who are in the office ... See full summary »
Stars: Pavel Tabakov, Yuliya Khlynina, Vladimir Yaglych, Sabina Akhmedova
Votes: 802
23. Female Prisoner Scorpion: Beast Stable (1973)
Not Rated | 87 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Matsu is sheltered by an incestuous prostitute on her run from the police, her ex-prison mate and a cop whose arm she hacked off.
Director: Shun'ya Itô | Stars: Meiko Kaji, Mikio Narita, Reisen Ri, Yayoi Watanabe
Votes: 2,112
24. Sweet Dreams (2016)
131 min | Drama, Romance
Massimo's idyllic childhood is shattered by the death of his mother. Years later, he is forced to relive his traumatic past and compassionate doctor Elisa could help him open up and confront his childhood wounds.
Director: Marco Bellocchio | Stars: Valerio Mastandrea, Bérénice Bejo, Guido Caprino, Nicolò Cabras
Votes: 1,937
25. The Ugly Duckling and Me! (2006)
TV-G | 89 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
This modern version of Hans Christian Andersen's fairytale is charming. Ratso is a streetwise chancer of a rat whose theatre show is struggling. Then he finds an egg that hatches a mutant ... See full summary »
Directors: Michael Hegner, Karsten Kiilerich | Stars: Morgan C. Jones, Paul Tylak, Anna Nugent, Gary Hetzler
Votes: 2,751
26. Day of the Flowers (2012)
99 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Two Scottish sisters, one a left-wing activist, the other a popular party girl, travel to Cuba to scatter their late father's ashes. In losing and trying to reclaim their father's ashes, ... See full summary »
Director: John Roberts | Stars: Eva Birthistle, Charity Wakefield, Carlos Acosta, Bryan Dick
Votes: 347
27. Dutch Wife in the Desert (1967)
NC-17 | 85 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A private detective is hired to find a woman who has apparently been murdered in a snuff film. It turns out the woman's not dead, but very much alive, and he gets sucked into a torrid ... See full summary »
Director: Atsushi Yamatoya | Stars: Miki Watari, Yûichi Minato, Shôhei Yamamoto, Masayoshi Nogami
Votes: 539
28. Innocent Sorcerers (1960)
83 min | Drama, Music, Romance
A young doctor and jazz drummer, is also a womanizer who meets one night another yet finally interesting girl, who all but forces herself into his apartment where they play the game of ... See full summary »
Director: Andrzej Wajda | Stars: Tadeusz Lomnicki, Krystyna Stypulkowska, Wanda Koczeska, Kalina Jedrusik
Votes: 1,565
29. The Spies (1957)
Not Rated | 125 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Short of cash for his private clinic, a French psychiatrist accepts money from a NATO Intelligence agent to shelter a defecting Soviet-bloc scientist but enemy spies are closing-in.
Director: Henri-Georges Clouzot | Stars: Curd Jürgens, Peter Ustinov, O.E. Hasse, Sam Jaffe
Votes: 1,100
30. Insect (2018)
98 min | Comedy, Drama
Amateur actors rehearsing "Pictures from the Insects' Life". The actors find themselves living out their characters' roles and hallucinating insects. "Insects", is intercut with the ... See full summary »
Director: Jan Svankmajer | Stars: Jirí Lábus, Jan Budar, Pavel Nový, Norbert Lichý
Votes: 524
31. Struggle for Life (2016)
Not Rated | 99 min | Adventure, Comedy
Marc Châtaigne, a trainee at the Ministry of the Standrard, is sent to French Guyana to prepare the construction of Guyaneige, the first indoor ski station of Amazonia.
Director: Antonin Peretjatko | Stars: Vincent Macaigne, Vimala Pons, Pascal Légitimus, Mathieu Amalric
Votes: 1,188
32. Fast Talking (1984)
Not Rated | 95 min | Drama
A bright young teenager from a broken home uses his quick wits and glib tongue to get out of trouble - but they also get him into it.
Director: Ken Cameron | Stars: Steve Bisley, Tracy Mann, Peter Hehir, Denis Moore
Votes: 153 | Gross: $0.00M
33. Momotarô's Sea Eagles (1943)
37 min | Animation, Short, Fantasy
Featuring the "Peach Boy", character of Japanese folklore, the film is aimed at children, telling the story of a naval unit consisting of the human Momotarô and several animal species ... See full summary »
Director: Mitsuyo Seo
Votes: 93
34. The Dune (2013)
87 min | Drama
An israeli man, who recently broke up with his girlfriend, gets to Paris and starts to follow a soon-to-be retired detective for a mysterious reason.
Director: Yossi Aviram | Stars: Niels Arestrup, Lior Ashkenazi, Guy Marchand, Emma de Caunes
Votes: 274
35. The Little Match Girl (1928)
40 min | Short, Drama, Fantasy
An impoverished girl tries to sell matches on NYE. Shivering with cold and unable to sell her wares, she sits in a sheltered nook. Striking a match to keep warm, she sees things in the flame.
Directors: Jean Renoir, Jean Tédesco | Stars: Catherine Hessling, Eric Barclay, Jean Storm, Manuel Raaby
Votes: 1,570
36. Moth and the Flame (1938)
8 min | Family, Comedy, Animation
A group of moths invades a costume shop through a badly plugged hole in a window and makes quick work of the contents. A male moth ignores his lady to chow down on a hat and she's soon ... See full summary »
Directors: Burt Gillett, David Hand, Dick Huemer
Votes: 336
37. Flowers for Madame (1935)
7 min | Family, Animation, Short
A tour of the garden, where every flower dances or plays a tune, especially today, since it's the flower pageant (which looks a lot like the Rose Parade). A series of floats, including the ... See full summary »
Director: Friz Freleng | Stars: The Debutantes, Bernice Hansen
Votes: 208
38. Squatter's Rights (1946)
7 min | Animation, Comedy, Family
Chip 'n Dale have set up house in the wood stove of Mickey's cabin. Pluto knows they are there, but Mickey only knows his matches keep going out when he tries to light a fire.
Directors: Jack Hannah, Clyde Geronimi | Stars: Dessie Flynn, Pinto Colvig, Walt Disney, James MacDonald
Votes: 555
39. The Conflict (1983)
7 min | Animation, Short, War
Film characters are ordinary matches. Quarrel that flared up over a trifle turns into a real battle, in which both hostile parties perished.
Director: Garri Bardin
Votes: 437
40. Bingo Crosbyana (1936)
G | 8 min | Animation, Family, Short
A characterization of Bing Crosby as a fly, who comes down to woo all the other insects with his singing talent, and aerial skills.
Director: Friz Freleng | Stars: Billy Bletcher, Bernice Hansen, Billy Paye, The Rhythmettes
Votes: 288
41. Captain Johnno (1988 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 96 min | Drama, Family
A deaf boy befriends an Italian fisherman in his village.
Director: Mario Andreacchio | Stars: John Waters, Damien Walters, Rebecca Sykes, Michele Fawdon
Votes: 93
42. There It Is (1928)
Approved | 19 min | Short, Comedy
Two Scotland Yard detectives travel to New York to investigate the "Fuzz-Faced Phantom": a strange entity who seemingly has the power to cause bizarre, surreal incidents.
Directors: Harold L. Muller, Charles R. Bowers | Stars: Charles R. Bowers, Kathryn McGuire, Melbourne MacDowell, Buster Brodie
Votes: 472
43. Bugs in Love (1932)
Approved | 7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Insects have made a playground/carnival out of castoffs, featuring "ice skating" on mirrors. Two love bugs head off to a more private area. But their fun is interrupted when a crow comes by... See full summary »
Director: Burt Gillett
Votes: 293
44. Shuteye Popeye (1952)
Approved | 6 min | Animation, Family, Comedy
Popeye's snoring is keeping his resident mouse awake. The mouse fights back. Popeye makes a mistake: he traps the mouse in a spinach can that isn't completely empty.
Directors: Izzy Sparber, Al Eugster | Stars: Jack Mercer, Izzy Sparber
Votes: 308
45. The Spider and the Fly (1931)
7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
A kitchen is filled with houseflies. A spider wakes up and plays his web like a harp, attracting a pair of them; the female is trapped, and the male summons the cavalry, which arrives ... See full summary »
Director: Wilfred Jackson
Votes: 348
46. Traja chrobáci (1976 TV Movie)
49 min | Comedy, Family
The misadventures of three bugs who got transported into human's home.
Director: Ján Rohác | Stars: Bolek Polívka, Ota Jirák, Josef Dvorák
Votes: 90
47. Gabriel Churchkitten (1944)
9 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
A pastor forgets to feed his pet can and mouse. While sleepwalking, he seems just on the brink of remembering - then gets it all wrong.
Directors: Seymour Kneitel, Graham Place | Stars: Jack Mercer, Mae Questel, Cecil Roy
Votes: 32
48. The Mite Makes Right (1948)
8 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Tom Thumb runs away from home to join the circus.
Directors: Bill Tytla, George Germanetti | Stars: Mae Questel, Sid Raymond, Izzy Sparber, Jackson Beck
Votes: 67
49. The Violettes (2009)
70 min | Drama
Les Violette is the story of a young woman who rediscovers herself as a "little girl" and who has developed a triple identity to face the world around her.
Director: Benoît Cohen | Stars: Emmanuelle Destremau, Gaëla Le Devehat, Eléonore Pourriat, Bruno Merle
Votes: 11
50. We Dig for Matchbox Victory (2012 Video)
9 min | Animation, Short
Nothing goes to plan when four vintage Matchbox construction toys escape from captivity and head out for a road-movie in miniature. But these toys are made of tough stuff. They'll be back.
Director: Alistair Siddons