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1. Shutter Island (2010)
R | 138 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Teddy Daniels and Chuck Aule, two US marshals, are sent to an asylum on a remote island in order to investigate the disappearance of a patient, where Teddy uncovers a shocking truth about the place.
Director: Martin Scorsese | Stars: Leonardo DiCaprio, Emily Mortimer, Mark Ruffalo, Ben Kingsley
Votes: 1,462,256 | Gross: $128.01M
2. Oz (1997–2003)
TV-MA | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A series chronicling the daily activities of an unusual prison facility and its criminal inhabitants.
Stars: Ernie Hudson, J.K. Simmons, Lee Tergesen, Dean Winters
Votes: 106,978
3. Us (II) (2019)
R | 116 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Adelaide Wilson and her family are attacked by mysterious figures dressed in red. Upon closer inspection, the Wilsons realize that the intruders are exact lookalikes of them.
Director: Jordan Peele | Stars: Lupita Nyong'o, Winston Duke, Elisabeth Moss, Tim Heidecker
Votes: 342,565 | Gross: $175.08M
4. The Stand (1994)
Not Rated | 90 min | Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
After a deadly plague kills most of the world's population, the remaining survivors split into two groups - one led by a benevolent elder and the other by a malevolent being - to face each other in a final battle between good and evil.
Stars: Gary Sinise, Molly Ringwald, Jamey Sheridan, Laura San Giacomo
Votes: 38,501
5. Backdraft (1991)
R | 137 min | Action, Drama, Mystery
Two feuding siblings carrying on a heroic family tradition as Chicago firefighters. But when a puzzling series of arson attacks is reported, they are forced to set aside their differences to solve the mystery surrounding these crimes.
Director: Ron Howard | Stars: Kurt Russell, William Baldwin, Robert De Niro, Donald Sutherland
Votes: 88,107 | Gross: $77.87M
6. Third Watch (1999–2005)
TV-14 | 44 min | Action, Crime, Drama
The exploits of a group of men and women who serve New York City as police officers, firefighters, and paramedics in the fictional 55th Precinct.
Stars: Coby Bell, Skipp Sudduth, Jason Wiles, Molly Price
Votes: 11,479
7. Dead Presidents (1995)
R | 119 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A Vietnam vet adjusts to life after the war while trying to support his family, but the chance of a better life may involve crime and bloodshed.
Directors: Albert Hughes, Allen Hughes | Stars: Larenz Tate, Keith David, Chris Tucker, Freddy Rodríguez
Votes: 24,587 | Gross: $24.20M
8. Quills (2000)
R | 124 min | Biography, Drama
In a Napoleonic era insane asylum, an inmate, the irrepressible Marquis De Sade, fights a battle of wills against a tyrannically prudish doctor.
Director: Philip Kaufman | Stars: Geoffrey Rush, Kate Winslet, Joaquin Phoenix, Michael Caine
Votes: 56,798 | Gross: $7.06M
9. Inbred (2011)
R | 98 min | Comedy, Horror
Four young offenders and their care workers visit the remote Yorkshire village of Mortlake, which prides on keeping itself to itself. A minor incident with locals rapidly escalates into a blood-soaked, deliriously warped nightmare.
Director: Alex Chandon | Stars: Jo Hartley, James Doherty, Seamus O'Neill, James Burrows
Votes: 5,685
10. Submarine (2010)
R | 97 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
15-year-old Oliver Tate has two objectives: to lose his virginity before his next birthday, and to extinguish the flame between his mother and an ex-lover who has resurfaced in her life.
Director: Richard Ayoade | Stars: Craig Roberts, Sally Hawkins, Paddy Considine, Noah Taylor
Votes: 96,642 | Gross: $0.47M
11. I Am Not a Serial Killer (2016)
Not Rated | 104 min | Crime, Drama, Horror
In a small Midwestern town, a troubled teen with homicidal tendencies must hunt down and destroy a supernatural killer while keeping his own inner demons at bay.
Director: Billy O'Brien | Stars: Max Records, Christopher Lloyd, Laura Fraser, Christina Baldwin
Votes: 15,943
12. A Very Long Engagement (2004)
R | 133 min | Drama, Mystery, Romance
Tells the story of a young woman's relentless search for her fiancé, who has disappeared from the trenches of the Somme during World War One.
Director: Jean-Pierre Jeunet | Stars: Audrey Tautou, Gaspard Ulliel, Jodie Foster, Dominique Pinon
Votes: 76,020 | Gross: $6.17M
13. Wonder Wheel (2017)
PG-13 | 101 min | Drama, Romance
On Coney Island in the 1950s, a lifeguard tells the story of a middle-aged carousel operator, his beleaguered wife and the visitor who turns their lives upside-down.
Director: Woody Allen | Stars: Justin Timberlake, Juno Temple, Robert C. Kirk, Kate Winslet
Votes: 31,042 | Gross: $1.40M
14. Batman: Mask of the Phantasm (1993)
PG | 76 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
Batman is wrongly implicated in a series of murders of mob bosses actually committed by a new vigilante assassin.
Directors: Kevin Altieri, Boyd Kirkland, Frank Paur, Dan Riba, Eric Radomski, Bruce Timm | Stars: Kevin Conroy, Dana Delany, Hart Bochner, Stacy Keach
Votes: 57,017 | Gross: $5.62M
15. Beyond (I) (2016–2018)
TV-14 | 43 min | Drama, Fantasy, Mystery
A young man wakes up from a 12-year coma to discover new abilities that come to propel him into the middle of a dangerous conspiracy.
Stars: Burkely Duffield, Dilan Gwyn, Jonathan Whitesell, Michael McGrady
Votes: 7,467
16. Alone in the Dark (1982)
R | 92 min | Horror, Thriller
A few dangerous and delusional mental patients break out of a mental asylum during a power blackout, and lay siege to their new doctor's house, who, they believe, killed their previous doctor.
Director: Jack Sholder | Stars: Jack Palance, Donald Pleasence, Martin Landau, Dwight Schultz
Votes: 7,021
17. Money Train (1995)
R | 110 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
A vengeful New York City transit cop decides to steal a trainload of subway fares. His foster brother, a fellow cop, tries to protect him.
Director: Joseph Ruben | Stars: Wesley Snipes, Woody Harrelson, Jennifer Lopez, Robert Blake
Votes: 43,242 | Gross: $35.32M
18. The Old Dark House (1932)
Passed | 72 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Seeking shelter from a storm, five travelers are in for a bizarre and terrifying night when they stumble upon the Femm family estate.
Director: James Whale | Stars: Boris Karloff, Melvyn Douglas, Charles Laughton, Gloria Stuart
Votes: 13,148 | Gross: $0.03M
19. Beast Wars: Transformers (1996–1999)
TV-Y7 | 30 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
The Transformers' war continues in an older time, through a new generation. On pliocenic Earth, the heroic Maximals and the evil Predacons battle for survival against each other and against a violent planet.
Stars: Scott McNeil, Garry Chalk, Ian James Corlett, Richard Newman
Votes: 8,666
20. Batman: Arkham Origins (2013 Video Game)
T | Action, Crime, Mystery
Years before the Arkham incidents, the neophyte Dark Knight finds himself the target of an open murder contract courtesy of Black Mask that draws eight of the world's deadliest assassins and a new criminal named The Joker.
Director: Benoit Richer | Stars: Carlos Alazraqui, Laura Bailey, Troy Baker, JB Blanc
Votes: 15,419
21. Eight Days a Week (I) (1997)
R | 92 min | Comedy, Romance
Peter loves his next door neighbour Erica and, on the advice of his grandfather, decides to camp out on her front lawn for the entire summer, or until she agrees to go out with him. His ... See full summary »
Director: Michael Davis | Stars: Joshua Schaefer, Keri Russell, RD Robb, Mark L. Taylor
Votes: 3,517 | Gross: $0.03M
22. Ema (2019)
R | 107 min | Drama, Music, Romance
A couple deals with the aftermath of an adoption that goes awry as their household falls apart.
Director: Pablo Larraín | Stars: Mariana Di Girólamo, Gael García Bernal, Santiago Cabrera, Paola Giannini
Votes: 9,286
23. Stripped to Kill (1987)
R | 88 min | Crime, Drama, Horror
When Detective Cody Sheehan discovers the body of a stripper from the Rock Bottom dance club, she wants the case. But the only way Cody can get the assignment is to go undercover - uncovered - at the club.
Director: Katt Shea | Stars: Kay Lenz, Greg Evigan, Norman Fell, Pia Kamakahi
Votes: 1,710
24. The Dead Pit (1989)
R | 95 min | Horror
The arrival of an amnesiac patient in a psychiatric hospital somehow frees a mad doctor, who was shot and entombed with his fiendish experiments in an abandoned wing of the asylum 20 years before.
Director: Brett Leonard | Stars: Jeremy Slate, Cheryl Lawson, Stephen Gregory Foster, Danny Gochnauer
Votes: 2,928
25. Bad (1977)
X | 105 min | Comedy, Crime, Horror
Hazel runs a beauty salon out of her house, but makes extra money by providing ruthless women to do hit jobs. K.T. is a parasite, and contacts Hazel looking for work when he runs out of ... See full summary »
Director: Jed Johnson | Stars: Cyrinda Foxe, Matthew Anton, Cathy Roskam, Carroll Baker
Votes: 913
26. Don't Go in the House (1979)
R | 82 min | Horror
A disturbed young man who was burned as a child by his sadistic mother stalks women with a flamethrower.
Director: Joseph Ellison | Stars: Dan Grimaldi, Charles Bonet, Bill Ricci, Robert Carnegie
Votes: 5,265
27. The Woods (2006)
R | 91 min | Horror, Mystery
Set in 1965 New England, a troubled girl encounters mysterious happenings in the woods surrounding an isolated girls school that she was sent to by her disinterested parents.
Director: Lucky McKee | Stars: Lauren Birkell, Agnes Bruckner, Jane Gilchrist, Emma Campbell
Votes: 12,398
28. Nice Girls Don't Explode (1987)
PG | 92 min | Comedy, Romance, Sci-Fi
A young lady is kept away from boys by her overprotective mother because flames tend to spontaneously erupt whenever her hormones are aroused; for her, "protection" on a dinner date is carrying a fire extinguisher.
Director: Chuck Martinez | Stars: Barbara Harris, Michelle Meyrink, William O'Leary, Wallace Shawn
Votes: 538
29. Big Bully (1996)
PG | 90 min | Comedy, Thriller
A writer returns to his hometown where he faces the childhood nemesis whose life he ultimately ruined, only the bully wants to relive their painful past by torturing him once again.
Director: Steve Miner | Stars: Rick Moranis, Tom Arnold, Julianne Phillips, Carol Kane
Votes: 5,572 | Gross: $4.09M
30. Lågor i dunklet (1942)
94 min | Drama, Thriller
In this obvious forerunner to Torment (1944), Stig Järrel plays mentally-disturbed Latin teacher Birger Sjögren at Ringsala boarding school. A series of mysterious fires have taken place ... See full summary »
Director: Hasse Ekman | Stars: Edvin Adolphson, Stig Järrel, Inga Tidblad, Hugo Björne
Votes: 148
31. City on Fire (1979)
R | 106 min | Action, Drama
A pyromaniac, ex-employee of a city oil refinery creates an explosion at the facility which starts a chain-reaction of fires that engulf the entire city.
Director: Alvin Rakoff | Stars: Barry Newman, Susan Clark, Shelley Winters, Leslie Nielsen
Votes: 1,601
32. Desert Blue (1998)
R | 90 min | Drama
An academic obsessed with "roadside attractions" and his tv-star daughter finally discover the world's largest ice cream cone, the centerpiece for an old gold-rush town struggling to stay ... See full summary »
Director: Morgan J. Freeman | Stars: Casey Affleck, Brendan Sexton III, Kate Hudson, Christina Ricci
Votes: 2,509 | Gross: $0.10M
33. Spontaneous Combustion (1989)
R | 97 min | Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
A young man finds out that his parents had been used in an atomic-weapons experiment shortly before he was born, and that the results have had some unexpected effects on him.
Director: Tobe Hooper | Stars: Brad Dourif, Cynthia Bain, Jon Cypher, William Prince
Votes: 3,008
34. The Condemned 2 (2015 Video)
R | 90 min | Action, Thriller
A former bounty hunter who finds himself on the run as part of a revamped Condemned tournament, in which convicts are forced to fight each other to the death as part of a game that's broadcast to the public.
Director: Roel Reiné | Stars: Randy Orton, Eric Roberts, Wes Studi, Steven Michael Quezada
Votes: 3,166
35. The Big Caper (1957)
Approved | 84 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
A "confidence couple" pose as husband and wife while attempting a bank heist.
Director: Robert Stevens | Stars: Rory Calhoun, Mary Costa, James Gregory, Robert H. Harris
Votes: 889
36. Give 'em Hell Malone (2009)
R | 96 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
A tough as nails private investigator (Malone) squares off with gangsters and their thugs to protect a valuable secret. Malone goes through hell to protect the information but he dishes some hell as well.
Director: Russell Mulcahy | Stars: Thomas Jane, Ving Rhames, Elsa Pataky, French Stewart
Votes: 6,642
37. Trash Fire (2016)
R | 91 min | Comedy, Drama, Horror
When Owen is forced to confront the past he's been running from his whole adult life, he and his girlfriend, Isabel, become entangled in a horrifying web of lies, deceit and murder.
Director: Richard Bates Jr. | Stars: Adrian Grenier, Angela Trimbur, Fionnula Flanagan, AnnaLynne McCord
Votes: 3,307
38. Sunshine State (2002)
PG-13 | 141 min | Drama, Romance
A woman and her new husband returns to her hometown roots in coastal northern Florida, and must deal with family, business, and encroaching real estate development.
Director: John Sayles | Stars: Angela Bassett, Edie Falco, Alex Lewis, Alan King
Votes: 4,246 | Gross: $3.06M
39. Cosi (1996)
R | 100 min | Comedy, Drama, Music
Lewis is a young Sydney amateur theater director at his first experience: he is offered a job with a Governmental program for the rehabilitation of mentally ill patients in a Sydney ... See full summary »
Director: Mark Joffe | Stars: Ben Mendelsohn, Barry Otto, Toni Collette, Rachel Griffiths
Votes: 2,252
40. Female Prisoner Scorpion: Jailhouse 41 (1972)
Not Rated | 90 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
After spending a year in solitary confinement, Matsu escapes from prison with six more convicts, followed by the guards led by the vengeful warden who wants her dead at all costs.
Director: Shun'ya Itô | Stars: Meiko Kaji, Fumio Watanabe, Yukie Kagawa, Kayoko Shiraishi
Votes: 3,386
41. Can't Live Without You (2022)
91 min | Drama, Thriller
A gay gym teacher wants to be a father and when his boyfriend's sister, a former addict, comes back on the scene there is now a possible solution.
Director: Chus Gutiérrez | Stars: Mauricio Ochmann, Maite Perroni, Alfonso Bassave, Pedro Casablanc
Votes: 313
42. The Good Life (1996)
107 min | Comedy, Drama
This humorous movie charts the life of a 14-year-old (Tristan) as he deals with some major issues in his life. At the beginning of the movie, he has already decided to dedicate his life to ... See full summary »
Director: David Trueba | Stars: Fernando Ramallo, Lucía Jiménez, Luis Cuenca, Isabel Otero
Votes: 796
43. Arabian Nights: Volume 1 - The Restless One (2015)
Not Rated | 125 min | Drama
Some of the chapters from Arabian Nights are adapted to a modern Portugal in this epic.
Director: Miguel Gomes | Stars: Crista Alfaiate, Miguel Gomes, Martinho Cerqueira, Miguel Cerqueira
Votes: 2,420 | Gross: $0.01M
44. Team Fortress 2 (2007 Video Game)
M | Action, Comedy, Sci-Fi
Nine mercenaries, two teams, guns, and hats. Welcome to Team Fortress 2, where psychopaths fight each other with shotguns, rocket launchers, pistols, baseball bats, surgical equipment, laser guns, and wear fancy hats.
Directors: John Cook, Robin Walker | Stars: Gary Schwartz, Grant Goodeve, Nathan Vetterlein, Robin Atkin Downes
Votes: 4,805
45. Todos los incendios (2023)
96 min | Drama
Bruno, a struggling teenage pyromaniac flees the city and embarks on a journey in quest of a girl he met online who would force him to confront the death of his father and his sexuality-related uncertainties.
Director: Mauricio Calderón Rico | Stars: Antonio Fortier, Ximena Ayala, Iliana Donatlán, Natalia Quiroz
Votes: 84
46. BMX XXX (2002 Video Game)
M | Action, Adventure, Comedy
Perform cool tricks, stunts, rank up a high score and get a friend in on the action with multi-player mode with BMX XXX.
Stars: Jimmy Salzarulo, Rob Williams, Scott Lange, Hannah Buchanon
Votes: 92
47. A Dangerous Summer (1982)
Not Rated | 100 min | Drama, Thriller
When a crummy hotel burns down in Australia, the American co-owner tries to find out whether or not the fire was deliberately set or just an accident.
Director: Quentin Masters | Stars: Tom Skerritt, Ian Gilmour, Giselle Morgan, Shane Porteous
Votes: 273
48. Ape (2012)
Not Rated | 86 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Trevor Newandyke is a struggling comedian. Not only does he bomb on stage, but he bombs in everyday life. To him, it's the little things that matter most. He's fed up with the threats from ... See full summary »
Director: Joel Potrykus | Stars: Joshua Burge, Nicholas Fairbanks, Gary Perrine, Teri Ann Nelson
Votes: 576
49. Looping (2016)
106 min | Drama
Three women end up in a psychiatric clinic in search of safety and security.
Director: Leonie Krippendorff | Stars: Jella Haase, Lana Cooper, Marie-Lou Sellem, Henning Peker
Votes: 254
50. Pistol for a Hundred Coffins (1968)
83 min | Western
Returning from the civil war Jim Slade discovers his parents dead at their farm. It is said that the gang under the lead of Corbett has committed the crime. Jim now goes for revenge but ... See full summary »
Director: Umberto Lenzi | Stars: Peter Lee Lawrence, John Ireland, Gloria Osuna, Eduardo Fajardo
Votes: 309