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1. X (II) (2022)
R | 105 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
In 1979, a group of young filmmakers set out to make an adult film in rural Texas, but when their reclusive, elderly hosts catch them in the act, the crew find themselves fighting for their lives.
Director: Ti West | Stars: Mia Goth, Jenna Ortega, Brittany Snow, Kid Cudi
Votes: 175,821 | Gross: $11.77M
2. Dark (2017–2020)
TV-MA | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A family saga with a supernatural twist, set in a German town where the disappearance of two young children exposes the relationships among four families.
Stars: Louis Hofmann, Karoline Eichhorn, Lisa Vicari, Maja Schöne
Votes: 447,267
3. Prisoners (2013)
R | 153 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
When Keller Dover's daughter and her friend go missing, he takes matters into his own hands as the police pursue multiple leads and the pressure mounts.
Director: Denis Villeneuve | Stars: Hugh Jackman, Jake Gyllenhaal, Viola Davis, Melissa Leo
Votes: 813,354 | Gross: $61.00M
4. Moonrise Kingdom (2012)
PG-13 | 94 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Two 12-year-olds, who live on an island, fall in love with each other and elope into the wilderness. While people set out on a search mission, a violent storm approaching them catches their attention.
Director: Wes Anderson | Stars: Jared Gilman, Kara Hayward, Bruce Willis, Bill Murray
Votes: 367,191 | Gross: $45.51M
5. Scott Pilgrim Takes Off (2023)
TV-MA | 28 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
Scott Pilgrim meets the girl of his dreams, Ramona Flowers, only to find out her seven evil exes stand in the way of their love.
Stars: Michael Cera, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Satya Bhabha, Kieran Culkin
Votes: 17,266
6. The Killing Fields (1984)
R | 141 min | Biography, Drama, History
A journalist is trapped in Cambodia during tyrant Pol Pot's bloody 'Year Zero' cleansing campaign, which claimed the lives of two million 'undesirable' civilians.
Director: Roland Joffé | Stars: Sam Waterston, Haing S. Ngor, John Malkovich, Julian Sands
Votes: 59,480 | Gross: $34.70M
7. The Cursed (2021)
R | 111 min | Fantasy, Horror, Mystery
In rural 19th-century France, a mysterious, possibly supernatural menace threatens a small village. John McBride, a pathologist, comes to town to investigate the danger - and exorcise some of his own demons in the process.
Director: Sean Ellis | Stars: Boyd Holbrook, Kelly Reilly, Alistair Petrie, Roxane Duran
Votes: 16,993
8. Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark (2019)
PG-13 | 108 min | Adventure, Horror, Mystery
In 1968, the night of Halloween brings mayhem in a small town when a group of friends discovers a notebook written by a mysterious girl that foretells terrifying events.
Director: André Øvredal | Stars: Zoe Colletti, Michael Garza, Gabriel Rush, Austin Abrams
Votes: 85,529 | Gross: $68.95M
9. The Missing (2014–2016)
TV-14 | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Tony and Emily Hughes' vacation turns into a nightmare when their 5-year-old son Oliver disappears from a large celebrating crowd in Northern France.
Stars: Tchéky Karyo, Anastasia Hille, James Nesbitt, Frances O'Connor
Votes: 30,364
10. The Host (2006)
R | 120 min | Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi
A monster emerges from Seoul's Han River and begins attacking people. One victim's loving family does what it can to rescue her from its clutches.
Director: Bong Joon Ho | Stars: Song Kang-ho, Byun Hee-Bong, Park Hae-il, Bae Doona
Votes: 133,157 | Gross: $2.20M
11. Deadwood: The Movie (2019 TV Movie)
TV-MA | 110 min | Drama, Western
As the residents of Deadwood gather to commemorate Dakota's statehood in 1889, saloon owner Al Swearengen and Marshal Seth Bullock clash with Senator George Hearst.
Director: Daniel Minahan | Stars: Timothy Olyphant, Ian McShane, Molly Parker, Paula Malcomson
Votes: 26,233
12. The Aftermath (2019)
R | 108 min | Drama, Romance, War
Post World War II, a British colonel and his wife are assigned to live in Hamburg during the post-war reconstruction, but tensions arise with the German who previously owned the house.
Director: James Kent | Stars: Keira Knightley, Ned Wills, Pandora Colin, Jason Clarke
Votes: 23,893 | Gross: $1.62M
13. Black Christmas (1974)
R | 98 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
During their Christmas break, a group of sorority girls are stalked by a stranger.
Director: Bob Clark | Stars: Olivia Hussey, Keir Dullea, Margot Kidder, John Saxon
Votes: 48,475 | Gross: $4.05M
14. One-Eyed Jacks (1961)
Not Rated | 141 min | Drama, Western
After robbing a bank in Mexico, Dad Longworth absconds with the loot leaving his partner Rio to be captured by the Rurales. Rio escapes prison but struggles with his conflicting desires to love Dad's stepdaughter Louise and to get revenge.
Director: Marlon Brando | Stars: Marlon Brando, Karl Malden, Pina Pellicer, Katy Jurado
Votes: 13,326 | Gross: $9.37M
15. Mazes and Monsters (1982 TV Movie)
PG | 101 min | Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
Bound together by a desire to play "Mazes and Monsters," Robbie and his three college classmates decide to move the board game into the local legendary cavern.
Director: Steven Hilliard Stern | Stars: Tom Hanks, Wendy Crewson, David Wysocki, Chris Makepeace
Votes: 4,323
16. See No Evil: The Moors Murders (2006)
180 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A vivid drama which documents the notorious Moors murderers; Ian Brady and Myra Hindley.
Stars: Joanne Froggatt, Maxine Peake, Sean Harris, Matthew McNulty
Votes: 1,590
17. The Cleaner (I) (2021)
93 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A middle-aged house cleaner gets caught up in a violent crime after being hired to locate a client's estranged son.
Director: Erin Elders | Stars: Luke Wilson, Lynda Carter, Shelley Long, Eden Brolin
Votes: 707
18. The City of the Dead (1960)
PG-13 | 76 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
A young college student arrives in a sleepy Massachusetts town to research witchcraft; during her stay at an eerie inn, she discovers a startling secret about the town and its inhabitants.
Director: John Llewellyn Moxey | Stars: Patricia Jessel, Dennis Lotis, Christopher Lee, Tom Naylor
Votes: 8,553
19. 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: 10,274
20. Phoenix Forgotten (2017)
PG-13 | 87 min | Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Two decades after three teenagers disappeared in the wake of mysterious lights appearing above Phoenix, Arizona, unseen footage from that night has been discovered, chronicling the final hours of their fateful expedition.
Director: Justin Barber | Stars: Florence Hartigan, Luke Spencer Roberts, Chelsea Lopez, Justin Matthews
Votes: 7,028 | Gross: $3.60M
21. Lucky Them (2013)
R | 97 min | Comedy, Drama
A rock journalist is assigned to track down her ex-boyfriend.
Director: Megan Griffiths | Stars: Toni Collette, Thomas Haden Church, Nina Arianda, Oliver Platt
Votes: 4,130 | Gross: $0.03M
22. Curse of the Pink Panther (1983)
PG | 109 min | Comedy, Crime, Mystery
Ensuing after the events of Clouseau's disappearance, his bosses at the Surete put a computer into service to elect a new shrewd detective, Sleigh, who turns up just as inept as Clouseau.
Director: Blake Edwards | Stars: David Niven, Robert Wagner, Herbert Lom, Joanna Lumley
Votes: 6,659 | Gross: $4.49M
23. In Search of the Castaways (1962)
Approved | 98 min | Adventure, Family, Fantasy
In 19th century England, young Mary Grant and her brother, Robert, embark on a dangerous quest to find their missing father, a sea captain who vanished somewhere along the Chilean coast.
Director: Robert Stevenson | Stars: Hayley Mills, Maurice Chevalier, George Sanders, Wilfrid Hyde-White
Votes: 3,464 | Gross: $21.75M
24. Freedomland (2006)
R | 113 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A black police detective must solve a strange case of a kidnapped boy and deal with a big racial protest.
Director: Joe Roth | Stars: Julianne Moore, Samuel L. Jackson, Edie Falco, Ron Eldard
Votes: 17,240 | Gross: $12.51M
25. Three Days and a Life (2019)
120 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Christmas 1999, in a peaceful little village in the Ardennes. The life of a young boy named Antoine will soon be devastated by three tragic events : the death of a dog, the vanishing of a child, and a big ravaging storm.
Director: Nicolas Boukhrief | Stars: Sandrine Bonnaire, Pablo Pauly, Charles Berling, Philippe Torreton
Votes: 2,016
26. A Dog Named Duke (2012 TV Movie)
TV-PG | 85 min | Comedy, Drama, Family
A homeless veteran leaves his dying dog and best friend, Duke, on the doorstep of an animal clinic. The dedicated staff nurse Duke back to health, and then launch a campaign to locate the veteran and re-unite him with his best pal.
Director: Mark Jean | Stars: Steven Weber, Sarah Smyth, Allison Hossack, April Telek
Votes: 655
27. Baghdad Central (2020)
TV-14 | 280 min | Crime, Drama, History
Following the fall of Saddam Hussein, former police inspector Muhsin al-Khafaji has lost virtually everything. He searches for one of the few things remaining in his life, his missing estranged elder daughter.
Stars: Waleed Zuaiter, July Namir, Youssef Kerkour, Bertie Carvel
Votes: 1,821
28. Missing 411: The U.F.O. Connection (2022)
93 min | Documentary, Mystery
Dave Paulides investigates cases of elk hunters who've gone missing from specific regions of North America, and explores the theory that there could be a connection between these disappearances and sightings of UFOs.
Director: David Paulides | Stars: Daniela Salmen, John Miles, Adam Palmer, Gail Star
Votes: 729
29. Heart of a Dog (1988 TV Movie)
PG | 136 min | Comedy, Drama, Sci-Fi
In the wake of the Russian revolution, Professor Preobrazhensky rescues a starving dog from the gutter, and attempts to transform him into a man. Based on Mikhail Bulgakov's novel of the same name.
Director: Vladimir Bortko | Stars: Evgeniy Evstigneev, Vladimir Tolokonnikov, Boris Plotnikov, Roman Kartsev
Votes: 9,133
30. Nothing But the Night (1973)
PG | 90 min | Crime, Horror, Mystery
Three rich trustees are murdered - appearing as suicides. When a bus filled with orphans and three other rich trustees has an "accident," Colonel Bingham investigates.
Director: Peter Sasdy | Stars: Christopher Lee, Peter Cushing, Diana Dors, Georgia Brown
Votes: 2,055
31. Cannibal (2013)
Unrated | 116 min | Drama, Romance, Thriller
Carlos is the most prestigious tailor in Granada, but he's also a murderer in the shadows. He feels no remorse, no guilt, until Nina appears in his life and love awakens.
Director: Manuel Martín Cuenca | Stars: Antonio de la Torre, Olimpia Melinte, María Alfonsa Rosso, Florin Fildan
Votes: 3,651
32. Abducted (2018)
TV-MA | 110 min | Action, Crime, Drama
After his young daughter is kidnapped, a war hero takes matters into his own hands while detectives unravel the mystery surrounding the unusual crime.
Director: Prince Bagdasarian | Stars: Scout Taylor-Compton, Michael Urie, Najarra Townsend, Daniel Joseph
Votes: 761
33. Kismet (1955)
Approved | 113 min | Adventure, Musical, Fantasy
A roguish poet is given the run of the scheming Wazir's harem while pretending to help him usurp the young caliph.
Directors: Vincente Minnelli, Stanley Donen | Stars: Howard Keel, Ann Blyth, Dolores Gray, Vic Damone
Votes: 1,686
34. Black Tide (2018)
Not Rated | 113 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
The disappearance of a boy sends an alcoholic cop on the track of a suspicious teacher while falling for the grieving mother.
Director: Erick Zonca | Stars: Vincent Cassel, Romain Duris, Sandrine Kiberlain, Élodie Bouchez
Votes: 3,630
35. Toad Road (2012)
Unrated | 76 min | Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi
A portrait of contemporary youth culture, where the lines between reality and fiction are blurred with often frightening results.
Director: Jason Banker | Stars: James Davidson, Sara Anne Jones, Whitleigh Higuera, Jamie Siebold
Votes: 1,448
36. A Magnificent Haunting (2012)
105 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
The only dream of Pietro is to become a famous actor. 28 year-old Pietro is so obsessed with becoming an actor that he does not mind trying every single way. He comes Rome and starts to ... See full summary »
Director: Ferzan Özpetek | Stars: Elio Germano, Margherita Buy, Vittoria Puccini, Giuseppe Fiorello
Votes: 5,493
37. Windows on the World (2019)
Not Rated | 107 min | Drama
After watching the news on 9/11 with his family, Fernando travels from Mexico to New York City to find his father, an undocumented worker at the World Trade Center's famous Windows on the World restaurant.
Director: Michael D. Olmos | Stars: Ryan Guzman, Edward James Olmos, Chelsea Gilligan, Glynn Turman
Votes: 255
38. Battle of the Psychics (2007–2021)
48 min | Mystery, Reality-TV
A television battle show in which psychics compete for the title of the best psychic.
Stars: Marat Basharov, Mikhail Porechenkov, Ilona Novosyolova, Konstantin Getsati
Votes: 299
39. The Three Deaths of Marisela Escobedo (2020)
TV-MA | 109 min | Documentary, Crime
Follows a mother's tireless crusade to jail her daughter's murderer after Mexico's justice system failed to do so.
Director: Carlos Perez Osorio | Stars: Juan Manuel Fraire Escobedo, Alejandro Fraire, Blanca Escobedo, Patricia González
Votes: 1,986
40. The Castle of Sand (1974)
143 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Detectives investigate the murder of an old man found in a Tokyo rail yard.
Director: Yoshitarô Nomura | Stars: Tetsurô Tanba, Gô Katô, Kensaku Morita, Yôko Shimada
Votes: 1,547
41. Ever After High: Way Too Wonderland (2015 TV Movie)
TV-G | 90 min | Animation, Adventure, Drama
With the Storybook of Legends still in Wonderland, Raven attempts to teleport her friends there despite still getting the hand of her powers. Apple, Raven, Briar, Lizzie, Kitty and Maddie ... See full summary »
Directors: Mike Csunyoscka, Dan Fraga | Stars: Robbie Daymond, Jonquil Goode, Kate Higgins, Delaney Moline
Votes: 497
42. The Duchess of Langeais (2007)
Unrated | 137 min | Drama, Music, Romance
In Majorca, in 1823, a French general, Armand de Montriveau, overhears a cloistered nun singing in a chapel; he insists on speaking to her. She is Antoinette, for five years he has searched... See full summary »
Director: Jacques Rivette | Stars: Jeanne Balibar, Guillaume Depardieu, Bulle Ogier, Michel Piccoli
Votes: 1,465 | Gross: $0.28M
43. Murder in the Badlands (2022)
58 min | Documentary, Crime
Examines the unsolved murders of four women over four decades in Northern Ireland.
Stars: Jason Murphy, Susan McKay
Votes: 118
44. The Cul De Sac (2016– )
30 min | Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
The Cul De Sac (meaning 'dead end') is a YA drama from New Zealand about a group of teens trying to survive in a world where all the adults have suddenly vanished along with the Internet and electricity and evil forces want them dead.
Stars: Greta Gregory, Molly Leishman, Flynn Steward, Simon Mead
Votes: 167
45. The Gold Retrievers (2009)
Not Rated | 90 min | Adventure, Comedy, Family
It's been the perfect summer for 12 year old Josh, riding the streets on his skateboard and hanging with his best friend, Marley the mischievous dog. But the threat of losing his home looms large as a giant mall has moved into town.
Director: James D.R. Hickox | Stars: Noah Centineo, Courtney Biggs, Scott Vandiver, Curtis Armstrong
Votes: 295
46. Dear Viola (2014 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 87 min | Drama, Romance
Romantic drama centered around "Dear Viola," a small-town newspaper advice column.
Director: Laurie Lynd | Stars: Kellie Martin, Jefferson Brown, Jackie Richardson, Kira Gelineau
Votes: 667
47. A Man Vanishes (1967)
130 min | Documentary, Drama
Plastics salesman Oshima disappeared without a word to anyone, and has been missing for two years. Shohei Imamura and his crew follow Oshima's fiancé Yoshie and actor Shigeru Tsuyuguchi as they investigate the disappearance.
Director: Shôhei Imamura | Stars: Shigeru Tsuyuguchi, Yoshie Hayakawa, Shôhei Imamura
Votes: 833
48. The Last of the Fast Guns (1958)
Approved | 82 min | Western
On a mission to find a missing man in Mexico, gunfighter Brad Ellison learns that life is not as simple as it used to be.
Director: George Sherman | Stars: Jock Mahoney, Gilbert Roland, Linda Cristal, Eduard Franz
Votes: 513
49. Our Struggles (2018)
98 min | Drama
Olivier is fighting with his comrades at work against injustices, but one night his wife Laura leaves him and the kids on 9 and 6. He must now meet another struggle and face up to his new responsibilities. Can he find a new balance?
Director: Guillaume Senez | Stars: Romain Duris, Basile Grunberger, Lena Girard Voss, Lucie Debay
Votes: 1,614
50. Daddy's Girl (2002 TV Movie)
120 min | Drama, Mystery
Ten years after her mother's disappearance, a 17-year old girl starts to have disturbing thoughts about the event.
Director: Bill Eagles | Stars: Martin Kemp, Stephanie Leonidas, William Ash, Mickey Hughes
Votes: 105