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1. A Cure for Wellness (2016)
R | 146 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
An ambitious young executive is sent to retrieve his company's CEO from an idyllic but mysterious "wellness center" at a remote location in the Swiss Alps, but soon suspects that the spa's treatments are not what they seem.
Director: Gore Verbinski | Stars: Dane DeHaan, Jason Isaacs, Mia Goth, Ivo Nandi
Votes: 109,584 | Gross: $8.11M
2. Daredevil (2003)
PG-13 | 103 min | Action, Crime
A man blinded by toxic waste which also enhanced his remaining senses fights crime as an acrobatic martial arts superhero.
Director: Mark Steven Johnson | Stars: Ben Affleck, Jennifer Garner, Colin Farrell, Michael Clarke Duncan
Votes: 229,035 | Gross: $102.54M
3. Shortbus (2006)
Not Rated | 101 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A group of New Yorkers caught up in their romantic-sexual milieu converge at an underground salon infamous for its blend of art, music, politics, and carnality.
Director: John Cameron Mitchell | Stars: Sook-Yin Lee, Peter Stickles, PJ DeBoy, Paul Dawson
Votes: 35,406 | Gross: $1.99M
4. The Card Counter (2021)
R | 111 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
William Tell is an ex-military interrogator living under the radar as a low-stakes gambler. When he encounters a young man looking to commit revenge against a mutual enemy, he takes him on the casino circuit to set him on a new path.
Director: Paul Schrader | Stars: Oscar Isaac, Tiffany Haddish, Tye Sheridan, Willem Dafoe
Votes: 42,982
5. Altered States (1980)
R | 102 min | Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
A psycho-physiologist experiments with drugs and a sensory-deprivation tank and has visions he believes are genetic memories.
Director: Ken Russell | Stars: William Hurt, Blair Brown, Bob Balaban, Charles Haid
Votes: 38,627 | Gross: $19.85M
6. The Jacket (2005)
R | 103 min | Drama, Fantasy, Mystery
A Gulf war veteran is wrongly sent to a mental institution for insane criminals, where he becomes the object of a doctor's experiments, and his life is completely affected by them.
Director: John Maybury | Stars: Adrien Brody, Keira Knightley, Daniel Craig, Kris Kristofferson
Votes: 119,260 | Gross: $6.30M
7. Darkness Falls (2003)
PG-13 | 86 min | Fantasy, Horror, Mystery
A vengeful spirit has taken the form of the Tooth Fairy to exact vengeance on the town that lynched her 150 years earlier. Her only opposition is the only child, now grown up, who has survived her before.
Director: Jonathan Liebesman | Stars: Chaney Kley, Emma Caulfield Ford, Antony Burrows, Lee Cormie
Votes: 33,377 | Gross: $32.55M
8. 13th (2016)
TV-MA | 100 min | Documentary, Crime, History
An in-depth look at the prison system in the United States and how it reveals the nation's history of racial inequality.
Director: Ava DuVernay | Stars: Melina Abdullah, Michelle Alexander, Cory Booker, Dolores Canales
Votes: 37,670
9. I Heart Huckabees (2004)
R | 107 min | Comedy
A husband-and-wife team play detective, but not in the traditional sense. Instead, the happy duo helps others solve their existential issues, the kind that keep you up at night, wondering what it all means.
Director: David O. Russell | Stars: Jason Schwartzman, Jude Law, Naomi Watts, Mark Wahlberg
Votes: 66,276 | Gross: $12.78M
10. Behind the Mask: The Rise of Leslie Vernon (2006)
R | 92 min | Comedy, Horror, Thriller
The next great killer and psychopath has given a documentary film crew exclusive access to his life as he plans his reign of terror over the quiet town of Glen Echo.
Director: Scott Glosserman | Stars: Nathan Baesel, Angela Goethals, Zelda Rubinstein, Robert Englund
Votes: 25,436 | Gross: $0.07M
11. Amityville 3-D (1983)
PG | 105 min | Horror
A reporter moves into the Amityville house in defiance of the supernatural events connected to it, and finds everyone around him besieged by the evil manifestations which are connected to a demonic presence in the basement.
Director: Richard Fleischer | Stars: Tony Roberts, Tess Harper, Robert Joy, Candy Clark
Votes: 7,519 | Gross: $6.33M
12. Armed Response (2017)
R | 93 min | Action, Horror, Thriller
A remote facility, built as a prison with a secret super lie detector, is compromised and the five guarding it are possibly dead. An armed team of six investigates what's wrong.
Director: John Stockwell | Stars: Wesley Snipes, Anne Heche, Dave Annable, Colby Lopez
Votes: 2,909
13. The Atticus Institute (2015)
TV-14 | 83 min | Horror
When the US government attempts to weaponize the power of a possessed woman, they soon discover that there are forces that exist in this world that simply cannot be controlled.
Director: Chris Sparling | Stars: Rya Kihlstedt, William Mapother, Sharon Maughan, Harry Groener
Votes: 9,336
14. Taxi to the Dark Side (2007)
R | 106 min | Documentary, Crime, History
Alex Gibney exposes the haunting details of the USA's torture and interrogation practices during the War in Afghanistan.
Director: Alex Gibney | Stars: Alex Gibney, Brian Keith Allen, Moazzam Begg, Christopher Beiring
Votes: 16,802 | Gross: $0.27M
15. The Mind Benders (1963)
99 min | Drama, Thriller
Dedicated British scientist Dr. Henry Laidlaw Longman (Sir Dirk Bogarde) tests the possibility of brainwashing. If the experiment succeeds, he will stop loving his wife Oonagh (Mary Ure).
Director: Basil Dearden | Stars: Dirk Bogarde, Mary Ure, John Clements, Michael Bryant
Votes: 924
16. Boys of Abu Ghraib (2014)
R | 102 min | Drama, Thriller, War
An American soldier deployed at Abu Ghraib finds himself behind the walls of the infamous Hard Site, where he develops a secret friendship with an Iraqi detainee.
Director: Luke Moran | Stars: Luke Moran, Sean Astin, Sara Paxton, Omid Abtahi
Votes: 2,365
17. The Blackout Experiments (2016)
Not Rated | 78 min | Documentary, Horror
This documentary follows a group of people who discover the ultra-scary, psycho-sexual horror experience Blackout, and develop an obsession that hijacks their lives and blurs the line between reality and paranoid fantasy.
Director: Rich Fox | Stars: Josh Randall, Kristjan Thor, Russell Eaton, Bob Glouberman
Votes: 353
18. The Five Senses (1999)
R | 106 min | Comedy, Drama, Music
Interconnected stories examine situations involving the five senses. Touch is represented by a massage therapist who is treating a woman, while her daughter accidentally loses the woman's ... See full summary »
Director: Jeremy Podeswa | Stars: Molly Parker, Gabrielle Rose, Elize Frances Stolk, Nadia Litz
Votes: 3,146 | Gross: $0.50M
19. The Ganzfeld Haunting (2014)
Not Rated | 86 min | Horror, Thriller
Using equipment from a banned 1950s test, a group of students conduct a series of psychological experiments into telepathy, with horrorific consequences.
Director: Michael Oblowitz | Stars: Taylor Cole, Ryan Donowho, Toby Hemingway, Rumer Willis
Votes: 906
20. Galaxy of Horrors (2017)
105 min | Horror, Sci-Fi
Trapped in a damaged cryogenic pod, a man is forced to watch a series of horrific science-fiction tales while his life support systems run out. Featuring eight intense stories of the ... See full summary »
Directors: Dennis Cabella, Javier Chillon, Todd Cobery, Andrew Desmond, Benni Diez, Marcello Ercole, Richard Karpala, Justin McConnell, Antonio Padovan, Fabio Prati, Ethan Shaftel, Marinko Spahic | Stars: Gabriele Angieri, Bela B., Olli Banjo, Adam Buller
Votes: 880
21. Tyranny (2008–2012)
Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi
Tyranny is about a young artist and mathematician, Daniel McCarthy, who, after volunteering in a brain mapping experiment, begins seeing puzzling images he believes are visions of future ... See full synopsis »
Stars: John Beck Hofmann, Kieren van den Blink, Nathan Marlow, Olga Kurylenko
Votes: 124
22. Rape Climax! (1987)
64 min | Drama, Horror
The story follows a female artist who attends a meditation center that advertises a relaxation session in a large tank filled with water. She is drugged by the clinic's doctor who rapes her in the tank and film's the act.
Director: Hisayasu Satô | Stars: Yutaka Ikejima, Shôichirô Sakata
Votes: 79
23. Eminent Monsters (2020)
89 min | Documentary
Eminent Monsters traces the origins of modern torture, examining early experiments with sensory deprivation, drugs, and "de-patterning". It describes the work of the eminent psychiatrist ... See full summary »
Director: Stephen Bennett | Stars: Moazzam Begg, Ewen Cameron, Christine Corbett, Mark Fallon
Votes: 33
24. Stasi East Germany's Secret Police (2007 Video)
59 min | Documentary
Under the control of the Stasi East Germany was the most repressive police state in the history of the world. Yet it managed to convince the West that it was being progressive. Here is the ... See full summary »
Director: Christian Gierke | Stars: Christian Schult, Jeff Matzka, James Spencer, Uwe Hillmer
Votes: 65
25. Torture: The Guantanamo Guidebook (2005 TV Movie)
60 min | Documentary, War
Director: Tim Carter | Stars: Chris Guelff, Gregory Hartley, Josh Tabor, Donald Rumsfeld
Votes: 42
26. The Decomposition of the Soul (2002)
82 min | Documentary
Berlin-Hohenschönhausen was no ordinary place of detention. This former STASI preventive prison did not appear on the maps of East Berlin and had the sinister particularity of having as ... See full summary »
Directors: Massimo Iannetta, Nina Toussaint | Stars: Sigrid Paul, Hartmut Richter
Votes: 19
27. Triggers (2014)
Short, Action, Thriller
In a future where people are turned into slaves via subliminal messaging, a normal man has to destroy his senses to regain his freedom.
Director: Jayant R. Harnam | Stars: Tygo Gernandt, Vincent van Ommen, Martin Swabey, Iris Hesseling
Votes: 10
28. Obliteration (1984)
40 min | Short, Drama, Fantasy
An experiment with a new kind of hallucinatory-drug from Africa goes terribly wrong for college student Jim Allen, and horrifically right for Professor Von Dorm. Jim is transported into ... See full summary »
Director: Paul Bunnell | Stars: Terrance Hines, Richard D. White, Paul Bunnell, Patricia Messina
Votes: 35
29.
Hawaii Five-O (1968–1980)
Episode:
Cocoon
(1968)
Not Rated | 97 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Red Chinese agent Wo Fat uses a sensory deprivation chamber to procure information from U.S. agents. McGarrett, head of Hawaii's state police force, poses as "control," possessor of the ... See full summary »
Director: Paul Wendkos | Stars: Jack Lord, Nancy Kwan, Leslie Nielsen, Andrew Duggan
Votes: 524
30.
Angel (1999–2004)
Episode:
Hell-Bound
(2003)
Unrated | 44 min | Action, Drama, Fantasy
Fred faces technical and budgetary setbacks in her project to make Spike corporeal. Meanwhile, Spike is beset by grisly apparitions that only he can see.
Director: Steven S. DeKnight | Stars: David Boreanaz, James Marsters, J. August Richards, Amy Acker
Votes: 1,909
31.
Frasier (1993–2004)
Episode:
An Affair to Forget
(1995)
TV-PG | 30 min | Comedy
One of Frasier's callers, a German woman named Gretchen, suspects that her husband is having an affair with his client. Frasier suspects that the woman is Maris. When Niles finds out, he challenges the (very large) man to a duel.
Director: Philip Charles MacKenzie | Stars: Kelsey Grammer, Jane Leeves, David Hyde Pierce, Peri Gilpin
Votes: 1,275
32.
The Twilight Zone (1959–1964)
Episode:
Where Is Everybody?
(1959)
TV-PG | 25 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Mike Ferris finds himself alone in the small Oakwood town and without recollection about his name, where he is or who he is. Mike wanders through the town trying to find a living soul. The tension increases and Mike has a breakdown.
Director: Robert Stevens | Stars: Earl Holliman, James Gregory, Paul Langton, James McCallion
Votes: 7,147
33.
The Simpsons (1989– )
Episode:
Make Room for Lisa
(1999)
TV-14 | 30 min | Animation, Comedy
Lisa feels that her relationship with her father will never be close, and she develops stress-induced stomach pains; Marge inadvertently knocks out Milhouse.
Directors: Jim Reardon, Matthew Nastuk | Stars: Dan Castellaneta, Julie Kavner, Nancy Cartwright, Yeardley Smith
Votes: 2,155
34.
Robson Arms (2005–2008)
Episode:
Gila Monster
(2008)
Comedy, Drama
Robson Arms' new owners, Chuck and Trixie Hoskins, hold a meet and greet courtyard party for all the tenants. The Hoskins are Texans recently transplanted from the Mexican desert where they... See full summary »
Director: James Genn | Stars: David Foley, Alisen Richmond-Peck, Allison Hossack, Gabrielle Miller
Votes: 42
35.
House M.D. (2004–2012)
Episode:
House's Head
(2008)
TV-14 | 44 min | Drama, Mystery
A bus that House was riding crashes. House claims there's a victim on the bus who is dying, but not from the bus accident. He stops at nothing to figure out who the patient is and what is ailing him/her.
Director: Greg Yaitanes | Stars: Hugh Laurie, Lisa Edelstein, Omar Epps, Robert Sean Leonard
Votes: 11,451
36.
Fringe (2008–2013)
Episode:
Pilot
(2008)
TV-14 | 82 min | Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
After a plane from Hamburg returns with no survivors, FBI agent Olivia Dunham goes after the only person that might shed some light on the incident - a scientist that has been in a mental hospital for the last 17 years.
Director: Alex Graves | Stars: Anna Torv, Joshua Jackson, Lance Reddick, Kirk Acevedo
Votes: 4,874
37.
Fringe (2008–2013)
Episode:
The Transformation
(2009)
TV-14 | 62 min | Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
A man undergoes a painful and ultimately fatal transformation aboard a plane. Meanwhile, Nina Sharp and Broyles reveal more information about John Scott to Olivia.
Director: Brad Anderson | Stars: Anna Torv, Joshua Jackson, Lance Reddick, Kirk Acevedo
Votes: 2,512
38.
Fringe (2008–2013)
Episode:
The Dreamscape
(2008)
TV-14 | 49 min | Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
The Fringe division investigate the questionable fall of a Massive Dynamic executive analyst. John helps Olivia crack the case. Peter meets up with an old girlfriend.
Director: Frederick E.O. Toye | Stars: Anna Torv, Joshua Jackson, Lance Reddick, Kirk Acevedo
Votes: 2,568
39.
Roomies (1987)
Episode:
Obsession
(1987)
Comedy
Matthew hooks up with a girl who's as obsessed with plants as he is with fish, but a mishap causes suspicion, threatening their romance.
Director: Jim Drake | Stars: Burt Young, Corey Haim, Jane Daly, Sean Sullivan
Votes: 6
40.
TopTenz (2010– )
Episode:
10 More Behavioural Experiments That Went Terribly Wrong
(2019)
15 min | Documentary
If you thought there were only ten botched behavioral experiments Simone is ready to cure your naivety with ten more. As if there aren't enough reasons why an social experiment can go awry,... See full summary »
Star: Simon Whistler
41.
Toon in with Me (2021– )
Episode:
Hello My BB
(2021)
TV-PG | Animation, Comedy
Toony helps Bill conquer his fear of playing guitar in front of people, with help from a psychic fortune teller. Cartoons include One Froggy Evening (1955), Hare Brush (1955), Jerry-Go-Round (1965), I Never Changes My Altitude (1937), and Billy Boy (1954).
Director: Mike Schmiedeler | Stars: Bill Leff, Kevin Fleming, Leila Gorstein
Votes: 9
42.
Fringe (2008–2013)
Episode:
Amber 31422
(2010)
TV-14 | 55 min | Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
In the parallel universe, a man releases his twin brother from an area in quarantine, removing him from the amber. The Fringe Division investigates the case that is classified since The ... See full summary »
Director: David Straiton | Stars: Anna Torv, Joshua Jackson, Lance Reddick, Blair Brown
Votes: 2,112
43.
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2000–2015)
Episode:
Turn On, Tune In, Drop Dead
(2011)
TV-PG | 43 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
When two people who were thought to be dead come back to life, the evidence leads CSI back to a discredited ex-professor who conducted bizarre death-related experiments in the 1970s.
Director: Paul McCrane | Stars: Laurence Fishburne, Marg Helgenberger, George Eads, Jorja Fox
Votes: 661
44.
TED-Ed (2012– )
Episode:
How much of what you see is a hallucination? - Elizabeth Cox
(2018)
6 min | Documentary, Animation
People who have lost one of their senses, specifically smell, sight or hearing can experience hallucinations. This is thought to be a symptom of sensory deprivation and similar to ... See full summary »
Star: Susan Zimmerman
45.
Weird or What? (2010–2012)
Episode:
Freaks of Nature
(2011)
TV-PG | 51 min | Documentary
Weird or What looks at freakish weather and other strange natural phenomena. It goes to Bell Island in Newfoundland where a number of people experienced a series of earth shattering booms ... See full summary »
Directors: Stephen Scott, Sean Turrell | Stars: William Shatner, Darin Bickford, Jim Farrell, Brian Dunning
Votes: 17
46.
Phineas and Ferb (2007–2024)
Episode:
Ferb Latin/Lotsa Latkes
(2011)
TV-G | 23 min | Animation, Short, Action
Phineas and Ferb decide to create their own language - Ferb Latin - and later end up creating a hybrid race while addressing a potato famine caused by Doofenshmirtz.
Directors: Robert Hughes, Jay Lender | Stars: Vincent Martella, Ashley Tisdale, Thomas Brodie-Sangster, Caroline Rhea
Votes: 216
47.
Fringe (2008–2013)
Episode:
The Boy Must Live
(2013)
TV-14 | 42 min | Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Young Observer's origin is revealed. And his existence and an additional time travel are necessary to change the history of Observers' invasion.
Director: Paul Holahan | Stars: Anna Torv, Joshua Jackson, Jasika Nicole, John Noble
Votes: 1,855
48.
The Infographics Show (2011– )
Episode:
Evil Punishments Designed to be Worse Than Death
(2022)
22 min | Documentary, Animation
When human ingenuity turns malevolent.
49.
It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia (2005– )
Episode:
Charlie Rules the World
(2012)
TV-MA | 22 min | Comedy
The gang starts playing an online video game and Charlie becomes obsessed with becoming the best player in the game. Meanwhile, Dennis is upset everyone else is playing the game all the time and not out enjoying the real world.
Director: Matt Shakman | Stars: Charlie Day, Glenn Howerton, Rob McElhenney, Kaitlin Olson
Votes: 2,633
50.
Dangerous Persuasions (2013– )
Episode:
Seven Year Slave
(2013)
Documentary, Drama
The true story of Colleen Stan, a woman kidnapped in 1977. Trapped in a box for 23 hours a day, Colleen tells the harrowing story of her imprisonment lasting more than seven years.
Director: Stephen Kemp | Stars: Chloe Sullivan, Joseph Wynne, Lorna Wright, Zoe Cleland
Votes: 16