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1. Zombieland (2009)
R | 88 min | Action, Comedy, Horror
A shy student trying to reach his family in Ohio, a gun-toting bruiser in search of the last Twinkie and a pair of sisters striving to get to an amusement park join forces in a trek across a zombie-filled America.
Director: Ruben Fleischer | Stars: Jesse Eisenberg, Emma Stone, Woody Harrelson, Abigail Breslin
Votes: 620,978 | Gross: $75.59M
2. Little Shop of Horrors (1986)
PG-13 | 94 min | Comedy, Horror, Musical
A nerdy florist finds his chance for success and romance with the help of a giant man-eating plant who demands to be fed.
Director: Frank Oz | Stars: Rick Moranis, Ellen Greene, Vincent Gardenia, Levi Stubbs
Votes: 86,321 | Gross: $38.75M
3. The Night Clerk (2020)
R | 90 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A voyeuristic hotel clerk becomes the subject of a murder investigation.
Director: Michael Cristofer | Stars: Tye Sheridan, Ana de Armas, Helen Hunt, John Leguizamo
Votes: 18,635
4. Powder (1995)
PG-13 | 111 min | Drama, Fantasy, Mystery
An off-the-charts genius who is home schooled and shunned after his last relative dies shows the unconscious residents of his town about connection awareness and the generosity of the spirit.
Director: Victor Salva | Stars: Mary Steenburgen, Sean Patrick Flanery, Lance Henriksen, Jeff Goldblum
Votes: 32,592 | Gross: $30.86M
5. Peeping Tom (1960)
Not Rated | 101 min | Drama, Horror, Thriller
A young man murders women, using a movie camera to film their dying expressions of terror.
Director: Michael Powell | Stars: Karlheinz Böhm, Anna Massey, Moira Shearer, Maxine Audley
Votes: 39,227 | Gross: $0.08M
6. The Art of Self-Defense (2019)
R | 104 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
After being attacked on the street, a young man enlists at a local dojo, led by a charismatic and mysterious sensei, in an effort to learn how to defend himself from future threats.
Director: Riley Stearns | Stars: Jesse Eisenberg, Alessandro Nivola, Imogen Poots, Steve Terada
Votes: 40,895 | Gross: $2.41M
7. Pet (I) (2016)
R | 94 min | Horror, Thriller
A man bumps into an old crush and holds her captive underneath the animal shelter where he works.
Director: Carles Torrens | Stars: Dominic Monaghan, Ksenia Solo, Jennette McCurdy, Da'Vone McDonald
Votes: 18,813 | Gross: $0.01M
8. Heavy (1995)
R | 105 min | Drama, Romance
The life of an overweight, unhappy cook is changed after a kind, beautiful college drop-out comes to work as a waitress at his and his mother's road-side restaurant.
Director: James Mangold | Stars: Pruitt Taylor Vince, Liv Tyler, Shelley Winters, Debbie Harry
Votes: 5,918 | Gross: $0.99M
9. Shithouse (2020)
R | 100 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A lonely college freshman forges a strong connection with his resident assistant during a fraternity party.
Director: Cooper Raiff | Stars: Cooper Raiff, Dylan Gelula, Amy Landecker, Logan Miller
Votes: 6,601
10. Apartment Zero (1988)
R | 124 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
In early 1980s Buenos Aires, a struggling movie theater owner takes in a roommate but suspects he is responsible for a series of political assassinations.
Director: Martin Donovan | Stars: Hart Bochner, Colin Firth, Dora Bryan, Liz Smith
Votes: 4,236 | Gross: $0.67M
11. Spiral (I) (2007)
PG-13 | 90 min | Drama, Thriller
A recluse telemarkets at an office, where his boss is his only friend. As he befriends a new, social colleague and sketches/paints her, his dark mind surfaces.
Directors: Adam Green, Joel David Moore | Stars: Joel David Moore, Amber Tamblyn, Zachary Levi, Annie Neal
Votes: 3,922 | Gross: $0.00M
12. Out of My League (2020)
TV-MA | 91 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Marta may be an orphan, and she may be affected by a lethal illness, yet she is the most positive person one can meet. She wants a boy to fall for her. Not any boy - the most handsome of them all. One day, she may have found her match.
Director: Alice Filippi | Stars: Giuseppe Maggio, Ludovica Francesconi, Jozef Gjura, Gaja Masciale
Votes: 3,213
13. Toon (2016–2017)
25 min | Comedy
A reclusive, socially awkward jingle composer finds himself navigating the nightmarish world of show business after a viral video skyrockets him to fame overnight.
Stars: Joep Vermolen, Amy van der Weerden, Loulou Hameleers, Robbert Bleij
Votes: 1,052
14. Wheatus: Teenage Dirtbag (2000 Music Video)
4 min | Drama, Music, Romance
Music video for Wheatus's song, 'Teenage Dirtbag'.
Director: Jeff Gordon | Stars: Jason Biggs, Brendan B. Brown, Peter McCarrick Brown, Philip A. Jimenez
Votes: 95
15. Monochrome (I) (2016)
TV-MA | 113 min | Drama, Thriller
A disillusioned young woman becomes a serial killer who targets wealthy land-owners, and a brilliant detective must use his unusual neurological condition to track her down.
Director: Thomas Lawes | Stars: Jo Woodcock, Amy Ambrose, Suzy Bastone, Donna Berlin
Votes: 202
16. Phantasmagoria 2: A Puzzle of Flesh (1996 Video Game)
M | Drama, Horror, Mystery
Curtis Craig, a totally normal man begins to hear strange voices. Could it be that he is an insane killer..?
Director: Andy Hoyos | Stars: Paul Morgan Stetler, Monique Parent, Ragna Sigrun, Paul T. Mitri
Votes: 417
17. The Cleaner (2015)
94 min | Drama
He is lacking social relationships. Observing other lives from behind the closet doors makes him feel safe and quiets down his solitude. Everything changes, when he decides to come out.
Director: Peter Bebjak | Stars: Éva Bandor, Noel Czuczor, Henrieta Kecerová, Kamil Kollarik
Votes: 100
18. My Scary Girl (2006)
R | 110 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
A young man in love for the first time discovers his girlfriend has a nasty secret in her refrigerator.
Director: Jae-gon Son | Stars: Park Yong-woo, Choi Kang-hee, Jo Eun-ji, Kyung Ho Jung
Votes: 725
19. Fucking Killas on Speed Dial (2018)
TV-MA | 18 min | Short, Drama
A teenage boy is attracted to the girlfriend of the guy who is bullying him. He feels small but he is determined to feel big.
Director: August Aabo | Stars: Casper Kjær Jensen, Alvilda Lyneborg Lassen, Kyhe Rymer, Malthe Saunte
Votes: 21
20.
Train Man (2005–2006)
Episode:
Shijou saidai no kokuhaku!! Namida no soutsugyoushiki
(2005)
Comedy, Drama
Director: Hideki Takeuchi | Stars: Misaki Itô, Atsushi Itô, Miho Shiraishi, Risa Sudou
Votes: 8