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1. Fresh (2022)
R | 114 min | Horror, Thriller
After quitting dating apps, a woman meets the supposedly perfect man and accepts his invitation to a romantic weekend getaway, only to find that her new paramour has been hiding some unusual appetites.
Director: Mimi Cave | Stars: Daisy Edgar-Jones, Sebastian Stan, Jojo T. Gibbs, Andrea Bang
Votes: 75,020
2. Gerald's Game (2017)
TV-MA | 103 min | Drama, Horror, Thriller
A couple tries to spice up their marriage in a remote lake house. After the husband dies unexpectedly, the wife is left handcuffed to their bed frame and must fight to survive and break free.
Director: Mike Flanagan | Stars: Carla Gugino, Bruce Greenwood, Chiara Aurelia, Carel Struycken
Votes: 128,051
3. Bad Times at the El Royale (2018)
R | 141 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
1969. Four strangers check in at the El Royale Hotel. The hotel is deserted, staffed by a single desk clerk. Some of the new guests' reasons for being there are less than innocent and some are not who they appear to be.
Director: Drew Goddard | Stars: Jeff Bridges, Cynthia Erivo, Dakota Johnson, Jon Hamm
Votes: 165,261 | Gross: $17.84M
4. The Dark Tower (2017)
PG-13 | 95 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
A boy haunted by visions of a dark tower from a parallel reality teams up with the tower's disillusioned guardian to stop an evil warlock known as the Man in Black who plans to use the boy to destroy the tower and open the gates of Hell.
Director: Nikolaj Arcel | Stars: Idris Elba, Matthew McConaughey, Tom Taylor, Dennis Haysbert
Votes: 146,090 | Gross: $50.70M
5. Geostorm (2017)
PG-13 | 109 min | Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
When the network of satellites designed to control the global climate starts to attack Earth, it's a race against the clock for its creator to uncover the real threat before a worldwide Geostorm wipes out everything and everyone.
Director: Dean Devlin | Stars: Gerard Butler, Jim Sturgess, Abbie Cornish, Alexandra Maria Lara
Votes: 119,060 | Gross: $33.70M
6. Death Stranding (2019 Video Game)
M | Action, Adventure, Drama
Deliveryman Sam Porter must travel across a ravaged wasteland and reconnect the city states of America formed after a mysterious apocalyptic event dubbed 'death stranding' left the world in ruins and plagued by supernatural tar creatures.
Director: Hideo Kojima | Stars: Norman Reedus, Mads Mikkelsen, Léa Seydoux, Troy Baker
Votes: 11,215
7. Palm Swings (2020)
Unrated | 95 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
After moving to Palm Springs, a young married couple puts their love to the test when they discover their neighbors are swingers.
Director: Sean Hoessli | Stars: Tia Carrere, Diane Farr, Jason Lewis, Sugar Lyn Beard
Votes: 1,284
8. Harper's Island (2009)
TV-14 | 40 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
Harper's Island was once the scene of a gruesome series of murders. Seven years later, family and friends gather on the island for a wedding, but one by one they begin to die.
Stars: Elaine Cassidy, Christopher Gorham, Matt Barr, Gina Holden
Votes: 27,503
9. Eliminators (1986)
PG | 96 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
A former pilot rebels against his creator, teaming up with the scientist responsible for android technology, her pet robot Spot, a rough-and-tumble riverboat guide, and a martial arts warrior.
Director: Peter Manoogian | Stars: Andrew Prine, Denise Crosby, Patrick Reynolds, Conan Lee
Votes: 2,527 | Gross: $4.60M
10. Primal Rage (1988)
R | 91 min | Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
A scientist at a Florida University accidentally creates a "rage virus" while conducting experiments to restore dead brain tissue in baboons. The virus soon spreads.
Director: Vittorio Rambaldi | Stars: Patrick Lowe, Cheryl Arutt, Sarah Buxton, Mitch Watson
Votes: 1,428
11. The Legend of Hell House (1973)
PG | 95 min | Horror
A physicist, his wife and two mediums are hired to investigate the Belasco House, where 27 guests had inexplicably died in 1927, along with most of a team of paranormal investigators that was sent in the early 1950s.
Director: John Hough | Stars: Roddy McDowall, Gayle Hunnicutt, Pamela Franklin, Clive Revill
Votes: 14,066
12. Beyond: Two Souls (2013 Video Game)
M | Action, Adventure, Drama
Live the life of Jodie Holmes, a young woman who possesses supernatural powers through her psychic link to a mysterious invisible entity.
Director: David Cage | Stars: Elliot Page, Willem Dafoe, Eric Winter, Kadeem Hardison
Votes: 13,128
13. Man-Thing (2005)
R | 97 min | Action, Adventure, Horror
Agents of an oil tycoon vanish while exploring a swamp marked for drilling. The local sheriff investigates and faces a Seminole legend come to life: Man-Thing, a shambling swamp-monster whose touch burns those who feel fear.
Director: Brett Leonard | Stars: Jack Thompson, Matthew Le Nevez, Steve Bastoni, Rachael Taylor
Votes: 7,049 | Gross: $0.14M
14. Emanuelle and the Last Cannibals (1977)
R | 94 min | Adventure, Horror
Photojournalist Emanuelle is joined by an anthropologist, two female missionary workers and a treacherous hunter's party in a search for an Amazon cannibal tribe long thought extinct.
Director: Joe D'Amato | Stars: Laura Gemser, Gabriele Tinti, Nieves Navarro, Donald O'Brien
Votes: 3,285
15. House of Dark Shadows (1970)
GP | 97 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Vampire Barnabas Collins is accidentally released from his centuries-long confinement at his family's estate in Maine. He targets his clueless descendants who live there now and pursues Maggie, the incarnation of his lost love.
Director: Dan Curtis | Stars: Jonathan Frid, Grayson Hall, Kathryn Leigh Scott, Roger Davis
Votes: 3,448 | Gross: $4.00M
16. Brave New World (1998 TV Movie)
87 min | Drama, Sci-Fi
In a futuristic totalitarian utopian society, babies are created through genetic engineering, everyone has a predestined place in society and their minds are conditioned to follow the rules. A tragic outsider jeopardizes the status quo.
Directors: Leslie Libman, Larry Williams | Stars: Peter Gallagher, Leonard Nimoy, Tim Guinee, Rya Kihlstedt
Votes: 2,151
17. Children of the Stones (1977)
173 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
Scientist Adam Brake and his son Matthew arrive in the sleepy English village of Milbury to find it under the grip of weird psychic powers unleashed by the sinister village squire, Hendrick, and whose power they struggle to break.
Stars: Gareth Thomas, Veronica Strong, Peter Demin, Ruth Dunning
Votes: 858
18. The Maze (1953)
Approved | 80 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
A Scotsman abruptly breaks off his engagement to pretty Kitty and moves to his uncle's castle in the Scottish highlands. Kitty and her aunt follow Gerald a few weeks later, and discover he ... See full summary »
Director: William Cameron Menzies | Stars: Richard Carlson, Veronica Hurst, Katherine Emery, Michael Pate
Votes: 1,264
19. Troma's War (1988)
R | 91 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
A group of assorted Americans survive a plane crash in a Caribbean island, and discover it is infested with crawling snakes and other venomous beasts. Even worse, terrorists are preparing a full out war on America with a biological weapon.
Directors: Michael Herz, Lloyd Kaufman | Stars: Carolyn Beauchamp, Sean Bowen, Rick Washburn, Patrick Weathers
Votes: 2,463
20. High Desert Kill (1989 TV Movie)
PG-13 | 89 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Like every year, Jim, Ray, Brad and Paul leave the town for a week to go hunting in the woods. But this year everything is different: There's not a single animal to be found, the whole ... See full summary »
Director: Harry Falk | Stars: Marc Singer, Anthony Geary, Micah Grant, Chuck Connors
Votes: 433
21. In the Shadow of Kilimanjaro (1985)
R | 97 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Because of a severe drought in Kenya in 1984, ninety thousand starving baboons go on a murderous rampage, killing humans and animals alike.
Director: Raju Patel | Stars: John Rhys-Davies, Timothy Bottoms, Irene Miracle, Calvin Jung
Votes: 521 | Gross: $0.18M
22. They Made Me a Criminal (1939)
Approved | 92 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
A champion boxer on the lamb, believed to have committed murder while drunk, takes refuge and finds redemption at a farm for delinquent youths.
Director: Busby Berkeley | Stars: John Garfield, Claude Rains, The Dead End Kids, Ann Sheridan
Votes: 2,596
23. Gunhed (1989)
TV-14 | 100 min | Action, Drama, Sci-Fi
In a cyberpunk future, Kyron-5 supercomputer attempts to exterminate the human race, but Gunhed mechs stop it. In 2038, five thieves break into a condemned island facility to steal Kyron's dead CPU. The place turns out to be a deathtrap.
Director: Masato Harada | Stars: Masahiro Takashima, Brenda Bakke, James Brewster Thompson, Aya Enjôji
Votes: 1,071
24. Le altre (1969)
99 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A modern lesbian couple decides to have a baby, but first they need to find a man to impregnate one of them. They also deal with social pressure and a journalist who wants to expose their unusual story even though they insist on privacy.
Director: Alessandro Fallay | Stars: Erna Schurer, Monica Strebel, Raul Lovecchio, Giuliano Esperati
Votes: 54
25. The Supernaturals (1986)
R | 91 min | Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Nichelle Nichols is an army sergeant who leads her platoon into the woods of the deep south on a training exercise. Unfortunately, it is the site where a bunch of yankee soldiers murdered a... See full summary »
Director: Armand Mastroianni | Stars: Maxwell Caulfield, Nichelle Nichols, Talia Balsam, Bradford Bancroft
Votes: 801
26. It Happened Here (1964)
Not Rated | 93 min | Drama, Sci-Fi, War
In 1940, Germany invades Britain and transforms it into a Fascist state where some Britons collaborate and others resist. In 1944, Pauline, an apolitical Irish nurse becomes a reluctant player in the fight between the two sides.
Directors: Kevin Brownlow, Andrew Mollo | Stars: Pauline Murray, Sebastian Shaw, Bart Allison, Reginald Marsh
Votes: 1,261
27. The Contractor (I) (2013)
PG-13 | 87 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Elizabeth Chase is busy remodeling her new home with her husband and daughter. She hires a contractor, Javier, to help. But soon, Elizabeth starts to grow suspicious of Javier and learns that he'd targeted the family all along.
Director: Sean Olson | Stars: Danny Trejo, Christina Cox, Brad Rowe, Taylor Spreitler
Votes: 751
28. Viktor (2014)
Not Rated | 134 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
After spending seven years in jail for an art heist, Frenchman Victor Lambert returns to Moscow to uncover the circumstances behind his son Jeremy's brutal murder. He is backed by his lover... See full summary »
Director: Philippe Martinez | Stars: Gérard Depardieu, Elizabeth Hurley, Evgeniya Akhremenko, Andrey Da!
Votes: 562
29. Area 51 (2005 Video Game)
M | Action, Horror, Mystery
In a routine mission, Soldier Ethan Cole must survive a degenerative contamination and find out what is behind everything, which includes events and cases about UFO's and non-terrestrial life covered by the government.
Stars: David Duchovny, Powers Boothe, Marilyn Manson, Ian Abercrombie
Votes: 569
30. Angel Terminators II (1992)
93 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
When teens help a friend who's been forced into prostitution they upset some very dangerous people. With the help of a renegade cop a bloody war ensues with tragic consequences.
Directors: Lau Chan, Chun-Ku Lu | Stars: Sibelle Hu, Moon Lee, Yukari Ôshima, Andy Cheng
Votes: 214
31. Horror Hotel: The Movie (2016)
103 min | Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi
"Aliens Stole My Boyfriend" - Two cute alien chicks crash land their space buggy in the parking lot of the motor court looking for Earth boyfriends. "Coma Girl" - A macabre maintenance man ... See full summary »
Director: Ricky Hess | Stars: Tera Buerkle, Deborah Childs, Jordan Demers, Austin Freeman
Votes: 1,339
32. Blood Reign: Curse of the Yoma (1989)
Unrated | 77 min | Animation, Action, Drama
A terrible war has ravaged the land, and now, fueled by the blood of numerous fallen warriors, the Yoma, demons from hell, emerge once more. A skilled ninja seeks to end the bloodshed these... See full summary »
Stars: Christopher Pryce, Jon Geiger, Mark O'Brien, Jessica Robertson
Votes: 471
33. Thieves (1977)
PG | 92 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Dramedy of a native New York married couple who splits up in an attempt to rediscover their sanity.
Directors: John Berry, Alfred Viola | Stars: Marlo Thomas, Charles Grodin, Irwin Corey, Hector Elizondo
Votes: 181
34. To Kill a Stranger (1984)
88 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
The wife of an American journalist on an assignment in an unnamed South American country run by a military junta is sexually assaulted by a stranger there. However, she manages to fight back, which leads to unexpected consequences.
Director: Juan López Moctezuma | Stars: Angélica María, Dean Stockwell, Donald Pleasence, Aldo Ray
Votes: 164
35. Badrinath (2011)
Not Rated | 140 min | Action, Drama, Romance
Badri, a warrior and the protector of Badrinath temple, finds himself in troubled waters after an agnostic woman falls for him and his mentor suspects him of loving her back.
Director: V.V. Vinayak | Stars: Allu Arjun, Tamannaah Bhatia, Prakash Raj, Kelly Dorji
Votes: 2,463 | Gross: $0.05M
36. Mirage (1995)
R | 92 min | Action, Thriller
Matteo Juarez is a retired detective hired by a local businessman to follow his wife Jennifer. She has a split personality and seems to be putting herself in danger without knowing it.
Director: Paul Williams | Stars: James Andronica, Cuauhtemoc Rivas, Edward James Olmos, Bobalu
Votes: 230
37. Psycho Diver: Soul Siren (1997 Video)
Not Rated | 48 min | Animation, Action, Horror
People get their mental problems corrected by the Psycho Divers. One of them is hired to help a young female pop star whose mind is being controlled by a sinister cult.
Director: Mamoru Kanbe | Stars: Junko Iwao, Atsuko Tanaka, Jôji Nakata, Toshiko Fujita
Votes: 199
38. Scratches (2006 Video Game)
T | Adventure, Drama, Horror
Author Michael Arthate is struggling with writers block when he travels to Blackwood Manor, an isolated home outside of the small England town of Rothbury, Northumberland. Soon after moving... See full summary »
Director: Agustín Cordes | Stars: John Bell, Jonathan Boakes, Sue Anderson, Daniel Chase
Votes: 118
39. Blacksite: Area 51 (2007 Video Game)
T | Action, Horror, Sci-Fi
Captain Aeran Pierce and the rest of his Delta Force Echo Squad are sent to investigate a supposed weapons bunker in Iraq in 2003. Until they discovers that bunker is infested with mutated humans and wildlife.
Director: Harvey Smith | Stars: Jason Liebrecht, Ryan Wickerham, Ken Thomas, Alia Al-Yafi
Votes: 138
40. Crusader: No Remorse (1995 Video Game)
T | Action, Sci-Fi
As a Silencer, one of the elite enforcers of the World Economic Consortium, you're supposed to be incorruptible. But if the system you serve is utterly corrupt, where does that leave you? ... See full summary »
Director: Steve Hemphill | Stars: Taylor Gibbler, Tonie Perensky, Suzanne Savoy, Ev Lunning
Votes: 95
41. Barilla: Cafè (1993 Video)
1 min | Short, Comedy
Gérard Depardieu cooks a delicious pasta as an emergency effort to comfort a little girl after a bicycle accident in this commercial directed by David Lynch.
Director: David Lynch | Star: Gérard Depardieu
Votes: 180
42. Barrow Hill: The Dark Path (2016 Video Game)
Adventure, Fantasy, Horror
Ten years after the events of the first game, you return during another Autumn Equinox to Barrow Hill, a haunting ancient foresty hamlet in Cornwall, to save Mia, a girl possessed by Baibin, the evil druidic female spirit of the forest.
Director: Matt Clark | Stars: Emma Harry, Amy Kenny, Jonathan Boakes, Matt Clark
43.
Monsters (1988–1990)
Episode:
The Match Game
(1989)
TV-14 | 21 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
In a haunted Victorian mansion, two couples play a game where each person tells part of a ghost story about the late former owner while a match burns. The story somehow comes true, and he rises from the grave to take their lives.
Director: Michael Brandon | Stars: Byron Thames, Sasha Jenson, Tori Spelling, Ashley Laurence
Votes: 196
44.
Becker (1998–2004)
Episode:
DNR
(2004)
TV-PG | Comedy
Chris fears that John is going to break up with her after he invites her to dinner at a nice restaurant with no explanation. Jake decides how to spend his inheritance from his grandmother. Linda finds a boyfriend.
Director: Chris Brougham | Stars: Ted Danson, Nancy Travis, Hattie Winston, Shawnee Smith
Votes: 145
45.
Fallen Angels (1993–1996)
Episode:
Fearless
(1995)
Crime, Drama, Mystery
In 1945, African American G.I. is saved from two racist cops by another black soldier. Some years later, the man asks him to return the favor by helping his vamp girlfriend free herself from the manager of the bar where she sings.
Director: Jim McBride | Stars: Eyde Byrde, James DuMont, Giancarlo Esposito, Ray Lykins
Votes: 34
46.
Millennium (1996–1999)
Episode:
A Room with No View
(1998)
TV-14 | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Horror
Frank senses that his demonic archnemesis who killed Bletch is responsible for the disappearance of a teenage boy, but that's just the first step in a much larger game of pure evil in which the goal is to rob the world of its future.
Director: Thomas J. Wright | Stars: Lance Henriksen, Megan Gallagher, Terry O'Quinn, Stephen J. Lang
Votes: 376
47.
Monsters (1988–1990)
Episode:
A Bond of Silk
(1989)
TV-14 | 21 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
A newlywed couple book themselves into the basement suite of a fancy hotel which soon turns out to be the lair of a monstrously sized arachnid.
Director: Ernest Farino | Stars: Lydia Cornell, Marc McClure, Dale Brady
Votes: 121
48.
Monsters (1988–1990)
Episode:
Fools' Gold
(1989)
TV-14 | 21 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Three construction workers find a hidden cave with treasure guarded by a troll.
Director: Greg Cannom | Stars: Jeff Conaway, Mary Cadorette, T.J. Castronovo, Debbie Lee Carrington
Votes: 137
49.
Night Gallery (1969–1973)
Episode:
The Girl with the Hungry Eyes
(1972)
TV-PG | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Photographer David Faulker is frightened by the "hungry eyes" of his new reclusive model that no man can resist.
Director: John Badham | Stars: Rod Serling, James Farentino, John Astin, Joanna Pettet
Votes: 298
50.
The Outer Limits (1995–2002)
Episode:
Falling Star
(1996)
TV-PG | 45 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Fading pop singer Melissa McCammon is about to commit suicide, but, Rachel, an ardent fan from the future, wants to save her. Later, authorities from the future show up wanting Melissa dead in order to restore their time-line.
Director: Ken Girotti | Stars: Sheena Easton, John Pyper-Ferguson, Kristin Lehman, Sarah Strange
Votes: 320