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1. Planet of the Apes (1968)
G | 112 min | Adventure, Sci-Fi
An astronaut crew crash-lands on a planet where highly intelligent non-human ape species are dominant and humans are enslaved.
Director: Franklin J. Schaffner | Stars: Charlton Heston, Roddy McDowall, Kim Hunter, Maurice Evans
Votes: 194,770 | Gross: $33.40M
2. Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 (2023)
PG-13 | 150 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
Still reeling from the loss of Gamora, Peter Quill rallies his team to defend the universe and one of their own - a mission that could mean the end of the Guardians if not successful.
Director: James Gunn | Stars: Chris Pratt, Chukwudi Iwuji, Bradley Cooper, Pom Klementieff
Votes: 382,059 | Gross: $359.00M
3. Cowboys & Aliens (2011)
PG-13 | 119 min | Action, Drama, Sci-Fi
A spaceship arrives in 1873 Arizona to take over the Earth, starting with the Wild West region. All that stands in their way: a posse of cowboys and natives.
Director: Jon Favreau | Stars: Daniel Craig, Harrison Ford, Olivia Wilde, Abigail Spencer
Votes: 232,756 | Gross: $100.24M
4. The Shape of Water (2017)
R | 123 min | Drama, Fantasy, Romance
At a top secret research facility in the 1960s, a lonely janitor forms a unique relationship with an amphibious creature that is being held in captivity.
Director: Guillermo del Toro | Stars: Sally Hawkins, Octavia Spencer, Michael Shannon, Doug Jones
Votes: 448,159 | Gross: $63.86M
5. I Am Legend (2007)
PG-13 | 101 min | Action, Drama, Horror
Years after a plague kills most of humanity and transforms the rest into monsters, the sole survivor in New York City struggles valiantly to find a cure.
Director: Francis Lawrence | Stars: Will Smith, Alice Braga, Charlie Tahan, Salli Richardson-Whitfield
Votes: 816,011 | Gross: $256.39M
6. 12 Monkeys (1995)
R | 129 min | Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
In a future world devastated by disease, a convict is sent back in time to gather information about the man-made virus that wiped out most of the human population on the planet.
Director: Terry Gilliam | Stars: Bruce Willis, Madeleine Stowe, Brad Pitt, Joseph Melito
Votes: 647,367 | Gross: $57.14M
7. The Fountain (2006)
PG-13 | 97 min | Drama, Mystery, Romance
As a modern-day scientist, Tommy is struggling with mortality, desperately searching for the medical breakthrough that will save the life of his cancer-stricken wife, Izzi.
Director: Darren Aronofsky | Stars: Hugh Jackman, Rachel Weisz, Sean Patrick Thomas, Ellen Burstyn
Votes: 248,934 | Gross: $10.14M
8. Fire in the Sky (1993)
PG-13 | 109 min | Biography, Drama, Fantasy
An Arizona logger mysteriously disappears for five days in an alleged encounter with a flying saucer in 1975. His co-workers endure ridicule and contempt as they are wrongly accused of murder.
Director: Robert Lieberman | Stars: D.B. Sweeney, Robert Patrick, Craig Sheffer, Peter Berg
Votes: 28,503 | Gross: $20.10M
9. Mad God (2021)
Unrated | 83 min | Animation, Fantasy, Horror
The Assassin travels through a nightmare underworld of tortured souls, ruined cities and wretched monstrosities forged from the primordial horrors of the unconscious mind of Phil Tippett, the world's preeminent stop-motion animator.
Director: Phil Tippett | Stars: Alex Cox, Niketa Roman, Satish Ratakonda, Harper Taylor
Votes: 14,815
10. The Island of Dr. Moreau (1996)
PG-13 | 96 min | Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
After being rescued and brought to an island, a man discovers that its inhabitants are experimental animals being turned into strange-looking humans, all of it the work of a visionary doctor.
Directors: John Frankenheimer, Richard Stanley | Stars: David Thewlis, Marlon Brando, Val Kilmer, Fairuza Balk
Votes: 35,521 | Gross: $27.66M
11. Silent Hill: Revelation (2012)
R | 95 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
When her adoptive father disappears, Sharon Da Silva is drawn into a strange and terrifying alternate reality that holds answers to the horrific nightmares that have plagued her since childhood.
Director: M.J. Bassett | Stars: Adelaide Clemens, Kit Harington, Sean Bean, Carrie-Anne Moss
Votes: 66,770 | Gross: $17.53M
12. Wrong Turn 4: Bloody Beginnings (2011 Video)
R | 93 min | Adventure, Horror
A group of college students gets lost in a storm during their snowmobiling trip and takes shelter in an abandoned sanitarium which, unbeknown to them, is home to deformed cannibals.
Director: Declan O'Brien | Stars: Sean Skene, Blane Cypurda, Dan Skene, Tristan Carlucci
Votes: 28,040
13. Pathology (2008)
R | 95 min | Crime, Horror, Thriller
A group of medical students devise a deadly game: to see which one of them can commit the perfect murder.
Director: Marc Schölermann | Stars: Alyssa Milano, Milo Ventimiglia, Keir O'Donnell, Michael Weston
Votes: 33,309 | Gross: $0.11M
14. Repo Men (2010)
R | 111 min | Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Set in the near future when artificial organs can be bought on credit, it revolves around a man who struggles to make the payments on a heart he has purchased. He must therefore go on the run before said ticker is repossessed.
Director: Miguel Sapochnik | Stars: Jude Law, Forest Whitaker, Alice Braga, Liev Schreiber
Votes: 110,757 | Gross: $13.79M
15. Invader ZIM (2001–2006)
TV-Y7 | 24 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
An alien named Zim from the planet Irk is sent on a secret mission to conquer Earth, not realising that his leaders were just trying to get rid of him and hoped that he would die. Once there, Zim manages to disguise himself as a human child, but one boy named Dib sees through his disguise.
Stars: Andy Berman, Richard Steven Horvitz, Rikki Simons, Melissa Fahn
Votes: 22,627
16. Man Behind the Sun (1988)
Not Rated | 105 min | Drama, History, Horror
Japanese troops round up Chinese and Russian prisoners of war and take them to unit 731, where they're horribly tortured and experimented on to test new biological weapons.
Director: Tun-Fei Mou | Stars: Gang Wang, Dai Yao Wu, Runshen Wang, Zhe Quan
Votes: 7,296
17. The X Files: I Want to Believe (2008)
PG-13 | 104 min | Crime, Drama, Horror
Mulder and Scully are called back to duty by the FBI when a former priest claims to be receiving psychic visions pertaining to a kidnapped agent.
Director: Chris Carter | Stars: David Duchovny, Gillian Anderson, Billy Connolly, Amanda Peet
Votes: 94,050 | Gross: $20.98M
18. Island of Lost Souls (1932)
Passed | 70 min | Film-Noir, Horror, Sci-Fi
A mad doctor conducts ghastly genetic experiments on a remote island in the South Seas, much to the fear and disgust of the shipwrecked sailor who finds himself trapped there.
Director: Erle C. Kenton | Stars: Charles Laughton, Bela Lugosi, Richard Arlen, Leila Hyams
Votes: 10,930
19. Tarantula (1955)
Approved | 80 min | Horror, Sci-Fi
A spider escapes from an isolated Arizona desert laboratory experimenting in gigantism and grows to tremendous size as it wreaks havoc on the local inhabitants.
Director: Jack Arnold | Stars: John Agar, Mara Corday, Leo G. Carroll, Nestor Paiva
Votes: 10,792 | Gross: $1.10M
20. Man's Best Friend (1993)
R | 87 min | Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi
A genetically engineered dog escapes from the science facility where it was created. A family takes it in unaware of its deadly instincts which soon emerge. The scientist who created the dog tries to find it before its too late.
Director: John Lafia | Stars: Ally Sheedy, Lance Henriksen, Robert Costanzo, Fredric Lehne
Votes: 4,898 | Gross: $12.97M
21. Philosophy of a Knife (2008 Video)
Not Rated | 266 min | Drama, Horror
A graphic docu-drama detailing the history of Unit 731, where thousands of innocent Chinese prisoners of war were fatally experimented on.
Director: Andrey Iskanov | Stars: Tetsuro Sakagami, Tomoya Okamoto, Yukari Fujimoto, Manoush
Votes: 1,689
22. The Ruling Class (1972)
PG | 154 min | Comedy, Drama, Musical
A member of the House of Lords dies, leaving his estate to his son. Unfortunately, his son thinks he is Jesus Christ. Their other, somewhat more respectable family members plot to steal the estate from him; murder and mayhem ensue.
Director: Peter Medak | Stars: Peter O'Toole, Alastair Sim, Arthur Lowe, Hugh Owens
Votes: 6,824
23. The Island of Dr. Moreau (1977)
PG | 99 min | Adventure, Fantasy, Horror
A shipwrecked survivor discovers a remote island owned by a crazed scientist who is carrying out sinister experiments on the island's inhabitants.
Director: Don Taylor | Stars: Burt Lancaster, Michael York, Nigel Davenport, Barbara Carrera
Votes: 7,163 | Gross: $8.72M
24. 7 Days (2010)
Not Rated | 105 min | Crime, Drama, Horror
A doctor seeks revenge by kidnapping, torturing and killing the man who raped and murdered his young daughter.
Director: Daniel Grou | Stars: Claude Legault, Rémy Girard, Martin Dubreuil, Fanny Mallette
Votes: 8,659
25. Impostor (2001)
PG-13 | 95 min | Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
In the future, an alien race uses androids as bombs to attack Earth. A government weapons specialist is accused of being one such android and sets out to prove his innocence.
Director: Gary Fleder | Stars: Shane Brolly, Vincent D'Onofrio, Gary Sinise, Madeleine Stowe
Votes: 24,579 | Gross: $6.11M
26. Anatomy (2000)
R | 103 min | Horror, Thriller
A cute med student starts a summer course at Heidelberg University. David's on her dissection table. She met him the day before on the train. Something's wrong.
Director: Stefan Ruzowitzky | Stars: Franka Potente, Benno Fürmann, Anna Loos, Sebastian Blomberg
Votes: 14,053 | Gross: $0.01M
27. Blind Date (1984)
R | 103 min | Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
A man goes blind when remembering his lost girlfriend, but the doctors can't find anything wrong with his eyes. They fit him with an experimental device which allows him to see with the aid... See full summary »
Director: Nico Mastorakis | Stars: Joseph Bottoms, Kirstie Alley, James Daughton, Lana Clarkson
Votes: 2,202
28. Felidae (1994)
TV-MA | 82 min | Animation, Drama, Mystery
A cat must investigate brutal murders of other cats in a neighborhood he has moved into with his owner.
Director: Michael Schaack | Stars: Ulrich Tukur, Mario Adorf, Helge Schneider, Wolfgang Hess
Votes: 4,962
29. Angelica (2015)
95 min | Drama, Thriller
A couple living in Victorian London endures an unusual series of psychological and supernatural happenings following the birth of their child.
Director: Mitchell Lichtenstein | Stars: Jena Malone, Janet McTeer, Ed Stoppard, Tovah Feldshuh
Votes: 884
30. Mondo Cane 2 (1963)
Approved | 102 min | Documentary, Horror
The official sequel to the original shockumentary, presenting new and bizarre behavior from around the world, including cruelty, graphic gore, and strange rituals.
Directors: Gualtiero Jacopetti, Franco Prosperi | Stars: Stefano Sibaldi, Henning Skaarup, Peter Ustinov, Arnaldo Caivano
Votes: 988
31. American Guinea Pig: Bouquet of Guts and Gore (2014)
Not Rated | 73 min | Horror
Two women are abducted by a group of snuff filmmakers and brought into a Hellish nightmare of unmistakable brutality, viciousness and destruction that will leave every viewer shocked, amazed and awestruck.
Director: Stephen Biro | Stars: Eight The Chosen One, Scott Gabbey, Jim Van Bebber, Rogan Russell Marshall
Votes: 812
32. Carnival Magic (1983)
G | 86 min | Drama, Fantasy
A carnival magician with actual magic powers works with a talking chimp. The magician and the chimp soon become the stars of the carnival, drawing in big crowds. However, the wild-animal trainer decides to kidnap Alex and sell him.
Director: Al Adamson | Stars: Don Stewart, Jennifer Houlton, Howard Segal, Regina Carrol
Votes: 844
33. Maruta 2: Laboratory of the Devil (1992)
96 min | Drama, Horror, Thriller
In the spring of 1935, Japan established a secret base, Unit 731 in Manchuria, where many innocent Chinese, Korean and Mongolian people were killed in grotesque experiments. An idealistic ... See full summary »
Director: Godfrey Ho | Stars: Yishou Jiang, Yuen-Ching Leung, Xingqiang Li, Dingyao Liu
Votes: 667
34. The Twilight People (1972)
PG | 81 min | Adventure, Horror, Sci-Fi
A kidnapped diver is taken to an island inhabited by a mad scientist and his half-animal, half-human creations.
Director: Eddie Romero | Stars: John Ashley, Pat Woodell, Jan Merlin, Charles Macaulay
Votes: 710
35. Blood Scarab (2008 Video)
Not Rated | 81 min | Horror
Countess Elizabeth Bathory, history's infamous lesbian vampire who, centuries ago, bathed in the blood of virgins to preserve her youth, arrives from Transylvania to take over the Los ... See full summary »
Director: Donald F. Glut | Stars: Monique Parent, Del Howison, Brinke Stevens, Tony Clay
Votes: 284
36. Donovan's Brain (1953)
Approved | 84 min | Sci-Fi, Horror
Three scientists unlawfully remove the still living brain of a dead tycoon and experiment with it but the evil brain begins to telepathically control the lead scientist.
Director: Felix E. Feist | Stars: Lew Ayres, Gene Evans, Nancy Reagan, Steve Brodie
Votes: 1,722
37. Alien Abduction (2005)
R | 96 min | Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
After being abducted by extra terrestrials, Jean and her friends are committed to a top secret government run mental institution to undergo tests and be brainwashed.
Director: Eric Forsberg | Stars: Megan Lee Ethridge, Griff Furst, Marissa Morse, Patrick Thomassie
Votes: 1,470
38. Dr. Moreau's House of Pain (2004 Video)
Not Rated | 72 min | Horror
In a big mansion, a scientist has been experimenting with humans and animals, mixing their DNA together.
Director: Charles Band | Stars: John Patrick Jordan, Jessica Lancaster, Peter Donald Badalamenti II, Lorielle New
Votes: 446
39. Terror Is a Man (1959)
Approved | 90 min | Horror, Romance, Sci-Fi
A mad scientist transforms a panther into a man-like creature that escapes and goes on a murderous rampage.
Directors: Gerardo de Leon, Eddie Romero | Stars: Francis Lederer, Greta Thyssen, Richard Derr, Oscar Keesee
Votes: 841
40. No Telling (1991)
Not Rated | 93 min | Horror
In the name of medical research, a man experiments on animals. His relationship with his wife becomes stressed when she becomes inquisitive about his work.
Director: Larry Fessenden | Stars: Miriam Healy-Louie, Stephen Ramsey, David Van Tieghem, Richard Topol
Votes: 428
41. Centipede Horror (1982)
R | 93 min | Horror
A powerful sorcerer targets the grandchildren of the man who burnt down his village 50 years ago, by casting his deadly Centipede Spell on them.
Director: Keith Li | Stars: Tien-Lang Li, Michael Kiu Wai Miu, Hussein Abu Hassan, Chu-Kwong Chan
Votes: 480
42. The Sea and Poison (1986)
123 min | Drama
Downed American fliers in WWII are vivisected by Japanese surgeons in cruel medical experiments.
Director: Kei Kumai | Stars: Eiji Okuda, Ken Watanabe, Takahiro Tamura, Kyôko Kishida
Votes: 323
43. Dark Reprieve (2008)
R | 80 min | Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Two people Matt and Kate wake up in a closed down prison. They have no idea how they got there, or why they are there. In the prison they encounter several terrors as they look for an exit.
Director: Richard Boddington | Stars: Janelle Bartosek, Shawn Storer, Sarah Jackson, Liam Card
Votes: 431
44. The Animal People (2019)
Not Rated | 97 min | Documentary
A chilling portrait of what happens when activism rattles the institutions of power.
Directors: Denis Henry Hennelly, Casey Suchan | Stars: Steven Best, Heidi Boghosian, George W. Bush, Brian Cass
Votes: 293
45. The Directive (2019)
113 min | Action, Comedy, Sci-Fi
One year after a catastrophic pandemic wipes out most of humanity, a lone survivor embarks on a journey to find Safe Zone 57 with the help of a broken robot.
Director: Alexander Raye Pimentel | Stars: Kyle Abraham, Scott Thompson, Hannah Pimentel, Hashim Gari
Votes: 1,317
46. Mondo cane 2000 - L'incredibile (1988)
73 min | Documentary, Horror
Taking more inspiration from The Faces of Death than from the "real" movie world, this documentary shows brutal violence, sex, nudes, some curiosities from various countries. Specifically: ... See full summary »
Director: Gabriele Crisanti | Star: Renzo Stacchi
Votes: 78
47. The Harvest Project (2008)
Not Rated | 87 min | Thriller
A psychological thriller set in the world of the black market human organ trade. The Harvest Project asks the question: What would you do to save the life of someone you love? By the end of... See full summary »
Director: Darren Rozak | Stars: Sebastien de Castell, Nigel Vonas, Sebastian Stewart, Willis Taylor
Votes: 20
48. Animal Control (II) (2011)
17 min | Short, Drama
A lonely and isolated man discovers what it is like to care for a living thing after he brings home an injured Jack Russel terrier. Unfortunately, he doesn't know whether or not he can save his new companion from pain and suffering.
Director: Kire Paputts | Stars: Dekka, David Huband, Julian Richings
Votes: 27
49. Behind the Mask (2006)
Not Rated | 72 min | Documentary
Behind the Mask: The Story Of The People Who Risk Everything To Save Animals is a 2006 documentary film about the Animal Liberation Front. It took three years of filming, interviewing, and editing to complete.
Director: Shannon Keith | Stars: Shannon Keith, Keith Mann, Kevin Kjonaas, Rod Coronado
Votes: 201
50. Animal Passions (1982 TV Movie)
52 min | Documentary
The documentary discusses controversial issues surrounding animal testing, including the use of stolen pets and animal testing of cigarettes. It features interviews with members of the RSPCA, BUAV and the Scottish Anti-Vivisection Society.
Stars: Nigel Havers, Jim Allcock, Roy Calne, Barry Cross