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51. Don't Be Afraid of the Dark (1973 TV Movie)
Unrated | 74 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
A young couple inherits an old mansion inhabited by small demon-like creatures who are determined to make the wife one of their own.
Director: John Newland | Stars: Kim Darby, Jim Hutton, Barbara Anderson, William Demarest
Votes: 4,130
52. Blithe Spirit (1945)
96 min | Comedy, Fantasy
A man and his second wife are haunted by the ghost of his first wife.
Director: David Lean | Stars: Rex Harrison, Constance Cummings, Kay Hammond, Margaret Rutherford
Votes: 8,076
53. In Dreams (1999)
R | 100 min | Drama, Fantasy, Thriller
A suburban housewife learns that she has a dreamworld connection to a serial murderer, and must stop him from killing again.
Director: Neil Jordan | Stars: Annette Bening, Robert Downey Jr., Katie Sagona, Aidan Quinn
Votes: 13,660 | Gross: $12.02M
54. The Boy Who Cried Werewolf (2010 TV Movie)
TV-PG | 83 min | Comedy, Drama, Family
A Californian family inherits a castle in Romania. This is especially exciting to the son, who is obsessed with monsters. And he is not disappointed.
Director: Eric Bross | Stars: Victoria Justice, Chase Ellison, Anna Galvin, Matt Winston
Votes: 3,878
55. The Window (1949)
Approved | 73 min | Drama, Film-Noir, Thriller
To avoid the heat of a sweltering summer night a 9-year-old Manhattan boy decides to sleep on the fire escape and witnesses a murder, but no one will believe him.
Director: Ted Tetzlaff | Stars: Bobby Driscoll, Barbara Hale, Arthur Kennedy, Paul Stewart
Votes: 4,893
56. Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man (1943)
Passed | 74 min | Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi
The resurrected Wolf Man, seeking a cure for his malady, enlists the aid of a mad scientist, who claims he will not only rid the Wolf Man of his nocturnal metamorphosis, but also revive the frozen body of Frankenstein's inhuman creation.
Director: Roy William Neill | Stars: Lon Chaney Jr., Ilona Massey, Patric Knowles, Lionel Atwill
Votes: 10,008
57. Night of the Demon (1980)
Not Rated | 96 min | Horror
An anthropologist and his students attempt to track down a Bigfoot responsible for a rash of violent murders, only to uncover something even more sinister.
Director: James C. Wasson | Stars: Michael Cutt, Joy Allen, Bob Collins, Jody Lazarus
Votes: 2,534
58. 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: 10,282
59. Irresistible (2006)
R | 103 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
A wife and mother is consumed by the thought that her husband's co-worker is trying to win him away from her and their family.
Director: Ann Turner | Stars: Susan Sarandon, Sam Neill, Emily Blunt, Charles 'Bud' Tingwell
Votes: 6,642
60. Smiley (2012)
R | 95 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
After discovering an urban legend of a demented serial killer, who has nothing but a carved "smiley" on his face, a mentally fragile teenager must figure out if she is going insane - or if she could be the next victim.
Director: Michael J. Gallagher | Stars: Caitlin Gerard, Melanie Papalia, Shane Dawson, Andrew James Allen
Votes: 9,794
61. Mermaid Down (2019)
91 min | Fantasy, Horror, Mystery
A mermaid is ripped from the Pacific, her tail is chopped off and she's thrown into a mental home where no one believes she is a mermaid.
Director: Jeffrey Grellman | Stars: Meggan Kaiser, Phillip Andre Botello, Alexandra Bokova, Eryn Rea
Votes: 11,153
62. The Lady Vanishes (1979)
PG | 95 min | Action, Comedy, Mystery
While travelling by rail in interwar Nazi Germany, a young socialite finds that a fellow female passenger has disappeared from the train, but nobody else remembers her having been on board.
Director: Anthony Page | Stars: Elliott Gould, Cybill Shepherd, Angela Lansbury, Herbert Lom
Votes: 3,003
63. Stepmonster (1993 Video)
PG-13 | 85 min | Comedy, Horror
Todd Dougherty has an imagination driven by comic book. So when he accuses his soon-to-be stepmother of being a monster, no one believes him. When neighbors start turning up dead, it ... See full summary »
Director: Jeremy Stanford | Stars: Alan Thicke, Molly Cheek, Billy Corben, Robin Riker
Votes: 639
64. The Boy Who Cried Werewolf (1973)
PG | 93 min | Horror
A young boy visits his father in a secluded cabin; the father is attacked by a werewolf and becomes one himself every full moon. However, the boy constantly tries to warn others, but no one will believe him.
Director: Nathan Juran | Stars: Kerwin Mathews, Elaine Devry, Scott Sealey, Robert J. Wilke
Votes: 786
65. Scream for Help (1984)
R | 89 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
A teenaged girl discovers that her stepfather is trying to murder her and her mother, but when she tells people, no one will believe her.
Director: Michael Winner | Stars: Rachael Kelly, David Allen Brooks, Marie Masters, Rocco Sisto
Votes: 1,285
66. Heart of Midnight (1988)
R | 93 min | Drama, Horror, Thriller
Carol inherits a night club from her weird uncle. She moves into the place, only to find out just how weird her uncle really was. She begins to remember more about her very special ... See full summary »
Director: Matthew Chapman | Stars: Jennifer Jason Leigh, Brenda Vaccaro, Jack Hallett, Nicholas Love
Votes: 1,763 | Gross: $0.11M
67. Neon Maniacs (1986)
R | 91 min | Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
A group of teenagers in San Francisco discover a nest of homicidal monsters living in a tower of the Golden Gate Bridge, but when they try to tell authorities, no one believes them.
Director: Joseph Mangine | Stars: Clyde Hayes, Leilani Sarelle, Donna Locke, Victor Brandt
Votes: 3,030
68. Fear in the Night (1972)
PG | 94 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
A young woman recovering from a nervous breakdown moves with her husband to a boys' school, and finds herself being terrorized by a mysterious one-armed man, but nobody believes her.
Director: Jimmy Sangster | Stars: Judy Geeson, Joan Collins, Ralph Bates, Peter Cushing
Votes: 2,408
69. I Married a Monster from Outer Space (1958)
Not Rated | 78 min | Horror, Sci-Fi
Aliens arrive on Earth to possess the bodies of humans. One of their first victims is a young man, whose new wife soon realizes something is wrong with him.
Director: Gene Fowler Jr. | Stars: Tom Tryon, Gloria Talbott, Peter Baldwin, Robert Ivers
Votes: 3,112
70. Something Evil (1972 TV Movie)
Unrated | 73 min | Horror
A young couple moves into a farmhouse in rural Pennsylvania. What they don't know is that there is an unseen presence in the house, and that it wants to take possession of the wife.
Director: Steven Spielberg | Stars: Darren McGavin, Sandy Dennis, Ralph Bellamy, Jeff Corey
Votes: 2,103
71. Spoor (2017)
Not Rated | 128 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Janina Duszejko, an elderly woman, lives alone in the Klodzko Valley where a series of mysterious crimes are committed. Duszejko is convinced that she knows who or what is the murderer, but nobody believes her.
Directors: Agnieszka Holland, Kasia Adamik | Stars: Agnieszka Mandat, Wiktor Zborowski, Jakub Gierszal, Patricia Volny
Votes: 6,055
72. Invasion of the Saucer Men (1957)
Passed | 69 min | Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Aliens equipped with venomous claws invade a small town but the town's teenage population is mobilized to fight the menace.
Director: Edward L. Cahn | Stars: Steven Terrell, Gloria Castillo, Frank Gorshin, Raymond Hatton
Votes: 2,181
73. The Prince and the Pauper (1937)
Approved | 118 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
A poor boy named Tom Canty and the Prince of Wales exchange identities but events force the pair to experience each other's lives as well.
Directors: William Keighley, William Dieterle | Stars: Errol Flynn, Claude Rains, Henry Stephenson, Barton MacLane
Votes: 2,894
74. Deadly Cheer Mom (2022 TV Movie)
TV-14 | 87 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller
When a cheer captain gets kicked off the squad for fake salacious videos, she must catch the culprit and prove her innocence.
Director: Doug Campbell | Stars: Mena Suvari, Karla Mosley, Tommi Rose, Alie Urquhart
Votes: 163
75. Boomerang! (1947)
Passed | 88 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
The true story of a prosecutor's fight to prove the innocence of a man accused of a notorious murder.
Director: Elia Kazan | Stars: Dana Andrews, Jane Wyatt, Lee J. Cobb, Cara Williams
Votes: 5,074
76. Archenemy (2020)
Not Rated | 90 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
Max Fist claims to be a hero from another dimension who fell through time and space to earth, where he has no powers. No one believes his stories except for a local teen named Hamster.
Director: Adam Egypt Mortimer | Stars: Jessica Allain, Mac Brandt, Skylan Brooks, Kieran Gallagher
Votes: 3,639
77. Spy School (2008)
PG | 86 min | Adventure, Comedy, Family
Doubting Thomas is the story of a twelve year old boy known for telling tall tales who overhears a plot to kidnap the President's daughter. When he goes public with his story, no one believes him, and he is forced to save her on his own.
Director: Mark Blutman | Stars: Forrest Landis, AnnaSophia Robb, Rider Strong, Lea Thompson
Votes: 1,712
78. Ace the Case (2016)
PG-13 | 94 min | Family, Mystery
After being left at home when her mother goes on a business trip, a young girl witnesses a woman being kidnapped. With the help of a veteran New York detective, she undauntedly attempts to solve the kidnapping - no matter what it takes.
Director: Kevin Kaufman | Stars: Ripley Sobo, Lev Gorn, Susan Sarandon, Marc Menchaca
Votes: 611
79. Death Walks at Midnight (1972)
Not Rated | 102 min | Crime, Horror, Mystery
During a drug-fuelled photoshoot, a model witnesses a brutal murder in the apartment opposite hers, and is forced to become an amateur sleuth to unravel the mystery.
Director: Luciano Ercoli | Stars: Nieves Navarro, Simón Andreu, Peter Martell, Carlo Gentili
Votes: 2,016
80. Sanctuary (I) (2019)
46 min | Mystery, Thriller
What could be worse than being imprisoned in a locked-down clinic where nothing is what it seems, and nobody believes you are who you say you are? How about beginning to suspect that they're right?
Stars: Josefin Asplund, Lorenzo Richelmy, Barbara Marten, Felix Garcia Guyer
Votes: 1,378
81. The Brass Bottle (1964)
Passed | 89 min | Comedy, Fantasy
An architect buys an antique brass bottle that contains an ancient genie who's determined to fulfill his new master's every wish.
Director: Harry Keller | Stars: Tony Randall, Burl Ives, Barbara Eden, Kamala Devi
Votes: 1,005
82. Whispers (1990)
R | 100 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
A woman is stalked by a psychopathic killer. She eventually kills him, only for the man to show up again, this time sane and without any knowledge of the attacks. The police don't believe her, but one detective agrees to look into it.
Director: Douglas Jackson | Stars: Victoria Tennant, Jean Leclerc, Chris Sarandon, Peter MacNeill
Votes: 675
83. Monster from the Ocean Floor (1954)
Not Rated | 64 min | Horror, Sci-Fi
Julie, an American on vacation in Mexico, spots a giant, one-eyed amoeba rising from the ocean, but when she tries to tell the authorities, no one believes her. She finally teams up with a marine biologist in an attempt to destroy it.
Director: Wyott Ordung | Stars: Anne Kimbell, Stuart Wade, Dick Pinner, Wyott Ordung
Votes: 1,022 | Gross: $0.12M
84. Cry Wolf (1947)
Approved | 83 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
Recently widowed Sandra Demarest arrives at the isolated home of her late husband for his wake, but his uncle will not allow her to view the corpse.
Director: Peter Godfrey | Stars: Errol Flynn, Barbara Stanwyck, Geraldine Brooks, Richard Basehart
Votes: 1,934
85. Schizo (1976)
R | 109 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
A newly-married woman becomes convinced someone from her past is stalking her, but nobody believes her until the bodies start to pile up.
Director: Pete Walker | Stars: Lynne Frederick, John Leyton, Stephanie Beacham, John Fraser
Votes: 1,461
86. The Screaming Woman (1972 TV Movie)
TV-PG | 73 min | Drama, Horror, Thriller
A wealthy former mental patient goes home to her estate to rest and recuperate. While walking the grounds one day she hears the screams of a woman coming from underneath the ground who has ... See full summary »
Director: Jack Smight | Stars: Olivia de Havilland, Ed Nelson, Laraine Stephens, Joseph Cotten
Votes: 930
87. If I Had a Million (1932)
Passed | 88 min | Comedy, Drama
A dying tycoon gives million-dollar windfalls to eight people picked from the city directory.
Directors: James Cruze, H. Bruce Humberstone, Ernst Lubitsch, Norman Z. McLeod, Stephen Roberts, William A. Seiter, Norman Taurog, Lothar Mendes | Stars: Gary Cooper, Charles Laughton, W.C. Fields, George Raft
Votes: 2,316
88. A Fire in the Sky (1978 TV Movie)
150 min | Drama, Sci-Fi
Astronomers discover a comet that they believe will crash into Phoenix, Arizona. They attempt to warn officials, but no one believes them.
Director: Jerry Jameson | Stars: Richard Crenna, Elizabeth Ashley, David Dukes, Joanna Miles
Votes: 569
89. Shadow of Fear (1955)
76 min | Mystery
A college student returns home to attend her father's funeral and begins to suspect her stepmother of foul play.
Director: Albert S. Rogell | Stars: Mona Freeman, Jean Kent, Maxwell Reed, Hugh Miller
Votes: 215
90. Alien Conquest (2021)
Unrated | 87 min | Action, Sci-Fi
Sibling astronomers discover Martians are threatening to attack Earth, but no one believes them-until Martians land and nearly destroy all of New York City.
Director: Mario N. Bonassin | Stars: Emily Killian, Anthony Jensen, Tom Sizemore, Michael DeVorzon
Votes: 1,023
91. Witness to Murder (1954)
Approved | 83 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
A woman's sanity comes into question, after she claims to have witnessed a murder from her apartment window.
Director: Roy Rowland | Stars: Barbara Stanwyck, George Sanders, Gary Merrill, Jesse White
Votes: 3,450
92. Nails (I) (2017)
85 min | Horror, Mystery
Recovering after a terrible accident, Dana struggles to regain her life and family when she encounters a malevolent ghost in her hospital room.
Director: Dennis Bartok | Stars: Shauna Macdonald, Steve Wall, Leah McNamara, Ross Noble
Votes: 2,791
93. Knocking (2021)
78 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
A woman leaves a psychiatric ward after a nervous breakdown, only to start hearing mysterious knocking sounds in her apartment.
Director: Frida Kempff | Stars: Cecilia Milocco, Albin Grenholm, Ville Virtanen, Krister Kern
Votes: 1,715
94. Slammer Girls (1987)
R | 80 min | Comedy
A young girl is framed for a crime she didn't commit and sent to the state penitentiary, which is run by a crooked warden and a corrupt staff. A reporter manages to get herself sent to the ... See full summary »
Director: Chuck Vincent | Stars: Devon Jenkin, Jeffrey Hurst, Veronica Hart, Henri Pachard
Votes: 170
95. Killer Bees (2002 TV Movie)
TV-14 | 96 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
After a truck accident causes their release, a small rural town is faced with a swarm of killer bees.
Director: Penelope Buitenhuis | Stars: C. Thomas Howell, Tracy Nelson, Fiona Loewi, Noel Fisher
Votes: 961
96. Undeniable (2014)
45 min | Drama, Thriller
25 years ago, Jane saw a man killing her mother. Today she's a well-adjusted wife and mother herself. While having a physical, she notices a doctor who looks like the killer and reports him. No one believes her--except one cop.
Stars: Claire Goose, Alisha Kelly, Felix Scott, Robert Pugh
Votes: 1,085
97. The Lost Choices (2015)
108 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A young women is raped while on her way home. When she is rejected by the police, because they don't believe her, she sets out for revenge. Not only on her rapist, but also the police and everybody who did not believe her.
Director: Yeong-hoon Ahn | Stars: Shin Hyeon-bin, Yoon So-yi, Hyeok-il Kim, Jeong Ae-yeon
Votes: 222
98. Intruder (2020)
102 min | Mystery, Thriller
Seo-Jin is a popular architect. He suffers from a trauma when his younger sister Yoo-Jin went missing. 25 years after her disappearance, Yoo-Jin comes back to her family. Seo-Jin feels something is not right with Yoo-Jin.
Director: Sohn Won-Pyung | Stars: So Hee-jung, Lee Je-Yeon, Song Ji-hyo, Yang Mal-bok
Votes: 2,204
99. With Murder in Mind (1992 TV Movie)
100 min | Drama
After being shot while trying to arrange the sale of a rural farm, a real estate agent desperately tries to bring the shooter to justice.
Director: Michael Tuchner | Stars: Elizabeth Montgomery, Robert Foxworth, Howard E. Rollins Jr., Maureen O'Sullivan
Votes: 157
100. Night Slaves (1970 TV Movie)
72 min | Mystery, Sci-Fi
A man and his wife find themselves stranded in a small western town. He discovers that a strange force has turned the residents into zombies, and runs into a beautiful woman who he believes is the key to the mystery.
Director: Ted Post | Stars: James Franciscus, Lee Grant, Scott Marlowe, Andrew Prine
Votes: 380