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1. The Lion King (2019)
PG | 118 min | Animation, Adventure, Drama
After the murder of his father, a young lion prince flees his kingdom only to learn the true meaning of responsibility and bravery.
Director: Jon Favreau | Stars: Donald Glover, Beyoncé, Seth Rogen, Chiwetel Ejiofor
Votes: 267,697 | Gross: $543.64M
2. The Godfather Part III (1990)
R | 162 min | Crime, Drama
Follows Michael Corleone, now in his 60s, as he seeks to free his family from crime and find a suitable successor to his empire.
Director: Francis Ford Coppola | Stars: Al Pacino, Diane Keaton, Andy Garcia, Talia Shire
Votes: 425,031 | Gross: $66.67M
3. The Lie (2018)
R | 97 min | Drama, Thriller
A father and daughter are on their way to dance camp when they spot the girl's best friend on the side of the road. When they stop to offer the friend a ride, their good intentions soon result in terrible consequences.
Director: Veena Sud | Stars: Peter Sarsgaard, Mireille Enos, Joey King, Cas Anvar
Votes: 20,402
4. The Strange Love of Martha Ivers (1946)
Unrated | 116 min | Drama, Film-Noir, Romance
A man is reunited with his childhood friend and her husband who believes he knows the truth about the death of her rich aunt years earlier.
Director: Lewis Milestone | Stars: Barbara Stanwyck, Van Heflin, Lizabeth Scott, Kirk Douglas
Votes: 11,131
5. We Have Always Lived in the Castle (2018)
Not Rated | 95 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
Merricat, Constance and their Uncle Julian live in isolation after experiencing a family tragedy six years earlier. When cousin Charles arrives to steal the family fortune, he also threatens a dark secret they've been hiding.
Director: Stacie Passon | Stars: Taissa Farmiga, Alexandra Daddario, Crispin Glover, Sebastian Stan
Votes: 9,598 | Gross: $7.67M
6. The Fly (1958)
Not Rated | 94 min | Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi
A scientist has a horrific accident when he tries to use his newly invented teleportation device.
Director: Kurt Neumann | Stars: David Hedison, Patricia Owens, Vincent Price, Herbert Marshall
Votes: 25,720 | Gross: $3.00M
7. The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane (1976)
PG | 91 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
A thirteen-year-old girl, who lives with her absentee father, befriends a disabled teenage amateur magician and invites him, gradually, into her tenuous struggle against a predatory local neighbor.
Director: Nicolas Gessner | Stars: Jodie Foster, Martin Sheen, Alexis Smith, Mort Shuman
Votes: 18,127
8. Diabolique (1955)
Not Rated | 117 min | Crime, Drama, Horror
The wife and mistress of a loathed school principal plan to murder him with what they believe is the perfect alibi.
Director: Henri-Georges Clouzot | Stars: Simone Signoret, Véra Clouzot, Paul Meurisse, Charles Vanel
Votes: 69,497 | Gross: $1.09M
9. Back Roads (2018)
101 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
In 1993, Harley's dad is shot dead and his mom goes to prison. He has to earn money and look after his 3 kid sisters. No college. Over 2 years, family secrets are slowly revealed. Will a good therapist be enough?
Director: Alex Pettyfer | Stars: Alex Pettyfer, Jennifer Morrison, Nicola Peltz Beckham, Chiara Aurelia
Votes: 5,501
10. Bad Influence (1990)
R | 99 min | Drama, Thriller
A soft and hesitant young man is in danger when he tries to break toxic relationships with a mysterious stranger claiming to be his friend.
Director: Curtis Hanson | Stars: Rob Lowe, James Spader, Palmer Lee Todd, Rosalyn Landor
Votes: 10,900 | Gross: $12.63M
11. The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1939)
Passed | 116 min | Drama, Romance
In 15th-century France, a gypsy girl is framed for murder by the infatuated Chief Justice, and only the deformed bellringer of Notre Dame Cathedral can save her.
Director: William Dieterle | Stars: Charles Laughton, Maureen O'Hara, Cedric Hardwicke, Thomas Mitchell
Votes: 12,310 | Gross: $3.27M
12. The Babysitter's Seduction (1996 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 85 min | Drama, Thriller
The mother of the family Michelle babysits for is shot. The widower asks the teen girl to continue looking after the children and gradually seduces her. Michelle finds herself enveloped in a web of lies until she becomes a suspect.
Director: David Burton Morris | Stars: Stephen Collins, Keri Russell, Phylicia Rashad, Tobin Bell
Votes: 1,772
13. The Invisible Man Returns (1940)
Passed | 81 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
The owner of a coal mining operation, falsely imprisoned for fratricide, takes a drug to make him invisible, despite its side effect: gradual madness.
Director: Joe May | Stars: Cedric Hardwicke, Vincent Price, Nan Grey, John Sutton
Votes: 5,322
14. Three... Extremes (2004)
R | 125 min | Horror
An Asian cross-cultural trilogy of horror films from accomplished indie directors.
Directors: Fruit Chan, Park Chan-wook, Takashi Miike | Stars: Bai Ling, Lee Byung-hun, Kyoko Hasegawa, Pauline Lau
Votes: 20,902 | Gross: $0.08M
15. 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: 9,990
16. Motherly (2021)
80 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Kate (Lora Burke) and her daughter Beth live alone in an isolated farmhouse in the woods, but when Kate slowly begins to suspect that something sinister is happening, her motherly instincts are put to the test.
Director: Craig Wallace | Stars: Lora Burke, Tessa Kozma, Kristen MacCulloch, Nick Smyth
Votes: 1,934
17. The Red House (1947)
Approved | 100 min | Drama, Film-Noir, Mystery
An old man and his sister are concealing a terrible secret from their adopted teen daughter, concerning a hidden abandoned farmhouse, located deep in the woods.
Director: Delmer Daves | Stars: Edward G. Robinson, Lon McCallister, Judith Anderson, Rory Calhoun
Votes: 4,966
18. The Flame (1947)
Approved | 97 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
A woman falls for the victim of an intended blackmail plot.
Director: John H. Auer | Stars: John Carroll, Vera Ralston, Robert Paige, Broderick Crawford
Votes: 409
19. Humanity (1999)
Not Rated | 141 min | Drama, Mystery
When an 11-year-old girl is brutally raped and murdered in a quiet French village, a police detective who has forgotten how to feel emotions--because of the death of his own family in some kind of accident--investigates the crime, which turns out to ask more questions
Director: Bruno Dumont | Stars: Emmanuel Schotté, Séverine Caneele, Philippe Tullier, Ghislain Ghesquère
Votes: 5,109 | Gross: $0.11M
20. Temptation (1946)
Approved | 98 min | Drama, Film-Noir, Thriller
Ruby, a beautiful divorcee with a shady past, marries a rich Egyptologist, and while he continues excavating a Pharoah's tomb, she becomes bored until she falls for a debt-ridden, blackmailing Egyptian prince.
Director: Irving Pichel | Stars: Merle Oberon, George Brent, Charles Korvin, Paul Lukas
Votes: 382
21. Too Close to Home (1997 TV Movie)
TV-PG | 115 min | Drama, Thriller
Obsessed with her adult son and angered by the idea of him leaving her and marrying a beautiful nurse, a mother does everything in her power to prevent his independence.
Director: Bill Corcoran | Stars: Judith Light, Ricky Schroder, Sarah Trigger, Dorothy Gordon
Votes: 439
22. Day of Wrath (1943)
Not Rated | 110 min | Drama, History
The young wife of an aging priest falls in love with his son amidst the horror of a merciless witch hunt in 17th-century Denmark.
Director: Carl Theodor Dreyer | Stars: Thorkild Roose, Lisbeth Movin, Sigrid Neiiendam, Kirsten Andreasen
Votes: 11,121
23. The King (2005)
R | 105 min | Drama, Thriller
A motiveless malignancy? Elvis leaves the Navy and heads for Texas where he contacts his father Dave, whom he's never met. He is the pastor at a Christian community church. He tells Elvis ... See full summary »
Director: James Marsh | Stars: Gael García Bernal, William Hurt, Laura Harring, Derek Alvarado
Votes: 7,476 | Gross: $0.28M
24. The Sin of Nora Moran (1933)
Passed | 65 min | Adventure, Crime, Drama
A young woman with a difficult past is sentenced for a murder she didn't commit, but revealing the truth could hurt people she loves.
Director: Phil Goldstone | Stars: Zita Johann, John Miljan, Alan Dinehart, Paul Cavanagh
Votes: 785
25. The Strange Affair of Uncle Harry (1945)
Passed | 80 min | Drama, Film-Noir
Bachelor Harry Quincey, head designer in a small-town cloth factory, lives with his selfish sisters, glamorous hypochondriac Lettie and querulous widow Hester. His developing relationship ... See full summary »
Director: Robert Siodmak | Stars: George Sanders, Ella Raines, Geraldine Fitzgerald, Sara Allgood
Votes: 1,993
26. Mujer Perversa (2023)
95 min | Drama
Victoria. a fearless Latina in a narco-cartel world falls for her bodyguard and stepsister, Katy, leading to a risky love triangle. Amidst the danger, she must make tough choices for her survival.
Director: Danilo G. Santos | Stars: Norma Calix, Guillermo Quintanilla, Fernando Gaviria, Antonio Aguirre
Votes: 8
27. The Three Deaths of Marisela Escobedo (2020)
TV-MA | 109 min | Documentary, Crime
Follows a mother's tireless crusade to jail her daughter's murderer after Mexico's justice system failed to do so.
Director: Carlos Perez Osorio | Stars: Juan Manuel Fraire Escobedo, Alejandro Fraire, Blanca Escobedo, Patricia González
Votes: 1,982
28. The Legend of Lucy Keyes (2006)
R | 93 min | Drama, Thriller
An urban family leaves city life behind for the confines of rural New England. Little do they know that their new home once belonged to the Keyes family, a clan who experienced the tragic loss of their daughter some 250 years ago.
Director: John Stimpson | Stars: Julie Delpy, Justin Theroux, Brooke Adams, Mark Boone Junior
Votes: 1,624
29. House of Secrets (1993 TV Movie)
120 min | Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Marion Ravinel is trapped in an abusive spousal relationship. She forms a plan with her husband's former lover to kill him. However, the outcome turns out to be more than she planned on as ... See full summary »
Director: Mimi Leder | Stars: Melissa Gilbert, Bruce Boxleitner, Kate Vernon, Michael Boatman
Votes: 257
30. Suspense (1946)
Passed | 101 min | Drama, Film-Noir, Romance
Frank Leonard, the proprietor of an ice-skating revue promotes Joe Morgan, a peanut vendor at the show, to a management position based on suggestions he made to improve the act of the ... See full summary »
Director: Frank Tuttle | Stars: Belita, Barry Sullivan, Bonita Granville, Albert Dekker
Votes: 891
31. Condemned to Live (1935)
Approved | 67 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
After a series of unsolved murders, a man finds out that his mother was bitten by a vampire bat during her pregnancy, and he believes that he may be the vampire committing the murders.
Director: Frank R. Strayer | Stars: Ralph Morgan, Pedro de Cordoba, Maxine Doyle, Russell Gleason
Votes: 588
32. My Right Older Brother (2021–2022)
TV-MA | 30 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Riyo (Yamaya Kasumi) is a university student who works part-time at a retail outlet. One day, while at work, she meets a young man named Kairi (Furukawa Yuta) who bears an uncanny ... See full summary »
Stars: Yuta Furukawa, Kasumi Yamaya, Arata Horii, Mirai Kitanosono
Votes: 14
33. The Woman Condemned (1934)
Passed | 66 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Jerry, a young newspaper reporter, intrigued by the charm and beauty of Barbara, a girl accused of murder, sets out to prove her innocence in the face of a damaging array of circumstantial evidence.
Director: Dorothy Davenport | Stars: Claudia Dell, Lola Lane, Richard Hemingway, Jason Robards Sr.
Votes: 294
34. High Yellow (1965)
83 min | Drama
Cynthia Wood, a light-skinned 17-year-old girl, tries to pass as white after getting hired by wealthy movie magnate Mr. Langley, who has problems with his spoiled wife and promiscuous teenage daughter and son.
Director: Larry Buchanan | Stars: Cynthia Hull, Warren Hammack, Annabelle Weenick, Bob Brown
Votes: 71
35. Crime Thief (1969)
TV-14 | 90 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Married with two young children, Jean Girod, a "writer", partly escapes that family life when he secretly witnesses a young woman commit suicide. In that new other life, he rents a room ... See full summary »
Director: Nadine Trintignant | Stars: Jean-Louis Trintignant, Robert Hossein, Giorgia Moll, Bernadette Lafont
Votes: 205
36. The Valiant (1929)
66 min | Drama
After killing an unknown man for an unknown reason, a mysterious drifter turns himself to the law under a false name, intending to protect his own family's honor. But when the news of his ... See full summary »
Director: William K. Howard | Stars: Paul Muni, Marguerite Churchill, Johnny Mack Brown, DeWitt Jennings
Votes: 540
37. The Goose Woman (1925)
80 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A famous opera singer lost her voice when her son was born, and has drowned her sorrows in drink. When a murder is committed near her house, she invents a story to get herself back in front... See full summary »
Director: Clarence Brown | Stars: Jack Pickford, Louise Dresser, Constance Bennett, Marc McDermott
Votes: 201
38. Hoodoo Ann (1916)
65 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
An orphan girl, believing herself cursed with the hoodoo until she gets married, is adopted by a childless couple after the orphanage burns down. Boy-next-door meets girl-next-door, and all looks great until she finds a loaded gun.
Director: Lloyd Ingraham | Stars: Mae Marsh, Robert Harron, William H. Brown, Wilbur Higby
Votes: 941
39. A Dangerous Woman (1929)
Passed | 80 min | Drama, Romance
The commissioner of a remote outpost in Africa has a mistress who is so sexy and seductive that she has made several of the local white men kill themselves. She learns that the ... See full summary »
Director: Rowland V. Lee | Stars: Olga Baclanova, Clive Brook, Neil Hamilton, Clyde Cook
Votes: 62
40. Crossed Wires (I) (1915)
Not Rated | 31 min | Short, Drama, Mystery
An innocent man is accused of murdering his aunt.
Director: Frederick Sullivan | Stars: Inda Palmer, J. Morris Foster, Florence La Badie, Boyd Marshall
Votes: 50
41. Dark Shadows (1944)
Passed | 21 min | Short, Crime, Drama
A police psychiatrist is enlisted to catch a homicidal killer.
Directors: Walter Hart, Paul Burnford | Stars: Henry O'Neill, Morris Ankrum, Arthur Space, Paul Guilfoyle
Votes: 224
42. Not Guilty! (1926)
Comedy, Short
Puffy and his girlfriend want to get married by a judge at the courthouse. However they go to a wrong door and he's mistaken for a defendant in a murder trial. Witnesses tell how he ... See full summary »
Director: Harry Sweet | Stars: Károly Huszár, Billy Franey, Harry Lorraine, Elsie Tarron
Votes: 12
43. Overtime (IV) (2020)
7 min | Short, Horror
Rachelle is working alone in the office after her co-worker, Virgo, leaves for a date. When Virgo returns, something has gone terribly wrong.
Director: Archie Enriquez | Stars: Virgo Cueto, Archie Enriquez, Rachelle Claire Melchor
44.
One Step Beyond (1959–1961)
Episode:
Image of Death
(1959)
Approved | 30 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
An inspector is suspicious about the death of the wife of a Marquis, who, in fact, did kill her with his lover Charlotte as his accomplice. The Marquis becomes increasingly haunted by a ... See full summary »
Director: John Newland | Stars: Doris Dowling, Max Adrian, John Wengraf, Deirdre Owens
Votes: 186
45.
Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955–1962)
Episode:
A Bullet for Baldwin
(1956)
TV-14 | 30 min | Drama, Mystery
When an office worker is fired from his job, he shoots his boss to death, but when he returns to the office his boss is alive, and has no recollection of the incident.
Director: Justus Addiss | Stars: Alfred Hitchcock, John Qualen, Sebastian Cabot, Phillip Reed
Votes: 1,061
46.
Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955–1962)
Episode:
The Long Shot
(1955)
TV-14 | 30 min | Drama, Mystery
Heavily indebted Charlie Raymond is hired to accompany a British visitor on a trip across the USA, and looks for a way to take advantage of his employer.
Director: Robert Stevenson | Stars: Alfred Hitchcock, Peter Lawford, John Williams, Gertrude Hoffman
Votes: 1,231
47.
Decoy (1957–1958)
Episode:
Deadly Corridor
(1957)
26 min | Crime, Drama
Casey poses as a prisoner in a women's jail in order to apprehend a murderer.
Director: Teddy Sills | Stars: Beverly Garland, Lois Nettleton, Peggy Feury, Colleen Dewhurst
Votes: 44
48.
Homicide: Life on the Street (1993–1999)
Episode:
Justice: Part 1
(1996)
TV-14 | 47 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A murdered ex-cop's son decides to conduct his own investigation when Munch and Russert find themselves stumped in their search for the killer.
Director: Michael Radford | Stars: Richard Belzer, Andre Braugher, Reed Diamond, Isabella Hofmann
Votes: 144
49.
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999– )
Episode:
Families
(2004)
TV-14 | 41 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A high school student is found murdered, and it appears she's the victim of incest.
Director: Constantine Makris | Stars: Christopher Meloni, Mariska Hargitay, Richard Belzer, Diane Neal
Votes: 1,139
50.
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999– )
Episode:
Taboo
(2006)
TV-14 | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
When a baby boy is discovered in the rubbish, detectives Benson and Stabler use a t-shirt found at the scene to trace the crime back to a well-to-do college student.
Director: Arthur W. Forney | Stars: Christopher Meloni, Mariska Hargitay, Richard Belzer, Diane Neal
Votes: 1,031