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1. The Gift (2000)
R | 111 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
A fortune teller with extrasensory perception is asked to help find a young woman who has mysteriously disappeared.
Director: Sam Raimi | Stars: Cate Blanchett, Katie Holmes, Keanu Reeves, Giovanni Ribisi
Votes: 74,932 | Gross: $12.01M
2. Bliss (1997)
R | 103 min | Drama, Romance
A newly married happy couple visits a sex therapist to determine why the wife can't achieve an orgasm with her husband. This causes a horrific suppressed memory to emerge and she becomes more and more distant.
Director: Lance Young | Stars: Craig Sheffer, Terence Stamp, Sheryl Lee, Casey Siemaszko
Votes: 2,892 | Gross: $0.21M
3. Malevolent (III) (2018)
TV-MA | 89 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
A team of scam artists get more than they bargained for when a job at a haunted country estate gets out of hand.
Director: Olaf de Fleur Johannesson | Stars: Florence Pugh, Ben Lloyd-Hughes, Scott Chambers, Georgina Bevan
Votes: 17,147
4. Dream Lover (1993)
R | 103 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
A successful businessman tries to uncover what is wrong with his wife.
Director: Nicholas Kazan | Stars: James Spader, Mädchen Amick, Fredric Lehne, Bess Armstrong
Votes: 6,106 | Gross: $0.26M
5. Jolene (2008)
R | 121 min | Drama
A teenage orphan spends ten years traveling cross-country experiencing life, love and heartbreak.
Director: Dan Ireland | Stars: Jessica Chastain, Frances Fisher, Rupert Friend, Dermot Mulroney
Votes: 5,155
6. What Josiah Saw (2021)
120 min | Horror, Thriller
A family with buried secrets reunite at a farmhouse after two decades to pay for their past sins.
Director: Vincent Grashaw | Stars: Robert Patrick, Nick Stahl, Scott Haze, Kelli Garner
Votes: 4,257
7. All About Nina (2018)
R | 97 min | Drama
Nina is a stand-up comedian who sees her life turned upside down when she meets Rafe.
Director: Eva Vives | Stars: Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Brodie Reed, Charlotte Newhouse, Jay Mohr
Votes: 3,174 | Gross: $0.10M
8. Mary Reilly (1996)
R | 108 min | Drama, Horror, Romance
A housemaid falls in love with Dr. Henry Jekyll and his darkly mysterious counterpart, Mr. Edward Hyde.
Director: Stephen Frears | Stars: Julia Roberts, John Malkovich, George Cole, Michael Gambon
Votes: 15,835 | Gross: $5.71M
9. The Stepdaughter (2000 Video)
R | 92 min | Horror, Thriller
Growing up, Susan Heller survived countless foster homes and years of abuse and neglect with one burning goal: to someday find the birth mother who abandoned her--and get revenge.
Director: Peter Liapis | Stars: Andrea Roth, Lisa Dean Ryan, Jaimz Woolvett, Cindy Pickett
Votes: 616
10. 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
11. Girl Fight (2011 TV Movie)
TV-14 | 88 min | Crime, Drama
A video of an assault on a teenager surfaces on the Internet.
Director: Stephen Gyllenhaal | Stars: Anne Heche, James Tupper, Jodelle Ferland, Tess Atkins
Votes: 1,563
12. Ladybird Ladybird (1994)
R | 101 min | Drama
Maggie, an unmarried mother of four children by four different men who abused her, leaves her kids home alone one night. A fire injures them and child services takes custody. Maggie fails to regain custody of her children.
Director: Ken Loach | Stars: Crissy Rock, Vladimir Vega, Sandie Lavelle, Mauricio Venegas
Votes: 3,830 | Gross: $0.15M
13. Bloodknot (1995 TV Movie)
R | 98 min | Drama, Thriller
A grieving family opens its household to an unknown woman who claims to have been their dearly departed's girlfriend.
Director: Jorge Montesi | Stars: Margot Kidder, Allan Royal, Ashleigh Ann Wood, Patrick Dempsey
Votes: 326
14. In the Best Interest of the Child (1990 TV Movie)
100 min | Drama
Jennifer's daughter is having nightmares and acting violently. It dawns on Jennifer that Mandy might be sexually abused by her father. What will she do when the court isn't favourable in Mandy's hour of need?
Director: David Greene | Stars: Meg Tilly, Ed Begley Jr., Michael O'Keefe, Michele Greene
Votes: 126
15. The Unwilling (2016)
TV-MA | 84 min | Horror, Thriller
After the death of a much despised patriarch, a mysterious box shows up during the reading of the will, forcing the family to reckon with each of their own deadly sins.
Director: Jonathan Heap | Stars: David Lipper, Dina Meyer, Bree Williamson, Robert Rusler
Votes: 620
16. Reform School Girl (1957)
Approved | 71 min | Crime, Drama
A young man steals a car and ends up involved in a pedestrian fatality. The only witness is a girl he had just met. He threatens her life if she talks, so when she refuses to tell what she knows, she is sent to reform school.
Director: Edward Bernds | Stars: Gloria Castillo, Ross Ford, Edd Byrnes, Ralph Reed
Votes: 308
17. Blood Craft (2019)
TV-MA | 94 min | Horror, Thriller
Two sisters who suffered abuse as children at the hands of their sadistic father decide, after his death, to use witchcraft to bring his spirit back to get revenge.
Director: James Cullen Bressack | Stars: Madeleine Wade, Augie Duke, Michael Welch, Dave Sheridan
Votes: 274
18. Haunts (1976)
PG | 97 min | Horror
May Britt plays a seemingly innocent farm girl convinced that her slovenly uncle (Cameron Mitchell) is the man responsible for the bloody scissor-murders of several local girls.
Director: Herb Freed | Stars: May Britt, Cameron Mitchell, Aldo Ray, William Gray Espy
Votes: 711
19. Stolen Breath: The Truth Revealed (2017)
136 min | Drama
A dedicated father, struggling with a family secret of intergenerational incest, finds himself caught in a war between love and the pain for revenge
Director: Mark E. Ridley | Stars: Anthony M. Bertram, Perry Brown, Phillip J. Cates, Rayshawn Chism
Votes: 30
20. The Marker (2017)
80 min | Crime, Thriller
Noir thriller about a criminal seeking redemption by tracking down the daughter of the woman he killed. Along the way he is haunted by his guilt in the guise of the woman's ghost.
Director: Justin Edgar | Stars: Frederick Schmidt, Ana Ularu, John Hannah, Struan Rodger
Votes: 507
21. Muñequitas rotas (2005)
28 min | Short, Drama
Miriam is twenty-year-old girl. She lives with her parents and his seventeen-year-old brother and keeps a terrible secret. In the end, she decides to take matters into her own hands to turn her life around.
Director: Jesús Marco Murillo | Stars: Mairén Azón, Juan Ramón Benaque, Marga Escudero, Eduardo García
Votes: 13
22. Sins and Seduction (2018 TV Movie)
120 min | Thriller
When progressive minister Leslie Reynolds welcomes a seemingly sweet couple into her church, she suddenly finds herself entangled in the deadly obsession of a handsome new parishioner.
Director: Jake Helgren | Stars: Nicky Whelan, Brandon Quinn, Rib Hillis, Susan Walters
Votes: 202
23. Mulberry Stains (2015)
130 min | Drama, Thriller
In this emotionally charged thriller, Harper is forced to face horrifying secrets of her childhood in order to give her daughter a better future. But how far will she go to forget the past?
Director: Tony Villalobos | Stars: Tricia Jo Hoffman, Bailey Gambertoglio, Joey Lauren Adams, Kelvin Payton
Votes: 153
24. Rain, Rain, Go Away (2023)
13 min | Short, Horror
Haunted by strange visions and nightmares, Clari receives a mysterious call from a long lost friend who hides a dark secret from their past.
Director: Sebastiano Pupino | Stars: Carolina Lopes, Mike Sweeney-Collier, Gaz Hayden
Votes: 12
25. Cut Her Out (2014)
88 min | Horror, Thriller
Plagued by nightmares and sleepwalking, Darcy can't purge her mind of the abuse her mother inflicted. When her therapist learns that her family home is abandoned, he takes back to face her past, finding a feral boy living there.
Director: Tiffany Heath | Stars: Denton Blane Everett, Tiffany Heath, Jake Heath, Natali Jones
Votes: 136
26. To a Safer Place (1987)
58 min | Documentary
A victim of child abuse visits her family to heal the trauma she and her siblings experienced at the hands of their abusive father.
Directors: Beverly Shaffer, Shirley Turcotte | Stars: Shirley Turcotte, Gloria Demers
Votes: 10
27. True or False (2021)
39 min | Short, Thriller
Cora Patterson has everything going for her; happiness, a burgeoning career, and an exciting love life. When there's trouble in paradise, horrors from her past jeopardize her future. This ... See full summary »
Director: Kelvin Larue Taylor | Stars: Victoria Anderson, LaTonya Butts, Rachel Byers, Raphael Gilliam
Votes: 8
28. Searching for Angela Shelton (2004)
Not Rated | 93 min | Documentary
Filmmaker Angela Shelton journeys across the United States meeting other Angela Sheltons in an effort to survey women in America. She discovers that 24 out of 40 Angela Sheltons have been ... See full summary »
Director: Angela Shelton | Star: Angela Shelton
Votes: 112
29.
Profit (1996–1997)
Episode:
Forgiveness
(1997)
45 min | Crime, Drama
A hostile takeover of Gracen & Gracen once again yields Profit chances at manipulation. Sykes and Joanna uncover parts of Profit's past.
Director: Robert Iscove | Stars: Adrian Pasdar, Sherman Augustus, Lisa Blount, Lisa Darr
Votes: 73
30.
Profit (1996–1997)
Episode:
Pilot
(1996)
90 min | Crime, Drama
Jim Profit uses the death of a Vice-President at Gracen & Gracen, and every dirty trick in the book (plus a few tricks he invents), to position himself to assume the position of the dead man's boss, Jack Walters.
Director: Robert Iscove | Stars: Adrian Pasdar, Lisa Zane, Scott Paulin, Lisa Darr
Votes: 91
31.
The Patient (2022)
Episode:
Auschwitz
(2022)
TV-MA | 35 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Dr. Strauss leaves nothing unsaid. Sam gives it another shot with Mary. An idea sparks for Sam, and everything seems to click together.
Director: Chris Long | Stars: Steve Carell, Domhnall Gleeson, Linda Emond, Emily Davis
Votes: 679
32.
Criminal Minds (2005– )
Episode:
The Uncanny Valley
(2010)
TV-14 | 42 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
An unusual personal obsession is at the center of a BAU abduction case. Meanwhile, Hotch struggles with his return to work.
Director: Anna Foerster | Stars: Joe Mantegna, Paget Brewster, Shemar Moore, Matthew Gray Gubler
Votes: 2,981
33.
Tulsa King (2022– )
Episode:
Token Joe
(2022)
TV-MA | 36 min | Crime, Drama
While Dwight is in New York for his brother's funeral, he learns some unsettling news from both Tulsa and the home front.
Director: Ben Semanoff | Stars: Sylvester Stallone, Andrea Savage, Martin Starr, Jay Will
Votes: 2,582
34.
The Crowded Room (2023)
Episode:
Savior
(2023)
TV-MA | 42 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
Danny's and Candy's lives are forever changed by the arrival of an unlikely savior.
Director: Kornél Mundruczó | Stars: Tom Holland, Amanda Seyfried, Sasha Lane, Will Chase
Votes: 1,122
35.
Menendez + Menudo: Boys Betrayed (2023– )
Episode:
Key Witness
(2023)
62 min | Documentary, Crime
Roy continues strengthening his case against Edgardo Diaz, including filing criminal charges.
Director: Esther Reyes | Stars: Bolivar Arellano, Rebecca Bailey, Miriam Diaz, Claudio Alvarez Dunn
Votes: 11
36.
The Bastard Executioner (2015)
Episode:
Behold the Lamb/Gweled yr Oen
(2015)
TV-MA | 63 min | Action, Drama
Wilkin and Lady Love come to grips with condemning an innocent man to death.
Director: Ashley Way | Stars: Lee Jones, Katey Sagal, Flora Spencer-Longhurst, Sam Spruell
Votes: 264
37.
Greenleaf (2016–2020)
Episode:
Good Morning, Calvary
(2016)
TV-14 | 43 min | Drama
Jacob being benched, Grace takes the pulpit. A new sexual violence help group is started. Jacob's love for his wife is rekindled when they are invited to a partner swapping party. An openly gay Choir Director replaces a closeted one.
Director: Janice Cooke | Stars: Merle Dandridge, Kim Hawthorne, Desiree Ross, Lamman Rucker
Votes: 102