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1. Ghost Ship (2002)
R | 91 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
A salvage crew discovers a long-lost 1962 passenger ship floating lifeless in a remote region of the Bering Sea, and soon notices that its long-dead inhabitants may still be on board.
Director: Steve Beck | Stars: Julianna Margulies, Gabriel Byrne, Ron Eldard, Desmond Harrington
Votes: 109,300 | Gross: $30.11M
2. Scream (I) (2022)
R | 114 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
25 years after a streak of brutal murders shocked the quiet town of Woodsboro, Calif., a new killer dons the Ghostface mask and begins targeting a group of teenagers to resurrect secrets from the town's deadly past.
Directors: Matt Bettinelli-Olpin, Tyler Gillett | Stars: Neve Campbell, Courteney Cox, David Arquette, Melissa Barrera
Votes: 159,662 | Gross: $81.64M
3. Doctor Sleep (2019)
R | 152 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Years following the events of The Shining (1980), a now-adult Dan Torrance must protect a young girl with similar powers from a cult known as The True Knot, who prey on children with powers to remain immortal.
Director: Mike Flanagan | Stars: Ewan McGregor, Rebecca Ferguson, Kyliegh Curran, Cliff Curtis
Votes: 219,227 | Gross: $31.58M
4. Apostle (2018)
TV-MA | 130 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
In 1905, a drifter on a dangerous mission to rescue his kidnapped sister tangles with a sinister religious cult on an isolated island.
Director: Gareth Evans | Stars: Dan Stevens, Richard Elfyn, Paul Higgins, Bill Milner
Votes: 59,261
5. Candyman (2021)
R | 91 min | Horror, Thriller
A sequel to the horror film Candyman (1992) that returns to the now-gentrified Chicago neighborhood where the legend began.
Director: Nia DaCosta | Stars: Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Teyonah Parris, Nathan Stewart-Jarrett, Colman Domingo
Votes: 75,950 | Gross: $61.19M
6. Rang De Basanti (2006)
Not Rated | 167 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
The story of six young Indians who assist an English woman to film a documentary on the freedom fighters from their past, and the events that lead them to relive the long-forgotten saga of freedom.
Director: Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra | Stars: Aamir Khan, Soha Ali Khan, Siddharth, Sharman Joshi
Votes: 122,480 | Gross: $2.20M
7. The Rage: Carrie 2 (1999)
R | 104 min | Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi
A horrible massacre strikes up after an outcast teenage girl is taunted by a group of high school jocks, all of them unaware of her cutthroat telekinetic powers.
Directors: Katt Shea, Robert Mandel | Stars: Emily Bergl, Jason London, Dylan Bruno, J. Smith-Cameron
Votes: 17,927 | Gross: $17.76M
8. Heavy Metal 2000 (2000)
R | 88 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
After surviving an invasion on her peaceful homeworld, a beautiful avenger must stop a powerful psychopath from gaining immortality and rescue her kidnapped sister.
Directors: Michael Coldewey, Michel Lemire | Stars: Michael Ironside, Julie Strain, Billy Idol, Pier Paquette
Votes: 9,351
9. In Fabric (2018)
R | 118 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
In Fabric is a haunting ghost story set against the backdrop of a busy winter sales period in a department store and follows the life of a cursed dress as it passes from person to person, with devastating consequences.
Director: Peter Strickland | Stars: Sidse Babett Knudsen, Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Julian Barratt, Steve Oram
Votes: 14,005
10. Kingdom Hospital (2004)
608 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
The quirky staff and patients of an ultramodern (albeit increasingly dilapidated) Maine hospital gradually become familiar with the supernatural occurrences that take place there, uncovering a dark secret in the process.
Stars: Jamie Harrold, Diane Ladd, Bruce Davison, Jack Coleman
Votes: 7,954
11. Dark Waters (1993)
Not Rated | 94 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
A girl travels to an island, after the death of her father, to find out why the father funded a monestary on the island.
Director: Mariano Baino | Stars: Louise Salter, Venera Simmons, Mariya Kapnist, Lubov Snegur
Votes: 3,064
12. The House Where Evil Dwells (1982)
R | 88 min | Horror
A young American family moves to a House in Kyoto, Japan. It turns out to be haunted by the ghosts of a woman and her lover, who were killed by the woman's husband, as well as the ghost of the husband, who killed himself afterward.
Director: Kevin Connor | Stars: Edward Albert, Susan George, Doug McClure, Amy Barrett
Votes: 1,392
13. Maybe I'll Come Home in the Spring (1971 TV Movie)
74 min | Drama
After finding out that the hippie lifestyle isn't as glamorous as the media makes it look, Dennie comes home to find disapproval and judgment at every turn, and her sister Susie wanting to follow in her footsteps.
Director: Joseph Sargent | Stars: Sally Field, Eleanor Parker, Lane Bradbury, David Carradine
Votes: 728
14. The Warning (2018)
TV-MA | 92 min | Crime, Drama, Fantasy
Ten-year-old Nico receives a threatening letter and now his life is in danger. No one seems to believe him except one person that he doesn't know who has come to believe that fate itself wants the boy dead and tries to prevent it.
Director: Daniel Calparsoro | Stars: Raúl Arévalo, Aura Garrido, Hugo Arbues, Belén Cuesta
Votes: 6,883
15. Oh, God! You Devil (1984)
PG | 97 min | Comedy, Fantasy
George Burns returns as God, and as Satan. They battle over the soul of a young rock star who is willing to sell his soul to the devil.
Director: Paul Bogart | Stars: George Burns, Ted Wass, Ron Silver, Roxanne Hart
Votes: 2,751 | Gross: $21.54M
16. Crush (II) (2009)
R | 82 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
An American student studying in Australia mistakenly gets involved with a mysterious and unhinged girl while house-sitting for a rich family on vacation.
Directors: Jeffrey Gerritsen, John V. Soto | Stars: Christopher Egan, Brooke Harman, Emma Lung, Christian Clark
Votes: 1,693
17. Meet the Parents (1992)
Not Rated | 75 min | Comedy
A man goes to meet his girlfriend's parent's....but that is when trouble starts.
Director: Greg Glienna | Stars: Tony Boswell, Jacqueline Cahill, Mary Ruth Clarke, John Dacosse
Votes: 240
18. 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: 856
19. ToY (2016)
TV-MA | 93 min | Drama, Romance
Young L.A. artist, Chloe, hires prostitutes to pose nude and talk openly about their lives while she films them for her new art project. She falls for one of them, the elegant 40-something Kat. The two begin a tragic passionate affair.
Director: Patrick Chapman | Stars: Briana Evigan, Bre Blair, Matt O'Leary, Daniel Hugh Kelly
Votes: 576
20. Paganini Horror (1988)
82 min | Horror, Music
When a female rock band uses an infamous old piece of sheet music to record their new album in an old mansion, they accidentally open a portal to hell.
Director: Luigi Cozzi | Stars: Daria Nicolodi, Jasmine Maimone, Pascal Persiano, Maria Cristina Mastrangeli
Votes: 1,366
21. Terror at London Bridge (1985 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 97 min | Crime, Fantasy, Horror
Jack the Ripper is on the loose in Lake Havasu, AZ, and it's up to a local detective (David Hasselhoff) to stop him.
Director: E.W. Swackhamer | Stars: David Hasselhoff, Stepfanie Kramer, Randolph Mantooth, Adrienne Barbeau
Votes: 749
22. The Road to Salina (1970)
R | 96 min | Drama
A hippie moves in with a cafe owner who acts like his mother, and her daughter who doesn't act like his sister.
Director: Georges Lautner | Stars: Mimsy Farmer, Robert Walker Jr., Ed Begley, Bruce Pecheur
Votes: 994
23. The Head Hunter (1988)
R | 92 min | Horror
Miami cop Pete is having a tough time: first he learns his wife is having an affair with another woman (they split up), then him and his partner Kat are pitted against a shape-shifting ... See full summary »
Director: Francis Schaeffer | Stars: Kay Lenz, Wayne Crawford, Steve Kanaly, June Chadwick
Votes: 568
24. Deep Red (1994 TV Movie)
R | 86 min | Sci-Fi, Thriller
Disillusioned private detective haunted by the past, Joe Keyes, must protect a strange little girl and her secretive mother from a homicidal scientist in search of immortality.
Director: Craig R. Baxley | Stars: Lindsey Haun, Michael Biehn, Tobin Bell, Daniel W. Barringer
Votes: 799
25. A Pattern of Roses (1983 TV Movie)
65 min | Drama, Thriller
Teenagers Tim Ingram and his friend Rebecca investigate a ghost story involving a boy, Tom Inskip, who mysteriously died in Tim's parents' cottage in 1910. Tim soon discovers eerie parallels between himself and Tim during his final days.
Director: Lawrence Gordon Clark | Stars: Stuart MacKenzie, Suzanna Hamilton, Vivian Pickles, Norman Rodway
Votes: 126
26. Evil Dead: Hail to the King (2000 Video Game)
M | Action, Adventure, Comedy
Sometime after the events of the Evil Dead movie trilogy, traumatized Ash is still haunted by nightmares, so he decides to return to the cabin in the forest with his new girlfriend and face his fears. History repeats itself.
Director: Lani Minella | Stars: Bruce Campbell, Ron Jones, Steve Brodie, Erin Ashe
Votes: 464
27. Pedro Penduko, Episode II: The Return of the Comeback (2000)
130 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
Director: Erik Matti | Stars: Janno Gibbs, Ramon Zamora, Ace Espinosa, LJ Moreno
Votes: 52
28. Metal Messiah (1978)
76 min | Musical, Sci-Fi
A dystopian rock opera about an enigmatic metallic-skinned stranger, who is trying to stop society's self-destructive obsession with rock and roll hedonism, and a rock promoter who plans to corrupt him too and keep the society decadent.
Director: Tibor Takács | Stars: John Paul Young, Richard Ward Allen, David Jensen, Liane Hogan
Votes: 57
29. The Blood of Hussain (1980)
112 min | Drama
A dramatic depiction of the life of Hussain, with allegorical references to the history of the Prophet Muhammad and his descendants. It is prophesied that Young Hussain will one day lead ... See full summary »
Director: Jamil Dehlavi | Stars: Salmaan Peerzada, Kika Markham, Durriya Kazi, Kabuli Baba
Votes: 163
30. Indivisible: Healing Hate (2022)
TV-14 | 305 min | Documentary, Crime, History
Analyzes the driving forces behind the January 6th attack on the Capitol, uncovering surprising links between January 6, historical events and today's most dangerous radical frontiers in America.
Star: Mandy Patinkin
Votes: 317
31. The House on 56th Street (1933)
Passed | 68 min | Drama, History
Peggy Martin chooses to marry young, wealthy Monty, who she loves. They have a child together and an amazing relationship...until Peggy visits her ailing ex-boyfriend, Fiske, who threatens to commit suicide if she won't take him back.
Director: Robert Florey | Stars: Kay Francis, Ricardo Cortez, Gene Raymond, John Halliday
Votes: 737
32. Preserving Democracy: Pursuing a More Perfect Union (2022)
Documentary, History
Reviewing the pursuit of democracy within the U.S. on the anniversary of the 2021 Capitol riot.
Director: Ann Benjamin | Stars: Kathleen Belew, Marcia Chatelain, Jelani Cobb, Robert Costa
Votes: 78
33. Impossible Love (1977)
Not Rated | 102 min | Drama, Romance
Rich Spanish landowner Alvaro is torn between his wife Elvira and two other women in his life. He's also worried about the fact that both his father and grandfather were murdered by Spanish revolutionaries in the house he's inherited.
Director: José Antonio Nieves Conde | Stars: Stephen Boyd, Sara Lezana, Carmen de la Maza, Paola Senatore
Votes: 36
34.
Fox Mystery Theater (1984)
Episode:
The Corvini Inheritance
(1984)
70 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
Unstable security chief of an auction house becomes increasingly obsessed with his female neighbor, who's being stalked, and a supposedly cursed jewel that's being auctioned. Is he losing his mind or is the curse real?
Director: Gabrielle Beaumont | Stars: David McCallum, Jan Francis, Terence Alexander, Stephen Yardley
Votes: 126
35.
Dream On (1990–1996)
Episode:
The Second Greatest Story Ever Told: Parts 1 & 2
(1991)
Not Rated | 60 min | Comedy
Martin and his ex wife, Judith, visit the set of the movie about her heroic new husband, Dr. Richard Stone. Martin falls for the gorgeous Julia, who's playing Judith, both Julia and Judith ... See full summary »
Director: John Landis | Stars: Brian Benben, Chris Demetral, Denny Dillon, Wendie Malick
Votes: 68
36.
Eerie, Indiana: The Other Dimension (1998)
Episode:
Send in the Clones
(1998)
TV-Y7 | 21 min | Adventure, Comedy, Family
Mitchell creates a 13-year-old clone of his dad by accident. The kid turns out to have the same radical hippie beliefs as Mitchell's dad did in the 1960s, when he tried to plant a giant potato bomb in his school. Mitchell must stop him.
Director: John Bell | Stars: Bill Switzer, Daniel Clark, Deborah Odell, Lindy Booth
Votes: 20
37.
The Hunger (1997–2000)
Episode:
Room 17
(1997)
TV-MA | 26 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
A traveling salesman rents Room 17 at the Limbo Hotel. When he orders an adult channel on the cable television, he gets more than he bargained for.
Director: Erik Canuel | Stars: Terence Stamp, Curtis Armstrong, Kim Feeney, Penny Mancuso
Votes: 112
38.
Monsters (1988–1990)
Episode:
Bug House
(1990)
TV-14 | 21 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
A woman comes to an old house to see her estranged sister, only to find her sickly and pregnant with a creepy lothario boyfriend, who seduces her as well. She discovers his real, insectoid nature too late.
Director: Kenny Myers | Stars: Karen Sillas, Robert Kerbeck, Juliette Kurth
Votes: 96
39.
Monsters (1988–1990)
Episode:
The Farmer's Daughter
(1989)
TV-14 | 21 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Aging traveling salesman hides from a thunderstorm in the farmhouse of a nice elderly couple and falls for their mysterious, young, seductive daughter obsessed with true love, whom they keep in the attic.
Director: Michael Warren Powell | Stars: Soupy Sales, Stephanie Phillips, Bobo Lewis, George Hall
Votes: 127
40.
Monsters (1988–1990)
Episode:
The Waiting Room
(1991)
TV-14 | 21 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Ben suggests to his newlywed son John and daughter-in-law Kate to spend their wedding night in the same hotel room where he spent his honeymoon. When a mysterious woman kidnaps John there, ashamed Ben reveals his secret to Kate.
Director: Philip Alderton | Stars: John Saxon, Lisa Waltz, Christian Jules Le Blanc, Denise Gentile
Votes: 106
41.
The Outer Limits (1995–2002)
Episode:
Lithia
(1998)
TV-PG | 44 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Major Jason Mercer awakes from a cryogenics experiment to a primitive Earth society devoid of men. His presence among these women, many of whom have never seen a man, begins to complicate ... See full summary »
Director: Helen Shaver | Stars: David Keith, Claire Rankin, Nadia Capone, Kirsten Alter
Votes: 364
42.
The Ray Bradbury Theater (1985–1992)
Episode:
Downwind from Gettysburg
(1992)
TV-14 | 22 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Walter Bayes creates a likelike animatronic Abraham Lincoln, and a man named Booth "assassinates" the robot to gain notoriety.
Director: Chris Bailey | Stars: Howard Hesseman, Robert Joy, Kelly Johnson, Roy Bonnell
Votes: 101
43.
Shane (1966)
Episode:
The Hant
(1966)
51 min | Western
An old man shows up and watches Shane from a distance. When Shane confronts the man, he discovers he shot and killed the old man's son four years before. The fact that he couldn't remember,... See full summary »
Director: Gerald Mayer | Stars: David Carradine, Jill Ireland, Tom Tully, Christopher Shea
Votes: 18
44.
Tales from the Crypt (1989–1996)
Episode:
Lover Come Hack to Me
(1989)
Not Rated | 29 min | Comedy, Crime, Fantasy
Peggy wants to make sure her honeymoon turns out perfect.
Director: Tom Holland | Stars: John Kassir, Amanda Plummer, Stephen Shellen, Lisa Figus
Votes: 1,426
45.
Tales from the Darkside (1983–1988)
Episode:
The Old Soft Shoe
(1986)
TV-14 | 22 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
A traveling salesman has a ghostly date with an attractive woman in a motel, which turns ominous.
Director: Richard Friedman | Stars: Paul Dooley, John Fiedler, Kathy McLain, Dorothy Parke
Votes: 268
46.
Tate (1960)
Episode:
Comanche Scalps
(1960)
Western
Tate tags along when grudge-holding Amos returns home to kill the little brother who wooed away and wed Amos' sweetheart during his long absence. Meanwhile, a marauding band of Comanches approaches.
Director: David Lowell Rich | Stars: David McLean, Robert Redford, Anne Whitfield, Leonard Nimoy
Votes: 41
47.
Thriller (1960–1962)
Episode:
The Purple Room
(1960)
TV-PG | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Horror
A practical-minded skeptic must stay in the spooky Baton Rouge mansion his brother willed to him for one night or forfeit it to his cousin and her husband, who warn him of ghosts.
Director: Douglas Heyes | Stars: Boris Karloff, Rip Torn, Patricia Barry, Richard Anderson
Votes: 282
48.
Twin Peaks (1990–1991)
Episode:
Lonely Souls
(1990)
TV-14 | 47 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Cooper and the One-Armed Man inspect guests at the Great Northern. Hawk finds Harold Smith dead - with a mysterious suicide note and the diary torn to shreds. Leo speaks to Bobby about "new shoes."
Director: David Lynch | Stars: Kyle MacLachlan, Michael Ontkean, Mädchen Amick, Dana Ashbrook
Votes: 6,498
49.
The Wild Wild West (1965–1969)
Episode:
The Night of the Lord of Limbo
(1966)
TV-PG | 60 min | Action, Adventure, Western
When a magician makes Arte disappear, Jim must travel to another dimension to find him. What his journey back in time reveals is a plot to change the outcome of the Civil War.
Director: Jesse Hibbs | Stars: Robert Conrad, Ross Martin, Ricardo Montalban, Dianne Foster
Votes: 225
50.
The X-Files (1993–2018)
Episode:
Shapes
(1994)
TV-14 | 45 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A creature, possibly from Native American lore, is suspected of killing a man, bringing Mulder and Scully to the Indian reservation where the attack occurred in order to uncover its identity.
Director: David Nutter | Stars: David Duchovny, Gillian Anderson, Ty Miller, Michael Horse
Votes: 5,394