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1. Midsommar (2019)
R | 148 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
A couple travels to Northern Europe to visit a rural hometown's fabled Swedish mid-summer festival. What begins as an idyllic retreat quickly devolves into an increasingly violent and bizarre competition at the hands of a pagan cult.
Director: Ari Aster | Stars: Florence Pugh, Jack Reynor, Vilhelm Blomgren, William Jackson Harper
Votes: 404,905 | Gross: $27.33M
2. Tremors (1990)
PG-13 | 96 min | Comedy, Horror
Natives of a small isolated town defend themselves against strange underground creatures which are killing them one by one.
Director: Ron Underwood | Stars: Kevin Bacon, Fred Ward, Finn Carter, Michael Gross
Votes: 150,860 | Gross: $16.67M
3. Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (2022)
PG-13 | 161 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
The people of Wakanda fight to protect their home from intervening world powers as they mourn the death of King T'Challa.
Director: Ryan Coogler | Stars: Letitia Wright, Lupita Nyong'o, Danai Gurira, Winston Duke
Votes: 306,489 | Gross: $453.72M
4. The Wicker Man (1973)
R | 88 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
A puritan police sergeant arrives in a Scottish island village in search of a missing girl, who the pagan locals claim never existed.
Director: Robin Hardy | Stars: Edward Woodward, Christopher Lee, Diane Cilento, Britt Ekland
Votes: 92,536 | Gross: $0.06M
5. Women Talking (2022)
PG-13 | 104 min | Drama
Do nothing, stay and fight, or leave. In 2010, the women of an isolated religious community grapple with reconciling a brutal reality with their faith.
Director: Sarah Polley | Stars: Rooney Mara, Claire Foy, Jessie Buckley, Frances McDormand
Votes: 42,154
6. The Bad Batch (2016)
R | 118 min | Action, Horror, Mystery
In a desert dystopia, a young woman is kidnapped by cannibals.
Director: Ana Lily Amirpour | Stars: Suki Waterhouse, Jason Momoa, Jayda Fink, Keanu Reeves
Votes: 35,585 | Gross: $0.18M
7. The Wicker Man (2006)
PG-13 | 102 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
A sheriff investigating the disappearance of a young girl from a small island discovers there's a larger mystery to solve among the island's secretive, neo-pagan community.
Director: Neil LaBute | Stars: Nicolas Cage, Ellen Burstyn, Leelee Sobieski, Kate Beahan
Votes: 71,514 | Gross: $23.64M
8. Colonia (2015)
R | 110 min | Biography, Drama, History
A young woman's desperate search for her abducted boyfriend draws her into the infamous Colonia Dignidad, a sect nobody has ever escaped from.
Director: Florian Gallenberger | Stars: Emma Watson, Daniel Brühl, Michael Nyqvist, Richenda Carey
Votes: 57,251
9. Dagon (2001)
R | 98 min | Fantasy, Horror, Mystery
A boating accident runs a young man and woman ashore in a decrepit Spanish fishing town which they discover is in the grips of an ancient sea god and its monstrous half human offspring.
Director: Stuart Gordon | Stars: Ezra Godden, Francisco Rabal, Raquel Meroño, Macarena Gómez
Votes: 21,079
10. Inhumans (2017)
TV-PG | 43 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
An isolated community of superhumans fight to protect themselves.
Stars: Anson Mount, Serinda Swan, Ken Leung, Eme Ikwuakor
Votes: 28,902
11. Beast (III) (2017)
R | 107 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A troubled woman living in an isolated community finds herself pulled between the control of her oppressive family and the allure of a secretive outsider suspected of a series of brutal murders.
Director: Michael Pearce | Stars: Jessie Buckley, Geraldine James, Oliver Maltman, Trystan Gravelle
Votes: 15,714 | Gross: $0.80M
12. The Sacrament (2013)
R | 99 min | Horror, Thriller
A news team trails a man as he travels into the world of Eden Parish to find his missing sister, where it becomes apparent that this paradise may not be as it seems.
Director: Ti West | Stars: Joe Swanberg, AJ Bowen, Kentucker Audley, Amy Seimetz
Votes: 20,949 | Gross: $0.01M
13. Paranormal Activity: Next of Kin (2021)
R | 98 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Margot, a young woman who was abandoned by her mother as a baby, travels to a secluded Amish community with a documentary film crew seeking answers about her mother and extended family.
Director: William Eubank | Stars: Emily Bader, Roland Buck III, Dan Lippert, Jaye Ayres-Brown
Votes: 16,711
14. The Beast Within (1982)
R | 98 min | Horror
A young woman gets raped by a mysterious man-creature, and years later her son begins a horrific transformation into a similar beast.
Director: Philippe Mora | Stars: Ronny Cox, Bibi Besch, Paul Clemens, Don Gordon
Votes: 4,553 | Gross: $7.74M
15. The Grand Seduction (2013)
PG-13 | 113 min | Comedy
To survive, a dying Newfoundland fishing village must convince a young doctor to take up residence by any means necessary.
Director: Don McKellar | Stars: Taylor Kitsch, Brendan Gleeson, Liane Balaban, Gordon Pinsent
Votes: 19,288 | Gross: $3.41M
16. Rock Dog (2016)
PG | 90 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
When a radio falls from the sky into the hands of a wide-eyed Tibetan Mastiff, he leaves home to fulfill his dream of becoming a musician, setting into motion a series of completely unexpected events.
Director: Ash Brannon | Stars: Luke Wilson, Eddie Izzard, J.K. Simmons, Lewis Black
Votes: 6,009 | Gross: $9.42M
17. Island of Terror (1966)
Unrated | 89 min | Horror, Sci-Fi
An isolated remote island community is threatened by an attack by tentacled silicates which liquefy and digest bone and tissue.
Director: Terence Fisher | Stars: Peter Cushing, Edward Judd, Carole Gray, Eddie Byrne
Votes: 3,976
18. Stromboli (1950)
Approved | 81 min | Drama
Karin, a young woman from the Baltic countries, marries fisherman Antonio to escape from a prison camp. But she cannot get used to the tough life in Antonio's volcano-threatened village, Stromboli.
Director: Roberto Rossellini | Stars: Ingrid Bergman, Mario Vitale, Renzo Cesana, Mario Sponzo
Votes: 7,981
19. Escaping Utopia (2024)
Documentary
New Zealand's most extreme religious cult, Gloriavale, and the true stories of people attempting to break free, including current and former members that have never gone on record before.
Votes: 57
20. Jug Face (2013)
R | 81 min | Drama, Horror, Thriller
When she learns the supernatural pit worshipped by her remote community in the woods has demanded her as a blood sacrifice, Ada struggles to find a way to survive, while the pit lashes out in anger.
Director: Chad Crawford Kinkle | Stars: Sean Bridgers, Lauren Ashley Carter, Kaitlin Cullum, Larry Fessenden
Votes: 7,970
21. Outlaw Prophet: Warren Jeffs (2014 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 120 min | Biography, Drama
The true story of a Fundamentalist Mormon leader who spent more than a year on the FBI's "10 Most Wanted List" for unlawful flight on charges related to his alleged arrangement of illegal marriages involving underage girls.
Director: Gabriel Range | Stars: Tony Goldwyn, Molly Parker, Joey King, David Keith
Votes: 976
22. The Edge of the World (1937)
Passed | 74 min | Drama, History, Romance
A way of life is dying on an Outer Hebridean island fishing port, but some of the inhabitants resist evacuating to the mainland.
Director: Michael Powell | Stars: Niall MacGinnis, Belle Chrystall, John Laurie, Eric Berry
Votes: 1,998
23. Dorothy Mills (2008)
R | 102 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
A psychiatrist is assigned to work on the case of a disturbed young girl.
Director: Agnès Merlet | Stars: Carice van Houten, Jenn Murray, David Wilmot, Ger Ryan
Votes: 5,994
24. Wyvern (2009 TV Movie)
TV-14 | 89 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
They Find a Live Wyvern in small town Alaska.
Director: Steven R. Monroe | Stars: Nick Chinlund, Erin Karpluk, Barry Corbin, Elaine Miles
Votes: 2,364
25. Sacrifice (II) (2016)
Not Rated | 91 min | Crime, Horror, Mystery
After digging up a bizarrely mutilated corpse on her land, physician Tora Hamilton uncovers a lethal connection to ancient pagan rituals.
Director: Peter A. Dowling | Stars: Radha Mitchell, Rupert Graves, Ian McElhinney, Joanne Crawford
Votes: 4,830
26. The Ceremony Is About to Begin (2024)
70 min | Horror
Madness, mayhem, and mummification rites ensue when a documentary filmmaker visits the rural commune of an Ancient Egyptian inspired cult to interview its enigmatic leader.
Director: Sean Nichols Lynch | Stars: Chad Westbrook Hinds, John Laird, Michelle Westbrook Hinds, Raul Delarosa
Votes: 13
27. Bluebird (I) (2013)
90 min | Drama
In the frozen woods of an isolated Maine logging town, one woman's tragic mistake shatters the balance of the community, resulting in profound and unexpected consequences. Weaving together ... See full summary »
Director: Lance Edmands | Stars: Amy Morton, John Slattery, Louisa Krause, Emily Meade
Votes: 983
28. The People (1972 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 74 min | Drama, Sci-Fi
A teacher takes a job in a small remote community and finds the inhabitants to be strange with unsettling rules imposed on even her young students. On learning more about the people she finds that things are not at all what they seemed.
Director: John Korty | Stars: Kim Darby, William Shatner, Diane Varsi, Dan O'Herlihy
Votes: 691
29. Tarzan and the Amazons (1945)
Passed | 76 min | Action, Adventure
A group of archaeologists asks Tarzan to help them find an ancient city in a hidden valley of women. He refuses, but Boy is tricked into doing the job. The queen of the women asks Tarzan to help them.
Director: Kurt Neumann | Stars: Johnny Weissmuller, Brenda Joyce, Johnny Sheffield, Henry Stephenson
Votes: 2,598
30. Prophet's Prey (2015)
TV-14 | 101 min | Documentary, Biography, History
When Warren Jeffs rose to Prophet of the Fundamentalist Church of Latter Day Saints, he took control of a religion with a history of polygamous and underage marriage. In a short time, ... See full summary »
Director: Amy Berg | Stars: Nick Cave, Elaine Anderson, Sam Brower, Andrew Chatwin
Votes: 1,988 | Gross: $0.01M
31. Deca-Dence (2020)
TV-14 | 23 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
Humanity was driven to the brink of extinction by unknown life forms Gadoll. Until one day, Natsume, a girl who dreams of becoming a warriors meets Kaburagi, an armor repairman. They will shake the future of this world.
Stars: Katsuyuki Konishi, Tomori Kusunoki, Kôsuke Toriumi, Eri Kitamura
Votes: 1,478
32. Kruso (2018 TV Movie)
100 min | Drama
The young student Ed (Jonathan Berlin) wants to get out, leave everything behind. He finds refuge on the Baltic Island of Hiddensee, at a time when the GDR is in its last legs. Many have ... See full summary »
Director: Thomas Stuber | Stars: Albrecht Schuch, Jonathan Berlin, Andreas Leupold, Peter Schneider
Votes: 139
33. Amazon (2008– )
60 min | Documentary
In his style as participating anthropological observer, fit and flexible British army-vet Bruce Parry travels along the vast Amazon, trough several South American states. He meets tribal ... See full summary »
Stars: Bruce Parry, Dudu Gomes, Matt Brandon, Raquel Toniolo
Votes: 207
34. Children of the Cult (2021)
50 min | Documentary
Explores the world's most notorious and prolific cults Children of God, through the stories of three British women who escaped its clutches.
Stars: Verity Carter, Hope Bastine, Celeste Jones
Votes: 99
35. Doineann (2021)
95 min | Drama, Mystery
When Tomás returns to his remote island holiday home, he discovers that his reclusive wife and child have vanished. With nowhere to turn and a storm approaching, he is forced to place his ... See full summary »
Director: Damian McCann | Stars: Peter Coonan, Brid Brennan, Clare Monnelly, Seán T. Ó Meallaigh
Votes: 169
36. The Moonlight Sonata (1988)
86 min | Comedy, Horror, Thriller
A female fashion model Anni Stark (played by Tiina Björkman) takes leave from the fashion business and goes to Finland's Lappland (a wilderness region in Northern Finland, better known as ... See full summary »
Director: Olli Soinio | Stars: Tiina Björkman, Kari Sorvali, Kim Gunell, Mikko Kivinen
Votes: 1,031
37. Salt for Svanetia (1930)
TV-14 | 55 min | Documentary
Story of distant mountainous region in Georgia that depicts folklore, lifestyle and daily routines of Svani people, focuses on the scarcity of salt in Svaneti region. Rich with documentary ... See full summary »
Director: Mikhail Kalatozov
Votes: 899
38. Venus Peter (1989)
PG-13 | 94 min | Drama
Peter, a young boy living in the fishing village of St Monans, Scotland during 1940s, learns about life and the beauty of imagination from his grandfather and female teacher in this touching semi-autobiographical story about childhood.
Director: Ian Sellar | Stars: Ray McAnally, David Hayman, Sinéad Cusack, Gordon R. Strachan
Votes: 123
39. Be-Shem Ha-Av (2023)
52 min | Documentary, Crime
With access to one of Israel's most orthodox Hasidic communities, a look at the scandal that erupted the rabbi who established and led the community died.
Stars: Moishi Schik, Eliezer Shlomo Schik, Sara Bolotin, Basi Bolotin
Votes: 50
40. The Outcasts (1982)
95 min | Drama
In 1810 Ireland, a man whose wife has died finds that his daughter is accused of being a witch. A magic fiddler comes to her aid.
Director: Robert Wynne-Simmons | Stars: Mary Ryan, Mick Lally, Don Foley, Tom Jordan
Votes: 52
41. The Cult That Stole Children: Inside the Family (V) (2016)
TV-MA | 98 min | Documentary
An incendiary, heartbreaking investigation into one of Australia's most notorious cults, and the scars its survivors still bear today.
Director: Rosie Jones | Stars: Sung Yun Cho, Lex de Man, Jordan Fraser-Trumble, Anne Hamilton-Byrne
Votes: 366
42. Marker (2005 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 93 min | Fantasy
In an isolated small town in the Pacific Northwest, Sylvia's teenaged life of juggling two boyfriends and an overprotective father is turned upside down when she discovers she has a bizarre... See full summary »
Director: John Paizs | Stars: Iris Graham, Jonathan Cherry, Philip Granger, Eric Johnson
Votes: 93
43. School of Hope (2021)
78 min | Documentary
In the vast expanse of desert East of Atlas Mountains in Morocco, seasonal rain and snow once supported livestock, but now the drought seems to never end. Hardly a blade of grass can be ... See full summary »
Director: Mohamed El Aboudi | Stars: Mohamed Abderrahmani, Mohamed Belhaj, Hassan Chemlal, Laslaa Chemlal
Votes: 32
44. Vulcania (2015)
90 min | Thriller
Vulcania is a small isolated community led by an enigmatic leader where nothing is quite what it seems.
Director: José Skaf | Stars: Miquel Fernández, Aura Garrido, Ginés García Millán, José Sacristán
Votes: 239
45. The Genius and the Boys (2009 TV Movie)
Documentary, Biography
The documentary investigates late American Nobel laureate Carleton Gajdusek's enigmatic discoveries. Gajdusek discovered mad cow disease on Papua New Guinea in the fifties, as well as ... See full summary »
Director: Bosse Lindquist | Stars: Michael Alpers, Warwick Anderson, Sena Anua, Carleton Gajdusek
Votes: 65
46. The Lost Colony (2007)
11 min | Documentary, Short
A short documentary that follows a few days in the lives of river-island residents in Crusoe Island, NC.
Director: Lisa Bertini | Stars: Jonathan Etheridge, Benjie Etheridge, Edward 'Coot' Etheridge, Ronald E. Hewett
Votes: 14
47.
ITV Saturday Night Theatre (1969–1974)
Episode:
Conflict
(1973)
Not Rated | 76 min | Drama
Set in Ireland where the Catholic Church has been superseded by a repressive order with new ideas. When a group of Irish monks rebel, a Vatican official is sent to bring order once more.
Director: Jack Gold | Stars: Trevor Howard, Raf Vallone, Martin Sheen, Cyril Cusack
Votes: 425
48.
Ark II (1976)
Episode:
Orkus
(1976)
23 min | Adventure, Family, Sci-Fi
Ruth and Adam suffer rapid advanced aging after exposure to gas from a lake polluted by Orkus, despot of a domed community of immortal elites who is also scheming to steal the ARK to generate power for his dying city.
Director: Henry J. Lange Jr. | Stars: Terry Lester, Jean Marie Hon, José Flores, Moochie
Votes: 23
49.
Amazon (2008– )
Episode:
Episode #1.1
(2008)
51 min | Documentary
Former Royal Marine Bruce Parry starts his journey along the Amazon at its Peruvian source in the Andes, the other domineering feature in South America. There live the Quechua, the ethnic ... See full summary »
Director: Matt Brandon | Stars: Bruce Parry, Matt Brandon
Votes: 17
50.
Arctic (2011– )
Episode:
Siberia
(2011)
52 min | Documentary
Bruce visits two 'brigades' of the 540 native tribes in Russia's vast Arctic Siberian wilderness. Since the Soviet collapse, much has changed, much remained. The Sakha breed a very tough ... See full summary »
Director: Gavin Searle | Star: Bruce Parry
Votes: 13