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1. Jennifer's Body (2009)
R | 102 min | Comedy, Horror
A newly-possessed high-school cheerleader turns into a succubus who specializes in killing her male classmates. Can her best friend put an end to the horror?
Director: Karyn Kusama | Stars: Megan Fox, Amanda Seyfried, Adam Brody, Johnny Simmons
Votes: 152,103 | Gross: $16.20M
2. Inland Empire (2006)
R | 180 min | Drama, Fantasy, Mystery
As an actress begins to adopt the persona of her character in a film, her world becomes nightmarish and surreal.
Director: David Lynch | Stars: Karolina Gruszka, Krzysztof Majchrzak, Grace Zabriskie, Laura Dern
Votes: 62,658 | Gross: $0.75M
3. Cure (1997)
Not Rated | 111 min | Crime, Horror, Mystery
A frustrated detective deals with the case of several gruesome murders committed by people who have no recollection of what they've done.
Director: Kiyoshi Kurosawa | Stars: Masato Hagiwara, Koji Yakusho, Tsuyoshi Ujiki, Anna Nakagawa
Votes: 23,531 | Gross: $0.09M
4. Stir of Echoes (1999)
R | 99 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
After being hypnotized by his sister-in-law, a man begins seeing haunting visions of a girl's ghost and a mystery begins to unfold around him.
Director: David Koepp | Stars: Kevin Bacon, Zachary David Cope, Kathryn Erbe, Illeana Douglas
Votes: 87,817 | Gross: $21.13M
5. Black Sunday (1960)
Approved | 87 min | Horror
A vengeful witch and her fiendish servant return from the grave and begin a bloody campaign to possess the body of the witch's beautiful look-alike descendant.
Director: Mario Bava | Stars: Barbara Steele, John Richardson, Andrea Checchi, Ivo Garrani
Votes: 17,691
6. Tales of Terror (1962)
Not Rated | 89 min | Comedy, Horror, Mystery
Three tales of terror involve a grieving widower and the daughter he abandoned; a drunkard and his wife's black cat; and a hypnotist who prolongs the moment of a man's death.
Director: Roger Corman | Stars: Vincent Price, Maggie Pierce, Leona Gage, Peter Lorre
Votes: 8,426
7. The Pirate (1948)
Approved | 102 min | Adventure, Comedy, Musical
A girl is engaged to the local rich man, but meanwhile she has dreams about the legendary pirate Macoco. A traveling singer falls in love with her and to impress her he poses as the pirate.
Director: Vincente Minnelli | Stars: Judy Garland, Gene Kelly, Walter Slezak, Gladys Cooper
Votes: 5,642 | Gross: $2.96M
8. Captain Kronos: Vampire Hunter (1974)
R | 91 min | Adventure, Horror, Mystery
A master swordsman and former soldier and his hunchbacked assistant hunt vampires.
Director: Brian Clemens | Stars: Horst Janson, John Carson, Shane Briant, Caroline Munro
Votes: 5,712 | Gross: $0.12M
9. The Case of the Scorpion's Tail (1971)
Not Rated | 95 min | Crime, Horror, Mystery
An insurance investigator tries to determine any irregularities in the policy of a heiress' dead husband, but soon finds himself suspected of her murder.
Director: Sergio Martino | Stars: George Hilton, Anita Strindberg, Alberto de Mendoza, Janine Reynaud
Votes: 3,589
10. The Quest (1976)
TV-PG | 60 min | Drama, Western
Two brothers and a sister separated by Indians when the younger brother and sister were taken by them. The brothers finally reunite and decide to go on a quest to find their sister.
Stars: Kurt Russell, Tim Matheson, Frank Salsedo, Dan O'Herlihy
Votes: 295
11. The Affair of the Necklace (2001)
R | 118 min | Drama, History, Romance
In pre-Revolutionary France, a young aristocratic woman left penniless by the political unrest in the country must avenge her family's fall from grace by scheming to steal a priceless necklace.
Director: Charles Shyer | Stars: Hilary Swank, Simon Baker, Jonathan Pryce, Adrien Brody
Votes: 5,602 | Gross: $0.43M
12. The Woman in Green (1945)
Approved | 68 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Sherlock Holmes investigates when young women around London turn up murdered, each with a finger severed. Scotland Yard suspects a madman, but Holmes believes the killings to be part of a diabolical plot.
Director: Roy William Neill | Stars: Basil Rathbone, Nigel Bruce, Hillary Brooke, Henry Daniell
Votes: 6,901
13. Black Magic (1949)
Passed | 105 min | Drama, Mystery, Romance
Hypnotist uses his powers for revenge against King Louis XV's court.
Directors: Gregory Ratoff, Orson Welles | Stars: Orson Welles, Nancy Guild, Akim Tamiroff, Frank Latimore
Votes: 1,479
14. Mesmer (1994)
Not Rated | 107 min | Biography, Drama
A biography of the 18-century Viennese physician Franz Anton Mesmer, who used unorthodox healing practices based on his theory of "animal magnetism."
Director: Roger Spottiswoode | Stars: Donal Donnelly, David Burke, Peter Dvorsky, Alan Rickman
Votes: 1,138
15. Extraordinary Tales (2013)
Not Rated | 73 min | Animation, Horror, Mystery
An animated anthology of five tales adapted from Edgar Allan Poe's stories.
Director: Raul Garcia | Stars: Christopher Lee, Bela Lugosi, Julian Sands, Guillermo del Toro
Votes: 3,576
16. Mesmerized (1985)
PG | 94 min | Drama
An orphaned New Zealand girl married to an older, wealthy businessman learns to deal with his strange sexual desires.
Director: Michael Laughlin | Stars: Jodie Foster, John Lithgow, Michael Murphy, Dan Shor
Votes: 1,022
17. Forest of the Damned (2005)
R | 95 min | Horror
A group of friends go on a roadtrip and come to a stop in a forest where legend has it a group of naked bisexual female monsters lurk. Will they awake them? And if so will they survive?
Director: Johannes Roberts | Stars: Tom Savini, Daniel Maclagan, Nicole Petty, Sophie Holland
Votes: 1,215
18. Jacky Caillou (2022)
92 min | Thriller, Fantasy, Drama
Follows a young man, Jacky Caillou, who lives in a small village in the French Alps with his loving grandmother Gisele, a magnetic healer.
Director: Lucas Delangle | Stars: Thomas Parigi, Edwige Blondiau, Lou Lampros, Jean-Louis Coulloc'h
Votes: 150
19. Deadly Lessons (2006)
R | 138 min | Action, Comedy, Thriller
A mysterious college professor becomes the focus of a murderer investigation when he is framed by his rival, Dr. Crazx, a Pulitzer prize winning psychiatrist.
Director: Stuart Paul | Stars: Jon Voight, Marcus Shirock, Skyler Shaye, Germaine De Leon
Votes: 2,324
20. Secrets of Chinatown (1935)
Approved | 63 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Private detective Donegal Dawn, is summoned by the police commissioner to solve the reasons for a crime wave in Chinatown, and scoffs at the official ruling on tong-killings. His friend, ... See full summary »
Director: Fred C. Newmeyer | Stars: Nick Stuart, Lucile Browne, Raymond Lawrence, James Flavin
Votes: 57
21. The Mesmerist (2002)
Not Rated | 95 min | Comedy, Mystery
"The Mesmerist" is a twisted black comedy about a doctor who convinces a dying man's family to allow him to put the man in a trance and what happens when he descends into the after-world
Director: Gil Cates Jr. | Stars: Neil Patrick Harris, Jessica Capshaw, Howard Hesseman, Jason Carter
Votes: 255
22. The Bells (1926)
68 min | Crime, Drama, Horror
An innkeeper murders a wealthy guest to pay off his debt, but his conscience will not allow him to get away with the crime so easily.
Director: James Young | Stars: Lionel Barrymore, Caroline Frances Cooke, Gustav von Seyffertitz, Lorimer Johnston
Votes: 511
23. The Mouse-Merized Cat (1946)
6 min | Family, Animation, Short
Babbit hypnotizies Catsello, despite his efforts to resist, into believing he's Bing Crosby, Frank Sinatra, and 'Jimmy Durante', then a chicken, and finally a dog, who he sics on the cat. ... See full summary »
Director: Robert McKimson | Stars: Mel Blanc, Richard Bickenbach, Sam Glaser, Bob Lyons
Votes: 323
24. Dark Night (2019)
130 min | Action, Horror
Nicole Francis Wilson, Damien Cruz, and Tracy O'Donnell return in this new action packed horror film from director Matt Spease.
Director: Matt Spease | Stars: Kevin T. Oliver, Ryan Heumier, Hanleigh Baker, Buddy Campbell
Votes: 25
25. Ko-Ko's Hypnotism (1929)
8 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
A live-action amateur hypnotist mesmerizes Koko the clown and Fitz the dog; but a witch teaches them how to take their revenge...
Director: Dave Fleischer
Votes: 44
26. The Fabulous Fraud (1948)
11 min | Short, Biography, Drama
The story of Dr. Anton Mesmer, the man who discoverd hypnotism.
Director: Edward L. Cahn | Stars: John Baragrey, John Nesbitt, Phyllis Morris, Marcia Mae Jones
Votes: 93
27. A Sad Fascination (1911)
Short, Drama
A young, woman of superior attainments has fallen under the spell of a low criminal of the flash burglar type, who brutally ill-treats her. She breaks the spell at last, and obtains a ... See full summary »
Director: Oreste Mentasti | Stars: Adriana Costamagna, Vitale De Stefano, Emilio Ghione
28. The Devilish Desire of Dario Dragani (2012)
15 min | Short, Thriller
In this loose, modern re-telling of THE CABINET OF DR. CALIGARI, Dave Ferrier plays Dario Dragani, a douche bag office supervisor and skilled mesmerist. Craving power, wealth and women, he ... See full summary »
Director: Mark Mackner | Stars: Doug Layne, Dave Ferrier, Dahlia DeSade, Mark Mackner
29. The Strange Story of Sylvia Gray (1914)
40 min | Short, Drama, Mystery
Vain and ashamed of their poverty, Sylvia Gray, wife of unsuccessful playwright Henry Gray, elopes with Lennox, a wealthy young man, taking her daughter "Silvery" with her. The child is ... See full summary »
Director: Charles L. Gaskill | Stars: Helen Gardner, Charles Kent, Mary Charleson, Charles Eldridge
Votes: 21
30.
Lost in Space (1965–1968)
Episode:
Wild Adventure
(1966)
Not Rated | 50 min | Adventure, Comedy, Family
Smith finds the course back to earth, but a space female lures Smith out of the ship. Saving him would again leave the crew of the Jupiter 2 lost in space.
Director: Don Richardson | Stars: Guy Williams, June Lockhart, Mark Goddard, Marta Kristen
Votes: 239
31.
The Wild Wild West (1965–1969)
Episode:
The Night of the Winged Terror: Part 1
(1969)
TV-PG | 60 min | Action, Adventure, Western
James West is dispatched to a town after the U.S. receives a warning of an impending catastrophe. The Secret Service agent is unable to prevent the town's mayor from blowing up a new ... See full summary »
Director: Marvin J. Chomsky | Stars: Robert Conrad, Ross Martin, William Schallert, Christopher Cary
Votes: 153
32.
The Wild Wild West (1965–1969)
Episode:
The Night of the Winged Terror: Part II
(1969)
TV-PG | 60 min | Action, Adventure, Western
West departs Raven's headquarters in a bid to ruin the organization's plot to kill a Mexican official. The Secret Service agent, though, doesn't realize he has been programmed to ... See full summary »
Director: Marvin J. Chomsky | Stars: Robert Conrad, Ross Martin, William Schallert, Christopher Cary
Votes: 135
33.
Dickens in America (2005)
Episode:
Pittsburgh to Louisville
(2005)
Documentary
Miriam Margolyes follows Dickens's trail inland 1,000 miles along the course of the Ohio River to Louisville, Kentucky, in the company of cowboys. Along the way she is taught how to improve... See full summary »
Director: Sarah Howitt | Stars: Miriam Margolyes, Nathaniel Parker
34.
Warehouse 13 (2009–2014)
Episode:
Implosion
(2009)
TV-14 | 42 min | Adventure, Drama, Mystery
The theft of the perfect Samurai sword attracts Artie's attention because he suspects his former partner and current nemesis; McPherson.
Director: Vincent Misiano | Stars: Eddie McClintock, Joanne Kelly, Saul Rubinek, Genelle Williams
Votes: 657
35.
Warehouse 13 (2009–2014)
Episode:
Regrets
(2009)
TV-PG | 42 min | Adventure, Drama, Mystery
A prison, a new warden, and a charismatic preacher inmate who may have a artifact seems related to a string prisoner suicides accompanied by hallucinations. Pete and Myka search for the ... See full summary »
Director: Michael W. Watkins | Stars: Eddie McClintock, Joanne Kelly, Saul Rubinek, Genelle Williams
Votes: 628
36.
Marie Antoinette (2022– )
Episode:
The Ostrich Bitch
(2022)
TV-MA | 53 min | Biography, Drama, History
Marie Antoinette is pregnant at last, but her reputation is attacked when explicit pamphlets challenging the legitimacy of her unborn child appear at Versailles. The castle is locked down and investigated in order to uncover the traitor.
Director: Geoffrey Enthoven | Stars: Emilia Schüle, Louis Cunningham, Jack Archer, Jasmine Blackborow
Votes: 169
37.
Power Rangers Ninja Steel (2017–2018)
Episode:
My Friend Redbot
(2017)
TV-Y7 | 24 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
Hayley is targeted by Galvanax's latest monster; isolated from the other Rangers, Hayley and Redbot and Kody must work together to save themselves.
Director: Simon Bennett | Stars: William Shewfelt, Nico Greetham, Zoë Robins, Peter Adrian Sudarso
Votes: 45
38.
The ComicWeb: Old Time Radio Programs (2014– )
The Shadow: The Temple Bells of Neban
(2014 Podcast Episode)
28 min | History
ComicWeb presents "The Shadow": a broadcast from October 24, 1937 titled "The Temple of Neban". The cast includes Orson Welles and Agnes Moorehead. The sponsor is Blue Coal.
Stars: Agnes Moorehead, Orson Welles
39.
Watchmen (2019)
Episode:
This Extraordinary Being
(2019)
TV-MA | 61 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Deep under the influence of Nostalgia, Angela gets a firsthand account of her grandfather's journey.
Director: Stephen Williams | Stars: Regina King, Jean Smart, Don Johnson, Hong Chau
Votes: 9,607