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1. Inglourious Basterds (2009)
R | 153 min | Adventure, Drama, War
In Nazi-occupied France during World War II, a plan to assassinate Nazi leaders by a group of Jewish U.S. soldiers coincides with a theatre owner's vengeful plans for the same.
Director: Quentin Tarantino | Stars: Brad Pitt, Diane Kruger, Eli Roth, Mélanie Laurent
Votes: 1,590,640 | Gross: $120.54M
2. A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)
R | 91 min | Horror
Teenager Nancy Thompson must uncover the dark truth concealed by her parents after she and her friends become targets of the spirit of a serial killer with a bladed glove in their dreams, in which if they die, it kills them in real life.
Director: Wes Craven | Stars: Heather Langenkamp, Johnny Depp, Robert Englund, John Saxon
Votes: 263,380 | Gross: $25.50M
3. The House That Jack Built (2018)
R | 152 min | Crime, Drama, Horror
In five episodes, failed architect and vicious sociopath Jack recounts his elaborately orchestrated murders -- each, as he views them, a towering work of art that defines his life's work as a serial killer in the Pacific Northwest.
Director: Lars von Trier | Stars: Matt Dillon, Bruno Ganz, Uma Thurman, Siobhan Fallon Hogan
Votes: 92,582 | Gross: $0.09M
4. Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile (2019)
R | 110 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
A chronicle of the crimes of Ted Bundy from the perspective of Liz, his longtime girlfriend, who refused to believe the truth about him for years.
Director: Joe Berlinger | Stars: Lily Collins, Zac Efron, Angela Sarafyan, Sydney Vollmer
Votes: 103,863
5. Holy Spider (2022)
118 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A journalist descends into the dark underbelly of the Iranian holy city of Mashhad as she investigates the serial killings of sex workers by the so called "Spider Killer", who believes he is cleansing the streets of sinners.
Director: Ali Abbasi | Stars: Alice Rahimi, Diana Al Hussen, Soraya Helli, Mehdi Bajestani
Votes: 25,753
6. Old Henry (2021)
Not Rated | 99 min | Action, Drama, Western
A farmer takes in an injured man with a satchel of cash. When a posse comes for the money, he must decide who to trust. Defending a siege, he reveals a gunslinging talent calling his true identity into question.
Director: Potsy Ponciroli | Stars: Tim Blake Nelson, Scott Haze, Gavin Lewis, Trace Adkins
Votes: 36,999
7. Guns Akimbo (2019)
R | 98 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
A guy relies on his newly-acquired gladiator skills to save his ex-girlfriend from kidnappers.
Director: Jason Howden | Stars: Daniel Radcliffe, Samara Weaving, Ned Dennehy, Natasha Liu Bordizzo
Votes: 70,224
8. Freeway (1996)
R | 102 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A twisted take on "Little Red Riding Hood", with a teenage juvenile delinquent on the run from a social worker travelling to her grandmother's house and being hounded by a charming, but sadistic, serial killer and pedophile.
Director: Matthew Bright | Stars: Reese Witherspoon, Kiefer Sutherland, Bokeem Woodbine, Paul Perri
Votes: 31,878 | Gross: $0.30M
9. The Manchurian Candidate (1962)
PG-13 | 126 min | Drama, Thriller
An American POW in the Korean War is brainwashed as an unwitting assassin for an international Communist conspiracy.
Director: John Frankenheimer | Stars: Frank Sinatra, Laurence Harvey, Janet Leigh, Angela Lansbury
Votes: 80,023
10. In the Tall Grass (2019)
TV-MA | 101 min | Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi
After hearing a young boy's cry for help, a sister and brother venture into a vast field of tall grass in Oklahoma but soon discover there may be no way out...and that something evil lurks within.
Director: Vincenzo Natali | Stars: Laysla De Oliveira, Avery Whitted, Patrick Wilson, Will Buie Jr.
Votes: 65,011
11. Frankenstein (1931)
Passed | 70 min | Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi
Dr Henry Frankenstein is obsessed with assembling a living being from parts of several exhumed corpses.
Director: James Whale | Stars: Colin Clive, Mae Clarke, Boris Karloff, John Boles
Votes: 79,958
12. The Golden Glove (2019)
Not Rated | 115 min | Crime, Drama, Horror
A serial killer strikes fear in the hearts of residents of Hamburg during the early 1970s.
Director: Fatih Akin | Stars: Jonas Dassler, Vasiliki Georgina Pseimada, Christine Jensen, Greta Sophie Schmidt
Votes: 18,378
13. The General's Daughter (1999)
R | 116 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
When the daughter of a well-known and well-respected base commander is murdered, an undercover detective is summoned to look into the matter and finds a slew of cover-ups at West Point.
Director: Simon West | Stars: John Travolta, Madeleine Stowe, James Cromwell, Timothy Hutton
Votes: 63,977 | Gross: $102.71M
14. Sleepaway Camp II: Unhappy Campers (1988)
R | 80 min | Comedy, Horror
A sex-changed slasher returns as a camp counselor.
Director: Michael A. Simpson | Stars: Pamela Springsteen, Renée Estevez, Tony Higgins, Valerie Hartman
Votes: 13,402
15. The Mighty (1998)
PG-13 | 100 min | Comedy, Drama
Two young boys are social outcasts in their community due to their disabilities and broken home lives. When they are paired together, they form a bond over their shared circumstances.
Director: Peter Chelsom | Stars: Kieran Culkin, Elden Henson, Sharon Stone, Harry Dean Stanton
Votes: 13,930 | Gross: $2.64M
16. Infidelity in Suburbia (2017 TV Movie)
TV-14 | 120 min | Thriller
With her husband away at work, and her son at school, Laura dreams of a home-renovation project to supplant her restless days. Elliott, her irresistibly hot private contractor, soon fulfills her more forbidden dreams.
Director: David Winning | Stars: Sarah Butler, Marcus Rosner, Peter Benson, Arlo Hajdu
Votes: 950
17. If Looks Could Kill (1991)
PG-13 | 88 min | Action, Comedy
Michael has to take summer class in French, a class trip to France, to graduate high school. He is, however, mistaken for an agent and people try to kill him. There are 007 style cars, cuties, crooks etc.
Director: William Dear | Stars: Richard Grieco, Linda Hunt, Roger Rees, Robin Bartlett
Votes: 7,716 | Gross: $7.79M
18. Doom Asylum (1987)
R | 77 min | Comedy, Horror
A horribly disfigured lawyer, wrongfully pronounced dead after a terrible car accident, is taken to an asylum for dissection, only to come back alive, kill everyone, and make the asylum his killing grounds.
Director: Richard Friedman | Stars: Patty Mullen, Ruth Collins, Kristin Davis, William Hay
Votes: 2,280
19. Dr. Terror's House of Horrors (1965)
Approved | 98 min | Horror
Aboard a British train, mysterious fortune teller Dr. Schreck uses tarot cards to read the futures of five fellow passengers.
Director: Freddie Francis | Stars: Christopher Lee, Peter Cushing, Neil McCallum, Ursula Howells
Votes: 7,533
20. Berlin Alexanderplatz (2020)
183 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A man from Guinea-Bissau moves to Germany, where he is befriended by a drug dealer and two women.
Director: Burhan Qurbani | Stars: Welket Bungué, Albrecht Schuch, Jella Haase, Annabelle Mandeng
Votes: 3,907
21. Gaslight (1940)
Not Rated | 84 min | Mystery, Thriller
Twenty years after the murder of Alice Barlow, her house is finally occupied again. However, the husband from the couple who have moved in has a secret which he will do anything to keep hidden.
Director: Thorold Dickinson | Stars: Anton Walbrook, Diana Wynyard, Frank Pettingell, Cathleen Cordell
Votes: 5,309
22. Only the Animals (2019)
117 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A woman disappeared. After a snowstorm, her car is discovered on a road to a small remote village. While the police don't know where to start, five people are linked to the disappearance. Each one with his or her own secret.
Director: Dominik Moll | Stars: Denis Ménochet, Laure Calamy, Damien Bonnard, Nadia Tereszkiewicz
Votes: 7,816
23. 10 Rillington Place (1971)
GP | 111 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
What happened to the women at 10 Rillington Place? The story of British serial killer John Christie, who committed most or all of his crimes in the titular terraced house, and the miscarriage of justice involving Timothy Evans.
Director: Richard Fleischer | Stars: Richard Attenborough, Judy Geeson, John Hurt, Pat Heywood
Votes: 9,826
24. The Strangler (1970)
96 min | Crime, Drama, Horror
Unhappy women are being murdered by Emile, a psychotic young man suffering from the delusion that his acts are mercy killings.
Director: Paul Vecchiali | Stars: Jacques Perrin, Julien Guiomar, Eva Simonet, Paul Barge
Votes: 369
25. Jack's Back (1988)
R | 97 min | Crime, Horror, Mystery
A serial killer in Los Angeles celebrates Jack the Ripper's 100th birthday by committing similar murders and only one has a chance of stopping him.
Director: Rowdy Herrington | Stars: James Spader, Cynthia Gibb, Jim Haynie, Robert Picardo
Votes: 4,107 | Gross: $0.49M
26. Island in the Sun (1957)
Approved | 119 min | Drama, Romance
This drama set during the 1950s on a British-ruled Caribbean island deals with local politics, interracial relationships, social inequality, racism, adultery, and murder.
Director: Robert Rossen | Stars: James Mason, Joan Fontaine, Dorothy Dandridge, Joan Collins
Votes: 1,418 | Gross: $8.00M
27. Drums Along the Mohawk (1939)
Approved | 104 min | Drama, Romance, War
Newlyweds Gil and Lana Martin try to establish a farm in the Mohawk Valley but are menaced by Indians and Tories as the Revolutionary War begins.
Director: John Ford | Stars: Claudette Colbert, Henry Fonda, Edna May Oliver, Eddie Collins
Votes: 6,812 | Gross: $1.00M
28. From a Whisper to a Scream (1987)
R | 99 min | Action, Drama, Horror
In a small Tennessee town, a historian relates four horror stories to a reporter.
Director: Jeff Burr | Stars: Vincent Price, Clu Gulager, Terry Kiser, Harry Caesar
Votes: 2,998 | Gross: $1.36M
29. Fright (1971)
PG | 87 min | Horror, Thriller
An English baby sitter is terrorized by her friend's ex-husband, escaped from an asylum.
Director: Peter Collinson | Stars: Honor Blackman, Susan George, George Cole, Tara Collinson
Votes: 1,940 | Gross: $0.17M
30. Demons of the Mind (1972)
R | 89 min | Horror, Thriller
A physician discovers that two children are being kept virtually imprisoned in their house by their father. He investigates, and discovers a web of sex, incest, and Satanic possession.
Director: Peter Sykes | Stars: Robert Hardy, Shane Briant, Gillian Hills, Yvonne Mitchell
Votes: 1,837
31. Dismissed (2017)
Not Rated | 87 min | Drama, Horror, Thriller
A straight-edged teacher finds trouble when an honors student is willing to do anything to get an A.
Director: Benjamin Arfmann | Stars: Kent Osborne, Dylan Sprouse, Rae Gray, Alycia Delmore
Votes: 8,015
32. Strangler vs. Strangler (1984)
96 min | Comedy, Crime, Horror
A mentally-disturbed flower seller starts killing young girls on the streets of Belgrade. While the frustrated police inspector is trying to stop him, an aspiring musician finds his life and work deeply intertwined with that of a killer.
Director: Slobodan Sijan | Stars: Tasko Nacic, Nikola Simic, Srdjan Saper, Sonja Savic
Votes: 4,374
33. Remote Control (1988)
R | 88 min | Comedy, Romance, Sci-Fi
A video store clerk stumbles onto an alien plot to take over Earth by brain-washing people with a bad '50s science fiction movie. He and his friend must find a way to stop the aliens before... See full summary »
Director: Jeff Lieberman | Stars: Kevin Dillon, Deborah Goodrich, Christopher Wynne, Frank Beddor
Votes: 1,151
34. Deeper: The Retribution of Beth (2014)
80 min | Drama, Horror, Thriller
A journalist is caught up in a woman's brutal revenge against two men who mistreated her in the past.
Director: Jeffrey Andersen | Stars: Andrew Francis, Jessica Harmon, Matthew Kevin Anderson, Elise Gatien
Votes: 515
35. Play Motel (1979)
X | 93 min | Crime, Horror, Mystery
A reporter and his girlfriend investigate deaths surrounding a hotel where several prominent people go to have sex.
Director: Mario Gariazzo | Stars: Ray Lovelock, Anna Maria Rizzoli, Mario Cutini, Antonella Antinori
Votes: 703
36. Catch Hell (2014)
Not Rated | 98 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A fading Hollywood pretty-boy gets taken and brutalized in Louisiana by two local men with his total ruination at heart.
Director: Ryan Phillippe | Stars: Ryan Phillippe, Ian Barford, Stephen Louis Grush, James DuMont
Votes: 3,133
37. Side Street (1949)
Passed | 83 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
A struggling young father-to-be gives in to temptation and impulsively steals money from the office of a shady lawyer--with catastrophic consequences.
Director: Anthony Mann | Stars: Farley Granger, Cathy O'Donnell, James Craig, Paul Kelly
Votes: 3,339
38. East Side, West Side (1949)
Passed | 108 min | Drama, Romance
A vain businessman puts a strain on happy marriage to a rich, beautiful socialite by allowing himself to be seduced by a former girlfriend.
Director: Mervyn LeRoy | Stars: Barbara Stanwyck, James Mason, Van Heflin, Ava Gardner
Votes: 2,514
39. Erotic Symphony (1980)
91 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
A nobleman and his two lovers - a teenage boy and a runaway nun - plan to kill his mentally fragile wife.
Director: Jesús Franco | Stars: Lina Romay, Susan Hemingway, Armando Borges, Mel Rodrigo
Votes: 408
40. Screamtime (1983)
R | 89 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
A trilogy of three improbable stories of horror and the supernatural are combined into this low budget thriller: "That's the Way to Do It," "Dreamhouse,," and "Do You Believe in Fairies?"
Directors: Michael Armstrong, Stanley A. Long | Stars: Vincent Russo, Michael Gordon, Marie Scinto, Kevin Smith
Votes: 1,015
41. The House of the Dead (1978)
PG | 79 min | Comedy, Crime, Horror
"The House of the Dead" is a 1978 horror anthology movie with "The Mortician" introducing each scary tale.
Director: Sharron Miller | Stars: John Ericson, Ivor Francis, Judith Novgrod, Burr DeBenning
Votes: 1,144
42. Deathmaster (1972)
PG | 84 min | Horror
Quarry is a mysterious, articulate stranger who draws a cult like following of local hippies. Rather than showing them peace and love, he has more sinister plans for them, as he is a vampire.
Director: Ray Danton | Stars: Robert Quarry, Bill Ewing, Brenda Dickson, John Fiedler
Votes: 411
43. The Great Flamarion (1945)
Approved | 78 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
Part of an entertainment act, a beautiful but unscrupulous female performer manipulates all the men in her life in order to achieve her aims.
Director: Anthony Mann | Stars: Erich von Stroheim, Mary Beth Hughes, Dan Duryea, Steve Barclay
Votes: 1,464
44. Hostage Radio (II) (2019)
TV-14 | 97 min | Action, Adventure, Horror
A radio star experiences the worst night of his life when stalkers assault the radio station where he's working.
Director: Pedro C. Alonso | Stars: Eddie Marsan, Paul Anderson, Ivana Baquero, Richard Brake
Votes: 2,580
45. Dark Hearts (I) (2014)
R | 99 min | Thriller
When struggling artist Colson, finds his muse in sultry singer Fran, their daring romance spirals out of control into a dangerous game of deception and betrayal.'
Director: Rudolf Buitendach | Stars: Kyle Schmid, Sonja Kinski, Lucas Till, Rachel Blanchard
Votes: 435
46. Shiver (2012)
Not Rated | 91 min | Horror, Thriller
Wendy Alden, a young secretary in Portland lacking in self- confidence becomes victim of a savage killer who has claimed the lives of a number of other women. Somehow Wendy finds the resources of courage to fight back and escape.
Director: Julian Richards | Stars: Danielle Harris, John Jarratt, Casper Van Dien, Rae Dawn Chong
Votes: 1,155
47. Evil Eye (1975)
R | 106 min | Crime, Horror, Mystery
The police has to face some extremely brutal murders. How is the rich playboy Peter Crane (Jorge Rivero) involved in this? He suffers from horrible nightmares that make him believe that he is responsible for these murders.
Director: Mario Siciliano | Stars: Anthony Steffen, Richard Conte, Pilar Velázquez, Jorge Rivero
Votes: 400
48. Chamber of Horrors (1966)
Unrated | 80 min | Crime, Horror, Thriller
A one-handed madman uses various detachable devices as murder weapons to gain revenge on those he believes have wronged him.
Director: Hy Averback | Stars: Patrick O'Neal, Cesare Danova, Wilfrid Hyde-White, Laura Devon
Votes: 1,432
49. The Third Eye (1966)
Not Rated | 98 min | Thriller, Horror
A young count living with his domineering mother spirals into madness after his mother and fiancée are killed by his jealous, lovesick servant.
Director: Mino Guerrini | Stars: Franco Nero, Gioia Pascal, Erika Blanc, Olga Solbelli
Votes: 565
50. Deadline at Dawn (1946)
Passed | 83 min | Crime, Film-Noir, Mystery
After a woman he meets is murdered, a soon-to-ship-out sailor has until dawn to find the killer, aided by a weary dance hall girl.
Directors: Harold Clurman, William Cameron Menzies | Stars: Susan Hayward, Paul Lukas, Bill Williams, Joseph Calleia
Votes: 2,139