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1. Pearl (2022)
R | 103 min | Drama, Horror, Thriller
In 1918, a young woman on the brink of madness pursues stardom in a desperate attempt to escape the drudgery, isolation, and lovelessness of life on her parents' farm.
Director: Ti West | Stars: Mia Goth, David Corenswet, Tandi Wright, Matthew Sunderland
Votes: 98,504 | Gross: $9.42M
2. Promising Young Woman (2020)
R | 113 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Nothing in Cassie's life is what it appears to be - she's wickedly smart, tantalizingly cunning, and she's living a secret double life. Now, an unexpected encounter is about to give Cassie a chance to right the wrongs from the past.
Director: Emerald Fennell | Stars: Carey Mulligan, Bo Burnham, Alison Brie, Clancy Brown
Votes: 212,654
3. Jack Reacher (2012)
PG-13 | 130 min | Action, Mystery, Thriller
A homicide investigator digs deeper into a case involving a trained military sniper responsible for a mass shooting.
Director: Christopher McQuarrie | Stars: Tom Cruise, Rosamund Pike, Richard Jenkins, Werner Herzog
Votes: 365,658 | Gross: $80.07M
4. Before the Devil Knows You're Dead (2007)
R | 117 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
When two brothers organize the robbery of their parents' jewelry store the job goes horribly wrong, triggering a series of events that sends them, their father and one brother's wife barreling towards a shattering climax.
Director: Sidney Lumet | Stars: Philip Seymour Hoffman, Ethan Hawke, Albert Finney, Marisa Tomei
Votes: 111,936 | Gross: $7.08M
5. The Rental (2020)
R | 88 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
Two couples rent a vacation home for what should be a celebratory weekend get-away.
Director: Dave Franco | Stars: Dan Stevens, Alison Brie, Sheila Vand, Jeremy Allen White
Votes: 38,346
6. Lady Macbeth (2016)
R | 89 min | Drama, Romance
In 19th-century rural England, a young bride who has been sold into marriage discovers an unstoppable desire within herself as she enters into an affair with a worker on her estate.
Director: William Oldroyd | Stars: Florence Pugh, Cosmo Jarvis, Paul Hilton, Naomi Ackie
Votes: 27,390 | Gross: $1.13M
7. Sleepaway Camp (1983)
R | 84 min | Horror
Bunks and showers are a mad stabber's beat at a summer camp strictly for teens.
Director: Robert Hiltzik | Stars: Felissa Rose, Jonathan Tiersten, Karen Fields, Christopher Collet
Votes: 38,194 | Gross: $11.00M
8. Bride of Chucky (1998)
R | 89 min | Comedy, Horror, Thriller
Chucky, the doll possessed by a serial killer, discovers the perfect mate to kill and revive into the body of another doll.
Director: Ronny Yu | Stars: Jennifer Tilly, Brad Dourif, Katherine Heigl, Nick Stabile
Votes: 64,414 | Gross: $32.40M
9. Morgan (2016)
R | 92 min | Action, Horror, Sci-Fi
A corporate risk-management consultant must decide whether or not to terminate an artificially created humanoid being.
Director: Luke Scott | Stars: Kate Mara, Anya Taylor-Joy, Rose Leslie, Michael Yare
Votes: 46,189 | Gross: $3.91M
10. Short Cuts (1993)
R | 188 min | Comedy, Drama
The day-to-day lives of several suburban Los Angeles residents.
Director: Robert Altman | Stars: Andie MacDowell, Julianne Moore, Tim Robbins, Bruce Davison
Votes: 47,433 | Gross: $6.11M
11. Hide and Seek (2005)
R | 101 min | Horror, Mystery
As a widower tries to piece together his life in the wake of his wife's suicide, his daughter finds solace, at first, in her imaginary friend.
Director: John Polson | Stars: Robert De Niro, Dakota Fanning, Famke Janssen, Elisabeth Shue
Votes: 88,875 | Gross: $51.10M
12. Harry Brown (2009)
R | 103 min | Action, Crime, Drama
An elderly ex-serviceman and widower looks to avenge his best friend's murder by doling out his own form of justice.
Director: Daniel Barber | Stars: Michael Caine, Emily Mortimer, David Bradley, Charlie Creed-Miles
Votes: 91,462 | Gross: $1.82M
13. Dead Again (1991)
R | 107 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A woman who has lost her memory is taken in by a Los Angeles orphanage, and a private eye is enlisted to track down her identity, but he soon finds that he might have a past life connection to her that endangers their lives.
Director: Kenneth Branagh | Stars: Kenneth Branagh, Emma Thompson, Andy Garcia, Lois Hall
Votes: 30,420 | Gross: $38.02M
14. Othello (1995)
R | 123 min | Drama, Romance
The Moorish General Othello is manipulated into thinking that his new wife Desdemona has been carrying on an affair with his Lieutenant Michael Cassio, when in reality, it is all part of the scheme of a bitter Ensign named Iago.
Director: Oliver Parker | Stars: Laurence Fishburne, Kenneth Branagh, Irène Jacob, Nathaniel Parker
Votes: 10,194 | Gross: $2.11M
15. Blow the Man Down (2019)
R | 91 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
Mary Beth and Priscilla Connolly attempt to cover up a gruesome run-in with a dangerous man. To conceal their crime, the sisters must go deep into the criminal underbelly of their hometown, uncovering the town's darkest secrets.
Directors: Bridget Savage Cole, Danielle Krudy | Stars: David Coffin, David Pridemore, Adam Wolf Mayerson, Mark S. Cartier
Votes: 12,228
16. Innocent Lies (1995)
TV-MA | 88 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
A gripping story of sex, betrayal, and murder. In 1938, British detective Alan Cross (Adrian Dunbar) travels to a small French coastal town to investigate the mysterious death of a close ... See full summary »
Director: Patrick Dewolf | Stars: Adrian Dunbar, Florence Hoath, Sophie Aubry, Joanna Lumley
Votes: 1,107
17. Burke and Hare (2010)
R | 91 min | Comedy, Crime, History
A black comedy about two 19th-century grave robbers who find a lucrative business providing cadavers for an Edinburgh medical school.
Director: John Landis | Stars: Bill Bailey, Tom Wilkinson, Michael Smiley, Tim Curry
Votes: 21,368 | Gross: $0.00M
18. Disco Pigs (2001)
TV-MA | 93 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
Pig and Runt - born on the same day, in the same hospital, moments apart. Twins, all but by blood.
Director: Kirsten Sheridan | Stars: Elaine Cassidy, Cillian Murphy, Sarah Gallagher, Charles Bark
Votes: 5,223
19. Kill Cruise (1990)
R | 98 min | Adventure, Drama, Thriller
A washed-out German sailor, in a drunken state, agrees to take two British women from Gibraltar to the West Indies in his sail boat. Early into the voyage, they realise that it's not going to be plain sailing.
Director: Peter Keglevic | Stars: Jürgen Prochnow, Patsy Kensit, Elizabeth Hurley, Franz Buchrieser
Votes: 903
20. I Melt with You (2011)
R | 129 min | Drama
When four 40-something college friends meet up for their annual reunion, things start to spiral out of control, and a pact they made as young men is revisited.
Director: Mark Pellington | Stars: Thomas Jane, Rob Lowe, Jeremy Piven, Christian McKay
Votes: 6,444 | Gross: $0.00M
21. Othello (1965)
Unrated | 165 min | Drama
General Othello's marriage is destroyed when vengeful Ensign Iago convinces him that his new wife has been unfaithful.
Director: Stuart Burge | Stars: Laurence Olivier, Frank Finlay, Robert Lang, Anthony Nicholls
Votes: 1,645
22. Hangmen Also Die! (1943)
Passed | 134 min | Drama, Film-Noir, Thriller
After the German administrator of Czechoslovakia is shot, his assassin tries to elude the Gestapo and struggles with his impulse to give himself up as hostages are executed.
Director: Fritz Lang | Stars: Brian Donlevy, Walter Brennan, Anna Lee, Gene Lockhart
Votes: 6,406
23. The Lost Tribe (2010)
R | 100 min | Adventure, Horror, Thriller
After a devastating boat crash, a group of friends are stranded on an uncharted island where they encounter an ancient tribe of humanoid creatures.
Director: Roel Reiné | Stars: Emily Baldoni, Nick Mennell, Marc Bacher, Brianna Brown
Votes: 1,888
24. Dirty Linen (2023)
TV-MA | Action, Crime, Drama
Four houseworkers of a well-known aristocratic family mysteriously vanished one by one without a trace, meanwhile four people are out to get their hellish revenge against the prominent family itself.
Stars: Zanjoe Marudo, Francine Diaz, Janine Gutierrez, John Arcilla
Votes: 183
25. Terribly Happy (2008)
Unrated | 99 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A thriller about a Copenhagen cop who moves to a small town after having a nervous breakdown.
Director: Henrik Ruben Genz | Stars: Jakob Cedergren, Lene Maria Christensen, Kim Bodnia, Lars Brygmann
Votes: 7,067 | Gross: $0.07M
26. Tryst (1994)
R | 101 min | Romance, Thriller
A young man journeys to the estate of a rich family in Santa Barbara, California, to visit his mother, who works there as a maid and whom he hasn't seen in many years. He winds up getting ... See full summary »
Director: Peter Foldy | Stars: Barbara Carrera, David Warner, Louise Fletcher, Johnny La Spada
Votes: 257
27. In Darkness (2011)
R | 145 min | Drama, War
A dramatization of one man's rescue of Jewish refugees in the German-occupied Polish city of Lvov.
Director: Agnieszka Holland | Stars: Robert Wieckiewicz, Benno Fürmann, Agnieszka Grochowska, Maria Schrader
Votes: 11,178 | Gross: $1.04M
28. Born Bad (2011 Video)
TV-14 | 86 min | Drama, Thriller
A young woman falls for a mysterious man who reveals his dark side.
Director: Jared Cohn | Stars: Meredith Monroe, Bonnie Dennison, Michael Welch, Parker Coppins
Votes: 1,057
29. Oh Dad, Poor Dad, Mamma's Hung You in the Closet and I'm Feelin' So Sad (1967)
Not Rated | 86 min | Comedy
A domineering mother and her sheltered son fly face first into love, murder, and the meaning of family in this black comedy based on Arthur Kopit's Broadway play.
Directors: Richard Quine, Alexander Mackendrick | Stars: Rosalind Russell, Robert Morse, Barbara Harris, Hugh Griffith
Votes: 324
30. Native Son (1986)
PG | 111 min | Drama, Romance
In 1940s Chicago, a young black man takes a job as a chauffeur to a white family, which takes a turn for the worse when he accidentally kills the teenage daughter of the couple and then tries to cover it up.
Director: Jerrold Freedman | Stars: Victor Love, Matt Dillon, Elizabeth McGovern, Geraldine Page
Votes: 631 | Gross: $1.30M
31. Inocente de ti (2004–2005)
60 min | Romance
From the city of Zacatecas, Florecita takes off on a large trip to the United States with the company of her sister Isela and her grandmother Cleotilde. The girls are going to reunite with ... See full summary »
Stars: Camila Sodi, Valentino Lanus, Helena Rojo, Karla Álvarez
Votes: 217
32. The Notorious Daughter of Fanny Hill (1966)
X | 74 min | Comedy, Drama
Kissy Hill, the daughter of a notorious madam in 19th Century London, follows in her late mother's footsteps with prositution in catering to various upper class gentlemen.
Director: Peter Perry Jr. | Stars: Stacey Walker, William Rotsler, Linda Cochran, Ora Kittle
Votes: 166
33. In the Winter Dark (1998)
92 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
An intense psychological drama around four people in a remote country village; where a creature is killing the local animals.
Director: James Bogle | Stars: Brenda Blethyn, Ray Barrett, Richard Roxburgh, Miranda Otto
Votes: 340
34. Junk Food (1997)
Not Rated | 82 min | Crime, Drama
Blending widescreen cinematography with digital video, JUNK FOOD casts an unblinking but painterly eye over the darkest, most brutal fringes of contemporary Japanese society. JUNK FOOD ... See full summary »
Director: Masashi Yamamoto | Stars: Ali Ahmed, Arata Furuta, Mika Kumagai, Miki Mia
Votes: 186
35. Evas øye (1999)
102 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
While Eva Magnus and her daughter, Jenny, are taking a walk, they discover a dead body floating along the riverside. Eva runs to the nearest phone booth and pretends to call the police. ... See full summary »
Director: Berit Nesheim | Stars: Andrine Sæther, Bjørn Sundquist, Gisken Armand, Sverre Anker Ousdal
Votes: 283
36. Gun Town (2009)
78 min | Action, Horror, Mystery
A group of friends go on a road trip soon after their high school graduation and get lost in the middle of nowhere. They stumble upon an abandoned Wild West tourist attraction that was ... See full summary »
Director: Lee Vervoort | Stars: Christianna Aronstam, Tim Emery, Lee Vervoort, Andy Grace
Votes: 57
37. Othello (I) (1909)
12 min | Short, Drama, Romance
The Moorish general Othello is manipulated into thinking that his new wife Desdemona has been carrying on an affair with his lieutenant Michael Cassio when in reality it is all part of the scheme of a bitter ensign named Iago.
Director: Ugo Falena | Stars: Ferruccio Garavaglia, Vittoria Lepanto, Cesare Dondine, Alberto Nepoti
Votes: 19
38.
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2000–2015)
Episode:
Committed
(2005)
TV-14 | 42 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
When the inmate Robbie Garson is found dead inside his room, Grissom, Sara and Capt. Brass investigate the murder. They learn that the inmates are criminally insane and rapists, and they ... See full summary »
Director: Richard J. Lewis | Stars: William Petersen, Marg Helgenberger, Gary Dourdan, George Eads
Votes: 791
39.
Maigret (1992–1993)
Episode:
Maigret and the Mad Woman
(1992)
TV-14 | 52 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Maigret is dismissive when a seemingly paranoid elderly woman complains of being followed but later regrets his inaction when she is murdered.
Director: John Glenister | Stars: Michael Gambon, Ciaran Madden, Geoffrey Hutchings, Jack Galloway
Votes: 127
40.
Oz (1997–2003)
Episode:
The Routine
(1997)
TV-MA | 54 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
In the 'Emerald City' experimental unit of Oswald State Penitentiary, we meet some of the diverse inmates who exist in a pecking order of Gangbangers, Latinos, Muslims, Westies, Aryans and Wiseguys.
Director: Darnell Martin | Stars: Ernie Hudson, Terry Kinney, Harold Perrineau, Eamonn Walker
Votes: 3,085
41.
A Touch of Frost (1992–2010)
Episode:
Dancing in the Dark
(2004)
TV-14 | 94 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Frost must deal with a corpse found in a recycling dump and a smuggling ring of white slavers specializing in young Polish girls.
Director: Roy Battersby | Stars: David Jason, Bruce Alexander, Nicholas Burns, John Lyons
Votes: 281
42.
NCIS (2003– )
Episode:
Shalom
(2006)
TV-14 | 60 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A bomb explodes as Ziva passes; a Syrian informant and two FBI agents die. The FBI seeks Ziva, who hides and calls Gibbs in Mexico. Gibbs and the NCIS gang band together to help.
Director: William Webb | Stars: Mark Harmon, Michael Weatherly, Cote de Pablo, Pauley Perrette
Votes: 917
43.
A Haunting (2005– )
Episode:
A Haunting in Ireland
(2006)
TV-PG | 43 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
An ordinary, working-class family in Ireland finds that the government-subsidized home in which they have spent many happy years is suddenly haunted.
Director: Stuart Taylor | Stars: Anthony D. Call, Reagan Byrum, Bill Clancy, Candy Dennis
Votes: 66
44.
Snowfall (2017–2023)
Episode:
Sleeping Dogs
(2021)
TV-MA | 44 min | Crime, Drama
Franklin fights for survival; Teddy goes to extremes to salvage his operation and career.
Director: Carl Seaton | Stars: Damson Idris, Carter Hudson, Sergio Peris-Mencheta, Michael Hyatt
Votes: 570
45.
Murdoch Mysteries (2008– )
Episode:
The Prince and the Rebel
(2008)
TV-PG | 48 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Prince Alfred, grandson of Queen Victoria, is visiting Toronto and Murdoch is assigned to protect the reckless playboy from Fenian conspiracy.
Director: John L'Ecuyer | Stars: Yannick Bisson, Helene Joy, Thomas Craig, Jonny Harris
Votes: 379
46.
I, Claudius (1976)
Episode:
Zeus, by Jove!
(1976)
Not Rated | 52 min | Biography, Drama, History
Tiberius summons Caligula and his cousin Gemellus to Capri, declaring them his joint successors. Soon afterwards Tiberius is smothered by Macro, on the orders of Caligula, and his death is ... See full summary »
Director: Herbert Wise | Stars: Derek Jacobi, John Hurt, Margaret Tyzack, Beth Morris
Votes: 380
47.
Midsomer Murders (1997– )
Episode:
The Creeper
(2009)
TV-14 | 93 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A cat burglar named "The Creeper" is breaking into the estates of Causton, and an alcoholic writer threatening a "tell-all" book about his friends turns up dead.
Director: Renny Rye | Stars: John Nettles, Jason Hughes, Jane Wymark, Barry Jackson
Votes: 834
48.
Grimm (2011–2017)
Episode:
Lonelyhearts
(2011)
TV-14 | 45 min | Crime, Drama, Fantasy
Nick learns that a series of disappearances, rapes-and possibly murders-of beautiful women in the Portland area is connected to a honeymoon hotel where the owner harbors a hypnotic power.
Director: Michael Waxman | Stars: David Giuntoli, Russell Hornsby, Elizabeth Tulloch, Silas Weir Mitchell
Votes: 1,591
49.
American Horror Story (2011– )
Episode:
Open House
(2011)
TV-MA | 41 min | Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi
Moira persuades a prospective buyer to make an offer. Constance and Larry work against her efforts.
Director: Tim Hunter | Stars: Connie Britton, Dylan McDermott, Evan Peters, Taissa Farmiga
Votes: 5,838
50.
CSI: NY (2004–2013)
Episode:
Who's There?
(2012)
TV-14 | 43 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A real estate mogul is killed in a home invasion, but was somebody close to him ultimately responsible for his death?
Director: Vikki Williams | Stars: Gary Sinise, Sela Ward, Carmine Giovinazzo, Anna Belknap
Votes: 196