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1. Poltergeist (1982)
PG | 114 min | Horror, Thriller
A family's home is haunted by a host of demonic ghosts.
Director: Tobe Hooper | Stars: JoBeth Williams, Heather O'Rourke, Craig T. Nelson, Beatrice Straight
Votes: 179,901 | Gross: $76.61M
2. The Ring (2002)
PG-13 | 115 min | Horror, Mystery
A journalist must investigate a mysterious videotape which seems to cause the death of anyone one week to the day after they view it.
Director: Gore Verbinski | Stars: Naomi Watts, Martin Henderson, Brian Cox, David Dorfman
Votes: 375,613 | Gross: $129.13M
3. Paprika (2006)
R | 90 min | Animation, Drama, Fantasy
When a machine that allows therapists to enter their patients' dreams is stolen, all hell breaks loose. Only a young female therapist, Paprika, can stop it.
Director: Satoshi Kon | Stars: Megumi Hayashibara, Tôru Emori, Katsunosuke Hori, Tôru Furuya
Votes: 97,251 | Gross: $0.88M
4. Videodrome (1983)
R | 87 min | Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
A programmer at a Toronto TV station that specializes in adult entertainment searches for the producers of a dangerous and bizarre broadcast.
Director: David Cronenberg | Stars: James Woods, Debbie Harry, Sonja Smits, Peter Dvorsky
Votes: 103,247 | Gross: $2.12M
5. Ringu (1998)
Not Rated | 96 min | Horror, Mystery
A reporter and her ex-husband investigate a cursed video tape that is rumored to kill the viewer seven days after watching it.
Director: Hideo Nakata | Stars: Nanako Matsushima, Miki Nakatani, Yûko Takeuchi, Hitomi Satô
Votes: 77,670
6. Def by Temptation (1990)
R | 95 min | Horror
An evil succubus is preying on libidinous black men in New York City, and all that stands in her way is a minister-in-training, an aspiring actor, and a cop who specializes in cases involving the supernatural.
Director: James Bond III | Stars: James Bond III, Kadeem Hardison, Bill Nunn, Samuel L. Jackson
Votes: 2,411 | Gross: $2.22M
7. Les 1001 nuits (1990)
98 min | Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
Zany subversion of the 1001 Nights myth that skips all of the stories and simply focuses on the lovely Scheherazade's escape from the lustful king with the help of a magic lamp and a time traveling astrologist.
Director: Philippe de Broca | Stars: Catherine Zeta-Jones, Gérard Jugnot, Stéphane Freiss, Thierry Lhermitte
Votes: 1,041
8. Alice in Wonderland or What's a Nice Kid Like You Doing in a Place Like This? (1966 TV Movie)
60 min | Animation, Family, Musical
Alice needs to do her homework but she ends up in televisionland where she meets characters from Alice in Wonderland and some Hanna-Barbera cartoons.
Director: Alex Lovy | Stars: Sammy Davis Jr., Zsa Zsa Gabor, Bill Dana, Howard Morris
Votes: 170
9. Billy Joel: Pressure (1982 Music Video)
4 min | Music
The music video for Billy Joel's 1982 hit single "Pressure."
Director: Russell Mulcahy | Star: Billy Joel
Votes: 40
10. Écoanxiété (2019)
2 min | Short, Sci-Fi
-When we will be in a world where it will be impossible to live freely, where we will have to rely on machines to breathe. Will we still really exist?
Director: Luis Dion-Dussault | Stars: Marie-Claude Béchard, Sophie Charrier, Maude Choquet-Blanchette, Étienne Destroismaisons