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1. It (I) (2017)
R | 135 min | Fantasy, Horror
In the summer of 1989, a group of bullied kids band together to destroy a shape-shifting monster, which disguises itself as a clown and preys on the children of Derry, their small Maine town.
Director: Andy Muschietti | Stars: Bill Skarsgård, Jaeden Martell, Finn Wolfhard, Sophia Lillis
Votes: 608,938 | Gross: $327.48M
2. The Peanut Butter Falcon (2019)
PG-13 | 97 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Zak, a man with down syndrome, runs away from a residential nursing home to pursue his dream of becoming a wrestler. Later, he meets with an outlaw who becomes his friend and coach.
Directors: Tyler Nilson, Michael Schwartz | Stars: Zack Gottsagen, Ann Pierce, Dakota Johnson, Bruce Dern
Votes: 104,822 | Gross: $13.12M
3. Doctor Sleep (2019)
R | 152 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Years following the events of The Shining (1980), a now-adult Dan Torrance must protect a young girl with similar powers from a cult known as The True Knot, who prey on children with powers to remain immortal.
Director: Mike Flanagan | Stars: Ewan McGregor, Rebecca Ferguson, Kyliegh Curran, Cliff Curtis
Votes: 219,405 | Gross: $31.58M
4. Sexy Beast (2000)
R | 89 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Brutal gangster Don Logan recruits "retired" safecracker Gal for one last job, but it goes badly for both of them.
Director: Jonathan Glazer | Stars: Ray Winstone, Ben Kingsley, Ian McShane, Amanda Redman
Votes: 69,699 | Gross: $6.95M
5. Species (1995)
R | 108 min | Action, Horror, Sci-Fi
A group of scientists try to track down and trap a killer alien seductress before she successfully mates with a human.
Director: Roger Donaldson | Stars: Natasha Henstridge, Michael Madsen, Ben Kingsley, Alfred Molina
Votes: 85,499 | Gross: $60.07M
6. Palmer (2021)
R | 110 min | Drama
An ex-convict strikes up a friendship with a boy from a troubled home.
Director: Fisher Stevens | Stars: Justin Timberlake, Juno Temple, Alisha Wainwright, Ryder Allen
Votes: 44,135
7. Erased (2016)
TV-14 | 22 min | Animation, Crime, Drama
29-year-old Satoru Fujinuma is sent back in time 18 years to prevent the events leading to his mother's death, which began with a series of kidnappings while he was in 5th grade.
Stars: Shinnosuke Mitsushima, Tao Tsuchiya, Minami Takayama, Ben Diskin
Votes: 58,733
8. Cruising (1980)
R | 102 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A police officer goes undercover in the underground S&M gay subculture of New York City to catch a serial killer who is preying on gay men.
Director: William Friedkin | Stars: Al Pacino, Paul Sorvino, Karen Allen, Richard Cox
Votes: 28,194 | Gross: $19.80M
9. Letters from Iwo Jima (2006)
R | 141 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
The story of the battle of Iwo Jima between the United States and Imperial Japan during World War II, as told from the perspective of the Japanese who fought it.
Director: Clint Eastwood | Stars: Ken Watanabe, Kazunari Ninomiya, Tsuyoshi Ihara, Ryô Kase
Votes: 170,404 | Gross: $13.76M
10. Due Date (2010)
R | 95 min | Comedy, Drama
High-strung father-to-be Peter Highman is forced to hitch a ride with aspiring actor Ethan Tremblay on a road trip in order to make it to his child's birth on time.
Director: Todd Phillips | Stars: Robert Downey Jr., Zach Galifianakis, Michelle Monaghan, Jamie Foxx
Votes: 358,562 | Gross: $100.54M
11. Hannibal Rising (2007)
R | 121 min | Adventure, Crime, Drama
After the death of his parents during World War II, young Hannibal Lecter moves in with his beautiful aunt and begins plotting revenge on the barbarians responsible for his sister's death.
Director: Peter Webber | Stars: Gaspard Ulliel, Rhys Ifans, Gong Li, Aaran Thomas
Votes: 116,133 | Gross: $27.67M
12. Bastard Out of Carolina (1996)
R | 98 min | Drama
A mother and daughter find their lives adversely affected when a new man enters the picture. Will their family ever be what they expect?
Director: Anjelica Huston | Stars: Jennifer Jason Leigh, Ron Eldard, Glenne Headly, Lyle Lovett
Votes: 4,823
13. Santa Sangre (1989)
NC-17 | 123 min | Drama, Horror, Thriller
A former circus artist escapes from a mental hospital to rejoin his armless mother - the leader of a strange religious cult - and is forced to enact brutal murders in her name as he becomes "her arms".
Director: Alejandro Jodorowsky | Stars: Axel Jodorowsky, Blanca Guerra, Guy Stockwell, Thelma Tixou
Votes: 23,424
14. The White Ribbon (2009)
R | 144 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Strange events happen in a small village in the north of Germany during the years before World War I, which seem to be ritual punishment. Who is responsible?
Director: Michael Haneke | Stars: Christian Friedel, Ernst Jacobi, Leonie Benesch, Ulrich Tukur
Votes: 77,822 | Gross: $2.22M
15. The Darkest Minds (2018)
PG-13 | 104 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
After a disease kills 98% of children, the survivors develop powers and are declared a threat. 16-year-old Ruby, escapes the government facility and joins a group of rebel teenagers ready to fight the government forces out to get them.
Director: Jennifer Yuh Nelson | Stars: Amandla Stenberg, Mandy Moore, Bradley Whitford, Harris Dickinson
Votes: 36,176 | Gross: $12.70M
16. Oliver Twist (2005)
PG-13 | 130 min | Crime, Drama
An adaptation of the classic Dickens tale, where an orphan meets a pickpocket on the streets of London. From there, he joins a household of boys who are trained to steal for their master.
Director: Roman Polanski | Stars: Barney Clark, Ben Kingsley, Jeremy Swift, Ian McNeice
Votes: 34,337 | Gross: $1.99M
17. Burnt Offerings (1976)
PG | 116 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
A family moves into a large old mansion in the countryside which seems to have a mysterious and sinister power over its new residents.
Director: Dan Curtis | Stars: Karen Black, Oliver Reed, Burgess Meredith, Eileen Heckart
Votes: 13,651
18. The Trials of Gabriel Fernandez (2020)
TV-MA | 55 min | Documentary, Crime
Filmmaker Brian Knappenberger investigates the tragic death of an 8-year-old California boy who endured horrific abuse by his mother and her boyfriend, along with the fractured and complex systems that failed to protect him.
Stars: William Guirola, Wyatt Hinz, Alfredo Tavares, Adam Saunders
Votes: 13,653
19. Let Sleeping Corpses Lie (1974)
R | 95 min | Horror
A cop chases two hippies suspected of a series of Manson family-like murders; unbeknownst to him, the real culprits are the living dead, brought to life with a hunger for human flesh by ultrasonic radiation being used for pest control.
Director: Jorge Grau | Stars: Cristina Galbó, Ray Lovelock, Arthur Kennedy, Aldo Massasso
Votes: 9,360
20. Don't Torture a Duckling (1972)
Not Rated | 105 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
When a southern Italian town is rocked by a string of child murders, the police and two urban outcasts search for the culprit amid scapegoating within the superstitious community.
Director: Lucio Fulci | Stars: Florinda Bolkan, Barbara Bouchet, Tomas Milian, Irene Papas
Votes: 10,743
21. The Method (2015– )
TV-MA | 53 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
An ambitious young law enforcement graduate is thrilled when her idol takes her on as a trainee. But his methods aren't anything like she imagined.
Stars: Konstantin Khabenskiy, Paulina Andreeva, Kirill Polukhin, Alexander Petrov
Votes: 3,341
22. Bullhead (2011)
R | 129 min | Crime, Drama
Sint-Truiden, Belgium. Jacky, a young cattle farmer who is constantly pumped on steroids and hormones, is approached by a veterinarian to make a deal with a notorious beef trader.
Director: Michaël R. Roskam | Stars: Matthias Schoenaerts, Jeroen Perceval, Jeanne Dandoy, Barbara Sarafian
Votes: 24,338 | Gross: $0.15M
23. The Eight Immortals Restaurant: The Untold Story (1993)
Unrated | 96 min | Comedy, Crime, Horror
Macau cops begin to suspect a man running a pork buns restaurant of murder, after tracing the origin of a case full of chopped up human remains that washed ashore, which leads them to him.
Directors: Danny Lee, Herman Yau | Stars: Anthony Chau-Sang Wong, Danny Lee, Emily Kwan, Julie Lee
Votes: 4,696
24. Don't Go in the House (1979)
R | 82 min | Horror
A disturbed young man who was burned as a child by his sadistic mother stalks women with a flamethrower.
Director: Joseph Ellison | Stars: Dan Grimaldi, Charles Bonet, Bill Ricci, Robert Carnegie
Votes: 5,264
25. The Curse (1987)
R | 92 min | Horror, Sci-Fi
When a meteorite lands near his family farm during a storm in Tennessee, the son of a struggling farmer believes it's connected to strange plague-like events afflicting the crops, the farm animals and even the family themselves.
Director: David Keith | Stars: Wil Wheaton, Claude Akins, Malcolm Danare, Cooper Huckabee
Votes: 3,898 | Gross: $1.93M
26. Red White & Blue (2010)
Not Rated | 103 min | Drama, Thriller
A woman attracts the attention of a psychopathic former Army interrogator and an emotionally fragile young man caring for his depressed mother.
Director: Simon Rumley | Stars: Amanda Fuller, Marc Senter, Jon Michael Davis, Nick Holden
Votes: 6,152
27. Massacre of the Mormons (2024– )
156 min | Documentary, Crime
Three Mormon women and six children were brutally killed in 2019 in Sonora, Mexico. This docuseries delves into the harrowing incident involving their community.
Votes: 103
28. Jimmy Savile: A British Horror Story (2022)
TV-MA | 85 min | Documentary, Biography, Crime
Jimmy Savile once ruled the airwaves with a quirky persona and good works. So how did this icon manage to hide his many alleged bad deeds for so long?
Stars: Roger Ordish, Mark Lawson, Meirion Jones, Alison Bellamy
Votes: 9,162
29. Now and Then, Here and There (1999–2000)
TV-14 | 25 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
A young boy named Shuzo rushes to the defense of a stranger who is being attacked for her magic pendant, only to find himself transported into another world where water is a scarce commodity and he is forced to join an army of children.
Stars: Crispin Freeman, Dan Green, Lisa Ortiz, Ted Lewis
Votes: 1,927
30. The Losers (1970)
R | 95 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
A quintet of CIA-trained Hells Angels take their specially armored hogs to Cambodia and head across southeast Asia to rescue a captured presidential advisor.
Director: Jack Starrett | Stars: William Smith, Bernie Hamilton, Adam Roarke, Houston Savage
Votes: 621 | Gross: $0.46M
31. Pellet (2000)
88 min | Drama
Alfredo is a kid who begins in a new new school where he makes a friend, Pablo. Alfredo realizes that Pablo is a victim of home abuse by his father, and decides to involve his own family in order to help his friend.
Director: Achero Mañas | Stars: Juan José Ballesta, Pablo Galán, Alberto Jiménez, Manuel Morón
Votes: 6,990
32. The Last Stop (II) (2017)
110 min | Documentary, Biography, Drama
The Elan School was the last stop. Set deep in the woods of Maine, Elan delivered controversial therapy to troubled teens. It was a meat grinder of raw emotion and harsh discipline. Some say it sold hope, others say it sold Hell.
Director: Todd Nilssen | Stars: Peter Arnold, Liz Arnold, Alec Canarri, Jeff Bloking
Votes: 480
33. The Death Lullaby (1985)
27 min | Animation, Short, Drama
A semi-surreal disturbing visual narration that focuses among other things on a child that's being bullied by other kids.
Director: Hiroshi Harada | Stars: Kiyohiko Inami, Katsuhito Takahashi
Votes: 217
34. The Stranger Game (2006 TV Movie)
TV-14 | 120 min | Drama, Thriller
A hard-working mother hires a male nanny to take care of her son, but soon discovers that he is an antisocial psychopath bent on destroying her family.
Director: Terry Ingram | Stars: Mimi Rogers, David Orth, Barclay Hope, Casey Dubois
Votes: 202
35. On Her Shoulders (2018)
95 min | Documentary, Biography
Nadia Murad, a 23-year-old Yazidi, survived genocide and sexual slavery committed by ISIS. Repeating her story to the world, this ordinary girl finds herself thrust onto the international stage as the voice of her people.
Director: Alexandria Bombach | Stars: Nadia Murad, Murad Ismael, Simone Monasebian, Michelle Rempel
Votes: 516 | Gross: $0.03M
36. Savage Gringo (1966)
82 min | Action, Drama, Western
A drifter helps a ranch couple fend off the approaches of a ruthless landowner.
Directors: Antonio Román, Mario Bava | Stars: Ken Clark, Yvonne Bastien, Piero Lulli, Howard Ross
Votes: 265
37. Dunia (2005)
112 min | Drama, Romance
After studying literature at Cairo University, Dunia, 23 years old, wants to become a professional dancer. She attends audition for an oriental dance contest where she recites Arabian ... See full summary »
Director: Jocelyne Saab | Stars: Hanan Turk, Mohamed Mounir, Fathi Abdulwahhab, Sawsan Badr
Votes: 321
38. Paper Boys (2009)
126 min | Comedy, Drama, Music
A ragtag bunch of teenage door to door salesmen wreak havoc and spread the news of their coming of age in this summer before they begin their college lives. It centers around Sean, a ... See full summary »
Director: Bryan E. Hall | Stars: Louis Lavdas, Chris Whitley, David Hall, Jus Riddick
Votes: 158
39. The Lost Village (2016)
TV-MA | 24 min | Animation, Drama, Mystery
A group of 30 individuals go on a bus tour to Nanaki Village in order to leave behind their normal lives but arrive to find that the village is hiding many secrets.
Stars: Shin'ya Takahashi, Kodai Sakai, Tarusuke Shingaki, Yoshiaki Hasegawa
Votes: 521
40. Beast (I) (2009)
15 min | Short, Drama, Thriller
A young boy watches as his mother suffers under the domestic abuse of his father. One day he decides to force a confrontation.
Director: Lars Pedersen | Stars: Anne Louise Hassing, Lars Bom, Frederik Tingsø, Kenzô
Votes: 85
41. $1,000 on the Black (1966)
102 min | Drama, Western
Twelve years ago, Sartana framed his brother Johnny for murder and stole his girlfriend. Now the town's undisputed boss and doted over by his possessive mother, Sartana seems safe - until, his sentence served, Johnny rides back into town.
Director: Alberto Cardone | Stars: Anthony Steffen, Gianni Garko, Erika Blanc, Carlo D'Angelo
Votes: 404
42. The Last Round (1976)
95 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Young southerner Marco Russo moves to Northern Italy and finds work with the powerful Manzetti family. He then proceeds to stir the pot between the Manzettis and their top rivals, the Belmondos.
Director: Stelvio Massi | Stars: Luc Merenda, Carlos Monzón, Mariangela Giordano, Gianni Dei
Votes: 238
43. Taiyô no kizu (2006)
117 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Katayama (Aikawa Sho) is on the way home to his wife and little daughter when he stumbles on a gang of punks beating up an innocent man. Katamaya decides to help the stranger and ... See full summary »
Director: Takashi Miike | Stars: Shô Aikawa, Aiko Satô, Ken'ichi Endô, Sei Hiraizumi
Votes: 594
44. Dear Jesus (2020)
14 min | Short, Drama
The coming-of-age story of Ella. After forming a connection to Jesus Christ and being crowned the lead of the school play, young Ella begins to believe she can control the outcomes of her ... See full summary »
Director: Kat Webber | Stars: Quincy Kirkwood, Lilly Noelle Bartlam, Carlyn Burchell, Rosemary Dunsmore
Votes: 9
45. Pray the Devil Back to Hell (2008)
Unrated | 72 min | Documentary
A group of women rise up to peace to Liberia and help bring to power the country's first female head of state.
Director: Gini Reticker | Stars: Janet Johnson Bryant, Etweda Cooper, Vaiba Flomo, Leymah Gbowee
Votes: 576 | Gross: $0.08M
46. Battle Rats (1989)
96 min | Action, Adventure, War
During the Vietnam war, the American army forms a special unit called "tunnel rats" to go down into the elaborate system of underground tunnels constructed by the Vietcong, kill anyone they find in it and destroy the system.
Director: Ben Yalung | Stars: Brent Gilbert, Corwin Sperry, Mylene Nocon, Paul John
Votes: 115
47. Beautiful Daughters (2006 TV Movie)
Documentary
In February, 2004, with the help of Eve Ensler and Jane Fonda, a group of transgender women put on the first all-transgender production of "The Vagina Monologues", including a new monologue... See full synopsis »
Director: Josh Aronson | Stars: Calpernia Addams, Christine D. Beatty, Lynn Conway, Verba Deo
Votes: 100
48. Familienradgeber (2006 Video)
75 min | Comedy, Horror
Directors: Martina Ittenbach, Olaf Ittenbach | Stars: Martina Ittenbach, Olaf Ittenbach, Daniel Ittenbach, Melanie Ittenbach
Votes: 211
49. Kanun Gücü (1979)
87 min | Adventure, Crime, Drama
Police officer Ahmet's fight with the mafia, Sungur.
Director: Cüneyt Arkin | Stars: Cüneyt Arkin, Deniz Akbulut, Haluk Durak, Nejat Özbek
Votes: 93
50. Onde máis doe (2022)
65 min
After threatening his ex-partner for years, Marcos M. murders his 11-year-old son with a shovel. A year later a popular jury condemns him for murder, to kill making full use of his ... See full summary »
Director: Manane Rodríguez | Stars: Saamira Ganay, Montse Fajardo, Luz Darriba, Paz Filgueiras