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51. Summerland (I) (2020)
PG | 99 min | Drama, Romance, War
During World War II, an Englishwoman opens her heart to an evacuee after initially resolving to be rid of him in this moving journey of womanhood, love and friendship.
Director: Jessica Swale | Stars: Gemma Arterton, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Penelope Wilton, Tom Courtenay
Votes: 9,333
52. Cat People (1942)
Not Rated | 73 min | Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
An American man marries a Serbian immigrant who fears that she will turn into the cat person of her homeland's fables if they are intimate together.
Director: Jacques Tourneur | Stars: Simone Simon, Tom Conway, Kent Smith, Jane Randolph
Votes: 26,083 | Gross: $4.00M
53. When They Cry (2006)
TV-MA | 24 min | Animation, Drama, Horror
The story of a group of young friends and the mysterious events that occur in the rural village of Hinamizawa.
Stars: Sôichirô Hoshi, Mai Nakahara, Satsuki Yukino, Yukari Tamura
Votes: 6,511
54. One Piece: The Movie (2000)
TV-PG | 51 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
There once was a pirate known as the Great Gold Pirate Woonan, who obtained almost 1/3 of the world's gold. Over the course of a few years, the pirate's existence faded, and a legend grew ... See full summary »
Director: Junji Shimizu | Stars: Akemi Okamura, Kappei Yamaguchi, Kazuya Nakai, Mayumi Tanaka
Votes: 7,022
55. The Seventh Sign (1988)
R | 97 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Abby Quinn is eagerly awaiting childbirth but is haunted by dreams where she suffers a miscarriage. When she decides to rent a room to a mysterious stranger, she realizes a chain of events that will unleash the end of humanity.
Director: Carl Schultz | Stars: Demi Moore, Michael Biehn, Jürgen Prochnow, Peter Friedman
Votes: 15,703 | Gross: $18.88M
56. The Darkness (I) (2016)
PG-13 | 92 min | Horror, Thriller
A family unknowingly awakens an ancient supernatural entity on a Grand Canyon vacation, and must fight for survival when it follows them home.
Director: Greg McLean | Stars: Kevin Bacon, Radha Mitchell, David Mazouz, Lucy Fry
Votes: 17,148 | Gross: $10.73M
57. Absentia (I) (2011)
R | 87 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
A woman and her sister begin to link a mysterious tunnel to a series of disappearances, including that of her own husband.
Director: Mike Flanagan | Stars: Katie Parker, Courtney Bell, Dave Levine, Justin Gordon
Votes: 20,125
58. Transylvania 6-5000 (1985)
PG | 93 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
Two tabloid reporters are sent to Transylvania to find the Frankenstein monster - or get fired. They are laughed at there, but something suspicious is going on.
Director: Rudy De Luca | Stars: Jeff Goldblum, Joseph Bologna, Ed Begley Jr., Carol Kane
Votes: 8,501 | Gross: $7.20M
59. My Undead Yokai Girlfriend (2024– )
16+ | 38 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
A strange relationship of love and mystery is sparked between a lonely college student Tadashi who wants nothing more than to find a girlfriend, and Izzy, a Yokai girl.
Stars: Takashi Sorimachi, Sakura Kiryu, Antony, Yukiya Kitamura
Votes: 267
60. The Hallow (2015)
Not Rated | 97 min | Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
A family who moved into a remote mill house in Ireland finds themselves in a fight for survival with demonic creatures living in the woods.
Director: Corin Hardy | Stars: Joseph Mawle, Bojana Novakovic, Michael McElhatton, Michael Smiley
Votes: 18,576 | Gross: $0.01M
61. Forbidden Empire (2014)
Not Rated | 130 min | Adventure, Fantasy, Mystery
An eighteenth century English cartographer, Jonathan Green, sets out on a journey to map the uncharted lands of Transylvania, only to discover the dark secrets and dangerous creatures hidden in a cursed, fantastical Romanian forest.
Director: Oleg Stepchenko | Stars: Jason Flemyng, Andrey Smolyakov, Aleksey Chadov, Agnia Ditkovskyte
Votes: 6,539 | Gross: $34.59M
62. A Dog's Will (2000)
104 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Follows the lives of 2 poor Brazilians and their schemes to get money and the consequences of their actions.
Director: Guel Arraes | Stars: Matheus Nachtergaele, Selton Mello, Rogério Cardoso, Denise Fraga
Votes: 17,005
63. The Feast (2021)
93 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
Follows a young woman serving privileged guests at a dinner party in a remote house in rural Wales. The assembled guests do not realize they are about to eat their last supper.
Director: Lee Haven Jones | Stars: Annes Elwy, Nia Roberts, Julian Lewis Jones, Steffan Cennydd
Votes: 3,780
64. The Ash Lad: In the Hall of the Mountain King (2017)
104 min | Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Espen "Ash Lad", a poor farmer's son, embarks on a dangerous quest with his brothers to save the princess from a vile troll known as the Mountain King - in order to collect a reward and save his family's farm from ruin.
Director: Mikkel Brænne Sandemose | Stars: Vebjørn Enger, Mads Sjøgård Pettersen, Elias Holmen Sørensen, Eili Harboe
Votes: 4,308
65. Bulbbul (2020)
TV-MA | 94 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
A man returns home after years to find his brother's child bride now grown up and abandoned, and his ancestral village plagued by mysterious deaths.
Director: Anvita Dutt | Stars: Triptii Dimri, Avinash Tiwary, Rahul Bose, Parambrata Chattopadhyay
Votes: 14,466
66. The Milagro Beanfield War (1988)
R | 117 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
The accidental breakdown of an irrigation valve launches a hot confrontation between the mainly Latino farmers in a tiny New Mexico town and the real estate developers and politicians determined to acquire their land for a golf resort.
Director: Robert Redford | Stars: Rubén Blades, Richard Bradford, Sonia Braga, Julie Carmen
Votes: 6,860 | Gross: $13.83M
67. Eyes of Fire (1983)
R | 86 min | Drama, Horror, Western
A preacher is accused of adultery, and he and his followers are chased out of town. They become stranded in an isolated forest, which is haunted by the spirits of French colonists controlled by evil.
Director: Avery Crounse | Stars: Dennis Lipscomb, Guy Boyd, Rebecca Stanley, Sally Klein
Votes: 2,298
68. Natsume's Book of Friends (2008–2017)
24 min | Animation, Comedy, Drama
When Natsume Takashi inherits a book that belonged to his late grandmother he realizes the book is filled with the names of spirits she defeated and bound to her will. He then decides to return their names so they can be free once again.
Stars: Matthew Elkins, Hiroshi Kamiya, Kazuhiko Inoue, Christopher Wehkamp
Votes: 2,513
69. Do You Believe? (2015)
PG-13 | 120 min | Drama
When a pastor is shaken by the visible faith of a street corner preacher, he is reminded that true belief always requires action. His response ignites a journey that impacts everyone it touches in ways that only God could orchestrate.
Director: Jon Gunn | Stars: Mira Sorvino, Sean Astin, Alexa PenaVega, Ted McGinley
Votes: 8,237 | Gross: $12.99M
70. November (2017)
115 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
In a poor Estonian village, a group of peasants use magic and folk remedies to survive the winter, and a young woman tries to get a young man to love her.
Director: Rainer Sarnet | Stars: Rea Lest, Jörgen Liik, Arvo Kukumägi, Heino Kalm
Votes: 6,079 | Gross: $0.02M
71. Let Me Eat Your Pancreas (2017)
115 min | Drama, Romance
A dying girl meets a nonchalant boy who found out her secret. She decided to fulfill her bucket list with none-other-than the boy who couldn't care less about the world.
Director: Shô Tsukikawa | Stars: Minami Hamabe, Takumi Kitamura, Shun Oguri, Keiko Kitagawa
Votes: 3,247
72. Invisible City (2021–2023)
TV-G | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Fantasy
An underground world is inhabited by mythical creatures evolved from a deep lineage of Brazilian folklore. One detective who finds himself caught in a murder investigation that puts him in the middle of a battle between these two worlds.
Stars: Marco Pigossi, Manuela Dieguez, Alessandra Negrini, Julia Konrad
Votes: 7,532
73. Leprechaun Returns (2018)
R | 92 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
The Leprechaun returns once again, when a group of girls unwillingly awaken him after they tear down a cabin so that they can build a new sorority house.
Director: Steven Kostanski | Stars: Taylor Spreitler, Pepi Sonuga, Sai Bennett, Emilie Reid
Votes: 5,802
74. Snow Queen (2002)
TV-G | 90 min | Adventure, Family, Fantasy
A young woman must journey through the seasons to rescue her boyfriend who has been kidnapped by the evil Snow Queen.
Stars: Chelsea Hobbs, Jeremy Guilbaut, Robert Wisden, Wanda Cannon
Votes: 3,466
75. Pamali: The Corpse Village (2023)
TV-14 | 97 min | Horror, Mystery
A gravedigger and students breaking a taboo by whistling at night face a horde of pocong apparitions.
Director: Bobby Prasetyo | Stars: Fajar Nugra, Yasamin Jasem, Arla Ailani, Anantya Kirana
Votes: 642
76. Thale (2012)
Not Rated | 76 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Estranged friends Leo (a crime-scene cleaner) and hired-hand Elvis are cleaning up a particularly messy casualty deep in the Norwegian woods. When Elvis accidentally finds a secret passage ... See full summary »
Director: Aleksander Nordaas | Stars: Silje Reinåmo, Erlend Nervold, Jon Sigve Skard, Morten Andresen
Votes: 6,179
77. To the Forest of Firefly Lights (2011)
45 min | Animation, Drama, Fantasy
Hotaru is rescued by a spirit when she gets lost in a forest as a child. The two become friends, despite the spirit revealing that he will disappear if he is ever touched by a human.
Director: Takahiro Ômori | Stars: Kôki Uchiyama, Ayane Sakura, Shinpachi Tsuji, Izumi Sawada
Votes: 21,822
78. Boy on a Dolphin (1957)
Not Rated | 111 min | Adventure, Drama, Romance
A woman who finds a treasure is torn between two men: one who wants to sell it, and one who wants to donate it to Greece.
Director: Jean Negulesco | Stars: Alan Ladd, Clifton Webb, Sophia Loren, Alexis Minotis
Votes: 1,923
79. Tam Lin (1970)
PG-13 | 106 min | Horror, Mystery
An older woman uses witchcraft to keep her young jet-set friends. Based on an ancient Scottish folk song.
Director: Roddy McDowall | Stars: Ava Gardner, Ian McShane, Richard Wattis, Cyril Cusack
Votes: 743
80. Poison for the Fairies (1986)
90 min | Fantasy, Horror
A 10 year old girl convinces a lonely classmate that she is a witch, forcing the child to become her assistant. Though their games are initially rather naive, they gradually take a nasty and violent turn.
Director: Carlos Enrique Taboada | Stars: Ana Patricia Rojo, Elsa María Gutiérrez, Leonor Llausás, Carmen Stein
Votes: 2,590
81. The Hound of the Baskervilles (1988 TV Movie)
Unrated | 105 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
When the latest heir to the Baskerville estate seems to be threatened by a family curse, only the master detective, Sherlock Holmes, can find out the truth.
Director: Brian Mills | Stars: Jeremy Brett, Edward Hardwicke, Raymond Adamson, Alastair Duncan
Votes: 5,858
82. Slumber (I) (2017)
R | 84 min | Horror
A sleep doctor tries to protect a family from a demon that feeds on people in their nightmares.
Director: Jonathan Hopkins | Stars: Maggie Q, Will Kemp, Sophia Wiseman, Kristen Bush
Votes: 4,928
83. Melody Time (1948)
Approved | 75 min | Animation, Comedy, Family
An anthology of animated vignettes set to contemporary music.
Directors: Clyde Geronimi, Wilfred Jackson, Jack Kinney, Hamilton Luske | Stars: Roy Rogers, Trigger, Dennis Day, Laverne Andrews
Votes: 6,973
84. Queen of Spades (2021)
91 min | Horror
According to legend, an ominous entity known as the Queen of Spades can be summoned by performing an ancient ritual.
Director: Patrick White | Stars: Ava Preston, Kaelen Ohm, Jamie Bloch, Eric Osborne
Votes: 864
85. Devon Ke Dev... Mahadev (2011–2014)
22 min | Action, Drama, Fantasy
He is supreme being and the destroyer of evil. Witness the story of Lord Shiva, his Avatars and his union with Shakti that shaped the universe.
Stars: Mohit Raina, Mouni Roy, Saurabh Raj Jain, Sonarika Bhadoria
Votes: 4,897
86. Into the West (1992)
PG | 97 min | Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Grandpa Ward gives a horse he found to his grandchildren, who keep it in their tower-block flat in Dublin. The horse is stolen from them, and the two young boys set out to find it and flee on it.
Director: Mike Newell | Stars: Gabriel Byrne, Ellen Barkin, Ciarán Fitzgerald, Rúaidhrí Conroy
Votes: 3,191 | Gross: $4.79M
87. Victor & Valentino (2019–2022)
TV-Y7-FV | 11 min | Animation, Short, Adventure
The series follows two brothers, very opposite from each other who spend a summer with their grandma in Monte Macabre, a small and mysterious town, where the myths and legends of Latin American folklore come to life.
Stars: Diego Molano, Sean-Ryan Petersen, Cristina Milizia, Jason Hightower
Votes: 872
88. The Murder Mansion (1972)
R | 86 min | Horror, Thriller
A couple lost in thick fog, take refuge in an old mansion next to a cemetery, and strange things start to happen.
Director: Francisco Lara Polop | Stars: Analía Gadé, Ida Galli, Andrés Resino, Lisa Leonardi
Votes: 1,429
89. Folklore (2018–2021)
TV-14 | 60 min | Horror
This HBO Asia Original horror anthology series features the deeply-rooted superstitions and myths across six Asian countries, including Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Singapore and Thailand.
Stars: Li Wenqiang, Dolly De Leon, Maguire Jian, Dido de la Paz
Votes: 646
90. The Ash Lad: In Search of the Golden Castle (2019)
99 min | Adventure, Family, Fantasy
In the sequel to The Ash Lad, Espen and Kristin embark on dangerous journey to save Espen's brothers, the kingdom - and perhaps the entire world.
Director: Mikkel Brænne Sandemose | Stars: Vebjørn Enger, Eili Harboe, Sidse Babett Knudsen, Mads Sjøgård Pettersen
Votes: 1,587
91. Barbarous Mexico (2014)
Not Rated | 114 min | Horror
Eight Mexican directors unite to bring tales of the most brutally terrifying Mexican traditions and legends to vividly shocking life.
Directors: Isaac Ezban, Laurette Flores Bornn, Jorge Michel Grau, Ulises Guzman, Edgar Nito, Lex Ortega, Gigi Saul Guerrero, Aaron Soto | Stars: Guillermo Villegas, Marco Zapata, Antonio Monroi, Fermín Ramírez
Votes: 1,046
92. Vampir (2021)
95 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
A man from London comes to a small remote village in Serbia to look after the cemetery. He starts to have nightmarish visions and suspects the friendly villagers have a more sinister intention with him.
Director: Branko Tomovic | Stars: Branko Tomovic, Gorica Regodic, Joakim Tasic, Eva Ras
Votes: 659
93. The Golem (2018)
95 min | Drama, Horror
During an outbreak of a deadly plague in Lithuania, a mystical woman must save her tight-knit Jewish community from a gang of ruffians led by a local landowner, but the entity she conjures to protect them is a far greater evil.
Directors: Doron Paz, Yoav Paz | Stars: Hani Furstenberg, Ishai Golan, Kirill Cernyakov, Brynie Furstenberg
Votes: 5,888
94. Evie (2023)
18+ | 83 min | Horror, Mystery
On a beach, young Evie finds an accursed necklace, unwittingly freeing an evil water demon intent on claiming her and loved ones.
Directors: Dominic Brunt, Jamie Lundy | Stars: Holli Dempsey, Jay Taylor, Michael Smiley, Liam McMahon
Votes: 361
95. Forty-Seven Days with Jesus (2024)
135 min | Drama
A disconnected family finds hope and unity through a cinematic retelling of Jesus' final 47 days on Earth.
Directors: David M. Gutel, Emilio Palame | Stars: Yoshi Barrigas, Catherine Lidstone, Emilio Palame, Norma Maldonado
Votes: 69
96. Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched: A History of Folk Horror (2021)
194 min | Documentary, Horror
A thorough overview and dissection of the subgenre of 'folk horror, ' with contributions from many of the major creators and clips from cinema all over the world.
Director: Kier-La Janisse | Stars: Linda Hayden, Ian Ogilvy, Kevin Kölsch, Sean Hogan
Votes: 1,650
97. Last Days in the Desert (2015)
PG-13 | 98 min | Drama, Fantasy, History
An imagined chapter from Jesus' forty days of fasting and praying in the desert. On his way out of the wilderness, Jesus struggles with the Devil over the fate of a family in crisis.
Director: Rodrigo García | Stars: Ewan McGregor, Ciarán Hinds, Tye Sheridan, Ayelet Zurer
Votes: 4,468
98. The Others (2000)
TV-14 | 60 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
A young female college student who can see ghosts joins a team of friends from various age groups and walks of life who use their psychic abilities to investigate cases involving ghosts, demons and other entities from 'the other side.'
Stars: Julianne Nicholson, Gabriel Macht, Missy Crider, Bill Cobbs
Votes: 788
99. Spring (1971)
85 min | Drama, Thriller
A surreal juxtaposition French film about two people that never meet nor come close to. One, a young male outlaw, and the other a young woman going through puberty/sexual development for the first time.
Directors: Marcel Hanoun, Catherine Binet | Stars: Michael Lonsdale, Raymonde Godeau, Véronique Andriès, Catherine Binet
Votes: 118
100. Son of the White Mare (1981)
Unrated | 86 min | Animation, Adventure, Fantasy
In this dreamlike Hungarian folk myth, a horse goddess gives birth to three powerful brothers who set out into the Underworld to save three princesses from three evil dragons and reclaim their ancestors' lost kingdom.
Director: Marcell Jankovics | Stars: György Cserhalmi, Vera Pap, Gyula Szabó, Ferenc Szalma
Votes: 2,895