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51. Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare (1991)
R | 89 min | Fantasy, Horror
Dream-haunting Freddy Krueger returns once again to prowl the nightmares of Springwood's last surviving teenager, and of a woman whose personal connection to Krueger may mean his doom.
Director: Rachel Talalay | Stars: Robert Englund, Lisa Zane, Shon Greenblatt, Lezlie Deane
Votes: 51,130 | Gross: $34.87M
52. The Legend of Hercules (2014)
PG-13 | 99 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
The origin story of the mythical Greek hero. Betrayed by his stepfather, the King, and exiled and sold into slavery because of a forbidden love, Hercules must use his formidable powers to fight his way back to his rightful kingdom.
Director: Renny Harlin | Stars: Kellan Lutz, Gaia Weiss, Scott Adkins, Roxanne McKee
Votes: 56,254 | Gross: $18.85M
53. 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: 88,880 | Gross: $51.10M
54. In the Valley of Elah (2007)
R | 121 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A retired military investigator works with a police detective to uncover the truth behind his son's disappearance following his return from a tour of duty in Iraq.
Director: Paul Haggis | Stars: Tommy Lee Jones, Charlize Theron, Jonathan Tucker, Jason Patric
Votes: 75,171 | Gross: $6.78M
55. Laal Singh Chaddha (2022)
PG-13 | 159 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
The story of Laal Singh Chaddha, a simple man whose extraordinary journey will fill you with love, warmth and happiness.
Director: Advait Chandan | Stars: Aamir Khan, Ahmad Ibn Umar, Kareena Kapoor, Hafsa Ashraf
Votes: 178,134
56. The Current War (2017)
PG-13 | 102 min | Biography, Drama, History
The dramatic story of the cutthroat race between electricity titans Thomas A. Edison and George Westinghouse to determine whose electrical system would power the modern world.
Director: Alfonso Gomez-Rejon | Stars: Benedict Cumberbatch, Oliver Powell, Sophia Ally, Tuppence Middleton
Votes: 31,026
57. The Whole Truth (2021)
TV-MA | 125 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
When two siblings stumble on a strange hole in the wall of their grandparents' house, horrifying incidents reveal sinister secrets about their family.
Director: Wisit Sasanatieng | Stars: Sompob Benjathikul, Tarika Tidatid, Sutatta Udomsilp, Mac Nattapat Nimjirawat
Votes: 4,406
58. House on Haunted Hill (1959)
Approved | 75 min | Crime, Horror, Mystery
A millionaire offers $10,000 to five people who agree to be locked in a large, spooky, rented house overnight with him and his wife.
Director: William Castle | Stars: Vincent Price, Carol Ohmart, Richard Long, Alan Marshal
Votes: 30,897
59. A Bay of Blood (1971)
R | 84 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
The murder of a wealthy countess triggers a chain reaction of brutal killings in the surrounding bay area, as several unscrupulous characters try to seize her large estate.
Director: Mario Bava | Stars: Claudine Auger, Luigi Pistilli, Claudio Camaso, Anna Maria Rosati
Votes: 12,768
60. Action Jackson (1988)
R | 96 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
Vengeance drives a tough Detroit cop to stay on the trail of a power-hungry auto magnate who is systematically eliminating his competition.
Director: Craig R. Baxley | Stars: Carl Weathers, Craig T. Nelson, Vanity, Sharon Stone
Votes: 12,637 | Gross: $20.26M
61. White Bird in a Blizzard (2014)
R | 91 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
In 1988, a teenage girl's life is thrown into chaos when her mother disappears.
Director: Gregg Araki | Stars: Shailene Woodley, Eva Green, Christopher Meloni, Angela Bassett
Votes: 30,027 | Gross: $0.03M
62. The Grim Reaper (1980)
R | 92 min | Horror
A group of friends and a hitchhiker become stranded on a tourist island where they are stalked by a disfigured cannibalistic killer who is prowling the island after killing its residents.
Director: Joe D'Amato | Stars: Tisa Farrow, Saverio Vallone, Serena Grandi, Margaret Mazzantini
Votes: 6,984
63. Wyrmwood: Road of the Dead (2014)
Not Rated | 98 min | Action, Comedy, Horror
A talented mechanic prepares to battle his way through hordes of flesh-eating monsters after his sister is kidnapped on the eve of a zombie apocalypse.
Director: Kiah Roache-Turner | Stars: Jay Gallagher, Bianca Bradey, Leon Burchill, Keith Agius
Votes: 18,405
64. The Ravine (2021)
R | 121 min | Mystery, Thriller
Inspired by a true story. An unthinkable tragedy rocks a tight-knit community, leaving survivors to navigate the darkness in search of understanding and solace. The Ravine is a story of faith, forgiveness, and the restoration of hope.
Director: Keoni Waxman | Stars: Eric Dane, Teri Polo, Leslie Uggams, Peter Facinelli
Votes: 1,967
65. The Resident (2011)
R | 91 min | Crime, Drama, Horror
When a young doctor suspects she may not be alone in her new Brooklyn loft, she learns that her landlord has formed a frightening obsession with her.
Director: Antti J. Jokinen | Stars: Hilary Swank, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Lee Pace, Christopher Lee
Votes: 29,656
66. American Murder: The Family Next Door (2020)
TV-MA | 83 min | Documentary, Crime
In 2018, 34-year-old Shanann Watts and her two young daughters disappear in Colorado. With the heartbreaking details emerging, the family's story made headlines around the world.
Director: Jenny Popplewell | Stars: Nickole Atkinson, Jim Benemann, Luke Epple, Mark Jamieson
Votes: 32,926
67. The ABCs of Death (2012)
Not Rated | 129 min | Comedy, Horror
A 26-chapter anthology that showcases death in all its vicious wonder and brutal beauty.
Directors: Kaare Andrews, Angela Bettis, Hélène Cattet, Ernesto Díaz Espinoza, Jason Eisener, Bruno Forzani, Adrian Garcia Bogliano, Xavier Gens, Jorge Michel Grau, Lee Hardcastle, Noboru Iguchi, Thomas Cappelen Malling, Anders Morgenthaler, Yoshihiro Nishimura, Banjong Pisanthanakun, Simon Rumley, Marcel Sarmiento, Jon Schnepp, Srdjan Spasojevic, Timo Tjahjanto, Andrew Traucki, Nacho Vigalondo, Jake West, Ti West, Ben Wheatley, Adam Wingard, Yûdai Yamaguchi | Stars: Ingrid Bolsø Berdal, Iván González, Kyra Zagorsky, Lucy Clements
Votes: 20,430 | Gross: $0.02M
68. Hollywoodland (2006)
R | 126 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
A detective examines the mysterious death of George Reeves, the star of the television series Adventures of Superman (1952).
Director: Allen Coulter | Stars: Adrien Brody, Ben Affleck, Diane Lane, Bob Hoskins
Votes: 36,006 | Gross: $14.42M
69. Red Headed Stranger (1986)
R | 105 min | Western
Revisionist western about fallen preacher Shay, who guns down his wife Raysha for running off with another man. Wandering, he meets single mom Laurie. However, helpless sheriff Scoby wants Shay to help him fight the villainous Clavers.
Director: William D. Wittliff | Stars: Willie Nelson, Morgan Fairchild, R.G. Armstrong, Royal Dano
Votes: 906
70. High Spirits (1988)
PG-13 | 99 min | Comedy, Fantasy
When a hotelier attempts to fill the chronic vacancies at his castle by launching an advertising campaign that falsely portrays the property as haunted, two actual ghosts show up and end up falling for two guests.
Director: Neil Jordan | Stars: Peter O'Toole, Daryl Hannah, Steve Guttenberg, Donal McCann
Votes: 10,716 | Gross: $8.58M
71. The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant (1972)
Not Rated | 124 min | Drama, Romance
A troubled fashion designer strikes up a romance with a much younger woman.
Director: Rainer Werner Fassbinder | Stars: Margit Carstensen, Hanna Schygulla, Katrin Schaake, Eva Mattes
Votes: 11,076
72. Extra Ordinary (II) (2019)
R | 94 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
Rose, a mostly sweet and lonely Irish driving instructor, must use her supernatural talents to save the daughter of Martin (also mostly sweet and lonely) from a washed-up rock star who is using her in a Satanic pact to reignite his fame.
Directors: Mike Ahern, Enda Loughman | Stars: Maeve Higgins, Barry Ward, Will Forte, Claudia O'Doherty
Votes: 11,571
73. Anne Boleyn (2021)
TV-MA | 60 min | Drama, History
The final months of Boleyn's life, her struggle with Tudor England's patriarchal society, her desire to secure a future for her daughter, Elizabeth, and the brutal reality of her failure to provide Henry with a male heir.
Stars: Jodie Turner-Smith, Kris Hitchen, Thalissa Teixeira, Barry Ward
Votes: 28,042
74. Happy End (1999)
Not Rated | 100 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
When a wife becomes the breadwinner of her family after her husband loses his job, adultery becomes part of her life.
Director: Jung Ji-woo | Stars: Choi Min-sik, Jeon Do-yeon, Ju Jin-mo, Mi-seon Hwang
Votes: 2,129
75. The Premature Burial (1962)
Unrated | 81 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
An artist grows distant from his new wife as an irrational horror of premature burial consumes him.
Director: Roger Corman | Stars: Ray Milland, Hazel Court, Richard Ney, Heather Angel
Votes: 4,883
76. Silent Rage (1982)
R | 103 min | Action, Crime, Horror
A sheriff tries to stop the killing spree of a silent maniacal murderer who, as the result of secret genetic experimentation by an unethical scientist, has the ability to self-heal.
Director: Michael Miller | Stars: Chuck Norris, Ron Silver, Steven Keats, Toni Kalem
Votes: 6,744 | Gross: $10.49M
77. Rear Window (1998 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 89 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Modern remake of Rear Window in which the lead character is paralyzed and lives in a high-tech home filled with assistive technology.
Director: Jeff Bleckner | Stars: Christopher Reeve, Daryl Hannah, Robert Forster, Ruben Santiago-Hudson
Votes: 4,491
78. Human Desire (1954)
Not Rated | 91 min | Drama, Film-Noir, Romance
A Korean War vet returns to his job as a railroad engineer and becomes involved in an affair with a co-worker's wife following a murder on a train where they meet.
Director: Fritz Lang | Stars: Glenn Ford, Gloria Grahame, Broderick Crawford, Edgar Buchanan
Votes: 6,379
79. My Soul to Take (2010)
R | 107 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
A serial killer returns to his hometown to stalk seven children who share the same birthday as the date he was allegedly put to rest.
Director: Wes Craven | Stars: Max Thieriot, John Magaro, Denzel Whitaker, Zena Grey
Votes: 21,641 | Gross: $14.64M
80. The Black Cat (1934)
Not Rated | 65 min | Crime, Horror, Romance
American honeymooners in Hungary become trapped in the home of a Satan-worshipping priest when the bride is taken there for medical help following a road accident.
Director: Edgar G. Ulmer | Stars: Boris Karloff, Bela Lugosi, David Manners, Julie Bishop
Votes: 13,034 | Gross: $0.51M
81. The Cremator (1969)
Not Rated | 95 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
Set in Central Europe during World War II, a demented cremator believes cremation relieves earthly suffering and sets out to save the world.
Director: Juraj Herz | Stars: Rudolf Hrusínský, Vlasta Chramostová, Jana Stehnová, Milos Vognic
Votes: 10,839
82. The Funhouse Massacre (2015)
R | 90 min | Comedy, Horror
Six of the world's scariest psychopaths escape from a local Asylum and proceed to unleash terror on the unsuspecting crowd of a Halloween Funhouse, whose themed mazes are inspired by their various reigns of terror.
Director: Andy Palmer | Stars: Jere Burns, Scottie Thompson, Matt Angel, Robert Englund
Votes: 4,333
83. 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: 7,529
84. Microwave Massacre (1979)
Not Rated | 76 min | Comedy, Horror
Fed up of his wife's bad cooking, Donald kills her and turns to cannibalism to satisfy his appetite.
Director: Wayne Berwick | Stars: Jackie Vernon, Loren Schein, Al Troupe, Marla Simon
Votes: 3,226
85. Heaven's Prisoners (1996)
R | 132 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
A hardened New Orleans cop, Dave Robicheaux, finally tosses in the badge and settles into life on the bayou with his wife. But a bizarre plane crash draws him back into the fray when his family is viciously threatened.
Director: Phil Joanou | Stars: Alec Baldwin, Kelly Lynch, Mary Stuart Masterson, Eric Roberts
Votes: 5,764 | Gross: $5.01M
86. Marquis de Sade's Justine (1969)
R | 90 min | Drama
Penniless and separated from her sister, a beautiful, chaste orphan must endure an endless parade of villains, perverts and degenerates who covet her virtue and life.
Director: Jesús Franco | Stars: Klaus Kinski, Romina Power, Maria Rohm, Rosemary Dexter
Votes: 2,059
87. The Fugitive Kind (1960)
Not Rated | 119 min | Drama, Romance
Valentine "Snakeskin" Xavier, a trouble-prone drifter trying to go straight, wanders into a small Mississippi town looking for a simple and honest life but finds himself embroiled with problem-filled women.
Director: Sidney Lumet | Stars: Marlon Brando, Joanne Woodward, Anna Magnani, Maureen Stapleton
Votes: 7,174
88. Tower of London (1962)
Not Rated | 79 min | Drama, History, Horror
The twisted Richard III is haunted by the ghosts of those he has murdered in his attempt to become the King of England.
Director: Roger Corman | Stars: Vincent Price, Michael Pate, Joan Freeman, Robert Brown
Votes: 2,592
89. Shiki (2010–2011)
TV-MA | 24 min | Animation, Drama, Horror
When many deaths occur in the quiet village of Sotoba, Doctor Toshio Ozaki initially suspects an epidemic but soon becomes convinced that something else is causing them.
Stars: Tôru Ôkawa, Kôki Uchiyama, Kazuyuki Okitsu, Wataru Takagi
Votes: 3,941
90. Until They Sail (1957)
Approved | 94 min | Drama, Romance, War
During WWII, unmarried New Zealand women meet and marry American soldiers who are fighting in the Pacific theater.
Director: Robert Wise | Stars: Jean Simmons, Paul Newman, Joan Fontaine, Piper Laurie
Votes: 1,572
91. Murder, My Sweet (1944)
Approved | 95 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
After being hired to find an ex-con's former girlfriend, Philip Marlowe is drawn into a deeply complex web of mystery and deceit.
Director: Edward Dmytryk | Stars: Dick Powell, Claire Trevor, Anne Shirley, Otto Kruger
Votes: 14,738
92. Survival of the Dead (2009)
R | 90 min | Comedy, Drama, Horror
On an island off the coast of North America, local residents simultaneously fight a zombie epidemic while hoping for a cure to return their un-dead relatives back to their human state.
Director: George A. Romero | Stars: Alan Van Sprang, Kenneth Welsh, Kathleen Munroe, Joshua Peace
Votes: 22,569 | Gross: $0.10M
93. The Uncanny (1977)
Not Rated | 89 min | Horror
Wilbur Gray, a horror writer, has stumbled upon a terrible secret, that cats are supernatural creatures who really call the shots. In a desperate attempt to get others to believe him, Wilbur spews three tales of feline horror.
Director: Denis Héroux | Stars: Peter Cushing, Ray Milland, Joan Greenwood, Roland Culver
Votes: 2,213
94. Sorceress (1995)
R | 93 min | Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
Jealous witch Erica uses her powers to influence her unwitting husband Larry and his colleagues, who all work for a big law firm.
Director: Jim Wynorski | Stars: Linda Blair, Edward Albert, Julie Strain, Michael Parks
Votes: 1,271
95. Bluebeard (1972)
R | 125 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A World War I pilot whom everybody envies as a "ladykiller" actually is one. After he beds a woman he's after, he murders her.
Director: Edward Dmytryk | Stars: Richard Burton, Raquel Welch, Virna Lisi, Nathalie Delon
Votes: 1,609
96. Death of a Centerfold: The Dorothy Stratten Story (1981 TV Movie)
100 min | Biography, Drama
The life and death of the "Playboy" centerfold model/actress Dorothy Stratten.
Director: Gabrielle Beaumont | Stars: Jamie Lee Curtis, Bruce Weitz, Robert Reed, Mitchell Ryan
Votes: 684
97. Sunset (1988)
R | 102 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
Tom Mix and Wyatt Earp team up to solve a murder at the Academy Awards in 1929 Hollywood.
Director: Blake Edwards | Stars: Bruce Willis, James Garner, Malcolm McDowell, Mariel Hemingway
Votes: 4,634 | Gross: $4.59M
98. Malicious (2018)
TV-MA | 90 min | Horror, Thriller
A young college professor and his pregnant wife unwittingly release a malevolent entity with murderous intentions.
Director: Michael Winnick | Stars: Josh Stewart, Bojana Novakovic, Delroy Lindo, Melissa Bolona
Votes: 4,352
99. The Quarry (2020)
R | 98 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller
A drifter (Shea Whigham) kills a traveling preacher and takes his place at a small-town church, but the police chief (Michael Shannon) suspects foul play.
Director: Scott Teems | Stars: Shea Whigham, Michael Shannon, Catalina Sandino Moreno, Bobby Soto
Votes: 3,643 | Gross: $0.00M
100. Greed (1924)
Not Rated | 140 min | Drama, Thriller, Western
The sudden fortune won from a lottery fans such destructive greed that it ruins the lives of the three people involved.
Director: Erich von Stroheim | Stars: Gibson Gowland, Zasu Pitts, Jean Hersholt, Dale Fuller
Votes: 10,788 | Gross: $0.16M