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1. The Usual Suspects (1995)
R | 106 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
The sole survivor of a pier shoot-out tells the story of how a notorious criminal influenced the events that began with five criminals meeting in a seemingly random police lineup.
Director: Bryan Singer | Stars: Kevin Spacey, Gabriel Byrne, Chazz Palminteri, Stephen Baldwin
Votes: 1,148,425 | Gross: $23.34M
2. 1984 (1984)
R | 113 min | Drama, Sci-Fi
In a totalitarian future society, a man, whose daily work is re-writing history, tries to rebel by falling in love.
Director: Michael Radford | Stars: John Hurt, Richard Burton, Suzanna Hamilton, Cyril Cusack
Votes: 79,384 | Gross: $8.40M
3. The Lady Vanishes (1938)
Not Rated | 96 min | Mystery, Thriller
While travelling in continental Europe, a rich young playgirl realizes that an elderly lady seems to have disappeared from the train.
Director: Alfred Hitchcock | Stars: Margaret Lockwood, Michael Redgrave, Paul Lukas, May Whitty
Votes: 57,319
4. Flightplan (2005)
PG-13 | 98 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
A bereaved woman and her daughter are flying home from Berlin to America. At 30,000 feet, the child vanishes, and nobody will admit she was ever on the plane.
Director: Robert Schwentke | Stars: Jodie Foster, Peter Sarsgaard, Sean Bean, Kate Beahan
Votes: 172,221 | Gross: $89.71M
5. Slender Man (I) (2018)
PG-13 | 93 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
In a small town in Massachusetts, a group of friends, fascinated by the internet lore of the Slender Man, attempt to prove that he doesn't actually exist - until one of them mysteriously goes missing.
Director: Sylvain White | Stars: Joey King, Julia Goldani Telles, Jaz Sinclair, Annalise Basso
Votes: 38,529 | Gross: $30.57M
6. The Sentinel (1977)
R | 92 min | Horror
A young woman moves into an apartment in a building which houses a sinister evil.
Director: Michael Winner | Stars: Cristina Raines, Ava Gardner, Chris Sarandon, Martin Balsam
Votes: 11,965
7. 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: 88,902 | Gross: $51.10M
8. Abandoned (2010 Video)
PG-13 | 88 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Mary follows her boyfriend to the hospital for his orthopedic surgery. While she has a coffee in the cafeteria, he disappears. He's not on the hospital computer or CCTV.
Director: Michael Feifer | Stars: Brittany Murphy, Dean Cain, Stan Bly, Peter Bogdanovich
Votes: 6,442
9. 1984 (1956)
Not Rated | 90 min | Drama, Sci-Fi
In a totalitarian future society, Winston Smith, whose daily work is re-writing history, tries to rebel by falling in love.
Director: Michael Anderson | Stars: Edmond O'Brien, Michael Redgrave, Jan Sterling, David Kossoff
Votes: 4,206
10. The Lady Vanishes (2013 TV Movie)
TV-PG | 90 min | Mystery, Thriller
While traveling by train, a young socialite is befriended by a charming yet enigmatic older woman. However, when the woman disappears, the other passengers deny she ever existed.
Director: Diarmuid Lawrence | Stars: Charles Aitken, Paolo Antonio Simioni, Beatrix Biro, Marta Bolfan
Votes: 2,548
11. Bunny Lake Is Missing (1965)
Not Rated | 107 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
A woman reports that her young daughter is missing, but there seems to be no evidence that she ever existed.
Director: Otto Preminger | Stars: Keir Dullea, Carol Lynley, Laurence Olivier, Martita Hunt
Votes: 10,274
12. The Caller (2011)
R | 92 min | Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
A young divorcee is getting her life back together by moving into an apartment. But what will she do when a strange person repeatedly calls her, and threatens to change her new life around?
Director: Matthew Parkhill | Stars: Rachelle Lefevre, Stephen Moyer, Lorna Raver, Ed Quinn
Votes: 12,168
13. The Night Listener (2006)
R | 91 min | Crime, Drama, Horror
In the midst of his crumbling relationship, a radio show host begins speaking to his biggest fan, a young boy, via the telephone. But when questions about the boy's identity come up, the host's life is thrown into chaos.
Director: Patrick Stettner | Stars: Robin Williams, Toni Collette, Rory Culkin, Joe Morton
Votes: 16,038 | Gross: $7.83M
14. The Lady Vanishes (1979)
PG | 95 min | Action, Comedy, Mystery
While travelling by rail in interwar Nazi Germany, a young socialite finds that a fellow female passenger has disappeared from the train, but nobody else remembers her having been on board.
Director: Anthony Page | Stars: Elliott Gould, Cybill Shepherd, Angela Lansbury, Herbert Lom
Votes: 2,998
15. Lies and Deceit (2011 Video)
10 min | Short, Drama, Mystery
Lies and Deceit follows Adrian Whyte, who wakes up in a forest, having no idea who he is or why he is in such a strange area. Adrian encounters a child named Oliver and a girl called Sophie... See full summary »
Director: Conner Childers
Votes: 32
16. Daydreamer (2007)
90 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Clinton is convinced that Casey is a figment of his imagination. But seriously, what would a girl like her see in a guy like him? It seems that lately people are seeing all sorts of things ... See full summary »
Director: Brahman Turner | Stars: Aaron Paul, Arielle Kebbel, Chris McKenna, Caroline D'Amore
Votes: 393
17. Keep My Grave Open (1977)
R | 79 min | Horror
A crazy woman who lives in an old mansion thinks she's with her brother/lover, who lures victims to her.
Director: S.F. Brownrigg | Stars: Camilla Carr, Chelcie Ross, Stephen Tobolowsky, Ann Stafford
Votes: 454
18. The House on the Hill (2019 TV Movie)
83 min | Thriller
After years in a mental hospital, Megan goes home to visit her brother. But once she arrives her brother has vanished and no one in town remembers him ever existing. Is Megan losing her mind, or is something more diabolical at work?
Director: Nadeem Soumah | Stars: Samaire Armstrong, Rob Mayes, Bart Johnson, Lindsay Hartley
Votes: 380
19. Lonely Heart (1985)
112 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Lonely and love-struck, high-school student Hiroki pursues one girl but another one mysteriously appears in his life. Is she a figment of his lonely psyche, or real? An intricate triangle ... See full summary »
Director: Nobuhiko Ôbayashi | Stars: Yasuko Tomita, Toshinori Omi, Yumiko Fujita, Nenji Kobayashi
Votes: 389
20. Body sob 19 (2007)
125 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
A boy has reoccurring nightmares about a beautiful girl being cruelly murdered, but everyone around him tries to convince him that the girl is only a figment of his imagination.
Director: Paween Purijitpanya | Stars: Arak Amornsupasiri, Ornjira Lamwilai, Kritteera Inpornwijit, Patharawarin Timkul
Votes: 1,212
21. The Invisible Woman (2009)
105 min | Comedy, Fantasy
A romantic comedy in which a 35-year-old man is abandoned by his wife and falls in love with his neighbor, a perfect, ideal woman. The only problem: she doesn't exist.
Director: Cláudio Torres | Stars: Selton Mello, Luana Piovani, Vladimir Brichta, Maria Manoella
Votes: 3,949
22. Treacherous Crossing (1992 TV Movie)
PG | 88 min | Drama, Mystery
In 1947, a passenger on an ocean liner says her husband went missing right after they boarded together, but all evidence shows she's traveling alone.
Director: Tony Wharmby | Stars: Lindsay Wagner, Angie Dickinson, Grant Show, Joseph Bottoms
Votes: 132
23. Phobia (III) (2023)
85 min | Mystery, Thriller
Chiara returns to the family farmhouse with her friend Michela. During the night Michela disappears. Chiara asks her family for help: "Who is Michela?", they reply. The girl had dinner with them, yet everyone says they have never seen her.
Director: Antonio Abbate | Stars: Jenny De Nucci, Antonio Catania, Federica de Benedittis, Francesca De Martini
Votes: 13
24. Doomed Love (2008)
81 min | Romance
A loner, narcissistic and suicidal teenager attracts most of the people he meets like a fatal aura, a black light. He falls deeply in love with Teresa but does she exist or is she a mere ... See full summary »
Director: Mário Barroso | Stars: Rafael Morais, Tomás Alves, Rui Morisson, Ana Padrão
Votes: 277
25. Slender (II) (2016)
Short, Horror
Emily and her brother Dylan set out to find their missing brother while chasing the myth of Slenderman whom they believe took their brother.
Director: Steven Laudisi | Stars: Bri Kelly, Alex Mainolfi, Phil Ippolito, Yasmin Schancer
Votes: 45
26. Remembering Phil (2008)
TV-14 | 85 min | Comedy
"When TV writer-producer PHIL WINTERS (Turturro) returns from vacation, it seems as if no one is aware that he's ever existed. His luggage is lost, he has no mail or voice messages. Things ... See full summary »
Director: Brian J. Smith | Stars: Nicholas Turturro, Christina Murphy, Joanne Kelly, Steve Valentine
Votes: 55
27. Freddy/Eddy (2016)
94 min | Thriller
While Freddys world collapses, Eddy, his childhood imaginary friend reappears. And he looks exactly like him but turns out to be a horrific version of himself. How to prove someone who used to be a product of your own mind is alive?
Director: Tini Tüllmann | Stars: Felix Schäfer, Jessica Schwarz, Greta Bohacek, Alexander Finkenwirth
Votes: 540
28. Pure Imagination
Comedy, Romance | Announced
After experiencing a series of traumatic events, a young guy falls for a girl. And while she falls for him as well, one question remains: is she actually real, or a figment of his imagination?
29. Eudora (2013)
Short, Mystery, Romance
A mute photographer with finds a mysterious woman by the sea, the same woman who appears in his dreams. Is she real or is she a figment of his imagination?
Director: Ang Xie | Stars: Kris Black, Rachel Lynn David, Ang Xie
30. Slenderman (2014)
33 min | Short, Horror, Mystery
After watching a video online, four people go out into the darkness to find out if the legend of the mythical creature "Slenderman" is real or just a handful of fiction. What they soon discover is beyond anything they've ever imagined.
Director: Kyle Nichols | Stars: Kyle Nichols, Jacob Matthews, Nick Nichols III, Brian VanDyke
Votes: 18
31. Nona (II) (2016)
39 min | Short, Mystery
This is the story of a young man being held in prison, recounting his life as a college dropout who had met and fallen in love with a beautiful girl named Nona while aimlessly hitchhiking ... See full summary »
Director: Massimo Volta | Stars: Rebeca Willig, Mattia Chicco, Mirko Paletti, Theo Querel
Votes: 18
32. Kassandra (2013)
24 min | Short, Drama, Horror
Kassandra is a mute girl with psychiatric problems. She lives isolated in a huge apartment and is constantly disturbed by the shade of a scary huge man, who nobody believes to be real.
Director: Ulisses Da Motta | Stars: Renata Stein, Leandro Lefa, Luis Franke, Maico Silveira
Votes: 40
33. Bring Me Back
Romance | Announced
When a woman on an interstellar voyage falls in love with someone during a cryosleep simulation, she attempts to discern whether the man is a real passenger on the ship or just a figment of her imagination.
Director: Paul Downs Colaizzo
34. Now We're Alive (2015)
97 min | Drama, Romance
As tradition requires, on his 25th birthday, Tom must choose the girl of his dreams, eyes shut, by the sound of her voice alone.
Director: Thibault Arbre | Stars: Laure Haulet, Charles Lemaire, Victoria Oberli, Dan Bronchinson
Votes: 52
35. Sexe féminin (1991)
17 min | Short, Drama
Four women live together in a small isolated house. Although bizarre their situation isn't without humor. But are these woman real or are they the figment of a young boy's disenchanted imagination?
Director: Henri-Paul Korchia | Stars: Marie Seux, Dominique Zay, Anne Leblanc, Laurence Breheret
36. Främlingen från skyn (1956)
83 min | Thriller
A plane crashes near a village in Northern Sweden. Some of the wounded are taken care of. But a stranger has also landed in the woods with a parachute. A young girl, known for her wild ... See full summary »
Director: Rolf Husberg | Stars: Marianne Bengtsson, Alf Kjellin, Günther Hüttmann, Georg Funkquist
Votes: 69
37. Scissor Man (2015)
8 min | Short, Horror
Two young girls are left alone in a motel room and conjure up their worst fear - the notorious Scissor Man who cuts off the fingers of naughty children. But is he real, or just a figment of their imagination?
Director: Sara C. Caldwell | Stars: Clark Mitchell Long, Alexis Lynne Baumert, Koko Crawford, Melinda Miamor
38. Get Dead (2014)
80 min | Comedy, Horror
Two southern idiots go out to the woods to try and prove a local legend, who has been killing innocent campers, actually exists.
Directors: Markus Baldwin, Julie Mitchell | Stars: Markus Baldwin, Richard Beatty, Scott Beehner, Morgan Brown
Votes: 53
39. Response 2009 (2009)
14 min | Short, Drama, War
Whilst walking in Newcastle UK, Sarah a woman in her late fifties is approached by a young man who may or may not be a figment of her imagination. As the encounter unfolds it poses urgent ... See full summary »
Director: Adrin Neatrour | Stars: Waleed Elgadi, Carole Luby
40. Rumi : Ocean of Oneness
88 min | Drama | Completed
An ambitious businessman must race to discover if his best friend and business partner is a real person or just a figment of his imagination or ego. Film is a modern retelling of the life of famed Persian Sufi mystic Rumi.
Director: Kai Kazi | Stars: Sarwar Zahir Khan, Sabina Rosegold, Nick Allan, Dennis Benoit
41. Blush (2018 Video)
Short, Music
A man searches the streets of Philadelphia to find the love of his life. Is she real or only a figment of his imagination?
Director: Danny Beissel | Stars: Danny Beissel, Danielle Vasinova
42. Children of the Rain
Thriller | Announced
Savannah detective Rachel Kelly returns from compassionate leave to be assigned a high profile murder case. Overwhelmed, she enlists the help of ex-vice detective John Beach, but is he real or a figment of her imagination?
Director: Geoff Harris
43. Lady of Lafayette (2016)
85 min | Horror, Thriller
Lady of Lafayette is a feature film about a witch who torments a young man. Is she real, or a figment of the terminally ill's imagination? Experience the horror with him first hand.
Director: Erin LaMere | Stars: Jax Buresh, Jola Cora, Ezmie Garcia, Troy Huizar
44. In My Head (2008)
4 min | Short, Comedy, Sci-Fi
Glen's afternoon drink takes a bizarre twist with the appearance of a mysterious girl and is then complicated further by the arrival of his imaginary friend Clint who is adamant that Glen is a figment of his own imagination.
Director: Jamie Shearing | Stars: Billy Clarke, Luke de Lacey, Anna Lindup, Emily Lucienne
45. Delirium (2010)
14 min | Short, Drama, Mystery
Ben struggles to prove his sanity, when a girl he hangs out with one night steals his valuable watch. The police - investigating the case raises the question if she ever existed.
Director: Gilad Mark | Stars: Jonathan Fain, Gili Moses, Noam Ophir, Tzvika Reiter
46. Hylo (2012)
84 min | Horror
Director: Carman Spoto | Stars: Shannon Maria Jones, Leonard Dozier, Katie Dougherty, Bert Archer
Votes: 35
47. Four (III) (2018)
95 min | Drama
Jo decides to host a therapy session with people from her past but soon starts to question whether they were ever really there or just figments of her imagination.
Director: Vince Gade | Stars: Catherine W. Chan, Shahir Figueria, Mary Hayes, Kenny Long
48. Writer's Block (X) (2010)
5 min | Short, Comedy
A writer is struggling to finish the book he is attempting to write. Then the characters he has created come to life and start tormenting him, but are they real or merely a figment of his ... See full summary »
Director: Katey Harrison | Stars: Jeremy Cobbold, Peter Neaves, Janice Pearson
49. Disorder (2010)
6 min | Short
A boy at a lonely bus stop is followed, and then chased, by a man, with no help in sight...is what is happening real, or a figment of the boy's imagination?
Director: Azeem Khan | Stars: Ismail Jan, Paul Whiting
50. The Merciless Beauty (2016)
13 min | Short, Drama, Fantasy
Johnny works as a farmhand in the splendour of the English Lake District: he leads a life of solace and introspection, until the strange appearance of a mysterious and beautiful woman on ... See full summary »
Director: Michael Groom | Stars: Daisy Hughes, Richard Riddell, James Speakman, Kelly Conway
Votes: 18