Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "witch-burning"

1. Silent Hill (2006)

R | 125 min | Horror, Mystery

A woman, Rose, goes in search for her adopted daughter within the confines of a strange, desolate town called Silent Hill.

Director: Christophe Gans | Stars: Radha Mitchell, Laurie Holden, Sean Bean, Deborah Kara Unger

Votes: 244,436 | Gross: $46.98M

2. Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters (2013)

R | 88 min | Action, Fantasy, Horror

Brother/sister duo Hansel and Gretel are professional witch-hunters who help innocent villagers. One day they stumble upon a case that could hold the key to their past.

Director: Tommy Wirkola | Stars: Jeremy Renner, Gemma Arterton, Peter Stormare, Famke Janssen

Votes: 216,953 | Gross: $55.70M

3. Hocus Pocus (1993)

PG | 96 min | Comedy, Family, Fantasy

A teenage boy named Max and his little sister move to Salem, where he struggles to fit in before awakening a trio of diabolical witches that were executed in the 17th century.

Director: Kenny Ortega | Stars: Bette Midler, Sarah Jessica Parker, Kathy Najimy, Omri Katz

Votes: 156,125 | Gross: $44.34M

4. Twins of Evil (1971)

R | 87 min | Horror

A religious sect led by Gustav Weil hunts all women suspected of witchcraft, killing a number of innocent victims. Young Frieda, Gustav's niece, will involve herself in a devilish cult, and become an instrument of Justice in the region.

Director: John Hough | Stars: Peter Cushing, Dennis Price, Mary Collinson, Madeleine Collinson

Votes: 6,520

5. Conan the Barbarian (2011)

R | 113 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy

A vengeful barbarian warrior sets off to get his revenge on the evil warlord who attacked his village and murdered his father when he was a boy.

Director: Marcus Nispel | Stars: Jason Momoa, Ron Perlman, Rose McGowan, Stephen Lang

Votes: 102,755 | Gross: $21.30M

6. Solomon Kane (2009)

R | 104 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy

A ruthless mercenary renounces violence after learning his soul is bound for hell. When a young girl is kidnapped and her family slain by a sorcerer's murderous cult, he is forced to fight and seek his redemption slaying evil.

Director: M.J. Bassett | Stars: James Purefoy, Max von Sydow, Rachel Hurd-Wood, Pete Postlethwaite

Votes: 76,506

7. Seventh Son (I) (2014)

PG-13 | 102 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy

When Mother Malkin, the queen of evil witches, escapes the pit she was imprisoned in by professional monster hunter Spook decades ago and kills his apprentice, he recruits young Tom, the seventh son of the seventh son, to help him.

Director: Sergei Bodrov | Stars: Ben Barnes, Julianne Moore, Jeff Bridges, Alicia Vikander

Votes: 80,557 | Gross: $17.22M

8. You Won't Be Alone (2022)

R | 108 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror

In an isolated mountain village in 19th century Macedonia, a young girl is kidnapped and then transformed into a witch by an ancient spirit.

Director: Goran Stolevski | Stars: Noomi Rapace, Anamaria Marinca, Alice Englert, Sara Klimoska

Votes: 11,124

9. Valerie and Her Week of Wonders (1970)

Not Rated | 77 min | Adventure, Drama, Fantasy

Surreal tale in which love, fear, sex, and religion merge into one fantastic world. Based on a classical Czech novel of the same title.

Director: Jaromil Jires | Stars: Jaroslava Schallerová, Helena Anýzová, Petr Kopriva, Jirí Prýmek

Votes: 11,272

10. The Lords of Salem (2012)

R | 101 min | Horror, Thriller

Radio DJ Heidi is sent a box containing a record--a "gift from the Lords". The sounds within the grooves trigger flashbacks of her town's violent past. Is Heidi going mad, or are the Lords back to take revenge on Salem, Massachusetts?

Director: Rob Zombie | Stars: Sheri Moon Zombie, Meg Foster, Bruce Davison, Jeff Daniel Phillips

Votes: 32,358 | Gross: $1.16M

11. The Burning Girls (2023)

Drama, Horror, Thriller

A reverend and her daughter start a new life in a village that soon reveals its community's dark history and where ancient superstitions and mistrust of outsiders are quite common.

Stars: Samantha Morton, Ruby Stokes, Conrad Khan, Paul Bradley

Votes: 1,655

12. Daughters of Satan (1972)

R | 90 min | Horror

An antique dealer living in the Philippines buys an ancient painting of witches burning because one witch looks identical to his Wife.

Director: Hollingsworth Morse | Stars: Tom Selleck, Barra Grant, Tani Guthrie, Paraluman

Votes: 1,281

13. The Terror (1963)

TV-PG | 81 min | Horror, Thriller

A young French soldier cut off from his unit is beguiled by a mysterious woman, whom he learns is the wife of the local Baron - and that she seemingly died twenty years earlier.

Directors: Roger Corman, Francis Ford Coppola, Jack Hale, Monte Hellman, Jack Hill, Dennis Jakob, Jack Nicholson | Stars: Boris Karloff, Jack Nicholson, Sandra Knight, Dick Miller

Votes: 8,508

14. The City of the Dead (1960)

PG-13 | 76 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller

A young college student arrives in a sleepy Massachusetts town to research witchcraft; during her stay at an eerie inn, she discovers a startling secret about the town and its inhabitants.

Director: John Llewellyn Moxey | Stars: Patricia Jessel, Dennis Lotis, Christopher Lee, Tom Naylor

Votes: 8,540

15. Terror (1978)

R | 84 min | Horror

The descendants of a witch hunting family and their close friends are stalked and killed by a mysterious entity.

Director: Norman J. Warren | Stars: John Nolan, Carolyn Courage, James Aubrey, Sarah Keller

Votes: 1,653

16. Coven (2020)

TV-MA | 92 min | Drama, History

Basque Country, 1609. The men of the region are at sea and Amaia takes part for the first time in the nightly dances in the woods with the other villager girls. She is only 20. At dawn, they are all arrested.

Director: Pablo Agüero | Stars: Amaia Aberasturi, Alex Brendemühl, Daniel Fanego, Garazi Urkola

Votes: 5,807

17. Love Letters of a Portuguese Nun (1977)

Not Rated | 80 min | Drama, Adventure, Horror

16-year-old Maria is forced into Serra D'Aires convent, secretly run by Satanists.

Director: Jesús Franco | Stars: Susan Hemingway, William Berger, Herbert Fux, Ana Zanatti

Votes: 1,254

18. The Long Hair of Death (1964)

Not Rated | 96 min | Fantasy, Horror

A woman under suspicion of witchcraft is burned alive. Her curse brings her back from the dead for revenge.

Director: Antonio Margheriti | Stars: Barbara Steele, George Ardisson, Halina Zalewska, Umberto Raho

Votes: 1,783

19. The Last Valley (1971)

PG | 128 min | Adventure, Drama, War

During the Thirty Years' War of 1600s, a band of Protestant mercenaries peacefully coexist with German Catholic villagers in a hidden idyllic mountain valley untouched by war.

Director: James Clavell | Stars: Michael Caine, Omar Sharif, Florinda Bolkan, Nigel Davenport

Votes: 3,590 | Gross: $0.25M

20. Day of Wrath (1943)

Not Rated | 110 min | Drama, History

The young wife of an aging priest falls in love with his son amidst the horror of a merciless witch hunt in 17th-century Denmark.

Director: Carl Theodor Dreyer | Stars: Thorkild Roose, Lisbeth Movin, Sigrid Neiiendam, Kirsten Andreasen

Votes: 11,113

21. The Witch (1966)

R | 109 min | Horror, Mystery

A womanizing author is lured to a mansion by an old woman under the guise of working as a librarian. Her daughter, Aura, appears out of nowhere and begins to seduce him. Little does he know, Aura doesn't actually exist.

Director: Damiano Damiani | Stars: Richard Johnson, Rosanna Schiaffino, Gian Maria Volontè, Sarah Ferrati

Votes: 538

22. Curse of the Devil (1973)

R | 73 min | Horror

A man whose ancestors executed a witch is turned into a werewolf by modern-day descendants of the executed witch.

Director: Carlos Aured | Stars: Paul Naschy, Fabiola Falcón, Mariano Vidal Molina, Maritza Olivares

Votes: 903

23. Blood Orgy of the She-Devils (1973)

PG | 73 min | Horror, Thriller

Lorraine and Mark enter the world of witchcraft where Mara foretells the future and helps them remember their past lives. When a series of mysterious murders begin to occur, they turn to Dr. Helsford for advice.

Director: Ted V. Mikels | Stars: Lila Zaborin, Victor Izay, Tom Pace, Leslie McRay

Votes: 879

24. Witchville (2010 TV Movie)

90 min | Adventure, Fantasy

Malachy returns to his father's medieval kingdom and becomes the new king. A magician/witch hunter tells him and his brother that the kingdom is under attack by witches, ruining the crops etc.

Director: Pearry Reginald Teo | Stars: Luke Goss, Ed Speleers, Andrew Pleavin, Simon Thorp

Votes: 1,704

25. The Seven Ravens (2015)

103 min | Adventure, Comedy, Family

A young girl takes a hard task. She must try to save her brothers and get rid of the curse placed on them by their mother. It is a story of courage, perseverance, but also of the power of words, truth and true love.

Director: Alice Nellis | Stars: Martha Issová, Sabina Remundová, Lukás Príkazký, Václav Neuzil

Votes: 493

26. Valley of the Witch (2014)

79 min | Horror

Dormant spirits have been re-awakened in the Welsh village of Cwmgwrach. Can anyone stop the manifestation of ancient evil? Or is the village fated to pay for it's dark history?

Director: Andrew Jones | Stars: Rachel Howells, Lee Bane, Alison Lenihan, Jared Morgan

Votes: 440

27. Pociag do Hollywood (1987)

97 min | Comedy, Romance

A young woman is bitten by the acting bug after seeing Marilyn Monroe in "Some Like It Hot". She patterns herself after MM and after finishing high school goes for screen tests to the Film ... See full summary »

Director: Radoslaw Piwowarski | Stars: Katarzyna Figura, Piotr Siwkiewicz, Rafal Wegrzyniak, Grazyna Krukówna

Votes: 201

28. The Girl and the Devil (1944)

90 min | Drama, Fantasy, Thriller

Karin (Gunn Wallgren) is a young servant girl on a Swedish farm. She has a Jekyll-and-Hyde personality: her better side enjoys all the human emotions of love, kindness, and romance, while ... See full summary »

Director: Hampe Faustman | Stars: Kolbjörn Knudsen, Ingrid Borthen, Hilda Borgström, Elsa Widborg

Votes: 97

29. The Burning of Mary (2020)

18 min | Short, Drama, History

A young woman in 17th century Scotland is accused of witchcraft, after demonstrating a propensity for natural remedies and independent, strong-willed behaviour.

Director: Gareth James | Stars: Lily Brown Griffiths, Craig Walker, Robin Royce Queree, Morgan Beattie

30. Counter Jib: Fire (2020)

5 min | Short, Drama, History

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Director: Thijs Meuwese | Stars: Stefanie Albertzoon, Emma de Paauw, Iris de Paauw, Charlotte Dawn Potter

31. Savage Witches (2012)

70 min | Fantasy

Savage Witches is a playful, poetic and experimental film about two teenage girls who want nothing but to play games, dress up and have adventures, but when they find themselves in conflict... See full summary »

Directors: Daniel Fawcett, Clara Pais | Stars: Christina Wood, Victoria Smith, Philip Fawcett, Andrew Fawcett

Votes: 12

32. Thriller (1973–1976)
Episode: Spell of Evil (1973)

TV-14 | 74 min | Crime, Drama, Fantasy

Businessman Tony Mansell hires a marriage bureau when his wife dies from a sudden illness, and is delighted to find himself paired up with the beautiful Clara. Despite seeming like the ... See full summary »

Director: John Sichel | Stars: Diane Cilento, Edward de Souza, Jeremy Longhurst, Jennifer Daniel

Votes: 209

33. Blackadder (1982–1983)
Episode: Witchsmeller Pursuivant (1983)

TV-PG | 30 min | Comedy

When the plague rages through Europe everyone blames "witches". When Edmund fails a "test" everyone suddenly becomes his enemy.

Director: Martin Shardlow | Stars: Rowan Atkinson, Frank Finlay, Elspet Gray, Tim McInnerny

Votes: 991

34. Charmed (1998–2006)
Episode: Morality Bites (1999)

TV-PG | 42 min | Drama, Fantasy, Mystery

Phoebe has a vivid premonition foretelling her own death - burned at the stake for killing a man with her powers - in the year 2009. To prevent her execution, the sisters travel to the future.

Director: John Behring | Stars: Shannen Doherty, Holly Marie Combs, Alyssa Milano, Brian Krause

Votes: 1,186

35. Smallville (2001–2017)
Episode: Bound (2004)

TV-PG | 43 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

Lex gets wrapped up in a sex/murder scandal. Clark gets Lionel's help to get Lex out of trouble. Lana meets Jason's mother, whom she has seen before in a dream, which was set in the 1600s.

Director: Terrence O'Hara | Stars: Tom Welling, Kristin Kreuk, Michael Rosenbaum, Jensen Ackles

Votes: 1,204

36. Smallville (2001–2017)
Episode: Spell (2004)

TV-PG | 42 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

In 1604, in southern France, Lana Lang's distant ancestor Countess Margaret Isabel Thoreau and two other evil witches are condemned to be burned at the stake by Magistrate Wilkins, but ... See full summary »

Director: Jeannot Szwarc | Stars: Tom Welling, Kristin Kreuk, Michael Rosenbaum, Jensen Ackles

Votes: 1,360

37. The Simpsons (1989– )
Episode: Treehouse of Horror VIII (1997)

TV-14 | 30 min | Animation, Comedy

Homer battles mutants after Springfield is annihilated by a neutron bomb; Bart has his DNA mixed with a fly; Marge is revealed to be a witch in colonial Springfield.

Directors: Jim Reardon, Mark Kirkland | Stars: Dan Castellaneta, Julie Kavner, Nancy Cartwright, Yeardley Smith

Votes: 2,950

38. Dark Shadows (1966–1971)
Episode: Episode #1.665 (1969)

TV-G | 30 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror

1796 time period. Angelique's spell saves Victoria but she vows never to release her hold over Barnabas. Later we see the final fates of Natalie and Nathan.

Director: Dan Curtis | Stars: Jonathan Frid, Grayson Hall, Thayer David, Joel Crothers

Votes: 40

39. Motherland: Fort Salem (2020–2022)
Episode: Witchbomb (2020)

TV-14 | 42 min | Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi

After Raelle, Abigail and tally graduate from basic training, Abigail becomes desperate to prove her unit belongs. Alder eyes the unit for a rescue mission. Anacostia and Scylla find common ground.

Director: Steven A. Adelson | Stars: Taylor Hickson, Amalia Holm, Demetria McKinney, Jessica Sutton

Votes: 1,210

40. Wednesday (2022– )
Episode: Friend or Woe (2022)

TV-14 | 45 min | Comedy, Crime, Fantasy

Wednesday stumbles on a secret society. During Outreach Day, Nevermore's outcasts mingle with Jericho's normies in Pilgrim World. Fudge, anyone?

Director: Tim Burton | Stars: Jenna Ortega, Gwendoline Christie, Riki Lindhome, Jamie McShane

Votes: 8,980

41. True Blood (2008–2014)
Episode: I'm Alive and on Fire (2011)

TV-MA | 50 min | Drama, Fantasy, Mystery

Eric has disappeared again and Sookie enlists Alcide help in finding him. Bill wants to find him as well. Pam meanwhile wants Marnie to reverse her spell on Eric. She gets more than she ... See full summary »

Director: Michael Lehmann | Stars: Anna Paquin, Stephen Moyer, Sam Trammell, Ryan Kwanten

Votes: 1,427

42. True Blood (2008–2014)
Episode: I Wish I Was the Moon (2011)

TV-MA | 59 min | Drama, Fantasy, Mystery

Bill is livid when he hears that Sookie has been hiding Eric in her house. He arrests him and puts him in the same cell with Pam, who is still rotting away. He also asks the Authority to ... See full summary »

Director: Jeremy Podeswa | Stars: Anna Paquin, Stephen Moyer, Sam Trammell, Ryan Kwanten

Votes: 1,478

43. The Borgias (2011–2013)
Episode: World of Wonders (2012)

TV-MA | 50 min | Crime, Drama, History

The Pope excommunicates Friar Savanarola and he fails a test by fire while Giovanni haunted by shame and the agonies of syphilis threatens Lucrezia's son.

Director: David Leland | Stars: Jeremy Irons, François Arnaud, Holliday Grainger, Joanne Whalley

Votes: 570

44. Fugget About It (2012–2021)
Episode: Mennonites! (2013)

TV-MA | 22 min | Animation, Comedy, Crime

Theresa falls in love with a young Mennonite man and visits his community ... where she almost destroys their traditional way of life.

Director: Richard Weston | Stars: Tony Nappo, Jacqueline Pillon, Chuck Shamata, Emilie-Claire Barlow

Votes: 35

45. The Styxhexenhammer666 Channel (2010– )
Episode: The Word Islamophobia Is Newspeak Nonsense (2017)

15 min | News

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