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1. Midsommar (2019)
R | 148 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
A couple travels to Northern Europe to visit a rural hometown's fabled Swedish mid-summer festival. What begins as an idyllic retreat quickly devolves into an increasingly violent and bizarre competition at the hands of a pagan cult.
Director: Ari Aster | Stars: Florence Pugh, Jack Reynor, Vilhelm Blomgren, William Jackson Harper
Votes: 402,840 | Gross: $27.33M
2. Hereditary (2018)
R | 127 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
A grieving family is haunted by tragic and disturbing occurrences.
Director: Ari Aster | Stars: Toni Collette, Milly Shapiro, Gabriel Byrne, Alex Wolff
Votes: 377,702 | Gross: $44.07M
3. Scream (1996)
R | 111 min | Horror, Mystery
A year after the murder of her mother, a teenage girl is terrorized by a masked killer who targets her and her friends by using scary movies as part of a deadly game.
Director: Wes Craven | Stars: Neve Campbell, Courteney Cox, David Arquette, Skeet Ulrich
Votes: 388,329 | Gross: $103.05M
4. Shaun of the Dead (2004)
R | 99 min | Comedy, Horror
The uneventful, aimless lives of a London electronics salesman and his layabout roommate are disrupted by the zombie apocalypse.
Director: Edgar Wright | Stars: Simon Pegg, Nick Frost, Kate Ashfield, Lucy Davis
Votes: 593,811 | Gross: $13.54M
5. Scream 4 (2011)
R | 111 min | Comedy, Horror, Mystery
Ten years have passed, and Sidney Prescott, who has put herself back together thanks in part to her writing, is visited by the Ghostface Killer.
Director: Wes Craven | Stars: Neve Campbell, Courteney Cox, David Arquette, Lucy Hale
Votes: 171,158 | Gross: $38.18M
6. The Dark Tower (2017)
PG-13 | 95 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
A boy haunted by visions of a dark tower from a parallel reality teams up with the tower's disillusioned guardian to stop an evil warlock known as the Man in Black who plans to use the boy to destroy the tower and open the gates of Hell.
Director: Nikolaj Arcel | Stars: Idris Elba, Matthew McConaughey, Tom Taylor, Dennis Haysbert
Votes: 145,804 | Gross: $50.70M
7. Horns (2013)
R | 120 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
In the aftermath of his girlfriend's mysterious death, a young man awakens to find strange horns sprouting from his forehead.
Director: Alexandre Aja | Stars: Daniel Radcliffe, Juno Temple, Max Minghella, Joe Anderson
Votes: 88,002 | Gross: $0.16M
8. No Reservations (2007)
PG | 104 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
The life of a top chef changes when she becomes the guardian of her young niece.
Director: Scott Hicks | Stars: Catherine Zeta-Jones, Aaron Eckhart, Abigail Breslin, Patricia Clarkson
Votes: 78,791 | Gross: $43.11M
9. Less Than Zero (1987)
R | 98 min | Crime, Drama
A college freshman returns to L.A. for the holidays at his ex-girlfriend's request, but discovers that his former best friend has an out-of-control drug habit.
Director: Marek Kanievska | Stars: Andrew McCarthy, Jami Gertz, Robert Downey Jr., James Spader
Votes: 22,116 | Gross: $12.40M
10. Arlington Road (1999)
R | 117 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A man begins to suspect his neighbors are not what they appear to be and their secrets could be deadly.
Director: Mark Pellington | Stars: Jeff Bridges, Tim Robbins, Joan Cusack, Hope Davis
Votes: 91,858 | Gross: $24.36M
11. Terminal (I) (2018)
Not Rated | 95 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
A film noir taking place in a train terminal at night. Add two male assassins, a female assassin, a waitress, a teacher, a janitor, and a crime boss. Add revenge. Who says mystery is a lost art?
Director: Vaughn Stein | Stars: Margot Robbie, Simon Pegg, Dexter Fletcher, Mike Myers
Votes: 25,355
12. Dark Places (2015)
R | 113 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Libby Day was only eight years old when her family was brutally murdered in their rural Kansas farmhouse. Almost thirty years later, she reluctantly agrees to revisit the crime and uncovers the wrenching truths that led up to that tragic night.
Director: Gilles Paquet-Brenner | Stars: Charlize Theron, Nicholas Hoult, Christina Hendricks, Chloë Grace Moretz
Votes: 47,784
13. Nim's Island (2008)
PG | 96 min | Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Imagination and reality collide when young Nim's father goes missing at sea. Fate brings to her the author of the Alex Rover series, her favorite books, and together they try to find Nim's father.
Directors: Jennifer Flackett, Mark Levin | Stars: Jodie Foster, Gerard Butler, Abigail Breslin, Michael Carman
Votes: 36,881 | Gross: $48.01M
14. The Doom Generation (1995)
R | 83 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
Jordan White and Amy Blue, two troubled teens, pick up an adolescent drifter, Xavier Red. Together, the threesome embark on a sex-and-violence-filled journey through an America of psychos and quickie marts.
Director: Gregg Araki | Stars: James Duval, Rose McGowan, Johnathon Schaech, Cress Williams
Votes: 17,873 | Gross: $0.26M
15. The Last Exorcism (2010)
PG-13 | 87 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
A troubled evangelical minister agrees to let his last exorcism be filmed by a documentary crew.
Director: Daniel Stamm | Stars: Patrick Fabian, Ashley Bell, Iris Bahr, Louis Herthum
Votes: 52,101 | Gross: $41.03M
16. The Interpreter (2005)
PG-13 | 128 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Political intrigue and deception unfold inside the United Nations, where a U.S. Secret Service agent is assigned to investigate an interpreter who overhears an assassination plot.
Director: Sydney Pollack | Stars: Nicole Kidman, Sean Penn, Catherine Keener, Jesper Christensen
Votes: 110,917 | Gross: $72.71M
17. Shocker (1989)
R | 109 min | Comedy, Horror, Thriller
After being sent to the electric chair, a serial killer uses electricity to come back from the dead and carry out his vengeance on the football player who turned him in to the police.
Director: Wes Craven | Stars: Michael Murphy, Mitch Pileggi, John Tesh, Heather Langenkamp
Votes: 17,707 | Gross: $16.55M
18. Hesher (2010)
R | 106 min | Comedy, Drama
A young boy has lost his mother and is losing touch with his father and the world around him. Then he meets Hesher who manages to make his life even more chaotic.
Director: Spencer Susser | Stars: Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Devin Brochu, Natalie Portman, Rainn Wilson
Votes: 54,094 | Gross: $0.38M
19. I Am Wrath (2016)
R | 92 min | Action, Thriller
Stanley Hill opens a can of brutal vengeance on the thugs who murdered his wife and the corrupt cops who are protecting them.
Director: Chuck Russell | Stars: John Travolta, Christopher Meloni, Amanda Schull, Sam Trammell
Votes: 16,062
20. The Savages (2007)
R | 113 min | Comedy, Drama
A sister and brother face the realities of familial responsibility as they begin to care for their ailing father.
Director: Tamara Jenkins | Stars: Laura Linney, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Philip Bosco, Peter Friedman
Votes: 38,630 | Gross: $6.61M
21. The United States of Leland (2003)
R | 108 min | Drama
A young man's experience in a juvenile detention center that touches on the tumultuous changes that befall his family and the community in which he lives.
Director: Matthew Ryan Hoge | Stars: Ryan Gosling, Don Cheadle, Kevin Spacey, Chris Klein
Votes: 24,269 | Gross: $0.34M
22. Darkness (2002)
PG-13 | 88 min | Horror
A teenage girl moves into a remote country house with her family, only to discover that their gloomy new home has a horrifying past that threatens to destroy the family.
Director: Jaume Balagueró | Stars: Anna Paquin, Lena Olin, Iain Glen, Giancarlo Giannini
Votes: 20,351 | Gross: $22.16M
23. Sorority House Massacre (1986)
R | 74 min | Horror
College student Beth and her sorority sisters are stalked by an escaped psychopathic killer who shares a strange telepathic link with her.
Director: Carol Frank | Stars: Angela O'Neill, Wendy Martel, Pamela Ross, Nicole Rio
Votes: 3,918
24. Xtreme (2021)
TV-MA | 111 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Two years after the murder of his son and father, a retired hitman sets in motion a carefully crafted revenge plan against the killer: his own brother.
Director: Daniel Benmayor | Stars: Teo García, Óscar Jaenada, Óscar Casas, Andrea Duro
Votes: 5,123
25. The Holcroft Covenant (1985)
R | 112 min | Action, Crime, Mystery
The son of a German General becomes part of a mysterious conspiracy to gain hidden Nazi funds.
Director: John Frankenheimer | Stars: Michael Caine, Anthony Andrews, Victoria Tennant, Lilli Palmer
Votes: 3,790 | Gross: $0.39M
26. Management (2008)
R | 94 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A traveling art saleswoman tries to shake off a flaky motel manager who falls for her and won't leave her alone.
Director: Stephen Belber | Stars: Jennifer Aniston, Steve Zahn, Woody Harrelson, Margo Martindale
Votes: 18,377 | Gross: $0.93M
27. Smart People (2008)
R | 95 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Into the life of a widowed professor comes a new love and an unexpected visit from his adopted brother.
Director: Noam Murro | Stars: Dennis Quaid, Thomas Haden Church, Sarah Jessica Parker, Elliot Page
Votes: 23,484 | Gross: $9.50M
28. Never Die Alone (2004)
R | 88 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A drug kingpin's return home touches off a turf war.
Director: Ernest R. Dickerson | Stars: DMX, David Arquette, Michael Ealy, Drew Sidora
Votes: 6,121 | Gross: $5.64M
29. Burning Man (I) (2011)
Not Rated | 110 min | Drama, Romance
An English chef with a chic restaurant on Bondi Beach trying to put his life and his relationship with his son back on track while surrounded by women.
Director: Jonathan Teplitzky | Stars: Matthew Goode, Rachel Griffiths, Bojana Novakovic, Essie Davis
Votes: 4,045
30. Chuck & Buck (2000)
R | 96 min | Comedy, Drama
An oddly naive man-child stalks his childhood best friend and tries to reconnect with their past.
Director: Miguel Arteta | Stars: Mike White, Chris Weitz, Lupe Ontiveros, Beth Colt
Votes: 5,886 | Gross: $1.05M
31. Grace Is Gone (2007)
PG-13 | 85 min | Drama, War
Upon hearing his wife was killed in the Iraq war, a father takes his two daughters on a road trip.
Director: Jim Strouse | Stars: John Cusack, Emily Churchill, Rebecca Spence, Jennifer Tyler
Votes: 9,697 | Gross: $0.05M
32. Where Is Kyra? (2017)
R | 98 min | Drama
In Brooklyn, New York, Kyra (Michelle Pfeiffer) loses her job and struggles to survive on her ailing mother's income. As the weeks and months go on, her problems worsen. This leads her on a risky and enigmatic path that threatens her life.
Director: Andrew Dosunmu | Stars: Michelle Pfeiffer, Kiefer Sutherland, Suzanne Shepherd, Anthony Okungbowa
Votes: 1,857 | Gross: $0.06M
33. Claire Dolan (1998)
Not Rated | 95 min | Drama
A high-priced call girl, shocked by her mother's death, decides to get out of the business and have a baby. The steps that she takes to free herself from her pimp and find a father for the baby are the central story of this movie.
Director: Lodge Kerrigan | Stars: Katrin Cartlidge, Vincent D'Onofrio, Colm Meaney, Patrick Husted
Votes: 1,410 | Gross: $0.01M
34. Starting Out in the Evening (2007)
PG-13 | 111 min | Drama, Romance
An ambitious graduate student convinces a writer that her thesis can resurrect his career.
Director: Andrew Wagner | Stars: Frank Langella, Lauren Ambrose, Patti Perkins, Lili Taylor
Votes: 3,346 | Gross: $0.90M
35. The Blue Butterfly (2004)
PG | 97 min | Adventure, Drama
A dramatic adventure about courage, redemption and love being filmed in the rain forests of Costa Rica, and in Montreal.
Director: Léa Pool | Stars: Marc Donato, William Hurt, Pascale Bussières, Raoul Max Trujillo
Votes: 1,634
36. Testosterone (2003)
R | 105 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Dean has been stumped for some time in his attempt to produce a follow-up to "I was a Teenage Speed Freak," his incredibly successful graphic novel. His fans expect great things from him ... See full summary »
Director: David Moreton | Stars: David Sutcliffe, Celina Font, Antonio Sabato Jr., Jennifer Coolidge
Votes: 1,272 | Gross: $0.03M
37. Speed of Life (1999)
R | 94 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A son is stuck with caring for his Alzheimer victim father, a former professor who can now barely communicate. Depressed and struggling to make ends meet, an old buddy tries to get him to ... See full summary »
Director: Rob Schmidt | Stars: Scott Caan, Leo Burmester, Mia Kirshner, Anthony Ruivivar
Votes: 278
38. Radiator (2014)
93 min | Comedy, Drama
Radiator will have its British Premiere 58th London Film Festival on 15th October 2014 and features the oldest, oddest couple by a very long chalk. It is a darkly comic examination of family life, marriage, age and love.
Director: Tom Fisher | Stars: Daniel Cerqueira, Richard Johnson, Gemma Jones, Monty
Votes: 238
39. Third Man Out (2005 TV Movie)
TV-MA | 99 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller
A gay detective is hired to find who has been been threatening a notorious member of the gay community noted for outing people.
Director: Ron Oliver | Stars: Chad Allen, Sebastian Spence, Jack Wetherall, Woody Jeffreys
Votes: 1,220
40. L'homme en colère (1979)
97 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A man goes to Canada looking for his son. The corpse of his son is later discovered by the Canadian police.
Director: Claude Pinoteau | Stars: Lino Ventura, Angie Dickinson, Laurent Malet, Hollis McLaren
Votes: 356
41. The Indian (2007)
PG-13 | 91 min | Drama, Family, Romance
Confusion creates complications in any relationship.
Director: James R. Gorrie | Stars: Matt Dallas, Sal Landi, Jane Higginson, Alison Haislip
Votes: 1,801
42. Lonely Hearts (1982)
R | 106 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
In this offbeat comedy, an unlikely romance develops between a flamboyant, middle-aged piano tuner and an extremely timid office worker.
Director: Paul Cox | Stars: Wendy Hughes, Norman Kaye, Jon Finlayson, Julia Blake
Votes: 384 | Gross: $0.78M
43. Us 2 (2014)
99 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A love story of the 21st century. Hoping for change, Ema (Jana Plodková) runs away from her family and leaves her husband. She hides at the apartment of her hairdresser, a gay guy Tony (... See full summary »
Director: Slobodanka Radun | Stars: Jana Plodková, Ondrej Nosálek, Václav Havelka, Jana Hubinská
Votes: 61
44. So Much So Fast (2006)
Not Rated | 87 min | Documentary
A man suffering from Lou Gehrig's disease deals with the woman falling for him and a brother who becomes obsessed with finding a cure.
Directors: Steven Ascher, Jeanne Jordan | Stars: Jesse Abbott-Dallamora, Robert Bonazoli, Tyler DiVittorio, Benjamin Heywood
Votes: 232 | Gross: $0.02M
45.
Kavanagh QC (1995–2001)
Episode:
Memento Mori
(1998)
TV-MA | 76 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Recovering after LIzzie's death, Kavanagh moves to a new home and gets back to work with a novice lawyer on the case of a doctor accused of murdering his wife.
Director: Charles Beeson | Stars: John Thaw, Daisy Bates, Marjorie Bland, Jill Brassington
Votes: 79
46.
You, Me and the Apocalypse (2015–2022)
Episode:
Home Sweet Home
(2015)
TV-PG | 43 min | Comedy, Drama, Sci-Fi
Scotty tries to make amends for his recent decisions, and Jamie's life is shaken up again, following a sudden tragedy.
Director: Tim Kirkby | Stars: Ann Akinjirin, Mathew Baynton, Max Brown, Jenna Fischer
Votes: 203