Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keywords "illusion", "independent-film"

1. Requiem for a Dream (2000)

R | 102 min | Drama

The drug-induced utopias of four Coney Island people are shattered when their addictions run deep..

Director: Darren Aronofsky | Stars: Ellen Burstyn, Jared Leto, Jennifer Connelly, Marlon Wayans

Votes: 899,894 | Gross: $3.64M

2. 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: 1,146,913 | Gross: $23.34M

3. Psycho (1960)

R | 109 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller

A Phoenix secretary embezzles $40,000 from her employer's client, goes on the run and checks into a remote motel run by a young man under the domination of his mother.

Director: Alfred Hitchcock | Stars: Anthony Perkins, Janet Leigh, Vera Miles, John Gavin

Votes: 719,297 | Gross: $32.00M

4. Akira (1988)

R | 124 min | Animation, Action, Drama

A secret military project endangers Neo-Tokyo when it turns a biker gang member into a rampaging psychic psychopath who can only be stopped by a teenager, his gang of biker friends and a group of psychics.

Director: Katsuhiro Ôtomo | Stars: Mitsuo Iwata, Nozomu Sasaki, Mami Koyama, Tesshô Genda

Votes: 205,597 | Gross: $0.55M

5. The Illusionist (2006)

PG-13 | 110 min | Drama, Fantasy, Mystery

In turn-of-the-century Vienna, a magician uses his abilities to secure the love of a woman far above his social standing.

Director: Neil Burger | Stars: Edward Norton, Jessica Biel, Paul Giamatti, Rufus Sewell

Votes: 389,881 | Gross: $39.87M

6. Easy Rider (1969)

R | 95 min | Adventure, Drama

Two bikers head from L.A. to New Orleans through the open country and desert lands, and along the way they meet a man who bridges a counter-culture gap of which they had been unaware.

Director: Dennis Hopper | Stars: Peter Fonda, Dennis Hopper, Jack Nicholson, Antonio Mendoza

Votes: 117,078 | Gross: $41.73M

7. Blood Simple (1984)

R | 99 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

The owner of a seedy small-town Texas bar discovers that one of his employees is having an affair with his wife. A chaotic chain of misunderstandings, lies, and mischief ensues after he devises a plot to have them murdered.

Directors: Joel Coen, Ethan Coen | Stars: John Getz, Frances McDormand, Dan Hedaya, M. Emmet Walsh

Votes: 105,429 | Gross: $2.15M

8. Picnic at Hanging Rock (1975)

PG | 115 min | Drama, Mystery

During a rural summer picnic, a few students and a teacher from an Australian girls' school vanish without a trace. Their absence frustrates and haunts the people left behind.

Director: Peter Weir | Stars: Rachel Roberts, Anne-Louise Lambert, Vivean Gray, Helen Morse

Votes: 41,123 | Gross: $0.23M

9. Deathstalker (1983)

R | 80 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy

A lone warrior nicknamed Deathstalker is sent by a witch on a quest to find a sword, a chalice, and an amulet, two of which are held by the wicked king and sorcerer, Munkar.

Director: James Sbardellati | Stars: Rick Hill, Barbi Benton, Richard Brooker, Lana Clarkson

Votes: 6,343 | Gross: $11.92M

10. The Last Unicorn (1982)

G | 92 min | Animation, Adventure, Drama

A beautiful unicorn sets out to learn if she truly is the last of her kind in this sparkling animated musical.

Directors: Jules Bass, Arthur Rankin Jr. | Stars: Jeff Bridges, Mia Farrow, Angela Lansbury, Alan Arkin

Votes: 29,599 | Gross: $6.46M

11. Dungeons & Dragons (2000)

PG-13 | 107 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy

Profion, a tyrant, attempts to overthrow a peaceful kingdom ruled by a tough empress.

Director: Courtney Solomon | Stars: Justin Whalin, Jeremy Irons, Zoe McLellan, Bruce Payne

Votes: 36,288 | Gross: $15.22M

12. 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: 76,483

13. Witchtrap (1989)

R | 92 min | Action, Horror, Thriller

Parapsychologists try to make an inn haunted by an evil witch's ghost safe for guests.

Director: Kevin Tenney | Stars: James W. Quinn, Kathleen Bailey, Judy Tatum, Rob Zapple

Votes: 1,291

14. Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust (2000)

R | 103 min | Animation, Action, Drama

A legendary dhampir competes with a motley family of bounty hunters to return a young woman, who has been seemingly abducted by a vampire, to her family.

Director: Yoshiaki Kawajiri | Stars: Andrew Philpot, John Rafter Lee, Pamela Adlon, Wendee Lee

Votes: 35,880 | Gross: $0.15M

15. Batman: The Movie (1966)

PG | 105 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy

The Dynamic Duo faces four supervillains who plan to hold the world for ransom with the help of a secret invention that instantly dehydrates people.

Director: Leslie H. Martinson | Stars: Adam West, Burt Ward, Lee Meriwether, Cesar Romero

Votes: 35,828

16. Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead (1990)

PG | 117 min | Comedy, Drama

Two minor characters from the play 'Hamlet' stumble around unaware of their scripted lives and unable to deviate from them.

Director: Tom Stoppard | Stars: Gary Oldman, Tim Roth, Richard Dreyfuss, Livio Badurina

Votes: 23,875 | Gross: $0.74M

17. The Devil's Rain (1975)

PG | 86 min | Horror

A satanist cult leader is burnt alive by the local church. He vows to come back to hunt down and enslave every descendant of his congregation, by the power of the book of blood contracts, in which they sold their souls to the devil.

Director: Robert Fuest | Stars: Ernest Borgnine, Eddie Albert, Ida Lupino, William Shatner

Votes: 5,111

18. The Wizard of Gore (1970)

Not Rated | 95 min | Horror

A TV talk-show hostess and her boyfriend investigate a shady magician who has the ability to hypnotize and control the thoughts of people in order to stage gory on-stage illusions using his powers of mind bending.

Director: Herschell Gordon Lewis | Stars: Ray Sager, Judy Cler, Wayne Ratay, Phil Laurenson

Votes: 4,024 | Gross: $0.02M

19. Captivity (2007)

R | 96 min | Crime, Horror, Mystery

A man and a woman awaken to find themselves trapped in a cellar. As their kidnapper drives them mad, the truth about their horrific abduction is revealed.

Director: Roland Joffé | Stars: Elisha Cuthbert, Daniel Gillies, Pruitt Taylor Vince, Michael Harney

Votes: 23,707 | Gross: $2.63M

20. Come Back to the 5 & Dime Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean (1982)

PG | 109 min | Comedy, Drama

A fan club of die-hard James Dean fans meet on the 20th anniversary of his death and reconnect, opening old wounds and facing new ones.

Director: Robert Altman | Stars: Cher, Karen Black, Sandy Dennis, Sudie Bond

Votes: 5,168 | Gross: $0.84M

21. Hobgoblins (1988)

Not Rated | 88 min | Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi

A young security guard must track down diminutive aliens who kill people even as they make their fantasies come true.

Director: Rick Sloane | Stars: Tom Bartlett, Paige Sullivan, Steven Boggs, Kelley Palmer

Votes: 12,464

22. Vanya on 42nd Street (1994)

PG | 119 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

New York actors rehearse Chekhov's "Uncle Vanya" in a dilapidated theatre.

Director: Louis Malle | Stars: Wallace Shawn, Phoebe Brand, George Gaynes, Jerry Mayer

Votes: 5,164 | Gross: $1.75M

23. Harlequin (1980)

PG | 95 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror

An enigmatic faith healer - who appears to possess genuine magical powers - and a political fixer vie for influence over a senator and his family.

Director: Simon Wincer | Stars: Robert Powell, David Hemmings, Carmen Duncan, Broderick Crawford

Votes: 1,714

24. The Magus (1968)

R | 117 min | Drama, Fantasy, Mystery

A teacher on a Greek island becomes involved in bizarre mind-games with the island's magus (magician) and a beautiful young woman.

Director: Guy Green | Stars: Anthony Quinn, Michael Caine, Candice Bergen, Anna Karina

Votes: 1,906

25. A Room for Romeo Brass (1999)

R | 90 min | Comedy, Drama

After stopping 12 y.o. Romeo and Gavin from being beaten up, Morell drives them home and meets Romeo's adult sister and falls in love. The boys "help" him in his pursuit.

Director: Shane Meadows | Stars: Martin Arrowsmith, Dave Blant, Darren Campbell, Paddy Considine

Votes: 6,180 | Gross: $0.02M

26. Demon Rage (1982)

R | 98 min | Horror

A woman in an unhappy marriage finds sexual fulfillment in her relationship with a ghostly, speechless presence who, obviously, doesn't quite say who he is.

Director: James Polakof | Stars: Britt Ekland, Lana Wood, Kabir Bedi, Don Galloway

Votes: 643

27. Steel (I) (2015)

Unrated | 108 min | Drama, Mystery, Romance

Strong emotions - fear and panic, self-search and isolation, love and sex, self-denial and self-discovery - a ride on an emotional roller coaster while trying to find one's way into life.

Director: Sven J. Matten | Stars: Chad Connell, David Cameron, Mimi Kuzyk, Tamara Gorski

Votes: 998

28. Marjoe (1972)

PG | 88 min | Documentary, Biography

This Oscar-winning documentary explores the life of one-time child evangelist and faith healer Marjoe Gortner. The son of professional evangelists, Gortner was preaching on the Southern tent-revival circuit by the age of 3.

Directors: Sarah Kernochan, Howard Smith | Stars: Agnes Benjamin, Marjoe Gortner, Vernon Gortner, Sarah Kernochan

Votes: 1,747

29. Entropy (I) (1999)

R | 104 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

Stephen Dorff narrates this tale about how his life goes astray as his character attempts to strike a balance between the demands of directing his first film and the pressures of his new ... See full summary »

Director: Phil Joanou | Stars: Stephen Dorff, Judith Godrèche, Kelly Macdonald, Lauren Holly

Votes: 2,376

30. London Kills Me (1991)

R | 107 min | Comedy, Drama

For want of a nail a shoe was lost, for want of a shoe... a young man's life is almost lost, which is exactly what this film is all about: a man barely twenty who wants desperately to pull ... See full summary »

Director: Hanif Kureishi | Stars: Justin Chadwick, Steven Mackintosh, Fiona Shaw, Brad Dourif

Votes: 651 | Gross: $0.17M

31. DMT: The Spirit Molecule (2010)

Not Rated | 75 min | Documentary

An investigation into the long-obscured mystery of dimethyltryptamine (DMT), a molecule found in nearly every living organism and considered the most potent psychedelic on Earth.

Director: Mitch Schultz | Stars: Joe Rogan, Ralph Abraham, Joel Bakst, Steven Barker

Votes: 4,858

32. Carnival Magic (1983)

G | 86 min | Drama, Fantasy

A carnival magician with actual magic powers works with a talking chimp. The magician and the chimp soon become the stars of the carnival, drawing in big crowds. However, the wild-animal trainer decides to kidnap Alex and sell him.

Director: Al Adamson | Stars: Don Stewart, Jennifer Houlton, Howard Segal, Regina Carrol

Votes: 844

33. Ever After High: Way Too Wonderland (2015 TV Movie)

TV-G | 90 min | Animation, Adventure, Drama

With the Storybook of Legends still in Wonderland, Raven attempts to teleport her friends there despite still getting the hand of her powers. Apple, Raven, Briar, Lizzie, Kitty and Maddie ... See full summary »

Directors: Mike Csunyoscka, Dan Fraga | Stars: Robbie Daymond, Jonquil Goode, Kate Higgins, Delaney Moline

Votes: 495

34. The Head Hunter (1988)

R | 92 min | Horror

Miami cop Pete is having a tough time: first he learns his wife is having an affair with another woman (they split up), then him and his partner Kat are pitted against a shape-shifting ... See full summary »

Director: Francis Schaeffer | Stars: Kay Lenz, Wayne Crawford, Steve Kanaly, June Chadwick

Votes: 565

35. 25 Watts (2001)

Not Rated | 92 min | Comedy, Drama

24 hours in the life of three street youths in Montevideo.

Directors: Juan Pablo Rebella, Pablo Stoll | Stars: Daniel Hendler, Jorge Temponi, Alfonso Tort, Valentín Rivero

Votes: 1,690

36. The Adventures of Chris Fable (2010)

Not Rated | 108 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

A child lives with a group of misfits in a junkyard, stealing to survive. When a travelling preacher tells him that his father is alive, he must leave his family of thieves and venture into the wilderness in search of a better life.

Director: Andrew Wiest | Stars: Solomon Ray, Staci Crowe, Robert Bear, Larry Laverty

Votes: 473

37. Snow White and the Satan Dwarves (2015)

8 min | Short, Comedy, Romance

Snow White is banished from the Kingdom for being more beautiful and virtuous than her stepmother the Queen. After the Huntsman is sent to kill her but spares her life, she stumbles through... See full summary »

Director: Sean Glavin | Stars: Margaret Fegan, Christopher Fung, Sean Glavin, Jiayu Ji

38. The Boy Who Loved Trolls (1984 TV Movie)

TV-PG | 60 min | Adventure, Family, Fantasy

Paul feels life should be an adventure, and sets out on one to prove that Trolls really exist.

Director: Harvey S. Laidman | Stars: Matt Dill, Paul Gertner, Nicolle Cherubini, Larry Harris

Votes: 123

39. Lazare (2020)

108 min | Drama, Fantasy, Musical

A team of French-Brazilian actors goes to Bucharest to shoot a film at a lower cost. But the Romanian technical team secretly shoot their own film.

Director: Philippe Chalem | Stars: Emine Meyrem, Milena Straube, Lionel Rousselot, Stanislas Siwiorek

Votes: 11

40. Break Free: Two People. Two Years. One Dream (2019)

120 min | Documentary, Adventure

When Lena and Ulli start the engine of their old Land Rover, Lady Terés, they have a plan: to drive from Hamburg to South Africa in six months. What they don't know yet is that they won't ... See full summary »

Director: Lena Wendt | Stars: Ulrich Stirnat, Lena Wendt, Fufu, Ziza

Votes: 254

41. The Business of Fancydancing (2002)

103 min | Drama, Music

Seymour Polatkin is a successful, gay Native American poet from Spokane who confronts his past when he returns to his childhood home on the reservation to attend the funeral of a dear friend.

Director: Sherman Alexie | Stars: Evan Adams, Michelle St. John, Gene Tagaban, Swil Kanim

Votes: 551 | Gross: $0.17M

42. The Magic Land of Mother Goose (1966)

Not Rated | 59 min | Family, Fantasy

A group of storybook characters emerge from the book of Mother Goose leading to Old King Cole walking out of the book and into our world, followed by Raggedy Ann, while other characters, ... See full summary »

Director: Herschell Gordon Lewis | Stars: Roy Huston, David Hammond, Judith Snow, Buddy Mantia

Votes: 78

43. Graffiti on My Heart (2016)

22 min | Short, Adventure, Comedy

Persecuted outrageously by abusive family members and townspeople, a young boy must decide to buckle under the pressure or rise against a repressive society. Ian Erix stars in this four part inspirational musical film short.

Directors: Ian Erix, Chris von Hoffmann | Stars: Ema Bear, JaDarrel Belser, Michael Daniel Birnberg, Charlie Brent

44. Clay Fields (2003)

93 min | Horror, Mystery

"Clay Fields" is a ghost story told partially in reverse in the form of a found footage VHS tape.

Director: Ramzi Abed | Stars: Eric Fleming, Ramzi Abed, Dan Walton, Heather Bohlmann

Votes: 22

45. Mayadweep (An Island of Illusion) (2019)

21 min | Documentary, Short, Drama

Mayadweep, set in Sri Ganganagar, Rajasthan, India, is a provocative and comedic look at the times in which we live. The Bikaner Gang Canal, a project designed to bring perennial waters to irrigate the parched land of the desert area.

Director: Chandan Sen | Stars: Hetram Beniwal, Sachin Pilot, Gurbal Pal Singh Sandhu, Sant Balbir Singh Seechewal

46. Pathos (2010)

17 min | Short, Drama, Sci-Fi

Huge plains of waste cover every corner of the Planet. Toxic gases make the air unbreathable. Acid rain poisons the water. Global warming make the surface uninhabitable and hostile. The ... See full summary »

Directors: Dennis Cabella, Marcello Ercole, Fabio Prati | Stars: Daniele Gatti, Grant Mountjoy, Fabio Prati, Silvia Quarantini

Votes: 40

47. Idle Mist (1998)

28 min | Horror, Crime, Short

When the darkness in a musician's dreams tears its way into his waking life, a series of brutal murders rocks the city and word spreads of a spectral form looming over the rooftops.

Director: Andrés Useche | Stars: Catalina Gallo, Andrés Useche, Patricia Salazar, Yonier Bedoya

Votes: 683

48. Symbol (2012)

35 min | Short, Drama, Mystery

A man who is fascinated with patterns and symbols discovers his one true path to enlightenment.

Director: Garrett W. Hammel | Stars: Jason Nellis, Debbie Gallant, Patsy

Votes: 13

49. She Is Waving from the Train (2016)

30 min | Short, Drama, Romance

On her birthday Christine decides to make a surprise train-trip for Arman. Since he doesn't like neither trains, nor surprises too much, he ignores her efforts to make the coupe cozy and ... See full summary »

Director: Kameliya Petrova | Stars: Evgeniya Angelova, Tsveta Doicheva, Alexander Hadjiangelov, Georgi Ivanov

Votes: 28

50. Broken Reality (1994)

96 min | Thriller

A Hollywood homicide detective gets wrapped up in the murder of his girlfriend and becomes the prime suspect. Given 24 hours to find the real killer, he searches through the city in a desperate race to stop the next murder.

Director: Drew Phillips | Stars: Paige Adams, Glen Hill, Philip Seitz, Andre Barron