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1. Suspiria (I) (2018)
R | 152 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
A darkness swirls at the center of a world-renowned dance company, one that will engulf the artistic director, an ambitious young dancer, and a grieving psychotherapist. Some will succumb to the nightmare. Others will finally wake up.
Director: Luca Guadagnino | Stars: Chloë Grace Moretz, Tilda Swinton, Doris Hick, Malgorzata Bela
Votes: 92,167 | Gross: $2.47M
2. Red Sparrow (2018)
R | 140 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
Ballerina Dominika Egorova is recruited to 'Sparrow School,' a Russian intelligence service where she is forced to use her body as a weapon. Her first mission, targeting a C.I.A. agent, threatens to unravel the security of both nations.
Director: Francis Lawrence | Stars: Jennifer Lawrence, Joel Edgerton, Matthias Schoenaerts, Charlotte Rampling
Votes: 201,505 | Gross: $46.87M
3. Code 8 (2019)
Not Rated | 98 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A super-powered construction worker falls in with a group of criminals in order to raise the funds to help his ill mother.
Director: Jeff Chan | Stars: Kari Matchett, Robbie Amell, Penny Eizenga, Lawrence Bayne
Votes: 52,231
4. Collateral (2004)
R | 120 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A cab driver finds himself the hostage of an engaging contract killer as he makes his rounds from hit to hit during one night in Los Angeles.
Director: Michael Mann | Stars: Tom Cruise, Jamie Foxx, Jada Pinkett Smith, Mark Ruffalo
Votes: 433,006 | Gross: $101.01M
5. My Neighbor Totoro (1988)
G | 86 min | Animation, Comedy, Family
When two girls move to the country to be near their ailing mother, they have adventures with the wondrous forest spirits who live nearby.
Director: Hayao Miyazaki | Stars: Hitoshi Takagi, Noriko Hidaka, Chika Sakamoto, Shigesato Itoi
Votes: 380,091 | Gross: $1.11M
6. Chronicle (2012)
PG-13 | 84 min | Action, Drama, Sci-Fi
Three high school friends gain superpowers after making an incredible discovery underground. Soon they find their lives spinning out of control and their bond tested as they embrace their darker sides.
Director: Josh Trank | Stars: Dane DeHaan, Alex Russell, Michael B. Jordan, Michael Kelly
Votes: 264,411 | Gross: $64.58M
7. Teeth (I) (2007)
R | 94 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
Still a stranger to her own body, a high school student discovers she has a physical advantage when she becomes the object of male violence.
Director: Mitchell Lichtenstein | Stars: Jess Weixler, John Hensley, Josh Pais, Hale Appleman
Votes: 46,452 | Gross: $0.35M
8. The People Under the Stairs (1991)
R | 102 min | Comedy, Horror, Mystery
Two adults and a juvenile break into a house occupied by a brother and sister and their stolen children. There, they must fight for their lives.
Director: Wes Craven | Stars: Brandon Quintin Adams, Everett McGill, Wendy Robie, A.J. Langer
Votes: 39,640 | Gross: $24.20M
9. The Uninvited (2009)
PG-13 | 87 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Anna returns home after a stint in a mental hospital, but her recovery is jeopardized by her father's new girlfriend and ghastly visions of her dead mother.
Directors: Charles Guard, Thomas Guard | Stars: Emily Browning, Arielle Kebbel, Elizabeth Banks, David Strathairn
Votes: 85,048 | Gross: $28.57M
10. Sliding Doors (1998)
PG-13 | 99 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
After personal and professional setbacks, a woman experiences an alternate reality.
Director: Peter Howitt | Stars: Gwyneth Paltrow, John Hannah, John Lynch, Jeanne Tripplehorn
Votes: 71,486 | Gross: $11.88M
11. Poison Ivy (1992)
R | 93 min | Drama, Thriller
A seductive teen befriends an introverted high school student and schemes her way into the lives of her wealthy family.
Director: Katt Shea | Stars: Drew Barrymore, Sara Gilbert, Tom Skerritt, Cheryl Ladd
Votes: 20,155 | Gross: $1.83M
12. Marmalade (2024)
99 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
Follows a man in jail who narrates the colorful tale of a romantic bank heist to his cunning cellmate to escape and reunite with the alluring love of his life.
Director: Keir O'Donnell | Stars: Joe Keery, Camila Morrone, Aldis Hodge, Ozioma Akagha
Votes: 1,232
13. Blood Red Sky (2021)
TV-MA | 121 min | Action, Drama, Horror
A woman with a mysterious illness is forced into action when a group of terrorists attempt to hijack a transatlantic overnight flight.
Director: Peter Thorwarth | Stars: Peri Baumeister, Carl Anton Koch, Alexander Scheer, Kais Setti
Votes: 54,666
14. Project Power (2020)
R | 113 min | Action, Crime, Sci-Fi
When a pill that gives its users unpredictable superpowers for five minutes hits the streets of New Orleans, a teenage dealer and a local cop must team with an ex-soldier to take down the group responsible for its creation.
Directors: Henry Joost, Ariel Schulman | Stars: Jamie Foxx, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Dominique Fishback, Rodrigo Santoro
Votes: 97,712
15. A Kind of Murder (2016)
R | 95 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
In 1960s New York, Walter Stackhouse is a successful architect married to the beautiful Clara who leads a seemingly perfect life. But his fascination with an unsolved murder leads him into a spiral of chaos as he is forced to play cat-and-mouse with a clever killer and an overambitious detective, while at the same time lusting after another woman.
Director: Andy Goddard | Stars: Patrick Wilson, Jessica Biel, Haley Bennett, Vincent Kartheiser
Votes: 8,604 | Gross: $0.00M
16. Iron Sky: The Coming Race (2019)
Not Rated | 93 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
A follow-up to the film Iron Sky (2012) in which Nazis plan to take over the world after lying dormant in a secret military base on the moon.
Director: Timo Vuorensola | Stars: Lara Rossi, Vladimir Burlakov, Kit Dale, Julia Dietze
Votes: 11,746
17. Let It Snow (2019)
PG-13 | 92 min | Comedy, Romance
In a small town on Christmas Eve, a snowstorm brings together a group of young people.
Director: Luke Snellin | Stars: Isabela Merced, Shameik Moore, Odeya Rush, Liv Hewson
Votes: 24,950
18. Land of Storms (2014)
Unrated | 105 min | Drama, Romance, Sport
Szabolcs quits football against his father's will and returns to his country in Hungary to take charge of an inheritance from his grandfather. There, he meets Aron and they both explore their identities.
Director: Ádám Császi | Stars: András Sütö, Ádám Varga, Sebastian Urzendowsky, Enikö Börcsök
Votes: 4,662
19. The Decoy Bride (2011)
PG | 89 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
When the world's media descend on the remote Scottish island where a Hollywood actress is attempting to get married, a local girl is hired as a decoy bride to put the paparazzi off the scent.
Director: Sheree Folkson | Stars: Kelly Macdonald, David Tennant, Alice Eve, Michael Urie
Votes: 12,564 | Gross: $0.00M
20. The Curse (1987)
R | 92 min | Horror, Sci-Fi
When a meteorite lands near his family farm during a storm in Tennessee, the son of a struggling farmer believes it's connected to strange plague-like events afflicting the crops, the farm animals and even the family themselves.
Director: David Keith | Stars: Wil Wheaton, Claude Akins, Malcolm Danare, Cooper Huckabee
Votes: 3,877 | Gross: $1.93M
21. Muhammad: The Messenger of God (2015)
162 min | Biography, Drama, History
The events, trials and tribulations of the city of Makkah in 7th century AD.
Director: Majid Majidi | Stars: Mahdi Pakdel, Sareh Bayat, Mina Sadati, Ali Reza Shoja'noori
Votes: 12,039
22. Pieces of April (2003)
PG-13 | 80 min | Comedy, Drama
A wayward daughter invites her dying mother and the rest of her estranged family to her apartment for Thanksgiving dinner.
Director: Peter Hedges | Stars: Katie Holmes, Oliver Platt, Patricia Clarkson, Derek Luke
Votes: 22,121 | Gross: $2.53M
23. First Kill (2017)
R | 97 min | Action, Thriller
A Wall Street broker is forced to evade a police chief investigating a bank robbery as he attempts to recover the stolen money in exchange for his son's life.
Director: Steven C. Miller | Stars: Bruce Willis, Hayden Christensen, Ty Shelton, Megan Leonard
Votes: 12,439
24. Chocolate (2008)
R | 110 min | Action, Drama
An autistic girl with powerful martial art skills looks to settle her ailing mother's debts by seeking out the ruthless gangs that owe her family money.
Director: Prachya Pinkaew | Stars: JeeJa Yanin, Hiroshi Abe, Pongpat Wachirabunjong, Taphon Phopwandee
Votes: 18,856 | Gross: $0.01M
25. Bad Ronald (1974 TV Movie)
Unrated | 74 min | Drama, Horror, Thriller
A perverted teenage boy who lives in the walls of a house finds the house sold to a family after his mother dies, then he falls for one of the new residents.
Director: Buzz Kulik | Stars: Scott Jacoby, Pippa Scott, John Larch, Dabney Coleman
Votes: 2,413
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. Don't Tell a Soul (2020)
R | 83 min | Drama, Thriller
Two thieving teenage brothers, stealing money to help their sick mom, match wits with a troubled security guard stuck at the bottom of a forgotten well.
Director: Alex McAulay | Stars: Jack Dylan Grazer, Fionn Whitehead, Rainn Wilson, Mena Suvari
Votes: 5,769
28. In My Mother's Skin (2023)
97 min | Action, Fantasy, Horror
Stranded in the Philippines during World War II, a young girl finds that her duty to protect her dying mother is complicated by her misplaced trust in a beguiling, flesh-eating fairy.
Director: Kenneth Dagatan | Stars: Beauty Gonzalez, Felicity Kyle Napuli, James Mavie Estrella, Jasmine Curtis-Smith
Votes: 659
29. Kim Novak Never Swam in Genesaret's Lake (2005)
95 min | Crime, Drama
The year is 1962. Erik, his newly acquainted friend Edmund and his grown-up brother Henry are going to spend their summer holiday in a fairly decayed house just near the lake Genesaret. One... See full summary »
Director: Martin Asphaug | Stars: Anton Lundqvist, Jesper Adefelt, Jonas Karlsson, Johan H:son Kjellgren
Votes: 2,780
30. The Challenger (I) (2015)
PG-13 | 95 min | Drama, Sport
Struggling Bronx mechanic Jaden Miller uses boxing to save himself and his mother from being homeless. With a legendary trainer, and a reality show built around him, Miller goes for the title.
Director: Kent Moran | Stars: Kent Moran, Michael Clarke Duncan, S. Epatha Merkerson, Justin Hartley
Votes: 1,456 | Gross: $0.02M
31. The Tripper (2006)
R | 93 min | Comedy, Horror
A Ronald Reagan-obsessed serial killer targets a bunch of hippies who are heading to a weekend-long concert.
Director: David Arquette | Stars: Jaime King, Thomas Jane, Lukas Haas, David Arquette
Votes: 6,410 | Gross: $0.02M
32. Cosy Dens (1999)
115 min | Comedy, Drama
Two families, Sebkovi and Krausovi, are celebrating Christmas, but not everyone is in a good mood. Teenage kids think their fathers are totally stupid; fathers are sure their children are nothing more than rebels, hating anything they say.
Director: Jan Hrebejk | Stars: Michael Beran, Miroslav Donutil, Simona Stasová, Kristýna Nováková
Votes: 6,166
33. The Monkey's Paw (I) (2013)
Not Rated | 91 min | Horror, Thriller
Jake is given a Monkey's Paw that grants 3 wishes. After the first 2 wishes leave his friend Cobb undead, Cobb pushes Jake to make a final wish.
Director: Brett Simmons | Stars: C.J. Thomason, Stephen Lang, Michelle Pierce, Corbin Bleu
Votes: 2,731
34. Liebestraum (1991)
R | 112 min | Mystery, Thriller
The successful writer and professor of architecture Nick Kaminsky returns from New York to Elderstown to visit his biological mother Lillian Anderson Munnsen that is terminal. Nick does not... See full summary »
Director: Mike Figgis | Stars: Kevin Anderson, Bill Pullman, Kim Novak, Pamela Gidley
Votes: 1,678 | Gross: $0.13M
35. Apartment Zero (1988)
R | 124 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
In early 1980s Buenos Aires, a struggling movie theater owner takes in a roommate but suspects he is responsible for a series of political assassinations.
Director: Martin Donovan | Stars: Hart Bochner, Colin Firth, Dora Bryan, Liz Smith
Votes: 4,236 | Gross: $0.67M
36. None But the Lonely Heart (1944)
Passed | 113 min | Drama, Romance
When an itinerant reluctantly returns home to help his sickly mother run her shop, they are both tempted to turn to crime to help make ends meet.
Director: Clifford Odets | Stars: Cary Grant, Ethel Barrymore, Barry Fitzgerald, June Duprez
Votes: 2,826
37. Animal World (2018)
Not Rated | 132 min | Action, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
A man finds himself deep in debt and is coerced to board a ship that hosts a risky gambling party.
Director: Yan Han | Stars: Yifeng Li, Yunhe Yi, Bingkun Cao, Yijuan Li
Votes: 5,089
38. Let's Be Evil (2016)
Not Rated | 82 min | Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
A vision of augmented reality.
Director: Martin Owen | Stars: Sophie Willis, Jules Brown, Elizabeth Morris, Chase Bowman
Votes: 5,583
39. Fighting Fish (2010)
Not Rated | 84 min | Drama
When David's sister returns home after a long absence, their complicated past comes back to haunt them.
Director: Annette Apitz | Stars: Val Emmich, Anna Moore, Halley Feiffer, Haviland Morris
Votes: 163
40. Four (I) (2012)
R | 75 min | Drama, Romance
On a hot 4th of July night, sparks fly between four people as they test the limits and possibilities of their own freedom.
Director: Joshua Sanchez | Stars: E.J. Bonilla, Emory Cohen, Aja Naomi King, Wendell Pierce
Votes: 579
41. The Entitled (2011)
R | 91 min | Crime, Thriller
A young man, broke and jobless, abducts three rich college kids to try and get money from their fathers.
Director: Aaron Woodley | Stars: Kevin Zegers, Ray Liotta, Laura Vandervoort, Victor Garber
Votes: 6,836
42. The Other Side of Sunday (1996)
PG-13 | 103 min | Comedy, Drama
The Other Side of Sunday criticizes the small, and often tight church community. We follow the Preachers Daughter; Maria, in her journey to liberate herself from the stiff church community and her strict religious father.
Director: Berit Nesheim | Stars: Marie Theisen, Hildegun Riise, Bjørn Sundquist, Sylvia Salvesen
Votes: 1,283
43. Wild Prairie Rose (2016)
TV-PG | 90 min | Drama, Family
In 1952 Rose Miller returns to her rural hometown of Beresford, South Dakota to care for her ailing mother. Once there, she falls in love with a deaf man and must decide if she has the courage to follow her heart.
Director: Deborah LaVine | Stars: Tara Samuel, Troy Kotsur, Suanne Spoke, Betsy Berenson
Votes: 271
44. Graceland (I) (2012)
Not Rated | 84 min | Crime, Thriller
When a kidnapping goes wrong, a desperate father risks everything to save his daughter from the men who hold her captive.
Director: Ron Morales | Stars: Arnold Reyes, Menggie Cobarrubias, Dido de la Paz, Leon Miguel
Votes: 1,706 | Gross: $0.02M
45. Ajami (2009)
Not Rated | 124 min | Crime, Drama
Ajami is the religiously mixed community of Muslims and Christians in Tel Aviv. These are five stories about the everyday life in Ajami.
Directors: Scandar Copti, Yaron Shani | Stars: Fouad Habash, Nisrin Siksik, Elias Saba, Youssef Sahwani
Votes: 6,528 | Gross: $0.62M
46. Naked As We Came (2012)
Not Rated | 87 min | Drama
Love, loss and hope are tumultuously explored amidst a tranquil backdrop and asks us all the question: What is your dream?
Director: Richard LeMay | Stars: Ben Weaver, Karmine Alers, S. Lue McWilliams, Ryan Vigilant
Votes: 1,929
47. Operator (II) (2016)
Not Rated | 87 min | Comedy, Drama
Joe, a programmer and obsessive self-quantifier, and Emily, a budding comedy performer, are happily married until they decide to use one another in their work.
Director: Logan Kibens | Stars: Martin Starr, Mae Whitman, Nat Faxon, Cameron Esposito
Votes: 2,083
48. A Fairy's Game (2018)
PG | 111 min | Adventure, Family
Two siblings are whisked away by an intelligent fairy to become part of a real life game they must complete before coming back to the real world.
Director: Shawn Philip Nelson | Stars: Elijah Nelson, Shiloh Nelson, Ava Kolker, Tim Russ
Votes: 52
49. Unholy Women (2006)
107 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
When Val is released from prison, she's determined to make a new life for herself. But the criminal underworld won't let her go that easily, and her former boss won't stop until she's paid her debt - with blood.
Directors: Keita Amemiya, Takuji Suzuki, Keisuke Toyoshima | Stars: Noriko Nakagoshi, Yûko Kobayashi, Riko Suzuki, Miharu Morina
Votes: 720
50. The Road Home for Christmas (2019 TV Movie)
TV-PG | 84 min | Drama, Romance
Lindsey and Wes, rival musicians who perform in a dueling-piano show, suddenly find themselves without a gig on Christmas Eve and decide to road-trip to their neighboring hometowns together.
Director: Peter Sullivan | Stars: Marla Sokoloff, Rob Mayes, Jan Broberg, Marie Osmond
Votes: 799