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Movies Without Happy Endings

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  • Olga Baclanova, Harry Earles, and Henry Victor in Freaks (1932)

    1. Freaks

    19321h 4mNot Rated80Metascore
    7.8 (53K)
    A circus' beautiful trapeze artist Cleopatra agrees to marry Hans the leader of side-show performers, but Hans' deformed friends discover that she is only marrying him for his inheritance. So they seek revenge.
    DirectorTod BrowningStarsWallace FordLeila HyamsOlga Baclanova
  • Marilyn Monroe and Joseph Cotten in Niagara (1953)

    2. Niagara

    19531h 32mApproved70Metascore
    7.0 (21K)
    As two couples are visiting Niagara Falls, tensions between one wife and her husband reach the level of murder.
    DirectorHenry HathawayStarsMarilyn MonroeJoseph CottenJean Peters
  • A Night to Remember (1958)

    3. A Night to Remember

    19582h 3mNot Rated
    7.9 (18K)
    On her maiden voyage in April 1912, the supposedly unsinkable RMS Titanic strikes an iceberg in the Atlantic Ocean.
    DirectorRoy Ward BakerStarsKenneth MoreRonald AllenRobert Ayres
  • Anthony Perkins, John Gavin, Janet Leigh, and Heather Dawn May in Psycho (1960)

    4. Psycho

    19601h 49mR97Metascore
    8.5 (753K)
    A secretary on the run for embezzlement takes refuge at a secluded California motel owned by a repressed man and his overbearing mother.
    DirectorAlfred HitchcockStarsAnthony PerkinsJanet LeighVera Miles
  • Fail Safe (1964)

    5. Fail Safe

    19641h 52mApproved75Metascore
    8.0 (26K)
    A technical malfunction sends American bombers to Moscow to deliver a nuclear attack. Can all-out war be averted?
    DirectorSidney LumetStarsHenry FondaWalter MatthauFritz Weaver
  • Vincent Price in The Masque of the Red Death (1964)

    6. The Masque of the Red Death

    19641h 29mNot Rated77Metascore
    6.9 (17K)
    A European prince terrorizes the local peasantry while using his castle as a refuge against the "Red Death" plague that stalks the land.
    DirectorRoger CormanStarsVincent PriceHazel CourtJane Asher
  • Marilyn Eastman, Duane Jones, and Judith Ridley in Night of the Living Dead (1968)

    7. Night of the Living Dead

    19681h 36mR89Metascore
    7.8 (145K)
    A ragtag group of Pennsylvanians barricade themselves in an old farmhouse to remain safe from a horde of flesh-eating ghouls that are ravaging the Northeast of the United States.
    DirectorGeorge A. RomeroStarsDuane JonesJudith O'DeaKarl Hardman
  • Maurice Evans in Planet of the Apes (1968)

    8. Planet of the Apes

    19681h 52mG79Metascore
    8.0 (205K)
    After being kept in hypersleep during a long expedition into deep space, an astronaut crew crash-lands in the 40th century on a planet where highly intelligent non-human ape species are dominant and humans are enslaved.
    DirectorFranklin J. SchaffnerStarsCharlton HestonRoddy McDowallKim Hunter
  • Mia Farrow in Rosemary's Baby (1968)

    9. Rosemary's Baby

    19682h 17mR96Metascore
    8.0 (248K)
    A young couple trying for a baby moves into an aging, ornate apartment building on Central Park West, where they find themselves surrounded by peculiar neighbors.
    DirectorRoman PolanskiStarsMia FarrowJohn CassavetesRuth Gordon
  • James Caan, Shelley Fabares, and Billy Dee Williams in Brian's Song (1971)

    10. Brian's Song

    19711h 13mGTV Movie62Metascore
    7.5 (9.2K)
    Buzz Kulik's beloved tearjerker is based on the real-life friendship between Chicago Bears teammates Brian Piccolo and Gale Sayers and the bond that was strengthened when Piccolo discovers that he has a fatal disease.
    DirectorBuzz KulikStarsJames CaanBilly Dee WilliamsJack Warden
  • Malcolm McDowell in A Clockwork Orange (1971)

    11. A Clockwork Orange

    19712h 16mR77Metascore
    8.2 (912K)
    Alex DeLarge and his droogs barbarize a decaying near-future.
    DirectorStanley KubrickStarsMalcolm McDowellPatrick MageeMichael Bates
  • Charlton Heston and Lincoln Kilpatrick in The Omega Man (1971)

    12. The Omega Man

    19711h 38mPG56Metascore
    6.4 (35K)
    Dr Robert Neville has developed an experimental vaccine which makes him the only immune survivor of a biological catastrophe. A gang of homicidal mutants blame science for their condition and attempt to kill him.
    DirectorBoris SagalStarsCharlton HestonAnthony ZerbeRosalind Cash
  • Bruce Dern in Silent Running (1972)

    13. Silent Running

    19721h 29mG67Metascore
    6.6 (33K)
    In a future where all flora are extinct on Earth, an astronaut is given orders to destroy the last of Earth's plant samples, kept in a greenhouse aboard a spacecraft.
    DirectorDouglas TrumbullStarsBruce DernCliff PottsRon Rifkin
  • Dead of Night (1974)

    14. Dead of Night

    19741h 28mPG
    6.5 (6.6K)
    A young soldier killed in the Vietnam War inexplicably shows up at his family home on the night of his death.
    DirectorBob ClarkStarsJohn MarleyLynn CarlinRichard Backus
  • Deliverance (1972)

    15. Deliverance

    19721h 49mR80Metascore
    7.6 (125K)
    Intent on seeing the Cahulawassee River before it's dammed and turned into a lake, outdoor fanatic Lewis Medlock takes his friends on a canoeing trip they'll never forget into the dangerous American back-country.
    DirectorJohn BoormanStarsJon VoightBurt ReynoldsNed Beatty
  • Christopher Lee, Britt Ekland, Ingrid Pitt, and Edward Woodward in The Wicker Man (1973)

    16. The Wicker Man

    19731h 28mR87Metascore
    7.5 (100K)
    A puritan police sergeant arrives in a Scottish island village in search of a missing girl, who the pagan locals claim never existed.
    DirectorRobin HardyStarsEdward WoodwardChristopher LeeDiane Cilento
  • Peter Fonda and Susan George in Dirty Mary Crazy Larry (1974)

    17. Dirty Mary Crazy Larry

    19741h 33mPG52Metascore
    6.6 (8.3K)
    Down-on-their-luck racers Larry and Deke steal from a supermarket manager to buy a car that will help them advance their racing chances. Their escape does not go as planned when Larry's one-night stand, Mary, tags along for the ride.
    DirectorJohn HoughStarsPeter FondaSusan GeorgeAdam Roarke
  • Charlton Heston, Victoria Principal, Geneviève Bujold, Ava Gardner, Lorne Greene, George Kennedy, Marjoe Gortner, Lloyd Nolan, Richard Roundtree, and Barry Sullivan in Earthquake (1974)

    18. Earthquake

    19742h 2mPG56Metascore
    5.9 (19K)
    Various interconnected people struggle to survive when an earthquake of unimaginable magnitude hits Los Angeles, California.
    DirectorMark RobsonStarsCharlton HestonAva GardnerGeorge Kennedy
  • Jack Nicholson in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)

    19. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

    19752h 13mR84Metascore
    8.7 (1.1M)
    A newly admitted mental patient helps his docile companions defy the tyrannical head nurse.
    DirectorMilos FormanStarsJack NicholsonLouise FletcherMichael Berryman
  • Peter Fonda and Warren Oates in Race with the Devil (1975)

    20. Race with the Devil

    19751h 28mPG53Metascore
    6.6 (7.8K)
    Two couples vacationing together in an R.V. from Texas to Colorado are terrorized after they witness a murder during a Satanic ritual.
    DirectorJack StarrettStarsPeter FondaWarren OatesLoretta Swit
  • Gregory Peck, Lee Remick, and Harvey Stephens in The Omen (1976)

    21. The Omen

    19761h 51mR62Metascore
    7.5 (141K)
    Mysterious deaths surround an American ambassador. Could the child that he is raising actually be the Antichrist? The Devil's own son?
    DirectorRichard DonnerStarsGregory PeckLee RemickHarvey Stephens
  • Final Chapter: Walking Tall (1977)

    22. Final Chapter: Walking Tall

    19771h 52mR
    5.7 (1.2K)
    Buford Pusser's last days as Sheriff of McNairy County, Tennessee in 1970 and his subsequent death in 1974.
    DirectorJack StarrettStarsBo SvensonLurene TuttleForrest Tucker
  • William Shatner, Tiffany Bolling, and Woody Strode in Kingdom of the Spiders (1977)

    23. Kingdom of the Spiders

    19771h 37mPG
    5.7 (6.7K)
    In rural Arizona, countless killer tarantulas are migrating through a farm town, killing every living thing in their path. The town's veterinarian will do everything in his power to survive the onslaught.
    DirectorJohn 'Bud' CardosStarsWilliam ShatnerTiffany BollingWoody Strode
  • Robert De Niro in The Deer Hunter (1978)

    24. The Deer Hunter

    19783h 3mR90Metascore
    8.1 (376K)
    An in-depth examination of the ways in which the Vietnam War impacts and disrupts the lives of several friends in a small steel mill town in Pennsylvania.
    DirectorMichael CiminoStarsRobert De NiroChristopher WalkenJohn Cazale
  • Donald Sutherland and Veronica Cartwright in Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978)

    25. Invasion of the Body Snatchers

    19781h 55mPG75Metascore
    7.4 (76K)
    When strange seeds drift to earth from space, mysterious pods begin to grow and invade San Francisco, replicating the city's residents one body at a time.
    DirectorPhilip KaufmanStarsDonald SutherlandBrooke AdamsJeff Goldblum

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