Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "accused-of-witchcraft"

1. 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: 216,752 | Gross: $55.70M

2. Häxan (1922)

Not Rated | 91 min | Documentary, Fantasy, Horror

Fictionalized documentary showing the evolution of witchcraft, from its pagan roots to its confusion with hysteria in Eastern Europe.

Director: Benjamin Christensen | Stars: Benjamin Christensen, Elisabeth Christensen, Maren Pedersen, Clara Pontoppidan

Votes: 16,724

3. The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1939)

Passed | 116 min | Drama, Romance

In 15th-century France, a gypsy girl is framed for murder by the infatuated Chief Justice, and only the deformed bellringer of Notre Dame Cathedral can save her.

Director: William Dieterle | Stars: Charles Laughton, Maureen O'Hara, Cedric Hardwicke, Thomas Mitchell

Votes: 12,280 | Gross: $3.27M

4. Belladonna of Sadness (1973)

Unrated | 86 min | Animation, Drama, Fantasy

After being raped by an evil feudal lord and subsequently getting banished from her village, a peasant girl makes a pact with the Devil to gain magical powers and take her revenge.

Director: Eiichi Yamamoto | Stars: Aiko Nagayama, Chinatsu Nakayama, Masaya Takahashi, Masakane Yonekura

Votes: 7,761 | Gross: $0.11M

5. World Without End (2012)

TV-MA | 47 min | Drama, Romance, Thriller

The English town of Kingsbridge works to survive as the King leads the nation into the Hundred Years' War with France while Europe deals with the outbreak of the Black Death.

Stars: Ben Chaplin, Charlotte Riley, Nora Waldstätten, Oliver Jackson-Cohen

Votes: 9,138

6. Witchfinder General (1968)

Unrated | 86 min | Drama, Horror

A young soldier seeks to put an end to the evils caused by a vicious witch-hunter when the latter terrorizes his fiancée and kills her uncle.

Director: Michael Reeves | Stars: Vincent Price, Ian Ogilvy, Rupert Davies, Patrick Wymark

Votes: 12,224

7. 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: 8,521

8. I Am Not a Witch (2017)

93 min | Comedy, Drama

In a remote Zambian community a girl is denounced as a witch and sent on a trajectory of exploitation, as a tethered member of a witches' camp, a witch for hire and a tourist exhibit.

Director: Rungano Nyoni | Stars: Maggie Mulubwa, Henry B.J. Phiri, Nancy Murilo, Margaret Spinella

Votes: 4,200 | Gross: $0.05M

9. The Pit and the Pendulum (1991)

R | 97 min | Horror, Romance

Horror film set in 1492 Toledo, Spain, depicting the cruel deeds of a monk named Torquemada, Grand Inquisitor of the Spanish Inquisition.

Director: Stuart Gordon | Stars: Lance Henriksen, Stephen Lee, William Norris, Mark Margolis

Votes: 5,450 | Gross: $0.00M

10. The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1956)

PG | 104 min | Drama, Fantasy

The timeless tale of the seductive gypsy Esmeralda and the tortured hunchback Quasimodo.

Director: Jean Delannoy | Stars: Gina Lollobrigida, Anthony Quinn, Jean Danet, Alain Cuny

Votes: 3,167

11. Frankenstein Unbound (1990)

R | 85 min | Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi

The ultimate weapon which was meant to be safe for the mankind produces global side effects including time slides and disappearances.The scientist behind the project and his car are zapped from the year 2031 to 1817's Switzerland.

Director: Roger Corman | Stars: John Hurt, Raul Julia, Nick Brimble, Bridget Fonda

Votes: 4,132 | Gross: $0.33M

12. 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: 5,785

13. Requiem (II) (2021)

25 min | Short, Horror

Requiem is set in 1605, against the backdrop of the witch trials. It's a coming of age story, following Evelyn as she engages in a game of cat and mouse against her father, Minister Gilbert, in order to be with Mary, the woman she loves.

Director: Em J. Gilbertson | Stars: Bella Ramsey, Safia Oakley-Green, Simon Balcon, Sean Buchanan

Votes: 574

14. The Countess (2009)

Not Rated | 98 min | Biography, Drama, History

A 17th century Hungarian countess embarks on a murderous undertaking, with the belief that bathing in the blood of virgins will preserve her beauty.

Director: Julie Delpy | Stars: Julie Delpy, Daniel Brühl, William Hurt, Anamaria Marinca

Votes: 8,661

15. Witchcraft (1964)

Not Rated | 79 min | Horror

When her grave is disturbed by modern-day land developers, a 300-year-old witch is accidentally resurrected and terrorizes an English village.

Director: Don Sharp | Stars: Lon Chaney Jr., Jack Hedley, Jill Dixon, Viola Keats

Votes: 1,538

16. The Sisterhood of Night (2014)

PG-13 | 104 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller

When a teenage girl says she's the victim of a secret network called The Sisterhood of Night, a quiet suburban town becomes the backdrop for a modern-day Salem witch trial.

Director: Caryn Waechter | Stars: Georgie Henley, Kara Hayward, Willa Cuthrell-Tuttleman, Olivia DeJonge

Votes: 2,244

17. The Trial of Joan of Arc (1962)

64 min | Biography, Drama, History

A Joan of Arc's trial reconstruction concerning her imprisonment, interrogation and final execution at the hands of the English. Filmed in a spare, low-key fashion.

Director: Robert Bresson | Stars: Florence Delay, Jean-Claude Fourneau, Roger Honorat, Marc Jacquier

Votes: 5,963

18. The Undead (1957)

Unrated | 71 min | Fantasy, Horror

A beautiful woman is sent back in time via hypnosis to the Middle Ages where she finds she is suspected of being a witch, and subject to being executed.

Director: Roger Corman | Stars: Pamela Duncan, Richard Garland, Allison Hayes, Val Dufour

Votes: 2,582

19. Angélique (I) (2013)

113 min | Adventure, History, Romance

In France, prior to Louis XIV ascending the throne, a young baroness is forced to marry against her will and is caught up in a web of treachery and murder, threatening her and her husband, whom she has come to love deeply.

Director: Ariel Zeitoun | Stars: Nora Arnezeder, Gérard Lanvin, Tomer Sisley, David Kross

Votes: 1,838

20. The X Files: Resist or Serve (2004 Video Game)

M | Action, Adventure, Horror

Survival horror game set during season 7 of The X-Files (1993). Scully and Mulder travel to Red Falls, Colorado to look for two missing teenage girls accused of witchcraft only to find the place infested with black oil zombies.

Stars: David Duchovny, Gillian Anderson, Mitch Pileggi, Tom Braidwood

Votes: 702

21. Angélique (1964)

TV-14 | 115 min | Adventure, Drama, History

In the first of the Angélique series, the beautiful feisty teenage heroine becomes entangled in a political assassination plot and is betrothed to a stranger who is twelve years her senior and a reputed sorcerer.

Director: Bernard Borderie | Stars: Michèle Mercier, Robert Hossein, Jean Rochefort, Claude Giraud

Votes: 3,022

22. Adaline (2015)

TV-MA | 97 min | Thriller

Adaline's terrifying visions bleed through from the past and become Daniela's present-day nightmares.

Director: Bidisha Chowdhury | Stars: Jill Evyn, Lane Townsend, Jeremy S. Walker, Emily Claeys

Votes: 265

23. The Headsman (2005)

R | 115 min | Drama

The story of time-tested loyalty of two friends during Europe's 16th-century Inquisition. Orphans Martin and Georg bond as children, but walk very different paths as adults. Georg follows ... See full summary »

Director: Simon Aeby | Stars: Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Peter McDonald, Anastasia Griffith, Steven Berkoff

Votes: 1,079

24. Notre-Dame de Paris (1998 TV Movie)

150 min | Drama, Music, Musical

A musical adaptation of Victor Hugo's novel "Notre-Dame de Paris" which follows the gypsy dancer Esmeralda and the three men who vie for her love: the kind hunchback Quasimodo, the twisted priest Frollo, and the unfaithful soldier Phoebus.

Director: Gilles Amado | Stars: Hélène Ségara, Daniel Lavoie, Bruno Pelletier, Garou

Votes: 1,744

25. Devil's Bride (2016)

R | 110 min | Drama, History

Anna is a 16-year old in a village where women are accused of witchcraft. It's based on the witch hunts on Åland, Finland in the 1600s.

Director: Saara Cantell | Stars: Tuulia Eloranta, Magnus Krepper, Elin Petersdottir, Claes Malmberg

Votes: 1,400

26. Heartstopper (1989)

R | 90 min | Horror

A physician who was hanged during the American Revolution for being a vampire is resurrected. He confesses his crimes to a priest, but starts to kill again. His modern descendant turns out ... See full summary »

Director: John A. Russo | Stars: Kevin Kindlin, Moon Unit Zappa, Tom Savini, John Hall

Votes: 154

27. Joan the Woman (1916)

Passed | 138 min | Adventure, Drama, History

A WWI English officer is inspired the night before a dangerous mission by a vision of Joan of Arc, whose story he relives.

Director: Cecil B. DeMille | Stars: Geraldine Farrar, Raymond Hatton, Hobart Bosworth, Theodore Roberts

Votes: 652 | Gross: $1.32M

28. Blair Witch Volume 3: The Elly Kedward Tale (2000 Video Game)

M | Action, Adventure, Horror

Survival horror action adventure set In 1785 about a witch-hunter investigating whether or not a Burkittsville woman accused of witchcraft is taking vengeance on her fellow villagers who tried to lynch her.

Votes: 62

29. The Time Tree (2018)

18 min | Short, Drama, Family

1596. Anne, a deaf girl, bullied by the maids and mistresses who look after her, finds solace when she comes across a magical tree: a portal to the present, where she meets Jo and Rachel, ... See full summary »

Director: Celine Cotran | Stars: Miranda Beinart-Smith, Jillian Bradley, Cleopatra Dickens, Paul Fuller

Votes: 26

30. Nancy Drew: Curse of Blackmoor Manor (2004 Video Game)

E | Adventure, Mystery

Teen detective Nancy Drew is invited to an old manor in England to figure out why the woman living there has been acting strangely.

Director: Max Holechek | Stars: Lani Minella, Amy Broomhall, Conni Ellern, Jenn Ruzumna

Votes: 125

31. Le jugement de Dieu (1952)

98 min | Drama

Bavaria, 1433. Reason of state rules that Prince Albert is to marry Princess Bertha of Wurtemberg. But the fine-looking young man is loath to become the husband of a woman with pimples,flat... See full summary »

Director: Raymond Bernard | Stars: Andrée Debar, Jean-Claude Pascal, Gabrielle Dorziat, Pierre Renoir

Votes: 43

32. The Cross and the Flame (1957)

79 min | Drama

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Director: Armand Lohikoski | Stars: Tauno Palo, Anneli Sauli, Tarmo Manni, Edvin Laine

Votes: 59

33. One Step Beyond (1959–1961)
Episode: Doomsday (1959)

Not Rated | 30 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror

A poor, pretty, village woman living in Scotland in the 17th Century is sentenced to be burned at the stake, for the natural death of her lover, the son of an Earl. She shouts out a curse ... See full summary »

Director: John Newland | Stars: Donald Harron, Torin Thatcher, Edward Atienza, Fintan Meyler

Votes: 164

34. Covington Cross (1992)
Episode: The Persecution (1992)

Adventure, History

Richard Grey rescues Rachel, a beautiful young woman, from a vengeful mob and brings her home to Covington Cross. Soon after her arrival an unusual death, violent storms and other unusual ... See full summary »

Director: Francis Megahy | Stars: Nigel Terry, Cherie Lunghi, James Faulkner, Jonathan Firth

Votes: 14

35. Dark Shadows (1991)
Episode: Episode #1.11 (1991)

TV-14 | 45 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror

Victoria's witchcraft trial begins where the Trask tries to play on the jury and the communities fears to act in his favor as well as testimony from the equally fanatical Abigail. Despite ... See full summary »

Director: Mark Sobel | Stars: Ben Cross, Lysette Anthony, Barbara Blackburn, Jim Fyfe

Votes: 50

36. Dark Shadows (1991)
Episode: Episode #1.7 (1991)

TV-14 | 45 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror

Having been transported to the year 1790, Victoria meets the residents of Collinwood each of whom strongly resemble the present day characters of Collinwood. Victoria becomes the tutor for ... See full summary »

Director: Paul Lynch | Stars: Ben Cross, Lysette Anthony, Barbara Blackburn, Jim Fyfe

Votes: 76

37. Dark Shadows (1991)
Episode: Episode #1.9 (1991)

TV-14 | 44 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror

Victoria is jailed for witchcraft. Angelique uses black magic to resurrect Jeremiah as a zombie under her control to kill Josette. A witch's curse changes the course of the Collins family for the next 200 years.

Director: Rob Bowman | Stars: Ben Cross, Lysette Anthony, Barbara Blackburn, Jim Fyfe

Votes: 75

38. Out of Control (1984–1985)
Episode: The Hurrry Up Time Machine (1984)

TV-PG | 25 min | Adventure, Comedy, Family

Dave uses his "Hurry Up Time Machine" to go back in time and meet some pirates. A kid shows his pet brontosaurus to a stunned reporter. The show searches for the world's greatest taco and shows how not to build a go-kart.

Director: Robert Hughes | Stars: Dave Coulier, Diz McNally, Marty Schiff, David Stenstrom

39. Space Patrol (1950–1955)
Episode: Baccarratti and Black Magic (1954)

Action, Adventure, Family

Having captured Prince Baccarrati and his henchmen in Salem, Massachusetts at the height of the witchcraft hysteria in 1692, Corry and Happy attempt to return clothing they borrowed from a ... See full summary »

Director: Dick Darley | Stars: Ed Kemmer, Lyn Osborn, Bela Kovacs, Bill Baldwin

40. Star Trek (1966–1969)
Episode: All Our Yesterdays (1969)

TV-PG | 50 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

When Kirk, Spock and McCoy investigate the disappearance of a doomed planet's population, they find themselves trapped in different periods of that world's past.

Director: Marvin J. Chomsky | Stars: William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, DeForest Kelley, Mariette Hartley

Votes: 3,395

41. The Tall Man (1960–1962)
Episode: The Woman in Black (1962)

30 min | Western

Don Diego, a wealthy Mexican-American landowner, and Rosa, his beautiful fiancée, have a falling out which ends in angry words and mutual recriminations. Rosa places a curse on Don Diego ... See full summary »

Director: Edward Montagne | Stars: Barry Sullivan, Clu Gulager, Adele Mara, Gregory Morton

Votes: 11

42. Thriller (1960–1962)
Episode: Hay-Fork and Bill-Hook (1961)

TV-PG | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Horror

On the Welsh Border, an old man suspected of witchcraft is gruesomely murdered with a hay-fork and bill-hook. The Scotland Yard inspector investigating has to wade through a morass of ... See full summary »

Director: Herschel Daugherty | Stars: Boris Karloff, Kenneth Haigh, Audrey Dalton, Alan Napier

Votes: 180

43. Thriller (1960–1962)
Episode: La Strega (1962)

TV-PG | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Horror

After a young woman and her penniless lover defy her her grandmother's wishes, the old lady uses witchcraft to make their lives unpleasant

Director: Ida Lupino | Stars: Boris Karloff, Ursula Andress, Alejandro Rey, Ramon Novarro

Votes: 186

44. The X-Files (1993–2018)
Episode: Chinga (1998)

TV-14 | 44 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Rumors of witchcraft and sorcery surrounding a bizarre murder at a supermarket in a small New England fishing town lead Scully, who's on vacation, to a little girl and a cursed doll that may be hiding a murderous presence.

Director: Kim Manners | Stars: David Duchovny, Gillian Anderson, Susannah Hoffmann, Larry Musser

Votes: 4,127

45. Animated Hero Classics (1991–2005)
Episode: Joan of Arc (1996)

30 min | Animation

As a young girl, Joan lived in the French countryside. One day, she heard voices from heaven talking to her. The voices told Joan that she was called to help fight for the freedom of France... See full summary »

Director: Richard Rich | Stars: Bridget Connors, Mark Hunt, Robert Cottrell, William Dennis Hunt

Votes: 20

46. Van Helsing (2016–2021)
Episode: Old Friends (2021)

TV-MA | 43 min | Action, Drama, Fantasy

Jack joins forces with her once sworn enemy who reveals a dangerous weapon that will help the Van Helsing's kill The Dark One - but the consequences of using this weapon are dire.

Director: Jonathan Scarfe | Stars: Nicole Muñoz, Heather Doerksen, Dan Cade, Jesse Stanley

Votes: 239

47. Time Team (1994– )
Episode: Towcester, Northamptonshire (2008)

Not Rated | 47 min | Documentary, History

Paintpot's, the family cat, burial shows a wall. It is known that a Cistercian Nunnery existed here 900 years ago. Over the usual 3 days can the Team find the layout?

Director: Nick Gillam-Smith | Stars: Tony Robinson, Mick Aston, Phil Harding, Helen Geake

Votes: 19

48. 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: 8,947

49. Dispatches (1987– )
Episode: Britain's Witch Children (2010)

Documentary, News

Dispatches looks at why some of Britain's African churches perpetuate the myth of witchcraft and believe children can be possessed by evil spirits.

Director: David Alter | Star: Yasmin Bannerman

50. Dispatches (1987– )
Episode: Return to Africa's Witch Children (2009)

Documentary, News

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Directors: Mags Gavan, Joost van der Valk | Stars: Sophie Okonedo, Godswill Akpabio, Gary Foxcroft, James Ibor

Votes: 8