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1. Martyrs (2008)
R | 99 min | Horror
A young woman's quest for revenge against the people who kidnapped and tormented her as a child leads her and a friend, who is also a victim of child abuse, on a terrifying journey into a living hell of depravity.
Director: Pascal Laugier | Stars: Morjana Alaoui, Mylène Jampanoï, Catherine Bégin, Robert Toupin
Votes: 106,611
2. Berserk (1997–1998)
TV-MA | 23 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
Guts, a wandering mercenary, joins the Band of the Hawk after being defeated in a duel by Griffith, the group's leader and founder. Together, they dominate every battle, but something menacing lurks in the shadows.
Stars: Marc Diraison, Nobutoshi Canna, Carrie Keranen, Kevin T. Collins
Votes: 53,393
3. The Road (I) (2009)
R | 111 min | Drama, Thriller
In a dangerous post-apocalyptic world, an ailing father defends his son as they slowly travel to the sea.
Director: John Hillcoat | Stars: Viggo Mortensen, Charlize Theron, Kodi Smit-McPhee, Robert Duvall
Votes: 254,407 | Gross: $0.06M
4. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2009)
R | 152 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A journalist is aided by a young female hacker in his search for the killer of a woman who has been dead for forty years.
Director: Niels Arden Oplev | Stars: Michael Nyqvist, Noomi Rapace, Ewa Fröling, Lena Endre
Votes: 223,414 | Gross: $10.10M
5. You Were Never Really Here (2017)
R | 89 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A traumatized veteran unafraid of violence tracks down missing girls for a living. When a job spins out of control, Joe's nightmares overtake him as a conspiracy is uncovered leading to what could be his death trip or his awakening.
Director: Lynne Ramsay | Stars: Joaquin Phoenix, Judith Roberts, Ekaterina Samsonov, John Doman
Votes: 127,786 | Gross: $2.53M
6. Mad God (2021)
Unrated | 83 min | Animation, Fantasy, Horror
The Assassin travels through a nightmare underworld of tortured souls, ruined cities and wretched monstrosities forged from the primordial horrors of the unconscious mind of Phil Tippett, the world's preeminent stop-motion animator.
Director: Phil Tippett | Stars: Alex Cox, Niketa Roman, Satish Ratakonda, Harper Taylor
Votes: 14,778
7. The Wall (II) (2017)
R | 88 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
Two American Soldiers are trapped by a lethal sniper, with only an unsteady wall between them.
Director: Doug Liman | Stars: Aaron Taylor-Johnson, John Cena, Laith Nakli
Votes: 30,978 | Gross: $1.80M
8. The Blackcoat's Daughter (I) (2015)
R | 93 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Two girls must battle a mysterious evil force when they get left behind at their boarding school over winter break.
Director: Oz Perkins | Stars: Emma Roberts, Kiernan Shipka, Lucy Boynton, James Remar
Votes: 26,069 | Gross: $0.02M
9. Silent Night (I) (2021)
Not Rated | 92 min | Comedy, Drama, Horror
Nell, Simon, and their 3 sons are ready to welcome friends and family for what promises to be a perfect Christmas gathering. Perfect except for one thing: everyone is going to die.
Director: Camille Griffin | Stars: Keira Knightley, Matthew Goode, Roman Griffin Davis, Annabelle Wallis
Votes: 20,044
10. Lilya 4-Ever (2002)
R | 109 min | Crime, Drama
Sixteen-year-old Lilja and her only friend, the young boy Volodja, live in Russia, fantasizing about a better life. One day, Lilja falls in love with Andrej, who is going to Sweden, and invites Lilja to come along and start a new life.
Director: Lukas Moodysson | Stars: Oksana Akinshina, Artyom Bogucharskiy, Pavel Ponomaryov, Lyubov Agapova
Votes: 49,429 | Gross: $0.18M
11. Harry Brown (2009)
R | 103 min | Action, Crime, Drama
An elderly ex-serviceman and widower looks to avenge his best friend's murder by doling out his own form of justice.
Director: Daniel Barber | Stars: Michael Caine, Emily Mortimer, David Bradley, Charlie Creed-Miles
Votes: 91,417 | Gross: $1.82M
12. Kes (1969)
PG-13 | 111 min | Drama, Family
A working-class English boy spends his free time caring for and training his pet kestrel.
Director: Ken Loach | Stars: David Bradley, Brian Glover, Freddie Fletcher, Lynne Perrie
Votes: 22,961
13. Dark Crimes (2016)
R | 92 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A murder investigation of a slain businessman turns to clues found in an author's book about an eerily similar crime. Based on the 2008 article "True Crimes - A Postmodern Murder Mystery" by David Grann.
Director: Alexandros Avranas | Stars: Jim Carrey, Marton Csokas, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Kati Outinen
Votes: 19,977
14. The Eyes of My Mother (2016)
R | 76 min | Drama, Horror, Thriller
In their secluded farmhouse, a mother (a former surgeon) teaches her daughter, Francisca, anatomy, and how life and death are not to be feared. One afternoon, a mysterious visitor shatters ... See full summary »
Director: Nicolas Pesce | Stars: Kika Magalhães, Will Brill, Olivia Bond, Paul Nazak
Votes: 14,476 | Gross: $0.03M
15. Megalomaniac (2022)
100 min | Horror
Megalomaniac questions the invisible line between victim and executioner and how it is crossed. A film about the weight of patriarchy and the illusion of Manichaeism.
Director: Karim Ouelhaj | Stars: Eline Schumacher, Benjamin Ramon, Hélène Moor, Wim Willaert
Votes: 972
16. 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days (2007)
Not Rated | 113 min | Drama
A woman assists her friend in arranging an illegal abortion in 1980s Romania.
Director: Cristian Mungiu | Stars: Anamaria Marinca, Laura Vasiliu, Vlad Ivanov, Alexandru Potocean
Votes: 63,322 | Gross: $1.19M
17. The Method (2015– )
TV-MA | 53 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
An ambitious young law enforcement graduate is thrilled when her idol takes her on as a trainee. But his methods aren't anything like she imagined.
Stars: Konstantin Khabenskiy, Paulina Andreeva, Kirill Polukhin, Alexander Petrov
Votes: 3,329
18. 7 Days (2010)
Not Rated | 105 min | Crime, Drama, Horror
A doctor seeks revenge by kidnapping, torturing and killing the man who raped and murdered his young daughter.
Director: Daniel Grou | Stars: Claude Legault, Rémy Girard, Martin Dubreuil, Fanny Mallette
Votes: 8,655
19. Pixote (1980)
TV-MA | 128 min | Crime, Drama
The life of a boy on the streets of Sao Paulo, involved with crimes, prostitution, and drugs.
Director: Hector Babenco | Stars: Fernando Ramos da Silva, Jorge Julião, Gilberto Moura, Edilson Lino
Votes: 9,246
20. Texhnolyze (2003)
TV-MA | Animation, Drama, Sci-Fi
In a man-made underground society, descendants of a banished generation vie for control of the crumbling city of Lux. Ichise, an orphan turned prize fighter, loses a leg and an arm to satisfy an enraged fight promoter.
Stars: Michael Forest, Liam O'Brien, Patrick Seitz, Shizuka Itou
Votes: 3,116
21. Wolf's Rain (2003–2004)
TV-14 | 701 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
In a post-apocalyptic future where humans live in domed cities surrounded by wasteland, wolves are assumed to be two hundred years extinct.
Stars: Sarah Hauser, Darren Pleavin, Kenta Miyake, Akio Suyama
Votes: 8,264
22. Cargo 200 (2007)
89 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A young woman is taken hostage by a police officer gone mad.
Director: Aleksey Balabanov | Stars: Agniya Kuznetsova, Aleksey Poluyan, Leonid Gromov, Aleksey Serebryakov
Votes: 11,396
23. Chapter 27 (2007)
R | 84 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
A film about Mark David Chapman in the days leading up to the infamous murder of Beatle John Lennon.
Director: J.P. Schaefer | Stars: Jared Leto, Lindsay Lohan, Judah Friedlander, Ursula Abbott
Votes: 11,572 | Gross: $0.06M
24. The Keeping Room (2014)
R | 95 min | Drama, Western
Left without men in the dying days of the American Civil War, three women must fight to defend their home and themselves from two rogue soldiers who have broken off from the fast-approaching Union Army.
Director: Daniel Barber | Stars: Brit Marling, Hailee Steinfeld, Sam Worthington, Muna Otaru
Votes: 7,594 | Gross: $0.03M
25. The Green Elephant (1999)
90 min | Comedy, Horror, Thriller
Two Russian prisoners are abused mentally and physically.
Director: Svetlana Baskova | Stars: Sergey Pakhomov, Vladimir Epifantsev, Aleksandr Maslaev, Anatoliy Osmolovskiy
Votes: 3,095
26. Cold Water (1994)
Not Rated | 95 min | Drama
When the girl of a rebelious teenage couple finds out she is being sent away, they both believe escaping the rigid order suffocating them is the only way to be free. But is it?
Director: Olivier Assayas | Stars: Virginie Ledoyen, Cyprien Fouquet, László Szabó, Jean-Pierre Darroussin
Votes: 2,234 | Gross: $0.03M
27. Evilenko (2003)
Not Rated | 111 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A disgraced communist schoolteacher in Kyiv becomes a brutal, unfeeling serial killer. Based on the crimes of Andrei Chikatilo.
Director: David Grieco | Stars: Malcolm McDowell, Marton Csokas, Ronald Pickup, Ruby Kammer
Votes: 3,543
28. Pin Cushion (2017)
Not Rated | 82 min | Drama
When a socially awkward teen and her outcast mother become targets for the petty and cruel denizens of their small town, they seek refuge in an elaborate fantasy world of their own making.
Director: Deborah Haywood | Stars: Lily Newmark, Joanna Scanlan, Chanel Cresswell, Bethany Antonia
Votes: 1,184
29. Better Things (2008)
TV-MA | 93 min | Drama
A group of young people grow up together in a small, rural community in the Cotswolds.
Director: Duane Hopkins | Stars: Rachel McIntyre, Emma Cooper, Liam McIlfatrick, Che Corr
Votes: 743
30. Twilight Portrait (2011)
105 min | Drama
Marina, an upper-class social worker with a doting husband and an enviable downtown apartment, is suddenly transformed into a bizarre twilight version of herself after having been raped by three policemen.
Director: Angelina Nikonova | Stars: Olga Dykhovichnaya, Roman Merinov, Sergey Golyudov, Sergey Borisov
Votes: 902
31. White Night (2012)
75 min | Drama
Flight attendant Won-Gyu left Korea 2 years ago with painful memories and now comes back. Won-Gyu meets Tae-Joon, who is a quick service delivery man and has a special night with him.
Director: Hee-il Leesong | Stars: Hyun-sung Kim, Tae-hee Won, Lee Yi-kyeong
Votes: 423
32. Night at the Golden Eagle (2001)
R | 87 min | Drama
An ex-convict's plans to turn legit go awry.
Director: Adam Rifkin | Stars: Vinny Argiro, James Caan, Donnie Montemarano, Natasha Lyonne
Votes: 2,621 | Gross: $0.02M
33. Germany Pale Mother (1980)
152 min | Drama, History, War
Germany 1939. Hans and Lene marry the day before the war breaks out, and Hans is sent to the Eastern front. During a bombing raid their daughter Anna is born. The house is destroyed and ... See full summary »
Director: Helma Sanders-Brahms | Stars: Eva Mattes, Ernst Jacobi, Elisabeth Stepanek, Angelika Thomas
Votes: 848
34. Different Kinds of Rain (2017)
91 min | Drama
A family struggles with the teenager son who suffers from Hikikomori phenomenon. Suddenly, he closes the door and locks himself in, shutting out a helpless father, mother and sister
Director: Isabel Prahl | Stars: Bjarne Mädel, Bibiana Beglau, Emma Bading, Béla Gabor Lenz
Votes: 431
35. Skint (2013– )
Documentary
A true account of life on an English housing estate. With those on Government handouts, drugs, booze & long-term unemployment.
Stars: Ralph Ineson, Steven Hartley, Steve Speirs
Votes: 60
36. Bez kozhi (2014)
73 min | Drama
Summer. During the admission to the acting school, Lisa gets acquainted with one of the entrants and leads him to the sculpture workshop of her father, where they spend several days ... See full summary »
Director: Vladimir Bek | Stars: Elizavetta Ryzhih, Pyotr Skvortsov
37. Silent Ones (2013)
97 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
A girl wakes up after a car crash. Her younger brother has disappeared. As she promised him, she boards a cargo ship to find a new life. Then the shady Gábor crosses her path. A surreal trip on the fragile edge of life and death.
Director: Ricky Rijneke | Stars: Fatih Dervisoglu, Roland Rába, Orsolya Tóth
Votes: 4,527
38. A Guidebook to Killing Your Ex (2016)
71 min | Comedy, Drama, Horror
A lonely man with an intention of documenting every important detail is planning to kill his ex-girlfriend within 72 hours only to realize things are not as easy as he previously imagined.
Director: József Gallai | Stars: Balázs Szitás, Tímea Virga, Tamás Szilágyi, Olivia Barta
Votes: 242
39. Rape Climax! (1987)
64 min | Drama, Horror
The story follows a female artist who attends a meditation center that advertises a relaxation session in a large tank filled with water. She is drugged by the clinic's doctor who rapes her in the tank and film's the act.
Director: Hisayasu Satô | Stars: Yutaka Ikejima, Shôichirô Sakata
Votes: 79
40. Shadows of a Stranger (2014)
106 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller
A haunted investigator teams up with a psychic on a mysterious job that promises a fortune: a search to bring a missing stranger home by Christmas.
Directors: Chris Clark, Richard Dutton | Stars: Ian Mude, Chris Clark, Colin Baker, Martha Watson Allpress
Votes: 33
41. Moimi glazami (2013)
24 min | Thriller
An experiment on the transmigration of souls is underway at a secret facility. One of the test subjects is a serial killer. However, something goes wrong during the experiment, and the criminal's soul breaks free.
Stars: Anastasiya Stezhko, Andrey Kozlov
Votes: 126
42. Starving (2020)
Not Rated | 5 min | Short, Drama, Thriller
A destitute man struggles to feed him and his dog during the covid-19 pandemic lock-down.
Director: Nishan Bhujel | Star: Raj Gautam
Votes: 20
43. Men of Ireland (1938)
48 min | Drama, Romance
A young medical student visits the Blasket Islands, off the coast of Ireland, during the holidays and becomes charmed with the place and its people. He falls in love with a local girl, who ... See full summary »
Directors: Richard Bird, Patrick K. Heale | Stars: Cecil F. Ford, Eileen Curran, Brian O'Sullivan, Gabriel Fallon
Votes: 62
44. Zoetrope (1999)
18 min | Short, Horror
Director: Charlie Deaux | Stars: Nigel Bonfield, Michael Bradley, Robert Deacon
Votes: 290
45. Sella Turcica (2017)
75 min | Drama
Director: Yusup Razykov | Stars: Vitali Daushev, Sergey Genkin, Ilya Kovrizhnykh, Valeri Maslov
Votes: 69
46. Chelovek, kotoryy molchal (2004)
85 min | Thriller
Director: Pavel Ruminov | Stars: Olga Bondareva, Mikhail Dementev, Mikhail Efimov, Natalya Gudkova
Votes: 36
47. Rats in the walls (2020)
56 min | Horror, Thriller
Lead character hears rats in the walls and goes to basement for destroy them. But he opens mysteriously door with ancient evil named Khastur.
Director: Nikita Kuznetsov | Stars: Nikita Kuznetsov, Dmitry Chmelyov, Denis Gazaryan, Alina Fadikhova
Votes: 27
48. Ádám és Éva (2010 TV Movie)
61 min | Drama
The last days of a young couple named Adam and Eve.
Director: József Gallai | Stars: József Gallai, Diána Bodrik
Votes: 35
49. An Aqueous Solution (2003)
2 min | Animation, Short
Bleak and apparently grim, but within its bleakness is an assertive statement on self-determination and the fundamental need for both dark and light.
Director: Jo Meuris
Votes: 27
50. The Shavetail (2015)
Short, Crime, Thriller
Igor' is a homicide's second lieutenant. He goes on his first case in which a serial killer is involved. Everybody thinks Igor' isn't ready for such a job, but he wants to disprove it at all costs.
Director: Kiril Zharovski | Stars: Andrei Butadom, Ignat Kostrovski, Elena Medvedeva, Vyacheslav Pasyukov