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1. Dead Poets Society (1989)

PG | 128 min | Comedy, Drama

Maverick teacher John Keating returns in 1959 to the prestigious New England boys' boarding school where he was once a star student, using poetry to embolden his pupils to new heights of self-expression.

Director: Peter Weir | Stars: Robin Williams, Robert Sean Leonard, Ethan Hawke, Josh Charles

Votes: 546,545 | Gross: $95.86M

2. The Three Musketeers - Part I: D'Artagnan (2023)

121 min | Action, Adventure, History

D'Artagnan arrives in Paris trying to find his attackers after being left for dead, which leads him to a real war where the future of France is at stake. He aligns himself with Athos, Porthos and Aramis, three musketeers of the King.

Director: Martin Bourboulon | Stars: François Civil, Vincent Cassel, Romain Duris, Pio Marmaï

Votes: 19,211

3. Stand by Me (1986)

R | 89 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama

A writer recounts a childhood journey with his friends to find the body of a missing boy.

Director: Rob Reiner | Stars: Wil Wheaton, River Phoenix, Corey Feldman, Jerry O'Connell

Votes: 441,867 | Gross: $52.29M

4. Meatballs (1979)

PG | 94 min | Comedy

Wacky hijinks of counselors and campers at a less-than-average summer camp.

Director: Ivan Reitman | Stars: Bill Murray, Harvey Atkin, Kate Lynch, Russ Banham

Votes: 23,883 | Gross: $43.05M

5. Role Models (2008)

R | 99 min | Comedy

Wild behavior forces a pair of energy drink reps to enroll in a Big Brother program.

Director: David Wain | Stars: Paul Rudd, Seann William Scott, Elizabeth Banks, Christopher Mintz-Plasse

Votes: 241,223 | Gross: $67.29M

6. Friday the 13th (2009)

R | 97 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller

A group of young adults visit a boarded up campsite named Crystal Lake where they soon encounter the mysterious Jason Voorhees and his deadly intentions.

Director: Marcus Nispel | Stars: Jared Padalecki, Amanda Righetti, Derek Mears, Danielle Panabaker

Votes: 116,958 | Gross: $65.00M

7. Are You Afraid of the Dark? (1990–2000)

TV-14 | 30 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror

A group of teenagers meet in the woods, and tell scary stories.

Stars: Ross Hull, Daniel DeSanto, Raine Pare-Coull, Jodie Resther

Votes: 16,196

8. My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic (2010–2020)

TV-Y | 22 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy

After learning that her friends, as well as herself, are the magical Elements of Harmony, studious unicorn Twilight Sparkle is sent by her mentor, Princess Celestia, to Ponyville to study the magic of friendship with help from her friends.

Stars: Ashleigh Ball, Tara Strong, Tabitha St. Germain, Andrea Libman

Votes: 22,809

9. The Fog (1980)

R | 89 min | Horror, Thriller

An unearthly fog rolls into a small coastal town exactly 100 years after a ship mysteriously sank in its waters.

Director: John Carpenter | Stars: Adrienne Barbeau, Jamie Lee Curtis, Janet Leigh, John Houseman

Votes: 83,047 | Gross: $21.38M

10. Lord of the Flies (1990)

R | 90 min | Adventure, Drama, Thriller

Stranded on an island, a group of schoolboys degenerate into savagery.

Director: Harry Hook | Stars: Balthazar Getty, Chris Furrh, Danuel Pipoly, James Badge Dale

Votes: 33,632 | Gross: $13.99M

11. Cabin Fever (2002)

R | 93 min | Horror

Five college graduates rent a cabin in the woods and begin to fall victim to a horrifying flesh-eating virus, which attracts the unwanted attention of the homicidal locals.

Director: Eli Roth | Stars: Jordan Ladd, Rider Strong, James DeBello, Cerina Vincent

Votes: 83,725 | Gross: $21.16M

12. The Dark Tower (2017)

PG-13 | 95 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy

A boy haunted by visions of a dark tower from a parallel reality teams up with the tower's disillusioned guardian to stop an evil warlock known as the Man in Black who plans to use the boy to destroy the tower and open the gates of Hell.

Director: Nikolaj Arcel | Stars: Idris Elba, Matthew McConaughey, Tom Taylor, Dennis Haysbert

Votes: 145,861 | Gross: $50.70M

13. Wolf Creek (2005)

R | 99 min | Horror, Thriller

Three backpackers stranded in the Australian outback are plunged inside a hellish nightmare of insufferable torture by a sadistic psychopathic local.

Director: Greg McLean | Stars: Nathan Phillips, Cassandra Magrath, Kestie Morassi, John Jarratt

Votes: 78,386 | Gross: $16.19M

14. The Howling (1981)

R | 91 min | Horror

After a bizarre and near deadly encounter with a serial killer, a television newswoman is sent to a remote mountain resort whose residents may not be what they seem.

Director: Joe Dante | Stars: Dee Wallace, Patrick Macnee, Dennis Dugan, Christopher Stone

Votes: 40,224 | Gross: $17.99M

15. Friday the 13th Part 2 (1981)

R | 87 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller

Five years after the events of the first film, a summer camp next to the infamous Camp Crystal Lake is preparing to open, but the legend of Jason is weighing heavy on the proceedings.

Director: Steve Miner | Stars: Betsy Palmer, Amy Steel, John Furey, Adrienne King

Votes: 77,797 | Gross: $21.72M

16. The Burning (1981)

R | 91 min | Horror

A former summer camp caretaker, horribly burned from a prank gone wrong, lurks around an upstate New York summer camp bent on killing the teenagers responsible for his disfigurement.

Director: Tony Maylam | Stars: Brian Matthews, Leah Ayres, Brian Backer, Larry Joshua

Votes: 22,290

17. Without a Paddle (2004)

PG-13 | 95 min | Adventure, Comedy, Mystery

After their friend dies, three men decide to fulfill their childhood dream by going on a camping expedition for the lost D. B. Cooper bounty, with calamitous results.

Director: Steven Brill | Stars: Matthew Lillard, Seth Green, Dax Shepard, Matthew Price

Votes: 50,952 | Gross: $58.17M

18. Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius (2001)

G | 82 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

An eight-year-old boy genius and his friends must rescue their parents after the adults are abducted by aliens.

Director: John A. Davis | Stars: Debi Derryberry, Rob Paulsen, Megan Cavanagh, Mark DeCarlo

Votes: 38,043 | Gross: $80.94M

19. Child's Play 3 (1991)

R | 90 min | Horror, Thriller

Chucky returns for revenge against Andy, the young boy who defeated him, and now a teenager living in a military academy.

Director: Jack Bender | Stars: Justin Whalin, Perrey Reeves, Jeremy Sylvers, Travis Fine

Votes: 46,203 | Gross: $14.96M

20. Club Dread (2004)

R | 104 min | Comedy, Horror, Mystery

When a serial killer interrupts the fun at the swanky Coconut Pete's Coconut Beach Resort--a hedonistic island paradise for swingers--it's up to the club's staff to stop the violence...or at least hide it.

Director: Jay Chandrasekhar | Stars: Jay Chandrasekhar, Bill Paxton, Kevin Heffernan, Elena Lyons

Votes: 31,491 | Gross: $4.99M

21. Smallfoot (2018)

PG | 96 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy

High up on a mountain peak surrounded by clouds, a secret Yeti society lives in peace and harmony. One day, a Yeti witnesses an airplane crash; Inside lies "Smallfoot", a legendary creature that will rock the society to its core.

Directors: Karey Kirkpatrick, Jason Reisig | Stars: Channing Tatum, James Corden, Zendaya, Common

Votes: 42,975 | Gross: $83.24M

22. Madman (1981)

R | 88 min | Horror, Thriller

A legendary psychopathic murderer stalks a summer camp.

Director: Joe Giannone | Stars: Gaylen Ross, Tony Nunziata, Harriet Bass, Seth Jones

Votes: 6,745

23. The Final Terror (1983)

R | 84 min | Horror

A group of rangers go camping on unfamiliar forest grounds. All's well until the group members start getting killed by a cunning killer in the woods.

Director: Andrew Davis | Stars: John Friedrich, Adrian Zmed, Ernest Harden Jr., Lewis Smith

Votes: 3,746

24. Evil Laugh (1986)

R | 91 min | Comedy, Horror

A group of Med students fix up an old house over a weekend. Where a mass murder occurred 10 years earlier. Mayhem ensues.

Director: Dominick Brascia | Stars: Ashlyn Gere, Steven Baio, Tony Griffin, Jody Gibson

Votes: 1,267

25. The Willies (1990 Video)

PG-13 | 92 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy

A harmless backyard camp out becomes an unforgettable night of chills and thrills for three young boys as they share their favorite scary stories.

Director: Brian Peck | Stars: Sean Astin, Jason Horst, Joshua John Miller, James Karen

Votes: 2,007

26. Campfire Tales (1997)

R | 88 min | Horror, Mystery

Teens entertain one another by telling an anthology of famous urban legends with a modern twist; including makeout-point, monsters, psychopaths, and ghosts.

Directors: Matt Cooper, Martin Kunert, David Semel | Stars: James Marsden, Amy Smart, Frederick Lawrence, Christopher Masterson

Votes: 4,481

27. Scooby-Doo! Camp Scare (2010 Video)

Not Rated | 72 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy

Scooby-Doo, Shaggy, Freddy, Daphne and Velma fish for clues to solve the mysteries of The Woodsman, The Fishman and The Banshee of Black Canyon.

Director: Ethan Spaulding | Stars: Frank Welker, Mindy Cohn, Matthew Lillard, Grey Griffin

Votes: 4,453

28. The Prey (1983)

R | 80 min | Horror

Three couples go on a camping trip in the woods of southern California during the summer, where a deformed man is stalking their camp.

Director: Edwin Brown | Stars: Debbie Thureson, Steve Bond, Lori Lethin, Robert Wald

Votes: 1,863

29. Don't Go in the Woods (1981)

R | 82 min | Horror, Thriller

Four friends camping in the woods inadvertently stumble upon the domain of a maniacal killer.

Director: James Bryan | Stars: Nick Cleland, Mary Gail Artz, James P. Hayden, Angie Brown

Votes: 3,502

30. Preservation (2014)

Not Rated | 88 min | Horror, Thriller

An anesthesiologist must awaken her animal instincts when she, her husband and her brother-in-law become the quarry of unseen hunters who want to turn them all into trophies.

Director: Christopher Denham | Stars: Wrenn Schmidt, Pablo Schreiber, Aaron Staton, Cody Saintgnue

Votes: 6,059

31. Mater and the Ghostlight (2006 Video)

G | 7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy

In this short featuring the characters of the movie Cars, Mater is told the story of a Ghostlight, which causes him to be scared.

Directors: John Lasseter, Dan Scanlon | Stars: Larry the Cable Guy, Owen Wilson, Michael Wallis, Bonnie Hunt

Votes: 9,018

32. Curse of Bloody Mary (2021)

TV-MA | 77 min | Horror

A group of friends reuniting soon learn the deadly curse of - The Bloody Mary.

Director: David Gregory | Stars: Abi Casson Thompson, Sarah T. Cohen, Antonia Whillans, Beatrice Fletcher

Votes: 138

33. The Wacky Adventures of Ronald McDonald: Scared Silly (1998 Video)

Not Rated | 40 min | Animation, Short, Adventure

Ronald and his friends going on a camping trip in the Far-Flung Forest where Ronald discovers an old house which he assumes is haunted by a ghost called the Far-Flung Phantom. The campers ... See full summary »

Director: John Holmquist | Stars: Jack Doepke, Verne Troyer, Dee Bradley Baker, Christine Cavanaugh

Votes: 359

34. Blood Sisters (1987)

R | 86 min | Horror, Thriller

Seven girls must spend the night in an old house, which once was a brothel, as part of an initiation.

Director: Roberta Findlay | Stars: Amy Brentano, Shannon McMahon, Daniel Erickson, Marla Machart

Votes: 814

35. Memorial Valley Massacre (1988)

R | 93 min | Horror, Thriller

A newly opened campsite is terrorized by a primitive young man who begins killing campers to defend his territory.

Director: Robert Hughes | Stars: John Kerry, Mark Mears, Mark Caso, Lesa Lee

Votes: 1,364

36. Grim Prairie Tales (1990)

R | 86 min | Horror, Western

"Grim Prairie Tales" is a 1990 horror anthology movie where a cynical bounty hunter and a clerk traveling through the prairie rest by the campfire telling four stories of terror to each other.

Director: Wayne Coe | Stars: James Earl Jones, Brad Dourif, Will Hare, Marc McClure

Votes: 1,114

37. Darna Mana Hai (2003)

Not Rated | 121 min | Horror

After their car breaks down in the middle of the night, seven friends find shelter and tell one another stories to kill time till dawn.

Director: Prawaal Raman | Stars: Saif Ali Khan, Boman Irani, Nana Patekar, Vivek Oberoi

Votes: 3,849

38. The Pool (2014)

76 min | Horror

A father takes his wife, two sons, and a friend and his daughter on a hiking trip in the woods. After a long search for a spot to set up camp, the father finds a perfect place overlooking a... See full summary »

Director: Chris W. Mitchell | Stars: Gijs Scholten van Aschat, Carine Crutzen, Bart Klever, Katja Herbers

Votes: 1,470

39. Our Trip to Berribrook (2022)

85 min | Comedy, Horror

In the summer of 2018, three kid-friendly American vloggers headed into an Australian national park in search of a mysterious, bigfoot-like creature. They were never seen again. Their footage was thought lost. Until now.

Director: Frank Maljevac | Stars: Ardie Peters, Alice Mahony, Nick Shugg, Danae Swinburne

Votes: 63

40. Rocky Mountain Holiday with John Denver and the Muppets (1983 TV Special)

Unrated | 47 min | Comedy, Family, Music

The Muppets join John Denver for a holiday camping trip in the Rocky Mountains of Colorado.

Director: Jim Henson | Stars: John Denver, Frank Oz, Jerry Nelson, Dave Goelz

Votes: 283

41. We're Not Safe Here (2022)

13 min | Short, Horror

For three longtime friends, a camping trip turns into a night of terror and insanity when one of them tells the story of a mysterious creature called La Mimica.

Director: Christopher Cox | Stars: Henry Hetz, Nik Shriner, Bobby Slaski, Carson Overholt

Votes: 67

42. All Hallows' Eve (2007 Video)

R | 73 min | Horror

October 31st begins like any other day. Adults go to work. Children go to school. But when night falls, the real party begins. That's when a young group of friends get together to tell some... See full summary »

Director: Harry Sparks | Stars: Stuart DeMattia, Colleen Stein, Serena Lorien, Bryant Sullivan

Votes: 102

43. Magic Rock (2001)

94 min | Drama, Family, Comedy

When a beloved Summer Camp Director dies, the popular boys' haven will be closed by the heartless Attorney who inherits it unless a dedicated young Camp Counselor can change his mind over ... See full summary »

Directors: Aditya Chandora, Bradley Gallo | Stars: Bradley Gallo, Tom Delaney, Miko Hughes, William Stone Mahoney

Votes: 81

44. Halloween Heroes (2021)

Not Rated | 77 min | Comedy, Family

When a group of teens from Henderson Middle School become magically infused with the powers of their Halloween costumes, they band together to investigate several local spooky legends. Will... See full summary »

Director: Jason Campbell | Stars: Kylynn Ellenburg, Brayden Lacer, Ella Kate Brown, Ryleigh Elizabeth Jordan

Votes: 73

45. That One Summer (2005 Video)

TV-G | 84 min | Comedy, Drama, Family

During a bittersweet reunion with his father Otis, Ted Garner recounts how he bonded with his own son by helping him make a film about the classic Native American legend, The Sleeping Bear. A heartwarming film for all ages.

Director: Richard Brauer | Stars: Ernest Borgnine, Mike Sullivan, Debra Rich, Kevin Bulmann

Votes: 38

46. F*ck, Kill Mary

Horror | Post-production

Seven sorority initiates are left to fend for themselves in the woods alone in 1999, where a masked killer with a mirror shard kills them one by one.

Director: Dustin Martyn | Stars: Lydia Pearl Pentz, Chynna Rae Shurts, Kaikane, Audrey Booth

47. Spooky Squad: Bigfoot's Big Feat (2015 TV Movie)

Comedy

The Spooky Squad shares the bone-chilling tale of Bigfoot's Big Feat.

Directors: Nick Murphy, Paul Ritchey | Stars: Corey Holland, Jacquie Baker, Dominic Moschitti, Jolie Darrow

Votes: 9

48. Campfire Story (2016)

10 min | Short, Comedy, Horror

A young girl attempts to retell a classic campfire story, while her friends insist on adding their own unique perspective to the tale. Can she finish before they become the victims of a campfire slaying of their own?

Directors: Lewis Carter, Kristian Kane | Stars: Ellen Jane-Thomas, Craig McDonald, Isabelle Paige, Louisa Palmer

Votes: 7

49. Love Kills (I) (2009)

11 min | Short, Horror, Thriller

Evil high school antics culminate in the creation of a monster. It's wrath is unrelenting and the ensuing rampage adheres to the textbook formula of a typical 'slasher' movie.

Director: Judith Schuyler | Stars: Samantha Nemeth, Edda Kristinsson, Brandon Cormier, Veronika London

50. Bad Berries (2019)

4 min | Short, Comedy

A child's spooky campfire story is brought to life in this whimsical, short film. A grumpy, little boy is sent to the woods to pick berries. The adventure takes a startling turn.

Director: Lily Mehallick | Stars: Cameron Wake, Amy Day, Claire Hanken, Lucy Hanken