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1. A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)

R | 91 min | Horror

Teenager Nancy Thompson must uncover the dark truth concealed by her parents after she and her friends become targets of the spirit of a serial killer with a bladed glove in their dreams, in which if they die, it kills them in real life.

Director: Wes Craven | Stars: Heather Langenkamp, Johnny Depp, Robert Englund, John Saxon

Votes: 263,259 | Gross: $25.50M

2. The Babadook (2014)

Not Rated | 94 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery

A single mother and her child fall into a deep well of paranoia when an eerie children's book titled "Mister Babadook" manifests in their home.

Director: Jennifer Kent | Stars: Essie Davis, Noah Wiseman, Daniel Henshall, Hayley McElhinney

Votes: 248,062 | Gross: $0.92M

3. High Tension (2003)

R | 91 min | Horror

Best friends Marie and Alexia decide to spend a quiet weekend at Alexia's parents' secluded farmhouse. But on the night of their arrival, the girls' idyllic getaway turns into an endless night of horror.

Director: Alexandre Aja | Stars: Cécile de France, Maïwenn, Philippe Nahon, Franck Khalfoun

Votes: 78,058 | Gross: $3.68M

4. The Slumber Party Massacre (1982)

R | 77 min | Horror

A female high school student's slumber party turns into a bloodbath, as a newly escaped psychotic serial killer wielding a power drill prowls her neighborhood.

Director: Amy Holden Jones | Stars: Michele Michaels, Robin Stille, Michael Villella, Debra De Liso

Votes: 17,965

5. Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising (2016)

R | 92 min | Comedy

When their new next-door neighbors turn out to be a sorority even more debaucherous than the fraternity that lived there before, Mac and Kelly team with their former enemy, Teddy, to bring the girls down.

Director: Nicholas Stoller | Stars: Seth Rogen, Rose Byrne, Zac Efron, Chloë Grace Moretz

Votes: 130,379 | Gross: $55.46M

6. Wait Until Dark (1967)

Approved | 108 min | Thriller

A recently blinded woman is terrorized by a trio of thugs while they search for a heroin-stuffed doll they believe is in her apartment.

Director: Terence Young | Stars: Audrey Hepburn, Alan Arkin, Richard Crenna, Efrem Zimbalist Jr.

Votes: 33,831 | Gross: $17.55M

7. White Heat (1949)

Not Rated | 114 min | Action, Crime, Drama

A psychopathic criminal with a mother complex makes a daring break from prison and leads his old gang in a chemical plant payroll heist.

Director: Raoul Walsh | Stars: James Cagney, Virginia Mayo, Edmond O'Brien, Margaret Wycherly

Votes: 35,881

8. The Bird with the Crystal Plumage (1970)

GP | 96 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller

An American expatriate in Rome attempts to unmask a serial killer he witnessed in the act of an attempted murder - and is now hunting him and his girlfriend.

Director: Dario Argento | Stars: Tony Musante, Suzy Kendall, Enrico Maria Salerno, Eva Renzi

Votes: 24,168 | Gross: $0.42M

9. Nomads (1986)

R | 91 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller

A French anthropologist specializing in nomadic groups moves to Los Angeles with his wife, and starts following a group of sinister street punks who seem to live and move around in a black van. But they aren't what they seem.

Director: John McTiernan | Stars: Lesley-Anne Down, Pierce Brosnan, Anna Maria Monticelli, Adam Ant

Votes: 5,364 | Gross: $2.28M

10. La Cérémonie (1995)

Not Rated | 111 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

A newly hired maid for a rich countryside family befriends a post-office clerk who encourages her to rebel against her employers.

Director: Claude Chabrol | Stars: Isabelle Huppert, Sandrine Bonnaire, Jacqueline Bisset, Jean-Pierre Cassel

Votes: 13,863 | Gross: $0.08M

11. Asylum (I) (1972)

PG | 88 min | Horror

In order to secure a job at a mental institution, a young psychiatrist must interview four patients inside the asylum.

Director: Roy Ward Baker | Stars: Barbara Parkins, Richard Todd, Sylvia Syms, Peter Cushing

Votes: 8,210

12. The Bat (1959)

Approved | 80 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller

A crazed killer known as "The Bat" is on the loose in a mansion full of people.

Director: Crane Wilbur | Stars: Vincent Price, Agnes Moorehead, Gavin Gordon, John Sutton

Votes: 6,224

13. The Forgotten (1973)

R | 89 min | Horror, Thriller

A young psychiatric nurse goes to work at a remote asylum following a murder. There, she experiences varying degrees of torment from the patients.

Director: S.F. Brownrigg | Stars: Bill McGhee, Jessie Lee Fulton, Robert Dracup, Harryette Warren

Votes: 3,527

14. The Corruption of Chris Miller (1973)

R | 107 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery

Abandoned by their husband/father, a traumatized woman and her disturbed stepdaughter hire a drifter handyman at their secluded estate while a series of murders begins.

Director: Juan Antonio Bardem | Stars: Jean Seberg, Marisol, Barry Stokes, Perla Cristal

Votes: 963

15. The Bride Wore Black (1968)

Unrated | 107 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Julie Kohler is prevented from suicide by her mother. She leaves the town. She will track down, charm and kill five men who do not know her. What is her goal? What is her purpose?

Director: François Truffaut | Stars: Jeanne Moreau, Jean-Claude Brialy, Michel Bouquet, Charles Denner

Votes: 10,158 | Gross: $0.55M

16. Fright (1971)

PG | 87 min | Horror, Thriller

An English baby sitter is terrorized by her friend's ex-husband, escaped from an asylum.

Director: Peter Collinson | Stars: Honor Blackman, Susan George, George Cole, Tara Collinson

Votes: 1,938 | Gross: $0.17M

17. The Caller (1987)

R | 97 min | Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller

A woman, living in an isolated cabin, lets a mysterious stranger in to make a phone call.

Director: Arthur Allan Seidelman | Stars: Malcolm McDowell, Madolyn Smith Osborne

Votes: 1,658

18. Satanik (1968)

Not Rated | 86 min | Crime, Sci-Fi, Thriller

A withered old hag turns into a beautiful young woman after drinking a youth formula.

Director: Piero Vivarelli | Stars: Magda Konopka, Julio Peña, Umberto Raho, Luigi Montini

Votes: 429

19. Sunday in the Country (1974)

R | 93 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

Three vicious thugs are on the run in rural America after robbing a local bank. They seek refuge at the home of a reclusive farmer, but he is prepared for their arrival and holds them at ... See full summary »

Director: John Trent | Stars: Ernest Borgnine, Michael J. Pollard, Hollis McLaren, Louis Zorich

Votes: 705

20. Kill the Referee (1984)

82 min | Thriller

Michel,a referee has to suffer the consequences of having whistled a penalty against a team which is supported by football hooligans.

Director: Jean-Pierre Mocky | Stars: Michel Serrault, Carole Laure, Eddy Mitchell, Laurent Malet

Votes: 588

21. The Crook (1970)

G | 120 min | Crime, Thriller

Story about an incurable thief, his success and his failures.

Director: Claude Lelouch | Stars: Jean-Louis Trintignant, Danièle Delorme, Charles Gérard, Christine Lelouch

Votes: 961

22. Suspense (1913)

Not Rated | 10 min | Short, Drama, Horror

Abandoned by her maidservant in an isolated country house, a mother must protect herself and her baby from an invading tramp while her husband races home in a stolen car to save them.

Directors: Phillips Smalley, Lois Weber | Stars: Lois Weber, Val Paul, Douglas Gerrard, Sam Kaufman

Votes: 2,196

23. Golden Earring: Twilight Zone (1982 Music Video)

4 min | Action, Music, Mystery

Music video for Golden Earring's hit song 'Twilight Zone.' Both the song and the video were inspired by the book 'The Bourne Identity.' The band's singer Barry Hay plays a secret agent on the run from enemy agents played by his bandmates.

Director: Dick Maas | Stars: Rinus Gerritsen, Golden Earring, Barry Hay, George Kooymans

Votes: 58

24. Operation Cobra (1995)

R | 90 min | Action

A family is held prisoner in their own house, when a summit conference is to be held in Nærum. The terrorist group has the plan of preventing this meeting and therefor capturing a family, ... See full summary »

Director: Lasse Spang Olsen | Stars: Kasper Tuxen, Dejan Cukic, Robert Hansen, Anders Schoubye

Votes: 245

25. The Snoop Sisters (1972–1974)
Episode: The Female Instinct (1972)

100 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

A spinster and her widowed sister, who are also mystery writers, try to track down the killer of a former movie star.

Director: Leonard Stern | Stars: Helen Hayes, Mildred Natwick, Charlie Callas, Jill Clayburgh

Votes: 216

26. Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1985–1989)
Episode: The Hunted: Part 1 (1988)

TV-PG | Crime, Drama, Mystery

A man holds a real estate agent hostage in an office and threatens to shoot people from the window.

Director: Timothy Bond | Stars: Edward Woodward, Kate Trotter, Elizabeth Lennie, James Hobson

Votes: 100

27. MacGyver (1985–1992)
Episode: Blind Faith (1991)

TV-PG | 48 min | Action, Adventure, Crime

A man has been killed in broad daylight and Pete is at the scene. A stranger passes Pete by and whispers into his ear: "It's off." When Pete is looking at sketches of the suspects, MacGyver... See full summary »

Director: Michael Caffey | Stars: Richard Dean Anderson, Dana Elcar, Irene DeBari, Michael MacRae

Votes: 256

28. My Name Is Earl (2005–2009)
Episode: O Karma, Where Art Thou? (2006)

TV-14 | 22 min | Comedy

Earl works as a fast-food clerk for a week for a man he stole a wallet from. While he's there, he discovers that his new boss seems to be immune to bad karma--he's a total jerk but lives a charmed life.

Director: Michael Fresco | Stars: Jason Lee, Ethan Suplee, Jaime Pressly, Nadine Velazquez

Votes: 812

29. Night Visions (2001–2002)
Episode: The Doghouse/Still Life (2001)

TV-14 | Fantasy, Horror, Mystery

A man is saved form a loan shark by a psychopathic female dog owner, who wants him as a pet. / Happy housewife Kate is targeted by a mysterious relentless thug for seemingly no reason.

Directors: Ernest R. Dickerson, JoBeth Williams | Stars: Jane Adams, Stephen Baldwin, Bill Croft, Anaya Farrell

Votes: 98

30. Secrets of War (1998– )
Episode: The French Resistance

TV-PG | 52 min | Documentary, History, War

Sworn to Secrecy examines the French Resistance. After Nazi Germany's invasion and capture of France, brave French citizens take it upon themselves to wage a guerrilla campaign against ... See full summary »

Stars: Charlton Heston, J.C. Simmons, Bela Elek, M.R.D. Foot

31. Forensic Files (1996–2011)
Episode: A Woman Scorned (2000)

TV-14 | 22 min | Documentary, Crime

When Joann Katrinak is found dead with her infant son Alex next to her, the obvious suspect is the husband and father of the victims. But some insects found on the bodies reveal a vital ... See full summary »

Stars: Peter Thomas, Joann Katrinak, Alex Katrinak, Patricia Rorrer

Votes: 103

32. Mr. Pickles (2013–2019)
Episode: The Cheeseman (2014)

TV-MA | 12 min | Animation, Comedy, Horror

The Goodmans go on a family camping trip and Tommy learns the frightening legend of The Cheeseman.

Director: Will Carsola | Stars: Brooke Shields, Dave Stewart, Frank Collison, Jay Johnston

Votes: 242

33. The Last Ship (2014–2018)
Episode: Honor (2018)

TV-14 | 43 min | Action, Drama, Sci-Fi

With a devastating hostage situation occurring back home, Chandler must devise the perfect plan to avoid losing everything.

Director: Paul Holahan | Stars: Eric Dane, Adam Baldwin, Bridget Regan, Charles Parnell

Votes: 561