Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "mesmerism"

1. Jennifer's Body (2009)

R | 102 min | Comedy, Horror

A newly-possessed high-school cheerleader turns into a succubus who specializes in killing her male classmates. Can her best friend put an end to the horror?

Director: Karyn Kusama | Stars: Megan Fox, Amanda Seyfried, Adam Brody, Johnny Simmons

Votes: 151,293 | Gross: $16.20M

2. Inland Empire (2006)

R | 180 min | Drama, Fantasy, Mystery

As an actress begins to adopt the persona of her character in a film, her world becomes nightmarish and surreal.

Director: David Lynch | Stars: Karolina Gruszka, Krzysztof Majchrzak, Grace Zabriskie, Laura Dern

Votes: 62,056 | Gross: $0.75M

3. Cure (1997)

Not Rated | 111 min | Crime, Horror, Mystery

A frustrated detective deals with the case of several gruesome murders committed by people who have no recollection of what they've done.

Director: Kiyoshi Kurosawa | Stars: Masato Hagiwara, Koji Yakusho, Tsuyoshi Ujiki, Anna Nakagawa

Votes: 23,064 | Gross: $0.09M

4. Stir of Echoes (1999)

R | 99 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller

After being hypnotized by his sister-in-law, a man begins seeing haunting visions of a girl's ghost and a mystery begins to unfold around him.

Director: David Koepp | Stars: Kevin Bacon, Zachary David Cope, Kathryn Erbe, Illeana Douglas

Votes: 87,508 | Gross: $21.13M

5. Black Sunday (1960)

Approved | 87 min | Horror

A vengeful witch and her fiendish servant return from the grave and begin a bloody campaign to possess the body of the witch's beautiful look-alike descendant.

Director: Mario Bava | Stars: Barbara Steele, John Richardson, Andrea Checchi, Ivo Garrani

Votes: 17,599

6. The Pirate (1948)

Approved | 102 min | Adventure, Comedy, Musical

A girl is engaged to the local rich man, but meanwhile she has dreams about the legendary pirate Macoco. A traveling singer falls in love with her and to impress her he poses as the pirate.

Director: Vincente Minnelli | Stars: Judy Garland, Gene Kelly, Walter Slezak, Gladys Cooper

Votes: 5,613 | Gross: $2.96M

7. Tales of Terror (1962)

Not Rated | 89 min | Comedy, Horror, Mystery

Three tales of terror involve a grieving widower and the daughter he abandoned; a drunkard and his wife's black cat; and a hypnotist who prolongs the moment of a man's death.

Director: Roger Corman | Stars: Vincent Price, Maggie Pierce, Leona Gage, Peter Lorre

Votes: 8,381

8. Captain Kronos: Vampire Hunter (1974)

R | 91 min | Adventure, Horror, Mystery

A master swordsman and former soldier and his hunchbacked assistant hunt vampires.

Director: Brian Clemens | Stars: Horst Janson, John Carson, Shane Briant, Caroline Munro

Votes: 5,694 | Gross: $0.12M

9. The Affair of the Necklace (2001)

R | 118 min | Drama, History, Romance

In pre-Revolutionary France, a young aristocratic woman left penniless by the political unrest in the country must avenge her family's fall from grace by scheming to steal a priceless necklace.

Director: Charles Shyer | Stars: Hilary Swank, Simon Baker, Jonathan Pryce, Adrien Brody

Votes: 5,594 | Gross: $0.43M

10. The Case of the Scorpion's Tail (1971)

Not Rated | 95 min | Crime, Horror, Mystery

An insurance investigator tries to determine any irregularities in the policy of a heiress' dead husband, but soon finds himself suspected of her murder.

Director: Sergio Martino | Stars: George Hilton, Anita Strindberg, Alberto de Mendoza, Janine Reynaud

Votes: 3,570

11. The Quest (1976)

TV-PG | 60 min | Drama, Western

2 brothers and a sister separated by Indians when the younger brother and sister were taken by them. The brothers finally reunite and decide to go on a quest to find their sister.

Stars: Kurt Russell, Tim Matheson, Frank Salsedo, Dan O'Herlihy

Votes: 293

12. The Woman in Green (1945)

Approved | 68 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Sherlock Holmes investigates when young women around London turn up murdered, each with a finger severed. Scotland Yard suspects a madman, but Holmes believes the killings to be part of a diabolical plot.

Director: Roy William Neill | Stars: Basil Rathbone, Nigel Bruce, Hillary Brooke, Henry Daniell

Votes: 6,871

13. Mesmer (1994)

Not Rated | 107 min | Biography, Drama

A biography of the 18-century Viennese physician Franz Anton Mesmer, who used unorthodox healing practices based on his theory of "animal magnetism."

Director: Roger Spottiswoode | Stars: Donal Donnelly, David Burke, Peter Dvorsky, Alan Rickman

Votes: 1,133

14. Mesmerized (1985)

PG | 94 min | Drama

An orphaned New Zealand girl married to an older, wealthy businessman learns to deal with his strange sexual desires.

Director: Michael Laughlin | Stars: Jodie Foster, John Lithgow, Michael Murphy, Dan Shor

Votes: 1,019

15. Black Magic (1949)

Passed | 105 min | Drama, Mystery, Romance

Hypnotist uses his powers for revenge against King Louis XV's court.

Directors: Gregory Ratoff, Orson Welles | Stars: Orson Welles, Nancy Guild, Akim Tamiroff, Frank Latimore

Votes: 1,465

16. Extraordinary Tales (2013)

Not Rated | 73 min | Animation, Horror, Mystery

An animated anthology of five tales adapted from Edgar Allan Poe's stories.

Director: Raul Garcia | Stars: Christopher Lee, Bela Lugosi, Julian Sands, Guillermo del Toro

Votes: 3,562

17. Forest of the Damned (2005)

R | 95 min | Horror

A group of friends go on a roadtrip and come to a stop in a forest where legend has it a group of naked bisexual female monsters lurk. Will they awake them? And if so will they survive?

Director: Johannes Roberts | Stars: Tom Savini, Daniel Maclagan, Nicole Petty, Sophie Holland

Votes: 1,211

18. Deadly Lessons (2006)

R | 138 min | Action, Comedy, Thriller

A mysterious college professor becomes the focus of a murderer investigation when he is framed by his rival, Dr. Crazx, a Pulitzer prize winning psychiatrist.

Director: Stuart Paul | Stars: Jon Voight, Marcus Shirock, Skyler Shaye, Germaine De Leon

Votes: 2,323

19. The Bells (1926)

68 min | Crime, Drama, Horror

An innkeeper murders a wealthy guest to pay off his debt, but his conscience will not allow him to get away with the crime so easily.

Director: James Young | Stars: Lionel Barrymore, Caroline Frances Cooke, Gustav von Seyffertitz, Lorimer Johnston

Votes: 508

20. The Mesmerist (2002)

Not Rated | 95 min | Comedy, Mystery

"The Mesmerist" is a twisted black comedy about a doctor who convinces a dying man's family to allow him to put the man in a trance and what happens when he descends into the after-world

Director: Gil Cates Jr. | Stars: Neil Patrick Harris, Jessica Capshaw, Howard Hesseman, Jason Carter

Votes: 256

21. Jacky Caillou (2022)

92 min | Thriller, Fantasy, Drama

Follows a young man, Jacky Caillou, who lives in a small village in the French Alps with his loving grandmother Gisele, a magnetic healer.

Director: Lucas Delangle | Stars: Thomas Parigi, Edwige Blondiau, Lou Lampros, Jean-Louis Coulloc'h

Votes: 148

22. Secrets of Chinatown (1935)

Approved | 63 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller

Private detective Donegal Dawn, is summoned by the police commissioner to solve the reasons for a crime wave in Chinatown, and scoffs at the official ruling on tong-killings. His friend, ... See full summary »

Director: Fred C. Newmeyer | Stars: Nick Stuart, Lucile Browne, Raymond Lawrence, James Flavin

Votes: 55

23. Dark Night (2019)

130 min | Action, Horror

Nicole Francis Wilson, Damien Cruz, and Tracy O'Donnell return in this new action packed horror film from director Matt Spease.

Director: Matt Spease | Stars: Kevin T. Oliver, Ryan Heumier, Hanleigh Baker, Buddy Campbell

Votes: 25

24. The Mouse-Merized Cat (1946)

6 min | Family, Animation, Short

Babbit hypnotizies Catsello, despite his efforts to resist, into believing he's Bing Crosby, Frank Sinatra, and 'Jimmy Durante', then a chicken, and finally a dog, who he sics on the cat. ... See full summary »

Director: Robert McKimson | Stars: Mel Blanc, Richard Bickenbach, Sam Glaser, Bob Lyons

Votes: 317

25. The Fabulous Fraud (1948)

11 min | Short, Biography, Drama

The story of Dr. Anton Mesmer, the man who discoverd hypnotism.

Director: Edward L. Cahn | Stars: John Baragrey, John Nesbitt, Phyllis Morris, Marcia Mae Jones

Votes: 93

26. A Sad Fascination (1911)

Short, Drama

A young, woman of superior attainments has fallen under the spell of a low criminal of the flash burglar type, who brutally ill-treats her. She breaks the spell at last, and obtains a ... See full summary »

Director: Oreste Mentasti | Stars: Adriana Costamagna, Vitale De Stefano, Emilio Ghione

27. Ko-Ko's Hypnotism (1929)

8 min | Animation, Short, Comedy

A live-action amateur hypnotist mesmerizes Koko the clown and Fitz the dog; but a witch teaches them how to take their revenge...

Director: Dave Fleischer

Votes: 44

28. The Strange Story of Sylvia Gray (1914)

40 min | Short, Drama, Mystery

Vain and ashamed of their poverty, Sylvia Gray, wife of unsuccessful playwright Henry Gray, elopes with Lennox, a wealthy young man, taking her daughter "Silvery" with her. The child is ... See full summary »

Director: Charles L. Gaskill | Stars: Helen Gardner, Charles Kent, Mary Charleson, Charles Eldridge

Votes: 21

29. The Devilish Desire of Dario Dragani (2012)

15 min | Short, Thriller

In this loose, modern re-telling of THE CABINET OF DR. CALIGARI, Dave Ferrier plays Dario Dragani, a douche bag office supervisor and skilled mesmerist. Craving power, wealth and women, he ... See full summary »

Director: Mark Mackner | Stars: Doug Layne, Dave Ferrier, Dahlia DeSade, Mark Mackner

30. Lost in Space (1965–1968)
Episode: Wild Adventure (1966)

Not Rated | 50 min | Adventure, Comedy, Family

Smith finds the course back to earth, but a space female lures Smith out of the ship. Saving him would again leave the crew of the Jupiter 2 lost in space.

Director: Don Richardson | Stars: Guy Williams, June Lockhart, Mark Goddard, Marta Kristen

Votes: 232

31. The Wild Wild West (1965–1969)
Episode: The Night of the Winged Terror: Part 1 (1969)

TV-PG | 60 min | Action, Adventure, Western

James West is dispatched to a town after the U.S. receives a warning of an impending catastrophe. The Secret Service agent is unable to prevent the town's mayor from blowing up a new ... See full summary »

Director: Marvin J. Chomsky | Stars: Robert Conrad, Ross Martin, William Schallert, Christopher Cary

Votes: 138

32. The Wild Wild West (1965–1969)
Episode: The Night of the Winged Terror: Part II (1969)

TV-PG | 60 min | Action, Adventure, Western

West departs Raven's headquarters in a bid to ruin the organization's plot to kill a Mexican official. The Secret Service agent, though, doesn't realize he has been programmed to ... See full summary »

Director: Marvin J. Chomsky | Stars: Robert Conrad, Ross Martin, William Schallert, Christopher Cary

Votes: 126

33. Dickens in America (2005)
Episode: Pittsburgh to Louisville (2005)

Documentary

Miriam Margolyes follows Dickens's trail inland 1,000 miles along the course of the Ohio River to Louisville, Kentucky, in the company of cowboys. Along the way she is taught how to improve... See full summary »

Director: Sarah Howitt | Stars: Miriam Margolyes, Nathaniel Parker

34. Warehouse 13 (2009–2014)
Episode: Implosion (2009)

TV-14 | 42 min | Adventure, Drama, Mystery

The theft of the perfect Samurai sword attracts Atrie's attention because he suspects his former partner and current nemesis; McPherson.

Director: Vincent Misiano | Stars: Eddie McClintock, Joanne Kelly, Saul Rubinek, Genelle Williams

Votes: 645

35. Warehouse 13 (2009–2014)
Episode: Regrets (2009)

TV-PG | 42 min | Adventure, Drama, Mystery

A prison, a new warden, and a charismatic preacher inmate who may have a artifact seems related to a string prisoner suicides accompanied by hallucinations. Pete and Myka search for the ... See full summary »

Director: Michael W. Watkins | Stars: Eddie McClintock, Joanne Kelly, Saul Rubinek, Genelle Williams

Votes: 615

36. Marie Antoinette (2022– )
Episode: The Ostrich Bitch (2022)

TV-MA | 53 min | Biography, Drama, History

Marie Antoinette is pregnant at last, but her reputation is attacked when explicit pamphlets challenging the legitimacy of her unborn child appear at Versailles. The castle is locked down and investigated in order to uncover the traitor.

Director: Geoffrey Enthoven | Stars: Emilia Schüle, Louis Cunningham, Jack Archer, Jasmine Blackborow

Votes: 166

37. Power Rangers Ninja Steel (2017–2018)
Episode: My Friend Redbot (2017)

TV-Y7 | 24 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy

Hayley is targeted by Galvanax's latest monster; isolated from the other Rangers, Hayley and Redbot and Kody must work together to save themselves.

Director: Simon Bennett | Stars: William Shewfelt, Nico Greetham, Zoë Robins, Peter Adrian Sudarso

Votes: 45

38. The ComicWeb: Old Time Radio Programs (2014– )
The Shadow: The Temple Bells of Neban (2014 Podcast Episode)

28 min | History

ComicWeb presents "The Shadow": a broadcast from October 24, 1937 titled "The Temple of Neban". The cast includes Orson Welles and Agnes Moorehead. The sponsor is Blue Coal.

Stars: Agnes Moorehead, Orson Welles

39. Watchmen (2019)
Episode: This Extraordinary Being (2019)

TV-MA | 61 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Deep under the influence of Nostalgia, Angela gets a firsthand account of her grandfather's journey.

Director: Stephen Williams | Stars: Regina King, Jean Smart, Don Johnson, Hong Chau

Votes: 9,572