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1. The Phantom of the Opera (2004)

PG-13 | 143 min | Drama, Musical, Romance

A young soprano becomes the obsession of a disfigured and murderous musical genius who lives beneath the Paris Opéra House.

Director: Joel Schumacher | Stars: Gerard Butler, Emmy Rossum, Patrick Wilson, Miranda Richardson

Votes: 130,708 | Gross: $51.27M

2. Sleepy Hollow (1999)

R | 105 min | Fantasy, Horror, Mystery

Ichabod Crane is sent to Sleepy Hollow to investigate the decapitations of three people; the culprit is legendary apparition The Headless Horseman.

Director: Tim Burton | Stars: Johnny Depp, Christina Ricci, Miranda Richardson, Michael Gambon

Votes: 383,983 | Gross: $101.07M

3. The Brothers Grimm (2005)

PG-13 | 118 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy

Will and Jake Grimm are traveling con-artists who encounter a genuine fairy-tale curse which requires true courage instead of their usual bogus exorcisms.

Director: Terry Gilliam | Stars: Matt Damon, Heath Ledger, Monica Bellucci, Petr Ratimec

Votes: 126,278 | Gross: $37.92M

4. Behaving Badly (2014)

R | 97 min | Comedy, Romance

Teenager Rick Stevens has a crush on Nina Pennington. They form a friendship and take a rock'n'roll journey together while Nina deals with her overbearing boyfriend Kevin.

Director: Tim Garrick | Stars: Nat Wolff, Selena Gomez, Mary-Louise Parker, Elisabeth Shue

Votes: 12,345

5. Risen (2016)

PG-13 | 107 min | Action, Drama, History

In 33 AD, a Roman Tribune in Judea is tasked to find the missing body of Jesus Christ, who rose from the dead.

Director: Kevin Reynolds | Stars: Joseph Fiennes, Tom Felton, Peter Firth, Cliff Curtis

Votes: 30,830 | Gross: $36.87M

6. Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead (1990)

PG | 117 min | Comedy, Drama

Two minor characters from the play 'Hamlet' stumble around unaware of their scripted lives and unable to deviate from them.

Director: Tom Stoppard | Stars: Gary Oldman, Tim Roth, Richard Dreyfuss, Livio Badurina

Votes: 23,856 | Gross: $0.74M

7. The Phantom of the Opera at the Royal Albert Hall (2011)

Not Rated | 137 min | Drama, Musical, Romance

A disfigured musical genius, hidden away in the Paris Opera House, terrorizes the opera company for the unwitting benefit of a young protégée whom he trains and loves.

Directors: Nick Morris, Laurence Connor | Stars: Ramin Karimloo, Sierra Boggess, Hadley Fraser, Wendy Ferguson

Votes: 9,944

8. The Seventh Sign (1988)

R | 97 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror

Abby Quinn is eagerly awaiting childbirth but is haunted by dreams where she suffers a miscarriage. When she decides to rent a room to a mysterious stranger, she realizes a chain of events that will unleash the end of humanity.

Director: Carl Schultz | Stars: Demi Moore, Michael Biehn, Jürgen Prochnow, Peter Friedman

Votes: 15,685 | Gross: $18.88M

9. Hell Baby (2013)

R | 98 min | Comedy, Horror

An expectant couple who moves into the most haunted house in New Orleans call upon the services of the Vatican's elite exorcism team to save them from a demonic baby.

Directors: Robert Ben Garant, Thomas Lennon | Stars: Rob Corddry, Leslie Bibb, Alex Berg, Keegan-Michael Key

Votes: 10,106 | Gross: $0.00M

10. Murderous Intent (2006)

PG-13 | 110 min | Crime, Horror, Mystery

A forensic psychologist (Collette) is tasked with determining whether or not a minor should face murder charges for killing his schoolmate.

Director: Gregory Read | Stars: Eddie Redmayne, Tom Sturridge, Toni Collette, Richard Roxburgh

Votes: 5,510

11. Curvature (2017)

90 min | Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller

An engineer travels back in time to stop herself from committing a murder.

Director: Diego Hallivis | Stars: Lyndsy Fonseca, Glenn Morshower, Alex Lanipekun, Noah Bean

Votes: 3,078

12. Secrets of a Chambermaid (2000)

R | 99 min | Drama

After a rich woman dies, her friends and relatives meet at her mansion to await the reading of her will. Over the evening, many of them hook up and have a passionate night together, including the maid. But someone's watching them.

Director: Adele Bertei | Stars: Michael Ensign, Johnny Green, Gladise Jiminez, Amy Lindsay

Votes: 429

13. The Virgin Queen (1955)

Approved | 92 min | Biography, Drama, History

Sir Walter Raleigh (Richard Todd) overcomes court intrigue to win favor with Queen Elizabeth I (Bette Davis) in order to get financing for a proposed voyage to the New World.

Director: Henry Koster | Stars: Bette Davis, Richard Todd, Joan Collins, Jay Robinson

Votes: 3,067

14. I Sell the Dead (2008)

Not Rated | 85 min | Comedy, Horror

A grave robber reflects on his life of crime.

Director: Glenn McQuaid | Stars: Dominic Monaghan, Ron Perlman, Larry Fessenden, Angus Scrimm

Votes: 11,200 | Gross: $0.01M

15. The Strange Door (1951)

Approved | 81 min | Horror, Thriller

Noble-born cad Denis (Stapley) has been tricked into a forced stay at the eerie manor of the Sire de Maletroit (Laughton), an evil madman who can't get over the death of his beloved, 20 ... See full summary »

Director: Joseph Pevney | Stars: Charles Laughton, Boris Karloff, Sally Forrest, Richard Stapley

Votes: 1,259

16. Abandoned: Angelique's Isle (2018)

90 min | Drama, Romance, Thriller

Angelique's Isle is a harrowing tale of perseverance and survival that unfolds during the great copper rush of 1845, when newlyweds ANGELIQUE, a young Ojibway and CHARLIE, her voyageur ... See full summary »

Directors: Marie-Hélène Cousineau, Michelle Derosier | Stars: Julia Jones, Charlie Carrick, Tantoo Cardinal, Aden Young

Votes: 278

17. Families (2015)

113 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

Jérôme Varenne, a French financier, lives and works in Shanghai with Chen-Li, his life and business partner. One day, during a short stay in Paris, while paying a call to his mother, he is ... See full summary »

Director: Jean-Paul Rappeneau | Stars: Mathieu Amalric, Marine Vacth, Gilles Lellouche, Nicole Garcia

Votes: 1,034

18. The White Cockatoo (1935)

Passed | 73 min | Mystery

Sue Tally waits for a brother she hasn't seen in twenty years to meet her in a French hotel. By proving her identity, she'll share in a $2,000,000 inheritance. But others are anxious to get a share of the money too.

Director: Alan Crosland | Stars: Jean Muir, Ricardo Cortez, Ruth Donnelly, Minna Gombell

Votes: 242

19. The Bridges That Built London (2012 TV Movie)

59 min | Documentary

Presented by Dan Cruickshank: Between Richmond and the North Sea, thirty bridges cross the Thames. They carry people across a stretch of river 35 miles long, bringing together a population ... See full summary »

Director: David Wilson | Stars: Dan Cruickshank, Gustav Milne, Nicholas Bateman, Robert Crouch

Votes: 23

20. Sub Rosa (2019)

Not Rated | 9 min | Short, Drama, Fantasy

A deaf girl is granted a wish as a reward. She soon learns that self-acceptance is what she really wishes for.

Director: Ailsa McDonald | Stars: Yulet Azizi, Jonathan Curry, India Parton, Rachael Singer

21. Matlock (1986–1995)
Episode: The Billionaire (1987)

TV-PG | 120 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Disagreeable London-based American businessman Albert Gordon is shot dead. His son Eric is the prime suspect. Believing Eric's innocent, sister Laura plans a mock trial hoping to uncover new evidence. Ben travels to London to defend Eric.

Director: Christopher Hibler | Stars: Andy Griffith, Nancy Stafford, Kari Lizer, Kene Holiday

Votes: 210

22. Covington Cross (1992)
Episode: Revenge (1992)

Adventure, History

Armus and Richard rescue a Saracen from a gang of toughs not realizing that the Middle Easterner is in England to avenge the death of his brother, who was killed by Armus during the ... See full summary »

Director: Alister Hallum | Stars: Nigel Terry, Cherie Lunghi, James Faulkner, Jonathan Firth

23. Dark Shadows (1991)
Episode: Episode #1.1 (1991)

TV-14 | 85 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror

Victoria Winters arrives at Collinwood, a Gothic mansion on a cliff overlooking the ocean near the small seaport Maine town of Collinsport, as the recently hired governess to the 10-... See full summary »

Director: Dan Curtis | Stars: Ben Cross, Barbara Blackburn, Jim Fyfe, Joanna Going

Votes: 94

24. Relic Hunter (1999–2002)
Episode: The Headless Nun (1999)

TV-14 | 44 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy

When Sydney's plane crash-lands, she's asked by a group of nuns to find the body of another nun, who was decapitated several centuries ago.

Director: Ken Girotti | Stars: Tia Carrere, Christien Anholt, Sherry Miller, Lindy Booth

Votes: 139

25. Upstairs, Downstairs (1971–1975)
Episode: The Swedish Tiger (1972)

TV-PG | 52 min | Drama

James entertains a visiting Swedish friend and Sarah is the prime suspect when valuable household objects go missing.

Director: Brian Parker | Stars: Sven-Bertil Taube, Pauline Collins, Nicola Pagett, Simon Williams

Votes: 162

26. Time Team (1994– )
Episode: Ffrith, North Wales (2006)

Not Rated | 47 min | Documentary, History

Over 3 days, the team dig many trenches in Ffrith, North Wales hoping to find Roman evidence. Ffrith has been dug before and much Roman pottery has been found on the playing field.

Director: Brendan Hughes | Stars: Tony Robinson, Mick Aston, Phil Harding, Helen Geake

Votes: 20

27. The Blacklist (2013–2023)
Episode: Les Fleurs du Mal (No. 151) (2019)

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

Aram goes undercover to infiltrate a secret society of wealthy thrill-seekers whose entertainment hinges upon spectacular acts of violence. Red tries to negotiate with a former associate involved in the Townsend Directive.

Director: Lisa Robinson | Stars: James Spader, Megan Boone, Diego Klattenhoff, Amir Arison

Votes: 1,318

28. The Adventures of Shirley Holmes (1997–2000)
Episode: The Case of the King of Hearts (1997)

Family, Mystery

Shirley and Bo become concerned when Ms. Stratmann, falls in love with the schoolmaster that Molly Hardy helped get fired from his position at another school. Molly, Shirley and Bo discover... See full summary »

Director: Norma Bailey | Stars: Meredith Henderson, John White, Marie Stillin, Victor A. Young

Votes: 9

29. John Adams (2008)
Episode: Peacefield (2008)

TV-14 | 62 min | Biography, Drama, History

While in retirement in Peacefield, Adams looks back at his public life with some regrets and has to deal with tragedy in his personal life.

Director: Tom Hooper | Stars: Paul Giamatti, Laura Linney, Stephen Dillane, Sarah Polley

Votes: 720

30. Servants (2003)
Episode: Episode #1.1 (2003)

Drama

In 1850 the Earl of Taplow and his family return from Italy to Taplows,their country house,with their retinue of servants,led by butler Jarvis and house-keeper Flora. George Cosmo, a ... See full summary »

Director: Tim Whitby | Stars: Shaun Parkes, Kenny Doughty, Joe Absolom, George Davey

Votes: 8

31. Pawn Stars (2009– )
Episode: Honor Thy Father (2011)

TV-14 | 22 min | Comedy, Reality-TV

Customers want to sell some items that are unusual even to collectors; a Martin Luther King LP, a recalled Star Wars movie poster with an alternative title and technical errors and an die ... See full summary »

Director: Jairus Cobb | Stars: Jesse Amoroso, Corey Harrison, Richard Harrison, Rick Harrison

Votes: 55

32. The Borgias (2011–2013)
Episode: Stray Dogs (2012)

TV-MA | 52 min | Crime, Drama, History

Cesare learns that Ursula and others at the convent have been slaughtered by the French, and he plans revenge as the Pope organizes a coalition to attack the retreating French.

Director: Jon Amiel | Stars: Jeremy Irons, François Arnaud, Holliday Grainger, Joanne Whalley

Votes: 550

33. Da Vinci's Demons (2013–2015)
Episode: The Prisoner (2013)

TV-MA | 57 min | Adventure, Biography, Drama

Riario discusses his defeat with the Pope and a mysterious prisoner, while Leonardo searches for a rational explanation to an outbreak of demonic possessions that is blamed on the Medicis.

Director: Jamie Payne | Stars: Tom Riley, Laura Haddock, Blake Ritson, Elliot Cowan

Votes: 1,233

34. The Borgias (2011–2013)
Episode: Relics (2013)

TV-MA | 48 min | Crime, Drama, History

Cesare unites the sons of the five Romagna families with his own army against Forli, and the Pope negotiates for a with Constantinople Jews for a holy relic.

Director: Kari Skogland | Stars: Jeremy Irons, François Arnaud, Holliday Grainger, Sean Harris

Votes: 453

35. The Borgias (2011–2013)
Episode: Tears of Blood (2013)

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

Micheleto learns his kept lover is a Sforza informant, Caterina Sforza mounts the Shroud of Turin as a rival holy relic, and Fredirigo puts Lucrezia under house arrest.

Director: David Leland | Stars: Jeremy Irons, François Arnaud, Holliday Grainger, Sean Harris

Votes: 470

36. TURN: Washington's Spies (2014–2017)
Episode: Eternity How Long (2014)

TV-14 | 44 min | Drama, History, War

Abe and Richard struggle with British orders to dig up local gravestones. Ben and Caleb conspire to get their intelligence to General Washington.

Director: Adam Davidson | Stars: Jamie Bell, Seth Numrich, Daniel Henshall, Heather Lind

Votes: 544

37. The Stuarts (2014)
Episode: And I Will Make Them One Nation (2014)

59 min | Documentary, History

In this first episode, Clare Jackson looks at James VI and I's attempts to unite Scotland and England under the umbrella of his crown and persuade his subjects to feel more 'British'.

Stars: Clare Jackson, Katy Mair, Edward Montgomery, Adrian Popescu

Votes: 11

38. The Mysteries of Laura (2014–2016)
Episode: The Mystery of the Red Runway (2014)

TV-14 | 43 min | Comedy, Crime, Mystery

The detectives experience New York Fashion Week as they investigate the murder of a luxury designer's gifted intern. Suspects range from supermodels to knock-off peddlers, taking Laura and ... See full summary »

Director: Michael Lange | Stars: Debra Messing, Josh Lucas, Laz Alonso, Janina Gavankar

Votes: 200

39. Game of Thrones (2011–2019)
Episode: The Door (2016)

TV-MA | 57 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

Sansa and Jon make plans. Arya is given another chance to prove herself. Jorah confesses a secret to Daenerys. Tyrion meets with a red priestess. Yara finds her rule tested. Bran discovers the origin of the White Walkers.

Director: Jack Bender | Stars: Peter Dinklage, Emilia Clarke, Kit Harington, Aidan Gillen

Votes: 78,068

40. Game of Thrones (2011–2019)
Episode: The Broken Man (2016)

TV-MA | 51 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

Jon and Sansa gather troops. Jaime arrives at Riverrun. Olenna Tyrell plans to leave King's Landing. Theon and Yara plan a destination. Arya makes plans to leave.

Director: Mark Mylod | Stars: Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Lena Headey, Kit Harington, Natalie Dormer

Votes: 36,445

41. Game of Thrones (2011–2019)
Episode: The Winds of Winter (2016)

TV-MA | 68 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

Cersei and Loras Tyrell stand trial by the gods. Daenerys prepares to set sail for Westeros. Davos confronts Melisandre. Sam and Gilly arrive in the Citadel. Bran discovers a long-kept secret. Lord Frey has an uninvited guest.

Director: Miguel Sapochnik | Stars: Peter Dinklage, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Lena Headey, Kit Harington

Votes: 159,767