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51. Halloween Ends (2022)

R | 111 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery

5.0
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47 Metascore

The saga of Michael Myers and Laurie Strode comes to a spine-chilling climax in the final installment of this trilogy.

Director: David Gordon Green | Stars: Jamie Lee Curtis, Andi Matichak, James Jude Courtney, Rohan Campbell

Votes: 71,610

52. Corpse Bride (2005)

PG | 77 min | Animation, Comedy, Drama

7.4
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83 Metascore

When a shy groom practices his wedding vows in the inadvertent presence of a deceased young woman, she rises from the grave assuming he has married her.

Directors: Tim Burton, Mike Johnson | Stars: Johnny Depp, Helena Bonham Carter, Emily Watson, Tracey Ullman

Votes: 299,362 | Gross: $53.36M

53. The Gift (2000)

R | 111 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror

6.7
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62 Metascore

A fortune teller with extrasensory perception is asked to help find a young woman who has mysteriously disappeared.

Director: Sam Raimi | Stars: Cate Blanchett, Katie Holmes, Keanu Reeves, Giovanni Ribisi

Votes: 74,892 | Gross: $12.01M

54. A Perfect World (1993)

PG-13 | 138 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

7.5
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71 Metascore

A kidnapped boy strikes up a friendship with his captor, an escaped convict on the run from the law, while the search for him continues.

Director: Clint Eastwood | Stars: Kevin Costner, Clint Eastwood, Laura Dern, T.J. Lowther

Votes: 87,096 | Gross: $31.16M

55. Awake (2007)

R | 84 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

6.5
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33 Metascore

A wealthy young man undergoing heart transplant surgery discovers that the surgical team intend to murder him.

Director: Joby Harold | Stars: Hayden Christensen, Jessica Alba, Terrence Howard, Lena Olin

Votes: 80,690 | Gross: $14.38M

56. Antlers (2021)

R | 99 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery

5.9
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57 Metascore

In an isolated Oregon town, a middle-school teacher and her sheriff brother become embroiled with her enigmatic student, whose dark secrets lead to terrifying encounters with an ancestral creature.

Director: Scott Cooper | Stars: Keri Russell, Jesse Plemons, Jeremy T. Thomas, Graham Greene

Votes: 44,652

57. Lovecraft Country (2020)

TV-MA | 60 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror

7.1
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A young African-American travels across the U.S. in the 1950s in search of his missing father.

Stars: Jonathan Majors, Jurnee Smollett, Courtney B. Vance, Michael Kenneth Williams

Votes: 47,422

58. All the Bright Places (2020)

TV-MA | 107 min | Drama, Romance

6.6
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61 Metascore

The story of Violet and Theodore, who meet and change each other's lives forever. As they struggle with the emotional and physical scars of their past, they discover that even the smallest places and moments can mean something.

Director: Brett Haley | Stars: Elle Fanning, Justice Smith, Alexandra Shipp, Kelli O'Hara

Votes: 38,568

59. A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master (1988)

R | 93 min | Horror

5.6
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56 Metascore

Freddy Krueger returns once again to terrorize the dreams of the remaining Dream Warriors, as well as those of a young woman who may be able to defeat him for good.

Director: Renny Harlin | Stars: Robert Englund, Rodney Eastman, John Beckman, Kisha Brackel

Votes: 61,788 | Gross: $49.37M

60. The Shack (I) (2017)

PG-13 | 132 min | Drama, Fantasy

6.3
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32 Metascore

A grieving man receives a mysterious, personal invitation to meet with God at a place called "The Shack."

Director: Stuart Hazeldine | Stars: Sam Worthington, Octavia Spencer, Tim McGraw, Radha Mitchell

Votes: 39,266 | Gross: $57.39M

61. Creepshow (1982)

R | 120 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Horror

6.8
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59 Metascore

"Creepshow" is a 1982 movie that tells five grisly tales from a children's comic book: a murdered father rising from his grave, a bizarre meteor, a vengeful husband, a mysterious crate's occupant, and a plague of cockroaches.

Director: George A. Romero | Stars: Hal Holbrook, Leslie Nielsen, Adrienne Barbeau, E.G. Marshall

Votes: 53,346 | Gross: $21.03M

62. The Ron Clark Story (2006 TV Movie)

TV-PG | 90 min | Biography, Drama

7.5
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A small-town teacher relocates to one of the country's toughest classrooms.

Director: Randa Haines | Stars: Matthew Perry, Judith Buchan, Griffin Cork, Jerry Callaghan

Votes: 12,443

63. Detroit: Become Human (2018 Video Game)

M | Action, Adventure, Drama

9.2
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Take control of three androids in their quest to discover who they really are.

Director: David Cage | Stars: Valorie Curry, Bryan Dechart, Jesse Williams, Audrey Boustani

Votes: 23,098

64. The Postcard Killings (2020)

Not Rated | 104 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

5.8
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29 Metascore

A New York detective investigates the death of his daughter who was murdered while on her honeymoon in London; he recruits the help of a Scandinavian journalist when other couples throughout Europe suffer a similar fate.

Director: Danis Tanovic | Stars: Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Famke Janssen, Cush Jumbo, Joachim Król

Votes: 15,771

65. The Last House on the Left (1972)

R | 84 min | Crime, Horror, Thriller

5.9
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68 Metascore

Two teenage girls heading to a rock concert for one's birthday try to score marijuana in the city, where they are kidnapped and brutalized by a gang of psychopathic convicts.

Director: Wes Craven | Stars: Sandra Peabody, Lucy Grantham, David Hess, Fred J. Lincoln

Votes: 40,353 | Gross: $3.10M

66. Honey Boy (2019)

R | 94 min | Drama

7.2
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73 Metascore

A young actor's stormy childhood and early adult years as he struggles to reconcile with his father and deal with his mental health.

Director: Alma Har'el | Stars: Shia LaBeouf, Lucas Hedges, Noah Jupe, Byron Bowers

Votes: 40,898

67. South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut (1999)

R | 81 min | Animation, Comedy, Fantasy

7.7
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73 Metascore

When Stan Marsh and his friends go see an R-rated movie, they start cursing and their parents think that Canada is to blame.

Director: Trey Parker | Stars: Trey Parker, Matt Stone, Mary Kay Bergman, Isaac Hayes

Votes: 215,189 | Gross: $52.04M

68. Dolores Claiborne (1995)

R | 132 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

7.4
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62 Metascore

A big city reporter travels to a small town where her mother has been arrested for the murder of an elderly woman for whom she worked as a housekeeper.

Director: Taylor Hackford | Stars: Kathy Bates, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Christopher Plummer, Judy Parfitt

Votes: 48,492 | Gross: $24.36M

69. The Lawnmower Man (1992)

R | 108 min | Horror, Sci-Fi

5.4
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42 Metascore

A simple man is turned into a genius through the application of computer science.

Director: Brett Leonard | Stars: Jeff Fahey, Pierce Brosnan, Jenny Wright, Mark Bringelson

Votes: 39,099 | Gross: $32.10M

70. Freddy Got Fingered (2001)

R | 87 min | Comedy

4.7
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13 Metascore

An unemployed cartoonist moves back in with his parents and younger brother Freddy. When his parents demand he leave, he begins to spread rumors that his father is sexually abusing Freddy.

Director: Tom Green | Stars: Tom Green, Rip Torn, Marisa Coughlan, Eddie Kaye Thomas

Votes: 51,448 | Gross: $14.25M

71. Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer (1986)

Unrated | 83 min | Biography, Crime, Drama

7.0
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80 Metascore

Arriving in Chicago, Henry moves in with ex-con acquaintance Otis and starts schooling him in the ways of the serial killer.

Director: John McNaughton | Stars: Michael Rooker, Tracy Arnold, Tom Towles, Mary Demas

Votes: 40,539 | Gross: $0.61M

72. The Tender Bar (2021)

R | 106 min | Biography, Drama

6.7
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53 Metascore

A boy growing up on Long Island seeks out father figures among the patrons at his uncle's bar.

Director: George Clooney | Stars: Ben Affleck, Tye Sheridan, Daniel Ranieri, Lily Rabe

Votes: 33,942

73. Exposed (III) (2016)

R | 102 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

4.3
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23 Metascore

A police detective investigates the truth behind his partner's death. The mysterious case reveals disturbing police corruption and a dangerous secret involving an unlikely young woman.

Director: Gee Malik Linton | Stars: Ana de Armas, Keanu Reeves, Christopher McDonald, Mira Sorvino

Votes: 16,837

74. Love & Mercy (2014)

PG-13 | 121 min | Biography, Drama, Music

7.4
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80 Metascore

In the 60s, Beach Boys leader Brian Wilson struggles with emerging psychosis as he attempts to craft his avant-garde pop masterpiece. In the 80s, he's a broken, confused man under the 24-hour watch of shady therapist, Dr. Eugene Landy.

Director: Bill Pohlad | Stars: John Cusack, Paul Dano, Elizabeth Banks, Paul Giamatti

Votes: 42,664 | Gross: $12.55M

75. Sinister 2 (2015)

R | 97 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller

5.3
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32 Metascore

A young mother and her twin sons move into a rural house that's marked for death.

Director: Ciarán Foy | Stars: James Ransone, Shannyn Sossamon, Robert Daniel Sloan, Dartanian Sloan

Votes: 60,712 | Gross: $27.74M

76. Rust and Bone (2012)

R | 120 min | Drama, Romance

7.4
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73 Metascore

Put in charge of his young son, Alain leaves Belgium for Antibes to live with his sister and her husband as a family. Alain's bond with Stephanie, a killer whale trainer, grows deeper after Stephanie suffers a horrible accident.

Director: Jacques Audiard | Stars: Marion Cotillard, Matthias Schoenaerts, Armand Verdure, Céline Sallette

Votes: 70,367 | Gross: $2.06M

77. Tetro (2009)

R | 127 min | Drama

6.8
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65 Metascore

Bennie travels to Buenos Aires to find his long-missing older brother, a once-promising writer who is now a remnant of his former self. Bennie's discovery of his brother's near-finished play might hold the answer to understanding their shared past and renewing their bond.

Director: Francis Ford Coppola | Stars: Vincent Gallo, Alden Ehrenreich, Maribel Verdú, Silvia Pérez

Votes: 13,658 | Gross: $0.52M

78. Purple Rain (1984)

R | 111 min | Drama, Music, Romance

6.5
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55 Metascore

A young musician, tormented by an abusive situation at home, must contend with a rival singer, a burgeoning romance, and his own dissatisfied band, as his star begins to rise.

Director: Albert Magnoli | Stars: Prince, Apollonia Kotero, Morris Day, Olga Karlatos

Votes: 23,866 | Gross: $68.39M

79. Peeping Tom (1960)

Not Rated | 101 min | Drama, Horror, Thriller

7.6
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A young man murders women, using a movie camera to film their dying expressions of terror.

Director: Michael Powell | Stars: Karlheinz Böhm, Anna Massey, Moira Shearer, Maxine Audley

Votes: 39,383 | Gross: $0.08M

80. Belle (2021)

PG | 121 min | Animation, Adventure, Drama

7.1
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83 Metascore

Suzu is a shy high school student living in a rural village. For years, she has only been a shadow of herself. But when she enters "U", a massive virtual world, she escapes into her online persona as Belle, a globally-beloved singer.

Director: Mamoru Hosoda | Stars: Kaho Nakamura, Ryo Narita, Shôta Sometani, Tina Tamashiro

Votes: 17,229

81. Chained (I) (2012)

R | 94 min | Crime, Drama, Horror

6.4
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A young man held prisoner by a cab-driving serial killer must make a life or death choice between following in his captor's footsteps or breaking free.

Director: Jennifer Lynch | Stars: Vincent D'Onofrio, Eamon Farren, Evan Bird, Julia Ormond

Votes: 20,975

82. The Whole Truth (2016)

R | 93 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

6.2
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46 Metascore

A defense attorney works to get his teenage client acquitted of murdering his wealthy father.

Director: Courtney Hunt | Stars: Keanu Reeves, Renée Zellweger, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Gabriel Basso

Votes: 33,109

83. The Funhouse (1981)

R | 96 min | Horror

5.9
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56 Metascore

Four teenagers visit a local carnival for a night of innocent amusement, but soon discover that nothing there is innocent or amusing.

Director: Tobe Hooper | Stars: Elizabeth Berridge, Shawn Carson, Jeanne Austin, Jack McDermott

Votes: 16,317 | Gross: $7.89M

84. Looking for Mr. Goodbar (1977)

R | 136 min | Drama

6.7
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64 Metascore

A dedicated schoolteacher spends her nights cruising bars, looking for abusive men with whom she can engage in progressively extreme sexual encounters.

Director: Richard Brooks | Stars: Diane Keaton, Richard Gere, Tuesday Weld, William Atherton

Votes: 8,515 | Gross: $16.90M

85. The Subject Was Roses (1968)

G | 107 min | Drama

7.0
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A young man returning home from World War II finds himself caught up in his parents' turbulent relationship.

Director: Ulu Grosbard | Stars: Patricia Neal, Jack Albertson, Martin Sheen, Don Saxon

Votes: 1,841

86. Saw IV (2007)

R | 93 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller

5.9
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36 Metascore

Despite Jigsaw's death, and in order to save the lives of two of his colleagues, Lieutenant Rigg is forced to take part in a new game, which promises to test him to the limit.

Director: Darren Lynn Bousman | Stars: Tobin Bell, Scott Patterson, Louis Ferreira, Costas Mandylor

Votes: 165,078 | Gross: $63.30M

87. Bliss (1997)

R | 103 min | Drama, Romance

6.0
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A newly married happy couple visits a sex therapist to determine why the wife can't achieve an orgasm with her husband. This causes a horrific suppressed memory to emerge and she becomes more and more distant.

Director: Lance Young | Stars: Craig Sheffer, Terence Stamp, Sheryl Lee, Casey Siemaszko

Votes: 2,890 | Gross: $0.21M

88. Friday the 13th: The New Blood (1988)

R | 88 min | Horror, Thriller

5.2
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13 Metascore

Jason Voorhees is accidentally freed from his watery prison by a telekinetic teenager. Now, only she can stop him.

Director: John Carl Buechler | Stars: Terry Kiser, Jennifer Banko, John Otrin, Susan Blu

Votes: 42,447 | Gross: $19.17M

89. Patrick Melrose (2018)

TV-MA | 60 min | Drama

8.0
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This series depicts how the son of an aristocratic family seeks redemption and recovery.

Stars: Benedict Cumberbatch, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Hugo Weaving, Sebastian Maltz

Votes: 32,509

90. Dark Places (2015)

R | 113 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

6.2
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39 Metascore

Libby Day was only eight years old when her family was brutally murdered in their rural Kansas farmhouse. Almost thirty years later, she reluctantly agrees to revisit the crime and uncovers the wrenching truths that led up to that tragic night.

Director: Gilles Paquet-Brenner | Stars: Charlize Theron, Nicholas Hoult, Christina Hendricks, Chloë Grace Moretz

Votes: 47,831

91. Insidious: The Last Key (2018)

PG-13 | 103 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller

5.7
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49 Metascore

Parapsychologist Dr. Elise Rainier faces her most fearsome and personal haunting yet, as she is drawn back to her ghostly childhood home where the terror began.

Director: Adam Robitel | Stars: Lin Shaye, Leigh Whannell, Angus Sampson, Kirk Acevedo

Votes: 71,912 | Gross: $67.75M

92. The Woman (I) (2011)

R | 101 min | Drama, Horror, Thriller

6.0
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58 Metascore

When a successful country lawyer captures and attempts to "civilize" the last remaining member of a violent clan that has roamed the Northeast coast for decades, he puts the lives of his family in jeopardy.

Director: Lucky McKee | Stars: Pollyanna McIntosh, Brandon Gerald Fuller, Lauren Ashley Carter, Chris Krzykowski

Votes: 25,888

93. Short Term 12 (2013)

R | 96 min | Drama

7.9
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82 Metascore

A 20-something supervising staff member of a residential treatment facility navigates the troubled waters of that world alongside her co-worker and longtime boyfriend.

Director: Destin Daniel Cretton | Stars: Brie Larson, Frantz Turner, John Gallagher Jr., Kaitlyn Dever

Votes: 91,896 | Gross: $1.01M

94. Everything, Everything (2017)

PG-13 | 96 min | Drama, Romance

6.3
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52 Metascore

A teenager who's spent her whole life confined to her home falls for the boy next door.

Director: Stella Meghie | Stars: Amandla Stenberg, Nick Robinson, Anika Noni Rose, Ana de la Reguera

Votes: 42,552 | Gross: $34.00M

95. Falling (I) (2020)

R | 112 min | Drama

6.5
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63 Metascore

John Peterson lives with his partner Eric and their adopted daughter in Southern California. When he is visited by his aging father who is searching for a place to retire, their two very different worlds collide.

Director: Viggo Mortensen | Stars: Viggo Mortensen, Lance Henriksen, Laura Linney, Terry Chen

Votes: 7,009

96. The Quiet (2005)

R | 96 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

6.1
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29 Metascore

Following the unexpected death of her father, a deaf teenager moves in with her godparents, where she discovers the cruel behaviour of their daughter may be indicative of a dark secret within the family.

Director: Jamie Babbit | Stars: Camilla Belle, Elisha Cuthbert, Edie Falco, Martin Donovan

Votes: 17,548 | Gross: $0.38M

97. Murder Drones (2021– )

TV-14 | Animation, Action, Adventure

8.2
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On a post-apocalyptic exoplanet, worker drones struggle to survive by hiding from rogue robots called Murder Drones.

Stars: Elsie Lovelock, Michael Kovach, Nola Klop, David Dixon

Votes: 2,122

98. The Secret Life of Bees (2008)

PG-13 | 114 min | Drama

7.2
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57 Metascore

In 1964, a teenage girl in search of the truth about her mother runs away to a small town in South Carolina and finds a family of independent women who can connect her to her past.

Director: Gina Prince-Bythewood | Stars: Dakota Fanning, Jennifer Hudson, Queen Latifah, Alicia Keys

Votes: 27,982 | Gross: $37.77M

99. Girl in the Picture (2022)

TV-MA | 101 min | Documentary, Crime, Mystery

7.3
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A young mother's mysterious death and her son's subsequent kidnapping blow open a decades-long mystery about the woman's true identity and the murderous federal fugitive at the center of it all.

Director: Skye Borgman | Stars: Karen Parsley, Charles Engles, Merle Bean, Ernest Bean

Votes: 21,801

100. Scorned (1993)

R | 100 min | Drama, Thriller

5.2
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A vengeful widow is out to seduce the relatives of the man she blames for her husband's death.

Director: Andrew Stevens | Stars: Andrew Stevens, Shannon Tweed, Kim Morgan Greene, Daniel McVicar

Votes: 2,041



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