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1. Oldboy (2003)
R | 120 min | Action, Drama, Mystery
After being kidnapped and imprisoned for fifteen years, Oh Dae-Su is released, only to find that he must track down his captor in five days.
Director: Park Chan-wook | Stars: Choi Min-sik, Yoo Ji-tae, Kang Hye-jeong, Kim Byeong-Ok
Votes: 636,201 | Gross: $0.71M
2. Barbarian (2022)
R | 102 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
A woman staying at an Airbnb discovers that the house she has rented is not what it seems.
Director: Zach Cregger | Stars: Georgina Campbell, Bill Skarsgård, Justin Long, Matthew Patrick Davis
Votes: 180,931
3. Room (I) (2015)
R | 118 min | Drama, Thriller
A little boy is held captive in a room with his mother since his birth, so he has never known the world outside.
Director: Lenny Abrahamson | Stars: Brie Larson, Jacob Tremblay, Sean Bridgers, Wendy Crewson
Votes: 450,708 | Gross: $14.68M
4. What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962)
Passed | 134 min | Drama, Horror, Thriller
A former child star torments her paraplegic sister in their decaying Hollywood mansion.
Director: Robert Aldrich | Stars: Bette Davis, Joan Crawford, Victor Buono, Wesley Addy
Votes: 61,917 | Gross: $4.05M
5. Alone (V) (2020)
R | 98 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
A recently widowed traveler is kidnapped by a cold blooded killer, only to escape into the wilderness where she is forced to battle against the elements as her pursuer closes in on her.
Director: John Hyams | Stars: Jules Willcox, Marc Menchaca, Anthony Heald, Jonathan Rosenthal
Votes: 28,666
6. Misery (1990)
R | 107 min | Drama, Thriller
After a famous author is rescued from a car crash by a fan of his novels, he comes to realize that the care he is receiving is only the beginning of a nightmare of captivity and abuse.
Director: Rob Reiner | Stars: James Caan, Kathy Bates, Richard Farnsworth, Frances Sternhagen
Votes: 235,712 | Gross: $61.28M
7. Antebellum (2020)
R | 105 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
Successful author Veronica Henley finds herself trapped in a horrifying reality and must uncover the mind-bending mystery before it's too late.
Directors: Gerard Bush, Christopher Renz | Stars: Janelle Monáe, Eric Lange, Jena Malone, Jack Huston
Votes: 29,815
8. Wander (I) (2020)
R | 94 min | Thriller
After getting hired to probe a suspicious death in the small town of Wander, a mentally unstable private investigator becomes convinced the case is linked to the same 'conspiracy cover up' that caused the death of his daughter.
Director: April Mullen | Stars: Aaron Eckhart, Tommy Lee Jones, Katheryn Winnick, Heather Graham
Votes: 9,726
9. Thriller: A Cruel Picture (1973)
R | 104 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A young woman, rendered mute after a childhood sexual assault, is trained to seek violent revenge on those who kidnapped and forced her into prostitution.
Director: Bo Arne Vibenius | Stars: Christina Lindberg, Heinz Hopf, Despina Tomazani, Per-Axel Arosenius
Votes: 8,526
10. Pet (I) (2016)
R | 94 min | Horror, Thriller
A man bumps into an old crush and holds her captive underneath the animal shelter where he works.
Director: Carles Torrens | Stars: Dominic Monaghan, Ksenia Solo, Jennette McCurdy, Da'Vone McDonald
Votes: 18,833 | Gross: $0.01M
11. OtherLife (2017)
TV-MA | 96 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
After inventing a drug that induces time-compressed virtual realities, young Ren grapples with partner Sam over how to use their powerful creation.
Director: Ben C. Lucas | Stars: Jessica De Gouw, Liam Graham, Fiona Press, Adriane Daff
Votes: 16,740
12. A Map of the World (1999)
R | 125 min | Drama
A woman's life falls apart after she's blamed for an accident on her property.
Director: Scott Elliott | Stars: Sigourney Weaver, Julianne Moore, Dara Perlmutter, David Strathairn
Votes: 4,643 | Gross: $0.54M
13. What Keeps You Alive (2018)
R | 98 min | Horror, Thriller
Majestic mountains, a still lake and venomous betrayals engulf a female married couple attempting to celebrate their one-year anniversary.
Director: Colin Minihan | Stars: Hannah Emily Anderson, Brittany Allen, Martha MacIsaac, Joey Klein
Votes: 9,619
14. That Cold Day in the Park (1969)
R | 113 min | Drama, Thriller
One day, Frances Austen, a rich but lonely woman, invites a young man from a nearby park to her apartment and offers to let him stay there--and has no intention of ever letting him leave.
Director: Robert Altman | Stars: Sandy Dennis, Michael Burns, Susanne Benton, David Garfield
Votes: 2,281 | Gross: $1.06M
15. The Brothers Karamazov (1958)
Approved | 145 min | Drama, Romance
Drama based on Russian writer Fyodor Dostoevsky's homonymous novel about the proud Karamazov family in 1870s Russia.
Director: Richard Brooks | Stars: Yul Brynner, Maria Schell, Claire Bloom, Lee J. Cobb
Votes: 3,056
16. Ravage (2019)
TV-MA | 84 min | Horror, Thriller
Alone in the woods, nature photographer Harper witnesses a violent crime. After being captured by the culprits, she uses her survivalist skills to try and make it out alive.
Director: Teddy Grennan | Stars: Annabelle Dexter-Jones, Robert Longstreet, Bruce Dern, Michael Weaver
Votes: 1,909
17. Flamingo Road (1949)
Approved | 94 min | Drama, Film-Noir, Romance
A corrupt small town sheriff manipulates local candidates to the state legislature but he eventually comes into conflict with a visiting carnival dancer.
Director: Michael Curtiz | Stars: Joan Crawford, Zachary Scott, Sydney Greenstreet, David Brian
Votes: 3,624 | Gross: $2.26M
18. Spoor (2017)
Not Rated | 128 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Janina Duszejko, an elderly woman, lives alone in the Klodzko Valley where a series of mysterious crimes are committed. Duszejko is convinced that she knows who or what is the murderer, but nobody believes her.
Directors: Agnieszka Holland, Kasia Adamik | Stars: Agnieszka Mandat, Wiktor Zborowski, Jakub Gierszal, Patricia Volny
Votes: 6,044
19. Pot o' Gold (1941)
Approved | 86 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance
Jimmy goes to work with his uncle, the owner of a food factory. Before he gets there, he befriends an Irish family who happens to be his uncle's worst enemy because of their love for music and in-house band who constantly practices.
Director: George Marshall | Stars: James Stewart, Paulette Goddard, Horace Heidt, Charles Winninger
Votes: 2,089
20. The Count of Monte Cristo (1934)
Passed | 113 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
After greedy men have Edmond Dantes unjustly imprisoned for 20 years for innocently delivering a letter entrusted to him, he escapes to get his revenge on them.
Director: Rowland V. Lee | Stars: Robert Donat, Elissa Landi, Louis Calhern, Sidney Blackmer
Votes: 3,241
21. All I Need (2016)
TV-MA | 85 min | Horror, Thriller
The paths of a desperate man and an imprisoned young woman cross unexpectedly in the den of a mysterious killer.
Director: Dylan K. Narang | Stars: Caitlin Stasey, Markus Taylor, Leah McKendrick, Sorel Carradine
Votes: 1,414
22. K-11 (2012)
Not Rated | 88 min | Drama
A record producer comes around after binging on drink and drugs. He finds himself in a section of the Los Angeles County Jail reserved for homosexuals, which is ruled by a transgender woman named Mousey.
Director: Jules Stewart | Stars: Goran Visnjic, Kate del Castillo, D.B. Sweeney, Portia Doubleday
Votes: 1,776
23. American Nightmares (2018)
Not Rated | 90 min | Comedy, Horror
Mr. Malevolent hacks into two millennials' computers and forces them to watch horror tales.
Directors: Rusty Cundieff, Darin Scott | Stars: Danny Trejo, Nichelle Nichols, Jared Kusnitz, Michael Felix
Votes: 841
24. Excess Flesh (2015)
Not Rated | 103 min | Drama, Horror, Thriller
Obsessed with her sexy roommate, Jill violently imprisons Jennifer in their apartment in a twisted attempt to bring them closer together.
Director: Patrick Kennelly | Stars: Effie Lavore, Mary Loveless, Wes McGee, Sheresade Poblet
Votes: 941
25. Trust Your Photographer (2016 Video)
Unrated | 87 min | Horror
A sadist imprisons a fetish photographer in his home and uses his phone to get his models to come to the house so he can tie them up and rape them.
Director: Bill Zebub | Stars: Bill Zebub, Terra Incognita, Scarlett Storm, Lydia Lael
Votes: 65
26. The Gunfight at Dodge City (1959)
Approved | 81 min | Western
After his brother the sheriff is murdered, Bat Masterson is elected to the job and is determined to find the killer and make Dodge City safe.
Director: Joseph M. Newman | Stars: Joel McCrea, Julie Adams, John McIntire, Nancy Gates
Votes: 1,068
27. The Bohemian Girl (1936)
Approved | 71 min | Comedy, Musical
A band of Gypsies is camped outside the walls of Count Arnheim's palace. Oliver's wife kidnaps the Count's daughter Arline, then leaves the child and runs off with her lover, Devilshoof. ... See full summary »
Directors: James W. Horne, Charley Rogers, Hal Roach | Stars: Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Thelma Todd, Antonio Moreno
Votes: 2,240
28. Midnight Mary (1933)
Passed | 74 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
An abused orphan sinks into a life of crime.
Director: William A. Wellman | Stars: Loretta Young, Franchot Tone, Ricardo Cortez, Andy Devine
Votes: 1,616
29. The Spanish Gardener (1956)
Not Rated | 91 min | Drama
Rather undiplomatic British diplomat Harrington Brande (Sir Michael Hordern) takes up his new post in Spain accompanied by his son Nicholas (Jon Whiteley). The posting is something of a ... See full summary »
Director: Philip Leacock | Stars: Dirk Bogarde, Jon Whiteley, Michael Hordern, Cyril Cusack
Votes: 1,033
30. Gothic Harvest (2019)
82 min | Horror
When a young woman disappears during Mardi Gras, her friends race to find her before she falls victim to a sadistic Southern family plagued by a centuries old voodoo curse.
Director: Ashley Hamilton | Stars: Bill Moseley, Lin Shaye, Sofia Mattsson, Ashton Leigh
Votes: 414
31. Honolulu (1939)
Passed | 83 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance
Wanting a break from his overzealous fans, a famous movie star hires a Hawaiian plantation owner to switch places with him for a few weeks.
Director: Edward Buzzell | Stars: Eleanor Powell, Robert Young, George Burns, Gracie Allen
Votes: 760
32. Under the Roofs of Paris (1930)
Not Rated | 96 min | Comedy, Drama, Musical
Albert is smitten for Pola but ends up wrongly committed in jail, in the meantime her affections are sought after by his friend, and on his release both love and friendship must be tested.
Director: René Clair | Stars: Albert Préjean, Pola Illéry, Edmond T. Gréville, Bill Bocket
Votes: 2,491
33. Without a Kiss Goodbye (1993 TV Movie)
95 min | Crime, Drama
A young couple have a sick baby who tests positive for having a chemical in antifreeze in his bloodstream. When he dies, his mother is the suspect. Her husband races to find new evidence before her trial. blogmonstermike.word press.com.
Director: Noel Nosseck | Stars: Lisa Hartman, Christopher Meloni, Peter Jurasik, James Staley
Votes: 193
34. Revenge! (1971 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 75 min | Crime, Horror, Thriller
A deranged mother avenges herself against the man she thinks seduced her daughter by imprisoning him in a cage in her basement.
Director: Jud Taylor | Stars: Shelley Winters, Stuart Whitman, Bradford Dillman, Carol Eve Rossen
Votes: 180
35. The Feminine Touch (1941)
Approved | 97 min | Comedy
An author writing a book on jealousy discovers his wife is an expert on the subject.
Director: W.S. Van Dyke | Stars: Rosalind Russell, Don Ameche, Kay Francis, Van Heflin
Votes: 970
36. Who Killed Eloá? (2015)
24 min | Documentary, Short
In 2009, 22-year-old Lindemberg Alves invaded the apartment of ex-girlfriend Eloá Pimentel, 15, armed, holding her hostage for five days. The crime was widely spread by TV channels. This ... See full summary »
Director: Lívia Perez | Stars: Sonia Abrão, Lindemberg Fernandes Alves, William Bonner, Zeca Camargo
Votes: 57
37. The Count of Monte-Cristo: Great Revenge (2018)
60 min | Drama
Dan is falsely accused of a crime and imprisoned, but eventually escapes and gains wealth and power.
Stars: Min Tanaka, Mizuki Yamamoto, Dean Fujioka, Masatô Ibu
Votes: 54
38. Wise Girl (1937)
Approved | 70 min | Comedy, Drama
High-society heiress Susan goes undercover to find her young nieces, who are enjoying a Bohemian lifestyle with their artist uncle
Director: Leigh Jason | Stars: Miriam Hopkins, Ray Milland, Walter Abel, Henry Stephenson
Votes: 852
39. Quinn Country (2022)
Documentary
The rise and fall of Irish billionaire Sean Quinn and the Quinn business empire
Stars: Colm Tóibín, Fintan O'Toole
Votes: 12
40. Payment Deferred (1932)
Passed | 81 min | Crime, Drama
A man poisons his nephew out of desperation for money.
Director: Lothar Mendes | Stars: Charles Laughton, Maureen O'Sullivan, Ray Milland, Dorothy Peterson
Votes: 777
41. Hatenaki yokubô: Kankin share house (2015)
Not Rated | 70 min | Drama, Horror
Sana is looking for a house to share. So she is going to see a property a bit far away. The owner, Tani, picks her up at the station and takes her deep into the mountains. There is a big house there, which will be her prison forever?
Director: Satoru Koyama | Stars: Shiori Kamisaki, Maika, Maki Aoyama, Atsushi Tsuda
42. The Confession (VI) (2016)
96 min | Documentary
A man returns from Bagram in Afghanistan and Guantanamo to tell the story.
Director: Ashish Ghadiali | Stars: Barack Obama, George W. Bush, Tony Blair, Colin Powell
Votes: 64
43. Depraved (2008 Video)
Unrated | 26 min | Short, Crime, Drama
The story of a young woman who is run down and kidnapped. Barely alive, she makes her escape. Now, unable to walk and refusing to speak, she goes on a violent campaign of revenge.
Director: Henry Weintraub | Stars: Lorien Emmerich, Absalom Bittner, Lloyd Kaufman, Shane Cohn
Votes: 17
44. Tangible Freedom (2018)
35 min | Documentary, Short
A short form documentary about five ordinary Ukrainians who were taken hostage in occupied Luhansk.
Director: Kostiantyn Kliatskin
Votes: 15
46.
Cover Up (1984–1985)
Episode:
Golden Opportunity
(1984)
Action, Adventure, Drama
Mac and Dani are sent to help a man who went after the man who stole from a charity he runs. It seems that the town where the thief is in now, if filled with corrupt officials who arrest ... See full summary »
Director: Sidney Hayers | Stars: Jon-Erik Hexum, Jennifer O'Neill, Richard Anderson, John Beck
Votes: 16
47.
Little Men (1998–1999)
Episode:
Home for Christmas
(1999)
TV-PG | 44 min | Drama, Family
Nick is accused of murder, and the residents of Plumfield think his brother Ben is behind the crime.
Director: Robert Malenfant | Stars: Michelle Burke, Spencer Rochfort, Corey Sevier, Trevor Blumas
Votes: 10
48.
Robin Hood (1984–1986)
Episode:
Rutterkin
(1986)
TV-PG | 50 min | Action, Drama, Fantasy
John decides to marry his long-time girlfriend Meg and leave the band of outlaws. The wedding plans are halted, however, when Lord Edgar, Robert's uncle, reaches Sherwood Forest with the ... See full summary »
Director: Gerry Mill | Stars: Annabelle Lee, Stephen MacKenna, Ian Ogilvy, Jason Connery
Votes: 108
49.
Soldier Soldier (1991–1997)
Episode:
Leaving
(1995)
TV-14 | 50 min | Drama
Paddy Garvey struggles to tell Dave Tucker his news until it's too late whilst Dave tries to woo back Donna. Complications during a live firing exercise results in a secret coming up to the surface.
Director: Michael Brayshaw | Stars: Jerome Flynn, Holly Aird, Robson Green, Rosie Rowell
Votes: 15
50.
Popeye the Sailor (1960–1962)
Episode:
Seeing Double
(1960)
TV-G | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
Popeye is jailed for committing a bank robbery which he insists he didn't commit. He must prove he didn't do it. In a seemingly unrelated subplot, two thugs build a Popeye robot to do their bidding.
Director: Gene Deitch | Stars: Jack Mercer, Mae Questel
Votes: 65