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1. Picnic at Hanging Rock (1975)
PG | 115 min | Drama, Mystery
During a rural summer picnic, a few students and a teacher from an Australian girls' school vanish without a trace. Their absence frustrates and haunts the people left behind.
Director: Peter Weir | Stars: Rachel Roberts, Anne-Louise Lambert, Vivean Gray, Helen Morse
Votes: 41,015 | Gross: $0.23M
2. Things Heard & Seen (2021)
TV-MA | 121 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
An artist relocates to the Hudson Valley and begins to suspect that her marriage has a sinister darkness, one that rivals her new home's history.
Directors: Shari Springer Berman, Robert Pulcini | Stars: Amanda Seyfried, James Norton, Natalia Dyer, Alex Neustaedter
Votes: 36,106
3. The Changeling (1980)
R | 107 min | Horror, Mystery
After the death of his wife and daughter in a car crash, a music professor staying at a long-vacant Seattle mansion is dragged into a decades-old mystery by an inexplicable presence in the mansion's attic.
Director: Peter Medak | Stars: George C. Scott, Trish Van Devere, Melvyn Douglas, Jean Marsh
Votes: 39,988
4. Breaker Morant (1980)
PG | 107 min | Drama, History, War
Three Australian lieutenants are court martialed for executing prisoners as a way of deflecting attention from war crimes committed by their superior officers.
Director: Bruce Beresford | Stars: Edward Woodward, Jack Thompson, John Waters, Bryan Brown
Votes: 14,421 | Gross: $7.14M
5. Suburban Gothic (2014)
R | 90 min | Comedy, Horror
City-boy Raymond returns to his hometown and finds a vengeful ghost is terrorizing his house. Therefore, this man-child recruits Becca, a badass local bartender, to solve the mystery of the spirit threatening people's lives.
Director: Richard Bates Jr. | Stars: Matthew Gray Gubler, Kat Dennings, Ray Wise, Barbara Niven
Votes: 5,264
6. Love Finds You in Valentine (2016 TV Movie)
TV-PG | 87 min | Drama, Romance
California girl Kennedy Blaine inherits a ranch in the small town of Valentine, Nebraska. Before she sells the property, she decides to spend the summer in her house and learn more about her family.
Director: Terry Cunningham | Stars: Michaela McManus, Diogo Morgado, Hunter Cross, James Kisicki
Votes: 1,655
7. Savannah (2013)
PG-13 | 101 min | Drama, Family, History
Drama about the friendship between an Oxford-educated Southerner and a former black slave in turn-of-the-century Savannah.
Director: Annette Haywood-Carter | Stars: Jim Caviezel, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Jaimie Alexander, Bradley Whitford
Votes: 1,771 | Gross: $0.04M
8. The Thing That Couldn't Die (1958)
Unrated | 69 min | Horror
A psychically gifted young woman discovers a centuries-old crate buried on her aunt's ranch. Opening it, her family discovers the living head of Gideon Drew, a 16th century devil worshiper ... See full summary »
Director: Will Cowan | Stars: William Reynolds, Andra Martin, Jeffrey Stone, Carolyn Kearney
Votes: 1,896
9. All's Faire in Love (2009)
PG-13 | 104 min | Comedy
Two rival Medieval shows vie for supremacy in the world of Renaissance Faires.
Director: Scott Marshall | Stars: Owen Benjamin, Blake Friedman, Christina Ricci, Chris Wylde
Votes: 1,056 | Gross: $0.02M
10. Godmonster of Indian Flats (1973)
Not Rated | 89 min | Drama, Horror, Western
A mutant sheep is on the move near a ranch in the American West.
Director: Fredric Hobbs | Stars: Christopher Brooks, Stuart Lancaster, E. Kerrigan Prescott, Peggy Browne
Votes: 906
11. Black Magic (1992 TV Movie)
PG-13 | 94 min | Comedy, Drama, Horror
A man is having dreams of his dead cousin who tells him he's been killed by a witch in Istanbul, North Carolina. He goes there and meets the woman and confronts her. He begins having spells... See full summary »
Director: Daniel Taplitz | Stars: Rachel Ward, Judge Reinhold, Brion James, Wendy Makkena
Votes: 213
12. My Christmas Wish (2020)
84 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
With help from her childhood crush and his six-year-old son, Abbey rediscovers her Christmas spirit as she recreates her grandmother's handmade ornaments for her hometown's annual Christmas fair.
Director: Sandra L. Martin | Stars: Meggan Kaiser, Zane Stephens, Bryson JonSteele, Maxie McClintock
Votes: 355
13. Wake the Witch (2010 Video)
R | 114 min | Horror, Sci-Fi
When Deb and her friends play a childhood game on the witch's wooded grave, they unleash a witch's curse. Her search for the truth will reveal an evil beyond her imagination.
Director: Dorothy Booraem | Stars: Stefanie Tapio, Rachel Lien, Karis Yanike, Martin Kenna
Votes: 377
14. The Ghosts of Angela Webb (2005 Video)
90 min | Horror
Angela Webb believes her house is haunted. Psychics Alexander Stewart and Bernadette Fieldstone are contacted to try to uncover the secrets hidden within her home. What they experience is ... See full summary »
Director: Karl Petry | Stars: Deana Demko, Michael R. Thomas, June Marlowe, Duke Snyder
Votes: 83
15. The Adelaide Story (1982 TV Movie)
159 min | Documentary, History
Director: Peter Vaughton | Star: Dennis Olsen
16. Verurteilt 1910 (1974 TV Movie)
94 min | Biography, Crime
Director: Jörg A. Eggers | Stars: Heinz Trixner, Klausjürgen Wussow, Heinrich Schweiger, Heinrich Eis
17. Fall Regine Krause (1970 TV Movie)
83 min | Crime
Director: Jörg A. Eggers | Stars: Louise Martini, Walter Kohut, Helma Gautier, Brigitte Swoboda
18.
The Ghost & Mrs. Muir (1968–1970)
Episode:
Hero Today, Gone Tomorrow
(1968)
TV-PG | 30 min | Comedy, Fantasy
The local historical society wants to erect a statue of legendary local Navy hero Captain Figg. Captain Gregg is insulted that he wasn't chosen and wants Mrs. Muir to expose Figg as the coward he was, but Mrs. Muir must have proof.
Director: Gary Nelson | Stars: Hope Lange, Edward Mulhare, Reta Shaw, Harlen Carraher
Votes: 39
19.
Gilmore Girls (2000–2007)
Episode:
Chicken or Beef?
(2003)
TV-PG | 45 min | Comedy, Drama
Lorelai needs to get permits approved before they can move forward with the inn and learns that business also involves back room deals. Rory runs into Dean who invites her to his wedding.
Director: Chris Long | Stars: Lauren Graham, Alexis Bledel, Melissa McCarthy, Scott Patterson
Votes: 775
20.
Gilmore Girls (2000–2007)
Episode:
To Live and Let Diorama
(2005)
TV-14 | 44 min | Comedy, Drama
Luke volunteers to help convert old man Twickum's house into a museum just to see if he can buy it. Meanwhile with the help of some Founder's day punch, Lane, Paris and Rory commiserate ... See full summary »
Director: Jackson Douglas | Stars: Lauren Graham, Alexis Bledel, Melissa McCarthy, Scott Patterson
Votes: 733
21.
The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles (1992–1993)
Episode:
Barcelona, May 1917
(1992)
TV-G | Action, Adventure, Family
Professor Indiana Jones is about to lecture the Pennsylvania History Society when some trouble with his microphone stand leads him off into recounting a disastrous spy mission in which he ... See full summary »
Directors: Terry Jones, Carl Schultz | Stars: Sean Patrick Flanery, George Hall, Amanda Ooms, Timothy Spall
Votes: 152
22.
The Red Green Show (1991–2006)
Episode:
The Implosion
(1997)
TV-G | 23 min | Comedy
A fund-raiser for the Historical Society results in the destruction of its own Heritage Building.
Stars: Steve Smith, Patrick McKenna, Rick Green, Wayne Robson
Votes: 13
23.
Dickens in America (2005)
Episode:
Boston
(2005)
Documentary
Miriam Margolyes tours Boston, visiting the locations which Charles Dickens visited on his landmark 1842 trip.
Director: Christopher Swann | Stars: George W. Bush, Miriam Margolyes, Nathaniel Parker, Donald Rumsfeld
24.
Nancy Drew (2019–2023)
Episode:
The Whisper Box
(2020)
TV-14 | 42 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
When Nancy finds herself stuck in an alternate reality the Drew Crew desperately searches for a way to bring her back.
Director: Larry Teng | Stars: Kennedy McMann, Leah Lewis, Maddison Jaizani, Tunji Kasim
Votes: 331
25.
Nancy Drew (2019–2023)
Episode:
The Terror of Horseshoe Bay
(2020)
TV-14 | 41 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
With time running out before Carson's evidentiary hearing, Nancy turns to supernatural sources in a last-ditch effort to find clues to exonerate her father.
Director: Katie Eastridge | Stars: Kennedy McMann, Leah Lewis, Maddison Jaizani, Tunji Kasim
Votes: 321
26.
It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia (2005– )
Episode:
The Gang Cracks the Liberty Bell
(2008)
TV-MA | 22 min | Comedy
In order to get Paddy's recognized by the city as a historical landmark, Mac, Dennis, and Charlie flash back to 1776 to tell the tale of the Paddy's crew's involvement in the cracking of the Liberty Bell.
Director: Matt Shakman | Stars: Charlie Day, Glenn Howerton, Rob McElhenney, Kaitlin Olson
Votes: 3,195
27.
The Watcher (2022– )
Episode:
Welcome, Friends
(2022)
TV-MA | 47 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
Soon after the Brannock family moves into their dream home, they receive a threatening letter from a mysterious sender - and suffer an unexpected loss.
Director: Ryan Murphy | Stars: Naomi Watts, Bobby Cannavale, Mia Farrow, Joe Mantello
Votes: 2,152
28.
The Watcher (2022– )
Episode:
The Gloaming
(2022)
TV-MA | 44 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
Dean and Nora find a hidden room where someone's been living. Theodora shares intriguing intel about Roger Kaplan. The family makes a fateful decision.
Director: Max Winkler | Stars: Naomi Watts, Bobby Cannavale, Mia Farrow, Noma Dumezweni
Votes: 1,611
29.
The Watcher (2022– )
Episode:
Haunting
(2022)
TV-MA | 52 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
Nora urges Dean to move on, but the past continues to haunt him. A shocking confession doesn't add up. Back at the house, keen eyes continue to watch.
Director: Jennifer Lynch | Stars: Naomi Watts, Bobby Cannavale, Mia Farrow, Noma Dumezweni
Votes: 1,911
30.
Oregon Experience (2006– )
Episode:
Oregon's Klan in the 1920s: The Rise of Hate
(2022)
Documentary
In the 1920s, the Ku Klux Klan infiltrated the top levels of Oregon's government, electing legislators and even a governor. How did this hate group gain so much power?
Stars: Sarah Cantor, Gwen Carr, Walidah Imarisha, Jeff Lalande
31.
Nancy Drew (2019–2023)
Episode:
The Danger of the Hopeful Sigil
(2023)
TV-14 | Drama, Horror, Mystery
Nancy and Ace share a sweet moment while working together to find a way to break the curse.
Director: Jem Garrard | Stars: Kennedy McMann, Leah Lewis, Maddison Jaizani, Tunji Kasim
Votes: 146
32.
Nancy Drew (2019–2023)
Episode:
The Sinner's Sacrifice
(2023)
TV-PG | Drama, Horror, Mystery
Ryan shows up just in the nick of time to help Nancy. Meanwhile, Nick is thrown by a statement George makes. Lastly, Bess is left feeling concerned after speaking with Ace.
Director: Melinda Hsu | Stars: Kennedy McMann, Leah Lewis, Maddison Jaizani, Tunji Kasim
Votes: 117
33.
John Carpenter's Suburban Screams (2023)
Episode:
Bunny Man
(2023)
TV-MA | 39 min | Horror
Residents of a quaint Virginia share terrifying encounters with an axe-wielding maniac in a rabbit suit. The legend was born hundred years ago and turned into a deadly reality, traumatizing residents for decades.
Director: Jan Pavlacky | Star: Ed Tidwell
Votes: 86
34.
Sleepy Hollow (2013–2017)
Episode:
Pittura Infamante
(2015)
TV-14 | 43 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
After the mysterious death of an art restorer at the Sleepy Hollow Historical Society soirée, Ichabod and Katrina are reminded of a dear friend from their past -Abigail Adams. Meanwhile, ... See full summary »
Director: John R. Leonetti | Stars: Tom Mison, Nicole Beharie, Orlando Jones, Katia Winter
Votes: 589
35.
Chris Tarrant: Extreme Railways (2012– )
Episode:
On the Xmas Express
(2016)
44 min | Documentary, History
In a special festive edition, Chris Tarrant embarks upon an epic journey through Scandinavia, starting out on the South-West coast of Norway and travelling to Rovaniemi in Finland - known as Santa's home town.
Director: Jeff Morgan | Star: Chris Tarrant
Votes: 14
36.
Year of the Rabbit (2019)
Episode:
Brick Man
(2019)
24 min | Comedy, Crime, Mystery
London is being terrorised by a mysterious killer taking the guise of the "Brick Man", a mythical figure from London folklore who comes out of brick walls on Brick Night and stabs people - except this time its real and people are dying.
Director: Ben Taylor | Stars: Matt Berry, Freddie Fox, Susan Wokoma, Alun Armstrong
Votes: 149