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1. Queen of Hearts (2019)
Not Rated | 127 min | Drama
A successful lawyer jeopardizes her career and threatens to tear her family apart after engaging in an affair with her teenage stepson.
Director: May el-Toukhy | Stars: Trine Dyrholm, Gustav Lindh, Magnus Krepper, Liv Esmår Dannemann
Votes: 14,611
2. Matilda: The Musical (II) (2022)
PG | 117 min | Comedy, Drama, Family
An adaptation of the Tony and Olivier award-winning musical. Matilda tells the story of an extraordinary girl who, armed with a sharp mind and a vivid imagination, dares to take a stand to change her story with miraculous results.
Director: Matthew Warchus | Stars: Alisha Weir, Emma Thompson, Lashana Lynch, Stephen Graham
Votes: 28,453
3. Carrie (1976)
R | 98 min | Horror, Mystery
Carrie White, a shy, friendless teenage girl who is sheltered by her domineering, religious mother, unleashes her telekinetic powers after being humiliated by her classmates at her senior prom.
Director: Brian De Palma | Stars: Sissy Spacek, Piper Laurie, Amy Irving, John Travolta
Votes: 207,286 | Gross: $33.80M
4. Don't Breathe (2016)
R | 88 min | Crime, Horror, Thriller
Hoping to walk away with a massive fortune, a trio of thieves break into the house of a blind man who isn't as helpless as he seems.
Director: Fede Alvarez | Stars: Stephen Lang, Jane Levy, Dylan Minnette, Daniel Zovatto
Votes: 301,766 | Gross: $89.22M
5. Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (2017)
PG-13 | 136 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
The Guardians struggle to keep together as a team while dealing with their personal family issues, notably Star-Lord's encounter with his father, the ambitious celestial being Ego.
Director: James Gunn | Stars: Chris Pratt, Zoe Saldana, Dave Bautista, Vin Diesel
Votes: 761,704 | Gross: $389.81M
6. We Need to Talk About Kevin (2011)
R | 112 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Kevin's mother struggles to love her strange child despite the increasingly dangerous things he says and does as he grows up. But Kevin is just getting started, and his final act will be beyond anything anyone imagined.
Director: Lynne Ramsay | Stars: Tilda Swinton, John C. Reilly, Ezra Miller, Jasper Newell
Votes: 168,261 | Gross: $1.74M
7. Nightwatch (1994)
R | 107 min | Thriller
A law student starts working as a night watchman at The Department of Forensic Medicine in Copenhagen. His mad friend gets him on a game of dare that escalates. As a serial-killer's victims start piling up at work, he becomes a suspect.
Director: Ole Bornedal | Stars: Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Sofie Gråbøl, Kim Bodnia, Lotte Andersen
Votes: 18,120
8. The Babadook (2014)
Not Rated | 94 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
A single mother and her child fall into a deep well of paranoia when an eerie children's book titled "Mister Babadook" manifests in their home.
Director: Jennifer Kent | Stars: Essie Davis, Noah Wiseman, Daniel Henshall, Hayley McElhinney
Votes: 248,104 | Gross: $0.92M
9. Rebecca (I) (2020)
PG-13 | 123 min | Drama, Mystery, Romance
A young newlywed arrives at her husband's imposing family estate on a windswept English coast and finds herself battling the shadow of his first wife, Rebecca, whose legacy lives on in the house long after her death.
Director: Ben Wheatley | Stars: Lily James, Armie Hammer, Kristin Scott Thomas, Keeley Hawes
Votes: 46,720
10. Neighbors (I) (2014)
R | 97 min | Comedy
After they are forced to live next to a fraternity house, a couple with a newborn baby do whatever they can to take them down.
Director: Nicholas Stoller | Stars: Seth Rogen, Rose Byrne, Zac Efron, Lisa Kudrow
Votes: 329,964 | Gross: $150.16M
11. The Little Hours (2017)
R | 89 min | Comedy, Romance
In the Middle Ages, a young servant fleeing from his master takes refuge at a convent full of emotionally unstable nuns. Introduced as a deaf mute man, he must fight to hold his cover as the nuns try to resist temptation.
Director: Jeff Baena | Stars: Alison Brie, Dave Franco, Kate Micucci, Aubrey Plaza
Votes: 25,539 | Gross: $1.65M
12. Greta (2018)
R | 98 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
A young woman befriends a lonely widow who's harboring a dark and deadly agenda toward her.
Director: Neil Jordan | Stars: Isabelle Huppert, Chloë Grace Moretz, Maika Monroe, Jane Perry
Votes: 38,217 | Gross: $10.52M
13. The Baby (1973)
PG | 84 min | Drama, Horror, Thriller
A social worker, still reeling from the loss of her architect husband, investigates the eccentric, psychedelic Wadsworth Family, consisting of a mother, two daughters, and an adult son with the apparent mental capacity of an infant.
Director: Ted Post | Stars: Anjanette Comer, Ruth Roman, Marianna Hill, Susanne Zenor
Votes: 4,493
14. Pieces (1982)
Not Rated | 85 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
The co-eds of a Boston college campus are targeted by a mysterious killer who is creating a human jigsaw puzzle from their body parts.
Director: Juan Piquer Simón | Stars: Christopher George, Lynda Day George, Frank Braña, Edmund Purdom
Votes: 12,894 | Gross: $2.03M
15. Goodnight Mommy (2014)
R | 99 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Twin boys move to a new house with their mother after she has face-changing cosmetic surgery, but under the bandages is someone the boys don't recognize.
Directors: Severin Fiala, Veronika Franz | Stars: Lukas Schwarz, Elias Schwarz, Susanne Wuest, Hans Escher
Votes: 59,957 | Gross: $1.17M
16. Gretel & Hansel (2020)
PG-13 | 87 min | Fantasy, Horror, Mystery
A long time ago in a distant fairy tale countryside, a young girl leads her little brother into a dark wood in desperate search of food and work, only to stumble upon a nexus of terrifying evil.
Director: Oz Perkins | Stars: Sophia Lillis, Samuel Leakey, Alice Krige, Jessica De Gouw
Votes: 34,158 | Gross: $15.35M
17. Butcher, Baker, Nightmare Maker (1981)
R | 96 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
An orphaned teenager finds himself being dominated by his aunt who's hell-bent on keeping him with her...at all costs.
Director: William Asher | Stars: Jimmy McNichol, Susan Tyrrell, Bo Svenson, Marcia Lewis
Votes: 4,894
18. The Golden Glove (2019)
Not Rated | 115 min | Crime, Drama, Horror
A serial killer strikes fear in the hearts of residents of Hamburg during the early 1970s.
Director: Fatih Akin | Stars: Jonas Dassler, Vasiliki Georgina Pseimada, Christine Jensen, Greta Sophie Schmidt
Votes: 18,364
19. Betty Blue (1986)
Unrated | 119 min | Drama, Romance
A lackadaisical handyman and aspiring novelist tries to support his younger girlfriend as she slowly succumbs to madness.
Director: Jean-Jacques Beineix | Stars: Jean-Hugues Anglade, Béatrice Dalle, Gérard Darmon, Consuelo De Haviland
Votes: 23,398 | Gross: $2.00M
20. Firstborn (1984)
PG-13 | 103 min | Drama, Thriller
A teenager must protect his family when his mother's sinister new boyfriend begins exerting his authority in their home.
Director: Michael Apted | Stars: Teri Garr, Peter Weller, Christopher Collet, Corey Haim
Votes: 3,026 | Gross: $6.25M
21. Trilogy of Terror (1975 TV Movie)
Unrated | 72 min | Horror, Thriller
Three bizarre horror stories, all of which star Karen Black in four different roles playing four tormented women.
Director: Dan Curtis | Stars: Robert Burton, John Karlen, George Gaynes, Jim Storm
Votes: 8,753
22. Drillbit Taylor (2008)
PG-13 | 110 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
Three kids hire a low-budget bodyguard to protect them from the playground bully.
Director: Steven Brill | Stars: Owen Wilson, Josh Peck, Alex Frost, Nate Hartley
Votes: 62,486 | Gross: $32.85M
23. Fifty Shades of Black (2016)
R | 92 min | Comedy
An inexperienced college student meets a wealthy businessman whose sexual practices put a strain on their relationship.
Director: Michael Tiddes | Stars: Marlon Wayans, Kali Hawk, Fred Willard, Mike Epps
Votes: 23,299 | Gross: $11.69M
24. Scorned (1993)
R | 100 min | Drama, Thriller
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: 2,043
25. The Turning (2020)
PG-13 | 94 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
A young governess is hired to look after an orphaned girl, but the return of the girl's problematic brother uncovers secrets from their past. A modern take on Henry James' novella "The Turn of the Screw."
Director: Floria Sigismondi | Stars: Mackenzie Davis, Finn Wolfhard, Brooklynn Prince, Barbara Marten
Votes: 16,191
26. Consequences (2018)
TV-MA | 95 min | Drama
After being sent to a youth detention centre, 18-year-old Andrej has to fight for his place within the group of inmates while getting closer to Zeljko, their informal leader, and struggling to keep his repressed secret in the dark.
Director: Darko Stante | Stars: Matej Zemljic, Timon Sturbej, Gasper Markun, Lovro Zafred
Votes: 2,452
27. Slaughterhouse Rulez (2018)
R | 104 min | Action, Comedy, Fantasy
An illustrious British boarding school becomes a bloody battleground when a mysterious sinkhole appears at a nearby fracking site, unleashing unspeakable horror.
Director: Crispian Mills | Stars: Jassa Ahluwalia, Asa Butterfield, Jamie Blackley, Finn Cole
Votes: 16,318 | Gross: $0.00M
28. The Photographer of Mauthausen (2018)
TV-MA | 110 min | Biography, Drama, History
Based on real events, Francesc Boix is a Spaniard inmate in the Nazi concentration camp of Mauthausen in Austria who tries to save the evidences of the horrors committed inside its walls.
Director: Mar Targarona | Stars: Mario Casas, Richard van Weyden, Alain Hernández, Adrià Salazar
Votes: 12,614
29. Oh, Ramona! (2019)
109 min | Comedy, Romance
A teenager named Andrei transitions from a teenager into an adult.
Director: Cristina Jacob | Stars: Ioachim Ciobanu, Aggy K. Adams, Basil Eidenbenz, Adina Stetcu
Votes: 9,630 | Gross: $2.50M
30. Airplane Mode (II) (2019)
TV-14 | 80 min | Comedy
En route to Australia, Logan is terrified; it's his first time flying. All of his worst nightmares come true when the "influencers" aboard refuse to switch their phones to airplane mode. The internet is about to crash.
Directors: David Dinetz, Dylan Trussell | Stars: Logan Paul, Lauren Swickard, Juanpa Zurita, Lele Pons
Votes: 4,796
31. Brahms: The Boy II (2020)
PG-13 | 86 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
After a family moves into the Heelshire Mansion, their young son soon makes friends with a life-like doll called Brahms.
Director: William Brent Bell | Stars: Katie Holmes, Christopher Convery, Owain Yeoman, Ralph Ineson
Votes: 20,640
32. Teaching Mrs. Tingle (1999)
PG-13 | 96 min | Comedy, Thriller
The story of a girl who is willing to do anything to become Valedictorian, even if it means murdering the teacher that stands in her way.
Director: Kevin Williamson | Stars: Helen Mirren, Marisa Coughlan, Katie Holmes, Jeffrey Tambor
Votes: 21,744 | Gross: $8.95M
33. Sierra Burgess Is a Loser (2018)
PG-13 | 105 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A case of mistaken identity results in unexpected romance when the most popular girl and the biggest loser in high school must unite to win over their crushes.
Director: Ian Samuels | Stars: Shannon Purser, Kristine Froseth, RJ Cyler, Noah Centineo
Votes: 41,213
34. The New Kids (1985)
R | 110 min | Crime, Drama, Horror
A brother and sister arrive in a small town to help their relatives run an amusement park, and they find the town is terrorized by a local street gang.
Director: Sean S. Cunningham | Stars: Shannon Presby, Lori Loughlin, James Spader, John Philbin
Votes: 4,073 | Gross: $0.20M
35. System Crasher (2019)
125 min | Drama
9-year-old Benni is a toss-up between institutions that cannot tackle her outbursts. She wants to move in with her mother, but she can not handle her wild daughter. After Micha is hired Benni slowly opens up and attaches herself to him.
Director: Nora Fingscheidt | Stars: Helena Zengel, Albrecht Schuch, Gabriela Maria Schmeide, Lisa Hagmeister
Votes: 14,873
36. Return to Sleepaway Camp (2008 Video)
R | 86 min | Comedy, Horror, Mystery
Camp Manabe is where kids torment one another--but people soon start turning up dead.
Director: Robert Hiltzik | Stars: Vincent Pastore, Michael Gibney, Paul DeAngelo, Jonathan Tiersten
Votes: 4,491
37. Sub Rosa (III) (2014)
22 min | Short, Drama, Romance
Bullied by his father to grow up, a teen fights between the love of his step-mother over his father's life.
Director: Krisstian de Lara | Stars: Julie Kendall, Mario Nalini, Mario Temes
Votes: 529
38. Ema (2019)
R | 107 min | Drama, Music, Romance
A couple deals with the aftermath of an adoption that goes awry as their household falls apart.
Director: Pablo Larraín | Stars: Mariana Di Girólamo, Gael García Bernal, Santiago Cabrera, Paola Giannini
Votes: 9,285
39. Like.Share.Follow. (2017)
Not Rated | 97 min | Horror, Thriller
Garrett is a rising YouTube star. Shell is a deeply emotional fan. When they begin a romantic relationship, he's forced to question whether opening your life to strangers online is an ... See full summary »
Director: Glenn Gers | Stars: Keiynan Lonsdale, Ema Horvath, Abraham Benrubi, Michael Boatman
Votes: 2,393
40. The Corruption of Chris Miller (1973)
R | 107 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
Abandoned by their husband/father, a traumatized woman and her disturbed stepdaughter hire a drifter handyman at their secluded estate while a series of murders begins.
Director: Juan Antonio Bardem | Stars: Jean Seberg, Marisol, Barry Stokes, Perla Cristal
Votes: 963
41. Room for Rent (2019)
81 min | Crime, Horror, Mystery
Lonely widow Joyce rents out a room in her house and becomes dangerously obsessed with one of her guests.
Director: Tommy Stovall | Stars: Lin Shaye, Oliver Rayon, Valeska Miller, Ryan Ochoa
Votes: 4,087
42. The Motive (2017)
TV-MA | 112 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
A man obsessed with the idea of writing "high literature" starts to cause conflicts around him to write about it.
Director: Manuel Martín Cuenca | Stars: Javier Gutiérrez, María León, Adelfa Calvo, Adriana Paz
Votes: 6,746
43. Shrew's Nest (2014)
Not Rated | 91 min | Drama, Horror, Thriller
1950s Madrid: The agoraphobic Montse raised her now 18 y.o. kid sister. The upstairs neighbor falls down the stairs and breaks a leg. The crazy Montse takes him in.
Directors: Juanfer Andrés, Esteban Roel | Stars: Macarena Gómez, Nadia de Santiago, Hugo Silva, Luis Tosar
Votes: 7,735
44. Diary of a Chambermaid (1964)
Not Rated | 97 min | Crime, Drama
A sophisticated and self-assured woman from Paris joins a middle-class rural estate as a maid and causes quite a stir among the variously uptight, perverse and violent inhabitants.
Director: Luis Buñuel | Stars: Jeanne Moreau, Georges Géret, Michel Piccoli, Daniel Ivernel
Votes: 9,790 | Gross: $0.02M
45. Hatchet for the Honeymoon (1970)
GP | 88 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
A cleaver-wielding bridal designer murders various young brides-to-be in an attempt to unlock a repressed childhood trauma.
Director: Mario Bava | Stars: Stephen Forsyth, Dagmar Lassander, Laura Betti, Jesús Puente
Votes: 4,343
46. Mademoiselle (1966)
Not Rated | 103 min | Drama
Residents of a small French town are quick to accuse Manou of arson because he seduced most of the town's women. No one suspects the real culprit, a woman committing random crimes, all in an attempt to draw Manou's attention to herself.
Director: Tony Richardson | Stars: Jeanne Moreau, Ettore Manni, Umberto Orsini, Keith Skinner
Votes: 1,640
47. Zombie High (1987)
R | 93 min | Comedy, Horror
A college freshman begins to notice that students at her new school are losing their individuality. She discovers that the faculty are operating on the students' brains to make them docile and productive, but she's having none of it.
Director: Ron Link | Stars: Virginia Madsen, Richard Cox, Kay E. Kuter, James Wilder
Votes: 1,456 | Gross: $0.02M
48. Under the Tree (2017)
Not Rated | 89 min | Comedy, Drama, Thriller
When Baldwin and Inga's next door neighbours complain that a tree in their backyard casts a shadow over their sundeck, what starts off as a typical spat between neighbours in the suburbs unexpectedly and violently spirals out of control.
Director: Hafsteinn Gunnar Sigurðsson | Stars: Steinþór Hróar Steinþórsson, Edda Björgvinsdóttir, Sigurður Sigurjónsson, Þorsteinn Bachmann
Votes: 5,476 | Gross: $0.07M
49. Michael (II) (2011)
Not Rated | 96 min | Drama, Thriller
Five months in the life of a pedophile who keeps a 10-year-old boy locked in his basement.
Director: Markus Schleinzer | Stars: Michael Fuith, David Rauchenberger, Christine Kain, Ursula Strauss
Votes: 5,127 | Gross: $0.02M
50. Darlings! (1984)
101 min | Comedy, Drama, Thriller
A peaceful family-life is suddenly disturbed when the children enter puberty. The children take over the house and ban their parents from their lives.
Director: Ruud van Hemert | Stars: Peter Faber, Geert de Jong, Akkemay Elderenbos, Frank Schaafsma
Votes: 2,378