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1. Megan Is Missing (2011)
Not Rated | 85 min | Drama, Horror, Thriller
Two teenage girls encounter an Internet child predator.
Director: Michael Goi | Stars: Amber Perkins, Rachel Quinn, Dean Waite, Jael Elizabeth Steinmeyer
Votes: 15,498
2. Faces of Death (1978)
Not Rated | 105 min | Documentary, Horror
A collection of death scenes, ranging from TV material to homemade super 8 movies.
Director: John Alan Schwartz | Stars: Michael Carr, Samuel Berkowitz, Mary Ellen Brighton, Thomas Noguchi
Votes: 8,004 | Gross: $35.00M
3. Philosophy of a Knife (2008 Video)
Not Rated | 266 min | Drama, Horror
A graphic docu-drama detailing the history of Unit 731, where thousands of innocent Chinese prisoners of war were fatally experimented on.
Director: Andrey Iskanov | Stars: Tetsuro Sakagami, Tomoya Okamoto, Yukari Fujimoto, Manoush
Votes: 1,687
4. The Killing of America (1981)
R | 90 min | Documentary, Crime
A documentary of the decline of America. It features footage (most exclusive to this film) from race riots to serial killers and much, much more.
Director: Sheldon Renan | Stars: Chuck Riley, Ed Dorris, Thomas Noguchi, Sirhan Sirhan
Votes: 2,370
5. A Dog's Life (1962)
Approved | 108 min | Documentary, Horror
A "shockumentary" consisting of a collection of mostly real archive footage displaying mankind at its most depraved and perverse, displaying bizarre rites, cruel behavior and bestial violence.
Directors: Paolo Cavara, Gualtiero Jacopetti, Franco Prosperi | Stars: Stefano Sibaldi, Rossano Brazzi, Yves Klein, Henning Skaarup
Votes: 4,408
6. Africa: Blood and Guts (1966)
R | 122 min | Documentary, Horror
The cruel acts of animal poaching and violence, executions, and tribal slaughtering, all taking place on the African continent.
Directors: Gualtiero Jacopetti, Franco Prosperi | Stars: Sergio Rossi, Gualtiero Jacopetti, Jomo Kenyatta, Julius Nyerere
Votes: 1,877
7. Hated: GG Allin & the Murder Junkies (1993)
Not Rated | 52 min | Documentary, Biography, Music
Documentary about notorious punk rock performer GG Allin.
Director: Todd Phillips | Stars: GG Allin, Merle Allin, Brian Unk Hunter, Shireen Kadivar
Votes: 3,520
8. Faces of Death II (1981)
85 min | Documentary, Horror
This movie continues in the same vein as F.O.D. 1 with short scenes of death related material. Mortuarys, accidents, police work are filmed by TV crews and home video cameras. Some of the ... See full summary »
Director: John Alan Schwartz | Stars: Michael Carr, James Brady, Mickey Crowe, Thomas K. Delahanty
Votes: 2,096
9. Mondo Cane 2 (1963)
Approved | 102 min | Documentary, Horror
The official sequel to the original shockumentary, presenting new and bizarre behavior from around the world, including cruelty, graphic gore, and strange rituals.
Directors: Gualtiero Jacopetti, Franco Prosperi | Stars: Stefano Sibaldi, Henning Skaarup, Peter Ustinov, Arnaldo Caivano
Votes: 989
10. Shock-X-Treme, Vol. 1, - Snuff Video (1997 Video)
Not Rated | 80 min | Documentary, Horror, War
Hosted by a leather masked individual with a distorted voice named z.187 this shockumentary takes a look at real life death and violence caught on film.
Stars: z.187, Clyde Barrow, Arthur Bremer, Jeff Doucet
Votes: 69
11. Banned from Television (1998 Video)
Not Rated | 54 min | Documentary
A series of videos containing footage of real life events that were too disturbing for television.
Votes: 386 | Gross: $10.00M
12. Traces of Death (1993 Video)
Unrated | 78 min | Documentary, Horror
Traces of Death is a collection of archive film and borrowed stock footage, notorious for its pointless exploitative content. In its opening you see the death of a woman named Maritza ... See full summary »
Stars: Damon Fox, Maritza Martin Munoz, Emilio Nunez, James Vance
Votes: 840
13. Faces of Death III (1985)
Not Rated | 91 min | Documentary, Horror
Third installment in the infamous Faces of Death series. Features real footage mixed in with re-enactments and faked footage.
Director: John Alan Schwartz | Stars: Michael Carr, Cecil Clemons, Veronica Lakewood, James B. Schwartz
Votes: 1,595
14. Mondo New York (1988)
Unrated | 83 min | Documentary, Comedy, Music
The dark-side tour includes performance artists, a cockfight, a slave auction, someone biting a chicken's head off.
Director: Harvey Keith | Stars: Joey Arias, Rick Aviles, Charlie Barnett, Joe Coleman
Votes: 243 | Gross: $0.19M
15. Faces of Death IV (1990)
Unrated | 90 min | Documentary, Horror
Follows the same pattern of the other Faces of Death movies. In this one we see many staged and not so staged looking deaths ranging from bungee jumping accidents and magic tricks gone bad.
Directors: John Alan Schwartz, Susumu Saegusa, Andrew Theopolis | Stars: James B. Schwartz, John Zimmerman, John Alan Schwartz
Votes: 1,335
16. Fuck Off! Images of Finland (1971)
104 min | Documentary
Three 30-something Finnish filmmakers travel around Finland to interview ordinary people and paint a picture of Finland in the year 1970.
Directors: Jörn Donner, Erkki Seiro, Jaakko Talaskivi | Stars: Jörn Donner, Irmeli Loikala, Jussi Niininen, Einari Meriläinen
Votes: 542
17. Bumfights: Cause for Concern (2002 Video)
56 min | Documentary, Reality-TV
A video series featuring a teenage film crew recording homeless people fighting and performing in shenanigans across the Las Vegas and California metropolitan areas.
Director: Ryen McPherson | Stars: Bling Bling, Donald Brennan, Donny, Rufus Hannah
Votes: 934
18. Banned! In America (1998 Video)
46 min | Documentary
"Banned In America" shows video clips of the darkest elements of human nature, society, and life; the very things that bring fear and disgust into our collective existences. Whether it be ... See full synopsis »
Stars: Daniel V. Jones, Lee Chapman, Jeff Doucet, R. Budd Dwyer
Votes: 219
19. Shocking Asia (1974)
Not Rated | 94 min | Documentary, Horror
A documentary about Asia's shocking cultures.
Director: Rolf Olsen | Star: Ingeborg Steinbach
Votes: 618
20. Faces of Death VI (1996 Video)
Unrated | 70 min | Documentary, Horror
Faces of Death VI is a direct-to-video compilation of the highlights of the earlier films in the Faces of Death series. It features many of the scenes shown in Faces of Death 1 and 4, as well as the earlier compilation Faces of Death V.
Director: John Alan Schwartz | Star: Samuel Berkowitz
Votes: 457
21. Executions (1995 Video)
56 min | Documentary
"Executions" is a documentary showing real footage of the many different methods humanity has used through-out history for capital punishment. During the film, the makers point out how ... See full summary »
Directors: David Herman, Arun Kumar, David Monaghan
Votes: 506
22. Zapruder Film of Kennedy Assassination (1970)
1 min | Documentary, Short, Crime
The home movie footage shot by Abraham Zapruder that caught the assassination of the U.S. President John F. Kennedy on November 22, 1963.
Director: Abraham Zapruder | Stars: Charles Brehm, Howard Brennan, John Connally, Nellie Connally
Votes: 2,330
23. The Last Savage (1978)
91 min | Documentary
Directors: Alfredo Castiglioni, Angelo Castiglioni | Star: Riccardo Cucciolla
Votes: 105
24. Faces of Gore (1999)
Not Rated | 89 min | Documentary, Horror
Join your fiendish host, Dr. Vincent van Gore, as he leads you into the forbidden world of the dead. Only the most disgusting and horrifying car crashes, suicides and murders are presented.... See full summary »
Director: Todd Tjersland | Stars: Steve Sheppard, Todd Tjersland
Votes: 365
25. Rats (II) (2016)
Not Rated | 88 min | Documentary, Horror
A history of rat infestations in major cities throughout the world.
Director: Morgan Spurlock | Stars: Ed Sheehan, Bobby Corrigan, Rick Simeone, Michael Blum
Votes: 1,576
26. Shocking Africa (1982)
Not Rated | 96 min | Documentary
A look at the fast disappearing tribal customs of North Africa.
Directors: Alfredo Castiglioni, Angelo Castiglioni | Star: Kenneth Belton
Votes: 130
27. Party Monster (1998)
57 min | Documentary, Biography
Documentary film exploring the rise of Club Kid legend Michael Alig and his fall in 1996 when he murdered his drug dealer/roommate Angel Melendez.
Directors: Fenton Bailey, Randy Barbato | Stars: Michael Alig, Gitsie, James St. James, Keoki
Votes: 1,772
28. Traces of Death III (1995 Video)
Unrated | 85 min | Documentary, Horror
The third installment in the Traces of Death shockumentary series.
Star: Darrin Ramage
Votes: 322
29. Banned from Television III (1998 Video)
Not Rated | 44 min | Documentary, Short, Horror
Votes: 115
30. Faces of Death V (1995 Video)
Not Rated | 90 min | Documentary, Horror
The fifth entry in the Faces of Death series.
Director: John Alan Schwartz | Stars: Clyde Barrow, Michael Carr, Bonnie Parker, Ronald Reagan
Votes: 483
31. Traces of Death II (1994 Video)
Unrated | 90 min | Documentary, Horror
The second installation to the bizarre shockumentary series Traces of Death.
Stars: Damon Fox, Jeff Doucet, Gary Plauche, Karl Wallenda
Votes: 389
32. Traces of Death IV: Resurrected (1996 Video)
Unrated | 66 min | Documentary, Horror
Real-life death footage presented as a gross-out 'shockumentary'.
Stars: Darrin Ramage, Little Ms. Js
Votes: 230
33. The Worst of Faces of Death (1987)
Unrated | 60 min | Documentary, Horror
Includes many disturbing highlights from the first three Faces of Death films, such as animal slaughtering, executions, and more.
Director: John Alan Schwartz | Star: Michael Carr
Votes: 362
34. Death Scenes (1989 Video)
86 min | Documentary, Crime, War
Various pics and footage of real death
Director: Nick Bougas | Stars: Anton LaVey, Ross Alexander, David Bacon, Clyde Barrow
Votes: 212
35. Banned from Television II (1998 Video)
Not Rated | 46 min | Documentary, Horror
More footage considered to be too disturbing to be shown on television.
Stars: Luis Donaldo Colosio, Sarah Ferguson, Jeff Gillooly, Tonya Harding
Votes: 131
36. Savage World Today (1985)
Not Rated | 75 min | Documentary, Horror
A new age Mondo film that explores the realm of urban decay and various oddities of the modern world, ranging from underground club scenes to sex change operations.
Director: Stelvio Massi
Votes: 177
37. Traces of Death V: Back in Action (2000 Video)
92 min | Documentary, Horror
The fifth sequel of the self-proclamed "first true shockumentary" series, dealing mostly with real life graphic violence and its aftermath caught on video.
Stars: Asjad Nadeem, Darrin Ramage, Daniel V. Jones
Votes: 193
38. Death: The Ultimate Horror (1995 Video)
Unrated | 91 min | Documentary
This grisly documentary presents horrifying journalistic footage of suicides, assassinations, bombings, mob hits, decapitations, and more in bloody detail. Not for the faint of heart.
Stars: Frank Tempest, R. Budd Dwyer, Maritza Martin Munoz, Emilio Nunez
Votes: 68
39. Terrorists, Killers & Middle-East Wackos (2005 Video)
54 min | Documentary, Comedy, Horror
Smuggled video of Iraqi executions, firing squads, amputations, suicide bombings, gangland slayings, knife fights, animal maulings, hostage killings, and terror attacks. Witness first hand the scary truth about the world in which we live.
Director: Ryen McPherson | Star: R. Budd Dwyer
Votes: 57
40. Death Scenes 2 (1992 Video)
84 min | Documentary
A nauseating mondo documentary about violent death. The bulk of the tape is consumed with the same war-atrocity footage already overused in dozens of other mondo films.
Director: Nick Bougas | Stars: Harold Wells, Susan Atkins, Lenny Bruce, Renee Chen
Votes: 188
41. True Gore (1987 Video)
85 min | Documentary, Horror
Combines the usual death footage found in most shockumentaries with video art from Survival Research Laboratories and Monte Cazazza and more.
Director: M. Dixon Causey | Stars: Adolf Hitler, Jim Jones, Monte Cazazza, Cole Palme
Votes: 82
42. Camping Fun (2020)
Not Rated | 13 min | Short, Crime, Horror
Four friends set out to a remote getaway in Texas, unaware that they are being trailed by a sinister cult.
Directors: Thomas Burke, David Eimer | Stars: Hailey Marmolejo, Bonnie Sturdivant, Thomas Burke, David Eimer
Votes: 56
43. Facez of Death 2000 (1996 Video)
Unrated | 74 min | Documentary, Horror
Many ways of dying.
Director: Lorenzo Munoz Jr. | Stars: Dave Stone, Dan Stafford, Karen Campbell, Randy Merriman
Votes: 96
44. Brutes and Savages (1978)
Not Rated | 92 min | Documentary
Fascinated by forbidden rituals and ceremonies, world explorer Arthur Davis takes a crew with hidden cameras to Africa and South America to secretly record the beauty and horror of the "law... See full summary »
Director: Arthur Davis | Stars: Arthur Davis, Richard Johnson
Votes: 201
45. Des morts (1979)
Unrated | 105 min | Documentary
This morbid, unusual, and critically acclaimed documentary was filmed in the most exotic locations all over the world. Of the Dead (Des Morts) deals with death, the soon dead, and the ... See full summary »
Directors: Jean-Pol Ferbus, Dominique Garny, Thierry Zéno
Votes: 152
46. Signal 30 (1959)
Not Rated | 28 min | Short, Documentary
The results of serious traffic accidents caused by careless driving are displayed.
Director: Richard Wayman | Star: Wayne Byers
Votes: 124
47. Mondo Inferno (1964)
89 min | Documentary
This shockumentary takes us on visits to a restaurant that serves up delicious dog meat dishes, mud-wrestling clubs, a chastity belt store. We get to see bizarre funeral rites, snake ... See full summary »
Directors: Antonio Margheriti, Marco Vicario | Stars: Riccardo Cucciolla, Stephen Garrett, John Hart, Coccinelle
Votes: 40
49. Great White Death (1981)
Not Rated | 88 min | Documentary
Glenn Ford appears and narrates in this lesser known documentary/mondo style film about the search for the Great White Shark. Contains some recreations of shark attacks that appear to be fakes similar to FACES OF DEATH.
Director: Jean-Patrick Lebel | Stars: Glenn Ford, Henry Borsk, Norm Craig
Votes: 100
50. Nuova Guinea, l'isola dei cannibali (1974)
100 min | Documentary, Horror
Director: Akira Ide | Stars: Prince Philip, Queen Elizabeth II
Votes: 66