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1. Meg 2: The Trench (2023)
PG-13 | 116 min | Action, Adventure, Horror
A research team encounters multiple threats while exploring the depths of the ocean, including a malevolent mining operation.
Director: Ben Wheatley | Stars: Jason Statham, Jing Wu, Shuya Sophia Cai, Cliff Curtis
Votes: 78,940 | Gross: $82.60M
2. 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: 301,037 | Gross: $89.22M
3. Zombieland: Double Tap (2019)
R | 99 min | Action, Comedy, Horror
Columbus, Tallahassee, Wichita, and Little Rock move to the American heartland as they face off against evolved zombies, fellow survivors, and the growing pains of the snarky makeshift family.
Director: Ruben Fleischer | Stars: Woody Harrelson, Jesse Eisenberg, Emma Stone, Abigail Breslin
Votes: 203,111 | Gross: $73.12M
4. Chappie (2015)
R | 120 min | Action, Crime, Drama
In the near future, crime is patrolled by a mechanized police force. When one police droid, Chappie, is stolen and given new programming, he becomes the first robot with the ability to think and feel for himself.
Director: Neill Blomkamp | Stars: Sharlto Copley, Dev Patel, Hugh Jackman, Sigourney Weaver
Votes: 269,937 | Gross: $31.57M
5. Let's Be Cops (2014)
R | 104 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
Two struggling pals dress as police officers for a costume party and become neighborhood sensations. But when these newly-minted "heroes" get tangled in a real life web of mobsters and dirty detectives, they must put their fake badges on the line.
Director: Luke Greenfield | Stars: Jake Johnson, Damon Wayans Jr., Rob Riggle, Nina Dobrev
Votes: 140,018 | Gross: $82.39M
6. Mr. Brooks (2007)
R | 120 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A well-respected businessman is sometimes controlled by his murder and mayhem-loving alter ego.
Director: Bruce A. Evans | Stars: Kevin Costner, Demi Moore, William Hurt, Dane Cook
Votes: 156,384 | Gross: $28.48M
7. Vampires Suck (2010)
PG-13 | 82 min | Comedy, Horror
In this spoof of vampire-themed movies, teenager Becca finds herself torn between two boys. She and her friends wrestle with endless dramas that crescendo at the prom.
Directors: Jason Friedberg, Aaron Seltzer | Stars: Jenn Proske, Matt Lanter, Diedrich Bader, Chris Riggi
Votes: 51,565 | Gross: $36.66M
8. Psycho II (1983)
R | 113 min | Crime, Horror, Mystery
After twenty-two years of psychiatric care, Norman Bates attempts to return to a life of solitude, but the specters of his crimes - and his mother - continue to haunt him.
Director: Richard Franklin | Stars: Anthony Perkins, Vera Miles, Meg Tilly, Robert Loggia
Votes: 31,117 | Gross: $34.73M
9. Don't Say a Word (2001)
R | 113 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
When the daughter of a psychiatrist is kidnapped, he's horrified to discover that the abductors' demand is that he break through to a post traumatic stress disorder suffering young woman who knows a secret...
Director: Gary Fleder | Stars: Michael Douglas, Sean Bean, Brittany Murphy, Skye McCole Bartusiak
Votes: 57,111 | Gross: $55.00M
10. Bad Samaritan (2018)
R | 110 min | Crime, Horror, Thriller
A pair of burglars stumble upon a woman being held captive in a home they intended to rob.
Director: Dean Devlin | Stars: David Tennant, Robert Sheehan, Kerry Condon, Carlito Olivero
Votes: 26,136 | Gross: $3.44M
11. Poltergeist III (1988)
PG-13 | 98 min | Horror, Thriller
Carol Anne is staying with her aunt in a high-rise building, where the supernatural forces haunting her make their return.
Director: Gary Sherman | Stars: Heather O'Rourke, Tom Skerritt, Nancy Allen, Zelda Rubinstein
Votes: 20,495 | Gross: $14.11M
12. One Deadly Summer (1983)
R | 133 min | Drama, Mystery
A young woman who oozes sensuality arrives in a small town and marries the local mechanic. Was it love at first sight? What links her enigmatic presence to the family's piano? Is it curiosity or is it something far more sinister?
Director: Jean Becker | Stars: Isabelle Adjani, Alain Souchon, Suzanne Flon, Jenny Clève
Votes: 5,365
13. Aurora Teagarden Mysteries: Haunted by Murder (2022 TV Movie)
TV-G | 84 min | Crime, Mystery
A murder investigation is reignited in a house that is considered haunted by the Lawrenceton locals and where years ago Aurora and Sally, as teenagers, discovered a body.
Director: Martin Wood | Stars: Candace Cameron Bure, Niall Matter, Marilu Henner, Lexa Doig
Votes: 875
14. Sorority House Massacre (1986)
R | 74 min | Horror
College student Beth and her sorority sisters are stalked by an escaped psychopathic killer who shares a strange telepathic link with her.
Director: Carol Frank | Stars: Angela O'Neill, Wendy Martel, Pamela Ross, Nicole Rio
Votes: 3,924
15. A Life Less Ordinary (1997)
R | 103 min | Comedy, Crime, Fantasy
Upon being fired, a desperate guy kidnaps a daughter of his former boss. Two angels are sent to Earth to check if love is possible in this case.
Director: Danny Boyle | Stars: Cameron Diaz, Ewan McGregor, Holly Hunter, Delroy Lindo
Votes: 37,203 | Gross: $4.27M
16. Cursed Friends (2022 TV Movie)
87 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
Four friends wake on Halloween and realize the predict-your-future game they played in 2002 is coming true in disturbing ways. They must band together to help each other escape the wild fates that have turned their lives upside down.
Director: Laura Murphy | Stars: Jessica Lowe, Nicole Byer, Harvey Guillén, Andrew Lewis Caldwell
Votes: 1,146
17. What Have You Done to Solange? (1972)
R | 107 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
A teacher who is having an affair with one of his students is reluctant to present an alibi when his lover witnesses the first in a series of murders connected to their school.
Director: Massimo Dallamano | Stars: Fabio Testi, Karin Baal, Cristina Galbó, Joachim Fuchsberger
Votes: 5,932
18. Phantasm II (1988)
R | 97 min | Action, Fantasy, Horror
Mike, now released from a psychiatric hospital, meets with Reggie, and discover his dreams (the events of the original film) are real, and they both journey to find and stop the evil Tall Man from his grim work.
Director: Don Coscarelli | Stars: James Le Gros, Reggie Bannister, Angus Scrimm, Paula Irvine
Votes: 16,778 | Gross: $7.28M
19. Cockneys vs Zombies (2012)
Not Rated | 88 min | Action, Comedy, Horror
A gang of bank robbers fight their way out of a zombie-infested London.
Director: Matthias Hoene | Stars: Rasmus Hardiker, Harry Treadaway, Michelle Ryan, Ashley Thomas
Votes: 20,279
20. A Quiet Place in the Country (1968)
R | 106 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
After moving into a dilapidated rural villa to reinvigorate his creative energies, a neurotic artist becomes obsessed with a beautiful countess who died there many years prior.
Director: Elio Petri | Stars: Franco Nero, Vanessa Redgrave, Georges Géret, Gabriella Boccardo
Votes: 2,044
21. All Creatures Here Below (2018)
Not Rated | 91 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
A desperate young couple on the run seek refuge in Kansas City.
Director: Collin Schiffli | Stars: David Dastmalchian, Karen Gillan, David Koechner, Jennifer Morrison
Votes: 1,085
22. The Resurrection of Charles Manson (2023)
78 min | Horror, Thriller
While a couple edits a Charles Manson movie in an Airbnb, the film's dark events begin to come true in the mysterious plot of a hidden leader.
Director: Remy Grillo | Stars: Katherine Hughes, Josh Plasse, Will Peltz, Sarah Dumont
Votes: 377
23. Zombie for Sale (2019)
Not Rated | 112 min | Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi
When a pharmaceutical company's illegal experiments inadvertently create a zombie, the strange Park family finds it and tries to profit from it.
Director: Lee Min-jae | Stars: Jeong Jae-yeong, Kim Nam-gil, Uhm Ji-won, Lee Soo-kyung
Votes: 2,521
24. Unhinged (II) (2017)
R | 93 min | Horror
Four American best friends decide to take the back roads travelling to a wedding in England, on their way a deadly secret forces the girls to be stranded in the woods, where they discover a house occupied by Miss Perkins.
Director: Dan Allen | Stars: Kate Lister, Lucy-Jane Quinlan, Becca Hirani, Lorena Andrea
Votes: 1,292
25. You Might Be the Killer (2018)
Not Rated | 92 min | Comedy, Horror, Mystery
A camp counselor suffering from blackouts finds himself surrounded by murder victims. He turns to his horror movie enthusiast friend for advice, and to contend with the idea he may be the killer.
Director: Brett Simmons | Stars: Fran Kranz, Alyson Hannigan, Brittany S. Hall, Jenna Harvey
Votes: 6,264
26. The Gardener (2021)
R | 88 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
An immigrant living a quiet life as a gardener at a manor house in England has to rely on old skills to save the family he works for from home invaders.
Directors: Scott Chambers, Becca Hirani | Stars: Robert Bronzi, Gary Daniels, Nicola Wright, Jake Watkins
Votes: 541
27. The Influence (2019)
TV-MA | 99 min | Horror
After moving back to her family home to care for her dying mother, a nurse haunted by her childhood memories must struggle with an evil force in the house.
Director: Denis Rovira van Boekholt | Stars: Manuela Vellés, Maggie Civantos, Alain Hernández, Claudia Placer
Votes: 4,197
28. Bad Meat (2011)
TV-MA | 83 min | Comedy, Horror
Ordered to a delinquent camp by their exasperated parents, a group of wayward teens fall foul of a deadly virus that infects the guards and turns them into flesh-eating monsters! Gristle ... See full summary »
Director: Lulu Jarmen | Stars: Mark Pellegrino, Elisabeth Harnois, Dave Franco, Tahj Mowry
Votes: 945
29. Beneath the Leaves (2019)
TV-MA | 90 min | Thriller
Four small-town boys are kidnapped by warm-eyed psychopath James Whitley.
Director: Adam Marino | Stars: Mira Sorvino, Kristoffer Polaha, Doug Jones, Aaron Farb
Votes: 1,599
30. Microbe & Gasoline (2015)
R | 105 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Two young friends embark on a road trip across France in a vehicle they built themselves.
Director: Michel Gondry | Stars: Ange Dargent, Théophile Baquet, Diane Besnier, Audrey Tautou
Votes: 3,076 | Gross: $0.06M
31. The Watermen (2012)
R | 94 min | Horror, Thriller
A clan of watermen capture a crew of sport fishermen who must then fight for their lives.
Director: Matt L. Lockhart | Stars: Jason Mewes, Richard Riehle, Floyd Abel, Blakely Bunnell
Votes: 1,322
32. My Nights with Susan, Olga, Albert, Julie, Piet & Sandra (1975)
85 min | Action, Drama, Horror
Anton arrives at Susan's farmhouse in rural Holland to take her away with him. The house and surrounding area is populated by strange characters who duplicitously lust for each other. An opening murder weighs over everything.
Director: Pim de la Parra | Stars: Willeke van Ammelrooy, Hans van der Gragt, Nelly Frijda, Jerry Brouer
Votes: 340
33. Wave of Crimes (2018)
TV-MA | 98 min | Comedy, Crime, Thriller
A desperate housewife tries to cover up her son after he kills his father.
Director: Gracia Querejeta | Stars: Maribel Verdú, Juana Acosta, Paula Echevarría, Antonio Resines
Votes: 1,728
34. Ghost in the Noonday Sun (1974)
90 min | Adventure, Comedy
In the 17th century, a pirate captain is murdered by his cook after he buries his treasure and marks it on a map but the poor-memory cook must rely on the captain's ghost to re-track the loot, since the map was drawn in disappearing ink.
Directors: Peter Medak, Spike Milligan, Peter Sellers | Stars: Peter Sellers, Anthony Franciosa, Spike Milligan, Clive Revill
Votes: 351
35. Birthmarked (2018)
90 min | Comedy
Two scientists raise 3 children contrarily to their genetic tendencies to prove the ultimate power of nurture over nature.
Director: Emanuel Hoss-Desmarais | Stars: Matthew Goode, Toni Collette, Andreas Apergis, Jordan Poole
Votes: 3,653
36. Saint (2010)
Not Rated | 88 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
A horror film that depicts St. Nicholas as a murderous bishop who kidnaps and murders children when there is a full moon on December 5.
Director: Dick Maas | Stars: Egbert Jan Weeber, Bert Luppes, Caro Lenssen, Huub Stapel
Votes: 9,674
37. Spy Time (2015)
93 min | Action, Comedy, Thriller
Adolfo, a thirty something security guard, is going through a bad patch. Not only his lifetime girlfriend has just to finished with him to be a guy with no ambition, but he becomes the ... See full summary »
Director: Javier Ruiz Caldera | Stars: Imanol Arias, Quim Gutiérrez, Alexandra Jiménez, Berto Romero
Votes: 4,417
38. Jackpot (2011)
Not Rated | 86 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
Terrified and bloody, Oscar Svendsen awakes clinched to a shotgun in a strippers joint. Around him 8 dead men, and police aiming at him. To Oscar it's clear that he is innocent. It all started when four chaps won 1,7 million on the pools...
Director: Magnus Martens | Stars: Kyrre Hellum, Mads Ousdal, Henrik Mestad, Arthur Berning
Votes: 3,419
39. Sometimes Aunt Martha Does Dreadful Things (1971)
R | 95 min | Comedy, Crime, Horror
Two over-the-top eccentric fugitives become roommates in Miami to avoid the law, while one dresses as the other's aunt in drag, leading to deception and murder.
Director: Thomas Casey | Stars: Abe Zwick, Wayne Crawford, Don Craig, Robin Hughes
Votes: 639
40. Fatal Exam (1990)
R | 114 min | Crime, Drama, Fantasy
A group of university students are invited by their parapsychology professor to investigate a haunted house for the weekend.
Director: Jack Snyder | Stars: Mike Coleman, Terry Comer, Carol Carlberg-Snyder, Paul Steger
Votes: 464
41. Bernie (1996)
87 min | Comedy, Drama
A 30 year old orphan finds his life's official version hard to swallow. His parents couldn't possibly have abandoned him in a trash can as a baby. No, they were victims of a mafia plot and today, if they're still alive, they need his help.
Director: Albert Dupontel | Stars: Claude Perron, Albert Dupontel, Roland Blanche, Hélène Vincent
Votes: 4,042
42. Cinco (II) (2010)
151 min | Comedy, Drama, Horror
A creative horror movie made up of five unique short films tied together by a similar theme.
Directors: Ato Bautista, Cathy Garcia-Sampana, Frasco Mortiz, Nick Olanka, Enrico C. Santos | Stars: Sam Concepcion, AJ Perez, Robi Domingo, Baron Geisler
Votes: 112
43. Strigoi (2009)
Not Rated | 105 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
When the villagers killed Constantin Tirescu, they thought it was justice. Vlad Cozma thinks it was murder. Now Constantin thinks pickles might go nice with blood.
Director: Faye Jackson | Stars: Catalin Paraschiv, Rudy Rosenfeld, Constantin Barbulescu, Roxana Guttman
Votes: 1,265
44. Elles n'oublient jamais (1994)
107 min | Drama, Thriller
Successful Julien sees his family off on holiday and at once becomes drawn into a risky relationship with Angela, whom he spies outside the cafe opposite his office. When he later finds she... See full summary »
Director: Christopher Frank | Stars: Thierry Lhermitte, Maruschka Detmers, Nadia Farès, Johann Martel
Votes: 402
45. The Before Time (2014)
80 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
When two rival crews head into the desert to shoot a reality show based on a buried Navajo treasure, they discover that truth is not only stranger than fiction, it's more dangerous. ... See full summary »
Director: Miguel Muller | Stars: Ted Jonas, Jules Hartley, Danielle Baker, Patrick McGowan
Votes: 304
46.
Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1997–2003)
Episode:
Pangs
(1999)
TV-PG | 43 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
On Thanksgiving, Buffy encounters the spirit of a Native American warrior whose people were wiped out by settlers.
Director: Michael Lange | Stars: Sarah Michelle Gellar, Nicholas Brendon, Alyson Hannigan, James Marsters
Votes: 3,547
47.
Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1997–2003)
Episode:
Revelations
(1998)
TV-PG | 45 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
With some help from Faith's new watcher, Buffy seeks to destroy a weapon-like glove before it falls into the hands of a demon.
Director: James A. Contner | Stars: Sarah Michelle Gellar, Nicholas Brendon, Alyson Hannigan, Charisma Carpenter
Votes: 3,600
48.
The Hunger (1997–2000)
Episode:
The Sloan Men
(1997)
TV-MA | 26 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
When a young woman meets her husband's family for the first time, her mother-in-law reveals some disturbing and shocking news.
Director: Darrell Wasyk | Stars: Terence Stamp, Margot Kidder, Clare Sims, Gregory Calpakis
Votes: 92
49.
Frankie Drake Mysteries (2017–2021)
Episode:
No Friends Like Old Friends
(2019)
TV-PG | 44 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
After her wartime friend goes missing in London, Frankie must work with Agatha Christie to uncover the reason behind the disappearance.
Director: Ruba Nadda | Stars: Lauren Lee Smith, Chantel Riley, Rebecca Liddiard, Sharron Matthews
Votes: 143
50.
Briarpatch (2019–2020)
Episode:
Game Theory and Mescaline
(2020)
TV-MA | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Jake and Allegra make the most of a bad situation. Singe gets creative. The Senator takes a meeting.
Director: Arkasha Stevenson | Stars: Rosario Dawson, Jay R. Ferguson, Edi Gathegi, Brian Geraghty
Votes: 104