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1. Hereditary (2018)

R | 127 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery

A grieving family is haunted by tragic and disturbing occurrences.

Director: Ari Aster | Stars: Toni Collette, Milly Shapiro, Gabriel Byrne, Alex Wolff

Votes: 377,985 | Gross: $44.07M

2. The Shining (1980)

R | 146 min | Drama, Horror

A family heads to an isolated hotel for the winter where a sinister presence influences the father into violence, while his psychic son sees horrific forebodings from both past and future.

Director: Stanley Kubrick | Stars: Jack Nicholson, Shelley Duvall, Danny Lloyd, Scatman Crothers

Votes: 1,106,730 | Gross: $44.02M

3. Disturbia (2007)

PG-13 | 105 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

When a teenager is placed under house arrest, he succumbs to despair and starts spying on his neighbors, hoping to spice up his life. This, however, leads him to witness a serial killer on the loose.

Director: D.J. Caruso | Stars: Shia LaBeouf, David Morse, Carrie-Anne Moss, Sarah Roemer

Votes: 248,279 | Gross: $80.21M

4. Jigsaw (I) (2017)

R | 92 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller

Bodies are turning up around the city, each having met a uniquely gruesome demise. As the investigation proceeds, evidence points to one suspect: John Kramer, the man known as Jigsaw, who has been dead for over 10 years.

Directors: Michael Spierig, Peter Spierig | Stars: Matt Passmore, Tobin Bell, Callum Keith Rennie, Hannah Emily Anderson

Votes: 92,253 | Gross: $38.05M

5. Taking Lives (2004)

R | 103 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller

An FBI profiler is called in by French Canadian police to catch a serial killer who takes on the identity of each new victim.

Director: D.J. Caruso | Stars: Angelina Jolie, Ethan Hawke, Kiefer Sutherland, Gena Rowlands

Votes: 95,309 | Gross: $32.68M

6. Jeepers Creepers 2 (2003)

R | 104 min | Horror

Set a few days after the original, a championship basketball team's bus is attacked by The Creeper, the winged, flesh-eating terror, on the last day of his 23-day feeding frenzy.

Director: Victor Salva | Stars: Jonathan Breck, Ray Wise, Nicki Aycox, Garikayi Mutambirwa

Votes: 70,580 | Gross: $35.67M

7. They Shall Not Grow Old (II) (2018)

R | 99 min | Documentary, History, War

A documentary about World War I with never-before-seen footage to commemorate the centennial of the end of the war.

Director: Peter Jackson | Stars: Thomas Adlam, William Argent, John Ashby, Attwood

Votes: 38,464 | Gross: $17.96M

8. Secret Things (2002)

Unrated | 115 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy

Nathalie teaches Sandrine that sexual transgression can cause violent pleasure and give those who use it a powerful weapon to climb the social hierarchy. They decide to get a job in a bank, a place where victims abound.

Director: Jean-Claude Brisseau | Stars: Coralie Revel, Sabrina Seyvecou, Roger Miremont, Fabrice Deville

Votes: 5,397 | Gross: $0.10M

9. The Beyond (1981)

R | 87 min | Horror

A young woman inherits an old hotel in Louisiana where, following a series of supernatural "accidents", she learns that the building was built over one of the entrances to Hell.

Director: Lucio Fulci | Stars: Catriona MacColl, David Warbeck, Cinzia Monreale, Antoine Saint-John

Votes: 25,315 | Gross: $0.12M

10. Halloween: Resurrection (2002)

R | 90 min | Horror, Thriller

Three years after he last terrorized his sister, Michael Myers confronts her again, before traveling to Haddonfield to deal with the cast and crew of a reality show which is being broadcast from his old home.

Director: Rick Rosenthal | Stars: Jamie Lee Curtis, Busta Rhymes, Brad Loree, Bianca Kajlich

Votes: 49,281 | Gross: $30.35M

11. Jesse Stone: Death in Paradise (2006 TV Movie)

Not Rated | 87 min | Crime, Drama

A body's found on the shore of a lake. Police Chief Jesse Stone starts an investigation. It turns out to be a pregnant high school student. There's also a case of a persistent wife beater. Jesse starts seeing a shrink and dating.

Director: Robert Harmon | Stars: Tom Selleck, Viola Davis, Kohl Sudduth, Orla Brady

Votes: 5,511

12. Kwaidan (1964)

Not Rated | 183 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror

A collection of four Japanese folk tales with supernatural themes.

Director: Masaki Kobayashi | Stars: Rentarô Mikuni, Michiyo Aratama, Misako Watanabe, Kenjirô Ishiyama

Votes: 19,987

13. The Legend of Hell House (1973)

PG | 95 min | Horror

A physicist, his wife and two mediums are hired to investigate the Belasco House, where 27 guests had inexplicably died in 1927, along with most of a team of paranormal investigators that was sent in the early 1950s.

Director: John Hough | Stars: Roddy McDowall, Gayle Hunnicutt, Pamela Franklin, Clive Revill

Votes: 14,039

14. One Missed Call (2003)

R | 112 min | Horror, Mystery

People mysteriously start receiving voicemail messages from their future selves, foretelling their deaths.

Director: Takashi Miike | Stars: Kô Shibasaki, Shin'ichi Tsutsumi, Kazue Fukiishi, Anna Nagata

Votes: 19,312

15. The Snow Walker (2003)

PG | 103 min | Adventure, Drama

A pilot and his passenger struggle for survival after crashing in the Arctic tundra.

Director: Charles Martin Smith | Stars: Barry Pepper, Annabella Piugattuk, James Cromwell, Kiersten Warren

Votes: 11,369

16. The Veil (I) (2016)

R | 93 min | Horror

Twenty-five years after members of a religious cult committed mass suicide, the lone survivor returns to the scene of the tragedy with a documentary crew in tow.

Director: Phil Joanou | Stars: Jessica Alba, Thomas Jane, Lily Rabe, Aleksa Palladino

Votes: 8,176

17. Prime Suspect 2 (1992)

102 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Detective Chief Inspector Jane Tennison's (Dame Helen Mirren's) investigation of a murder is complicated with the unexpected participation of her secret lover in her detective unit.

Stars: Helen Mirren, Colin Salmon, John Benfield, Jack Ellis

Votes: 4,108

18. Conquest (1983)

R | 88 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy

A young man, armed with a magical bow and arrows, embarks on a mystical journey through a mystical land to rid it of all evil and joins forces with an outlaw to take down an evil witch bent on claiming the magic bow for evil.

Director: Lucio Fulci | Stars: Jorge Rivero, Andrea Occhipinti, Conrado San Martín, Violeta Cela

Votes: 2,799

19. The Haunting in Connecticut 2: Ghosts of Georgia (2013)

R | 100 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery

A young family moves into a historic house in Georgia and learns that they're not the house's only inhabitants. They find themselves in the presence of a secret rising from underground that threatens to bring down anyone in its path.

Director: Tom Elkins | Stars: Abigail Spencer, Chad Michael Murray, Katee Sackhoff, Emily Alyn Lind

Votes: 18,252

20. The Cry of the Owl (2009)

R | 100 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller

A troubled young man retreats from the big city and his ex-wife for the tranquility of a small town. He is drawn into a relationship with a young woman whose boyfriend goes missing, leaving the new arrival as a suspect.

Director: Jamie Thraves | Stars: Paddy Considine, Julia Stiles, Karl Pruner, Phillip MacKenzie

Votes: 5,154

21. The Quarry (2020)

R | 98 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller

A drifter (Shea Whigham) kills a traveling preacher and takes his place at a small-town church, but the police chief (Michael Shannon) suspects foul play.

Director: Scott Teems | Stars: Shea Whigham, Michael Shannon, Catalina Sandino Moreno, Bobby Soto

Votes: 3,636 | Gross: $0.00M

22. The Capture of the Green River Killer (2008)

Not Rated | 89 min | Biography, Crime, Drama

A pair of girls seeking adventure beyond their western Washington trailer park encounter the area's most ruthless serial killer. The series is based on Sheriff David Reichert's book, "... See full summary »

Stars: Tom Cavanagh, Currie Graham, Amy Davidson, Ingrid Rogers

Votes: 1,371

23. Sacrifice (II) (2016)

Not Rated | 91 min | Crime, Horror, Mystery

After digging up a bizarrely mutilated corpse on her land, physician Tora Hamilton uncovers a lethal connection to ancient pagan rituals.

Director: Peter A. Dowling | Stars: Radha Mitchell, Rupert Graves, Ian McElhinney, Joanne Crawford

Votes: 4,828

24. Dear Mr. Gacy (2010)

R | 103 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

A chronicle of the interaction between college student Jason Moss and the object of his obsession, serial killer John Wayne Gacy.

Director: Svetozar Ristovski | Stars: William Forsythe, Jesse Moss, Emma Lahana, Cole Heppell

Votes: 3,810

25. The Card Player (2003)

Not Rated | 103 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller

A Rome policewoman teams up with a British Interpol agent to find a crafty serial killer who plays a taunting game of cat-and-mouse with the police by abducting and killing young women and showing it over an Internet web cam.

Director: Dario Argento | Stars: Stefania Rocca, Liam Cunningham, Silvio Muccino, Adalberto Maria Merli

Votes: 5,655

26. The Ice House (1997)

TV-MA | 172 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller

Phoebe lives with her friends Diana and Anne at their country mansion, but they are the target of vicious village gossip. When their gardener discovers a body in the disused ice house, a 10-year-old murder investigation is reopened.

Stars: Frances Barber, Kitty Aldridge, Corin Redgrave, Penny Downie

Votes: 954

27. Mad Detective (2007)

Not Rated | 89 min | Action, Crime, Mystery

A rookie cop teams up with a former detective with a supernatural gift to hunt down a serial killer.

Directors: Johnnie To, Ka-Fai Wai | Stars: Ching Wan Lau, Andy On, Ka-Tung Lam, Kelly Lin

Votes: 8,130 | Gross: $0.00M

28. Jar City (2006)

Not Rated | 93 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

A murder opens up a bleak trail of long buried secrets and small town corruption for a worn out police detective and his squad.

Director: Baltasar Kormákur | Stars: Ingvar Sigurdsson, Ágústa Eva Erlendsdóttir, Björn Hlynur Haraldsson, Ólafía Hrönn Jónsdóttir

Votes: 5,635

29. Across the River (2013)

92 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller

The story revolves around an ethologist working in the remote woods, trapping animals and mounting cameras on them so that he can monitor their behavior remotely. The resulting recordings ... See full summary »

Director: Lorenzo Bianchini | Stars: Renzo Gariup, Marco Marchese, Lidia Zabrieszach

Votes: 1,656

30. Refuge: American Apocalypse (I) (2013)

Not Rated | 74 min | Thriller

Refuge is a suspense-thriller about a family struggling to survive in the wake of a great catastrophic event.

Director: Andrew Robertson | Stars: Carter Roy, Amy Rutberg, Eva Grace Kellner, Chris Kies

Votes: 616

31. 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

32. Ghost of Mae Nak (2005)

Not Rated | 101 min | Horror

A young couple reawaken the spirit of a famous old Thai legend.

Director: Mark Duffield | Stars: Pataratida Pacharawirapong, Siwat Chotchaicharin, Porntip Papanai, Jaran Ngamdee

Votes: 855

33. Boogeymen: The Killer Compilation (2001 Video)

Unrated | 56 min | Documentary, Horror

A compilation of clips from 17 classic slasher films.

Stars: Andrew Robinson, Grace Kirby, Ashley Laurence, Doug Bradley

Votes: 1,233

34. Zombie Night 2: Awakening (III) (2006)

90 min | Horror

A new deadly virus is transmitted to humans via mosquito bites and then learns to control their corpses. A bunch of survivors let their guard down once they find shelter and sex in each other.

Director: David J. Francis | Stars: Steve Curtis, Sharon DeWitt, Dan Rooney, Kari Grace

Votes: 278

35. Banned! In America IV (1999 Video)

59 min | Documentary

Number four in the series focuses on much of the same as the previous entries, that being shocking incidents caught on tape. Some "highlights" include a man with his hand caught in a ... See full summary »

Director: Nomo Ichi | Star: Lee Chapman

Votes: 74

36. Backroad (2012)

Not Rated | 80 min | Drama, Horror, Thriller

A man with a dark past hitches a ride that turns into a road trip to hell and leads him to the revelation of a family secret of biblical proportions.

Director: Wayne Slaten | Stars: Matthew Carter, Greg Dean, Elizabeth McCain, Julie Oliver-Touchstone

Votes: 68

37. Absolute Punishment: The Ultimate Death Experience Part 2 (1998 Video)

Not Rated | 72 min | Documentary

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Directors: 1312, Skelter | Stars: Boogerman, Busty, Ingrid Cruz, Jeff Doucet

Votes: 17

38. Tide of Ghosts (2018)

27 min | Short, Drama

A best friend reappears as a ghost with unfinished business to uncover the mystery behind his death and find his body before it decomposes.

Director: Seb Cox | Stars: John Black, Benjamin David Taylor

39. Nostalgia (VII) (2018)

14 min | Short, Drama, Horror

In an unstable marriage, Marion worries for her husband, Frank, as his behavior grows more and more erratic.

Director: Henry Chastain | Stars: Mallory Cooney King, Andrew Wind

40. Ruth Rendell Mysteries (1987–2000)
Episode: Road Rage: Part One (1998)

TV-14 | 180 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

A young German girl mysteriously disappears from outside a pub and a group of environmentalist stage a sit in to prevent a bypass from being built through a forest.

Director: Bruce MacDonald | Stars: George Baker, Louie Ramsay, Christopher Ravenscroft, Isobel Middleton

Votes: 111

41. CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2000–2015)
Episode: Lady Heather's Box (2003)

TV-14 | 85 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

When a body is found in a foam party, he is identified by Grissom and Capt. Brass as the male prostitute Trey Buckman. Meanwhile, Catherine and Nick investigate a decomposed body of the ... See full summary »

Director: Richard J. Lewis | Stars: William Petersen, Marg Helgenberger, Gary Dourdan, George Eads

Votes: 1,014

42. Mystery!: Cadfael (1994–1998)
Episode: The Potter's Field (1998)

TV-14 | 75 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

A year after Brother Ruald answers his vocation and becomes a monk at Shrewsbury, a body, believed to be his deserted wife, is unearthed near his cottage.

Director: Mary McMurray | Stars: Derek Jacobi, Terrence Hardiman, Michael Culver, Julian Firth

Votes: 183

43. The Last Detective (2003–2007)
Episode: Pilot (2003)

96 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

A disrespected but decent British detective unravels a cold case about a missing seventeen year old girl while trying to deal with the breakup of his marriage.

Director: Nick Hurran | Stars: Peter Davison, Sean Hughes, Rob Spendlove, Emma Amos

Votes: 225

44. Supernatural (2005–2020)
Episode: Route 666 (2006)

TV-14 | 50 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror

Dean is contacted by an ex-flame who asks him for help when black men in her hometown are being murdered by a driver-less racist truck.

Director: Paul Shapiro | Stars: Jared Padalecki, Jensen Ackles, Megalyn Echikunwoke, Kathleen Noone

Votes: 6,966

45. Waking the Dead (2000–2011)
Episode: The Blind Beggar: Part 1 (2001)

TV-14 | 59 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

A skeleton is discovered during building work at a church.

Director: Robert Knights | Stars: Trevor Eve, Sue Johnston, Holly Aird, Claire Goose

Votes: 176

46. Waking the Dead (2000–2011)
Episode: Pilot: Part 1 (2000)

TV-MA | 51 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

DCI Peter Boyd hunts a killer who murdered a schoolgirl five years earlier. Then the killer contacts him saying he's abducted another girl. Could exhuming the murderer's first victim provide vital clues?

Director: Martin Hutchings | Stars: Holly Aird, Adie Allen, Tyler Butterworth, Elaine Claxton

Votes: 242

47. Waking the Dead (2000–2011)
Episode: Subterraneans: Part 1 (2005)

TV-14 | 58 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Boyd and the team discover that two decomposed bodies -- one a suicide and the other a murder victim -- are linked to the same man, a medical researcher.

Director: Michael Offer | Stars: Trevor Eve, Sue Johnston, Wil Johnson, Esther Hall

Votes: 151

48. Waking the Dead (2000–2011)
Episode: Towers of Silence: Part 1 (2005)

TV-14 | 58 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

A mummified body discovered in a derelict airplane in an Arizona scrapyard after seven years has mutilations that match those from another body found in a water tower.

Director: Philippa Langdale | Stars: Trevor Eve, Sue Johnston, Wil Johnson, Esther Hall

Votes: 141

49. Raines (2007)
Episode: Meet Juan Doe (2007)

TV-14 | 44 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Raines investigates the death of a man found floating in a canal for a week.

Director: Frederick King Keller | Stars: Jeff Goldblum, Matt Craven, Nicole Sullivan, Linda Park

Votes: 58

50. Waking the Dead (2000–2011)
Episode: Wren Boys: Part 1 (2007)

TV-14 | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Davy, a young boy is drowned in concrete, is it suicide, accident, or murder?

Director: Tim Fywell | Stars: Trevor Eve, Sue Johnston, Tara Fitzgerald, Wil Johnson

Votes: 164