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1. The Secret Garden (1993)

G | 101 min | Drama, Family, Fantasy

A young, recently-orphaned girl is sent to England after living in India all of her life. Once there, she begins to explore her new, seemingly-isolated surroundings, and its secrets.

Director: Agnieszka Holland | Stars: Kate Maberly, Maggie Smith, Heydon Prowse, Andrew Knott

Votes: 44,491 | Gross: $31.18M

2. The Best Offer (2013)

R | 131 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Virgil Oldman, a wealthy art auctioneer, takes the help of a young artificer, Robert, to understand and woo Claire Ibbetson, a young heiress, who hires him to auction off an antique collection.

Director: Giuseppe Tornatore | Stars: Geoffrey Rush, Jim Sturgess, Sylvia Hoeks, Donald Sutherland

Votes: 128,639 | Gross: $0.09M

3. Mirror Mirror (I) (2012)

PG | 106 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama

An evil queen steals control of a kingdom and an exiled princess enlists the help of seven resourceful rebels to win back her birthright.

Director: Tarsem Singh | Stars: Lily Collins, Julia Roberts, Armie Hammer, Nathan Lane

Votes: 91,094 | Gross: $64.94M

4. We're All Going to the World's Fair (2021)

R | 86 min | Drama, Horror

Alone in her attic bedroom, teenager Casey becomes immersed in an online role-playing horror game, wherein she begins to document the changes that may or may not be happening to her.

Director: Jane Schoenbrun | Stars: Anna Cobb, Michael J Rogers, Theo Anthony, Holly Anne Frink

Votes: 5,810

5. The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (2007)

PG-13 | 112 min | Biography, Drama

The true story of Elle editor Jean-Dominique Bauby who suffers a stroke and has to live with an almost totally paralyzed body; only his left eye isn't paralyzed.

Director: Julian Schnabel | Stars: Mathieu Amalric, Emmanuelle Seigner, Marie-Josée Croze, Anne Consigny

Votes: 110,446 | Gross: $5.99M

6. Intruders (2015)

R | 90 min | Drama, Horror, Thriller

Anna suffers from agoraphobia so crippling that when a trio of criminals break into her house, she cannot bring herself to flee. But what the intruders don't realize is that agoraphobia is not her only problem.

Director: Adam Schindler | Stars: Rory Culkin, Leticia Jimenez, Jack Kesy, Timothy McKinney

Votes: 14,244

7. Blind (II) (2014)

Not Rated | 96 min | Drama

Forsaken in a new Oslo apartment, a frail blind woman battles to come to terms with her condition, as she slowly retracts into an elaborate fantasy bubble. Are her stories fanning her suspicions, or is this what total blindness looks like?

Director: Eskil Vogt | Stars: Ellen Dorrit Petersen, Henrik Rafaelsen, Vera Vitali, Marius Kolbenstvedt

Votes: 9,089

8. October Road (2007–2008)

TV-PG | 43 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

Best-selling author Nick Garrett hopes to get over his writer's block by going back to his hometown of Knights Ridge, Mass. There, he realizes he's got to finally face the people he wrote about unfavorably in his novel.

Stars: Bryan Greenberg, Laura Prepon, Warren Christie, Brad William Henke

Votes: 4,924

9. The Vexations of a Shut-In Vampire Princess (2023)

TV-MA | 30 min | Animation, Action, Comedy

Komari lives in seclusion, tormented by her inability to drink blood despite being a vampire, her inability to use magic, her inability to exercise and her inability to grow.

Stars: Brittney Karbowski, Yôko Hikasa, Tomori Kusunoki, Sayumi Suzushiro

Votes: 273

10. And You Thought There Is Never a Girl Online? (2016)

TV-MA | 24 min | Animation, Comedy, Romance

Hideki Nishimura, who plays the Legendary Age game under the pseudonym Rusian, vowed to renounce online marriages after confessing to a girl that he claimed to be a boy in real life.

Stars: Toshiyuki Toyonaga, Rina Hidaka, Inori Minase, Mao Ichimichi

Votes: 1,582

11. Wonderkid (2016)

Not Rated | 31 min | Short, Drama, Sport

WONDERKID is a short film depicting the inner turmoil of a gay professional footballer.

Director: Rhys Chapman | Stars: Chris Mason, Leeshon Alexander, Ben Wigzell, Troy Glasgow

Votes: 409

12. Eden of the East (2009)

TV-MA | 23 min | Animation, Action, Comedy

On November 22, 2010 ten missiles strike Japan. However, this unprecedented terrorist act, later to be called as "Careless Monday," does not result in any apparent victims, and is soon ... See full summary »

Stars: Ryohei Kimura, Saori Hayami, Jason Liebrecht, Leah Clark

Votes: 4,018

13. Kemono Jihen (2021)

TV-14 | 24 min | Animation, Action, Fantasy

Occult detective Inugami travels to a rural village to investigate a case. There he finds the half-human boy Kabane, who wants to find his parents.

Stars: Jun'ichi Suwabe, Natsuki Hanae, Ayumu Murase, Natsumi Fujiwara

Votes: 1,835

14. The Wolfpack (2015)

R | 90 min | Documentary, Biography

Confined in an apartment from a New York housing project, the six Angulo brothers learned everything they know about the world through watching films and spend their time reenacting their favorite movies with intricate homemade costumes.

Director: Crystal Moselle | Stars: Mukunda Angulo, Narayana Angulo, Susanne Angulo, Bhagavan Angulo

Votes: 13,517 | Gross: $1.30M

15. Witchcraft (1964)

Not Rated | 79 min | Horror

When her grave is disturbed by modern-day land developers, a 300-year-old witch is accidentally resurrected and terrorizes an English village.

Director: Don Sharp | Stars: Lon Chaney Jr., Jack Hedley, Jill Dixon, Viola Keats

Votes: 1,539

16. Am I Actually the Strongest? (2023)

TV-14 | 24 min | Animation, Adventure, Fantasy

A recluse takes the opportunity to enter another world, but his status there as an overpowered hero makes his desire for a quiet life difficult.

Stars: Atsumi Tanezaki, Nobuhiko Okamoto, Ayumu Murase, Ami Koshimizu

Votes: 765

17. Boy Culture (2006)

Unrated | 88 min | Drama, Romance

A successful male escort describes in a series of confessions his tangled romantic relationships with his two roommates and an older, enigmatic male client.

Director: Q. Allan Brocka | Stars: Derek Magyar, George Jonson, Patrick Bauchau, Darryl Stephens

Votes: 5,947 | Gross: $0.22M

18. Eromanga Sensei (2017)

TV-14 | 24 min | Animation, Comedy, Drama

A young writer who works with an anonymous artist discovers that the artist is his little sister.

Stars: Yoshitsugu Matsuoka, Akane Fujita, Minami Takahashi, Kana Hanazawa

Votes: 1,643

19. Outbreak Company (2013)

TV-14 | 23 min | Animation, Comedy, Drama

Otaku Shinichi, has been sent as an ambassador to a parallel world, where what we believed to be only fantasy is reality.

Stars: Natsuki Hanae, Maaya Uchida, Juliet Simmons, Kira Vincent-Davis

Votes: 715

20. Anohana: The Flower We Saw That Day (2015 TV Movie)

M | 120 min | Adventure, Drama, Fantasy

Friends grow apart after a tragic accident claims one of their number. Years later, the dead girl appears to them to ask for their help in crossing over to the afterlife.

Director: Masaki Nishiura | Stars: Minami Hamabe, Marie Iitoyo, Airi Matsui, Nijirô Murakami

Votes: 417

21. Princess Jellyfish (2010)

TV-14 | 22 min | Animation, Comedy, Romance

An insecure young woman, obsessed with jellyfish, lives in a house full of awkward women. Meeting a stylish "princess" turns her life upside down.

Stars: Colleen Clinkenbeard, Ian Sinclair, J. Michael Tatum, Monica Rial

Votes: 1,026

22. Gun-Shy (2003)

Unrated | 105 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

Dito Tsintsadze's drama focuses on a loner whose life changes dramatically, when he gets to know a beautiful, but strange girl. Lukas, a young man doing "meals on wheels" instead of ... See full summary »

Director: Dito Tsintsadze | Stars: Fabian Hinrichs, Lavinia Wilson, Johan Leysen, Ingeborg Westphal

Votes: 633

23. Otaku Elf (2023)

TV-14 | 24 min | Animation, Comedy, Fantasy

For more than four hundred years, the Takamimi Shrine has stood in Tokyo, enshrining the local goddess: Elda, a magical elf summoned from another world. The immortal elf has been served for... See full summary »

Stars: Yuka Ozaki, Ami Koshimizu, Hitomi Sekine, Haruka Aikawa

Votes: 158

24. SERVAMP (2016)

TV-14 | 24 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

After Mahiru Shirota rescues what he thought was an ordinary cat, he's pulled into the world of servamps. Life couldn't be more complicated.

Stars: Yûki Kaji, Chuck Huber, Takuma Terashima, Clifford Chapin

Votes: 560

25. Mommy Would Never Hurt You (2019 TV Movie)

TV-14 | 90 min | Thriller

Riley wants to rebuild her relationship with her mother and little sister, who are shut-ins due to her sister's illness. When Riley realizes her sister may not be sick, her mother will stop... See full summary »

Director: Daniel Lusko | Stars: Kristen Vaganos, Libby Munro, Micavrie Amaia, Zack Gold

Votes: 417

26. Deep Family Secrets (1997 TV Movie)

96 min | Thriller

A young woman journeys back to her birthplace and discovers that much of what she had always taken for granted was all a lie.

Director: Arthur Allan Seidelman | Stars: Richard Crenna, Angie Dickinson, Molly Gross, Craig Wasson

Votes: 225

27. Girl 27 (2007)

Not Rated | 86 min | Documentary, Biography

The reclusive Patricia Douglas comes out of hiding to discuss the 1937 MGM scandal, in which the powerful film studio tricked her and over 100 other underage girls into attending a stag party, where she was raped.

Director: David Stenn | Stars: Patricia Douglas, Baby Peggy, Richard W. Bann, Kelly Brown

Votes: 1,185

28. Wataten! An Angel Flew Down to Me (2019)

TV-14 | 23 min | Animation, Comedy

Miyako is a shy college student who is also an otaku. One day she happens to meet some angelic grade school kids. When Miyako sees her little sister's new friend Hana-chan, Miyako's heart ... See full summary »

Stars: Maria Sashide, Rika Nagae, Akari Kitô, Reina Ueda

Votes: 387

29. Little Busters! (2012–2013)

TV-14 | Animation, Comedy, Drama

The adventures of five inseparable childhood friends living in a boarding high school.

Stars: Blake Shepard, Shannon Emerick, Brittney Karbowski, Greg Ayres

Votes: 375

30. The Little Girl Who Was Too Fond of Matches (2017)

TV-14 | 112 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery

After her father's death, a young woman raised in isolation struggles to make sense of her world.

Director: Simon Lavoie | Stars: Jean-François Casabonne, Marine Johnson, Antoine L'Écuyer, Béatrice Aubry

Votes: 493

31. Shadow Realm (2002 TV Movie)

120 min | Crime, Drama, Fantasy

Anthology film created from two unaired episodes of Night Visions. A mental patient mustn't stop behaving in patterns. A maze on collage campus is actually a time portal. A town fears music. A court employee can hear thoughts of a killer.

Directors: Keith Gordon, Tobe Hooper, Paul Shapiro, Ian Toynton | Stars: Miguel Ferrer, Malcolm McDowell, Anna Hagan, John Dadey

Votes: 153

32. Nanyobi ni umareta no (2023– )

Drama, Romance

Due to an event, Kurome Sui has been living as a hikikomori for the past 10 years since the age of 18. However, her life begins to change after she receives an invitation to a high school reunion and meeting popular novelist, Kumon Ryuen.

Stars: Marie Iitoyo, Akari Hayami, Yumi Wakatsuki, Junpei Mizobata

Votes: 16

33. Love at Least (2018)

109 min | Drama, Romance

Yasuko is a hikikomori and has hypersomnia which means she has trouble staying awake during the day. She lives with her boyfriend Tsunagi, who works in the editorial department at a ... See full summary »

Director: Kôsai Sekine | Stars: Shizuka Ishibashi, Yutaka Matsushige, Riisa Naka, Naomi Nishida

Votes: 348

34. Body/Antibody (2007)

Not Rated | 98 min | Comedy, Drama

An obsessive-compulsive shut-in's antiseptic world is invaded by a beautiful seductress who moves in next door to his rent-controlled Manhattan apartment.

Directors: Kerry Douglas Dye, Jordan Hoffman | Stars: Robert Gomes, Leslie Kendall Dye, Frank Deal, Debbie Gibson

Votes: 147

35. Neighbors (III) (2012)

TV-G | 20 min | Short, Drama

When a quirky shut-in gets a feisty new neighbor -- a transgender woman in an abusive relationship -- the two begin a strange friendship that allows them both to break free.

Director: Rachel Goldberg | Stars: Kelli Garner, Danny Woodburn, Edi Gathegi, Mageina Tovah

Votes: 41

36. At Home by Myself... with You (2009)

90 min | Comedy

A multi phobia-plagued single woman who hasn't left her apartment in six years finds her carefully organized existence disrupted by her hot new 'on-the-go' neighbor.

Director: Kris Booth | Stars: Kristin Booth, Aaron Abrams, Shauna MacDonald, Ryan Blakely

Votes: 272

37. Watching TV All the Time Makes You Stupid (2007 Video)

Not Rated | 85 min | Comedy

This erotically tinged psychological drama from Japan follows the story of Yuki, a shut-in whose entire life takes place within the four walls of her small apartment - which she hasn't left in years.

Director: Tôru Kamei | Stars: Nobuyuki Matsuda, Akifumi Miura, Chie Nakatani, Ai Shimomura

Votes: 46

38. The Hourglass (2007)

110 min | Drama, War

A story of a Jewish-Hungarian-Serbian family. The plot is centered about trying of an adult son to reconstruct his childhood dream of and memories. Looms, but a sunken world, the central ... See full summary »

Director: Szabolcs Tolnai | Stars: Nebojsa Dugalic, Slobodan Custic, Jasna Zalica, David Vojnic

Votes: 103

39. The Door (II) (2022)

Short, Horror

A Young Woman visits her recluse Uncle and learns his obsessions with doors could mean life or death.

Director: Andrew Froening | Stars: Christopher Kai, Reba Landers, Brian Pollock

Votes: 10

40. Million Doll (2015)

TV-14 | Animation, Drama, Music

Million Doll revolves around Suuko, an idol-loving hikikomori (shut-in) who has one ability: To make any idol popular through the power of blogging. She puts her sights on the Fukuoka idol ... See full summary »

Stars: Yûichirô Umehara, Miku Itou, Eriko Matsui, Yui Watanabe

Votes: 70

41. The Woman in the House (1942)

Approved | 11 min | Short

The story of a woman who cannot bear to leave her house for 40 years because she has anthropophobia, the fear of people, triggered by the death of her fiancé.

Director: Sammy Lee | Stars: Ann Richards, Mark Daniels, John Nesbitt

Votes: 159

42. WALLEDwithin (2020)

Mystery

The walls don't have to close in, if you've chosen to stay in.

Director: Scott Hellon | Star: Scott Hellon

43. Jim (2009)

Approved | Documentary

An elderly, eccentric, artist lives day to day looking for his big break. Jim Ervin has accomplished many things in his life; but at the age of 61 he still is searching for his first love.

Director: Brad Patterson | Stars: Jim Ervin, Jy Harris

44. I Am Joining Today (2020)

Short, Comedy

Beverly, a quiet and a bit meek, Brooklynite decides it is time to join the fray of young folks on social media. In 'I Am Joining Today', Beverly, in Mr. Bean-like fashion, goes out onto ... See full summary »

Director: Jon Butts | Stars: Stephanie Butts, Ibrahim Ouchikh

45. Ao no to (2000)

146 min | Drama

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Director: Katsumi Sakaguchi | Stars: Misa Maezawa, Yusuke Nakamura, Masako Sawa

46. Night Visions (2001–2002)
Episode: The Maze/Harmony (2002)

TV-14 | Fantasy, Horror, Mystery

A female student accidentally goes through a time portal in the college maze and learns that there is no future but there may be time for love. / A man's car break down in a town where all music is outlawed because of an old legend.

Directors: Tobe Hooper, Paul Shapiro | Stars: Thora Birch, Justin Chatwin, Chilton Crane, Luke Edwards

Votes: 120

47. Wonderfalls (2004)
Episode: Muffin Buffalo (2004)

TV-PG | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy

Jaye tries to help a shut-in neighbor re-enter society while the muses tell her not to give another neighbor her disability checks that were delivered to Jaye by mistake.

Director: Craig Zisk | Stars: Caroline Dhavernas, Katie Finneran, Tyron Leitso, Lee Pace

Votes: 278

48. A Haunting (2005– )
Episode: Cursed (2005)

TV-PG | 43 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror

In Tuscon, Arizona, a mother and wife buys and renovates an abandoned house. Later, as a grandmother, she finds that an entity in the house poses a terrible threat to her young grandson.

Director: David Haycox | Stars: Anthony D. Call, Amy Allan, Kelley Davis, Jordan Henry

Votes: 85

49. The Propaganda Report (2016– )
DNB: Fauci Pushes Fauci Sponsored Drug that Does Nothing. Bill Gates Human Harvesting & a Warning for Businesses that Have Reopened (2020 Podcast Episode)

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Stars: Monica Perez, Brad Binkley

50. Greek (2007–2011)
Episode: Evasive Actions (2009)

TV-14 | 44 min | Comedy, Drama, Family

The Zeta Beta Zeta and Iota Kappa Iota sororities engage in a game of dodgeball.

Director: Michael Lange | Stars: Clark Duke, Tiffany Dupont, Scott Michael Foster, Spencer Grammer

Votes: 72