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1. Filth (I) (2013)
R | 97 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
A corrupt, junkie cop with bipolar disorder attempts to manipulate his way through a promotion in order to win back his wife and daughter while also fighting his own inner demons.
Director: Jon S. Baird | Stars: James McAvoy, Jamie Bell, Eddie Marsan, Imogen Poots
Votes: 116,074 | Gross: $0.03M
2. 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: 248,128 | Gross: $0.92M
3. Excision (2012)
Not Rated | 81 min | Comedy, Drama, Horror
A disturbed, delusional high-school student with aspirations of a career in medicine goes to extremes to earn the approval of her controlling mother.
Director: Richard Bates Jr. | Stars: AnnaLynne McCord, Roger Bart, Ariel Winter, Traci Lords
Votes: 24,689
4. Freeway (1996)
R | 102 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A twisted take on "Little Red Riding Hood", with a teenage juvenile delinquent on the run from a social worker travelling to her grandmother's house and being hounded by a charming, but sadistic, serial killer and pedophile.
Director: Matthew Bright | Stars: Reese Witherspoon, Kiefer Sutherland, Bokeem Woodbine, Paul Perri
Votes: 31,874 | Gross: $0.30M
5. The Snowtown Murders (2011)
Not Rated | 119 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
Based on true events, 16 year-old Jamie falls in with his mother's new boyfriend and his crowd of self-appointed neighborhood watchmen, a relationship that leads to a spree of torture and murder.
Director: Justin Kurzel | Stars: Lucas Pittaway, Daniel Henshall, Louise Harris, Bob Adriaens
Votes: 20,685 | Gross: $0.01M
6. Unsane (2018)
R | 98 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
A young woman is involuntarily committed to a mental institution, where she is confronted by her greatest fear - but is it real or a product of her delusion?
Director: Steven Soderbergh | Stars: Claire Foy, Joshua Leonard, Jay Pharoah, Juno Temple
Votes: 50,017 | Gross: $7.73M
7. What the Peeper Saw (1972)
R | 89 min | Crime, Drama, Horror
A wealthy author's second wife begins to suspect that her 12-year-old stepson may have murdered his mother, who mysteriously died in a bathtub accident.
Directors: James Kelley, Andrea Bianchi | Stars: Mark Lester, Britt Ekland, Hardy Krüger, Lilli Palmer
Votes: 1,711
8. 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: 16,193
9. Blue My Mind (2017)
97 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
An outwardly normal teenage girl faces overwhelming body transformations that put the very nature of her existence into question.
Director: Lisa Brühlmann | Stars: Luna Wedler, Zoë Pastelle Holthuizen, Regula Grauwiller, Georg Scharegg
Votes: 3,460
10. 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: 20,646
11. The Hard Way (1991)
R | 111 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
An action movie star researching a role is allowed to tag along with a hardboiled New York City policeman, who finds him superficial and irritating.
Director: John Badham | Stars: Michael J. Fox, James Woods, Stephen Lang, Annabella Sciorra
Votes: 22,340 | Gross: $25.90M
12. 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: 14,879
13. 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: 5,378
14. The Road Within (2014)
R | 100 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama
A young man with Tourette's Syndrome embarks on a road trip with his recently-deceased mother's ashes.
Director: Gren Wells | Stars: Robert Sheehan, Dev Patel, Zoë Kravitz, Robert Patrick
Votes: 16,298
15. The Ambulance (1990)
R | 96 min | Action, Comedy, Horror
A comic-book artist meets a woman on the NYC streets, but after a quick flirtation, she suddenly collapses and is picked up by an old ambulance. He checks all the hospitals in the area, but the woman has disappeared.
Director: Larry Cohen | Stars: Eric Roberts, James Earl Jones, Megan Gallagher, Red Buttons
Votes: 4,209
16. The Human Voice (2020)
R | 30 min | Short, Drama
A woman watches time passing next to the suitcases of her ex-lover (who is supposed to come pick them up, but never arrives) and a restless dog who doesn't understand that his master has abandoned him. Two living beings facing abandonment.
Director: Pedro Almodóvar | Stars: Tilda Swinton, Agustín Almodóvar, Miguel Almodóvar, Pablo Almodóvar
Votes: 8,729
17. Remember My Name (1978)
R | 94 min | Drama, Thriller
Just released from prison, a young woman arrives in town to "start a new life", but soon begins stalking a married construction worker for no apparent reason, turning his life inside out and eventually terrorizing him and his wife.
Director: Alan Rudolph | Stars: Geraldine Chaplin, Anthony Perkins, Moses Gunn, Berry Berenson
Votes: 1,688
18. Filthy (2017)
87 min | Drama
Lena is seventeen years old and is on the threshold of entering adult life, but her growing up is brutally interrupted by a horrific event. Devastated, she goes into her shell and is scared to share her experience with others.
Director: Tereza Nvotová | Stars: Dominika Moravkova, Anna Jakab Rakovska, Róbert Jakab, Anna Sisková
Votes: 643
19. In Family I Trust (2019)
TV-MA | 97 min | Comedy, Romance
After discovering that her boyfriend is cheating on her with a famous TV reporter, a woman returns to her family home to find herself.
Director: Patricia Font | Stars: Clara Lago, Álex García, Alexandra Jiménez, Paula Malia
Votes: 3,669
20. Straight on Till Morning (1972)
R | 96 min | Thriller
A timid, withdrawn woman meets a man she believes is finally the love of her life, unaware that he is a vicious serial killer.
Director: Peter Collinson | Stars: Rita Tushingham, Shane Briant, James Bolam, Katya Wyeth
Votes: 1,430
21. Strangler vs. Strangler (1984)
96 min | Comedy, Crime, Horror
A mentally-disturbed flower seller starts killing young girls on the streets of Belgrade. While the frustrated police inspector is trying to stop him, an aspiring musician finds his life and work deeply intertwined with that of a killer.
Director: Slobodan Sijan | Stars: Tasko Nacic, Nikola Simic, Srdjan Saper, Sonja Savic
Votes: 4,373
22. Apartment Zero (1988)
R | 124 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
In early 1980s Buenos Aires, a struggling movie theater owner takes in a roommate but suspects he is responsible for a series of political assassinations.
Director: Martin Donovan | Stars: Hart Bochner, Colin Firth, Dora Bryan, Liz Smith
Votes: 4,245 | Gross: $0.67M
23. Hauser's Memory (1970 TV Movie)
GP | 96 min | Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
A scientist is persuaded by the government to inject himself with the brain fluid of a dying colleague in order to preserve missile-defense secrets. However, he finds that he is now torn ... See full summary »
Director: Boris Sagal | Stars: David McCallum, Susan Strasberg, Helmut Käutner, Leslie Nielsen
Votes: 134
24. A Fine Madness (1966)
Not Rated | 104 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Samson Shillitoe, mad genius of a poet irresistible to women, but plagued by writer's block, agrees to see a psychiatrist, and his beautiful wife.
Director: Irvin Kershner | Stars: Sean Connery, Joanne Woodward, Jean Seberg, Patrick O'Neal
Votes: 1,527
25. An Unlikely Romance (2013)
Drama, Romance
Luisa and Erika are prototypes of young women who plunge into relationships with the "wrong" men. Luisa (Berenika Kohoutová) wants to become an actress, which upsets her husband Igor to no ... See full summary »
Director: Ivan Vojnár | Stars: Berenika Kohoutová, Alzbeta Pazoutová, Ivan Vojnár, Michal Capka
Votes: 43
26. I, Olga Hepnarova (2016)
Not Rated | 105 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
Based on the true life of Olga Hepnarová, a young Czech woman who became a rampage killer in 1973.
Directors: Petr Kazda, Tomás Weinreb | Stars: Michalina Olszanska, Martin Pechlát, Klára Melísková, Marika Soposká
Votes: 2,725
27. Sexy Killer: You'll Die for Her (2008)
R | 100 min | Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi
A femme fatale fashionista at a trendy design school embarks on a brutal and bloody killing spree, while gleefully evading the hapless cops assigned to the murder cases.
Director: Miguel Martí | Stars: Macarena Gómez, Alejo Sauras, César Camino, Ángel de Andrés López
Votes: 1,643
28. Office Killer (1997)
R | 82 min | Comedy, Crime, Horror
A mousy office worker accidentally kills one of her coworkers, then proceeds to bump off a few others.
Director: Cindy Sherman | Stars: Florina Rodov, Jason Brill, Eddie Malavarca, Carol Kane
Votes: 2,397 | Gross: $0.04M
29. Empowered (2018)
TV-MA | 87 min | Comedy
After to visit a Hindi guru healer, Paz loses control over what she says and starts speaking out everything that comes to her mind.
Director: Santiago Segura | Stars: Maribel Verdú, Diego Martín, Toni Acosta, Rafael Spregelburd
Votes: 2,598
30. Los héroes del mal (2015)
98 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Three teenagers, brought together by bullying, indulge in petty theft, sex and drugs. They inevitably realize they can resort to violence to take revenge on everyone who has humiliated them: students, teachers and other outcasts. One of them escalates to killing, and desires to kill again. Anyone can become his next victim. The other two face the question: should they resort to violence to stop ... See full summary »
Director: Zoe Berriatúa | Stars: Emilio Palacios, Jorge Clemente, Beatriz Medina, Macarena Gómez
Votes: 1,117
31. Love Me! (2014)
PG-13 | 80 min | Comedy, Drama
Sarah is loud, non-conforming, rude, honest and provocative. She seems invincible, but she is lonely and lost. Struggling with her daily life.
Director: Philipp Eichholtz | Stars: Lilli Meinhardt, Christian Ehrich, Peter Trabner, Eva Bay
Votes: 687
32. The Word (2014)
97 min | Drama, Thriller
Lila is a schoolgirl in love whose boyfriend Janek has betrayed her with another girl. Seeking revenge, Lila puts in motion a chain of events that cannot be stopped which leads to terrifying consequences.
Director: Anna Kazejak | Stars: Eliza Rycembel, Mateusz Wieclawek, Magdalena Poplawska, Dawid Ogrodnik
Votes: 514 | Gross: $0.00M
33. Revenge! (1971 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 75 min | Crime, Horror, Thriller
A deranged mother avenges herself against the man she thinks seduced her daughter by imprisoning him in a cage in her basement.
Director: Jud Taylor | Stars: Shelley Winters, Stuart Whitman, Bradford Dillman, Carol Eve Rossen
Votes: 182
34. Intimate Enemy (2018)
108 min | Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Andrej, a programmer, is developing his project of an intelligent home. To make his program perfect he moved with his wife Zuzana to the test house. He is striving to implement a bonus into... See full summary »
Director: Karel Janák | Stars: Gabriela Marcinková, Vojtech Dyk, Zuzana Porubjaková, Ondrej Malý
Votes: 270
35. Love You Thank You (2017)
27 min | Short, Comedy, Drama
Lance relives the good and the bad in his past relationship to decide whether or not to see his ex-boyfriend, Adam, that night.
Director: Chad Hylton | Stars: Donovan Mendelovitz, Michael Nicolo, Tim Torre
Votes: 52
36. Desperate Ladies Act Desperately (2018) (2018)
PG-13 | 82 min | Comedy
Olga's life begins to "stink" in the maternity ward. As a natural uniqueness she admired not only the head of the department but also her little son Míša. Meeting a naked newborn and ... See full summary »
Director: Filip Renc | Stars: Klára Issová, Aneta Krejcíková, Václav Vasák, Matous Ruml
Votes: 122
37. Lukas and the Aspies (2015)
26 min | Short, Drama, Family
'Lukas & the Aspies' is a story about 12-year old Lukas. In many ways Lukas is a normal kid: He plays in a band, hangs out with his friends and fights with his kid brother. But Lukas' has ... See full summary »
Director: Anders Gustafsson | Stars: Karl Oskar Meyer, Erik Schmidt, Jan Meyer, Regitze Estrup
Votes: 32
38. 3 Seasons in Hell (2009)
110 min | Drama, Romance
A 19 year old nonconformist poet living in 1947 Czechoslovakia is blind to the Communist behemoth looking over him, and instead lives a bohemian life with sexually liberated girls. There he... See full summary »
Director: Tomas Masin | Stars: Krystof Hádek, Karolina Gruszka, Martin Huba, Jan Kraus
Votes: 423
39. Live Girls (2010)
12 min | Short, Comedy, Crime
A disenfranchised porn store employee finds an unlikely mentor in a realistic sex doll who arrives at the shop.
Director: Pamela Romanowsky | Stars: Gage Cass, John Fico, Carter Jackson, Sarah Kate Jackson
40. Hvezda (2020 TV Movie)
109 min | Comedy, Drama
Directors: Vít Belohradský, Patrik Hartl | Stars: Eva Holubová, Jirí Bartoska, Zuzana Bydzovská, Marek Eben
Votes: 16
41. You're Gonna Feel Funny After (2009)
Short
When Mike decides it's time for his 15 year old brother Duke to lose his virginity, he slowly realizes that perhaps he has made a terrible choice.
Director: Rodrigo Lopresti | Stars: Rodrigo Lopresti, Jennie Epland, Kenny Sosnowski
Votes: 8
42. Let asfaltoveho holuba (1991)
90 min | Drama
The story features two army buddies profiling two very different attitudes to life.
Director: Vlado Balco | Stars: Ondrej Vetchý, Roman Luknár, György Cserhalmi, Alena Procházková
Votes: 24
43. Snovej (2016)
33 min | Short, Comedy, Romance
Director: Marek Ciccotti | Stars: Kamila Janovicová, Vojtech Kotek, Marek Holý, Sandra Cernodrinská
Votes: 12
44. Ani málo, ani moc (1999 TV Movie)
Drama
Emotionally unstable woman tries to manipulate her estranged husband into adoption in desperate attempt to save their long dead marriage.
Director: Petr Strnad | Stars: Vilma Cibulková, Slávka Budínová, Pavel Dytrt, Adéla Decastelová
Votes: 10
45.
Hammer House of Horror (1980)
Episode:
Visitor from the Grave
(1980)
TV-14 | 48 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
A former mental patient kills her would-be rapist, but his corpse returns from its secret grave.
Director: Peter Sasdy | Stars: Kathryn Leigh Scott, Simon MacCorkindale, Gareth Thomas, Myrtill Nádasi
Votes: 521
46.
Jak si nepodelat zivot (2019)
Episode:
Muj bezvadnej zivot
(2019)
83 min | Comedy, Drama
After the family party, which she had arranged wonderfully, as is her custom - at least it seems so on her Facebook profile - Dana wakes up in the morning with strange spots around her eyes... See full summary »
Director: Tereza Kopácová | Stars: Tereza Brodská, Vasil Fridrich, Anna Perinová, Veronika Divisová
Votes: 43