Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "abandoned-theater"

1. 12 Monkeys (1995)

R | 129 min | Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller

In a future world devastated by disease, a convict is sent back in time to gather information about the man-made virus that wiped out most of the human population on the planet.

Director: Terry Gilliam | Stars: Bruce Willis, Madeleine Stowe, Brad Pitt, Joseph Melito

Votes: 646,483 | Gross: $57.14M

2. Transformers: Age of Extinction (2014)

PG-13 | 165 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

When humanity allies with a bounty hunter in pursuit of Optimus Prime, the Autobots turn to a mechanic and his family for help.

Director: Michael Bay | Stars: Mark Wahlberg, Nicola Peltz Beckham, Jack Reynor, Stanley Tucci

Votes: 331,523 | Gross: $245.44M

3. Cinema Paradiso (1988)

R | 174 min | Drama, Romance

A filmmaker recalls his childhood when falling in love with the pictures at the cinema of his home village and forms a deep friendship with the cinema's projectionist.

Director: Giuseppe Tornatore | Stars: Philippe Noiret, Enzo Cannavale, Antonella Attili, Isa Danieli

Votes: 282,728 | Gross: $11.99M

4. The Majestic (2001)

PG | 152 min | Drama, Romance

In 1951, a blacklisted Hollywood writer gets into a car accident, loses his memory and settles down in a small town where he is mistaken for a long-lost son.

Director: Frank Darabont | Stars: Jim Carrey, Martin Landau, Bob Balaban, Jeffrey DeMunn

Votes: 57,636 | Gross: $27.81M

5. Dead Silence (2007)

R | 89 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller

After his wife meets a grisly end, Jamie Ashen returns to his hometown of Ravens Fair to find answers. His investigation leads him to the ghost of a ventriloquist named Mary Shaw who seems to have ties to his entire family tree

Director: James Wan | Stars: Ryan Kwanten, Amber Valletta, Donnie Wahlberg, Michael Fairman

Votes: 101,813 | Gross: $16.81M

6. Day of the Dead (1985)

Not Rated | 101 min | Horror, Thriller

As the world is overrun by zombies, a group of scientists and military personnel sheltering in an underground bunker in Florida must decide on how they should deal with the undead horde.

Director: George A. Romero | Stars: Lori Cardille, Terry Alexander, Joseph Pilato, Jarlath Conroy

Votes: 74,336 | Gross: $5.80M

7. I, Frankenstein (2014)

PG-13 | 92 min | Action, Fantasy, Sci-Fi

Frankenstein's creature finds himself caught in an all-out, centuries-old war between two immortal clans.

Director: Stuart Beattie | Stars: Aaron Eckhart, Bill Nighy, Miranda Otto, Virginie Le Brun

Votes: 83,906 | Gross: $19.08M

8. Alex Cross (2012)

PG-13 | 101 min | Action, Crime, Mystery

A homicide detective is pushed to the brink of his moral and physical limits as he tangles with a ferociously skilled hired killer who specializes in torture and pain.

Director: Rob Cohen | Stars: Tyler Perry, Matthew Fox, Rachel Nichols, Edward Burns

Votes: 35,412 | Gross: $25.89M

9. Catchfire (1990)

R | 116 min | Action, Comedy, Crime

A witness to a mob assassination flees for her life, running from town to town and switching identities along the way, but she cannot seem to elude Milo, the chief hit man sent after her.

Director: Dennis Hopper | Stars: Dennis Hopper, Jodie Foster, Dean Stockwell, Vincent Price

Votes: 4,571

10. Popcorn (1991)

R | 91 min | Comedy, Horror

A master of disguise deranged killer begins killing off the college students who are organizing a horror-movie marathon in an abandoned theater.

Directors: Mark Herrier, Alan Ormsby | Stars: Jill Schoelen, Tom Villard, Dee Wallace, Derek Rydall

Votes: 6,308 | Gross: $4.21M

11. The Believers (1987)

R | 114 min | Crime, Drama, Horror

Cal Jamison, a police psychologist, is forced to deal with a series of ritualistic murders and a malevolent cult.

Director: John Schlesinger | Stars: Martin Sheen, Helen Shaver, Harley Cross, Robert Loggia

Votes: 8,101 | Gross: $18.75M

12. The Thief Lord (2006)

PG | 98 min | Adventure, Drama, Family

After their mother dies, two boys flee their mean aunt and head for Venice, Italy, where they meet Scipio, the mysterious "Thief Lord." Along with a small gang of abandoned kids, the boys start robbing the rich to support themselves.

Director: Richard Claus | Stars: Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Jasper Harris, Carole Boyd, Bob Goody

Votes: 6,266

13. The Clown at Midnight (1998)

R | 91 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller

Seven teenagers are stalked by a murderous clown while refurbishing an old opera house.

Director: Jean Pellerin | Stars: Christopher Plummer, Margot Kidder, Sarah Lassez, James Duval

Votes: 2,368

14. Pistol Whipped (2008 Video)

R | 100 min | Action, Crime, Drama

A tough ex-policeman (S.Seagal) with a gambling and alcohol problem gets offered a job as assassin of bad men. It'll rid him of all gambling debt as well as get him money and a chance of cleaning up his act and be with his daughter.

Director: Roel Reiné | Stars: Steven Seagal, Paul Calderon, Renée Elise Goldsberry, Lance Henriksen

Votes: 5,405

15. Dylan Dog: Dead of Night (2010)

PG-13 | 107 min | Action, Comedy, Crime

The adventures of supernatural private investigator, Dylan Dog, who seeks out the monsters of the Louisiana bayou in his signature red shirt, black jacket, and blue jeans.

Director: Kevin Munroe | Stars: Brandon Routh, Aníta Briem, Sam Huntington, Taye Diggs

Votes: 15,641 | Gross: $1.18M

16. Permanent Record (1988)

PG-13 | 91 min | Drama, Music, Romance

A man who seemingly has it all together, being smart, talented, funny, and popular, is secretly overwhelmed by expectations of himself and those of his parents, and suffers what is assumed to be a horrible accident.

Director: Marisa Silver | Stars: Alan Boyce, Keanu Reeves, Pamela Gidley, Michael Elgart

Votes: 2,290 | Gross: $1.89M

17. Shank (2010)

Unrated | 90 min | Action, Comedy, Crime

An action film for the youth generation, set in a decaying future London. A gang set out on a chase to avenge the murder of one of their own.

Director: Mo Ali | Stars: Kedar Williams-Stirling, Adam Deacon, Ashley Thomas, Michael Socha

Votes: 4,286

18. Homo Sapiens (2016)

Not Rated | 94 min | Documentary

Homo Sapiens shows stunning images of forgotten places, buildings we constructed and then left.

Director: Nikolaus Geyrhalter

Votes: 1,083

19. Big Bad Love (2001)

R | 111 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

Barlow is a hard-drinking, heavy-smoking, long-haired, and deeply unhappy aspiring writer who pulls a dozen rejection slips out of his mailbox every day while trying to get through his life with some semblance of purpose.

Director: Arliss Howard | Stars: Arliss Howard, Debra Winger, Paul Le Mat, Rosanna Arquette

Votes: 727 | Gross: $0.10M

20. Thieves (1977)

PG | 92 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

Dramedy of a native New York married couple who splits up in an attempt to rediscover their sanity.

Directors: John Berry, Alfred Viola | Stars: Marlo Thomas, Charles Grodin, Irwin Corey, Hector Elizondo

Votes: 179

21. The Rats (1955)

91 min | Drama

In the early Fifties Pauline Karka (Maria Schell) comes to Berlin. She is pregnant and totally penniless. She meets the laundry owner Anna John (Heidemarie Hatheyer) who always yearned to ... See full summary »

Director: Robert Siodmak | Stars: Maria Schell, Curd Jürgens, Heidemarie Hatheyer, Gustav Knuth

Votes: 372

22. Song at Midnight (1935)

Not Rated | 124 min | Horror, Romance

China's first horror film, this is loosely based on The Phantom of the Opera. A disfigured musical genius roams a traditional Chinese opera house, punishing those who offend him.

Director: Weibang Ma-Xu | Stars: Menghe Gu, Ping Hu, Shan Jin, Chao Shi

Votes: 943

23. Are You Afraid of the Dark?: The Tale of Orpheo's Curse (1994 Video Game)

Adventure, Fantasy, Horror

Young brother and sister, Alex and Terry, sneak into Orpheo's Palace, an abandoned haunted theater. Cursed magician Orpheo chases after them. They must find a way to remove the curse and escape.

Director: Stephen Gass | Stars: Rebecca Arends, Jamie Kolacki, Scott Cheffer, Stephanie Manglaras

Votes: 61

24. The Mayor of 44th Street (1942)

Passed | 86 min | Drama

Joe Jonathan tries to keep his business on the level after some shady dealings but will his cronies let him?

Director: Alfred E. Green | Stars: George Murphy, Anne Shirley, William Gargan, Richard Barthelmess

Votes: 211

25. Trans-Siberian Orchestra: The Ghosts of Christmas Eve (1999 TV Movie)

Unrated | 46 min | Fantasy, Music

When a young girl finds herself sleeping in an abandoned theater on Christmas Eve, the Christmas spirits living there come to life just long enough to help her find her way through music.

Directors: Hart Perry, Paul O'Neill | Stars: Ossie Davis, Allie Sheridan, Jewel, Michael Crawford

Votes: 550

26. Beltenebros (1991)

109 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

Madrid, 1962. More than twenty years after the civil war has finished, a communist comes back to Spain to kill a traitor.

Director: Pilar Miró | Stars: Terence Stamp, Patsy Kensit, José Luis Gómez, Geraldine James

Votes: 335

27. The London Nobody Knows (1968)

53 min | Documentary

A trippy 45-minute documentary of late-1960s London that is a fascinating time capsule of the remnants of a bygone age before London's extensive redevelopment in the late 1960s.

Director: Norman Cohen | Star: James Mason

Votes: 393

28. Seeking Asylum (1979)

110 min | Comedy, Drama

Roberto uses alternative teaching methods, but manages to create a special bond with his kindergarten students.

Director: Marco Ferreri | Stars: Roberto Benigni, Dominique Laffin, Chiara Moretti, Carlo Monni

Votes: 614

29. Styx: Kilroy Was Here (1983)

10 min | Short, Comedy, Music

Intro for the concept album/rock opera 'Kilroy Was Here' by rock band Styx. A rebel fan motivates a jailed rock star framed for murder by the fundamentalist dictator of Orwellian future America where all rock music is banned to escape.

Directors: Brian Gibson, Jerry Kramer | Stars: Dennis DeYoung, Tommy Shaw, James Young, John Panozzo

Votes: 123

30. Coming Up Roses (1986)

PG | 93 min | Comedy

The last cinema in a small town in South Wales closes. This means for the projectionist Trevor and ice cream vendor Mona that they are out of job. They come up with a new idea: They want to... See full summary »

Director: Stephen Bayly | Stars: Olive Michael, Richard Lewis, Edward Lewis, Michael Lewis

Votes: 79

31. Styx: Caught in the Act (1984 Video)

83 min | Documentary, Music, Musical

Concert film by the rock band Styx in which they reenact key parts of the dystopian story from their rock opera-like concept album 'Kilroy Was Here' during their normal live show.

Directors: Jerry Kramer, Brian Gibson | Stars: Dennis DeYoung, Tommy Shaw, James Young, John Panozzo

Votes: 18

32. Deadline Demon (2017)

5 min | Short, Horror

Five people break into a haunted cinema where they find more than what they were searching for.

Director: Emily McAllan | Stars: Georgia Carr, Matilda Alfred Keenan, Violet Alfred Keenan, Louise O'Loughlin

33. New Friends (1981)

11 min | Animation, Short

An animated film about Howard, a mallard duck, who finds that he must depend on an unlikely coalition of animals when he misses his southbound flock and is forced to winter in New York City.

Director: Diane Kenna | Stars: Jack Angel, Patti Deutsch, Billie Hayes, Frank Welker

Votes: 10

34. Broken Palace (2014)

6 min | Documentary, Short, History

A documentary about the rapidly-disappearing era of heritage movie palaces and the film going experience once offered within those hallowed walls.

Director: Ross Munro | Stars: Kristen Brown, Simon Webb

Votes: 11

35. Starlight Over San Diego: Exploring Balboa Park's Abandoned Music Bowl (2015)

23 min | Short

Few abandoned places offer the level of beauty and history as does the Starlight Bowl. San Diego's Balboa Park is home to this magical, now empty music bowl, and it is one of the most intriguing abandoned places I've ever explored.

Director: Jordan Liles

36. Early Edition (1996–2000)
Episode: Pinch Hitters (1999)

TV-PG | Adventure, Comedy, Drama

Gary finds himself quarantined when he comes in contact with an animal that could be a carrier. So he asks Marissa to take care of something in the paper so she asks her boyfriend Emmett to... See full summary »

Director: Todd Pfeiffer | Stars: Kyle Chandler, Billie Worley, Myles Jeffrey, Shanesia Davis

Votes: 62

37. It Takes a Thief (1968–1970)
Episode: The Funeral Is on Mundy (1969)

TV-PG | 51 min | Action, Adventure, Crime

While on a mission to discredit a crack thief of an adversarial spy group, Mundy discovers the thief murdered during assignment and learns that he is an additional target of the other thief's mysterious assassin.

Director: Allen Reisner | Stars: Robert Wagner, Malachi Throne, Julie Newmar, John Williams

Votes: 42

38. Mighty Morphin Power Rangers (1993–1996)
Episode: The Wedding: Part II (1995)

Not Rated | 21 min | Action, Adventure, Family

Zedd proposes to Rita and she promises to deliver the defeated Rangers as a wedding present.

Director: Shuki Levy | Stars: Amy Jo Johnson, David Yost, Johnny Yong Bosch, Karan Ashley

Votes: 450

39. Mighty Morphin Power Rangers (1993–1996)
Episode: The Wedding: Part III (1995)

Not Rated | 21 min | Action, Adventure, Family

Rita and Zedd marry and decide to spend their honeymoon destroying the Power Rangers.

Director: Shuki Levy | Stars: Amy Jo Johnson, David Yost, Johnny Yong Bosch, Karan Ashley

Votes: 453

40. Mystery Science Theater 3000 (1988–1999)
Episode: Village of the Giants (1994)

Not Rated | 93 min | Comedy, Sci-Fi

In Village of the Giants (1965), a child genius creates a growth formula that ends up in the hands of some incredibly annoying teenagers. Meanwhile, Dr. Forrester shakes things up in Deep ... See full summary »

Director: Kevin Murphy | Stars: Trace Beaulieu, Michael J. Nelson, Jim Mallon, Kevin Murphy

Votes: 515

41. CSI: NY (2004–2013)
Episode: Sleight Out of Hand (2007)

TV-14 | 42 min | Action, Crime, Drama

A famous magician plans three death-defying stunts on three consecutive nights. But on the first two nights, two of his assistants die in ways that eerily resemble his stunts. Can CSI solve the mystery before there's a third victim?

Director: Rob Bailey | Stars: Gary Sinise, Melina Kanakaredes, Carmine Giovinazzo, Anna Belknap

Votes: 388

42. Film It (2016– )
Episode: Spooky Abandoned Theater! (2019)

15 min | Documentary

Dan Bell is joined by fellow urban explorers The Proper People in this archeived live stream. This former vaudeville theater was in operation from 1915-1969 and has sat abandoned ever since... See full summary »

Director: Dan Bell | Stars: Dan Bell, Bryan, Michael

43. Urban Legends (2007–2011)
Episode: Three Degrees of Separation (2009)

Crime, Fantasy, History

First, a man buys a grill at an auction and makes a grisly discovery. Next, a young couple are accosted by a group of teens and accidentally get revenge. Finally, a farm accident leaves a young man relying on his dog to help save his life.

Director: John Griffith | Stars: Michael Allcock, Ralph deGroot, Aimee Feler, Lise Moule

44. Elementary (2012–2019)
Episode: Step Nine (2013)

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

Holmes and Watson travel to London to help track down an old mentor and investigate an unsolved mystery.

Director: John Polson | Stars: Jonny Lee Miller, Lucy Liu, Jon Michael Hill, Aidan Quinn

Votes: 1,357

45. Gotham (2014–2019)
Episode: Spirit of the Goat (2014)

TV-14 | 41 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Someone is killing rich children by taking on the name of The Goat, a serial killer that Harvey took down when he was young. Montoya and Allen finally have evidence against Gordon.

Director: T.J. Scott | Stars: Ben McKenzie, Donal Logue, David Mazouz, Zabryna Guevara

Votes: 4,758

46. CSI: Cyber (2015–2016)
Episode: Red Crone (2015)

TV-14 | 43 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

The Cyber team investigates a child abduction case inspired by a myth where an abductor lures children through a cell phone app.

Director: Brad Tanenbaum | Stars: Patricia Arquette, James Van Der Beek, Shad Moss, Charley Koontz

Votes: 218

47. Luke Cage (2016–2018)
Episode: The Basement (2018)

TV-MA | 64 min | Action, Crime, Drama

As a wave of violence rocks Harlem, everyone races to connect the dots between Piranha, Mariah, Bushmaster and the grisly find at the clinic.

Director: Millicent Shelton | Stars: Mike Colter, Simone Missick, Theo Rossi, Mustafa Shakir

Votes: 1,957