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Carrie (1976)

ClassicOriginalViolentTragic

Carrie White, a shy and troubled teenage girl who is tormented by her high school peers and her fanatically religious mother, begins to use her powers of telekinesis to exact revenge upon them.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Brian De Palma
CAST:  Sissy Spacek  •  Piper Laurie  •  Amy Irving  •  William Katt

Carrie White, a shy and troubled teenage girl who is tormented by her high school peers and her fanatically religious mother, begins to use her powers of telekinesis to exact revenge upon them.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Brian De Palma
CAST:  Sissy Spacek  •  Piper Laurie  •  Amy Irving  •  William Katt

The Life of David Gale (2003)

SuspensefulViolentDisturbingThought provoking

A man against capital punishment is accused of murdering a fellow activist and is sent to death row.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alan Parker
CAST:  Kevin Spacey  •  Kate Winslet  •  Laura Linney  •  Gabriel Mann

A man against capital punishment is accused of murdering a fellow activist and is sent to death row.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alan Parker
CAST:  Kevin Spacey  •  Kate Winslet  •  Laura Linney  •  Gabriel Mann

Chained (2012)

SuspensefulViolentDisturbingDark

A serial killer kidnaps a young boy after murdering his mother, then raises him to be his accomplice. After years in captivity, the boy must choose between escaping or following in his captor's bloody footprints.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jennifer Lynch
CAST:  Vincent D'Onofrio  •  Eamon Farren  •  Julia Ormond  •  Gina Philips

A serial killer kidnaps a young boy after murdering his mother, then raises him to be his accomplice. After years in captivity, the boy must choose between escaping or following in his captor's bloody footprints.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jennifer Lynch
CAST:  Vincent D'Onofrio  •  Eamon Farren  •  Julia Ormond  •  Gina Philips

Knowing (2009)

Thought provokingSuspensefulDisturbingFuturistic

A teacher opens a time capsule that has been dug up at his son's elementary school; in it are some chilling predictions -- some that have already occurred and others that are about to -- that lead him to believe his family plays a role in the events that are about ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alex Proyas
CAST:  Nicolas Cage  •  Rose Byrne  •  Chandler Canterbury  •  Ben Mendelsohn

A teacher opens a time capsule that has been dug up at his son's elementary school; in it are some chilling predictions -- some that have already occurred and others that are about to -- that lead him to believe his family plays a role in the events that are about ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alex Proyas
CAST:  Nicolas Cage  •  Rose Byrne  •  Chandler Canterbury  •  Ben Mendelsohn

The Way Back (2010)

Thought provokingIntenseTragicAdventurous

At the dawn of WWII, several men escape from a Russian gulag—to take a perilous and uncertain journey to freedom as they cross deserts, mountains and several nations.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Peter Weir
CAST:  Colin Farrell  •  Dejan Angelov  •  Dragos Bucur  •  Ed Harris

At the dawn of WWII, several men escape from a Russian gulag—to take a perilous and uncertain journey to freedom as they cross deserts, mountains and several nations.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Peter Weir
CAST:  Colin Farrell  •  Dejan Angelov  •  Dragos Bucur  •  Ed Harris

A Serbian Film (2010)

ViolentSuspensefulDisturbingDark

Milos, a retired porn star, leads a normal family life trying to make ends meet. Presented with the opportunity of a lifetime to financially support his family for the rest of their lives, Milos must participate in one last mysterious film. From then on, Milos is ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Srđan Spasojević
CAST:  Srđan 'Žika' Todorović  •  Sergej Trifunović  •  Jelena Gavrilović  •  Slobodan Beštić

Milos, a retired porn star, leads a normal family life trying to make ends meet. Presented with the opportunity of a lifetime to financially support his family for the rest of their lives, Milos must participate in one last mysterious film. From then on, Milos is ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Srđan Spasojević
CAST:  Srđan 'Žika' Todorović  •  Sergej Trifunović  •  Jelena Gavrilović  •  Slobodan Beštić

Just Mercy (2019)

IntenseRealGrippingPowerful

The powerful true story of Harvard-educated lawyer Bryan Stevenson, who goes to Alabama to defend the disenfranchised and wrongly condemned — including Walter McMillian, a man sentenced to death despite evidence proving his innocence. Bryan fights tirelessly for ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Destin Daniel Cretton
CAST:  Michael B. Jordan  •  Jamie Foxx  •  Brie Larson  •  O'Shea Jackson Jr.

The powerful true story of Harvard-educated lawyer Bryan Stevenson, who goes to Alabama to defend the disenfranchised and wrongly condemned — including Walter McMillian, a man sentenced to death despite evidence proving his innocence. Bryan fights tirelessly for ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Destin Daniel Cretton
CAST:  Michael B. Jordan  •  Jamie Foxx  •  Brie Larson  •  O'Shea Jackson Jr.

Black Book (2006)

IntenseThought provokingTragicReal

In the Nazi-occupied Netherlands during World War II, a Jewish singer infiltrates the regional Gestapo headquarters for the Dutch resistance.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Paul Verhoeven
CAST:  Carice van Houten  •  Sebastian Koch  •  Thom Hoffman  •  Halina Reijn

In the Nazi-occupied Netherlands during World War II, a Jewish singer infiltrates the regional Gestapo headquarters for the Dutch resistance.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Paul Verhoeven
CAST:  Carice van Houten  •  Sebastian Koch  •  Thom Hoffman  •  Halina Reijn

Gangs of New York (2002)

Thought provokingViolentDisturbingEmotional

In 1863, Amsterdam Vallon returns to the Five Points of America to seek vengeance against the psychotic gangland kingpin, Bill the Butcher, who murdered his father years earlier. With an eager pickpocket by his side and a whole new army, Vallon fights his way to ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Martin Scorsese
CAST:  Leonardo DiCaprio  •  Daniel Day-Lewis  •  Cameron Diaz  •  Liam Neeson

In 1863, Amsterdam Vallon returns to the Five Points of America to seek vengeance against the psychotic gangland kingpin, Bill the Butcher, who murdered his father years earlier. With an eager pickpocket by his side and a whole new army, Vallon fights his way to ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Martin Scorsese
CAST:  Leonardo DiCaprio  •  Daniel Day-Lewis  •  Cameron Diaz  •  Liam Neeson

The Incident (2012)

SuspensefulViolentDisturbingDark

A group of cooks at an asylum for the criminally insane get locked in with the inmates during a massive thunderstorm  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alexandre Courtes
CAST:  Kenny Doughty  •  Rupert Evans  •  Dave Legeno  •  Richard Brake

A group of cooks at an asylum for the criminally insane get locked in with the inmates during a massive thunderstorm  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alexandre Courtes
CAST:  Kenny Doughty  •  Rupert Evans  •  Dave Legeno  •  Richard Brake

Cape Fear (1991)

SuspensefulViolentDisturbingDark

Sam Bowden is a small-town corporate attorney. Max Cady is a tattooed, cigar-smoking, Bible-quoting, psychotic rapist. What do they have in common? 14 years ago, Sam was a public defender assigned to Max Cady's rape trial, and he made a serious error: he hid a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Martin Scorsese
CAST:  Robert De Niro  •  Nick Nolte  •  Jessica Lange  •  Juliette Lewis

Sam Bowden is a small-town corporate attorney. Max Cady is a tattooed, cigar-smoking, Bible-quoting, psychotic rapist. What do they have in common? 14 years ago, Sam was a public defender assigned to Max Cady's rape trial, and he made a serious error: he hid a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Martin Scorsese
CAST:  Robert De Niro  •  Nick Nolte  •  Jessica Lange  •  Juliette Lewis

The Battery (2012)

SuspensefulViolentEmotionalThought provoking

In rural Connecticut, baseball players Ben and Mickey are trying to survive a zombie plague. They are forced to form a battery: a catcher and a pitcher who work together to outwit the batter, the one who hits the ball. And the batter in this case just happens to be ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jeremy Gardner
CAST:  Jeremy Gardner  •  Adam Cronheim  •  Niels Bolle  •  Alana O'Brien

In rural Connecticut, baseball players Ben and Mickey are trying to survive a zombie plague. They are forced to form a battery: a catcher and a pitcher who work together to outwit the batter, the one who hits the ball. And the batter in this case just happens to be ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jeremy Gardner
CAST:  Jeremy Gardner  •  Adam Cronheim  •  Niels Bolle  •  Alana O'Brien

The Lighthouse (2019)

SuspensefulViolentDisturbingDark

Two lighthouse keepers try to maintain their sanity while living on a remote and mysterious New England island in the 1890s.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Robert Eggers
CAST:  Robert Pattinson  •  Willem Dafoe  •  Valeriia Karaman  •  Logan Hawkes

Two lighthouse keepers try to maintain their sanity while living on a remote and mysterious New England island in the 1890s.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Robert Eggers
CAST:  Robert Pattinson  •  Willem Dafoe  •  Valeriia Karaman  •  Logan Hawkes

Martyrs (2008)

ViolentSuspensefulDisturbingDark

A young woman’s quest for revenge against the people who kidnapped and tortured her as a child leads her and her best friend, also a victim of child abuse, on a terrifying journey into a living hell of depravity.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Pascal Laugier
CAST:  Mylène Jampanoï  •  Morjana Alaoui  •  Mike Chute  •  Catherine Bégin

A young woman’s quest for revenge against the people who kidnapped and tortured her as a child leads her and her best friend, also a victim of child abuse, on a terrifying journey into a living hell of depravity.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Pascal Laugier
CAST:  Mylène Jampanoï  •  Morjana Alaoui  •  Mike Chute  •  Catherine Bégin

Nocturnal Animals (2016)

SuspensefulViolentDisturbingThought provoking

Susan Morrow receives a book manuscript from her ex-husband – a man she left 20 years earlier – asking for her opinion of his writing. As she reads, she is drawn into the fictional life of Tony Hastings, a mathematics professor whose family vacation turns violent.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tom Ford
CAST:  Amy Adams  •  Jake Gyllenhaal  •  Michael Shannon  •  Aaron Taylor-Johnson

Susan Morrow receives a book manuscript from her ex-husband – a man she left 20 years earlier – asking for her opinion of his writing. As she reads, she is drawn into the fictional life of Tony Hastings, a mathematics professor whose family vacation turns violent.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tom Ford
CAST:  Amy Adams  •  Jake Gyllenhaal  •  Michael Shannon  •  Aaron Taylor-Johnson

Dead Ringers (1988)

WeirdDisturbingDarkSlow moving

Elliot, a successful gynecologist, works at the same practice as his identical twin, Beverly. Elliot is attracted to many of his patients and has affairs with them. When he inevitably loses interest, he will give the woman over to Beverly, the meeker of the two, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  David Cronenberg
CAST:  Jeremy Irons  •  Geneviève Bujold  •  Heidi von Palleske  •  Barbara Gordon

Elliot, a successful gynecologist, works at the same practice as his identical twin, Beverly. Elliot is attracted to many of his patients and has affairs with them. When he inevitably loses interest, he will give the woman over to Beverly, the meeker of the two, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  David Cronenberg
CAST:  Jeremy Irons  •  Geneviève Bujold  •  Heidi von Palleske  •  Barbara Gordon

Food, Inc. (2008)

Thought provokingInsightfulRealScary

Documentary filmmaker Robert Kenner examines how mammoth corporations have taken over all aspects of the food chain in the United States, from the farms where our food is grown to the chain restaurants and supermarkets where it's sold. Narrated by author and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Robert Kenner
CAST:  Michael Pollan  •  Eric Schlosser  •  Richard Lobb  •  Vince Edwards

Documentary filmmaker Robert Kenner examines how mammoth corporations have taken over all aspects of the food chain in the United States, from the farms where our food is grown to the chain restaurants and supermarkets where it's sold. Narrated by author and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Robert Kenner
CAST:  Michael Pollan  •  Eric Schlosser  •  Richard Lobb  •  Vince Edwards

Funny Games (2008)

SuspensefulViolentDisturbingDark

When Ann, husband George, and son Georgie arrive at their holiday home they are visited by a pair of polite and seemingly pleasant young men. Armed with deceptively sweet smiles and some golf clubs, they proceed to terrorize and torture the tight-knit clan, giving ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Michael Haneke
CAST:  Naomi Watts  •  Tim Roth  •  Michael Pitt  •  Brady Corbet

When Ann, husband George, and son Georgie arrive at their holiday home they are visited by a pair of polite and seemingly pleasant young men. Armed with deceptively sweet smiles and some golf clubs, they proceed to terrorize and torture the tight-knit clan, giving ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Michael Haneke
CAST:  Naomi Watts  •  Tim Roth  •  Michael Pitt  •  Brady Corbet

Ghost in the Shell (1995)

Action-packedThought provokingBrilliantComplex

In the year 2029, the barriers of our world have been broken down by the net and by cybernetics, but this brings new vulnerability to humans in the form of brain-hacking. When a highly-wanted hacker known as 'The Puppetmaster' begins involving them in politics, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mamoru Oshii
CAST:  Atsuko Tanaka  •  Iemasa Kayumi  •  Akio Otsuka  •  Koichi Yamadera

In the year 2029, the barriers of our world have been broken down by the net and by cybernetics, but this brings new vulnerability to humans in the form of brain-hacking. When a highly-wanted hacker known as 'The Puppetmaster' begins involving them in politics, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mamoru Oshii
CAST:  Atsuko Tanaka  •  Iemasa Kayumi  •  Akio Otsuka  •  Koichi Yamadera

Bronson (2008)

Thought provokingViolentDisturbingDark

A young man who was sentenced to 7 years in prison for robbing a post office ends up spending 30 years in solitary confinement. During this time, his own personality is supplanted by his alter ego, Charles Bronson.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Nicolas Winding Refn
CAST:  Tom Hardy  •  Matt King  •  James Lance  •  Kelly Adams

A young man who was sentenced to 7 years in prison for robbing a post office ends up spending 30 years in solitary confinement. During this time, his own personality is supplanted by his alter ego, Charles Bronson.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Nicolas Winding Refn
CAST:  Tom Hardy  •  Matt King  •  James Lance  •  Kelly Adams
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