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1. It Comes at Night (2017)
R | 91 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
Secure within a desolate home as an unnatural threat terrorizes the world, a man has established a tenuous domestic order with his wife and son. Then a desperate young family arrives seeking refuge.
Director: Trey Edward Shults | Stars: Joel Edgerton, Christopher Abbott, Carmen Ejogo, Riley Keough
Votes: 103,593 | Gross: $13.99M
2. Benedetta (2021)
Unrated | 131 min | Biography, Drama, Romance
A 17th-century nun in Italy suffers from disturbing religious and erotic visions. She is assisted by a companion, and the relationship between the two women develops into a romantic love affair.
Director: Paul Verhoeven | Stars: Virginie Efira, Charlotte Rampling, Daphné Patakia, Lambert Wilson
Votes: 25,703
3. Virgin Territory (2007)
R | 97 min | Adventure, Comedy, Romance
Young Florentines take refuge from the black plague and engage in bawdy adventures and lusty exchanges.
Director: David Leland | Stars: Hayden Christensen, Mischa Barton, Ryan Cartwright, Christopher Egan
Votes: 8,735
4. Flesh+Blood (1985)
R | 126 min | Adventure, Drama
In medieval Europe, a young girl from a noble family is obsessed with her captors - commoners.
Director: Paul Verhoeven | Stars: Rutger Hauer, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Tom Burlinson, Jack Thompson
Votes: 20,123 | Gross: $0.10M
5. The Physician (2013)
R | 155 min | Adventure, Drama, History
In 11th-century Persia, a surgeon's apprentice disguises himself as a Jew to study at a school that does not admit Christians.
Director: Philipp Stölzl | Stars: Tom Payne, Stellan Skarsgård, Olivier Martinez, Emma Rigby
Votes: 42,085
6. Black Death (2010)
R | 102 min | Action, Drama, History
Set during the time of the first outbreak of bubonic plague in England, a young monk is given the task of learning the truth about reports of people being brought back to life in a small village.
Director: Christopher Smith | Stars: Eddie Redmayne, Sean Bean, Carice van Houten, Kimberley Nixon
Votes: 51,343 | Gross: $0.02M
7. The Satanic Rites of Dracula (1973)
R | 87 min | Horror
In 1974, Professor Lorrimer Van Helsing investigates a satanic cult on behalf of Scotland Yard, only to discover a plot by Count Dracula to commit global genocide.
Director: Alan Gibson | Stars: Christopher Lee, Peter Cushing, Michael Coles, William Franklyn
Votes: 6,981
8. We're No Angels (1955)
Not Rated | 106 min | Comedy, Crime, Romance
Three Devil's Island escapees hide out in the house of a kindly merchant and repay his kindness by helping him and his family out of several crises.
Director: Michael Curtiz | Stars: Humphrey Bogart, Peter Ustinov, Aldo Ray, Joan Bennett
Votes: 10,812
9. A Plague Tale: Innocence (2019 Video Game)
M | Adventure, Drama, History
14th century France, Amicia and her little brother Hugo are on the run from the Inquisition's soldiers and survive during their emotional journey unstoppable swarms of rats from the Black Plague.
Directors: Kevin Choteau, David Dedeine | Stars: Charlotte McBurney, Logan Hannan, Edan Hayhurst, Tabitha Rubens
Votes: 4,956
10. La peste (2018–2019)
50 min | Crime, Drama, History
A series of murders take place in 16th-century Seville, where the plague has taken hold; a condemned man faces the Inquisition as he attempts to save the son of a friend by speaking out.
Stars: Pablo Molinero, Patricia López Arnaiz, Sergio Castellanos, Cecilia Gómez
Votes: 2,229
11. The Hawaiians (1970)
R | 134 min | Adventure, Drama
Captain Whip returns to Hawaii. He's inherited "worthless" land. He starts a plantation, staffed with a Chinese couple from his ship. Drilling thru lava for water and stealing/smuggling pineapple from French Guyana, things look brighter.
Director: Tom Gries | Stars: Charlton Heston, Tina Chen, Geraldine Chaplin, Mako
Votes: 1,442 | Gross: $0.28M
12. The Navigator: A Medieval Odyssey (1988)
PG | 92 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Men seeking relief from the Black Death, guided by a boy's vision, dig a tunnel from 14th century England to 20th century New Zealand.
Director: Vincent Ward | Stars: Bruce Lyons, Chris Haywood, Hamish Gough, Marshall Napier
Votes: 3,997 | Gross: $1.33M
13. So Long at the Fair (1950)
Approved | 86 min | Drama, Mystery
Vicky Barton visits Paris with her brother Johnny, only to discover the following morning he has gone missing and the hotel staff have no recollection of his presence.
Directors: Antony Darnborough, Terence Fisher | Stars: Jean Simmons, Dirk Bogarde, David Tomlinson, Honor Blackman
Votes: 2,367
14. The Pied Piper (1972)
G | 86 min | Drama, Fantasy, Musical
In 1349, while the Black Plague threatens Germany, the town of Hamelin hires a wandering pied piper (Donovan) to lure rats away with his magic pipe, but then refuses to pay for his services, causing him to lure the town's children away.
Director: Jacques Demy | Stars: Keith Buckley, Patsy Puttnam, Arthur Hewlett, Paul Hennen
Votes: 918
15. The Doll Squad (1973)
PG | 92 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Squad of beautiful government agents tries to catch saboteurs.
Director: Ted V. Mikels | Stars: Michael Ansara, Francine York, Anthony Eisley, John Carter
Votes: 1,155
16. Your Friend the Rat (2007 Video)
G | 11 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Remy and Emile plead the case for rats by illustrating the historical and scientific facts about the species and their interaction with humans.
Director: Jim Capobianco | Stars: Patton Oswalt, Peter Sohn, Lou Romano, Tony Russel
Votes: 6,919
17. Horatio Hornblower: The Fire Ship (1998 TV Movie)
93 min | Adventure, Drama, War
While Lt. Hornblower studies for his promotion examination, he is distracted by the serious supply problems that face his crew.
Director: Andrew Grieve | Stars: Ioan Gruffudd, Robert Lindsay, Denis Lawson, Ian McNeice
Votes: 4,550
18. Arrowsmith (1931)
Approved | 108 min | Drama
A medical researcher is sent to a plague outbreak, where he has to decide priorities for the use of a vaccine.
Director: John Ford | Stars: Ronald Colman, Helen Hayes, Richard Bennett, A.E. Anson
Votes: 2,008
19. Terror-Creatures from the Grave (1965)
Unrated | 85 min | Horror
A lawyer arrives at a castle to fix the estate of its recently deceased owner. The owner's wife and daughter reveal that his spirit is wandering around the castle with evil intentions.
Director: Massimo Pupillo | Stars: Barbara Steele, Walter Brandi, Mirella Maravidi, Alfredo Rizzo
Votes: 1,194
20. Stagecoach West (1960–1961)
60 min | Western
Luke Perry and Simon Kane, accompanied by Simon's young son David, run a stagecoach line in the Old West, where they come across a wide variety of ladies in distress, killers, and robbers.
Stars: Wayne Rogers, Richard Eyer, Robert Bray, James Burke
Votes: 173
21. The Plague (1992)
R | 148 min | Drama
In the 1990s, a South American city suffers the outbreak of a plague. The people react in different ways: Dr. Rieux tries to cure the sick, two French journalists expect sensational headlines, pious believers lament this God-given scourge.
Director: Luis Puenzo | Stars: William Hurt, Sandrine Bonnaire, Jean-Marc Barr, Robert Duvall
Votes: 977
22. Charlie Chan in Panama (1940)
Approved | 67 min | Adventure, Mystery
Inspector Chan investigates a group of travelers, one of whom is a saboteur.
Director: Norman Foster | Stars: Sidney Toler, Jean Rogers, Lionel Atwill, Mary Nash
Votes: 1,527
23. White Shadows in the South Seas (1928)
Passed | 88 min | Drama, Romance
An alcoholic doctor on a Polynesian island, disgusted by white exploitation of the natives, finds himself marooned on a pristinely beautiful island.
Directors: W.S. Van Dyke, Robert J. Flaherty | Stars: Monte Blue, Raquel Torres, Robert Anderson, Renee Bush
Votes: 968
24. Rat (2000)
PG | 89 min | Comedy, Drama, Family
A woman becomes furious when her husband arrives home from the local pub and turns into a rat.
Director: Steve Barron | Stars: Pete Postlethwaite, Imelda Staunton, Frank Kelly, David Wilmot
Votes: 1,019 | Gross: $0.00M
25. The Dark Ages (2007 TV Movie)
120 min | Documentary, Drama, History
The History Channel examines the Dark Ages from the fall of the Roman Empire to the First Crusade.
Director: Christopher Cassel | Stars: Philip Daileader, Kelly DeVries, Bonnie Effros, Adnan Husain
Votes: 460
26. The Risk (1960)
81 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
UK scientists find a cure for plague but their government, fearing its military-biological potential, keeps the discovery secret until a scientist is duped into giving it to a foreign power.
Directors: John Boulting, Roy Boulting | Stars: Tony Britton, Virginia Maskell, Peter Cushing, Ian Bannen
Votes: 325
27. The Directive (2019)
113 min | Action, Comedy, Sci-Fi
One year after a catastrophic pandemic wipes out most of humanity, a lone survivor embarks on a journey to find Safe Zone 57 with the help of a broken robot.
Director: Alexander Raye Pimentel | Stars: Hashim Gari, Paul Askedall, Blaiden D. Cordle, Kyle Abraham
Votes: 1,317
28. We All Fall Down (I) (2005)
24 min | Drama, Short, Horror
During the Great Plague of 1666, an affluent family flees to the countryside, only to be haunted by those they left behind.
Directors: Matt Duffer, Ross Duffer | Stars: Kim Kutner, Carly Schroeder, Robert Pierce, Tish Hicks
Votes: 144
29. Saadia (1953)
Approved | 82 min | Adventure, Drama
In 1950s French Morocco, a local ruler and his friend, a French doctor, fall in love with the same Arab girl and must also deal with an outbreak of plague and with the marauding Tuaregs who steal the vaccine shipment.
Director: Albert Lewin | Stars: Cornel Wilde, Mel Ferrer, Rita Gam, Michel Simon
Votes: 163
30. The Midnight Warning (1932)
Passed | 63 min | Mystery
Guests at a luxury hotel are horrified when they witness a man literally "disappear into thin air." The vanished man's relatives hire a detective, who goes to the hotel to investigate the disappearance.
Director: Spencer Gordon Bennet | Stars: William 'Stage' Boyd, Claudia Dell, Huntley Gordon, John Harron
Votes: 184
31. The Lost People (1949)
89 min | Drama, War
Set in a German theatre after World War II, two British soldiers are holding a disparate and hostile band of refugees in this theatre, prior to returning them to their homelands. The ... See full summary »
Director: Bernard Knowles | Stars: Dennis Price, Mai Zetterling, Richard Attenborough, Siobhan McKenna
Votes: 34
32. The Games Men Play (1963)
R | 92 min | Comedy, Drama
A young married couple chooses to abort due to lack of financial resources.
Director: Daniel Tinayre | Stars: Maria Antinea, Amelia Bence, Elsa Daniel, Mirtha Legrand
Votes: 89
33. DeCameraOn (2020)
Drama
Based on Boccaccio's 14th century 'Decameron', set during the black death in Florence, Decameraon sees individuals in Covid 19 lock-down telling stories over Zoom to win EUR100,000.
Stars: Rory Mullen, Andi Rose, Declan Cassidy, Carmen Montero
34. The Duchess of Plakendia (1956)
94 min | Biography, Drama, Romance
After leaving Nafplio, the first capital of the newly founded Greek Nation, the affluent French Duchess of Plaisance and ardent philhellene, Sophie de Marbois-Lebrun, moves to Athens with her young daughter, Eliza, circa 1834.
Director: Maria Plyta | Stars: Rita Myrat, Alekos Deligiannis, Voula Harilaou, Mihalis Bouhlis
Votes: 38
35. Respect the Law (1941)
Passed | 20 min | Short, Crime, Drama
Shows how so-called "minor" lawbreakers can do more damage than major criminals.
Director: Joseph M. Newman | Stars: Moroni Olsen, Richard Lane, Frank Orth, William Forrest
Votes: 119
36. Join the Marines (1937)
Approved | 67 min | Action
A New York City cop leaves the department to join the U.S. Olympic team. He falls for the spoiled daughter of a Marine colonel, and winds up getting kicked off the team. He joins the ... See full summary »
Director: Ralph Staub | Stars: Paul Kelly, June Travis, Purnell Pratt, Reginald Denny
Votes: 37
38. Life in Medieval Britain (2006 Video)
55 min | Documentary
The life of British people during the period from the Norman Conquest through the Battle of Bosworth. Serfs, lords and nobles formed the feudal society in which each co-existed.
Stars: Andrew Brown, Mike Leighton, Martin Lowry, Robert Swanson
39.
The Styxhexenhammer666 Channel (2010– )
Episode:
Bubonic Plague in Madagascar: Other East African Nations Put on Alert
(2017)
6 min | News
Styx reports on the outbreak of bubonic plague in Madagascar.
Star: Styxhexenhammer666
40. The Last Man in Europe (2013)
Short, Horror, Thriller
In the ending days of World War II, allied bombing accidentally released a virus the Nazis have been working on. In the following months, the virus spreads and millions are killed. Within a year, Europe is deathly silent.
Director: Daniel Joseph Mooney | Stars: Ken McCaffrey, Nikiya Palombi, Andrew Block, Alex Figueroa
41.
Cimarron City (1958–1960)
Episode:
The Ratman
(1959)
Approved | 60 min | Western
A German-born doctor tries to alert Cimarron City to the threatened arrival of bubonic plague.
Director: Richard Bartlett | Stars: George Montgomery, John Smith, Everett Sloane, Dennis McCarthy
Votes: 18
42.
The Collector (2004–2006)
Episode:
Beginnings
(2005)
44 min | Action, Drama, Fantasy
The Devil trains Morgan to be the first Collector.
Director: J.B. Sugar | Stars: Chris Kramer, Sonya Salomaa, Christine Chatelain, Colin Cunningham
Votes: 15
43.
Forever Knight (1992–1996)
Episode:
Fever
(1995)
Not Rated | 45 min | Crime, Fantasy, Horror
A virus designed to fight HIV in mortals infects the vampire community, threatening Nick and Lacroix's very survival.
Director: Alan Simmonds | Stars: Geraint Wyn Davies, Catherine Disher, Nigel Bennett, Ben Bass
Votes: 33
44.
I Spy (1965–1968)
Episode:
Weight of the World
(1965)
60 min | Action, Adventure
Am inexperienced agent works with Scotty and Kelly, as they attempt to prevent an enemy faction from releasing a new plague.
Director: Paul Wendkos | Stars: Robert Culp, Bill Cosby, Albert Salmi, Marlyn Mason
Votes: 69
45.
Riverboat (1959–1961)
Episode:
Three Graves
(1960)
60 min | Adventure, Western
The crew finds three recent graves at a town they had planned to dock in. They also find residents of a nearby town want to kill anyone who came in contact with the three dead men. Captain ... See full summary »
Director: William Witney | Stars: Darren McGavin, Jack Lambert, Bart Patton, Michael McGreevey
Votes: 8
46.
Stagecoach West (1960–1961)
Episode:
By the Deep Six
(1960)
60 min | Western
Simon Kane offers a British sailor a ride in his stagecoach when he spots him standing forlornly by the side of the road. The sailor tells Simon he jumped ship in San Francisco and a band ... See full summary »
Director: Don McDougall | Stars: Robert Bray, Mort Mills, James Burke, Ashley Cowan
Votes: 19
47.
The X-Files (1993–2018)
Episode:
Ice
(1993)
TV-14 | 46 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Mulder and Scully are sent to investigate when a team of geophysicists stationed at a remote Alaskan outpost are killed by a parasitic alien life form.
Director: David Nutter | Stars: David Duchovny, Gillian Anderson, Xander Berkeley, Felicity Huffman
Votes: 8,243
48.
House M.D. (2004–2012)
Episode:
Sleeping Dogs Lie
(2006)
TV-14 | 44 min | Drama, Mystery
Cameron gets mad at Foreman because Foreman steals his idea for an article. The case of the week: a lesbian woman has not slept for ten days despite taking a bottle of sleeping pills.
Director: Greg Yaitanes | Stars: Hugh Laurie, Lisa Edelstein, Omar Epps, Robert Sean Leonard
Votes: 2,987
49.
The Collector (2004–2006)
Episode:
The Alchemist
(2006)
42 min | Action, Drama, Fantasy
Morgan's client is a 17th century scientist who sold his soul for alchemy's greatest secrets.
Director: J.B. Sugar | Stars: Chris Kramer, Sonya Salomaa, Christine Chatelain, Aidan Drummond
Votes: 15
50.
Doctor Who (1963–1989)
Episode:
The Visitation: Part Four
(1982)
TV-PG | 24 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
With Tegan and Richard under alien control, and the manor sealed against anyone leaving or entering, it's a question whether or not the Doctor can get to London before the Terileptils ... See full summary »
Director: Peter Moffatt | Stars: Peter Davison, Matthew Waterhouse, Janet Fielding, Sarah Sutton
Votes: 494