Cave-In! (1983)
[3] In this TV movie from 'the master of disaster' Irwin Allen, a group of strangers tour a cave together and become trapped after a cave-in. The tour guide (Dennis Cole) leads the group through a series of treacherous passages…
Ex Machina (2015)
[8] Writer/director Alex Garland (Annihilation, Men) delivers a thoughtful, character-driven psychological thriller with sci-fi overtones in Ex Machina. Domhnall Gleeson plays a computer programmer summoned to a remote research facility where an eccentric entrepreneur (Oscar Isaac) has created a highly…
The Snorkel (1958)
[6] Britain's Hammer Films is more famous for their gothic horror fare, but they also released a number of pretty solid little thrillers. In this one, a teenaged girl (Mandy Miller) tries to prove to her guardian and the police…
Frailty (2001)
[7] Actor Bill Paxton (Twister, Aliens) makes his feature directorial debut with Frailty, in which a man recounts to an FBI agent how, as a boy, his religious-freak father forced him and his young brother to help murder alleged 'demons'…
The Night the Bridge Fell Down (1980)
[2] It didn't fall down fast enough. The master of disaster, Irwin Allen (The Towering Inferno, The Poseidon Adventure), produced this three-hour TV movie about a handful of people trapped on a bridge collapsing at both ends. Making matters worse,…
Kingdom of Heaven (2005)
[7] Director Ridley Scott and screenwriter William Monahan take us back to the Crusades, during a time of fragile peace between Christians and Muslims in Jerusalem. Orlando Bloom (The Lord of the Rings) stars as Balian, a French blacksmith and…
Monkey Shines (1988)
[8] After an accident leaves him quadriplegic, a man (Jason Beghe) struggles to find a reason to stay alive. He finds hope in an adorable capuchin monkey trained to help him with his every-day activities. The man and the monkey…
28 Years Later (2025)
[8] On a small island untouched by the zombie plague started in 28 Days Later, a father (Aaron Taylor-Johnson) decides to journey to the infected mainland to teach his young son, Spike (Alfie Williams), how to kill zombies. They are…
Class of 1984 (1982)
[8] Perry King stars as the new teacher at an inner-city school where a gang of punks rule the roost, scaring teachers into submission while selling drugs, stealing, vandalizing, and worse. King stands up to the hoodlums, led by Timothy…
Tangerine (2015)
[8] Two transgender prostitutes hit the warpath in Hollywood on Christmas Eve to find a boyfriend who has cheated on one of them. Sin-Dee (Kitana Kiki Rodriguez) is the one who's been betrayed, dragging her friend Alexandra (Mya Taylor) along…