Leviathan (1989)
[6] Deepsea miners dig for silver and find a genetically mutated monster that picks them off one by one -- you know, Alien under the sea. Even though the script is a hack job, Leviathan should still satisfy anyone in…
The Bermuda Depths (1978)
[5] Arthur Rankin, Jr. and Jules Bass are most famous for their holiday-themed animated television specials, like Frosty the Snowman and Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer. But they also produced a few live-action efforts, including this strange, terrible yet unshakable TV…
Shadow of a Doubt (1943)
[8] Teresa Wright (Mrs. Miniver) plays a bored teenager who's over-joyed when her favorite Uncle (The Third Man's Joseph Cotton) comes to stay with her family. But the warmth of family reunion soon gives way to cold suspicion when Cotton…
Cash on Demand (1961)
[6] Peter Cushing and Andre Morell, paired a few years earlier in The Hound of the Baskervilles, re-team for Hammer Studios in Cash on Demand. Based on a stage play, this is largely a two-man show with Morell playing a…
The Woman Accused (1933)
[5] Nancy Carroll (Hot Saturday) murders an ex-lover after he threatens to put out a hit on her new fiancée (Cary Grant). She and Grant escape on a three day pleasure cruise, but a lawyer friend of the deceased crashes…
The Kid (1921)
[7] Charlie Chaplin made the leap to feature films writing, producing, directing and scoring The Kid, in which Chaplin's famous Tramp character finds and cares for an orphaned child (Jackie Coogan). While The Kid doesn't quite escape the episodic quality…
Hell or High Water (2016)
[7] Chris Pine and Ben Foster play west Texas brothers who resort to bank robbing to keep from losing their family farm. This draws the attention of a Texas Ranger, played by a snarky Jeff Bridges, and his long-suffering partner…
Panic Room (2002)
[6] A mother and daughter hole up in an impenetrable 'panic room' after three strange men invade their Manhattan home looking for a hidden fortune. Jodie Foster stars in this claustrophobic thriller from director David Fincher (Se7en, Fight Club), with…
Ghostbusters: Afterlife (2021)
[6] McKenna Grace stars as twelve-year-old Phoebe, the granddaughter of a recently-deceased hermit she discovers has a connection to the original film's Ghostbusters, who have long since disbanded. When her mother inherits the grandfather's decrepit farmhouse, Phoebe learns he wasn't…
Postcards from the Edge (1990)
[7] Meryl Streep plays a drug-addicted actress forced to stay with her celebrity mother (Shirley MacLaine) in order for insurance companies to allow her to continue working in Hollywood. Mike Nichols (The Graduate, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?) directs this…