Xmas & New Year's Watchlist

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1. My Uncle Antoine (1971)

Not Rated | 104 min | Drama

Set in cold rural Quebec at Christmas time, we follow the coming of age of a young boy and the life of his family which owns the town's general store and undertaking business.

Director: Claude Jutra | Stars: Jacques Gagnon, Lyne Champagne, Jean Duceppe, Olivette Thibault

Votes: 3,185

criterion, kanopy

2. The White Reindeer (1952)

Not Rated | 74 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror

A newlywed woman goes to the local shaman to get some help with her love life, but instead she gets turned into a white reindeer vampire.

Director: Erik Blomberg | Stars: Mirjami Kuosmanen, Kalervo Nissilä, Åke Lindman, Jouni Tapiola

Votes: 2,492

dl, thumb drive

3. The Phantom Carriage (1921)

Not Rated | 107 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror

On New Year's Eve, the driver of a ghostly carriage forces a drunken man to reflect on his selfish, wasted life.

Director: Victor Sjöström | Stars: Victor Sjöström, Hilda Borgström, Tore Svennberg, Astrid Holm

Votes: 14,100

new year's eve. criterion

4. Murder, She Wrote (1984–1996)
Episode: A Christmas Secret (1992)

TV-PG | 47 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

The future son-in-law of a prominent Cabot Cove family is suspected in a shooting.

Director: Anthony Pullen Shaw | Stars: Angela Lansbury, Diane Baker, Corinne Bohrer, Amy Brenneman

Votes: 379

prudence wants to see. freevee, peacock

5. Kwaidan (1964)

Not Rated | 183 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror

A collection of four Japanese folk tales with supernatural themes.

Director: Masaki Kobayashi | Stars: Rentarô Mikuni, Michiyo Aratama, Misako Watanabe, Kenjirô Ishiyama

Votes: 20,013

criterion, hbo. winter segment

6. The Advent Calendar (2021)

104 min | Horror, Thriller

51 Metascore

Eva is a paraplegic. On her birthday, her friend Sophie gives her a strange Advent calendar. It's not the traditional treats you find when you open each drawer, but quirky gifts that are scary and get bloodier.

Director: Patrick Ridremont | Stars: Eugénie Derouand, Honorine Magnier, Clément Olivieri, Janis Abrikh

Votes: 6,003

amc+, watch in december

7. Remember WENN (1996–1998)
Episode: The Diva That Wouldn't Die (1996)

Comedy, Drama

Scott convinces Hilary to host a new gossip show. However, he forgets to tell her that she would have to give up her role on the show "The Hands Of Time".

Director: Richard Shepard | Stars: Tom Beckett, Carolee Carmello, George Hall, Margaret Hall

amc

8. Funny Farm (1988)

PG | 101 min | Comedy

50 Metascore

A couple swap city life for the country, but their picturesque new hometown turns out to be just a little bit different to what they were expecting.

Director: George Roy Hill | Stars: Chevy Chase, Madolyn Smith Osborne, Kevin O'Morrison, Joseph Maher

Votes: 25,024 | Gross: $25.54M

hbo, watch before xmas

9. Creature Comforts (2003–2006)
Episode: Merry Christmas (2003)

TV-Y7 | 8 min | Animation, Comedy, Family

Why does a guide dog pursue a caretaker, and what do reindeer think of Santa? Why do hamsters dread chemistry sets, and what do mice think of mince pies? Christmas is for all animals not just for dogs!

Director: Richard Starzak | Stars: The Great British Public, David Patterson

Votes: 45

dvd, watch by xmas. all 3 dogs want to see this

10. The Apology (II) (2022)

92 min | Crime, Drama

46 Metascore

Twenty years after the disappearance of her daughter, a recovering alcoholic is preparing to host her family's Christmas celebration when her estranged ex-brother-in-law arrives unannounced, bearing nostalgic gifts and a heavy secret.

Director: Alison Locke | Stars: Anna Gunn, Linus Roache, Janeane Garofalo, Mary Leeholland

Votes: 2,584

watch by xmas. amc+, hulu

11. The Offering (2022)

R | 93 min | Horror

60 Metascore

A family struggling with loss find themselves at the mercy of an ancient demon trying to destroy them from the inside.

Director: Oliver Park | Stars: Nick Blood, Emily Wiseman, Paul Kaye, Allan Corduner

Votes: 7,008

hulu

12. The Christmas Dream (1901)

Not Rated | 4 min | Short, Fantasy

The entire story of Christmastide is here depicted. The scene opens in a large boudoir of an apparently wealthy man's home. His children, assisted by their governess, are about to retire. ... See full summary »

Director: Georges Méliès | Star: Georges Méliès

Votes: 511

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sXXwV2M8AWo&ab_channel=FilmsbytheYear

13. Christmas Comes But Once a Year (1936)

G | 9 min | Animation, Short, Comedy

At an orphanage, the children are sad because they received broken toys as gifts. Professor Grampy sees the children while passing by in his sled and has an idea on how to give them a merry Christmas.

Directors: Dave Fleischer, Seymour Kneitel | Stars: Everett Clark, Jack Mercer, Mae Questel

Votes: 778

hoopla

14. Last Passenger (2013)

R | 97 min | Action, Mystery, Thriller

66 Metascore

A small group of everyday passengers on a speeding London commuter train battle their warped driver who has a dark plan for everyone on-board.

Directors: Omid Nooshin, Ridoin El Aissati | Stars: Dougray Scott, Kara Tointon, Iddo Goldberg, David Schofield

Votes: 7,402 | Gross: $0.01M

xmas. kanopy, tubi

15. To Catch a Killer (2023)

R | 119 min | Action, Crime, Drama

43 Metascore

Baltimore. New Year's Eve. A talented but troubled police officer (Shailene Woodley) is recruited by the FBI's chief investigator (Ben Mendelsohn) to help profile and track down a disturbed individual terrorizing the city.

Director: Damián Szifron | Stars: Shailene Woodley, Ben Mendelsohn, Jovan Adepo, Ralph Ineson

Votes: 37,914

hulu. watch after xmas, before/around new year's.

16. Three Wishes for Cinderella (1973)

88 min | Drama, Fantasy, Family

Life changes dramatically for a Czech housemaid when the family coachman gives her three magical hazelnuts.

Director: Václav Vorlícek | Stars: Libuse Safránková, Pavel Trávnícek, Carola Braunbock, Rolf Hoppe

Votes: 11,654

17. The Leech (2022)

Not Rated | 82 min | Comedy, Horror

A devout priest welcomes a struggling couple into his house at Christmas time. What begins as a simple act of kindness quickly becomes the ultimate test of faith once the sanctity of his home is jeopardized.

Director: Eric Pennycoff | Stars: Jeremy Gardner, Graham Skipper, Taylor Zaudtke, Rigo Garay

Votes: 501

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18. Futurama (1999– )
Episode: I Know What You Did Next Xmas (2023)

TV-14 | Animation, Adventure, Comedy

Bender and Zoidberg travel through time to attack Robot Santa.

Directors: Crystal Chesney, Peter Avanzino | Stars: Billy West, Katey Sagal, John DiMaggio, Tress MacNeille

Votes: 1,293

hulu

19. Futurama (1999– )
Episode: Xmas Story (1999)

TV-14 | 23 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy

Fry learns how Christmas has changed and remained the same over the last 1000 years when a Robot Santa terrorizes New New York.

Directors: Peter Avanzino, Bret Haaland, Rich Moore | Stars: Billy West, Katey Sagal, John DiMaggio, Tress MacNeille

Votes: 3,187

hulu

20. Futurama (1999– )
Episode: A Tale of Two Santas (2001)

TV-14 | 23 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy

When Fry, Leela and Bender make a delivery to Neptune, they run afoul of the robot Santa Claus. Bender takes his place, but the previous Santa's fearsome reputation makes his job difficult.

Director: Ron Hughart | Stars: Billy West, Katey Sagal, John DiMaggio, Tress MacNeille

Votes: 2,599

hulu

21. Futurama (1999– )
Episode: The Futurama Holiday Spectacular (2010)

TV-14 | 22 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy

Three separate holiday stories: X-mas, Robanaca and Kwanzaa. 1. Once more Robot Santa comes to town. Besides the violence he spreads, this time he sings to the crew of the pine tree that ... See full summary »

Director: Ray Claffey | Stars: Billy West, Katey Sagal, John DiMaggio, Tress MacNeille

Votes: 2,148

hulu

22. Mystery of Edwin Drood (1935)

Approved | 87 min | Crime, Drama, Horror

An opium-addicted choirmaster develops an obsession for a beautiful young girl and will not stop short of murder in order to have her.

Director: Stuart Walker | Stars: Claude Rains, Douglass Montgomery, Heather Angel, David Manners

Votes: 609

dl (fingers crossed)

23. Marketa Lazarová (1967)

Not Rated | 162 min | Drama, History, Romance

A grim portrayal of the shift from Paganism to Christianity in medieval central Europe - as a young virgin promised to God is kidnapped and raped by a marauder who her religious father seeks to kill in return.

Director: Frantisek Vlácil | Stars: Josef Kemr, Magda Vásáryová, Nada Hejna, Jaroslav Moucka

Votes: 6,033

24. The Abominable Snow Baby (2021 TV Movie)

24 min | Animation, Family

A short animated story in which a baby yeti turns up in a town after a heavy snowstorm.

Directors: Massimo Fenati, Reg Isaac | Stars: Julie Walters, Hugh Dancy, David Harewood, Ramesh Mahtani

Votes: 281

25. The Brood (1979)

R | 92 min | Horror, Sci-Fi

63 Metascore

A man tries to uncover an unconventional psychologist's therapy techniques on his institutionalized wife, amidst a series of brutal murders.

Director: David Cronenberg | Stars: Oliver Reed, Samantha Eggar, Art Hindle, Henry Beckman

Votes: 34,342

hbo

26. The Irony of Fate, or Enjoy Your Bath! (1976 TV Movie)

TV-G | 192 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

An incredible story about a man who misplaced the cities and found his love during the one special night - New Year's celebration.

Director: Eldar Ryazanov | Stars: Andrey Myagkov, Barbara Brylska, Yuriy Yakovlev, Aleksandr Shirvindt

Votes: 13,538

dl. new year's

27. Joyeux Noel (2005)

PG-13 | 116 min | Drama, History, Music

70 Metascore

In December 1914, an unofficial Christmas truce on the Western Front allows soldiers from opposing sides of the First World War to gain insight into each other's way of life.

Director: Christian Carion | Stars: Diane Kruger, Benno Fürmann, Guillaume Canet, Natalie Dessay

Votes: 32,006 | Gross: $1.05M

prime

28. Carnival Night (1956)

Not Rated | 78 min | Comedy, Drama, Musical

A new chief of a "Culture House" is planning to hold a terribly boring New Year concert. A group of young amateur actors are doing their best to liven up the concert.

Director: Eldar Ryazanov | Stars: Igor Ilyinsky, Lyudmila Gurchenko, Yuri Belov, Georgiy Kulikov

Votes: 3,097

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TxrtUnWBCeI&t=11s&ab_channel=Mosfilm

29. Transsiberian (2008)

R | 111 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

72 Metascore

A Transsiberian train journey from China to Moscow becomes a thrilling chase of deception and murder when an American couple encounters a mysterious pair of fellow travelers.

Director: Brad Anderson | Stars: Woody Harrelson, Emily Mortimer, Ben Kingsley, Kate Mara

Votes: 54,750 | Gross: $2.20M

kanopy, vudu, roku, tubi

30. Christmas Eve (1947)

Passed | 90 min | Comedy, Drama

To save her fortune from a designing nephew, Matilda Reed must locate her three long-lost adopted sons in time for a Christmas Eve reunion.

Director: Edwin L. Marin | Stars: George Raft, George Brent, Randolph Scott, Joan Blondell

Votes: 829

plex

31. Bad Samaritan (2018)

R | 110 min | Crime, Horror, Thriller

42 Metascore

A pair of burglars stumble upon a woman being held captive in a home they intended to rob.

Director: Dean Devlin | Stars: David Tennant, Robert Sheehan, Kerry Condon, Carlito Olivero

Votes: 26,127 | Gross: $3.44M

kanopy, hoopla, pluto, plex

32. The Sacrifice Game (2023)

99 min | Horror

55 Metascore

It's bad enough that boarding school students Samantha and Clara can't go home for the holidays, but things take a deadly turn when a murderous gang arrives on their doorstep - just in time for Christmas.

Director: Jenn Wexler | Stars: Mena Massoud, Olivia Scott Welch, Chloë Levine, Gus Kenworthy

Votes: 2,100

33. The Snowman (1982 TV Movie)

G | 26 min | Animation, Adventure, Family

On Christmas Eve, a young boy builds a snowman that comes to life and takes him to the North Pole to meet Father Christmas.

Directors: Jimmy T. Murakami, Dianne Jackson | Stars: David Bowie, Raymond Briggs, Mel Smith

Votes: 16,849

34. The Lemon Drop Kid (1951)

Approved | 91 min | Comedy, Crime, Music

A New York City swindler has until Christmas to come up with the $10,000 he owes a gangster, prompting him to go into scamming overdrive.

Directors: Sidney Lanfield, Frank Tashlin | Stars: Bob Hope, Marilyn Maxwell, Lloyd Nolan, Jane Darwell

Votes: 2,260

35. Die Hard 2 (1990)

R | 124 min | Action, Thriller

67 Metascore

John McClane attempts to avert disaster as rogue military operatives seize control of Dulles International Airport in Washington, D.C.

Director: Renny Harlin | Stars: Bruce Willis, William Atherton, Bonnie Bedelia, Reginald VelJohnson

Votes: 383,320 | Gross: $117.54M

36. The Night Before Christmas (1961)

68 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Romance

Surreal Soviet-era Christmas fantasy movie.

Director: Aleksandr Rou | Stars: Aleksandr Khvylya, Lyudmila Myznikova, Yuri Tavrov, Lyudmila Khityaeva

Votes: 2,068

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bCUx7tTtSj0&ab_channel=AnthonyPeronto

37. Dinner for One (1963 TV Short)

Not Rated | 18 min | Short, Comedy

At Miss Sophie's 90th birthday dinner, her butler James must fill in for her four departed friends - and that includes lots of drinks before every course.

Directors: Heinz Dunkhase, Franco Marazzi | Stars: Freddie Frinton, May Warden, Heinz Piper

Votes: 7,955

38. Christmas Story (2007)

PG | 83 min | Drama, Family, Fantasy

The touching story of how Santa Claus came to be Santa.

Director: Juha Wuolijoki | Stars: Hannu-Pekka Björkman, Otto Gustavsson, Jonas Rinne, Kari Väänänen

Votes: 4,699

39. Batman Returns (1992)

PG-13 | 126 min | Action, Crime, Fantasy

68 Metascore

While Batman deals with a deformed man calling himself the Penguin wreaking havoc across Gotham with the help of a cruel businessman, a female employee of the latter becomes the Catwoman with her own vendetta.

Director: Tim Burton | Stars: Michael Keaton, Danny DeVito, Michelle Pfeiffer, Christopher Walken

Votes: 327,720 | Gross: $162.83M

40. The Year Without a Santa Claus (1974 TV Movie)

TV-G | 51 min | Animation, Comedy, Family

When a weary and discouraged Santa Claus considers skipping his Christmas Eve run one year, Mrs. Claus and his elves set out to change his mind.

Directors: Jules Bass, Arthur Rankin Jr. | Stars: Shirley Booth, Mickey Rooney, Dick Shawn, George S. Irving

Votes: 11,645

41. Stalag 17 (1953)

Not Rated | 120 min | Comedy, Drama, War

84 Metascore

After two Americans are killed while escaping from a German P.O.W. camp in World War II, the barracks black marketeer, J.J. Sefton, is suspected of being an informer.

Director: Billy Wilder | Stars: William Holden, Don Taylor, Otto Preminger, Robert Strauss

Votes: 58,833

42. The Coca-Cola Kid (1985)

R | 98 min | Comedy, Drama

58 Metascore

Ex-marine turned Coca-Cola marketing guru Becker is on a mission to boost sales in Australia when he discovers a dry spot in the Outback, where everyone is guzzling homegrown brew - and not a drop of his company's cola.

Director: Dusan Makavejev | Stars: Eric Roberts, Greta Scacchi, Bill Kerr, Chris Haywood

Votes: 3,470

43. Blast of Silence (1961)

Approved | 77 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

75 Metascore

A hired killer from Cleveland has a job to do on a second-string mob boss in New York, but a special girl from his past and a gun dealer with pet rats get in his way.

Director: Allen Baron | Stars: Allen Baron, Molly McCarthy, Larry Tucker, Peter Clune

Votes: 5,673

44. More About the Children of Noisy Village (1987)

85 min | Family

There are only a handful of children living in Bullerbyn. This film follows their story through the fall and winter, picking up at the moment "The Children of Noisy Village" finishes.

Director: Lasse Hallström | Stars: Linda Bergström, Crispin Dickson Wendenius, Henrik Larsson, Ellen Demérus

Votes: 1,372

45. Magicians (1982 TV Movie)

147 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance

New Year's fairy tale that true love can work wonders.

Director: Konstantin Bromberg | Stars: Alexandra Yakovleva, Aleksandr Abdulov, Yekaterina Vasilyeva, Valentin Gaft

Votes: 2,053

46. Come Look at Me (2001)

Not Rated | 102 min | Comedy, Romance

Before New Year Eve the windows of vast city are glowing from within by colored Christmas lights. It seems that behind each of these windows carefully stored favorite holiday.It seems that ... See full summary »

Directors: Mikhail Agranovich, Oleg Yankovskiy | Stars: Oleg Yankovskiy, Irina Kupchenko, Yekaterina Vasilyeva, Natalya Shchukina

Votes: 739

47. Balkan Spy (1984)

95 min | Comedy, Drama

Convinced that his subtenant is a spy and an enemy of the state, a man falls into deep paranoia which leads to absurd and destructive chain of events.

Directors: Dusan Kovacevic, Bozidar 'Bota' Nikolic | Stars: Danilo 'Bata' Stojkovic, Bora Todorovic, Mira Banjac, Sonja Savic

Votes: 12,433

48. Innocence Unprotected (1968)

75 min | Documentary, Comedy, Drama

Documentary about the famous Serbian athlete and movie enthusiast who made a feature film during the Nazi occupation of Belgrade and had some problems after the liberation because of that.

Director: Dusan Makavejev | Stars: Dragoljub Aleksic, Bratoljub Gligorijevic, Vera Jovanovic, Ana Milosavljevic

Votes: 893

49. Merry Christmas Octopus (1987)

92 min | Comedy, Family, Sci-Fi

Eva and her younger brother Johnny own two sentient octopuses made out of strange matter. Will their parents divorce and ruin Christmas? Will a scientist find a way to use their pets as fuel? Live action film with stop-motion octopuses.

Director: Jindrich Polák | Stars: Dagmar Havlová, Pavel Zednícek, Zaneta Fuchsová, Milan Simácek

Votes: 198

50. The Star of Bethlehem (1956 TV Short)

17 min | Animation, Short

A nativity story animated with music performed by the Glyndeboume Festival Chorus.

Directors: Vivian Milroy, Lotte Reiniger, Jan Sadlo | Stars: Anthony Jacobs, Barbara Ruick

Votes: 121

51. Coup de Grâce (1976)

Not Rated | 97 min | Drama, War

A countess' unrequited love for an army officer leads to disaster.

Director: Volker Schlöndorff | Stars: Margarethe von Trotta, Matthias Habich, Rüdiger Kirschstein, Mathieu Carrière

Votes: 1,396

52. Meet Me in St. Louis (1944)

Passed | 113 min | Comedy, Drama, Family

94 Metascore

Young love and childish fears highlight a year in the life of a turn-of-the-century family.

Director: Vincente Minnelli | Stars: Judy Garland, Margaret O'Brien, Mary Astor, Lucille Bremer

Votes: 27,695 | Gross: $7.57M

53. Amazing Stories (1985–1987)
Episode: Santa '85 (1985)

Not Rated | 25 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama

Kris Kringle's Christmas is rudely interrupted when he lands in the clink with a bunch of bogus Santas after tripping a home burglar alarm. The cynical sheriff doesn't believe his story, so... See full summary »

Director: Phil Joanou | Stars: Douglas Seale, Pat Hingle, Gabriel Damon, Marvin J. McIntyre

Votes: 419

54. Home Before Dark (1958)

Not Rated | 136 min | Drama

Simmons is magnetic as Charlotte, her lovely, delicate face reflecting the inner turmoil of a woman battling for sanity after she walks out of a mental institution.

Director: Mervyn LeRoy | Stars: Jean Simmons, Dan O'Herlihy, Rhonda Fleming, Efrem Zimbalist Jr.

Votes: 1,272

55. Hardy Bucks (2010– )
Episode: A Castletown Christmas (2010)

TV-MA | Comedy

The lads have worked hard to have the best Christmas ever, but the scheming Viper and a power outage create holiday mayhem.

Directors: Mike Cockayne, Chris Tordoff | Stars: Martin Maloney, Owen Colgan, Peter Cassidy, Tom Kilgallon

Votes: 22

56. An Everlasting Piece (2000)

R | 103 min | Comedy

56 Metascore

Colm is a Catholic, and George is a poetry-loving Protestant. In Belfast, Northern Ireland in the 1980s, they could have been enemies, but instead, they became business partners. After ... See full summary »

Director: Barry Levinson | Stars: Barry McEvoy, Brían F. O'Byrne, Anna Friel, Pauline McLynn

Votes: 1,743 | Gross: $0.08M

57. Father Ted (1995–1998)
Episode: A Christmassy Ted (1996)

TV-14 | 55 min | Comedy

Father Ted wins the "Golden Cleric", for saving a fellow group of priests from an embarrassing situation.

Director: Declan Lowney | Stars: Dermot Morgan, Ardal O'Hanlon, Frank Kelly, Pauline McLynn

Votes: 884

58. Repeat Performance (1947)

Approved | 91 min | Crime, Drama, Fantasy

On New Year's Eve 1946, Sheila Page kills her husband Barney. She wishes that she could relive 1946 and avoid the mistakes that she made throughout the year. Her wish comes true but cheating fate proves more difficult than she anticipated.

Director: Alfred L. Werker | Stars: Louis Hayward, Joan Leslie, Virginia Field, Tom Conway

Votes: 1,962

59. They Live by Night (1948)

Passed | 95 min | Crime, Film-Noir, Romance

82 Metascore

An escaped convict injured during a robbery falls in love with the woman who nurses him back to health, but their relationship seems doomed from the beginning.

Director: Nicholas Ray | Stars: Cathy O'Donnell, Farley Granger, Howard Da Silva, Jay C. Flippen

Votes: 9,361

60. I Wouldn't Be in Your Shoes (1948)

Approved | 70 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir

A dancer is pinned for murder after his shoe prints are found at the scene of the crime. His wife follows the trail of clues to the genuine killer.

Director: William Nigh | Stars: Don Castle, Elyse Knox, Regis Toomey, Charles D. Brown

Votes: 878

61. Backfire (1950)

Passed | 91 min | Crime, Film-Noir, Mystery

While recuperating from wartime back injuries at a hospital, veteran Bob Corey is visited on Christmas Eve by a beautiful stranger with an even stranger message.

Director: Vincent Sherman | Stars: Viveca Lindfors, Dane Clark, Virginia Mayo, Edmond O'Brien

Votes: 1,791

62. Roadblock (1951)

Approved | 73 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir

Honest LA insurance detective Joe Peters becomes corrupt after falling in love with sensual gold-digger model Diane.

Director: Harold Daniels | Stars: Charles McGraw, Joan Dixon, Lowell Gilmore, Louis Jean Heydt

Votes: 1,568

63. The Moodys (2012)

Comedy

An Australian family gathers for Christmas. Love them or hate them, your family is forever. Whatever happens, your family loves to welcome you home for Christmas. But do you really want to be there?

Stars: Ian Meadows, Patrick Brammall, Danny Adcock, Robina Beard

Votes: 1,292

64. The Children of Green Knowe (1986)

100 min | Drama, Family, Fantasy

A young boy goes to live with his great-grandmother. While she tells him stories of his ancestors, he begins to see the spirits of children who lived in the house during the reign of Charles II.

Stars: Alec Christie, Daphne Oxenford, George Malpas, Heather Ramsay

Votes: 199

65. Winter of the Witch (1969 TV Movie)

24 min | Comedy, Family

The life of a witch is disrupted by the arrival of a boy and his mother. The intruders' presence makes her struggle to adjust to the modern world, and to change from bad to good witch. ... See full summary »

Director: Gerald Herman | Stars: Hermione Gingold, Anna Strasberg, Roger Morgan, Burgess Meredith

Votes: 170

66. Budet laskovyy dozhd (1984)

10 min | Animation, Short, Sci-Fi

Animated Film based on Ray Bradbury's novel "The Martian Chronicles", on the short story called "There Will Come Soft Rains..."

Director: Nazim Tulyahodzhayev | Star: Aleksandr Lenkov

Votes: 619

67. Amazing Stories (1985–1987)
Episode: Such Interesting Neighbors (1987)

Not Rated | 30 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama

Rattlesnakes, howling coyotes, sudden earthquakes and time warps jar the Lewis family in their new home, and all the bizarre incidents seem linked to the Hellenbecks, their weird next-door ... See full summary »

Director: Graham Baker | Stars: Frederick Coffin, Marcia Strassman, Ina Fried, Victoria Catlin

Votes: 175

68. The Great North (2021– )

TV-14 | 21 min | Animation, Comedy

The adventures of a single dad and his weird Alaskan family.

Stars: Nick Offerman, Jenny Slate, Will Forte, Dulcé Sloan

Votes: 5,621

69. The Wolves of Willoughby Chase (1989)

Not Rated | 92 min | Adventure, Drama, Family

Willoughby Chase is the grand but remote home of Sir Willoughby and Lady Green and their daughter Bonnie.

Director: Stuart Orme | Stars: Stephanie Beacham, Mel Smith, Emily Hudson, Aleks Darowska

Votes: 549

70. Godland (2022)

Unrated | 143 min | Drama

81 Metascore

At the end of the 19th century, a young Danish priest is sent to a remote part of Iceland. The deeper he travels into the Icelandic landscape, the more he loses a sense of his own reality, his mission and his sense of duty.

Director: Hlynur Pálmason | Stars: Elliott Crosset Hove, Ingvar Sigurdsson, Vic Carmen Sonne, Jacob Lohmann

Votes: 7,118

71. Play for Today (1970–1984)
Episode: Dog Ends (1984)

72 min | Comedy, Drama

Arthur's life is becoming miserable as he has to share his family home with an elderly dog and his incontinent father. His neighbour suggests a specialist who can help resolve the situation - but has Arthur fully understood?

Director: Carol Wiseman | Stars: Leonard Rossiter, Pat Heywood, David Threlfall, Lesley Manville

Votes: 37

72. Night Gallery (1969–1973)
Episode: The Diary/A Matter of Semantics/Big Surprise/Professor Peabody's Last Lecture (1971)

TV-PG | 51 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror

A strange diary shows gossip columnist her sad future. / Dracula visits a blood bank with an odd request. / Hawkins the hermit promises a surprise to three boys if they dig for it. / Professor Peabody publicly ridicules Lovecraftian gods.

Directors: Jerrold Freedman, William Hale, Jack Laird, Jeannot Szwarc | Stars: Patty Duke, Virginia Mayo, David Wayne, Cesar Romero

Votes: 421

73. ITV Playhouse (1967–1982)
Episode: Casting the Runes (1979)

Not Rated | 47 min | Comedy, Drama

Like Curse of the Demon (1957), this adaptation is only very loosely based on the original ghost story by M.R. James. However, it does feature eerie scenic views and is directed by Lawrence "Ghost Story For Christmas" Gordon Clark

Director: Lawrence Gordon Clark | Stars: Iain Cuthbertson, Jan Francis, Bernard Gallagher, Joanna Dunham

Votes: 188

74. Ghost Mountaineer (2015)

100 min | Adventure, Horror, Mystery

Urmas Eero Liiv's feature film "Must alpinist" (Ghost Mountaineer) is a youth film with elements of horror which is based on real life events which took place during the Soviet era. It ... See full summary »

Director: Urmas E. Liiv | Stars: Priit Pius, Reimo Sagor, Hanna Martinson, Liis Remmel

Votes: 1,002

75. The Territory (1981)

100 min | Drama, Horror

A small group of well-to-do vacationers go on a hiking trip into the woods. Foolishly unprepared to deal with Mother Nature and their situation, they wander around lost for days and weeks, ... See full summary »

Director: Raúl Ruiz | Stars: Geoffrey Carey, John Paul Getty III, Jeffrey Kime, Camila Mora-Scheihing

Votes: 293

76. Screen Two (1985–1998)
Episode: The Burston Rebellion (1985)

TV-14 | Drama

On a chilly winter's day in 1911, Kitty and Tom Higdon arrived in the Norfolk village of Burston to take up positions in the village school. Their arrival was to irrevocably change the lives of the villagers and their children.

Director: Norman Stone | Stars: Eileen Atkins, Bernard Hill, John Shrapnel, Nicola Cowper

Votes: 10

77. Frosty (1965)

84 min | Comedy, Family, Fantasy

A fairy-tale about a conceited young man and a young woman with a tyrannical step-mother, who must overcome magical trials in order to be together.

Director: Aleksandr Rou | Stars: Aleksandr Khvylya, Natalya Sedykh, Eduard Izotov, Inna Churikova

Votes: 5,529

78. Kingdom of Crooked Mirrors (1963)

75 min | Family, Fantasy

Olya and Yalo save the people of the looking glass from lies.

Director: Aleksandr Rou | Stars: Olga Yukina, Tatyana Yukina, Tatyana Barysheva, Andrei Stapran

Votes: 1,486

79. Barierata (1979)

114 min | Drama, Sci-Fi

In this picture, the barrier epitomizes the line between reality and dreams, the pattern of harmony and happiness. The delicate, pretty, sensitive Dorotea and the sedate middle-aged ... See full summary »

Director: Christo Christov | Stars: Innokentiy Smoktunovskiy, Vania Tzvetkova, Yevgeniya Barakova, Maria Dimcheva

Votes: 238



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