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1. The Autopsy of Jane Doe (2016)
R | 86 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
A father and son, both coroners, are pulled into a complex mystery while attempting to identify the cause of death of a young woman who was apparently harboring dark secrets.
Director: André Øvredal | Stars: Brian Cox, Emile Hirsch, Ophelia Lovibond, Michael McElhatton
Votes: 140,517 | Gross: $0.01M
2. Hocus Pocus (1993)
PG | 96 min | Comedy, Family, Fantasy
A teenage boy named Max and his little sister move to Salem, where he struggles to fit in before awakening a trio of diabolical witches that were executed in the 17th century.
Director: Kenny Ortega | Stars: Bette Midler, Sarah Jessica Parker, Kathy Najimy, Omri Katz
Votes: 156,302 | Gross: $44.34M
3. Salem (2014–2017)
TV-MA | 60 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Supernatural horror loosely based on Salem's 17th century witch trials.
Stars: Janet Montgomery, Shane West, Seth Gabel, Tamzin Merchant
Votes: 25,607
4. Hubie Halloween (2020)
PG-13 | 103 min | Comedy, Horror, Mystery
Despite his devotion to his hometown of Salem (and its Halloween celebration), Hubie Dubois is a figure of mockery for kids and adults alike. But this year, something is going bump in the night, and it's up to Hubie to save Halloween.
Director: Steven Brill | Stars: Adam Sandler, Kevin James, Julie Bowen, Ray Liotta
Votes: 58,961
5. Hocus Pocus 2 (2022)
PG | 103 min | Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Two young women accidentally bring back the Sanderson Sisters to modern day Salem and must figure out how to stop the child-hungry witches from wreaking havoc on the world.
Director: Anne Fletcher | Stars: Bette Midler, Sarah Jessica Parker, Kathy Najimy, Whitney Peak
Votes: 52,924
6. Motherland: Fort Salem (2020–2022)
TV-14 | 42 min | Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
A trio of witches are trained to become powerful weapons for the American military.
Stars: Taylor Hickson, Amalia Holm, Demetria McKinney, Jessica Sutton
Votes: 18,834
7. The Crucible (1996)
PG-13 | 124 min | Drama, History
A Salem resident attempts to frame her ex-lover's wife for being a witch in the middle of the 1692 witchcraft trials.
Director: Nicholas Hytner | Stars: Daniel Day-Lewis, Winona Ryder, Paul Scofield, Joan Allen
Votes: 40,290 | Gross: $7.34M
8. Assassination Nation (2018)
R | 108 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
After a malicious data hack exposes the secrets of the perpetually American town of Salem, chaos descends and four girls must fight to survive, while coping with the hack themselves.
Director: Sam Levinson | Stars: Odessa Young, Abra, Suki Waterhouse, Hari Nef
Votes: 21,869 | Gross: $1.96M
9. The Lords of Salem (2012)
R | 101 min | Horror, Thriller
Radio DJ Heidi is sent a box containing a record--a "gift from the Lords". The sounds within the grooves trigger flashbacks of her town's violent past. Is Heidi going mad, or are the Lords back to take revenge on Salem, Massachusetts?
Director: Rob Zombie | Stars: Sheri Moon Zombie, Meg Foster, Bruce Davison, Jeff Daniel Phillips
Votes: 32,394 | Gross: $1.16M
10. Scooby-Doo and the Witch's Ghost (1999 Video)
Unrated | 66 min | Animation, Comedy, Family
Scooby-Doo and the Mystery Gang visit Oakhaven, Massachusetts to seek strange goings on involving a famous horror novelist and his ancestor who is rumored be a witch.
Director: Jim Stenstrum | Stars: Scott Innes, Mary Kay Bergman, Frank Welker, B.J. Ward
Votes: 9,376
11. Bewitched Housewives (2007 TV Movie)
TV-MA | 76 min | Comedy
In 17th century Salem, an alleged witch is transported to the 21st century in order to recruit more witches into the coven, but the witch-finder also travels forward in time and it is up to the witches to avoid a terrible fate.
Director: Fred Olen Ray | Stars: Beverly Lynne, Nicole Sheridan, Brad Bartram, Voodoo
Votes: 306
12. Salem Witch Trials (2002 TV Movie)
189 min | Drama, History
A masterful work accurately details the current consensus of what exactly occurred to prompt the colonial witch trials.
Director: Joseph Sargent | Stars: Kirstie Alley, Henry Czerny, Gloria Reuben, Jay O. Sanders
Votes: 973
13. Love at Stake (1987)
R | 86 min | Comedy
In this spoof inspired by the Salem witch trials the town's mayor and the judge agree to sentence several innocent townspeople to death for witchcraft in order to confiscate their land for themselves. However, sexy real witches show up.
Director: John Moffitt | Stars: Patrick Cassidy, Kelly Preston, Georgia Brown, Barbara Carrera
Votes: 711
14. Mourning Becomes Electra (1947)
Approved | 159 min | Drama
Eugene O'Neill's updated version of the Oresteia set in New England, after the American Civil War.
Director: Dudley Nichols | Stars: Rosalind Russell, Michael Redgrave, Raymond Massey, Katina Paxinou
Votes: 1,305 | Gross: $0.44M
15. The Crucible (1957)
145 min | Drama, History
Salem 1692. The young Abigail, seduced and abandoned by John Proctor, accuses John's wife of being a witch in revenge. It will be the beginning of a series of witchcraft trials and a dark moment in American history.
Director: Raymond Rouleau | Stars: Simone Signoret, Yves Montand, Jean Debucourt, Alfred Adam
Votes: 793
16. The Time Machine (1978 TV Movie)
99 min | Adventure, Sci-Fi
A scientist builds a machine that will enable him to travel back and forth in time, but when he puts it in motion, he gets more than he bargained for.
Director: Henning Schellerup | Stars: John Beck, Priscilla Barnes, Andrew Duggan, Rosemary DeCamp
Votes: 455
17. Witches of Salem (2019)
TV-14 | 168 min | Documentary, Drama, History
This documentary mini-series chronologically unravels the rapid descent of a town into madness, using reenactments to capture the day-to-day hysteria that unfolds and puts an affluent New England community under siege.
Stars: Sylvain Plasse, Kayla Jo Farris, Elle Ryann Mcadam, Chayla Day
Votes: 199
18. The House of the Seven Gables (1940)
Approved | 89 min | Drama, Thriller
Based on the novel by Nathaniel Hawthorne, this classic film follows a family feud between two brothers and an ancient curse that haunts them.
Director: Joe May | Stars: George Sanders, Margaret Lindsay, Vincent Price, Dick Foran
Votes: 1,524
19. The Scarlet Letter (1973)
90 min | Drama
In 17th-century Salem, Hester Prynne must wear a scarlet A because she is an adulteress, with a child out of wedlock. For seven years, she has refused to name the father. A vigorous older ... See full summary »
Director: Wim Wenders | Stars: Senta Berger, Lou Castel, Yelena Samarina, Hans Christian Blech
Votes: 893
20. The Crucible (1967 TV Movie)
135 min | Drama, History
In the Puritan New England town of Salem, Massachusetts, a group of girls go dancing in the forest with a black slave named Tituba. While dancing, they are caught by the local minister, ... See full synopsis »
Director: Alex Segal | Stars: George C. Scott, Colleen Dewhurst, Fritz Weaver, Henry Jones
Votes: 144
21. Murdered: Soul Suspect (2014 Video Game)
M | Crime, Fantasy, Horror
A detective, murdered by a serial killer, returns as a ghost and must combine his investigative skills with powerful supernatural abilities to uncover the shocking link between his own death and a series of killings terrifying the town of Salem.
Director: Yosuke Shiokawa | Stars: Jason Brooks, Cassidy Lehrman, Travis Willingham, Tiffany Espensen
Votes: 1,371
22. Burned at the Stake (1982)
R | 88 min | Horror
In 1692 in Salem, Massachusetts, young Ann Putnam accuses several residents of being witches, and they are tried and put to death. In 1980, young Loreen Graham is on a school outing to the ... See full summary »
Director: Bert I. Gordon | Stars: Susan Swift, Albert Salmi, Guy Stockwell, Tisha Sterling
Votes: 371
23. The Crucible (1981 TV Movie)
Drama, History
An adaptation of the famous play concerning the Salem witch trials.
Director: Don Taylor | Stars: Michael Harbour, Lynn Dearth, Daniel Massey, Eric Porter
Votes: 46
24. Elvira's Halloween Special (1986 TV Special)
44 min | Comedy
MTV Halloween special, hosted by Elvira, featuring skits and music videos.
Director: Mark Pierson | Stars: Cassandra Peterson, George McGrath, Julia Sweeney, Barbara Chase
Votes: 89
26. A Sleeping Memory (1917)
70 min | Drama
The disgrace and suicide of her father drives Eleanore Marston from her comfortable existence into a life as a department store clerk in New York. There she meets wealthy Powers Fiske, who ... See full summary »
Director: George D. Baker | Stars: Emily Stevens, Frank Mills, Mario Majeroni, Walter Horton
28. Kindred (2021)
10 min | Short, Drama, Fantasy
Marshall is running for their life when they are contacted by a warlock revealing secrets that have been kept for too long.
Directors: Mark Teaford, Xavier Wolf | Stars: Mark Teaford, Xavier Wolf
29.
American Playhouse (1980–1994)
Episode:
Three Sovereigns for Sarah: Part I
(1985)
171 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
This is a true story based on transcripts of the Salem Witch Trials. Sarah (Vanessa Redgrave) and her two sisters are put on trial for suspicion of witchcraft. While her sisters are hanged,... See full synopsis »
Director: Philip Leacock | Stars: Vanessa Redgrave, Kim Hunter, Phyllis Thaxter, Patrick McGoohan
Votes: 284
30.
Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955–1962)
Episode:
Summer Shade
(1961)
TV-14 | 30 min | Drama, Mystery
Parents living in modern Salem, think their lonely 9-year-old daughter might need an evil spirit driven from her, when she seems to have made up a girlfriend with a witchcraft ancestry.
Director: Herschel Daugherty | Stars: Alfred Hitchcock, Julie Adams, James Franciscus, John Hoyt
Votes: 446
31.
Fantasy Island (1977–1984)
Episode:
Superstar/Salem
(1978)
TV-G | 60 min | Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Working stiff Richard Delaney wants to become a baseball star; Walter and Martha Tate are fed up with the loose ways of today's young people, so they want to go back to a time when people were "better behaved".
Director: Earl Bellamy | Stars: Ricardo Montalban, Hervé Villechaize, Gary Burghoff, Darleen Carr
Votes: 112
32.
The Scooby-Doo/Dynomutt Hour (1976–1978)
Episode:
To Switch a Witch
(1978)
TV-G | 23 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
A witch burned at the stake in 1779 suddenly appears in Salem, Massachusetts, USA.
Stars: Casey Kasem, Don Messick, Heather North, Alan Oppenheimer
Votes: 194
33.
Space Patrol (1950–1955)
Episode:
Baccarratti and Black Magic
(1954)
Action, Adventure, Family
Having captured Prince Baccarrati and his henchmen in Salem, Massachusetts at the height of the witchcraft hysteria in 1692, Corry and Happy attempt to return clothing they borrowed from a ... See full summary »
Director: Dick Darley | Stars: Ed Kemmer, Lyn Osborn, Bela Kovacs, Bill Baldwin
34.
Tales from the Darkside (1983–1988)
Episode:
The Apprentice
(1988)
TV-14 | 30 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
College sophomore Sarah McBride accepts a job at Colonial Village, a tourist attraction that recreates Puritan life in 1692 Salem and allows nothing from the 20th century. But things aren't quite what they seem.
Director: Eleanor Gaver | Stars: Wayne Tippit, Haviland Morris, Katherine Elizabeth Neuman, Gary Lahti
Votes: 208
35.
The Twilight Zone (1985–1989)
Episode:
Examination Day/A Message from Charity
(1985)
TV-PG | 48 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Puritan Charity Payne in the year 1700 and modern teenager Peter Wood, residents of the same Massachusetts town, are psychically connected due to delirium induced by a bacterial infection, and can see the world through each other's eyes.
Director: Paul Lynch | Stars: Christopher Allport, David Mendenhall, Elizabeth Norment, Jeffrey Alan Chandler
Votes: 582
36.
Star Trek: The Animated Series (1973–1975)
Episode:
The Magicks of Megas-Tu
(1973)
TV-PG | 23 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
At the centre of the galaxy, a race puts the Enterprise crew on trial for past grievances.
Director: Hal Sutherland | Stars: William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, DeForest Kelley, George Takei
Votes: 828
37.
In Search of... (1977–1982)
Episode:
Salem Witches
(1980)
Not Rated | 23 min | Documentary, Mystery
A celebration of witchcraft in Salem, Massachusetts featuring rare looks at coven rituals and an initiation ceremony. A scientist suggests a rational explanation lurks behind the hysteria that sparked the Salem Witch Trials of 1692-93.
Stars: Leonard Nimoy, Linnda R. Caporael, Laurie Cabot, Jody Cabot
Votes: 24
38.
The Fonz and the Happy Days Gang (1980–1981)
Episode:
You'll Never Get Witch
(1980)
TV-Y7 | 26 min | Animation, Adventure, Family
In 1692, Fonz and the gang end up in Salem for the Witch Trials and are up against both the Judge, falsely accusing witches, but also the Witch of Salem, crashing ships on the rocks.
Directors: George Gordon, Ray Patterson, Rudy Zamora | Stars: Marlene Aragon, Rene Auberjonois, Didi Conn, Kathy Garver
Votes: 16
39.
Taboo (2002–2014)
Episode:
Witchcraft
(2002)
TV-14 | 48 min | Documentary
Taboo investigate the practice of witchcraft. It looks at the practices of a Witch in Mexico, a cleansing ceremony in Zimbabwe, and a group of Wiccans in the United Kingdom.
Stars: Alan Fiske, Nathaniel J. Harris, David McCallum, Isak Niehaus
Votes: 10
40.
The 13 Ghosts of Scooby-Doo (1985–1986)
Episode:
Coast-to-Ghost
(1985)
TV-G | 24 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
Vincent Van Ghoul is turned to stone; Scooby and the gang wind up in cahoots with Bogel and Weerd while fending off two overzealous security guards.
Directors: Arthur Davis, Oscar Dufau, Tony Love, Don Lusk, Rudy Zamora, Alan Zaslove, Ray Patterson | Stars: Bob Arbogast, Gay Autterson, Susan Blu, Hamilton Camp
Votes: 132
41.
New Looney Tunes (2015–2020)
Episode:
It's Snout or Never/From Dusk Till Dog
(2020)
TV-Y7 | Animation, Short, Adventure
Witch Hazel is missing an ingredient for her potion that makes people ugly - Porky's snout. / Bulldog Marc Anthony is tasked by his vampire master Count Bloodcount to guard his sleeping coffin over night from the adorable kitten Pussyfoot.
Director: Ian Wasseluk | Stars: Bob Bergen, Matthew Craig, Candi Milo, Fred Tatasciore
Votes: 7
42.
TED-Ed (2012– )
Episode:
What really happened during the Salem Witch Trials - Brian A. Pavlac
(2020)
6 min | Documentary, Animation
Here is a brief summary of the Salem Witch Trials of 1692-1693. It is a partial chronicle focusing instead on the judicial rules and religious dogma that ensured the trials would be unfair.... See full summary »
Star: Susan Zimmerman
43.
Guillermo del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities (2022)
Episode:
Graveyard Rats
(2022)
TV-MA | 37 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
A grave robber eyes the riches of a wealthy new arrival to the cemetery, but must survive a maze of tunnels -- and an army of rodents -- to secure them.
Director: Vincenzo Natali | Stars: David Hewlett, Alexander Eling, Ish Morris, Cory Bertrand
Votes: 12,809
44.
Toon in with Me (2021– )
Episode:
Fantastic Friday #17
(2022)
TV-PG | Animation, Comedy
It's another Fantastic Friday on the show.
Director: Mike Schmiedeler | Stars: Bill Leff, Kevin Fleming, Leila Gorstein, Yazmin Ramos
45.
Rizzoli & Isles (2010–2016)
Episode:
Bloodlines
(2011)
TV-14 | 42 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Jane and the team investigate what appears to be a modern-day witch hunt in Salem. Meanwhile, Frankie's old girlfriend returns to town with a surprise, and Jane has no problem speaking her mind about the situation.
Director: Michael Zinberg | Stars: Angie Harmon, Sasha Alexander, Jordan Bridges, Lee Thompson Young
Votes: 485
46.
The Scooby-Doo Show (1976–2021)
Episode:
To Switch A Witch
(1978)
Animation, Adventure, Family
Scooby and his owner have celebrated adventure on special.
Stars: Charlie Adler, Rene Auberjonois, Sara Ballantine, Jayne Barbera
Votes: 10
47.
American Horror Story (2011– )
Episode:
Bitchcraft
(2013)
TV-MA | 49 min | Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi
After discovering her unique bloodline, a young girl is whisked away to a special academy for girls who share the same lineage.
Director: Alfonso Gomez-Rejon | Stars: Sarah Paulson, Taissa Farmiga, Frances Conroy, Evan Peters
Votes: 6,776
48.
Deadtime Stories (2012–2014)
Episode:
The Witching Game
(2013)
TV-PG | 30 min | Drama, Family, Fantasy
When a group of friends play a silly wishing game in front of an antique mirror, they learn much too late that wishes don't come for free ... and that "Bloody Mary" is not a game.
Director: David Hillenbrand | Stars: Jennifer Stone, Jadon Sand, Grace Kaufman, Emma Brandstad
Votes: 51
49.
American Experience (1987– )
Episode:
Ruthless: Monopoly's Secret History
(2023)
TV-PG | 52 min | Documentary, Biography, History
Monopoly is America's favorite board game, a love letter to unbridled capitalism and our free market society. But behind the myth of the game's creation is an untold tale of theft, obsession and corporate double-dealing.
Director: Stephen Ives | Stars: Mary Pilon, Tristan Donovan, Patrick Jagoda, Ralph Anspach
Votes: 154
50.
America's 60 Greatest Unsolved Mysteries and Crimes (2010– )
Episode:
9-6
(2010)
Documentary, Crime, History
We reach the top 10 in our countdown of America's greatest unsolved mysteries including the assassination of Martin Luther King, a witch hunt in Salem, and the missing minutes of Nixon's tapes.
Director: Ron Meyer | Stars: Troy Taylor, Michael Newton, Rick Beyer, Paul Aron