Film Tone: Disturbing

1.

Lolita

1997 film by Adrian Lyne

Overview: Lolita is a 1997 drama film directed by Adrian Lyne and written by Stephen Schiff. It is the second screen adaptation of Vladimir Nabokov's 1955 novel of the same name and stars Jeremy Irons as Humbert ...

Release date: 27 September 1997

Genre: Drama, Romance

Director: Adrian Lyne

Cast: Jeremy Irons, Melanie Griffith, Frank Langella, Dominique Swain, Suzanne Shepherd, Keith Reddin

Producer: Mario Kassar, Joel B. Michaels

Writer: Vladimir Nabokov, Stephen Schiff

An English professor falls for a minor, and has to face the consequences of his actions.

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1990s English-language films 3,955T

American erotic drama films 110T

French drama road movies 16T

2.

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

American police procedural crime drama television series

Overview: Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (often shortened to Law & Order: SVU or SVU) is an American police procedural crime drama television series created by Dick Wolf for NBC. The first spin-off of Law & Order ...

Release date: 20 September 1999

Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller

Director: Jean de Segonzac, David Platt

Cast: Mariska Hargitay, Ice-T, Dann Florek, Richard Belzer, Christopher Meloni, Kelli Giddish

Producer: Peter Jankowski, Dick Wolf

Writer: Dick Wolf, Julie Martin

This show introduces the Special Victims Unit, a specially trained squad of detectives in the NYPD who investigate sexually related crimes.

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American English-language television shows 9,885T

NBC television dramas 467T

Television shows affected by the 2023 Writers Guild of America strike 86T

3.

Basic Instinct

1992 erotic thriller film by Paul Verhoeven

Overview: Basic Instinct is a 1992 neo-noir erotic thriller film directed by Paul Verhoeven and written by Joe Eszterhas. The film follows San Francisco police detective Nick Curran (Michael Douglas), who is in ...

Release date: 20 March 1992

Genre: Mystery, Romance, Thriller, Drama

Director: Paul Verhoeven

Cast: Michael Douglas, Sharon Stone, George Dzundza, Jeanne Tripplehorn, Denis Arndt, Leilani Sarelle

Producer: William S. Beasley, Louis D'Esposito

Writer: Joe Eszterhas

A police detective is in charge of the investigation of a brutal murder, in which a beautiful and seductive woman could be involved.

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Basic Instinct 4T

Films produced by Alan Marshall (producer) 15T

Films produced by Mario F. Kassar 25T

4.

Wrong Turn

2003 slasher film by Rob Schmidt

Overview: Wrong Turn is a 2003 cannibal film directed by Rob Schmidt and written by Alan B. McElroy. The film stars Desmond Harrington, Eliza Dushku, Emmanuelle Chriqui, Jeremy Sisto and Kevin Zegers. The film was ...

Release date: 18 May 2003

Genre: Horror, Thriller

Director: Rob Schmidt

Cast: Desmond Harrington, Eliza Dushku, Emmanuelle Chriqui, Jeremy Sisto, Kevin Zegers, Lindy Booth

Producer: Hagen Behring, Don Carmody

Writer: Alan B. McElroy

Chris and a group of five friends are left stranded deep in the middle of the woods after their cars collide. As they venture deeper into the woods, they ...

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English-language Canadian films 2,725T

2000s English-language films 4,269T

English-language German films 842T

5.

Léon: The Professional

1994 film by Luc Besson

Overview: Léon: The Professional (French: Léon), titled Leon in the UK and Australia (and originally titled The Professional in the US), is a 1994 English-language French action-thriller film written and directed ...

Release date: 14 September 1994

Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller

Director: Luc Besson

Cast: Jean Reno, Gary Oldman, Natalie Portman, Danny Aiello, Peter Appel, Willi One Blood

Producer: Claude Besson, John Garland

Writer: Luc Besson

12-year-old Mathilda is reluctantly taken in by Léon, a professional assassin, after her family is murdered. An unusual relationship forms as she becomes ...

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1990s English-language films 3,889T

Films about corruption in the United States 27T

Films about the Drug Enforcement Administration 15T

6.

Poltergeist

1982 American supernatural horror film directed by Tobe Hooper

Overview: Poltergeist is a 1982 American supernatural horror film directed by Tobe Hooper and written by Steven Spielberg, Michael Grais and Mark Victor from a story by Spielberg. It stars JoBeth Williams, Craig ...

Release date: 4 June 1982

Genre: Horror, Thriller

Director: Tobe Hooper

Cast: Craig T. Nelson, JoBeth Williams, Beatrice Straight, Dominique Dunne, Oliver Robins, Heather O'Rourke

Producer: Kathleen Kennedy, Frank Marshall

Writer: Steven Spielberg, Michael Grais

A family's home is haunted by a host of demonic ghosts.

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1980s American films 3,365T

1982 thriller films 20T

1980s English-language films 3,470T

7.

Goodfellas

1990 crime film directed by Martin Scorsese

Overview: Goodfellas (stylized GoodFellas) is a 1990 American biographical crime film directed by Martin Scorsese, who also wrote with Nicholas Pileggi, and produced by Irwin Winkler. It is an film adaptation of ...

Release date: 12 September 1990

Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, Thriller

Director: Martin Scorsese

Cast: Robert De Niro, Ray Liotta, Joe Pesci, Lorraine Bracco, Paul Sorvino, Frank Sivero

Producer: Barbara De Fina, Bruce S. Pustin

Writer: Nicholas Pileggi, Martin Scorsese

The story of Henry Hill and his life in the mob, covering his relationship with his wife Karen Hill and his mob partners Jimmy Conway and Tommy DeVito ...

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1990 crime films 4T

Cultural depictions of the Mafia 78T

Films about the American Mafia 93T

8.

A Clockwork Orange

1971 film by Stanley Kubrick

Overview: A Clockwork Orange is a 1971 dystopian crime film adapted, produced, and directed by Stanley Kubrick, based on Anthony Burgess's 1962 novel of the same name. It employs disturbing, violent images to comment ...

Release date: 19 December 1971

Genre: Crime, Thriller, Sci-Fi, Drama

Director: Stanley Kubrick

Cast: Malcolm McDowell, Patrick Magee, Michael Bates, Warren Clarke, John Clive, Adrienne Corri

Producer: Stanley Kubrick, Si Litvinoff

Writer: Stanley Kubrick, Anthony Burgess

In future Britain, charismatic delinquent Alex DeLarge is jailed and volunteers for an experimental aversion therapy developed by the government in an ...

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British prison drama films 32T

1970s prison drama films 18T

Film controversies in the United Kingdom 32T

9.

Faces of Death

1978 American mondo horror film

Overview: Faces of Death (later re-released as The Original Faces of Death) is a 1978 American mondo horror film written and directed by John Alan Schwartz, credited under the pseudonyms "Conan LeCilaire" and "Alan ...

Release date: 24 May 1980

Genre: Documentary, Crime, Horror

Director: John Alan Schwartz

Cast: Michael Carr, Samuel Berkowitz, Mary Ellen Brighton, Thomas Noguchi, Adolf Hitler, Benito Mussolini

Producer: William B. James, Herbie Lee

Writer: John Alan Schwartz

A collection of death scenes, ranging from TV-material to home-made super-8 movies The common factor is death by some means.

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Animal cruelty incidents in film 39T

1978 documentary films 27T

Video nasties 60T

10.

The Silence of the Lambs

1991 film directed by Jonathan Demme

Overview: The Silence of the Lambs is a 1991 American psychological horror film directed by Jonathan Demme and written by Ted Tally, adapted from Thomas Harris' 1988 novel. It stars Jodie Foster as Clarice Starling ...

Release date: 30 January 1991

Genre: Crime, Thriller, Drama

Director: Jonathan Demme

Cast: Jodie Foster, Lawrence A. Bonney, Kasi Lemmons, Lawrence T. Wrentz, Scott Glenn, Anthony Heald

Producer: Grace Blake, Ronald M. Bozman

Writer: Thomas Harris, Ted Tally

A young F.B.I. cadet must confide in an incarcerated and manipulative killer to receive his help on catching another serial killer who skins his victims ...

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Best Horror Film Saturn Award winners 45T

Films shot in Pittsburgh 66T

Films with screenplays by Ted Tally 8T

11.

The Last House on the Left

2009 film

Overview: The Last House on the Left is a 2009 revenge horror-thriller film directed by Dennis Iliadis and written by Adam Alleca and Carl Ellsworth. A remake of the 1972 film of the same name, it stars Tony Goldwyn ...

Release date: 13 March 2009

Genre: Crime, Drama, Horror, Thriller

Director: Dennis Iliadis

Cast: Garret Dillahunt, Michael Bowen, Josh Coxx, Riki Lindhome, Aaron Paul, Sara Paxton

Producer: Greig Buckle, Jonathan Craven

Writer: Adam Alleca, Carl Ellsworth

After kidnapping and brutally assaulting two young women, a gang unknowingly finds refuge at a vacation home belonging to the parents of one of the victims: ...

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Films produced by Marianne Maddalena 11T

Films produced by Wes Craven 8T

Films produced by Sean S. Cunningham 21T

12.

The Amityville Horror

2005 horror film by Andrew Douglas

Overview: The Amityville Horror is a 2005 American horror film directed by Andrew Douglas and starring Ryan Reynolds, Melissa George and Philip Baker Hall. Written by Scott Kosar, it is based on the novel The A ...

Release date: 7 April 2005

Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller

Director: Andrew Douglas

Cast: Ryan Reynolds, Melissa George, Jesse James, Jimmy Bennett, Chloë Grace Moretz, Rachel Nichols

Producer: Michael Bay, Matthew Cohan

Writer: Scott Kosar, Jay Anson

Newlyweds are terrorized by demonic forces after moving into a large house that was the site of a grisly mass murder a year before.

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2000s English-language films 4,356T

Films about imaginary friends 13T

2000s supernatural horror films 120T

13.

The 13th Warrior

1999 film by John McTiernan

Overview: The 13th Warrior is a 1999 American historical fiction action film based on Michael Crichton's 1976 novel Eaters of the Dead, which is a loose retelling of the tale of Beowulf combined with Ahmad ibn ...

Release date: 25 June 1999

Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, History

Director: John McTiernan, Michael Crichton

Cast: Antonio Banderas, Diane Venora, Dennis Storhøi, Vladimir Kulich, Omar Sharif, Anders T. Andersen

Producer: Lou Arkoff, Michael Crichton

Writer: Michael Crichton, William Wisher

A man, having fallen in love with the wrong woman, is sent by the sultan himself on a diplomatic mission to a distant land as an ambassador. Stopping at ...

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1990s English-language films 3,888T

Films produced by John McTiernan 5T

1990s action adventure films 39T

14.

Sleepy Hollow

1999 film by Tim Burton

Overview: Sleepy Hollow is a 1999 American gothic supernatural horror film directed by Tim Burton. It is a film adaptation loosely based on Washington Irving's 1820 short story "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow", and ...

Release date: 17 November 1999

Director: Tim Burton

Cast: Johnny Depp, Christina Ricci, Miranda Richardson, Michael Gambon, Casper Van Dien, Jeffrey Jones

Producer: Francis Ford Coppola, Celia D. Costas

Writer: Washington Irving, Kevin Yagher

Ichabod Crane is sent to Sleepy Hollow to investigate the decapitations of three people, with the culprit being the legendary apparition, The Headless ...

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Films set in 1799 1T

Films with screenplays by Andrew Kevin Walker 10T

Grave-robbing in film 23T

15.

Sleepers

1996 film by Barry Levinson

Overview: Sleepers is a 1996 American legal crime drama film written, produced, and directed by Barry Levinson, and based on Lorenzo Carcaterra's 1995 novel of the same name. The film stars Kevin Bacon, Jason Patric ...

Release date: 18 October 1996

Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller

Director: Barry Levinson

Cast: Kevin Bacon, Billy Crudup, Robert De Niro, Ron Eldard, Minnie Driver, Vittorio Gassman

Producer: Lorenzo Carcaterra, Peter Giuliano

Writer: Lorenzo Carcaterra, Barry Levinson

After a prank goes disastrously wrong, a group of boys are sent to a detention center where they are brutalized. Thirteen years later, an unexpected random ...

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1990s English-language films 2,203T

American rape and revenge films 117T

1996 crime drama films 35T

16.

Shutter

2008 American film

Overview: Shutter is a 2008 American supernatural horror film directed by Masayuki Ochiai and distributed by 20th Century Fox. It was written by Luke Dawson and is based on the 2004 Thai film of the same name. Its ...

Release date: 19 March 2008

Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller

Director: Masayuki Ochiai

Cast: Joshua Jackson, Rachael Taylor, Megumi Okina, David Denman, John Hensley, Maya Hazen

Producer: Paiboon Damrongchaitham, Boosaba Daoruang

Writer: Luke Dawson, Parkpoom Wongpoom

A newly married couple discovers disturbing, ghostly images in photographs they develop after a tragic accident. Fearing the manifestations may be con ...

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American rape and revenge films 118T

Films scored by Nathan Barr 30T

Vertigo Entertainment films 45T

17.

Schindler's List

1993 film by Steven Spielberg

Overview: Schindler's List is a 1993 American epic historical drama film directed and produced by Steven Spielberg and written by Steven Zaillian. It is based on the 1982 non-fiction novel Schindler's Ark by Au ...

Release date: 30 November 1993

Genre: Biography, Drama, History, War

Director: Steven Spielberg

Cast: Liam Neeson, Ben Kingsley, Ralph Fiennes, Caroline Goodall, Jonathan Sagall, Embeth Davidtz

Producer: Irving Glovin, Kathleen Kennedy

Writer: Thomas Keneally, Steven Zaillian

In German-occupied Poland during World War II, industrialist Oskar Schindler gradually becomes concerned for his Jewish workforce after witnessing their ...

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Film controversies in the Philippines 5T

Jewish films 28T

1990s English-language films 3,955T

18.

Saving Private Ryan

1998 film by Steven Spielberg

Overview: Saving Private Ryan is a 1998 American epic war film directed by Steven Spielberg and written by Robert Rodat. Set in 1944 in France during World War II, it follows a group of soldiers, led by Captain ...

Release date: 24 July 1998

Genre: Action, Drama, War

Director: Steven Spielberg

Cast: Tom Hanks, Tom Sizemore, Edward Burns, Barry Pepper, Adam Goldberg, Vin Diesel

Producer: Ian Bryce, Bonnie Curtis

Writer: Robert Rodat

Following the Normandy Landings, a group of U.S. soldiers go behind enemy lines to retrieve a paratrooper whose brothers have been killed in action.

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Films produced by Gary Levinsohn 8T

Films produced by Mark Gordon (producer) 31T

Films with screenplays by Robert Rodat 7T

19.

Rambo

2008 US action film directed by Sylvester Stallone

Overview: Rambo is a 2008 American action film directed and co-written by Sylvester Stallone, based on the character John Rambo created by author David Morrell for his novel First Blood. A sequel to Rambo III (1988) ...

Release date: 23 January 2008

Genre: Action, Thriller, War

Director: Sylvester Stallone

Cast: Sylvester Stallone, Julie Benz, Matthew Marsden, Graham McTavish, Reynaldo Gallegos, Jake La Botz

Producer: Peter Block, Boaz Davidson

Writer: Art Monterastelli, Sylvester Stallone

In Thailand, John Rambo joins a group of mercenaries to venture into war-torn Burma, and rescue a group of Christian aid workers who were kidnapped by ...

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Film controversies in Myanmar 1T

Films about mercenaries 50T

2000s action adventure films 55T

20.

Peeping Tom

1960 British film by Michael Powell

Overview: Peeping Tom is a 1960 British psychological horror-thriller film directed by Michael Powell, written by Leo Marks, and starring Carl Boehm, Anna Massey, and Moira Shearer. The film revolves around a serial ...