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Goosebumps(2015)

K12
| 1h 43min | Adventure, Horror, Comedy
3.2/5 (with 1,700 votes)

After moving to a small town, Zach Cooper finds a silver lining when he meets next door neighbor Hannah, the daughter of bestselling Goosebumps series author R.L. Stine. When Zach unintentionally unleashes real monsters from their manuscripts and they begin to terrorize the town, it’s suddenly up to Stine, Zach and Hannah to get all of them back in the books where they belong.

Directed by Rob Letterman - With Dylan Minnette, Jack Black, Odeya Rush, Deivid, Amy Ryan, Jillian Bell, ...
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The Frighteners(1996)

1h 50min | Horror, Comedy
3.4/5 (with 644 votes)

Once an architect, Frank Bannister now passes himself off as an exorcist of evil spirits. To bolster his facade, he claims his "special" gift is the result of a car accident that killed his wife. But what he does not count on is more people dying in the small town where he lives. As he tries to piece together the supernatural mystery of these killings, he falls in love with the wife of one of the victims and deals with a crazy FBI agent.

Directed by Peter Jackson - With Michael J. Fox, Trini Alvarado, Peter Dobson, John Astin, Dee Wallace, Jeffrey Combs, ...
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Field of Dreams(1989)

PG
| 1h 47min | Drama, Fantasy, Comedy
3.6/5 (with 615 votes)

Ray Kinsella is an Iowa farmer who hears a mysterious voice telling him to turn his cornfield into a baseball diamond. He does, but the voice's directions don't stop -- even after the spirits of deceased ballplayers turn up to play.

Directed by Phil Alden Robinson - With Kevin Costner, Amy Madigan, James Earl Jones, Ray Liotta, Burt Lancaster, Frank Whaley, ...
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Millennium Actress(2002)

1h 27min | Animation, Drama, Romance / Love
3.9/5 (with 338 votes)

Documentary filmmaker Genya Tachibana has tracked down the legendary actress Chiyoko Fujiwara, who mysteriously vanished at the height of her career. When he presents her with a key she had lost and thought was gone forever, the filmmaker could not have imagined that it would not only unlock the long-held secrets of Chiyoko’s life... but also his own.

Directed by Satoshi Kon - With Mami Koyama, Fumiko Orikasa, Shōzō Iizuka, Masaya Onosaka, Shōko Tsuda, Hirotaka Suzuoki, ...

What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?(1962)

2h 15min | Drama, Horror, Thriller
4.0/5 (with 452 votes)

A former child star torments her paraplegic sister in their decaying Hollywood mansion.

Directed by Robert Aldrich - With Bette Davis, Joan Crawford, Victor Buono, Maidie Norman, Marjorie Bennett, Anna Lee, ...

Jumanji(1995)

1h 44min | Adventure, Fantasy, Kids & Family
3.6/5 (with 4,852 votes)

When siblings Judy and Peter discover an enchanted board game that opens the door to a magical world, they unwittingly invite Alan -- an adult who's been trapped inside the game for 26 years -- into their living room. Alan's only hope for freedom is to finish the game, which proves risky as all three find themselves running from giant rhinoceroses, evil monkeys and other terrifying creatures.

Directed by Joe Johnston - With Robin Williams, Kirsten Dunst, David Alan Grier, Bonnie Hunt, Jonathan Hyde, Bebe Neuwirth, ...
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Rebel in the Rye(2017)

1h 46min | Drama, Romance / Love
3.4/5 (with 112 votes)

The life of celebrated but reclusive author J.D. Salinger, who gained worldwide fame with the publication of his novel The Catcher in the Rye.

Directed by Danny Strong - With Nicholas Hoult, Zoey Deutch, Kevin Spacey, Sarah Paulson, Hope Davis, Victor Garber, ...

Little Voice(1998)

15
| 1h 37min | Comedy, Drama
3.3/5 (with 78 votes)

After the death of her father, Little Voice or LV becomes a virtual recluse, never going out and hardly ever saying a word. She just sits in her bedroom listening to her father's collection of old records of Shirley Bassey, Marilyn Monroe and various other famous female singers. But at night time, LV sings, imitating these great singers with surprising accuracy. One night she is overheard by one of her mother's boyfriends, who happens to be a talent agent. He manages to convince her that her talent is special and arranges for her to perform at the local night club, but several problems arise.

Directed by Mark Herman - With Jane Horrocks, Brenda Blethyn, Michael Caine, Ewan McGregor, Jim Broadbent, Philip Jackson, ...

Love & Mercy(2015)

2h | Drama, Music, History
3.6/5 (with 309 votes)

In the late 1960s, the Beach Boys' Brian Wilson stops touring, produces "Pet Sounds" and begins to lose his grip on reality. By the 1980s, under the sway of a controlling therapist, he finds a savior in Melinda Ledbetter.

Directed by Bill Pohlad - With Brett Davern, Elizabeth Banks, Graham Rogers, John Cusack, Kenny Wormald, Paul Dano, ...

Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte(1964)

2h 13min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
3.6/5 (with 104 votes)

An aging, reclusive Southern belle plagued by a horrifying family secret descends into madness after the arrival of a lost relative.

Directed by Robert Aldrich - With Bette Davis, Olivia de Havilland, Joseph Cotten, Agnes Moorehead, Cecil Kellaway, Mary Astor, ...

Dance First(2023)

1h 40min | History, Drama
3.0/5 (with 1 vote)

Parisian bon vivant, World War II Resistance fighter, Nobel Prize-winning playwright, philandering husband and recluse…Samuel Beckett lived a life of many parts. Titled after Beckett’s famous ethos “Dance first, think later”, the film is a sweeping account of the life of this 20th-century icon.

Directed by James Marsh

A Quiet Passion(2016)

2h 5min | Drama
3.1/5 (with 77 votes)

The story of American poet Emily Dickinson from her early days as a young schoolgirl to her later years as a reclusive, unrecognized artist.

Directed by Terence Davies - With Cynthia Nixon
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Grey Gardens(1976)

1h 35min | Documentary
3.6/5 (with 91 votes)

Edie Bouvier Beale and her mother, Edith, two aging, eccentric relatives of Jackie Kennedy Onassis, are the sole inhabitants of a Long Island estate. The women reveal themselves to be misfits with outsized, engaging personalities. Much of the conversation is centered on their pasts, as mother and daughter now rarely leave home.

Directed by Albert Maysles, David Maysles

Winnebago Man(2010)

1h 25min | Documentary, Comedy
3.3/5 (with 39 votes)

Jack Rebney is the most famous man you've never heard of - after cursing his way through a Winnebago sales video, Rebney's outrageously funny outtakes became an underground sensation and made him an internet superstar. Filmmaker Ben Steinbauer journeys to the top of a mountain to find the recluse who unwittingly became the "Winnebago Man".

Directed by Ben Steinbauer - With Ben Steinbauer, Douglas Rushkoff

Tony(2010)

1h 16min | Horror, Drama, Thriller
3.0/5 (with 30 votes)

Unemployed and unemployable, Tony is a sympathetic recluse with severe social problems, an addiction to VHS action films and a horrible moustache. Occasionally he snaps and murder is the result….

Directed by Gerard Johnson - With Peter Ferdinando, Ricky Grover

Alien Implant(2017)

1h 15min | Drama, Horror, Science Fiction
2.6/5 (with 7 votes)

A brilliant female recluse sends a distress signal into outer space from a remote location. When the Aliens arrive, they realize it's not a distress signal, it's an ingenious trap designed to exact revenge on the extraterrestrials who abducted her as a child.

Whale Music(1994)

1h 47min | Comedy, Drama
2.9/5 (with 3 votes)

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Directed by Richard J. Lewis - With Maury Chaykin, Cynthia Preston, Paul Gross

Awaiting(2015)

1h 37min | Drama, Horror, Thriller
2.1/5 (with 9 votes)

After a car accident, Jake is rescued by Morris and brought to his remote farmhouse. As he recovers from his injuries, Jake soon begins to suspect that something is very wrong. Morris has sinister plans for his new houseguest.

She Loves Me Not(2013)

1h 31min | Comedy, Drama, Romance / Love
2.2/5 (with 2 votes)

A reclusive novelist struggles to find romance and meaning in his life despite disastrous and comedic circumstances.

Directed by Brian Jun - With Briana Evigan, John Robinson, Karen Black, Lisa Edelstein, Cary Elwes, John Robinson, ...

Rhinoceros Eyes(2004)

1h 32min | Drama, Romance / Love, Horror
3.1/5 (with 7 votes)

Rhinoceros Eyes is a fantastical coming-of-age story revolving around Chep, a young, reclusive prop-house employee who falls in love with a detail-obsessed movie production designer named Fran. Fran's need for authentic props sends Chep to great and questionable lengths as he tries to satisfy her requests, and ultimately... win her heart.

Directed by Aaron Woodley - With Michael Pitt, Paige Turco, Jackie Burroughs, Alexis Dziena, Gale Harold, Boyd Banks, ...

Reclusion(2016)

1h 28min | Horror, Thriller
2.2/5 (with 8 votes)

A young couple awakens a terrible force when they attempt to socialize their reclusive neighbor.

The Still Life(2007)

1h 36min | Drama, Romance / Love
0.5/5 (with 1 vote)

Fueled by original music by members of Guns N' Roses, Bad Religion, No Doubt, Skid Row, Toad the Wet Sprocket, Hootie & The Blowfish and more... The Still Life tells the story of artist Julian Lamont who struggles to pick up the pieces of his tattered life in this poignant drama. A reclusive alcoholic, Julian creates a new art genre called Destructionism, and his works catapult him into the limelight. But as his success in the art world grows, Julian loses touch with the artist he truly desires to be, and his personal life soon tailspins out of control.

The Grand Inquisitor(2008)

22min | Drama, Mystery
3.0/5 (with 2 votes)

A young woman (Dashe) discovers a cache of used books that she believes holds clues to the solution of decades-old crimes. When the authorities dismiss her, she takes matters into her own hands, ringing the doorbell of Hazel Reedy (Hunt), a lonely recluse who may or may not be the widow of America's most notorious serial killer. Their cross-generational confrontation, played out in real time, leads to an unexpected and shocking conclusion.

Wild Oranges(1924)

1h 28min | Drama, Romance / Love
3.2/5 (with 6 votes)

Millie Stope lives with her grandfather on a remote island. Man-child Nicholas, a fugitive from justice, also lives there and is terrorizing them - and he's interested in Millie. One day widower John Woolfolk, sailing on his yacht, happens upon the island. Soon he and Millie fall in love. Will jealous Nicholas stand for this?

Directed by King Vidor - With Virginia Valli, Ford Sterling, Frank Mayo, Nigel De Brulier, James Kirkwood

Where Are You, João Gilberto?(2018)

1h 47min | Documentary, Music
3.3/5 (with 6 votes)

Where are you, João Gilberto? sets out in the footsteps of German writer Marc Fischer who obsessively searched for the legendary founding father of Bossa Nova and last great musical legend of our time, Brazilian musician João Gilberto, who has not been seen in public for decades. Fischer described his journey in a book, Hobalala, but committed suicide one week before it was published. By taking up Marc Fischer's quest, following his steps one by one, thanks to all the clues he left us, we pursue João Gilberto to understand the history, the very soul and essence of Bossa Nova. But who can tell whether we will meet him or not?

Directed by Georges Gachot

Marlene(1984)

1h 34min | Documentary
3.5/5 (with 6 votes)

Retrospective on the career of enigmatic screen diva Marlene Dietrich.

Directed by Maximilian Schell - With Marlene Dietrich

Forced Alliance(1989)

1h 32min | Drama, Thriller
4.0/5 (with 1 vote)

Four young friends, en route to the coast for a weekend of surfing and fun are forced to seek help from a strange recluse when their car breaks down. Jack Rattigan is a strange man living in an even stranger house, a decaying relic of a bygone age. Is Rattigan insane? Or are his words and acts and expression of a mind tortured by mortal anguish? What is Rattigans secret? And what is the source of his power to mesmerise?

Small Arms(2017)

22min | Drama, Thriller
3.3/5 (with 3 votes)

A college student in Northern Michigan, harassed with anonymous homophobic threats, seeks out shooting lessons with a reclusive survivalist in an effort to prove his manhood.

The Woman in the House(1942)

11min | Drama
2.8/5 (with 1 vote)

This short looks at the illness anthropophobia, the fear of people. In 1901, young Catherine Starr, who lives in a small English coastal town, has an argument with her fiancé. He leaves her house, goes off to serve in the Boer War, and dies of malaria. Catherine blames herself for his death and fears others will also blame her. She does not leave her house for forty years. Groceries are delivered to the house, but no one sees who retrieves them. When the Nazis bomb her house in September 1941, she is forced to cope with the outside world.

Directed by Sammy Lee - With Ann Richards

Willard: The Hermit of Gully Lake(2007)

1h 14min | Documentary
3.0/5 (with 1 vote)

In the 1940's American-born Willard MacDonald jumped his troop train heading to WWII. Fearing authorities he lived as a hermit deep in the northern wilderness of Nova Scotia, Canada for more than 60 years inspiring folklore for generations.

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