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X(2022)

FSK: 16+ years
| 1h 45min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
3.4/5 (with 905 votes)

In 1979, a group of young filmmakers set out to make an adult film in rural Texas, but when their reclusive, elderly hosts catch them in the act, the cast find themselves fighting for their lives. Hilarity ensues.

Wrong Turn 3: Left for Dead(2009)

FSK: 18+ years
| 1h 31min | Horror, Thriller
2.8/5 (with 526 votes)

A group of people find themselves trapped in the backwoods of West Virginia, fighting for their lives against a group of vicious and horribly disfigured inbred cannibals.

Christmas Bloody Christmas(2022)

1h 26min | Horror
2.9/5 (with 60 votes)

It's Christmas Eve and Tori just wants to get drunk and party, but when a robotic Santa Claus at a nearby toy store goes haywire and begins a rampant killing spree through her small town, she's forced into a battle for survival.

Directed by Joe Begos

First Blood(1982)

FSK: 16+ years
| 1h 33min | Action, Adventure, Thriller, War
3.7/5 (with 2,872 votes)

When former Green Beret John Rambo is harassed by local law enforcement and arrested for vagrancy, he is forced to flee into the mountains and wage an escalating one-man war against his pursuers.

No Country for Old Men(2007)

FSK: 16+ years
| 2h 2min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
4.0/5 (with 5,549 votes)

Llewelyn Moss stumbles upon dead bodies, $2 million and a hoard of heroin in a Texas desert, but methodical killer Anton Chigurh comes looking for it, with local sheriff Ed Tom Bell hot on his trail. The roles of prey and predator blur as the violent pursuit of money and justice collide.

Rango(2011)

FSK: 6+ years
| 1h 47min | Animation, Comedy, Kids & Family, Western, Adventure
3.4/5 (with 2,870 votes)

When Rango, a lost family pet, accidentally winds up in the gritty, gun-slinging town of Dirt, the less-than-courageous lizard suddenly finds he stands out. Welcomed as the last hope the town has been waiting for, new Sheriff Rango is forced to play his new role to the hilt.

Girl(2020)

FSK: 16+ years
| 1h 32min | Thriller
3.1/5 (with 74 votes)

A young woman returns to her small hometown intent on killing her abusive father only to discover someone murdered him the day before. As the girl searches for answers, she uncovers a family legacy more dangerous than she'd imagined.

Directed by Chad Faust - With Bella Thorne

From Dusk Till Dawn(1996)

FSK: 18+ years
| 1h 48min | Horror, Action, Thriller, Crime
3.5/5 (with 2,595 votes)

Seth Gecko and his younger brother Richard are on the run after a bloody bank robbery in Texas. They escape across the border into Mexico and will be home-free the next morning, when they pay off the local kingpin. They just have to survive 'from dusk till dawn' at the rendezvous point, which turns out to be a Hell of a strip joint.

Scream 4(2011)

FSK: 16+ years
| 1h 51min | Horror, Mystery
3.2/5 (with 1,560 votes)

Sidney returns home to Woodsboro on the last stop of her book tour, which brings about the return of Ghost Face and puts her family, friends, and the whole town in danger.

Cowboys & Aliens(2011)

FSK: 12+ years
| 1h 59min | Action, Science Fiction, Thriller, Western
2.8/5 (with 2,268 votes)

A stranger stumbles into the desert town of Absolution with no memory of his past and a futuristic shackle around his wrist. With the help of mysterious beauty Ella and the iron-fisted Colonel Dolarhyde, he finds himself leading an unlikely posse of cowboys, outlaws, and Apache warriors against a common enemy from beyond this world in an epic showdown for survival.

Directed by Jon Favreau - With Daniel Craig, Abigail Spencer, Matthew Taylor, Clancy Brown, Paul Dano, Adam Beach, ...

R.I.P.D. 2: Rise of the Damned(2022)

1h 42min | Action, Comedy, Fantasy, Crime
3.3/5 (with 234 votes)

When Sheriff Roy Pulsipher finds himself in the afterlife, he joins a special police force and returns to Earth to save humanity from the undead.

Unforgiven(1992)

FSK: 16+ years
| 2h 10min | Western
4.0/5 (with 1,855 votes)

William Munny is a retired, once-ruthless killer turned gentle widower and hog farmer. To help support his two motherless children, he accepts one last bounty-hunter mission to find the men who brutalized a prostitute. Joined by his former partner and a cocky greenhorn, he takes on a corrupt sheriff.

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The Texas Chainsaw Massacre(2003)

FSK: 18+ years
| 1h 38min | Horror
3.1/5 (with 1,125 votes)

After picking up a traumatized young hitchhiker, five friends find themselves stalked and hunted by a chainsaw-wielding killer and his family of equally psychopathic killers.

Rio Bravo(1959)

FSK: 12+ years
| 2h 21min | Western
3.9/5 (with 467 votes)

The sheriff of a small town in southwest Texas must keep custody of a murderer whose brother, a powerful rancher, is trying to help him escape. After a friend is killed trying to muster support for him, he and his deputies must find a way to hold out against the rancher's hired guns until the marshal arrives. In the meantime, matters are complicated by the presence of a young gunslinger - and a mysterious beauty who just came in on the last stagecoach.

The Silencing(2020)

1h 33min | Action, Thriller
3.2/5 (with 236 votes)

A reformed hunter becomes involved in a deadly game of cat and mouse when he and the local sheriff set out to track a vicious killer who may have kidnapped his daughter years ago.

Robin Hood(2018)

FSK: 12+ years
| 1h 56min | Adventure, Action, Thriller
3.0/5 (with 1,346 votes)

A war-hardened Crusader and his Moorish commander mount an audacious revolt against the corrupt English crown.

Silverado(1985)

FSK: 12+ years
| 2h 13min | Western
3.5/5 (with 292 votes)

Four unwitting heroes cross paths on their journey to the sleepy town of Silverado. Little do they know the town where their family and friends reside has been taken over by a corrupt sheriff and a murderous posse. It's up to the sharp-shooting foursome to save the day, but first they have to break each other out of jail, and learn who their real friends are.

The Gift(2000)

FSK: 16+ years
| 1h 51min | Horror, Drama, Thriller, Mystery
3.2/5 (with 496 votes)

Annie Wilson, young widow and mother of three, makes her living foretelling others' futures⁠—though her own has become cloudier than even she can see. Threatened by a client's violent husband and plagued by visions of a missing local woman, Annie finds herself pulled into a thicket of lies and deception in which her extraordinary gift may ultimately get her killed.

Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers(1988)

FSK: 18+ years
| 1h 28min | Horror, Thriller
3.1/5 (with 824 votes)

The apparently comatose Michael Myers is being transferred from one hospital to another, but he wakes up when the ambulance crew talk about his surviving niece, Jamie. After slaughtering his attendants, Myers sets out to find his one living relative who is, fortunately, being cared for by a kind and resourceful foster sister named Rachel. Meanwhile, the ever-cautious Dr. Loomis remains on the killer's path.

Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers(1989)

FSK: 18+ years
| 1h 36min | Horror, Thriller
2.7/5 (with 503 votes)

Presumed dead after a shoot-out with the Haddonfield police, Michael Myers is secretly nursed back to health — and returns a year later to kill again and once more targets his young niece, Jamie. Jamie is now recovering in the local children's hospital after attacking her stepmother and losing her voice. Her mental link with her evil uncle may be the key to uprooting her family tree.

Traffik(2018)

1h 36min | Horror, Thriller
3.1/5 (with 199 votes)

A couple off for a romantic weekend in the mountains are accosted by a biker gang. Alone in the mountains, Brea and John must defend themselves against the gang, who will stop at nothing to protect their secrets.

Live and Let Die(1973)

FSK: 16+ years
| 2h 1min | Adventure, Action, Thriller
3.3/5 (with 890 votes)

James Bond must investigate a mysterious murder case of a British agent in New Orleans. Soon he finds himself up against a gangster boss named Mr. Big.

Halloween II(1981)

FSK: 18+ years
| 1h 32min | Horror
3.3/5 (with 863 votes)

After failing to kill stubborn survivor Laurie and taking a bullet or six from former psychiatrist Dr. Sam Loomis, Michael Myers has followed Laurie to the Haddonfield Memorial Hospital, where she's been admitted for Myers' attempt on her life. The institution proves to be particularly suited to serial killers, however, as Myers cuts, stabs and slashes his way through hospital staff to reach his favorite victim.

Leatherface(2017)

1h 28min | Horror, Thriller, Mystery
2.8/5 (with 547 votes)

A young nurse is kidnapped by a group of violent teens who escape from a mental hospital and take her on the road trip from hell. Pursued by an equally deranged lawman out for revenge, one of the teens is destined for tragedy and horrors that will destroy his mind, moulding him into a monster named Leatherface.

Young Guns(1988)

FSK: 16+ years
| 1h 47min | Western, Crime, Action, Adventure
3.3/5 (with 388 votes)

A group of young gunmen, led by Billy the Kid, become deputies to avenge the murder of the rancher who became their benefactor. But when Billy takes their authority too far, they become the hunted.

Antlers(2021)

FSK: 16+ years
| 1h 39min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
3.1/5 (with 456 votes)

A small-town Oregon teacher and her brother, the local sheriff, discover a young student is harbouring a dangerous secret that could have frightening consequences.

Bone Tomahawk(2015)

FSK: 18+ years
| 2h 12min | Western, Horror, Drama
3.4/5 (with 983 votes)

During a shootout in a saloon, Sheriff Hunt injures a suspicious stranger. The doctor's assistant, wife of the local foreman, tends to him in prison. That night, the town is attacked and they both disappear—only the arrow of a cannibal tribe is found. Hunt and a few of his men go in search of the prisoner and the foreman's wife.

The Wraith(1986)

FSK: 16+ years
| 1h 33min | Action, Science Fiction
3.2/5 (with 180 votes)

Packard Walsh and his motorized gang control and terrorize an Arizona desert town where they force drivers to drag-race so they can 'win' their vehicles. After Walsh beats the decent teenager Jamie Hankins to death after finding him with his girlfriend, a mysterious power creates Jake Kesey, an extremely cool motor-biker who has a car which is invincible. Jake befriends Jamie's girlfriend Keri Johnson, takes Jamie's sweet brother Bill under his wing and manages what Sheriff Loomis couldn't; eliminate Packard's criminal gang the hard way...

Lake Placid(1999)

FSK: 16+ years
| 1h 22min | Horror, Comedy, Action, Science Fiction, Thriller
2.9/5 (with 487 votes)

When a man is eaten alive by an unknown creature, the local Game Warden teams up with a paleontologist from New York to find the beast. Add to the mix an eccentric philanthropist with a penchant for "Crocs", and here we go! This quiet, remote lake is suddenly the focus of an intense search for a crocodile with a taste for live animals...and people!

Strange Way of Life(2023)

3.2/5 (with 69 votes)

After 25 years, an ex hired gun visits his old colleague, who is now a small town sheriff. Their past relationship is explored, as is how they reflect on it in the present.

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