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Movies: Best "woman in peril" Movies


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King Kong(2005)

PG-13
| 3h 7min | Adventure, Drama, Action
3.4/5 (with 3,520 votes)

In 1933 New York, an overly ambitious movie producer coerces his cast and hired ship crew to travel to mysterious Skull Island, where they encounter Kong, a giant ape who is immediately smitten with the leading lady.

The Invisible Man(2020)

3.6/5 (with 2,675 votes)

When Cecilia's abusive ex takes his own life and leaves her his fortune, she suspects his death was a hoax. As a series of coincidences turn lethal, Cecilia works to prove that she is being hunted by someone nobody can see.

Frankenstein(1931)

NR
| 1h 11min | Drama, Horror, Science Fiction
3.7/5 (with 709 votes)

Dr. Henry Frankenstein attempts to create life by assembling a creature from body parts of the deceased. Aided by his loyal misshapen assistant, Fritz, Frankenstein succeeds in animating his monster, but, confused and traumatized, it escapes into the countryside and begins to wreak havoc. Frankenstein searches for the elusive being and eventually must confront his tormented creation.

Firewalker(1986)

PG
| 1h 44min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
2.6/5 (with 72 votes)

A pair of adventurers try to track down an ancient Aztec/Mayan/Egyptian/Apache horde of gold.

White Zombie(1932)

NR
| 1h 7min | Horror
2.9/5 (with 104 votes)

In Haiti, a wealthy landowner convinces a sorcerer to lure the American woman he has fallen for away from her fiance, only to have the madman decide to keep the woman for himself, as a zombie.

The Black Cat(1934)

1h 3min | Horror, Mystery
3.4/5 (with 110 votes)

After a road accident in Hungary, the American honeymooners Joan and Peter and the enigmatic Dr. Werdegast find refuge in the house of the famed architect Hjalmar Poelzig, who shares a dark past with the doctor.

Mark of the Vampire(1935)

G
| 1h | Horror, Mystery
3.1/5 (with 51 votes)

Sir Borotyn, a prominent Prague resident, is discovered murdered in his home, with all indications pointing to a vampire assault. The victim's friend, Baron Otto, and the physician who analyzes the body are certain that the vampire is the mysterious Count Mora, or perhaps his daughter, but receive little help from the law. Professor Zelen, an expert in the occult, is called in to assist with the investigation.

Man-Made Monster(1941)

3.1/5 (with 13 votes)

Mad scientist turns a man into an electrically-controlled monster to do his bidding.

Directed by George Waggner - With Lon Chaney Jr.

Dead Men Walk(1943)

1h 4min | Horror
2.3/5 (with 11 votes)

When a small town doctor buries his twin brother, a practitioner of the black arts, he believes him dead; but subsequent events force him to realize that his brother has, in fact, returned from the dead as a vampire and is seeking revenge on the doctor, who had killed him in self-defense.

Suspense.(1913)

11min | Drama, Thriller
3.5/5 (with 35 votes)

An isolated house is too remote for a lone servant, who leaves a note, quietly exits the back door, and puts the key under the mat. Left alone in the house is a mother and her infant. A tramp has watched the servant leave and begins to skulk. When the lady of the house sees him outside as he discovers the key, she's terrified and desperately phones her husband, who's at work in town. He jumps into a car that's idling in front of his office and races toward home, the car's owner, and police, in hot pursuit.

Cyberstalker(2012)

1h 32min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
2.4/5 (with 8 votes)

After spending several years in seclusion, a woman encounters the stalker who murdered her parents over a decade ago, and fears she may be his latest victim when he starts to cyber-stalk her.

Directed by Curtis Crawford - With Mischa Barton

Night Terror(1977)

1h 13min | TV Movie, Thriller
3.2/5 (with 14 votes)

A housewife flees from a policeman's killer on the road between Phoenix and Denver.

Directed by E.W. Swackhamer - With Valerie Harper, Richard Romanus, Michael Tolan
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The Perils of Pauline(1914)

6h 50min | Action, Adventure, Drama
3.0/5 (with 8 votes)

The Perils of Pauline is a motion picture serial shown in weekly installments featuring the actress Pearl White playing the title character. Pauline has often been cited as a famous example of a damsel-in-distress, although viewers will find her character more resourceful and less helpless than the classic 'damsel' stereotype. Nine episodes (from a condensed 1916 re-release) survive to this day.

The Magician(1926)

1h 23min | Drama, Horror
3.3/5 (with 11 votes)

A young woman, Margaret Dauncey, is caught between the forces of a charlatan magician, Oliver Haddo, whom she is unable to resist, and the love of a handsome surgeon, Arthur Burdon, who has saved her from being a helpless cripple by performing a delicate operation on her spine.

No Place to Hide(1981)

3.3/5 (with 3 votes)

A young art student frantically tries to prove that she is being stalked by a mysterious man who has threatened her life, and finds her sanity questioned by her stepmother, the family attorney, and even a psychiatrist.

Twisted Rails(1934)

58min | Crime

A railroad employee finds out the identity of "The Wrecker", a criminal who is deliberately causing trains to crash. However, before he can disclose the crook's name, he is shot and killed. A passenger aboard the train volunteers to go after the killer and bring "The Wrecker" to justice.

Directed by Albert Herman

The Lesser Evil(1912)

NR
| 17min | Drama
2.7/5 (with 5 votes)

A young woman's peaceful existence is shattered when she is abducted by the crew of a boat of smugglers, who then also turn against their captain.

Klondike Casanova(1946)

At the Polar Bar & Grill in the Klondike, Popeye and Olive Oyl are the sole proprietors. Dangerous Dan McBluto, the owner of a fur farm, walks in and kidnaps Olive.

Prisoner of Love(1999)

2.0/5 (with 1 vote)

Supermodel Naomi Campbell sizzles in this suspense-charged erotic thriller that delves into the dark world of obsession, seduction and crime. When a small time hood makes a hit, beautiful Tracy becomes his unwitting witness... and the object of his desire! His boss orders her dead, but he realizes the only chance to save her life is to abduct her and go into hiding. But will his world close in? Or will she slowly succumb to his burning desire? The suspense will hold you captive.

Directed by Steve DiMarco - With Naomi Campbell