1. The Year of Fury (El año de la furia)
Uruguay unavoidably falls into a terrible dictatorship. Diego and Leonardo, two writers of a well-known TV comedy show, struggle to maintain their integrity under the pressure they receive to tone down their political satires against the military. On the side of the oppressors, Rojas, the lieutenant in charge of torturing subversive youth, finds emotional refuge in Susana, a prostitute. Slowly, the lives of all of them are deeply impacted by the yoke of the dictatorship that looms over them.
It has an average vote of 6.4 on TMDB.
2. Don't Blink
Ten people arrive at a secluded mountain resort to find it completely deserted. With no gas for the return trip, the visitors are forced to stay and investigate the mystery surrounding the abandoned lodge.
It has an average vote of 4.9 on TMDB.
3. A Matador's Mistress (Manolete)
Scandal erupts over a famous bullfighter's affair with a left-wing actress.
It has an average vote of 5.85 on TMDB.
4. Captivity
The sought-after images of top model Jennifer adorn magazine covers and billboards worldwide. When alone at a charity event, she is abducted and incarcerated in a cell with another prisoner. When their captor subjects the two to torture, they commit to escaping the chamber of horrors before they're killed.
It has an average vote of 4.9 on TMDB.
5. Borgman (Borgman)
An enigmatic vagrant cons himself into the home life of an arrogant upper-class family, turning their lives into a psychological nightmare in the process.
It has an average vote of 6.5 on TMDB.
6. Dark Was the Night
An evil is unleashed in a small town when a logging company sets up shop in the neighboring woods. Isolated and threatened, a mysterious force hidden within the trees outside the small town of Maiden Woods, strikes fear in the townspeople as Sheriff Paul Shields attempts to overcome the demons of his past while protecting those that he loves.
It has an average vote of 5.62 on TMDB.
7. The Admiral: Roaring Currents (명량)
The film mainly follows the famous 1597 Battle of Myeongryang during the Japanese invasion of Korea 1592-1598, where the iconic Joseon admiral Yi Sun-sin managed to destroy a total of 133 Japanese warships with only 13 ships remaining in his command. The battle, which took place in the Myeongryang Strait off the southwest coast of the Korean Peninsula, is considered one of the greatest victories of Yi.
It has an average vote of 7 on TMDB.
8. Lights Out
A woman prepares for bed, but realizes that something may be lurking in the shadows.
It has an average vote of 7.269 on TMDB.
9. Starry Eyes
A hopeful young starlet uncovers the ominous origins of the Hollywood elite and enters into a deadly agreement in exchange for fame and fortune.
It has an average vote of 6.03 on TMDB.
10. The Angriest Man in Brooklyn
After learning that a brain aneurysm will kill him in about 90 minutes, a perpetually unhappy man struggles to come to terms with his fate and make amends with everyone he has ever hurt.
It has an average vote of 5.685 on TMDB.
11. Two Witches
A matriarchal witch passes on her sinister inheritance to her grand-daughter, triggering the most horrific curses.
It has an average vote of 6.016 on TMDB.
12. Pontypool
When disc jockey Grant Mazzy reports to his basement radio station in the Canadian town of Pontypool, he thinks it's just another day at work. But when he hears reports of a virus that turns people into zombies, Mazzy barricades himself in the radio booth and tries to figure out a way to warn his listeners about the virus and its unlikely mode of transmission.
It has an average vote of 6.462 on TMDB.
13. Little Joe
Alice, a single mother who is more dedicated to her work as a genetic engineer than to her teenage son Joe, develops a new variety of flower that is supposed to have the ability to make its owner happy thanks to its special chemical properties.
It has an average vote of 5.73 on TMDB.
14. Wild Target
Victor Maynard is a middle-aged, solitary assassin who lives to please his formidable mother, despite his own peerless reputation for lethal efficiency. His professional routine is interrupted when he finds himself drawn to one of his intended victims. After sparing her life, he unexpectedly acquires a young apprentice. Believing Victor to be a private detective, his two new companions tag along, while he attempts to thwart the murderous attentions of his unhappy client.
It has an average vote of 6.413 on TMDB.
15. Ju-on: The Grudge (呪怨)
When social worker Rika is sent to check on a traumatized old lady whose family have moved in at the site of the notorious Saeki family murder case, she unwittingly unleashes a cycle of terror that is transmitted via its victims further and further from its original source.
It has an average vote of 6.7 on TMDB.
16. The Captive
Eight years after the disappearance of Cassandra, some disturbing incidents seem to indicate that she's still alive. Police, parents and Cassandra herself, will try to unravel the mystery of her disappearance.
It has an average vote of 5.838 on TMDB.
17. The Other Side of the Door
Grieving over the loss of her son, a mother struggles with her feelings for her daughter and her husband. She seeks out a ritual that allows her say goodbye to her dead child, opening the veil between the world of the dead and the living. Her daughter becomes the focus of terror. She must now protect against the evil that was once her beloved son.
It has an average vote of 5.532 on TMDB.
18. Only Lovers Left Alive
A depressed musician reunites with his lover in the desolate streets of Detroit. Though their romance has endured several centuries, it is tested by the arrival of her capricious and unpredictable younger sister.
It has an average vote of 7.235 on TMDB.
19. How It Ends
A desperate father tries to return home to his pregnant wife after a mysterious apocalyptic event turns everything to chaos.
It has an average vote of 5.274 on TMDB.
20. Vampire Academy
Rose, a rebellious half-vampire/half-human guardian-in-training and her best friend, Lissa -- a mortal, royal vampire Princess - have been on the run when they are captured and returned to St. Vladamirs Academy, the very place where they believe their lives may be in most jeopardy. Rose will sacrifice everything to protect Lissa from those who intend to exploit her from within the Academy walls and the Strigoi who hunt her kind from outside its sanctuary.
It has an average vote of 6.338 on TMDB.
