25. Death to Smoochy
Year: 2002
Directed by: Danny DeVito
Starring: Robin Williams, Edward Norton, Danny DeVito, Catherine Keener, Jon Stewart
Budget: $50 million
Worldwide box office: $8.4 million
Also see: Top 10 Must-See Best Hollywood Movies of 2015
24. The Fall
Year: 2006
Directed by: Tarsem Singh
Starring: Lee Pace, Justine Waddell, Catinca Utaru
Budget: $30 million
Worldwide box office: $3.67 million
23. The Fountain
Year: 2006
Directed by: Darren Aronofsky
Starring: Hugh Jackman, Rachel Weisz, Ellen Burstyn
Budget: $35 million
Worldwide box office: $16.5 million
22. The Mist
Year: 2007
Directed by: Frank Darabont
Starring: Thomas Jane, Marcia Gay Harden, Laurie Holden
Budget: $18 million
Worldwide box office: $57.5 million
21. Last Flag Flying
Directed by: Richard Linklater
Starring: Steve Carell, Bryan Cranston, Laurence Fishburne
Budget: N/A
Worldwide box office: $1.87 million
Thirty years after serving together in the Vietnam War, Larry “Doc” Shepherd, Sal Nealon and the Rev. Richard Mueller reunite for a different type of mission: to bury Doc’s son, a young Marine killed in Iraq. Forgoing burial at Arlington National Cemetery, Doc and his old buddies take the casket on a bittersweet trip up the coast to New Hampshire. Along the way, the three men find themselves reminiscing and coming to terms with the shared memories of a war that continues to shape their lives.
20. The Skeleton Key
Year: 2005
Directed by: Iain Softley
Starring: Kate Hudson, Gena Rowlands, Peter Sarsgaard, Joy Bryant, John Hurt
Budget: $43 million
Worldwide box office: $94 million
While taking care of her patient, a young live-in nurse in a New Orleans plantation finds herself caught in a web of horror involving morbid hoodoo practitioners.
19. Kingdom of Heaven
Year: 2005
Directed by: Ridley Scott
Starring: Orlando Bloom, Eva Green, Ghassan Massoud, Jeremy Irons, Liam Neeson
Budget: $130 million
Worldwide box office: $218 million
18. Slither
Year: 2006
Directed by: James Gunn
Starring: Nathan Fillion, Elizabeth Banks, Michael Rooker, Tania Saulnier, Gregg Henry
Budget: $15 million
Worldwide box office: $12.8 million
17. The Frighteners
Year: 1996
Directed by: Peter Jackson
Starring: Michael J. Fox, Trini Alvarado, Peter Dobson, John Astin
Budget: $30 million
Worldwide box office: $29.4 million
16. The Blob
Year: 1988
Directed by: Chuck Russell
Starring: Shawnee Smith, Kevin Dillon, Donovan Leitch, Jeffrey DeMunn
Budget: $10 million
Worldwide box office: $8.25 million
15. Demolition Man
Year: 1993
Directed by: Marco Brambilla
Starring: Sylvester Stallone, Wesley Snipes, Sandra Bullock
Budget: $57 million-$97 million (with marketing costs)
Worldwide box office: $58 million
14. Hobo With a Shotgun
Year: 2011
Directed by: Jason Eisner
Starring: Rutger Hauer, Gregory Smith, Molly Dunsworth
Budget: $3 million
Worldwide box office: $748,453
13. Hush
Year: 2016
Directed by: Mike Flanagan
Starring: Kate Siegel, John Gallagher Jr., Michael Trucco
Budget: $1 million
Worldwide box office: N/A
12. Cl
ue
Year: 1985
Directed by: Jonathan Lynn
Starring: Tim Curry, Eileen Brennan, Christopher Lloyd, Madeline Kahn, Michael McKean, Martin Mull, Lesley Ann Warren
Budget: $15 million
Worldwide box office: $14.6 million
Based on the popular board game, this comedy begins at a dinner party hosted by Mr. Boddy (Lee Ving), where he admits to blackmailing his visitors. These guests, who have been given aliases, are Mrs. Peacock (Eileen Brennan), Miss Scarlet (Lesley Ann Warren), Mr. Green (Michael McKean), professor Plum (Christopher Lloyd), Mrs. White (Madeline Kahn) and Col. Mustard (Martin Mull). When Boddy turns up murdered, all are suspects, and together they try to figure out who is the killer.
11. Edge of Tomorrow
Year: 2014
Directed by: Doug Liman
Starring: Tom Cruise, Emily Blunt, Bill Paxton
Budget: $178 million
Worldwide box office: $370.5 million
10. Wet Hot American Summer
Year: 2001
Directed by: David Wain
Starring: Paul Rudd, Elizabeth Banks, Micahel Ian Black, Bradley Cooper, Amy Poehler, Christopher Meloni, Michael Showalter, Ken Marino
Budget: $1.8 million
Worldwide box office: $295,206
Set on the last day of camp, in the hot summer of 1981, “Wet Hot American Summer” follows a group of counselors who are each trying to complete their unfinished business before the day ends. The entire summer of pent-up sexual frustrations, unresolved post-traumatic stress, pending separations and of course, the talent show, all weigh heavily on the minds and groins of counselors and campers alike.
9. Death Becomes Her
Year: 1992
Directed by: Robert Zemeckis
Starring: Meryl Streep, Goldie Hawn, Bruce Willis, Isabella Rossellini
Budget: $55 million
Worldwide box office: $149 million
8. Angel Heart
Year: 1987
Directed by: Alan Parker
Starring: Mickey Rourke, Robert De Niro, Lisa Bonet, Charlotte Rampling
Budget: $17 million
Worldwide box office: $17.2 million
Harry Angel (Mickey Rourke) is a private detective contracted by Louis Cyphre (Robert De Niro) to track down the iconic singer Johnny Favorite. However, everybody that Angel questions about Favorite seems to meet a tragic demise. Eventually the trail leads Angel to New Orleans where he learns that Favorite had dabbled in the black arts. As Favorite’s whereabouts and true identity become clear, Angel learns that being hired by Cyphre was not a random choice.
7. Dredd
Year: 2012
Directed by: Pete Travis
Starring: Karl Urban, Olivia Thrilby, Wood Harris, Leana Headey
Budget: $50 million
Worldwide box office: $41 million
6. Turbo Kid
Year: 2015
Directed by: Francois Simard, Anouk Whissell, Yoann-Karl Whissell
Starring: Mauro Chambers, Laurence Lebeouf, Michael Ironside
Budget: $60,000
Worldwide box office: N/A
5. Dark City
Year: 1998
Directed by: Alex Proyas
Starring: Rufus Sewell, Kiefer Sutherland, Jennifer Connely, Richard O’Brien, William Hurt
Budget: $27 million
Worldwide box office: $27.2 million
4. Annihilation
Year: 2018
Directed by: Alex Garland
Starring: Natalie Portman, Jennifer Jason Lee, Gina Rodriguez, Tessa Thompson
Budget: $40 million-$55 million
Worldwide box office: $43 million
Lena, a biologist and former soldier, joins a mission to uncover what happened to her husband inside Area X — a sinister and mysterious phenomenon that is expanding across the American coastline. Once inside, the expedition discovers a world of mutated landscapes and creatures, as dangerous as it is beautiful, that threatens both their lives and their sanity.
3. The Grey
Year: 2011
Directed by: Joe Carnahan
Starring: Liam Neeson, Frank Grillo, Dermot Mulroney
Budget: $25 million
Worldwide box office: $79.8 million.
2. Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai
Year: 1999
Directed by: Jim Jarmusch
Starring: Forest Whitaker, John Tormey, Cliff Gorman, Henry Silva
Budget: $2 million
Worldwide box office: $9.4 million
1. Happiness
Year: 1998
Directed by: Todd Solondz
Starring: Phillip Seymour Hoffman, Jane Adams, Elizabeth Ashley, Dylan Baker
Budget: $2.2 million
Worldwide box office: $2.98 million
‘Happiness’ can best be described as a deeply funny, dark, and controversial look into the lives and secrets of one American family and the people around them. On the one hand, it is a depressing portrait of failed relationships and loneliness.
Also check: The Best Psychological Thriller Movies That Give Us The Chills