Gothic yearning
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Supernatural
Corpse Bride
Tim Burton · 2005
In a 19th-century European village, a young man about to be married is whisked away to the underworld and wed to a mysterious corpse bride, while his real bride waits bereft in the land of the living.
Snow White: A Tale of Terror
Michael Cohn · 1997
When young Lili's mother dies in childbirth, her father remarries Lady Claudia, a woman ruled by an evil mirror with the power to make her queen of all living things. After escaping an attempt on her life, Lili finds herself lost in a dark forest, where living happily ever after seems unlikely.
Dracula Untold
Gary Shore · 2014
Vlad Tepes is a great hero, but when he learns the Sultan is preparing for battle and needs to form an army of 1,000 boys, he vows to find a way to protect his family. Vlad turns to dark forces in order to get the power to destroy his enemies and agrees to go from hero to monster as he's turned into the mythological vampire, Dracula.
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies
Burr Steers · 2016
A zombie outbreak has fallen upon the land in this reimagining of Jane Austen's classic tale of the tangled relationships between lovers from different social classes in 19th century England. Feisty heroine Elizabeth Bennet is a master of martial arts and weaponry and the handsome Mr. Darcy is a fierce zombie killer, yet the epitome of upper class prejudice. As the zombie outbreak intensifies, they must swallow their pride and join forces on the blood-soaked battlefield in order to conquer the undead once and for all.
Dark Shadows
Tim Burton · 2012
Vampire Barnabas Collins is inadvertently freed from his tomb and emerges into the very changed world of 1972. He returns to Collinwood Manor to find that his once-grand estate and family have fallen into ruin.
The Mummy
Stephen Sommers · 1999
Dashing legionnaire Rick O'Connell stumbles upon the hidden ruins of Hamunaptra while in the midst of a battle to claim the area in 1920s Egypt. It has been over three thousand years since former High Priest Imhotep suffered a fate worse than death as a punishment for a forbidden love—along with a curse that guarantees eternal doom upon the world if he is ever awoken.
The Invitation
Jessica M. Thompson · 2022
After the death of her mother, Evie is approached by an unknown cousin who invites her to a lavish wedding in the English countryside. Soon, she realizes a gothic conspiracy is afoot and must fight for survival as she uncovers twisted secrets in her family’s history.
Ginger Snaps
John Fawcett · 2001
The story of two outcast sisters, Ginger and Brigitte, in the mindless suburban town of Bailey Downs. On the night of Ginger's first period, she is savagely attacked by a wild creature. Ginger's wounds miraculously heal but something is not quite right. Now Brigitte must save her sister and save herself.
Red Riding Hood
Catherine Hardwicke · 2011
Valerie is in love with a brooding outsider, Peter, but her parents have arranged for her to marry another man. Unwilling to lose each other, Valerie and Peter plan to run away together when Valerie's older sister is killed by a werewolf that prowls the dark forest surrounding their village. Panic grips the town as Valerie discovers that she has a unique connection to the beast--one that inexorably draws them together, making her both suspect ... and bait.
Beautiful Creatures
Richard LaGravenese · 2013
Ethan Wate just wants to get to know Lena Duchannes better, but unbeknownst to him, Lena has strange powers. As Lena's 16th birthday approaches she might decide her fate, to be good or evil. A choice which will impact her relationship forever.
I Am Dragon
Indar Dzhendubaev · 2015
In the midst of the wedding princess Miroslava is kidnapped by a dragon and carried away into his castle on the remote island. Mira left everything behind in the past - family, friends and groom. Now the only things she had were a stone cage and a mysterious young man named Arman ... but who is he and what is he doing on that island? Miroslava will know the truth too late: loving a dragon will reveal the bitter truth - love is scary.
Stardust
Matthew Vaughn · 2007
In a countryside town bordering on a magical land, a young man makes a promise to his beloved that he'll retrieve a fallen star by venturing into the magical realm. His journey takes him into a world beyond his wildest dreams and reveals his true identity.
Bones and All
Luca Guadagnino · 2022
Cuenta la historia del primer amor entre Maren, una joven que está aprendiendo a sobrevivir al margen de la sociedad, y Lee, un vagabundo con ideas muy intensas que vive marginado. Cuando se conocen, se unen en un viaje de mil millas que les lleva por carreteras, pasajes ocultos y caminos alternos en los Estados Unidos de Ronald Reagan. Pero a pesar de sus esfuerzos, todos los caminos conducen a sus aterradores pasados y a una última parada que determinará si su amor puede sobrevivir a su forma de ser.
Beauty and the Beast
Christophe Gans · 2014
Forced to face the cruel side of life, a devastated, bankrupt merchant chances upon the enchanted castle of a hideous creature, the mere sight of it chills the bone to the marrow. There, a fate worse than death awaits the poor father-of-six, who, after plucking a sweet-scented rose from the repulsive master's verdant garden, must do the impossible: permit his compassionate daughter, Belle, to take his place and pay for the sins of her parent. Now, an impenetrable mystery shrouds the haunted mansion, and, as repugnance gradually turns into affection, only true love could break the spell.
The Shape of Water
Guillermo del Toro · 2017
An other-worldly story, set against the backdrop of Cold War era America circa 1962, where a mute janitor working at a lab falls in love with an amphibious man being held captive there and devises a plan to help him escape.
Nosferatu
Robert Eggers · 2024
Historia gótica de obsesión entre una joven hechizada y el aterrador vampiro encaprichado de ella que causa un indescriptible terror a su paso.
Interview with the Vampire
Neil Jordan · 1994
En "Entrevista con el Vampiro" somos testigos de cómo el vampiro llamado Louis revela a un periodista su condición sobrenatural y su extensa "vida" a través de los últimos dos siglos. Una historia que comienza en la vieja Nueva Orleans del siglo dieciocho, cuando franceses y españoles habitaban las costas del Mississipi. Lestat, un vampiro pomposo y arrogante, acento francés, arrebata la vida humana de Louis de Pointe du Lac, joven criollo y terrateniente signado por desgracias familiares, para otorgarle el don oscuro: lo convierte en uno de los de su clase. A partir de ese momento los une no sólo su condición vampírica sino un afecto-odio que los llevará al principio por caminos similares y luego a la más trágica separación. Conforme pasan las décadas, estos personajes inmortales crean a una niña vampira de nombre Claudia, la cual influirá indefectiblemente en su separación.
Sleepy Hollow
Tim Burton · 1999
Durante la Guerra de Secesión Americana, un policía de Nueva York que utiliza avanzados métodos de investigación es enviado al pueblo de Sleepy Hollow para descubrir qué hay de verdad en la leyenda de un jinete sin cabeza que aterroriza a los habitantes del lugar. Una vez allí adopta la identidad de un profesor de escuela y se enamora de Katrina, que mantiene relaciones con uno de los hombres más conocidos del pueblo. Realidad y ficción se darán la mano en el momento menos pensado.
Dracula
Luc Besson · 2025
Tras la muerte de su esposa, un príncipe del siglo XV renuncia a Dios y se convierte en vampiro. Siglos más tarde, en el Londres del siglo XIX, ve a una mujer parecida a su difunta esposa y la persigue, sellando así su propio destino.
Crimson Peak
Guillermo del Toro · 2015
In the aftermath of a family tragedy, an aspiring author is torn between love for her childhood friend and the temptation of a mysterious outsider. Trying to escape the ghosts of her past, she is swept away to a house that breathes, bleeds… and remembers.
Viy
1969
Older films
Tuff Turf
Fritz Kiersch · 1985
The new guy in a Los Angeles high school, Morgan, does some singing and fights hotshot Nick over disco dancer Frankie.
The Phantom of the Opera
Gaston Leroux, Arthur Kopit · 1990
Count de Chagnie has discovered Christine's singing talent on a market place and sent her to his friend Carriere, the director of the Parisian opera. However just when she arrives Carriere's dismissed. His arrogant successor refuses to let a woman of low birth sing in his opera, but graciously employs Christine as gadrobiere for his wife Charlotta, who's installed as first singer. He also fights the phantom, an unknown guy who lives since many years in the catacombs below the opera and was granted privileges by Carriere. However the phantom knows how to defend himself and at the same time helps Christine to her career. The Phantom of the Opera is a 1990 NBC two-part drama television miniseries. It is adapted from Arthur Kopit's book for his then-unproduced stage musical Phantom, which is based loosely on Gaston Leroux's novel.
Duke Bluebeard's Castle
Leslie Megahey · 1989
Judith arrives at Bluebeard's dark castle hoping her love can convince him to reveal the secrets behind the locked interior doors.
A Patch of Blue
Guy Green · 1965
A blind, uneducated white girl is befriended by a black man, who becomes determined to help her escape her impoverished and abusive home life.
Gone with the Wind
Victor Fleming · 1939
The spoiled daughter of a Georgia plantation owner conducts a tumultuous romance with a cynical profiteer during the American Civil War and Reconstruction Era.
Waterloo Bridge
Mervyn LeRoy · 1940
On the eve of World War II, a British officer revisits Waterloo Bridge and recalls the young man he was at the beginning of World War I and the young ballerina he met just before he left for the front.
A Hazard of Hearts
John Hough · 1987
When compulsive gambler Sir Giles Staverley has lost his estate and all his money playing dice, he realises that he only has one thing left of value: his daughter Serena. In a final game, he stakes his daughter's hand in marriage, convinced that this time he will not lose. Unfortunately, however, he does lose; to the evil Lord Wrotham. Unable to return home and tell his daughter that he has lost her in a game of dice, Sir Giles kills himself there and then. Lord Vulcan, who has witnessed the events, takes pity on Serena Staverley, although they have never met. He challenges Lord Wrotham to a game of dice in which the winner takes both Staverley Court and Miss Serena.
Romancing the Stone
Robert Zemeckis · 1984
Though she can spin wild tales of passionate romance, novelist Joan Wilder has no life of her own. Then one day adventure comes her way in the form of a mysterious package. It turns out that the parcel is the ransom she'll need to free her abducted sister, so Joan flies to South America to hand it over. But she gets on the wrong bus and winds up hopelessly stranded in the jungle.
The King and I
Walter Lang · 1956
Widowed Welsh mother Anna Loenowens becomes a governess and English tutor to the wives and many children of the stubborn King Mongkut of Siam. Anna and the King have a clash of personalities as she works to teach the royal family about the English language, customs and etiquette, and rushes to prepare a party for a group of European diplomats who must change their opinions about the King.
The lodger and daisy
1927
Bound(1996)
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Sci-fi
The Bride!
Maggie Gyllenhaal · 2026
A lonely Frankenstein travels to 1930s Chicago to ask groundbreaking scientist Dr. Euphronious to create a companion for him. The two revive a murdered young woman and The Bride is born. But what ensues is beyond what either of them imagined.
The Gorge
Scott Derrickson · 2025
Two highly trained operatives grow close from a distance after being sent to guard opposite sides of a mysterious gorge. When an evil below emerges, they must work together to survive what lies within.
Ruby Red
Felix Fuchssteiner · 2013
Gwendolyn est une jeune londonienne ordinaire. Un jour, alors qu’elle rentre du lycée, elle est soudainement transportée en 1900 par une force inconnue. De retour dans le présent, elle est approchée par une société secrète qui la surveille depuis sa naissance. Elle est en fait la dernière voyageuse, le Rubis. Aux côtés de son charmant partenaire Gideon de Villiers, elle devra voyager à travers les âges pour accomplir de mystérieuses missions…
Lisa Frankenstein
Zelda Williams · 2024
In 1989, a misunderstood teenager has a high school crush — who just happens to be a handsome corpse! After a set of playfully horrific circumstances bring him back to life, the two embark on a murderous journey to find love, happiness…and a few missing body parts along the way.
Beauty and the Beast
Ron Koslow, Sherri Cooper-Landsman, Jennifer Levin · 2012
Detective Catherine Chandler is a smart, no-nonsense homicide detective. When she was a teenager, she witnessed the murder of her mother at the hands of two gunmen and herself was saved by someone – or something. Years have passed and while investigating a murder, Catherine discovers a clue that leads her to Vincent Keller, who was reportedly killed in 2002. Catherine learns that Vincent is actually still alive and that it was he who saved her many years before. For mysterious reasons that have forced him to live outside of traditional society, Vincent has been in hiding for the past 10 years to guard his secret – when he is enraged, he becomes a terrifying beast, unable to control his super-strength and heightened senses.
Frankenstein
Guillermo del Toro · 2025
Dr. Victor Frankenstein, a brilliant but egotistical scientist, brings a creature to life in a monstrous experiment that ultimately leads to the undoing of both the creator and his tragic creation.
Historical
The Ottoman Lieutenant
Joseph Ruben · 2017
Lillie, a determined American woman, ventures overseas to join Dr. Jude at a remote medical mission in the Ottoman Empire (now Turkey). However, Lillie soon finds herself at odds with Jude and the mission’s founder, Woodruff, when she falls for the titular military man, Ismail, just as the war is about to erupt.
Alias Grace
Sarah Polley · 2017
Based on the true story of Grace Marks, a housemaid and immigrant from Ireland who was imprisoned in 1843, perhaps wrongly, for the murder of her employer Thomas Kinnear. Grace claims to have no memory of the murder yet the facts are irrefutable. A decade after, Dr. Simon Jordan tries to help Grace recall her past.
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
David Fincher · 2008
Benjamin Button rodzi się jako 80-letni mężczyzna w Nowym Orleanie, tuż po I wojnie światowej i wraz z upływem czasu młodnieje. Button, który jak każdy człowiek nie potrafi powstrzymać biegu czasu, doświadcza swojego życia i miłości do Daisy zupełnie inaczej niż reszta ludzi w tej kuriozalnie ponadczasowej opowieści o ludziach i miejscach z życia Benjamina Buttona, o jego utraconej i odnalezionej miłości, o radości życia i smutku śmierci oraz o tym, co ponadczasowe.
The Mask of Zorro
Martin Campbell · 1998
It has been twenty years since Don Diego de la Vega fought Spanish oppression in Alta California as the legendary romantic hero, Zorro. Having escaped from prison he transforms troubled bandit Alejandro into his successor, in order to foil the plans of the tyrannical Don Rafael Montero who robbed him of his freedom, his wife and his precious daughter.
The Dressmaker
Jocelyn Moorhouse · 2015
In 1950s Australia, beautiful, talented dressmaker Tilly returns to her tiny hometown to right wrongs from her past. As she tries to reconcile with her mother, she starts to fall in love while transforming the fashion of the town.
Silver Skates
Michael Lockshin · 2020
1899, the Christmas-time St.Petersburg. Ice-covered rivers and canals of the capital seethe with festive activities. On the eve of the new century those who should not be destined to meet, come together. They are people from different worlds: Matvey, the son of a lamplighter, whose only treasure is his silver-plated skates; Alice is the daughter of a high-ranking official dreaming of science. Each of them has his own difficult life-story, but having accidentally met they rush forward together in pursuit of their dreams.
Ophelia
Claire McCarthy · 2019
Ophelia comes of age as lady-in-waiting for Queen Gertrude, and her singular spirit captures Hamlet's affections. As lust and betrayal threaten the kingdom, Ophelia finds herself trapped between true love and controlling her own destiny.
Three Wishes for Cinderella
Cecilie A. Mosli · 2021
Popelka, a resourceful and independent young girl, is a servant in her stepmother's house and confides in her closest friend the owl. When she comes across three magical acorns, she's granted a single wish for each one of them.
The Ugly Stepsister
Emilie Blichfeldt · 2025
In a fairy-tale kingdom where beauty is a brutal business, Elvira battles to compete with her incredibly beautiful stepsister, and she will go to any length to catch the prince’s eye.
The Artful Dodger
David Taylor, David Maher, James McNamara · 2023
It's a tale of reinvention, betrayal, redemption, and love with a twist. Jack Dawkins is The Artful Dodger, whose pickpocketing fingers have become the skilled hands of a surgeon. He is torn between an impossible love and the criminal underworld he secretly craves. This will require Artfulness.
Atonement
Joe Wright · 2007
As a 13-year-old, fledgling writer Briony Tallis irrevocably changes the course of several lives when she accuses her older sister's lover of a crime he did not commit.
Belle
2013
Fantasy
Shaolin Temple Against Lama
Cheung Gin-Gat · 1980
The red cloth lamas are on the attack, so Shaolin send a young boxer to Tibet to learn Lama Kung Fu and seek advice from the high lama. Massive battles ensue as martrial chaos strikes the region. More manis fighting styles from the Robert Tai asylum of martial arts! Starring Alexander Lo Rei, Alan Hsu, Lucifer Lee, William Yen Directed by William Chang Note: This is NOT the same film as Shaolin vs. Lama (1983).
Uncategorized
Child of Glass
John Erman · 1978
Alexander Armsworth and his family move to an authentic antebellum mansion which once was owned by a river pirate. Alexander is drawn into a century-old mystery when he sees the ghost of a little girl and she asks for his help in finding the "child of glass" by reciting a riddle. He has only a day or two to solve the riddle...or be haunted for the rest of his life!
Love Lies Bleeding
Rose Glass · 2024
Reclusive gym manager Lou falls hard for Jackie, an ambitious bodybuilder headed through town to Las Vegas in pursuit of her dream. But their love ignites violence, pulling them deep into the web of Lou’s criminal family.
Jack and the Cuckoo-Clock Heart
Mathias Malzieu · 2014
In Scotland 1874, Jack is born on the coldest day ever. Because of the extreme cold, his heart stops beating. The responsible midwife in Edinburgh finds a way to save him by replacing his heart with a clock. So he lives and remains under the midwife's protective care. But he must not get angry or excited because that endangers his life by causing his clock to stop working. Worse than that, when he grows up, he has to face the fact he cannot fall in love because that too could stop his delicate heart.
Wounded Love
Nuran Evren Şit · 2016
Azize finds herself with her 3 children and mother-in-law in a difficult fight. She raises her children while fighting the difficulties of the war period and her husband's absence whom she loves more than anything. It's about war, love, greed, treason and sacrifice.
Novo Mundo
Thereza Falcão, Alessandro Marson · 2017
Anna Millman is a portuguese teacher, she falls for Joaquim Martinho, an actor. Both meet in Europe and travel to Brazil together with the future princess of Brazil, Leopoldina from Austria. The romance between the teacher and the actor evolves during a time of revolution, the independence of Brazil
Providence Falls
Siobhan Devine · 2025
In 1844 Ireland, thief Liam falls for aristocrat Cora. When their love disrupts destiny, angels send him to present-day Oregon to ensure Cora marries another man. As her police partner, Liam struggles with his enduring feelings.
Under The Greenwood Tree
Nicholas Laughland · 2005
Set in a rustic English village in the mid 19th century, Under The Greenwood Tree tells the story of a poor young man who falls for a middle-class schoolteacher and attempts to win her over.
Stoker
Park Chan-wook · 2013
After India's father dies in an auto accident, her uncle Charlie, who she never knew existed, comes to live with her and her emotionally unstable mother Evelyn. Soon after his arrival, she comes to suspect this mysterious, charming man has ulterior motives, but instead of feeling outrage or horror, this friendless girl becomes increasingly infatuated with him.
Meridian
Charles Band · 1990
After her father’s death, Catherine returns to her family’s gothic castle in Italy and gets caught in the web of a mysterious love triangle.
Mermaid Chronicles Part 1: She Creature
Sebastian Gutierrez · 2001
Two carnies (Sewell and Gugino) abduct a mermaid in Ireland, circa 1900, and decide to transport her to America. As their ship loses its way and heads towards the mythical Forbidden Islands, the mermaid begins to display its deadly side.
The Leopard
Richard Warlow · 2025
Amid the unification of 1860s Italy, a Sicilian prince grapples with the collision between his family's ancient privilege and revolutionary change.
Gabriel's Inferno
Tosca Musk · 2020
An intriguing and sinful exploration of seduction, forbidden love, and redemption, Gabriel's Inferno is a captivating and wildly passionate tale of one man's escape from his own personal hell as he tries to earn the impossible--forgiveness and love.
Heirs of the Night
Diederik Van Rooijen, GameOnX-Officiel · 2019
1889: the five remaining vampire clans in Europe are training to survive. In their midst is 14-year-old Alisa who has the power to choose between eternal life as a vampire or for all vampires to live as humans.
Hellboy
Guillermo del Toro · 2004
In the final days of World War II, the Nazis attempt to use black magic to aid their dying cause. The Allies raid the camp where the ceremony is taking place, but not before they summon a baby demon who is rescued by Allied forces and dubbed "Hellboy". Sixty years later, Hellboy serves the cause of good rather than evil as an agent in the Bureau of Paranormal Research & Defense, along with Abe Sapien - a merman with psychic powers, and Liz Sherman - a woman with pyrokinesis, protecting America against dark forces.
The Count of Monte Cristo
Kevin Reynolds · 2002
Edmond Dantés's life and plans to marry the beautiful Mercedes are shattered when his best friend, Fernand, deceives him. After spending 13 miserable years in prison, Dantés escapes with the help of a fellow inmate and plots his revenge, cleverly insinuating himself into the French nobility.
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
Rob Marshall · 2011
Dans cette histoire pleine d’action, où vérité, trahison, jeunesse éternelle et mort forment un cocktail explosif, le capitaine Jack Sparrow retrouve une femme qu’il a connu autrefois. Leurs liens sont‐ils faits d’amour ou, cette femme n’est‐elle qu’une aventurière sans scrupules qui cherche à l’utiliser pour découvrir la légendaire Fontaine de Jouvence ? Lorsqu’elle l’oblige à embarquer à bord du Queen Anne’s Revenge, le bateau du terrible pirate Barbe‐Noire, Jack ne sait plus ce qu’il doit craindre le plus : Le redoutable maître du bateau ou cette femme surgit de son passé…
The Phantom of the Opera
Joel Schumacher · 2004
Deforme de nacimiento, un hombre amargado conocido únicamente como el Fantasma vive en las alcantarillas debajo del teatro de la Ópera de París. Se enamora de la solitaria cantante del coro Christine, y en secreto la coge bajo su tutela mientras aterroriza al resto de la gente de la ópera y demanda que a Christine le den papeles protagonistas. Las cosas van a peor cuando Christine se reencuentra con un conocido de su infancia, Raoul, y ambos se enamoran.
Dinner in America
Adam Rehmeier · 2020
An on-the-lam punk rocker and a young woman obsessed with his band go on an unexpected and epic journey together through the decaying suburbs of the American Midwest.
Secretary
Steven Shainberg · 2002
A young woman, recently released from a mental hospital, gets a job as a secretary to a demanding lawyer, where their employer-employee relationship turns into a sexual, sadomasochistic one.
