Freak movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant freak movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out weird, atmospheric, disturbing, serious, scary and surreal films and TV shows about / with freak, murder, death, violence, blood, supernatural, monster, psychopath, gore and misfit plots mostly in Drama, Horror and Comedy genres shot in USA, UK, France and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as freak: Of Freaks and Men (1998), May (2002), Castle Freak (1995), Caligula (1979), Swamp Freak (2017), The Elephant Man (1980), Gummo (1997), The Substance (2024), Carnivàle (2003), The Hills Have Eyes (2006).
Best films
List of freak movies
Genre: Comedy, Drama, History
Country: Russia
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Dariya the maid getting a boy to touch her large breast is just one incident that occurs when Yohan and Victor infiltrate two families, forcing young Liza and blind Ekaterina to appear in porn, but they are not so innocent themselves.
Style:
serious, sexual, sexy, captivating, disturbing ...
Plot:
depravity, female nudity, voyeurism, society, corporal punishment, fetish, porn, freak, sexual harassment, sexual perversion, manipulation, adult filmmaking ...
Time:
year 1998, victorian era, 19th century, 1900s, turn of the century ...
Place:
soviet union, russia, st. petersburg russia
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44K
Genre: Drama, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Psychological horror about a lonely young woman traumatized by a difficult childhood, and her increasingly desperate attempts to connect with the people around her.
Style:
psychological, gothic, creepy, bloody, dark ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
serial killer, mental illness, imaginary friend, psychopath, female psychopath, childhood trauma, insanity, dangerous attraction, violence, dark humor, murder, doll ...
Time:
year 2000, year 2002, 2000s, 21st century
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Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Italy
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
John has inherited a castle and Italy and he moves there with his wife Susan and their blind daughter Rebecca. What they don't realize is that there is somebody else in the castle. An abused child left to die in the basement who has now become ...
Style:
lovecraft, scary, independent film, suspenseful, rough ...
Plot:
haunted by the past, haunted house, cannibalism, violence, blindness, brutality, freak, monster, inheritance, macabre, murder, redemption ...
Time:
90s
Place:
italy, europe
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41K
Genre: Drama, History
Country: Italy
Duration: 156 min.
Story:
The perversion behind imperial Rome, the epic story of Rome's mad Emporer. All the details of his cruel, bizarre reign are revealed right here: His unholy sexual passion for his sister, his marriage to Rome's most infamous prostitute, his ...
Style:
erotic, disturbing, sexual, cult classic, sexy ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
ancient rome, incest, sex, sexual perversion, sexploitation, explicit sex, brutality, ancient world, brother sister sex, sex scene, unsimulated sex, roman empire ...
Time:
ancient times, 1st century, year 1979, 1930s, 1940s
Place:
rome italy, italy, greece
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Genre: Horror
Country: Canada
Duration: 75 min.
Story:
Six college students go into the wetlands to find their missing professor after he takes off in search of the mythical and deadly monster known as the 'Swamp Freak.'
Style:
psychotronic, scary, exciting, bloody, suspense ...
Plot:
cryptozoology, monster, travel, killer animal, bigfoot, water monster, urban legend, freak, tourist, creature feature, forest, dead ...
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
A Victorian surgeon rescues a heavily disfigured man being mistreated by his "owner" as a side-show freak. Behind his monstrous façade, there is revealed a person of great intelligence and sensitivity. Based on the true story of Joseph ...
Style:
emotional, touching, psychological, sad, poignant ...
Audience:
family outing, teens
Plot:
disability, hospital, dignity, freak, melancholy, disfigurement, social misfits, cruelty, isolation, hopes, biopic, humanism ...
Time:
19th century, victorian era, ancient times, 20th century, turn of the century ...
Place:
england, london, britain, europe
Is relevant?
41K
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Solomon and Tummler are two teenagers killing time in Xenia, Ohio, a small town that has never recovered from the tornado that ravaged the community in the 1970s.
Style:
disturbing, cult classic, experimental, controversial, black comedy ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
white trash, suburbs, sister sister relationship, youth, sexual abuse, adolescence, unsettling, teenage boy, abuse, violence, animal abuse, coming of age ...
Time:
90s, year 1997, 20th century
Place:
ohio, usa, america
Is relevant?
402K
Genre: Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: UK, France
Duration: 141 min.
Story:
A fading celebrity decides to use a black market drug, a cell-replicating substance that temporarily creates a younger, better version of herself.
Style:
atmospheric, dark comedy, grim, psychological horror, absurd ...
Plot:
experimental drug, fountain of youth, body horror, celebrity, drug, disfigurement, female monster, dark secret, narcissism, moral dilemma, rivalry, fight to the death ...
Place:
california, los angeles
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49K
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Carnivàle is an American television series set in the United States during the Great Depression and Dust Bowl. In tracing the lives of two disparate groups of people, its overarching story depicts the battle between good and evil and the struggle ...
Style:
serious, atmospheric, surreal, captivating, period piece ...
Plot:
circus, surrealism, prophecy, healing power, god or devil, evil, psychic, self discovery, clergy, good versus evil, supernatural, freak ...
Time:
1930s, 20th century, year 1935, year 1934
Place:
california, usa
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Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA, France, Morocco
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Based on Wes Craven's 1977 suspenseful cult classic, The Hills Have Eyes is the story of a family road trip that goes terrifyingly awry when the travelers become stranded in a government atomic zone. Miles from nowhere, the Carter family soon ...
Style:
slasher, scary, brutal, disturbing, suspenseful ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
cannibalism, desert, gory, survival, torture, fear, rape, victim, human monster, brutality, stranded, danger ...
Time:
year 2006, 2000s, year 2000, 21st century
Place:
new mexico, usa
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
A young man carrying a big basket that contains his deformed Siamese-twin brother seeks vengeance on the doctors who separated them against their will.
Style:
bloody, slasher, splatter, scary, horror comedy ...
Plot:
body horror, siamese twins, macabre, hospital, gory, evil twin, freak, monster, revenge, twins, public nudity, raped by monster ...
Time:
80s
Place:
new york, usa
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Genre: Animation, Drama, Horror
Country: Japan
Duration: 55 min.
Story:
After losing her parents, young flower selling Midori is put up by a fairground group. She is abused and forced to slavery, until the arrival of an enigmatic magician of short stature, who gives her hope for a better future.
Style:
anime, disturbing, depressing, adult anime, psychological ...
Plot:
rape, body horror, female nudity, sadism, child abuse, freak, murder, punishment, threesome, pedophile, circus, orphan ...
Time:
1920s
Place:
japan
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Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
A small suburban town receives a visit from a castaway unfinished science experiment named Edward.
Style:
gothic, fairy tale, sad, surreal, touching ...
Audience:
date night, teens, kids, chick flick, family outing ...
Plot:
loneliness, goth, love, surrealism, christmas, love story, freak, love and romance, social misfits, teenage girl, garden, inventor ...
Time:
20th century, 90s, 70s, year 1990, 50s
Place:
florida, usa
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 40 min.
Story:
Grandpa Sam Dracula is essentially Dracula who assembled Herman because no man was good enough for his daughter Lily, a sexy vamp. Lily's niece Marilyn the freak is actually normal and Lily and Herman's only child, Eddie, has his werewolf ...
Style:
semi serious, stylized, humorous, captivating, gothic ...
Plot:
werewolf, eccentric family, vampire, imaginary, parents and children, dragon, old mansion, supernatural, family relations, freak, suburbs, dracula ...
Place:
usa
Is relevant?
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Mystery
Country: Canada
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
Simple-minded Joseph Briteman breaks a golden rule of his 'life skills' program when he walks away unsupervised to rescue his long lost baby sister.
Style:
road movie, touching, psychological, unusual plot structure, humorous ...
Plot:
freak, fish out of water, redemption, deformity, missing person, siblings, disappearance, chase, screwball, journey, missing daughter, mother child separation ...
Is relevant?
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Two teenage couples traveling across the backwoods of Texas searching for urban legends of serial killers end up as prisoners of a bizarre and sadistic backwater family of serial killers.
Style:
bloody, disturbing, scary, splatter, brutal ...
Audience:
teens, date night
Plot:
halloween, gory, violent, violence, macabre, urban legend, killer clown, dark humor, hitchhiker, brutality, psychopath, evil wins ...
Time:
year 2003, 70s, 2000s, year 2000, y2k ...
Place:
texas, austin texas, usa
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
Francis and Blake Falls are Siamese twins who live in a neat little room in a rundown hotel. While sharing some organs, Blake is always fit and Francis is very sickly. Into their world comes a young lady, who turns their world upside down. She gets ...
Style:
touching, emotional, compassionate, captivating, independent film ...
Plot:
siamese twins, twins, loneliness, impossible love, existentialism, freak, fall in love, eccentric family, dealing with death, brother brother relationship, bittersweet, lookalikes ...
Time:
year 1999, 20th century, 90s
Place:
idaho, utah
Is relevant?
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
Claire Brennen stars as a waitress who leaves the greasy-diner business for the excitement of the carnival. She quickly discovers that she despises freaks and human oddities.
Style:
grindhouse, independent film, semi serious, slasher, scary ...
Plot:
carnival, freak, freakshow, waitress, exploitation, fortune teller, snake charmer, underground, amusement park, diner, mountain, showbiz ...
Time:
60s
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
A vain actor, his best friend, and an activist end up at a mutant freak farm run by a weirdo scientist.
Style:
not serious, humorous, witty, stylized, psychotronic ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
freak, body horror, mad scientist, disorder, countryside, goofy hero, rivalry, betrayal, escapades, farce, nothing goes right, heroes ...
Time:
90s, year 1993, 20th century
Place:
mexico, latin america
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Having eluded the authorities after a series of grisly murders, the pair find sanctuary at the palatial home of Granny Ruth, an eccentric philanthropist who rallies the cause of "Unique Individuals". But even amongst "friends" ...
Style:
disturbing, cult classic, psychotronic, horror comedy, grindhouse ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
twins, zombie, freak, macabre, supernatural, monster, psychopath, superhuman powers, journalism, body horror, social misfits, hospital ...
Time:
80s, 90s
Place:
new jersey, new york, manhattan new york city, california
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama, Horror
Country: UK
Duration: 79 min.
Story:
A chilling tale of a family at odds against a sinister evil that they don't understand. The Origin of Molly Bannister is here and its more terrifying than you could have imagined.
Style:
suspenseful, serious, disturbing, scary, bleak ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
supernatural, freak, evil, christmas, doll, haunted house, creepy doll, xmas, evil power, supernatural power, evil force, good versus evil ...
Time:
year 2014
Is relevant?
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
In a modern retelling of Tod Browning's "Freaks" (1932), "Freakshow" tells the story of a group of criminals who chose to hide out by working security at a traveling circus. At first, they plot with an insider to steal the ...
Style:
suspense, suspenseful, tense, captivating, disturbing ...
Plot:
circus, revenge, mutilation, cons and scams, killer clown, dishonesty, rivalry, murder, freakshow, danger, amusement park, freak ...
Time:
1930s, 21st century
Place:
usa
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama
Country: France, Czech Republic
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
During a winter storm, Ursus offers shelter to two orphans, Gwynplaine and Déa; some years later, they are still living together. Gwynplaine has become a famous star, but his success threatens his relationships with Déa and Ursus.
Style:
realistic, serious, emotional, touching
Plot:
disfigured face, orphan, social differences, rising to stardom, love and romance, social misfits, society, haunted by the past, noble, disfigurement, blind girl, unfulfillment ...
Time:
17th century
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Genre: Action, Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
Tromaville has a monstrous new hero. The Toxic Avenger is born when mop boy Melvin Junko falls into a vat of toxic waste. Now evildoers will have a lot to lose.
Style:
cult classic, grindhouse, bloody, cult horror, dark comedy ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
superhero, satire, vigilante, gory, absurd violence, freak, absurdism, monster, bullying, blood, corruption, extreme violence ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, year 1984
Place:
new york, usa, manhattan new york city, new jersey
Is relevant?
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
Darren Shan is a regular teenage kid. He and his friend Steve find out about a Freak Show coming to town and work hard at trying to find tickets. They do, and together they go to "Cirque du Freak" where they see many strange acts including ...
Style:
scary, teen, semi serious, stylized, horror comedy ...
Audience:
teens, family outing, teen fantasy, horror for children
Plot:
vampire, circus, uninhibited rivalry, supernatural ability, supernatural, chosen one, young heroes, transformation, immortality, friends, youth, teenage life ...
Time:
year 2009, 21st century
Is relevant?
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: France, Germany, Spain, Belgium
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
A scientist in a surrealist society kidnaps children to steal their dreams, hoping that they slow his aging process.
Style:
surreal, cult classic, visually stunning, gothic, atmospheric ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
steampunk, dystopia, children, childhood, friendship, good versus evil, surrealism, cloning, flea, trippy, escape, mad scientist ...
Time:
future
Place:
france
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Henelotter up's the ante in the final part of his trilogy by introducing a new member to the family; the potentially monstrous fruit of hideously deformed Belial's loins. With the pair still enjoying relative anonymity and comfort in their ...
Style:
cult classic, horror comedy, dark, slasher, classic horror ...
Plot:
body horror, creature, twins, babies and infants, violence, freak, birth, misfit, little creatures, baby born, creature feature, exploitation ...
Time:
90s, year 1991
Is relevant?
1.2M
Genre: Drama, Horror
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 146 min.
Story:
Jack Torrance accepts a caretaker job at the Overlook Hotel, where he, along with his wife Wendy and their son Danny, must live isolated from the rest of the world for the winter. But they aren't prepared for the madness that lurks within.
Style:
psychological, suspense, scary, disturbing, atmospheric ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
isolation, hotel, insanity, supernatural, psychopath, stephen king, ghost, snow, imaginary friend, danger, evil, haunting ...
Time:
20th century, year 1980, 80s, 1920s, 70s
Place:
colorado, denver colorado, persia, usa, miami ...
Is relevant?
4K
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 76 min.
Story:
Unemployed and unemployable, Tony is a sympathetic recluse with severe social problems, an addiction to VHS action films and a horrible moustache. Occasionally he snaps and murder is the result…
Style:
disturbing, serious, suspenseful, realistic, bloody ...
Plot:
serial killer, murder, violence, isolation, loneliness, psychopath, murderer, mental disorder, social realism, crime investigation, mental illness, brutality ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
london, britain, europe
Is relevant?
7K
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: Ireland, USA, UK
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
When a young boy contracts a mysterious illness, his mother must decide how far she will go to protect him from terrifying forces in her past.
Style:
suspense, demonic, scary, psychological, tense ...
Plot:
mother son relationship, cannibalism, single mother, illness, satanic cult, female warrior, freak, occult, runaway, haunted by the past, dark past, moral dilemma ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
ireland, kansas
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