Pendulum movies and TV shows

The list contains the best, new and most relevant pendulum movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out serious, suspense, suspenseful, psychotronic, realistic and cult classic films and TV shows about / with pendulum, danger, supernatural, corpse, murder, death, deadly, bare chested male, escapades and revenge plots mostly in Drama, Horror and Mystery genres shot in USA, France, Italy and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as pendulum: Pit and the Pendulum (1961), The Raven (2012), Extraordinary Tales (2013), Rider on the Rain (1970), Two Heads Creek (2019), Two Evil Eyes (1990), Pendulum Swings (2011), La La Land (2016), Rings (2017), I'm Off Then (2015).

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Pit and the Pendulum (1961)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story: Francis Barnard goes to Spain, when he hears his sister Elizabeth has died. Her husband Nicholas Medina, the son of the most brutal torturer of the Spanish Inquisition, tells him she has died of a blood disease, but Francis finds this hard to ...
Style: gothic horror, gothic, scary, suspense, suspenseful ...
Plot: castle, spanish inquisition, insanity, vengeance, investigation, macabre, monster, gory, edgar allan poe, conspiracy, religions or cults, hidden identity ...
Time: middle ages, 15th century, 16th century, year 1961, medieval times ...
Place: spain, europe
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 6.4
 88K
The Raven (2012)
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Spain, Hungary
Duration: 110 min.
Story: A fictionalized account of the last days of Edgar Allan Poe's life, in which the poet is in pursuit of a serial killer whose murders mirror those in the writer's stories.
Style: gothic, psychological, gothic horror, atmospheric, detective ...
Plot: serial killer, investigation, murder mystery, police investigation, who done it, riddles and clues, writer's life, unconventional method, murder investigation, murder, writers, edgar allan poe ...
Time: 19th century, victorian era, year 2012, edwardian era, 1800s ...
Place: maryland, baltimore, usa, paris france
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Extraordinary Tales (2013)
Genre: Animation, Horror, Mystery
Country: France, Belgium, Germany, Spain, Luxembourg, USA
Duration: 73 min.
Story: An animated anthology of 5 stories adapted from Edgar Allan Poe.
Style: anthology, captivating, enigmatic, disturbing, gothic ...
Plot: cemetery, edgar allan poe, writers, storytelling, old mansion, death, hypnosis, literary, trippy, dying, plague, murder ...
Time: middle ages, medieval times
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The Torture Chamber of Dr. Sadism (1967)
Genre: Horror, Mystery
Country: West Germany
Duration: 84 min.
Story: In the Olden Tymes, Count Regula is drawn and quartered for killing twelve virgins in his dungeon torture chamber. Thirty-five years later, he comes back to seek revenge on the daughter of his intended thirteenth victim and the son of his prosecutor ...
Style: gothic, gothic horror, psychotronic, suspense, grindhouse ...
Plot: torture device, snake, edgar allan poe, supernatural, vengeance, macabre, 666, monster, witch, haunted house, german history, zombie ...
Time: year 1967
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A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors (1987)
Genre: Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: It's been many years since Freddy Krueger's first victim, Nancy, came face-to-face with Freddy and his sadistic, evil ways. Now, Nancy's all grown up; she's put her frightening nightmares behind her and is helping teens cope with ...
Style: slasher, scary, surreal, suspense, bloody ...
Audience: teens, date night, adult
Plot: serial killer, mental institution, murder, supernatural, nightmare, dream, dead teenager, sleep disorder, trapped, serial murder, nightmare on elm street, nightmare comes true ...
Time: 80s, 20th century, year 1990
Place: los angeles, usa, ohio
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Rider on the Rain (1970)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 120 min.
Story: A US Army colonel in France tries to track down an escaped sex maniac.
Style: serious, psychological, suspenseful, realistic, tense ...
Plot: rape and revenge, sexual abuse, roadblock, self defense, machismo, american abroad, mind game, danger, twists and turns, life is a bitch, woman in danger, military officer ...
Time: 20th century, 60s, year 1967
Place: europe, south of france, paris france, france
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Two Heads Creek (2019)
Genre: Comedy, Horror, Thriller
Country: UK, Australia
Duration: 85 min.
Story: A timid butcher and his drama queen twin sister quit the hostile confines of post- Brexit Britain and adventure to Australia in search of their birth mother, but the seemingly tolerant townsfolk are hiding a dark, meaty secret.
Style: captivating, bleak, suspense, humorous, horror comedy ...
Plot: twins, cockroach, trapped, survival, secret, fish out of water, family secret, conspiracy, dysfunctional family, rescue, psychopath, villainess ...
Place: australia
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Two Evil Eyes (1990)
Genre: Horror
Country: Italy, USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story: Two horror segments based on Edgar Allan Poe stories set in and around the city of Pittsburgh. "The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar" concerns a cheating wife who is trying to scam her dying husband out of millions by having her ...
Style: anthology, gothic, cult classic, creepy, slasher ...
Plot: edgar allan poe, serial killer, macabre, greed, ghost, murder, blood, psycho killer, zombie, supernatural, gory, spirit ...
Time: 80s, 90s, year 1989
Place: new york, pittsburgh, america
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The Young and Prodigious T.S. Spivet (2013)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: France, Canada
Duration: 105 min.
Story: A 12-year-old cartographer secretly leaves his family's ranch in Montana where he lives with his cowboy father and scientist mother and travels across the country on board a freight train to receive an award at the Smithsonian Institute.
Style: touching, road movie, emotional, exciting, sentimental ...
Audience: kids, family outing, family friendly
Plot: prodigy, genius, young heroes, children, coming of age, childhood, on the road, loneliness, cowboy, dysfunctional family, unlikely friendships, tragedy ...
Time: year 2013, 2010s, 21st century
Place: montana, usa, washington d.c., chicago
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Pendulum Swings (2011)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story: PENDULUM SWINGS follows a man into a dark place in his life - a place at which he arrives through a combination of bad decisions and forces beyond his control. When he finally hits bottom, he is presented with an opportunity to climb out of his ...
Plot: hopes, divorced father, faith, pendulum
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 8.0
 661K
La La Land (2016)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music, Musical, Romance
Country: USA, Hong Kong
Duration: 128 min.
Story: Mia, an aspiring actress, serves lattes to movie stars in between auditions and Sebastian, a jazz musician, scrapes by playing cocktail party gigs in dingy bars, but as success mounts they are faced with decisions that begin to fray the fragile ...
Style: romantic, sad, touching, melancholic, sentimental ...
Audience: girls' night, chick flick, family outing, teens, date night
Plot: music, jazz, dancing, love, musician, audition, bigger dreams, jazz club, love story, traffic jam, pianist, boyfriend girlfriend relationship ...
Time: year 2016, 2010s, year 2015, future, 21st century
Place: los angeles, paris france, california
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 4.5
 43K
Rings (2017)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story: Julia becomes worried about her boyfriend, Holt when he explores the dark urban legend of a mysterious videotape said to kill the watcher seven days after viewing. She sacrifices herself to save her boyfriend and in doing so makes a horrifying ...
Style: disturbing, suspense, surprise ending, spooky, psychological ...
Plot: curse, supernatural, investigation, life & death, videotaping, twists and turns, demon, death, exorcism, adaptation, ghost, strangulation ...
Time: year 2017
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 6.1
 3K
I'm Off Then (2015)
Genre: Comedy
Country: Germany
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Based on the book "Ich bin dann mal weg" by Hape Kerkeling where the author describes his journey on the Way of St. James, a pilgrimage route, and the people he encounters there.
Style: road movie
Plot: travel, pilgrim, enlightenment, burnout, walking, cigarette smoking, hotel, hospital, desert, rain, comedian, cockroach ...
Place: germany, berlin germany, spain
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The Purge: Election Year (2016)
Genre: Action, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story: Two years after choosing not to kill the man who killed his son, former police sergeant Leo Barnes has become head of security for Senator Charlene Roan, the front runner in the next Presidential election due to her vow to eliminate the Purge. On ...
Style: suspense, brutal, intense, psychological, bloody ...
Audience: adult
Plot: murder, distopia, election, politics, survival, vigilante, revenge, social decay, class differences, fighting the system, gunfight, death ...
Time: near future, year 2016, 2010s
Place: washington d.c., florida
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 5.7
 2K
The Uncanny (1977)
Genre: Horror
Country: Canada, UK
Duration: 89 min.
Story: Wilbur Gray, a horror writer, has stumbled upon a terrible secret, that cats are supernatural creatures who really call the shots. In a desperate attempt to get others to believe him, Wilbur spews three tales of feline horror.
Style: anthology, psychotronic, grindhouse, natural horror, dark fairy tale ...
Plot: cat, animal attack, killer animal, canuxploitation, darkness, deadly creature, ailurophobia, evil child, conspiracy, orphan, murder, pet cat ...
Time: 70s, 1910s, 1930s, year 1977, year 1936 ...
Place: london, canada, europe, england, montreal ...
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Dr. Goldfoot and the Bikini Machine (1965)
Genre: Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: In this campy spy movie spoof Dr. Goldfoot (Vincent Price) has invented an army of bikini-clad robots who are programmed to seek out wealthy men and charm them into signing over their assets. Secret agent Craig Gamble (Frankie Avalon) and ...
Style: parody, slapstick, spoof, humorous, grindhouse ...
Plot: mad scientist, robot, spy, secret agent, farce, james bond spoof, car chase, chase, espionage, camp, agent, beach party ...
Time: 60s
Place: san francisco
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Young Torless (1966)
Genre: Drama
Country: West Germany, France
Duration: 87 min.
Story: At a boarding school in the pre-war Austro-Hungarian Empire, a pair of students torture one of their fellow classmates, Basini, who has been caught stealing money from one of the two. The two decide that rather than turn Basini in to the school ...
Style: disturbing, black and white, controversial, contemplative, thought provoking ...
Plot: bullying, coming of age, lgbt, mathematics, boarding school, torture, gay, philosophy, thief, politics, sex, boy ...
Time: year 1966, 20th century, 1910s, turn of the century, pre world war one
Place: germany, europe, vienna
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 5.5
 37K
The Innkeepers (2011)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story: During the final days at the Yankee Pedlar Inn, two employees determined to reveal the hotel's haunted past begin to experience disturbing events as old guests check in for a stay.
Style: disturbing, suspenseful, atmospheric, spooky, dark ...
Audience: teens
Plot: supernatural, ghost, paranormal investigation, macabre, hotel, paranormal, ghost story, fear, paranormal activity, haunted, workplace, amateur detective ...
Time: 2010s, year 2011, year 2000, 21st century
Place: new england, connecticut, usa
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A Very Long Engagement (2004)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Romance, War
Country: France, USA
Duration: 133 min.
Story: In 1919, Mathilde was 19 years old. Two years earlier, her fiancé Manech left for the front at the Somme. Like millions of others he was "killed on the field of battle." It's written in black and white on the official notice. But ...
Style: romantic, touching, atmospheric, epic, colorful ...
Audience: chick flick, date night
Plot: world war one, war, love and romance, wartime, life & death, private detective, investigation, obsession, tragedy, relationships, lighthouse, against the odds ...
Time: 2000s, 1920s, year 2004, 1910s, 20th century ...
Place: france, paris france, europe, marseille, brittany ...
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 6.4
 971
Ulysses (1967)
Genre: Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 132 min.
Story: Dublin; June 16, 1904. Stephen Dedalus, who fancies himself as a poet, embarks on a day of wandering about the city during which he finds friendship and a father figure in Leopold Bloom, a middle-aged Jew. Meanwhile, Bloom's day, illuminated by ...
Style: surreal, mythical, independent film, contemplative, realistic ...
Plot: stream of consciousness, greek mythology, chess, profanity, philosophy, mythology, peplum, literary, cuckold, couple relations, introspection, unfulfillment ...
Time: year 1967, 1910s, 20th century
Place: ireland, greece, ancient greece, dublin ireland
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 6.4
 1K
The Tempest (1979)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy
Country: UK
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Prospero, a potent magician, lives on a desolate isle with his virginal daughter, Miranda. He's in exile, banished from his duchy by his usurping brother and the King of Naples. Providence brings these enemies near; aided by his vassal the ...
Style: avant garde, independent film, offbeat, atmospheric, stylized ...
Audience: chick flick
Plot: shakespeare, chess, atonement, rock, island, nudity, male nudity, parents and children, isolation, royal family, destiny, love affair ...
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 7.8
 6K
El Sur (1983)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Romance
Country: Spain, France
Duration: 95 min.
Story: The movie tells a melancholic story of a little girl who is living in a city in the north. She is fascinated by the secrets of the south which seem to be hidden in the personality of her father.
Style: poetic, sad, art house, visual, serious ...
Plot: coming of age, children, family relations, surrealism, traumatic childhood, family problems, magic realism, mental health, adolescence, teenager, worship, problem ...
Time: year 1983, 50s, 20th century, 1950s
Place: spain, iberian peninsula, europe
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The Stars Fell on Henrietta (1995)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story: The setting is early America during the oil boom. An elderly, down on his luck 'oil man', Mr. Cox finds himself in the town of Henrietta. Using unconventional methods, he convinces himself and local Don Day that there is oil on Day's ...
Style: anamorphic, realistic, serious, touching, sentimental ...
Plot: oil, small town, farm, restaurant, progress, gilded age, hopes, rural area, aging, obsessive quest, danger, human spirit ...
Time: 1930s, year 1935
Place: texas, austin texas, america, usa
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 5.8
 137K
Saw V (2008)
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Detective Hoffman is seemingly the last person alive to carry on the Jigsaw legacy. But when his secret is threatened, he must go on the hunt to eliminate all the loose ends.
Style: scary, bloody, suspense, psychological, slasher ...
Audience: boys' night, teens, adult
Plot: serial killer, torture, game of death, trap, psychopath, mind game, violent, kidnapping, blood, gory, vigilante, twists and turns ...
Time: year 2008, 2000s, 21st century
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The Pit and the Pendulum (1991)
Genre: Horror, Romance
Country: USA, Italy
Duration: 97 min.
Story: Set during the height of Spanish Inquisition. The beautiful and kind-hearted Maria is arrested as a witch when she inadvertently cries out in horror at the public whipping of a child. As Maria’s husband Antonio tries to save her, Torquemada, the ...
Style: gothic, serious, bleak, suspenseful, psychotronic ...
Plot: spanish inquisition, inquisition, heretic, edgar allan poe, dungeon, religions or cults, good versus evil, danger, supernatural, clergy, woman in danger, telepathy ...
Time: 15th century, year 1991, 90s, medieval times, middle ages
Place: spain, europe
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The Mystery of the Yellow Room (2003)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Mystery
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 118 min.
Story: Joseph Rouletabille (Bruno Podalydès), a reporter for a local newspaper, investigates the attempted killing of Mathilde Stangerson (Sabine Azéma), who uses the yellow room of the title as her bedroom. At the time of the revolver shots her room was ...
Style: rough, atmospheric, suspenseful, serious, realistic ...
Plot: murder, investigation, journalism, law enforcement, danger, mysterious past, mysterious event, locked room, millennial, perfect crime, mysticism, police officer ...
Time: 1900s, 20th century
Place: france
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The Librarian: Quest for the Spear (2004)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance, Thriller
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: When a magical artifact is lifted from his library, a meek librarian sets out to ensure its safe return.
Style: humorous, exciting, entertaining, light, semi serious ...
Audience: family outing, boys' night, teens
Plot: treasure hunt, treasure hunter, archaeologist, treasure, archaeology, friendship, library, adventurer, librarian, heroic mission, obsessive quest, good versus evil ...
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Elvira's Haunted Hills (2001)
Genre: Comedy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: The setting is Carpathia. The year is 1851. When Elvira gets kicked out of an Inn for a slight monetary discrepancy, she is rescued by a local who takes her to stay at the castle in the hills high above the village. The fact that she happens to ...
Style: parody, humorous, witty, not serious, horror comedy ...
Audience: teens
Plot: castle, ghost, mad scientist, supernatural, disorder, supernatural ability, danger, master and servant, cliche, curses spells and rituals, hypnosis, sex ...
Time: 1850s
Place: romania, paris france, france, europe
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Bloody Pit of Horror (1965)
Genre: Horror
Country: Italy
Duration: 86 min.
Story: A photographer and his models go to an old, abandoned castle for a photo shoot. Unbeknownst to them, the castle is inhabited by a lunatic who believes himself to be the reincarnated spirit of a 17th-century executioner whose job it is to protect the ...
Style: gothic, slasher, gothic horror, psychotronic, grindhouse ...
Plot: castle, male model, serial killer, murder, delusion, bare chested male, dungeon, curse, insanity, villain, muscleman, masked killer ...
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 6.9
 528K
Pacific Rim (2013)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Mexico
Duration: 131 min.
Story: When legions of monstrous creatures, known as Kaiju, started rising from the sea, a war began that would take millions of lives and consume humanity's resources for years on end. To combat the giant Kaiju, a special type of weapon was devised: ...
Style: futuristic, exciting, stylized, serious, visually stunning ...
Audience: chick flick, girls' night, boys' night, teens, adult
Plot: giant monster, monster, robot, kaiju, creature, battles, androids and robots, invasion, chaos and mayhem, destruction, danger, survival ...
Time: future, year 2013, near future, year 2017, 2010s ...
Place: tokyo, pacific ocean, seattle, san francisco, hong kong ...
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