Skull movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant skull movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out suspenseful, psychotronic, suspense, cult classic, scary and slasher films and TV shows about / with skull, danger, violence, death, brutality, chase, murder, blood, deadly and monster plots mostly in Horror, Action and Thriller genres shot in USA, UK, Italy and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as skull: The Skull (1965), Predator (1987), Mute Witness (1995), The House on Skull Mountain (1974), Blade Runner 2049 (2017), Der Todesking: The Death King (1990), The Terminator (1984), The Rescuers (1977), Death Knows Your Name (2007), Grotto (2015).
Best films
New films
| Keeper (2025) | 5.5 | |
| Ishura (2024) | 6.4 | |
| Cobweb (2023) | 5.9 | |
| Deadpool & Wolverine (2024) | 7.5 | |
| Haunted Mansion (2023) | 6.0 |
List of skull movies
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
A collector of esoterica, Dr. Maitland, buys an unusual skull from his ordinary source of artifacts. The skull is what remains of marquis De Sade. Much too soon he discovers how the skull affects him: by turning him into a frenzied killer.
Style:
gothic horror, classic horror, slasher, cult classic, psychedelic ...
Plot:
skull, occult, murder, ghost, telekinesis, temptation, satanic ritual, fetish, house, witch, skeleton, psychic power ...
Time:
18th century, 60s, 19th century, 1810s, 20th century
Place:
london, united kingdom, britain, england, france
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Mexico
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Dutch and his group of commandos are hired by the CIA to rescue downed airmen from guerillas in a Central American jungle. The mission goes well but as they return they find that something is hunting them. Nearly invisible, it blends in with the ...
Style:
suspenseful, suspense, scary, cult classic, tense ...
Audience:
manly, boys' night, adult
Plot:
alien, monster, survival, jungle, creature, military, chase, deadly creature, alien invasion, hunting, gory, special forces ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, year 1987, future
Place:
latin america, south america, central america
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Genre: Action, Adventure
Country: USA
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
Set during the Cold War, the Soviets – led by sword-wielding Irina Spalko – are in search of a crystal skull which has supernatural powers related to a mystical Lost City of Gold. After being captured and then escaping from them, Indy is coerced ...
Style:
exciting, entertaining, breathtaking, action packed, saga ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens, kids, manly, family outing ...
Plot:
treasure hunt, treasure, archaeologist, archaeology, adventurer, indiana jones, desert, jungle, artifact, chase, alien, sword fight ...
Time:
year 2008, 2000s, 20th century, 1950s, 50s ...
Place:
peru, south america, ussr, mexico city, latin america ...
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Genre: Crime, Horror, Thriller
Country: UK, Russia, Germany
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Billy is mute, but it hasn't kept her from becoming a successful makeup artist. While in Russia, working on a film directed by her sister's boyfriend, Andy, Billy finds herself trapped in the studio one night and is horrified to see a ...
Style:
suspense, twist ending, disturbing, serious, slasher ...
Plot:
mute, murder, chase, masked killer, undercover cop, home invasion, voyeur, russian mafia, witnessing a crime, brutality, voyeurism, american abroad ...
Time:
90s
Place:
russia, moscow russia
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Genre: Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Four cousins who have never met are invited by their Great-Grandmother Christophe to visit her mansion outside of Atlanta. When they arrive, they learn she has just died. They stay to hear the reading of her will and soon are being killed off ...
Style:
scary, serious, rough, suspenseful, psychotronic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
blaxploitation, voodoo, damsel in distress, skull, old dark house, black, zombie, american south, human sacrifice, anthropologist, last will and testament, exploitation ...
Time:
20th century, 70s
Place:
atlanta georgia, haiti
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Genre: Action, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada, Spain
Duration: 164 min.
Story:
Thirty years after the events of the first film, a new blade runner, LAPD Officer K, unearths a long-buried secret that has the potential to plunge what's left of society into chaos. K's discovery leads him on a quest to find Rick Deckard, ...
Style:
futuristic, neo noir, detective, tech noir, thought provoking ...
Audience:
boys' night, adult
Plot:
cyberpunk, artificial intelligence, dystopia, investigation, dark future, technology, robot, flying car, bounty hunter, violence, police detective, memory ...
Time:
future, near future, 2040s, distant future, year 2017 ...
Place:
california, nevada, space western, san diego california, los angeles ...
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Genre: Drama, Horror
Country: West Germany
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
Seven episodes, each taking place on a different day of the week, on the theme of suicide and violent death.
Style:
anthology, disturbing, splatter, crying, controversial ...
Plot:
sadism, suicide, cruelty, castration, skeleton, brutality, mutilation, nudity, dismemberment, skull, death, corpse ...
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
In the post-apocalyptic future, reigning tyrannical supercomputers teleport a cyborg assassin known as the "Terminator" back to 1984 to kill Sarah Connor, whose unborn son is destined to lead insurgents against 21st century mechanical ...
Style:
tech noir, apocalyptic, suspenseful, cult classic, breathtaking ...
Audience:
boys' night, date night, kids, teens, manly ...
Plot:
artificial intelligence, cyborgs, time travel, cyberpunk, man versus machine, terminator, androids, androids and robots, dystopia, time machine, on the run, sent to the past ...
Time:
80s, future, 20th century, near future, year 1984 ...
Place:
los angeles, usa, north america, mexico, california
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Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 77 min.
Story:
What can two little mice possibly do to save an orphan girl who's fallen into evil hands? With a little cooperation and faith in oneself, anything is possible! As members of the mouse-run International Rescue Aid Society, Bernard and Miss ...
Style:
light, touching, cute, crying, colorful ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, family friendly, toddlers, preschool ...
Plot:
childhood, mouse, friendship, good versus evil, orphan, rescue, kidnapping, chase, little girl, anxiety, talking animal, treasure hunt ...
Time:
70s, 90s, 20th century
Place:
louisiana, madagascar, new york, usa, new orleans
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Genre: Adventure, Horror
Country: Italy
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
While doing undercover work in a mental hospital, Emanuelle discovers a girl who seems to have been raised by a tribe of amazonian cannibals. Intrigued, Emanuelle and friends travel deep into the Amazon jungle, where they find that the supposedly ...
Style:
sexy, grindhouse, disturbing, sexual, erotic ...
Plot:
exploitation, cannibalism, lesbian sex, sexploitation, jungle, erotica, voyeurism, lesbianism, sexual pleasure, tribe, outdoor sex, sadistic horror ...
Time:
70s
Place:
latin america, south america, new york, tanzania
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Genre: Horror
Country: Argentina
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Bruce Taylor (Rodrigo Aragon) works as a doctor at a mental hospital with a dark mysterious history. When the nightmares of a patient starts to affect Bruce's sleep, he thinks he might be going crazy himself. Worse still, the discovery of an ...
Style:
medical horror, psychological thriller, creepy, tense, suspenseful ...
Plot:
medical, mental institution, skull, nightmare, paranoia, dark past, claustrophobia, investigation, father son relationship, isolation, obsession, infection ...
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: Italy
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Three children force a classmate to a test of courage to get into their group. During the test, which consists in finding a skull in an abandoned church, the child is swallowed by a chasm that opens on the church floor. The other kids, who had ...
Style:
suspenseful, tension, grim, fun
Audience:
kids
Plot:
children, exploration, underground, darkness, danger, survival, skull, macabre, abandoned church, claustrophobia, isolation, haunting ...
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Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK, Canada, USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
Plot under wraps. The third film in the “28 Days Later” franchise.
Style:
surprise ending, freeze frame, suspense, dutch angle, psychotronic ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
island, zombie, post apocalypse, survival horror, survival, terminal illness, death, father son relationship, quarantine, survivor, death of mother, archery ...
Time:
2030s, 2000s, year 2002, 2020s
Place:
england, britain, scotland, united kingdom, scottish highlands
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Australia
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
Following their explosive showdown, Godzilla and Kong must reunite against a colossal undiscovered threat hidden within our world, challenging their very existence – and our own.
Style:
breathtaking, captivating, exciting, entertaining, intense ...
Plot:
giant monster, godzilla, giant creature, kaiju, king kong, monster versus monster, monster, mothra, giant ape, ancient civilization, lost world, epic battle ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
france, spain, cairo egypt, rio de janeiro, miami ...
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Genre: Biography, History, Romance
Country: Italy
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Based on the life and times of the poet Dante Alighieri.
Style:
captivating, suspenseful, thrilling, psychological, art film ...
Plot:
daughter, father, father daughter relationship, family relations, life is a bitch, father and daughter, adventure hero, historical figure, family problems, exile, horse, death of wife ...
Time:
medieval times, 14th century
Place:
italy
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Genre: Horror
Country: Italy, Spain
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Count Karnstein sends for a doctor to help his sick daughter Laura. Her nurse believes she is possessed by the spirit of a dead ancestor;Carmilla. A young woman becomes intrigued by the mysterious deaths surrounding Laura after a carriage accident ...
Style:
gothic horror, gothic, classic horror, suspense, cult classic ...
Plot:
castle, vampire, female vampire, witch, crypt, family curse, supernatural power, curse, isolated place, evil, hanging, historian ...
Time:
19th century, 17th century
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Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
At the beginning of the film, we learn from one of the characters that earthworms can be called to the surface with electricity, but somehow it turns them into vicious flesh-eaters. Sure enough, a storm that night causes some power lines to break ...
Style:
scary, suspenseful, grindhouse, natural horror, suspense ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
animal attack, deadly creature, investigation, killer animal, worm, small town, disaster, skeleton, thunderstorm, rescue, survival, battles ...
Time:
70s, year 1975, 80s
Place:
georgia, southern usa
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Genre: Action, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
After barely surviving a furious shootout with the police, Baby Firefly, Otis Driftwood and Captain Spaulding are behind bars. But pure evil cannot be contained. Teaming up with Otis’ half-brother Wilson, the demented Firefly clan escape to ...
Style:
slasher, suspense, rough, suspenseful, scary ...
Plot:
violence, clown, panic, massacre, serial murder, female nudity, insanity, murderer, psychopath, lethal injection, halloween, sociopath ...
Time:
year 2019, year 1988, 80s
Place:
mexico, texas
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Genre: Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, Sport, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
1000 years into the future, after the Great Neutron Wars, the world is divided into desert wastelands and isolated city-states. Notorious "Desert Ranger" Kaz is forced to fight in the DeathSport, dueling on futuristic motorcycle ...
Style:
serious, stylized, apocalyptic, tense, psychotronic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
post apocalypse, biker, chase, dystopia, gladiator, motorcycle, post nuclear war, capture, dictator, good versus evil, motorcycle chase, supernatural power ...
Time:
future, year 1978
Place:
texas, usa
Is relevant?
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
A couple encounters a perverted gas station attendant who threatens them with a shotgun. They take a deserted path in Texas to seek help, but only meet up with a cannibalistic clan interested in helping themselves to fresh meat.
Style:
slasher, independent film, suspense, scary, cult classic ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
serial killer, cannibalism, cannibal, masked man, desert, gory, maniac, masked killer, escape, violent, survival, murder ...
Time:
80s, 90s
Place:
texas, austin texas, usa, california, florida
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Genre: Animation, Family
Country: Australia
Duration: 50 min.
Story:
Produced by Burbank Films Australia.
Plot:
trauma, traumatic memory, slacker, brother sister relationship, bully, coal, wealthy family, good versus evil, cat, bear, goat, friends who live together ...
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Duration: 83 min.
Story:
Five youths on a weekend getaway fall prey to a depraved family of cannibals in Tobe Hooper's masterpiece of subversive horror, now featuring a 4k digital transfer and all-new surround sound mix supervised by the director.
Style:
suspense, rough, suspenseful, bleak, tense ...
Plot:
disturbed individual, hitchhiker, chainsaw, massacre, dead teenager, cannibalism, murder, blood, psycho killer, fear, crazy, killing spree ...
Time:
year 1973
Place:
texas, usa
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Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
A young couple out for a walk decide to take a stroll through a large cemetery. As darkness begins to fall they realize they can't find their way out, and soon their fears begin to overtake them.
Style:
gothic, surreal, atmospheric, grindhouse, sad ...
Plot:
cemetery, arthouse horror, surrealism, young lovers, skeleton, tomb, skull, beach, female nudity, sex scene, grave, train ...
Time:
20th century, 70s
Place:
france, new york
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: Australia, USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
An apocalyptic story set in the furthest reaches of our planet, in a stark desert landscape where humanity is broken, and most everyone is crazed fighting for the necessities of life. Within this world exist two rebels on the run who just might be ...
Style:
visually appealing, visually stunning, road movie, apocalyptic, breathtaking ...
Audience:
boys' night, girls' night, family friendly, teens, adult
Plot:
post apocalypse, car, desert, apocalypse, survival, post apocalyptic, chase, on the run, dystopia, car chase, distopia, tough guy ...
Time:
future, year 2015, year 2016, near future, distant future ...
Place:
australia, los angeles
Is relevant?
102K
Genre: Comedy, Horror
Country: France, Japan, USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Each year the population of sleepy Lake Victoria, Arizona explodes from 5,000 to 50,000 residents for the annual Spring Break celebration. But then, an earthquake opens an underwater chasm, releasing an enormous swarm of ancient Piranha that have ...
Style:
sexy, scary, suspense, not serious, horror comedy ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night, adult
Plot:
piranha, animal attack, killer animal, underwater, blood, dangerous animal, boat, killer fish, nudity, death, gory, spring break ...
Time:
2010s, 80s, 21st century
Place:
arizona, usa
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Genre: Comedy, Horror
Country: UK
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
In a remote corner of England's Peak District, a mysterious skull is unearthed. But even weirder is that Lady Sylvia steals the skull for use in worshiping - very erotically - her pagan god, The White Worm, who hungers for the taste of virginal ...
Style:
gothic, atmospheric, surreal, cult classic, scary ...
Plot:
vampire, supernatural, sexualized violence, giant snake, dark humor, surrealism, female monster, female exploitation, dangerous attraction, archaeologist, transformation, obsession ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
england
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
On a quest to find out what happened to his missing brother, a scientist, his nephew and their mountain guide discover a fantastic and dangerous lost world in the center of the earth.
Style:
exciting, teen, breathtaking, rom com, psychotronic ...
Audience:
teens, kids, girls' night, family friendly, family outing
Plot:
dinosaur, fantasy world, lost world, adventurer, twists and turns, mysterious place, underground, expedition, cave, imaginary, obsessive quest, danger ...
Time:
year 2008, prehistoric times, prehistory, 19th century, 2000s ...
Place:
iceland, italy, europe
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Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Young urban professionals Jesse (Arye Gross) and his girlfriend Kate (Lar Park Lincoln), move into an old mansion that has been in Jesse's family for generations. They are soon joined by Jesse's goofy friend Charlie (Jonathan Stark), who ...
Style:
independent film, humorous, scary, spooky, retro ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
haunted house, halloween, supernatural, undead, monster, haunted, house, mad scientist, chase, vampire, time travel, stop motion ...
Time:
80s, year 1986, stone age
Place:
arizona
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Genre: Action, Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 74 min.
Story:
An unspeakable evil has come into our dimension and wants to rule over Earth, and only a mysterious sorceror known as Doctor Mordrid can stop him.
Style:
dark fantasy, black comedy, grindhouse, cult classic, independent film ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
time travel, stop motion, portal, satanism, magical power, murder of a nude woman, magic, sorcery, teleportation, good versus evil, monster, superhero ...
Time:
medieval times, year 1992
Place:
new york, usa, rio de janeiro
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273K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Kale is a 17-year-old placed under house arrest after punching his teacher. He is confined to his house, and decides to use his free time spying on his neighbors. Things start to get weird when guests enter the Turner's house and don't ...
Style:
suspense, psychological, teen, intense, scary ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night, girls' night, teen drama
Plot:
serial killer, murder, neighbor, paranoia, house arrest, voyeurism, homicidal maniac, loneliness, death, investigation, kidnapping, voyeur ...
Time:
year 2007, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
los angeles, usa
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