List of the best David Cronenberg movies: Eastern Promises(2007), The Fly(1986), A History of Violence(2005), Dead Ringers(1988), The Dead Zone(1983), Videodrome(1983), Naked Lunch(1991), The Brood(1979), Scanners(1981), M. Butterfly(1993), eXistenZ(1999), Crash(1996) ... ...
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
UK|Canada|USA
2007
100 Minutes
Director
Viggo Mortensen Naomi Watts Vincent Cassel Armin Mueller-Stahl Sinead Cusack Donald Sumpter Jerzy Skolimowski Josef Altin Raza Jaffrey Mike Sarne Tereza Srbova
midwife prostitute slave mobster assassin uncle suspenseful gritty london restaurant hospital apartment mafia prostitution organized crime murder death deception discovery rise
A teenager who dies during childbirth leaves clues in her journal that could tie her child to a rape involving a violent Russian mob family.
Horror, Sci-Fi
USA|UK|Canada
1986
95 Minutes
Screenwriter
Jeff Goldblum Geena Davis John Getz Joy Boushel Leslie Carlson George Chuvalo Michael Copeman David Cronenberg Carol Lazare Shawn Hewitt
scientist girlfriend reporter editor mutant creepy tense thrilling laboratory apartment clinic teleportation experiments mutation abortion relationships failure quest love fall
A brilliant but eccentric scientist begins to transform into a giant man/fly hybrid after one of his experiments goes horribly wrong.
Mystery & Thriller, Drama
Canada|USA
2005
96 Minutes
Director
Viggo Mortensen Maria Bello William Hurt Ashton Holmes Stephen McHattie Peter MacNeill Ed Harris Heidi Hayes Greg Bryk Steve Arbuckle Sumela Kay
husband wife son daughter brother mobster chilling diner indiana small town family home philadelphia murder organized crime family violence transformation revenge 2000s
A mild-mannered man becomes a local hero through an act of violence, which sets off repercussions that will shake his family to its very core.
Horror, Mystery & Thriller, Drama
Canada
1988
115 Minutes
Director
Jeremy Irons Geneviève Bujold Heidi von Palleske Barbara Gordon Shirley Douglas Stephen Lack Nick Nichols Lynne Cormack
doctor twin actress patient dark chilling disturbing gory doctor's office household restaurant affair deception dreams madness fall rivalry 1980s
Twin gynecologists take full advantage of the fact that nobody can tell them apart, until their relationship begins to deteriorate over a woman.
Sci-Fi, Mystery & Thriller
USA
1983
103 Minutes
Director
Christopher Walken Brooke Adams Tom Skerritt Herbert Lom Anthony Zerbe Colleen Dewhurst Martin Sheen Nicholas Campbell Sean Sullivan Jackie Burroughs Geza Kovacz
psychic ex-girlfriend politician father sheriff student brooding uneasy new england small town political rally household psychic phenomena father/son relationship assassination isolation recovery accident discovery quest
A man awakens from a coma to discover he has a psychic ability.
Horror
Canada|USA
1983
90 Minutes
Director
James Woods Deborah Harry Sonja Smits Peter Dvorsky Leslie Carlson Jack Creley Lynne Gorman Julie Khaner
television producer girlfriend analyst daughter technician victim unrestrained shocking disturbing creepy television studio chamber toronto television hallucinations torture conspiracy government secrets violence discovery
A programmer at a TV station that specializes in adult entertainment searches for the producers of a dangerous and bizarre broadcast.
Sci-Fi
Canada|UK|Japan
1991
115 Minutes
Director
Peter Weller Judy Davis Ian Holm Julian Sands Roy Scheider Monique Mercure Nicholas Campbell Robert A. Silverman Joseph Scorsiani
exterminator wife beatnik cockroach doctor alien dreamy disturbing shocking outlandish new york city subconscious mind alternate reality interzone café subway poetry writing hallucinations paranoia
After developing an addiction to the substance he uses to kill bugs, an exterminator accidentally kills his wife, and becomes involved in a secret government plot being orchestrated by giant bugs in a port town in North Africa.
Horror
Canada
1979
92 Minutes
Director
Oliver Reed Samantha Eggar Art Hindle Henry Beckman Nuala Fitzgerald Cindy Hinds Susan Hogan Gary McKeehan
psychologist couple daughter creepy dark disturbing house psychiatrist's office relationships repression psychology mystery discovery quest 20th century
A man tries to uncover an unconventional psychologist's therapy techniques on his institutionalized wife, amidst a series of brutal murders.
Sci-Fi
Canada
1981
102 Minutes
Director
Stephen Lack Jennifer O'Neill Patrick McGoohan Lawrence Dane Adam Ludwig Michael Ironside Victor Desy Mavor Moore Robert A. Silverman
psychic brother girlfriend doctor scientist killer dark intense spectacular passionate canada shopping mall farm corporate headquarters doctor's office street psychic phenomena science corporate greed secret society
A scientist sends a man with extraordinary psychic powers to hunt others like him.
Drama, Gay & Lesbian
USA|Canada
1993
100 Minutes
Director
Jeremy Irons John Lone Ian Richardson Barbara Sukowa Annabel Leventon Shizuko Hoshi Richard McMillan Vernon Dobtcheff
diplomat opera singer lover intricate melodramatic beijing china opera house apartment deception unusual romance espionage culture clash betrayal gender identity transformation fall forbidden love 1960s
In 1960s China, French diplomat Rene Gallimard falls in love with an opera singer, Song Liling - but Song is not at all who Gallimard thinks.
Sci-Fi
UK|France|Canada
1999
97 Minutes
Director
Jennifer Jason Leigh Jude Law Willem Dafoe Ian Holm Don McKellar Callum Keith Rennie Sarah Polley Christopher Eccleston Robert A. Silverman Oscar Hsu Kris Lemche
bodyguard assassin artist designer terrorist wild creative subconscious mind countryside restaurant city motel video games terrorism violence adventure pursuit 1990s
A game designer on the run from assassins must play her latest virtual reality creation with a marketing trainee to determine if the game has been damaged.
Drama
Canada|UK
1996
100 Minutes
Director
James Spader Holly Hunter Elias Koteas Deborah Kara Unger Rosanna Arquette Peter MacNeill Cheryl Swarts Boyd Banks
filmmaker wife doctor guru cult member prostitute disturbing sultry emotional tense toronto canada bridge road car marriage sexual taboo fetish cult death
After getting into a serious car accident, a TV director discovers an underground sub-culture of scarred, omnisexual car-crash victims who use car accidents and the raw sexual energy they produce to try to rejuvenate his sex life with his wife.
Mystery & Thriller, Drama
UK|Germany|Canada|USA
2011
99 Minutes
Director
Keira Knightley Viggo Mortensen Michael Fassbender Sarah Gadon Vincent Cassel André Hennicke Arndt Schwering-Sohnrey Wladimir Matuchin Jost Grix Severin von Hoensbroech Torsten Knippertz
psychiatrist psychoanalyst patient colleague wife lover intense dark brooding vienna country house lake office garden sigmund freud carl jung psychoanalysis sex adultery lust
A look at how the intense relationship between Carl Jung and Sigmund Freud gives birth to psychoanalysis.
Horror
Canada
1977
91 Minutes
Director
Marilyn Chambers Frank Moore Joe Silver Howard Ryshpan Patricia Gage Susan Roman Roger Periard Lynne Deragon Victor Desy Terry Schonblum Julie Anna
A young woman develops a taste for human blood after experimental plastic surgery, and her victims turn into blood-thirsty zombies, leading into a city-wide epidemic.
Comedy, Drama
Canada|Germany|France|USA
2014
112 Minutes
Director
Julianne Moore Mia Wasikowska John Cusack Robert Pattinson Olivia Williams Sarah Gadon Evan Bird Kiara Glasco Dawn Greenhalgh Jonathan Watton Jennifer Gibson
celebrity writer wife daughter emotional amusing canada fame family secrets mental illness transformation
A tour into the heart of a Hollywood family chasing celebrity, one another and the relentless ghosts of their pasts.
Fantasy, Crime, Drama
Canada|France|Portugal|Italy
2012
108 Minutes
Director
Robert Pattinson Jay Baruchel Kevin Durand Paul Giamatti Juliette Binoche Samantha Morton Sarah Gadon Emily Hampshire
billionaire father barber emotional manhattan new york empire crash senses fall
Riding across Manhattan in a stretch limo in order to get a haircut, a 28-year-old billionaire asset manager's day devolves into an odyssey with a cast of characters that start to tear his world apart.
Sci-Fi
1969
65 Minutes
Director
Ronald Mlodzik Jack Messinger Iain Ewing Clara Mayer Paul Mulholland Arlene Mlodzik Glenn McCauley
Mystery & Thriller, Drama
2002
98 Minutes
Director
Ralph Fiennes Miranda Richardson Gabriel Byrne Bradley Hall Lynn Redgrave John Neville Gary Reineke Philip Craig
mental patient schizophrenic father mother mistress friend disturbing intense dark mental institution halfway house london canal pub kitchen memory mental illness childhood trauma family dysfunction secret
Haunted by his childhood, a psychotic loner (Ralph Fiennes) has difficulty after his release from a mental institution.
Documentary
USA
2010
87 Minutes
Laurie Anderson Jello Biafra David Cronenberg Barry Miles Thurston Moore
William S. Burroughs: featuring never before seen footage as well as exclusive interviews with his closest friends and colleagues. Born the heir of the Burroughs' adding machine estate, he ... See full summary »
Horror
USA|UK|Canada
1990
99 Minutes
Dr. Philip K. Decker
Craig Sheffer Anne Bobby David Cronenberg Charles Haid Hugh Quarshie Hugh Ross Doug Bradley Catherine Chevalier Malcolm Smith Bob Sessions Oliver Parker
monster serial killer girlfriend psychiatrist supernatural being patient gory dark frightening city graveyard underground monsters serial murders superhuman abilities supernatural wrongfully accused resurrection pursuit quest
A troubled young man is drawn to a mythical place called Midian where a variety of friendly monsters are hiding from humanity. Meanwhile, a sadistic serial killer is looking for a patsy.
Comedy, Drama
Canada|France
1998
96 Minutes
Duncan
Don McKellar Sandra Oh Callum Keith Rennie Sarah Polley David Cronenberg Tracy Wright Geneviève Bujold Roberta Maxwell Robin Gammell Trent McMullen Karen Glave
widower wife husband friend sister brooding emotional canada toronto apocalypse debauchery depression family suicide sex discovery fall 1990s
A group of very different individuals with different ideas of how to face the end come together as the world is expected to end in six hours at the turn of the century.
Mystery & Thriller, Drama
Canada
2019
100 Minutes
Walter
Tuppence Middleton Hannah Gross Marie-Josée Croze Eric Johnson David Cronenberg Andy McQueen Noah Reid Dan Lett Aaron Poole
Follows a troubled young woman returning to her hometown of Niagara Falls, where the memory of a long-ago kidnapping quickly ensnares her.
Gay & Lesbian, Drama
Canada|UK|Denmark
2020
112 Minutes
Proctologist
Viggo Mortensen Lance Henriksen Laura Linney Sverrir Gudnason Hannah Gross David Cronenberg Bo Martyn Terry Chen
John Peterson lives with his partner Eric and their adopted daughter in Southern California. When he is visited by his aging father Willis from Los Angeles who is searching for a place to retire, their two very different worlds collide.
Horror, Sci-Fi
USA|UK|Canada
1986
95 Minutes
Screenwriter
Jeff Goldblum Geena Davis John Getz Joy Boushel Leslie Carlson George Chuvalo Michael Copeman David Cronenberg Carol Lazare Shawn Hewitt
scientist girlfriend reporter editor mutant creepy tense thrilling laboratory apartment clinic teleportation experiments mutation abortion relationships failure quest love fall
A brilliant but eccentric scientist begins to transform into a giant man/fly hybrid after one of his experiments goes horribly wrong.
Horror, Sci-Fi
USA|Canada
2002
92 Minutes
Lexa Doig Lisa Ryder Chuck Campbell Jonathan Potts Peter Mensah Melyssa Ade Melody Johnson Dov Tiefenbach Derwin Jordan Kane Hodder Kristi Angus
jason voorhees astronaut survivor professor student android gory brash suspenseful frightening spaceship outer space tunnel space station chamber earth cryogenics serial murders uncontrollable experiment re-animation
Jason Voorhees returns with a new look, a new machete, and his same murderous attitude as he is awakened on a spaceship in the 25th century.
Comedy, Mystery & Thriller
USA
1985
115 Minutes
Jeff Goldblum Michelle Pfeiffer Richard Farnsworth Irene Papas Kathryn Harrold Paul Mazursky Roger Vadim Dan Aykroyd David Bowie Bruce McGill Vera Miles
thief assassin engineer wife husband depressed person amusing madcap lighthearted airport car jewelry theft crime ring infidelity running away adventure pursuit transformation love 1980s
After discovering that his wife is cheating on him, an insomniac aerospace engineer accidentally meets, and tries to help a beautiful model on the run from some extremely dangerous people.