List of the best Roger Corman movies: Machete Maidens Unleashed!(2010), House of Usher(1960), The Man With the X-Ray Eyes(1963), The Masque of the Red Death(1964), Tales of Terror(1962), A Bucket of Blood(1959), The St. Valentine's Day Massacre(1967), The Raven(1963), The Tomb of Ligeia(1965), Not of This Earth(1957), The Last Woman on Earth(1960), The Little Shop of Horrors(1960) ... ...
Documentary, Drama, History
Australia
2010
85 Minutes
Roger Corman John Landis Pete Tombs Mark Holcomb Joe Dante Joseph Zucchero
producer director actor campy cheery hedonistic philippines film industry worker's rights exploitation expatriates b-movies adventure underdog wretched excess 1990s
A fast moving odyssey into the subterranean world of the rarely explored province of Filipino genre filmmaking.
Horror
USA
1960
85 Minutes
Director
brother sister suitor campy creepy dark brooding massachusetts estate madness curse family dysfunction revenge doomed romance fall forbidden love rescue 19th century
Upon entering his fiancée's family mansion, a man discovers a savage family curse and fears that his future brother-in-law has entombed his bride-to-be prematurely.
Sci-Fi
UK|USA
1963
79 Minutes
Director
Ray Milland Diana Van der Vlis Harold J. Stone John Hoyt Don Rickles Morris Ankrum Lorie Summers Dick Miller Kathryn Hart Jonathan Haze John Dierkes
scientist friend colleague pastor murderer creepy dark laboratory carnival church casino science experiments alienation madness sight discovery transformation fall 1960s
A European prince terrorizes the local peasantry while using his castle as a refuge against the "Red Death" plague that stalks the land.
Horror
UK|USA
1964
90 Minutes
Director
Vincent Price Hazel Court Jane Asher David Weston Patrick Magee Nigel Green
prince courtier peasant villager stranger satanist chilling frightful dark creepy eerie disturbing italy village devil worship plagues medieval times edgar allan poe castle evil
A European prince terrorizes the local peasantry while using his castle as a refuge against the "Red Death" plague that stalks the land.
Horror
USA
1962
90 Minutes
Director
Vincent Price Peter Lorre Basil Rathbone Debra Paget Maggie Pierce Leona Gage Joyce Jameson David Frankham
father daughter drunk hypnotist cat rival disturbing suspenseful intense tavern house basement laboratory death infidelity hallucinations family dysfunction revenge rivalry discovery
Three tales of terror involve a grieving widower and the daughter he abandoned; a drunkard and his wife's black cat; and a hypnotist who prolongs the moment of a man's death.
Horror
USA
1959
66 Minutes
Director
Dick Miller Barboura Morris Anthony Carbone Judy Bamber John Brinkley Julian Burton Bert Convy Myrtle Vail Ed Nelson John Herman Shaner Bruno VeSota
busboy hostess artist poet landlady beatnik campy playful tense café city apartment art murder love quest fall 1950s
A dim-witted busboy finds acclaim as an artist for a plaster-covered dead cat that is mistaken as a skillful statuette. The desire for more praise soon leads to an increasingly deadly series of works.
Crime, Drama
USA
1967
100 Minutes
Director
Jason Robards George Segal Ralph Meeker Jean Hale Clint Ritchie Frank Silvera Joseph Campanella Bruce Dern Harold J. Stone Kurt Kreuger Milton Frome
crime boss gangster fbi agent lieutenant cool gritty thrilling chicago garage al capone historical events gang war gunfight mass murder prohibition rivalry revenge 1920s
Al Capone's Valentine's Day surprise for the rival Bugs Moran gang in 1929 Chicago.
Horror, Fantasy
USA
1963
86 Minutes
Director
Vincent Price Peter Lorre Boris Karloff Hazel Court Olive Sturgess Jack Nicholson Connie Wallace William Baskin Aaron Saxon
magician sorcerer wife doctor daughter raven creepy dark campy offbeat castle grief magic secret showdown death love rivalry adventure metamorphosis
A magician, who has been turned into a raven, turns to a former sorcerer for help.
Horror
USA|UK
1965
81 Minutes
Director
Vincent Price Elizabeth Shepherd John Westbrook Derek Francis Ronald Adam Oliver Johnston Penelope Lee Frank Thornton Richard Vernon Denis Gilmore
wife husband love interest young woman widower spirit creepy tense frightening emotional england graveyard abbey household tomb death remarriage secrets hypnosis supernatural
A man's obsession with his dead wife drives a wedge between him and his new bride.
Mystery & Thriller, Sci-Fi
USA
1957
67 Minutes
Director
Paul Birch Beverly Garland Morgan Jones William Roerick Jonathan Haze Dick Miller Anne Carroll Pat Flynn Roy Engel Tamar Cooper Harold Fong
An alien agent from the distant planet Davana is sent to Earth via a high-tech matter transporter. There, he terrorizes Southern California in an attempt to acquire blood for his dying race, the result of a devastating nuclear war.
Sci-Fi
USA
1960
71 Minutes
Director
A clumsy young man nurtures a plant and discovers that it's carnivorous, forcing him to kill to feed it.
Comedy
USA
1960
70 Minutes
Director
Jonathan Haze Jackie Joseph Mel Welles Jack Nicholson Dick Miller Myrtle Vail Leola Wendorff John Herman Shaner Meri Welles
assistant florist dentist patient monster suspenseful quirky store killer plant murder violence insanity rivalry metamorphosis 1960s
A clumsy young man nurtures a plant and discovers that it's carnivorous, forcing him to kill to feed it.
Fantasy
USA
1967
85 Minutes
Director
Peter Fonda Susan Strasberg Bruce Dern Dennis Hopper Salli Sachse Barboura Morris Judy Lang Luana Anders
director guru friend hippie beautiful woman estranged wife dreamy outlandish offbeat campy los angeles mansion fantasy world beach carnival funeral drugs starting over self-discovery hallucinations
After his wife leaves him, a disillusioned director dives into the drug scene, trying anything his friend suggests.
War
USA
1971
97 Minutes
Director
John Phillip Law Don Stroud Barry Primus Peter Masterson Robert Latourneaux George Armitage Stephen McHattie Brian Foley David Osterhout Clint Kimbrough Ferdinand Mayne
the red baron fighter pilot aircraft magnate german officer mentor hermann goering thrilling engaging gripping germany sky cockpit fighter plane air force base world war i dogfight dignity honor fame tradition
The story of Manfred von Richthofen, the German air ace during World War I and his struggle with the enemy aces and some jealous German officers.
War
USA
1964
95 Minutes
Director
Stewart Granger Raf Vallone Mickey Rooney Edd Byrnes Henry Silva Spela Rozin William Campbell Enzo Fiermonte
major soldier criminal nazi resistance fighter gritty engaging yugoslavia military base dangerous assignment world war ii teamwork secret plans redemption quest rescue 1940s
In 1943, a group of hardened criminals is pardoned on the condition it accepts a mission to free a captive Italian general from the clutches of the Nazis.
Crime, Drama
USA
1957
68 Minutes
Director
June Kenney Fay Spain John Brinkley Collette Jackson Barbara Wilson Ziva Rodann Sandy Smith Barboura Morris Richard Devon Jay Sayer Richard Cutting
A delinquent girls' gang pursues a nice ingenue linked romantically to the male leader of a rival gang, and apparently to the murder of one of their members.
Action
USA
1966
93 Minutes
Director
Peter Fonda Nancy Sinatra Bruce Dern Diane Ladd Buck Taylor Norman Alden Michael J. Pollard
biker gang leader tough woman thief police officer nurse gutsy intense disheartening venice, calif. mojave desert hospital funeral open road party biker gang robbery retribution loyalty lawlessness
The "Angels", a San Pedro motorcycle gang, parties in the Coachella Valley's Palm Springs Indian Canyons, California, and wreaks havoc with the local police.
Crime, Drama
USA
1970
90 Minutes
Director
Shelley Winters Pat Hingle Don Stroud Diane Varsi Bruce Dern Clint Kimbrough Robert Walden Robert De Niro Alex Nicol Michael Fox Scatman Crothers
mother son gang leader gunman prostitute lover wild thrilling outlandish gritty ozark mountains bank prison small town hideout ma barker crime spree mother/son relationship family dysfunction control
A psychologically-disturbed matriarch presides over her damaged family of bank-robbing misfits.
Sci-Fi
USA
1958
66 Minutes
Director
Dick Miller Susan Cabot Richard Devon Eric Sinclair Michael Fox Robert Shayne Jered Barclay Jay Sayer Mitzi McCall John Brinkley
An "unknown force" declares war against planet Earth when the United Nations disobeys warnings to cease and desist in its attempts at assembling the first satellite in the atmosphere.
Sci-Fi
USA
1956
68 Minutes
Director
Peter Graves Beverly Garland Lee Van Cleef Sally Fraser Charles B. Griffith Russ Bender Jonathan Haze Dick Miller Karen Kadler Paul Blaisdell
A well meaning scientist guides an alien monster to Earth from Venus, so that he can rid mankind of feelings and emotions - but only death and sorrow results.
Western
USA
1955
78 Minutes
Director
John Lund Dorothy Malone Michael Connors Robert Campbell Jonathan Haze Paul Birch James Stone Jack Ingram Larry Thor
convict criminal confederate soldier spy woman highwayman spirited fiery thrilling tense kansas camp plains house stagecoach dangerous job old west american civil war redemption gold shipment
During the Civil War, the Confederacy pardons five criminals and sends them into Comanche-territory to recover Union-seized Confederate gold and capture a Confederate turncoat.
Horror
USA
1963
81 Minutes
Director
Boris Karloff Jack Nicholson Sandra Knight Dick Miller Dorothy Neumann Jonathan Haze
french officer beautiful woman baron elderly woman servant spirit eerie brooding offbeat dreamy baltic coast castle countryside beach crypt shack possession witchcraft dark secrets suicide
A young officer in Napoleon's Army pursues a mysterious woman to the castle of an elderly Baron.
Sci-Fi
USA
1957
65 Minutes
Director
Richard Garland Pamela Duncan Russell Johnson Leslie Bradley Mel Welles Richard Cutting Beach Dickerson Tony Miller
Scientists become trapped on a shrinking island with intelligent, murderous giant crabs.
Sci-Fi
USA
1960
66 Minutes
Director
Susan Cabot Anthony Eisley Barboura Morris Michael Mark William Roerick Frank Gerstle Roy Gordon Carolyn Hughes Lynn Cartwright
The head of a major cosmetics company experiments on herself with a youth formula made from royal jelly extracted from wasps, but the formula's side effects have deadly consequences.
Western
USA
1955
85 Minutes
Director
Lloyd Bridges Joan Taylor Lance Fuller Morgan Jones Paul Birch Jonathan Haze Paul Dubov Lou Place Gene Marlowe Dick Miller Chester Conklin
A government agent is sent to a western town to investigate attacks that the townspeople say are being commited by rampaging Apaches. The agent, however, suspects that different forces may ... See full summary »
Horror
USA
1957
75 Minutes
Director
Pamela Duncan Richard Garland Allison Hayes Val Dufour Mel Welles Dorothy Neumann Billy Barty Richard Devon
A beautiful woman is sent back in time via hypnosis to the Middle Ages where she finds she is suspected of being a witch, and subject to being executed.
Western
USA
1956
77 Minutes
Director
John Ireland Beverly Garland Allison Hayes Martin Kingsley Jonathan Haze Chris Alcaide Dick Miller Bruno VeSota Margaret Campbell William Schallert Aaron Saxon
gunslinger hit man marshal madam widow henchman wild engaging thrilling wild west saloon brothel texas duty land grab attraction grudge new job unlikely hero rivalry
After her husband is gunned down, Rose Hood takes his place temporarily as Marshal of a small Western town.
War
USA
1960
63 Minutes
Director
Michael Forest Frank Wolff Wally Campo
An American patrol has to cross behind enemy lines by skis in order to blow up an important railroad bridge. The task is made harder by conflicts between the platoon's veteran sergeant and ... See full summary »
Horror
USA
1961
63 Minutes
Director
Anthony Carbone Betsy Jones-Moreland Robert Towne Edmundo Rivera Alvarez Robert Bean Sonya Noemi Beach Dickerson Blanquita Romero
criminal thief political refugee monster detective campy madcap outlandish caribbean sea boat island civil unrest heist sea creatures deception schemes murder plot wretched excess escape
A crook decides to bump off members of his inept crew and blame their deaths on a legendary sea creature. What he doesn't know is that the creature is real.
Adventure
USA
1956
73 Minutes
Director
An undercover policewoman helps three female convicts escape from prison so that they can lead her to a stash of stolen diamonds hidden in a swamp.
Fantasy, Adventure
USA
1957
70 Minutes
Director
A group of lonely Viking women build a ship and set off across the sea to locate their missing menfolk, only to fall into the clutches of the barbarians that also hold their men captive. ... See full summary »
Musical, Comedy
1970
79 Minutes
Director
Robert Corff Elaine Giftos Ben Vereen Bud Cort Talia Shire Cindy Williams Alex Wilson Lou Procopio Phil Borneo Alan Braunstein Jackie Farley
survivor hippie girlfriend music lover boyfriend ranger amusing bleak campy outlandish dallas new mexico survival apocalypse chemical disaster road trip interracial relationship violence adventure quest
Texas survivors (Robert Corff, Elaine Giftos, Ben Vereen) head for a New Mexico commune after nerve gas kills everyone over 25.
Adventure
1960
84 Minutes
Director
Greek muscleman Atlas (Michael Forest) fights tyrant Praximedes (Frank Wolff) for game Candia (Barboura Morris).
Musical
1957
62 Minutes
Director
A short man suffering an inferiority complex falls for a rock 'n' roll singer at an unsavory establishment.
Horror
1963
85 Minutes
Director
Vincent Price Debra Paget Lon Chaney Frank Maxwell Leo Gordon Elisha Cook Jr. John Dierkes Milton Parsons
warlock caretaker wife heir neighbor frightening dark creepy new england village massachusetts haunted house witchcraft witch hunt curse paranoia science marriage revenge transformation
A man (Vincent Price) and wife (Debra Paget) claim the mansion of his great-great-grandfather, a warlock burned alive in 1765.
Crime, Drama
1958
80 Minutes
Director
Sci-Fi
1958
66 Minutes
Director
Robert Vaughn Darah Marshall Leslie Bradley Frank de Kova Joseph Hamilton Marshall Bradford Robert Shayne Beach Dickerson
Roger Corman's post-holocaust quickie is about an adolescent tribesman who dares to explore the feared forbidden zone.
Drama
1957
60 Minutes
Director
Susan Cabot Dick Miller Barboura O'Neill June Kenney Barbara Crane Fay Baker
A Roger Corman quickie about a malicious teenager's revenge against the sorority girls who rejected her.
Horror
1961
80 Minutes
Director
Vincent Price John Kerr Barbara Steele Luana Anders Anthony Carbone Patrick Westwood Lynn Bernay Mary Menzies
husband sister widower brother doctor ghost dark tense frightful spain castle torture chamber dungeon death spanish inquisition iron maiden infidelity torture conspiracy mystery
A plot to drive a man insane backfires when the intended victim adopts his late father's sadistic persona.
Action
1963
87 Minutes
Director
race car driver writer beautiful woman lover engaging spirited wild monte carlo, monaco france england racetrack auto racing hedonism bad behavior competition infidelity revenge rivalry pursuit 1960s
A writer (Mark Damon), who used to be a driver, and his secretary (Luana Anders) follow a Grand Prix champion (William Campbell) around Europe for a book.
Horror
1962
81 Minutes
Director
Ray Milland Hazel Court Richard Ney Heather Angel Alan Napier John Dierkes Dick Miller Brendan Dillon Clive Halliday
Based on Edgar Allan Poe's story about a cataleptic Englishman obsessed with the fear of being buried alive.
Musical
1957
75 Minutes
Director
An ocean-side nightclub owner (David J. Stewart) loves a singer (Susan Cabot) who only has eyes for a gambler (Brian Hutton).
Crime, Drama
1958
80 Minutes
Director
bank robber moll gangster goon wealthy girl mother-in-law cool gritty tense frenetic oklahoma bank hideout car memphis, tenn. machine gun kelly bank robbery kidnapping fame prohibition
A bootlegger sets his sights on fame and fortune in Roger Corman's sensationalized account of the gun-toting gangster.
Documentary
USA
2015
85 Minutes
Carl Ciarfalio Roger Corman Joseph Culp Chris Gore Alex Hyde-White The Crap Keeper
A documentary that tells the history of The Fantastic Four (1994), which was executive produced by Roger Corman.
Comedy, Drama
2007
96 Minutes
Executive Producer
Del Zamora Ed Pansullo Sy Richardson Jaclyn Jonet Brandon Carlos Zahn McClarnon Roger Corman Leonard Maltin
Two small-time actors (Del Zamora, Ed Pansullo) plot revenge on a screenwriter (Sy Richardson) who once abused them.
Comedy, Drama
1984
100 Minutes
Goldie Hawn Kurt Russell Christine Lahti Fred Ward Holly Hunter Ed Harris Roger Corman
A housewife (Goldie Hawn) flirts with a jazzy 4-F co-worker (Kurt Russell) at a World War II aircraft plant.
Sci-Fi
USA
1954
64 Minutes
Producer
Anne Kimbell Stuart Wade Dick Pinner Jack Hayes Wyott Ordung Inez Palange David Garcia Roger Corman
Julie, an American on vacation in Mexico, spots a giant, one-eyed amoeba rising from the ocean, but when she tries to tell the authorities, no one believes her. She finally teams up with a marine biologist in an attempt to destroy it.
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
USA
1991
119 Minutes
FBI Director Hayden Burke
Jodie Foster Anthony Hopkins Scott Glenn Ted Levine Anthony Heald Brooke Smith Diane Baker Kasi Lemmons Charles Napier Roger Corman George Romero
psychiatrist psychopath student agent serial killer police officer dark creepy suspenseful prison cave household washington, d.c. insanity kidnapping cannibalism torture fbi escape mystery
A young F.B.I. cadet must receive the help of an incarcerated and manipulative cannibal killer to help catch another serial killer, a madman who skins his victims.
Gay & Lesbian, Drama
USA
1993
125 Minutes
Mr. Laird
Tom Hanks Denzel Washington Jason Robards Antonio Banderas Joanne Woodward Mary Steenburgen Ron Vawter Robert Ridgely Charles Napier Roger Corman John Bedford Lloyd
lawyer gay man wife husband homophobe boyfriend tender emotional profound office library courtroom apartment philadelphia homophobia worker's rights law friendship court battles aids
When a man with HIV is fired by his law firm because of his condition, he hires a homophobic small time lawyer as the only willing advocate for a wrongful dismissal suit.