Top rated chilling movies with an epic story
Check out today’s highest ranked chilling movies with an epic story! Looking for the greatest movies of all times? Here is the list of the best chilling movies with an epic story, based on the crowd's interest and popular searches from the country.
1 The Devil's Backbone (2001)
Spain, 1939. In the last days of the Spanish Civil War, the young Carlos arrives at the Santa Lucía orphanage, where he will make friends and enemies as he follows the quiet footsteps of a mysterious presence eager for revenge.
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- 2001-04-20 | Fantasy / Drama
Cast
- Marisa Paredes, Eduardo Noriega
Rating
- 7.289
2 Valhalla Rising (2009)
Scandinavia, 1,000 AD. For years, One Eye, a mute warrior of supernatural strength, has been held prisoner by the Norse chieftain Barde. Aided by Are, a boy slave, One Eye slays his captor and together he and Are escape, beginning a journey into the heart of darkness. On their flight, One Eye and Are board a Viking vessel, but the ship is soon engulfed by an endless fog that clears only as the crew sights an unknown land. As the new world reveals its secrets and the Vikings confront their terrible and bloody fate, One Eye discovers his true self.
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- 2009-09-04 | Adventure / Drama
Cast
- Mads Mikkelsen, Gary Lewis
Rating
- 6.099
3 The Green Knight (2021)
An epic fantasy adventure based on the timeless Arthurian legend, The Green Knight tells the story of Sir Gawain, King Arthur's reckless and headstrong nephew, who embarks on a daring quest to confront the eponymous Green Knight, a gigantic emerald-skinned stranger and tester of men.
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- 2021-07-29 | Adventure / Drama
Cast
- Dev Patel, Alicia Vikander
Rating
- 6.593
4 Inland Empire (2006)
An actress’s perception of reality becomes increasingly distorted as she finds herself falling for her co-star in a remake of an unfinished Polish production that was supposedly cursed.
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- 2006-12-06 | Horror / Mystery
Cast
- Laura Dern, Jeremy Irons
Rating
- 7.023
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5 The Girl Who Leapt Through Time (2006)
When 17-year-old Makoto Konno gains the ability to, quite literally, "leap" backwards through time, she immediately sets about improving her grades and preventing personal mishaps. However, she soon realises that changing the past isn't as simple as it seems, and eventually, will have to rely on her new powers to shape the future of herself and her friends.
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- 2006-07-15 | Fantasy / Animation
Cast
- Riisa Naka, Takuya Ishida
Rating
- 7.8
6 Solomon Kane (2009)
A nomadic 16th century warrior, condemned to hell for his brutal past, seeks redemption by renouncing violence, but finds some things are worth burning for as he fights to free a young Puritan woman from the grip of evil.
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- 2009-09-16 | Adventure / Fantasy
Cast
- James Purefoy, Pete Postlethwaite
Rating
- 5.973
7 I'm Thinking of Ending Things (2020)
Nothing is as it seems when a woman experiencing misgivings about her new boyfriend joins him on a road trip to meet his parents at their remote farm.
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- 2020-08-28 | Drama / Fantasy
Cast
- Jesse Plemons, Jessie Buckley
Rating
- 6.6
8 City of Life and Death (2009)
In 1937, during the height of the Second Sino-Japanese War, the Imperial Japanese Army has just captured Nanjing, then-capital of the Republic of China. What followed was known as the Nanking Massacre, or the Rape of Nanking, a six week period wherein tens of thousands of Chinese soldiers and civilians were killed.
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- 2009-04-22 | Drama / History
Cast
- Liu Ye, Gao Yuanyuan
Rating
- 7.4
9 Zodiac (2007)
A cartoonist teams up with an ace reporter and a law enforcement officer to track down an elusive serial killer.
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- 2007-03-02 | Crime / Drama
Cast
- Jake Gyllenhaal, Mark Ruffalo
Rating
- 7.521
10 Wendigo (2002)
A family from the city decide to spend a weekend away at a friend's country farmhouse. But a fluke accident sets off a chain of events that alters their lives forever and conjures up the ferocious spirit of the Wendigo.
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- 2002-02-15 | Horror / Drama
Cast
- Patricia Clarkson, Erik Per Sullivan
Rating
- 4.7