Direction: Roger Corman

The best movies, series, and documentaries directed by Roger Corman. Explore exceptional titles that showcase a unique filmmaking vision.


The Intruder

1962 · Movie · 84 min. · United States

Direction Roger Corman

Cast William Shatner · Frank Maxwell · Beverly Lunsford · Robert Emhardt

Plot A man in a gleaming white suit comes to a small Southern town on the eve of integration. His name is Adam Cramer. He calls himself a social reformer. But...

6.9

289 votes

6.9

289 votes

The Pit and the Pendulum

1961 · Movie · 85 min. · United States

Direction Roger Corman

Cast Vincent Price · Barbara Steele · Patrick Westwood · Antony Carbone

Plot In the sixteenth century, Francis Barnard travels to Spain to clarify the strange circumstances of his sister's death after she had married the son of a cruel Spanish Inquisitor.

6.7

3K votes

6.7

3K votes

X: The Man with the X-Ray Eyes

1963 · Movie · 80 min. · United States

Direction Roger Corman

Cast Ray Milland · Diana Dervlis · Harold J. Stone · John Hoyt

Plot Dr. James Xavier is a world renowned scientist experimenting with human eyesight. He devises a drug, that when applied to the eyes, enables the user to see beyond the normal...

6.7

5K votes

6.7

5K votes

The Little Shop of Horrors

1960 · Movie · 72 min. · United States

Direction Roger Corman

Cast Jonathan Haze · Mel Welles · Jackie Joseph · Dick Miller

Plot Seymour Krelboin (Jonathan Haze) is a young man who works in a flower store. He manages to create a carnivorous plant that feeds on human flesh. Nobody knows about it,...

6.7

21K votes

6.7

21K votes

House of Usher

1960 · Movie · 79 min. · United States

Direction Roger Corman

Cast Vincent Price · Mark Damon · Myrna Fahey · Harry Ellerbe

Plot After a long journey, Philip arrives at the Usher mansion seeking his loved one, Madeline. Upon arriving, however, he discovers that Madeline and her brother Roderick Usher have been afflicted...

6.6

3K votes

6.6

3K votes

The Premature Burial

1962 · Movie · 81 min. · United States

Direction Roger Corman

Cast Ray Milland · Hazel Court · Richard Ney · Heather Angel

Plot Emily Gault arrives at the Carrell mansion determined to rekindle an old relationship with Guy Carrell, despite the disapproval of his sister, Kate. Guy overcomes his all-consuming fear of being...

6.6

1K votes

6.6

1K votes

The Masque of the Red Death

1964 · Movie · 89 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Roger Corman

Cast Vincent Price · Hazel Court · Jane Asher · David Weston

Plot The Masque of the Red Death (1964) is Roger Corman's, and most people's, choice as the best of the Edgar Allan Poe pictures. Masque offers the expected creepy atmosphere and...

6.5

2K votes

6.5

2K votes

Tales of Terror

1962 · Movie · 80 min. · United States

Direction Roger Corman

Cast Vincent Price · Peter Lorre · Basil Rathbone · Leona Gage

Plot Three stories adapted from the work of Edgar Allen Poe. A man and his daughter are reunited, but the blame for the death of his wife hangs over them, unresolved....

6.5

2K votes

6.5

2K votes

The St. Valentine's Day Massacre

1967 · Movie · 100 min. · United States

Direction Roger Corman

Cast Jason Robards · George Segal · Ralph Meeker · Jean Hale

Plot Chicago February 14th 1929. Al Capone finally establishes himself as the city's boss of organised crime. In a north-side garage his hoods, dressed as policemen, surprise and mow down with...

6.5

1K votes

6.5

1K votes

The Haunted Palace

1963 · Movie · 87 min. · United States

Direction Roger Corman

Cast Vincent Price · Debra Paget · Frank Maxwell · Lon Chaney Jr.

Plot In the small New England town of Arkham, the townspeople discover Joseph Curwen has taken a local girl and is preparing to use her in blasphemous rituals to interbreed humans...

6.4

1K votes

6.4

1K votes

A Bucket of Blood

1959 · Movie · 66 min. · United States

Direction Roger Corman

Cast Dick Miller · Barboura Morris · Antony Carbone · John Brinkley

Plot Walter Paisley, nerdy busboy at a Bohemian café, is jealous of the talent (and popularity) of its various artistic regulars. But after accidentally killing his landlady's cat and covering the...

6.3

774 votes

6.3

774 votes

The Raven

1963 · Movie · 86 min. · United States

Direction Roger Corman

Cast Vincent Price · Boris Karloff · Peter Lorre · Hazel Court

Plot In this tongue-in-cheek movie inspired by Poe's poem, Dr. Craven is the son of a great sorcerer (now dead) who was once himself quite skilled at that profession, but has...

6.3

2K votes

6.3

2K votes

The Red Baron

1971 · Movie · 97 min. · United States

Direction Roger Corman

Cast John Phillip Law · Don Stroud · Barry Primus · Corin Redgrave

Plot World War I: an allied squadron and a German squadron face off daily in the skies. Manfred von Richtofen, the Red Baron, leads one, and, although one of his decisions...

6.2

1K votes

6.2

1K votes

The Tomb of Ligeia

1964 · Movie · 81 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Roger Corman

Cast Vincent Price · Elizabeth Shepherd · John Westbrook · Derek Francis

Plot Verden Fell buries his late wife Ligeia who committed suicide, but is certain that she is not really dead. Some time after Rowena Trevanian, the daughter of a neighbouring lord,...

6.2

1K votes

6.2

1K votes

Bloody Mama

1970 · Movie · 90 min. · United States

Direction Roger Corman

Cast Shelley Winters · Robert De Niro · Bruce Dern · Pat Hingle

Plot A psychological gangster film based on fact. Machine gun totin' Ma Barker lead her family gang (her sons) on a crime spree in the Depression era. Her loyal brood have...

6.2

1K votes

6.2

1K votes

Tower of London

1962 · Movie · 79 min. · United States

Direction Roger Corman

Cast Vincent Price · Michael Pate · Joan Freeman · Robert Brown

Plot 1483 in England. Richard Plantagenet, the brother of the King Edward IV, is shocked when just before he dies Edward appoints his other brother, the ineffectual Clarence, as Protector of...

6.0

316 votes

6.0

316 votes

The Trip

1967 · Movie · 85 min. · United States

Direction Roger Corman

Cast Peter Fonda · Susan Strasberg · Bruce Dern · Dennis Hopper

Plot Paul Groves (Peter Fonda), a television commercial director, is in the midst of a personality crisis. His wife Sally (Susan Strasberg) has left him and he seeks the help of...

6.0

605 votes

6.0

605 votes

I Mobster

1958 · Movie · 81 min. · United States

Direction Roger Corman

Cast Steve Cochran · Lita Milan · Robert Strauss · Celia Lovsky

Plot Joe Sante wants to be the big man, and nobody is going stand in his way. In a world full of smoke, molls, shakedowns, muscle, and murder, Joe knows what...

5.9

27 votes

5.9

27 votes

Machine Gun Kelly

1958 · Movie · 80 min. · United States

Direction Roger Corman

Cast Charles Bronson · Susan Cabot · Morey Amsterdam · Richard Devon

Plot Machine-Gun Kelly, the famous bank robber, seldom without his Thompson machine gun. The story opens with great jazzy music and a murder shown in shadows. His moll is the driving...

5.7

114 votes

5.7

114 votes

Not of This Earth

1957 · Movie · 67 min. · United States

Direction Roger Corman

Cast Paul Birch · Beverly Garland · Morgan Jones · William Roerick

Plot An alien agent (Paul Birch) 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...

5.6

237 votes

5.6

237 votes