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1. Reservoir Dogs (1992)

R | 99 min | Crime, Thriller

When a simple jewelry heist goes horribly wrong, the surviving criminals begin to suspect that one of them is a police informant.

Director: Quentin Tarantino | Stars: Harvey Keitel, Tim Roth, Michael Madsen, Chris Penn

Votes: 1,088,555 | Gross: $2.83M

2. Gran Torino (2008)

R | 116 min | Drama

After a Hmong teenager tries to steal his prized 1972 Gran Torino, a disgruntled, prejudiced Korean War veteran seeks to redeem both the boy and himself.

Director: Clint Eastwood | Stars: Clint Eastwood, Bee Vang, Christopher Carley, Ahney Her

Votes: 815,147 | Gross: $148.10M

3. Gosford Park (2001)

R | 137 min | Comedy, Drama, Mystery

Set in the 1930s, a group of pretentious rich and famous get together for a weekend of relaxation at a hunting resort. But when a murder occurs, each one of these interesting characters becomes a suspect.

Director: Robert Altman | Stars: Maggie Smith, Ryan Phillippe, Michael Gambon, Kristin Scott Thomas

Votes: 94,044 | Gross: $41.31M

4. Murder by Death (1976)

PG | 95 min | Comedy, Crime, Mystery

Five famous literary detective characters and their sidekicks are invited to a bizarre mansion to solve an even stranger mystery.

Director: Robert Moore | Stars: Peter Falk, Alec Guinness, Peter Sellers, Eileen Brennan

Votes: 41,690

5. The Big Sleep (1946)

Passed | 114 min | Crime, Film-Noir, Mystery

Private detective Philip Marlowe is hired by a wealthy family. Before the complex case is over, he's seen murder, blackmail and what might be love.

Director: Howard Hawks | Stars: Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall, John Ridgely, Martha Vickers

Votes: 90,534 | Gross: $6.54M

6. Muriel's Wedding (1994)

R | 106 min | Comedy, Drama

A young social outcast in Australia steals money from her parents to finance a vacation where she hopes to find happiness, and perhaps love.

Director: P.J. Hogan | Stars: Toni Collette, Rachel Griffiths, Bill Hunter, Sophie Lee

Votes: 41,743 | Gross: $15.19M

7. Raise the Titanic (1980)

PG | 115 min | Action, Drama, Thriller

Once they said God himself couldn't sink her. Then they said no man on Earth could reach her. But an underwater research agency, headed by Admiral James Sandecker, is assigned the job of finding the doomed ship in her North Atlantic grave.

Director: Jerry Jameson | Stars: Jason Robards, Richard Jordan, David Selby, Anne Archer

Votes: 5,444 | Gross: $14.82M

8. Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story (1993)

PG-13 | 120 min | Action, Biography, Drama

A fictionalized account of the life of the martial arts superstar.

Director: Rob Cohen | Stars: Jason Scott Lee, Lauren Holly, Robert Wagner, Michael Learned

Votes: 32,877 | Gross: $35.11M

9. The Mirror Crack'd (1980)

PG | 105 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller

Miss Jane Marple comes to solve the mystery when a local woman is poisoned and a visiting movie star seems to have been the intended victim.

Director: Guy Hamilton | Stars: Angela Lansbury, Tony Curtis, Rock Hudson, Geraldine Chaplin

Votes: 9,441

10. Premium Rush (2012)

PG-13 | 91 min | Action, Crime, Thriller

In Manhattan, a bike messenger picks up an envelope that attracts the interest of a dirty cop, who pursues the cyclist throughout the city.

Director: David Koepp | Stars: Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Michael Shannon, Dania Ramirez, Sean Kennedy

Votes: 118,500 | Gross: $20.28M

11. We Don't Live Here Anymore (2004)

R | 101 min | Drama, Romance

An indiscretion between two close friends tears down their respective marriages.

Director: John Curran | Stars: Mark Ruffalo, Laura Dern, Peter Krause, Naomi Watts

Votes: 9,951 | Gross: $2.04M

12. Topper Returns (1941)

Passed | 88 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Mystery

A fun-loving young woman is murdered after trading bedrooms with her wealthy friend. Her ghost seeks aid from Topper to find the murderer.

Director: Roy Del Ruth | Stars: Joan Blondell, Roland Young, Carole Landis, Billie Burke

Votes: 3,418

13. The Honey Pot (1967)

Not Rated | 150 min | Comedy, Crime, Mystery

In Venice, a millionaire hires an actor to help him prank three greedy ex-girlfriends into thinking he's dying and leaving his fortune to one of them.

Director: Joseph L. Mankiewicz | Stars: Rex Harrison, Susan Hayward, Cliff Robertson, Capucine

Votes: 2,849

14. Big Brown Eyes (1936)

Passed | 77 min | Comedy, Crime, Mystery

Sassy manicurist Eve Fallon is recruited as an even more brassy reporter and she helps police detective boyfriend Danny Barr break a jewel theft ring and solve the murder of a baby.

Director: Raoul Walsh | Stars: Cary Grant, Joan Bennett, Walter Pidgeon, Lloyd Nolan

Votes: 1,173

15. Chan Is Missing (1982)

Not Rated | 76 min | Drama, Mystery

Two cab drivers search San Francisco's Chinatown for the mysterious Chan, who disappeared with their $4000.

Director: Wayne Wang | Stars: Wood Moy, Marc Hayashi, Laureen Chew, Peter Wang

Votes: 1,854

16. Murder by Television (1935)

Passed | 53 min | Mystery, Thriller

James Houghland, inventor of a new method by which television signals can be instantaneously sent anywhere in the world, refuses to sell the process to television companies, who then send ... See full summary »

Director: Clifford Sanforth | Stars: Bela Lugosi, June Collyer, Huntley Gordon, George Meeker

Votes: 766

17. Day-Time Wife (1939)

Passed | 72 min | Comedy, Romance

When a young wife discovers her husband of two years is involved with his beautiful secretary, she applies for a job as secretary to a business rival.

Director: Gregory Ratoff | Stars: Tyrone Power, Linda Darnell, Warren William, Binnie Barnes

Votes: 790

18. El crack (1981)

M | 131 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Private detective Germán Areta gets a terminally ill client who wishes to see his long lost, runaway daughter before he dies. But when Areta starts looking into case, it leads him to the ... See full summary »

Director: José Luis Garci | Stars: Alfredo Landa, María Casanova, Manuel Tejada, Miguel Rellán

Votes: 1,893

19. Oh Dad, Poor Dad, Mamma's Hung You in the Closet and I'm Feelin' So Sad (1967)

Not Rated | 86 min | Comedy

A domineering mother and her sheltered son fly face first into love, murder, and the meaning of family in this black comedy based on Arthur Kopit's Broadway play.

Directors: Richard Quine, Alexander Mackendrick | Stars: Rosalind Russell, Robert Morse, Barbara Harris, Hugh Griffith

Votes: 324

20. Bowery Champs (1944)

Approved | 62 min | Comedy

Copy boys Muggs and Glimpy investigate a murder. They locate the ex-wife of the murdered man and become convinced she is innocent. They hide her from the police while they investigate.

Director: William Beaudine | Stars: Leo Gorcey, Huntz Hall, William 'Billy' Benedict, Bobby Jordan

Votes: 411

21. Mr. Wise Guy (1942)

Passed | 70 min | Comedy

Impoverished boys get sent to reform school while an adult older brother to one of them gets put on death row - all innocent of their charges.

Director: William Nigh | Stars: Leo Gorcey, Bobby Jordan, Huntz Hall, Billy Gilbert

Votes: 547

22. Every Saturday Night (1936)

58 min | Comedy

First of the Jones family movies with kids who ignore father and get consolation from mother through a series of family episodes.

Director: James Tinling | Stars: June Lang, Thomas Beck, Jed Prouty, Spring Byington

Votes: 37

23. The Bob Hope Vietnam Christmas Show (1966 TV Special)

Documentary, Comedy, Music

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Stars: Bob Hope, Carroll Baker, Les Brown, Anita Bryant

Votes: 47

24. Pierre and Cottage Cheese (1969)

G | 6 min | Animation, Short

The Inspector tries to arrest a crook in hideout with the "help" of a robot's advice.

Director: Gerry Chiniquy | Stars: Pat Harrington Jr., Marvin Miller

Votes: 82

25. 20th Century Fox Promotional Film (1936)

Not Rated | 15 min | Documentary, Short

Jimmy Fiddler takes viewers on a tour of the newly formed Fox Studios, showing all departments, writers, producers, technicians, and actors at work.

Stars: Astrid Allwyn, Warner Baxter, Irving Berlin, Lou Breslow

26. The Rice They Carried (2004)

36 min | Documentary, Short

Docudrama/Documentary about common Asian stereotypes in New York City. The film follows three different stereotypes - The Nerd, The Twinkee, and The Thug - through their struggles against racism and stereotyping.

Directors: Elle Schneider, Calvin Sun | Stars: Anna Barnett, Henry Brown, Xiao Xiao Dong, Andrea Gold

Votes: 21

27. Biography (1987– )
Episode: Bruce Lee: The Immortal Dragon (1994)

Not Rated | 45 min | Documentary, Biography, History

A video tribute to a martial arts legend, Bruce Lee. Examined are his early years in Hong Kong and his journey to Hollywood, his role of Kato on the TV series 'The Green Hornet', and his ... See full summary »

Director: Jude Gerard Prest | Stars: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Alex Ben Block, Linda Lee Cadwell, Raymond Chow

Votes: 211

28. Bewitched (1964–1972)
Episode: Samantha's French Pastry (1968)

TV-G | 30 min | Comedy, Family, Fantasy

When trying to conjure up a dessert of the same name, Uncle Arthur produces the real Napoleon Bonaparte.

Director: William Asher | Stars: Elizabeth Montgomery, Dick York, Agnes Moorehead, Kasey Rogers

Votes: 338

29. Dennis the Menace (1959–1963)
Episode: Dennis and the TV Set (1960)

TV-G | 25 min | Comedy, Family

When Dennis is over at one of his friends he notices that his friend has his own TV set so Dennis is doing anything he can to convince his parents to buy him a TV set of his own, However ... See full summary »

Director: Charles Barton | Stars: Jay North, Herbert Anderson, Gloria Henry, Joseph Kearns

Votes: 49

30. Dennis the Menace (1959–1963)
Episode: The Private Eye (1962)

TV-G | 30 min | Comedy, Family

Dennis gets a new Private Eye Detective Kit and has fun with Tommy solving crimes. When they hear that Mr Wilson's wallet was stolen, Dennis and Tommy use their new found skills to find the culprit.

Director: Charles Barton | Stars: Herbert Anderson, Gloria Henry, Billy Booth, Bob Hastings

Votes: 35

31. The Dick Van Dyke Show (1961–1966)
Episode: The Night the Roof Fell In (1962)

TV-G | 30 min | Comedy, Family

Having each had a rough day, Laura and Rob argue, but only their goldfish can report the truth as Laura and Rob later tell colorful, self-aggrandizing versions to others of what happened.

Director: Hal Cooper | Stars: Dick Van Dyke, Rose Marie, Morey Amsterdam, Larry Mathews

Votes: 254

32. The Honeymooners (1955–1956)
Episode: TV or Not TV (1955)

TV-PG | 30 min | Comedy, Family

Too cheap to purchase a television set, Ralph and Norton pools their cash to purchase the set. It gets ugly when Ralph and Norton's friendship gets jeopardized when they fight over which television show to watch.

Director: Frank Satenstein | Stars: Jackie Gleason, Art Carney, Audrey Meadows, Joyce Randolph

Votes: 439

33. I Spy (1965–1968)
Episode: So Long Patrick Henry (1965)

60 min | Action, Adventure

Robinson and Scott travel to Hong Kong. Their assignment; persuade an American Olympic athlete who defected to Red China to return to the U.S.

Director: Leo Penn | Stars: Robert Culp, Bill Cosby, Ivan Dixon, Cicely Tyson

Votes: 132

34. Matt Houston (1982–1985)
Episode: The Purrfect Crime (1983)

Crime, Drama, Mystery

Cat food magnate Felix Randolph is killed by his pet tiger Pasha. Groundsman Buddy Young is arrested but Matt thinks the killer is one of four ex-wives, who cannot lay claim to Felix's $70 million estate until his killer is caught.

Director: Michael Vejar | Stars: Lee Horsley, Pamela Hensley, John Aprea, Penny Santon

Votes: 41

35. Police Woman (1974–1978)
Episode: Sweet Kathleen (1978)

TV-14 | 60 min | Action, Crime, Drama

A sweet smile, a charming face, an enchanting voice, a helpful and friendly employee - Kathleen is all that. She's also an ex-con who happens to work as executive secretary for the ... See full summary »

Director: Douglas Benton | Stars: Angie Dickinson, Earl Holliman, Charles Dierkop, Ed Bernard

Votes: 27

36. Tales from the Crypt (1989–1996)
Episode: Split Personality (1992)

Not Rated | 28 min | Comedy, Crime, Fantasy

A swindler, Jack loves money and... twins. One day he meets rich twins that show interest in him.

Director: Joel Silver | Stars: Joe Pesci, Jacqueline Alexandra Citron, Kristen Amber Citron, Burt Young

Votes: 952

37. The Carol Burnett Show (1967–1978)
Episode: Peggy Lee and Dom DeLuise (1971)

TV-G | 60 min | Comedy, Family

Peggy Lee and Carol sing "Is That All There Is" with Carol taking a fall at the end. Dom DeLuise breaks a lot of glass.

Director: Dave Powers | Stars: Carol Burnett, Harvey Korman, Vicki Lawrence, Lyle Waggoner

Votes: 36

38. The Ghost & Mrs. Muir (1968–1970)
Episode: Pardon My Ghost (1970)

TV-PG | 30 min | Comedy, Fantasy

Thinking that the stuff in the basement is the Captain's unwanted junk, Claymore takes it and donates it to charity for a tax deduction. Needless to say, this starts another war between Claymore and the Captain.

Director: Jay Sandrich | Stars: Hope Lange, Edward Mulhare, Reta Shaw, Charles Nelson Reilly

Votes: 33

39. Vintage Video: A Chronological 80's Film Rewatch Podcast (2020– )
The Nude Bomb (1980) (2020 Podcast Episode)

Documentary

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Stars: Patrick O'Riley, Jessica Bayliss, Richard Wells

40. TopTenz (2010– )
Episode: 10 Detectives More Interesting Than Sherlock Holmes (2019)

13 min | Documentary

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's character Sherlock Holmes is nothing less than legendary. But he is just that; a legend. Simon shares the exploits of ten real life detectives who actually made ... See full summary »

Star: Simon Whistler

41. Svengoolie (1995– )
Episode: Blood of Dracula (2021)

Comedy, Drama, Fantasy

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Director: Christopher M. Faulkner | Stars: Rich Koz, Doug Scharf, Lisa Whelchel

Votes: 10

42. At the Movies (1982–1986)
Episode: James Bond (1983)

Talk-Show

Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert examine the James Bond series and each picks his favorite Bond movie, Bond villain, Bond girl and player of Bond himself.

Director: Bob Varecha | Stars: Gene Siskel, Roger Ebert, Maud Adams, Ursula Andress

Votes: 10

43. Sneak Previews (1975–1996)
Episode: Blade Runner/Chan Is Missing/Eight Minutes to Midnight/Diner (1982)

Talk-Show

Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert review Blade Runner (1982), Chan Is Missing (1982), Eight Minutes to Midnight: A Portrait of Dr. Helen Caldicott (1980) and Diner (1982).

Stars: Gene Siskel, Roger Ebert

Votes: 11

44. Svengoolie (1995– )
Episode: Werewolf of London (2011)

Comedy, Drama, Fantasy

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Director: Christopher M. Faulkner | Stars: Rich Koz, Doug Scharf

Votes: 14

45. Crisis in Six Scenes (2016)
Episode: Episode #1.6 (2016)

TV-PG | 24 min | Comedy

Finally a resolution but not before chaos, surprising disclosures, police and guns come into play.

Director: Woody Allen | Stars: Woody Allen, Miley Cyrus, Elaine May, Rachel Brosnahan

Votes: 424

46. The Bullwinkle Show (1959–1963)
Episode: Goof Gas Attack: Parts 7-8 (1962)

TV-G | Animation, Action, Adventure

Rocky and Bullwinkle "Goof Gas Attack" Part 7 of 8, Fractured Fairy Tales "Jack B. Nimble", Peabody's Improbable History "Henry the Eighth", Rocky and Bullwinkle "Goof Gas Attack" Part 8 of 8.

Directors: Gerard Baldwin, Pete Burness, Sal Faillace, William T. Hurtz, Lew Keller, Ted Parmelee, George Singer | Stars: June Foray, Paul Frees, Edward Everett Horton, Hans Conried

Votes: 17