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51. Gideon of Scotland Yard (1958)

Approved | 91 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

A typical day for Scotland Yard Chief Inspector George Gideon consists of working on several cases at the same time.

Director: John Ford | Stars: Jack Hawkins, Anna Lee, Anna Massey, Andrew Ray

Votes: 1,547

52. The Spirit (1987 TV Movie)

74 min | Action

A legally dead police detective decides to battle crime as a masked superhero.

Director: Michael Schultz | Stars: Sam J. Jones, Nana Visitor, Bumper Robinson, Garry Walberg

Votes: 299

53. Black Lightning (2009)

Not Rated | 102 min | Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller

A Moscow college student's gift car from his parents turns out to be more than anyone expects when it flies, which he uses to become both a city guardian and a speedy floral delivery boy.

Directors: Dmitriy Kiselev, Aleksandr Voytinskiy | Stars: Grigoriy Dobrygin, Ekaterina Vilkova, Viktor Verzhbitskiy, Valeriy Zolotukhin

Votes: 5,454

54. Scream Bloody Murder (1973)

R | 90 min | Horror

A deranged kid murders his father and has his arm crushed by the farm tractor. After being discharged from the mental hospital with an amputee, he discovers that his mother has remarried, prompting him to go on a homicidal rampage.

Director: Marc B. Ray | Stars: Fred Holbert, Leigh Mitchell, Robert Knox, Ron Bastone

Votes: 1,202

55. The Jackpot! (1991)

102 min | Adventure, Comedy

A secret agent uses his professional skills for tracking his family, and faces the unexpected consequences.

Director: Claude Zidi | Stars: Thierry Lhermitte, Miou-Miou, Eddy Mitchell, Michel Boujenah

Votes: 1,840

56. If I Had Wings (2013)

PG | 89 min | Drama, Family, Sport

A policeman father gets a repeat juvenile offender to be a cross country running partner for his blind high school son.

Director: Allan Harmon | Stars: Richard Harmon, Jaren Brandt Bartlett, Craig Bierko, Jill Hennessy

Votes: 1,594

57. Arahan (2004)

Not Rated | 114 min | Action, Comedy, Fantasy

As a dorky cop falls in with five Tao masters who admire his c'hi, an ancient foe comes looking for them all.

Director: Ryoo Seung-wan | Stars: Ryu Seung-beom, Yoon So-yi, Ahn Sung-ki, Doo-hong Jung

Votes: 4,013

58. Murder on a Sunday Morning (2001)

Not Rated | 111 min | Documentary, Crime

Oscar-winning documentary that documents a murder trial in which a 15-year-old African-American is wrongfully accused of a 2000 murder in Jacksonville, Florida.

Director: Jean-Xavier de Lestrade | Stars: Ann Finnell, Patrick McGuinness, James Williams, Michael Glover

Votes: 4,521

59. Cartouche (1962)

Not Rated | 114 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy

The story of a kid from the back streets who wants to become king of Paris. Brought up among petty thieves, he becomes their leader through an audacious and elegant coup which wins him the love of the beautiful Venus.

Director: Philippe de Broca | Stars: Jean-Paul Belmondo, Claudia Cardinale, Jess Hahn, Marcel Dalio

Votes: 2,957

60. Última Parada 174 (2008)

Unrated | 110 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

A chronicle of a real-life bus hijacking in Rio de Janeiro that occurred on June 12, 2000.

Director: Bruno Barreto | Stars: Michel Gomes, Cris Vianna, Marcello Melo Jr., Gabriela Luiz

Votes: 5,593

61. Chop Shop (2007)

Unrated | 84 min | Drama

Alejandro, a resourceful street orphan on the verge of adolescence, lives and works in an auto-body repair shop in a sprawling junkyard on the outskirts of Queens, New York. In this chaotic world of adults, Alejandro struggles to make a better life for himself and his sixteen-year-old sister.

Director: Ramin Bahrani | Stars: Alejandro Polanco, Isamar Gonzales, Rob Sowulski, Carlos Zapata

Votes: 4,721 | Gross: $0.12M

62. Cracker (2006 TV Movie)

109 min | Crime, Drama

Fitz returns to Manchester after living 10 years in Australia with his wife and youngest son. He is soon drawn into the investigation of a British soldier who may have been traumatized by his years serving in Northern Ireland.

Director: Antonia Bird | Stars: Robbie Coltrane, Anthony Flanagan, Stefanie Wilmore, Andrea Lowe

Votes: 2,034

63. The Slasher (1953)

Approved | 75 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir

The life of a juvenile delinquent is threatened by his own incessant desire for trouble.

Director: Lewis Gilbert | Stars: James Kenney, Joan Collins, Betty Ann Davies, Robert Ayres

Votes: 510

64. Wild Grass (2009)

PG | 104 min | Drama, Romance

A quirky woman who spends her free time as a pilot has her purse stolen; when a mysterious man finds her wallet, they embark on a peculiar romance.

Director: Alain Resnais | Stars: André Dussollier, Sabine Azéma, Anne Consigny, Emmanuelle Devos

Votes: 3,991 | Gross: $0.40M

65. Sorry, Haters (2005)

Not Rated | 83 min | Drama, Thriller

Against the anxieties and fears of post-9/11 America, an Arab cab driver picks up a troubled professional woman with unexpected results.

Director: Jeff Stanzler | Stars: Robin Wright, Abdellatif Kechiche, Élodie Bouchez, Aasif Mandvi

Votes: 1,539 | Gross: $0.01M

66. Penguin Pool Murder (1932)

Passed | 70 min | Comedy, Drama, Mystery

Shady stockbroker and abusive husband Gerald Parker is found dead in the penguin pool of a NYC aquarium after being knocked cold by his wife's boyfriend.

Director: George Archainbaud | Stars: Edna May Oliver, Robert Armstrong, James Gleason, Mae Clarke

Votes: 1,417

67. Street Warriors (1977)

103 min | Action, Crime, Drama

A gang of fifteen-year-old living in the suburbs of Barcelona have specialized in car theft. With that cars they are engaged in giving the "pull", storming shops to sell goods and attack ... See full summary »

Director: José Antonio de la Loma | Stars: Víctor Petit, Frank Braña, Xabier Elorriaga, Marta Flores

Votes: 627

68. Esperando al mesías (2000)

R | 97 min | Comedy, Drama

In 1999, Argentina's peso craters. Ariel, a young man from Buenos Aires' Jewish community, deals with his mother's fatal illness, finds a job as a night shift surveillance camera monitor, ... See full summary »

Director: Daniel Burman | Stars: Daniel Hendler, Héctor Alterio, Enrique Piñeyro, Melina Petriella

Votes: 712

69. Kay Dyache Bola (2005)

Not Rated | 103 min | Comedy

Harshvardhan Ghodke (Akshay Pendse) and Abhijit Vaidya (Umesh Kamat), are engineering students, who lie to their parents and land up in Bombay to have fun for a couple of days. ... See full summary »

Director: Chandrakant Kulkarni | Stars: Makarand Anaspure, Akshay Pendse, Mohan Agashe, Sharvari Jamenis

Votes: 260

70. The Tombs (1991)

90 min | Drama

"El Pollo," a 13-year-old child in reform school, witnesses and experiences the brutalization of the guards and the other inmates.

Director: Javier Torre | Stars: Norma Aleandro, Federico Luppi, Jorge Mayor, Isabel Quinteros

Votes: 81

71. Dark Fist (2012)

80 min | Action, Comedy

Dark Fist tells the story of Eddie (Andy Warski), a desperate, depressed man who's down on his luck. When he loses his job, he plans to rob a convenience store, instead he gets himself ... See full summary »

Directors: Andy Warski, Chris Warski | Stars: Andy Warski, Julian Nicholson, Daniel Cristofori, Katriina Isberg

Votes: 79

72. The Real Thing (1996)

R | 89 min | Action, Crime

Rupert is a small time crook trying to do the right thing. But when his younger brother gets in trouble and needs a new liver, Rupert gets together his old gang and they plan a heist on New Years Eve.

Director: James Merendino | Stars: James Russo, Jeremy Piven, Fabrizio Bentivoglio, Robert LaSardo

Votes: 260

73. Poliziotti violenti (1976)

94 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Paratrooper officer Altieri and police commissioner Tosi investigate the case of criminals who use modern machine guns that disappeared from an army unit. The investigation leads them to a conspiracy of high military ranks.

Director: Michele Massimo Tarantini | Stars: Henry Silva, Antonio Sabato, Silvia Dionisio, Ettore Manni

Votes: 240

74. Terror on Track 9 (1992 TV Movie)

96 min | Thriller

Lt. Frank Janek investigates the unsolved murder cases in the city of New York. The newest challenge presented to the Central Station is a man who likes to kill the girls with a singular ... See full summary »

Director: Robert Iscove | Stars: Richard Crenna, Joan Van Ark, Cliff Gorman, Joseph Campanella

Votes: 142

75. Le bon plaisir (1984)

108 min | Drama, Romance

In Paris, a women's bag, which contains an embarrassing letter from the french president, is stolen.

Director: Francis Girod | Stars: Catherine Deneuve, Michel Serrault, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Michel Auclair

Votes: 574

76. Hermanos (II) (2018)

98 min | Comedy, Drama

Twins separated at birth have taken very different paths: one is an exemplary Christian family man, the other is a delinquent. When they reunite by chance, a sudden circumstance will make the evil twin disguise himself as the good one.

Director: Archie Lopez | Stars: Raymond Pozo, Miguel Céspedes, Lilly Goodman, Wisleydis Muñoz

Votes: 31

77. Number, Please? (1920)

Passed | 25 min | Short, Comedy, Romance

While at an amusement park, two men try to win the heart of a young lady. They compete with each other while attempting to find her runaway dog, and they race to ask her mother's permission to take her up in a hot air balloon.

Directors: Hal Roach, Fred C. Newmeyer | Stars: Harold Lloyd, Mildred Davis, Roy Brooks, Sammy Brooks

Votes: 1,247

78. Cape of Good Hope (2004)

PG-13 | 107 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

A Drama revolving around 3 women's lives and how they are intertwined.

Director: Mark Bamford | Stars: Debbie Brown, Farouk Valley-Omar, Parinita Jeaven, David Isaacs

Votes: 291

79. Ellery Queen's Penthouse Mystery (1941)

Approved | 69 min | Adventure, Crime, Mystery

Jewlery smuggled into the United States from China.

Director: James P. Hogan | Stars: Ralph Bellamy, Margaret Lindsay, Charley Grapewin, Anna May Wong

Votes: 225

80. Cutie Honey: Tears (2016)

92 min | Action, Sci-Fi

Scientist Dr. Kisaragi creates Cutie Honey, an android that possesses human emotions, in order to stop an evil organization.

Directors: Takeshi Asai, Ryo Higuchi | Stars: Keita Arai, Hina Fukatsu, Ren Imai, Nicole Ishida

Votes: 300

81. In the Park (1915)

Not Rated | 14 min | Short, Comedy

An amorous couple. A crook. A policeman. A nursemaid and a stolen handbag. These are some of the things the Little Tramp encounters during a walk in the park.

Director: Charles Chaplin | Stars: Charles Chaplin, Leona Anderson, Billy Armstrong, Lloyd Bacon

Votes: 1,749

82. Revenge in Kind (2017)

89 min | Drama

A savvy detective struggles to solve sex mutilation crimes with the help of police psychologist.

Director: Roger Lindley | Stars: Chad Halbrook, Sasha Higgins, Tom Heard, Chester Gayao

Votes: 78

83. Sambá (2017)

TV-MA | 87 min | Drama, Sport

Sambá is a sports drama about redemption through the metaphor of life and boxing.

Directors: Israel Cárdenas, Laura Amelia Guzmán | Stars: Laura Gómez, Algenis Perez Soto, Jalsen Santana, Ettore D'Alessandro

Votes: 170

84. Seven Times Lucky (2004)

85 min | Crime, Drama, Romance

An aging con-man and a beautiful, ambitious student cross paths in a scam that promises to make them both rich.

Director: Gary Yates | Stars: Kevin Pollak, Liane Balaban, Jonas Chernick, James Tolkan

Votes: 501

85. The Gentleman Thief (2001 TV Movie)

60 min | Drama

A modern day take on the adventures of A.J. Raffles.

Director: Justin Hardy | Stars: Nigel Havers, Michael French, John Shrapnel, Frances Barber

Votes: 58

86. His Wife's Mistakes (1916)

Comedy, Short

Roscoe Arbuckle is hired as an office building janitor. He fills in as barber, soda jerk and is mistaken for an important customer, pursued by a jealous husband.

Director: Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle | Stars: Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle, Al St. John, Minta Durfee, Betty Gray

Votes: 63

87. Degenerate (2012)

Not Rated | 81 min | Action, Crime, Thriller

Four punks flee the city after a night of violence. Seeking refuge in the Arizona desert, they will find that their friendships can only stretch so far.

Director: Phil Thurman | Stars: Bobby Field, Claude Duhamel, William Lamar, David Yost

Votes: 20

88. That's No Lady, That's Notre Dame (1966)

Approved | 6 min | Animation, Short

The Inspector finds that his female disguise is working too well with the Commissioner.

Director: George Singer | Stars: Pat Harrington Jr., Paul Frees, Diana Maddox

Votes: 84

89. Pobres Millonarios (2018)

100 min | Comedy

After losing their patriarch and spending all their fortune, a (formerly) rich family is forced to move to a poor neighborhood.

Director: Roberto Angel Salcedo | Stars: Dalisa Alegria, Maria Castillo, Alfonso Crisóstomo, Manny Cruz

Votes: 44

90. Neapolitan Diary (1992)

89 min | Documentary, Crime, History

A screening of the 30 year old Hands Over The City at the School of Architecture in Naples is the occasion for a debate among youth, historians, politicos, industrialists, environmentalists.

Director: Francesco Rosi | Stars: Francesco Rosi, Simona Caramelli, Pietro Bontempo, Nino Vingelli

Votes: 89

91. Serifis, o 'mihanofagos' (1983)

90 min | Comedy

With a ruthless kamikaze gang terrorising the city, the conscientious traffic motorcycle police officer, Ringo--aka Sheriff the Bike-Eater--has got enough on his plate already. Will the bike-eating sheriff take this rebellion lying down?

Director: Omiros Efstratiadis | Stars: Kostas Voutsas, Giannis Vogiatzis, Alekos Tzanetakos, Ismini Kalessi

Votes: 63

92. Fatty's Chance Acquaintance (1915)

13 min | Comedy, Short

Fatty and his domineering wife visit the park, where they encounter a pair of pickpockets.

Director: Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle | Stars: Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle, Billie Bennett, Harry McCoy, Minta Durfee

Votes: 236

93. Randal (2012)

10 min | Short, Action, Comedy

Well-meaning Randal is largely ineffectual at helping people in trouble, until he meets a mysterious man with a vial of blue liquid.

Director: Andrew Kadikian | Stars: Jason Flowers, Ryan Stockstad, Aaron Kelley, Connor J. Smith

Votes: 13

94. Snowdrops

Thriller | Announced

A British lawyer working in Moscow becomes ensnared in the lives of two sisters after he saves them from a purse snatcher.

95. Una muerte menor (2007)

5 min | Short, Thriller

Add a Plot

Director: Paulina Castellanos | Stars: Ruth Sánchez, Ana Jiménez, Juan Diego Vega, Manuel Enrique Herreros

Votes: 18

96. Raffles the Dog (1905)

Short, Crime

A couple trains their dog to steal in various ways - picking pockets, snatching purses, and grabbing unattended bags. They prove successful for a while, making off with wallets, delivery ... See full summary »

97. Robert McAtee: Who Am I to Love You (2012 Music Video)

7 min | Drama, Music

Four storylines blur across Los Angeles: a newly-released ex-convict searches for his long lost love; a woman quits her job and runs toward her calling; a young man on the wrong path takes ... See full summary »

Director: Robert McAtee | Stars: Christopher Donnellon, Molly Leland, Jack G. Davis, Marcia Battise

98. The Snoop Sisters (1972–1974)
Episode: The Female Instinct (1972)

100 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

A spinster and her widowed sister, who are also mystery writers, try to track down the killer of a former movie star.

Director: Leonard Stern | Stars: Helen Hayes, Mildred Natwick, Charlie Callas, Jill Clayburgh

Votes: 216

99. The Wonderful World of Disney (1997–2023)
Episode: Ladies and the Champ (2001)

TV-G | 80 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama

Two retired women (Olympia Dukakis, Marion Ross) find their lives rejuvenated when they decide to train a street thug (David deLuise) to become a prize fighter.

Director: Jeffrey Berry | Stars: Olympia Dukakis, Marion Ross, David DeLuise, Sarah Strange

Votes: 125

100. Adam-12 (1968–1975)
Episode: Krash (1974)

TV-PG | 25 min | Crime, Drama

Malloy returns to duty with a new car. He lets Reed drive it to work. Reed leaves the car parked in the street when they chase a purse snatcher and catch him in a dumpster. On their return ... See full summary »

Director: Lawrence Doheny | Stars: Martin Milner, Kent McCord, Sarah Selby, Russell Thorson

Votes: 85