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1. Watchmen (2009)
R | 162 min | Action, Drama, Mystery
In a version of 1985 where superheroes exist, the murder of a colleague sends active vigilante Rorschach on the trail of a conspiracy that will change the course of history.
Director: Zack Snyder | Stars: Jackie Earle Haley, Patrick Wilson, Carla Gugino, Malin Akerman
Votes: 584,206 | Gross: $107.51M
2. Scent of a Woman (1992)
R | 156 min | Drama
A prep school student needing money agrees to "babysit" a blind man, but the job is not at all what he anticipated.
Director: Martin Brest | Stars: Al Pacino, Chris O'Donnell, James Rebhorn, Gabrielle Anwar
Votes: 330,687 | Gross: $63.90M
3. Scream 4 (2011)
R | 111 min | Comedy, Horror, Mystery
Ten years have passed, and Sidney Prescott, who has put herself back together thanks in part to her writing, is visited by the Ghostface Killer.
Director: Wes Craven | Stars: Neve Campbell, Courteney Cox, David Arquette, Lucy Hale
Votes: 171,811 | Gross: $38.18M
4. Shoplifters (2018)
R | 121 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
On the margins of Tokyo, a dysfunctional band of outsiders are united by loyalty, a penchant for petty theft and playful grifting. When the young son is arrested, secrets are exposed that upend their tenuous, below-the-radar existence.
Director: Kore-eda Hirokazu | Stars: Lily Franky, Sakura Andô, Kirin Kiki, Mayu Matsuoka
Votes: 87,011 | Gross: $3.31M
5. Following (1998)
R | 69 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller
A young writer who follows strangers for material meets a thief who takes him under his wing.
Director: Christopher Nolan | Stars: Jeremy Theobald, Alex Haw, Lucy Russell, John Nolan
Votes: 102,158 | Gross: $0.05M
6. Syriana (2005)
R | 128 min | Drama, Thriller
A politically charged epic about the state of the oil industry in the hands of those personally involved in and affected by it.
Director: Stephen Gaghan | Stars: George Clooney, Matt Damon, Amanda Peet, Kayvan Novak
Votes: 134,617 | Gross: $50.82M
7. The Card Counter (2021)
R | 111 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
William Tell is an ex-military interrogator living under the radar as a low-stakes gambler. When he encounters a young man looking to commit revenge against a mutual enemy, he takes him on the casino circuit to set him on a new path.
Director: Paul Schrader | Stars: Oscar Isaac, Tiffany Haddish, Tye Sheridan, Willem Dafoe
Votes: 43,234
8. Mayhem (2017)
Unrated | 86 min | Action, Comedy, Horror
A virus spreads through an office complex causing white-collar workers to act out their worst impulses.
Director: Joe Lynch | Stars: Steven Yeun, Samara Weaving, Steven Brand, Caroline Chikezie
Votes: 25,707
9. Arlington Road (1999)
R | 117 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A man begins to suspect his neighbors are not what they appear to be and their secrets could be deadly.
Director: Mark Pellington | Stars: Jeff Bridges, Tim Robbins, Joan Cusack, Hope Davis
Votes: 92,126 | Gross: $24.36M
10. The Killers (1946)
Passed | 103 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
Hit men kill an unresisting victim, and investigator Reardon uncovers his past involvement with beautiful, deadly Kitty Collins.
Director: Robert Siodmak | Stars: Burt Lancaster, Ava Gardner, Edmond O'Brien, Albert Dekker
Votes: 23,722
11. Fair Game (I) (2010)
PG-13 | 108 min | Biography, Drama, Thriller
CIA operative Valerie Plame discovers her identity is allegedly leaked by the government as payback for an op-ed article her husband wrote criticizing the Bush administration.
Director: Doug Liman | Stars: Naomi Watts, Sean Penn, Sonya Davison, Vanessa Chong
Votes: 51,116 | Gross: $9.53M
12. Gang Related (1997)
R | 111 min | Action, Crime, Drama
After murdering an undercover DEA agent, two corrupt cops scramble to cover up what they've done.
Director: Jim Kouf | Stars: Jim Belushi, Tupac Shakur, Lela Rochon, Dennis Quaid
Votes: 10,055 | Gross: $5.79M
13. The File on Thelma Jordon (1949)
Passed | 100 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
Assistant district attorney Cleve Marshall falls for the mysterious Thelma Jordon when she seeks help solving robberies of her aunt's estate.
Director: Robert Siodmak | Stars: Barbara Stanwyck, Wendell Corey, Paul Kelly, Joan Tetzel
Votes: 3,212
14. Little Accidents (2014)
Not Rated | 105 min | Drama
In a small American town still living in the shadow of a terrible coal mine accident, the disappearance of a teenage boy draws together a surviving miner, the lonely wife of a mine executive, and a local boy in a web of secrets.
Director: Sara Colangelo | Stars: Boyd Holbrook, Randy Springer, Jacob Lofland, Beau Wright
Votes: 3,852
15. Lone Wolf (I) (2021)
103 min | Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
In the near-future, where constant surveillance is the norm, a group of activists plan an act of urban terrorism, unaware that they may be lured into a trap.
Director: Jonathan Ogilvie | Stars: Hugo Weaving, Diana Glenn, Tilda Cobham-Hervey, Josh McConville
Votes: 201
16. Man of Iron (1981)
PG | 156 min | Drama, History
A few years after the events of Man of Marble (1977), a journalist investigates Mateusz Birkut's son Maciek Tomczyk, now an activist leading a shipyard strike.
Director: Andrzej Wajda | Stars: Jerzy Radziwilowicz, Krystyna Janda, Marian Opania, Wieslawa Kosmalska
Votes: 3,820
17. American Sausage Standoff (2019)
107 min | Comedy, Drama
Two hopeless dreamers join forces in a quest to erect the ultimate German sausage restaurant, much to the irritation of the residents of the small-town of Gutterbee, who want to keep their town wholly American.
Director: Ulrich Thomsen | Stars: Antony Starr, Ewen Bremner, W. Earl Brown, Joshua Harto
Votes: 392
18. High Tide (1947)
Approved | 72 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
A fast-moving automobile fails to make a sharp turn of the highway from Malibu to Los Angeles. It overturns and its occupants, Tim Slade, Newspaper man turned private investigator, and Hugh... See full summary »
Director: John Reinhardt | Stars: Lee Tracy, Don Castle, Julie Bishop, Anabel Shaw
Votes: 645
19. Fall Guy (1947)
Passed | 64 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Tom Cochrane (Leo Penn'), full of dope (cocaine) and covered with blood, is picked up by the police and then questioned by detectives Shannon (Douglas Fowley) and Taylor (Harry Strang), but... See full summary »
Director: Reginald Le Borg | Stars: Teala Loring, Robert Armstrong, Leo Penn, Elisha Cook Jr.
Votes: 217
20. The Christmas Party (1996)
84 min | Comedy
Mike is getting out of prison after serving four years for a bank robbery. Bona is arranging the party of all parties for him: a Christmas party.
Director: Jari Halonen | Stars: Jorma Tommila, Antti Reini, Rauno Juvonen, Oiva Lohtander
Votes: 467
21. Chicken Every Sunday (1949)
Approved | 94 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A rueful wife (circa 1910) recalls 20 years of her husband's financial fumbles, as she keeps a boarding house to support the family.
Director: George Seaton | Stars: Dan Dailey, Celeste Holm, Colleen Townsend, Alan Young
Votes: 292
22. The Devil's Holiday (1930)
Passed | 80 min | Drama, Romance
A savvy city girl is hired to sugar an earnest farm boy into a business deal, but loses her heart.
Director: Edmund Goulding | Stars: Nancy Carroll, Phillips Holmes, James Kirkwood, Hobart Bosworth
Votes: 259
23. Viper (1988)
R | 94 min | Action, Drama
After Laura's husband James is murdered, she decides to find out who did it and why. She finds herself in a fight against an anti-terrorist organization in her desire for revenge.
Director: Peter Maris | Stars: Linda Purl, James Tolkan, Jeff Kober, Chris Robinson
Votes: 135
24. Night Work (1930)
Passed | 93 min | Comedy, Music, Romance
As assistant window-dresser, Willie is the lowest man on the totem pole at a department store. To add insult to injury, he is also the store's designated "Fired Man": when a disgruntled ... See full summary »
Director: Russell Mack | Stars: Eddie Quillan, Sally Starr, Frances Upton, Tom Keene
Votes: 128
25. King for a Night (1933)
Approved | 78 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A prizefighter is convicted of a murder that was actually committed by his sister.
Director: Kurt Neumann | Stars: Chester Morris, Helen Twelvetrees, Alice White, John Miljan
Votes: 91
26. Public Pigeon No. 1 (1957)
Approved | 79 min | Comedy
Swindlers con a lunchroom clerk into doing them a favor, supposedly on behalf of the FBI.
Director: Norman Z. McLeod | Stars: Red Skelton, Janet Blair, Vivian Blaine, Jay C. Flippen
Votes: 77
27. The Golden Fleecing (1940)
Passed | 68 min | Comedy, Crime, Romance
After unwittingly selling a life insurance policy to a gangster who receives death threats, a naïve insurance salesman must keep him alive to avoid paying-up the benefits.
Director: Leslie Fenton | Stars: Lew Ayres, Rita Johnson, Lloyd Nolan, Virginia Grey
Votes: 243
28. Jail Bait (1937)
Approved | 18 min | Comedy, Short
Buster agrees to pose as a murderer to throw off the police while his room mate, a reporter, searches for the real killer.
Director: Charles Lamont | Stars: Buster Keaton, Harold Goodwin, Matthew Betz, Bud Jamison
Votes: 321
29. Above the Clouds (1933)
Approved | 68 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Another story of the newsreel cameramen and the dog-eat-dog competitive world they inhabit. This one features "Scoop" Adams (Robert Armstrong), as a hard-drinking cameraman, whose ... See full summary »
Director: Roy William Neill | Stars: Robert Armstrong, Richard Cromwell, Dorothy Wilson, Edmund Breese
Votes: 26
30. From Hand to Mouth (1919)
TV-G | 22 min | Comedy, Short, Action
A penniless young man tries to save an heiress from kidnappers and help her secure her inheritance.
Directors: Alfred J. Goulding, Hal Roach | Stars: Harold Lloyd, Mildred Davis, 'Snub' Pollard, Peggy Cartwright
Votes: 1,168
31. Sinivalkoinen valhe (2012)
119 min | Documentary, Sport
Investigative documentary probing the background of the Finnish doping scandal of Lahti 2001 FIS Nordic world ski championship and the sports culture that enabled it.
Director: Arto Halonen | Stars: Arto Halonen, Paavo M. Petäjä, Leila Ketola, Suvi Lindén
Votes: 496
32. You Only Live Once (2021)
85 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
Investment Banker Lance Wilson has gotten himself caught up in a major money scheme. After losing a million dollars he is now a wanted man on the run. Now he must survive a perilous night in Philly or suffer the consequences.
Director: Jimmy Dasaint | Stars: Terrell Angelo, Tony Azzaro, Richard K Baylor, Angela Brown
Votes: 49
33. Key of Brown (2013)
95 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
A prostitute, a pimp, a former drug dealer, a serial killer and a kilo of brown heroin.
Director: Vaughn Christion | Stars: Verina Banks, Struggle E. Stylez, James Lyones, Jacque Dorsey
Votes: 58
34. Train to Alcatraz (1948)
Approved | 60 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A group of prisoners being transported by train to Alcatraz prison plot an escape.
Director: Philip Ford | Stars: Don 'Red' Barry, Janet Martin, William Phipps, Roy Barcroft
Votes: 70
35. Baril sa baril (1961)
Action, Drama, Thriller
Once they were bound by ties stronger than friendship--but now they speak only with guns.
Director: Armando Garces | Stars: Fernando Poe Jr., Joseph Estrada, Perla Bautista, Bella Lopez
36. Call the Usual Suspects: The Craft of the Character Actor (2006 Video)
23 min | Short, History, Biography
Stars: Judith Anderson, Lauren Bacall, Rudy Behlmer, Humphrey Bogart
37. Behind the Tunes: A Hunting We Will Go - Chuck Jones' Wabbit Season Twilogy (2005 Video)
10 min | Documentary, Animation, Short
A documentary about Rabbit Fire (1951), Rabbit Seasoning (1952) and Duck! Rabbit, Duck! (1953).
Stars: Eric Goldberg, Art Leonardi, Leonard Maltin, John Kricfalusi
Votes: 53
38. I'm Gonna Miss This Job Like a Hole in the Head (2017)
3 min | Short, Crime, Drama
Upon realizing that he has been set up to be the fall guy in an impending mob hit, thirty-something gangster Oswald 'Percy' Percival must find a way to extricate himself from a tricky (and violent) situation.
Director: Martin Horlacher | Stars: Daniel Asher Smith, Garreth Cruikshank, Harry Parker, Sarah Anne Carter
39. Pretty Boy (1957)
Action, Drama
Director: Armando Garces | Stars: Van De Leon, Amalia Fuentes, Rosa Mia, Romeo Vasquez
40. Syntipukki (1957)
95 min | Comedy
A poor young man gets a job as a scapegoat for other workers' mistakes in a fine department store.
Director: Matti Kassila | Stars: Lasse Pöysti, Hannes Häyrinen, Marjatta Kallio, Rolf Labbart
Votes: 116
41. Epäilyksen varjossa - Elokuva Alpo Rusista (2010)
75 min | Documentary, Drama, News
In the Shadow of a Doubt is a documentary film about what happens when people try to find a crime for the accused instead of looking for the accused for a crime.
Director: Pekka Lehto | Stars: Alpo Rusi, Martti Ahtisaari, Aarno Laitinen, Pekka Lehtinen
Votes: 31
42. Syntipukki (1935)
93 min | Comedy
In order to buy a dairy shop, Adalbert Koikkalainen needs a thousand marks and work experience, so he is applying for a job at the department store Sampo. After few mishaps he is hired as a scapegoat to receive customer complaints.
Director: Erkki Karu | Stars: Ester Toivonen, Kaarlo Kartio, Jaakko Korhonen, Tyyne Jauri
Votes: 71
43.
Cold Squad (1998–2005)
Episode:
Stephanie Jordan
(1998)
TV-14 | 46 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
When a woman's buried body is discovered four years after supposedly being kidnapped, Ali attempts to tie her death to her husband, a prominent TV news anchor.
Director: T.W. Peacocke | Stars: Julie Stewart, Michael Hogan, Joy Tanner, Paul Boretski
Votes: 31
44.
The Golden Girls (1985–1992)
Episode:
Love Me Tender
(1989)
TV-PG | 30 min | Comedy, Drama
Dorothy dates a short, bald man with whom she has nothing in common - except for great lovemaking. Meanwhile, Rose and Blanche volunteer as big sisters for two teenage girls.
Director: Terry Hughes | Stars: Bea Arthur, Betty White, Rue McClanahan, Estelle Getty
Votes: 455
45.
Three's Company (1976–1984)
Episode:
Jack in the Flower Shop
(1978)
TV-PG | Comedy
Jack agrees to work for Janet in the flower shop, but he doesn't take the job seriously which causes problems in their relationship.
Director: Bill Hobin | Stars: John Ritter, Joyce DeWitt, Suzanne Somers, Norman Fell
Votes: 204
46.
The Untouchables (1959–1963)
Episode:
Fall Guy
(1962)
52 min | Action, Crime, Drama
After mob hit-man Frankie Gruder kills a warehouse guard -- and is almost nabbed by Ness and his men in the process -- he turns to his old friend Julius Vernon to get him out of it. Vernon ... See full summary »
Director: Bernard L. Kowalski | Stars: Robert Stack, Jay C. Flippen, Herschel Bernardi, Don Gordon
Votes: 59
47.
The Final Report (2006– )
Episode:
Getting Gotti
(2006)
45 min | Documentary
When John Gotti emerged as head of the Gambino crime family, the media took notice of this charismatic new boss who was tried several times but never convicted. NGC revisits Gotti's rise to... See full summary »
Stars: Jimmy Turnbull, George Gabriel, John Gleeson, Jerry Capeci
Votes: 7
48.
Why Didn't They Laugh? (2018– )
Finding Logos with E. Michael Jones
(2019 Podcast Episode)
Comedy, News
Stars: Owen Benjamin, E. Michael Jones
49.
Supergirl (2015–2021)
Episode:
The Wrath of Rama Khan
(2019)
TV-PG | 42 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Supergirl's struggle against Leviathan reaches a boiling point as she faces off against Rama Khan. Meanwhile, as Lena and Hope work to launch Project Non Nocere, Hope proves to be an invaluable asset to Lena.
Director: Marcus Stokes | Stars: Melissa Benoist, Chyler Leigh, Katie McGrath, Jesse Rath
Votes: 1,336
50.
Good Girls (2018–2021)
Episode:
Fall Guy
(2021)
TV-14 | 43 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
Beth and Dean deal with the aftermath of his arrest. The ladies must find a fall guy to take Dean's place. Ruby enlists Stan's help in getting dollar bills to implicate the new fall guy. ... See full summary »
Director: Michael Weaver | Stars: Christina Hendricks, Retta, Mae Whitman, Reno Wilson
Votes: 381