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1. Empire Records (1995)

PG-13 | 90 min | Comedy, Drama, Music

Twenty-four hours in the lives of the young employees at Empire Records when they all grow up and become young adults thanks to each other and the manager. They all face the store joining a chain store with strict rules.

Director: Allan Moyle | Stars: Anthony LaPaglia, Debi Mazar, Maxwell Caulfield, Rory Cochrane

Votes: 62,061 | Gross: $0.30M

2. In Bruges (2008)

R | 107 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

After a job gone wrong, hitman Ray and his partner await orders from their ruthless boss in Bruges, Belgium, the last place in the world Ray wants to be.

Director: Martin McDonagh | Stars: Colin Farrell, Brendan Gleeson, Ciarán Hinds, Elizabeth Berrington

Votes: 462,360 | Gross: $7.76M

3. North by Northwest (1959)

Approved | 136 min | Action, Adventure, Mystery

A New York City advertising executive goes on the run after being mistaken for a government agent by a group of foreign spies, and falls for a woman whose loyalties he begins to doubt.

Director: Alfred Hitchcock | Stars: Cary Grant, Eva Marie Saint, James Mason, Jessie Royce Landis

Votes: 346,844 | Gross: $13.28M

4. Airplane II: The Sequel (1982)

PG | 85 min | Comedy, Sci-Fi

A faulty computer causes a passenger space shuttle to head straight for the Sun. Can Ted Striker save the day and get the shuttle back on track - again?

Director: Ken Finkleman | Stars: Robert Hays, Julie Hagerty, Lloyd Bridges, Raymond Burr

Votes: 56,939 | Gross: $27.15M

5. Southern Comfort (1981)

R | 106 min | Action, Thriller

During a routine exercise, a team of National Guardsmen are threatened by angry and violent locals.

Director: Walter Hill | Stars: Keith Carradine, Powers Boothe, Fred Ward, Franklyn Seales

Votes: 22,026 | Gross: $5.00M

6. Headhunters (2011)

R | 100 min | Action, Crime, Thriller

An accomplished headhunter risks everything to obtain a valuable painting owned by a former mercenary.

Director: Morten Tyldum | Stars: Aksel Hennie, Synnøve Macody Lund, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Julie R. Ølgaard

Votes: 107,130 | Gross: $1.20M

7. The Big Sleep (1978)

R | 99 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Grizzled American private detective in England investigates a complicated case of blackmail turned murder involving a rich but honest elderly general, his two loose socialite daughters, a pornographer and a gangster.

Director: Michael Winner | Stars: Robert Mitchum, Sarah Miles, Richard Boone, Candy Clark

Votes: 5,448

8. The Ambushers (1967)

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

Secret agent Matt Helm must battle foreign spies and a rogue nation's exiled ruler in order to recover a hijacked U.S. government experimental flying saucer.

Director: Henry Levin | Stars: Dean Martin, Senta Berger, Janice Rule, James Gregory

Votes: 2,319

9. Violet & Daisy (2011)

R | 88 min | Action, Comedy, Crime

Two teenage assassins accept what they think will be a quick-and-easy job, until an unexpected target throws them off their plan.

Director: Geoffrey Fletcher | Stars: Saoirse Ronan, Alexis Bledel, James Gandolfini, Danny Trejo

Votes: 13,300 | Gross: $0.02M

10. East End Hustle (1976)

R | 91 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Cindy, an ex-prostitute rescues Marianne, one of her pimp's potential new recruits and a deadly rivalry begins.

Director: Frank Vitale | Stars: Andrée Pelletier, Anne-Marie Provencher, Miguel Fernandes, Allan Moyle

Votes: 173

11. Shadows in the Storm (1988)

R | 85 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

A married man suffering from midlife crisis obsesses over a girl from his romantic fantasy. He meets her exact duplicate on vacation and helps her get rid of her abusive husband. They run off together but a caller starts blackmailing him.

Director: Terrell Tannen | Stars: Ned Beatty, Mia Sara, Michael Madsen, Donna Mitchell

Votes: 255

12. The Giants (2011)

Not Rated | 84 min | Adventure, Drama

Two teenage brothers spend summer in their deceased grandfather's house, waiting in vain for their busy mother, and running low on cash. To make some money they rent out the house to a local drug dealer.

Director: Bouli Lanners | Stars: Zacharie Chasseriaud, Martin Nissen, Paul Bartel, Karim Leklou

Votes: 1,909

13. Trauma Therapy (2019)

TV-MA | 79 min | Thriller

A group of broken souls attend a self-help seminar at a remote wooded retreat with a famous guru. In search of better lives, they must confront their deepest demons in the midst of their ... See full summary »

Director: Tyler Graham Pavey | Stars: Tom Malloy, Chase Coleman, Brian Krause, Vince Lozano

Votes: 342

14. Forty Naughty Girls (1937)

Passed | 63 min | Action, Comedy, Crime

While Oscar and Hildegarde are attending a Broadway show, a press agent is shot in an actress' dressing room and an actor is murdered onstage in full view of the audience. Oscar and Hildegarde are on the case.

Director: Edward F. Cline | Stars: James Gleason, Zasu Pitts, Marjorie Lord, George Shelley

Votes: 443

15. The Plot Thickens (1936)

Passed | 69 min | Comedy, Drama, Mystery

A priceless Cellini silver cup is stolen from a local museum with both Hildegarde and Oscar on the case.

Director: Ben Holmes | Stars: James Gleason, Zasu Pitts, Owen Davis Jr., Louise Latimer

Votes: 389

16. Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1985–1989)
Episode: Prosecutor (1988)

TV-PG | Crime, Drama, Mystery

A corrupt prosecutor pursues the death penalty in a homicide case.

Director: David Gelfand | Stars: Alfred Hitchcock, Parker Stevenson, Lawrence Dane, Robert Morelli

Votes: 89

17. Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1985–1989)
Episode: The Hunted: Part 2 (1988)

TV-PG | Crime, Drama, Mystery

The sniper's hostage learns his motive.

Director: Timothy Bond | Stars: Alfred Hitchcock, Edward Woodward, Kate Trotter, David Fox

Votes: 98

18. L.A. Law (1986–1994)
Episode: Bang... Zoom... Zap (1990)

TV-PG | 48 min | Drama

Roxanne has to deal with her difficult father, Murray, after he is kicked out of his retirement home and he keeps showing up at the office. Judge Grace Van Owen thinks that her days as a ... See full summary »

Director: Miles Watkins | Stars: Harry Hamlin, Susan Dey, Corbin Bernsen, Jill Eikenberry

Votes: 33

19. Walker, Texas Ranger (1993–2001)
Episode: The Committee (1994)

TV-PG | 47 min | Action, Adventure, Crime

Walker attempts to infiltrate a powerful, shadowy committee of vigilantes.

Director: Michael Preece | Stars: Chuck Norris, Clarence Gilyard Jr., Noble Willingham, Sheree J. Wilson

Votes: 142

20. Alibi Breaker (2020– )
Episode: Episode #1.6 (2020)

Mystery

A man is murdered and no one hears it because the crime occurred in a soundproof room. The main suspect has an alibi for the time of murder. he was dining at a restaurant with his cousins. ... See full summary »

Stars: Tokio Emoto, Minami Hamabe, Masanobu Katsumura, Kaela Kimura

21. The Mentalist (2008–2015)
Episode: Ring Around the Rosie (2011)

TV-14 | 43 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

As the team meets its new boss, Patrick tries to prove that a man he encountered at a political rally is a potential mass murderer, while Lisbon tries to prove that a confessed killer at the same rally is innocent.

Director: Chris Long | Stars: Simon Baker, Robin Tunney, Tim Kang, Owain Yeoman

Votes: 1,337

22. NCIS (2003– )
Episode: Choke Hold (2014)

TV-14 | 44 min | Action, Crime, Drama

After a scientist is decapitated by a strangulation device in a park, Gibbs and his team search for the woman who was her former research partner in Russia in order to learn who is behind her murder. They learn it may be a familiar foe.

Director: Terrence O'Hara | Stars: Mark Harmon, Michael Weatherly, Pauley Perrette, Sean Murray

Votes: 701

23. The Mentalist (2008–2015)
Episode: Green Light (2015)

TV-14 | 42 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Abbott's old colleague from the DEA asks for help to find out who got one of his agents killed, but he then tries to blackmail Abbott so that he can take all of the credit.

Director: Geary McLeod | Stars: Simon Baker, Robin Tunney, Tim Kang, Rockmond Dunbar

Votes: 1,155

24. Frankie Drake Mysteries (2017–2021)
Episode: Out of Focus (2017)

TV-14 | 43 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Frankie and Trudy go undercover in the glamorous world of film in order to solve a seemingly impossible murder on a silent movie set.

Director: Sudz Sutherland | Stars: Lauren Lee Smith, Chantel Riley, Rebecca Liddiard, Sharron Matthews

Votes: 168

25. The Detour (2016–2019)
Episode: The Escape (2018)

TV-MA | 21 min | Adventure, Comedy

The Parkers finally happen upon help in an abandoned ghost town filled with deadly-serious Pacific Rim LARPERS.

Director: Brennan Shroff | Stars: Jason Jones, Natalie Zea, Ashley Gerasimovich, Liam Carroll

Votes: 130

26. The Last Man on Earth (2015–2018)
Episode: Paint Misbehavin' (2018)

TV-14 | 21 min | Action, Comedy, Drama

Tandy and Todd introduce Karl to the rest of the group as the search for Jasper continues.

Director: Payman Benz | Stars: Will Forte, Kristen Schaal, Mel Rodriguez, Cleopatra Coleman

Votes: 488

27. Deception (2018)
Episode: Transposition (2018)

TV-PG | 43 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Just when everyone is sure they finally have the Mystery Woman, she releases a game-changing twist.

Director: Michael Lehmann | Stars: Jack Cutmore-Scott, Ilfenesh Hadera, Lenora Crichlow, Justin Chon

Votes: 357

28. The Last Man on Earth (2015–2018)
Episode: Designated Survivors (2018)

TV-14 | 21 min | Action, Comedy, Drama

Tandy makes a surprising discovery that proves to be positive for the group, but sends Todd into a spiral.

Director: Payman Benz | Stars: Will Forte, Kristen Schaal, Mel Rodriguez, Cleopatra Coleman

Votes: 426

29. Shooter (2016–2018)
Episode: Orientation Day (2018)

TV-14 | 41 min | Action, Drama

Bob Lee and Isaac lead an ambush on an Atlas training facility. Nadine and Harris find a critical player in Atlas's plot to retain power. Julie becomes increasingly paranoid.

Director: David Straiton | Stars: Ryan Phillippe, Shantel VanSanten, Cynthia Addai-Robinson, Jesse Bradford

Votes: 428