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1. Top Gun (1986)

PG | 109 min | Action, Drama

As students at the United States Navy's elite fighter weapons school compete to be best in the class, one daring young pilot learns a few things from a civilian instructor that are not taught in the classroom.

Director: Tony Scott | Stars: Tom Cruise, Tim Robbins, Kelly McGillis, Val Kilmer

Votes: 502,893 | Gross: $179.80M

2. The Fast and the Furious (2001)

PG-13 | 106 min | Action, Crime, Thriller

Los Angeles police officer Brian O'Conner must decide where his loyalty really lies when he becomes enamored with the street racing world he has been sent undercover to destroy.

Director: Rob Cohen | Stars: Vin Diesel, Paul Walker, Michelle Rodriguez, Jordana Brewster

Votes: 419,733 | Gross: $144.53M

3. How the West Was Won (1962)

G | 164 min | Adventure, War, Western

A family saga covering several decades of Westward expansion in the 19th century, including the Gold Rush, the Civil War, and the building of the railroads.

Directors: John Ford, Henry Hathaway, George Marshall, Richard Thorpe | Stars: James Stewart, John Wayne, Gregory Peck, Henry Fonda

Votes: 23,338 | Gross: $46.50M

4. Deepwater Horizon (2016)

PG-13 | 107 min | Action, Drama, History

A dramatization of the disaster in April 2010, when the offshore drilling rig called the Deepwater Horizon exploded, resulting in the worst oil spill in American history.

Director: Peter Berg | Stars: Mark Wahlberg, Kurt Russell, Douglas M. Griffin, James DuMont

Votes: 182,561 | Gross: $61.43M

5. American Gangster (2007)

R | 157 min | Biography, Crime, Drama

An outcast New York City cop is charged with bringing down Harlem drug lord Frank Lucas, whose real life inspired this partly biographical film.

Director: Ridley Scott | Stars: Denzel Washington, Russell Crowe, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Josh Brolin

Votes: 452,676 | Gross: $130.16M

6. Painkiller (2023)

TV-MA | 48 min | Crime, Drama

The causes and consequences of America's opioid epidemic unfold in this drama following its perpetrators, victims and an investigator seeking the truth.

Stars: Uzo Aduba, Matthew Broderick, Taylor Kitsch, Dina Shihabi

Votes: 30,349

7. The Mule (2018)

R | 116 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

A ninety-year-old horticulturist and Korean War veteran turns drug mule for a Mexican cartel.

Director: Clint Eastwood | Stars: Clint Eastwood, Patrick L. Reyes, Cesar De León, Gustavo Muñoz

Votes: 152,620 | Gross: $103.80M

8. War Dogs (2016)

R | 114 min | Biography, Comedy, Crime

Loosely based on the true story of two young men, David Packouz and Efraim Diveroli, who won a three hundred million dollar contract from the Pentagon to arm America's allies in Afghanistan.

Director: Todd Phillips | Stars: Jonah Hill, Miles Teller, Steve Lantz, Gregg Weiner

Votes: 254,159 | Gross: $43.03M

9. Saturday Night Fever (1977)

R | 118 min | Drama, Music

Anxious about his future after high school, a 19-year-old Italian-American from Brooklyn tries to escape the harsh reality of his bleak family life by dominating the dance floor at the local disco.

Director: John Badham | Stars: John Travolta, Karen Lynn Gorney, Barry Miller, Joseph Cali

Votes: 87,546 | Gross: $94.21M

10. On the Waterfront (1954)

Approved | 108 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

An ex-prize fighter turned New Jersey longshoreman struggles to stand up to his corrupt union bosses, including his older brother, as he starts to connect with the grieving sister of one of the syndicate's victims.

Director: Elia Kazan | Stars: Marlon Brando, Karl Malden, Lee J. Cobb, Rod Steiger

Votes: 164,979 | Gross: $9.60M

11. Richard Jewell (2019)

R | 131 min | Biography, Crime, Drama

Security guard Richard Jewell is an instant hero after foiling a bomb attack at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics, but his life becomes a nightmare when the FBI leaks to the media that he is a suspect in the case.

Director: Clint Eastwood | Stars: Paul Walter Hauser, Sam Rockwell, Brandon Stanley, Ryan Boz

Votes: 97,773

12. M (1931)

Passed | 99 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller

When the police in a German city are unable to catch a child-murderer, other criminals join in the manhunt.

Director: Fritz Lang | Stars: Peter Lorre, Ellen Widmann, Inge Landgut, Otto Wernicke

Votes: 168,525 | Gross: $0.03M

13. Bernie (2011)

PG-13 | 104 min | Biography, Comedy, Crime

In small-town Texas, an affable mortician strikes up a friendship with a wealthy widow, though when she starts to become controlling, he goes to great lengths to separate himself from her grasp.

Director: Richard Linklater | Stars: Jack Black, Shirley MacLaine, Matthew McConaughey, Brady Coleman

Votes: 63,474 | Gross: $9.20M

14. Live Free or Die Hard (2007)

PG-13 | 128 min | Action, Thriller

John McClane and a young hacker join forces to take down master cyber-terrorist Thomas Gabriel in Washington D.C.

Director: Len Wiseman | Stars: Bruce Willis, Justin Long, Timothy Olyphant, Maggie Q

Votes: 420,728 | Gross: $134.53M

15. Pain & Gain (2013)

R | 129 min | Action, Biography, Comedy

A trio of bodybuilders in Florida get caught up in an extortion ring and a kidnapping scheme that goes terribly wrong.

Director: Michael Bay | Stars: Mark Wahlberg, Dwayne Johnson, Anthony Mackie, Tony Shalhoub

Votes: 229,381 | Gross: $49.88M

16. Radio (2003)

PG | 109 min | Biography, Drama, Sport

The story of a high school coach and the developmentally challenged man who he took under his wing.

Director: Michael Tollin | Stars: Cuba Gooding Jr., Ed Harris, Debra Winger, S. Epatha Merkerson

Votes: 44,007 | Gross: $52.33M

17. All About Eve (1950)

Passed | 138 min | Drama

A seemingly timid but secretly ruthless ingénue insinuates herself into the lives of an aging Broadway star and her circle of theater friends.

Director: Joseph L. Mankiewicz | Stars: Bette Davis, Anne Baxter, George Sanders, Celeste Holm

Votes: 138,807 | Gross: $0.01M

18. The Peacemaker (1997)

R | 124 min | Action, Drama, Thriller

A US Army colonel and a civilian woman supervising him must track down stolen Russian nuclear weapons before they're used by terrorists.

Director: Mimi Leder | Stars: George Clooney, Nicole Kidman, Marcel Iures, Aleksandr Baluev

Votes: 62,441 | Gross: $41.26M

19. Little Wing (2024)

PG-13 | 99 min | Drama, Sport

A 13-year-old girl is dragged into the world of pigeon racing as she deals with her parents' divorce and the impending loss of her home.

Director: Dean Israelite | Stars: Brooklynn Prince, Che Tafari, Brian Cox, Kelly Reilly

Votes: 604

20. Perfect (1985)

R | 115 min | Drama, Romance

A female aerobics instructor meets a male reporter doing a story on health clubs, but it isn't love at first sight.

Director: James Bridges | Stars: John Travolta, Jamie Lee Curtis, Ramey Ellis, Alma Beltran

Votes: 5,995 | Gross: $12.92M

21. The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas (1982)

R | 114 min | Comedy, Musical

A town's Sheriff and regular patron of a historical whorehouse fights to keep it running when a television reporter targets it as the Devil's playhouse.

Director: Colin Higgins | Stars: Burt Reynolds, Dolly Parton, Dom DeLuise, Charles Durning

Votes: 13,403 | Gross: $69.70M

22. The Bling Ring (2013)

R | 90 min | Biography, Crime, Drama

Inspired by actual events, a group of fame-obsessed teenagers use the internet to track celebrities' whereabouts in order to rob their homes.

Director: Sofia Coppola | Stars: Katie Chang, Israel Broussard, Emma Watson, Claire Julien

Votes: 92,254 | Gross: $5.84M

23. Blue Crush (2002)

PG-13 | 104 min | Drama, Romance, Sport

As a hard-core surfer girl prepares for a big competition, she finds herself falling for a football player.

Director: John Stockwell | Stars: Kate Bosworth, Michelle Rodriguez, Matthew Davis, Sanoe Lake

Votes: 32,916 | Gross: $40.39M

24. Zulu (1964)

Not Rated | 138 min | Drama, History, War

Outnumbered British soldiers do battle with Zulu warriors at Rorke's Drift.

Director: Cy Endfield | Stars: Stanley Baker, Jack Hawkins, Ulla Jacobsson, James Booth

Votes: 42,766

25. Proof of Life (2000)

R | 135 min | Action, Drama, Thriller

Alice hires a professional negotiator to obtain the release of her engineer husband, who has been kidnapped by anti-government guerrillas in South America.

Director: Taylor Hackford | Stars: Meg Ryan, Russell Crowe, David Morse, Pamela Reed

Votes: 58,913 | Gross: $32.60M

26. All the Right Moves (1983)

R | 91 min | Drama, Romance, Sport

An ambitious young football star is trapped in a dying mill town--unless his gridiron skills can win him a way out.

Director: Michael Chapman | Stars: Tom Cruise, Lea Thompson, Craig T. Nelson, Charles Cioffi

Votes: 20,402 | Gross: $17.23M

27. Gorillas in the Mist (1988)

PG-13 | 129 min | Biography, Drama

The story of Dian Fossey, a scientist who came to Africa to study the vanishing mountain gorillas, and later fought to protect them.

Director: Michael Apted | Stars: Sigourney Weaver, Bryan Brown, Julie Harris, John Omirah Miluwi

Votes: 29,201 | Gross: $24.72M

28. Shattered Glass (2003)

PG-13 | 94 min | Drama, History

The story of a young journalist who fell from grace when it was discovered he fabricated over half of his articles from the publication The New Republic magazine.

Director: Billy Ray | Stars: Hayden Christensen, Chloë Sevigny, Steve Zahn, Peter Sarsgaard

Votes: 37,657 | Gross: $2.22M

29. Gunfight at the O.K. Corral (1957)

Passed | 122 min | Biography, Drama, Western

Lawman Wyatt Earp and outlaw Doc Holliday form an unlikely alliance which culminates in their participation in the legendary Gunfight at the O.K. Corral.

Director: John Sturges | Stars: Burt Lancaster, Kirk Douglas, Rhonda Fleming, Jo Van Fleet

Votes: 17,447 | Gross: $11.75M

30. Mosul (I) (2019)

TV-MA | 101 min | Action, Drama, Thriller

A police unit from Mosul fight to liberate the Iraqi city from thousands of ISIS militants.

Director: Matthew Michael Carnahan | Stars: Waleed Elgadi, Suhail Dabbach, Adam Bessa, Is'haq Elias

Votes: 30,459

31. Pushing Tin (1999)

R | 124 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

A feud develops between two air traffic controllers: one cocky and determined while the other is restrained and laidback, which inevitably affects their lives.

Director: Mike Newell | Stars: John Cusack, Billy Bob Thornton, Cate Blanchett, Angelina Jolie

Votes: 30,464 | Gross: $8.41M

32. Death of A Cheerleader (1994 TV Movie)

TV-PG | 91 min | Crime, Drama

Who could have stabbed popular, beautiful cheerleader Stacy to death? It could have been antisocial Goth girl Monica, it could've been angst-ridden Jill--or maybe it was the plain girl nobody suspected.

Director: William A. Graham | Stars: Kellie Martin, Tori Spelling, James Avery, Eugene Roche

Votes: 2,566

33. Murder in Mississippi (1990 TV Movie)

Not Rated | 96 min | Crime, Drama

In 1964, members of the Ku Klux Klan murdered three Civil Rights workers who had traveled to the South to encourage African-American voter registration. Examines the last three weeks in the lives of the slain activists.

Director: Roger Young | Stars: Tom Hulce, Jennifer Grey, Blair Underwood, CCH Pounder

Votes: 535

34. Biker Boyz (2003)

PG-13 | 110 min | Action, Drama

A son of the leader of a legendary group of an urban biker gang tries to retain his championship title.

Director: Reggie Rock Bythewood | Stars: Laurence Fishburne, Derek Luke, Orlando Jones, Djimon Hounsou

Votes: 14,123 | Gross: $21.70M

35. Flash of Genius (2008)

PG-13 | 119 min | Biography, Drama

Robert Kearns takes on the Detroit automakers who he claims stole his idea for the intermittent windshield wiper.

Director: Marc Abraham | Stars: Greg Kinnear, Lauren Graham, Alan Alda, Tim Eddis

Votes: 17,824 | Gross: $4.23M

36. Cobb (1994)

R | 128 min | Biography, Drama, Sport

A reporter hired to write the 'official' biography of Ty Cobb discovers just how dark the baseball legend's real story is.

Director: Ron Shelton | Stars: Tommy Lee Jones, Robert Wuhl, Lolita Davidovich, Ned Bellamy

Votes: 8,153 | Gross: $1.01M

37. At First Sight (1999)

PG-13 | 128 min | Drama, Romance

A blind man has an operation to regain his sight at the urging of his girlfriend and must deal with the changes to his life.

Director: Irwin Winkler | Stars: Val Kilmer, Mira Sorvino, Kelly McGillis, Steven Weber

Votes: 14,329 | Gross: $22.37M

38. Mister 880 (1950)

Approved | 90 min | Comedy, Crime, Romance

Gentle romantic comedy about a Secret Service Agent trying to catch a cold case counterfeiter and a United Nations translator.

Director: Edmund Goulding | Stars: Burt Lancaster, Edmund Gwenn, Dorothy McGuire, Millard Mitchell

Votes: 1,968

39. The Scout (1994)

PG-13 | 101 min | Comedy, Drama, Sport

The story of a baseball scout who discovers a talented but troubled baseball player.

Director: Michael Ritchie | Stars: Albert Brooks, Brendan Fraser, Dianne Wiest, Anne Twomey

Votes: 6,953 | Gross: $2.67M

40. The Hunting Party (2007)

R | 101 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama

A young journalist, a seasoned cameraman and a discredited war correspondent embark on an unauthorized mission to find the No.1 war criminal in Bosnia. However, their extremely dangerous target decides to come after them.

Director: Richard Shepard | Stars: Richard Gere, Terrence Howard, Jesse Eisenberg, Gordana Vukres

Votes: 25,999 | Gross: $0.97M

41. I Want to Live! (1958)

Approved | 120 min | Biography, Crime, Drama

A prostitute, sentenced to death for murder, pleads her innocence.

Director: Robert Wise | Stars: Susan Hayward, Simon Oakland, Virginia Vincent, Theodore Bikel

Votes: 7,364

42. Birth of the Dragon (2016)

PG-13 | 95 min | Action, Biography, Drama

Set against the backdrop of 1960s San Francisco, BIRTH OF THE DRAGON is a modern take on the classic movies that Bruce Lee was known for. It takes its inspiration from the epic and still controversial showdown between an up-and-coming Bruce Lee and kung fu master Wong Jack Man - a battle that gave birth to a legend.

Director: George Nolfi | Stars: Billy Magnussen, Yu Xia, Philip Ng, Jingjing Qu

Votes: 8,806 | Gross: $6.90M

43. Call Northside 777 (1948)

Approved | 112 min | Drama, Film-Noir

Chicago reporter P.J. McNeal re-opens a decade-old murder case.

Director: Henry Hathaway | Stars: James Stewart, Richard Conte, Lee J. Cobb, Helen Walker

Votes: 10,243

44. A Woman Scorned: The Betty Broderick Story (1992 TV Movie)

PG-13 | 96 min | Drama, Thriller

Betty torments her husband with childish vandalism and verbal threats after he leaves her for another woman, but nobody anticipates what ends up happening as the games escalate.

Director: Dick Lowry | Stars: Meredith Baxter, Stephen Collins, Michelle Johnson, Kelli Williams

Votes: 1,472

45. Resurrecting the Champ (2007)

PG-13 | 112 min | Drama, Sport

Up-and-coming sports reporter rescues a homeless man ("Champ") only to discover that he is, in fact, a boxing legend believed to have passed away. What begins as an opportunity to resurrect Champ's story and escape the shadow of his father's success becomes a personal journey as the ambitious reporter reexamines his own life and his relationship with his family.

Director: Rod Lurie | Stars: Samuel L. Jackson, Josh Hartnett, Kathryn Morris, Dakota Goyo

Votes: 21,321 | Gross: $3.17M

46. Money for Nothing (1993)

R | 100 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

An unemployed man finds a money bag of $1.2 million after it dropped off an armored car.

Director: Ramón Menéndez | Stars: John Cusack, Debi Mazar, Michael Madsen, Benicio Del Toro

Votes: 4,322 | Gross: $1.04M

47. Article 99 (1992)

R | 100 min | Comedy, Drama

Dr. Richard Sturgess leads a team of compassionate doctors at a veteran's hospital. Along with Drs. Morgan, Handleman and Van Dorn, he fights to deliver adequate care to needy veterans in the face of funding cuts and corruption.

Director: Howard Deutch | Stars: Ray Liotta, Kiefer Sutherland, Forest Whitaker, Lea Thompson

Votes: 3,576 | Gross: $6.38M

48. The Gringo Hunters

Crime, Drama, Thriller | Post-production

Follows an elite Mexican police unit that hunts down fugitives, many American, who have fled to Mexico.

Stars: Mayra Hermosillo, Harold Torres, Manuel Masalva, Andrew Leland Rogers

49. Bigger Than Life (1956)

Not Rated | 95 min | Drama

A seriously-ill schoolteacher becomes dependent on a "miracle" drug that begins to affect his sanity.

Director: Nicholas Ray | Stars: James Mason, Barbara Rush, Walter Matthau, Robert F. Simon

Votes: 8,146

50. Fourteen Hours (1951)

Approved | 92 min | Drama, Film-Noir, Thriller

An unhappy man threatens suicide by standing on the ledge of a high-rise building for 14 hours.

Director: Henry Hathaway | Stars: Paul Douglas, Richard Basehart, Barbara Bel Geddes, Debra Paget

Votes: 2,969