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1. The Godfather Part II (1974)

R | 202 min | Crime, Drama

The early life and career of Vito Corleone in 1920s New York City is portrayed, while his son, Michael, expands and tightens his grip on the family crime syndicate.

Director: Francis Ford Coppola | Stars: Al Pacino, Robert De Niro, Robert Duvall, Diane Keaton

Votes: 1,364,798 | Gross: $57.30M

2. 24 (2001–2010)

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

Counter Terrorism Agent Jack Bauer races against the clock to subvert terrorist plots and save his nation from ultimate disaster.

Stars: Kiefer Sutherland, Mary Lynn Rajskub, Carlos Bernard, Dennis Haysbert

Votes: 197,085

3. The Terminator (1984)

R | 107 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

A human soldier is sent from 2029 to 1984 to stop an almost indestructible cyborg killing machine, sent from the same year, which has been programmed to execute a young woman whose unborn son is the key to humanity's future salvation.

Director: James Cameron | Stars: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Linda Hamilton, Michael Biehn, Paul Winfield

Votes: 924,570 | Gross: $38.40M

4. The Killer (2023)

R | 118 min | Action, Adventure, Crime

After a fateful near-miss, an assassin battles his employers and himself, on an international manhunt he insists isn't personal.

Director: David Fincher | Stars: Michael Fassbender, Tilda Swinton, Charles Parnell, Arliss Howard

Votes: 183,182

5. The Godfather Part III (1990)

R | 162 min | Crime, Drama

Follows Michael Corleone, now in his 60s, as he seeks to free his family from crime and find a suitable successor to his empire.

Director: Francis Ford Coppola | Stars: Al Pacino, Diane Keaton, Andy Garcia, Talia Shire

Votes: 424,245 | Gross: $66.67M

6. 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: 452,672 | Gross: $130.16M

7. Cleopatra (1963)

G | 192 min | Biography, Drama, History

Queen Cleopatra VII of Egypt experiences both triumph and tragedy as she attempts to resist the imperial ambitions of Rome.

Directors: Joseph L. Mankiewicz, Rouben Mamoulian | Stars: Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton, Rex Harrison, Pamela Brown

Votes: 37,427 | Gross: $57.78M

8. Hot Shots! Part Deux (1993)

PG-13 | 86 min | Action, Comedy

"Rambo" parody in which Topper Harley leads a rescue team into Iraq to save Iraqi war prisoners and all of their previous rescue teams.

Director: Jim Abrahams | Stars: Charlie Sheen, Lloyd Bridges, Valeria Golino, Richard Crenna

Votes: 97,418 | Gross: $38.91M

9. Lethal Weapon 2 (1989)

R | 114 min | Action, Crime, Thriller

Riggs and Murtaugh are on the trail of South African diplomats who are using their immunity to engage in criminal activities.

Director: Richard Donner | Stars: Mel Gibson, Danny Glover, Joe Pesci, Patsy Kensit

Votes: 188,900 | Gross: $147.25M

10. The Traitor (2019)

R | 153 min | Biography, Crime, Drama

The real life of Tommaso Buscetta, the so-called "boss of the two worlds," the first mafia informant in Sicily in the 1980s.

Director: Marco Bellocchio | Stars: Pierfrancesco Favino, Maria Fernanda Cândido, Fabrizio Ferracane, Fausto Russo Alesi

Votes: 12,987

11. The Man Who Knew Too Much (1934)

Approved | 75 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller

An ordinary British couple vacationing in Switzerland suddenly find themselves embroiled in a case of international intrigue when their daughter is kidnapped by spies plotting a political assassination.

Director: Alfred Hitchcock | Stars: Leslie Banks, Edna Best, Peter Lorre, Frank Vosper

Votes: 21,166

12. Mrs. Brown (1997)

PG | 101 min | Biography, Drama, History

When Queen Victoria's husband Prince Albert dies, she finds solace in her trusted servant, Mr. John Brown, but their relationship also brings scandal and turmoil.

Director: John Madden | Stars: Judi Dench, Billy Connolly, Geoffrey Palmer, Antony Sher

Votes: 15,595 | Gross: $9.22M

13. Ashes and Diamonds (1958)

Not Rated | 103 min | Drama, Romance, War

As World War II and the German occupation ends, the Polish resistance and the Soviet forces turn on each other in an attempt to take over leadership in Communist Poland.

Director: Andrzej Wajda | Stars: Zbigniew Cybulski, Ewa Krzyzewska, Waclaw Zastrzezynski, Adam Pawlikowski

Votes: 13,472

14. Hitler: A Career (1977)

Not Rated | 150 min | Documentary, History

This meticulously assembled film dissects the Third Reich with an analytical blade, charting Hitler's improbable rise, his mastery of crowd psychology and his consummate skill in exploiting others' weaknesses.

Directors: Joachim Fest, Christian Herrendoerfer | Stars: Gert Westphal, Stephen Murray, Artur Axmann, General Bergeret

Votes: 3,036

15. The Last Frontier (1955)

Approved | 98 min | Drama, Romance, Western

A trapper and his two partners work as scouts for a remote army fort where they witness an incompetent colonel's decision to throw his small unprepared garrison against Red Cloud's sizable Sioux force.

Director: Anthony Mann | Stars: Victor Mature, Guy Madison, Robert Preston, James Whitmore

Votes: 1,806

16. White Boy (2017)

TV-14 | 82 min | Documentary, Crime

In 1980's Detroit, 17 year-old Richard Wershe, Jr. allegedly ran a sophisticated inner-city drug dealing operation. Now, journalists, police, federal agents and hit men are speaking for the first time about the legend of "White Boy Rick."

Director: Shawn Rech | Stars: Richard Wershe Jr., Scott M. Burnstein, Dana Hathaway, Joe Swickard

Votes: 2,260

17. Waxworks (1924)

Not Rated | 107 min | Fantasy, Horror

A wax museum hires a writer to give the sculptures stories. The writer imagines himself and the museum owner's daughter in the stories.

Directors: Leo Birinsky, Paul Leni | Stars: Emil Jannings, Conrad Veidt, Werner Krauss, William Dieterle

Votes: 2,311

18. A Pain in the Ass (1973)

PG | 85 min | Comedy

Milan must kill Louis Randoni before he testifies in a court of law. He is disturbed by his depressed roommate François Pignon who commits suicide by hanging himself from the toilet pipe flooding Milan's room. Here he is stuck in problems.

Director: Édouard Molinaro | Stars: Lino Ventura, Jacques Brel, Caroline Cellier, Jean-Pierre Darras

Votes: 3,691

19. The Russian Revolution (2017)

TV-14 | 47 min | Documentary, History

A brief yet comprehensive documentary overview of the downfall of the Romanov dynasty and the evolution of Lenin's Ulyanov family, from the terrible acts and subsequent hanging of his brother to his own hunger for a revolution.

Director: Cal Seville | Stars: Daniel Beer, Helen Rappaport, Donald Rayfield, Victor Sebestyen

Votes: 713

20. Gary the Rat (2003)

TV-14 | 30 min | Animation, Comedy, Fantasy

A big-city lawyer awakens one morning to discover that he has been transformed into a rat.

Stars: Kelsey Grammer, Robb Cullen, Spencer Garrett, Billy Gardell

Votes: 224

21. Seven Seas to Calais (1962)

Approved | 102 min | Adventure

Sir Francis Drake goes on an expedition to the New World and steals gold from the Spaniards. After making a daring getaway, he returns to England where he protects Queen Elizabeth I from a ... See full summary »

Directors: Rudolph Maté, Primo Zeglio | Stars: Rod Taylor, Keith Michell, Edy Vessel, Terence Hill

Votes: 503

22. Beloved Enemy (1936)

Approved | 90 min | Drama, Romance, War

In 1921, Irish rebels launch an uprising with the aim of creating an Irish republic, independent of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. One of the rebellion's leaders and a ... See full summary »

Director: H.C. Potter | Stars: Merle Oberon, Brian Aherne, Karen Morley, Henry Stephenson

Votes: 385

23. Pablo Escobar: Countdown to Death (2017 TV Movie)

68 min | Documentary, Biography, Crime

Through rare interviews, images and wiretap audio, this documentary reconstructs the last nine years of Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar's life.

Director: Santiago Diaz Oso | Stars: María Isabel Santos, Sebastian Marroquín, Alba Marina Escobar, Germán Castro Caycedo

Votes: 265

24. Family First (2018)

TV-MA | 87 min | Drama

JP and Vincent, two brothers from a dysfunctional family, get involved in their uncle's drug cartel. Things quickly start spiraling out of control for Vincent, the younger and more unstable of the two.

Director: Sophie Dupuis | Stars: Théodore Pellerin, Jean-Simon Leduc, Paul Ahmarani, Andres Alfaro

Votes: 585

25. Hitler--Dead or Alive (1942)

Passed | 70 min | Adventure, Drama, Thriller

A team of ex-con bounty hunters go to Germany in search of Hitler. If they can find him, a million dollar reward is to be paid to them.

Director: Nick Grinde | Stars: Ward Bond, Dorothy Tree, Warren Hymer, Paul Fix

Votes: 371

26. Did the Mob Kill JFK? (2009 TV Movie)

45 min | Documentary, History

Did the Mafia order the killing of JFK? The compelling evidence includes a never before seen interview with an FBI informant who shared a prison cell with a Mafia kingpin.

Stars: Jack Van Laningham, Gerald Posner, Ronald Goldfarb, Lamar Waldron

Votes: 30

27. Philly Mob (2007 TV Special)

47 min | Documentary

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Director: Virginia Quinn | Stars: Anthony LaPaglia, Freddy Aldrich, George Anastasia, Angelo Bruno

28. Maj. Napoleon Velasco: Kumander Kalbo (1993)

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Director: Segundo Ramos | Stars: Eddie Garcia, Eddie Fernandez, Gloria Diaz, Efren Reyes Jr.

29. Miami Vice (1984–1989)
Episode: Hostile Takeover (1988)

TV-14 | 47 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Crockett, as Burnett, murders and manipulates his way to the top of the crime organization he works for.

Director: Don Johnson | Stars: Don Johnson, Philip Michael Thomas, Saundra Santiago, Michael Talbott

Votes: 389

30. Miami Vice (1984–1989)
Episode: Redemption in Blood (1988)

TV-14 | 47 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Burnett begins to remember who he really is, as Tubbs and the rest of the squad decide he must be taken down.

Director: Paul Krasny | Stars: Don Johnson, Philip Michael Thomas, Saundra Santiago, Michael Talbott

Votes: 381

31. Who Do You Think You Are? (2004– )
Episode: Liz Carr (2020)

Documentary, Biography, History

Actress Liz Carr learns about her orphaned grandfather on her mother's side, a naval WWI veteran involved in the Northern Patrol who joined the merchant navy after the war to see the world,... See full summary »

Director: Mark Radice | Stars: Liz Carr, Phil Davis

Votes: 52

32. Narco Wars (2020–2022)
Episode: The Battle for the Border (2020)

Documentary, Crime, History

El Chapo Guzman rises to cartel leader through cocaine-smuggling tunnels and war.

Director: Minna Sedmakov | Stars: Terry Kirkpatrick, Jack Riley, Jesús Esquivel, Juan Carlos Reyna

Votes: 32

33. Narco Wars (2020–2022)
Episode: Escobar Goes to War (2021)

Documentary, Crime, History

Pablo Escobar goes to war against the authorities and his rivals, the Cali cartel.

Stars: Luis Ospina, Ken Cook, Bob Sears, William Rodriguez Abadia

Votes: 30

34. Maximilian (2017– )
Episode: Episode #1.6 (2017)

TV-MA | Drama, History

Maximilian saves Polheim's life and rids himself of the conspirators. In order to dispel rumors that their first-born son is actually a girl, Maximilian and Marie have their son baptized in public.

Votes: 16

35. Narco Wars (2020–2022)
Episode: After Pablo (2021)

TV-14 | 44 min | Documentary, Crime, History

Upon Escobar's death, the Rodriguez brothers take over as the new cocaine kings, specializing in corruption and buying Colombia's presidents.

Stars: Joe Toft, Jim Shedd, William Rodriguez Abadia, Francisco Santos Calderón

Votes: 22

36. Agimat ng agila (2021– )
Episode: Set Up (2021)

24 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

Gabriel's (Bong Revilla) search for justice continues as he faces his accusers one by one. Meanwhile, Maya's (Sanya Lopez) life will be in great danger.

Director: Rico Gutierrez | Stars: Ramon 'Bong' Revilla Jr., Sanya Lopez, Elizabeth Oropesa, Benjie Paras

37. World War Weird (2017– )
Episode: Episode #3.6 (2019)

Documentary, History, War

A program set up by the Special Operations Executive, the forerunner to MI6, to undermine German and Japanese officers by spraying them with a foul-smelling substance.

Director: Mike Ibeji | Stars: Guy Walters, Alexandra Churchill, Martin K.A. Morgan, Klint Janulis

38. OBF (2020– )
Episode: Why Russia's Agents Are in Europe (2021)

8 min | Documentary

Unit 29155 belongs to the Russian Intelligence Service, the GRU. Based on the actions of their agents, Unit 29155 is responsible for assassinations. Curiously, their attempts to assassinate... See full summary »

Star: Oliver Bahl

39. Timewatch (1982– )
Episode: The Mysterious Career of Lee Harvey Oswald (1993)

99 min | Documentary, History

A detailed look at the early life of Oswald and his movements on the day of the Kennedy assassination.

Stars: James P. Hosty, Gerald Posner, G. Robert Blakey, Evelyn Segal

Votes: 10

40. JFK: Destiny Betrayed (2021)
Episode: Chapter Four (2021)

TV-MA | 234 min | Documentary, History

An examination of evidence that surrounds the accused lone nut, Lee Harvey Oswald, and his associations with groups linked to the CIA.

Director: Oliver Stone | Stars: Whoopi Goldberg, Donald Sutherland, Lisa Pease, John M. Newman

Votes: 22

41. Rise of the Nazis (2019–2023)
Episode: The Home Front (2022)

Documentary, History

Facing defeat on the Eastern Front, Hitler retreats. Deep rifts emerge, and his inner circle vies for power. The resistance gets a student voice, and an enemy within plots to kill Hitler.

Director: Julian Jones | Stars: Richard John Evans, Pablo de Orellana, Afua Hirsch, Christian Goeschel

Votes: 65

42. Britain's Underworld (2010– )
Episode: Essex Bad Boys (2011)

Documentary, Crime, History

Investigation into the gangs and smugglers who fought for control of Essex's ports in the 70s and 80s, turning its seaside towns into their violent playground.

Director: Will Rowson | Stars: Danny Woollard, Ken Tappenden, Dick Hobbs, Billy Blundell

43. Inside (2007– )
Episode: Manhattan Mob Rampage (2009)

Documentary

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Director: Michael Ellis | Stars: Paul Castellano, Salvatore Clemente, Anthony Corallo, Al D'Arco

Votes: 7

44. Adolf Hitler's War (2020)
Episode: This Has Happened (2020)

Documentary, History, War

Hitler's War moves to its endgame as the Soviets cross the German border - with a death toll of over 40 million, a new scarred, Europe will emerge.

Directors: Michael Cove, Mike Kenneally | Stars: Aliaksandr Kakhanouski, David Stahel, Sergei Kudryashov, Dzmitry Kryvashei

45. Hitler: Uncovering His Fatal Obsession (2021)
Episode: Time is Blood (2021)

45 min | Documentary, History, War

After a terrible winter, 1942 starts badly for Stalin due to a ruthless Nazi campaign that leaves millions of Soviets captive and without food.

Directors: Lyndy Saville, Cal Seville | Stars: Max Hastings, Anthony Beevor, Klaus Schmider, Richard John Evans

46. The 50 Years War: Israel and the Arabs (1998– )
Episode: Programme 3 (1998)

48 min | Documentary, History, War

1967-1982. The story of the Palestinian Liberation Organisation.

Director: David Ash | Stars: Abu Ali Shaheen, Mashour Haditha Al-Jazy, King Hussein, Israel Tal

Votes: 7

47. Military Masterminds (2022)
Episode: Rapid Dominance (2022)

52 min | Documentary, History, War

From Julius Caesar to Napoleon Bonaparte, ancient generals took advantage of a military tactic still used in modern warfare - a tactic known as Rapid Dominance.

Director: Roberto Irwin | Stars: Ahron Bregman, Lawrence Freedman, Jenny Grant, Dina Gusejnova

48. Israel and the Arabs: Elusive Peace (2005– )
Episode: Arafat (2005)

58 min | Documentary, History, War

Colin Powell's attempts to make peace between Israel and the Palestinians.

Director: Daniel Edge | Stars: Shaul Mofaz, Colin Powell, Anthony Zinni, Binyamin Ben-Eliezer

49. Mafia's Greatest Hits (2012– )
Episode: Vito Genovese (2012)

TV-PG | 49 min | Documentary, Biography, Crime

Raised in the slums with terrifying gangs. He grew to inherit a Mafia entity; only to be faced with murder, the electric chair and fierce rivalry.

Director: Gerry Pomeroy | Stars: Selwyn Raab, Joseph Coffey, Thomas Reppetto, Douglas Valentine

Votes: 13

50. Gangster Empire: Rise of the Mob (2013– )
Episode: 1929 - Year of Chaos and Crime (2013)

TV-14 | 45 min | Documentary, Action, Crime

1929 was the year of chaos and crime that saw the St Valentine's Day massacre with the shooting of seven members and associates of Chicago's North Side gang and the stock market crash.

Director: Kevin R. Hershberger | Stars: Coby Batty, Matt K. Baker, Todd Barsness, James Christopher Cooke