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1. Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows (2011)
PG-13 | 129 min | Action, Adventure, Mystery
Detective Sherlock Holmes is on the trail of criminal mastermind Professor Moriarty, who is carrying out a string of random crimes across Europe.
Director: Guy Ritchie | Stars: Robert Downey Jr., Jude Law, Jared Harris, Rachel McAdams
Votes: 481,007 | Gross: $186.85M
2. Starman (1984)
PG | 115 min | Romance, Sci-Fi
An alien takes the form of a young Wisconsin widow's husband and makes her drive him to his departure point in Arizona. Distrustful government agents, along with a more ambivalent scientist, give pursuit in hopes of intercepting them.
Director: John Carpenter | Stars: Jeff Bridges, Karen Allen, Charles Martin Smith, Richard Jaeckel
Votes: 52,328 | Gross: $28.70M
3. Dancer in the Dark (2000)
R | 140 min | Crime, Drama, Musical
An Eastern European US immigrant with a love for musicals has to cope with the gradual loss of her vision.
Director: Lars von Trier | Stars: Björk, Catherine Deneuve, David Morse, Peter Stormare
Votes: 116,924 | Gross: $4.18M
4. Runaway Train (I) (1985)
R | 111 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Two escaped convicts and a female railway worker find themselves trapped on a speeding train with no brakes and nobody driving.
Director: Andrey Konchalovskiy | Stars: Jon Voight, Eric Roberts, Rebecca De Mornay, Kyle T. Heffner
Votes: 33,072 | Gross: $7.94M
5. Hobo with a Shotgun (2011)
Not Rated | 86 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
A homeless vigilante blows away crooked cops, pedophile Santas, and other scumbags with his trusty pump-action shotgun.
Director: Jason Eisener | Stars: Rutger Hauer, Pasha Ebrahimi, Robb Wells, Brian Downey
Votes: 48,688 | Gross: $0.70M
6. The Journey of Natty Gann (1985)
PG | 101 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
In the 1930s, a tomboy runs away from her guardian to join her single father who is 2,000 miles away, where he has found work.
Director: Jeremy Kagan | Stars: Meredith Salenger, John Cusack, Jed, Ray Wise
Votes: 6,901 | Gross: $2.14M
7. Man Without a Star (1955)
Approved | 89 min | Western
Sharpshooting drifter Dempsey Rae comes back to Wyoming to work for beautiful rancher Reed Bowman. But Reed's plan to fence in her land's wide open spaces angers other ranchers and soon embroils Dempsey in a bloody range war.
Director: King Vidor | Stars: Kirk Douglas, Jeanne Crain, Claire Trevor, William Campbell
Votes: 3,944
8. The Muthers (1976)
R | 83 min | Action, Drama
A band of female pirates go undercover at a prison camp on a coffee plantation to rescue their leader's sister.
Director: Cirio H. Santiago | Stars: Jeannie Bell, Rosanne Katon, Trina Parks, Jayne Kennedy
Votes: 841
9. Shockproof (1949)
Approved | 79 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
A parole officer falls in love with his client, a ravishing blonde who served time for murder, and he's determined to help her go straight despite her interfering criminal boyfriend.
Director: Douglas Sirk | Stars: Cornel Wilde, Patricia Knight, John Baragrey, Esther Minciotti
Votes: 2,296
10. Up the River (1930)
Passed | 92 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
When paroled trustee Steve and former inmate Judy who try to put their criminal lives behind them are blackmailed, two career criminals come to their rescue.
Director: John Ford | Stars: Spencer Tracy, Claire Luce, Warren Hymer, Humphrey Bogart
Votes: 1,379
11. Apple Seed (2019)
TV-14 | 119 min | Drama
On a cross country road trip to rob his home town bank Prince Mccoy finds himself having to rely on the help of an ex convict hitchhiker named Carl Robbins. Along the way the people they ... See full summary »
Director: Michael Worth | Stars: Rance Howard, Michael Worth, Esther Anderson, Adrienne Barbeau
Votes: 311
12. City Boy (1992 TV Movie)
108 min | Adventure, Drama
Nick, a 17-year-old on a train journey to find his father, strays off course and finds himself in the Limberlost Forest where he gains employment with a logging company, and learns the values of honesty, integrity, and true friendship.
Director: John Kent Harrison | Stars: Christian Campbell, Christopher Bolton, Gene Heck, Don MacKay
Votes: 140
13.
Maya (1967–1968)
Episode:
Blood of the Tiger
(1967)
60 min | Adventure
An American teenager, Terry Bowen, travels to Bombay, India to join his father, a renowned hunter. Upon disembarking from his ship, Terry is told by the American Counsel that his father is ... See full summary »
Director: Marvin J. Chomsky | Stars: Jay North, Sajid Khan, Jai Raj, Ursula Prince
Votes: 11
14.
The Tall Man (1960–1962)
Episode:
The Long Way Home
(1962)
30 min | Western
Billy hops a freight train when his horse dies far from civilization. Unfortunately, it's the same train on which a federal marshal investigating the shipment of contraband rifle is found ... See full summary »
Director: Tay Garnett | Stars: Barry Sullivan, Clu Gulager, Doris Dowling, Harp McGuire
Votes: 10