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1. L.A. Confidential (1997)

R | 138 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

As corruption grows in 1950s Los Angeles, three policemen - one strait-laced, one brutal, and one sleazy - investigate a series of murders with their own brand of justice.

Director: Curtis Hanson | Stars: Kevin Spacey, Russell Crowe, Guy Pearce, Kim Basinger

Votes: 618,096 | Gross: $64.62M

2. War of the Worlds (2005)

PG-13 | 116 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

An alien invasion threatens the future of humanity. The catastrophic nightmare is depicted through the eyes of one American family fighting for survival.

Director: Steven Spielberg | Stars: Tom Cruise, Dakota Fanning, Tim Robbins, Miranda Otto

Votes: 475,427 | Gross: $234.28M

3. Happy Death Day (2017)

PG-13 | 96 min | Comedy, Horror, Mystery

A college student must relive the day of her murder over and over again, in a loop that will end only when she discovers her killer's identity.

Director: Christopher Landon | Stars: Jessica Rothe, Israel Broussard, Ruby Modine, Charles Aitken

Votes: 162,895 | Gross: $55.68M

4. Stripes (1981)

R | 106 min | Comedy, War

Two friends who are dissatisfied with their jobs decide to join the army for a bit of fun.

Director: Ivan Reitman | Stars: Bill Murray, John Candy, Harold Ramis, Warren Oates

Votes: 80,042 | Gross: $85.30M

5. Step Up (2006)

PG-13 | 104 min | Crime, Drama, Music

Tyler Gage receives the opportunity of a lifetime after vandalizing a performing arts school, gaining him the chance to earn a scholarship and dance with an up and coming dancer, Nora.

Director: Anne Fletcher | Stars: Channing Tatum, Jenna Dewan, Damaine Radcliff, De'Shawn Washington

Votes: 126,858 | Gross: $65.33M

6. Marry Me (2022)

PG-13 | 112 min | Comedy, Music, Romance

Music superstars Kat Valdez and Bastian are getting married before a global audience of fans. But when Kat learns, seconds before her vows, that Bastian has been unfaithful, she instead decides to marry Charlie, a stranger in the crowd.

Director: Kat Coiro | Stars: Jennifer Lopez, Owen Wilson, Maluma, John Bradley

Votes: 42,729

7. The Great Gatsby (1974)

PG | 144 min | Drama, Romance

A Midwesterner becomes fascinated with his nouveau riche neighbor, who obsesses over his lost love.

Director: Jack Clayton | Stars: Robert Redford, Mia Farrow, Bruce Dern, Karen Black

Votes: 26,868 | Gross: $6.74M

8. The Bank Job (2008)

R | 111 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

Martine offers Terry a lead on a foolproof bank hit on London's Baker Street. She targets a roomful of safe deposit boxes worth millions in cash and jewelry along with a treasure trove of dirty secrets.

Director: Roger Donaldson | Stars: Jason Statham, Saffron Burrows, Stephen Campbell Moore, Daniel Mays

Votes: 189,223 | Gross: $30.06M

9. Pink Floyd: The Wall (1982)

R | 95 min | Drama, Fantasy, Music

A confined but troubled rock star descends into madness in the midst of his physical and social isolation from everyone.

Director: Alan Parker | Stars: Bob Geldof, Christine Hargreaves, James Laurenson, Eleanor David

Votes: 85,407 | Gross: $22.24M

10. Shaft (1971)

R | 100 min | Action, Crime, Thriller

A crime lord hires black private eye, John Shaft, to find and retrieve his kidnapped daughter.

Director: Gordon Parks | Stars: Richard Roundtree, Moses Gunn, Charles Cioffi, Christopher St. John

Votes: 21,038 | Gross: $16.69M

11. The Kid (1921)

Passed | 68 min | Comedy, Drama, Family

The Tramp cares for an abandoned child, but events put their relationship in jeopardy.

Director: Charles Chaplin | Stars: Charles Chaplin, Edna Purviance, Jackie Coogan, Carl Miller

Votes: 134,873 | Gross: $5.45M

12. High Crimes (2002)

PG-13 | 115 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

A successful lawyer's husband is arrested for murdering nine villagers in El Salvador in 1988 as a US soldier under a different name. She decides to defend him in military court and find out the truth about what happened.

Director: Carl Franklin | Stars: Jim Caviezel, Morgan Freeman, Ashley Judd, Adam Scott

Votes: 48,270 | Gross: $41.54M

13. The Painted Bird (2019)

Unrated | 169 min | Drama, Horror, Thriller

A young Jewish boy somewhere in Eastern Europe seeks refuge during World War II where he encounters many different characters.

Director: Václav Marhoul | Stars: Petr Kotlár, Nina Sunevic, Alla Sokolova, Stanislav Bilyi

Votes: 7,628

14. Going Places (1974)

R | 117 min | Action, Comedy, Crime

Two thugs harass assault, steal, murder, Marie-Ange, a jaded, passive hairdresser, joins them as lover, cook, and mother confessor, on her own search for seemingly unattainable sexual pleasure.

Director: Bertrand Blier | Stars: Gérard Depardieu, Miou-Miou, Patrick Dewaere, Christian Alers

Votes: 9,957 | Gross: $0.77M

15. Hue and Cry (1947)

82 min | Adventure, Comedy, Crime

A gang of street boys foil a master crook who sends commands for robberies by cunningly altering a comic strip's wording each week, unknown to writer and printer. The first of the Ealing comedies.

Director: Charles Crichton | Stars: Alastair Sim, Frederick Piper, Harry Fowler, Vida Hope

Votes: 1,787

16. Delete (2013)

TV-14 | 180 min | Action, Drama, Sci-Fi

A reporter and a young hacker uncover an artificial intelligence which has become sentient. It has one goal. Self preservation. Humans are trying to destroy it. So it's 'it' or them.

Stars: Keir Gilchrist, Erin Karpluk, Ryan Robbins, Gil Bellows

Votes: 1,503

17. An Eye for an Eye (1981)

R | 106 min | Action, Adventure, Crime

A SFPD undercover narcotics cop aims to avenge his partner's death and destroy a drug-smuggling ring operated by the Chinese Triads.

Director: Steve Carver | Stars: Chuck Norris, Christopher Lee, Richard Roundtree, Matt Clark

Votes: 4,525 | Gross: $7.68M

18. The Bells of St. Mary's (1945)

Unrated | 126 min | Drama

At a big city Catholic school, Father O'Malley and Sister Benedict indulge in friendly rivalry, and succeed in extending the school through the gift of a building.

Director: Leo McCarey | Stars: Bing Crosby, Ingrid Bergman, Henry Travers, William Gargan

Votes: 9,371 | Gross: $21.30M

19. Like Someone in Love (2012)

Not Rated | 109 min | Drama

In Tokyo, a young sex worker develops an unexpected connection with a widower over a period of two days.

Directors: Abbas Kiarostami, Banafsheh Modaressi | Stars: Rin Takanashi, Tadashi Okuno, Ryô Kase, Denden

Votes: 13,089 | Gross: $0.22M

20. Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House (1948)

Approved | 94 min | Comedy, Romance

A man and his wife decide they can afford to have a house in the country built to their specifications. It's a lot more trouble than they think.

Director: H.C. Potter | Stars: Cary Grant, Myrna Loy, Melvyn Douglas, Reginald Denny

Votes: 12,818 | Gross: $6.00M

21. China O'Brien (1990)

R | 86 min | Action, Crime, Drama

A police woman, expert and instructor in martial arts, leaves the city to stay with her dad, sheriff in a town with peace and quiet - or so she thinks. She gets plenty opportunities to show her martial arts skills.

Director: Robert Clouse | Stars: Cynthia Rothrock, Richard Norton, Keith Cooke, Doug Wright

Votes: 1,433

22. The Glass Key (1942)

Passed | 85 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir

A crooked politician finds himself being accused of murder by a gangster from whom he refused help during a re-election campaign.

Director: Stuart Heisler | Stars: Alan Ladd, Veronica Lake, Brian Donlevy, Bonita Granville

Votes: 7,402

23. Christmas in August (1998)

Not Rated | 97 min | Drama, Romance

Hahn Suk-Kyu suffers from a fatal disease. He meets Shim Eun-Ha and falls in love with her. Will their love story have a tragic ending?

Director: Hur Jin-ho | Stars: Han Suk-kyu, Shim Eun-ha, Shin Goo, Oh Ji-hye

Votes: 3,919

24. The McKenzie Break (1970)

PG | 108 min | Action, Drama, War

During WW2, German POWs in Britain plot to escape from their prison camp in Scotland.

Director: Lamont Johnson | Stars: Brian Keith, Helmut Griem, Ian Hendry, Jack Watson

Votes: 1,702

25. A Deal Is a Deal (2008)

R | 106 min | Comedy, Drama

A comedy about ordinary people with unique dilemmas. How far will they go? Will the cocktail of desperation, friendship, loneliness, love and even a brush with cannibalism derail their intent?

Director: Jonathan Gershfield | Stars: Mackenzie Crook, Colm Meaney, Sharon Duncan-Brewster, Imelda Staunton

Votes: 2,465

26. Shame (1988)

R | 94 min | Crime, Drama

A barrister visiting a town in Western Australian town battles police corruption and the silence of the locals to help a teenage girl seek justice against a gang of young rapists.

Director: Steve Jodrell | Stars: Deborra-Lee Furness, Tony Barry, Simone Buchanan, Gillian Jones

Votes: 732 | Gross: $0.30M

27. Little Vera (1988)

Unrated | 110 min | Drama, Romance

A teenage girl, who has just finished school feels trapped and aimless in her ordinary Russian family, supported by an alcoholic father, in a dull industrial town.

Director: Vasili Pichul | Stars: Natalya Negoda, Andrey Sokolov, Yuriy Nazarov, Lyudmila Zaytseva

Votes: 2,164 | Gross: $1.26M

28. The Tower (2012)

Not Rated | 121 min | Action, Drama, Thriller

A Christmas Eve party at a luxury residential building takes a horrific turn when a fire breaks out.

Director: Ji-hoon Kim | Stars: Kim Sang-kyung, Sol Kyung-gu, Son Ye-jin, Kim In-kwon

Votes: 6,824

29. The Fugitive (1939)

76 min | Drama, Film-Noir, Thriller

A barber commits a petty theft, which leads to his becoming involved in blackmail and murder.

Director: Brian Desmond Hurst | Stars: Ralph Richardson, Diana Wynyard, Romney Brent, Mary Clare

Votes: 312

30. Dial 1119 (1950)

Passed | 75 min | Film-Noir, Thriller

An escaped psychiatric patient causes havoc.

Director: Gerald Mayer | Stars: Marshall Thompson, Virginia Field, Andrea King, Sam Levene

Votes: 1,583

31. The Fireman (1916)

TV-G | 24 min | Short, Comedy

Charlie is a fireman who always does everything wrong. A man talks the Fire Chief into ignoring his burning home (he wants the insurance money) unaware that his daughter (the love of the ... See full summary »

Director: Charles Chaplin | Stars: Charles Chaplin, Edna Purviance, Lloyd Bacon, Eric Campbell

Votes: 2,884

32. 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: 1,165

33. American Hunter (1988)

TV-MA | 92 min | Action

A lethal hunter of bad guys tries to retrieve a microfilm containing information that would cause a Wall Street panic and an economic crisis for Western governments.

Director: Arizal | Stars: Christopher Mitchum, Bill Wallace, Ida Iasha, Mike Abbott

Votes: 203

34. Massarati and the Brain (1982 TV Movie)

120 min | Adventure, Comedy

A Secret Agent searches for a sunken treasure of rare coins. He must battle a Nazi who is also searching for the treasure, and is helped by a ten-year-old genius who builds electronic weapons for him.

Director: Harvey Hart | Stars: Daniel Pilon, Peter Billingsley, Christopher Hewett, Markie Post

Votes: 84

35. Thunder II (1987)

PG-13 | 88 min | Action, Drama

Indian sheriff Thunder is transferred to a small town in the desert. He learns that the corrupt deputy is paid by the drug mob. To protect himself, the deputy sets a trap for Thunder and ... See full summary »

Director: Fabrizio De Angelis | Stars: Mark Gregory, Raimund Harmstorf, Karen Reel, Bo Svenson

Votes: 284

36. Nordkurve (1992)

105 min | Comedy, Drama

Moments from the lives of a large number of people who have nothing much in common except a strong desire to achieve their various personal goals and their attendance at a soccer match.

Director: Adolf Winkelmann | Stars: Renate Krößner, Christian Tasche, Daniel Berger, Walter Kreye

Votes: 156

37. Father, Mother, My Wife and I (1955)

105 min | Comedy

Robert Langlois is now married to Catherine, the former housemaid. And they would live happily ever after if the housing crisis did not force them to live together with Gabrielle and ... See full summary »

Director: Jean-Paul Le Chanois | Stars: Robert Lamoureux, Gaby Morlay, Fernand Ledoux, Nicole Courcel

Votes: 189

38. Yanusu no kagami (1985–1986)

Drama, Thriller

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Stars: Miyuki Sugiura, Kotoe Hatsui, Shinji Yamashita, Chikako Kaku

39. Grandfather's Pills (1908)

7 min | Short, Comedy

A lecherous grandfather buys pills to restore his youthful vigor, but when his grandson takes a handful of those pills, he goes on a rampage through town using his superhuman strength.

Votes: 20

40. Huling sagupaan (1996)

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Directors: Teddy Gomez, Phillip Ko | Stars: Ace Vergel, Monsour Del Rosario, Aiko Melendez, Ruel Vernal

Votes: 8

41. Detective Extralarge (1991–1993)
Episode: Magia nera (1991)

99 min | Comedy, Crime

Elizabeth is in a car with her boyfriend when suddenly she feels a pain in the stomach so strong she seizes a knife and stabs herself to death. Her boyfriend is charged with her murder and ... See full summary »

Director: Enzo G. Castellari | Stars: Bud Spencer, Philip Michael Thomas, Lou Bedford, Vivian Ruiz

Votes: 231

42. 24 (2001–2010)
Episode: 8:00 a.m.-9:00 a.m. (2002)

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

Jack is taken into custody by the Secret Service after he stops the assassination. He quickly escapes in order to check on another name from the key card. Palmer tries to deal with the assassination attempt.

Director: Stephen Hopkins | Stars: Kiefer Sutherland, Leslie Hope, Sarah Clarke, Elisha Cuthbert

Votes: 1,919

43. 24 (2001–2010)
Episode: Day 2: 11:00 p.m.-12:00 a.m. (2003)

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

Jack gets back to CTU after the bomb exploded. The situation there is tense since Tony became head of the Unit, especially when a key witness is assassinated. President Palmer and his staff... See full summary »

Director: Ian Toynton | Stars: Kiefer Sutherland, Sarah Wynter, Elisha Cuthbert, Carlos Bernard

Votes: 1,479

44. 24 (2001–2010)
Episode: Day 3: 4:00 a.m.-5:00 a.m. (2004)

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

After the interrogation goes nowhere, Jack and Chase let Amador escape hoping he will lead them to his client's location. Michelle places the hotel under quarantine and must make a ... See full summary »

Director: Kevin Hooks | Stars: Kiefer Sutherland, Elisha Cuthbert, Carlos Bernard, Reiko Aylesworth

Votes: 1,333

45. CHiPs (1977–1983)
Episode: Pressure Point (1979)

TV-PG | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Ponch and Jon put away their bikes and play a diplomat and his chauffeur when they go undercover to prevent a wealthy man and his beautiful granddaughter from falling victim to a violent extortion racket.

Director: Phil Bondelli | Stars: Larry Wilcox, Erik Estrada, Robert Pine, Rudy Vallee

Votes: 84

46. Remington Steele (1982–1987)
Episode: Steele, Inc. (1986)

TV-PG | 60 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy

When the body of man is found whose ID says he's Remington Steele, Laura, Steele and Mildred go to the morgue. While Laura and Steele don't recognize the man, Mildred does but doesn't say ... See full summary »

Director: Don Weis | Stars: Stephanie Zimbalist, Pierce Brosnan, Doris Roberts, Michael Constantine

Votes: 100

47. Thriller (1960–1962)
Episode: Rose's Last Summer (1960)

TV-PG | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Horror

An aging actress is mysteriously found dead in a family's garden, and they may know more about her death than they will admit.

Director: Arthur Hiller | Stars: Boris Karloff, Mary Astor, Lin McCarthy, Jack Livesey

Votes: 227

48. Chicago P.D. (2014– )
Episode: Infection, Part III (2019)

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

After zeroing in on a suspect responsible for bioterrorism, the P.D. prepares to undertake their biggest manhunt yet. Upton is torn between helping track down the perp and providing emotional support to a scared young girl who needs her..

Director: Eriq La Salle | Stars: Jason Beghe, Jesse Lee Soffer, Tracy Spiridakos, Marina Squerciati

Votes: 551

49. Ju-on: Origins (2020)
Episode: Episode #1.5 (2020)

TV-MA | 31 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery

Yasuo realizes that he has a deep connection to the cursed house. After seeing her in a vision, he goes out in search of Kiyomi.

Director: Shô Miyake | Stars: Yoshiyoshi Arakawa, Yuina Kuroshima, Ririka, Koki Osamura

Votes: 328

50. Harper's Island (2009)
Episode: Snap (2009)

TV-14 | 60 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery

Madison's words ostracize Abby from the group, but they all determine to leave the island. Henry and Abby stop to pick up Cal and Chloe but are dismayed to learn that the sheriff is gone. ... See full summary »

Director: Steve Boyum | Stars: Elaine Cassidy, Christopher Gorham, Katie Cassidy, Cameron Richardson

Votes: 383