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1. The Big Kahuna (1999)
R | 90 min | Drama, Comedy
Two veteran salesmen dissect a sales pitch to a particular client, through their young protégé.
Director: John Swanbeck | Stars: Kevin Spacey, Danny DeVito, Peter Facinelli, Paul Dawson
Votes: 15,067 | Gross: $3.15M
2. Toc Toc (2017)
TV-MA | 90 min | Comedy
The adventures and misadventures of a group of patients with OCD appointed at the same time.
Director: Vicente Villanueva | Stars: Paco León, Alexandra Jiménez, Rossy de Palma, Nuria Herrero
Votes: 21,586
3. 8 (2012 TV Movie)
91 min | Drama, History
Live chronicle of the landmark federal trial of California's Prop. 8 using the actual court transcripts and first-hand interviews.
Director: Rob Reiner | Stars: Kevin Bacon, Dustin Lance Black, David Boies, Matt Bomer
Votes: 610
4. Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (1982 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 140 min | Drama, Horror, Musical
Barber Sweeney Todd returns to London to uncover the past, along the way meeting pie shop owner Mrs. Nellie Lovett, and begins to start his life of crime.
Director: Terry Hughes | Stars: Angela Lansbury, George Hearn, Cris Groenendaal, Sara Woods
Votes: 3,900
5. The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial (1988 TV Movie)
PG | 100 min | Drama, War
A full-length adaptation, originally staged as a play, of the court-martial segment from the novel "The Caine Mutiny".
Director: Robert Altman | Stars: Eric Bogosian, Jeff Daniels, Brad Davis, Peter Gallagher
Votes: 744
6. Witness for the Prosecution (1982 TV Movie)
97 min | Drama
Leonard Vole is accused of murdering an elderly rich woman, and the only alibi to him depends on his wife Christine.
Director: Alan Gibson | Stars: Ralph Richardson, Deborah Kerr, Beau Bridges, Donald Pleasence
Votes: 1,127
7. The Two Mrs. Carrolls (1947)
Not Rated | 99 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
An artist forms an attachment with a woman on holiday in the country. As the relationship develops, his behavior and information about his past cause her increasing concern.
Director: Peter Godfrey | Stars: Humphrey Bogart, Barbara Stanwyck, Alexis Smith, Nigel Bruce
Votes: 4,922
8. The Dream Children (2015)
98 min | Drama
Troubled TV personality Steven Evans struggles to find meaning in his life in the face of the superficial world he has created. Smothered by celebrity and materialism, Steven's only respite... See full summary »
Director: Robert Chuter | Stars: Graeme Squires, Nicholas Gunn, Jessikah Brown, Chris Pender
Votes: 512
9. Doctor X (1932)
Unrated | 76 min | Comedy, Crime, Horror
A wisecracking New York reporter intrudes on a research scientist's quest to unmask The Moon Killer.
Director: Michael Curtiz | Stars: Lionel Atwill, Fay Wray, Lee Tracy, Preston Foster
Votes: 4,281 | Gross: $0.88M
10. Unman, Wittering and Zigo (1971)
GP | 102 min | Drama, Thriller
A new school teacher learns that the previous teacher was killed by his pupils, and he fears the same will happen to him.
Director: John Mackenzie | Stars: David Hemmings, Carolyn Seymour, Douglas Wilmer, Tony Haygarth
Votes: 739
11. All Night Long (1962)
Not Rated | 91 min | Drama, Music
This movie, based on William Shakespeare's Othello, is neatly positioned as a vehicle to showcase some of the best jazz musicians of the period, including Dave Brubeck and Charles Mingus.
Director: Basil Dearden | Stars: Patrick McGoohan, Keith Michell, Betsy Blair, Paul Harris
Votes: 1,539
12. Touken Ranbu Kai: Kyoden Moyuru Honnouji (2024– )
Animation, Action, Fantasy
In 2205 A.D., evil forces attack the past, threatening to alter the course of history. The judge calls on four swordsmen, with blades blessed by a Shinto priest, to protect the past and ... See full summary »
Stars: Tomoaki Maeno, Sôma Saitô, Kôsuke Toriumi
13. The Golden Coach (1952)
Not Rated | 103 min | Comedy, Drama, History
Three men of varying social standing - a viceroy, a bullfighter, and a soldier - vie for the affections of an actress in 18th-century Peru.
Director: Jean Renoir | Stars: Anna Magnani, Odoardo Spadaro, Nada Fiorelli, Duncan Lamont
Votes: 3,457
14. The Bad Seed (1985 TV Movie)
Unrated | 100 min | Drama, Horror, Thriller
A freak fatal accident forces a widow to realize that her 9-year-old daughter was born to kill.
Director: Paul Wendkos | Stars: Blair Brown, Lynn Redgrave, David Carradine, Carrie Wells
Votes: 535
15. Sherlock Holmes (1922)
Not Rated | 85 min | Drama, Mystery
A young Sherlock Holmes seeks to bring down the criminal mastermind Moriarty as he solves a crime involving a blackmailed prince.
Director: Albert Parker | Stars: John Barrymore, Roland Young, Carol Dempster, Gustav von Seyffertitz
Votes: 744 | Gross: $0.38M
16. Rattlesnakes (2019)
85 min | Thriller
Robert McQueen's day takes a turn for the worst when he is held hostage and accused by three vengeful husbands of sleeping with their wives.
Director: Julius Amedume | Stars: Jimmy Jean-Louis, Jack Coleman, Kathleen McClellan, Jay Acovone
Votes: 512
17. Chicago (1927)
Passed | 105 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
A wild jazz-loving and boozing wife Roxie Hart, kills her boyfriend in cold blood after he leaves her.
Director: Frank Urson | Stars: Phyllis Haver, Victor Varconi, Virginia Bradford, Robert Edeson
Votes: 549 | Gross: $1.05M
18. Last Train to Freo (2006)
89 min | Drama, Thriller
Two thugs from the Perth suburb of Midland catch the last train to Fremantle. When a young woman boards the train a few stops later, they begin talking and find out not everyone on the train is who they seem to be.
Director: Jeremy Sims | Stars: Steve Le Marquand, Tom Budge, Gigi Edgley, Glenn Hazeldine
Votes: 899
19. Emerald City (1988)
92 min | Comedy, Drama
A couple is being tested by the temptations of a big city.
Director: Michael Jenkins | Stars: John Hargreaves, Robyn Nevin, Chris Haywood, Nicole Kidman
Votes: 693
20. Night Must Fall (1964)
101 min | Crime, Thriller
A psychotic killer gets in the good graces of his aging invalid employer, and worms his way into the affection of her beautiful daughter, with unpleasant results for all.
Director: Karel Reisz | Stars: Albert Finney, Susan Hampshire, Mona Washbourne, Sheila Hancock
Votes: 940
21. Footsteps in the Dark (1941)
Approved | 96 min | Comedy, Crime, Mystery
A respected investment advisor has a double life as a mystery writer and becomes involved in the real murder of a shady client.
Director: Lloyd Bacon | Stars: Errol Flynn, Brenda Marshall, Ralph Bellamy, Alan Hale
Votes: 1,424
22. Smile Orange (1976)
PG | 86 min | Comedy, Drama
Based on the stage play by director Trevor Rhone, "Smile Orange" takes a humorous and somewhat acidic view of the tourism business, mostly from the point of view of Ringo, a hustler, con man and waiter.
Director: Trevor D. Rhone | Stars: Carl Bradshaw, Glenn Morrison, Vaughn Crosskill, Stanley Irons
Votes: 156
23. The Andersonville Trial (1970 TV Movie)
150 min | Drama
A dramatization of the 1865 war-crimes trial of Henry Wirz, commandant of the notorious Confederate POW camp at Andersonville, Georgia.
Director: George C. Scott | Stars: Cameron Mitchell, William Shatner, Jack Cassidy, Wright King
Votes: 496
24. The Mad Room (1969)
M | 93 min | Drama, Horror
Ellen Hardy gets a rude awakening when she discovers that her brother and sister are scheduled to leave the mental institution where they were put as young children after they killed their parents.
Director: Bernard Girard | Stars: Stella Stevens, Shelley Winters, Skip Ward, Carol Cole
Votes: 628
25. Shadows on the Stairs (1941)
Approved | 64 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
Occupants of a London boarding house become suspects as a string of murders are discovered.
Director: D. Ross Lederman | Stars: Frieda Inescort, Paul Cavanagh, Heather Angel, Bruce Lester
Votes: 787
26. Hostile Witness (1969)
GP | 101 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Ray Milland directed himself as a barrister whose daughter is killed in a "hit-and-run" accident. When his neighbor is also killed, evidence points to the barrister as a murderer.
Director: Ray Milland | Stars: Ray Milland, Sylvia Syms, Felix Aylmer, Raymond Huntley
Votes: 551
27. The Holly and the Ivy (1952)
Approved | 80 min | Drama
A heartwarming tale of an English minister and his family reunited at Christmas time. Their story includes a remembrance of their World War II trials.
Director: George More O'Ferrall | Stars: Ralph Richardson, Celia Johnson, Margaret Leighton, Denholm Elliott
Votes: 2,005
28. Having Wonderful Time (1938)
Approved | 70 min | Comedy, Romance
Bored New York office girl Teddy Shaw goes to a camp in the Catskill Mountains for rest and finds Chick Kirkland.
Director: Alfred Santell | Stars: Ginger Rogers, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Peggy Conklin, Lucille Ball
Votes: 1,008
29. The Emperor Jones (1933)
Not Rated | 72 min | Drama, Music
Unscrupulously ambitious Brutus Jones escapes from jail after killing a guard and through bluff and bravado finds himself the emperor of a Caribbean island.
Directors: Dudley Murphy, William C. de Mille | Stars: Paul Robeson, Dudley Digges, Frank H. Wilson, Fredi Washington
Votes: 1,264
30. Face to Face (2011)
89 min | Drama
Face to Face is adapted from David Williamson's play of the same name which is in turn based on the transcripts from real conflict resolution sessions. The story is about a young scaffold ... See full summary »
Director: Michael Rymer | Stars: Vince Colosimo, Luke Ford, Matthew Newton, Sigrid Thornton
Votes: 351
31. Elesin Oba: The King's Horseman (2022)
TV-MA | 96 min | Adventure, Drama, History
After his king dies, a horseman must sacrifice himself to serve his ruler in the afterlife but sudden distractions lead to unexpected tragedy.
Director: Biyi Bandele | Stars: Odunlade Adekola, Shaffy Bello, Olawale-Brymo Olofooro, Deyemi Okanlawon
Votes: 448
32. A Night of Terror (1937)
86 min | Drama, Mystery, Romance
A lottery winner breaks up with her fiancé and marries a fortune hunter who proves to be dangerous.
Director: Rowland V. Lee | Stars: Ann Harding, Basil Rathbone, Binnie Hale, Bruce Seton
Votes: 646
33. Dhund (1973)
130 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
A traveler decides to assist a woman involved in a murder.
Director: B.R. Chopra | Stars: Navin Nischol, Zeenat Aman, Sanjay Khan, Danny Denzongpa
Votes: 640
34. Dr. Cook's Garden (1971 TV Movie)
75 min | Drama, Thriller
Dr Cook has a beautiful garden! But what's the secret to his green thumb?
Director: Ted Post | Stars: Bing Crosby, Frank Converse, Blythe Danner, Bethel Leslie
Votes: 222
35. The Spider's Web (1960)
88 min | Mystery
When an intruder is killed in her house, the comfortable life of Clarissa Hailsham-Browne is turned upside-down.
Director: Godfrey Grayson | Stars: Glynis Johns, John Justin, Jack Hulbert, Cicely Courtneidge
Votes: 277
36. The Perfect Alibi (1930)
98 min | Mystery
Two men plan revenge on a policeman who had had them convicted some years before.
Director: Basil Dean | Stars: Dorothy Boyd, Nigel Bruce, Audrey Carten, David Hawthorne
Votes: 88
37. The Night of January 16th (1941)
Passed | 80 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
The story revolves around three people; Tycoon Bjorn Faulkner, who is being called upon by his board of directors to explain a missing $20,000,000; Kit Lane, his secretary who also has a ... See full summary »
Director: William Clemens | Stars: Robert Preston, Ellen Drew, Nils Asther, Clarence Kolb
Votes: 151
38. The Thirteenth Chair (1937)
Passed | 66 min | Crime, Drama
Inspector Marney of Scotland Yard travels to Calcutta to investigate the murder of Leonard Lee, a generally despised man in these parts. John Wales, who considered Lee his best friend, is a... See full summary »
Director: George B. Seitz | Stars: May Whitty, Madge Evans, Lewis Stone, Elissa Landi
Votes: 330
39. Baskerville: A Sherlock Holmes Mystery (2017 Video)
3 min | Short, Mystery
Get your deerstalker cap on - the play's afoot. From the award-winning mastermind of mayhem, Ken Ludwig (Lend Me a Tenor), comes a fast-paced comedy about everyone's favorite detective ... See full summary »
Director: Chrisjohn Hancock | Star: Harrison Treble
40. Sherlock Holmes (1916)
Not Rated | 116 min | Crime, Mystery
When a couple of swindlers hold young Alice Faulkner against her will in order to discover the whereabouts of letters which could spell scandal for the royal family, Sherlock Holmes is on the case.
Director: Arthur Berthelet | Stars: William Gillette, Marjorie Kay, Ernest Maupain, Edward Fielding
Votes: 477
41. Love from a Stranger (1947)
Approved | 81 min | Drama, Mystery, Romance
A newly married woman begins to suspect that her husband is a killer. Even worse, she soon comes to believe that she will be his next victim.
Director: Richard Whorf | Stars: John Hodiak, Sylvia Sidney, Ann Richards, John Howard
Votes: 296
42. The Removalists
Drama | Pre-production
A crime thriller/drama told from the inside, looking out. A biting expose of relationships and the abuse of authority in Western society - Spanning two time periods, now (2019) and then (1976).
Director: Craig Monahan | Stars: Abbie Cornish, Bryan Brown, Caroline Goodall, Rena Owen
43. Inherit the Wind (1965 TV Movie)
90 min | Drama
In 1925, a Tennessee science teacher is arrested for teaching Charles Darwin's theory of evolution, and a mighty courtroom battle ensues.
Director: George Schaefer | Stars: Melvyn Douglas, Ed Begley, Norman Wright, Diane Baker
Votes: 82
44. Yakiniku Dragon (2018)
126 min | Drama, Family
it is the 1970s and Yong Gil has immigrated to Japan from South Korea and operates a barbecue restaurant. He also operates a wife and three daughters. The daughters are a drama unto ... See full summary »
Director: Wui-Sin Chong | Stars: Dong-kyu Han, Mao Inoue, Lee Jeong-eun, Hee-cheol Kim
Votes: 144
45. The Trial of the Catonsville Nine (1972)
PG | 85 min | Drama, History
The trial of the Catonsville Nine, the nine Catholic activists who in 1968 went to the draft board in Catonsville, Maryland, took 378 draft files and burned them to protest the Vietnam War.
Director: Gordon Davidson | Stars: Gwen Arner, Ed Flanders, Barton Heyman, Mary Jackson
Votes: 49 | Gross: $0.11M
46. On Trial (1928)
Passed | 91 min | Drama, Mystery, Romance
A court-room drama in which Robert Strickland (Bert Lytell) finds himself on trial for the murder of his friend.
Director: Archie Mayo | Stars: Pauline Frederick, Bert Lytell, Lois Wilson, Holmes Herbert
Votes: 24
47. Mystery Submarine (1962)
92 min | Adventure, Drama, War
During WWII, the British Royal Navy uses a captured German submarine to trick the enemy and protect their supply convoy.
Director: C.M. Pennington-Richards | Stars: Edward Judd, James Robertson Justice, Laurence Payne, Joachim Fuchsberger
Votes: 74
48. Alibi (1931)
75 min | Mystery
Belgian sleuth Hercule Poirot investigates a mysterious suicide at a country house.
Director: Leslie S. Hiscott | Stars: Austin Trevor, Franklin Dyall, Elizabeth Allan, J.H. Roberts
Votes: 30
50. The Cockeyed Miracle (1946)
Approved | 81 min | Comedy, Fantasy
Man returns from heaven to make up for financial errors he made that caused harm to his family.
Director: S. Sylvan Simon | Stars: Frank Morgan, Keenan Wynn, Cecil Kellaway, Audrey Totter
Votes: 436