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1. Spider-Man (2002)
PG-13 | 121 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
After being bitten by a genetically-modified spider, a shy teenager gains spider-like abilities that he uses to fight injustice as a masked superhero and face a vengeful enemy.
Director: Sam Raimi | Stars: Tobey Maguire, Kirsten Dunst, Willem Dafoe, James Franco
Votes: 882,260 | Gross: $403.71M
2. Legend (I) (2015)
R | 132 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
Identical twin gangsters Ronald and Reginald Kray terrorize London during the 1960s.
Director: Brian Helgeland | Stars: Tom Hardy, Emily Browning, Taron Egerton, Paul Anderson
Votes: 203,014 | Gross: $1.87M
3. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011)
R | 158 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Journalist Mikael Blomkvist is aided in his search for a woman who has been missing for 40 years by young computer hacker Lisbeth Salander.
Director: David Fincher | Stars: Daniel Craig, Rooney Mara, Christopher Plummer, Stellan Skarsgård
Votes: 495,693 | Gross: $102.52M
4. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2009)
R | 152 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A journalist is aided by a young female hacker in his search for the killer of a woman who has been dead for forty years.
Director: Niels Arden Oplev | Stars: Michael Nyqvist, Noomi Rapace, Ewa Fröling, Lena Endre
Votes: 223,521 | Gross: $10.10M
5. Bicycle Thieves (1948)
Not Rated | 89 min | Drama
In post-war Italy, a working-class man's bicycle is stolen, endangering his efforts to find work. He and his son set out to find it.
Director: Vittorio De Sica | Stars: Lamberto Maggiorani, Enzo Staiola, Lianella Carell, Elena Altieri
Votes: 175,584 | Gross: $0.33M
6. Big Eyes (I) (2014)
PG-13 | 106 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
A drama about the awakening of painter Margaret Keane, her phenomenal success in the 1950s, and the subsequent legal difficulties she had with her husband, who claimed credit for her works in the 1960s.
Director: Tim Burton | Stars: Amy Adams, Christoph Waltz, Danny Huston, Krysten Ritter
Votes: 99,272 | Gross: $14.48M
7. 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: 37,746 | Gross: $2.22M
8. Ace in the Hole (1951)
Approved | 111 min | Drama, Film-Noir
A frustrated former big-city journalist now stuck working for an Albuquerque newspaper exploits a story about a man trapped in a cave to rekindle his career, but the situation quickly escalates into an out-of-control circus.
Director: Billy Wilder | Stars: Kirk Douglas, Jan Sterling, Robert Arthur, Porter Hall
Votes: 39,276 | Gross: $3.97M
9. The Company You Keep (2012)
R | 125 min | Drama, Thriller
After a journalist discovers his identity, a former Weather Underground activist goes on the run.
Director: Robert Redford | Stars: Robert Redford, Brit Marling, Stanley Tucci, Nick Nolte
Votes: 35,006 | Gross: $5.13M
10. Rumpole of the Bailey (1978–1992)
Not Rated | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
The cases of a portly and eccentric criminal law barrister.
Stars: Leo McKern, Jonathan Coy, Julian Curry, Marion Mathie
Votes: 1,734
11. Absence of Malice (1981)
PG | 116 min | Drama, Romance, Thriller
When a prosecutor leaks to a Miami reporter that a liquor wholesaler is suspected in the murder of a union head, the man's life begins to unravel.
Director: Sydney Pollack | Stars: Paul Newman, Sally Field, Bob Balaban, Melinda Dillon
Votes: 14,791 | Gross: $40.72M
12. The Contender (2000)
R | 126 min | Drama, Thriller
Senator Laine Hanson is a contender for U.S. Vice President, but information and disinformation about her past surfaces that threatens to derail her confirmation.
Director: Rod Lurie | Stars: Joan Allen, Gary Oldman, Jeff Bridges, Christian Slater
Votes: 25,049 | Gross: $17.87M
13. Bright Young Things (2003)
R | 102 min | Comedy, Drama, War
An adaptation of Evelyn Waugh's novel "Vile Bodies", is a look into the lives of a young novelist, his would-be lover, and a host of young people who beautified London in the 1930s.
Director: Stephen Fry | Stars: Stephen Campbell Moore, Emily Mortimer, Dan Aykroyd, Simon McBurney
Votes: 6,331 | Gross: $0.93M
14. Veronica Guerin (2003)
R | 98 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
An Irish journalist writes a series of stories about drug dealers.
Director: Joel Schumacher | Stars: Cate Blanchett, Colin Farrell, Brenda Fricker, Ciarán Hinds
Votes: 21,928 | Gross: $1.57M
15. The Lost Honor of Katharina Blum (1975)
R | 106 min | Crime, Drama
A young woman's life is scrutinized by police and tabloid press after she spends the night with a suspected terrorist.
Directors: Volker Schlöndorff, Margarethe von Trotta | Stars: Angela Winkler, Mario Adorf, Dieter Laser, Jürgen Prochnow
Votes: 4,925
16. Saint Laurent (2014)
R | 150 min | Biography, Drama, Romance
Yves Saint Laurent's life from 1967 to 1976, during which time the famed fashion designer was at the peak of his career.
Director: Bertrand Bonello | Stars: Gaspard Ulliel, Jérémie Renier, Louis Garrel, Léa Seydoux
Votes: 6,497 | Gross: $0.43M
17. Libeled Lady (1936)
Passed | 98 min | Comedy, Romance
When a socialite sues a big paper for libel, the editor responsible calls in the help of his ignored fiancée and a former employee to frame her and make the false story seem true.
Director: Jack Conway | Stars: Jean Harlow, William Powell, Myrna Loy, Spencer Tracy
Votes: 8,937
18. Unspeakable (2017 TV Movie)
47 min | Drama
A single mum receives an anonymous text message, claiming her new boyfriend is having an inappropriate relationship with her 11 year old daughter. Over one weekend the accusation fractures the relationship between the couple.
Director: David Nath | Stars: Indira Varma, Luke Treadaway, Kate Ashfield, Neil Maskell
Votes: 684
19. The Life of Emile Zola (1937)
Passed | 116 min | Biography, Drama
The biopic of the famous French muckraking writer and his involvement in fighting the injustice of the Dreyfus Affair.
Director: William Dieterle | Stars: Paul Muni, Gale Sondergaard, Joseph Schildkraut, Gloria Holden
Votes: 9,035
20. The Wrong House (2016 TV Movie)
TV-14 | 87 min | Thriller
Rebecca Lassiter and her husband Brian leave New York City to move to Los Angeles and find the perfect suburban house for them and their young daughter. However, a local personal trainer ... See full summary »
Director: Sam Irvin | Stars: Clare Kramer, Tilky Jones, Allison McAtee, Thomas Calabro
Votes: 396
21. QB VII (1974)
TV-MA | 390 min | Drama, Mystery
A physician (Sir Anthony Hopkins) sues a novelist (Ben Gazzara) for publishing statements implicating the doctor in Nazi war crimes.
Stars: Ben Gazzara, Anthony Hopkins, Leslie Caron, Dan O'Herlihy
Votes: 877
22. A Lion Is in the Streets (1953)
Approved | 88 min | Drama, Romance, Thriller
A charismatic peddler from the bayous finds his true calling in politics. Is he a demagogue in the making?
Director: Raoul Walsh | Stars: James Cagney, Barbara Hale, Anne Francis, Warner Anderson
Votes: 1,029
23. Interlude (1968)
M/PG | 113 min | Drama, Romance
A famous conductor gives an interview to a pretty young reporter. He speaks a bit too frankly and finds he's given himself an unwanted sabbatical from conducting. He begins an affair with ... See full summary »
Director: Kevin Billington | Stars: Oskar Werner, Barbara Ferris, Virginia Maskell, Donald Sutherland
Votes: 420
24. Your Past Is Showing (1957)
Not Rated | 91 min | Comedy
A very British comedy about a blackmailer and his victims.
Director: Mario Zampi | Stars: Terry-Thomas, Peter Sellers, Peggy Mount, Shirley Eaton
Votes: 2,047
25. Libel (1959)
Not Rated | 100 min | Drama, Mystery
A shell-shocked World War II veteran with memory problems is accused of being an impostor by a former comrade.
Director: Anthony Asquith | Stars: Dirk Bogarde, Olivia de Havilland, Paul Massie, Robert Morley
Votes: 1,603
26. Wild Bill Hickok Rides (1942)
Passed | 82 min | Western
In 1870s Montana, Wild Bill Hickok fights against injustices brought upon the settlers by a crooked land-developer aided by a dishonest sheriff and illegal land-grabbers.
Director: Ray Enright | Stars: Constance Bennett, Bruce Cabot, Warren William, Betty Brewer
Votes: 211
27. Home for Harvest (2019 TV Movie)
TV-PG | 86 min | Romance
A travel writer is surprised to be sent back to the home town she left, heartbroken, years before. She meets a new man, and also her ex.
Director: Andrew Cymek | Stars: Brigitte Kingsley, Landy Cannon, Troy Blundell, Alys Crocker
Votes: 460
28. I Was a Mail Order Bride (1982 TV Movie)
92 min | Comedy, Romance
On a bet with one of his practical-joking partners, a Los Angeles lawyer responds to an ad from a pretty Chicago magazine writer offering herself as a bridal candidate as an investigative ... See full summary »
Director: Marvin J. Chomsky | Stars: Valerie Bertinelli, Ted Wass, Kenneth Kimmins, Karen Morrow
Votes: 233
29. Protocols of Zion (2005)
R | 95 min | Documentary
A documentary about the rise of anti-Semitism in the USA after the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001.
Director: Marc Levin | Stars: Marc Levin, Kofi Annan, Joanne Baron, Shmuley Boteach
Votes: 878 | Gross: $0.18M
30. McLibel (2005)
Not Rated | 85 min | Documentary
McLibel is the story of two ordinary people who humiliated McDonald's in the biggest corporate PR disaster in history.
Directors: Ken Loach, Franny Armstrong | Stars: Helen Steel, Dave Morris, Bruce Alexander, Anita Anand
Votes: 2,168 | Gross: $0.00M
31. Wo der Wildbach durch das Höschen rauscht - Witwen-Report (1974)
76 min | Comedy
In the diary of the late mayor finds his virtuous widow evidence how wild it really driving the good citizens of the town.
Director: Jürgen Enz | Stars: Mascha Sieger, Josef Moosholzer, Birgit Bergen, Kurt Bottin
Votes: 44
32. When the Sky Falls (2000)
R | 107 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
Irish crime-investigating reporter Sinead Hamilton invades the Irish underworld and attempts to expose the illegitimate activities that she has found. Hampered by the system, a police ... See full summary »
Director: John Mackenzie | Stars: Joan Allen, Patrick Bergin, Liam Cunningham, Kevin McNally
Votes: 782
33. The Famous Ferguson Case (1932)
Passed | 74 min | Crime, Drama
Reporters at a scandal sheet dwell on a murder case, with tragic results.
Director: Lloyd Bacon | Stars: Joan Blondell, Grant Mitchell, Vivienne Osborne, Adrienne Dore
Votes: 467
34. The Power of the Press (1928)
62 min | Drama
Naive newspaper cub Clem lands a scoop when he's sent out to cover a murder. In his enthusiasm he writes that the main suspect is Jane. When she confronts Clem she convinces him to help her prove her innocence.
Director: Frank Capra | Stars: Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Jobyna Ralston, Mildred Harris, Philo McCullough
Votes: 326
35. Eternity (II) (1990)
R | 110 min | Drama
Television producer James has an extremely vivid dream, in which he is a Prince struggling to keep the kingdom at peace against the wishes of his warfaring brother, while at the same time ... See full summary »
Director: Steven Paul | Stars: Jon Voight, Armand Assante, Wilford Brimley, Eileen Davidson
Votes: 196
36. Wishbone's Dog Days of the West (1998 TV Movie)
95 min | Adventure, Comedy, Family
In the dusty town of Chaparosa, Texas, one one knows how to tame the land better than Long Bill Longley and his best friend Tom Merwin. But, can our two heroes tame the resident bad guy, ... See full summary »
Directors: Rick Duffield, Caris Palm Turpen | Stars: Soccer the Dog, Larry Brantley, Brent Anderson, Sally Vahle
Votes: 133
37. A Family Affair (1937)
Passed | 69 min | Comedy, Drama, Family
Judge Hardy faces problems at work and at home. Powerful men in town are upset with his decisions and want to see him impeached; his daughters, Joan and Marion, have romantic problems; and ... See full summary »
Director: George B. Seitz | Stars: Lionel Barrymore, Cecilia Parker, Eric Linden, Mickey Rooney
Votes: 780
38. The Affairs of Martha (1942)
Approved | 66 min | Comedy, Romance
Members of a well-to-do small community become worried when it is revealed that one of their maids is writing a telling exposé.
Director: Jules Dassin | Stars: Marsha Hunt, Richard Carlson, Marjorie Main, Virginia Weidler
Votes: 510
39. Here Comes Carter (1936)
Passed | 58 min | Drama
Kent Carter is just a regular Joe who works at a movie studio and observes interesting behavior concerning actors. He uses the info to become a hard driven gossip reporter and bring down a star with a mean streak.
Director: William Clemens | Stars: Ross Alexander, Glenda Farrell, Anne Nagel, Craig Reynolds
Votes: 279
40. Karl May (1974)
187 min | Biography, Drama, History
This ethereal, three-hour biopic is the middle film in Hans-Jürgen Syberberg's "German Trilogy" on the mythological foundations of the Third Reich.
Director: Hans-Jürgen Syberberg | Stars: Helmut Käutner, Kristina Söderbaum, Käthe Gold, Attila Hörbiger
Votes: 173
41. News Hounds (1947)
Approved | 68 min | Comedy, Family
Working for the New York Daily Chronicle, Slip and the boys seek to expose rumored gamblers fixing sports events.
Director: William Beaudine | Stars: Leo Gorcey, Huntz Hall, Bobby Jordan, Gabriel Dell
Votes: 324
42. Back in Circulation (1937)
Passed | 81 min | Comedy, Drama, Mystery
Morning Express ace reporter 'Timmy' Blake uses her wiles and charms to get the scoop on rival papers, and keep her editor happy. When the Express gets a tip that a wealthy old man was ... See full summary »
Director: Ray Enright | Stars: Pat O'Brien, Joan Blondell, Margaret Lindsay, John Litel
Votes: 426
43. The Villa of Orgies (1964)
84 min | Comedy, Romance
A parliamentary candidate and his mistress will spend the night at the police station. After all, no one is above the law, no matter what his credentials or social status may appear to be.
Director: Dinos Dimopoulos | Stars: Labros Konstadaras, Kakia Analyti, Dionysis Papagiannopoulos, Andreas Douzos
Votes: 432
44. Sued for Libel (1939)
Passed | 66 min | Comedy, Crime, Film-Noir
The trial of Albert Pomeroy on the charge of murdering Edward Webster,arouses interest because Webster's widow, Muriel insists Pomeroy is innocent. Meanwhile, back to radio station NYEB, ... See full summary »
Director: Leslie Goodwins | Stars: Kent Taylor, Linda Hayes, Lilian Bond, Morgan Conway
Votes: 178
45. L'affaire Caillaux (1985 TV Movie)
56 min | Crime, Drama
On March 16, 1914, Henriette Caillaux kills Gaston Calmette, the director of the French daily Le Figaro, to protect the reputation of her husband, Joseph Caillaux, the Minister of Finance in the government of Gaston Doumergue.
Director: Yannick Andréi | Stars: Marcel Bozzuffi, Brigitte Fossey, Catherine Alcover, Paul Barge
Votes: 10
46. A Girl with Ideas (1937)
Passed | 70 min | Comedy, Drama
A rich banker's zany daughter gains control of a large newspaper.
Director: S. Sylvan Simon | Stars: Wendy Barrie, Walter Pidgeon, Kent Taylor, Dorothea Kent
Votes: 32
47. The Wild Party (1923)
50 min | Comedy, Drama
The secretary to the city editor of a newspaper, Leslie Adams, persuades him to let her write up a society affair. Her efforts result in a libel suit against the paper, and Leslie is told ... See full summary »
Director: Herbert Blaché | Stars: Gladys Walton, Robert Ellis, Freeman Wood, Dorothy Revier
48. X Marks the Spot (1931)
Passed | 72 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
The story begins in 1923: after an accident, a newspaper reporter needs to raise $5,000 to pay for an operation, otherwise his young sister will be crippled for life. The desperate reporter... See full summary »
Director: Erle C. Kenton | Stars: Lew Cody, Sally Blane, Wallace Ford, Mary Nolan
Votes: 79
49. Hot Water (1937)
Approved | 55 min | Adventure, Comedy, Crime
The Jones family is into politics with father running for mayor. His son prints a newspaper which causes controversy by quoting his dad regarding his crooked opponent.
Director: Frank R. Strayer | Stars: Jed Prouty, Shirley Deane, Spring Byington, Russell Gleason
Votes: 35
50. Good Morning, Judge (1943)
Approved | 67 min | Comedy, Music
A songwriter is sued for libel, and when he gets to court he discovers that his girlfriend is the plaintiff's attorney.
Director: Jean Yarbrough | Stars: Dennis O'Keefe, Louise Allbritton, Mary Beth Hughes, J. Carrol Naish
Votes: 24