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1. Blade (1998)
R | 120 min | Action, Horror, Sci-Fi
A half-vampire, half-mortal man becomes a protector of the mortal race, while slaying evil vampires.
Director: Stephen Norrington | Stars: Wesley Snipes, Stephen Dorff, Kris Kristofferson, N'Bushe Wright
Votes: 300,299 | Gross: $70.09M
2. Big Jake (1971)
PG-13 | 110 min | Drama, Western
In 1909, when John Fain's gang kidnaps Jacob McCandles' grandson and holds him for ransom, Big Jake sets out to rescue the boy.
Directors: George Sherman, John Wayne | Stars: John Wayne, Richard Boone, Maureen O'Hara, Patrick Wayne
Votes: 14,508 | Gross: $16.35M
3. Midway (2019)
PG-13 | 138 min | Action, Drama, History
The story of the Battle of Midway, told by the leaders and the sailors who fought it.
Director: Roland Emmerich | Stars: Ed Skrein, Patrick Wilson, Woody Harrelson, Luke Evans
Votes: 94,904 | Gross: $56.85M
4. A Fistful of Dollars (1964)
R | 99 min | Action, Drama, Western
A wandering gunfighter plays two rival families against each other in a town torn apart by greed, pride, and revenge.
Director: Sergio Leone | Stars: Clint Eastwood, Gian Maria Volontè, Marianne Koch, Wolfgang Lukschy
Votes: 233,717 | Gross: $14.50M
5. Dangerous Minds (1995)
R | 99 min | Biography, Drama
LouAnne, a retired US marine, becomes a teacher in a Californian high school. But her mostly Latino and black students from an impoverished and racially segregated locality do not easily embrace her.
Director: John N. Smith | Stars: Michelle Pfeiffer, George Dzundza, Courtney B. Vance, Robin Bartlett
Votes: 57,251 | Gross: $84.92M
6. Red Dead Redemption (2010 Video Game)
M | Action, Adventure, Crime
A former outlaw is forced by the federal government to hunt down the members of his old gang.
Stars: Rob Wiethoff, Josh Blaylock, Sophia Marzocchi, Spider Madison
Votes: 30,736
7. Hostage (2005)
R | 113 min | Action, Crime, Drama
When a family is held hostage, former hostage negotiator Jeff Talley arrives at the scene. Talley's own family is kidnapped and Talley must decide which is more important: saving a family he doesn't even know or saving his own family.
Director: Florent-Emilio Siri | Stars: Bruce Willis, Kevin Pollak, Serena Scott Thomas, Jimmy Bennett
Votes: 113,665 | Gross: $34.64M
8. Django (1966)
Not Rated | 91 min | Action, Drama, Western
A coffin-dragging gunslinger and a prostitute become embroiled in a bitter feud between a Klan of Southern racists and a band of Mexican Revolutionaries.
Director: Sergio Corbucci | Stars: Franco Nero, José Canalejas, José Bódalo, Loredana Nusciak
Votes: 31,163 | Gross: $0.03M
9. The War Lover (1962)
Approved | 105 min | Adventure, Drama, War
In 1943, while stationed in Britain, arrogant Captain Buzz Rickson is in command of a Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress bomber, but his recklessness is endangering everyone around him.
Director: Philip Leacock | Stars: Steve McQueen, Robert Wagner, Shirley Anne Field, Gary Cockrell
Votes: 2,147
10. Tom Horn (1980)
R | 98 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
An ex-army scout is hired by ranchers to kill cattle rustlers but he gets into trouble with the corrupt local officials when he's suspected of killing a boy.
Director: William Wiard | Stars: Steve McQueen, Linda Evans, Richard Farnsworth, Billy Green Bush
Votes: 5,936 | Gross: $9.68M
11. Hombre (1967)
Approved | 111 min | Drama, Western
John Russell, disdained by his "respectable" fellow stagecoach passengers because he was raised by Native Americans, becomes their only hope for survival when they are set upon by outlaws.
Director: Martin Ritt | Stars: Paul Newman, Fredric March, Richard Boone, Diane Cilento
Votes: 13,904
12. Breakheart Pass (1975)
PG | 95 min | Drama, Mystery, Western
John Deakin is being transported, as a prisoner, on a train with supplies and medicine to Fort Humboldt, Nevada.
Director: Tom Gries | Stars: Charles Bronson, Ben Johnson, Richard Crenna, Jill Ireland
Votes: 8,867
13. The Big Gundown (1967)
Approved | 110 min | Drama, Western
An unofficial lawman and would-be senator is tasked by a railroad baron with hunting down a knife-wielding Mexican peasant accused of raping and killing a young girl.
Director: Sergio Sollima | Stars: Lee Van Cleef, Tomas Milian, Walter Barnes, Nieves Navarro
Votes: 7,137
14. Keoma (1976)
R | 105 min | Drama, Western
An ex-Union gunfighter attempts to protect his plague-ridden hometown from being overridden by his racist half-brothers and a Confederate tyrant.
Director: Enzo G. Castellari | Stars: Franco Nero, William Berger, Olga Karlatos, Orso Maria Guerrini
Votes: 6,223
15. The Trial of Joan of Arc (1962)
64 min | Biography, Drama, History
A Joan of Arc's trial reconstruction concerning her imprisonment, interrogation and final execution at the hands of the English. Filmed in a spare, low-key fashion.
Director: Robert Bresson | Stars: Florence Delay, Jean-Claude Fourneau, Roger Honorat, Marc Jacquier
Votes: 5,999
16. A Pistol for Ringo (1965)
Approved | 98 min | Comedy, Western
An 'angel-faced' gunfighter is tasked with infiltrating a ranch overrun by Mexican bandits and saving their hostages, including the fiancée of the local sheriff.
Director: Duccio Tessari | Stars: Giuliano Gemma, Fernando Sancho, Lorella De Luca, Nieves Navarro
Votes: 2,318
17. Villa Rides (1968)
R | 125 min | Drama, War, Western
Mexican rebel Pancho Villa leads a revolution helped by an American aviator imprisoned in Mexico.
Director: Buzz Kulik | Stars: Yul Brynner, Robert Mitchum, Maria Grazia Buccella, Herbert Lom
Votes: 2,334 | Gross: $2.64M
18. Cemetery Without Crosses (1969)
Not Rated | 90 min | Drama, Western
A melancholic gunfighter is drawn into a vengeful and tragic kidnapping plot by his widowed ex-lover.
Director: Robert Hossein | Stars: Michèle Mercier, Robert Hossein, Guido Lollobrigida, Daniele Vargas
Votes: 2,419
19. Run, Man, Run (1968)
Not Rated | 101 min | Adventure, Comedy, Western
A knife-wielding Mexican ne'er-do-well is tasked by a scholar with locating $3 million in revolutionary gold, and finds himself working and competing with various parties for it.
Director: Sergio Sollima | Stars: Tomas Milian, Donald O'Brien, Linda Veras, Marco Guglielmi
Votes: 2,024
20. A Warrior's Heart (2011)
PG | 86 min | Action, Drama, Family
A talented high school lacrosse player deals with the pain from his military dad's death, a resentful new coach, and consequences of his own arrogance.
Director: Mike Sears | Stars: Kellan Lutz, Adam Beach, Ridge Canipe, William Mapother
Votes: 2,506
21. Sartana's Here... Trade Your Pistol for a Coffin (1970)
Not Rated | 93 min | Drama, Western
Sartana contends with various parties - including a dapper rival gunfighter, an alluring saloon owner and a Mexican bandit - who are intent on acquiring a mining director's gold.
Director: Giuliano Carnimeo | Stars: George Hilton, Charles Southwood, Erika Blanc, Piero Lulli
Votes: 1,074
22. El Cazador de la Bruja (2007)
TV-14 | Animation, Action, Adventure
The story centers on two female characters: Ellis and Nadi. In the premise, Ellis is a murder suspect and finds herself on the run from an underground society called "Hunters." At some ... See full summary »
Stars: Maxey Whitehead, Trina Nishimura, Kenta Miyake, Ian Sinclair
Votes: 314
23. Going to Extremes (1992–1993)
60 min | Comedy, Drama
This hour-long dramatic comedy featured American medical students undergoing their training on a tropical island.
Stars: Erika Alexander, June Chadwick, Roy Dotrice, Camilo Gallardo
Votes: 104
24. Django Kill... If You Live, Shoot! (1967)
Not Rated | 100 min | Horror, Western
Various factions, including a half-breed bandit, a gang of homosexual cowboys, and a priest, feud over stolen gold in a surreal town.
Director: Giulio Questi | Stars: Tomas Milian, Marilù Tolo, Piero Lulli, Milo Quesada
Votes: 2,949
25. I Am Sartana, Your Angel of Death (1969)
Not Rated | 103 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Sartana is framed for a bank robbery, and must find the culprits to clear his name.
Director: Giuliano Carnimeo | Stars: Gianni Garko, Frank Wolff, Ettore Manni, Sal Borgese
Votes: 1,188
26. Adiós, Sabata (1970)
PG-13 | 104 min | Action, Drama, War
Sabata helps a band of Mexican revolutionaries steal a wagon-load of gold from the occupying Austrian forces of Emperor Maximilian I.
Director: Gianfranco Parolini | Stars: Yul Brynner, Dean Reed, Ignazio Spalla, Gérard Herter
Votes: 2,325 | Gross: $0.55M
27. Fighter Squadron (1948)
Approved | 96 min | Action, War
During World War II, an insubordinate fighter pilot finds the shoe on the other foot when he's promoted.
Director: Raoul Walsh | Stars: Edmond O'Brien, Robert Stack, John Rodney, Tom D'Andrea
Votes: 1,032
28. Light the Fuse... Sartana Is Coming (1970)
Not Rated | 99 min | Western
After breaking a gambler who has been framed for murder out of prison, Sartana helps him to trace the whereabouts of a cache of missing gold.
Director: Giuliano Carnimeo | Stars: Gianni Garko, Nieves Navarro, Massimo Serato, Piero Lulli
Votes: 1,265
29. Jack Mimoun and the Secrets of Val Verde (2022)
104 min | Adventure, Comedy
Two years after surviving alone on the hostile island of Val Verde, Jack Mimoun has become an adventure star. The book recounting his experience is a bestseller and his television show ... See full summary »
Directors: Malik Bentalha, Ludovic Colbeau-Justin | Stars: Malik Bentalha, Joséphine Japy, Jérôme Commandeur, François Damiens
Votes: 976
30. Shango (1970)
Not Rated | 96 min | Action, Drama, Western
(1970) Anthony Steffen, Edjuardo Fajardo, Maurice Poli, Barbara Nelli, Andrea Scotti. Shango is a Texas Ranger who finds himself up against a former Confederate officer and his gang of ... See full summary »
Director: Edoardo Mulargia | Stars: Anthony Steffen, Eduardo Fajardo, Maurice Poli, Barbara Nelli
Votes: 256
31. The Savage Guns (1961)
83 min | Drama, Romance, Western
In Sonora, in a lonesome valley near the border of Arizona: ex-major Summer tries to forget about the horrors of the war of independence on his farm. He has foresworn to violence. His ... See full summary »
Director: Michael Carreras | Stars: Richard Basehart, Paquita Rico, Don Taylor, Alex Nicol
Votes: 235
32. They Call Him Cemetery (1971)
Not Rated | 88 min | Western, Comedy
John and George McIntire are a couple of naive brothers who travel to a lawless western town to see their father. The bumbling siblings get themselves into big trouble after they beat up a ... See full summary »
Director: Giuliano Carnimeo | Stars: Gianni Garko, William Berger, Christopher Chittell, John Fordyce
Votes: 497
33. Johnny Yuma (1966)
Not Rated | 100 min | Action, Drama, Western
A conniving wife has her husband murdered, and also plans to kill his nephew, the only heir, with the assistance of her ex-lover. When she tries to double-cross the ex-lover, he and the heir team up and kill her bodyguards.
Director: Romolo Guerrieri | Stars: Mark Damon, Lawrence Dobkin, Rosalba Neri, Luigi Vannucchi
Votes: 490
34. Gunfighter's Moon (1995)
PG-13 | 95 min | Action, Drama, Romance
A notorious gunfighter returns to his ex-wife, who only wants him to save her sheriff husband from being killed by gunmen out to free his condemned prisoner.
Director: Larry Ferguson | Stars: Lance Henriksen, Kay Lenz, David McIlwraith, Nikki Deloach
Votes: 725
35. Wanted (1967)
107 min | Action, Drama, Romance
A local sheriff is unjustly accused of murder in a small town and forced to flee. He gets rid of his enemies one by one and tries to prove his innocence.
Director: Giorgio Ferroni | Stars: Giuliano Gemma, Germán Cobos, Teresa Gimpera, Serge Marquand
Votes: 450
36. Rickover: The Birth of Nuclear Power (2014)
TV-PG | 116 min | Biography
Combative, provocative, and searingly blunt, Admiral Hyman G. Rickover was a flamboyant maverick and a unique American hero. When few thought it possible, then-Captain Rickover harnessed ... See full summary »
Director: Michael Pack | Stars: Joan Allen, Michael Stewart Allen, Joel Briel, Bryan Clark
Votes: 139
37. Cop Target (1990)
89 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
Farley Wood is hired to escort a rich widow of a DEA agent and her kid to the tropical island of San Cristobal. The widow needs protection from a gang of international terrorists and her ... See full summary »
Director: Umberto Lenzi | Stars: Robert Ginty, Barbara Bingham, Charles Napier, Nina Sue Borrel
Votes: 144
38. Ballad of Death Valley (1970)
95 min | Drama, Western
The outlaw Douglas brothers form an uneasy alliance with Lee Galloway to retrieve hidden gold from an earlier robbery.
Director: Roberto Mauri | Stars: William Berger, Wayde Preston, Aldo Berti, Jolanda Modio
Votes: 274
39. Mega Man (1987 Video Game)
E | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
A lab assistant robot volunteers to be enhanced for fighting to stop a mad scientist from world domination.
Director: Akira Kitamura
Votes: 1,210
40. Sugar Colt (1966)
106 min | Comedy, Romance, Western
To avenge a friend and to fulfill his last wish, Tom has to find out what happened to an army corps that has mysteriously disappeared. He therefore puts on the disguise of a doctor and starts investigating in a somewhat uncomfortable town.
Director: Franco Giraldi | Stars: Jack Betts, Soledad Miranda, Giuliano Raffaelli, Gina Rovere
Votes: 465
41. If You Want to Live... Shoot! (1968)
97 min | Comedy, Romance, Western
A young cowboy, Johnny, playing in a rigged poker game is forced to shoot one of the other players. The cowboy takes quick leave as he is accused of murder and a reward for his capture is posted.
Director: Sergio Garrone | Stars: Ivan Rassimov, Giovanni Cianfriglia, Isabella Savona, Franco Cobianchi
Votes: 133
42. The Restless Breed (1957)
Approved | 86 min | Western
A very bright young lawyer with a very quick temper travels to Mission, a small Texas border town to even the score for the murder of his father, a secret service operator at the hands of gun-runners.
Director: Allan Dwan | Stars: Scott Brady, Anne Bancroft, Jay C. Flippen, Jim Davis
Votes: 445
43. Solitaire (I) (2008)
Unrated | 90 min | Action, Drama, Mystery
"Solitaire" is a story of thievery and the lengths that a group of young criminals will go through in order to do exactly that. Stars the legendary Marilyn Chambers
Director: Frank Durant | Stars: Marilyn Chambers, Nick Jandl, Alex Fraioli, Short Sleeve Sampson
Votes: 41
44. Uccidi o muori (1966)
82 min | Western, Action
A wandering gunfighter joins the good side in a conflict between two rival rancher families
Director: Tanio Boccia | Stars: Rodd Dana, Elina De Witt, Fabrizio Moroni, Andrea Bosic
Votes: 155
45. Django Kills Softly (1967)
85 min | Drama, Western
Thompson's gang assaults a caravan; Bill, an involuntary witness, manages to escape and save Linda's life. The two take refuge in the neighboring village, that is, where the bandits are.
Director: Massimo Pupillo | Stars: George Eastman, Liana Orfei, Luciano Rossi, Domenico Maggio
Votes: 315
46. Searching for Mr. Rugoff (2019)
94 min | Documentary
The feature documentary Searching for Mr. Rugoff is the story of Donald Rugoff, who was the crazy genius behind Cinema 5, the mid-century theater chain and film distribution company. Rugoff... See full summary »
Director: Ira Deutchman | Stars: Elyce Bonnell, Peter Broderick, Bea Brydson, Nat Chediak
Votes: 94
47. Top Gun in 60 Seconds (2010)
1 min | Short, Action, Comedy
Mark Wong and Chris Slaughter's remake of the classic 'Top Gun' features most of your favorite characters and plot points from the 1986 version, plus just the right amount of comedy that ... See full summary »
Director: Mark C. Wong | Stars: Mark Hampton, Christopher Slaughter, May Abbott, Bob Blair
Votes: 98
48. Make the Sign of the Cross, Stranger! (1968)
98 min | Action, Western
A bounty hunter wants to catch the Bandit Carson because he has a lot of people in his gang who are worth a lot of money. When he comes into White City he gets his first problems with ... See full summary »
Director: Demofilo Fidani | Stars: Charles Southwood, Jeff Cameron, Cristina Penz, Massimo Righi
Votes: 119
49. Paradzhanov (2013)
95 min | Drama, Romance
A film director Sergey Paradjanov creates brilliant films. His nonconformist behavior conflicts with Soviet System. He is committed to prison for being eccentric. His indestructible love ... See full summary »
Directors: Serge Avedikian, Olena Fetisova | Stars: Serge Avedikian, Yuliya Peresild, Karen Badalov, Zaza Kashybadze
Votes: 331
50. Howard Zinn: You Can't Be Neutral on a Moving Train (2004)
Not Rated | 78 min | Documentary
The life and times of Howard Zinn: the historian, activist, and author of several classics including "A Peoples History of the United States". Archival footage, and commentary by friend, colleagues and Zinn himself.
Directors: Deb Ellis, Denis Mueller | Stars: Matt Damon, Daniel Berrigan, Howard Zinn, Alice Walker
Votes: 834 | Gross: $0.12M