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1. The Mentalist (2008–2015)
TV-14 | 43 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A famous "psychic" outs himself as a fake, and starts working as a consultant for the California Bureau of Investigation so he can find "Red John", the madman who killed his wife and daughter.
Stars: Simon Baker, Robin Tunney, Tim Kang, Owain Yeoman
Votes: 200,934
2. West Side Story (2021)
PG-13 | 156 min | Crime, Drama, Musical
An adaptation of the 1957 musical, West Side Story explores forbidden love and the rivalry between the Jets and the Sharks, two teenage street gangs of different ethnic backgrounds.
Director: Steven Spielberg | Stars: Ansel Elgort, Rachel Zegler, Ariana DeBose, David Alvarez
Votes: 95,730
3. Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings (2021)
PG-13 | 132 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Shang-Chi, the master of weaponry-based Kung Fu, is forced to confront his past after being drawn into the Ten Rings organization.
Director: Destin Daniel Cretton | Stars: Simu Liu, Awkwafina, Tony Leung Chiu-wai, Ben Kingsley
Votes: 436,375 | Gross: $224.54M
4. Seven Psychopaths (2012)
R | 110 min | Comedy, Crime
A struggling screenwriter inadvertently becomes entangled in the Los Angeles criminal underworld after his oddball friends kidnap a gangster's beloved Shih Tzu.
Director: Martin McDonagh | Stars: Colin Farrell, Woody Harrelson, Sam Rockwell, Christopher Walken
Votes: 274,136 | Gross: $15.02M
5. Carlito's Way (1993)
R | 144 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A Puerto Rican former convict, just released from prison, pledges to stay away from drugs and violence despite the pressure around him and lead on to a better life outside of N.Y.C.
Director: Brian De Palma | Stars: Al Pacino, Sean Penn, Penelope Ann Miller, John Leguizamo
Votes: 232,588 | Gross: $36.95M
6. Hand of God (2014–2017)
TV-MA | 60 min | Crime, Drama
A morally-corrupt judge suffers a breakdown and believes God is compelling him onto a path of vigilante justice.
Stars: Garret Dillahunt, Emayatzy Corinealdi, Julian Acosta, Ron Perlman
Votes: 12,124
7. Inmate #1: The Rise of Danny Trejo (2019)
Not Rated | 107 min | Documentary, Biography
Having spent much of his early life in prison, actor Danny Trejo discusses his career and how he has overcome a life of crime and addiction.
Director: Brett Harvey | Stars: Cheech Marin, Craig Balkam, Danielle Trejo, Danny Trejo
Votes: 1,285
8. Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Part 1 (2012 Video)
PG-13 | 76 min | Animation, Action, Crime
Batman has not been seen for ten years. A new breed of criminal ravages Gotham City, forcing 55-year-old Bruce Wayne back into the cape and cowl. But, does he still have what it takes to fight crime in a new era?
Director: Jay Oliva | Stars: Peter Weller, Ariel Winter, David Selby, Wade Williams
Votes: 63,267
9. Thursday (1998)
R | 87 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
A former L.A. drug dealer has moved to Houston to make a new life for himself as a married architect. Everything falls apart when he is suddenly visited by one of his former cohorts who comes carrying heroin.
Director: Skip Woods | Stars: Thomas Jane, Aaron Eckhart, Paulina Porizkova, James Le Gros
Votes: 20,082 | Gross: $0.00M
10. Blood Father (2016)
R | 88 min | Action, Crime, Drama
An ex-con reunites with his estranged wayward 17-year old daughter to protect her from drug dealers who are trying to kill her.
Director: Jean-François Richet | Stars: Mel Gibson, Erin Moriarty, Diego Luna, Michael Parks
Votes: 67,695
11. Going Postal (2010)
TV-14 | 93 min | Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
A con artist is conned into taking the job as Postmaster General in the Ankh-Morpork Post Office.
Stars: Richard Coyle, Charles Dance, David Suchet, Claire Foy
Votes: 9,799
12. Band of the Hand (1986)
R | 109 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Five juvenile lost causes are sent to the Everglades where a war veteran tries to reform them using survival tactics. Their new skills and resolve are tested when a Miami drug lord targets them for trying to clean up their neighborhood.
Director: Paul Michael Glaser | Stars: Stephen Lang, Michael Carmine, Lauren Holly, John Cameron Mitchell
Votes: 3,246 | Gross: $4.87M
13. Rancho Deluxe (1975)
R | 93 min | Comedy, Romance, Western
Two drifters, of widely varying backgrounds, rustle cattle and try to avoid being caught in contemporary Montana.
Director: Frank Perry | Stars: Jeff Bridges, Sam Waterston, Elizabeth Ashley, Clifton James
Votes: 2,152
14. Skidoo (1968)
R | 98 min | Comedy
Infamous psychedelic all-star comedy about ex-gangster Tony Banks, who's called out of retirement by mob kingpin God to carry out a hit on fellow mobster "Blue Chips" Packard. When Banks ... See full summary »
Director: Otto Preminger | Stars: Jackie Gleason, Carol Channing, Frankie Avalon, Fred Clark
Votes: 1,920
15. Funeral in Berlin (1966)
Not Rated | 102 min | Thriller
Sent to East Berlin to retrieve a Communist defector, British spy Harry Palmer suspects the situation is not what his superiors believe it to be.
Director: Guy Hamilton | Stars: Michael Caine, Oscar Homolka, Paul Hubschmid, Eva Renzi
Votes: 7,791
16. According to Greta (2009)
PG-13 | 92 min | Drama, Romance
A suicidal and rebellious teenager is sent to live with her grandparents for the summer, where life takes an unexpected turn.
Director: Nancy Bardawil | Stars: Hilary Duff, Evan Ross, Michael Murphy, Ellen Burstyn
Votes: 10,364
17. Little Ladies of the Night (1977 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 100 min | Drama
The sister of ex-pimp and current Los Angeles Police detective Kyle York was murdered working the streets a few years ago. Since his reform, he has teamed with Officer Russ Garfield to ... See full summary »
Director: Marvin J. Chomsky | Stars: David Soul, Louis Gossett Jr., Linda Purl, Clifton Davis
Votes: 216
18. Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye (1950)
Approved | 102 min | Crime, Film-Noir, Thriller
Starting with a violent prison break, clever, ruthless Ralph Cotter corrupts everyone around him.
Director: Gordon Douglas | Stars: James Cagney, Barbara Payton, Helena Carter, Ward Bond
Votes: 2,465
19. The Detective (1954)
Approved | 91 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
Works of art are disappearing, stolen by a master thief, a master of disguise. Father Brown has two goals: to catch the thief and to save his soul.
Director: Robert Hamer | Stars: Alec Guinness, Joan Greenwood, Peter Finch, Cecil Parker
Votes: 1,664
20. Back from Eternity (1956)
Approved | 97 min | Adventure, Drama
After a commercial plane crash lands in a South American jungle, the passengers and pilots must patch up the engines and escape the cannibal-infested area.
Director: John Farrow | Stars: Robert Ryan, Anita Ekberg, Rod Steiger, Phyllis Kirk
Votes: 1,638
21. The Delicate Delinquent (1957)
Approved | 101 min | Comedy
Sidney Pythias is a bumbling janitor picked up by cop Mike Damon as a teenage gang member worth saving from delinquency. With Damon's help, Sidney works his way through the Police Academy to become a cop too.
Director: Don McGuire | Stars: Jerry Lewis, Martha Hyer, Darren McGavin, Robert Ivers
Votes: 1,551 | Gross: $7.00M
22. Going Straight (1978)
TV-PG | 30 min | Comedy
Following his release from Slade prison, Fletcher tries to stick to the straight and narrow, but it isn't easy.
Stars: Ronnie Barker, Patricia Brake, Richard Beckinsale, Nicholas Lyndhurst
Votes: 1,298
23. Red Sundown (1956)
Passed | 81 min | Action, Drama, Romance
A gunfighter takes a deputy sheriff job in a town caught in a feud between a powerful rancher and small farmers.
Director: Jack Arnold | Stars: Rory Calhoun, Martha Hyer, Dean Jagger, Robert Middleton
Votes: 729
24. Easy Street (1917)
Unrated | 24 min | Short, Comedy
A reformed tramp becomes a police constable who must fight a huge thug who dominates an inner-city street.
Director: Charles Chaplin | Stars: Charles Chaplin, Edna Purviance, Eric Campbell, Albert Austin
Votes: 5,829
25. Gemini (2002)
Not Rated | 147 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
A hoodlum faces challenges from a rival gangster and local police after falling in love and deciding to go straight.
Director: Sarann | Stars: Vikram, Kiran Rathod, Kalabhavan Mani, Murali
Votes: 1,127
26. Action Man (1967)
95 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Sophisticated crook talks ex-crook and now respectable business man into one last caper. This highly planned and well executed crime goes off without a hitch until rival bad guys want a piece of the action.
Director: Jean Delannoy | Stars: Jean Gabin, Robert Stack, Margaret Lee, Jean Topart
Votes: 739
27. Lula: The Sexy Empire (1998 Video Game)
Animation, Comedy
Humorous managerial simulation about a former criminal who partners up with ditzy porn star Lula to build their own porn business empire. There are three major business goals in the game and some cartoon nudity.
Stars: Andrea, Patrick Leusch, Silke Wünsch
Votes: 31
28. Chaindance (1991)
R | 109 min | Crime, Drama
As a part of a special government reform program, inmate J.T. Blake has to take care of Johnny Reynolds who has cerebral palsy. In the meantime, another inmate wants to take care of J.T. Blake forever.
Director: Allan A. Goldstein | Stars: Scott Andersen, R. Nelson Brown, Norman Browning, Leslie Carlson
Votes: 336
29. The Little Giant (1933)
Passed | 76 min | Comedy, Crime, Romance
When Prohibition ends, a beer baron sees the writing on the wall, quits the rackets, and tries to break into California society.
Director: Roy Del Ruth | Stars: Edward G. Robinson, Mary Astor, Helen Vinson, Russell Hopton
Votes: 1,442
30. Meltdown: Days of Destruction (2006 TV Movie)
R | 90 min | Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Despite scientist Nathan's warnings, his boss continues an experiment meant as publicity for his satellite firm: exploding an asteroid. Instead it splits, and the major piece, the size of ... See full summary »
Director: J.P. Howell | Stars: Casper Van Dien, Vincent Gale, Stefanie von Pfetten, Venus Terzo
Votes: 975
31. Taiyô no kizu (2006)
117 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Katayama (Aikawa Sho) is on the way home to his wife and little daughter when he stumbles on a gang of punks beating up an innocent man. Katamaya decides to help the stranger and ... See full summary »
Director: Takashi Miike | Stars: Shô Aikawa, Aiko Satô, Ken'ichi Endô, Sei Hiraizumi
Votes: 593
32. New Adventures of Get-Rich-Quick Wallingford (1931)
Passed | 95 min | Comedy, Crime, Romance
Wallingford is a con-man whose specialty is taking money from suckers. His partners are Schnozzle, a pickpocket and car thief; and Blackie, who has played the game for years. Jimmy's latest... See full summary »
Director: Sam Wood | Stars: William Haines, Jimmy Durante, Ernest Torrence, Leila Hyams
Votes: 457
33. The Regeneration (1915)
Passed | 72 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
A boy surrounded by violence grows up to become an infamous gangster.
Director: Raoul Walsh | Stars: Rockliffe Fellowes, Anna Q. Nilsson, William Sheer, Carl Harbaugh
Votes: 1,432
34. Utol (1996)
96 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Director: Toto Natividad | Stars: Cesar Montano, Eddie Gutierrez, Alma Concepcion, Victor Neri
Votes: 52
35. The Blackbird (1926)
Not Rated | 86 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
Two thieves, the Blackbird and West End Bertie, fall in love with the same girl, a French nightclub performer named Fifi. Each man tries to outdo the other to win her heart.
Director: Tod Browning | Stars: Lon Chaney, Owen Moore, Renée Adorée, Doris Lloyd
Votes: 909 | Gross: $0.25M
36. Grease Gun Gang (1992)
110 min | Action
An ex-convict gets back together with his gang and convinces them to reform. But when rival groups come knocking, they may have to revert back to their wicked ways.
Director: Eddie Rodriguez | Stars: Robin Padilla, Michael De Mesa, Daniel Fernando, Roi Vinzon
Votes: 20
37. Five Guns to Tombstone (1960)
Approved | 71 min | Western
Matt Wade escapes from prison and tries to persuade his brother Bill, a reformed gunslinger, to participate in a hold-up. Bill, now a struggling rancher, refuses but Matt frames him and he is forced to ride off with the gang.
Director: Edward L. Cahn | Stars: James Brown, John Wilder, Walter Coy, Robert Karnes
Votes: 189
38. Giovanni Falcone, l'uomo che sfidò Cosa Nostra (2006 TV Movie)
196 min | Biography, Drama
TV-Movie on the life and accomplishments of Giovanni Falcone, the legendary Sicilian judge who boldly opposed the Mafia
Directors: Andrea Frazzi, Antonio Frazzi | Stars: Massimo Dapporto, Elena Sofia Ricci, Emilio Solfrizzi, David Coco
Votes: 208
39. Boston Blackie's Chinese Venture (1949)
Approved | 59 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
Blackie is seen leaving a Chinese laundry where the proprietor has been murdered, and must track down the real killer in Chinatown.
Director: Seymour Friedman | Stars: Chester Morris, Maylia, Richard Lane, Don McGuire
Votes: 350
40. Deadly Nightshade (1953)
61 min | Crime, Drama
Escapee switches identities but finds the new one quite a handful.
Director: John Gilling | Stars: Emrys Jones, Zena Marshall, John Horsley, Joan Hickson
Votes: 243
41. The James Brothers of Missouri (1949)
Approved | 167 min | Western
The James Brothers go undercover to help a former member of their gang, who is now running a respectable freight business but is is being attacked by a rival who is trying to drive him out ... See full summary »
Director: Fred C. Brannon | Stars: Keith Richards, Robert Bice, Noel Neill, Roy Barcroft
Votes: 97
42. The Lone Wolf and His Lady (1949)
Approved | 60 min | Comedy, Crime, Mystery
Lone Wolf (Ron Randell), a retired thief temporarily working for a newspaper, is accused of gem theft.
Director: John Hoffman | Stars: Ron Randell, June Vincent, Alan Mowbray, William Frawley
Votes: 191
43. The Lady and the Bandit (1951)
Approved | 79 min | Adventure, Biography, Romance
A dramatization of the life of the English bandit Dick Turpin.
Director: Ralph Murphy | Stars: Louis Hayward, Patricia Medina, Suzanne Dalbert, Tom Tully
Votes: 103
44. The Renegade (1943)
Approved | 58 min | Western
This 18th entry, of 19, in PRC's "Billy the Kid" series (first six starring Bob Steele and the last 13 with Buster Crabbe) finds town banker John Martin (Karl Hackett) calling on Billy (... See full summary »
Director: Sam Newfield | Stars: Buster Crabbe, Al St. John, Lois Ranson, Karl Hackett
Votes: 31
45. Shooting Straight (1930)
72 min | Crime, Drama
Larry Sheldon is a gambler and during an argument he accidentally shoots a man. Fleeing he changes his identity, pretending to be a minister. Things are complicated when he meets a real preacher and falls in love with his daughter Doris.
Director: George Archainbaud | Stars: Richard Dix, Mary Lawlor, Matthew Betz, James Neill
Votes: 143
46. Sophie Lang Goes West (1937)
Approved | 62 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
Reformed jewel-thief Sophie Lang, tired of being questioned by the New York City police every time a jewel disappears, decides to head for California, and is hiding in the train-compartment... See full summary »
Director: Charles Reisner | Stars: Gertrude Michael, Lee Bowman, Sandra Storme, Buster Crabbe
Votes: 18
47. Millionaires in Prison (1940)
Approved | 64 min | Crime, Drama
As a crop of millionaire inmates struggles to acclimate to prison life, inmate Nick Burton watches out for everyone's interests on the inside.
Director: Ray McCarey | Stars: Lee Tracy, Linda Hayes, Raymond Walburn, Morgan Conway
Votes: 200
48. Sabotage Squad (1942)
Approved | 60 min | Drama, Romance, War
Rejected by the army because of a bad heart, Eddie Miller, small-time gambler, promises his girl, Edith Cassell, that he will get a good job. Meanwhile, his pal, Chuck Brown, a pickpocket, ... See full summary »
Director: Lew Landers | Stars: Bruce Bennett, Kay Harris, Edward Norris, Sidney Blackmer
Votes: 26
49. City of Silent Men (1942)
Approved | 64 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
A business owner takes a shot on two convicts, but the town has prejudices they can't seem to get past. *Please be advised that this title has been transferred from source materials rescued... See full summary »
Director: William Nigh | Stars: Frank Albertson, June Lang, Jan Wiley, Richard Clarke
Votes: 19
50. Oh, What a Night! (1944)
Approved | 72 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
A man is keeping a secret from his young niece: he's an international jewel thief.
Director: William Beaudine | Stars: Edmund Lowe, Jean Parker, Marjorie Rambeau, Alan Dinehart
Votes: 47