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1. Payback (I) (1999)
R | 100 min | Action, Crime, Drama
After a successful heist, Porter is left for dead. Once he recovers, he seeks vengeance and wants his share of the money.
Director: Brian Helgeland | Stars: Mel Gibson, Gregg Henry, Maria Bello, David Paymer
Votes: 145,097 | Gross: $81.53M
2. The Stepfather (2009)
PG-13 | 101 min | Mystery, Thriller
Michael Harding (Penn Badgely) returns home from military school to find his mother Susan (Sela Ward) happily in love and living with her new boyfriend David (Dylan Walsh). As the two men get to know each other, he becomes more and more suspicious of the man who is always there to help.
Director: Nelson McCormick | Stars: Penn Badgley, Dylan Walsh, Sela Ward, Amber Heard
Votes: 38,534 | Gross: $29.06M
3. Parker (2013)
R | 118 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
A thief with a unique code of professional ethics is double-crossed by his crew and left for dead. Assuming a new disguise and forming an unlikely alliance with a woman on the inside, he looks to hijack the score of the crew's latest heist.
Director: Taylor Hackford | Stars: Jason Statham, Jennifer Lopez, Michael Chiklis, Nick Nolte
Votes: 129,156 | Gross: $17.62M
4. Play Dirty (III)
Crime | Pre-production
Follows Parker, a craftsman and professional thief who approaches his job with a straightforward, no-nonsense work ethic, and he is also deadly.
Director: Shane Black | Stars: Mark Wahlberg, Keegan-Michael Key, Dermot Mulroney, Tony Shalhoub
5. The Grifters (1990)
R | 110 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A small-time conman has torn loyalties between his estranged mother and new girlfriend, both of whom are high-stakes grifters with their own angles to play.
Director: Stephen Frears | Stars: Anjelica Huston, John Cusack, Annette Bening, Jan Munroe
Votes: 30,419 | Gross: $13.45M
6. The Stepfather (1987)
R | 89 min | Horror, Thriller
After murdering his entire family, a man marries a widow with a teenage daughter in another town and prepares to do it all over again.
Director: Joseph Ruben | Stars: Terry O'Quinn, Jill Schoelen, Shelley Hack, Charles Lanyer
Votes: 18,082 | Gross: $2.49M
7. Point Blank (1967)
Not Rated | 92 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
After being double-crossed and left for dead, a mysterious man named Walker single-mindedly tries to retrieve the money that was stolen from him.
Director: John Boorman | Stars: Lee Marvin, Angie Dickinson, Keenan Wynn, Carroll O'Connor
Votes: 23,092
8. Father Dowling Mysteries (1989–1991)
TV-PG | 45 min | Comedy, Crime, Mystery
An amiable, inquisitive Chicago priest moonlights as a detective and is assisted by a rather worldly, lock-picking nun.
Stars: Tom Bosley, Tracy Nelson, Mary Wickes, James Stephens
Votes: 2,105
9. What's the Worst That Could Happen? (2001)
PG-13 | 94 min | Comedy, Crime
A rich man catches a thief burglarizing his home and steals the thief's lucky ring, who then tries to get it back.
Director: Sam Weisman | Stars: Martin Lawrence, Danny DeVito, John Leguizamo, Glenne Headly
Votes: 16,830 | Gross: $32.10M
10. The Outfit (1973)
PG | 103 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Earl Macklin robs a bank owned by the mob, serves his prison time and is released, only to start a private war against the crime outfit that owned the bank.
Director: John Flynn | Stars: Robert Duvall, Karen Black, Joe Don Baker, Robert Ryan
Votes: 4,735
11. Ripley Under Ground (2005)
101 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Professional swindler hides the death of a famous artist in order to earn money by selling pictures on his own behalf.
Director: Roger Spottiswoode | Stars: Barry Pepper, Jacinda Barrett, Ian Hart, Claire Forlani
Votes: 2,745
12. Hot Stuff (1979)
PG | 91 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
Miami police fence stolen goods at a storefront-sting operation equipped with a two-way mirror.
Director: Dom DeLuise | Stars: Dom DeLuise, Suzanne Pleshette, Jerry Reed, Ossie Davis
Votes: 1,316
13. Stepfather II: Make Room for Daddy (1989)
R | 93 min | Horror, Thriller
After escaping the insane asylum in which he was incarcerated, Jerry Blake (Terry O'Quinn) impersonates a marriage counselor and manages to win over a patient (Meg Foster) and her young son (Jonathan Brandis).
Director: Jeff Burr | Stars: Terry O'Quinn, Meg Foster, Caroline Williams, Jonathan Brandis
Votes: 4,784 | Gross: $1.52M
14. Fallen Angels (1993–1996)
30 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Fallen Angels is an American neo-noir anthology television series that ran in 1993 and 1995 on Showtime, and was produced by Propaganda Films. No first-run episodes were shown in 1994.
Stars: Miguel Ferrer, Lynette Walden, Dan Hedaya, Bernard Hocke
Votes: 544
15. The Split (1968)
R | 91 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Thieves fall out when over a half million dollars goes missing after the daring and carefully planned robbery of the Los Angeles Coliseum during a football game, each one accusing the other of having the money.
Director: Gordon Flemyng | Stars: Jim Brown, Diahann Carroll, Ernest Borgnine, Julie Harris
Votes: 1,454
16. The Hot Rock (1972)
PG | 101 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
Dortmunder and his pals plan to steal a huge diamond from a museum. But this turns out to be only the first time they have to steal it...
Director: Peter Yates | Stars: Robert Redford, George Segal, Ron Leibman, Paul Sand
Votes: 6,923 | Gross: $2.54M
17. Supertrain (1979)
60 min | Adventure, Comedy, Crime
The adventures of a nation-spanning train and its passengers.
Stars: Edward Andrews, Harrison Page, Robert Alda, Patrick Collins
Votes: 250
18. Payback: Straight Up (2006 Video)
Unrated | 90 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Porter is shot by his wife and best friend and is left to die. When he survives he plots revenge.
Director: Brian Helgeland | Stars: Mel Gibson, Gregg Henry, Maria Bello, David Paymer
Votes: 6,165
19. Stepfather 3 (1992 TV Movie)
R | 110 min | Horror, Thriller
That psycho stepfather has escaped from the insane asylum and had his face surgically altered. Now he's married again, this time to a woman with a child in a wheelchair. He goes on a ... See full summary »
Director: Guy Magar | Stars: Robert Wightman, Priscilla Barnes, Season Hubley, David Tom
Votes: 2,047
20. Two Much (1995)
PG-13 | 118 min | Comedy, Romance
A young gallerist is in love with two sisters at the same time. In order to solve the problem he decides to invent his own twin brother.
Director: Fernando Trueba | Stars: Antonio Banderas, Melanie Griffith, Daryl Hannah, Danny Aiello
Votes: 5,987 | Gross: $0.59M
21. Journey to the Unknown (1968– )
60 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
"Journey to the Unknown" was a British anthology series about everyday people finding themselves put into unusual circumstances...many of them supernatural in nature.
Stars: Vera Miles, Brandon De Wilde, Carol Lynley, Stefanie Powers
Votes: 264
22. The Ax (2005)
Not Rated | 117 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
A chemist (Garcia) loses his job to outsourcing. Two years later and still jobless, he hits on a solution: to genuinely eliminate his competition.
Director: Costa-Gavras | Stars: José Garcia, Karin Viard, Geordy Couturiau, Ulrich Tukur
Votes: 8,398
23. The Bank Shot (1974)
PG | 83 min | Comedy, Crime
A motley crew of criminals plans to rob a Los Angeles bank that's temporarily located in a mobile home during renovations.
Director: Gower Champion | Stars: George C. Scott, Joanna Cassidy, Sorrell Booke, G. Wood
Votes: 1,173
24. Made in U.S.A (1966)
Not Rated | 90 min | Comedy, Crime, Mystery
In the near future, leftist writer Paula goes from Paris to the French town of Atlantic-Cité when she learns of the death of a former colleague and lover, Richard P. Is she there to ... See full summary »
Director: Jean-Luc Godard | Stars: Anna Karina, László Szabó, Jean-Pierre Léaud, Marianne Faithfull
Votes: 4,616 | Gross: $0.08M
25. 87th Precinct (1961–1962)
60 min | Crime, Drama
Manhattan's 87th precinct forms the backdrop for this grim and gritty police drama based on the long-running series of novels by Ed McBain. Storylines focus on neighborhood crime, and the ... See full summary »
Stars: Robert Lansing, Ron Harper, Gregory Walcott, Norman Fell
Votes: 193
26. Why Me? (1990)
R | 87 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
A jewel thief steals a sacred ruby which sets off a chase by the police, the Turkish government, nutty American terrorists, and the C.I.A.
Director: Gene Quintano | Stars: Christopher Lambert, Kim Greist, Christopher Lloyd, J.T. Walsh
Votes: 1,385
27. Slayground (1983)
R | 89 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Thieves run over a child while escaping after a robbery. A deadly hitman who likes to taunt his targets is hired to track them down. Stone moves to England, but the assassin follows. Loosely based on Donald Westlake's cult crime novel.
Director: Terry Bedford | Stars: Peter Coyote, Mel Smith, Billie Whitelaw, Philip Sayer
Votes: 474 | Gross: $0.15M
28. The Busy Body (1967)
Not Rated | 101 min | Comedy, Crime, Mystery
Sid Caesar stars as the bumbling right-hand man of mob boss Robert Ryan, who is sent to find a corpse buried in a suit lined with stolen mob money.
Director: William Castle | Stars: Sid Caesar, Robert Ryan, Anne Baxter, Kay Medford
Votes: 379
29. A Slight Case of Murder (1999 TV Movie)
94 min | Comedy, Crime, Mystery
A film critic accidentally kills his lover during a spat in which she falls and hits her head. In panic, he immediately covers up his involvement and leaves the apartment. A private ... See full summary »
Director: Steven Schachter | Stars: William H. Macy, Adam Arkin, Felicity Huffman, James Cromwell
Votes: 1,478
30. Cops and Robbers (1973)
PG | 89 min | Crime, Comedy
Two disillusioned New York City policemen plan a ten million dollar robbery to fuel their low pensions, only to run into one debacle after another in the process.
Director: Aram Avakian | Stars: Cliff Gorman, Joseph Bologna, Charlene Dallas, James Ferguson
Votes: 868
31. The Twin (1984)
104 min | Comedy
Matthias Duval is in love, but he can't choose between the two twin sisters Betty and Liz Kerner. To pick up the two sisters, he invents his own twin brother and will play both characters.
Director: Yves Robert | Stars: Pierre Richard, Jean-Pierre Kalfon, Camilla More, Carey More
Votes: 1,349
32. Fatal Confession: A Father Dowling Mystery (1987 TV Movie)
100 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Frank Dowling has to solve the mystery of a young man who is obsessed with finding his natural parents.
Director: Christopher Hibler | Stars: Tom Bosley, Tracy Nelson, Robert Prescott, Mary Wickes
Votes: 226
33. Jimmy the Kid (1982)
PG | 85 min | Comedy
Gang of bumbling crooks kidnap a bratty little kid, find out they got more than they bargained for.
Director: Gary Nelson | Stars: Gary Coleman, Paul Le Mat, Ruth Gordon, Dee Wallace
Votes: 336
34. The Ax
Comedy, Crime, Drama | Announced
After being unemployed for several years, a man devises a unique plan to secure a new job: eliminate his competition.
Director: Park Chan-wook
35. Mise à sac (1967)
G | 98 min | Crime, Drama
Based on Richard Stark's novel "The Score", this is the story of a commando-like attack on a small mining town. The "finger" giving the plan to the crew also ends up being its nemesis.
Director: Alain Cavalier | Stars: Michel Constantin, Daniel Ivernel, Franco Interlenghi, Irène Tunc
Votes: 121
36. Nulle part ailleurs (1987–2001)
120 min | Comedy, Music, Talk-Show
One of the best all time before-prime-time show in France especially the mythical conduction of the couple Antoine de Caune and Philippe Gildas...every night with high level french and ... See full summary »
Stars: Philippe Gildas, Guillaume Durand, Nagui, Valérie Payet
Votes: 104
37. The Hook (2004)
107 min | Thriller
A writer of novels in need of an editor accepts the contract offered to him by a famous writer: to eliminate his ex-wife against a large sum of money.
Director: Thomas Vincent | Stars: François Cluzet, Karin Viard, Bernard Giraudeau, Anne Brochet
Votes: 319
38. Myster Mocky présente (2007– )
Short, Crime, Mystery
Stars: Jean-Pierre Mocky, Patricia Barzyk, Emmanuel Nakach, Dominique Zardi
Votes: 24
39. Mike Hammer's Mickey Spillane (1998 Video)
40 min | Documentary, Short
Mickey Spillane and actors and writers of the mystery genre discuss Mike Hammer.
Director: Max Allan Collins | Stars: Terry Beatty, Jay Bernstein, Paul Bishop, Lawrence Block
Votes: 15
40. The Gods Must Be Daring (1997)
102 min | Comedy, Mystery
An old and invaluable statue is stolen from Mali in Africa.Its thief decides to go a step further and steals from other people too.
Director: Michel Deville | Stars: Antoine de Caunes, Emmanuelle Seigner, Élodie Bouchez, Denis Podalydès
Votes: 143
41. 24th Street (2009)
77 min | Crime, Drama, Horror
After murdering his entire family, a man marries a widow with a teenage daughter in another town and prepares to do it with them too. But this time things go differently for all of them.
Director: Saeed Assadi | Stars: Shila Khodadad, Mehdi Mahani, Niki Karimi, Hadiseh Sadat
Votes: 82
42. Ordo (2004)
115 min | Drama
Ordo Tupikos, a french sailor with greek origins, discover that his first wife, Estelle, with whom he had remained married a few months only 16 years earlier, is now a famous movie star ... See full summary »
Director: Laurence Ferreira Barbosa | Stars: Roschdy Zem, Marie-Josée Croze, Marie-France Pisier, Yves Jacques
Votes: 198
43. Jimmy the Kid (1998)
86 min | Comedy, Crime
Director: Wolfgang Dickmann | Stars: Rufus Beck, Ludger Burmann, Steffen Gräbner, Wilfried Hochholdinger
Votes: 102
44. The Getaway Face (1963)
Mystery
Directors: Agustín P. Delgado, Robert Gordon | Stars: Alida Valli, Eduardo Noriega, Guillermo Murray, Gloria Leticia Ortiz
Votes: 7
45. Mordslust (1995– )
45 min | Crime
Stars: Jaecki Schwarz, Gerd Baltus, Claudine Wilde, Günter Junghans
47. Come ti rapisco il pupo (1977)
95 min | Comedy
A gang of clumsy thieves, with no experience in crime, kidnap the son of a billionaire, leading to complications they're unprepared for. Based on the 3rd Dortmunder novel by Donald E. Westlake.
Director: Lucio De Caro | Stars: Renato Cestiè, Stefania Casini, Teo Teocoli, Walter Chiari
Votes: 33
49. Le commissaire mène l'enquête (1963)
86 min
Directors: Fabien Collin, Jacques Delile | Stars: Dany Carrel, Beatrice Cenci, Claude Cerval, Jacques Dacqmine
50. Sleepers (I)
Comedy | Announced
On his twenty fifth birthday, JOSH REDMONT receives a mysterious $1,000 check from an unknown benefactor. A check for this amount arrives on time every month. Years later, after Josh has ... See full summary »
Director: Nicolas De Toth | Star: Mick O'Rourke