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1. A Place in the Sun (1951)
Passed | 122 min | Drama, Romance
A poor boy gets a job working for his rich uncle and ends up falling in love with two women.
Director: George Stevens | Stars: Montgomery Clift, Elizabeth Taylor, Shelley Winters, Anne Revere
Votes: 24,815
2. I Want to Live! (1958)
Approved | 120 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
A prostitute, sentenced to death for murder, pleads her innocence.
Director: Robert Wise | Stars: Susan Hayward, Simon Oakland, Virginia Vincent, Theodore Bikel
Votes: 7,372
3. Capote (2005)
R | 114 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
In 1959, Truman Capote learns of the murder of a Kansas family and decides to write a book about the case. While researching for his novel In Cold Blood, Capote forms a relationship with one of the killers, Perry Smith, who is on death row.
Director: Bennett Miller | Stars: Philip Seymour Hoffman, Clifton Collins Jr., Catherine Keener, Allie Mickelson
Votes: 140,866 | Gross: $28.75M
4. In Cold Blood (1967)
R | 134 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
Two ex-cons murder a family in a robbery attempt, before going on the run from the authorities. The police try to piece together the details of the murder in an attempt to track down the killers.
Director: Richard Brooks | Stars: Robert Blake, Scott Wilson, John Forsythe, Paul Stewart
Votes: 29,178
5. Infamous (2006)
R | 110 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
While researching his novel "In Cold Blood", Truman Capote develops a close relationship with convicted murderers Dick Hickock and Perry Smith.
Director: Douglas McGrath | Stars: Toby Jones, Daniel Craig, Sandra Bullock, Sigourney Weaver
Votes: 18,226 | Gross: $1.15M
6. Daniel (1983)
R | 130 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Daniel Isaacson attempts to determine the true complicity of his parents Paul and Rochelle Isaacson, who were executed for espionage in the 1950s.
Director: Sidney Lumet | Stars: Timothy Hutton, Mandy Patinkin, Lindsay Crouse, Edward Asner
Votes: 1,583 | Gross: $0.28M
7. Wicked as They Come (1956)
94 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A poor but beautiful woman sets her sights on rising to the top, and lets nothing stand in her way - including murder.
Director: Ken Hughes | Stars: Arlene Dahl, Philip Carey, Herbert Marshall, Michael Goodliffe
Votes: 606
8. Count the Hours! (1953)
Passed | 76 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
Lawyer defends migrant worker falsely accused of two murders.
Director: Don Siegel | Stars: Teresa Wright, Macdonald Carey, Dolores Moran, Adele Mara
Votes: 605
9.
Scary Tales of New York (2023– )
Episode:
Haircut for a Mob Boss
(2023)
Crime
Umberto "Albert" Anastasia, once the chief of the notorious "Murder Incorporated" crime firm, winds up the target of a mob hit in a barber shop chair.
Director: Steve Maher | Stars: Frank DiMatteo, Michael Cannell, Colm Meaney, Shane Serrano