Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keywords "ambush", "physician"

1. Batman Begins (2005)

PG-13 | 140 min | Action, Crime, Drama

After witnessing his parents' death, Bruce learns the art of fighting to confront injustice. When he returns to Gotham as Batman, he must stop a secret society that intends to destroy the city.

Director: Christopher Nolan | Stars: Christian Bale, Michael Caine, Ken Watanabe, Liam Neeson

Votes: 1,578,105 | Gross: $206.85M

2. Catch Me If You Can (2002)

PG-13 | 141 min | Biography, Crime, Drama

Barely 17 yet, Frank is a skilled forger who has passed as a doctor, lawyer and pilot. FBI agent Carl becomes obsessed with tracking down the con man, who only revels in the pursuit.

Director: Steven Spielberg | Stars: Leonardo DiCaprio, Tom Hanks, Christopher Walken, Martin Sheen

Votes: 1,095,186 | Gross: $164.62M

3. Murder on the Orient Express (2017)

PG-13 | 114 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

When a murder occurs on the train on which he's travelling, celebrated detective Hercule Poirot is recruited to solve the case.

Director: Kenneth Branagh | Stars: Kenneth Branagh, Penélope Cruz, Willem Dafoe, Judi Dench

Votes: 296,471 | Gross: $102.83M

4. Victor Frankenstein (2015)

PG-13 | 110 min | Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi

Told from Igor's perspective, we see the troubled young assistant's dark origins, his redemptive friendship with the young medical student Viktor Von Frankenstein, and become eyewitnesses to the emergence of how Frankenstein became the man - and the legend - we know today.

Director: Paul McGuigan | Stars: Daniel Radcliffe, James McAvoy, Jessica Brown Findlay, Andrew Scott

Votes: 60,233 | Gross: $5.78M

5. Star Trek Beyond (2016)

PG-13 | 122 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

The crew of the USS Enterprise explores the furthest reaches of uncharted space, where they encounter a new ruthless enemy, who puts them, and everything the Federation stands for, to the test.

Director: Justin Lin | Stars: Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto, Karl Urban, Zoe Saldana

Votes: 258,456 | Gross: $158.85M

6. The New Mutants (2020)

PG-13 | 94 min | Action, Horror, Mystery

Five young mutants, just discovering their abilities while held in a secret facility against their will, fight to escape their past sins and save themselves.

Director: Josh Boone | Stars: Maisie Williams, Anya Taylor-Joy, Charlie Heaton, Alice Braga

Votes: 89,459 | Gross: $23.86M

7. Mission: Impossible III (2006)

PG-13 | 126 min | Action, Adventure, Thriller

IMF agent Ethan Hunt comes into conflict with a dangerous and sadistic arms dealer who threatens his life and his fiancée in response.

Director: J.J. Abrams | Stars: Tom Cruise, Michelle Monaghan, Ving Rhames, Philip Seymour Hoffman

Votes: 390,652 | Gross: $134.03M

8. Atlantis: The Lost Empire (2001)

PG | 95 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

A young linguist named Milo Thatch joins an intrepid group of explorers to find the mysterious lost continent of Atlantis.

Directors: Gary Trousdale, Kirk Wise | Stars: Michael J. Fox, Jim Varney, Corey Burton, Claudia Christian

Votes: 134,017 | Gross: $84.05M

9. Skyscraper (2018)

PG-13 | 102 min | Action, Adventure, Thriller

A security expert must infiltrate a burning skyscraper, 225 stories above ground, when his family is trapped inside by criminals.

Director: Rawson Marshall Thurber | Stars: Dwayne Johnson, Neve Campbell, Chin Han, Roland Møller

Votes: 134,063 | Gross: $68.42M

10. Halloween Ends (2022)

R | 111 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery

The saga of Michael Myers and Laurie Strode comes to a spine-chilling climax in the final installment of this trilogy.

Director: David Gordon Green | Stars: Jamie Lee Curtis, Andi Matichak, James Jude Courtney, Rohan Campbell

Votes: 71,216

11. The Dark Tower (2017)

PG-13 | 95 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy

A boy haunted by visions of a dark tower from a parallel reality teams up with the tower's disillusioned guardian to stop an evil warlock known as the Man in Black who plans to use the boy to destroy the tower and open the gates of Hell.

Director: Nikolaj Arcel | Stars: Idris Elba, Matthew McConaughey, Tom Taylor, Dennis Haysbert

Votes: 145,804 | Gross: $50.70M

12. The Snowman (2017)

R | 119 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Detective Harry Hole investigates the disappearance of a woman whose scarf is found wrapped around an ominous-looking snowman.

Director: Tomas Alfredson | Stars: Michael Fassbender, Rebecca Ferguson, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Jonas Karlsson

Votes: 71,640 | Gross: $6.67M

13. Halloween (I) (2018)

R | 106 min | Crime, Horror, Thriller

Laurie Strode confronts her long-time foe, Michael Myers, the masked figure who has haunted her since she narrowly escaped his killing spree on Halloween night four decades ago.

Director: David Gordon Green | Stars: Jamie Lee Curtis, Judy Greer, Andi Matichak, James Jude Courtney

Votes: 169,059 | Gross: $159.34M

14. Pride and Prejudice and Zombies (2016)

PG-13 | 108 min | Action, Comedy, Fantasy

Five sisters in 19th century England must cope with the pressures to marry while protecting themselves from a growing population of zombies.

Director: Burr Steers | Stars: Lily James, Sam Riley, Jack Huston, Bella Heathcote

Votes: 60,410 | Gross: $10.91M

15. Death Wish (2018)

R | 107 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Dr. Paul Kersey is an experienced trauma surgeon, a man who has spent his life saving lives. After an attack on his family, Paul embarks on his own mission for justice.

Director: Eli Roth | Stars: Bruce Willis, Vincent D'Onofrio, Elisabeth Shue, Camila Morrone

Votes: 76,445 | Gross: $34.02M

16. Black Book (2006)

R | 145 min | Drama, Thriller, War

In the Nazi-occupied Netherlands during World War II, a Jewish singer infiltrates the regional Gestapo headquarters for the Dutch resistance.

Director: Paul Verhoeven | Stars: Carice van Houten, Sebastian Koch, Thom Hoffman, Halina Reijn

Votes: 80,496 | Gross: $4.40M

17. Game of Death (1978)

R | 100 min | Action, Crime, Drama

A martial arts movie star must fake his death to find the people who are trying to kill him.

Directors: Robert Clouse, Bruce Lee | Stars: Bruce Lee, Gig Young, Dean Jagger, Hugh O'Brian

Votes: 22,346 | Gross: $10.00M

18. The 6th Day (2000)

PG-13 | 123 min | Action, Mystery, Sci-Fi

A man meets a clone of himself and stumbles into a grand conspiracy about clones taking over the world.

Director: Roger Spottiswoode | Stars: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Michael Rapaport, Tony Goldwyn, Michael Rooker

Votes: 127,879 | Gross: $34.60M

19. Sudden Impact (1983)

R | 117 min | Action, Crime, Thriller

When a woman exacts deadly revenge on the aggressors who raped her and her sister ten years earlier, Inspector "Dirty" Harry Callahan is assigned to the case.

Director: Clint Eastwood | Stars: Clint Eastwood, Sondra Locke, Pat Hingle, Bradford Dillman

Votes: 48,616 | Gross: $67.64M

20. The Shootist (1976)

PG | 100 min | Drama, Romance, Western

A dying gunfighter spends his last days looking for a way to die with a minimum of pain and a maximum of dignity.

Director: Don Siegel | Stars: John Wayne, Lauren Bacall, Ron Howard, James Stewart

Votes: 26,818

21. Treasure Island (1950)

PG | 96 min | Adventure, Family

The treasure seeking adventures of young Jim Hawkins and pirate captain Long John Silver.

Director: Byron Haskin | Stars: Bobby Driscoll, Robert Newton, Basil Sydney, Walter Fitzgerald

Votes: 9,462

22. Sleeper (1973)

PG | 89 min | Comedy, Sci-Fi

A nerdish store owner is revived out of cryostasis into a future world to fight an oppressive government.

Director: Woody Allen | Stars: Woody Allen, Diane Keaton, John Beck, Mary Gregory

Votes: 44,812 | Gross: $2.91M

23. Max Manus: Man of War (2008)

Not Rated | 118 min | Action, Biography, Crime

The true story about one of the most brilliant saboteurs during World War II and his battle to overcome his inner demons.

Directors: Joachim Rønning, Espen Sandberg | Stars: Aksel Hennie, Agnes Kittelsen, Nicolai Cleve Broch, Ken Duken

Votes: 29,772

24. Firepower (1979)

R | 104 min | Action, Adventure, Crime

A merc is hired by the F.B.I. to track down a powerful recluse criminal. A woman is also trying to track him down for her own personal vendetta.

Director: Michael Winner | Stars: Sophia Loren, James Coburn, O.J. Simpson, Eli Wallach

Votes: 1,134

25. Highlander: The Source (2007 TV Movie)

R | 86 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

Duncan MacLeod and his fellow Immortals quest to locate the Grail of their world.

Director: Brett Leonard | Stars: Adrian Paul, Thekla Reuten, Cristian Solimeno, Peter Wingfield

Votes: 9,929

26. The Case of the Scorpion's Tail (1971)

Not Rated | 95 min | Crime, Horror, Mystery

An insurance investigator tries to determine any irregularities in the policy of a heiress' dead husband, but soon finds himself suspected of her murder.

Director: Sergio Martino | Stars: George Hilton, Anita Strindberg, Alberto de Mendoza, Janine Reynaud

Votes: 3,568

27. Never So Few (1959)

Approved | 125 min | Drama, War

During WW2, the American OSS mounts covert operations with the native Kachin against the Japanese army in the jungles of Burma.

Director: John Sturges | Stars: Frank Sinatra, Gina Lollobrigida, Peter Lawford, Steve McQueen

Votes: 3,419

28. Treasure Island (1934)

Passed | 110 min | Adventure, Family

Young Jim Hawkins is torn between his loyalty to his benefactors and his affection for lovable rogue Long John Silver in their struggle to recover a buried pirate treasure.

Director: Victor Fleming | Stars: Wallace Beery, Jackie Cooper, Lionel Barrymore, Otto Kruger

Votes: 3,166 | Gross: $2.54M

29. Tarzan and the Leopard Woman (1946)

Passed | 72 min | Action, Adventure, Romance

As a spate of leopard attacks causes panic, a sceptical Tarzan joins a hunting expedition, only to face a pagan cult of leopard-god worshippers and their fiendish high priestess. Can he escape the sharp claws of the savage Leopard Woman?

Director: Kurt Neumann | Stars: Johnny Weissmuller, Brenda Joyce, Johnny Sheffield, Acquanetta

Votes: 2,443

30. Cover Up (1949)

TV-14 | 83 min | Film-Noir, Mystery

An insurance company investigator goes to a small town to probe into a case of supposed suicide. The natives are not very cooperative and some turn hostile, leading to suspicion of foul play.

Director: Alfred E. Green | Stars: William Bendix, Dennis O'Keefe, Barbara Britton, Art Baker

Votes: 1,356

31. Ikasa Mo, Ipuputok Ko (1990)

Action, Drama

AS HONEST CUSTOMS COP SUFFERS IN THE HANDS OF A CRIME SYNDICATE AND LATER AVENGES HIMSELF ON THEM.

Director: Augusto Salvador | Stars: Phillip Salvador, Maila Gumila, Sheila Ysrael, Eddie Garcia

Votes: 8

32. West of the Pecos (1945)

Approved | 66 min | Western

Heading west for his health, Colonel Lambeth takes his daughter Rill along. Lost on the desert they are saved by Pecos and Chito. The Colonel hires the two and the Lambeths soon find ... See full summary »

Director: Edward Killy | Stars: Robert Mitchum, Barbara Hale, Richard Martin, Thurston Hall

Votes: 388

33. Danger Signal (1945)

Passed | 78 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir

A very romantic murderer has plans to seduce, marry and kill a beautiful woman for her wealth, but finds her younger sister to be even better prey.

Director: Robert Florey | Stars: Faye Emerson, Zachary Scott, Richard Erdman, Rosemary DeCamp

Votes: 1,114

34. Sugo ng Tondo (2000)

91 min | Action, Romance

Joko Diaz is modern Robin Hood whose goal is to enlighten the place where he grew up, Tondo.

Director: Jose 'Kaka' Balagtas | Stars: Joko Diaz, Patricia Javier, Raymond Bagatsing, Maureen Larrazabal

Votes: 15

35. Asong gubat (1986)

Action, Drama, Fantasy

THE PROTAGONIST'S AGILITY AND FEROCITY IN COMBAT EARN HIM THE MONICKER OF FOREST WOLF.

Director: Tony Y. Reyes | Stars: Lito Lapid, Vivian Foz, George Estregan, Max Alvarado

36. Star Trek: Discovery (2017–2024)
Episode: The Vulcan Hello (2017)

TV-14 | 42 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

While patrolling Federation space, the U.S.S. Shenzhou encounters an object of unknown origin, putting First Officer Michael Burnham to her greatest test yet.

Director: David Semel | Stars: Sonequa Martin-Green, Doug Jones, Shazad Latif, Anthony Rapp

Votes: 8,024