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1. Chinatown (1974)
R | 130 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
A private detective hired to expose an adulterer in 1930s Los Angeles finds himself caught up in a web of deceit, corruption, and murder.
Director: Roman Polanski | Stars: Jack Nicholson, Faye Dunaway, John Huston, Perry Lopez
Votes: 350,299
2. Death on the Nile (2022)
PG-13 | 127 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
While on vacation on the Nile, Hercule Poirot must investigate the murder of a young heiress.
Director: Kenneth Branagh | Stars: Tom Bateman, Annette Bening, Kenneth Branagh, Russell Brand
Votes: 189,035 | Gross: $45.63M
3. Glengarry Glen Ross (1992)
R | 100 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
An examination of the machinations behind the scenes at a real estate office.
Director: James Foley | Stars: Al Pacino, Jack Lemmon, Alec Baldwin, Alan Arkin
Votes: 116,424 | Gross: $10.73M
4. Ghost Rider (2007)
PG-13 | 110 min | Action, Fantasy, Thriller
When motorcycle rider Johnny Blaze sells his soul to the Devil to save his father's life, he is transformed into the Ghost Rider, the Devil's own bounty hunter, and is sent to hunt down sinners.
Director: Mark Steven Johnson | Stars: Nicolas Cage, Eva Mendes, Sam Elliott, Matt Long
Votes: 252,504 | Gross: $115.80M
5. Angel Heart (1987)
X | 113 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
A private investigator is hired by a man who calls himself Louis Cyphre to track down a singer named Johnny Favorite. But the investigation takes an unexpected and somber turn.
Director: Alan Parker | Stars: Mickey Rourke, Robert De Niro, Lisa Bonet, Charlotte Rampling
Votes: 95,948 | Gross: $17.19M
6. American Woman (2018)
R | 111 min | Drama, Mystery
A woman raises her young grandson after her daughter goes missing.
Director: Jake Scott | Stars: Sienna Miller, Sky Ferreira, Kentucker Audley, Christina Hendricks
Votes: 7,704 | Gross: $0.24M
7. The Samurai (1967)
GP | 101 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
After professional hitman Jef Costello is seen by witnesses his efforts to provide himself an alibi drive him further into a corner.
Director: Jean-Pierre Melville | Stars: Alain Delon, François Périer, Nathalie Delon, Cathy Rosier
Votes: 57,296 | Gross: $0.04M
8. Black Butler (2008–2011)
TV-14 | 24 min | Animation, Action, Comedy
Ciel Phantomhive takes care of the many unsettling events in Victorian England. Aided by Sebastian Michaelis, his loyal butler with seemingly inhuman abilities. But is there more to this black-clad butler than meets the eye?
Stars: J. Michael Tatum, Brina Palencia, Michael C. Pizzuto, Monica Rial
Votes: 9,325
9. The Body (2012)
Not Rated | 112 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A detective searches for the body of a femme fatale which has gone missing from a morgue.
Director: Oriol Paulo | Stars: Jose Coronado, Hugo Silva, Belén Rueda, Aura Garrido
Votes: 72,579
10. No Mercy (1986)
R | 106 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
A Chicago detective, seeking to avenge his partner's death, travels to New Orleans, where he unexpectedly becomes involved in a cat and mouse game of survival.
Director: Richard Pearce | Stars: Richard Gere, Kim Basinger, Jeroen Krabbé, George Dzundza
Votes: 8,496 | Gross: $12.30M
11. Searching for Sugar Man (2012)
PG-13 | 86 min | Documentary, Biography, Music
Two South Africans set out to discover what happened to their unlikely musical hero, the mysterious 1970s rock n roller, Rodriguez.
Director: Malik Bendjelloul | Stars: Rodriguez, Stephen 'Sugar' Segerman, Dennis Coffey, Mike Theodore
Votes: 72,961 | Gross: $3.97M
12. King Cobra (2016)
Not Rated | 91 min | Crime, Drama
Veteran gay pornography producer Stephen battles two rival producers over the rights to his underage porn star creation, Brent Corrigan, with deadly results.
Director: Justin Kelly | Stars: Garrett Clayton, Christian Slater, Molly Ringwald, James Kelley
Votes: 9,541 | Gross: $0.03M
13. Phantom of the Opera (1943)
Approved | 92 min | Drama, Horror, Music
An acid-scarred composer rises from the Paris sewers to boost his favorite opera understudy's career.
Director: Arthur Lubin | Stars: Nelson Eddy, Susanna Foster, Claude Rains, Edgar Barrier
Votes: 8,326 | Gross: $3.49M
14. At the End of the Tunnel (2016)
Not Rated | 120 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A paraplegic computer engineer in a wheelchair starts hearing noises and voices of bank robbers in his basement.
Director: Rodrigo Grande | Stars: Leonardo Sbaraglia, Pablo Echarri, Clara Lago, Federico Luppi
Votes: 15,650
15. Garden of Hedon (2011)
119 min | Horror, Mystery
Anything goes in the Garden of Hedon. Even murder. "Fresh and Exciting" says Ain't It Cool News. "A Twisty Thrillers" says Night of the Living Podcast. "a genre-bending journey into debauchery and murder" says Horrortalk.
Director: Kevin Kangas | Stars: Richard Cutting, Danielle Lozeau, John C. Bailey, Beau Peregino
Votes: 230
16. Berserk (1967)
Approved | 96 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
A scheming circus owner finds her authority challenged when a vicious killer targets the show.
Director: Jim O'Connolly | Stars: Joan Crawford, Ty Hardin, Diana Dors, Michael Gough
Votes: 2,661
17. Épouse-moi mon pote (2017)
92 min | Comedy, Romance
To avoid deportation, Yassine asks his best friend Fred to marry him.
Director: Tarek Boudali | Stars: Tarek Boudali, Philippe Lacheau, Charlotte Gabris, Nadège Dabrowski
Votes: 4,127
18. Kill Your Friends (2015)
Not Rated | 103 min | Comedy, Crime, Music
An A&R man working at the height of the Britpop music craze goes to extremes in order to find his next hit.
Director: Owen Harris | Stars: Nicholas Hoult, Thomas Conroy, James Corden, Georgia King
Votes: 10,040
19. Telling Lies in America (1997)
PG-13 | 101 min | Drama, Music
A loner befriends a local celebrity, Billy Magic, but he soon begins to tell lies in order to maintain the friendship and the newfound status.
Director: Guy Ferland | Stars: Kevin Bacon, Brad Renfro, Maximilian Schell, Calista Flockhart
Votes: 2,428 | Gross: $0.25M
20. Nancy Drew: Detective (1938)
Approved | 66 min | Comedy, Crime, Family
After a wealthy dowager who has made a substantial donation to her alma mater suddenly disappears, Nancy Drew sets out to solve the mystery.
Director: William Clemens | Stars: Bonita Granville, John Litel, James Stephenson, Frankie Thomas
Votes: 1,203
21. Mad Mom (2019 TV Movie)
90 min | Comedy, Thriller
Amber Vickers is ecstatic that she will finally be making the walk down the aisle with her prince charming Luke. After multiple failed relationships, she was beginning to think that ... See full summary »
Director: Jean-François Rivard | Stars: Romy Rosemont, Kari Matchett, Victoria Diamond, Matthew Raudsepp
Votes: 808
22. Street of No Return (1989)
93 min | Action, Drama, Crime
A rock star-turned-bum, his vocal chords severed at the height of his career for the love of a woman, reclaims his forgotten past after viewing a music video and seeks revenge against the mobster who maimed him.
Director: Samuel Fuller | Stars: Keith Carradine, Valentina Vargas, Bill Duke, Andréa Ferréol
Votes: 599
23. La course à l'échalote (1975)
95 min | Comedy
An awkward banker tracks down cabaret performers, who stole the ownership title of their nightclub.
Director: Claude Zidi | Stars: Pierre Richard, Jane Birkin, Michel Aumont, Marc Doelnitz
Votes: 1,151
24. They Were So Young (1954)
Approved | 80 min | Adventure, Crime, Drama
A model agency in Rio de Janeiro is actually a front for a white-slavery ring that kidnaps European women and sells them on the South American sex market.
Director: Kurt Neumann | Stars: Scott Brady, Johanna Matz, Raymond Burr, Ingrid Stenn
Votes: 233
25. Safe Conduct (2002)
Not Rated | 170 min | Biography, Drama, History
In German-occupied France, two filmmakers solve the collaboration dilemma differently.
Director: Bertrand Tavernier | Stars: Jacques Gamblin, Denis Podalydès, Charlotte Kady, Marie Desgranges
Votes: 1,615 | Gross: $0.03M
26. Sparks: The Price of Passion (1990 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 97 min | Drama, Thriller
A female mayor (Victoria Principal) of Albuquerque gets embroiled in a fight over the development of a new economic center. In the midst of this, she receives blackmail photos of an ... See full summary »
Director: Richard A. Colla | Stars: Victoria Principal, Ted Wass, Hector Elizondo, William Lucking
Votes: 116
27. Les rois du gag (1985)
98 min | Comedy
Paul Martin and François Leroux are brothers-in-law and comics without fame. One day, the famous television comics, Gaëtan, finds himself in the little theater where Paul and François produce themselves under the name of "Gagsters".
Director: Claude Zidi | Stars: Michel Serrault, Gérard Jugnot, Thierry Lhermitte, Macha Méril
Votes: 720
28. Un-Go (2011)
TV-14 | 24 min | Animation, Crime, Drama
In a post-war Japan, an experienced detective takes on cases with the help of his supernatural assistant.
Stars: Adam Gibbs, Kris Carr, Emily Neves, Justin Doran
Votes: 337
29. Highways by Night (1942)
Approved | 65 min | Adventure, Comedy, Crime
An unworldly inventor finds romance and adventure.
Director: Peter Godfrey | Stars: Richard Carlson, Jane Randolph, Jane Darwell, Barton MacLane
Votes: 57
30. 3 Holes and a Smoking Gun (2014)
Not Rated | 90 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
An ex-Hollywood screenwriter, now teaching an evening class in New York, finds himself in a battle of wits with a devious screenwriting student.
Director: Hilarion Banks | Stars: Zuher Khan, James Wilder, Joaquim de Almeida, Rudolf Martin
Votes: 161 | Gross: $0.02M
31. Thieves Fall Out (1941)
Approved | 72 min | Comedy
Eddie Barnes, tired of being a nobody and living with his parents, decides to cash in his mother's legacy and use the money to buy a business. Unfortunately, Eddie's mother has to die ... See full summary »
Director: Ray Enright | Stars: Eddie Albert, Joan Leslie, Jane Darwell, Alan Hale
Votes: 253
32. Blondie in the Dough (1947)
Passed | 69 min | Comedy, Family
Blondie's sudden windfall causes noting but trouble for the Bumstead family.
Director: Abby Berlin | Stars: Penny Singleton, Arthur Lake, Larry Simms, Marjorie Ann Mutchie
Votes: 248
33. Orishas: The Hidden Pantheon (2016)
105 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
A group of people with different backgrounds and behaviors discover their belonging to a hidden civilization of deities called Orishas.
Director: Yann Kieffoloh Jr. | Stars: Arielle Barros-Evora, Janice Choma, Milan Ewing, Naufal Gilani
Votes: 18
34. Nancy Drew: Labyrinth of Lies (2014 Video Game)
E10+ | Adventure, Mystery
Teen detective Nancy Drew investigates a series of thefts from a museum in Greece.
Director: Tim Burke | Stars: Lani Minella, Julia Stockton, Katherine Grant-Suttie, Beau Prichard
Votes: 46
35. Nancy Drew: Secret of the Scarlet Hand (2002 Video Game)
E | Adventure, Mystery
Teen detective Nancy Drew interns at a museum featuring an exhibit on ancient Mayan culture while investigating the theft of a priceless artifact.
Director: Max Holechek | Stars: Lani Minella, Laurie Jerger, Jake Perrine, David S. Hogan
Votes: 89
36. Nancy Drew: Danger by Design (2006 Video Game)
E | Adventure, Mystery
Teen detective Nancy Drew goes undercover in Paris to determine the cause of a famous fashion designer's bizarre behavior.
Director: Mike Paganini | Stars: Lani Minella, Amy Broomhall, Megan Hill, Shawnmarie Stanton
Votes: 84
37.
Castle (2009–2016)
Episode:
Nanny McDead
(2009)
TV-PG | 43 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
Castle's first case with the NYPD has him and Beckett solving the case of a nanny found dead in a spin dryer.
Director: John Terlesky | Stars: Nathan Fillion, Stana Katic, Susan Sullivan, Ruben Santiago-Hudson
Votes: 1,898
38.
Methanol (2018)
Episode:
10 000 litru
(2018)
90 min | Crime, Drama
Captain Hálek investigates a case with the highest number of victims and indictments since 1989. How quickly can he find the murderer in form of 10, 000 liters of a poisonous alcohol mix and make sure the deaths stop?
Director: Tereza Kopácová | Stars: Vasil Fridrich, Martin Finger, Lukás Vaculík, David Máj
Votes: 15