Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keywords "gang-member", "trap"

1. Dredd (2012)

R | 95 min | Action, Crime, Sci-Fi

In a violent, futuristic city where the police have the authority to act as judge, jury and executioner, a cop teams with a trainee to take down a gang that deals the reality-altering drug, SLO-MO.

Director: Pete Travis | Stars: Karl Urban, Olivia Thirlby, Lena Headey, Rachel Wood

Votes: 294,620 | Gross: $13.41M

2. The Snowtown Murders (2011)

Not Rated | 119 min | Biography, Crime, Drama

Based on true events, 16 year-old Jamie falls in with his mother's new boyfriend and his crowd of self-appointed neighborhood watchmen, a relationship that leads to a spree of torture and murder.

Director: Justin Kurzel | Stars: Lucas Pittaway, Daniel Henshall, Louise Harris, Bob Adriaens

Votes: 20,637 | Gross: $0.01M

3. Touch of Evil (1958)

PG-13 | 95 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir

A stark, perverse story of murder, kidnapping and police corruption in a Mexican border town.

Director: Orson Welles | Stars: Charlton Heston, Orson Welles, Janet Leigh, Joseph Calleia

Votes: 109,855 | Gross: $2.24M

4. The First Purge (2018)

R | 97 min | Action, Horror, Sci-Fi

America's third political party, the New Founding Fathers of America, comes to power and conducts an experiment: no laws for 12 hours on Staten Island. No one has to stay on the island, but $5,000 is given to anyone who does.

Director: Gerard McMurray | Stars: Y'lan Noel, Lex Scott Davis, Joivan Wade, Steve Harris

Votes: 71,089 | Gross: $69.49M

5. The Purge: Election Year (2016)

R | 108 min | Action, Horror, Sci-Fi

Former Police Sergeant Barnes becomes head of security for Senator Charlie Roan, a Presidential candidate targeted for death on Purge night due to her vow to eliminate the Purge.

Director: James DeMonaco | Stars: Frank Grillo, Elizabeth Mitchell, Mykelti Williamson, J.J. Soria

Votes: 110,127 | Gross: $79.21M

6. No One Lives (2012)

R | 86 min | Horror, Thriller

A gang of ruthless highway killers kidnap a wealthy couple traveling cross country only to shockingly discover that things are not what they seem.

Director: Ryûhei Kitamura | Stars: Luke Evans, Gary Grubbs, Adelaide Clemens, Derek Magyar

Votes: 24,320 | Gross: $0.07M

7. Class of 1984 (1982)

R | 98 min | Action, Crime, Drama

A new teacher at a troubled inner-city high school soon ends up clashing with a delinquent punk posse who run the institute with an iron fist.

Director: Mark L. Lester | Stars: Perry King, Merrie Lynn Ross, Timothy Van Patten, Roddy McDowall

Votes: 13,263

8. Savage Streets (1984)

R | 93 min | Action, Crime, Drama

A teenage vigilante seeks revenge on a group of violent thugs who raped her handicapped sister and killed her best friend.

Directors: Danny Steinmann, Tom DeSimone | Stars: Linda Blair, John Vernon, Robert Dryer, Johnny Venokur

Votes: 5,704

9. The Petrified Forest (1936)

Passed | 82 min | Drama, Thriller

A waitress, a hobo and a bank robber get mixed up at a lonely diner in the desert.

Director: Archie Mayo | Stars: Leslie Howard, Humphrey Bogart, Bette Davis, Genevieve Tobin

Votes: 14,944

10. The Don Is Dead (1973)

Passed | 115 min | Action, Crime, Drama

After his mistress is savagely beaten up a Mafia leader goes after the killer with a bloody vengeance. Soon after the hunt begins, a gang war ensues.

Director: Richard Fleischer | Stars: Anthony Quinn, Frederic Forrest, Robert Forster, Al Lettieri

Votes: 1,465

11. Adventures of Captain Marvel (1941)

Passed | 216 min | Action, Adventure, Family

To protect a magic talisman from being used for evil, a teenage boy named Billy Batson is given the power to become an adult superhero, Captain Marvel, with a single magic word: "Shazam!"

Directors: John English, William Witney | Stars: Tom Tyler, Frank Coghlan Jr., William 'Billy' Benedict, Louise Currie

Votes: 1,524

12. The Return of Jack Slade (1955)

Approved | 79 min | Drama, Western

Jack Slade, son of a famed lawman and man-hunter, is hired by Pinkerton detective Joseph Ryan to help wipe out a gang of outlaws and train robbers: Billy Wilcox, Harry Sutton and Little ... See full summary »

Director: Harold D. Schuster | Stars: John Ericson, Mari Blanchard, Neville Brand, Max Showalter

Votes: 144

13. Hell's Half Acre (1954)

Approved | 90 min | Action, Adventure, Crime

An American woman goes to Hawaii to search for her husband, MIA since the war, but he's a fugitive from the law and involved in a private feud against his former crime syndicate partners.

Director: John H. Auer | Stars: Wendell Corey, Evelyn Keyes, Elsa Lanchester, Marie Windsor

Votes: 627

14. Shadow of Chinatown (I) (1936)

Passed | 281 min | Action, Adventure, Crime

A madman sets out to destroy a group of Chinatown merchants.

Director: Robert F. Hill | Stars: Bela Lugosi, Bruce Bennett, Joan Barclay, Luana Walters

Votes: 296

15. The Lone Ranger Rides Again (1939)

Approved | 263 min | Western

Homesteaders are moving into the valley settled many years ago by rancher Craig Dolan. He wants to keep them out by legal means but his nephew Bart brings in outlaws to drive them out. The ... See full summary »

Directors: John English, William Witney | Stars: Robert Livingston, Chief Thundercloud, Silver Chief, Duncan Renaldo

Votes: 140

16. Blackhawk: Fearless Champion of Freedom (1952)

Approved | 242 min | Action, Adventure, Family

Based on a successful comic book that began in 1941, the Blackhawks were seven flyers who banded together during WW II to fight the Nazis. After the war, they continued to fight evil where ... See full summary »

Directors: Spencer Gordon Bennet, Fred F. Sears | Stars: Kirk Alyn, Carol Forman, John Crawford, Michael Fox

Votes: 214

17. The Return of Jesse James (1950)

Approved | 75 min | Western

Frank James resents and tries to stop a ruthless drifter who has adopted the name of his dead brother in order to duplicate his crimes.

Director: Arthur Hilton | Stars: John Ireland, Ann Dvorak, Henry Hull, Reed Hadley

Votes: 138

18. Exclusive (1937)

Approved | 85 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Two newspapers are pitted against each other. One owned by gangster Charles Gillette (Lloyd Nolan), the other by Ralph Houston (Fred MacMurray).

Director: Alexander Hall | Stars: Fred MacMurray, Frances Farmer, Charles Ruggles, Lloyd Nolan

Votes: 95

19. Gang Bullets (1938)

Approved | 63 min | Action, Crime, Drama

A ruthless but clever gangster who knows every loophole in the law has the tables turned by a dedicated District Attorney and his assistant.

Director: Lambert Hillyer | Stars: Anne Nagel, Robert Kent, Charles Trowbridge, Morgan Wallace

Votes: 214

20. The Spider's Web (1938)

Passed | 300 min | Action, Crime, Drama

A crime fighter known as The Spider battles a villain called The Octopus, who is out to sabotage America and install his own government.

Directors: James W. Horne, Ray Taylor | Stars: Warren Hull, Iris Meredith, Richard Fiske, Kenne Duncan

Votes: 167

21. King of the Texas Rangers (1941)

Approved | 215 min | Drama, Western

When Captain King of the Texas Rangers is murdered by saboteurs, his son, Tom ("Slingin' Sammy Baugh"), a famous football star, leaves college and joins the Texas Rangers himself. Shortly ... See full summary »

Directors: John English, William Witney | Stars: Sammy Baugh, Neil Hamilton, Pauline Moore, Duncan Renaldo

Votes: 88

22. The Abductors (1957)

Approved | 80 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir

Two men plot to steal and hold for ransom the remains of President Abraham Lincoln.

Director: Andrew V. McLaglen | Stars: Victor McLaglen, George Macready, Fay Spain, Gavin Muir

Votes: 49

23. Wanted! Jane Turner (1936)

Approved | 66 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy

Postal Investigators Tom and Doris follow a trail from a mail robbery on the East Coast to Los Angeles using a letter sent by General Delivery to "Jane Turner". When the letter (with loads ... See full summary »

Director: Edward Killy | Stars: Lee Tracy, Gloria Stuart, Ann Shepherd, John McGuire

Votes: 280

24. Persons in Hiding (1939)

Approved | 70 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir

A beautiful but greedy woman teams up with a small-time hoodlum to become two of the most wanted criminals in the country.

Director: Louis King | Stars: Lynne Overman, Patricia Morison, J. Carrol Naish, William Henry

Votes: 61

25. The Mysterious Rider (1938)

Approved | 74 min | Drama, Western

Ben Wade and his partner Frosty return to Bellounds' ranch where twenty years earlier Wade was wanted for murder. Unrecognized, he gets a job on the ranch and soon becomes involved in ... See full summary »

Director: Lesley Selander | Stars: Douglass Dumbrille, Sidney Toler, Russell Hayden, Stanley Andrews

Votes: 107

26. Don't Turn 'em Loose (1936)

Passed | 65 min | Action, Crime, Drama

A conscientious attorney who is a member of the State Parole Board, finds his own son, using an alias, up for parole and makes the decision to cast the approving vote. This turns out to cause many problems for the family while on vacation.

Director: Benjamin Stoloff | Stars: Lewis Stone, James Gleason, Bruce Cabot, Louise Latimer

Votes: 210

27. The Fighting Marines (1935)

Approved | 216 min | Action, Adventure

U.S. Marines, attempting to build a landing field on Halfway Island in the Pacific, unwittingly endanger the secret hideout of a mysterious figure known as The Tiger Shark. The Tiger Shark ... See full summary »

Directors: B. Reeves Eason, Joseph Kane | Stars: Grant Withers, Adrian Morris, Ann Rutherford, Robert Warwick

Votes: 85

28. Scarlet River (1933)

Passed | 54 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy

Unable to find open range near Hollywood, western actor Tom Baxter and his troop head to Judy Blake's ranch to shoot their film. Tom soon learns her foreman has been rustling and poisoning ... See full summary »

Director: Otto Brower | Stars: Tom Keene, Dorothy Wilson, Lon Chaney Jr., Betty Furness

Votes: 224

29. Angels' Alley (1948)

Passed | 67 min | Comedy

Slip invites his cousin Jimmy to stay with his family after he is released from prison. However, Jimmy soon gets mixed up with an auto-theft ring. While trying to help Jimmy get out of the ... See full summary »

Director: William Beaudine | Stars: Leo Gorcey, Huntz Hall, Gabriel Dell, William 'Billy' Benedict

Votes: 279

30. Jungle Mystery (1932)

Passed | 240 min | Action, Adventure

In Africa, two hunters meet a girl and her father who are searching for her lost brother. Their search is complicated by rival hunters who are after ivory and by a tribe of hostile natives.

Director: Ray Taylor | Stars: Tom Tyler, Noah Beery Jr., Cecilia Parker, William Desmond

Votes: 39

31. Midnight Taxi (1937)

Approved | 73 min | Crime, Drama

A federal agent goes to work for a taxi company believing it to be a front for a gang of counterfeiters.

Director: Eugene Forde | Stars: Brian Donlevy, Frances Drake, Alan Dinehart, Sig Ruman

Votes: 68

32. Parole Racket (1937)

Approved | 62 min | Crime, Drama, Romance

Following a long investigation, Police Detective-Lieutenant Anthony "Tony" Roberts becomes convinced that there is some powerful unknown-master-mind leader behind the gangs of crooks who ... See full summary »

Director: Charles C. Coleman | Stars: Paul Kelly, Rosalind Keith, Thurston Hall, Leona Maricle

Votes: 19

33. Girl on the Spot (1946)

Approved | 75 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir

Eleven Gilbert & Sullivan numbers are melded within the murder-mystery plot of "Girl on the Spot", with a result that either G&S and/or the plot are always seemingly on stage-wait or in the... See full summary »

Director: William Beaudine | Stars: Lois Collier, Jess Barker, George Dolenz, Fuzzy Knight

Votes: 33

34. Man from Montreal (1939)

Approved | 61 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy

Clark Manning, a fur trapper, is false accused of stealing pelts from other trapper's traps and sets out, with the aid of a Royal Canadian Mounted Policeman, Constanle 'Bones" Blair, to clear his name and find the true thief.

Director: Christy Cabanne | Stars: Richard Arlen, Andy Devine, Anne Gwynne, Kay Sutton

Votes: 43

35. Buldoci a tresne (1981)

99 min | Comedy, Crime

Mafioso Carmello was guilty of the principles of his organization when he tried to fool the boss and earned a death sentence. The convict runs away from the killer.

Director: Juraj Herz | Stars: Marián Labuda, Jirí Kodet, Miroslav Streda, Jirí Hrzán

Votes: 102

36. Yukon Flight (1940)

Approved | 57 min | Adventure

When the plane owned by the "Yukon and Columbia Mail Service" crashes, RCMP Sergeant Renfrew (James Newill) and Constable Kelly (Dave O'Brien) suspect murder. Their suspicions are confirmed... See full summary »

Director: Ralph Staub | Stars: James Newill, Louise Stanley, Warren Hull, William Pawley

Votes: 86

37. Missing Daughters (1939)

Approved | 59 min | Action, Adventure, Crime

Josie Lamonte (Marian Marsh), upset by experiences at the "Club Naturelle", where she had hoped to acquire 'poise and personality' for a stage career, fires a tirade at club owner ""Lucky" ... See full summary »

Director: Charles C. Coleman | Stars: Richard Arlen, Rochelle Hudson, Marian Marsh, Isabel Jewell

Votes: 27

38. The Girl from Chicago (1927)

Passed | 70 min | Action, Crime, Drama

A southern belle from Dixie, Mary Carlton (Myrna Loy), aided by her police detective lover "Handsome" Joe (Conrad Nagel), outwits and brings to justice the Chicago gangster, "Big Steve" ... See full summary »

Director: Ray Enright | Stars: Conrad Nagel, Myrna Loy, William Russell, Carroll Nye

Votes: 15

39. Dangerous Crossroads (1933)

Passed | 62 min | Action, Adventure, Crime

A railroad detective is having a difficult time stopping or even slowing down a gang that is robbing the merchandise carried on the freight trains, with inside information. However, his son... See full summary »

Director: Lambert Hillyer | Stars: Charles 'Chic' Sale, Diane Sinclair, Frank Albertson, Preston Foster

Votes: 19

40. Courage of the North (1935)

Approved | 54 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

Sergeant Bruce Morton, in charge of the Three Rivers Post of the Royal Northwest Mounted Police is informed by White Feather, an Indian fur-trapper, that most of the local fur trappers have been systematically robbed.

Director: Robert Emmett Tansey | Stars: John Preston, Dynamite the Horse, Captain King of Dogs, William Desmond

Votes: 32

41. Craig Kennedy, Criminologist (1952–1953)
Episode: The Vanisher

Crime, Drama, Mystery

When a notorious gangster is killed by a rival hoodlum Craig Kennedy assumes the murdered-man's identity in order the trap the killer. Kenney and his friends, Police Inspector J. J. Burke ... See full summary »

Stars: Donald Woods, Sydney Mason, Lewis Wilson, Mara Corday