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1. Double Indemnity (1944)

Passed | 107 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir

A Los Angeles insurance representative lets an alluring housewife seduce him into a scheme of insurance fraud and murder that arouses the suspicion of his colleague, an insurance investigator.

Director: Billy Wilder | Stars: Fred MacMurray, Barbara Stanwyck, Edward G. Robinson, Byron Barr

Votes: 167,306 | Gross: $5.72M

2. Mildred Pierce (2011)

TV-MA | 67 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Divorced single mom Mildred Pierce decides to open a restaurant business, which tears at the already-strained relationship with her ambitious elder daughter, Veda.

Stars: Kate Winslet, Guy Pearce, Evan Rachel Wood, Brían F. O'Byrne

Votes: 24,049

3. Mildred Pierce (1945)

Approved | 111 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir

A hard-working mother inches towards disaster as she divorces her husband and starts a successful restaurant business to support her spoiled daughter.

Director: Michael Curtiz | Stars: Joan Crawford, Jack Carson, Zachary Scott, Eve Arden

Votes: 28,619

4. The Crossing Guard (1995)

R | 111 min | Drama, Thriller

Freddy Gale is a seedy jeweller who has sworn to kill the drunk driver who killed his little girl.

Director: Sean Penn | Stars: Jack Nicholson, David Morse, Anjelica Huston, Robin Wright

Votes: 14,426 | Gross: $0.83M

5. First Time Female Director (2023)

97 min | Comedy

Follows a newly minted female director in a local theater in Glendale, California, struggling to fill the shoes of her male predecessor, putting her Southern rural drama in jeopardy.

Director: Chelsea Peretti | Stars: Chelsea Peretti, Amy Poehler, Andy Richter, Mike Rose

Votes: 340

6. Sherlock Jr. (1924)

Passed | 45 min | Action, Comedy, Romance

A film projectionist longs to be a detective, and puts his meagre skills to work when he is framed by a rival for stealing his girlfriend's father's pocketwatch.

Director: Buster Keaton | Stars: Buster Keaton, Kathryn McGuire, Joe Keaton, Erwin Connelly

Votes: 56,856 | Gross: $0.98M

7. The Day of the Locust (1975)

R | 144 min | Drama, Thriller

An art director in the 1930s falls in love and attempts to make a young woman an actress despite Hollywood who wants nothing to do with her because of her problems with an estranged man and her alcoholic father.

Director: John Schlesinger | Stars: Donald Sutherland, Karen Black, Burgess Meredith, William Atherton

Votes: 6,362 | Gross: $17.79M

8. Saboteur (1942)

Passed | 109 min | Thriller, War

A young man accused of sabotage goes on the run to prove his innocence.

Director: Alfred Hitchcock | Stars: Priscilla Lane, Robert Cummings, Otto Kruger, Alan Baxter

Votes: 27,951

9. Quinceañera (2006)

R | 90 min | Drama

As Magdalena's 15th birthday approaches, her simple, blissful life is complicated by the discovery that she's pregnant. Kicked out of her house, she finds a new family with her great-granduncle and gay cousin.

Directors: Richard Glatzer, Wash Westmoreland | Stars: Emily Rios, Jesse Garcia, Chalo González, Jesus Castanos

Votes: 4,296 | Gross: $1.69M

10. Punishment Park (1971)

R | 91 min | Drama, Thriller

"Punishment Park" is a pseudo-documentary purporting to be a film crews's news coverage of the team of soldiers escorting a group of hippies, draft dodgers, and anti-establishment types ... See full summary »

Director: Peter Watkins | Stars: Patrick Boland, Kent Foreman, Carmen Argenziano, Luke Johnson

Votes: 7,617

11. Bright Eyes (1934)

Approved | 85 min | Comedy, Drama, Family

An orphaned girl is taken in by a snobbish family at the insistence of their rich, crotchety uncle, even as her devoted aviator godfather fights for custody.

Director: David Butler | Stars: Shirley Temple, James Dunn, Jane Darwell, Judith Allen

Votes: 2,460

12. Crime Wave (1953)

Approved | 73 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir

Reformed parolee Steve Lacey is caught in the middle when a wounded former cellmate seeks him out for shelter.

Director: André De Toth | Stars: Gene Nelson, Sterling Hayden, Phyllis Kirk, Ted de Corsia

Votes: 4,534

13. Through My Father's Eyes (2019)

R | 104 min | Documentary, Biography, Sport

The extraordinary story of MMA/UFC super star Ronda Rousey.

Director: Gary Stretch | Stars: Ronda Rousey, Gary Stretch, Pete Antico, Gene LeBell

Votes: 772

14. The Good Waiter (2016)

Not Rated | 16 min | Short, Drama

Kevin is a jaded aspiring actor whose only real success in life is his career as a restaurant waiter. Drew is the wide-eyed Midwest transplant who just wants to be Kevin. When Kevin is ... See full summary »

Director: George Bamber | Stars: Kevin Grant Spencer, Matthew Ludwinski, Michelle Grisaffi, Fayelyn Bilodeau

Votes: 124

15. Roof to Roof (2001)

70 min

Presented in English and Armenian (with English subtitles) this is a simple, tender story about a proud single father, his relationships with his family, and his struggles to make ends meet... See full summary »

Director: Ara Corbett | Stars: Armineh Keshishian, Zaven Movsesian, Amy Aivazian, Khachik Avanessian

Votes: 42

16. International Detective (1959–1961)
Episode: The Rose Bowl Case (1960)

30 min | Crime, Drama

The Burns International Detective Agency is hired to track down the criminals who printed scores of fake Rose Bowl tickets. The trail leads to England where the crooks pulled the same scam ... See full summary »

Director: A. Edward Sutherland | Stars: Art Fleming, Lee Patterson, Moira Redmond, Millicent Martin

17. Sleeper Cell (2005–2006)
Episode: Family (2005)

TV-MA | 53 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

Darwyn befriends a pesticide plant worker in order to buy some of his company's product under the table for the Cell while each of the jihadis cope with personal troubles of their own.

Director: Leslie Libman | Stars: Michael Ealy, Oded Fehr, Henri Lubatti, Alex Nesic

Votes: 130

18. Gene Simmons: Family Jewels (2006–2012)
Episode: Coming Out Party (2007)

TV-14 | 22 min | Reality-TV

Gene's inability to follow doctor's orders is hampering his recovery, forcing him to miss a "Rent-A-Bachelor" charity event he committed to. Nick reluctantly agrees to go in his place and is shocked to learn who placed the winning bid.

Director: Adam Reed | Stars: Richard Gilbert Abramson, Lisa Baldwin, Jada Fire, James Wolford Hardin

Votes: 9

19. Very Scary People (2019– )
Episode: The Firestarter: A Wall of Flames Pt. 1 (2021)

TV-14 | 42 min | Documentary, Crime, History

A string of horrifying fires plagues California in the Eighties and Nineties, one of them fatally trapping four people inside. Are these raging infernos accidental or is someone setting them deliberately?

Director: Brett Kelly | Stars: Donnie Wahlberg, Frank C. Girardot, Jim Obdam, Michael Cabral

Votes: 16

20. Very Scary People (2019– )
Episode: The Firestarter: Chasing a Pyromaniac Pt. 2 (2021)

TV-14 | 42 min | Documentary, Crime, History

In a game of cat and mouse, colleagues discover dark secrets behind the man who thrived on the chaos of igniting the fires he was supposed to be fighting.

Director: Brett Kelly | Stars: Donnie Wahlberg, Michael Matassa, Frank C. Girardot, Michael Cabral

Votes: 15

21. Mildred Pierce (2011)
Episode: Part One (2011)

TV-MA | 58 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

When her husband leaves the family home, Mildred Pierce must find a way to survive with her young daughters against the backdrop of the Great Depression.

Director: Todd Haynes | Stars: Kate Winslet, Brían F. O'Byrne, Melissa Leo, Morgan Turner

Votes: 704

22. Crime Stories (1998– )
Episode: The Doctor of Death (2009)

46 min | Documentary, Crime

When neurologist Richard Boggs called 911 early in the morning to report a patient's death, paramedics immediately had their doubts. However, it took a clever insurance agent and a private ... See full summary »

Director: Steve Allen | Stars: Bill Courage, Catherine Candisky, Craig Harvey, Albert MacKenzie

23. First Blood (2022– )
Episode: Richard Ramirez: The Nightstalker (2022)

TV-14 | Documentary, Crime, History

One of the most well-known serial killers, Richard Ramirez terrorized Southern California in the mid-1980s, where anyone could be a target of the sadistic murderer.

Director: David Bispham | Stars: Gisele Lavigne, Glynn Martin, Alan Yochelson, Gary Brucato

Votes: 10

24. The Hillside Strangler: Devil in Disguise (2022)
Episode: City in Fear (2022)

TV-MA | 52 min | Documentary, Biography, Crime

A series of unsolved strangulation murders in Los Angeles puts pressure on law enforcement.

Star: Lois Lee

Votes: 19

25. Scott Pilgrim Takes Off (2023)
Episode: Whatever (2023)

TV-MA | 27 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

Ramona heads to a film set to see Lucas, her movie star ex, whose role in a major Canadian motion picture attracts media attention - and the paparazzi.

Directors: Abel Gongora, Akitoshi Yokoyama, Moko-chan | Stars: Michael Cera, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Satya Bhabha, Kieran Culkin

Votes: 1,124

26. Tracing My Family Line (2007– )
Episode: Travelling to Glendale, CA (2008)

10 min

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Stars: Helen Anderson, Steven L. Anderson

27. True Detective (2014– )
Episode: Other Lives (2015)

TV-MA | 59 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Ray and Frank consider new life choices; Ani and Paul go up to the coast to follow a lead.

Director: John Crowley | Stars: Colin Farrell, Rachel McAdams, Taylor Kitsch, Kelly Reilly

Votes: 9,394

28. True Detective (2014– )
Episode: Church in Ruins (2015)

TV-MA | 59 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Desperate to locate a missing woman with intel about Caspere, Frank meets with Mexican drug dealers; Ani infiltrates an exclusive inner circle, with Ray and Paul keeping close tabs.

Director: Miguel Sapochnik | Stars: Colin Farrell, Rachel McAdams, Taylor Kitsch, Kelly Reilly

Votes: 10,035

29. The Investigators (2000– )
Episode: Stalkers in the Shadows (2005)

Documentary, Crime, Drama

Two contrasting stalking cases of the famed criminal prosecutor Rhonda Saunders: one detailing the 2002 investigation of Anna Nicole Smith's ex-boyfriend-turned-stalker, Mark Hatten, and ... See full summary »

Director: Clare Bradshaw | Stars: Josh Hamilton, Jeff Dunn, Jackie Hatten, Mark Hatten

30. Forensic Files (1996–2011)
Episode: Mistaken for Dead (2001)

TV-PG | 23 min | Documentary, Crime

California, 1988: Dr. Richard Boggs, John Hawkins and Melvin Eugene Hanson attempt insurance fraud. They would have gotten away with it, and tried again, if Dr. Boggs hadn't made several mistakes.

Stars: Peter Thomas, Richard Boggs, Ellis Greene, John Hawkins

Votes: 97

31. Shattered (2017– )
Episode: Angel of Death (2018)

TV-14 | 42 min | Documentary, Crime

In 1996, Larry Schlegel visits his elderly mother at the hospital one last time before she succumbs to pneumonia. Then, years later, police give him the shock of his life, when they inform him that her death was not at all what it seemed.

Director: J. Tom Pogue | Stars: Larry Schlegel, John McKillop, Will Currie, Hannah Eakin

Votes: 12