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1. Psycho (1960)

R | 109 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller

A Phoenix secretary embezzles $40,000 from her employer's client, goes on the run and checks into a remote motel run by a young man under the domination of his mother.

Director: Alfred Hitchcock | Stars: Anthony Perkins, Janet Leigh, Vera Miles, John Gavin

Votes: 718,050 | Gross: $32.00M

2. Zodiac (2007)

R | 157 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Between 1968 and 1983, a San Francisco cartoonist becomes an amateur detective obsessed with tracking down the Zodiac Killer, an unidentified individual who terrorizes Northern California with a killing spree.

Director: David Fincher | Stars: Jake Gyllenhaal, Robert Downey Jr., Mark Ruffalo, Anthony Edwards

Votes: 598,104 | Gross: $33.08M

3. Bridesmaids (I) (2011)

R | 125 min | Comedy

Competition between the maid of honor and a bridesmaid, over who is the bride's best friend, threatens to upend the life of an out-of-work pastry chef.

Director: Paul Feig | Stars: Kristen Wiig, Maya Rudolph, Rose Byrne, Terry Crews

Votes: 309,114 | Gross: $169.11M

4. Little Miss Sunshine (2006)

R | 101 min | Comedy, Drama

A family determined to get their young daughter into the finals of a beauty pageant take a cross-country trip in their VW bus.

Directors: Jonathan Dayton, Valerie Faris | Stars: Steve Carell, Toni Collette, Greg Kinnear, Abigail Breslin

Votes: 517,891 | Gross: $59.89M

5. Vacation (1983)

R | 98 min | Adventure, Comedy

The Griswold family's cross-country drive to the Walley World theme park proves to be much more arduous than they ever anticipated.

Director: Harold Ramis | Stars: Chevy Chase, Beverly D'Angelo, Imogene Coca, Randy Quaid

Votes: 120,081 | Gross: $61.40M

6. Inside Llewyn Davis (2013)

R | 104 min | Drama, Music

A week in the life of a young singer as he navigates the Greenwich Village folk scene of 1961.

Directors: Ethan Coen, Joel Coen | Stars: Oscar Isaac, Carey Mulligan, John Goodman, Garrett Hedlund

Votes: 163,439 | Gross: $13.24M

7. Curve (2015)

R | 85 min | Horror, Thriller

A soon-to-be bride on her way to a wedding rehearsal is having second thoughts and decides to take a detour. Car breaks down and a hitchiker offers help. Could it be fate?

Director: Iain Softley | Stars: Julianne Hough, Teddy Sears, Penelope Mitchell, Madalyn Horcher

Votes: 11,994

8. The Marine (2006)

PG-13 | 92 min | Action, Comedy, Drama

A group of diamond thieves on the run kidnap the wife of a recently discharged marine who goes on a chase through the South Carolinian wilderness to retrieve her.

Director: John Bonito | Stars: John Cena, Kelly Carlson, Robert Patrick, Anthony Ray Parker

Votes: 35,818 | Gross: $18.84M

9. Gothika (2003)

R | 98 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller

A psychiatrist awakens as a patient in a mental institution, with no memory of the murder she's accused of committing. As she tries to regain her memory, a vengeful spirit manipulates her.

Director: Mathieu Kassovitz | Stars: Halle Berry, Penélope Cruz, Robert Downey Jr., Charles S. Dutton

Votes: 119,164 | Gross: $59.69M

10. Moonwalker (1988)

PG | 93 min | Action, Crime, Fantasy

Anthology movie by, and starring, Michael Jackson in his prime, combining a number of music videos from his bestselling "Bad" album with a fantasy tale of Michael's confrontation with a ruthless drug dealer known as Mr. Big.

Directors: Jerry Kramer, Jim Blashfield, Colin Chilvers | Stars: Michael Jackson, Joe Pesci, Sean Lennon, Kelley Parker

Votes: 18,235

11. Nowhere to Run (1993)

R | 94 min | Action, Drama, Romance

Sam, an escaped convict, lands up on a farmland owned by a widow. When he learns that a ruthless contractor is trying to take over her land, he helps her to fight against the injustice.

Director: Robert Harmon | Stars: Jean-Claude Van Damme, Rosanna Arquette, Kieran Culkin, Ted Levine

Votes: 26,115 | Gross: $22.19M

12. The Lookout (2007)

R | 99 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

Chris is a once promising high school athlete whose life is turned upside down following a tragic accident. As he tries to maintain a normal life, he takes a job as a janitor at a bank, where he ultimately finds himself caught up in a planned heist.

Director: Scott Frank | Stars: Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Jeff Daniels, Matthew Goode, Isla Fisher

Votes: 60,542 | Gross: $4.60M

13. Two-Lane Blacktop (1971)

R | 102 min | Drama

While drag-racing through the American Southwest in a Chevrolet 150, a driver and his mechanic cross paths with an enigmatic hitchhiker and the tall-tale-spinning driver of a GTO.

Director: Monte Hellman | Stars: James Taylor, Warren Oates, Laurie Bird, Dennis Wilson

Votes: 13,417

14. All the King's Men (1949)

Approved | 110 min | Drama, Film-Noir

The rise and fall of a corrupt politician, who makes his friends richer and retains power by dint of a populist appeal.

Director: Robert Rossen | Stars: Broderick Crawford, John Ireland, Joanne Dru, John Derek

Votes: 16,579

15. The Unknown Country (2022)

85 min | Adventure, Drama, Mystery

An unexpected invitation rushes a grieving young woman into a lonely road trip through the American Midwest towards the border between Texas and Mexico.

Director: Morrisa Maltz | Stars: Lily Gladstone, Pam Richter, Tommy Heitkamp, Scott Stampe

Votes: 631

16. The Indian Runner (1991)

R | 127 min | Drama

A Vietnam vet comes home to his small town and finds himself in conflict with rules that his brother has vowed to uphold.

Director: Sean Penn | Stars: David Morse, Viggo Mortensen, Valeria Golino, Patricia Arquette

Votes: 9,799 | Gross: $0.19M

17. Malibu Hot Summer (1981)

R | 90 min | Comedy, Romance

A fabulous Malibu beach house is the setting for sin in sun, as a trio of lovely ladies find love in Los Angeles over one sizzling summer.

Director: Richard Brander | Stars: Terry Congie, Lesley Brander, Roselyn Royce, Robert Acey

Votes: 859

18. Detour (I) (2016)

R | 97 min | Action, Thriller

A young law student blindly enters into a pact with a hoodlum who offers to kill his stepfather--a man he feels is responsible for the accident that put his mother in a coma.

Director: Christopher Smith | Stars: Tye Sheridan, Emory Cohen, Bel Powley, Stephen Moyer

Votes: 6,569 | Gross: $0.00M

19. I'll Be Home for Christmas (1998)

PG | 86 min | Comedy, Family

A college student faces an impossible journey when he is left stranded in the desert, thousands of miles from home, with no money and only a few days left until Christmas.

Director: Arlene Sanford | Stars: Jonathan Taylor Thomas, Jessica Biel, Adam LaVorgna, Gary Cole

Votes: 11,913 | Gross: $12.21M

20. The Beast of Yucca Flats (1961)

Unrated | 54 min | Horror, Sci-Fi

A defecting Soviet scientist is hit by a nuclear explosion near Yucca Flats and roams around as a beast.

Director: Coleman Francis | Stars: Douglas Mellor, Barbara Francis, Bing Stafford, Larry Aten

Votes: 10,431

21. Hot Rods to Hell (1966)

Approved | 92 min | Action, Drama, Thriller

The new owner of a motel in the California desert has a run-in with a gang of delinquent teenage hot rod drivers.

Director: John Brahm | Stars: Dana Andrews, Jeanne Crain, Mimsy Farmer, Laurie Mock

Votes: 1,103

22. The Monolith Monsters (1957)

Approved | 77 min | Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi

Rocks from a meteor which grow when in contact with water threaten a sleepy Southwestern desert community.

Director: John Sherwood | Stars: Grant Williams, Lola Albright, Les Tremayne, Trevor Bardette

Votes: 3,879

23. Bernard and Doris (2006)

TV-14 | 102 min | Biography, Comedy, Drama

The story of the twilight years of tobacco billionairess Doris Duke who develops an unlikely friendship with her butler, Bernard Lafferty.

Director: Bob Balaban | Stars: Susan Sarandon, Ralph Fiennes, Peter Asher, Don Harvey

Votes: 4,478

24. Night Drive (1977 TV Movie)

Not Rated | 73 min | Thriller

A housewife is stalked by a psycho after she sees him murder a highway patrol officer.

Director: E.W. Swackhamer | Stars: Valerie Harper, Richard Romanus, Nicholas Pryor, John Quade

Votes: 812

25. Highway Dragnet (1954)

Passed | 71 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir

Wrongly accused of killing a bar-girl he was seen with earlier, a Korean War vet flees from the police in the company of a woman photographer and her young female model.

Director: Nathan Juran | Stars: Richard Conte, Joan Bennett, Wanda Hendrix, Reed Hadley

Votes: 897

26. Steelyard Blues (1973)

PG | 93 min | Comedy, Crime

Several misfits decide to restore a PBY flying boat and fly to a place where they can enjoy total freedom but a few obstacles hamper their plans.

Director: Alan Myerson | Stars: Mel Stewart, Donald Sutherland, Howard Hesseman, Morgan Upton

Votes: 982 | Gross: $0.02M

27. What Alice Found (2003)

R | 96 min | Crime, Drama

A young woman looking to escape her life is rescued on the highway by a friendly couple in an RV. But as the miles pass the couple's motives come into question and a strange mother/daughter relationship evolves.

Director: A. Dean Bell | Stars: Emily Grace, Judith Ivey, Bill Raymond, Jane Lincoln Taylor

Votes: 1,047

28. Johnny Dark (1954)

85 min | Action, Drama, Romance

Automobile engineer Johnny Dark designs a radical new car. After the owner refuses to sponsor the car in a Canada to Mexico sports-car race, Johnny, with the aid of the owner's ... See full summary »

Director: George Sherman | Stars: Tony Curtis, Piper Laurie, Don Taylor, Paul Kelly

Votes: 446

29. Double Nickels (1977)

PG | 89 min | Action, Comedy, Crime

Two highway patrolmen think they are working on the side repossessing cars. But eventually, they realize that they have been tricked and are actually stealing the cars.

Director: Jack Vacek | Stars: Jack Vacek, Trice Schubert, Edward Abrahms, Heidi Schubert

Votes: 199

30. The Cold Lands (2013)

Unrated | 100 min | Drama

When his self-reliant mother dies unexpectedly, Atticus flees deep into the forests surrounding his Catskills home. Wandering the woods in shock, relying on what meager food and shelter he ... See full summary »

Director: Tom Gilroy | Stars: Lili Taylor, Silas Yelich, Maggie Low, Deb Monteith

Votes: 505

31. Spy Smasher (1942)

Passed | 215 min | Action, Adventure, Family

Alan Armstrong, aka Spy Smasher, battles a Nazi villain known as The Mask, who heads a gang of saboteurs determined to spread destruction across America.

Director: William Witney | Stars: Kane Richmond, Marguerite Chapman, Sam Flint, Hans Schumm

Votes: 414

32. The Threat (1949)

Passed | 66 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir

Vicious hood 'Red' Kluger escapes from Folsom State Prison and follows through on his threats to the detective who arrested him and the D.A. who convicted him.

Director: Felix E. Feist | Stars: Michael O'Shea, Virginia Grey, Charles McGraw, Julie Bishop

Votes: 1,192

33. Bullet Scars (1942)

Passed | 59 min | Drama

Gangster Frank Dillon abducts Dr. Steven Bishop to treat wounded Joe Madison. Dillon also takes Joe's nurse sister. Dillon threatens Bishop's life if Joe dies, but Bishop knows Dillon will kill him anyway.

Director: D. Ross Lederman | Stars: Regis Toomey, Adele Longmire, Howard Da Silva, Ben Welden

Votes: 247

34. The Jesus Trip (1971)

GP | 84 min | Action, Drama

When the police discover that their motorcycles are concealing heroin, Waco (Robert Porter) and his motorcycle gang hide out in a desert convent.

Director: Russ Mayberry | Stars: Tippy Walker, Robert Porter, Billy Green Bush, Diana Ivarson

Votes: 106

35. Born to Be Wild (1938)

Approved | 66 min | Action, Comedy, Drama

Truck drivers Steve Hackett and Bill Purvis are fired from their jobs with the West Coast Trucking company for not using second-gear going down steep grades. Davis, the company ... See full summary »

Director: Joseph Kane | Stars: Ralph Byrd, Doris Weston, Ward Bond, Robert Emmett Keane

Votes: 110

36. Junior G-Men (1940)

Approved | 240 min | Action, Adventure, Crime

A gang of street kids work with the FBI in their attempt to find and rescue their leader's father, a scientist who has been kidnapped by a terrorist group.

Directors: Ford Beebe, John Rawlins | Stars: Billy Halop, Huntz Hall, Gabriel Dell, Bernard Punsly

Votes: 112

37. Highway West (1941)

Passed | 64 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Claire Foster (Brenda Marshall) discovers that her respectable-businessman husband George Foster (Arthur Kennedy) isn't respectable and isn't a businessman, but a gunman in this remake-version of "Heat Lightning".

Director: William C. McGann | Stars: Brenda Marshall, Arthur Kennedy, William Lundigan, Olympe Bradna

Votes: 156

38. Hi-Jacked (1950)

Approved | 66 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir

A truck driver stops on a rainy road at night to help a stranded motorist, but it turns out to be a ruse--he is attacked, knocked out and his truck stolen. Since he has a criminal record, ... See full summary »

Director: Sam Newfield | Stars: Jim Davis, Marcia Mae Jones, Sid Melton, David Bruce

Votes: 141

39. Gas House Kids Go West (1947)

Passed | 62 min | Adventure, Comedy, Sport

The Gas House Kids take a job delivering an automobile to California, unaware that it is a stolen car. Upon their arrival, they discover a hot-car ring run by a crooked ranch foreman with lecherous designs on the rancher's daughter.

Director: William Beaudine | Stars: Emory Parnell, Chili Williams, Vince Barnett, William Wright

Votes: 64

40. Four Girls in White (1939)

Passed | 73 min | Action, Comedy, Drama

Four student nurses cope with life and career problems while interning at a major hospital.

Director: S. Sylvan Simon | Stars: Florence Rice, Una Merkel, Ann Rutherford, Mary Howard

Votes: 301

41. Wheels of Tragedy (1963)

28 min | Short, Documentary

As the holiday weekend begins, officers of The Ohio Highway Patrol prepare for accidents. They deal with several, most of which involve gruesome fatalities. Events leading up to these ... See full summary »

Director: Richard Wayman | Stars: Bill Bradley, Charles C. McCue

Votes: 31

42. State Trooper (1933)

Passed | 68 min | Action, Adventure, Crime

Mike Rolph quits his job, seemingly, as a highway patrolman and takes the position of the Police Chief of W. J. Brady's oil refinery. He is also romantically involved with Brady's daughter,... See full summary »

Director: D. Ross Lederman | Stars: Regis Toomey, Evalyn Knapp, Barbara Weeks, Raymond Hatton

Votes: 28

43. 75 Degrees in July (2000)

Not Rated | 100 min | Drama

The film is set against the sweltering beauty of the Texas countryside, at the ranch estate of a well-to-do family.

Director: Hyatt Bass | Stars: Shirley Knight, William R. Moses, Karen Sillas, Heidi Swedberg

Votes: 129

44. Interstate (I)

Thriller

A rookie Highway State Trooper becomes a target by his colleagues after discovering a high ranking superior is connected to a series of murders occurring along his interstate.

Director: Marc-Andre Samson

45. Caution, Danger Ahead (1952)

Approved | Documentary, Short

A graphic presentation of facts concerning American roads, cars, and drivers. Describes the increased use of roads and highways and current programs designed to meet the need for an improved, adequate highway system.

Director: Jay Bonafield | Star: Dwight Weist

46. The F.B.I. Files (1998–2009)
Episode: Above the Law (1998)

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

The investigation into the rape and murder of 23-year old Robin Bishop on a Californian highway in January 1982. Highway patrolman George Michael Gwaltney is the prime suspect, but the ... See full summary »

Director: Robert H. Gardner | Stars: Lucy Longhurst, Frank Archino, Don Bartlett, Ken Bell

Votes: 67

47. FBI: The Untold Stories (1991–1993)
Episode: Killer Patrol (1992)

Documentary, Crime

The case of 23-year old Robin Bishop who was raped and murdered on a Californian highway in January 1982.

Directors: Winrich Kolbe, Craig Anderson | Stars: Pernell Roberts, Nicholas Mele, Lee Arenberg, Peter Fox

48. Roswell (1999–2002)
Episode: 285 South (1999)

TV-PG | 45 min | Drama, Mystery, Romance

A book entitled "Among Us" leads the gang to a geodesic dome where they discover information that may reveal Max, Isabel and Michael's origins.

Director: Arvin Brown | Stars: Shiri Appleby, Jason Behr, Katherine Heigl, Majandra Delfino

Votes: 365