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1 The Simpsons (1989 TV series)
Episode: Who Shot Mr. Burns?: Part 1

Mr. Burns steals oil from Springfield Elementary, and one day, he is shot, with no indication on who did it.

 9.2/10 492
2 The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)

Fred C. Dobbs and Bob Curtin, both down on their luck in Tampico, Mexico in 1925, meet up with a grizzled...

 8.5/10 30,311
3 Touch of Evil (1958)

Stark, perverse story of murder, kidnapping, and police corruption in Mexican border town.

 8.4/10 29,994
4 Le salaire de la peur (1953)

In a decrepit South American village, men are hired to transport an urgent nitroglycerine shipment without the equipment that would make it safe.

 8.3/10 12,604
5 Lektionen in Finsternis (1992 documentary)

This film shows the disaster of the Kuwaitian oil fields in flames. In contrast to the common documentary...

 8.2/10 1,470
6 There Will Be Blood (2007)

A story about family, greed, religion, and oil, centered around a turn-of-the-century prospector in the early days of the business.

 "   117,183
7 Giant (1956)

Sprawling epic covering the life of a Texas cattle rancher and his family and associates.

 7.7/10 11,346
8 Indien (1993)

Heinzi Boesel and Kurt Fellner are two Austrian health inspectors forced to work together, traveling through Austria...

 "   1,280
9 Louisiana Story (1948)

A Cajun boy's life on a Louisiana bayou changes forever when an oil derrick begins drilling near his home.

 7.6/10 427
10 Sorcerer (1977)

A group of outcasts from different backgrounds/nationalities are forced by misfortune to work in a remote oil drilling operation in South America...

 7.4/10 2,271
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11 Nightfall (1957) 7.1/10 432
12 Texas Masquerade (1944) 7.0/10 29
13 Oily Hare (1952 short) "   85
14 The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean (1972) 6.9/10 2,648
15 Challenge of the SuperFriends (1978 TV series)
Episode: SuperFriends: Rest in Peace 		"   8
16 Blondie Plays Cupid (1940) 6.8/10 75
17 The Olympic Champ (1942 short) "   125
18 Flowing Gold (1940) 6.7/10 105
19 Oil for the Lamps of China (1935) 6.6/10 81
20 Blackmail (1939) "   163
21 Pete-Roleum and His Cousins (1939 short) "   30
22 Ulzhan (2007) "   240
23 Treat 'Em Rough (1942) 6.5/10 5
24 Shockproof (1949) "   214
25 Desperadoes of the West (1950) "   37
26 The FBI Story (1959) "   1,064
27 Nyócker! (2004) 6.4/10 724
28 The Fighting Seabees (1944) 6.3/10 1,155
29 Gran Casino (Tampico) (1947) "   206
30 Hellfighters (1968) "   1,659
31 Tulsa (1949) 6.2/10 304
32 The Stars Fell on Henrietta (1995) "   463
33 Ladies' Man (1947) 6.1/10 8
34 The Last Time I Saw Paris (1954) "   1,202
35 Campbell's Kingdom (1957) "   192
36 A View to a Kill (1985) "   22,189
37 Mexicali Rose (1939) 6.0/10 20
38 Wildcat (1942) "   21
39 Man from Oklahoma (1945) "   6
40 La via del petrolio (1967 TV series documentary) 5.9/10 15
41 Superman and the Mole-Men (1951) 5.8/10 390
42 Flaming Gold (1933) 5.7/10 25
43 Country Gentlemen (1936) "   39
44 Sin Town (1942) "   5
45 The Oil Raider (1934) "   8
46 Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song (1971) 5.6/10 1,608
47 The Best of Times (1986) 5.5/10 2,464
48 The Day the Earth Stood Still (2008) "   45,174
49 Git Along Little Dogies (1937) 5.3/10 36
50 Death Valley Manhunt (1943) "   8
51 The Arizona Cowboy (1950) "   18
52 Buffalo Bill Rides Again (1947) 5.1/10 16
53 The Return of Mr. Moto (1965) "   89
54 Burn: The Robert Wraight Story (2003 TV movie) 5.0/10 37
55 Pueblo Terror (1931) 2.7/10 7
56 Assignment: Venezuela (1956 documentary short) 1.9/10 83
57 The Jailbird (1920)
58 The Great Well (1924)
59 Tongues of Flame (1924)
60 Cyclone Kid (1931)
61 Burning Gold (1936)
62 The Devil's Pipeline (1940)
63 The Lone Hand Texan (1947)
64 Black Gold (1928)
65 Beyond the Pecos (1945)
66 Sky King (1951 TV series)
Episode: Fight for Oil
67 Schlitz Playhouse of Stars (1951 TV series)
Episode: Explosion
68 The Oil Well Conspiracy (1914 short)
69 Salvage 1 (1979 TV series)
Episode: The Energy Solution
70 March of Time: Thumbs Up, Texas (1941 short)

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