Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "resisting-arrest"

1. Blacklight (2022)

PG-13 | 104 min | Action, Drama, Thriller

Travis Block is a government operative coming to terms with his shadowy past. When he discovers a plot targeting U.S. citizens, Block finds himself in the crosshairs of the FBI director he once helped protect.

Director: Mark Williams | Stars: Liam Neeson, Aidan Quinn, Taylor John Smith, Emmy Raver-Lampman

Votes: 24,555 | Gross: $9.59M

2. Now You See Me (I) (2013)

PG-13 | 115 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller

An FBI agent and an Interpol detective track a team of illusionists who pull off bank heists during their performances, and reward their audiences with the money.

Director: Louis Leterrier | Stars: Jesse Eisenberg, Common, Mark Ruffalo, Woody Harrelson

Votes: 709,227 | Gross: $117.72M

3. Men in Black (1997)

PG-13 | 98 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy

James, an NYC cop, is hired by Agent K of a secret government agency that monitors extraterrestrial life on Earth. Together, they must recover an item that has been stolen by an intergalactic villain.

Director: Barry Sonnenfeld | Stars: Tommy Lee Jones, Will Smith, Linda Fiorentino, Vincent D'Onofrio

Votes: 613,746 | Gross: $250.69M

4. The Fighter (I) (2010)

R | 116 min | Action, Biography, Drama

Based on the story of Micky Ward, a fledgling boxer who tries to escape the shadow of his more famous but troubled older boxing brother and get his own shot at greatness.

Director: David O. Russell | Stars: Mark Wahlberg, Christian Bale, Amy Adams, Melissa Leo

Votes: 389,219 | Gross: $93.62M

5. Taken 3 (2014)

PG-13 | 108 min | Action, Adventure, Crime

Accused of a ruthless murder he never committed or witnessed, Bryan Mills goes on the run and brings out his particular set of skills to find the true killer and clear his name.

Director: Olivier Megaton | Stars: Liam Neeson, Forest Whitaker, Maggie Grace, Famke Janssen

Votes: 204,296 | Gross: $89.26M

6. King of New York (1990)

R | 103 min | Crime, Thriller

A drug kingpin is released from prison and seeks to take total control of the criminal underworld in order to give back to the community.

Director: Abel Ferrara | Stars: Christopher Walken, David Caruso, Laurence Fishburne, Victor Argo

Votes: 42,179 | Gross: $2.55M

7. The Last Stand (2013)

R | 107 min | Action, Thriller, Western

The leader of a drug cartel busts out of a courthouse and speeds to the Mexican border, where the only thing in his path is a sheriff and his inexperienced staff.

Director: Jee-woon Kim | Stars: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Forest Whitaker, Johnny Knoxville, Rodrigo Santoro

Votes: 145,441 | Gross: $12.05M

8. Gator (1976)

PG | 115 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Agents force a former con man to help them nab a corrupt politician.

Director: Burt Reynolds | Stars: Burt Reynolds, Jack Weston, Lauren Hutton, Jerry Reed

Votes: 4,928 | Gross: $11.00M

9. The Longest Yard (1974)

R | 121 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

A sadistic warden asks a former pro quarterback, now serving time in his prison, to put together a team of inmates to take on (and get pummeled by) the guards.

Director: Robert Aldrich | Stars: Burt Reynolds, Eddie Albert, Ed Lauter, Michael Conrad

Votes: 21,443 | Gross: $7.13M

10. National Security (2003)

PG-13 | 88 min | Action, Comedy, Crime

Two mismatched security guards are thrown together to bust a smuggling operation.

Director: Dennis Dugan | Stars: Martin Lawrence, Steve Zahn, Colm Feore, Bill Duke

Votes: 54,458 | Gross: $36.38M

11. Personal Shopper (2016)

R | 105 min | Mystery, Thriller

A personal shopper in Paris refuses to leave the city until she makes contact with her twin brother who previously died there. Her life becomes more complicated when a mysterious person contacts her via text message.

Director: Olivier Assayas | Stars: Kristen Stewart, Lars Eidinger, Sigrid Bouaziz, Anders Danielsen Lie

Votes: 43,349 | Gross: $1.31M

12. Hysteria (2011)

R | 100 min | Biography, Comedy, Romance

The truth of how Mortimer Granville devised the invention of the first vibrator in the name of medical science.

Director: Tanya Wexler | Stars: Maggie Gyllenhaal, Hugh Dancy, Jonathan Pryce, Felicity Jones

Votes: 33,192 | Gross: $1.80M

13. Stolen (2012)

R | 96 min | Action, Crime, Thriller

A former thief frantically searches for his missing daughter, who has been kidnapped and locked in the trunk of a taxi.

Director: Simon West | Stars: Nicolas Cage, Malin Akerman, Josh Lucas, Danny Huston

Votes: 46,461 | Gross: $0.30M

14. Norma Rae (1979)

PG | 114 min | Drama

A young single mother and textile worker agrees to help unionize her mill despite the problems and dangers involved.

Director: Martin Ritt | Stars: Sally Field, Beau Bridges, Ron Leibman, Pat Hingle

Votes: 12,850 | Gross: $22.23M

15. The January Man (1989)

R | 97 min | Action, Comedy, Crime

Two years after being forced out of NYPD, quirky Nick is rehired by the mayor to catch a serial killer after the 11th murder of a woman.

Director: Pat O'Connor | Stars: Kevin Kline, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, Susan Sarandon, Harvey Keitel

Votes: 9,176 | Gross: $4.61M

16. 8 Million Ways to Die (1986)

R | 115 min | Action, Crime, Drama

A former police detective, still recovering from his alcohol addiction, is seemingly drawn into L.A's criminal underworld after stumbling upon a local drug ring.

Director: Hal Ashby | Stars: Jeff Bridges, Rosanna Arquette, Alexandra Paul, Randy Brooks

Votes: 5,957 | Gross: $1.31M

17. Encounter (III) (2021)

R | 108 min | Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller

Two brothers embark on a journey with their father, who is trying to protect them from an alien threat.

Director: Michael Pearce | Stars: Riz Ahmed, Octavia Spencer, Lucian-River Chauhan, Aditya Geddada

Votes: 10,982

18. Sullivan's Travels (1941)

Passed | 90 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama

Hollywood director John L. Sullivan sets out to experience life as a homeless person in order to gain relevant life experience for his next movie.

Director: Preston Sturges | Stars: Joel McCrea, Veronica Lake, Robert Warwick, William Demarest

Votes: 28,550

19. Silent Rage (1982)

R | 103 min | Action, Crime, Horror

A sheriff tries to stop the killing spree of a silent maniacal murderer who, as the result of secret genetic experimentation by an unethical scientist, has the ability to self-heal.

Director: Michael Miller | Stars: Chuck Norris, Ron Silver, Steven Keats, Toni Kalem

Votes: 6,725 | Gross: $10.49M

20. Monday (2020)

R | 116 min | Drama, Romance

A spark on a Friday can lead to a sizzling weekend fling (Sebastian Stan and Denise Gough as Mickey and Chloe), but what happens when you get to the inevitable Monday?

Director: Argyris Papadimitropoulos | Stars: Denise Gough, Sebastian Stan, Yorgos Pirpassopoulos, Michalis Laios

Votes: 5,675

21. Kinjite: Forbidden Subjects (1989)

R | 97 min | Action, Crime, Drama

A brutal Los Angeles police Lt. is determined to bust up an organization that forces underage girls into prostitution.

Director: J. Lee Thompson | Stars: Charles Bronson, Juan Fernández, Perry Lopez, James Pax

Votes: 3,861 | Gross: $3.42M

22. A Pure Formality (1994)

PG-13 | 108 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

Onoff is a famous writer who hasn't published any new books for quite some time and has become a recluse. When he is picked up by the police one stormy night, without any identification, ... See full summary »

Director: Giuseppe Tornatore | Stars: Gérard Depardieu, Roman Polanski, Sergio Rubini, Nicola Di Pinto

Votes: 12,580 | Gross: $0.20M

23. 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: 7,645

24. Justice League: Gods and Monsters (2015 Video)

PG-13 | 76 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

In an alternate universe, very different versions of DC's Trinity (Superman, Batman and Wonder Woman), who operate outside of the law, are framed for murders of prominent scientist and the government decides to take them out.

Director: Sam Liu | Stars: Benjamin Bratt, Michael C. Hall, Tamara Taylor, Paget Brewster

Votes: 16,890

25. Salt of the Earth (1954)

Not Rated | 94 min | Drama, History

Mexican workers at a zinc mine call a general strike. It is only through the solidarity of the workers, and importantly the indomitable resolve of their wives, mothers, and daughters, that they eventually triumph.

Director: Herbert J. Biberman | Stars: Juan Chacón, Rosaura Revueltas, Will Geer, David Bauer

Votes: 4,048

26. Intacto (2001)

R | 108 min | Drama, Fantasy, Romance

In a world where luck can be taken from a lucky person by a luckier person's touch, a small group of lucky people compete to be the luckiest and for the other contestants' luck.

Director: Juan Carlos Fresnadillo | Stars: Max von Sydow, Eusebio Poncela, Leonardo Sbaraglia, Mónica López

Votes: 13,639 | Gross: $0.30M

27. The Miracle of Morgan's Creek (1943)

Approved | 98 min | Comedy, Romance, War

After an all-night send-off party for the troops, a small-town girl with an awkward boyfriend wakes up to find herself married and pregnant, but with no memory of her husband's identity.

Director: Preston Sturges | Stars: Eddie Bracken, Betty Hutton, Diana Lynn, William Demarest

Votes: 7,951

28. Lady in Cement (1968)

R | 93 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

During an ocean dive, Miami gumshoe Tony Rome (Frank Sinatra) finds a woman's body with her feet encased in a concrete block and sets out to solve the murder case.

Director: Gordon Douglas | Stars: Frank Sinatra, Raquel Welch, Richard Conte, Martin Gabel

Votes: 2,828

29. Tick, Tick, Tick (1970)

G | 100 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Racial tensions threaten to explode when a black man is elected Sheriff of a small, racially divided town in the deep south.

Director: Ralph Nelson | Stars: Jim Brown, George Kennedy, Fredric March, Lynn Carlin

Votes: 1,364 | Gross: $1.24M

30. My Piece of the Pie (2011)

Not Rated | 109 min | Comedy, Drama

After losing her job at a local factory, a single mother enrolls in a housekeeper training program, soon landing work cleaning the Paris apartment of handsome but cocky power broker.

Director: Cédric Klapisch | Stars: Karin Viard, Gilles Lellouche, Audrey Lamy, Jean-Pierre Martins

Votes: 2,349 | Gross: $0.00M

31. The Company She Keeps (1951)

Approved | 82 min | Drama

A female ex-convict meets a handsome man and they start dating, but she jeopardizes their relationship by not telling him that she was in prison--and he doesn't reveal his involvement with her parole officer.

Director: John Cromwell | Stars: Lizabeth Scott, Jane Greer, Dennis O'Keefe, Fay Baker

Votes: 652

32. Banned from Television III (1998 Video)

Not Rated | 44 min | Documentary, Short, Horror

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Votes: 115

33. Waco: The Rules of Engagement (1997)

Not Rated | 165 min | Documentary, History

A reassessment of the tragedy at Waco that left 76 members of the Branch Davidian religious sect dead.

Director: William Gazecki | Stars: Dan Gifford, Jim Cavanaugh, Dick DeGuerin, Clive Doyle

Votes: 3,736

34. Live PD: Police Patrol (2017– )

TV-14 | 30 min | Crime

Live PD: Police Patrol is a non-fiction weekend special series that brings viewers an unfiltered look at law enforcement officers in action across America. Each episode highlights the daily... See full summary »

Stars: Danny Brown, Chris Mastrianni, Kevin Lawrence, Jeff McElwain

Votes: 353

35. 75 (2017)

97 min | Crime, Drama

A crash victim, a housewife and two repressed teens are connected by hard-working therapist Viola, who helps them battle their addictions while two disillusioned detectives struggle with the mounting war against heroin in Cincinnati.

Director: Joe Zappa | Stars: Tifani Winkfield, Kip Bennett, Marcus B. Jackson, Shannon Faith

Votes: 60

36. Redemption of a Rogue (2020)

95 min | Comedy, Drama

A bible, black comedy about a prodigal son returning to his hometown to seek salvation for his sins.

Director: Philip Doherty | Stars: Aaron Monaghan, Aisling O'Mara, Kieran Roche, Pat McCabe

Votes: 624

37. Illégal (2010)

Not Rated | 90 min | Drama

A single mother of a thirteen-year-old boy from Belarus seeks refuge in Belgium with dreams of a better life, but instead, she will be incarcerated and separated from her son, risking deportation.

Director: Olivier Masset-Depasse | Stars: Anne Coesens, Alexandre Gontcharov, Milo Masset-Depasse, Natalia Belokonskaya

Votes: 944 | Gross: $0.00M

38. The Weight (2012)

15 min | Short, Western

Young James Evans is on his way to San Francisco to begin a new life. A former Union soldier, he is challenged by an ex-Confederate in a dusty western town -- forcing him to confront the life he hopes to leave behind.

Director: Trevor Marcotte | Stars: Devin Metzger, Josh Harp, Henry Hermiz, Lew Temple

Votes: 26

39. Marian, Again (2005 TV Movie)

180 min | Crime, Drama, Horror

School teacher Chris Bevan is a dutiful husband to his dull wife, Josie, and ingrate daughters. His best friend knows Chris' heart always belonged to Marian, his vibrant, flippant fiancée, ... See full summary »

Director: David Drury | Stars: Stephen Tompkinson, Owen Teale, Samantha Beckinsale, Kelly Harrison

Votes: 266

40. The Restless Breed (1957)

Approved | 86 min | Western

A very bright young lawyer with a very quick temper travels to Mission, a small Texas border town to even the score for the murder of his father, a secret service operator at the hands of gun-runners.

Director: Allan Dwan | Stars: Scott Brady, Anne Bancroft, Jay C. Flippen, Jim Davis

Votes: 442

41. Private Eye Popeye (1954)

Approved | 7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy

Private Eye Popeye gets a call from Olive Oyl to guard a precious gem. But no sooner does he get the gem than the butler takes it (and Olive). The rest of the cartoon is spent chasing the ... See full summary »

Directors: Seymour Kneitel, Thomas Johnson | Stars: Jackson Beck, Jack Mercer, Mae Questel

Votes: 246

42. Ça va barder (1955)

90 min | Action, Adventure, Crime

A con man (Eddie Constantine) is approached by a shipping magnate to become one of his security agents.

Director: John Berry | Stars: Eddie Constantine, May Britt, Jean Danet, Lyla Rocco

Votes: 135

43. Jerome (1998)

R | 91 min | Drama

Jerome is a day in the life of a dreamer. Wade Hampton has found himself trapped by responsibility and lack of understanding by those closest to him. As a result, Wade simply leaves his old... See full summary »

Directors: David Elton, Thomas Johnston, Eric Tignini | Stars: Drew Pillsbury, Wendie Malick, Scott McKenna, Beth Kennedy

Votes: 143 | Gross: $0.00M

44. Derrick J's Victimless Crime Spree (2012)

Unrated | 88 min | Documentary, Crime

A documentary chronicling liberty activist Derrick J Freeman's exciting first year of activism in The Shire.

Director: Derrick J. Freeman | Stars: Kate Ager, Rich Angell, Ed Burke, Jed Butterfield

Votes: 71

45. Cops: Too Hot for TV 2! (1996 Video)

Documentary

Highlights from the series "Cops" (1989) featuring segments involving out-of-control female suspects involved in everything from fights to prostitution to drug dealing to drunk-and-disorderly and everything in between.

Stars: Adam Bracey, Duane Brooks, Kenneth Elkins, Lorna Helle

46. 'Sno Fun (1951)

Approved | 7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy

Heckle and Jeckle of the Northwest Unmounted Police pursue the dreaded outlaw, Powerful Pierre.

Director: Eddie Donnelly | Star: Dayton Allen

Votes: 34

47. A Hare-Breadth Finish (1957)

Approved | 7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy

The Hare gets his second chance at beating the Tortoise in a foot race, but a canine police officer thwarts his chance at redemption.

Director: Connie Rasinski

Votes: 27

48. Bala para sa katarungan (1997)

98 min | Action

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Director: Sonny Parsons | Stars: Sonny Parsons, Joanne Quintas, Elizabeth Oropesa, Bernard Bonnin

49. A Darwinian Future (2014)

7 min | Short, Sci-Fi

A young man walks through his decaying city to approach a hooded figure, and telepathically they exchange funds. He is threatened by a police android and tries to fight back.

Directors: Raghav Anil Kumar, Pramod Nath | Stars: Satisha Shivapura, Pramod Nath

Votes: 37

50. 26 Men (1957–1959)
Episode: The Slater Brothers (1957)

27 min | Western

When Clint Travis is falsely accused of Murder. Rynning sends him into Galioro Mountains to prove his innocence by finding the cattle rustlers who actually committed the crime.

Director: Oliver Drake | Stars: Tristram Coffin, Kelo Henderson, Stanley Andrews, Monte Blue

Votes: 14