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1. Savage Dawn (1985)
Not Rated | 102 min | Drama, Action
A vicious biker gang is intent on destroying a small town in Arizona. A war veteran visiting an old friend and a few locals with nothing to lose go to war with the gang's ruthless leader.
Director: Simon Nuchtern | Stars: George Kennedy, Richard Lynch, Karen Black, Claudia Udy
Votes: 827
2. Law and Disorder (1974)
R | 101 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
In the crime-ridden '70s New York City, two cops have had enough. They, along with few other disgruntled people decide to take the things into their own hands only to realize too late that they're in over their heads.
Director: Ivan Passer | Stars: Carroll O'Connor, Ernest Borgnine, Ann Wedgeworth, Anita Dangler
Votes: 330 | Gross: $1.60M
3. Crime and Passion (1976)
R | 92 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
A Vienna financier embezzles money from his firm and clients, forces his girlfriend to marry an old cuckold voyeur industrialist and runs for his life when the industrialist sends killers after him.
Director: Ivan Passer | Stars: Omar Sharif, Karen Black, Joseph Bottoms, Bernhard Wicki
Votes: 348
4. Come Back to the 5 & Dime Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean (1982)
PG | 109 min | Comedy, Drama
A fan club of die-hard James Dean fans meet on the 20th anniversary of his death and reconnect, opening old wounds and facing new ones.
Director: Robert Altman | Stars: Cher, Karen Black, Sandy Dennis, Sudie Bond
Votes: 5,164 | Gross: $0.84M
5. The Pyx (1973)
R | 108 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A police detective uncovers a sinister occult explanation behind the mysterious death of a heroin-addicted prostitute.
Director: Harvey Hart | Stars: Karen Black, Christopher Plummer, Donald Pilon, Jean-Louis Roux
Votes: 975
6. Born to Win (1971)
R | 88 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
A smart-mouthed junkie and loser known as J.J. (George Segal) spends his days looking for just "one more fix".
Director: Ivan Passer | Stars: George Segal, Paula Prentiss, Karen Black, Jay Fletcher
Votes: 2,081
7. Separate Ways (1981)
R | 92 min | Drama
A wife unhappy in her marriage begins an affair with an art student, unaware that her husband, a race driver, is also having an affair.
Director: Howard Avedis | Stars: Karen Black, Tony Lo Bianco, Arlene Golonka, Monte Markham
Votes: 267
8. The Squeeze (1978)
R | 99 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
A retired safe cracker is recruited by a young conman to return to the "business" for a million dollar heist.
Director: Antonio Margheriti | Stars: Lee Van Cleef, Karen Black, Edward Albert, Lionel Stander
Votes: 446
9. Cut and Run (1984)
R | 90 min | Adventure, Horror, Thriller
A reporter and her cameraman connect a surviving Jonestown leader and a TV exec's missing son to a drug war where jungle installations are being massacred by an army of natives and a skilled white assassin.
Director: Ruggero Deodato | Stars: Lisa Blount, Leonard Mann, Willie Aames, Richard Lynch
Votes: 2,675 | Gross: $0.37M
10. Burnt Offerings (1976)
PG | 116 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
A family moves into a large old mansion in the countryside which seems to have a mysterious and sinister power over its new residents.
Director: Dan Curtis | Stars: Karen Black, Oliver Reed, Burgess Meredith, Eileen Heckart
Votes: 13,615
11. Easy Rider (1969)
R | 95 min | Adventure, Drama
Two bikers head from L.A. to New Orleans through the open country and desert lands, and along the way they meet a man who bridges a counter-culture gap of which they had been unaware.
Director: Dennis Hopper | Stars: Peter Fonda, Dennis Hopper, Jack Nicholson, Antonio Mendoza
Votes: 116,997 | Gross: $41.73M
12. The Strange Possession of Mrs. Oliver (1977 TV Movie)
78 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
A housewife is sick of her normal routine and makes all sorts of odd changes to her appearance. From her hair/wardrobe to her makeup, she creepily soon starts to take on the different personality of a lady who had died five years prior.
Director: Gordon Hessler | Stars: Karen Black, George Hamilton, Robert F. Lyons, Lucille Benson
Votes: 289
13. Trilogy of Terror (1975 TV Movie)
Unrated | 72 min | Horror, Thriller
Three bizarre horror stories, all of which star Karen Black in four different roles playing four tormented women.
Director: Dan Curtis | Stars: Robert Burton, John Karlen, George Gaynes, Jim Storm
Votes: 8,725
14. 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: 6,366 | Gross: $17.79M
15. The Great Gatsby (1974)
PG | 144 min | Drama, Romance
A Midwesterner becomes fascinated with his nouveau riche neighbor, who obsesses over his lost love.
Director: Jack Clayton | Stars: Robert Redford, Mia Farrow, Bruce Dern, Karen Black
Votes: 26,869 | Gross: $6.74M
16. The Killers Edge (1991 Video)
R | 90 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
A cop teams up with an FBI agent to track down a counterfeiter.
Director: Joseph Merhi | Stars: Wings Hauser, Karen Black, Robert Z'Dar, Joe Palese
Votes: 153
17. Capricorn One (1977)
PG | 123 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
When the first manned flight to Mars is deemed unsafe and scrubbed on the launch pad, anxious authorities must scramble to save face and retain their funding - and so an unthinkable plot to fake the mission is hatched.
Director: Peter Hyams | Stars: Elliott Gould, James Brolin, Brenda Vaccaro, Sam Waterston
Votes: 24,742
18. Invaders from Mars (1986)
PG | 100 min | Horror, Sci-Fi
A boy tries to stop aliens who have taken over his town and are attempting to brainwash its inhabitants.
Director: Tobe Hooper | Stars: Karen Black, Hunter Carson, Timothy Bottoms, Laraine Newman
Votes: 10,594 | Gross: $4.88M
19. Quiet Fire (1991 Video)
R | 93 min | Action, Drama
Loner Jessie Palmer must piece together information from a growing body count, including the murder of his best friend, in order to bring down a corrupt U.S. Senate candidate.
Director: Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs | Stars: Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs, Nadia Marie, Lance Lindsay, Robert Z'Dar
Votes: 120
20. Can She Bake a Cherry Pie? (1983)
R | 90 min | Comedy, Romance
Zee is walking up and down Manhattan streets, talking to herself and to the husband who has just left her. At a sidewalk café she runs into Eli. A very unlikely, funny and touching ... See full summary »
Director: Henry Jaglom | Stars: Michael Emil, Karen Black, Michael Margotta, Martin Harvey Friedberg
Votes: 399
21. Five Easy Pieces (1970)
R | 98 min | Drama
A dropout from upper-class America picks up work along the way on oil rigs when his life isn't spent in a squalid succession of bars, motels, and other points of interest.
Director: Bob Rafelson | Stars: Jack Nicholson, Karen Black, Billy Green Bush, Fannie Flagg
Votes: 40,574 | Gross: $19.40M
22. Out of the Dark (1988)
R | 89 min | Crime, Horror, Thriller
Beautiful young women who work at the offices of a phone-sex company are being stalked by a psychopathic killer.
Director: Michael Schroeder | Stars: Cameron Dye, Lynn Danielson-Rosenthal, Karen Lorre, Karen Black
Votes: 1,496 | Gross: $0.42M
23. You're a Big Boy Now (1966)
TV-MA | 96 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Post-teen virgin moves to New York City, falls for a cold-hearted beauty, then finds true love with a loyal lass.
Director: Francis Ford Coppola | Stars: Elizabeth Hartman, Geraldine Page, Rip Torn, Peter Kastner
Votes: 1,940
24. Killer Fish (1979)
PG | 101 min | Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Jewel thieves attempt to recover treasure from piranha infested waters. Mistrust and betrayals happen amongst the gang in the quest for gold.
Director: Antonio Margheriti | Stars: Lee Majors, Karen Black, Margaux Hemingway, Marisa Berenson
Votes: 2,381
25. Cisco Pike (1971)
R | 95 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A down on his luck former drug dealer is forced by a corrupt LAPD policeman to sell 100 kilos of confiscated marijuana in one weekend.
Director: Bill Norton | Stars: Kris Kristofferson, Karen Black, Gene Hackman, Harry Dean Stanton
Votes: 1,941
26.
Circle of Fear (1972–1973)
Episode:
Bad Connection
(1972)
60 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
A young widow is trying to move on after her husband is shot down in Vietnam and presumed dead. She begins to receive mysterious phone calls from a man who sounds like her late husband.
Director: Walter Doniger | Stars: Sebastian Cabot, Karen Black, Michael Tolan, Kaz Garas
Votes: 110
27. Men (1997)
R | 92 min | Drama
Stella James lives a rather empty life with her alcoholic friend, Teo. One day Teo gives her a plane ticket to Los Angeles to live without him. There she gets work in a restaurant (she is a... See full summary »
Director: Zoe Clarke-Williams | Stars: Sean Young, John Heard, Dylan Walsh, Robert Lujan
Votes: 421
28. Martin's Day (1985)
PG | 98 min | Drama
Threatened with recapture after a prison escape, Martin Stechert takes a twelve-year-old as hostage. Soon, this kid, begins to admire "Stech" for his cheeky pranks against society and his desperate mission to make dreams come true.
Director: Alan Gibson | Stars: Richard Harris, Lindsay Wagner, James Coburn, Justin Henry
Votes: 397
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