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51. Vigilante (1982)
R | 90 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
After his wife and son got brutalized by a street gang, and a corrupt criminal justice system puts the perpetrators back on the street, a NYC factory worker teams up with a vigilante group to find some measure of bloody justice.
Director: William Lustig | Stars: Robert Forster, Fred Williamson, Richard Bright, Rutanya Alda
Votes: 4,571
52. Police Story 2 (1988)
PG-13 | 101 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
The Hong Kong supercop must stop a group of blackmailing bombers, while the villains of Police Story (1985) are out for revenge.
Director: Jackie Chan | Stars: Jackie Chan, Maggie Cheung, Kwok-Hung Lam, Bill Tung
Votes: 22,684
53. Dylan Dog: Dead of Night (2010)
PG-13 | 107 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
The adventures of supernatural private investigator, Dylan Dog, who seeks out the monsters of the Louisiana bayou in his signature red shirt, black jacket, and blue jeans.
Director: Kevin Munroe | Stars: Brandon Routh, Aníta Briem, Sam Huntington, Taye Diggs
Votes: 15,657 | Gross: $1.18M
54. The Vindicator (1986)
R | 93 min | Action, Drama, Horror
An employee of a secret company operation becomes the victim of the company's special weapons project. He is transformed into a robotic killing machine that, because of his programming must... See full summary »
Director: Jean-Claude Lord | Stars: David McIlwraith, Teri Austin, Richard Cox, Pam Grier
Votes: 1,076
55. Buffalo Soldiers (2001)
R | 98 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
A criminal subculture operates among U.S. soldiers stationed in West Germany just before the fall of the Berlin wall.
Director: Gregor Jordan | Stars: Joaquin Phoenix, Anna Paquin, Ed Harris, Scott Glenn
Votes: 25,591 | Gross: $0.35M
56. Avenging Force (1986)
R | 104 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
A senator is targeted by the Pentangle, a right wing paramilitary group. His pal, a former CIA agent and martial artist, tries to help him. The group kidnaps the agent's sister and tries to hunt him down, "The Most Dangerous Game" style.
Director: Sam Firstenberg | Stars: Michael Dudikoff, Steve James, James Booth, William Wallace
Votes: 3,368 | Gross: $4.68M
57. The Protector (1985)
R | 95 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
Two New York City cops, Billy Wong and Danny Garoni, head to Hong Kong after the daughter of a rich businessman is kidnapped by the drug lord, Mr. Ko.
Director: James Glickenhaus | Stars: Jackie Chan, Danny Aiello, Sandy Alexander, Victor Arnold
Votes: 5,310 | Gross: $0.98M
58. Superman: Red Son (2020 Video)
PG-13 | 84 min | Animation, Action, Sci-Fi
What if baby Kal-El's rocket landed not in Kansas, but in the Soviet Union? That is the premise of this Elseworld's tale from DC Comics.
Director: Sam Liu | Stars: Jason Isaacs, Amy Acker, Diedrich Bader, Vanessa Marshall
Votes: 16,958
59. Skin Trade (2014)
R | 96 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
After his family is killed by a Serbian gangster with international interests, NYC detective Nick goes to S.E. Asia and teams up with a Thai detective to get revenge and destroy the syndicates human trafficking network.
Director: Ekachai Uekrongtham | Stars: Dolph Lundgren, Tony Jaa, Ron Perlman, Michael Jai White
Votes: 8,597 | Gross: $0.00M
60. Fear Is the Key (1972)
PG | 103 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A man is in radio contact with his family when their airplane is shot down. He wants those responsible and becomes a criminal to get a job as deep sea diver with those salvaging the plane's cargo.
Director: Michael Tuchner | Stars: Barry Newman, Suzy Kendall, John Vernon, Dolph Sweet
Votes: 2,283
61. Justice League: Throne of Atlantis (2015 Video)
PG-13 | 72 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
When Atlantian troops assault Metropolis as revenge for the death of their king, the Queen seeks help from the Justice League to find her son who has gone missing during the madness.
Director: Ethan Spaulding | Stars: Sean Astin, Rosario Dawson, Nathan Fillion, Christopher Gorham
Votes: 25,195
62. Original Gangstas (1996)
R | 99 min | Action, Crime, Drama
When a gang shoots his father, Bookman (Fred Williamson) returns to his hometown, rounds up some of his own people and begins an all-out war to restore the neighborhood to its rightful sense of justice.
Directors: Larry Cohen, Fred Williamson | Stars: Fred Williamson, Jim Brown, Pam Grier, Paul Winfield
Votes: 2,026 | Gross: $3.01M
63. Greed (1924)
Not Rated | 140 min | Drama, Thriller, Western
The sudden fortune won from a lottery fans such destructive greed that it ruins the lives of the three people involved.
Director: Erich von Stroheim | Stars: Gibson Gowland, Zasu Pitts, Jean Hersholt, Dale Fuller
Votes: 10,803 | Gross: $0.16M
64. Superman/Doomsday (2007 Video)
Not Rated | 75 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
When LexCorps accidentally unleash a murderous creature, Doomsday, Superman meets his greatest challenge as a champion. Based on the "The Death of Superman" storyline that appeared in DC Comics' publications in the 1990s.
Directors: Lauren Montgomery, Bruce Timm, Brandon Vietti | Stars: Adam Baldwin, Anne Heche, James Marsters, John DiMaggio
Votes: 23,574
65. Cartels (2016)
R | 95 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
A drug lord is captured and held "secretly" by 6 US agents at a hotel in Constanta, Romania. He agreed to testify against others in the drug business. They send lots of armed men to the hotel. Lots of shooting follows.
Director: Keoni Waxman | Stars: Steven Seagal, Luke Goss, Georges St-Pierre, Darren E. Scott
Votes: 2,225
66. Sadak (1991)
Not Rated | 134 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A taxi driver with a tragic past sees an opportunity for redemption when he encounters a woman sold into prostitution. Wanting to help her escape, he has to deal with the wrath of the brothel madam.
Director: Mahesh Bhatt | Stars: Sanjay Dutt, Pooja Bhatt, Deepak Tijori, Sadashiv Amrapurkar
Votes: 2,876
67. Police Story: Lockdown (2013)
Not Rated | 110 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A man looking for the release of a long-time prisoner takes a police officer, his daughter, and a group of strangers hostage.
Director: Sheng Ding | Stars: Jackie Chan, Ye Liu, Tian Jing, Tao Yin
Votes: 10,682
68. Guna (1991)
Not Rated | 167 min | Drama, Romance
A neurodivergent individual escapes the family he despises and the asylum he is kept in by creating fantasies.
Director: Santhana Bharathi | Stars: Kamal Haasan, Roshini, Rekha, Varalakshmi S.
Votes: 3,221
69. The Next Man (1976)
R | 108 min | Thriller
Influential Arab diplomat becomes the target of numerous assassination attempts, after he announces his plan to make peace with Israel by letting them join the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (O.P.E.C.).
Director: Richard C. Sarafian | Stars: Sean Connery, Cornelia Sharpe, Albert Paulsen, Adolfo Celi
Votes: 836
70. The Asian Connection (2016)
R | 90 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Two American expatriates, Jack and Sam, unwittingly steal a drug lord's money when they rob a series of banks in Southeast Asia and become the target of the gang's vengeance. When Sam is ... See full summary »
Director: Daniel Zirilli | Stars: Pim Bubear, John Edward Lee, Steven Seagal, Michael Jai White
Votes: 2,066
71. Countdown (II) (2016)
R | 90 min | Action, Crime, Mystery
When a madman kidnaps a young boy and rigs him with explosives, Ray defies his captain and takes matter into his own hands. Now he must beat the clock and save the innocent child.
Director: John Stockwell | Stars: Nic Nemeth, Glenn Jacobs, Katharine Isabelle, Josh Blacker
Votes: 1,984
72. The Marine 5: Battleground (2017 Video)
R | 91 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
While working as an EMT back stateside Jake Carter after responding to a distress call, finds himself caught up protecting a person of interest from a biker gang ruthlessly hunting them down.
Director: James Nunn | Stars: Mike 'The Miz' Mizanin, Maryse Mizanin, Heath Miller, Trinity Fatu
Votes: 1,916
73. Cabiria (1914)
Not Rated | 148 min | Adventure, Drama, History
Cabiria is a Roman child when her home is destroyed by a volcano. Sold in Carthage to be sacrificed in a temple, she is saved by Fulvio, a Roman spy. But danger lurks, and hatred between Rome and Carthage can only lead to war.
Director: Giovanni Pastrone | Stars: Italia Almirante-Manzini, Lidia Quaranta, Bartolomeo Pagano, Carolina Catena
Votes: 3,973
74. The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1956)
PG | 104 min | Drama, Fantasy
The timeless tale of the seductive gypsy Esmeralda and the tortured hunchback Quasimodo.
Director: Jean Delannoy | Stars: Gina Lollobrigida, Anthony Quinn, Jean Danet, Alain Cuny
Votes: 3,181
75. Prowl (2010)
R | 84 min | Horror
In Famfield, the teenager Amber feels displaced and dreams on moving to Chicago. When she learns that she is the foster daughter of her mother, she decides to move to the big city. Amber ... See full summary »
Director: Patrik Syversen | Stars: Ruta Gedmintas, Josh Bowman, Perdita Weeks, Jamie Blackley
Votes: 5,151
76. So Close (2002)
R | 111 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
A conflict of interest between two high-kicking assassin sisters is complicated as they're pursued by the criminals who hired them and an equally high-kicking female cop.
Director: Corey Yuen | Stars: Shu Qi, Wei Zhao, Karen Mok, Song Seung-heon
Votes: 8,063 | Gross: $0.08M
77. Point Blank (1998)
R | 89 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Convicted corporate criminal Howard engineers a prison break as he and a number of fellow inmates are being transferred to a new facility. The escapees storm a shopping mall and take a ... See full summary »
Director: Matt Earl Beesley | Stars: Mickey Rourke, Danny Trejo, Frederic Forrest, Werner Schreyer
Votes: 1,924
78. Kill Buljo: The Movie (2007)
R | 93 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
When a likable hillbilly sees his fiance, friends and family ruthlessly gunned down at his engagement party, he becomes determined to get revenge - as soon as he wakes up from his coma.
Director: Tommy Wirkola | Stars: Stig Frode Henriksen, Tommy Wirkola, Linda Øverlie Nilsen, Natasha Angel Dahle
Votes: 4,194
79. Loha (1997)
Not Rated | 160 min | Action
Compelled to take the law into his own hands; Arjun from the Indian army is court-marshal and jailed. Years later; after his release from jail, he takes to alcohol in a big way and comes ... See full summary »
Director: Kanti Shah | Stars: Dharmendra, Mithun Chakraborty, Govinda, Manisha Koirala
Votes: 608
80. Carnival Story (1954)
Approved | 95 min | Drama
An American carnival in Germany sets the scene for sin, sex and melodrama.
Director: Kurt Neumann | Stars: Anne Baxter, Steve Cochran, Lyle Bettger, George Nader
Votes: 704
81. Expect No Mercy (1995)
R | 91 min | Action, Sci-Fi
A maniacal leader trains assassins to become more efficient killing machines through virtual reality. A Federal Service Agent is assigned to infiltrate the mysterious academy.
Director: Zale Dalen | Stars: Billy Blanks, Jalal Merhi, Wolf Larson, Laurie Holden
Votes: 748
82. Midnight Ride (1990)
R | 93 min | Action, Horror, Thriller
A house wife just left her cop husband, when she picks up Justin Mckay she'll wish she never did as she's plunged into a nightmare and the grip of a psychotic killer.
Director: Bob Bralver | Stars: Michael Dudikoff, Mark Hamill, Savina Gersak, Robert Mitchum
Votes: 1,152
83. Danger Zone (1996)
R | 92 min | Action, Drama
American mining engineer gets involved in civil war and international conspiracy in an African country.
Director: Allan Eastman | Stars: Billy Zane, Robert Downey Jr., Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, Lisa Collins
Votes: 971
84. Suhaag (1994)
Not Rated | 145 min | Action, Comedy, Drama
Collegian Ajay Sharma was born on 2 April 1968 and lives in Bombay with his widowed mom Asha. He is friendly with fellow-collegian Raj Sinha, from a wealthy family. Ajay often gets beaten ... See full summary »
Director: Kuku Kohli | Stars: Ajay Devgn, Akshay Kumar, Karisma Kapoor, Nagma
Votes: 2,043
85. Khalnayak (1993)
Not Rated | 190 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
A prison guard goes undercover as a dancer to try and recapture an escaped criminal and restore her police inspector boyfriend's reputation.
Director: Subhash Ghai | Stars: Sanjay Dutt, Madhuri Dixit, Jackie Shroff, Rakhee Gulzar
Votes: 3,750
86. Lootere (1993)
Not Rated | 156 min | Action, Crime, Romance
A police officer is tasked with protecting a murder witness.
Director: Dharmesh Darshan | Stars: Sunny Deol, Juhi Chawla, Dinesh Anand, Pooja Bedi
Votes: 346
87. Tough and Deadly (1995 Video)
R | 92 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
Elmo Freech is a private investigator who is contacted by CIA agent John Portland, who suffers from amnesia, to reveal a dubious case of drug smuggling involving big fish from Washington, D.C. and the CIA.
Director: Steve Cohen | Stars: Billy Blanks, Roddy Piper, Richard Norton, Charles Kahlenberg
Votes: 610
88. Teesri Manzil (1966)
172 min | Comedy, Musical, Mystery
A woman blames a nightclub drummer for the suspicious death of her sister, and seeks revenge. However, the pair work together to solve the mystery and become romantically involved, after he introduces himself under another name.
Director: Vijay Anand | Stars: Shammi Kapoor, Asha Parekh, Raj Mehra, Prem Chopra
Votes: 1,323
89. Night Hunter (1996)
R | 86 min | Action, Drama, Horror
The stakes have never been higher for action star Don "The Dragon" Wilson! Vampire hunter Jack Cutter (Wilson) must fulfill his destiny and destroy the last of the bloodsucking creatures of the night before an unholy disaster strikes.
Director: Rick Jacobson | Stars: Don Wilson, Melanie Smith, Nicholas Guest, Sid Sham
Votes: 805
90. Jaani Dushman: Ek Anokhi Kahani (2002)
Not Rated | 170 min | Action, Fantasy, Horror
A shape-shifting snake exacts vengeance on a group of friends for a crime they did not even commit.
Director: Rajkumar Kohli | Stars: Sunny Deol, Arman Kohli, Manisha Koirala, Akshay Kumar
Votes: 3,950
91. Lal Baadshah (1999)
180 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Lal Singh (Amitabh Bachchan) lives with his mother (Nirupa Roy) in a small basti in Bombay and grows up with the poor and needy, who call him Lal Badshah. He's a helpful person dead-set ... See full summary »
Director: K.C. Bokadia | Stars: Amitabh Bachchan, Manisha Koirala, Shilpa Shetty Kundra, Shakti Kapoor
Votes: 703
92. Caravan to Vaccares (1974)
PG | 98 min | Action, Mystery, Thriller
American Neil Bowman is traveling through France when he meets British photographer Lila. They are hired by French land owner Duc de Croyter to escort a Hungarian scientist to New York. But... See full summary »
Director: Geoffrey Reeve | Stars: David Birney, Charlotte Rampling, Michael Lonsdale, Marcel Bozzuffi
Votes: 447
93. Slaughter (1972)
R | 92 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Slaughter, a former Green Beret, avenges the killing of loved ones by the Mob, and in so doing is coerced by the Feds into traveling to Mexico to finish off surviving mobsters.
Director: Jack Starrett | Stars: Jim Brown, Stella Stevens, Rip Torn, Cameron Mitchell
Votes: 1,317
94. Caravan (1971)
161 min | Action, Comedy, Musical
Sunita is a young woman who ends up married to the wrong man, Rajan. Thinking that he has conspired with his girlfriend, Monica to murder her, she runs away to find an old friend of her ... See full summary »
Director: Nasir Hussain | Stars: Asha Parekh, Jeetendra, Aruna Irani, Mehmood Jr.
Votes: 333
95. Gen-Y Cops (2000)
R | 120 min | Action, Sci-Fi
After a lethal American attack robot, RS1, is unleashed onto the mean streets of Hong Kong, Asia's funkiest crime-fighting team finds themselves on the wrong side of then law.
Director: Benny Chan | Stars: Mark Hicks, Paul Rudd, Edison Chen, Stephen Fung
Votes: 1,061
96. Krishna (I) (1996)
Not Rated | 156 min | Action, Drama, Romance
A convict freshly out of prison is given an undercover name "Krishna" and the task to bring down a drug kingpin and his cartel.
Directors: S. Deepak, Deepak S. Shivdasani | Stars: Suniel Shetty, Karisma Kapoor, Shakti Kapoor, Tinnu Anand
Votes: 434
97. Sainikudu (2006)
Not Rated | 169 min | Action, Drama
Siddharth strives to help flood victims and saves the relief material from falling into the wrong hands. This sets off a war between him and a corrupt politician, which leads to many twists and turns.
Director: Gunasekhar | Stars: Mahesh Babu, Trisha Krishnan, Irrfan Khan, Prakash Raj
Votes: 1,932
98. Double Target (1987)
102 min | Action, Adventure, War
After several American and British military personnel are killed in suicide attacks throughout southeast Asia, the U.S. begins to suspect a plot by the Vietnam government. To uncover the ... See full summary »
Directors: Bruno Mattei, Claudio Fragasso | Stars: Miles O'Keeffe, Donald Pleasence, Bo Svenson, Kristine Erlandson
Votes: 423
99. Humraaz (2002)
Not Rated | 173 min | Romance, Thriller
Karan decides to cheat Raj, a businessman, by getting his lover Priya married to Raj so that they can claim his wealth. However, when Priya falls in love with Raj and leaves Karan, he seeks revenge.
Directors: Abbas Alibhai Burmawalla, Mastan Alibhai Burmawalla | Stars: Bobby Deol, Akshaye Khanna, Ameesha Patel, Johny Lever
Votes: 3,853
100. Aag Aur Shola (1986)
Action, Drama, Romance
Police Inspector Ram takes over charge of a police station in a crime-laden region of Bombay. He finds that whenever he attempts to arrest anyone, a gangster named Nagesh always intervenes ... See full summary »
Director: K. Bapaiah | Stars: Jeetendra, Sridevi, Mandakini, Shakti Kapoor
Votes: 63