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1. Inside Man (2006)
R | 129 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A police detective, a bank robber, and a high-power broker enter high-stakes negotiations after the criminal's brilliant heist spirals into a hostage situation.
Director: Spike Lee | Stars: Denzel Washington, Clive Owen, Jodie Foster, Christopher Plummer
Votes: 398,177 | Gross: $88.51M
2. Reality (I) (2023)
TV-MA | 83 min | Drama
A former American intelligence specialist was given the longest sentence for the unauthorized release of government information to the media about Russian interference in the 2016 United States elections via an email operation.
Director: Tina Satter | Stars: Sydney Sweeney, Josh Hamilton, Marchánt Davis, Benny Elledge
Votes: 20,617
3. Atomic Blonde (2017)
R | 115 min | Action, Thriller
An undercover MI6 agent is sent to Berlin during the Cold War to investigate the murder of a fellow agent and recover a missing list of double agents.
Director: David Leitch | Stars: Charlize Theron, James McAvoy, John Goodman, Eddie Marsan
Votes: 206,644 | Gross: $51.69M
4. Bright (I) (2017)
TV-MA | 117 min | Action, Fantasy, Thriller
A detective must work with an Orc to find a powerful wand before evil creatures do.
Director: David Ayer | Stars: Will Smith, Joel Edgerton, Noomi Rapace, Edgar Ramírez
Votes: 201,722
5. Escape from the Planet of the Apes (1971)
G | 98 min | Action, Sci-Fi
The world is shocked by the appearance of three talking chimpanzees, who arrived mysteriously in a U.S. spacecraft. They become the toast of society, but one man believes them to be a threat to the human race.
Director: Don Taylor | Stars: Roddy McDowall, Kim Hunter, Bradford Dillman, Natalie Trundy
Votes: 39,312 | Gross: $12.30M
6. The Boys from Brazil (1978)
R | 125 min | Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
A Nazi hunter in Paraguay discovers a sinister and bizarre plot to rekindle the Third Reich.
Director: Franklin J. Schaffner | Stars: Gregory Peck, Laurence Olivier, James Mason, Lilli Palmer
Votes: 30,589 | Gross: $19.00M
7. Inside Man: Most Wanted (2019)
R | 105 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
An NYPD hostage negotiator teams up with a federal agent to rescue dozens of tourists held hostage during a 10-hour siege at the U.S. Federal Reserve.
Director: M.J. Bassett | Stars: Aml Ameen, Rhea Seehorn, Roxanne McKee, Urs Rechn
Votes: 4,691
8. Madam Kitty (1976)
X | 129 min | Drama, War
Kitty runs a brothel in Nazi Germany where the soldiers come to "relax". Recording devices have been installed in each room by a power-hungry army official, who plans to use the information to blackmail Hitler and gain power himself.
Director: Tinto Brass | Stars: Helmut Berger, Ingrid Thulin, Teresa Ann Savoy, John Steiner
Votes: 5,029
9. Brainstorm (1983)
PG | 106 min | Sci-Fi, Thriller
Researchers develop a system where they can jump into people's minds. But when people involved bring their personal problems into the equation, it becomes dangerous - perhaps deadly.
Director: Douglas Trumbull | Stars: Christopher Walken, Natalie Wood, Louise Fletcher, Cliff Robertson
Votes: 13,132 | Gross: $8.90M
10. Cube²: Hypercube (2002)
R | 94 min | Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Eight strangers awaken with no memory, in a puzzling cube-shaped room where the laws of physics do not always apply.
Director: Andrzej Sekula | Stars: Kari Matchett, Geraint Wyn Davies, Grace Lynn Kung, Matthew Ferguson
Votes: 70,414
11. Prince of the City (1981)
R | 167 min | Crime, Drama
A New York City narcotics detective reluctantly agrees to cooperate with a special commission investigating police corruption, and soon realises he's in over his head, and nobody can be trusted.
Director: Sidney Lumet | Stars: Treat Williams, Jerry Orbach, Richard Foronjy, Don Billett
Votes: 9,524 | Gross: $8.12M
12. The Man with One Red Shoe (1985)
PG | 92 min | Comedy, Thriller
A man picked randomly out of a crowd is made the target of CIA survelliance and pursuit.
Director: Stan Dragoti | Stars: Tom Hanks, Lori Singer, Dabney Coleman, Charles Durning
Votes: 16,918 | Gross: $8.60M
13. Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Invisible Man (1951)
Passed | 82 min | Comedy, Family, Horror
Two bumbling private eyes help a man, wrongly accused of murder who has become invisible, to clear his name.
Director: Charles Lamont | Stars: Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Nancy Guild, Arthur Franz
Votes: 6,100 | Gross: $3.38M
14. Popeye Doyle (1986 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 97 min | Action, Crime, Drama
NYPD Detective Popeye Doyle investigates the death of a local prostitute which soon leads him and his partner into a web of international intrigue and foreign assassins.
Director: Peter Levin | Stars: Ed O'Neill, Matthew Laurance, James Handy, Candy Clark
Votes: 398
15. Unfaithfully Yours (1948)
Approved | 105 min | Comedy, Music, Romance
A man dreams of revenge when he suspects his wife is unfaithful.
Director: Preston Sturges | Stars: Rex Harrison, Linda Darnell, Rudy Vallee, Barbara Lawrence
Votes: 5,868
16. The Brain Eaters (1958)
Approved | 61 min | Sci-Fi, Horror
The inhabitants of a small Illinois town begin disappearing after a strange cone is found sticking out of the ground nearby.
Director: Bruno VeSota | Stars: Ed Nelson, Alan Jay Factor, Cornelius Keefe, Joanna Lee
Votes: 1,805
17. Nico, 1988 (2017)
R | 93 min | Biography, Drama, Music
The last year of singer Nico's life, as she tours and grapples with addiction and personal demons.
Director: Susanna Nicchiarelli | Stars: Trine Dyrholm, John Gordon Sinclair, Anamaria Marinca, Sandor Funtek
Votes: 2,064 | Gross: $0.07M
18. Song of Granite (2017)
104 min | Biography, Drama
Born in a remote village on Ireland's west coast, Joe Heaney conquered the shyness of his youth to become one of his country's most revered traditional vocalists, as chronicled in this lyrical biopic.
Director: Pat Collins | Stars: Colm Seoighe, Michael O'Chonfhlaola, Macdara Ó Fátharta, Jaren Cerf
Votes: 356 | Gross: $0.02M
19. The Red Nights of the Gestapo (1977)
96 min | Action, Drama, Horror
An illustrious group of German industrialists plot to overthrow Hitler by negotiating a peace treaty with England. Disgraced but dedicated Nazi officer Colonel Werner von Uhland is assigned... See full summary »
Director: Fabio De Agostini | Stars: Ezio Miani, Nando Marineo, Fred Williams, Rosita Torosh
Votes: 337
20. Born to Be Bad (1934)
Approved | 62 min | Drama, Romance
An immoral mother blackmails a wealthy businessman after he accidentally hits her delinquent son with his truck.
Directors: Lowell Sherman, Jack Conway | Stars: Loretta Young, Cary Grant, Jackie Kelk, Marion Burns
Votes: 1,260
21. Ladykillers (1988 TV Movie)
Approved | 96 min | Action, Thriller, Crime
A brutal live stage murder is committed on one of the hot male dancers at whats considered to be the hottest club in L.A., a place where the guys strip and the woman cheer.
Director: Robert Michael Lewis | Stars: Marilu Henner, Susan Blakely, Thomas Calabro, William Lucking
Votes: 241
22. Captive Women 4 (1977)
Not Rated | 90 min | Horror, Thriller, War
To improve the morale of the German officers, a train with beautiful girls is arranged to entertain them when on leave.
Director: Patrice Rhomm | Stars: Malisa Longo, Olivier Mathot, Patrizia Gori, Pamela Stanford
Votes: 626
23. I Was a Communist for the F.B.I. (1951)
Not Rated | 83 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
In Pittsburgh, PA, an F.B.I. agent works to undermine the Communist party, but his brothers and his teenage son think he's a real Red.
Director: Gordon Douglas | Stars: Frank Lovejoy, Dorothy Hart, Philip Carey, James Millican
Votes: 968
24. The Lone Wolf Meets a Lady (1940)
Approved | 71 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
A hardworking secretary for a rich woman finds herself engaged to the woman's son and accused of a murder she didn't commit. Lanyard, the Lone Wolf, and Jamison set out to find the real killer.
Director: Sidney Salkow | Stars: Warren William, Eric Blore, Jean Muir, Victor Jory
Votes: 446
25. Pervertissima (1972)
Not Rated | 81 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
Bold and sultry Françoise gets hired by a magazine to lead investigations in the mysterious world of sex. Until she gets caught in the web of sadistic Dr. Vilard, who runs a very strange mental institution...
Director: Jean-Louis van Belle | Stars: Maelle Pertuzo, Albert Simono, Charles Buhr, Nadia Samir
Votes: 75
26. Bombay 405 Miles (1980)
164 min | Comedy, Action
Ranveer Singh's family is killed by his adopted brother Veer Singh mistakenly Veer Singh's man kill Sonu daughter of Masterji thinking she is Munni daughter of Ranveer Singh.Kishen a con ... See full summary »
Director: Brij | Stars: Zeenat Aman, Vinod Khanna, Shatrughan Sinha, Amjad Khan
Votes: 109
27. Stadium Anthems (2018)
99 min | Comedy, Drama, Music
A female recording artist encounters the misogyny and outdated business practices of male record label executives.
Director: Scott Douglas Brown | Stars: Kayden Kross, Toddy Walters, Aeon Cruz, Christopher Soren Kelly
Votes: 229
28. Nancy Drew: Shadow at the Water's Edge (2010 Video Game)
E10+ | Adventure, Mystery
Teen detective Nancy Drew travels to Japan and investigates ghost sightings at a traditional inn.
Director: Tim Burke | Stars: Lani Minella, Kira Dorrian, Mikano Fukaya, Walayn Sharples
Votes: 75
29. Captured in Chinatown (1935)
Approved | 54 min | Crime, Mystery, Romance
A feud between two gangs in Chinatown breaks out into a tong war.
Director: Elmer Clifton | Stars: Tarzan, Marion Shilling, Charles Delaney, Philo McCullough
Votes: 89
30. Betty Boop's Crazy Inventions (1933)
Passed | 7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
In a circus tent, Betty, Bimbo and Koko demonstrate some gadgets reminiscent of TV ads; an animated sewing machine gets out of hand.
Directors: Dave Fleischer, Willard Bowsky | Stars: Billy Murray, Mae Questel
Votes: 432
32. A Hot Lead (2017 Video)
Not Rated | 73 min | Comedy, Crime, Mystery
When Greenridge is faced with an unprecedented crime epidemic, the members of the Detective's Guild finds themselves overwhelmed. After the fourteenth murder, Chief of the Guild James ... See full summary »
Director: Nick Geoghegan | Stars: Joey Cianfrani, Christopher Cruttenden, Wesley Davies, Michael Davis
33. Swieta wojna (1965)
90 min | Comedy, Sport
To secure their team's success, dedicated football fans (Boleslaw Plotnicki, Mieczyslaw Czechowicz) plot to kidnap their opponents' star player (Andrzej Kopiczynski).
Director: Julian Dziedzina | Stars: Elzbieta Czyzewska, Barbara Rachwalska, Mieczyslaw Czechowicz, Tadeusz Kalinowski
Votes: 26
34.
CSI: NY (2004–2013)
Episode:
On the Job
(2005)
TV-14 | 42 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A nanny is found dead near a park while Messer is in trouble when he may have shot another police officer.
Director: David Von Ancken | Stars: Gary Sinise, Melina Kanakaredes, Carmine Giovinazzo, Vanessa Ferlito
Votes: 390
35.
Hogan's Heroes (1965–1971)
Episode:
The Big Record
(1970)
TV-PG | 30 min | Comedy, War
Hogan is going to use the recorder given to him by Klink to record a top secret SS meeting.
Director: Richard Kinon | Stars: Bob Crane, Werner Klemperer, John Banner, Robert Clary
Votes: 156
36.
Pete Kelly's Blues (1959– )
Episode:
The Poor Butterfly Story
(1959)
30 min | Crime, Drama
An ex-band singer of Pete's keeps hounding him for a master disc of a recording they made months earlier, but he brushes her off. He's then kidnapped by her gangster boyfriend when she ... See full summary »
Director: Jack Webb | Stars: William Reynolds, Connee Boswell, Than Wyenn, Phil Gordon
37.
Popular (1999–2001)
Episode:
Truth or Consequences
(1999)
TV-14 | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Sam discovers that Nicole, Mary Cherry, and Poppy have stolen the answers to the Biology midterm, and she sets out to gather the evidence she needs to turn them in.
Director: Marc Buckland | Stars: Leslie Bibb, Carly Pope, Tamara Mello, Christopher Gorham
Votes: 85
38.
Star Trek (1966–1969)
Episode:
Arena
(1967)
TV-PG | 50 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
For bringing hostility into their solar system, a superior alien race brings Captain Kirk into mortal combat against the reptilian captain of an alien ship he was pursuing.
Director: Joseph Pevney | Stars: William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, DeForest Kelley, George Takei
Votes: 4,513
39.
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1993–1999)
Episode:
Ties of Blood and Water
(1997)
TV-PG | 47 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
When a Cardassian official (Lawrence Pressman), who thinks of Kira (Nana Visitor) as his daughter, is dying, he agrees to reveal all he knows to her. But the experience dredges up Kira's memories of her own father's (Thomas Kopache) death.
Director: Avery Brooks | Stars: Avery Brooks, Rene Auberjonois, Michael Dorn, Terry Farrell
Votes: 1,879
40.
You Can't Do That on Television (1979–2004)
Episode:
Rumors
(1983)
TV-PG | Comedy, Family
When the nameplate and star disappear from Christine's dressing room door, and her key no longer fits the lock, word spreads that she's being fired.
Director: Geoffrey Darby | Stars: Abby Hagyard, Kevin Kubusheskie, Les Lye, Christine McGlade
41.
24 (2001–2010)
Episode:
Day 6: 9:00 p.m.-10:00 p.m.
(2007)
TV-14 | 43 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Jack baits Fayed with Gredenko, while the President faces a challenge to his office.
Director: Brad Turner | Stars: Kiefer Sutherland, Mary Lynn Rajskub, D.B. Woodside, James Morrison
Votes: 1,173
42.
Manifest (2018–2023)
Episode:
Carry On
(2020)
TV-14 | 42 min | Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
In the wake of a devastating tragedy, Ben tries to connect with a despondent Olive; Michaela questions Jared's loyalties; Saanvi shares a medical breakthrough that could change the course of all their lives.
Director: Nicole Rubio | Stars: Melissa Roxburgh, Josh Dallas, Athena Karkanis, J.R. Ramirez
Votes: 1,192
43.
The Closer (2005–2012)
Episode:
Live Wire
(2008)
Not Rated | 43 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A murdered man wearing a wire is discovered in an alley. Once he's identified, his ties to an FBI drug case put Brenda in conflict with Fritz.
Director: Elodie Keene | Stars: Kyra Sedgwick, J.K. Simmons, Corey Reynolds, Robert Gossett
Votes: 363
44.
The New York Times Presents (2020– )
Episode:
Controlling Britney Spears
(2021)
TV-MA | 70 min | Documentary
Britney Spears has said that her conservatorship had become "an oppressive and controlling tool against her." This investigation reveals much of how it worked, including an intense surveillance apparatus that monitored her every move.
Director: Samantha Stark | Stars: Britney Spears, Felicia Culotta, Liz Day, Edan Yemini
Votes: 444
45.
Birdgirl (2021–2022)
Episode:
ShareBear
(2021)
TV-14 | 23 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
Judy partners with a tech therapy company and all her workers spills their deepest secrets to the company's cute teddy bear-like therapy robots, the Share Bears. Meanwhile, Gillian is tasked to get Judy a perfect drink.
Director: Richard Ferguson-Hull | Stars: Paget Brewster, Rob Delaney, John Doman, Kether Donohue
Votes: 70
46.
The Cleaning Lady (2022– )
Episode:
Kabayan
(2022)
TV-14 | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Facing a setback with Luca's treatment, Thony takes matters into her own hands. But when a potential donor refuses to participate, she turns to Arman for help. Garrett makes a risky demand of Thony, pushing her deeper into moral ambiguity.
Director: Lisa France | Stars: Elodie Yung, Adan Canto, Oliver Hudson, Martha Millan
Votes: 353
47.
Inventions That Shook the World (2011– )
Episode:
1950s
TV-G | 43 min | History
The 1950s heralds the end of vacuum tubes and the rise of mobile technologies when two Japanese inventors shrink cabinet-size radios down to something small enough to fit in your pocket. An... See full summary »
Stars: Warwick Jacobs, Thomas Kovacs, John Nathan, James E. Oberg
48.
The Tom Woods Show (2013– )
Julian Assange's Brother on the Family's Struggle
(2023 Podcast Episode)
News
Stars: Tom Woods, Gabriel Shipton
49.
Melissa & Joey (2010–2015)
Episode:
Inside Job
(2013)
TV-14 | 22 min | Comedy, Romance
Joey learns that there's a job at City Hall for someone with his (financial) skills and Mel didn't tell him about it because she didn't want it to appear that she was giving him ... See full summary »
Director: Rob Schiller | Stars: Melissa Joan Hart, Joey Lawrence, Taylor Spreitler, Nick Robinson
Votes: 122
50.
Lab Rats (2012–2016)
Episode:
Avalanche!
(2013)
TV-Y7 | 23 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
Heedless of Donald's warning, Chase braves the arctic to retrieve rare minerals, only to become trapped in an avalanche and rescued unexpectedly by a familiar yet unwelcome face.
Director: Victor Gonzalez | Stars: William Brent, Spencer Boldman, Kelli Berglund, Tyrel Jackson Williams
Votes: 65