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1. Striking Distance (1993)
R | 102 min | Action, Crime, Mystery
Coming from a police family, Tom Hardy ends up fighting his uncle after the murder of his father. Tom believes the killer is another cop and goes on the record with his allegations. Demoted then to river duty, the killer taunts Tom.
Director: Rowdy Herrington | Stars: Bruce Willis, Sarah Jessica Parker, Dennis Farina, Tom Sizemore
Votes: 45,607 | Gross: $23.80M
2. The Paedophile Hunter (2014 TV Movie)
70 min | Documentary
A look at the work of Stinson Hunter and his gang who pose as underage girls in order to catch pedophiles.
Director: Dan Reed | Stars: Keiron Parsons, David Cooper, Hugh Davies, Jim Gamble
Votes: 591
3. Deported (1950)
Approved | 89 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
An American gangster sent back to his home country falls in love with a widowed countess.
Director: Robert Siodmak | Stars: Märta Torén, Jeff Chandler, Claude Dauphin, Marina Berti
Votes: 343
4. Shrimps for a Day (1934)
Approved | 20 min | Short, Comedy, Family
A magic lamp lets a young couple become kids again and exposes a mean old man who runs his orphanage like a prison.
Director: Gus Meins | Stars: Matthew 'Stymie' Beard, Scotty Beckett, George 'Spanky' McFarland, Billie 'Buckwheat' Thomas
Votes: 232
5. Den utvalde (2005)
100 min | Crime, Thriller
A couple of brutal and mysterious murders point to Uppsala University. Johan, a last year student at the police academy, gets involved in the investigation. He enrolls a course at the University in order to, under cover, track down the killer.
Directors: Eric Donell, Martin Söder | Stars: Andreas Wilson, Björn Granath, Julia Dufvenius, Eric Donell
Votes: 881
6. Wife Wanted (1946)
Approved | 73 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Career-slipping movie star Carole Raymond (Kay Francis) buys in as a real estate partner of Jeff Caldwell (Paul Cavanagh). As it happens, through his secretary Nola Reed (Veda Ann Borg), ... See full summary »
Director: Phil Karlson | Stars: Kay Francis, Paul Cavanagh, Robert Shayne, Veda Ann Borg
Votes: 133
7. A Friend of Mine (2006)
84 min | Comedy, Drama
An introverted insurance executive at a car rental service is annoyed by his hyperactive, garrulous coworker, but the two end up becoming friends.
Director: Sebastian Schipper | Stars: Daniel Brühl, Jürgen Vogel, Sabine Timoteo, Peter Kurth
Votes: 4,423
8. Kill or Cure (1962)
TV-PG | 88 min | Comedy, Mystery
An undercover private detective investigates a suspicious death at a shady health clinic.
Director: George Pollock | Stars: Terry-Thomas, Eric Sykes, Dennis Price, Lionel Jeffries
Votes: 378
9. Secret Service Investigator (1948)
Passed | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
A returning war hero who looks like a forger gets mixed up with gangsters and the Secret Service.
Director: R.G. Springsteen | Stars: Lynne Roberts, Lloyd Bridges, George Zucco, June Storey
Votes: 54
10. Road (2005)
92 min | Drama, Mystery
Two exes take a dual-purpose road trip: allow Margaret (Catherine Kellner), a freelance photographer, to complete her assignment to check up on toxic waste sites along the U.S.-Canadian ... See full summary »
Director: Leslie McCleave | Stars: Catherine Kellner, Ebon Moss-Bachrach, James Urbaniak, Peter Appel
Votes: 77
11. Blue Drop (2007– )
TV-14 | 26 min | Animation, Fantasy, Mystery
All the blue drop stories revolve around a war between humanity and the Arume, an alien race consisting soley of women. Both manga series are set after the war while the anime is set before... See full summary »
Stars: Akiko Yajima, Miyuki Sawashiro, Satsuki Yukino, Akeno Watanabe
Votes: 161
12. Behind the Mask (2006)
Not Rated | 72 min | Documentary
Behind the Mask: The Story Of The People Who Risk Everything To Save Animals is a 2006 documentary film about the Animal Liberation Front. It took three years of filming, interviewing, and editing to complete.
Director: Shannon Keith | Stars: Shannon Keith, Keith Mann, Kevin Kjonaas, Rod Coronado
Votes: 201
13. Girls of the Big House (1945)
Passed | 68 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A college professor's well-bred daughter assumes the name of Jeanne Crail to date Earl Williams, a slick con artist who frames her for robbery. Rather than have her father find out about ... See full synopsis »
Director: George Archainbaud | Stars: Lynne Roberts, Virginia Christine, Marion Martin, Adele Mara
Votes: 29
14. Loser's End (1935)
Approved | 59 min | Western
Jack rides into trouble when he meets up with Bill Meeker and his outlaw gang. Rescued from the gang's clutches by Don carlos, he joins forces with Carlos and with the help of Lolita who ... See full summary »
Director: Bernard B. Ray | Stars: Jack Perrin, Tina Menard, Frank Rice, William Gould
Votes: 65
15. Delinquent Daughters (1944)
Passed | 72 min | Crime, Drama
A town is shocked when a high school girl commits suicide. A reporter and a cop team up to investigate and find out exactly what is going on among the youth of the town.
Director: Albert Herman | Stars: June Carlson, Fifi D'Orsay, Teala Loring, Mary Bovard
Votes: 409
16. Poisoned Paradise (1924)
Passed | 70 min | Drama
Margot Le Blanc loses her small fortune at Monte Carlo in Monaco and makes the acquaintance of Hugh Kildair, an artist, who hires her as a housekeeper. A gang of thieves set a trap for ... See full summary »
Director: Louis J. Gasnier | Stars: Kenneth Harlan, Clara Bow, Barbara Tennant, George Beranger
Votes: 35
17. Access Denied (II) (1996)
8 min | Documentary, Short
The National Anti-Vivisection Society entered London's Institute of Neurology, Westminster, and Charing Cross medical schools, capturing brutal footage of animal suffering.
Director: Tim Phillips | Star: Vincent Brimble
Votes: 9
18. Tonto Basin Outlaws (1941)
Passed | 60 min | Drama, Western
Number 10 in Monogram's series of 24 "Range Busters" westerns, Crash Corrigan, Dusty King and Alibi Terhune, the Range Busters, enlist in Teddy Roosevelt's Rough Riders during the ... See full summary »
Director: S. Roy Luby | Stars: Ray Corrigan, John 'Dusty' King, Max Terhune, Elmer
Votes: 46
20. No Gravy for the Cat (1990)
13 min | Documentary, Short
An expose of vivisector John Orem's ride on the federal grant gravy train that tells the remarkable story of how five cats slated for death at Texas Tech escaped on the underground railroad.
Director: Ann Chynoweth | Stars: Stephen Kaufman, Richard Kiley, Kenneth Stoller
Votes: 9
21. Mercury Undercover (2011)
Not Rated | 70 min | Documentary, News
It is a gripping tale that will make you think twice before you eat your next catch-of-the-day or plan your next visit to the dentist's office.
Directors: Elizabeth Hong, Daniel Montoya | Stars: Charlie Brown, Jonathan Emord, William Glaros, Edward Group
Votes: 9
22. The Last Trail (1921)
Passed | 70 min | Action, Romance, Western
The successful operations of a lone bandit known as "The Night Hawk" terrorize a frontier town, and when a stranger arrives riding a fine horse, suspicions are aroused and he is mistaken ... See full summary »
Director: Emmett J. Flynn | Stars: Maurice 'Lefty' Flynn, Eva Novak, Wallace Beery, Rosemary Theby
Votes: 17