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1. Hell or High Water (II) (2016)
R | 102 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Toby is a divorced father who's trying to make a better life. His brother is an ex-con with a short temper and a loose trigger finger. Together, they plan a series of heists against the bank that's about to foreclose on their family ranch.
Director: David Mackenzie | Stars: Chris Pine, Ben Foster, Jeff Bridges, Gil Birmingham
Votes: 252,631 | Gross: $27.01M
2. The Untouchables (1987)
R | 119 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
During Prohibition, Treasury agent Eliot Ness sets out to stop ruthless Chicago gangster Al Capone, and assembles a small, incorruptible team to help him.
Director: Brian De Palma | Stars: Kevin Costner, Sean Connery, Robert De Niro, Charles Martin Smith
Votes: 330,905 | Gross: $76.27M
3. The Beasts (2022)
137 min | Drama, Thriller
An expatriate French couple operate an organic farm in the Spanish countryside but clash with villagers.
Director: Rodrigo Sorogoyen | Stars: Marina Foïs, Denis Ménochet, Luis Zahera, Diego Anido
Votes: 18,327
4. The Traitor (2019)
R | 153 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
The real life of Tommaso Buscetta, the so-called "boss of the two worlds," the first mafia informant in Sicily in the 1980s.
Director: Marco Bellocchio | Stars: Pierfrancesco Favino, Maria Fernanda Cândido, Fabrizio Ferracane, Fausto Russo Alesi
Votes: 12,984
5. The Terror (1963)
TV-PG | 81 min | Horror, Thriller
A young French soldier cut off from his unit is beguiled by a mysterious woman, whom he learns is the wife of the local Baron - and that she seemingly died twenty years earlier.
Directors: Roger Corman, Francis Ford Coppola, Jack Hale, Monte Hellman, Jack Hill, Dennis Jakob, Jack Nicholson | Stars: Boris Karloff, Jack Nicholson, Sandra Knight, Dick Miller
Votes: 8,489
6. Identification of a Woman (1982)
Not Rated | 130 min | Drama, Romance
A director's wife leaves him. He pursues another woman who also departs. This inspires a movie idea about women's relationships. He searches for an actress to star in the film and his life.
Director: Michelangelo Antonioni | Stars: Tomas Milian, Daniela Silverio, Christine Boisson, Lara Wendel
Votes: 3,235
7. Custody (2017)
93 min | Drama, Thriller
A broken marriage leads to a bitter custody battle with an embattled son at the centre.
Director: Xavier Legrand | Stars: Léa Drucker, Denis Ménochet, Thomas Gioria, Mathilde Auneveux
Votes: 10,322 | Gross: $0.08M
8. The Old Gun (1975)
R | 103 min | Drama, Thriller, War
During World War II, a peaceful French surgeon decides to ruthlessly exterminate an SS squad because of the atrocities they'd just committed in his countryside home and childhood village.
Director: Robert Enrico | Stars: Philippe Noiret, Romy Schneider, Jean Bouise, Joachim Hansen
Votes: 4,855
9. Deep Water (1981)
Not Rated | 94 min | Crime, Drama
Melanie enjoys flirting and having little affairs. Her husband Victor seems to bear her antics with utmost calm and nonchalance. This impression turns out to be wrong, very wrong indeed.
Director: Michel Deville | Stars: Isabelle Huppert, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Sandrine Kljajic, Éric Frey
Votes: 1,078
10. Bulldog Drummond's Peril (1938)
Passed | 66 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
In this episode captain Drummond tries to find the killer of various people. All assassinations were provoked by a diamond of great value, but Drummond will face the danger.
Director: James P. Hogan | Stars: John Barrymore, John Howard, Louise Campbell, Reginald Denny
Votes: 654
11. Man on a Swing (1974)
PG | 110 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller
A small-town police chief investigating a murder is offered help by a self-described psychic. However, when the chief discovers that the "psychic" is in possession of information known only... See full summary »
Director: Frank Perry | Stars: Cliff Robertson, Joel Grey, Dorothy Tristan, Elizabeth Wilson
Votes: 768
12. Cesar & Rosalie (1972)
R | 104 min | Drama, Romance
Cesar is in love with Rosalie. But Rosalie isn't making it easy for him, especially when her old flame enters the picture.
Director: Claude Sautet | Stars: Yves Montand, Romy Schneider, Sami Frey, Bernard Le Coq
Votes: 3,841
13. The ComDads (1983)
PG | 92 min | Comedy, Crime
A woman, whose troubled son has left home, informs two different men from her past that each of them is a real father. Too different men.
Director: Francis Veber | Stars: Pierre Richard, Gérard Depardieu, Anny Duperey, Michel Aumont
Votes: 6,711
14. The Duchess of Langeais (2007)
Unrated | 137 min | Drama, Music, Romance
In Majorca, in 1823, a French general, Armand de Montriveau, overhears a cloistered nun singing in a chapel; he insists on speaking to her. She is Antoinette, for five years he has searched... See full summary »
Director: Jacques Rivette | Stars: Jeanne Balibar, Guillaume Depardieu, Bulle Ogier, Michel Piccoli
Votes: 1,464 | Gross: $0.28M
15. City of Missing Girls (1941)
Passed | 74 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
There's an epidemic of missing girls in the city. The new assistant district attorney has to figure out what's going on before he loses his job, especially with a nosy reporter making his life difficult.
Director: Elmer Clifton | Stars: H.B. Warner, Astrid Allwyn, John Archer, Sarah Padden
Votes: 308
16. Hi-Jacked (1950)
Approved | 66 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
A truck driver stops on a rainy road at night to help a stranded motorist, but it turns out to be a ruse--he is attacked, knocked out and his truck stolen. Since he has a criminal record, ... See full summary »
Director: Sam Newfield | Stars: Jim Davis, Marcia Mae Jones, Sid Melton, David Bruce
Votes: 141
17. Read You Like a Book (2006)
Not Rated | 101 min | Drama, Romance
A magical book transforms all who come into contact with it. Meet Dante, a bookstore manager with a crippling secret; Gina, a customer, who knows everything but love; Zoe, Dante's former ... See full summary »
Director: Robert N. Zagone | Stars: Tony Amendola, Joe Bellan, Karen Black, Darren Bridgett
Votes: 141
18. Bab El Oued City (1994)
93 min | Comedy, Drama
Follows the conflict between a young Algerian man and the local Islamic fundamentalists.
Director: Merzak Allouache | Stars: Nadia Kaci, Mohamed Ourdache, Hassan Abidou, Mabrouk Ait Amara
Votes: 221
19. Opt-in (2019)
63 min | Drama, Thriller
An idealistic engineer lands his dream job at the biggest social media company in the world. But when he discovers the dark side of the business, he must decide whether to stay silent or risk everything to expose the truth.
Director: Gabriel Gambetta | Stars: Aaron Royce Jones, Gabriel Gambetta, Stuart Selesnick, Kiel Hooker
Votes: 7
20. The Edited (2021)
11 min | Short
An earnest, misfit girl enters a strange school where they literally edit history, science, and literature, and teach that Big Brother is actually the hero of George Orwell's 1984. Will ... See full summary »
Director: Adam Choit | Stars: Trista Nabors, Melissa Shoshahi, Matt Larson, Sonia Elsie
Votes: 16
21.
The Andy Griffith Show (1960–1968)
Episode:
Mountain Wedding
(1963)
TV-G | 26 min | Comedy, Family
The Darlings ask Andy to help them deal with wild mountain man Ernest T. Bass, who wants the already-married Charlene Darling/Wash for himself.
Director: Bob Sweeney | Stars: Andy Griffith, Ron Howard, Don Knotts, Denver Pyle
Votes: 421
22.
Dark Shadows (1966–1971)
Episode:
Episode #1.680
(1969)
TV-G | 22 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
After Maggie punishes David, he threatens to get even. In the west wing, Maggie sees Quentin.
Director: Dan Curtis | Stars: Joan Bennett, Kathryn Leigh Scott, Clarice Blackburn, David Henesy
Votes: 31
23.
The Bureau of Magical Things (2018–2021)
Episode:
Revelations
(2021)
TV-G | 24 min | Drama, Family, Fantasy
Imogen becomes suspicious that Apinya is not who she claims to be; while trying to get her stepfather to accept Darra as her boyfriend, Kyra makes an extraordinary discovery about her birth father.
Director: Grant Brown | Stars: Kimie Tsukakoshi, Elizabeth Cullen, Mia Milnes, Julian Cullen
Votes: 40
24.
The Cape (2011)
Episode:
Pilot
(2011)
TV-14 | 120 min | Action, Drama
Fueled by a desire to reunite with his wife Dana and son Trip, former police officer Vince Faraday becomes "The Cape" -- his son's favorite comic book superhero -- and takes the law into ... See full summary »
Director: Simon West | Stars: David Lyons, Keith David, Summer Glau, James Frain
Votes: 259
25.
Game of Thrones (2011–2019)
Episode:
The Night Lands
(2012)
TV-MA | 54 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Arya makes friends with Gendry. Tyrion tries to take control of the Small Council. Theon arrives at his home, Pyke, in order to persuade his father into helping Robb with the war. Jon tries to investigate Craster's secret.
Director: Alan Taylor | Stars: Peter Dinklage, Lena Headey, Emilia Clarke, Aidan Gillen
Votes: 32,642
26.
Shameless (2011–2021)
Episode:
The American Dream
(2013)
TV-MA | 56 min | Comedy, Drama
Fiona stresses about the money she used for her club night and it gets worse when Lip finds out. Frank makes his way home and he's the only one who can keep Hymie quiet. Kevin's wife resurfaces.
Director: Anthony Hemingway | Stars: William H. Macy, Emmy Rossum, Justin Chatwin, Ethan Cutkosky
Votes: 2,151
27.
Moyers & Company (2012–2015)
Episode:
What Did the Debates Tell Us?
(2012)
TV-G | 57 min | News, Talk-Show
Reality-checking the debates and banking reform.
Stars: Neil Barofsky, Kathleen Hall Jamieson, Marty Kaplan, Bill Moyers
28.
The Listener (2009–2014)
Episode:
In Our Midst
(2014)
TV-14 | 42 min | Crime, Drama, Fantasy
Michelle receives an uncomfortable assignment: investigate Becker (her immediate superior).
Director: Peter Stebbings | Stars: Craig Olejnik, Lauren Lee Smith, Ennis Esmer, Anthony Lemke
Votes: 65
29.
Stalker (2014–2015)
Episode:
Skin
(2014)
TV-14 | 42 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
When a man's quiet suburban neighborhood and home are vandalized and his family is terrorized, he is forced to reveal his nefarious past to secure protection from the TAU.
Director: Frederick E.O. Toye | Stars: Dylan McDermott, Maggie Q, Victor Rasuk, Mariana Klaveno
Votes: 356
30.
Stalker (2014–2015)
Episode:
A Cry for Help
(2014)
TV-14 | 42 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
After a series of harrowing attacks befall two seemingly random victims, the TAU desperately searches for a connection between them before the elusive stalker strikes again.
Director: Jeff T. Thomas | Stars: Dylan McDermott, Maggie Q, Victor Rasuk, Mariana Klaveno
Votes: 401
31.
Law & Order True Crime (2017)
Episode:
The Menendez Murders: Episode 3
(2017)
TV-14 | 41 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
With Lyle (Miles Gaston Villanueva) and Erik (Gus Halper) in custody for suspicion of murder, defense attorney Leslie Abramson (Edie Falco) works tirelessly alongside Jill Lansing (Julianne... See full summary »
Director: Holly Dale | Stars: Edie Falco, Miles Gaston Villanueva, Gus Halper, Chris Bauer
Votes: 177
32.
Mrs. Wilson (2018)
Episode:
Episode #1.2
(2018)
57 min | Biography, Drama, Mystery
Visiting Coleman again, Alison demands to know who Dorothy is. Coleman tells Alison to stop digging and darkly suggests that, if she persists, she may jeopardise her sons' futures.
Director: Richard Laxton | Stars: Ruth Wilson, Calam Lynch, Fiona Shaw, Otto Farrant
Votes: 387