Scum of The Earth All-Stars!
by Art Snob | created - 13 Nov 2011 | updated - 11 months ago | PublicThe villains you most want to see die! (I.E., the most courageous performances of all time!) All of them are totally unsympathetic, completely irredeemable, and devoid of the "safety net" that comes with playing a comic book, sci-fi or fantasy villain. Plus none of them have any sequels or prequels (sorry, Hannibal), since these are villains you just want to see gone ASAP. If you're naive enough to think that the "all-time movie villain" competition is between the Wicked Witch of the West and Darth Vader ... it's time for you to meet one of these guys!
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1. Kiss of Death (1947)
99 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
Nick Bianco is caught during a botched jewellery heist. The prosecution offer him a more lenient sentence if he squeals on his accomplices but he doesn't roll over on them. Three years into the sentence an event changes his mind.
Director: Henry Hathaway | Stars: Victor Mature, Brian Donlevy, Coleen Gray, Richard Widmark
Votes: 7,010
Richard Widmark's Tommy Udo is the founding father of cinematic scum.
2. Dirty Harry (1971)
18A | 102 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
When a madman calling himself "the Scorpio Killer" menaces the city, tough as nails San Francisco Police Inspector "Dirty" Harry Callahan is assigned to track down and ferret out the crazed psychopath.
Director: Don Siegel | Stars: Clint Eastwood, Andrew Robinson, Harry Guardino, Reni Santoni
Votes: 139,699 | Gross: $35.90M
Andrew J. Robinson ushered in the MPAA ratings era.
3. Breaking Bad (2008–2013)
14A | 49 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A high school chemistry teacher diagnosed with inoperable lung cancer turns to manufacturing and selling methamphetamine in order to secure his family's future.
Stars: Bryan Cranston, Aaron Paul, Anna Gunn, Betsy Brandt
Votes: 1,372,503
As did Raymond Cruz with the streaming era.
4. 22 July (2018)
R | 143 min | Crime, Drama, History
A three-part story of Norway's worst terrorist attack in which over seventy people were killed. 22 July looks at the disaster itself, the survivors, Norway's political system and the lawyers who worked on this horrific case.
Director: Paul Greengrass | Stars: Anders Danielsen Lie, Jonas Strand Gravli, Jon Øigarden, Maria Bock
Votes: 25,545
Anders Danielsen came pre-approved, playing real-life mass-murdering terrorist Anders Behring Breivik.
5. The Revenant (2015)
14A | 156 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
A frontiersman on a fur trading expedition in the 1820s fights for survival after being mauled by a bear and left for dead by members of his own hunting team.
Director: Alejandro G. Iñárritu | Stars: Leonardo DiCaprio, Tom Hardy, Will Poulter, Domhnall Gleeson
Votes: 679,467 | Gross: $183.64M
Capping off a spectacular 2015, Tom Hardy becomes the first actor to ever achieve back-to-back scum of the earth performances (following LEGEND) playing the kind of villain who could inspire a superhuman vengeance quest.
6. True Detective (2014– )
18A | 55 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Seasonal anthology series in which police investigations unearth the personal and professional secrets of those involved, both within and outside the law.
Stars: Vince Vaughn, Colin Farrell, Rachel McAdams, Taylor Kitsch
Votes: 480,058
(Season 1) Glenn Fleshler is a scum-incarnate villain whose demise provides a payoff worthy of the journey it took to get him and confers hero status on Woody and Matthew.
7. Jûsan-nin no shikaku (2010)
14A | 141 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
A group of assassins come together for a suicide mission to kill an evil lord.
Director: Takashi Miike | Stars: Kôji Yakusho, Takayuki Yamada, Yûsuke Iseya, Ikki Sawamura
Votes: 60,519 | Gross: $0.80M
Gorô Inagaki is the most contemptible ever!
8. The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover (1989)
18+ | 124 min | Crime, Drama
The wife of an abusive criminal finds solace in the arms of a kind regular guest in her husband's restaurant.
Director: Peter Greenaway | Stars: Richard Bohringer, Michael Gambon, Helen Mirren, Alan Howard
Votes: 33,789 | Gross: $7.72M
Close behind -- and #1 for 22 years -- is Michael Gambon in this movie. He's totally cretinous, and completely devoid of any positive qualities whatsoever. (For a real kick, watch this movie as a Harry Potter prequel titled, MY DINNER WITH DUMBLEDORE.)
9. Irréversible (2002)
R | 97 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Events over the course of one traumatic night in Paris unfold in reverse-chronological order as the beautiful Alex is brutally raped and beaten by a stranger in the underpass.
Director: Gaspar Noé | Stars: Monica Bellucci, Vincent Cassel, Albert Dupontel, Jo Prestia
Votes: 115,707 | Gross: $0.75M
Jo Prestia takes misogyny to the outer limits. In terms of bang for the buck, nobody ever packed more scum into a smaller role.
10. Deliverance (1972)
18A | 109 min | Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Intent on seeing the Cahulawassee River before it's dammed and turned into a lake, outdoor fanatic Lewis Medlock takes his friends on a canoeing trip they'll never forget into the dangerous American back-country.
Director: John Boorman | Stars: Jon Voight, Burt Reynolds, Ned Beatty, Ronny Cox
Votes: 96,076 | Gross: $7.06M
In the doubles competition, I used to think that NO duo would ever surpass Bill McKinney and Herbert "Cowboy" Coward, the two fun-loving hillbillies in this movie ... (continued)
11. Funny Games (1997)
18+ | 108 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Two violent young men take a mother, father, and son hostage in their vacation cabin and force them to play sadistic "games" with one another for their own amusement.
Director: Michael Haneke | Stars: Susanne Lothar, Ulrich Mühe, Arno Frisch, Frank Giering
Votes: 62,149
... until I saw THIS film, featuring Arno Frisch and Frank Giering as sicko serial killers out to demonstrate their Aryan sadistic supremacy over Leopold & Loeb.
12. Fargo (1996)
R | 98 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Jerry Lundegaard's inept crime falls apart due to his and his henchmen's bungling and the persistent police work of the quite pregnant Marge Gunderson.
Directors: Joel Coen, Ethan Coen | Stars: William H. Macy, Frances McDormand, Steve Buscemi, Peter Stormare
Votes: 597,036 | Gross: $24.61M
In a scum race to the bottom, Peter Stormare makes mincemeat out of Steve Buscemi.
13. Rampage (1987)
R | 97 min | Drama, Thriller
Liberal district attorney decides to seek the death penalty for a man who slaughtered a family at Christmastime, then drank their blood. He escapes, though, and starts killing again.
Director: William Friedkin | Stars: Michael Biehn, Alex McArthur, Nicholas Campbell, Deborah Van Valkenburgh
Votes: 1,902 | Gross: $0.80M
The most underrated of all scum performances ... Alex McArthur is nothing less than Hannibal Lecter WITHOUT the charm!
14. Blue Velvet (1986)
(Banned) | 120 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
The discovery of a severed human ear found in a field leads a young man on an investigation related to a beautiful, mysterious nightclub singer and a group of psychopathic criminals who have kidnapped her child.
Director: David Lynch | Stars: Isabella Rossellini, Kyle MacLachlan, Dennis Hopper, Laura Dern
Votes: 175,007 | Gross: $8.55M
Career scum overachiever Dennis Hopper in his most memorable bad guy role. "Mommy ... MA-MEE!!!"
15. True Romance (1993)
18A | 119 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
In Detroit, a lonely pop culture geek marries a call girl, steals cocaine from her pimp, and tries to sell it in Hollywood. Meanwhile, the owners of the cocaine, the Mob, track them down in an attempt to reclaim it.
Director: Tony Scott | Stars: Christian Slater, Patricia Arquette, Dennis Hopper, Val Kilmer
Votes: 201,013 | Gross: $12.28M
Fellow overachievers Gary Oldman, Christopher Walken and James Gandolfini all reached their scum peaks in this movie, due in no small part to having Tarantino dialogue to work with.
16. Se7en (1995)
AA | 127 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Two detectives, a rookie and a veteran, hunt a serial killer who uses the seven deadly sins as his motives.
Director: David Fincher | Stars: Morgan Freeman, Brad Pitt, Kevin Spacey, Andrew Kevin Walker
Votes: 1,391,462 | Gross: $100.13M
Kevin Spacey's "John Doe" is even more unnerving than Gary Cooper's!
17. The Silent Partner (1978)
14A | 106 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A timid bank teller anticipates a bank robbery and steals the money himself before the crook arrives. When the sadistic crook realizes he's been fooled, he tracks down the teller and engages him in a cat-and-mouse chase for the cash.
Director: Daryl Duke | Stars: Elliott Gould, Christopher Plummer, Susannah York, Céline Lomez
Votes: 4,647
Christopher Plummer goes all-out to distance himself from THE SOUND OF MUSIC.
18. Sexy Beast (2000)
18A | 89 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Brutal gangster Don Logan recruits "retired" safecracker Gal for one last job, but it goes badly for both of them.
Director: Jonathan Glazer | Stars: Ray Winstone, Ben Kingsley, Ian McShane, Amanda Redman
Votes: 53,569 | Gross: $6.95M
Ben Kingsley goes all-out to distance himself from GANDHI
19. Romper Stomper (1992)
R | 94 min | Crime, Drama
A group of skinheads become alarmed at the way their neighbourhood is changing.
Director: Geoffrey Wright | Stars: Russell Crowe, Daniel Pollock, Jacqueline McKenzie, Alex Scott
Votes: 36,738 | Gross: $0.18M
Russell Crowe as an Aussie skinhead in a movie that makes "American History X" look like Romper ROOM.
20. Kalifornia (1993)
R | 117 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A journalist duo go on a tour of serial killer murder sites with two companions, unaware that one of them is a serial killer himself.
Director: Dominic Sena | Stars: Brad Pitt, Juliette Lewis, Kathy Larson, David Milford
Votes: 49,911 | Gross: $2.40M
Kudos to Brad for taking a detour from safe, "pretty boy" star-vehicle roles to get in touch with his dark side!
21. C'est arrivé près de chez vous (1992)
18+ | 95 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
A film crew follows a ruthless thief and heartless killer as he goes about his daily routine. But complications set in when the film crew lose their objectivity and begin lending a hand.
Directors: Rémy Belvaux, André Bonzel, Benoît Poelvoorde | Stars: Benoît Poelvoorde, Jacqueline Poelvoorde-Pappaert, Nelly Pappaert, Hector Pappaert
Votes: 35,331 | Gross: $0.21M
Benoit Poelvoorde as the world's happiest serial killer.
22. Scarface (1983)
18+ | 170 min | Crime, Drama
In 1980 Miami, a determined Cuban immigrant takes over a drug cartel and succumbs to greed.
Director: Brian De Palma | Stars: Al Pacino, Michelle Pfeiffer, Steven Bauer, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio
Votes: 715,757 | Gross: $45.60M
Al Pacino throws caution to the wind in the most memorable bad guy role by a leading man AFTER hitting it big.
23. Reservoir Dogs (1992)
18+ | 99 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
When a simple jewelry heist goes horribly wrong, the surviving criminals begin to suspect that one of them is a police informant.
Director: Quentin Tarantino | Stars: Harvey Keitel, Tim Roth, Michael Madsen, Chris Penn
Votes: 890,645 | Gross: $2.83M
No shortage of scum in this movie ... but Michael Madsen towers above the others.
24. Gangster No. 1 (2000)
R | 103 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Chronicles the rise and fall of a prominent, and particularly ruthless English gangster.
Director: Paul McGuigan | Stars: Malcolm McDowell, David Thewlis, Paul Bettany, Saffron Burrows
Votes: 12,931 | Gross: $0.03M
Paul Bettany and Malcolm McDowell team up for the greatest COMPOSITE scum performance ever!"
25. The Warriors (1979)
18A | 92 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
In the near future, a charismatic leader summons the street gangs of New York City in a bid to take it over. When he is killed, The Warriors are falsely blamed and now must fight their way home while every other gang is hunting them down.
Director: Walter Hill | Stars: Michael Beck, James Remar, Dorsey Wright, Brian Tyler
Votes: 91,112 | Gross: $22.49M
David Patrick Kelly's moment of glory. "Warriors ... come out and play-ay!"
26. Goodfellas (1990)
14A | 146 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
The story of Henry Hill and his life in the mob, covering his relationship with his wife Karen Hill and his mob partners Jimmy Conway and Tommy DeVito in the Italian-American crime syndicate.
Director: Martin Scorsese | Stars: Robert De Niro, Ray Liotta, Joe Pesci, Lorraine Bracco
Votes: 983,647 | Gross: $46.84M
What scum list would be complete without Joe Pesci's Tommy DeVito?
27. Chopper (2000)
R | 94 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
Chopper tells the intense story of Mark "Chopper" Read, a legendary criminal who wrote his autobiography while serving a jail sentence in prison. His book, "From the Inside", upon which the film is based, was a best-seller.
Director: Andrew Dominik | Stars: Eric Bana, Simon Lyndon, Vince Colosimo, Renée Brack
Votes: 35,622 | Gross: $0.23M
Eric Bana's "star is born" role was his spot-on portrayal of real-life scum Mark 'Chopper' Read.
28. Dead Calm (1989)
R | 96 min | Horror, Thriller
After a tragedy, John Ingram and his wife Rae are spending some time isolated at sea, when they come across a stranger who has abandoned a sinking ship.
Director: Phillip Noyce | Stars: Nicole Kidman, Sam Neill, Billy Zane, Rod Mullinar
Votes: 35,658 | Gross: $7.83M
What, you thought Billy Zane was a baddie in TITANIC?! Watch him in this earlier seafaring yarn and find out how much he was holding BACK!
29. Bad Lieutenant (1992)
R | 96 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
While investigating a young nun's rape, a corrupt New York City police detective, with a serious drug and gambling addiction, tries to change his ways and find forgiveness and redemption.
Director: Abel Ferrara | Stars: Harvey Keitel, Brian McElroy, Frank Acciarito, Peggy Gormley
Votes: 37,535 | Gross: $2.00M
Harvey Keitel was too nice a guy in RESERVOIR DOGS and TAXI DRIVER to quite make the club ... here's the role that finally earned him admission.
30. Star 80 (1983)
R | 103 min | Biography, Drama
A successful young model finds trouble when her obsessive manager-turned-husband becomes dangerously jealous. Based on the true story of 1980 Playmate of the Year Dorothy Stratten.
Director: Bob Fosse | Stars: Mariel Hemingway, Eric Roberts, Cliff Robertson, Carroll Baker
Votes: 5,581 | Gross: $6.47M
Eric Roberts gives the career performance that he could never quite shake off. (His "Oscar-winning" sister should live to give a performance HALF as good!)
31. RoboCop (1987)
R | 102 min | Action, Crime, Sci-Fi
In a dystopic and crime-ridden Detroit, a terminally wounded cop returns to the force as a powerful cyborg haunted by submerged memories.
Director: Paul Verhoeven | Stars: Peter Weller, Nancy Allen, Dan O'Herlihy, Ronny Cox
Votes: 226,735 | Gross: $53.42M
Kurtwood Smith's warmup lap for THAT 70's SHOW.
32. Blow Out (1981)
18A | 108 min | Mystery, Thriller
A movie sound recordist accidentally records the evidence that proves that a car accident was actually murder and consequently finds himself in danger.
Director: Brian De Palma | Stars: John Travolta, Nancy Allen, John Lithgow, Dennis Franz
Votes: 42,232 | Gross: $13.75M
John Lithgow's warmup lap for THIRD ROCK FROM THE SUN.
33. Menace II Society (1993)
R | 97 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A young street hustler attempts to escape the rigors and temptations of the ghetto in a quest for a better life.
Directors: Albert Hughes, Allen Hughes | Stars: Tyrin Turner, Larenz Tate, June Kyoto Lu, Toshi Toda
Votes: 50,085 | Gross: $27.90M
Larenz Tate's "O-Dog" is a rabid pit bull of a youth offender ... (continued)
34. Let Him Have It (1991)
R | 115 min | Crime, Drama, History
In 1950s England, slow-witted Derek Bentley (Christopher Eccleston) falls in with a group of petty criminals led by Chris Craig (Paul Reynolds), a teenager with a fondness for American ... See full summary »
Director: Peter Medak | Stars: Tom Courtenay, Christopher Eccleston, Eileen Atkins, Rebecca Eccleston
Votes: 3,168
... but Paul Reynolds helps build an even more convincing case for instituting the death penalty for minors!
35. Very Bad Things (1998)
18A | 100 min | Comedy, Crime, Thriller
A prostitute is killed during a bachelor party and the attendees turn on each other as the wedding approaches.
Director: Peter Berg | Stars: Christian Slater, Daniel Stern, Cameron Diaz, Jon Favreau
Votes: 44,302 | Gross: $9.80M
Christian Slater shows what overexposure to Tony Robbins' motivational lectures can DO to a guy!
36. Män som hatar kvinnor (2009)
18A | 152 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A journalist is aided by a young female hacker in his search for the killer of a woman who has been dead for forty years.
Director: Niels Arden Oplev | Stars: Michael Nyqvist, Noomi Rapace, Ewa Fröling, Lena Endre
Votes: 205,340 | Gross: $10.10M
Sweden's Peter Haber is the decade's first addition, thanks to his blazing performance in this movie.
37. Luftslottet som sprängdes (2009)
14A | 147 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Lisbeth is recovering in a hospital and awaiting trial for three murders when she is released. Mikael must prove her innocence, but Lisbeth must be willing to share the details of her sordid experiences with the court.
Director: Daniel Alfredson | Stars: Michael Nyqvist, Noomi Rapace, Lena Endre, Annika Hallin
Votes: 66,473 | Gross: $5.19M
Two sequels later, Mikael Spreitz made the club with his stylish delivery of a greeting card.
38. No Country for Old Men (2007)
18A | 122 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Violence and mayhem ensue after a hunter stumbles upon a drug deal gone wrong and more than two million dollars in cash near the Rio Grande.
Directors: Ethan Coen, Joel Coen | Stars: Tommy Lee Jones, Javier Bardem, Josh Brolin, Woody Harrelson
Votes: 823,950 | Gross: $74.28M
Javier Bardem joins Dennis Hopper, Eric Roberts, Michael Madsen and Kevin Spacey in the special 'Toys R Us' subcategory, becoming only the second (after Joe Pesci) Scum of the Earth Oscar winner.
39. Pan's Labyrinth (2006)
14A | 118 min | Drama, Fantasy, War
In the Falangist Spain of 1944, the bookish young stepdaughter of a sadistic army officer escapes into an eerie but captivating fantasy world.
Director: Guillermo del Toro | Stars: Ivana Baquero, Ariadna Gil, Sergi López, Maribel Verdú
Votes: 603,627 | Gross: $37.63M
After near-misses with DIRTY PRETTY THINGS and WITH A FRIEND LIKE HARRY, Sergi Lopez finally made the club with his scum-incarnate performance in this 2006 movie.
40. Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998)
16+ | 107 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
A botched card game in London triggers four friends, thugs, weed-growers, hard gangsters, loan sharks and debt collectors to collide with each other in a series of unexpected events, all for the sake of weed, cash and two antique shotguns.
Director: Guy Ritchie | Stars: Jason Flemyng, Dexter Fletcher, Nick Moran, Jason Statham
Votes: 521,383 | Gross: $3.90M
P.H. Moriarty ("Hatchet Harry"), Lenny McLean ("Barry the Baptist") and Frank Harper ("Dog") all make the grade! (Vinnie Jones' "Big Chris" disqualified for being too responsible a father...sorry!)
41. Snatch (2000)
16+ | 104 min | Comedy, Crime
Unscrupulous boxing promoters, violent bookmakers, a Russian gangster, incompetent amateur robbers and supposedly Jewish jewelers fight to track down a priceless stolen diamond.
Director: Guy Ritchie | Stars: Jason Statham, Brad Pitt, Benicio Del Toro, Dennis Farina
Votes: 762,157 | Gross: $30.33M
Vinnie Jones as "Bullet Tooth Tony" earns the admission previously denied him for his role in LOCK STOCK & 2 SMOKING BARRELS ... but Alan Ford as "Brick Top" takes top honors.
42. Street Smart (1987)
97 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A New York journalist lies when his fake story about a pimp describes a real pimp up for murder.
Director: Jerry Schatzberg | Stars: Christopher Reeve, Kathy Baker, Mimi Rogers, Jay Patterson
Votes: 2,675 | Gross: $1.12M
Morgan Freeman's first Oscar-nominated performance is still his most indelible.
43. The Onion Field (1979)
18A | 122 min | Crime, Drama
An LA police officer is murdered in the onion fields outside of Bakersfield. However, legal loopholes could keep his kidnappers from receiving justice, and his partner is haunted by overwhelming survivor's guilt.
Director: Harold Becker | Stars: John Savage, James Woods, Franklyn Seales, Ted Danson
Votes: 4,399 | Gross: $9.89M
Scum overachiever James Woods' breakthrough role!
44. Something Wild (1986)
R | 114 min | Comedy, Crime, Romance
A free-spirited woman "kidnaps" a yuppie for a weekend of adventure. But the fun quickly takes a dangerous turn when her ex-convict husband shows up.
Director: Jonathan Demme | Stars: Jeff Daniels, Melanie Griffith, Ray Liotta, George 'Red' Schwartz
Votes: 15,710 | Gross: $8.36M
Ray Liotta's performance in GOODFELLAS wasn't strong enough to cut it. Fortunately, he'd already made the team by then via his character in THIS movie.
45. Stormy Monday (1988)
93 min | Crime, Drama, Music
A crooked American businessman tries to push the shady influential owner of a nightclub in Newcastle, England to sell him the club. The club's new employee and the American's ex lover fall in love and inadvertently stir the pot.
Director: Mike Figgis | Stars: Melanie Griffith, Tommy Lee Jones, Sting, Sean Bean
Votes: 3,518 | Gross: $1.79M
Similarly, Tommy Lee Jones couldn't have earned admission via UNDER SIEGE or BLOWN AWAY, but had already made the grade via this earlier performance.
46. Cidade de Deus (2002)
18A | 130 min | Crime, Drama
In the slums of Rio, two kids' paths diverge as one struggles to become a photographer and the other a kingpin.
Directors: Fernando Meirelles, Kátia Lund | Stars: Alexandre Rodrigues, Leandro Firmino, Matheus Nachtergaele, Phellipe Haagensen
Votes: 682,370 | Gross: $7.56M
Leandro Firmino as Li'l Z shows the scum necessary to become top dog in the slums of Rio.
47. The Green Mile (1999)
14A | 189 min | Crime, Drama, Fantasy
The lives of guards on Death Row are affected by one of their charges: a black man accused of child murder and rape, yet who has a mysterious gift.
Director: Frank Darabont | Stars: Tom Hanks, Michael Clarke Duncan, David Morse, Bonnie Hunt
Votes: 1,102,984 | Gross: $136.80M
Sam Rockwell pushes the envelope on scum performances in a mainstream movie."
48. The Krays (1990)
18+ | 115 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
This fact-based movie follows the life of the twin crime-lords in London's '60s underworld.
Director: Peter Medak | Stars: Gary Kemp, Martin Kemp, Billie Whitelaw, Tom Bell
Votes: 7,466 | Gross: $2.06M
Gary Kemp is even scarier in this film than he was with Spandau Ballet!
49. Legend (I) (2015)
14A | 132 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
Identical twin gangsters Ronald and Reginald Kray terrorize London during the 1960s.
Director: Brian Helgeland | Stars: Tom Hardy, Emily Browning, Taron Egerton, Paul Anderson
Votes: 152,380 | Gross: $1.87M
25 years after THE KRAYS, Tom Hardy more than matches Kemp while playing BOTH brothers!
50. River's Edge (1986)
R | 99 min | Crime, Drama
A high school slacker commits a shocking act and proceeds to let his friends in on the secret. However, the friends' reaction is almost as ambiguous and perplexing as the crime itself.
Director: Tim Hunter | Stars: Crispin Glover, Keanu Reeves, Ione Skye, Daniel Roebuck
Votes: 15,319 | Gross: $4.60M
Daniel Roebuck out-scums both Dennis Hopper and Crispin Glover in this movie!
51. Mirch Masala (1987)
128 min | Drama, Thriller
In colonial India, subedars (tax collectors) went from village to village with soldiers, often demanding more than taxes. A subedar commands Sonbai, a beautiful and confident woman whose ... See full summary »
Director: Ketan Mehta | Stars: Smita Patil, Naseeruddin Shah, Om Puri, Ratna Pathak Shah
Votes: 1,079
Think Bollywood can't match Hollywood when it comes to scum? Naseeruddin Shah will make you think otherwise.
52. 8MM (1999)
18+ | 123 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A private investigator is hired to discover if a "snuff film" is authentic or not.
Director: Joel Schumacher | Stars: Nicolas Cage, Joaquin Phoenix, James Gandolfini, Peter Stormare
Votes: 121,011 | Gross: $36.66M
Chris Bauer and Peter Stormare's performances are definitely up to snuff!
53. Django Unchained (2012)
18A | 165 min | Drama, Western
With the help of a German bounty hunter, a freed slave sets out to rescue his wife from a brutal Mississippi plantation owner.
Director: Quentin Tarantino | Stars: Jamie Foxx, Christoph Waltz, Leonardo DiCaprio, Kerry Washington
Votes: 1,308,183 | Gross: $162.81M
Leonardo DiCaprio shows us that maybe GONE WITH THE WIND *did* understate things a bit regarding slave ownership.
54. Gangster Squad (2013)
14A | 113 min | Action, Crime, Drama
It's 1949 Los Angeles, the city is run by gangsters and a malicious mobster, Mickey Cohen. Determined to end the corruption, John O'Mara assembles a team of cops, ready to take down the ruthless leader and restore peace to the city.
Director: Ruben Fleischer | Stars: Sean Penn, Ryan Gosling, Emma Stone, Giovanni Ribisi
Votes: 203,061 | Gross: $46.00M
Sean Penn makes the team playing real-life gangster Mickey Cohen in this film, the original Ryan Gosling-Emma Stone rom-com. In addition, he makes the special "Toys-R-Us" subdivision with flying colors, joining such luminaries as Dennis Hopper, Kevin Spacey, Eric Roberts, Javier Bardem and Michael Madsen.
55. The Riot Club (2014)
14A | 107 min | Drama, Thriller
Two first-year students at Oxford University join the infamous Riot Club, where reputations can be made or destroyed over the course of a single evening.
Director: Lone Scherfig | Stars: Sam Claflin, Max Irons, Douglas Booth, Jessica Brown Findlay
Votes: 21,015
Sam Claflin vents his sadistic urges against the proletariat with all the glee and carefreeness that his upper class aristocratic wealth entitles him to. He has a scene that makes Malcolm McDowell's "Singing in the Rain" number from A CLOCKWORK ORANGE look like a Disney production.
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