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51. Empire of Lies (2020–2021)
TV-14 | 60 min | Drama
Fate leads Elisa to meet policeman Leonardo Velasco, who receives a call about the discovery of two bodies: his fiancee, and Augusto Cantú, Elisa's millionaire-businessman father. Elisa and Leonardo join to search for the truth.
Stars: Angelique Boyer, Andrés Palacios, Alejandro Camacho, Leticia Calderón
Votes: 149
52. Cry in the Wild: The Taking of Peggy Ann (1991 TV Movie)
M | 90 min | Crime, Drama
The true story of a young woman's abduction by a deranged loner that led to the largest manhunt in the history of Pennsylvania, USA. A mountain man kidnaps the 17-year-old, his chilling ... See full summary »
Director: Charles Correll | Stars: David Morse, Megan Follows, Dion Anderson, Tom Atkins
Votes: 572
53. Supremacy (I) (2014)
R | 110 min | Drama, Thriller
A just paroled white neo-nazi and his ruthless girlfriend kill a cop and take an African-American family hostage. Meanwhile the supremacist leader who oversees his criminal empire from behind bars, is not happy. Inspired by real events.
Director: Deon Taylor | Stars: Joe Anderson, Dawn Olivieri, Derek Luke, Evan Ross
Votes: 4,854
54. Rottentail (2018)
TV-MA | 106 min | Comedy, Horror
Peter Cotton, a scientist that works on rabbits and infertility, learns that the military wishes to use his work to create superhuman soldiers. Cotton is bitten by an experimental mutant rabbit and changes into the evil Rottentail.
Director: Brian Skiba | Stars: Dominique Swain, Corin Nemec, William McNamara, Gianni Capaldi
Votes: 488 | Gross: $0.00M
55. Stronghold (1985)
R | 92 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
An isolated farmhouse is chosen as a hide-out by criminals Jim and Charlie after an armed robbery. The Deleye family are forced to accept the situation under Jim's brutal domination.
Director: Bobby Eerhart | Stars: Hidde Maas, Jack Monkau, Annick Christiaens, Josse De Pauw
Votes: 604
56. The Boys Club (1996)
R | 91 min | Adventure, Crime, Drama
In Ontario, Canada, three fourteen-year-old boys, Kyle, Brad and Eric are forced to perform an ordeal when they find a wounded mysterious fugitive named Luke, who has a gun and claiming to be a cop, has taken a hiding in their clubhouse.
Director: John Fawcett | Stars: Chris Penn, Dominic Zamprogna, Stuart Stone, Devon Sawa
Votes: 1,348
57. The Invisible Boy (2014)
100 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
Michele is thirteen year old, shy, unpopular at school, and in love with Stella. After wearing a costume for a Halloween party, he finds out that he's invisible.
Director: Gabriele Salvatores | Stars: Ludovico Girardello, Valeria Golino, Fabrizio Bentivoglio, Christo Jivkov
Votes: 4,246
58. All About the Money (2017)
TV-14 | 90 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
A guy gets his two friends on a plane to Colombia, telling them it's a vacation, but he plans to catch a drug lord and collect the $25M reward. They don't speak Spanish and think Colombia is a city in Mexico.
Director: Blake Freeman | Stars: Eddie Griffin, Blake Freeman, Casper Van Dien, Danny Trejo
Votes: 3,126
59. Robin Hood (1922)
Not Rated | 143 min | Adventure, Family, Romance
A nobleman becomes the vigilante Robin Hood who protects the oppressed English people from the tyrannical Prince John.
Director: Allan Dwan | Stars: Douglas Fairbanks, Wallace Beery, Sam De Grasse, Enid Bennett
Votes: 2,494 | Gross: $5.45M
60. Crimes of Passion: Escape from Terror - The Teresa Stamper Story (1995 TV Movie)
90 min | Drama
Teresa Walden-Stamper is happily married to her husband Paul Stamper and together they have one daughter Katie Stamper. The marriage seems happy until Paul starts abusing Teresa and becomes... See full summary »
Director: Michael M. Scott | Stars: Adam Storke, Maria Pitillo, Brad Dourif, Tony Becker
Votes: 294
61. Zero Woman: Red Handcuffs (1974)
Unrated | 88 min | Action, Crime, Drama
After a politician's daughter is kidnapped by a ruthless gang, a brutal policewoman is released from jail and sent after them.
Director: Yukio Noda | Stars: Miki Sugimoto, Eiji Gô, Tetsurô Tanba, Hideo Murota
Votes: 1,036
62. Salt and Fire (2016)
98 min | Thriller
A scientist blames the head of a large company for an ecological disaster in South America. But when a volcano begins to show signs of erupting, they must unite to avoid a disaster.
Director: Werner Herzog | Stars: Veronica Ferres, Michael Shannon, Gael García Bernal, Volker Zack
Votes: 3,005
63. Hostages (2022– )
TV-MA | 60 min | Documentary, History
November 4, 1979, Iranian student activists stormed the U.S. embassy in Tehran, taking over 60 Americans hostage. A 48-hour sit-in to protest imperialism, turned into an international crisis and 24/7 media event that would last 444 days.
Stars: John Limbert, Parvaneh Limbert, Michael Metrinko, Mansour Farhang
Votes: 609
64. The Family Tree (2011)
R | 87 min | Comedy, Drama
A mother and wife stricken with memory loss allows a dysfunctional family a second chance at harmony and happiness.
Director: Vivi Friedman | Stars: Rachael Leigh Cook, Hope Davis, Dermot Mulroney, Max Thieriot
Votes: 2,093 | Gross: $0.00M
65. He Ran All the Way (1951)
Passed | 77 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
Nick and his partner Al stage a payroll holdup. Al is shot, and Nick kills a policeman. Nick hides out at a public pool, where he meets Peg Dobbs. They go back to her apartment, and he forces her family to hide him from the police manhunt.
Director: John Berry | Stars: John Garfield, Shelley Winters, Wallace Ford, Selena Royle
Votes: 3,036
66. Killers (1996)
TV-MA | 96 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Odessa and Kyle James were just your average American boys until the night they went upstairs and killed their parents in cold blood... and smiled.
Director: Mike Mendez | Stars: Dave Larsen, David Gunn, Damian Hoffer, Nanette Bianchi
Votes: 1,334
67. Catch Me Daddy (2014)
R | 112 min | Drama, Thriller
Laila, a girl on the run from her family is hiding out in West Yorkshire with her drifter boyfriend Aaron. When her brother arrives in town with a gang of thugs in tow, she is forced to flee for her life and faces her darkest night.
Directors: Daniel Wolfe, Matthew Wolfe | Stars: Sameena Jabeen Ahmed, Conor McCarron, Gary Lewis, Nichola Burley
Votes: 1,534
68. The Tie That Binds (1995)
R | 99 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
John Netherwood and his wife Leann are fugitives who are both wanted for murder. They have a young daughter named Janie. John and Leann are in the process of robbing a house when the two ... See full summary »
Director: Wesley Strick | Stars: Daryl Hannah, Keith Carradine, Moira Kelly, Vincent Spano
Votes: 1,258 | Gross: $5.78M
69. Orphans (1987)
R | 115 min | Drama
Brothers Treat and Philip have lived alone since they were kids. Interdependent, they dwell in a loft house and live on little thefts, until an aging minor criminal moves in with them and takes over the role of a father.
Director: Alan J. Pakula | Stars: Albert Finney, Matthew Modine, Kevin Anderson, John Kellogg
Votes: 941 | Gross: $0.25M
70. Transformations (1988)
R | 84 min | Horror, Sci-Fi
Wolfgang is traveling in outer space when a monster, which he sees as a beautiful woman, appears in his spaceship and makes love with him. Then the ship is forced to land on a planet which ... See full summary »
Director: Jay Kamen | Stars: Rex Smith, Lisa Langlois, Patrick Macnee, Christopher Neame
Votes: 541
71. Red Summer (2017)
TV-MA | 89 min | Horror
Four young people come to Mallorca to enjoy idyllic summer holidays, but delving into the most inhospitable places on the island will begin a hellish journey.
Director: Carles Jofre | Stars: Simón Andreu, Carlos Poyal, Guiem Juaneda, Aina Zuazaga
Votes: 386
72. Tarzan Finds a Son! (1939)
Passed | 82 min | Action, Adventure, Family
Tarzan finds a boy from a crashed plane and raises him with Jane in the jungle. A search party comes looking for the plane.
Director: Richard Thorpe | Stars: Johnny Weissmuller, Maureen O'Sullivan, Johnny Sheffield, Ian Hunter
Votes: 3,629 | Gross: $2.27M
73. Alone with a Stranger (2000)
R | 90 min | Drama, Thriller
A jealous man tries to take his twin brothers wife, job and family.
Director: Peter Liapis | Stars: William R. Moses, Barbara Niven, Nia Peeples, Priscilla Barnes
Votes: 405
74. Dark Waters (2003 Video)
R | 93 min | Action, Adventure, Horror
Moneyless, ocean-exploring gigolo and his worldly lady-friend are forced to take part in looking into the possibility that aggression - utilizing marine life - is being planned.
Director: Phillip J. Roth | Stars: Lorenzo Lamas, Simmone Mackinnon, Jeffrey Gorman, Ross Manarchy
Votes: 857
75. The Pyx (1973)
R | 108 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A police detective uncovers a sinister occult explanation behind the mysterious death of a heroin-addicted prostitute.
Director: Harvey Hart | Stars: Karen Black, Christopher Plummer, Donald Pilon, Jean-Louis Roux
Votes: 980
76. Tension at Table Rock (1956)
Passed | 93 min | Western
A reluctant gunslinger tires of having to defend himself at every cow town he visits, so he adopts an alias and continues his wandering. At an outpost run by a father and young son, he gets... See full summary »
Director: Charles Marquis Warren | Stars: Richard Egan, Dorothy Malone, Cameron Mitchell, Billy Chapin
Votes: 690
77. Trust Your Photographer (2016 Video)
Unrated | 87 min | Horror
A sadist imprisons a fetish photographer in his home and uses his phone to get his models to come to the house so he can tie them up and rape them.
Director: Bill Zebub | Stars: Bill Zebub, Terra Incognita, Scarlett Storm, Lydia Lael
Votes: 66
78. The Companion (1994 TV Movie)
R | 94 min | Romance, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Writer catches her boyfriend cheating on her. Infuriated, she buys an android companion and takes him with her to a remote cabin in the woods to keep her company as she writes. She starts a romance with him, which turns into a nightmare.
Director: Gary Fleder | Stars: Kathryn Harrold, Bruce Greenwood, Talia Balsam, Brion James
Votes: 294
79. Spitfire (1995)
R | 95 min | Action, Adventure
A sultry assassin is the target of two separate operatives in this globe-trotting action flick shot on location in the Bahamas, Athens, Rome and Hong Kong.
Director: Albert Pyun | Stars: Lance Henriksen, Debra Jo Fondren, Sarah Douglas, Kristie Phillips
Votes: 1,096
80. No Such Thing As Monsters (2019)
89 min | Horror
A young couple on a romantic weekend in the Australian bush are terrorised by a psychopathic family.
Director: Stuart Stanton | Stars: Matthew Clarke, Angel Giuffria, Rebecca Fortuna, Michaela Pascoe
Votes: 543
81. Honor Student (2014 TV Movie)
TV-14 | 91 min | Thriller
At a book signing for his best seller, Nicholas Howarth is confronted by sexy Teresa Smith, who says he stole the story when he was her teacher in a woman's prison. Teresa has killed before... See full summary »
Director: Penelope Buitenhuis | Stars: Josie Loren, Niall Matter, Shauna Johannesen, Sarah Strange
Votes: 390
82. Gunhed (1989)
TV-14 | 100 min | Action, Drama, Sci-Fi
In a cyberpunk future, Kyron-5 supercomputer attempts to exterminate the human race, but Gunhed mechs stop it. In 2038, five thieves break into a condemned island facility to steal Kyron's dead CPU. The place turns out to be a deathtrap.
Director: Masato Harada | Stars: Masahiro Takashima, Brenda Bakke, James Brewster Thompson, Aya Enjôji
Votes: 1,074
83. Mr. Soft Touch (1949)
Approved | 93 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
When he learns that a gangster has taken over his nightclub and murdered his partner, returning WW2 hero Joe Miracle steals the money from the club's safe and hides in a settlement home, while the mob is on his tail.
Directors: Gordon Douglas, Henry Levin | Stars: Glenn Ford, Evelyn Keyes, John Ireland, Beulah Bondi
Votes: 1,264
84. Never on Tuesday (1988)
R | 90 min | Comedy, Drama
After their cars collide on a desert highway in the middle of nowhere, two friends and a woman they both like must wait for someone to pass by and help them. Unfortunately, those who do stop turn out to be criminals, eccentrics or wackos.
Director: Adam Rifkin | Stars: Claudia Christian, Andy Lauer, Peter Berg, Dave Anderson
Votes: 2,318
85. Blood Orange (2016)
Not Rated | 85 min | Thriller
Blood Orange stars Iggy Pop as Bill, an ageing rock star living with his beautiful and promiscuous young wife Isabelle (Kacey Barnfield). Into their peculiar paradise comes a dangerous ex-lover (Ben Lamb) hell bent on revenge.
Director: Toby Tobias | Stars: Kacey Clarke, Ben Lamb, Antonio Magro, Iggy Pop
Votes: 896
86. Whiplash (1948)
Passed | 91 min | Drama, Film-Noir, Sport
A struggling artist becomes a New York City prizefighter in an attempt to win the affection of the ring promoter's night club singing sister.
Director: Lewis Seiler | Stars: Dane Clark, Alexis Smith, Zachary Scott, Eve Arden
Votes: 785
87. The Crew (1994)
R | 95 min | Drama, Thriller
Reluctantly Bill agrees to spend a weekend on his brother-in-law's boat in the Bahamas. But he and his wife are not the only invited passengers, and instead of a few relaxing days at sea ... See full summary »
Director: Carl Colpaert | Stars: Viggo Mortensen, Donal Logue, Jeremy Sisto, Pamela Gidley
Votes: 677
88. Trapped: The Alex Cooper Story (2019 TV Movie)
TV-14 | 87 min | Biography, Drama
When a teenager reveals that she is gay to her devout Mormon parents, they decide to send her to a conversion therapy home in Utah.
Director: Jeffrey G. Hunt | Stars: Addison Holley, Nicolette Pearse, Ian Lake, Sarah Booth
Votes: 561
89. Exposed (2011 TV Movie)
TV-MA | 90 min | Mystery, Thriller
A young teacher, Emily Bennett, sets out to clear her name after digitally fabricated pornographic photos of her are sent to her students. She soon discovers that this incident is linked to... See full summary »
Director: Philippe Gagnon | Stars: Jodi Lyn O'Keefe, Peter Stebbings, David Orth, Ray Galletti
Votes: 396
90. The French Detective (1975)
91 min | Crime, Drama
Two policemen risk of interfering with a corrupt politician.
Director: Pierre Granier-Deferre | Stars: Lino Ventura, Patrick Dewaere, Victor Lanoux, Julien Guiomar
Votes: 1,862
91. Clue II: Murder in Disguise (1987 Video)
60 min | Adventure, Comedy, Crime
Sequel to the live action VHS version of Parker Brothers' classic board game 'Clue' (or 'Cluedo'). The characters from the game are now on the run from an Interpol inspector because of all the crimes they've committed.
Director: Ed Buffman | Stars: Betty Lee Bogue, Mara Clark, Walter Covell, Michael Dell'Orto
Votes: 56
92. A Date with Danger (2021 TV Movie)
TV-14 | 87 min | Thriller
When a woman's best friend goes missing, she must work quickly to determine whether her friend's abductor is someone close to home.
Director: Cat Hostick | Stars: Lara Jean Chorostecki, Jamie Spilchuk, Ipsita Paul, Jaida Grace
Votes: 234
93. The High Crusade (1994)
100 min | Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi
Roland Emmerich (Stargate, Independence Day, and Godzilla) brings you John Rhys-Davies in a Monty Pythonesque tale of a band of Crusaders who find themselves in possession of an Alien ship ... See full summary »
Directors: Klaus Knoesel, Holger Neuhäuser | Stars: John Rhys-Davies, Rick Overton, Michael Des Barres, Catherine Punch
Votes: 652
94. The Revenge of Robert the Doll (2018)
Not Rated | 80 min | Horror
Infamous killer doll Robert does battle with Hitler's henchmen aboard a train in Nazi Germany.
Director: Andrew Jones | Stars: Lee Bane, Harriet Rees, Judith Haley, Eloise Juryeff
Votes: 895
95. Rabid Dogs (2015)
Not Rated | 100 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
After a bank job goes badly wrong, three desperate criminals take a young woman and a father and child hostage - it's the beginning of a frantic and violent road trip that not all of them will survive.
Director: Éric Hannezo | Stars: Lambert Wilson, Virginie Ledoyen, Guillaume Gouix, François Arnaud
Votes: 1,939
96. Stranded (1987)
PG-13 | 80 min | Sci-Fi
A young woman and her grandmother living in an isolated farmhouse are kidnapped by aliens.
Director: Fleming B. Fuller | Stars: Ione Skye, Maureen O'Sullivan, Joe Morton, Susan Barnes
Votes: 465
97. Jeopardy (1953)
Passed | 69 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
A family vacationing on the coast of Mexico have to cope with multiple threats to their safety.
Director: John Sturges | Stars: Barbara Stanwyck, Barry Sullivan, Ralph Meeker, Lee Aaker
Votes: 2,407
98. Crackerjack 2 (1997)
R | 96 min | Action
A policeman working alone must rescue his girlfriend and a trainload of other hostages from vicious criminals in a mountain tunnel hideout.
Director: Robert Lee | Stars: Judge Reinhold, Carol Alt, Michael Sarrazin, Karel Roden
Votes: 315
99. Morgan's Ferry (2001 Video)
PG-13 | 91 min | Crime, Drama
Three escaped convicts hide out in the home a reclusive woman as they wait to catch a ferry.
Director: Sam Pillsbury | Stars: Billy Zane, Kelly McGillis, Henry Rollins, Johnny Galecki
Votes: 698
100. Deadly Force (1983)
R | 95 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A disgraced former police officer returns to Los Angeles as a private detective and vigilante to catch a mass murderer. When he crosses paths with his estranged wife, he tries to rekindle their relationship.
Director: Paul Aaron | Stars: Wings Hauser, Joyce Ingalls, Paul Shenar, Al Ruscio
Votes: 498 | Gross: $1.71M