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1. Capone (2020)

R | 103 min | Biography, Crime, Drama

The 47-year old Al Capone, after 10 years in prison, starts suffering from dementia and comes to be haunted by his violent past.

Director: Josh Trank | Stars: Tom Hardy, Linda Cardellini, Matt Dillon, Al Sapienza

Votes: 14,566

2. Free State of Jones (2016)

R | 139 min | Action, Biography, Drama

A disillusioned Confederate army deserter returns to Mississippi and leads a militia of fellow deserters and women in an uprising against the corrupt local Confederate government.

Director: Gary Ross | Stars: Matthew McConaughey, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Mahershala Ali, Keri Russell

Votes: 52,871 | Gross: $20.76M

3. Gun Crazy (1950)

Passed | 87 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir

Two disturbed young people release their fascination with guns through a crime spree.

Director: Joseph H. Lewis | Stars: John Dall, Peggy Cummins, Berry Kroeger, Morris Carnovsky

Votes: 11,803

4. God's Own Country (2017)

Not Rated | 104 min | Drama, Romance

Spring. Yorkshire. Young farmer Johnny Saxby numbs his daily frustrations with binge drinking and casual sex, until the arrival of a Romanian migrant worker for lambing season ignites an intense relationship that sets Johnny on a new path.

Director: Francis Lee | Stars: Josh O'Connor, Alec Secareanu, Gemma Jones, Ian Hart

Votes: 25,449 | Gross: $0.34M

5. Buried (2010)

R | 95 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller

Paul is a U.S. truck driver working in Iraq. After an attack by a group of Iraqis he wakes to find he is buried alive inside a coffin. With only a lighter and a cell phone it's a race against time to escape this claustrophobic death trap.

Director: Rodrigo Cortés | Stars: Ryan Reynolds, José Luis García Pérez, Robert Paterson, Stephen Tobolowsky

Votes: 150,211 | Gross: $1.03M

6. Existenz (1999)

R | 97 min | Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller

A game designer on the run from assassins must play her latest virtual reality creation with a marketing trainee to determine if the game has been damaged.

Director: David Cronenberg | Stars: Jude Law, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Ian Holm, Willem Dafoe

Votes: 94,083 | Gross: $2.84M

7. Stir of Echoes (1999)

R | 99 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller

After being hypnotized by his sister-in-law, a man begins seeing haunting visions of a girl's ghost and a mystery begins to unfold around him.

Director: David Koepp | Stars: Kevin Bacon, Zachary David Cope, Kathryn Erbe, Illeana Douglas

Votes: 75,632 | Gross: $21.13M

8. May (2002)

R | 93 min | Comedy, Drama, Horror

A socially awkward veterinary assistant with a lazy eye and obsession with perfection descends into depravity after developing a crush on a boy with perfect hands.

Director: Lucky McKee | Stars: Angela Bettis, Jeremy Sisto, Anna Faris, James Duval

Votes: 33,248 | Gross: $0.15M

9. The Method (2015– )

TV-MA | 53 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

The main character is an extraordinary and mysterious person, at the same time, he (Rodion Meglin) is an outstanding inspector. Rodion is used to work alone in order to keep the secrecy of ... See full summary »

Stars: Konstantin Khabenskiy, Paulina Andreeva, Kirill Polukhin, Vitaliy Kishchenko

Votes: 2,313

10. Lost River (2014)

R | 95 min | Drama, Fantasy, Mystery

A single mother is swept into a dark underworld, while her teenage son discovers a road that leads him to a secret underwater town.

Director: Ryan Gosling | Stars: Christina Hendricks, Iain De Caestecker, Matt Smith, Saoirse Ronan

Votes: 17,203 | Gross: $0.04M

11. My Name Is Julia Ross (1945)

Not Rated | 65 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir

Julia Ross secures employment, through a rather nosy employment agency, with a wealthy widow, Mrs. Hughes, and goes to live at her house. 2 days later, she awakens - in a different house, ... See full summary »

Director: Joseph H. Lewis | Stars: Nina Foch, May Whitty, George Macready, Roland Varno

Votes: 2,695

12. Pickpocket (1959)

Not Rated | 76 min | Crime, Drama

Michel passes the time by picking pockets, careful to never be caught despite being watched by the police. His friend Jacques may suspect, while both men may have their eyes on Jeanne, the pretty neighbor of Michel's ailing mother.

Director: Robert Bresson | Stars: Martin LaSalle, Marika Green, Jean Pélégri, Dolly Scal

Votes: 19,800

13. Reflections in a Golden Eye (1967)

Not Rated | 108 min | Drama, Romance, Thriller

Bizarre tale of sex, betrayal, and perversion at a military post.

Director: John Huston | Stars: Elizabeth Taylor, Marlon Brando, Brian Keith, Julie Harris

Votes: 6,470

14. Dear Frankie (2004)

PG-13 | 105 min | Drama, Romance

After having responded to her son's numerous letters in the guise of his father, a woman hires a stranger to pose as his dad when meeting him.

Director: Shona Auerbach | Stars: Emily Mortimer, Jack McElhone, Gerard Butler, Mary Riggans

Votes: 20,955 | Gross: $1.34M

15. The Ornithologist (2016)

Unrated | 117 min | Adventure, Drama, Mystery

Fernando, a solitary ornithologist, is looking for black storks when he is swept away by the rapids. Rescued by a couple of Chinese pilgrims, he plunges into an eerie and dark forest, trying to get back on his track.

Director: João Pedro Rodrigues | Stars: Paul Hamy, João Pedro Rodrigues, Xelo Cagiao, Han Wen

Votes: 2,948 | Gross: $0.05M

16. The Organizer (1963)

Not Rated | 126 min | Drama, History

A former high school teacher turned unionist tries to organize workers laboring with inhuman conditions at a late 19th Century textile factory.

Director: Mario Monicelli | Stars: Marcello Mastroianni, Renato Salvatori, Gabriella Giorgelli, Folco Lulli

Votes: 2,516

17. Midnight Ride (1990)

R | 93 min | Action, Horror, Thriller

A house wife just left her cop husband, when she picks up Justin Mckay she'll wish she never did as she's plunged into a nightmare and the grip of a psychotic killer.

Director: Bob Bralver | Stars: Michael Dudikoff, Mark Hamill, Savina Gersak, Robert Mitchum

Votes: 779

18. Siren (III) (2010)

R | 80 min | Horror, Thriller

Strange goings on ensue, when a few friends on a sailboat find an island with a beautiful lone female inhabitant.

Director: Andrew Hull | Stars: Eoin Macken, Anna Skellern, Tereza Srbova, Anthony Jabre

Votes: 1,825

19. Escapee (2011)

R | 98 min | Horror, Thriller

While on a class observation trip at a local mental hospital, young psychology major Abby Jones (Christine Evangelista), has a chilling encounter with high-risk patient, Harmon (Dominic ... See full summary »

Director: Campion Murphy | Stars: Dominic Purcell, Christine Evangelista, Melissa Ordway, Danny Nucci

Votes: 1,414

20. Ghost Hound (2007– )

TV-14 | 25 min | Animation, Drama, Horror

The experiences of three boys who have had traumatic experiences in childhood from which they have learned to transfer their souls to a parallel world known as the "Unseen World".

Stars: Clint Bickham, Josh Grelle, Corey Hartzog, Brittney Karbowski

Votes: 679

21. Two Soldiers (2003)

Not Rated | 40 min | Short, Drama, War

Mississippi, just before Pearl Harbor. Two brothers, Pete, about 19 and Willie, about 10 years younger. They are clearly close friends. The news arrives, and Pete goes to enlist. Willie ... See full summary »

Director: Aaron Schneider | Stars: Jonathan Furr, Ben Allison, Ron Perlman, David Andrews

Votes: 329

22. 30 Seconds to Mars: Up in the Air (2013 Video)

8 min | Short, Music

Music video of the song Up In The Air from 30 Seconds to Mars's fourth album Love Lust Faith+Dreams

Director: Jared Leto | Stars: Jared Leto, Shannon Leto, Tomo Milicevic, Caleb Alexandra

Votes: 302

23. San Babila ore 20: un delitto inutile (1976)

105 min | Drama

A group of neo-nazi youngsters, usual customers of a bar in the famous Milan public square, lives through one day of madness passing between assaults, rapes and homicides. Thanks to the ... See full synopsis »

Director: Carlo Lizzani | Stars: Daniele Asti, Brigitte Skay, Giuliano Cesareo, Pietro Brambilla

Votes: 312

24. Lea (1996)

100 min | Drama, Romance

51-year-old Herbert Strehlow, a furniture restorer, falls in love with 21-year-old Lea, who has not spoken a word since childhood when her father killed her mother. She bears a striking ... See full summary »

Director: Ivan Fíla | Stars: Lenka Vlasáková, Christian Redl, Hanna Schygulla, Miroslav Donutil

Votes: 437 | Gross: $0.03M

25. Deshne (1972)

103 min | Drama, Romance

Banafsheh, a young prostitute who has fled with a man to the seaside in hope of starting a new life has to return to her profession as she learns about the betrayal of her lover. Penniless ... See full summary »

Director: Fereydun Gole | Stars: Behrouz Vossoughi, Fourouzan, Hosein Gil, Ebrahim Naderi

Votes: 231

26. Vaghti hame khaabim (2009)

107 min | Drama

Chakameh who has lost both her husband and child in a car accident meets a guy who recently been released from prison. While she is under pressure from the lawyers to compromise with the ... See full summary »

Director: Bahram Beizai | Stars: Mozhdeh Shamsai, Alireza Jalali-tabar, Hesam Navab Safavi, Shaghayegh Farahani

Votes: 804

27. Gordon (2014)

5 min | Short, Horror

A young man awakens to find himself tied up in a strange place. His captor soon arrives, using all methods of torture at his disposal to terrify and inflict pain. But this cruel sadist has saved his ultimate weapon for last . . .

Director: Christina Beller | Stars: Brendan Hartmann, Matt Kenyon, Christina Beller

28. Bordertown (1989–1991)
Episode: Blood (1990)

24 min | Adventure, Western

While tracking Jim McKay, a man wanted for bank robbery and murder in Montana, with Corporal Bennett and Marshal Craddock, Gabriel Couteau discovers that their quarry is his long-lost ... See full summary »

Director: René Bonnière | Stars: Richard Comar, John H. Brennan, Sophie Barjac, Géza Kovács

29. Hanimin çiftligi (2009–2011)
Episode: Episode #1.7 (2009)

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Director: Faruk Teber | Stars: Özgü Namal, Mehmet Aslantug, Caner Cindoruk, Mehmet Çevik

30. Annie Oakley (1954–1957)
Episode: Flint and Steel (1956)

Not Rated | 30 min | Western

Lofty and Annie become concerned when homesteaders are forced to sell their spreads cheaply because of rustlers, poisoned waterholes and cut fences. Annie tries to find out if the land-grab... See full summary »

Director: D. Ross Lederman | Stars: Gail Davis, Jimmy Hawkins, Brad Johnson, Jim Bannon

31. 26 Men (1957–1959)
Episode: Idol in the Dust (1958)

30 min | Western

Captain Rynning sends Travis to Duncan, Arizona to investigate reports that legendary lawman Ben Salem has thrown in with the crooked town boss to keep the residents under his thrall. ... See full summary »

Director: Pat Betz | Stars: Tristram Coffin, Kelo Henderson, Clarence Beaty, Steve Darrell

32. Gotham (2014–2019)
Episode: Penguin's Umbrella (2014)

TV-14 | 42 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Word is out that Cobblepot is alive, leading Falcone and Maroni to the brink of war and causing Gordon to go on the run.

Director: Rob Bailey | Stars: Ben McKenzie, Donal Logue, David Mazouz, Zabryna Guevara

Votes: 5,362

33. Young Justice (2010– )
Episode: Revelation (2011)

TV-PG | 22 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

Batman assigns the Team to battle the Injustice League, when plant creatures they control begin a global assault.

Director: Michael Chang | Stars: Jesse McCartney, Danica McKellar, Stephanie Lemelin, Nolan North

Votes: 572

34. Johnny Ringo (1959–1960)
Episode: The Gunslinger (1960)

30 min | Western

Johnny is seriously wounded by an old enemy, one of the Brogger brothers. While Doc Bardell operates to remove the slug from Ringo's chest, Johnny has flashbacks to the last time he faced ... See full summary »

Director: Robert M. Leeds | Stars: Don Durant, Mark Goddard, Howard Petrie, Harry Dean Stanton

Votes: 8

35. 11.22.63 (2016)
Episode: The Rabbit Hole (2016)

TV-MA | 81 min | Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi

High school teacher Jake Epping is approached by his friend, Al, who has access to a portal which transports whoever uses it to the year 1960, where Al suggests Jake can avert the assassination of John F. Kennedy.

Director: Kevin Macdonald | Stars: James Franco, Sarah Gadon, Cherry Jones, Lucy Fry

Votes: 3,717

36. The Andy Griffith Show (1960–1968)
Episode: Three Wishes for Opie (1964)

TV-G | 30 min | Comedy, Family

Barney buys a fortune-telling game and lets Opie try it out.

Director: Howard Morris | Stars: Andy Griffith, Ron Howard, Don Knotts, Aneta Corsaut

Votes: 274