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1. The Widow Couderc (1971)

TV-14 | 92 min | Action, Drama, Romance

John, an escaped convict, takes refuge on the farm of Widow Couderc. He becomes the older woman's lover and admits that he's on the run. The widow's in-laws, who despise her,

Director: Pierre Granier-Deferre | Stars: Alain Delon, Simone Signoret, Ottavia Piccolo, Jean Tissier

Votes: 2,095

2. John and the Hole (2021)

R | 103 min | Drama, Horror, Thriller

A coming-of-age psychological thriller that plays out the unsettling reality of a kid who holds his family captive in a hole in the ground.

Director: Pascual Sisto | Stars: Charlie Shotwell, Michael C. Hall, Jennifer Ehle, Taissa Farmiga

Votes: 4,733

3. Victoria (II) (2015)

Not Rated | 138 min | Crime, Drama, Romance

A young Spanish woman who has recently moved to Berlin finds her flirtation with a local guy turn potentially deadly as their night out with his friends reveals a dangerous secret.

Director: Sebastian Schipper | Stars: Laia Costa, Frederick Lau, Franz Rogowski, Burak Yigit

Votes: 63,176

4. The Boy and the Beast (2015)

PG-13 | 119 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

When a young orphaned boy living on the streets of Shibuya stumbles upon a fantastic world of beasts, he's taken in by a gruff warrior beast looking for an apprentice.

Director: Mamoru Hosoda | Stars: Koji Yakusho, Aoi Miyazaki, Shôta Sometani, Suzu Hirose

Votes: 26,954 | Gross: $0.45M

5. The Gumball Rally (1976)

PG | 105 min | Comedy

An eclectic group of people takes part in a secret, and illegal, cross country road race.

Director: Charles Bail | Stars: Michael Sarrazin, Tim McIntire, Raul Julia, Norman Burton

Votes: 4,498

6. Safety Last! (1923)

Not Rated | 74 min | Action, Comedy, Thriller

A boy leaves his small country town and heads to the big city to get a job. As soon as he makes it big his sweetheart will join him and marry him. His enthusiasm to get ahead leads to some interesting adventures.

Directors: Fred C. Newmeyer, Sam Taylor | Stars: Harold Lloyd, Mildred Davis, Bill Strother, Noah Young

Votes: 22,938 | Gross: $1.36M

7. Shoot the Piano Player (1960)

Not Rated | 92 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

A pianist helps his brother escape from two gangsters, who retaliate by abducting their kid brother.

Director: François Truffaut | Stars: Charles Aznavour, Marie Dubois, Nicole Berger, Michèle Mercier

Votes: 20,637

8. Hands of Steel (1986)

R | 94 min | Action, Drama, Sci-Fi

A cyborg is programmed to kill a scientist who holds the fate of mankind in his hands. He fails and hides in a diner in a desert run by a woman who likes him. The people who sent him are after him and so is the local arm wrestling champ.

Director: Sergio Martino | Stars: Daniel Greene, Janet Agren, Claudio Cassinelli, George Eastman

Votes: 2,878

9. Germany Year Zero (1948)

Not Rated | 78 min | Drama

A young German boy faces the problems of the tough life in the immediate post-WWII Berlin.

Director: Roberto Rossellini | Stars: Edmund Moeschke, Ernst Pittschau, Ingetraud Hinze, Franz-Otto Krüger

Votes: 13,724

10. Suddenly (1954)

Unrated | 77 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir

In the city of Suddenly, three gangsters trap the Benson family in their own house, on the top of a hill nearby the railroad station, with the intention of killing the president of the USA.

Director: Lewis Allen | Stars: Frank Sinatra, Sterling Hayden, James Gleason, Nancy Gates

Votes: 7,380 | Gross: $1.40M

11. Where Are You Going, Habibi? (2015)

Not Rated | 79 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

Ibrahim falls in love with Alexander, a blond, blue eyed German criminal and show wrestler who is straight - an impossible friendship that surpasses the both of them.

Director: Tor Iben | Stars: Cem Alkan, Martin Walde, Tuncay Gary, Ilknur Boyraz

Votes: 1,096

12. One Touch of Venus (1948)

Approved | 82 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Musical

Fantasy comedy about a young window dresser who kisses a statue of Venus, which then comes to life in the form of Ava Gardner. However, the problems begin when Venus falls in love with him.

Directors: William A. Seiter, Gregory La Cava | Stars: Robert Walker, Ava Gardner, Dick Haymes, Eve Arden

Votes: 1,649

13. Need for Speed: Most Wanted (2005 Video Game)

T | Action, Crime, Sport

A lone street racer must use his talents to rise to the top of the Blacklist, comprised of the 15 most elite drivers in the city of Rockport.

Directors: Dave 'Foots' Footman, Scott Henshaw | Stars: Paul Dzenkiw, Josie Maran, Dean McKenzie, Derek Hamilton

Votes: 7,749

14. Confidentially Yours (1983)

PG | 110 min | Comedy, Crime, Mystery

After he's implicated in several murders, a real estate agent hides out from the cops while his intrepid secretary does some private investigating of her own to locate the killer.

Director: François Truffaut | Stars: Fanny Ardant, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Jean-Pierre Kalfon, Philippe Laudenbach

Votes: 7,505

15. The Detective (1954)

Approved | 91 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

Works of art are disappearing, stolen by a master thief, a master of disguise. Father Brown has two goals: to catch the thief and to save his soul.

Director: Robert Hamer | Stars: Alec Guinness, Joan Greenwood, Peter Finch, Cecil Parker

Votes: 1,664

16. Bænken (2000)

93 min | Drama

Kaj is an alcoholic living on the money the Danish state is providing him. Him and his friends spend their time drinking beer at a public bench. One day Kaj's life turns upside down when a young lady and her child moves in next to him.

Director: Per Fly | Stars: Jesper Christensen, Marius Sonne Janischefska, Stine Holm Joensen, Nicolaj Kopernikus

Votes: 4,431

17. Sitting Target (1972)

R | 93 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Imprisoned Harry Lomart is a vicious, brute of a man and yet he is prepared to do his long jail term as he is confident that on his release his beautiful wife Pat will be waiting for him, but a visit from Pat brings him his worst nightmare.

Director: Douglas Hickox | Stars: Oliver Reed, Jill St. John, Ian McShane, Edward Woodward

Votes: 1,533

18. Last Ride (2009)

Not Rated | 90 min | Crime, Drama

A young boy travels across Australia with his father, who's wanted by the law for committing a violent crime.

Director: Glendyn Ivin | Stars: Hugo Weaving, Tom Russell, Anita Hegh, John Brumpton

Votes: 2,609 | Gross: $0.01M

19. Girl on the Run (1953)

64 min | Crime, Film-Noir, Mystery

Police investigate a murder that occurred in a burlesque theater.

Directors: Arthur J. Beckhard, Joseph Lerner | Stars: Richard Coogan, Rosemary Pettit, Frank Albertson, Harry Bannister

Votes: 260

20. Another Fine Mess (1930)

Not Rated | 29 min | Short, Comedy, Family

Two homeless vagabonds hide out in a vacant mansion and pose as the residents when prospective lessees arrive and try to rent it.

Director: James Parrott | Stars: Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Harry Bernard, Bobby Burns

Votes: 2,616

21. Chernobyl: The Final Warning (1991 TV Movie)

Unrated | 95 min | Drama, History

True story about the tragic nuclear power plant accident in Chernobyl and how one American specialist, Dr. Robert Gale, helped the soviet doctors treat the survivors.

Director: Anthony Page | Stars: Jon Voight, Jason Robards, Sammi Davis, Annette Crosbie

Votes: 344

22. The Crook (1970)

G | 120 min | Crime, Thriller

Story about an incurable thief, his success and his failures.

Director: Claude Lelouch | Stars: Jean-Louis Trintignant, Danièle Delorme, Charles Gérard, Christine Lelouch

Votes: 960

23. Two of a Kind (1951)

Not Rated | 75 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

A lawyer for a rich elderly industrialist works out a complex inheritance scam to pass off a con as the industrialist's long-lost son and claim the huge inheritance.

Director: Henry Levin | Stars: Edmond O'Brien, Lizabeth Scott, Terry Moore, Alexander Knox

Votes: 809

24. The Count (1916)

Unrated | 21 min | Short, Comedy

The fifth film in the Mutual series Charlie Chaplin impersonates a man of means in order to underscore the contrast between rich and poor.

Director: Charles Chaplin | Stars: Charles Chaplin, Edna Purviance, Eric Campbell, Albert Austin

Votes: 2,489

25. Borrowed Wives (1930)

62 min | Comedy

Peter has to be married by midnight or else his inheritance goes to his uncle... Who happens to live in a "haunted house".

Director: Frank R. Strayer | Stars: Rex Lease, Vera Reynolds, Paul Hurst, Sam Hardy

Votes: 183

26. The Regeneration (1915)

Passed | 72 min | Biography, Crime, Drama

A boy surrounded by violence grows up to become an infamous gangster.

Director: Raoul Walsh | Stars: Rockliffe Fellowes, Anna Q. Nilsson, William Sheer, Carl Harbaugh

Votes: 1,432

27. Sock-a-Bye Baby (1942)

Approved | 18 min | Comedy, Short

The stooges mistakenly kidnap a baby they find on their doorstep. When the cops and the baby's mother come looking for the baby, the boys panic and flee into the country with the cops (one ... See full summary »

Director: Jules White | Stars: Moe Howard, Larry Fine, Curly Howard, Vernon Dent

Votes: 463

28. Their Last Night (1953)

95 min | Crime, Drama, Romance

Madeleine arrives in Paris looking for a job as an English teacher. She finds a room in a boarding house where she meets and takes interest in Pierre Ruffin, a quiet librarian, who actually lives a double life.

Director: Georges Lacombe | Stars: Jean Gabin, Madeleine Robinson, Michel Barbey, Gaby Basset

Votes: 177

29. Coral Reefs (1939)

95 min | Adventure, Drama

The adventures of a sailor (Lennard) from Mexico to a lagoon in the Pacific ocean, and the meeting with a lonely girl (Lilian White).

Director: Maurice Gleize | Stars: Jean Gabin, Michèle Morgan, Saturnin Fabre, Gina Manès

Votes: 202

30. Zabij mnie glino (1988)

122 min | Crime, Thriller

The duel between a criminal on the run and a cop who put him behind the bars the first time around.

Director: Jacek Bromski | Stars: Boguslaw Linda, Piotr Machalica, Anna Romantowska, Maria Pakulnis

Votes: 358

31. L'étalon (1970)

90 min | Comedy

In a small Mediterranean port, Lionel, a kind-hearted athlete, saves a young woman in dire straits who was about to kill herself. He is assisted by William Chaminade, a vet whose business ... See full summary »

Director: Jean-Pierre Mocky | Stars: Bourvil, Francis Blanche, Jacques Legras, René-Jean Chauffard

Votes: 167

32. Collars and Cuffs (1923)

10 min | Short, Comedy

Stan Laurel has a job in a laundry. Get ready for plenty of suds and slapstick hi-jinx.

Director: George Jeske | Stars: Stan Laurel, Mark Jones, Eddie Baker, Katherine Grant

Votes: 94

33. Listen Lena (1927)

18 min | Comedy, Short

A rich father wants to marry his daughter to a fortune-hunting scoundrel. Lena and Al have other ideas.

Directors: Clem Beauchamp, Stephen Roberts | Stars: Al St. John, Lucille Hutton, Jack Lloyd, Clem Beauchamp

Votes: 25

34. On Patrol (1922)

20 min | Short, Comedy

Cop Billy Bevan tries to clear his name.

Director: Roy Del Ruth | Stars: Billy Bevan, Mildred June, James Donnelly, Kalla Pasha

Votes: 37

35. Are Crooks Dishonest? (1918)

Not Rated | 13 min | Comedy, Short

Con artists Harold and Snub attempt to outwit phony psychic Miss Goulash and her "professor" father.

Director: Gilbert Pratt | Stars: Harold Lloyd, Bebe Daniels, 'Snub' Pollard, William Blaisdell

Votes: 371

36. The Perfect Clown (1925)

55 min | Comedy

A clerk is given $10,000 to deposit at the bank, but the bank is closed for the night so he tries to get to the bank president's house with the money.

Director: Fred C. Newmeyer | Stars: Larry Semon, Kate Price, Dorothy Dwan, Joan Meredith

Votes: 64

37. Better Behave (1928)

Not Rated | 20 min | Short, Comedy

Physical comedy drives this vehicle for then-famous clown Poodles Hanneford, part of a legendary British circus family. Already pushing forty but impeccably nimble, he plays suitor to ... See full summary »

Director: Leslie Goodwins | Stars: Poodles Hanneford, Betty Walsh, Harry Martell, Roger Moore

Votes: 17

38. Pimeys odottaa (1985)

79 min | Crime, Thriller

A triangle drama involving a young unlucky drifter, a nightclub singer and a corrupt police officer.

Director: Pauli Pentti | Stars: Pekka Valkeejärvi, Riitta Havukainen, Arno Virtanen, Heikki Peltonen

Votes: 85

39. Don't Be Foolish (I) (1922)

18 min | Short, Comedy

Billy gets into trouble with a couple of cops by littering in the park, and must use all his ingenuity to elude them.

Director: Billy West | Stars: Billy West, Frank Hayes, Tom Murray

Votes: 20

40. Outdoor Pajamas (1924)

10 min | Comedy, Short

Jimmy Jump (Charley Chase) wakes up late for his wedding so he ends up leaving the house dressed in his pajamas and then encounters one disaster after another.

Director: Leo McCarey | Stars: Charley Chase, Beth Darlington, Jack Gavin, Martha Sleeper

Votes: 61

41. Lolotte (2013)

Not Rated | 15 min | Short, Drama

A father spends one last day with his daughter in a run-down French coastal town when he dubiously comes across a large amount of money.

Director: Felix Thompson | Stars: Hervé Mahieux, Lou Benard, Virginie Messina, Loïc Baylacq

Votes: 29

42. Yhden yön hinta (1952)

80 min | Crime, Drama

The streets of Helsinki, Finland, at night. Violence mixed with incidents and everyday life. Reported by police officers on the graveyard shift.

Director: Edvin Laine | Stars: Sasu Haapanen, Joel Rinne, Eila Peitsalo, Rauha Rentola

Votes: 64

43. His Busy Day (II) (1918)

Short, Comedy

A two-reel comic number featuring Toto in his usual knockabout tricks. He is first seen flirting in a park, but later appears at a moving picture studio. He gets in trouble here and escapes... See full summary »

Director: Hal Roach | Stars: Armando Novello, Clarine Seymour, Bud Jamison, Margaret Joslin

Votes: 20

44. Fairytale of London Town (2010 TV Movie)

27 min | Drama

A bittersweet modern day fairytale where three deaf women, Veronica, Karen and Sally, face three very different Christmases until an unexpected event throws them together. Veronica is just ... See full synopsis »

Director: Louis Neethling | Stars: Caroline Parker, Patsy Palmer, Sarah Beauvoisin, Janet Henfrey

Votes: 5

45. North of 50-50 (1924)

14 min | Short, Comedy

A typical story which contains all the usual tricks of the Northwest mounted policeman who is told to "get his man" and who tracks him to his sweetheart's shack where dripping blood betrays his hiding place.

Director: Len Powers

Votes: 29

46. All at Sea (1919)

Short, Comedy

In the guise of a sailor, Snub is bragging of his exploits to some shapely bathing girls when they are carried off by pirates.

Directors: Charley Chase, Alfred J. Goulding | Stars: 'Snub' Pollard, Mildred Davis, Eddie Boland, Sammy Brooks

Votes: 19

47. Worries and Wobbles (1917)

13 min | Short, Comedy

A drunken husband comes home late and causes his wife all sorts of trouble.

Director: Larry Semon | Stars: Jimmy Aubrey, Earl Montgomery, Pietro Aramondo, Eddie Dunn

Votes: 27

48. Deaf, Dumb and Blonde (1928)

20 min | Short, Comedy

A fortune predicts Poodles will meet and marry a beautiful blonde. Then he finds a purse a blonde lost and believes his destiny will come true--if he returns the purse.

Director: Leslie Goodwins | Stars: Poodles Hanneford, Spencer Bell

Votes: 9

49. World's Greatest Dad (II) (2009)

8 min | Short, Drama

A desperate young father foolishly robs a bank with his young son. Together they hide from police in a café, where they dig themselves into deeper trouble. In a short time, the father must ... See full summary »

Director: Katerina Mitropoulos | Stars: Marnie Cooper, Nicholas Gunn, Jeremy Kewley, Paul Ryan

50. Due South (1994–1999)
Episode: The Promise (1996)

TV-PG | 46 min | Adventure, Comedy, Crime

Fraser and Ray attempt to track down a pair of pickpockets who stole an address book, that leads to everyone from the police to politicians to come after them in a cat and mouse chase with possibly deadly consequences.

Director: George Bloomfield | Stars: Paul Gross, David Marciano, Beau Starr, Daniel Kash

Votes: 93