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1. The Gambler (III) (2014)

R | 111 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

Literature professor and gambler Jim Bennett's debt causes him to borrow money from his mother and a loan shark. Further complicating his situation, is his relationship with one of his students. Will Bennett risk his life for a second chance?

Director: Rupert Wyatt | Stars: Mark Wahlberg, Jessica Lange, John Goodman, Brie Larson

Votes: 73,583 | Gross: $33.68M

2. The Whole Nine Yards (2000)

R | 98 min | Comedy, Crime

A struggling dentist's life is turned upside down when a famous gangster moves in next door, and his wife convinces him to inform a notorious mob boss about the gangster's whereabouts.

Director: Jonathan Lynn | Stars: Bruce Willis, Matthew Perry, Rosanna Arquette, Michael Clarke Duncan

Votes: 129,206 | Gross: $57.26M

3. Croupier (1998)

Not Rated | 94 min | Crime, Drama

An aspiring writer is hired as a croupier at a casino, where he realizes that his life as a croupier would make a great novel.

Director: Mike Hodges | Stars: Clive Owen, Nick Reding, Nicholas Ball, Alexander Morton

Votes: 23,539 | Gross: $6.20M

4. A Hero (I) (2021)

PG-13 | 127 min | Drama

Rahim is in prison because of a debt he was unable to repay. During a two-day leave, he tries to convince his creditor to withdraw his complaint against the payment of part of the sum. But things don't go as planned.

Director: Asghar Farhadi | Stars: Amir Jadidi, Mohsen Tanabandeh, Sahar Goldoost, Fereshteh Sadre Orafaiy

Votes: 29,553

5. Mississippi Grind (2015)

R | 108 min | Comedy, Drama

Down on his luck and facing financial hardship, Gerry teams up with younger charismatic poker player, Curtis, in an attempt to change his luck. The two set off on a road trip through the South with visions of winning back what's been lost.

Directors: Anna Boden, Ryan Fleck | Stars: Ben Mendelsohn, Ryan Reynolds, Yvonne Landry, Anthony Howard

Votes: 26,020 | Gross: $0.13M

6. Two (2021)

TV-MA | 70 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller

Two people, a man and a woman, wake up naked and with their abdomens attached to each other.

Director: Mar Targarona | Stars: Marina Gatell, Pablo Derqui, Kandido Uranga, Anna Chincho Serrano

Votes: 5,170

7. Sweet Bean (2015)

Not Rated | 113 min | Drama

Burdened with a heavy and ever-increasing debt, a dorayaki baker hires a kind ageing woman, after tasting her delicious surprise. Little by little, she unravels her beautiful inner world. Could she be holding the secret to his success?

Director: Naomi Kawase | Stars: Kirin Kiki, Masatoshi Nagase, Kyara Uchida, Miki Mizuno

Votes: 12,733 | Gross: $0.12M

8. Pieta (2012)

Not Rated | 103 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

A loan shark is forced to reconsider his violent lifestyle after the arrival of a mysterious woman claiming to be his long-lost mother.

Director: Kim Ki-duk | Stars: Jo Min-soo, Lee Jung-Jin, Woo Ki-hong, Eunjin Kang

Votes: 15,774 | Gross: $0.02M

9. Pocket Listing (2015)

R | 92 min | Comedy, Crime, Thriller

Double crosses, adultery, murder, mistaken identity, and revenge ensue when a mysterious power player and his sultry wife hire a disgraced Los Angeles property broker to discreetly market and sell their Malibu villa.

Director: Conor Allyn | Stars: James Jurdi, Jessica Clark, Rob Lowe, Burt Reynolds

Votes: 7,128

10. Beneath the 12-Mile Reef (1953)

Approved | 102 min | Adventure, Drama, Romance

Fierce competition among sponge fishermen forces a Greek-American family to fish in the dangerous 12-mile reef area off the western coast of Florida.

Director: Robert D. Webb | Stars: Robert Wagner, Terry Moore, Gilbert Roland, J. Carrol Naish

Votes: 1,612

11. A Sister's Secret (2018 TV Movie)

TV-PG | 85 min | Drama

Based on true events. On their 30th birthday, twin sisters--one married with children, one single--secretly swap places. One of them is murdered. The survivor keeps up the masquerade by ... See full summary »

Director: D.J. Viola | Stars: Margaret Anne Florence, Donny Boaz, Paula Abdul, Josh Ventura

Votes: 554

12. The Longshot (1986)

PG-13 | 89 min | Comedy

Four losers borrow money from gangsters to bet on a "sure thing", but lose. The gangsters go after them to get their money.

Director: Paul Bartel | Stars: Tim Conway, Jack Weston, Harvey Korman, Brad Trumbull

Votes: 727 | Gross: $1.10M

13. Ties That Bind (2010 TV Movie)

TV-14 | 90 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller

Hope finds herself leaving the comfort of her suburban life for New York City in order to settle the affairs of her best friend Rachel who has just been murdered. Little does she know that ... See full summary »

Director: Frédéric D'Amours | Stars: Kristanna Loken, Warren Christie, Kristen Hager, Luis Oliva

Votes: 404

14. Fever Pitch (1985)

R | 96 min | Drama, Mystery

An investigative journalist gets hooked on the subject of his inquiry - professional gambling.

Director: Richard Brooks | Stars: Ryan O'Neal, Catherine Hicks, Giancarlo Giannini, Bridgette Andersen

Votes: 349 | Gross: $0.62M

15. Videoman (2018)

93 min | Comedy, Drama, Thriller

A VHS collector and a woman obsessed with the 80s, both alcoholics, initiates a romance that helps them battle their personal failures.

Director: Kristian A. Söderström | Stars: Stefan Sauk, Lena Nilsson, Morgan Alling, Amanda Ooms

Votes: 919

16. Shadows of Desire (1994 TV Movie)

96 min | Drama, Thriller

A woman is torn between her love for a gentle man, and her secret passion for his dangerous brother.

Director: Sam Pillsbury | Stars: Nicollette Sheridan, Joe Lando, Adrian Pasdar, Richard Roundtree

Votes: 245

17. The Inspectors (1998 TV Movie)

Not Rated | 105 min | Crime, Mystery

Two very unlikely postal inspectors are assigned to find the person who planted a deadly mail bomb.

Director: Brad Turner | Stars: Louis Gossett Jr., Jonathan Silverman, Tobias Mehler, Greg Thirloway

Votes: 695

18. Siren of the Tropics (1927)

Not Rated | 86 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

Marquis Sévéro, a rich, lazy Parisian, wants to divorce his wife so that he can marry his own goddaughter Denise. But Denise herself loves André Berval, an engineer employed by the marquis.... See full summary »

Directors: Henri Étiévant, Mario Nalpas | Stars: Georges Melchior, Régina Dalthy, Pierre Batcheff, Queenie Thomas

Votes: 374

19. Hospitality (2010)

Unrated | 96 min | Comedy, Drama, Mystery

The film follows the follies that ensue when a man and his wife shack up with a family that owns a printing press in their building, the husband takes it over, and the couple begin inviting a motley crew of friends.

Director: Kôji Fukada | Stars: Kenji Yamauchi, Kiki Sugino, Kanji Furutachi, Bryerly Long

Votes: 539

20. The Legend of Valentino (1975 TV Movie)

Unrated | 100 min | Biography, Drama

A "dramatization" of the life of actor Rudolph Valentino, widely regarded as the screen's first male sex symbol.

Director: Melville Shavelson | Stars: Franco Nero, Suzanne Pleshette, Judd Hirsch, Lesley Ann Warren

Votes: 133

21. The Runaway (I) (2020)

12 min | Short, Drama

The Runaway is a coming of age story following sixteen-year-old Jasmine's search for place, identity and happiness. Jasmine is prepared to leave her mother and her small town in rural ... See full summary »

Director: Jack Ruefli | Stars: Ella Jones, Matt Stewart, Jack Ruefli, Bryce Jackson

22. Joshikôsei, sô ni naru. (2023)

Comedy, Drama

High school girl Shimoshiraishi Mugi, a former idol otaku is about to graduate high school but still is undecided in her career path. Her grandfather, who was the chief priest of a temple, ... See full summary »

Stars: Mei Hata, So Okuno, Keisuke Higashi, Asahi Itou

23. Run 'Em Ragged (1920)

14 min | Comedy, Short

Two tramps wrest a pistol from a hold up man, then try to pull a stick up of their own, unfortunately for them, a cop appears and takes the money back and then chases them through a park ... See full summary »

Director: Alfred J. Goulding | Stars: 'Snub' Pollard, Marie Mosquini, Ernest Morrison, William Gillespie

Votes: 25

24. Akai tejô: shikeishuu Saori (2005 Video)

70 min

Raped by her stepfather at the age of fourteen, beaten and accused by her mother, the young teenager Saori murders her two torturers in a fit of rage and despair, before being imprisoned in a reformatory.

Director: Naoyuki Tomomatsu | Stars: Saki Anz, Hiroshi Fujita, Mizue Hayasaka, Karen Kisaragi

25. Rent-a-Rescue (2016– )

Comedy

Rent-A-Rescue is a subscription service that assists its clients as needed and come to the rescue as stipulated. Yugo is sinking in a pool of debt that is whirling out of control. He begins... See full summary »

Stars: Ikki Sawamura, Ryusei Fujii, Mirai Shida, Anne Nakamura

26. Put Down (II) (2014)

10 min | Short, Comedy, Drama

John is a socially awkward man in a downward spiral of debt, until a lucky accident propels him into a new career as a black-market pet exterminator. In these difficult times, some families... See full summary »

Director: Rick Limentani | Stars: Wilf Scolding, Chris Bearne, Rebeca Cobos, Ellie Dickens

Votes: 25

27. Shooting Nick (2004)

108 min | Drama

A filmmaker shooting a documentary about America is carjacked by a couple and coerced into shooting the next two days of their lives.

Director: Daniel Yost | Stars: Robert Blanche, Sarah Rosenberg, Tyler Gannon, Daniel Yost

Votes: 25

28. Matti from LA (2017– )

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29. Roofied 4: The Antidote (2019)

44 min | Short, Action, Crime

As we conclude the chase, who will come on top? a fight to escape the chains of coercive control. just one story based on true events. surrounding the sex trafficking trade. Roofied 4 The Antidote.

Directors: Sammie Lei, Alan Mallyon | Stars: Sammie Lei, Luing Andrews, Darren Dickinson, Atticus Machiavellian

Votes: 167

30. The Little Country Mouse (1914)

11 min | Short, Drama

Country girl May loses at cards and must borrow $250 from Captain Stiles, but the wealthy roué's loan does not come without an expectation of repayment.

Director: Donald Crisp | Stars: Blanche Sweet, Wallace Reid, Mary Alden, Raoul Walsh

Votes: 36

31. There Ain't No Santa Claus (1926)

22 min | Short, Comedy

Charley has several dilemmas facing him at Christmas, all posed by his greedy, heartless landlord Noah and his family. He wants to get an expensive wristwatch for his wife, but his landlord... See full summary »

Director: James Parrott | Stars: Charley Chase, Eugenia Gilbert, Noah Young, Kay Deslys

Votes: 53

32. Fox Mystery Theater (1984)
Episode: Mark of the Devil (1984)

70 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery

A desperate gambler in debt with a gangster robs a Chinese tattoo artist, getting stabbed and killing the man in the process. A black spot appears on his chest and begins to spread and turn into a condemning tattoo.

Director: Val Guest | Stars: Dirk Benedict, Jenny Seagrove, George Sewell, John Paul

Votes: 287

33. The Asphalt Jungle (1961)
Episode: The Fighter (1961)

60 min | Crime, Drama

An ex-boxer in hock to a pair of loan sharks agrees to help them carry out a robbery in exchange for their erasing his debt to them.

Director: Gerald Mayer | Stars: Jack Warden, Norma Crane, William Smith, Gerald S. O'Loughlin

34. Sincerely Yours in Cold Blood (2000–2005)
Episode: Kaksi pommia (2005)

60 min | Crime, Drama

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Director: Minna Virtanen | Stars: Ville Virtanen, Antti Reini, Outi Mäenpää, Sari Siikander

Votes: 7

35. Miami Vice (1984–1989)
Episode: Fruit of the Poison Tree (1989)

TV-14 | 47 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Crockett and Tubbs' efforts to bust a major drug dealer are repeatedly thwarted in court by a shady big-shot southern gentleman attorney and his loyal protege Lisa, whose father was a prosecutor murdered for crusading against drugs.

Director: Michelle Manning | Stars: Don Johnson, Philip Michael Thomas, Saundra Santiago, Michael Talbott

Votes: 291

36. Shameless (2004–2013)
Episode: Act Your Age (2006)

TV-MA | 49 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

Debbie becomes friends with a popular girl her own age, but realizes what she's been missing out on and goes on strike. Meanwhile, Frank becomes a medical guinea pig.

Director: Paul Walker | Stars: David Threlfall, Maggie O'Neill, Dean Lennox Kelly, Maxine Peake

Votes: 125

37. Vanity Fair (1998)
Episode: Episode #1.5 (1998)

TV-PG | 53 min | Drama, Romance

Amelia cannot afford to refuse Mr. Osborne's proposal to raise her son in exchange for an allowance to her. Rawdon is thrown in jail for his debts, and leaves Becky when he realizes she hid money that could've been used for his bail.

Director: Marc Munden | Stars: Nathaniel Parker, Sylvestra Le Touzel, Stephen Frost, Janine Duvitski

Votes: 22

38. Rich House, Poor House (2017– )
Episode: Episode #7.2 (2021)

45 min | Documentary

Two property developers exchange their executive-style pad and weekly disposable income of £1,200, with debt-laden Mike and Natalie from Coleshill, who survive on just over £75 a week with their two young daughters.

Directors: Simon Brown, Emma Kosminsky | Star: Craig Kelly

39. Women at War (2022)
Episode: Épisode 2 (2022)

TV-MA | 55 min | Drama, History, War

Caroline's brother-in-law sabotages her new plan for the factory, Marcel uncovers the truth behind why Marguerite left Paris, Agnes develops a soft spot for one of the new patients, and Jeanne makes a big decision.

Director: Alexandre Laurent | Stars: Audrey Fleurot, Julie De Bona, Camille Lou, Sofia Essaïdi

Votes: 135

40. The Madame Blanc Mysteries (2021– )
Episode: Episode #1.1 (2021)

TV-14 | 47 min | Drama, Mystery

Antiques dealer Jean White arrives in France to uncover the mystery of her husband's death.

Director: Dermot Boyd | Stars: Sally Lindsay, Steve Edge, Sue Holderness, Robin Askwith

Votes: 206

41. Hello Tomorrow! (2023)
Episode: Your Brighter Tomorrow, Today (2023)

TV-MA | Comedy, Drama, Sci-Fi

Take it from Jack Billings: The life you've always wanted is just one great deal away.

Director: Jonathan Entwistle | Stars: Billy Crudup, Haneefah Wood, Alison Pill, Nicholas Podany

Votes: 494

42. The Law According to Lidia Poët (2023– )
Episode: Episode #1.3 (2023)

TV-MA | Biography, Crime, Drama

Lidia and Enrico discover some family secrets when, in an opioid haze, a man from Lidia's past confesses to patricide in her childhood home.

Director: Letizia Lamartire | Stars: Matilda De Angelis, Eduardo Scarpetta, Pier Luigi Pasino, Sinéad Thornhill

Votes: 240

43. The Final Score (2022)
Episode: You Win Some, You Lose Some (2022)

TV-MA | Biography, Drama, Sport

Drug kingpins pressure the club and Kiki for their money while the Colombian team plays at the World Cup.

Directors: Óscar Ruiz Navia, David Pombo, Claudia Zie | Stars: Brayan Arboleda, Laura Archbold, Olivia Castanho, John Alex Castillo

Votes: 11

44. Homeland (2011–2020)
Episode: Representative Brody (2011)

TV-MA | 48 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Carrie and Saul identify Walker's contact in Washington but their target has diplomatic immunity; Brody is approached to run for a disgraced congressman's seat in the House of Representatives.

Director: Guy Ferland | Stars: Claire Danes, Damian Lewis, Morena Baccarin, David Harewood

Votes: 3,270

45. Veep (2012–2019)
Episode: Signals (2013)

TV-MA | 27 min | Comedy

Selina attends a pig roast in North Carolina as part of the president's 'Listen to Rural America' initiative. Dan takes up Pilates to get face time.

Director: Chris Addison | Stars: Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Anna Chlumsky, Tony Hale, Reid Scott

Votes: 1,138

46. The Nightmare Worlds of H.G. Wells (2016)
Episode: The Devotee of Art (2016)

23 min | Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi

Moderately talented young painter Alec Harringay feels his portrait of St Catherine is not good enough for submission to the Royal Academy however hard he works and his wife Isabel bemoans ... See full summary »

Director: Adrian Shergold | Stars: Brid Brennan, Leticia Dolera, Johnny Flynn, Antonia Thomas

Votes: 71

47. Dora Heldt (2009– )
Episode: Wind aus West mit starken Böen (2016)

92 min | Romance

A researcher returns to her home island Sylt, Germany, in the context of a business trip and is confronted with her past love and her sister.

Director: Dirk Regel | Stars: Ann-Kathrin Kramer, Rhea Harder, Hannes Jaenicke, Sky du Mont

Votes: 15

48. Back (2017– )
Episode: Episode #1.2 (2017)

TV-14 | 23 min | Comedy, Drama

The sibling rivalry ramps up a gear as Stephen's ex (and the family lawyer) Alison reveals the contents of Laurie's will. The pub is in debt, Andrew has been left a share in the business and Ellen decides to join the church.

Director: Ben Palmer | Stars: David Mitchell, Robert Webb, Louise Brealey, Penny Downie

Votes: 149

49. Family Business (2017–2019)
Episode: Lazlo (2017)

TV-14 | 55 min | Comedy, Drama

An elderly widower with Alzheimer's hires Audrey to convince his estranged children to help with his medical expenses. Sofia, up to her eyeballs in debt, plays a dangerous game when she ... See full summary »

Director: Stéphane Malhuret | Stars: Catherine Marchal, Ophélia Kolb, Charlotte Des Georges, Clémentine Justine

Votes: 13