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1. Sharp Objects (2018)
TV-MA | 53 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
After treating her mental illness, crime reporter Camille Preaker returns to her hometown to solve the murder of two young girls. However, she is forced to face and deal with her own demons too.
Stars: Amy Adams, Patricia Clarkson, Chris Messina, Eliza Scanlen
Votes: 119,067
2. Blacklight (2022)
PG-13 | 104 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
Travis Block is a government operative coming to terms with his shadowy past. When he discovers a plot targeting U.S. citizens, Block finds himself in the crosshairs of the FBI director he once helped protect.
Director: Mark Williams | Stars: Liam Neeson, Aidan Quinn, Taylor John Smith, Emmy Raver-Lampman
Votes: 24,533 | Gross: $9.59M
3. The Ring (2002)
PG-13 | 115 min | Horror, Mystery
A journalist must investigate a mysterious videotape which seems to cause the death of anyone one week to the day after they view it.
Director: Gore Verbinski | Stars: Naomi Watts, Martin Henderson, Brian Cox, David Dorfman
Votes: 375,387 | Gross: $129.13M
4. Man of Steel (2013)
PG-13 | 143 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
An alien child is evacuated from his dying world and sent to Earth to live among humans. His peace is threatened when other survivors of his home planet invade Earth.
Director: Zack Snyder | Stars: Henry Cavill, Amy Adams, Michael Shannon, Diane Lane
Votes: 812,359 | Gross: $291.05M
5. Confess, Fletch (2022)
R | 98 min | Comedy, Crime, Mystery
After becoming the prime suspect in a murder, Fletch strives to prove his innocence while simultaneously searching for his girlfriend's stolen art collection.
Director: Greg Mottola | Stars: Jon Hamm, Caitlin Zerra Rose, Roy Wood Jr., Ayden Mayeri
Votes: 20,192
6. Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016)
PG-13 | 151 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Batman is manipulated by Lex Luthor to fear Superman. Superman´s existence is meanwhile dividing the world and he is framed for murder during an international crisis. The heroes clash and force the neutral Wonder Woman to reemerge.
Director: Zack Snyder | Stars: Ben Affleck, Henry Cavill, Amy Adams, Jesse Eisenberg
Votes: 752,855 | Gross: $330.36M
7. The Paperboy (2012)
R | 107 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A reporter returns to his Florida hometown to investigate a case involving a death row inmate.
Director: Lee Daniels | Stars: Matthew McConaughey, Nicole Kidman, John Cusack, Zac Efron
Votes: 39,683 | Gross: $0.69M
8. Spotlight (I) (2015)
R | 129 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
The true story of how the Boston Globe uncovered the massive scandal of child molestation and cover-up within the local Catholic Archdiocese, shaking the entire Catholic Church to its core.
Director: Tom McCarthy | Stars: Mark Ruffalo, Michael Keaton, Rachel McAdams, Liev Schreiber
Votes: 502,544 | Gross: $45.06M
9. Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman (1993–1997)
TV-PG | 46 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama
In addition to fighting evil, Superman has a burning romance with Lois Lane in both of his identities.
Stars: Dean Cain, Teri Hatcher, Lane Smith, K Callan
Votes: 26,419
10. State of Play (2009)
PG-13 | 127 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
When a congressional aide is killed, a Washington, D.C. journalist starts investigating the case involving the Representative, his old college friend.
Director: Kevin Macdonald | Stars: Russell Crowe, Rachel McAdams, Ben Affleck, Helen Mirren
Votes: 160,526 | Gross: $37.02M
11. Scrublands (2023–2025)
TV-14 | 200 min | Crime, Thriller
Follows investigative journalist Martin Scarsden as he has to uncover the truth of the case of killing of five parishioners by a charismatic and dedicated young priest.
Stars: Luke Arnold, Bella Heathcote, Jay Ryan, Zane Ciarma
Votes: 1,293
12. Shattered Glass (2003)
PG-13 | 94 min | Drama, History
The story of a young journalist who fell from grace when it was discovered he fabricated over half of his articles from the publication The New Republic magazine.
Director: Billy Ray | Stars: Hayden Christensen, Chloë Sevigny, Steve Zahn, Peter Sarsgaard
Votes: 37,691 | Gross: $2.22M
13. Woman in Gold (2015)
PG-13 | 109 min | Biography, Drama, History
Maria Altmann, an octogenarian Jewish refugee, takes on the Austrian government to recover artwork she believes rightfully belongs to her family.
Director: Simon Curtis | Stars: Helen Mirren, Ryan Reynolds, Daniel Brühl, Katie Holmes
Votes: 63,265 | Gross: $33.31M
14. Left Behind: The Movie (2000)
PG-13 | 96 min | Action, Drama, Fantasy
The Biblical prophecy of Armegeddon begins when the Rapture instantly takes all believers in Christ from the Earth. A reporter left behind learns that the Anti-Christ will soon take power.
Director: Vic Sarin | Stars: Kirk Cameron, Brad Johnson, Janaya Stephens, Clarence Gilyard Jr.
Votes: 10,530 | Gross: $4.22M
15. Capricorn One (1977)
PG | 123 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
When the first manned flight to Mars is deemed unsafe and scrubbed on the launch pad, anxious authorities must scramble to save face and retain their funding - and so an unthinkable plot to fake the mission is hatched.
Director: Peter Hyams | Stars: Elliott Gould, James Brolin, Brenda Vaccaro, Sam Waterston
Votes: 24,748
16. The Pelican Brief (1993)
PG-13 | 141 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A law student uncovers a conspiracy, putting herself and others in danger.
Director: Alan J. Pakula | Stars: Julia Roberts, Denzel Washington, Sam Shepard, John Heard
Votes: 96,092 | Gross: $100.77M
17. The China Syndrome (1979)
PG | 122 min | Drama, Thriller
A reporter finds what appears to be a cover-up of safety hazards at a nuclear power plant.
Director: James Bridges | Stars: Jane Fonda, Jack Lemmon, Michael Douglas, Scott Brady
Votes: 33,071 | Gross: $51.72M
18. An Eye for an Eye (1981)
R | 106 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
A SFPD undercover narcotics cop aims to avenge his partner's death and destroy a drug-smuggling ring operated by the Chinese Triads.
Director: Steve Carver | Stars: Chuck Norris, Christopher Lee, Richard Roundtree, Matt Clark
Votes: 4,527 | Gross: $7.68M
19. Unsane (2018)
R | 98 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
A young woman is involuntarily committed to a mental institution, where she is confronted by her greatest fear - but is it real or a product of her delusion?
Director: Steven Soderbergh | Stars: Claire Foy, Joshua Leonard, Jay Pharoah, Juno Temple
Votes: 49,958 | Gross: $7.73M
20. Seeking Justice (2011)
R | 105 min | Action, Crime, Drama
After his wife is assaulted, a husband enlists the services of a vigilante group to help him settle the score. Then he discovers they want a 'favor' from him in return.
Director: Roger Donaldson | Stars: Nicolas Cage, January Jones, Guy Pearce, Harold Perrineau
Votes: 48,020 | Gross: $0.04M
21. Perfect Stranger (2007)
R | 109 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller
A journalist goes undercover to ferret out businessman Harrison Hill as her childhood friend's killer. Posing as one of his temps, she enters into a game of online cat-and-mouse.
Director: James Foley | Stars: Halle Berry, Bruce Willis, Giovanni Ribisi, Richard Portnow
Votes: 51,182 | Gross: $23.98M
22. The Company You Keep (2012)
R | 125 min | Drama, Thriller
After a journalist discovers his identity, a former Weather Underground activist goes on the run.
Director: Robert Redford | Stars: Robert Redford, Brit Marling, Stanley Tucci, Nick Nolte
Votes: 34,992 | Gross: $5.13M
23. The Parallax View (1974)
R | 102 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
An ambitious reporter gets in way-over-his-head trouble while investigating a senator's assassination which leads to a vast conspiracy involving a multinational corporation behind every event in the world's headlines.
Director: Alan J. Pakula | Stars: Warren Beatty, Paula Prentiss, William Daniels, Walter McGinn
Votes: 21,799 | Gross: $2.15M
24. Edison (2005)
R | 99 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Upon discovering a den of corrupt policemen, a fresh-faced journalist makes shaky allies in a jaded reporter and investigator for a powerful district attorney.
Director: David J. Burke | Stars: Morgan Freeman, Kevin Spacey, Justin Timberlake, LL Cool J
Votes: 16,271
25. Fletch Lives (1989)
PG | 95 min | Comedy, Crime, Mystery
After receiving an inheritance in Louisiana, Los Angeles reporter Irwin Fletcher heads to the Belle Isle plantation where he gets himself into hilarious trouble.
Director: Michael Ritchie | Stars: Chevy Chase, Hal Holbrook, Julianne Phillips, R. Lee Ermey
Votes: 23,287 | Gross: $35.15M
26. State of Play (2003)
TV-14 | 52 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Journalists uncover a government conspiracy when a young politician's assistant and mistress is killed.
Stars: John Simm, David Morrissey, Kelly Macdonald, Bill Nighy
Votes: 10,535
27. Kill the Messenger (2014)
R | 112 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
Journalist Gary Webb, California 1996, started investigating CIA's role in the 1980s in getting crack cocaine to the black part of LA to get money and weapons to the Contra insurgents in Nicaragua.
Director: Michael Cuesta | Stars: Jeremy Renner, Robert Patrick, Jena Sims, Robert Pralgo
Votes: 48,778 | Gross: $2.45M
28. The Night Stalker (1972 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 74 min | Horror, Mystery
An abrasive Las Vegas newspaper reporter investigates a series of murders committed by a vampire.
Director: John Llewellyn Moxey | Stars: Darren McGavin, Carol Lynley, Simon Oakland, Ralph Meeker
Votes: 7,395
29. Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room (2005)
R | 110 min | Documentary, Biography, History
A documentary about the Enron corporation, its faulty and corrupt business practices, and how they led to its fall.
Director: Alex Gibney | Stars: John Beard, Tim Belden, Barbara Boxer, George W. Bush
Votes: 20,127
30. Palmetto (1998)
R | 114 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A recently released ex-con gets involved in a fake kidnapping scheme that turns very real.
Director: Volker Schlöndorff | Stars: Woody Harrelson, Elisabeth Shue, Gina Gershon, Rolf Hoppe
Votes: 8,463 | Gross: $5.84M
31. Primeval (2007)
R | 93 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
A news team is sent to Burundi to capture and bring home a legendary 25-foot crocodile. Their difficult task turns potentially deadly when a warlord targets them for death.
Director: Michael Katleman | Stars: Dominic Purcell, Orlando Jones, Brooke Langton, Jürgen Prochnow
Votes: 15,065 | Gross: $10.60M
32. The Osterman Weekend (1983)
R | 103 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
During the Cold War, a controversial television journalist is asked by the C.I.A. to persuade certain acquaintances, who are Soviet Agents of the Omega network, to defect.
Director: Sam Peckinpah | Stars: Rutger Hauer, John Hurt, Craig T. Nelson, Dennis Hopper
Votes: 9,423 | Gross: $6.49M
33. Sweeter Than Chocolate (2023 TV Movie)
TV-G | 84 min | Comedy, Romance
A TV reporter goes to investigate a local bakery which is rumored to have the secret recipe to finding true love on Valentine's Day.
Director: David Weaver | Stars: Eloise Mumford, Dan Jeannotte, Brenda Strong, Christin Park
Votes: 1,056
34. Rise: Blood Hunter (2007)
R | 97 min | Action, Crime, Horror
A reporter wakes up in a morgue and finds herself a member of the undead, before vowing revenge against the sect which put her there.
Director: Sebastian Gutierrez | Stars: Lucy Liu, Michael Chiklis, Carla Gugino, Robert Forster
Votes: 12,580 | Gross: $0.11M
35. The Night Strangler (1973 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 74 min | Crime, Horror, Mystery
A reporter hunts down a 144-year old alchemist who is killing women for their blood.
Director: Dan Curtis | Stars: Darren McGavin, Jo Ann Pflug, Simon Oakland, Scott Brady
Votes: 4,144
36. Red Sky (I) (2014)
PG-13 | 100 min | Action, Thriller
Disgraced Top Gun fighter pilot Butch Masters leads a rogue squad in recovery of a WMD. Masters must navigate a fractured friendship, a love triangle, and must take to the skies to reclaim his military and personal honor.
Director: Mario Van Peebles | Stars: Cam Gigandet, Shane West, Rachael Leigh Cook, Mario Van Peebles
Votes: 1,727
37. Outlast (2013 Video Game)
M | Action, Horror, Mystery
Freelance journalist, Miles Upshur, is requested by an anonymous individual to investigate the Mount Massive Asylum, only to find it overrun by the asylum's deranged patients.
Stars: Shawn Baichoo, Chimwemwe Miller, Andreas Apergis, Alex Ivanovici
Votes: 5,754
38. The Name of the Game (1968–1971)
TV-PG | 90 min | Adventure, Drama, Mystery
Sandy, a young woman in the research dept of Howard Publications has wild romantic daydreams about her boss Glenn Howard that confuse her sense of reality, hampering Howard in an investigation.
Stars: Gene Barry, Susan Saint James, Robert Stack, Anthony Franciosa
Votes: 697
39. Bob Roberts (1992)
R | 102 min | Comedy, Drama
A conservative folk singer turns his hand to politics, running for the US Senate. He is not above dirty tricks and smear campaigns to gain an advantage over his opponent.
Director: Tim Robbins | Stars: Tim Robbins, Giancarlo Esposito, Alan Rickman, Ray Wise
Votes: 15,641 | Gross: $4.48M
40. The Day the Earth Caught Fire (1961)
Unrated | 99 min | Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi
When the U.S. and Russia unwittingly test atomic bombs at the same time, it alters the nutation (axis of rotation) of the Earth.
Director: Val Guest | Stars: Edward Judd, Janet Munro, Leo McKern, Michael Goodliffe
Votes: 6,208
41. Paterno (2018 TV Movie)
TV-MA | 105 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
Penn State football coach Joe Paterno becomes embroiled in a sexual abuse scandal.
Director: Barry Levinson | Stars: Al Pacino, Kathy Baker, Kenneth Maharaj, Michael Mastro
Votes: 7,590
42. Messenger of Death (1988)
R | 91 min | Action, Crime, Mystery
A Denver reporter investigates the mass murder of a family of Mormons in rural Colorado.
Director: J. Lee Thompson | Stars: Charles Bronson, Trish Van Devere, Laurence Luckinbill, Daniel Benzali
Votes: 3,368 | Gross: $3.07M
43. Superman/Doomsday (2007 Video)
Not Rated | 75 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
When LexCorps accidentally unleash a murderous creature, Doomsday, Superman meets his greatest challenge as a champion. Based on the "The Death of Superman" storyline that appeared in DC Comics' publications in the 1990s.
Directors: Lauren Montgomery, Bruce Timm, Brandon Vietti | Stars: Adam Baldwin, Anne Heche, James Marsters, John DiMaggio
Votes: 23,531
44. Roger & Me (1989)
R | 91 min | Documentary
After General Motors closes its factory in Flint, Michigan, eliminating 35,000 jobs, filmmaker Michael Moore undertakes a quixotic quest to interview General Motors' chairman, Roger B. Smith.
Director: Michael Moore | Stars: Michael Moore, Roger B. Smith, Rhonda Britton, Fred Ross
Votes: 27,520 | Gross: $6.71M
45. Night Stalker (2005–2006)
TV-PG | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Fantasy
Investigative reporter Carl Kolchak, who's after his wife's killer, teams up with Perri Reed, Jain McManus, and their boss Tony Vincenzo to investigate strange crimes in Los Angeles that may contain dark supernatural elements.
Stars: Stuart Townsend, Gabrielle Union, Eric Jungmann, Cotter Smith
Votes: 1,608
46. The Fourth Angel (2001)
R | 96 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
A man seeks justice after his wife and two daughters are gunned down in a terrorist attack.
Director: John Irvin | Stars: Jeremy Irons, Forest Whitaker, Jason Priestley, Briony Glassco
Votes: 3,328
47. Black Rainbow (1989)
R | 103 min | Horror, Thriller
A medium has a vision of a hit-man killing his target. The vision comes true, and the same hit-man is assigned to kill her. Her drunk father/manager doesn't believe she has the gift, and a curious journalist tries to protect her.
Director: Mike Hodges | Stars: Rosanna Arquette, Jason Robards, Tom Hulce, Mark Joy
Votes: 2,018
48. Hero at Large (1980)
PG | 98 min | Comedy, Romance
A struggling actor buying milk stops a robbery while wearing a superhero uniform, promoting a movie. The unknown hero decides to try again. Can he impress his cute neighbor?
Director: Martin Davidson | Stars: John Ritter, Anne Archer, Bert Convy, Kevin McCarthy
Votes: 1,829 | Gross: $15.93M
49. Arrival II (1998)
R | 105 min | Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi
A computer hacker (Patrick Muldoon) learns of the plot of the backwards-kneed aliens to take over the Earth using their shape-shifting talents.
Director: Kevin Tenney | Stars: Patrick Muldoon, Jane Sibbett, Michael Sarrazin, Catherine Blythe
Votes: 3,193
50. Wedding Planner Mystery (2014 TV Movie)
TV-PG | 90 min | Crime, Mystery, Romance
The wedding planner plans 2 weddings for the same rich family with 2 weeks between. She's also pursued by a lawyer and a reporter. But then there's a possible murder followed by other attempts. Other problems follow. She investigates.
Director: Ron Oliver | Stars: Erica Durance, Andrew W. Walker, Brandon Beemer, Rick Ravanello
Votes: 1,311