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1. Gone Girl (2014)
R | 149 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
With his wife's disappearance having become the focus of an intense media circus, a man sees the spotlight turned on him when it's suspected that he may not be innocent.
Director: David Fincher | Stars: Ben Affleck, Rosamund Pike, Neil Patrick Harris, Tyler Perry
Votes: 1,068,057 | Gross: $167.77M
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: 129,216 | Gross: $57.26M
3. Outbreak (1995)
R | 127 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
Army doctors struggle to find a cure for a deadly virus spreading throughout a California town that was brought to America by an African monkey.
Director: Wolfgang Petersen | Stars: Dustin Hoffman, Rene Russo, Morgan Freeman, Kevin Spacey
Votes: 137,836 | Gross: $67.82M
4. House on Haunted Hill (1999)
R | 93 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
An amusement park mogul offers a group of diverse people $1,000,000 to spend the night in a haunted house with a horrifying past.
Director: William Malone | Stars: Geoffrey Rush, Famke Janssen, Taye Diggs, Peter Gallagher
Votes: 60,161 | Gross: $40.85M
5. Dumb and Dumber To (2014)
PG-13 | 109 min | Comedy
20 years since their first adventure, Lloyd and Harry go on a road trip to find Harry's newly discovered daughter, who was given up for adoption.
Directors: Bobby Farrelly, Peter Farrelly | Stars: Jim Carrey, Jeff Daniels, Rob Riggle, Laurie Holden
Votes: 145,170 | Gross: $86.21M
6. Butter (I) (2011)
R | 90 min | Comedy, Drama
In Iowa, a girl in foster care discovers her talent for butter carving and finds herself pitted against an ambitious local woman in their town's annual contest.
Director: Jim Field Smith | Stars: Jennifer Garner, Yara Shahidi, Ty Burrell, Olivia Wilde
Votes: 22,472 | Gross: $0.07M
7. Night and the City (1950)
Not Rated | 96 min | Crime, Film-Noir, Mystery
A small-time grifter and nightclub tout takes advantage of some fortuitous circumstances and tries to become a big-time player as a wrestling promoter.
Director: Jules Dassin | Stars: Richard Widmark, Gene Tierney, Googie Withers, Hugh Marlowe
Votes: 15,294 | Gross: $3.60M
8. Curse of the Golden Flower (2006)
R | 114 min | Action, Drama, Romance
During China's Tang dynasty the emperor has taken the princess of a neighboring province as wife. She has borne him two sons and raised his eldest. Now his control over his dominion is complete, including the royal family itself.
Director: Yimou Zhang | Stars: Chow Yun-Fat, Gong Li, Jay Chou, Ye Liu
Votes: 45,975 | Gross: $6.57M
9. A Better Tomorrow (1986)
Not Rated | 95 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A reforming ex-gangster tries to reconcile with his estranged policeman brother, but the ties to his former gang are difficult to break.
Director: John Woo | Stars: Lung Ti, Leslie Cheung, Chow Yun-Fat, Emily Chu
Votes: 25,477
10. The Big Bounce (2004)
PG-13 | 88 min | Comedy, Crime
A small-time con artist and a Hawaiian real estate developer's mischevious, enterprising mistress team up for a potential $200,000 score.
Director: George Armitage | Stars: Owen Wilson, Morgan Freeman, Gary Sinise, Sara Foster
Votes: 18,808 | Gross: $6.47M
11. The Way of the Gun (2000)
R | 119 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Two criminal drifters without sympathy get more than they bargained for after kidnapping and holding for ransom the surrogate mother carrying a baby for a powerful, shady man.
Director: Christopher McQuarrie | Stars: Ryan Phillippe, Benicio Del Toro, Juliette Lewis, Taye Diggs
Votes: 35,238 | Gross: $6.06M
12. Unknown (I) (2006)
Not Rated | 85 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Five men wake up in a locked-down warehouse with no memory of who they are. They are forced to figure out who is good and who is bad to stay alive.
Director: Simon Brand | Stars: Jim Caviezel, Greg Kinnear, Bridget Moynahan, Joe Pantoliano
Votes: 31,467 | Gross: $0.14M
13. The House That Dripped Blood (1971)
PG | 102 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
An anthology of four horror stories revolving around a mysterious rental house in the U.K.
Director: Peter Duffell | Stars: John Bryans, John Bennett, Denholm Elliott, Peter Cushing
Votes: 7,513
14. The Little Foxes (1941)
Approved | 116 min | Drama, Romance
The ruthless, moneyed Hubbard clan lives in, and poisons, their part of the Deep South at the turn of the twentieth century.
Director: William Wyler | Stars: Bette Davis, Herbert Marshall, Teresa Wright, Richard Carlson
Votes: 13,124
15. Home Fries (1998)
PG-13 | 91 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Pregnant Sally unknowingly falls for the stepson of the deceased father of her baby and has to deal with his homicidal family.
Director: Dean Parisot | Stars: Drew Barrymore, Luke Wilson, Catherine O'Hara, Jake Busey
Votes: 8,931 | Gross: $10.44M
16. Men of Respect (1990)
R | 113 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
It's Macbeth in mobster form!
Director: William Reilly | Stars: John Turturro, Katherine Borowitz, Dennis Farina, Peter Boyle
Votes: 957 | Gross: $0.14M
17. Maniac (1934)
Not Rated | 51 min | Horror, Sci-Fi
A former vaudevillian gifted at impersonation assists a mad scientist in reanimating corpses and soon goes mad himself.
Director: Dwain Esper | Stars: Bill Woods, Horace B. Carpenter, Ted Edwards, Phyllis Diller
Votes: 2,706
18. In Name Only (1939)
Approved | 94 min | Drama, Romance
After a wealthy man finds out his wife is a gold digger, he meets and falls for a widowed mother, and complications ensue.
Director: John Cromwell | Stars: Cary Grant, Carole Lombard, Kay Francis, Charles Coburn
Votes: 3,548
19. The Lady and the Monster (1944)
Approved | 86 min | Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
A millionaire's brain is preserved after his death, and telepathically begins to take control of those around him.
Director: George Sherman | Stars: Vera Ralston, Erich von Stroheim, Richard Arlen, Helen Vinson
Votes: 443
20. The Sea Hawk (1924)
Passed | 123 min | Adventure, Drama, Romance
A wrongly-convicted English gentleman goes from galley slave to pirate captain.
Director: Frank Lloyd | Stars: Milton Sills, Enid Bennett, Lloyd Hughes, Wallace Beery
Votes: 641 | Gross: $0.78M
21. The King Maker (2005)
R | 92 min | Adventure, Drama
Fernando De Gama, a Portuguese mercenary, sets sail for the Orient, where he reaches the Thai kingdom of Ayutthaya, in a bid to find the man that murdered his father.
Director: Lek Kitaparaporn | Stars: Gary Stretch, John Rhys-Davies, Cindy Sirinya Bishop, Yoe Hassadeevichit
Votes: 746
22. It's a Pleasure (1945)
Approved | 90 min | Comedy, Drama, Musical
Don Martin is a star hockey player with the Wildcats until he is barred from the game for hitting a referee. Through the actions of Chris, Don is able to get a job with Buzz Fletcher's ... See full summary »
Director: William A. Seiter | Stars: Sonja Henie, Michael O'Shea, Marie McDonald, Bill Johnson
Votes: 247
23. Twists of Terror (1997 TV Movie)
90 min | Horror, Thriller
Stuck in the attic of his house, a paranoid man recounts several different tales to an unknown listener in order to explain the dangers of the world.
Director: Douglas Jackson | Stars: Jennifer Rubin, Françoise Robertson, Nick Mancuso, Joseph Ziegler
Votes: 444
24. Accidents Will Happen (1938)
Passed | 62 min | Crime, Drama
An insurance adjustor tangles with a big insurance-fraud gang.
Director: William Clemens | Stars: Ronald Reagan, Sheila Bromley, Gloria Blondell, Dick Purcell
Votes: 306
25. A Unicorn in the Garden (1953)
Passed | 7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
A henpecked husband sees a unicorn outside his window--or does he?
Director: William T. Hurtz | Stars: John Brown, Colleen Collins
Votes: 769
26. Ain't It Aggravatin' (1954)
Passed | 9 min | Comedy, Short
A sketch of human foibles that lead to major aggravations. Pete Smith's 'Mr. Fall Guy' Dave O'Brien has problems while attempting to park his car on a city street; he bumps cars in front of... See full summary »
Director: Dave O'Brien | Stars: Pete Smith, Dave O'Brien, Sally Payne, Frank Sully
Votes: 98
27.
Silk Stalkings (1991–1999)
Episode:
Mother Love
(1994)
TV-14 | 47 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A scheming stepmother seduces her husband's son in order to Inherit his fortune.
Director: Mitzi Kapture | Stars: Mitzi Kapture, Rob Estes, Tim Thomerson, Stacie Randall
Votes: 24
28.
Justified (2010–2015)
Episode:
The Collection
(2010)
TV-MA | 41 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Raylan turns to an art collector to help bring a criminal to justice, but the case soon turns to a murder investigation. Meanwhile, Raylan's ex-wife turns to him for help, and he turns to Boyd Crowder to gather dirt on his father.
Director: Rod Holcomb | Stars: Timothy Olyphant, Nick Searcy, Joelle Carter, Jacob Pitts
Votes: 2,046