Plot Author Matching "frankfob2" (Sorted by Popularity Ascending)
1. The Sign of the Ram (1948)
84 min | Drama, Film-Noir, Thriller
The St. Aubyns live in Bastians, a sprawling sixteenth century house built by Spaniards just outside of the town of Tremerrion atop the cliffs on the wind-swept Cornish coast. Leah St. ... See full summary »
Director: John Sturges | Stars: Susan Peters, Alexander Knox, Phyllis Thaxter, Peggy Ann Garner
Votes: 435
2. Hot Summer Night (1957)
86 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
An out-of-work journalist honeymooning in the Ozarks stumbles on a lead that a notorious bank robber is in town and tries to get his story.
Director: David Friedkin | Stars: Leslie Nielsen, Colleen Miller, Edward Andrews, Jay C. Flippen
Votes: 235
3. I Was Framed (1942)
61 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
A newspaperman out to get the goods on a crooked politician winds up in jail, framed for a killing he didn't commit. He and another prisoner attempt an escape, but although the newspaperman... See full summary »
Director: D. Ross Lederman | Stars: Tod Andrews, Julie Bishop, Regis Toomey, Patti Hale
Votes: 113
4. Above the Rim (1994)
13+ | 96 min | Crime, Drama, Sport
Story of a promising high school basketball star and his relationships with two brothers, one a drug dealer and the other a former basketball star fallen on hard times and now employed as a security guard.
Director: Jeff Pollack | Stars: Duane Martin, Tupac Shakur, Leon, David Bailey
Votes: 13,580 | Gross: $16.04M
5. Murder in the Big House (1942)
59 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
When a prisoner on Death Row is "accidentally" killed just before his execution, a reporter smells something fishy. His investigation reveals that the condemned man was about to reveal some... See full summary »
Director: B. Reeves Eason | Stars: Van Johnson, Faye Emerson, George Meeker, Frank Wilcox
Votes: 199
6. Clownhouse (1989)
81 min | Horror
Just before Halloween, three young brothers alone in a big house are menaced by three escaped mental patients who have murdered some traveling circus clowns and taken their identities.
Director: Victor Salva | Stars: Nathan Forrest Winters, Brian McHugh, Sam Rockwell, Michael Jerome West
Votes: 4,234
7. The Hunted (1948)
88 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
Despite her pleas of innocence, an honest cop arrests his own girlfriend for her alleged part in a jewel robbery and he keeps hounding her after her release from prison, even though he still loves her.
Director: Jack Bernhard | Stars: Preston Foster, Belita, Pierre Watkin, Edna Holland
Votes: 412
8. Red Scorpion (1988)
14A | 105 min | Action, Adventure
A Soviet Special Forces soldier is sent on a mission to infiltrate an African rebel army and assassinate its leader, but the war machine they trained starts to think for himself.
Director: Joseph Zito | Stars: Dolph Lundgren, M. Emmet Walsh, Al White, T.P. McKenna
Votes: 8,091 | Gross: $4.19M
9. Rampage (1987)
R | 97 min | Drama, Thriller
Liberal district attorney decides to seek the death penalty for a man who slaughtered a family at Christmastime, then drank their blood. He escapes, though, and starts killing again.
Director: William Friedkin | Stars: Michael Biehn, Alex McArthur, Nicholas Campbell, Deborah Van Valkenburgh
Votes: 1,902 | Gross: $0.80M
10. Olivia (1983)
R | 85 min | Crime, Horror, Mystery
A woman who, as a child, witnessed her prostitute mother getting killed by a client, marries an abusive man, and is suffering from homicidal schizophrenia.
Director: Ulli Lommel | Stars: Suzanna Love, Robert Walker Jr., Jeff Winchester, Amy Robinson
Votes: 485
11. Casa privata per le SS (1977)
82 min | Horror, Thriller, War
Top Nazi officials, intent on rooting out traitors and those in the military who may be plotting to overthrow Adolf Hitler, recruit and train a group of beautiful prostitutes whose mission ... See full summary »
Director: Bruno Mattei | Stars: Gabriele Carrara, Marina Daunia, Macha Magall, Vassili Karis
Votes: 525
12. She Fought Alone (1995 TV Movie)
87 min | Drama, Romance
A girl finds herself shamed in her small rural town after being raped by a football player. Her boyfriend, her mother and her lawyer all try their best to protect her, but will the local high school put a stop to the harassment?
Director: Christopher Leitch | Stars: Tiffani Thiessen, Brian Austin Green, Isabella Hofmann, David Lipper
Votes: 1,319
13. Kyôfu kikei ningen: Edogawa Rampo zenshû (1969)
99 min | Horror
After escaping from an insane asylum, a medical student assumes the identity of a mysterious dead man, who appeared to be his doppelganger, and gets lured to a sinister island ruled by a mad scientist and his malformed men.
Director: Teruo Ishii | Stars: Teruo Yoshida, Yukie Kagawa, Teruko Yumi, Mitsuko Aoi
Votes: 1,240
14. Crossfire Trail (2001 TV Movie)
92 min | Action, Western
Rafe Covington promises a dying friend that he'll watch over the man's wife and ranch after he's gone. When Rafe gets to his friend's ranch, he finds that Barkow, the local power in town, ... See full summary »
Director: Simon Wincer | Stars: Tom Selleck, Virginia Madsen, Wilford Brimley, David O'Hara
Votes: 2,750
15. Kansas City Confidential (1952)
PG | 99 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
An ex-con trying to go straight is framed for a million dollar armored car robbery and must go to Mexico in order to unmask the real culprits.
Director: Phil Karlson | Stars: John Payne, Coleen Gray, Preston Foster, Neville Brand
Votes: 5,863
16. The Kentuckian (1955)
PG | 104 min | Drama, Western
A Kentucky widower bound for 1820's Texas with his young son is thwarted in his efforts by a corrupt constable, a long-standing family feud, and a beautiful indentured servant.
Director: Burt Lancaster | Stars: Burt Lancaster, Diana Lynn, Dianne Foster, Walter Matthau
Votes: 2,366
17. Ghost in the Noonday Sun (1973)
93 min | Adventure, Comedy
In the 17th century, a pirate captain is murdered by his cook after he buries his treasure and marks it on a map but the poor-memory cook must rely on the captain's ghost to re-track the loot, since the map was drawn in disappearing ink.
Directors: Peter Medak, Spike Milligan | Stars: Peter Sellers, Anthony Franciosa, Spike Milligan, Clive Revill
Votes: 187
18. Posse (1993)
R | 111 min | Western
In 1898 Cuba, five Buffalo Soldiers find a gold cache, desert and return to America where they help defend a black town from the KKK, all the while trying to avoid capture by lawmen and military authorities alike.
Director: Mario Van Peebles | Stars: Mario Van Peebles, Stephen Baldwin, Charles Lane, Tommy 'Tiny' Lister
Votes: 3,885 | Gross: $18.29M
19. Death Game (1977)
R | 91 min | Thriller
Two young girls come to the home of a businessman whose family is away on his birthday. They seduce him and afterwards, however, they tie him up, torture him and trash his house.
Director: Peter S. Traynor | Stars: Sondra Locke, Colleen Camp, Seymour Cassel, Beth Brickell
Votes: 707
20. Le petit soldat (1963)
88 min | War, Drama
During the Algerian War, a man and woman from opposing sides fall in love with one another.
Director: Jean-Luc Godard | Stars: Anna Karina, Michel Subor, Henri-Jacques Huet, Paul Beauvais
Votes: 6,019 | Gross: $0.02M
21. Black Widow (1954)
95 min | Drama, Film-Noir, Mystery
A young writer insinuates herself into the life of a Broadway producer.
Director: Nunnally Johnson | Stars: Ginger Rogers, Van Heflin, Gene Tierney, George Raft
Votes: 2,190
22. Grotesque (1988)
R | 89 min | Horror
A gang of crazed punkers breaks into a family's vacation home in the mountains and slaughters the entire family, except for one daughter who gets away. As the gang pursues the girl through ... See full summary »
Director: Joe Tornatore | Stars: Linda Blair, Tab Hunter, Donna Wilkes, Brad Wilson
Votes: 834
23. 2019 - Dopo la caduta di New York (1983)
13+ | 96 min | Action, Horror, Sci-Fi
After a nuclear war, society breaks down into two groups, the evil Euraks and the rebel Federation. A mercenary named Parsifal is hired by the Federation to infiltrate New York City, which ... See full summary »
Director: Sergio Martino | Stars: Michael Sopkiw, Valentine Monnier, George Eastman, Anna Kanakis
Votes: 2,704
24. Revolver (1973)
13+ | 111 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
An Italian official decides to take it upon himself to free his wife after she's taken hostage by ruthless criminals.
Director: Sergio Sollima | Stars: Oliver Reed, Fabio Testi, Paola Pitagora, Agostina Belli
Votes: 1,589
25. Ned Kelly (1970)
GP | 100 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
The impoverished son of Irish immigrants is pushed by wrongful police persecution into becoming one of the most notorious bushrangers in Australia's history.
Director: Tony Richardson | Stars: Mick Jagger, Clarissa Kaye-Mason, Mark McManus, Ken Goodlet
Votes: 1,074 | Gross: $0.25M
26. Black Oxfords (1924)
19 min | Comedy, Short
A mother and daughter are in a fix because their mortgage payment is due and they can't make it--and the heartless landlord is about to foreclose on their house and throw them in the street... See full summary »
Director: Del Lord | Stars: Sidney Smith, Vernon Dent, Marceline Day, Anna Dodge
Votes: 92
27. Hornets' Nest (1970)
R | 110 min | Action, Drama, War
In 1944, during a sabotage mission, the sole surviving U.S. paratrooper is saved by a group of Italian orphans who later aid him in blowing-up a vital enemy dam.
Directors: Phil Karlson, Franco Cirino | Stars: Rock Hudson, Sylva Koscina, Sergio Fantoni, Giacomo Rossi Stuart
Votes: 803
28. Animal Instincts II (1994 Video)
95 min | Drama, Thriller
A divorcee has flashbacks of her life while, unknown to her, her next-door neighbor--a security expert--plants video cameras all through her house so he can spy on her.
Director: Gregory Dark | Stars: Shannon Whirry, Woody Brown, Al Sapienza, Elizabeth Sandifer
Votes: 585
29. Il boia scarlatto (1965)
87 min | Horror
Writer Rick and his publisher Daniel Parks finally find the ideal location in Italy to shoot some photographs for Rick's Horror photo-novel when they come across an ideal spot. The ... See full summary »
Director: Massimo Pupillo | Stars: Mickey Hargitay, Walter Brandi, Luisa Baratto, Ralph Zucker
Votes: 1,594
30. The Adventurers (1970)
171 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
The wealthy playboy son of an assassinated South American diplomat discovers that his father was really murdered on orders of the corrupt president of the country--a man who was his ... See full summary »
Director: Lewis Gilbert | Stars: Charles Aznavour, Alan Badel, Candice Bergen, Thommy Berggren
Votes: 632 | Gross: $2.84M
31. Hired to Kill (1990)
91 min | Action, Thriller
A fashion photographer and seven models travel to a South American island fortress, ostensibly to do a fashion shoot. In reality, the photographer is a mercenary, and their job is to free ... See full summary »
Directors: Nico Mastorakis, Peter Rader | Stars: Brian Thompson, Oliver Reed, George Kennedy, José Ferrer
Votes: 852
32. The Further Adventures of Tennessee Buck (1988)
88 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
A drunken, down-on-his-luck adventurer is hired by a wealthy man and his beautiful wife to take them on a hunting expedition in the jungle. After a while, though, the guide begins to ... See full summary »
Director: David Keith | Stars: David Keith, Kathy Shower, Brant von Hoffman, Sydney Lassick
Votes: 505
33. Preparati la bara! (1968)
92 min | Western, Action
A gunfighter forms a gang of "deceased" execution victims to get revenge on the politician and outlaw who killed his wife.
Director: Ferdinando Baldi | Stars: Terence Hill, Horst Frank, George Eastman, Bruna Simionato
Votes: 2,267
34. Retreat, Hell! (1952)
PG | 95 min | Drama, War
The saga of a battalion of U.S. Marines during the Korean War, starting with their training, landing at Inchon in 1950, advance into North Korea and their subsequent retreat back to the 38th parallel.
Director: Joseph H. Lewis | Stars: Frank Lovejoy, Richard Carlson, Anita Louise, Russ Tamblyn
Votes: 380
35. Deadtime Stories (1986)
14A | 93 min | Comedy, Horror
A babysitting uncle tells his nephew three horror stories about killer witches, Little Red Riding Hood and a werewolf, and "Goldi Lox" and the three bears.
Director: Jeffrey Delman | Stars: Scott Valentine, Nicole Picard, Matt Mitler, Cathryn de Prume
Votes: 1,605 | Gross: $2.75M
36. Baby Blood (1990)
R | 88 min | Horror
When a strange creature crawls into a woman's uterus she becomes a killer in order to feed the tiny terror growing within her.
Director: Alain Robak | Stars: Emmanuelle Escourrou, Christian Sinniger, Jean-François Gallotte, Roselyne Geslot
Votes: 1,470
37. Crawlspace (1986)
13+ | 80 min | Horror, Thriller
A man who runs an apartment house for women is the demented son of a Nazi surgeon who has the house equipped with secret passageways, hidden rooms and torture and murder devices.
Director: David Schmoeller | Stars: Klaus Kinski, Talia Balsam, Barbara Whinnery, Carole Francis
Votes: 2,873
38. Buffalo Bill (1944)
PG | 90 min | Biography, Romance, Western
The story of William "Buffalo Bill" Cody, legendary westerner, from his days as an army scout to his later activities as owner of a Wild West show.
Director: William A. Wellman | Stars: Joel McCrea, Maureen O'Hara, Linda Darnell, Thomas Mitchell
Votes: 1,298
39. Malicious (1995)
18A | 92 min | Drama, Thriller
A medical student, obsessed with her school's star baseball player, pursues him and finally manages to get him to spend the weekend with her. However, when he soon returns to his girlfriend... See full summary »
Director: Ian Corson | Stars: Molly Ringwald, John Vernon, Patrick McGaw, Mimi Kuzyk
Votes: 1,135
40. The Day Time Ended (1979)
79 min | Adventure, Horror, Sci-Fi
Aliens visit the solar-powered house of a middle-class family, and the house is suddenly sucked into a time warp that transports it back to prehistoric times.
Director: John 'Bud' Cardos | Stars: Jim Davis, Bentley Mitchum, Dorothy Malone, Marcy Lafferty
Votes: 1,390
41. The Dirty Mind of Young Sally (1973)
95 min | Comedy
The voluptuous, sultry, foxy owner of a pirate radio station manages to always stay one step ahead of the police who constantly try to put her hot roadshow out of business for good.
Director: Bethel Buckalew | Stars: Colleen Brennan, George 'Buck' Flower, Norman Fields, James Mathers
Votes: 225
42. Twice in a Lifetime (1985)
111 min | Drama, Romance
A middle-aged steelworker is content with his job and his family, but feels that something is missing in his life. On his 50th birthday, he stops in at a local bar for a drink to celebrate.... See full summary »
Director: Bud Yorkin | Stars: Gene Hackman, Ann-Margret, Ellen Burstyn, Amy Madigan
Votes: 896 | Gross: $8.40M
43. Fair Game (1986)
86 min | Action, Thriller
A young woman running an animal sanctuary in the outback takes her revenge on a trio of kangaroo hunters who terrorized her.
Director: Mario Andreacchio | Stars: Cassandra Delaney, Peter Ford, David Sandford, Garry Who
Votes: 984
44. Satan's Cheerleaders (1977)
92 min | Comedy, Horror
The janitor at a local high school is actually the scout for a coven of Satanists on the lookout for a virgin to sacrifice. One day he kidnaps the cheerleading squad to use for their ... See full summary »
Director: Greydon Clark | Stars: John Ireland, Yvonne De Carlo, Jack Kruschen, John Carradine
Votes: 866
45. The She Beast (1966)
AA | 79 min | Comedy, Horror, Thriller
A newlywed English tourist and an eccentric Transylvanian Count must work together when the former's beautiful wife is made the bodily host of a horrific witch.
Director: Michael Reeves | Stars: Barbara Steele, John Karlsen, Ian Ogilvy, Mel Welles
Votes: 987
46. The Black Windmill (1974)
106 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
A British Agent's son is kidnapped and held for ransom.
Director: Don Siegel | Stars: Michael Caine, Donald Pleasence, Delphine Seyrig, Clive Revill
Votes: 2,472
47. The Holcroft Covenant (1985)
14A | 112 min | Action, Crime, Mystery
The son of a German General becomes part of a mysterious conspiracy to gain hidden Nazi funds.
Director: John Frankenheimer | Stars: Michael Caine, Anthony Andrews, Victoria Tennant, Lilli Palmer
Votes: 2,845 | Gross: $0.39M
48. Takin' It Off Out West (1995)
18A | 92 min | Comedy
In the Old West, the government hires three strippers to travel to mining towns and keep the lonely--and, no doubt, horny--miners entertained. At one town the patriarch of a grungy outlaw ... See full summary »
Director: Ed Hansen | Stars: Anastasia Brown, Kathy Pasmore, Taylor St. Clair, Julie Strain
Votes: 57
49. Tough Enough (1983)
106 min | Action, Drama, Romance
An aspiring country/western singer, whose money is disappearing faster than his career opportunities, enters a "Tough Man" amateur boxing contest to earn some cash to pay his bills. ... See full summary »
Director: Richard Fleischer | Stars: Dennis Quaid, Carlene Watkins, Stan Shaw, Pam Grier
Votes: 745
50. Dark Age (1987)
R | 91 min | Adventure, Horror
A park ranger is tasked with dealing with a killer crocodile that appears to have a spiritual connection with the local Aboriginals.
Director: Arch Nicholson | Stars: John Jarratt, Nikki Coghill, Max Phipps, Burnham Burnham
Votes: 917