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1. Inside Man (2006)

R | 129 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

A police detective, a bank robber, and a high-power broker enter high-stakes negotiations after the criminal's brilliant heist spirals into a hostage situation.

Director: Spike Lee | Stars: Denzel Washington, Clive Owen, Jodie Foster, Christopher Plummer

Votes: 399,472 | Gross: $88.51M

2. The Game (1997)

R | 129 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller

After a wealthy San Francisco banker is given an opportunity to participate in a mysterious game, his life is turned upside down as he begins to question if it might really be a concealed conspiracy to destroy him.

Director: David Fincher | Stars: Michael Douglas, Deborah Kara Unger, Sean Penn, James Rebhorn

Votes: 431,328 | Gross: $48.32M

3. Crash (I) (2004)

R | 112 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

Los Angeles citizens with vastly separate lives collide in interweaving stories of race, loss and redemption.

Director: Paul Haggis | Stars: Don Cheadle, Sandra Bullock, Thandiwe Newton, Karina Arroyave

Votes: 449,776 | Gross: $54.58M

4. Three Amigos! (1986)

PG | 104 min | Comedy, Western

Three actors accept an invitation to a Mexican village to perform their onscreen bandit fighter roles, unaware that it is the real thing.

Director: John Landis | Stars: Steve Martin, Chevy Chase, Martin Short, Alfonso Arau

Votes: 84,215 | Gross: $39.25M

5. In Bruges (2008)

R | 107 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

After a job gone wrong, hitman Ray and his partner await orders from their ruthless boss in Bruges, Belgium, the last place in the world Ray wants to be.

Director: Martin McDonagh | Stars: Colin Farrell, Brendan Gleeson, Ciarán Hinds, Elizabeth Berrington

Votes: 462,741 | Gross: $7.76M

6. Batman Returns (1992)

PG-13 | 126 min | Action, Crime, Fantasy

While Batman deals with a deformed man calling himself the Penguin wreaking havoc across Gotham with the help of a cruel businessman, a female employee of the latter becomes the Catwoman with her own vendetta.

Director: Tim Burton | Stars: Michael Keaton, Danny DeVito, Michelle Pfeiffer, Christopher Walken

Votes: 328,526 | Gross: $162.83M

7. Die Hard 2 (1990)

R | 124 min | Action, Thriller

John McClane attempts to avert disaster as rogue military operatives seize control of Dulles International Airport in Washington, D.C.

Director: Renny Harlin | Stars: Bruce Willis, William Atherton, Bonnie Bedelia, Reginald VelJohnson

Votes: 384,079 | Gross: $117.54M

8. xXx (2002)

PG-13 | 124 min | Action, Adventure, Thriller

The US government recruits extreme sports athlete Xander Cage to infiltrate a Russian criminal ring, which is plotting the destruction of the world.

Director: Rob Cohen | Stars: Vin Diesel, Asia Argento, Marton Csokas, Samuel L. Jackson

Votes: 186,811 | Gross: $142.11M

9. Original Sin (2001)

R | 116 min | Drama, Mystery, Romance

A woman, along with her lover, plans to con a rich man by marrying him, earning his trust, and then running away with all his money. Everything goes as planned until she falls in love with him.

Director: Michael Cristofer | Stars: Antonio Banderas, Angelina Jolie, Thomas Jane, Jack Thompson

Votes: 59,922 | Gross: $16.25M

10. The Living Daylights (1987)

PG | 130 min | Action, Adventure, Thriller

James Bond is sent to investigate a KGB policy to kill all enemy spies, and uncovers an arms deal that potentially has major global ramifications.

Director: John Glen | Stars: Timothy Dalton, Maryam d'Abo, Jeroen Krabbé, Joe Don Baker

Votes: 106,089 | Gross: $51.19M

11. Nerve (I) (2016)

PG-13 | 96 min | Action, Adventure, Crime

A high school senior finds herself immersed in an online game of truth or dare, where her every move starts to become manipulated by an anonymous community of "watchers."

Directors: Henry Joost, Ariel Schulman | Stars: Emma Roberts, Dave Franco, Emily Meade, Miles Heizer

Votes: 140,614 | Gross: $38.58M

12. Tigerland (2000)

R | 101 min | Drama, War

A group of recruits go through Advanced Infantry Training at Fort Polk, Louisiana's infamous Tigerland, last stop before Vietnam for tens of thousands of young men in 1971.

Director: Joel Schumacher | Stars: Colin Farrell, Matthew Davis, Clifton Collins Jr., Tom Guiry

Votes: 43,435 | Gross: $0.14M

13. Three Colors: White (1994)

R | 92 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

After his wife divorces him, a Polish immigrant plots to get even with her.

Director: Krzysztof Kieslowski | Stars: Zbigniew Zamachowski, Julie Delpy, Janusz Gajos, Jerzy Stuhr

Votes: 79,897 | Gross: $1.46M

14. F/X (1986)

R | 109 min | Action, Thriller

A movie special effects man is hired to fake a real-life mob killing for a witness protection plan, but finds his own life in danger.

Director: Robert Mandel | Stars: Bryan Brown, Brian Dennehy, Diane Venora, Cliff De Young

Votes: 22,312 | Gross: $20.60M

15. Game of Death (1978)

R | 100 min | Action, Crime, Drama

A martial arts movie star must fake his death to find the people who are trying to kill him.

Directors: Robert Clouse, Bruce Lee | Stars: Bruce Lee, Gig Young, Dean Jagger, Hugh O'Brian

Votes: 22,449 | Gross: $10.00M

16. Cecil B. Demented (2000)

R | 87 min | Comedy, Crime, Thriller

An insane independent film director and his renegade group of teenage filmmakers kidnap an A-list Hollywood actress and force her to star in their underground film.

Director: John Waters | Stars: Melanie Griffith, Stephen Dorff, Alicia Witt, Adrian Grenier

Votes: 16,698 | Gross: $1.28M

17. Hell Night (1981)

R | 101 min | Horror, Thriller

Four college fraternity and sorority pledges spend the night in a deserted old mansion as part of a hazing ritual during hell night, where they are stalked by the only survivor of a family massacre from the mansion's sordid past.

Director: Tom DeSimone | Stars: Linda Blair, Vincent Van Patten, Peter Barton, Kevin Brophy

Votes: 8,827

18. The 10th Victim (1965)

Not Rated | 92 min | Action, Comedy, Romance

In a future where a human vs. human "Big Hunt" is used as an alternative to war, a veteran huntress' plan to kill a "victim" for a major TV sponsorship deal is compounded by romance.

Director: Elio Petri | Stars: Marcello Mastroianni, Ursula Andress, Elsa Martinelli, Salvo Randone

Votes: 5,024

19. The Abominable Snowman (1957)

85 min | Adventure, Horror

A kindly English botanist and a gruff American scientist lead an expedition to the Himalayas in search of the legendary Yeti.

Director: Val Guest | Stars: Forrest Tucker, Peter Cushing, Maureen Connell, Richard Wattis

Votes: 4,991

20. Sleuth (2007)

R | 88 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

On his sprawling country estate, an aging writer matches wits with the struggling actor who has stolen his wife's heart.

Director: Kenneth Branagh | Stars: Michael Caine, Jude Law, Harold Pinter, Kenneth Branagh

Votes: 33,062 | Gross: $0.34M

21. The Park Is Mine (1985 TV Movie)

TV-MA | 102 min | Action, Drama, Thriller

A Vietnam vet takes forceful control of Central Park to remember those who served and died in the Vietnam War.

Director: Steven Hilliard Stern | Stars: Tommy Lee Jones, Helen Shaver, Yaphet Kotto, Lawrence Dane

Votes: 2,408

22. F/X2 (1991)

PG-13 | 108 min | Action, Thriller

A special effects man helps his girlfriend's ex, a cop, with a sting operation, where the ex gets killed. Something's off and he investigates with help from an ex-cop PI friend.

Director: Richard Franklin | Stars: Bryan Brown, Brian Dennehy, Rachel Ticotin, Joanna Gleason

Votes: 11,769 | Gross: $21.08M

23. Fled (1996)

R | 98 min | Action, Adventure, Crime

Two prisoners chained together flee during an escape attempt gone bad.

Director: Kevin Hooks | Stars: Laurence Fishburne, Stephen Baldwin, Will Patton, Robert John Burke

Votes: 9,846 | Gross: $17.10M

24. Almost an Angel (1990)

PG | 95 min | Comedy, Drama

A small-time crook becomes convinced he is an angel after a traumatic incident and resolves to perform the work of one.

Director: John Cornell | Stars: Paul Hogan, Linda Kozlowski, Elias Koteas, Doreen Lang

Votes: 4,995 | Gross: $6.94M

25. Castle in the Ground (2019)

TV-MA | 105 min | Drama

After the untimely death of his mother, a teenager befriends his charismatic but troubled next-door neighbor and becomes embroiled in a world of addiction and violence just as the opioid epidemic takes hold of their small town.

Director: Joey Klein | Stars: Imogen Poots, Neve Campbell, Alex Wolff, Tom Cullen

Votes: 1,010

26. Tactical Force (2011)

R | 91 min | Action

A training exercise for the LAPD SWAT Team goes terribly wrong when they find themselves pitted against two rival gangs while trapped in an abandoned Hangar, armed with nothing but blanks.

Director: Adamo P. Cultraro | Stars: Steve Austin, Michael Shanks, Michael Jai White, Adrian Holmes

Votes: 6,107

27. The Brylcreem Boys (1998)

PG-13 | 106 min | Drama, Romance, War

In 1941, as part of an effort to remain strictly neutral, the Dublin government made a deal with both Berlin and London whereby any soldier, sailor or pilot captured on Irish soil, whether ... See full summary »

Director: Terence Ryan | Stars: Billy Campbell, Chris 'Kit' Ryan, Jean Butler, Gabriel Byrne

Votes: 626

28. The Return of the Tall Blond Man (1974)

84 min | Comedy

With 'little captain' Cambrai raising serious doubts about the reality of the so-called "super spy", Colonel Toulouse kidnaps Christine and forces Francois to play again the character of "... See full summary »

Director: Yves Robert | Stars: Pierre Richard, Jean Carmet, Jean Rochefort, Mireille Darc

Votes: 4,090

29. Spy Smasher (1942)

Passed | 215 min | Action, Adventure, Family

Alan Armstrong, aka Spy Smasher, battles a Nazi villain known as The Mask, who heads a gang of saboteurs determined to spread destruction across America.

Director: William Witney | Stars: Kane Richmond, Marguerite Chapman, Sam Flint, Hans Schumm

Votes: 415

30. The Inner Circle (1946)

Approved | 57 min | Crime, Film-Noir, Mystery

A private detective finds himself with a perfect new secretary. But after a notorious gossip columnist turns up murdered, she may prove too good to be true.

Director: Philip Ford | Stars: Adele Mara, Warren Douglas, William Frawley, Ricardo Cortez

Votes: 560

31. The Preview Murder Mystery (1936)

Passed | 60 min | Action, Crime, Mystery

A public relations man for a movie studio uses an early form of television to help solve a murder.

Director: Robert Florey | Stars: Frances Drake, Reginald Denny, Gail Patrick, George Barbier

Votes: 309

32. Nocturne (1946)

Approved | 87 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir

In 1940s Los Angeles, when womanizing composer Keith Vincent is found dead, the inquest concludes it was a suicide but police detective Joe Warne isn't so sure.

Director: Edwin L. Marin | Stars: George Raft, Lynn Bari, Virginia Huston, Joseph Pevney

Votes: 1,670

33. The Nest (1980)

PG | 97 min | Drama

In a town near Salamanca, an eccentric 60-year-old widower is captivated by an imp, a precocious 13-year-old. Alejandro is wealthy and alone, passing time with music, chess, and his shotgun... See full summary »

Director: Jaime de Armiñán | Stars: Héctor Alterio, Ana Torrent, Luis Politti, Agustín González

Votes: 632

34. The Art of Murder (1999)

R | 100 min | Thriller

An abused wife (Joanna Pacula) turns to another man and becomes the victim of a blackmailer.

Director: Ruben Preuss | Stars: Michael Moriarty, Joanna Pacula, Boyd Kestner, Peter Onorati

Votes: 259

35. Smooth as Silk (1946)

Passed | 64 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir

An attorney engaged to an actress gains acquittal for a wealthy playboy accused of manslaughter. The actress, anxious to play the lead in a production backed by the playboy's uncle, ... See full summary »

Director: Charles Barton | Stars: Kent Taylor, Virginia Grey, Milburn Stone, John Litel

Votes: 244

36. Drillinge an Bord (1959)

82 min | Comedy, Crime, Romance

Eduard, Otto and Heinz are identical triplets. Without knowledge of the others, the youngest of them uses an ad text of one brother and a melody of the other to compose a song for a ... See full summary »

Director: Hans Müller | Stars: Heinz Erhardt, Ann Smyrner, Ingrid van Bergen, Peter Carsten

Votes: 422

37. Mission: Impossible (1966–1973)
Episode: Flight (1970)

TV-PG | 50 min | Action, Adventure, Crime

The IMF must thwart a coup attempt to be triggered by a presidential assassination. The team apprehends the coup leader and employs an elaborate ruse to convince him to reveal the killer. ... See full summary »

Director: Barry Crane | Stars: Peter Graves, Leonard Nimoy, Lesley Ann Warren, Greg Morris

Votes: 153

38. Mission: Impossible (1966–1973)
Episode: Orpheus (1970)

TV-PG | 50 min | Action, Adventure, Crime

In order to expose an assassin who will strike an unknown target within 48 hours, Phelps poses as a drug addicted intelligence officer who wants to sell information to the assassin's ... See full summary »

Director: Gerald Mayer | Stars: Peter Graves, Leonard Nimoy, Greg Morris, Peter Lupus

Votes: 166

39. Sky King (1951–1962)
Episode: The Man Who Forgot (1952)

TV-PG | 27 min | Adventure, Drama, Family

A young rancher disappears after the man attempting to foreclose on his mortgage is murdered. Sky is convinced that the man is innocent and that there's another explanation for the man's apparent flight.

Director: Hollingsworth Morse | Stars: Kirby Grant, Ron Hagerthy, Gloria Winters, Earle Hodgins

40. Tales from the Crypt (1989–1996)
Episode: Oil's Well That Ends Well (1993)

Not Rated | 26 min | Comedy, Crime, Fantasy

A duo of con artists try to take the jackpot when tricking a group of southern investors into thinking there's a large amount of oil under an isolated cemetery.

Director: Paul Abascal | Stars: Lou Diamond Phillips, Priscilla Presley, Noble Willingham, Alan Ruck

Votes: 677

41. CSI: NY (2004–2013)
Episode: Fare Game (2006)

TV-14 | 43 min | Action, Crime, Drama

A man is found dead in a cemetery. The wound on his chest indicates that he died from a bullet wound, yet the CSIs found nothing but small pieces of paper inside it. The second case is of a... See full summary »

Director: Kevin Dowling | Stars: Gary Sinise, Melina Kanakaredes, Carmine Giovinazzo, Anna Belknap

Votes: 331

42. The Adventures of Tintin (1991–1992)
Episode: The Broken Ear: Part 2 (1992)

TV-G | 24 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

Tintin arrives at the village of the Arumbayas and finds the long-lost explorer Ridgewell, who is believed to be dead for many years.

Director: Stéphane Bernasconi | Stars: Colin O'Meara, Thierry Wermuth, Christian Pelissier, Henri Labussière

Votes: 331

43. My Name Is Earl (2005–2009)
Episode: Nature's Game Show (2008)

TV-14 | 22 min | Comedy

During a series of tornadoes in Camden County, Earl loses his list, Randy believes that he has super powers, Catalina finds religion, and Joy and Darnell argue over Joy's intelligence.

Director: Eyal Gordin | Stars: Jason Lee, Ethan Suplee, Jaime Pressly, Nadine Velazquez

Votes: 493

44. Lie to Me (2009–2011)
Episode: Love Always (2009)

TV-14 | 43 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

The Lie to Me gang attends a high profile wedding where the father of the groom, a Korean ambassador, has been getting death threats.

Director: Tim Hunter | Stars: Tim Roth, Kelli Williams, Brendan Hines, Monica Raymund

Votes: 1,144

45. Curious and Unusual Deaths (2009– )
Episode: Rich and Famous Deaths (2012)

TV-14 | History, Mystery

Unusual deaths don't happen only to usual people. Brandon Lee, Rasputin and Isadora Duncan died in curious ways. Though in Rasputin's case he had even more curious cases of surviving death.

Director: Aaron Woodley | Stars: Steve Herringer, Dave Brown, Joseph T. Fuhrmann, John Butt

Votes: 12

46. Motive (2013–2016)
Episode: A Bullet for Joey (2014)

TV-14 | 42 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

The killer: Bryce Kovack, who, along with his brothers Brent Kovack and Donnie Kovack, own and operate their own garage. Theirs is an extremely tight-knit family, they who still live ... See full summary »

Director: Andy Mikita | Stars: Kristin Lehman, Louis Ferreira, Brendan Penny, Warren Christie

Votes: 118

47. Deception (2018)
Episode: Transposition (2018)

TV-PG | 43 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Just when everyone is sure they finally have the Mystery Woman, she releases a game-changing twist.

Director: Michael Lehmann | Stars: Jack Cutmore-Scott, Ilfenesh Hadera, Lenora Crichlow, Justin Chon

Votes: 357

48. La minute nécessaire de Monsieur Cyclopède (1982–1984)
Episode: Sachons distinguer une balle à blanc d'une balle à noir (1983)

2 min | Short, Comedy

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Director: Jean-Louis Fournier | Star: Pierre Desproges

49. Criminal Minds (2005– )
Episode: Date Night (2020)

TV-14 | 43 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

After a father and daughter get kidnapped, a former foe of the BAU returns with very specific demands for Dr. Reid that give a whole new meaning to the phrase "wheels up".

Director: Marcus Stokes | Stars: Joe Mantegna, Matthew Gray Gubler, A.J. Cook, Kirsten Vangsness

Votes: 1,074