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1. The Firm (1993)
R | 154 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
A young lawyer joins a prestigious law firm only to discover that it has a sinister dark side.
Director: Sydney Pollack | Stars: Tom Cruise, Jeanne Tripplehorn, Gene Hackman, Hal Holbrook
Votes: 147,764 | Gross: $158.35M
2. Death to Smoochy (2002)
R | 109 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
A kids' show host, Rainbow Randolph, is fired in disgrace while his replacement, Sheldon Mopes, A.K.A. Smoochy the Rhino, finds himself a rising star. Unfortunately for Sheldon, the business of kids' television isn't all child's play.
Director: Danny DeVito | Stars: Robin Williams, Edward Norton, Catherine Keener, Danny DeVito
Votes: 42,636 | Gross: $8.36M
3. Operation Finale (2018)
PG-13 | 122 min | Biography, Drama, History
A team of secret agents sets out to track down the Nazi officer who masterminded the Holocaust.
Director: Chris Weitz | Stars: Oscar Isaac, Ben Kingsley, Mélanie Laurent, Lior Raz
Votes: 48,950 | Gross: $17.61M
4. Metro (1997)
R | 117 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
A Hostage Negotiator teams up with a Sharpshooter to bring down a dangerous jewel thief.
Director: Thomas Carter | Stars: Eddie Murphy, Michael Rapaport, Kim Miyori, Art Evans
Votes: 29,092 | Gross: $31.99M
5. Laura (1944)
Passed | 88 min | Drama, Film-Noir, Mystery
A police detective falls in love with the woman whose murder he is investigating.
Directors: Otto Preminger, Rouben Mamoulian | Stars: Gene Tierney, Dana Andrews, Clifton Webb, Vincent Price
Votes: 51,470 | Gross: $4.36M
6. Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers (1988)
R | 88 min | Horror, Thriller
Ten years after his original massacre, the invalid Michael Myers awakens on Halloween Eve and returns to Haddonfield to kill his seven-year-old niece. Can Dr. Loomis stop him?
Director: Dwight H. Little | Stars: Donald Pleasence, Ellie Cornell, Danielle Harris, George P. Wilbur
Votes: 58,659 | Gross: $17.77M
7. Point Blank (1967)
Not Rated | 92 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
After being double-crossed and left for dead, a mysterious man named Walker single-mindedly tries to retrieve the money that was stolen from him.
Director: John Boorman | Stars: Lee Marvin, Angie Dickinson, Keenan Wynn, Carroll O'Connor
Votes: 23,245
8. The Big Heat (1953)
Passed | 89 min | Crime, Film-Noir, Thriller
Tough cop Dave Bannion takes on a politically powerful crime syndicate.
Director: Fritz Lang | Stars: Glenn Ford, Gloria Grahame, Jocelyn Brando, Alexander Scourby
Votes: 29,188
9. Halloween: Resurrection (2002)
R | 90 min | Horror, Thriller
Three years after he last terrorized his sister, Michael Myers confronts her again, before traveling to Haddonfield to deal with the cast and crew of a reality show which is being broadcast from his old home.
Director: Rick Rosenthal | Stars: Jamie Lee Curtis, Busta Rhymes, Brad Loree, Bianca Kajlich
Votes: 49,299 | Gross: $30.35M
10. Hamlet (2000)
R | 112 min | Drama, Romance, Thriller
Modern-day New York City adaptation of Shakespeare's immortal story about Hamlet's plight to avenge his father's murder.
Director: Michael Almereyda | Stars: Ethan Hawke, Kyle MacLachlan, Diane Venora, Sam Shepard
Votes: 9,992 | Gross: $1.57M
11. The Chosen (1977)
R | 105 min | Horror
Robert's in charge of constructing a nuclear power plant in the Middle East. Will it be instrumental in prophecies of antichrist's apocalypse?
Director: Alberto De Martino | Stars: Kirk Douglas, Simon Ward, Agostina Belli, Anthony Quayle
Votes: 1,604
12. Only the Animals (2019)
117 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A woman disappeared. After a snowstorm, her car is discovered on a road to a small remote village. While the police don't know where to start, five people are linked to the disappearance. Each one with his or her own secret.
Director: Dominik Moll | Stars: Denis Ménochet, Laure Calamy, Damien Bonnard, Nadia Tereszkiewicz
Votes: 7,777
13. The Informer (1962)
Not Rated | 108 min | Crime, Thriller
A burglar betraying other criminals prepares for a big heist with a trusted friend who might be as untrustworthy as he.
Director: Jean-Pierre Melville | Stars: Jean-Paul Belmondo, Serge Reggiani, Jean Desailly, René Lefèvre
Votes: 11,997 | Gross: $0.08M
14. Images (1972)
R | 104 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
Whilst writing a children's book, a woman interrupted by images unsure if they may, or may not be real
Director: Robert Altman | Stars: Susannah York, Rene Auberjonois, Marcel Bozzuffi, Hugh Millais
Votes: 7,758
15. Hamlet (2009 TV Movie)
PG | 180 min | Drama
The RSC puts a modern spin on Shakespeare's Hamlet in this filmed-for-television version of their stage production. The Prince of Denmark seeks vengeance after his father is murdered and his mother marries the murderer.
Director: Gregory Doran | Stars: David Tennant, Patrick Stewart, Penny Downie, Oliver Ford Davies
Votes: 3,800
16. Forty Guns (1957)
Not Rated | 80 min | Western
Showdown in Arizona between the Bonnell brothers, U.S.Marshals, and Jessica Drummond, the iron-fist rancher who controls the territory.
Director: Samuel Fuller | Stars: Barbara Stanwyck, Barry Sullivan, Dean Jagger, John Ericson
Votes: 6,215
17. Resurrection (1999)
R | 108 min | Crime, Drama, Horror
Chicago homicide detectives Prudhome and Hollingsworth are assigned to investigate a murder. Both become entangled in the plot of a serial killer whose goal is to recreate the body of Christ.
Director: Russell Mulcahy | Stars: Christopher Lambert, Mike Anscombe, Jeff J.J. Authors, Patrick Chilvers
Votes: 11,079
18. The Evil of Frankenstein (1964)
Unrated | 84 min | Horror
Upon returning to his home village to continue his experimental research, the destitute Dr. Frankenstein revives his old creature, but a hypnotist wants the monster to control for himself.
Director: Freddie Francis | Stars: Peter Cushing, Peter Woodthorpe, Duncan Lamont, Sandor Elès
Votes: 4,647
19. No Way Out (1973)
R | 90 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A mob hitman wants to retire, but his bosses don't think that's a good idea. Complications and many bloody shootouts ensue.
Director: Duccio Tessari | Stars: Alain Delon, Richard Conte, Carla Gravina, Marc Porel
Votes: 2,385
20. Secret Agent (1936)
Not Rated | 86 min | Mystery, Thriller
After three British Agents are assigned to assassinate a mysterious German spy during World War I, two of them become ambivalent when their duty to the mission conflicts with their consciences.
Director: Alfred Hitchcock | Stars: John Gielgud, Madeleine Carroll, Robert Young, Peter Lorre
Votes: 9,045
21. A Caribbean Mystery (1983)
Not Rated | 92 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
While Miss Marple is on vacation in a luxurious Caribbean resort, a fellow guest confides he has evidence that another resident of the hotel is an unscrupulous serial murderer but is poisoned before he can reveal his identity to her.
Director: Robert Michael Lewis | Stars: Helen Hayes, Barnard Hughes, Jameson Parker, Season Hubley
Votes: 824
22. The Steel Edge of Revenge (1969)
PG | 124 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
A guilt-haunted samurai warrior attempts to stop a massacre taking place.
Director: Hideo Gosha | Stars: Tatsuya Nakadai, Tetsurô Tanba, Yôko Tsukasa, Ruriko Asaoka
Votes: 2,617
23. Blind Horizon (2003)
R | 99 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
At the hospital, Frank comes out of a coma with amnesia. The sheriff wants to know who shot him. Later Frank remembers that something's happening to the president. Who is Frank?
Director: Michael Haussman | Stars: Val Kilmer, Neve Campbell, Sam Shepard, Noble Willingham
Votes: 4,955
24. Portrait in Black (1960)
Approved | 112 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
After a married woman and her lover murder her cruel husband, they find themselves targeted by someone who is aware of their crime.
Director: Michael Gordon | Stars: Lana Turner, Anthony Quinn, Richard Basehart, Sandra Dee
Votes: 1,791
25. Footsteps in the Fog (1955)
Approved | 90 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
In early-1900s England, a maid tries to blackmail her master into romancing her when she discovers that he murdered his wife.
Director: Arthur Lubin | Stars: Stewart Granger, Jean Simmons, Bill Travers, Belinda Lee
Votes: 2,205
26. Hamlet (I) (1964)
191 min | Drama
The highly successful 1964 Richard Burton Broadway production of "Hamlet", deliberately staged in the style of a "dress rehearsal", but performed in front of a live audience.
Directors: Bill Colleran, John Gielgud | Stars: Richard Burton, Hume Cronyn, Alfred Drake, Eileen Herlie
Votes: 519
27. The Guilty (1947)
Approved | 71 min | Crime, Film-Noir, Mystery
Two guys sharing an apartment meet twin girls (both Bonita Granville). One's sweet, the other a major piece of bad news. The nice one is murdered and her boyfriend is accused of the crime. The wrong man/wrong victim plot strikes again.
Director: John Reinhardt | Stars: Bonita Granville, Don Castle, Regis Toomey, John Litel
Votes: 765
28. Say Your Prayers (2020)
84 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
Two orphaned brothers turned radical Christian hitmen venture to rural Ilkley under the instruction of Father Enoch). Their mission: assassinate Professor John Huxley, famed atheist writer.
Director: Harry Michell | Stars: Will Barton, Harry Melling, Tom Brooke, David Jenkins
Votes: 430
29. Symphonie pour un massacre (1963)
115 min | Crime, Drama
Five men tied to businesses with varying degrees of legality pool their money to go in on one huge narcotics deal that can set them up for life - and test their loyalties.
Director: Jacques Deray | Stars: Michel Auclair, Claude Dauphin, José Giovanni, Michèle Mercier
Votes: 606
30. Hamlet (II) (2000 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 178 min | Drama
The classic Shakespeare tragedy is revisioned in America at the turn of the 20th Century. Campbell Scott (Singles, The Spanish Prisoner) adapted, co-directed and stars in the title role ... See full summary »
Directors: Campbell Scott, Eric Simonson | Stars: Campbell Scott, Blair Brown, Roscoe Lee Browne, LisaGay Hamilton
Votes: 245
31. Diagnosis: Murder (1974)
PG-13 | 95 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Anonymous notes accuse a psychiatrist of having murdered his wife. A bedraggled policeman attempts to uncover the truth behind her disappearance.
Director: Sidney Hayers | Stars: Jon Finch, Judy Geeson, Christopher Lee, Tony Beckley
Votes: 286
32. The Parade (1984 TV Movie)
120 min | Drama
Before the annual 4th of July parade, Rachels life is thrown into turmoil when her estranged husband returns after years in prison asking to be a part of her life again, also affecting their teenage daughter and Rachel's mother Sarah.
Director: Peter H. Hunt | Stars: Michael Learned, Frederic Forrest, Rosanna Arquette, Maxwell Caulfield
Votes: 95
33. The Monster Walks (1932)
Passed | 57 min | Horror, Mystery
People in an old dark house on a stormy night are menaced by a killer ape.
Director: Frank R. Strayer | Stars: Mischa Auer, Martha Mattox, Rex Lease, Vera Reynolds
Votes: 1,085
34. 7 from Etheria (2017)
95 min | Action, Comedy, Fantasy
Etheria is the world's most respected showcase of the best new horror, comedy, science fiction, fantasy, action, and thriller films made by emerging women directors.
Directors: Heidi Lee Douglas, Arantxa Echevarría, Martha Goddard, Anna Elizabeth James, Karen Lam, Barbara Stepansky, Rebecca Thomson | Stars: Lovie Ray, Najarra Townsend, Andy Earle, Camillia Monet
Votes: 117 | Gross: $0.00M
35. Lowdown Dirty Criminals (2020)
86 min | Comedy
Follows two naïve young men who are in search of a better life, encountering unsavoury situations and people along the way.
Director: Paul Murphy | Stars: James Rolleston, Rebecca Gibney, Scott Wills, Robbie Magasiva
Votes: 220
36. Une sale affaire (1981)
95 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Novak is a police inspector to whom any means is fair in getting evidence on criminals - especially drug dealers. He is after a drug ring that includes a city official and desperately needs... See full summary »
Director: Alain Bonnot | Stars: Marlène Jobert, Victor Lanoux, Patrick Bouchitey, Agnès Château
Votes: 100
37. Evas øye (1999)
102 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
While Eva Magnus and her daughter, Jenny, are taking a walk, they discover a dead body floating along the riverside. Eva runs to the nearest phone booth and pretends to call the police. ... See full summary »
Director: Berit Nesheim | Stars: Andrine Sæther, Bjørn Sundquist, Gisken Armand, Sverre Anker Ousdal
Votes: 283
38. The Face of Marble (1946)
Approved | 72 min | Horror
Dr. Randolph is so obsessed with re-animating the dead in his isolated old dark house and lab that he doesn't realize his wife is in love with his younger assistant.
Director: William Beaudine | Stars: John Carradine, Claudia Drake, Robert Shayne, Maris Wrixon
Votes: 381
39. The Assassinator (1992)
89 min | Action, Thriller
Chris McCall, a seemingly perfect family man who secretly works as a top contract killer for an outfit known as The Office, risks losing everything when he kills the wrong person.
Director: David Kent-Watson | Stars: Sam Barker, Anna Cachia, Geraard Campbell, Jimmy Campbell
Votes: 13
40. The Murder of Rhys Jones: What Happened Next (2017 TV Movie)
Documentary, Crime
Directors: Tom Jenner, Bronagh McKenna | Stars: Steve Geoghegan, Melanie Jones, Greg O'Keeffe, Kevin Maguire
Votes: 8
41. Junk (2017)
7 min | Short, Comedy, Mystery
A valuable package is intercepted and stolen, but it may not be what it seems.
Director: Jude Orozco | Stars: Sam Stinson, Elias Wehr, Matthew Clifton McClure, C.A. Mack
42.
Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955–1962)
Episode:
Invitation to an Accident
(1959)
TV-14 | 30 min | Drama, Mystery
A scaffold falls on a new bride, after her husband accuses her of rendezvousing with an old flame. Another former suitor suspects the husband faked the accident, and urges her to cut off ... See full summary »
Director: Don Taylor | Stars: Alfred Hitchcock, Gary Merrill, Joanna Moore, Alan Hewitt
Votes: 439
43.
Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1985–1989)
Episode:
Revenge
(1985)
TV-PG | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Unstable, mousy wife of a good, caring man becomes the victim of an unsolved assault. His blind outrage over this leads to a bizarre tragedy.
Director: R.E. Young | Stars: Alfred Hitchcock, Linda Purl, David Clennon, Herbert Jefferson Jr.
Votes: 137
44.
CSI: NY (2004–2013)
Episode:
Bad Beat
(2005)
TV-14 | 43 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Four men are playing poker in an apartment. When they catch a man cheating, the other men throw him out. Just a few moments later, the doorbell rings; when one of the players looks through ... See full summary »
Director: Duane Clark | Stars: Gary Sinise, Melina Kanakaredes, Carmine Giovinazzo, Anna Belknap
Votes: 319
45.
The Hitchhiker (1983–1991)
Episode:
A Time for Rifles
(1985)
TV-MA | 27 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
Lew Bridgeman and Joe Caldwell are two longtime best friends who served together in the Vietnam War. Lew and Joe wind clashing with each other over Lew's fetching wife Rae, whom both men are in love with.
Director: David Wickes | Stars: Page Fletcher, Bo Hopkins, John Ireland, Kim Lankford
Votes: 72
46.
Law & Order (1990– )
Episode:
Cry Wolf
(2004)
TV-14 | 43 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A mob boss is accused of ordering a hit on a urban vigilante group leader who was seeing his mistress. However, when the mistress is killed before the trial, he insists that he truly loved her and had absolutely nothing to do with it.
Director: Don Scardino | Stars: Dennis Farina, Jesse L. Martin, S. Epatha Merkerson, Sam Waterston
Votes: 250
47.
Tales of the Unexpected (1979–1988)
Episode:
A Harmless Vanity
(1982)
TV-14 | 26 min | Comedy, Drama, Horror
Mary discovers her husband is having an affair so has a life-changing makeover.
Director: Giles Foster | Stars: Sheila Gish, Keith Barron, Carol MacReady, Colin Farrell
Votes: 261
48.
The Whistler (1954– )
Episode:
Cancelled Flight
(1955)
Mystery
Pilot Lloyd Adams has a lucrative career as a smuggler but when his partner Matt Bannion gets cold feet, his mind turns to plans of murder.
Director: Will Jason | Stars: Richard Arlen, Barbara Wooddell, Walter Sande, William Pullen
Votes: 9
49.
CSI: NY (2004–2013)
Episode:
Murder Sings the Blues
(2006)
TV-14 | 43 min | Action, Crime, Drama
During a Blue Train rave, a young girl dies among party goers when she starts bleeding from her eyes, nose, and mouth. The CSIs believe her to be a victim of a biological attack. The ... See full summary »
Director: Oz Scott | Stars: Gary Sinise, Melina Kanakaredes, Carmine Giovinazzo, Anna Belknap
Votes: 324
50.
CSI: NY (2004–2013)
Episode:
And Here's to You, Mrs. Azrael
(2006)
TV-14 | 44 min | Action, Crime, Drama
The murder of a young woman in a hospital goes undetected by the hospital staff. The victim was the driver in a drunk driving accident which killed her best friend, and she had just come out of a coma.
Director: David Von Ancken | Stars: Gary Sinise, Melina Kanakaredes, Carmine Giovinazzo, Anna Belknap
Votes: 351