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51. Nash Bridges (1996–2001)

TV-14 | 60 min | Action, Crime, Drama

A smart alecky San Francisco, California cop and his get rich quick scheme of a partner keep tabs on crime and take down the bad guys in the Bay Area.

Stars: Don Johnson, Cheech Marin, Jodi Lyn O'Keefe, Jeff Perry

Votes: 8,106

52. The Sentinel (1996–1999)

TV-14 | 45 min | Action, Adventure, Crime

In the jungles of Peru, the fight for survival heightened his senses. Now, Detective Jim Ellison is a sentinel in the fight for justice. Anthropologist Blair Sandburg works side by side with Jim, helping him develop these senses.

Stars: Richard Burgi, Garett Maggart, Bruce A. Young, Ken Earl

Votes: 2,672

53. Land's End (1995–1996)
Episode: Dr. Amore (1996)

TV-MA | Action, Drama

Mike's former partner visits the resort while Mike and Willis investigate a possible philandering man.

Director: Paul Abascal | Stars: Geoffrey Lewis, Tim Thomerson, Pamela Bowen, Elizabeth Alvarez

54. Land's End (1995–1996)
Episode: Who's Killing Cole Porter? (1996)

TV-MA | Action, Drama

When the crew rescues a local piano player drifting on top of a his grand piano on a boat in the ocean, Mike and Willis have to figure out who the culprits are.

Director: Paul Abascal | Stars: Fred Dryer, Geoffrey Lewis, Tim Thomerson, Pamela Bowen

Votes: 92

55. The Sentinel (1996–1999)
Episode: Spare Parts (1996)

TV-14 | Action, Adventure, Crime

Ellison investigates a violent carjacking ring. When he sets a trap for the perpetrators events don't go the way he expects and both Blair and his mother Naomi end up in danger.

Director: Paul Abascal | Stars: Richard Burgi, Garett Maggart, Bruce A. Young, Jay Acovone

Votes: 22

56. Judge Dredd (1995)

R | 96 min | Action, Crime, Sci-Fi

In a dystopian future, Joseph Dredd, the most famous Judge (a police officer with instant field judiciary powers), is convicted for a crime he did not commit and must face his murderous counterpart.

Director: Danny Cannon | Stars: Sylvester Stallone, Armand Assante, Rob Schneider, Jürgen Prochnow

Votes: 124,962 | Gross: $34.69M

57. Just Cause (1995)

R | 102 min | Action, Crime, Drama

A Harvard professor is lured back into the courtroom after twenty-five years to take the case of a young black man condemned to death for the horrific murder of a child.

Director: Arne Glimcher | Stars: Sean Connery, Laurence Fishburne, Kate Capshaw, Blair Underwood

Votes: 29,494 | Gross: $36.85M

58. Three Wishes (1995)

PG | 115 min | Drama, Family, Fantasy

In an unexplained act of charity, Jeanne Holman, picks up an injured, apparent tramp and takes him home to care for him little realizing who he was, or the effect he would have on her life and those of her family.

Director: Martha Coolidge | Stars: Patrick Swayze, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, Joseph Mazzello, Seth Mumy

Votes: 3,268 | Gross: $7.03M

59. Land's End (1995–1996)

TV-MA | 60 min | Action, Drama

Mike Land is a disgruntled ex-Los Angeles police officer who moves to a Mexican resort to work as a private investigator. Attractive Courtney is his boss and he occasionally enlists his buddies Willis and Dave in his cases.

Stars: Geoffrey Lewis, Tim Thomerson, Pamela Bowen, Fred Dryer

Votes: 121

60. Land's End (1995–1996)
Episode: Willis Gets Lucky (1995)

TV-MA | Action, Drama

Willis strikes up an unlikely romance with a beautiful heiress; but she decides to kidnap him and hold him for money he doesn't have. Mike and Thunder race to find and rescue Willis; but does he need it?

Director: Paul Abascal | Stars: Fred Dryer, Geoffrey Lewis, Tim Thomerson, Pamela Bowen

61. Angels in the Outfield (1994)

PG | 102 min | Comedy, Drama, Family

When a boy prays for a chance to have a family if the California Angels win the pennant, angels are assigned to make that possible.

Director: William Dear | Stars: Danny Glover, Brenda Fricker, Tony Danza, Christopher Lloyd

Votes: 34,456 | Gross: $50.24M

62. The Specialist (1994)

R | 110 min | Action, Drama, Thriller

A woman entices a bomb expert she's involved with into destroying the mafia that killed her family.

Director: Luis Llosa | Stars: Sylvester Stallone, Sharon Stone, James Woods, Rod Steiger

Votes: 69,796 | Gross: $57.36M

63. Viper (1994–1999)

60 min | Action, Adventure, Crime

In the near future, an organized crime group known as "Outfit" becomes a major force in America.

Stars: Joe Nipote, Heather Medway, J. Downing, Jeff Kaake

Votes: 1,989

64. Demolition Man (1993)

R | 115 min | Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller

A police officer is brought out of suspended animation in prison to pursue an old ultra-violent nemesis who is loose in a non-violent future society.

Director: Marco Brambilla | Stars: Sylvester Stallone, Wesley Snipes, Sandra Bullock, Nigel Hawthorne

Votes: 193,415 | Gross: $58.06M

65. Striking Distance (1993)

R | 102 min | Action, Crime, Mystery

Coming from a police family, Tom Hardy ends up fighting his uncle after the murder of his father. Tom believes the killer is another cop and goes on the record with his allegations. Demoted then to river duty, the killer taunts Tom.

Director: Rowdy Herrington | Stars: Bruce Willis, Sarah Jessica Parker, Dennis Farina, Tom Sizemore

Votes: 45,535 | Gross: $23.80M

66. 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: 674

67. Lethal Weapon 3 (1992)

R | 118 min | Action, Crime, Thriller

Martin Riggs and Roger Murtaugh pursue a former LAPD officer who uses his knowledge of police procedure and policies to steal and sell confiscated guns and ammunition to local street gangs.

Director: Richard Donner | Stars: Mel Gibson, Danny Glover, Joe Pesci, Rene Russo

Votes: 178,555 | Gross: $144.73M

68. Mel Gibson's Video Diary 2: Lethal Weapon 3 (1992 TV Special)

30 min | Short, Comedy

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Directors: Paul Abascal, Scott H. Eddo, Mel Gibson, Michael Klastorin | Stars: Brian Bennett, Peter Boyle, Richard Donner, Mel Gibson

Votes: 140

69. Point Break (1991)

R | 122 min | Action, Crime, Thriller

An F.B.I. Agent goes undercover to catch a gang of surfers who may be bank robbers.

Director: Kathryn Bigelow | Stars: Patrick Swayze, Keanu Reeves, Gary Busey, Lori Petty

Votes: 202,370 | Gross: $43.22M

70. The Last Boy Scout (1991)

R | 105 min | Action, Comedy, Crime

A private detective's protected female witness is murdered, prompting him and the victim's boyfriend to investigate the crime that leads to a corrupt politician and a crooked football team owner.

Director: Tony Scott | Stars: Bruce Willis, Damon Wayans, Chelsea Field, Noble Willingham

Votes: 112,088 | Gross: $59.51M

71. Silk Stalkings (1991–1999)

TV-14 | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

"Cassy" St. John and Tom Ryan are the new duo in town. It is now their job to catch the killers of Palm Beach.

Stars: Rob Estes, Mitzi Kapture, Charlie Brill, Janet Gunn

Votes: 3,214

72. Ricochet (1991)

R | 102 min | Action, Crime, Drama

A District Attorney is terrorized by the criminal he put away years ago when he was a cop.

Director: Russell Mulcahy | Stars: Denzel Washington, John Lithgow, Ice-T, Kevin Pollak

Votes: 20,390 | Gross: $21.76M

73. True Identity (1991)

R | 93 min | Comedy, Crime

In order to escape from the mob, an African-American man must disguise himself as a white man.

Director: Charles Lane | Stars: Lenny Henry, Frank Langella, Charles Lane, J.T. Walsh

Votes: 1,326 | Gross: $4.69M

74. Predator 2 (1990)

R | 108 min | Action, Horror, Sci-Fi

The Predator returns to Earth, this time to stake a claim on the war-torn streets of a dystopian Los Angeles.

Director: Stephen Hopkins | Stars: Danny Glover, Gary Busey, Kevin Peter Hall, Rubén Blades

Votes: 182,670 | Gross: $30.67M

75. 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: 383,169 | Gross: $117.54M

76. The Adventures of Ford Fairlane (1990)

R | 104 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy

A vulgar private detective is hired to find a missing groupie and is drawn into a mystery involving a series of murders tied to the music industry.

Director: Renny Harlin | Stars: Andrew Dice Clay, Lauren Holly, Wayne Newton, Priscilla Presley

Votes: 19,250 | Gross: $21.41M

77. Road House (1989)

R | 114 min | Action, Thriller

A bouncer hired to clean up the baddest honkytonk in a Missouri town. Armed with a black belt in karate and a degree in philosophy, Patrick Swayze sets out to tame the Double Deuce for its owner.

Director: Rowdy Herrington | Stars: Patrick Swayze, Kelly Lynch, Sam Elliott, Ben Gazzara

Votes: 100,916 | Gross: $30.05M

78. Tales from the Crypt (1989–1996)

TV-MA | 25 min | Comedy, Crime, Fantasy

"Tales from the Crypt" was a 1989 horror story anthology series based on the gruesome E.C. comic books of the 1950s presented by the legendary "Crypt Keeper", a sinister ghoul obsessed with gallows humor and horrific puns.

Stars: John Kassir, Roy Brocksmith, Miguel Ferrer, Cam Clarke

Votes: 27,083

79. Lethal Weapon 2 (1989)

R | 114 min | Action, Crime, Thriller

Riggs and Murtaugh are on the trail of South African diplomats who are using their immunity to engage in criminal activities.

Director: Richard Donner | Stars: Mel Gibson, Danny Glover, Joe Pesci, Patsy Kensit

Votes: 188,892 | Gross: $147.25M

80. Mel Gibson's Unauthorized Video Diary (1989 TV Movie)

30 min | Comedy

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Directors: Paul Abascal, Scott H. Eddo, Mel Gibson, Michael Klastorin | Stars: Mel Gibson, Danny Glover, Joe Pesci, Richard Donner

Votes: 113

81. Die Hard (1988)

R | 132 min | Action, Thriller

A New York City police officer tries to save his estranged wife and several others taken hostage by terrorists during a Christmas party at the Nakatomi Plaza in Los Angeles.

Director: John McTiernan | Stars: Bruce Willis, Alan Rickman, Bonnie Bedelia, Reginald VelJohnson

Votes: 945,839 | Gross: $83.01M

82. Action Jackson (1988)

R | 96 min | Action, Comedy, Crime

Vengeance drives a tough Detroit cop to stay on the trail of a power-hungry auto magnate who is systematically eliminating his competition.

Director: Craig R. Baxley | Stars: Carl Weathers, Craig T. Nelson, Vanity, Sharon Stone

Votes: 12,610 | Gross: $20.26M

83. America's Most Wanted: America Fights Back (1988–2013)

TV-PG | 60 min | Documentary, Crime

True crimes are dramatized in hopes that viewers can give information leading to the capture of the criminals.

Stars: John Walsh, Daniel David Sim, Don LaFontaine, Jon Leiberman

Votes: 2,266

84. Stranger on My Land (1988 TV Movie)

94 min | Drama, Western

A Vietnam veteran has to fight peacefully with words once more when the Air Force wants to expropriate his ranch for the construction of an air base.

Director: Larry Elikann | Stars: Tommy Lee Jones, Dee Wallace, Terry O'Quinn, Pat Hingle

Votes: 198

85. Lethal Weapon (1987)

R | 109 min | Action, Crime, Thriller

Two newly paired cops who are complete opposites must put aside their differences in order to catch a gang of drug smugglers.

Director: Richard Donner | Stars: Mel Gibson, Danny Glover, Gary Busey, Mitchell Ryan

Votes: 276,439 | Gross: $65.21M

86. Who's That Girl (1987)

PG | 92 min | Comedy, Music, Romance

The life of an uptight tax lawyer turns chaotic when he is asked to escort a young woman newly released from prison, who persuades him to help prove her innocence.

Director: James Foley | Stars: Madonna, Griffin Dunne, Haviland Morris, John McMartin

Votes: 11,067 | Gross: $7.31M

87. Cameo by Night (1987 TV Movie)

60 min | Action, Crime

Failed TV pilot about Jennifer, a police secretary who goes undercover as rock fan Cameo to search the music scene for a serial killer who preys upon teens at music venues. Her handler is police detective Bellflower.

Director: Paul Lynch | Stars: Sela Ward, Justin Deas, Thomas Ryan, David Graf

88. Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986)

PG-13 | 103 min | Comedy

A popular high school student, admired by his peers, decides to take a day off from school and goes to extreme lengths to pull it off, to the chagrin of his Dean, who'll do anything to stop him.

Director: John Hughes | Stars: Matthew Broderick, Alan Ruck, Mia Sara, Jeffrey Jones

Votes: 386,584 | Gross: $70.14M

89. Pretty in Pink (1986)

PG-13 | 97 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

A poor girl must choose between the affections of dating her childhood sweetheart or a rich but sensitive playboy.

Director: Howard Deutch | Stars: Molly Ringwald, Jon Cryer, Harry Dean Stanton, Annie Potts

Votes: 88,608 | Gross: $40.47M

90. Opposing Force (1986)

R | 100 min | Action, Drama, Thriller

A group of soldiers, including a female for the first time, enroll in the ultimate training mission. They parachute onto an island in the Philippines, only to find that the commandant will stop at nothing to try and break his trainees.

Director: Eric Karson | Stars: Tom Skerritt, Lisa Eichhorn, Anthony Zerbe, Richard Roundtree

Votes: 954

91. Explorers (1985)

PG | 109 min | Adventure, Comedy, Family

A boy obsessed with '50s sci-fi movies about aliens has a recurring dream about a blueprint of some kind, which he draws for his inventor friend. With the help of a third kid, they follow it and build themselves a spaceship. Now what?

Director: Joe Dante | Stars: Ethan Hawke, River Phoenix, Bobby Fite, Bradley Gregg

Votes: 23,741 | Gross: $9.87M

92. Sylvester (1985)

PG | 104 min | Drama, Family

Charlie is a 16-year-old orphan struggling to raise her two younger brothers when she endeavors to train a rogue horse she names Sylvester and turn him into an eventing champion.

Director: Tim Hunter | Stars: Richard Farnsworth, Melissa Gilbert, Michael Schoeffling, Constance Towers

Votes: 504 | Gross: $0.39M

93. Star Trek III: The Search for Spock (1984)

PG | 105 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

Admiral Kirk and his bridge crew risk their careers stealing the decommissioned U.S.S. Enterprise to return to the restricted Genesis Planet to recover Spock's body.

Director: Leonard Nimoy | Stars: William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, DeForest Kelley, James Doohan

Votes: 86,184 | Gross: $76.47M

94. Thief of Hearts (1984)

Not Rated | 100 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

If you met Ray and Mickey Davis, you'd swear they had a perfect marriage. But if you read Mickey's diary, you'd know that unrest is lurking just beneath the surface.

Director: Douglas Day Stewart | Stars: Steven Bauer, Barbara Williams, John Getz, David Caruso

Votes: 1,909 | Gross: $10.44M

95. My Mother's Secret Life (1984 TV Movie)

100 min | Drama

16-year-old Tobi has just lost her father, with whom she lived. She finds her mother's address in his papers and builds up a fantasy of what her mother, Ellen Blake, must be like. But when ... See full summary »

Director: Robert Markowitz | Stars: Loni Anderson, Paul Sorvino, Amanda Wyss, James Sutorius

Votes: 89

96. 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: 9,420 | Gross: $6.49M

97. Mr. Smith (1983)

30 min | Comedy, Sci-Fi

An orangutan accidentally raised to genius human-level intelligence secretly works in Washington, D.C. as a political advisor.

Stars: Leonard Frey, Tim Dunigan, Terri Garber, Laura Jacoby

Votes: 61

98. Mr. Smith (1983)
Episode: Mr. Smith Operates (1983)

Comedy, Sci-Fi

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Director: Ed. Weinberger | Stars: Leonard Frey, Tim Dunigan, Terri Garber, Laura Jacoby