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1. Violence (1947)

Passed | 72 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir

Undercover reporter Ann Mason infiltrates a neo-fascist group that recruits disgruntled veterans, but amnesia prevents her from exposing them.

Director: Jack Bernhard | Stars: Nancy Coleman, Michael O'Shea, Sheldon Leonard, Peter Whitney

Votes: 468

2. Adam-12 (1968–1975)

TV-PG | 30 min | Crime, Drama

Two regular police officers patrol Los Angeles.

Stars: Martin Milner, Kent McCord, Shaaron Claridge, William Boyett

Votes: 4,975

3. Mannix (1967–1975)

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

Private detective Joe Mannix uses force to solve crimes.

Stars: Mike Connors, Gail Fisher, Ward Wood, Ron Nyman

Votes: 4,271

4. Family Affair (1966–1971)

TV-G | 30 min | Comedy, Family

Bill's comfortable lifestyle must change when he receives a group of unexpected long-term guests.

Stars: Brian Keith, Kathy Garver, Anissa Jones, Johnny Whitaker

Votes: 3,263

5. Airport 1975 (1974)

PG | 107 min | Action, Drama, Thriller

A 747 in flight collides with a small plane, and is rendered pilotless. Somehow the control tower must get a pilot aboard so the jet can land.

Director: Jack Smight | Stars: Charlton Heston, Karen Black, George Kennedy, Efrem Zimbalist Jr.

Votes: 11,843 | Gross: $47.29M

6. Two-Minute Warning (1976)

Approved | 115 min | Action, Crime, Drama

A crazed sniper is set to kill spectators at an L.A. Coliseum football championship game and the police race against time to eliminate him.

Director: Larry Peerce | Stars: Charlton Heston, John Cassavetes, Martin Balsam, Beau Bridges

Votes: 4,377

7. D.O.A. (1949)

Approved | 83 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir

Frank Bigelow, told he's been poisoned and has only a few days to live, tries to find out who killed him and why.

Director: Rudolph Maté | Stars: Edmond O'Brien, Pamela Britton, Luther Adler, Beverly Garland

Votes: 13,072

8. Mike Hammer (1958–1959)

30 min | Action, Crime, Drama

The adventures of Mickey Spillane's tough-talking, brawling, skirt-chasing private detective Mike Hammer, who's always ready to use his fists on a "mug" or his charm on a "skirt" to get the case solved.

Stars: Darren McGavin, Bart Burns, Vito Scotti, Johnny Seven

Votes: 298

9. Advise & Consent (1962)

Not Rated | 139 min | Drama, Thriller

The polarizing search for a new Secretary of State has far-reaching consequences.

Director: Otto Preminger | Stars: Franchot Tone, Lew Ayres, Henry Fonda, Walter Pidgeon

Votes: 7,502

10. Fuzz (1972)

PG | 92 min | Action, Comedy, Crime

Police in Boston search for a mad bomber trying to extort money from the city.

Director: Richard A. Colla | Stars: Burt Reynolds, Raquel Welch, Jack Weston, Tom Skerritt

Votes: 2,250 | Gross: $0.57M

11. That Brennan Girl (1946)

Passed | 95 min | Drama, Romance

A mother encourages Ziggy, her teen daughter, to grow up quickly, and her boyfriend recruits Ziggy into his racket. Living fast and loose, Ziggy is soon a single mother herself.

Director: Alfred Santell | Stars: James Dunn, Mona Freeman, William Marshall, June Duprez

Votes: 358

12. Five Minutes to Live (1961)

Approved | 80 min | Crime, Drama, Music

A murderous thug and his cohorts take a bank executives wife hostage after their robbery plans go awry.

Director: Bill Karn | Stars: Johnny Cash, Donald Woods, Cay Forester, Pamela Mason

Votes: 986

13. Showdown (1973)

PG | 99 min | Drama, Western

Two men who have been friends since childhood find themselves on opposite ends of the law.

Director: George Seaton | Stars: Rock Hudson, Dean Martin, Susan Clark, Donald Moffat

Votes: 1,223

14. Made in Paris (I) (1966)

Not Rated | 103 min | Comedy, Romance

An ex model, sales girl and assistant buyer for an NYC dress store lets her hair down when sent to Paris as fashion buyer.

Director: Boris Sagal | Stars: Ann-Margret, Louis Jourdan, Richard Crenna, Edie Adams

Votes: 688

15. Hollow Triumph (1948)

Passed | 83 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir

Pursued by the big-time gambler he robbed, John Muller assumes a new identity, with unfortunate results.

Directors: Steve Sekely, Paul Henreid | Stars: Paul Henreid, Joan Bennett, Eduard Franz, Leslie Brooks

Votes: 3,186

16. Dakota (1945)

Passed | 82 min | Western

In 1871 Dakota, two crooked businessmen oppose the local wheat farmers and the railroad development to control the town of Fargo.

Director: Joseph Kane | Stars: John Wayne, Vera Ralston, Walter Brennan, Ward Bond

Votes: 1,702

17. Smash-Up: The Story of a Woman (1947)

Approved | 103 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

A successful nightclub singer weds a struggling songwriter, but when his fame eclipses hers, she delves into alcoholism.

Director: Stuart Heisler | Stars: Susan Hayward, Lee Bowman, Marsha Hunt, Eddie Albert

Votes: 1,697

18. Brenda Starr, Reporter (1945)

Approved | 243 min | Action, Adventure, Crime

Chapter 1 finds Daily Flash newspaper reporter Brenda Starr (Joan Woodbury), and her photographer, Chuck Allen (Syd Saylor), assigned to cover a fire in an old house where they discover the... See full summary »

Director: Wallace Fox | Stars: Joan Woodbury, Kane Richmond, Ernie Adams, William 'Billy' Benedict

Votes: 91

19. Strange Impersonation (1946)

Approved | 68 min | Drama, Film-Noir, Thriller

A research scientist conducting experiments on a new anesthetic finds herself being blackmailed by a woman she accidentally knocked down with her car; the woman wasn't hurt, but a scheming ... See full summary »

Director: Anthony Mann | Stars: Brenda Marshall, William Gargan, Hillary Brooke, George Chandler

Votes: 815

20. To Please a Lady (1950)

Passed | 91 min | Action, Romance, Sport

A former war hero and midget car racer meets his match in a feisty reporter who blames his reckless tactics for an accidental racing death.

Director: Clarence Brown | Stars: Clark Gable, Barbara Stanwyck, Adolphe Menjou, Will Geer

Votes: 1,136

21. Canon City (1948)

Approved | 82 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Twelve inmates plan a prison break from the Colorado State Penitentiary but one of them reluctantly joins the group.

Director: Crane Wilbur | Stars: Scott Brady, Jeff Corey, Whit Bissell, Stanley Clements

Votes: 442

22. Suspense (1946)

Passed | 101 min | Drama, Film-Noir, Romance

Frank Leonard, the proprietor of an ice-skating revue promotes Joe Morgan, a peanut vendor at the show, to a management position based on suggestions he made to improve the act of the ... See full summary »

Director: Frank Tuttle | Stars: Belita, Barry Sullivan, Bonita Granville, Albert Dekker

Votes: 886

23. Queen of the Amazons (1946)

Approved | 61 min | Adventure

A woman's husband has disappeared on an expedition into the jungle. She hires a guide to take her into the jungle to find him. However, they discover that he has been captured by a savage female tribe.

Director: Edward Finney | Stars: Robert Lowery, Patricia Morison, J. Edward Bromberg, John Miljan

Votes: 880

24. Below the Deadline (1946)

Approved | 65 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir

A veteran, Joe Hilton (Warren Douglas), returns from the war to find that his brother Jeffrey Hilton (George Meeker), a gangster, has been killed. His quest for revenge leads him to take ... See full summary »

Director: William Beaudine | Stars: Warren Douglas, Ramsay Ames, Jan Wiley, Paul Maxey

Votes: 184

25. Hold That Baby! (1949)

Passed | 64 min | Drama, Comedy

The boys find a baby amid the bundles in their new laundry business, the heir to a fortune left in their care in his mother's desperate attempt to stave off conniving relatives.

Director: Reginald Le Borg | Stars: Leo Gorcey, Huntz Hall, Gabriel Dell, Frankie Darro

Votes: 281

26. San Fernando Valley (1944)

Passed | 74 min | Drama, Music, Western

A ranch owner fires his ranch hands and brings in women to replace them. The owner's daughter wants the male hands back and comes up with a plan to do it.

Director: John English | Stars: Roy Rogers, Trigger, Dale Evans, Jean Porter

Votes: 120

27. Blonde Savage (1947)

Passed | 62 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy

An expedition into the deep jungle discovers a native tribe led by a tall white blonde woman.

Director: Steve Sekely | Stars: Leif Erickson, Gale Sherwood, Veda Ann Borg, Douglass Dumbrille

Votes: 215

28. Love That Brute (1950)

Approved | 86 min | Comedy, Crime, Film-Noir

A Chicago mobster falls in love with a principled young governess, but he must keep up the appearances of being an honest businessman and a dedicated single dad if he hopes to woo her.

Director: Alexander Hall | Stars: Paul Douglas, Jean Peters, Cesar Romero, Keenan Wynn

Votes: 183

29. The Challenge (1948)

68 min | Mystery

A sea captain is murdered before he can reveal the location of hidden gold. Bulldog Drummond is on the case.

Director: Jean Yarbrough | Stars: Tom Conway, June Vincent, Richard Stapley, John Newland

Votes: 86

30. Blazing Guns (1943)

Approved | 54 min | Drama, Western

The Governor sends Ken and Hoot to clean up the town of Willow Springs. Finding themselves outnumbered by Duke Wade and his gang, Hoot gets the Governor to release some prisoners into their... See full summary »

Director: Robert Emmett Tansey | Stars: Ken Maynard, Hoot Gibson, LeRoy Mason, Emmett Lynn

Votes: 103

31. Deadline for Murder (1946)

Passed | 65 min | Action, Adventure, Crime

A murder is committed when documents, pertaining to and detailing information about oil fields in Central Europe, are stolen. More murders follow the theft before the recovery through the ... See full summary »

Director: James Tinling | Stars: Paul Kelly, Kent Taylor, Sheila Ryan, Jerome Cowan

Votes: 53

32. The Pretender (1947)

Approved | 69 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir

Banker Kenneth Holden (Albert Dekker) steals funds from an estate and decides to marry the heiress, Claire Worthington (Catherine Craig), to safeguard his position. He arranges for her ... See full summary »

Director: W. Lee Wilder | Stars: Albert Dekker, Catherine Craig, Charles Drake, Alan Carney

Votes: 382

33. Don't Gamble with Strangers (1946)

Approved | 68 min | Drama

Two card sharks, pretending to be brother and sister, clean out a small-town banker, then take over a crooked gambling joint.

Director: William Beaudine | Stars: Kane Richmond, Bernadene Hayes, Peter Cookson, Gloria Warren

Votes: 67

34. Song of the Range (1944)

Approved | 55 min | Drama, Music, Western

Finding Dale's wallet, Denny returns it just as two men shoot each other with one dying and one escaping. Dale blames Denny for the murder and Lasses has to pose as the Sheriff to free him.... See full summary »

Director: Wallace Fox | Stars: Jimmy Wakely, Dennis Moore, Lee 'Lasses' White, Cay Forester

Votes: 24

35. Adam-12 (1968–1975)
Episode: Clear with a Civilian: Part 2 (1973)

TV-PG | 25 min | Crime, Drama

Adam-12 escorts a woman police commissioner during a routine night shift. They respond to a gang fight, a drunken man, and a runaway youth. The commissioner receives many ideas on improving police protocol.

Director: Dennis Donnelly | Stars: Martin Milner, Kent McCord, Juanita Moore, Rose Marie

Votes: 95

36. Family Affair (1966–1971)
Episode: The Toy Box (1967)

TV-G | 30 min | Comedy, Family

Bill falls over one of the twins toys, and realizes they constantly have toys out which makes the place messy. Bill tells the twins that any toy left out will be taken away from them.

Director: Charles Barton | Stars: Brian Keith, Sebastian Cabot, Kathy Garver, Anissa Jones

Votes: 36

37. Mannix (1967–1975)
Episode: Out of the Night (1973)

TV-PG | 52 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Against Joe's wishes, Peggy agrees to go undercover to gain evidence against a woman named Dodie Green, who is believed to be the source of heroin that caused the death of a teenager whom ... See full summary »

Director: Paul Krasny | Stars: Mike Connors, Gail Fisher, Joyce Van Patten, James A. Watson Jr.

Votes: 105

38. Mike Hammer (1958–1959)
Episode: Slay Upon Delivery (1959)

26 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Hammer helps a former no good private eye detective prove his innocence, who now moonlights as a bill collector for a husband and wife gambling ring, when one of their clients is found murdered for failing to pay their gambling debt.

Director: Sam Strangis | Stars: Darren McGavin, James Westerfield, Dorothy Green, Bart Burns