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51. Z (1969)

M/PG | 127 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

8.2
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86 Metascore

The public murder of a prominent politician and doctor amid a violent demonstration is covered up by military and government officials. A tenacious magistrate is determined not to let them get away with it.

Director: Costa-Gavras | Stars: Yves Montand, Irene Papas, Jean-Louis Trintignant, François Périer

Votes: 31,437 | Gross: $0.08M

52. Deep Cover (1992)

R | 107 min | Action, Crime, Thriller

7.0
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67 Metascore

A uniformed police officer is recruited by the DEA to infiltrate a drug smuggling ring looking to expand its operation.

Director: Bill Duke | Stars: Laurence Fishburne, Jeff Goldblum, Lira Angel, René Assa

Votes: 14,146 | Gross: $16.64M

53. Navalny (2022)

R | 99 min | Documentary, Biography

7.7
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82 Metascore

Follows the man who survived an assassination attempt by poisoning with a lethal nerve agent in August 2020. During his months-long recovery he makes shocking discoveries about the attempt on his life and decides to return home.

Director: Daniel Roher | Stars: Alexei Navalny, Yulia Navalnaya, Christo Grozev, Dasha Navalnaya

Votes: 30,104

54. Animal Farm (1999 TV Movie)

PG | 91 min | Comedy, Drama, Family

6.0
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The animals of a farm successfully revolt against its human owner, only to slide into a more brutal tyranny amongst themselves.

Director: John Stephenson | Stars: Kelsey Grammer, Ian Holm, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Julia Ormond

Votes: 6,501

55. Nick of Time (1995)

R | 90 min | Action, Crime, Drama

6.3
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An unimpressive, everyday man is forced into a situation where he is told to kill a politician to save his kidnapped daughter.

Director: John Badham | Stars: Johnny Depp, Christopher Walken, Courtney Chase, Charles S. Dutton

Votes: 45,262 | Gross: $8.17M

56. Citizenfour (2014)

R | 114 min | Documentary, Biography

8.0
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88 Metascore

A documentarian and a reporter travel to Hong Kong for the first of many meetings with Edward Snowden.

Director: Laura Poitras | Stars: Edward Snowden, Glenn Greenwald, William Binney, Jacob Appelbaum

Votes: 58,079 | Gross: $2.80M

57. Murder at 1600 (1997)

R | 107 min | Action, Crime, Drama

6.1
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48 Metascore

A young woman is murdered in the White House. Homicide detective Regis investigates while Secret Service works against him. He's assigned agent Chance. She eventually cooperates after a man's framed.

Director: Dwight H. Little | Stars: Wesley Snipes, Diane Lane, Daniel Benzali, Dennis Miller

Votes: 32,966 | Gross: $25.83M

58. Animal Farm (1954)

Approved | 72 min | Animation, Drama

7.2
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A successful farmyard revolution by the resident animals vs. the farmer goes horribly wrong when the victors create a new tyranny among themselves.

Directors: Joy Batchelor, John Halas | Stars: Gordon Heath, Maurice Denham

Votes: 19,094

59. Nirvana in Fire (2015–2018)

TV-14 | 45 min | Action, Drama, Fantasy

8.9
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Story about a son's search for his family's lost honor.

Stars: Kei Gambit, Ge Hu, Tu-Te-Ha-Meng, Kai Wang

Votes: 2,903

60. I Am Wrath (2016)

R | 92 min | Action, Thriller

5.4
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Stanley Hill opens a can of brutal vengeance on the thugs who murdered his wife and the corrupt cops who are protecting them.

Director: Chuck Russell | Stars: John Travolta, Christopher Meloni, Amanda Schull, Sam Trammell

Votes: 16,105

61. O Lucky Man! (1973)

R | 178 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy

7.6
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An ambitious coffee salesman has a series of improbable and ironic adventures that seem designed to challenge his naive idealism.

Director: Lindsay Anderson | Stars: Malcolm McDowell, Ralph Richardson, Rachel Roberts, Arthur Lowe

Votes: 8,821

62. Flashpoint (1984)

R | 93 min | Action, Crime, Drama

6.4
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39 Metascore

Two U.S. border patrolmen find a buried 20+ year old jeep in the desert with a skeleton, rifle and $800,000. They keep the money. Suddenly, the FBI shows a lot of interest in the car.

Director: William Tannen | Stars: Kris Kristofferson, Treat Williams, Rip Torn, Kevin Conway

Votes: 3,193 | Gross: $3.85M

63. The Andromeda Strain (2008)

44 min | Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi

6.1
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A crack team of top scientists work feverishly in a secret, state-of-the-art laboratory to discover what has killed the citizens of a small town and learn how this deadly contagion can be stopped.

Stars: Benjamin Bratt, Christa Miller, Ricky Schroder, Louis Ferreira

Votes: 14,622

64. City Hall (1996)

R | 111 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

6.2
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62 Metascore

The accidental shooting of a boy in New York leads to an investigation by the Deputy Mayor, and unexpectedly far-reaching consequences.

Director: Harold Becker | Stars: Al Pacino, John Cusack, Bridget Fonda, Danny Aiello

Votes: 22,501 | Gross: $20.20M

65. My Fellow Americans (1996)

PG-13 | 101 min | Adventure, Comedy

6.5
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49 Metascore

Two former U. S. Presidents, hated rivals, join forces to expose the current, corrupt President at the risk of their lives.

Director: Peter Segal | Stars: Jack Lemmon, James Garner, Dan Aykroyd, John Heard

Votes: 15,935 | Gross: $22.29M

66. The Last Enemy (2008)

60 min | Adventure, Drama, Mystery

7.0
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Britain has been transformed into a security state. A mathematical genius's search for the truth about his brother's death catapults him into a conspiracy and a love affair.

Stars: Benedict Cumberbatch, Anamaria Marinca, Max Beesley, Robert Carlyle

Votes: 2,710

67. Attack on Titan: Part 2 (2015)

Not Rated | 87 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy

4.7
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A young boy name Eren Jaeger has to use his gift to know about the mystery of the Titans.

Director: Shinji Higuchi | Stars: Haruma Miura, Hiroki Hasegawa, Kanata Hongô, Kiko Mizuhara

Votes: 6,046 | Gross: $0.31M

68. District 13: Ultimatum (2009)

R | 101 min | Action, Crime, Thriller

6.5
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64 Metascore

Damien and Leito return to District 13 on a mission to bring peace to the troubled sector that is controlled by five different gang bosses, before the city's secret services take drastic measures to solve the problem.

Director: Patrick Alessandrin | Stars: Cyril Raffaelli, David Belle, Philippe Torreton, Daniel Duval

Votes: 46,304 | Gross: $0.04M

69. Cartel Land (2015)

R | 100 min | Documentary

7.3
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76 Metascore

Filmmaker Matthew Heineman examines the state of the ongoing drug problem along the U.S.-Mexican border.

Director: Matthew Heineman | Stars: Tim Foley, José Manuel 'El Doctor' Mireles, Paco Valencia, Chaneque

Votes: 18,839 | Gross: $0.70M

70. Bob Roberts (1992)

R | 102 min | Comedy, Drama

7.0
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70 Metascore

A conservative folk singer turns his hand to politics, running for the US Senate. He is not above dirty tricks and smear campaigns to gain an advantage over his opponent.

Director: Tim Robbins | Stars: Tim Robbins, Giancarlo Esposito, Alan Rickman, Ray Wise

Votes: 15,654 | Gross: $4.48M

71. The Looking Glass War (1970)

M/PG | 108 min | Action, Drama, Thriller

5.8
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From the John le Carré novel about a British spy who sends a Polish defector to East Germany to verify missile sites.

Director: Frank Pierson | Stars: Christopher Jones, Pia Degermark, Ralph Richardson, Paul Rogers

Votes: 1,445 | Gross: $0.17M

72. The Detective (1968)

Approved | 114 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

6.5
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While grappling with his wife's infidelity, an NYPD detective investigates the murder of a gay man, which he discovers is linked to official corruption involving sex and drugs.

Director: Gordon Douglas | Stars: Frank Sinatra, Lee Remick, Ralph Meeker, Jack Klugman

Votes: 4,174 | Gross: $14.30M

73. Of Gods and Men (2010)

PG-13 | 122 min | Drama, History

7.2
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86 Metascore

Under threat by fundamentalist terrorists, a group of Trappist monks stationed with an impoverished Algerian community must decide whether to leave or stay.

Director: Xavier Beauvois | Stars: Lambert Wilson, Michael Lonsdale, Olivier Rabourdin, Philippe Laudenbach

Votes: 16,119 | Gross: $3.95M

74. 1985 (2023)

51 min | Crime, Drama

7.9
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A journey back in time to the turmoil of the 1980s, when the Brabant Killers sowed terror in Belgium.

Stars: Tijmen Govaerts, Aimé Claeys, Mona Mina Leon, Peter Van den Begin

Votes: 1,850

75. The Mechanism (2018– )

TV-MA | 41 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

8.0
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Dramatic fiction series loosely inspired by an investigation of corruption in Brazil's private and state oil companies and construction companies.

Stars: Caroline Abras, Selton Mello, Enrique Diaz, Jonathan Haagensen

Votes: 36,715

76. Collective (2019)

Not Rated | 109 min | Documentary, Crime

8.1
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95 Metascore

Director Alexander Nanau follows a crack team of investigators at the Romanian newspaper Gazeta Sporturilor as they try to uncover a vast health-care fraud that enriched moguls and politicians and led to the deaths of innocent citizens.

Director: Alexander Nanau | Stars: Dan Alexandru Condrea, Liviu Iolu, Razvan Lutac, Mirela Neag

Votes: 13,487

77. The Last Narc (2020)

TV-MA | 46 min | Documentary, Crime

8.5
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Former cartel insiders divulge the bone-chilling details behind the notorious murder and kidnapping of DEA Agent "Kiki" Camarena.

Stars: Hector Berrellez, Jorge Godoy, Geneva Camarena, Phil Jordan

Votes: 2,898

78. Briarpatch (2019–2020)

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

6.6
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A senator's aide unravels a complex web of lies, crimes and conspiracies when she returns to her corrupt hometown -- San Bonifacio, Texas, near the Mexican border--to investigate the death of her sister, a local cop killed by a car bomb.

Stars: Rosario Dawson, Jay R. Ferguson, Edi Gathegi, Brian Geraghty

Votes: 2,699

79. Nameless Gangster: Rules of the Time (2012)

Not Rated | 134 min | Action, Crime, Drama

7.0
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On the verge of being fired, a corrupt customs official finds a haul of drugs and teams up with a vicious gangster to become the most powerful crime partnership in Busan.

Director: Yoon Jong-bin | Stars: Choi Min-sik, Ha Jung-woo, Cho Jin-woong, Ma Dong-seok

Votes: 7,321

80. Six Flying Dragons (2015–2016)

Action, Drama, History

8.8
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Story of the the foundation of the Joseon Dynasty in Korea and ambition, success and fall of several real and fictional characters.

Stars: Kim Hyun-bin, Yoo Ah-in, Byun Yo-han, Kim Myung-min

Votes: 1,217

81. Flamingo Road (1949)

Approved | 94 min | Drama, Film-Noir, Romance

7.1
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A corrupt small town sheriff manipulates local candidates to the state legislature but he eventually comes into conflict with a visiting carnival dancer.

Director: Michael Curtiz | Stars: Joan Crawford, Zachary Scott, Sydney Greenstreet, David Brian

Votes: 3,669 | Gross: $2.26M

82. Shaitan (2011)

Not Rated | 121 min | Action, Crime, Drama

7.2
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Five substance-abusing friends decide to fake a kidnapping in order to bribe a police constable for covering-up a hit-and-run accident.

Director: Bejoy Nambiar | Stars: Kalki Koechlin, Shiv Panditt, Gulshan Devaiah, Rajeev Khandelwal

Votes: 8,954

83. Braquo (2009–2016)

TV-14 | 52 min | Crime, Thriller

7.9
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A dark realistic cop series follows a squad of Paris cops who exist in the blurred boundaries at the very edge of the law, often using violence and intimidation to get the job done.

Stars: Jean-Hugues Anglade, Joseph Malerba, Karole Rocher, Nicolas Duvauchelle

Votes: 4,118

84. A World Apart (1988)

PG | 113 min | Drama

7.0
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1963. Thirteen year old Molly Roth, the eldest of three offspring of Gus and Diana Roth, lives a carefree life as part of the affluent white minority in South Africa. Race is a non-issue ... See full summary »

Director: Chris Menges | Stars: Barbara Hershey, David Suchet, Jodhi May, Jeroen Krabbé

Votes: 1,808 | Gross: $2.33M

85. Shiri (1999)

R | 125 min | Action, Thriller

6.5
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50 Metascore

South Korean agents Ryu and Lee are tracking a female assassin from North Korea who has mysteriously disappeared. With new killings and the theft of a deadly bomb, time is running out to catch her.

Director: Kang Je-kyu | Stars: Han Suk-kyu, Choi Min-sik, Yunjin Kim, Song Kang-ho

Votes: 8,601 | Gross: $0.10M

86. The Clonus Horror (1979)

R | 90 min | Horror, Romance, Sci-Fi

4.0
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In a seemingly perfect society, one member discovers the truth about the outside world, as well as their ultimate purpose.

Director: Robert S. Fiveson | Stars: Peter Graves, Rick DiAngelo, Eugene Robert Glazer, Eileen Dietz

Votes: 2,686

87. Stalin (1992 TV Movie)

TV-MA | 172 min | Biography, Crime, Drama

7.0
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The life and career of the brutal Soviet dictator, Joseph Stalin.

Director: Ivan Passer | Stars: Robert Duvall, Julia Ormond, Maximilian Schell, Jeroen Krabbé

Votes: 2,797

88. Ang probinsyano (2015–2022)

TV-14 | 99 min | Action, Adventure, Crime

3.5
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The story of Cardo Dalisay as he faces terrorists, drug dealers, and other criminals in the Philippines.

Stars: Coco Martin, Jaime Fabregas, Malou Crisologo, Susan Roces

Votes: 456

89. Django, Prepare a Coffin (1968)

Not Rated | 92 min | Action, Drama, Western

6.4
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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: 3,174

90. I... For Icarus (1979)

120 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

7.8
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Conspiracy thriller inspired by the conspiracy theories surrounding the assassination of JFK. After a fictional president is assassinated, a determined, tough prosecutor investigates the emerging conspiracy behind it.

Director: Henri Verneuil | Stars: Yves Montand, Michel Albertini, Roland Amstutz, Jean-Pierre Bagot

Votes: 4,594

91. Shadow Conspiracy (1997)

R | 103 min | Action, Thriller

4.9
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Bishop, trusted advisor to the president, has shots fired at him when Pachenko comes to him about a traitor in highest level of government. He gets away from the cold blooded assassin twice. Will he find the traitor before getting killed?

Director: George P. Cosmatos | Stars: Charlie Sheen, Donald Sutherland, Linda Hamilton, Stephen Lang

Votes: 5,216 | Gross: $2.15M

92. The Day Shall Come (2019)

Unrated | 87 min | Comedy, Crime

5.9
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70 Metascore

An impoverished preacher who brings hope to the Miami projects is offered cash to save his family from eviction. He has no idea his sponsor works for the FBI who plan to turn him into a criminal by fueling his madcap revolutionary dreams.

Director: Christopher Morris | Stars: Andrel McPherson, Miles Robbins, Marchánt Davis, Anna Kendrick

Votes: 4,190

93. Blood on the Sun (1945)

Approved | 94 min | Drama, Romance, Thriller

6.0
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A dedicated American reporter in 1930s Japan is determined to expose that government's plan for world domination.

Director: Frank Lloyd | Stars: James Cagney, Sylvia Sidney, Porter Hall, John Emery

Votes: 2,280

94. Dead Rising (2006 Video Game)

M | Action, Horror, Mystery

7.9
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Photojournalist Frank West finds himself trapped in a shopping mall overrun by flesh eating zombies.

Director: Yoshinori Kawano | Stars: Terence J. Rotolo, Kim Mai Guest, Laura Napoli, T.J. Storm

Votes: 3,090

95. La mafia uccide solo d'estate (2016–2018)

TV-PG | 60 min | Comedy, Drama

8.1
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A TV series following the story of the movie by the same title. Also in this case Pif tells the story of a young boy in the city of Palermo during the roaring seventies, when the mafia was not around, officially.......

Stars: Claudio Gioè, Anna Foglietta, Francesco Scianna, Edoardo Buscetta

Votes: 1,200

96. Gangnam 1970 (2015)

Not Rated | 135 min | Action, Crime, Drama

6.2
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Jong-Dae and Yong-Ki make a living by picking up paper and empty bottles. Both then join different gangster clan and becomes involved in a struggle of political interests over development in Gangnam, Seoul.

Director: Ha Yoo | Stars: Lee Min-ho, Kim Rae-won, Jung Jin-young, Kim Ji-Soo

Votes: 2,097 | Gross: $0.02M

97. Naked Run (2011)

Not Rated | 84 min | Comedy

5.2
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Eve Malone runs against a crooked Congressman...but does it in the nude. Starring Academy Award nominees Charles Durning ("The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas") and Eileen Brennan ("Private... See full summary »

Director: Vincent Foster | Stars: Charles Durning, Richard Tyson, Eileen Brennan, Maxine Bahns

Votes: 102

98. The Last of the Finest (1990)

R | 106 min | Action, Crime, Drama

5.8
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4 LA cops are fighting the war on drugs. Corrupt superiors manage to break up their team when one of them gets killed. The 3 quit LAPD and continue investigating.

Director: John Mackenzie | Stars: Brian Dennehy, Joe Pantoliano, Jeff Fahey, Bill Paxton

Votes: 1,655 | Gross: $1.53M

99. Amin: The Rise and Fall (1981)

R | 91 min | Biography, Crime, Drama

6.0
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The chronicle of Ugandan dictator Idi Amin and his tyranic rule from 1971 to his overthrow in 1979.

Director: Sharad Patel | Stars: Joseph Olita, Thomas Baptiste, Leonard Trolley, Geoffrey Keen

Votes: 496

100. The Racket (1928)

Passed | 84 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir

6.6
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An honest police captain vows to bring down a powerful bootlegger who is protected by corrupt politicians and judges.

Director: Lewis Milestone | Stars: Thomas Meighan, Louis Wolheim, Marie Prevost, G. Pat Collins

Votes: 1,593



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