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101. Fantômas: The False Magistrate (1914)

Not Rated | 70 min | Crime, Drama

Having committed murder in Belgium, Fantomas is sentenced to life imprisonment. Two crimes committed in France suggest to inspector Juve that the Fantomas gang is still at work. He ... See full summary »

Director: Louis Feuillade | Stars: René Navarre, Edmund Breon, Georges Melchior, Mesnery

Votes: 1,203

102. Das Verrätertor (1964)

80 min | Crime, Drama

A businessman organises a caper to steal the Crown Jewels from the Tower of London.

Director: Freddie Francis | Stars: Albert Lieven, Gary Raymond, Margot Trooger, Catherine Schell

Votes: 420

103. Rififi in Tokyo (1963)

98 min | Adventure, Crime, Drama

Van Ekken, an old gangster, arrives in Tokyo to direct a bank hold-up, to get a very valuable diamond, so big it's named Titan. Riquet was to be his second-in-command, but a rival gang ... See full summary »

Director: Jacques Deray | Stars: Karlheinz Böhm, Charles Vanel, Barbara Lass, Keiko Kishi

Votes: 170

104. The Diamond Fleece (1992 TV Movie)

87 min | Comedy, Crime

Jeweller Phillippe Golden purchases one of the largest diamonds ever from an auction. Diamond thief Rick Dunne is released from prison to consult in constructing safety precautions. However... See full summary »

Director: Al Waxman | Stars: Ben Cross, Kate Nelligan, Brian Dennehy, Tony Rosato

Votes: 166

105. ¡Cómo hay gente sinvergüenza! (1972)

92 min | Comedy

Two criminal rivals and two crooked insurance adjusters jockey for ownership of a batch of stolen jewels.

Director: René Cardona Jr. | Stars: Silvia Pinal, Enrique Guzmán, Enrique Rambal, Eduardo Alcaraz

Votes: 24

106. Asesinos, S.A. (1957)

95 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy

An ordinary citizen is abducted and brainwashed to work as an expert assassin for the notorious murder association, Asesinos, S.A.

Director: Adolfo Fernández Bustamante | Stars: Adalberto Martínez, Kitty de Hoyos, Wolf Ruvinskis, Luis Aldás

Votes: 31

107. Der Zinker (1931)

64 min | Drama

Scotland Yard receives anonymous letters at regular intervals, which contain precise details about planned jewel thefts or wanted criminals. Inspector Elford believes that the informant is the so-called Zinker.

Directors: Karl Forest, Martin Fric, Karel Lamac | Stars: Lissy Arna, Karl Ludwig Diehl, Fritz Rasp, Peggy Norman

Votes: 123

108. The Plot Thickens (1936)

Passed | 69 min | Comedy, Drama, Mystery

A priceless Cellini silver cup is stolen from a local museum with both Hildegarde and Oscar on the case.

Director: Ben Holmes | Stars: James Gleason, Zasu Pitts, Owen Davis Jr., Louise Latimer

Votes: 389

109. Un printemps à Paris (2006)

95 min | Crime, Thriller

Georges (Eddy Mitchell) and Pierrot (Sagamore Stévenin) are two thiefs working in a team. Their last coup hasn't worked out, but when Georges goes free after five years in prison, Pierrot ... See full synopsis »

Director: Jacques Bral | Stars: Eddy Mitchell, Sagamore Stévenin, Pierre Santini, Pascale Arbillot

Votes: 210

110. Impasse des deux anges (1948)

85 min | Crime, Drama

Stage actress Marianne has decided to give up her career to marry wealthy nobleman Marquis Antoine de Fontaines. As a wedding present, Antoine gives his future wife a precious diamond ... See full summary »

Director: Maurice Tourneur | Stars: Paul Meurisse, Simone Signoret, Marcel Herrand, Paul Demange

Votes: 210

111. Dante - Akta're för hajen! (1978)

100 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

When Dantes parents goes on vacation, Dante and his buddy Tvärsan get the chance to play detectives.

Director: Gunnar Höglund | Stars: Jan Ohlsson, Ulf Hasseltorp, Börje Ahlstedt, Christina Schollin

Votes: 44

112. El robobo de la jojoya (1991)

82 min | Comedy, Crime

Two brothers plan the robbery of a famous jewel, the eye of Nefertiti. But a policewoman and other guy want the gem as well and they coincide during the robbery. The bad guys kill a ... See full summary »

Director: Álvaro Sáenz de Heredia | Stars: Josema Yuste, Millán Salcedo, Esther Del Prado, Anabel Alonso

Votes: 455

113. Sam Steele and the Junior Detective Agency (2009)

G | 87 min | Family

13-year-old Sam Steele Jr. forms his own private detective agency to emulate his father, Des Moines detective Sam Steele, and helps track down a jewel thief.

Director: Tom Whitus | Stars: Luke Perry, M. Emmet Walsh, Jacob Hays, Darren Kennedy

Votes: 168

114. Affair in Monte Carlo (1952)

Approved | 75 min | Drama, Romance

A writer tells a crowd in a café about a woman he knows, who once feel deeply in love with a desperate, compulsive gambler.

Director: Victor Saville | Stars: Merle Oberon, Richard Todd, Leo Genn, Stephen Murray

Votes: 195

115. The James Gang (1997)

R | 95 min | Comedy, Crime

After an audacious jewellery robbery the whole James family heads for home on the run with the obsessive detective Julia Armstrong in hot pursuit.

Director: Mike Barker | Stars: John Hannah, Helen McCrory, Jason Flemyng, Toni Collette

Votes: 157

116. Fighting Back (1948)

Approved | 61 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Nick Sanders is honorably discharged from the army, with a full pardon for his pre-war crimes, and settles into a happy home life with his wife, June, and their son, Jimmy, and the family ... See full summary »

Director: Malcolm St. Clair | Stars: Paul Langton, Jean Rogers, Gary Gray, Joe Sawyer

Votes: 58

117. The Adventures of Jane Arden (1939)

Passed | 58 min | Crime, Drama

Reporter Jane Arden goes undercover to try to expose a gang of jewel thieves and smugglers. Her mission becomes more dangerous when her identity is discovered early on by one of the gang leaders.

Director: Terry O. Morse | Stars: Rosella Towne, William Gargan, James Stephenson, Benny Rubin

Votes: 273

118. The Mouse on 57th Street (1961)

Approved | 6 min | Family, Animation, Short

A mouse in a yellow hat helps himself to what he thinks is a huge lump of cheese in a bakery but, after chewing a hole straight through it, realizes that it is really rum cake, which has ... See full summary »

Director: Chuck Jones | Stars: Mel Blanc, Julie Bennett

Votes: 156

119. Every Man Is My Enemy (1967)

88 min | Crime

When a heist goes wrong, a safe cracker (Robert Webber) looks for the person who's betrayed him.

Director: Francesco Prosperi | Stars: Robert Webber, Elsa Martinelli, Jean Servais, Marina Berti

Votes: 54

120. The Pearls of the Crown (1937)

105 min | Comedy, History

Three narrators (French writer Jean Martin, an English royal equerry, and a papal chamberlain) tell the story of seven matched pearls, four of them now in the British Crown. Episodes whirl ... See full summary »

Directors: Christian-Jaque, Sacha Guitry | Stars: Jacqueline Delubac, Sacha Guitry, Lyn Harding, Renée Saint-Cyr

Votes: 635

121. The Gentleman Thief (2001 TV Movie)

60 min | Drama

A modern day take on the adventures of A.J. Raffles.

Director: Justin Hardy | Stars: Nigel Havers, Michael French, John Shrapnel, Frances Barber

Votes: 58

122. Heroic Duo (2003)

R | 100 min | Action, Crime, Thriller

Tough cop Ken is investigating why a model officer was caught committing a crime in the police station. He soon determines that the officer was under a mesmeric influence, and recruits a noted hypnotist currently serving a prison sentence.

Director: Benny Chan | Stars: Leon Lai, Ekin Cheng, Francis Ng, Karena Kar-Yan Lam

Votes: 889

123. Second Chance (1947)

Passed | 63 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir

Two small-time jewel thieves team up with a larger gang to pull off a $1-million heist. However, the police always seem to be one step ahead of them, and the gang soon begins to suspect that one of them is a police informant.

Director: James Tinling | Stars: Kent Taylor, Louise Currie, Dennis Hoey, Larry J. Blake

Votes: 53

124. Jimmie Dale, Alias the Grey Seal (1917)

Short, Crime, Thriller

A young man gets mixed up with a mysterious woman, a gang of thieves, stolen diamonds and double-crosses galore.

Director: Harry McRae Webster | Stars: E.K. Lincoln, Doris Mitchell, Edna Hunter, Paul Panzer

125. The Loner (1988 TV Movie)

60 min | Action

A wealthy and eccentric cop and his female partner get caught up in murder and mayhem when they try to solve a $750,000 jewel theft.

Director: Abel Ferrara | Stars: John Terry, Vanessa Bell Calloway, Constance Towers, Rick Logan

Votes: 17

126. The Hole Idea (1955)

7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy

A scientist invents the portable hole, only to have a thief steal his samples to go on a crime spree.

Director: Robert McKimson | Stars: Mel Blanc, Bea Benaderet, Robert C. Bruce

Votes: 429

127. Lovers and Thieves (1956)

85 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

A man becomes the lover of his former persecutor's wife.

Director: Sacha Guitry | Stars: Jean Poiret, Michel Serrault, Magali Noël, Clément Duhour

Votes: 349

128. Kilink uçan adama karsi (1967)

48 min | Sci-Fi, Adventure, Action

The first sequel to KILINK ISTANBUL'DA picks up right where the 1st installment left off. Superman manages to locate Kilink's hideout on a remote island where his fiancé and her father are ... See full summary »

Director: Yilmaz Atadeniz | Stars: Irfan Atasoy, Pervin Par, Muzaffer Tema, Suzan Avci

Votes: 131

129. Nancy Drew: The Haunted Carousel (2003 Video Game)

E | Adventure, Mystery

Teen detective Nancy Drew investigates when a carousel at the Captain's Cove Amusement Park begins mysteriously starting up in the middle of the night shortly after one of its antique horses was stolen.

Director: Max Holechek | Stars: Lani Minella, Laurie Jerger, Gary Hoffman, Jonah Von Spreecken

Votes: 91

130. You're an Education (1938)

Approved | 6 min | Animation, Family, Musical

The brochures in a travel agency come to life. After a series of quick gags (flying fish in airplanes, a wave washing swimmers out to sea and back, etc). , there's a musical interlude ... See full summary »

Director: Frank Tashlin | Stars: Mel Blanc, Billy Bletcher, Paul Taylor Group, The Symphonettes

Votes: 333

131. Raffles (1975 TV Movie)

Adventure, Drama, Romance

Most people know A.J. Raffles only as a gentleman of leisure and a top-rated cricketer, but he is also "the amateur Cracksman", an expert jewel thief. Alternately aided and hindered by his ... See full summary »

Director: Christopher Hodson | Stars: Anthony Valentine, Michael Barrington, Margot Lister, James Maxwell

Votes: 68

132. My True Story (1951)

Approved | 67 min | Crime, Drama, Romance

Story of a female jewel thief.

Director: Mickey Rooney | Stars: Helen Walker, Willard Parker, Elisabeth Risdon, Emory Parnell

Votes: 134

133. Times Have Changed (1923)

50 min | Comedy, Drama

Mark O'Rell is sent to New York by his wife's Aunt Cordelia to recover a valuable quilt. In the city he finds the quilt, discovers that it conceals stolen jewels, and in consequence is ... See full summary »

Director: James Flood | Stars: William Russell, Mabel Julienne Scott, Charles West, Martha Mattox

134. Beware of Blondes (1928)

Passed | 59 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy

Jeffrey (Matt More), a jewelry store clerk prevents a robbery and, as a reward, given a vacation in Honolulu, provided that he transports a valuable emerald to the Hawaiian Islands. On the ... See full summary »

Director: George B. Seitz | Stars: Dorothy Revier, Matt Moore, Roy D'Arcy, Robert Edeson

Votes: 23

135. Treachery on the High Seas (1938)

69 min | Crime, Drama

On a luxury liner some jewel thieves plan a major snatch.

Director: Emil E. Reinert | Stars: Bebe Daniels, Ben Lyon, Charles Farrell, Tom Helmore

Votes: 9

136. The Fatal Mistake (1924)

Passed | 50 min | Action, Crime, Drama

After being fired from his job on the "Evening Star" newspaper, cub reporter Jack Darwin (William Fairbanks) with the help of undercover police woman Ethel Bennett (Eva Novak), prevents the... See full summary »

Director: Scott R. Dunlap | Stars: William Fairbanks, Eva Novak, Wilfred Lucas, Dot Farley

137. La amante perfecta (1976)

95 min | Comedy, Drama

A movie actress is being raped by an admirer in the night of the release of her last movie. But instead of accusing the man she begins to fall in love with him.

Director: Pedro Lazaga | Stars: Arturo Fernández, Nadiuska, Javier Escrivá, Helga Liné

Votes: 27

138. A Fire Has Been Arranged (1935)

Not Rated | 70 min | Comedy, Crime, Musical

A pair of friends robs from a jewelry shop, and buries their loot in a field out in the country before they get caught. They spend ten years in prison, and when they're let out they go back... See full summary »

Director: Leslie S. Hiscott | Stars: Bud Flanagan, Chesney Allen, Mary Lawson, Robb Wilton

Votes: 149

139. The Great Pie Mystery (1931)

22 min | Comedy, Short

A stolen garter. A kidnapped girl thrown off a bridge. A mother's kiss. A father's kiss - and plenty of pies in the face. Who threw those pies?

Director: Del Lord | Stars: Harry Gribbon, May Boley, Alma Bennett, Harry Myers

Votes: 21

140. L'atleta fantasma (1919)

85 min | Adventure

In a plot similar to, but predating, the later Superman stories, a young girl, Jenny, is involved in several dangerous adventures as a result of her possession of a valuable jewel. Each ... See full summary »

Director: Raimondo Scotti | Stars: Dino Bonaiuti, Mario Guaita-Ausonia, Gaetano Rossi, Elsa Zara

Votes: 23

141. Decoy (1934)

99 min

Delia Donovan is the decoy and works for a pair of jewel thieves. Her job is to seduce Viktor, who has in his possession a necklace of priceless emeralds, which he is bringing from Turkey ... See full summary »

Director: Hans Steinhoff | Stars: Jakob Tiedtke, Viktor de Kowa, Jessie Vihrog, Fritz Rasp

Votes: 15

142. The Trunk Mystery (1926)

50 min | Mystery

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Director: Frank Hall Crane | Stars: Charles Hutchison, Alice Calhoun, Richard Neill, Ben Walker

143. Her Forgotten Past (1933)

Passed | 65 min | Crime, Mystery, Romance

Over the objections of her father (Henry B. Wathall) Doris Maynard (Barbara Kent) elopes with family chauffeur Dan Simmons (Eddie Phillips). Simmons pawns her jewels, forges her father's ... See full summary »

Director: Wesley Ford | Stars: Monte Blue, Barbara Kent, Henry B. Walthall, Eddie Phillips

Votes: 22

144. The Cub Reporter (1922)

Action

Harvey, a cub reporter for the Morning Times, determines to recover the stolen Sacred Jewel of Buddha and scoop his competitors. He eventually discovers that the jewel is being held by a ... See full summary »

Director: John Francis Dillon | Stars: Richard Talmadge, Jean Calhoun, Edwin B. Tilton, Clarence Wilson

145. Closed Doors (1921)

50 min | Drama

After Dan Syrles kills a man who threatens to break up his marriage, Jim Ranson, who believes in the sanctity of the home, helps him escape. Years later, Jim, rising to power and wealth in ... See full summary »

Director: Gustav von Seyffertitz | Stars: Alice Calhoun, Harry C. Browne, Bernard Randall, A.J. Herbert

146. Letting in the Sunshine (1932)

73 min | Comedy, Crime, Musical

A window cleaner bumps into an old flame, and the pair turn detective in an attempt to foil a gang of burglars.

Director: Lupino Lane | Stars: Albert Burdon, Renee Gadd, Molly Lamont, Henry Mollison

Votes: 29

147. The House of Peril (1922)

Crime, Drama

In Deauville a German couple lure girl gamblers to a 'haunted' house and kill them for their jewels.

Director: Kenelm Foss | Stars: Fay Compton, Roy Travers, A.B. Imeson, Madeline Seymour

148. Granite Hotel (1940)

Approved | 6 min | Animation, Short, Comedy

At Granite Hotel, the stone-age operator insists nothing ever happens, oblivious to the antics of the cave-guests and even the dinosaur-riding fire department.

Directors: Dave Fleischer, Thomas Johnson | Star: Jack Mercer

Votes: 62

149. The Detective and the Jewel Trick (1911)

Short, Crime, Drama

A crook steals gems by posing as a lady, and a detective thwarts him by the same trick.

Director: Lewin Fitzhamon

150. Madame Courage (2015)

90 min | Drama

Omar, a futureless teenager, loves his dose of Madame Courage. He forgets his struggle, feels invincible and steals what he wants. That is, until he encounters Selma.

Director: Merzak Allouache | Stars: Adlane Djemil, Lamia Bezoiui, Leila Tilmatine, Faidhi Zohra

Votes: 115