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1. The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent (2022)

R | 107 min | Action, Comedy, Crime

Moviestar Nick Cage is channeling his iconic characters as he's caught between a superfan and a CIA agent.

Director: Tom Gormican | Stars: Nicolas Cage, Pedro Pascal, Tiffany Haddish, Sharon Horgan

Votes: 152,240

2. Charade (1963)

Passed | 113 min | Comedy, Mystery, Romance

Romance and suspense ensue in Paris as a woman is pursued by several men who want a fortune her murdered husband had stolen. Whom can she trust?

Director: Stanley Donen | Stars: Cary Grant, Audrey Hepburn, Walter Matthau, James Coburn

Votes: 85,701 | Gross: $13.47M

3. Ishtar (1987)

PG-13 | 107 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy

Two terrible lounge singers get booked to play a gig in a Moroccan hotel but somehow become pawns in an international power play between the C.I.A., the Emir of Ishtar, and the rebels trying to overthrow his regime.

Director: Elaine May | Stars: Warren Beatty, Dustin Hoffman, Isabelle Adjani, Charles Grodin

Votes: 12,049 | Gross: $14.38M

4. Vehicle 19 (2013)

R | 85 min | Action, Crime, Thriller

In Johannesburg, an American parole breaker unknowingly picks up a rental car that will tie him to a web of corrupt local police.

Director: Mukunda Michael Dewil | Stars: Paul Walker, Naima McLean, Gys de Villiers, Leyla Haidarian

Votes: 15,974

5. Hostages (2022– )

TV-MA | 60 min | Documentary, History

November 4, 1979, Iranian student activists stormed the U.S. embassy in Tehran, taking over 60 Americans hostage. A 48-hour sit-in to protest imperialism, turned into an international crisis and 24/7 media event that would last 444 days.

Stars: John Limbert, Parvaneh Limbert, Mike Metrinko, Ibrahim Asgharzadeh

Votes: 603

6. World War Weird (2017– )
Episode: Episode #3.2 (2019)

Documentary, History, War

A Japanese secret society's repeated attempts to kill Charlie Chaplin and Hitler's plan in 1942 to use educated dogs to do a soldier's job.

Stars: Guy Walters, Joshua Levine, Alexandra Churchill, Tom Bateman

7. Traitor/Patriot (2022)
Episode: The Romeo Project (2022)

Documentary, History, War

Gabrielle Kleim was one of many women working in West Germany targeted by "Romeo Spies." Duped into sharing intelligence for love at the behest of the "Man Without a Face", East German HVA Chief Marcus Wolf.

Directors: Maria Berry, Marek Bures | Stars: James M. Olson, Paul Maddrell, H. Keith Melton, David Charney