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1. 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: 99,418 | Gross: $30.05M
2. John Wick (2014)
R | 101 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
An ex-hitman comes out of retirement to track down the gangsters who killed his dog and stole his car.
Director: Chad Stahelski | Stars: Keanu Reeves, Michael Nyqvist, Alfie Allen, Willem Dafoe
Votes: 738,258 | Gross: $43.04M
3. Burn Notice (2007–2013)
TV-PG | 44 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A spy recently disavowed by the U.S. government uses his special ops training to help others in trouble.
Stars: Jeffrey Donovan, Gabrielle Anwar, Bruce Campbell, Sharon Gless
Votes: 79,103
4. Training Day (2001)
R | 122 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A rookie cop spends his first day as a Los Angeles narcotics officer with a rogue detective who isn't what he appears to be.
Director: Antoine Fuqua | Stars: Denzel Washington, Ethan Hawke, Scott Glenn, Tom Berenger
Votes: 472,293 | Gross: $76.63M
5. The Rockford Files (1974–1980)
TV-PG | 50 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
The cases of an easy-going ex-convict turned private investigator.
Stars: James Garner, Noah Beery Jr., Joe Santos, Luis Delgado
Votes: 10,846
6. Jack Reacher (2012)
PG-13 | 130 min | Action, Mystery, Thriller
A homicide investigator digs deeper into a case involving a trained military sniper responsible for a mass shooting.
Director: Christopher McQuarrie | Stars: Tom Cruise, Rosamund Pike, Richard Jenkins, Werner Herzog
Votes: 364,787 | Gross: $80.07M
7. Looper (2012)
R | 119 min | Action, Drama, Sci-Fi
In 2074, when the mob wants to get rid of someone, the target is sent into the past, where a hired gun awaits - someone like Joe - who one day learns the mob wants to 'close the loop' by sending back Joe's future self for assassination.
Director: Rian Johnson | Stars: Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Bruce Willis, Emily Blunt, Paul Dano
Votes: 602,553 | Gross: $66.49M
8. I, Robot (2004)
PG-13 | 115 min | Action, Mystery, Sci-Fi
In 2035, a technophobic cop investigates a crime that may have been perpetrated by a robot, which leads to a larger threat to humanity.
Director: Alex Proyas | Stars: Will Smith, Bridget Moynahan, Bruce Greenwood, Alan Tudyk
Votes: 574,755 | Gross: $144.80M
9. The French Connection (1971)
R | 104 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A pair of NYPD detectives in the Narcotics Bureau stumble onto a heroin smuggling ring based in Marseilles, but stopping them and capturing their leaders proves an elusive goal.
Director: William Friedkin | Stars: Gene Hackman, Roy Scheider, Fernando Rey, Tony Lo Bianco
Votes: 135,501 | Gross: $15.63M
10. From Russia with Love (1963)
PG | 115 min | Action, Adventure, Thriller
James Bond willingly falls into an assassination plot involving a naive Russian beauty in order to retrieve a Soviet encryption device that was stolen by S.P.E.C.T.R.E.
Director: Terence Young | Stars: Sean Connery, Robert Shaw, Lotte Lenya, Daniela Bianchi
Votes: 145,227 | Gross: $24.80M
11. Hardcore (1979)
R | 108 min | Crime, Drama
A religious businessman from Michigan has to venture into the world of pornography in California, desperately searching for his runaway teenage daughter.
Director: Paul Schrader | Stars: George C. Scott, Peter Boyle, Season Hubley, Dick Sargent
Votes: 13,691
12. Flightplan (2005)
PG-13 | 98 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
A bereaved woman and her daughter are flying home from Berlin to America. At 30,000 feet, the child vanishes, and nobody will admit she was ever on the plane.
Director: Robert Schwentke | Stars: Jodie Foster, Peter Sarsgaard, Sean Bean, Kate Beahan
Votes: 171,712 | Gross: $89.71M
13. Running Scared (2006)
R | 122 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A low-ranking thug is entrusted by his crime boss to dispose of a gun that killed corrupt cops, but things get out of control when the gun ends up in wrong hands.
Director: Wayne Kramer | Stars: Paul Walker, Cameron Bright, Chazz Palminteri, Vera Farmiga
Votes: 103,623 | Gross: $6.86M
14. Street Kings (2008)
R | 109 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
An undercover cop, disillusioned by the death of his wife, is implicated in the murder of an officer and must struggle to clear himself.
Director: David Ayer | Stars: Keanu Reeves, Forest Whitaker, Hugh Laurie, Chris Evans
Votes: 120,706 | Gross: $26.42M
15. The Getaway (1994)
R | 115 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
An ex-con and his devoted wife must flee from danger when a heist doesn't go as planned.
Director: Roger Donaldson | Stars: Alec Baldwin, Kim Basinger, Michael Madsen, James Woods
Votes: 19,631 | Gross: $16.10M
16. Ransom (1996)
R | 121 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
Multi-millionaire Tom Mullen's son is kidnapped, but after initially agreeing to pay the ransom Mullen then decides to use the ransom money as a bounty.
Director: Ron Howard | Stars: Mel Gibson, Gary Sinise, Rene Russo, Brawley Nolte
Votes: 135,369 | Gross: $136.49M
17. Automata (I) (2014)
R | 109 min | Action, Drama, Sci-Fi
Human race is at edge of the end. Robot race is at edge of the beginning.
Director: Gabe Ibáñez | Stars: Antonio Banderas, Birgitte Hjort Sørensen, Dylan McDermott, Melanie Griffith
Votes: 59,361
18. 99 Homes (2014)
R | 112 min | Crime, Drama
A recently unemployed single father struggles to get back his foreclosed home by working for the real estate broker who is the source of his frustration.
Director: Ramin Bahrani | Stars: Andrew Garfield, Michael Shannon, Laura Dern, Clancy Brown
Votes: 38,190 | Gross: $1.41M
19. Mulholland Falls (1996)
R | 107 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
In 1950's Los Angeles, a special crime squad of the LAPD investigates the murder of a young woman.
Director: Lee Tamahori | Stars: Nick Nolte, Melanie Griffith, Jennifer Connelly, Chazz Palminteri
Votes: 18,963 | Gross: $11.50M
20. 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: 29,457 | Gross: $36.85M
21. The Juror (1996)
R | 118 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A juror in a Mafia trial is forced to convince the other jurors to vote not guilty by an obsessive mob enforcer.
Director: Brian Gibson | Stars: Demi Moore, Alec Baldwin, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, James Gandolfini
Votes: 19,950 | Gross: $22.75M
22. Thunderheart (1992)
R | 119 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller
A young mixed-blood FBI agent is assigned to work with a cynical veteran investigator on a murder on a poverty-stricken Sioux reservation.
Director: Michael Apted | Stars: Val Kilmer, Sam Shepard, Graham Greene, Fred Ward
Votes: 17,115 | Gross: $22.66M
23. French Connection II (1975)
R | 119 min | Action, Crime, Drama
"Popeye" Doyle travels to Marseille to find Alain Charnier, the drug smuggler who eluded him in New York.
Director: John Frankenheimer | Stars: Gene Hackman, Fernando Rey, Bernard Fresson, Philippe Léotard
Votes: 20,869 | Gross: $12.48M
24. China Moon (1994)
R | 99 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Detective Kyle Bodine falls for Rachel Munro who is trapped in a violent marriage. After shooting her husband, Kyle reluctantly agrees to help hide the body, but Kyle's partner is showing an unusual flair for finding clues.
Director: John Bailey | Stars: Ed Harris, Madeleine Stowe, Charles Dance, Patricia Healy
Votes: 7,706 | Gross: $3.04M
25. Cop (1988)
R | 110 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
An obsessive, insubordinate homicide cop is convinced a serial killer is loose in the Hollywood area and disobeys orders in order to catch him.
Director: James B. Harris | Stars: James Woods, Lesley Ann Warren, Charles Durning, Charles Haid
Votes: 6,158 | Gross: $1.88M
26. Q&A (1990)
R | 132 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Dirty cop, Mike Brennan thinks he got away with murder. But during a routine Q&A, the righteous assistant DA finds a clue that sets them both on a collision course.
Director: Sidney Lumet | Stars: Nick Nolte, Timothy Hutton, Armand Assante, Patrick O'Neal
Votes: 6,998 | Gross: $11.21M
27. Report to the Commissioner (1975)
PG | 112 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Police officer Patty Butler, alias "Chicklet," is the live-in girlfriend of Thomas 'Stick' Henderson to gather evidence. Detective Bo Lockley is instructed to try to find her, not knowing she's also a cop.
Director: Milton Katselas | Stars: Michael Moriarty, Yaphet Kotto, Susan Blakely, Hector Elizondo
Votes: 1,226
28. Evil Roy Slade (1972 TV Movie)
TV-PG | 97 min | Comedy, Western
The meanest villain in the West falls for a pretty schoolteacher and tries to change his ways, but a determined (and egomaniacal) singing sheriff is out to capture him.
Director: Jerry Paris | Stars: John Astin, Mickey Rooney, Dick Shawn, Henry Gibson
Votes: 1,895
29. The Proposal (2001)
R | 91 min | Drama, Thriller
An undercover cop needs a female police officer to pretend to be his wife in order to get close to a ruthless crime boss. The boss's attraction to her entangles them in a complex and dangerous triangle.
Director: Richard Gale | Stars: Jennifer Esposito, Nick Moran, Stephen Lang, William B. Davis
Votes: 759
30. Arizona Heat (1988)
R | 85 min | Action, Crime
A tough Arizona cop is teamed with a lesbian cop to catch a serial killer who is murdering police officers.
Director: John G. Thomas | Stars: Michael Parks, Denise Crosby, Hugh Farrington, Ron Briskman
Votes: 246
31. Parinda (1989)
Not Rated | 154 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A man's friend, a police officer, is assassinated by gangsters in broad daylight. He discovers that his elder brother works in the same gang and decides to avenge his friend's death by infiltrating the gang.
Director: Vidhu Vinod Chopra | Stars: Jackie Shroff, Anil Kapoor, Nana Patekar, Madhuri Dixit
Votes: 3,735
32. The Outsider (1967 TV Movie)
120 min | Crime, Drama
Pilot for the detective drama series has Darren McGavin playing David Ross, a hard-nosed, private eye/ex-con hired to tail a woman in an embezzling case which takes a turn when he finds ... See full summary »
Director: Michael Ritchie | Stars: Darren McGavin, Sean Garrison, Shirley Knight, Nancy Malone
Votes: 84
33.
24 (2001–2010)
Episode:
Day 2: 7:00 a.m.-8:00 a.m.
(2003)
TV-14 | 44 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Jack and Sherry head to LA Coliseum to meet Peter Kingsley. Upon hearing evidence via the live audio feed, President Prescott aborts the air strike. David Palmer is reinstated as President, and speaks to the nation about the nuclear bomb.
Director: Jon Cassar | Stars: Kiefer Sutherland, Sarah Wynter, Elisha Cuthbert, Penny Johnson Jerald
Votes: 1,775
34.
Mannix (1967–1975)
Episode:
The Man Who Wasn't There
(1973)
TV-PG | 52 min | Action, Crime, Drama
When a prizefighter is gunned down during a match, the initial speculation is that he was punished for refusing to take a dive. But Joe Mannix, who happened to attend the match, speculates ... See full summary »
Director: Sutton Roley | Stars: Mike Connors, Gail Fisher, Clu Gulager, Robert Middleton
Votes: 101
35.
McCloud (1970–1977)
Episode:
Showdown at Times Square
(1975)
TV-PG | 94 min | Action, Crime, Drama
When McCloud looks out a window and sees unusual smoke clouds, he tracks them to an Apache chief seeking his grandson -- the grandson has followed four armed robbers who framed his father ... See full summary »
Director: Ron Satlof | Stars: Dennis Weaver, J.D. Cannon, Terry Carter, Sharon Farrell
Votes: 58
36.
Miami Vice (1984–1989)
Episode:
Calderone's Return: Part 2 - Calderone's Demise
(1984)
TV-14 | 49 min | Action, Crime, Drama
While on the trail of Calderone in Bimini, Tubbs falls in love with a woman who forces him to consider his loyalties.
Director: Paul Michael Glaser | Stars: Don Johnson, Philip Michael Thomas, Saundra Santiago, Michael Talbott
Votes: 875
37.
Miami Vice (1984–1989)
Episode:
Deliver Us from Evil
(1988)
TV-14 | 47 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Frank Hackman returns to make life hell for Crockett - in the most devastating way possible.
Director: George Mendeluk | Stars: Don Johnson, Philip Michael Thomas, Saundra Santiago, Michael Talbott
Votes: 372
38.
Miami Vice (1984–1989)
Episode:
Freefall
(1989)
TV-14 | 96 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Crockett and Tubbs, figuring they're on their way out, are recruited by the government to help a dictator escape from his war-torn country - with double-crosses at every turn.
Director: Russ Mayberry | Stars: Don Johnson, Philip Michael Thomas, Saundra Santiago, Michael Talbott
Votes: 359
39.
Miami Vice (1984–1989)
Episode:
Love at First Sight
(1988)
TV-14 | 47 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Crockett and new bride Caitlin trade barbs as he goes undercover in the singles scene looking for a serial killer.
Director: Don Johnson | Stars: Don Johnson, Philip Michael Thomas, Saundra Santiago, Michael Talbott
Votes: 334
40.
Miami Vice (1984–1989)
Episode:
The Maze
(1985)
TV-14 | 49 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A group of young punks kill a cop and then take hostages - including an undercover Tubbs - while negotiators try to end the situation without more bloodshed and a SWAT team closes in.
Director: Tim Zinnemann | Stars: Don Johnson, Philip Michael Thomas, Saundra Santiago, Michael Talbott
Votes: 598
41.
Miami Vice (1984–1989)
Episode:
Viking Bikers from Hell
(1987)
TV-14 | 47 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A member of a violent biker gang is accidentally killed during a drug sting by Crockett. The other members of his biker gang avenge his death by killing everybody that may have been a part of it until they find the wire.
Director: James Quinn | Stars: Don Johnson, Philip Michael Thomas, Saundra Santiago, Michael Talbott
Votes: 410
42.
The Sopranos (1999–2007)
Episode:
Full Leather Jacket
(2000)
TV-MA | 43 min | Crime, Drama
Rebellion by some of the lower soldiers ends in bloodshed, while Carmela starts intimidating her neighbors to help Meadow's chances at Georgetown.
Director: Allen Coulter | Stars: James Gandolfini, Lorraine Bracco, Edie Falco, Michael Imperioli
Votes: 7,582
43.
Walker, Texas Ranger (1993–2001)
Episode:
Money Talks
(1998)
TV-PG | Action, Adventure, Crime
C.D. gets a job as acting Chief of Security at a resort. When he asks his assistant, Grady, what happened to his predecessor, Grady tells him that he had a drinking problem and disappeared.... See full summary »
Director: Tony Mordente | Stars: Chuck Norris, Clarence Gilyard Jr., Noble Willingham, Sheree J. Wilson
Votes: 94
44.
Law & Order: Criminal Intent (2001–2011)
Episode:
Flipped
(2007)
TV-14 | 44 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Logan and Wheeler are assigned to a case involving the murder of a rap singer, but they believe that an undercover cop working for a hip-hop task force may be sabotaging their investigation.
Director: Jim McKay | Stars: Chris Noth, Julianne Nicholson, Eric Bogosian, Sticky Fingaz
Votes: 284
45.
Better Call Saul (2015–2022)
Episode:
Hit and Run
(2022)
TV-14 | 45 min | Crime, Drama
Despite assurances from the cartel, Gus takes extreme measures to protect himself against looming threats. Kim and Saul enlist the help of a local pro to put on a show for Cliff Main. Howard seeks outside counsel.
Director: Rhea Seehorn | Stars: Bob Odenkirk, Jonathan Banks, Rhea Seehorn, Patrick Fabian
Votes: 17,869
46.
Yellowstone (2018– )
Episode:
No Kindness for the Coward
(2021)
TV-MA | 46 min | Drama, Western
Tensions escalate with the protestors, but Beth has a plan; Jimmy and Emily get closer; Monica and Kayce share a special moment.
Director: Taylor Sheridan | Stars: Kevin Costner, Luke Grimes, Kelly Reilly, Wes Bentley
Votes: 2,227
47.
Blue Bloods (2010–2024)
Episode:
Secrets and Lies
(2012)
TV-14 | 44 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Danny is investigating the shooting of a man who's an ex-con, and there's a lot of people who wants to see him dead. The man dies in the hospital and he asks for a priest to give him the ... See full summary »
Director: David Barrett | Stars: Donnie Wahlberg, Bridget Moynahan, Will Estes, Len Cariou
Votes: 439
48.
Aquarius (2015–2016)
Episode:
Never Say Never to Always
(2015)
TV-14 | 43 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
Shafe's snitch, Mike, becomes the prime suspect when a drug dealer is murdered.
Director: Nelson McCormick | Stars: David Duchovny, Grey Damon, Gethin Anthony, Emma Dumont
Votes: 480
49.
Cable Girls (2017–2020)
Episode:
La esperanza
(2018)
TV-MA | Drama
Lidia turns the tables on her captor. During the king's visit, those fighting for Carlota's cause take drastic measures, forcing her to choose sides.
Director: Roger Gual | Stars: Blanca Suárez, Yon González, Maggie Civantos, Ana Fernández
Votes: 164
50.
Animal Kingdom (2016–2022)
Episode:
Janine
(2019)
TV-MA | 45 min | Crime, Drama
The Codys pull off a risky robbery. Smurf and Pope remain at odds even as Pope finds a new outlet for his anger. Deran involves Adrian in the family business, and J tests the waters of his new identity outside the family.
Director: John Wells | Stars: Ellen Barkin, Shawn Hatosy, Ben Robson, Jake Weary
Votes: 572