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1. Solo: A Star Wars Story (2018)
PG-13 | 135 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
During an adventure in the criminal underworld, Han Solo meets his future co-pilot Chewbacca and Lando Calrissian years before joining the Rebel Alliance.
Director: Ron Howard | Stars: Alden Ehrenreich, Woody Harrelson, Emilia Clarke, Donald Glover
Votes: 379,105 | Gross: $213.77M
2. Birds of Prey (2020)
R | 109 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
After splitting with the Joker, Harley Quinn joins superheroines Black Canary, Huntress, and Renee Montoya to save a young girl from an evil crime lord.
Director: Cathy Yan | Stars: Margot Robbie, Rosie Perez, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Jurnee Smollett
Votes: 264,675 | Gross: $84.16M
3. The Golden Compass (2007)
PG-13 | 113 min | Adventure, Family, Fantasy
In a parallel universe, young Lyra Belacqua journeys to the far North to save her best friend and other kidnapped children from terrible experiments by a mysterious organization.
Director: Chris Weitz | Stars: Nicole Kidman, Daniel Craig, Dakota Blue Richards, Ben Walker
Votes: 196,824 | Gross: $70.11M
4. The City of Lost Children (1995)
R | 112 min | Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
A scientist in a surrealist society kidnaps children to steal their dreams, hoping that they slow his aging process.
Directors: Marc Caro, Jean-Pierre Jeunet | Stars: Ron Perlman, Daniel Emilfork, Judith Vittet, Dominique Pinon
Votes: 71,661 | Gross: $1.51M
5. Oliver Twist (2005)
PG-13 | 130 min | Crime, Drama
An adaptation of the classic Dickens tale, where an orphan meets a pickpocket on the streets of London. From there, he joins a household of boys who are trained to steal for their master.
Director: Roman Polanski | Stars: Barney Clark, Ben Kingsley, Jeremy Swift, Ian McNeice
Votes: 34,275 | Gross: $1.99M
6. Cop Out (2010)
R | 107 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
Jimmy's rare baseball card is robbed. Since it's his only hope to pay for his daughter's upcoming wedding, he recruits his cop partner Paul to track down the robber, a memorabilia-obsessed gangster.
Director: Kevin Smith | Stars: Bruce Willis, Tracy Morgan, Juan Carlos Hernández, Cory Fernandez
Votes: 90,348 | Gross: $44.88M
7. Red Beard (1965)
Not Rated | 185 min | Drama
In 19th-century Japan, a rough-tempered yet charitable town doctor trains a young intern.
Director: Akira Kurosawa | Stars: Toshirô Mifune, Yûzô Kayama, Tsutomu Yamazaki, Reiko Dan
Votes: 21,098
8. System Crasher (2019)
125 min | Drama
9-year-old Benni is a toss-up between institutions that cannot tackle her outbursts. She wants to move in with her mother, but she can not handle her wild daughter. After Micha is hired Benni slowly opens up and attaches herself to him.
Director: Nora Fingscheidt | Stars: Helena Zengel, Albrecht Schuch, Gabriela Maria Schmeide, Lisa Hagmeister
Votes: 14,773
9. Play (I) (2011)
118 min | Drama
An astute observation based on real cases of bullying. In central Gothenburg, Sweden, a group of boys, aged 12-14, robbed other children on about 40 occasions between 2006 and 2008. The ... See full summary »
Director: Ruben Östlund | Stars: Anas Abdirahman, Sebastian Blyckert, Yannick Diakité, Sebastian Hegmar
Votes: 6,548
10. Shark (1969)
M | 92 min | Action, Adventure, Thriller
A gunrunner loses his cargo near a small coastal Sudanese town so he's stuck there. When a woman hires him to raid a sunken ship in the shark-infested waters, he sees a chance to compensate for his losses. He's not the only one.
Directors: Samuel Fuller, Rafael Portillo | Stars: Burt Reynolds, Arthur Kennedy, Barry Sullivan, Silvia Pinal
Votes: 1,205
11. Men Don't Leave (1990)
PG-13 | 115 min | Comedy, Drama
Jessica Lange plays Beth in this warm-hearted, funny fable about staying together when all else is falling apart.
Director: Paul Brickman | Stars: Jessica Lange, Kathy Bates, Arliss Howard, Joan Cusack
Votes: 2,747 | Gross: $6.07M
12. Paisan (1946)
Not Rated | 120 min | Drama, War
American military personnel interact warily with a variety of Italian locals over a year and a half in the push north during the Italian Campaign of WWII as German forces make their retreat.
Director: Roberto Rossellini | Stars: Carmela Sazio, Gar Moore, William Tubbs, Robert Van Loon
Votes: 9,552
13. What Shall Become of You (1984 TV Movie)
94 min | Drama
In this 1984 West German film, a 12 year-old street kid in a slum of Berlin struggles to stay afloat through a commitment to his compassionate teacher and ambivalent classmates, aged 11-14,... See full summary »
Director: Horst Flick | Stars: Michael Karnowsky, Peter Seum, Anita Lochner, Dagmar Biener
Votes: 123
14. Defiance (1980)
PG | 103 min | Action, Crime, Drama
An out-of work merchant seaman single-handedly tames a powerful street gang "The Souls" that has been terrorizing his neighborhood on New York City's Lower East Side.
Director: John Flynn | Stars: Jan-Michael Vincent, Theresa Saldana, Danny Aiello, Rudy Ramos
Votes: 1,403
15. Hellbound (1994)
R | 95 min | Action, Fantasy, Horror
Two Chicago cops (Chuck Norris, Calvin Levels) investigate a murder until they encounter an ancient demon.
Director: Aaron Norris | Stars: Chuck Norris, Calvin Levels, Christopher Neame, Sheree J. Wilson
Votes: 3,866
16. The Polar Bear King (1991)
PG | 88 min | Family, Adventure, Fantasy
After his father is killed, King Valemon ascends the throne, only to be turned into a polar bear by a bitter witch who wants to be his queen. Valemon must find a bride in the seven year ... See full summary »
Director: Ola Solum | Stars: Jack Fjeldstad, Maria Bonnevie, Tobias Hoesl, Monica Nordquist
Votes: 921
17. My Name Is Modesty: A Modesty Blaise Adventure (2004)
R | 78 min | Action, Crime, Drama
When her surrogate father who owns the casino she works in gets murdered, Modesty Blaise takes on those that killed him and are now at the casino to rob it. It turns out she is more than just a modest worker.
Director: Scott Spiegel | Stars: Alexandra Staden, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Raymond Cruz, Fred Pearson
Votes: 2,569
18. Yo, 'El Vaquilla' (1985)
TV-14 | 105 min | Action, Biography, Drama
Juan Jose Moreno Cuenca, alias the Heifer, is 23 years old and tells his story as a criminal offender from 1 Ocaña Toledo. Fatherless, the offender has his childhood and how everything changed when her mother went to prison.
Directors: José Antonio de la Loma Jr., José Antonio de la Loma | Stars: Raúl García Losada, Teresa Giménez, Carmen de Lirio, Frank Braña
Votes: 484
19. Merveilleuse Angélique (1965)
Not Rated | 105 min | Adventure, History, Romance
In the second of the Angélique series, the heroine joins a group of bandits, rescues her children, becomes a successful businesswoman, and once again becomes entangled in politics and matters of the heart.
Director: Bernard Borderie | Stars: Michèle Mercier, Claude Giraud, Jean Rochefort, Jean-Louis Trintignant
Votes: 1,776
20. Leo Da Vinci: Mission Mona Lisa (2018)
85 min | Animation, Adventure, Family
A young Leonardo Da Vinci helps his friend Lisa recover her father's farm after his barn and crops are destroyed by a fire, and they set off in search of a fabulous treasure.
Director: Sergio Manfio | Stars: Johnny Yong Bosch, Cherami Leigh, Bryce Papenbrook, Faith Graham
Votes: 617
21. Chop Shop (2007)
Unrated | 84 min | Drama
Alejandro, a resourceful street orphan on the verge of adolescence, lives and works in an auto-body repair shop in a sprawling junkyard on the outskirts of Queens, New York. In this chaotic world of adults, Alejandro struggles to make a better life for himself and his sixteen-year-old sister.
Director: Ramin Bahrani | Stars: Alejandro Polanco, Isamar Gonzales, Rob Sowulski, Carlos Zapata
Votes: 4,719 | Gross: $0.12M
22. My Uncle the Alien (1996)
PG | 91 min | Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
The President's daughter uses her extraterrestrial influence to spare the fate of a children's shelter in Los Angeles.
Director: Henri Charr | Stars: Hailey Foster, Josh Paddock, Sherwin Ace Ross, Beau Richard Hairston
Votes: 250
23. Thieves (1977)
PG | 92 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Dramedy of a native New York married couple who splits up in an attempt to rediscover their sanity.
Directors: John Berry, Alfred Viola | Stars: Marlo Thomas, Charles Grodin, Irwin Corey, Hector Elizondo
Votes: 179
24. Joe Hill (1971)
GP | 114 min | Biography, Drama, History
About the life and death of the legendary Swedish/American agitator Joe Hill.
Director: Bo Widerberg | Stars: Thommy Berggren, Anja Schmidt, Kelvin Malave, Evert Anderson
Votes: 923 | Gross: $0.03M
25. Lost Christmas (2011)
PG | 89 min | Drama, Family
Urban fairytale set in Manchester. A series of tragic events that blight a young boy's life are reversed one Christmas Eve, giving him and those around him the happy ending that they were destined to have.
Director: John Hay | Stars: Eddie Izzard, Larry Mills, Jason Flemyng, Geoffrey Palmer
Votes: 1,527
26. A Better Life (2011)
110 min | Drama
Yann (Guillaume Canet) and Nadia (Leïla Bekhti) fall in love. Nadia has acquired a crumbling building in a Paris suburb and the couple decide to renovate it to launch a restaurant. But ... See full summary »
Director: Cédric Kahn | Stars: Guillaume Canet, Leïla Bekhti, Slimane Khettabi, Abraham Belaga
Votes: 1,797
27. My Quick Way Out (2006)
Not Rated | 115 min | Action, Drama
Biopic of Spain's Juan Carlos Delgado "El Pera", a young delinquent in the 1980s, who is now a car driver and a sport journalist.
Director: Miguel Albaladejo | Stars: Borja Navas, Fernando Tejero, Mariola Fuentes, Àlex Casanovas
Votes: 425
28. Queen of the Morning Calm (2019)
86 min | Drama
A film about a young immigrant sex worker, her little girl and their journey of self-empowerment and love.
Director: Gloria Kim | Stars: Tina Jung, Eponine Lee, Jesse LaVercombe, Shaun Benson
Votes: 141
29. The Tombs (1991)
90 min | Drama
"El Pollo," a 13-year-old child in reform school, witnesses and experiences the brutalization of the guards and the other inmates.
Director: Javier Torre | Stars: Norma Aleandro, Federico Luppi, Jorge Mayor, Isabel Quinteros
Votes: 81
30. Askal (1997)
Action
Tells the story of Askal (John Regala) hardened by life in poverty. All grown up, he uses his skills to stop the spreading of 'Askals' (Asong-Kalye, Street Dog; used as a metaphor for ... See full summary »
Director: John Regala | Stars: John Regala, Beth Tamayo, Mikee Villanueva, Bob Soler
31. Storm (II) (2009)
82 min | Drama, Family
Freddy saves a dog from its volatile owner and hides him in his room. When Freddy's dad discovers the dog he insists on handing him back to the owner. A terrified Freddy convinces his father they must buy the dog.
Director: Giacomo Campeotto | Stars: Marcus Rønnov, Kenzô, Kirsten Lehfeldt, Troels Lyby
Votes: 212
32. Head käed (2001)
92 min | Comedy, Drama
The Estonians and Latvians join hands in this jointly produced Baltic comedy about love and theft centering on light-fingered Margita. Everything and anything that hasn't been nailed to the... See full summary »
Director: Peeter Simm | Stars: Rezija Kalnina, Lembit Ulfsak, Tõnu Kark, Tiit Sukk
Votes: 188
33. Dos almas en el mundo (1949)
90 min | Crime, Drama
Director: Chano Urueta | Stars: Emilia Guiú, Fernando Fernández, Esperanza Issa, José G. Cruz
34. Hurt (2000)
50 min | Drama
HURT is a docu-drama like no other. 250 young Australians from rural areas and small towns, have been given the opportunity to tell their own stories, with their images, in their own words.... See full summary »
Directors: Phillip Crawford, Matthew Priestley | Stars: Todd Boggs, Kim Bush, Chris Callow, Amy Denham
35. A Father with His Twenty-five Children (2002)
90 min | Drama, Family
Having been an orphan himself, a philanthropic bachelor claims to the press at an orphanage endowment event that he shall be father to any orphan, and once word gets around, urchins start pouring in.
Director: Hong Huang | Stars: Siqin Gaowa, Lan Yu, Lin Li, Kesheng Lei
Votes: 45
36. A Dog Story (2001)
3 min | Short
Remember your first lie? Two small girls find out what happens when one tries to undo a theft.
Director: Dina Mande | Stars: Em Weinstein, Sophia Weinstein
37.
Barney Miller (1975–1982)
Episode:
Bureaucrat
(1975)
TV-PG | 30 min | Comedy, Drama
Among others, the 12th hosts a drunken bureaucrat and the 12-year-old who robbed Chano's apartment. Wojo forces the precinct's favorite deli closed for minor health code infractions.
Director: Bob Finkel | Stars: Hal Linden, Barbara Barrie, Abe Vigoda, Max Gail
Votes: 173
38.
Special Unit 2 (2001–2002)
Episode:
The Piper
(2002)
Action, Comedy, Crime
A popular children's TV character is suspected of being a Piper link whose been using his mind control power on children to make them commit crimes on his behalf. The Captain assigns Carl, ... See full summary »
Director: John T. Kretchmer | Stars: Michael Landes, Alexondra Lee, Richard Gant, Danny Woodburn
Votes: 35
39.
Tales of the 77th Bengal Lancers (1956–1957)
Episode:
The Glass Necklace
(1957)
30 min | Adventure
While on leave, Rhodes and Storm get mixed up with thieves, a crooked police commissioner, and beautiful school teachers while searching for stolen rifles.
Director: Douglas Heyes | Stars: Philip Carey, Warren Stevens, Abraham Sofaer, Lee Aaker
40.
Beanyx (2013– )
Episode:
Poctiví vs Nepoctiví lidé - Sociální experiment
(2016)
4 min | Comedy
Director: Patrik Procházka | Star: Patrik Procházka
41.
The Adventures of Shirley Holmes (1997–2000)
Episode:
The Case of Babyfingers
(1998)
Family, Mystery
While shopping in the mall, Shirley has her backpack full of tools stolen by a pair of diminutive thieves. Determined to get her gear back, she traces the pair to an abandoned house and ... See full summary »
Director: Gary Harvey | Stars: Meredith Henderson, John White, Michael Puttonen, Paul Anthony
Votes: 7
42.
Sisi (2021– )
Episode:
Folge 3
(2021)
51 min | Drama, History, War
The wedding night ends in failure, but Franz decides to uphold Sisi's honour; Sisi needs Fanny's advice.
Director: Sven Bohse | Stars: Elizabeth Maria Brante, Dominique Devenport, Jurijs Djakonovs, Egons Dombrovskis
Votes: 127
43.
The Campbells (1986–1990)
Episode:
Boys' Brigade
(1990)
Adventure, Drama, Family
Neil takes John to help him shingle his roof. On the way they are robbed by three homeless children. Neil wants to take them to the authorities but they keep running away. They are all held at gunpoint by two escaped criminals.
Director: Steve DiMarco | Stars: Malcolm Stoddard, Amber Lea Weston, Eric Richards, Cedric Smith
44.
Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries (2012–2015)
Episode:
Murder on the Ballarat Train
(2012)
TV-PG | 55 min | Crime, Drama, History
A disagreeable woman vanishes from a moving train, later found slain, with a scared girl in possession of her jewelry. Miss Fisher aims to help, much to Insp. Robinson's professional annoyance.
Director: Kate Dennis | Stars: Essie Davis, Nathan Page, Hugo Johnstone-Burt, Ashleigh Cummings
Votes: 668
45.
Star Wars: The Bad Batch (2021–2024)
Episode:
Retrieval
(2023)
TV-PG | 27 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
Attempting to recover a lost asset, the Batch must learn to trust a thief.
Directors: Brad Rau, Steward Lee | Stars: Dee Bradley Baker, Michelle Ang, Yuri Lowenthal, Aleks Le
Votes: 2,851
46.
Modern Family (2009–2020)
Episode:
A Tale of Three Cities
(2016)
TV-PG | 21 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
The three families will be in three different locations: the Dunphys will be in New York, Jay and Gloria will attend a wedding in Mexico, and Mitchell and Cameron will attend a funeral in Missouri.
Director: Chris Koch | Stars: Ed O'Neill, Sofía Vergara, Julie Bowen, Ty Burrell
Votes: 2,067