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1. 'G' Men (1935)

Approved | 85 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir

James Cagney helped jump-start the gangster genre as The Public Enemy. Outcries against movies that glorified underworld criminals put Cagney on the side of the law in 'G' Men.

Director: William Keighley | Stars: James Cagney, Margaret Lindsay, Ann Dvorak, Robert Armstrong

Votes: 4,381

2. Highway 301 (1950)

Passed | 83 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir

Led by a psychopathic killer, a vicious gang of armed robbers terrorizes Virginia, Maryland and North Carolina, robbing banks and payrolls and murdering anyone who might identify them.

Director: Andrew L. Stone | Stars: William P. Lane Jr., John S. Battle, W. Kerr Scott, Steve Cochran

Votes: 1,122

3. Who Killed Who? (1943)

Passed | 8 min | Animation, Short, Comedy

A man is murdered in an isolated mansion, and the detective tries to find out whodunit. But the house he's investigating is decidedly haunted, and he never knows just what's 'round the next corner.

Director: Tex Avery | Stars: Kent Rogers, Tex Avery, Sara Berner, Billy Bletcher

Votes: 1,095

4. The Luckiest Guy in the World (2008)

15 min | Short, Drama

Two sides of life acted out on the Golf course. One guy has it all and one has nothing, but who is the Luckiest Guy.

Director: Gary Delaney | Stars: Adrian Bouchet, Philip Clayton Smith, Lucy Garner, Ed Green

5. Gangs of Chicago (1940)

66 min | Crime, Drama

A criminal uses his knowledge of the law for his not-very-legal purposes, betraying friends along the way.

Director: Arthur Lubin | Stars: Lloyd Nolan, Barton MacLane, Lola Lane, Ray Middleton

Votes: 102

6. 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: 427

7. A Gun in His Hand (1945)

Passed | 19 min | Drama, Crime, Short

A man joins the police force to learn police procedures with the intention of getting away with crimes.

Director: Joseph Losey | Stars: Tom Trout, Richard Gaines, Anthony Caruso, Hugh Beaumont

Votes: 311

8. Buried Loot (1935)

Passed | 19 min | Short, Crime, Drama

An embezzler who expects to serve his time in prison and then pick up his buried loot is in for a surprise.

Director: George B. Seitz | Stars: Brooks Benedict, James Ellison, Chuck Hamilton, Irene Hervey

Votes: 238

9. The Red Green Show (1991–2006)
Episode: Underground Parking (1993)

TV-G | 25 min | Comedy

After a failed attempt at digging a gold mine, the men decide to convert the mine into an underground parking lot. Little do they realize that this particular mine is in a flood district.

Director: Rick Green | Stars: Steve Smith, Patrick McKenna, Rick Green, Billy Merasty

Votes: 18