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1. Tenet (2020)
PG-13 | 150 min | Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Armed with only the word "Tenet," and fighting for the survival of the entire world, CIA operative, The Protagonist, journeys through a twilight world of international espionage on a global mission that unfolds beyond real time.
Director: Christopher Nolan | Stars: John David Washington, Robert Pattinson, Elizabeth Debicki, Juhan Ulfsak
Votes: 592,920 | Gross: $58.46M
2. Dredd (2012)
R | 95 min | Action, Crime, Sci-Fi
In a violent, futuristic city where the police have the authority to act as judge, jury and executioner, a cop teams with a trainee to take down a gang that deals the reality-altering drug, SLO-MO.
Director: Pete Travis | Stars: Karl Urban, Olivia Thirlby, Lena Headey, Rachel Wood
Votes: 294,464 | Gross: $13.41M
3. Hancock (2008)
PG-13 | 92 min | Action, Comedy, Drama
Hancock is a superhero whose ill-considered behavior regularly causes damage in the millions. He changes when the person he saves helps him improve his public image.
Director: Peter Berg | Stars: Will Smith, Charlize Theron, Jason Bateman, Jae Head
Votes: 511,805 | Gross: $227.95M
4. The Hurt Locker (2008)
R | 131 min | Drama, Thriller, War
During the Iraq War, a Sergeant recently assigned to an army bomb squad is put at odds with his squad mates due to his maverick way of handling his work.
Director: Kathryn Bigelow | Stars: Jeremy Renner, Anthony Mackie, Brian Geraghty, Guy Pearce
Votes: 473,889 | Gross: $17.02M
5. Money Monster (2016)
R | 98 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Financial TV host Lee Gates and his producer Patty are put in an extreme situation when an irate investor takes them and their crew as hostage.
Director: Jodie Foster | Stars: George Clooney, Julia Roberts, Jack O'Connell, Dominic West
Votes: 105,286 | Gross: $41.01M
6. S.W.A.T.: Firefight (2011 Video)
R | 89 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
Detroit PD borrows an LA SWAT leader as instructor for 2 weeks training of their SWAT team. After a real SWAT action, a madman with special skills, obsessed with revenge, is released on bail.
Director: Benny Boom | Stars: Gabriel Macht, Robert Patrick, Carly Pope, Giancarlo Esposito
Votes: 12,402
7. Domino (2005)
R | 127 min | Action, Biography, Crime
A recounting of Domino Harvey's life story. The daughter of actor Laurence Harvey turned away from her career as a Ford model to become a bounty hunter.
Director: Tony Scott | Stars: Keira Knightley, Mickey Rourke, Edgar Ramírez, Rizz Abbasi
Votes: 69,389 | Gross: $10.17M
8. Captain America (1979 TV Movie)
TV-PG | 97 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
A recipient of an experimental body enhancement chemical retaliates against his would be killers as a star spangled superhero.
Director: Rod Holcomb | Stars: Reb Brown, Len Birman, Heather Menzies-Urich, Robin Mattson
Votes: 2,412
9. Smokin' Aces 2: Assassins' Ball (2010 Video)
R | 86 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
Hords of insane assassins (2 cute) gather in or near a bar waiting to kill an insignificant FBI pencil pusher at 3AM and collect $3M. He's kept in a safe house/bunker nearby surrounded by FBI agents. Action awaits.
Director: P.J. Pesce | Stars: Tom Berenger, Clayne Crawford, Tommy Flanagan, Maury Sterling
Votes: 14,304
10. Safe House (1998)
TV-14 | 112 min | Drama, Thriller
A retired US black ops agent gets Alzheimer's, while other ex agents are being killed. He has incriminating data on a presidential candidate.
Director: Eric Steven Stahl | Stars: Patrick Stewart, Kimberly Williams-Paisley, Hector Elizondo, Joy Kilpatrick
Votes: 2,659
11. No Contest (1995)
R | 98 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Andrew Dice Clay takes over a hotel during a beauty pageant taking several pageant contestants hostage since one of them is a rich senator's daughter.
Director: Paul Lynch | Stars: Shannon Tweed, Robert Davi, Andrew Dice Clay, Roddy Piper
Votes: 980
12.
Numb3rs (2005–2010)
Episode:
Sabotage
(2005)
TV-PG | 40 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
An unknown terrorist is mimicking horrible train accidents and leaving a number code at the scene.
Director: Lou Antonio | Stars: Rob Morrow, David Krumholtz, Judd Hirsch, Alimi Ballard
Votes: 367
13.
The Outer Limits (1995–2002)
Episode:
Dead Man's Switch
(1997)
TV-PG | 45 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
An American soldier learns that he is one of five people around the world who are separately sealed underground for a year and are charged with preventing Earth's self-destruction as the world awaits a possible invasion by aliens.
Director: Jeff Woolnough | Stars: James Le Gros, Kristin Lehman, Donnelly Rhodes, Yee Jee Tso
Votes: 442
14.
The Outer Limits (1995–2002)
Episode:
Final Exam
(1998)
TV-PG | 45 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
An ex-student returns to blow up a university with bombs he's made by cracking the secret of cold fusion, after being booted from the school's physics program. Todtman swears he won't ... See full summary »
Director: Mario Azzopardi | Stars: Brett Cullen, Peter Stebbings, Stellina Rusich, Kevin Tighe
Votes: 363
15.
The Rookies (1972–1976)
Episode:
Dirge for Sunday
(1972)
TV-PG | 51 min | Crime, Drama
A sophisticated criminal (Roddy McDowall) takes Danko hostage and will blow him up unless the city trades him for a syndicate bookkeeper currently in custody (Vincent Gardenia).
Director: Leonard J. Horn | Stars: Georg Stanford Brown, Sam Melville, Michael Ontkean, Kate Jackson
Votes: 29
16.
Criminal Minds (2005– )
Episode:
The Fisher King: Part 2
(2006)
TV-PG | 42 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Elle's fate is unknown, and the unsub continues dropping clues as the team scrambles to identify him before another tragedy occurs.
Director: Gloria Muzio | Stars: Mandy Patinkin, Thomas Gibson, Lola Glaudini, Shemar Moore
Votes: 2,990
17.
Highway Patrol (1955–1959)
Episode:
Human Bomb
(1955)
TV-PG | 30 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A distraught engineer sets out on a suicide mission to destroy the chemical plant at which he was formerly employed.
Director: Leon Benson | Stars: Broderick Crawford, William Vaughn, Ralph Montgomery, Marty May
Votes: 91
18.
Sleeper Cell (2005–2006)
Episode:
Fitna
(2006)
TV-MA | 53 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
The day of reckoning has arrived. The Cell members prepare to launch the attack, even as the FBI springs its trap.
Director: Nick Gomez | Stars: Michael Ealy, Oded Fehr, Henri Lubatti, Thekla Reuten
Votes: 120
19.
Riverdale (2017–2023)
Episode:
Chapter Sixty: Dog Day Afternoon
(2019)
TV-14 | 42 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Things take a dangerous turn when Betty and Charles track down Edgar and his Farmies; Jughead's first day at Stonewall Prep doesn't go as planned; Cheryl learns a dark family secret.
Director: Gregory Smith | Stars: K.J. Apa, Lili Reinhart, Camila Mendes, Cole Sprouse
Votes: 1,109
20.
Burn Notice (2007–2013)
Episode:
Loose Ends, Part 2
(2007)
TV-PG | 42 min | Action, Crime, Drama
With Cowan's bosses now tracking him, Michael must protect his family and rescue Sam all before his own capture if he doesn't move fast enough.
Director: Stephen Surjik | Stars: Jeffrey Donovan, Gabrielle Anwar, Bruce Campbell, Sharon Gless
Votes: 704
21.
Leverage: Redemption (2021– )
Episode:
The Unwellness Job
(2021)
TV-14 | 48 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller
The Leverage team sets out to discredit a lifestyle and wellness guru targeting desperate people and peddling snake oil instead of actual medicine.
Director: Noah Wyle | Stars: Gina Bellman, Christian Kane, Beth Riesgraf, Aleyse Shannon
Votes: 546
22.
The Lazarus Project (2022–2023)
Episode:
Episode #1.8
(2022)
TV-MA | 45 min | Action, Drama, Fantasy
When the Lazarus Project are rocked by an event that they have no control over, the organisation is sent into disarray. They are in a race against time to find a solution to what seems like an impossible problem.
Director: Akaash Meeda | Stars: Paapa Essiedu, Anjli Mohindra, Rudi Dharmalingam, Charly Clive
Votes: 367
23.
Strike Back (2010–2020)
Episode:
Iraq: Part One
(2010)
TV-MA | 45 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
John Porter leads his unit into battle trying to rescue the CEO of a British weapons manufacturing company captured in Iraq, just before the invasion started. His team is joined by Hugh ... See full summary »
Director: Daniel Percival | Stars: Richard Armitage, Andrew Lincoln, Jodhi May, Orla Brady
Votes: 854
24.
Lie to Me (2009–2011)
Episode:
Tractor Man
(2009)
TV-14 | 42 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A frustrated farmer with a bomb drives his tractor to Washington and demands to talk to the president, and Cal is brought in to find out who's really calling the shots.
Director: Vahan Moosekian | Stars: Tim Roth, Kelli Williams, Brendan Hines, Monica Raymund
Votes: 775
25.
S.W.A.T. (2017– )
Episode:
Donor
(2022)
TV-14 | Action, Adventure, Crime
When hospital employees are targeted by a gunman the S.W.A.T team races to find a grieving father whose son was denied a kidney transplant; Hondo searches for evidence behind an alarming rise in Los Angeles stash houses.
Director: Lina Esco | Stars: Shemar Moore, Alex Russell, Lina Esco, Kenny Johnson
Votes: 283
26.
NCIS: Hawai'i (2021–2024)
Episode:
Prisoners' Dilemma
(2022)
TV-14 | Action, Crime, Mystery
Special Agent Tennant's team, along with NCIS agents Nick Torres and Jessica Knight, learn about plans for an attack in Oahu on RIMPAC (Rim of the Pacific); the world's largest international maritime warfare exercise.
Director: Tim Andrew | Stars: Vanessa Lachey, Alex Tarrant, Noah Mills, Yasmine Al-Bustami
Votes: 512
27.
Strike Back (2010–2020)
Episode:
Vengeance: Part 10
(2012)
TV-MA | 48 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
Damien has to choose between vengeance and duty to Section 20. Knox finds his sphere of influence diminishing drastically and will do almost anything to leave his mark. Section 20 goes ... See full summary »
Director: Bill Eagles | Stars: Philip Winchester, Sullivan Stapleton, Rhona Mitra, Michelle Lukes
Votes: 448
28.
Young Justice (2010–2023)
Episode:
Darkest
(2012)
TV-PG | 22 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
An old friend returns to Mount Justice and takes revenge to prove himself to his new masters.
Director: Melchior Zwyer | Stars: Oded Fehr, Stephanie Lemelin, Eric Lopez, Yuri Lowenthal
Votes: 3,003
29.
Beware the Batman (2013–2014)
Episode:
Tests
(2013)
TV-PG | 23 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
A new villain has arrived in Gotham to challenge Batman: Anarky who prides himself on his brilliance and intends to prove it to Batman by manipulating a pair of street thugs. But Anarky's real plan is far more devastating.
Directors: Curt Geda, Butch Lukic | Stars: Anthony Ruivivar, Carlos Alazraqui, JB Blanc, Arif S. Kinchen
Votes: 180
30.
Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (2013–2020)
Episode:
The Writing on the Wall
(2014)
TV-PG | 42 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
A mysterious man is killing off former S.H.I.E.L.D. agents and carving the same markings as Coulson. Coulson tries to track him down. Meanwhile, May leads a team on a manhunt for Ward.
Director: Vincent Misiano | Stars: Clark Gregg, Ming-Na Wen, Brett Dalton, Chloe Bennet
Votes: 3,446
31.
CSI: Cyber (2015–2016)
Episode:
Crowd Sourced
(2015)
TV-14 | 43 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
The Cyber team must track down a bomber fixated on revealing the "truth" about society's overreliance on technology.
Director: Eriq La Salle | Stars: Patricia Arquette, James Van Der Beek, Peter MacNicol, Shad Moss
Votes: 328
32.
Castle (2009–2016)
Episode:
Kill Switch
(2014)
TV-PG | 41 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
When Castle and Beckett stumble upon an activist as a prime suspect, the NYPD goes on a manhunt, and the consequences could be deadly for one member of the team.
Director: Jeannot Szwarc | Stars: Nathan Fillion, Stana Katic, Susan Sullivan, Jon Huertas
Votes: 977
33.
The Punisher (2017–2019)
Episode:
Virtue of the Vicious
(2017)
TV-MA | 49 min | Action, Crime, Drama
An attack on a high-profile politician is examined (and reexamined) through different perspectives. Madani faces a painful truth.
Director: Jim O'Hanlon | Stars: Jon Bernthal, Ben Barnes, Amber Rose Revah, Daniel Webber
Votes: 8,149
34.
NCIS: Los Angeles (2009–2023)
Episode:
Under Pressure
(2018)
TV-14 | 41 min | Action, Crime, Drama
When napalm is discovered at a crime scene, the team investigates the only casualty for possible links to terrorism.
Director: Diana Valentine | Stars: Chris O'Donnell, Daniela Ruah, Eric Christian Olsen, Barrett Foa
Votes: 284