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1. Transformers: Rise of the Beasts (2023)

PG-13 | 127 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

During the '90s, a new faction of Transformers - the Maximals - join the Autobots as allies in the battle for Earth.

Director: Steven Caple Jr. | Stars: Anthony Ramos, Dominique Fishback, Luna Lauren Velez, Dean Scott Vazquez

Votes: 103,727 | Gross: $157.07M

2. Mission: Impossible (1966–1973)

TV-PG | 50 min | Action, Adventure, Crime

An elite covert operations unit carries out highly sensitive missions subject to official denial in the event of failure, death or capture.

Stars: Peter Graves, Barbara Bain, Greg Morris, Peter Lupus

Votes: 11,490

3. Ant-Man (2015)

PG-13 | 117 min | Action, Comedy, Sci-Fi

Armed with a super-suit with the astonishing ability to shrink in scale but increase in strength, cat burglar Scott Lang must embrace his inner hero and help his mentor, Dr. Hank Pym, pull off a plan that will save the world.

Director: Peyton Reed | Stars: Paul Rudd, Michael Douglas, Corey Stoll, Evangeline Lilly

Votes: 721,982 | Gross: $180.20M

4. The Conversation (1974)

PG | 113 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller

A paranoid, secretive surveillance expert has a crisis of conscience when he suspects that the couple he is spying on will be murdered.

Director: Francis Ford Coppola | Stars: Gene Hackman, John Cazale, Allen Garfield, Frederic Forrest

Votes: 121,834 | Gross: $4.42M

5. Thief (1981)

R | 123 min | Action, Crime, Drama

An ace safe cracker wants to do one last big heist for the mob before going straight.

Director: Michael Mann | Stars: James Caan, Tuesday Weld, Willie Nelson, Jim Belushi

Votes: 38,978 | Gross: $11.49M

6. The Guns of Navarone (1961)

Not Rated | 158 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

A team of Allied saboteurs is assigned an impossible mission: infiltrate an impregnable Nazi-held Greek island and destroy the two enormous long-range field guns that prevent the rescue of 2,000 trapped British soldiers.

Director: J. Lee Thompson | Stars: David Niven, Gregory Peck, Anthony Quinn, Anthony Quayle

Votes: 55,384 | Gross: $28.90M

7. Congo (1995)

PG-13 | 109 min | Action, Adventure, Mystery

When an expedition to the African Congo ends in disaster, a new team is assembled to find out what went wrong.

Director: Frank Marshall | Stars: Laura Linney, Tim Curry, Dylan Walsh, Ernie Hudson

Votes: 48,657 | Gross: $81.02M

8. Gangster Squad (2013)

R | 113 min | Action, Crime, Drama

It's 1949 Los Angeles, the city is run by gangsters and a malicious mobster, Mickey Cohen. Determined to end the corruption, John O'Mara assembles a team of cops, ready to take down the ruthless leader and restore peace to the city.

Director: Ruben Fleischer | Stars: Sean Penn, Ryan Gosling, Emma Stone, Giovanni Ribisi

Votes: 222,737 | Gross: $46.00M

9. Stolen (2012)

R | 96 min | Action, Crime, Thriller

A former thief frantically searches for his missing daughter, who has been kidnapped and locked in the trunk of a taxi.

Director: Simon West | Stars: Nicolas Cage, Malin Akerman, Josh Lucas, Danny Huston

Votes: 46,433 | Gross: $0.30M

10. Sneakers (1992)

PG-13 | 126 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

A security pro finds his past returning to haunt him when he and his unique team are tasked with retrieving a particularly important item.

Director: Phil Alden Robinson | Stars: Robert Redford, Dan Aykroyd, Sidney Poitier, Jo Marr

Votes: 62,527 | Gross: $51.43M

11. Runaway (1984)

PG-13 | 99 min | Action, Crime, Sci-Fi

In the near future, a police officer specializes in malfunctioning robots. When a robot turns out to have been programmed to kill, he begins to uncover a homicidal plot to create killer robots... and his son becomes a target.

Director: Michael Crichton | Stars: Tom Selleck, Cynthia Rhodes, Gene Simmons, Kirstie Alley

Votes: 14,500 | Gross: $6.77M

12. Nothing to Lose (1997)

R | 98 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy

Nick's wife's in bed with his boss. He later gets a gun to his head by a carjacker but steps on the gas pedal. They end up friends after adventures together - holdups, burglary, reckless driving, revenge etc. Twists follow.

Director: Steve Oedekerk | Stars: Martin Lawrence, Tim Robbins, John C. McGinley, Giancarlo Esposito

Votes: 49,248 | Gross: $44.46M

13. Spies Like Us (1985)

PG | 102 min | Adventure, Comedy

Two bumbling government employees think they are U.S. spies, only to discover that they are actually decoys for Nuclear War.

Director: John Landis | Stars: Chevy Chase, Dan Aykroyd, Mark Stewart, Sean Daniel

Votes: 52,970 | Gross: $60.09M

14. The Time Tunnel (1966–1967)

TV-PG | 60 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

Two scientists with a secret time travel project find themselves trapped in the time stream and appearing in notable periods of history.

Stars: James Darren, Robert Colbert, Whit Bissell, John Zaremba

Votes: 4,231

15. The Pink Panther 2 (2009)

PG | 92 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy

Insp. Jacques Clouseau teams up with a squad of International detectives who are just as bumbling as he is. Their mission: Stop a globe-trotting thief who specializes in stealing historical artifacts.

Director: Harald Zwart | Stars: Steve Martin, Jean Reno, Emily Mortimer, Andy Garcia

Votes: 48,215 | Gross: $35.92M

16. He Walked by Night (1948)

Approved | 79 min | Crime, Film-Noir, Thriller

This film-noir piece, told in semi-documentary style, follows police on the hunt for a resourceful criminal who shoots and kills a cop.

Directors: Alfred L. Werker, Anthony Mann | Stars: Richard Basehart, Scott Brady, Roy Roberts, Whit Bissell

Votes: 6,701

17. 711 Ocean Drive (1950)

Passed | 102 min | Action, Crime, Drama

An electronics expert creates a huge bookie broadcast system for his crime boss, and takes over operations when his boss is murdered. His greed leads him on a deadly destructive path.

Director: Joseph M. Newman | Stars: Edmond O'Brien, Joanne Dru, Otto Kruger, Barry Kelley

Votes: 2,045

18. Wedlock (I) (1991)

R | 101 min | Action, Crime, Drama

A male prison escapee heads for his hidden loot electronically attached to a female prisoner.

Director: Lewis Teague | Stars: Rutger Hauer, Mimi Rogers, Joan Chen, James Remar

Votes: 9,151

19. Doc Savage: The Man of Bronze (1975)

G | 100 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy

Doc and the Amazing Five battle Captain Seas and "the green death" for control of a fabulous resource.

Director: Michael Anderson | Stars: Ron Ely, Paul Gleason, William Lucking, Michael Miller

Votes: 2,146

20. Walker, Texas Ranger: Trial by Fire (2005 TV Movie)

TV-PG | 120 min | Action, Crime, Thriller

Walker investigates a murder connected with a missing government weapon. In addition, he tries to track down a teen on the run from a crime syndicate.

Director: Aaron Norris | Stars: Chuck Norris, Sheree J. Wilson, Judson Mills, Andre Kristoff

Votes: 1,736

21. Dead Heat on a Merry-Go-Round (1966)

Approved | 104 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

A paroled conman co-ordinates the robbery of an L. A. Airport bank with the arrival of the Soviet premier.

Director: Bernard Girard | Stars: James Coburn, Camilla Sparv, Aldo Ray, Nina Wayne

Votes: 1,359

22. Almost an Angel (1990)

PG | 95 min | Comedy, Drama

A small-time crook becomes convinced he is an angel after a traumatic incident and resolves to perform the work of one.

Director: John Cornell | Stars: Paul Hogan, Linda Kozlowski, Elias Koteas, Doreen Lang

Votes: 4,984 | Gross: $6.94M

23. Fear Is the Key (1972)

PG | 103 min | Action, Crime, Drama

A man is in radio contact with his family when their airplane is shot down. He wants those responsible and becomes a criminal to get a job as deep sea diver with those salvaging the plane's cargo.

Director: Michael Tuchner | Stars: Barry Newman, Suzy Kendall, John Vernon, Dolph Sweet

Votes: 2,267

24. Bugs (1995–1999)

50 min | Action, Crime, Sci-Fi

Ed, Ros, Alex and Beckett form the high-tech crime fighting team who work for the mysterious, secretive Bureau 2 chief, Jan, and are only assigned the most difficult and dangerous cases.

Stars: Jaye Griffiths, Jesse Birdsall, Craig McLachlan, Jan Harvey

Votes: 586

25. Grand Slam (1967)

Not Rated | 121 min | Crime, Drama

To pull off a daring diamond heist in Rio during Carnival, a retired schoolteacher hires four professionals who must contend with a revolutionary alarm system and a taciturn secretary.

Director: Giuliano Montaldo | Stars: Janet Leigh, Robert Hoffmann, Klaus Kinski, Riccardo Cucciolla

Votes: 1,383

26. The Devastator (1986)

R | 79 min | Action, War

This war's in your own backyard. Violent warfare erupts in Northern California when Vietnam vet Deacon Porter reassembles his Combat Strike Force to avenge the death of a commanding officer.

Director: Cirio H. Santiago | Stars: Rick Hill, Katt Shea, Crofton Hardester, Terrence O'Hara

Votes: 308

27. The Elite (I) (2001)

R | 103 min | Action, Crime, Thriller

After the murder of their families by a terrorist bomb, five young adults are trained as a hi-tech, anti-terrorist team with a mission to search and destroy high-profile terrorist groups.

Director: Terry Cunningham | Stars: Jürgen Prochnow, Maxine Bahns, Robin Givens, Jason Lewis

Votes: 587

28. The Hard Truth (1994 Video)

R | 100 min | Action, Crime, Romance

A suspended cop and his girlfriend blackmail an electronics expert into helping them break into the safe of the girlfriend's boss, a corrupt city councilman who's on the local mob's payroll.

Director: Kristine Peterson | Stars: Yvonne Farrow, Nicholas Cascone, Ray Baker, Heather Cummings

Votes: 306

29. Akihabara Geeks (2005 TV Movie)

Not Rated | 44 min | Documentary

A look at the lives of a few inhabitants in Akihabara, Tokyo's electric town.

Directors: Satoshi Kobayashi, Kohei Nagashima | Stars: Dragon Knight 07, Leslie King, Kaichiro Morikawa, Ikki Motohara

Votes: 39

30. Suicide (2001 TV Movie)

50 min | Documentary

Looks at the story of Hideo Ebisawa, a devoted executive in a small electronics firm who committed suicide when his company was unable to pay the bills. It also looks at the recent rise in ... See full summary »

Director: Richard Alwyn

31. Columbo (1971–2003)
Episode: Playback (1975)

TV-PG | 73 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

A gadget-happy inventor murders his mother-in-law; Lt. Columbo is on the case.

Director: Bernard L. Kowalski | Stars: Peter Falk, Oskar Werner, Gena Rowlands, Robert Brown

Votes: 2,541

32. Cannon (1971–1976)
Episode: Hear No Evil (1972)

TV-PG | 60 min | Action, Crime, Drama

A paroled electronics expert is threatened by three businessmen, and his wife, an ex-cop, calls Cannon.

Director: Charles S. Dubin | Stars: William Conrad, William Daniels, Linden Chiles, Louise Troy

Votes: 101

33. Delta (1969–1970)
Episode: Death Walk (1970)

Adventure

Inger and Jeff arrive at an experimental station in the desert, to find it half dismantled and a crazed mad man on the loose.

Director: Wolfgang Storch | Stars: Kirrily Nolan, John Gregg, Kevin Miles, Patsy Trench

34. Miami Vice (1984–1989)
Episode: No Exit (1984)

TV-14 | 49 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Crockett and Tubbs reluctantly help government agents in their pursuit of a dangerous arms dealer.

Director: David Soul | Stars: Don Johnson, Philip Michael Thomas, Saundra Santiago, Michael Talbott

Votes: 840

35. Remington Steele (1982–1987)
Episode: Premium Steele (1985)

TV-PG | 49 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy

A man hires the Steele Agency to find out why his obituary is in the paper. Remington and Laura soon discover his isn't the only one prematurely declared dead.

Director: Gabrielle Beaumont | Stars: Stephanie Zimbalist, Pierce Brosnan, Doris Roberts, Richard Lawson

Votes: 100

36. Midsomer Murders (1997– )
Episode: The Great and the Good (2009)

TV-14 | 93 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

A troubled schoolteacher subject to sleepwalking and quasi-paranoia feels that an intruder has been in her house, and doubters find dead bodies to confirm her fears.

Director: Richard Holthouse | Stars: John Nettles, Jason Hughes, Jane Wymark, Barry Jackson

Votes: 762

37. The Repair Shop (2017– )
Episode: 'Doctor Who' Daleks (2017)

29 min | Documentary, Reality-TV

Vintage electronics expert Neil Fairly battles some aged Doctor Who villains. Steven Fletcher tackles his own time-travelling conundrum. Jay and Will tackle a valuable Davenport desk damaged in a burglary.

Directors: Alice Wylie, Emma Walsh, George Vernon | Stars: Jay Blades, Neil Fairley, Steven Fletcher, William Kirk

Votes: 26