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1. Parasite (2019)

R | 132 min | Drama, Thriller

Greed and class discrimination threaten the newly-formed symbiotic relationship between the wealthy Park family and the destitute Kim clan.

Director: Bong Joon Ho | Stars: Song Kang-ho, Lee Sun-kyun, Cho Yeo-jeong, Choi Woo-sik

Votes: 959,659 | Gross: $53.37M

2. The Dark Knight Rises (2012)

PG-13 | 164 min | Action, Drama, Thriller

Eight years after the Joker's reign of chaos, Batman is coerced out of exile with the assistance of the mysterious Selina Kyle in order to defend Gotham City from the vicious guerrilla terrorist Bane.

Director: Christopher Nolan | Stars: Christian Bale, Tom Hardy, Anne Hathaway, Gary Oldman

Votes: 1,827,566 | Gross: $448.14M

3. The Martian (2015)

PG-13 | 144 min | Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi

An astronaut becomes stranded on Mars after his team assume him dead, and must rely on his ingenuity to find a way to signal to Earth that he is alive and can survive until a potential rescue.

Director: Ridley Scott | Stars: Matt Damon, Jessica Chastain, Kristen Wiig, Kate Mara

Votes: 925,503 | Gross: $228.43M

4. Enemy of the State (1998)

R | 132 min | Action, Thriller

A lawyer becomes targeted by a corrupt politician and his N.S.A. goons when he accidentally receives key evidence to a politically motivated crime.

Director: Tony Scott | Stars: Will Smith, Gene Hackman, Jon Voight, Lisa Bonet

Votes: 258,942 | Gross: $111.55M

5. Ghostbusters: Answer the Call (2016)

PG-13 | 117 min | Action, Comedy, Fantasy

Following a ghost invasion of Manhattan, paranormal enthusiasts Erin Gilbert and Abby Yates, nuclear engineer Jillian Holtzmann, and subway worker Patty Tolan band together to stop the otherworldly threat.

Director: Paul Feig | Stars: Melissa McCarthy, Kristen Wiig, Kate McKinnon, Leslie Jones

Votes: 246,402 | Gross: $128.34M

6. The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (2013)

PG | 114 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama

When both he and a colleague are about to lose their job, Walter takes action by embarking on an adventure more extraordinary than anything he ever imagined.

Director: Ben Stiller | Stars: Ben Stiller, Kristen Wiig, Jon Daly, Kathryn Hahn

Votes: 340,959 | Gross: $58.24M

7. Bad Teacher (2011)

R | 92 min | Comedy, Romance

A lazy, incompetent middle school teacher who hates her job, her students, and her co-workers is forced to return to teaching to make enough money for breast implants after her wealthy fiancé dumps her.

Director: Jake Kasdan | Stars: Cameron Diaz, Jason Segel, Justin Timberlake, Lucy Punch

Votes: 212,669 | Gross: $100.29M

8. The Client (1994)

PG-13 | 119 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

A young boy who witnessed the suicide of a mafia lawyer hires an attorney to protect him when the District Attorney tries to use him to take down a mob family.

Director: Joel Schumacher | Stars: Susan Sarandon, Tommy Lee Jones, Brad Renfro, Mary-Louise Parker

Votes: 73,688 | Gross: $92.12M

9. Suspiria (1977)

R | 92 min | Horror

An American newcomer to a prestigious German ballet academy comes to realize that the school is a front for something sinister amid a series of grisly murders.

Director: Dario Argento | Stars: Jessica Harper, Stefania Casini, Flavio Bucci, Miguel Bosé

Votes: 105,451

10. The Rainmaker (1997)

PG-13 | 135 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

An underdog lawyer takes on a fraudulent insurance company.

Director: Francis Ford Coppola | Stars: Matt Damon, Danny DeVito, Claire Danes, Jon Voight

Votes: 82,896 | Gross: $45.86M

11. S.W.A.T. (2003)

PG-13 | 117 min | Action, Adventure, Crime

An imprisoned drug kingpin offers a huge cash reward to anyone that can break him out of police custody, and only the L.A.P.D.'s Special Weapons and Tactics team can prevent it.

Director: Clark Johnson | Stars: Samuel L. Jackson, Colin Farrell, Michelle Rodriguez, LL Cool J

Votes: 153,976 | Gross: $116.93M

12. Jaws 2 (1978)

PG | 116 min | Adventure, Horror, Thriller

Police chief Brody must protect the citizens of Amity after a second monstrous shark begins terrorizing the waters.

Director: Jeannot Szwarc | Stars: Roy Scheider, Lorraine Gary, Murray Hamilton, Joseph Mascolo

Votes: 84,502 | Gross: $102.92M

13. Resident Evil: The Final Chapter (2016)

R | 107 min | Action, Horror, Sci-Fi

Alice returns to where the nightmare began: The Hive in Raccoon City, where the Umbrella Corporation is gathering its forces for a final strike against the only remaining survivors of the apocalypse.

Director: Paul W.S. Anderson | Stars: Milla Jovovich, Iain Glen, Ali Larter, Shawn Roberts

Votes: 100,981 | Gross: $26.83M

14. Taking Lives (2004)

R | 103 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller

An FBI profiler is called in by French Canadian police to catch a serial killer who takes on the identity of each new victim.

Director: D.J. Caruso | Stars: Angelina Jolie, Ethan Hawke, Kiefer Sutherland, Gena Rowlands

Votes: 95,317 | Gross: $32.68M

15. Daddy Day Care (2003)

PG | 92 min | Comedy, Family

Two men named Charlie Hinton and Phil Ryerson get laid off and have to become stay-at-home fathers when they can't find jobs. This inspires them to open their own day care center.

Director: Steve Carr | Stars: Eddie Murphy, Jeff Garlin, Anjelica Huston, Steve Zahn

Votes: 73,763 | Gross: $104.30M

16. Rocky II (1979)

PG | 119 min | Drama, Sport

Rocky struggles in family life after his bout with Apollo Creed, while the embarrassed champ insistently goads him to accept a challenge for a rematch.

Director: Sylvester Stallone | Stars: Sylvester Stallone, Talia Shire, Burt Young, Carl Weathers

Votes: 231,281

17. The Marine (2006)

PG-13 | 92 min | Action, Comedy, Drama

A group of diamond thieves on the run kidnap the wife of a recently discharged marine who goes on a chase through the South Carolinian wilderness to retrieve her.

Director: John Bonito | Stars: John Cena, Kelly Carlson, Robert Patrick, Anthony Ray Parker

Votes: 35,830 | Gross: $18.84M

18. Empire State (2013)

R | 94 min | Action, Crime, Thriller

Two childhood friends plan to rob an armored-car depository, but an NYPD officer stands in their way.

Director: Dito Montiel | Stars: Liam Hemsworth, Michael Angarano, Dwayne Johnson, Paul Ben-Victor

Votes: 22,930

19. Dead Presidents (1995)

R | 119 min | Action, Crime, Drama

A Vietnam vet adjusts to life after the war while trying to support his family, but the chance of a better life may involve crime and bloodshed.

Directors: Albert Hughes, Allen Hughes | Stars: Larenz Tate, Keith David, Chris Tucker, Freddy Rodríguez

Votes: 24,489 | Gross: $24.20M

20. The High Note (2020)

PG-13 | 113 min | Drama, Music, Romance

A superstar singer and her overworked personal assistant are presented with a choice that could alter the course of their respective careers.

Director: Nisha Ganatra | Stars: Dakota Johnson, Tracee Ellis Ross, Kelvin Harrison Jr., Bill Pullman

Votes: 13,433

21. Mad Money (2008)

PG-13 | 104 min | Comedy, Crime, Thriller

Three female employees of the Federal Reserve plot to steal money that is about to be destroyed.

Director: Callie Khouri | Stars: Diane Keaton, Queen Latifah, Katie Holmes, Ted Danson

Votes: 22,827 | Gross: $20.67M

22. Paranoia (I) (2013)

PG-13 | 106 min | Drama, Thriller

An entry-level employee at a powerful corporation finds himself occupying a corner office, but at a dangerous price: he must spy on his boss's old mentor to secure for him a multi-billion dollar advantage.

Director: Robert Luketic | Stars: Liam Hemsworth, Gary Oldman, Harrison Ford, Amber Heard

Votes: 39,291 | Gross: $7.38M

23. Alan Partridge (2013)

R | 90 min | Action, Comedy, Crime

When famous DJ Alan Partridge's radio station is taken over by a new media conglomerate, it sets in motion a chain of events which see Alan having to work with the police to defuse a potentially violent siege.

Director: Declan Lowney | Stars: Steve Coogan, Colm Meaney, Tim Key, Karl Theobald

Votes: 32,975 | Gross: $0.15M

24. Worlds Apart (2015)

Not Rated | 113 min | Drama, Romance

In modern Greece, while socioeconomic turmoil ravages Southern Europe, three distinct stories unfold, each representing a different generation of Greeks in love with a foreigner, each story coming together in the end to form a whole.

Director: Christopher Papakaliatis | Stars: J.K. Simmons, Maria Kavoyianni, Andrea Osvárt, Christopher Papakaliatis

Votes: 9,204

25. Until Death (2007)

R | 101 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Stowe is a dirty cop who is hooked on heroin, and everyone dislikes him. Because of an accident he is put into a coma, and comes out of it a better person. He wakes up wanting to put things right.

Director: Simon Fellows | Stars: Jean-Claude Van Damme, Stephen Rea, Selina Giles, Mark Dymond

Votes: 10,371

26. Eerie (2018)

101 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller

When a student's suicide rattles an all-girls Catholic school, a clairvoyant guidance counselor leans on a ghost to uncover the convent's abusive past.

Director: Mikhail Red | Stars: Bea Alonzo, Charo Santos-Concio, Jake Cuenca, Maxene Magalona

Votes: 2,816

27. The Measure of a Man (2015)

Not Rated | 91 min | Drama

At the age of 51 and after 20 months on unemployment, Thierry starts a new job that soon brings him face to face with a moral dilemma. How much is he willing to accept to keep his job?

Director: Stéphane Brizé | Stars: Vincent Lindon, Karine de Mirbeck, Matthieu Schaller, Yves Ory

Votes: 6,784 | Gross: $0.11M

28. Wild Mouse (2017)

103 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

When Georg loses his job, he conceals the fact from his younger wife Johanna, who wants a child with him. Instead, he embarks upon a campaign of revenge against his former boss and begins to renovate a roller-coaster with an old school friend.

Director: Josef Hader | Stars: Josef Hader, Pia Hierzegger, Georg Friedrich, Jörg Hartmann

Votes: 2,856

29. That Burning Feeling (2013)

TV-MA | 95 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

Adam Murphy - a real-estate hotshot and confirmed bachelor - feels the burn of failed love(s), when a social disease takes him face-to-face with a handful of one-night stands, revealing the shortcomings of his own image.

Director: Jason James | Stars: Paulo Costanzo, Ingrid Haas, Tyler Labine, John Cho

Votes: 357

30. Corporate (I) (2017)

PG-13 | 95 min | Drama, Thriller

Emilie is a bright young manager in HR for a huge agro-food company. Ambitious and dedicated, she is ready to put ruthless methods into practice to meet the requirements. But one day, one of the employees commits suicide in front of her.

Director: Nicolas Silhol | Stars: Céline Sallette, Lambert Wilson, Stéphane De Groodt, Violaine Fumeau

Votes: 1,175

31. Une étrange affaire (1981)

105 min | Drama

Louis Coline assists the head of advertising of a department store in decline. He has little to do, but seems content with his marriage to Nina, his visits to his mother and grandmother, ... See full summary »

Director: Pierre Granier-Deferre | Stars: Michel Piccoli, Gérard Lanvin, Nathalie Baye, Jean-Pierre Kalfon

Votes: 590

32. Der Fall Barschel (2015 TV Movie)

177 min | Drama, History, Thriller

Film about the death of the German politician Uwe Barschel, who was found dead under mysterious circumstances in his hotel room in 1987, and the surrounding political scandals.

Director: Kilian Riedhof | Stars: Alexander Fehling, Fabian Hinrichs, Matthias Matschke, Antje Traue

Votes: 297

33. I Promise to Pay (1937)

Approved | 68 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Eddie Lang (Chester Morris), a decent family man making $27.50 a week, borrows fifty-dollars from Richard Farra (Leo Carrillo) in order to take his wife, Mary (Helen Mack) and two small ... See full summary »

Director: D. Ross Lederman | Stars: Chester Morris, Leo Carrillo, Helen Mack, Thomas Mitchell

Votes: 187

34. Trainer! (2013 TV Movie)

138 min | Documentary, Sport

Sports documentary that shows the life of three young German soccer managers during a professional season.

Director: Aljoscha Pause | Stars: Rachid Azzouzi, Fabian Boll, Michael Born, Marius Ebbers

Votes: 506

35. Psych (2006–2014)
Episode: Who Ya Gonna Call? (2006)

TV-PG | 43 min | Comedy, Crime, Mystery

A man comes to Gus and Shawn claiming he's being haunted, while Carlton and Juliet work the murder of a doctor.

Director: Michael Lange | Stars: James Roday Rodriguez, Dulé Hill, Timothy Omundson, Maggie Lawson

Votes: 1,197

36. Mäklarna (2006)
Episode: Kaj Modin blir uppsagd av sin arbetsgivare (2006)

Comedy, Drama

Real estate agent Kaj Modin is dismissed by his employer after doing deals on the side. His old mentor promises to help him on the condition that Kaj helps his daughter Vilma to become a real estate agent too.

Director: Marcus Olsson | Stars: Kjell Bergqvist, Cecilia Frode, Rolf Skoglund, Lotta Tejle

Votes: 14

37. Fish (2000– )
Episode: Uncharted Waters (2000)

48 min | Drama

Fish and Peter come to blows as Fish's ambition to change the law gets the better of him during a sex-discrimination tribunal.

Director: Brett Fallis | Stars: Paul McGann, Jemma Redgrave, Mick Ford, Jack Stanley

38. Drinnen - Im Internet sind alle gleich (2020– )
Episode: Das Katapult (2020)

12 min | Comedy, Drama

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Director: Lutz Heineking | Stars: Lavinia Wilson, Victoria Trauttmansdorff, Wolf-Dietrich Sprenger, Barnaby Metschurat

Votes: 10

39. Psych (2006–2014)
Episode: Romeo and Juliet and Juliet (2010)

TV-PG | 49 min | Comedy, Crime, Mystery

Shawn and Gus find themselves caught between two rival Chinese Triad families as they search for one of the leader's abducted daughter. Meanwhile, Shawn's father Henry joins the police ... See full summary »

Director: Steve Franks | Stars: James Roday Rodriguez, Dulé Hill, Timothy Omundson, Maggie Lawson

Votes: 986

40. Psych (2006–2014)
Episode: The Polarizing Express (2010)

TV-PG | 43 min | Comedy, Crime, Mystery

Shawn wonders what life would have been like if he had not returned to Santa Barbara.

Director: James Roday Rodriguez | Stars: James Roday Rodriguez, Dulé Hill, Timothy Omundson, Maggie Lawson

Votes: 981

41. Psych (2006–2014)
Episode: Ferry Tale (2010)

TV-PG | 42 min | Comedy, Crime, Mystery

Shawn and Gus help a prison guard locate his escaped inmates while on a ferry boat headed to the Channel Islands.

Director: Reginald Hudlin | Stars: James Roday Rodriguez, Dulé Hill, Timothy Omundson, Maggie Lawson

Votes: 879

42. Mad Love (2011)
Episode: Friends (2011)

G | 21 min | Comedy, Romance

When Tiffany decides to leave New York because of her divorce, it means Connie must find a new job and Larry finally has a chance with his dream girl; however, they soon each get more than they bargained for.

Director: Gail Mancuso | Stars: Jason Biggs, Sarah Chalke, Judy Greer, Tyler Labine

Votes: 74

43. White Collar (2009–2014)
Episode: Deadline (2011)

TV-PG | 43 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

When a magazine journalist's life is threatened, Diana goes undercover as her assistant to protect her while Peter and Neal investigate the subject of the journalist's story: a crooked pharmaceutical company.

Director: Michael Smith | Stars: Matt Bomer, Tim DeKay, Willie Garson, Marsha Thomason

Votes: 763

44. Black Mirror (2011– )
Episode: Joan Is Awful (2023)

TV-MA | 58 min | Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi

An average woman is stunned to discover a global streaming platform has launched a prestige TV drama adaptation of her life - in which she is portrayed by Hollywood A-lister Salma Hayek.

Director: Ally Pankiw | Stars: Annie Murphy, Salma Hayek, Michael Cera, Himesh Patel

Votes: 37,901

45. Dakota (2012)
Episode: Almost Up $6,640 (2012)

8 min | Short, Drama

Dakota plays her last hand of the night, with a little help.

Director: Ami Canaan Mann | Stars: Jena Malone, Wilfred Biggs, David Heckel, Emmett Heckel

Votes: 9

46. Suits (2011–2019)
Episode: Break Point (2012)

TV-PG | 43 min | Comedy, Drama

While Mike takes on an emancipation case that pits a teenage tennis phenom against his father, Donna's handling of an overlooked memo becomes a hot potato that could burn her.

Director: Christopher Misiano | Stars: Gabriel Macht, Patrick J. Adams, Rick Hoffman, Meghan Markle

Votes: 3,149

47. Psych (2006–2014)
Episode: No Trout About It (2013)

TV-PG | 43 min | Comedy, Crime, Mystery

Petty private investigator Leo Quinn hires Psych to find out who fatally poisoned him, and why. It turns out to be about his code for a rich old client's diamonds-stuffed safety deposit, ... See full summary »

Director: Brad Turner | Stars: James Roday Rodriguez, Dulé Hill, Timothy Omundson, Maggie Lawson

Votes: 784

48. Goliath (2016–2021)
Episode: Beauty and the Beast (2016)

TV-MA | 59 min | Drama

With danger mounting around every corner, Billy has to decide whether to head directly to trial or take his chances with a continuance.

Director: Lawrence Trilling | Stars: Billy Bob Thornton, William Hurt, Maria Bello, Olivia Thirlby

Votes: 1,136

49. Bones (2005–2017)
Episode: The Strike in the Chord (2016)

TV-14 | 44 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

When the lead singer of a college acapella group dies, the team must question members of the group and some female competitors; Aubrey's college experience is revealed while Booth tried to ... See full summary »

Director: Michael Lange | Stars: Emily Deschanel, David Boreanaz, Michaela Conlin, Tamara Taylor

Votes: 668