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1. Glass Onion (2022)
PG-13 | 139 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
Tech billionaire Miles Bron invites his friends for a getaway on his private Greek island. When someone turns up dead, Detective Benoit Blanc is put on the case.
Director: Rian Johnson | Stars: Daniel Craig, Edward Norton, Kate Hudson, Dave Bautista
Votes: 442,307
2. Step Brothers (2008)
R | 98 min | Comedy
Two aimless middle-aged losers still living at home are forced against their will to become roommates when their parents marry.
Director: Adam McKay | Stars: Will Ferrell, John C. Reilly, Mary Steenburgen, Richard Jenkins
Votes: 319,304 | Gross: $100.47M
3. Inland Empire (2006)
R | 180 min | Drama, Fantasy, Mystery
As an actress begins to adopt the persona of her character in a film, her world becomes nightmarish and surreal.
Director: David Lynch | Stars: Karolina Gruszka, Krzysztof Majchrzak, Grace Zabriskie, Laura Dern
Votes: 62,468 | Gross: $0.75M
4. Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit (2014)
PG-13 | 105 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
Jack Ryan, as a young covert C.I.A. analyst, uncovers a Russian plot to crash the U.S. economy with a terrorist attack.
Director: Kenneth Branagh | Stars: Chris Pine, Kevin Costner, Keira Knightley, Kenneth Branagh
Votes: 138,297 | Gross: $50.58M
5. Sexy Sisters (1977)
Not Rated | 85 min | Crime, Drama
Edna confines Millie, her younger sister, to her bed while she is sedated. If Edna can show Millie is insane, she will be able to claim a estate for herself. However, Millie learns Edna's malicious schemes.
Director: Jesús Franco | Stars: Pamela Stanford, Karine Gambier, Jack Taylor, Esther Moser
Votes: 790
6. DragonHeart (1996)
PG-13 | 103 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
The last dragon and a disillusioned dragonslaying Knight must cooperate to stop an evil King, who was given partial immortality.
Director: Rob Cohen | Stars: Dennis Quaid, Sean Connery, Dina Meyer, Pete Postlethwaite
Votes: 101,856 | Gross: $51.37M
7. The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones (2013)
PG-13 | 130 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
When her mother disappears, Clary Fray learns that she descends from a line of warriors who protect our world from demons. She joins forces with others like her and heads into a dangerous alternate New York called the Shadow World.
Director: Harald Zwart | Stars: Lily Collins, Jamie Campbell Bower, Robert Sheehan, Jemima West
Votes: 138,824 | Gross: $31.17M
8. Black Death (2010)
R | 102 min | Action, Drama, History
Set during the time of the first outbreak of bubonic plague in England, a young monk is given the task of learning the truth about reports of people being brought back to life in a small village.
Director: Christopher Smith | Stars: Eddie Redmayne, Sean Bean, Carice van Houten, Kimberley Nixon
Votes: 51,271 | Gross: $0.02M
9. Die Hart (2023)
TV-MA | 84 min | Action, Comedy
Kevin Hart - playing a version of himself - is on a death-defying quest to become an action star. And with a little help from John Travolta, Nathalie Emmanuel, and Josh Hartnett - he just might pull it off.
Director: Eric Appel | Stars: Kevin Hart, John Travolta, Nathalie Emmanuel, Jean Reno
Votes: 3,593
10. Game of Death (1978)
R | 100 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A martial arts movie star must fake his death to find the people who are trying to kill him.
Directors: Robert Clouse, Bruce Lee | Stars: Bruce Lee, Gig Young, Dean Jagger, Hugh O'Brian
Votes: 22,376 | Gross: $10.00M
11. Snow White: A Tale of Terror (1997)
R | 100 min | Adventure, Fantasy, Horror
In this dark take on the fairy tale, the growing hatred of a noblewoman, secretly a practitioner of the dark arts, for her stepdaughter, and the witch's horrifying attempts to kill her.
Director: Michael Cohn | Stars: Sigourney Weaver, Sam Neill, Gil Bellows, Taryn Davis
Votes: 11,382
12. Going Postal (2010)
TV-14 | 93 min | Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
A con artist is conned into taking the job as Postmaster General in the Ankh-Morpork Post Office.
Stars: Richard Coyle, Charles Dance, David Suchet, Claire Foy
Votes: 9,798
13. Wise Guys (1986)
R | 100 min | Comedy, Crime
Harry Valentini and Moe Dickstein are both errand boys for the Mob. When they lose two hundred fifty thousand dollars, they are set up to kill each other. But they run off to Atlantic City, and comedy follows.
Director: Brian De Palma | Stars: Danny DeVito, Joe Piscopo, Harvey Keitel, Ray Sharkey
Votes: 6,356 | Gross: $8.48M
14. 6 Bullets (2012)
R | 115 min | Action, Crime, Drama
An ex-mercenary known for finding missing children is hired by a mixed martial arts fighter whose daughter has been kidnapped.
Director: Ernie Barbarash | Stars: Jean-Claude Van Damme, Joe Flanigan, Anna-Louise Plowman, Charlotte Beaumont
Votes: 15,845
15. Sabata (1969)
PG-13 | 111 min | Action, Drama, Western
A master gunfighter sides with a banjo-playing drifter and a Mexican tramp to foil the dignitaries of Daugherty, who want to use stolen army money to buy land that the railroad will cross.
Director: Gianfranco Parolini | Stars: Lee Van Cleef, William Berger, Ignazio Spalla, Aldo Canti
Votes: 5,652 | Gross: $0.23M
16. Novo Mundo (2017)
41 min | Drama, History, Romance
In 1817, Anna Millman, an Englishwoman and Portuguese teacher, becomes involved with the Luso-Brazilian actor Joaquim Martinho, during the trip by ship to Brazil because of the union of ... See full summary »
Stars: Isabelle Drummond, Chay Suede, Letícia Colin, Gabriel Braga Nunes
Votes: 1,967
17. Fear, Inc. (2016)
R | 90 min | Action, Comedy, Horror
A horror junkie and his friends sign up with a company that brings their customer's greatest fears to life.
Director: Vincent Masciale | Stars: Lucas Neff, Caitlin Stasey, Christopher Rodriguez Marquette, Stephanie Drake
Votes: 5,674
18. Love, Cheat & Steal (1993 TV Movie)
R | 96 min | Thriller
A beautiful young newlywed worries when her ex-lover makes a surprise visit and takes an interest in her husband's bank.
Director: William Curran | Stars: John Lithgow, Eric Roberts, Mädchen Amick, Richard Edson
Votes: 1,054
19. Sky High (1985)
109 min | Adventure, Comedy
A group of American students traveling in Greece find themselves accidentally involved with a new type of drug--and the gang that wants it.
Director: Nico Mastorakis | Stars: Daniel Hirsch, Clayton Norcross, Frank Schultz, Lauren Taylor
Votes: 1,282
20. Hot Air (II) (2016)
90 min | Comedy, Drama
A young man meets a quirky stranger at his father's funeral. They embark on an adventure, one pursuing a love interest while the other leaves chaos behind, involving broken relationships and financial troubles.
Director: Derek Sieg | Stars: Jere Burns, Matthew Gray Gubler, Schuyler Fisk, Christa Miller
Votes: 207
21. The Mission (1999)
Not Rated | 84 min | Action
Triad boss Lung, who has just escaped being killed in an assassination, hires five killers for his protection. Their grown solidarity is under compulsion when Lung gives a special order.
Director: Johnnie To | Stars: Anthony Chau-Sang Wong, Francis Ng, Jackie Chung-yin Lui, Roy Cheung
Votes: 6,153
22. Murder Party (I) (2022)
103 min | Comedy, Crime, Mystery
Follows Jeanne, a brilliant architect that suddenly has to investigate the murder of the landlord and patriarch of the mansion she was assigned to renovate.
Director: Nicolas Pleskof | Stars: Alice Pol, Eddy Mitchell, Miou-Miou, Pablo Pauly
Votes: 806
23. Undertaking Betty (2002)
R | 94 min | Comedy, Romance
A woman, whose husband is cheating on her, and an undertaker, who has been in love with her since their childhood, decide to fake her death so they can be together.
Director: Nick Hurran | Stars: Brenda Blethyn, Alfred Molina, Christopher Walken, Naomi Watts
Votes: 5,126
24. Disco Raja (2020)
Not Rated | 141 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A new scientific discovery reanimates a slain man who is either a missing person or a gangster's archenemy.
Director: Vi Anand | Stars: Ravi Teja, Payal Rajput, Nabha Natesh, Tanya Hope
Votes: 1,636
25. Paint It Gold (2023)
95 min | Comedy
Willing to risk it all, an unscrupulous art dealer and his socially-awkward painter and longtime friend develop an extreme and ludicrous plan to save themselves.
Director: Rémi Bezançon | Stars: Vincent Macaigne, Bouli Lanners, Bastien Ughetto, Anaïde Rozam
Votes: 309
26. Raluca (2014)
76 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Former cop Filip Marold (Jan Dolanský) doesn't want to be reminded of some things from his past. But others remind him... He works as a private detective, sleeps with his secretary and ... See full summary »
Director: Zdenek Viktora | Stars: Jan Dolanský, Erika Deutschova, Helena Dvoráková, Kristýna Frejová
Votes: 146
27. The Art of Love (1965)
99 min | Comedy
Struggling artist fakes his own death so his works will increase in value.
Director: Norman Jewison | Stars: James Garner, Dick Van Dyke, Elke Sommer, Angie Dickinson
Votes: 992 | Gross: $7.63M
28. The Moderns (1988)
R | 126 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A struggling artist is hired to forge paintings, causing him to cross paths with his ex-wife and her powerful new husband.
Director: Alan Rudolph | Stars: Keith Carradine, Linda Fiorentino, Wallace Shawn, Geneviève Bujold
Votes: 2,037 | Gross: $2.01M
29. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1960)
Approved | 107 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Mark Twain's 1851 story about two runaway friends, a fostered white boy and an escaped black slave, who sailed on a raft down the Mississippi River in search of freedom and adventure.
Director: Michael Curtiz | Stars: Tony Randall, Eddie Hodges, Archie Moore, Patty McCormack
Votes: 1,596
30. My Stupid Boss (2016)
TV-14 | 108 min | Comedy
Diana (Bunga Citra Lestari) lives in Kuala Lumpur following her husband who works there. Diana then applied to work at a company owned by Bossman. Bossman happened to be her husband's college friend while in America.
Director: Upi Avianto | Stars: Bunga Citra Lestari, Reza Rahadian, Alex Abbad, Bront Palarae
Votes: 1,772
31. Tough Luck (2003)
R | 88 min | Thriller
A tense and intricate web of deceit and betrayal entangles Archie, a wandering grifter who is hired by a traveling carnival owner to murder his beautiful wife.
Director: Gary Ellis | Stars: Norman Reedus, Marco St. John, Rick Negron, David A. Flood
Votes: 1,016
32. Big Shot's Funeral (2001)
PG | 107 min | Comedy, Drama
Yankie director Don Tyler faces mounting insecurity and declining health while on location in Beijing, so his assistant hires down-and-out camerman YoYo to take the reins. Scrambling, ... See full summary »
Director: Xiaogang Feng | Stars: Donald Sutherland, Rosamund Kwan, Paul Mazursky, You Ge
Votes: 2,408 | Gross: $0.00M
33. The Third Key (1956)
Not Rated | 96 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
The sleuths of Scotland Yard try to solve a series of burglaries.
Director: Charles Frend | Stars: Jack Hawkins, John Stratton, Dorothy Alison, Michael Brooke
Votes: 1,377
34. Inspector Lavardin (1986)
Not Rated | 100 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Inspector Lavardin investigates on the murder of a famous writer, whose widow happens to be Helen, a woman Lavardin once loved. She has a daughter from a first marriage, who actually killed her stepfather, as he was trying to abuse her.
Director: Claude Chabrol | Stars: Jean Poiret, Jean-Claude Brialy, Bernadette Lafont, Jean-Luc Bideau
Votes: 1,598
35. Irrational Heart (2011)
Action, Drama, Family
The story of a honest, incorrupt airplane pilot and his ambitious, unscrupulous, and ill-disposed older brother.
Stars: Gabriel Braga Nunes, Eriberto Leão, Paolla Oliveira, Camila Pitanga
Votes: 200
36. I Am Sartana, Your Angel of Death (1969)
Not Rated | 103 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Sartana is framed for a bank robbery, and must find the culprits to clear his name.
Director: Giuliano Carnimeo | Stars: Gianni Garko, Frank Wolff, Ettore Manni, Sal Borgese
Votes: 1,180
37. Key of Life (2012)
Not Rated | 128 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
A failed actor switches identities with a stranger at a bath house thinking it is his way out of his life of misery but only to find himself filling the shoes of an elite assassin.
Director: Kenji Uchida | Stars: Masato Sakai, Teruyuki Kagawa, Ryôko Hirosue, Yoshiyoshi Arakawa
Votes: 2,904
38. Night Class (2001)
PG-13 | 90 min | Crime, Thriller
When Jake, a security guard in a small hotel, inadvertently helps out a beautiful burglar, he becomes a primary suspect and is quickly fired. Jake decides to track down the burglar himself and retrieve the stolen property.
Director: Sheldon Wilson | Stars: Sean Young, Rick Peters, Ron Perlman, John Saxon
Votes: 242
39. Is My Daughter Really Dead? (2019)
TV-14 | 84 min | Thriller
Olivia struggles to sort out truth from fiction after her daughter mysteriously vanishes during a camping trip with the new neighbors.
Director: Colin Edward Lawrence | Stars: Zoe McLellan, Stephanie Charles, Matthew Pohlkamp, Mike Erwin
Votes: 374
40. Gypsy Magic (1997)
126 min | Comedy, Drama
In a Macedonian gypsy village local man meets an Indian UNPROFOR physician whom he sees as solution to all his troubles.
Director: Stole Popov | Stars: Predrag 'Miki' Manojlovic, Antony Zaki, Katina Ivanova, Bajram Severdzan
Votes: 590
41. Empire (2014–2015)
Drama, Mystery, Romance
A man's journey from his humble origins to his life as a millionaire patriarch. his dedicated first daughter, and the unscrupulous efforts of a woman who is obsessed with him.
Stars: Wayne LeGette, Alexandre Nero, Lília Cabral, Leandra Leal
Votes: 615
42. I Killed Einstein, Gentlemen (1970)
95 min | Comedy, Romance, Sci-Fi
This futuristic science fiction comedy features an atomic bomb blast that causes women to grow beards and lose the ability to have children. A summit meeting is held at the United Nations, ... See full summary »
Director: Oldrich Lipský | Stars: Jirí Sovák, Jana Brejchová, Lubomír Lipský, Iva Janzurová
Votes: 574
43. Lost City of the Jungle (1946)
Approved | 265 min | Action, Adventure
Following the end of WWII, war-monger Sir Eric Hazarias (Lionel Atwill) sets the wheel in motion for WWIII. His search for Meteorium 245, the only practical defense against the atomic bomb, leads him to mythical Pendrang.
Directors: Lewis D. Collins, Ray Taylor | Stars: Russell Hayden, Jane Adams, Lionel Atwill, Keye Luke
Votes: 203
44. Manila Boy (1993)
119 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
Diego (Robin Padilla), as Manila Boy, played the bad boy image but tries to deviate from it by being a soft heart species among the throngs of the city. He had an open heart for the needy ... See full summary »
Director: Arturo San Agustin | Stars: Robin Padilla, Aurora Sevilla, Tony Ferrer, Paquito Diaz
Votes: 16
45. Cage of Gold (1950)
Approved | 83 min | Crime, Drama
In post-WW2 Britain, a young woman marries an old flame but after he disappears, and is later declared dead, she re-marries, only to be blackmailed by the supposedly-dead first husband who suddenly re-appears in her life, in need of money.
Director: Basil Dearden | Stars: Jean Simmons, David Farrar, James Donald, Madeleine Lebeau
Votes: 551
46. The Curious Case of the Campus Corpse (1977)
PG | 90 min | Comedy, Drama, Horror
A college freshman rushes a fraternity and witnesses another pledge's death during a hazing ritual. He and the other fraternity brothers try to cover up the accident and hide the body.
Director: Douglas Curtis | Stars: Jeff East, Kelly Moran, Sandra Vacey, David Hayward
Votes: 192
47. Vivo ou Morto (2023 TV Movie)
45 min | Comedy, Drama
A sculptor fakes his own death to escape his debt collectors. He just didn't expect to discover that it's at the time of death that we find what we've been looking for our entire lives.
Director: Diego Rocha | Stars: Ian Braga, Giancarllo Carneiro, Laura Cotta, Rejane Faria
Votes: 23
48. Sophie and Virginia (1990– )
22 min | Animation, Adventure, Drama
The two orphan sisters Sophie and Virginie travel around the world on different adventures.
Stars: Virginie Ledieu, Amélie Morin, Eric Legrand, Francine Laine
Votes: 110
49. Delitti (1987)
100 min | Mystery, Thriller
A mysterious murderer has already killed seven people using the deadly venom of a snake from Martinique which causes immediate death with the victim's face turning into a horrible mask. A ... See full summary »
Directors: Giovanna Lenzi, Sergio Pastore | Stars: Saverio Vallone, Michela Miti, Tony Valente, Michel Clinford
Votes: 64
50. Fantom Morrisvillu (1966)
89 min | Comedy, Mystery
Inspector Brumpby (Jaroslav Marvan) and the young crime reporter Allan Pinkerton (Vít Olmer) attend wedding of Sir Hannibal Morris (Oldrich Nový) with beautiful Clarence (Kveta Fialová). ... See full summary »
Director: Borivoj Zeman | Stars: Oldrich Nový, Kveta Fialová, Jana Novaková, Vít Olmer
Votes: 443