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1. Commando (1985)

R | 90 min | Action, Adventure, Thriller

A retired Special Forces colonel tries to save his daughter, who was abducted by his former subordinate.

Director: Mark L. Lester | Stars: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Rae Dawn Chong, Dan Hedaya, Vernon Wells

Votes: 175,144 | Gross: $35.10M

2. Wreck-It Ralph (2012)

PG | 101 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy

A video game villain wants to be a hero and sets out to fulfill his dream, but his quest brings havoc to the whole arcade where he lives.

Director: Rich Moore | Stars: John C. Reilly, Jack McBrayer, Jane Lynch, Sarah Silverman

Votes: 459,087 | Gross: $189.42M

3. The Crying Game (1992)

R | 112 min | Crime, Drama, Romance

A British soldier kidnapped by the IRA soon befriends one of his captors, who then becomes drawn into the soldier's world.

Director: Neil Jordan | Stars: Stephen Rea, Jaye Davidson, Forest Whitaker, Miranda Richardson

Votes: 60,106 | Gross: $62.55M

4. Revenge of the Nerds II: Nerds in Paradise (1987)

PG-13 | 88 min | Comedy

The rising college nerds set out to a convention in Florida, but are not welcomed by the Alpha Beta representatives.

Director: Joe Roth | Stars: Robert Carradine, Curtis Armstrong, Larry B. Scott, Timothy Busfield

Votes: 15,403 | Gross: $30.06M

5. Zulu (2013)

R | 110 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Policemen Ali Sokhela and Brian Epkeen investigate the brutal murder of a young white woman, apparently provoked by the availability of a new illegal drug and somehow connected to the disappearance of black street children.

Director: Jérôme Salle | Stars: Orlando Bloom, Forest Whitaker, Conrad Kemp, Inge Beckmann

Votes: 19,859

6. Man on Wire (2008)

PG-13 | 94 min | Documentary, Biography, Crime

A look at tightrope walker Philippe Petit's daring, but illegal, high-wire routine performed between New York City's World Trade Center's twin towers in 1974, what some consider, "the artistic crime of the century".

Director: James Marsh | Stars: Philippe Petit, Jean François Heckel, Jean-Louis Blondeau, Annie Allix

Votes: 58,707 | Gross: $2.96M

7. Watch Dogs (2014 Video Game)

M | Action, Crime, Drama

After losing his niece in an assassination attempt, Aiden Pierce, a street-smart vigilante, uses hacking apps on his phone to take over a new operating system in Chicago to hunt the criminals that killed his niece.

Directors: Jonathan Morin, Kun Chang | Stars: Noam Jenkins, R. Charles Wilkerson, Holly Uloth, Isabelle Blais

Votes: 9,948

8. Watch Dogs 2 (2016 Video Game)

M | Action, Adventure, Crime

In San Francisco, hacker Marcus Holloway joins DedSec, to take down a corrupt system by fighting and hacking his way through the entire San Francisco Bay.

Directors: Danny Bélanger, Jonathan Morin | Stars: Ruffin Prentiss, Shawn Baichoo, Tasya Teles, Jonathan Dubsky

Votes: 4,944

9. Man Hunt (1941)

Passed | 105 min | Crime, Drama, Romance

British hunter Thorndike vacationing in Bavaria has Hitler in his gun sight. He is captured, beaten, left for dead, and escapes back to London where he is hounded by German agents and aided by a young woman.

Director: Fritz Lang | Stars: Walter Pidgeon, Joan Bennett, George Sanders, John Carradine

Votes: 6,444

10. X-Rated Ambition: The Traci Lords Story (2003 TV Movie)

48 min | Documentary, Biography

A documentary about Traci Lords, one of the most popular American porn stars of the 1980s, who almost brought down the industry when it was discovered that she had been under 18 years old.

Director: Simon Kerslake | Stars: Jo Unwin, Daryl Meissner, Jim South, William Margold

Votes: 180

11. Strangler vs. Strangler (1984)

96 min | Comedy, Crime, Horror

A mentally-disturbed flower seller starts killing young girls on the streets of Belgrade. While the frustrated police inspector is trying to stop him, an aspiring musician finds his life and work deeply intertwined with that of a killer.

Director: Slobodan Sijan | Stars: Tasko Nacic, Nikola Simic, Srdjan Saper, Sonja Savic

Votes: 4,360

12. Guilty Until Proven Innocent (1991 TV Movie)

PG-13 | 93 min | Drama

Bobby McLoughlin is the adopted child of Harold and Mary Hohne. He's a problem child, so when he is accused of a murder he didn't commit, he is soon recognized guilty. After a moment of ... See full summary »

Director: Paul Wendkos | Stars: Martin Sheen, Caroline Kava, James Handy, Rebecca Schull

Votes: 418

13. 6ixtynin9 (1999)

R | 118 min | Comedy, Crime, Thriller

A woman, fired from a financial coorporation during the Asia crisis, returns home with no money. However, she finds a box with a fortune in front of her door, and decides to keep it. ... See full summary »

Directors: Pen-Ek Ratanaruang, Tom Pen-Ek Ratanaruang | Stars: Tasanawalai Ongartittichai, Black Phomtong, Lalita Panyopas, Sirisin Siripornsmathikul

Votes: 2,413

14. Dr. Petiot (1990)

102 min | Biography, Crime, Drama

Based on the real life of Dr. Marcel Petiot: During world war II Petiot, an MD living in occupied Paris, promised to help wealthy Jewish people among his patients to flee occupied France ... See full summary »

Director: Christian de Chalonge | Stars: Michel Serrault, Pierre Romans, Bérangère Bonvoisin, Zbigniew Horoks

Votes: 797

15. Poetical Refugee (2000)

130 min | Drama

A young illegal immigrant from Tunisia tries to survive in the world of Paris miseries.

Director: Abdellatif Kechiche | Stars: Sami Bouajila, Élodie Bouchez, Bruno Lochet, Aure Atika

Votes: 925

16. The Last Train (1973)

PG | 95 min | Drama, Romance, War

Two people, a Frenchman Julien Maroyeur and a Jewish German woman (Anna Kupfer) met on a train while escaping the German army entering France.

Director: Pierre Granier-Deferre | Stars: Jean-Louis Trintignant, Romy Schneider, Maurice Biraud, Paul Amiot

Votes: 1,740

17. The Thief (1952)

Approved | 86 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir

A chance accident causes a nuclear physicist, who's selling top secret material to the Russians, to fall under FBI scrutiny and go on the run.

Director: Russell Rouse | Stars: Ray Milland, Martin Gabel, Harry Bronson, Rita Grapel

Votes: 1,256

18. Blood & Orchids (1986 TV Movie)

240 min | Drama

Hester Murdoch is found naked and nearly beaten to death by four young Hawaiian men on the beach and taken to the hospital. Some of the men didn't want to get involved, fearing they might ... See full summary »

Director: Jerry Thorpe | Stars: Kris Kristofferson, Jane Alexander, Sean Young, José Ferrer

Votes: 277

19. Shed No Tears (1948)

Passed | 70 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir

A wife convinces her husband to fake his death so they can collect on the life insurance. However, he doesn't know that she has been having an affair for some time, and she has plans for the money - and they don't include him.

Director: Jean Yarbrough | Stars: Wallace Ford, June Vincent, Mark Roberts, Frank Albertson

Votes: 470

20. Den D (2008)

100 min | Action

A Russian remake of the '80s cult classic "Commando", where a retired special forces operative has to go on a final mission to rescue his daughter from the clutches of his old nemeses.

Director: Mikhail Porechenkov | Stars: Sergey Bludov, Maxim Drozd, Konstantin Isaev, Boris Polunin

Votes: 550

21. The Unguarded Hour (1936)

Passed | 87 min | Crime, Drama

An ambitious barrister and his wife are targeted by blackmailers. In trying to save her husband, the wife becomes involved in a murder case her husband is trying. For his part, the husband's actions make him a suspect in a related murder.

Director: Sam Wood | Stars: Loretta Young, Franchot Tone, Lewis Stone, Roland Young

Votes: 586

22. Takhti (1998)

100 min | Biography, Drama, Mystery

Ali Hatami's film on the life of Iranian wrestling champion Takhti remains unfinished. Another director is assigned by the I.R. Intelligence Ministry to finish the project. The new director... See full summary »

Director: Behruz Afkhami | Stars: Fariborz Arabnia, Niki Karimi, Mohammad Reza Sharifinia, Afsaneh Bayegan

Votes: 247

23. The Line-Up (1934)

Passed | 64 min | Drama

Bob Curtis (William Gargan), the youngest member of the New York City plain-clothes squad, is assigned to help Detective-Sergeant Doyle (Paul Hurst) uncover the people behind a number of ... See full summary »

Director: Howard Higgin | Stars: William Gargan, Marian Nixon, Paul Hurst, John Miljan

Votes: 38

24. ...But I Was a Girl: The Story of Frieda Belinfante (1999)

69 min | Documentary, Biography, Music

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Director: Toni Boumans | Stars: Frieda Belinfante, Kenneth Kuhn

Votes: 9

25. The Aftermath of Murder (2022)

82 min | Drama, Thriller

A conspiracy and a desperate struggle between mysterious men over a woman.

Directors: Seo-Hyeong Heo, Lee Yoon-ho | Stars: Min Hee Chun, Yong-joon Jo, Baek In-kwon, Jin Cho-rok

26. Automan (1983–1984)
Episode: Automan (1983)

73 min | Adventure, Comedy, Crime

A computer nerd creates a holographic "man" called "Automan" (AutomaticMan) and uses him (and his holographic car and a talking cursor) to help solve crimes.

Director: Lee H. Katzin | Stars: Desi Arnaz Jr., Chuck Wagner, Heather McNair, Gerald S. O'Loughlin

Votes: 147

27. Biography (1987– )
Episode: Traci Lords (2004)

TV-14 | Documentary, Biography, History

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Stars: Traci Lords, John Waters, Humphry Knipe, Ginger Lynn

Votes: 123

28. Naked City (1958–1963)
Episode: Saw My Baby There (1959)

TV-14 | 30 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

A pregnant woman's father is trying to kill her husband in order to cover up a stolen goods racket in which the two have been involved.

Director: Stuart Rosenberg | Stars: James Franciscus, Horace McMahon, Harry Bellaver, Harold J. Stone

Votes: 51

29. Sleeper Cell (2005–2006)
Episode: Money (2005)

TV-MA | 58 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

Farik learns that the money supply filtering in from Mexico to finance Youmud Din ("Judgment Day") has come to a halt. Farik, Darwyn and Christian cross the border to Tijuana, Mexico, and attempt to straighten out their financial problems.

Director: Leon Ichaso | Stars: Michael Ealy, Oded Fehr, Henri Lubatti, Alex Nesic

Votes: 138

30. Star Trek (1966–1969)
Episode: Assignment: Earth (1968)

TV-PG | 50 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

While back in time observing Earth in 1968, the Enterprise crew encounters the mysterious Gary Seven who has his own agenda on the planet.

Director: Marc Daniels | Stars: William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, DeForest Kelley, Robert Lansing

Votes: 3,707

31. Tales of Wells Fargo (1957–1962)
Episode: The Bounty (1957)

TV-14 | 30 min | Western

Jim is sent to Moose Creek, Canada to identify an outlaw's corpse only he has seen, but the man was killed with a shotgun blast to the face, making him hard to identify. In addition, a woman there claims the body is that of her brother.

Director: George Waggner | Stars: Dale Robertson, Gerald Milton, Jean Howell, Anthony George

Votes: 83

32. Burn Notice (2007–2013)
Episode: Company Man (2011)

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

Now employed as a CIA asset, Michael travels to Caracas with Sam and Fi to find the man who burned him.

Director: Stephen Surjik | Stars: Jeffrey Donovan, Gabrielle Anwar, Coby Bell, Bruce Campbell

Votes: 522

33. Today I Found Out (2013– )
Episode: How the Nazis Teamed Up with IBM for Mass Murder (And How the First Ethical Hacker Fought Back) (2021)

18 min | Documentary

During World War Two Nazi Germany used IBM data processing equipment for their census enabling the Nazis to identify and exterminate Jews and other "undesirabes" in Nazi controlled Europe. ... See full summary »

Star: Simon Whistler

34. Switched at Birth (2011–2017)
Episode: This Is Not a Pipe (2011)

TV-14 | 46 min | Drama, Family, Romance

When Bay Kennish gets an unexplainable result in her biology class blood typing experiment she gets her first hint that she was Switched at Birth. Not content to let a mystery lie she ... See full summary »

Director: Steve Miner | Stars: Sean Berdy, Lucas Grabeel, Katie Leclerc, Vanessa Marano

Votes: 297