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1. Fargo (2014–2024)
TV-MA | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Various chronicles of deception, intrigue, and murder in and around frozen Minnesota. All of these tales mysteriously lead back one way or another to Fargo, North Dakota.
Stars: Billy Bob Thornton, Martin Freeman, Allison Tolman, Colin Hanks
Votes: 421,681
2. Groundhog Day (1993)
PG | 101 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
A narcissistic, self-centered weatherman finds himself in a time loop on Groundhog Day.
Director: Harold Ramis | Stars: Bill Murray, Andie MacDowell, Chris Elliott, Stephen Tobolowsky
Votes: 684,856 | Gross: $70.91M
3. What's Eating Gilbert Grape (1993)
PG-13 | 118 min | Drama
A young man in a small Midwestern town struggles to care for his mentally-disabled younger brother and morbidly obese mother while attempting to pursue his own happiness.
Director: Lasse Hallström | Stars: Johnny Depp, Leonardo DiCaprio, Juliette Lewis, Mary Steenburgen
Votes: 253,990 | Gross: $9.17M
4. Double Indemnity (1944)
Passed | 107 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
A Los Angeles insurance representative lets an alluring housewife seduce him into a scheme of insurance fraud and murder that arouses the suspicion of his colleague, an insurance investigator.
Director: Billy Wilder | Stars: Fred MacMurray, Barbara Stanwyck, Edward G. Robinson, Byron Barr
Votes: 167,401 | Gross: $5.72M
5. Confessions of a Dangerous Mind (2002)
R | 113 min | Biography, Comedy, Crime
An adaptation of the cult memoir of game show impresario Chuck Barris (Sam Rockwell), in which he purports to have been a C.I.A. hitman.
Director: George Clooney | Stars: Sam Rockwell, Drew Barrymore, George Clooney, Julia Roberts
Votes: 91,980 | Gross: $16.00M
6. Barton Fink (1991)
R | 116 min | Comedy, Drama, Thriller
A renowned New York playwright is enticed to California to write for the movies and discovers the hellish truth of Hollywood.
Directors: Joel Coen, Ethan Coen | Stars: John Turturro, John Goodman, Judy Davis, Michael Lerner
Votes: 128,935 | Gross: $6.15M
7. The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951)
G | 92 min | Drama, Sci-Fi
An alien lands in Washington, D.C. and tells the people of Earth that they must live peacefully or be destroyed as a danger to other planets.
Director: Robert Wise | Stars: Michael Rennie, Patricia Neal, Hugh Marlowe, Sam Jaffe
Votes: 85,742
8. The Commuter (I) (2018)
PG-13 | 104 min | Action, Mystery, Thriller
An insurance salesman/ex-cop is caught up in a life-threatening conspiracy during his daily commute home.
Director: Jaume Collet-Serra | Stars: Liam Neeson, Vera Farmiga, Patrick Wilson, Jonathan Banks
Votes: 125,352 | Gross: $36.34M
9. Saw VI (2009)
R | 90 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Agent Strahm is dead, and FBI agent Erickson draws nearer to Hoffman. Meanwhile, a pair of insurance executives find themselves in another game set by Jigsaw.
Director: Kevin Greutert | Stars: Tobin Bell, Costas Mandylor, Mark Rolston, Betsy Russell
Votes: 125,194 | Gross: $27.69M
10. The War at Home (2005–2007)
TV-14 | 30 min | Comedy, Romance
Parents struggle to raise their teens.
Stars: Michael Rapaport, Anita Barone, Kaylee DeFer, Kyle Sullivan
Votes: 9,229
11. Grand Canyon (1991)
R | 134 min | Crime, Drama
The fates of several people are randomly intertwining. Their sympathy of each other faces multiple differences in their lifestyles.
Director: Lawrence Kasdan | Stars: Danny Glover, Kevin Kline, Steve Martin, Mary McDonnell
Votes: 16,703 | Gross: $33.24M
12. Away We Go (2009)
R | 98 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A couple expecting their first child travels the U.S. seeking the perfect "family home." They have misadventures and find fresh connections with relatives and old friends who help them discover "home" on their own terms for the first time.
Director: Sam Mendes | Stars: John Krasinski, Maya Rudolph, Allison Janney, Carmen Ejogo
Votes: 55,070 | Gross: $9.45M
13. Ace in the Hole (1951)
Approved | 111 min | Drama, Film-Noir
A frustrated former big-city journalist now stuck working for an Albuquerque newspaper exploits a story about a man trapped in a cave to rekindle his career, but the situation quickly escalates into an out-of-control circus.
Director: Billy Wilder | Stars: Kirk Douglas, Jan Sterling, Robert Arthur, Porter Hall
Votes: 39,101 | Gross: $3.97M
14. Addams Family Reunion (1998 TV Movie)
PG | 91 min | Comedy, Family, Fantasy
The Addams Family goes on a search for their relatives.
Director: Dave Payne | Stars: Daryl Hannah, Tim Curry, Nicole Fugere, Jerry Messing
Votes: 5,152
15. Surface (2005–2006)
TV-14 | 60 min | Adventure, Drama, Mystery
A marine biologist, an insurance salesman and a teen-aged boy find their lives fundamentally changed by the emergence of a new, and often dangerous, species of sea life, while government agents work to keep the affair under wraps.
Stars: Lake Bell, Jay R. Ferguson, Carter Jenkins, Leighton Meester
Votes: 10,373
16. I Smile Back (2015)
R | 85 min | Drama, Mystery, Romance
Addicted to drugs and alcohol, a housewife's self-destructive behavior starts to take its toll on her husband and two young children.
Director: Adam Salky | Stars: Sarah Silverman, Josh Charles, Skylar Gaertner, Shayne Coleman
Votes: 5,703 | Gross: $0.06M
17. Cemetery Junction (2010)
R | 95 min | Comedy, Drama
A 1970s-set comedy centered on three young working class friends in a dreary suburb of Reading.
Directors: Ricky Gervais, Stephen Merchant | Stars: Christian Cooke, Felicity Jones, Tom Hughes, Jack Doolan
Votes: 24,181
18. The Running Man (1963)
Approved | 103 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
An Englishman with a grudge against an insurance company for a disallowed claim fakes his own death, but is soon pursued by an insurance investigator.
Director: Carol Reed | Stars: Laurence Harvey, Lee Remick, Alan Bates, Felix Aylmer
Votes: 1,859
19. Private Property (1960)
Not Rated | 79 min | Crime, Drama
An arrogant criminal offers to seduce a woman for his dim, sexually inexperienced partner.
Director: Leslie Stevens | Stars: Kate Manx, Corey Allen, Warren Oates, Jerome Cowan
Votes: 1,230
20. Dogtown (1997)
Not Rated | 99 min | Drama, Romance
Philip Van Horn, who left his small town a long time ago to become a Hollywood actor and hasn't had any success at that, returns to the town for a visit. There he is uniformally met like ... See full summary »
Director: George Hickenlooper | Stars: Rory Cochrane, David Shackelford, Trevor St. John, Price Carson
Votes: 488
21. Thin Ice (2011)
R | 93 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
A dishonest insurance salesman's life quickly disintegrates during a Wisconsin winter when he teams up with a psychopath to steal a rare violin at the home of a reclusive farmer.
Director: Jill Sprecher | Stars: Greg Kinnear, Billy Crudup, Alan Arkin, Lea Thompson
Votes: 5,386 | Gross: $0.79M
22. 'Sheba, Baby' (1975)
PG | 90 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A Chicago private detective returns back home to Louisville, Kentucky, to help her father fight mobsters.
Director: William Girdler | Stars: Pam Grier, Austin Stoker, D'Urville Martin, Rudy Challenger
Votes: 1,808
23. Enemy Territory (1987)
R | 89 min | Action, Crime, Drama
An insurance salesman inadvertently gets trapped after dark in an apartment building that is terrorized by a street gang called "The Vampires."
Director: Peter Manoogian | Stars: Gary Frank, Ray Parker Jr., Jan-Michael Vincent, Frances Foster
Votes: 981 | Gross: $0.20M
24. Dames (1934)
Passed | 91 min | Comedy, Music, Musical
A multimillionaire decides to boycott "filthy" forms of entertainment such as Broadway shows.
Directors: Ray Enright, Busby Berkeley | Stars: Joan Blondell, Dick Powell, Ruby Keeler, Zasu Pitts
Votes: 2,430
25. The 1,000 Eyes of Dr. Mabuse (1960)
103 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller
In 1960s Germany, criminal mastermind Dr. Mabuse uses hypnotized victims and the surveillance equipment of a Nazi-era bugged hotel to steal nuclear technology from a visiting American industrialist.
Director: Fritz Lang | Stars: Dawn Addams, Peter van Eyck, Gert Fröbe, Wolfgang Preiss
Votes: 3,798
26. Blind Faith (1990)
190 min | Thriller
A wealthy businessman is accused of murdering his wife to collect insurance money to pay gambling debts. Although his three sons initially believe his innocence, his actions and court evidence soon begin to prove otherwise.
Stars: Robert Urich, Joanna Kerns, David Barry Gray, Jay Underwood
Votes: 396
27. It's a Gift (1934)
Passed | 68 min | Comedy
A henpecked New Jersey grocer makes plans to move to California to grow oranges, despite the resistance of his overbearing wife.
Director: Norman Z. McLeod | Stars: W.C. Fields, Kathleen Howard, Jean Rouverol, Julian Madison
Votes: 5,759
28. Forever, Lulu (1986)
R | 85 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
A beautiful novelist gets involved with the violent underworld crime elements in New York City and becomes a target. Alec Baldwin plays the cop who pursues her killers.
Director: Amos Kollek | Stars: Hanna Schygulla, Debbie Harry, Alec Baldwin, Annie Golden
Votes: 439
29. Desperate (1947)
Approved | 73 min | Crime, Film-Noir, Thriller
A young married couple flee both the police and a gangster out for revenge.
Director: Anthony Mann | Stars: Steve Brodie, Audrey Long, Raymond Burr, Douglas Fowley
Votes: 2,613
30. One Night in the Tropics (1940)
Passed | 82 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance
Jim "Lucky" Moore (Allan Jones), an insurance salesman, comes up with a novel policy for his friend, Steve (Robert Cummings): a 'love insurance policy', that will pay out $1-million if ... See full summary »
Director: A. Edward Sutherland | Stars: Allan Jones, Nancy Kelly, Robert Cummings, Bud Abbott
Votes: 1,856
31. Double Indemnity (1973 TV Movie)
TV-PG | 74 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
A scheming wife lures an insurance investigator into helping murder her husband and then declare it an accident. The investigator's boss, not knowing his man is involved in it, suspects murder and sets out to prove it.
Director: Jack Smight | Stars: Richard Crenna, Lee J. Cobb, Robert Webber, Samantha Eggar
Votes: 616
32. Beautiful Ohio (2006)
Not Rated | 91 min | Comedy, Drama
An entire family comes of age during the early 1970s.
Director: Chad Lowe | Stars: William Hurt, Rita Wilson, Brett Davern, David Call
Votes: 538
33. Your Past Is Showing (1957)
Not Rated | 91 min | Comedy
A very British comedy about a blackmailer and his victims.
Director: Mario Zampi | Stars: Terry-Thomas, Peter Sellers, Peggy Mount, Shirley Eaton
Votes: 2,043
34. Prince (1969)
Romance
A rich prince who lives in luxury wants to attain inner peace. He leaves his riches to become an ordinary villager and from there on, his adventure begins.
Director: Lekh Tandon | Stars: Shammi Kapoor, Vyjayanthimala, Rajendranath Malhotra, Ajit Khan
Votes: 224
35. The Captive City (1952)
Approved | 91 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
A small town newspaperman's investigation into a local bookie operation turns up a web of organized crime.
Director: Robert Wise | Stars: John Forsythe, Joan Camden, Harold J. Kennedy, Marjorie Crossland
Votes: 1,261
36. Love Leads the Way: A True Story (1984 TV Movie)
99 min | Drama, Family, History
A recently blinded man becomes one of the first American users of a seeing eye dog and must fight to remove the legal barriers impeding its use.
Director: Delbert Mann | Stars: Timothy Bottoms, Eva Marie Saint, Arthur Hill, Glynnis O'Connor
Votes: 243
37. The Key Man (2011)
Not Rated | 80 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
An insurance salesman gets mixed up with two gangsters in effort to make more money and provide for his family, but things don't go as he planned.
Director: Peter Himmelstein | Stars: Hugo Weaving, Brian Cox, Jack Davenport, Judy Greer
Votes: 393
38. Keeping Company (2021)
82 min | Comedy, Crime, Horror
A fateful chain of events begins to unravel after two brash insurance salesmen go knocking on the wrong door and find themselves trapped inside of a serial killer's basement, putting their lives and their jobs on the line.
Director: Josh Wallace | Stars: Jacob Grodnik, Devin Das, Ahmed Bharoocha, Gillian Vigman
Votes: 341
39. Red Lights (2004)
Unrated | 105 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A cross-country trip turns out to be a nightmare for a troubled couple.
Director: Cédric Kahn | Stars: Jean-Pierre Darroussin, Carole Bouquet, Vincent Deniard, Alain Dion
Votes: 3,000 | Gross: $0.05M
40. Sonja and the Bull (2012)
103 min | Comedy, Romance
A comedy about two people with different world-views, from different places, whose fate, with the help from a bull Garonja (a name given to the black bulls in villages of Croatia), ... See full summary »
Director: Vlatka Vorkapic | Stars: Judita Frankovic, Goran Bogdan, Dejan Acimovic, Ivo Gregurevic
Votes: 2,374
41. I Cover Chinatown (1936)
Approved | 64 min | Crime, Drama, Music
A tour guide in Chinatown and his girlfriend get mixed up with jewel thieves and murder.
Director: Norman Foster | Stars: Norman Foster, Elaine Shepard, Vince Barnett, Theodore von Eltz
Votes: 39
42. A Kiss in the Dark (1949)
Not Rated | 87 min | Comedy
An exhausted concert pianist learns he is the owner of an apartment building; after being advised to move there to rest, he becomes involved in the lives of his eccentric tenants.
Director: Delmer Daves | Stars: David Niven, Jane Wyman, Victor Moore, Wayne Morris
Votes: 617
43. Gold Diggers of 1937 (1936)
Passed | 101 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance
When two investors inform an opportunistic dancer that they can't fund an elderly stage producer's production, she suggests they get an insurance policy on the producer's life.
Director: Lloyd Bacon | Stars: Dick Powell, Joan Blondell, Glenda Farrell, Victor Moore
Votes: 1,209
44. Pearls of the Deep (1965)
107 min | Comedy, Drama
Set against the backdrop of a repressed Czechoslovakia, five non-related vignettes are presented, each showcasing the need and want for human connection. In "Mr. Baltazar's Death", a middle... See full summary »
Directors: Vera Chytilová, Jaromil Jires, Jirí Menzel, Jan Nemec, Evald Schorm | Stars: Pavla Marsálková, Ferdinand Kruta, Emil Iserle, Alois Vachek
Votes: 798
45. The Battle of the Century (1927)
Passed | 19 min | Short, Comedy
A scheming fight manager attempts to collect insurance on his puny fighter by causing an accident. Things don't go according to plan, and the situation escalates into a pie-throwing battle of epic proportions.
Directors: Clyde Bruckman, Leo McCarey | Stars: Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Jack Adams, Chester A. Bachman
Votes: 1,477
46. Wet Blanket Policy (1948)
Passed | 6 min | Animation, Family, Short
Woody Woodpecker buys life insurance with the benifactor being Buzz Buzzard who wants to collect early.
Director: Dick Lundy | Stars: Mel Blanc, Ben Hardaway, Lionel Stander
Votes: 286
47. Crimenes de Lujuria (2011 Video)
Not Rated | 89 min | Thriller
Arturo Bolaño is a mediocre insurance salesman who loves women, booze and any short cut he can find to Easy Street. He thinks he's found it with the beautiful Rebeca Solis, the wife of the... See full summary »
Director: Walter Doehner | Stars: Plutarco Haza, Maria de la Fuente, Javier Díaz Dueñas, Alejandro Belmonte
Votes: 184
48. After Tomorrow (1932)
Approved | 79 min | Drama, Romance
Engaged couple faces financial and family troubles that obstruct their marriage.
Director: Frank Borzage | Stars: Charles Farrell, Marian Nixon, Minna Gombell, William Collier Sr.
Votes: 329
49. The Price of Heaven (1997 TV Movie)
120 min | Drama
A man is greeted as a war hero in his hometown due to a photo from Korea of Marilyn Monroe and him in LIFE magazine. He ends collecting insurance payments - basically conning poor people. He befriends a cute rich girl and a poor old woman.
Director: Peter Bogdanovich | Stars: Grant Show, Cicely Tyson, Lori Loughlin, George Wendt
Votes: 139
50. George White's Scandals (1934)
Passed | 1 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance
Opening with a credit line that reads "Entire production conceived, created and directed by George White," a film evolves where the only plot line is a thin backstage romance between Jimmy ... See full summary »
Directors: Thornton Freeland, Harry Lachman, George White | Stars: Rudy Vallee, Jimmy Durante, Alice Faye, Adrienne Ames
Votes: 107