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1. Outland (1981)
R | 109 min | Action, Crime, Sci-Fi
A federal marshal stationed at a mining colony on the Jupiter moon of Io uncovers a drug-smuggling conspiracy. He gets no help from the workers or authorities when he finds himself marked for murder.
Director: Peter Hyams | Stars: Sean Connery, Frances Sternhagen, Peter Boyle, James Sikking
Votes: 32,376 | Gross: $17.37M
2. Forty Guns (1957)
Not Rated | 80 min | Western
Showdown in Arizona between the Bonnell brothers, U.S.Marshals, and Jessica Drummond, the iron-fist rancher who controls the territory.
Director: Samuel Fuller | Stars: Barbara Stanwyck, Barry Sullivan, Dean Jagger, John Ericson
Votes: 6,216
3. Jackson County Jail (1976)
R | 84 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A wrongfully imprisoned young woman accused of murdering the guard who assaulted her escapes from jail and becomes a fugitive.
Director: Michael Miller | Stars: Yvette Mimieux, Tommy Lee Jones, Lisa Copeland, Cliff Emmich
Votes: 1,425
4. Stoic (2009)
Not Rated | 91 min | Crime, Drama
A heated game of poker causes three men incarcerated for nonviolent offenses to brutalize their cellmate before taking drastic measures in order to cover up their crime.
Director: Uwe Boll | Stars: Edward Furlong, Shaun Sipos, Sam Levinson, Steffen Mennekes
Votes: 2,883
5. The Case Is Closed, Forget It (1971)
106 min | Crime, Thriller
An architect jailed for a traffic violation discovers the grim reality of life behind bars, including corrupt staff and inmates, an inhuman judicial system, and the power of the Mafia.
Director: Damiano Damiani | Stars: Franco Nero, Riccardo Cucciolla, Georges Wilson, John Steiner
Votes: 728
6. Mind Over Murder (2005 TV Movie)
88 min | Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Holly Winters (Tori Spelling) is an unhappy-in-love, prosecuting attorney. After suffering a serious head injury, she gains the psychic power to read minds and decides to use this new-found power to catch a killer...
Director: Christopher Leitch | Stars: Tori Spelling, Dean McDermott, Brett Watson, Jasson Finney
Votes: 294
7. Liquid Bridge (2003)
R | 98 min | Action, Drama
Nick McCallum is mechanic who trades in his wrench for a surfboard, going against the wishes of his father-- a former surfing legend who lost his ability to walk after a horrible accident on the water.
Director: Phillip Avalon | Stars: Ryan Kwanten, Simone Kessell, Jarrod Dean, Jeremy Sims
Votes: 225
8. The Killing Zone (1991)
Not Rated | 83 min | Action
Convict is recruited from a chain gang to help capture a Mexican drug lord.
Director: Addison Randall | Stars: Deron McBee, Armando Silvestre, James Dalesandro, Agustín Bernal
Votes: 215
9.
Bearcats! (1971)
Episode:
Powderkeg
(1971)
93 min | Action, Adventure, War
Just before World War I, two adventurers are hired to bring back a hijacked train from Mexico.
Director: Douglas Heyes | Stars: Rod Taylor, Dennis Cole, Fernando Lamas, John McIntire
Votes: 185
10.
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2000–2015)
Episode:
Evaluation Day
(2001)
TV-14 | 45 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A head is found in the trunk of a car.
Director: Kenneth Fink | Stars: William Petersen, Marg Helgenberger, Gary Dourdan, George Eads
Votes: 913
11.
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999– )
Episode:
Rotten
(2003)
TV-14 | 41 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A prison inmate is found dead shortly after he arrives in his cell, and the SVU team investigates because the death was caused by sodomy. Benson and Tutuola uncover a lot more as they explore the case.
Director: Constantine Makris | Stars: Christopher Meloni, Mariska Hargitay, Richard Belzer, Stephanie March
Votes: 640
12.
Studio One (1948–1958)
Episode:
Two Sharp Knives
(1949)
59 min | Drama
A small-town police chief captures a man wanted for murder in Philadelphia. But something stinks about the murder rap, the wanted poster and everything else.
Director: Franklin J. Schaffner | Stars: Stanley Ridges, Wynne Gibson, Theodore Newton, Peggy French
Votes: 106
13.
Vis a vis (2015–2019)
Episode:
Un mal día
(2015)
TV-MA | 44 min | Drama, Thriller
Ms. Macarena, a finance executive, was in an affair with the owner. This owner salts away millions and falsely implicates her. Sentenced, her prison experience is traumatic. An inmate is murdered, and she is sent to solitary confinement.
Director: Jesús Colmenar | Stars: Maggie Civantos, Carlos Hipólito, Roberto Enríquez, Cristina Plazas
Votes: 682
14.
Channel Zero (2016–2018)
Episode:
Father Time
(2018)
TV-MA | 43 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Alice treads the line between reality and madness as she becomes more deeply entangled with the Peach family and their dark history; Zoe begins to behave strangely following her unexplained return to Garrett.
Director: Arkasha Stevenson | Stars: Rutger Hauer, Holland Roden, Olivia Luccardi, Krisha Fairchild
Votes: 424
15.
Timeless (2016–2018)
Episode:
Mrs. Sherlock Holmes
(2018)
TV-14 | 43 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
The team land in 1919 New York to try and stop Rittenhouse from killing the suffragette movement.
Director: Douglas Aarniokoski | Stars: Abigail Spencer, Matt Lanter, Malcolm Barrett, Paterson Joseph
Votes: 1,307