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1. Basic Instinct (1992)
R | 127 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
A violent police detective investigates a brutal murder that might involve a manipulative and seductive novelist.
Director: Paul Verhoeven | Stars: Michael Douglas, Sharon Stone, George Dzundza, Jeanne Tripplehorn
Votes: 219,552 | Gross: $117.73M
2. Vertigo (1958)
PG | 128 min | Mystery, Romance, Thriller
A former San Francisco police detective juggles wrestling with his personal demons and becoming obsessed with the hauntingly beautiful woman he has been hired to trail, who may be deeply disturbed.
Director: Alfred Hitchcock | Stars: James Stewart, Kim Novak, Barbara Bel Geddes, Tom Helmore
Votes: 427,673 | Gross: $3.20M
3. The Lincoln Lawyer (2011)
R | 118 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A lawyer defending a wealthy man begins to believe his client is guilty of more than just one crime.
Director: Brad Furman | Stars: Matthew McConaughey, Marisa Tomei, Ryan Phillippe, William H. Macy
Votes: 254,088 | Gross: $58.01M
4. The Book of Eli (2010)
R | 118 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
A drifter fights his way across a ravaged, post-apocalyptic America while protecting a sacred book that holds the secrets to humanity's salvation.
Directors: Albert Hughes, Allen Hughes | Stars: Denzel Washington, Mila Kunis, Ray Stevenson, Gary Oldman
Votes: 339,820 | Gross: $94.84M
5. The Room (2003)
R | 99 min | Drama
In San Francisco, an amiable banker's seemingly perfect life is turned upside down when his deceitful fiancée embarks on an affair with his best friend.
Director: Tommy Wiseau | Stars: Tommy Wiseau, Juliette Danielle, Greg Sestero, Philip Haldiman
Votes: 95,121 | Gross: $0.22M
6. Ant-Man and the Wasp (2018)
PG-13 | 118 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
As Scott Lang balances being both a superhero and a father, Hope van Dyne and Dr. Hank Pym present an urgent new mission that finds the Ant-Man fighting alongside The Wasp to uncover secrets from their past.
Director: Peyton Reed | Stars: Paul Rudd, Evangeline Lilly, Michael Peña, Walton Goggins
Votes: 450,690 | Gross: $216.65M
7. Hereafter (2010)
PG-13 | 129 min | Drama, Fantasy, Romance
An American construction worker, a French journalist and a London school boy set out on a spiritual journey after death touches their lives in different ways.
Director: Clint Eastwood | Stars: Matt Damon, Cécile de France, Bryce Dallas Howard, Thierry Neuvic
Votes: 95,548 | Gross: $32.75M
8. Blue Jasmine (2013)
PG-13 | 98 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A New York socialite, deeply troubled and in denial, arrives in San Francisco to impose upon her sister. She looks like a million dollars but isn't bringing money, peace or love.
Director: Woody Allen | Stars: Cate Blanchett, Alec Baldwin, Peter Sarsgaard, Sally Hawkins
Votes: 212,707 | Gross: $33.41M
9. Foul Play (1978)
PG | 116 min | Comedy, Mystery, Thriller
A San Francisco librarian picks up a hitchhiker whose car has broken down, which leads to her being stalked and hunted by shady individuals. A cop she briefly met during a function eventually comes to her rescue.
Director: Colin Higgins | Stars: Goldie Hawn, Chevy Chase, Burgess Meredith, Rachel Roberts
Votes: 16,970 | Gross: $45.00M
10. On the Beach (1959)
Approved | 134 min | Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi
After a global nuclear war, the residents of Australia must come to terms with the fact that all life will be destroyed in a matter of months.
Director: Stanley Kramer | Stars: Gregory Peck, Ava Gardner, Fred Astaire, Anthony Perkins
Votes: 14,447 | Gross: $11.00M
11. Murder in the First (1995)
R | 122 min | Drama, Thriller
An eager and idealistic young attorney defends an Alcatraz prisoner accused of murdering a fellow inmate. The extenuating circumstances: his client had just spent over three years in solitary confinement.
Director: Marc Rocco | Stars: Christian Slater, Kevin Bacon, Gary Oldman, Embeth Davidtz
Votes: 30,714 | Gross: $17.38M
12. The Etruscan Smile (2018)
R | 107 min | Comedy, Drama
Rory MacNeil, a rugged old Scotsman, travels to San Francisco to seek medical treatment. He moves in with his estranged son Ian, as he sees his life getting transformed through a newfound bond with his baby grandson.
Directors: Oded Binnun, Mihal Brezis | Stars: Brian Cox, JJ Feild, Thora Birch, Rosanna Arquette
Votes: 2,205
13. Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo (1944)
Passed | 138 min | Drama, History, War
In the wake of Pearl Harbor, a young lieutenant leaves his expectant wife to volunteer for a secret bombing mission which will take the war to the Japanese homeland.
Director: Mervyn LeRoy | Stars: Spencer Tracy, Van Johnson, Robert Walker, Tim Murdock
Votes: 6,469
14. SOMM (2012)
Not Rated | 94 min | Documentary
Four sommeliers attempt to pass the prestigious Master Sommelier exam, a test with one of the lowest pass rates in the world.
Director: Jason Wise | Stars: Bo Barrett, Shayn Bjornholm, Dave Cauble, Ian Cauble
Votes: 4,997 | Gross: $0.17M
15. Mega Shark vs. Giant Octopus (2009 Video)
R | 88 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
The California coast is terrorized by two enormous prehistoric sea creatures as they battle each other for supremacy of the sea.
Director: Jack Perez | Stars: Lorenzo Lamas, Debbie Gibson, Vic Chao, Jonathan Nation
Votes: 11,308
16. Petulia (1968)
R | 105 min | Drama, Romance
An unhappily married socialite finds solace in the company of a recently divorced doctor.
Director: Richard Lester | Stars: Julie Christie, George C. Scott, Richard Chamberlain, Arthur Hill
Votes: 3,414
17. Rise of the Zombies (2012 TV Movie)
TV-14 | 89 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
When zombies overrun San Francisco, a desperate group survives by locking themselves inside Alcatraz Prison. When the undead breach the island, our heroes are forced to return to the mainland overrun with the undead.
Director: Nick Lyon | Stars: Mariel Hemingway, Ethan Suplee, LeVar Burton, Danny Trejo
Votes: 3,352
18. Charlie Chan at Treasure Island (1939)
Passed | 74 min | Action, Crime, Mystery
Charlie's investigation of a phony psychic during the 1939 World Exposition on San Francisco's Treasure Island leads him to expose a suicide as murder.
Director: Norman Foster | Stars: Sidney Toler, Cesar Romero, Pauline Moore, Victor Sen Yung
Votes: 1,880
19. BrainWaves (1982)
R | 77 min | Sci-Fi, Thriller
After a traffic accident Kaylie is in coma for months. Her doctors want to try a new procedure on her: to regain her consciousness, they stimulate her brain with neural patterns of a woman ... See full summary »
Director: Ulli Lommel | Stars: Keir Dullea, Suzanna Love, Vera Miles, Ryan Seitz
Votes: 528
20. Hell on Frisco Bay (1955)
Unrated | 99 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
After 5 years in prison, ex-cop Steve Rollins is paroled and searches for the San Francisco mobsters who framed him for manslaughter.
Director: Frank Tuttle | Stars: Alan Ladd, Edward G. Robinson, Joanne Dru, William Demarest
Votes: 738
21. Der Seewolf (1971)
93 min | Adventure, Drama
The writer Humphrey van Weyden gets overboard in 1906 in a shipwreck in the fog in the Bay of San Francisco and is rescued by a seal catcher, the schooner Ghost under the brutal Captain Wolf Larsen.
Stars: Edward Meeks, Raimund Harmstorf, Emmerich Schäffer, Peter Kock
Votes: 733
22. The Fatal Hour (1940)
Approved | 68 min | Crime, Mystery
When Captain Street's best friend Dan Grady is murdered, Street receives help from Chinese detective James Lee Wong and local newspaper reporter Bobbie Logan.
Director: William Nigh | Stars: Boris Karloff, Marjorie Reynolds, Grant Withers, Charles Trowbridge
Votes: 1,313
23. White Heat (1934)
Passed | 62 min | Drama, Romance
Plantation owner William Hawkes (David Newell) doesn't approve of the fact that most of the white men on the island have married, or are living with native girls. He doesn't approve of ... See full summary »
Director: Lois Weber | Stars: Virginia Cherrill, Mona Maris, Hardie Albright, David Newell
Votes: 72
24. Foreverland (2011)
Not Rated | 93 min | Drama
A young man with cystic fibrosis, along with the sister of a fallen friend, goes in search of a legendary healing shrine in Mexico.
Director: Max McGuire | Stars: Max Thieriot, Laurence Leboeuf, Demián Bichir, Matt Frewer
Votes: 840
25. China Clipper (1936)
Passed | 88 min | Adventure, Drama, Romance
Dave Logan takes his regional Pan American airline and with vision and sometimes ruthless determination establishes pan-American and trans-Pacific routes.
Director: Ray Enright | Stars: Pat O'Brien, Humphrey Bogart, Beverly Roberts, Ross Alexander
Votes: 679
26. The House Without a Key (1926)
Passed | 210 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
A Pathe serial in ten chapters of two-reels each: Dan Winterslip, a wealthy man in Honolulu, has not spoken to his brother, who owns a hotel next to Winterslip's estate, in over twenty ... See full summary »
Director: Spencer Gordon Bennet | Stars: Allene Ray, Walter Miller, E.H. Calvert, John Webb Dillion
Votes: 47
27. Scarlet Angel (1952)
Approved | 81 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Pursued by a sea captain, larcenous saloon queen Roxy McClanahan assumes the identity of a Civil War widow with wealthy relatives.
Director: Sidney Salkow | Stars: Rock Hudson, Yvonne De Carlo, Richard Denning, Whitfield Connor
Votes: 246
28. Fog Over Frisco (1934)
Approved | 68 min | Crime, Mystery, Romance
The lifestyles of Arlene and Valkyr Bradford, half-sisters from a respected San Francisco family, diverge markedly as Arlene takes up with criminals.
Director: William Dieterle | Stars: Bette Davis, Donald Woods, Margaret Lindsay, Lyle Talbot
Votes: 1,752
29. Escape from San Quentin (1957)
Approved | 81 min | Crime, Drama
An escaped convict decides to quit running and turn himself and his fellow escapee in to the authorities - but not without complications.
Director: Fred F. Sears | Stars: Johnny Desmond, Merry Anders, Richard Devon, Roy Engel
Votes: 110
30. Shadow of Chinatown (I) (1936)
Passed | 281 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
A madman sets out to destroy a group of Chinatown merchants.
Director: Robert F. Hill | Stars: Bela Lugosi, Bruce Bennett, Joan Barclay, Luana Walters
Votes: 296
31. Yes, We're Open (2012)
79 min | Comedy, Romance
A couple experiment with having an open relationship.
Director: Richard Wong | Stars: Lynn Chen, Parry Shen, Sheetal Sheth, Kerry McCrohan
Votes: 115
32. Alcatraz Island (1937)
Passed | 63 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A man who has been railroaded into prison is framed for the murder of a fellow inmate and must prove his innocence.
Director: William C. McGann | Stars: John Litel, Ann Sheridan, Mary Maguire, Gordon Oliver
Votes: 253
33. Red Without Blue (2007)
Not Rated | 74 min | Documentary
The intimate bond between two identical twin brothers is challenged when one decides to transition from male to female; this is the story of their evolving relationship, and the resurrection of their family from a darker past.
Directors: Brooke Sebold, Benita Sills, Todd Sills | Stars: Clair Farley, Jennie Farley, Mark Oliver Farley, Scott Farley
Votes: 505
34. The Chinese Exclusion Act (2017)
TV-PG | 114 min | Documentary, Biography, History
The origin, history and impact of the 1882 law that made it illegal for Chinese workers to come to America and for Chinese nationals already here to become U.S. citizens.
Directors: Ric Burns, Li-Shin Yu | Stars: Hoon Lee, Mae Ngai, Jean Pfaelzer, David Lei
Votes: 104
35. Dreamworld (2012)
Not Rated | 92 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Oliver Hayes, an aspiring animator whose confidence is at a low point, meets the captivating and impulsive Lily Blush, who encourages him to drop everything and go with her to Northern ... See full summary »
Director: Ryan Darst | Stars: Whit Hertford, Mary Kate Wiles, Nora Kirkpatrick, Matt Bush
Votes: 257
36. Devil Ship (1947)
Approved | 62 min | Crime, Drama
Captain Biff Brown owns a boat used to ferry prisoners from the mainland to Alcatraz. The police find some escape tools on his boat and, although Brown isn't involved, his contract is ... See full summary »
Director: Lew Landers | Stars: Richard Lane, Louise Campbell, William Bishop, Damian O'Flynn
37. Bizarre: A Circus Story (2016)
PG-13 | 63 min | Documentary, Biography, History
An intimate look at the extraordinary life of Master Lu Yi, hailed as the father of modern acrobatics, and the vast community of big-top lovers who share his dream of a thriving US circus industry.
Director: Meg Pinsonneault | Stars: Allison Daniels, Jon Deline, Eve Diamond, Joe Dieffenbacher
Votes: 8
38. If I Had My Way (1940)
Approved | 82 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance
After a fellow bridge builder is killed in an accident, two of his co-workers take his now-orphaned daughter to New York to be adopted by relatives.
Director: David Butler | Stars: Bing Crosby, Gloria Jean, Charles Winninger, El Brendel
Votes: 211
39. Blind Spot (2002)
94 min | Drama, Thriller
Three strangers are drawn together in search of Darcy, a man they all love who has been involved with some nasty underworld business.
Director: Stephan Woloszczuk | Stars: James Franco, Mark Patrick Gleason, Morgan H. Margolis, Shawn Montgomery
Votes: 200
40. The American Dream (2013)
PG-13 | 93 min | Drama
The American Dream embarks on a journey with two college bound football buddies. They must decide between the fast money on the streets and keeping on a straight path.
Director: Robert Wakamatsu | Stars: Gian Shaw, Hannibal Thompson, Marcus D. Spencer, Ahku
Votes: 75
41. A Moment in Time (2010)
56 min | Documentary
A documentary about the experience of the Chinese in San Francisco's Chinatown told through the films they loved.
Director: Ruby Yang | Stars: Larry Chin, Philip Choy, Amy Chung, Irene Dea Collier
Votes: 29
42. The Butch Factor (2009)
Not Rated | 88 min | Documentary
A multicultural examination of modern gay male society and how masculinity is expected, defined, accepted, and expanded.
Director: Christopher Hines | Stars: Christopher Hines, Jason Hefley, H.T. Bennett, Junior Buendia
Votes: 256
43. Sagat (2011)
Unrated | 40 min | Documentary, Short, Biography
Documentary about French gay porn star Francois Sagat.
Directors: Jérome M. Oliveira, Pascal Roche | Stars: Serge Hefez, Christophe Honoré, Bruce La Bruce, Chi Chi LaRue
Votes: 56
44. Black Waters (1929)
Passed | 84 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A mad captain poses as a cleric to murder people aboard a fogbound ship.
Director: Marshall Neilan | Stars: James Kirkwood, Mary Brian, John Loder, Robert Ames
45. Burning Daylight (1928)
Passed | 72 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
An Alaskan real estate tycoon who's visiting San Francisco loses his fortune to a group of investment sharks.
Director: Charles Brabin | Stars: Milton Sills, Doris Kenyon, Arthur Stone, Guinn 'Big Boy' Williams
Votes: 68
46. The Phantom Submarine (1940)
Approved | 70 min | Adventure, Mystery, Romance
On the night before he sails in search of the steamship Arcadia's sunken gold, Paul Sinclair (Bruce Bennett) meets Madeleine Neilson (Anita Louise) in a San Francisco nightclub. On the ... See full summary »
Director: Charles Barton | Stars: Bruce Bennett, Anita Louise, Oscar O'Shea, John Tyrrell
Votes: 42
47. Cold Refuge (2023)
79 min | Documentary
Cold Refuge is about the physical, psychological, and spiritual aspects of full immersion in the natural world: how, though it may seem counter-intuitive, swimming in cold water helps ... See full synopsis »
Director: Judy Irving | Stars: Myles Cope, Naji Ali, Corvin Bazgan, Lisa Serbian
48. Children of Alcatraz (2003)
55 min | Documentary
Here are the stories you've never heard from those who lived in the shadow of America's most infamous prison. Eyewitness accounts of living through jailbreaks, riots and good times on Alcatraz.
Directors: Tom Castellano, Scotty Cornfield
49. Love: As You Like It (2012)
Not Rated | 62 min | Comedy, Romance
In this adaptation of William Shakespeare's play As You Like It, a group of dynamic characters living in San Francisco struggle with what it means to love, and to be loved.
Director: Sonja Kelly | Stars: Angela Gulner, Sullivan Jones, Lenne Klingaman, Keith Barletta
Votes: 41
50. Black Paradise (1926)
Passed | 50 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
In San Francisco, Sylvia Douglas and her fiancée, James Callahan, a reformed crook, make their getaway after Jim, disgusted with his inability to find a job, un-reforms and steals a diamond... See full summary »
Director: Roy William Neill | Stars: Madge Bellamy, Leslie Fenton, Edmund Lowe, Edward Peil Sr.
Votes: 28