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1. Inglourious Basterds (2009)
R | 153 min | Adventure, Drama, War
In Nazi-occupied France during World War II, a plan to assassinate Nazi leaders by a group of Jewish U.S. soldiers coincides with a theatre owner's vengeful plans for the same.
Director: Quentin Tarantino | Stars: Brad Pitt, Diane Kruger, Eli Roth, Mélanie Laurent
Votes: 1,584,000 | Gross: $120.54M
2. Aladdin (2019)
PG | 128 min | Adventure, Comedy, Family
Aladdin, a kind thief, woos Jasmine, the princess of Agrabah, with the help of Genie. When Jafar, the grand vizier, tries to usurp the king, Jasmine, Aladdin and Genie must stop him from succeeding.
Director: Guy Ritchie | Stars: Will Smith, Mena Massoud, Naomi Scott, Marwan Kenzari
Votes: 290,124 | Gross: $355.56M
3. Game Night (I) (2018)
R | 100 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
A group of friends who meet regularly for game nights find themselves entangled in a real-life mystery when the shady brother of one of them is seemingly kidnapped by dangerous gangsters.
Directors: John Francis Daley, Jonathan Goldstein | Stars: Jason Bateman, Rachel McAdams, Kyle Chandler, Sharon Horgan
Votes: 255,687 | Gross: $69.18M
4. I Care a Lot (2020)
R | 118 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
A crooked legal guardian who drains the savings of her elderly wards meets her match when a woman she tries to swindle turns out to be more than she first appears.
Director: J Blakeson | Stars: Rosamund Pike, Peter Dinklage, Eiza González, Dianne Wiest
Votes: 146,065
5. The Gambler (III) (2014)
R | 111 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Literature professor and gambler Jim Bennett's debt causes him to borrow money from his mother and a loan shark. Further complicating his situation, is his relationship with one of his students. Will Bennett risk his life for a second chance?
Director: Rupert Wyatt | Stars: Mark Wahlberg, Jessica Lange, John Goodman, Brie Larson
Votes: 73,549 | Gross: $33.68M
6. Killer Elite (2011)
R | 116 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
When his mentor is taken captive by a disgraced Arab sheik, a killer-for-hire is forced into action. His mission: kill three members of Britain's elite Special Air Service responsible for his sons' deaths.
Director: Gary McKendry | Stars: Jason Statham, Clive Owen, Robert De Niro, Dominic Purcell
Votes: 135,427 | Gross: $25.12M
7. 31 (2016)
R | 102 min | Horror, Thriller
Five carnival workers are kidnapped and held hostage in an abandoned, hellish compound where they are forced to participate in a violent game, the goal of which is to survive twelve hours against a gang of sadistic clowns.
Director: Rob Zombie | Stars: Malcolm McDowell, Richard Brake, Jeff Daniel Phillips, Sheri Moon Zombie
Votes: 22,979 | Gross: $0.78M
8. Arsenic and Old Lace (1944)
Not Rated | 118 min | Comedy, Crime, Thriller
A Brooklyn writer of books on the futility of marriage risks his reputation after he decides to tie the knot. Things get even more complicated when he learns on his wedding day that his beloved maiden aunts are habitual murderers.
Director: Frank Capra | Stars: Cary Grant, Priscilla Lane, Raymond Massey, Jack Carson
Votes: 74,966
9. The Recruit (2003)
PG-13 | 115 min | Action, Thriller
A brilliant young CIA trainee is asked by his mentor to help find a mole in the Agency.
Director: Roger Donaldson | Stars: Al Pacino, Colin Farrell, Bridget Moynahan, Gabriel Macht
Votes: 142,238 | Gross: $52.80M
10. Dorm Daze (2003)
R | 96 min | Comedy, Crime, Mystery
Set during a crazy afternoon in the lives of a dozen college students at a co-ed dorm that starts with the arrival of two very different women with the same name of Dominique.
Directors: David Hillenbrand, Scott Hillenbrand | Stars: Tatyana Ali, Boti Bliss, Gable Carr, Patrick Cavanaugh
Votes: 8,205 | Gross: $0.06M
11. The Trip (2021)
TV-MA | 113 min | Action, Comedy, Horror
A dysfunctional couple head to a remote cabin to reconnect, but each has intentions to kill the other. Before they can carry out their plans, unexpected visitors arrive and they face a greater danger.
Director: Tommy Wirkola | Stars: Noomi Rapace, Aksel Hennie, Atle Antonsen, Christian Rubeck
Votes: 27,286
12. Game Over, Man! (2018)
TV-MA | 101 min | Action, Comedy
Three friends are on the verge of getting their video game financed when their benefactor is taken hostage by terrorists.
Director: Kyle Newacheck | Stars: Adam Devine, Anders Holm, Blake Anderson, Chloe Bridges
Votes: 33,258
13. Bullet to the Head (2012)
R | 92 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
After watching their respective partners die, a New Orleans hitman and a Washington, D.C. detective form an alliance in order to bring down their common enemy.
Director: Walter Hill | Stars: Sylvester Stallone, Jason Momoa, Christian Slater, Sung Kang
Votes: 52,435 | Gross: $9.48M
14. Rottentail (2018)
TV-MA | 106 min | Comedy, Horror
Peter Cotton, a scientist that works on rabbits and infertility, learns that the military wishes to use his work to create superhuman soldiers. Cotton is bitten by an experimental mutant rabbit and changes into the evil Rottentail.
Director: Brian Skiba | Stars: Dominique Swain, Gianni Capaldi, Corin Nemec, William McNamara
Votes: 453 | Gross: $0.00M
15. 1BR (2019)
TV-MA | 90 min | Drama, Horror, Thriller
Sarah tries to start anew in LA, but her neighbours are not what they seem.
Director: David Marmor | Stars: Nicole Brydon Bloom, Giles Matthey, Taylor Nichols, Alan Blumenfeld
Votes: 15,486
16. Suicide Kings (1997)
R | 106 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
A group of youngsters kidnap a respected Mafia figure.
Director: Peter O'Fallon | Stars: Christopher Walken, Denis Leary, Sean Patrick Flanery, Mark Watson
Votes: 29,175 | Gross: $1.69M
17. Opera (1987)
R | 107 min | Crime, Horror, Mystery
A young opera singer is stalked by a deranged fan bent on killing the people associated with her to claim her for himself.
Director: Dario Argento | Stars: Cristina Marsillach, Ian Charleson, Urbano Barberini, Daria Nicolodi
Votes: 19,486
18. Restraint (2008)
R | 92 min | Drama, Thriller
A young couple on the run hole up in a country estate with a hostage in tow.
Director: David Denneen | Stars: Travis Fimmel, Teresa Palmer, Stephen Moyer, Philip Holder
Votes: 6,473
19. The Ref (1994)
R | 97 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
A cat burglar is forced to take a bickering, dysfunctional family hostage on Christmas Eve.
Director: Ted Demme | Stars: Denis Leary, Judy Davis, Kevin Spacey, Robert J. Steinmiller Jr.
Votes: 26,553 | Gross: $11.44M
20. Billy Bathgate (1991)
R | 106 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
In the year 1935, a teen named Billy Bathgate finds first love while becoming the protégé of fledgling gangster Dutch Schultz.
Director: Robert Benton | Stars: Dustin Hoffman, Nicole Kidman, Loren Dean, Bruce Willis
Votes: 12,740 | Gross: $15.97M
21. The Prince of Pennsylvania (1988)
R | 87 min | Comedy, Drama
A teenager in love, who needs money to arrange his future life with his mistress, kidnaps his own father for ransom, but nobody cares.
Director: Ron Nyswaner | Stars: Fred Ward, Keanu Reeves, Bonnie Bedelia, Amy Madigan
Votes: 1,443
22. Puppet Master II (1990 Video)
R | 88 min | Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi
The puppets return and hunt paranormal researchers in an attempt to take their brain fluid for their master, Andre Toulon.
Director: David Allen | Stars: Elizabeth Maclellan, Collin Bernsen, Steve Welles, Greg Webb
Votes: 6,135
23. I, the Jury (1982)
R | 111 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A PI investigates the murder of his one-armed friend, a PI working on a case. Clues lead to a sex clinic. Bodies pile up.
Director: Richard T. Heffron | Stars: Armand Assante, Barbara Carrera, Laurene Landon, Alan King
Votes: 1,820 | Gross: $1.52M
24. Cruel World (2005)
R | 88 min | Comedy, Horror, Thriller
Reeling from his dismissal from a reality show, a deranged runner-up holds a group of co-eds hostage on the set of his own fictitious show, where losers suffer a deadly fate.
Director: Kelsey T. Howard | Stars: Edward Furlong, Daniel Franzese, Andrew Keegan, Susan Ward
Votes: 1,472 | Gross: $0.02M
25. The Sitter (2006 TV Movie)
TV-PG | 90 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
A family hires live-in nanny Abby Reed whose obsession with the father becomes increasingly dangerous when she decides to take his wife's place in the family.
Director: Russell Mulcahy | Stars: Gail O'Grady, William R. Moses, Mariana Klaveno, Madison Davenport
Votes: 1,401
26. Pleasant Days (2002)
99 min | Drama
Peter returned from prison in his native city, in the hope that it will begin happy days. With surprise he learns that his sister became a foster mother to the newborn boy, but a real ... See full summary »
Director: Kornél Mundruczó | Stars: Tamás Polgár, Orsolya Tóth, Kata Wéber, Lajos Ottó Horváth
Votes: 685
27. Death Ring (1992 Video)
R | 90 min | Action
When ex-Special Forces agent Matt Collins wins a survivalist competition, he becomes "the toughest man alive" - perfect fodder for perverse millionaire Danton Vachs, whose annual manhunt attracts the most vicious killers in the world.
Director: R.J. Kizer | Stars: Mike Norris, Billy Drago, Chad McQueen, Don Swayze
Votes: 530
28. Faithful (1996)
R | 91 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
A depressed housewife whose husband is having an affair contemplates suicide, but changes her mind when she faces death by a killer hired to do her in.
Director: Paul Mazursky | Stars: Cher, Chazz Palminteri, Ryan O'Neal, Paul Mazursky
Votes: 2,267 | Gross: $2.10M
29. Night Vision (2011)
Not Rated | 89 min | Thriller
A womanizing reality-TV producer (Spencer) unwittingly sleeps with a mysterious woman (Alison), who turns out to be his own stalker. Alison then kidnaps Spencer and holds him hostage while ... See full summary »
Director: Nathaniel Warsh | Stars: Ali Adatia, Darryl Dougherty, Noelle DuBois, Brittnee Madden
Votes: 587
30. Close Calls (2017)
Unrated | 128 min | Horror, Thriller
A troubled, drug-addled teen starts to suspect something sinister is at work when her father leaves her home alone to contend with her insane grandma, a mysterious caller, and her own paranoia.
Director: Richard Stringham | Stars: Jordan Phipps, Greg Fallon, Carmen Patterson, Kristof Waltermire
Votes: 518
31. Escape in the Fog (1945)
Approved | 63 min | Adventure, Film-Noir, Mystery
During WW2, an army nurse on R&R in San Francisco has a premonition about witnessing a murder attempt against a G-man by Nazi agents.
Director: Budd Boetticher | Stars: Otto Kruger, Nina Foch, William Wright, Konstantin Shayne
Votes: 1,139
32. The 24th Day (2004)
R | 92 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Tom (Speedman) and Dan's (Marsden) one-night stand turns into an intense power-play between captor and captive.
Director: Tony Piccirillo | Stars: James Marsden, Scott Speedman, Sofía Vergara, Barry Papick
Votes: 3,726 | Gross: $0.01M
33. Leather Jackets (1991)
R | 90 min | Action, Drama
Claudia, a girl who gets around, finally lands her dream man in Mickey. However, Mickey's friend Dobbs spoils their nuptial plans when the thugs of a Vietnamese gangster that he has robbed ... See full summary »
Director: Lee Drysdale | Stars: D.B. Sweeney, Bridget Fonda, Judi Trevor, Cary Elwes
Votes: 703
34. Kidnap Me (2017)
80 min | Comedy, Crime, Romance
A couple book a role play kidnap experience, only to get nabbed by a pair of dimwitted gangsters.
Directors: Ross Aitken, James Browning | Stars: Daniel Curshen, Genna Foden, Ross F. Sutherland, Ray Whelan
Votes: 75
35. Taking 5 (2007)
PG | 90 min | Comedy, Family, Music
Two geeky teens kidnap the world's most famous boy-band in an attempt to make them play at their high school, which would boost the girls' popularity.
Director: Andrew Waller | Stars: Alona Tal, Daniella Monet, Christy Carlson Romano, Bart Johnson
Votes: 980
36. Ping! (2000)
PG | 93 min | Comedy
Ping is a chihuahua rescued from the pound by nearsighted Ethel, who thinks he's a cat. When a pair of bumbling thieves try to break into Ethel's house to steal the money they think she has stashed away, only Ping can foil their plans.
Director: Chris Baugh | Stars: Judge Reinhold, Clint Howard, Shirley Jones, Lou Ferrigno
Votes: 314
37. Money Movers (1978)
R | 92 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
An armoured car company is the target of repeated heists. Company leadership is enforcing new measures in order to tighten security. The biggest danger of a new heist lies from within the company's own ranks.
Director: Bruce Beresford | Stars: Terence Donovan, Tony Bonner, Ed Devereaux, Charles 'Bud' Tingwell
Votes: 963
38. Hardball (1997 Video)
R | 97 min | Action, Drama
Incompatible fugitive recovery agents, the flighty Jersey Bellini (Michael Dudikoff) and his more serious-minded female partner, B.B. (Lisa Howard), have, for the last time, ticked off ... See full summary »
Director: George Erschbamer | Stars: Michael Dudikoff, Lisa Howard, Tony Curtis, Steve Bacic
Votes: 435
39. Jack Higgins's the Windsor Protocol (1998 TV Movie)
R | 95 min | Drama, Thriller
Based on the novels by Jack Higgins, Kyle MacLachlan stars as maverick British agent Sean Dillon to uncover a plot to take over the presidency of the United States.
Director: George Mihalka | Stars: Kyle MacLachlan, Macha Grenon, Chris Wiggins, Lisa Bronwyn Moore
Votes: 334
40. StalkHer (2015)
Not Rated | 90 min | Comedy, Romance, Thriller
Jack is pushed past the brink of his stalking obsession when he decides to break into Emily's home to take what he wants by force. However, his plans for her pain and his pleasure come ... See full summary »
Directors: John Jarratt, Kaarin Fairfax | Stars: John Jarratt, Kaarin Fairfax, Alan Finney, Robert Coleby
Votes: 429
41. A Neighbor's Deception (2017 TV Movie)
TV-14 | 90 min | Thriller
A woman begins to suspect that her therapist neighbor's offer to free treatment is not the altruistic gesture it was meant to be.
Directors: Devon Downs, Kenny Gage | Stars: Ashley Bell, Tom Amandes, Gates McFadden, Adam Mayfield
Votes: 273
42. Stray Dolls (2019)
Unrated | 97 min | Crime, Thriller
One petty crime spirals into the next.
Director: Sonejuhi Sinha | Stars: Cynthia Nixon, Olivia DeJonge, Robert Aramayo, Shiloh Verrico
Votes: 503
43. 36 Hours to Die (1999 TV Movie)
90 min | Crime, Thriller
A businessman fights against a crime syndicate when he becomes an extortion target.
Director: Yves Simoneau | Stars: Treat Williams, Kim Cattrall, Carroll O'Connor, Saul Rubinek
Votes: 396
44. Jungle Queen (1945)
Passed | 219 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
During World War II, the German high command sends agents into an African jungle to stir up the local Tongghili tribes against the British.
Directors: Lewis D. Collins, Ray Taylor | Stars: Edward Norris, Eddie Quillan, Douglass Dumbrille, Lois Collier
Votes: 178
45. Mandrake, the Magician (1939)
Approved | 215 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
Mandrake and his assistant Lothar are working the cruise lines and make the acquaintance of Professor Houston who has developed a radium energy machine, which is much coveted by a masked Crime Lord known as "The Wasp".
Directors: Norman Deming, Sam Nelson | Stars: Warren Hull, Doris Weston, Al Kikume, Rex Downing
Votes: 214
46. The Elite (I) (2001)
R | 103 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
After the murder of their families by a terrorist bomb, five young adults are trained as a hi-tech, anti-terrorist team with a mission to search and destroy high-profile terrorist groups.
Director: Terry Cunningham | Stars: Jürgen Prochnow, Maxine Bahns, Robin Givens, Jason Lewis
Votes: 587
47. The Room (2021)
101 min | Drama, Horror, Thriller
The morning Stella decides to take her own life, a stranger knocks at her door claiming the guest room he booked for the night. Surprised but charmed by this man who seems to know her very ... See full summary »
Director: Stefano Lodovichi | Stars: Guido Caprino, Camilla Filippi, Edoardo Pesce, Romeo Pellegrini
Votes: 615
48. Ninja Gaiden II (2008 Video Game)
M | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Ryu Hayabusa hunts down the Greater Fiends who threaten to destroy the world by unleashing the Archfiend.
Directors: Katsunori Ehara, Tomonobu Itagaki, Hiroaki Matsui | Stars: Josh Keaton, Kari Wahlgren, Keone Young, Neil Kaplan
Votes: 488
49. Eyes of the Beholder (1992)
R | 89 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
A crazed escaped mental patient holds 2 couples hostage and terrorizes them in a Malibu beach home during a stormy night.
Director: Lawrence L. Simeone | Stars: Joanna Pacula, Matt McCoy, George Lazenby, Kylie Travis
Votes: 212
50. Leather and Iron (2002)
R | 90 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
John Telliman, a rich lawyer who rides bikes on the weekends, falls into some trouble with a gang of outlaw bikers and gets a case in his possession that will only bring him misery. So...what's in the case, and why do they want it?
Director: James Archer | Stars: Mike Valletta, Blythe Metz, Scott Dillon, Alexis Austin
Votes: 653