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1. The Zone of Interest (2023)
PG-13 | 105 min | Drama, History, War
Auschwitz commandant Rudolf Höss and his wife Hedwig strive to build a dream life for their family in a house and garden beside the camp.
Director: Jonathan Glazer | Stars: Christian Friedel, Sandra Hüller, Johann Karthaus, Luis Noah Witte
Votes: 84,912
2. Snowfall (2017–2023)
TV-MA | 44 min | Crime, Drama
A look at the early days of the crack cocaine epidemic in Los Angeles during the beginning of the 1980s.
Stars: Damson Idris, Carter Hudson, Sergio Peris-Mencheta, Isaiah John
Votes: 30,158
3. Sicario (2015)
R | 121 min | Action, Crime, Drama
An idealistic FBI agent is enlisted by a government task force to aid in the escalating war against drugs at the border area between the U.S. and Mexico.
Director: Denis Villeneuve | Stars: Emily Blunt, Josh Brolin, Benicio Del Toro, Jon Bernthal
Votes: 477,205 | Gross: $46.89M
4. The Punisher (2017–2019)
TV-MA | 60 min | Action, Crime, Drama
After his revenge on those who murdered his family, aimless Marine veteran Frank Castle finds a new meaning in life as a vigilante known as "The Punisher".
Stars: Jon Bernthal, Amber Rose Revah, Ben Barnes, Jason R. Moore
Votes: 265,245
5. Promising Young Woman (2020)
R | 113 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Nothing in Cassie's life is what it appears to be - she's wickedly smart, tantalizingly cunning, and she's living a secret double life. Now, an unexpected encounter is about to give Cassie a chance to right the wrongs from the past.
Director: Emerald Fennell | Stars: Carey Mulligan, Bo Burnham, Alison Brie, Clancy Brown
Votes: 211,930
6. Spotlight (I) (2015)
R | 129 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
The true story of how the Boston Globe uncovered the massive scandal of child molestation and cover-up within the local Catholic Archdiocese, shaking the entire Catholic Church to its core.
Director: Tom McCarthy | Stars: Mark Ruffalo, Michael Keaton, Rachel McAdams, Liev Schreiber
Votes: 502,418 | Gross: $45.06M
7. Black Mass (2015)
R | 123 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
The true story of Whitey Bulger, the brother of a state senator and the most infamous violent criminal in the history of South Boston, who became an FBI informant to take down a Mafia family invading his turf.
Director: Scott Cooper | Stars: Johnny Depp, Benedict Cumberbatch, Dakota Johnson, Joel Edgerton
Votes: 192,453 | Gross: $62.58M
8. Straw Dogs (1971)
R | 113 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A young American and his English wife come to rural England and face increasingly vicious local harassment.
Director: Sam Peckinpah | Stars: Dustin Hoffman, Susan George, Peter Vaughan, T.P. McKenna
Votes: 64,532
9. Taking Sides (2001)
Not Rated | 108 min | Drama, Music, War
After the end of World War II, a famous German conductor is accused of loyalty to the Nazi regime. He argues that art and politics are separate. An investigator thinks otherwise.
Director: István Szabó | Stars: Harvey Keitel, Stellan Skarsgård, Moritz Bleibtreu, Birgit Minichmayr
Votes: 3,818 | Gross: $0.19M
10. Above the Law (1988)
R | 99 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A former Special Operations Vietnam vet works as a Chicago cop, and uncovers C.I.A. wrongdoing.
Director: Andrew Davis | Stars: Steven Seagal, Pam Grier, Henry Silva, Ron Dean
Votes: 34,630 | Gross: $18.87M
11. Man Up (I) (2015)
R | 88 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A single woman takes the place of a stranger's blind date and finds the perfect man for her.
Director: Ben Palmer | Stars: Lake Bell, Rory Kinnear, Ken Stott, Harriet Walter
Votes: 56,496
12. Croupier (1998)
Not Rated | 94 min | Crime, Drama
An aspiring writer is hired as a croupier at a casino, where he realizes that his life as a croupier would make a great novel.
Director: Mike Hodges | Stars: Clive Owen, Nick Reding, Nicholas Ball, Alexander Morton
Votes: 23,540 | Gross: $6.20M
13. Salvador (1986)
R | 122 min | Drama, History, Thriller
A burnt-out photojournalist becomes involved in a Central American revolution.
Director: Oliver Stone | Stars: James Woods, Jim Belushi, Michael Murphy, John Savage
Votes: 23,164
14. Deep Cover (1992)
R | 107 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
A uniformed police officer is recruited by the DEA to infiltrate a drug smuggling ring looking to expand its operation.
Director: Bill Duke | Stars: Laurence Fishburne, Jeff Goldblum, Lira Angel, René Assa
Votes: 14,073 | Gross: $16.64M
15. Air America (1990)
R | 113 min | Action, Comedy, War
A young pilot finds himself recruited unwittingly into a covert and corrupt CIA airlift operation in Laos during the Vietnam conflict.
Director: Roger Spottiswoode | Stars: Mel Gibson, Robert Downey Jr., Nancy Travis, Ken Jenkins
Votes: 30,553 | Gross: $31.05M
16. Shock and Awe (2017)
R | 90 min | Biography, Drama, History
A group of journalists of the Knight-Ridder news service covering President George W. Bush's planned invasion of Iraq in 2003 are skeptical of the President's claim that Saddam Hussein has "weapons of mass destruction."
Director: Rob Reiner | Stars: Woody Harrelson, James Marsden, Rob Reiner, Tommy Lee Jones
Votes: 8,682 | Gross: $0.08M
17. Brubaker (1980)
R | 131 min | Crime, Drama
The new warden of a small prison farm in Arkansas tries to clean it up of corruption after initially posing as an inmate.
Director: Stuart Rosenberg | Stars: Robert Redford, Yaphet Kotto, Morgan Freeman, Jane Alexander
Votes: 19,445 | Gross: $37.12M
18. Bob Roberts (1992)
R | 102 min | Comedy, Drama
A conservative folk singer turns his hand to politics, running for the US Senate. He is not above dirty tricks and smear campaigns to gain an advantage over his opponent.
Director: Tim Robbins | Stars: Tim Robbins, Giancarlo Esposito, Alan Rickman, Ray Wise
Votes: 15,638 | Gross: $4.48M
19. The Official Story (1985)
Not Rated | 112 min | Drama, History
During the final months of Argentinian Military Dictatorship in 1983, a high school teacher sets out to find out who the mother of her adopted daughter is.
Director: Luis Puenzo | Stars: Norma Aleandro, Héctor Alterio, Chunchuna Villafañe, Hugo Arana
Votes: 10,870 | Gross: $0.03M
20. Paterno (2018 TV Movie)
TV-MA | 105 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
Penn State football coach Joe Paterno becomes embroiled in a sexual abuse scandal.
Director: Barry Levinson | Stars: Al Pacino, Kathy Baker, Kenneth Maharaj, Michael Mastro
Votes: 7,589
21. Collective (2019)
Not Rated | 109 min | Documentary, Crime
Director Alexander Nanau follows a crack team of investigators at the Romanian newspaper Gazeta Sporturilor as they try to uncover a vast health-care fraud that enriched moguls and politicians and led to the deaths of innocent citizens.
Director: Alexander Nanau | Stars: Dan Alexandru Condrea, Liviu Iolu, Razvan Lutac, Mirela Neag
Votes: 13,445
22. Nightmare in Badham County (1976 TV Movie)
R | 102 min | Drama, Thriller
During a road trip, two UCLA coeds end up in a Southern prison farm on trumped-up charges brought on by a small town sex-crazed corrupt sheriff.
Director: John Llewellyn Moxey | Stars: Deborah Raffin, Lynne Moody, Chuck Connors, Fionnula Flanagan
Votes: 689
23. The Last of the Finest (1990)
R | 106 min | Action, Crime, Drama
4 LA cops are fighting the war on drugs. Corrupt superiors manage to break up their team when one of them gets killed. The 3 quit LAPD and continue investigating.
Director: John Mackenzie | Stars: Brian Dennehy, Joe Pantoliano, Jeff Fahey, Bill Paxton
Votes: 1,650 | Gross: $1.53M
24. When Did You Last See Your Father? (2007)
PG-13 | 92 min | Biography, Drama
The story of a son's conflicting memories of his dying father.
Director: Anand Tucker | Stars: Jim Broadbent, Colin Firth, Juliet Stevenson, Bradley Johnson
Votes: 4,685 | Gross: $1.07M
25. Salvatore Giuliano (1962)
Not Rated | 125 min | Crime, Drama, History
The unclear and complicated twists between governal powers, independentist party and Mafia in the Sicily of the '40s culminate with the death of Salvatore Giuliano.
Director: Francesco Rosi | Stars: Frank Wolff, Salvo Randone, Frederico Zardi, Pippo Agusta
Votes: 3,708
26. The Power of Nightmares (2004)
60 min | Documentary, History
A series of three documentaries about the use of fear for political gain.
Stars: Gilles Kepel, William Kristol, Melvin Goodman, Richard Perle
Votes: 4,546
27. 1,001 Ways to Enjoy the Missionary Position (2010)
83 min | Comedy, Drama, Sci-Fi
In the near future, where government regulations are so restrictive our most intimate acts are considered acts of rebellion, Nora tries to break out of a lifetime of strict thought and sexual repression before it's too late.
Director: Alan Chu | Stars: William Russ, Anthem Moss, Natasha Melnick, Richard Riehle
Votes: 117
28. Accomplices (2009)
TV-MA | 93 min | Crime, Romance
Two police detectives investigate the murder of a high-end male prostitute, and his relationship with his girlfriend.
Director: Frédéric Mermoud | Stars: Gilbert Melki, Emmanuelle Devos, Cyril Descours, Nina Meurisse
Votes: 1,125
29. Balibo (2009)
Not Rated | 111 min | Biography, Drama, History
War correspondent Roger East and the young Jose Ramos-Horta travel to East Timor to investigate the murders of the Balibo Five in 1975.
Director: Robert Connolly | Stars: Jane Hampson, Bea Viegas, Christine Martins, Ana Rosa Mendoça
Votes: 2,927
30. The Occupation of the American Mind (2016 Video)
82 min | Documentary
Israel's ongoing military occupation of Palestinian territory and repeated invasions of the Gaza strip have triggered a fierce backlash against Israeli policies virtually everywhere in the ... See full summary »
Directors: Loretta Alper, Jeremy Earp | Stars: Phyllis Bennis, Max Blumenthal, Noam Chomsky, Norman Finkelstein
Votes: 260
31. Freeway: Crack in the System (2015)
R | 103 min | Documentary, Biography, Crime
FREEWAY: CRACK IN THE SYSTEM tells the story of broken dreams, drug dealers, dirty cops, and government complicity-more compelling than fiction, it's the real story behind America's longest... See full summary »
Director: Marc Levin | Stars: Michael Levine, 'Freeway' Ricky Ross, Eric Sterling
Votes: 899
32. The Shock Doctrine (2009)
Not Rated | 79 min | Documentary, History
An investigation of "disaster capitalism", based on Naomi Klein's proposition that neo-liberal capitalism feeds on natural disasters, war and terror to establish its dominance.
Directors: Mat Whitecross, Michael Winterbottom | Stars: Janine Huard, Ewen Cameron, Naomi Klein, Milton Friedman
Votes: 3,116
33. America's War on Drugs (2017)
TV-14 | 480 min | Documentary, History
"America's War on Drugs" is an immersive trip through the last five decades, uncovering how the CIA, obsessed with keeping America safe in the fight against communism, allied itself with the mafia and foreign drug traffickers.
Stars: Richard Stratton, Ty Hurley, Sam Shoubber, Alberto Maneiro
Votes: 223
34. Chasing Madoff (2010)
Unrated | 91 min | Documentary
A look at how one investigator spent ten years trying to expose Bernie Madoff's massive Ponzi scheme that scammed an estimated $18 billion from investors.
Director: Jeff Prosserman | Stars: Bernie Madoff, Frank Casey, Gaytri Kachroo, Harry Markopolos
Votes: 1,157
35. Dirty Linen (2023)
TV-MA | Action, Crime, Drama
Four houseworkers of a well-known aristocratic family mysteriously vanished one by one without a trace, meanwhile four people are out to get their hellish revenge against the prominent family itself.
Stars: Zanjoe Marudo, Francine Diaz, Janine Gutierrez, John Arcilla
Votes: 181
36. Sacred Silence (1996)
114 min | Crime, Drama
A young priest crusades against organized crime in his Naples neighbourhood but falls in love with a 13-year old boy. It's the chance the gangsters were waiting for to get rid of the thorn ... See full summary »
Director: Antonio Capuano | Stars: Fabrizio Bentivoglio, Emanuele Gargiulo, Tonino Taiuti, Rosaria De Cicco
Votes: 438
37. American Drug War: The Last White Hope (2006)
Not Rated | 120 min | Documentary, Crime
With commentary from soldiers on both sides of the conflict, filmmaker Kevin Booth's incisive documentary wades into the murky waters of the American war on drugs, the longest and costliest war in U.S. history.
Director: Kevin Booth | Stars: Joe Arpaio, Jello Biafra, Osama bin Laden, Jeff Blackburn
Votes: 1,644
38. Un si joli village... (1979)
R | 116 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Bertin is a wealthy and respected man in his town. His power is put in jeopardy when he accidentally kills his wife in a domestic argument.
Director: Etienne Périer | Stars: Victor Lanoux, Jean Carmet, Valérie Mairesse, Michel Robin
Votes: 163
39. Murder in the Big House (1942)
Passed | 59 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
A Death Row inmate vows to reveal damaging information about corrupt politicians on the day of his electric chair execution but he is found dead in his cell, prompting an investigation by a local reporter.
Director: B. Reeves Eason | Stars: Faye Emerson, Van Johnson, George Meeker, Frank Wilcox
Votes: 278
40. All Governments Lie: Truth, Deception, and the Spirit of I.F. Stone (2016)
Not Rated | 91 min | Documentary
A look at the life and work of American journalist, I.F. Stone, who leads a one-man crusade against government deception.
Director: Fred Peabody | Stars: I.F. Stone, Chris Hedges, Leslie Moonves, Jeff Cohen
Votes: 564
41. Birthplace (1992)
47 min | Documentary
After almost 50 years, Holocaust survivor Henryk Grynberg visits the village he grew up in. He was also hiding there during the Nazi occupation. Grynberg wants to know what happened to his father and younger brother during the war.
Director: Pawel Lozinski | Star: Henryk Grynberg
Votes: 241
42. Deux gouttes d'eau (2018 TV Movie)
88 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A woman's dead body is found in her apartment on a winter morning. All the evidence points to her fiancé. But he has an identical twin brother. The detectives have to go beyond appearances and defeat their demons to find the true murderer.
Director: Nicolas Cuche | Stars: Sylvie Testud, Michaël Youn, Hugo Becker, Camille Aguilar
Votes: 96
43. I Stole a Million (1939)
Approved | 80 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
A grizzled cabbie is scammed out of his life savings by a fake finance company. He tries to no avail to get police assistance.
Director: Frank Tuttle | Stars: George Raft, Claire Trevor, Dick Foran, Henry Armetta
Votes: 125
44. My Dog Rusty (1948)
Approved | 67 min | Drama, Family
Hugh Mitchell is campaigning for Mayor of Lawtonville against the incumbent, Fulderwilder, but his having trouble with his son, Danny, who persists in telling lies. Trouble starts brewing ... See full summary »
Director: Lew Landers | Stars: Ted Donaldson, John Litel, Ann Doran, Mona Barrie
Votes: 107
45. Tell the Truth and Run: George Seldes and the American Press (1996)
Not Rated | 90 min | Documentary, Biography, History
The profile of controversial journalist George Seldes and a piercing examination of America's news media. Narrated by Susan Sarandon, with readings of writings by Ed Asner, this Academy ... See full summary »
Director: Rick Goldsmith | Stars: Susan Sarandon, Edward Asner, Ben Bagdikian, Jeff Cohen
Votes: 150
46. Crack Capitalism (2015)
32 min | Documentary, Short
The C.I.A. covertly funded military operations in Nicaragua in the 1980's; in part using money from cocaine sales out of Nicaragua. These covert government activities substantially ... See full summary »
Director: Eric Alexander-Hughes | Stars: Michael Dukakis, Nelson George, 'Freeway' Ricky Ross
47. CIA: America's Secret Warriors (1997)
Documentary, Action, Crime
Hard-eyed look at unstable mix of idealism, adventurism, careerism and casual criminality of field agents who began as best and brightest and became tarnished and faded.
Director: Marc Levin | Stars: Richard Di Sabatino, Liev Schreiber
Votes: 27
48. Massacre: The Story of East Timor (2002)
20 min | Short, News
A documentary produced by Amy Goodman and journalist Allan Nairn on the Santa Cruz massacre and the history of Indonesian and US involvement in the Southeast Asian nation.
Stars: George Bush, Bill Clinton, Amy Goodman, Henry Kissinger
Votes: 12
49. An Occurrence at Arverne (2020)
7 min | Short, Drama, Thriller
A man arrives at an unknown home with an unknown agenda.
Director: Robert Broadhurst | Stars: Curtiss Cook Jr., Vika Dove
Votes: 18
50. Hydrogen Hillary Clintons' 'Liberated' Libya Is a Hellhole of Slavery and Civil War (2017 Video)
17 min | Short, News
Libya is a hellhole, and Barack Obama is even more to blame than Hillary Clinton, argues Styx.
Star: Styxhexenhammer666