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51. Hell on the Border (2019)
R | 106 min | Adventure, Biography, Western
Arkansas, 1875, After shooting 5 men to save a judge and then going into Indian Territory after a lethal outlaw, Bass Reeves becomes the first black deputy marshal west of Mississippi.
Director: Wes Miller | Stars: David Gyasi, Ron Perlman, Frank Grillo, Manu Intiraymi
Votes: 1,969
52. King Lear (2008 TV Movie)
TV-PG | 156 min | Drama
Sir Ian McKellen gives a tour-de-force performance as Shakespeare's tragic monarch, in this special television adaptation of the Royal Shakespeare Company production of one of the playwright's most enduring and haunting works.
Director: Trevor Nunn | Stars: Ian McKellen, William Gaunt, Philip Winchester, Ben Meyjes
Votes: 663
53. Citizen Gangster (2011)
Not Rated | 105 min | Crime, Drama
WWII vet Eddie Boyd is torn between providing for his young family and an unfulfilled dream of becoming a Hollywood star. He discovers a way to do both, but his dream leads him down a path of danger and tragedy.
Director: Nathan Morlando | Stars: Scott Speedman, Kelly Reilly, Kevin Durand, Joseph Cross
Votes: 4,601
54. The Sea Wolf (1993 TV Movie)
90 min | Adventure, Drama
Jack London's brutal Wolf Larson brings a shipwrecked aristocrat and a con woman aboard his doomed ship, the Ghost.
Director: Michael Anderson | Stars: Charles Bronson, Catherine Mary Stewart, Marc Singer, Len Cariou
Votes: 980
55. Yield to the Night (1956)
Not Rated | 99 min | Crime, Drama
Woman abused by men meets a man she thinks loves her. He cheats, she kills his mistress. Based on Ruth Ellis, last woman executed in Britain. Less than
Director: J. Lee Thompson | Stars: Diana Dors, Yvonne Mitchell, Michael Craig, Marie Ney
Votes: 1,491
56. Vijaypath (1994)
Not Rated | 163 min | Action, Drama, Romance
When a notorious criminal is apprehended by an industrious inspector and subsequently convicted by the officer's brother, he seeks the ultimate revenge against the family.
Director: Farogh Siddique | Stars: Ajay Devgn, Tabu, Suresh Oberoi, Reema Lagoo
Votes: 833
57. Black Fox: Good Men and Bad (1995 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 90 min | Western
A man seeks revenge on the bigot who shot his wife to death in 1860s Texas.
Director: Steven Hilliard Stern | Stars: Christopher Reeve, Kim Coates, Tony Todd, Janet Bailey
Votes: 230
58. The House of the Seven Gables (1940)
Approved | 89 min | Drama, Thriller
Based on the novel by Nathaniel Hawthorne, this classic film follows a family feud between two brothers and an ancient curse that haunts them.
Director: Joe May | Stars: George Sanders, Margaret Lindsay, Vincent Price, Dick Foran
Votes: 1,524
59. Bawdy Tales (1973)
Not Rated | 93 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
In 1850 Rome, two imprisoned young murderers--Bernardino and Mammone--await their execution, passing their last hours telling each other stories of lust and castration. The first involves a... See full summary »
Director: Sergio Citti | Stars: Ninetto Davoli, Franco Citti, Nicoletta Machiavelli, Gianni Rizzo
Votes: 230
60. The Savage Peace (2015 TV Movie)
60 min | Documentary, History
When the Second World War ended, the people of liberated Europe celebrated their freedom from Nazi tyranny. Their years of suffering had ended, but for millions of Germans, the end of the conflict opened a new and terrible chapter.
Director: Peter Molloy | Stars: Christa Ronke, Marianne Becker, Meda Mládek, Stanislava Zverinova
Votes: 315
61. Notre-Dame de Paris (1998 TV Movie)
150 min | Drama, Music, Musical
A musical adaptation of Victor Hugo's novel "Notre-Dame de Paris" which follows the gypsy dancer Esmeralda and the three men who vie for her love: the kind hunchback Quasimodo, the twisted priest Frollo, and the unfaithful soldier Phoebus.
Director: Gilles Amado | Stars: Hélène Ségara, Daniel Lavoie, Bruno Pelletier, Garou
Votes: 1,751
62. My Sweet Pepper Land (2013)
100 min | Drama
Baran, a Kurdish independence war hero, is now sheriff in Erbil, the capital city. No longer feeling useful in this society now at peace, he thinks about quitting the police force, but ... See full summary »
Director: Hiner Saleem | Stars: Korkmaz Arslan, Golshifteh Farahani, Suat Usta, Mir Murad Bedirxan
Votes: 2,585
63. Days of Glory (1944)
Approved | 86 min | Drama, Romance, War
A heroic guerrilla group fights back against impossible odds during the 1941 German invasion of the Soviet Union.
Director: Jacques Tourneur | Stars: Gregory Peck, Tamara Toumanova, Alan Reed, Maria Palmer
Votes: 1,444
64. Seven Seas to Calais (1962)
Approved | 102 min | Adventure
Sir Francis Drake goes on an expedition to the New World and steals gold from the Spaniards. After making a daring getaway, he returns to England where he protects Queen Elizabeth I from a ... See full summary »
Directors: Rudolph Maté, Primo Zeglio | Stars: Rod Taylor, Keith Michell, Edy Vessel, Terence Hill
Votes: 504
65. Apprentice (2016)
115 min | Drama
Inevitably, a transfer to a maximum security prison will eventually challenge the integrity and ethics of a young correctional officer on his way to become a chief executioner.
Director: Junfeng Boo | Stars: Firdaus Rahman, Wan Hanafi Su, Mastura Ahmad, Peter Boon Koh
Votes: 1,818 | Gross: $0.00M
66. Lída Baarová (2016)
TV-14 | 106 min | Biography, Drama, History
A biographical film about the black-and-white era Czech actress Lída Baarová and her doomed love affair with one of the Third Reich's most powerful men: the Minister of Propaganda, Joseph Goebbels.
Director: Filip Renc | Stars: Tatiana Pauhofová, Karl Markovics, Gedeon Burkhard, Simona Stasová
Votes: 2,483
67. The Russian Revolution (2017)
TV-14 | 47 min | Documentary, History
A brief yet comprehensive documentary overview of the downfall of the Romanov dynasty and the evolution of Lenin's Ulyanov family, from the terrible acts and subsequent hanging of his brother to his own hunger for a revolution.
Director: Cal Seville | Stars: Daniel Beer, Helen Rappaport, Donald Rayfield, Victor Sebestyen
Votes: 713
68. Wild Girl (1932)
Passed | 78 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Bret Harte's story of Salomy Jane, a California mountain girl who is sought after by a number of men in the nearby small town of Redwood City. She is affected when two criminals are pursued... See full summary »
Director: Raoul Walsh | Stars: Charles Farrell, Joan Bennett, Ralph Bellamy, Eugene Pallette
Votes: 283
69. Nine Inch Nails: Broken (1993 Music Video)
20 min | Short, Horror, Music
Trent Reznor presents his dark vision of the EP 'Broken' by telling the story of a man kidnapped and forced to watch Nine Inch Nails videos, disturbing in their own right, while being ... See full summary »
Directors: Serge Becker, Peter Christopherson, Eric Goode, Jon Reiss | Stars: Trent Reznor, James Duval, Bob Flanagan, Nine Inch Nails
Votes: 1,145
70. Tokyo Trial (1983)
277 min | Documentary, War
Documentary covering the 1946-48 Tokyo Trials.
Director: Masaki Kobayashi | Stars: Kei Satô, Sadao Araki, Henri Bernard, Frederick Borgerhoff-Mulder
Votes: 245
71. The Ash Tree (1975 TV Movie)
32 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
Man of leisure Sir Richard (Edward Petherbridge) receives notification that his Uncle has died, bequeathing him his stately country manor and all its lands. On his return to England he ... See full summary »
Director: Lawrence Gordon Clark | Stars: Edward Petherbridge, Preston Lockwood, Barbara Ewing, Lalla Ward
Votes: 772
72. The Conquerors (1932)
Passed | 86 min | Drama, Romance, Western
A newlywed couple journeys west to make their fortune, and begins a banking empire.
Director: William A. Wellman | Stars: Richard Dix, Ann Harding, Edna May Oliver, Guy Kibbee
Votes: 350
73. We Who Are About to Die (1936)
Approved | 81 min | Crime, Drama
An innocent man (John Beal) sits on death row in colorful company, as friends race to save his life.
Director: Christy Cabanne | Stars: Preston Foster, Ann Dvorak, John Beal, Ray Mayer
Votes: 238
74. Kukolka
Drama, History | Completed
1911, A graduate of the Institute of Noble Maidens, Sasha Meshcherskaya returns to a small provincial town. The well-being of her family is based on her relationship with her loving uncle, ... See full summary »
Stars: Anastasiya Ukolova, Mikhail Gavrilov, Sergei Goroshko, Aleksey Demidov
75. Sentenced to Hang (1989)
110 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
After Wai is fired by his penny-pinching boss, Mr. Wong, Wai and his two friends, Yee-Charn and Chi-King, decide to kidnap Wong's son, Kau. Matters only become worse when they accidentally result in Kau's death.
Director: Taylor Wong | Stars: Tony Ka Fai Leung, Kent Cheng, Elvis Tsui, Carrie Ng
Votes: 160
76. I cento cavalieri (1964)
85 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
Don Fernando, the son of El Cid, rallies peasants and townspeople to overthrow Moorish occupiers in medieval Spain.
Director: Vittorio Cottafavi | Stars: Mark Damon, Antonella Lualdi, Rafael Alonso, Manuel Gallardo
Votes: 212
77. Doppelgänger II: The Red Box (2020)
98 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
October 16, 1817: a farmer discovers the corpse of Luigia Bacchi, the woman missing a few days before. At the cemetery, the night before, it was stolen the dead body of Victoria Clementi, ... See full summary »
Director: Gian Guido Zurli | Stars: Clelia Cicero, Giustiniano Alpi, Luca Vitali, Luciano Pagetti
Votes: 16
78. Goodbye Tomorrow (1998)
105 min | Biography, Drama, History
This movie is about Deniz Gezmis and his two comrades. They were three revolutionary activist has been executed by military fascist junta in 1972.
Director: Reis Çelik | Stars: Ekrem Ataer, Orhan Aydin, Gönen Aykaç, Firat Baskale
Votes: 573
79. The Longest Hunt (1968)
Not Rated | 88 min | Drama, Western
Mexican land-owner Gutierrez offers to save fugitive outlaw Chad Stark from hanging if Stark will agree to find and return Gutierrez' runaway son, Fidel. Stark soon finds Fidel who's joined... See full summary »
Director: Bruno Corbucci | Stars: Brian Kelly, Fabrizio Moroni, Keenan Wynn, Erika Blanc
Votes: 367
80. Tales from the Tower (2001)
45 min | Drama
England's infamous Tower of London is showcased, and a history of its uses, including a prison, torture chamber and repository for the royal jewels.
Directors: Robin Bextor, Paul Bryers | Stars: Dallas Campbell, Marc Bolton, Anthony Straeger, Joseph C. Sullivan
Votes: 14
81. Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn (2007 Video Game)
E10+ | Action, Adventure, Family
The sequel to Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance. This game takes place in Tellus, 3 years after the Mad Kings War took place. A rebel group called "Dawn Brigades" is fighting battles and war is brewing between the Nations.
Director: Taeko Kaneda | Stars: Jason Adkins, Ed Bednarzik, Janet Day, Mik Kuhlman
Votes: 108
82. Les camisards (1972)
100 min | Drama, History, War
King Louis XIV orders all Protestants to convert to Catholicism.
Director: René Allio | Stars: Rufus, Jacques Debary, Gérard Desarthe, Philippe Clévenot
Votes: 244
83. Nancy Drew: The Secret of Shadow Ranch (2004 Video Game)
Adventure, Mystery, Romance
Teen detective Nancy Drew visits Shadow Ranch and investigates the mysterious accidents that follow sightings of a ghostly horse.
Director: Max Holechek | Stars: Lani Minella, Abby Murray, Patty Pomplun, Wayne Rawley
Votes: 124
84. The Last Protestor (2018)
Short, Drama, Sci-Fi
A father must come to terms with the oppressive government he works for upon finding out his daughter is rebelling against it.
Director: Nicole Castillo | Stars: Elizabeth Lambert, Ivy Beech, Cary Brayboy, William Pappas
85. Studies on Hysteria (2012)
8 min | Short, Comedy, Drama
The naked truth about life, the universe and everything.
Directors: Gabriel Borgetto, Matthias Bäuerle, Bernd Faaß | Stars: Philip Wilhelmi, Hannah Kobitzsch, Christian Serritiello, Moritz Berg
Votes: 176
86. The Women Men Marry (1937)
Passed | 61 min | Crime, Drama
A newsman with a no-good wife exposes a religious racket with a newswoman who loves him.
Director: Errol Taggart | Stars: George Murphy, Josephine Hutchinson, Claire Dodd, Sidney Blackmer
Votes: 91
87. Doppelgänger III: Deja Vu (2020)
79 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
In 2017 Anna continues to be persecuted by her look-a-like dead two hundred years before. In 1818 investigations into the death of Luigi Bacchi and the infanticide Emma Rigoni are assigned to a new detective.
Director: Gian Guido Zurli | Stars: Clelia Cicero, Paolo Paolini, Julia Rossi, Enzo Vanarelli
Votes: 8
88. Eighty Acres of Hell (2006 TV Movie)
94 min | History
Unprepared for a protracted war, the huge number of prisoners of war overwhelmed both sides ability to hold them. Coupled with the bitter animosity toward the enemy this lead to inhuman ... See full summary »
Director: Gary Foreman | Stars: Thomas Y. Cartwright, William C. Davis, Joseph G. Dawson, David Dixon
Votes: 26
89. Svedek umírajícího casu (1991)
96 min | Drama, History
In 1983, director Miloslav Luther filmed the five-part TV series Doctor of a Dying Time based on a script by Vladimír Körner. In 1990, the authors decided to edit this successful series ... See full summary »
Director: Miloslav Luther | Stars: Petr Cepek, Emma Cerná, Rudolf Hrusínský, Milos Nedbal
Votes: 46
90. Ruth (IX)
Biography, Crime, History | Announced
"Ruth" is a noir musical about the heart breaking story of Ruth Ellis, who murdered her tempestuous lover David Blakey and became the last woman in England to ever be hanged.
Director: Andrew Morahan
91. Secret Missions of the Civil War (2005 TV Movie)
120 min | Documentary, History, War
Two hour special on "secret" missions during the Civil War including The Great Locomotive Chase, Mosby's Raid on Fairfax, and the Attempted Burning of New York City.
Director: Darryl Rehr | Stars: David Ackroyd, Ulf Bjorlin, Allen Brenner, Mike Brown
Votes: 14
92. Pirates (1998)
104 min | Documentary, History
Discovery examines the history of "Golden age of Piracy." The program takes a detailed look at the harsh lives of pirates, their tactics, motivations and why they would choose such a life. ... See full summary »
Director: Henry Chancellor | Stars: Lorna Bennett, Rachel Ferjani, Gabriel Byrne, Chris Jarman
Votes: 70
94. Badlands (1984 Video Game)
Action, Adventure, Comedy
Animated FMV light gun arcade that was later ported to LaserDisc. A gunslinger is after the gang who killed his family. He chases them into the badlands where human, animal and supernatural foes await.
Votes: 13
95.
Dekalog (1989–1990)
Episode:
Dekalog, piec
(1989)
TV-MA | 59 min | Drama
A soon-to-be lawyer crosses his path with a taxi driver and a young sinister man.
Director: Krzysztof Kieslowski | Stars: Miroslaw Baka, Krzysztof Globisz, Jan Tesarz, Artur Barcis
Votes: 4,846
96.
Circle of Fear (1972–1973)
Episode:
The New House
(1972)
60 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
A young couple move into a home that is haunted by a girl who had been hanged there many years ago and vowed never to be evicted from the site.
Director: John Llewellyn Moxey | Stars: David Birney, Barbara Parkins, Sam Jaffe, Jeanette Nolan
Votes: 231
97.
Poirot (1989–2013)
Episode:
Five Little Pigs
(2003)
TV-14 | 93 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Lucy Crale enlists Poirot to investigate the 14-year-old murder in which her mother was hanged for poisoning her artist father.
Director: Paul Unwin | Stars: David Suchet, Rachael Stirling, Aidan Gillen, Toby Stephens
Votes: 4,113
98.
Biography (1987– )
Episode:
Allan Pinkerton: The Original Private Eye
TV-14 | Documentary, Biography, History
Alan Pinkerman was a Scotish immigrant who escaped the slums of Glasgow to found the first, and for a time, the world's most prominent detective agency in the United States. His many ... See full summary »
Stars: Jack Perkins, Allan Pinkerton
99.
Poirot (1989–2013)
Episode:
Taken at the Flood
(2006)
TV-14 | 93 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A young widow is left in sole possession of her late husband's fortune, her brother who dominates her refuses to let her share it with her in-laws, so they enlist Poirot to prove her missing first husband might not be dead.
Director: Andy Wilson | Stars: David Suchet, Jenny Agutter, Patrick Baladi, Eva Birthistle
Votes: 2,029
100.
The Adventures of Long John Silver (1956–1957)
Episode:
Execution Dock
(1957)
Adventure, Family
Delirious with fever, Long John dreams he is sent to England to face trial for piracy.
Stars: Robert Newton, Connie Gilchrist, Kit Taylor, Billy Kay
Votes: 17