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51. Crisis (1950)
Passed | 95 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
While on vacation in a Latin American country, an American neurosurgeon and his wife become tangled in a revolutionary uprising against a tyrannical dictator.
Director: Richard Brooks | Stars: Cary Grant, José Ferrer, Paula Raymond, Signe Hasso
Votes: 1,929
52. Liar, Liar, Vampire (2015 TV Movie)
TV-G | 69 min | Comedy, Family
When Caitlyn, the most popular girl in school, mistakes new kid Davis for a vampire, he gains instant celebrity status. Davis enlists the help of his next-door neighbor, Vi, to dial up his vampire act. Together, will they fool the school?
Director: Vince Marcello | Stars: Rahart Adams, Brec Bassinger, Tiera Skovbye, Alex Zahara
Votes: 1,156
53. The Truth (I) (2010)
Not Rated | 96 min | Thriller
When a glamorous upper-class couple is taken hostage in their mansion by a vicious and mysterious intruder, a simple home invasion robbery turns into something much - Much more complicated.
Director: Ryan Barton-Grimley | Stars: John Heard, Erin Cardillo, Brendan Sexton III, Daniel Baldwin
Votes: 1,264
54. Viva Knievel! (1977)
PG | 106 min | Action, Adventure, Biography
He's powered his Harley over cars, trucks, lions, infernos and plummeted headlong into a canyon. But if the mob has its way, his next incredible leap will land him six feet under.
Director: Gordon Douglas | Stars: Evel Knievel, Gene Kelly, Lauren Hutton, Red Buttons
Votes: 1,367
55. Thunder (1983)
R | 86 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A native American named Thunder returns home only to find that his ancestral burial ground is being destroyed by construction workers. He tries to put a stop to it, but the law is not only ... See full summary »
Director: Fabrizio De Angelis | Stars: Bo Svenson, Mark Gregory, Raimund Harmstorf, Valeria Cavalli
Votes: 604
56. Under the Hula Moon (1995)
R | 94 min | Action, Comedy
In the desert outside Cactus Gulch, Arizona, Buzzard and Betty Jean Wall live in a trailer decorated in Hawaiian themes. Betty's trying to get pregnant. Buzz wants to market "Cammo," a sun ... See full summary »
Director: Jeff Celentano | Stars: Stephen Baldwin, Emily Lloyd, Chris Penn, Musetta Vander
Votes: 294
57. Over the Wire (1996)
R | 88 min | Drama, Thriller
Ex cop turned lineman overhears a phone call in which a woman hires a contract killer to take care of her sister. With the help of his cop friend, the lineman tries to determine which of the two gorgeous sisters has murder on her mind.
Director: Fred Olen Ray | Stars: Landon Hall, David Christensen, Shauna O'Brien, Keith Lewis
Votes: 222
58. Ten Wanted Men (1955)
Approved | 80 min | Romance, Western
When his ward seeks protection with rival cattleman John Stewart, embittered, jealous rancher Wick Campbell hires ten outlaws to help him seize power in the territory.
Director: H. Bruce Humberstone | Stars: Randolph Scott, Jocelyn Brando, Richard Boone, Alfonso Bedoya
Votes: 1,461
59. Hold-Up (1985)
114 min | Comedy, Crime
A bank in Montréal is held up by Grimm (dressed as clown) and Co. Escaping a bank surrounded by cops is the easy part.
Director: Alexandre Arcady | Stars: Jean-Paul Belmondo, Kim Cattrall, Guy Marchand, Jean-Pierre Marielle
Votes: 3,170
60. Two Flags West (1950)
Approved | 92 min | War, Western
Forced by circumstances,Confederate POWs and Union soldiers join forces against Indians but old animosities resurface during their fragile alliance.
Director: Robert Wise | Stars: Joseph Cotten, Linda Darnell, Jeff Chandler, Cornel Wilde
Votes: 1,208
61. Cellar Secret (2016)
80 min | Horror, Thriller
Rick and Virginia Sims have a simple, spiritual life together when they are given the gift of an unexpected pregnancy. Blessings can be deadly. When Rick is left to raise their daughter on ... See full summary »
Director: Michael Wade Johnson | Stars: Joe DeBartolo, Portia Chellelynn, Derek L. Cook, Shellilynn
Votes: 112
62. OSS 117: Mission for a Killer (1965)
99 min | Action, Adventure, Thriller
Agent OSS 117 is dispatched to Rio de Janeiro to investigate an organization developing a mysterious drug which is capable of completely controlling anyone injected with it.
Director: André Hunebelle | Stars: Frederick Stafford, Mylène Demongeot, Raymond Pellegrin, Perrette Pradier
Votes: 438
63. Beauty and the Bandit (1946)
Approved | 77 min | Western
In Old California, a young Frenchman transporting a chest full of silver travels by stagecoach to San Marino, to complete a complex business deal. The stagecoach is ambushed by a band of ... See full summary »
Director: William Nigh | Stars: Gilbert Roland, Martin Garralaga, Frank Yaconelli, Ramsay Ames
Votes: 165
64. Espionage Agent (1939)
Approved | 83 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
After Barry Corvall discovers that his new bride is a possible enemy agent, he resigns from the diplomatic service to go undercover to root out an espionage ring planning to destroy American industrial capability.
Director: Lloyd Bacon | Stars: Joel McCrea, Brenda Marshall, Jeffrey Lynn, George Bancroft
Votes: 467
65. Annie Laurie (1927)
90 min | Drama, Romance
The story of the famous battle between the Scots clans of Macdonald and Campbell, and the young woman who comes between them, Annie Laurie.
Director: John S. Robertson | Stars: Lillian Gish, Norman Kerry, Creighton Hale, Joseph Striker
Votes: 504 | Gross: $0.43M
66. Long Live Robin Hood (1971)
G | 103 min | Adventure, Drama
A fun film with stylish costumes that has Gemma as the heir to the Nottingham dukedom who is robbed of his heritage. He joins the already-established 'Merrie Men' and becomes their leader.
Director: Giorgio Ferroni | Stars: Giuliano Gemma, Mark Damon, Luis Dávila, Silvia Dionisio
Votes: 421
67. Hollywood Flies (2005)
R | 95 min | Crime, Drama
Brothers Martina and Luca travel from Las Vegas to Hollywood. Along the way they meet two convicts and Cherie a showgirl who flees his representative. The convicts kidnap Martina and force Luca to carry a 3 million bag.
Director: Fabio Segatori | Stars: Antonio Cupo, Bianca Guaccero, Caprice Bourret, Vinnie Jones
Votes: 560
68. The Secret 6 (1931)
Passed | 83 min | Crime, Drama
After rising bootlegger Slaughterhouse Scorpio eliminates his gangland competition, two reporters and a cabal of six businessmen work to expose him.
Director: George W. Hill | Stars: Wallace Beery, Lewis Stone, Johnny Mack Brown, Jean Harlow
Votes: 1,053
69. Thunderbird 6 (1968)
G | 89 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Several members of the International Rescue crew attend the maiden flight of Brains' revolutionary craft Skyship One, unaware that they are being lured into a deadly trap.
Director: David Lane | Stars: Peter Dyneley, Sylvia Anderson, Shane Rimmer, Jeremy Wilkin
Votes: 1,621
70. The Thundering Herd (1933)
Passed | 62 min | Western
Both Sprague and Jett and their crews are hunting buffalo. Doan is with Sprague and is looking for the Jett outfit where his girlfriend Milly is being held against her will.
Director: Henry Hathaway | Stars: Randolph Scott, Judith Allen, Buster Crabbe, Noah Beery
Votes: 331
71. Sealed Cargo (1951)
Approved | 90 min | Drama, Romance, War
In 1943, an American fishing boat has a fateful encounter with a seriously damaged Danish schooner off of Canada's Atlantic coast.
Director: Alfred L. Werker | Stars: Dana Andrews, Carla Balenda, Claude Rains, Philip Dorn
Votes: 980
72. The Soldier and the Lady (1937)
Passed | 85 min | Adventure, History, Romance
A Russian courier struggles to deliver a message to the troops fighting Tartar invaders.
Director: George Nicholls Jr. | Stars: Anton Walbrook, Elizabeth Allan, Akim Tamiroff, Margot Grahame
Votes: 266
73. OSS 117 Murder for Sale (1968)
GP | 91 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
Agent OSS 117 infiltrates an organization that specializes in political assassinations, by assuming the identity of one of its top assassins.
Directors: Renzo Cerrato, Jean-Pierre Desagnat, André Hunebelle | Stars: John Gavin, Margaret Lee, Curd Jürgens, Luciana Paluzzi
Votes: 326
74. The Redhead and the Cowboy (1951)
Approved | 82 min | Drama, Romance, Western
Framed for murder during the Civil War, Gil Kyle's only alibi is Confederate agent Candace Bronson who he must track down in dangerous territory filled with foes.
Director: Leslie Fenton | Stars: Glenn Ford, Edmond O'Brien, Rhonda Fleming, Alan Reed
Votes: 391
75. Massarati and the Brain (1982 TV Movie)
120 min | Adventure, Comedy
A Secret Agent searches for a sunken treasure of rare coins. He must battle a Nazi who is also searching for the treasure, and is helped by a ten-year-old genius who builds electronic weapons for him.
Director: Harvey Hart | Stars: Daniel Pilon, Peter Billingsley, Christopher Hewett, Markie Post
Votes: 85
76. Captain Scarlett (1952)
Approved | 75 min | Adventure, Drama
Captain Scarlett returns from gallivanting around the country-side after the Napoleonic wars and finds life in southern France very different. He saves a beautiful princess from an arranged... See full summary »
Director: Thomas Carr | Stars: Richard Greene, Leonora Amar, Nedrick Young, Manolo Fábregas
Votes: 383
77. Who Killed Eloá? (2015)
24 min | Documentary, Short
In 2009, 22-year-old Lindemberg Alves invaded the apartment of ex-girlfriend Eloá Pimentel, 15, armed, holding her hostage for five days. The crime was widely spread by TV channels. This ... See full summary »
Director: Lívia Perez | Stars: Sonia Abrão, Lindemberg Fernandes Alves, William Bonner, Zeca Camargo
Votes: 57
78. In a Colt's Shadow (1965)
Not Rated | 79 min | Drama, Western
A story about two gunfighters, Duke and Steve. Steve is in love with Duke's daughter but Duke disapproves of the match, envisioning a life of hardship and danger for the girl if she marries Steve.
Director: Giovanni Grimaldi | Stars: Stephen Forsyth, Conrado San Martín, Franco Ressel, Franco Lantieri
Votes: 316
79. Secret Agent of Japan (1942)
Passed | 72 min | Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Kay Murdock (Lynn Bari) strolls into the Dixie Bar in Shanghai on November 1, 1941 and asks the bartender for a letter addressed to Captain Larsen, and is referred to Roy Bonnell (Preston ... See full summary »
Director: Irving Pichel | Stars: Preston Foster, Lynn Bari, Noel Madison, Victor Sen Yung
Votes: 121
80. The Renegade Ranger (1938)
Passed | 59 min | Drama, Western
Texas Ranger Jack Steele is assigned to bring in former ranch owner Judith Alvarez, now the leader of a gang who is waging war against the crooked government officials who cheated the ranchers out of their land.
Director: David Howard | Stars: George O'Brien, Rita Hayworth, Tim Holt, Ray Whitley
Votes: 365
81. Torchy Blane in Panama (1938)
Approved | 59 min | Comedy, Crime, Mystery
Torchy, Steve, and Gahagan are on the trail of a bank robber aboard an ocean liner traveling from New York to L.A. via the Panama Canal.
Director: William Clemens | Stars: Lola Lane, Paul Kelly, Tom Kennedy, Anthony Averill
Votes: 448
82. Something New (1920)
Unrated | 57 min | Adventure, Drama, Western
A young woman visiting Mexico is kidnapped by a gang of bandits who drag her through the rugged wilderness to their hideout. She manages to leave word for her friend Bill, who knows the ... See full summary »
Directors: Nell Shipman, Bert Van Tuyle | Stars: Nell Shipman, Bert Van Tuyle, L.M. Wells, Merrill McCormick
Votes: 362
83. Retreads (1988)
PG-13 | 104 min | Action, Adventure
The "Retreads" is the name of a group of men trying to recapture their youth by going on a reunion motorcycle trip. They get more than they bargained for when they run into a terrorist group holding a female nuclear physicist captive.
Director: James Connell | Stars: Laura Banks, Eb Lottimer, Joe Estevez, Michael Rooker
Votes: 21
84. Go with God, Gringo (1966)
79 min | Drama, Western
Cris brothers kill Gringo's brother and frame him and his friend for murder. While in prison the bandits, that are the real killers, escape and take Carmen, as a hostage. Many adventures ... See full summary »
Director: Edoardo Mulargia | Stars: Glenn Saxson, Lucretia Love, Aldo Berti, Ignazio Spalla
Votes: 62
85. The Shock (1923)
Passed | 96 min | Drama
A gang of blackmailers sends a cripple to San Francisco to expose a banker they have been blackmailing. However, the cripple meets and falls in love with the banker's daughter.
Director: Lambert Hillyer | Stars: Lon Chaney, Virginia Valli, Jack Mower, William Welsh
Votes: 548
86. The Devil Horse (1926)
Passed | 68 min | Drama, Western
A boy's family is wiped out in an Indian massacre of a wagon train and he is captured. He befriends a wild colt. Years later, following his escape, he is recaptured by Indians who force him... See full summary »
Director: Fred Jackman | Stars: Rex, Yakima Canutt, Gladys McConnell, Bob Kortman
Votes: 65
87. Rule 'Em and Weep (1932)
19 min | Comedy, Short
King Bool returns to Bulvania to claim his throne and his girl.
Director: Harry Sweet | Stars: Sam Hardy, Glenn Tryon, James Gleason, William Austin
Votes: 11
88. Special Investigator (1936)
Passed | 61 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
Criminal lawyer Bill Fenwick goes undercover in Nevada to catch gold thieves when the gang kills his brother.
Director: Louis King | Stars: Richard Dix, Margaret Callahan, Erik Rhodes, Owen Davis Jr.
Votes: 176
89. Shinobi Legions (1995 Video Game)
Action, Fantasy
FMV game for Sega Saturn that uses the same digitized graphics as Mortal Kombat. Master shinobi Sho must infiltrate the forest compound of his evil power-hungry brother Kazuma to rescue his childhood friend Aya.
Director: Nagi Onomichi | Stars: Tetsuya Aoki, Tatsuo Inada, Hiromitsu Miyamoto, Taketo Nakamura
Votes: 8
90.
Thriller (1973–1976)
Episode:
Cry Terror
(1975)
TV-14 | 73 min | Crime, Drama, Fantasy
Two tourists innocently become involved in an ex-con's attempts to recover money he once robbed from a bank.
Director: Robert Tronson | Stars: Susan Hampshire, Gabrielle Drake, David Daker, Dudley Sutton
Votes: 126
91.
Fallen Angels (1993–1996)
Episode:
Good Housekeeping
(1995)
30 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A dangerous blind gangster, his henchman and his girlfriend hold a meek housewife hostage in her home, claiming that they're there for her husband, who's away. Certain that they've confused them with someone else, she tries to escape.
Director: Michael Lehmann | Stars: Dana Delany, Benicio Del Toro, Marcia Gay Harden, William Petersen
Votes: 55
92.
Baywatch (1989–2001)
Episode:
Trading Places
(1994)
TV-PG | 43 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
Stephanie goes to work with the Coast Guard to help crack an arms-smuggling ring in the area, and becomes attracted to a warrant officer, Scott Daniels, who tries to persuade her to ... See full summary »
Director: Paul Cajero | Stars: David Hasselhoff, Nicole Eggert, David Charvet, Pamela Anderson
Votes: 139
93.
Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1985–1989)
Episode:
The Hunted: Part 1
(1988)
TV-PG | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A man holds a real estate agent hostage in an office and threatens to shoot people from the window.
Director: Timothy Bond | Stars: Edward Woodward, Kate Trotter, Elizabeth Lennie, James Hobson
Votes: 100
94.
Beauty and the Beast (1987–1990)
Episode:
Though Lovers Be Lost...
(1989)
TV-PG | 85 min | Crime, Drama, Fantasy
Catherine reaches Vincent in the catacomb and rescues Vincent from his madness. However, as Vincent begins to recover, he realizes he has lost his bond with Catherine and is unable to sense... See full summary »
Director: Victor Lobl | Stars: Linda Hamilton, Ron Perlman, Roy Dotrice, Jay Acovone
Votes: 89
95.
Cagney & Lacey (1981–1988)
Episode:
Heat
(1984)
TV-PG | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Mary Beth is taken hostage by a very dangerous man.
Director: Karen Arthur | Stars: Tyne Daly, Sharon Gless, Al Waxman, Carl Lumbly
Votes: 78
96.
Charlie's Angels (1976–1981)
Episode:
Angels on Ice
(1977)
Not Rated | 100 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
Performers for an ice show mysteriously disappear before the big opening. Kelly learns it's part of an assassination plot on the show's opening night, but she's captured before she can alert anyone.
Director: Bob Kelljan | Stars: Kate Jackson, Jaclyn Smith, Cheryl Ladd, David Doyle
Votes: 230
97.
The Deputy (1959–1961)
Episode:
The Two Faces of Bob Claxton
(1960)
TV-PG | 30 min | Western
The youngest member of a notorious gang of outlaw brothers is wounded and captured after a bank robbery. Fran is smitten and Clay is impressed with the boy's willingness to turn his back on... See full summary »
Director: David Butler | Stars: Henry Fonda, Allen Case, Wallace Ford, Betty Lou Keim
Votes: 27
98.
Star Trek: Enterprise (2001–2005)
Episode:
Terra Prime
(2005)
TV-PG | 43 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Paxton threatens to destroy Starfleet Headquarters if all aliens don't leave Earth. Enterprise must shut down the verteron array on Mars, but it is extremely well defended.
Director: Marvin V. Rush | Stars: Scott Bakula, John Billingsley, Jolene Blalock, Dominic Keating
Votes: 1,640
99.
The Equalizer (1985–1989)
Episode:
Shadow Play
(1987)
TV-PG | 47 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Harley Gage and Alice Shepard try to protect an old friend who is testifying at a government hearing. McCall continues his recovery.
Director: Russ Mayberry | Stars: Edward Woodward, Keith Szarabajka, Richard Jordan, J.T. Walsh
Votes: 64
100.
Hawaii Five-O (1968–1980)
Episode:
Horoscope for Murder
(1978)
TV-PG | 50 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Four stabbings have taken place in Honolulu, but Five-O hasn't been able to come up with anything linking the victims, or any consistent pattern among the killings except the murder weapon ... See full summary »
Director: Ralph Levy | Stars: Jack Lord, James MacArthur, Herman Wedemeyer, Tab Hunter
Votes: 78