Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "buying-a-gun"

1. Monkey Man (2024)

R | 121 min | Action, Thriller

An anonymous young man unleashes a campaign of vengeance against the corrupt leaders who murdered his mother and continue to systematically victimize the poor and powerless.

Director: Dev Patel | Stars: Dev Patel, Sharlto Copley, Pitobash, Jatin Malik

Votes: 47,286

2. The Prodigy (2019)

R | 92 min | Fantasy, Horror, Mystery

A mother concerned about her young son's disturbing behavior thinks something supernatural may be affecting him.

Director: Nicholas McCarthy | Stars: Taylor Schilling, Jackson Robert Scott, Peter Mooney, Colm Feore

Votes: 28,466 | Gross: $14.86M

3. The Killer (2023)

R | 118 min | Action, Adventure, Crime

After a fateful near-miss, an assassin battles his employers and himself, on an international manhunt he insists isn't personal.

Director: David Fincher | Stars: Michael Fassbender, Tilda Swinton, Charles Parnell, Arliss Howard

Votes: 185,896

4. White Boy Rick (2018)

R | 111 min | Crime, Drama

The story of teenager Richard Wershe Jr., who became an undercover informant for the FBI during the 1980s and was ultimately arrested for drug-trafficking and sentenced to life in prison.

Director: Yann Demange | Stars: Matthew McConaughey, Richie Merritt, Bel Powley, Jennifer Jason Leigh

Votes: 43,378 | Gross: $24.01M

5. Killer Joe (2011)

R | 102 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

When a debt puts a young man's life in danger, he turns to putting a hit out on his evil mother in order to collect the insurance.

Director: William Friedkin | Stars: Matthew McConaughey, Emile Hirsch, Juno Temple, Thomas Haden Church

Votes: 83,517 | Gross: $1.99M

6. The Brave One (2007)

R | 122 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Struggling to recover emotionally from a brutal assault that killed her fiancé and left her in a coma, a radio personality begins a quest for vengeance against the perpetrators that leaves a bloody trail across New York City.

Director: Neil Jordan | Stars: Jodie Foster, Terrence Howard, Naveen Andrews, Nicky Katt

Votes: 63,654 | Gross: $36.79M

7. The Book of Henry (2017)

PG-13 | 105 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

With instructions from her genius son's carefully crafted notebook, a single mother sets out to rescue a young girl from the hands of her abusive stepfather.

Director: Colin Trevorrow | Stars: Naomi Watts, Jaeden Martell, Jacob Tremblay, Sarah Silverman

Votes: 29,480 | Gross: $4.22M

8. Winchester '73 (1950)

Passed | 92 min | Action, Drama, Western

A cowboy's obsession with a stolen rifle leads to a bullet-ridden odyssey through the American West.

Director: Anthony Mann | Stars: James Stewart, Shelley Winters, Dan Duryea, Stephen McNally

Votes: 22,042

9. The Rifleman of the Voroshilov Regiment (1999)

95 min | Crime, Drama

Veteran of World War II takes revenge on three scums who raped his naive granddaughter.

Director: Stanislav Govorukhin | Stars: Mikhail Ulyanov, Anna Sinyakina, Aleksandr Porokhovshchikov, Sergey Garmash

Votes: 4,897

10. Remember (I) (2015)

R | 94 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller

With the aid of a fellow Auschwitz survivor and a hand-written letter, an elderly man with dementia goes in search of the person he believes to be responsible for the death of his family in the death camp to kill him himself.

Director: Atom Egoyan | Stars: Christopher Plummer, Kim Roberts, Amanda Smith, Martin Landau

Votes: 27,933 | Gross: $0.64M

11. The Final Cut (2004)

PG-13 | 95 min | Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller

Set in a world with memory recording implants, Alan Hakman is a cutter, someone with the power of final edit over people's recorded histories. His latest assignment is one that puts him in danger.

Director: Omar Naim | Stars: Robin Williams, Jim Caviezel, Mira Sorvino, Mimi Kuzyk

Votes: 34,563 | Gross: $0.55M

12. The Wedding Guest (2018)

R | 96 min | Thriller

A story centered on a mysterious British Muslim man (Dev Patel) on his journey across Pakistan and India.

Director: Michael Winterbottom | Stars: Dev Patel, Radhika Apte, Jim Sarbh, Vivek Sharma

Votes: 6,656 | Gross: $0.38M

13. Knockaround Guys (2001)

R | 92 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

The wannabe sons of mobsters go to a remote town in the Midwest, and get themselves into more trouble than anyone could anticipate.

Directors: Brian Koppelman, David Levien | Stars: Jennifer Baxter, Dennis Hopper, Vin Diesel, Barry Pepper

Votes: 24,918 | Gross: $11.63M

14. The Hard Way (1991)

R | 111 min | Action, Comedy, Crime

An action movie star researching a role is allowed to tag along with a hardboiled New York City policeman, who finds him superficial and irritating.

Director: John Badham | Stars: Michael J. Fox, James Woods, Stephen Lang, Annabella Sciorra

Votes: 22,355 | Gross: $25.90M

15. The Craigslist Killer (2011 TV Movie)

TV-14 | 87 min | Biography, Crime, Drama

On the surface, Philip Markoff appears to be the ideal med student, fiancé and future son-in-law - but there's something seriously wrong with him.

Director: Stephen Kay | Stars: Jake McDorman, Agnes Bruckner, Joshua Close, Julia Campbell

Votes: 5,492

16. The Traitor (2019)

R | 153 min | Biography, Crime, Drama

The real life of Tommaso Buscetta, the so-called "boss of the two worlds," the first mafia informant in Sicily in the 1980s.

Director: Marco Bellocchio | Stars: Pierfrancesco Favino, Maria Fernanda Cândido, Fabrizio Ferracane, Fausto Russo Alesi

Votes: 13,059

17. China Moon (1994)

R | 99 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Detective Kyle Bodine falls for Rachel Munro who is trapped in a violent marriage. After shooting her husband, Kyle reluctantly agrees to help hide the body, but Kyle's partner is showing an unusual flair for finding clues.

Director: John Bailey | Stars: Ed Harris, Madeleine Stowe, Charles Dance, Patricia Healy

Votes: 7,762 | Gross: $3.04M

18. Dying of the Light (2014)

R | 94 min | Action, Drama, Thriller

When a devastating illness threatens to end Evan Lake's career in the C.I.A., he goes rogue to hunt down a terrorist who tortured him during a mission gone awry years ago.

Director: Paul Schrader | Stars: Nicolas Cage, Anton Yelchin, Alexander Karim, Irène Jacob

Votes: 11,580

19. Vice Squad (1982)

R | 97 min | Action, Crime, Drama

A single mother prostitute, who goes by the name Princess, finds herself forced to work undercover for the police in order to apprehend a homicidal, misogynistic pimp named Ramrod, who will do anything not to get arrested.

Director: Gary Sherman | Stars: Season Hubley, Gary Swanson, Wings Hauser, Pepe Serna

Votes: 2,922 | Gross: $13.25M

20. Butch and Sundance: The Early Days (1979)

PG | 115 min | Comedy, Western

A prequel of sorts to Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969) which chronicles the two outlaws' lives in the years before the events portrayed in the 1969 movie.

Director: Richard Lester | Stars: William Katt, Tom Berenger, Jeff Corey, John Schuck

Votes: 1,715 | Gross: $5.14M

21. Jack's Back (1988)

R | 97 min | Crime, Horror, Mystery

A serial killer in Los Angeles celebrates Jack the Ripper's 100th birthday by committing similar murders and only one has a chance of stopping him.

Director: Rowdy Herrington | Stars: James Spader, Cynthia Gibb, Jim Haynie, Robert Picardo

Votes: 4,111 | Gross: $0.49M

22. When a Stranger Calls Back (1993 TV Movie)

R | 94 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller

A young babysitter, all alone in the house with two children asleep above, is bothered by a stranger. Unfortunately, the phone's dead...

Director: Fred Walton | Stars: Carol Kane, Charles Durning, Jill Schoelen, Gene Lythgow

Votes: 4,147

23. Murder of Innocence (1993 TV Movie)

Not Rated | 90 min | Drama, Thriller

Newlywed Laurie Wade's marriage and eventually her whole life shatters because of her deep-rooted psychotic behavior. She goes from brief "short circuits" to overtly murderous behavior. The... See full summary »

Director: Tom McLoughlin | Stars: Valerie Bertinelli, Stephen Caffrey, Graham Beckel, Jerry Hardin

Votes: 628

24. The Deadly Tower (1975 TV Movie)

TV-14 | 100 min | Action, Drama, Thriller

The infamous story of Charles Whitman, "America's favourite sniper" (in Stephen King's words), is told here once again.

Director: Jerry Jameson | Stars: Kurt Russell, Richard Yniguez, Ned Beatty, Pernell Roberts

Votes: 1,176

25. Menendez: Blood Brothers (2017 TV Movie)

TV-14 | 87 min | Biography, Crime, Drama

This film explores the inner lives and motivation behind the murders of entertainment executive Jose Menendez and his wife Kitty at the hands of their sons Lyle and Erik in 1989.

Directors: Fenton Bailey, Randy Barbato | Stars: Benito Martinez, Courtney Love, Nico Tortorella, Meredith Scott Lynn

Votes: 476

26. Hollow Point (2019)

89 min | Action, Thriller

A grieving man finds himself caught up in a war between a group of charismatic vigilantes and the crime that infests their city.

Director: Daniel Zirilli | Stars: Luke Goss, Dilan Jay, JuJu Chan Szeto, Michael Paré

Votes: 852

27. Mrs. Harris (2005 TV Movie)

TV-MA | 94 min | Drama

Based on the sensational 1980s media event, famed cardiologist Herman Tarnower meets a particularly brutal end at the hands of his jilted lover, Jean Harris.

Director: Phyllis Nagy | Stars: Annette Bening, Ben Kingsley, Cloris Leachman, Lawrence O'Donnell

Votes: 1,564

28. Moka (2016)

Not Rated | 89 min | Drama

Diane Kramer is led by one obsession: to find the driver of the mocha (Moka) color Mercedes which hit her son and devastated her life. With a few belongings, some money and a gun, she goes to Evian, where she's learned the driver lives.

Director: Frédéric Mermoud | Stars: Emmanuelle Devos, Nathalie Baye, David Clavel, Diane Rouxel

Votes: 1,228 | Gross: $0.13M

29. Higurashi: When They Cry - SOTSU (2021)

Animation, Drama, Horror

Sequel and answer arcs to Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Gou.

Stars: Yukari Tamura, Mika Kanai, Sôichirô Hoshi, Mai Nakahara

Votes: 452

30. Angel of the Night (1998)

R | 98 min | Comedy, Horror

Rebecca inherits her grandmother's gothic mansion and celebrates by bringing her best friend and her boyfriend for a weekend. While exploring the crypts, they find an old dusty book, which gives a detailed description of a vampire's life.

Director: Shaky González | Stars: Maria Stokholm, Mette Louise Holland, Tomas Villum Jensen, Svend Johansen

Votes: 895

31. Today We Kill, Tomorrow We Die! (1968)

GP | 95 min | Drama, Thriller, Western

A man released after a jail term for a crime he did not commit, raises a gang to go after the man who framed him.

Director: Tonino Cervi | Stars: Brett Halsey, Bud Spencer, Wayde Preston, Jeff Cameron

Votes: 1,733

32. Like Mother Like Son: The Strange Story of Sante and Kenny Kimes (2001 TV Movie)

TV-PG | 90 min | Drama, Crime, Thriller

Fans of Mary Tyler Moore may be taken aback by her performance in this fact-based drama, in which she plays a character far removed from her bubbly Laura Petrie and Mary Richards personae. ... See full summary »

Director: Arthur Allan Seidelman | Stars: Mary Tyler Moore, Robert Forster, Gabriel Olds, Jean Stapleton

Votes: 281

33. Impossible Choice (2012)

112 min | Drama, Romance

For the minister's son, Brandon, this is a summer of awakening and acceptance of his homosexuality. For his father, this is a challenge to his roots in the bible.

Director: Ronald Marquisee | Stars: Jesse Navagh, Tyler Spicer, Darian Sundberg, Demitrius Nelson

Votes: 188

34. Night Comes On (2018)

TV-MA | 86 min | Drama

Angel LaMere is released from juvenile detention on the eve of her 18th birthday. Haunted by her past, she embarks on a journey with her 10 year-old sister that could destroy their future.

Director: Jordana Spiro | Stars: Jill Rene, Nastashia Fuller, John Earl Jelks, Dominique Fishback

Votes: 1,091

35. Blue Tiger (1994)

R | 88 min | Action, Crime, Thriller

A woman dedicates her life to seeking revenge after her son is killed by crossfire as Japanese gangsters perform a hit.

Director: Norberto Barba | Stars: Virginia Madsen, Tôru Nakamura, Dean Hallo, Ryo Ishibashi

Votes: 865

36. Scalene (2011)

Not Rated | 97 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

A perceptual thriller told from three points-of-view revolving around the rape of a female college student by a mentally handicapped man and his mother's subsequent revenge after his incarceration.

Director: Zack Parker | Stars: Margo Martindale, Adam Scarimbolo, Hanna Hall, Jim Dougherty

Votes: 790

37. Under the Gun (2016)

R | 110 min | Documentary

A look at the aftermath of the Sandy Hook massacre where 20 children were murdered at their school by a resentful, gun-obsessed shooter, but led to no changes in American federal gun laws.

Director: Stephanie Soechtig | Stars: Pam Bosley, Katie Couric, Ted Cruz

Votes: 767

38. Gang War (1958)

Approved | 75 min | Crime, Drama

A Los Angeles high-school teacher's problems begin when he happens to witness a gangland killing and agrees to identify the murderers. Not realizing this will cause the underworld to retaliate "big time".

Director: Gene Fowler Jr. | Stars: Charles Bronson, Kent Taylor, Jennifer Holden, John Doucette

Votes: 324

39. Paradox (XI) (2016)

103 min | Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi

After his wife is killed in a hit-and-run accident by a mysterious Hooded Man, DYLAN BRANDT, a Theoretical Physicist, builds a Quantum Suicide Machine to jump through parallel universes to ... See full summary »

Directors: Stevo Chang, Fran Ervin | Stars: Thomas Blankenship, Michael Toshiyuki Uno, Holly Rone, John Folds

Votes: 148

40. October 22 (1998)

R | 94 min | Action, Drama, Thriller

An almost typical day in the lives of several Los Angeles residents, with their moments and experiences intersecting in many different ways in stories involving love, desperation, obsession... See full summary »

Director: Richard Schenkman | Stars: Mark Boone Junior, Michael Paré, Ernie Hudson, Amanda Plummer

Votes: 384

41. Running Turtle (2009)

117 min | Action, Comedy, Crime

Jo Pil-seong, a rural detective, is an unhappy husband, often blamed by his older wife for gambling. Despite her being hard on him, he steals money from her to bet on bull butting. ... See full summary »

Director: Yeon-woo Lee | Stars: Kim Yoon-seok, Jung Kyung-ho, Seon Woo-seon, Gyeon Mi-ri

Votes: 677

42. Kotia päin (1989)

93 min | Drama, Thriller

Mika's (Ilkka Koivula) mother marries a man who is getting out of the jail. At the beginning everything seems to be all right. Mika leaves Oulu, an industrial city up in Northern Finland, ... See full summary »

Director: Ilkka Järvi-Laturi | Stars: Ilkka Koivula, Jonna Järnefelt, Leena Suomu, Risto Tuorila

Votes: 269

43. The Waiting Game (III) (2014)

82 min | Drama

A woman subject to a public rape must find help in her long and nervous wait for her attackers to be brought to justice.

Director: Timothy David Mitchell | Stars: Zoë Amanda Wilson, Max Davine, Rita Bazzan, Alec K

Votes: 8

44. Small Arms (2017)

22 min | Short, Drama, Thriller

A college student in Northern Michigan, harassed with anonymous homophobic threats, seeks out shooting lessons with a reclusive survivalist in an effort to prove his manhood.

Director: Arman Cole | Stars: Tyler Young, Dominic DeVore

Votes: 152

45. The Women Who Kill Lions (2016 TV Movie)

47 min | Documentary

Female big game hunters Rebecca Francis and Jacine Jadresko talk candidly about why they participate in this blood sport and the extreme levels of abuse they have received including from celebrities.

Director: Neil Rawles | Stars: Rebecca Front, Rebecca Francis, Jacine Jadresko

Votes: 189

46. Osvetnik (1958)

12 min | Animation, Short, Comedy

Literary adaptation from a Chekhov story: A man goes to a gun shop so he can take vengeance on his unfaithful wife and her lover. But he is also thinking of using the weapon on himself.

Director: Dusan Vukotic

Votes: 53

47. Zánik (2024 Video)

9 min | Short, Drama, Mystery

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Director: Ondrej Benes | Stars: Jan Benes Jr., Ondrej Benes, Miroslav Jirásko, Leontýna Krejcová

48. Miracles (2003)
Episode: Hand of God (2003)

Drama, Fantasy, Horror

The six people who had seen "God is nowhere" formed in their own blood are murdered one by one and while investigating it, Paul learns he's connected to the events more than he can realize.

Director: Bill D'Elia | Stars: Skeet Ulrich, Angus Macfadyen, Marisa Ramirez, Blake Bashoff

Votes: 59

49. The Simpsons (1989– )
Episode: The Cartridge Family (1997)

TV-14 | 30 min | Animation, Comedy

After a massive soccer riot, Homer purchases a gun to protect the family.

Directors: Pete Michels, Jim Reardon | Stars: Dan Castellaneta, Julie Kavner, Nancy Cartwright, Yeardley Smith

Votes: 2,959

50. The Streets of San Francisco (1972–1977)
Episode: The Albatross (1973)

TV-PG | 60 min | Action, Crime, Drama

A child is murdered in a bungled burglary and the killer is set free on a legal technicality. Despite Stone's strenuous objections, the grieving father is determined to take justice into his own hands.

Director: Robert Day | Stars: Karl Malden, Michael Douglas, Ed Nelson, Kaz Garas

Votes: 146