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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: 47,848
2. First Blood (1982)
R | 93 min | Action, Adventure, Thriller
A veteran Green Beret is forced by a cruel Sheriff and his deputies to flee into the mountains and wage an escalating one-man war against his pursuers.
Director: Ted Kotcheff | Stars: Sylvester Stallone, Brian Dennehy, Richard Crenna, Bill McKinney
Votes: 276,708 | Gross: $47.21M
3. Cure (1997)
Not Rated | 111 min | Crime, Horror, Mystery
A frustrated detective deals with the case of several gruesome murders committed by people who have no recollection of what they've done.
Director: Kiyoshi Kurosawa | Stars: Masato Hagiwara, Koji Yakusho, Tsuyoshi Ujiki, Anna Nakagawa
Votes: 23,484 | Gross: $0.09M
4. Weathering with You (2019)
PG-13 | 112 min | Animation, Drama, Fantasy
Set during a period of exceptionally rainy weather, high-school boy Hodaka Morishima runs away from his troubled rural home to Tokyo and befriends an orphan girl who can manipulate the weather.
Director: Makoto Shinkai | Stars: Kotaro Daigo, Nana Mori, Tsubasa Honda, Sakura Kiryu
Votes: 56,229 | Gross: $7.80M
5. The Getaway (1994)
R | 115 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
An ex-con and his devoted wife must flee from danger when a heist doesn't go as planned.
Director: Roger Donaldson | Stars: Alec Baldwin, Kim Basinger, Michael Madsen, James Woods
Votes: 19,731 | Gross: $16.10M
6. Red Heat (1988)
R | 104 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
A tough Russian policeman is forced to partner up with a cocky Chicago police detective when he is sent to Chicago to apprehend a Georgian drug lord who killed his partner and fled the country.
Director: Walter Hill | Stars: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Jim Belushi, Peter Boyle, Ed O'Ross
Votes: 76,295 | Gross: $34.99M
7. Swimfan (2002)
PG-13 | 85 min | Drama, Thriller
A high school senior with a promising swimming career has a one-night stand with consequences.
Director: John Polson | Stars: Jesse Bradford, Erika Christensen, Shiri Appleby, Kate Burton
Votes: 21,249 | Gross: $28.56M
8. Kickboxer: Vengeance (2016)
Not Rated | 90 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A kick boxer is out to avenge his brother.
Director: John Stockwell | Stars: Dave Bautista, Alain Moussi, Gina Carano, Jean-Claude Van Damme
Votes: 12,193
9. Castle Freak (1995 Video)
R | 90 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
A man travels to Italy with his family to live in the castle they have recently inherited. But he soon begins to suspect that they are not the only occupants.
Director: Stuart Gordon | Stars: Jeffrey Combs, Barbara Crampton, Jonathan Fuller, Jessica Dollarhide
Votes: 10,372
10. Saboteur (1942)
Passed | 109 min | Thriller, War
A young man accused of sabotage goes on the run to prove his innocence.
Director: Alfred Hitchcock | Stars: Priscilla Lane, Robert Cummings, Otto Kruger, Alan Baxter
Votes: 28,054
11. Vampire in Brooklyn (1995)
R | 100 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
A Caribbean vampire seduces a Brooklyn police officer who has no idea that she is half-vampire.
Director: Wes Craven | Stars: Eddie Murphy, Angela Bassett, Allen Payne, Kadeem Hardison
Votes: 25,156 | Gross: $19.75M
12. Murphy's Law (1986)
R | 100 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Framed for his ex-wife's murder by a parolee he once put behind bars, Los Angeles cop Jack Murphy escapes from custody to capture the killer, but he is now handcuffed to a foul-mouthed thief he had only just arrested.
Director: J. Lee Thompson | Stars: Charles Bronson, Kathleen Wilhoite, Carrie Snodgress, Robert F. Lyons
Votes: 6,497 | Gross: $9.95M
13. The Perfect Weapon (1991)
R | 83 min | Action, Crime, Drama
An expert in "kenpo" karate avenges his Koreatown friend, slain by a mobster in Los Angeles.
Director: Mark DiSalle | Stars: Jeff Speakman, John Dye, Mako, James Hong
Votes: 4,876 | Gross: $14.06M
14. Fear Is the Key (1972)
PG | 103 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A man is in radio contact with his family when their airplane is shot down. He wants those responsible and becomes a criminal to get a job as deep sea diver with those salvaging the plane's cargo.
Director: Michael Tuchner | Stars: Barry Newman, Suzy Kendall, John Vernon, Dolph Sweet
Votes: 2,282
15. Disorganized Crime (1989)
R | 98 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
Career criminal Frank plans a bank heist and sends for his buddies to help pull the job. Before his buddies arrive, he's caught, forcing his cohorts to pull the job alone. Frank soon escapes, setting off a search by the bumbling cops.
Director: Jim Kouf | Stars: Hoyt Axton, Corbin Bernsen, Rubén Blades, Fred Gwynne
Votes: 2,581 | Gross: $7.72M
16. Collision Course (1989)
PG | 100 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
A Japanese investigator (Morita) and a Detroit cop (Leno) team up to track down a stolen prototype turbocharger.
Director: Lewis Teague | Stars: Pat Morita, Jay Leno, Chris Sarandon, Tom Noonan
Votes: 1,748
17. Karan Arjun (1995)
175 min | Action, Drama, Fantasy
Karan and Arjun reincarnate in the different parts of the country. But the faith of their previous mother brings them together in order to avenge their death.
Director: Rakesh Roshan | Stars: Rakhee Gulzar, Salman Khan, Shah Rukh Khan, Amrish Puri
Votes: 15,962
18. Devils (2023)
105 min | Crime, Thriller
A determined homicide detective assigned to take down a ring of serial killers, has a personal motivation as one of the victims is his own brother-in-law.
Director: Kim Jae-hoon | Stars: Oh Dae-hwan, Jang Dong-yoon, Choi Gwi-hwa, Jang Jae-ho
Votes: 489
19. Linkeroever (2008)
Not Rated | 102 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
When Marie moves into her boyfriend's apartment, she uncovers a disturbing mystery.
Director: Pieter Van Hees | Stars: Eline Kuppens, Matthias Schoenaerts, Sien Eggers, Marilou Mermans
Votes: 2,943
20. The Robber (2010)
Not Rated | 101 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
A story based on Johann Rettenberger, an Austrian marathon runner and a bank robber.
Director: Benjamin Heisenberg | Stars: Andreas Lust, Markus Schleinzer, Roman Kettner, Hannelore Klauber-Laursen
Votes: 4,630 | Gross: $0.08M
21. Ram Shastra (1995)
Action, Drama
Ram Sinha doesn't know that he can re-write his destiny by joining the police force, and at the same time make an enemy with a criminal don named Dhonga the Great. Dhonga swears to avenge ... See full summary »
Director: Sanjay Gupta | Stars: Jackie Shroff, Manisha Koirala, Deepti Bhatnagar, Aditya Pancholi
Votes: 111
22. Speaking of Murder (1957)
95 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A garage owner maintains his business as a front for his gang of criminals.
Director: Gilles Grangier | Stars: Jean Gabin, Paul Frankeur, Marcel Bozzuffi, Albert Dinan
Votes: 665
23. Gundaraj (1995)
140 min | Action, Drama
Ajay Chauvan lives with his parents and a younger sister. Ajay loves Pooja and hopes to get marry to her one day; he prepares a job application and send it to various places but in the ... See full summary »
Director: Guddu Dhanoa | Stars: Ajay Devgn, Amrish Puri, Kajol, Govardhan Asrani
Votes: 446
24. The Spanish Gardener (1956)
Not Rated | 91 min | Drama
Rather undiplomatic British diplomat Harrington Brande (Sir Michael Hordern) takes up his new post in Spain accompanied by his son Nicholas (Jon Whiteley). The posting is something of a ... See full summary »
Director: Philip Leacock | Stars: Dirk Bogarde, Jon Whiteley, Michael Hordern, Cyril Cusack
Votes: 1,034
25. Caccia all'uomo (1948)
86 min | Drama
Jean Valjean, pursued through the years for a minor infraction by the implacable policeman Javert, attempts to create a life for himself and for his adopted daughter Cosette amid the ... See full summary »
Director: Riccardo Freda | Stars: Gino Cervi, Valentina Cortese, Hans Hinrich, Luigi Pavese
Votes: 169
26. Computron 22 (1988)
94 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
Luca, a young boy of eleven, lives with his grandfather in a majestic house in Rome. Learning that his mother, whom he believed to be dead, now lives in Argentina, he goes to look for his mother with his portable computer, Toto.
Director: Giuliano Carnimeo | Stars: Lolo García, Fiorenza Marchegiani, Gabriele Ferzetti, Benedetto Casillo
Votes: 25
27. Because, Because of a Woman (1963)
116 min | Comedy, Crime
A womanizing young man is unjustly accused of murder by one of his feminine conquests while two of his other lovers aid him in proving his innocence.
Director: Michel Deville | Stars: Jacques Charrier, Mylène Demongeot, Jill Haworth, Marie Laforêt
Votes: 175
28. Le feu aux poudres (1957)
73 min | Crime, Thriller
Gangster film centering on gun runners.
Director: Henri Decoin | Stars: Raymond Pellegrin, Charles Vanel, Peter van Eyck, Françoise Fabian
Votes: 88
29. Radio tekee murron (1951)
91 min | Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Eager young radio reporter Teräsvuori stages a one-man burglary into the Helsinki Art Museum, recorded on tape for a later broadcast by his friend Laakso. Things go awry when a gang of real... See full summary »
Director: Matti Kassila | Stars: Hannes Häyrinen, Ritva Arvelo, Kullervo Kalske, Kunto Karapää
Votes: 348
30. Vodkaa, komisario Palmu (1969)
100 min | Comedy, Crime
A TV reporter is murdered when he is eavesdropping on a secret Finnish-Soviet conference. The National Broadcasting Corporation enlists the help of police lieutenant Palmu, who comes out of... See full summary »
Director: Matti Kassila | Stars: Joel Rinne, Leo Jokela, Matti Ranin, Anna-Leena Mäki-Penttilä
Votes: 966
31. No Blood, No Surrender (1986)
123 min | Action, Comedy
After the war, Sgt Samson is to deliver a letter to the wife of a friend who died in the war. Shortly after he arrives in Santo Sepulco he is beaten and thrown out of town. From now on, he ... See full summary »
Director: Rudy Dominguez | Stars: Palito, Panchito, Max Alvarado, Michelle Aquino
Votes: 64
32.
Batwoman (2019–2022)
Episode:
Kane, Kate
(2021)
TV-14 | 42 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
Batwoman struggles as Black Mask continues to raise the stakes with Circe as his henchwoman. Alice and Safiyah cross paths once again.
Director: Carl Seaton | Stars: Javicia Leslie, Rachel Skarsten, Meagan Tandy, Nicole Kang
Votes: 685
33.
Daredevil (2015–2018)
Episode:
Condemned
(2015)
TV-MA | 48 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Daredevil finds himself trapped in the fallout of Fisk's plan to take control of Hell's Kitchen. Ben Urich digs closer to the truth.
Director: Guy Ferland | Stars: Charlie Cox, Deborah Ann Woll, Elden Henson, Toby Leonard Moore
Votes: 11,348
34.
Daredevil (2015–2018)
Episode:
Daredevil
(2015)
TV-MA | 56 min | Action, Crime, Drama
In the season finale, a boxed-in Fisk and a desperate Murdock, Foggy, and Karen are forced to play their end games.
Director: Steven S. DeKnight | Stars: Charlie Cox, Deborah Ann Woll, Elden Henson, Bob Gunton
Votes: 13,291
35.
Justified (2010–2015)
Episode:
The Promise
(2015)
TV-MA | 48 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Raylan is captured by the authorities, but Art reluctantly lets him go and puts him back on the case. Avery gets to Ava and questions her about his missing money, but she winds up leading Boyd straight to them.
Director: Adam Arkin | Stars: Timothy Olyphant, Nick Searcy, Jere Burns, Joelle Carter
Votes: 3,026
36.
I Am the Night (2019)
Episode:
Queen's Gambit, Accepted
(2019)
TV-MA | 51 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
As Los Angeles erupts in racial violence, Fauna decides she has no other choice than to confront George Hodel about his activities herself, while Jay is stuck in jail, again.
Director: Carl Franklin | Stars: Chris Pine, India Eisley, Jefferson Mays, Leland Orser
Votes: 380
37.
The Man in the High Castle (2015–2019)
Episode:
Happy Trails
(2019)
TV-MA | 47 min | Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
John and Helen host Himmler and his wife for dinner, along with a new, dangerous threat from Berlin; Juliana returns to the High Castle world, arriving in the destroyed ruins of what is now known as "The District of Contamination."
Director: Rachel Leiterman | Stars: Alexa Davalos, Joel de la Fuente, Jason O'Mara, Brennan Brown
Votes: 1,274