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1. Hell or High Water (II) (2016)
R | 102 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Toby is a divorced father who's trying to make a better life. His brother is an ex-con with a short temper and a loose trigger finger. Together, they plan a series of heists against the bank that's about to foreclose on their family ranch.
Director: David Mackenzie | Stars: Chris Pine, Ben Foster, Jeff Bridges, Gil Birmingham
Votes: 252,955 | Gross: $27.01M
2. Wind River (2017)
R | 107 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A wildlife officer, who is haunted by a tragedy that happened because of him, teams up with an FBI agent in solving a murder of a young woman on a Wyoming Native American reservation and hopes to get redemption from his past regrets.
Director: Taylor Sheridan | Stars: Elizabeth Olsen, Jeremy Renner, Graham Greene, Kelsey Asbille
Votes: 281,032 | Gross: $33.80M
3. Thelma & Louise (1991)
R | 130 min | Adventure, Crime, Drama
Two best friends set out on an adventure, but it soon turns around to a terrifying escape from being hunted by the police, as these two women escape for the crimes they committed.
Director: Ridley Scott | Stars: Susan Sarandon, Geena Davis, Harvey Keitel, Michael Madsen
Votes: 173,603 | Gross: $45.36M
4. Deepwater Horizon (2016)
PG-13 | 107 min | Action, Drama, History
A dramatization of the disaster in April 2010, when the offshore drilling rig called the Deepwater Horizon exploded, resulting in the worst oil spill in American history.
Director: Peter Berg | Stars: Mark Wahlberg, Kurt Russell, Douglas M. Griffin, James DuMont
Votes: 182,876 | Gross: $61.43M
5. Vanishing Point (1971)
R | 99 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
During the 1970s, car-delivery driver Kowalski delivers hot rods in record time, but always runs into trouble.
Director: Richard C. Sarafian | Stars: Barry Newman, Cleavon Little, Charlotte Rampling, Dean Jagger
Votes: 30,570
6. Sorcerer (1977)
PG | 121 min | Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Four unfortunate men from different parts of the globe agree to risk their lives transporting gallons of nitroglycerin across dangerous Latin American jungle.
Director: William Friedkin | Stars: Roy Scheider, Bruno Cremer, Francisco Rabal, Amidou
Votes: 27,830 | Gross: $12.00M
7. Boom Town (1940)
Passed | 119 min | Drama, Romance, Western
Two buddies who rise from fly-by-night wildcatters to oil tycoons over a ten-year period both love the same woman.
Director: Jack Conway | Stars: Clark Gable, Spencer Tracy, Claudette Colbert, Hedy Lamarr
Votes: 3,813 | Gross: $9.17M
8. Local Hero (1983)
PG | 111 min | Comedy, Drama
An American oil company has plans for a new refinery and sends someone to Scotland to buy up an entire village, but things don't go as expected.
Director: Bill Forsyth | Stars: Burt Lancaster, Peter Riegert, Fulton Mackay, Denis Lawson
Votes: 26,740 | Gross: $5.90M
9. Toni Erdmann (2016)
R | 162 min | Comedy, Drama
A practical joking father tries to reconnect with his hard working daughter by creating an outrageous alter ego and posing as her CEO's life coach.
Director: Maren Ade | Stars: Sandra Hüller, Peter Simonischek, Michael Wittenborn, Thomas Loibl
Votes: 52,126 | Gross: $1.48M
10. The Two Jakes (1990)
R | 137 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
The sequel to Chinatown (1974) finds J.J. "Jake" Gittes investigating adultery and murder, and the money that comes from oil.
Director: Jack Nicholson | Stars: Jack Nicholson, Harvey Keitel, Meg Tilly, Madeleine Stowe
Votes: 15,515 | Gross: $10.01M
11. 10.0 Earthquake (2014)
PG | 88 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Los Angeles is about to be hit by a devastating earthquake, and time is running out to save the city from imminent danger.
Director: David Gidali | Stars: Jeffrey Jones, Henry Ian Cusick, Cameron Richardson, Chasty Ballesteros
Votes: 2,682
12. The Last Winter (2006)
Not Rated | 101 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Sent to evaluate the environmental impact of oil drilling in the Arctic, James Hoffman clashes with the drilling crew's chief, who wants to get the job done.
Director: Larry Fessenden | Stars: Ron Perlman, James Le Gros, Connie Britton, Zach Gilford
Votes: 9,850 | Gross: $0.03M
13. Superman and the Mole-Men (1951)
Passed | 58 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
When underground beings explore the surface world from a deep oil well and inadvertently cause a panic, only Superman can prevent a tragedy.
Director: Lee Sholem | Stars: George Reeves, Phyllis Coates, Jeff Corey, Walter Reed
Votes: 2,356
14. The Wheeler Dealers (1963)
Approved | 107 min | Comedy
A big-time Texas wheeler-dealer (who's actually Ivy league-educated, but plays dumb) runs out of money, and goes to New York City to raise $1.2 million.
Director: Arthur Hiller | Stars: Lee Remick, James Garner, Phil Harris, Chill Wills
Votes: 1,516
15. Bela Donna (1998)
111 min | Drama, Romance
American couple move to the State of Ceará, Brazil, in the 1930s. The husband is looking for oil. His beautiful wife, Donna, soon falls in love with a rude but charming fisherman. The ... See full summary »
Director: Fábio Barreto | Stars: Natasha Henstridge, Eduardo Moscovis, Sophie Ward, Letícia Sabatella
Votes: 503
16. Siberiade (1979)
190 min | Drama, History, Romance
In the Siberian wilderness in the village of Yelan, two families live, who have long been at war with each other: the «kulaks» of Solomina and the «poor people» of Ustyuzhanina.
Director: Andrey Konchalovskiy | Stars: Nikita Mikhalkov, Vitali Solomin, Sergey Shakurov, Natalya Andreychenko
Votes: 2,319
17. Oklahoma Crude (1973)
PG | 108 min | Comedy, Drama, Western
In 1913, in Oklahoma, oil derrick owner Lena Doyle (Faye Dunaway), aided by her father (Sir John Mills) and a hobo (George C. Scott), is stubbornly drilling for oil despite the pressure from major oil companies to sell her land.
Director: Stanley Kramer | Stars: George C. Scott, Faye Dunaway, John Mills, Jack Palance
Votes: 1,502 | Gross: $1.44M
18. Thunder Bay (1953)
Approved | 103 min | Adventure, Drama
Shrimpers and oilmen clash after an ambitious wildcatter begins constructing an off-shore oil rig.
Director: Anthony Mann | Stars: James Stewart, Joanne Dru, Gilbert Roland, Dan Duryea
Votes: 2,172
19. Pioneer (2013)
R | 111 min | Adventure, Drama, Thriller
A thriller set at the beginning of the 1980's Norwegian Oil Boom and centered on a diver whose obsession with reaching the bottom of the Norwegian Sea leads to tragedy.
Director: Erik Skjoldbjærg | Stars: Aksel Hennie, Wes Bentley, Stephen Lang, Stephanie Sigman
Votes: 5,304 | Gross: $0.01M
20. Louisiana Story (1948)
Approved | 78 min | Adventure, Drama
The idyllic life of a young Cajun boy and his pet raccoon is disrupted when the tranquility of the bayou is broken by an oil well drilling near his home.
Director: Robert J. Flaherty | Stars: Joseph Boudreaux, Lionel Le Blanc, E. Bienvenu, Frank Hardy
Votes: 2,157
21. Sahara Heat (1987)
R | 100 min | Drama
Photographer Lea visits her hubby Alfredo, who works on an oil rig in Morocco. Wherever she goes, she's given eerie dirty looks. She gives in to a couple of men, but then falls for thuggish bar owner Le Serpent and his bar boy.
Director: Aldo Lado | Stars: Fiona Gélin, Enzo Decaro, Yves Collignon, Joshua McDonald
Votes: 233
22. Chain of Command (1994)
R | 97 min | Action, Thriller
When Merrill Ross (Michael Dudikoff) is thought to be a C.I.A. agent gone bad and teaming with some other alphabet named agency to take over the oil rich country of Qumir, he finds he's in ... See full summary »
Director: David Worth | Stars: Michael Dudikoff, Todd Curtis, Keren Tishman, R. Lee Ermey
Votes: 627
23. Jurassic Shark 2: Aquapocalypse (2021)
71 min | Action, Adventure, Horror
A ferocious, prehistoric Megalodon has returned to the surface, terrorizing a group of oil rig workers and members of a local fishing village.
Director: Mark Polonia | Stars: Jeff Kirkendall, James Carolus, Jamie Morgan, Tim Hatch
Votes: 333
24. Deep Core (2000)
PG-13 | 80 min | Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
The future of Earth is in question when a strange reaction deep beneath its surface causes a massive rupture in the planet's inner structure.
Director: Rodney McDonald | Stars: Craig Sheffer, Terry Farrell, Bruce McGill, Harry Van Gorkum
Votes: 1,329
25. High, Wide and Handsome (1937)
Passed | 110 min | Adventure, Music, Musical
Pennsylvania, 1859. Railroad tycoon Brennan (Alan Hale) is muscling in on oil-drilling farmers, led by Peter Cortland (Randolph Scott). Cortland must try to save their oil business, while also saving his marriage to Sally (Irene Dunne).
Director: Rouben Mamoulian | Stars: Irene Dunne, Randolph Scott, Dorothy Lamour, Elizabeth Patterson
Votes: 410
26. Campbell's Kingdom (1957)
102 min | Adventure, Drama
Englishman Bruce Campbell (Dirk Bogarde) takes possession of his grandfather's Canadian land, but he faces various challenges such as disgruntled locals, a ruthless contractor, a new power dam, and his own bad health.
Director: Ralph Thomas | Stars: Dirk Bogarde, Stanley Baker, Michael Craig, Barbara Murray
Votes: 932
27. The Prize: The Epic Quest for Oil, Money & Power (1992– )
PG-13 | Documentary
The globe-spanning story of the oil industry from the first strikes of the 19th century through the Gulf War. The industry's colorful characters and oil's key role in 20th century history are brought to life by participants and historians.
Stars: Donald Sutherland, Daniel Yergin, Norman Cooley, Stephanie Cran
Votes: 166
28. Justin Bieber Feat. Chance the Rapper: Holy (2020 Music Video)
5 min | Drama, Music, Romance
Official music video for "Holy" by Justin Bieber.
Director: Colin Tilley | Stars: Justin Bieber, Chance the Rapper, Jayla Cabrera, Maylah Chanel
Votes: 68
30. Iqbal & superchippen (2016)
80 min | Comedy, Family, Sci-Fi
Iqbal and Sille are best friends and have always lived next door to each other. Their street must undergo urban regeneration and Easelman and The Swine will unluckily be in charge of the ... See full summary »
Director: Oliver Zahle | Stars: Hircano Soares, Liv Leman Brandorf, Arien Takiar, Rasmus Bjerg
Votes: 121
31. Flowing Gold (1940)
Approved | 81 min | Adventure, Drama, Romance
In the American oilfields, a fugitive from justice's destiny is intertwined with the fortunes and the misfortunes of a small oil company that hires him as a roughneck.
Director: Alfred E. Green | Stars: John Garfield, Frances Farmer, Pat O'Brien, Raymond Walburn
Votes: 522
32. Jeep-Herders (1945)
Approved | 58 min | Action, Crime, Romance
A wildcat oil outfit is seeking to take over the ranch belonging to Pop Martin and his son Bob and daughter Helen. Bob sends his ex-army pals a "stay-way" message, which brings them on the ... See full summary »
Directors: Harvey Parry, Richard Talmadge | Stars: June Carlson, John Daheim, Pat Michaels, Steve Clark
Votes: 16
33. A Fire (1961)
24 min | Documentary, Short
An oil well is on fire near Ahvaz in the south of Iran and firemen are trying hard day and night to put it out.
Director: Ebrahim Golestan | Star: Myron Kinley
Votes: 168
34. Black Gold (1936)
Approved | 57 min | Action, Drama, Romance
Dan O'Reilly, who has spent forty years working in oil fields, is about to strike oil when his land lease nears its end. J. C. Anderson of the Anderson Producing and Refining Corp. ... See full synopsis »
Director: Russell Hopton | Stars: Frankie Darro, LeRoy Mason, Gloria Shea, Berton Churchill
Votes: 98
35. The Devil's Pipeline (1940)
Approved | 65 min | Adventure, Drama, Romance
A secretary sends a coded plea for help in her monthly report; two detectives investigate and find out that men are jailed on phony charges, forced to work in oil fields and then murdered if they try to escape.
Director: Christy Cabanne | Stars: Richard Arlen, Andy Devine, John Eldredge, Jean Brooks
Votes: 41
36. Million Dollar Racket (1937)
Passed | 66 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
Millionaire Lawrence Duane tours the West disguised as a chauffeur. On his trip, he meets and has a flirtation with Molly Henessey, the daughter of a gas station proprietor. After Larry ... See full summary »
Director: Robert F. Hill | Stars: Bruce Bennett, Joan Barclay, Bryant Washburn, Vane Calvert
Votes: 14
37. Destination Earth (1956)
13 min | Animation, Short, Sci-Fi
A Martian explorer discovers the secrets behind the USA's prosperity: oil and free enterprise!
Director: Carl Urbano | Stars: Marvin Miller, Edmon Ryan
Votes: 148
38. Lumina palida a durerii (1980)
146 min | Drama, History, War
The life in a Romanian village before World War I.
Director: Iulian Mihu | Stars: Liliana Tudor, Gheorghe Marin, Violeta Andrei, Florina Luican
Votes: 39
39. O.K. Mister (1979)
75 min | Comedy
In a remote village in the "land of roses and nightingales" one day surfaces a stranger: William Knox D'Arcy. To enact his plan for exploiting the wealth and the natural resources of this ... See full summary »
Director: Parviz Kimiavi | Stars: Erika Maaz, Farokh Ghafari, Yadolla Shirandami, Terry Graham
Votes: 69
40. Treat 'Em Rough (1942)
Approved | 61 min | Action, Crime, Drama
When his father is accused of graft, a former boxer returns home to clear his name.
Director: Ray Taylor | Stars: Eddie Albert, Peggy Moran, William Frawley, Lloyd Corrigan
Votes: 23
41. Her Husband's Trademark (1922)
50 min | Drama
Socialite New Yorker James Berkeley and college chum Allan Franklin are rivals for the hand of beautiful Lois Miller. Berkeley marries her, and fifteen years later, he keeps his wife ... See full summary »
Director: Sam Wood | Stars: Gloria Swanson, Richard Wayne, Stuart Holmes, Lucien Littlefield
Votes: 21
42. Birth of an Oil Field (1949)
27 min | Documentary, Short
Director: Duke Goldstone | Stars: Victor Jory, Knox Manning, Gayne Whitman, William Forrest
44. American Harvest (1951)
30 min | Documentary, Short
Shows the interdependence of all workers, jobs, and mechanization in the manufacturing process from raw materials to finished product, focusing on the car industry, and argues that this leads to greater personal independence and freedom.
Star: John Forsythe
45. Partners of the Sunset (1922)
50 min | Western
Supposedly wealthy, Patricia and Vi Moreland find themselves penniless and dependent upon relatives when their father dies. They accept an uncle's offer to live on his Texas ranch, which is... See full summary »
Director: Robin H. Townley | Stars: Allene Ray, Robert Frazer, Mildred Bright, Jack W. Johnston
Votes: 16
47. Then and Now: Health and Welfare (2010)
4 min | Documentary, Short
Director: Peter Ringgaard | Stars: Emir Isa bin Salman Al-Khalifa, Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa, King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa
49. Black Gold (1928)
Passed | 62 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
Filmed entirely in the area of Tatums, Oklahoma, an all-black town: Oil has been discovered on the range-land nears Tatus, and all ranching had been abandoned to the drilling of wildcat ... See full summary »
Director: Richard E. Norman | Stars: Laurence Criner, Kathryn Boyd, Steve Reynolds, Alfred Norcom
Votes: 25