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1. Outbreak (1995)
R | 127 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
Army doctors struggle to find a cure for a deadly virus spreading throughout a California town that was brought to America by an African monkey.
Director: Wolfgang Petersen | Stars: Dustin Hoffman, Rene Russo, Morgan Freeman, Kevin Spacey
Votes: 137,846 | Gross: $67.82M
2. The Postman (1997)
R | 177 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
A nameless drifter dons a postman's uniform and bag of mail as he begins a quest to inspire hope to the survivors living in post-apocalyptic America.
Director: Kevin Costner | Stars: Kevin Costner, Will Patton, Larenz Tate, Olivia Williams
Votes: 78,350 | Gross: $17.63M
3. The Killing (1956)
Approved | 84 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
Crook Johnny Clay assembles a five-man team to plan and execute a daring racetrack robbery.
Director: Stanley Kubrick | Stars: Sterling Hayden, Coleen Gray, Vince Edwards, Jay C. Flippen
Votes: 97,589
4. Heist (2001)
R | 109 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A career jewel thief finds himself at tense odds with his longtime partner, a crime boss who sends his nephew to keep watch.
Director: David Mamet | Stars: Gene Hackman, Rebecca Pidgeon, Danny DeVito, Delroy Lindo
Votes: 39,060 | Gross: $0.05M
5. Apache Territory (1958)
Approved | 71 min | Action, Western
A no-nonsense drifter leads a ragtag collective surrounded by a deadly tribe of Apaches.
Director: Ray Nazarro | Stars: Rory Calhoun, Barbara Bates, John Dehner, Carolyn Craig
Votes: 634
6. Witchfinder General (1968)
Unrated | 86 min | Drama, Horror
A young soldier seeks to put an end to the evils caused by a vicious witch-hunter when the latter terrorizes his fiancée and kills her uncle.
Director: Michael Reeves | Stars: Vincent Price, Ian Ogilvy, Rupert Davies, Patrick Wymark
Votes: 12,229
7. The Counterfeiters (2007)
R | 99 min | Crime, Drama, History
The story of the Operation Bernhard, the largest counterfeiting operation in history, carried out by Germany during World War II.
Director: Stefan Ruzowitzky | Stars: Karl Markovics, August Diehl, Devid Striesow, Martin Brambach
Votes: 47,189 | Gross: $5.48M
8. 100 Rifles (1969)
R | 110 min | Adventure, Drama, War
In 1912 Sonora, Mexico, native revolutionary Yaqui Joe (Burt Reynolds) robs a bank to buy arms for his oppressed people, but finds himself sought by an American lawman and the Mexican Army.
Director: Tom Gries | Stars: Jim Brown, Raquel Welch, Burt Reynolds, Fernando Lamas
Votes: 3,932
9. Mesrine: Killer Instinct (2008)
R | 113 min | Action, Biography, Crime
The story of the notorious French gangster Jacques Mesrine, with the focus on his life before the early 1970s and the events that led to him being declared Public Enemy No. 1 in France.
Director: Jean-François Richet | Stars: Vincent Cassel, Cécile de France, Gérard Depardieu, Gilles Lellouche
Votes: 35,298 | Gross: $0.55M
10. Mesrine: Public Enemy No. 1 (2008)
R | 133 min | Action, Biography, Crime
The story of the notorious French gangster Jacques Mesrine, with the focus on his life and death as France's Public Enemy No. 1 in the 1970s.
Director: Jean-François Richet | Stars: Vincent Cassel, Ludivine Sagnier, Mathieu Amalric, Samuel Le Bihan
Votes: 31,248 | Gross: $0.28M
11. Crossfire (1947)
Approved | 86 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
A man is murdered, apparently by one of a group of demobilized soldiers he met in a bar. But which one? And why?
Director: Edward Dmytryk | Stars: Robert Young, Robert Mitchum, Robert Ryan, Gloria Grahame
Votes: 9,709 | Gross: $1.30M
12. John Rabe (2009)
134 min | Biography, Drama, History
A true-story account of a German businessman who saved more than 200,000 Chinese during the Nanjing massacre in 1937-38.
Director: Florian Gallenberger | Stars: Ulrich Tukur, Daniel Brühl, Steve Buscemi, Anne Consigny
Votes: 6,745 | Gross: $0.07M
13. Tower Block (2012)
Not Rated | 90 min | Thriller
Several months after witnessing a murder, residents of Tower Block 31 find themselves being picked off by a sniper, pitting those lucky enough to be alive into a battle for survival.
Directors: David Beton, James Nunn | Stars: Sheridan Smith, Jamie Thomas King, Jack O'Connell, Ralph Brown
Votes: 5,766
14. Little Sweetheart (1988)
R | 89 min | Thriller
A criminal couple, hiding out in a remote property become the unwitting victims of a plot to blackmail them by the most unlikely of conspirators.
Director: Anthony Simmons | Stars: John Hurt, Karen Young, Cassie Barasch, Ellie Raab
Votes: 376
15. Sword of Sherwood Forest (1960)
Approved | 80 min | Adventure, Drama, History
While King Richard is away at the Crusades, some Nottingham nobles and their Sheriff plot to confiscate estates of fallen Crusaders but Robin Hood and Maid Marian foil their plan.
Director: Terence Fisher | Stars: Richard Greene, Peter Cushing, Niall MacGinnis, Richard Pasco
Votes: 1,483
16. The Kid from Texas (1950)
Approved | 78 min | Western
In New Mexico, Billy the Kid is involved in the Lincoln County War, kills many rivals and eventually becomes a wanted fugitive.
Director: Kurt Neumann | Stars: Audie Murphy, Gale Storm, Albert Dekker, Shepperd Strudwick
Votes: 801
17. Hitler: Beast of Berlin (1939)
Approved | 87 min | Drama, War
Hans Memling, a young intellectual, patriotic German, is secretly opposed to the Nazi regime. With the aid of Gustav Schultz, Father Pommer, Anna Wahl and others, he is gleaning accurate ... See full summary »
Director: Sam Newfield | Stars: Roland Drew, Steffi Duna, Greta Granstedt, Alan Ladd
Votes: 161
18. The Directive (2019)
113 min | Action, Comedy, Sci-Fi
One year after a catastrophic pandemic wipes out most of humanity, a lone survivor embarks on a journey to find Safe Zone 57 with the help of a broken robot.
Director: Alexander Raye Pimentel | Stars: Kyle Abraham, Paul Askedall, Nicholas Winand, Hashim Gari
Votes: 1,315
19. The Man from Bitter Ridge (1955)
Approved | 80 min | Romance, Western
In Tomahawk, the crooked Jackman brothers control the town, Sheriff Dunham is up for re-election, the sheep growers are banned in town and a stagecoach line undercover investigator arrives to catch the gang that regularly robs the stages.
Director: Jack Arnold | Stars: Lex Barker, Mara Corday, Stephen McNally, John Dehner
Votes: 460
20. Sadegh the Kurd (1972)
110 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Sadegh and his wife manage a tea house in the way between Ahvaz and Andimeshk south of Iran. One night in his absence a friend of him who is a truck driver comes to his place and the wife ... See full summary »
Director: Nasser Taghvai | Stars: Saeed Rad, Ezzatolah Entezami, Mohamad Ali Keshavarz, Atash Khayyer
Votes: 186
21.
24 (2001–2010)
Episode:
Day 3: 10:00 p.m.-11:00 p.m.
(2004)
TV-14 | 45 min | Action, Crime, Drama
In order to get closer to the virus, Jack tries to make Nina believe he still has feelings for her. Wayne tries to gain the trust of Julia Milliken when Alan Milliken starts making demands.... See full summary »
Director: Brad Turner | Stars: Kiefer Sutherland, Elisha Cuthbert, Carlos Bernard, Reiko Aylesworth
Votes: 1,319
22.
24 (2001–2010)
Episode:
Day 3: 2:00 p.m.-3:00 p.m.
(2003)
TV-14 | 45 min | Action, Crime, Drama
After Goss' infected body is dropped at the hospital Jack and Chase begin to trace his last known locations while CTU tries to figure out how the virus is gonna be unleashed to the public at large. Once they figure out it's gonna be spread through cocaine shipments CTU begins to track down drug dealers in East LA. President Palmer considers canceling the debate.
Director: Jon Cassar | Stars: Kiefer Sutherland, Elisha Cuthbert, Carlos Bernard, Reiko Aylesworth
Votes: 1,399
23.
24 (2001–2010)
Episode:
Day 3: 4:00 a.m.-5:00 a.m.
(2004)
TV-14 | 44 min | Action, Crime, Drama
After the interrogation goes nowhere, Jack and Chase let Amador escape hoping he will lead them to his client's location. Michelle places the hotel under quarantine and must make a ... See full summary »
Director: Kevin Hooks | Stars: Kiefer Sutherland, Elisha Cuthbert, Carlos Bernard, Reiko Aylesworth
Votes: 1,333
24.
24 (2001–2010)
Episode:
Day 5: 6:00 p.m.-7:00 p.m.
(2006)
TV-14 | 44 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A terrorist infiltrates CTU, Kim is reunited with her father, and the Vice President arrives to handle the crisis.
Director: Jon Cassar | Stars: Kiefer Sutherland, Kim Raver, Mary Lynn Rajskub, Carlos Bernard
Votes: 1,468
25.
Doctor Who (1963–1989)
Episode:
Delta and the Bannermen: Part One
(1987)
TV-PG | 25 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
The Bannermen have successfully wiped out all but the last of the Chimeron - Delta, the queen, no less. She escapes with an egg and boards an intergalactic bus of Navarino vacationers ... See full summary »
Director: Chris Clough | Stars: Sylvester McCoy, Bonnie Langford, Don Henderson, Belinda Mayne
Votes: 518
26.
The Incredible Hulk (1978–1982)
Episode:
Sanctuary
(1981)
TV-PG | 48 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
David is urged to present himself as 'Father Costa' in order to protect a young boy who has taken sanctuary at the San Miguel Mission.
Director: Chuck Bowman | Stars: Bill Bixby, Jack Colvin, Lou Ferrigno, Diana Muldaur
Votes: 146
27.
Mission: Impossible (1966–1973)
Episode:
The Controllers: Part 2
(1969)
TV-PG | 50 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
Phelps escapes but Borodin, who had been unconscious in the trunk of the car driven by the IMF driver, is killed by a shot fired by guards. This is a major setback to the IMF because Phelps... See full summary »
Director: Paul Krasny | Stars: Peter Graves, Leonard Nimoy, Greg Morris, Peter Lupus
Votes: 171
28.
Bad Girls (1999–2006)
Episode:
Episode #8.1
(2006)
TV-14 | 46 min | Crime, Drama
The new deputy governor is late for work on her first day. New inmate Emira, a suspected muslim terrorist, is soon put to work by Buxton. PO Kimber is transferred from D Wing.
Director: Barnaby Southcombe | Stars: Sid Owen, Nicola Stapleton, Sandra De Sousa, Victoria Bush
Votes: 38
29.
Breaking Bad (2008–2013)
Episode:
No Más
(2010)
TV-14 | 47 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Skyler goes through with her plans to divorce Walt. Jesse finishes rehab.
Director: Bryan Cranston | Stars: Bryan Cranston, Anna Gunn, Aaron Paul, Dean Norris
Votes: 24,459
30.
The Boarding School (2007–2010)
Episode:
El protocolo
(2010)
85 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
With the virus loosed, soldiers cutting off the school, and a makeshift infirmary established to corral those infected, Evelyn decides to fake the illness to make Lucas jealous.
Directors: Alexandra Graf, Jesús Rodrigo | Stars: Natalia Millán, Marta Torné, Cristina Marcos, Martiño Rivas
Votes: 50
31.
The Walking Dead (2010–2022)
Episode:
Walk with Me
(2012)
TV-MA | 43 min | Drama, Horror, Thriller
Andrea and Michonne are brought to a walled community run by a man called The Governor.
Director: Guy Ferland | Stars: Andrew Lincoln, Sarah Wayne Callies, Laurie Holden, Norman Reedus
Votes: 13,218
32.
Gotham (2014–2019)
Episode:
Beasts of Prey
(2015)
TV-14 | 40 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Gordon and Bullock inspect a cold case involving "the Ogre", a serial killer who targets young women in Gotham City. Meanwhile, Fish plots her escape from the Dollmaker, and Bruce and Selina confront Reggie.
Director: Eagle Egilsson | Stars: Ben McKenzie, Donal Logue, David Mazouz, Zabryna Guevara
Votes: 3,382
33.
Gotham (2014–2019)
Episode:
Wrath of the Villains: Into the Woods
(2016)
TV-14 | 44 min | Action, Crime, Drama
In an attempt to clear his name, Gordon steals his case file and approaches Nygma for help. Meanwhile, Penguin discovers his step-family's role in his father's death, and awakens from his conditioning.
Director: Oz Scott | Stars: Ben McKenzie, Donal Logue, David Mazouz, Morena Baccarin
Votes: 3,314
34.
Lace (1984)
Episode:
Episode #1.2
(1984)
Drama
Episode two picks up where episode one left off. And it then has flashbacks about each of the characters in the movie. It then picks up back for the conclusion. At the end all is revealed to Lily, and she now knows who her mom is.
Director: William Hale | Stars: Bess Armstrong, Brooke Adams, Arielle Dombasle, Phoebe Cates
Votes: 22