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1. O.J.: Made in America (2016)
TV-MA | 467 min | Documentary, Biography, Crime
A chronicle of the rise and fall of O.J. Simpson, whose high-profile murder trial exposed the extent of American racial tensions, revealing a fractured and divided nation.
Director: Ezra Edelman | Stars: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Mike Albanese, Muhammad Ali, Marcus Allen
Votes: 21,909
2. Molly's Game (2017)
R | 140 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
The true story of Molly Bloom, an Olympic-class skier who ran the world's most exclusive high-stakes poker game and became an FBI target.
Director: Aaron Sorkin | Stars: Jessica Chastain, Idris Elba, Kevin Costner, Michael Cera
Votes: 187,846 | Gross: $28.78M
3. Fast & Furious (2009)
PG-13 | 107 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
Brian O'Conner, back working for the FBI in Los Angeles, teams up with Dominic Toretto to bring down a heroin importer by infiltrating his operation.
Director: Justin Lin | Stars: Vin Diesel, Paul Walker, Michelle Rodriguez, Jordana Brewster
Votes: 311,330 | Gross: $155.06M
4. Flight (I) (2012)
R | 138 min | Drama, Thriller
Troubling questions arise after airline pilot Whip Whitaker makes a miracle landing after a mid-air catastrophe.
Director: Robert Zemeckis | Stars: Denzel Washington, Nadine Velazquez, Don Cheadle, John Goodman
Votes: 376,285 | Gross: $93.77M
5. Citizen Kane (1941)
PG | 119 min | Drama, Mystery
Following the death of publishing tycoon Charles Foster Kane, reporters scramble to uncover the meaning of his final utterance: 'Rosebud.'
Director: Orson Welles | Stars: Orson Welles, Joseph Cotten, Dorothy Comingore, Agnes Moorehead
Votes: 466,106 | Gross: $1.59M
6. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2009)
R | 152 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A journalist is aided by a young female hacker in his search for the killer of a woman who has been dead for forty years.
Director: Niels Arden Oplev | Stars: Michael Nyqvist, Noomi Rapace, Ewa Fröling, Lena Endre
Votes: 223,371 | Gross: $10.10M
7. Pain & Gain (2013)
R | 129 min | Action, Biography, Comedy
A trio of bodybuilders in Florida get caught up in an extortion ring and a kidnapping scheme that goes terribly wrong.
Director: Michael Bay | Stars: Mark Wahlberg, Dwayne Johnson, Anthony Mackie, Tony Shalhoub
Votes: 229,381 | Gross: $49.88M
8. The Next Three Days (2010)
PG-13 | 133 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A married couple's life is turned upside down when the wife is accused of a murder.
Director: Paul Haggis | Stars: Russell Crowe, Elizabeth Banks, Liam Neeson, Michael Buie
Votes: 206,670 | Gross: $21.15M
9. USS Indianapolis: Men of Courage (2016)
R | 128 min | Action, Drama, History
During World War II, an American navy ship is sunk by a Japanese submarine leaving 890 crewmen stranded in shark infested waters.
Director: Mario Van Peebles | Stars: Nicolas Cage, Tom Sizemore, Thomas Jane, Matt Lanter
Votes: 14,336
10. The Man with the Golden Arm (1955)
Passed | 119 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
A junkie must face his true self to kick his drug addiction.
Director: Otto Preminger | Stars: Frank Sinatra, Kim Novak, Eleanor Parker, Arnold Stang
Votes: 12,220
11. An Officer and a Spy (2019)
132 min | Drama, History, Thriller
In 1894, French Captain Alfred Dreyfus is wrongfully convicted of treason and sentenced to life imprisonment at Devil's island.
Director: Roman Polanski | Stars: Louis Garrel, Christophe Maratier, Pierre Poirot, Stéfan Godin
Votes: 21,102
12. 13th (2016)
TV-MA | 100 min | Documentary, Crime, History
An in-depth look at the prison system in the United States and how it reveals the nation's history of racial inequality.
Director: Ava DuVernay | Stars: Melina Abdullah, Michelle Alexander, Cory Booker, Dolores Canales
Votes: 37,686
13. The Fountainhead (1949)
Approved | 114 min | Drama, Romance
An uncompromising, visionary architect struggles to maintain his integrity and individualism despite personal, professional and economic pressures to conform to popular standards.
Director: King Vidor | Stars: Gary Cooper, Patricia Neal, Raymond Massey, Kent Smith
Votes: 10,909
14. Conversations with a Killer: The Ted Bundy Tapes (2019)
TV-MA | 59 min | Documentary, Biography, Crime
A look inside the mind of serial killer Ted Bundy, featuring interviews with him on death row.
Stars: Stephen Michaud, Bob Keppel, Kathleen McChesney, Ward Lucas
Votes: 32,935
15. Ariel (1988)
Not Rated | 72 min | Comedy, Crime, Romance
A Finnish man goes to the city to find a job after the mine where he worked is closed and his father commits suicide.
Director: Aki Kaurismäki | Stars: Turo Pajala, Susanna Haavisto, Matti Pellonpää, Eetu Hilkamo
Votes: 8,335
16. Abducted: The Mary Stauffer Story (2019 TV Movie)
TV-14 | 87 min | Drama, Horror, Thriller
High school teacher Mary Stauffer and her eight-year old daughter, Beth are held captive for 53 days by an obsessed former student. Based on a true story.
Director: Jim Donovan | Stars: Alyson Hannigan, Howie Lai, Daphne Hoskins, Daniel Nemes
Votes: 591
17. Escaping the NXIVM Cult: A Mother's Fight to Save Her Daughter (2019 TV Movie)
TV-14 | 87 min | Crime, Drama
A mother who will stop at nothing to get her daughter back exposes the intricate seductive power of Allison and Keith and the mental and physical abuse inflicted on her daughter.
Director: Lisa Robinson | Stars: Andrea Roth, Jasper Polish, Sara Fletcher, Kristin Booth
Votes: 597
18. All This, and Heaven Too (1940)
Approved | 141 min | Drama, Romance
A duchess' irrational behavior toward her children's governess triggers tragic events that will change her family's lives forever.
Director: Anatole Litvak | Stars: Bette Davis, Charles Boyer, Jeffrey Lynn, Barbara O'Neil
Votes: 5,388
19. The Trial of Joan of Arc (1962)
64 min | Biography, Drama, History
A Joan of Arc's trial reconstruction concerning her imprisonment, interrogation and final execution at the hands of the English. Filmed in a spare, low-key fashion.
Director: Robert Bresson | Stars: Florence Delay, Jean-Claude Fourneau, Roger Honorat, Marc Jacquier
Votes: 5,971
20. Closer to the Moon (2014)
Not Rated | 112 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
A Romanian police officer teams up with a small crew of old friends from the World War II Jewish Resistance to pull off a heist by convincing everyone at the scene of the crime that they are only filming a movie.
Director: Nae Caranfil | Stars: Vera Farmiga, Mark Strong, Harry Lloyd, Anton Lesser
Votes: 4,338
21. Lumuhod ka sa lupa! (1986)
120 min | Action, Drama
THIS IS ANOTHER ACTION-DRAMA FILM WHERE THE PROTAGONIST EXACTS PAYMENT OF DEBTS.
Director: Manuel 'Fyke' Cinco | Stars: Rudy Fernandez, Jackie Lou Blanco, Eddie Garcia, Mark Gil
22. Murder 101 (1991 TV Movie)
PG-13 | 100 min | Mystery, Thriller
After writing/publishing a book about a real murder trial, Charles returns to his college to teach creative writing - art of the thriller. 1st essay assigned: plan a perfect murder. Later someone uses it for murder.
Director: Bill Condon | Stars: Pierce Brosnan, Dey Young, Antoni Corone, Raphael Sbarge
Votes: 1,307
23. Manila Kingpin: The Asiong Salonga Story (2011)
TV-14 | 145 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Biopic of the notorious late-1940s Manila gangster until his death at 26 in 1951: a legend known to this day who came from Tondo, a town in Manila known during that period as a tough and dangerous place.
Director: Tikoy Aguiluz | Stars: Jorge Estregan, Roi Vinzon, Danny Labra, Eddie Tuazon
Votes: 215
24. New Frontier (1939)
Approved | 57 min | Drama, Western
The Three Mesquiteers convince a group of settlers to exchange their present property for some which, unbeknownst to our good guys, is going to be worthless. They are captured before they can warn the ranchers.
Director: George Sherman | Stars: John Wayne, Ray Corrigan, Raymond Hatton, Jennifer Jones
Votes: 692
25. Dead Man Out (1989 TV Movie)
87 min | Crime, Drama
A psychiatrist is sent to evaluate a convicted multiple murderer whose behavior has become unstable and deranged while on death row for eight years, causing a problem for the courts to carry out execution.
Director: Richard Pearce | Stars: Danny Glover, Rubén Blades, Tom Atkins, Larry Block
Votes: 425
26. Facing Ali (2009)
R | 100 min | Documentary, Biography, Sport
Ten of Muhammad Ali's former rivals pay tribute to the three-time world heavyweight champion.
Director: Pete McCormack | Stars: George Chuvalo, Henry Cooper, George Foreman, Joe Frazier
Votes: 3,774
27. Infidus (2015)
80 min | Crime, Drama
Barabba must save his brother from a life of crime, no matter what the cost. Meanwhile, Massimo's wife is killed in a snuff film. Unified by violence, Barabba and Massimo's destinies are on collision course.
Director: Giulio De Santi | Stars: Mino Bonini, Massimo Caratelli, Maurizio Zaffino, Stefania Bonini
Votes: 652
28. The Cannibal in the Jungle (2015)
84 min | Crime, Horror, Sci-Fi
The two-hour scripted feature THE CANNIBAL IN THE JUNGLE follows the story of an American scientist who was convicted of killing and cannibalizing two colleagues in the jungles of Flores, Indonesia in 1977.
Director: Simon George | Stars: Richard Brake, Jim Sturgeon, Tim Ahern, Neil D'Souza
Votes: 408
29. One Year in a Life of Crime (1989 TV Movie)
55 min | Documentary, Crime
Documentary maker Jon Alpert follows three petty criminals in Newark. Filmed by a hidden camera, the three are stealing, using drugs, getting caught and convicted.
Director: Jon Alpert | Stars: Freddy, Michael Jandreau, Robert
Votes: 333
30. Rain Without Thunder (1992)
PG-13 | 85 min | Drama, Sci-Fi
It's the year 2042 and the threat is real...women are going to prison for terminating their pregnancies. An investigating reporter is determined to reveal the truth behind the convictions.
Director: Gary O. Bennett | Stars: Betty Buckley, Carolyn McCormick, Iona Morris, Steve Zahn
Votes: 323 | Gross: $0.01M
31. The Defenders (2023)
90 min | Documentary, Biography, Sport
The gripping true story of how a former Australian football captain and a ragtag team of social media warriors, challenged two monarchies, a military junta and the world's richest and most ... See full summary »
Director: Matthew Bate | Stars: Hakeem Al-Araibi, Craig Foster, Ming-Zhu Hii, Mark Saturno
Votes: 45
32. Conviction: The True Story of Clarence Elkins (2009)
Not Rated | 55 min | Documentary, Crime
When a man is wrongly convicted of murder and rape, his wife devotes her life to proving his innocence. Conviction is not only a gripping story of justice gone wrong, it's also a meditation... See full summary »
Directors: Bill Ward, Mike West | Stars: Clarence Elkins, Melinda Elkins, Mark Godsey, Judy Johnson
Votes: 40
33. Mabuting kaibigan masamang kaaway (1991)
110 min | Action
It is a story of two friends that has closer together but it is ended because of betrayal.
Director: Augusto Salvador | Stars: Fernando Poe Jr., Vic Vargas, Marianne de la Riva, Imelda Ilanan
Votes: 8
34. The Man Who Mends Women: The Wrath of Hippocrates (2015)
Not Rated | 112 min | Documentary, Biography, News
Winner of the Sakharov Prize 2014, Doctor Mukwege is internationally known as the man who mends thousands of women who have been raped during the 20 years of conflicts in the East of the ... See full summary »
Director: Thierry Michel | Stars: Martin Spinhayer, Denis Mukwege Mukengere, Hillary Clinton
Votes: 140
35. Frozen Heart (2010– )
Drama, Thriller
At the end of an adventurous night, Attila - a gang boss- is thrown to his death from a building in Tehran. Shahrokh, a famous archaeologist is arrested for Attila's murder. Upon conviction... See full summary »
Stars: Mehran Modiri, Elnaz Shakerdoost, Amir Aghaee, Reza Attaran
Votes: 681
36. Kai petaei kai... pidaei (1988 Video)
72 min | Comedy
An irresistible pilot who divides his life between two cities--Athens and Thessaloniki--two-timing two totally different women, will have his work cut out for him when his seemingly infallible plan starts falling apart.
Director: Yiannis Hartomatzidis | Stars: Stathis Psaltis, Maria Konsta, Linda Giga, Pavlos Evagelopoulos
Votes: 118
37. Beating Back (1914)
60 min | Adventure, Biography, Western
Oklahoma lawyer Al Jennings, whose father was a famous and respected judge, is enraged at the murder of his brother Ed, shot in the back by two killers. As if that wasn't enough, he finds ... See full summary »
Director: Caryl S. Fleming | Stars: Al J. Jennings, J. Morris Foster, Frank Farrington, Albert Froom
Votes: 23
38. Death on the Staircase: The Aftermath (2005 TV Movie)
40 min | Documentary
Reactions to the verdict of the Michael Peterson murder trial from the District Attorney, the defense team, and the filmmaker who documented the proceedings.
Director: Nick Copus | Stars: Caitlin Atwater, Freda Black, Bettye Blackwell, Lori Campbell
Votes: 127
39. A Meeting of the Minds (2016)
106 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A high-priced corporate lawyer contemplates the high cost of starting over after he becomes entangled in a client's criminal case.
Director: Keith Fraser | Stars: Ryan Caraway, Kelcey Watson, Jessi M'Bengue, John Venable
Votes: 83
40. The Fall of '55 (2006)
Not Rated | 82 min | Documentary, Biography, Crime
In late 1955 and early 1956, the citizens of Boise, Idaho believed there was a menace in their midst. On Halloween, investigators arrested three men on charges of having sex with teenage ... See full summary »
Director: Seth Randal | Stars: Ron Bess, Peter Boag, Jack Butler, Melvin Dir
Votes: 102
41. Those High Grey Walls (1939)
Approved | 80 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Dr. MacAuley, a kindly, beloved country doctor, is sent to Fillmore Prison. His crime was for removing a bullet from a young man who was escaping from the police. This is man whom he had ... See full summary »
Director: Charles Vidor | Stars: Walter Connolly, Onslow Stevens, Paul Fix, Bernard Nedell
Votes: 37
42. Ayesha (2018 TV Movie)
67 min | Drama
Chronicles Ayesha's journey to find her husband Joinal, who had been convicted for military insurgency and sentenced to death.
Director: Mostofa Sarwar Farooki | Stars: Nusrat Imrose Tisha, Chanchal Chowdhury, Rifat Chowdhury, Mafijul Islam
Votes: 94
43. Bloodsworth: An Innocent Man (2015)
TV-14 | 82 min | Documentary, Crime, Thriller
Charged. Convicted. Sentenced to Death. Innocent. Follows the 1st death row inmate exonerated by DNA in the US.
Director: Gregory Bayne | Star: Kirk Noble Bloodsworth
Votes: 89
44. The Shoe-Shine Boy (1962)
92 min | Drama
A small loustrakos manages with perseverance and the help of a lawyer to acquit his mother, unjustly accused of the death of her boss .
Director: Maria Plyta | Stars: Dimitris Papamichael, Miranda Kounelaki, Rita Myrat, Despo Diamantidou
Votes: 216
45. The Cory Quirino Kidnap: NBI Files (2003)
120 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Director: Carlo J. Caparas | Stars: Ara Mina, Alessandra De Rossi, Zoren Legaspi, Ian De Leon
Votes: 14
46. Kuulustelu (2009)
110 min | Drama, War
Finnish Kerttu Nuorteva is spying for the Russians in Helsinki during World War II. She is arrested and interrogated in the hope that she will uncover the Soviet Union espionage tactics.
Director: Jörn Donner | Stars: Minna Haapkylä, Marcus Groth, Hannu-Pekka Björkman, Lauri Nurkse
Votes: 355
47. The Girl Who Forgave the Nazis (2016 TV Movie)
47 min | Documentary
The story of Auschwitz survivor Eva Mozes-Kor, victim of Camp Doctor Josef Mengele's notorious medical experiments on twins, who controversially forgave the Nazis for their crimes.
Director: Steve Humphries | Stars: Gunther Feld, Oskar Gröning, Leslie Kleinman, Eva Mozes Kor
Votes: 11
48. In Pursuit of Justice: How criminal justice reform freed Greg Taylor (2018)
98 min | Documentary, Crime
Greg's story is one of wrong turns, bad luck, and a loving, supportive family who never stopped believing in his innocence. It is also the story of the incredible people who have worked ... See full summary »
Director: Gregg Jamback | Stars: R.L. Adams, Earnest Andrews, Bradley Bannon, Johnny Beck
Votes: 10
49. De Benno Tapes (2015 TV Movie)
54 min | Documentary
Dutch society is disrupted when notorious pedosexual Benno L. is conditionally released after four years in jail. Pedophile hunters are chasing him, mayors and housing associations turn him... See full summary »
Director: Ton van Zantvoort
Votes: 9
50. Stop Me Here (2015)
94 min | Drama
Samson Cazalet is a cab driver who finds himself accused of kidnapping the daughter of a woman he drove back to her home. He's abruptly jailed and left alone, heading toward a trial who seems already lost.
Director: Gilles Bannier | Stars: Reda Kateb, Léa Drucker, Gilles Cohen, Erika Sainte
Votes: 243