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1. The Pink Panther (1963)
Approved | 115 min | Comedy, Crime, Romance
The bumbling Inspector Clouseau travels to Rome to catch a notorious jewel thief known as "The Phantom" before he conducts his most daring heist yet: a princess' priceless diamond with one slight imperfection, known as "The Pink Panther".
Director: Blake Edwards | Stars: David Niven, Peter Sellers, Robert Wagner, Capucine
Votes: 56,692 | Gross: $10.88M
2. The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas (2000)
PG | 90 min | Comedy, Family, Romance
In this live-action prequel to The Flintstones (1994), the Flintstones and the Rubbles go on a trip to Rock Vegas, where Wilma Slaghoople is pursued by playboy Chip Rockefeller.
Director: Brian Levant | Stars: Mark Addy, Stephen Baldwin, Kristen Johnston, Jane Krakowski
Votes: 25,456 | Gross: $35.27M
3. Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas (2003)
PG | 86 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
The sailor of legend is framed by the goddess Eris for the theft of the Book of Peace and must travel to her realm at the end of the world to retrieve it and save the life of his childhood friend Prince Proteus.
Directors: Patrick Gilmore, Tim Johnson | Stars: Brad Pitt, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Joseph Fiennes, Michelle Pfeiffer
Votes: 59,488 | Gross: $26.48M
4. The Kid Detective (2020)
R | 100 min | Comedy, Drama, Mystery
A once-celebrated kid detective, now 32, continues to solve the same trivial mysteries between hangovers and bouts of self-pity; until a naive client brings him his first 'adult' case to find out who brutally murdered her boyfriend.
Director: Evan Morgan | Stars: Kaitlyn Chalmers-Rizzato, Adam Brody, Kaleb Horn, Wendy Crewson
Votes: 22,534
5. Home Sweet Home Alone (2021)
PG | 93 min | Comedy, Crime, Family
A married couple tries to steal back a valuable heirloom from a troublesome kid.
Director: Dan Mazer | Stars: Ellie Kemper, Rob Delaney, Archie Yates, Aisling Bea
Votes: 20,376
6. The Silent Partner (1978)
R | 106 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
A timid bank teller anticipates a bank robbery and steals the money himself before the crook arrives. When the sadistic crook realizes he's been fooled, he tracks down the teller and engages him in a cat-and-mouse chase for the cash.
Directors: Daryl Duke, Curtis Hanson | Stars: Elliott Gould, Christopher Plummer, Susannah York, Céline Lomez
Votes: 7,751
7. The Inheritance (1997 TV Movie)
95 min | Drama, Romance
A 19th-century woman, companion to a blue-blooded New England girl, falls for an aristocrat.
Director: Bobby Roth | Stars: Cari Shayne, Brigitta Dau, Paul Anthony Stewart, Brigid Brannagh
Votes: 1,645
8. I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang (1932)
Passed | 92 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
Wrongly convicted James Allen serves in the intolerable conditions of a Southern chain gang, which later comes back to haunt him.
Director: Mervyn LeRoy | Stars: Paul Muni, Glenda Farrell, Helen Vinson, Noel Francis
Votes: 14,441 | Gross: $1.42M
9. The Merchant of Four Seasons (1972)
Not Rated | 88 min | Drama
Hans Epp is a self-destructive man who lives a dissatisfied life. He tries to find meaning as a fruit vendor, but a heart attack impedes his ability to work, which turns his dissatisfaction into despair.
Director: Rainer Werner Fassbinder | Stars: Hans Hirschmüller, Irm Hermann, Hanna Schygulla, Klaus Löwitsch
Votes: 5,262
10. The Undercover Man (1949)
Approved | 85 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
Treasury Department agent Frank Warren takes on the case of a mob leader who has evaded paying taxes on his ill-gotten gains.
Director: Joseph H. Lewis | Stars: Glenn Ford, Nina Foch, James Whitmore, Barry Kelley
Votes: 1,404
11. The Big Steal (1949)
Approved | 71 min | Crime, Film-Noir, Romance
An army lieutenant accused of robbery pursues the real thief on a frantic chase through Mexico aided by the thief's fiancee.
Director: Don Siegel | Stars: Robert Mitchum, Jane Greer, William Bendix, Patric Knowles
Votes: 5,389
12. The Housemaid (2016)
Not Rated | 105 min | Horror, Romance
When an orphaned Vietnamese girl is hired to be a housemaid at a haunted rubber plantation in 1953 French Indochina, she unexpectedly falls in love with the French landowner and awakens the... See full summary »
Director: Derek Nguyen | Stars: Nhung Kate, Jean-Michel Richaud, Kim Xuan, Svitlana Kovalenko
Votes: 898
13. The Racket (1951)
Approved | 88 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
In New York, two honest cops try to hinder a crime syndicate from moving into the precinct and also to prevent the mob's plan of electing a corrupt prosecutor to a judgeship.
Directors: John Cromwell, Mel Ferrer, Tay Garnett, Edmund Grainger, Nicholas Ray, Sherman Todd | Stars: Robert Mitchum, Lizabeth Scott, Robert Ryan, William Talman
Votes: 3,366
14. Blonde Crazy (1931)
TV-G | 79 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
The adventures of an egoistic con man and his glamorous accomplice.
Director: Roy Del Ruth | Stars: James Cagney, Joan Blondell, Louis Calhern, Noel Francis
Votes: 2,324
15. Love Is News (1937)
Approved | 77 min | Comedy, Romance
A financier's daughter spars with a newspaper reporter: he by writing about her, she by announcing their engagement.
Director: Tay Garnett | Stars: Tyrone Power, Loretta Young, Don Ameche, Slim Summerville
Votes: 937
16. The Greeks Had a Word for Them (1932)
Passed | 79 min | Comedy
Ex-showgirls and roommates Polaire Gwynn (Madge Evans) and Schatze Citroux (Joan Blondell) are reunited with their sometime friend and former co-worker, Jean Lawrence (Ina Claire), when she... See full summary »
Director: Lowell Sherman | Stars: Joan Blondell, Madge Evans, Ina Claire, David Manners
Votes: 537
17. Riffraff (1935)
Passed | 94 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
Fisherman Dutch marries cannery worker Hattie and quits his poorly paid job to concentrate on getting better working conditions as union leader. Unfortunately, the union members disagree ... See full summary »
Director: J. Walter Ruben | Stars: Jean Harlow, Spencer Tracy, Una Merkel, Joseph Calleia
Votes: 1,109
18. Christmas in the City (2013 TV Movie)
TV-PG | 87 min | Comedy, Drama, Family
With the threat of having to close her father's candy store, Wendy and her 5-year-old daughter travel to the big city in the hope of making enough money to save it.
Director: Marita Grabiak | Stars: Ashley Williams, Ashanti, Jon Prescott, Shanola Hampton
Votes: 1,666
19. 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: 1,033
20. The Girl from Missouri (1934)
Approved | 75 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Chorus girl Eadie is determined to marry a millionaire without sacrificing her virtue.
Directors: Jack Conway, Sam Wood | Stars: Jean Harlow, Franchot Tone, Lionel Barrymore, Lewis Stone
Votes: 1,367
21. Under the Roofs of Paris (1930)
Not Rated | 96 min | Comedy, Drama, Musical
Albert is smitten for Pola but ends up wrongly committed in jail, in the meantime her affections are sought after by his friend, and on his release both love and friendship must be tested.
Director: René Clair | Stars: Albert Préjean, Pola Illéry, Edmond T. Gréville, Bill Bocket
Votes: 2,491
22. The Red Fury (1984)
PG | 105 min | Drama, Family
Lost and alone, a young Indian boy travels through the wilds of the Old West. He finds shelter with a widowed horse trainer, who names him Frankie and teaches the outcast the tricks of the trade.
Director: Lyman Dayton | Stars: Will Jordan, Katherine Cannon, Cal Bartlett, Alan Hale Jr.
Votes: 181
23. The Hunted (1948)
Passed | 88 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
Despite her pleas of innocence, an honest cop arrests his own girlfriend for her alleged part in a jewel robbery and he keeps hounding her after her release from prison, even though he still loves her.
Director: Jack Bernhard | Stars: Preston Foster, Belita, Pierre Watkin, Larry J. Blake
Votes: 669
24. Tom's Photo Finish (1957)
Approved | 6 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Tom has a chunk of the leftover chicken just before his owner George goes to look at the fridge. He threatens to take care of whichever animal did it. Tom frames Spike the dog, but Jerry ... See full summary »
Directors: Joseph Barbera, William Hanna | Stars: Julie Bennett, Daws Butler, June Foray, William Hanna
Votes: 642
25. Intaquam (1969)
Not Rated | 144 min | Drama, Thriller
Humiliated and falsely imprisoned, Reeta Mehra (Sadhana) swears to take revenge against Sohanlal (Rehman). Upon her release she finds out that her ailing mother (Leela Chitnis) has passed ... See full summary »
Director: R.K. Nayyar | Stars: Ashok Kumar, Sadhana Shivdasani, Sanjay Khan, Rehman Khan
Votes: 65
26. Old Rockin' Chair Tom (1948)
Passed | 8 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Mammy Two-Shoes replaces Tom with a younger cat who is a lightning-quick mouser. Tom and Jerry form an alliance in order to get rid of this dangerous newcomer.
Directors: Joseph Barbera, William Hanna | Stars: William Hanna, Lillian Randolph
Votes: 1,253
27. This Man Is News (1938)
63 min | Comedy, Crime, Mystery
John Brown, one of the thieves in a sensational jewel robbery and subsequent trial, is set free when he turns King's Evidence on the other members. He refuses to give reporter Simon Drake ... See full summary »
Director: David MacDonald | Stars: Barry K. Barnes, Valerie Hobson, Alastair Sim, Edward Lexy
Votes: 130
28. Yes, My Darling Daughter (1939)
Approved | 86 min | Comedy, Mystery, Romance
Having recently met at a literary tea, emancipated Ann Murray has invited Titus Jaywood, referred to as Jay in familiar circumstances, to spend the weekend with her and her family in New ... See full summary »
Director: William Keighley | Stars: Priscilla Lane, Jeffrey Lynn, Roland Young, Fay Bainter
Votes: 274
29. Fast Company (1938)
Approved | 75 min | Romance, Comedy, Mystery
A husband and wife team who are in rare books and are skillful at recovering stolen volumes for insurance companies become involved in the murder of a fence.
Director: Edward Buzzell | Stars: Melvyn Douglas, Florence Rice, Claire Dodd, Shepperd Strudwick
Votes: 655
30. Nancy Drew: Alibi in Ashes (2011 Video Game)
E | Adventure, Mystery
Teen detective Nancy Drew is arrested after being framed for arson, so Nancy's friends search for evidence to help clear her name.
Director: Tim Burke | Stars: Lani Minella, Laura Hanson, Gene Thorkildsen, Meaghan Halverson
Votes: 60
31. Are Crooks Dishonest? (1918)
Not Rated | 13 min | Comedy, Short
Con artists Harold and Snub attempt to outwit phony psychic Miss Goulash and her "professor" father.
Director: Gilbert Pratt | Stars: Harold Lloyd, Bebe Daniels, 'Snub' Pollard, William Blaisdell
Votes: 372
32. Wild Born (1927)
Passed | 50 min | Western
A young sheriff (Maynard) is framed for robbery and serves a year in jail. Swearing vengeance upon his release a year later, he learns that his lady love's father, a judge, has been ... See full summary »
Director: Edward Gordon | Stars: Kermit Maynard, Ruby Blaine, Charles O'Malley, Jack Anthony
33. O aktypitos... ktypithike (1970)
83 min | Comedy, Drama
After a nearly fatal accident, the daughter of a wealthy industrialist has a blood transfusion and falls in love with the donor. But the theft of a bracelet sends the Good Samaritan to jail. Can his friend help him clear his name?
Director: Kostas Andritsos | Stars: Giorgos Pantzas, Aimilia Ypsilanti, Giorgos Papazisis, Marika Krevata
Votes: 22
34.
Switch (1975–1978)
Episode:
Las Vegas Roundabout
(1975)
90 min | Action, Crime, Drama
An ex-con and a retired cop, partners in a private investigation agency, try to prove that a safecracker has been framed for a diamond robbery.
Directors: Robert Day, Allen Baron | Stars: Eddie Albert, Robert Wagner, Charles Durning, Sharon Gless
Votes: 86
35.
Annie Oakley (1954–1957)
Episode:
Santa Claus Wears a Gun
(1956)
Not Rated | 26 min | Western
A elderly sharpshooter, Snowy Kringle, arrives in town for show where he will demonstrate his skill with a flintlock rifle and cap-and-ball pistol. The man who is charged with delivering ... See full summary »
Director: Ray Nazarro | Stars: Gail Davis, Jimmy Hawkins, Brad Johnson, Stanley Andrews
Votes: 26
36.
Cannon (1971–1976)
Episode:
A Long Way Down
(1972)
TV-PG | 60 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A doctor at an inner-city hospital is suspected in a drug theft, and Cannon is hired by the hospital administrator to get to the truth.
Director: George McCowan | Stars: William Conrad, Rosemary Murphy, Dana Elcar, Ned Romero
Votes: 115
37.
Cowboy G-Men (1952– )
Episode:
Sawdust Swindle
(1953)
Western
Stoney and the son of the local Indian chief are attacked while escorting a gold shipment meant for the tribe. The nuggets are stolen, the Indian killed and Stoney is arrested for the ... See full summary »
Director: Reg Browne | Stars: Russell Hayden, Jackie Coogan, Pamela Duncan, Robert Bray
38.
King of Diamonds (1961–1962)
Episode:
The Greed Merchant
(1961)
30 min | Adventure, Crime, Drama
Suspecting his wife is having an affair with one of his employees, a diamond dealer asks the young man to deliver a valuable gem and then tells the police that the diamond has been stolen.
Director: John Rich | Stars: Broderick Crawford, Bert Freed, Edward Kramer, June Vincent
39.
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp (1955–1961)
Episode:
The Hanging Judge
(1956)
TV-PG | 30 min | Western
Earp is not happy with Judge Tobin's habit of being liberal with sentencing men to hang. When a dealer he suspects is innocent is given the sentence, Earp concocts a plot to give the Judge a dose of his own medicine hoping to change him.
Director: Frank McDonald | Stars: Hugh O'Brian, Mason Alan Dinehart, Damian O'Flynn, Lewis Charles
Votes: 51
40.
Maverick (1957–1962)
Episode:
Stampede
(1957)
TV-G | 60 min | Western
Bret, and new character Dandy Jim Buckley, join a gold rush to even a score with Cadiz, a crooked gambler who robbed them. Cadiz's brawler Battling Kreuger is taking on all comers, and en ... See full summary »
Director: Abner Biberman | Stars: James Garner, Efrem Zimbalist Jr., Pamela Duncan, Joan Shawlee
Votes: 140
41.
Robin Hood (1984–1986)
Episode:
The Time of the Wolf: Part 1
(1986)
TV-PG | 50 min | Action, Drama, Fantasy
The Sheriff is ordered by King John to collect grain from the villages of Nottinghamshire, to supply the troops for an upcoming campaign in Wales. Knowing that the people won't survive the ... See full summary »
Director: Sid Roberson | Stars: James Coombes, Richard O'Brien, Mark Ryan, Ray Winstone
Votes: 104
42.
Sabrina the Teenage Witch (1996–2003)
Episode:
Free Sabrina
(2002)
TV-G | 30 min | Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Sabrina's plan to catch a light fingered diva in the act lands Sabrina in jail.
Director: Brian K. Roberts | Stars: Melissa Joan Hart, Elisa Donovan, Nick Bakay, Soleil Moon Frye
Votes: 173
43.
The Simpsons (1989– )
Episode:
Bart's Girlfriend
(1994)
TV-14 | 30 min | Animation, Comedy
Bart falls for Reverend Lovejoy's daughter and is surprised when she becomes a bad influence on him.
Director: Susie Dietter | Stars: Dan Castellaneta, Julie Kavner, Nancy Cartwright, Yeardley Smith
Votes: 3,252
44.
Spider-Man (1967–1970)
Episode:
The Menace of Mysterio
(1967)
TV-Y7 | 30 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
After framing Spider-Man, Mysterio offers to kill the superhero for J. Jonah Jameson for a fee.
Directors: Clyde Geronimi, Sid Marcus, Grant Simmons, Ray Patterson | Stars: Bernard Cowan, Paul Kligman, Paul Soles, Peg Dixon
Votes: 132
45.
The Jeffersons (1975–1985)
Episode:
As Florence Turns
(1981)
TV-PG | 25 min | Comedy
The cast spoofs the "Who Shot J.R." episode of Dallas when Florence writes a soap opera spoof centering on a ruthless dry cleaning tycoon who mistreats everyone in his orbit resulting in someone doing him an injury.
Director: Bob Lally | Stars: Isabel Sanford, Sherman Hemsley, Roxie Roker, Franklin Cover
Votes: 88
46.
Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends (1981–1986)
Episode:
Attack of the Arachnoid
(1983)
TV-Y | 25 min | Animation, Action, Comedy
A woman named Monica videotaped a successful fight between the Spider-Friends and The Scorpion, and a chemical scientist named Zoltan Amadeus is collecting data on Spider-Man and plans to ... See full summary »
Director: Don Jurwich | Stars: Hans Conried, Sally Julian, Jerry Dexter, Anne Lockhart
Votes: 103
47.
Adventures of the Gummi Bears (1985–1991)
Episode:
The Crimson Avenger
(1986)
TV-Y | 23 min | Animation, Adventure, Family
Cubbi becomes a masked superhero patrolling Dunwyn, only to find it is more complicated and dangerous than he expected.
Director: Art Vitello | Stars: Corey Burton, Roger C. Carmel, June Foray, Brett Johnson
Votes: 79
48.
Highway Patrol (1955–1959)
Episode:
Temptation
(1957)
TV-PG | 30 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A construction foreman steals $12,000 from his employer's open safe, then attempts to frame a subcontractor for the crime.
Director: Henry S. Kesler | Stars: Broderick Crawford, Charles Maxwell, Brett Halsey, John Parrish
Votes: 75
49.
The Spectacular Spider-Man (2008–2009)
Episode:
Persona
(2008)
TV-Y7 | 24 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
Dr. Curt Connors is examining organic matter from outer space. Peter is no longer welcome in the lab, but when Spiderman takes a peek he catches almost equally agile burglar Black Cat in ... See full summary »
Directors: Dan Fausett, Victor Cook | Stars: Josh Keaton, Dee Bradley Baker, Xander Berkeley, Steve Blum
Votes: 1,999
50.
The Spectacular Spider-Man (2008–2009)
Episode:
Growing Pains
(2009)
TV-Y7 | 21 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
Editor J. Jonah Jameson's son John, the astronaut, has been infected by space spores. They give him super-powers, so Jonah fit him a hero costume as Colonel Jupiter, who turns on Spiderman ... See full summary »
Directors: Michael Goguen, Victor Cook | Stars: Josh Keaton, Dee Bradley Baker, Jeff Bennett, Steve Blum
Votes: 1,917