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1. Dredd (2012)
R | 95 min | Action, Crime, Sci-Fi
In a violent, futuristic city where the police have the authority to act as judge, jury and executioner, a cop teams with a trainee to take down a gang that deals the reality-altering drug, SLO-MO.
Director: Pete Travis | Stars: Karl Urban, Olivia Thirlby, Lena Headey, Rachel Wood
Votes: 294,248 | Gross: $13.41M
2. The Last Duel (2021)
R | 152 min | Action, Drama, History
The Knight Jean de Carrouges must settle the dispute over his wife Marguerite by challenging his former friend to a duel to the death.
Director: Ridley Scott | Stars: Matt Damon, Adam Driver, Jodie Comer, Harriet Walter
Votes: 181,934 | Gross: $10.85M
3. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007)
PG-13 | 138 min | Action, Adventure, Family
With their warning about Lord Voldemort's return scoffed at, Harry and Dumbledore are targeted by the Wizard authorities as an authoritarian bureaucrat slowly seizes power at Hogwarts.
Director: David Yates | Stars: Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, Rupert Grint, Brendan Gleeson
Votes: 633,046 | Gross: $292.00M
4. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 (2010)
PG-13 | 146 min | Adventure, Family, Fantasy
As Harry, Ron and Hermione race against time and evil to destroy the Horcruxes, they uncover the existence of the three most powerful objects in the wizarding world: the Deathly Hallows.
Director: David Yates | Stars: Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, Rupert Grint, Bill Nighy
Votes: 598,943 | Gross: $295.98M
5. The Untouchables (1987)
R | 119 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
During Prohibition, Treasury agent Eliot Ness sets out to stop ruthless Chicago gangster Al Capone, and assembles a small, incorruptible team to help him.
Director: Brian De Palma | Stars: Kevin Costner, Sean Connery, Robert De Niro, Charles Martin Smith
Votes: 330,719 | Gross: $76.27M
6. Chances Are (1989)
PG | 108 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
A reincarnated man unknowingly falls in love with his own daughter from his previous life. Once he realizes this, he tries to end their relationship before angels erase his memory.
Director: Emile Ardolino | Stars: Cybill Shepherd, Robert Downey Jr., Ryan O'Neal, Mary Stuart Masterson
Votes: 13,840 | Gross: $16.28M
7. Thief (1981)
R | 123 min | Action, Crime, Drama
An ace safe cracker wants to do one last big heist for the mob before going straight.
Director: Michael Mann | Stars: James Caan, Tuesday Weld, Willie Nelson, Jim Belushi
Votes: 38,955 | Gross: $11.49M
8. Peppermint (2018)
R | 101 min | Action, Thriller
Five years after her husband and daughter are killed in a senseless act of violence, a woman comes back from self-imposed exile to seek revenge against those responsible and the system that let them go free.
Director: Pierre Morel | Stars: Jennifer Garner, John Gallagher Jr., John Ortiz, Juan Pablo Raba
Votes: 70,868 | Gross: $35.42M
9. Foxy Brown (1974)
R | 92 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
A voluptuous vigilante takes a job as a high-class prostitute to get revenge on the mobsters who murdered her boyfriend.
Director: Jack Hill | Stars: Pam Grier, Antonio Fargas, Peter Brown, Terry Carter
Votes: 12,022 | Gross: $2.46M
10. Judge Dredd (1995)
R | 96 min | Action, Crime, Sci-Fi
In a dystopian future, Joseph Dredd, the most famous Judge (a police officer with instant field judiciary powers), is convicted for a crime he did not commit and must face his murderous counterpart.
Director: Danny Cannon | Stars: Sylvester Stallone, Armand Assante, Rob Schneider, Jürgen Prochnow
Votes: 124,903 | Gross: $34.69M
11. Hand of God (2014–2017)
TV-MA | 60 min | Crime, Drama
A morally-corrupt judge suffers a breakdown and believes God is compelling him onto a path of vigilante justice.
Stars: Garret Dillahunt, Emayatzy Corinealdi, Julian Acosta, Ron Perlman
Votes: 12,109
12. Presumed Innocent (1990)
R | 127 min | Mystery, Thriller
As a lawyer investigates the murder of a colleague, he finds himself more connected to the crime than anyone else.
Director: Alan J. Pakula | Stars: Harrison Ford, Raul Julia, Greta Scacchi, Brian Dennehy
Votes: 45,777 | Gross: $86.30M
13. Walking Tall (1973)
R | 125 min | Action, Biography, Crime
Based on the life of Tennessee sheriff Buford Pusser, who almost single-handily cleaned up his small town of crime and corruption, but at a personal cost of his family life and nearly his own life.
Director: Phil Karlson | Stars: Joe Don Baker, Elizabeth Hartman, Leif Garrett, Dawn Lyn
Votes: 6,747 | Gross: $4.75M
14. The Last Vermeer (2019)
R | 118 min | Drama, War
An artist is suspected of selling a valuable painting to the Nazis, but there is more to the story than meets the eye.
Director: Dan Friedkin | Stars: Guy Pearce, Claes Bang, Vicky Krieps, Roland Møller
Votes: 5,727
15. Suspect (1987)
R | 121 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
When a homeless man is accused of murdering a Justice Department file clerk, a public defender is tasked with mounting his legal defense.
Director: Peter Yates | Stars: Cher, Dennis Quaid, Liam Neeson, John Mahoney
Votes: 11,674 | Gross: $18.78M
16. The Harvey Girls (1946)
Not Rated | 102 min | Comedy, Drama, History
On a train trip West to become a mail-order bride, Susan Bradley (Judy Garland) meets a cheery crew of young women travelling out to open a "Harvey House" restaurant at a remote whistle-stop.
Director: George Sidney | Stars: Judy Garland, Ray Bolger, John Hodiak, Angela Lansbury
Votes: 4,845
17. Champagne and Bullets (1993)
TV-14 | 90 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Two cops are fired after being setup by their corrupt boss, who gets appointed as judge, but secretly heads a satanic cult. After his wife is killed by the cult, one of the cops is determined to bring the cult down.
Directors: John De Hart, James Paradise | Stars: John De Hart, Wings Hauser, William Smith, Pamela Jean Bryant
Votes: 808
18. The Mechanism (2018–2019)
TV-MA | 41 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Dramatic fiction series loosely inspired by an investigation of corruption in Brazil's private and state oil companies and construction companies.
Stars: Caroline Abras, Selton Mello, Enrique Diaz, Jonathan Haagensen
Votes: 36,688
19. Five Deadly Venoms (1978)
R | 101 min | Action, Drama, Mystery
The sixth and final pupil of a dying martial arts teacher is instructed to find the teacher's five former pupils and defeat any evil ones that are among them.
Director: Cheh Chang | Stars: Sheng Chiang, Chien Sun, Phillip Chung-Fung Kwok, Meng Lo
Votes: 7,973
20. Ooga Booga (2013)
Not Rated | 87 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
Ooga Booga follows an innocent African American medical student who is brutally murdered by a dirty cop, but his soul is magically transferred into an action figure named Ooga Booga. With ... See full summary »
Director: Charles Band | Stars: Karen Black, Gregory Blair, Ciarra Carter, Siri Dahl
Votes: 867
21. The Other Me (2016)
101 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A professor of criminology tries to solve five completely unrelated murders whose only link is quotes from Pythagoras.
Director: Sotiris Tsafoulias | Stars: Pigmalion Dadakaridis, Dimitris Katalifos, Manos Vakousis, Ioanna Kolliopoulou
Votes: 12,648
22. Secuestro (2016)
105 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
When her boy's alleged kidnapper is released for lack of solid evidence, a reputable and well-known attorney takes matters into her own hands with unintended and spectacularly disastrous consequences.
Director: Mar Targarona | Stars: Blanca Portillo, Antonio Dechent, Vicente Romero, Marc Domènech
Votes: 9,706
23. The Adventures of Bullwhip Griffin (1967)
Approved | 108 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
A young man from Boston heads west to join the California gold rush with the hopes of restoring his family fortune, but his dedicated butler sets out to find him and bring him home.
Director: James Neilson | Stars: Roddy McDowall, Suzanne Pleshette, Karl Malden, Harry Guardino
Votes: 1,309
24. Illustrious Corpses (1976)
PG | 120 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller
An investigation of the judges' assassinations reveals a political background.
Director: Francesco Rosi | Stars: Lino Ventura, Tino Carraro, Marcel Bozzuffi, Paolo Bonacelli
Votes: 2,797
25. The Spoilers (1942)
Passed | 87 min | Drama, Western
In Nome, Alaska, miner Roy Glennister and his partner Dextry, financed by saloon entertainer Cherry Malotte, fight to save their gold claim from crooked commissioner Alexander McNamara.
Director: Ray Enright | Stars: Marlene Dietrich, Randolph Scott, John Wayne, Margaret Lindsay
Votes: 3,252
26. The Life of Emile Zola (1937)
Passed | 116 min | Biography, Drama
The biopic of the famous French muckraking writer and his involvement in fighting the injustice of the Dreyfus Affair.
Director: William Dieterle | Stars: Paul Muni, Gale Sondergaard, Joseph Schildkraut, Gloria Holden
Votes: 9,013
27. Nightmare in Badham County (1976 TV Movie)
R | 102 min | Drama, Thriller
During a road trip, two UCLA coeds end up in a Southern prison farm on trumped-up charges brought on by a small town sex-crazed corrupt sheriff.
Director: John Llewellyn Moxey | Stars: Deborah Raffin, Lynne Moody, Chuck Connors, Fionnula Flanagan
Votes: 687
28. Lady of Csejte (2015)
Not Rated | 106 min | Horror
Based on a story of Countess Bathory, a serial killer in 16th century Transylvania who supposedly killed hundreds of children.
Director: Andrei Konst | Stars: Svetlana Khodchenkova, Isabelle Allen, Pavel Derevyanko, Ada Condeescu
Votes: 751
29. Rage at Dawn (1955)
Approved | 87 min | Western
A special agent from Chicago is sent out west to bring in the notorious Reno brothers.
Director: Tim Whelan | Stars: Randolph Scott, Forrest Tucker, Mala Powers, J. Carrol Naish
Votes: 1,418
30. Die Screaming Marianne (1971)
Not Rated | 101 min | Crime, Drama, Horror
After their parents divorce, one daughter lives with her mother in England while the other lives with her father in Portugal. After the untimely death of her mother, the one daughter stands... See full summary »
Director: Pete Walker | Stars: Susan George, Barry Evans, Christopher Sandford, Judy Huxtable
Votes: 872
31. Untamed Youth (1957)
Not Rated | 80 min | Crime, Drama, Music
Follows the vagrant sisters working for crooked characters at a rock 'n' roll prison-farm.
Director: Howard W. Koch | Stars: Mamie Van Doren, Lori Nelson, John Russell, Don Burnett
Votes: 1,360
32. The Racket (1928)
Passed | 84 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
An honest police captain vows to bring down a powerful bootlegger who is protected by corrupt politicians and judges.
Director: Lewis Milestone | Stars: Thomas Meighan, Louis Wolheim, Marie Prevost, G. Pat Collins
Votes: 1,585
33. 29 Palms (2002)
R | 93 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
This is the story of a bag of money and the people who come into contact with it.
Director: Leonardo Ricagni | Stars: Jeremy Davies, Chris O'Donnell, Rachael Leigh Cook, Michael Rapaport
Votes: 1,913
34. 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: 3,365
35. Swift Justice (1987)
95 min | Action, Adventure
A woman is gang raped by backwoods locals and a crazed, Vietnam veteran comes to her rescue.
Director: Harry Hope | Stars: John Greene, Cindy Rome, Chuck Mitchell, Wilson Dunster
Votes: 80
36. Kings of Coke (2022)
83 min | Documentary, Crime, History
A ragtag gang of Irish bank robbers from Montreal rose to become one of North America's most feared criminal organizations.
Director: Julian Sher | Stars: Dan Burke, David McGee, Kathy Dobson, D'Arcy O'Connor
Votes: 162
37. Fighting Mad (1976)
R | 90 min | Action, Drama
An Arkansas farmer stages a one-man war against corrupt land developers who want to evict him and his neighbors from their farms for real estate developments.
Director: Jonathan Demme | Stars: Peter Fonda, Gino Franco, Harry Northup, Philip Carey
Votes: 666
38. Kids for Cash (2013)
PG-13 | 102 min | Documentary, Crime, Drama
Kids For Cash is a riveting look behind the notorious judicial scandal that rocked the nation. Beyond the millions paid and high stakes corruption, Kids For Cash exposes a shocking American... See full summary »
Director: Robert May | Stars: Charlie Balasavage, Joanne Balasavage, Justin Bodnar, Lisa Griffiths
Votes: 1,997 | Gross: $0.09M
39. El Paso (1949)
Approved | 103 min | Western
In El Paso, lawyer and ex-Confederate captain Clay Fletcher forms a vigilante group to bring law and order to a town where the judge is a drunk, the sheriff is corrupt and the town is run by a crooked landowner.
Director: Lewis R. Foster | Stars: John Payne, Gail Russell, Sterling Hayden, George 'Gabby' Hayes
Votes: 453
40. The Eagle (1925)
Unrated | 73 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
A wanted Russian lieutenant becomes a masked vigilante seeking vengeance upon the man who stole his family's land, only to fall for his charming daughter.
Director: Clarence Brown | Stars: Rudolph Valentino, Vilma Bánky, Louise Dresser, Albert Conti
Votes: 2,271 | Gross: $0.32M
41. Aan: Men at Work (2004)
Not Rated | 149 min | Action, Crime, Drama
DCP Patnaik and his team's fights against corrupted politicians and mafia rule Mumbai city. However their faith in law and order is tested with serious outcomes.
Director: Madhur Bhandarkar | Stars: Akshay Kumar, Shatrughan Sinha, Suniel Shetty, Paresh Rawal
Votes: 3,325
42. Bullwhip (1958)
Approved | 80 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
In order to avoid the hangman's noose, a cowboy agrees to marry a beautiful but fiery redhead.
Director: Harmon Jones | Stars: Guy Madison, Rhonda Fleming, James Griffith, Don Beddoe
Votes: 498
43. The Guardians (I) (2018)
104 min | Documentary
An investigative documentary that examines the systemic abuse of elderly people in Las Vegas, Nevada exposing a cautionary tale where some of our society's most vulnerable citizens are robbed of their life savings and freedom.
Director: Billie Mintz | Star: Dee Drenta
Votes: 120
44. The Sellout (1952)
Approved | 83 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
During the 1950s, a small-town newspaper editor and a state assistant attorney-general fight corrupt local officials from one rotten county.
Director: Gerald Mayer | Stars: Walter Pidgeon, John Hodiak, Audrey Totter, Paula Raymond
Votes: 675
45. Black Killer (1971)
85 min | Crime, Drama, Western
In Tombstone, a new sheriff vows to clean up the town of outlaws like the O'Hara brothers and is assisted by a strange lawyer who always carries two large law books with him.
Director: Carlo Croccolo | Stars: Klaus Kinski, Fred Robsahm, Antonio Cantafora, Marina Rabissi
Votes: 473
46. Born Reckless (1930)
Passed | 82 min | Crime, Drama, War
Hoping to use the publicity to get re-elected, a judge sentences a notorious gangster to fight in the war.
Director: John Ford | Stars: Edmund Lowe, Catherine Dale Owen, William Harrigan, Marguerite Churchill
Votes: 562
47. Krantiveer (1994)
Not Rated | 147 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Disowned by his parents at a young age, a man ends up in a small village controlled by underworld dons and powerful politicians. Lazy, alcoholic, and unemployed, he gets influenced by a journalist with a positive mission.
Director: Mehul Kumar | Stars: Nana Patekar, Dimple Kapadia, Atul Agnihotri, Mamta Kulkarni
Votes: 2,368
48. Kapag puno na ang salop (1987)
Action
Sgt. ISAGANI GUERRERO, A COURAGEOUS POLICEMAN, ASSIDUOUSLY GATHERS EVIDENCES TO UNMASK A CORRUPT JUDGE.
Director: Arturo San Agustin | Stars: Fernando Poe Jr., Eddie Garcia, Paquito Diaz, Jose Romulo
Votes: 9
49. Dawn on the Great Divide (1942)
Approved | 63 min | Western
Buck Roberts is leading a wagon train of railroad supplies and Jim Corkle and his henchman Loder are out to stop them by using white men dressed as Indians for the attacks.
Director: Howard Bretherton | Stars: Buck Jones, Mona Barrie, Raymond Hatton, Robert Lowery
Votes: 187
50. Riders of the Purple Sage (1925)
Passed | 56 min | Action, Drama, Western
A Texas Ranger searches for his kidnapped sister.
Director: Lynn Reynolds | Stars: Tom Mix, Beatrice Burnham, Arthur Morrison, Seessel Anne Johnson
Votes: 242