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1. Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One (2023)

PG-13 | 163 min | Action, Adventure, Thriller

Ethan Hunt and his IMF team must track down a dangerous weapon before it falls into the wrong hands.

Director: Christopher McQuarrie | Stars: Tom Cruise, Hayley Atwell, Ving Rhames, Simon Pegg

Votes: 247,278 | Gross: $172.14M

2. The English Patient (1996)

R | 162 min | Drama, Romance, War

At the close of World War II, a young nurse tends to a badly burned plane crash victim. His past is shown in flashbacks, revealing an involvement in a fateful love affair.

Director: Anthony Minghella | Stars: Ralph Fiennes, Juliette Binoche, Willem Dafoe, Kristin Scott Thomas

Votes: 201,065 | Gross: $78.65M

3. Mission: Impossible - Fallout (2018)

PG-13 | 147 min | Action, Adventure, Thriller

Ethan Hunt and his IMF team, along with some familiar allies, race against time after a mission gone wrong.

Director: Christopher McQuarrie | Stars: Tom Cruise, Henry Cavill, Ving Rhames, Simon Pegg

Votes: 378,263 | Gross: $220.16M

4. The Hurt Locker (2008)

R | 131 min | Drama, Thriller, War

During the Iraq War, a Sergeant recently assigned to an army bomb squad is put at odds with his squad mates due to his maverick way of handling his work.

Director: Kathryn Bigelow | Stars: Jeremy Renner, Anthony Mackie, Brian Geraghty, Guy Pearce

Votes: 473,923 | Gross: $17.02M

5. Executive Decision (1996)

R | 133 min | Action, Adventure, Thriller

When terrorists seize control of an airliner, an intelligence analyst accompanies a commando unit for a midair boarding operation.

Director: Stuart Baird | Stars: Kurt Russell, Halle Berry, Steven Seagal, John Leguizamo

Votes: 61,594 | Gross: $56.57M

6. S.W.A.T.: Firefight (2011 Video)

R | 89 min | Action, Crime, Thriller

Detroit PD borrows an LA SWAT leader as instructor for 2 weeks training of their SWAT team. After a real SWAT action, a madman with special skills, obsessed with revenge, is released on bail.

Director: Benny Boom | Stars: Gabriel Macht, Robert Patrick, Carly Pope, Giancarlo Esposito

Votes: 12,406

7. The Specialist (1994)

R | 110 min | Action, Drama, Thriller

A woman entices a bomb expert she's involved with into destroying the mafia that killed her family.

Director: Luis Llosa | Stars: Sylvester Stallone, Sharon Stone, James Woods, Rod Steiger

Votes: 69,796 | Gross: $57.36M

8. Nanny McPhee Returns (2010)

PG | 109 min | Comedy, Family, Fantasy

Nanny McPhee arrives to help a harried young mother who is trying to run the family farm while her husband is away at war, though she uses her magic to teach the woman's children and their two spoiled cousins five new lessons.

Director: Susanna White | Stars: Emma Thompson, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Ralph Fiennes, Oscar Steer

Votes: 37,035 | Gross: $29.20M

9. No Man's Land (I) (2001)

R | 98 min | Comedy, Drama, War

Bosnia and Herzegovina during 1993 at the time of the heaviest fighting between the two warring sides. Two soldiers from opposing sides in the conflict, Nino and Ciki, become trapped in no man's land, whilst a third soldier becomes a living booby trap.

Director: Danis Tanovic | Stars: Branko Djuric, Rene Bitorajac, Filip Sovagovic, Georges Siatidis

Votes: 48,836 | Gross: $1.06M

10. Blankman (1994)

PG-13 | 92 min | Action, Comedy, Crime

A simpleton inventor becomes a superhero with a bulletproof costume and a low budget.

Director: Mike Binder | Stars: Damon Wayans, David Alan Grier, Robin Givens, Christopher Lawford

Votes: 10,494 | Gross: $7.89M

11. Vigilante Diaries (2016)

R | 107 min | Action, Crime, Thriller

After killing a lot of bad guys including Armenians, Vigilante is wanted by the Armenian mafia boss, who gets help - but so does Vigilante.

Director: Christian Sesma | Stars: Paul Sloan, Quinton 'Rampage' Jackson, Jason Mewes, Kevin L. Walker

Votes: 4,689

12. Jab Tak Hai Jaan (2012)

Not Rated | 176 min | Drama, Romance

An uncompromising film on true love from the legendary and unforgettable director Yash Chopra which is fascinatingly distinctive and contemporary.

Director: Yash Chopra | Stars: Shah Rukh Khan, Katrina Kaif, Anushka Sharma, Anupam Kher

Votes: 59,146 | Gross: $3.05M

13. Destination Tokyo (1943)

Passed | 135 min | Adventure, War

In order to provide information for the first air raid over Tokyo, a U.S. submarine sneaks into Tokyo Bay and places a spy team ashore.

Director: Delmer Daves | Stars: Cary Grant, John Garfield, Alan Hale, John Ridgely

Votes: 5,751

14. Target (1985)

R | 117 min | Action, Adventure, Crime

When American Donna Lloyd is kidnapped during a trip to Europe, her son Chris and her husband Walter start searching for her.

Director: Arthur Penn | Stars: Gene Hackman, Matt Dillon, Brad Williams, Gayle Hunnicutt

Votes: 4,916

15. An American Carol (2008)

PG-13 | 83 min | Comedy, Fantasy

An anti-American filmmaker who's out to abolish the July Fourth holiday is visited by three ghosts who try to change his perception of the country.

Director: David Zucker | Stars: Kevin P. Farley, Kelsey Grammer, Leslie Nielsen, Trace Adkins

Votes: 10,108 | Gross: $7.00M

16. Play Dirty (1969)

R | 118 min | Adventure, Drama, War

During World War II a group of British commandos in North Africa disguised as Italian soldiers must travel behind enemy lines and destroy a vital German oil depot.

Director: André De Toth | Stars: Michael Caine, Nigel Davenport, Nigel Green, Harry Andrews

Votes: 3,778

17. Another Time, Another Place (1958)

Approved | 91 min | Drama, Romance, War

An American war correspondent falls in love with a BBC reporter, but their relationship seems doomed from the start.

Director: Lewis Allen | Stars: Lana Turner, Barry Sullivan, Glynis Johns, Sean Connery

Votes: 889

18. Nowhere to Land (2000 TV Movie)

90 min | Thriller

A pilot must safely land a 747 on which deadly nerve gas has been planted.

Director: Armand Mastroianni | Stars: Jack Wagner, Christine Elise, James Sikking, Mark Lee

Votes: 942

19. Mata Hari (1985)

R | 108 min | Drama, Thriller, War

Mata Hari is a beautiful dancer of Dutch origin working in Paris. It is August 1914 and war between France and Germany seems imminent. However, she accepts an invitation to travel to Berlin as part of a show.

Director: Curtis Harrington | Stars: Sylvia Kristel, Christopher Cazenove, Oliver Tobias, Gaye Brown

Votes: 1,098

20. You Are a Widow, Sir! (1971)

97 min | Comedy, Sci-Fi

After a soldier cuts off the arm of king's cousin, king decides to deactivate the army. Of course, generals don't like it at all and they try to kill the king. The assassin should be ... See full summary »

Director: Václav Vorlícek | Stars: Iva Janzurová, Olga Schoberová, Eduard Cupák, Jirí Sovák

Votes: 857

21. Dhaka Attack (2017)

147 min | Action, Thriller

An anonymous criminal gang plot a series attack in Dhaka City and three young police officers work on this.

Director: Dipankar Dipon | Stars: Arifin Shuvoo, Tasif, Mahiya Mahi, Arafat Hassan Sohan

Votes: 5,745

22. Ten Seconds to Hell (1959)

Approved | 93 min | Action, Drama, Romance

After 1945, six German ex-soldiers are hired to defuse unexploded Allied bombs in the ruins of Berlin.

Director: Robert Aldrich | Stars: Jack Palance, Jeff Chandler, Martine Carol, Robert Cornthwaite

Votes: 1,190

23. Jaan Se Pyaara (1992)

180 min | Action, Crime, Drama

A man tries to lead a double life as a Cop and at the same time look after his retarded twin brother and devoted mother. But then his dangerous police work comes in the way of his family life causing tragedy.

Director: Anand | Stars: Govinda, Divya Bharti, Aruna Irani, Raza Murad

Votes: 148

24. Fear Effect 2: Retro Helix (2001 Video Game)

M | Action, Adventure, Crime

In this prequel to PS1 cyberpunk survival horror action adventure game Fear Effect (2000), Hana and her female partner and lover, Rain, who was absent during the original game, are tasked to rob a high security bio lab.

Director: Stan Liu | Stars: Wendee Lee, Anthony Gayle Marcotte, Lex Lang, Dorothy Elias-Fahn

Votes: 154

25. Fastest with the Mostest (1960)

Approved | 7 min | Family, Animation, Short

Wile E. Coyote tries to drop a rocket bomb on the Road Runner from a balloon but inflates himself instead, ascends skyward, then falls along with the bomb. He tries painstakingly to ... See full summary »

Director: Chuck Jones | Stars: Mel Blanc, Paul Julian

Votes: 405

26. Fear Effect (2000 Video Game)

M | Action, Adventure, Crime

In this cyberpunk survival horror game, a team of three mercenaries led by former prostitute Hana must locate the missing daughter of a Hong Kong triad boss, a girl supposedly destined to bring about the end of the world.

Director: John Zuur Platten | Stars: Elyse Dinh, Braeden Marcott, Anthony De Longis, Rob Monroe

Votes: 244

27. Aagey Se Right (2009)

Not Rated | 117 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

Spurred on by his pushy mother, Kanta, slacker Dinkar Waghmare, infatuated with TV Reporter, Soniya Bhatt, is compelled to join the Mumbai Police Force as a Sub-Inspector and follow in his ... See full summary »

Directors: Indrajit Nattoji, Inderjeet Singh | Stars: Shreyas Talpade, Mahie Gill, Karanveer Mehra, Kay Kay Menon

Votes: 429

28. Cyberia (1994 Video Game)

T | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

In a dystopian 2027, two superpowers control the world, the First World Alliance in the west and the Cartel in the east. The FWA leader sends a hacker to sabotage a secret Siberian facility that's working on a superweapon called Cyberia.

Director: Drew Markham | Stars: Kathleen Beller, Greg Berg, Jocelyn Blue, Philip L. Clarke

Votes: 35

29. Fear Effect Sedna (2018 Video Game)

M | Action, Adventure, Crime

In this third entry in the Fear Effect video game series, an isometric shooter set after the events of the first game, Hana and her team are hired to steal an artifact tied to Sedna, an evil goddess from Inuit mythology.

Director: Thibaut Romaggi | Stars: Natalie Roers, Julie Shields, Michael Howard Osborne, Spencer Cannon

Votes: 48

30. Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes (2015 Video Game)

E | Action, Adventure, Thriller

Find yourself trapped alone in a room with a ticking time bomb, Your friends have the manual to defuse it, but they can't see the bomb, so you're going to have to talk it out, fast.

Votes: 77

31. For Whom the Bomb Tolls (2006)

4 min | Short, Comedy

Two writers brainstorm the end to their epic film, "For Whom the Bomb Tolls".

Director: James Spence | Stars: Ron Sparks, K. Trevor Wilson

Votes: 20

32. Space Quest V: The Next Mutation (1993 Video Game)

T | Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi

Roger Wilco, the buffoonish space janitor, is now a cadet at StarCon Academy, and it's not long before a freak accident sends Roger's test scores through the roof, landing him a position as... See full summary »

Director: Mark Crowe

Votes: 111

33. London Blitz (1983 Video Game)

War

During the Battle Of Britain the German Luftwaffe dropped thousands of tons of bombs on the city of London. As a member of the British Royal Engineers your task is to find the bombs that ... See full summary »

Votes: 8

34. The Amazing Spider-Man (1977–1979)
Episode: The Deadly Dust: Part 2 (1978)

TV-PG | 46 min | Action, Adventure, Crime

Peter and Gale follow the plutonium thieves to L.A. and J.J., who has paid for the trip, insists on going along. There, Mr. White is threatening to explode the device if his demands, one billion dollars in gold, aren't met.

Director: Ron Satlof | Stars: Nicholas Hammond, Robert F. Simon, Chip Fields, Michael Pataki

Votes: 93

35. Combat! (1962–1967)
Episode: Any Second Now (1962)

48 min | Action, Drama, War

A time-bomb dropped by the Germans crashes into a French church pinning Hanley down, and only an American-hating British lieutenant can defuse it.

Director: Robert Altman | Stars: Rick Jason, Vic Morrow, Alexander Davion, Elen Willard

Votes: 145

36. The 100 Lives of Black Jack Savage (1991)
Episode: Look for the Union Label (1991)

Adventure, Comedy, Crime

Barry joins his love interest, Danielle, and Black Jack on a journey to a remote village terrorized by an armed gang that wants their land. There, Black Jack falls for Rene, an activist lawyer. Logan tries using Barry's shares as currency.

Stars: Daniel Hugh Kelly, Steven Williams, Roma Downey, Bert Rosario

37. Eerie, Indiana: The Other Dimension (1998)
Episode: Send in the Clones (1998)

TV-Y7 | 21 min | Adventure, Comedy, Family

Mitchell creates a 13-year-old clone of his dad by accident. The kid turns out to have the same radical hippie beliefs as Mitchell's dad did in the 1960s, when he tried to plant a giant potato bomb in his school. Mitchell must stop him.

Director: John Bell | Stars: Bill Switzer, Daniel Clark, Deborah Odell, Lindy Booth

Votes: 18

38. Hart to Hart (1979–1984)
Episode: Rich and Hartless (1982)

TV-PG | 60 min | Action, Adventure, Crime

Max's prize of one million dollars in a cereal slogan contest, puts him and the Harts at risk.

Director: Michael Hiatt | Stars: Robert Wagner, Stefanie Powers, Lionel Stander, Annette Claudier

Votes: 92

39. Homicide (1964–1977)
Episode: Bomb (1975)

Action, Crime, Drama

When a spate of bombings occur, Homicide detectives face a potentially disastrous situation. But when another bomb is found and defused, the contents provide them with a vital clue.

Director: Igor Auzins | Stars: Charles 'Bud' Tingwell, Don Barker, Dennis Grosvenor, Gary Day

40. Homicide (1964–1977)
Episode: We'll Both Remember Angie (1973)

Action, Crime, Drama

A letter bomb is put into Joe Maloney's letter box to kill him, but Det. Sgt. Bob Delaney picks up the bomb and takes it and Maloney's 6 year old daughter inside the house. The bomb explodes killing them both.

Directors: Bill Catmull, Igor Auzins | Stars: Alwyn Kurts, Leonard Teale, Michael Preston, George Mallaby

41. MacGyver (1985–1992)
Episode: Renegade (1989)

TV-PG | 60 min | Action, Adventure, Crime

MacGyver must stop an ex-Navy SEAL, who once saved his life, from using a stolen vial of anthrax.

Director: Michael Caffey | Stars: Richard Dean Anderson, Dana Elcar, Marshall R. Teague, Patrie Allen

Votes: 277

42. Mighty Morphin Power Rangers (1993–1996)
Episode: Alien Rangers of Aquitar: Part II (1996)

Not Rated | 21 min | Action, Adventure, Family

Alien Rangers defends the Earth against Master Vile and his army of monsters.

Director: Vickie Bronaugh | Stars: Catherine Sutherland, David Yost, Johnny Yong Bosch, Karan Ashley

Votes: 450

43. Mission: Impossible (1966–1973)
Episode: The Party (1971)

TV-PG | 50 min | Action, Adventure, Crime

A communist agent has hidden a microfilm with crucial information and then blocked his memory of its location through hypnosis. The IMF has to trick him into divulging the location of the film while he's inside his country's embassy.

Director: Murray Golden | Stars: Peter Graves, Leonard Nimoy, Lesley Ann Warren, Greg Morris

Votes: 141

44. The Tick (1994–1997)
Episode: The Tick vs. the Breadmaster (1994)

TV-Y7 | 20 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

The Tick and Arthur try to save the city from the demented Breadmaster and his bakery-based weaponry.

Stars: Townsend Coleman, Micky Dolenz, Jess Harnell, Kay Lenz

Votes: 99

45. Water Rats (1996–2001)
Episode: Bloody Kids (1998)

TV-14 | 44 min | Action, Crime, Drama

When Goldie and Tavita arrest Dave McCall's son and charge him with the supplying and trafficking of illegal drugs, the pressure of balancing work and home life gets to Dave.

Director: David Caesar | Stars: Colin Friels, Catherine McClements, Brett Partridge, Peter Bensley

Votes: 20

46. Jungle Jim (1955–1956)
Episode: The Deadly Idol (1955)

30 min | Action, Adventure, Crime

Jungle Jim agrees to guide Commissioner Morrison's new assistant to a meeting with the Maku tribe.

Director: Don McDougall | Stars: Johnny Weissmuller, Martin Huston, Dean Fredericks, John Dodsworth

Votes: 30

47. The Blacklist (2013–2023)
Episode: Les Fleurs du Mal (No. 151) (2019)

TV-14 | 42 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Aram goes undercover to infiltrate a secret society of wealthy thrill-seekers whose entertainment hinges upon spectacular acts of violence. Red tries to negotiate with a former associate involved in the Townsend Directive.

Director: Lisa Robinson | Stars: James Spader, Megan Boone, Diego Klattenhoff, Amir Arison

Votes: 1,318

48. Telephone Time (1956–1958)
Episode: Diamond Peer (1957)

30 min | Drama

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Director: Lewis Allen | Stars: Tom Helmore, John Nesbitt, Jean Byron, Richard Karlan

49. This Hour Has 22 Minutes (1993– )
Episode: Episode #27.5 (2019)

TV-14 | Comedy, News, Talk-Show

Mark and Cathy try defusing the political ticking bomb that is the 2019 election, Trent runs as independent, Mark interviews a pollster, Andrew Scheer goes Trumpian, Trudeau sells his costumes. Also, Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018) election spoof.

Director: Mike Fly Fleischhaker | Stars: Mark Critch, Cathy Jones, Susan Kent, Trent McClellan

50. Black Lightning (2018–2021)
Episode: The Book of Resistance: Chapter Two: Henderson's Opus (2019)

TV-14 | 41 min | Action, Drama, Sci-Fi

Anissa and Jefferson have a heart-to-heart and she tells him she needs Black Lightning's help in escorting meta refugees out of the perimeter; Gambi implores Lynn to help get him access to the pit; Jennifer grows closer to Brandon.

Director: Oz Scott | Stars: Cress Williams, China Anne McClain, Nafessa Williams, Christine Adams

Votes: 421