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1. Criminal Activities (2015)
Not Rated | 94 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Four young men make a risky investment together that puts them in trouble with the mob.
Director: Jackie Earle Haley | Stars: Michael Pitt, Dan Stevens, Christopher Abbott, Rob Brown
Votes: 9,408
2. Les Norton (2019)
55 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
A Queensland outback man flees his past, gets lured into Sydney's seedy underbelly and entangled in crime.
Stars: Alexander Bertrand, Kate Box, Hunter Page-Lochard, Pallavi Sharda
Votes: 660
3. Lost Soul: The Doomed Journey of Richard Stanley's Island of Dr. Moreau (2014)
Not Rated | 97 min | Documentary, Adventure
A behind the scenes chronicle of how clash of vision, bad creative decisions, lack of interest and really bad weather plagued the disastrous production of the infamous The Island of Dr. Moreau (1996).
Director: David Gregory | Stars: Richard Stanley, Kier-La Janisse, Michael Gingold, Graham Humphreys
Votes: 4,427
4. Gumshoe (1971)
GP | 86 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
Inspired by his love for Dashiell Hammett novels, nightclub comedian Eddie Ginley puts an ad in the paper as a private eye. The case he gets turns out to be a strange setup and as he digs to the bottom of it his life starts falling apart.
Director: Stephen Frears | Stars: Albert Finney, Billie Whitelaw, Frank Finlay, Janice Rule
Votes: 1,803 | Gross: $0.14M
5. The Ark of the Sun God (1984)
TV-PG | 98 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
A safecracker takes a job where he must go to Istanbul and steal a scepter that once belonged to the god Gilgamesh but is now in the temple of a secret cult.
Director: Antonio Margheriti | Stars: David Warbeck, John Steiner, Susie Sudlow, Luciano Pigozzi
Votes: 460
6. Trenchcoat (1983)
PG | 91 min | Comedy, Mystery, Thriller
An aspiring mystery writer becomes accidently embroiled in an international plot during a two-week stay in Malta.
Director: Michael Tuchner | Stars: Margot Kidder, Robert Hays, David Suchet, Gila von Weitershausen
Votes: 553 | Gross: $4.30M
7. Vicious Circles (1997)
R | Drama, Thriller
When a young man is arrested for dealing drugs, his girlfriend tries to help him out by making some big money as a member of an exclusive group of prostitutes.
Director: Sandy Whitelaw | Stars: Ben Gazzara, Jerome Davis, Carolyn Lowery, Paul Hipp
Votes: 304
8. Anything Can Happen (1952)
Approved | 107 min | Comedy, Romance
Giorgi, a man of character, emigrates from Georgia, U.S.S.R. to the U.S. He and other Georgian immigrants there support one another while struggling to find work and become U.S. citizens. Giorgi falls for a cute reporter interested in his case.
Director: George Seaton | Stars: José Ferrer, Kim Hunter, Kurt Kasznar, Eugenie Leontovich
Votes: 164
9. Smuggling in Suburbia (2019 TV Movie)
TV-14 | 90 min | Crime, Thriller
A struggling single mother must fight for her teenage daughter's freedom after she is arrested by federal agents for being involved in an illegal diamond smuggling operation.
Director: Doug Campbell | Stars: Darlene Vogel, Monroe Cline, Shelby Yardley, Juliana Destefano
Votes: 156
10. Knockout Blessing (2018)
TV-14 | 102 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
Knock Out Blessing is an intriguing tale about a girl named Blessing, whose ambition to achieve her dream and escape poverty, take her down a path that leads into the criminal underworld, ... See full summary »
Director: Dare Olaitan | Stars: Ade Laoye, Bucci Franklin, Ademola Adedoyin, Linda Ejiofor
Votes: 20
11.
Dallas (1978–1991)
Episode:
Fools Rush In
(1984)
TV-PG | 50 min | Drama, Romance
J.R. works behind the scenes to enmesh Cliff in an untenable financial situation he can turn to his own personal and pecuniary advantage. J.R. draws Peter into his web. Cliff desperately seeks to secure funds. Pam gets devastating news.
Director: Michael Preece | Stars: Barbara Bel Geddes, Patrick Duffy, Linda Gray, Larry Hagman
Votes: 113
12.
Friday the 13th: The Series (1987–1990)
Episode:
The Inheritance
(1987)
TV-14 | 46 min | Fantasy, Horror, Mystery
Two cousins, Ryan Dallion and Micki Foster, inherit an antiques shop from their uncle. Together with his partner, they must track down cursed objects that their devil-worshiping uncle had created. The first object is a demonic killer doll.
Director: William Fruet | Stars: John D. LeMay, Louise Robey, Chris Wiggins, R.G. Armstrong
Votes: 356
13.
Miami Vice (1984–1989)
Episode:
Jack of All Trades
(1989)
TV-14 | 47 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Crockett's estranged cousin Jack, the swindling but lovable black sheep of the family, needs Sonny's help after he unknowingly robs the underboss of a dangerous, flamboyant drug lord obsessed with Shakespeare to pay off a debt.
Director: Vern Gillum | Stars: Don Johnson, Philip Michael Thomas, Saundra Santiago, Michael Talbott
Votes: 279
14.
Tales from the Darkside (1983–1988)
Episode:
The Trouble with Mary Jane
(1985)
TV-14 | 22 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Mrs. Knudsen enlists the aid of bumbling occult students Jack and Nora Mills to exorcise Aisha Candisha, the demon who is possessing her now-goat-footed daughter Mary Jane. The price? Fifty thousand dollars.
Director: T.J. Castronovo | Stars: Phyllis Diller, Lawrence Tierney, Anita Dangler, Tanya Fenmore
Votes: 284
15.
Mike Tyson Mysteries (2014–2020)
Episode:
Spring Break
(2018)
TV-14 | 11 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
Yung goes to Miami on Spring Break. The team sort of tags along by answering a "nearby" request for help from Raul Castro, who needs someone to help him fix Cuba. However, Mike is more interested in the Guantanamo Bay.
Director: David Maximo | Stars: Mike Tyson, Norm MacDonald, Rachel Ramras, Jim Rash
Votes: 84
16.
The Boys (2019– )
Episode:
Cherry
(2019)
TV-MA | 59 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
The Boys get themselves a Superhero, Starlight gets payback, Homelander gets naughty, and a Senator gets naughtier.
Director: Matt Shakman | Stars: Karl Urban, Jack Quaid, Antony Starr, Erin Moriarty
Votes: 15,921