Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "complicity"

1. The Zone of Interest (2023)

PG-13 | 105 min | Drama, History, War

Auschwitz commandant Rudolf Höss and his wife Hedwig strive to build a dream life for their family in a house and garden beside the camp.

Director: Jonathan Glazer | Stars: Christian Friedel, Sandra Hüller, Johann Karthaus, Luis Noah Witte

Votes: 84,729

2. Snowfall (2017–2023)

TV-MA | 44 min | Crime, Drama

A look at the early days of the crack cocaine epidemic in Los Angeles during the beginning of the 1980s.

Stars: Damson Idris, Carter Hudson, Sergio Peris-Mencheta, Isaiah John

Votes: 30,147

3. Sicario (2015)

R | 121 min | Action, Crime, Drama

An idealistic FBI agent is enlisted by a government task force to aid in the escalating war against drugs at the border area between the U.S. and Mexico.

Director: Denis Villeneuve | Stars: Emily Blunt, Josh Brolin, Benicio Del Toro, Jon Bernthal

Votes: 477,165 | Gross: $46.89M

4. The Punisher (2017–2019)

TV-MA | 60 min | Action, Crime, Drama

After his revenge on those who murdered his family, aimless Marine veteran Frank Castle finds a new meaning in life as a vigilante known as "The Punisher".

Stars: Jon Bernthal, Amber Rose Revah, Ben Barnes, Jason R. Moore

Votes: 265,231

5. Promising Young Woman (2020)

R | 113 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Nothing in Cassie's life is what it appears to be - she's wickedly smart, tantalizingly cunning, and she's living a secret double life. Now, an unexpected encounter is about to give Cassie a chance to right the wrongs from the past.

Director: Emerald Fennell | Stars: Carey Mulligan, Bo Burnham, Alison Brie, Clancy Brown

Votes: 211,900

6. Spotlight (I) (2015)

R | 129 min | Biography, Crime, Drama

The true story of how the Boston Globe uncovered the massive scandal of child molestation and cover-up within the local Catholic Archdiocese, shaking the entire Catholic Church to its core.

Director: Tom McCarthy | Stars: Mark Ruffalo, Michael Keaton, Rachel McAdams, Liev Schreiber

Votes: 502,392 | Gross: $45.06M

7. Black Mass (2015)

R | 123 min | Biography, Crime, Drama

The true story of Whitey Bulger, the brother of a state senator and the most infamous violent criminal in the history of South Boston, who became an FBI informant to take down a Mafia family invading his turf.

Director: Scott Cooper | Stars: Johnny Depp, Benedict Cumberbatch, Dakota Johnson, Joel Edgerton

Votes: 192,449 | Gross: $62.58M

8. Straw Dogs (1971)

R | 113 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

A young American and his English wife come to rural England and face increasingly vicious local harassment.

Director: Sam Peckinpah | Stars: Dustin Hoffman, Susan George, Peter Vaughan, T.P. McKenna

Votes: 64,532

9. Taking Sides (2001)

Not Rated | 108 min | Drama, Music, War

After the end of World War II, a famous German conductor is accused of loyalty to the Nazi regime. He argues that art and politics are separate. An investigator thinks otherwise.

Director: István Szabó | Stars: Harvey Keitel, Stellan Skarsgård, Moritz Bleibtreu, Birgit Minichmayr

Votes: 3,816 | Gross: $0.19M

10. Above the Law (1988)

R | 99 min | Action, Crime, Drama

A former Special Operations Vietnam vet works as a Chicago cop, and uncovers C.I.A. wrongdoing.

Director: Andrew Davis | Stars: Steven Seagal, Pam Grier, Henry Silva, Ron Dean

Votes: 34,628 | Gross: $18.87M

11. Man Up (I) (2015)

R | 88 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

A single woman takes the place of a stranger's blind date and finds the perfect man for her.

Director: Ben Palmer | Stars: Lake Bell, Rory Kinnear, Ken Stott, Harriet Walter

Votes: 56,493

12. Croupier (1998)

Not Rated | 94 min | Crime, Drama

An aspiring writer is hired as a croupier at a casino, where he realizes that his life as a croupier would make a great novel.

Director: Mike Hodges | Stars: Clive Owen, Nick Reding, Nicholas Ball, Alexander Morton

Votes: 23,540 | Gross: $6.20M

13. Salvador (1986)

R | 122 min | Drama, History, Thriller

A burnt-out photojournalist becomes involved in a Central American revolution.

Director: Oliver Stone | Stars: James Woods, Jim Belushi, Michael Murphy, John Savage

Votes: 23,165

14. Deep Cover (1992)

R | 107 min | Action, Crime, Thriller

A uniformed police officer is recruited by the DEA to infiltrate a drug smuggling ring looking to expand its operation.

Director: Bill Duke | Stars: Laurence Fishburne, Jeff Goldblum, Lira Angel, René Assa

Votes: 14,068 | Gross: $16.64M

15. Air America (1990)

R | 113 min | Action, Comedy, War

A young pilot finds himself recruited unwittingly into a covert and corrupt CIA airlift operation in Laos during the Vietnam conflict.

Director: Roger Spottiswoode | Stars: Mel Gibson, Robert Downey Jr., Nancy Travis, Ken Jenkins

Votes: 30,554 | Gross: $31.05M

16. Shock and Awe (2017)

R | 90 min | Biography, Drama, History

A group of journalists of the Knight-Ridder news service covering President George W. Bush's planned invasion of Iraq in 2003 are skeptical of the President's claim that Saddam Hussein has "weapons of mass destruction."

Director: Rob Reiner | Stars: Woody Harrelson, James Marsden, Rob Reiner, Tommy Lee Jones

Votes: 8,682 | Gross: $0.08M

17. Brubaker (1980)

R | 131 min | Crime, Drama

The new warden of a small prison farm in Arkansas tries to clean it up of corruption after initially posing as an inmate.

Director: Stuart Rosenberg | Stars: Robert Redford, Yaphet Kotto, Morgan Freeman, Jane Alexander

Votes: 19,445 | Gross: $37.12M

18. Bob Roberts (1992)

R | 102 min | Comedy, Drama

A conservative folk singer turns his hand to politics, running for the US Senate. He is not above dirty tricks and smear campaigns to gain an advantage over his opponent.

Director: Tim Robbins | Stars: Tim Robbins, Giancarlo Esposito, Alan Rickman, Ray Wise

Votes: 15,638 | Gross: $4.48M

19. The Official Story (1985)

Not Rated | 112 min | Drama, History

During the final months of Argentinian Military Dictatorship in 1983, a high school teacher sets out to find out who the mother of her adopted daughter is.

Director: Luis Puenzo | Stars: Norma Aleandro, Héctor Alterio, Chunchuna Villafañe, Hugo Arana

Votes: 10,871 | Gross: $0.03M

20. Paterno (2018 TV Movie)

TV-MA | 105 min | Biography, Crime, Drama

Penn State football coach Joe Paterno becomes embroiled in a sexual abuse scandal.

Director: Barry Levinson | Stars: Al Pacino, Kathy Baker, Kenneth Maharaj, Michael Mastro

Votes: 7,589

21. Collective (2019)

Not Rated | 109 min | Documentary, Crime

Director Alexander Nanau follows a crack team of investigators at the Romanian newspaper Gazeta Sporturilor as they try to uncover a vast health-care fraud that enriched moguls and politicians and led to the deaths of innocent citizens.

Director: Alexander Nanau | Stars: Dan Alexandru Condrea, Liviu Iolu, Razvan Lutac, Mirela Neag

Votes: 13,444

22. 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: 689

23. The Last of the Finest (1990)

R | 106 min | Action, Crime, Drama

4 LA cops are fighting the war on drugs. Corrupt superiors manage to break up their team when one of them gets killed. The 3 quit LAPD and continue investigating.

Director: John Mackenzie | Stars: Brian Dennehy, Joe Pantoliano, Jeff Fahey, Bill Paxton

Votes: 1,650 | Gross: $1.53M

24. When Did You Last See Your Father? (2007)

PG-13 | 92 min | Biography, Drama

The story of a son's conflicting memories of his dying father.

Director: Anand Tucker | Stars: Jim Broadbent, Colin Firth, Juliet Stevenson, Bradley Johnson

Votes: 4,684 | Gross: $1.07M

25. Salvatore Giuliano (1962)

Not Rated | 125 min | Crime, Drama, History

The unclear and complicated twists between governal powers, independentist party and Mafia in the Sicily of the '40s culminate with the death of Salvatore Giuliano.

Director: Francesco Rosi | Stars: Frank Wolff, Salvo Randone, Frederico Zardi, Pippo Agusta

Votes: 3,708

26. The Power of Nightmares (2004)

60 min | Documentary, History

A series of three documentaries about the use of fear for political gain.

Stars: Gilles Kepel, William Kristol, Melvin Goodman, Richard Perle

Votes: 4,546

27. 1,001 Ways to Enjoy the Missionary Position (2010)

83 min | Comedy, Drama, Sci-Fi

In the near future, where government regulations are so restrictive our most intimate acts are considered acts of rebellion, Nora tries to break out of a lifetime of strict thought and sexual repression before it's too late.

Director: Alan Chu | Stars: William Russ, Anthem Moss, Natasha Melnick, Richard Riehle

Votes: 117

28. Accomplices (2009)

TV-MA | 93 min | Crime, Romance

Two police detectives investigate the murder of a high-end male prostitute, and his relationship with his girlfriend.

Director: Frédéric Mermoud | Stars: Gilbert Melki, Emmanuelle Devos, Cyril Descours, Nina Meurisse

Votes: 1,125

29. Balibo (2009)

Not Rated | 111 min | Biography, Drama, History

War correspondent Roger East and the young Jose Ramos-Horta travel to East Timor to investigate the murders of the Balibo Five in 1975.

Director: Robert Connolly | Stars: Jane Hampson, Bea Viegas, Christine Martins, Ana Rosa Mendoça

Votes: 2,927

30. The Occupation of the American Mind (2016 Video)

82 min | Documentary

Israel's ongoing military occupation of Palestinian territory and repeated invasions of the Gaza strip have triggered a fierce backlash against Israeli policies virtually everywhere in the ... See full summary »

Directors: Loretta Alper, Jeremy Earp | Stars: Phyllis Bennis, Max Blumenthal, Noam Chomsky, Norman Finkelstein

Votes: 260

31. Freeway: Crack in the System (2015)

R | 103 min | Documentary, Biography, Crime

FREEWAY: CRACK IN THE SYSTEM tells the story of broken dreams, drug dealers, dirty cops, and government complicity-more compelling than fiction, it's the real story behind America's longest... See full summary »

Director: Marc Levin | Stars: Michael Levine, 'Freeway' Ricky Ross, Eric Sterling

Votes: 899

32. The Shock Doctrine (2009)

Not Rated | 79 min | Documentary, History

An investigation of "disaster capitalism", based on Naomi Klein's proposition that neo-liberal capitalism feeds on natural disasters, war and terror to establish its dominance.

Directors: Mat Whitecross, Michael Winterbottom | Stars: Janine Huard, Ewen Cameron, Naomi Klein, Milton Friedman

Votes: 3,116

33. America's War on Drugs (2017)

TV-14 | 480 min | Documentary, History

"America's War on Drugs" is an immersive trip through the last five decades, uncovering how the CIA, obsessed with keeping America safe in the fight against communism, allied itself with the mafia and foreign drug traffickers.

Stars: Richard Stratton, Ty Hurley, Sam Shoubber, Alberto Maneiro

Votes: 223

34. Chasing Madoff (2010)

Unrated | 91 min | Documentary

A look at how one investigator spent ten years trying to expose Bernie Madoff's massive Ponzi scheme that scammed an estimated $18 billion from investors.

Director: Jeff Prosserman | Stars: Bernie Madoff, Frank Casey, Gaytri Kachroo, Harry Markopolos

Votes: 1,157

35. Dirty Linen (2023)

TV-MA | Action, Crime, Drama

Four houseworkers of a well-known aristocratic family mysteriously vanished one by one without a trace, meanwhile four people are out to get their hellish revenge against the prominent family itself.

Stars: Zanjoe Marudo, Francine Diaz, Janine Gutierrez, John Arcilla

Votes: 181

36. Sacred Silence (1996)

114 min | Crime, Drama

A young priest crusades against organized crime in his Naples neighbourhood but falls in love with a 13-year old boy. It's the chance the gangsters were waiting for to get rid of the thorn ... See full summary »

Director: Antonio Capuano | Stars: Fabrizio Bentivoglio, Emanuele Gargiulo, Tonino Taiuti, Rosaria De Cicco

Votes: 438

37. American Drug War: The Last White Hope (2006)

Not Rated | 120 min | Documentary, Crime

With commentary from soldiers on both sides of the conflict, filmmaker Kevin Booth's incisive documentary wades into the murky waters of the American war on drugs, the longest and costliest war in U.S. history.

Director: Kevin Booth | Stars: Joe Arpaio, Jello Biafra, Osama bin Laden, Jeff Blackburn

Votes: 1,644

38. Un si joli village... (1979)

R | 116 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Bertin is a wealthy and respected man in his town. His power is put in jeopardy when he accidentally kills his wife in a domestic argument.

Director: Etienne Périer | Stars: Victor Lanoux, Jean Carmet, Valérie Mairesse, Michel Robin

Votes: 163

39. Murder in the Big House (1942)

Passed | 59 min | Action, Adventure, Crime

A Death Row inmate vows to reveal damaging information about corrupt politicians on the day of his electric chair execution but he is found dead in his cell, prompting an investigation by a local reporter.

Director: B. Reeves Eason | Stars: Faye Emerson, Van Johnson, George Meeker, Frank Wilcox

Votes: 278

40. All Governments Lie: Truth, Deception, and the Spirit of I.F. Stone (2016)

Not Rated | 91 min | Documentary

A look at the life and work of American journalist, I.F. Stone, who leads a one-man crusade against government deception.

Director: Fred Peabody | Stars: I.F. Stone, Chris Hedges, Leslie Moonves, Jeff Cohen

Votes: 564

41. Birthplace (1992)

47 min | Documentary

After almost 50 years, Holocaust survivor Henryk Grynberg visits the village he grew up in. He was also hiding there during the Nazi occupation. Grynberg wants to know what happened to his father and younger brother during the war.

Director: Pawel Lozinski | Star: Henryk Grynberg

Votes: 240

42. Deux gouttes d'eau (2018 TV Movie)

88 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

A woman's dead body is found in her apartment on a winter morning. All the evidence points to her fiancé. But he has an identical twin brother. The detectives have to go beyond appearances and defeat their demons to find the true murderer.

Director: Nicolas Cuche | Stars: Sylvie Testud, Michaël Youn, Hugo Becker, Camille Aguilar

Votes: 96

43. I Stole a Million (1939)

Approved | 80 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir

A grizzled cabbie is scammed out of his life savings by a fake finance company. He tries to no avail to get police assistance.

Director: Frank Tuttle | Stars: George Raft, Claire Trevor, Dick Foran, Henry Armetta

Votes: 125

44. My Dog Rusty (1948)

Approved | 67 min | Drama, Family

Hugh Mitchell is campaigning for Mayor of Lawtonville against the incumbent, Fulderwilder, but his having trouble with his son, Danny, who persists in telling lies. Trouble starts brewing ... See full summary »

Director: Lew Landers | Stars: Ted Donaldson, John Litel, Ann Doran, Mona Barrie

Votes: 107

45. Tell the Truth and Run: George Seldes and the American Press (1996)

Not Rated | 90 min | Documentary, Biography, History

The profile of controversial journalist George Seldes and a piercing examination of America's news media. Narrated by Susan Sarandon, with readings of writings by Ed Asner, this Academy ... See full summary »

Director: Rick Goldsmith | Stars: Susan Sarandon, Edward Asner, Ben Bagdikian, Jeff Cohen

Votes: 150

46. Crack Capitalism (2015)

32 min | Documentary, Short

The C.I.A. covertly funded military operations in Nicaragua in the 1980's; in part using money from cocaine sales out of Nicaragua. These covert government activities substantially ... See full summary »

Director: Eric Alexander-Hughes | Stars: Michael Dukakis, Nelson George, 'Freeway' Ricky Ross

47. CIA: America's Secret Warriors (1997)

Documentary, Action, Crime

Hard-eyed look at unstable mix of idealism, adventurism, careerism and casual criminality of field agents who began as best and brightest and became tarnished and faded.

Director: Marc Levin | Stars: Richard Di Sabatino, Liev Schreiber

Votes: 27

48. Massacre: The Story of East Timor (2002)

20 min | Short, News

A documentary produced by Amy Goodman and journalist Allan Nairn on the Santa Cruz massacre and the history of Indonesian and US involvement in the Southeast Asian nation.

Stars: George Bush, Bill Clinton, Amy Goodman, Henry Kissinger

Votes: 12

49. An Occurrence at Arverne (2020)

7 min | Short, Drama, Thriller

A man arrives at an unknown home with an unknown agenda.

Director: Robert Broadhurst | Stars: Curtiss Cook Jr., Vika Dove

Votes: 18

50. Hydrogen Hillary Clintons' 'Liberated' Libya Is a Hellhole of Slavery and Civil War (2017 Video)

17 min | Short, News

Libya is a hellhole, and Barack Obama is even more to blame than Hillary Clinton, argues Styx.

Star: Styxhexenhammer666