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1. Point Break (1991)
R | 122 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
An F.B.I. Agent goes undercover to catch a gang of surfers who may be bank robbers.
Director: Kathryn Bigelow | Stars: Patrick Swayze, Keanu Reeves, Gary Busey, Lori Petty
Votes: 202,428 | Gross: $43.22M
2. Cheers (1982–1993)
TV-PG | 22 min | Comedy, Drama
The regulars of the Boston bar "Cheers" share their experiences and lives with each other while drinking or working at the bar where everybody knows your name.
Stars: Ted Danson, Rhea Perlman, John Ratzenberger, George Wendt
Votes: 62,096
3. Baywatch (2017)
R | 116 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
Devoted lifeguard Mitch Buchannon butts heads with a brash new recruit, as they uncover a criminal plot that threatens the future of the bay.
Director: Seth Gordon | Stars: Dwayne Johnson, Zac Efron, Alexandra Daddario, Priyanka Chopra Jonas
Votes: 202,256 | Gross: $58.06M
4. On the Waterfront (1954)
Approved | 108 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
An ex-prize fighter turned New Jersey longshoreman struggles to stand up to his corrupt union bosses, including his older brother, as he starts to connect with the grieving sister of one of the syndicate's victims.
Director: Elia Kazan | Stars: Marlon Brando, Karl Malden, Lee J. Cobb, Rod Steiger
Votes: 165,006 | Gross: $9.60M
5. The Longest Yard (2005)
PG-13 | 113 min | Comedy, Crime, Sport
Prison inmates form a football team to challenge the prison guards.
Director: Peter Segal | Stars: Adam Sandler, Burt Reynolds, Chris Rock, Nelly
Votes: 195,179 | Gross: $158.12M
6. The Last Boy Scout (1991)
R | 105 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
A private detective's protected female witness is murdered, prompting him and the victim's boyfriend to investigate the crime that leads to a corrupt politician and a crooked football team owner.
Director: Tony Scott | Stars: Bruce Willis, Damon Wayans, Chelsea Field, Noble Willingham
Votes: 112,105 | Gross: $59.51M
7. Dial M for Murder (1954)
PG | 105 min | Crime, Thriller
A former tennis star arranges the murder of his adulterous wife.
Director: Alfred Hitchcock | Stars: Ray Milland, Grace Kelly, Robert Cummings, John Williams
Votes: 188,900 | Gross: $0.01M
8. The Quiet Man (1952)
Passed | 129 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A retired American boxer returns to the village of his birth in 1920s Ireland, where he falls for a spirited redhead whose brother is contemptuous of their union.
Director: John Ford | Stars: John Wayne, Maureen O'Hara, Barry Fitzgerald, Ward Bond
Votes: 42,412 | Gross: $10.55M
9. Bad News Bears (2005)
PG-13 | 113 min | Comedy, Sport
A grizzled little league coach tries to turn his team of misfits into champs.
Director: Richard Linklater | Stars: Billy Bob Thornton, Greg Kinnear, Marcia Gay Harden, Sammi Kane Kraft
Votes: 22,771 | Gross: $32.87M
10. Rocky V (1990)
PG-13 | 104 min | Drama, Sport
Reluctantly retired from fighting, Rocky takes charge of Mickey's gym and agrees to train a young protégé who's hungry for success.
Director: John G. Avildsen | Stars: Sylvester Stallone, Talia Shire, Burt Young, Sage Stallone
Votes: 150,678 | Gross: $40.95M
11. The Bronze (2015)
R | 100 min | Comedy, Drama, Sport
A foul-mouthed former gymnastics bronze medalist with local celebrity status reluctantly trains a rising Olympics aspirant.
Director: Bryan Buckley | Stars: Melissa Rauch, Gary Cole, Haley Lu Richardson, Thomas Middleditch
Votes: 13,482 | Gross: $0.62M
12. How Do You Know (2010)
PG-13 | 121 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
After being cut from the U.S.A. softball team and feeling a bit past her prime, Lisa finds herself evaluating her life and in the middle of a love triangle, as a corporate guy in crisis competes with her current, baseball-playing beau.
Director: James L. Brooks | Stars: Reese Witherspoon, Paul Rudd, Owen Wilson, Jack Nicholson
Votes: 54,628 | Gross: $30.21M
13. The Longest Yard (1974)
R | 121 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
A sadistic warden asks a former pro quarterback, now serving time in his prison, to put together a team of inmates to take on (and get pummeled by) the guards.
Director: Robert Aldrich | Stars: Burt Reynolds, Eddie Albert, Ed Lauter, Michael Conrad
Votes: 21,434 | Gross: $7.13M
14. When in Rome (2010)
PG-13 | 91 min | Comedy, Romance
Beth is an ambitious young New Yorker who is completely unlucky in love. On a whirlwind trip to Rome, she impulsively steals some coins from a reputed fountain of love, and is then aggressively pursued by a band of suitors.
Director: Mark Steven Johnson | Stars: Kristen Bell, Josh Duhamel, Anjelica Huston, Danny DeVito
Votes: 64,628 | Gross: $32.67M
15. Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958)
Not Rated | 108 min | Drama
Brick is an alcoholic ex-football player who drinks his days away and resists the affections of his wife. A reunion with his terminal father jogs a host of memories and revelations for both father and son.
Director: Richard Brooks | Stars: Elizabeth Taylor, Paul Newman, Burl Ives, Jack Carson
Votes: 53,437 | Gross: $17.57M
16. Action Jackson (1988)
R | 96 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
Vengeance drives a tough Detroit cop to stay on the trail of a power-hungry auto magnate who is systematically eliminating his competition.
Director: Craig R. Baxley | Stars: Carl Weathers, Craig T. Nelson, Vanity, Sharon Stone
Votes: 12,612 | Gross: $20.26M
17. Evening Shade (1990–1994)
TV-PG | 30 min | Comedy
A former pro football player moves back to his Arkansas childhood hometown to coach the high school football team.
Stars: Burt Reynolds, Elizabeth Ashley, Marilu Henner, Ossie Davis
Votes: 1,628
18. Sniper (1993)
R | 98 min | Action, Thriller, War
A veteran US Marine sniper is partnered with a rookie sniper as his spotter to take out a politician and a rebel leader in the jungles of Panama.
Director: Luis Llosa | Stars: Tom Berenger, Billy Zane, J.T. Walsh, Aden Young
Votes: 25,479 | Gross: $18.99M
19. Night and the City (1950)
Not Rated | 96 min | Crime, Film-Noir, Mystery
A small-time grifter and nightclub tout takes advantage of some fortuitous circumstances and tries to become a big-time player as a wrestling promoter.
Director: Jules Dassin | Stars: Richard Widmark, Gene Tierney, Googie Withers, Hugh Marlowe
Votes: 15,288 | Gross: $3.60M
20. The Man with the Answers (2021)
Unrated | 80 min | Drama, Romance
A former Greek diving champion and an eccentric German student take an adventurous road-trip of rediscovery from Bari to Bavaria.
Director: Stelios Kammitsis | Stars: Vasilis Magouliotis, Anton Weil, Stella Fyrogeni, Marc Pistono
Votes: 3,973
21. Extreme Prejudice (1987)
R | 105 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A Texas Ranger and a ruthless narcotics kingpin - they were childhood friends, now they are adversaries...
Director: Walter Hill | Stars: Nick Nolte, Powers Boothe, Michael Ironside, Maria Conchita Alonso
Votes: 8,767 | Gross: $11.31M
22. The White Shadow (1978–1981)
TV-PG | 60 min | Drama, Sport
A white former NBA professional retires from the pro game and gets a job as a basketball coach in a predominantly Black inner-city high school.
Stars: Ken Howard, Kevin Hooks, Byron Stewart, Timothy Van Patten
Votes: 1,507
23. Heroic Losers (2019)
TV-MA | 116 min | Adventure, Comedy, Crime
In times of the infamous Argentinian Corralito, the neighbors of a little town trace a plan to recover the money they lost after learning that their bank manager and a corrupt lawyer have stolen it.
Director: Sebastián Borensztein | Stars: Ricardo Darín, Luis Brandoni, Verónica Llinás, Daniel Aráoz
Votes: 12,782
24. The Upside of Anger (2005)
R | 118 min | Comedy, Drama
When her husband unexpectedly disappears, a sharp-witted suburban wife and her daughters juggle their mom's romantic dilemmas and family dynamics.
Director: Mike Binder | Stars: Joan Allen, Kevin Costner, Erika Christensen, Evan Rachel Wood
Votes: 22,956 | Gross: $18.76M
25. The O.J. Simpson Story (1995 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 90 min | Biography, Drama
Dramatizes some of the more tawdry events in the relationship between O.J. Simpson and his wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, up to and including his arrest for Brown's murder.
Director: Jerrold Freedman | Stars: Bobby Hosea, Jessica Tuck, David Roberson, James Handy
Votes: 257
26. Murder at 1600 (1997)
R | 107 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A young woman is murdered in the White House. Homicide detective Regis investigates while Secret Service works against him. He's assigned agent Chance. She eventually cooperates after a man's framed.
Director: Dwight H. Little | Stars: Wesley Snipes, Diane Lane, Daniel Benzali, Dennis Miller
Votes: 32,917 | Gross: $25.83M
27. Meet the Browns (2008)
PG-13 | 100 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A single mom takes her family to Georgia for the funeral of her father--a man she never met--and she and her clan meet the crass, fun-loving Brown family.
Director: Tyler Perry | Stars: Tamela J. Mann, Angela Bassett, Tyler Perry, David Mann
Votes: 7,297 | Gross: $41.98M
28. G.I. Joe: The Movie (1987 Video)
PG | 93 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
The heroic G.I. Joe action force must oppose the ruthless Cobra organization that has secretly allied with a subterranean reptilian people who were their founders.
Director: Don Jurwich | Stars: Charlie Adler, Shuko Akune, Jack Angel, Michael Bell
Votes: 6,000
29. Night Game (1989)
R | 95 min | Crime, Drama, Horror
A Texas police detective ties pitcher's strikes to a serial throat slasher.
Director: Peter Masterson | Stars: Roy Scheider, Karen Young, Lane Smith, Richard Bradford
Votes: 1,221 | Gross: $0.34M
30. Thumbsucker (2005)
R | 96 min | Comedy, Drama
Justin throws himself and everyone around him into chaos when he attempts to break free from his addiction to his thumb.
Director: Mike Mills | Stars: Lou Taylor Pucci, Tilda Swinton, Vincent D'Onofrio, Keanu Reeves
Votes: 21,990 | Gross: $1.33M
31. Continental Divide (1981)
PG | 103 min | Comedy, Romance
A hard-nosed Chicago journalist has an unlikely love affair with an eagle researcher.
Director: Michael Apted | Stars: John Belushi, Blair Brown, Allen Garfield, Carlin Glynn
Votes: 5,645 | Gross: $15.58M
32. Populaire (2012)
R | 111 min | Comedy, Romance, Sport
1958. Rose is a terrible secretary but a demon typist. Her handsome boss resolves to turn her into the fastest girl in the world.
Director: Régis Roinsard | Stars: Romain Duris, Féodor Atkine, Déborah François, Bérénice Bejo
Votes: 12,715 | Gross: $0.18M
33. Love, for Real (2021 TV Movie)
TV-G | 82 min | Comedy, Romance
Hayley and her best friend Bree go on a reality dating show to publicize her fashion line, but nothing goes as planned when love, friendship, and careers are on the line.
Director: Maclain Nelson | Stars: Chloe Bridges, Scott Michael Foster, Corbin Bleu, Taiana Tully
Votes: 779
34. Bottom of the 9th (2019)
R | 111 min | Drama
After serving 17 years in prison for a violent mistake he made in his youth, a once-aspiring baseball player returns to his Bronx neighborhood.
Director: Raymond De Felitta | Stars: Sofía Vergara, Joe Manganiello, Denis O'Hare, Burt Young
Votes: 1,045
35. Witness in the City (1959)
89 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Seeking vengeance on his wife's former lover and assassin, a man sets in motion a string of killings.
Director: Édouard Molinaro | Stars: Lino Ventura, Sandra Milo, Franco Fabrizi, Jacques Berthier
Votes: 864
36. The Killer Is One of 13 (1973)
Not Rated | 95 min | Mystery, Thriller
A widow invites thirteen guests to stay at her rural mansion. She reveals to them that she suspects whoever killed her husband must be one of them. Soon, they too are being murdered one by one.
Director: Javier Aguirre | Stars: Patty Shepard, Simón Andreu, José María Prada, Trini Alonso
Votes: 550
37. After the Rain (2018)
TV-PG | 112 min | Drama, Romance, Sport
Akira Tachibana is a soft-spoken high school student who used to be a part of the track and field club. Working part-time at a restaurant, she finds herself inexplicably falling in love with her manager, a divorced 45-year-old man.
Director: Akira Nagai | Stars: Nana Komatsu, Yô Ôizumi, Nana Seino, Hayato Isomura
Votes: 1,563
38. Kills On Wheels (2016)
103 min | Action, Comedy, Drama
Two disabled teenagers looking for meaning in their lives, team up with a wheelchair hit-man.
Director: Attila Till | Stars: Zoltán Fenyvesi, Szabolcs Thuróczy, Ádám Fekete, Mónika Balsai
Votes: 3,852 | Gross: $0.02M
39. Grown Up Movie Star (2009)
Not Rated | 95 min | Drama
The story of Ruby, 13, determined to grow up fast after her mother runs away to become a movie star, leaving Ruby with her hopelessly rural father.
Director: Adriana Maggs | Stars: Shawn Doyle, Tatiana Maslany, Julia Kennedy, Jonny Harris
Votes: 434
40. Petersen (1974)
R | 97 min | Drama
A married electrician and former football star begins a degree in English at university, where he has an affair with his professor's wife.
Director: Tim Burstall | Stars: Jack Thompson, Jacki Weaver, Wendy Hughes, Arthur Dignam
Votes: 170
41. Crying Fist (2005)
134 min | Action, Drama, Sport
Tae Sik, a troubled middle aged man and Sang Hwan, a troubled youth will meet in the ring with their respective mission. To change their life.
Director: Ryu Seung-wan | Stars: Choi Min-sik, Ryu Seung-beom, Jeong-ah Bae, Kim Byeong-Ok
Votes: 3,133
42. Pigs vs. Freaks (1982 TV Movie)
120 min | Comedy, Drama, Sport
In a small town, the hippie faction often clashes with the mainstream. To settle their differences, the hippie "freaks" take on the town police "pigs" in a football game. On opposing sides ... See full summary »
Director: Dick Lowry | Stars: Eugene Roche, Grant Goodeve, Adam Baldwin, Penny Peyser
Votes: 95
43. The Mostly Unfabulous Social Life of Ethan Green (2005)
R | 88 min | Comedy, Romance
A young gay man tries to balance his career as a personal assistant while searching for love.
Director: George Bamber | Stars: Daniel Letterle, Diego Serrano, Meredith Baxter, Shanola Hampton
Votes: 2,096 | Gross: $0.15M
44. On the Border (1998 TV Movie)
R | 103 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Jake Barnes is a security guard in a Texas border town bank. His boss asks him to spy on his sexy wife, that Jake is having an affair with. When he meets Danish girl Kristen, he gets caught... See full summary »
Director: Bob Misiorowski | Stars: Casper Van Dien, Bryan Brown, Daniel Baldwin, Rochelle Swanson
Votes: 710
45. Mitch Albom's for One More Day (2007 TV Movie)
120 min | Drama, Fantasy
A suicidal former baseball player is granted one more day with his deceased mother.
Director: Lloyd Kramer | Stars: Michael Imperioli, Ellen Burstyn, Scott Cohen, Alice Drummond
Votes: 545
46. The Kid from Left Field (1953)
Approved | 80 min | Comedy, Drama, Family
Former ballplayer Larry Cooper secretly and unofficially manages a struggling major league club, the Bisons, through his nine year old son, Christie, who is a bat-boy for the team.
Director: Harmon Jones | Stars: Dan Dailey, Anne Bancroft, Billy Chapin, Lloyd Bridges
Votes: 456
47. Sherman's Way (2008)
97 min | Comedy
An odd couple take to the open road. Having followed his girlfriend out to California's Wine Country for the summer, Yale law student Sherman finds himself dumped, and cut off from his ... See full summary »
Director: Craig M. Saavedra | Stars: James Le Gros, Enrico Colantoni, Michael Shulman, Lacey Chabert
Votes: 567 | Gross: $0.01M
48. Wuff (2018)
114 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
The lives of four best friends Ella, Cecile, Lulu and Silke are turned upside down, and the dogs are involved in a decisive way.
Director: Detlev Buck | Stars: Emily Cox, Johanna Wokalek, Marie Burchard, Maite Kelly
Votes: 345
49. El Chata (2018)
TV-MA | 75 min | Drama, Sport
El Chata is a story about survival in a hostile environment. It's about staying in the fight and how in the middle of it, some manage to get back up and others don't.
Director: Gustavo Ramos Perales | Stars: Blas Sien Diaz, Alexon Duprey, Modesto Lacen, Carlos Miranda
Votes: 63
50. Sugar Sugar Honey (2024– )
Romance
Mizuki, a former marathon runner, adjusts to life after athletics. Taking a hotel job, she struggles until meeting pastry chef Kaji, whose womanizing reputation doesn't deter their budding romance amid gaffe-filled comedic situations.
Stars: Leo Nagatsuma, Asuka Kawazu, Ren Komai, Seina Fukuoka
Votes: 5