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

1. Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom (2023)

PG-13 | 124 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy

Black Manta seeks revenge on Aquaman for his father's death. Wielding the Black Trident's power, he becomes a formidable foe. To defend Atlantis, Aquaman forges an alliance with his imprisoned brother. They must protect the kingdom.

Director: James Wan | Stars: Jason Momoa, Patrick Wilson, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Amber Heard

Votes: 82,847

2. Snatch (2000)

R | 102 min | Comedy, Crime

Unscrupulous boxing promoters, violent bookmakers, a Russian gangster, incompetent amateur robbers and supposedly Jewish jewelers fight to track down a priceless stolen diamond.

Director: Guy Ritchie | Stars: Jason Statham, Brad Pitt, Stephen Graham, Vinnie Jones

Votes: 911,141 | Gross: $30.33M

3. Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom (2018)

PG-13 | 128 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

When the island's dormant volcano begins roaring to life, Owen and Claire mount a campaign to rescue the remaining dinosaurs from this extinction-level event.

Director: J.A. Bayona | Stars: Chris Pratt, Bryce Dallas Howard, Rafe Spall, Justice Smith

Votes: 343,998 | Gross: $417.72M

4. The Equalizer 2 (2018)

R | 121 min | Action, Crime, Thriller

Robert McCall serves an unflinching justice for the exploited and oppressed, but how far will he go when that is someone he loves?

Director: Antoine Fuqua | Stars: Denzel Washington, Pedro Pascal, Ashton Sanders, Orson Bean

Votes: 197,853 | Gross: $102.08M

5. Game Night (I) (2018)

R | 100 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy

A group of friends who meet regularly for game nights find themselves entangled in a real-life mystery when the shady brother of one of them is seemingly kidnapped by dangerous gangsters.

Directors: John Francis Daley, Jonathan Goldstein | Stars: Jason Bateman, Rachel McAdams, Kyle Chandler, Sharon Horgan

Votes: 255,775 | Gross: $69.18M

6. The Sting (1973)

PG | 129 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

Two grifters team up to pull off the ultimate con.

Director: George Roy Hill | Stars: Paul Newman, Robert Redford, Robert Shaw, Charles Durning

Votes: 279,974 | Gross: $159.60M

7. Only Fools and Horses (1981–2003)

TV-PG | 95 min | Comedy

Comedy that follows two brothers from London's rough Peckham estate as they wheel and deal through a number of dodgy deals and search for the big score that'll make them millionaires.

Stars: David Jason, Nicholas Lyndhurst, Roger Lloyd Pack, Buster Merryfield

Votes: 56,725

8. Air Force One (1997)

R | 124 min | Action, Drama, Thriller

Communist radicals hijack Air Force One with the U.S. President and his family on board. The Vice President negotiates from Washington D.C., while the President, a veteran, fights to rescue the hostages on board.

Director: Wolfgang Petersen | Stars: Harrison Ford, Gary Oldman, Glenn Close, Wendy Crewson

Votes: 210,146 | Gross: $172.96M

9. American Mary (2012)

R | 103 min | Drama, Horror

The allure of easy money sends Mary Mason, a medical student, into the world of underground surgeries which ends up leaving more marks on her than her so-called "freakish" clients.

Directors: Jen Soska, Sylvia Soska | Stars: Katharine Isabelle, Antonio Cupo, Tristan Risk, David Lovgren

Votes: 28,334

10. Beastly (2011)

PG-13 | 86 min | Drama, Fantasy, Romance

A modern-day take on the "Beauty and the Beast" tale where a New York teen is transformed into a hideous monster in order to find true love.

Director: Daniel Barnz | Stars: Alex Pettyfer, Vanessa Hudgens, Mary-Kate Olsen, Justin Bradley

Votes: 79,856 | Gross: $27.87M

11. 99 Homes (2014)

R | 112 min | Crime, Drama

A recently unemployed single father struggles to get back his foreclosed home by working for the real estate broker who is the source of his frustration.

Director: Ramin Bahrani | Stars: Andrew Garfield, Michael Shannon, Laura Dern, Clancy Brown

Votes: 38,260 | Gross: $1.41M

12. One Piece: The Movie (2000)

TV-PG | 51 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

There once was a pirate known as the Great Gold Pirate Woonan, who obtained almost 1/3 of the world's gold. Over the course of a few years, the pirate's existence faded, and a legend grew ... See full summary »

Director: Junji Shimizu | Stars: Akemi Okamura, Kappei Yamaguchi, Kazuya Nakai, Mayumi Tanaka

Votes: 6,173

13. Fireworks (1997)

103 min | Crime, Drama, Romance

Nishi leaves the police in the face of harrowing personal and professional difficulties. Spiraling into depression, he makes questionable decisions.

Director: Takeshi Kitano | Stars: Takeshi Kitano, Kayoko Kishimoto, Ren Ôsugi, Susumu Terajima

Votes: 33,185 | Gross: $0.23M

14. Midnight Runners (2017)

Not Rated | 109 min | Action, Comedy, Crime

Two friends who are students at Korean National Police University, find themselves in an endless race against time after they witness a kidnapping and decide to use their knowledge.

Director: Joo-hwan Kim | Stars: Park Seo-joon, Kang Ha-neul, Park Ha-seon, Sung Dong-il

Votes: 9,616

15. The Black Kaiser

Action, Thriller | Pre-production

The Black Kaiser known as the world's most lethal hitman, uncovers a deadly conspiracy protecting a powerful syndicate of killers, and becomes their number one target.

Director: Jonas Åkerlund | Stars: Vanessa Hudgens, Mads Mikkelsen

16. One Piece Film: Gold (2016)

TV-14 | 124 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

Luffy and his pirates can't wait to board the glittering Sin City ship known as Gran Tesoro, but they soon find themselves in way over their heads.

Director: Hiroaki Miyamoto | Stars: Mayumi Tanaka, Kazuya Nakai, Akemi Okamura, Kappei Yamaguchi

Votes: 7,303

17. Curfew (2019)

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

A group of amateur drivers from all over the world compete in an illegal night-time street race.

Stars: Phoebe Fox, Andi Osho, Billy Zane, Aimee-Ffion Edwards

Votes: 1,926

18. Liverleaf (2018)

Not Rated | 114 min | Horror

As if bullied by her classmates everyday is not enough, Nozaki finds her house burnt to the ground and her parents dead. Knowing that the fire is not an accident, she sneaks off to punish those responsible one by one.

Director: Eisuke Naitô | Stars: Anna Yamada, Hiroya Shimizu, Rinka Ôtani, Rena Ôtsuka

Votes: 1,181

19. Pocket Listing (2015)

R | 92 min | Comedy, Crime, Thriller

Double crosses, adultery, murder, mistaken identity, and revenge ensue when a mysterious power player and his sultry wife hire a disgraced Los Angeles property broker to discreetly market and sell their Malibu villa.

Director: Conor Allyn | Stars: James Jurdi, Jessica Clark, Rob Lowe, Burt Reynolds

Votes: 7,129

20. The Janes (2022)

101 min | Documentary

Police arrested seven women who were part of a clandestine network. Using code names, blindfolds and safe houses, they built an underground service for women seeking safe, affordable, illegal abortions calling themselves JANE.

Directors: Tia Lessin, Emma Pildes | Stars: Abby, Judith Arcana, Heather Booth, Richard J. Daley

Votes: 1,476

21. Bomb Girls: Facing the Enemy (2014 TV Movie)

91 min | Drama, War

Follows a woman at victory munitions as they contend with a saboteur in the factory.

Director: Jerry Ciccoritti | Stars: Meg Tilly, Jodi Balfour, Charlotte Hegele, Ali Liebert

Votes: 616

22. Deep Web (2015)

TV-MA | 90 min | Documentary

A feature documentary that explores the rise of a new Internet; decentralized, encrypted, dangerous and beyond the law; with particular focus on the FBI capture of the Tor hidden service Silk Road, and the judicial aftermath.

Director: Alex Winter | Stars: Ross Ulbricht, James Chaparro, Nicolas Christin, Cindy Cohn

Votes: 9,639

23. Complicity (2018)

116 min | Drama

A Chinese man moves illegally to Japan in order to improve his life and gain opportunity. He buys and assumes a false identity at considerable cost and is, therefore, more than happy to ... See full summary »

Director: Kei Chika-ura | Stars: Yulai Lü, Tatsuya Fuji, Sayo Akasaka, Yasuyuki Hayashi

Votes: 264

24. Operation Carwash: A Worldwide Corruption Scandal Made in Brazil (2017)

107 min | Action, Crime, Thriller

Based on the true story of Operation Carwash, the largest and most successful corruption investigation ever seen in the world, "No One is Above the Law" tells, through the eyes of Detective... See full summary »

Director: Marcelo Antunez | Stars: Antonio Calloni, Marcelo Serrado, Ary Fontoura, Flávia Alessandra

Votes: 3,544

25. The Night Doctor (2020)

82 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

A doctor tries to extricate himself from the stressful work of treating drug addicts, the homeless and the destitute in difficult neighborhoods at night.

Director: Elie Wajeman | Stars: Vincent Macaigne, Pio Marmaï, Sara Giraudeau, Sarah Le Picard

Votes: 1,829

26. New Orleans Uncensored (1955)

Approved | 76 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir

A Navy veteran purchases a government surplus vessel and becomes involved in the capture of waterfront racketeers.

Director: William Castle | Stars: Arthur Franz, Beverly Garland, Helene Stanton, Michael Ansara

Votes: 412

27. Money Money Money (1972)

R | 113 min | Adventure, Comedy, Crime

When they realize the times are changing, five crooks decide to switch from bank robberies to personality abductions. Among their hostages are singer Johnny Hallyday and an ambassador in ... See full summary »

Director: Claude Lelouch | Stars: Lino Ventura, Jacques Brel, Charles Denner, Johnny Hallyday

Votes: 2,487 | Gross: $0.18M

28. Kuda idu divlje svinje (1971)

60 min | Crime, Drama, War

It happens around Zagreb in 1941-1943, during World War II. Two groups of smugglers led by Crni Rok and Veriga, fight for supremacy on the black market. They also have to deal with the Germans, Ustashas, the police and communist illegals.

Stars: Ljubisa Samardzic, Fabijan Sovagovic, Ivo Serdar, Miodrag Loncar

Votes: 451

29. Wood (2020)

96 min | Documentary

Environmental spies infiltrate the global syndicate for illegal timber trading. With the aid of a hidden camera they document the chain of illegal activities, from harvesting of the wood to the marketing of "washed" products in our stores.

Directors: Michaela Kirst, Monica Lãzurean-Gorgan, Ebba Sinzinger | Stars: Sascha Von Bismarck, David Gehl, Julia Maria Urrunaga, Gabi Paun

Votes: 77

30. What a Whopper (1961)

90 min | Comedy

A writer attempts to raise some cash by writing a book about the Loch Ness Monster. No publisher will take it because they all think there isn't really a monster. The writer and some of his... See full summary »

Director: Gilbert Gunn | Stars: Adam Faith, Sidney James, Carole Lesley, Terence Longdon

Votes: 285

31. Lone Tiger (1996)

95 min | Action, Adventure

While searching Las Vegas for the man who killed his famous father -- a wrestler known for his trademark tiger mask -- Chuji Kurenai (Bruce Locke) is drawn into an underground world where ... See full summary »

Director: Warren A. Stevens | Stars: Bruce Locke, Richard Lynch, Robert Z'Dar, Barbara Niven

Votes: 111

32. The Toughest Gun in Tombstone (1958)

Approved | 72 min | Western

Matt Sloane is sent from Texas to Arizona to tame Tombstone where a gang of outlaws deals with cattle and silver. One of them killed his wife.

Director: Earl Bellamy | Stars: George Montgomery, Jim Davis, Beverly Tyler, Gerald Milton

Votes: 250

33. Salvajes, el cuento del lobo (2022)

81 min | Documentary

In the deepest of Asturias' rural area, a fierce and old fight faces farmers against naturalists and government by the preservation or killing the wolf.

Director: Álex Galán | Stars: Nel Cañedo, José Luis Alonso, Pepe Mier, Lisardo García

Votes: 14

34. Nancy Drew: The Creature of Kapu Cave (2006 Video Game)

E | Adventure, Mystery

Teen detective Nancy Drew teams up with the Hardy Boys to investigate a legendary creature that may be causing the strange things happening in the Hawaiian rain forest.

Director: Mike Paganini | Stars: Lani Minella, Jonah Von Spreecken, Robert Jones, Scott Carty

Votes: 84

35. The Ultimate Rally (2018)

PG-13 | 107 min | Adventure, Mystery, Thriller

Racing for the ultimate bet through the most dangerous tarmac roads and off-road trails in the Americas, Europe, and Scandinavia.

Director: Hotrod Ponce | Stars: Hotrod Ponce, Brigita Ortl, Kristine Bang, May Ingrid Wilk

Votes: 51

36. Fling in the Ring (1955)

Passed | 16 min | Comedy, Short

The stooges are the trainers of "Chopper," a beefy boxer, and they bet their bankroll on Chopper to win his next fight. When "Big Mike," their boss, tells them to have Chopper lose or ... See full summary »

Director: Jules White | Stars: Moe Howard, Larry Fine, Shemp Howard, Dick Wessel

Votes: 282

37. Walking on Palmettos

Biography, Drama | Announced

A privileged but restless surfer builds a marijuana-smuggling empire in the 1970's that makes him rich, but also estranges him from his disapproving father and draws the attention of an FBI agent who will stop at nothing to bring him down.

Director: Sean McNamara

38. Oretachi no ashita (2014)

Action

This man could be considered a criminal mastermind. He has decided to quit his life as a criminal, but before that there is a coin he wants to steal. The coin makes your dreams come true ... See full summary »

Director: Ryô Nakajima | Stars: Shunsuke Daitô, Ichirô Hashimoto, Mitsuru Hirata, Ryôsuke Ikeoka

39. La tragedia de Macario (2005)

71 min | Drama

A new film inspired by the true events of immigrants from Mexico exhausting every effort to find a better life in the United States and paying the ultimate price as they attempt to cross ... See full summary »

Director: Pablo Veliz | Stars: Rogelio T. Ramos, Milicent Figueroa, Tina Rodriguez, Victor Agustin

Votes: 76

40. Sumorna jesen (1969)

48 min | Drama, War

In autumn of 1941, a group of antifascist young men and women in Zagreb, the capital of a newly formed Nazi puppet state known as the Independent State of Croatia, are pursued by Nazi and Ustasha agents for illegal Partisan activity.

Stars: Zvonimir Crnko, Dragan Mijatovic, Edo Perocevic, Magda Fedor

Votes: 30

41. Changing Hands Feature (2012)

98 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Sometimes the origin of a gun is a dubious journey. What goes around, comes around. Such a true statement in every effect. Changing Hands tells the story of a gun, and the path it takes on ... See full summary »

Director: Scott L. Schwartz | Stars: Carman, Erika Eleniak, Antonio Fargas, David 'Shark' Fralick

Votes: 32

42. Igsuon (2016)

10 min | Short, Drama

In the slums of the Philippines a young teen (Matt Lubid), working as a drug runner must re-evaluate his role as an older brother when his brother (Shun Bacalla) follows him and sees him with a local drug dealer (Nathaniel Cruz).

Director: Christian Paolo Lat | Stars: Shun Andrei Bacalla, Nathaniel Cruz, Matt Lubid, Ligaya Rabago

43. Styx: Haven't We Been Here Before (1983 Music Video)

5 min | Crime, Drama, Music

Music video for a ballad by the rock band Styx. Tommy Shaw sings about a man willing to give a second chance to his girlfriend, but the video is actually about an Italian American restaurant which serves as a front for illegal betting.

Director: Steve Barron | Stars: Styx, Dennis DeYoung, Tommy Shaw

44. Derrick (1974–1998)
Episode: Eines Mannes Herz (1995)

57 min | Crime, Drama

Ludwig Dalinger has arrived at a little town near Munich.In the hotel he makes some questions to the receptionist about the the Kirchheimer family, the man answers him that that have a son ... See full summary »

Director: Alfred Weidenmann | Stars: Horst Tappert, Fritz Wepper, Willy Schäfer, Walter Schmidinger

Votes: 56

45. Derrick (1974–1998)
Episode: Kalkutta (1976)

58 min | Crime, Drama

Derrick inspects a case where a woman was killed in a hit and run. This leads him to tracks of foul play masqueraded behind a chic night club.

Director: Alfred Weidenmann | Stars: Horst Tappert, Fritz Wepper, Karl Michael Vogler, Eva Christian

Votes: 86

46. Leipzig Homicide (2001– )
Episode: Bombenspiel (2001)

46 min | Crime

For eight days the team SOKO Leipzig has rented a hotel room of Mr. Schulte who is suspect of illegal activities. In the night Mr. Jänisch has been kidnapped and on the morning Jänisch awakes with dynamite sticks around his body.

Director: Johannes Grieser | Stars: Andreas Schmidt-Schaller, Marco Girnth, Gabriel Merz, Melanie Marschke

Votes: 9

47. The Dog Rescuers (2013– )
Episode: Episode #11.3 (2021)

TV-PG | 44 min | Reality-TV

Herchy Boal takes charge of an investigation into the illegal ear cropping of dogs. Inspector Laura Brewerton meets an active bulldog puppy

Directors: Louise Bandak, Calum Farmer, Dominic Longmuir | Stars: Alan Davies, Herchy Boal, Laura Brewerton

48. The Old Fox (1977– )
Episode: Die Zeugin (2012)

Crime, Drama

On a construction site the workers have found a skeleton.The police found also a medallion.In the register of disappeared persons a young girl called Martina Seiler was wearing this ... See full summary »

Director: Ulrich Zrenner | Stars: Jan-Gregor Kremp, Michael Ande, Pierre Sanoussi-Bliss, Markus Böttcher

Votes: 19

49. Jessica Vanel (2020– )
Episode: The Truth About Do Not Disturb Signs | Hotel Worker Explains (2023)

9 min | Documentary

Most hotel now perform "daily wellness" checks even when a guest leaves the "do not disturb" sign on their door handle. And for good reason.

Star: Jessica Vanel

50. Money Wars (2015– )
Episode: Episode #1.10 (2015)

54 min | Drama

The Akamatsu agency has lost most of its accumulated capital, but is searching high and low to take it back. Its employees are ransacking anywhere and everywhere. The chairwoman has turned ... See full summary »

Stars: Tsuyoshi Kusanagi, Yûko Ôshima, Fumino Kimura, Shô Takada