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1. Misfits (2009–2013)
TV-MA | 60 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
A group of young offenders doing community service gets struck by lightning during a storm and start to develop superpowers.
Stars: Nathan Stewart-Jarrett, Joe Gilgun, Iwan Rheon, Lauren Socha
Votes: 107,310
2. Sharper (2023)
R | 116 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Motivations are suspect and expectations are turned to chaos as a con artist takes on Manhattan billionaires.
Director: Benjamin Caron | Stars: Julianne Moore, Sebastian Stan, Justice Smith, Briana Middleton
Votes: 30,523
3. Freeway (1996)
R | 102 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A twisted take on "Little Red Riding Hood", with a teenage juvenile delinquent on the run from a social worker travelling to her grandmother's house and being hounded by a charming, but sadistic, serial killer and pedophile.
Director: Matthew Bright | Stars: Reese Witherspoon, Kiefer Sutherland, Bokeem Woodbine, Paul Perri
Votes: 31,744 | Gross: $0.30M
4. Presumed Innocent (1990)
R | 127 min | Mystery, Thriller
As a lawyer investigates the murder of a colleague, he finds himself more connected to the crime than anyone else.
Director: Alan J. Pakula | Stars: Harrison Ford, Raul Julia, Greta Scacchi, Brian Dennehy
Votes: 45,778 | Gross: $86.30M
5. Barefoot (I) (2014)
PG-13 | 90 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
The "black sheep" son of a wealthy family meets a young psychiatric patient who's been raised in isolation her entire life; he takes this naive young woman home for his brother's wedding.
Director: Andrew Fleming | Stars: Evan Rachel Wood, Scott Speedman, J.K. Simmons, Treat Williams
Votes: 27,049 | Gross: $0.01M
6. The Woodsman (2004)
R | 87 min | Drama
A child molester returns to his hometown after 12 years in prison and attempts to start a new life.
Director: Nicole Kassell | Stars: Kevin Bacon, Kyra Sedgwick, Yasiin Bey, David Alan Grier
Votes: 35,389 | Gross: $0.04M
7. The Yards (2000)
R | 115 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
Ex-con Leo tries to go straight, but his plans are derailed after reuniting with his old crew and a well-connected railway contractor.
Director: James Gray | Stars: Mark Wahlberg, Joaquin Phoenix, Charlize Theron, James Caan
Votes: 23,096 | Gross: $0.88M
8. The Angels' Share (2012)
R | 101 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
Narrowly avoiding jail, new dad Robbie vows to turn over a new leaf. A visit to a whisky distillery inspires him and his mates to seek a way out of their hopeless lives.
Director: Ken Loach | Stars: Paul Brannigan, John Henshaw, Roger Allam, Gary Maitland
Votes: 27,009 | Gross: $0.30M
9. Crazy on the Outside (2010)
PG-13 | 96 min | Comedy, Crime
A recently paroled ex-con who has trouble adjusting to the wacky normalcy of life outside of prison. He has spent the last three years behind bars after getting caught committing a crime and taking the rap for his much more dangerous pal.
Director: Tim Allen | Stars: Tim Allen, Sigourney Weaver, Jeanne Tripplehorn, Ray Liotta
Votes: 6,970 | Gross: $0.06M
10. Twin Town (1997)
Unrated | 99 min | Comedy, Drama
Julian and Jeremy, two brothers prefer to spend their time on drugs and joyriding. When their father, Fatty Lewis, they show up demanding compensation.
Director: Kevin Allen | Stars: Llyr Ifans, Rhys Ifans, Dorien Thomas, Dougray Scott
Votes: 6,413 | Gross: $0.07M
11. Veronica Guerin (2003)
R | 98 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
An Irish journalist writes a series of stories about drug dealers.
Director: Joel Schumacher | Stars: Cate Blanchett, Colin Farrell, Brenda Fricker, Ciarán Hinds
Votes: 21,891 | Gross: $1.57M
12. Little Woods (2018)
R | 105 min | Crime, Drama, Western
In Little Woods North Dakota, two estranged sisters are driven to extremes when their mother dies, leaving them with one week to pay back her mortgage.
Director: Nia DaCosta | Stars: Tessa Thompson, Lily James, Luke Kirby, James Badge Dale
Votes: 4,109 | Gross: $0.15M
13. Tough Guys (1986)
PG | 104 min | Comedy, Crime
Two elderly gangsters are released from prison only to find they have trouble fitting in as old men who still take no guff from anyone.
Director: Jeff Kanew | Stars: Burt Lancaster, Kirk Douglas, Charles Durning, Alexis Smith
Votes: 7,853 | Gross: $21.46M
14. Hateship Loveship (2013)
R | 104 min | Drama, Romance
A wild teenage girl orchestrates a romance between her nanny and her father, who is a recovering addict.
Director: Liza Johnson | Stars: Kristen Wiig, Guy Pearce, Hailee Steinfeld, Nick Nolte
Votes: 7,235 | Gross: $0.05M
15. Dear Wendy (2005)
Not Rated | 105 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
A young boy in a nameless, timeless American town establishes a gang of youthful misfits united in their love of guns and their code of honor.
Director: Thomas Vinterberg | Stars: Jamie Bell, Alison Pill, Chris Owen, Bill Pullman
Votes: 10,474 | Gross: $0.02M
16. Sexual Predator (2001 Video)
R | 85 min | Thriller
A female parole officer sheds her inhibitions as she begins a torrid affair with the man responsible for the death of her best friend.
Directors: Robert Angelo, Rob Spera | Stars: McKayla Matthews, Richard Grieco, David Jean Thomas, Angie Everhart
Votes: 1,080
17. Henry Fool (1997)
R | 137 min | Comedy, Drama
An introverted garbageman writes his thoughts in a notebook after Henry Fool, writer and ex-con, rents the basement and gives him a notebook and the idea. He writes poetry and Henry helps him along.
Director: Hal Hartley | Stars: Thomas Jay Ryan, James Urbaniak, Parker Posey, Maria Porter
Votes: 7,877 | Gross: $1.34M
18. Stewardess School (1986)
R | 89 min | Action, Comedy
The zany "stewdents" at a wacky flight attendants' school have all sorts of wild and crazy high-flying adventures in this '80s comedy.
Director: Ken Blancato | Stars: Brett Cullen, Mary Cadorette, Don Most, Sandahl Bergman
Votes: 1,638
19. Call Northside 777 (1948)
Approved | 112 min | Drama, Film-Noir
Chicago reporter P.J. McNeal re-opens a decade-old murder case.
Director: Henry Hathaway | Stars: James Stewart, Richard Conte, Lee J. Cobb, Helen Walker
Votes: 10,237
20. Where Are You Going, Habibi? (2015)
Not Rated | 79 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Ibrahim falls in love with Alexander, a blond, blue eyed German criminal and show wrestler who is straight - an impossible friendship that surpasses the both of them.
Director: Tor Iben | Stars: Cem Alkan, Martin Walde, Tuncay Gary, Ilknur Boyraz
Votes: 1,095
21. Trouble Along the Way (1953)
Approved | 111 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
An ex-football coach is hired by a small Catholic college to train its football team in the hopes of winning games and making money to save the school from bankruptcy.
Director: Michael Curtiz | Stars: John Wayne, Donna Reed, Charles Coburn, Tom Tully
Votes: 2,152
22. Low Down (2014)
R | 114 min | Biography, Drama, Music
A look at the life of pianist Joe Albany from the perspective of his young daughter, as she watches him contend with his drug addiction during the 1970s jazz scene.
Director: Jeff Preiss | Stars: John Hawkes, Elle Fanning, Glenn Close, Peter Dinklage
Votes: 2,214 | Gross: $0.04M
23. The Parole Officer (2001)
R | 93 min | Comedy, Crime
A failed parole officer framed for murder must enlist the help of his former clients to clear his name.
Director: John Duigan | Stars: Steve Coogan, Lena Headey, Emma Gilmour, Susan Jane Tanner
Votes: 7,164
24. Night Comes On (2018)
TV-MA | 86 min | Drama
Angel LaMere is released from juvenile detention on the eve of her 18th birthday. Haunted by her past, she embarks on a journey with her 10 year-old sister that could destroy their future.
Director: Jordana Spiro | Stars: Jill Rene, Nastashia Fuller, John Earl Jelks, Dominique Fishback
Votes: 1,088
25. Beach Balls (1988)
R | 77 min | Comedy
Charlie Harrison dreams of being a rock star and, with the help of friends and a gang of local toughs, he arranges a concert in his house for a big time record producer or at least that is what Charlie thought he was arranging.
Director: Joe Ritter | Stars: Phillip Paley, Heidi Helmer, Steven Tash, Amanda Goodwin
Votes: 336
26. 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: 1,042
27. Dawn: Portrait of a Teenage Runaway (1976 TV Movie)
100 min | Drama
A 15-year-old girl runs away from home and arrives in Hollywood, but winds up becoming a prostitute to support herself and gets involved with a tough-talking pimp.
Director: Randal Kleiser | Stars: Eve Plumb, Leigh McCloskey, Lynn Carlin, William Schallert
Votes: 399
28. The Secret Life: Jeffrey Dahmer (1993)
99 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
Based on the life of notorious serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer, who murdered 17 men and ate many of them before he was caught in 1991.
Director: David R. Bowen | Stars: Carl Crew, Cassidy Phillips, Donna Stewart Bowen, Jeanne Bascom
Votes: 765
29. Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired (2008)
Unrated | 99 min | Documentary, Crime
Examines the public scandal and private tragedy which led to legendary filmmaker Roman Polanski's sudden flight from the United States.
Director: Marina Zenovich | Stars: Andrew Braunsberg, Richard Brenneman, Douglas Dalton, Marilyn Beck
Votes: 5,205 | Gross: $0.06M
30. Nobody Waved Good-bye (1964)
80 min | Drama
A teenage boy rebels against parental authority and must face a harsh reality when he tries to live on his own.
Director: Don Owen | Stars: Peter Kastner, Julie Biggs, Claude Rae, Toby Tarnow
Votes: 340
31. Daddy-O (1958)
Approved | 74 min | Crime, Music, Mystery
A singing truck driver meets a feisty blonde who challenges him to a drag race. When he is offered a new job that also includes drug running, he must fight to save his friends and himself.
Director: Lou Place | Stars: Dick Contino, Sandra Giles, Bruno VeSota, Gloria Victor
Votes: 1,065
32. The Devil Is a Sissy (1936)
Passed | 92 min | Comedy, Drama
A well-bred young English lad living in lower Manhattan tries to gain acceptance from his not-so-well-bred peers at school.
Directors: W.S. Van Dyke, Rowland Brown | Stars: Freddie Bartholomew, Jackie Cooper, Mickey Rooney, Ian Hunter
Votes: 590
33. Kids for Cash (2013)
PG-13 | 102 min | Documentary, Crime, Drama
Kids For Cash is a riveting look behind the notorious judicial scandal that rocked the nation. Beyond the millions paid and high stakes corruption, Kids For Cash exposes a shocking American... See full summary »
Director: Robert May | Stars: Charlie Balasavage, Joanne Balasavage, Justin Bodnar, Lisa Griffiths
Votes: 1,997 | Gross: $0.09M
34. The Robber (2010)
Not Rated | 101 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
A story based on Johann Rettenberger, an Austrian marathon runner and a bank robber.
Director: Benjamin Heisenberg | Stars: Andreas Lust, Markus Schleinzer, Roman Kettner, Hannelore Klauber-Laursen
Votes: 4,630 | Gross: $0.08M
35. The Slasher (1953)
Approved | 75 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
The life of a juvenile delinquent is threatened by his own incessant desire for trouble.
Director: Lewis Gilbert | Stars: James Kenney, Joan Collins, Betty Ann Davies, Robert Ayres
Votes: 509
36. The Jesse Owens Story (1984 TV Movie)
174 min | Biography, Drama, History
This is the compelling story of Jesse Owens, a man who overcame racial barriers to become one of history's greatest Olympic athletes by disproving Adolf Hitler's theory of Aryan athletic superiority through his success in track and field.
Director: Richard Irving | Stars: Dorian Harewood, Georg Stanford Brown, Debbi Morgan, Barry Corbin
Votes: 276
37. Stray (I) (2018)
104 min | Drama
In a cold and remote landscape, two strangers struggle to repair their broken pasts.
Director: Dustin Feneley | Stars: Luciane Buchanan, Kieran Charnock, Joel Fili, Arta Dobroshi
Votes: 362
38. Recovery Boys (2018)
89 min | Documentary
In the heart of America's opioid epidemic, four men attempt to reinvent their lives and reenter society sober after years of drug abuse. Recovery Boys, from Academy Award nominated director... See full summary »
Director: Elaine McMillion Sheldon
Votes: 825
39. The Bad Kids (2016)
101 min | Documentary
A group of teachers at a Mojave Desert high school take an unconventional approach to improve the lives of their struggling students.
Directors: Keith Fulton, Louis Pepe | Stars: Vonda Viland, Julia Alexander, Laura Ambrosius, Robert Bartz
Votes: 666 | Gross: $0.00M
40. Taiyô no kizu (2006)
117 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Katayama (Aikawa Sho) is on the way home to his wife and little daughter when he stumbles on a gang of punks beating up an innocent man. Katamaya decides to help the stranger and ... See full summary »
Director: Takashi Miike | Stars: Shô Aikawa, Aiko Satô, Ken'ichi Endô, Sei Hiraizumi
Votes: 593
41. The Saint in Palm Springs (1940)
Approved | 66 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Inspector Fernack asks Simon to watch over an old friend who's carrying $200,000 worth of postage stamps, but the friend is killed, and the stamps stolen.
Director: Jack Hively | Stars: George Sanders, Wendy Barrie, Paul Guilfoyle, Jonathan Hale
Votes: 805
42. Verfolgt (2006)
87 min | Drama
Angelina Maccarone's intense drama deals with the obsessive relationship between a confused teenager and an elder woman. Elsa Seifert successfully works as probation officer, but the ... See full summary »
Director: Angelina Maccarone | Stars: Kostja Ullmann, Maren Kroymann, Moritz Grove, Sila Sahin
Votes: 596
43. The Wise Guys (1965)
G | 128 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
An ex-con with ulterior motives convinces the struggling inheritor of a sawmill to use convicts as affordable lumberjacks.
Director: Robert Enrico | Stars: Bourvil, Lino Ventura, Marie Dubois, Jess Hahn
Votes: 1,138
44. Public Enemies (2012)
60 min | Crime, Drama
Released from prison after serving 10 years for murder, Eddie tries to adjust to life outside with the help of his probation officer, Paula.
Stars: Anna Friel, Daniel Mays, Lorraine Ashbourne, Peter Wight
Votes: 763
45. The Lost & Found Family (2009)
PG | 91 min | Drama
Formerly wealthy widow must move in with the lower middle-class foster family living in a house she owns in order to establish residency prior to selling it.
Director: Barnet Bain | Stars: Ellen Bry, Lynn Cole, Jeff Portell, Lucas Till
Votes: 329
46. The Alpha Caper (1973 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 75 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A parole officer forced into retirement gets together three ex-convicts to pull of a $30-million armored car robbery.
Director: Robert Michael Lewis | Stars: Henry Fonda, Leonard Nimoy, James McEachin, Elena Verdugo
Votes: 231
47. Rocker (1972 TV Movie)
85 min | Drama, Action, Crime
In Hamburg, a rocker biker gang helps a kid avenge his brother who was murdered by a rival gang, a mortal enemy of rocker gangs.
Director: Klaus Lemke | Stars: Hans-Jürgen Modschiedler, Gerd Kruskopf, Michael-Thomas Krannich, Paul Lys
Votes: 440
48. Die Bad (2000)
95 min | Action, Crime, Drama
"Die Bad" is an inventive feature made up of four distinct episodes, each with their own style. With their criss-crossing characters and themes, they add up to a fairly comprehensive ... See full summary »
Director: Ryu Seung-wan | Stars: Seong-bin Park, Ryu Seung-beom, Bae Jung-shik, Jeong Jae-yeong
Votes: 448
49. Ginger (1935)
Passed | 80 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Ginger, an orphan, is living with her foster-uncle, Rexford Whittington, a broken-down Shakesperian actor. Although denied the love of a mother and father, Ginger looks after her uncle, ... See full summary »
Director: Lewis Seiler | Stars: Jane Withers, O.P. Heggie, Jackie Searl, Katharine Alexander
Votes: 73
50. Johnny Holiday (1949)
92 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
Young street tough sent to a reform farm is torn between friends from his past and those who are trying to help him change his life.
Director: Willis Goldbeck | Stars: William Bendix, Stanley Clements, Hoagy Carmichael, Allen Martin Jr.
Votes: 107