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1. The Osterman Weekend (1983)

R | 103 min | Action, Drama, Thriller

During the Cold War, a controversial television journalist is asked by the C.I.A. to persuade certain acquaintances, who are Soviet Agents of the Omega network, to defect.

Director: Sam Peckinpah | Stars: Rutger Hauer, John Hurt, Craig T. Nelson, Dennis Hopper

Votes: 9,404 | Gross: $6.49M

2. Yojimbo (1961)

Not Rated | 110 min | Action, Drama, Thriller

A crafty ronin comes to a town divided by two criminal gangs and decides to play them against each other to free the town.

Director: Akira Kurosawa | Stars: Toshirô Mifune, Eijirô Tôno, Tatsuya Nakadai, Yôko Tsukasa

Votes: 131,210

3. Automata (I) (2014)

R | 109 min | Action, Drama, Sci-Fi

Human race is at edge of the end. Robot race is at edge of the beginning.

Director: Gabe Ibáñez | Stars: Antonio Banderas, Birgitte Hjort Sørensen, Dylan McDermott, Melanie Griffith

Votes: 59,361

4. The River Wild (1994)

PG-13 | 111 min | Adventure, Crime, Thriller

Rafting expert Gail takes on a pair of armed killers while navigating a spectacularly violent river.

Director: Curtis Hanson | Stars: Meryl Streep, Kevin Bacon, David Strathairn, Joseph Mazzello

Votes: 50,144 | Gross: $46.82M

5. Bride of Frankenstein (1935)

Not Rated | 75 min | Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi

Mary Shelley reveals the main characters of her novel survived: Baron Henry Frankenstein, goaded by an even madder scientist, builds his monster a mate.

Director: James Whale | Stars: Boris Karloff, Elsa Lanchester, Colin Clive, Valerie Hobson

Votes: 53,199 | Gross: $4.36M

6. Cat's Eye (1985)

PG-13 | 94 min | Comedy, Horror, Thriller

A stray cat is the linking element of three tales of suspense and horror.

Director: Lewis Teague | Stars: Drew Barrymore, James Woods, Alan King, Kenneth McMillan

Votes: 28,145 | Gross: $13.09M

7. Into the West (2005)

TV-14 | 92 min | Adventure, Drama, Romance

Tales from the American West in the 19th century, told from the perspective of two families, one of white settlers and one of Native Americans.

Stars: Joseph M. Marshall, Irene Bedard, Gil Birmingham, John Terry

Votes: 7,547

8. Soldier Blue (1970)

R | 112 min | Drama, War, Western

After a cavalry patrol is ambushed by the Cheyenne, the two survivors, a soldier and a woman, must reach the safety of the nearest fort.

Director: Ralph Nelson | Stars: Candice Bergen, Peter Strauss, Donald Pleasence, John Anderson

Votes: 6,267 | Gross: $0.51M

9. Double Team (1997)

R | 93 min | Action, Comedy, Sci-Fi

An international spy teams up with an arms dealer to escape from a penal colony and rescue his family from a terrorist.

Director: Hark Tsui | Stars: Jean-Claude Van Damme, Dennis Rodman, Mickey Rourke, Paul Freeman

Votes: 36,641 | Gross: $11.44M

10. Life of Crime (2013)

R | 98 min | Comedy, Crime

Two common criminals get more than they bargained for after kidnapping the wife of a corrupt real-estate developer who shows no interest in paying the $1 million dollar ransom for her safe return.

Director: Daniel Schechter | Stars: Jennifer Aniston, Yasiin Bey, Isla Fisher, Will Forte

Votes: 20,192 | Gross: $0.26M

11. A Day to Die (2022)

R | 105 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Connor Connolly has one day to pay reparations to Tyrone Pettis. He is forced to ask his old military ops crew, led by Brice Mason, to come together to get him two million dollars before he loses everyone he loves in the process.

Director: Wes Miller | Stars: Kevin Dillon, Bruce Willis, Frank Grillo, Gianni Capaldi

Votes: 5,028

12. Getaway (I) (2013)

PG-13 | 90 min | Action, Thriller

To save his kidnapped wife, Brent Magna must drive at the orders of a mysterious man.

Director: Courtney Solomon | Stars: Ethan Hawke, Selena Gomez, Jon Voight, Paul Freeman

Votes: 25,248 | Gross: $10.49M

13. Kansas City (1996)

R | 116 min | Crime, Drama, Music

A pair of kidnappings expose the complex power dynamics within the corrupt and unpredictable workings of 1930s Kansas City.

Director: Robert Altman | Stars: Jennifer Jason Leigh, Miranda Richardson, Harry Belafonte, Michael Murphy

Votes: 5,412 | Gross: $1.35M

14. Kickboxer 4: The Aggressor (1994)

R | 90 min | Action, Sport

David Sloan must travel to Mexico to save his wife from a savage drug lord who's also an old nemesis.

Director: Albert Pyun | Stars: Sasha Mitchell, Kamel Krifa, Brad Thornton, Jill Pierce

Votes: 3,790

15. Stolen Women, Captured Hearts (1997 TV Movie)

TV-14 | 87 min | Drama, Romance, Western

In 1868 Kansas, a Lakota Sioux warrior stubbornly refuses to free the 2 white women he kidnapped, triggering a war between his tribe and General Custer's rescuing troops.

Director: Jerry London | Stars: Janine Turner, Jean Louisa Kelly, Patrick Bergin, William Shockley

Votes: 1,088

16. Alpha Code (2020)

97 min | Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller

Johana, a woman with no past, is hiding from a UN Agent Bowie, a head of secret space program. On her run she meets Martin and with help of Bowie's ex-colleague Lance they both help Martin to find his half alien daughter.

Director: Keoni Waxman | Stars: Bren Foster, Denise Richards, Randy Couture, Marek Vasut

Votes: 1,104

17. Vigilante Diaries (2016)

R | 107 min | Action, Crime, Thriller

After killing a lot of bad guys including Armenians, Vigilante is wanted by the Armenian mafia boss, who gets help - but so does Vigilante.

Director: Christian Sesma | Stars: Paul Sloan, Quinton 'Rampage' Jackson, Jason Mewes, Kevin L. Walker

Votes: 4,686

18. The Incredible 2-Headed Transplant (1971)

R | 88 min | Horror, Sci-Fi

Dr. Roger Girard, a mad scientist who dares to combine two heads onto one body, despite serious consequences.

Director: Anthony M. Lanza | Stars: Bruce Dern, Pat Priest, Casey Kasem, Albert Cole

Votes: 1,840 | Gross: $0.35M

19. The Scythian (2018)

Not Rated | 105 min | Action, Drama, Fantasy

These are times when one civilization is replacing another. A new era is about to begin in Central Eurasia. Scythians, the proud warriors, are all but gone. The few of their descendants ... See full summary »

Director: Rustam Mosafir | Stars: Aleksey Faddeev, Aleksandr Kuznetsov, Yuriy Tsurilo, Vasilisa Izmaylova

Votes: 2,748

20. Comanche Station (1960)

Approved | 73 min | Drama, Western

A man saves a woman who had been kidnapped by Comanches, then struggles to get both of them home alive.

Director: Budd Boetticher | Stars: Randolph Scott, Nancy Gates, Claude Akins, Skip Homeier

Votes: 4,420

21. Black Fox (1995 TV Movie)

Not Rated | 92 min | Romance, Western

A former slave affects peace between Native American tribes and homesteaders in 1860s around western Texas.

Director: Steven Hilliard Stern | Stars: Christopher Reeve, Raoul Max Trujillo, Tony Todd, Janet Bailey

Votes: 477

22. Trooper Hook (1957)

Approved | 81 min | Drama, Western

When Apache chief Nanchez is captured by the cavalry, his white squaw and infant son are returned to civilization by Sergeant Hook, but Nanchez escapes custody and attempts to re-claim his son.

Director: Charles Marquis Warren | Stars: Joel McCrea, Barbara Stanwyck, Earl Holliman, Edward Andrews

Votes: 998

23. Speaking of the Devil (1991)

95 min | Comedy, Fantasy

Bull Webster is a taxi driver with some work problems on his hands: the Spider Corporation, a giant financial holding company, has decided to buy out his taxi co-operative in order to make ... See full summary »

Director: Enzo Barboni | Stars: Bud Spencer, Carol Alt, Thierry Lhermitte, Sharon Madden

Votes: 1,365

24. Sita Sings the Blues (2008)

Not Rated | 82 min | Animation, Comedy, Fantasy

An animated version of the epic Indian tale of Ramayana set to the 1920s jazz vocals of Annette Hanshaw.

Director: Nina Paley | Stars: Annette Hanshaw, Aseem Chhabra, Bhavana Nagulapally, Manish Acharya

Votes: 4,954

25. 7 Boxes (2012)

TV-14 | 105 min | Adventure, Crime, Drama

Víctor receives an unusual proposal, to carry 7 boxes of unknown content through the Market Number 4 but things get complicated along the way.

Directors: Juan Carlos Maneglia, Tana Schémbori | Stars: Celso Franco, Víctor Sosa, Lali Gonzalez, Nico García Hume

Votes: 6,112

26. Dillinger and Capone (1995 Video)

R | 95 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Dillinger survived assassination and is living a quiet farm life with his family in 1940, but Al Capone, recently freed from prison, need his help for one last score.

Director: Jon Purdy | Stars: Martin Sheen, F. Murray Abraham, Stephen Davies, Catherine Hicks

Votes: 688

27. Raiders of the Sun (1992)

R | 80 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

In a post-apocalyptic future, a commando named Brodie must defend the only village that still has gunpowder from a ruthless gang of raiders led by Clay, a traitor who plans to use the deadly powder to conquer the democratic Alpha League.

Director: Cirio H. Santiago | Stars: Richard Norton, Brigitta Stenberg, Rick Dean, William Steis

Votes: 335

28. Nishant (1975)

140 min | Crime, Drama

A man whose wife is abducted seeks to have the culprits prosecuted for their crime, but no one will help him. Meanwhile, the wife-abused and berated by her abductors-cannot bring herself to face her husband.

Director: Shyam Benegal | Stars: Girish Karnad, Shabana Azmi, Anant Nag, Amrish Puri

Votes: 730

29. Chain Gang Women (1971)

R | 85 min | Action, Crime, Thriller

A murderer escapes from a chain gang, forces his co-inmate to go along, and aggressively rapes the latter's girlfriend. The desperate duo next invades the home of an older farmer and his teenage wife.

Director: Lee Frost | Stars: Michael Stearns, Robert Lott, Barbara Mills, Linda York

Votes: 297 | Gross: $0.04M

30. Counterforce (1988)

R | 98 min | Action, Drama

A team of specialists is dispatched to protect the leader of a Middle Eastern country from a neighboring dictator who has designs on his country.

Director: José Antonio de la Loma | Stars: Jorge Rivero, George Kennedy, Andrew Stevens, Isaac Hayes

Votes: 176

31. I Can Quit Whenever I Want (2019)

TV-MA | 98 min | Comedy

Three university teachers who have lost their jobs turn into drug dealers after one of them creates an experimental new pill.

Director: Carlos Therón | Stars: David Verdaguer, Ernesto Sevilla, Carlos Santos, Cristina Castaño

Votes: 1,937

32. Crazed (2014)

98 min | Action, Adventure, Horror

Inspired by our favorite dark & twisted graphic novels, CRAZED revolves around vigilante cop Ronan Pierce. He is fueled by a tragic past, and the recent abduction of his wife McKenzie has ... See full summary »

Directors: Kevin A. McCarthy, Edward Payson | Stars: Michael McCarthy, Jordan Elizabeth, Kane Hodder, R.A. Mihailoff

Votes: 550

33. Himalay Putra (1997)

Action, Drama, Romance

Misunderstandings cause ACP Suraj Khanna (Vinod Khanna) to be separated from Seema (Hema Malini) with Suraj unaware she is expecting their child. Seema moves away to the Himalayan Mountains... See full summary »

Director: Pankaj Parashar | Stars: Vinod Khanna, Hema Malini, Akshaye Khanna, Anjala Zaveri

Votes: 151

34. The Vector File (2002 TV Movie)

R | 92 min | Action, Mystery, Sci-Fi

Gerry Anderson finds that sometimes, everybody really is out to get you. Gerry's daughter, Mattie, accidentally prints out a DNA code that in the wrong hands can end the human race.

Director: Eliot Christopher | Stars: Casper Van Dien, Catherine Oxenberg, India Oxenberg, Timothy Balme

Votes: 482

35. The Return of the Scarlet Pimpernel (1937)

Approved | 88 min | Drama, History, Romance

Paris is Burning. Under the iron fist of Robespierre, hundreds are executed, by the swift and bloodstained guillotine. Through these acts of injustice a new heroism is born - the League of The Scarlet Pimpernel.

Director: Hanns Schwarz | Stars: Barry K. Barnes, Sophie Stewart, Margaretta Scott, James Mason

Votes: 347

36. Loving You (1995)

TV-14 | 84 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Struggling in a loveless marriage, a hard-drinking, workaholic cop finds a chance at redemption after a fateful incident leaves him wounded.

Director: Johnnie To | Stars: Ching Wan Lau, Carman Lee, Chung-Hua Tou, Ruby Wong

Votes: 466

37. The Good and the Bad (1976)

R | 120 min | Crime, Drama, Romance

The story takes place in France from 1935 to 1945 where a gang use a Citroën car to hold up stores and banks.

Director: Claude Lelouch | Stars: Marlène Jobert, Jacques Dutronc, Brigitte Fossey, Bruno Cremer

Votes: 367

38. Back for Your Life (1996)

Action, Crime

After she and her son were kidnapped by a man who lost his family due to drug traffickers, a woman sympathizes with her kidnapper and finds herself involved in his quest for revenge.

Director: Lee Kin-sang | Stars: Chung-Hua Tou, Sharla Cheung, Kar-Ying Law, Elvis Tsui

39. Super: A Short Film (II) (2013)

17 min | Short, Action, Drama

Celebrity superhero Mr. Marvelous is put on trial for the murder of his wife. He must prove his innocence to regain the trust of his beloved city.

Director: Paul Goleburn | Stars: Erin Brehm, Camille Farnan, Jack Burk Goldman, Mark Hawk

40. Yawarakai hada (1998)

87 min | Comedy, Thriller

Inspired by true crime on TV, unhappy wife fakes her own kidnapping with the help of her lover to run away with him. Unfortunately, she realizes too late that the lover has no intention of actually letting her go.

Director: Hisayasu Satô | Stars: Moeko Ezawa, Hiromi Kuronuma, Tomomi Kuribayashi, Reiko Takamizu

Votes: 38

41. You Pay Your Money (1957)

68 min | Crime, Thriller

A rogue smuggler enters the world of intrigue and deception, when he finds that his wife has been kidnapped his world changes.

Director: Maclean Rogers | Stars: Hugh McDermott, Jane Hylton, Honor Blackman, Hugh Moxey

Votes: 131

42. Hogtie Treachery (2003 Video)

40 min | Short, Adventure

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Stars: Candace McLain, Vickie Vogel, Emily Marilyn, Noelle Nash

43. Run 'Em Ragged (1920)

14 min | Comedy, Short

Two tramps wrest a pistol from a hold up man, then try to pull a stick up of their own, unfortunately for them, a cop appears and takes the money back and then chases them through a park ... See full summary »

Director: Alfred J. Goulding | Stars: 'Snub' Pollard, Marie Mosquini, Ernest Morrison, William Gillespie

Votes: 25

44. The Repo Man (2010)

21 min | Short, Action, Drama

David Cross makes a living as a Repo Man, but when he takes a car belonging to the bad guys, his wife is kidnapped and he has to do what he can to save her.

Director: Ray Martinez | Stars: Will Alamo, Ray Martinez, Tiffany Gans, Stephanie Ann Stockdale

Votes: 14

45. Mirage (1995 Video Game)

Adventure, Fantasy, Western

Non-explicit FMV game based on 1994 pornographic movie Shame from the same crew. US Cavalry Lt. Shooter is attacked in the Mirage desert and his wife Jenny kidnapped. The player must move through the maze of mirages to save them.

Director: Philip Christian | Stars: Kaitlyn Ashley, Leslie Booth, Michael Bryant, Asia Carrera

46. 24 (2001–2010)
Episode: 10:00 a.m.-11:00 a.m. (2002)

TV-14 | 44 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Jack takes Ted Cofell hostage after finding his name on the key-card and tries to get whatever info he has about the conspiracy which only amounts to the name of another conspirator, a one ... See full summary »

Director: Davis Guggenheim | Stars: Kiefer Sutherland, Leslie Hope, Sarah Clarke, Elisha Cuthbert

Votes: 1,885

47. 24 (2001–2010)
Episode: 11:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m. (2002)

TV-14 | 40 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Jack closes in on his family's location; a suspicious Green confronts Nina and Tony, and separates them for interrogation; Palmer learns just how far his backers are willing to go.

Director: Stephen Hopkins | Stars: Kiefer Sutherland, Leslie Hope, Sarah Clarke, Elisha Cuthbert

Votes: 1,898

48. 24 (2001–2010)
Episode: 6:00 a.m.-7:00 a.m. (2002)

TV-14 | 41 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Jack returns to CTU to switch the key card with a fake per Gaines' orders. Palmer tries to convince Keith and Sherry to go public about the murder.

Director: Bryan Spicer | Stars: Kiefer Sutherland, Leslie Hope, Sarah Clarke, Elisha Cuthbert

Votes: 2,025

49. 24 (2001–2010)
Episode: 7:00 a.m.-8:00 a.m. (2002)

TV-14 | 40 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Jack delivers the briefcase to the assassin at Palmer's press conference. Palmer wants to let the press know what happened with Keith and the murder.

Director: Stephen Hopkins | Stars: Kiefer Sutherland, Leslie Hope, Sarah Clarke, Elisha Cuthbert

Votes: 1,987

50. 24 (2001–2010)
Episode: 8:00 a.m.-9:00 a.m. (2002)

TV-14 | 43 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Jack is taken into custody by the Secret Service after he stops the assassination. He quickly escapes in order to check on another name from the key card. Palmer tries to deal with the assassination attempt.

Director: Stephen Hopkins | Stars: Kiefer Sutherland, Leslie Hope, Sarah Clarke, Elisha Cuthbert

Votes: 1,918