1The Taking of Pelham One Two Three
TMDB7.5
1974·629 votes
In New York, armed men hijack a subway car and demand a ransom for the passengers while the authorities question about the method of their escape.
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2Trading Places
TMDB7.2
1983·3.7K votes
A snobbish investor and a wily street con-artist find their positions reversed as part of a bet by two callous millionaires.
3The Ultimate Gift
TMDB7.6
2007·511 votes
When his wealthy grandfather finally dies, Jason Stevens fully expects to benefit when it comes to the reading of the will. But instead of a sizable inheritance, Jason receives a test, a series of tasks he must complete before he can get any money.
4The Hudsucker Proxy
TMDB7.1
1994·1.2K votes
A naive business graduate is installed as president of a manufacturing company as part of a stock scam.
5A Mighty Wind
TMDB6.8
2003·273 votes
Three eclectic, never-quite-famous folk bands come together for the first time in decades following the death of their manager to put on an reunion concert in his honor, at the request of his son.
6The Muppets
TMDB6.7
2011·1.7K votes
When Kermit the Frog and the Muppets learn that their beloved theater is slated for demolition, a sympathetic human, Gary, and his felt-faced brother, Walter, swoop in to help the gang put on a telethon show and raise the $10 million they need to save the day.
7Bird
TMDB6.9
1988·353 votes
Saxophone player Charlie ‘Bird’ Parker comes to New York in 1940 and is quickly noticed for his remarkable way of playing. He becomes a drug addict but his loving wife Chan tries to help him.
8Silkwood
TMDB6.9
1983·352 votes
Like most of the people in her town, Karen Silkwood works at the local nuclear plant producing highly radioactive plutonium. Exposed one day to a lethal dose of radiation, Karen faces the blank walls of corporate indifference and denial. As her illness increases, her protest grows louder and she becomes an obvious danger to the powers that be.
9The Color of Money
TMDB6.9
1986·1.5K votes
Former pool hustler "Fast Eddie" Felson decides he wants to return to the game by taking a pupil. He meets talented but green Vincent Lauria and proposes a partnership. As they tour pool halls, Eddie teaches Vincent the tricks of scamming, but he eventually grows frustrated with Vincent's showboat antics, leading to an argument and a falling-out. Eddie takes up playing again and soon crosses paths with Vincent as an opponent.
10That Thing You Do!
TMDB6.9
1996·921 votes
A Pennsylvania band scores a hit in 1964 and rides the star-making machinery as long as it can, with lots of help from its manager. But behind the scenes, the group’s sudden fame tests their strength, their maturity and responsibility, and their ability to resist the temptations that money and notoriety always make possible.
11Get Low
TMDB6.7
2010·338 votes
A movie spun out of equal parts folk tale, fable and real-life legend about the mysterious, 1930s Tennessee hermit who famously threw his own rollicking funeral party... while he was still alive.
12Demolition Man
TMDB6.8
1993·4.1K votes
In 1996, brash L.A. detective John Spartan and maniac killer Simon Phoenix are both sentenced to decades in a cryogenic prison as punishment for a rescue mission gone wrong. When Phoenix escapes 36 years later to wreak havoc on the future, Spartan is awakened to capture his nemesis the old-fashioned way.
13Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead
TMDB6.5
1995·432 votes
Five different criminals face imminent death after botching a job quite badly.
14Ghosts of Mississippi
TMDB6.6
1996·165 votes
A Mississippi district attorney and the widow of Medgar Evers struggle to bring a white supremacist to justice for the 1963 murder of the civil rights leader.
15New Jack City
TMDB6.7
1991·605 votes
A gangster, Nino, is in the Cash Money Brothers, making a million dollars every week selling crack. A cop, Scotty, discovers that the only way to infiltrate the gang is to become a dealer himself.
16The Cotton Club
TMDB6.5
1984·444 votes
Harlem's legendary Cotton Club becomes a hotbed of passion and violence as the lives and loves of entertainers and gangsters collide.
17Fluke
TMDB7.1
1995·278 votes
Workaholic Thomas Johnson dies in an auto accident and reincarnates as a dog. Remembering some of his previous being, he returns to his wife and son to protect them from the man who caused his accident. But, as time goes by, his memories return, and Thomas realizes he wasn't such a good husband and father.
18Suspect
TMDB6.6
1987·250 votes
When a Supreme Court judge commits suicide and his secretary is found murdered, all fingers point to Carl Anderson, a homeless veteran who's deaf and mute. But when public defender Kathleen Riley is assigned to his case, she begins to believe that Anderson may actually be innocent. Juror Eddie Sanger, a Washington lobbyist, agrees, and together the pair begins their own investigation of events.
19Night at the Museum
TMDB6.6
2006·11K votes
Chaos reigns at the natural history museum when night watchman Larry Daley accidentally stirs up an ancient curse, awakening Attila the Hun, an army of gladiators, a Tyrannosaurus rex and other exhibits.
20Paulie
TMDB7.0
1998·534 votes
Paulie, a talking parrot, recounts his travels looking for his original owner to a Russian janitor who helps him to the end of his journey.