1Limelight
TMDB7.9
1952·594 votes
A fading music hall comedian tries to help a despondent ballet dancer learn to walk and to again feel confident about life.
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2The Dirty Dozen
TMDB7.6
1967·1.3K votes
12 American military prisoners in World War II are ordered to infiltrate a well-guarded enemy château and kill the Nazi officers vacationing there. The soldiers, most of whom are facing death sentences for a variety of violent crimes, agree to the mission and the possible commuting of their sentences.
3Body and Soul
TMDB6.7
1947·120 votes
Charley Davis, against the wishes of his mother, becomes a boxer. As he becomes more successful the fighter becomes surrounded by shady characters, including an unethical promoter named Roberts, who tempt the man with a number of vices. Charley finds himself faced with increasingly difficult choices.
4Kiss Me Deadly
TMDB7.2
1955·409 votes
One evening, Hammer gives a ride to Christina, an attractive hitchhiker on a lonely country road, who has escaped from the nearby lunatic asylum. Thugs waylay them and force his car to crash. When Hammer returns to semi-consciousness, he hears Christina being tortured until she dies. Hammer, both for vengeance and in hopes that "something big" is behind it all, decides to pursue the case.
5The Flight of the Phoenix
TMDB7.2
1965·370 votes
A cargo aircraft crashes in a sandstorm in the Sahara with less than a dozen men on board. One of the passengers is an airplane designer who comes up with the idea of ripping off the undamaged wing and using it as the basis for a replacement aircraft they need to build before their food and water run out.
6Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte
TMDB7.3
1964·287 votes
An aging, reclusive Southern belle plagued by a horrifying family secret descends into madness after the arrival of a lost relative.
7Emperor of the North
TMDB6.8
1973·141 votes
Hobos encounter a sadistic railway conductor that will not let anyone "ride the rails" for free.
8Force of Evil
TMDB6.6
1950·140 votes
Lawyer Joe Morse wants to consolidate all the small-time numbers racket operators into one big powerful operation. But his elder brother Leo is one of these small-time operators who wants to stay that way, preferring not to deal with the gangsters who dominate the big-time.
9The Longest Yard
TMDB6.8
1974·322 votes
A football player-turned-convict organizes a team of inmates to play against a team of prison guards. His dilemma is that the warden asks him to throw the game in return for an early release, but he is also concerned about the inmates' lack of self-esteem.
10Ulzana's Raid
TMDB6.9
1972·160 votes
After fierce war chief Ulzana and a small war party jump the reservation bent on murder and terror, an inexperienced young lieutenant is assigned to track him down.
11The Frisco Kid
TMDB6.1
1979·170 votes
Rabbi Avram arrives in Philadelphia from Poland en route to San Francisco where he will be a congregation's new rabbi. An innocent and inexperienced traveller, he is tricked by con men to pay for the trip to go west, then they leave him and his belongings scattered along a deserted road. He is befriended by a stranger, Tommy, who is a bank robber and have many adventures during their journey.
12Apache
TMDB6.1
1954·146 votes
Following the surrender of Geronimo, Massai, the last Apache warrior is captured and scheduled for transportation to a Florida reservation. On the way he manages to escape and heads for his homeland to win back his girl and settle down to grow crops. His pursuers have other ideas though.
13What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?
TMDB7.9
1962·1.2K votes
A former vaudeville child star viciously torments her paraplegic sister in their decaying Hollywood mansion.
14Vera Cruz
TMDB6.7
1954·270 votes
After the American Civil War, mercenaries travel to Mexico to fight in their revolution for money. The former soldier and gentleman Benjamin Trane meets the gunman and killer Joe Erin and his men, and together they are hired by the Emperor Maximillian and the Marquis Henri de Labordere to escort the Countess Marie Duvarre to the harbor of Vera Cruz.
15Attack
TMDB6.8
1956·140 votes
Battle of the Bulge, World War II, 1944. Lieutenant Costa, an infantry company officer who must establish artillery observation posts in a strategic area, has serious doubts about Captain Cooney's leadership ability.