Rampage (1987)

Rampage (1987)

[5] Michael Biehn (The Terminator) stars as a district attorney who is forced to reconsider his stance against the death penalty when a young, blood-drinking serial killer (Alex McArthur) is brought to justice. Rampage is directed and co-written by William…
Another 48 Hrs. (1990)

Another 48 Hrs. (1990)

[4] Eddie Murphy and Nick Nolte return eight years after the success of 48 Hrs. for a sequel too afraid to stray from formula. Nolte's cop character once again gets Murphy's convict character out of prison to help him identify…
48 Hrs. (1982)

48 Hrs. (1982)

[7] Eddie Murphy made his big screen debut opposite Nick Nolte in this action-comedy from director Walter Hill (The Warriors, Streets of Fire). Nolte plays a haggard cop who begrudgingly seeks the help of Murphy's character, a thief serving the…
Terror of the Tongs (1961)

Terror of the Tongs (1961)

[3] The output from Britain's Hammer Films is usually surprisingly entertaining, but such is not the case for this dreadfully dull would-be thriller. Terror of the Tongs is about a sea captain (Geoffrey Toone) who stops at nothing to expose…
Thief (1981)

Thief (1981)

[6] James Caan plays an elite safe-cracker in this stylish crime drama from director Michael Mann (Heat, The Last of the Mohicans). When a high profile gangster (Robert Prosky) offers him a lifetime of lucrative heist opportunities, Caan takes him…
Internes Can’t Take Money (1937)

Internes Can’t Take Money (1937)

[7] Barbara Stanwyck (Baby Face, Ladies of Leisure) gets top billing in Hollywood's first movie based on Max Brand's popular Dr. Kildare novels. Stanwyck plays an ex-con whose bank robber husband hid her infant daughter from her right before he…
The Mayor of Hell (1933)

The Mayor of Hell (1933)

[6] James Cagney and Frankie Darro star in this story of abuse at a boy's reform school. Darro plays a teenaged gang member sentenced to the school, where the cruel superintendent (Dudley Digges) whips the boys for slightest infractions. Cagney's…
Zodiac (2007)

Zodiac (2007)

[7] Jake Gyllenhaal, Mark Ruffalo, and Robert Downey, Jr. star in David Fincher's film about the investigation of the so-called 'Zodiac' killer in the late '60s through the early '80s. Downey and Gyllenhaal's characters work for the San Francisco Chronicle,…
Reservoir Dogs (1992)

Reservoir Dogs (1992)

[8] Quentin Tarantino made his auspicious writing/directing debut with this claustrophobic drama about a group of armed robbers who rendezvous in an abandoned warehouse after their heist is botched, resulting in deaths and injuries. Harvey Keitel plays 'Mr. White,' who's…
The Snorkel (1958)

The Snorkel (1958)

[6] Britain's Hammer Films is more famous for their gothic horror fare, but they also released a number of pretty solid little thrillers. In this one, a teenaged girl (Mandy Miller) tries to prove to her guardian and the police…