Gambling Ship (1933)
[4] Cary Grant stars as a gambling boss who leaves New York after getting acquitted by a jury. He intends to turn over a new leaf, especially when he falls in love with a charming woman (Benita Hume) on a…
Copycat (1995)
[5] Sigourney Weaver plays an agoraphobic expert on serial killers summoned to help a San Francisco detective played by Holly Hunter when a murderer starts imitating serial killers of the past. The two phenomenal stars of Copycat are its greatest…
The Believers (1987)
[4] Martin Sheen (Badlands) stars in this dark thriller about a black magic cult practicing child sacrifices in New York City. Sheen's a single father and police therapist who gets drawn into the case when a police officer (Jimmy Smits)…
American History X (1998)
[5] Edward Norton (Fight Club) plays a reformed neo-nazi trying to stop his younger brother (Terminator 2's Edward Furlong) from following in his ugly footsteps in American History X. But breaking free from the skinheads who idolize him turns out…
Hackers (1995)
[7] A group of teenaged computer 'hackers' are blamed for unleashing a virus that will capsize oil tankers. Before they're all captured by police, they band together and seek the aid of hackers worldwide to help unmask the real bad…
The Last Boy Scout (1991)
[4] Bruce Willis stars as a private eye trying to protect a stripper who thinks she's in danger. When she ends up killed, her boyfriend, a disgraced football player (Damon Wayans), ingratiates himself to Willis to help discover who's responsible…
Streets of Fire (1984)
[3] In this self-proclaimed 'rock & roll fable' from director Walter Hill (The Warriors, 48 Hrs.), a mercenary is summoned to rescue a revered singer from a motorcycle gang that kidnapped her right off the stage. That the singer and…
The Zodiac Killer (1971)
[6] This movie has the distinction of being the first released film about the eponymous serial killer who terrorized the San Francisco Bay Area in the late '60s. While it has all the low production values you might expect from…
The Defiant Ones (1958)
[8] Socially-conscious filmmaker Stanley Kramer (Inherit the Wind, Judgment at Nuremberg) made an impact early in his directing career with this dramatic chase story of two escaped convicts evading authorities while chained together at the wrists. The twist? One prisoner's…
The Snowman (2017)
[4] Michael Fassbender (Shame, Steve Jobs) stars as a Norwegian police detective on a missing person case that quickly becomes the hunt for a serial killer called The Snowman. Rebecca Ferguson (Dune, Doctor Sleep) co-stars as his eager new partner,…