Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "struggle-for-a-gun"

1. Rope (1948)

Approved | 80 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Two men attempt to prove they committed the perfect crime by hosting a dinner party after strangling their former classmate to death.

Director: Alfred Hitchcock | Stars: James Stewart, John Dall, Farley Granger, Dick Hogan

Votes: 153,793

2. The Boys from Brazil (1978)

R | 125 min | Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi

A Nazi hunter in Paraguay discovers a sinister and bizarre plot to rekindle the Third Reich.

Director: Franklin J. Schaffner | Stars: Gregory Peck, Laurence Olivier, James Mason, Lilli Palmer

Votes: 30,592 | Gross: $19.00M

3. Dark Passage (1947)

Passed | 106 min | Film-Noir, Thriller

A man convicted of murdering his wife escapes from prison and works with a woman to try to prove his innocence.

Director: Delmer Daves | Stars: Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall, Bruce Bennett, Agnes Moorehead

Votes: 22,046

4. Life on the Line (I) (2015)

R | 97 min | Action, Thriller

A crew of men who do the high-wire work of fixing the electrical grid are hit by a sudden deadly storm.

Director: David Hackl | Stars: John Travolta, Kate Bosworth, Devon Sawa, Gil Bellows

Votes: 6,254

5. Asylum (I) (1972)

PG | 88 min | Horror

In order to secure a job at a mental institution, a young psychiatrist must interview four patients inside the asylum.

Director: Roy Ward Baker | Stars: Barbara Parkins, Richard Todd, Sylvia Syms, Peter Cushing

Votes: 8,183

6. The Naked Spur (1953)

Passed | 91 min | Drama, Thriller, Western

A bounty hunter trying to bring a murderer to justice is forced to accept the help of two less-than-trustworthy strangers.

Director: Anthony Mann | Stars: James Stewart, Janet Leigh, Robert Ryan, Ralph Meeker

Votes: 12,669

7. A Tale of Two Cities (1980 TV Movie)

Not Rated | 162 min | Drama, History, Romance

An ex-aristocrat from France and an alcoholic English lawyer find themselves crossing paths and in love with the same woman during the French Revolution.

Director: Jim Goddard | Stars: Chris Sarandon, Peter Cushing, Kenneth More, Barry Morse

Votes: 1,017

8. Circus of Horrors (1960)

Approved | 88 min | Drama, Horror

Dr. Rossiter, a plastic surgeon wanted by the police, flees to France and under an assumed name acquires, by murder, a run-down circus. His first recruit is a woman criminal. He transforms her face by surgery and trains her.

Director: Sidney Hayers | Stars: Anton Diffring, Erika Remberg, Yvonne Monlaur, Donald Pleasence

Votes: 2,400

9. The Notorious Landlady (1962)

Passed | 123 min | Comedy, Mystery

An American junior diplomat in London rents a house from, and falls in love with, a woman suspected of murder.

Director: Richard Quine | Stars: Kim Novak, Jack Lemmon, Fred Astaire, Lionel Jeffries

Votes: 2,691

10. Hold Me Thrill Me Kiss Me (1992)

R | 92 min | Comedy

Eli is a burglar who is caught in the act by Twinkle, a crazy heiress who coerces him into a sexual relationship. Their violent break-up at the altar makes him a fugitive in search of a new... See full summary »

Director: Joel Hershman | Stars: Max Parrish, Adrienne Shelly, Sean Young, Diane Ladd

Votes: 603 | Gross: $0.13M

11. Mahaan (1983)

181 min | Action, Comedy, Drama

A lawyer goes into hiding after being falsely accused of committing a crime while his wife gives birth to twins. One of the twins is separated at birth, while the other twin grows up to become an inspector who is on his father's trail.

Director: S. Ramanathan | Stars: Ashok Kumar, Waheeda Rehman, Amitabh Bachchan, Zeenat Aman

Votes: 516

12. The Unholy Four (1954)

Approved | 80 min | Drama, Mystery

A man on a fishing trip with three of his friends receives a blow to the head that makes him lose his memory. Three years later it all comes back to him, but on the day it does one of the men who was on the trip with him turns up dead.

Director: Terence Fisher | Stars: Paulette Goddard, William Sylvester, Patrick Holt, Paul Carpenter

Votes: 475

13. Pact with the Devil (2003)

R | 89 min | Horror, Thriller

A modern retelling of the Oscar Wilde novel.

Director: Allan A. Goldstein | Stars: Malcolm McDowell, Ethan Erickson, Victoria Sanchez, Ron Lea

Votes: 793

14. A Family Affair (I) (2016)

17 min | Short, Drama

For 15 years, Iris Grant has carried a burning hatred in her heart from having had to bury her mother at a tender age. Now a Navy Veteran, she's fresh out of the military ready to seek out the justice she feels she was richly denied.

Director: Michael Cook | Stars: Keyon Bowman, T.K. Richardson, Lauren Wilkins, India Howard

15. Amy's in the Freezer (2018)

13 min | Short, Crime, Thriller

A bank robber takes the wrong woman hostage.

Director: Venita Ozols-Graham | Stars: Michael Villar, Brigitte Graham, Brian Tanke, Claudine Claudio

Votes: 29

16. The Invaders (1967–1968)
Episode: The Betrayed (1967)

TV-PG | 51 min | Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller

David Vincent steals a computer tape in order to expose alien activity on Houston oil fields.

Director: John Meredyth Lucas | Stars: Roy Thinnes, Laura Devon, Nancy Wickwire, Norman Fell

Votes: 207

17. The Jeffersons (1975–1985)
Episode: George's Old Girlfriend (1984)

TV-PG | 25 min | Comedy

George's old flame is back in town and she's got a grudge to settle with George.

Director: Oz Scott | Stars: Isabel Sanford, Sherman Hemsley, Roxie Roker, Franklin Cover

Votes: 74

18. Miami Vice (1984–1989)
Episode: Fruit of the Poison Tree (1989)

TV-14 | 47 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Crockett and Tubbs' efforts to bust a major drug dealer are repeatedly thwarted in court by a shady big-shot southern gentleman attorney and his loyal protege Lisa, whose father was a prosecutor murdered for crusading against drugs.

Director: Michelle Manning | Stars: Don Johnson, Philip Michael Thomas, Saundra Santiago, Michael Talbott

Votes: 291

19. Miami Vice (1984–1989)
Episode: The Big Thaw (1987)

TV-14 | 46 min | Action, Crime, Drama

A cryogenically frozen Reggae star comes to Miami to be unfrozen by Switek and Izzy.

Director: Richard Compton | Stars: Don Johnson, Philip Michael Thomas, Edward James Olmos, Saundra Santiago

Votes: 359

20. Miami Vice (1984–1989)
Episode: The Cell Within (1989)

TV-14 | 47 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Tubbs is held prisoner by a "reformed" psycho he put away years ago, who is obsessed with eradicating crime through extreme methods.

Director: Michael B. Hoggan | Stars: Don Johnson, Philip Michael Thomas, Saundra Santiago, Michael Talbott

Votes: 286

21. Pushing Daisies (2007–2009)
Episode: Water & Power (2009)

TV-PG | 43 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy

The death of the man who runs the local dam puts Emerson on a trail that leads back to his ex, and perhaps his long-lost daughter.

Director: Dean White | Stars: Lee Pace, Anna Friel, Chi McBride, Jim Dale

Votes: 509

22. You Don't Know Me (2021)
Episode: Episode #1.3 (2021)

TV-MA | Crime, Drama

Hero's friend Curt tries to protect Hero. Trying to force Jamil to run, and to keep Hero, Kyra, and himself safe from the gangs, Curt concocts a plan which goes very wrong.

Director: Sarmad Masud | Stars: Samuel Adewunmi, Sophie Wilde, Yetunde Oduwole, Bukky Bakray

Votes: 175

23. Forbidden Science (2009)
Episode: 4Ever (2009)

TV-14 | 30 min | Drama, Fantasy, Mystery

Two beautiful women have to start their lives over; one after a devastating divorce, the other after having been murdered. Yes, murdered. She's brought back as a clone.

Director: Melanie Orr | Stars: Vanessa Broze, Joanne Alderson, Noelle DuBois, Levi Freeman

Votes: 52

24. The Back Pages (2017– )
Episode: The Woman from the Water (2017)

20 min | Fantasy, Sci-Fi

After ignoring his roommate's advice and skipping out on work, a young man discovers a gorgeous unconscious woman who is completely naked on the beach. How he handles the situation has repercussions for both him and his roommate.

Director: T.L. Green | Stars: Jessi Barron, Sabrina Beyeler, Zane Grey Bryant, Daniel Fagot

Votes: 30

25. The Dain Curse (1978)
Episode: Episode #1.1 (1978)

Crime, Drama, Mystery

Is there a curse on the Dain family? Detective Hamilton Nash begins to wonder when he investigates a seemingly routine crime.

Director: E.W. Swackhamer | Stars: Nancy Addison, Tom Bower, Eric Brown, David Canary

Votes: 18