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| 1 |  | Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) |  4.0000 98 reviews | PG | Action, Adventure, Thriller, Romance |
$43.99
| In 1936, as WWII looms near, Indiana Jones is hired by the Government to find the Ark of the ...more about Raiders of the Lost Ark starring Harrison Ford and Karen Allen |
| 2 |  | Metropolis (1927) | 3.9370 109 reviews | NA | Action, Drama, Thriller, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Romance |
$20.95
| In the future humans are divided into two classes: the thinkers and the workers. When the leader of ...more about Metropolis starring Alfred Abel and Gustav Fröhlich |
| 3 |  | Star Wars (1977) | 3.9039 237 reviews | PG | Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi |
$8.26
| Part IV in George Lucas' epic, "Star Wars: A New Hope" follows Luke Skywalker, a orphaned farm boy, ...more about Star Wars starring Mark Hamill and Harrison Ford |
| 4 |  | Star Wars Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980) | 3.7670 116 reviews | PG | Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi |
$8.26
| As Luke goes into seclusion, to master his Jedi skills, Hans and Leia have joined the Rebel Army to ...more about Star Wars Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back starring Mark Hamill and Harrison Ford |
| 5 |  | Superman (1978) | 3.7628 112 reviews | PG | Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi |
$5.99
| An alien child is sent to Earth from his dying home planet to help preserve his people. When Clark ...more about Superman starring Christopher Reeve and Gene Hackman |
| 6 |  | French Connection, The (1971) |  3.7459 39 reviews | R | Action, Drama, Thriller, Crime |
$9.27
| Two NYC narcotics cops are trying to trace a heroin connection from France to the U.S. On a tip, ...more about French Connection starring Gene Hackman and Fernando Rey |
| 7 |  | Third Man, The (1950) | 3.7039 64 reviews | Not Rated | Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller, Mystery, Film-Noir |
$23.99
| Novelist Holly Martins goes to post-war Vienna on the invite of his friend, Harry Lime, who ...more about Third Man starring Joseph Cotten and Geoffrey Keen |
| 8 |  | Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, The (2001) | 3.6862 659 reviews | PG-13 | Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy |
$2.70
| A small Hobbit named Frodo is entrusted with sealing Middle Earth's fate by destroying the 'One ...more about Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring starring Elijah Wood and Ian McKellen |
| 9 |  | Mutiny on the Bounty (1935) | 3.6852 24 reviews | Not Rated | Action, Adventure, Drama, History, Adaptation |
$6.55
| Aboard the HMS Bounty a crew and its captain set sail for Tahiti, but when the crew gets fed up ...more about Mutiny on the Bounty starring Clark Gable and Charles Laughton |
| 10 |  | Seven Samurai, The (1954) | 3.6473 44 reviews | NA | Action, Adventure, Drama |
$24.99
| A small village constantly attacked by bandits enlists seven samurais to help protect them and ...more about Seven Samurai starring Takashi Shimura and Toshiro Mifune |
| 11 |  | Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, The (2003) | 3.6351 507 reviews | PG-13 | Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy |
$1.99
| The final chapter in the Lord of the Rings epic. Frodo is on a mission to destroy the 'One Ring' ...more about Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King starring Elijah Wood and Sean Astin |
| 12 |  | Saving Private Ryan (1998) | 3.6325 423 reviews | R | Action, Drama, History, War |
$9.26
| When the Army discovers three out of four brothers have been killed in battle during WWII, it ...more about Saving Private Ryan starring Tom Hanks and Tom Sizemore |
| 13 |  | Spartacus (1960) | 3.6087 29 reviews | PG-13 | Action, Drama, History, War, Biography, Romance |
$12.87
| A slave, trained to be a Gladiator, insights a revolt and uprising against the corrupt Roman ...more about Spartacus starring Kirk Douglas and Laurence Olivier |
| 14 |  | Planet of the Apes (1968) | 3.6000 60 reviews | G | Action, Drama, Sci-Fi |
$9.99
| Three astronauts come out of deep hibernation after their ship crashes on a strange planet. They ...more about Planet of the Apes starring Charlton Heston and Roddy McDowall |
| 15 |  | Incredibles, The (2004) | 3.5296 515 reviews | PG | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Comedy, Family, Animation, Disney |
$12.99
| A community of superheroes is forced to give up their crime fighting ways after a string of ...more about Incredibles starring Craig T. Nelson and Holly Hunter |
| 16 |  | Wild Bunch, The (1969) | 3.5099 103 reviews | R | Action, Drama, Western |
$8.68
| A band of aging outlaws plan for one last bank heist, but when their plan goes wrong the group is ...more about Wild Bunch starring William Holden and Ernest Borgnine |
| 17 |  | Great Escape, The (1963) | 3.5045 53 reviews | Not Rated | Action, Adventure, Drama, War |
$4.86
| A group of Allied POWs devises a plan to escape from a seemingly inescapable Nazi prison camp. ...more about Great Escape starring Steve McQueen and James Garner |
| 18 |  | Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, The (2002) | 3.4768 479 reviews | PG-13 | Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy |
$2.75
| In the second installment of the trilogy the fellowship must split up. Frodo and Samwise forge on ...more about Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers starring Elijah Wood and Ian McKellen |
| 19 |  | Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000) | 3.4675 155 reviews | PG-13 | Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Romance, Foreign |
$8.68
| The disappearance of a magical jade sword spurs a breathtaking quest for the missing treasure. Li ...more about Crouching Tiger starring Chow Yun-Fat and Michelle Yeoh |
| 20 |  | Guns of Navarone, The (1961) | 3.4619 32 reviews | PG | Action, Adventure, Drama, War |
$10.23
| Based on the novel by Alistair MacLean, a World War II a commando team consisting of Capt. Keith ...more about Guns of Navarone starring Gregory Peck and David Niven |
| 21 |  | From Russia with Love (1963) | 3.4578 70 reviews | PG | Action, Adventure, Thriller |
$43.91
| The evil S.P.E.C.T.R.E is using Lextor, the Soviet’s encrypting machine, as bait to trap the ...more about From Russia with Love starring Sean Connery and Daniela Bianchi |
| 22 |  | Dirty Harry (1971) | 3.4307 69 reviews | R | Action, Drama, Thriller, Crime |
$19.99
| A renegade police officer, Harry, is assigned by the mayor to take down and bring in Scorpio, a ...more about Dirty Harry starring Clint Eastwood and Harry Guardino |
| 23 |  | Treasure of the Sierra Madre, The (1948) | 3.4197 42 reviews | NA | Action, Adventure, Drama, Western |
$14.74
| Three men set to the hills for lost treasure. They agree to split the gold three ways, but as they ...more about Treasure of the Sierra Madre starring Humphrey Bogart and Walter Huston |
| 24 |  | Red River (1948) | 3.3925 12 reviews | PG | Action, Adventure, Western |
$4.86
| Tom Dunson builds a cattle empire with his adopted son Matthew Garth. Together they begin a massive ...more about Red River starring John Wayne and Montgomery Clift |
| 25 |  | Zulu (1964) | 3.3793 18 reviews | NA | Action, Adventure, Drama, History, War |
$5.99
| Two Lieutenants, Chard of Engineers and Bromhead find that their 140 man contingent in Natal has ...more about Zulu starring Stanley Baker and Jack Hawkins |
| 26 |  | Goldfinger (1964) | 3.3716 85 reviews | PG | Action, Adventure, Thriller |
$5.99
| James Bond must stop evil tycoon Auric Goldfinger from robbing Fort Knox and destroying the global ...more about Goldfinger starring Sean Connery and Honor Blackman |
| 27 |  | King Kong (2005) | 3.3536 571 reviews | PG-13 | Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller, Romance |
$5.99
| A remake of the 1933 classic. A film crew goes to a remote island, captures a giant ape and brings ...more about King Kong starring Naomi Watts and Jack Black |
| 28 |  | Point Blank (1967) | 3.3128 36 reviews | R | Action, Drama, Thriller, Crime |
$12.71
| Trying to help his gangster friend Reese, Walker is shot and left for dead by him and his own wife ...more about Point Blank starring Lee Marvin and Angie Dickinson |
| 29 |  | Spider-Man 2 (2004) | 3.2924 590 reviews | PG-13 | Action, Thriller, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Crime, Teen |
$1.99
| Struggling with his duel role as superhero and college student, Peter Parker conciders giving up ...more about Spider-Man 2 starring Tobey Maguire and Kirsten Dunst |
| 30 |  | Warriors, The (1979) | 3.2899 85 reviews | R | Action, Drama, Thriller, Crime, Teen |
$7.96
| The Warriors are wrongly accused of killing a rival gang leader in NYC during an "all gang meeting" ...more about Warriors starring Michael Beck and James Remar |
| 31 |  | Casino Royale (2006) | 3.2566 368 reviews | PG-13 | Action, Adventure, Thriller |
$6.59
| The prequel to previous James Bond films, Casino Royale tells how Bond became MI6's most notorious ...more about Casino Royale starring Daniel Craig and Eva Green |
| 32 |  | Kung Fu Hustle (2004) | 3.2555 244 reviews | R | Action, Fantasy, Crime, Comedy |
$5.99
| A small time con man tries to extort money from his poor neighbors by claiming to be a member of a ...more about Kung Fu Hustle starring Stephen Chow and Xiaogang Feng |
| 33 |  | House of Flying Daggers (2004) | 3.2535 267 reviews | PG-13 | Action, Drama, Romance, Foreign |
$5.63
| Leo and Jin are assigned the task of finding the 'House of Flying Daggers,' a rebellion faction ...more about House of Flying Daggers starring Takeshi Kaneshiro and Andy Lau |
| 34 |  | RoboCop (1987) |  3.2495 48 reviews | R | Action, Thriller, Sci-Fi, Crime |
$9.97
| In the future, a Detroit police officer is killed in the line of duty. The department decides to ...more about RoboCop starring Peter Weller and Nancy Allen |
| 35 |  | Kill Bill: Volume 2 (2004) | 3.2481 522 reviews | R | Action, Drama, Thriller, Crime |
$7.34
| The Bride continues on her quest for revenge on the Deadly Viper Assassin Squad, friends that ...more about Kill Bill: Volume 2 starring Uma Thurman and David Carradine |
| 36 |  | Bourne Ultimatum, The (2007) | 3.2467 336 reviews | PG-13 | Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller, Mystery |
$11.85
| All he wanted was to disappear. Instead, Jason Bourne is now hunted by the people who made him what ...more about Bourne Ultimatum starring Matt Damon and Julia Stiles |
| 37 |  | Bullitt (1968) | 3.2346 61 reviews | PG | Action, Drama, Thriller, Crime |
$9.76
| Frank Bullitt is selected by Chalmers, a politician with ambition, to guard a Mafia informant. ...more about Bullitt starring Steve McQueen and Robert Vaughn |
| 38 |  | Assault on Precinct 13 (1976) | 3.2343 115 reviews | NA | Action, Thriller, Crime |
$5.54
| Police ambush and kill several gang members in Los Angeles. Gang members make a pact of blood to ...more about Assault on Precinct 13 starring Austin Stoker and Darwin Joston |
| 39 |  | Ghost Busters (1984) | 3.2317 58 reviews | PG | Action, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Comedy |
$4.43
| Three paranormal investigators begin ghost hunting in NYC shortly after their university funding ...more about Ghost Busters starring Bill Murray and Dan Aykroyd |
| 40 |  | Conan the Barbarian (1982) | 3.2316 89 reviews | R | Action, Adventure, Fantasy |
$5.85
| As a child, Conan is enslaved by the warriors that killed his parents. When he is released from ...more about Conan the Barbarian starring Arnold Schwarzenegger and James Earl Jones |
| 41 |  | Jason and the Argonauts (1963) | 3.2303 37 reviews | G | Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Family |
$3.95
| Jason has been prophesied to take the throne of Thessaly. When he saves Pelias from drowning, but ...more about Jason and the Argonauts starring Todd Armstrong and Nancy Kovack |
| 42 |  | Blues Brothers, The (1980) | 3.2127 84 reviews | R | Action, Musical, Comedy, Music |
$7.02
| When Jake and Elwood Blues are released from prison, they return home to find their local church is ...more about Blues Brothers starring John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd |
| 43 |  | Host, The (2007) | 3.2098 89 reviews | R | Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Comedy, Science Fiction, Foreign |
$12.27
| A giant monster emerges from the Han River and begins abducting locals. When a young girl is ...more about Host starring Song Kang-ho and Scott Wilson |
| 44 |  | Batman Begins (2005) | 3.2078 595 reviews | PG-13 | Action, Adventure, Thriller, Fantasy, Crime |
$7.99
| A new restart of the "Batman" franchise under the helm of "Memento" Director Chris Nolan and more ...more about Batman Begins starring Christian Bale and Michael Caine |
| 45 |  | Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003) | 3.2061 656 reviews | R | Action, Drama, Thriller, Crime |
$7.34
| After 4 years in a coma, "The Bride" suddenly awakens to wreak her revenge on the group assassins ...more about Kill Bill: Vol. 1 starring Uma Thurman and Sonny Chiba |
| 46 |  | Captain Blood (1935) | 3.1998 32 reviews | NA | Action, Adventure, Romance |
$8.68
| Dr. Peter Blood, a British surgeon, is arrested and wrongly condemned to slavery in the Caribbean ...more about Captain Blood starring Errol Flynn and Olivia de Havilland |
| 47 |  | Repo Man (1984) | 3.1910 61 reviews | R | Action, Sci-Fi, Comedy |
$8.05
| In the wake of losing his job and girlfriend, punk rocker Otto teams up with a seasoned repo man. ...more about Repo Man starring Harry Dean Stanton and Emilio Estevez |
| 48 |  | Die Hard (1988) | 3.1888 89 reviews | R | Action, Thriller, Christmas, Crime |
$7.63
| Terrorists take a employee Christmas party hostage and plan to steal $600 million dollars from the ...more about Die Hard starring Bruce Willis and Bonnie Bedelia |
| 49 |  | Italian Job, The (1969) | 3.1888 47 reviews | G | Action, Crime, Comedy |
$3.90
| Charlies' got a 'Job' to do. Having just left prison he finds one of friends has attempted a high ...more about Italian Job starring Michael Caine and Noel Coward |
| 50 |  | Speed (1994) | 3.1833 64 reviews | R | Action, Thriller |
$4.12
| A city bus is rigged to explode if its speed drops below 50 MPH. It's up to a young bomb squad ...more about Speed starring Keanu Reeves and Dennis Hopper |
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