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MGM Plus
80
7.7
/353496/
77
/6865/
75
/4741/
3.8
/264236/
88
/57/
89
/5867/
77
/21/
cc age 17+

Donnie Brasco (1997)
An FBI undercover agent infiltrates the mob and identifies more with the mafia life at the expense of his regular one.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
79
7.7
/109694/
76
/3012/
75
/1922/
3.8
/70379/
89
/47/
87
/2270/
74
/13/
cc age 13+

The Magnificent Seven (1960)
An oppressed Mexican peasant village hires seven gunfighters to help defend their homes.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
79
7.4
/15570/
73
/395/
70
/228/
3.7
/8702/
94
/17/
80
/168/
80
/5/

Hombre (1967)
John Russell, disdained by his "respectable" fellow stagecoach passengers because he was raised by Indians, becomes their only hope for survival when they are set upon by outlaws.
poster
77
7.2
/5775/
71
/99/
66
/103/
3.9
/14311/
82
/17/
85
/82/
67
/10/

Minnie and Moskowitz (1971)
Depressed and jaded after being dumped by her married boyfriend, aging beauty Minnie Moore wonders if she'll ever find love. After shaggy-haired parking lot attendant Seymour Moskowitz comes to her defense from an angry and rebuffed blind date, he falls hopelessly in love with her despite their myriad differences. Minnie reluctantly agrees to a date with Moskowitz, and, slowly but surely, an unlikely romance blossoms between the two.
poster
Kanopy
77
76
7.8
/25675/
74
/381/
73
/338/
4.0
/21780/
86
/35/
89
/461/
62
/8/
cc age 12+

Hud (1963)
Hud Bannon is a ruthless young man who tarnishes everything and everyone he touches. Hud represents the perfect embodiment of alienated youth, out for kicks with no regard for the consequences. There is bitter conflict between the callous Hud and his stern and highly principled father, Homer. Hud's nephew Lon admires Hud's cheating ways, though he soon becomes too aware of Hud's reckless amorality to bear him anymore. In the world of the takers and the taken, Hud is a winner. He's a cheat, but, he explains, "I always say the law was meant to be interpreted in a lenient manner."
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Kanopy
75
7.3
/13326/
77
/404/
70
/212/
3.6
/8933/
89
/19/
87
/326/
64
/13/

The Wanderers (1979)
The streets of the Bronx are owned by '60s youth gangs where the joy and pain of adolescence is lived. Philip Kaufman tells his take on the novel by Richard Price about the history of the Italian-American gang ‘The Wanderers.’
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The Roku Channel
75
7.1
/13029/
72
/253/
68
/258/
3.8
/25598/
91
/32/
79
/152/
68
/12/

Gloria (1980)
When a young boy's family is killed by the mob, their tough neighbor Gloria becomes his reluctant guardian. In possession of a book that the gangsters want, the pair go on the run in New York.
poster
Kanopy
73
8.0
/145032/
78
/2758/
78
/2061/
4.0
/59414/
73
/33/
90
/1635/
58
/10/
cc age 15+

Papillon (1973)
A man befriends a fellow criminal as the two of them begin serving their sentence on a dreadful prison island, which inspires the man to plot his escape.
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Criterion Channel
77
73
7.4
/12648/
74
/274/
71
/211/
3.9
/27740/
88
/16/

Faces (1968)
Middle-aged suburban husband Richard abruptly tells his wife, Maria, that he wants a divorce. As Richard takes up with a younger woman, Maria enjoys a night on the town with her friends and meets a younger man. As the couple and those around them confront a seemingly futile search for what they've lost -- love, excitement, passion -- this classic American independent film explores themes of aging and alienation.
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Hoopla
76
72
7.3
/9667/
72
/231/
71
/210/
3.7
/5271/
91
/11/
81
/55/

Last Train from Gun Hill (1959)
A marshal tries to bring the son of an old friend, an autocratic cattle baron, to justice for the rape and murder of his wife.
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Criterion Channel
74
72
7.2
/16145/
72
/345/
70
/280/
3.9
/46913/
79
/28/
83
/300/
65
/13/

The Killing of a Chinese Bookie (1976)
Cosmo Vittelli, the proprietor of a sleazy, low-rent Hollywood cabaret, has a real affection for the women who strip in his peepshows and the staff who keep up his dingy establishment. He also has a major gambling problem that has gotten him in trouble before. When Cosmo loses big-time at an underground casino run by mobster Mort, he isn't able to pay up. Mort then offers Cosmo the chance to pay back his debt by knocking off a pesky, Mafia-protected bookie.
poster
Kanopy
71
6.7
/3561/
77
/174/
69
/22/
3.3
/795/
60
/10/
85
/101/

Let's Do It Again (1975)
Clyde Williams and Billy Foster are a couple of blue-collar workers in Atlanta who have promised to raise funds for their fraternal order, the Brothers and Sisters of Shaka. However, their method for raising the money involves travelling to New Orleans and rigging a boxing match.
poster
79
70
7.8
/5289/
73
/78/
72
/75/
3.9
/3547/
89
/46/
87
/79/

Requiem for a Heavyweight (1962)
After suffering a brutal defeat and being told he can no longer fight, 37-year-old, scar-ridden prizefighter Louis 'Mountain' Rivera struggles to find a new direction in life
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Kanopy
70
7.2
/2618/
69
/55/
71
/27/
3.5
/1250/
77
/13/
79
/68/
66
/9/
cc age 10+

The Chosen (1981)
In a 1940s New York, two Jewish teenage boys are determined to remain friends despite the deep differences between their two families.
poster
69
7.1
/21187/
74
/703/
71
/506/
3.6
/10316/
74
/23/
74
/195/
54
/11/

Brubaker (1980)
The new warden of a small prison farm in Arkansas tries to clean it up of corruption after initially posing as an inmate.
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MGM Plus
68
6.6
/10798/
68
/206/
63
/150/
3.4
/8580/
77
/31/
74
/211/
58
/11/

The Pope of Greenwich Village (1984)
Charlie and his troublesome cousin Paulie decide to steal $150000 in order to back a "sure thing" race horse that Paulie has inside information on. The aftermath of the robbery gets them into serious trouble with the local Mafia boss and the corrupt New York City police department.
poster
66
6.3
/7230/
65
/200/
61
/110/
3.2
/4374/
83
/23/
64
/102/
58
/10/

Sharky's Machine (1981)
Police officer Tom Sharky gets busted back to working vice, where he happens upon a scandalous conspiracy involving a local politician. Sharky's new 'machine' gathers evidence while Sharky falls in love with a woman he has never met.
poster
fuboTV
65
6.4
/9973/
64
/228/
62
/170/
3.3
/10834/
75
/20/
53
/110/
61
/12/

The Anderson Tapes (1971)
Thief Duke Anderson—just released from ten years in jail—takes up with his old girlfriend in her posh apartment block, and makes plans to rob the entire building. What he doesn't know is that his every move is being recorded on audio and video, although he is not the subject of any surveillance.
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Kanopy
65
6.9
/43179/
72
/1826/
66
/614/
3.4
/36666/
45
/20/
82
/1981/
57
/11/
cc age 17+

Up in Smoke (1978)
An unemployed pot-smoking slacker and amateur drummer, Anthony Stoner ditches his strict parents and hits the road, eventually meeting kindred spirit Pedro de Pacas. While the drug-ingesting duo is soon arrested for possession of marijuana, Anthony and Pedro get released on a technicality, allowing them to continue their many misadventures and ultimately compete in a rock band contest, where they perform the raucous tune "Earache My Eye."
poster
64
6.2
/6039/
68
/125/
61
/124/
3.0
/2350/
73
/11/
54
/67/
64
/7/

Continental Divide (1981)
A hard-nosed Chicago journalist has an unlikely love affair with an eagle researcher.
poster
62
6.4
/3736/
66
/110/
62
/66/
3.4
/2950/
59
/17/
48
/37/
57
/9/

The Laughing Policeman (1973)
When a gunman opens fire on a crowded city bus in San Francisco, Detective Dave Evans is killed, along with the man he'd been following in relation to a murder. Evans' partner, Sgt. Jake Martin, becomes obsessed with solving the case.
poster
64
61
6.9
/9746/
70
/238/
67
/183/
3.4
/3122/
50
/8/
65
/97/

Nevada Smith (1966)
Nevada Smith is the young son of an Indian mother and white father. When his father is killed by three men over gold, Nevada sets out to find them and kill them. The boy is taken in by a gun merchant. The gun merchant shows him how to shoot and to shoot on time and correct.
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MGM Plus
59
6.2
/11177/
68
/347/
60
/137/
3.0
/6618/
60
/10/
59
/181/
48
/7/

Easy Money (1983)
To inherit his mother-in-law's colossal fortune, a hard living gambling addict must change his unhealthy ways before it gets the best of him.
poster
71
58
7.2
/3873/
67
/57/
71
/59/
3.6
/4132/
75
/37/

Edge of the City (1957)
A male army deserter and a black male dock worker join forces against a corrupt manager, in a corrupt environment, and as their connection blossoms they must face the oppressive and morally decaying city they live in.
poster
Kanopy
64
57
6.4
/4439/
68
/158/
58
/82/
3.5
/6983/
64
/14/
62
/109/

Black Caesar (1973)
Raised in Harlem, Tommy Gibbs becomes a successful mob boss but he clashes with the rival Mafia and his old enemy, dirty cop McKinney.
poster
55
5.4
/1340/
74
/30/
57
/24/
3.0
/763/
50
/12/
31
/10/

Harry and Walter Go to New York (1976)
Two hopelessly out of their class con-men attempt to pull off the largest bank heist of the 19th century — by gaining the enmity of the most famous bank robber in the world and the affection of a crusading newspaperwoman.
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Amazon Prime Video
50
5.6
/2658/
61
/51/
59
/42/
2.9
/1071/
35
/17/
47
/5/

Love and Bullets (1979)
Jackie Pruit is the girlfriend of notorious gangster Joe Bomposa. When it looks as if Bomposa's goons are threatening Jackie's life, the FBI moves in to protect her, hoping that she'll have incriminating evidence. Veteran agent Charlie Congers is assigned to watch over Jackie, and while it soon becomes apparent that she knows almost nothing about Bomposa that would be of any use to the FBI, he falls in love with her. Bomposa decides it would be more convenient to have Jackie out of the way, ordering her to be executed. Bomposa's henchmen slip through FBI security and murder her, but now they have to answer the angry and vengeful Congers.
poster
Kanopy
49
6.2
/48690/
64
/1676/
62
/1002/
3.0
/72985/
32
/47/
52
/2395/
28
/10/
cc age 16+

The Amityville Horror (1979)
George Lutz, his wife Kathy, and their three children have just moved into a beautiful, and improbably cheap, Victorian mansion nestled in the sleepy coastal town of Amityville, Long Island. However, their dream home is concealing a horrific past and soon each member of the Lutz family is plagued with increasingly strange and violent visions and impulses.
poster
Kanopy
70
47
6.8
/1703/
68
/47/
64
/45/
3.5
/3670/
82
/11/
71
/12/

Too Late Blues (1961)
Ghost is an ideological musician and leader of a jazz band who would rather play his blues in the park to the birds than compromise himself. His peripatetic performances lead him to cross paths with a singer, while his masculinity is thrown into question following a violent brawl.
poster
MGM Plus
58
47
6.5
/4885/
65
/100/
61
/91/
3.1
/1184/
33
/6/
66
/46/

The Hallelujah Trail (1965)
A wagon train heads for Denver with a cargo of whisky for the miners. Chaos ensues as the Temperance League, the US cavalry, the miners and the local Indians all try to take control of the valuable cargo.
poster
47
5.8
/85079/
64
/2902/
61
/1892/
3.0
/61993/
17
/23/
44
/1363/
25
/9/

Cobra (1986)
A tough-on-crime street cop must protect the only surviving witness to a strange murderous cult with far reaching plans.
poster
46
5.3
/1491/
52
/18/
53
/16/
3.0
/758/
25
/12/
35
/6/

Lucky Lady (1975)
When an American booze smuggler gets murdered in Prohibition-era Mexico, his widow, a nightclub singer, joins forces with her lover and a desperate loner to become rum-runners to the U.S.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
47
44
5.2
/12702/
57
/282/
48
/239/
2.7
/2689/
22
/9/
49
/283/

Renegade (2004)
U.S Marshal Mike Donovan has dark memories of the death of his first love. He keeps peace between the Americans and the natives who had temporarily adopted and taken care of him. The evil actions of a white sorcerer lead him to confront the villain in the Sacred Mountains, and, through shamanic rituals conquer his fears and uncover a suppressed memory he would much rather deny.
poster
MGM Plus
43
4.7
/1340/
44
/22/
45
/23/
2.9
/549/
30
/21/

Jinxed! (1982)
Harold, a professional gambler, and his girlfriend Bonita, a lounge singer, follow Willie, a young blackjack dealer, around the western U.S. Harold has a jinx on Willie and can't lose with him. Bonita and Willie meet and fall for each other and plot to do away with Harold and collect on his life insurance.
poster
70
32
7.4
/547/
58
/16/
66
/14/
3.7
/838/
83
/672/

A Constant Forge (2000)
One of the great mavericks of cinema, John Cassavetes has earned a reputation as the godfather of American independent movies. The actor-turned-filmmaker invented a realist style of unadorned narrative films heavily influenced by documentaries. This in-depth analysis of Cassavetes' life and work features interviews with key collaborators and ensemble regulars, and explores the making of classics like "The Killing of a Chinese Bookie," "Opening Night" and "A Woman Under the Influence."
poster
50
32
6.1
/2384/
56
/44/
61
/28/
3.1
/1025/
27
/15/
53
/23/
35
/7/

Heroes (1977)
A Vietnam veteran suffering from post traumatic stress disorder breaks out of a VA hospital and goes on a road trip with a sympathetic traveler to find out what became of the other men in his unit.
poster
Hoopla
54
26
6.0
/1335/
57
/31/
60
/23/
3.2
/668/
60
/10/
24
/10/

The Brotherhood (1968)
The son of a powerful Mafia don comes home from his army service in Vietnam and wants to lead his own life, but family tradition, intrigues and powerplays involving his older brother dictate otherwise, and he finds himself being slowly drawn back into that world.
poster
39
26
4.9
/2650/
51
/105/
47
/49/
2.7
/863/
10
/10/
28
/34/

The Sting II (1983)
Hooker and Gondorf pull a con on Macalinski, an especially nasty mob boss with the help of Veronica, a new grifter. They convince this new victim that Hooker is a somewhat dull boxer who is tired of taking dives for Gondorf. There is a ringer. Lonigan, their victim from the first movie, is setting them up to take the fall.
poster
Kanopy
60
20
6.1
/770/
50
/9/
66
/7/
3.3
/3613/
57
/4/

A Fish in the Bathtub (1999)
A forty-year marriage begins to unravel when the husband brings home a pet fish that he wants to keep in the bathtub.
poster
MGM Plus
47
19
5.2
/1063/
57
/24/
51
/23/
2.8
/1099/
21
/8/

Too Scared to Scream (1984)
A killer is brutally attacking several tenants that live in a high rise apartment building in New York City.
poster
54
17
5.6
/1338/
63
/47/
55
/25/
3.1
/345/
36
/6/

Assault on a Queen (1966)
A group of adventurers refloat a WWII German submarine and prepare to use it to pull a very large heist; The Queen Mary which they plan to rob on the high seas.
poster
48
13
5.0
/1101/
51
/21/
52
/18/
39
/5/

In the Shadows (2001)
When a stunt man dies in Miami, his uncle, a New York mob boss, sends a hit man to tail the stunt coordinator, whom the boss wants dead. The hit man, Eric O'Bryne, gets close to his mark's daughter, and through her he asks her dad to teach him to do stunts. While waiting for the word to kill this mentor, Eric discovers the joy of stunt work and of being part of a family. Meanwhile, several people are looking for the dead man's briefcase of money and a bag of illegal drugs that he stole from an undercover FBI agent now desperate to get the borrowed drugs back to the bureau. The stunt coordinator says that 'we dance in the shadows of death.' Can Eric step out into the sun?
poster
59
11
6.3
/490/
50
/6/
55
/13/
3.4
/337/

The Traveling Executioner (1970)
Jonas Candide performs his job as state executioner in early 20th century Mississippi like a combination preacher and carnival barker, persuading condemned men to accept their deaths before electrocuting them on his electric chair. After he's assigned his first woman to execute, however, Jonas' sense of purpose is shaken.
poster
53
8
5.7
/248/
42
/7/
53
/3/
3.1
/737/

The Legend of Hillbilly John (1974)
A roaming hillbilly, on a quest to defy the Devil, encounters several supernatural characters and does battle with his silver-stringed guitar.
poster
?
7.7
/10/
10
/1/

The Great Gatsby (1958)
Adaptation of the 1925 novel by F. Scott Fitzgerald for "Playhouse 90." A Midwesterner becomes fascinated with his wealthy neighbor, who obsesses over his lost love.
poster
?
10
/1/

The Streets (1984)
Undercover cops Wreade & Grozzo (Beck & Orbach) are searching for the identity of a gang leader who is selling handguns to people for their self protection. Unfortunately the guns are lethal to those who use them
poster
?
6.1
/60/
10
/1/
73
/3/

One Touch of Venus (1955)
While touring a museum, Rodney Hatch, an unremarkable barber, places an engagement ring intended for his girlfriend on the hand of a statue of Venus, the goddess of love and beauty. From Mount Olympus, Venus witnesses the event and decides to visit Rodney on Earth by magically inhabiting the statue. Hilarity ensues when she starts to fall in love with Rodney and competes with his girlfriend for his attentions. This television version of Kurt Weill's successful Broadway musical is much more faithful to the stage version than the 1948 Ava Gardner film, which changed the story considerably and cut most of the songs.
poster
MGM Plus
45
?
5.7
/338/
36
/3/
50
/8/
40
/2/

A Tattered Web (1971)
A detective discovers his son-in-law is cheating on his wife. He confronts the other woman and accidentally kills her, then tries to pin the crime on a local derelict.


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