65		The Wrong Man (Drama, Film-Noir, 1956)
53		Angels with Dirty Faces (Crime, Drama, Film-Noir, 1938)
44		Sunset Blvd. (Drama, Film-Noir, 1950)
44		Ace in the Hole (Drama, Film-Noir, 1951)
41		The Lost Weekend (Drama, Film-Noir, 1945)
41		The Blue Angel (Drama, Music, 1930)
40		Miller's Crossing (Crime, Drama, Thriller, 1990)
40		Reign Over Me (Drama, 2007)
40		Jungle Fever (Drama, Romance, 1991)
39		Dark Blue (Crime, Drama, Romance, 2002)
39		Birdman of Alcatraz (Biography, Drama, 1962)
38		The Killers (Crime, Drama, Film-Noir, 1946)
37		Scarface (Crime, Drama, 1983)
37		There Will Be Blood (Drama, 2007)
37		Citizen Kane (Drama, Mystery, 1941)
36		25th Hour (Drama, 2002)
35		Quiz Show (Drama, History, 1994)
35		Gunfight at the O.K. Corral (Drama, Western, 1957)
35		White Heat (Crime, Drama, Film-Noir, 1949)
35		Judgment at Nuremberg (Drama, War, 1961)
35		Nightcrawler (Crime, Drama, Thriller, 2014)
35		Straight Outta Compton (Biography, Crime, Drama, 2015)
34		Rent (Drama, Musical, Romance, 2005)
34		The Cotton Club (Crime, Drama, Music, 1984)
34		The Soloist (Biography, Drama, Music, 2009)
34		Juice (Action, Crime, Drama, 1992)
34		Touch of Evil (Crime, Drama, Film-Noir, 1958)
34		Black Mass (Biography, Crime, Drama, 2015)
34		Out for Justice (Action, Crime, Drama, 1991)
34		Witness (Crime, Drama, Romance, 1985)
34		Cadillac Records (Biography, Drama, Music, 2008)
34		Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (Drama, Horror, Musical, 2007)
34		A Scanner Darkly (Animation, Drama, Mystery, 2006)
33		One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (Drama, 1975)
33		The Killing (Crime, Drama, Film-Noir, 1956)
33		The Night of the Hunter (Crime, Drama, Film-Noir, 1955)
32		The Celebration (Drama, 1998)
32		The Best of Youth (Drama, Romance, 2003)
32		Dogville (Crime, Drama, 2003)
31		Gone Girl (Crime, Drama, Mystery, 2014)
31		The Color Purple (Drama, 1985)
31		The Godfather: Part III (Crime, Drama, 1990)
31		Short Term 12 (Drama, 2013)
31		Killer's Kiss (Crime, Drama, Film-Noir, 1955)
31		A Wednesday (Crime, Drama, Mystery, 2008)
31		A Clockwork Orange (Crime, Drama, Sci-Fi, 1971)
31		Chinatown (Drama, Mystery, Thriller, 1974)
31		La leggenda del pianista sull'oceano (Drama, Music, Romance, 1998)
31		The Pianist (Biography, Drama, War, 2002)
30		Factory Girl (Biography, Drama, 2006)
30		Shattered Glass (Drama, History, 2003)
30		Black Snake Moan (Drama, Music, 2006)
30		Edmond (Drama, Thriller, 2005)
30		Five Easy Pieces (Drama, 1970)
30		A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints (Crime, Drama, 2006)
30		Akeelah and the Bee (Drama, 2006)
30		Syriana (Drama, Thriller, 2005)
30		Primal Fear (Crime, Drama, Mystery, 1996)
30		Music of the Heart (Drama, Music, 1999)
30		The China Syndrome (Drama, Thriller, 1979)
30		Big Night (Drama, Romance, 1996)
30		Collateral (Crime, Drama, Thriller, 2004)
30		Exotica (Drama, Mystery, 1994)
30		Finding Forrester (Drama, 2000)
30		The Asphalt Jungle (Crime, Film-Noir, Drama, 1950)
30		In a Lonely Place (Drama, Film-Noir, Mystery, 1950)
30		Arbitrage (Drama, Thriller, 2012)
30		Mr. Holland's Opus (Drama, Music, 1995)
30		A Place in the Sun (Drama, Film-Noir, Romance, 1951)
30		Inside Llewyn Davis (Drama, Music, 2013)
30		Breaking and Entering (Drama, Romance, 2006)
30		Richard III (Drama, War, 1995)
30		I Confess (Crime, Drama, Film-Noir, 1953)
30		Glengarry Glen Ross (Crime, Drama, Mystery, 1992)
29		Laura (Crime, Drama, Film-Noir, 1944)
29		Desperate Measures (Action, Crime, Drama, 1998)
29		Hannibal (Crime, Drama, Thriller, 2001)
29		Insomnia (Drama, Mystery, Thriller, 2002)
29		Internal Affairs (Crime, Drama, Thriller, 1990)
29		Rebecca (Drama, Film-Noir, Mystery, 1940)
29		The Fabulous Baker Boys (Drama, Music, Romance, 1989)
29		Double Indemnity (Crime, Drama, Film-Noir, 1944)
29		Knockaround Guys (Crime, Drama, Thriller, 2001)
29		Crimson Peak (Drama, Fantasy, Horror, 2015)
29		Punisher: War Zone (Action, Crime, Drama, 2008)
29		The Business (Crime, Drama, Thriller, 2005)
29		Seeking Justice (Action, Drama, Thriller, 2011)
29		New York, New York (Drama, Music, Musical, 1977)
29		Salvador (Drama, History, Thriller, 1986)
29		Rope (Crime, Drama, Film-Noir, 1948)
29		Absolute Power (Action, Crime, Drama, 1997)
29		Cry Freedom (Biography, Drama, History, 1987)
29		Sunshine (Drama, History, Romance, 1999)
29		Out of the Past (Crime, Drama, Film-Noir, 1947)
29		Key Largo (Crime, Drama, Film-Noir, 1948)
29		Brother (Crime, Drama, Thriller, 2000)
28		12 Angry Men (Crime, Drama, 1957)
28		From Here to Eternity (Drama, Romance, War, 1953)
28		The Postman Always Rings Twice (Crime, Drama, Film-Noir, 1946)
28		Notorious (Drama, Film-Noir, Romance, 1946)
28		The Lady from Shanghai (Crime, Drama, Film-Noir, 1947)
28		Scarlet Street (Drama, Film-Noir, Thriller, 1945)
28		Gilda (Drama, Film-Noir, Romance, 1946)
28		Gaslight (Crime, Drama, Film-Noir, 1944)
28		Mildred Pierce (Crime, Drama, Film-Noir, 1945)
27		The Flight of the Phoenix (Adventure, Drama, 1965)
27		The Help (Drama, 2011)
27		Léon: The Professional (Crime, Drama, Thriller, 1994)
27		Paths of Glory (Drama, War, 1957)
27		Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (Drama, Romance, 1958)
27		Gran Torino (Drama, 2008)
27		The Stranger (Crime, Drama, Film-Noir, 1946)
27		The Dark Knight (Action, Crime, Drama, 2008)
26		Amour (Drama, Romance, 2012)
26		The Man Who Wasn't There (Crime, Drama, 2001)
26		Giant (Drama, Western, 1956)
26		Inherit the Wind (Drama, History, 1960)
26		Hunger (Biography, Drama, 2008)
26		The Sweet Hereafter (Drama, 1997)
26		The Namesake (Drama, 2006)
26		On Golden Pond (Drama, 1981)
26		The 400 Blows (Crime, Drama, 1959)
26		The Cincinnati Kid (Drama, 1965)
26		The Bridge on the River Kwai (Adventure, Drama, War, 1957)
26		An Affair to Remember (Drama, Romance, 1957)
25		Rounders (Crime, Drama, 1998)
25		The Contender (Drama, Thriller, 2000)
25		Sweet November (Drama, Romance, 2001)
25		Stand and Deliver (Drama, 1988)
25		At Close Range (Crime, Drama, 1986)
25		To Kill a Mockingbird (Crime, Drama, 1962)
25		Marty (Drama, Romance, 1955)
25		East of Eden (Drama, 1955)
25		The Caine Mutiny (Drama, War, 1954)
25		Rebel Without a Cause (Drama, 1955)
25		The Man Who Knew Too Much (Drama, Thriller, 1956)
25		Hiroshima Mon Amour (Drama, Romance, 1959)
25		Imitation of Life (Drama, 1959)
25		Sweet Sixteen (Crime, Drama, 2002)
25		Johnny Guitar (Drama, Western, 1954)
25		Tokyo Story (Drama, 1953)
25		Third Person (Drama, Romance, 2013)
25		Scarface (Action, Crime, Drama, 1932)
25		Steve Jobs (Biography, Drama, 2015)
25		Stoker (Drama, Thriller, 2013)
25		Breathe In (Drama, Romance, 2013)
25		Stalag 17 (Drama, War, 1953)
25		The Experiment (Drama, Thriller, 2010)
25		Breathless (Crime, Drama, 1960)
25		Moby Dick (Adventure, Drama, 1956)
25		Deliverance (Adventure, Drama, Mystery, 1972)
25		Dirty Harry (Action, Crime, Drama, 1971)
25		Shopgirl (Drama, Romance, 2005)
25		The Miracle Worker (Biography, Drama, 1962)
25		Once (Drama, Music, Romance, 2007)
25		The Day of the Jackal (Crime, Drama, Thriller, 1973)
25		The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (Drama, Western, 1962)
25		L'Avventura (Drama, Mystery, 1960)
24		The Son of No One (Crime, Drama, Thriller, 2011)
24		Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me (Drama, Fantasy, Horror, 1992)
24		Bugsy (Biography, Crime, Drama, 1991)
24		Killer Joe (Crime, Drama, Thriller, 2011)
24		The Talented Mr. Ripley (Crime, Drama, Thriller, 1999)
24		Trapped (Crime, Drama, Thriller, 2002)
24		A Walk Among the Tombstones (Crime, Drama, Mystery, 2014)
24		Sleeping with the Enemy (Crime, Drama, Thriller, 1991)
24		'71 (Action, Drama, Thriller, 2014)
24		Ripley's Game (Crime, Drama, Mystery, 2002)
24		Four Brothers (Action, Crime, Drama, 2005)
24		Devil in a Blue Dress (Crime, Drama, Mystery, 1995)
24		Seraphim Falls (Action, Drama, Thriller, 2006)
24		Blindness (Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, 2008)
24		Les Misérables (Crime, Drama, History, 1998)
24		A Time to Kill (Crime, Drama, Thriller, 1996)
24		Apt Pupil (Crime, Drama, Thriller, 1998)
24		Crazy Heart (Drama, Music, Romance, 2009)
24		The Shawshank Redemption (Crime, Drama, 1994)
24		Sleepers (Crime, Drama, Thriller, 1996)
24		Raajneeti (Action, Crime, Drama, 2010)
24		Brokedown Palace (Drama, Mystery, Thriller, 1999)
24		San ging chat goo si (Action, Crime, Drama, 2004)
24		The Good Son (Drama, Horror, Thriller, 1993)
24		Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer (Biography, Crime, Drama, 1986)
24		Jules and Jim (Drama, Romance, 1962)
24		L'Eclisse (Drama, Romance, 1962)
24		Cape Fear (Drama, Thriller, 1962)
24		Atlantic City (Crime, Drama, Romance, 1980)
24		The Manchurian Candidate (Drama, Thriller, 1962)
24		The Children's Hour (Drama, Romance, 1961)
24		Splendor in the Grass (Drama, Romance, 1961)
24		Animal Farm (Animation, Drama, 1954)
24		A Christmas Carol (Drama, Fantasy, 1951)
24		The Godfather (Crime, Drama, 1972)
24		All About Eve (Drama, 1950)
24		The Hustler (Drama, Sport, 1961)
24		Maniac (Drama, Horror, Thriller, 1980)
24		Airport (Action, Drama, Thriller, 1970)
24		8½ (Drama, Fantasy, 1963)
24		The Silence (Drama, 1963)
24		...and justice for all. (Crime, Drama, Thriller, 1979)

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