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Selection: ranked from the FlickRatings core library (up to 25,000 titles). Size: this page shows the top 100 results for this slice. Updates: list refreshes as underlying metadata and availability updates (page last built: January 13, 2026). Tip: use title pages to check where-to-watch by country and provider.
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Lethal Weapon (1987) FR #1356 | Movie | Crime, Action | USA, Japan | English, Japanese
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Director Richard Donner
Writer Shane Black, Jeffrey Boam
Cast Mel Gibson, Danny Glover, Gary Busey
Plot Two newly paired cops who are complete opposites must put aside their differences in order to catch a gang of drug smugglers.
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Lethal Weapon 2 (1989) FR #1844 | Movie | Crime, Action | USA, Australia | English, Afrikaans
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Director Richard Donner
Writer Jeffrey Boam, Shane Black, Warren Murphy
Cast Mel Gibson, Danny Glover, Joe Pesci
Plot Riggs and Murtaugh are on the trail of South African diplomats who are using their immunity to engage in criminal activities.
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Iron Man Three aka Iron Man 3 (2013) FR #2274 | Movie | SuperHeroes, Action | USA | English
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Director Shane Black
Writer Drew Pearce, Shane Black, Stan Lee
Cast Robert Downey Jr., Guy Pearce, Gwyneth Paltrow
Plot When Tony Stark's world is torn apart by a formidable terrorist called the Mandarin, he starts an odyssey of rebuilding and retribution.
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Kiss Kiss Bang Bang (2005) FR #3778 | Movie | Comedy, Crime | USA | English
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Director Shane Black
Writer Brett Halliday, Shane Black
Cast Robert Downey Jr., Val Kilmer, Michelle Monaghan
Plot After being mistaken for an actor, a New York thief is sent to Hollywood to train under a private eye for a potential movie role, but the duo are thrown together with a struggling actress into a murder mystery.
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The Nice Guys (2016) FR #4019 | Movie | Comedy, Action | USA | English, German
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Director Shane Black
Writer Shane Black, Anthony Bagarozzi
Cast Russell Crowe, Ryan Gosling, Angourie Rice
Plot In 1970s Los Angeles, a mismatched pair of private eyes investigate a missing girl and the mysterious death of a porn star.
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Editorial Best Movies/TV Shows Written by (or adapted from) Shane Black collects the writer’s most important, popular and top regarded work. This list is built from the cataogue of 25000 core titles provided on FlickRatings, and showcases most important movies and TV shows as ordered by our score generated using public metadata. Combine this with our weekly updated OTT information to shortlist your next watch.
