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Bad Boys(1995)

R
| 1h 59min | Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
3.4/5 (with 2,775 votes)

Marcus Burnett is a hen-pecked family man. Mike Lowry is a foot-loose and fancy free ladies' man. Both are Miami policemen, and both have 72 hours to reclaim a consignment of drugs stolen from under their station's nose. To complicate matters, in order to get the assistance of the sole witness to a murder, they have to pretend to be each other.

Sister Act(1992)

PG
| 1h 40min | Music, Comedy
3.4/5 (with 1,399 votes)

A Reno singer witnesses a mob murder and the cops stash her in a nunnery to protect her from the mob's hitmen. The mother superior does not trust her, and takes steps to limit her influence on the other nuns. Eventually the singer rescues the failing choir and begins helping with community projects, which gets her an interview on TV—and identification by the mob.

Eraser(1996)

R
| 1h 55min | Action, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
3.0/5 (with 805 votes)

U.S. Marshall John Kruger erases the identities of people enrolled in the Witness Protection Program. His current assignment is to protect Lee Cullen, who's uncovered evidence that the weapons manufacturer she works for has been selling to terrorist groups. When Kruger discovers that there's a corrupt agent within the program, he must guard his own life while trying to protect Lee's.

The Family(2013)

R
| 1h 51min | Crime, Comedy, Action
3.2/5 (with 1,379 votes)

The Manzoni family, a notorious mafia clan, is relocated to Normandy, France under the witness protection program, where fitting in soon becomes challenging as their old habits die hard.

The Client(1994)

PG-13
| 1h 59min | Drama, Thriller, Crime, Mystery
3.3/5 (with 473 votes)

A street-wise kid, Mark Sway, sees the suicide of Jerome Clifford, a prominent Louisiana lawyer, whose current client is Barry 'The Blade' Muldano, a Mafia hit-man. Before Jerome shoots himself, he tells Mark where the body of a Senator is buried. Clifford shoots himself and Mark is found at the scene, and both the FBI and the Mafia quickly realize that Mark probably knows more than he says.

Halloween H20: 20 Years Later(1998)

R
| 1h 26min | Horror, Thriller
3.0/5 (with 713 votes)

Two decades after surviving a massacre on October 31, 1978, former baby sitter Laurie Strode finds herself hunted by persistent knife-wielder Michael Myers. Laurie now lives in Northern California under an assumed name, where she works as the headmistress of a private school. But it's not far enough to escape Myers, who soon discovers her whereabouts. As Halloween descends upon Laurie's peaceful community, a feeling of dread weighs upon her -- with good reason.

Bullitt(1968)

PG
| 1h 53min | Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
3.6/5 (with 478 votes)

Senator Walter Chalmers is aiming to take down mob boss Pete Ross with the help of testimony from the criminal's hothead brother Johnny, who is in protective custody in San Francisco under the watch of police lieutenant Frank Bullitt. When a pair of mob hitmen enter the scene, Bullitt follows their trail through a maze of complications and double-crosses. This thriller includes one of the most famous car chases ever filmed.

Bird on a Wire(1990)

PG-13
| 1h 50min | Action, Adventure, Comedy, Romance / Love
3.1/5 (with 391 votes)

An FBI informant has kept his new identity secret for 15 years. Now an old flame has recognised him, and the bad guys are back for revenge.

Fire with Fire(2012)

R
| 1h 37min | Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
2.8/5 (with 300 votes)

A fireman takes an unexpected course of action when a man whom he's been ordered to testify against—after being held up at a local convenience store—threatens him.

F/X(1986)

R
| 1h 49min | Action, Thriller
3.2/5 (with 178 votes)

A movies special effects man is hired by a government agency to help stage the assassination of a well known gangster. When the agency double cross him, he uses his special effects to trap the gangster and the corrupt agents.

Hit & Run(2012)

R
| 1h 40min | Action, Comedy, Romance / Love
2.8/5 (with 233 votes)

When former getaway driver, Charlie Bronson jeopardises his Witness Protection Plan identity in order to help his girlfriend get to Los Angeles, the feds and Charlie's former gang chase them on the road.

Madea's Witness Protection(2012)

PG-13
| 1h 54min | Drama, Comedy, Crime
3.1/5 (with 80 votes)

For years, mild-mannered Wall Street banker George Needleman has meandered through life oblivious to his family's dysfunction and his company's malfeasance, but he's forced to wake up when he learns that he's been framed in a mob-backed Ponzi scheme. Placed under federal protection, George and his family are shipped down South to Madea's house, where the no-nonsense matriarch whips them all into shape using her special brand of tough love.

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Eraser: Reborn(2022)

1h 42min | Action
3.3/5 (with 43 votes)

U.S. Marshal Mason Pollard specializes in “erasing” people – faking the deaths of high-risk witnesses. With the technological advances of the last 25 years, the game has upgraded, and it’s just another day at the office when he’s assigned to Rina Kimura, a crime boss’ wife who’s decided to turn state’s evidence. As the two flee to Cape Town, South Africa, Pollard discovers he’s been set up and will need to be at the top of his game, or he’ll be the one who’s erased.

Did You Hear About the Morgans?(2009)

PG-13
| 1h 43min | Comedy, Drama, Romance / Love
2.7/5 (with 428 votes)

New Yorkers Paul and Meryl Morgan seem to have it all -- except that their marriage is crumbling around them. But their romantic woes are small compared to the trouble they find themselves in after witnessing a murder. To protect them from an assassin, federal agents whisk away Paul and Meryl to a small town in Wyoming, where their marriage will crash and burn, or their passion will reignite.

Narrow Margin(1990)

R
| 1h 37min | Action, Thriller, Crime, Mystery
3.2/5 (with 77 votes)

An L.A. District Attorney attempts to take an unwilling murder witness back to the United States to testify against a top-level mob boss. Frantically attempting to escape two deadly hitmen sent to silence her, they board a Vancouver-bound train only to discover that the killers are onboard with them. For the next 20 hours, as the train hurls through the beautiful but isolated Canadian wilderness, a deadly game of cat and mouse ensues in which their ability to tell friend from foe is a matter of life and death.

Kiss of Death(1995)

1h 41min | Crime, Thriller, Drama
2.8/5 (with 137 votes)

Jimmy Kilmartin is an ex-con trying to stay clean and raise a family. When his cousin Ronnie causes him to take a fall for driving an illegal transport of stolen cars, Detective Calvin Hart is injured and Jimmy lands back in prison. In exchange for an early release, he is asked to help bring down a local crime boss named 'Little Junior' Brown. However, he's also sent undercover by Detective Hart to work with Little Junior and infiltrate his operations. As soon as Little Junior kills an undercover Federal agent with Jimmy watching, the unscrupulous DA and the Feds further complicate his life.

Cool as Ice(1991)

PG
| 1h 31min | Romance / Love, Music, Comedy
2.5/5 (with 73 votes)

Freewheeling, motorcycle-riding musician Johnny rolls into a small town with his band, and meets Kathy, an honor student who catches his eye. Meanwhile, Kathy's father, after being in the Witness Protection Program, is finally tracked down by two corrupt cops he escaped from years ago, who want the money he owes them.

My Blue Heaven(1990)

PG-13
| 1h 37min | Action, Comedy
3.1/5 (with 95 votes)

FBI agent Barney Coopersmith is assigned to protect former Mafia figure turned informant Vincent Antonelli. In the witness protection program one is supposed to keep a low profile, but that is something that Antonelli has trouble doing. Coopersmith certainly has his hands full keeping Antonelli away from the Mafia hitmen who want to stop him testifying, not to mention the nightclubs...

Our Lips Are Sealed(2000)

G
| 1h 29min | Comedy, Kids & Family, Crime
3.0/5 (with 123 votes)

Mary-Kate and Ashley star in this Down Under adventure filled with nonstop Aussie intrigue, laughs and romance. After running afoul of a notorious gangster, Mary-Kate and Ashley take refuge in the FBI Witness Protection Program. Unfortunately, the girls are uncontrollable blabbermouths and they blow their cover in town after town until there's only one hiding place left - Australia.

Route 666(2001)

R
| 1h 26min | Horror, Action, Thriller
2.5/5 (with 29 votes)

Smith, a mob informer hiding out with the Witness Protection Program, decides to make a break for it and hide out in the Arizona desert. The Feds catch up with him and rescue him just before a group of hitmen can manage to silence him for good. In the course of getting Smith away from the mafia thugs, the pair of agents assigned to protect him turn onto an abandoned stretch of highway nicknamed 'Route 666' after the mysterious death of a prison chain gang. As the three continue on their way, they soon discover just what happened to the chain gang, and how the highway earned its name.

Our Godfather(2019)

1h 32min | Documentary, History
3.3/5 (with 29 votes)

The story of how Sicilian Mafia boss Tommaso Buscetta (1928-2000), the Godfather of Two Worlds, revealed, starting in 1984, the deepest secrets of the organization, thus helping to convict the hundreds of mafiosi who were tried in the trial held in Palermo between 1986 and 1987.

Directed by Mark Franchetti, Andrew Meier

Hiding Out(1987)

2.8/5 (with 16 votes)

A very successful stock broker is called to court to testify against a mob boss who was into some inside trading. Andrew Morenski must become Max Hauser and go back to high school for protection from the mob.

Hide in Plain Sight(1980)

PG
| 1h 32min | Drama
2.7/5 (with 4 votes)

True story of a man in search of his children after his ex-wife enters the Witness Protection Program.

Woman in Witness Protection(1997)

2h 11min | Drama, Comedy, Thriller
3.1/5 (with 2 votes)

Biwako is a vain, middle-aged actress who witnesses a brutal murder. Realizing that the very public life of the woman makes their sole witness vulnerable to the killers, the police assign two officers to safeguard her until the trial. In the interim, the lives of Biwako and everyone around her are changed in unexpected ways.

Directed by Jūzō Itami

Cohen and Tate(1989)

R
| 1h 26min | Crime, Thriller
3.3/5 (with 20 votes)

A boy kidnapped by two mismatched hitmen puts them at each other's throats while being driven to their employers, possibly to be killed. Cohen, an older professional becomes increasingly irritated with his partner Tate, a brutish killer, when their prisoner uses unnatural guile and resourcefulness to play them off against each other.

The Assault(1998)

1h 25min | Thriller, Action
2.0/5 (with 1 vote)

A female cop assigned to protect a dead drug dealer's girlfriend from mob assassins takes her to a home for battered wives. When revenge is the only option, the emotionally scarred women are forced to fight back.

Murder, She Wrote: South by Southwest(1997)

1h 40min | TV Movie, Mystery
3.4/5 (with 7 votes)

Jessica Fletcher searches for a woman who witnessed the murder of a man trying to expose a serious flaw in a top-secret government satellite code.

Directed by Anthony Shaw

Hitman's Run(1999)

R
| 1h 33min | Action, Crime
2.7/5 (with 3 votes)

A former mob hitman, now in witness protection, is forced to come out of retirement when his family is threatened by his cohorts. He teams up with a skateboarding kid, who has a computer disk that the mob wants to get their hands on that has a list of new names for individuals in the FBI witness protection program. The list includes his dad, who separated from his mother years before and hadn't been seen since.

Paradise: A New Life(2020)

1h 25min | Comedy, Drama
2.9/5 (with 5 votes)

After witnessing the mafa’s murder scene in Sicily, Calogero becomes a protected man and is sent to a small town in the Alps. Soon after, the killer he reported, now an informant, comes to the same town and the sleep with the enemy begins.

Bullitt(2023)

An original movie based on the classic Steve McQueen character.

Directed by Steven Spielberg - With Bradley Cooper
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