Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "criminal-psychology"

1. The Mentalist (2008–2015)

TV-14 | 43 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

A famous "psychic" outs himself as a fake, and starts working as a consultant for the California Bureau of Investigation so he can find "Red John", the madman who killed his wife and daughter.

Stars: Simon Baker, Robin Tunney, Tim Kang, Owain Yeoman

Votes: 200,740

2. Mindhunter (2017–2019)

TV-MA | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

In the late 1970s, two FBI agents broaden the realm of criminal science by investigating the psychology behind murder and end up getting too close to real-life monsters.

Stars: Jonathan Groff, Holt McCallany, Anna Torv, Hannah Gross

Votes: 336,308

3. Signal (2016)

80 min | Crime, Drama, Fantasy

A cold-case profiler in 2015 and a detective in 1989 work together to solve a series of related murders spanning three decades using a special walkie-talkie to communicate with each other.

Stars: Lee Jehoon, Kim Hye-su, Cho Jin-woong, Kim Won-hae

Votes: 9,205

4. Conversations with a Killer: The Ted Bundy Tapes (2019)

TV-MA | 59 min | Documentary, Biography, Crime

A look inside the mind of serial killer Ted Bundy, featuring interviews with him on death row.

Stars: Stephen Michaud, Bob Keppel, Kathleen McChesney, Ward Lucas

Votes: 32,937

5. Body Parts (1991)

R | 88 min | Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller

After losing his arm in a car accident, a criminal psychologist has it replaced with a limb that belonged to a serial killer.

Director: Eric Red | Stars: Jeff Fahey, Lindsay Duncan, Kim Delaney, Zakes Mokae

Votes: 5,020 | Gross: $9.19M

6. Hello Monster (2015)

70 min | Action, Crime, Mystery

Briliant criminal psychologist tries to solve murder cases that seem to be linked to one another, and something triggers a memory he himself thought he'd lost forever.

Stars: Seo In-Guk, Jang Na-ra, Park Bo-gum, Choi Won-young

Votes: 1,808 | Gross: $0.01M

7. Grimm Love (2006)

R | 87 min | Crime, Drama, Horror

In Germany, as graduate student Katie Armstrong researches cannibal killer Oliver Hagen for her thesis, she becomes obsessed with her subject and ultimately plunges into a lifestyle similar to Hagen's and the thousands of people like him.

Director: Martin Weisz | Stars: Thomas Kretschmann, Keri Russell, Thomas Huber, Rainier Meissner

Votes: 3,602

8. Love Me If You Dare (2015– )

45 min | Crime, Romance, Thriller

Simon is a criminal profiler from the US who returns to China. He hires Jenny to help him with his work, and they fall in love. But a serial-killer stalker is leaving calling cards for Simon in other killers' crime scenes.

Stars: Wallace Huo, Sichun Ma, Zheng Yin, Kai Wang

Votes: 747

9. Deadly Seduction (2021 TV Movie)

TV-14 | 91 min | Crime, Drama, Horror

Maggie and her husband Richard are both college professors and have a daughter, 17-year-old Jenny. Their marriage is falling apart, and when Richard admits to having an affair with a student at the college they both work at.

Director: Tom Shell | Stars: Lindsay Hartley, Andrew Rogers, Katie Kelly, Reynada Robinson

Votes: 165

10. Lethal Love Triangle (2021 TV Movie)

TV-14 | 87 min | Crime, Drama, Romance

Two students become engrossed with their handsome research subject until his true nature puts them in harm's way.

Director: Daniel West | Stars: Savvy Shay, Jacob Taylor, April Martucci, Terry Woodberry

Votes: 222

11. JCS - Criminal Psychology (2019– )

Documentary, Crime

An episodic youtube series breaking down interviews and interrogations of killers and predators by dissecting body language, speech patterns, and other behavior to discuss exactly how evil manifests.

Votes: 79

12. When a Snail Falls in Love (2016– )

TV-14 | 33 min | Action, Crime, Romance

Detective Ji Bai and new criminal profiler Xu Xu may seem like an awkward teacher-student pair at first glance, yet they are actually the best partners in the police force, solving one ... See full summary »

Stars: Kai Wang, Ziwen Wang, Yue Xu, Heng Yu

Votes: 343

13. Crime Puzzle (2021)

Drama, Mystery, Romance

A criminal psychologist, sent to prison for murdering a political candidate, and the criminal profiler, who lost his father to a murder, conduct interviews about killings that happened in prison.

Stars: Yoon Kyesang, Ko Ah-sung, Yoon Kyung-ho, Kwon Soo-Hyeon

Votes: 114

14. The Virgin Killer (2014 TV Movie)

65 min | Documentary, Crime

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Director: Talya Tibbon | Stars: Lucy Briers, Cayla Bergman, Junan Chen, Park Dietz

Votes: 49

15. Killer Psyche (2021 Podcast Series)

Documentary, Crime

Killer Psyche is a true crime podcast that examines the psychology of murders and criminals who have committed terrible crimes. The program is hosted by tired FBI criminal profiler Candice ... See full summary »

Stars: Candice DeLong, Joseph Edward Duncan, Julie Berke, Tony Fort

Votes: 9

16. True Crime Psychology and Personality (2020 Podcast Series)

Documentary, Crime

True Crime Psychology and Personality is a true crime and criminal psychology podcast that dives deep into the pathologies behind some of the most horrendous crimes ever committed. The ... See full summary »

Star: Todd Grande

17. Room for Rent (1995)

19 min | Short

A chance meeting between two men in Central Park on a sunny day stirs up a psychological storm.

Director: Bart Everly | Stars: Joey Dedio, Bart Everly, Dwight Ewell, Ryan Findley

18. Criminal Minds (2005– )
Episode: Blood Hungry (2005)

TV-14 | 42 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

The BAU team must profile a delusional killer in rural Tennessee, and a family member protecting him puts a child at risk.

Director: Charles Haid | Stars: Mandy Patinkin, Thomas Gibson, Lola Glaudini, Shemar Moore

Votes: 3,025

19. Criminal Minds (2005– )
Episode: Broken Mirror (2005)

TV-PG | 42 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

One of a lawyer's identical twin daughters is kidnapped. The kidnapper contacts him and demands ransom money. The team's investigation, however, reveals that he doesn't really want the money, but both girls.

Director: Guy Norman Bee | Stars: Mandy Patinkin, Thomas Gibson, Lola Glaudini, Shemar Moore

Votes: 2,663

20. Criminal Minds (2005– )
Episode: Compulsion (2005)

TV-14 | 42 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

The team are called to an Arizona college when an arsonist who operates in a very unusual way kills a student.

Director: Charles Haid | Stars: Mandy Patinkin, Thomas Gibson, Lola Glaudini, Shemar Moore

Votes: 2,850

21. Criminal Minds (2005– )
Episode: Derailed (2005)

TV-PG | 42 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

A paranoid schizophrenic takes other passengers on a train hostage, including Elle.

Director: Félix Enríquez Alcalá | Stars: Mandy Patinkin, Thomas Gibson, Lola Glaudini, Shemar Moore

Votes: 3,255

22. Criminal Minds (2005– )
Episode: Extreme Aggressor (2005)

TV-PG | 42 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

The team travels to Seattle to find the captor of four missing women.

Director: Richard Shepard | Stars: Mandy Patinkin, Thomas Gibson, Lola Glaudini, Shemar Moore

Votes: 3,392

23. Criminal Minds (2005– )
Episode: L.D.S.K. (2005)

TV-14 | 42 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

The team chases a sniper in Des Plaines, Illinois who for some reason only wounds his victims.

Director: Ernest R. Dickerson | Stars: Mandy Patinkin, Thomas Gibson, Lola Glaudini, Shemar Moore

Votes: 3,198

24. Criminal Minds (2005– )
Episode: Natural Born Killer (2005)

TV-14 | 42 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

The disappearance of an undercover officer in relation to a triple murder puts the BAU on the hunt of a possible serial killer who's turned it into a profession.

Director: Peter Ellis | Stars: Mandy Patinkin, Thomas Gibson, Lola Glaudini, Shemar Moore

Votes: 2,471

25. Criminal Minds (2005– )
Episode: Plain Sight (2005)

TV-14 | 42 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

A serial rapist-killer active in San Diego targeting middle class women glues his victims eyes open.

Director: Matt Earl Beesley | Stars: Mandy Patinkin, Thomas Gibson, Lola Glaudini, Shemar Moore

Votes: 2,574

26. Criminal Minds (2005– )
Episode: Poison (2006)

TV-PG | 42 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

The apparent spiking of citizens of a town in New Jersey, puts the BAU on the trail of a poisoner who may not be done.

Director: Thomas J. Wright | Stars: Mandy Patinkin, Thomas Gibson, Lola Glaudini, Shemar Moore

Votes: 2,298

27. Criminal Minds (2005– )
Episode: The Popular Kids (2005)

TV-PG | 42 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

The apparent death by Satanic ritual brings the BAU to a small town, and the profiling morphs into a search when it's learned that a teenage girl is missing.

Director: Andy Wolk | Stars: Mandy Patinkin, Thomas Gibson, Lola Glaudini, Shemar Moore

Votes: 2,914

28. Criminal Minds (2005– )
Episode: The Fox (2005)

TV-PG | 42 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

The team attempts to catch a killer who preys on families while they are supposed to be on vacation.

Director: Guy Norman Bee | Stars: Mandy Patinkin, Thomas Gibson, Lola Glaudini, Shemar Moore

Votes: 2,592

29. Criminal Minds (2005– )
Episode: Unfinished Business (2006)

TV-PG | 42 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

When a serial killer reappears, the team works with a retired BAU agent who just published a book about the perpetrator.

Director: J. Miller Tobin | Stars: Mandy Patinkin, Thomas Gibson, Lola Glaudini, Shemar Moore

Votes: 2,301

30. Criminal Minds (2005– )
Episode: What Fresh Hell? (2006)

TV-PG | 42 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

The team must determine whether an abducted girl is the pawn in a bitter divorce, or something more sinister has happened.

Director: Adam Davidson | Stars: Mandy Patinkin, Thomas Gibson, Lola Glaudini, Shemar Moore

Votes: 2,227

31. Criminal Minds (2005– )
Episode: Won't Get Fooled Again (2005)

TV-14 | 43 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

A bomber in Palm Beach forces Gideon to confront an old adversary.

Director: Kevin Bray | Stars: Mandy Patinkin, Thomas Gibson, Lola Glaudini, Shemar Moore

Votes: 2,792

32. Criminal Minds (2005– )
Episode: Riding the Lightning (2006)

TV-PG | 42 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

The team of investigators interview husband and wife serial killers with their execution date set for two days time.

Director: Chris Long | Stars: Mandy Patinkin, Thomas Gibson, Lola Glaudini, Shemar Moore

Votes: 4,289

33. Criminal Minds (2005– )
Episode: The Tribe (2006)

TV-14 | 42 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

The massacre of students using Native American rituals leads the team to consult the reservation policeman, who is also an activist.

Director: Matt Earl Beesley | Stars: Mandy Patinkin, Thomas Gibson, Lola Glaudini, Shemar Moore

Votes: 2,498

34. Criminal Minds (2005– )
Episode: Somebody's Watching (2006)

TV-PG | 42 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

In town to conduct a seminar, Gideon and Reid become involved in a stalker case that has escalated to murder.

Director: Paul Shapiro | Stars: Mandy Patinkin, Thomas Gibson, Lola Glaudini, Shemar Moore

Votes: 3,463

35. Criminal Minds (2005– )
Episode: Machismo (2006)

TV-PG | 42 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

The BAU is requested to assist on a case in Mexico to determine if there is a serial killer in the town of a police captain who attended one of Gideon's seminars.

Director: Guy Norman Bee | Stars: Mandy Patinkin, Thomas Gibson, Lola Glaudini, Shemar Moore

Votes: 2,422

36. Criminal Minds (2005– )
Episode: Charm and Harm (2006)

TV-PG | 42 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Team members track a known "chameleon" serial killer across the southeastern U.S. trying to stop him before he kills again.

Director: Félix Enríquez Alcalá | Stars: Mandy Patinkin, Thomas Gibson, Lola Glaudini, Shemar Moore

Votes: 2,232

37. Criminal Minds (2005– )
Episode: Secrets and Lies (2006)

TV-PG | 42 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

The BAU team investigates a CIA counter-terrorism unit to identify a traitor who had a fellow agent murdered and who is trying to find and kill the unit's informant, a Saudi woman with two children who are in hiding.

Director: Matt Earl Beesley | Stars: Mandy Patinkin, Thomas Gibson, Lola Glaudini, Shemar Moore

Votes: 2,901

38. Criminal Minds (2005– )
Episode: A Real Rain (2006)

TV-PG | 42 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

The team travels to Manhattan to work with the NYPD in tracking and apprehending a serial killer who is intent on dispensing his own style of vigilante justice.

Director: Gloria Muzio | Stars: Mandy Patinkin, Thomas Gibson, Lola Glaudini, Shemar Moore

Votes: 2,293

39. Criminal Minds (2005– )
Episode: The Fisher King: Part 1 (2006)

TV-14 | 42 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Team members become pawns of a psychopathic killer.

Director: Edward Allen Bernero | Stars: Mandy Patinkin, Thomas Gibson, Lola Glaudini, Shemar Moore

Votes: 3,238

40. Criminal Minds (2005– )
Episode: The Fisher King: Part 2 (2006)

TV-PG | 42 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Elle's fate is unknown, and the unsub continues dropping clues as the team scrambles to identify him before another tragedy occurs.

Director: Gloria Muzio | Stars: Mandy Patinkin, Thomas Gibson, Lola Glaudini, Shemar Moore

Votes: 2,992

41. Criminal Minds (2005– )
Episode: The Perfect Storm (2006)

TV-14 | 42 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

The BAU team investigates a series of murders in Florida, suspecting a partnership between two deviant persons with complementary personalities due to the nature of torture videos taken of the victims sent to the victims' parents.

Director: Félix Enríquez Alcalá | Stars: Mandy Patinkin, Thomas Gibson, Lola Glaudini, Shemar Moore

Votes: 2,054

42. Criminal Minds (2005– )
Episode: P911 (2006)

TV-14 | 42 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

The case of a missing boy placed up for auction online by a child pornographer draws the BAU team to work together with a former profiler who now works for the Innocent Images Unit to find the boy before the auction ends.

Director: Adam Davidson | Stars: Mandy Patinkin, Thomas Gibson, Lola Glaudini, Shemar Moore

Votes: 2,256

43. Criminal Minds (2005– )
Episode: Psychodrama (2006)

TV-PG | 42 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

The team flies to Los Angeles to pursue a bank robber who is quickly disintegrating into an enraged sexually-motivated spree killer.

Director: Guy Norman Bee | Stars: Mandy Patinkin, Thomas Gibson, Lola Glaudini, Shemar Moore

Votes: 2,195

44. Criminal Minds (2005– )
Episode: The Boogeyman (2006)

TV-PG | 42 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

While the team profiles a killer in a small town, Hotch must stay and deal with Elle who is beginning to unravel.

Director: Steve Boyum | Stars: Mandy Patinkin, Thomas Gibson, Lola Glaudini, Shemar Moore

Votes: 2,646

45. Criminal Minds (2005– )
Episode: Aftermath (2006)

TV-PG | 42 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

As the team assists in finding a rapist in Ohio, Elle's actions may compromise her career.

Director: Tim Matheson | Stars: Mandy Patinkin, Thomas Gibson, Lola Glaudini, Shemar Moore

Votes: 2,254

46. Criminal Minds (2005– )
Episode: North Mammon (2006)

TV-PG | 42 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Three soccer stars are abducted and the unsub plays games while the B.A.U. desperately tries to narrow down the suspects.

Director: Matt Earl Beesley | Stars: Mandy Patinkin, Thomas Gibson, Shemar Moore, Matthew Gray Gubler

Votes: 2,404

47. Criminal Minds (2005– )
Episode: Empty Planet (2006)

TV-PG | 42 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

When a bomber targets Seattle, the BAU has to determine if it's a protest group or an individual with a much different agenda.

Director: Elodie Keene | Stars: Mandy Patinkin, Thomas Gibson, Shemar Moore, Matthew Gray Gubler

Votes: 2,210

48. Criminal Minds (2005– )
Episode: The Last Word (2006)

TV-PG | 42 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Two serial killers send the BAU to St. Louis, and a new team member reports for duty.

Director: Gloria Muzio | Stars: Mandy Patinkin, Thomas Gibson, Paget Brewster, Shemar Moore

Votes: 2,160

49. Criminal Minds (2005– )
Episode: Lessons Learned (2006)

TV-PG | 42 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

When a bomb is found at what was thought to be a drug lab the BAU is brought in, and while Hotch conducts a state-side investigation Gideon matches wits with a prisoner at Guantánamo Bay.

Director: Guy Norman Bee | Stars: Mandy Patinkin, Thomas Gibson, Paget Brewster, Shemar Moore

Votes: 2,439

50. Criminal Minds (2005– )
Episode: Sex, Birth, Death (2006)

TV-PG | 42 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

A young man seeks out Reid for help regarding his fantasies of killing prostitutes, just as a serial killer starts brutalizing prostitutes near the capitol.

Director: Gwyneth Horder-Payton | Stars: Mandy Patinkin, Thomas Gibson, Paget Brewster, Shemar Moore

Votes: 3,314