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1. The Gift (2000)
R | 111 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
A fortune teller with extrasensory perception is asked to help find a young woman who has mysteriously disappeared.
Director: Sam Raimi | Stars: Cate Blanchett, Katie Holmes, Keanu Reeves, Giovanni Ribisi
Votes: 75,019 | Gross: $12.01M
2. The Ghost Writer (2010)
PG-13 | 128 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A ghost writer, hired to complete the memoirs of a former British Prime Minister, uncovers secrets that put his own life in jeopardy.
Director: Roman Polanski | Stars: Ewan McGregor, Pierce Brosnan, Olivia Williams, Jon Bernthal
Votes: 171,087 | Gross: $15.54M
3. Viking Wolf (2022)
TV-MA | 97 min | Horror, Thriller
Seventeen-year-old Thale has just moved to a small town after her mother got a new job at the local police station. After a student is brutally killed at a party Thale attends, she becomes a key witness. Was the killer an animal? A wolf?
Director: Stig Svendsen | Stars: Liv Mjönes, Elli Rhiannon Müller Osborne, Arthur Hakalahti, Sjur Vatne Brean
Votes: 7,555
4. The Story of Temple Drake (1933)
Not Rated | 70 min | Drama
A wealthy but neurotic Southern belle finds herself trapped in the hideout of a gang of vicious bootleggers. The gang's leader lusts after her, and is determined not to let anything stand in the way of his having her.
Director: Stephen Roberts | Stars: Miriam Hopkins, William Gargan, Jack La Rue, Florence Eldridge
Votes: 1,859
5. Young Mr. Lincoln (1939)
Passed | 100 min | Biography, Drama, History
A fictionalized account of the early life of the American president as a young lawyer facing his greatest court case.
Director: John Ford | Stars: Henry Fonda, Alice Brady, Marjorie Weaver, Arleen Whelan
Votes: 9,201
6. The Naked Edge (1961)
Approved | 97 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Five years after George Radcliffe was the chief witness in a high profile murder case, his wife receives a blackmailing letter accusing him of the crime.
Director: Michael Anderson | Stars: Gary Cooper, Deborah Kerr, Eric Portman, Diane Cilento
Votes: 1,492
7. The Nile Hilton Incident (2017)
Unrated | 111 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A maid witnesses a murder at an upscale hotel and a policeman is assigned to the case, but it soon becomes clear that important people don't want the case solved.
Director: Tarik Saleh | Stars: Fares Fares, Mari Malek, Yasser Ali Maher, Ahmed Selim
Votes: 9,332 | Gross: $0.08M
8. Murder by Contract (1958)
Approved | 81 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
Claude is a ruthless and efficient contract killer - until he finds his next target is a woman.
Director: Irving Lerner | Stars: Vince Edwards, Phillip Pine, Herschel Bernardi, Caprice Toriel
Votes: 4,411
9. Stranger on the Third Floor (1940)
Approved | 64 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
An aspiring reporter is the key witness at the murder trial of a young man accused of cutting a café owner's throat and is soon accused of a similar crime himself.
Director: Boris Ingster | Stars: Peter Lorre, John McGuire, Margaret Tallichet, Charles Waldron
Votes: 4,626
10. The Garden of Sinners: Paradox Spiral (2008)
TV-MA | 114 min | Animation, Action, Crime
A teenage demon hunter uses her mystical powers to investigate supernatural events.
Director: Takayuki Hirao | Stars: Maaya Sakamoto, Ken'ichi Suzumura, Takako Honda, Ayumi Fujimura
Votes: 2,112
11. Appointment with Danger (1950)
Approved | 90 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
When ruthlessly dedicated postal inspector investigates the murder of a co-worker, he finds that the sole witness, a nun, has been targeted by the killers.
Director: Lewis Allen | Stars: Alan Ladd, Phyllis Calvert, Paul Stewart, Jan Sterling
Votes: 1,513
12. Murder on a Honeymoon (1935)
Approved | 74 min | Comedy, Drama, Mystery
A schoolteacher and amateur sleuth suspects foul play when a fellow passenger on a sea-plane gets sick and dies.
Director: Lloyd Corrigan | Stars: Edna May Oliver, James Gleason, Lola Lane, George Meeker
Votes: 898
13. Michal Kutek: Kryzys wieku mlodego (2019 TV Special)
28 min | Comedy
Director: Michal Kutek | Stars: Michal Kutek, Karol Kopiec
14.
S.W.A.T. (1975–1976)
Episode:
The Running Man: Part 1
(1976)
TV-14 | 95 min | Action, Crime, Drama
S.W.A.T. is tasked by the Justice Department with protecting a key witness in a trial against a crime kingpin. The mob pulls out all stops and stoops to new lows to locate and liquidate David Neil.
Director: George McCowan | Stars: Steve Forrest, Robert Urich, Rod Perry, Mark Shera
Votes: 31
15.
24 (2001–2010)
Episode:
Day 2: 8:00 a.m.-9:00 a.m.
(2002)
TV-14 | 52 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Retired federal agent Jack Bauer is pulled back into field work after CTU learns of an impending nuclear attack in Los Angeles, while Kim's new job as a nanny takes an unexpected turn for the worse.
Director: Jon Cassar | Stars: Kiefer Sutherland, Sarah Wynter, Elisha Cuthbert, Xander Berkeley
Votes: 1,850
16.
Hart to Hart (1979–1984)
Episode:
Hartland Express
(1981)
TV-PG | 60 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
Due to an airline strike the Harts have to travel from Chicago to Los Angeles by train. They unwittingly get caught up in a murder plot involving other passengers.
Director: Dennis Donnelly | Stars: Robert Wagner, Stefanie Powers, Lionel Stander, David Doyle
Votes: 159
17.
Ironside (1967–1975)
Episode:
No Game for Amateurs
(1970)
TV-PG | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A key witness is gunned down by a young man trying to evade the military draft. The shooter's pregnant, widowed girlfriend may be the only clue to his whereabouts as Ironside strives to catch him before he flees to Canada.
Director: John Florea | Stars: Raymond Burr, Don Galloway, Barbara Anderson, Don Mitchell
Votes: 58
18.
Kavanagh QC (1995–2001)
Episode:
A Sense of Loss
(1996)
TV-14 | 75 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
The shooting of a young policewoman draws Kavanagh into a tragic case in which his client refuses to help himself.
Director: Colin Gregg | Stars: John Thaw, Robin Bailey, James Barriscale, Daisy Bates
Votes: 87
19.
Mod Squad (1968–1973)
Episode:
Big George
(1972)
TV-PG | Action, Crime, Drama
A man happens to witness the murder of a sales clerk and agrees to testify at the trial. As a result he and his family are relentlessly terrorized by someone, even after the trial has ended.
Director: Philip Leacock | Stars: Michael Cole, Clarence Williams III, Peggy Lipton, Tige Andrews
Votes: 40
20.
Waking the Dead (2000–2011)
Episode:
Black Run: Part 1
(2005)
TV-14 | 58 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
The team revisits the murder conviction for a dirty cop obtained eight years earlier by Boyd when he discovers the inmate is dying of cancer.
Director: Ben Bolt | Stars: Trevor Eve, Sue Johnston, Wil Johnson, Esther Hall
Votes: 143
21.
Waking the Dead (2000–2011)
Episode:
Multistorey: Part 1
(2003)
TV-14 | 59 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Boyd has to battle his demons when the case against a mass murderer, who killed his close friend, is reopened.
Director: Robert Bierman | Stars: Trevor Eve, Sue Johnston, Holly Aird, Claire Goose
Votes: 177
22.
Midsomer Murders (1997– )
Episode:
Midsomer Life
(2008)
TV-14 | 93 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
When a man who's been missing for two weeks is found dead in the woods near Midsomer, Barnaby finds connections between him and a magazine editor known for his killing reviews of local hotels and restaurants.
Director: Peter Smith | Stars: John Nettles, Jason Hughes, Jane Wymark, Barry Jackson
Votes: 773
23.
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2000–2015)
Episode:
Grissom's Divine Comedy
(2008)
TV-14 | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
The discovery of the body of a witness shot in a burned-out car could compromise the DA's case against the leader of a Latino gang. But was the gang really involved in the witness' murder?
Director: Richard J. Lewis | Stars: William Petersen, Marg Helgenberger, Gary Dourdan, George Eads
Votes: 729
24.
John Adams (2008)
Episode:
Join or Die
(2008)
TV-14 | 71 min | Biography, Drama, History
Firebrand Sam Adams tries to dissuade cousin John from defending redcoats in the Boston Massacre, but later John changes his mind and joins the revolutionary cause.
Director: Tom Hooper | Stars: Paul Giamatti, Laura Linney, Danny Huston, John Bedford Lloyd
Votes: 1,169
25.
Five Red Herrings (1975)
Episode:
Episode #1.3
(1975)
50 min | Crime, Mystery
Some of Wimsey's five red herrings who were formerly missing surface and a key witness comes forward,
Director: Robert Tronson | Stars: Ian Carmichael, Glyn Houston, John Junkin, Clive Graham
Votes: 32
26.
QB VII (1974)
Episode:
Part One & Two
(1974)
TV-MA | 145 min | Drama, Mystery
A respected Polish doctor, knighted for his humanitarian but accused of war atrocities and collaborating with the Nazis, sues an American writer for libel.
Director: Tom Gries | Stars: Ben Gazzara, Anthony Hopkins, Leslie Caron, Juliet Mills
Votes: 41
27.
Livet i Fagervik (2008– )
Episode:
Avsnitt 12
(2008)
43 min | Drama
It's a time of change when Johan move in with Annika and Ingvar is the new boss of the bakery.
Director: Mikael Syrén | Stars: Henrik Johansson, Maria Sid, Lars Lind, Ing-Marie Carlsson
28.
QB VII (1974)
Episode:
Part Three
(1974)
TV-MA | 160 min | Drama, Mystery
Ignoring the advice of his wife and son, Sir Adam Kelno insists on suing Abe Cady, who has accused him of castrating Jews in a best selling book, for libel.
Director: Tom Gries | Stars: Ben Gazzara, Anthony Hopkins, Leslie Caron, Dan O'Herlihy
Votes: 37
29.
The Listener (2009–2014)
Episode:
Witness for the Prosecution
(2013)
TV-14 | 41 min | Crime, Drama, Fantasy
When the key witness in a mob murder trial is shot, Toby and Michelle contend with a suspicious FBI agent as they unravel a potential conspiracy linked to the original killing and retaliation.
Director: Farhad Mann | Stars: Craig Olejnik, Ennis Esmer, Peter Stebbings, Rainbow Sun Francks
Votes: 64
30.
The Ben Shapiro Show (2015– )
How Screwed Is Trump?
(2023 Podcast Episode)
60 min | News, Talk-Show
Star: Ben Shapiro
31.
Broadchurch (2013–2017)
Episode:
Episode #2.5
(2015)
TV-14 | 48 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Miller's son wants to give evidence at his father's trial. Miller helps Alec with his old unsolved murder case.
Director: Jonathan Teplitzky | Stars: David Tennant, Olivia Colman, Adam Wilson, Tanya Franks
Votes: 1,691
32.
Amigas y rivales (2001)
Episode:
Episode #1.173
(2001)
43 min | Drama, Romance
Moncho enlightens Ofelia. Georgina tells the truth. Roberto represents Brian. Don Roberto and Sonia talk to Padre Emiliano. Ernesto is worried about Paula.
Stars: Michelle Vieth, Angélica Vale, Ludwika Paleta, Arath de la Torre
33.
Niña mimada (1998)
Episode:
Episode #1.90
(1998)
TV-14 | 43 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Patricia spends the night in the hospital. Joaquin is visited by Honofre. Ximena finds an old newspaper. Isbelia is furious with Rosalia. Elpidio learns a secret.
Director: José Alcalde | Stars: Eileen Abad, Marcelo Cézan, Jean Carlo Simancas, Scarlet Ortiz
34.
Mis 3 hermanas (2000)
Episode:
Episode #1.131
(2000)
TV-14 | 45 min | Drama, Romance
Dr. Contreras looks after the 3 sisters. Isabel finds the pipe. Margarita visits Santiago. Silvia wants to resign. Barbara cuts the knots.
Directors: Nicolás Di Blasi, Tony Rodríguez | Stars: Scarlet Ortiz, Ricardo Álamo, Roxana Díaz, Chantal Baudaux