Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "murder-made-to-look-like-accident"

1. Mechanic: Resurrection (2016)

R | 98 min | Action, Adventure, Crime

Bishop's most formidable foe kidnaps the love of his life in order to make him complete three impossible assassinations and make them look like accidents.

Director: Dennis Gansel | Stars: Jason Statham, Jessica Alba, Tommy Lee Jones, Michelle Yeoh

Votes: 93,753 | Gross: $21.22M

2. The Howling (1981)

R | 91 min | Horror

After a bizarre and near deadly encounter with a serial killer, a television newswoman is sent to a remote mountain resort whose residents may not be what they seem.

Director: Joe Dante | Stars: Dee Wallace, Patrick Macnee, Dennis Dugan, Christopher Stone

Votes: 40,326 | Gross: $17.99M

3. The Bad Sleep Well (1960)

Not Rated | 151 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

A vengeful young man marries the daughter of a corrupt industrialist in order to seek justice for his father's suicide.

Director: Akira Kurosawa | Stars: Toshirô Mifune, Masayuki Mori, Kyôko Kagawa, Tatsuya Mihashi

Votes: 14,091

4. Fascination (2004)

R | 95 min | Drama, Mystery, Romance

A young man becomes suspicious when his recently widowed mother decides to re-marry soon after his stepfather's death.

Director: Klaus Menzel | Stars: James Naughton, Jacqueline Bisset, Adam Garcia, Stuart Wilson

Votes: 1,596 | Gross: $0.02M

5. Return from the Ashes (1965)

Not Rated | 105 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

In Paris, a Polish gigolo marries a rich Jewish doctor and stands to inherit her estate when she is deported to Dachau by the Nazis.

Director: J. Lee Thompson | Stars: Maximilian Schell, Samantha Eggar, Ingrid Thulin, Herbert Lom

Votes: 1,194

6. House of Deadly Secrets (2018 TV Movie)

TV-14 | 86 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery

A mother and her young daughter move into a new house looking for a new start. But they soon realize that they will become part of a dark history.

Director: Doug Campbell | Stars: Patty McCormack, Angie Patterson Muto, Violet Hicks, Philip Boyd

Votes: 688

7. The Spell (1977 TV Movie)

Not Rated | 86 min | Horror

A teenaged girl, taunted by her schoolmates because she's overweight, uses her supernatural powers to take revenge.

Director: Lee Philips | Stars: Lee Grant, Susan Myers, Lelia Goldoni, Helen Hunt

Votes: 1,114

8. Within These Walls (2020 TV Movie)

90 min | Thriller

Finding her relationship at a standstill, single mother Mel breaks up with her boyfriend. After he moves out, strange things start happening in her house that threaten her safety and well-being.

Director: Anne De Léan | Stars: Jen Landon, Joshua Close, Tara Redmond van Rees, Steve Lund

Votes: 318

9. Man in the Shadow (I) (1957)

Approved | 80 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Virgil Renchler owns most of the town, providing a thriving economy. When his men go too far and kill one of his migrant workmen, the sheriff goes after him, even if it means his job and everyone else's.

Director: Jack Arnold | Stars: Jeff Chandler, Orson Welles, Colleen Miller, Ben Alexander

Votes: 1,230

10. High Wall (1947)

Approved | 99 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir

After a brain-damaged man confesses to murder and is committed, Dr. Ann Lorrison tries to prove his innocence.

Director: Curtis Bernhardt | Stars: Robert Taylor, Audrey Totter, Herbert Marshall, Dorothy Patrick

Votes: 1,936

11. Lupin III vs. Detective Conan (2009 TV Movie)

104 min | Animation, Comedy, Crime

When a Queen and a Prince die in a hunting accident, it's up to Conan to solve the case. Meanwhile, Lupin's got his eyes on the Queen's Crown.

Director: Hajime Kamegaki | Stars: Kan'ichi Kurita, Minami Takayama, Kiyoshi Kobayashi, Wakana Yamazaki

Votes: 1,070

12. Columbo (1971–2003)
Episode: An Exercise in Fatality (1974)

TV-PG | 98 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

A health club owner murders one of his franchisees. Lt. Columbo is on the case.

Director: Bernard L. Kowalski | Stars: Peter Falk, Robert Conrad, Gretchen Corbett, Pat Harrington Jr.

Votes: 2,753

13. Airwolf (1984–1986)
Episode: Proof Through the Night (1984)

TV-PG | 49 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

Archangel sends Hawke and Santini to help F.I.R.M. double-agent Vladimir 'Moses' Rostoff escape the Soviet Union. He is in possession of a lethal neurotoxin developed by Russian scientists ... See full summary »

Director: Harvey S. Laidman | Stars: Jan-Michael Vincent, Alex Cord, Ernest Borgnine, Rick Lenz

Votes: 178

14. Cannon (1971–1976)
Episode: Trial by Terror (1973)

TV-PG | 60 min | Action, Crime, Drama

When a criminal on trial, kidnaps the daughter of the judge to get him to dismiss the case. He then calls Frank to find his daughter before he is forced to make that choice.

Director: Robert Douglas | Stars: William Conrad, Simon Scott, Mark Miller, Ray Danton

Votes: 101

15. Forensic Files (1996–2011)
Episode: A Vow of Silence (2002)

TV-14 | Documentary, Crime

When the mail-order bride of a former army sergeant goes missing, investigators look into the deaths of the man's previous two wives.

Director: Michael Jordan | Stars: Peter Thomas, Emelita Reeves, Sharon Reeves, Myong Hui Reeves

Votes: 67

16. Forensic Files (1996–2011)
Episode: Summer Obsession (2005)

TV-14 | 22 min | Documentary, Crime

In an affluent suburb of Philadelphia, police were called to the scene of what appeared to be an accidental drowning. The investigation gradually focused on one person, a suspect who had ... See full summary »

Stars: Peter Thomas, Mitchell Bach, Miss Bunny, Bruce Castor

Votes: 86

17. Forensic Files (1996–2011)
Episode: Undertaken (2006)

TV-14 | 21 min | Documentary, Crime

A funeral handyman is found dead underneath a parked car in Paterson, New Jersey. Although a medical examiner rules the death an accident, three years of investigation and a second autopsy prove it was murder.

Director: Michael Jordan | Stars: Peter Thomas, Jovis DePognon, Richard Falcone, Diane Haines

Votes: 73

18. Forensic Files (1996–2011)
Episode: Slippery Motives (1999)

TV-14 | 21 min | Documentary, Crime

While on a business trip in 1986, Ed Post started his day by jogging in downtown St. Louis. When he returned, he found his wife lying face-down in the bathtub, unconscious. She was rushed ... See full summary »

Stars: Peter Thomas, Michael Graham, Dee Joyce Hayes, Gary Hayes

Votes: 113

19. Monk (2002–2009)
Episode: Mr. Monk Goes to Group Therapy (2009)

TV-PG | 43 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

A new HMO restriction on individual therapy forces Monk to join one of Dr. Bell's groups just as its members are being murdered.

Director: Anton Cropper | Stars: Tony Shalhoub, Traylor Howard, Jason Gray-Stanford, Ted Levine

Votes: 1,095

20. I Knew My Murderer (2017– )
Episode: Amy Bishop (2020)

Documentary, Crime

Neuroscientist Amy Bishop is denied tenor, and it results in deadly consequences for her co-workers.

Directors: Cameron Patterson, Jorge Requena Ramos | Stars: Cheryl Arutt, Ali Everett, Tammy Karatchuk

21. The Blacklist (2013–2023)
Episode: The Ethicist (No. 91) (2019)

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

When Red is sent to a federal medical institution following his request to the court for a psychiatric evaluation, Liz and Jennifer use his time away to search for a Blacklister they believe may have valuable information about Red's past.

Director: Bill Roe | Stars: James Spader, Megan Boone, Diego Klattenhoff, Amir Arison

Votes: 1,263