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1. The Night Porter (1974)
R | 118 min | Drama
A concentration camp survivor rekindles her sadomasochistic relationship with her lover, a former SS officer - now working as a night porter at a Vienna hotel - but his former Nazi associates begin stalking them.
Director: Liliana Cavani | Stars: Dirk Bogarde, Charlotte Rampling, Philippe Leroy, Gabriele Ferzetti
Votes: 14,764 | Gross: $0.63M
2. Kindergarten Cop (1990)
PG-13 | 111 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
A tough cop must pose as a kindergarten teacher in order to locate a dangerous criminal's ex-wife, who may hold the key to putting him behind bars.
Director: Ivan Reitman | Stars: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Penelope Ann Miller, Pamela Reed, Linda Hunt
Votes: 162,952 | Gross: $91.46M
3. I Spit on Your Grave (2010)
R | 108 min | Horror, Thriller
A writer who is brutalized during her cabin retreat seeks revenge on her attackers, who left her for dead.
Director: Steven R. Monroe | Stars: Sarah Butler, Jeff Branson, Andrew Howard, Daniel Franzese
Votes: 93,359 | Gross: $0.09M
4. Orphan (2009)
R | 123 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
A husband and wife who recently lost their baby adopt a 9-year-old girl who is not nearly as innocent as she appears.
Director: Jaume Collet-Serra | Stars: Vera Farmiga, Peter Sarsgaard, Isabelle Fuhrman, CCH Pounder
Votes: 252,912 | Gross: $41.60M
5. Memory (I) (2022)
R | 114 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
An assassin-for-hire finds that he's become a target after he refuses to complete a job for a dangerous criminal organization.
Director: Martin Campbell | Stars: Liam Neeson, Guy Pearce, Taj Atwal, Harold Torres
Votes: 35,258
6. Sleepy Hollow (1999)
R | 105 min | Fantasy, Horror, Mystery
Ichabod Crane is sent to Sleepy Hollow to investigate the decapitations of three people; the culprit is legendary apparition The Headless Horseman.
Director: Tim Burton | Stars: Johnny Depp, Christina Ricci, Miranda Richardson, Michael Gambon
Votes: 384,394 | Gross: $101.07M
7. Internal Affairs (1990)
R | 115 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
An Internal Affairs agent becomes obsessed with bringing down a cop who has managed to maintain a spotless reputation despite being involved in a web of corruption.
Director: Mike Figgis | Stars: Richard Gere, Andy Garcia, Nancy Travis, Laurie Metcalf
Votes: 22,712 | Gross: $27.73M
8. Spiral (2021)
R | 93 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
A criminal mastermind unleashes a twisted form of justice in Spiral, the terrifying new chapter from the book of Saw.
Director: Darren Lynn Bousman | Stars: Chris Rock, Samuel L. Jackson, Max Minghella, Marisol Nichols
Votes: 68,501
9. The Big Heat (1953)
Passed | 89 min | Crime, Film-Noir, Thriller
Tough cop Dave Bannion takes on a politically powerful crime syndicate.
Director: Fritz Lang | Stars: Glenn Ford, Gloria Grahame, Jocelyn Brando, Alexander Scourby
Votes: 29,263
10. High Crimes (2002)
PG-13 | 115 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A successful lawyer's husband is arrested for murdering nine villagers in El Salvador in 1988 as a US soldier under a different name. She decides to defend him in military court and find out the truth about what happened.
Director: Carl Franklin | Stars: Jim Caviezel, Morgan Freeman, Ashley Judd, Adam Scott
Votes: 48,339 | Gross: $41.54M
11. Son of Saul (2015)
R | 107 min | Drama, War
A Jewish-Hungarian concentration camp prisoner sets out to give a child he mistook for his son a proper burial.
Director: László Nemes | Stars: Géza Röhrig, Levente Molnár, Urs Rechn, Todd Charmont
Votes: 52,011 | Gross: $1.78M
12. The Parallax View (1974)
R | 102 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
An ambitious reporter gets in way-over-his-head trouble while investigating a senator's assassination which leads to a vast conspiracy involving a multinational corporation behind every event in the world's headlines.
Director: Alan J. Pakula | Stars: Warren Beatty, Paula Prentiss, William Daniels, Walter McGinn
Votes: 21,819 | Gross: $2.15M
13. Lone Wolf McQuade (1983)
PG | 107 min | Action, Crime, Drama
After helping the local police with some horse thieves, a Texas Ranger aims at a drug lord with arms trade as well. They're interested in the same woman and they're both into martial arts.
Director: Steve Carver | Stars: Chuck Norris, David Carradine, Barbara Carrera, Leon Isaac Kennedy
Votes: 13,994 | Gross: $12.23M
14. This Gun for Hire (1942)
Passed | 81 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
When assassin Philip Raven shoots a blackmailer and his beautiful female companion dead, he is paid off in marked bills by his treasonous employer who is working with foreign spies.
Director: Frank Tuttle | Stars: Alan Ladd, Veronica Lake, Robert Preston, Laird Cregar
Votes: 10,638
15. Deadline - U.S.A. (1952)
Passed | 87 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
With his newspaper about to be sold, crusading editor Ed Hutcheson tries to complete an exposé on gangster Rienzi.
Director: Richard Brooks | Stars: Humphrey Bogart, Ethel Barrymore, Kim Hunter, Ed Begley
Votes: 4,112
16. Storm Warning (1950)
Approved | 93 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
Marsha Mitchell, a traveling dress model, stops in a southern town to see her sister who has married a Ku Klux Klansman. Marsha witnesses the KKK commit a murder and helps District Attorney Burt Rainey bring the criminals to justice.
Director: Stuart Heisler | Stars: Ginger Rogers, Ronald Reagan, Doris Day, Steve Cochran
Votes: 2,676
17. The Fifth Musketeer (1979)
PG | 104 min | Action, Adventure, Romance
When French King Louis XIV (Beau Bridges) learns that his twin brother, Philippe (Beau Bridges), could usurp his crown, he sets out to imprison him in the Bastille prison but four loyal musketeers are protecting Philippe.
Director: Ken Annakin | Stars: Sylvia Kristel, Ursula Andress, Beau Bridges, Cornel Wilde
Votes: 853
18. Wonder Man (1945)
Approved | 98 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Musical
After being murdered by gangsters, an exuberant nightclub entertainer returns as a ghost to persuade his meek twin brother to help bring his killers to justice.
Director: H. Bruce Humberstone | Stars: Danny Kaye, Virginia Mayo, Vera-Ellen, Donald Woods
Votes: 2,495
19. Dolan's Cadillac (2009)
R | 89 min | Crime, Thriller
A young man attempts to seek to avenge his wife's death after she is murdered by a Las Vegas mobster.
Director: Jeff Beesley | Stars: Christian Slater, Emmanuelle Vaugier, Wes Bentley, Greg Bryk
Votes: 7,619
20. Hollow Point (2019)
89 min | Action, Thriller
A grieving man finds himself caught up in a war between a group of charismatic vigilantes and the crime that infests their city.
Director: Daniel Zirilli | Stars: Luke Goss, Dilan Jay, JuJu Chan Szeto, Michael Paré
Votes: 849
21. Woman on the Run (1950)
Not Rated | 77 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
Frank Johnson becomes an eyewitness to a murder. He's pursued around San Francisco by his wife, the police, and the killer.
Director: Norman Foster | Stars: Ann Sheridan, Dennis O'Keefe, Robert Keith, John Qualen
Votes: 4,857
22. Kill Kane (2016)
Not Rated | 77 min | Crime, Thriller
A teacher's world is torn apart when his wife and children are brutally murdered at the hands of a ruthless gang. Left for dead and with no one to turn to, he takes matters into his own hands and hits the streets in search of justice.
Director: Adam Stephen Kelly | Stars: Vinnie Jones, Nicole Faraday, Sebastian Street, Sean Cronin
Votes: 1,045
23. Sketch Artist (1992 TV Movie)
R | 88 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A sketch artist for the police helps a witness recall who she saw leaving the scene of a murder, and discovers that the person is his wife. Not willing to believe she was responsible, he ... See full summary »
Director: Phedon Papamichael | Stars: Jeff Fahey, Sean Young, Frank McRae, Drew Barrymore
Votes: 1,474
24. Little Sweetheart (1988)
R | 89 min | Thriller
A criminal couple, hiding out in a remote property become the unwitting victims of a plot to blackmail them by the most unlikely of conspirators.
Director: Anthony Simmons | Stars: John Hurt, Karen Young, Cassie Barasch, Ellie Raab
Votes: 376
25. Driven Underground (2015 TV Movie)
TV-14 | 90 min | Crime, Drama
Single mother Sarah Palmer hides her family in Oregon when her daughter Christy becomes a key witness in a murder against the mob.
Director: George Erschbamer | Stars: Kristy Swanson, Emily Tennant, Lochlyn Munro, Rick Ravanello
Votes: 270
26. La polizia ha le mani legate (1975)
97 min | Action, Crime, Drama
In a crowded hotel in downtown Milan a bomb has been planted. The timer on its detonator has only minutes to run. A young cop discovers it by accident and is drawn into a terrifying nightmare of intrigue, brutality and ruthless killing.
Director: Luciano Ercoli | Stars: Claudio Cassinelli, Arthur Kennedy, Franco Fabrizi, Sara Sperati
Votes: 474
27. Un linceul n'a pas de poches (1974)
125 min | Crime, Drama
Michel Dolannes resigns from a major newspaper as a journalist to launch a new journal 'Le Cosmopolite' which reveals all kinds of shady deals. One day, he is killed but who is the killer?
Director: Jean-Pierre Mocky | Stars: Jean Carmet, Michel Constantin, Michel Galabru, Daniel Gélin
Votes: 246
28. Varsovan laulu (1953)
90 min | Crime, Drama
A cynical tale of two liquor smugglers, who struggle with life, love and lust. A seedy love triangle is unavoidable.
Director: Matti Kassila | Stars: Christina Paischeff, Åke Lindman, Matti Oravisto, Hannes Veivo
Votes: 85
29.
Fallen Angels (1993–1996)
Episode:
Red Wind
(1995)
60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
In 1940s, sympathetic African American L.A. shamus Philip Marlowe helps a dame in trouble whose lovers are offing each other over a possibly fake pearl necklace. He must also deal with a racist cop that's investigating the murders.
Director: Agnieszka Holland | Stars: Danny Glover, Kelly Lynch, Dan Hedaya, Ron Rifkin
Votes: 46
30.
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: 1,843
31.
The F.B.I. Files (1998–2009)
Episode:
Deadly Threat
(2002)
TV-PG | 51 min | Documentary, Biography, Crime
In the 1980s, Florida's cocaine imports were among the highest in the nation and regional territories were enforced with intimidation and murder. One dealer would stop at nothing to keep ... See full summary »
Director: Stuart Taylor | Stars: James Kallstrom, Susan Rae, Anthony D. Call, Craig Abraham
Votes: 29
32.
Foyle's War (2002–2015)
Episode:
They Fought in the Fields
(2004)
TV-14 | 93 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
April 1941: Foyle questions three Land Army girls about a murder that occurs on a Hastings farm.
Director: Jeremy Silberston | Stars: Tom Frederic, Peter Stark, Jack Gustav, Paula Jennings
Votes: 656
33.
Law & Order (1990– )
Episode:
Refuge: Part 1
(1999)
TV-14 | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A brutal murder of a Russian man has ties to the Russian mob. However, the only witness who isn't compromised is a traumatized 10-year-old boy who is reluctant to testify.
Director: Constantine Makris | Stars: Jerry Orbach, Benjamin Bratt, S. Epatha Merkerson, Sam Waterston
Votes: 346
34.
Law & Order: Criminal Intent (2001–2011)
Episode:
Fico Di Capo
(2004)
TV-14 | 44 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
The murder of a mob witness and attempted murder of an undercover officer lead the detectives into a chess game being played by a fading mob don.
Director: Alex Zakrzewski | Stars: Vincent D'Onofrio, Kathryn Erbe, Jamey Sheridan, Courtney B. Vance
Votes: 311
35.
Mission: Impossible (1966–1973)
Episode:
Encore
(1971)
TV-PG | 50 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
In order to solve a cold case the IMF and scores of actors go to extreme lengths to convince one of the killers, Thomas Kroll, that he is reliving the day of the murder - June 30, 1937.
Director: Paul Krasny | Stars: Peter Graves, Greg Morris, Lynda Day George, Peter Lupus
Votes: 193
36.
Suspense (1949–1954)
Episode:
Photo Finish
(1950)
Not Rated | 30 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
The former medical examiner who had falsified information in a murder case years earlier returns to town. Lawyer Robert Quartermain, who was involved in the trial, kills the ex-examiner, ... See full summary »
Director: Robert Stevens | Stars: Ralph Clanton, Eileen Heckart, Richard Boone, Don Appell
Votes: 44
37.
Tales of Wells Fargo (1957–1962)
Episode:
The Witness
(1957)
TV-14 | 30 min | Western
When a Wells Fargo office is robbed and one of Jim Hardie's friends is murdered, Hardie is doubly intent on solving the crime. With the help of an aging sheriff and a spunky boy, Jim sets a trap to lure the criminals to expose themselves.
Director: Earl Bellamy | Stars: Dale Robertson, William Henry, Tyler MacDuff, Gloria Henry
Votes: 54
38.
Water Rats (1996–2001)
Episode:
The Witness
(1997)
TV-14 | 43 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Goldie tries to locate a witness to help Holloway.
Director: Guy Norris | Stars: Colin Friels, Catherine McClements, Brett Partridge, Peter Bensley
Votes: 17
39.
Mod Squad (1968–1973)
Episode:
Search and Destroy
(1970)
TV-PG | Action, Crime, Drama
A hard-nosed ex-cop returns from Vietnam to investigate the death of his brother, who was killed in a car accident just after he called him and told him that he had seen a murder, and that the murderer was an undercover cop.
Director: Philip Leacock | Stars: Michael Cole, Clarence Williams III, Peggy Lipton, Tige Andrews
Votes: 40
40.
Law & Order: Criminal Intent (2001–2011)
Episode:
Offense
(2007)
TV-14 | 51 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
While investigating the murder of a grand jury witness, Logan and Falacci uncover a complex web of deceit involving an ambitious Bronx ADA's rape case against a group of college football players.
Director: Tom DiCillo | Stars: Chris Noth, Alicia Witt, Eric Bogosian, Cynthia Watros
Votes: 268
41.
Rebound (1952–1953)
Episode:
The Witness
(1952)
26 min | Drama, Mystery
An old vaudeville clown is the only man to see a jewelry heist and is in mortal danger when the robber returns to eliminate the only witness.
Director: Bernard Girard | Stars: Edwin Max, Vera Marshe, Lee Marvin, Robert Karnes
Votes: 11
42.
Vienna Blood (2019– )
Episode:
The Last Seance
(2019)
TV-14 | 89 min | Crime, Drama, History
When a beautiful young medium is found dead in mysterious circumstances, Dr Max Liebermann, is called upon by Inspector Oskar Rheinhardt of the Vienna Police to assist in the search for the killer.
Director: Robert Dornhelm | Stars: Juergen Maurer, Matthew Beard, Luise von Finckh, Jessica De Gouw
Votes: 726
43.
My Life Is Murder (2019– )
Episode:
Fake Empire
(2019)
TV-14 | 42 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
When a clairvoyant contacts the police about a murder, offering details that have never been released to the public, Alexa jumps at the opportunity to prove that clairvoyants are frauds.
Director: Mat King | Stars: Lucy Lawless, Bernard Curry, Ebony Vagulans, Alex Andreas
Votes: 193
44.
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: 727
45.
Very Scary People (2019– )
Episode:
The Iceman: Trapping a Serial Killer Pt. 2
(2021)
TV-14 | 42 min | Documentary, Crime, History
For many years, the Iceman--Richard Kuklinski--had literally gotten away with murder, but now investigators were on to him.
Director: Brett Kelly | Stars: Donnie Wahlberg, Dominick Polifrone, Jay Dobyns, Bill Sanderson
Votes: 20
46.
Law & Order (1990– )
Episode:
For the Defense
(2009)
TV-14 | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
The DA's office discovers that a former prosecutor now working as a defense attorney has been getting damaging witnesses in his trials killed, and that Rubirosa was unknowingly a co-conspirator in one of his cases.
Director: William Klayer | Stars: Jeremy Sisto, Anthony Anderson, S. Epatha Merkerson, Linus Roache
Votes: 307
47.
DI Ray (2022– )
Episode:
Part Three
(2022)
TV-MA | 45 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
The body count continues to rise as Rachita and the team uncover more evidence.
Director: Alex Pillai | Stars: Narayan David Hecter, John Hicks, Ian Puleston-Davies, Yasmin Allam-Pinnock
Votes: 208
48.
The Rookie (2018– )
Episode:
Hit List
(2022)
TV-14 | 43 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Harper puts Thorsen through "Plain Clothes Day," but the exercise is interrupted by an unexpected visitor. Meanwhile, two witnesses for an upcoming grand jury case are murdered, and Sgt. Grey might be next on the list.
Director: Robert Bella | Stars: Nathan Fillion, Shawn Ashmore, Mekia Cox, Jenna Dewan
Votes: 810
49.
The Mentalist (2008–2015)
Episode:
If It Bleeds, It Leads
(2012)
TV-14 | 42 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A young television reporter is murdered, and CBI believes that the killer may have been one of the subjects she had been investigating.
Director: John F. Showalter | Stars: Simon Baker, Robin Tunney, Tim Kang, Owain Yeoman
Votes: 1,306
50.
Koskinen (2021–2023)
Episode:
Suurta pahaa 1/2
(2022)
60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
The finger found in the library belongs to the mayor's brother. A headless body is found at the foot of the Mannerheim monument. The police receive a threat about five bombs having been armed around Tampere.
Director: Riku Suokas | Stars: Eero Aho, Maria Ylipää, Turkka Mastomäki, Anna Ackerman
Votes: 18