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1. Bones (2005– )
TV-14 | 40 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
A forensic anthropologist and a cocky FBI agent build a team to investigate death causes. And quite often, there isn't more to examine than rotten flesh or mere bones.
Creator: Hart Hanson | Stars: Emily Deschanel, David Boreanaz, Michaela Conlin, T.J. Thyne
Votes: 111,056
2. The Flash (2014– )
TV-PG | 43 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Barry Allen wakes up 9 months after he was struck by lightning and discovers that the bolt gave him the power of super speed. With his new team and powers, Barry becomes "The Flash" and fights crime in Central City.
Stars: Grant Gustin, Candice Patton, Danielle Panabaker, Carlos Valdes
Votes: 180,200
3. CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2000–2015)
TV-14 | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
An elite team of police forensic evidence investigation experts work their cases in Las Vegas.
Creator: Anthony E. Zuiker | Stars: Laurence Fishburne, Marg Helgenberger, George Eads, Eric Szmanda
Votes: 67,011
4. The Boondock Saints (1999)
R | 108 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
Fraternal twins set out to rid Boston of the evil men operating there while being tracked down by an FBI agent.
Writer: Troy Duffy | Director: Troy Duffy | Stars: Willem Dafoe, Sean Patrick Flanery, Norman Reedus, David Della Rocco
Votes: 197,536
5. Manhunter (1986)
R | 119 min | Crime, Horror, Mystery
Former FBI profiler Will Graham returns to service to pursue a deranged serial murderer named "the Tooth Fairy" by the media.
Writers: Thomas Harris, Michael Mann | Director: Michael Mann | Stars: William Petersen, Kim Greist, Joan Allen, Brian Cox
Votes: 49,765 | Gross: $8.62M
6. Murder by Numbers (2002)
R | 115 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Two gifted high school students execute a "perfect" murder - then become engaged in an intellectual contest with a seasoned homicide detective.
Writer: Tony Gayton | Director: Barbet Schroeder | Stars: Sandra Bullock, Ben Chaplin, Ryan Gosling, Michael Pitt
Votes: 43,467 | Gross: $31.87M
7. The Great Debaters (2007)
PG-13 | 126 min | Biography, Drama
A drama based on the true story of Melvin B. Tolson, a professor at Wiley College Texas. In 1935, he inspired students to form the school's first debate team, which went on to challenge Harvard in the national championship.
Writers: Robert Eisele, Jeffrey Porro, Tony Scherman | Director: Denzel Washington | Stars: Denzel Washington, Forest Whitaker, Kimberly Elise, Nate Parker
Votes: 47,538 | Gross: $30.23M
8. 88 Minutes (2007)
R | 108 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
On the day that a serial killer that he helped put away is supposed to be executed, a noted forensic psychologist and college professor receives a call informing him that he has 88 minutes left to live.
Writer: Gary Scott Thompson | Director: Jon Avnet | Stars: Al Pacino, Alicia Witt, Ben McKenzie, Leelee Sobieski
Votes: 65,513 | Gross: $16.93M
9. Twisted (I) (2004)
R | 97 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Jessica, whose father killed her mother and committed suicide, is a police officer. While investigating a murder, she finds herself in the center of her own investigation, when her former lovers start being murdered.
Writer: Sarah Thorp | Director: Philip Kaufman | Stars: Ashley Judd, Samuel L. Jackson, Andy Garcia, David Strathairn
Votes: 16,998 | Gross: $25.20M
10. Conviction (II) (2010)
R | 107 min | Biography, Drama
A working mother puts herself through law school in an effort to represent her brother, who has been wrongfully convicted of murder and has exhausted his chances to appeal his conviction through public defenders.
Writer: Pamela Gray | Director: Tony Goldwyn | Stars: Hilary Swank, Sam Rockwell, Melissa Leo, Thomas D. Mahard
Votes: 34,735 | Gross: $6.78M
11. Prime Suspect (1991 TV Mini-Series)
207 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A female police detective investigates a series of serial murders while dealing with sexist hostility from her male comrades.
Stars: Helen Mirren, John Benfield, Tom Bell, Jack Ellis
Votes: 4,219
12. Citizen X (1995 TV Movie)
R | 105 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
During the 1980s, Soviet authorities hunt for a serial killer who picks his victims in railway stations and commuter trains and lures them into the woods.
Writers: Robert Cullen, Chris Gerolmo | Director: Chris Gerolmo | Stars: Stephen Rea, Donald Sutherland, Max von Sydow, Jeffrey DeMunn
Votes: 12,010
13. Mother (2009)
R | 128 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A mother desperately searches for the killer who framed her son for a girl's horrific murder.
Writers: Joon-ho Bong, Eun-kyo Park | Director: Joon-ho Bong | Stars: Hye-ja Kim, Bin Won, Ku Jin, Je-mun Yun
Votes: 27,282 | Gross: $0.55M
14. The Dead Girl (2006)
R | 85 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
The clues to a young woman's death come together as the lives of seemingly unrelated people begin to intersect.
Writer: Karen Moncrieff | Director: Karen Moncrieff | Stars: Toni Collette, Brittany Murphy, Marcia Gay Harden, Piper Laurie
Votes: 12,284 | Gross: $0.02M
15. Faces in the Crowd (2011)
R | 103 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A horror-thriller centered on a woman living with "face-blindness" after surviving a serial killer's attack. As she lives with her condition, one in which facial features change each time she loses sight of them, the killer closes in.
Writers: Julien Magnat, Agnès Caffin, Kelly Smith | Director: Julien Magnat | Stars: Milla Jovovich, Julian McMahon, David Atrakchi, Michael Shanks
Votes: 15,540
16. Freeway (1996)
R | 102 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
A twisted take on 'Little Red Riding Hood' with a teenage juvenile delinquent on the run from a social worker traveling to her grandmother's house and being hounded by a charming, but sadistic, serial killer/pedophile.
Writer: Matthew Bright | Director: Matthew Bright | Stars: Reese Witherspoon, Kiefer Sutherland, Bokeem Woodbine, Paul Perri
Votes: 22,204
17. Lone Star (1996)
R | 135 min | Drama, Mystery
When the skeleton of his murdered predecessor is found, Sheriff Sam Deeds unearths many other long-buried secrets in his Texas border town.
Writer: John Sayles | Director: John Sayles | Stars: Chris Cooper, Elizabeth Peña, Stephen Mendillo, Stephen J. Lang
Votes: 23,144 | Gross: $13.27M
18. The Dancer Upstairs (2002)
R | 132 min | Drama, Thriller, Crime
A police detective in a South American country is dedicated to hunting down a revolutionary guerilla leader.
Writer: Nicholas Shakespeare | Director: John Malkovich | Stars: Javier Bardem, Laura Morante, Juan Diego Botto, Elvira Mínguez
Votes: 5,536 | Gross: $2.37M
19. Prime Suspect 7: The Final Act (2006 TV Mini-Series)
182 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Approaching retirement, Jane Tennison investigates the murder of a missing girl. But the cracks soon begin to show as Jane struggles with an alcohol problem and the death of her father.
Stars: Helen Mirren, Stephen Tompkinson, Laura Greenwood, Eve Best
Votes: 1,865
20. Cold Squad (1998–2005)
60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
The cases of a police unit specializing in revisiting old criminal files whose investigations have been inconclusive.
Creators: Matt MacLeod, Julia Keatley, Philip Keatley | Stars: Julie Stewart, Garry Chalk, Tamara Marie Watson, Gregory Calpakis
Votes: 324
21. The F.B.I. Files (1998–2009)
TV-PG | 60 min | Documentary, Biography, Crime
The FBI Files is an American television docudrama series. Each episode describes actual FBI cases ranging from murder, narcotics, bank robberies, kidnappings etc. Dramatic reenactment and ... See full summary »
Stars: James Kallstrom, Anthony D. Call, Bob Featherer, Susan Rae
Votes: 509
22. True Confessions (1981)
R | 108 min | Crime, Drama
A worldly ambitious monsignor clashes with his older brother, a cynical Los Angeles homicide detective who is investigating the brutal murder of a young prostitute.
Writers: John Gregory Dunne, Joan Didion | Director: Ulu Grosbard | Stars: Robert De Niro, Robert Duvall, Charles Durning, Kenneth McMillan
Votes: 5,470
23. 7 Khoon Maaf (2011)
137 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Susanna's quest for love leads to a series of marriages, each ending in the mysterious death of her latest husband.
Writers: Ruskin Bond, Matthew Robbins, Vishal Bhardwaj | Director: Vishal Bhardwaj | Stars: Priyanka Chopra, Vivaan Shah, Manuj Bhaskar, Sanjay Verma
Votes: 4,187 | Gross: $0.27M
24. Prime Suspect 5: Errors of Judgement (1996 TV Mini-Series)
200 min | Crime, Mystery, Romance
Detective Tennison investigates a seemingly straightforward drug murder that she believes is linked to a smugly smooth crime boss.
Stars: Helen Mirren, Ray Emmet Brown, John Brobbey, Julia Lane
Votes: 1,434
25. Prime Suspect 6: The Last Witness (2003 TV Mini-Series)
195 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Detective Superintendent Jane Tennison's investigation of the murder of a Bosnian refugee leads her to one, or possibly two, Serbian war criminals determined to silence the last witness to a massacre a decade before.
Stars: Helen Mirren, Liam Cunningham, Oleg Menshikov, Ben Miles
Votes: 1,656
26. Kill Baby, Kill (1966)
PG | 83 min | Horror, Mystery
An 18th century European village is haunted by the ghost of a murderous little girl.
Writers: Romano Migliorini, Roberto Natale, Mario Bava, John Davis Hart | Director: Mario Bava | Stars: Giacomo Rossi Stuart, Erika Blanc, Fabienne Dali, Piero Lulli
Votes: 3,751
27. Graven (2004 TV Mini-Series)
480 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Archaeologists dig up a mass grave in a Swedish forest. A special police group is set up to find out the murderers.
Stars: Kjell Bergqvist, Cecilia Nilsson, Göran Ragnerstam, Annika Hallin
Votes: 398
28. The Lineup (1958)
Approved | 86 min | Crime, Film-Noir, Drama
In San Francisco, a psychopathic gangster and his mentor retrieve heroin packages carried by unsuspecting travelers.
Writer: Stirling Silliphant | Director: Don Siegel | Stars: Eli Wallach, Robert Keith, Richard Jaeckel, Mary LaRoche
Votes: 1,434
29. The Memory of a Killer (2003)
R | 123 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Vincke and Verstuyft are the best detectives of the Antwerp police department. They are confronted with the murder on a leading executive and put all their effort to catch the murderer.
Writers: Jef Geeraerts, Carl Joos, Erik Van Looy | Director: Erik Van Looy | Stars: Koen De Bouw, Werner De Smedt, Jan Decleir, Laurien Van den Broeck
Votes: 8,144 | Gross: $0.33M
30. Above Suspicion 2: The Red Dahlia (2010– )
47 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
The discovery of the mutilated body of a young woman seems to echo that of the notorious unsolved Los Angeles 'Black Dahlia' murder of the 1940s.
Creator: Lynda La Plante | Stars: Kelly Reilly, Ciarán Hinds, Shaun Dingwall, Celyn Jones
Votes: 550
31. McCallum (1995–1998)
120 min | Drama
From deep within the morgue at St. Patrick's Hospital in London's East End, Dr. Iain McCallum and Dr. Angela Moloney along with a team of brilliant pathologists and detectives help the dead tell their stories.
Stars: Gerard Murphy, James Saxon, Richard O'Callaghan, Alex Walkinshaw
Votes: 253
32. Death of a President (2006)
R | 97 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Years after the assassination of President George W. Bush in Chicago, an investigative documentary examines that as-yet-unsolved crime.
Writers: Gabriel Range, Simon Finch | Director: Gabriel Range | Stars: Hend Ayoub, Becky Ann Baker, George W. Bush, Brian Boland
Votes: 6,550 | Gross: $0.17M
33. The Investigators (2000– )
Documentary, Crime, Drama
Stars: Gene Galusha, Les Marshak, Jerry Palace, Reggie Britt
Votes: 49
34. Una farfalla con le ali insanguinate (1971)
Not Rated | 95 min | Mystery, Thriller
A girl is murdered in a park. The man is tried and convicted for the crime but afterwards the killings continue.
Writers: Gianfranco Clerici, Duccio Tessari | Director: Duccio Tessari | Stars: Helmut Berger, Giancarlo Sbragia, Ida Galli, Silvano Tranquilli
Votes: 525
35. Merci pour le Chocolat (2000)
101 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
In Lausanne, the aspirant pianist Jeanne Pollet has lunch with her mother Louise Pollet, her boyfriend Axel and his mother. Lenna leans that when she was born, a nurse had mistakenly told ... See full summary »
Writers: Charlotte Armstrong, Claude Chabrol, Caroline Eliacheff | Director: Claude Chabrol | Stars: Isabelle Huppert, Jacques Dutronc, Anna Mouglalis, Rodolphe Pauly
Votes: 3,824 | Gross: $0.44M
36. Pozitia copilului (2013)
112 min | Drama
Seeing a way to reassert control over her adult son's life when he faces manslaughter charges, an affluent Romanian woman sets out on a campaign of emotional and social manipulation to keep... See full summary »
Writers: Razvan Radulescu, Calin Peter Netzer | Director: Calin Peter Netzer | Stars: Luminita Gheorghiu, Bogdan Dumitrache, Natasa Raab, Ilinca Goia
Votes: 5,959 | Gross: $0.09M
37. At Risk (2010 TV Movie)
TV-PG | 90 min | Crime, Mystery
A district attorney wants to further her political dreams by solving an old murder.
Writers: John Pielmeier, Patricia Cornwell | Director: Tom McLoughlin | Stars: Andie MacDowell, Daniel Sunjata, Annabeth Gish, Barclay Hope
Votes: 396
38. Renegade Force (1998)
R | 90 min | Action, Thriller
An FBI Agent (Michael Rooker) and a female cop (Diane DiLascio) join forces to stop renegade cops who are offing the bad guys. Robert Patrick is the leader of the renegades and Louis ... See full summary »
Writers: Rick Bloggs, Alan Schechter | Director: Martin Kunert | Stars: Michael Rooker, Robert Patrick, Diane DiLascio, Louis Mandylor
Votes: 573
39. FBI: Criminal Pursuit (2011– )
Documentary, Crime
FBI: Criminal Pursuit is a groundbreaking series that takes the audience inside the 21st Century FBI. The FBI is the most sophisticated law enforcement agency in the world ... pursuing the most dangerous criminals.
Stars: Bray Poor, John S. Howell Sr., Kristine Cornils, Terry McConnaughey
Votes: 151
40. Locard's Principle (2017)
Crime, Drama, Thriller | Pre-production
Disgraced former forensics detective (CSI) Landon Cain has 48 hours to escape from the crime syndicate he used his skills for as an untraceable hit-man.
Writer: Jake Richardson | Director: Jake Richardson | Stars: Philip Paz, Joseph Nappo, Joe Mackey, Heather Cates
41. Enjeru dasuto (1994)
116 min | Drama, Horror, Romance
Every Monday at 6 pm a young woman is murdered in the subway. The psychiatrist Setsuko Suma is called in to assist the police. The trail leads to another psychiatrist - Dr Rei Aku - who ... See full summary »
Writers: Yorozu Ikuta, Gakuryû Ishii | Director: Gakuryû Ishii | Stars: Kaho Minami, Takeshi Wakamatsu, Etsushi Toyokawa, Ryoko Takizawa
Votes: 703
42. The People Against O'Hara (1951)
102 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
Jim Curtayne, formerly a successful defense attorney who is now a recovering alcoholic, attempts a comeback when he defends a neighbor's son a homicide charge.
Writers: Eleazar Lipsky, John Monks Jr. | Director: John Sturges | Stars: Spencer Tracy, Pat O'Brien, Diana Lynn, John Hodiak
Votes: 752
43. The Act of Seeing with One's Own Eyes (1971)
32 min | Documentary, Short, Horror
At a morgue, forensic pathologists conduct autopsies of the corpses assigned.
Director: Stan Brakhage
Votes: 1,047
44. Big Jack (1949)
85 min | Adventure
An outlaw finds a place in his gang for a grave-robbing doctor.
Writers: Marvin Borowsky, Otto Eis, Gene Fowler, Robert Thoeren | Director: Richard Thorpe | Stars: Wallace Beery, Richard Conte, Marjorie Main, Edward Arnold
Votes: 109
45. Rameses: Wrath of God or Man? (2004 TV Movie)
100 min | Documentary, History
This documentary examines what historians know about the Bible's Old Testament account of the Plague of the Firstborn and about Egypt's Pharaoh, Rameses. Egyptologists discuss whether the ... See full summary »
Writers: Gary Parker, Shaun Trevisick | Directors: Mark Aldridge, Tom Pollock | Star: Morgan Freeman
Votes: 32
46. Nefertiti Resurrected (2003 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 120 min | Documentary
Dr. Joann Fletchers, an Egyptologist finds three abandoned mummies in a tomb in the Valley Of Kings. She thinks the third mummy is the forgotten legend, once the most powerful woman on ... See full summary »
Writer: Shaun Trevisick | Director: Matthew Wortman | Stars: Tamara Tunie, Joann Fletcher, Jason Yates
Votes: 100
47. The Lady Confesses (1945)
Passed | 64 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
An estranged wife shows up after a nearly 7 year disappearance to prevent her husband from marrying his new love, and someone kills her.
Writers: Irwin Franklyn, Helen Martin | Director: Sam Newfield | Stars: Mary Beth Hughes, Hugh Beaumont, Edmund MacDonald, Claudia Drake
Votes: 181
48. Murder on the Blackboard (1934)
71 min | Comedy, Drama, Mystery
A pretty young music teacher is bludgeoned to death in Hildegarde's school, where she's reunited with Oscar, but the autopsy report says she was dying from poison too.
Writers: Willis Goldbeck, Stuart Palmer | Director: George Archainbaud | Stars: Edna May Oliver, James Gleason, Bruce Cabot, Gertrude Michael
Votes: 388
49. Dexter: The First Season - Witnessed in Blood: A True Murder Investigation (2007 Video)
Documentary, Short, Crime
Jim Conley, the forensics supervisor of the Anaheim Police, tells the story of a murder investigation in which his knowledge of blood spatter was crucial.
Writer: Stuart Richardson | Director: Chris Angel | Stars: John McStravick, David Tayar, Mike Wood, James Kazakos
Votes: 62
50. Human Lampshade: A Holocaust Mystery (2012 TV Movie)
Documentary
The examination of a lampshade that might be made of the skin of Holocaust death camp victims is followed.
Writers: Steven Hoggard, Ali Sargent | Director: Steven Hoggard | Stars: Liev Schreiber, Michael Berenbaum, Mark Jacobson, David Dominici
Votes: 64