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1. Identity (2003)
R | 90 min | Mystery, Thriller
Stranded at a desolate Nevada motel during a nasty rain storm, ten strangers become acquainted with each other when they realize that they're being killed off one by one.
Director: James Mangold | Stars: John Cusack, Ray Liotta, Amanda Peet, John Hawkes
Votes: 267,340 | Gross: $52.16M
2. Alien 3 (1992)
R | 114 min | Action, Horror, Sci-Fi
Returning from LV-426, Ellen Ripley crash-lands on the maximum-security prison Fiorina 161, where she discovers that she has unwittingly brought along an unwelcome visitor.
Director: David Fincher | Stars: Sigourney Weaver, Charles S. Dutton, Charles Dance, Paul McGann
Votes: 319,570 | Gross: $55.47M
3. The French Dispatch (2021)
R | 107 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A love letter to journalists set in an outpost of an American newspaper in a fictional twentieth century French city that brings to life a collection of stories published in "The French Dispatch Magazine".
Director: Wes Anderson | Stars: Benicio Del Toro, Adrien Brody, Tilda Swinton, Léa Seydoux
Votes: 150,716
4. A History of Violence (2005)
R | 96 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A mild-mannered man becomes a local hero through an act of violence, which sets off repercussions that will shake his family to its very core.
Director: David Cronenberg | Stars: Viggo Mortensen, Maria Bello, Ed Harris, William Hurt
Votes: 252,913 | Gross: $31.49M
5. Plane (2023)
R | 107 min | Action, Adventure, Thriller
A pilot finds himself caught in a war zone after he's forced to land his commercial aircraft during a terrible storm.
Director: Jean-François Richet | Stars: Gerard Butler, Mike Colter, Tony Goldwyn, Yoson An
Votes: 78,543
6. Inside Man (II) (2022)
TV-MA | 240 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A prisoner on death row in the US and a woman trapped in a cellar under an English vicarage, cross paths in the most unexpected way.
Stars: David Tennant, Stanley Tucci, Dolly Wells, Lydia West
Votes: 36,421
7. Fallen (1998)
R | 124 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Homicide detective John Hobbes witnesses the execution of serial killer Edgar Reese. Soon after the execution, the killings start again, and they are very similar to Reese's style.
Director: Gregory Hoblit | Stars: Denzel Washington, John Goodman, Donald Sutherland, Embeth Davidtz
Votes: 92,663 | Gross: $25.19M
8. The Last House on the Left (1972)
R | 84 min | Crime, Horror, Thriller
Two teenage girls heading to a rock concert for one's birthday try to score marijuana in the city, where they are kidnapped and brutalized by a gang of psychopathic convicts.
Director: Wes Craven | Stars: Sandra Peabody, Lucy Grantham, David Hess, Fred J. Lincoln
Votes: 40,305 | Gross: $3.10M
9. The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965)
G | 260 min | Biography, Drama, History
An all-star, large scale epic movie that chronicles the life and ministry of Jesus Christ.
Directors: George Stevens, Jean Negulesco | Stars: Max von Sydow, Dorothy McGuire, Charlton Heston, Michael Anderson Jr.
Votes: 11,942 | Gross: $15.47M
10. True Crime (1999)
R | 127 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Can an over-the-hill journalist uncover the evidence that can prove a death row inmate's innocence just hours before his execution?
Director: Clint Eastwood | Stars: Clint Eastwood, Isaiah Washington, LisaGay Hamilton, James Woods
Votes: 38,538 | Gross: $16.64M
11. Very Scary People (2019– )
TV-14 | 42 min | Documentary, Crime, History
Revisiting the twisted lives of some of the most frightening, diabolical characters in recent history. The stories trace the heinous, criminal acts of these elusive miscreants and the eventual road to justice.
Stars: Donnie Wahlberg, Casey Jordan, Mary Ellen O'Toole, James Gagliano
Votes: 543
12. Nightmare Beach (1989)
R | 90 min | Horror
After the execution of a motorcycle gang leader convicted of murder, a helmeted biker goes on a killing spree during spring break in Florida.
Directors: James Justice, Umberto Lenzi | Stars: Nicolas De Toth, Sarah Buxton, Rawley Valverde, Lance LeGault
Votes: 2,968
13. Dark Ride (2006)
R | 94 min | Horror, Thriller
A group of six friends on a road trip stop off at an amusement park attraction named 'Dark Ride', unaware that a psychopath who brutally murdered two girls, has just escaped a mental institution and is seeking refuge there.
Director: Craig Singer | Stars: Jamie-Lynn Sigler, Patrick Renna, David Clayton Rogers, Alex Solowitz
Votes: 6,709
14. Klem (2017–2024)
45 min | Crime, Drama
A man who works for the tax authorities ends up becoming friends with a dangerous criminal after their daughters become best friends and he accidentally saves his life.
Stars: Barry Atsma, Jacob Derwig, Georgina Verbaan, Yenthe Bos
Votes: 1,593
15. John Wayne Gacy: Devil in Disguise (2021)
TV-14 | 51 min | Documentary, Biography, Crime
The chilling story of one of the world's most notorious serial killers told through the words of Gacy himself, those who were forever changed by his unspeakable deeds and those who believe that the full truth remains concealed to this day.
Stars: Terry Sullivan, Philip Hersh, Jay Levine, Lawrence Finder
Votes: 2,099
16. Amityville: An Origin Story (2023)
TV-MA | 201 min | Documentary, Biography, Crime
This limited series is the first-ever elevated look at the strange alchemy of mass murder, 1970s paranormal obsession, and the explosion of the horror film genre that gave rise to The Amityville Horror sensation.
Stars: Tommy Maher, Carol Soviero, Christopher Lutz, Laura DiDio
Votes: 494
17. The Invisible Man Returns (1940)
Passed | 81 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
The owner of a coal mining operation, falsely imprisoned for fratricide, takes a drug to make him invisible, despite its side effect: gradual madness.
Director: Joe May | Stars: Cedric Hardwicke, Vincent Price, Nan Grey, John Sutton
Votes: 5,296
18. Morning Glory (1993)
PG-13 | 96 min | Drama
An ex-convict on parole is accused of murdering a loose woman in the town where he works.
Director: Steven Hilliard Stern | Stars: Christopher Reeve, Deborah Raffin, Lloyd Bochner, Nina Foch
Votes: 556 | Gross: $0.02M
19. Abducted: Fugitive for Love (2007 TV Movie)
TV-14 | 90 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
[Spoilers ahead!] Jack, a man wrongly convicted of murder is sent to a prison where the unscrupulous warden has political aspirations. The warden manipulates his wife, his political adviser... See full summary »
Director: Richard Roy | Stars: Sarah Wynter, Andrew W. Walker, Eric Breker, Carl Marotte
Votes: 920
20. Christmas Holiday (1944)
Not Rated | 93 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
A young femme fatale-type woman realizes that the man she married is an incorrigible wastrel.
Director: Robert Siodmak | Stars: Deanna Durbin, Gene Kelly, Richard Whorf, Dean Harens
Votes: 1,645
21. Five Came Back (1939)
Passed | 75 min | Adventure, Drama, Romance
A plane has engine trouble while flying over a jungle inhabited by cannibals.
Director: John Farrow | Stars: Chester Morris, Lucille Ball, Wendy Barrie, John Carradine
Votes: 2,359
22. Horror Island (1941)
Passed | 60 min | Comedy, Crime, Horror
A down-on-his-luck businessman organizes an excursion to Sir Henry Morgan's Island for a treasure hunt only to encounter a mysterious phantom and murder.
Director: George Waggner | Stars: Dick Foran, Leo Carrillo, Peggy Moran, Fuzzy Knight
Votes: 989
23. The Mark of a Killer (2019– )
Documentary, Crime
The macabre rituals of serial killers are examined.
Stars: Joni E. Johnston, Mark E. Safarik, Larry Lemanski, John Matthew Fabian
Votes: 170
24. Death Row Stories (2014– )
Documentary, Crime
Capital-murder cases are examined in this documentary series.
Stars: Susan Sarandon, Clive Stafford Smith, Concetta Tomei, Don Degabrielle
Votes: 338
25. First Blood (2022– )
TV-14 | 43 min | Documentary, Crime, History
"First Blood" examines some of America's most notorious serial killers through the prism of their first known kills to reveal what drove them to the moment when violent fantasy and curiosity became a devastating reality.
Stars: Gary Brucato, Khadija Monk, Mark E. Safarik, Harry Krop
Votes: 80
26. The Legend of Rita (2000)
103 min | Drama, History, Romance
The riveting true story of Rita Vogt, a 1970s West German terrorist who escapes to the East with the help of the Stasi. She lives in constant fear of having her cover blown, until it unavoidably happens after the German re-unification.
Director: Volker Schlöndorff | Stars: Bibiana Beglau, Richard Kropf, Martin Wuttke, Nadja Uhl
Votes: 2,469 | Gross: $0.67M
27. Women Behind Bars (2008– )
TV-14 | 60 min | Documentary
In-depth look at the true life crimes of Women Behind Bars.
Stars: Ashley Crary, Kay Bess, Elizabeth Higgs, Matthew Robinson
Votes: 198
28. Convicts 4 (1962)
Approved | 105 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
After his death sentence is commuted to life in prison, John Resko (Ben Gazzara) is transferred from Sing-Sing to Dannemora Prison where, with the help of a humane prison guard, he becomes a rehabilitated man and a successful painter.
Director: Millard Kaufman | Stars: Ben Gazzara, Stuart Whitman, Ray Walston, Vincent Price
Votes: 546
29. Grand Central Murder (1942)
Passed | 73 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
Classic whodunit mystery film about a gold-digging variety show actress who has many enemies and is found dead in her private railroad car at Grand Central Station in New York.
Director: S. Sylvan Simon | Stars: Van Heflin, Patricia Dane, Cecilia Parker, Virginia Grey
Votes: 1,066
30. Strange Confession (1944)
Approved | 92 min | Drama, War
In World War 2 an escaped murderer who takes the identity of a dead soldier becomes a hero fighting in Africa, but his past catches up with him.
Director: Julien Duvivier | Stars: Jean Gabin, Richard Whorf, Allyn Joslyn, Ellen Drew
Votes: 223
31. Day of the Bad Man (1958)
Not Rated | 81 min | Western
Judge Jim Scott must contend with the vicious relatives of a murderer he's about to sentence...and his unfaithful fiancee.
Director: Harry Keller | Stars: Fred MacMurray, Joan Weldon, John Ericson, Robert Middleton
Votes: 532
32. The Hour of the Lynx (2013)
93 min | Crime, Drama
Helen, who is a priest, is approached by scientist Lisbeth with a desperate plea for help. A young man, who has been sent to a high security psychiatric ward after having killed an old ... See full summary »
Director: Søren Kragh-Jacobsen | Stars: Sofie Gråbøl, Signe Egholm Olsen, Frederik Christian Johansen, Søren Malling
Votes: 1,579
33. Woman Wanted (1935)
Passed | 67 min | Crime, Drama
Just after a jury finds Ann Grey guilty of murder, the car carrying her to prison crashes into another auto. Ann escapes and ends up in the vehicle of Tony Baxter, a lawyer who has eyes for her.
Director: George B. Seitz | Stars: Maureen O'Sullivan, Joel McCrea, Lewis Stone, Louis Calhern
Votes: 542
34. Gangway for Tomorrow (1943)
Approved | 69 min | Drama
On the way to work, five defence workers contemplate their pasts and their own reasons for working.
Director: John H. Auer | Stars: Margo, John Carradine, Robert Ryan, Amelita Ward
Votes: 305
35. The Krays: The Myth Behind the Legend (2015)
52 min | Documentary, Biography, Crime
Rivals and other contemporaries discuss Ronnie and Reggie Kray, the prominently destructive gangsters who ran London's East End during the 1950s and '60s.
Director: Chris Matthews | Stars: Maureen Flanagan, Frankie Fraser, Lenny Hamilton, Bernard O'Mahoney
Votes: 8
36. Who Killed Lin & Megan? (2023 TV Movie)
90 min | Documentary, Crime
A look at the complex story of the 1996 murders of Lin Russell and her six-year-old daughter Megan as they walked home from school in Chillenden, Kent, a brutal crime that shocked the nation.
Director: Pierre Thiebaut | Star: Caroline Ford
Votes: 20
37. In Prison My Whole Life (2007)
90 min | Documentary
A look at the life of imprisoned political activist and former Black Panther member, Mumia Abu-Jamal, whose death sentence for killing a police officer was overturned in 2001 due to errors made during his original 1982 sentencing hearing.
Director: Marc Evans | Stars: Mumia Abu-Jamal, Yasiin Bey, Noam Chomsky, Steve Earle
Votes: 193
38. Tooi ashita (1979)
95 min | Drama
Director: Tatsumi Kumashiro | Stars: Tomokazu Miura, Ayumi Ishida, Junko Miyashita, Tomisaburô Wakayama
Votes: 32
39.
Thriller (1973–1976)
Episode:
The Carnation Killer
(1973)
TV-14 | 66 min | Crime, Drama, Fantasy
A serial killer escapes in transit to the asylum to which he has been confined. He picks a seemingly innocent woman as his next victim, but soon it looks like she's not quite as innocent as he thought.
Director: Robert Tronson | Stars: Norman Eshley, Katherine Schofield, Derek Smith, Garrick Hagon
Votes: 260
40.
Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1985–1989)
Episode:
Pen Pal
(1988)
TV-PG | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A murderer escapes from prison and seeks his pen pal, a teenage girl, at her home, only to find her scared elderly aunt there instead.
Director: René Bonnière | Stars: Alfred Hitchcock, Géza Kovács, Jean Simmons, Page Fletcher
Votes: 88
41.
Amazing Stories (1985–1987)
Episode:
Hell Toupee
(1986)
Not Rated | 25 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Defense attorney Harry Ballentine is understandably nervous when his client is mild-mannered accountant Murray Bernstein - who after investing in a strange toupee had felt compelled to murder the first lawyer he saw. Harry goes after it.
Director: Irvin Kershner | Stars: Tony Kienitz, Cindy Morgan, Stanley Brock, Gary Allen
Votes: 316
42.
The Jeffersons (1975–1985)
Episode:
A Date with Danger
(1982)
TV-PG | 30 min | Comedy
The Jeffersons and Willises all know that author Joseph Blake is a felon convicted of murdering his girlfriend. But Florence doesn't know it and eagerly accepts a dinner date with him.
Director: Bob Lally | Stars: Isabel Sanford, Sherman Hemsley, Roxie Roker, Franklin Cover
Votes: 64
43.
Matlock (1986–1995)
Episode:
The Vendetta
(1989)
TV-PG | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Michelle, Julie, and Tyler are held at gunpoint by vindictive Ned Billings, who plans to kill Ben to avenge his brother Jim Billings, who died in prison after Ben proved he was guilty in a prior case.
Director: David Solomon | Stars: Andy Griffith, Nancy Stafford, Julie Sommars, Kene Holiday
Votes: 133
44.
Miami Vice (1984–1989)
Episode:
Forgive Us Our Debts
(1986)
TV-14 | 48 min | Action, Crime, Drama
New evidence leads Crockett to fight against the execution of Frank Hackman, put on Death Row for murdering Crockett's old partner.
Director: Jan Eliasberg | Stars: Don Johnson, Philip Michael Thomas, Saundra Santiago, Michael Talbott
Votes: 485
45.
Miami Vice (1984–1989)
Episode:
The Afternoon Plane
(1987)
TV-14 | 47 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Tubbs wins a free vacation and he brings his girlfriend with him. But when he arrives, he discovers a man he arrested. He eventually learns that he's been set up by Calderone, who is ... See full summary »
Director: David Jackson | Stars: Don Johnson, Philip Michael Thomas, Saundra Santiago, Michael Talbott
Votes: 402
46.
Night Visions (2001–2002)
Episode:
The Doghouse/Still Life
(2001)
TV-14 | Fantasy, Horror, Mystery
A man is saved form a loan shark by a psychopathic female dog owner, who wants him as a pet. / Happy housewife Kate is targeted by a mysterious relentless thug for seemingly no reason.
Directors: Ernest R. Dickerson, JoBeth Williams | Stars: Jane Adams, Stephen Baldwin, Bill Croft, Anaya Farrell
Votes: 99
47.
The Outer Limits (1995–2002)
Episode:
Judgment Day
(2000)
TV-PG | 45 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
A reality television show has members of murder victims' families hunt the killers, becoming their executioners. The quest for ratings makes the hunt all the more desperate for all parties involved.
Director: Brad Turner | Stars: Chris Elliott, Ian Tracey, Nicole Oliver, Kevin McNulty
Votes: 277
48.
PSI Factor: Chronicles of the Paranormal (1996–2000)
Episode:
'Til Death Do Us Part
(2000)
TV-PG | 45 min | Drama, Fantasy, Mystery
A female author in love with the subject of her book, a reformed death-row inmate, believes that he's contacting her through astral projection. The team discovers there's a far more sinister explanation.
Director: Luc Chalifour | Stars: Nancy Anne Sakovich, Barclay Hope, Joanne Vannicola, Colin Fox
Votes: 12
49.
Wanted: Dead or Alive (1958–1961)
Episode:
The Last Retreat
(1961)
Approved | 25 min | Western
When a convicted killer escapes prison, Josh is hired for $500 to protect the woman whose testimony put him there. The woman's husband is an attorney who says he has always been a coward and never carries a gun. Josh is not so sure.
Director: Richard Donner | Stars: Steve McQueen, Constance Ford, Ross Elliott, Warren Oates
Votes: 118
50.
Batwoman (2019–2022)
Episode:
Through the Looking-Glass
(2020)
TV-14 | 42 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
Kate begins to question her instincts and Luke gets upsetting news. Alice seeks her sister's help with a special task.
Director: Sudz Sutherland | Stars: Ruby Rose, Rachel Skarsten, Meagan Tandy, Nicole Kang
Votes: 1,309