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1. Lethal Weapon (1987)
R | 109 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
Two newly paired cops who are complete opposites must put aside their differences in order to catch a gang of drug smugglers.
Director: Richard Donner | Stars: Mel Gibson, Danny Glover, Gary Busey, Mitchell Ryan
Votes: 277,449 | Gross: $65.21M
2. Mirage (2018)
TV-MA | 128 min | Drama, Fantasy, Mystery
Two storms separated by 25 years. A woman murdered. A daughter missed. Only 72 hours to discover the truth.
Director: Oriol Paulo | Stars: Adriana Ugarte, Chino Darín, Javier Gutiérrez, Álvaro Morte
Votes: 64,688
3. Dark Places (2015)
R | 113 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Libby Day was only eight years old when her family was brutally murdered in their rural Kansas farmhouse. Almost thirty years later, she reluctantly agrees to revisit the crime and uncovers the wrenching truths that led up to that tragic night.
Director: Gilles Paquet-Brenner | Stars: Charlize Theron, Nicholas Hoult, Christina Hendricks, Chloë Grace Moretz
Votes: 47,880
4. Pride and Glory (2008)
R | 130 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A family's moral codes are tested when Ray Tierney investigates a case that reveals an incendiary police corruption scandal involving his own brother-in-law. For Ray, the truth is revelatory, a Pandora's Box that threatens to upend not only the Tierney legacy but the entire NYPD.
Director: Gavin O'Connor | Stars: Edward Norton, Colin Farrell, Noah Emmerich, Jon Voight
Votes: 63,443 | Gross: $15.71M
5. The Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call - New Orleans (2009)
R | 122 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Terence McDonagh is a drug- and gambling-addled detective in post-Katrina New Orleans investigating the killing of five Senegalese immigrants.
Director: Werner Herzog | Stars: Nicolas Cage, Eva Mendes, Russell M. Haeuser, Val Kilmer
Votes: 81,094 | Gross: $1.70M
6. Vengeance: A Love Story (2017)
TV-MA | 99 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
One vigilante policeman comes to the aid of a single mother seeking to bring her rapists to justice.
Director: Johnny Martin | Stars: Nicolas Cage, Anna Hutchison, Talitha Eliana Bateman, Deborah Kara Unger
Votes: 8,951
7. Miracle on 34th Street (1947)
Not Rated | 96 min | Comedy, Drama, Family
After a divorced New York mother hires a nice old man to play Santa Claus at Macy's, she is startled by his claim to be the genuine article. When his sanity is questioned, a lawyer defends him in court by arguing that he's not mistaken.
Director: George Seaton | Stars: Edmund Gwenn, Maureen O'Hara, John Payne, Gene Lockhart
Votes: 55,021 | Gross: $2.65M
8. The Candy Snatchers (1973)
R | 94 min | Crime, Thriller
A nonverbal autistic boy stumbles upon a teenage heiress who has been kidnapped by a trio of young psychopaths, who are intent on extorting diamonds from her stepfather.
Director: Guerdon Trueblood | Stars: Tiffany Bolling, Ben Piazza, Susan Sennett, Brad David
Votes: 1,755
9. The Silence (2010)
Not Rated | 118 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
13-year-old Sinikka vanishes on a hot summer night. Her bicycle is found in the exact place where a girl was killed 23 years ago. The dramatic present forces those involved in the original case to face their past.
Director: Baran bo Odar | Stars: Ulrich Thomsen, Claudia Michelsen, Wotan Wilke Möhring, Katrin Sass
Votes: 8,203 | Gross: $0.10M
10. The Boogey Man (1980)
R | 82 min | Horror
Through the reflection in the mirror, a girl witnesses her mother's boyfriend's murder.
Director: Ulli Lommel | Stars: Suzanna Love, John Carradine, Ron James, Nicholas Love
Votes: 5,140 | Gross: $4.50M
11. Domestic Disturbance (2001)
PG-13 | 89 min | Crime, Thriller
When Danny witnesses his stepfather Rick murder a man, Danny's father Frank has to protect his son from the greatest danger.
Director: Harold Becker | Stars: John Travolta, Nick Loren, Matt O'Leary, Ruben Santiago-Hudson
Votes: 28,782 | Gross: $45.25M
12. Evelyn (2002)
PG | 94 min | Drama
Desmond's wife leaves him and their 3 kids after Christmas 1953. As he's unemployed in Dublin, the authorities place the kids in orphanages; when he finds a job, he tries to get his kids back.
Director: Bruce Beresford | Stars: Pierce Brosnan, Julianna Margulies, Aidan Quinn, Sophie Vavasseur
Votes: 7,147 | Gross: $1.48M
13. Surveillance (I) (2008)
R | 97 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Two FBI agents attempt to clarify the murders occurring in a desolate region. They approach the witnesses of the latest incident with the help of the local police. All of them hide something and all have wildly different stories to tell.
Director: Jennifer Lynch | Stars: Julia Ormond, Bill Pullman, Pell James, Caroline Aaron
Votes: 18,480 | Gross: $0.03M
14. At the End of the Tunnel (2016)
Not Rated | 120 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A paraplegic computer engineer in a wheelchair starts hearing noises and voices of bank robbers in his basement.
Director: Rodrigo Grande | Stars: Leonardo Sbaraglia, Pablo Echarri, Clara Lago, Federico Luppi
Votes: 15,692
15. The Blue Lamp (1950)
Approved | 84 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
The daily routine of two London Policemen is interrupted by a killer.
Director: Basil Dearden | Stars: Jack Warner, Dirk Bogarde, Jimmy Hanley, Robert Flemyng
Votes: 2,564
16. Tiger Bay (1959)
Not Rated | 105 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A twelve-year-old tomboy witnesses the murder of a woman by her Polish merchant marine boyfriend, but bonds with him and thwarts the police in their investigation.
Director: J. Lee Thompson | Stars: Hayley Mills, Horst Buchholz, John Mills, Yvonne Mitchell
Votes: 3,181
17. The Bloodstained Shadow (1978)
Not Rated | 109 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
The body of a schoolgirl is found in a meadow. The murderer is never caught, and years later, a young man named Stefano returns to the island and is reunited with his brother, the local priest.
Director: Antonio Bido | Stars: Lino Capolicchio, Stefania Casini, Craig Hill, Massimo Serato
Votes: 1,982
18. Never Take Candy from A Stranger (1960)
Approved | 81 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
In Canada, a British schoolmaster meets official resistance when he learns that his 9-year-old daughter has been the victim of the pedophile patriarch of the town's most powerful family.
Director: Cyril Frankel | Stars: Gwen Watford, Patrick Allen, Felix Aylmer, Niall MacGinnis
Votes: 2,000
19. Unspeakable Acts (1990 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 100 min | Biography, Drama
The story of child psychologists Dr. Laurie and Joseph Braga and their involvement in one of the worst child sex abuse scandals in the U.S.
Director: Linda Otto | Stars: Jill Clayburgh, Brad Davis, Sam Behrens, Gary Frank
Votes: 549
20. Tom Sawyer (2011)
Not Rated | 109 min | Adventure, Family
Tom Sawyer and his pal Huckleberry Finn have great adventures on the Mississippi River, pretending to be pirates, attending their own funeral and witnessing a murder.
Director: Hermine Huntgeburth | Stars: Louis Hofmann, Leon Seidel, Heike Makatsch, Benno Fürmann
Votes: 957
21. Polar Park (2023– )
53 min | Comedy, Crime, Mystery
Crime author Rousseau travels to Mouthe. Here, Brother Giacomo is waiting for him, who has important info about Rousseau's deceased mother. But when he arrives, Giacomo has just died. Rousseau decides to investigate.
Stars: Jean-Paul Rouve, Guillaume Gouix, India Hair, Pierre Lottin
Votes: 637
22. Perfect Strangers (1984)
R | 91 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A hit-man tries to seduce the mother of a child who witnessed his most recent kill.
Director: Larry Cohen | Stars: Anne Carlisle, Brad Rijn, John Woehrle, Matthew Stockley
Votes: 583
23. Child in the Night (1990 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 95 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
A psychologist treats an 8 year old boy who witnessed his father's murder but the child blocks out details that could help the police.
Director: Mike Robe | Stars: JoBeth Williams, Tom Skerritt, Season Hubley, Mike Pniewski
Votes: 549
24. The Unseen (1945)
Approved | 80 min | Drama, Film-Noir, Horror
A secretive widower hires a governess for his children, a willful boy and impressionable girl. Strange occurrences and the governess's curiosity lead her to unlock the secrets of the mysterious and uninhabited brownstone next door.
Director: Lewis Allen | Stars: Joel McCrea, Gail Russell, Herbert Marshall, Phyllis Brooks
Votes: 618
25. Breach of Faith: A Family of Cops II (1997 TV Movie)
PG-13 | 94 min | Action, Crime, Drama
In this sequel to "A Family of Cops", the family of cops is back, this time dealing with the murder of a priest tied in with the Russian Mafia, who proceed to try to draw the family off the case.
Director: David Greene | Stars: Charles Bronson, Angela Featherstone, Barbara Williams, Sebastian Spence
Votes: 808
26. Murders in the Rue Morgue (1971)
PG-13 | 87 min | Crime, Horror, Mystery
Paris...at the turn of the century. Inspector Vidocq investigates a series of unexplained murders at a Grand Guignol-type theatre...where the players have suddenly become real-life victims. Based on the story by Edgar Allan Poe.
Director: Gordon Hessler | Stars: Jason Robards, Herbert Lom, Christine Kaufmann, Adolfo Celi
Votes: 1,557
27. Together Brothers (1974)
PG | 94 min | Adventure, Crime, Drama
A group of ghetto kids try to find out who killed a popular police officer.
Director: William A. Graham | Stars: Ahmad Nurradin, Anthony Wilson, Nelson Sims, Kenneth Bell
Votes: 247 | Gross: $0.55M
28. Hatya (1988)
151 min | Action, Crime, Drama
After the deaths of his wife Sheila and child Raja, Sagar takes to drinking as well as singing and dancing at weddings and special occasions. Intoxicated heavily after one such event, he ... See full summary »
Director: Kirti Kumar | Stars: Govinda, Neelam Kothari, Raj Kiran, Anupam Kher
Votes: 493
29. Das Ungeheuer von London-City (1964)
90 min | Crime, Horror
Then the spirit of Jack the Ripper seems to be very much alive in 1960s London as a series of brutal slayings by the Monster of London City has Scotland Yard baffled. In a macabre ... See full summary »
Director: Edwin Zbonek | Stars: Hansjörg Felmy, Marianne Koch, Dietmar Schönherr, Hans Nielsen
Votes: 273
30. Pasivadi Pranam (1987)
140 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
Madhu (Chiranjeevi) is a painter who becomes a drunkard since his wife is killed immediately after their marriage in an accident. He leads a careless life until a kid (Baby Sujitha) who is ... See full summary »
Director: A. Kodandarami Reddy | Stars: Chiranjeevi, Vijayshanti, Raghuvaran, Tiger Prabhakar
Votes: 422
31. Aswang (1992)
125 min | Horror
Alma Moreno plays the aswang attacking residents of a remote barrio. Catlyn (Aiza Seguerra) and her yaya Veron (Manilyn Reynes) are accompanied in the countryside by family driver Dudoy (... See full summary »
Directors: Peque Gallaga, Lore Reyes | Stars: Alma Moreno, Manilyn Reynes, Ice Seguerra, Berting Labra
Votes: 438
32. Khiladi 420 (2000)
Not Rated | 157 min | Action, Romance, Thriller
Dev, a conman, gets killed by his wife Ritu, after she learns that the former is a debt-ridden thug who married her only to repay his debts. Her life turns upside down when she meets Anand, Dev's identical twin brother.
Director: Neeraj Vora | Stars: Akshay Kumar, Mahima Chaudhry, Antara Mali, Sudhanshu Pandey
Votes: 2,095 | Gross: $0.03M
33. Eight O'Clock Walk (1954)
Approved | 87 min | Crime, Drama
In post-WW2 England, a taxi driver is ostracized by society after he's accused of murdering a school-girl and his untried lawyer must find the real killer to save his client from the hangman.
Director: Lance Comfort | Stars: Richard Attenborough, Cathy O'Donnell, Derek Farr, Ian Hunter
Votes: 480
34. Guilty (2011)
102 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
A family man battles to prove his innocence after being accused of a heinous crime.
Director: Vincent Garenq | Stars: Philippe Torreton, Wladimir Yordanoff, Noémie Lvovsky, Raphaël Ferret
Votes: 2,038
35. Dulaara (1994)
Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Raja's adopted father, James Joyner was once a career-criminal who was gun down by the police; thus when there are killings in and around the city Raja became a suspect by the police - only... See full summary »
Director: Vimal Kumar | Stars: Govinda, Karisma Kapoor, Ranjeet Bedi, Farida Jalal
Votes: 333
36. Bilang na ang oras mo (1985)
110 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
A mysterious vigilante single-handedly and summarily eliminates criminals and other social misfits.
Director: Manuel 'Fyke' Cinco | Stars: Rudy Fernandez, Jestoni Alarcon, George Estregan, Donna Villa
Votes: 12
37. Insaaf: The Final Justice (1997)
Not Rated | 155 min | Action, Comedy, Drama
Vikram is a honest police inspector on the trail of Chimanbhai, little knowing that people behind the crimes are none other than politicians who will do anything to protect the criminals.
Director: Dayal Nihalani | Stars: Akshay Kumar, Shilpa Shetty Kundra, Paresh Rawal, Ranjeet Bedi
Votes: 933
38. The Student Connection (1974)
PG | 86 min | Thriller
A man hires a contract killer to snuff the husband of the woman he loves. When the job is done recklessly, and innocent lives are taken, he opts to exterminate the hit-man himself. ... See full summary »
Director: Rafael Romero Marchent | Stars: Ray Milland, Sylva Koscina, Ramiro Oliveros, Franco Giacobini
Votes: 136
39. Poovinnu Puthiya Poonthennal (1986)
Not Rated | 130 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A man takes in a child he finds on the street, and saves him from the clutches of two killers, as he tries to unlock the mystery and origins of the child.
Director: Fazil | Stars: Lalu Alex, Babu Antony, Suresh Gopi, Jayalalitha
Votes: 163
40. Poovizhi Vasalile (1987)
153 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A man, depressed by the death of his family, adopts a boy with hearing and speech difficulty and names him after his dead son. The boy, who has seen the killers of his widowed mother, is in danger.
Director: Fazil | Stars: Raghuvaran, Ranjith, Sathyaraj, Sujitha
Votes: 203
41. Pátek ctrnáctého (2003 TV Movie)
92 min | Crime, Drama
Young Petr becomes an eyewitness to a murder and now he must decide whether to assist the murderer in covering this up so as not to be his next victim or should he go ahead and tell the authorities.
Director: Václav Krístek | Stars: Jan Dolanský, Lukás Vacek, Karel Zima, Alena Mihulová
Votes: 24
42. Soggadi Pellam (1996)
Not Rated | 141 min | Action, Drama, Romance
Director: Muthyala Subbaiah | Stars: Mohan Babu, Monica Bedi, Tanikella Bharani, Brahmanandam
Votes: 118
43. Vaho (2009)
Not Rated | 115 min | Drama
On a dry lakebed in 1964, a trucker and his companion find a baby boy. Years later, interweaving narratives about childhood link the destinies of three men from the local neighborhood to ... See full summary »
Director: Alejandro Gerber Bicecci | Stars: Marta Aura, Sandra Carbonell, Sonia Couoh, Augusto Di Paolo
Votes: 129
44. Sone Ka Dil Lohe Ke Haath (1978)
Action
Shankar is a honest, simple-minded man who works for a kind-hearted boss, Balkishan. Shankar lives with his wife, Parvati, and a young son, Bunty. Shankar intends to borrow some money from ... See full summary »
Director: Naresh Kumar | Stars: Sudha Chopra, Rajan Haksar, Nasir Hussain, Aruna Irani
Votes: 14
45. On Trial (1939)
Passed | 61 min | Drama
A husband is put on trial for murder and he is ready to take the rap, for he is trying to shield his wife from scandal, along with their six-year-old daughter. But the smart young attorney ... See full summary »
Director: Terry O. Morse | Stars: Margaret Lindsay, John Litel, Edward Norris, Janet Chapman
Votes: 80
46. Panenka (1980 TV Movie)
81 min | Crime
Director: Jaroslav Dudek | Stars: Josef Abrhám, Svatopluk Skopal, Milos Kopecký, Petr Hanicinec
Votes: 19
47.
The Defenders (1961–1965)
Episode:
Along Came a Spider
(1962)
TV-14 | 60 min | Crime, Drama
The Prestons defend a retired vaudevillian who is accused of murdering his son-in-law. The main witness is the accused man's nine-year-old granddaughter.
Director: Elliot Silverstein | Stars: E.G. Marshall, Robert Reed, Paul Hartman, Kathleen Maguire
Votes: 14
48.
Homicide: Life on the Street (1993–1999)
Episode:
The Damage Done
(1996)
TV-14 | 47 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A drug war is being fought--shipments hijacked, smalltime dealers shot, and even a family in their home are killed, leaving a small daughter hiding in a closet. Kellerman and Lewis catch ... See full summary »
Director: Jace Alexander | Stars: Richard Belzer, Andre Braugher, Reed Diamond, Isabella Hofmann
Votes: 147
49.
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: 347
50.
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999– )
Episode:
Ghost
(2005)
TV-14 | 42 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
When a wealthy couple is found dead in their home, Benson and Stabler soon realize that their deaths are connected to a drug smuggling ring. Eventually the road leads back to the same drug ... See full summary »
Director: David Platt | Stars: Christopher Meloni, Mariska Hargitay, Richard Belzer, Diane Neal
Votes: 1,167