Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keywords "1960s", "police-investigation"

1. American Gangster (2007)

R | 157 min | Biography, Crime, Drama

An outcast New York City cop is charged with bringing down Harlem drug lord Frank Lucas, whose real life inspired this partly biographical film.

Director: Ridley Scott | Stars: Denzel Washington, Russell Crowe, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Josh Brolin

Votes: 452,410 | Gross: $130.16M

2. Mystic River (2003)

R | 138 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

The tragic murder of a 19-year-old girl reunites three childhood friends still living in Boston--the victim's gangster father, a detective, and the disturbed man they both suspect of killing her.

Director: Clint Eastwood | Stars: Sean Penn, Tim Robbins, Kevin Bacon, Emmy Rossum

Votes: 485,738 | Gross: $90.14M

3. Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile (2019)

R | 110 min | Biography, Crime, Drama

A chronicle of the crimes of Ted Bundy from the perspective of Liz, his longtime girlfriend, who refused to believe the truth about him for years.

Director: Joe Berlinger | Stars: Lily Collins, Zac Efron, Angela Sarafyan, Sydney Vollmer

Votes: 103,377

4. Charade (1963)

Passed | 113 min | Comedy, Mystery, Romance

Romance and suspense ensue in Paris as a woman is pursued by several men who want a fortune her murdered husband had stolen. Whom can she trust?

Director: Stanley Donen | Stars: Cary Grant, Audrey Hepburn, Walter Matthau, James Coburn

Votes: 85,541 | Gross: $13.47M

5. The Samurai (1967)

GP | 101 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

After professional hitman Jef Costello is seen by witnesses his efforts to provide himself an alibi drive him further into a corner.

Director: Jean-Pierre Melville | Stars: Alain Delon, François Périer, Nathalie Delon, Cathy Rosier

Votes: 57,110 | Gross: $0.04M

6. Serpico (1973)

R | 130 min | Biography, Crime, Drama

An honest New York cop named Frank Serpico blows the whistle on rampant corruption in the force only to have his comrades turn against him.

Director: Sidney Lumet | Stars: Al Pacino, John Randolph, Jack Kehoe, Biff McGuire

Votes: 134,726 | Gross: $29.80M

7. La Vie En Rose (2007)

PG-13 | 140 min | Biography, Drama, Music

Biopic of the iconic French singer Édith Piaf. Raised by her grandmother in a brothel, she was discovered while singing on a street corner at the age of 19. Despite her success, Piaf's life was filled with tragedy.

Director: Olivier Dahan | Stars: Marion Cotillard, Sylvie Testud, Pascal Greggory, Emmanuelle Seigner

Votes: 90,729 | Gross: $10.30M

8. The Limey (1999)

R | 89 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

An extremely volatile and dangerous Englishman goes to Los Angeles to find the man he considers responsible for his daughter's death.

Director: Steven Soderbergh | Stars: Terence Stamp, Peter Fonda, Lesley Ann Warren, Luis Guzmán

Votes: 34,815 | Gross: $3.19M

9. Journal 64 (2018)

Not Rated | 119 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller

A series of mysterious disappearances in 2006 are eerily connected to the same institution.

Director: Christoffer Boe | Stars: Nikolaj Lie Kaas, Fares Fares, Johanne Louise Schmidt, Søren Pilmark

Votes: 19,461

10. The Informer (1962)

Not Rated | 108 min | Crime, Thriller

A burglar betraying other criminals prepares for a big heist with a trusted friend who might be as untrustworthy as he.

Director: Jean-Pierre Melville | Stars: Jean-Paul Belmondo, Serge Reggiani, Jean Desailly, René Lefèvre

Votes: 11,984 | Gross: $0.08M

11. Murder She Said (1961)

Unrated | 87 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

When Miss Jane Marple reports witnessing a murder through the window of a passing train, the police dismiss her as a dotty spinster when no trace of the crime can be found.

Director: George Pollock | Stars: Margaret Rutherford, Arthur Kennedy, Muriel Pavlow, James Robertson Justice

Votes: 8,565

12. Victim (1961)

Not Rated | 100 min | Drama

A closeted lawyer risks his career to bring a blackmailer to justice.

Director: Basil Dearden | Stars: Dirk Bogarde, Sylvia Syms, Dennis Price, Anthony Nicholls

Votes: 7,195

13. Buster (1988)

R | 102 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

Based on the story of Ronald Christopher "Buster" Edwards (Phil Collins), one of the thieves involved in "The Great Train Robbery" of 1963.

Director: David Green | Stars: Phil Collins, Julie Walters, Larry Lamb, Stephanie Lawrence

Votes: 4,369 | Gross: $0.54M

14. See No Evil: The Moors Murders (2006)

180 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

A vivid drama which documents the notorious Moors murderers; Ian Brady and Myra Hindley.

Stars: Joanne Froggatt, Maxine Peake, Sean Harris, Matthew McNulty

Votes: 1,576

15. Kim Novak Never Swam in Genesaret's Lake (2005)

95 min | Crime, Drama

The year is 1962. Erik, his newly acquainted friend Edmund and his grown-up brother Henry are going to spend their summer holiday in a fairly decayed house just near the lake Genesaret. One... See full summary »

Director: Martin Asphaug | Stars: Anton Lundqvist, Jesper Adefelt, Jonas Karlsson, Johan H:son Kjellgren

Votes: 2,780

16. The Sweet Ride (1968)

R | 110 min | Drama

At a Malibu rented house, a tennis hustler, a surfer and a musician enjoy a Bohemian lifestyle, fall in-love with an unexpected female visitor and fight off a motorcycle punk gang.

Director: Harvey Hart | Stars: Anthony Franciosa, Michael Sarrazin, Jacqueline Bisset, Bob Denver

Votes: 345 | Gross: $2.60M

17. The Sleeping Car Murder (1965)

95 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

The witnesses of a train murder must take the investigation into their own hands if they want to survive.

Director: Costa-Gavras | Stars: Catherine Allégret, Jacques Perrin, Simone Signoret, Michel Piccoli

Votes: 2,239

18. Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired (2008)

Unrated | 99 min | Documentary, Crime

Examines the public scandal and private tragedy which led to legendary filmmaker Roman Polanski's sudden flight from the United States.

Director: Marina Zenovich | Stars: Andrew Braunsberg, Richard Brenneman, Douglas Dalton, Marilyn Beck

Votes: 5,205 | Gross: $0.06M

19. Kings of Coke (2022)

83 min | Documentary, Crime, History

A ragtag gang of Irish bank robbers from Montreal rose to become one of North America's most feared criminal organizations.

Director: Julian Sher | Stars: Dan Burke, David McGee, Kathy Dobson, D'Arcy O'Connor

Votes: 162

20. A Lovely Way to Die (1968)

TV-PG | 103 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

A cop quits the force after too much disappointment in the system and becomes bodyguard to a rich recent widow on trial for her husband's murder. He decides to help her clear her name--and get over her husband.

Director: David Lowell Rich | Stars: Kirk Douglas, Sylva Koscina, Eli Wallach, Kenneth Haigh

Votes: 621

21. Detective Bureau 2-3: Go to Hell Bastards! (1963)

Not Rated | 88 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Police detective Tajima, tasked with tracking down stolen firearms, turns an underworld grudge into a blood-bath. Suzuki transforms a colorful pot-boiler into an on-target send-up of cultural colonialism and post-war greed.

Director: Seijun Suzuki | Stars: Jô Shishido, Tamio Kawaji, Reiko Sasamori, Nobuo Kaneko

Votes: 983

22. Chicago Massacre: Richard Speck (2007 Video)

R | 92 min | Crime, Drama, Horror

A film based on the notorious mass killer Richard Speck, who systematically tortured, raped and murdered a group of student nurses from South Chicago Community Hospital in 1966.

Director: Michael Feifer | Stars: Corin Nemec, Amy Lyndon, Coley Feifer, Jake Riding

Votes: 933

23. That Trip We Took with Dad (2016)

111 min | Comedy, Drama

The story is set in 1968, when a Romanian-German family from the city of Arad starts a journey to the German Democratic Republic.

Director: Anca Miruna Lazarescu | Stars: Alexandru Margineanu, Razvan Enciu, Ovidiu Schumacher, Susanne Bormann

Votes: 658

24. La grande lessive (!) (1968)

95 min | Comedy

An addiction is spreading in Paris: Television. Literature teacher Saint-Just is confronted by overtired pupils who can no longer keep their eyes open from all the TV. He and a colleague set out on a mission to save the pupils from the TV.

Director: Jean-Pierre Mocky | Stars: Bourvil, Francis Blanche, Roland Dubillard, Jean Tissier

Votes: 444

25. Serena (1962)

60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Scotland Yard investigate when a woman, apparently the estranged wife of a London painter, is murdered with a shotgun in rural Surrey at the same time as the artist's striking model with her long black hair disappears.

Director: Peter Maxwell | Stars: Patrick Holt, Emrys Jones, Honor Blackman, Bruce Beeby

Votes: 229

26. Frank Serpico (2017)

Unrated | 98 min | Documentary, Biography

In his own words, Frank Serpico tells the story of his one-man crusade for police reform in the NYPD during the early 1970s.

Director: Antonino D'Ambrosio | Stars: Frank Serpico, Stanislao Pugliese, Janet Panetta, John O'Connor

Votes: 389 | Gross: $0.01M

27. Two Living, One Dead (1961)

105 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

In Sweden, a post-office employee who survives a deadly armed robbery is accused of cowardice by society and is torn by conflicting feelings.

Director: Anthony Asquith | Stars: Virginia McKenna, Bill Travers, Patrick McGoohan, Alf Kjellin

Votes: 80

28. The Stars Will Tell, Inspector Palmu (1962)

100 min | Comedy, Crime, Thriller

Inspector Palmu investigates the death of an old astronomer, whose body is found on Helsinki's Observatory Hill, but the investigation is complicated by the media's spreading of false information concerning the case.

Director: Matti Kassila | Stars: Joel Rinne, Matti Ranin, Leo Jokela, Helge Herala

Votes: 1,294

29. The Beaumont Children: What Really Happened (2018 TV Movie)

70 min | Documentary, Crime, History

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Stars: Michael Usher, Roger Cardwell, Bill Hayes, Greg Hutchins

Votes: 9

30. Walk a Tightrope (1963)

Not Rated | 69 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

In England, an American expat is hired by a woman to kill her ex-husband but things are not what they seem to be at first glance.

Director: Frank Nesbitt | Stars: Dan Duryea, Patricia Owens, Richard Leech, Neil McCallum

Votes: 253

31. Smrt za oponou (1967)

87 min | Crime, Mystery

Members of an organized group that smuggles heroin from France to Italy send a new shipment of the drug via Sweden, Germany and Czechia. A new ballet is about to premiere at the Fibich ... See full summary »

Director: Antonín Kachlík | Stars: Miroslav Hornícek, Jaroslav Satoranský, Lenka Fiserová, Waldemar Matuska

Votes: 20

32. Perdona Nuestros Pecados (2017–2018)

60 min | Drama

It is the story of a powerful family of the Chilean high aristocracy in the decade of the 50's. A clan led by the fearsome Armando Quiroga, where intrigue, suspense and romance build a story of passion in times of hypocrisy.

Stars: Álvaro Rudolphy, Mariana Di Girólamo, Paola Volpato, Patricia Rivadeneira

Votes: 226

33. Lucky Jo (1964)

90 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

Jo the gangster has the formidable gift of bringing down the worst kind of catastrophes on the heads of his best friends. Thus everything would be perfect if Simon hadn't lent his car to Jo.

Director: Michel Deville | Stars: Eddie Constantine, Pierre Brasseur, Georges Wilson, Christiane Minazzoli

Votes: 291

34. Because, Because of a Woman (1963)

116 min | Comedy, Crime

A womanizing young man is unjustly accused of murder by one of his feminine conquests while two of his other lovers aid him in proving his innocence.

Director: Michel Deville | Stars: Jacques Charrier, Mylène Demongeot, Jill Haworth, Marie Laforêt

Votes: 172

35. Vodkaa, komisario Palmu (1969)

100 min | Comedy, Crime

A TV reporter is murdered when he is eavesdropping on a secret Finnish-Soviet conference. The National Broadcasting Corporation enlists the help of police lieutenant Palmu, who comes out of... See full summary »

Director: Matti Kassila | Stars: Joel Rinne, Leo Jokela, Matti Ranin, Anna-Leena Mäki-Penttilä

Votes: 966

36. The Cups of San Sebastian (1967)

91 min | Comedy, Crime, Mystery

In Madrid, an American engineer unwittingly gets involved in a scheme to smuggle priceless religious artifacts out of Spain.

Director: Richard Rush | Stars: Tab Hunter, Luis Prendes, Gustavo Rojo, Fernando Hilbeck

Votes: 67

37. Sign of the Cancer (1967)

87 min | Crime, Drama

In a rather bizarre environment of a hospital, a criminal plot takes place - a murder occurs there. One of the doctors discovers the real reason for the crime and the perpetrator. However, ... See full summary »

Director: Juraj Herz | Stars: Zora Bozinová, Zdenek Stepánek, Ilja Prachar, Lubomír Cerník

Votes: 73

38. Kuu on vaarallinen (1961)

84 min | Drama, Romance, Thriller

Young Elsie runs away from home. She get a lift by an older man who takes her out to his country villa. They begin a sexual relationship while the young Reino also shows interest in Elsie.

Director: T.J. Särkkä | Stars: Liana Kaarina, Esko Salminen, Toivo Mäkelä, Eero Roine

Votes: 135

39. Tulipunainen kyyhkynen (1961)

86 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller

Doctor Aitamaa is spending holiday with his family at their summer villa. He accidentally reads a letter that was meant to his wife. The letter is from another man. Aitamaa fallows his wife... See full summary »

Director: Matti Kassila | Stars: Tauno Palo, Gunvor Sandkvist, Helen Elde, Matti Oravisto

Votes: 264

40. Oksat pois... (1961)

91 min | Comedy, Crime

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Director: Aarne Tarkas | Stars: Tommi Rinne, Tarja Nurmi, Liana Kaarina, Leo Jokela

Votes: 65

41. Dum ztracených dusí (1967)

85 min | Crime, Drama

Escaped inmate of a mental home Franz Moose has been found shot dead in the forest. In the course of their investigation, District Commander Havel (Jirí Adamíra) and Lieutenant Mares (... See full summary »

Director: Jirí Hanibal | Stars: Jirí Adamíra, Miroslav Zounar, Jana Stepánková, Alexandra Myskova

Votes: 31

42. I zavoliara (1960)

85 min | Adventure, Drama, Romance

A fisherman's daughter is secretly in love with a strong man who works for her father; however, after a nearly-fatal accident, the crew will have to venture into the isle's notoriously dangerous waters. Will they return in one piece?

Director: Marios Adamis | Stars: Aliki Vougiouklaki, Giorgos Foundas, Stelios Vokovich, Tzavalas Karousos

Votes: 83

43. Vedecké metody porucíka Boruvky (1967–1968)

50 min | Comedy, Crime, Mystery

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Stars: Lubomír Lipský, Josef Bartunek, Eva Blazková, Otakar Brousek

44. Narco Wars (2020–2022)
Episode: The Mob: The Cocaine Godfather (2021)

Documentary, Crime, History

The Rizzutos were one of the longest ruling dynasties in Mafia history.

Stars: Raymond Boulanger, Chris Feistl, Pietro Poletti, Réal Simard

Votes: 10

45. Inside (2007– )
Episode: Vegas Mafia (2007)

46 min | Documentary

In the 1950s, Mafia-built Las Vegas became a cash cow for organized crime, but when the richest man in the world arrived, things changed and the feds blew the lid on the original Gangster's Paradise.

Director: Virginia Quinn | Stars: Dominic Spinale, Frank 'Lefty' Rosenthal, Lynn Ferrin, Tru Hawkins

Votes: 7

46. La revue des feuilletons (1963– )
Episode: Leclerc et Bourrel (1963)

18 min | Short, Comedy

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Director: Marcel Bluwal | Stars: Pierre Tchernia, Philippe Nicaud, Raymond Souplex, Pierre Collet

47. Mafia's Greatest Hits (2012– )
Episode: The Maverick Mobster (2012)

TV-PG | 49 min | Documentary, Biography, Crime

The story of, Joe Colombo, the youngest Godfather of the Mafia that had problems caused by his flamboyant way of living.

Director: Martin J.O. Hughes | Stars: Thomas Reppetto, Joseph Wendling, Joseph Coffey, Colin Tierney

Votes: 7

48. Mafia's Greatest Hits (2012– )
Episode: Tony Spilotro: The Las Vegas Enforcer (2012)

TV-PG | 44 min | Documentary, Biography, Crime

The story of Tony Spilotro, who protected the Chicago Mafia's interests in the casinos of Las Vegas and became a target for the FBI.

Director: Elliot McCaffrey | Stars: Leone J. Flosi, Emmett Michaels, Thomas Reppetto, Kent Clifford

Votes: 8