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1. The Accountant (2016)
R | 128 min | Action, Crime, Drama
As a math savant uncooks the books for a new client, the Treasury Department closes in on his activities, and the body count starts to rise.
Director: Gavin O'Connor | Stars: Ben Affleck, Anna Kendrick, J.K. Simmons, Jon Bernthal
Votes: 322,143 | Gross: $86.26M
2. Knives Out (2019)
PG-13 | 130 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
A detective investigates the death of the patriarch of an eccentric, combative family.
Director: Rian Johnson | Stars: Daniel Craig, Chris Evans, Ana de Armas, Jamie Lee Curtis
Votes: 774,386 | Gross: $165.36M
3. The Irishman (2019)
R | 209 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
An illustration of Frank Sheeran's life, from W.W.II veteran to hit-man for the Bufalino crime family and his alleged assassination of his close friend Jimmy Hoffa.
Director: Martin Scorsese | Stars: Robert De Niro, Al Pacino, Joe Pesci, Harvey Keitel
Votes: 431,403 | Gross: $7.00M
4. Murder on the Orient Express (2017)
PG-13 | 114 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
When a murder occurs on the train on which he's travelling, celebrated detective Hercule Poirot is recruited to solve the case.
Director: Kenneth Branagh | Stars: Kenneth Branagh, Penélope Cruz, Willem Dafoe, Judi Dench
Votes: 296,795 | Gross: $102.83M
5. Midnight Run (1988)
R | 126 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
A bounty hunter pursues a former Mafia accountant who is also being chased by a rival bounty hunter, the F.B.I., and his old mob boss after jumping bail.
Director: Martin Brest | Stars: Robert De Niro, Charles Grodin, Yaphet Kotto, John Ashton
Votes: 94,291 | Gross: $38.41M
6. The Dry (2020)
R | 117 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Aaron Falk returns to his drought-stricken hometown to attend a tragic funeral. But his return opens a decades-old wound - the unsolved death of a teenage girl.
Director: Robert Connolly | Stars: Eric Bana, Genevieve O'Reilly, Keir O'Donnell, John Polson
Votes: 32,827
7. Fletch (1985)
PG | 98 min | Comedy, Crime, Mystery
While working undercover wisecracking newspaper reporter Irwin "Fletch" Fletcher is offered a large sum by a millionaire with a terminal disease to kill him. Intrigued, Fletch decides to unearth the full story behind the offer.
Director: Michael Ritchie | Stars: Chevy Chase, Joe Don Baker, Dana Wheeler-Nicholson, Richard Libertini
Votes: 57,955 | Gross: $50.61M
8. Alex Cross (2012)
PG-13 | 101 min | Action, Crime, Mystery
A homicide detective is pushed to the brink of his moral and physical limits as he tangles with a ferociously skilled hired killer who specializes in torture and pain.
Director: Rob Cohen | Stars: Tyler Perry, Matthew Fox, Rachel Nichols, Edward Burns
Votes: 35,422 | Gross: $25.89M
9. Batman: Mask of the Phantasm (1993)
PG | 76 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
Batman is wrongly implicated in a series of murders of mob bosses actually committed by a new vigilante assassin.
Directors: Kevin Altieri, Boyd Kirkland, Frank Paur, Dan Riba, Eric Radomski, Bruce Timm | Stars: Kevin Conroy, Dana Delany, Hart Bochner, Stacy Keach
Votes: 56,899 | Gross: $5.62M
10. Batman: The Killing Joke (2016)
R | 76 min | Animation, Action, Crime
As Batman hunts for the escaped Joker, the Clown Prince of Crime attacks the Gordon family to prove a diabolical point mirroring his own fall into madness.
Director: Sam Liu | Stars: Kevin Conroy, Mark Hamill, Tara Strong, Ray Wise
Votes: 61,566 | Gross: $3.78M
11. Fair Game (1995)
R | 91 min | Action, Romance, Thriller
Max Kirkpatrick is a cop who protects Kate McQuean, a civil law attorney, from a renegade KGB team out to terminate her.
Director: Andrew Sipes | Stars: William Baldwin, Cindy Crawford, Steven Berkoff, Christopher McDonald
Votes: 13,847 | Gross: $11.53M
12. Fools' Parade (1971)
GP | 98 min | Comedy, Drama, Thriller
In 1935, after forty years in a West Virginia prison, three released convicts wish to open a legitimate business using the $25,000 earned in prison, but a crooked prison guard in cahoots with the town banker plans to defraud them.
Director: Andrew V. McLaglen | Stars: James Stewart, George Kennedy, Anne Baxter, Strother Martin
Votes: 1,663 | Gross: $0.06M
13. Diabolique (1996)
R | 107 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
The wife and mistress of the sadistic dean of an exclusive prep school conspire to murder him.
Director: Jeremiah S. Chechik | Stars: Sharon Stone, Isabelle Adjani, Chazz Palminteri, Kathy Bates
Votes: 15,382 | Gross: $17.10M
14. The Saint (2017 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 91 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
International master thief, Simon Templar, also known as The Saint, is tasked to find a man's kidnapped daughter. In addition to evading the authorities, Simon must face a dangerous adversary from his past.
Director: Ernie Barbarash | Stars: Adam Rayner, Eliza Dushku, Ian Ogilvy, James Remar
Votes: 6,946
15. The Bad Sleep Well (1960)
Not Rated | 151 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A vengeful young man marries the daughter of a corrupt industrialist in order to seek justice for his father's suicide.
Director: Akira Kurosawa | Stars: Toshirô Mifune, Masayuki Mori, Kyôko Kagawa, Tatsuya Mihashi
Votes: 14,033
16. The Ice Harvest (2005)
R | 92 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
A shady lawyer attempts a Christmas Eve crime, hoping to swindle the local mob out of some money. But his partner, a strip club owner, might have different plans for the cash.
Director: Harold Ramis | Stars: John Cusack, Billy Bob Thornton, Connie Nielsen, Lara Phillips
Votes: 25,011 | Gross: $8.82M
17. The Fifth Cord (1971)
Not Rated | 93 min | Crime, Horror, Mystery
A maverick, heavy-drinking journalist pursues a killer who is targeting acquaintances of his, prompting the police to brand him a suspect in their investigation.
Director: Luigi Bazzoni | Stars: Franco Nero, Silvia Monti, Wolfgang Preiss, Ira von Fürstenberg
Votes: 2,571
18. Midnight Lace (1960)
Approved | 103 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller
In London, a recently-wed American woman's sanity comes into question after she claims to be the victim of a threatening stalker.
Director: David Miller | Stars: Doris Day, Rex Harrison, John Gavin, Myrna Loy
Votes: 6,031 | Gross: $7.40M
19. Canyon Passage (1946)
Passed | 92 min | Western
Businessman Logan Stuart is torn between his love of two very different women in 1850's Oregon and his loyalty to a compulsive gambler friend who goes over the line.
Director: Jacques Tourneur | Stars: Dana Andrews, Brian Donlevy, Susan Hayward, Patricia Roc
Votes: 2,653
20. Deewana (1992)
Not Rated | 185 min | Action, Comedy, Drama
A singer (Rishi Kapoor) marries his biggest fan, but his uncle (Amrish Puri) plans to kill him in order to gain his money.
Director: Raj Kanwar | Stars: Rishi Kapoor, Divya Bharti, Shah Rukh Khan, Alok Nath
Votes: 7,442
21. 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
22. Year of the Dog (I) (2007)
PG-13 | 97 min | Comedy, Drama
A secretary's life changes in unexpected ways after her dog dies.
Director: Mike White | Stars: Molly Shannon, John C. Reilly, Peter Sarsgaard, Laura Dern
Votes: 6,607 | Gross: $1.54M
23. Office Killer (1997)
R | 82 min | Comedy, Crime, Horror
A mousy office worker accidentally kills one of her coworkers, then proceeds to bump off a few others.
Director: Cindy Sherman | Stars: Florina Rodov, Jason Brill, Eddie Malavarca, Carol Kane
Votes: 2,392 | Gross: $0.04M
24. Murder with Mirrors (1985 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 100 min | Crime, Mystery, Romance
When Carrie Louise Serrocold suspects that someone is trying to poison her, she sends for the one person who might be able to help, her old friend Miss Jane Marple.
Director: Dick Lowry | Stars: Helen Hayes, Bette Davis, John Mills, Leo McKern
Votes: 1,608
25. Priyamanavale (2000)
169 min | Drama, Romance
Vijay has no faith in marriage. However, on his father's insistence, he marries Priya but lays down a condition wherein at the end of the year he will decide whether to continue their marriage or not.
Director: K. Selvabharathi | Stars: Joseph Vijay, Simran, Radhika Chaudhari, S.P. Balasubrahmanyam
Votes: 3,113
26. All the Little Animals (1998)
R | 112 min | Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Bobby Platt is a mentally slow young man who escapes an abusive, hateful stepfather who has killed his pets one by one. To save himself, Bobby runs away and meets a strange old man who ... See full summary »
Director: Jeremy Thomas | Stars: John Hurt, Christian Bale, Daniel Benzali, James Faulkner
Votes: 3,201 | Gross: $0.03M
27. Ek Ladka Ek Ladki (1992)
Not Rated | 162 min | Comedy, Romance
An arrogant heiress becomes amnesiac after her greedy uncle attempts to kill her. A hard-working farmer, who bears a grudge against her, impersonates her husband and brings her to his home as revenge.
Director: Vijay Sadanah | Stars: Salman Khan, Neelam Kothari, Anupam Kher, Govardhan Asrani
Votes: 1,310
28. The Cheat (1915)
Not Rated | 59 min | Drama, Romance
A venal, spoiled stockbroker's wife impulsively embezzles $10,000 from the charity she chairs and desperately turns to a Burmese ivory trader to replace the stolen money.
Director: Cecil B. DeMille | Stars: Fannie Ward, Sessue Hayakawa, Jack Dean, James Neill
Votes: 2,763 | Gross: $0.21M
29. Reckless (1995)
PG-13 | 91 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
On Christmas Eve, a regretful husband admits to his high-spirited wife that he has hired a contract killer to take her out. She immediately flees. A nice couple offers her shelter, but everyone have dark secrets in this wacky movie.
Director: Norman René | Stars: Mia Farrow, Tony Goldwyn, Juana Barrios, Mike Heibeck
Votes: 520 | Gross: $0.10M
30. The Emperor Jones (1933)
Not Rated | 72 min | Drama, Music
Unscrupulously ambitious Brutus Jones escapes from jail after killing a guard and through bluff and bravado finds himself the emperor of a Caribbean island.
Directors: Dudley Murphy, William C. de Mille | Stars: Paul Robeson, Dudley Digges, Frank H. Wilson, Fredi Washington
Votes: 1,262
31. Dogboys (1998 TV Movie)
PG-13 | 92 min | Action, Thriller
Corrupt officers track men for sport with dogs.
Director: Ken Russell | Stars: Bryan Brown, Dean Cain, Tia Carrere, Ken James
Votes: 473
32. Beta (1992)
Not Rated | 171 min | Drama, Romance
Raju, the only heir of a millionaire, is brainwashed by his stepmother for her greed of his entire property.
Director: Indra Kumar | Stars: Anil Kapoor, Madhuri Dixit, Aruna Irani, Laxmikant Berde
Votes: 2,380
33. Himmat Aur Mehanat (1987)
Not Rated | 137 min | Action, Comedy, Drama
Nurse Jyoti gets hired by a wealthy male, Madan, wins his confidence, and is permitted to virtually run the entire household. When Madan's son, Vijay Kumar, returns from New York, he ... See full summary »
Director: K. Bapaiah | Stars: Jeetendra, Sridevi, Govardhan Asrani, Bharat Bhushan
Votes: 69
34. Nobody's Children (1951)
102 min | Drama, Romance
The tragic love story between marble-quarry owner Mario and Luisa, daughter of one of his employees.
Director: Raffaello Matarazzo | Stars: Yvonne Sanson, Amedeo Nazzari, Françoise Rosay, Folco Lulli
Votes: 417
35. The Heart Specialist (1922)
50 min | Drama
Rosalie Beckwith, a New York City newspaper romance advisor, is told by her editor that he is thinking about discontinuing her column because there is no such thing as true romance. Rosalie... See full summary »
Director: Frank Urson | Stars: Mary Miles Minter, Allan Forrest, Roy Atwell, Jack Mathis
Votes: 16
36. The Flame of Youth (1917)
50 min | Drama, Adventure
James Gordon, Sr., owner of the Gordon syndicate, dispatches his roughneck son Jimmy to investigate why production has fallen off in his opal mine on an island off the coast of lower ... See full summary »
Director: Elmer Clifton | Stars: Jack Mulhall, Ann Forrest, Donna Drew, Hayward Mack
Votes: 20
37.
The Old Fox (1977– )
Episode:
Ultimo
(1987)
58 min | Crime, Drama
Mr. Albert Kosak is owner of a great business empire.On the twelfth day of the month he has been victim at 11.am of a attempted murder in a parking.A unknown man shot him a bullet in the ... See full summary »
Director: Zbynek Brynych | Stars: Rolf Schimpf, Michael Ande, Charles M. Huber, Markus Böttcher
Votes: 22
38.
Law & Order (1990– )
Episode:
Guardian
(1995)
TV-14 | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A financial advisor is implicated in the drug overdose death of one of his client's children.
Director: Christopher Misiano | Stars: Jerry Orbach, Chris Noth, S. Epatha Merkerson, Sam Waterston
Votes: 285
39.
Metalocalypse (2006–2013)
Episode:
Murdering Outside the Box
(2006)
TV-MA | 12 min | Animation, Comedy, Music
The annual employees convention creates an opportunity for an assassin to infiltrate Mordhaus and try to kill Dethklok.
Director: Jon Schnepp | Stars: Tommy Blacha, Brendon Small, Mark Hamill, Victor Brandt
Votes: 201
40.
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999– )
Episode:
Shadow
(2010)
TV-14 | 42 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Benson and Stabler work with a Special Frauds Unit detective who believes that an heiress murdered her parents and could be a sociopath.
Director: Amy Redford | Stars: Christopher Meloni, Mariska Hargitay, Richard Belzer, Ice-T
Votes: 1,275
41.
Lucifer (2016–2021)
Episode:
St. Lucifer
(2016)
TV-14 | 44 min | Crime, Drama, Fantasy
When philanthropist Tim Dunlear is found dead, Lucifer explores his good side by becoming a benefactor for Tim's glitzy Los Angeles charity.
Director: Mairzee Almas | Stars: Tom Ellis, Lauren German, Kevin Alejandro, D.B. Woodside
Votes: 5,365
42.
Murdoch Mysteries (2008– )
Episode:
My Big Fat Mimico Wedding
(2018)
TV-PG | 44 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
At the wedding of Henry Higgins and Ruth Newsome on the Newsome estate, random murder attempts on Higgens are just the beginning of the machinations happening there.
Director: Gary Harvey | Stars: Yannick Bisson, Helene Joy, Thomas Craig, Jonny Harris
Votes: 322