Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "body-in-a-dumpster"

1. Rush Hour 2 (2001)

PG-13 | 90 min | Action, Comedy, Crime

Carter and Lee head to Hong Kong for a vacation, but become embroiled in a counterfeit money scam.

Director: Brett Ratner | Stars: Jackie Chan, Chris Tucker, John Lone, Ziyi Zhang

Votes: 239,389 | Gross: $226.16M

2. The Purge: Anarchy (2014)

R | 103 min | Action, Horror, Sci-Fi

Three groups of people intertwine and are left stranded in the streets on Purge Night, trying to survive the chaos and violence that occurs.

Director: James DeMonaco | Stars: Frank Grillo, Carmen Ejogo, Zach Gilford, Kiele Sanchez

Votes: 162,442 | Gross: $71.96M

3. Secret in Their Eyes (2015)

PG-13 | 111 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

A tight-knit team of rising investigators, along with their supervisor, is suddenly torn apart when they discover that one of their own teenage daughters has been brutally murdered.

Director: Billy Ray | Stars: Chiwetel Ejiofor, Nicole Kidman, Julia Roberts, Dean Norris

Votes: 51,364 | Gross: $20.18M

4. A Walk Among the Tombstones (2014)

R | 114 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Private investigator Matthew Scudder is hired by a drug kingpin to find out who kidnapped and murdered his wife.

Director: Scott Frank | Stars: Liam Neeson, Dan Stevens, David Harbour, Boyd Holbrook

Votes: 127,393 | Gross: $26.31M

5. The Slumber Party Massacre (1982)

R | 77 min | Horror

A female high school student's slumber party turns into a bloodbath, as a newly escaped psychotic serial killer wielding a power drill prowls her neighborhood.

Director: Amy Holden Jones | Stars: Michele Michaels, Robin Stille, Michael Villella, Debra De Liso

Votes: 17,928

6. Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead (1995)

R | 115 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

Five different criminals face imminent death after botching a job quite badly.

Director: Gary Fleder | Stars: Andy Garcia, Christopher Walken, Christopher Lloyd, William Forsythe

Votes: 29,822 | Gross: $0.53M

7. The Big White (2005)

R | 100 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

To remedy his financial problems, a travel agent has his eye on a frozen corpse, which just happens to be sought after by two hitmen.

Director: Mark Mylod | Stars: Robin Williams, Giovanni Ribisi, Holly Hunter, Tim Blake Nelson

Votes: 15,222

8. Wishmaster 4: The Prophecy Fulfilled (2002 Video)

R | 90 min | Fantasy, Horror, Romance

This time, the Djinn unleashes his undying love for a beautiful woman in his final attempt to unleash his brethren from Hell.

Director: Chris Angel | Stars: Tara Spencer-Nairn, Michael Trucco, Jason Thompson, John Novak

Votes: 4,205

9. Mother's Day (I) (2010)

R | 112 min | Drama, Horror, Thriller

The sadistic members of a villainous family return to their childhood home to terrorize the new home owners and their guests.

Director: Darren Lynn Bousman | Stars: Rebecca De Mornay, Jaime King, Shawn Ashmore, Briana Evigan

Votes: 18,395

10. Let's Kill Ward's Wife (2014)

Unrated | 82 min | Comedy, Crime

Everyone hates Ward's wife and wants her dead, but when his friends' murderous fantasies come true, additional complications arise. A blackly comic caper about helping a friend out of a bad relationship by any means necessary.

Director: Scott Foley | Stars: Amy Acker, Ava Carpinello, James Carpinello, Dagmara Dominczyk

Votes: 6,820

11. Martial Law (1990 Video)

R | 89 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Two cops who are martial arts experts team up to stop a criminal organization headed by a ruthless boss who's also a martial artist.

Director: Steve Cohen | Stars: Chad McQueen, Cynthia Rothrock, David Carradine, Andy McCutcheon

Votes: 1,728

12. Preservation (2014)

Not Rated | 88 min | Horror, Thriller

An anesthesiologist must awaken her animal instincts when she, her husband and her brother-in-law become the quarry of unseen hunters who want to turn them all into trophies.

Director: Christopher Denham | Stars: Wrenn Schmidt, Pablo Schreiber, Aaron Staton, Cody Saintgnue

Votes: 6,057

13. The Jigsaw Murders (1989)

R | 98 min | Action, Crime, Mystery

A dedicated middle-aged cop must find the serial killer that preys on erotic models before his estranged daughter who's also in the photo shoot business becomes the killer's next victim.

Director: Jag Mundhra | Stars: Chad Everett, Michelle Johnson, Michael Sabatino, Yaphet Kotto

Votes: 327

14. Hitch Hike to Hell (1977)

R | 87 min | Crime, Horror, Mystery

Howard is a mild-mannered young man who drives a truck for a commercial laundry. He's also a mother-obsessed psycho who picks up young female hitchhikers, rapes them and kills them. As the ... See full summary »

Director: Irvin Berwick | Stars: Robert Gribbin, Russell Johnson, John Harmon, Randy Echols

Votes: 489

15. Dead Women in Lingerie (1991)

R | 86 min | Crime, Thriller

A private detective is hired to catch a serial killer who makes immigrant garment workers his victims.

Director: Erica Fox | Stars: John Romo, Maura Tierney, June Lockhart, Lyle Waggoner

Votes: 192

16. Jericho Mansions (2003)

R | 98 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller

A murder in an old apartment building leads the superintendent to suspect everyone, and eventually himself, of the murder.

Director: Alberto Sciamma | Stars: James Caan, Geneviève Bujold, Jennifer Tilly, Maribel Verdú

Votes: 1,019

17. Bumrush (2011)

127 min | Action, Crime, Drama

After a series of police operations to bikers and the Italian mafia has come to upset the balance of power between Montreal criminal groups, the strip club the Kingdom, long recognized as a... See full summary »

Director: Michel Jetté | Stars: Emmanuel Auger, Paul Dumas Frappier, Pat Lemaire, Dara Lowe

Votes: 170

18. Unfair World (2011)

107 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

A middle-aged policeman tired of the corruption and bureaucracy finds himself in a terrible dilemma after he tries to save an innocent man.

Director: Filippos Tsitos | Stars: Christos Stergioglou, Makis Papadimitriou, Antonis Kafetzopoulos, Theodora Tzimou

Votes: 661

19. Sword of Honor (1996 Video)

R | 97 min | Action, Drama, Thriller

Officer Johnny Lee sets out to avenge his partner's mysterious death. With the help of his partner's sister and an ancient sword, Lee becomes a one man deadly strike force.

Director: Robert Tiffe | Stars: Steven Vincent Leigh, Angelo Tiffe, Sophia Crawford, Jerry Tiffe

Votes: 174

20. Digterfilm #3 - En piges dagbog (2013)

6 min | Short

On a beautiful summer day in the Danish town of Aarhus, a girl's diary is found on the pedestrian street. Foul play is suspected and two detectives use the diary to follow in the footsteps of the girl.

Director: Andreas Steen Sørensen | Stars: Thor Hampus Bank, Anna Brynskov, Cécile Desaint, Carmen Ghecca

21. Homicide: Life on the Street (1993–1999)
Episode: Closet Cases (1998)

TV-14 | 46 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Bayliss and Pembleton are forced to deal with their own prejudices as they search for a hustler suspected of killing rich gay men.

Directors: Leslie Libman, Larry Williams | Stars: Richard Belzer, Andre Braugher, Reed Diamond, Michelle Forbes

Votes: 106

22. Law & Order: Criminal Intent (2001–2011)
Episode: Gone (2005)

TV-14 | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Goren finds himself matching wits with a paranoid chess master suspected of murdering a young woman in town to visit her fiancée.

Director: Christopher Swartout | Stars: Vincent D'Onofrio, Kathryn Erbe, Jamey Sheridan, Courtney B. Vance

Votes: 309

23. Masters of Horror (2005–2007)
Episode: Dance of the Dead (2005)

TV-MA | 59 min | Horror

In a post-apocalyptic society, 17-year-old Peggy lives with her mom, who's overprotective since her young daughter Anna died. Peggy works at her mom's restaurant. When two punk couples come... See full summary »

Director: Tobe Hooper | Stars: Jessica Lowndes, Genevieve Buechner, Jonathan Tucker, Margot Berner

Votes: 4,562

24. Queer as Folk (2000–2005)
Episode: Priorities, Please! (Beat the Time) (2002)

TV-MA | 44 min | Drama, Romance

Debbie finds a dead body in the diner's dumpster; Michael is more upset when his favorite comic book hero dies; George and Emmett get closer.

Director: Michael DeCarlo | Stars: Michelle Clunie, Robert Gant, Thea Gill, Gale Harold

Votes: 216

25. The X-Files (1993–2018)
Episode: Mind's Eye (1998)

TV-14 | 45 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

The prime suspect in a murder case is a woman who has been blind since birth, leading Mulder and Scully to conclude she may possess the ability to see through a killer's eyes.

Director: Kim Manners | Stars: David Duchovny, Gillian Anderson, Lili Taylor, Richard Fitzpatrick

Votes: 3,605

26. The Black Donnellys (2007)
Episode: A Stone of the Heart (2007)

TV-14 | 60 min | Crime, Drama

Tommy and Kevin continue cleaning up after Jimmy and deal with the aftermath of their actions.

Director: Paul Haggis | Stars: Jonathan Tucker, Tom Guiry, Olivia Wilde, Billy Lush

Votes: 199

27. Numb3rs (2005–2010)
Episode: Hardball (2006)

TV-PG | 44 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

The death of a minor league player leads to a math prodigy and stirs old feelings for Don.

Director: Frederick King Keller | Stars: Rob Morrow, David Krumholtz, Judd Hirsch, Alimi Ballard

Votes: 286

28. Chicago P.D. (2014– )
Episode: Center Mass (2020)

TV-14 | 41 min | Action, Crime, Drama

A homeless man's murder leads Intelligence to a criminal who has evaded capture for years. Rojas has a troubling experience with a young mentally ill man.

Director: Lisa Demaine | Stars: Jason Beghe, Jesse Lee Soffer, Tracy Spiridakos, Marina Squerciati

Votes: 401

29. The New Detectives: Case Studies in Forensic Science (1996–2005)
Episode: Double Helix (1997)

TV-PG | 53 min | Documentary, Crime

DNA can be used to convict or exonerate a person, identify criminals and victims, and can be collected in a variety of ways.

Director: Greg Francis | Stars: Gene Galusha, John Cog, Elaine Damerau, Christopher Frederick

Votes: 16

30. Law & Order: Criminal Intent (2001–2011)
Episode: Major Case (2009)

TV-14 | 45 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Detective Nichols correctly surmises that the esteemed head of the crime lab killed a teenage drug dealer and is planting evidence to frame another man, but has a hard time convincing captain Ross to go along with him.

Director: Christopher Zalla | Stars: Jeff Goldblum, Julianne Nicholson, Eric Bogosian, Dylan Baker

Votes: 301

31. Mind of a Monster (2019–2021)
Episode: The Grim Sleeper (2021)

TV-14 | 85 min | Documentary, Crime

In 2001, Los Angeles Police Department's cold case unit reopened the files on a series of unsolved murders from the 1980s. As police search for DNA evidence to unlock these homicides which ... See full summary »

Stars: Lonnie David Franklin Jr., Cliff Shepard, Jermaine Jackson, Ray Davis

Votes: 39

32. Shattered (2010–2011)
Episode: Where's the Line? (2010)

44 min | Crime, Drama

Eighteen year old Mark Sims is found shot to death in a dumpster. He has a petty crime sheet along with a friend named Rick Baker. Rick's father tells Ben and Amy about a cache of money of ... See full summary »

Director: Stephen Surjik | Stars: Callum Keith Rennie, Camille Sullivan, Clé Bennett, Martin Cummins

Votes: 12

33. Futurama (1999– )
Episode: Viva Mars Vegas (2012)

TV-14 | 22 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy

The Planet Express crew goes gambling in Mars Vegas where they risk far more than losing their chips.

Director: Frank Marino | Stars: Billy West, Katey Sagal, John DiMaggio, Tress MacNeille

Votes: 1,824

34. Castle (2009–2016)
Episode: Limelight (2014)

TV-14 | 43 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

When a rising young pop star is found dead in an alley, Castle and Beckett delve into the victim's out-of-control hard-partying lifestyle, but as they dig deeper, a shocking revelation threatens to rock their investigation.

Director: Bill Roe | Stars: Nathan Fillion, Stana Katic, Susan Sullivan, Jon Huertas

Votes: 1,075

35. Elementary (2012–2019)
Episode: Internal Audit (2013)

TV-14 | 44 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

When a hedge fund manager who was also running a pyramid scheme is murdered, Holmes and Watson must determine which of his clients is guilty. Also, Sherlock contemplates sponsoring a fellow recovering addict.

Director: Jerry Levine | Stars: Jonny Lee Miller, Lucy Liu, Jon Michael Hill, Aidan Quinn

Votes: 1,057

36. Criminal Minds (2005– )
Episode: Angels (2014)

TV-14 | 42 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

The BAU is called to Texas to consult on the murders of victims with links to prostitution.

Director: Rob Bailey | Stars: Joe Mantegna, Shemar Moore, Matthew Gray Gubler, A.J. Cook

Votes: 2,137

37. White Collar (2009–2014)
Episode: Whack-A-Mole (2014)

TV-PG | 44 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

With a mole in the panthers now, Woodford has to find who it is while Neal and FBI have to figure out how they will bring the panthers down in their next heist.

Director: Jeff King | Stars: Matt Bomer, Tim DeKay, Willie Garson, Marsha Thomason

Votes: 680

38. Daredevil (2015–2018)
Episode: Cut Man (2015)

TV-MA | 53 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Murdock makes a near fatal error while trying to save a kidnapped boy, and finds an unlikely ally when he needs saving himself.

Director: Phil Abraham | Stars: Charlie Cox, Deborah Ann Woll, Elden Henson, Rosario Dawson

Votes: 14,052

39. The Mysteries of Laura (2014–2016)
Episode: The Mystery of the Art Ace (2014)

TV-14 | 42 min | Comedy, Crime, Mystery

The son of a prominent art gallery owner is found dead in Koreatown. Looking for clues, Laura and the team navigate through the neighborhood's karaoke scene where they uncover a gambling ... See full summary »

Director: Jace Alexander | Stars: Debra Messing, Josh Lucas, Laz Alonso, Janina Gavankar

Votes: 201

40. CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2000–2015)
Episode: Under My Skin (2015)

TV-14 | 41 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

The CSIs investigate a murder that's linked to the kidnapping of two teen girls.

Director: Alrick Riley | Stars: Ted Danson, Elisabeth Shue, George Eads, Jorja Fox

Votes: 372

41. The Investigators (2000– )
Episode: A Dangerous Game (2004)

Documentary, Crime, Drama

The case of a killer couple who target holidaymakers, luring them to their condominium to play with their fears and murder them for fun.

Directors: David Cargill, Jonathan B. Taylor | Stars: Gene Galusha, Martha Crutchley, Joshua Ford, Erika Sifrit

42. Forensic Files (1996–2011)
Episode: Church Disappearance (2001)

TV-PG | 23 min | Documentary, Crime

When a six-year-old girl disappeared from church during a Sunday service, investigators feared a stalker was preying on children. A psychological profile of the perpetrator leads ... See full summary »

Stars: Peter Thomas, John Douglas, Bill Hansen, Cassandra Hansen

Votes: 97

43. NCIS: Los Angeles (2009–2023)
Episode: Glasnost (2016)

TV-14 | 43 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Callen is forced to interrogate his father when he's found in an NCIS patient's hospital during a radiation poisoning case. In the meantime, the team discusses their plans for Thanksgiving.

Director: John Peter Kousakis | Stars: Chris O'Donnell, Daniela Ruah, Eric Christian Olsen, Barrett Foa

Votes: 310

44. Criminal Minds (2005– )
Episode: A Good Husband (2017)

TV-14 | 41 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

The BAU investigates the case of a killer who dismembered their victim before dumping just the torso.

Director: Laura Belsey | Stars: Joe Mantegna, Matthew Gray Gubler, A.J. Cook, Kirsten Vangsness

Votes: 2,020

45. Hawaii Five-0 (2010–2020)
Episode: Poniu I Ke Aloha (2017)

TV-14 | 43 min | Action, Crime, Drama

McGarrett and Danny spend Valentine's Day with their girlfriends, while the rest of Five-0 investigates the murder of a man who had been taking classes on picking up women.

Director: Jerry Levine | Stars: Alex O'Loughlin, Scott Caan, Daniel Dae Kim, Grace Park

Votes: 497

46. Lethal Weapon (2016–2019)
Episode: Fools Rush In (2017)

TV-14 | 44 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy

Riggs and Murtaugh are drawn into a fatal world of conspiracy theories. Meanwhile, Riggs' relationship with Molly evolves and Murtaugh and Trish attempt to get Harper into a fancy pre-school.

Director: Eric Laneuville | Stars: Damon Wayans, Clayne Crawford, Jordana Brewster, Keesha Sharp

Votes: 677

47. Dead Lucky (2018)
Episode: Episode #1.3 (2018)

TV-14 | Crime, Thriller

As Grace and Charlie close in on Tony's murderer, Bo-Lin looks she may be caught up in a dangerous crime syndicate and Corey Baxter kidnaps another victim.

Director: David Caesar | Stars: Rachel Griffiths, Yoson An, Mojean Aria, Ian Meadows

Votes: 53

48. Dead Lucky (2018)
Episode: Episode #1.4 (2018)

TV-14 | Crime, Thriller

As Grace and Charlie investigate their second murder in a week, they come to blows over which course to take. Despite all the physical evidence pointing to Corey Baxter being involved, ... See full summary »

Director: David Caesar | Stars: Rachel Griffiths, Yoson An, Mojean Aria, Ian Meadows

Votes: 50