Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keywords "death-of-husband", "framed-for-murder"

1. Insomnia (2002)

R | 118 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller

Two Los Angeles homicide detectives are dispatched to a northern town where the sun doesn't set to investigate the methodical murder of a local teen.

Director: Christopher Nolan | Stars: Al Pacino, Robin Williams, Hilary Swank, Martin Donovan

Votes: 318,984 | Gross: $67.36M

2. 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: 63,252 | Gross: $15.71M

3. The Last Seduction (1994)

R | 110 min | Crime, Drama, Romance

A devious sexpot steals her husband's drug money and hides out in a small town where she meets the perfect dupe for her next scheme.

Director: John Dahl | Stars: Linda Fiorentino, Peter Berg, Bill Pullman, Michael Raysses

Votes: 25,776 | Gross: $6.14M

4. Spenser Confidential (2020)

R | 111 min | Action, Comedy, Crime

When two Boston police officers are murdered, ex-cop Spenser teams up with his no-nonsense roommate Hawk to take down criminals.

Director: Peter Berg | Stars: Mark Wahlberg, Winston Duke, Alan Arkin, Iliza Shlesinger

Votes: 97,589

5. The Maltese Falcon (1941)

Passed | 100 min | Crime, Film-Noir, Mystery

San Francisco private detective Sam Spade takes on a case that involves him with three eccentric criminals, a gorgeous liar and their quest for a priceless statuette, with the stakes rising after his partner is murdered.

Director: John Huston | Stars: Humphrey Bogart, Mary Astor, Gladys George, Peter Lorre

Votes: 166,527 | Gross: $2.11M

6. Jigsaw (I) (2017)

R | 92 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller

Bodies are turning up around the city, each having met a uniquely gruesome demise. As the investigation proceeds, evidence points to one suspect: John Kramer, the man known as Jigsaw, who has been dead for over 10 years.

Directors: Michael Spierig, Peter Spierig | Stars: Matt Passmore, Tobin Bell, Callum Keith Rennie, Hannah Emily Anderson

Votes: 92,203 | Gross: $38.05M

7. The Chase (1966)

Passed | 134 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

The citizens of a Texan town become concerned and panicked when a local bad boy escapes prison and heads for his hometown.

Director: Arthur Penn | Stars: Marlon Brando, Jane Fonda, Robert Redford, E.G. Marshall

Votes: 13,391 | Gross: $5.00M

8. Child's Play 2 (1990)

R | 84 min | Horror, Thriller

While Andy's mother is admitted to a psychiatric hospital, the young boy is placed in foster care, and Chucky, determined to claim Andy's soul, is not far behind.

Director: John Lafia | Stars: Alex Vincent, Jenny Agutter, Gerrit Graham, Christine Elise

Votes: 57,630 | Gross: $28.50M

9. Gothika (2003)

R | 98 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller

A psychiatrist awakens as a patient in a mental institution, with no memory of the murder she's accused of committing. As she tries to regain her memory, a vengeful spirit manipulates her.

Director: Mathieu Kassovitz | Stars: Halle Berry, Penélope Cruz, Robert Downey Jr., Charles S. Dutton

Votes: 119,151 | Gross: $59.69M

10. Jennifer 8 (1992)

R | 124 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

John Berlin, a former Los Angeles homicide detective, investigates a multiple murder case in San Diego. The only witness is a blind girl to whom he is immediately attracted.

Director: Bruce Robinson | Stars: Andy Garcia, Uma Thurman, Lance Henriksen, Graham Beckel

Votes: 18,502 | Gross: $11.39M

11. City by the Sea (2002)

R | 108 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Vincent Lamarca, whose father was executed for a 1950s kidnapping of a child, grew up to become a police officer, only to see his own son become a murder suspect.

Director: Michael Caton-Jones | Stars: Robert De Niro, James Franco, Frances McDormand, Eliza Dushku

Votes: 26,474 | Gross: $22.43M

12. Let Sleeping Corpses Lie (1974)

R | 95 min | Horror

A cop chases two hippies suspected of a series of Manson family-like murders; unbeknownst to him, the real culprits are the living dead, brought to life with a hunger for human flesh by ultrasonic radiation being used for pest control.

Director: Jorge Grau | Stars: Cristina Galbó, Ray Lovelock, Arthur Kennedy, Aldo Massasso

Votes: 9,315

13. The Children (2008)

R | 84 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller

A relaxing Christmas vacation turns into a terrifying fight for survival as the children begin to turn on their parents.

Director: Tom Shankland | Stars: Eva Birthistle, Stephen Campbell Moore, Jeremy Sheffield, Rachel Shelley

Votes: 19,027

14. Jubal (1956)

Passed | 100 min | Drama, Romance, Western

A new foreman rejects the sexual advances of a frustrated rancher's wife, which leads to conflicts that could get him killed.

Director: Delmer Daves | Stars: Glenn Ford, Ernest Borgnine, Rod Steiger, Valerie French

Votes: 4,392

15. Woman of Straw (1964)

Not Rated | 122 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

Tyrannical, but ailing, tycoon Charles Richmond becomes very fond of his attractive Italian nurse, Maria. The nurse, in turn, falls in love with Charles' ne'er-do-well nephew Anthony, who plots ways to gain control of his uncle's fortune.

Director: Basil Dearden | Stars: Gina Lollobrigida, Sean Connery, Ralph Richardson, Alexander Knox

Votes: 2,919

16. Cause for Alarm! (1951)

Passed | 74 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir

An invalid husband (Barry Sullivan) wrongly believes his wife (Loretta Young) and doctor (Bruce Cowling) are conspiring to kill him and outlines that suspicion in a letter, which causes a serious concern when he ends up dying anyway.

Director: Tay Garnett | Stars: Loretta Young, Barry Sullivan, Bruce Cowling, Margalo Gillmore

Votes: 2,642

17. Indiscreet (1998 TV Movie)

R | 100 min | Thriller

A multi-millionaire client of a detective agency hires an investigator to get dirt on his wife, so he can divorce her. What the investigator finds instead is that the wife takes care of her... See full summary »

Director: Marc Bienstock | Stars: Luke Perry, Richard Rosenberg, Gabriella Hall, Vladimir Nemirovsky

Votes: 333

18. Nowhere to Hide (1987)

R | 90 min | Action, Thriller

Marine officer Rob Cutter and his wife Barbara have a son named Johnny. Rob discovers that two newly delivered helicopters in his squadron have crashed because a defective part, a C-ring, ... See full summary »

Director: Mario Azzopardi | Stars: Amy Madigan, Daniel Hugh Kelly, Robin MacEachern, Michael Ironside

Votes: 498 | Gross: $0.85M

19. Baazi (1995)

183 min | Action, Thriller, Crime

A tough and honest police officer wages a one-man war against terrorists and a corrupt politician who have planned to assassinate the chief minister of the state.

Director: Ashutosh Gowariker | Stars: Aamir Khan, Mamta Kulkarni, Paresh Rawal, Avtar Gill

Votes: 2,569

20. The Incident (1990 TV Movie)

PG | 100 min | Drama

Small town lawyer Harmon Cobb defends a German prisoner of war against murder charges. Set during World War II, Cobb has to contend with the difficulties of defending the devil when the ... See full summary »

Director: Joseph Sargent | Stars: Walter Matthau, Susan Blakely, Robert Carradine, Peter Firth

Votes: 599

21. Satan Met a Lady (1936)

Passed | 74 min | Comedy, Crime, Mystery

A double-crossing woman, the two-timing P.I. she hired, the corpulent "empress of crime", and a gentleman thief are all after a legendary priceless eighth-century ram's horn.

Director: William Dieterle | Stars: Bette Davis, Warren William, Alison Skipworth, Arthur Treacher

Votes: 2,450

22. Tough Guys (1974)

PG | 92 min | Action, Crime

An ex-convict priest and a framed former policeman hunt a machine-gun killer behind a bank robbery.

Director: Duccio Tessari | Stars: Lino Ventura, Isaac Hayes, Fred Williamson, Paula Kelly

Votes: 387

23. Kahani Kismat Ki (1973)

131 min | Action, Drama

A thief vows to go straight after one short prison term but severe monetary need forces him to commit a robbery on behalf of his employer, which leads to him being framed for a murder.

Director: Arjun Hingorani | Stars: Dharmendra, Rekha, Ajit Khan, Rajendranath Malhotra

Votes: 120

24. Dancer (1991)

Not Rated | 150 min | Action, Drama, Musical

A popular singer-dancer finds out that his current sponsor is the one who murdered his father and framed his mother for the murder.

Director: Kishore Vyas | Stars: Akshay Kumar, Kirti Singh, Mohnish Behl, Laxmikant Berde

Votes: 667

25. Do Qaidi (1989)

158 min | Action, Thriller

Two petty thieves who hate each other escape from police custody while being chained together and go on the run.

Director: Ajay Kashyap | Stars: Sanjay Dutt, Govinda, Farha Naaz, Neelam Kothari

Votes: 139

26. Simhadriya Simha (2002)

157 min | Action, Drama

Narasimhe Gowde (Vishnuvardhan), head of 48 villages has high regards for his sincerity and wisdom in his judgements. After his untimely death, his elder son Gowda (Vishnuvardhan) takes his... See full summary »

Director: S. Narayan | Stars: Vishnuvardhan, Meena, Bhanupriya, Shobharaj

Votes: 159

27. CSI: Miami (2002–2012)
Episode: Entrance Wound (2003)

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

A prostitute is found dead and a tourist is killed in a rental car.

Director: David Grossman | Stars: David Caruso, Emily Procter, Adam Rodriguez, Khandi Alexander

Votes: 500

28. Follow the Sun (1961–1962)
Episode: The Woman Who Never Was (1961)

60 min | Adventure

Templin is accused of killing a foreign currency dealer.

Director: Felix E. Feist | Stars: Barry Coe, Brett Halsey, Gigi Perreau, Gary Lockwood

29. Inspector Morse (1987–2000)
Episode: Dead on Time (1992)

TV-14 | 103 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

A respected, dying Oxford don, husband of Morse's former fiancée, apparently shoots himself, but his doctor asserts that he was not capable of firing a gun.

Director: John Madden | Stars: John Thaw, Kevin Whately, Brendan O'Hea, David Haig

Votes: 905

30. Michael Shayne (1960–1961)
Episode: Shoot the Works (1960)

60 min | Crime, Drama

Lucy asks Mike to investigate the murder of her friend's husband. An apparently loving spouse, he been discovered with his bags packed, two airplane tickets for Paris in his pocket and a ... See full summary »

Director: Gerald Mayer | Stars: Richard Denning, Jerry Paris, Patricia Donahue, Herbert Rudley

Votes: 36

31. Wycliffe (1993–1998)
Episode: The Pea Green Boat (1994)

TV-14 | 50 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

When Harry Tremaine is blown up on his boat, suspicion falls on his son and principal heir Freddie. However, there are others in the frame such as Harry's unfaithful wife who was conducting... See full summary »

Director: A.J. Quinn | Stars: Brendan O'Hea, David J. Nicholls, Roy Alon, Jan Pearson

Votes: 90

32. Sherlock (2019)
Episode: Episode #1.1 (2019)

54 min | Crime, Mystery

When his friend is murdered, Wakamiya (Watson) quickly becomes a prime suspect. But believing he's innocent, Shishio (Sherlock) teams up with him to find the real culprit.

Stars: Yôko Asaji, Yasushi Fuchikami, Dean Fujioka, Sei Hiraizumi

33. Murdoch Mysteries (2008– )
Episode: Murdoch in Wonderland (2011)

TV-PG | 48 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

A man is found murdered at a Lewis Carroll costume party. All clues point to the guest dressed as the Mad Hatter.

Director: Cal Coons | Stars: Yannick Bisson, Helene Joy, Thomas Craig, Jonny Harris

Votes: 371

34. Justified (2010–2015)
Episode: Watching the Detectives (2012)

TV-MA | 39 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Quarles and Duffy kill Gary Hawkins and try to frame Raylan for his death, while also getting the FBI on his tail. Meanwhile, Quarles raises the stakes in his war with Boyd Crowder, and Ellstin Limehouse tries to decide whose side he's on.

Director: Peter Werner | Stars: Timothy Olyphant, Nick Searcy, Joelle Carter, Jacob Pitts

Votes: 1,493

35. Castle (2009–2016)
Episode: Murder He Wrote (2012)

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

Castle and Beckett's romantic weekend in the Hamptons turns sour when a dying man stumbles into Castle's pool.

Director: Rob Bowman | Stars: Nathan Fillion, Stana Katic, Susan Sullivan, Jon Huertas

Votes: 1,655

36. American Horror Story (2011– )
Episode: Orphans (2014)

TV-MA | 53 min | Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi

A death at the camp causes Elsa to seek out a new home for Pepper. Meanwhile, Desiree has enough of Dell's failure as a husband, and Stanley lends Jimmy a hand.

Director: Bradley Buecker | Stars: Sarah Paulson, Evan Peters, Michael Chiklis, Frances Conroy

Votes: 4,942