Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keywords "fraud", "police-detective"

1. Brooklyn Nine-Nine (2013–2021)

TV-14 | 22 min | Comedy, Crime

Comedy series following the exploits of Det. Jake Peralta and his diverse, lovable colleagues as they police the NYPD's 99th Precinct.

Stars: Andy Samberg, Stephanie Beatriz, Terry Crews, Melissa Fumero

Votes: 364,798

2. A Simple Favor (2018)

R | 117 min | Comedy, Crime, Mystery

Stephanie is a single mother with a parenting vlog who befriends Emily, a secretive upper-class woman who has a child at the same elementary school. When Emily goes missing, Stephanie takes it upon herself to investigate.

Director: Paul Feig | Stars: Anna Kendrick, Blake Lively, Henry Golding, Andrew Rannells

Votes: 162,985 | Gross: $53.55M

3. Legend (I) (2015)

R | 132 min | Biography, Crime, Drama

Identical twin gangsters Ronald and Reginald Kray terrorize London during the 1960s.

Director: Brian Helgeland | Stars: Tom Hardy, Emily Browning, Taron Egerton, Paul Anderson

Votes: 202,841 | Gross: $1.87M

4. Gattaca (1997)

PG-13 | 106 min | Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller

A genetically inferior man assumes the identity of a superior one in order to pursue his lifelong dream of space travel.

Director: Andrew Niccol | Stars: Ethan Hawke, Uma Thurman, Jude Law, Gore Vidal

Votes: 323,734 | Gross: $12.34M

5. The Other Guys (2010)

PG-13 | 107 min | Action, Comedy, Crime

Two mismatched New York City detectives seize an opportunity to step up like the city's top cops, whom they idolize, only things don't quite go as planned.

Director: Adam McKay | Stars: Will Ferrell, Mark Wahlberg, Derek Jeter, Eva Mendes

Votes: 288,775 | Gross: $119.22M

6. Before the Devil Knows You're Dead (2007)

R | 117 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

When two brothers organize the robbery of their parents' jewelry store the job goes horribly wrong, triggering a series of events that sends them, their father and one brother's wife barreling towards a shattering climax.

Director: Sidney Lumet | Stars: Philip Seymour Hoffman, Ethan Hawke, Albert Finney, Marisa Tomei

Votes: 111,858 | Gross: $7.08M

7. Dial M for Murder (1954)

PG | 105 min | Crime, Thriller

A former tennis star arranges the murder of his adulterous wife.

Director: Alfred Hitchcock | Stars: Ray Milland, Grace Kelly, Robert Cummings, John Williams

Votes: 189,143 | Gross: $0.01M

8. Side Effects (I) (2013)

R | 106 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

A young woman's world unravels when a drug prescribed by her psychiatrist has unexpected side effects.

Director: Steven Soderbergh | Stars: Rooney Mara, Channing Tatum, Jude Law, Catherine Zeta-Jones

Votes: 197,289 | Gross: $32.17M

9. Derailed (I) (2005)

R | 108 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

When two married business executives having an affair are blackmailed by a violent criminal, the two must turn the tables on him to save their families.

Director: Mikael Håfström | Stars: Clive Owen, Jennifer Aniston, Vincent Cassel, Addison Timlin

Votes: 76,444 | Gross: $36.02M

10. Saw 3D (2010)

R | 90 min | Horror, Mystery

As a deadly battle rages over Jigsaw's brutal legacy, a group of Jigsaw survivors gathers to seek the support of self-help guru and fellow survivor Bobby Dagen, a man whose own dark secrets unleash a new wave of terror.

Director: Kevin Greutert | Stars: Tobin Bell, Costas Mandylor, Betsy Russell, Cary Elwes

Votes: 109,872 | Gross: $45.71M

11. The Bonfire of the Vanities (1990)

R | 125 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

After his mistress runs over a young teen, a Wall Street hotshot sees his life unravel in the spotlight and attracts the interest of a down-and-out reporter.

Director: Brian De Palma | Stars: Tom Hanks, Bruce Willis, Melanie Griffith, Kim Cattrall

Votes: 26,781 | Gross: $15.69M

12. A Very Brady Sequel (1996)

PG-13 | 90 min | Comedy

The Bradys are surprised when a man claiming to be Carol's long lost first husband shows up at their home. Before long, his strange actions cause them to question his motives.

Director: Arlene Sanford | Stars: Shelley Long, Gary Cole, Tim Matheson, Christopher Daniel Barnes

Votes: 11,784 | Gross: $21.40M

13. Consenting Adults (1992)

R | 99 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

During a joint dinner at the restaurant, the neighbors offer to exchange wives for one night. It was a joke, but only at first.

Director: Alan J. Pakula | Stars: Kevin Kline, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, Kevin Spacey, Rebecca Miller

Votes: 8,353 | Gross: $21.59M

14. Edge of Darkness (1985)

53 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

When his daughter Emma is murdered, cop Craven discovers that she was in a GAIA group of activists occupied with exposing Northmoor nuclear waste storage facility for illegal activities.

Stars: Bob Peck, Joe Don Baker, Charles Kay, Ian McNeice

Votes: 4,171

15. The Outsider (2014)

Not Rated | 94 min | Action, Adventure, Crime

The plot revolves around British military contractor Lex Walker, who is told his daughter has died. When he arrives in Los Angeles and discovers the body is not hers, he begins an investigation.

Director: Brian A. Miller | Stars: Craig Fairbrass, James Caan, Jason Patric, Shannon Elizabeth

Votes: 2,990

16. Mystery of the Wax Museum (1933)

Passed | 77 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller

The disappearance of people and corpses leads a reporter to a wax museum and a sinister sculptor.

Director: Michael Curtiz | Stars: Lionel Atwill, Fay Wray, Glenda Farrell, Frank McHugh

Votes: 6,834

17. The Happiness of the Katakuris (2001)

R | 113 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Horror

A family moves to the country to run a rustic mountain inn when, to their horror, the customers begin befalling sudden and unlikely fates.

Director: Takashi Miike | Stars: Kenji Sawada, Keiko Matsuzaka, Shinji Takeda, Naomi Nishida

Votes: 10,040

18. The Whistlers (2019)

Not Rated | 97 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

Not everything is as it seems for Cristi, a policeman who plays both sides of the law. Embarking with the beautiful Gilda on a high-stakes heist, both will have to navigate the twists and turns of corruption, treachery and deception.

Director: Corneliu Porumboiu | Stars: Vlad Ivanov, Catrinel Marlon, Rodica Lazar, Sabin Tambrea

Votes: 6,530

19. Rising High (2020)

TV-MA | 94 min | Comedy, Drama

Charting the rise and fall of three corrupt real estate agents who accumulate absurd wealth in no time but fall into a vortex of fraud, greed and drugs.

Director: Cüneyt Kaya | Stars: Frederick Lau, Ellen Dubin, David Kross, Emily Goss

Votes: 5,713

20. Gourmet Detective: Eat, Drink, and Be Buried (2017 TV Movie)

TV-G | 84 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Henry oversees the kitchen at David's birthday gala. He brings along his SFPD detective friend, Maggie. David's son is killed. Maggie and Henry investigate.

Director: Mark Jean | Stars: Dylan Neal, Brooke Burns, Bruce Boxleitner, Matthew Kevin Anderson

Votes: 954

21. Nobel Son (2007)

R | 110 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

A professor of chemistry wins the Nobel Prize. His wife joins him to Stockholm but his PhD. working son gets kidnapped. The kidnapper demands $2,000,000 = prize sum.

Director: Randall Miller | Stars: Alan Rickman, Bryan Greenberg, Shawn Hatosy, Mary Steenburgen

Votes: 6,144 | Gross: $0.54M

22. Where Is Kyra? (2017)

R | 98 min | Drama

In Brooklyn, New York, Kyra (Michelle Pfeiffer) loses her job and struggles to survive on her ailing mother's income. As the weeks and months go on, her problems worsen. This leads her on a risky and enigmatic path that threatens her life.

Director: Andrew Dosunmu | Stars: Michelle Pfeiffer, Kiefer Sutherland, Suzanne Shepherd, Anthony Okungbowa

Votes: 1,859 | Gross: $0.06M

23. Romeo Killer: The Chris Porco Story (2013 TV Movie)

TV-14 | 84 min | Biography, Crime, Drama

A charming but devious college student is accused of killing his wealthy father and attempting to murder his mother in their home while they slept.

Director: Norma Bailey | Stars: Matt Barr, Eric McCormack, Lolita Davidovich, Kendra Anderson

Votes: 478

24. Into the Mirror (2003)

Not Rated | 113 min | Action, Fantasy, Horror

An ex-cop, now working as a security guard in a shopping mall, tries to uncover the secret behind a series of mysterious deaths linked to mirrors.

Director: Sung-ho Kim | Stars: Yoo Ji-tae, Kim Myung-min, Kim Hye-na, Gi Ju-bong

Votes: 3,619

25. Vabank (1981)

108 min | Comedy, Crime

The famous safecracker Kwinto, after leaving prison, decided to quit. But the news of the death of a friend abruptly changes his plans. He decides to "take" Kramer's bank. And, of course, he takes. Elegant, fun and twisted.

Director: Juliusz Machulski | Stars: Jan Machulski, Leonard Pietraszak, Witold Pyrkosz, Ewa Szykulska

Votes: 4,980

26. Racket Squad (1950–1953)

30 min | Crime, Drama

This series dramatizes confidence games which fall under the jurisdiction of Captain John Braddock.

Stars: Reed Hadley, Hugh Beaumont, Keith Richards, Griff Barnett

Votes: 155

27. Third Man Out (2005 TV Movie)

TV-MA | 99 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller

A gay detective is hired to find who has been been threatening a notorious member of the gay community noted for outing people.

Director: Ron Oliver | Stars: Chad Allen, Sebastian Spence, Jack Wetherall, Woody Jeffreys

Votes: 1,221

28. Dear Prudence (2009 TV Movie)

TV-PG | 87 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Prudence McCoy is the host of a successful helpful hints TV show, who discovers a hidden talent for crime solving.

Director: Paul Schneider | Stars: Jane Seymour, Jamey Sheridan, Ryan Cartwright, Tantoo Cardinal

Votes: 388

29. The Goya Murders (2019)

TV-MA | 95 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

A serial killer looking to imitate art. Two cops looking for the lethal artist.

Director: Gerardo Herrero | Stars: Maribel Verdú, Aura Garrido, Roberto Álamo, Ginés García Millán

Votes: 1,007

30. Tarnished Angel (1938)

Passed | 67 min | Drama

The ex-fiancée of a young rich man becomes the companion of a jewel thief, forming a vaudeville act with face "cure", but after she discovers, that she can really cure people, she decides to quit.

Director: Leslie Goodwins | Stars: Sally Eilers, Lee Bowman, Ann Miller, Alma Kruger

Votes: 167

31. The Glass Alibi (1946)

Approved | 68 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir

Joe Eykner (Douglas Fowley), an opportunistic newspaper reporter, persuades wealthy, Santa Monica widow Linda Vale (Maris Wrixon), to marry him. He and his girlfriend, Belle Martin (Anne ... See full summary »

Director: W. Lee Wilder | Stars: Paul Kelly, Douglas Fowley, Anne Gwynne, Maris Wrixon

Votes: 128

32. Rattle-Can (2021)

90 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

A reclusive college student finds social media fame as a disguised street artist who reveals his story through vandalism.

Director: Alexander Raye Pimentel | Stars: Kyle Abraham, Shawn Abraham, Hannah Bailey, Rebecca Bottorff

Votes: 70

33. Sinister Hands (1932)

65 min | Action, Crime, Mystery

During a séance at an elderly millionaire's house, the millionaire is murdered. The detectives investigating the crime discover that everyone who was at the séance had a motive for killing the man.

Director: Armand Schaefer | Stars: Jack Mulhall, Phyllis Barrington, Crauford Kent, Mischa Auer

Votes: 212

34. I Stole a Million (1939)

Approved | 80 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir

A grizzled cabbie is scammed out of his life savings by a fake finance company. He tries to no avail to get police assistance.

Director: Frank Tuttle | Stars: George Raft, Claire Trevor, Dick Foran, Henry Armetta

Votes: 125

35. Dubbelsvindlarna (1982)

180 min | Comedy, Crime

Principal Bertilsson live a peaceful small-town life in Kalmar. No one knows that in his basement waits a million kronor. The result of a successful bank robbery.

Stars: Björn Gustafson, Lasse Strömstedt, Birgitta Valberg, Gunilla Olsson

Votes: 114

36. Liian iso keikka (1986)

95 min | Comedy, Crime

A comedy about a group of robbers-for-hire and the police duo trying to catch them.

Director: Ere Kokkonen | Stars: Vesa-Matti Loiri, Ritva Valkama, Pentti Siimes, Hannele Lauri

Votes: 304

37. Smrt cerného krále (1972)

115 min | Crime, Mystery

Prague of the 1930s. A pretty young girl boards a crowded tram. Suddenly she catches the attention of a young man who not only appreciates the girl's charm, but also tries to steal her ... See full summary »

Director: Jirí Sequens | Stars: Jaroslav Marvan, Josef Bláha, Josef Vinklár, Jana Brejchová

Votes: 105

38. Port of 40 Thieves (1944)

Passed | 58 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir

Muriel is the scheming widow of the fabulously-wealthy Hartford Chaney III. Muriel's husband has disappeared under mysterious circumstances, freeing her to marry her playboy paramour ... See full summary »

Director: John English | Stars: Stephanie Bachelor, Tom Keene, Lynne Roberts, Olive Blakeney

Votes: 71

39. Lovejoy (1986–1994)
Episode: A Going Concern (1993)

TV-14 | 52 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

Lovejoy uses the vacated Felsham house to sell antiques, both real and genuine, before the auction over the objections of the receivers.

Director: Ian McShane | Stars: Ian McShane, Dudley Sutton, Chris Jury, Caroline Langrishe

Votes: 51

40. Forensic Files (1996–2011)
Episode: Capitol Crimes (2006)

TV-14 | 22 min | Documentary, Crime

The driver said he couldn't have hit and killed a pedestrian on a Harrisburg street. The Jeep Grand Cherokee he was leasing around that time had been sold months ago to a buyer in another ... See full summary »

Director: Michael Jordan | Stars: Peter Thomas, Kenneth Cains, Louis Cains, Robert Clark

Votes: 84

41. Two and a Half Men (2003–2015)
Episode: Fish in a Drawer (2008)

TV-14 | 21 min | Comedy, Romance

Parody of "CSI" in which a body is found in Charlie's bed, and detectives try to figure out who is the killer.

Director: Jeff Melman | Stars: Charlie Sheen, Jon Cryer, Angus T. Jones, Conchata Ferrell

Votes: 1,875

42. The Dan Bongino Show (2017– )
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43. Toon in with Me (2021– )
Episode: Brought to You by Cleam (2021)

TV-PG | Animation, Comedy

Bill and Toony offer a peek behind the scenes in a special show presented by corporate sponsor Cleam Industries. Cartoons are The Grey Hounded Hare (1949), Back Alley Oproar (1948), Banty Raids (1963), Hopalong Casualty (1960), and Popeye the Sailor: Matinée Idol Popeye (1960).

Director: Mike Schmiedeler | Stars: Bill Leff, Kevin Fleming, Leila Gorstein

Votes: 8

44. 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: 1,276

45. Terriers (2010)
Episode: Pimp Daddy (2010)

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

While Hank recovers from his injury, Britt teams up with a transvestite hooker to solve the death of her friend.

Director: Adam Arkin | Stars: Donal Logue, Michael Raymond-James, Laura Allen, Kimberly Quinn

Votes: 246

46. Lie to Me (2009–2011)
Episode: Rebound (2011)

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

Dr. Lightman matches wits with a sociopath who is part of a con game involving himself and a lawyer, who both prey on several newly-divorced women for money.

Director: John Polson | Stars: Tim Roth, Kelli Williams, Brendan Hines, Monica Raymund

Votes: 597

47. Don't Pick Up the Phone (2022)
Episode: Episode 1 (2022)

TV-MA | 57 min | Documentary, Crime

In 2004, horrifying incidents at fast food outlets in Massachusetts and Kentucky lead authorities to uncover a disturbing pattern of abusive hoax calls.

Director: Sara Mast | Stars: Victor Flaherty, Connie Leonard, Louise Ogborn, Buddy Stump

Votes: 136

48. Dickensian (2015–2016)
Episode: Episode #1.17 (2016)

TV-PG | 30 min | Adventure, Crime, Drama

Miss Havisham never wants to see Compeyson again, but can he persuade her to give him a second chance? Determined to have one last shot at solving Marley's murder, Bucket and Mr Venus make a startling discovery.

Director: Andy Hay | Stars: Stephen Rea, Omid Djalili, Sophie Rundle, Alexandra Moen

Votes: 111

49. Detective Anna (2016–2017)
Episode: Convict (2016)

47 min | Crime, Fantasy, Mystery

A convict flees from Siberia to accuse the prosecutor of Zatonsk in an unjust sentence. His only hope is Stolman, who will conduct a new investigation and establish the truth. But is the convict so innocent?

Stars: Aleksandra Nikiforova, Dmitriy Frid, Sergey Druzyak, Boris Khvoshnyanskiy

Votes: 50