Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keywords "murder-plot", "murderer"

1. Bad Boys (1983)

R | 123 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

Chicago crime kid Mick O'Brien is sent to reform school after accidentally killing a rival's kid brother.

Director: Rick Rosenthal | Stars: Sean Penn, Reni Santoni, Jim Moody, Eric Gurry

Votes: 17,087 | Gross: $9.20M

2. A Perfect Murder (1998)

R | 107 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

A wealthy Wall Street speculator discovers that his wife has a lover. He investigates him and uses the carrot and stick to make him murder his wife. Planned to detail, it seems like a perfect murder.

Director: Andrew Davis | Stars: Michael Douglas, Gwyneth Paltrow, Viggo Mortensen, David Suchet

Votes: 92,289 | Gross: $67.64M

3. Asylum (I) (1972)

PG | 88 min | Horror

In order to secure a job at a mental institution, a young psychiatrist must interview four patients inside the asylum.

Director: Roy Ward Baker | Stars: Barbara Parkins, Richard Todd, Sylvia Syms, Peter Cushing

Votes: 8,191

4. In the Folds of the Flesh (1970)

Not Rated | 92 min | Drama, Thriller, Horror

The guests of a villa are killed off one by one by their hosts. Incest, decapitations and a cyanide bath feature amongst the other bizarre delights.

Director: Sergio Bergonzelli | Stars: Eleonora Rossi Drago, Pier Angeli, Fernando Sancho, Alfredo Mayo

Votes: 771

5. Gumnaam (1965)

Not Rated | 151 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller

Eight people are stranded on an island. They reach a mansion where a butler is awaiting them. Then an unknown, vengeful person starts killing them, one by one.

Director: Raja Nawathe | Stars: Nanda Karnataki, Manoj Kumar, Pran Sikand, Helen

Votes: 1,717

6. The Shadow of the Cat (1961)

Approved | 79 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller

A house cat sees her mistress murdered by two servants under orders from her husband , and becomes ferociously bent on revenge.

Director: John Gilling | Stars: André Morell, Barbara Shelley, William Lucas, Freda Jackson

Votes: 1,570

7. Erotic Symphony (1980)

91 min | Crime, Drama, Romance

A nobleman and his two lovers - a teenage boy and a runaway nun - plan to kill his mentally fragile wife.

Director: Jesús Franco | Stars: Lina Romay, Susan Hemingway, Armando Borges, Mel Rodrigo

Votes: 405

8. Experiment Perilous (1944)

Approved | 91 min | Film-Noir, Romance, Thriller

In 1903, a doctor suspects murder in the gothic Bederaux family.

Director: Jacques Tourneur | Stars: Hedy Lamarr, George Brent, Paul Lukas, Albert Dekker

Votes: 2,128

9. Milarepa (2006)

PG | 90 min | Action, Adventure, Biography

Milarepa is a tale of greed and vengeance - demons, magic, murder and redemption. It is the story of the man who became Tibet's greatest mystic.

Director: Neten Chokling | Stars: Orgyen Tobgyal, Kelsang Chukie Tethtong, Jamyang Lodro, Jamyang Nyima

Votes: 1,103

10. Diagnosis: Murder (1974)

PG-13 | 95 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller

Anonymous notes accuse a psychiatrist of having murdered his wife. A bedraggled policeman attempts to uncover the truth behind her disappearance.

Director: Sidney Hayers | Stars: Jon Finch, Judy Geeson, Christopher Lee, Tony Beckley

Votes: 287

11. Ximalaya wang zi (2006)

Not Rated | 108 min | Drama

An adaptation of Shakespeare's Hamlet set in ancient Tibet.

Director: Sherwood Hu | Stars: Purba Rgyal, Duobujie, Zomskyid, Sonam Dolgar

Votes: 109 | Gross: $0.01M

12. Ika-5 utos (2018–2019)

TV-14 | 30 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Three families are shattered by a series of intrigues, secrets, and lies connected to a horrific crime. Among the members of the families, who is guilty and who is innocent?

Stars: Jean Garcia, Jeric Gonzales, Tonton Gutierrez, Valerie Concepcion

13. Hollywood Stadium Mystery (1938)

Approved | 66 min | Mystery, Romance, Sport

A boxer is killed in the ring, and the only clue is a tune that a man was whistling.

Director: David Howard | Stars: Neil Hamilton, Evelyn Venable, Jimmy Wallington, Barbara Pepper

Votes: 175

14. Monk (2002–2009)
Episode: Mr. Monk and the Birds and the Bees (2007)

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

Monk is on the trail of a man who seems to have committed the perfect crime when he murdered his wife and an intruder, and Natalie worries that Julie's new relationship is progressing too fast.

Director: Michael W. Watkins | Stars: Tony Shalhoub, Traylor Howard, Jason Gray-Stanford, Ted Levine

Votes: 1,175

15. Riverdale (2017–2023)
Episode: Chapter Seventy-Three: The Locked Room (2020)

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

Betty continues her Stonewall Prep takedown with the help of two unique allies; A tense confrontation leads to a tender reunion.

Director: Tessa Blake | Stars: K.J. Apa, Lili Reinhart, Camila Mendes, Cole Sprouse

Votes: 1,298