Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "murdered-woman"

1. The Three Musketeers - Part I: D'Artagnan (2023)

121 min | Action, Adventure, History

D'Artagnan arrives in Paris trying to find his attackers after being left for dead, which leads him to a real war where the future of France is at stake. He aligns himself with Athos, Porthos and Aramis, three musketeers of the King.

Director: Martin Bourboulon | Stars: François Civil, Vincent Cassel, Romain Duris, Pio Marmaï

Votes: 18,890

2. Dark City (1998)

R | 100 min | Fantasy, Mystery, Sci-Fi

A man struggles with memories of his past, which include a wife he cannot remember and a nightmarish world no one else ever seems to wake up from.

Director: Alex Proyas | Stars: Rufus Sewell, Kiefer Sutherland, Jennifer Connelly, William Hurt

Votes: 212,184 | Gross: $14.38M

3. Death on the Nile (1978)

PG | 140 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

As Hercule Poirot enjoys a luxurious cruise down the Nile, a newlywed heiress is found murdered on board. Can Poirot identify the killer before the ship reaches the end of its journey?

Director: John Guillermin | Stars: Peter Ustinov, Mia Farrow, Simon MacCorkindale, Jane Birkin

Votes: 39,800

4. The Vanishing Triangle (2023)

250 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller

Crime/ Mystery Drama series After a series of disappearances of young women, newspaper reporter Lisa Wallace (26), sets out to find the man responsible who she believes is the same man who murdered her mother almost twenty years earlier.

Stars: India Mullen, Allen Leech, Aaron Monaghan, Laoise Sweeney

Votes: 1,303

5. The Fog (1980)

R | 89 min | Horror, Thriller

An unearthly fog rolls into a small coastal town exactly 100 years after a ship mysteriously sank in its waters.

Director: John Carpenter | Stars: Adrienne Barbeau, Jamie Lee Curtis, Janet Leigh, John Houseman

Votes: 82,939 | Gross: $21.38M

6. Candy Land (2022)

TV-MA | 93 min | Horror, Thriller

A seemingly naive and devout young woman navigates her way into the underground world of truck stop sex workers a.k.a. "lot lizards."

Director: John Swab | Stars: Olivia Luccardi, Sam Quartin, Eden Brolin, Owen Campbell

Votes: 3,696 | Gross: $0.03M

7. Evil Under the Sun (1982)

PG | 117 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Trying to find how a millionaire wound up with a phony diamond brings Hercule Poirot to an exclusive island resort frequented by the rich and famous. When a murder is committed, everyone has an alibi.

Director: Guy Hamilton | Stars: Peter Ustinov, James Mason, Maggie Smith, Colin Blakely

Votes: 20,169 | Gross: $6.11M

8. Bride of Frankenstein (1935)

Not Rated | 75 min | Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi

Mary Shelley reveals the main characters of her novel survived: Baron Henry Frankenstein, goaded by an even madder scientist, builds his monster a mate.

Director: James Whale | Stars: Boris Karloff, Elsa Lanchester, Colin Clive, Valerie Hobson

Votes: 53,219 | Gross: $4.36M

9. The Mirror Crack'd (1980)

PG | 105 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller

Miss Jane Marple comes to solve the mystery when a local woman is poisoned and a visiting movie star seems to have been the intended victim.

Director: Guy Hamilton | Stars: Angela Lansbury, Tony Curtis, Rock Hudson, Geraldine Chaplin

Votes: 9,434

10. Rising Sun (1993)

R | 129 min | Action, Crime, Drama

When an escort girl is found dead in the offices of a Japanese company in Los Angeles, detectives Web Smith and John Connor act as liaison between the company's executives and the investigating cop Tom Graham.

Director: Philip Kaufman | Stars: Sean Connery, Wesley Snipes, Harvey Keitel, Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa

Votes: 48,253 | Gross: $63.10M

11. Appointment with Death (1988)

PG | 102 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

When a former prison wardress who dominates the lives of her three adult stepchildren and her daughter is found dead at an archaeological dig near the Dead Sea, there are a great many suspects.

Director: Michael Winner | Stars: Peter Ustinov, Lauren Bacall, Carrie Fisher, John Gielgud

Votes: 6,039 | Gross: $0.96M

12. The Naked City (1948)

Not Rated | 96 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir

A step-by-step look at a murder investigation on the streets of New York.

Director: Jules Dassin | Stars: Barry Fitzgerald, Howard Duff, Dorothy Hart, Don Taylor

Votes: 15,491

13. Dracula A.D. 1972 (1972)

PG | 96 min | Horror

In 1972 London - a century after his final battle with Professor Van Helsing - Count Dracula is resurrected by occultist Johnny Alucard, and goes after his archenemy's descendants.

Director: Alan Gibson | Stars: Christopher Lee, Peter Cushing, Stephanie Beacham, Christopher Neame

Votes: 7,437

14. Your Vice Is a Locked Room and Only I Have the Key (1972)

Not Rated | 97 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery

A series of murders are committed near the estate of a degenerate author and his mistreated wife.

Director: Sergio Martino | Stars: Edwige Fenech, Anita Strindberg, Luigi Pistilli, Ivan Rassimov

Votes: 4,683

15. The Chase (1946)

Approved | 86 min | Crime, Film-Noir, Romance

Chuck Scott gets a job as chauffeur to tough guy Eddie Roman; but Chuck's involvement with Eddie's fearful wife becomes a nightmare.

Director: Arthur Ripley | Stars: Robert Cummings, Michèle Morgan, Steve Cochran, Lloyd Corrigan

Votes: 2,643

16. Hide and Seek (II) (2021)

R | 83 min | Mystery, Thriller

When a wealthy businessman follows a lead to find his missing brother, he dives headlong into a twisted underworld of squatters and vagrants that threatens to tear apart his family as he struggles to maintain his sanity.

Director: Joel David Moore | Stars: Alejandra Rivera Flaviá, Sue Jean Kim, Avril Lena Wei, Jonathan Rhys Meyers

Votes: 992

17. Garden of Hedon (2011)

119 min | Horror, Mystery

Anything goes in the Garden of Hedon. Even murder. "Fresh and Exciting" says Ain't It Cool News. "A Twisty Thrillers" says Night of the Living Podcast. "a genre-bending journey into debauchery and murder" says Horrortalk.

Director: Kevin Kangas | Stars: Richard Cutting, Danielle Lozeau, John C. Bailey, Beau Peregino

Votes: 230

18. Kiraware Matsuko no isshô (2006)

130 min | Comedy, Drama, Musical

When Matsuko dies of murder, her nephew Sho gets to progressively unveil many details of her mysterious past, discovering she wasn't only a forgotten outcast but led a very interesting yet bizarre life.

Director: Tetsuya Nakashima | Stars: Miki Nakatani, Eita Nagayama, Yûsuke Iseya, Mikako Ichikawa

Votes: 8,734

19. Vehicle 19 (2013)

R | 85 min | Action, Crime, Thriller

In Johannesburg, an American parole breaker unknowingly picks up a rental car that will tie him to a web of corrupt local police.

Director: Mukunda Michael Dewil | Stars: Paul Walker, Naima McLean, Gys de Villiers, Leyla Haidarian

Votes: 15,968

20. Hangover Square (1945)

Passed | 77 min | Crime, Drama, Music

A promising classical musician finds his life poisoned by a music hall dancer -- and by the strange gaps in his memory.

Director: John Brahm | Stars: Laird Cregar, Linda Darnell, George Sanders, Glenn Langan

Votes: 4,136

21. The Giant (II) (2019)

Unrated | 99 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller

A teenager's small town life is changed forever when a series of murders begin on the same night that her missing boyfriend suddenly reappears.

Director: David Raboy | Stars: Odessa Young, Ben Schnetzer, Jack Kilmer, Madelyn Cline

Votes: 473

22. Roman Scandals (1933)

Passed | 92 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Musical

A kind-hearted young man is thrown out of his corrupt home town of West Rome, Oklahoma. He falls asleep and dreams that he is back in the days of olden Rome, where he gets mixed up with court intrigue and a murder plot against the Emperor.

Director: Frank Tuttle | Stars: Eddie Cantor, Ruth Etting, Gloria Stuart, Edward Arnold

Votes: 805 | Gross: $5.33M

23. The Signalman (1976 TV Movie)

38 min | Drama, Horror

A lonely Signalman is visited by a stranger.

Director: Lawrence Gordon Clark | Stars: Denholm Elliott, Bernard Lloyd, Reginald Jessup, Carina Wyeth

Votes: 1,752

24. House of the Witchdoctor (2013)

Not Rated | 81 min | Crime, Horror, Thriller

Two criminals go on a killing spree that leads them to a rural town where a group of graduate students are staying for a weekend. When they break into the Van Hooten residence, they walk into a world even darker than their own...

Director: Devon Mikolas | Stars: Bill Moseley, Leslie Easterbrook, Allan Kayser, Emily Bennett

Votes: 573

25. Caught in the Net (2022– )

Documentary, Crime

This series follows true stories of investigators entering the digital world to solve brutal murders. Lacking physical evidence, they will find a digital trail, whether it's chat rooms, cellphone apps, car GPS or fitness trackers.

Stars: Angie Mahlberg, Justin Bloch, Patrick O'Hara, Jaiden Mahlberg

Votes: 112

26. Fear No More (1961)

80 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller

A woman recently released from psychiatric care is accused of the murder of a woman found dead in her compartment. Arrested and taken off the train, she escapes custody and flees to her apartment, where she finds another murder victim.

Director: Bernard Wiesen | Stars: Mala Powers, Jacques Bergerac, John Harding, Helena Nash

Votes: 353

27. Red Winter (I) (2022)

TV-14 | 73 min | Drama, Thriller

Carla must use her survival skills to survive a murder by two cartel hit men.

Director: Steven C. Pitts | Stars: Rockmond Dunbar, Roberto Sanchez, Doris Morgado, Luis Da Silva Jr.

Votes: 106

28. Lyra (2022)

92 min | Documentary, Biography

Follows the life of Northern Irish investigative journalist Lyra McKee by telling her story through her own work and words.

Director: Alison Millar | Star: Lyra McKee

Votes: 149

29. End Play (1976)

80 min | Thriller

When a hitchhiker is picked up and murdered by an unseen assailant, two brothers both become suspects, all the while increasing their tensions between them as they both pursue their half-cousin, Margaret.

Director: Tim Burstall | Stars: George Mallaby, John Waters, Ken Goodlet, Delvene Delaney

Votes: 255

30. The Woman Condemned (1934)

Passed | 66 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Jerry, a young newspaper reporter, intrigued by the charm and beauty of Barbara, a girl accused of murder, sets out to prove her innocence in the face of a damaging array of circumstantial evidence.

Director: Dorothy Davenport | Stars: Claudia Dell, Lola Lane, Richard Hemingway, Jason Robards Sr.

Votes: 294

31. Indescribable Urgencies

Thriller

Bad Boy Scott Stroud is in for one hell of night, if he survives the madness. A life of pushing it to the edge has finally caught up with Stroud, leaving him with just his fragmented mind ... See full summary »

Director: Rob Levinson | Stars: Gabrielle Rosson, Scott Sederquist, Marybeth Paul, Amanda Rodriguez

32. Embrace of the Scorpions

Short, Crime, Drama | Announced

The relationship between an obsessive widower and a self-destructive medical administrator reaches a crisis point when they discover dark secrets about each other during a one-night stand.

Director: Angel Connell | Stars: Marybeth Paul, Corey Wells

33. CSI: NY (2004–2013)
Episode: Crime and Misdemeanor (2005)

TV-14 | 40 min | Action, Crime, Drama

A body is found, wrapped in a hotel sheet, at a laundry facility prompting Taylor and Bonesara to go through a list of NY hotels to find the owner of the sheet. Against Taylor's order, ... See full summary »

Director: Rob Bailey | Stars: Gary Sinise, Melina Kanakaredes, Carmine Giovinazzo, Vanessa Ferlito

Votes: 315

34. CSI: NY (2004–2013)
Episode: Night, Mother (2004)

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

Mac and Stella investigate the murder of a woman who was stabbed in the heart with a wooden stake. The police arrest a woman who was kneeling over the body with blood on her, but Mac isn't convinced that she committed the crime.

Director: Deran Sarafian | Stars: Gary Sinise, Melina Kanakaredes, Carmine Giovinazzo, Vanessa Ferlito

Votes: 359

35. CSI: NY (2004–2013)
Episode: Wasted (2006)

TV-14 | 55 min | Action, Crime, Drama

A famous model drops dead on the catwalk. Though she is thin, the young model is very healthy. Mac, Danny, and Sheldon Hawkes work together to solve the mystery. At the PD, a man gives ... See full summary »

Director: Jeff T. Thomas | Stars: Gary Sinise, Melina Kanakaredes, Carmine Giovinazzo, Anna Belknap

Votes: 310

36. Kojak (1973–1978)
Episode: Eighteen Hours of Fear (1974)

TV-PG | 51 min | Action, Crime, Drama

A young girl smuggles a stolen Canadian blank plate to New York in a leg cast. Her accomplice, an artist, is killed by a mob hit man but the girl manages to slip away from him at a hotel ... See full summary »

Director: Charles R. Rondeau | Stars: Telly Savalas, Lynne Marta, Chuck McCann, Dan Frazer

Votes: 186

37. Silk Stalkings (1991–1999)
Episode: Family Affairs (1995)

TV-14 | 47 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

A murder uncovers a series of illicit affairs involving the victim's husband, her stepson and their beautiful housekeeper.

Director: Peter Ellis | Stars: Mitzi Kapture, Rob Estes, John Beck, Jon Pennell

Votes: 24

38. Wiseguy (1987–1990)
Episode: Blood Dance (1988)

TV-14 | 48 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

After rejecting an offer to finance a coup d'etat in the Caribbean, Mel Profitt becomes obsessed with a supposed voodoo death curse, and Vinnie, horrified, can only watch as Mel's personality begins to disintegrate.

Director: Kim Manners | Stars: Ken Wahl, Jonathan Banks, Jim Byrnes, William Russ

Votes: 68

39. 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: 3,591

40. CSI: NY (2004–2013)
Episode: Necrophilia Americana (2006)

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

The body of a woman, half eaten by beetles, is found in a museum exhibit. The only eye-witness is a young boy who refuses to talk. Danny works solo on the case of a dead urban golfer found on a construction site.

Director: Steven DePaul | Stars: Gary Sinise, Melina Kanakaredes, Carmine Giovinazzo, Anna Belknap

Votes: 310

41. CSI: NY (2004–2013)
Episode: Fare Game (2006)

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

A man is found dead in a cemetery. The wound on his chest indicates that he died from a bullet wound, yet the CSIs found nothing but small pieces of paper inside it. The second case is of a... See full summary »

Director: Kevin Dowling | Stars: Gary Sinise, Melina Kanakaredes, Carmine Giovinazzo, Anna Belknap

Votes: 330

42. CSI: NY (2004–2013)
Episode: Buzzkill (2007)

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

CSI investigates the death of a woman who was part of a live billboard on Times Square, and a shooting during a robbery where the victim's "boyfriend" may be part of the crew.

Director: Jeffrey G. Hunt | Stars: Gary Sinise, Melina Kanakaredes, Carmine Giovinazzo, Anna Belknap

Votes: 304

43. CSI: NY (2004–2013)
Episode: Sex, Lies, and Silicone (2008)

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

A powerful business consultant is killed during an unrelated street party, and the motive appears to be related to her missing flash drive, which contains incriminating information against some of New York's most influential people.

Director: Jonathan Glassner | Stars: Gary Sinise, Melina Kanakaredes, Carmine Giovinazzo, Anna Belknap

Votes: 294

44. Why Women Kill (2019–2021)
Episode: The Lady Confesses (2021)

TV-MA | 47 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

In order to protect her glory, notoriety, and newly glamorous life, Alma concocts a desperate and dramatic scheme after Vern's investigation leads to his new in-laws.

Director: David Warren | Stars: Allison Tolman, Lana Parrilla, B.K. Cannon, Jordane Christie

Votes: 590

45. The Empress (2022– )
Episode: The Shoes (2022)

TV-MA | Drama, History, Romance

Maximilian gathers support for an evil plan while Elisabeth's well-intended gesture backfires, leading her to befriend the dubious maid, Leontine.

Directors: Florian Cossen, Katrin Gebbe | Stars: Svenja Jung, Melika Foroutan, Devrim Lingnau, Philip Froissant

Votes: 339

46. CSI: NY (2004–2013)
Episode: The 34th Floor (2010)

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

CSI's newest employee stumbles upon a dead body in the crime lab, while Lindsay struggles to cope with the circumstances behind her commendation.

Director: Duane Clark | Stars: Gary Sinise, Sela Ward, Carmine Giovinazzo, Anna Belknap

Votes: 322

47. CSI: NY (2004–2013)
Episode: Sangre por Sangre (2010)

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

A Puerto Rican gang leader that Mac helped put in prison many years ago is released, and suddenly the new leaders of the gang begin turning up dead.

Director: Norberto Barba | Stars: Gary Sinise, Sela Ward, Carmine Giovinazzo, Anna Belknap

Votes: 275

48. Superman & Lois (2021–2024)
Episode: Girl... You'll Be a Woman, Soon (2022)

TV-PG | Action, Adventure, Drama

Lana, Kyle and Sarah prepare for Sarah's quinceañera, but things don't end up going as smoothly as they had hoped; Clark finds himself struggling with feelings of guilt about what happened to John Irons.

Director: Diana Valentine | Stars: Tyler Hoechlin, Elizabeth Tulloch, Jordan Elsass, Alex Garfin

Votes: 1,144

49. CSI: NY (2004–2013)
Episode: Nothing for Something (2011)

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

While the team stumbles upon a missing person case while investigating a murder, Mac has a brush with an ex-con who he and his first partner put away many years earlier.

Director: Eric Laneuville | Stars: Gary Sinise, Sela Ward, Carmine Giovinazzo, Anna Belknap

Votes: 252

50. CSI: NY (2004–2013)
Episode: Life Sentence (2011)

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

After Raymond Harris retaliates against Mac and his retired first partner, Mac begins to discover more about Harris' motives and his ex-partner's dirty laundry.

Director: Jeffrey G. Hunt | Stars: Gary Sinise, Sela Ward, Carmine Giovinazzo, Anna Belknap

Votes: 260