Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keywords "serial-killer", "washington-d.c."

1. Se7en (1995)

R | 127 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Two detectives, a rookie and a veteran, hunt a serial killer who uses the seven deadly sins as his motives.

Director: David Fincher | Stars: Morgan Freeman, Brad Pitt, Kevin Spacey, Andrew Kevin Walker

Votes: 1,802,297 | Gross: $100.13M

2. The Silence of the Lambs (1991)

R | 118 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

A young F.B.I. cadet must receive the help of an incarcerated and manipulative cannibal killer to help catch another serial killer, a madman who skins his victims.

Director: Jonathan Demme | Stars: Jodie Foster, Anthony Hopkins, Scott Glenn, Ted Levine

Votes: 1,550,928 | Gross: $130.74M

3. The House That Jack Built (2018)

R | 152 min | Crime, Drama, Horror

In five episodes, failed architect and vicious sociopath Jack recounts his elaborately orchestrated murders -- each, as he views them, a towering work of art that defines his life's work as a serial killer in the Pacific Northwest.

Director: Lars von Trier | Stars: Matt Dillon, Bruno Ganz, Uma Thurman, Siobhan Fallon Hogan

Votes: 92,282 | Gross: $0.09M

4. The Fugitive (1993)

PG-13 | 130 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Dr. Richard Kimble, unjustly accused of murdering his wife, must find the real killer while being the target of a nationwide manhunt led by a seasoned U.S. Marshal.

Director: Andrew Davis | Stars: Harrison Ford, Tommy Lee Jones, Sela Ward, Julianne Moore

Votes: 319,205 | Gross: $183.88M

5. Hannibal (2001)

R | 131 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

Living in exile, Dr. Hannibal Lecter tries to reconnect with now disgraced F.B.I. Agent Clarice Starling, and finds himself a target for revenge from a powerful victim.

Director: Ridley Scott | Stars: Anthony Hopkins, Julianne Moore, Gary Oldman, Ray Liotta

Votes: 293,542 | Gross: $165.09M

6. Bad Times at the El Royale (2018)

R | 141 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

1969. Four strangers check in at the El Royale Hotel. The hotel is deserted, staffed by a single desk clerk. Some of the new guests' reasons for being there are less than innocent and some are not who they appear to be.

Director: Drew Goddard | Stars: Jeff Bridges, Cynthia Erivo, Dakota Johnson, Jon Hamm

Votes: 164,878 | Gross: $17.84M

7. Red Dragon (2002)

R | 124 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

A retired FBI agent with psychological gifts is assigned to help track down "The Tooth Fairy", a mysterious serial killer. Aiding him is imprisoned forensic psychiatrist Dr. Hannibal "The Cannibal" Lecter.

Director: Brett Ratner | Stars: Anthony Hopkins, Edward Norton, Ralph Fiennes, Harvey Keitel

Votes: 291,212 | Gross: $93.15M

8. Manhunter (1986)

R | 120 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller

Former FBI profiler Will Graham returns to service to pursue a deranged serial killer dubbed "the Tooth Fairy" by the media.

Director: Michael Mann | Stars: William Petersen, Kim Greist, Joan Allen, Brian Cox

Votes: 81,062 | Gross: $8.62M

9. The French Connection (1971)

R | 104 min | Action, Crime, Drama

A pair of NYPD detectives in the Narcotics Bureau stumble onto a heroin smuggling ring based in Marseilles, but stopping them and capturing their leaders proves an elusive goal.

Director: William Friedkin | Stars: Gene Hackman, Roy Scheider, Fernando Rey, Tony Lo Bianco

Votes: 135,918 | Gross: $15.63M

10. Kiss the Girls (1997)

R | 115 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Police hunting for a serial kidnapper are helped when a victim manages to escape for the first time.

Director: Gary Fleder | Stars: Morgan Freeman, Ashley Judd, Cary Elwes, Alex McArthur

Votes: 81,305 | Gross: $60.53M

11. Absolute Power (1997)

R | 121 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Career thief Luther Whitney (Clint Eastwood) witnesses a horrific crime involving U.S. President Alan Richmond (Gene Hackman).

Director: Clint Eastwood | Stars: Clint Eastwood, Gene Hackman, Ed Harris, Laura Linney

Votes: 60,251 | Gross: $50.01M

12. 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: 63,333 | Gross: $15.71M

13. Species II (1998)

R | 93 min | Action, Horror, Sci-Fi

An astronaut gets infected with alien DNA during the first mission on Mars and runs amok on earth. Preston and Laura team up with a peaceful, genetically re-engineered Sil to track the monster down.

Director: Peter Medak | Stars: Natasha Henstridge, Michael Madsen, Marg Helgenberger, Mykelti Williamson

Votes: 31,357 | Gross: $19.17M

14. Dreamscape (1984)

PG-13 | 99 min | Action, Adventure, Horror

A man who can enter and manipulate people's dreams is recruited by a government agency to help cure the President of the United States of his nightmares about nuclear war but stumbles upon an assassination plot.

Director: Joseph Ruben | Stars: Dennis Quaid, Max von Sydow, Christopher Plummer, Eddie Albert

Votes: 18,178 | Gross: $11.48M

15. Hideaway (1995)

R | 106 min | Fantasy, Horror, Thriller

Hatch gets a special resuscitative medicine after "dying" in a car accident. His wife and daughter only get minor injuries. He gets strange nightmares such as killing a teen girl. Is it just dreams?

Director: Brett Leonard | Stars: Jeff Goldblum, Christine Lahti, Alicia Silverstone, Jeremy Sisto

Votes: 7,503 | Gross: $12.20M

16. Black Sunday (1977)

R | 143 min | Adventure, Crime, Drama

When a Black September terrorist group begins a plot to carry out a massive terrorist attack in the United States, an Israeli commando works with the FBI to identify the target and conspirators, and prevent the plan from succeeding.

Director: John Frankenheimer | Stars: Robert Shaw, Bruce Dern, Marthe Keller, Fritz Weaver

Votes: 9,095 | Gross: $15.77M

17. Crossfire (1947)

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

A man is murdered, apparently by one of a group of demobilized soldiers he met in a bar. But which one? And why?

Director: Edward Dmytryk | Stars: Robert Young, Robert Mitchum, Robert Ryan, Gloria Grahame

Votes: 9,716 | Gross: $1.30M

18. Eden of the East (2009)

TV-MA | 23 min | Animation, Action, Comedy

On November 22, 2010 ten missiles strike Japan. However, this unprecedented terrorist act, later to be called as "Careless Monday," does not result in any apparent victims, and is soon ... See full summary »

Stars: Ryohei Kimura, Saori Hayami, Jason Liebrecht, Leah Clark

Votes: 4,024

19. Supernova (2005 TV Movie)

Not Rated | 172 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

A scientific possibility becomes a terrifying reality when the most powerful force in the universe threatens to hurtle home.

Director: John Harrison | Stars: Luke Perry, Tia Carrere, Peter Fonda, Clemency Burton-Hill

Votes: 1,864

20. The Experimentals

Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller | Announced

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Star: Mark Hanson

21. NCIS (2003– )
Episode: Friends & Lovers (2007)

TV-PG | 45 min | Action, Crime, Drama

A couple find the body of a Navy petty officer in an abandoned restaurant in Georgetown; the Metro PD calls and helps the NCIS; Gibbs and company investigate. Messages leave clues leading to an exclusive nightclub. The gang figure it out.

Director: Dennis Smith | Stars: Mark Harmon, Michael Weatherly, Cote de Pablo, Pauley Perrette

Votes: 760

22. NCIS (2003– )
Episode: Skeletons (2007)

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

A family crypt in a mausoleum explodes when unsealed; Gibbs and company investigate; Ducky says that parts of at least three skeletons occupied the vault. The team identify and check out a suspect, and Gibbs and Hollis get a major surprise.

Director: James Whitmore Jr. | Stars: Mark Harmon, Michael Weatherly, Cote de Pablo, Pauley Perrette

Votes: 781

23. NCIS (2003– )
Episode: Leave No Trace (2022)

TV-14 | Action, Crime, Drama

Agent Knight's past resurfaces when her ex-boyfriend, a National Parks Service agent, teams up with NCIS to investigate a campsite murder.

Director: William Webb | Stars: Sean Murray, Wilmer Valderrama, Katrina Law, Brian Dietzen

Votes: 364

24. America's 60 Greatest Unsolved Mysteries and Crimes (2010– )
Episode: 5-1 (2010)

Documentary, Crime, History

We conclude the countdown of the greatest unsolved American mysteries and crimes with three cigars that changed the course of the American Civil War and a presidential assassination conspiracy.

Director: Ron Meyer | Stars: Rick Beyer, Paul Aron, Jack Levin, Michael Newton

25. NCIS (2003– )
Episode: Viral (2015)

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

When a petty officer is murdered, the crime matches a local serial killer's method of operation; Delilah and McGee prepare to move in together.

Director: Rocky Carroll | Stars: Mark Harmon, Michael Weatherly, Pauley Perrette, Sean Murray

Votes: 600

26. CSI: Cyber (2015–2016)
Episode: 5 Deadly Sins (2016)

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

The team trails a vigilante killing the biggest offenders of objectionable posts on social media.

Director: Rob Bailey | Stars: Patricia Arquette, James Van Der Beek, Shad Moss, Charley Koontz

Votes: 182

27. Lore (2017–2018)
Episode: Echoes (2017)

TV-14 | 39 min | Documentary, Horror, Mystery

Dr. Walter Freeman is the father of the icepick lobotomy. He believes the ten-minute procedure will all but end the need for the mental hospital. He has the best of intentions but winds up creating an entirely new kind of horror story.

Director: Thomas J. Wright | Stars: Aaron Mahnke, Colm Feore, Kristen Cloke, Michael Bullard

Votes: 596

28. NCIS (2003– )
Episode: Keep Your Enemies Closer (2018)

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

NCIS makes a deal with Paul Triff to give him a 48-hour furlough at his former residence, now McGee's home, in exchange for information to convict Gabriel Hicks.

Director: Thomas J. Wright | Stars: Mark Harmon, Pauley Perrette, Sean Murray, Wilmer Valderrama

Votes: 550